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Featured Site for December, 2009
All Things Shofar
This site is a comprehensive look at the shofar as a Jewish instrument. It examines the history, making, blowing, and reasons for including a shofar. There are two online books on this site as well as general information The first book, Hearing Shofar: The Still Small Voice of the Ram's Horn is by Michael Chusid, a master shofar blaster. The second is by Arthur Finkle, The Shofar Sounder's Reference Manual. Both are available full text online. The authors very modestly ask that anyone downloading the complete book donate to the cause. These are well worth the time and effort for anyone interested in becoming adept at shofar blowing.
Featured Site for February, 2009
Music of the Holocaust
This site is an online exhibit of the US Holocaust Museum from Washington, D.C. In it you can see and hear music, view photos, and learn the stories of the songs from the war years. The songs include examples from the ghettos, concentration camps, and World War II partisan outposts as well as Theresienstadt.
Featured Site for December, 2008
Sephardic Music
Joel Bresler's Sephardic Music website is a result of years of collecting every known album, and even track, of Sephardic music. Bresler was a collector with an all inclusive mission-- to find every shred of recorded evidence of this Jewish repertoire of music. Now he has released his website which includes data from the earliest 100 years of recordings of Sephardic music. These are mostly the older recordings of 78s. Bresler is working on a database of all the recordings in his collection, which will take years to complete, but in the meantime, much of this labor of love is available for the public to benefit. He includes a valuable history of the recording companies and information on the artists. The database can be accessed by label, song or artist. By clicking on an artist name, for example, the viewer would be taken to a list of all the recordings with that artist in this group. There is also some useful biographical information about the artists. One of the extremely valuable services this site renders is the song title name variants. Some songs are known by slightly different names, and this database will help anyone who is looking for a song to know all the different spellings and complete titles. Bresler is also collaborating with the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. An extremely worthy effort, and due a lot of recognition in the Jewish music world.
Featured Site for December, 2007
John Zorn's Tzadik label website has a listin of his "radical Jewish culture" featured albums. This is all about content. The content is all. The new music energized by the availability of having a recording label willing to experiment and to put out new Jewish music is what this is all about. Many people are not "into" contemporary music of this vein.... Many find the mixtures and morphing of sounds of the radical cultural movement disturbing. But for those folks that "get it", this is where the action is at, where new sounds and new ideas are being forged and great music is heard. Tzadik is to Jewish music a kind of laboratory that lets everyone in on the experiment early, or as Zorn sees it, something like an expo. We don't know what the total outcomes will be. We just hope they keep doing it, so we will find out. Zorn states on his page: "The Great Jewish Music series is as much about jewish contribution to world culture Serge Gainsbourg in France, Jacob do Bandolim in Brasil, Sasha Argov in Israel as about any exposition of jewish culture. If I had titled the series accordingly perhaps we all would have been spared much of the polemical discussions and arguments and I might have been spared a few vituperative attacks. But as several good friends have said "if people are still arguing over these issues after 15 years, you must be doing something right" and I am content with that."
Featured Site for July, 2007
Judaica Sound Archives
The Judaica Sound Archives continues to plug away at providing the world with some of the best online audio of Jewish music. Their strategy has been to obtain copyright permissions to put materials online, and this has paid off wonderfully for them, and for all of us, the users of the website. They now have more than a dozen collections of recording artists online. These include a biography of the artist, and links to the listening area where often several albums have been digitized to listen online, including some famous cantors and children's artists.
Featured Site for February, 2006
An online journal that has a "Music scene" column with articles by young Jews on the music they are doing. They keep abreast of the new 'hip' happenings. Very interesting format (blog)plus a online journal mixed together.
Featured Sites for September, 2003
Virtual Cantor
The complete cycle of nusach for worship are here, online, and for free. Broken down into individual pieces, there are 725 different tracks to cover not only Shabbat, but the entire weekday, festival and high holiday services. If you are a person who needs to learn the nusach to lead a service, this is THE place. It's a completely easy way to find the exact passage in the siddur and follow along. Highly Recommended.
Navigating the Bible II
Thanks to ORT, there is the Online Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tutor. The entire Torah, and Haftorah sections, verse by verse, are available online with sound files, Hebrew with trop, and Hebrew text as it appears in a tikkun to practice. The English translation and transliteration appear next to each text. The site is also divided by traditional reading sections of the Jewish Torah service and cycle. A section on "singing" allows the reader to learn the trop with sound files, Western notation and highlighted Hebrew text. This is a complete site for learning to chant Torah portions.
Featured Site for March, 2003
Many of you will be thrilled to learn that UC Davis, as part of the Digital Libraries Initiative, has mounted much of the archive online from the collections of Samuel Armistead, Joseph Silverman and Israel Katz. Armistead, of course, did one of the largest bibliographies and collection of Sephardic materials, starting nearly 50 years ago. This is an online bibliography, but also a searchable database of recorded music, field recordings, oral history and oral literature. It is truly remarkable. There are transcripts to follow while you listen to the field recording excerpts! It's keyword searchable in Spanish. There are also extensive histories online and other explanatory notes and articles full text. Try it, it's incredible. This is for everyone interested in the Sephardic heritage.
Music of Modzitz
An excellent website devoted to the music and lives of the Modzitzer Chassidim. The website features histories of the leaders of the group, as well as an online archive of musical compositions that is remarkably generous, with good sound quality and deliverability. The historic musical pieces are well worth listening to by anyone. They include instrumental as well vocal renditions of Modzitz favorites. There are also excellent pictures of the group's founding area in Poland before the Khorban, (the Holocaust), and stories and all sorts of information about this Jewish group. One of the best Chassidic music sites on the web, especially in terms of music.
Featured Site for February, 2003
Irwin Oppenheim, a computer scientist in the Netherlands, has compiled an important website devoted to Chazzanut, (cantorial music). Featured this month, this is a new segment of this site that has biographical articles on famous cantors. These articles are reprinted online with permission of the author and journal. Oppenheim's website also includes important online manuscript archival materials online.
Featured Site for January, 2003
Bronislaw Huberman
A very thorough and complete site about the great Polish-Jewish violinist and musician, this site includes biographical materials that include scans of primary documents, letters and articles. Some amazing photos, stories and anecdotes. It includes many articles and texts about Huberman as well as excerpts from interviews. Materials about his work in Israel in the 1930's. There's a discography and a bibliography. Part of the biographical materials come from Huberman's secretary. There is also an amazing section that includes excerpts of live radio broadcasts of Huberman! Wow. All Thanks to Patrick Harris.
Featured Site for November, 2002
Michel Borzykowski's webpages about Yiddish and klezmer music. Includes a very thorough bibliography. Bibliography on Klezmer music. The website includes discographies of Yiddish music, news and features.
Featured Site for October, 2002
Max Synagogue
A teaching tool using a synthsizer to teach Torah cantillation. The items must be purchased, but the website gives a good idea to the reader how the system works.
Featured Site for June, 2002
Yiddish-American Digital Archive
An online sound archive project has been recently started. The aim is to put Yiddish archival recordings on the Internet. In a section called "Opening the Vault", sound selections are available in Real Audio, along with the recording label and number, the name of the key artist and the name of the collection where the recording was gathered. The recordings date back as early as 1915, and include such media as an Edison cylinder and early Columbia recordings. The project features recordings of Henry Berman (1892-1952),an entertainer in Yiddish clubs, and grandfather of the founder of the online sound archive.
Featured Site for January, 2002
Rahel Jaskow
Rahel Jaskow produced a CD of Jewish Sabbath songs in Hebrew and English. Day of Rest was released in November 2000 and subsequently won the 2001 Just Plain Folks music award for best CD in the ethnic music category. Her bio states that after majoring in English at the University of Rochester, Jaskow moved to Jerusalem, Israel. "She serves as a prayer leader for the women's prayer groups Shirat Sara and Women of the Wall, and also participates regularly in the Leader Minyan as a Torah reader." Ms. Jaskow's voice quality is rich, enchanting and extremely appealing as an Israeli-style "traditional folk" artist. She performs a cappella using recorded versions of herself to create a small group effect.
Featured Site for October, 2001
Oyfn Pripetchok
Part of the Shteltl Yiddish Culture website, this provides a host of information of this particular song, along with Yiddish text, information about different dialects of the text, and scores of the music. A brief biography of Mark Warshavsky also appears on this site.
Featured Site for September, 2001
Jewish National and University Library, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
As part of the The National Sound Archives Digitization Project, The Jewish National and University Library has mounted a wonderful online sound exhibit featuring: "A selection of High Holy Days liturgical music and sounds: Selichot, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Piyyutim from a variety of Jewish communities and languages." A choice of streaming audio or MP3 is given to hear some selections.
Featured Site for April, 2001
Helen's Yiddish Dance Page
Helen Winkler has provided a great resource to learn Yiddish dancing with information about the various types of dances, and instructions on how to do the dance steps. The site includes stories about dances and a huge bibliography of sources for further reading and study.
Featured Site for December, 2000
Jewish Music or Music of the Jewish People
An online article by Bob Gluck, Rabbi of Congregation Ahavath Sholom in Great Barrington, MA, and a composer and music teacher. This article appears in the online journal, The Reconstructionist: A Journal of Contemporary Thought and Practice.
Featured Site for November, 2000
Second Avenue Online
The Spielberg-funded digital archive website set up by New York University's Center for Advanced Technology on Yiddish Theatre. The website includes a history and chronology of Yiddish Theater in America, with links to brief biographies of key figures and some photos. There are listings of archival institutions that hold materials on Yiddish theatre. Many of those libraries, museums and archives include sheet music or sound recordings. Most of the histories online are written by a one or two individuals and there are few footnotes link to names of resources from the archive. However this is a fun resource for students. Eventually the site will include oral histories, manuscripts and scores, letters, photos, and will feature an interactive 3-D "walk through" of a theater. The project originated with Ann Ronnell, (one of Hollywood's first successful female lyricist and composer) who wanted to create a project on Jewish composers and lyricists of theater and film, (according to the September 17, 1999 Jewish Week). New York University also houses the Sholom Secunda Archives.
Featured Site for October, 2000
The "history" of Klezmer is part of this website --about The Klezmorim -- "the Berkeley, California band that jump-started the worldwide klezmer revival in 1975." The website provides an easy-to-peruse chronology of the band's history, biographies, discography, and lots of "inside stories." With several books published recently on the history of klezmer, it will be interesting to readers to gain access to this perspective from someone who was there "in the beginning"-- of the American klezmer revival, that is!
Featured Site for June, 2000
Los Angeles Jewish Symphony
The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony is a professional organization that performs serious works by Jewish composers or music based on Jewish themes. Under the direction of Noreen Green, the group scheduled four major performances in the 1999-2000 season. The website offers concert schdules and ticket information, contact information and a list of officers.
London International Jewish Music Festival
The largest Jewish music festival ever held in Britain will take place this summer June 11-July 13, 2000. For details visit the website.
Featured Site for May, 2000
Halevi Choral Society of Chicago
The Halevi Choral Society is a professional Jewish choir located in Chicago, IL under the direcction of Judith Karzen. Founded as a community chorus in 1926 by Harry Coopersmith and Hyman Reznick, the choral group, devotes its entire repertoire to Jewish music. Styles include liturgical, Israeli, Yiddish, Ladino and secular Jewish music. The Choral group presents many new works and commissions compositions. The website includes contact information, a history, a mission statement and a concert schedule.
Featured Site for August, 1999
Jewish Culture Festival in Poland
Click on "Zdjecia '99" for pictures of the recently held Jewish Culture Festival in Cracow, Poland. It is truly amazing to see pictures of crowds of people listening to Jewish music! The program shows the depth of the festival in all sorts of areas, not only music, but film and the arts.
Featured Site for July, 1999
Budowitz Sacred and Secular
Budowitz is an ensemble that plays nineteenth century klezmer music on original instruments. The musicians in this group provide a sound steeped both in musicological and historical knowledge as well as the subtlety and coloration described by the reviewers as "pure emotion." Budowitz is staffed by leading lights in the klezmer world including Joshua Horowitz and Merlin Shepherd. Of special note is an interview with Budowitz as well as A Short History of Klezmer Music.
Featured Site for June, 1999
Israel Music Institute
Among its many other fine qualities, the Israel Music Institute offers online ordering of its scores from the web. This is really a fantastic feature for those seeking music for performing groups of Jewish interest. The biographical information found in the "composer's gallery" provides an excellent source of quick information. There is also a listing of composers whose works are represented in the catalogues.
Featured Site for May, 1999
Arnold Schoenberg
The grandson of Arnold Schoenberg has mounted a website with extensive materials about the composer. This is an excellent source of academic materials.
Featured Sites for March, 1999
Ellie's Torah Trope Tutor
Ellie Wackerman of Agudas Achim Congregation in Alexandria, Virginia, has taken the time to mount a Torah Trope tutor on the web. She provides standard Torah trope for Shabbat and holidays, including High Holy Days, the three pilgrimage Festivals (Shalosh Regalim) of Passover, Sukkot and Shavuot, and the trope for Purim. Ellie has a provided simple clear notation along with the trope.
Tzadik: Radical Jewish Music
John Zorn is leading the way for many in building a new Jewish culture. Taking a look at the Tzadik label reveals an amazing amount of new and creative output using blends of traditional and new instruments and styles by a myriad of artists. There is so much going on that only the most hardy might make it all the way through a listen to all this new music. But try. Everything from Pesamim's Abi Gezint!, a new release in February, 1999 which uses traditional string instruments, to Mystic Fugu Orchestra's Zohar which uses noise making integration with music. New releases also include The Alte Rebbe's Nigun by Australian's Ambarchi and Avenaim and Blues for Falashes by Glenn Spearman to last Fall's David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness: Klezmer, NY. It's interesting to note the use today of so much picture painting in the music and the use of evocative Jewish titling.
Featured Sites for February, 1999
Jewish World Music on Jewish Web Week
Jewish Web Week, February 21-26, 1999, featured a live Webcast for Peace in Israel organized by the director of the Jerusalem Center for Contemporary Music, several online streaming virtual radio programs, live chat, and an online midi studio. Musicians and participants were recruited. Other cultural events were also being held in conjunction with JWW. This JMWC featured a link providing information on Jewish Music around the globe.
Jewish Cello Music
Jewish Cello Music gives exposure to the names of new and exciting American and Canadian composers who use Jewish themes in their compositions.
An informative site about selections of serious music for cello which have Jewish themes. Included is information about each composer and some suggested selections. The author, a cellist, provides "quotes on Jewish music" which is a brief but interesting section.

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Bill Mollison on Mondragon Coop
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Bill Mollison on Mondragon Coop
Sustainability Worker Cooperatives 21st Century – Richmond Cooperative Experience
The City and community of Richmond California are actively researching and developing a sustainability worker cooperative project for the area: Richmond Community Cooperative Collaborative Group. The Mayor and community members visited Mondragon with the Praxis Peace Institute in the northern summer of 2010 and signed a memorandum.
Mondragon Permaculture | Mondragon Cooperative | Evergreen Cooperative | Mandela Cooperative
Fagor, Mondragon Cooperative, Photo Nicholas Roberts
A presentation written by Nicholas Roberts on the Richmond Cooperative Experience
A video and presentation by Marilyn Langlois and Mayor Gayle McLaughlin
A proposal essay written by Nicholas Roberts on the Richmond Cooperative Experience
Mayor of Richmond and Mondragon Cooperative Letter of Intent and Endorsement
Monday 15th March: Nicholas Roberts
Our meetings are held on the 3rd Monday of every month (except January) at the:
Ku-ring-gai Centre for Seniors 259 Pacific Highway Lindfield [map]
Doors open at 7pm for a 7:30pm start.Phone 1300 887 145, or email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
Nicholas was born in Sydney and grew up on a small chicken farm on the rural fringe of the western suburbs of Newcastle in the Hunter Valley. Nicholas has founded a number of Permaculture cooperatives including Permaculture Groups, Permaculture NEWS Cooperative and Permaculture TV and he makes the case that cooperative are a key structure that Permaculturalists can use to organise and work effectively together.
In the early 90s he completed a PDC at Crystal Waters with Max Lindegger as teacher and followed this by WWOOFing at Bill Mollison's Tyalgum farm and a few other properties in Australia and Italy. The last 5 years Nicholas has been making a wiggly transition from an IT media career in the big end of town (with stops, starts and backtracks) into sustainability and media, with most of his efforts going into research and publishing and the formation of a global Permaculture Cooperative. Taking sanctuary in Robyn Francis' Djangbung Gardens (now Permaculture College Australia) he did more experiments with a Permaculture cooperative project that became PermacultureTV.
During 2009, Nicholas toured Australia, California, New York, France, Basque Country, Spain, England, Scotland and Denmark researching Permaculture cooperation in the context of climate change and peak debt. In 2010 Nicholas and his partner plan to be the USA and Europe researching and working with Permaculture cooperatives. They will continue to use media to spread the concepts and developments of Permaculture cooperatives.
While researching a Permaculture Cooperative [blog] [video] in the summer of 2009 we visited Mondragon Cooperative [video] [photos] [blog] and enjoyed a day-tour of the cooperative, which included a factory tour and a lunch, history and business workshop. This video presentation includes an oral history from the days of the founder Don José María Arizmendiarrieta as the oldest farmers son and revolutionary journalist to the modern cooperative. Photos of the cooperative headquarters, the historical museum and the town of Arrasate.
Photo Credits: Kirstie Stramler and Nicholas Roberts
The oral history if given by Mikel Lezamiz who is the educational director of the Mondragon Cooperatives Corporation, the world's largest consortium of worker-owned businesses located in the Basque Country of Northern Spain. Lezamiz is one of the most knowledgeable sources on the history and current operations of Mondragon's 120 worker-owned businesses.
We went to Mondragon to research a Permaculture Cooperative: a global network of sustainability worker cooperatives. The Mondragon Permaculture.TV collection
To jumpstart US job market, turn workers into owners
Many Americans build wealth through their home. Why not through work?
In hard times like these, the co-op model makes sense. After all, public confidence in corporations, banks, and the larger financial system is at low ebb, while unemployment is at its highest level in 25 years. Homeownership, historically a reliable way to build equity, has been rocked by foreclosures. People are looking for other ways to do business and save money.
Many people think of co-ops as the hippie-dippy grocery store that sells organic goods. In fact, a 2009 study by the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives found more than 29,000 cooperatives in the US, which make $500 billion in annual revenue, support 83,000 people, and pay $25 billion in wages and benefits. They include national firms such as credit unions, and local businesses such as the Alvarado Street Bakery in Petaluma, Calif., or the Evergreen Cooperative Laundry in Cleveland.
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Bringing Mondragon to America
by Chris Lindstrom on September 09, 2009
These core principles help provide the cooperative members with basic guidelines for working together in a cooperative environment, to commit themselves to personal development, teamwork, participatory management, joint projects, social entrepreneurialism, and finally, corporate excellence. The role of the Management Model is not just to make managers responsible for the success of their cooperative, but how to get workers to take on this responsibility and enthusiasm as well. It is not my impression that they have achieved this 100%, but I think that for an industrial community, they have perhaps set the highest standard for honoring worker rights than any other place in the world. However, this remains only to exist within the Basque region and has not spread in any major way to the multitude of companies that have come under MMC ownership in the past couple years.
The MCC claims that they are being very mindful of the environment by doing things such as reducing their carbon emissions in all of their cooperatives. While, in certain areas they were undoubtedly far ahead of countries such as the US, they were not quite as active in areas of sustainable agriculture. Agricultural production as a commercial sector simply was not as much of a priority as residential goods or the retail of non local food products. So it can be safely said that the MCC is by no means perfect. However, it provides one of the most sophisticated institutional examples of a truly egalitarian and socially just economic system.
Source: Economics of Peace
Mondragón and the United Steelworkers/ New opportunity for the co-op and labor movements?
Here in the U.S., we have sewn many of the seeds of such a cooperative economy. For example, food co-ops have been partners in the success of worker co-ops Equal Exchange and Alvarado Street Bakery. Food co-ops and others have created loan funds, such as the Cooperative Fund of New England and Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund, that support cross-sector co-op development. We have worker co-ops that have integrated union representation, such as Collective Copies, and examples of multi-stakeholder co-ops, such as Weaver Street Market and FEDCO Co-op Seeds, that bring workers and consumers together within a single enterprise. We have international management training programs such as the St. Mary's University Master of Management: Co-operatives and Credit Unions, and cross-sector organizations such as the National Cooperative Business Association. And we have a growing awareness that "co-operation among co-ops" is not just a principle but a key competitive advantage.
In this context, the agreement signed by Mondragón and the United Steelworkers is much more than a piece of paper. For unions, it's a new opportunity to explore the human and economic potential of cooperative ownership, rather than settling for adversarial relationships with capitalist enterprises. For worker co-ops, this may be an opening to deepen solidarity with organized labor through new and innovative structures. And for the cooperative movement as a whole, we have an opportunity to reassess our assumptions about the role of workers, the meaning of membership, and the potential for engaging employees in nonadversarial settings characterized by shared ownership.
Multi-stakeholder co-ops, highlighted by Mondragón's astonishing success, would seem to offer a promising area for exploration among co-ops in the U.S. These structures contribute a uniquely cooperative approach to labor relations that would strengthen our competitive advantage in an increasingly challenging global economy.
Source: Cooperative Grocer
Mondragon Permaculture with Bill Mollison
In the Mp3 audio of Bill Mollison 1983 PDC (Permaculture Designers Certificate) in Stanley,Tasmania (Geoff Lawton attended) that are available as DVD for sale and on the internet, Bill Mollison talks at length about the Mondragon Cooperative (along with Commonworks etc) as an organisational framework – a natural order of People Care and Fair Share for Earth Care that permaculture projects ought use.
I actually found and listened to these Mp3's just before we went to Mondragon (such is life!). We really did Build The Road as We Travel (the only book on Mondragon that we saw on tour). Also, re-reading the Permaculture Designers Manual 1988 he has a couple of references again to Mondragon in the Alternative Nation section towards the end of the book.
Source: Permaculture.coop – Notes on Mondragon & Permaculture, GaiaPermaculture.com
Presentation of Mondragon Cooperative by Mayor Gayle McLaughlin and Marilyn Langlois of Office of Mayor of Richmond City in the Bay Area. http://permaculture.tv/?s=richmondhttp://www.vimeo.com/16355634
The Mayor of Richmond Gayle McLaughlin co-presents to community members a tour of Mondragon Cooperative in September and explains the possibilities of a new business model for Richmond
Tuesday evening public sessionhttp://www.vimeo.com/15894226
Thursday afternoon public sessionhttp://www.vimeo.com/15912704
From the Economics of Peace Conference, 2009.
More on Mondragon Cooperative, search Mondragon and Bill Mollison on Mondragon Permaculture
Fred Freundlich and Mikel Lezamiz (Mondragon) PART 1 of 4 speaking at The Economics of Peace Conference in Sonoma Ca 2009 from The Economics Of Peace on Vimeo.
Fred Freundlich and Mikel Lezamiz (Mondragon) PART 2 of 4 speaking at The Economics of Peace Conference in Sonoma Ca 2009 from The Economics Of Peace on Vimeo.
Fred Freundlich and Mikel Lezamiz (Mondragon) PART 3 of 4 speaking at The Economics of Peace Conference in Sonoma Ca 2009 from The Economics Of Peace on Vimeo.
Fred Freundlich and Mikel Lezamiz (Mondragon) PART 4 of 4 speaking at The Economics of Peace Conference in Sonoma Ca 2009 from The Economics Of Peace on Vimeo.
Fred Freundlich (left) teaches at Mondragon Universtiy in Spain. He is a doctoral candidate at the Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, where his dissertation research is a new university initiative affiliated with the Mondragn Cooperative Corporation. Freundlich is a senior principal of Ownership Associates.
Mikel Lezamiz (right) is the educational director of the Mondragon Cooperatives Corporation, the world's largest consortium of worker-owned businesses located in the Basque Country of Northern Spain. He helped organize Praxis Peace Institute's 5-day seminar at the MCC headquarters in the fall of 2008. Lezamiz is one of the most knowledgeable sources on the history and current operations of Mondragon's 120 worker-owned businesses.
I am flying to Copenhagen from Los Angeles on Friday (assuming no reversals) will be covering Klimaforum09 and the Copenhagen Climate Complex/Circus/Bizarre/Conference (take your pick)
I will be primarily doing research and interviews for Permaculture TV, focussing on the 10 000 Trees Strategy for Climate Change, authored by Tony Andersen and the International Permaculture Council
as far as I can tell, the 10 000 Trees Strategy for global or planetary permaculture is the ONLY geo-engineering solution possible
will also be researching and interviewing for the Gaia Permaculture (planetary permaculture) project and the Permaculture Cooperative project
am also involved with Climate Camp TV, WiserEarth Copenhagen and now the GaiaSpace Meshwork social networking system for solutions
"What is Klimaforum09?" an interview with Tony Andersen Klimaforum09 organiser
"Saving the Planet With Permaculture" or "Planetary Permaculture: A Global Strategy for Climate Change – Tony Andersen of Klimaforum09″
"What the F$%k is Geoengineering?"
more on Klimaforum09 on Permaculture TV
Klimaforum09 Mandate – Local permaculture people create Gaia Permaculture
Map of Copenhagen Climate Complex – Places and Events
Permaculture Cooperative
more on the Permaculture Cooperative project
my profile/resume: Nicholas Roberts
Bill Mollison on Mondragon Permaculture
Photos of Mondragon Cooperative tour
Photos of Mongragon (town of Arrasate) in Basque Country
Other Stories
State of the USA Organics Industry – interview with Dr Phil Howard, MSU
McGaia – corporate permaculture – family friendly geo-, genetic & socially engineered organic perennial polyculture
The Corporate Climate Coup
Democratic Carbon, Carbon Dictatorship & the Climate Circus
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Do I need to get the very latest version of Exceed to run on Vista ? or is
there an interim version which I might find on Ebay ?
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SAIC Alums Present Candy-Coated Chic at New York Fashion Week
The fall 2013 collection by Creatures of the Wind—the celebrated label of faculty member Shane Gabier (Fashion, SAIC 1995–98) and fellow alumnus Christopher Peters (BFA 2010)—welcomed a storm of enthusiastic praise from three of the fashion world's foremost forums—Vogue, Women's Wear Daily (WWD), and Style.com. In "Fashion Show Countdown" published on February 7, Vogue shadowed the pair in the final 24 hours prior to their debut at New York Fashion Week. Writer Katherine Bernard describes their collection "Candy," inspired by "the appeal of plasticity and the pleasantness of the artificial." In a review published on February 7, WWD states the designer's concept "translated to things meant to be worn, not eaten, through fairly simple silhouettes applied with interesting colors, such as orange and heathered pink, and shiny treatments, whether Swarovski embroideries or slick surfaces, like vinyl and polyester, that were often shown in fabric blocking." A look from the collection was featured on the cover of WWD the following day on February 8. In article published on February 7, Style.com writer Nicole Phelps argued the collection is indicative of the label's position at a major developmental crossroads. "For a young brand like theirs to grow, they need to address the commercial marketplace, to sell clothes," she says. "On the other hand, they don't want to lose the outsider, punk sensibility that garnered them all this attention in the first place." The tension between these opposing impulses resulted in a group of silhouettes that "were quite straightforward: masculine and sporty in the case of button-front smocks with stripes at the shoulders accompanied by tapered pants, or almost sculptural in the case of boyish, away-from-the-body jackets, but never complicated." Style.com also posted a behind-the scenes video detailing the designers creative process.


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Hand Held
72 x 110 in. (183 x 279.4 cm.)
Gift of the Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer Collection
© Jane Hammond, Courtesy Galerie Lelong, New York
Jane Hammond's paintings explore systems of language and information. For two decades the artist has limited her pictorial lexicon to 276 found images. This painting presents a map of the United States floating in a blue, gridded sea. Each state in the map is occupied by at least one picture from Hammond's collection. Hand Held is part of a series of 64 works made in collaboration with the American poet John Ashbery (b. 1927). For the series, Hammond asked Ashbery to write titles for potential future paintings. Hammond likens the titles to a string upon which crystals grow; the string is a catalyst but not an explicit set of instructions.


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I really enjoy the MacTalk podcast most days, but I didn't like this episode. The discussion at the beginning about Vine, the 128GB iPad and BB10 was great, but then you decided to just read out the news: there was no discussion, no talking about why things were important or why they made the news in the first place, just people reading off a script.
I listen to podcasts* because I like hearing people talk about things. If those things are the news, then so be it, but just reading out news items like you're ticking off items in your to-do list isn't the way to do it IMHO.
If you're going to bring those topics up, at least talk about them
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Also, talking about things that work.
Hardware that works out-of-the-box:
- Microphone jack
- Headphone jack
- VGA port (as I mentioned in my previous post)
- USB 2.0 ports
- Ethernet port
- Memory card reader (tested only with SD-card)
- Wireless connection
- Built-in microphone
- Built-in speakers
not tested (yet):
- USB 3.0 port
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Has anybody come up with a fix for the fn-keys yet? Many of them seem to work but I cant get the volume ones to do!
Also, am I supposed to install the nvidia restricted drivers and then bumblee, or just bumblee straight away?
Thank you!
I'm planning to buy this model of ASUS, because of its special advantages.
I'm a web designer and i use ubuntu primarily.
please tell me about problems, are problems Annoying the user?
are you hoping for fixing problems in the new version of ubuntu?
- That the fn-key for disabling the touchpad does not work
- And that the media fn-keys does not work.
- Also that the web camera is upside down
for more details, see my previous posts: here for example. I also recommend you to read through the whole thread.
then add this ppa: Stable Bumblebee releases
Code:sudo apt-add-repository ppa:bumblebee/stableCode:sudo apt-get updatethen, restart.Code:sudo apt-get install bumblebee
to switch between the internal gpu and the nvidia gpu:
Code:sudo apt-get install gitI do not know if the following steps are really neccesary actually, but just to be shure:Code:git clone email@example.com:mkottman/acpi_call.git cd acpi_call make sudo insmod acpi_call.ko
then first make a script executable:
Now run this script:Code:chmod +x ./test_off.sh
to turn off the discrete graphics card:
to turn it back on:Code:echo '\_SB.PCI0.PEG0.GFX0.DOFF' > /proc/acpi/call
I got this information from the following place: a linux-hybrid-graphics.blogspot.com postCode:echo '\_SB.PCI0.PEG0.GFX0.DON' > /proc/acpi/call
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This should fix the fn-key issues
Though I have a diff. hardware (Asus U41S), the post has helped to get the ALL the fn-keys working even right up to 'xev'Code:git clone git://git.iksaif.net/acpi4asus-dkms.git cd acpi4asus-dkms make sudo make install sudo modprobe asus-nb-wmi
Good luck
Follow Olf_'s instruction about Bumblebee.


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This is my best capture on Kanyakumari. for me it is a timeless photo because I want to see the same after decades & centuries.
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WELLS — The Maine Diner, an award-winning family-owned restaurant on Route 1 known for its hallmark hospitality, speedy service and hearty home cooking, celebrated 30 years of business on Tuesday, Feb. 19. In the course of three decades, the committed crew has served more than six million customers from around the world.
Owner Dick Henry remembers that first snowy day in February 1983 when he and his brothers transformed their family recipes into their familiar menu and opened the doors of the business for the first time. From that moment on, business snowballed over the years leading to numerous accolades and television appearances on programs such as Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, NBC's Today Show and the Phantom Gourmet Show out of Boston. The diner also received the prestigious 2010 Maine Restaurant Association's Restaurateur of the Year Award, in addition to winning the New England Cable Network's Best Diner in New England.
"It has really been an unbelievable, yet extremely rewarding journey," Henry said. "We couldn't have done it without the support and commitment of our dedicated staff and our loyal customers."
To show appreciation to their customers, the Maine Diner is celebrating by offering $1 coffee for the month of February and they are selling a commemorative T-shirt of the milestone, which is available for purchase in the Remember the Maine Gift Shoppe.
The diner's well-loved menu hails back to time-tested family recipes created by Henry's mother Phoebe and his grandmother Doris. The tried-and-true home-cooked favorites are embellished with local seafood and fresh produce grown from the restaurant's own garden. Diner favorites include their award-winning seafood chowder, lobster pie, and corn muffins to name a few.
"On the behalf of everyone here at the Maine Diner I would like to sincerely thank each and every one of our customers for supporting our business over the years," Henry said. "We look forward to the years ahead."
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After the insanity that was Capitol Hill Block Party last weekend, you would think that Capitol Hill is ready to tone it down, right? It just so happens that the epicenter of Seattle's nightlife has tons of music events that simply can't be missed packed back to back this weekend. In the spirit of kicking off the month of August on the right note, and if you still have some energy in you (I'm sure you will after a long work week), there's a lot worth checking out. Here are my top picks for music in Capitol Hill and the Central District this weekend.
Where I'll be Friday:
Friday, August 1, 2014 | Neumous | Doors @ 8pm, $15 ADV ***21+
Shabazz Palaces, my favorite Seattle-based hip-hop collective, have released their long anticipated album "Lese Majesty." As a huge fan, the wait has felt like forever — but it's finally here. Shabazz Palaces' 2012 album release "Black Up" is really high up there on my list of album releases in the last decade, and Lese Majesty feels like the perfect follow-up project. Catch their release party this weekend to get down to their new tracks and meet other Shabazz enthusiasts.
For tickets, visit: http://neumos.com/event/shabazz-palaces/
HOODSTOCK 2014: Lifting Up the Hood!
Saturday, August 2, 2014 | The MLKy Way House | 3pm — 9pm, $10 ***All ages w/ 21+ bar and beer garden
HOODSTOCK's 7th annual music festival meets killer house party is here, thanks to the graciousness of NighTraiN, Seattle's badass all-female afro-punk ensemble. Complete with 12 amazing acts from the Northwest and beyond, as well as good food and booze, HOODSTOCK is going to be the ultimate public private party. I'm personally stoked to catch one of my favorite local DJs Toya B, as well as San Francisco's City of Women, Portland's Hyenas, and the Fur Coats, and Stranger Genius award nominee Eric Blood … And, of course, NighTraiN. Prepare yourself for a day packed with good music and good times — we can't tell you the exact location, so find someone in the know!
Stay tuned for our photo and twitter coverage of HOODSTOCK. For more info on the lineup and set times, visit the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/753038178070865/
Cairo presents: VIBRATIONS 2014
Sunday, August 3, 2014 | Volunteer Park | 2pm — 10 pm, Free ***All ages
Cairo's third annual VIBRATIONS festival can best be summed up as a day of local music and art in a (hopefully) sunny park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Check out local acts Naomi Punk, DJAO, Wimps, USF, and more as well as artists Frank Correa, Aidan Fitzgerald, and others. VIBRATIONS will be complete with some of your favorite local vendors and retailer. It'll be the perfect cap to a crazy weekend.
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Kelly Pavlik
Name: Kelly Pavlik
Alias: The Ghost
Birth Name: Kelly Robert Pavlik
Born: 1982-04-04
Birthplace: Youngstown, Ohio, USA
Hometown: Youngstown, Ohio, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 6′ 2½″ / 189cm
Reach: 75″ / 191cm
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Trainers: Jack Loew (-2011), Robert Garcia (2012-present)
Manager: Cameron Dunkin
Promoter: Top Rank Boxing
Gyms: Youngstown's South Side Boxing Club (-2011), Robert Garcia Boxing Gym (2012-present)
Kelly Pavlik grew up on Youngstown's south side, and graduated from Lowellville High School and Mahoning County Joint Vocational School in 2000. Pavlik has battled alcoholism which has threatened to end his career prematurely. He spent extended time in rehab facilities in both 2010 and 2011 and was arrested for driving under the influence on December 21, 2011.
Amateur Highlights
- Amateur Record: 89-9
- 1998 National Junior Golden Gloves Welterweight Champion
- 1998 National Junior PAL Welterweight Champion
- 1999 U.S. National Under-19 Welterweight Champion
Professional Highlights
- 2000-06-16: In his first professional bout, Pavlik defeated Eric Benito Tzand by a 3rd Round KO.
- 2001-06-08: Scored a 2nd Round TKO victory over Grady Brewer, who would go on to win ESPN's The Contender (Season 2).
- 2005-10-07: Defeated Fulgencio Zuniga by a 9th Round TKO to secure the vacant NABF Middleweight Title.
- 2006-07-27: Successfully defended his NABF Middleweight Title with a 6th Round TKO over former WBO Light Middleweight Champion Bronco McKart.
- 2007-05-19: Defeated highly-touted and top-ranked Edison Miranda by a 7th Round TKO in a WBC Middleweight Title Eliminator.
- 2007-09-29: Defeated World Middleweight Champion Jermain Taylor by a 7th Round TKO for the WBC, WBO, and The Ring Middleweight Titles. He also won the Lineal World Middleweight Championship.
- 2008-02-16: Won a Unanimous Decision victory in his much-anticipated rematch with Taylor at a catch weight of 166 pounds.
The Ring Magazine Titles
- World Middleweight Title (2007-2010)
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2007 Sep 29 – 2010 Apr 17
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Are there any black people mentioned in the Bible?
Question: "Are there any black people mentioned in the Bible?"
Answer: The Bible does not specifically identify any person as being black-skinned. The Bible also does not specifically identify any person as being white-skinned. The vast majority of the Bible took place in the Middle East, in and around Israel. Neither "black" nor "white" people are common in these regions. The vast majority of the people in the Bible were "Semitic," light to dark brown in complexion. Ultimately, it does not matter what skin color the people in the Bible had. Skin color is meaningless in the message of the Bible. We all need to take our eyes off of the skin and focus on the soul.
Some scholars guess that Moses' wife Zipporah might have been black since she was a Cushite (Numbers 12:1). Cush is an ancient name for an area of Africa. The Shulammite may have been black (Song of Solomon 1:5), although the context indicates that her skin was dark due to being out in the sun. Some propose that Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11:3) was black. Some believe that the Queen of Sheba who visited Solomon (1 Kings 10:1) was black. The Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8:37 was likely black. Ethiopians are mentioned about 40 times in the Bible, and the Prophet Jeremiah asked, "Can the Ethiopian change his skin ..." (Jeremiah 13:23). "Simeon called Niger" in Acts 13:1 may have been black. The Bible, though, does not specifically say that any of these people were black.
Most Bible teachers believe that black people are descendants of Noah's son Ham (Genesis 10:6-20), but we cannot be sure since the Bible does not specifically say. Why aren't there more black people in the Bible? The vast majority of events in the Bible took place in the land of Israel. Although black people were common in many regions nearby Israel, Israel has never been an area where many black people have settled.
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Hungary's Dollar Bond Opportunistic but Pricey
Hungary returned to foreign-currency debt markets Tuesday after almost two years of an absence with an opportunistic fund-raising move that could help its combative government make good on its aim to be self-financing this year.
It seized on the strong market appetite for Central European bonds to launch a $3.25 billion dual-tranche government bond sale in its first foreign-currency issuance since May 2011. Demand was around $12 billion and meant Hungary has now raised a large chunk of its planned €4 billion to €4.5 billion ($5.36 billion to $6.04 billion) worth of foreign-currency needs this year. Strong demand pushed it beyond the $3 billion investors had expected as the ceiling for the deal.
The debt raised isn't particularly cheap for Hungary but still not bad for a country rated junk by the three main credit-rating agencies.
Its five-year dollar bond was priced 335 basis points higher than equivalent U.S. Treasurys, while the 10-year bond, which raised $2 billion, was 345 basis points above 10-year Treasurys. That was more than Hungary paid at its last foray into international debt markets in 2011 and pricier than similar issues by some other emerging-market countries such as Brazil, Mexico, Turkey and Colombia.
Still, Concorde Securities analyst Janos Samu said the sale wasn't overly expensive given Hungary's weak economic fundamentals. The government estimates the Hungarian economy contracted by about 1.5% last year. It expects improved household consumption and investment to help it rebound to growth of 0.9% this year, a figure some economists say is unrealistic.
In spite of that, and of the dissuasive impact of the government's sometimes unorthodox economic policies, investors have been drawn to debt issues in Hungary, as well as its Central European neighbors, as alternatives to the euro zone. They offers a better ratio of risk versus returns than the euro zone, where investors face a stark choice between higher yields in risky economies or low or no yield in the safe ones.
The successful issue helps lend credence to Hungary's claim that it can survive without taking a loan from the International Monetary Fund. The government has held on-off talks with the IMF for over a year. The IMF says Hungary needs a loan while the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban claims it only needs cash in reserve as a precaution.
The sale ranks among the most opportunistic debt issues by a European sovereign since the euro-zone crisis was stemmed in the second half of 2012, said Nicholas Spiro, managing director at Spiro Sovereign Strategy.
"This is as much a political statement on the part of the Orban government to show that Hungary can 'go it alone' as it is a well-timed bond sale designed to take advantage of the dramatic improvement in market conditions," Mr. Spiro said, adding that this kind of pricing was almost unthinkable a year ago. "The pendulum of sentiment towards Hungary has swung from paranoia to complacency," he said.
Even so, the dollar-bond sale cost Hungary about twice as much as a deal with the IMF would. This is a significant factor for a government battling to reduce the country's debt, which stood at 77.1% of gross domestic product as of September 2012. It's below the 92.9% euro-zone average in 2012, but considered high for an emerging market.
"Overall, Hungary's return to international markets is positive for the credit and the Hungarian forint," said UniCredit economist Dan Bucsa, adding that the combined cost of the two issues is 4.96%, close to the 5% average cost of outstanding marketable debt. However, it is some 2.3 percentage points more expensive than Hungary's maturing IMF debt.
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TO: Victoria Calmes, Convener
Scholarship & Awards Committee
FROM: Carmen Wilson, Chair
Faculty Senate
RE: Committee Charge for 2005-2006 Academic Year
This memo is intended to serve as the initial charge letter to the Scholarship & Awards Committee for the 2005-06 academic year. As the convener of the committee it is your responsibility to arrange as soon as feasible an organizational meeting, the primary purpose of which is to elect a chairperson and a secretary. Please share this memo with the committee members either at the organizational meeting or, if you prefer, prior to that meeting.
Primary responsibilities of the chairperson include:
o promptly informing the Senate office (5-8018) the results of the election of officers and any changes in committee membership.*
o organizing and conducting meetings.
o completing a year end report on the Scholarship & Awards Committee activities to be submitted to the Senate Office no later than May 31, 2006.
*The committee chairperson should carefully review the policies on committee attendance and the role of alternates on pgs. 10-11, of the 8-27-01 Articles & By-laws materials distributed by Jennifer Wilson's office.
Primary responsibilities of the secretary include:
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In the event the committee chooses to rotate secretarial duties, please designate one person to be responsible for e-mailing the meeting minutes to Sibbie Weathers. Sibbie has already created an e-mail distribution list of committee members which includes Sibbie to facilitate communication with faculty senate.
Duties and responsibilities of the committee shall include:
- Screening applications for scholarships and awards and recommending their recipients.
- Providing the UW-L Foundation with a list of committee faculty members from which it may select advisory members for its Scholarship Committee.
Membership of the committee shall consist of nine faculty members and three students. The Executive Director of the UW-L Foundation shall serve as an administrative consultant to the committee. The committee shall elect its chairperson.
Please review the final report (available on Faculty Senate web page) about review processes. Although no special charge is being given to the committee this year, should the membership wish to bring any policy issues to the attention of the senate, it should certainly do so. Any recommendations that the committee would like to make to the senate should be submitted to our office in a timely fashion.
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We upgraded ONE 10.5" PAN to an 11 inch pan which was to be an extra $10.00. We were told that we had to pay the shiping and handling for the two sets and it would be a total of $259.84. We received only one set of pots and pans which they had exchanged the 10.5 inch to the 11 inch pan that we upgraded. They only changed that one pan alone and we paid a total of $259.84
We received the extra free cooktop but not the free set of pots and pans that we paid the shipping and handling for like they showed in the commercial. Weeks after we paid the order, they changed the commercial.
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My family and I spent our fall break there. Being from Georgia, we were warned by the owners that it would be cold. It was. In fact, it snowed. The owners have a beautiful camp and it has a homey feeling... great central location... lake is beautiful... the railroad tracks add so much to the space because you can explore area around the lake... the beds in the cabin were perfect- we love a kind and the two sets of bunks gave both our children the opportunity to sleep on top...very well stocked... we want to go back in summer to enjoy the lake more!
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This is an excellent cabin to rent for a vacation. Set up more like a home with all the conveniences, it is very clean and comfortable. The lake is beautiful clean water. The area residents are very nice and the railroad tracks make for nice walks to veiw the area. Our family had a wonderful time here and hope to return next year.


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I got a bundle package with ACN, phone service, television, and internet in February 2013. I had problems from the beginning, with getting the right equipment, difference in the cost in what the representive said verus what the bills said. I have had only two bills that was consistant.
I spent a lot of time on the phone and sending emails trying to get the bills right. My bill for to begin with in February was suppose to be $61.99, March it was $69.31, April it was $79.31, May it was $79.31, June it was $86.16, July it was $76.29 August it was $76.29, and September it was $87.30.
When I talk to Direct TV, they don't acknowledge what one customer service rep said. They make it seem like I am lying. ACN needs to either get it right or get another TV Service. It started out the same way with the Digital Phone service. One month itwas one thing and then the next month it was something else. They did finally set payment and it stays that way now.
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This blog is for chamars to know their history and make them feel proud to be chamar and let other peoples know about chamars.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Chamars role in Military
Many Chamars have played an active role in the events of 1857. The bravery of Banke Chamar of Village Kurarpur, Distt. Jaunpur (UP) is highlighted by the historians. This revolutionary laid down his life for the country and was ordered to be hanged by the British for his role in the events of 1857. Chetram (Jatav) and Belluram also sacrificed their life for being the moving force behind Barrackpur revolution.
Chamar-Satnami kingdomThere was a Satnami Kingdom of Narnaul (Haryana). The Satnami sect of Hinduism was founded in 1657 in Narnaul (a town in today's Indian state of Haryana, situated about 100 km south-west of Delhi, by a saint names Birbhan. They are considered to be an offshoot of the followers of the great saint Ravidas. The name Satnami reflects the major religious activity of the sect – which is the chanting and meditation of the true name (satnam, names of God), especially the names of Rama and Krishna. Fixing the mind devotedly on divine names, the fluctuations of the consciousness are stabilised, which makes one fit to receive higher intuitive knowledge of the divine. The sect is comprised mostly, but by no means exclusively, of the lower strata of Hindu society – particularly the leatherworking, sweeper, carpenters, and goldsmith communities – and they observe no caste distinctions – judging people only be their actions. They were known to have dressed simply like saints, and keep shaved heads (and were hence also called mundiyas), and abstain from intoxicants and animal foods. These tenets are still practiced by many today. Today the sect numbers over 15 million, and followers are to be found in Rajisthan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra. This huge spread is due to the fact that those who survived the genocide following their rebellion against the Moghuls spread out into small units over vast tracts of land.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Full Form Of Chamar
Full Form Of Chamar
Cha = Charm = skin\
Ma = Mans = muscle
Aa = Asthi = bone
Ra = Rakta = blood.
Famous Chamar Personalities
Chamar Personalities
* Kanshi Ram - Founder of the Bahujan Samaj Party (founded on 14 April 1984, On Lal Quila,Delhi)
* Mayawati Kumari - President of Bahujan Samaj Party and Chief Minister UP
* Jagjivan Ram - First Defence Minister of India,Deputy Prime Minister of India
* Charanjit Singh Atwal - Depty Speaker of Lok Sabha
* Meira Kumar - Social Justice Minister and Member of Parliament (India)
* Kumari Selja - Minister of State (Independent Charge) Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Govt. of India
* Sushil Kumar Shinde - (1941- ) Minister of power , former Chief Minister of {Maharashtra}
* Buta Singh-Chairman of SC commission,India
Arts & Media
*Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan- (deceased)
*Naveen Andrews - Television and film actor in Hollywood
*Kailash Kher - Famous Bollywood Singer
*Sukhwinder Singh-Famous Bollywood Singer
*Divya Bharati- Late Bollywood Actress
*Mika Singh-Bollywood and Punjabi Singer
*Manmohan Waris-Bollywood and Punjabi Singer
*Lembher Hussainpuri-Punjabi Singer
*Abhijeet Sawant-Winner of First Indian Idol
*Lal Chand Yamla Jatt - Punjabi Singer
*Chamkila - Late Most famous Punjabi Singer
* PT Usha-Udan Pari of India
* Palwankar Baloo - Cricketer and Social Activist, member of Hindu Mahasabha
* Amarjit Kaypee - Cricketer and Record Holder for most runs in the Ranji Trophy
Ravidasi Chamars
Ravidasi Chamars
Known as Ravidasias the members of the Ravidasi religion consider Guru Ravidas or Ravidass as their founding prophet and spiritual master, whom they revere as their "Satguru". He is one of the early northern India poet-Sants.
Guru Ravidas founded a spiritual movement in the fourteenth century in India. His parents were Chamars, one of the downtrodden communities in the Indian Varna (caste) system. Though the Chamars were Shudras, because they worked with leather, other Shudras (service providers and artisans), along with the Brahmins (teachers, scholars and priests), the Kshatriyas or Khatris (kings and warriors), the Vaishyas (agriculturists and traders), considered them "untouchables". Guru Nanak spoke against this discriminatory practise saying "Recognize the Lord's Light within all, and do not consider social class or status; there are no classes or castes in the world hereafter. (1)(Pause)" (SGGS p 349)
The people of this lowest strata were particularly attracted to the path of Guru Ravidas. After being initiated as Ravidasias added the suffix "Ad-Dharm" (Primal Spiritual Way) to their names. They saw themselves as a unique community that was separate from the Hindu and Muslim religions.
The Ravidasi movement gained an extra impetus in the 1920s in Punjab. Though Guru Gobind Singh had by his Khanda-ki-Pahul initiation (1669) made it very clear by his creation of the Panj Pyare, when four men - each of the four Varnas drank out of the same bowl of Amrit with the 10th Padshah of the Sikhs. The creation of the Khalsa, however only continued the long established credo of the Sikh Gurus who considered all humans to be equal. Despite this the Sikhs, who were formerly Chamars, continued to face caste oppression from their fellow Sikhs. Rebelling against this, the group split from the Sikh community and joined the Ravidasi faith en-masse. Today, former Chamars from the Punjab are the largest visible ethnic group in the Ravidasi community. Punjabi Ravidasis have a number of Gurdeheras in the United Kingdom, especially in the Midlands.
The practice of the Ravidasi faith amongst its Punjabi converts is strongly influenced by Sikh practice and form due to their history in the Sikh community. Ravidasis believe that there is no hypocrisy in practicing Sikhism alongside their Ravidasi beliefs, as the two do not contradict each other.
Ravidasis also believe that Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion, might have met with Guru Ravidass during his travels. It is believed that it was at this stage that Guru Ravidass handed over his hymns to Guru Nanak. Both spoke against discrimination based on Caste, Colour and Creed, and preached ideas of Equality and Socialism, and this is evident from hymns incorporated in the Guru Granth Sahib. Sikhs refer to Guru Ravidas and several other Sants and Pirs whose Hymns (though they were not Sikhs) have been included in the Guru Granth Sahib as Bhagats.
Jatav Chamars
Jatav Chamars
Jatav Chamars
Chamars however are placed at the lowest end of the social hierarchy. They are denied respect and access to resources like education, land and water. For historians the history of Chamars is not significant because their labour and scientific pursuit is never treated as dignified. Yet the community has an interesting history.
It was the time during the rule of early Mughals in 15th century Agra, also known as the leather capital, the Chamars had began an interesting journey.
Emperor Babur was the founder of the Mughal Empire in India. However, his son Humayun, lost to dreams and opium, was not a worthy successor. To make matters worse, he had inherited a fractious kingdom and was forced to engage in battle. Sher Khan, a rebellious Afghan chieftain was soon to oust Humayun to become Emperor Sher Shah Suri founding the short-lived Sur dynasty. He led his soldiers to victory against the Mughals. Hunmayun barely escaped with his life, almost drowning in a river nearby. A bhisti, a low caste water carrier, rescued him and ferried the emperor to safety on an inflated buffalo skin. In a typical expression of gratitude, Humayun made him king for a day. The bhisti invited fellow leather workers from all over to participate in his good fortune, establishing the foundation for Agra's considerable low caste population and its famous leather industry.
However, Agra's leather industry received its main impetus during the time of Emperor Akbar, who decreed that his soldiers wear shoes. Till that time the Mughal army had fought barefoot. Shoe-makers were summoned from all over the empire and work began to produce hundreds of thousands of pairs per year. Besides the hard-wearing leather jootis with slightly turned up toes for the soldiers, there were also a huge demand for more delicate versions for nobles, their ladies and vast entourages. Besides shoes were the Mughal shields which at least for the common soldiers, were made of leather.
In the British period the Agra Chamars (known as Jatavs) were the first to enter the manufacture of leather goods. Many became millionaires by supplying shoes and belts to the British army during World War II. That continued after independence aswell. But by the 1970s, non-Dalit traders entered the field. They acquired army tenders and began to fabricate leather goods, forcing many Jatav families out of business.
Chamar ( The Great discoverers )
Great Discoverers
Chamars, a dalit community has been known for their scientific pursuit, yet for which they have been hardly acknowledged. For examples they were the first discoverers of the role of salt in keeping the wet skin from rotting. The natural tanning process adopted by the Chamars is largely eco-friendly. The salted skin is dipped into the powered mixture of the bark of Tarwar plant. The Chamars discovered that the tannic acid of the Tarwar bark could be used to convert raw skins into leather. The treated skin is then put into a tub of lime. After a week it transforms into leather. The leather is then washed clean in a stream or a pond. To give a finish touch to the leather the Chamars use the dried and powered fibre of a fruit called Karukkaya. The fibre is boiled in castor oil. On cooling, this solution is systematically applied to the leather to give it a polished, smooth look.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Population Of Chamars in India
Second Biggest Cast In India
Bengal 999,756 1.25%
Bihar 4,090,070 5%
Delhi 893,384 6.45%
Chandigarh 48,159 5.3%
Chhattisgarh 1,659,303 8%
Haryana 2,079,132 9%
Jammu & Kashmir 187,277 1.9%
Jharkhand 837,333 3.1%
Madya Pradesh 4,498,165 7.5%
Punjab 2,800,000 11.9%
Rajasthan 2,465,563 4%
Uttar Pradesh 19,803,106 12%
Uttaranchal 444,535 5%


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Discussion in 'Star Trek Movies XI+' started by RAMA, Apr 26, 2013.
Bob Orci has said that he is in talks with Paramount about the next Trek movie.
I also read an interview the other day and Chris Pine is now committed for 2 more movies, instead of one.
Yep. The news came out March 30, 2009
You don't have an equivalent of Half-Price Tuesday in your area?
You can't afford $15 (each) for a little entertainment (of over two hours) you really enjoy every few weeks?
You don't have a scheme where you can buy a booklet of ten (or five) discount tickets? (I almost never pay full price for a movie.)
You can only ever go to movies with your wife?
Sometimes I actually prefer going to the flicks on my own, and I certainly wouldn't label myself in anyway "antisocial". I've seen STID seven times, twice with my wife, twice with friends and three times on my lonesome.
Actually, it was the Mrs who suggested going the second time. That's a great indicator of the movies broader appeal in my book - she is not a fan!!!
ST:TMP was my first solo experience, as a newbie Trekker and I found it was such a different experience. I love going to movies by myself now!
I often wonder if I'd still be as passionate about TMP if I'd seen it on opening night, where several of my future friends had wandered out absolutely hating it, and walking away from active fandom for several years.
Got the fifth viewing under my belt sans son who slept in... 10 a.m. showing. 20 people there. Still loved the way the father-son dynamic played out culminating in Pike's death. Male action figures crying is something you don't see all that often, but man were the tears flowing in this film...
Unfortunately, I've only been to see STiD once...
Circumstances have been such that going to the movies, is a rare treat now-a-days.
As for multiple times of seeing a movie...
I do remember an occasion back in December of 1974 when I was stuck in Washington DC for a four day weekend of sight-seeing...
I arrived Friday morning just before one of the biggest snowfalls in DCs' history socked in the entire North East.
Stuck in a mid-range motel (two stars) in Alexandria for four days, the only saving grace was that right next door, was a two screen theater which happen to be showing "The Towering Inferno" on both.
(back then one didn't wander around Alexandria alone day or night, unless one had no choice. Especially if one was a lilly-white honky-boy )
If I remember correctly, it cost between $1.50 to $2.00 to see a movie.
I saw "The Towering Inferno" 14 times that weekend.
I remember actually only paying about $8.00 total for the whole weekend to see the movie, as for most of the shows, I was pretty much the only viewer and the theater owner was kind enough to not kick me out, between viewings.
After I explained my circumstances, he was quite friendly and we ended up enjoying each others company for several of the shows.
(as well as some "after hours" fun in my motel room starting Saturday night. I was quite the adventurer in my younger days )
I don't remember how much I paid for the boxes of popcorn and soda. (though much of it was on-the-house, after we became "friendlier")
There is much more to this story, as I returned to that particular motel on many more occasions for weekends of fun and actually spent at lot of time wandering around Alexandria.
But that's a tale for another time...
Yes but the flipside is that there is a LOT of people on tuesdays.
One of my favourite movies is Conan the Barbarian (1982), which I have purchased on DVD 12 years ago. I watched it 10 times since then. So I wouln't go see a movie 12 times in the space of a few weeks, anyway.
I have no idea.
Well, yeah. Going to the movies alone is more boring. And to be completely honest, I don't like seeing movies in theatres all that much because it's A) loud B) sometimes in 3D and C) full of people, and I usually don't like being around that many noisy, smelly idiots.
I agree. That's why I usually go to the early showings, when there's not much popcorn on the floor yet. Also, most people don't drag themselves to the movies at the earlier times. Problem solved for me You should try it sometime.
Although I do like going to the movies alone on occasion. Sometimes it's nice not having someone there to judge me and stuff. I tend to silently freak out and grab the arms of a friend who comes with me to the movies.
Ditto. I don't go to the theater often (too expensive) but when I do the early showings are far superior. Apparently the majority of the moviegoing masses don't like to get up too early to hit a theater.
Here, early showings apparently means 1pm.
Really? Where I am the earliest is usually 11:30 or 12:00. Hmm.
It'll be 2016, simply because that's the 50th Aniversary year.
They can make more from marketing it as the 50th Annivserary of the franchise than the 49th.
Monday number: $354,877 for $220,945,947 so far.
Well sometimes, too. But I thought by "early" we meant like 8 am or something.
Could be Fast and Furious will drop below STID this week... I'd hold the theater count as close to 1000 as possible for the July 4th weekend.
Earliest in my neck of the woods is 10 am.
So in the end, it's grossed a fair amount less than 2009 but its legs have still been good. It'll take 50m minimum more worldwide and foreign BO has doubled, which hopefully continues in Trek 13. I think Trek has hit a ceiling around 220m-250m which it won't break no matter how good the movie is unless they change it significantly but there is still room for improvement overseas.
10-11am seem to be the first showings here in South Florida. Before lunch usually means sparse crowds.
If Japan boxoffice works as well as in China, I bet in $490-500 million worldwide. Not to mention the fact the July 4th weekend can increase box office a bit more.
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"The tensions with Lebanon — Israel's neighbor to the north with which it remains technically at war — stem from Lebanon's hope that some of the gas falls in its waters as well the patina of mistrust that hovers over the relationship.
"Worried by Israel's plans, the Lebanese Parliament this week passed a law to auction undersea energy exploration rights in 2012 and to draw its own maritime borders.
"…Israeli authorities say the fields lie within their own economic territory as defined by international maritime law.
"..An American official involved in the issue said the Israel-Lebanon land border had not been fully drawn and until it was, the maritime border would remain in potential dispute. A mile one way or the other on the land border could make a big difference in drilling rights."
— One interesting, but little discussed, aspect of this dispute is the fact that Israel has illegally extended its idea of the maritime border at an angle off of the Blue Line which is 20 degrees beyond the UN accepted line. UNIFIL briefers in Naquora stress this point – that Israel is in violation of UNSCR 1701 as a result of 1) Ghajar 2) Overflights AND 3) the Maritime border angle… but this last fact still has yet to get cycled into the media reports on this emerging subject. Strangely, even the Lebanese do not appear to be raising this evident and UN-acknowledged violation either!


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It's a glamorous life we lead. I don't have kids so I never lock the bathroom door and a couple of times the OH has come in and pulled a puzzled face when I've been checking my CM and CP. Men have it soooo easy Imagine if they had to check their bits two or three times a day just to check they were still working!!!!!!!!!!...................oh forget I said that, they already do