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The Catalans have a phrase: 'em planto'. It has a double meaning: 'I plant', or 'I've had enough'. At end of the huge 15 October demonstration of Indignados ('outraged') in Barcelona – the papers put it at around 250,000 – we were we greeted with an impromptu garden under the Arc de Triomf, the end point of the march. Campaigners for food sovereignty had planted vegetables in well-spaced rows, ready for long term cultivation.
The point was partly an ecological one. But the surrounding placards indicated that the gardeners also intended it to make a symbolic point about the broader significance of the march. 'Plantemos' declared a large cardboard placard, meaning: 'we plant ourselves' – 'we stand firm'.
Mariel, who was dressed as a bee – essential to flourishing horticulture and now facing pesticidal destruction – explained that the activists who organised the garden were part of the agro-ecology bloc on the march. The march as a whole had several layers of self-organisation that became apparent at certain moments. There were three main focal themes – all issues on which active alliances had come together over recent months: education (yellow flags), health (green flags) and housing (red flags).
As we approached the Arc de Triomf, someone on a loud hailer announced that the different directions in which those following each of the themes should go, guided by an open lorry carrying the appropriate flag. The idea was that the demonstration would end not with speeches to the assembled masses, on the traditional model. Instead, the plan was to hold assemblies to discuss action and alternatives to cuts and privatisation.
News came through later in the evening that two of these assemblies had taken action, leading an occupation of a third hospital – two that were making redundancies had already been occupied the day before the demonstration. They had also squatted a large unoccupied building to turn it into housing for ten families. Evictions have become a focus of intense conflict in Barcelona as the numbers grow every day.
As well as clusters around themes, it was the regular neighbourhood assemblies, feeding into an occasional assembly of assemblies, that were the organism that gave the demonstration its impressive life.
The neighbourhood assemblies emerged in early summer this year, following the birth of the Indignados movement in the occupations of the squares of Spain and Greece. As the occupation of Barcelona's Plaça de Catalunya reached its peak towards the end of May and the general assembly in the square began to plan its future, the locus of organised indignation spread to the neighbourhoods – sometimes reviving or connecting with pre-existing neighbourhood associations, sometimes building on quite dense social bonds. For example, the assembly from Sant Andreu, a predominantly working-class neighbourhood in the north of the city, marched for over an hour to reach the demonstration, proudly announcing their assembly on their yellow T-shirts.
Like many on the demonstration, they brought handmade placards. Some of their slogans were specific: 'education is not for sale', 'for high quality education; against the cuts'. Others were more general: 'nothing to lose; all to gain', 'the system is dead, the people are alive'. A lot of these homemade banners highlighted the exhaustion and corruption of the political system, one offering a reward: '2,000 euro for an honest politician'. Abstentions could be high in November's elections.
There is disillusionment too with trade unions. In the occupation of the square earlier this year, it was not only parties that were not wanted, but also the unions. They had been part of a social contract with the government that had let workers down, leading to a fall in wages and weak protection. Most significantly, they showed no concern – and often hostility – to the growing numbers of people, especially among the young, who had no chance of a long term job. Yesterday only the CNT (Confederación Nacional del Trabajo), the union founded by the anarchists and still less bureaucratised than other trade unions, dared show its face.
Interestingly, though, there are signs of workers recovering the confidence to organise in their workplaces as a direct result of the collective action taking place on the streets, and waking up the unions in the process.
Bea recently worked in a call centre. She remembers the fear that made her fellow workers timid and passive. She was impressed that after the occupations of the squares, the call centre workers went on strike over injustices they had previously suffered in silence. 'It was as if the strength of the example of collective action on the square gave them the confidence, broke through the fear,' she said.
Where this kind of awakening will lead is unclear. General goals are clearly expressed: real democracy based on popular assemblies in the neighbourhoods, reform of the electoral system for different levels of government, the right of referendums including on the European level, an end to cuts and privatisation of public services, banks and finance under public control, economic development based on co-operation, self-management and a social economy – the list is long and elaborate (see here, for example).
The important, distinguishing feature of this vision of change is that it is not centred on what governments should do. Rather it is a guide to action at many levels, starting with what the people can do collaboratively, through spaces they occupy, resources they reclaim, new sources of power they create. There is a self-consciousness that the creation of far-reaching alternatives will take time. In conversation, the slogans are put in context: 'we're going slowly, because we are going far' is a common saying.
One thing is certain: the energy, creativity and will comes from outside the existing institutions. Bargaining, pressure, people and organisations that bridge the outside and the inside will no doubt be part of the process of change, but the established institutions have lost the initiative.
There is no bravado about this. Among those I talked to on our way home from the Arc de Triomf and the improvised garden, there was anxiety as well as elation at the size and success of the demonstration. 'I feel some people are looking for leaders,' said Nuria, a translator and free culture activist.
But in the many levels of organisation producing this impressive show not only of anger but of serious engagement in creating alternatives, it becomes clear that this is not a 'leaderless' movement. It is emerging, experimentally perhaps, as movement where leadership is shared and is learnt – a movement that can grow and flourish as well as stand firm.
Hilary Wainwright is a member of Red Pepper's editorial collective and a fellow of the Transnational Institute.
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Oscar Reyes 16 October 2011, 22.10
Hilary's really captured the spirit of yesterday's march well, but I think her post also goes some way to correcting a lot of the US/anglocentric/major financial centres bias written in round-ups of the global protests. Inspiring as the Wall Street protests are, it is not really accurate to claim (as the Guardian, New York Times and even activist sites like ZNet have it) that these were the spur to rallies that swept the globe.
An initial call was made several months ago: http://15o.democraciarealya.es/ and the most successful of these have been based on concerted organising, not simply the fact that (as Jon Stewart of the Daily Show recently put it, the media dial has turned from blackout to circus).
It's easy to over-state the "new model of protest" line too (eg. http://www.redpepper.org.uk/birth-of-a-new-movement/ ). There are many novel elements in this, enabled by the internet as well as the re-organisation of global labour– as Paul Mason has pointed out a while ago
. But in other ways it is all decidedly old-school: unemployment, job insecurity and the defence of a welfare state under threat from a massive austerity programme are spurring protests, coupled with a revolt against a banking system that's totally out of control.
The Barcelona protest was one of the numerous protests in cities across the state of Spain, from 60,000 in Sevilla in the south to over 10,000 reported in Vigo in the north-west, and 500,000 in the capital Madrid. There are reports and videos (in Spanish) at
The story of the three strands of the march that Hilary describes is also worth following. In Nou Barris, a working class suburb in the north of Barcelona, the march was followed by the occupation of an empty block of flats, with the aim of housing families that had faced home repossessions:
A 6,000-strong march continued to the Hospital del Mar, in support of a revolt against health cuts that had already seen the occupation of two hospitals on the night before the main demonstration. The symbolic end point saw a huge die-in, with activists playing dead to symbolise "the deaths of many citizens" as a result of savage health sector cuts.
Thousands more formed an education block that met up with an occupation at the Geography and History Faculties of the University of Barcelona, located close to the centre of the city. Once there, convened an assembly to discussed the demands of the recently formed Platform for a Public University (Plataforma Unitària per la Universitat Pública), which has called for a strike on 17 November.
Lesley Wood 17 October 2011, 08.27
Terrific article! Thanks for filling in the gaps. I was there, but the crowd was way too big to get a sense of what was going on!
Oscar 17 October 2011, 11.31
Also worth checking out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq2Wm6GyEr4&feature=youtu.be
Brid Brennan 18 October 2011, 11.28
really insightful article….makes great sense to those who weren't there…this huge demo…and all the rivers of resistances it symbolises…is trully inspiring …it looks like the 'indignados' movement is here to stay and hopefully irrevesrible.
Robert the cripple 20 October 2011, 09.57
Look over at Labour list and you will see people demanding that these sit In's be time limited, can you believe this time limit a sit in because it spoils the views. and I'm not kidding you.
The song needs to be "Where has the Labour party gone".
Dyane 10 November 2011, 18.09
Thanks Lesley for including this link in your blog. Gives a very unbiased account of what is happening in Europe and what, I feel, many are trying to do over here in Vancouver and across Canada… Unfortunately things have become messy in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery, but still, it is almost November 11th we all have to sit up and consider the space we inhabit and the world we share. Dyane
noel 30 November 2011, 00.19
I understand the desire to be wary of leaders in traditional organisations, because they have let people down, but please can we stop with this idea of any movement being 'leaderless' they never are, and never will be, leadership is part of a movement whether it is acknowledged or not
richard 23 December 2011, 13.54
Many thanks for this post Hilary, and subsequent comments. Having arrived in Barcelona from Australia on May 13th and passing through Pl Catalunya on the 15th absolutely in awe of the buzz was something I will never forget. Nor the police actions since and we are left with an election result that can only pursue the "Goldman Sach-ing" of Spain.
Jeremy Hardy made a crucial point which you hinted at with your "ecological theme" –
"And despite being divided about exactly how to provoke a 'recovery', both main parties have junked any real concern about the fact that we are rapidly using up our planet and heading for an environmental disaster that will make pensions largely unnecessary" this is the issue, what is the reality of continuing "as is" – before 2050 there is a "need" to reduce average flobal emissions by 50%, maybe 60% in Spain (?)
Having energy generation so closely tied to "growth" is not conducive to reducing carbon emissions. Perhaps we should look to South American for solutions rather then Wall St.
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What now for Montpelier schools?April 05,2014
Was this years voter rejection of Montpeliers school budget a fluke?
Baby boomers that outsized cohort born from 1946 through 1964 have continually reshaped American society.
They moved to Vermont in large numbers during the 1960s and early 1970s.This influx plus Vermonts homegrown boomers brought about the creation of several regional schools, including the U-32 middle and high school.
Prior to U-32, Montpelier educated children in these grades from surrounding towns. Montpelier could have merged with U-32, but decided to go it alone. And without the students from other towns, Montpelier High School enrollment dropped in 1971 by one-third, from 890 to 578.
At the time, this reduction was seen as temporary. Montpelier high school enrollment was projected to grow and by the end of the 1970s reach 800. That never happened.
By the mid-1970s, Vermonts recent population growth from in-migration had abated, no doubt because of the economic downturn of that decade.
Montpeliers total population declined between 1970 and 2010 by 9 percent. But more striking was the declining share of the citys population in the age group of 24 and under, which as shown in the table with this article, went from 45 percent of the total in 1970 to 25 percent in 2010.
Montpeliers total enrollment in all schools declined apace, by 46 percent during the four decades.Total enrollments were 1,725 in the 1970-71 school year (after subtracting students scheduled to transfer to U-32), 1,255 in 1990-91, and 923 in 2010-11 (using the number of total enrolled students in 2010-11, not equalized pupils).
But Montpeliers school budgets followed a different pattern.
After adjusting for inflation, the school budgets approved annually by voters increased from 1970 to 1990 by eight percent, and from 1990 to 2010 by 66 percent. In 2013 dollar values, the amounts were $9,292,692 in 1970 (discounted for U-32 transfers), $10,016,610 in 1990, and $16,642,414 in 2010.
Underlying larger budget amounts was a rising average cost per-student (budget amount divided by total enrollment): a 48 percent increase from the 1970-71 school year to 1990-91, and a 126 percent increase from 1990-91 to 2010-11. In 2013 dollar values, the per-student costs were $5,386 in 1970-71, $7,981 in 1990-91, and $18,031 in 2010-11.
Today when people consider a single years school budget increase, some have said, its only a small amount, and because we value education so highly, why worry about spending a little more? I think the answer is obvious from the above figures. Little plus little, plus a little more, adds up to big.
My children were in Montpelier schools from 1969 through 1996. My family is very grateful for the experience. The adult lives of my children, and of many of their Montpelier peers, are proof of the high quality of our schools during that time.
But because of that positive experience, I find it impossible to believe that Montpelier schools today are 126 percent better the increased average cost per-student from 1990-91 to 2010-11, over and above general price inflation during that period.
Nor do I believe rejection of the school budget this year was a fluke.
Rather, I attribute it in no small measure to the aging of baby boomers. As seen in the table, people in the two age groups of 45 and over combined, increased from 35 percent of Montpeliers total population in 1970, to 48 percent in 2010. The oldest boomers are just now passing the age 65 mark, with the rest right behind. More people in these age groups are reaching the end of their prime income-producing years. Or are beyond producing any income at all. And with retirement savings trampled during the financial debacles of the past 15 years. Even if some still have adequate savings to live on, for now, many of us still wonder if our savings will last until we die.
Even retirees with so-called guaranteed pensions (including former public employees), if they are paying attention, have got to have their doubts.
And to say that income sensitivity will take care of us old people begs the question of who is going to pay for it, as we old people relentlessly increase in number?
To me it is only rational to want our school board to do better. And to become truly prudent to reclaim that once revered Vermont virtue.
When the state education board approved the creation of U-32, it stipulated that U-32 and Montpelier cooperate when needed for the success of both systems. As I consider the fact that Montpelier today employs one teacher for every nine students enrolled in both middle and high school, I wonder, could the time for that be now?
Data sources: For inflation adjustments, U.S. Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. For population figures, U.S. Census Bureau. For U-32 history, Montpelier voter- approved school budgets, and 1970-71 and 2010-11 school enrollments, City of Montpelier annual reports. For 1990-91 school enrollment, Office of Montpelier School Superintendent.
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This has got to be one of the hottest outfits I have worn to date. I put this outfit on and immediately felt agressive and sexy. I don't know what it is but I like it. Leather has become one of my favorite things, so hopefully you will be seeing alot more of it in my site. So did you guys watch the UFC fight this weekend? OMG I was sooo happy with the new UFC heavyweight champion! It was an awesome fight. Well so last nite I had a couple of my friends come over and we played Nitendo Wii for like 5 hours, it was a blast, I never laughed so much in my entire life. I will have to do a Wii show very soon, and for those of you who don't know what Im talking about here is what I do, I play Wii and every game I lose I have to take off a piece of clothing until I'm playing Wii butt naked! You have to see me trying to play the boxing game naked, it is a funny sight to see LOL. So here are a few shots from last nites show. Don't forget to leave comments on my pics ; )
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Be careful with the Wii. You might develop Wii-itis (look it up). Very…very sexy pics.
Janessa, What else can I say? You look so hot and sexy in your black leather outfit. looking forward to seeing more of you in leather outfit. You are simply an amazing woman.
You do look ridiculous in leather…
I'd play tips with you!
Stunning! That is one of the words that comes to mind when I see you in those pants, just stunning.
I think you should do some kind of tight dress or skirt for your next update. I can be more specific if you like .
looking damn good Janessa <3
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yes, that shit is sexy !…but everything on u is sexy, can't wait for more…
I loved the show Janessa. Will you wear those hot sexy leatherpants in another show please? 😀
I see that your website is taking shape…so exciting. These pics stick in my head all day and through the night, so very hot!!! Do you have an "ship to" address that you can share? I'd like to start things off on the right foot.
See you in the next show…
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"All I see are movie stars movie stars movie stars," laments Harry, the journeyman actor in Theresa Rebeck's rollicking "The Understudy," now on stage in a fun Renaissance Theaterworks production that opened Saturday night. "It's like a disease," Harry continues. Or "maybe more like 'pathology.' Or 'ongoing cultural disaster,'" he concludes.
All true enough, if one is keeping track of the numerous Hollywood stars making fools of themselves on Broadway. But as Rebeck's title suggests, Harry is now understudying one of them: an action-movie stud named Jake, himself improbably understudying an even more famous Hollywood co-star. »Read Full Article
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The 15 Best Movie Boyfriends in Film History
Listen, we know that it's unfair to compare our real-life romantic partners to the leading men we see on film. But every once in a while, is it so wrong to dream about ditching our husbands or boyfriends and running off to live with Lloyd Dobler from "Say Anything …"?
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Yeah, it probably is. But that doesn't mean we can't fantasize in secret. (Unless we somehow find ourselves single on Valentine's Day; then we're free to fantasize about Lloyd in public.)
Even if Lloyd Dobler wasn't your cup of tea, you've gotta admit you were smitten with at least one of the many fantastic big-screen boyfriends who established impossible standards for all the decent men you've dated or settled down with.
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Check out a few of the best below, then let us know about your favorite movie boyfriends in the comments:
Lloyd Dobler, "Say Anything … "
There's something especially charming about a man who has no aspirations other than to just "hang" with the love of his life, even if her father doesn't think so. Other than, that is, kick-boxing. Because you know, it's the sport of the future.
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Sam Wheat, "Ghost"
Sam was such a dedicated boyfriend that he returned from the dead to defend his lady's life. Plus, he seemed to share her passion for pottery. So that was nice.
Jake Ryan, "Sixteen Candles"
For a moment, forget about the part where Jake leaves his drunk ex-girlfriend in the care of a geeky pervert. He's a stand-up guy during most the rest of the film.
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Ferris Bueller, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
A date with Ferris Bueller is sure to be filled with fine art, fine cars, fine restaurants, and loads of spontaneity. It's almost enough to forgive his occasional wandering eye.
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Rick Blaine, "Casablanca"
Rick doesn't end up with Ilsa, but he ends up putting her first. We're going to guess Bogart melted a few hearts with this performance.
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Will Thacker, "Notting Hill"
Sure, he's impossibly eloquent and extremely well-read, but it's refreshing to see a leading man who's prone to the same flaky moments and dumb decisions as the rest of us.
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Joe Fox, "You've Got Mail"
Joe Fox is proof that if you've got a good heart, a girl is willing to overlook the fact that you put her independent book store out of business.
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Jacob Palmer, "Crazy, Stupid, Love"
We could've picked any number of Ryan Gosling roles, but Jacob Palmer was, by far, the sharpest-dressed and smoothest-talking of the bunch.
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Josh Lucas, "Clueless"
Look past their age difference and the fact that they were once step-siblings. Josh and Cher make a cute, opposites-attract sort of couple.
Landon Carter, "A Walk to Remember"
Any movie based on a Nicholas Sparks novel is bound to feature a guy who (by the end, at least) turns out to be a flawless romantic.
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Mark Darcy, "Bridget Jones's Diary"
Colin Firth doesn't mince words as Mark Darcy, so you know he's being completely genuine when he tells Bridget he likes her just the way she is.
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Edward Scissorhands, "Edward Scissorhands"
Johnny Depp's Edward wouldn't hurt a fly unless his lady was in danger, in which case he'll straight-up murder Anthony Michael Hall. He can also sculpt a mean slab of ice — in his love's likeness, no less.
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Wall-E, "Wall-E"
Ok, so he's not technically a boy. But Wall-E follows Eve across the universe to try and keep her out of harm's way. And even when she wasn't in danger, he was always there to shield her with an umbrella or wrap her in a blanket.
Prince Akeem, "Coming to America"
Prince Akeem eschewed an arranged marriage in favor of finding a smart, independent girl. (And Eddie Murphy, who plays Akeem, gets bonus points for not choosing to play his own love interest in drag.)
Tony Wyzek, "West Wide Story"
Yeah, it's basically a retelling of "Romeo and Juliet," so yeah, maybe Tony dies at the end. But before that, he and Maria literally made beautiful music together.
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Honorable Mention: Miles Dumont, "The Holiday"; Prince Charming, "Cinderella"; Westley, "The Princess Bride"; Dewey, "Scream"; Romeo, most any film interpretation of "Romeo and Juliet."


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Ray Brown's Great Big Band / NYJO / Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra
Brown Cats Productions
Sixteen years have passed since Ray Brown's Great Big Band (love that name!) recorded Impressions of Point Lobos, one of the stellar albums of 1994. Brown has ended that prolonged hiatus with Kayak, which should brighten many a listener's catalog of Top Ten albums for 2010-11. Whether the emphasis is on great or big, Brown's California-based band proves time and again that neither avenue is imprecise. The sound is big when it needs to be, the ensemble greatindividually and collectivelyon every chart (all of which are Brown's).
It's always a pleasure to reconnect with alto saxophonist Mary Fettig who solos tastefully on the first two numbers, Cole Porter's "So in Love" and Victor Herbert's "Indian Summer," the last with Ray Brown's guitar-playing brother, Steve (who co-arranged the tune). Steve Brown is front and center again on Kenny Wheeler's smooth-riding "Kayak" (a.k.a. "Body and Soul"), this time with the splendid young trumpeter Erik Jekobsen. Tenor Charlie McCarthy is showcased on the standard "I Fall in Love Too Easily," the trombone section (Dave Gregoric, John Gove, Dave Eshelman, Dave Martell, Derek James) on the great trombonist Frank Rosolino's jazz waltz, "Blue Daniel," which precedes bassist Sam Jones' radiant "Del Sasser" (solos by alto Paul Contos and pianist Eddie Mendenhall). Brown dedicated the Gershwin brothers' "Our Love Is Here to Stay" (played in three temposslow, medium, up) to his older brother Glenn who died in 2007. Darting among the shifting time signatures are Eshelman and tenor saxophonist Bennett Friedman.
Mendenhall commands the spotlight on Bill Evans' dreamy "Turn Out the Stars," Friedman on John Coltrane's bustling "Moment's Notice," Jekobsen on Sergio Mendes' ballad "Song of No Regrets," vocalist Gail Dobson on Frank Loesser's "I've Never Been in Love Before." The band rings down the curtain with Miles Davis / Victor Feldman's sprightly "Seven Steps to Heaven" (virile solos courtesy of McCarthy and trumpeter Don Beck). Drummer Dave Houghton drives the band to "Heaven" with finesse and assurance, as he does throughout the session. Steve Brown, Mendenhall and bassist John Shifflett round out the ensemble's formidable rhythm section.
Sailing aboard this Kayak is an invariably rewarding experience. Thanks to Ray Brown for shepherding the Great Big Band into a studio, but please don't make everyone wait another sixteen years before recording again.
National Youth Jazz Orchestra
For Dick Morrissey and Chris Dagley
Stanza Records
Sometimes even the most heartfelt tributes spring forth as much by chance as by design. Great Britain's superb National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO), wishing to honor tenor saxophonist Dick Morrissey, who died of cancer at age 60 in 2000, received an unforeseen but no less welcome prize when moving its office this year (2010) from Victor Road, Harrow, to Vigo Street in London's West End. Among the hundreds of items turned up during the move was a recording of a live performance by NYJO with guest artist Morrissey taped at the Buxton Opera House in 1990. As if fate were working overtime, the drummer on that occasion happened to be Chris Dagley, a longtime NYJO stalwart who lost his life at age 38 in an early-hours motorcycle accident on July 28, 2010. Instantly, one memorial became two, and the album was lovingly dedicated to the lives and legacies of Morrissey and Dagley.
Even though the concert was preserved from the back of the hall on a Walkman recorder, and its provenance is clear in the sometimes boxy and less-than-burnished sound, the power and precision of NYJO come shining through on every number, as do the passion and energy of its irrepressible foreman, the 19-year-old Chris Dagley. As for Morrissey, he brings his special talent to the fore on seven of eleven numbers starting with Alan Hare's buoyant "Afterburner." Hare also wrote the groovy "Lift Off" and arranged the standard "Tangerine," each of which embodies one of Morrissey's no-nonsense manifestos, as do the late Harry South's turbulent "Storm Warning" and majestic "Royal Flush" (saxophones and rhythm only), Paul Higgs' succulent "Syrup of Phiggs" and Chris Smith's rapid-fire finale, "Going Dutch" (which fades during Morrissey's impassioned solo). Rounding out the concert are Smith's easygoing"Yessica" (showcasing a young Lisa Grahame on flute) and appetizing "Cheese & Carrots," Higgs' intense "Water Babies" and Mark Nightingale's clever renovation of a well-known Gershwin classic, "S'wonderfuel."


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Vince Moseley Developmental Evaluation Center
The highly specialized, caring staff at the Vince Moseley Developmental Evaluation Center is dedicated to providing a complete network of resources for children with developmental, behavioral, learning problems and genetic disorders. Because the center is part of MUSC Children's Health and is managed by the divisions of developmental pediatrics and genetics, children have access to a level of care found only through an academic medical center.
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At a press conference held at the Show, the company has announced brand new two door S65 AMG Coupe which has made its world premiere. Apart from this, Mercedes Benz also showcased the company's flagship model S 600 Guard while the company's CLS 63 AMG 4MATIC and GLA 45 AMG 4MATIC SUV also made its presence felt for the first time in Russia.
Speaking about the center of attention at the Mercedes Benz stand, the new S 65 AMG Coupe is expected to be priced at over 12.9 million Ruble (351,679.44 USD or Rs 2.13 crores). It is powered by a 6.0l V12 generating 630 hp power. It does a 0-100 kmph in just 4.1 seconds and has a electronically top speed of 250 kmph.
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Council Meeting Agendas detail the order of business to be discussed and decided upon. Councillors discuss various issues and make decisions on the recommendations included within the Agenda. The Chief Executive Officer and General Managers of each department attend the Council Meetings.
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President Obama's Power Grab (Obamatrade) Must be Stopped!
President Obama is attempting to get his hands on the power he needs to push Obamatrade via the Fast Track Trade Authority, something that will grant him dictator-like powers. With Fast Track, he will be able to put anything he wants into "free trade" agreements – even things not related to trade – just as he is attempting to do now with the job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)!
The TPP is a secret, Obama-led trade agreement being negotiated between the United States, Australia, Brunei, Chile, Canada, Malaysia, New Zealand, Mexico, Peru, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, and possibly South Korea.
We all know how disastrous "free trade" agreements have been for us in the past – sky-rocketing trade deficits, soaring national debt, job losses and outsourcing – but the TPP will make NAFTA, KORUS, CAFTA and others look tame. In fact, the TPP has been dubbed 'NAFTA on steroids,' meaning it will be even more harmful than any of its predecessors.
Furthermore, President Obama's TPP will not only override American laws, but will allow corporations to sue the U.S. government for losses at the tax payer's expense. It is an agreement that will favor corporations rather than We the People, plain and simple.
It is even projected to impact areas of society not related to trade, like the following:
- financial dealings
- Internet freedoms
- service-sector regulation
- labor and environmental standards
- investments
- government procurement
- patents and copyrights
- trade in industrial goods and agriculture
Clearly the TPP must not be allowed to pass. Wake up America! We must demand a stop to President Obama's power grab and demand Congress refuse to grant him Fast Track Trade Authority that will allow agreements like the TPP to pass. This is an important issue and the President's threat to utilize it should have every American up in arms. It completely disregards the checks and balances system that our Founding Fathers made certain to include in the blueprint of our government.
With the use of Fast Track, President Obama will be able to bypass Congress so he can ram his job-killing "free trade" agenda through. There's no input from Congress, let alone the public, about what goes into these trade agreements before they receive a single up or down vote from Congress.
We need leaders who will govern our country as our U.S. Constitution intended — with Congress writing our laws and setting trade policy. By utilizing the Fast Track Authority, President Obama will destroy our fundamental Constitutional system of checks and balances in the name of "free trade." This must not be allowed!
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Alain Bradette
Saxophonist, Alain Bradette, was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. An accomplished performer, composer, arranger, producer and multi-instrumentalist, he has performed in Canada, Europe and the United States. In 2004, two of Alain's compositions were recognized by the prestigious Great American Song Contest: Montreal-Marseille took first place honors and A Bird's Dream ranked second in the top five Outstanding Compositions in the jazz category. He has been both a sideman and a featured musician on several recordings and produced singer-songwriter, Serina Jung's, second album Sparrows. Other musical collaborations include performances with The International Montreal Jazz Festival Orchestra with guest musicians Adam Makowicz and George Mraz, the Vic Vogel Big Band, Tiger Okoshi, at a Timucua Art Foundation event, and Quebec's star, Pierre Flynn.Read more
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What makes college football so great is the drama each weekend brings as teams jockey for position to earn a shot at the national title or claim a conference crown. Adding to the drama this year is the lingering presence of TCU, Boise State and now Utah in the top ten of both major polls.
With these three schools hanging around it adds even more pressure on the power conference guys to keep keep winning, because one loss could knock a team out of the race this year.
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Here is a quick look at the AP's top ten college football teams and a word of caution and hope for each one.
Alabama: We have two cautions for Alabama football fans. First, be wary of national titles handed out in October. Many of them are lost before November.
Second, Alabama's red zone defense has been outstanding, but consider that Penn State turned the ball over three times inside the thirty and Florida gave the ball up twice in the red zone. Teams have moved the ball, but have not finished drives off. Can this trend continue?
Take courage though. Alabama beat up Florida and basically did not even give it an effort in the second half on offense. Alabama only totaled 71 yards in the second half with 37 coming on a run out the clock drive by the second team.
Ohio State: Terrelle Pryor is too much of the Ohio State offense and it is hard to win a national championship when one guy is 60% of your production. Buckeye fans might quickly point to Texas with Vince Young, but that is the exception to the rule.
One other caution for those attending this weekend's game with Indiana. There are rumors that concession works might stage a walk-out. Ohio State football fans need to come to the game well fed.
Be encouraged that on offense five different players, all with multiple catches, average over ten yards per reception. The Buckeye's also feature one of college football's best defenses this season, and that does win championships.
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Oregon: The Ducks have done a pretty good job of keeping other teams from scoring but there is reason to be concerned with the defense. As a unit Oregon just gives up too much yardage through the air and ground. Stanford and Arizona State each racked up more than 500 yards of offense against Oregon's defense. A struggling Tennessee team put up 333 total yards.
On the positive side, it just might be that you don't need to worry about the other guys scoring when you put 56 points a game on the scoreboard. Most impressive of all the offensive outings was the 52 hung on Stanford last weekend.
Boise State: Poll voters like to see headlines, and Boise State can expect most national ones to discuss their overall weak schedule and worthiness to play for a national title compared to schools from more competitive conferences.
The caution is also a reason to have hope. Boise State's football team will be undefeated at the end of the year, and teams they need out of the way probably won't be. This will keep the team in blue a part of the conversation until the end.
TCU: Everyone who feels for Boise State really needs to hurt for TCU's football team. At least people are talking about the Broncos. You don't hear much at all about the Horned Frogs. They are buried in a state full of high profile college football programs and pro sports are king in several cities. It just does not leave much space for getting Gary Patterson's team real play nationally.
Take heart Horned Frog fans. If you finish the season undefeated the computers that create so much angst as they calculate strength of schedule differences will find your year to be a better one than Boise State's. Imagine the Bronco's faithful screaming as you get a better bowl because of a higher BCS finish.
Oklahoma: Despite out-playing Texas from the very start, the outcome had the potential to swing when Landry Jones rolls out late in the 4th quarter and just drops the football. If Jones does not manage to get a few fingers on the ball so it barely rolls out of bounds Texas recovers the fumble and is still alive. Of course, there is the old saying, "If if and buts were candy and nuts we would all have a merry Christmas."
Teams that keep playing close games eventually find themselves on the wrong side of the score. The Sooners need to start closing every game out like they did Florida State.
On the up side, Oklahoma's football team is still 5-0 and avoids Nebraska this season in regular season play. Landry Jones is also starting to look like the best QB in the Big 12 this season. Solid play behind center is always a plus.
Nebraska: What do we really know about the Huskers? They have beaten Western Kentucky, Idaho, Washington and South Dakota. They will beat Kansas State Thursday, and there will still not be much we know about Bo Pelini's team. Consider this: Nebraska's football opposition this season has a combined record of 3-11.
Well, for something good…The Huskers seem to run the football pretty good. It is not time to say this is reality yet though. The best rushing defense Nebraska has faced was Idaho's. The Vandals are the 65th best team at stopping the run in the country. South Dakota State is 111th. At the FCS level of college football.
Auburn: By now everyone has to agree that Cam Newton can play football. He is currently completing 65% of his passes and has tossed twelve touchdowns this fall. Newton also has 138 yards more rushing than the next closest Tiger. He also has more rushing attempts than Alabama's Trent Richardson and Mark Ingram.
Michigan's Denard Robinson is hurting and so is Ohio State's Pryor. When a QB is counted on to produce most of a team's offense with both his arms and legs it can mean trouble at some point.
On the plus side for Auburn football is the play of freshman running back Michael Dyer. Look for him to carry the football more as the season continues. Auburn can also take confidence from two close, physical games they won against South Carolina and Clemson.
Arizona: Is it possible for one team to have another's number? Oregon State might have Arizona's. In their last eleven meetings the Beavers have won nine. Does this make their matchup with Oregon State a trap game? If you are an Arizona football fan you better be thinking so.
Arizona's football team can be optimistic against the Beavers this year because the best quarterback in the conference this year is not USC's Matt Barkley or Jake Locker of Washington. Arizona's Nick Foles is the man. The Wildcat's signal caller is completing 74% of his passes. Arizona also has an aggressive defense that is making plays each week.
Utah: The win against Pitt is a positive, but the rest of the schedule has been pretty weak. UNLV has lost every game except for when they played New Mexico. Everyone beats New Mexico, and usually by a really large margin. San Jose State is another team that everyone beats. Well, that is not quite correct. The Spartans did beat Southern Utah.
Don't fret yet Utah football fans. The Utes will have their chance to show how good they are in games with Air Force, TCU, Iowa State and Notre Dame.
Who should be in the top ten? Number eleven Arkansas is a better football team than Utah for sure. When they play Auburn the question of who the second best team is currently in the SEC is will be answered. They deserve the nod above the Utes, who should not even be in the top 20 based on their accomplishments to date.
Who will fall from the AP top 25 after this weekend? Look for Miami to take Florida State down which will push Jimbo Fisher's team from the rankings. If South Carolina falls to Alabama they would likely not fall all the way out, but the possibility is there.


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Cinnamon Raisin Bread
|2 Cup (32 tbs), scalded
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|All purpose flour
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
|9 Tablespoon
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Dry yeast
|2 1⁄4 Teaspoon (1 Package)
|All purpose flour
|3 3⁄4 Cup (60 tbs)
|1 1⁄2 Cup (24 tbs)
|8 Teaspoon
|Ground cinnamon
|2 Teaspoon
|Melted butter
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs), divided
1) In a bowl combine 1/4 cup butter and milk stirring constantly.
2) Let the mixture cool to 105-115 degree.
3) Combine flour, sugar, salt, and yeast.
4) Pour the milk mixture to the dry ingredients and blend in low speed of electric mixer.
5) Blend the mixture for 2 minutes in a blender at low speed, stopping occasionally to scrape down the mixture to the bottom.
6) Add 3/4 cup flour and beat further for 2 minutes on high speed.
7) Add the remaining flour to make a soft dough and then stir in raisin.
8) Knead dough until soft and elastic.
9) Take a greased bowl and place dough in it, cover, and let it rise in a warm place at 85 degree for 1 hour 20 minutes or until dough is double the bulk.
10) Punch dough down, cover, and let it rest for 15 minutes.
11) Combine sugar and cinnamon, divide in half, and keep aside.
12) Divide the dough in half.
13) Roll each half into an 18- x 8-inch rectangle, grease with melted butter, and sprinkle the sugar mixture.
13) Roll up each rectangle in jellyroll like fashion and seal ends together.
14) Take two greased 9- x 5- x 3-inch loafpans and place the rolls with seam side down.
15) Cover and let it rise for 55 minutes or until doubled in bulk.
16) Bake at 350 degree for 25-30 minutes.
17) Drizzle butter, remove from pans, cool on wire rack, and serve.
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Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 5220 Calories from Fat 993
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 113 g173.9%
Saturated Fat 66.4 g332.2%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 282.3 mg94.1%
Sodium 1212.6 mg50.5%
Total Carbohydrates 973 g324.5%
Dietary Fiber 37.1 g148.3%
Sugars 360.6 g
Protein 103 g205.5%
Vitamin A 64.9% Vitamin C 11%
Calcium 89% Iron 229.5%
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A Georgetown student writes about his mugging:
Last weekend, my housemate and I were mugged at gunpoint while walking home from Dupont Circle. The entire incident lasted under a minute, as I was forced to the floor, handed over my phone and was patted down.
And yet, when a reporter asked whether I was surprised that this happened in Georgetown, I immediately answered: "Not at all." It was so clear to me that we live in the most privileged neighborhood within a city that has historically been, and continues to be, harshly unequal. While we aren't often confronted by this stark reality west of Rock Creek Park, the economic inequality is very real.
Year after year, Washington, D.C., is ranked among the most unequal cities in the country, with the wealthiest 5 percent earning an estimated 54 times more than the poorest 20 percent. According to the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, just under 20 percent of D.C. residents live below the poverty line.
What has been most startling to me, even more so than the incident itself, have been the reactions I've gotten. I kept hearing "thugs," "criminals" and "bad people." While I understand why one might jump to that conclusion, I don't think this is fair.
Not once did I consider our attackers to be "bad people." I trust that they weren't trying to hurt me. In fact, if they knew me, I bet they'd think I was okay. They wanted my stuff, not me. While I don't know what exactly they needed the money for, I do know that I've never once had to think about going out on a Saturday night to mug people. I had never before seen a gun, let alone known where to get one. The fact that these two kids, who appeared younger than I, have even had to entertain these questions suggests their universes are light years away from mine.
Go here to read the rest. This emasculated Zeta Male is a senior in the school of foreign service. His surrender-immediately-and-blame-himself instincts makes him a natural for the Obama State Department. The reaction of his readers is a healthy sign that he does not speak for all of his generation: Continue reading
Men Need to be Men
The King's Men is an organization for Men to (re)discover what it means to be a man, a real man, a Catholic man as well as a manly Catholic.
As men we lead and protect the family.
We need to be active in the life of the Church.
We need to learn more about our Catholic faith and much, much more.
In today's society and culture the role of men have been degraded, feminized, or ridiculed. Our roles as men have been degraded to eliminate 'gender bias' by militant secularist humanists. We have been feminized to the point of denying our natural gifts of being a leader, provider, and protector. And we have been ridiculed by being attacked as misogynists.
This has taken such a toll on our role as men, we have forgotten what it means to be a husband, father, and a leader in the Church.
Mark Houck and Damian Wargo of The King's Men apostolate explain this and much more in a 35 minute segment of EWTN's Life on the Rock.
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When Masculine Virtues Go Out of Fashion
The following is a column written by Tom Hoffman of the American Thinker.
The culture war begun in the sixties has, in large part, been won by the left. Nowhere is this clearer than in the feminization of men. The virtues of manhood which had been extolled and celebrated throughout the middle ages right up to the 1950s have been completely expunged from academia and pop culture. The baby boom generation was the last to be taught the values of rugged individualism, risk-taking, courage, bravery, loyalty, and reverence for tradition. John Wayne epitomized the rugged individual who was committed to fighting "the bad guy," but he was only one of a whole host of competing figures cut out of the same cloth. What happened?
Today, the Boy Scouts are fighting the last battle in a lost cause. Any man who stands up to the "women's movement" is completely marginalized as a sexist and homophobe. These names have become just as stigmatizing as "racist" used to be. It is no wonder that women now are the majority of college graduates and are increasing their role in every institution from private enterprise to public service, including the military. Is this a healthy trend? The answer is clearly "no."
Edward Gibbon chronicles the increasing femininity of the Roman Empire in his six-volume work, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. He catalogues the progressive decadence that rendered the once-proud republic into spoils for barbarian hordes. The consuls in the early republic, who were warrior-generals adhering to a strict code of honor, gradually gave way to the backroom emperors who were no more than brazen criminals and thugs. It is the same script in all noble human enterprise: The fabric which bred success is torn apart by the complacency of the successful. When warfare is demonized as violence and negotiation is raised to an art, the end is near. Today, we are there.
Real Men, Manly Men
It's ok for men to seek positions of authority, speak their mind, and help damsels in distress. It's in our DNA and that's what God wants from us.
Be men. Be manly men!
Here is a fine blog I recommend for those wanting to rediscover their masculinity and return on their path to manhood. It's called The Art of Manliness.
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There is a 3-car accident that is likely to involve injuries, on the Merritt parkway southbound, between exits 44-42 in Fairfield. Traffic, already congested, is backing up into Bridgeport.
There is an accident on I-95 in Greenwich, involving two vehicles on the northbound side of the highway between exits 4 and 5. The left lane is closed.
I-95 is carrying its usual heavy traffic from Bridgeport to Norwalk, southbound. Vehicles are moving, slowly, in the nearly 15-mile stretch.
No accident, but heavy volume is causing delays on the Merritt Parkway southbound in Stamford. It's slow between exits 35-38, a distance of more than 3 miles.


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Every year, I knit something 'last-minute' to enter in the Minnesota State Fair. A hat. A pair of mittens. Socks. At first, I was happy entering one project every year, but somehow it grew, and now I enter a few things every year. Small things.
This year, I decided on a sweater as my last-minute project. On the plus side, the sweater was half-finished in June. One the crazy-making side, I still had the back. And the sleeves. On US size one needles.
Ten years ago, I would never have attempted this. I would have been happy entering the few small projects that were almost finished, and the sweater would have made its way down into the bottom of my knitting bag, hidden away.
This year I was compelled to finish. I could Not. Give. Up.
With the entry deadline breathing down my neck, I started taking my lunch breaks in a parking ramp. In my car. Knitting. The inside of the car was hot and steamy and my glasses were fogged up and the ramp lighting was bad, so I couldn't see very well, and I was so tired of knitting the sweater.
The last sleeve wasn't getting anywhere, and instead of giving up like a more well-balanced-person, I kept knitting, and started to panic. When would I have the time to weave in ends, knit the neck and bottom bands, sew the seams, and block the sweater?
It wasn't like this was the only thing I could bring to the Fair.
But I didn't give up, and I got the sleeve done and and I got the sweater done, and I started to realize why I put myself through this kind of crazy project. Pressure strengthens.
Success under pressure has given me an increased ability to cope with truly horrific situations, such as running out, almost, of overseas yarn that has no dye lot.
Knitting this sweater hasn't made me swear off knitting, it just makes me want to knit something else a lot more. These days, everything in my stash looks fun and fabulous. I'm pretty sure my next project will be bright orange, knit on large needles, with no self-imposed deadline. And it won't go to the State Fair.
Hope your summer knitting (deadline or no) has been a success!
Editor's Note: Shelley's sweater won the Sweepstakes ribbon at the Minnesota State Fair in August.


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The most perfect song I've ever heard. So relaxing.
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Vestigé Protection Warrior - Pyronus - Thóral - Vesty- Véstige - Currently Playing in The Ministry on Ragnaros - 5/10 Mythic.
One of the most perfect and iconic albums ever made! Most of todays music can't compare to the Mac.
Excuse me, are you saying something? Nah, you can't tell me nothing
The nerve is called the "nerve of awareness". You cant dissect it. Its a current that runs up the center of your spine. I dont know if any of you have sat down, crossed your legs, smoked DMT, and watch what happens... but what happens to me is this big thing goes RRRRRRRRRAAAAAWWW! up my spine and flashes in my brain... well apparently thats whats going to happen if I do this stuff...
Listened to the first disc a couple of hours ago and almost finishing this. Haven't listened to them for a while.


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Jerusalem — Two marches here, 10 years apart, speak to the evolving nature of the diaspora-Israel relationship.
In 2003, during the height of the second intifada, thousands came to Israel's capital for the annual General Assembly (GA) of the North American federation movement and showed their solidarity with the Jewish state by marching through the streets of Jerusalem.
At this year's GA, held in Israel every five years, there was another march through the Holy City. This one, on Tuesday afternoon, culminated at the Western Wall — to emphasize North American Jewish support for religious freedom, most notably the right of women to pray with the same privileges as men at the Kotel.
Some of the delegates saw the move as an effort to add a sense of drama and urgency to the three-day meeting, which according to its sponsor, the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), drew 3,000 people, about half from the U.S. and Canada, and half from Israel. Others said the march reflected the fact that the cause of Women of the Wall, the women's group that prays at the Kotel every Rosh Chodesh, has become a galvanizing topic, primarily for Conservative and Reform Jews, who make up the majority of American Jewry — and of federation supporters.
Israelis, though, who are overwhelmingly secular, view the issue as marginal at best. Social critics here are more concerned with the economic gap between rich and poor, the religious-secular divide and equality for women in a variety of areas beyond religion.
Each of those subjects was addressed this week at the 86th GA, attended by professionals, activists and major donors. But the fact that diaspora and Israeli Jews view so differently the right to pray according to one's preference at the Kotel underscored their unique outlooks, and the need for more and deeper dialogue between the two largest Jewish communities in the world.
That's what the JFNA organizers set out to do this year, with the theme of "The Global Shuk: A Marketplace for Dialogue and Debate." One could see a determined effort to highlight more young people, women presenters and interactive sessions. (A three-hour, high-energy session with 300 young adults charged them to come up with The Next Big Idea, starting with hundreds and narrowing it down to one. The winner, called Matching For Good, proposes leveraging the Israeli corporate world to contribute to worthy causes.) And one of the two full days of programming was devoted to delegate site visits to a variety of federation-partner services in and around Jerusalem, including aliyah centers, assisted living homes, educational projects, arts companies, youth services and efforts to integrate ultra-Orthodox Jews into the labor force.
Emphasis On Pluralism
At the opening plenary Sunday night, the GA's U.S. co-chairs Michael and Susie Gelman emphasized American Jewry's ongoing and deeply felt support for Israel, but added that their dream was for an Israel that is not only Jewish and democratic but "pluralistic" — an additional word that drew enthusiastic applause, signaling the GA's emphasis on achieving a more progressive Israeli society.
The challenges represented by the Kotel debate were addressed head-on in a session Monday called "The Wall at the Heart of Israel: How It Connects and Divides a Nation."
Anat Hoffman, a founder and leader of Women of the Wall, and Aliza Lavie, a new Knesset member from the Yesh Atid party, spoke out for change through the Knesset to ensure equal prayer for all at Judaism's holiest place. Hoffman explained her recent decision to support Minister of Religion Naftali Bennett's construction of a large, elevated area somewhat removed from the Kotel as the site for all non-traditional prayer services. "Now is the time to capitalize on our accomplishments and a time for compromise," she said, while regretting that some diehard members of Women of the Wall refuse to give in.
"I am not here to change Orthodoxy," said Hoffman, a Reform leader in Israel. "I am here to change Israel."
Lavie noted that the compromise "is not a perfect solution" but pledged to continue to work through the issue toward resolution.
Jewish Agency chair Natan Sharansky, charged by Prime Minister Netanyahu to come up with a workable plan, stressed the uniqueness of the Kotel as an ancient holy place and unique national symbol. He praised all those committed to compromise.
The one critic from the religious right was Ronit Peskin, the young founder and director of a new group, Women For The Wall. She argued that Women of the Wall acts disrespectfully and is "trampling the rights of others" who seek to pray at the Kotel in traditional ways.
'Raise Your Voice Now'
There was an even more one-sided panel at a session on who decides who can marry or divorce in the Jewish state; five of the six panelists criticized the existing marriage and divorce laws that are subject to halachic rabbinic standards. They made impassioned pleas for allowing all Jews an equal place at the table. Uri Regev, a Reform rabbi who heads Hiddush-Freedom for Religion in Israel, noted that Israel is the only one of the world's 45 democratic nations to place severe restrictions on marriage. He said that the majority of the next generation of American Jews would not be eligible to marry in Israel, and warned it "would not bode well for Israel's relationship with world Jewry."
Nitan Horowitz, the only openly gay member of Knesset, called for diaspora support of current legislation that would allow civil marriage in Israel. "You have to raise your voice now," he told the audience, noting that the effort, coming at a time when there are no ultra-Orthodox parties in the Knesset, is an opportunity that must not be missed. He added that a civil marriage bill would also put pressure on the rabbinate in Israel to be more lenient in dealing with agunah and divorce cases.
Ruth Halperin-Kaddari said she was speaking out not only as a professor of law and human rights expert but also as an Orthodox woman. She called the lack of civil marriage or divorce in Israel "a stain on Israel's democracy." And Erin Kopelow, an American who made aliyah and whose mother had undergone a Conservative conversion, spoke of her personal pain on learning she was not considered a Jew by the Israeli rabbinate. She refused the rabbis' suggestion that she have an Orthodox conversion, asserting she would not have "anyone take my identity away even if they then give it back." She and her husband, entrepreneur Ariel Beery, married outside of Israel — one of an estimated 10,000 couples who do so each year — and have a daughter who is not considered Jewish under Israeli religious law.
Yitzchok Elefant, the chief rabbi of Dimona, was the only defender of the status quo. He said that "no system is absolutely fair" and that "democracy without laws is chaos." The job of the rabbi, he said, is "to lead spiritually, not follow the majority." Though he acknowledged the rabbinate in Israel needs "to do a better job" of reaching out to the public, he said the rabbis' insistence on maintaining halachic standards is their way of "seeking the welfare [and continuity] of the Jewish people."
The connection between the Kotel prayer issue and civil marriage laws is that the first resonates for diaspora Jewry and the latter for Israelis, with both constituencies committed to legislation that champions pluralism and egalitarianism.
"We see an opportunity to change the state of Israel," Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union of Reform Judaism, told this reporter after the civil marriage session. "Simply having a place to pray at the Wall is not enough."
He said the Israeli government is aware that "this has become a strategic issue" for American Jews, one on which they find it "unthinkable to disengage." He questioned how Israeli leaders could preach "Jewish unity" and not act to end the monopoly of the Orthodox.
Netanyahu: 'A Dangerous Deal'
The GA, like just about every serious Jewish gathering these days, focused as well on two timely topics of concern — the internal worries over Jewish continuity brought to light most recently by the Pew Research Center study of American Jewish identity, and the existential crisis Israel faces from Iran and its nuclear program.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking at the opening plenary, used the occasion to take aim at the U.S., though never by name, and its apparent willingness to reach an interim agreement with Iran that would ease sanctions without undoing any of Iran's efforts to create a nuclear bomb.
Speaking forcefully and without a prepared text, he addressed the Iran issue for more than 30 minutes, asserting that "rolling back sanctions is a bad deal, a dangerous deal," that keeps Iran a nuclear threat.
A confidante of the prime minister said Netanyahu was stunned that Secretary of State John Kerry apparently broke an agreement between Washington and Jerusalem not to surprise the other on the Iran issue.
In his GA speech, the Israeli leader received sustained applause when he pledged that Israel would do what it must to defend itself, and called on world Jewry for continued support. Appearing to be in no mood for extending any olive branches, he also insisted that the Palestinians must make serious concessions before any peace deal can go forward.
The following day U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro told GA delegates that Israel and the U.S. were as close as ever, and that Washington would never jeopardize Israel's security. But those who heard Netanyahu's emotional response to the Iran negotiations with the West will long remember his angry words and sense that Washington is too eager to make a deal with Tehran.
References to the Pew study, which reported increasing assimilation among American Jews, found their way into any number of panels, workshops and discussions. At a session devoted to its impact, Barry Shrage, president of Boston's Combined Jewish Philanthropies, said "the Pew study says that we are doing very badly on many things," including not following up sufficiently with Birthright participants. He said there are many opportunities that Federations must take advantage of to reach young Jews.
JFNA leaders acknowledge that findings like the Pew report cannot be ignored, and that action is required. Jerry Silverman, the president of JFNA, recently unveiled a number of proposals to address these concerns, such as a call for free universal preschool for Jewish children and dramatically increasing the number of children in Jewish camps. It is unclear whether or not these and other projects will take hold at a time of ongoing economic worries and talk of the federation movement losing clout. But this GA may well mark a turning point in the effort to close the gap between North American and Israeli Jews — at least for those who cared enough and could afford to take part in the three days of dialogue in Jerusalem.
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Gary, I must take issue with your characterisation of Israeli society and its attitude toward Tradition. Despite the serious, structural changes that can and should be made in matters of religion, the overwhelming majority of Israelis are not secular, but Traditional in a significant way (85%, for example, believe in God). Our definition oj Judaism and Jewishness is far more parochial, ethnic and spiritual than 80% of American Jews (ie Orthodox and RW Conservative Jews according to the Pew Report). The GA, because of the profound Hebrew and Jewish Illiteracy of American Jewish Leaders, are not exposed to the depths and texture of Israeli culture and society. I was also in attendance at the GA and was stunned by the anti-Traditional slant that the sessions and the visitations had. Even the Orthodox representatives, some of whom you noted, are far from representative of the full spectrum of Israeli religious society. Where was Tzohar? Where was Beit Hillel? Adva? Furthermore, where was there any serious engagement with Jewish Learning? Calling for Primary Schools? Consider that while the Federations refuse to call on Jews to make the personal, lifestyle sacrifices required for survival, in Israel there is a Jewish Renaissance going on that transcends the Religious-Secular Divide and promises to strengthen our identity and resolve. Rather than bringing a divisive, watered down culture of inclusion here, American Jewry could take a cue from Israel and grapple its illiteracy and self-indulgent Judaism of ease.
Why the Global Shuk when only North American and Israelies were represented?
re: "Hoffman explained her recent decision to support Minister of Religion Naftali Bennett's construction of a large, elevated area somewhat removed from the Kotel as the site for all non-traditional prayer services.
"Now is the time to capitalize on our accomplishments and a time for compromise," she said, while regretting that some diehard members of Women of the Wall refuse to give in."
Unfortunately, the above conflates two distinct elements in the Kotel issue.
First: the Sharansky plan and the Mandelblit committee report.
Second: Bennett's platform.
Anat Hoffman was referring to the Women of the Wall's Board decision to negotiate with the Prime Minister's Office representative, Avichai Mandelblit -- not the 'Bennett platform'.
Joel Katz
Good for Anonymous (12:10) - We, as American Jews, living in our comfortable secure homes here in the States, and not paying Israeli taxes or serving in the IDF, do not have the moral right to tell Israel what to do. If one wants to effect change in Isrsael then s/he needs to make aliyah.
Also - While the march ten years ago was very appropriate, this one wasn't. It left out many of those in the Federation movement who do not believe in egalitarianism at religous sites. I, personally, disagree with that position, but I respect their right to believe in that form of Judaism. The Federation movement should not be getting involved in Israeli political issues (make no mistake, this is much more political than religous).
The Pew Report indicates that the North American Jewish community is in deep trouble due to intermarriage and assimilation. Pluralism in North America has thus failed to keep the youth in the fold. The Conservative Rabbinical institution has lost so many of its youth over the past 50-60 years by following their constituants, rather than setting standards. They gave into a watering down of Jewish traditions and called it a new halacha, when in reality it was not halachic. Why try to impose a failed system on Israel?! No one can force another Jew to live a halachic life; however, don't call anti-halacha "halachic Judaism". Reform and Conservative "conversions" destroy the rubric of the Jewish people. Because the majority of Jews in the world are not observing halacha does not mean that we have to lower our standards to their level. Let's work to show the parents and the youth how beautiful a full Jewish life is so that they will want to come closer. Perhaps then their children and grandchildren will remain in the fold and come even closer than the previous generation.
I'm sorry, but comments like "lower our standards to their level" reflect exactly the kind of attitudes that keep many young Jewish people from wanting to become more observant, because then their community would be filled with people who hold this kind of "better than" attitude. Yes, living a halachic Jewish life can be beautiful, but with all due respect, when you use language that is so disrespectful of Jews who make different choices, you are discrediting the rich Jewish life for which you are trying to advocate.
The only "choice" here is between death and life. It is so interesting that on one hand you have the Pew survey demonstrating the failure of the non-observant to perpetuate their Jewish identity, and these same people want to spread to Israel the cancer they have contracted here in North America.
Given the great need and limited resources, wouldn't it make more sense for the Jewish leaders of America to solve their problems at home, before turning their hand to fixing Israel's?
Hoffman has a Reform agenda she is trying to force on the Kosel Plaza, which is perhaps the oldest Orthodox synagogue in th world. Ronit Peskin had the courage to stand up for the holiness of the place and the mesorah in this matter. She is a true Jewish heroine.
Hoffman's Reform views involve legitimizing intermarriage which is destroying the Jewish people
You want to make a difference? Come live here in Israel. Don't come for three days and spend it preaching to me how to live my life. Israelis (except Bibi Netanyahu) don't really care what outsider's opinions are.


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Giants sign FB Ryan D'Imperio, waive K David BuehlerTo make room for D'Imperio, the Giants cut kicker David Buehler. The Giants announced Friday that they have signed fullback Ryan D'Imperio to their 90-man roster. D'Imperio was drafted in the 10th round of the 2010 Draft by the Minnesota Vikings out of Ru… (more)Source: giantsfootballblog.com
Giants sign a fullbackWith reports that fullback Vonta Leach is headed back to Baltimore, the Giants have moved in a different direction to add some insurance against an extended absence for Henry Hynoski. The Giants announced Friday that they have signed fullback Ryan D'Imp…Source: profootballtalk.com


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The Story of India
The Story of India, written and presented by Michael Wood for the BBC, is a six episode documentary that serves as an entertaining and solid introduction to Indian history. All six episodes are available in full (6 hrs). [more inside]
"The food is authentic in spirit."
"It was Asian enough for my immigrant parents and American enough for my sister and me." In the PBS feature documentary, Off The Menu, filmmaker Grace Lee traverses the US into the kitchens, factories, temples and farm of Asian Pacific America that explores how our relationship to food reflects our evolving communities. Food Republic spoke with Jonathan Wu and Wilson Tang, whose NYC restaurant, Fung Tu, is featured in the film.
Uncle America
Blood Brother (2013) focuses on an American man who, after initially visiting as a tourist, moved to India to volunteer at the Arias Home of HOPE, a home for HIV-positive children in Acharapakkam, near Chennai. He eventually became an Indian citizen by marriage. [more inside]
Rupert Everett, Really Into Dead Victorian Dreamboats
In 2008 the actor Rupert Everett hosted (seemingly from his apartment) a rather strange documentary: The Victorian Sex Explorer ( 2 3 4 5 ), an attempt to follow in the footsteps of famed Explorer, translator, and author Sir Richard Burton and convince us of Sir Burton's passion for sexual experimentation while laying in lots of bathhouses and visiting brothels. [more inside]
Khooni lakir tod do, aar paar jod do
Inshallah Kashmir: Living Terror is Oscar-nominated director Ashvin Kumar's brand new documentary, which is banned in India, that provides the perspectives of people that rarely receive positive mainstream media attention. [more inside]
A radical, but not a revolutionary
Grierson believed strongly that the filmmaker had a social responsibility, and that film could help a society realize democratic ideals. His absolute faith in the value of capturing the drama of everyday life was to influence generations of filmmakers all over the world. In fact, he coined the term "documentary film." [more inside]
The Philanthropist "Godman"
"For the progress of humanity, work alone is not adequate, but the work should be associated with love, compassion, right conduct, truthfulness and sympathy. Without the above qualities, selfless service cannot be performed."On Sunday morning, Indian guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba passed away. He leaves behind a massive empire, several million mourning devotees worldwide, an extensive religious philosophy, a great deal of controversy and a legacy of large-scale philanthropic projects in India, including free hospitals and mobile medical facilities, a free university and schools, and other efforts which included supplying clean water to hundreds of rural villages. [more inside]
Journeyman Pictures
Journeyman Pictures has uploaded nearly 4000 videos to YouTube. Many of these are trailers for the documentaries they sell, but they have also posted hundreds of full-length videos. Most are for short documentarie, but there are a lot of features too. It's somewhat daunting to explore, but the playlists are a good place to start, and so are the shows: Features, Shorts, News and Savouring Europe, a European travelogue series. Here's a few interesting ones: Gastronauts, about French culinary students working to make astronaut food more palatable, Demon Drummers, about student Kodo drummers, India's Free Lunch, about the effects of free school lunches on Indian society, The Twitter Revolution, about YouTube and Twitter's role in the 2009 Iranian uprising, Europe's Black Hole, about Transnistria, the breakaway region of Moldova, Small Town Boy, about a gay male carnival queen in a small town in England, The Vertigo of Lists, Umberto Eco talks about the ubiquity of lists in modern culture and Monsters from the Id, about scientists in the science fiction films of the Fifties.
Where were you when The IDEA knocked at the windows of your mind?
The IDEA - The Indian Documentary of Electronic Arts - Seven somewhat dated collections of essays, music, videos, and thought curated and designed by Shankar Barua, backed by totally awesome early Internet-era graphics, and hosted at Laurie Spiegel's also-rad retiary.org.
Please note that many individual pages of The IDEA gazettes are very-very heavily loaded, by [2001's] WWWeb standards, with images/audio/video. In other words, if you can get past ugly old broken HTML and auto-playing music, you may find a lot to like in here.
Please note that many individual pages of The IDEA gazettes are very-very heavily loaded, by [2001's] WWWeb standards, with images/audio/video. In other words, if you can get past ugly old broken HTML and auto-playing music, you may find a lot to like in here.
Wait For Me (3 Minute Documentary)
Online Visual Journalism
They call themselves Visual Journalists. Prime among them is the Bombay Flying Club, a group of photo-journalists who are using the latest web and flash technologies to frame their online news gathering and documentary storytelling. [more inside]
refugees from the West who stayed East
Hippie Masala [masala is the Hindi word for spice mix] is a documentary which poignantly depicts the lives of a handful of old hippies from different countries, who not only remained in India but also remained in the caricature roles of a small few in those days. These are, in some ways, lost souls stuck in the amber of the 1960's and 70's and this movie offers glimpses into their lives now. SnagFilms also has 510 other excellent documentaries to watch for free online. [more inside]
Hazel Eyed-Chic-Sleek-gorgeously glamorous twinkle Toed Charmer of the Silver Screen
Bollywood, the 1960s and 70s: "For years, the favorite setting for the big dance number has been a cabaret, with its atmosphere of forbidden liquor and sexual permissiveness, with its mixed audience of privileged Indians, industrialists, playboys, princes, and its foreign decadence..." And no one was more at home this exotic milieu than an Anglo-Burmese refugee who began dancing in films at 13 to support her family. Her pale skin and vaguely foreign looks, along with a collection of colored contacts and wigs, allowed her to play white women, Asian women, whatever titillating role was called for. She was Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls (part 2, part 3, part 4). [more inside]
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looks like he really screwed the pooch…..hope he was able to perform43
The best cure for a hangover is a little Hair of the Dog.
You have to hand it to the guy. Women are hard enough to approach31 when they DON'T have scary teeth and claws.
Thats too85 bad, he really believed that she was a bitch in name only. He was wrong, she was literally a bitch.
Yeah! Get59 It!
Wait…..so Worley is a Demon AND a Werewolf…...awesome.
Whoa wait a minute, if he was a werewolf when he did that does it still count as bestiality?
hard63 questions need answers
Loved the wolf howl at the end lol
Return of Worley and return of funny.
Where is the rating feature? I want to thumb up this bitch!
looks like he's *puts on Kenneth* quite the party animal
You're a furry.
If it keeps happening, then that must be the type75 that he likes.
that dog looks like a bitch
Hair of the dog. Hope he used a condom; otherwise he could get a ticket for littering
What a sexy bitch.
Did you guys change the video format recently? These are no longer playable on the iPad or iPhone.
What can I say? That dog looks pretty satisfied.
I don't see whats wrong with this. Bestiality is always fun94!
Oh, and second, bitch.
This one is about as sad as a poor lost58 dog.
A tentative first?


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When working with celery root, choose firm, heavy bulbs. Peel off the brown outer skin and always have at the ready a bowl of acidulated water—spiked with a couple of tablespoons of lemon juice or vinegar—to prevent cut surfaces from darkening (this goes for the apples, as well). The rest is a matter of slicing or grating everything to a slim, uniform size and whisking up the dressing. One refreshing bite and it's spring, no matter what the groundhog says.
Celery Root & Apple Slaw
Serves 4
1 Tablespoon fennel seeds, lightly toasted
1 Tablespoon pink peppercorns
3/4 teaspoon coarse sea salt, or to taste
3 Tablespoons prepared horseradish
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 teaspoon orange zest
3 Tablespoons orange juice
2 teaspoons honey
3 Tablespoons mayonnaise (or substitute sour cream or Greek yogurt)
3 cups grated or julienned celery root (from 1 large bulb), in acidulated water
3 cups grated or julienned apple, skin on (Fuji or Pink Lady are good), in acidulated water
In a spice grinder or mortar and pestle, coarsely grind together fennel seeds, peppercorns and salt.
In a small bowl, whisk together horseradish, zests, orange juice, honey and mayonnaise. Stir in ground spices.
Drain celery root and apple, and blot with paper towels. Place in a large bowl and add dressing. Mix well to thoroughly coat. Serve immediately, or chill for an hour.