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Yesterday I walked down the street and noticed someone walking a few meters before me. I could only see his back. But there was something about him — perhaps his walk, or his haircut — that intuitively made me think he's Japanese. So I hastened my steps and walked passed him, turning my head to take a quick glimpse of the man… and yes, he was indeed Japanese.
This event made me think about my travels abroad. It's a common joke among Israelis that we can easily spot each other overseas, even before the other opened his mouth. I assume it's true for other cultures as well, and it makes me wonder "How this phenomenon works". And it is just an illusion?
I wrote two weeks ago about Chinese stereotypes of Jews and raised the question whether it can be considered anti-semitism. Now I once again stir up the issue, from a different perspective. I don't focus on Jews this time, but rather on the Israeli mainstream culture. Personally I do believe that a culture has the social power to greatly modify a person's behavior and mentality, starting with the way people think and the associations they're most likely to conjure, and up to the way they move their body and their patterns of personal grooming.
I want to emphasize that I'm alluding to the power of cultural socialization, and not to inborn motifs of race. I do not believe there are any innate differences between a Japanese baby and an Israeli baby. I do believe they grow up to conceive the world differently. In fact, it's scientifically proven that language plays a pivotal role in this issue. There is also a debatable notion in linguistics, titled the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, which states pretty much what I had just said at the end of the previous paragraph.
Can we assume from this that cultural stereotypes (as opposed to racial stereotypes) have some basis? Are German people truly pedantic? French folks really impatient? And Israelis genuinely…
…What? I'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter.
An Israeli Billboard company demands to take out the sex from the "Sex and the City" posters displayed in Jerusalem and Petah Tikva.
The new and highly anticipated film is now being promoted throughout the country to the delight of many of its fans that have waited for this moment impatiently. But the billboard company Maximedia is fighting the ad campaign of this popular movie under the premise that the citizens of these two predominantly religious cities are not interested in the word "sex" printed all over their town.
You really don't know whether to get angry or just laugh at the ridiculousness of this whole thing. Once again we are confronted with the absurd reality where the interests of the secular population in mixed cities are not taken into account.
"We have treaties of commerce with the municipalities which grant us the right to install signs and advertise within them, and there are certain understandings as to the substance advertised", said Meir Shamir from Maximedia. According to Shamir, the officials in the municipalities of Jerusalem and Petah Tikva have requested not to put up the word "sex" simply because it bothers them.
"We asked Forum Films to leave out the word and place three dots instead, so it's not exactly as they have been telling the press," said Shamir. "If we don't leave out the word it's likely that the past will repeat itself and our signs will be defaced. It certainly bothers a certain population."
The removal of the word sex from the title "Sex and the City" is absurd! It is also a blatant expression of censorship in what is supposed to be progressive and modern society. Well, let's just rename the film with something less provocative, like "The Encouragement of Natural Reproduction and The City".
So for the time being the two cities remain sexless, and frankly they're better off. After all, what logical arguments can possibly appeal to those who think they can stay protected from the obscenities of this world by never leaving town or watching television?
Source: YNET
As written in the previous post, we've seen Bush make a speech at the Knesset this week, and even opening it in Hebrew. Well, I would suggest Mr. Bush to take the next step, and join a Hebrew class — it would do good to his intelligence.
Many Zionist immigrants (Olim Ha'dashim) complain that Hebrew is a tough language to master. One of the reasons for this difficulty is the way Hebrew is written and read. Vowel signaling is mostly optional in Hebrew, and it is normally used only by children learning to read.
Suppose you see the word "presume" like this: "prsum" — Could you make out what's hiding behind these consonants?! Well, that is, more or less, how most people read Hebrew, as omission of most of the vowel letters is conventional. Again, since it is posing a significant barrier in the acquisition of reading abilities, children in primary school usually use a special punctuation subscript called "Ni'kud", but as they grow up, they don't need it anymore.
The point I'm trying to make is that reading and writing Hebrew properly requires more activation of the brain's cognitive faculties than is the case with writing and reading English (or French, for that matter). What cognitive faculties am I talking about? Well, first of all, there is the increased amount of memory needed to store the different options of punctuating the same transcript. The same set of letters is used differently, and is pronounced differently, in alternate contexts. And this brings me to the second capacity which the Hebrew transcript develops: a stronger inclination to mental association. As just mentioned, the pronunciation of a word differs according to its meaning, and the meaning is dependent on the overall context of the word.
Going back to the "prsum" example. One can choose to pronounce it like "preesuma" or like "prosumeh" or like "presume". Since among these three options, only "presume" is a real word, the choice is simple. But in Hebrew we have many cases where several of the possible pronunciations are valid options. Thus, quick analyzing of sentence structure is the associative capacity every Hebrew writer is expected to acquire by the end of primary school.
In addition, nouns in Hebrew are all gender specific, just like in French. This feature isn't unique to Hebrew, however in comparison with the previous feature I mentioned, this one is present in both spoken and written Hebrew, so even young children just learning to speak have to confront this hurdle. Again, this feature of the Hebrew language requires the increased use of memory and of associative analysis, since each gender necessitates the use of alternate words with distinctive punctuation.
A good example for this would be the use of "his" and "her" in English. We can say "his score" for Danny and "her score" for Rachel, but we use "its score" for the Basketball team. However, in Hebrew, a basketball team is a female noun, and it is virtually impossible to refer to it as a genderless word.
In sum, learning to master the Hebrew language is good for your brain, since it forces you to allocate more "cognitive power" in order to process this ancient and complex language.
Up until 2002, there was only one commercial broadcasting television channel licensed to operate in Israel. There were already many niche channels transmitting via the cable networks (which have meanwhile merged into the "HOT" network) or the satellite network "YES", but up until that point, Channel 2 was the dominating force of commercial TV in Israel, and considered to be the mainstream option for the average Israeli TV-goer.
In 2002 businessman Yossi Meiman made the bold move and initiated the creation of Israel 10 (known simply as Channel 10 in Israel), infusing huge amounts of cash into this media adventure. At the beginning, it seemed that he threw away his money in vain, having to face many bureaucratic obstacles and initial low rating levels. Despite shameless purchasing of Channel 2's main news anchors, Ya'akov Eilon and Miki Haimovitz, Israel 10's future remained uncertain for the first 3 years or so. All changed when new investors jumped onto the wagon, and when Israel 10 had decided to claim its share of the lucrative pie known as Reality TV…
Yesterday 36% of Israel's TV screens were tuned "10" — mine including — on the occasion of a "good-trash" celebration, known as the Survivor 10 Live Finale, taking place in a major basketball arena, no less. After 16 successful seasons in which the reality show Survivor has been a definite "hit" in America, it was high time for the gold-laying chicken to learn how to speak Hebrew. Still, it wasn't a simple case of a format purchasing and localization. Israel 10 went several steps ahead and has grossly altered the known format, turning the fast-paced reality into a semi-scripted soap opera. Countless magazine articles have published multiple claims of game manipulation by the Israeli production, ranging from the supply of groceries to the castaways, and up to changing the rules on-the-fly in order to keep their preferred characters inside the game, when these faced an imminent threat of dismissal by their fellow tribe members. Personally, I have no idea if these claims have any truth in them; the production certainly denies such allegations. One thing is for sure, the show fulfilled its purpose as a major rating magnet, and provided Channel 10 with a widespread buzz, that is normally the exclusive property of Channel 2.
Three finalists came on top after 52 days on the island: Dan Mano, the young Haifa attorney, whose uncle owns the wealthy Mano Cruise company. Dan has been painted as the manipulative mastermind, who managed to irritate most of his fellow castaways, and a great proportion of the viewers. At one point, when Dan was about to be voted off the island in the following tribal council, the production suddenly transferred him into the women's group, virtually "saving his ass". He always claimed to simply playing the game, and personally I must admit that he was my favourite pick for taking the one million shekels prize. Next to him, we had Na'ama Keisary, the new mom, who left her one-month baby, and her dying father, in order to challenge herself in this dire experience. She hadn't won even a single contest on the island, yet came across as a strong and independent woman. Last but no least, the third finalist pleading the jury for a check last night, was Noam Tor, the humble bee-keeper, who was elected Israel's sexiest man alive by a major magazine. Noam was voted off the island relatively early in the game, but survived a secondary game in what was called "the Island of the Dead" — a serious deviation from the original format.
Despite being filmed in the Caribbean Islands, the winner wasn't chosen on-site, as done in the original version, nor was the decision free of public influence. The castaways arrived at the Nokia Arena while already enjoying a celebrity status, and have had many weeks to influence the members of the jury after leaving the island. In addition, the TV finale included an SMS poll, in which the audience was asked to pick its favourite finalist — and these results would have been considered the tie-breaking vote if such a scenario was materializing. In the end, after an excruciating evening that included 3 weary finalists, and many emotional breakdowns, Na'ama Keisary was chosen the ultimate Survivor, surprising everyone believed strongly that Noam was signaled by the production as the suitable winner.
Now that the first Israeli season came to an end, Channel 10 is losing its first rating monster, and leaving many viewers with a bad taste in mouth. Nevertheless; it was fun, it was hot, and it was addictive. Expect a second season heading your way next year….
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A recent survey conducted by one of Israel's largest universities revealed some interesting facts regarding the sexual habits of Israeli women. Conducted by a group headed by Dr. Mayanet Shenhar, a prominent sexologist, the study interviewed women from several age groups as well as from various social and cultural backgrounds. Following the interviews, conducted over a period of several months, the following findings were revealed:
1. Only about 57% of all women interviewed said they could manage to achieve a satisfying orgasm during coitus.
2. More than 50% of younger women interviewed preferred to have without use of a condom. This revelation appeared to be despite the danger of AIDS/HIV and other sexual transmitted diseases.
3. 80% of the women interviewed believed that (male) organ size is important to achieve proper sexual satisfaction (who doesn't think this?).
4. Only 23% of Israeli women use sexual enhancers such as vibrators.
In an interview on an Israeli Channel 10 morning program, Dr. Shenhar and Dr. Arik Schecter, a Haifa based sexologist specializing in sexual dysfunction among individuals and couples, both noted that most women interviewed prefer to have "light's out" sex or sex performed in the dark. They also said that cultural and religious backgrounds affect the women's likelihood to want to 'experiment' during sex and prefer to practice only a few basic sexual positions.
What was interesting was that eating chocolate appears to enhance sexual desire. This could come from the amount of caffeine and cocoa powder present. In fact, scientific studies have been made in which it has been found that eating chocolate helps to enhance desire in women by decreasing premenstrual tension. Women will low libidos (sexual desire) were found to become much more amorous after eating chocolate.
While no real earthshaking revelations came out of this survey, i.e. as compared to women in European countries for example, it does indicate that the sexual habits of Israeli women are not unlike women living in the U.K. or North America. Israeli women's sexual habits are naturally more liberal than those in surrounding countries who are much more restricted by religious and cultural taboos.
For those who may be interested, a "sextival" or sex festival is being planned next month at the Tel Aviv Port area, in which various sexual enhancing products will be displayed and "seminars" will conducted involving overcoming sexual problems. The 3 day event is being put on by one of the country's top fashion models, who is also a regular television personality.
No doubt, many of the women interviewed in the above survey will be attending the festival. If they don't, the men in their lives probably will.
Thank you AG
Merry X-Mas..
This is for all those teachers who are back at school. I heard on Internet radio today…
A young teacher had been invited to the house of one of his students for dinner. The father was a high-powered CEO and quite a wealthy man. Perhaps too much wine was served with dinner or perhaps it was just the father's personality, but as the desert was being served, he asked the teacher "what's a kid going to learn from someone who decided that the best he could do in life was be a teacher? After all, those who can, DO. Those who can't, teach."
The young teacher paused as he was about to put a forkful of apple pie into his mouth. Without looking at his host, he set his fork down.
"I mean, let's tell the truth," said the CEO, "last year, my production companies grossed over two million dollars. What do you make?"
"What do I make?" asked the young teacher. "I make kids feel good about themselves. I make the C- student know that he can be an A+ student with a little help and effort. I make kids and their parents see the best in themselves. I make kids know what it is to work hard to improve yourself. I make kids see an adult worthy of respect. I make kids see that they can make a difference in the world. I make kids do and re-do and re-do again because getting it right isn't easy and it's important. I make kids wonder about the world. I make them apologize when they should apologize. I make them respect other people. I make them think about how people should be judged."
The teacher paused and continued. "I make them so excited about learning that years later they'll come back to visit me just to tell me how they've done. I make them realize that those who can't teach are forced to find less rewarding forms of work."
Putting a piece of pie on his fork and looking his host in the eye, he concluded:
"I make a difference in the lives of students… what do YOU make?"
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Adalyn Christine vs. Emma Christine vs. Louisa Christine
Is there a name you like better? Adalyn is pronounced (add-ah-lyn) Christine is definitely staying -- it's my grandmother's name.
The Top Baby Name is...
|Adalyn Christine
|79% (11 votes)
|Emma Christine
|21% (3 votes)
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I like either Adalyn or Lousia...they are both very pretty.
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I also like Adalyn or Louisa Christine.
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I like Emma Christine way better.
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Taryn Christine sounds cute
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An MI5 officer accused of harassing a colleague was praised by his boss yesterday for his vital work for the security service. The spy, given the pseudonym Mark Barton for national security reasons, is accused of harassing the woman for four months after she ended their affair.
"He was a very capable person," his manager, who was given the codename 3621, told Southwark Crown Court. "He worked very hard. He was conscientious and he cared about what he was doing."
Another spy, who worked in the same small team as Mr Barton at MI5's headquarters in Central London, said: "He


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The series follows the Irish-American Reagan family of police officers
with the New York City Police Department (NYPD). Francis "Frank" Reagan
(Tom Selleck) is the Police Commissioner. He was a U.S. Marine Corps
officer and a Vietnam veteran before he joined the NYPD. He is a widower
whose son Joe died in the line of duty, leaving him three remaining adult
children—Danny, Erin, and Jamie.
Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) is a top NYPD detective, holding the rank of
Detective First Grade, but is sometimes hard-nosed and does not always
go by the book. Danny is also a Marine veteran, having served as in the
Iraq War. Danny's partner at the beginning of the series is Detective
First Grade Jackie Curatola (Jennifer Esposito); however, in the
beginning of season 3 Kate Lansing (Megan Ketch) became an interim
partner. By Episode 13 of the show's 3rd season, Danny Reagan obtains
his 3rd new partner, Candice McElroy (Megan Boone).
Erin (Bridget Moynahan) is an assistant district attorney in Manhattan
who prosecutes many of the criminals Danny arrests.
Jamie (Will Estes), Frank's youngest child, is a recent graduate of
Harvard Law School and is a rookie officer on the police force after
graduating from the police academy.
Henry (Len Cariou) is Frank's father, former NYPD officer and also a
former NYPD police commissioner, now retired. Henry served in the United
States Marine Corps during the Korean War. Henry often provides advice to
his son and grandchildren.
The family is close-knit; each episode
includes a scene wherein they all have dinner together with their spouses
and children and discuss their current cases.
Frank's middle son, Joseph, was an NYPD police detective who died in the
line of duty. Joe was involved with the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) investigating a group of dirty cops, who were operating within a
fraternal organization called the "Blue Templar". Joe was murdered by
these dirty cops when his covert investigation into their corruption was
getting too close.
A running thread through the first season is Jamie's picking up Joe's
investigation. The FBI tried to recruit Jamie, but he instead conducted
his own covert investigation into Joe's death. Joe's murderers try to
kill Jamie by tampering with the brakes on his car, but fail. Jamie then
informs his father Frank, his brother Danny, and his grandfather Henry
about his suspicions after the attempt on his life.
Along with Erin, they join together and complete Joe's investigation of
the Blue Templar. After gathering sufficient evidence to obtain arrest
warrants, Frank leads a team of police officers, including Danny and
Jamie, and they arrest all the corrupt cops at a covert meeting while the
dirty cops are dividing up stolen drug money. A detective named Sonny
Malevsky (Michael T. Weiss), who was leading the gang of dirty cops,
admits to killing Joe, but Malevsky commits suicide with his own service
pistol after confessing to the murder.
Jamie was engaged to Sydney (Dylan Moore), a fellow Harvard graduate who
broke off their engagement after he became obsessed with investigating
Joe's murder.
Erin is divorced and has one teenage daughter, Nicki (Sami
Danny is married to Linda, a nurse, with two children, Jack and
Jamie's field training officer is Sergeant Anthony Renzulli
(Nicholas Turturro), who is tough but fair with Jamie and thinks Jamie
has what it takes to be a great cop.
Main cast:
Tom Selleck as Francis "Frank" Reagan, the Police Commissioner of New
York City and widowed father of Danny, Erin, and Jamie. His second son,
Joe, was killed in the line of duty May 15, 2009 (15 months before
the beginning of the series). Frank was a Marine officer during the
Vietnam War and often serves as the moral center of the family. He has
an indifferent attitude towards politics, often taking on the mayor and
numerous reporters who misinterpret his actions. He tries hard not to
judge people, and tends to purse his lips together when hearing bad news
or the horrific details of an ongoing case. His wife Mary died September
14, 2005. The death of his wife, son, mother and the thousands who
perished on 9/11 weigh heavily on him, and the person who is best at
lifting his spirits is his father, who often talks to him late at night
when he cannot sleep. Frank is a devout Catholic and has good
relationships with his local church and his city's archdiocese, to
whom he talks about personal and police matters. Frank lives in the Bay
Ridge section of Brooklyn along with his father.
Donnie Wahlberg as Det. Daniel "Danny" Reagan. Danny was a Marine in
Gulf War II. He is happily married with two sons and lives with his
family in Staten Island. He is old-school; his hotheadedness and harsh
methods of detective work sometimes gets him in trouble, which his
father worries about. Although he violates police procedure from time
to time, he is hard on other policemen when he feels they are
unprofessional or not doing their duty to its utmost.
Bridget Moynahan as Erin Reagan-Boyle, Assistant District Attorney and
single mother. Erin is almost raped and killed at the end of season 1,
episode 9 ("Re-Do"), though Frank saves her life by shooting her attacker
dead. She is mostly by-the-book in matters of criminal justice, often to
the annoyance of Danny and her grandfather. As of season 2, episode 9
("Moonlighting"), she is 36 years old, but in season 3, episode 17
("Protest Too Much"), it is mentioned that she recently celebrated her
40th birthday. In "Ends and Means" (season 3, episode 20) Erin is
promoted from senior counsel to deputy Trial Bureau chief.
Will Estes as Jamison "Jamie" Reagan, a younger police officer and
recent Harvard Law graduate. Like his father, he is mostly silent on
his political beliefs. He was the one who continued Joe Reagan's
investigation into the Blue Templar in Season 1. In Season 2, he takes
advantage of a chance opportunity to go undercover in the Sanfino crime
family. He is stationed at the 12th Precinct.
Len Cariou as Henry Reagan, retired Police Commissioner, father of
Frank (grandfather of Danny, Erin, and Jamie; great-grandfather of
Nikki, Sean, and Jack). His childhood during the 1920s and 1930s was
hard due to his father's alcoholism and inability to hold a job. Henry
was a Marine in World War II and Korea, and joined the NYPD in 1952. Like
his grandson Danny, Henry is socially conservative and hates the
political correctness of modern law and order. His wife Betty died
December 2, 2001. Cariou, separated in age from Selleck by only six
years, wears make-up and a dental prosthetic for the part of Henry.
Amy Carlson as Linda Reagan, wife of Danny and mother of their two sons.
She loves her husband and the Reagan family, but at times Danny's
obsessive attitude toward collaring criminals makes her wonder whether
he views his job as a higher priority than his family. In seasons 1 and
2, she was a stay-at-home mom, but she returns to her nursing job in
season 3.
Sami Gayle as Nicole "Nicki" Reagan-Boyle, Erin's daughter and an
aspiring cop. As of season 3, episode 3 ("Old Wounds") she is 16 years
old. She is a very curious young girl and is not afraid to question
her uncle Danny and great-grandfather about police matters, as well as
challenging their old school conservatism. In the pilot episode, Nicki
is portrayed by actress Marlene Lawston.


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Traces of the Hand: Master Drawings from the Collection of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman
German Romanticism
Carl Gehrts
German, 1853–1898
Three Gnomes, 1874
Pen and ink with wash over pencil on thin cardboard
6 3/4 x 9 5/8 in, 17.15 x 24.45 cm (sheet)
Collector's Marks: Unidentified collector's mark; Collection Fuhrer, Essen (not in Lugt)
Provenance: Collection Fuhrer, Essen; acquired from Joseph Fach, Frankfurt am Main, 1986
Inscriptions: (recto) lower right, signature: "C. Gehrts 74"
Gift of The Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation, 2007.15.38
The German painter and professor Carl Gehrts began his artistic training in Hamburg before moving to Weimar in 1871, where he continued his studies by taking lessons from the leading German realist Karl Gussow (1843–1907) and the history painter Albert Baur (1835–1906). When Baur left for Düsseldorf in 1876, Gehrts followed, having also obtained a professorship at the Academy there.1
In addition to paintings, like the now-destroyed cycle for the upper story of the Düsseldorf Kunsthalle, Gehrts became a highly regarded ornamental designer and book illustrator. The present drawing is an early work executed while Gehrts was still honing his skills in Weimar and might well have been one of Gehrts' first forays into book illustration, though the exact project for which it was made remains unknown.2 Given its subject matter, it almost assuredly was produced in relation to one of the many illustrated fairy tale compilations, or Märchenbücher, that found widespread popularity in the period.3 Some ten years later, Gehrts would execute his most enduring illustrations for Johann von Goethe's Reineke Fuchs (Reynard the Fox).4
Given the strongly linear forms, refined hatching, and broad passages of wash in Gehrts' drawing, it probably was intended as preparatory for a wood engraving. Wood engraving had been developed in the late eighteenth century and rapidly became the favored method of book illustration because it used the end grain as opposed to the softer side grain, as in woodcut, thus allowing for more detailed compositions and increased durability for large print runs. The wood blocks could also be easily inserted into typeset passages of text.
Apparently lit by a flash of lightning, Gehrt's gnomes have taken shelter under a blasted tree trunk that recalls the etchings of Jacob van Ruisdael. The delicate leaves and ferns at right contrast with the clouds and stroke of lightning in the distance at left, and provide an embracing, protective natural world for the gnomes, whose expressions suggest stoic resignation and humorously exaggerated fear at the sound of thunder.
Katherine Gordon
Mary Haviland
John Hawley
1. Sabine Schroyen, "Gehrts, Carl," in Saur, Allegemeines Künstler-Lexikon, Vol. 51, 44–45.
2. Walther Scheidig, Die weimarer Malerschule, 1860–1900, Leipzig, 1991, 237.
3. Friedrich Schaarschmidt, Zur Geschichte der düsseldorfer Kunst insbesondere im XIX. Jahrhundert, Düsseldorf, 1902, 333–334.
4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Goethe's Works, Volume III, Illustrated, Philadelphia, 1885.


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Become a Jewelry Repair Technician in 5 Steps
Research what it takes to become a jewelry repair technician. Learn about job duties, education requirements and job outlook to find out if this is the career for you. Schools offering Jewelry Design & Repair degrees can also be found in these popular choices.
Career Information At a Glance
Jewelry repair technicians fix jewelry that has been damaged or broken. They use a variety of tools that range in complexity to complete repairs. Read over the chart below for a quick overview of this career.
|Degree Required
|High school diploma or equivalent
|Training Required
|Long term on-the-job training
|Key Responsibilities
|Repair damaged jewelry, evaluate the condition of damaged jewelry, evaluate repair quality
|Job Growth (2012-2022)
|-10% (for all jewelers and precious stone and metal workers)*
|Median Salary (2013)
|$36,870 (for all jewelers and precious stone and metal workers)*
Source: *U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
What Is a Jewelry Repair Technician?
A jewelry repair technician, also known as a bench jeweler, is a specialist who restores damaged rings, bracelets, earrings and other personal ornaments to their original or near-original condition. Tools you might use include ball peen hammers, pliers and wire cutters, as well as more complex devices, such as lasers, torches and chemical baths. Your duties during a repair might include evaluating the state of damaged jewelry pieces; selecting replacement gems, metals and other materials; creating models from plaster, clay or wax; drilling holes and soldering joints; trimming and polishing rough areas; and assessing repair quality.
Step 1: Prepare in High School
Courses in art, chemistry and mathematics are relevant if you want to start acquiring skills needed by repair technicians. Mechanical drawing and computer-aided design training could be helpful as well. You'll need a high school diploma or GED (General Educational Development) credential for admission to any postsecondary program.
Step 2: Consider Earning a Certificate or Degree
While you do have the option to learn on the job, you could seek formal training through a community or technical college. Figures from O*Net OnLine show that about 33% of bench jewelers have some college education (www.onetonline.org). Options include associate's degree programs in jewelry and metals and certificate programs in jewelry repair and bench technology. Courses in these programs could teach you soldering and casting methods, plating and surface treatment. Academic content is extensively supplemented with labs, in which you would work directly with precision tools and metals. Some programs are dedicated to jewelry repair, but many address both jewelry making and repair.
Step 3: Obtain a Job
Figures for jewelry repair technicians weren't available, but in the related category of jewelers and precious stone and metal workers, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that about 32,700 people held jobs in 2012 (www.bls.gov). A majority of these workers were self-employed. Employment for this same category was projected to decrease 10% between 2012-2022. This is due to the outsourcing of jewelry manufacturing. Jewelry retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers are your potential employers. Demand for your repair services should hold up well during a recession because people may choose to fix the jewelry they have rather than buy new pieces. However, you should still expect keen competition for positions.
Step 4: Consider Certification
After gaining work experience, you might seek one or more of four certifications offered by the Jewelers of America (www.jewelers.org). Each has an associated exam consisting of written and practical tests. You could earn the Certified Bench Jeweler Technician (CBJT) designation if you have one year of experience or the Certified Bench Jeweler (CBJ) designation with two years of experience. If you can demonstrate mastery of the skills tested in the CBJT and CBJ and competence in advanced skills, you could earn the Certified Senior Bench Jeweler (CSBJ) designation. The Certified Master Bench Jeweler (CMBJ) designation is the highest level of certification you can receive, and it requires mastery of skills at all levels.
Step 5: Advance Your Career
You can seek a high-level position with your employer or establish your own business. Either approach will depend on your initiative and talent. Knowledge of sales, marketing and business management is essential if you open your own business; the relationships you build and reputation you establish are important as well.
If you work for a manufacturer, you could become a head jeweler or master jeweler. In a retail establishment, you could become a manager. Some colleges offer bachelor's degree programs related to jewelry design. You could earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Metalwork and Jewelry Design or a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in jewelry design. Bachelor's degree programs could help you enhance your technical and design skills and provide training in advanced casting, fabrication and surface processing techniques.
To continue researching, browse degree options below for course curriculum, prerequisites and financial aid information. Or, learn more about the subject by reading the related articles below:


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Responsible for scaring the hell out of kids for years with this portrayals of uncompromising villains, Steven Berkoff has been cast in Doctor Who Series 7!
You'll probably know Berkoff most from Octopussy (1983), in which he played the bonkers General Orlov, or Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) where his sadistic role placed him opposite Sylvester Stallone.
Even Brian May is scared of him!
Latterly, Berkoff has appeared in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine but his career has also seen the actor cast in The Avengers and UFO. He also played a notable role in the second episode of the revived Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) in 2000.
Episode 4 is where we will see Berkoff in an episode written by Chris Chibnall (42, The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood) and directed by Douglas Mackinnon (The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky), but we'll have to wait for the story title…
Also cast is in the episode is Jemma Redgrave, a member ofthe famous acting family who you may recognise from the Victorian medical drama Bramwell or The Buddha of Suburbia.
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On September 25th, 2013, I attended a really interesting conference held by the Disney Institute. Specifically, we covered Disney's approach to creativity and innovation. It was a highly interesting conference. We learned that anyone can draw Mickey Mouse, that an animatronic Johnny Depp is creepy looking and that Disney will never miss out on an opportunity to sell you on their cruise line.
Honestly though, it was a great conference that generated some great innovative thinking. My notebook is full of scribbled notes and beginnings of great ideas all intended to help make my company's message clearer. They have a 4 stage creativity and innovation model; collaborative culture, organizational identity, structural systems and leader's role. Every stage of the model is highly interesting, but I seemed to find the most inspiration from organizational identity. The organizational identity says that we should have a common understanding of who we are, what we create and who we create it for. It also suggests that we know the parameters in which our organization can create, make our organizational identity clear and focus creative energy to conserve resources.
A lot of times, we say "we need to think outside the box" of whatever standards have been set by our competition or whatever. As a marketing professional, I've constantly tried to operate without boundaries. Out in the open space is where I believed that creative innovation lived. However, during this conference, I recognized that creativity can also flourish within a structure. Having a developed set of parameters doesn't stifle innovation as I once thought, they can help keep the creative mind focused. It can also reduce the stress of having to always being ahead of the curve, because the structure is constantly redefining the curve.
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10:00: Viewing of goats and vendors
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1:00: Sale of approximately 85 registered boer goats
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Good animation but even after reading the story line i'm still a little confused but its nothing compared to one of my animation's 'storys' which are so weird even i don't get them. But enough of my garbage, the animation in this is pretty nice and considering all the text i guess if my brain did work a little better i would understand what is going on here, but i'm pretty stupid.
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All things electronic cigarette: your favorite e-cigs, e-liquids, mods or what you're vaping right now. Get it all out there!
Heroic Vaper
I have had some really interesting looks to say the least. Especially with the mod. But so far I have not been asked to leave. Although I may have sent a few people to the right places to get off the analogs which is a good thing. My husband says my regular tobbacco vape smells like soured laundry and a check out clerk did kind of snarl her nose up so venders keep the vape smell good okay so we are less likely asked to put it down lol
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I actually vaped in Walmart the other night and surprisingly no one gave me a harsh look and I wore my Kanger T3 and my ego-twist around my neck and nobody asked about it or even paid attention to it.
Elite Vaper
i have vaped in walmart..... if it was me, depending on how much time i had, i might have told him, go ahead and call the cops! seriously i have gotten looks from people thinking that i am smoking a ciggy, but you can't just put a ciggy away that quick, and who in the heck would have the nerve to smoke a ciggy in walmart?!?!?
to be honest, kind of pisses me off that the "manager" wanted to call the cops wth??
I wish bad things on that manager for being so dumb ugh!
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I would've stayed (if I had the time) and told them to call the cops. I would have told the manager to go ahead and explain that you were not smoking, but being asked to leave because you supposedly were. AND... when the cops showed, I would've told them to search me for cigarettes or whatever that I was supposedly smoking. That is bull and there is no reason for someone to ask you to leave without knowing the true facts.
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sorry this happened to you =(
I am a manager at Starbucks and I vape in my store all the time... I also vape in Lowes, Gas stations, restaurants, etc..
If a man is all alone in the woods, and there is no woman around to hear, is he STILL wrong?
Veteran Vaper
this is why i don't vape very often anywhere i can't smoke... i wish it wasn't this way, but we seriously can't expect the public to treat it any differently than smoking, we can only be happy on the occasions when someone understands and allows it... i love you vapers that go out and represent at the restaurants, bars, and stores, but i'm not that guy that goes out there to make a point anymore
i do think asking you to leave the store after you said you'd stop was a bit much, though i think he's perfectly within his rights to do so, he coulda' been cooler about it and tried to keep your business... it's two weeks before Christmas, this guy probably hasn't had a day off since Black Friday and has problems with a side of problems and some problem sauce over the top of the whole thing... threatening to call the cops is i think the thing that illustrates this most... i mean, really? not store security, but the actual police... they think the cops will show up to deal with someone "smoking" in a Walmart? he knows better, he's just fried and talking out of his neck...? that's kinda' the other reason i don't vape indoors in public, even though i feel the establishment is right to ask me not to, you catch me with that manager on the day that i'm fried too and see if i don't give the real cops a legit reason to show up...
i apologize in adavance to all of you public vapers, as i fear this kind of thing will only become more and more prevalent in general as a function of time and as a matter of course... perhaps some merchants will embrace the ecig community while they still can and allow/endorse ecig use inside their establishments and that will be great... but eventually they will most likely fall under the same rules (bans) of use as cigarettes...
... have fun, be lucky!
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I've caught myself vaping in Walmart before, not on purpose. I wear an ego around my neck sometimes when I'm out, so every once in a while I take a vape without thinking, reflex I guess.... Sounds like the guy was just being an ass!
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I vape in most stores but I stealth vape. I just hold in the vapor long enough for it to dissipate.
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robovape brings up a good point, thing is alot of us think that we should not have to hide vaping, like it is illegal or something. Me personally I have no strong feelings either way, at the moment, except when someone does not listen to reason and gets snippy with me.
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I will add that when I know in advance I am going to be out in public, I make sure not to have a very fragrant e juice. While it might not be illegal, I still dont want to be "that guy" that disrupts or infringes on others.
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Subscribers to T-Mobile's Jump program will be able to update their tablets or smartphones whenever they want, as often as they want.T-Mobile is making updates to Jump, its $10-a-month program that lets subscribers upgrade their devices every six months, instead of the industry standard of every two years. T-Mobile introduced Jump in July, and not long afterward, AT&T and Verizon Wireless responded, introducing Next and Edge, respectively. With the update, T-Mobile says customers will be able to upgrade their smartphones or tablets whenever they want, as often as they want. "Whether you're looking to upgrade to the new iPad Air or Mini or the latest Android tablet, these devices are now included," T-Mobile Chief Marketing Officer Mike Sievert wrote in a Feb. 25 blog post. "That's not the case with AT&T or Verizon's more limited plans.
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T-Mobile Pursuing the Tablet MarketOn Oct. 23, T-Mobile introduced an offer of 200MB of free data a month to anyone with a tablet that can connect to its network. That means its customers and AT&T's. The motivation for this decision, said T-Mobile CEO John Legere, was to encourage more people to connect their tablets to cellular networks, like they do their smartphones, instead of relying primarily on WiFi. The reason 90 percent of tablet buyers choose a WiFi-only model is they're nervous about the costs they'll accrue, Legere said on a phone call with the press. "People have a fear of, 'What's going to happen if I turn this on?' Just like they do with international roaming," said Legere. A week earlier, T-Mobile had announced that Simple Choice plan users would no longer be charged an extra cent for international text messaging or data use. "In our true fashion, there are no strings attached," Legere added. "Starting Nov. 1, your T-Mobile tablet works out of the box. Every month you get 200MB of free data, for as long as you own your device." During the call, T-Mobile also announced that it would also be selling tablets for no money down. Both strategies have worked. Announcing its fourth-quarter 2013 earnings results Feb. 25, T-Mobile said that during the quarter it added 69,000 postpaid mobile broadband devices, which were primarily tablets. That compares to 5,000 units during the third quarter. The 69,000 figure also doesn't include the people who paid $10 for a T-Mobile SIM card, to take advantage of the 200MB of free data and who otherwise aren't T-Mobile subscribers—so the figure is conservative. But those uncounted users are still very valuable to T-Mobile. "The vast majority of people who come in [to the tablet offer], they use it as a way to check out the network," Sievert said on the call. "We expect not only to get conversion to tablets but also to get conversion to phones, because this is a great low-risk way for somebody to come out and test our network and realize that it meets all their needs." Follow Michelle Maisto on Twitter.
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Imagine the Marx Brothers answering questions about automobiles. Picture Monty Python trying to imitate car noises. Mix it all up, throw in a little Dr. Ruth and a little Smothers Brothers, and you've got Car Talk, hosted by Tom and Ray Magliozzi.
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Chiem, Alan MD; Lovato, Luis MD
Dr. Chiem is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the director of emergency ultrasound at Olive View/UCLA Medical Center. Luis Lovato, MD, serves as the medical editor of Journal Scan, and is an associate professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, the ED director of clinical practice at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, and the co-chair for the Emergency Medicine Best Practices Committee for the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services.
Emergency physicians as resuscitation team leaders are experts at achieving post-arrest return of spontaneous circulation. Unfortunately, bringing back a pulse does not equate to meaningful recovery.
Post-arrest brain injury is the most important part of the post-cardiac arrest syndrome (Resuscitation 2008;79[3]:350), causing the majority of post-arrest deaths. (Intensive Care Med 2004;30[11]:2126.) Mechanisms are not well understood but potentially include disruption of cerebral auto-regulation, microcirculatory thrombosis, activation of apoptosis, and the advent of cerebral edema. Post-cardiac arrest syndrome management includes maintaining airway protection, cerebral perfusion, and normocarbia and preventing hyperglycemia and hyperoxia.
The most successful intervention over the past 50 years to improve post-arrest return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) survival to discharge with good neurological function is targeted temperature management (TTM), widely known as "therapeutic hypothermia." (N Engl J Med 2002;346[8]:549; 2002;346[8]:557.) It is still unclear how TTM results in benefit; proposed mechanisms include reducing reperfusion free-radical formation and limiting ischemic damage by lowering metabolic demand. (Front Biosci 2007;12[3]:816.) A recent systematic review of four randomized clinical trials (n=481) concluded that TTM was associated with improved neurologic outcome (RR 1.55, 95% CI, 1.22-1.96) and improved survival to discharge (RR 1.35, 95% CI, 1.10-1.65). (Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012 Sep 12;9:CD004128.)
Current TTM recommendations based on these data target a post-ROSC temperature range of 32°C-34°C for at least six to 12 hours using methods ranging from inexpensive icepacks to high-tech commercial products that regulate and monitor temperature in real time. Magnesium, benzodiazepines, or paralytics are often used to minimize shivering. Maintaining cooling requires serial monitoring and adjustment of core temperature. Finally, rewarming takes place at a rate of 0.25°C-0.5°C per hour until patients become normothermic.
Debate still exists not only about target temperatures in TTM but also its purported benefits overall. Whole body hypothermia has been associated with increased coagulopathy, myocardial dysfunction, and arrhythmia and decreased drug metabolism and immune function. TTM can also confound neurological prognostication. (N Engl J Med 2009;361[6]:605.)
Nielsen N, Wetterslev J, et al
N Engl J Med
This international multicenter clinical trial enrolled 939 patients with ROSC after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, randomizing each to either a 33°C or 36°C target body temperature for a 36-hour period. Subsequently, unconscious patients were maintained below 37.5°C. Fifteen percent of subjects died, and 48 percent regained consciousness before a study-defined neurologic assessment. The remaining third of subjects (34%) underwent extensive blinded neuro-prognostic evaluation, and 60 percent in each group had withdrawal or no escalation of care. Subjects were then followed for at least 180 days.
The overall mortality rate in each group at the end of the trial was equivalent: 50 percent in the 33°C group and 48 percent in the 36°C group (RR 1.06, 95% CI, 0.89-1.28; p=0.51). Composite measure of poor neurological performance and death at 180 days was also comparable with 47 percent of subjects in both arms having a cerebral performance category of 1 or 2 (RR 1.02, 95% CI, 0.88 to 1.16; p=0.78). No differences in the rate of infection, bleeding, arrhythmia, or seizure were seen between the groups.
The study had several key strengths to keep in mind. It was a well-coordinated international study involving 36 ICUs in eight European countries and Australia. The sample size (n=939) was more than twice the number of total patients combined in the prior randomized clinical trials that defined current TTM standards. Finally, strict predefined criteria for brain death were used to evaluate withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. This is an important advantage over prior studies because the proportion of those patients clearly affects mortality.
The authors also pointed out some weaknesses, including that treatment teams were not blinded to treatment group (although study assessment teams were) and that a substantial proportion of eligible patients were not enrolled because of a more stringent surrogate consent requirement in one of the participating countries. Core body temperature control was imprecise, with more than 1°C variation seen in both study arms, which could lead to misclassification bias. The authors also did not do a predefined analysis of potential subgroups that may benefit from a lower temperature target.
This study represents the largest randomized controlled trial to date evaluating targeted temperature management of post-cardiac arrest patients, which demonstrated no difference in mortality or neurological outcome between 33°C and 36°C groups. These results are certain to have an effect on future post-arrest ROSC recommendations for when to initiate therapeutic hypothermia and on increasing target temperature goals to a more physiologic range.
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* Read an abstract of the New England Journal of Medicine article, "Target Temperature Management at 33°C versus 36°C after Cardiac Arrest," at http://1.usa.gov/1egWMfo.
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