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I grew up in a, let's say medium-sized town. It was big enough to have both rural and urban parts of town. I grew up in the same home for my entire childhood, people of higher class might say the house was tiny and unkempt. But in my eyes it was perfect, it was the only home I knew. I grew up with the same kids, no one really ever moved out of the neighborhood nor did anyone ever move in. We all got along and rarely ever fought, all went to the same, tiny rural school. We played normal games like hide and seek or freeze tag, sometimes even made our own games up. The entire span of the neighborhood was our play area, with no grumpy old men or weirdos roaming the streets, the adults never worried about us as long as were back around the time street lights were on. There was however, a place we would never go near.
It wasn't out of restriction from our parents, or something that could hurt us. It was just a statue, painted all yellow. It sort of looked like a depiction of the stereotypical white male from the 50's, I can't be sure though I had never gotten close enough to examine it, I could barely even look at it for more than 2 seconds. It was just so... creepy. Everyone of us asked our parent about it all the time, They would reply with "It's been there since I was a child." It must have seemed creepy to the adults too, They avoided talking about it as much as possible.
There was something obviously strange about this statue though, you would think the statue would be decrepit since it's been there for so long. But it showed no signs of weathering or erosion. I walked past it once just to get a better look at it and i didn't even have a single scratch on it from what I what saw. even after rain and sometimes snow the statue showed no signs of damage at all, not even the bright yellow paint. The paint always looked fresh as if someone had painted it the day before. It was a bright vibrant paint, you couldn't miss it.
Other weird things happened around the statue. Cat's and dogs would meow and bark at it, even rodents and birds would shout their distinctive sounds at it. Though they never touched it, I have never seen a single thing touch the statue besides the fresh cut grass at its feet. Grass that didn't belong to anyone. Luckily for the residents, the nearest house to the statue was a good distance away from the it. It also had no windows on the side that the statue was on. Marilyn (the owner of the house) went by asking everyone in the neighborhood who cut the grass so she could thank them, but everyone said they didn't touch the grass, nor had they heard the lawnmower that would have done it.
For a while the neighborhood had a raccoon problem, it would knock over the garbage cans and rip them open letting all the contents spill onto the driveway or streets. It seemed to be the same raccoon who was doing it. Though it only lasted three days before the raccoon was found dead at the statues feet. It didn't really matter to me, we stayed far enough away from the statue that I couldn't smell it much. I assumed one of the adults would dispose of it sometime during the day, but they didn't. The raccoon just lied there at the statues feet all day and night. I thought the adults didn't want to get near the statue, but when I woke up in the morning it was gone.
Kids had started daring and making bets on who would get the closest to the statue. One day the richest kid in the neighborhood offered 15 bucks to whoever would go and wright on the statue with red sharpie and then came back to check if it was painted over the next day. I was one of the poorer kids, I never received allowance or even lunch money so 15 bucks was probably the largest amount of money I would have for awhile. But I was too scared, so two other kids volunteered to go with me and we would split it into 5 dollars each, which was still a lot to me. I agreed and grabbed the red sharpie and made my way to the statue with two neighbor kids following. The entire shaky-walk to the statue was terrifying. I kept freezing in place and forcing myself forward, I never took my eyes off the grass.
When I reached the statue I quickly uncapped the sharpie and gave the statue a quick swipe across the chest, then dropped the sharpie and ran as fast as I could back the group. Everyone cheered for me and I got my 5 bucks. I told them I was tired and went back to my house. When I entered the house I didn't say a single thing to my parents, I just walked straight to my bedroom jumped onto my bed and took a well-deserved nap.
I dreamed of a giant pair of yellow eyes watching over me, in the dream something much bigger than me and too complex for my understanding was taking care of me like an overseer. It was mad, in the dream I felt as if I had ruined something perfect, and lost someone who had supported me. It felt as if I had defiled and rejected something that protected everything with flawless judgement.
I awoke out of the dream confused, it was too much for youthful mind too understand so I threw it off as a nightmare. I looked out my window into the night sky when something bright caught my eye. It was the statue, But it seemed brighter than before, a lot more noticeable. I couldn't help but stare at it until I realized it something wasn't normal, it was facing my house.
I immediately threw the covers over my head and curled up into a ball, and that's how I stayed for two more panicky hours before finally drifting off to sleep. I awoke to the sound of sirens, I peeked out my bedroom window to see my street flooded with squad cars and ambulances. They were focused on the two homes that the kids who helped me win the bet stayed in. I got dressed and ran outside, I overheard one of the officers telling another officer what happened.
"So what's the case?"
"Two children ages ten and eleven were found dead by the parents an hour ago and they called the police. The cause of death is unknown but it were sure it was a murder."
"Both kids were painted head to toe bright yellow, except there hands were painted purple. Those colors are complete opposites on the color wheel, so detectives are guessing that the murderer is trying to get a point across."
"That's sick!"
"Yeah, the poor children are on there way to the autopsy room so they can find out how they were killed. hopefully the can get them cleaned up before the funereal."
I couldn't believe what I hearing, they were dead? gone forever? no. NO. We were suppose to all grow up together and become adults with each other and work together until we became the old people in the neighborhood. This can't be happening, Tears crashed down my cheeks as I screamed and ran into my bedroom and jumped into my bed. I went under the covers and cried myself to sleep.
I woke up to my mother shaking me with a very serious look on her face. She told me to get out of bed and that we were taking a drive. I got ready and met my mom in the car.
"Where are we going?"
She didn't answer me, I sat back in my seat slowly not wanting to bother her any further. The entire car ride was silent, I would occasionally look into the rear view mirror to see my mother expressions. She looked serious and worried, very worried. As if someone was going to hurt her. We arrived at the destination (halfway across town). It was a big field with a weird, out of place building. She told me to go inside the building,
"I'm scared," I said quietly.
She looked at me with the death stare, and a single tear rolled down her cheek. She barely muttered
"I'll.. be waiting.. right here."
I got out the car and cautiously ran to the building with tears strolling down my face. When I approached the building I noticed there was no door as I walked into the dimly lit room. There was nothing. I did a full three-sixty and saw nothing, the building was pretty big, but there was nothing. No rooms no corridors no random objects, It's like nothing had ever been here, though the floors and walls were pretty dirty. I did a full three sixty to sweep the place for anything that could tell what this was but nothing.Then.... the light went out. When it turned back on my eyes bounced around for a little bit before I noticed something terrifying.
The exit was blocked by a giant bright yellow wall. I looked around the room and saw the next thing that made my heart drop... The yellow statue, in it's same eerie pose as it is when it's on my street.
I stared at it in horror for moment when... Like something out of my nightmares, the hand came down to it's side. It's head turned to the side and I backed up and pressed myself against the wall as hard as I could. It then turned around to face me. There was about ten seconds of nothing but my heavy breathing. then...
The statue moved at me, right when I blinked it was in my face. I screamed as loud as I could. The statue just stood there. It's face was different, instead of the generic smile it was a violent frown. It slammed one of it's hands next to my head, and cocked It's own. His movements were stiff and robot like. It then began to speak in an unnatural deep tone.
"Do you know what you have done?"
"Do you know the damage you have caused?"
"All I did was help and this is how you repay me? you defile me?"
"Protection and love is all I provided and wanted nothing in return and vandalize me for some game?"
His mouth moved up and down like a puppet.
"I kept you and your society safe, and you can't even be grateful?"
I was too horrified and shocked to even make a noise
"Your greed and ignorance got two people killed."
He leaned closer to my face
"And for what?"
The lights went out again.
I woke up on the grass in front of the statue sobbing, I crawled away until I was on my feet and then ran to my house. My front door as unlocked and my parents were sitting at the table and didn't even look at me when I came in. I didn't care, I didn't want to speak to anyone ever again. I ran to my room and pulled the blanket over my head.
After about five hours of hiding I decided to take a look at the statue, it was in it's normal place facing down the street. I sank back into my bed and drifted to sleep. I woke up to a normal morning, Though my parents weren't speaking, the parents of those two deceased kids were moving out, and there was no school since it was spring break. A couple of days went by with the same repeated process until about halfway through the week.
My dad walked into my room and gave some terrible news.
"An organization will be here today to come pick you up, it's required by the law, we still love you... son. There is no need to pack, they will have everything ready for you in their headquarters. Your mom... She still loves you. We will miss you."
Then he walked out of my room. He was right, a white bus with black tinted windows pulled up and my dad told me to get on it. The windows were tinted on the inside too, it was impossible to see the outside. There was no one inside the bus excluding the bus driver who seemed like a normal person. The bus drive was long so and I had nothing to entertain myself with so I fell asleep.
I woke up as the bus stopped at it's destination, I stepped out of the bus and there was a large, white building amongst other vacant looking buildings. I was waiting for someone to escort me into the building but no one came. I was about to turn around when something hit me hard on the head and I lost consciousness.
I woke up with other kids in some cafeteria. I was seated at a table with some other kids who were staring at me with blank expressions, though they turned away when they noticed I saw them. I was about to say something when a tall intimidating man walked up behind me and tapped me on the shoulder, I turned around and he said
"Come with me."
"Where am I?" I asked.
No reply. He began walking and I quickly followed behind him. He took me to a large padded white room. As I walked in he closed a large metal door behind me. I looked around and noticed slots on the wall that said Food. I also noticed a sink and toilet. The only other things in the room was a tiny white doll, around the size of the average "teddy bear" and a jar of bright yellow paint. And then for the first time I noticed I was wearing different clothes, I was wearing a purple hospital gown, same as all the other kids from the cafeteria.
The metal door opened again and this time a lady walked in and said.
"By now you've probably noticed the sink and toilet. That's where you get your food and that over there (she points at the doll) is your savior and protector, leave without it and you will be punished. Make. Him. Happy."
I already knew what she wanted. She wanted me to paint that thing yellow. I knew this was about the statue, I turned around to ask her a question when I was cut off by the sound of the metal door closing. I walked up to the doll and grabbed the paintbrush behind it. I then began painting it yellow.
I had never painted before and I was sure I would mess up and leave streaks and other flaws but, the paint just looked perfect. As if it was done by an artist. When I finished I was feeling really tired so I put the doll back on the platform it was originally standing on. Then I laid down on the padded floor and fell asleep.
I woke up starving. I immediately looked at the food slot and was happy to see a steaming bowl of oatmeal waiting for me, along side a plastic glass of orange juice. I ate my breakfast quickly and place the dishes back into the slots. I waited for about an hour for anything to happen, and to my surprise a bell rang and the metal door opened. I stepped out and saw a cluster of kids all heading the same direction. I turned around and grabbed the doll and followed them. outside was a play area with a very long white table near a barbed wired fence. I walked up to the table to view it's contents. It was an arrangement of various loaded firearms. I wondered why they would put guns near kids. After about ten minutes I saw a kid walk up to the table and grab a gun. I noticed he had no doll.
He picked up the firearm and put it to his head, I backed up, I didn't know what was going to happen. He then began to shake and then finally pull the trigger, splattering the contents of his head all over the grass behind him. I'm the only person that screamed. The only person who really seemed to be affected by this.
This went on for about 3 years, the same process. Eat, play, eat, eat, sleep. Always having my doll with me, I became panicky without it. A lot of kids died, I even witnessed a couple of gruesome violent beatings to kids who were caught without their doll.
Finally one day on my thirteenth birthday, I woke up and my doll had a letter tucked under his arm. It was telling me about how I will go home today but luckily I won't be leaving my doll thank god. As I was finishing letter the metal door opened with and a lady was standing in the entryway.
"You're leaving now. Grab your savior and let's go."
She then whispered in my ear with a warning tone "If you tell anybody about what happened hear you savior will turn purple and you. will. die."
I grabbed the doll and followed her to a yellow van which dropped me off at my house. I knocked on the door. My mom opened the door and stared at me wide eyed.
"My baby!"
She cried and gave me a hug with tears streaming down her face. My father then showed behind and said "Welcome home son" with wide smile on his face. It took me a while to get use to my family again. But in time I adjusted. It was as if the previous 4 years had never happened. The statue was still there and I wasn't scared of it anymore. I befriended all my previous playmates, they still stayed away from the statue.
Everything was good until Around the time I turned 15. I was still carrying the doll everywhere I go and my father had grown tired of it.
"It makes you look like a child! get rid of it"
"No!" I shouted "I need him"
"Get rid of it or I will for you"
"No!" I shouted again and ran to my bedroom.
I slammed the door behind me. How could he be so inconsiderate. If I leave my doll I'll die. I need it. I will never leave my doll. I will keep it with me at all times forever. I need it. He is my protector and savior.
He is my Lord.


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1998 Jeep Wrangler Sahara 2dr SUV 4WD
I recently purchased my Jeep from my brother. Sure, I drove it once or twice, but didn't love it. I've had it now for just about a month and am sure I will always own one. I enjoy it more than anything I have ever owned, from sports cars, performance sedans, big granny wagons to full size trucks and vans.
Open top, easy manual trans, 4x4, ease of pot hole handling, and attention. Also, feels like driving a go-kart / toy.
Too new to not like anything yet.
1998 Jeep Wrangler Sahara 2dr SUV 4WD
Great auto, it does whatever you want it to do. It has had to have some repairs done to it, but with a vehicle that is designed to go anywhere, things are bound to wear out. The inline 6 is a great engine, the fuel econ is a little low but with knowledge of how the eng works you can improve it dramatically i.e.: a little diesel mixed in the fuel at the right levels sent mine from 16mpg to 20mpg keep the lift low 2.75 inch, run 33inch tires change the trans to an AW4 and I added 4 more now Im at 23mpg. the last thing I did was use a cylinder cut out at 1200 to 3500 rpm (highway speeds) #2 and #5 drop out that added 5 to 6 more depending on who made the gas, now 29 to 30mpg. Anyone can do it.
If Jeep would make a drop in diesel engine with transmission would make a big difference, you can really make those get some high econ.
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I love everything about this vehicle
except the gas mileage. My last tank I
used 89 octane and averaged 15 mpg
city/hwy. Jeep owners are their own
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functionality of this vehicle is
amazing. You can truely go anywhere
with it! I wouldnt recommend this
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mileage. The I6 is a very responsive 6-
cylinder engine. I have the 3 speed
automatic transmission with mine and I
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under waranty when I first purchased
the vehicle. 3rd gear was vibrating
like crazy! Great for short
commutes, not long trips.
The features are endless. Bolt-ons and accessories for the Wrangler never stop. I love the 4WD in the snow. Never get stuck. Small truck with plenty of interior room.
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This car breaks constantly. In less
than 6 months I have replaced the
catalytic converter, muffler, clutch,
several engine senors, raditor, fuel
filter and pump, and still the car
does not run right! Jeep truley stands
for just empty every pocket.
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day and we had a ball in that jeep. I
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What a GREAT, GREAT Story.
Great fu*king story,GOD BLESS THE TROOPS. An congrats to Ruby.
Like to see and read more positives stories like this one about black folks. Congrats on the degreee brom Columbia.


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Claritas CTS1000
- Massive storage space, Looks funky
- Costly if you get the full set of features, Not as powerful as we'd have liked, Long boot-up time
Bottom Line
If you're after the latest in pre-assembled media centres then The CTS1000 is probably right up your alley. Be prepared to pay a premium for the extra features though.
Price$ 5,499.00 (AUD)
The Claritas CTS1000 had a huge presence at the 2005 Home Entertainment Expo. A high end media centre PC that sported a most alluring one terabyte of storage (that's one thousand gigabytes), it was definitely on more than one reviewer's wish list.
The primary purpose of a media centre is to synergise all the major home entertainment devices together into a single unit, and the CTS1000 managed this brilliantly. It offers DVD playback and burning capabilities through the DVD drive, television playback through dual TV tuner cards as well as hard drive storage and the ability to record media quickly and easily. It also comes with a variety of customisable features, including hard drive space and an optional touch screen. Our review unit sported the most expensive possible combination, with a gargantuan terabyte of storage and the seven inch LCD panel on the front. Depending on your preference, the price can drop as much as $1500 from the model we have reviewed here.
To put this in perspective, the average CD is about 70 to 80 megabytes if you encode it as a high quality MP3, and about 350 megabytes if you encode it in a lossless format. An encoded DVD will eat up roughly 800 megabytes, or about four gigabytes uncompressed. So with a terabyte of storage you could store 1000 encoded CDs and 500 encoded DVDs, and still have enough room for games, applications and television recording.
Recording is made easy with the CTS1000, as it comes with a free 12 month subscription to IceTV. IceTV is Australia's only authorised Electronic Program Guide. It functions much like a virtual TV guide, except it allows you to record selected programs without being there, then watch them back later when you have time. Freed from the constraints of mere time, you can watch what you want when you want, be it cartoons at three a.m or game shows in the morning! The fact that this unit has dual tuners means you can even record two things at once, or watch regular television whilst recording another channel.
Whilst dual TV recording will certainly get people excited (go on, admit it!) what we were hoping for when we heard about this terabyte monstrosity was a media centre that could also play games at a reasonable level. For $5500 you can get yourself a seriously powerful machine if you build it yourself. Previous media centres had flopped in the gaming stakes, scoring pitiful 3Dmark scores of 300 or less. Startlingly the CTS1000 didn't fare much better, netting a measly score of 1600 despite having an Athlon64 3500+ processor, a gigabyte of ram and an nVidia 6600 graphics card. These specs should play most modern games, albeit at low settings, but the horrible 3Dmark result indicated otherwise. With a score like that we would expect older games like Quake 3 would run quite well, but anything more modern would seriously struggle.
One other notable hardware feature was the sound card. The 7.1 Mystique is one of the premiere audio cards on the market at the moment, offering full 7.1 support and almost unsurpassed audio quality. It is the perfect choice for outputting surround sound to a home theatre system (via a receiver) and it was a considerable step up from the onboard sound we've seen on some other media centres.
The CTS1000 ran Windows Media Centre Edition as its operating system, which is essentially the same as Windows XP, but with a new media player console that offers intuitive access to all the media on the PC. Windows MCE has a few minor problems with cataloguing files, but whether you are a seasoned computer veteran or a home entertainment newbie, the interface should prove easy to use.
You can interact with this interface through either the Microsoft Media Keyboard which we found to be extremely practical, or a USB remote, which functions exactly like a regular television remote. A lot of people worry about having a computer in the lounge, but apart from booting it up, the CTS1000 can be just another home entertainment device, controlled by a remote if you so choose. It boots up straight into the media console, and you never so much as have to look at the desktop.
Another important part of blending in to a home entertainment scenario is the style of the device. Nobody wants a massive rackmounted PC case sitting next to the svelte 42 inch plasma. Thankfully this unit comes in a horizontal, brushed silver case, with a minimalist button layout and a stylish looking LCD touch screen. The power button glows light blue, lending a suitably futuristic feel, and the whole unit looks brilliant.
The touch screen is something that we originally thought would be a nifty addition, but over time it gradually lost its impact on us. The 7" LCD sits on the front left hand side of the unit. It didn't come automatically configured, and it took us a good ten minutes of plugging in cables and changing settings before we had it running properly (there was no real documentation telling us how to do this). The screen duplicates what is present on the main display, with the goal of allowing you to manipulate music content without actually firing up your television. It sounds pretty neat, but realistically most people would rather switch their TV on and use the remote than have to get up and walk over to touch the screen manually. Thankfully you can get the unit without the screen, saving you an unnecessary cost.
One thing that really annoyed us about the unit was the incredibly slow boot-up time. Claritas have installed a mountain of software on here, everything from virus scanners to the touch screen drivers, but when they all fire up simultaneously, it makes for a long wait.
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Masa Israel Journey 2016-2017 gap year participants start an impromptu dance party in the lobby of Jerusalem's ICC, in preparation for Masa Israel's annual welcome event; photo by Ran Biran.
Masa Israel Journey held its annual Welcome Event on Monday evening in Jerusalem.
Participants (including interns, volunteers, and students) celebrated the transformative experiences that await them together; photo by Ran Biran.
The gathering serves to officially welcome thousands of the 12,000 18-30 year-olds who have recently arrived in Israel to participate in dozens of long-term Israel programs including gap years, study abroad, internships, teaching English to young students, and other post-college initiatives.
Israeli reggae band Hatikva 6 on October 31, 2016, at Jerusalem's ICC; photo by Ran Biran.
With Israeli TV personality Jason Danino Holt as emcee, participants were entertained by live music from Yemenite electronic folk band A-WA and Israeli reggae group Hatikva 6. American-Israeli comedian Benji Lovitt hosted a Jewish geography game show.
Participants from the United States and Russia show off their national pride; photo by Ran Biran.
"We bring thousands of Masa Israel Journey program participants together at this pep rally-style event, so they can get a taste of the exciting journey they each have ahead of them," said Masa Israel Journey CEO, Liran Avisar. "We want all of our participants to understand that they are now part of a community larger than themselves, and a network that goes far beyond the specific programs on which they are enrolled. Together, we will celebrate Israeli culture and get our participants excited about experiencing Masa Israel their way – "My Masa" – so they can make the most of the transformative time in Israel to come."
Originally published in eJewish Philanthropy
October 18, 2016
By Ruth Alfandary
Leading universities around the world have offered study abroad programs for decades. Less common, however, is these universities enabling international students to successfully link the overseas classroom experience with resources and professional development opportunities that exist off-campus.
In the 21st century global economy and ever-increasingly competitive job market, international professional experience sets recent graduates apart from other candidates.
Yet, despite college graduates having a more sophisticated, globally minded and achievement-oriented perspective than ever before, according to a 2014 study cited by NAFSA: Association of International Educators, nearly 40% of companies surveyed reported missed international business opportunities due to their lack of personnel with global professional experience.
Like domestic work experience, international internships allow students to develop professional skills like interpersonal communication and cross-organizational collaboration. However, navigating the workplace in another culture and language adds layers of complexity and nuance to the entire experience.
In Israel, start-ups, nonprofit organizations, tech companies, and the hospitality and tourism industry, among other sectors, rely on interns they are connected to through Masa Israel Journey programs to help them expand their businesses and break into global markets. Masa Israel is the go-to source for Israeli companies because it introduced the concept of the professional internship to the Israeli workplace.
At Israeli companies, interns are truly welcomed into the office, often treated as full team members, with the responsibilities and projects that come with such roles. As a result, former interns report acquiring professional skills and experiences incomparable to what they could have learned through a domestic internship. In a small country like Israel, it's easy to find yourself rubbing elbows with leading entrepreneurs and public figures at professional events and when simply out and about meeting people
In order to meet the needs of both Israeli businesses and international students, both Tel Aviv University and the University of Haifa now offer the opportunity for students to pursue professional internships as optional complements to traditional study abroad programs. Masa Israel's partners at other major Israeli universities are working to develop similar semester and/or combined summer study and internship programs to meet career-driven students' needs and ensure they are providing valuable experiences that truly add to students' professional backgrounds.
Israel is home to more start-ups per capita than any other country in the world. This means students get the chance to work at tech companies, as well as in the sustainability sector learning about water conservation and alternative energy. Other students participate in internships that suit their political interests, going to the Knesset every day, doing research at think tanks, attending international conferences, and participating in investigative excursions. And for students committed to social change and activism, Tel Aviv and Haifa give them access to communities of change makers and social entrepreneurs, as well as nonprofit organizations.
Next spring, Tel Aviv University will partner with Yahel – Israel Service Learning, to premiere its new Community Action in Tel Aviv semester. Students study abroad part-time at Tel Aviv University and volunteer part-time at organizations engaging in bettering the community, by, for instance promoting women's empowerment, working toward regional peace and coexistence, and providing services to African refugees and asylum seekers in Israel. In addition to their coursework and internships, students will participate in workshops and trainings in cultural sensitivity and cross-cultural communication, methods of community empowerment, and other topics relevant to creating social change.
Tel Aviv University and the University of Haifa also provide career counseling and mentoring for student interns and require students, in order to receive academic credit for their internships, take a career development course guiding them in applying a range of communication and management tools during their internships.
Whether exploring career options in tech, sustainability, diplomacy, or any other industry, an international internship broadens and deepens the academic, professional, personal and immersive experience that is a semester or year abroad. At the same time, these programs help to develop a more internationally experienced workforce as students, upon graduating, are in a position to work at companies and organizations that, often for the first time, now have the teams to pursue international business opportunities.
Originally published in The Times of Israel
October 13, 2016
By Lidar Gravé-Lazi
Some 13,000 Jewish youth are expected to come to Israel this coming year to participate in Masa, the organization announced on Thursday.
Benjamin Netanyahu takes a selfie with Masa participants.
(Photo Credit: REUTERS)
The program provides Jewish youth the opportunity to participate in over 250 immersive Israel programs ranging in length from six months to a year, which include internships, study abroad programs, and volunteer opportunities. These experiences aim to give participants practical academic or work experience while strengthening their connection to Israel.
The Masa program is set to officially launch on October 31st during a ceremony in Jerusalem with the participation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Natan Sharansky, head of the Jewish Agency.
"The youth arrive to Israel to participate in a wide range of Masa programs, from government, to economy and culture, hi-tech, teaching English, medicine and more," Liran Avisar-Ben Horin, CEO of Masa said.
She noted that in addition Masa provides participants with tools to engage in hasbara (public diplomacy) for Israel, turning those who take part into informal ambassadors for Israel to the world.
"Every year they show that the year they spend in Israel – working, volunteering and being exposed the multi-layered and complex Israeli society – becomes the most meaningful in their lives," she said.
According to a recent survey conducted by Midgam Institute and released by Masa, some 87% of Masa participants said they intend to actively work towards strengthening Israel's image in the world, while 81% of participants said their vision of Israel "changed for the positive" because of participating in the project.
Slightly more than half, 58% of respondents, said they would "certainly" act against the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Since its founding in 2004 by the Prime Minister's Office and the Jewish Agency, over 120,000 young Jews from around the world have participated in Masa programs.
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post
My experience at Tel Aviv University was incomparable to any other internship or abroad experience I had in the past. I spent seven months living in Tel Aviv, in which both the semester abroad and internship portion exposed me to new and exciting aspects of Israeli life, culture, society, and religion.
I chose to study abroad in Tel Aviv for a specific reason. Ever since my first visit to Israel in 2011, I have been curious about the intricacies that plague Israel's political, social, and economic sectors. In 2011 when I traveled to Israel with a youth group, we were brought to Rothschild Boulevard to see the social justice protests taking place. For miles, we saw tents, makeshift houses, posters, and protesters. I recognized that Israel was not just a state that I was expected to love as a Jew, but rather had real issues affecting the livelihoods of its citizens, whether they were Jewish, Muslim, or anything else. As I study criminal justice and international affairs at the George Washington University in D.C., I am interested in learning about how different judicial and political systems affect civil societies advancements in modern culture. Therefore, studying abroad in the modern, flourishing city of Tel Aviv seemed like my best option.
After a five month semester at Tel Aviv University, I was able to take many classes in Israeli politics, Middle Eastern history, and Hebrew from a wide range of professors. My understanding of the paradoxical dynamics of Israeli society expanded more than I expected. Towards the end of the semester, I landed an internship at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies; a think tank that produces policy-relevant research and recommendations on national security and foreign policy as it relates to Israel and Middle Eastern issues. I worked as a Research Assistant for the director of the center, Efraim Inbar. At my internship, I independently contributed to three separate projects regarding Australian-Israeli relations, Abu Mazen's current standing in the PA, and Israel's interest in the Chinese economy. I participated in international conferences, table talks, and strategic tours in the West Bank and on IDF bases. My experience with the Begin-Sadat Center was remarkable. Choosing to stay in Tel Aviv this summer and work for a company in a country that has so much to offer in my field of study was the best decision I could have made.
My seven months living in Tel Aviv surpassed any previous experience I ever had. Leaving America in January and knowing I would not be home until late July seemed like a long time to be away from friends and family, but looking at the big picture and seeing everything I gained from this experience, I could do it for another seven months. I recommend the semester and summer internship program to anyone who is willing to step out of their comfort zone just a little bit and trust the people of Israel to take them in, teach them, and help show them what they can accomplish in such a short period. I'm grateful and thankful for the friends I made, the professors who educated me, and my colleagues who taught me.
Written by Dana Sherman, Tel Aviv University Alumna '16
September 11, 2016
By Liran Avisar, CEO of Masa Israel Journey
For all the Jewish day schools, summer camps, trips to Israel, anti-BDS conferences, and campus advocacy trainings, the American Jewish community continues to grapple with how to successfully foster long-term Israel engagement among the next generation of Jewish leaders. In recent years, countless resources from all corners of the community have been devoted to helping form or reinforce lasting bonds between young Jews and the State of Israel. And yet, from a political, spiritual, cultural and public relations perspective, most communal stakeholders remain mystified as to how to make Israel matter for millennials in the long run.
At the risk of stating the obvious, there is one proven solution to creating a solid foundation for a lifetime of engagement: spending months living, studying and working in Israel.
Over the course of 12 years leading the field of top immersive international experiences in Israel, we have learned some important lessons. Namely, that the firsthand encounter with day-to-day life in Israel, which can only be attained by being on the ground for a sustained, continuous amount of time, makes all the difference to our 120,000 alumni around the world.
When we look at what distinguishes loosely affiliated American Jews who understand what's at stake when it comes to Israel's future from their similarly affiliated peers, we consistently return to the fact that those "in the know" have spent a substantive amount of time experiencing Israel.
Our participants immerse themselves in their local communities in Israel, and as a result, spend time getting to know Israelis and end up caring more about the well-being of the State of Israel. Masa Israel Journey's "off the bus" experiences empower individuals to embark on unique journeys that enrich their personal and professional growth, and create durable connections to Israel.
Israel is made up of a diverse mixture of communities: religious and secular, native-born and immigrant, Jewish and Arab, urban start-up and rural agriculture. Working with and among these populations for a significant time; learning and living Israel's complex landscape, both past and present; and developing one's own narrative belonging to this place and its people – one's own People – is more valuable than any single injection of information or dose of emotion meant to immunize against Jewish and Israel apathy.
The courage to be "from somewhere" and to stand for something is no longer a given on Western campuses and beyond. This confidence is gained by participants learning, firsthand, that the whole Israel story is as multidimensional as the passengers on a Tel Aviv bus. It is gained by giving participants the understanding that they can navigate uncertainty, because they've now seen a whole society do so and thrive.
A recent study conducted by the Midgam Institute, an independent Israeli research and consulting firm, found that engaging in Israel through a Masa Israel experience fosters a level of depth which has concrete results. In surveying 1,480 Masa participants and alumni, it found that 91 percent of participants agree that the most effective way to strengthen the relationship between Israel and Diaspora Jews is by spending a significant period of time living in Israel. Additionally, 82% said they think Israel's reality is far more positive than its media image abroad, 79% said they are likely to visit Israel again, and 87% said they intend to take action to improve Israel's image in their home country by being more active on campus, on social media, at demonstrations, and through donations.
Those who have participated in Masa Israel programs are more likely to take an interest in news regarding Israeli current events, to listen to Israeli music and podcasts about Israel, and to read Israeli books. The data suggests that young people need to develop a connection to Israel and Israelis in order to make their love for the country last, and that only happens when they get the chance to have their own unique journey there.
A major part of the reason we are able to successfully create the kinds of immersive experiences that lead to these lasting relationships with Israel, is because Israelis are an integral part of the story. Sustained exposure to long-term program participants gives Israelis the chance to interact with them in a wide range of contexts, and, of course, the reverse is also true – participants get to know Israelis in an authentic way. Our experiences bring Israelis and participants face to face while working together in the office, shopping in the supermarket on Friday afternoon, relaxing on the beach on weekends, and using public transit on a daily basis.
As a result, the same Midgam survey mentioned above found that out of 503 Israelis interviewed, two thirds said Masa experiences reflect the reality of daily life in Israel. Additionally, 94% agreed that "strengthening the connection with Diaspora Jewry is vital for Israel's strength."
The truth is, there is no single political viewpoint or cultural lens that can motivate young people to care about Israel. There's no single approach or narrative for making it matter to everyone, and that is the intrinsic beauty in the situation: individuals find their way to connect to Israel by finding out here what matters to them, and where they can matter to Israel.
Giving young Jews the extended opportunity to experience and discover Israel for themselves is the best way to ensure the next generation will be invested in Israel's future, with individual passion for a collective purpose.
Liran Avisar is the CEO of Masa Israel Journey, the leader of immersive international experiences in Israel, including gap year programs, study abroad, service-learning and career development opportunities. Masa Israel Journey is a joint project of the Government of Israel and The Jewish Agency.
I think that the best way to find out who you truly are as a person is to spend a significant amount of time outside of your comfort zone or to live away from home. For me, my junior year abroad at Tel Aviv University was that experience. Unlike most Diaspora Jews, I have no family in Israel nor do I have any Israeli family living in the states. What I do have was a deep love of Israel, Zionism, and Judaism - these are all values that were instilled in me as a kid.
During my time studying abroad at Tel Aviv University, I made some of the amazing friends who I am still in touch with today. I already spoke Hebrew fluently, but I improved my accent and learned a lot of the slang - though I have come to terms with the fact that I will never know all of the army slang.
I met so many amazing people from all over the world and learned so much from their experiences. Unlike most people who study abroad at Tel Aviv University and who live in the dorms, I chose to live in an apartment in the center of Tel Aviv so that I could get the "full Tel Aviv experience."
I couldn't have gotten luckier than to find an apartment right off of Sheinkin Street living with Israelis and other internationals. I spent my first two VERY jetlagged weeks exploring every nook and cranny of Tel Aviv during the wee hours of the morning before the shops, and the University opened – for some reason, Israeli shops don't open until 10 or 11 AM when the shopkeepers feel like strolling in. This is how I learned Tel Aviv like the back of my hand and to this day, anytime I visit, it is like visiting my second home. I'm not on vacation when I go there; I'm back in a familiar place that I love.
During my time abroad, not only did I learn about the city and the people, but I learned about myself and my values. This was when I found out; I was my mother. Usually, when a girl finds out that she is her mother, she freaks out and has a quarter life crisis, I on the other hand, was so excited!
My mother is a strong woman who unapologetically loves Israel. She loves education, teaching people and, to give of herself to others. She also spent a significant amount of time living and teaching in Israel before she was married. It was during this trip that I decided that I would follow in my mother's footsteps and pursue a career in education instead of biochemistry which I had majored in at UCLA. Ask any of my friends and they would say, "I could have told you that Miri would be an educator ten years ago!" But I suppose all important lessons you must learn on your own. Upon returning home from my year abroad at Tel Aviv University and graduating from UCLA, I pursued a career in Israel education at StandWithUs.
Why was it so important for me to pursue such a career? They say that Israel advocates are made, not born, and I couldn't agree more. During my freshman year at UCLA, I saw anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiment that ignited my passion for Israel advocacy. I was never prepared to respond to anti-Israel claims or rhetoric even though I grew up at a Jewish Day School and Jewish summer camp. I knew in my heart of hearts that what I heard on campus was wrong and deceitful, but I didn't know how to respond.
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New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division
Decided: June 12, 1989.
On appeal from the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part, Cumberland County.
King, Ashbey and Skillman. The opinion of the court was delivered by Ashbey, J.A.D.
[233 NJSuper Page 599] On August 6, 1986, S.T. received a juvenile delinquency disposition committing her to the New Jersey Training School (McCorkle)*fn1 for having committed the following offenses had she been an adult: (1) for an incident occurring on July 2, 1985: FJ-06-936-86A for assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1a(a) (disorderly persons offense), to an indeterminate term not to exceed one year;*fn2 FJ-06-937-86A for aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1b(2)
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(third degree), to an indeterminate term not to exceed two years; FJ-06-938-86A for possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose (chair), N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4d (third degree), to an indeterminate term not to exceed two years; FJ-06-939-86A for unlawful possession of a weapon (chair), N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5d (disorderly persons offense), to an indeterminate term not to exceed six months; FJ-06-3104-86A for aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1b(5)(a) (fourth degree), to an indeterminate term not to exceed one year;*fn3
(2) for a second incident which occurred on April 9, 1986: FJ-06-2547-86A for aggravated assault, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1b(5)(d)*fn4 (fourth degree), to an indeterminate term not to exceed one year; FJ-06-2548-86A for resisting arrest, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-2 (fourth degree), to an indeterminate term not to exceed one year.*fn5 All dispositions were to run concurrently and she received credit for 81 days in detention.
S.T.'s notice of appeal was filed on September 18, 1986. Relevant transcripts were received by the Clerk of the Court November 20, 1986. Her appellate brief was filed by substituted designated counsel on May 5, 1988. The prosecutor's responding
[233 NJSuper Page 601]
brief was filed October 11, 1988.*fn6 The appeal was calendared before us for April 19, 1989.
On appeal S.T.'s only challenge to the delinquency adjudication is that her defense counsel's trial performance constituted ineffective assistance of counsel. S.T. was charged with two assaults, one in 1985 and one in 1986. The 1985 charges arose while she was at McCorkle. There S.T. became involved in an altercation with another McCorkle resident. A senior corrections officer interceded, and, with the help of staff and McCorkle residents, broke up the fight. When S.T. heard she was to be placed in "lock-up,"*fn7 she swung a metal chair and hit the officer on the head.
S.T. described the event as follows:
It was a chair beside me, and I said for you hitting my neck I'm gonna hit you. So she -- wait a minute, she had came and said you hit me with that chair, you won't hit nobody else. And Miss Jackson she had came over, tried to get the chair away from me, and I went to hit Bonita with it and she got in the way and she got hit with it.
S.T. was not tried respecting the five charges stemming from this incident until considerably later. On November 8, 1985, she was recalled from McCorkle and placed on probation for one year with a condition that she enter and successfully complete the program at the Devereaux School, a residential school in Pennsylvania. For reasons described as "legal," S.T. entered Devereaux but was retransferred to Pinelands Learning Center (Pinelands), a New Jersey learning center with programs for emotionally disturbed children.
On April 9, 1986, three weeks after S.T. returned to Pinelands, she was in another altercation with a student. S.T.'s teacher attempted to subdue them. S.T. hit her. The teacher
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fell to the floor. The desk fell on them. As S.T. left the room, against the teacher's order, she shoved the teacher against the door. The teacher testified that she received bruises, a stiff neck, headaches and numbness in her left arm. When New Jersey State Police Trooper Robert Kwapp advised S.T. she was being put under arrest, S.T. started punching and biting. She had to be wrestled by two troopers to the ground and handcuffed. She continued to resist being taken from the building.
S.T. testified she was attacked by the other student and when the teacher tried to break it up, they ended up on the floor. S.T. admitted she left the room against orders to call her mother. She denied trying to fight the officers. She said she would not give the trooper her hand. Then the trooper threw her on the floor and started fighting her.
For the first incident the Family Part judge found S.T. guilty of simple assault on the other McCorkle resident, aggravated assault by attempting to cause bodily injury to the corrections officer with a weapon, possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes and unlawful use of a weapon. For the second incident the Family Part judge found S.T. guilty of aggravated assault by committing simple assault on a teacher and resisting arrest.
Our review of the record persuades us that S.T.'s first argument challenging the effectiveness of her counsel at the trial resulting in her adjudication is clearly without merit. R. 2:11-3(e)(2). The evidence of her guilt of the merged charges was overwhelming. Thus, any deficiency of counsel could not have effected a different result and is not cause for reversal. State v. Fritz, 105 N.J. 42, 60 (1987).
We concentrate on her remaining argument, a challenge to her disposition. According to the pre-disposition report, S.T. was born August 28, 1972, the youngest of 14 children. She lived with her mother, an older sister and several other relatives. She first became involved with the juvenile system in 1980. The record shows that by age 13 S.T. had an extensive
[233 NJSuper Page 603]
record of assaults and aggressive behavior toward her peers, her teachers and police officers, including fist fights, punching or shoving teachers, using bottles and knives as weapons and resisting arrest. Thorazine and mellaril had been prescribed to control her aggressive behavior.
We recite here in some detail the failure of the community and delinquency procedures to have alleviated S.T.'s delinquency behavior and her troubled history.*fn8 On March 21, 1983, S.T. was given a probationary term of one year and ordered to attend a diagnostic and counseling program. On November 30, 1983, her probation was extended one year. She was ordered to attend the Cumberland County Juvenile Advocacy Counseling Program. On June 21, 1984, she received a continued disposition for one year (N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-43b(1); R. 5:24-3). It was recommended that she undergo a complete evaluation and treatment at Brisbane. At Brisbane in 1984 S.T. was classified as being perceptually impaired and described as immature. She was further diagnosed as suffering from a schizophrenic form of disorder. While at McCorkle in 1985, however, S.T. was diagnosed as having a conduct disorder. Her July 18, 1985 psychiatric report said that her aggression was planned, based on her belief "that if one remains aggressive long enough one can determine the conditions of peace." She was also there described as being emotionally immature, having a low self-esteem and having problems relating with peers and authority figures. On March 15, 1985, following a delinquency adjudication that she was guilty of possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, aggravated assault and resisting arrest, she was placed at McCorkle for an indeterminate term not to exceed two years. She was also referred to DYFS for a
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residential placement. It was during this commitment that the first incident forming the basis of this appeal occurred.
The primary basis for the public defender's argument that S.T. should receive another disposition is that she was classified as emotionally disturbed and attended Pinelands, receiving special instruction for the emotionally disturbed.*fn9 She was thus "handicapped" under 20 U.S.C.A. § 1401(a)(1) of the Education of the Handicapped Act (Act) and N.J.A.C. 6:28-3.5. As "handicapped" under the Act she required an individualized educational program (I.E.P.), containing:
(A) a statement of the present levels of educational performance of such child,
(B) a statement of annual goals, including short-term instructional objectives,
(C) a statement of the specific educational services to be provided to such child, and the extent to which the child will be able to participate in regular educational programs,
(D) the projected date for initiation and anticipated duration of such services, and
(E) appropriate objective criteria and evaluation procedures and schedules for determining, on at least an annual basis, whether instructional objectives are being achieved. [20 U.S.C.A. § 1401(a)(19)]
In this appeal the public defender asserts that the Act prohibits school expulsion of a handicapped student for misbehavior that is a manifestation of her handicap and that the New Jersey Department of Education regulations relating specifically to the discipline of handicapped children, N.J.A.C. 6:28-2.8, apply to S.T. If so, an independent evaluation of the child's educational needs was necessary prior to any action of expulsion or change in placement under 20 U.S.C.A. § 1415(b)(1)(A); N.J.A.C. 6:28-2.8(d) & (e).*fn10
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Separately, the public defender urges that federal law mandates that defendant be educated in the least restrictive environment, 20 U.S.C.A. § 1412(5)(B), and that the Act prescribes that disruptive children are to be transferred to more restrictive placements only if and when their education significantly impairs the education of other children. Appellate counsel particularly criticizes S.T.'s disposition where the court had no record of whether her child study team recommended that S.T. return to the current placement and whether modification of her I.E.P. would foster her development.*fn11 Counsel also relies on 29 U.S.C.A. § 794 et seq. (the Rehabilitation Act).
We have noted that the bulk of S.T.'s claim relates to the disposition she received. This is particularly significant because the State's October 11, 1988 brief concerning S.T.'s August 6, 1986 disposition conceded S.T. should have a new disposition hearing, saying,
Upon careful reading of the Education For All Handicapped Children act (EAHCA), 20 U.S.C. 1400 et. seq. and the defendant's thorough brief, the State agrees that this case should be remanded for resentencing. Although S.T. was deemed an emotionally disturbed child, there was no determination as to whether this would qualify her as handicapped, and if she is handicapped, whether her conduct was a result of her handicap.
It should be noted that the EAHCA deals with a person's right to a free public education. It does not provide a defense to assault or unlawful possession of weapons. Thus, S.T.'s conviction should be affirmed. This case should
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be remanded for resentencing. The new sentence should comply with the procedural safeguards provided by the Handicapped Act, The Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. 794, and N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-44c(2).
Although the prosecutor ultimately conceded that a new disposition hearing was required for S.T., her parole was completed by the time her appellate brief was filed. Not only is the disposition of this appeal moot, see Cain v. New Jersey State Parole Board, 78 N.J. 253, 255 (1978); New Jersey State Parole Board v. Boulden, 156 N.J. Super. 494, 496 (App.Div.1978); State v. Middleton, 156 N.J. Super. 548, 551 (App.Div.1978); see also Brown v. Yeldell, 487 F.2d 1210, 1212 (D.C.Cir.1973), but, by the time the case was calendared before us, S.T. had received another dispositional hearing on new charges.*fn12 We cannot remand the matter in 1989 for a Family Part judge to decide whether McCorkle was the least restrictive alternative for S.T. in August of 1986 even if that would have been the appropriate disposition had the application been brought before us in an expeditious manner.
We write because the mootness of this appeal illustrates certain inadequacies which we fear exist in the appellate process in cases involving juveniles. There is no rule which mandates acceleration of juvenile appeals.*fn13
The progress of an appeal depends to a great extent on counsel. R. 1:2-5 provides:
In the scheduling of cases for trial, hearing or argument, the following classes of actions shall be given preference:
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(1) all contested matters where a principal issue is the custody, status, welfare and protection of minors; criminal and quasi-criminal cases. . . .
Notices of appeal provide a place to designate the applicability of this rule. R. 2:5-1(f)1, Appendix IV. Original defense counsel checked the box indicating that the rule was not applicable.*fn14
There are other applicable appellate rules relating to motions, including a motion to accelerate, see R. 2:8-1;*fn15 motion for summary disposition, R. 2:8-3(b); motion to remand the matter to the Family Part, R. 2:9-1(a); R. 2:8-1. Where the primary appellate challenge is to a disposition, counsel should move to place the appeal on the sentencing calendar, and then move to file a brief, if necessary.
In a criminal, quasi-criminal or juvenile action in the Appellate Division in which the only issue on appeal is whether the court imposed a proper sentence, briefs shall not be filed without leave of court and the matter shall be placed on a sentencing calendar for consideration by the court following oral argument. The appellate court at its discretion may direct the removal of any case from the sentencing calendar. [ R. 2:9-11]
In any of the above motions, as well as in a motion for release pending appeal, cf. R. 2:9-4, or for stay pending appeal, R. 2:9-5, temporary emergency relief may be sought from a single appellate judge. R. 2:9-8.
Juveniles are entitled in relevant part to the full protection of the law applicable to criminal defendants, N.J.S.A. 2A:4A-40; In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1, 87 S. Ct. 1428, 18 L. Ed. 2d 527 (1967), which means a complete appellate process. That process, however, should not occasion a delay which defeats the purpose. Cf. State in the Interest of C.B., 173 N.J. Super. 424, 430 (App.Div.1980), certif. den. 84 N.J. 482 (1980). Delinquency
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trials are swiftly held and dispositions swiftly executed. Ibid.*fn16 In light of the evident seriousness of S.T.'s problems, we cannot conclude that the remand agreed on by counsel would have benefitted S.T., even if applied for in a timely manner. Nonetheless, given the potentially irreparable harm in delay, where applicable, particularized motions to accelerate should be made in all appeals from delinquency dispositions as a matter of course.
The adjudication of delinquency is affirmed, except for the required mergers previously noted. The orders of disposition are remanded to the Family Part to eliminate the separate dispositions on FJ-06-3104-86A and FJ-06-939-86A which merged with other dispositions and to reduce the custodial term of FJ-06-936-86A to six months.
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