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August 20, 1998
Cover Story
To the dozens of politicians, Jewish leaders and survivors gathered at a Wiesenthal Center press conference last week, the lesson of the $1.25 billion Swiss settlement was clear: "Pressure works."
The expulsion of Jews from the IberianPeninsula 500 years ago brought a tragic end to a Jewish presencethat had thrived for centuries in Sepharad, the Hebrew word for Spain. It also set in motion the dispersion of Sephardicculture.
Strictly speaking, Sephardic Jewry includes thecommunities that fanned out across North Africa, Italy, Turkey, theMideast and Greece after the expulsion. But in today's colloquialsense, the word Sephardic has come to include most non-Ashkenazim.Jews from countries such as Iraq, Iran and Yemen, whose communitiesoriginate with the First and Second Temple exiles, never sojourned inSpain or Portugal, but are generally included within the broaddefinition of Sephardim. In Israel, these Jews are known as Mizrachi,usually translated as Middle Eastern or Oriental.
Sephardic and Mizrachi Jews hold fast tocustoms, food, music, liturgical style and Hebrew pronunciation,which are distinct from the Ashkenazi community. Within Sephardicsubcommunities, traditions vary widely, depending on where theculture evolved. That diversity is reflected in Los Angeles, home toan estimated 100,000 Sephardic and Mizrachi Jews.
This listing is just a partial menu of theorganizations that constitute Los Angeles' Sephardic communities.They will be featured and celebrated at the Skirball Cultural Center,beginning with a festival this Sunday (see article) and continuingthroughout the month. The array of synagogues, restaurants andschools listed here testify to the rich history and colorfultraditions that characterize Sephardic Judaism . -- Julie GruenbaumFax, ReligionEditor
From left, sculpture by Claudie LaToussier Oliver,Oudist John Bilezikjian and Mezzo-soprano Isabelle Ganz will be atthe Sephardic Arts Festival. Below, Detail from "Purim" by NessimSibony, one of the Sephardic Festival artists.
Sephardic Guide to Los Angeles
By Naomi Pfefferman, Entertainment Writer
Ivri-NASAWI (National Association of SephardicArtists, Writers and Intellectuals): Amulticultural group that emphasizes Sephardic and Mizrachi arts andhumanities, and produces a quarterly newsletter, salons, festivals,concerts, symposia and a National Sephardic Literary Contest. 1033 N.Orlando Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90069. (323) 650-3157.
The Society for Crypto-JudaicStudies: With an annual conference andquarterly newsletter, the society gathers and exchanges informationabout "Crypto-Jews," those descended from Jews who were forced toconvert to Catholicism in 15th-century Spain and Portugal. 333Washington Blvd., No. 336, Marina del Rey, CA 90292. (310)821-5141.
Sephardic Educational Center: Founded as the first worldwide Sephardic center in 1979,the SEC has 16 active chapters from Buenos Aires to Los Angeles,where you'll find Shabbatons, popular singles "Classes for theMasses" and more. Some 16,000 youths have attended the SEC's programsin Jerusalem, where an accredited, one-year university program inSephardic studies will begin next year. SEC also publishes aquarterly newsletter, Hamerkaz. 10808 Santa Monica Blvd., LosAngeles, CA 90025. (310) 441-9361.
Sephardic Women's Division of the United JewishFund: The some 40 active participantsraised $110,000 in 1997 for the UJF. 5700 Wilshire Blvd., No. 2815,Los Angeles, CA 90036. For information, call Florence Klatzko (323)761-8312.
Maurice Amado Foundation: Established in 1961 by a Sephardic Jew who emigrated fromTurkey to the United States in 1903, the foundation perpetuatesSephardic heritage and culture by financially supporting Sephardicactivities, institutions, educational programs and events -- such asthis year's Sephardic Arts Festival at the Skirball Cultural Center.1801 Avenue of the Stars, No. 942, Los Angeles, CA 90067. (800)295-4950.
The Hyman Jebb Levy Foundation: Supports a scholarship fund and a wide variety ofSephardic organizations in Los Angeles. (213) 623-6277.
The Los Angeles Sephardic Home for the Aging(LASHA): A support group of the JewishHome for the Aging, LASHA also has outreach programs that linkSephardic Jews to the Home's some 35 Sephardic residents. Lashon isthe group's bimonthly newspaper. 7150 Tampa Ave., Reseda, CA 91335.(818) 774-3330.
Sephardic Temple TiferethIsrael: Founded some 75 years ago byTurkish immigrants, Los Angeles' largest full-service Sephardictemple and only Ladino-speaking congregation now serves 800 families.The shul also has a 110-student religious school, an upcomingSephardic museum and two Ladino-rich libraries. Rabbi DanielBouskila. 10500 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024. (310)475-7311.
Kahal Joseph SephardicCongregation: Perhaps the only synagogueon the West Coast to worship in the ancient Baghdadi Minhag, KahalJoseph's 400 families are primarily Iraqi but also include Jews fromSingapore, Indonesia, India and Myanmar. Fifty children attend theHebrew school. Rabbi Hillel Benchimol. 10505 Santa Monica Blvd., LosAngeles, CA 90025. (310) 474-0559.
Em Habanim SephardicCongregation: Moroccan immigrants foundedthis shul in a storefront in 1974; today, the near 400 participantsworship at headquarters in North Hollywood or at satellites inBeverly Hills, West Hills or Cal State Northridge Hillel. A $1.2million, 8,000-square-foot community center is under constructionnext door to the main shul, where Haim Louk, a renowned Andalusianmusic virtuoso, is the cantor and rabbi. 5850 Laurel Canyon Blvd.,North Hollywood, CA 91607. (818) 762-7779. Rabbi Moshe Benzaquenheads the West Coast Torah Center/Em Habanim of Beverly Hills, 415 N.Crescent Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210. (310) 474-6508.
Torah Ohr: Specializing in outreach, this Sephardic Orthodox shul draws some 200participants with four daily Judaica classes and lectures on line.Rabbi Eliyahu Kin. 7200 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036. (213)939-6763 or (323) 933-3111.
Hashalom Congregation: A new Orthodox shul with a kabbalistic slant. Rabbi HagayBasri. 1010 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035. (310)652-9014.
Beth Midrash Mishkan Israel: Some 100 families, led by a Moroccan-born rabbi,participate in weekly Torah classes, a Talmud-Torah and Shabbatservices. Rabbi Samuel Ohana. 13312 Burbank Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA91401. (818) 901-1598.
Magen David Congregation: Originally founded by Syrian Jews, the shul, which tracesits minhagim to Alepo, Syria, hosts daily minyans and some 150Shabbat worshippers. 322 N. Foothill Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.(310) 285-9957.
Adat Yeshurun Valley SephardicCongregation: Composed of Jews from NorthAfrica, the shul follows the Moroccan minhag; welcomes 100 Shabbatworshipers; offers mikvah services for men and women; and recentlybought property to create a day school. 12405 Sylvan St., NorthHollywood, CA 91606. (818) 766-4682.
Minyan Yaniv Moshe: Founded in the memory of two young Sephardic Jews, Yaniv Sidis andYosef Hami, the shul is now looking for a new place to congregate.(310) 273-5731.
Pinto Torah Center: An outreach center for Israelis, Persians, Sephardim and Ashkenazim,the center holds daily services, classes in several languages, andShabbat services for about 100 congregants. The center, one of 10around the world, is run by Rabbi Yaakov Pinto, grandson of thelegendary Rabbi Chaim Pinto, the great kabbalist of Morocco (seearticle). 8660 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles. (310) 659-6700.
Yismach Moshe Congregation: 7675 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036. (213)939-2681.
Maimonides Academy: Founded in 1969, this coed Orthodox institution, one of the oldestSephardic schools in Los Angeles, offers secular and religiousstudies that emphasize Sephardic heritage and tradition. 310 N.Huntley Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90048. (310) 659-2456.
The Maurice Amado Chair in Sephardic Studies atUCLA: A professor who teaches andorganizes an annual colloquium (this year's chair was renowned Ladinoexpert and author Dr. Moshe Lazar). UCLA also has a series of MauriceAmado distinguished lectures in Sephardic studies; a planned visitingchair in Judeo-Persian language and an impressive Sephardiccollection at the university research library.
Book & Record Stores
B'er Moshe: Operatedby the Pinto Torah Center, this Judaic shop offers a variety ofritual objects, music, jewelry and books at discounted prices. 8662W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA. (310) 659-6700.
Matilda Seror Sisterhood Gift Shop at SephardicTemple Tifereth Israel: Carries assortedSephardic and Ladino-language CDs and books, including Albert M.Passy's unprecedented English-Ladino dictionary. 10500 WilshireBlvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024. (310) 470-2787.
Hatikvah Music: Sports perhaps the largest collection of Sephardic and Ladino CDs intown, including Jewish music from medieval Spain, Judeo-baroque musicfrom Italy and traditional Yemenite and Jewish Bukharan fare. 436 N.Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036. (323) 655-7083.
Hadar Restaurant: Family-style glatt kosher Chinese, Moroccan and Middle Eastern food.A Chinese-born chef serves up the chow mein while owner-catererYvonne Ohana supervises the Sephardic chow. Sunday-Thursday, 11a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m. until an hour before Shabbat. 12514Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91607. (818) 762-1155.
Golan: Glatt kosherChinese and Moroccan-Israeli-style dishes, including spinach andmushroom bourrekas, spicy fish with tomato-and-pepper sauce, andkubbeh (semolina stuffed with ground beef). 13075 Victory Blvd.,North Hollywood, CA 91606. (818) 763-5344 or 989-5423.
Magic Carpet: Glattkosher Yemenite and Middle Eastern specialties, including Moroccanroast chicken (with saffron, lemon and green olives), marguez(Moroccan spicy sausage) and more. Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.;Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m.-10 p.m. 8566 W. Pico Blvd.,Los Angeles, CA 90035. (310) 652-8507.
Nessim's: Specializes in Moroccan dishes and is the only kosher restaurant intown with a regular sushi bar. Sunday-Thursday, 12 p.m.-3 p.m. and 5p.m.-10 p.m.; Friday, 12-3 p.m. lunch, and Shabbat takeout, 8 a.m. to5 p.m.; Saturday, one hour after sundown until midnight. 8939 W. PicoBlvd., Los Angeles, CA (310) 859-9429.
Classic Restaurant: Glatt kosher Persian-Jewish and Chinese cuisine, from Kung Paochicken to kebabs to ghormeh savizi, a Persian stew. Also providescatering, a banquet center and live Persian music on Wednesday andSaturday evenings. Sunday-Thursday, 11:30 a.m.-11:30 p.m.; Friday,11:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday, after dusk until 2 a.m. 1422 WestwoodBlvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024. (310) 234-9191
Beverly Hills Cuisine: Glatt kosher Chinese and Persian food, including exoticrices, chicken and shish kebab. 9025 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA90211. (310) 247-1239.
Sharon Restaurant: Glatt kosher Persian restaurant with six or seven eat-in tables, butmostly does catering or takeout. 18608 1/2 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana, CA91356. (818) 344-7473.
Kolah Farangi Kebob and ChineseFood: Glatt kosher kebabs and Chinesecuisine. 9180 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035. (310)274-4007.
Persian Community
Eretz Cultural Center: One of the largest Iranian-Jewish community centers in LosAngeles, Eretz hosts concerts, films, acculturation programs, Englishclasses, Shabbat services for up to 1,000 people, and more. The EretzAlliance School, a preschool and kindergarten housed in the new $1.6million building next door, will expand to include first-graders anda total of 90 students this fall. The center's address is 6170 WilburAve., Reseda, CA 91335. (818) 342-9303.
International Judea Foundation (aka SiamakOrganization): With 800 members, thenonprofit group is dedicated to bridging the old culture and the newwith activities such as singles events, a tikkun olam committee, HighHoliday services and a Paradise Judea teen group. A 110- to 140-pageEnglish- and Farsi-language magazine, Chashm Andaaz, published aboutnine times a year, covers everything from politics to parenting.Foundation: 520 S. Sepulveda Blvd., No. 201, Los Angeles, CA 90049.Magazine: P.O. Box 3074, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. (310)471-9427.
Iranian American JewishFederation: An umbrella group that nowincludes 16 California Iranian-Jewish organizations, the Federationalso publishes an 80- to 100-page English and Farsi monthly magazine,Shofar, and hosts Shabbat services at the Wilshire Theater (8440Wilshire Blvd.). 5700 Wilshire Blvd., No. 2510, Los Angeles, CA90036. (323) 761-8945.
Iranian Jewish Senior Center: A nonprofit group that provides Persian-Jewish staff,services, entertainment and food for 20 Iranian residents of theBeverly Hills Guest Home. 1019 S. Wooster St., No. 228, Los Angeles,CA 90035. (310) 289-1026.
The Magbit Foundation: A 3,000-member group that provides interest-free studentloans for Iranian and émigré college students inIsrael. 433 N. Camden Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210. (310)273-2233.
Persian Hillel, UCLA: A social, cultural and religious outreach organizationthat helps Iranian students balance their Persian-Jewish and Americanidentities. Coordinator is Bahareh Rinsler. c/o UCLA Hillel, 900Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024. (310) 208-3081.
Iranian B'nei Torah MovementMagazine: Introduces Orthodox Jewry andPersian traditions to assimilated Iranian Jews in America. P.O. Box351476, Los Angeles, CA 90035. (310) 652-2115.
Nessah Educational and CulturalCenter: Provides programs such asimmigration counseling, an afternoon school, social activities andShabbat services for 500. 1537 Franklin St., Santa Monica, CA 90404.(310) 453-2218.
Ohr HaEmet Institute: Houses an Iranian synagogue, an Orthodox girls' highschool (currently there are 52 students), and plans to open apart-time seminary and a women's learning center. 1030 S. RobertsonBlvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035. (310) 854-3006.
Center for Iranian Jewish OralHistory: Dedicated to the history ofcontemporary Iranian Jewry, the center sponsors an annual conference,publishes a book a year and is in the process of interviewing some250 diverse Iranians for an audiotape oral history project. c/o HomaSarshar, P.O. Box 2543, Beverly Hills, CA 90213-2543. (310)472-3012.
Torat Hayim Hebrew Academy: The largest Persian-Jewish school in Los Angeles, thisOrthodox academy teaches 320 preschool-through-eighth-grade boys andgirls in English and Hebrew. 1210 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles,CA 90035. (310) 652-8349.
Ohel Moshe Congregation: 9820 Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035. (310)652-6593.
Cohen Synagogue: 18547 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana, CA. (818) 705-4557.
Torat Hayim Synagogue: 1026 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035.
Beth David Congregation: 5554 Reseda Blvd., Tarzana, CA 91356. (818)344-8523.
Orit Arfa and Shahram Siman contributed to this guide.
Prominent Leaders
Jordan Elgrably, Ivri-NASAWI
The author/journalist, who is halfFrench-Moroccan, grew up in an "American, assimilated, Ashkenaziworld, with the idea that being Jewish was going to be defined byreading I.B. Singer and Saul Bellow.... By my early 20s, I felt Iwasn't whole."
Elgrably moved to France and then to his father'sancient family home of Granada, Spain, to "put the fragments backtogether." In the early 1990s, when he realized that there was nonational organization to promote work by Sephardic artists andintellectuals, he decided to create Ivri-NASAWI. "Our goal is topromote a more universalist view of Judaism, with roots in the East,"he says.
Dr. Jose Nessim, Sephardic EducationalCenter
Two decadesago, the Paraguayan-born gynecologist couldn't help but notice thatthere wasn't a single Sephardic center in the Jewish world. Sephardicteen-agers were assimilating and knew little of their rich Jewishpast, he worried. Nessim responded by founding the SephardicEducational Center, which now has 16 active worldwide chapters and acelebrated youth program in Jerusalem. "We aim to educate theSephardic world about their Jewish roots," he says.
Arthur Benveniste, Society for Crypto-JudaicStudies
A definingmoment for Benveniste came when he first read about the Crypto-Jews,the descendants of those forced to convert to Catholicism in15th-century Spain and Portugal, and who became the first settlers ofNew Spain after fleeing the Inquisition. Today, Benveniste, whosefamily comes from Rhodes, edits the society's quarterly newsletter,Halapid, which focuses on the descendants of Crypto-Jews now livingfrom Peru to Portugal. "Half of Spanish Jewry was lost in theInquisition and Expulsion, and now we're finding them again," saysBenveniste, who is also co-chair of the Los Angeles Sephardic FilmFestival.
Albert M. Passy
An ex-Marine sergeant with Turkish-born parents,Passy grew up speaking Ladino. But when he searched for aLadino-to-English dictionary to help him decipher an old book in1986, he discovered that there wasn't a single one. So Passy tookmatters into his own hands. He read hundreds of Ladino books; usedSephardic old-timers to help him with words he didn't understand;perused a Ladino-French dictionary; and, in the early 1990s,published his unprecedented, approximately 300-page "Sephardic FolkDictionary," which now sits in university libraries and will soon gointo its fourth edition.
Raquel Bensimon
"The moment I came to L.A. from Morocco in 1961, Ibecame involved with Sephardic Temple [Tifereth Israel]. But I foundthat women had little to do there," says Bensimon, now a temple vicepresident who's active in an array of Sephardic groups. On Bensimon'surging, in the 1970s, women earned the right to vote on templematters. Immediately thereafter, Bensimon became the first woman toserve on the synagogue board and, a year later, the first to serve onthe executive board. Over the years, fund raising to build thecurrent Westwood temple site has been her special passion. "I feelthere's a little piece of me in every stone," she says.
Dr. Lev Hakak, UCLA
Professor Hakak, coordinator of Jewish studies atUCLA's department of Near Eastern languages and cultures, emigratedfrom Bagdad to Israel in 1951, where his once-wealthy family livedfor several years in tents and shacks. Hakak, who was 6 at the time,chronicles the difficult Iraqi aliyah through the eyes of ayoung protagonist in his first novel, "Strangers Among Brothers"(1977), which was a critical (and controversial) success inIsrael.
He further explores Iraqi and Sephardic life inthree more works of fiction and several scholarly books: For example,"The Image of Sephardic Jews in Modern Hebrew Literature," whichraised more eyebrows in Israel, explores stereotypes about Sephardim.Hakak also organizes Iraqi cultural events in Los Angeles and edits asemi-annual newsletter, Yosef Hayim, for Iraqi Jews.
Rabbi Jacob Ott
Ott, a pioneering Sephardic leader in Los Angeles,happens to be Ashkenazi. That did not stop him from serving as rabbiof Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel for 34 years, where he guided,shaped and strengthened what is now one of the most vibrant SephardicJewish communities in the Southland.
Ralph Amado
In 1925, Amado's Turkish émigrégrandfather, Rafael, was a founder of what would ultimately becomeSephardic Temple Tifereth Israel, perhaps Los Angeles' largestfull-service Sephardic synagogue. Amado's uncle, Maurice, created theMaurice Amado Foundation, a prominent benefactor of Sephardicendeavors. Ralph Amado, a commissioner on the Los Angeles MunicipalCourt, continues the family work as a director of the foundation anda past president of the temple. Among other activities andaccomplishments, he's the recipient of the synagogue's prestigiousSephardic Heritage Award.
Rabbi Daniel Bouskila, Sephardic TempleTifereth Israel
Bouskila, adescendant of the great Pinto kabbalist-rabbis of Morocco, was just31 when he became senior rabbi at Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel.Today, he has brought a significant number of young families back tothe shul , and apreschool is in the works. "My dream is to create a Sephardic Beit Midrash atthe temple," he says.
Rebecca Amato Levy
The matriarch and backbone of the Jewish communityfrom the Island of Rhodes, Levy preserves the Sephardic legacy bothscholarly and deliciously. She is famous for her recipes andpreparation of Jewish foods from Rhodes. And in her widely acclaimedbook, "I Remember Rhodes," she has chronicled with astoundingaccuracy and detail the people, streets, names, places, customs,celebrations and culture of the Jewish community of Rhodes. Today,Levy is a sought-after source of information for culturalanthropologists and Sephardic Jews who want to know about theirhistory. *
Songs and Stories at the Skirball
The Skirball Cultural Center's Sephardic ArtsFestival is back, bigger and better than ever. More than 4,000 peopleare expected to turn out on July 19 for the second annual festival,which will feature the music, art, food and storytelling of everynon-Ashkenazi group in Los Angeles.
The festival begins with a preview evening on July16, when visitors will experience medieval Judeo-Spanish music, aliterary reading and an exhibit of eight mostly local Sephardicartists.
On Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., park at theSkirball or take a shuttle bus from auxiliary sites; at the museum,you can participate in a Sephardic-object treasure hunt or peruseMoroccan inlay boxes and tapestries at the artisans' exhibit.
Munch on spinach bourekkas or paella at Zeidler's restaurant,and entertain the kids with storytelling and artists' workshops thatfeature henna-handpainting, make-your-own- hamseh and more. In between,catch concerts by Ladino music expert Stephani Valadez; Judeo-Spanishsongs by mezzo-soprano Isabelle Ganz; or the eight-piece MiddleEastern ensemble, Za'atar.
The Sephardic event has become the largest annualfestival at the Skirball, says program director Dr. Robert Kirschner."We aim to reach all the diverse communities of Los Angeles," hesays, "and the place to begin a pluralistic vision [of L.A.] is witha pluralistic vision of the Jewish people."
Admission is $8 for adults and free forchildren. Advance tickets are strongly recommended. Call (213)660-8587. --Naomi Pfefferman
Above, eight-piece Middle Eastern ensemble Za'atar, who willperform at the Sephardic Arts Festival July 19. Below, participantsin last year's festival. The Sephardic event has become the largestannual festival at the Skirball. Included will be artwork, aboveleft. Photo below by Peter Halmagyi.
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made two pizzas with the dough made friday night. my ingredients were sicilian oregano on the branch. 6 in 1 tomatoes, romano cheese, evoo, sea salt and grande 50/50 blend.i made a 9x9 plain cheese 9 ounces of dough ,and a sausage ,which was 24 ounces in a half sheet pan. i oiled the pans with evoo spread and flipped the dough which had the oil covering both sides. 20 minute rise. placed the oregano on the dough .the small got romano and shredded cheese ,since it was shredded and i wanted the tomatoes on top i pre baked it at this point for 4 minutes. i finished it with spoons of 6 in 1 romano salt and evo. the half sheet got tomatoes ,romano ,shredded cheese, salt,sausage and evoo. both baked at 525 degrees till done top, bottom, and center. they came out very nice enclosed are pics
thanks matthew , i bet if the grandmother that brought this recipe from the old country met yours they would have a lot to say about the merits of their way of doing it. this dough had a chicago influence to it . the dough was pressed by hand into the pans flipping it as needed to get it to spread, there is little resistance. the dough came out of my refrigerator at home and was spread as soon as i got to work 15 minutes or so. you had mentioned you were going to make your grandmother recipe Saturday ,did you get to it?

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Food Habits
Like other members of the family Felidae, Eurasian lynx are strict carnivores, consuming only meat. Other Lynx species are specialized Leporidae hunters. Eurasian lynx prey primarily on Ungulata. Small ungulates such as roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), musk deer (g. Moschus species) and chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) comprise most of their diet, but they have been known to prey on ungulates as large as Alces alces and Rangifer tarandus in winter due to the prey's vulnerability in deep snow. Eurasian lynx also supplement their diet with Vulpes vulpes, Leporidae, Rodentia and birds. They kill prey up to 3 to 4 times their size and consume 1 to 2 kg of meat per day. Eurasian lynx stalk their prey from the cover of thick vegetation, using stealth to get close without being seen. They then pounce on prey, delivering a fatal bite to the neck or biting down on the snout until the animal suffocates. The kill is then taken to thick cover or fallen logs to be eaten in privacy. Prey that is not eaten right away is cached to be consumed later. ("Eurasian Lynx Online Information System for Europe", 2007; "IUCN RED LIST", 2009; "WWF", 2009a; "WWF", 2009b; Schmidt et al., 2009; Schmidt, 2008)
Eurasian lynx occur sympatrically with three other large predators throughout most of their range: Canis lupus, Ursus arctos, and Gulo gulo. Brown bears are mainly omnivorous and don't compete strongly with lynx for prey. Where wolves and and Eurasian lynx co-occur, they generally coexist peacefully with neither of the two showing avoidance or attraction. This has been attributed to differences in primary prey selection and hunting styles. Canis lupus are larger than Eurasian lynx and primarily hunt Cervus elaphus, while Eurasian lynx focus on Capreolus and smaller ungulates. Eurasian lynx are solitary hunters, concealing themselves in thick vegetation, fallen logs, and snow to ambush prey. Conversely, Canis lupus are pack hunters and found in a wider variety of habitats. Competition between these species may occur in areas where Capreolus, Cervus elaphus, or other ungulate prey is scarce. This may cause changes in hunting behavior and has contributed to sporadic intraguild predation of Eurasian lynx by Canis lupus. (Schmidt et al., 2009; Schmidt, 2008)
Animal Foods: Birds; Mammals
Foraging Behavior: Stores or caches food


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Official (All Other) GREEN Tea Vendor Guide. Let's see what happens with this wild and crazy idea.
This will ultimately become a part of the Japanese Green Topic, but I wanted to give this a seperate topic initially since the Japanese topic has been up and running for a few weeks.
Your input as well as your nominations are welcomed. See viewtopic.php?f=60&t=11926 for guidelines for nominating as well as minimum vendor requirements, then post your nomination in this topic.
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Once nominated, I will endeavor to post the Vendor Topic along with a link below within 24 hours.
The approved nominations so far, alphabetically. CLICK on vendor name to proceed to Vendor's Topic:
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The nominations under consideration so far. Once confirmed, a topic for each approved nomination that meets the guidelines will be created.
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Topic: downgrading from 1.2.3 to 1.1.2
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Debates of June 6th, 2011
House of Commons Hansard #3 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was budget.
- Question Period
- Hockey
- Health
- Streetsville Bread and Honey Festival
- D-Day
- Ajax--Pickering
- Veterans
- Lou Gehrig's Disease
- Pakistan
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Hockey
- Poverty
- 1989 Tiananmen Square Protest
- Former Leader of Liberal Party
- D-Day
- Hockey
- Conservative Government
- International Co-operation
- Libya
- Poverty
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Flooding in Montérégie
- Infrastructure
- Canada Post Corporation
- Health
- Status of Women
- Libya
- National Defence
- Afghanistan
- Shipbuilding Industry
- Taxation
- Public Service of Canada
- The Environment
- Social Housing
- International Trade
- Veterans Affairs
- Labour
- Small Business
- Aerospace Industry
- Flooding in Montérégie
- Presence in Gallery
- Special Economic Measures Act
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Committees of the Whole
- Business of the House
- Petitions
- The Budget
International Trade
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Ed Fast Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway
Mr. Speaker, I congratulate my colleague on being re-elected for a third time by the good residents of Kelowna—Lake Country. He knows, as does our government, how important international trade is to growing our economy, creating jobs and ensuring our long-term prosperity.
Closing the doors to the world is not an option for us. Canadians know this is a kitchen table issue and how important free trade is to our country.
Veterans Affairs
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Sean Casey Charlottetown, PE
Mr. Speaker, Fabien Melanson, a 15-year Canadian veteran who served twice overseas, has started a hunger strike in front of the Department of Veterans Affairs in my riding of Charlottetown. He suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Mr. Melanson has tried to have government take ownership of the trouble created when a clerical error caused a lapse in his benefits.
My question is for the Minister of Veterans Affairs. What will the government do to ensure that this veteran gets the compassionate treatment he so rightly deserves?
Veterans Affairs
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Steven Blaney Minister of Veterans Affairs
Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the member on his recent appointment.
As the member is aware, under the Privacy Act, I cannot discuss the specific details of this individual case. However, I was given a mandate by the people of Lévis—Bellechasse and today, as the Minister of Veterans Affairs, I commit myself to bettering the lives of our veterans, and I count on the support of all members in the House, starting today.
What took place many years ago was unfortunate and was an unacceptable mistake. Corrective measures were taken. I have instructed my officials to follow up on this veteran's case—
Oral Questions
June 6th, 2011 / 3:05 p.m.
Chris Charlton Hamilton Mountain, ON
Mr. Speaker, last Thursday, the justice department sent a threatening letter to USW Local 1005, ordering the steelworkers to cease their information pickets on the Burlington lift bridge. However, these workers are simply doing what the federal government is refusing to do. They are trying to stop U.S. Steel from taking profits from its Hamilton operations until the federal government's court case against the company is resolved.
Instead of getting tough on Canadian workers, when will the government get tough on foreign companies that break Canadian laws, undermine Canadian jobs and attack Canadian pensions?
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Lisa Raitt Minister of Labour
Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the member opposite on her recent election in the same area that I come from, and I thank the residents of Halton for returning me to the House.
As the member opposite knows, this matter is one of provincial regulation. However, we are monitoring the situation, as we would, and I speak to the Minister of Labour in Ontario on the matter almost on a monthly basis to ensure that we can keep track of what is going on there.
Small Business
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Dean Allison Niagara West—Glanbrook, ON
Mr. Speaker, last week, the Governor General highlighted our government was here for all Canadians.
My question is for the new Minister of State for Small Business and Tourism. What steps does this government plan to take to reduce red tape so Canadian small business can focus their attention on growing their businesses and creating jobs.
Small Business
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Maxime Bernier Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism)
Mr. Speaker, economic growth and jobs will remain priorities for this government because they are the priorities of Canadians. We have designated 2011 as the Year of the Entrepreneur in order to help Canadians understand the role of entrepreneurs, who create our country's wealth. We need to reduce the red tape imposed on them, and we need to do so as quickly as possible. And that is what we will be doing with the Red Tape Reduction Commission.
Aerospace Industry
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Irene Mathyssen London—Fanshawe, ON
Mr. Speaker, Diamond Aircraft had a solid order for 240 jets worth $400 million, private sector funding and a loan guarantee from the Ontario government. All that was needed to secure hundreds of jobs and a place for Canada in the modern aerospace industry was a commitment from the federal government. That commitment was denied. It was a major blow to job creation and to the London families that depended on those jobs.
Could the minister explain to the people of London why Diamond Aircraft was refused funding?
Aerospace Industry
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Gary Goodyear Minister of State (Science and Technology) (Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario)
Mr. Speaker, I, too, would like to congratulate the member for her re-election and thank the people of Cambridge and North Dumfries for re-electing me to this great House.
The Government of Canada has already invested some $20 million into this company, through the strategic aerospace and defence initiative. However, as stewards of taxpayer dollars, it would not be judicious to increase that amount by another $35 million.
After a thorough review of Diamond's request, the company was advised by this government that we could not support the request. The company has other alternatives that it is exploring. We wish it well.
Flooding in Montérégie
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Jean-François Fortin Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister finally visited the Montérégie region today, more than one month after the flooding started. The Prime Minister reluctantly made a flyover visit, and, what is more, he is not responding to the immediate demands of officials and the people affected. As the mayor of Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux Noix said, "I do not think that [the Prime Minister] understands what we have been going through all along."
The 3,000 victims of the flooding in the Montérégie region are no less deserving than the victims in Manitoba and Alberta. Yet the Prime Minister still refuses to change the army's mandate. The flood victims simply want the army to help with the cleanup. Will the Prime Minister listen to reason?
Flooding in Montérégie
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Central Nova
Nova Scotia
Peter MacKay Minister of National Defence
Mr. Speaker, the Canadian Forces will remain in these regions during the emergency period to provide assistance to the civilian authorities, until their specific skills are no longer needed.
The member would know that the regional minister for Quebec attended the flood-ravaged area, as did the Minister of Veterans Affairs and myself.
Our thoughts are certainly with the people of the region. We will continue to work with them as members of the Canadian Forces continue to go about their important work there.
Presence in Gallery
Oral Questions
3:10 p.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
Canadian Forces Day is an opportunity for Canadians across the country to recognize the sacrifices that our men and women in uniform make on our behalf.
It is my great pleasure to draw the attention of hon. members to the presence in the gallery of 11 members of the Canadian Forces, who participated in today's celebrations marking Canadian Forces Day.
Presence in Gallery
Oral Questions
3:10 p.m.
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Hear, hear!
Special Economic Measures Act
Routine Proceedings
3:10 p.m.
Ottawa West—Nepean
John Baird Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to section 7 of the Special Economic Measures Act, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, copies of the special economic measures, Syria regulations and the special economic Syria permit authorization order formally announced on May 24, 2011 by the Prime Minister.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Routine Proceedings
3:10 p.m.
Gerry Ritz Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 32(2) I have the honour to present to this House, in both official languages, a document from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency that indicates at the end of fiscal year 2010-11, CFIA inspection staff had increased by a net total of 733 members since this government was formed in 2006. That is an 18% increase, something to be celebrated.


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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.


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In a recent review of Christena Cleveland's Disunity in Christ: Uncovering the Hidden Forces that Keep Us Apart, Paul Louis Metzger wonders, "What leads people to associate with those who are similar, while distancing themselves from diverse others? What causes us to categorize other groups in distorted ways?"
I remember reading H. Richard Niebuhr's The Social Sources of Denominationalism early in my seminary career, and Niebuhr's analysis made a very strong impression on my admittedly impressionable sensibilities. It was clear to me then, and still is now, that much of what constitutes disunity in the Christian church is imported from the broader culture and has nothing to do with a people in which there is "neither Greek nor Jew." These concerns for principled ecumenical unity are in large part what animated my later book Ecumenical Babel.
And yet in denouncing the tribalism that is an endemic temptation for all forms of fallen human community, we must be careful not to embrace a simplistic, milquetoast version of Christianity that papers over our real differences, and our uniqueness as individual persons created in the image of God, each one of us with our own perspectives, callings, hopes, fears, and trials.
We need to embrace an understanding of diversity without falling into disunity, a diversity within unity that mirrors in our own creaturely way the call to unity expressed in Jesus' high priestly prayer.


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Topic: Choking on nil values and malformed dates
I've got an old database with tables containing rows which have bad dates, eg: "1999-00-00".
When I try and pull these out and either display them on a page or put them into a form, Rails chokes and gives me that "nil object where I didn't expect it!" error.
It also does this if there is a missing one-to-many foreign key.
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SESAR Tests ILS-for-GBAS Swap in Europe
Successful flight tests of Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS) landing approaches at Frankfurt and Toulouse-Blagnac Airports represents the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) program's goal of replacing legacy Instrument Landing System (ILS) approaches with satellite based approaches at airports throughout Europe.
A computer generated rendering of an airplane runway approach using Honeywell's Smartpath system. Photo, courtesy of Honeywell.
In September, SESAR partnered with Honeywell, Airbus, Thales, DFS and Eurocontrol to carry out flight tests with a Dassault Falcon 900EX business jet using GBAS CAT II/III ground equipment (GASTD) at both Frankfurt and Toulouse. The successful flight tests demonstrated that Category II/III approaches are achievable using the GASTD system based on a unique constellation and mono frequency signal, according to a statement from SESAR.
Different scenarios including multi path evaluations, full scale deviations and CAT III to II regression testing and back were evaluated during the flight trials, in an effort to prove the validity of GBAS, proving that an airborne receiver installed on the Falcon 900EX could integrate seamlessly with the different ground stations at both airports. The flight tests also validated work that was done over the past 10 months by the project partners to ensure that CAT III avionics receiver prototypes can integrate with prototypes for ground stations and airport air traffic control infrastructure.
The full validation cycle of the system and procedures has not been completed yet; although when it is validated and certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), SESAR will look to replace legacy ILS systems at airports throughout Europe. ILS technology was first introduced in the U.S. in the 1930s, and while reliable, it simply cannot handle the future projected increase in air traffic in Europe and around the globe.
"ILS technology was first explored back in the late 1930s, and then it came into widespread use when newer airplanes were built and newer avionics were put onboard," said Sean Cassidy, first vice president of the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) and a commercial Boeing 737 pilot. "And its worked very well, but it has limitations. First of all there's installation costs, there's maintenance costs, and ILS signals can't bend around mountains, they can't go through mountains, they can't avoid obstacles, so basically an ILS approach is a straight-in approach to a runway point."
For those reasons, among others, both the SESAR program in Europe and FAA's NextGen modernization in the U.S. are moving towards a satellite-based air traffic management system.
Honeywell's Smartpath system is the first GBAS system to be certified by the FAA for CAT I landings, and they're currently developing it for CAT III. The system allows aircraft to land in conditions where there is a half-mile visibility at a 200 foot decision height on approach. The system, and all GBAS systems, are designed for aircraft equipped with GPS landing system technology. Most Airbus and Boeing current production commercial aircraft are equipped with GBAS avionics, or feature optional upgrades.
GBAS systems also present significant cost savings for airports and airlines that have to pay Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) to use landing systems. According to Honeywell, one Smartpath system installed at a typical airport can yield savings of up to $400,000 annually in maintenance savings as compared to using ILS.
"That's why we're moving towards a satellite based navigation system and operation system for the National Airspace System (NAS)," Cassidy said, referring to FAA's NextGen program. "By putting more of the equipage on the airplane and relying less on the equipage on the ground, you're creating a lot more efficiency. You don't have to worry about maintaining thousands of ground based beacons and ILS stations."
Going forward, SESAR plans on performing the same flight tests with commercial aircraft, with an ultimate goal of using CAT III GBAS approaches throughout Europe on commercial flights. Further testing for Toulouse and Frankfurt is scheduled for mid-2014.


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Granada to terminate Jose Angulo contract due to failed drugs test
Granada are in the process of terminating the contract of summer signing Jose Angulo because of a failed drugs test.
Independiente Del Valle play Copa Lib final, league game on same day
Worst scheduling ever? Independiente Del Valle has had to play an Ecuadorian league game the same day as the Copa Libertadores final first leg.
Ronaldinho to play for Ecuador's Barcelona in friendly match
Ronaldinho's brother and agent, Roberto de Assis, said that the Guayaquil club are near a deal for the club's "Noche Amarilla."
Highlights: Estudiantes 4-0 Independiente
Estudiantes thrashed Independiente Del Valle 4-0 on Thursday to advance to the group stages of the Copa Libertadores.
The Ecuadorian football season is coming to an exciting conclusion
Ecuadorian football is on the rise and the country's league play continues to grow with tons of exciting rivalries.
Ecuador's "shipyard derby" pits brother against brother
Emelec lost 1-0 to Barcelona in the latest installment of the country's biggest local rivalry, the "shipyard derby" in the port city of Guayaquil.


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Duct Tape Challenge: 4 Tapes, 1 Winner
Our friend Harry Sawyers who was a long-time This Old House editor and Hardware Aisle blogger is now sharing his expertise with the readers of Popular Mechanics. His latest article reviews 4 types of duct tape and test them for sturdiness, stickiness, and water resistance. And the winner is?


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Young Vows To Protect Health-Related Programs
ALBANY – State lawmakers are making it clear that when it comes to budget cuts, they are unwilling to compromise on health programs .
During his budget proposal, Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed reducing the state's 89 public health programs into six funding categories. Programs within each category would then compete for funding, instead of applying for grants, as is the current practice. As a result of this plan, the governor said $40 million would be saved from the roughly $400 million the state currently spends on health programs.
State Sen. Catharine Young, R-Olean, said however that the governor's plan is not one she and many others plan to stand by.
"The Senate is very committed to ensuring that vital health-related programs are protected and continued, so our budget negotiating position is to reject the governor's proposal to consolidate 89 public health programs into six competitive pools," she said. "We also are working hard to restore $40 million from the Executive Budget's proposed across-the-board 10 percent funding reduction."
According to Young, many of the cuts would affect women's health and wellness programs, including initiatives that help women overcome rape, eating disorders and breast cancer. Additionally, she said prenatal care would be harmed under the governor's plan.
"Reductions would do irreparable damage to many of these programs, and women would suffer as a result," Young said. "We in the Senate are determined to save these services that have impacted women's lives in such a positive and profound way."
Young also serves on the Health Conference Committee, which is negotiating the health portion of the final budget. She said the committee is also working to restore Alzheimer's Disease Assistance Centers, Water Supply Protection, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention, Diabetes Programs and Senior Citizen Nutrition Programs, among many others.
"I will continue to push for a positive result. This issue is one that must be solved," Young said.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (330 votes).
In short: My first 10 k, will definitely do it again - despite the bottlenecks at the startIn full: An excellent race. Just a couple of points that could perhaps be improved on, next year:1) There was a promise that runners, joggers and walkers would start separately, but in the end, in my experience, everyone started together, and I for one was forever weaving my way around slower runners for at least the first half of the race.2) Clearer signs where to go at the finish would help, - though it wasn't much of a problem3) Perhaps more km signs, or better visibility thereof - I only saw three, not sure how many there were :-).Overall though, an excellent race and a great feeling. Loved the black T-shirt, will be wearing it in front of students when lecturing next week. I am putting it down as one of my all-time favourite races, but to be fair it is only my second :-).Date of review: June 21, 2009
In full: could of done with some km markers.a great atmosphere.well organised.see you next year.Date of review: June 21, 2009
In short: really good race great atmosphere. bit hard to get going as there were so many peopleDate of review: June 21, 2009
In short: Great event, good organisation and pretty special to be part of.In full: Enjoyed that - lots of support and noise; a real carnival atmosphere. With 11,000 runners, this was so well organised too - started on time, plenty of water for all, and no mad scrummage after the finishing line at the end. Even managed to drive away pretty sharpish from the city centre (Sheffield Half - you could learn something here!).Not a race for a pb, due to the high numbers, but didn't feel too boxed in. More a race though just to sit back, relax and enjoy the crowds and the feeling of people doing their best for a very worthwhile cause.Will definitely be back next year. :-)MarkDate of review: June 21, 2009
In short: Great runIn full: My 3rd time on the Leeds 10k and the event seems to get better each year. Terrific organisation. I loved the warm up with Nell McAndrew etc. A couple of bottle necks on the run itself but with 11 thousand people it's to be expected. Date of review: June 21, 2009
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In short: Great run. Great atmosphere. Its just Great!!!Date of review: June 21, 2009
In short: Plenty of laughs, smiles and a few local sporting celebs to beat! Just a great day!Date of review: June 21, 2009
In short: Great atmosphere and organisationDate of review: June 21, 2009
In full: I signed up my 3 year old for the mini fun run and she loved it, the atmosphere everything. Date of review: May 11, 2009
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
NTSB Joins Crash Investigation Involving Paraguay Presidential Candidate
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators are traveling to Paraguay to assist in the investigation of a Robinson R44 II helicopter crash on Sunday. Three people died as a result of the crash, including the pilot and Lino Cesar Oviedo, who was a candidate for president of Paraguay.
According to Paraguay's civil aviation authority, all three were found dead when the helicopter wreckage was discovered. The investigators are still unclear as to what caused the crash. The crash reportedly occurred during a trip along the campaign trail for Oviedo.
The NTSB team is expected to arrive in Paraguay on Wednesday.
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Beware of Bots
The Story
'Beware of Bots' is an illustration project I began woking on in 2011 to develop my character and environment design process. I started the project by writing a short outline of a story about a boy who loved robots. The story centred around the boy's discovery of an old rusty robot who had escaped from his inventor and become lost in the woods. The purpose of the story was to link a series of interesting characters, props and environments that I could develop striking visuals for.
Once I had decided on the various elements I would be designing for the project I planned a series of research trips to inspire my work. The trips included a day at a local aquarium to study fish, a walk through a woodland park to study overgrown nature and several walks during a holiday in Tenby (Wales) to gathered inspiration for buildings and the overall coast-line environment. I also organised photo shoots with a couple of my friends to inspire the personalities and aesthetics of my character designs.
After completing most of my research I spent several months sketching ideas for how I wanted the boy and the robot to look. Initially I drew caricatures of the friends I had based the personalities on and then I pushed the sketches further until I found the right balance.
With the environments I tried to start with really extreme caricatured versions of each idea and then worked backwards to bring more believability into the designs. Most of the sketches I did started in Adobe Ideas for iPad, which allowed me to create numerous iterations of each idea until I found what I was looking for.
Finished artwork
When I finally decided that an idea was working well, I exported the sketch to my Mac and started turning it into a more finished painting using Adobe Photoshop. For the character designs I created a number of different types of image to show 360° rotations, expressions and accessory designs. For the environments I created a mixture of conceptual paintings and functional plans to show how the designs would look in different light and also how they could be built as three dimensional models. I also painted a couple of key scenes from the short outline story I wrote at the beginning.
One of the major things I learned during this project is that drawing is 100% the most important part of any design process and that mistakes made early on are the hardest to fix. Some of the best images I created originated as strong drawings.


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Saturday, August 1, 2009
Editor's Notebook: Winds of Change
It is my understanding that this magazine began, in its current form, in the early '80s. It had existed as another entity, Aircraft Equipment Maintenance, for some time before that. Over the years, there have been some talented individuals at the helm of this magazine, including Paul Berner, Clif Stroud, Matt Thurber and David Evans. Each individual brought something different to the table and each one continued to make the magazine better. I have tried to do the same, having been tasked upon my arrival as editor with improving the content, design and overall cohesion of the magazine. I hope you would agree that our team here accomplished that goal.
Our umbrella website, AviationToday.com, will continue to have an Aviation Maintenance tab and coverage of the aviation maintenance industry will continue.
In the years since I became editor, we did our best to widen our coverage of the maintenance industry. We had our editor-at-large, David Jensen, travel to Turkey, Ireland, southern California and Kansas, among other choice spots, for interesting stories that would not have been the same without seeing firsthand how the companies we featured operate. We had our European correspondent, Thierry DuBois, visit many interesting European companies including Dassault and Iberia Maintenance. Douglas Nelms traveled to Dubai and Mexico for us to see the expanding maintenance world in those parts of the planet. We tried to give everyone in this business the recognition they deserve, as they compete in a multi-billion dollar industry.
We have also tried to give you more interesting and information-packed stories reaching out to as many experts on a topic as possible. Two stellar examples of this are the stories by Charlotte Adams on Organization Designation Authorization that was our May cover story and her story on MSG-3 in our July. Another was our managing editor Andrew Parker's story about maintenance on the Red Bull Air Race circuit that appeared as our July cover story.
More than anything else, we tried to keep our focus maintenance-centric. There are plenty of pilot magazines, but our goal was to always focus on the business of maintaining aircraft. If a story started to take a turn toward pilots, we always stopped and redirected because we felt that focus was lacking in other magazine offerings.
When I came on board, the aforementioned winds of change were already blowing. Print advertising sales, the way we make our bread and butter, were up and down. We'd have good months and bad but we were ever hopeful. Even venerable publications like the New York Times and The Washington Post began struggling to survive while adapting to a new medium — the Internet. Our parent company, Access Intelligence, has, over the last three years, embraced the Internet medium as the future. Access Intelligence is in the process of doing what the entire industry should be doing to develop a truly 21st century media model for aviation users. It is restructuring its aviation products. As part of that restructure, the company is suspending the printing of Aviation Maintenance magazine.
Our umbrella website, www.AviationToday.com, will continue to have an Aviation Maintenance tab and coverage of the aviation maintenance industry will continue with regular maintenance features in the new product Aviation Today Daily Brief and in our other aviation publications, Avionics Magazine and Rotor & Wing. You can continue to follow AM on Twitter as well: @Av_Maintenance.
To be honest, I was dreading writing this piece. It is the end of an era. But now that I've gotten the hard part over, it wasn't so bad. As all of you in the aviation business know, these are trying times. The winds of change are blowing and we must either put up the sails and harness them or sink. That is business. But for me, it was also personal. I enjoyed catering to the professional maintenance industry that so often gets overlooked and is under-appreciated. The readers of this magazine have been welcoming and supportive during my tenure as editor. For that, I am grateful.
These winds of change are blowing me in a different direction. The editor of our sister publication, Rotor & Wing, had already given his notice and a search was on for his replacement. To my surprise, I was offered that position. So my journey will continue as editor of Rotor & Wing. I hope to see you there.


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Owners of exotic animals says they were ambushed by the requirement for insurance.
By S.I. ROSENBAUM
Published July 1, 2007
WIMAUMA - It takes a lot of chicken to keep three lions, four tigers, three bears and a dozen leopards happy. And all that chicken isn't cheap. So when Robin Greenwood of Elmira's Wildlife Sanctuary learned that new legislation would require her to put up $10, 000 or buy $2-million of insurance in order to keep her beasts, she was upset. "Ten thousand dollars is a very large sum for a sanctuary struggling just to keep the animals fed, " Greenwood said.
The bill, which became law on Friday, came as a surprise to exotic-animal exhibitors - many of whom say it will impose a financial hardship. Last week, rumors were swirling about the legislation's origin.
Could an animal-rights group such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have lobbied for it?
"Animal-rights activists believe working animals is a sin, " said Larry AllenDean, a tiger trainer based in Orlando. "It's coming from one of these highly organized outfits."
A PETA spokeswoman said that while the organization supports the new law, the group didn't lobby for it.
It's hard to find anyone who will take responsibility for the new law.
Senate Bill 2766 was sponsored by Sen. Bill Posey, R-Rockledge.
But Posey said his bill was meant to affect only reptile owners, not exotic-mammal exhibitors or trainers. The amendment concerning mammals was added at the last minute by Sen. JD Alexander, R-Lake Wales, Posey said.
Capt. John West of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission also said the amendment came from Alexander.
"I was surprised because he never talked to me about it, just put it on my bill, " Posey said.
Alexander didn't return calls seeking comment. An aide, Rachel Barnes, said Alexander supported the amendment but didn't propose it.
Rather, Sen. Michael S. Bennett, R-Bradenton did, at Alexander's request, she said. Bennett's name is listed with the amendment on the Senate's Web site.
"I don't remember why we did that, " Bennett said. "Somebody asked me to put that on, but I don't know why."
Asked if PETA could have lobbied for the amendment, Bennett scoffed.
"If it had been PETA, I would never have offered it, " he said. "I shoot animals and eat them, okay?"
Regardless of the legislation's origin, animal exhibitors will now have to live with it.
At least one exhibitor said she welcomes the new law.
"We're very excited about this new provision, " said Carole Baskin of Tampa's Big Cat Rescue.
"We think it's a long time coming." The money will force "roadside zoos and pseudo-sanctuaries" to take more responsibility for their charges, she said.
The law is intended to provide some liability coverage in case an animal endangers others or causes property damage.
But others are angry.
"I can't afford it, " said Gloria Johnson, proprietor of Cougar Ridge Education Center in Havana. "I don't happen to have $10, 000 laying around."
The wildlife commission is "working on what we can accept" in lieu of $10, 000 cash, West said. He's considering everything from bonds to certificates of deposit and letters of credit.
"It will be different for everybody depending on [their] financial situation, " he said.
The commission also have to determine what kind of violation will mean forfeiting $10, 000.
Meanwhile, he said he has been inundated with calls from concerned animal exhibitors.
"The majority are not happy, " he said.
"What can I tell them? This is the law."
S.I. Rosenbaum can be reached at 661-2442 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The Windows 8 Pro upgrade for $39.99 will be able to upgrade from any consumer edition of Windows 7 to Windows 8 Pro and bring everything along which includes Windows settings, personal files, and apps. In case of Windows Vista, it will be able to bring along Windows settings and personal files, and in case of Windows XP it will only be able to bring along personal files.
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By creating an affordable and easy way of migrating to Windows 8 Pro, Microsoft ensures that millions of personal computers that still provide decent performance will be upgraded to the new-generation operating system, which will automatically popularize it among the end-users.
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- Physicians around the world professed their love for [electronic medical records and digitized medical imaging].
Sadly, only 70 percent of doctors in the United States use Electronic Medical Record [EMR] systems. My own Primary Care Physician has made the switch, and told me he how much he loves having ready access to the information he needs. EMR systems reduce costs, help manage risk, and improve healthcare outcomes. It is no surprise that the U.S. government has taken a [stick-and-carrot approach] to encourage doctors to use them.
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Morgan Murphy wants more honest dialogue about being a single lady, Seth Herzog encounters a camel, and Rory Scovel does not want to intimidate people with his German accent.
still has the capacityto inflame people.
And it doesn't make any sense,especially here.
America is a country
built on immigration.
And, you know,as a recent immigrant
that technically makes memore American than you are.
You did not like that one bit,did you?
You-- You weren'teven willing
to buy into the premiseof that joke.
Ah, yeah, but no,though.
Except take that back.That is not true.
It doesn't make sense.
Immigration,throughout history,
has overwhelminglybeen a good thing.
You can prove thismathematically.
In fact, I actually triedto crunch the numbers
before I came on stage.
Next time someone'stalking to you
and they seem terrifiedabout immigration
without being ableto fully explain why,
try and reassure themlike this.
Immigration is mathematicallya good thing.
Let's-- Let's lookat the facts.
In the average country,
13.4% of the adultpopulation are douche bags.
That's a generousfigure.
Total unremittingdouche bags.
However, that leaves 86.6%who are not douche bags.
Now, it's a well-known factthat a douche bag
is less likely to wantto live somewhere else
than someone who isn'ta douche bag.
They just sit at homeand fester in their douchiness.
So, the more immigrantsthat America allows in,
the further thedouche-to-non-douche balance
in this countrytips towards the non-douches.
Conversely,those nations
where from the non-doucheimmigrants are emigrating
are left with a higherpercentage of douche bags,
making those who arenot douches in those countries
more likely to want to leaveand come to live here.
Thus, by the processof inverse douche osmosis,
America becomes the leastdouchy country in the world.
That's mathematics.
You can't arguewith mathematics.
I'm, uh, I'm nottrying to brag,
but I just want to leteveryone know that I, uh,
I did not drinkthe entire time I was pregnant.
Thank you.
Uh, thank you.
I deserve that.
Uh, especially because
it was the hardestfour days of my life.
Uh, but I did it.
I did it.
I got through it.
Oh, where aremy single ladies at?
Why is that alwaysthe response
when people ask that--
Like, I'm a single lady.
I've been a single ladyfor a very long time.
And "whoo" is neverhow it's felt.
It has neverfelt that way.
Like, you guys should get morehonest time to answer that
so you can just be like, "Hey,where are my single ladies at?"
"Well, I'm here."
"Yeah, my friend saidto come.
"I didn't want to.She was like,
"Maybe you'll meetsomeone.
"And I've been herefor, like, 10 minutes.
"And I know I'm notgoing to.
And I want to go home."
Like, it should bea longer answer.
It's never "whoo."You never--
I've never been home aloneon, like, a Friday night
eating Thai food,cleaning out the litter box,
watching, like, my ninth Law & Order,
going, "Whoo!
"Whoo! Yes!
"My life!
"This is fantastic.
"Let me justtext that guy.
"Hey, come over.'Oh, I'm seeing someone.'
Oh, honestly,
if you have a chance,
never look at your credit cardstatement.
Don't ever do it.
It is a mirror
up to everything horrificabout you
that you don't wantto know.
It is. It just is.
Uh, I had credit card fraudone time.
A woman bought $5,000in African jewelry
on my credit card.
And while that seems like
an impulsive purchaseI would have made, I didn't.
So I have to callthe credit card company.
And, you know, I guessthe process when you have fraud
is that they read youyour purchases,
and then you tell themwhether or not you made them.
Until I had this conversationwith this complete stranger,
I was very muchon the fence
as to whether or notI was an alcoholic.
This woman on the phonestarts reading my purchases.
It's all bars.All bars.
Like, there was no sustenance,no food, no clothing,
no nothing.
Just bar-- She's like,"All right,
at 7:52 p.m. did you spend$87 at the Ye Rustic Bar?"
I said, "I did.Yeah, I did. Yeah, yeah."
She's like, "All right,at 9:15 p.m.,
did you spend $132at, uh, the Drawing Room Bar?"
I said, "Yeah, yeah,yeah, yeah."
She's like, "All right,at 12:15 a.m.,
did you spend, uh,$38 at Jones' Bar on Third?"
I said, "I did, yeah."
She's like, "That's pretty far.Did you drive?"
"Yeah, you nosy whore.I drove."
She's like, "All right,the next day at, uh, 1:15 p.m.,
did you have an abortion?"
"No, I donate money.It's a donation.
I'm a good person."
I work over atthe Fallon show.
The Jimmy Fallontalk show.
It's a great time.It's a great show.
And recently we had a camelon the show.
I walk into the studio
and they're like,"There's a camel here."
I said,"There's a camel here?"
Like, yeah.I go backstage.
There's a full camelbackstage.
No joke.And half the staff
is lined up with their phones,ready to take pictures.
But only taking picturesof just the camel's foot.
Just the camel toe.
That's it.
Like, the funniest thinganyone's ever done, ever.
You could feel the camel's eyesgoing back in its head.
Taking a pictureof my camel toe, huh?
What are you, going to tweetthat out, tough guy?
You're a comedy pioneer.
No one did thatall day yesterday,
or the day before thator the day before that.
Why don't you post iton Facebook
and tag your fat friends.
You're hilarious.
Or I couldn't tellif the camel
just didn't get it.
"Americans are obsessed
"with my feet.
They're crazy people.They're crazy people."
And it wasn't till later onthat night
when he was Googling "camel toe"with his hooves.
"No! No!
"Oh, okay, I see it.
"Yeah, I see it now.
Ahhhhh-- Any--Anybody here in love?
No one? Two people?Three people?
It's fine.
I-- I got the originalresponse.
The original responsewas no.
And then you feltyou had to clap.
But I know the real truthis no,
because you livein New York City.
Welcome to New York City,people.
You're not goingto find love here.
Check your emotionsat the tunnel.
No love to be foundon this island.
I hope you're all enjoyingyour careers instead.
Dating's hard in New York.It's tough.
Dating's tough.Uh, you know,
everyone's texting.That's all they're doing.
It's how you connectwith each-- With each other.
I know a lotof you young guys,
you're just sending outdick pics all day.
All day. Handing them outlike business cards.
Just throwing them out.
You throw out a hundred,you get two-- Two responses.
You know, like,that's two people.
That's great.
It's a-- It's a--You know, it's a numbers game.
I don't like to sexy text.I'm not a sexy texter.
I know you peoplecall it "sexting."
I call it sexy texting.
It's a funnier term.
Um, I-- I feel likewhen you text someone,
it's all about where they arewhen they receive it,
not where you arewhen you send it.
When you send it you're sittingon your couch pants down,
and you're like,Oh, everyone's ready for this.
Just because you aredoesn't mean they are.
In my neurotic head,
if I send out a sexy textto someone--
Like, if I send out,"I want to do you right now,"
I picture they're inthe hospital.
Their motherhas just died.
They're still holding onto her hand.
What, you want to do meright now? Really?
And then you becomethe creepy guy
who did the creepy thing.
And every girl has that storyof the creepy guy
who did the creepy thingthing to her.
Every one of you has one.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.That feels amazing.
Appreciate it.
There are not words to describewhat you guys just gave me.
Uh, it was amazing.That rush of energy.
I'm kind of like,Wow, quit giving it all to me.
You know, you guyskeep some of it, you know.
Wow. Just a wave.Like a total wave.
Absolutely incredible.
I don't wantto intimidate anybody,
uh, with my German accent.
Do not, you know,get too freaked out.
I'm German. Yes.You know, Germany.
We're chill, you know?
We're a chill--
We're a chill place,you know?
We sort of have to be now,you know.
Have to be.
It's like the whole worldsaw what we did.
Like, literally every singleperson, like, way before YouTube
saw all the footage.
All of it.
And I think, you know,as Germans,
we're sort of overcompensating,I think.
Have you seen, you know,German pornography?
You know, you watch it.You're like, This is crazy.
Like, what the [BLEEP]is this?
This is people having sex,
and then they're [BLEEP]on each other?
And then they'rehaving sex again?
That's disgusting.
It's like, I know.Like, can you even remember,
like, any other crazy thingwe did as a country?
I don't-- You know.
Once you've seen this,
it's like that's prettymuch it for us
in, you know,terms of the deep end.
You know, that's kind of as faras we really went.
Ah--I do want to thank,uh, uh,
you know, Comedy Centraland John for having me,
uh, on the show.
A lot of, uh--
A lot of shows on televisionand a lot of, uh,
different, you know,comedy clubs in this country
will not actually supporta Christian comedian.
And, uh,so I appreciate that.
You know, one:for them having the courage.
You know, asking God,saying, "Should we have him on?"
And, uh, God being like,"I vouch for him.
"He's got some good stuff."
He's got a Noah bit.I mean, watch out.
If you're on the Christiancomedy circuit
and you don'tgot a Noah bit,
get out of the businessand get back into the Bible.
Get right backinto the Bible.
That's sort ofmy catchphrase:
"Get back into the Bible."
A lot of people say it's Adamand Eve, not Adam and Steve.
I say to myself,I kind of wish it was Steve,
because I bet he wouldn't havebeen so dumb to talk to a snake.
Am I right, dudes?
Where are my dudes at?
Where are my dudesat tonight?
Women are dumb.
Come on, now.
It's right therein the Bible.
I mean, hell, Eve, did you evendo a little bit of research?
Do the other animals talk?
They don't?
Then something's up,girlfriend.
Something's up.
Steve wouldn'thave fell for that.
Steve would have been like,"What the hell is that?
"Is that a talking snake?
"You get! You get!You get out of here!
"You get on out of here!
"You get!You get out of here!
Get out of my yard!"
Steve would have already calledthe Garden of Eden his yard.
Right out of the gate.


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Many people think that their problem is the pain they feel. In fact many of us will go on ignoring our pain until that pain finally interferes with something we need or love and we finally take action on it.
But pain itself is not the problem. Pain is not a condition to be treated, although I just had a patient start in the office "diagnosed" with chronic neck pain. Chronic neck pain is not a condition, no pain is a condition, it is merely a symptom. It is a signal.
Just like the sound of your smoke detector is not a problem, it is a signal. If you turn off the smoke detector you have not solved anything all you did was turn off the signal.
Symptoms are not the first thing to show up when something is malfunctioning. Pain shows up when we exceed our are ability to adapt to the malfunction.
So when someone presents to our office in pain, we understand that you have hit your limit and it is impacting your ability to live your best life but we don't want to focus on it.
Our goal is not to get rid of your pain. We don't want to turn off your signal, numb your body, or say to your feedback system that we don't care what you are telling us. What we want to do is respect that pain for what it is. Your body's alarm system that something is malfunctioning.
From there we want to move forward and restore normal function to the body and help you understand the basic fundamentals you need to live your best life.


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The Gaussian function is the center of several relaxation methods for solving difficult optimization problems. When seen as a filter, its smoothing property can be used for eliminating spurious local minima. The idea is to start from a highly smoothed version of the objective that is hopefully easier to minimize. Then, the path of that solution is followed as the function is gradually deformed back to its original shape.
There are fundamental questions around such continuation method that are not well understood. For example, what functions eventually become convex after enough smoothing? For such a function, does its asymptotic minimizer have a simple closed form? I present, application independent and easy to check conditions, related to these properties. In addition to these topics, there are other issues that matter from practical viewpoint. For example, if the optimization space is high dimensional, then smoothing becomes expensive due to the curse of dimensionality in numerical integration. However, I show that sometimes the high-dimensional convolution can be equivalently expressed by a low-dimensional integral operator. I present such operators for the tasks of image alignment and 3D point cloud registration (although the underlying concept may be extendable to other optimization tasks even beyond computer vision). Finally, I will briefly discuss my on going research on using this optimization method for learning visual object representation.
Additional Information
Host: Bernardo Pires
Hossein Mobahi is a postdoctoral research associate in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his PhD from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in Dec 2012. He has worked on several topics in computer vision and machine learning, including image alignment, image segmentation, 3D reconstruction, face recognition, and manifold learning. His current research focuses on the role of smoothing for solving nonconvex optimization problems arising in vision and machine learning. Throughout his graduate study, he has received several awards including Beckman Institute's AI/Cognitive for two years, and Mavis Memorial Scholarship. He was also awarded UIUC's CSE fellowship for two successive years.