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An open letter to the board of governors of Hebrew Union College — Jewish Institute of Religion:
I am writing to urge you to reconsider the HUC-JIR requirement that all prospective rabbinical students sign an agreement that "any student engaged, married, or partnered/committed to a person who is not Jewish by birth or conversion will not be admitted or ordained."
It matters to me: I am a HUC-JIR rabbi, ordained in 1991 and partnered with a non-Jew since 1984. In 1993 I founded a now thriving congregation that has engaged hundreds of people in Jewish life. I have worked toward conversion with dozens of candidates. The HUC-JIR requirement might have prevented me from becoming a rabbi, as it will future rabbis whose efforts would be as significant as mine.
My partner is a woman. I was an LGBT student at a time when this status was not recognized at the college and there was no such required agreement to sign. We were married under a chuppah on our 20th anniversary, in 2004, and were legally married when we could do so in New York State, in 2011. We have a grown daughter who celebrates the Sabbath and holidays. In 1988, my partner began welcoming the Sabbath in our home even when my student pulpit took me away. She attends services in my congregation, reads Jewish texts with interest and annually counts the Omer with me.
And no, she has not converted. She believes strongly that one should feel oneself to be fully a Jew in order to convert, and she defines herself instead as a "permanently lapsed Irish Catholic."
We are like the thousands of Jews across America who commit to strongly Jewish lives with their non-Jewish spouses. Interfaith families tell me that having a rabbi who mirrors their relationships makes an enormous difference to being able to commit to Jewish life.
I believe the board of governors must address this policy from two Jewish standpoints.
First, there is the question of inclusion or exclusion.
In 1864, debating the circumcision of males born to Jewish fathers and non-Jewish mothers, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Kalischer stated that it was a "mitzvah to circumcise such children," because, "with children such as these, there is sometimes the possibility that great leaders of Israel will arise from among them."
Rabbi Alexander Schindler and his Reform movement accepted patrilineal descent for membership in the Jewish community 35 years ago. Similarly, we should not push away those who want to become leaders of the Jewish community as rabbis just because they are intermarried. As the governors of HUC-JIR, you must choose between an inclusive vision of Jewish leadership and an exclusive one. Let your bold decisions to ordain women, lesbians, gay men and transgender rabbis show you the way. We are capable of becoming the leaders so desperately needed in the American Jewish community.
Second, there is the question of "What is a rabbi?"
A rabbi is a role model, and there are many kinds of role models. Intermarriage is a fact of American Jewish life. We can do a better job of connecting intermarried Jews to synagogues, rabbis and Jewish life. One way is to knowingly ordain intermarried rabbis.
It is important to remember that a rabbi is a human being. Yeshayahu Leibowitz wrote in commentary on Emor that since there is no more mikdash, the ancient Temple, the function of the service of God is the study and teaching of Torah. Therefore, those leaders who serve as teachers of Torah are otherwise just like any other human being — not intrinsically holy, as some may wish to see themselves or their leaders. The ancient priest removed his special clothing and was just an ordinary human being. Today's rabbis may demonstrate special knowledge, but once the teaching is over, the rabbi is just a human being, not elevated above any other. If a rabbi is a Jew like all others, we should welcome rabbis who are married to non-Jews just as we welcome Jews who are married to non-Jews into our congregations.
I pray that you will use this moment to overturn a policy whose time has gone.
Respectfully yours,
Rabbi Ellen Lippmann
Ellen Lippmann is the rabbi of Kolot Chayeinu in Brooklyn.
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That was beautiful!
Oh yeah. That reminds me that I should get around to doing last "Friday 5"
Good stuff.
I love street art.
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Straight from BP's family album.
Uh, okay so I am not smart.
Picture the new shape that would be created if you combined the numbers.
That brings back memories
Hint: Shapes
I would pay to experience that. The looks of pure joy on people's faces was wonderful and the music was even better. Bets flash mob I have ever seen.
The first one goes like this, you can figure the other two out from there
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WASHINGTON Federal health advisers unanimously rejected an experimental diet pill Wednesday after hearing testimony that it increases the risk of suicidal thoughts, even in patients without a history of depression.
The manufacturer, Sanofi-Aventis, failed to prove that the prescription medication rimonabant is safe for consumption, the panel said.
The 14-0 decision by the expert panel makes it unlikely the Food and Drug Administration will approve the drug. The agency usually follows its advisory panels' advice, but it isn't required to do so.
"There is a reasonable suspicion we'd better learn some more and watch this affair more closely before we launch into massive use of this drug," said panelist Jules Hirsch, a senior physician at New York's Rockefeller University.
Research shows that rimonabant blocks parts of the endocannabinoid system, which stimulates appetite and promotes the storage of calories as fat. It changes patients' sense of fullness and drive to eat.
Drug trials showed that obese patients who took a 20-milligram pill of rimonabant daily while cutting calories lost an average of about 14 pounds in three to six months compared with 3½ pounds for those taking a placebo.
However, patients taking the pill reported twice as many psychiatric side effects, including depression, anxiety and sleep problems, than those who received a placebo, Amy Egan, an FDA medical officer, told the advisers. "The numbers of events are small, but in aggregate they are worrisome," she said.
Egan said 88% of those reporting psychiatric problems while on the drug had no history of depression.
The company believes the psychiatric problems were tied to pre-existing conditions. Sanofi-Aventis' Richard Gural said the drug is not appropriate for anyone with a history of depression or suicidal thoughts, or who is taking antidepressant medication.
The company said in a prepared statement that it will work closely with the agency to "address the committee's recommendations."
The FDA is to make a final decision on the drug by July 26.
Sidney Wolfe, director of Public Citizen Health Research Group, testified that "the evidence for increased suicidal tendencies and depression is of particular concern for a drug targeted toward the obese, a population that has been shown to have a significantly higher incidence of depression compared to non-obese individuals."
Only a few other diet drugs are on the market in the USA, including one that keeps some dietary fat from being absorbed by the body and another that works on brain chemistry to enhance fullness.
Psychologist Thomas Wadden, an obesity researcher at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, says the decision is "a big disappointment for the field of obesity medicine. Doctors and their obese patients need new weight-loss medications that are safe and effective."
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Potatoes are one of the core vegetables that is used to make main course sabjis. You can have palak, paneer, mix vegetables etc but, there would always be one dish on the table that has potatoes. If you love to eat stuffed potatoes, you can try paneer stuffed potatoes recipe. This is an easy to make dish that doesn't require much effort. The recipe is prepared using paneer (cottage cheese) and boiled potatoes (aloo). Crisp fried potatoes and paneer stuffing makes this a filling and lip smacking dish. Check out the recipe to make it at home.
Paneer stuffed potatoes recipe:
Serves: 2-3
Preparation time: 45 minutes
- Potatoes- 5 (boiled)
- Paneer/cottage cheese- 2 cup (grated)
- Onions- 2 (finely chopped)
- Capsicum- 1 (chopped)
- Green chillies- 2-3 (minced)
- Garam masala- 1tsp
- Red chilli powder- 1tsp
- Turmeric powder- 1tsp
- Cumin seeds- ½tsp
- Bay leaf- 1
- Oil- for frying
- Chopped coriander leaves- for garnishing
- Heat oil in a frying pan. Peel the boiled potatoes (optional). When the oil becomes hot, slowly dip in the potatoes. Deep fry them till they become crisp and golden brown. Strain the fried potatoes in kitchen paper towel and keep them aside.
- In a medium sized skillet, heat 1tbsp oil. Season with the cumin seeds and bay leaf. Now add the chopped onions and fry on a medium flame for 1-2 minutes.
- Now add the chopped capsicum and saute on medium flame till they become tender. Sprinkle salt and turmeric powder. When the capsicum becomes soft, add the green chillies, garam masala powder and red chilli powder. Cook for a few more minutes and then put the pan off flame.
- Take the fried potatoes and cut them into two halves with a knife. Use a small spoon and dig a small hole for stuffing paneer masala inside it. You can mash the potatoes (taken out while scooping) with the paneer masala to increase its thickness.
- Now stuff in the paneer masala in the hole and then garnish with coriander leaves.
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Son dead, arrest warrant issued for father
REDDING, Calif. - An arrest warrant has been issued for Bradley Weber Sr., a man deputies say is "armed and dangerous," in connection with the murder of his son.
Investigators say Bradley Weber Jr., 33, was taken to a local hospital by neighbors at about 8:19 p.m. on Saturday, November 2. He was suffering from a gunshot wound. Shortly after he arrived at the hospital, he died.
Detectives say Weber Jr. resided with his father at 6323 Marsha Farms Road in Igo. Sheriff's deputies responded to that location once they learned of it, and located the scene of the crime. Witnesses were interviewed and evidence was collected.
As a result of these efforts, detectives determined Weber, Jr. was murdered, and now want to question Bradley Weber Sr., 52, about what happened to his son.
Deputies say Weber Sr. should be considered "armed and dangerous."
UPDATE: The Shasta County Sheriff's Sergeant investigating the homicide said the victim, Bradley Weber Jr., rode away from the residence on a 4-wheeler ATV to a neighbor's house to try and get help after he was shot.
The neighbors then drove Weber Jr. to the hospital.
The sergeant confirmed details that there were multiple people at the listed address for some sort of gathering the night of the shooting. Empty alcohol bottles were found at the scene.
There is a trailer and several tents on the property where both the suspect and victim were residing, because any sort of structure that was permanently there was destroyed in the Clover Fire that started in early September.


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Brazil coach Carlos Dunga has reacted angrily to questions regarding the absence of Ronaldinho from his roster for the friendly against Ireland on March 2.
The 1994 World Cup winner is currently participating in a workshop organised by FIFA with other prominent coaches in Rustenberg, South Africa. However, he was not pleased when questioned by journalists over the AC Milan man's exclusion from the squad.<op></op>
"I guess it's normal, because the players who are absent are always the best and everyone wants to talk about who is not part of the national team," he snapped, according to Il Corriere dello Sport.<op></op>
"None of this is new on the eve of a World Cup. The questions and answers continue to be the same. The pressure on the coach of the Selecao is always very strong. <op></op>
"Every region and newspaper would like to impose their own players, but I will go forward in my own way."<op></op>
Dunga has repeatedly snubbed Ronaldinho this season, with speculation increasing that he will not be a part of the World Cup this summer. The Rossoneri playmaker recently hit his stride with a number of positive performances over the past few months and is currently the assist leader in Serie A this season.


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Carbon nanotubes are pipes mere nanometers or billionths of a meter wide. They are the darlings of the nanotech world because they are up to 100 times stronger than steel at one-sixth the weight and posses a bevy of superb electronic properties to boot.
Scientists and the public have also focused on concerns on how toxic carbon nanotubes may be against people and the environment. When inhaled, scientists have found carbon nanotubes can trigger masses of inflamed tissue in mice and rats. However, results from tests on cells have proven confusing, with some indicating carbon nanotubes are highly toxic and others showing no trace of toxicity.
Toxicologists at the Karlsruhe Research Centre in Germany examined the impact of single-walled carbon nanotubes on human lung cells in vitro. One test used a water insoluble salt known as MTT to investigate nanotube impact on the function of mitochondria, the powerhouses of the cell. It found a toxicity of roughly 50 percent. However, a similar test measuring mitochondrial function using a water soluble salt known as WST showed no toxicity.
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At the Regattabar, the band will be playing material written on a commission from Chamber Music America, as well as pieces from their three albums. But that older material might sound a bit different, since Steckler says that part of his work these days has included dusting off old compositions and tightening them up. "It's a big tendency when you're young to overwrite, and I still fall into that trap a lot. I think I'm a better editor of my compositions."
These days, he adds, there's a lot more room for collective improvisation among the players. "I think the players are happier when I do that. Definitely." The players at the Regattabar will include long-time DCB members Jared Sims and Charlie Kohlhase (saxophones) and Bill Carbone (drums), plus more recent member Terry Goss on sax and Will Slater on bass.
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Phil Jones revealed today Manchester United players were banned from watching Manchester City's match at Newcastle before the Reds took on Sunderland on Saturday.
Sir Alex Ferguson ordered that televisions in United's dressing room were off, meaning his men were unaware their lead at the top of the table had been cut to three points by City's 3-1 victory.
United restored their six-point advantage with a 3-1 win over Sunderland and defender Jones said: "We didn't watch the City game. We just focus on our match – that's the gaffer's rules."Reuse content


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Friday, June 3, 2005
Titan, L3 Communications Merge In $2.65B Deal
San Diego-based defense contractor Titan Corporation (TTN) and L3-Communications said this morning that the two would merge in a $2.65B all-cash deal. L3 Communications will acquire all of Titan and assume all of its debt. Titan is a provider of information and communications systems to the Department of Defense, and has approximately 12,000 employees and revenues of $2.4B. The deal is subject to approval by Titan shareholders, government regulatory reviews, and other closing conditions.


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By RICHARD OSLEY
A CYCLIST has died after a collision with a bus in Holloway Road this afternoon. Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident near the junction with Jackson Road just after 1pm. The 25 year-old died at the scene.
Investigators said initial reports suggested the cyclist had collided with an open car door prior to hitting a single decker bus. The driver of that car, an Audi, was arrested and is in police custody tonight. A post-mortem is expected to take place on Monday. Next of kin have been informed.
* Police officers from the Road Death Investigation Unit at Alperton want witnesses to call 0208 998 5319. They want to speak to passengers who were on the 153 bus involved in the collision.
Far too many stupid car drivers out there without a brain in their head. Everyone should be made to ride around London for some awareness. Car doors opening up is the largest cause of cycling accidents in London. I hope they make an example of this guy. Btw I was at the accident on my bike and it was bloody terrible to see.
I collided with a car door recently while cycling down a residential street, I was flung into the path of an oncoming car and was lucky that it swerved to avoid me.
I now cycle defensively far out from cars but then have to deal with idiots passing by too close.
Whatever drivers think of cyclists they should remember that cyclists are much more vulnerable than them and any wrong move can result in death.
An unnecessary waste of a young mans life due to careless actions.
Yes drivers having to pull onto the one side of the road just to let out the passenger side and then turn around to let everyone else makes perfect sense. That is the dumbest thing I have heard for a while and that is saying something...
I tore the door off a car on Holloway Road a few years ago when I collided into it on my bicycle. The driver opened it so quickly and suddenly I had no chance to swerve. My 12 stone and the bicycle hit the door at speed, tearing it off its hinges, and destroying my bike in the process. Thankfully I just had a few cuts and bruises and didn't end up under the wheels of a bus like this poor man.
However, since then I've always kept my distance from parked cars. Just like it says in the Highway Code: always cycle 1m from parked cars. Cyclists, don't be intimidated. Take the lane, take the space you need. Don't be forced into the gutter or up against the parked cars. It's your legal right to be on the road. Stay safe.
I understand you are obviously upset, but 'a total ban on motorists opening their doors out into the road' really is one of the most ludicrous things I have ever heard.
If you park your car on the left hand side of the road (i.e. the side you are driving), your driver door is on the side of the road. Do you expect all car drivers to start clambering over to their passenger side in case there is a freak accident???
How about looking in your wing mirror before opening your door. Which is common sense, and would be just as effective.
Aren't the rules that YOU as the driver are responsible for checking your mirrors before opening a door? Someone has failed to do this check and as a direct result of their negligence somebody is DEAD.
If it were your child, your loved one, your best mate I bet your response would be different.
i agree 100%...
opening car doors onto the road should be banned.. !!
There should be a total ban on motorists opening their doors out into the road, they should only be able to open them on the pavement side.
If this law was in place a 25 year old man would be still here.
I am sorry for the loss of life of any person in an accident, however, how can you ban drivers from opening car doors? How do they exit? May I kindly remind you that the cycle route is usually on the inside lane, second, it is illegal and usually impossible to park facing traffic so that the driver can exit onto a pavement. Please, just put resonable comments of condolences not silly statements!
my heart goes out to the family of the young man, such a sad loss, we should also spare a thought for the driver of the bus and how he must be feeling.....my heart goes out to you too.


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Andrew Buchanan Elementary School Teacher Passes Away
Cooper taught at the elementary school and coached the boy's basketball team at Chambersburg Area Middle School North for 11 years. He was most recently coaching the 8th grade team at CAMS North.
"Our sincere condolences go out to the Cooper family on the loss of their loved one," said Tammy Stouffer, spokeswoman for the
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Moore to make rehab start, Odorizzi will make spot start Thursday
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The Rays announced after Tuesday's 6-5 loss to the Los Angeles Angels that pitcher Matt Moore will make a rehab start at Triple-A Durham Thursday when the Bulls are in Gwinnett to take on the Braves.
Moore has been on the disabled list since July 31 with left elbow soreness. He is scheduled to return on Tampa Bay's west coast road trip in early September.
The team also announced that right-hander Jake Odorizzi will be called up Thursday to start the finale against the Los Angeles Angels.
The 23-year-old has no record with a 6.00 earned run average with the Rays this season in four appearances, three starts. Odorizzi is 9-6 with a 3.33 ERA in 22 starts with Durham.
The recall of Odorizzi means left-hander David Price will see his start pushed back to Friday, and Alex Cobb will now pitch Saturday in Jeremy Hellickson's spot. Hellickson was optioned to Single-A Charlotte Tuesday to rest after going 0-5 in his last six starts.


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Here is a step by step on how to unlock recon because it does not unlock once you get all of the vidmasters. There is another step that you need to do. I know a lot of people will be asking why has recon not unlocked. I have all 1000 gamerscore in the game so obviously I know what I am doing so please refrain from smart ass comments
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Currently Bungie is apparently Running Behind in handing out the Recon. Guess I got lucky? This is due to the stats recording being a little bit slow since it is the first day the game has been out and the sheer amount of games that have been played. I just checked a few minutes ago and it said in the last 24hrs there have been over 4 million games played so far. So if it is not unlocking please be patient as the game did just come out today. Unless you modded/hacked/cheated for it then you can just sit there and not have recon.
For Firefight there are 5 waves per round, 3 rounds per set. So for the endure achievement you need to last 60 waves on heroic with 4 people. The weapons respawn at the end of every round.
First off you need the Vidmaster achievements from Halo 3:
7 on 7
- You need to have 7 xp on any playlist on the 7th day of any month
- Complete 4 Player Legendary Live Co-op with everyone in ghosts and with iron skull on
- Get to a Lieutenant rank on any playlist
- Acquire all of the skulls on all 6 mythic maps (Orbital, Sandbox, Assembly, Longshore, Citadel, Heretic)
Halo 3 Achievement Guide (has vid for Orbital, Sandbox, Assembly skulls):
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Halo 3 Mythic Skulls (Heretic, Citadel, Longshore) youtube vids:
2nd You Will Need The Vidmaster Challenges from ODST:
Deja Vu
- Complete Highway on Legendary 4 Player Co-op with Iron on and no Hog or Tank.
My advice here would be take your time and first chance you get you need to have at least one person in a Ghost. Another thing would be to give a fuel rod cannon to one of your AI controlled teammates since he gets infinite ammo and let him ride on the back of a mongoose with one person driving. The AI has some uncanny aim and will take down banshees, ghosts, turrets with what seems like minimal effort.
To unlock this map you or someone you are playing with will have to have beaten campaign. This is the last mission in the story and you cannot skip ahead to it. This one will unlock for single mission selection after you beat the game.
- Finish a level solo on legendary without any shots fired and no grenades.
Like the achievement guide says do this on
Uplift Reserve
. At the beginning flip the hog over and dodge and evade as much as possible. After you get to a point where a ghost is get in there. You can boost and splatter people and still get the achievement just make sure you never hit the right trigger. I was messing around pulling the trigger with the laser and did not get the achievement so I had to start over.
-In Firefight, on any mission, passed the 4th Set on 4-player Heroic LIVE co-op.
I would recommend doing this on Alpha Site. I say this because there are 3 power weapons (shotgun, rockets, sniper). There are also only 2 entry points that you can be attacked from. From where you spawn to start look forward and down that hallway is one. Also to the immediate left is the other. It is good to drop back and fight from a distance. Remember to have one person run around and use a charged plasma pistol to bust shields on the brutes. When the chieftan brutes show up use the rockets and any fuel rod cannons on them. They usually come on the 5th wave of every round. Remember to grab the weapons after a weapon drop. I accomplished this with 3 people and a 2nd account signed in and sitting in the corner so if I did this with 2 other people it is very do-able with 4 people playing. Some tips are to use the auto mag on the grunts and jackals and make sure you headshot them to conserve ammo. On the regular brutes use sticky, spike and flame grenades when necessary. Also the needler and a charged plasma pistol destroy them. After the charged plasma shot just pistol or carbine them in the head.
The Last Step!
After you unlock the last vidmaster challenge a little message will pop up and will prompt you to go to
and log on with your xbox live email. You will need to go to your service record and click on the box that says unlock recon. After doing so go to the menu where you can edit your armor and for the helmet it will be #4.
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Poor Buddy.
When I left him at home that morning, my aging but otherwise spry basset mix was doing just fine. Sure he'd been battling a chronic illness, but his meds were working and his prognosis was up and to the right.
Imagine my shock when later that day I received condolences via e-mail about Buddy's passing from 1-800-PetMeds.
What?! Wait! How could they know about something so important before me? Work is engrossing and all, but my dogs get top billing in my life. What the heck was going on?
Turns out that bad marketing was the culprit that killed Buddy. Killed him virtually, that is, in 1-800-PetMeds' misguided effort to commune "authentically" with a customer. Ex-customer to be precise, and that change in status with them is exactly what triggered this morbid and intrusive communication.
See, I had contacted the leading online purveyor of pet medications and supplies to put a final nail in my long-standing account with them. The reason for that is a whole other story involving exactly where they buy media time to promote their service. But let's not go there.
Seems that when you terminate your account with them they need to check a box in their system to indicate why. And since there was no box that said "customer is offended by your advertising placement choices" they apparently decided to delete Buddy from their system by reporting him as deceased.
That generated the smarmy condolence message and set me off on a rant about false intimacy in marketing.
While this kind of cut-and-paste message was intended to demonstrate the company's personal relationship with me – being there by my side in the mourning process – as a customer it was simply not welcome. Even if Buddy had really died (he hasn't, just to be clear) I would have found the message presumptuous. Because I only ever saw myself as a remote customer of theirs. We never spoke nor had I ever crossed their threshold. It was strictly a business relationship from my standpoint.
In the rush to forge "relationships" with customers some companies go too far. Other than taking my money and giving me my product in return, 1-800-PetMeds never made any effort to get to know me or my dogs better. There was only a financial relationship, not an interpersonal one.
That's a danger with marketing these days, whatever communications platform is in play. Marketers might think they're clever by personalizing communications. But if the customer doesn't see himself in the same kind of relationship the tactic not only backfires, it can create a level of hostility.
Empowered consumers know they have choices. And they can nurse grudges that pull them away from brands. Some find another product or service provider while others just opt out of the category. Unrequited love never feels good. But when marketers make erroneous assumptions about the level of intimacy they've earned with customers they can be scorned for life.


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I have been to a few auctions for put on by this company and caught on quickly to their tactics. First off the set up is a joke. It takes forever to register and ten times longer to pay. Auctioneer Dave is short stumpy guy who you can't understand and thinks different and antique are automatically expensive. Don' t show any interest in an item prior otherwise he will bid up to the price you mention. How does he do this? Well while getting our numbers, it went from 24-31. We figured it out when those numbers got called during the auction and nobody had a paddle or card. He uses those numbers to get illegally bid up items. A friend of a friend who had used them said that on many items that should have sold they ended up going for almost nothing to those a late 20 number. This proves that if he does get stuck with an item, he just puts a cheap price like $5 for an impact gun that actually bid up to $40. Example: set of custom harley exhaust pipes I kept getting bid up by #30 but couldn't find the guy anywhere. I said f it and stopped bidding. My friend tells me a 4 sets sold for something crazy like $50 total and I found them on craigslist later that week for $200 a pair... What do you know it was the auctioneer selling them. He's obviously not the sharpest tool in the shed. At the same auction one of the bidders passed out and ended up passing away. The auctioneed did not even flinch while it was going on and one of the check in guys ended up tending to the customer. They placed him on a futon out of the sun while waiting for EMS and when he passed away on the futon his bodily fluids were released. Believe it or not they still sold the futon 20 minutes later with a huge urine spot still not dried. Truely inhumane and sketchy.
Also my friend informed me that they get paid based on total sales and a percentage from that. Under $10,000 in sales and they get %35 over by a buck and it's %30. She said it ended up being a few hundred short of the $10,000 ironically. She also said several items listed on the estates very detailed inventory were not present at the auction. This included several bedroom sets but somehow they wrere on the closeout for a ridiculously cheap price all brand new. I didn't even buy anything from them after the first couple motorcycle items were jacked up and glad I didn't. I did some homework after seeing website and knew the fat kid looked familiar. Google Niagara Falls, NY Boshane and top of the list is that kid with 6 ounces of Cocaine. No wonder my friend said the money didn't match but you would think he would work faster at least. Not a chance though. I went to their next auction just to see how big of a joke this one would be. Same story. Vehicles talked up like they were Nash Healey's, Harbor Freight tools "estimated" at twice retail value and still slowwwww I had to leave after the fat kid started talking up cars. It sounded like he read wikipedia a few too many times and mixed everything up. Probably doesn't even have a license. Take my word- Don't use them to sell you stuff, only half gets sold the other half ends up missing and don't buy from them, odds are your bidding against yourself or a "ghost bidder". Buyer beware!!!!
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SUBMITTED: Monday, August 12, 2013POSTED: Monday, August 12, 2013
This report is very hurtful, inaccurate, and completely false. It is one total big lie. My grandmother is the owner of Boshane Liquidators, she has been in business for over 40yrs. In that amount of time she serviced wny and has built a great reputation for her business. She has a huge following of customers and gets refferalls from almost everyone she has done business with before. She takes great peide in her reputation and is very anal about how eefficient and fair her work is. She goes the extra mile to treat others property with dignity and respect which is something appreciative seeing that aa lot of business we get is being liquidated due to a death in someone's family. My grandmother is very outspoken and proud, she would not put up with anyone being dishonest or anything like what was being accused of in this report. We run a family owned and operated business which keeps us together and close and we makes ends meat doing so we stay ahead. There's nothing good that would profit us from rhe acusations that are being made. My father Dave has been an auctioneer for 30yrs, yes he talks fast thata how auctioneers talk if you've ever been to an auction. He is fair and by the book, that's why almost every liquidation company from this area freqeuntly hires him for work and companies out of the area are always recruiting him for work. He is one of the best auctioneers I've ever seen and I'm very proud of him. These two have tought me everything I know and I'm very thankful for that, they've never tought me to do anything remotely close to be what's accused, they've always tought me to do the right thing. Are business is the glue that's keeps us together, its a our way of staying close and whats been passed down from generation to generation and that beimg oir family morals we would never dirty ot up ripping people off and breaking the law. There is only one truth to the whole report and that was about me the "fat kid" I did get into trouble a couple years ago for being in possession of cocaine and it was the biggest MISTAKE of my life which I've paid trememdously for. But I also changed my whole life, it was a life changing event that was a blessing for disguis because it made me realize of what I had and what o had was this great family that I'm defending. Since my troubles I've been a different man and have a fresh start to be thw man I've been since and I'm proud of the man I'm and believe that me and our business wo t be judged on my past. The man that had an heart attack and unfornately past away later at the hospital was one of my father/auctioneer childhood best friends and my bestfriends uncle which we both attended the services and offered the familt any help we could for their family. At the time of the of tragedy th e man was standing outside fro. Where the auction was taking place, when he went down the auctioneer could not see what was happening outside or believe me he would have ran to his friends aid. I recently hada fall out with a damily/friend that we had a falling out and who I believe wrote this report so this is nothi g but a vindictive shot at me and my family. Ecerything I wrote is truthfull and from the bottom of my heart. I really hope you take a big look at both sides before to take your judgement. We honestly are a hard working familt that just trying to get by as a family
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Air Marshal Brown, in a speech to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute in Canberra on Tuesday, did not name any country as a specific threat, but singled out US-China rivalry and China's maritime disputes.
Air Marshal Brown said the US-led post-1945 international order was under "enormous strain and fraying at the edges". "Whether it's the perennially troubled Middle East or hitherto stable regions of Europe, numerous contemporary conflicts are becoming even more violent and intractable," he said.
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October 12, 2009
Garlic and Stuff from M&T Restaurant in Flushing
It's been weeks since I ate at Qingdao cuisine-specialized M&T Restaurant with Tristan, Grace, and Bram, but if I concentrate hard enough, I can still taste the garlic. What a magic night that was. "The Night My Mouth Became Saturated with Odiferous Sulphur Compounds."
Take a look at the Qingdao cold pasta with special sauce. That yellow mound on top? Raw garlic mash. And what's under it? I'm not really sure. But the New York Times calls it "jelly-like grass noodles." I call it "sort of flavorless cold translucent jelly slabs."
But that's where the garlic comes in, along with black vinegar, cilantro, and shredded cucumber and carrot. Mix it together and now the jelly flops tastes like "all of the above," making for a refreshing dish—the sort of refreshing that punches you in the face if you're not used to the flavors (I wasn't).
Next up was cucumber with pork head and shittons of garlic. Another dish that refreshes the palate with thick, crunchy slices of raw cucumber, and moist, fatty pork bits (from the head, I'd assume), infused with garlic and vinegar.
Chicken with ginger and basil wasn't our first choice for a chicken dish, but methinks due to a miscommunication, that's what we ended up with. Tender chicken nubs in...a sauce. A brown sauce. With basil and ginger chunks. Sorry for the crappy description; the dish was good, just not one that stuck out in my mind.
Battered and fried ginseng left more of an impression since it's fried—better yet, something fried that I had never eaten before. The ginseng itself didn't have much flavor (or maybe I missed it because I was in the early stages of some sort of cold), but it had an interesting texture that yields just slightly before cronching. The main flavor came from black pepper. Mmmm. Oh, and salt. Double mmmm.
For our resident vegetarian, Tristan, our friendly waitress (and perhaps the restaurant's proprietor) recommended mapo tofu, which also came with a side of sliced lotus root. Silky soft tofu cubes doused in a hot Sichuan peppercorn-laced sauce is always satisfying. Tristan loved it.
Overall, I enjoyed the meal—most of the dishes were ones I had never tried before, but fit in the familiar, "IT'S CHINESE AND DELICIOUS" category. I'd go back to M&T if someone in my dining party could read off the mirrored wall covered in Chinese specials that probably aren't on the menu. Alas, as the sole Chinese person in our group of four, I provided absolutely no advantage—I only know English, and even that I have trouble with sometimes. (Apologies to Grace, Bram, and Tristan for being fail Chinese.) If you're curious about the specials though, I'm sure the friendly staff will help you out.
M&T Restaurant
44-09 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing NY 11355
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FN: After growing up with parents who speak Chinese, I think I might just be lost cause. :(
...Okay, I just have to try harder.
Kim: Once in a while, a garlic bomb is alright. Just don't eat any more garlic for a month.
Thanks for the translation offer! I usually make my mom do that stuff...she has to do it, SHE LOVES ME.
The pictures make the food look terrific and the garlic bomb thing...funny:-) Nice work!
Posted by: RestaurantZoom at October 12, 2009 9:37 AM [#]
The cold pasta with special sauce looks 'interesting'. :-P
All that garlic should've helped ease your colds, if not outright prevent it. :-)
Posted by: Ed B. at October 12, 2009 12:39 PM [#]
Hmmm... I always thought that Ma Po Tofu would have minced pork in it. They could have done a special order for your friend.
The glass noodles look awesome and the prices (based on the menu pictured) look pretty cheap. The bottom row is mostly seafood with a very intriguing Fish Stomach ($16.99).
BTW, why do all the prices end with a .99?
Ed: The garlic totally didn't do it's job. :(
ivan: I think they made a non-meat version since Tristan said he was vegetarian. Otherwise, looks like mapo tofu. Admittedly..I'd like the pork. :)
I *heart* garlic. But I don't like the proliferation of simplified characters in Chinese restaurants in America...BAH!!!!
Posted by: Rose at October 13, 2009 12:49 PM [#]
The blue one in the bottom left corner should be deep fried shrimp, the pink one near it between the two yellow strips is deep fried squid rings and the blue one in the bottom right is cashews and something with celery.
Chinese handwritten menus are hard to decipher :( That's all I can read/understand XD
Posted by: Bonnie at October 13, 2009 9:06 PM [#]
Maybe one day you can just make a game of it and just select things at random from the Chinese wall? It could be an adventure!
Posted by: Mahar at October 14, 2009 7:19 AM [#]
All looks great, though I'm surprised you had any tastebuds left after the garlic bomb + sichuan pepper!
Posted by: Street Foodie at October 15, 2009 11:20 PM [#]
The Hounds over at Chow have been there too - Check it out for many more recs!
Posted by: Fredi at October 16, 2009 7:39 AM [#]
I completely appreciate the joy of the garlic bomb. I have a recipe for pasta salad that is basically pasta, tomatoes (normal and sun-dried), mozzerella, and THE ENTIRE GARLIC BIN AT THE GROCERY STORE! I smell weird all day after I eat it,, but it's totally worth it.
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Looking for a logo that represents my brand, Wealthy Appetite (TM). And unlike other gurus who only focus on one or two cornerstones of wealth, I serve up a balanced diet of financial, physical, emotional, AND spiritual well-being.
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I'd like a logo that I can use on my Web site. I need it to be something simple and memorable that somehow embodies my mission of helping people find wealth in ALL areas of their lives. Something clean and colorful is what I envision. I'd also like it to include the trademark symbol TM.
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Fall Out Boy is Streaming New Album "Save Rock and Roll"
Fall Out Boy is streaming their new album Save Rock and Roll on SoundCloud.
Fall Out Boy released another video of a song from their upcoming Save Rock and Roll album. It is called Young Volcanoes. The album releases on April 16th.
Young Volcanoes is the third song the band has released on YouTube from the new album. They have already released The Phoenix and My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light 'Em Up).
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2/29 Church of St Lawrence
Parish Church 1744-46 for 7th Earl of Westmorland after the old Church had been taken down to make way for the Castle. Very probably by Henry Flitcroft. Temple church, taking up ideas laid down by Jones and by Hawksmoor & Archer in the 50 New Churches Commission, purified by neo-Palladian Theory. Ragstone blocks with sandstone ashlar quoins and dressings. Tiled slate roof with colossally deep eaves and pediment ends. West tower copied almost directly from Flitcroft St Giles-in-the-Fields. Square town base with arched belfry openings on west and with urns atop corners. Octagonal clock stage with pediment aedicules on each side. Columned and balustraded octagonal 3rd stage supporting octagonal pedestal of eight-sided obelisk like tower. Semi-circular Tuscan west porch with eaves cornice around. 7 bay nave with key-blocks to windows. East with 3 windows with arched central one, giving effect of Palladian window. Internal window in east pediment. Oculus in west pediment. Interior with barrel-vaulted nave three times wider than aisles themselves. More a series of square bays. 6 bays with close-set Doric columns carrying flat entablature. Attached half-columns against all four walls. Columns painted to look like marble, ceilings with coffering. Tomb to Sir Thomas Faut: d.1589 Erected 1639. 2 pairs of Corinthian columns supporting entablature curving forward in the centre with putti below. 2 reclining effigies beneath with kneeling sons. Attached to exterior wall to south, Monument to Francesco Sleter, decorative painter, d.1775. See M Whiffor, Smart and Georgian Churches outside London, London 147/48.
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text: NEW CEN-CENELEC Workshop - WS EINSTEIN – Good Practice for an Integrated Approach on Thermal Energy Audits The EINSTEIN project ('Expert system for an Intelligent Supply of Thermal Energy in Industry and other large scale applications') is a project funded by the European Commission under its IEE (Intelligent Energy Europe) programme, which aims at supporting the use and dissemination of sustainable solutions. It also supports Europe-wide exchange of related knowledge and know-how. A first phase of the project (EINSTEIN I – www.iee-einstein.org) was carried out from 2007 and 2009. Its main result was the development of a methodology for low-cost and efficient audits focused on optimizing the thermal energy demand and supply in industry. As this initiative was a great success, the project was granted a second phase (EINSTEIN II – www.einstein-energy.net). EINSTEIN II aims at a wider implementation of integral energy-efficient solutions for thermal energy supply in industrial companies with a high fraction of heat demand and for non-industrial users of similar demand profiles such as hospitals, commercial buildings, district heating and cooling networks, etc. One of the modules within EINSTEIN II is dedicated to the contribution to standardization. In this framework, one of the intended outputs is a CEN-CENELEC Workshop Agreement describing 'Good Practice for an Integrated Approach on Thermal Energy Audits'. CEN-CENELEC Workshop Agreement This Workshop will lay out an integrated approach on thermal energy audits, based on the EINSTEIN methodology, guiding the user through the whole auditing procedure, from preparation of visit and data acquisition, to data processing, to the evaluation of alternative solutions and reporting. The EINSTEIN approach for thermal energy audits, which will be referred to, is described in detail in the document 'Guide for EINSTEIN Thermal Energy Audits' and complementary documents, available for download at http://www.einstein-energy.net/tool-kit. The methodology is implemented in the EINSTEIN software tool, also available from the above mentioned website. CEN-CENELEC Workshop Status The kick-off meeting of the workshop took place in the CEN-CENELEC Meeting Centre (CCMC), Brussels, on 28 September 2012. During the kick-off meeting, the Workshop took the following actions: Adoption of the final Business Plan Appointment of the Chairman; see Mr Schweiger CV Appointment of the Vice-Chairman; see Mr Fluch CV Confirmation of the Secretariat Anybody interested in contributing to the Workshop can still join its members by sending an email to the Secretariat, whose contact details are given below. Workshop ChairmanDr Hans SchweigerenergyXperts.NETIngeniería Termo-energética y Energías RenovablesThermische Energietechnik und erneuerbare EnergienThermo-energetical Engineering and Renewable EnergiesOffice Germany:Gerichtstr. 12-13, Aufg.213347 Berlin (Germany)www.energyxperts.net Tel.: +49 30 4606 44-00 Fax: +49 30 4606 44-88Email Website Workshop Vice-ChairmanDr Jürgen René FluchAEE – Institute for Sustainable TechnologiesWeiberfelderweg 16k8054 GrazAustriaTel.: +43 676 91 071 50 Email Workshop SecretariatDIN – German Standards InstituteMs Siglinde KaiserBurggrafenstraße 6D-10787 BerlinGermanyTel.: +49 30 2601 20-47EmailWebsite CEN-CENELEC Management CentreMr Alexandre della Faille de Leverghem Programme ManagerSustainability & Services Avenue Marnix, 17B-1000 Brussels Tel.: +32 2 550 0931 Fax: +32 2 550 0819 EmailWebsite CENWebsite CENELEC


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Merck Promotes Kenneth Frazier to President, Second to CEO Richard Clark
Merck & Co. named Kenneth C. Frazier as president effective May 1, succeeding Richard T. Clark, who will continue as chairman and chief executive officer.
Frazier, 55, had been president of Merck's Global Human Health worldwide sales and marketing division. Adam H. Schechter, 45, who was head of Merck's U.S. pharmaceutical business, will succeed Frazier as president of the global human health unit, the company said today in a statement.
Merck acquired Schering-Plough Corp. for $41 billion in November 2009 and is eliminating 15,000 employees by 2012 to lower costs. As president, Frazier will oversee the Whitehouse Station, New Jersey-based company's three largest worldwide divisions and report to Clark, 64. Merck's mandatory retirement age is 65 for the chief executive position, and the company has begun planning for his successor, Clark said today in a telephone interview.
"I'm committed to making sure our transaction and our merger success will be completed, so I'm not going anywhere," Clark said. "Merck's leadership team is so strong today, that I think we have the talent inside" the company for a new CEO, he said.
Merck gained 8 cents to $34.56 at 4 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. The company's shares have increased 49 percent in the past 12 months. Merck's shares have fallen less than 1 percent since Clark was named CEO on May 5, 2005.
Challenge Ahead
"The specific challenge for me is continuing to work closely with our head of R&D to get a greater understanding of what goes on in our labs and to be able to provide value with our head of research," Frazier said today in a telephone interview.
Frazier, a graduate of Penn State University in University Park, Pennsylvania, and Harvard Law School, joined Merck in 1992 as vice president and general counsel of the Astra Merck Group. He became senior vice president and general counsel in 1999, before becoming an executive vice president in November 2006, and executive vice president and president of the global human health business in 2007.
"Ken and I have been involved in developing the strategy that we're implementing today, so it's really a seamless transition," Clark said. "Ken and I have worked together for 18-19 years, and we've had a great working relationship."
Vioxx Cases
Frazier played a pivotal role during Merck's legal defense against thousands of claims that its Vioxx painkiller drug caused heart attacks and strokes, Mike Krensavage, head of Krensavage Asset Management in New York, said in a telephone interview. Merck withdrew the drug from the market in 2004 when a study showed the medicine doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
"His stature at Merck rose as he helped defuse the Vioxx time bomb," Krensavage said.
Merck set up a $4.85 billion settlement fund in 2007 to resolve thousands of Vioxx-related injury claims. The company said last month that 13 states have sued seeking refunds of the money they paid for the drug. The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday allowed a shareholder lawsuit against Merck over Vioxx to proceed.
Schechter, a graduate of La Salle University in Philadelphia, joined Merck as a sales representative in 1988. He is a former general manager of the Merck/Schering-Plough cholesterol joint venture, the company said.
Schechter "knows the business from the ground up and has a strong record of performance" Clark said in the statement.
Merck and Paris-based Sanofi-Aventis SA announced March 9 they would combine their veterinary medicine units, creating the world's largest animal-health business with combined sales of more than $5 billion. The market for animal-health products is growing more quickly than sales of drugs for humans.
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By Eric Boehm | PA Independent
HARRISBURG – State Sen. Chuck McIlhinney, R-Bucks, has the future of the liquor privatization bill in his hands.
And a group of conservative activists have McIlhinney in their sights.
The Citizens Alliance of Pennsylvania, which has made a name for itself in conservative circles for challenging – and defeating – Republicans that the group judged to have moved too far to the left, began airing television ads in southeast Pennsylvania on Wednesday encouraging constituents to pester McIlhinney about the liquor bill.
Why McIlhinney? A few reasons.
For one, the liquor privatization bill passed last month by the state House is currently sitting in the Senate Law and Justice Committee, which McIlhinney chairs. His support is crucial if the bill is to make it to the Senate floor.
Second, McIlhinney has never been a huge fan of privatizing the liquor stores. Like other members of the state Senate leadership, he's seen as preferring "modernization" that would leave the state in control of the liquor system but would make some superficial changes. He wrote an op-ed last month that seemed to throw some cold water on the privatization plan.
And third, as CAP puts it, McIlhinney "has a long history of siding with Big Government special interests," including the unions that oppose liquor privatization and the beer distributors that aren't too excited about the prospect of a more open market.
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It should be noted that McIlhinney said Tuesday he intends "to put forth a proposal to privatize the state stores," during an appearance on a popular Philadelphia radio talk show. His campaign has now shot back at CAP for placing the ad, according to PoliticsPA.
Leo Knepper, executive director of CAP, said Wednesday the ads will remain up for now. The group has the resources to "to support the ad campaign through the entire summer and beyond," and potentially expand it to include other targets in the state Senate, he said.
The liquor privatization bill is a major priority for Gov. Tom Corbett – who issued a clear message to the state Senate on Friday afternoon – and House Majority Leader Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny. Selling off the liquor stores is expected to raise around $800 million in one-time revenue, which Corbett wants to use to create a new, four-year block grant program for school districts.
This post was updated to correct the name of Citizens Alliance of Pennsylvania
Boehm can be reached at [email protected] and follow @PAIndependent on Twitter for more.


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Angel's Envy Rye75cl / 50%
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First, notice the crystal clear quality with a rich, reddish amber color.
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