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Passionate public comment was the order of the day at last Tuesday's meeting of the Humboldt County board of supervisors, where people voiced their opinions about amendments to the Klamath River restoration agreement.
After hearing comments from 29 people, 18 of whom opposed changes to the deal, the supervisors voted unanimously to approve the proposed amendments, which would extend the agreement's sunset date.
Fifth district supervisor Ryan Sundberg said the decision wasn't any easy one.
"It's tough because I've got friends on both sides of this issue," Sundberg said. "My decision to extend this for another two years comes down to giving this thing some more time."
More than two years ago, the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement was signed by 42 stakeholders in tandem with the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement, which is intended to remove four dams from the Klamath River.
The two agreements were introduced as proposed legislation to Congress about one year ago, but no action has been taken.
Amendments to the restoration agreement have emerged because of its looming Dec. 31 expiration date. Some stakeholders are now seeking to revise the agreement and extend its sunset date to Dec. 31, 2014.
Klamath settlement facilitator Ed Sheets said the amended agreement was sent out to all the stakeholders, including Humboldt County, in October.
He said each party has to sign the amended agreement for it to take effect.
"I have five signatures so far," Sheets said to the board.
He said the amendment is a package of changes that updates the process for any future drought plan amendments and clarifies the habitat conservation plan process. Under the amendment, tribes and the secretary of the interior must agree to changes in cost estimates that affect tribal claims. It also clarifies that eastside water supplies used by those not party to the agreement, such as in Clear Lake, won't be reallocated for use in the lower Klamath.
Jill Duffy, a former 5th District county supervisor and former county senior environmental analyst, said the Klamath legislation is currently in the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. She said if the restoration agreement isn't revised and both agreements fail, dam owner Pacifi-Corp doesn't have to make any river improvements.
"PacifiCorp will return to FERC for the relicensing of its facilities," Duffy said.
Since 2010, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's relicensing process for the river's four dams has been placed on hold by the State Water Resources Control Board at PacifiCorp's request. The company doesn't want the relicensing process to move forward if the dams are coming out by 2020, as stated in the hydroelectric agreement.
A majority of the people present for public comment said the restoration agreement should be allowed to expire. They said FERC won't relicense the dams and give the company Clean Water Act certification unless expensive upgrades are completed, forcing PacifiCorp to rip out the dams.
Hoopa resident Dana Colegrove said she used to be in favor of the restoration agreement, but thinks the community should look to FERC.
"Let's fast-track this," Colegrove said. "FERC is the fastest way."
Arcata resident John Schaefer agreed. He said PacifiCorp can't afford to make upgrades that'll help migrating fish get around the dams.
"Let's insist in the courts that fish ladders be built or the dams come down," Schaefer said.
Yurok Tribe senior biologist Michael Belchik disagreed. He said if the community relies on FERC, all they'll get is a trap-and-haul system where fish are caught and transported around the dams.
Craig Tucker, the Klamath coordinator for the Karuk Tribe, said FERC is made up of five commissioners who are appointed by the president and have backgrounds in law, energy policy and regulation. He said the restoration agreement is the best bet because FERC won't simply unlicense a dam.
"It's always been the product of a settlement agreement," Tucker said.
The supervisors didn't talk much after receiving public input, but 3rd district supervisor Mark Lovelace thanked everyone for expressing their opinions and being passionate about wanting to un-dam the Klamath River. He said it's different in places upstream where they have bumper stickers that say "save our dams."
"You think you're on a different planet with what is expressed," Lovelace said.
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SEBASTOPOL -- Six Lake County Channel Cat swimmers traveled to Sebastopol last weekend to compete in the annual Pumpkin Plunge, the final event of the fall season.
More than 300 swimmers from Northern and Central California took part. Among the Channel Cats entered, Lauren Rudnick, 12, fresh from her victories at the Zone 3 Championships, dominated in the 500-yard freestyle while winning that event. She also finished second in the 200 freestyle and fourth in both the 50 freestyle and 200 individual medley.
Allison Hanson, a junior at Clear Lake High School, finished first in five events -- the 50, 200 and 1,000 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 100 butterfly.
Diego Tejeda, 13, swimming in just his second competitive meet, improved his time in every event he entered while also winning the 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly and taking second in the 50 and 200 freestyle and 200 IM.
Also for the Channel Cats, Nicole Hanson, 12, finished second in the 100 freestyle, Danielle Erickson placed eighth in the 500 freestyle, and Catherine Braider finished 12th in the 100 backstroke.
The Lake County Channel Cats now enter their winter break and will resume swimming in February.
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The two survivors of a baseball bat attack on a Farmington Hills family were "minimally responsive" with "significant trauma" when they arrived at a local hospital that night.
Rose and Salvatore Cipriano would moan occasionally but could not speak when Dr. Eric McDowell began treating them in the early morning hours of April 16, 2012.
McDowell was one of three witnesses who testified Monday morning in the Mitchell Young murder trial. Read complete coverage here at our live blog with tweets from @dave_phillips1.
Young is charged with first-degree murder, felony murder, two counts of assault with intent to murder and armed robbery in the attack on the Cipriano family. Tucker Cipirano, his former co-defendant, pleaded no contest last week to first-degree felony murder and will spend the rest of his life in prison.
Rose and Salvatore -- Tucker's mother and brother -- were severely injured.
Salvatore had "a high likelihood of expiration in a short timeframe," McDowell said. Rose "was slightly more responsive than Sal. Her eyes would open, but she really wasn't coherent."
Both victims had lacerations, bruises and fractures to their heads.
Dr. Jillian Davis was also called to the witness stand Monday morning. She was assigned to Young, who was taken to the same hospital after stating that Tucker Cipriano hit him with a baseball bat.
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A Message from Sheriff Scott Israel
What is meant by intelligence-led policing? It is a way for the Broward Sheriff's Office and other law enforcement agencies to analyze and utilize information on violent and habitual offenders and tips from the community to find better ways to fight crime. It is also a way to apply our resources more effectively and efficiently. The work of our Violence Intervention Proactive Enforcement Response (V.I.P.E.R.) unit, created in February 2013 to combat spikes in violent crimes, is one way the Broward Sheriff's Office is working smarter.
V.I.P.E.R. builds its intelligence by collaborating with other departments within BSO as well as local, state and federal agencies, but the community plays a significant role in this crime-fighting method, too. No law enforcement agency can be effective without community partnerships. We rely on everyone to keep an eye on what's happening in their neighborhood and to report criminal activity. With this information, new offenders and repeat offenders are identified. We can link crimes that were previously treated as separate offenses.
This valuable information leads to better resource allocation and decision-making. Traditionally, law enforcement has spent more time responding to crime and less time working to prevent crime. The intelligence that drives V.I.P.E.R. allows us to identify and prevent threats from affecting our communities. Instead of blindly conducting sweeps or other less-effective approaches, we can now direct resources for maximum effectiveness.
V.I.P.E.R. was formed by combining two crime-fighting units: our Regional Street Crimes Unit and Gun Squad. This merger helps us zero in on not only illegal weapons, but also on criminals with a history of the violent use of weapons.
V.I.P.E.R. has made a marked difference in reducing violent crime in a small amount of time. With better intelligence on offenders and potential offenses, we have been able to target the six percent of criminals that commit approximately 65 percent of all violent crime. In 2013, V.I.P.E.R. was responsible for the arrest of 471 suspects including 337 felons and 134 misdemeanor offenders. Additionally, V.I.P.E.R. confiscated 63 firearms, including a sawed-off shotgun, and seized tens of thousands of dollars in drug money.
While the numbers have been impressive, they are not a full reflection of V.I.P.E.R.'s success. Through our shared tips and efforts, we have captured criminals in other counties and states who were planning crimes. Our V.I.P.E.R. unit will continue to target, track, investigate and apprehend Broward County's most violent criminals, while we at the Broward Sheriff's Office will continue to find new ways of keeping our community safe.
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Booking Wrestlemania 29 – The Card That Never Was! Part 1
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Booking Wrestlemania 29 – The Card That Never Was
Hey Guys & Dolls ,
With Wrestlemania soon upon us, I felt this inner urge to book MY event and show upon the world the realistic wonders that could have been.
Please remember this is my combinations about what I'd like to see, what was realistically possible, and what would draw money!
I encourage you to leave comments and provide me with your feedback.
Saturday 6th April 2013 – WWE Hall Of Fame Ceremony
Hosts: 2007 Hall Of Famer's Jim Ross & Jerry 'The King' Lawler
Headline Inductee - The Living Legend: Bruno Sammartino – Inducted by Arnold Schwarzenegger
The Hardcore Legend: Mick Foley – Inducted by Terry Funk
2x WWF Champion: Bob Backlund – Inducted by Bret Hart
Posthumous Inductee – The Loose Cannon: Brian Pillman – Inducted by 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin
Diva Induction - The Quintessential WWE Diva: Trish Stratus – Inducted by Lita
Tag-Team Inductee: The Fabulous Freebirds – Inducted by Diamond Dallas Page
Celebrity Inductee: Donald Trump – Inducted by Vince McMahon
Sunday 7th April 2013 – Wrestlemania 29
Live at 7pm EST from the MetLife Stadium, New Jersey.
Attendance: 90,173
Theme Songs:
"Coming Home" by Diddy – Dirty Money Feat. Skylar Grey
"Surrender" by Angels & Airwaves
YouTube Pre-Show
Josh Matthews and Scott Stamford welcome everyone to Wrestlemania 29's YouTube Pre-Show.
Match 1: WWE Diva's Championship
Kaitlyn © Vs Tamina Vs Natalya Vs AJ Lee Vs Layla
Background Story:
Raw Supervisor Vickie Guerrero orders WWE Diva's Champion Kaitlyn to defend her championship at Wrestlemania. This is Vickie's of trying to prove to the WWE Universe that she is a changed woman, and intends to provide all diva's in the WWE a chance to become the champion. Kaitlyn just believes she has it in for her.
The Match:
Length: 11 Minutes
The Match includes many roll-ups and pin break-ups before Kaitlyn hits the Spear on Tamina for the win, and retains her championship.
Winner and STILL WWE Diva's Champion: Kaitlyn
Matt Striker is in the back, and he is talking with Dolph Ziggler w/Big E. Langston.
Ziggler claims that he doesn't need Big E. Langston with him tonight, and he is glad both he and AJ are banned from ringside. He wants to prove to all his haters that HE is the best wrestler in the world today and vows to make Y2J tap out and retain his World Heavyweight Championship.
"Tonight, the whole world will know who the man is in professional wrestling today. I am better, than Ric Flair ever was. I am Better, than Shawn Michaels ever was. And I am BETTER… than Chris Jericho ever was. He is a has-been! And tonight, I prove it one more time!"
The Pyro explodes around the ramp and titantrons, whilst "Surrender" is hollering throughout the arena, as we are welcomed to Wrestlemania 29 by Michael Cole, JBL, and Jerry 'The King' Lawler.
Match 2: Free-For-All Elimination Tables #1 Contender's Match
Mark Henry Vs Cody Rhodes Vs Christian Vs Kofi Kingston Vs Damian Sandow Vs Randy Orton Vs
R-Truth Vs Zach Ryder Vs Brodus Clay Vs Mystery Wrestler (Shelton Benjamin)
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3 weeks ago, the COO Triple H states on Monday Night RAW the success and impact that the Money In Bank Ladder Match has had in the WWE since Wrestlemania 21. Providing us with great matches, surprising winners, historic cash-ins and has now has its own PPV.
So, in order to fill that void at Wrestlemania, he has come up with a new concept that is both original and exciting. He announces the Free-For-All Elimination Tables Match, with the winner becoming the #1 contender for the Championship of his choosing at Extreme Rules.
A series of qualifying matches take place on RAW, Smackdown, Superstars and Main Event, with the winners booking their place in the official match at Wrestlemania.
As 9 have booked their places, Triple H confirms a returning superstar will also compete in the match.
The Match:
The first 9 superstars are in the ring, eagerly anticipating who the 10th entrant is.
Shelton Benjamin is the mystery opponent!
Each wrestler is gradually eliminated in spectacular fashion, including Randy Orton delivering an RKO on Kofi and Christian simultaneously through the Spanish Announce Table! The remaining 4 are: Randy Orton, Mark Henry, Cody Rhodes and Shelton Benjamin.
Orton eliminates Henry. Rhodes eliminates Orton. Rhodes eliminates Shelton Benjamin with the Disaster Kick on the apron to send Benjamin through a table set up at ring-side.
Length: 19 Minutes
Winner: Cody Rhodes
Part 2 Coming Soon... Stay Tuned!


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My name is Mike(18) and i have been a general buddhist (curious) for about 2, maybe 3, years. Theravada, especially Modern Theravada (I call it Root Theravada... at least that's what I consider it) has recently caught my eye through the accesstoinsight website.
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There's something about cinnamon-laden cakes with fruit that just screams Autumn, but this cake recipe actually got started when it was still summer and I had a surplus of zucchini and made a low sugar and whole wheat Garden Harvest Cake with apples, zucchini, and carrot. Despite the fact it looked more like a bread than a cake, it was definitely one of my favorite new recipes that year.
At the time I wondered if you could adapt the recipe to make a cake with just apples, but when I had both pears and apples I decided to try it with that combination. Apples and pears together in a low sugar cake sounded so good to me, but my first attempt was far too wet, and I also decided I wanted a flat cake instead of the loaf pan the original recipe called for. It took me two more cakes to get to the version you'll find in this recipe, which is a low sugar dessert that I'm thinking just about anyone would enjoy. You can skip the touch of brown sugar for a cake that's even lower in sugar or if you don't care if the cake is low in sugar, skip the Stevia and make it with all sugar if you'd like.
Low Sugar and Whole Wheat Apple Pear Cake with Pecans
(Makes 6-8 servings, recipe adapted from Garden Harvest Cake.)
1 1/4 cups white whole wheat flour
3/4 cup Stevia in the Raw or other sweetener (or use sugar if you prefer)
2 T brown sugar (or use 2 T more Stevia in the Raw or other sweetener)
2 tsp. ground cinnamon (I used Saigon Cassia cinnamon from The Spice House)
1 1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt (I used fine grind sea salt)
1 pear and 2 Granny Smith apples (or any combination of apples and pears to make 2 cups grated fruit, grating with food processor recommended)
3/4 cup pecans, chopped with chef's knife
2 eggs
1/4 cup canola oil
1/4 cup buttermilk (plus additional 1 T butter milk if needed)
Peel and grate apples and pear to make 2 cups grated fruit, then stir into dry ingredients, turning over several times until all the grated fruit is well-coated with the flour mixture. Measure 3/4 cup pecans and chop with chef's knife, then add chopped pecans to the bowl with the flour/fruit mixture. Use the spoon to toss ingredients together.
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These notes and addenda by the present editor incorporate supplementary information and reminiscences from other Yiddish manuscripts written by Saul Miller on various occasions. Some of these details may seem trifling. However, they constitute sociological and anthropological data which will never again be available if not now recorded, and valid data is never trifling. Where significant, S.M, indicates material derived from other manuscripts of Saul Miller's, and L.M. indicates matter supplied by the editor. Matter which is common knowledge in Jewish circles is not attributed.
Pronunciation: in Hebrew and Yiddish words herein, ch always represents the guttural sounds of clearing the throat, as in cheder, churban, cherem, Chanukah. The sound of tsh, the combination of the Yiddish letters tess-shin, is always so spelled here: tshdent, koiletsh. The last letter of the Hebrew alphabet is here transliterated as s whenever it was so pronounced in Dobromil (so: s as in Beis, not the th as in Beth, and not t as in current Israeli usage.
Dobromil is pronounced as if it were composed of the three English words dub-roe-meal, accent on the first syllable. I spell
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In his Yiddish writings, Saul Miller often used Hebrew phrases for emphasis or for irony. These are herein indicated by italics in the English translation. When they are from the Bible, the source is given.
Dobromil as a settled community may go back to the eleventh century, and its Jewish population likewise, although written records are available only from much later. In popular etymology, the residents said that its name derived from dobro, good, and mil, a mile because of the generous measurement of the area when it was allocated in antiquity to a feudal lord; or said other, as good mill, because of the availability of stream water for the mills refining the salt mined there. Grandfather Reuben (Reeven) Mehler said Gall-itsia was so called because life there was so bitter; others said it was because in the eighteenth century partition of Poland, the poorest part fell to the weakest power, Austria. Return
His mother often spoke of a great fire which had occurred the first night of Slichos (midnight prayer services during the month before Rosh Hashanah, New Year's). An historic fire which leveled much of the town is recorded in the Yiskor Book. Dobromil's volunteer firemen were ordinarily summoned by the Magistrat bell, but for really big fires the bell at the main church was tolled. Return
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Once in his childhood Saul Miller took part in a Blessing of the Sun, Birkas-HaChamah, a rite performed only once in every twenty-eight years. That devout Jews M'chadesh dee l'vunah (renew the moon) from long since, and do to this day, is no news. We 'cheder' boys knew that at the beginning of each month when in a clear night the darkling sky there appeared a new moon, Yeeden come out into the street after 'Maariv davening' and they m'chadesh dee l'vunah.
But that Yeeden m'chadesh the sun that for us little 'cheder' boys was big news, and that it comes about only one time in twenty-eight years that was a truly great honor conferred on us boys, that we seven and eight year olds had lived to witness such a celestial manifestation. We eavesdropped to the older men talking among themselves by the warm stone stove in the Beis Medrash all about that phenomenon. Among ourselves we began to fantasize and try to imagine in our conception how indeed the New Sun would look when she would come out from her great winter wrappings in her full power and radiance.
I do not know how the author of that almanac came to compute the renewing of the sun precisely for the month of Adar and exactly in that time of bad weather to come and greet such a most welcome guest who arrives only one time in twenty-eight years. Nu, no such questions will we now address to that author, and if that almanac so indicates then most likely it must be so. All the Yeeden in shtetl set themselves in readiness for the great day as they would to a truly great Yontif 'Shteitsh', (golly goodness gracious) such an event happening one time in twenty-eight years.
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My father of blessed memory was there with Reb Luzar Fabricant, with me between them, standing in the midst of all Israel. Everyone's eyes were somberly focused to the big sky. The snow let up, and with deep feeling all began to recite the blessings from the booklets specially printed for 'Kiddush-Ha-Chamah'. And the heavy dense gray clouds became thinner and as through a veil just for a few seconds the sun came into view. There was just enough time to say the 'Brochos l'Chamah', the Blessings for the Sun, and so the Dobromiler 'Yeeden' had renewed the sun. Everyone heaved a sigh of relief and gave thanks to the One Who Lives Eternally for the grace which had been show to us, verily, a miracle marvel from heaven.
For weeks afterward we 'cheder' boys kept talking about it, reassuring ourselves that we were young enough to be able again to join in another renewing of the sun. (S.M.)
This particular occasion probably took place on Wednesday (not Sunday, despite Saul Miller's recollection from sixty years later and not Adar, unless there was something very different in Dobromil) the fifth of Nisan, 5657 by the Jewish calendar, April 7, 1897. The event is supposed to commemorate the creation of the sun on Wednesday. The almanac calculator unknown to Saul Miller was Samuel Yarchina'ah, about 165-250, who aimed to set it at a particular position of Saturn in relation to the spring equinox, but it became formalized at the fifth of Nisan. It has been observed in the United States, although it is almost unknown. Return
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;Nebich: an interjection meaning it is a pity (on him, on her, on them).
Menachem-Mendl is a folk character in Yiddish literature, a man without sure prospects, waiting for something to turn up, something like Micawber in Dickens' David Copperfield. Bonkes are small glass cups, about one ounce size, made to adhere to a sick person's chest or back by igniting alcohol vapor in them to create a vacuum. This was considered an infallible remedy for pneumonia and other respiratory diseases. To my knowledge, it was still used in the United States into the 1930's. (L.M.) Return
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Maier Treiber was one of the many who stood aloof from these factions, as well as from the misnagdim, traditionalist who actively opposed all the different Chassidim, who openly scoffed at their rebbes and who criticized the needless emotional and economic distress caused by their bickering.
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The Groise Shul or Big Synagogue, used the Ashkenazi prayer-book, while the Beis Medrash used the Sephardi prayer-book. (These terms, Ashkenazi and Sephardi, did not mean in Dobromil what they mean in Israel today.) The Misaskim Shilechel, Little Synagogue of the Study Group, conducted by Reb Naftali Fuchs, met in part of the Groise Shul, and the Schneider Shilechel, (tailors or workingmen's synagogue) was some kind of offshoot of the Big Synagogue. The Chevra Linah Tsedek, the Society for Visiting the Sick, which was led by Maier Treiber and Luzar Fabricant, used to hold services in a private house, lent by Leibish Brik. Maier Treiber seems to have rotated among all of these.
The shtreimel is a hat made out of fox tails arranged in a circle. A legendary figure in Dobromil was Reb Itzik'l Brieftrager, long time postman in the mid nineteenth century, so appointed because he could read all the local languages; his descendants wre also noted for scholastic attainment, and even in America have been referred to as Itzik'l Brieftager's great grandchildren. One Saturday night to catch up he worked all through till morning when he emerged on Sunday to the street still wearing his Shabbos Shtreimel. A group of Polish people, on way to church, saw him, were surprised at his shtreimel on a Sunday and called out, Itzik, bei dir heint briss? - are you celebrating a circumcision feast today? That question became a Dobromil proverb for any occasion when someone was unusually dressed up.
Apart from the established synagogues and chapels, on some occasions Dobromil was visited by mussar-zugger, revivalist preachers, who delivered their calls to repentance in sermons at the Beis-Medrash in the time between Mincha and Maariv. Among the workingmen, wrote Saul Miller, they were little heeded.
Also on rare occasions, an itinerant chazzan (cantor, chanter of the synagogue liturgy) stumbled into Dobromil and was admired and praised for his sweet melodies and inspiring interpretation of the prayer-book; but then on Sunday volunteers had to beg donations to help cover his expenses. (S.M.) Return
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were several reasons why parents might keep children from school. One was religious: Catholic prayers were regularly recited by the children in class, twice daily. Even if Jewish children were not under compulsion (usually) to say these prayers, they soon knew them by heart and willy-nilly were participating; to them, sacrilege. Another reason was poverty: especially this was in winter, when poorer children did not have the boots or coats to wear.
These truancies would receive the attention of the municipal police force, (which consisted of three or four men with very little to do.) They would once in a while proclaim a new ordinance to the beat of a drum in the Ring Platz; conduct sanitary inspections; blow whistles in the alleys to help hunt for a stray dog or a missing sow; and on market Mondays, when the influx of countryside peasants created an opportunity for thievery, they would disappear from sight. Most of the time they dozed.
In enforcing the public school attendance regulations, they would enter the cottage and seize either the wife's Friday evening Shabbos candlesticks or the husband's shtreimel, being certain that greater hostage or bail bond was needed to compel the father to respond before the Sabbath came. Sometimes, a ten greitzer tip redeemed these essentials of the Shabbos. More often the Yeed would accept a one day detention penalty, agreeing to do his sitting from Shabbos midday to the next morning, when he would not be at work anyway. (S.M.)
Chad Gadya, referring to the cell in the Magistrat, is an intentional joke here. It is actually the name of a folk song, a round chanted at the end of the Passover evening seder. Return
A major diversion each summer (from Sivan into Tammuz, two week) was the annual Austrian army maneuvers in the nearby mountains. The soldiers wore the same uniform, with distinctive arm colors, light green for the Tenth regiment, dar green for the 9th, light red for the 7th. Defending forces wore white banded caps, attacking no band. Army officers were quartered in the better quality homes, servicemen in barns. Daily bugle calls for reveille, and parades led by bands of martial music livened up the shtetl, with half-dressed toddlers running
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after the excitement. At two in the afternoon, the troops returned for their main meal of the day, at kitchens set up by the banks of the Wirwa near the swimming hole. At four in the afternoon the army bands performed a public concert of military marches in the Ring Platz. The only other public concerts in Dobromil were trumpet solos by a police officer in the Ring Platz, usually in May.
A Shabbos afternoon pastime was to stroll after tsholent on the road to the railroad station, a pleasant walk. On one side of the road there were level ploughed fields, while the other sloped uphill. (S.M.) Return
Tsholent: food cooked in a stew pot, a wide variety of possible concoctions. Kugel: a solid pudding of potatoes, or noodles, or other ingredients. Return
Aliyahs: The Five Books of Moses, (the first five books of the Bible, constituting the Torah in the narrowest, technical sense of that word, as distinguished from Torah encompassing the whole of Jewish religious teaching) are divided into weekly portions which are read, in succession, in a one year cycle, at synagogue services, supplemented by selections from the later books in the Hebrew Scriptures. These weekly portions are subdivided further into (usually) seven sections. At the synagogue service, seven men, in turn are ceremoniously summoned to go up (=aliyah) either to read one section aloud, or more often
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to recite several blessing, while the text is read by someone who is better practiced in correctly reading the vowel-less Hebrew at sight. Aliyahs are honors, and ordinarily conferred on the local pillars of society; also on a thirteen year old on becoming a bar mitzvah, and a bridegroom about to be married. Return
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enian peasants, and a small chapel for (a dissenting sect?) of poor peasants. Another Polish institution was the Dom Narodni, or people's house, housing their nationalist-patriotic association, and their athletic Sokol (Falcon) organization. As far as the Jewish population of Dobromil was concerned, all of these institutions might as well have been on the planet Pluto. (L.M.) Return
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Because he was not religiously observant ('nisht a frumer') he was interred there at the highest point, where no one else was buried. (It was said that his restless soul could be seen there walking at night.) Quite opposite, in contrast, was the white-wahsed little hut over the graves of the shtetl's Tzaddik, reb Shimon Deitsh and his wife. Every 'Tisha B'Ov' all, young and old, would enter into that little hut. The town 'balebatim' poking around the old tombstones said the shtetl was some hundreds of years old. Overseer of the consecrated ground was a 'Yeed' with the name Yakov-Melech-the-Beis-Olom-Yeed. He lived with his family in a cottage on one side of the cemetery. On the other side was the tent into which were brought the Jewish dead from nearby hamlets. Characteristically, this cemetery family was different from the shtetl dwellers. By them they ate only black rye bread, white 'chaleh' only on Shabbos. I used to drop by there almost every Shabbos because I had a good friend who was a grandson of Yakov-Melech-the-Beis-Olom-Yeed. They were considered rather uncultured (prost), only on Shabbos were they seen at the Big Synagogue, on the side where the poorer folk were found. They were all bronzed from the sun, like real peasant people. They were free from any fear at all, and even used to go to sleep on a pile of hay right near those who were buried. With my father I would always visit the grave of my grandfather Berish-Issachar of blessed memory who lived of his choice always in the big city of Lemberg but asked to be buried in Dobromil where he was born. (from other mss by Saul Miller). Return
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means little body covering. When worn as an outer or publicly visible garment, it is called a tallis-katan, a small tallis (tallis being the large prayer scarf or shawl worn by men during the services in the synagogue). Return
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this ceremony held in the hands together with an esrog, a citron like a lemon. Return
In his youth Maier Treiber was a Purim-shpieler, playing Yehudah (Judah) in Joseph and His Brothers. Do texts of any of these survive? At age eighty-nine, Saul Miller repeats with pleasure a song from that playlet taught to him as a child by Maier Treiber, originally sung by a juvenile character, Serach, who comes to tell grandfather patriarch Jacob the astounding good news that his long lost son Joseph is alive and ruler in Egypt. It is in mixed Hebrew and Yiddish rhyme.
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I Serach come before you
To tell you great good news
To gladden your heart.
(Such tidings to relate
Is really something great).
Lo, Uncle Joseph is still alive.
(Bringing someone such news
God rewards double, and how)
And he is ruler now
Over all the land of Mitzraim,
Yes ruler over all Mitzraim,
And now has two sons also
Menashe and Ephraim.
Serach was a daughter of Jacob's son Asher, but the role may have been sung by a little boy.
The meoir omits Chamishah Osor B'Shvat although on the fifteenth day of the month Shvat Dobromilers did observe the traditional New Year's Day of the Trees by eating dried figs, dates, raisins, and buckser (carob, St. John's Bread). Return
An instance of their mode of thought I heard told with respect and admiration by an ex-Dobromiler in America: The most highly revered woman in Dobromil in the late nineteenth cen-
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The dates in 2 and 3 were entered wrong, late by a week.
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Maier had a brother Leib and a sister Devorah, who always lived in Przemysl. Leib was a cobbler who made boots and shoes to sell at the Friday market in Przemysl. He had a son who became a bookkeeper and two daughters. Saul Miller visited him twice in Przemysl. Once it was in a Chol Ha-Moed (middle days) of Succos, when he went to see a play (possibly Joseph Latainer's David's Violin). Hot-tempered Leib was shocked: it
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was sinful to travel all the way from Dobromil to see a stage play. The other time it was to say goodbye, before leaving for America.
Devorah was married to Leibush, who could not make a living (he was a shtekel drayer, a cane-twirler), so she worked hard as a fruit peddler. They had a blond freckled daughter with aching eyes, and a son and a daughter all younger than Saul.
Saul was named for his mother's grandfather Shaul, father of Reeven the glazier. Reeven travelled all week around the countryside installing and repairing windows and on the side sold icons to the peasants. His first wife, Zlata, mother of Roise Perl (Saul's mother) died when Roise Perl was six or seven. Reeven's second wife was Chaye Milka's, with whom he had two daughters Zeesel and Breindel, and two sons Yusha and Hersh (they brought their glazier trade to Columbia Street in Manhattan.) Reeven had a horse and wagon, a dog, and a bird in cage, but no parnossa. (S.M.) Chaye Milka's helped by peddling pots, dishes, apples, cider, anything.
Roise Perl began to do sewing for her living at an early age, earning a greitzer for a child's dress, working for Tsipporeh Mechel's. Later she also worked on men's clothes. She never had any schooling, but by her own efforts taught herself to read and write Yiddish.
Maier Treiber was first married to a cousin, by family arrangement, to a girl stricken by a disease known to be terminal, so that she would not be compelled to arrive in the other world without having had a wedding ring (S.M.). She died a few months later. Maier and Roise met rather romantically: he was at his stand vending coral beads when she came over to buy herself a sting. She was considered good looking: a bit taller than he. She was then already working a sewing machine, making dresses and aprons for peasant children. Since corals were beginning to go out of fashion, she taught him also to use the machine, and he added these articles to his market day circuits.
In Hebrew and Yiddish he was well taught, but not in Polish or German. (He first learned to sign his name in those scripts when he was married.) About 1906 he was chosen to be schoolmaster (melamed) at the newly founded communal school for Jewish children whose parents were too poor to pay tuition, teaching Hebrew language, Chumash, the prayer book, and reading and writing Yiddish.
Maier Treiber was also called the Kranken Vater, father of the ailing, because as a prime mover in the Chevra Lina, he
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used to not only visit the sick, but in severe cases he would sit up all night caring for an invalid so that the family could sleep and be able to care for the sick person during the next day. He also helped bereaved families in arranging their funerals, professional undertakers not being available. (S.M.) Return
Difficult as it was for them to make a living, Saul's parents still found the money to pay tuition to the melamed, and to give a meal to the belfer and firewood to the unter-belfer (assistant) who came in the morning to pick up the child and with him go through the children's morning liturgy, the Brochos (blessings) on arising, the krias shma (reading the profession of faith) and kissing the tzitzis on the arba-kanfos. The other dardaki melamed in Dobromil, Melech Melamed, had two belfers and was used by wealthier families. (S.M.) Return
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in Rostov-on-Don I visited a family of cultured, professional people, five adults of three generations, sharing a similar hovel, no better being available. (L.M.) Return
Rashi is the most famous of commentators on Hebrew Scripture, Rabbi Shlomoh Yitzchaki, Moses Alshech, a sixteenth century rabbi at Safed, also wrote commentaries, which must have had a specific appeal to Reb Naftali; the name of Alschech would ordinarily not be twinned with the name of Rashi. Return
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an 'aliyah' for Bar Mitzvah. That morning at the big synagogue I first put on 'tefillin' and after the services, the worshippers joined in a toast with a fine aquavit, responding with a long 'ah, ah, ah' followed by an 'oh, oh, oh, the real goods'. Father has brought a very special brandy for the occasion. At home my mother Rose of blessed memory had ready an outstanding repast. That day I did not have to go to work at my apprenticeship. (S.M.) Return
In a schedule of public school mornings and cheder all afternoon, Saturday restricted by religious observance, and Sunday a workday, it is clear why there is no mention of sports, athletics or play anywhere in these reminiscences (and perhaps an explanation for the boisterousness sometimes tolerated in the synagogue). One game that Jewish boys played was ik, somewhat as follows. A stick about two feet high was stuck into the ground. At the top a small piece of wood, about two or three inches long, notched on one side, was balanced. This piece was struck a glancing blow by another stick, so that it flew some distance forward. The piece which flew furthest won. A variant,
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using a larger cross stick, was kitshke. The order of players, or sides, was decided by a counting out rhyme of uncertain etymological origin which sounded something like this,
ooh-er boo-er abba
kvantin kvintin dzhaba
kvantin kvintin ess
ooh-er boo-er dzhaba
kvantin kvintin pyess. (L.M.) Return
Shir Ha-Maalos: literally, the title of certain psalms (Psalms 120 to 134) which is variously interpreted; but also the name for an amulet using Psalm 121 with superstitious inscriptions added. Meila: = well, so. Return
Leizer was married to Sura and they had five sons: one had his own separate shop, two worked as journeymen with their father; one, of Saul's age, was also there learning and was a good friend; and one was still in cheder. At times there was also a
In one room there they had three sewing machines, a cutting table, a sewing work table, two beds, two bench-beds, a commode, a wardrobe closet, a cloth storage closet, a bread closet, a wicker chest, and the essential keg of water. They also had a small aron-Kodesh (cabinet for a Torah scroll) because they sometimes held services there. Six adults slept there, with a few chickens for good measure. Leizer was asthmatic and had a violent temper. It was told of him that with his bare hands he had once torn apart an unfortunate chicken that happened to flutter on to the worktable. In contrast, his wife Sura was a good natured and warm hearted person.
In another manuscript Saul Miller wrote at great length even more bitterly of his sufferings here, where he was bound without any hope of release, kept busy with menial chores so that there was little time to learn the skills he wanted and was entitled to learn, and constantly subjected to sarcastic abuse from Leizer: Such a topcoat you need to wear already, burlap sacking isn't good enough for you?
The ensuing winter was especially sever and Leizer became very sick. On a Thursday the whole household stayed up all night reciting the Psalms over and over on behalf of his recovery. Next day Dr. Zwicklitzer, the physician-burgomeister, examined him, and with his too well known double cough pronounced the fatal prognosis. Suspending all work, they sat with him till he died at eleven that night. After the week of mourning (shiva) it was decided that the older brother Berele would continue as journeyman, while the younger David would take over as master tailor. David was modern-worldly, cut his hair German style, trimmed his beard, talked politics, read the Naprzod, but yet he was the master in the facings incident. (S.M.) (There is no reason to doubt the accuracy of these reminiscences, but in other relationships some of these persons may have been most exemplary. (L.M.) Return
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About 1905 was introduced elections by manhood suffrage for representative to the Parliament in Vienna. Election was to be by ballot distributed to the voters, to be returned in envelopes on a certain date. There were two main candidates for the district which included Przemysl and Dobromil: the establishment (reactionary) candidate, a rich and titled landowner who lived most of the time in Paris, and the socialist Herman Lieberman.
In Przemysl police turned off street lamps and broke up workingmen's meetings by using truncheons on their heads. In Dobromil the police ruled that no meeting could be held on the one day that workingmen could attend on the ground that it constituted a disturbance of the Sabbath, but Lieberman's supporters assembled to hear his spokesman in a barn on a Saturday.
In Dobromil, the local powers, relying on the inexperience of the Jewish voters, issued the ballots with the name of the reactionary candidate entered by a rubber stamp. Saul Miller, teenager, came home for Friday evening from his apprenticeship work, saw the ballot so marked, tried to erase the name, spoiled the ballot and created a family panic till Maier Treiber obtained another pre-marked ballot from the Magistrat on Monday. (S.M.)
Peculiarly enough, it was from the harsh tailor employers that Saul heard about May Day demonstrations in Przemysl, and it was their copies of Naprzod that he used to snatch a glance at when they were out at Mincha-Maariv. Lieberman was elected
During the same years elections were held in Dobromil for a Jewish communal body, the Kultus. The community split on class lines, with the 'well-to-do' forming one party, the small traders and workingmen another. The latter nominated Zeisig the tailor and Hersh Flank the cobbler, but in a campaign marked by extreme hostility they were not elected.
Petty as were the differences in wealth between employers and employees, or between property owners and property-less, class hostility was all the more acute in the tight confines of the small town where everyone knew everyone else. (A poor trager, a carrier of burdens, went to his landlord's door on Yom Kippur eve on the way to the synagogue to wish him a good year, and was answered: Whether you beg out for yourself a good year or not, your house rent, 'dire gelt' you must pay me tomorrow night as soon as Yom Kippur is over.)
Despite their defeat in the Kultus election, the faction of the poorer and their sympathizers pressed their desire for a Talmud Torah (Hebrew School) to be set up afternoons with free tuition for the many children whose parents had no money for the cheder melamed and so were growing up ignorant of the traditions which the Kultus was supposed to guard. Chosen as spokesmen were Jonah Schmul-Leib's, Aryeh Drucker and Moshe Schmul Leib's. They first had to track down where the Kultus was holding its meetings in private, almost in secret. With Jonah, a sick man, coughing as he banged on the table, they emphasized their demand that the Kultus live up to its responsibility. They won agreement. Dr. Brauner, then vice-chairman of the Kultus, was deputed to get it under way. A tax of two greitzer a week was levied on all balabatim (householders) to support it, and Reb Mendele Spatz, an old dedicated man, volunteered to go from door to door to collect the tax. Maier Treiber was appointed the melamed. (S.M.) Return
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Saul's sister Zlata joined him for a time in Berlin, but returned to Dobromil, where during World War I she died of typhys contracted while caring for her finacé ill of the same. Roise Perl died soon after, of grief, it was said. Hersh and Liebe were still children when Saul left. They grew to adulthood, married, had children, and all of them, with Maier Treiber, and most of the community, perished in the Hitler holocaust. Z'chor: remember. Return
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Loria says bold moves were financial necessity
MIAMI -- Speaking publicly on Monday night for the first time since the season ended, Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria candidly discussed the large turnover of the club's roster since Opening Day 2012.
"Last year, we had a payroll of close to $100 million," said Loria, addressing selected media members in the Diamond Club at Marlins Park. "We lost tens of millions of dollars last year. We had to turn back the clock for the moment. Push the restart button and get these young players in here, and put them together and look at where we are in another year or so."
Before their inaugural season at Marlins Park, the Marlins projected selling 2.4 million tickets. The club had announced 2.2 million tickets sold, but team president David Samson said the actual number was closer to 1.4 million in the retractable-roof building that holds 37,000.
More revenue was anticipated, especially after the splashy free-agent signings of Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle and Heath Bell and the hiring of marquee manager Ozzie Guillen. The multiyear contracts of the quartet added up to $201 million.
All four have since been traded or dismissed.
Instead of reaching the playoffs, as hoped, the Marlins went 69-93, marking their second straight last-place finish.
"We really thought it was a very small probability that the off-the-field results of last year would be what they were," Samson said. "We didn't even contemplate it in our worst-case scenario that our revenues would be what they were last year. We miscalculated what walkups would be. We were wrong."
The Marlins were anticipating about 17,000 season tickets sold a year ago, and actually had just above 12,000. Samson expects fewer than 5,000 season-ticket packages to be sold for 2013.
Under the Marlins' current local TV deal, Loria said the team cannot handle a payroll reaching $100 million again.
"It's going to be a function of the revenues that we have," Loria said. "We've built this ballpark because we thought there would be a number of fans coming here down the road. I understand that they are disappointed. That's a natural reaction.
"We are never going to get to $100 million. We don't have the TV contract to do that. We will one day, hopefully."
For the next few years, the Marlins plan on building around a young roster, which features some of the top prospects in the game. Christian Yelich and Jose Fernandez are emerging talents, but both are expected to start the season at Double-A Jacksonville.
Mike Redmond, a former Marlins catcher, has taken over as manager of the youthful squad.
Because 2012 didn't turn out as planned, the organization felt major changes were needed. Now, the club is looking for a fresh start, in hopes of building a contender with young talent.
Loria said he understands the reaction from the fans, and he hopes they give the revised roster a chance to prove itself.
"I'm sorry that we've built this amazing ballpark, and fans are feeling the way they do," he said. "But we did this for a reason. We weren't going anywhere. I think anybody who is a baseball guy, or a baseball person, will realize that after two years that we had to do something. We had to do something quickly, swiftly and bold. I'd like to turn the clock ahead two years from now and look back at what we did."


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Traditional Soft Pretzels
Makes 8
1/4-ounce package active dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
1 tablespoon barley malt syrup or firmly packed brown sugar
3 1/4 cups unbleached bread flour
1/2 cup cold pilsner-style beer
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cubed, room temperature, plus more
2 teaspoons fine sea salt
1/4 cup baking soda
1 egg yolk
Pretzel salt
1. In the bowl of a stand mixer, sprinkle yeast over the warm water. Add barley malt syrup; stirring to dissolve. Allow yeast to bloom until it is foamy, 5 to 7 minutes.
2. Stir in flour, beer, butter and salt to form a shaggy mass. Attach dough hook; knead on medium-low speed until mixture forms a smooth, firm, slightly tacky ball. (Add flour, a tablespoon at a time, if dough is sticky.) Continue kneading until dough is elastic, 5 to 7 minutes.
3. Grease a large bowl with butter. Transfer dough to bowl, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 8 to 24 hours for optimal flavor. (Or let dough rise at room temperature until it has doubled in size, 1 1/2 hours.)
4. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 250 degrees. Cover a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil. Spread baking soda on foil; bake for 1 hour.
5. Line two 12-by-17-inch rimmed baking sheets with parchment. Turn dough out on an unfloured work surface; firmly press to deflate. Cut into 8 portions. Working with 1 piece at a time (keep the rest covered with a damp towel) pat it into a rectangle. Roll dough to form a loaf. Pinch seam closed. With damp hands, shape dough into a rope. When it feels as if it doesn't want to stretch farther, set it aside to rest; continue with the next piece.
6. Return to the first dough rope and continue rolling it to a length of 24 to 28 inches with tapered ends. Twist into pretzel shapes or form pretzel knots or rolls. Place pretzels on baking sheets; cover with a damp towel and let rise at warm room temperature increased by half, 20 to 30 minutes.
7. Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Fill a large stainless steel or similar nonreactive pot with 8 cups water. Add baking soda; bring to a simmer. Use a large skimmer to dip the pretzels, 1 or 2 at a time, into liquid. Simmer 20 seconds, flipping pretzels halfway through. Transfer pretzels to baking sheets, spacing them an inch apart.
8. Beat the egg yolk with 1 tablespoon water. Brush over pretzels. Using a very sharp knife, cut a slash, 1/4-inch deep, in the thickest part of each pretzel. Sprinkle with pretzel salt. Bake 8 to 12 minutes, rotating pans halfway through.
— Andrea Slonecker, "Pretzel Making at Home" (Chronicle, $16.95, 128 pages)


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Seven Month Update – 30 by 30
Well I'm closer to 30 than 29 these days, so I should have more than half of my list done… Yea, I'm not quite there, but hey, I'm making progress.
- Bagels – done! I made mini whole wheat bagels last week, but just haven't blogged about them yet.
Marshmallows– done!
- Molten Lava Cakes – I have a recipe, just need an excuse to make these
- Baked Doughnuts
- Cheesecake – I made cheesecake as part of the Red Velvet Cheesecake Cake, but my intent for this item is to make a cheesecake that stands on it's own
Indian Meal (chicken tikka masala and naan)– done!
- Sushi
- Continue to bake for a good cause – I started up my Operation Baking Gals effort again, and donated baked goods to Ashlee's virtual bake sale
- Prepare three new foods (1: Kale in the Massaged Kale Salad, 2: Figs in the Fig, Goat Cheese and Caramelized Onion Crostini and Homemade Fig Newtons, 3: Beets in the Roasted Beet Hummus) – done!
- Get to my goal weight
- Work out on a regular basis- I've been hitting up the new gym quite a few times this year already!
Complete the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer– done!
- Visit at least 3 new cities (1: San Francisco, CA, 2: Hershey, PA)
- Pack a picnic dinner and see a movie on the Esplanade- done!
- Go to the beach! (can you believe Hubby and I haven't had a beach day since we moved to Boston 3 years ago) – done!
- Go to the Cranberry Festival in October- done!
- Take a spontanious trip with girlfriends
- Talk to younger siblings (A and L) on a regular basis – I have been making an effort here. Luckily talking to teenagers is easy if you're willing to text/FB chat
- Plan/host a girls night (in or out)
- Go visit my little brother's college dorm room – this one can't possibly happen since my brother only lived in his dorm 1 semester and is living in a fraternity now. I would love to go visit him in college, but I just don't see it happening before June… I might need to update this item or replace it all together…
Meet my friend's babies in the Midwest– done! – I got to meet a TON of babies when I was in Indy for Baby Wagner's baby shower. And Hubby and I got to meet baby B and T over the holidays.
- Babysit/Spoil my new nephew as much as I can – I'm calling this one done, but I'll continue to spoil him as the years go on – We also spoiled him rotten by blowing our budget on his Christmas gifts.
- Send birthday cards to my siblings, parents, and nephew – started – October kicked off the winter birthday season for us. I got cards out to my youngest sister, L, my dad, my other sister B, and my mom. That's it for birthdays for me until April.
- Plan a date-day with Hubby
Take a cooking class– done!
- Read the photography books my dad got me – started – I started reading both the books he gave me, so that's good!
- Finish all the nearly-complete kitchen projects – started – I brought the paint up from the basement to do the touch ups but haven't actually done the touching up yet…
- Fully de-clutter our place – started – I did some MAJOR fall cleaning in our bedroom. Took everything out of the closet and my dresser. It felt good to purge some things.
- Volunteer for something at least four times (1: volunteered to take care of the ongoing can-recycling project at work, 2: volunteered to sell pies for Pie in the Sky, 3: it hasn't happened yet, but I've signed up to volunteer at an event on April 2)
- Plan a Boston area food blogger event – started – I have an idea about this and need to get going on some planning…
12 Responses to "Seven Month Update – 30 by 30"
baked donuts are fun but they don't really taste like donuts (as much as I tried to convince myself). Making regular fried donuts is fun and pretty easy!
You made me laugh…a lot!!!ahahahah hugs..and have a nice week
I loved seeing your hot cocoa and peppermint marshmallows featured as a finalist on PW's food photos! Good luck!
You know you are my 30 by 30 mentor, right? I've started working on two of the items on my list right now but it is going to be interesting to see if I can get it all done in a year!
I love this list! I'm totally going to do a 30 by 30…once I turn 29 (very soon!) The fiance and I actually started a google doc list of our to do list and this reminds me of it! Thanks for the motivation to do more.
What a great list, wish I would have thought of doing this a few years ago! Good Luck!!
This is such a great thing to do! I'm hoping I can do the same on my 29th birthday!
You are making amazing progress on this list! I wish I was this good!
OH WOW! Fab list and Fab accomplishments.
you are on a roll! i think it is funny that you can't visit your bro because he moved into a fraternity. wise call.
wow, such great progress! i wish i was more on top of it when i turned 29… maybe i was too scared 😉
Just starting the projects is half the battle! I finally did my own painting "touch ups" in the living room last week. I used the canister that said "dining room white," because they're the same color, right? Nope. When it dried, it was very obviously NOT "living room white." *Sigh.* So much for getting that project done – I just made it worse!


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SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Emergency officials are bracing for major damage from Hurricane Sandy, which is expected to bring heavy rains, high winds and flooding to the area beginning Monday.
Depending on the storm's track, East Coast traffic could come to a standstill Tuesday, and sustained winds of 30 to 40 mph could cause widespread power outages resulting from downed trees.
The hybrid hurricane and Nor'easter has similarities to the so-called "Perfect Storm" that ravaged parts of New England on Halloween in 1991. The difference is that Sandy's wrath might stretch from North Carolina to the Canadian Maritimes.
"It's unprecedented and should be taken seriously," said Stasu Bizzarro, vice president of Glens Falls-based Weather Routing Inc., a maritime meteorological firm with clients worldwide. "It's pretty huge."
The silver lining, if there is one, is that emergency responders are better prepared to deal with a major storm after dealing with last year's Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee that devastated upstate New York.
"We're geared up and ready," said Gary Ferris, American Red Cross Adirondack-Saratoga Chapter executive director. "We're more coordinated with other chapters now and working together as a single unit."
Preparations started taking shape Thursday. The main steps are getting the chapter's 17 shelter-trailers ready, and calling volunteers to make sure there's enough staffing.
"We'll be able to mobilize," Ferris said. "We want to make sure that our shelters are up and running before the storm hits. We're not sure where they'll be yet. It depends on the storm's path."
Bizzarro said Sandy's rainfall probably won't be as intense as that of Irene, which dropped two to three inches per hour. However, fierce winds rushing down the western slopes of mountains might cause major problems in the Champlain and Hudson valleys.
"I believe the biggest concern will be wind and power outages," he said.
National Grid spokesman Patrick Stella said utility companies in western New York have already been contacted. Likewise, state officials have asked for local ambulance crews to be on standby for the lower Hudson Valley.
"But we're going to keep crews here until we have a clearer picture of what develops," said Paul Lent, Saratoga County director of emergency services. "We don't have to leave the local area."
County Public Works Commissioner Keith R. Manz said his crews spent Friday fueling up generators, chain saws and other equipment.
"Everybody has to assume it could be like an Irene," he said. "You've got to assume the worst. But we're ready."
Last year, flooding threatened dams throughout the region. However, Irene and Lee hit during late summer.
This year, water in Saratoga and Great Sacandaga lakes has already started to be drawn down for winter.
During a Friday visit to Schuylerville, New York State Canal Corp. Director Brian Stratton said his agency is in communication with the state Office of Emergency Services. Flooding wiped out some locks along the Mohawk River last year.
The National Park Service is gearing up, too, by going over emergency call lists and getting equipment in place.
"There's a fairly large preparedness effort going on," Saratoga National Historical Park Superintendent Joseph Finan said. "Parks in the Mid-Atlantic section like Sandy Hook and Valley Forge could be impacted by this."
Local rangers could be deployed to hard-hit sites, he said.
State park facilities, from beaches to parking lots, were devastated by last year's storms, straining already tight budgets to the limits. Another big storm is the last thing the parks system needs, Saratoga-Capital Region Director Alane Ball Chinian said.
"It's definitely a concern," she said.
How to prepare
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- The American Red Cross encourages people to prepare for storm-related emergencies in several ways, such as the following:
o Have a kit ready with a three-day supply of medicines, clothing and one gallon of water per person for each day.
o Have a plan. If school is canceled, make sure kids don't come home to an empty house.
o Stay informed. Keep a battery-powered radio handy for storm and emergency updates.
o For information about Red Cross shelter locations, call 1-800-REDCROSS (733-27677), go to www.redcross.org or use the free Red Cross "apps store" on cellphones that has information about how to prepare, storm updates, shelter information and what to do in case of an emergency.


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Efficacy of Helium/Oxygen Compared to Air/Oxygen in Severe Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (ECHO/ICU)
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|Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
|Drug: Helium/Oxygen 78%/22% Drug: Air/Oxygen
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|An International Phase III Randomised Trial Comparing in Severe Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease the Efficacy of Helium/Oxygen Versus Air/Oxygen Administered During Spontaneous Breathing and Intermittent Non-Invasive Ventilation.
- Reduction of NIV failure [ Time Frame: 10 days (average) ]Endotracheal intubation and/or death
- Duration of ICU stay and duration of index hospitalisation [ Time Frame: 10 days (average) ]
- Duration of invasive ventilation [ Time Frame: 10 days (average) ]
- Adverse events [ Time Frame: 6 months (post-randomization) ]
- Medico-economic parameters [ Time Frame: 6 months ]Overall costs and cost-effectiveness
- Physiological and laboratory parameters [ Time Frame: 10 days (average) ]Systolic and diastolic blood pressures, heart rate, central body temperature, arterial oxygen saturation, haematology and serum biochemistry
- Duration of NIV sessions [ Time Frame: 10 days (average) ]Cumulative daily duration of NIV sessions and their number during each of the 3-day treatment period and globally
- Time interval between the discharge of the index ICU stay and the first re-admission in ICU for severe exacerbation of COPD [ Time Frame: 6 months (post-randomization) ]
|Study Start Date:
|May 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|October 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Helium/Oxygen
Helium/Oxygen 78%/22% will be administered for a maximum of 72 hours.
Drug: Helium/Oxygen 78%/22%
The Helium/Oxygen mixture will be administered during NIV and NIV-free sessions for a maximum of 72 hours using study dedicated devices.
Patients will then receive the Air/Oxygen mixture with usual devices.
Active Comparator: Air/Oxygen
Air/Oxygen will be administered for a maximum of 72 hours.
Drug: Air/Oxygen
The Helium/Oxygen mixture will be administered during NIV and NIV-free sessions for a maximum of 72 hours using study dedicated devices.
Patients will then receive the Air/Oxygen mixture with usual devices.
Detailed Description:
Patients eligible for this study are critically ill patients with COPD admitted in Intensive Care Unit for an exacerbation of their chronic disease with hypercapnic acute respiratory failure. The patients will receive an Helium/Oxygen mixture or an Air/Oxygen mixture for a maximum of 72 hours during Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) and NIV-free sessions.
During NIV sessions, gas mixtures will be administered using a ventilator suitable for NIV with either He/O2 or Air/O2 and a NIV facemask.
Patients will be followed until hospital discharge and then contacted by phone up to the 6th month after randomization.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|35 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient with known or suspected COPD
- Patient presenting current exacerbation of COPD with hypercapnic acute respiratory failure
- Patient eligible for Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV)
- Patient admitted in an ICU
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patient who had lung transplant
- Patient having a contraindication to NIV
- Patient with tracheostomy
- Patient requiring Oxygen flow rate > 6 L/min or Inspired Oxygen Fraction (FIO2) > 0.50
- Patient admitted in the ICU for more than 24 hours and/or having received NIV in ICU for more than 6 hours (in total) for the current exacerbation of COPD
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01155310
|Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc
|Brussels, Belgium, 1200
|Les Cliniques Universitaires UCL Mont Godinne
|Yvoir, Belgium, 5530
|Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Angers
|Angers, France, 49933
|Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pellegrin-Tripode
|Bordeaux, France, 33076
|Hôpitaux de Chartes
|Chartres, France, 28018
|CHU Clermont-Ferrand - Hôpital ESTAING
|Clermont-ferrand, France, 63003
|Hôpital Henri Mondor
|Creteil, France, 94010
|CHU NICE - Hopital Pasteur
|Nice, France, 06002
|Hôpital Cochin
|Paris, France, 75014
|Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou
|Paris, France, 75908
|Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Toulon La Seyne sur Mer - Hopital Sainte Musse
|Toulon, France, 83056
|Azienda Ospedaliera Univeritaria Careggi
|Firenze, Italy, 50134
|Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève
|Genève, Switzerland, 1211
|Hôpital Abderrahmen Mami
|Ariana, Tunisia, 2080
|Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Fattouma Bourguiba
|Monastir, Tunisia, 5000
|United Kingdom
|University Hospital of North Tees
|Stockton on Tees, United Kingdom, TS19 8 PE
|Study Chair:
|Philippe JOLLIET, Prof.
|Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
|Responsible Party:
|Air Liquide Santé International
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01155310 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|June 25, 2010
|Last Updated:
|October 6, 2014
Keywords provided by Air Liquide Santé International:
Exacerbation of COPD
Non-Invasive Ventilation
Patient with known or suspected COPD
patient Admitted in an ICU
Patient presenting current exacerbation of COPD
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Lung Diseases
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Respiratory Tract Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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Pope! The Musical ran at the Magnet Theater throughout the past year and was accepted as a New York International Fringe Festival pick. After a few performances the reviews have been extremely positive!
"It's wacky. It's a family affair. And it's proof that the musical is not dead." – The Wall Street Journal
With the help of a very game cast and a great sense of playfulness, Pope! wins the hearts of the audience through its commitment to the comedy and the clear enthusiasm of the participants" – NYTheatre.com
"Festival Highlight" – The New Yorker
"Holy Moly! Justin Moran (Book & Lyrics) and Christopher Pappas (Music) have written a terrific and thoroughly entertaining soft rock score for Pope!" – Talk Entertainment
Congrats to the whole Pope! cast and Justin Moran (Author book/lyrics) and Christopher Pappas (Author Music).
You can still see the show at the FRINGE today at Lucille Lortel Theatre (3:15PM) and on Saturday August 28th at 5:15pm!


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BYU got what it paid for Saturday at LaVell Edwards Stadium an easy win.
Weber State got what it was willing to get crushed for $400,000.
BYU got what it paid for Saturday at LaVell Edwards Stadium an easy win.
Weber State got what it was willing to get crushed for $400,000.
So, the schools got what they wanted and went home happy.
And everybody else was left dissatisfied wondering why they paid good money to come to this game, wishing they'd made other plans for a sparkling, sunny September afternoon. What a waste of blue skies, light breezes and temperatures in the 70s. Only desperate men with no other options but cleaning a grimy garage could have appreciated watching this mismatch. It was Sominex in helmets and pads.
The sleepy final numbers on the board: BYU 45, Weber State 13.
In a furthering of a bad tradition in college football, where rich larger programs invite cash-strapped smaller ones into their buildings to kick their trash and to have their trash kicked from end zone to end zone and then add an easy W or planned-for L to their respective win-loss ledgers, both the Cougars and Wildcats were guilty as charged.
Asked beforehand what to expect from the game, a Weber State broadcaster said: "Has the check cleared?"
Let's drop the pretenses and say it all straight here: Even with a smattering of small-school upsets over lousy bigger schools around the country, there was no way BYU could have lost this thing. No freaking way. Harlem's Globetrotters have a better shot at defeat. The sudden selling of fully caffeinated Coke at the concession stands was a better bet. ... Oh, wait. We all could have used a double shot of that halfway through the third quarter.
It didn't matter if the Cougars played well or played poorly, if the starters played or the scrubs, the only matter in the air was the exact final margin of victory, never the victory itself.
So much for the concept of balanced competition.
Fans aren't the only ones who hate these games. Coaches and front-line players do, too. While coaches enjoy the automatics of an uncomplicated win, they worry about their team taking a pass and totally checking out before the opening kick, and front-line players know the entire exercise is beneath them, costing them focus and playing time. The only guys who like this stuff are players who otherwise wouldn't see the light of day.
Guys like James Lark, the senior Cougar quarterback who played most of the second half, and threw his first career touchdown pass, a 2-yarder to Kaneakua Friel, putting BYU up 28-zip midway through the third. And he ran for another score at the 13:10 mark of the fourth.
By then, you could have driven a road grader through sections of the stands at LES and not run over a soul. Apparently, a lot of folks did have better things to do in the September sunshine.
Before this game was ever played, Bronco Mendenhall said he went ahead and scheduled the Wildcats because he thought it was "the right thing to do." He must have taken pity on them, knowing Weber State badly needed the cake.
That's the way it is in college football, I guess, where the financial fortunes between the haves and the have-nots is as lopsided as a Brooklyn Decker cartwheel. BYU is far from the only bigger program that pays large sums for wins, and Weber isn't the only smaller one who takes the money and runs, all at the expense of its student-athletes. Utah and Northern Colorado did the same thing in their opener a week ago.
It's winning made dirty and simple.
And the stat sheet reflected that. BYU doubled up Weber in yards gained, 532 to 254, despite subbing players in and out like madmen. Mendenhall, who admitted to "dialing back a little bit," looked at a basic positive: "We had a chance to see a lot of players play, including three different quarterbacks, a lot of running backs and a bunch of different players on defense. A lot like what you would expect from a game like this."
Asked afterward about the outcome, BYU defensive back Preston Hadley told the truth when he said, "I don't think we should be satisfied. … That's not the best team we've played."
No disrespect intended to the Weebs. They're good for who they are. But they're not a mid- to top D-I team. A worthy opponent they are for Big Sky teams.
What we saw on Saturday, then, wasn't real competition. It wasn't real football. It wasn't fun or fair.
It was a useful BYU practice. Otherwise, it was a waste of time.
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Put out the flags. Run up the bunting, and start building the memorials. The euro-zone crisis which, for much for three years from 2011 onwards, threatened to blow up the single currency /quotes/zigman/16008136/realtime/sampled EURUSD +0.0586% , and quite possibly the global economy as well, is now over.
The European Central Bank, the governments of Germany, France, Italy and Spain, and the International Monetary Fund can now declare victory. The late-night crisis meetings in Brussels, and the promises of unlimited firepower to unleash against the speculators, can now be left to the historians to ponder over.
Over the last weeks, there have been a series of signals that the worst of the crisis is now passed.
Such as?
Italian /quotes/zigman/15866487/realtime BX:TMBMKIT-05Y +1.21% and Spanish five-year bond yields /quotes/zigman/15866435/realtime BX:TMBMKES-05Y +2.66% have now fallen to the same levels as those on U.S. Treasurys. Greece is rumored to be about to re-enter the bond market for the first time since the country went bust. And the euro is taking a growing share of central-bank reserves. All of those would have been unimaginable even a year ago — and they are all certainly signs that this is not a currency that is about to disappear.
The trouble is, while the financial crisis is over, the economic and political crisis is only just beginning. The markets will not tear the currency apart, but over a far longer period grinding recession will do the same job, and probably more painfully.
Through much of 2011 and 2012, it looked as if the future of the euro was in the balance. The markets were constantly attacking the currency.
Yields on Greek bonds soared to more than 30%. Italy was on brink of insolvency, and the government of Silvio Berlusconi had to be hastily evicted from office to calm the markets. Spain came close to joining Portugal and Ireland in bankruptcy.
The collapse of the Cypriot economy threatened bank runs across Europe, and private banks busied themselves with transferring assets to safer havens in Switzerland or London.
There was a constant succession of weekend summits as the IMF and the leaders of the EU cobbled together yet another rescue package, few of which lasted longer than a few days. It certainly seemed possible that the whole construct could fall apart chaotically, under attack from the markets.
Angela Merkel Treads Softly With Kremlin on Ukraine
Angela Merkel is quietly seeking a more conciliatory course with the Kremlin after Crimean annexation to protect business and trade interests. Matthew Karnitschnig reports. Photo: Getty.
The events of the past few weeks have suggested that is no longer likely. Ever since Mario Draghi promised to use the full firepower of the European Central Bank to save the currency, the markets have steadily backed away.
Bond yields are now dropping in all the crisis-hit countries, and are now back to normal levels. Countries have access to the financial markets. Ireland is out of intensive care, and even Greece may be issuing bonds again soon. The single currency is taking a growing share of central-bank reserves.
According to research from International Monetary Fund, the euro's share of currency reserves rose from 24.1% to 24.4% over the last quarter of 2013. The dollar saw its share drop from 61.7% to 61.2% — the single currency's long-term goal of replacing the dollar is back on track, even if it still has a long way to go.


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In summary, Peter defended Red Letter Bibles because:
* In effect, Jesus said hearing and doing 'these words of mine' are foundational to the faithful life; allegiance to 'me and my words' is announced as a criteria for judgement (Mark 8.38; Luke 9.26). His words are eternal (Matt 24.35; Mark 13.31; Luke 21.33). He is the Word of God, his own words come directly from God, and so the one who loves Jesus will pay special attention to his words (e.g. John 14.23f), abiding in Jesus involves abiding in his words (John 15.7).
* The evangelists themselves place special emphasis on Jesus words with the result that the synoptic evangelists agree much more closely in the wording of the words of Jesus than in the narratives which surround those words.
* Paul too seemed to place special importance in Jesus words as basis for Christian instruction (see e.g., 1 Cor 7.10; 9.14; 11.23ff; cf. instruction not based on Jesus' words in 1 Cor 7.12, 25).
He also pointed out that the red ink was originally intended to connect the words of Jesus with the plot line of Jesus' redeeming death: a symbolism of Christ's blood.
The post was followed by a very stimulating discussion with over fifty comments (admittedly with some help from Peter: "Can't we make this up to fifty comments? I always feel better when a post gets fifty comments.")
Anyway, I was reminded of this today when I read a post at The Eagle and Child who pointed out that two books isolating the words of Jesus have been published recently: The Words of Jesus: A Gospel of the Sayings of Our Lord with Reflections by Phyllis Tickle and The Red Letters: The Sayings and Teachings of Jesus by Timothy J. Beals.
The publisher of the latter book describes it thus:
A groundbreaking book that presents Jesus' own words from the Gospels, topically arranged but without any commentary, so that people may hear his message in his terms.
While the entire Gospel narrative is essential to Christian theology, Jesus' own words distinctively teach us how to live and how faith makes a difference in one's life. The Red Letters gives a clear overview of Christianity's foundational message in a unique way: allowing Jesus to speak for himself, without any human commentary.
This groundbreaking book simply includes all of Jesus' words from the Gospels, arranged by topic and rendered in the ESV translation. Jesus' own words. Nothing more, nothing less. For everyone who would like to rediscover the heart of Christianity—or perhaps discover it for the first time—as Jesus Christ himself communicated it.
This is of course something different than a Red Letter Bible since it means Jesus' words have been completely taken out of their context, which I find highly questionable; one may even get the impression that the black letters are equated with "human commentary."
To return to Red Letter Bibles, the Eagle and Child blog does not like them, basically because:
* The words of Christ are not "more Scripture."
* It is sometimes difficult to determine where Jesus' words begin and end, e.g., John 3:16 (is it still Jesus speaking?; TNIV does not include v 16 as part of Jesus' words).
* The red print is distracting.
I think it is a hard call, there are good arguments for and against, but in the end, I think I prefer my black letter Novum Testamentum.