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UC Riverside Chemist Helps Launch "The Science of Art" Lecture Series
UC Riverside Chemist Helps Launch "The Science of Art" Lecture Series at Riverside Art Museum
In first lecture of quarterly series, July 1, Catharine Larsen will explain how our eyes work
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Catharine Larsen is an assistant professor of chemistry at UC Riverside. Photo credit: Larsen lab, UC Riverside.
The public has an opportunity to find out the answers to the above questions at the Riverside Art Museum, 3425 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, Calif., tomorrow, July 1, when a new quarterly series, named "The Science of Art," is launched.
Catharine Larsen, an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of California, Riverside, will present the first lecture of the series, titled "Our Amazing Eyes," in which she will explain, in about 15 minutes, how vision works and then answer questions.
Larsen will give her lecture three times tomorrow, at 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m., and 8 p.m. Admission to the lecture is free, since there is no charge to visit the Riverside Art Museum from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. the first Thursday of each month.
Larsen and Lee Tusman, the museum's curator, view the lecture series as an opportunity to educate non-scientists about the science involved in the making and appreciation of art.
"We wanted to get a conversation going with the public on how chemistry, physics and biology in the context of art affect how we perceive and interact with the world around us," Larsen said. "As human beings we constantly attempt to explain and interpret our experiences. Rather than being polar opposites, scientific research and art are two facets of this human need intertwined."
Larsen, who joined UC Riverside in 2008, earned her Ph.D. in chemistry at the California Institute of Technology and went on to do postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A former professional ballet dancer, she was the first UC Irvine undergraduate to win a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship.
At UCR, she and her group develop new methods to synthesize small, biologically active compounds with therapeutic potential.
"The Science of Art" lecture series at the Riverside Art Museum, put together by UCR's Catharine Larsen, is aimed at educating non-scientists about the science of art. Image credit: C. Larsen, UC Riverside.
The University of California, Riverside (www.ucr.edu) is a doctoral research university, a living laboratory for groundbreaking exploration of issues critical to Inland Southern California, the state and communities around the world. Reflecting California's diverse culture, UCR's enrollment has exceeded 21,000 students. The campus opened a medical school in 2013 and has reached the heart of the Coachella Valley by way of the UCR Palm Desert Center. The campus has an annual statewide economic impact of more than $1 billion.
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Today there exists many alternative theories that aim to explain mankind's speedy evolution. The Ancient Astronaut Theory is perhaps one of the most controversial of the bunch. This theory takes researchers back in time to the cradle of civilization in the Middle-East, the ancient land of Mesopotamia. The Sumerian Cuneiform tablets, uncovered in the 17th century, provide modern man with a new understanding of our history.
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Following that gorgeous rollercoaster finish I was left with a book hangover and a massive headache. Seeing as I'm off to the seaside at the weekend I had lots to organise seeing as I'm now working until the off. I will be reviewing this beauty soon I may save my words for publication day.
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"Arriving at each new city, the traveler finds again a past of his that he did not know he had: the foreignness of what you no longer are or no longer possess lies in wait for you in foreign, unpossessed places."
― Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities
In 1972, Italo Calvino authored 'Invisible Cities', a book that delights in the conversations between two people who do not speak the same language, yet find immeasurable means of communication. In it, the explorer Marco Polo describes 55 different cities to the famed emperor Kublai Khan through a series of poetic allusions and ingenious allegories. A city, in the eyes of Calvino, is brought to life not by the physical structures of concrete and steel, but by the moments – ephemeral and intangible – that occur in between these imagined spaces.
For Gustàv Hàmos and Katja Pratschke, the collaborators who bring us the photo-film exhibit 'SAMPLE CITIES/ IMAGINARY SPACES', Calvino's novel offers inspiration in more than just one way. Hamos has been a practicing artist for over four decades- mostly making photographs and films, but also dabbling in performance along the way. His archive of city-scape photographs extends into the thousands, but it was only through conversation with his collaborator Pratschke, who saw in those photographs this similarity with Calvino's themes- did the idea for this exhibition occur.
True to Calvino's original, Hàmos and Pratschke invent and re-write their own cities, 7 of which are displayed at Khoj's studio. While each is a tableaux of multiple photographs, one differs vastly from next conveying with it a completely different set of stories and emotions. Although the source images are made in only 3 cities – Berlin, Budapest and New York (all taken in the 1970's) – the experience of viewing the images along with the descriptions provided by the artists in completely transportive. The feeling is akin to once again being a child slipping into the fantastic world of Dr.Seuss or some such author who lets imaginations run unbridled and creates surreally fantastic worlds.
Anselma is the city of possibilities. It is a city without a definite shape or form, a city that is constantly changing. The images are shot in black and white, digitally printed and mounted without glass or frames, a decision which offers certain accessibility- despite the distancing between object and viewer that a black and white image can create. The assemblage of the work reflects the unpredictability of the described city- Hàmos chooses to install part of the triptych in the form of insect like creature- the photographs creeping like extended arms up and down the wall. He changes the installation of this work to suit the space he's in, suggesting Anselma takes on new identity in every new space that it inhabits.
Kassandra is a city of signs and riddles. It is a city of symbols- an indication of a thing is a signifier of the existence or happening of another action or moment. As you walk down into the Khoj space, the large tableaux block of photos that you see immediately catches your eye. The whole city is caught in reflections. Images of clouds are layered over tall steel buildings curving in the glass pane of a passing car. At a glance, the works appear to be mostly pale shades of blue- caused by sky caught in the reflections. But there are flashes are violent red, and in one corner a single yellow flow is spotted, hiding between the monotony of the blue sky and glassy grey buildings, bringing out the unexpected, secret life of Kassandra.
Felicita is a city bathed in light – its colour palate can only be described as that constant fluctuating, shimmering iridescence once catches in a puddle of water or a drop of rain. The arrangement of the photos of the wall also suggest this constantly shifting nature of an iridescent shade – at one glance the works seems to be hung in a disarrayed manner, but peering closer there is a perfectly disorganized symmetry that the lines of the installation obey.
Procopius is a personal favourite. It is an industrial city, described by its construction and the convoluted layout of its streets. Hàmos has taken these images at night – long exposure shots that capture the soft, mesmerizing quality of late nights lit by different moons and different stars. From one end of the room to the other, these large scale prints capture the rainbow effect of late-night skies, through their quiet nature. One of the few works that are not digitally printed, these photographs have a soft, alluring lustrous quality. Hàmos points out the stars that appear in one of the photographs – rather than specks in the sky, they appear as pale white lines, describing the movement of the sky as he captured his image. Procopius may be described as a city of construction and industry, but the images allow the view to become transported into a world where the harsh reality of mechanical cranes and gratified concrete walls are juxtaposed against melancholic skies aching towards dawn.
The other cities on display equivalently conjure slightly obscure tales and skylines, the photographs of each tableaux coming together to form a patchwork tapestry. While each photograph within the larger tableaux tells its own individual tale, it is the composite reading of the collection that offers depth and richness to the artists created landscapes. For Hàmos, it is difficult to describe the quality of a space through images of its popular sights and well-established cultural icons. This was third visit to India, and when I enquired as to his interests in sight-seeing and arranging visits to Humayan's Tomb, Red Fort and the like – he scrunched his face is dis-interest. For him, a postcard he would make of Delhi would be the battered streets of Khirki, or the insides of the Rajiv Chowk metro station, or even the sleek interiors of the malls across the Khoj building- all sites of possible re-imagination and re-configuration for the next edition of the SAMPLE CITIES/IMAGINARY SPACES exhibition…
SAMPLE CITIES / IMAGINARY SPACES has been organized in collaboration with the Goethe Institut-Max Mueller Bhawan, and is on view at Khoj Studios from 23rd April- 10th May, 2014.
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Happy 3-day Weekend to us!!!
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Friday (the 4th) we meticulously cleaned and waxed both our cars. I love when things are clean, I could be Monica's best friend on "Friends!" That evening our neighbors had us over for some barbecue and then we ventured downtown for Austin's annual Auditorium Shores Firework Show. It takes place on a huge lawn overlooking Lady Bird Lake behind the new Long Center and Palmer Events Center.
The city's skyline takes centerstage as fireworks are set off, the Austin Symphony always plays along :-) I just love the sound fireworks make with the loud booms and sharp fizzling noises….takes me right back to childhood!
Saturday (yesterday) we had somewhat of a lazy day as we watched more episodes of "Arrested Development." We've made it to season 3 and are excited since we hear it's the "best" (aka most ridiculous) but are also really sad since we only have 12 new episodes left :-( Luckily the movie will come out soon enough to satisfy our "bizarre comedy" palates!
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- Darband village for dinner.
- National Museum, the largest archeological and historical museum in Iran.
- Golestan Palace, the UNESCO World Heritage,
- National Jewelry Museum
- Tehran Great Bazar
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- Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse
- Traditional Bazaar
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- Abbasi Jame Mosque,
- Ali Qapu Palace
- Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque
- Bazaar. Spend some free time in the bazaar to learn about arts and crafts and sample some delicious "Gaz", a famous candy of Isfahan.
- Sio-se Pol and Khajou Bridge.
- Chehel Setoun Palace the UNESCO World Heritage
- Jame Mosque, one of the oldest religious structures in Iran
- Vank Cathedral and wander around the Armenian Quarter.
pick you up from your hotel with equipped four-wheel vehicles to explore famous and pristine deserts of central Iran, visit ancient villages and meeting the locals. stay in a beautiful local house and enjoy their hospitality.
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- Zoroastrian Fire Temple
- Towers of Silence burial grounds
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- Eram Graden
- Afifabad Garden
- Nagsh-e Rostam
- Vakil Mosque
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I bet most of you would have never thought that Netflix, a streaming movie/TV service that was first a DVD-by-mail service, would end up making TV series of their own. Ever since 2013, Netflix has been delivering original content on their service and most of the shows they stream has garnered popularity with examples being House of Cards, BoJack Horseman, Orange is the New Black and even the upcoming Marvel's DAREDEVIL (P.S. 2 of those might get reviews from me in the future) and when they premiere, you can binge-watch it all as the shows all in a day or to your liking without having to wait week-after-week.
Today's topic about that is Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is a sitcom series created by Tina Fey (30 Rock, SNL) and Robert Carlock and originally the show was supposed to be a part of NBC's line-up but they sold it to Netflix, giving the show a 2-season order before it premiered (and that's another trend that tends to be popular nowadays. *points to AMC for that*)
The series follows 29-year old Kimmy Schmidt as she adjusts to life in New York City after her rescue from an Indiana doomsday cult. The pilot opens with her rescue from the cult's underground bunker, where Kimmy and three other women were held by the Reverend for fifteen years.
Watching all 13 episodes of the series, the show does play on a theme of your past coming to haunt you to whatever you do since it all started with Kimmy wanting to lead a normal life for herself but all the publicity with her and the other girls being labeled The Mole Women makes it all unbearable that she doesn't want to live that part of her life anymore and that being said, the title says it all as whatever life throws to Kimmy, she's not going to surrender to it and she'll prevail to it all. There's even subplots about that with side characters Jacqueline (or Jackie Lynn as her parents call her) and Titus that recalls how they wanted to change themselves from their past lives and all of those are able to pull you in the show.
The funnier elements does come from Kimmy trying to see how everything's changed in 15 years and yes, it does get silly and kooky along with traits that are similar to 30 Rock and the comedic tone fits the show to a tee that you would laugh along with it.
However, there are some weak elements in the show as well. First being that Kimmy has these love interest sub-plots that doesn't do much for the show. I know that they are a part of her trying to move along in her life and maybe one of them was an ok character but the rest…..they were either bland or a douche. Titus, Lillian and Jacqueline make up for being interesting and funny side-characters with their own little B-plots in the show that got me following them and what goes on in their everyday lives and the thing is their characters can handled the wrong way like how Titus could be another black gay man stereotype, Lillian could've been some random throwaway character that no one gives a damn out and Jacqueline was almost the equivalent of Jenna Maroney from 30 Rock but while they have those trait, they made their characters more than just what we believe them to be. The one character I really don't like is Xanthippe, Jacqueline's stepdaughter as I thought her character was annoying, whiny, and mostly a bitch and while the show does explain her character in the near end, I still couldn't give a damn about her and once her side story is done, I was relieved.
There's no other words to describe Ellie Kemper as Kimmy…other than adorable, kooky and charmingly hilarious. Her performance is what made the show in my opinion and seeing her fresh out of The Office (U.S.), this was a role that could put her name out there. Supporting players Tituss Burgess, Carol Kane and 30 Rock alum Jane Krakowski does bring the best out of their characters, giving good comedic performances and as well as some guest stars like Amy Sedaris, Dean Norris, Nick Kroll and Richard Kind. Plus, there is a guest star I could mention but it's a spoiler so I can't reveal that to you but let's just say…..you didn't recognize them at first but you suspect he would be in the show sooner or later.
And one more thing, that theme song can't leave my head. It's so catchy that the song can stick to you for days.
FINAL VERDICT: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is another great addition to ever-growing catalogue of Netflix original shows and while this could've work on NBC, they probably wouldn't give it that much of a chance. The show's quirky kookiness in the plot and characters makes the show moderately enjoyable without making it seem unnecessarily ridiculous. A worthy successor of 30 Rock and something I might stick with in the long haul.
I know one thing. THIS SHOW'S ALIVE, DAMMIT!!
8/10 – Solid B.
And that's my cue to sign off.
I'm MAK2.0 aka The Unbreakable Blue Hybrid, and this show is STRONG AS HELL!!
UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT – courtesy of UNIVERSAL TELEVISION / NETFLIX


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A fall in visitor arrivals in the US in the first-half would seem to confirm that this is indeed a Trump Slump – in other words, a fall caused primarily by the anti-foreigner actions and statements of the US president, Donald Trump.
That said, the fall was less in Q2 than in Q1, thus less for the first half.
The overall figures may not look so bad. There were 1.4mn fewer visitors in H1 out of a total of 33.9mn (and 1.0mn fewer from overseas out of 16.4mn). That is only 4% of the total (and 6% of the overseas total).
But even if not bad, it is certainly not good either. But perhaps worse is the inability of the US authorities to do anything about correcting the downturn. Because, alongside the anti-foreigner discourse, has been the reluctance to admit that anything might be wrong.
Observers are left with the opinion that – if the fall was discussed – more effort would go into either denying that the figures were correct, however absurd that seems, or explaining them with platitudes.
But nothing to turn the trend.
The following are our observations on the data:
-Of the top-2 contiguous sources, Canada has been growing, +5%, and now has a 28% share. Mexico continues to fall and faster, -9%, to a 24% share.
-Overseas visitors fell -8% in Q1, -4% Q2, -6% H1 – which is a sizeable fall.
-In the top-10 sources, only Korea and France grew in Q1, but in Q2 they were joined by a few – in order of size, UK, Japan, Germany, Australia, Italy. But for H1 there were only those two plus Germany and Italy.
-A few fell faster in Q2, of which China was the most significant – -6% compared with -0.5% in Q1. The others were Brazil (-15% -13%) and India (-18% -3%).
-Perhaps a big shock is that the top-5 overseas markets hardly fell (-0.1%). They fell -4% in Q1 but grew +4% in Q2. The main cause was Germany, switching from -12% in Q1 to +10% in Q2, for +0.3% in H1.
-The other big growth, in both Qs was from Korea. In fact, the US almost exactly maintained a fair market share of the Korea outbound market. In Q1 arrivals in the US were +16% compared with the +17% for all outbound travel from Korea. And in H1 +18% +19%.
-In conclusion, all nine regions into which the US breaks its arrivals fell in H1. Disregarding their size for a moment, little surprise was that the Middle East (the main target of Trump's 'travel ban') fell the most – -30% in H1, and Africa, the 2nd-target next, with -27%. Lowest fall was Asia Pacific with -1%. But even the Caribbean, almost the closest but possibly less affected in the anti-foreigner positioning of Trump, also fell heavily, by -15%.
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After a couple of long and exciting days at the Shell Eco Marathon 2013 at Ahoy Rotterdam I'm finally home. It were a couple of long, hard and exciting days for me to cover such a huge event as a photographer. But it was also really fun to attend this event and to work there. I'm still thrilled that I worked at the Shell Eco Marathon 2013 as a freelance photographer for Shell and AP Images. When I think back at these lovely days, I still feel the rush and the adrenaline through my body. Absolutely awesome! I actually still can't believe it. It was a really nice experience and I learned a lot from very experience photographers who were also working there. I feel very honored I got this job from Shell and AP Images! I really would like to thank them for this huge opportunity . This was one of the biggest jobs in my career and I really enjoyed my time over there. The results are amazing and I really got a lots of compliments about my work I delivered.
Next week I will upload my pictures I took there on my website, but for now I want to share all the pictures that ware made via the official Flickr page from Shell. So please click here to see the final results of this awesome event! I'll keep you updated. Once again, thank you Shell and AP Images! But I also would like to thank you for all the support!
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Hello all you Vets in the Fight, this is David Miller, with your weekly Special Operations Speaks, Vets in the Fight SITREP.
There comes a point when the rehabilitation of pet #RedGreen Axis terms of reference make our collective eyes roll in our heads, but are so infrequently challenged. More and more, searches on the web are turning up a flood of bogus efforts to mislead and misinform the unknowing. It is an unsaid rule that arrests, especially for violent crimes, omit or dance around the Islamist connection, when the perp was, in reality, screaming 'Alahu Ackbar' while stabbing a cop.
As you may know, we reach a quarter-million folks each week through our Special Operations Speaks Facebook feed. From time to time, our posts' 'reach' becomes a barometer of what topics are really itching people out there. (Believe me, Facebook thought police know it.)
This week we ran a You Tube / Facebook post on the late-Sharifa Alkhateeb and her presentation in 1989 at a major Islamic women's conference in Chicago. (Run a You Tube search on her name and the year.) She proposed that Muslims would never assimilate into the American civilization, but rather would slowly overwhelm it, substituting a Muslim state and Muslim law in its place. She offered that one way was to infiltrate the public education system and embed Sharia law and convince students to its superiority; dominant over, and rejecting, the US Constitution. (Islam translated into English is the term 'submit'.) The methodology they would use was Taquiyya, or misleading their host, e.g. lying, until it is too late. Many in all branches of government have swallowed this line of thinking. 48,000 SOS supporters were reached by that Facebook posting within hours, with an engagement rate of nearly fifty percent; engagement being when someone clicks on a link, or comments, or forwards the post to others. That immediate level of engagement is an indicator of an audience interest hotspot.
Americans and, in particular, Vets in the Fight® are more and more aware, and concerned, about the insurgent and malevolent nature of Islamist infiltration at every level of our American culture. The documents uncovered by the FBI in 2004, the Holy Land supposed charitable organization's money laundering scheme passing unwitting American charitable donations to Hamas, a terrorist organization, providing added reinforcement for Americans who are now 'woke' to the threat. Look up the web link: The Muslim Brotherhood's Strategic Plan For America – Court Document. It describes the subversive actions of the Muslim Brotherhood, to include its publicity arm, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), an unindicted, co-conspirator in the Holy Land Trial, who Obama directed they not be tried in court.
Add to that cooperative efforts by the Congressional Progressive (Marxist) Caucus, and we nearly complete the picture of the #RedGreen Axis (Leftist-Islamist) threat that has emerged at the highest levels of government at both state and national levels.
U.S. Representatives Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley, all Democrats elected in 2018, decided to be sworn in with their hands on the Quran, instead of the Holy Bible. Not a good omen for America, they bring the Mulsim Dar al-Harb … the Islamist House of War … to the floor of the US House for the next two years, and possibly more.
Still operating below the radar is the residual Muslim Brotherhood representation and influence at the FBI, at the Departments of State and Defense, and in certain intelligence agencies, left unpurged from the Obama-Jarrett eight-year reign of subversion.
Closer to your hometowns, the U.S. public school system is promoting Islamist religious rituals during class and the wearing of the hijab, the Sharia directed Muslim head cover for women. They do not promote any Judaeo-Christian rituals. In fact, more and more of America's principle holidays, like Christmas and Easter, are being banned, to make way for the Islamist holidays; all in the name of diversity, mind you.
#FakeFeminists, promote female genital mutilation, while at the same time vilifying American manhood.
Be warned, America, you are being subverted by the two forces of evil in the world: Leftism and Islamism. Good that Americans understand this existential threat that, together, become the House of Death … Dar Al-arrabiya.
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Ryan Fraser was voted the Clydesdale Bank Premier League Young Player of the Month for September 2012. And from the destruction of defences he caused since he broke into the Aberdeen side, it's no wonder.
His style of running at defenders, taking them on and generally beating them, he is something that most SPL defenders are unfamiliar with, so they don't know how to handle him. Many defenders have tried lunging in for the ball and hoping for the best. But this has not worked, and you only have to look at the fact that there have been twelve yellow cards and a red card issued to players for fouls against him alone this season.
Fraser's pace and trickery is a step above the quality you can expect from an SPL defender, so I wouldn't be surprised if he could make it down in England. Not yet though, he still needs to grow as a player and be nurtured at this level until he is mature enough to take on the rough and tough defenders of the Premier League. But, lie most young hotshots, it would definitely not surprise me if he hot-tailed it down there as soon as an offer comes in for him. A shame, a waste, but it wouldn't be the first time


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Apple Watch is a great innovation and opens up new opportunities when integrated with iPhone golf apps. Unfortunately, it also comes with limitations that dictate the way in which it can be used.
The default behavior of the Apple Watch is to use the iPhone's GPS location when available (ie. when paired via Bluetooth). This is to conserve battery life and to support Apple Watch Series 1, which does not have integrated GPS. This can be frustrating for golf applications as the yardage from your golf cart or bag does not benefit you if standing over your ball 30 yards away. Unfortunately there is not currently a way to override this feature in software.
This leads to two main ways to utilize the Apple Watch when playing a round of golf with PocketPAR:
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Cons: You must keep your phone on you throughout the round.
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Cons: Only applicable to Apple Watch Series 2+ (Series 1 does not have integrated GPS and requires an iPhone for yardages). Any shots marked on your watch will not synchronize with the iPhone until Bluetooth is re-enabled. Some Apple Watch users also experience slower GPS lock times when not paired with the phone as the GPS chip may take time to lock onto GPS satellites from a sleep state.
The short summary at this time is that there is not a simple answer for seamless independence of Apple Watch and iPhone. This restriction has been raised to Apple and we hope for an eventual resolution, but at this time we are unfortunately stuck with these limitations.
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In our last Hive and Queen update we mentioned that the Hayward Overhill hive queen was nearing the end of her life and a supercedure cell was capped to replace her. We inspected last week and found a booming hive as we provided this small colony with a few frames of bees from a queenless hive. The new queen has emerged, mated, and have much brood at all stages. One medium full of bees and we had to add another brood chamber.
I'm so glad that the daughter of a very strong queen is now running the show. A little history of Overhill colony. Nearly one year ago we relocated the colony from the soffit. Before the removal the colony was booming, full of bees, honey, and everything else you might find in a strong hive.
Here's our original queen.
We hived them and brought them back home. They continued to thrive but somehow their numbers started to decline in the Fall, going into Winter with about 5 frames of bees only. Coming out of Winter there were only less than one frame remaining but this small cluster survived the harsh Nov and Dec months we had this past year and started to rebuild their numbers when our flow started in February. Each day I can see a little more entrance activity, with some more bees foraging and a few doing orientation flights. The colony was small but slowly growing in numbers.
Now it was time for the original queen to pass on her good genetics, laying in one of the queen cups and the workers attended to this new heir. The daughter emerged sometime last week and appears to be mated as there are brood of all stages, and I'm sure her mom helped her out a little with laying some eggs before she passed away. Great bee genetics and again I'm really glad to our new queen and a booming hive!
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In the Booth premiered today on the Dutch DJ's YouTube channel and it's a behind-the-scenes look at all things Tiësto. Dropping beat bombs on middle America while threatening the sanctity of rock 'n' roll, the teaser trailer is downright blasphemous.
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In this paper, the authors link academic research and other pertinent literature to issues raised in the PCAOB briefing paper on auditing related party transactions. Overall, the authors believe that the findings in academic research and the significance of related party transactions in recent prominent fraud cases are consistent with the PCAOB's reconsideration of auditing of related party transactions.
Gordon, E. A., E. Henry, T. J. Louwers, and B. J. Reed. 2007. Auditing Related Party Transactions: A Literature Overview and Research Synthesis. Accounting Horizons 21 (1): 81-102.
Related party transactions are difficult to audit for a number of reasons.
The authors examine research relevant to auditing related party transactions to contribute to the PCAOB project on this topic and to provide other policy makers, auditors, and academics with an overview of relevant literature. Specifically, they report on the challenges associated with the identification, examination, and disclosure of related party transactions. Additionally, they address issues and research evidence related to nondisclosure and reliance on management assertions, risk assessment, materiality, fraud detection, the effect of related party transactions on corporate governance, and international auditing issues.
To prepare PCAOB Standing Advisory Group (SAG) members for discussion of these issues, the PCAOB staff prepared a briefing paper posing 13 broad questions for consideration by the SAG. The authors contribute to the PCAOB project by reviewing pertinent literature and providing appropriate insights from academic research relevant to auditing related party transactions. They highlight instances where existing research addresses the questions raised in the briefing paper.
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Cohen, J., L. M. Gaynor, G. Krishnamoorthy, and A. M. Wright. 2007. Auditor Communications with the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors: Policy Recommendations and Opportunities for Future Research. Accounting Horizons 21 (2): 165-187.
In 2004 the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) began considering a standard to improve guidance on the communication process between external auditors and audit committees. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 expands and emphasizes the role of audit committees in ensuring the quality of reported financial results. This increased responsibility requires improved and expanded dialogue between audit committees and external auditors.
In this paper, the authors review the extant academic literature to address relevant issues pertaining to communications between external auditors and audit committees on matters relevant to the integrity of the financial reporting process as well as to the PCAOB-developed discussion questions (DQs). Specifically, they examine literature regarding communications pertaining to overall financial reporting quality, internal controls, the external auditor's job performance, the form of communications (oral or written), and communications pertaining to the Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) section of the annual report. For each major area, they discuss the implications of the academic research for standard-setters and identify future research opportunities for the academic community.
The literature review primarily features research published in academic accounting and auditing journals. In an effort to capture the latest research available—as well as research on emerging topics, such as many of those precipitated by the passage of SOX—the authors also include working papers submitted to major archiving services. The authors searched electronic databases such as Ingenta, ABI/Inform, and American Accounting Association (AAA) Electronic Publications using keywords or combinations of keywords related to the various topics and subtopics discussed in this paper. They also searched Social Science Research Network (SSRN) and scholar.google.com to identify relevant working papers.
The findings of this study have important implications for practice. Although prior research has suggested that an audit judgment rule may improve audit quality, findings from this research suggest that audit quality may decrease. This is seen indirectly by the audit committee members' belief that accounting estimates become less conservative and due diligence decreases when there is an audit judgment rule. However, this was not directly tested, and future research is needed to determine whether audit judgment rules are beneficial or not.
Kang, Y.J., A.J. Trotman, and K.T. Trotman. 2015. The effect of an Audit Judgment Rule on audit committee members' professional skepticism: The case of accounting estimates. Accounting, Organizations and Society 46: 59-76.
The purpose of this study is to examine how a proposed audit judgment rule impacts the professional skepticism of the members of an audit committee. Prior research has suggested that an audit judgment rule be implemented that requires courts and inspectors to not second-guess auditors' reasoned judgments when they are made in good faith and in a rigorous manner. Currently, the concern is that auditors are engaging in defensive auditing and fearful of using innovative approaches to auditing accounting estimates. By examining the audit committees' reaction to the proposed rule, the researchers are able to examine how audit committees believe this change impacts audit quality and how it impacts the behavior of the audit committee.
Data for this paper was collected prior to March 2015 by using an experiment with audit committee members from Australia. All participants had been on an audit committee in the past, and on average they had been on audit committees for 10.33 years.
With the introduction of the audit judgment rule, there was an increase in perceived accountability in ensuring the reasonableness of the financial statements from the audit committee members. This was due to a belief that accounting estimates become less conservative and due diligence decreases. This increase in perceived accountability did not necessarily lead the audit committee members to act more professionally skeptical by asking more probing questions. However, the audit committee was more comfortable when they used innovative techniques in developing their accounting estimates. This was due to a belief that innovation leads to improved audit quality. Additional analysis demonstrates that former audit partners showed greater skepticism (by asking more probing questions) than other audit committee members.
Results from this study suggest that rotating internal auditors into operational management programs reduces financial reporting quality. Companies that utilize a rotational internal audit program should be aware of these possible unintended consequences. Companies utilizing these programs should consider implementing several compensating controls (listed in the findings section), as the authors have found that these controls can reduce or even eliminate (if used together) the negative consequences of rotational internal audit programs.
Christ, M.H., A. Masli, N.Y. Sharp, and D.A. Wood. 2015. Rotational internal audit programs and financial reporting quality: Do compensating controls help? Accounting, Organizations and Society 44: 37-59.
The purpose of this study is to examine unintended consequences of rotational internal audit programs. Specifically, the authors inspect how moving internal auditors out of the internal audit function and into operational management can impact financial reporting quality. In addition, the authors examine how compensating controls can mitigate the unintended consequences.
The authors initially utilize semi-structured interviews with audit executives and audit committee chairmen to identify how the rotational internal audit programs impact financial reporting quality. Using the information gathered, the authors test hypotheses utilizing archival data from various firms for the years 2000 to 2005.
Overall, the authors find that the practice of rotating internal auditors into operational management positions is related to lower financial reporting quality. Specifically, it increases Accounting Risk (that evaluates the risk of misreporting by identifying suspicious patterns in accounting data). However, the authors find that several compensating controls can reduce this negative effect. Specifically, the authors find the effect is reduced when companies only rotate staff internal audit positions, have a more effective audit committee, and when management asks the internal audit function to have a greater role in the financial reporting process. Findings also demonstrate that including all three of these compensating controls can eliminate the unintended consequences.
This study's results are important to regulators thinking about requiring issuance of an internal audit report and practitioners planning how to respond to such proposals. The authors suggest that the assurance internal audit report, which leads to more conservative risk assessment when internal auditors mainly report to the audit committee, may prove rather costly and unpopular among internal auditors. Meanwhile, the descriptive internal audit report, which prior research found to be useful to investors, does not make internal auditors more conservative, but it may prove less costly and more popular among internal auditors. Ultimately, these findings suggest that regulators need to discuss any internal audit report proposals with key stakeholders, including internal auditors, before getting too far into the rule making process.
Boyle, D. M., F. T. DeZoort, and D. R. Hermanson. 2015. The Effects of Internal Audit Report Type and Reporting Relationship on Internal Auditors' Risk Judgments. Accounting Horizons 29 (3): 695-718.
External stakeholders want information to help them better understand corporate governance at the companies they follow. Although disclosure about many elements of corporate governance is currently available, little is known about the internal audit function. Such information asymmetry may be decreased via the issuance of an internal audit report. In fact, a few organizations have voluntary started issuing internal audit reports to external stakeholders. However, nothing is known about whether and how different forms of these reports impact internal auditors' judgments. These judgments may also be impacted by whether the internal auditors mainly report to management or the audit committee. The purpose of this study is to discover:
The authors hope to find answers to these questions in order to provide regulators with insights that can be used when considering potential regulation of the internal audit function.
The authors collected their evidence prior to August 2013 via a case emailed to highly experienced IIA members working at public and nonpublic companies. In this case, the authors manipulated the presence of a descriptive internal audit report, presence of an assurance internal audit report, and whether the internal auditor reported to management or the audit committee. Participants were asked to make fraud risk and control risk assessments, as well as explain whether and why they support or do not support the issuance of descriptive and assurance internal audit reports.
These results have implications for both audit research and practice as well as policy makers and firms deciding on whether to outsource the internal audit function. From a research perspective, this study is the first to examine how external auditors view various internal audit outsourcing arrangements. Further, the results indicate a potential cost of internal audit outsourcing that has not been previously considered. That is, if outsourced internal auditors provide other services, the cost of the external audit could increase, which potentially interferes with some of the expected cost savings of AS No. 5.
Brandon, D. M. 2010. External Auditor Evaluations of Outsourced Internal Auditors. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory 29 (2): 159-173.
In the last several decades many companies began outsourcing the internal audit function (IAF) to public accounting firms. The prevalence of outsourcing is likely to continue given current exchange requirements to establish and maintain an IAF. Further, lack of an IAF could be considered a significant internal control deficiency or even a material weakness. The primary concern over external auditors providing nonaudit services appears to be the potential negative effects of the fees from those services on the external auditor's objectivity. This concern was so pervasive that part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act prohibits external auditors from performing certain nonaudit services for external audit clients. The Panel on Audit Effectiveness acknowledges the role of internal audit in maintaining good corporate governance and encourages the cooperation between internal and external auditors. Public accountants can utilize the client-specific expertise possessed by strong internal audit departments to increase external audit efficiency (resulting in cost savings that could be passed on to the auditee) and also provide a higher level of assurance. These benefits are of particular interest given concerns over the cost of complying with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX).
This study investigates some implications of an outsourced internal auditor providing nonaudit services.
The 89 participants for the study were experienced practicing auditors. Fifty-six participants were obtained via contact partners at the respective firm. The contact partners were asked to distribute the instruments to auditors who typically evaluate internal auditors. The remaining participants were obtained through an in-house training session. 89 auditors participating, approximately 64 percent were CPAs and had an average of 4.7 years of audit experience. The evidence was gathered prior to September 2007.
Results indicate that certain external auditor judgments and decisions are negatively affected when an outsourced internal auditor also provides consulting services, while other judgments (long touted by proponents of auditor-provided nonaudit services as benefits) are not. Specifically, inconsistent with proponents of auditor-provided nonaudit services, competence perceptions do not appear to be improved by the provision of consulting services. Consistent with arguments of opponents of auditor-provided nonaudit services, external auditor perceptions of internal auditor objectivity appears to be impacted negatively by the provision of consulting services. Further, consistent with previous research, these results appear to be tempered by the staffing of the team providing the consulting services.
Other results indicate reduced planned reliance on outsourced internal auditors also providing other services. External auditors appear reluctant to rely on outsourced internal auditors providing additional services, regardless of staffing decisions. Results also indicate differences in audit fee adjustments. Specifically, participants would recommend greater audit fee increases when consulting services are provided, again regardless of the outsourcing arrangement.
The results suggest that internal auditors contribute to decreased reliability of disclosed amounts. It appears that the incentives of external auditors and internal auditors are closely aligned on this issue. In general, both of these parties seem to feel less responsibility for disclosed, relative to recognized amounts. The results indicate that financial reporting location has significant effects on internal auditors' decisions to correct misstatements. Specifically, internal auditors are more willing to waive disclosed misstatements relative to recognized misstatements. Contrary to expectations, the results do not indicate that increased audit committee expertise and associated increases in audit committee members' perceived powers cause internal auditors to be less willing to waive misstatements.
Norman, C. S., J. M. Rose, and I. S. Suh. 2011. The effects of disclosure type and audit committee expertise on Chief Audit Executives' tolerance for financial misstatements. Accounting, Organizations & Society 36 (2): 102-108.
External audit partners are more willing to waive misstatement corrections for disclosed than for recognized amounts. This willingness to allow misstatements may increase management's incentives to manipulate disclosed amounts and increase the levels of error and bias in disclosed information. While external auditors are more willing to waive disclosed amounts, relative to recognized amounts, internal auditors may require management to adjust misstatements regardless of their reporting locations. If internal auditors do not tolerate misstatements that are disclosed, this will increase the reliability (i.e., decrease the random error and bias) of disclosed amounts and decrease the likelihood of management manipulation of disclosed amounts. As a result, the impact to practice of external auditors' willingness to waive misstated disclosures could be mitigated or even eliminated by internal audit oversight.
The authors examine Chief Audit Executives' and deputy Chief Audit Executives' decisions to require adjustments of misstatements that are either recognized or disclosed. Chief Audit Executives (CAEs) may require equivalent adjustments for recognized and disclosed amounts, and act to counter the actions of management and external auditors. Understanding the decision processes of CAEs will help to inform regulators and standard setters of the underlying factors that drive financial statement reliability.
The participants are 73 Chief Audit Executives (CAEs) and deputy CAEs. CAEs and deputy CAEs are the ultimate decision makers in internal audit. None of these participants are from outsourced internal audit departments. The average number of years of internal audit experience is 13.71. The study was completed on paper and provided to participants in sealed envelopes by one of the study's authors. All participants completed the materials in their professional offices under controlled conditions in the presence of one of the authors. The evidence was gathered prior to 2011.
The results of this study indicate that reporting location has a significant effect on internal auditors' decisions. Specifically, CAEs and their deputies require lesser amounts of misstatement correction of disclosed amounts relative to recognized amounts. While increased audit committee expertise increases audit committee members' perceived power over management, the authors do not find that CAEs require greater misstatement corrections when the audit committee has more financial expertise, relative to less expertise. It appears that internal auditors may not have enough concern about disclosed misstatements to warrant a decision to exercise the power they derive from audit committee expertise. The results suggest that internal auditors, like external auditors and managers, act to decrease the perceived and actual reliability of disclosed information. Further, increasing the power of the internal audit function does not mitigate this problem. The authors find reason for serious concerns about the accuracy of disclosed amounts, relative to recognized amounts.
The results speak to the need for regulators to consider the incentives of the various stakeholders when determining policy. Should policy makers consider expanding or restricting specific oversight roles, they should consider the concomitant effects on the internal audit function, and the differential incentives faced by the audit committee and executive management. In addition, as audit committees and managers jointly work or oversee the work of internal auditors, the results suggest that these two oversight participants should consider how their respective incentives potentially bias the focus of the internal audit department away from a mix of activities that optimally address the greater business risks of the company. Likewise, as external auditors assess the organizational status of the internal audit department, they may also wish to consider the apparent focus of internal audit as a potential indication of oversight control.
Abbott, L. J., S. Parker, and G. F. Peters. 2010. Serving Two Masters: The Association between Audit Committee Internal Audit Oversight and Internal Audit Activities. Accounting Horizons 24 (1): 1-24.
This study examines the association between the activities performed by the internal audit function (hereafter, IAF) and the extent of audit committee oversight of the IAF. Two primary concerns motivate this study. First, relatively little regulatory or best practices guidance relates to the distribution of IAF activities, and virtually no current research has been done about these activities. The authors believe this topic to be important because current New York Stock Exchange listing rules require registrants to maintain an IAF, increasing the pervasiveness of internal audit. The second motivation concerns the relatively incomplete set of audit-committee related regulations. In particular, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) requires audit committee oversight of internal controls over financial reporting and also mandates reporting on a registrant's internal controls. However, SOX is silent on internal audit, a key participant in both the financial reporting process and the internal control structure. Moreover, SOX does not address internal audit's reporting relationship with the audit committee or the audit committee's duties concerning internal audit resources.
The survey questionnaire was mailed to Fortune 1000 companies, after excluding banks. Consistent with much prior internal audit research, the survey was directed to CIAs. The first survey was sent in July 2006 and resulted in a total of 72 usable responses. A follow-up mailing was conducted in September 2006 and produced an additional 62 usable responses. This lead to the final sample size of 134 observations.
The authors find that the percentage of the IAF budget devoted to internal-controls-based activities is positively related to the measure of the audit committee's oversight. In particular, audit committees with greater IAF oversight are associated with larger percentages of IAF hours being allocated toward internal controls activities. Moreover, the results suggest that a significant number of Fortune 1000 companies have audit committees that appear to have little oversight of the IAF. This speaks to the relevance and timeliness of the recommendations of numerous parties concerning audit committee internal audit termination/hiring rights and budgetary controls.
The authors also document significant differences in the allocation of IAF budgets across different activities, an area with very little prior research. They find that the majority of the IAF budget is devoted to internal controls activities, but the remainder, allocated to non-controls activities, is considerable. The evidence indicates that outsourcing arrangements are quite prevalent, but are also quite specific. In particular, the majority of outsourcing hours were spent on Section 404- related activities, with a lesser portion devoted to assisting the external auditor with the financial statement audit. The results suggest that an audit committee's demand for better internal controls may lead to greater IAF focus on internal controls.
The results of this study shed light on the complex interplay between analyst following, the pressure that managers face to manage earnings, the pressure that auditors face to protect their reputations in the post-SOX environment, and the important role that audit committees can play in settings in which managers may act strategically to achieve desired financial reporting outcomes.
Keune, M. B., and K. M. Johnstone. 2012. Materiality Judgments and the Resolution of Detected Misstatements: The Role of Managers, Auditors, and Audit Committees. Accounting Review 87 (5): 1641-1677.
Auditors detect and inform client managers and audit committees of misstatements, and these agents must reach agreement about whether managers will correct the misstatements prior to issuing the financial statements. Managers may waive correcting misstatements if auditors and audit committees conclude that the misstatements do not render the financial statements materially incorrect. Yet, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and others have asked the rhetorical question: If a misstatement is immaterial, then why not correct it? Given the absence of bright-line criteria for assessing materiality, judgments about resolving misstatements may be strategic to achieve desired financial reporting outcomes. Analysis of the role of managers, auditors, and audit committees in misstatement materiality judgments is therefore important because it can aid understanding of observed audit and financial reporting outcomes that can affect users.
In this study the authors make use of regulation concerning the resolution of detected misstatements contained in Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108 (SAB 108). The implementation of SAB 108 provides disclosure data on detected misstatements that were previously judged immaterial and were not corrected in the financial statements until the release of the new guidance. The authors use the SAB 108 disclosures to measure both the qualitative and the quantitative materiality of misstatements during the periods in which they remained uncorrected.
The data-collection period covers 10-Qs filed from November 15, 2006 to February 28, 2007 and 10-Ks filed from November 15, 2006 to February 15, 2008, and the analyses examine waived misstatements that existed in the financial statements during the period January 1, 2003 to September 30, 2006. To identify these misstatements, the authors read SAB 108 disclosures to find companies that corrected misstatements under SAB 108.
The author of this article believes that this book should be on the "must read" list of researchers interested in audit committees and financial reporting, regardless of their research approach. For qualitative researchers, the book not only provides valuable insights into the on-process dynamics in reaching financial reporting decisions, but it is also a textbook example of how a researcher may conduct multiple case studies in accounting and gain access to key individuals in organizations to obtain private information about the financial reporting process. For empirical and experimental researchers, the book provides explanations that could be useful in developing their theoretical framework and raises many issues that could be researched in the future. The book should also be of interest to regulators, auditors, accountants, and students who are interested in the financial reporting process and the impact of recent regulation on this process.
Bédard, J. 2012. Reaching Key Financial Reporting Decisions: How Directors and Auditors Interact. Accounting Review 87 (5): 1819-1820.
The book, Reaching Key Financial Reporting Decisions: How Directors and Auditors Interact by Vivien Beattie and Stella Fearnley, explores how chief financial officers (CFOs), audit committee chairs, and audit engagement partners resolve issues that have given rise to interactions, discussions, or negotiations, between two of these three participants. It is a follow-up of Behind Closed Doors (Beattie et al. 2001), which received the Deloitte/American Accounting Association's Wildman Medal in 2007. The book provides an update of the 1999 results in the 2007/2008 U.K. regulatory environment that, as the U.S. one, has undergone significant change since 1999. The book consists of two parts.
Reading each case is very interesting; it provides the reader with information that normally stays behind "closed doors." The advantage of a book, compared to a journal article, is that there is more space to provide detailed information about the cases. With approximately 30 pages per case, the reader has a good understanding of each case. Even then, sometimes the author wanted to know more about the interaction issues.
This article is a book review.
The last part of the book presents the cross-case analysis of the 50 interactions using the framework developed in Beattie et al. They find that the key influence on the interaction outcomes has changed significantly since the previous study. The influence of the general company/audit firm context and specific context of the interaction is greatly reduced, while the national regulatory regime now has the strongest influence on the interaction (events, strategies, outcomes, and consequences). In the "new" regulatory environment, it appears that the higher threats from various regulatory agencies as seen by the CFO, audit partners, and audit committee chairs encourage compliance with accounting and auditing standards.
Whether readers need to read Behind Closed Doors to understand this new book depends on their interests. If readers are interested in how directors and auditors currently interact in reaching financial reporting decisions, the current book would be self-sufficient. However, if readers are interested in how the process has evolved over time, reading Behind Closed Doors would be useful.


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Marni x H&M Collection Video by Sofia Coppola
If you don't know now you know. Get your tennis shoes ready, because if you stan for H&M designer collections like myself, you'll want to be ready to run once those doors open on March 5th. If Versace x H&M was any indication of how crazy it gets, you already know the deal.
My fave red carpet regular and street style extraordinaire Solange Knowles is engaging in a photo diary for Vogue.co.uk. I'm thoroughly enjoying her outfit updates.
Simply Be S/S 2012 Collection
Simply Be was kind enough to invite me to their S/S 2012 collection launch this past Wednesday. If you participated in 25 Days of LoveBrownSugar over the holidays, you probably remember that they were one of our sponsors. They have some super cute staples for curvy girls in their arsenal. Check out the new looks at SimplyBe.com.
MAC x Nicki Minaj & Ricky Martin for VIVA Glam
In beauty news, it looks like MAC has teamed up with Nicki Minaj once again to launch another collection for VIVA Glam, in support of HIV/AIDS research. This time Ricky Martin is in the mix. The two stars are releasing a lipstick & lipgloss duo as part of the collection. My girls over at Glamazons blog have the details on that, so check it out it out at Glamazons Blog.
Meanwhile, back on the ranch, I'm sporting my own pink lips round the office. And a turban too.
Enjoy the weekend!


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USA Today A child molester who moved from New York to Israel as he was being sought on a new misdemeanor assault charge turned to the Israeli court system to quiet a New York rabbi intent on spreading the word about his crimes.
Yona Weinberg, who spent roughly a year in jail for sexually abusing two boys in Brooklyn, lost his bid Tuesday in an Israeli court for an order of protection against Rabbi Yakov Horowitz, dean of Yeshiva Darchei Noam here.
Horowitz had been visiting Jerusalem to teach a child-safety class in Weinberg's neighborhood. The order would have prevented the rabbi from lecturing there because the community center where he was teaching is within a third of a mile of Weinberg's home.
The bid for the protection order followed Weinberg's filing a defamation lawsuit against the rabbi, who put out tweets warning Weinberg's neighbors in Israel of his presence. The lawsuit is pending.
Horowitz said he won't be intimidated by Weinberg, who used his position as a bar mitzvah tutor to gain access to his 12- and 13-year-old victims. He also sees the fight as part of a larger effort to thwart others from exposing sex offenders and warning potential victims.
The Israeli legal maneuverings are key to this tactic, he said.
"If you care about the personal safety of children, these lawsuits should trouble you deeply," Horowitz wrote on his blog. "For, make no mistake, if these outrageous lawsuits are permitted to continue, fewer and fewer people will be posting warnings when convicted sex offenders move near you or those you love."
Horowitz has spent 13 years advocating for child sex-abuse victims in the Orthodox Jewish community and has written several books on child safety and parenting.
"I think this is a test case," he said. "I am not giving up."
Just hours after having to appear in court in Jerusalem, Horowitz taught his child-safety class to 200 people. Weinberg unsuccessfully argued that Horowitz would incite community violence against him and his family, the rabbi said. [...]