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BIRKENAU: So outrageously beautiful here in early summer. Dana Schwartz, a child survivor of the ghetto and forest, now in her seventies, once told me what a friend, a former prisoner at Auschwitz, said in response to the common observation of first-time visitors to Auschwitz in the spring: it's so green here: "That grass would not have been there with us. We would have eaten it immediately."
The meadow by Crematorium 5 is a still and lovely place. Clover and wildflowers, pink, yellow and deep purple, thrive where the ashes of women and children nourished the soil. Our guide explains that when the crematoria attached to the gas chambers could not handle the volume of corpses, they were burned in the open where the grass now grows lush and strong. Here, people died in terror, wheezing for up to 20 minutes, trying to breathe gas and vomit and sweat. Next to the gas chamber is a stand of trees; tall thin trunks, white and black, trailing delicate leaves. This is where women and children were forced to undress before the end. Did that beauty offer any comfort or did it make the sorrow and rage more acute? Did they tell themselves it was just an inconvenience, that soon they would be clean and housed and fed? Were the grown-ups gratefully preoccupied with soothing their children? Did they whisper a final vidui or a final expletive to God?
I wrote earlier about Track 17. This is where it led. In the first chaotic minutes of disembarking, sometimes from trains packed pull of people who had stood for days without food or drink, with nowhere to sleep or relieve themselves, the young and strong who could work—and those whose physiognomy interested Dr. Mengele—were separated from the majority who were sent to die.
Primo Levi writes that, if you survived that first selection, all you had to do in order to die at Auschwitz within three months is obey orders. Eat only what you were given, wear what you were given, do the work you were ordered to do. The ratio of calories to energy expended killed most people off. Unless you were blessed with a constitution of iron or could learn to steal or bargain with prisoners or civilians in the greater complex, you had almost no chance.
And there were people with whom to barter. Auschwitz was a small town. IG Farben and other private companies had factories there, profiting from the forced labor of prisoners. Here were "German" prisoners, that is Germans who were not members of religious or ethnic minorities, German workers who had been moved into the town Oswiecim, from which Poles had been evicted, Soviet prisoners of war, who were worked as hard as the Jews and died in great numbers, Roma and Sinti prisoners, who were also subject to medical experiments and extermination, political prisoners, gay people and a few actual criminals, who were often made kapos. Birkenau, the extermination center, was a separate section of the larger camp. Some of the Poles who remained in Oswiecim did what they could to help. Our guide shared that her grandmother cut holes in her pockets through which she dropped bits of bread, hoping that people on work detail could succeed in retrieving it. (If she had given the bread openly, she would have been killed.)
The camps were a national project, involving every institution. The great corporate machine of Germany—Mercedes-Benz, Farben—grew strong on slave labor and war manufacture. Physicians and engineers designed the technology of the gas chambers, originally for the murder of disabled Germans who, like Jews and 'Gypsies' were considered impediments to the racist Utopia of Nazi imagination. One evil man did not 'brainwash' an entire country. A web of human decision made this place possible, an embrace or acceptance of a nakedly aggressive war effort by people who, out of nationalism or "racial pride", acceded to the dehumanization of others.
I'm very glad that we attended Shabbat services in Krakow, a large city near Oswiecim, before seeing the camp. Of the five synagogues that had flourished in Krakow before the war, only one remains active. Still, there is Jewish life here.
Because the community is now so small, everyone worships together. Members of several Hasidic communities, Modern Orthodox and liberal Jews, and anyone from out of town, congregate in a motel to daven while their synagogue is being rebuilt.
Upon learning that we were travelers from the US, the rabbi invited us to Shabbos dinner at the local JCC. It was packed when we arrived, and we had not reserved places. Of course, the JCC people were used to the rabbi's exuberant hospitality, and more tables and dinnerware and endless platters of food appeared, enough for everyone who showed up, more than 100 people. No matter where you are on Shabbos, there's always room for one more.
We ate with Jonathan Ornstein, the Director of the JCC. He said that if we reported one thing from Krakow, let it be this: we are alive. The Nazis did not win. Rather than basing our identity on the catastrophe of the Holocaust, he suggested, we might base it on renewal, on the deep roots of Torah and culture that are sprouting new growth. Choose life that you and yours might live.
He's right. The Nazis could and did murder millions of irreplaceable human beings. They destroyed synagogues and uprooted small towns; they smashed the great Jewish labor organizations and the Jewish entrepreneurs, the Bohemian artists and devout Beis Yakov girls, the capitalists and the Communists, the Zionists and those who preferred to die with tfilin on their arms rather than guns in their hands. But they couldn't kill Judaism.
As in Krakow, only one synagogue still stands in Oswiecim. It has no regular congregation, but there is a Torah there, and siddurim, waiting. After seeing Auschwitz, our group: Jewish, Christian and Muslim made the place a house of worship once again. We prayed together silently, from our diverse traditions and offered blessings out loud. Kerry Chaplain, a rabbinic student at AJU, who had organized our service, led us in a nigun. I felt that, after where we'd been, it was a positive good—not just acceptable—to pray in that place with Jews, Protestants, Catholics and one observant Muslim, all of whom I find lovable. In prayer with people secure enough in their tradition to respect others, and in prayer with the Jews of Krakov, I am sure: Amelek can do dreadful damage; but he hasn't won yet.
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"The SS man learned the attitude of a warrior for war's sake; unquestioning obedience; hardness as hardening himself against any human empathy; contempt for the 'inferior'; and arrogance towards all who did not belong in the Order..."June 18, 2012 | 10:00 pm
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I'm on my way to Germany with a group of seminarians and medical students sponsored by FASPE, Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics. I can only shiver with yira, with awe, at my extraordinary fortune to be alive as a Jewish woman in this time and place; to travel freely, alone or with companions, to study Torah openly in order to teach, and to be so habituated to comfort that it's a daily effort not to take my full belly for granted or my own space with a lock to which I hold the key or the hot clean water that comes from the tap (all of which added together makes me more lucky than at least half of the world's people on any given day, let alone the Jews whose history I'm here to study).
Today, we heard from clergypersons who serve as chaplains and from a survivor of the Shoah. All of them taught, in their way, the worth of bearing witness, of being present and attentive with people whose particular pain reminds us of our own vulnerability and of the places where we're fissured inside.
Rabbi Michal Springer, the Director of the Center for Pastoral Care at the Jewish Theological Seminary and a hospital chaplain, taught that spiritual caregivers are most effective when we are willing to live with our own broken pieces, when we don't project our own fantasy of wholeness onto the people for whom we are obliged to care. The Rabbi shared that her own father had died 2 weeks earlier—one week out of shiva and she was healing through teaching us, enacting her own lesson about bringing one's own brokenness and vulnerability to encounters with the other. In the context of the Shoah, the Rabbi talked about how dangerous it is when the face to face encounter is refused—when, for instance, one's Jewish neighbors are made to disappear and it seems easier to pretend they were never there than to consider their pain.
Imam Khalid Latif, Executive Director of New York University's Islamic Center and Chaplain for the NYPD, taught another version of that lesson. He reminded us that we are here to study the ultimate consequences of dehumanization, of the refusal to see people as other than "categories". Imam Latif was a student at NYU when the Two Towers were hit. With his classmates, he stood in Washington Square, stunned at the news that the second tower had fallen. At that moment, they were united in shock and grief. In the following days, however, the Muslim student found themselves increasingly isolated. In between attending funerals for friends, Muslim and otherwise, who had died in the World Trade Center, Imam Latif found himself checking in with other Muslim students about who had been harassed, who singled out for scrutiny. About whether it was safe to be bearded or wear head coverings in public. About learning, even after he had begun interfaith work and consulting with the US State Department, that he could not—as today I can—get on a plane without being singled out for public, humiliating searches and long detentions.
Rather than retreating into rage, the Imam continues his bridge-building work. He counts NYU's Rabbi Yehuda Sarna as a close friend. He remembers attending a 9/11 commemoration in his police uniform and being the only cop to be asked for his credentials by the Secret Service. But that last incident ended with a 9/11 widow sticking up for Imam Latif, because she considered his treatment to be a dishonor to her husband's memory. He chooses to let that woman symbolize the day and its meaning for him.
Bronia Brandman is a survivor of the Shoah who spent decades unable to describe what happened to her. She spent five excruciating years of her girlhood in which she saw her uncle burned alive, she smuggled food and contraband under eyes of ghetto guards and she lived with the murder of both her parents and four of her five siblings. An impulsive decision to run after her idolized older sister (as she always had) led Bronia to sprint after a group of women selected by Dr. Mengele to live. As soon as she reached her sister's side, Bronia realized what she had done. Her two littlest sisters would die without her. Bronia's transport was not like that of Jews from far away. Those Jews were reassured, or allowed themselves to believe that they were, by Nazi assurances of hot soup and productive work as soon as they submitted to a brief shower. Bronia's transport was packed with Jews who lived close enough to Auschwitz to see and to smell the truth. They had to be beaten and forced to strip and walk through those doors.
It was her hectic urge to keep busy, to stave off reflection, which led her to volunteer at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. There, she found the space and the courage to bear witness. Bronia has built a life in this country, as a mother and as a teacher. She gives those of us who are lucky enough to meet her a chance to reflect more deliberately on the hope, horror and responsibility of being human.
One more lesson from Rabbi Springer with regard to genocide: the need to address "both individual and systemic issues", to bring our capacity for judgment out of abeyance when it comes to injustice; to "balance compassion and outrage" as witnesses and as citizens.
June 15, 2012 | 3:35 pm
Posted by Robin Podolsky
Yes, this blog is named for an old yeshivish groaner. We first read about the erev rav in the Torah (Exodus 12:38) "And also a mixed multitude (Erev Rav) went up with them…" We learn that a group of people, most of them Israelites, were liberated from slavery and became one people when they received the Torah at Sinai. Also, Erev Rav is what we call rabbinical students like me, because we're on the eve (erev) of becoming rabbis. Within this blog, I'll be writing about my last year (and some months) of being a rabbinical student.
And, anyway, there is a mixed multitude inside of me these days, and I hope this blog will reflect that. Like many of the students at the transdenominational Academy for Jewish Religion where I study, this is a third career for me (since when did being a rabbi turn into a career?), so my history as a political journalist, flak and culture critic are bound to influence my perspective. I'll be sharing some of what I learn about our tradition from my monumentally knowledgeable teachers. I'll also be applying my lessons and experiences to reflections about the news of the day and today's Jewish communities. A nerd I am, for both Jewish texts and popular culture, so in these pages you'll find references to the Piasetzener Rebbe and also the Jews of Glee.
And, now for our first adventure/gut check together—I'm off to Auschwitz via Germany and Krakow. I've been given the extraordinary opportunity, through a fellowship from the Museum of Jewish Heritage, to engage in serious study of the ethical issues raised by the Shoah with a group of multi-faith seminarians. This will be my first visit to the site of a death camp, my first visit to Germany and my first visit to Poland, the land from which my ancestors fled, giving me the chance to grow up in a free country—a land where, we are told, a Jewish rebirth is taking place.
I suspect this trip will provoke a transformation or two. I look forward to sharing with you.


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Fast Hair Fix
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
So the other day there was a lively discussion in a forum that I frequent about what consisted as "mom hair." When I weighed in I said that it was any hair that wasn't "done," and I think I need to restate my opinion. As a mom, you don't have hours to spend on your hair. I get it. When I was in high school I would literally spend HOURS making twisties and tiny braids and ponytails every day. Now, I usually have 15 minutes flat to get from shower to door any time I leave the house. So I take it back. "Mom hair" isn't hair that hasn't been done, "mom hair" is when I can tell the poor woman has thrown in the towel and resigned herself to giving up and simply stopped trying altogether.
I see them alllll them times. Moms in scrunchies, or clearly air-dried but not styled hair. A daily uniform of ponytails or the messy bun. All can be construed as "mom hair" when it's clear that you've just given up and stopped trying at all. You look the same every day and that same doesn't make you feel good about yourself. It's just there and you don't care (YESS RHYMES... )
"Doing" (OMG I am using so many quotes in this post) your hair doesn't mean hours of work. It means making sure that your hair contributes to your look for the better. I cannot stand hair that just hangs there. Just DO something with it, for heaven's sake.
To prove it to you, I present to you three hairstyles that took me three minutes or less. Of course, these hairstyles will work best with medium to long hair, like I have. If you have short hair, you can adapt them. If you have really short hair, then you're lucky. Run some product through it like my girl Jenna, and call it day. But seriously. You HAVE three minutes to do your hair. I promise. Also, if I see your daughter with a complicated style and you're wearing a scrunchie, I will judge you. Your daughter does not need 50 ponytails. Stick a flower clip and call it good while you try and look presentable.
First up: The Side Braid
If you can do a basic french braid, this one will be easy for you. If you don't know how.... ummm definitely go ahead and Youtube that one. You should know. I do this when my hair has air dried and I haven't done a thing to style it. I grab the top half of my hair at the back of my head and start french braiding. Instead of braiding down, I braid on the diagonal so the braid flops over my shoulder.
See? Diagonal and downward. It's so cute and casual and literally takes me a second. I do it in the car all the time when my hubs is driving because I don't need a mirror and I'm perpetually running late. SO EASY. Then I pull a few strands out around my face and I am dunzo.
The Braid Band
Here's another ridiculously easy way to do braid. I use this when I haven't had time to style my bangs and they need to be puled back. I also do it when I don't have time to dry my hair because my hair is pretty wavy and I think it looks cute and beachy. I grab a small portion of hair in a deep side part, and then french braid across my forehead. When I get to the ear, I pin it back. I might comb some gel or mousse through the body of the hair to get it wavier... but in this pic I was on my way to the pool and I just wanted to keep my hair out of my face.
(PS I'd like to point out that I stopped using sulfate shampoo, and I am so happy with the results. The above pic was taken when I was using regular SLS stuff, and the first pic is today... such a difference, right!? My hair is so shiny. Okay,... tangent there... we'll talk shampoo another day.)
Fakey Curls
So curls are pretty universally hot, but I don't always have the time to curl all my hair. My hair is wavy but I usually add curls with the flat iron technique. If I'm short on time, I fake it by clipping the top portion of my hair up with two bobby pins, crossed for better leverage. Then I scrunch some product through the bottom layer and add a curl here or there to fake like I spent forever on my hair. Then I fake fullness by holding my hair up and dropping it slowly in sections while interspersing a blast of hairspray in between. Done!
BONUS! Accessory Time!
Quite frankly, if I'm really pressed for time, I use a low, messy bun and slip in a head band. I picked up this beaut from F21 and have been wearing it 24/7. It looks like I put all this effort into it when I really just threw it in there. When you get a new hair accessory (and your daughter isn't the only one who should have those, BTW) test drive a few different ways to wear it. I bought this thinking I would wear the flower more on the side of my head with my hair down, and it ended up looking WAY better lower and with my hair up. Remember that in case you purchase something you don't totally love; it could just be the way you're wearing it.
So aside from the skeezy Myspace-style self-photos I've had to use to demonstrate, I think this is all totally doable in the real world. I promise you I'm not some fem-bot who does a full on blow out every day. In my lack of time, I've learned to get creative and try more casual looks that help me stay put together without being a total time-suck. As much as I love neglecting my children, they can be pretty annoying when I'm trying to carve out a few moments of pretty-time for mommy.
You have three to five minutes. Use them wisely.

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LEAF is such a magical world to step into, relax, dance, and be happy. A sweet size and a sweet place. LEAF is a small festival- just 6,000 people a day AND yet SO many experiences, concerts, workshops, and so much to explore. LEAF happens at the site of the old Historic Black Mountain College with a mix of rolling hills, lakes, streams, and stunning mountain beauty on hundreds of acres. Check out the various LINKS on the menu bar below THE FESTIVAL, and the BEST WAY to discover LEAF is to be HERE. Future LEAF FESTIVAL dates are:
To GO or NO? This inquiry may help affirm your path to LEAF.
LEAF is a YES GO if YOU: 1 like to wear costumes and dance your pants off 2 eating the best Breakfast Thing & fresh maple syrup 3 like to experience global cultures 4 like to boogie down with perfectly fun new friends 5 like exploring new adventures 6 prefer smaller events 7 like meeting lots of different people is fun 8 love the beautiful outdoors 9 love to discover new music 10 like easy camping with stunning mountain views 11 love to be happy & have fun! |
LEAF is NO GO if YOU: 1 prefer to wear a uniform or a suit and stand still 2 prefer fast food drive-thru then homemade 3 have the American Dream as your only Dream… 4 don't like people 5 are addicted to everything being bland 6 need big crowds of 15,000 to 100,000 to feel safe 7 want to be with all "me's" 8 say, "Give me AC or Heat and a fresh hair do!" 9 are top 40 all the way 10 prefer waiting in long lines and concrete 11 happiness is yucky! |
We decided that actually, everyone would like LEAF! We LOOOOOVE LEAF! –The LEAF Creativity Team
"Ahhhhleaf. If only the "replay" button really would... Karen Vickers
"I say it every time...LEAF remains my absolute favorite festival around: best music; best food; best crowd; best vibe. Thanks again for all you do." Sam Ganly
"A friend of mine told me at LEAF " I feel like all the people here are my friends.... I just haven't met them all yet" - Cindy Shea
"I get it now- truly magical- thank you!" Gilda
"First of all, thank you for hosting the most amazing festival ever! We had the BEST time and cannot believe it has taken us 16 years to get there... RIDICULOUS! Every inch of your [the] property was filled with positive energy, it was magical. We are ready to jump on board & join the LEAF team. Whatever you need us to do, it's done. We had a blast! Thank you so much for all that you do!" love-Sarah & Russ
Creative Campsite Winners from past LEAFs:
May 2013: Austen Mikulka & Friends, LEAF Staff for years in Creativity, Murals & Photography
October 2012: Keith Shubert, pupetteer extraordinaire.
May 2012: Michael Mooney , tall bike freak.
October 2011: Paul Van Heden , the hexiyurt crew.
May 2011: Campsite next to lake with beautiful wood art, still searching for name.
October 2010: The 1st Winner was Cecile Thompson, The Amazing Grace ladies.


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Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill
Dear UTW:
In Washington v. Harper, 494 U.S. 210 (1990) & FOUCHA v. LOUISIANA, 504 U.S. 71 (1992) the Supreme Court essentially held that a person has no intrinsic right to counsel during a mental health evaluation. This article by Roberson on false confessions by ordinary people without any mental illness shows why it should reconsider.
The Tulsa Center for Behavioral Health fills its beds, based upon these mistakes.
--Don Baker
In, er, Praise of Obama
Editor's note: Just for the record, although we do have our opinions, UTW did not make any candidate endorsements for the 2012 general election.
Congratulations. Your preferred candidate won a second term as president. I'm sure y'all are too busy dancing in the streets and smile-crying and stuff right now, but this will be here when all that is done.
Now that Obama has got himself a second term, you and I need to have a chat. I just have a couple questions I need to ask, and then you can be on your merry Democrat way.
1. Now that this is no longer an "election year," will you now pay attention to the drone strikes, kill lists, allowance of indefinite detention, and mass deportation of undocumented immigrants?
2. Now that Obama is safe in the White House until 2016, will you pay attention to the continued incarceration of Private Manning?
3. Now that your dude has won, will you look critically at his connections to the parasitic financial institutions that sent our economy spiraling out of control in 2008?
4. Now that there will never be another Obama campaign, will you protest with us against all of the above?
Or will you stay home, wring your hands and sit there looking worried that your friends won't like you anymore if you speak out against all of these things, things that people in other countries are justifiably mad at? Will you still call people who protest these things impractical, "emotional progressives," or worse?
Will you sit there, pensively waiting for Obama to become the man he promised he would be in 2008?
Here's a hint: he won't.
You don't have to be an anarchist to see that the man you elected, while ostensibly "better" in a couple of arguably important ways than the man he was running against, is still no one to write home about.
The "lesser evil" is still evil.
All we are asking is that you remove your head from your collective behind and, at the very least, help us make sure that his evil doesn't grow.
You don't need Adbusters to tell you to take to the streets. Just do it.
--Trevor Hultner
Armed People are Free People--a feminist perspective
About 30 years ago, a Miami TV station, with some news slots to fill, followed several women who had signed up for a pistol instruction course at a local gun range. There were at most three short segments on the local news. In the months after that interesting news filler, assaults on women in the area dropped -- brace yourself -- 90%!
So the more the bad guys know people might be packing, the better!
--Anatoly Arutunoff
Food Truck Fun
(Re: "Street Treats," Nov. 8-14, Vol. 22, No. 19)
What a fun read! Thanks, Angela Evans, for a refreshing article on the greatness of food trucks. I have long been a fan, my absolute favorite being Mackey's shrimp truck in Hale'iwa, Hawaii (North Shore). A good food truck can rival any restaurant any day.
--Tracy Heller Clark
You Can Run from Your IQ, but You Can't Hide!
It's IQ, IQ, and IQ.
You are born with this number marking your intelligence and it never changes.
You can over-achieve or under-achieve with high or low IQ but nothing beats its ability to help or hinder your progress.
All the state's report cards on our public schools tell us is something we already knew.
Schools with the most high IQ kids got the As, Bs, and Cs.
Schools with the most average and low IQ kids got the Ds and Fs.
In the D-rated and F-rated schools, the students, teachers, and principals must wear the state's "Scarlet Letter."
Much of the grade was determined by how students performed on one test on one day.
Test scores don't tell us whether a student is being educated. Test scores only pit school against school, principal against principal, and teacher against teacher.
The law forbids schools from exposing student test scores to anyone other than the parents of the student tested.
The state has just done it with their "Scarlet Letters," which give our kids a low self-image.
Gov. Mary Fallin and State School Superintendant Janet Barresi had better hire a good lawyer because they should be sued for breaking this law by releasing school grades based test scores.
Fallin and Barresi have kicked our troubled schools when they are down, held it against them, and that makes it more difficult for them to get up.
But what else should we expect when we put two dumb blondes and the Legislature, the biggest aggregation of nincompoops on record, in charge?
--Virginia "Blue Jeans" Jenner
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China Mobile announcement sparks hope of iPhone debut
China Mobile, the world's largest wireless carrier, will unveil a new brand partner on December 18.
The carrier made the announcement Thursday but wouldn't say what company would be its latest partner. That hasn't stopped the rumor mill, however, from speculating that Apple will be on stage with the China Mobile team announcing its iPhone is coming to the carrier's network.
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MLA fires challenge at PCs over 'shadow gun registry'
Wildrose say PC government needs to better protect gun-owner's rights, while minister shoots back terse reply
Lac La Biche-St Paul-Two Hills MLA and Wildrose Justice and Solicitor General critic Shayne Saskiw is taking a shot at the ruling PC government by challenging their so-called �soft stance� on protecting gun-owner�s rights.
Last week, Saskiw and the Wildrose released a statement proposing that Alberta should provincially appoint their Chief Firearms Officer (CFO) � an RCMP position that oversees gun licensing in each province � which currently falls under federal jurisdiction.
The release came in the wake of the controversy created by some CFOs, including the one in Alberta, requiring gun shop owners to keep records of rifle and shotgun purchases�what the Wildrose are calling a de facto �shadow gun registry.�
�This is akin to the wasteful long-gun registry that was rightfully scrapped by our friends in the federal government,� Saskiw told the Post. �We believe Albertans have been loud and clear in their opposition to any kind of long-gun registry.�
The mandatory long-gun registry was scrapped � and all re�cords ordered de�stroyed � by the federal PCs in April of this year, after costing over $1 billion since it was introduced in 1995.
Since the allegations came out that some CFOs were asking gun shop owners to keep records of unrestricted firearms purchases, RCMP Com�missioner of Firearms Bob Paulson issued a statement that explicitly banned the practice.
�I instruct all Chief Firearms Officers to ensure that the licensing conditions you impose on business records pursuant to the Firearms Act do not facilitate the creation of long-gun registries in your jurisdictions,� commissioner Paulson said in the May 10 statement.
Still, Saskiw said the Alberta PC government should push to have CFOs provincially pointed�like Ontario, Que�bec, Nova Scotia, P.E.I and New Bruns�wick currently do�which would make them accountable to Alberta�s Solicitor General.
�Though our ties remain strong with the current federal government, we believe it is important to ensure interference by Ottawa bureaucrats does not become common practice in future years,� Saskiw said.
However, Alberta Min�ister of Justice and Solicitor General Jonathan Denis is firing back at the Wildrose. He said that historically, Alberta�s Pro�gressive Conservative government has been a staunch opponent of any kind of long-gun registry�even taking the matter to the Supreme Court of Canada in the mid-1990s.
�I strongly disagree with [Saskiw�s] comments,� Denis told the Post. �Alberta simply does not and will not have a long-gun registry in any form. I don�t know how much more emphatic we could be�we�ve been fighting it for 20 years.�
The PC government have not said they will push to have CFOs appointed provincially, with Denis saying the federal government has already said loud and clear they will not tolerate anything resembling another long-gun registry in any form.
There is still a mandatory registry for restricted weapons, including certain handguns and semi-automatic firearms, as well as firearms that can fold to lengths less than 66 centimetres.
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Trip by the sun -- -- -- unveiling New Year's Smartphones.
And yes a new name Shibani Joshi was at the events and has the details about -- well there.
-- -- -- Price kind of the same goes -- -- -- that -- -- -- its guidance thing going down the last outside trading days or so.
As the anticipation has been high for today's.
BB ten unveiling I was there.
Had a chance to join about a thousand other rat influential -- the technology and business media sphere.
As well it was a great events too big phones becoming.
Now put out into the market that is G10 and they Q ten.
Reviewers are digging into the device in overall so far the reviews have been positive compare -- to the iPhone.
And even -- Samsung.
Proxy out there and the price point is in the middle of the road and a 199.
An eight megapixel camera -- should have a full screen here guys that comparing everything.
Four inch screen every -- Four inch screen the acts however is now lacking it's part of the equation only 70000.
Apps compared to 800000 for the -- -- But again 199.
-- makes it pretty competitive available in March.
But just because -- funds around doesn't mean that the company is stet is -- in fact Sterne Agee this issuing you know moments ago saying.
That today's product release actually makes his company a more interesting target.
For acquisition take a listen to what -- the company CEO had to say in response.
We are continuing positive interviewed -- however worthy enough proof position of -- Come to focus changing and BitTorrents you know what can we do what partnerships should we be doing another to be a leader in mobile computing.
So they wanna stay focused on mobile computing that they are definitely entertaining.
As strategic opportunities something they'll continue to do so than the and then news may not be finished with -- -- Interest and stuff all right Shibani Joshi thank you so much.
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This week's Top 5 Music Countdown is all about my favorite holiday. Halloween!!
While you're sewing your costume together or mixing up some eyeball punch for your monster bash (see what I did there?) rock out to my play list from beyond the grave! Let's bypass the obvious spooky tunes like "Monster Mash", "Ghostbusters" and "Thriller", shall we? We like to be more original on this show. Enjoy!
5. "Psycho Killer"
-Talking Heads
Psycho killers are most definitely scary. And evil. Qu'est-ce que c'est?
4. "Devil Inside"
Every single one of us has the devil inside. The devil is evil.
3. "I Put a Spell On You"
-Screaming Jay Hawkins
I've always thought that Jay Hawk was possessed. The dirty work of witches. Witches are ugly. And evil.
2. "Abracadabra"
-Steve MillerMagic is evil.
1. "Somebody's Watching Me"
-Rockwell Feat. Michael Jackson
Watching someone without them knowing it is unquestionably evil.
Now it's your turn! I wanna know what spooky songs you listen to this time of year. Leave me your list on my blog at Girllovesmusic.wordpress.com!!
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Those fascinating creatures are in the news again. In a study published in June researchers found a key to their cancer resistance. This week, University of Rochester biologists showed that the rodent's longevity – they live a healthy 30 years, which is very long in rat years – is due to better-constructed proteins.
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An additional note about the number of Therapies: A number with NO "*" means the cord blood therapies were for private clients who had a family banking contract. A number with a "*" means the cord blood was listed on a public registry and released to a transplant patient outside the family. Some laboratories provide both types of storage.
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February is shaping up to be a month full of award show performances for Taylor Swift. The country singer is set to perform at this weekend's Grammy Awards on Sunday, sharing the stage with a huge list of performers, including Bruno Mars, fun., The Lumineers, Rihanna, Kelly Clarkson, Maroon 5 and many more. Announced today, Swift will be continuing her award show tour, hitting up the Brit Awards later this month.
This year's show is set to take place at the O2 Arena in London and will be hosted by English comedian James Corden. Known for his raunchy sense of humour, viewers will have to tune in to see whether Corden takes any jabs at the failed relationship between Swift and her former flame and fellow performer Harry Styles.
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Brett Favre's Wisconsin Home, Estate of the Day
Here we are again with another sports celebrity selling a home in the town they used to play for. You might think that former Green Bay Packer quarterback Brett Favre would have one of the most lavish homes in the Green Bay area. You would be wrong. The Real Estalker Mama led me to the listing for Favre's home in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin which reveals a simple ranch style home in a quiet neighborhood.
One of the Real Estalker's able commenters reports that Favre's main manse is in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and this is just the home he stayed in during the football season. He and his wife, Deanna bought the four-bedroom home in 2005 for $416,000 so it was likely just a temporary home in a town that he was planning not to stay in after he retired from football. This likely explains the decor which seems to have been shipped straight from the local furniture store. It is listed at just $475,000.


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Saline man's new website promotes buying American-made goods, even if they cost a little bit more
Saline resident Mark Schlicher is basing his new business on the belief that many Americans, like Toby Keith's father, will "spend a little more in the store for a tag in the back that says U.S.A."
Schlicher launched his website, IBuyAmericanStore.com, Nov. 20 with the goal of increasing people's access to American-made goods.
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"There have been fewer available in local stores so we started to look online. I bet people like me would buy American if they knew where to buy, so the goal was to create a virtual store where people could go to find what they're looking for."
The site is as much a philosophical endeavor for Schlicher as an economic one.
"It's about promoting our own way of life," he said.
"We're seeing our manufacturing base leave oversees and because of that our middle class continues to shrink, and I think that's directly related to our buying habits. We decided we were willing to trade our opportunities for middle class manufacturing jobs in exchange for cheaper products."
DesignHub, an online and print design firm in Saline, created the website for Schlicher who said he set aside $15,000 to personally invest in the site.
He plans for the website to generate revenue by eventually charging a small fee for vendors to earn a spot in the virtual store.
"I will never charge the consumers for coming onto the site," Schlicher said.
"I'm linking the consumers directly with the manufacturer and they will pay through their website. Initially there won't be any payment for vendors to be listed on the site, and after 90 days I hope to be able to show them that there's value in being on and ask them for a nominal fee."
The virtual store, which is designed to look like a physical store with a virtual facade entrance, has a number of departments for shoppers to choose from including outdoor gear, footwear, and appliances.
There initially were 51 vendors listed on the site, with more being added weekly as they are referred to Schlicher.
Many of the new vendors come from emails from customers pointing him towards more American-made products.
Using Google analytics to track his progress, Schlicher said his store has seen consistent growth since its launch, and a 300 percent spike after he sent out a press release earlier in December.
"Michigan is the center where our most clicks are because I've done a lot of word of mouth type advertising here," he said.
"But I have people clicking in from Texas, California, all over the Coasts and the Southeast now. I'm seeing it grow every day and it's really just through word of mouth and social media."
Schlicher, whose current primary job is as a partner in a Saline technology firm, said he hopes to possibly branch out of the virtual world in the future.
"The name 'I Buy American Store' explains exactly what it is and it gives the consumer the idea that this is not about a single product, but a storefront where you can find whatever you need," he said.
"Eventually we could have a physical brick-and-mortar 'I Buy American Store.'"
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Gowland moves up
Last updated at 12:08, Monday, 16 July 2012
LOCAL superbike star, Graeme Gowland, moved up to 13th place overall in the MCE British Championship after a trio of excellent performances at Oulton Park in Cheshire.
It was the first triple-header of the season and the sixth round altogether, and Gowland recovered from qualifying setbacks to finish in the top ten in all three races.
Gowland began Saturday's qualifying session well by ending qualifying one in seventh place.
However, in Q2, disaster struck as his bike stalled and Gowland had to settle for 20th place on Sunday's starting grid.
It was therefore an excellent display which saw him surge through the field in the opening race, snatching ninth place.
He carried his momentum into the second race which saw a fascinating battle with WFR teammate James Westmoreland, and Gowland secured 10th.
In the final race, it was a similar story of teammates battling against each other, but Gowland got the better of Westmoreland for the second time with another 10th place finish.
Afterwards, Gowland said: "It was a tough weekend with a few bike gremlins at the worst possible moments which thankfully the team were able to sort.
"I will now focus on the second half of the series which kicks off at Brands Hatch, a track I really like, in a few weeks."
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Friday, December 9, 1949...A workman was buried alive while digging a drain in the Prudhoe Urban Council's housing estate at Oaklands.
Workmates rushed to the aid of 50-year-old Richard Barclay, of Stocksfield, when the wall of the trench he was digging collapsed.
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The Making Of: Fine, Fashionable Footwear
This week's "The Making Of" takes us to Red Wing, Minnesota, where Red Wing Shoe Co.—@redwingheritage on Instagram—has been in production for over 100 years.
Red Wing's Instagram feed is a wonderful behind-the-scenes look at the production—and producers—of their handmade footwear. And of course, they also provide plenty of finished product photos for their followers to ogle.
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With a new CD in the works full of high energy pop /FM rock songs, Ashland Court is in the
midst of embarking on a new era of their careers. The quartet now faces a different kind of challenge one that had not presented itself until recently, new label interest in North America and over seas has struck a chord with these four and has inspired their song writing to an entirely new level.
Ashland Court was recently compared to Nickleback, and though there is no real similarity, they discovered the similarity is this. They are both four piece bands the hail from Canada they both have their own unique sound, and last but truly the most important point is they both write hits.
New singles to watch out for on the bands pending release are.
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"Breaking Down"
As of April 2009 the band is in pre-production, recording demos and deciding which songs will be included on the new CD. Also in the works is the scripting and storey board for the bands first video.
Formed in 2005, the group had one basic ambition – play as much as possible; that meant filling up the van and hitting the road.
Although the pins dotting the tour map for Ashland Court include Flin Flon Mb, London Ont. and Winnipeg suburb Transcona, the band sees an audience as an opportunity to entertain and share the magic of rock and roll.
"We have made so many friends it's crazy, its all these people that we have met because of our music," says Riggs, "Every thing we write is positive in one way or another. We believe in good karma, good times and having many, many friends…"
The Ashland Court show takes both fans and newcomers from their gritty, dimly lit lounges to the biggest concert venue and all it takes is a couple of songs.
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This was inspired by this piece from Chicks on the Right. Their version was way too smart (low information voters Democrats can't say "centrifuge" much less know what it is), I had to dumb it down a bit :-)
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No joke, he actually said this...
How ridiculous is this?
This ridiculous...(If you know your Star Trek then you'll know an emotionless android, above, when you see one)
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I never watched Breaking Bad. Maybe if I did I would've thought to come up with some cool memes from it.
This one is freakin' awesome, from The People's Cube.
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I did this around the beginning of 2012, and almost 2 years later it's truer than ever following our "abject surrender" to nuclear weapons and the psychos who love them.
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The problem is that I'm the president of the United States, I'm not the emperor of the United States. My job is to execute laws that are passed. (source)
Conservatives have been ringing warning bells since 2008. We weren't guessing about who Obama is. We were stating it with absolute certainty.
Legal Insurrection aptly points out Obama is being stripped down before the public's eyes in very short order (if the beginning point was the start of his final term as president). There's not much to be said about it all...
Just, "we told you so."
Add a commentI know, I know...they'll never do it, I'm just sayin'.
A fan of the TLS Facebook page (join us here) sent this suggestion...I liked the idea, so I obliged. :-)
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One of the worst things about America is ANYONE can grow up to be Vice President.
Hilarious, from iOwnTheWorld.
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In spite of what some might think when they come to this blog, I really do try not to engage in rhetoric that might lead to the wholesale disrespect for the office of president.
BUT...this man is such a lying sack of ****. Polite company can only endure so much...
There really is no low too low for scum like him and Harry Reid.
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Back in 2010 I did Crazy Nut Cheerios. Now we have another addition to your balanced breakfast...
On a whim I tuned into the Chicks on the Right's radio show (which I now HIGHLY recommend, very entertaining). C Steven Tucker was on talking about Obamacare. He uttered the term "cuckoo for Commie Puffs."
The rest is history.
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100 years from now, when everyone alive today is LONG dead (because healthcare is on the express lane to Suckville and life expectancy is shouting "wait for me!") The people of 2113 will need something that can quickly and accurately describe the era of Obama...
THIS is that something.
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Today is good 'ol Joey B's birthday. So I thought I'd do a round up of my favorite/most popular meme's I've done with the guy over the years.
They're in no particular order.
George W. Bush was on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night. While I was certainly one of the many who felt Bush fatigue by the end of 2008 it's not hard to admit I miss having him around knowing the amateur hour that followed him...
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Add a commentMore run-of-the-mill brilliance from Michael Ramirez.
It's not just that Bill Clinton threw him under the bus, but it's HOW he did it. There really is NOWHERE for Obama to go from here but up...
Add a commentPoll after poll shows America is about as polarized as it has ever been. There's only one reason for that...
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Really there are many more circumstances and data points, but more than anything it boils down to this...
Add a commentThis is a follow up to this post. After sharing that post at Free Republic a Freeper by the name of Mase (h/t) shared this revised illustration. Which gave me the idea for what is shown below.
I was originally going to just append this graphic to the original post, but it takes such a different (and probably better angle on how wrong and stupid liberals were to create the original illustration that it really does belong in its own post.
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The Mozilla Project has updated its roadmap for the coming versions of Firefox. The next big release, Firefox 4.0 with Geko1.9.4 underneath, is scheduled for the end of 2010.
According to the roadmap, the next minor update from the Mozilla Foundation will be the release of Firefox 3.6 (codenamed Namoroka) in November, with the simultaneous launch of Fennec 1.0, the Firefox version optimized for mobile devices. Firefox 3.6 has its own Wiki site with details of each stage of development.
Version 3.7 is scheduled for the first quarter of 2010, with a Geko1.9.3 chassis. Main feature here will be plugins that work as separate tasks which should increase browser stability. Developers also plan a bookmarking synchronization capability.
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yes fix bugs
Another long standing one: expand a youtube video to full screen, and 3.0 and 3.5 dies.
Optimisation and bug hunting
I'd prefer they spend some time on speed / memory optimization and killing all the known bugs before they add new features. That said, its still very stable generally, I only ever have problems with flash content which id Adobes problem not firefox. -
Firefox Does Features Not Bugs
Anyone who knows Firefox knows it's all about features and more features. Don't bother submitting bug reports to Firefox, because the "community" doesn't like them. Like all Linux projects, Firefox has a history of breaking their code from the previous year, ignoring all the bugs and compatibility issues, and then announcing the next "major version" as soon as possible.
many bugs in 3.5.*
first mozilla firefox developers should worry about fixing the existing bugs, rather than working on new features. many bugs are lieing there in bugzilla without any action.
here are some of the bugs I'm aware of
1. firefox disappears from taskbar
2. when addon updates says new addon installed instead it should say addon updated to avoid confuse user.
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From: Alan Oirich, "Hall of Heroes" page on the "Jewish Hero Corps" official website (http://www.jewishsuperhero.com/jhc.htm; viewed 22 April 2006):
Dreidel Maidel: The Hurricane Heroine can spin at tremendous speed. She also thinks with the speed of a super-computer.From: "List of Jewish superheroes" page on Wikipedia.com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_superheroes; viewed 22 April 2006):
There also exists a team of Judaicly themed superheroes known as "The Jewish Hero Corps", printed by Leviathan press. They include Menorah Man, Yarmulke Youth, Matzah Woman, Driedel Maidel, Magen David, Minyan Man, and Shabbas Queen. They are not commonly recognized as actual characters primarily because only one issue of the comic is known to have been produced at this time.From: Jonathan Mark, "Jewish Super Heroes?: New 'comic book' looks to golden age of heroes", published in Jewish World Review, 11 December 1998 / 22 Kislev, 5758 (http://www.jewishworldreview.com/jonathan/mark121198.asp; viewed 22 April 2006):
Maybe the problem, as Lenny Bruce would say, is that comics used to be Jewish and now aren't. The early comic book creators were almost all Jewish, in a world of immigrants: the story of their lives was one of escaping from a destroyed world; fighting in their new world for truth, justice and the American way; having one identity at work and another identity in private. They never forgot where they came from. They never forgot their real names.That these ideas elude modern comic book writers led Alan Oirich, a comics maven and Orthodox Jew, to create a new comic universe featuring "The Jewish Hero Corps - sort of a Justice League of America except they wait six hours after eating meat before intaking dairy foods.
It's available in most Judaica stores.
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And the Jewish superheroes are drawn with classic muscle-rippling panache by Michael Netzer, who used to draw Spiderman, Batman and Wonder Woman before he became Orthodox and moved to Israel...
Remember "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"? Sexy "toon" Jessica Rabbit, with her come-hither eyes and naughty voice, seductively purrs like Bacall-to-Bogie: "I'm not really bad; I'm just drawn that way." But throughout the entire "Jewish Hero Corps," there is nothing like a dame: Dreidel Maidel, Shabbos Queen and Hyper Girl may be as curvy, leggy and perfectly complexioned as Betty and Veronica but they're drawn with the same modest long sleeves and long dresses that you'd see at fervently-Orthodox girl's school.
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D'oh! Ten Goofs in Space
There are some situations even astronauts can't train for.
- By Paul Hoversten
- Air & Space magazine, November 2011
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They are among the most highly trained people on Earth, working with some of the most complex machinery ever invented. But astronauts and cosmonauts are only human, and sometimes—whether through faulty equipment, operator error, or just plain bad luck—things can go awry in space. Although almost every U.S. and Russian space mission over the past half-century has been successful, a few are remembered for what didn't go right.
The world's first spacewalk, for example, nearly ended in tragedy. On March 18, 1965, Alexei Leonov (pictured above) spent just over 12 minutes outside his spacecraft, connected to it by a 17-foot-long tether. When he tried to come back in, he found that his spacesuit had overinflated, and he was unable to fit through his capsule's airlock. Finally, Leonov opened a valve that released some of the pressure, and was able (barely) to get back inside.
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I have never understood the fuss over Armstrong's missing article. I was paid for a long time to enforce spelling and grammar for people who were paid to know how to use both, but I never saw the way Armstrong said his famous words as anything other than a little bit of poetry and drama, pleasing to the ear and entirely appropriate to the situation. And every anniversary, some little hotshot of a journalst thinks he or she is the first to write about the moon man's grammar. And even if Armstrong committed a grievous sin against grammar -- he was on the MOON when he said it. Grammar gurus, where have YOU been?
Posted by Don Lee on September 21,2011 | 10:46 PM
The lost tool bag from STS-126 may not have been all that bad after all. Spaceweather.com turned this event into a learning experience for my students and most likely students worldwide. The website provided tracking information for the tool bag which enabled my students to go outside with their binoculars and try to spot the tool bag under clear, dark skies. Prior to this event, most of my students were not even aware that the ISS and satellites could be seen with their naked eye from their back yards. Seeing the tool bag and the ISS really turned my students on to the space program and many of my former students still actively track the ISS using apps for their smart phones. Isn't it great when adversity can be turned into opportunity?
Posted by Walt Bilous on September 26,2011 | 03:53 PM
I don't get it. How can you not hear the "a" in "That's one small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind."? Listen to the recording carefully and the say it, out loud yourself, with that same American accent. Notice how the "a" hides itself in plain sight in the crappy recording over 300,000 km? EDITORS' REPLY: Armstrong himself admits that he left off the "a."
Posted by Martin Nyberg on October 21,2011 | 05:15 PM
That's the Russian right stuff! It would be neat to see a show on what the cosmonauts did to complete their missions and stay alive during the early space program.
Posted by Peter laager on October 26,2011 | 04:43 PM
Armstrong admits that he himself left off the "a" in his prepared statement. I believe he was unaware that he had done so until he was told that he did and after listening to the recording had no choice but to admit to the error.
Posted by Thomas Williams on October 26,2011 | 07:54 PM
The year Apollo 12 was on the moon, I was a physics teacher at the high school across the street from the Westinghouse Research Labs, where the camera was built. I can remember Al Bean banging on the camera with a hammer in hopes of getting it to work after he had pointed it at the sun, but he didn't seem to know that he had already destroyed it a few seconds earlier. A year later, when I was working at the Labs for the summer, I had a chance to talk with the engineers who had developed the camera, which was the first color video camera in space. They recalled that they could not believe that anyone could be so careless as to point a camera at the sun, and were completely horrified that it had happened. The next version had an automatic shutter that would close if the camera was pointed toward the sun, but I don't believe that it was ever needed after Apollo 12.
Posted by Robert Chilcoat on October 27,2011 | 04:31 PM
Why does this particular picture remnd me of something similar in the movie, "Space Cowboys" concerning an IKON satellite with 6 nukes onboard?
The only differences are that it's Mir (not IKON); there's no nukes on Mir (we hoped), and that it's a Russian cargo ship instead of a Space Shuttle.
Posted by James on May 12,2012 | 05:35 PM
I was a tech at the NASA tracking station Guam and we were watching on video when he tripped over the ALSEP cables. It was greeted with howls of laughter by all.
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