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Two rabbis are among the 10 people who allegedly plotted to kidnap and torture Orthodox Jewish men with cattle prods to pressure them into divorcing their wives.
According to the New York Daily News, Rabbi Mendel Epstein, 68, Rabbi Martin Wolmark, 55, Ariel Potash, 40, a man identified only as "Yaakov" and six other men were arrested in New York and New Jersey Wednesday night after they allegedly ran an operation charging wives up to $100,000 to kidnap their husbands and force them to agree to a religious divorce.
As CBS New York points out, under Jewish law, a wife will only be granted a divorce if she is presented with a document called a "get." A woman without a "get" is forbidden to date or remarry within the Jewish faith.
The scheme had been going on for around 20 years, CBS New York reports. Prosecutors allege that there had been more than 20 kidnappings during that time. The operation came to light when an undercover FBI agent posing as an Orthodox Jewish wife went to the rabbis and said she wanted a divorce from her husband, who would not present her with a "get."
"There are a couple of ways to do that," Rabbi Wolmark said in a recorded phone conversation, CBS New York said. "You have to, we have to, convene a special beth din and see if there are grounds to ... coerce him on the 'get.'"
"In other words, you need to get him to New York where someone either can harass him or nail him. Plain and simple," he said, according to the criminal complaint.
Wolmark then referred the undercover FBI agent to Rabbi Epstein, who went into detail about what they were going to do to coerce her husband to grant the divorce.
"Basically, what we are going to be doing is kidnapping a guy for a couple of hours and beating him up and torturing him and then getting him to give the 'get,'" Epstein said, according to CBS New York. "I guarantee you that if you're in the van, you'd give a 'get' to your wife. You probably love your wife, but you'd give a 'get' when they finish with you."
In the complaint, Epstein said they would get "tough guys" who would use "electric cattle prods, karate, handcuffs and place plastic bags over the heads of husbands" in order to get what they wanted.
"We take an electric cattle prod," Epstein said, according to the criminal complaint. "If it can get a bull that weighs five tons to move, you put in certain parts of his body and in one minute the guy will know."
As the New York Times reports, Rabbi Epstein stressed the importance of leaving no physical marks on the husband, in case he went to the police. If there was no evidence, the cops likely wouldn't pursue the issue.
"Basically the reaction of the police is, if the guy does not have a mark on him then, uh, is there some Jewish crazy affair here, they don't want to get involved," Rabbi Epstein said, according to the criminal complaint.
According to the Associated Press, Rabbis Epstein and Wolmark, Ariel Potash, "Yaakov" and six other men appeared in federal court in Trenton on Thursday.


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On March 27, almost 150 settlers took part in a march organized in the old city of Hebron due to the Passover celebration.
During the afternoon, at least three different groups of settlers walked from the checkpoint at the beginning of Shuhada Street until they reached a house belonging to a Jewish family in Shalaleh Street, which is considered to be a holy place for them.
Strong security measures were deployed by the Israeli army and police, who stationed themselves on rooftops while others accompanied the settlers as they walked in different parts of the city in order to "protect" the settlers on their march. Two buses and three jeeps as well as many soldiers controlling the area blocked the access to Shuhada Street.
Known as H2, the old city of Hebron is home to more than 30,000 Palestinians and approximately 600 Jewish settlers and is under full Israeli military control.
Throughout the day, the closest businesses in the area were forced to close. People started to gather near the cordoned off road and soft clashes began between Palestinians and soldiers, who shot rubber coated bullets, often used as a crowd dispersion method with lethal consequences in many cases. This time, no one was injured and the highly charged atmosphere cooled down.
International groups as the Christian Peacemakers Teams, who observe and maintain an international presence in this tense area describe themselves as "supporting Palestinian nonviolent resistance to the occupation as well as monitoring and intervening during human rights abuses and violations, including Israeli military invasions of Palestinian homes and markets." They followed the course of the event to ensure no violations took place against Palestinians.
Once every year, Jews do the pilgrimage violating the Israeli law itself, that strongly forbidden the Israeli presence in Area A, which is allegedly ruled both administratively and militarily by the Palestinian National Authority. The Palestinian Occupied Territories administrative divisions established with the Oslo Agreements divided Hebron in Area A –around 80 per cent- with the remaining classified as Area C, which subsequently has turned the old city into one of the most conflictive areas of West Bank due to the occupation and settlers' oppressive harassment.
The Passover celebration affected the daily life of Palestinian worshippers that were prevented from accessing the Ibrahimi Mosque on Wednesday and Thursday. The scene where thousands of Jews exclusively went to the Cave of Machpela –the Jewish name for the holy site- whereas Palestinians were kept away from the divided site is just another representation of Hebron's current apartheid situation.
The Jewish festivity not only disrupted the everyday life for Palestinians in the old city of Hebron, but also impacted in all of the occupied territories. It was announced that West Bank would remain under closure for 48 hours from midnight Sunday March 24 until midnight Tuesday March 26, corresponding to the Passover Eve and the first day of the holy celebration.
"Persons in need of medical attention, humanitarian aid or exceptional cases will be permitted to pass for care, with the authorization of the Civil Administration," was the official statement by Israeli authorities.
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"Robocop" is hitting theaters this week, and we have five reasons you may want to consider renting it one day.
On this week's Flicks Junkies podcast, John Clyde and I (along with guest host Curtis Linnell) come down a little hard on José Padhila's latest effort, "Robocop." In our defense, everything we say is pretty accurate, but "Robocop" is actually a better film than a lot of people are expecting. Given any other name but that of the '80s classic it's based on, and people would've simply written this movie off as an entertaining broken-glass flick. Unfortunately for Padhila, people remember loving the original, and it's hard to sell people on a remake. So for those of you on the fence about revisiting this '80s update, here are five reasons it may be worth a future rental. It's a solid effort Does everything in "Robocop" work? No. However, it's kind of surprising how much effort went into realizing this project. What I was expecting, and what I suspect a lot of people are expecting, was a lazy Hollywood cash grab, and "Robocop" is not that. There is a lot to pick apart here, but as far as movies in February go, "Robocop" is definitely better than average. Exceptional cast With the exception of maybe Joel Kinnaman, yes he's Robocop, there is a really talented cast on set here. Michael Keaton's character is let down by an underdeveloped script, but he sells what he's given. Samuel L. Jackson, Jay Baruchel, Jennifer Ehle and Gary Oldman all show up with sincere performances, and the movie is better off for it. "Robocop" may be hovering around 50 percent on RottenTomatoes right now, but it would have been far, far worse with a less-experienced company. It's relevant In an age of drone strikes, sophisticated robotics and mind-controlled software, the questions "Robocop" wants to ask are important ones. Are they subtle in their presentation? No. Dear goodness no. They actually have a narrator yelling at you, in case you didn't pick up on what you're supposed to be thinking about. But that's beside the point. The bigger point is, this movie has something to say and it's worth listening to. I mean, again, you don't have a choice in the matter because they're practically on a megaphone screaming at you, but still, you won't walk away from the theater thinking, "That was pointless." The original hasn't aged well If you've revisited the original film in the last decade or so, you've probably begrudgingly accepted the fact that it isn't a very good movie. That's not to discredit what it was, or to suggest you can't still love it. In fact, in my mind's eye, it's still a winner. But unless I'm having an '80s throw-back movie marathon, the 2014 "Robocop" is probably the film I'll revisit if I need a "Robocop" fix. I don't really imagine I'll have many of those, but still, this was actually a pretty respectful and appropriately update to the classic. You've already seen 'The Lego Movie' Let's be honest, it's February and your movie choices are pretty slim. If you've already seen "The Lego Movie," then you're not left with many options. "The Vampire Academy" or "Endless Love?" Don't do that to yourself. You may find a theater that still has "Lone Survivor" or even "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit," and then, sure, flip a coin. But if you're absolutely going to see a movie this weekend, you don't have to worry about "Robocop" being the wrong choice. At the end of the day, I'd call this a future rental. We were lucky enough to see it on IMAX, and that probably is the best way to experience the movie, but I would've traded said experience in for pajamas and a recliner any day.%3Cimg%20src%3D%22http%3A//beacon.deseretconnect.com/beacon.gif%3Fcid%3D145067%26pid%3D46%22%20/%3E


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Joined: 13 Sep 2005
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Location: San Diego, CA
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 10:34 pm
Post subject: Has anyone here "pulled a Clotilde"?
I have to admit, it's very very American of me to create a new verb out of Clotilde's experience of going from a software engineer to a published author (among many other things), but on the eve of her first (of many, I hope) cookbook going public, I thought you might all forgive me this one time.
Back to my question: We all know that Clotilde was a software engineer who took her interest in food and cooking to new and sophisticated heights with this blog and has launched herself into the realm of public persona and published author. Has anyone else on the boards started out with a full-time day job and a sidebar hobby or passion, and then, had that hobby or passion turn into their career or something that changed the course of their lives?
Although I have not experienced this in my life, I find Clotilde's story inspiring.
"Help! Help! I'm being repressed!" --- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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Location: Penrith (where jacarandas remind me of change), New South Wales, Australia
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 1:22 am
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what a lovely post
"I've never accepted the external appearance of things as the whole truth. The world is much more elaborate than the nerves of our eye can tell us." - James Gleeson
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Location: Gold Coast Australia
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 9:11 am
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My career in wine started as a passion. One day a friend who was setting up a wine distribution business offered me a job and it became a career for 7 years. I loved it and really miss the industry.
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 12:36 pm
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Well...my husband and I
to be on the verge. He's a programmer by day, jetsetting photographer whenever he can. Earlier this year we created a business plan...if all goes well for the first two years with me managing the business side of things, he'll be able to make his photography a full time gig.
As for me, I was a single mom for years making ends meet through various admin jobs. Since my husband and I have been homemaking together for going on five years now and things have settled down, this June 19th I'll finally be going back to school for graphic design. Woo-hoo, yay!!!
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 1:51 pm
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I always wanted to be an archaeologist. From as far back as I can remember.
I left home before I finished high school. So I could not afford to go to university, it was hard enough finishing high school.
Anyway, had jobs and enjoyed them, but always dreamed. I was working in tourism/National Parks with a boss who was fabulous - and was an archaeologist......
When we were both made redundant from National Parks she took up archaeology again full time, and told me that I was going to work with her and go to university.
Voila! My dream became a reality. Now I work in a field that I love and am passionate about.
I always tell people that they are never too old (or whatever the excuse is going to be) to change careers. Passion and drive, as well as belief in yourself are all that you need to make the move.
If you cannot feel your arteries hardening, eat more cheese. If you can, drink more red wine. Diet is just "die" with a "t" on the end. Exercise is walking into the kitchen.
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 5:44 pm
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Have I ever "pulled a Clotilde"?
not even close!!!
But then, I never had an overwhelming career "passion"--I'm very lucky to be interested in almost everything--once you excavate (thanks, Debbie!) the tiniest bit into any subject you find a lifetime of study if you want it.. The internet, of course, is perfect for this type of mind/temperament.
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Location: buried under a pile of books somewhere in Adelaide, South Australia
Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 4:10 am
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Yes, I have.
Anyone who has read these forums since the end of last year may remember when I
quit my nursing job
after 26 years to see if I could turn my online bookselling hobby into a business that would support me financially.
I have always loved books and everything about them - the feel of the pages, the smell of old books, the wonderful tales they weave. I started selling a few of my own books 3 years ago, and I'm now selling new and pre-loved books on 3 auction sites and on my own website. Our house has boxes of books (and audiobooks - my partner Greg is also an online retailer) everywhere, the only way we can stop working is to physically leave the house, I still love books and haven't missed nursing for a second. Life is wonderful.
So it's all working out, better than I had hoped in fact. Do I wish I'd quit nursing years before I actually did? No, I did really love it, but the shift work, the internal politics and the poor staffing levels were what finally pushed me to quit.
WARNING! Shameless self-promotion coming up ....
Any Antipodeans who don't yet have a copy of Clotilde's Cookbook can buy the US version from me
Doing what you like is freedom
Liking what you do is happiness
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 3:59 pm
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I did exactly what Judy did---gave up a nursing career, for all the same reasons and opened a bookstore---for all the same reasons!
Vivant Linguae Mortuae!!
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 4:28 pm
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When I was 40, a long time ago, I left my job as Head of Events & Guests Office at the Public Relation Department at Tel Aviv University and changed my hobby into a "profession": I began to cook. Actually , when I was five years old, I was asked by a family friend what I want to do when I grow up . I answered. without any hesitation: A cook. My mother was horrified: no decent romanian jewish girl was meant to be a !!!
a cook!!!
( the word "Chef" had other meanings in those prehistorical days). So I waited to really grow up, studied a lot of interesting but non-useful and non-practical things ( in Paris!!), and then, at 40, I was ready to do what I already knew when I was 5 YO.
I have an Appetizers cookbbok in my computer, which is stucked. Hopefully I'll be able to give it birth one of these days.
No more war, more guts to do and be what we really want!
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Location: Greenville, NC, US
Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 4:36 pm
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What a great thread. These stories are inspiring. Very cool!
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 5:17 pm
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Simona, I didn't know you were Romanian...I have Romanian roots as well. Which, now that I think of it, leads me to my grandmother's "pulling a Clotilde" when she was a girl...only more out of necessity than inspiration I suppose.
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Location: buried under a pile of books somewhere in Adelaide, South Australia
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:39 am
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Just wanted to briefly revisit this topic since one of Clotilde's Perth Writers Festival sessions was about
Living the Dream
If you don't know my story, you just have to scroll a few posts back to see what I used to do, and how I 'pulled a Clotilde'. And to draw this thread into a circle, the very first book I ever sold on my website, waaaay back in June last year, was a copy of THE C&Z Cookbook. I was so thrilled, both because it was that very special book, and because I'd actually SOLD something on my very own still-very-new website!
Doing what you like is freedom
Liking what you do is happiness
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Location: England
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:59 am
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Yeesh! I'm 'living the dream' in reverse!! I realised in 1985 when I was doing meaningless temp jobs that I wanted to do something different but didn't know what. I was teaching myself about art history and literature so I knew it had to be something to do with either of those.
Then I got a temp job at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, part of which was taking the internal post around the Pavilion but also the museum. Hey presto I knew I wanted to be a curator and work with those fabulous things!
I went off to university as a mature student, got a BA in Art History and Literature and became a volunteer at Bruce Castle Museum in Tottenham, north London. Which led to work, not very well paid but that was ok because I was going to be - a Curator! I had to start somewhere after all. I worked there for almost three years until the money ran out and I was moved to the Library - where I very soon realised I did NOT want to work despite being a bookaholic.
Having worked in 6 museums and gained almost six and a half years museum experience I was unemployed and low... and it occurred to me to ask - why do you keep doing this?
So I quit museum work about a year ago and became a Note-taker for students with Disabilities and Additional Needs at Loughborough University with the DANS squad! But I see this as a stopgap job until I figure out what I want to do next... and I really don't know what I want to do next.
It is much harder because at my age, most people are settled in their job and have houses/families of their own. I don't. I'm still living with my dad and have no hope of ever being able to buy a home of my own.
So I have chosen escape. By day I go to all kinds of lectures, some of which I even understand and I take notes for students. When I can, I write stories and try to get my costume collection together.
I began with the dream, but it vanished into air and now it's just that, a distant dream. If I ever get any one of my novels finished and in good shape then maybe, just maybe I'll be a published writer. For now, my writing is for me and those I love. And bah! Humbug! to the world!... so there!
Confusion comes fitted as standard.
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:04 pm
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Griffin, I know that feeling...too many choices make it impossible to act. You have such varied interests & aptitudes, it's impossible to hold yourself to just one thing, right? Sometimes I wonder if it isn't going to turn out to be a big hodge podge of different attempts, all adding up to nothing - with no significant body of work to show for it and and no real home or other happy attachments either.
I just started back to school for my second BA...this one was supposed to be in commercial art, so I could do something I love and make a legitimate living for myself too. Now I've quit my job, started a divorce, getting ready to leave my home in June only to discover halfway into my first year of art school that I don't want to do commercial art. I'm grappling with my leanings toward fine art & the idea of "art for art's sake" and the whole concept that I'm spending all this money & energy to
gain a single
And then what will I be when I grow up? I'll have to work in an office the rest of my life to make ends meet, just like I always have, only I'll be a frustrated artist as well, with talent and education but no money for materials and no outlet.
OMG! It sounds so much worse when you lay it all out in writing.
You love costumes, why don't you go to work in the theater? You could be a tailor or a designer and then you'd have all kinds of new experiences to write about when you retire.
It can't be too bad living with your dad, can it? I know too many people who don't see their parents at all. At least you're not missing out on that special relationship - no matter how tiring the situation may seem at times. He's lucky to have you around.
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Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:36 pm
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Griffin- I have wondered many times — perhaps this is an opportunity to ask — why you don't write a guide for tourists or a book about a museum that's of particular interest to you.
Writing is one of your gifts whether you chose it as a career or not and your personality would fill someone unfamiliar with a city or an area with enthusiasm while your special insights could make the charms of a collection or architectural features living, vivid things. Meanwhile, if you were to choose to write an extensive story of the history and collections of a particular museum I bet you'd be
the opportunity to get to steep yourself in the objects themselves.
You are too gifted and too enthusiastic to go unrecognized. You just may need to make people stop and pay attention to it a little at first. A big metropolitan area is a different animal than a tiny dedicated blog but if you can demonstrate to a publisher what we have all seen and treasured here, I'm sure it will happen! I wish it for Britain's sake!
God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny. -- Garrison Keillor
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Behind the REDWOOD CURTAIN / Humboldt a separate world of misty groves, offbeat towns and protected wildlife -- and one wild race
2003-05-11 04:00:00 PDT Eureka, Humboldt Co. -- "Congratulations," said a man I met along the shore of Humboldt Bay. "You've managed to penetrate the Redwood Curtain."
I laughed because I hadn't heard that expression since I lived here, 25 years ago. Back then, this North Coast outpost of vast and noble redwood forests, handsomely restored Victorians and lonely driftwood beaches seemed impossibly remote from the Bay Area.
Breaching the Redwood Curtain meant negotiating Highway 101 as it dwindled to a potholed, two-lane road that twisted in and out of river canyons and slalomed around individual redwood trees. I always seemed to drive it alone, at night, in the ever-present drizzle, with huge logging trucks flashing their brights in my rear-view mirror. It always left me jangled and drained, and it made Humboldt County feel 1,000 miles from San Francisco, rather than the 250 it is.
But Caltrans has been busy over the intervening quarter-century, straightening the worst of the curves and transforming the road, for the most part, into a modern, four-lane highway. It's shaved close to an hour off the drive and untold wear from drivers' nerves.
But the notion of the Redwood Curtain persists, and Humboldt County remains a place apart -- separated by landscape and culture, if not distance, from the rest of California. It's a place where you can stand in the silent cathedral of a redwood grove and then sit down to a Paul Bunyan-size supper at the last logging camp cookhouse in North America. Where, in the same day, you can wander among the finest collection of Victorian mansions in North America and drive right up to a herd of startlingly large Roosevelt elk. Where you can buy still-gesticulating Dungeness crabs right off the boat or salmon smoked over alder according to a traditional Yurok Indian recipe. And where, once a year, you can witness the Dali-esque spectacle of immense and whimsical works of art racing one another across the landscape.
The Kinetic Sculpture Race, held over the Memorial Day weekend, is as good an excuse as any to peek behind the Redwood Curtain. Picture the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade combined with the television show "Junkyard Wars" and the Paris-to-Dakar rally. On the Saturday before Memorial Day, three dozen colossal, mobile objets d'art -- armadillos, flying saucers, dragons, mermaids and many that defy description -- will set off from the central plaza in Arcata for the Victorian hamlet of Ferndale, 38 miles to the south.
Along the way, the human-powered sculptures, held together -- or not -- by amateurish welds and miles of duct tape, traverse sand dunes, wallow through mud bogs and float across a corner of Humboldt Bay. Or not. This is always a busy time for the Coast Guard.
"It's the triathlon of the art world," said Bill Croft, the race's executive director.
Almost never is the first across the finish line declared the winner. The trophy is awarded according to an obscure formula apparently known only to the judges and those who bribe them. Audacity and panache are prized over speed. "Plus, we encourage people to cheat," said Croft, echoing a favorite line of Ferndale artist and race founder Hobart Brown. "But it's a privilege, not a right."
"The more absurd one of these things can look, the better," said Randy Frost as he showed me around his Kinetic Sculpture Museum in Ferndale. Most past entrants are now rusting away as lawn sculptures around Humboldt County, but Frost has collected and preserved a few of the most outrageous. My favorite depicted Mother Earth as a burlesque dancer. "That's 'La Nina, the Weather Stripper,' " said Frost.
The gingerbread village of Ferndale, with its gaily painted storefronts and lavishly gabled Victorians, is almost too perfect to believe. If it looks instantly familiar, it's because it's Hollywood's go-to location whenever it needs an idyllic small town. "The Majestic" and "Outbreak" are among the movies and television shows filmed here.
Known locally as "butterfat palaces," the Victorians were built at the turn of the last century by immigrant dairy farmers who grew wealthy grazing their herds along the fertile bottomland of the Eel River delta. Typical of the town's showpieces is the grand old manor where we spent the night. The Collingwood Inn Bed and Breakfast is an 1885 Italianate-style home with Queen Anne windows on Main Street; it once served as the town's hospital. The owners,
San Francisco refugees Chris Hanks and Peter Consello, have restored and furnished it smartly with the full Victorian treatment: claw foot tubs, stained glass windows, antique armoires.
Humboldt County is speckled with redwood forests, but there was one in particular I yearned to see. The Headwaters Forest, 15 miles southeast of Eureka, was the subject of a bitter, decade-long struggle between environmentalists, the Pacific Lumber Co. and various government agencies. It finally ended when the public ponied up $380 million to buy and preserve the 7, 400 acres of old-growth redwoods. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about, and what we got for our money.
One drizzly morning I set out on foot along a muddy logging road with two personable young rangers from the federal Bureau of Land Management, Emily Evans and Julie Clark. These interpretive hikes, which are free to the public, are the only way to see the Headwaters. The gates are locked, and you're not allowed to walk in on your own.
And here's the biggest surprise: You can walk to an overlook where you can view the Headwaters Forest from a distance, but you can't actually set foot in it.
"That's the hardest part for us to explain," said Evans. "People put in all the effort to save the forest, they did the protests and they put up the money,
and now they can't go in and hug the trees." It's to preserve the threatened marbled murrelet and coho salmon. "This was set aside not for us," Evans said, "but for the creatures who live there."
Instead, the hike reveals the effects of logging and the regrowth of forests. An hour of mostly downhill walking through spindly red alders, second- growth redwoods and Douglas firs that soared to 275 feet brought us to a clearing. There, a quarter-mile away on the far side of Salmon Creek, was the famous Headwaters Forest. I don't imagine I'll get a gold star from the Sierra Club for saying this, but from this distance it looked pretty much like every other redwood forest I've seen.
"It's a unique and special habitat," conceded Evans, "but, frankly, there are much better places to see redwoods up close." She recommended the Rockefeller Grove in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, the world's largest grove of old-growth redwoods and an easy jaunt off Highway 101 in southern Humboldt County.
Twenty-five years ago, when I lived there, Eureka, the county's largest town, was just about the dreariest place imaginable, with a downtown full of going-out-of-business sales and a derelict, stinking, Skid Row of a waterfront.
But now the waterfront area, redubbed Old Town, is a lively and convivial district chockablock with bookstores, galleries, bakeries, cafes, hip-looking cocktail lounges and restaurants serving seafood freshly plucked from Humboldt Bay. I spent an agreeable couple of hours browsing among the shops and watching the fishing boats chugging in and out of the harbor.
I also intended to spend an afternoon puttering around the plaza in Arcata, which is ringed by shops, restaurants and bars, and filled with a grassy park crowned by a pigeon-stoop statue of President William McKinley, who once passed through town. But the plaza has become home to a sizable tribe of street people -- think San Francisco's U.N. Plaza -- and they made me uncomfortable. I gather this is a prickly and divisive issue in Arcata, and I'm not going to wade into it here, other than to say I found Old Town Eureka much more congenial for browsing and window-shopping.
Twenty minutes' drive from Arcata, near the cheerful company town of Samoa, stands the Samoa Cookhouse, the last logging-camp cookhouse in North America. Opened in 1894, it began serving the public alongside the lumberjacks and mill workers in the 1960s. Today it serves only the public -- tourists, mostly -- but it does so in staggering volume: 600 people a day in summer.
I was seated at a long table with a red-checkered tablecloth, and as others came in they joined me at the table. And soon came the food: a bowl of turkey noodle soup enormous enough to have its own tides, then another bowl heaped with a mountain of salad and a full basket of bread, then platters overhung with slabs of roast beef and stacks of fried pork cutlets, a bushel of baked potatoes, a heaping bowl of peas, another of three-bean salad. We asked for iced tea (included in the price) and got a pitcher.
As our waiter returned with two armfuls of apple pie, he said, "I hoped you saved room for dessert." No, but we gobbled it down anyway.
The next day, with my seat belt uncomfortably snug, I drove north to Trinidad, a village perched on a rocky, wave-battered bluff above Trinidad Bay.
Once a raucous port serving gold mines along the Klamath, Trinity and Salmon rivers, it's now an agreeably somnolent village populated by a few hundred fishermen and artists. It is, I imagine, how Mendocino looked 50 years ago.
There I found a Trinidad institution: Katy's Smokehouse, a ramshackle little stand that has been doing business here since the early 1940s. The current owner, Judy Lake, buys king salmon and other fish off the boats in Trinidad harbor and puts them through a laborious process of brining, drying, seasoning and smoking for three days over alder wood, according to a recipe founder Katy State obtained from the local Yurok Indians. "We do it in small batches," Lake said. "If we get too big, we'll lose what makes it special."
She sells a little to the upscale Dean & Deluca shop in St. Helena, but otherwise there's only one way to taste what one reviewer called "the best smoked fish you'll ever eat" -- you have to venture behind the Redwood Curtain.
Humboldt County is 250 miles north of San Francisco on Highway 101. It's definitely worth taking the detour through the redwoods along the Avenue of the Giants in southern Humboldt County.
Collingwood Inn Bed & Breakfast, 831 Main St., Ferndale, CA 95536; phone, (707) 786-9219; e-mail, email@example.com; Web, www.collingwoodinn.com. Exquisitely restored Victorian that accepts pets. Doubles, $135-$203, fabulous breakfast included. Hotel Arcata, 708 Ninth St., Arcata CA 95521; (800) 344-1221 or (707) 826-0217;
e-mail, email@example.com; www.hotelarcata.com. Renovated 1915 property on the downtown plaza. Doubles start at $80 on weekends, breakfast buffet included. Pets welcome. A handful of budget chains, including a Motel 6 and Best Western, are 2 miles north of town along Giuntoli Lane.
Samoa Cookhouse, just north of Samoa on the north jetty; (707) 442-1659; Web, www.humboldtdining.com/cookhouse. Serves family-style, all-you-can-eat breakfasts, lunches and dinners seven days a week. Dinners, $13.95 for adults, $5.95 for children. Wildflower Cafe, 1604 G St., Arcata; (707) 822-0360. Friendly place serving flavorful vegetarian and organic meals. Dinner for two, with wine, tax and tip,
about $40. Katy's Smokehouse, 740 Edwards St., Trinidad; (707) 677-0151. Take-out only.
The best times and places to view the Kinetic Sculpture Race are around 11 a.m. May 24 in the Arcata plaza (the official start is at noon); at 11 a.m. on May 25 along the waterfront in Old Town Eureka, where they plunge into Humboldt Bay (this is the best vantage point for the wackiest part of the race); and the afternoon of May 26, when the survivors roll down Ferndale's Main Street. An award ceremony and party follow there at 6 p.m.
Free, ranger-led hikes to view the Headwaters Forest operate weekends from mid-May through October, and on weekdays by special arrangement. Phone (707) 825-2300 for reservations. The hike, which leaves from Fortuna, is about 4 miles round-trip and only slightly strenuous.
Humboldt County Convention and Visitors Bureau, 1034 Second St., Eureka, CA 95501; (800) 346-3482; www.redwoodvisitor.org. Exploring the North CoastÓ by Jonathan Franks (Chronicle Books) is delightfully written and a valuable source of information about the history, culture and landscape of the region.


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Nothing says, "hey, I've got a leather jacket, some INXS tapes in my trunk, and a few minor STDs" like a good ol' fashioned burnout. But who makes the most smoke?
If you ask us, a perfect burnout shouldn't just have a lot of smoke, it should have a purpose. This Aussie Holden manages to light a small garden on fire, which is just a big middle finger to all the Martha Stewarts of the world. We love it.
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Blood? Check. Glory? Check. An "Infinity Blade"-like experience on Android? Glu Mobile's new game "Blood & Glory" has you covered. Hack, slash, dodge, use special attacks and combos, wipe off blood off your screen, then rinse and repeat as you participate in a series of medieval tournaments.
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This is actually from Wednesday's 6 p.m. newscast on KNTV in San Francisco, during which a CSN Bay Area producer in the background appears to react quite negatively to the Dennis Allen news being delivered by sports anchor Henry Wofford. We're not sure how someone working on TV wouldn't know he is, you know, on TV. But if this is how Allen's being received by the media, we can only imagine how the sane and reasonable Oakland Raider fan base is reacting.
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ROCHESTER — With growing commercial tax base and a solid financial position, the city is "certainly on the move," said City Manager Daniel Fitzpatrick during the State of the City breakfast forum at Frisbie Memorial Hospital.
According to Fitzpatrick, several factors point to the city's strong financial situation, including a growing commercial tax base, favorable bond ratings, and the recently released annual audit.
The city's total assessed valuation, which had been dropping annually between 2009 and 2012, is now recovering. The total valuation in the city stands at $2,021,637,412, compared to $2,004,617,304 last year and $1,988,975,970 in 2012.
"We're out of the doldrums of 2008," said Fitzpatrick, stating the city is no longer in a recession.
In his State of the City address in front of about 75 people Friday, Mayor T.J. Jean said, "The state of our city is remarkably strong."
He said the schools are performing well, commercial development continues to rise, and the City Council continues to make infrastructure investments, which include paving projects for which the city pays in cash. He also said that public safety officials are doing a good job keeping the city secure and healthy.
Despite the good news, Jean said the city will have to deal with some challenges ahead, in the next fiscal year. One such challenge is personnel costs, which account for about 80 percent of the city's budget. According to Jean, health insurance premiums are continuing to rise at an unsustainable rate, and the N.H. Retirement System is putting an additional burden on the city budget.
As the council prepares to review and adopt the budget for next fiscal year, Jean said there are not many places to make budget reductions.
"We are pretty much at a bare bones budget," said Jean.
He said that as City Council prepares to negotiate with collective bargaining units, it will take working as a team to try to get health insurance costs under control.
"The dark cloud over our heads is ObamaCare," said Jean.
He said city officials must do everything they can to avoid the "Cadillac tax," or an excise tax, which goes into effect in 2018. The tax is part of the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, and will be imposed on the value of health insurance benefits exceeding a certain threshold.
On the economic development front, Karen Pollard, the economic development manager for the city, also gave some good news.
According to Pollard, Rochester's industrial and commercial tax base has grown by 58 percent in the past 10 years, and business uses now account for 26 percent of property tax valuation.
She said the city is aiming to be the most business friendly — and the most entrepreneurial — city in the region.
The recent expansion of the Granite State Business Park has allowed for construction of a new manufacturing center, the colocation of Albany Engineered Composites and Safran Aerospace Composites. The new plant, which is located in a TIF district, is expected to bring hundreds of new jobs into the city, and the hiring process has already begun.
"Safran is an aggressive hirer of talent," said Pollard.
She said that through programs such as the Advanced Technology and Academic Center, which opened in Rochester last summer, the city is hoping to provide a great enough workforce to keep the new manufacturing plant growing.
Pollard did note that this year Rochester saw a reduction in the workforce and employment. She said Rochester seems to be attracting residents from outside of the city to come work in Rochester, while Rochester residents are not taking as many of the new jobs as city officials would like. She said she plans on studying the issue further, also noting the city is in need of workforce housing.
Plans for the Granite Ridge Development District, located on Route 11, are expected to gain Planning Board approval by the end of April, and trees in the area have already been cleared in preparation for a new 300,000-square-foot shopping center, which will be located just south of Walmart. The center will include a movie theater, restaurants, and retail shops, though the names of the future tenants have not yet been released. According to Pollard, only about 51,000 square feet of leasing space is still available.
According to Fitzpatrick, the city recently underwent a comprehensive financial review by Moody's and Standard & Poor's, and results were very favorable. Moody's, which gave the city an A1 rating, and S&P, which gave it an AA- rating, commented on the city's conservative financial management, diverse tax base, and healthy reserves, said Fitzpatrick.
"The city is certainly on the move," he said.
Fitzpatrick said the annual audit, for the last fiscal year, found an unmodified opinion, meaning auditors found no issues in the city's financial reports.
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A new member ventures into your club with dreamy yet skeptical intentions of losing 25 pounds. He or she is frantic in their initial visits, pushing hard — almost as if they only have a month to get the job done. You tell your client to slow down, take it easier and stop pushing too hard, but the new member has been fully indoctrinated in the concept that exercise only works when it hurts, and the more it hurts, the better and quicker the results.
Most people are aware of their lack of success with exercise and weight loss. They also know that they can't continue to exercise if they must maintain the pain. So they feel they can only stick with it so long before they are overcome with the discomfort and the inconvenience of fitting exercise into their busy schedule. Once again, they fall back to excuses and disappointment. In other words, they are programmed for fitness failure.
For most people an insurmountable gulf exists in fitness between beginning to exercise and getting to the "good stuff" — noticeable weight loss, feeling better and increased self esteem. To most, this gulf is filled with pain and discomfort during the first month or two of exercise. If they don't get to the other side quickly, they succumb to the "bad stuff" (the aches and pains, the embarrassment, the inconvenience, the slow weight loss). The vast majority of Americans rarely cross the gulf of fitness giving up because the pain wins out before the gain can take hold.
Herein lies a challenge and an opportunity for clubs. Within the first month or two is when members are most susceptible to their programming for fitness failure. What can be done to get people through this to a time where they start to get the strong consistent benefits?
First, visiting a club must be a positive and rewarding experience for the new member. Keep in mind that the initial rewarding experiences will have little to do with weight loss or euphoric feelings. The club environment is critical. A club must be beautiful, energizing, inspiring and clean, yet non-intimidating. If they love what the club looks and "feels" like — a product of proper design and décor — they are not as focused on their discomfort. Colors, lighting, different shapes and finishes can inexpensively yet dramatically help to invigorate an environment and a new member.
Each new member should be treated as a new friend. What if one of your friends joined your club? Wouldn't you always have a smiling hello and goodbye? Wouldn't you check up on them and help them in any way you could?
Yet, so often, clubs don't offer any assistance unless a member pays extra for it. If left alone, how in the world will they make positive changes? They won't, and studies show most discontinue regular exercise within six weeks or so.
However, this leads to another great solution to fitness failure programming: personal training. The more members that end up with the help of a personal trainer the better. More than anything else, a good trainer can hold their hand through the insecure gulf of fitness and constantly remind them of the benefits they are receiving through exercise.
Have you ever heard a new member complain that exercise isn't working, yet when questioned, they answer that they are sleeping better, have more energy, their clothes fit better and they feel better about themselves? People programmed for fitness failure need to be constantly reminded what good changes they are making, especially since most only look at the scale for positive affirmation.
Keep in mind that so many of the new people coming into your club have been bombarded with the "I easily lost 30 pounds in 30 days" before-and-after testimonials found on television and in popular magazines. The new member comes in, loses only 4 pounds the first month and ends up with even stronger programming for fitness failure. So members need continual reminders that each visit is a reward to themselves and a positive step towards a better life. As a popular slogan for a major chain says, "It's not about fitness, it's about life!" Wall posters, newsletters and a communicative staff can do wonders.
For most people, joining a new club is just another experience that reinforces their programming for fitness failure. By understanding this, clubs can become proactive and constructively welcome new people and help them to the other side — where regular exercisers know and love so well — where exercise is one of the most rewarding and positive things they do in their life.
Bruce Carter is the president of Optimal Fitness Design Systems International, a club design firm that has created about $420 million worth of clubs in 45 states and 26 countries.


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Until the Great Holocaust occurred. In 1944 a group of Briskers decided to call a meeting with the aim of establishing an organization that would gather any news of our town. A committee was elected which consisted of: Winnikoff, Ludski, Kastrinski, Dlugin, Zweiboim, Shtickman and Kachel. At that first meeting we decided to publish the Book of Brest.
The first activity of the board was to collect and gather any information about the fate of the Jews of Brest, with the assistance of the Jewish Agency and any other means, also to provide food parcels for the needy.
In May 1945, we received the first letter from a surviving Brest Jew, Asher Zisman, who described in detail the destruction of the Jews of Brest. On the 17th June 1945, we held our first commemoration service, and it was decided to establish the 6th Cheshvan (15th October) as our memorial date. Then the first of the Brest survivors arrived in Israel and we tried to assist them with settling in Israel. Contacts were established with Brisker Landsmanschafts in other countries, with the Brest Relief in New York, Australia, Argentina and France. The closest links were with the Brest Relief in New York, which until today is the most active of all these organizations. The organizations of the other countries concentrated on helping Brest survivor refugees where they were located in Poland, Germany, and France. Therefore our requests did not find a receptive response.
In the great wave of post- war immigration, we helped the new migrants to find housing and work. We did not receive any assistance from abroad until 1948, when the first help came from the Brest Relief in New York specifically for the refugees from the British camps on Cyprus.
Over the course of time we met with many Briskers from abroad that were visiting Israel. From Argentina - Chaim Finkelstein, P. Gingold from Chicago, H. Kossovski from New York, H. Neuman from Chicago, Dr H. Freiluk and Pomerantz from New York, members of the Brest Society from Paris - H. Shushkin, Minc, and Lerner. N. Tenenbaum the chairman of the Brest Relief in New York, H. Yungerman from Argentina, Diana Yanov and Freidlis from New York. Thanks to those meetings an ongoing and lively contact was established with the Brest organizations abroad. At the Brest Relief conference in New York, our member H. Trubovitch represented us.
The Israeli committee took on the task of perpetuating the memory of our city and made great efforts towards the publishing of the Brisk D' Lita Yizkor book. We were in constant contact with the Brest organizations of various countries. A committee was established especially to collect material for this book this committee consisted of: Dlugin, Chinich, Kastrinski and A. Levinson.
In New York, Jonah Ganzer headed their book committee. When Chaim Barlas visited the U.S. the matter of publishing the book in two languages was agreed on - Hebrew and Yiddish. We must note the great voluntary effort and dedication of Nachum Chinich. This member of the book committee painstakingly collected and prepared the material before it was sent for publication by the Encyclopedia of the Diaspora.
With the visit of H. Tenenbaum, Chairman of the Brest Relief in New York, a Loan Fund was established which helped many Briskers in Israel.
These are the members of the Brest Committee in Israel:
Honorary Chairman - Rabbi I. Y Unterman, the Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv and Jaffa. Committee members from 1944-1950: Y.L. Winnikoff, Chairman. Aaron Ludski, Avraham Shtrickman Secretary. B. Kastrinski, Shlomo Dlugin, Eliezer Fein, Fania Artzi Pomerantz and Bat-Sheva Segal.
In 1957 the committee members were: D. Zisman, A. Shtrickman, M. Neumark, M. Zamichovski, B. Kastrinski, and S. Shwartz. The editorial committee for the Yizkor book: Dr. S. Orchov, S. Golubovitch, Engineer P. Barkai and M. Breinhendler.
The Briskers and their descendants are spread throughout the cities, settlements, and kibbutzim of Israel. According to our estimates they number about 1,000 families.
Seated R-L Y.L. Winnikoff, Rabbi A.Y. Unterman
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JustShop – Beautiful WordPress and Woocommerce Theme for Cake, and food businesses.
JustShop is the ultimate WordPress cake shopping theme built for WooCommerce. Featuring 6 distinct, beautiful and modern header styles, as well as 6 gorgeous color pallets, JustShop can be customized to your specific needs with incredible ease. You will truly find this end-user focused coding & design the 'icing on the cake' of this wordpress shopping theme for cake, bakeries, a food or beverage company or similar businesses.
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- Included Plugins: All included plugins like Visual Composer, Revolution Slider etc.
- Template is very well supported, if you have any question, feel free to contact using profile page form.
- Images used in demo were bought from Fotolia, depositphotos etc. Demo xml contains images too from v2.5, but those images are different from demo website images and from Flickr creative commons, credits to original author of those images included in demo xml as well.
- Note before you purchase for RTL usage : RTL version is still in beta, I dont speak RTL language, but if you encounter any bug or issue I am willing to cure it immediately. Also, there will be some limitations based on third party scripts that I do not control. It wont look as finished as LTR version everywhere.
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v7.5 Date: 16 Apr 2017
- SSL compatibility improved. - Made WC 3.0.3 compatible.
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- Improved quantity update field of Product and Cart page.
v7.2 Date: 5 Mar 2017
- Added a new Category VC module. - Made PHP 7 Compatible.
v7.1 Date: 21 Feb 2017
- Fixed minor glitch in last major update.
v7.0 Date: 19 Feb 2017
- Updated demo site, made modern theme demo. - Improved loading speed. - Added Preloader. - Other minor improvements.
v6.83 Date: 30 June 2016
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2 men arrested in connection with 2009 Woodlawn homicide
Both men charged with first-degree homicide
Baltimore County police said they have arrested and charged two men in connection with a 2009 murder.
Police said around 4 p.m. on Sept. 30 2009, officers were called to the 9500 block of Liberty Road in Woodlawn where the caller reported finding the body of Rodney Lewis dead on the kitchen floor. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled that the victim died of multiple sharp force injuries and that the death was a homicide, authorities said.
During the investigation, detectives said they determined that Eric Isaiah Johnson was staying with the victim and his wife around the time of the slaying. Police said Johnson and a friend, Leonard Briscoe, entered the home on the day of the homicide and began to steal valuables throughout the home.
Police said while the suspects were stealing the property, victim Rodney Lewis came home unexpectedly. There was a physical confrontation between Rodney Lewis and Eric Johnson, and the victim was fatally stabbed during the struggle.
Eric Johnson was arrested on Jan. 2 and Leonard Briscoe was arrested on Jan. 3.
Both men have been charged with one count of first-degree murder and are currently being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center.


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Friday, June 08, 2012
Ask a Korean! Wiki: Natural Style Deodorants
Dear Korean,
I was wondering if you knew much about "natural" style deodorants' availability in Korea (i.e Tom's of Maine and JASON brands, or comparable brands). I unwisely didn't pack a long-term supply of deodorant when I came here, and now I'm running out. I don't want to use antiperspirant and would like to avoid deodorants laced with a bunch of synthetic chemicals.
Scott in Chungju
Sorry, Scott in Chungju, you are speaking to a guy who has never bought a stick of deodorant in his life. And it is not because the Korean is gross. Asians generally have significantly less apocrine sweat glands in their armpits, making them less susceptible to armpit stench. Either that or the Korean has a bad sense of smell, and everyone around him in his whole life has been exceedingly polite.
At any rate, deodorant always has been a sticking point with the expat population in Korea. So weigh in, folks. Have you been able to find a fru-fru, "natural" style deodorant in Korea?
Got a question or a comment for the Korean? Email away at email@example.com.
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It's inconvenient, but you may have to just order some stuff from home. Although if you happen to trek up to Seoul, I recommend the 수입물품 (imported products) store behind Hyundai department store in Sinchon. (It faces the small park and is situated directly between the pharmacy and the 닭갈비 restaurant. I'm not sure if they carry the natural-style deodorant (I prefer the Gillette smooth gel and Axe body spray), but there are several items there...it's worth checking out if you happen to be up here.ReplyDelete
maybe try iherb.com? they ship to korea for like $8ReplyDelete
I've never been to Korea but seriously, you guys don't have baking soda in Korea? If you're going to be a hippy and refuse to use stuff with aluminum you might as well go all the way and just powder yourself with baking soda in the mornings, same as you would when the cat pees on your carpet. Use some water too or else it won't stay on.ReplyDelete
This works better for some people than others (ie better than if you're extreme smelly) and it won't do a thing for sweat that I've seen.Replies
iherb sounds pretty nifty too though whether or not you're in koreaDelete
Milk of magnesium works great, too. Better than deodorant, actually, and will last all day and even until the next morning.Delete
I ran into this same problem in China. However! Korea HAS baking soda (the Korean word for it sounds just like 'soda'). I haven't tried it myself, but someday I will.Delete
- Anonymous6/09/2012 12:26 PM
diy deodorant! there's a link from good and one from a craft blog.ReplyDelete
The only deodorant I've been able to find is Nivea and soooooooooometimes Rexena. And only the ones for females and only in summer. In winter I could find a small roll-on Nivea in Daiso. And another spray one, but I didn't like it.ReplyDelete
But well, maybe you can try your luck on internet shopping and search at the Auction website.Replies
- Anonymous6/11/2012 9:38 AM
Be very careful with both Nivea and Rexena (or any other deodorants). Some ingredients has been proven to cause breast cancer in women. Tom's of Maine is the best stuff around - it does not last for us, sweaty European people, and we need to apply it more than twice per day, but it does not cause cancer and it is made of all natural ingredients. That's my choice of deodorant (I also use their toothpaste and pretty much everything else that they make).Delete
I do not recommend using any Korean or Japanese products. They have way too many cancer-causing ingredients.
Baking soda is all natural, but it is also a known irritant. In some people (like me) it is known to cause rashes if used on a daily basis. I have tried using it to brush my teeth - big mistake. It is also very abrasive for your teeth and gums.
So... bring your yearly supply of Tom's of Maine. You cannot get anything better than that.
I lived in Daegu and always had to order from home. I did find a few cosmetics stands in Lotte Department Store that carried some heavily perfumed deodorants in the summer only. You can always pick some up--if you don't mind paying about 40,000 won a stick!ReplyDelete
This podcast by Stuff You Should Know is interesting.ReplyDelete
I've been experimenting with lemon juice and vinegar lately--and it actually works better than expected. I also am extremely OCD with armpit hygiene. Effin' genetics!!
A little uncomfortable for the fellas, maybe, but the chain beauty supply shops usually have a few things in. You may be able to pick things up at random in Watson's, but as far as higher end stuff, I know the Body Shop does deodorant for men and women. Lush also carries handmade all natural deodorant bars, and are all over the place in Korea.ReplyDelete
Oh my! I could not fathom not being able to use deodorant. If you can't find any you could always just use some rubbing alcohol to kill the odor causing bacteria and then some medicated powder like bond or something to absorb moisture.ReplyDelete
Really Korean, you've never used deodorant and there is no smell? Lucky you. I think you might just be the individual case here. I used to babysit for an Asian family and their teenaged son had the most appalling BO. Nobody else was smelly there but he definitely was.
The Body Shop makes natural deodorants. The Body Shop stores are all over the country thebodyshop.co.krReplyDelete
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I always have to order my deodorant from home. I'll agree that a lot of Asians don't seem to have BO... but I tell you what my high school boys smell something fierce. I'm not sure if they need deodorant or if they just don't shower, but some of the classes I teach leave behind a truly impressive stench.ReplyDelete


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Events Edit
- The Klingon Empire and the Federation are negotiating a peace treaty. This peace conference is occurring as the USS Enterprise-C responds to a distress call from Narendra III. (TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise")
It is probable that Riva of Ramatis III attended this peace conference.
- In what becomes known as the Battle of Narendra III, the USS Enterprise-C is destroyed while defending the Klingon outpost on Narendra III from Romulan attack. This event reemphasizes the Khitomer Accords and ensures a lasting peace between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. However, some of the Enterprise crew survives and are captured, among them Natasha Yar, who had been sent there by Jean-Luc Picard from the future of an alternate timeline. (TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise", "Redemption II")
- In an alternate timeline, the Enterprise-C disappears while engaged with the Romulan attackers. Relations between the Federation and the Klingons deteriorate, leading to war. (TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise")
- At the age of 15, Chakotay's entry into Starfleet Academy is sponsored by Captain Sulu. (VOY: "Tattoo")
- Devinoni Ral, at the age of 19, leaves Earth and relocates to Hurkos III. (TNG: "The Price")
- Kyle Riker and his son William go on a fishing trip in Alaska. (TNG: "The Icarus Factor")
- A Starfleet captain fails in his attempted contact with the Jarada following a protocol error that causes a twenty-year rift between the two groups. (TNG: "The Big Goodbye")
- Shakaar Edon begins to fight the Cardassians during their occupation of his home. (DS9: "Shakaar")
- Roana and her husband open a shop on Bajor. (DS9: "Rivals")
- The Bajoran Springball Association releases a new springball scorecard sheet. (DS9: "For the Cause")
This information was visible on a Bajoran springball scorecard up for auction in the It's A Wrap! sale and auction, which had the copyright '2344 Bajoran Springball Association'. Why this is the case during the Occupation of Bajor is unknown. [1]
Episodes Edit
- TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise" (in part)
- VOY: "Tattoo" (in part)
Background information Edit
- According to an okudagram shown in "The Killing Game", Kathryn Janeway was born in this year. However, this would mean she was only 27 in 2371 when she took command of the USS Voyager.
- According to a line cut from the final episode of "Yesterday's Enterprise", Guinan and Captain Jean-Luc Picard have been together since this year.
- According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 1, p. 421), Kira Pohl was born in this year.
Apocrypha Edit
- According to his personnel file in Star Trek: Starship Creator, Simon Tarses was born during this year on the Martian colonies.
External link Edit
- 2344 at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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May 4, 2012 by Canadian Underwriter magazine
BERKLEY, Mich., May 2012 — CRDN, an international organization of textile restoration experts serving the insurance industry, has introduced a new corporate brand image, along with publicly launching its redesigned website and new mobile phone app.
CRDN has officially adopted its common-use acronym as the company's primary brand identity, announced CRDN CEO Wayne Wudyka. In conjunction, CRDN has revealed a new corporate logo, which borrows graphic elements from the logo in use since 2001, and has deployed a new company descriptor: "The Textile Experts."
Historically, CRDN had spelled out "Certified Restoration Drycleaning Network" in their logo and all marketing materials, but took the occasion of the company's 10th anniversary to re-examine its identity and market position. CRDN is the oldest and largest franchise network of textile restoration operators, having built the first network of its kind in 2001 and creating the category it now leads.
The announcement follows months of exhaustive market research and planning, during which CRDN surveyed and interviewed customers (homeowners), franchise partners, insurance adjusters, agents, insurance executives, third-party administrators, restoration contractors and employees to obtain opinions, feedback and intelligence on the company's leading market position.
In addition to the new logo and descriptor, CRDN introduced its new company tagline: "Respond. Restore. Resume." The tagline captures the full lifecycle of a CRDN engagement, from 24-hour response services to best-in-class restoration professionals, processes and technology—and finally to the company's mission of getting the homeowner back to normalcy as quickly and pleasantly as possible.
"The research confirmed for us that we have built considerable equity in the CRDN brand over the past decade, so there was no need for a wholesale reinvention," Wudyka said. "That being said, most of our external and internal audiences refer to us as CRDN already, and at the same time, the use of the word 'drycleaning' in our brand name was too restrictive and not representative of the full breadth of services we provide. We are confident that 'The Textile Experts' more accurately captures our brand position. So this move was more of an evolution than a revolution, which the data dictated course on.
"The tagline itself, underscored with a graphical smile, communicates our mission to return the smiles to people's faces," Wudyka added.
To roll out the new brand image, descriptor and tagline, CRDN has launched an all new website and will gradually implement the brand evolution over a period of several months, with everything from marketing materials and advertising to the graphics on their fleet of vehicles changing over in due course. "Most things will be immediate; others will phase in," Wudyka noted.
The website now offers new technology as well: online claims assignment, a franchise locator tool and customized pages for each of its locations in the U.S., Canada and U.K.; a virtual tour of CRDN's facilities and technology; and specified areas of content tailored to each of its audiences—homeowners, adjusters, agents and contractors.
One completely new tool for CRDN brand engagement is the company's new mobile app, CRDN Mobile. Available on both iPhone and Android phones, the app provides adjusters, agents and contractors instant access to an intuitive interface that will allow them to submit textile restoration claims, upload photos and data, easily track claims status (for one or multiple claims), and directly message CRDN professionals via phone, email or text message.
CRDN chose the occasion of the company's international convention to first internally launch all of the changes just prior to the public launch, effective immediately. This year's convention marks the 10th anniversary of CRDN and was the largest in the company's history, hosted in Bonita Springs, Fla. This year's convention was appropriately themed, A Decade of Success Powering Our Future.
"We created this category over a decade ago," Wudyka added. "Now is the perfect time to reflect on the past, but more so to look ahead to the next ten years and beyond. We shared these exciting changes with our network first, but now we are proud to unveil our new brand position and industry-leading technology to the world as we power up to our next decade of success."
CRDN conducted a nationwide search to ultimately retain one of the nation's leading providers of brand strategy consulting and branding services, Identity, an integrated public relations firm in Bingham Farms, Mich. Identity conducted a six-month discovery, market study, audience analysis and brand audit prior to working with CRDN to implement and deploy the company's new brand identity and marketing materials.
About CRDN:
CRDN is an international organization of experienced, highly trained textile restoration experts who specialize in insurance restoration laundry and drycleaning services for all types of loss. Adept at restoring textiles damaged by fire, smoke, water or exposure to mold and other contaminants, CRDN members offer an effective, efficient and proven solution for insurance professionals seeking to reduce costs and improve margins while closing claims quickly. CRDN currently operates in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The organization's website is www.CRDN.com and claims assignment can be made across Canada by calling 1-866-897-CRDN (2736).


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The Central Connecticut men's soccer team fell to Penn State by a final score of 1-0 on Sunday night. The match was scoreless for 80 minutes before the Nittany Lions found the net for the contest's only goal. The loss drops CCSU to 0-2 on the season.
Junior goalkeeper Rafal Krauze, making his first start of the season and the second of his career, made three saves in goal for the Blue Devils in the match. The Blue Devil defense allowed just four shots on goal in the match, and the Nittany Lions didn't manage to sneak one through until late in the second half.
Central had five shots in the match, but managed just one on goal. Andrew Wolverton made one save to record the shutout win for Penn State.
Eli Dennis scored the only goal of the game at 79:39. Sophomore Zach Zurita had a pair of shots for the Blue Devils, including the one on goal. Central had some chances to score in the first half, including a shot off the post by Zurita off a pass from senior Eddy Bogle.
Penn State held a 9-3 edge in corner kicks. The Blue Devils, who finished 8-8-2 a year ago, are now 0-2 on the season.
Central, who plays five straight on the road to start the season, plays at UMBC on Sept. 5. The match begins at 7 p.m.


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3D integration leads to robust I/O performance, says IBM
Keywords:3D? silicon? 2.5D? semiconductor packaging? CMOS?
IBM is looking for alternatives to CMOS technology and Von Neumann architecture. Semiconductor packaging of integrated bipolar silicon is needed. In addition, 3D integration allows for strong I/O performance; 2.5D and improved materials are also highly beneficial as IBM looks for cost-effective means of semiconductor packaging.
Jon Casey, an IBM fellow in the semiconductor research and development centre, has a background in semiconductor packaging, which is involved in coming up with ways to augment the technology beyond Moore's Law—the theme of Casey's presentation this week at the ISS conference. Casey spoke with EE Times before the event and offered an overview of his speech.
Casey told us his views are relatively consistent with those of Bernie Meyerson, as expressed in Meyerson's recent interview with EE Times. Casey began by saying that Moore's Law and the traditional CMOS approach is severely challenged:
There's been lots of press out there that says that Moore's Law is dead or soon to be dead, and people are putting dates on that. The IT industry itself is undergoing a major paradigm shift to new architectures that are really data-centric due to the vast amount of data on those systems.
As a result, Casey noted the need for a change in approach.
We need to do things differently from how we've historically been doing them in CMOS. Our traditional systems really are not designed to handle massive amounts of data coming in at high rates. A lot of that data is quite uncertain, meaning there's a lot of data that you want to ignore, the source of which you don't know. The traditional MCU approach and Von Neumann architecture for systems are not designed to do that. We need to look at alternative ways to do that.
Casey indicated that semiconductor packaging of integrated bipolar silicon is revisiting that same area of technology.
Transitions to 450 and to EUV will happen when it is economically feasible to have happen. It's a combination of factors that are needed. You start doing volumetric or heterogeneous scaling at the silicon packaging level to cheap performance gains to augment what we get from scaling moving forward.
Among the best ways to accomplish that is 3D integration. According to Casey, 3D provides exceptional I/O performance.
Traditional 3D stacking of two active chips, we believe, will be a beneficial approach moving forward. First of all, you get a tighter density; and second, if you step back and look at a data-driven architecture, the key feature is you need to access it quickly and optimise for I/O capability.
One way to accomplish that is to improve the materials, as well as the way the components are integrated and pulled together as closely as possible, according to Casey. "In short, communication distance equates to latency. What we are trying to do is scaling. 3D is a good approach to that."
Then there is the option of 2.5D integration, an increasingly enticing one for IBM.
2.5D integration can be silicon-based, organic-based, or glass-based. We are in the process of evaluating those capabilities to deal with large workloads and large datasets. If you step back and look at the technical approach to this, there's a lot of stuff IBM's been doing.
Casey noted 2.5D solutions' ability to integrate chips from vastly different technologies to produce a module that has high performance at a good cost. He mentioned the use of a model with three chips, the first of which is a 45 nm SOI control chip with a CMOS processor die. It is placed on a 2.5D solution immediately next to that 45 nm CMOS processor die, where there are two 130 nm SiGe transceivers all placed on a silicon interposer on a substrate.
Now what you have is a module with three die on a silicon interposer. Now we have a functional transceiver with mixed silicon technology. The data rate between the chips is two terabits per second, which is very high. To integrate without using the highest level of silicon creates a solution that is independent of the success of Moore's Law. That's the thrust of the presentation: How do we get performance if Moore's Law starts slowing down?
In closing, Casey said semiconductor technology is currently healthy. "It's not going away. We need more and more devices. We need to figure out the most cost-effective way to move forward."
- Zewde Yeraswork
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A 2006 Morenci Area High School graduate was among two women murdered Friday night in Blissfield.
Lisa (Burrow) Michelle Gritzmaker, 24, and her sister, Amy Lynn Merrill, 33, were shot to death at Merrill's Lane Street home in Blissfield at about 11:40 p.m. Friday. Their mother, Robin McCowan, 52, was injured in the shooting and remains hospitalized. Gritzmaker was reportedly almost eight months pregnant and is the mother of two children. Her slain sister had three children.
Law enforcement officials continue their search for the homicide suspect, Thomas Jack Fritz, 38, of Sylvania, a former boyfriend of Merrill's. Fritz is charged with two counts of open murder and one count of assault with intent to commit murder.
In addition to local police, the Michigan State Police First District Fugitive Team and the U.S. Marshals Service are involved in the search.
Fritz is described as a white male, 5-9, 186 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. He may be driving a burgundy 2002 Honda four-door with Ohio plates. Fritz is considered armed and dangerous and citizens are cautioned not to approach him.
The Toledo Blade reported Tuesday afternoon that Merrill and Fritz, a former military police officer who served in Iraq, have a two-year-old son together and were to discuss custody issues Friday night.
Anyone with information about Fritz's location is urged to call the state police at 517/241-8000.
Gritzmaker and her sister, Stephanie, earned high school diplomas from Morenci in 2006.
Edititor's Note: Thomas Fritz later killed himself in West Virginia.


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Reese Witherspoon Amazes in an Aqua Dress on the 2014 Golden Globes Red Carpet [PHOTOS]
In a sea of black and white gowns at the 2014 Golden Globes, Reese Witherspoon stood out in a stunning turquoise number.
Reese usually gets two thumbs up for her red carpet style, and the Globes were no exception. The teal dress was understated, but perfectly tailored to fit the actress. Diamond bracelets and earrings gave the look some sparkle, making this a serious style moment for the star!
See Reese's gorgeous look in the photos below.


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Glorification of Saint Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas - Troparion & Kontakion
Troparion — Tone 4
O Holy Father Innocent / in obedience to the will of God / You accepted dangers and tribulations / bringing many peoples to the knowledge of truth. / You showed us the way, / now by your prayers help lead us into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Troparion — Tone 4
You evangelized the northern people of America and Asia, / proclaiming the Gospel of Christ to the natives in their own tongues. / Holy Hierarch Father Innocent, / enlightener of Alaska and all America, / your ways were ordered by the Lord! / Pray to Him for the salvation of our souls in His heavenly Kingdom!
Kontakion — Tone 2
A true celebration of the providence and grace of God / is your life, O Holy Father Innocent, Apostle to our land. / In hardships and dangers you toiled for the Gospel's sake / and God delivered and preserved you unharmed. / From obscurity He highly exalted you as an example / that the Lord truly guides a man in the way he should go.


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I stickied it on the poli page, and yes, that's now a word, because I said so.
Purchased, now I just have to find time to read it!
Are you the same guy that wrote the teaching and education books?
Sorry to disappoint. Robert D. Rose is a pen name. Lunden's Game is my first novel to get this far in the process.
Too bad it's not in paperback form. I'm old fashioned.
I just finished reading this book, and I have to say it is excellently written. This is not a typical mystery novel, it has more unexpected twists than a midnight rollercoaster ride. The end will blow your mind, I promise you won't see it coming. Quiller, please let me know where you would like feedback/reviews left (like Amazon), and I would be happy to do that. You just earned a legitimate fan.
Your review at Amazon was definitely heartfelt at your end and at mine in reading it. Thank you so much for your support.
(authorized by solar)I am pleased to announce the January 29 publication of my crime novel Lunden's Game at Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/Lundens-Game-ebook/dp/B00B85OSV8If you don't own a Kindle, that's not a problem. Amazon offers a boatload of apps for reading something (be it a PC, a Mac, an ipad, or other).... I use and recommend their Kindle Reader for PC.


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Women?s Hoops Set to Face Belmont on Saturday
The Tennessee State University women's basketball team will return to action on Saturday, Feb.15 with an OVC match-up against cross-town rival Belmont University. With only five games remaining in a tight play-off race, each game is crucial. The contest is slated for a 5:00 p.m. in the Curb Event Center.
Tennessee State is coming off a, 72-65, win over Murray State on Monday. The victory improved TSU to 10-14 (7-4 OVC) and kept the team in third place in the East Division. It was the Lady Tigers' fifth consecutive home win. TSU has won five of its last seven.
TSU is averaging 70.0 points per outing while shooting 38.1 percent from the field. Chelsea Hudson leads the team in scoring with 15.7 points per game while Rachel Allen (12.0 ppg), Alana Morris (7.3 ppg), Brianna Lawrence Davis (7.0 ppg) and I'mani Davis (7.0 ppg) round out the top scorers for TSU.
The Lady Tigers, under second year head coach Larry Joe Inman, returned four letterwinners from last year's squad and added eight newcomers, including seven freshmen, to the roster. TSU finished last season with an overall record of 13-15 and a 9-7 conference mark. In an Ohio Valley Conference preseason poll that was released in October, TSU was predicted to finish fifth in the East Division standings.
Despite getting off to a slow start Tennessee State defeated Murray State, 72-65, on Monday night. TSU built its lead up to 18 points before MSU rallied to cut the deficit down to five but the Lady Tigers were able to keep the Racers at bay. Chelsea Hudson led the team with 16 points while Jayda Johnson sccored 11. Briana Morrow and Jemilah Leonard each tallied 10 points.
Belmont (11-14, 8-4 OVC) is coming off a, 69-67, win over Austin Peay on Monday. The Bruins have won four straight and currently sit in second place in the East Division.
In the win over Austin Peay, Lauren Thompson led BU with 14 points while Taylor Mills and Frankie Joubran eached tallied 13. Joubran nearly recorded a double-double with nine rebounds. Jordyn Luffman had 12 points and nine boards.
Overall, Belmont is led in scoring by Jordyn Luffman's 14.5 points per game. Katie Carroll (8.4 ppg) and Taylor Mills (8.4 ppg) round out the top three scorers for the Bruins.
As a team, the Bruins average, 65.2 points per game while shooting 38.9 percent from the field and 30.3 percent from long range.
TSU vs. BELMONT
Tennessee State will match-up with Belmont for the 33rd time in the series history with BU holding a, 23-9, advantage. Last month, TSU claimed the first meeting between the two teams, 64-51, in the Gentry Center. TSU has now won two straight over BU. The Bruins' last win over the Lady Tigers was a, 66-54-, victory in the Curb Event Center on Jan. 19, 2013.
Tennessee State used its defensive pressure to force Belmont into nine first-half turnovers while only allowing 16 points in the opening frame. TSU led by as many as 25 points before going on to win, 64-51. Rachel Allen led the Lady Tigers with 13 points while Alana Morris (12) and Briana Lawrence (11) also scored in double- digits. Chelsea Hudson only scored eight points but hauled in 11 rebounds.
Updates on the game will be available throughout the game on the official twitter page via @TSU_Tigers. Live stats and video will also be available for the game. Links can be found on tsutigers.com under the schedule.
Tennessee State will return to action on Monday, Feb. 17 on the road. TSU will match-up with UT Martin at 7 p.m. in the Elam Center.


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