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How to get to the Eurostars Wall Street Hotel in New York from airports
From JFK
Take the Airtrain to the last stop at Howard Beach / JFK Airport. Once there, take the metro line A 207 Inwood Street address. After about 30 minutes, get off at Fulton Street.
From La Guardia
Take the M60 bus at Terminal B towards West Side Bway - 106 Street. After about 30 minutes, get off at 125th Street to Lexington Avenue. Take the metro (line 4 or 5) until the Wall Street stop.
From Newark
The easiest way to move to the center from the airport is to take the Express bus runs every 15 minutes. The last stop of this bus is the Grand Central Station, from where you can take the metro (line 4 or 5) to Wall Street.
Some of the places nearest to the New York hotel are the South Street Seaport, the Wall Street Stock Exchange Market, Battery Park, the World Trade Center site and, on the ferry located a short distance from the hotel, the Statue of Liberty. Possibly, no other place would be as ideal for doing business.
From the Eurostars Wall Street hotel, you will also be in the vicinity of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Broad Exchange Building, South Ferry and Brooklyn Bridge. On the subway, the whole core of the city that marks the steps and trends of the world (that is, all New York) opens up before you, from Central Park to Soho, from Harlem to Battery Park, from Riverside to Upper East Side, from Brooklyn to Jersey City, from Queens to Broadway, from Richmond to West Village, from Woodstock to the Bronx... the Big Apple at your feet.


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QuotedOriginally posted by Kaiser Kirk
I just realize that I never posted *here* that the Dutch signed. I just put it in my news at the time (Q4, 1934).
With Belgium's economy stabilized, but still a large pool of unemployed, they will be applying to join in Q4, 1935.
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QuotedSignatories; Kingdom of Denmark, Republic of France, Republic of Germany, Iberian Federation, Kingdom of Italy, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, United Kingdom of the Netherlands
Ex chaos ordo
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QuotedOriginally posted by Brockpaine
QuotedSignatories; Kingdom of Denmark, Republic of France, Republic of Germany, Iberian Federation, Kingdom of Italy, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, United Kingdom of the Netherlands
Bulgaria and Romania also joined; I think Bulgaria was accepted but there was a temporary hangup with Romania.
Ireland was also planning to join at some point, but I don't think I ever got around to bringing that up.
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However, what might annoy those who are more experienced with Magic is the fact that there is no true deck editor. Part of what makes Magic such a compelling experience when played in person is the fact that advanced players can make decks that are completely suited to their strategic play styles. Unfortunately, you can't really do that in Magic 2012. Sure, you can add unlocked cards to your decks, but as far as controlling the number of lands or spells in your deck, you don't have any way to trim or add cards, which can be a little annoying. Of course, when you think about it, this decision was probably made to help protect poor newbies like me, but an "advanced" mode where only experienced players could gather and use custom decks would be a nice improvement in future releases.
On the technical side of things, Magic 2012 works extremely well. The game doesn't have extremely strong technical specs, but it really doesn't need too terribly much in the way of fancy visuals. In fact I really enjoy its minimalistic interface, as you'll be thinking more about the gameplay than about fancy animations. There are only two real weak points for this game on the technical side of things. First off, the music is extremely repetitive. No matter whether you are planning on sitting down to marathon the single-player mode or just want to play a couple rounds the music will get on your nerves at some point. The second complaint I have is about the controls, and I will say that this one is a bit nit-picky: you can't select cards with the d-pad. This only applies to the console versions of the game, but it is something that got on my nerves consistently. For me, the d-pad feels like a very precise control method, and the natural choice to select cards with. However, for whatever reason, you are locked into using the left stick instead, and that choice feels counter-intuitive and awkward.
Magic 2012 is a great downloadable game, and is certainly worth your $10, no matter whether you are a Magic fan or just a fan of strategic games. There is plenty of content to unlock, the single-player mode features plenty of depth, and the online modes give the game unlimited replayability. And in case that wasn't enough for you, Wizards of the Coast has announced that there is planned DLC for the game, which will give you even more excuses to jump back into the game when it releases later this year.
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One of the most powerful aspects of Mathematica is a kernel that can be manipulated by Mathematica's own functional programming language. While code can certainly be written and embedded into Mathematica's Notebook (.nb) files, this approach works most effectively when such code functions should be self-contained within that file. Sharing and managing that code can be problematic, especially as more individuals work on the target solution simultaneously.
To resolve this common coding conundrum, Wolfram could have assembled its own interactive development environment (IDE) within the Mathematica application. Fortunately, the company instead opted to leverage and customize the open source Eclipse IDE and instantly garnered the benefits that Eclipse's IDE framework has to offer. Using Wolfram Workbench is an effortless transition for any developer already comfortable with Eclipse.
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Wolfram has posted video demonstrations of Workbench in action. These give interested potential customers a fairly accurate portrayal of how the product feels and behaves. Writing Mathematica applications remains rooted within Mathematica itself, obviously executing the output of the code written in Workbench. As such, the integration of a typical IDE isn't as naturally tight as it would be in other coding products. Still, once acclimated to this minor orientation issue, app development flows much smoother compared to banging out functions directly in Mathematica. Once initiated, reverting to a non-Workbench-assisted coding scenario is just primitive.
Beyond these new enhancements, the most advantageous reason why Wolfram Workbench is ideal for Mathematica development is because of the debugging, refactoring, source version control and integrated unit testing that it brings to the Mathematica app creation experience.
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While Wolfram Workbench unquestionably makes constructing, managing, testing and debugging Mathematica programs vastly easier compared to using the rudimentary notebook editing tools, there remain a number of features I would like to see in future iterations of the product. First and foremost, the addition of a direct, interactive front-end to WolframAlpha would be most welcome. In addition to a developer account creation wizard, such a WolframAlpha add-on could expose all the properties and methods available on that service. Additionally, this hopeful future feature would have the same testing and debugging conveniences as local Mathematica programs. To top off this dream tool, the ability for such a project wizard to tool the application to a final target as a Java-based runtime client that could be shared or marketed to non-Mathematica users would be a home run.
Another for more easier helpful addition would be the hosting and certified retrieval/installation of top Eclipse plug-ins that have been vetted by the Wolfram Workbench team. For example, one of the first additional plug-ins I installed was the EGit feature so that I could manage source files via Git instead of Workbench's built-in Subversion capability. However, I am always a bit leery of introducing foreign plug-ins into custom Eclipse environments for fear that some dependency might break or unpredictable problems might occur should the Eclipse host receive an update that some plug-ins choke on. If Wolfram could provide a repository of certified plug-ins, that not only would alleviate such concerns but also provide a dedicated facility for other Workbench developers to submit and share their own custom-created Workbench additions.
Regardless of the Windows, Mac, or Linux version, Wolfram Workbench 2 sells for $145 US, though developers will also need a licensed copy of Mathematica that sells for $2,495 US making the prospect of writing Mathematica applications a bit pricey. Yet for those fortunate corporations and universities already endowed with Mathematica licenses, the addition of Workbench for application development is reasonable, considering the rudimentary notebook code editing alternative. The Workbench team has considerable potential behind the product's possibilities. As it matures, perhaps it might even be folded into the Mathematica licensed distribution itself. Until then, serious Mathematica developers owe it to themselves to make their coding lives easier by living within the development ecosystem that Wolfram Workbench 2 has to offer.


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Let me explain by telling the difference between REG files that have a REGEDIT4 (v4) signature and those that have a Windows Registry Editor 5.00 signature (v5).
REGEDIT4 files are designed to be readable by non-Unicode operating systems (NT/9x/ME) so are saved in ASCII encoding by REGEDIT when you export to v4 format (or using NT/9x/ME's REGEDIT).
In v4 REG files, REG_EXPAND_SZ (hex(2)) and and REG_MULTI_SZ (hex(7)) entries are specified as comma separated, null-terminated single byte char hex values (and hence cannot support non-ASCII codepages).
On the other hand, in v5 REG files, REG_EXPAND_SZ (hex(2)) and REG_MULTI_SZ (hex(7)) are specified as comma separated, null-terminated double byte char hex values (and thus support all languages!).
A common problem is that sometimes when copying/pasting multiple REG tweaks from different sources, some tweaks may be in v4 format and others in v5 format and so on...
Now mixing these together in a single REG file with incorrect signature WILL lead to problems.
For example, let's consider this example, I created a new key and a test multi string value and exported it twice in either REG formats...
Here's the output:
- Code: Select all
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
- Code: Select all
Notice in v5, how each character of the word (Hello!) is expressed as double-bytes. (H = 48h,00h | E = 65h,00h) while in v4 it is expressed as a single byte (H = 48h | E = 65h)...
Now, the way the old Reg2Inf engine worked was to convert consecutive 00,00s into a \r\n which is then used as a basis of splitting the lines of the REG_MULTI_SZ, but this only worked in English letters (simply because all of them use 00 for the second byte which would satisfy the replacement condition) while in other languages that used both bytes, it would not split or return incorrect results.
So now, in v0.35 of Reg2Inf, if you have a REG_MULTI_SZ that uses double-byte characters, you MUST specify Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 signature or it will not convert correctly.
The same thing goes for REG_EXPAND_SZ too...
* Now, what does Reg2Inf do when it encounters a incorrect condition ?:
- In case of erroraneous v4 signature, any 00s may incorrectly be interpreted as new lines in the REG_MULTI_SZ and any non-ASCII hex codes will be converted to a ? (REG_EXPAND_SZ and REG_MULTI_SZ).
- In case of erroraneous v5 signature, you may get Chinese characters in the output INF instead of the result you expect.
So, to sum it up, use Unicode v5 strings whenever you can, if you have any blocks using the single byte ordering, put them in a separate REG file that has the v4 signature and then convert both of them simultaneously with the @"list.txt" method and Reg2Inf will properly merge and convert both.
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European authorities will put their biggest banks through a test scenario that envisions plunging stock, bond and housing markets leading to the loss of a full 7 percentage points of growth over three years.
The European Banking Authority on Tuesday detailed the scenario the banks will be put through to gauge their health. The stress tests are aimed at weeding out shaky banks so financial institutions can better support growth and jobs. Weak lending is a key factor holding back the recovery in Europe and helping keep unemployment high.
Banks will have to maintain adequate financial buffers even if growth falls well short of official predictions through 2016. Those that flunk would have to ask investors for more capital, or take other steps such as cut back on dividends or bonuses.
The test envisions economic output falling 0.7 percent this year in the 28-country European Union instead of growing of 1.5 percent, with a drop of 1.5 percent next year instead of growth of 2 percent. In the third year, 2016, it envisions weak growth of 0.1 percent growth instead of the official EU forecast of 1.8 percent growth.
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European officials are trying to make this test rougher than a 2011 version applied to 90 banks. Some banks passed that one but had then had to be bailed out by taxpayers. Officials say this test of around 130 of Europe's biggest banks will be more rigorous because it will be preceded by a review of bank holdings by the European Central Bank. The review will make sure banks' assets, such as loans, are really worth what the banks say they are. That in turn should make the starting point for the stress test more reliable. Results are expected in October.
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Okay, so it definitely didn't happen overnight. Here's what we did (I did take some WIP shots, but there are too many After photos to bother adding those too...):
- Cut holes in the desk for the taps, faucet and sink (taps and faucet from Trademe, enamel bowl/sink from our own cupboard).
- Sanded the entire desk and drawers
- Repainted in the same colours as previous
- Cut out a back board, painted it, and attached shelves (we already had the shelves, but Zan sliced them in half so that they would be narrower)
- Added hooks and things
- Removed three drawers and replaced with the smaller drawer that was previously in the centre of the desk, so that it became the 'warmer drawer'
- Made an oven door (total mission, easily the hardest part of the whole reno, and you'll notice that it still doesn't have a handle yet - we ran out of time, and thankfully Eleanor was so distracted by all the pretty things adorning the kitchen, she still hasn't even noticed that there's an oven!)
- Added elements and dials
- Made a 'skirt' to cover the empty space in the centre of the kitchen (where we now store excess toys)
- Made some matching bunting
- Filled it with all the lovely kitchen things that we already had in our collection. The only new items (other than the kitchen, obviously) are some cute hand-knitted pieces of play food made by Frangipani, and the gorgeous coffee maker that was gifted by Stace
Later: Kitchen = dismantled (we had to remove the taps until we can fix them permanently, they were just too tempting... Btw, any tips for removing gunk from gold plating?)
Eventually (with the promise of food) we coaxed her away to open the rest of her presents. "Oh cute" she said to each one, before rushing back to make us teas and coffees...
Because I've had a few requests for details since posting this - the pastel pots and pans as well as the pastel/polkadot tea set were all part of a larger set that we found at Countdown last Christmas - $40 - hopefully they will bring it out again this year so that you guys can find a set too! And in case any of you were wondering about the other items in our kitchen - the wooden baking set (gifted to us a few years back) is from Nature Baby; the little tea set with red polkadots was from an op shop, but I've seen complete sets of these on trademe; the red colander was part of a set that my mum found at Millys Kitchen (or a similar kitchen shop); the plain pastel tea/espresso cup set was a gifted by family in Australia - maybe from Ikea? And the red silicone utensil set was from KMart. All the other items were thrifted and gifted at various different times...


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I am starting university in the Fall, pursuing a Joint Honors Degree in CS and Pure Mathematics with a minor in Philosophy. I won't be doing an internship during the summer after this year because I would be hard pressed to get a job with so little knowledge. But for the Summer semester following my Sophomore year, I would like to be able to get an internship to help me learn and help me pay for school.
Will I need to learn another language besides Java?
I would like to get an internship that deals with the software development side of Information Security. What else should I learn to prepare for this?
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text: NEW YORK – New production models and concept cars might have stolen this year's New York International Auto Show, but underneath all that aluminum, steel and carbon fiber was some impressive new technology, most of which is headed to a car near you in the coming months and years. From all-wheel drive hybrid powertrains to cloud-connected digital dashboards, the vehicles lining the halls at the Javits Center are harbingers of the future, and we've compiled the stand-outs here in the best new automotive technologies of the 2012 New York Auto Show. Cadillac's CUE On View We told you about Cadillac's CUE infotainment system when it debuted late last year. This was the first chance we had to try it out, and we came away cautiously impressed. In the CUE cockpit we sampled, button presses were accompanied by light haptic feedback. Superfluous controls faded away after 15 seconds of non-use, freeing up screen space for an easy-to-read display. Move your hand closer to CUE's center touchscreen and all those menus will reapear. We especially liked a new row of preset buttons that allows you to program navigation destinations and phone numbers alongside radio stations – something that BMW has been doing for years. Lots of cars have digital displays for gauge clusters, but most of them either mimic analog controls or look like something out of an airplane cockpit. Cadillac offers up four separate display settings which range from simple to complex depending on what sort of information the driver prefers. Technophobes will probably prefer the bare-bones "Simple" display, while "Performance" and "Enhanced" offer additional, customizable functionality. The whole system is Linux-based and will eventually support open source applications. While we'll always lament the loss of simple audio and HVAC controls, the connected car is gladly here to stay. CUE might be one of the best solutions we've seen so far to integrate new technology with old. Photo: Noah Devereaux/WiredGarmin and Suzuki Partner Up Suzuki announced that most 2013 Suzuki vehicles will offer an infotainment system made by Garmin. The setup will include a 6.1-inch touchscreen that controls navigation, audio, and Bluetooth. It will also feature a smartphone link and voice control. If there's anything we've learned from using clunky touchscreens in recent Jaguar and Land Rover products, it's that lower-volume automakers are better off relying on an established manufacturer to tailor an existing infotainment system for in-car use. That's what Subaru does in the Forester with a simple and elegant setup from TomTom. Here's hoping that Suzuki and Garmin's partnership results in a similar success. Photo: SuzukiAcura Sport Hybrid SH-AWD When Acura debuted its new RLX flagship model, it became the second car to feature the automaker's Sport Hybrid Super Handling All Wheel Drive system, or Sport Hybrid SH-AWD for short. Honda North America CEO Tetsuo Iwamura said it would become a "signature technology for Acura," coming first – but not limited to – the RLX. While the NSX concept uses a gas engine to power the rear wheels and dual electric motors up front, the RLX turns the beat around with electric motors for each rear wheel and a gas engine powering the hoops up front. Acura says the systems should give the V6-powered car city, highway and combined fuel economy of 30 MPG. Photo: Noah Devereaux/WiredAcura Precision All-Wheel Steer Yes, Acura still has a front-wheel drive flagship in the new RLX. but if you choose the front-drive-only model, you at least get four-wheel steering. Precision All Wheel Steer is the latest iteration of a concept that gained fame on the Honda Prelude and the new RLX uses electronic actuators to control the steering angle of the left and right rear wheels. The system works together with the car's electronic stability control and variable steering for optimal control at a variety of speeds. Photo: Noah Devereaux/WiredLincoln MKZ Sunroof The MKZ concept debuted back in January at the Detroit Auto Show, but the production model bowed here in New York. One of its key features is a massive, nearly two-foot-long retractable sunroof that slides open in less than 10 seconds. Even though it opens back over the rear windscreen, it didn't appear to hinder visibility. We didn't get the full impact of a giant glass roof under the fluorescent lights of the Javits Center, but imagine it'll likely appeal to folks who want to peel the roof off their sedan without the inconveniences of a convertible. Photo: Noah Devereaux/WiredSubaru EyeSight Subaru may have built its reputation on rugged, no-nonsense cars, but this year they've mixed some tech with their boxer engines and all-wheel drive systems. The Subaru EyeSight anti-collision system uses two cameras to detect pedestrians and other obstacles. At speeds under 19 mph, EyeSight triggers the brakes to avoid a collision. Above that, it alerts the driver and attempts to brake if the driver does nothing. EyeSight is already available in other markets, but will make its North American debut on the 2013 Legacy and Outback along with adaptive cruise control and lane departure warning. Photo: Noah Devereaux/WiredRam 1500 Shifter Knob First, we lost column shifter. Next came the manual parking brake. Now, the shift lever itself is in danger of obsolescence – at least if the new 2013 Ram 1500 is any indication. The updated Ram that debuted in New York features an automatic transmission that doubles the number of gears from the 2012 model's aging four-speed. The TorqueFlite 8 was developed by Chrysler and ZF and is controlled by an "E-Shift" knob with detents for park, drive, neutral, and reverse. While we appreciated a similar design in the Jaguar XJL, it seems a little bit out of place in a heavy-duty work truck. Photo: Jason Paur/WiredChevrolet GogoLink Some of Chevrolet's smallest cars will feature seven-inch touchscreens that link to a smartphone to become a cloud-based infotainment system. Instead of a costly navigation and audio setup, the Chevy Spark and Sonic will offer a touchscreen that acts as a dumb terminal, using the GogoLink smartphone app to do the heavy lifting for audio and navigation. In addition to cost savings, there are some tech benefits to relying on a smartphone to do the brunt of the work for an infotainment system. A phone's built-in data connection can get real-time traffic updates, stream audio and find local points of interest. Additionally, as long as the touchscreen remains compatible with the latest software, the system can be remotely upgraded with new features and functions as they become available. In fact, the first Chevy Sparks built will be on sale before GogoLink goes online, so early adopters will have to get a software update to connect with a smartphone. Photo: Noah Devereaux/WiredAvalon's Capacitive Center Stack The interior of the Toyota Avalon has historically been slow to adopt the latest trends, instead reaching out to a demographic that appreciated a full-size sedan with traditional appointments. Heck, the early cars still had bench seats and column shifters. That's changing for the 2013 model year, with a touchscreen dominating the attractively sparse center stack. While two traditional knobs control radio tuning and volume, the majority of physical buttons have been replaced with capacitive switches that blend in with the dash material. This may be Toyota's first foray into the technology, but capacitive touch switches have become increasingly common on dashboards of late. We first saw them on the Chevy Volt's inscrutable array of identical buttons, and later they appeared on Ford's Sony-branded infotainment systems. For the 2013 model year, we can add the Cadillac ATS and the new Avalon to the list of cars that are leaving buttons behind. Photo: ToyotaNissan's NASA Seat After a long day of trudging around a convention center, a comfy chair is a welcome find. With an all-new Altima, Nissan also debuted a set of seats that the company said were inspired by NASA research. There's no eject button, but there are cushions that reduce pressure points to improve blood flow. 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The main drama for American missionaries arrested on kidnapping charges in Haiti may have come to an end Wednesday, when a judge freed eight of 10 from jail.
The case divided the world in two camps: those who saw the Americans as potential child traffickers and those who saw them as do-gooders unfairly punished for trying to help victims of the earthquake.
Now that they are free, experts in kidnapping and global adoption hope that the incident provides lessons about caution and patience in future disasters.
"There is a universal urge to help children. That universal urge is so much more powerful when children are in a crisis," says W. Warren Binford, an assistant professor of law and an expert on international children's rights at Willamette University College of Law in Oregon. But this case shows, she says, how "important it is not to act on those instincts, without considering the long-term consequences."
Eight of 10 missionaries, who largely come from two Baptist churches in Idaho and were arrested for trying to take 33 Haitian children to the Dominican Republic on Jan. 29 without the right paperwork, were freed Wednesday without posting bail, after a judge decided theirs was not criminal intent. "The parents of the kids made statements proving that they can be released," Judge Bernard Saint-Vil told the Associated Press.
The church members claimed initially that the children were abandoned or orphaned, but it was later learned that many of them had families who gave them to the group with hopes of a better life. Their case was also marred by revelations that a man who acted as their legal adviser is wanted on charges in El Salvador, including for human trafficking, and the US. He has denied those charges.
While the eight flew to Miami Wednesday evening, the judge continues to hold the group's leader, Laura Silsby, as well as nanny Charisa Coulter. The judge reportedly wants to question them about a previous trip to Haiti, prior to the Jan. 12 earthquake.
Family reunification over adoption
The devastating quake that struck Haiti left up to 200,000 people dead, and in the days afterward, television screens across the globe flashed images of tearful, disoriented children, living in squalid camps throughout the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. Those images drew an outpouring of support. Many foreigners opened their wallets, or volunteered to be medics. Many also felt a desire to adopt Haitian children.
But Adam Pertman, the executive director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute in New York, says that after immediate needs of food, shelter, and medical care are addressed, the world needs to act more methodically and put family reunification as a priority.
"People haven't separated the two elements of dealing with the crisis: the absolute immediate need to help those affected: you have to do what you have to do to save them. That is a separate question from what do we do for them in the [long-term], making a decision about the rest of their lives," says Pertman.
He says the impulse to rescue is present in the wake of any natural disaster, including after the tsunami in Indonesia or Hurricane Katrina in the US. But he says the high-profile nature of this case could be a cautionary tale. "A lot more people were saying, 'let's do anything, let's do anything,' before this [child rescue] incident occurred," he says. "I think it was certainly a wake up call."
Child custody disputes
Most international kidnapping cases are child-custody disputes between parents of two nationalities – such as the Sean Goldman case in Brazil, or cases of children trafficking rings, says Christopher Schmidt, a lawyer at Bryan Cave LLP in St. Louis, Mo.,who has tried and won five international abduction cases,
And criminal elements can ride the wave of a humanitarian outpouring. In this case, the Haitian government sent a powerful message to the world in detaining the Americans, regardless of their intentions, says Ms. Binford, who says she believes the missionaries could have been most helpful, not by taking the children to the neighboring Dominican Republic, but providing their families with the resources to help them rebuild safe and secure lives in Haiti.
"The Haitian government did the right thing in sending a message to everyone around the world that they are a functioning government, and they will do everything within reason to protect their children," she says. "It was important that the Haitian government show its strength, especially to those who may have been less honorable."
And since the judge continues to detain the group's leader, Mr. Schmidt says Haiti "struck the right balance between showing mercy and using their discretion to let most go while pursuing the people who organized it."
Had all members of the Idaho group been let go, anger that the group was getting a "free pass," perhaps even because of the clout the US wields in Haiti, could have mounted. "I think the real key to remember is that it is a crime, in any country in the world, including Haiti and the US, to go to a foreign country, even if intentions are humanitarian, and to take children without consent of both parents and the government," says Schmidt.


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East Texas livestock and pasture management school now accepting students
Three-day school designed for novices and experts alike
Working cow dogs will be one of the more entertaining presentations at the livestock and pasture management school.
OVERTON – Even though parts of Texas have had relief from the drought, grain and fertilizer prices remain high, which makes efficient pasture management as critical as ever to livestock producers, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist.
Set March 26-28 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Overton, the three-day Pasture and Livestock Management Workshop is now accepting students.
Though billed as being for novice ranchers, the school teaches both beginners and the experienced to get the most "bang for their buck," according to Dr. Gerald Smith, Texas A&M AgriLife Research plant breeder, Overton, and one of the school instructors.
"Actually, high feed grain prices means efficient forage production is more important than ever," Smith said "It's simple. More forage for less money means more profit."
And while costs everywhere else are going up, Overton center faculty have worked to keep the cost of the school level, said Dr. Monte Rouquette, AgriLife Research forage scientist, and another program instructors. Registration for the three-day school is $350, which includes meals, including lunches, barbecue, a steak dinner, continental style breakfasts, break refreshments and educational materials.
The foundation of any cattle business anywhere is built upon good grazing and forage management, according to Texas A&M AgriLife livestock and pasture experts. Here Dr. Vanessa Corriher-Olson, AgriLife Extension forage specialist and workshop instructor, Overton, talks about fine-tuning hay production.
As in previous years, registration is limited to 60 to allow plenty of one-on-one time between the instructors and students, Rouquette said. Participants may reserve an opening by phone or email by contacting Jennifer Lloyd at 903-834-6191 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Lloyd will have information on class openings, local accommodations and driving directions to the center.
"We've heard again and again from students that what they've learned in the first morning paid for the cost of the course many times over," said Dr. Greg Clary, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economist and another course instructor.
Most of the instructors hold doctorates in their fields and are either with AgriLife Extension or AgriLife Research, Rouquette said. They have expertise in forage breeding and production, soil fertility, wildlife management, beef cattle nutrition and marketing.
Having knowledge in these areas can mean the difference between profiting from the cattle business or it becoming a bottomless money pit, Rouquette said.
"The foundation of any cattle business anywhere is built upon good grazing and forage management, and that's largely what the school is about," he said.
One indication of the workshop's value can be found in repeat attendance, according to Rouquette. Though the grazing school was originally designed for local novices in 2001, attendance soon expanded beyond the region, attracting students nationwide and out-of-country with varying levels of expertise.
Rouquette said some graduates have found the intensive course so valuable, they have returned a second year to take it again, and some have returned a third year.
"Usually, about 25 percent of the enrollment consists of people who are absolutely new to ranching and pasture management, 50 percent who have some knowledge, and 25 percent who have extensive experience," Rouquette said.
Dr. Jason Cleere, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension beef cattle specialist, demonstrates how to insert an ear tag on a calf at the 2012 East Texas livestock and pasture management school.
The school is split between the classroom and instruction in the field. Outdoor demonstrations cover all aspects of running a beef operation, from establishing and maintaining high-quality forages, calibrating sprayers, taking soil samples, castrating and vaccinating cattle, and de-horning calves, said Dr. Vanessa Corriher-Olson, AgriLife Extension forage specialist and workshop instructor, Overton.
Also included will be training on writing a business plan for a ranch, keeping proper records, choosing the appropriate forage species for different soils, understanding soil fertility, establishing forage systems that minimize winter feeding costs, setting correct stocking rates, choosing the right cattle breeds, promoting good animal health and marketing cattle, Rouquette said.
Another subject, dealing with wild pigs, aka feral hogs, has become crucial to ranchers throughout Texas. There will be extensive instruction on trapping and other types of control by Dr. Billy Higginbotham, AgriLife Extension wildlife specialist, Overton, and a nationally recognized expert in the field, Rouquette said.
A full program agenda can be found at http://overton.tamu.edu/beef-cattle/grazing-school-2013/. A registration form at the same URL can be printed out and mailed with a check to the center.
Driving directions may be found at http://overton.tamu.edu/info-maps-history/ .


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I'm praying for you and your wife!rtodd5011 wrote:Hey friends, without going into too much details, I want to request that you say some prayers for my marriage. It is suffering and my heart is really hurting. Somethings got to "give" soon, and I am afraid its going to be me.


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The following is a guest blog post by Ben Quirk, CEO of Quirk Healthcare Solutions.
In some ways, 2014 turned out to be not quite as cataclysmic. The early announcement of delaying the adoption of ICD-10 and the more recent announcement to allow hospitals/CAHs and Eligible Professionals participating in CMS' Meaningful Use programs to attest using their existing Certified Electronic Health Record Technology (CEHRT) took the pressure off healthcare providers scrambling to upgrade their CEHRT to a version that was both ICD-10 and MU-compliant. However, this is only a temporary reprieve through the end of 2014 and there are other priorities that must be addressed before the year ends.
Navigating the ever-evolving healthcare environment will seem much less daunting if you focus on these four areas:
- Meaningful Use
- Value-Based Payment Modifiers
- Transparency
- Open Enrollment for ACA
Meaningful Use (MU)
If you were not able to upgrade to the 2014 Edition EHR, you will still be able to attest for MU using 2013 criteria. This provides reprieve from the 2014 criteria that requires the implementation of and patient enrollment in a patient portal.
In order to be MU-ready, your organization must proactively:
- Determine your strategy based on the final rule. Gather data and be prepared to attest for MU by the deadline for the MU program you participate in..
- Create an audit binder which should include screenshots of required EHR configuration during the reporting period. Should you get an audit 2 years from now, you can refer to this binder for accurate information.
- Prepare a statement citing why you should be allowed to opt out of those MU measures that you think do not pertain to your practice. Auditors will ask for this on any audit preformed.
All organizations should be prepared to start collecting data for MU 2 by January 1, 2015. This includes having a strategy around the implementation of a patient portal and patient enrollment, sharing data amongst community and other healthcare providers, and radiology interfaces.
Value-Based Payment Modifier
The current Value Based Payment Modifier for providers who serve Medicare beneficiaries is a descendent of the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS). It is a way to keep the ACA cost-neutral, but there are some important things you need to know about this newer system. Value-Based Payment Modifier takes claims, Meaningful Use, and physician quality data and rates the quality of care you provide against your peers. Consequently,
- When you report your Clinical Quality Measures or any clinical data to CMS, make sure your thresholds demonstrate that your practice is providing high quality care.
- If your practice suffered from vendor problems with data accuracy in the past, this should be fixed.
Transparency is something all providers should be aware of. Although available only in a few markets right now, all patients will soon be able to look up information about physicians before deciding where they would like to have their medical procedures done. For instance, if a patient decides to have an ACL repair, s/he can go online to compare exact costs and quality measures (based on the Patient Quality Reporting System) for ACL repair. Practices need to be aware that their prices and quality are being reported publicly. The implications go beyond losing reimbursement. You can actually be delisted from an insurance network. To ensure that your practice remains a viable option for patients:
- Market your own practice and post your own prices.
- Make sure you are reporting good quality data.
- Use sources such as MGMA or OPTUM to see what providers in your area are charging and how you compare.
- Determine how your reimbursement ranks vs. your competitors on the Medicare website and ensure data accuracy.
Open Enrollment for the ACA
November 15 marks the beginning of the second Open Enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act and there is no indication that this time around will be any easier than the first. Patients will be choosing plans, dealing with things very unfamiliar, and perhaps unaffordable, to them, like deductibles. This directly impacts clinics and the bottom line, especially with those patients who cannot pay their share of the costs. Last year, patients became the number one payor for many practices, even more than insurance companies, because so much revenue came from deductibles. That all resets January 1, but there are things you can do to avoid a possibly painful Q1 of 2015:
- Check and confirm all patients' eligibility, what plan they are on, and what their deductible is prior to their scheduled appointment, preferably through an automatic batch eligibility service. Keep this information in the practice management system.
- Notify patients about their deductibles before they come into the clinic, and make sure to collect payments upfront, or keep a card on file.
The healthcare industry as we knew it for the past many years has ceased to exist. As we move into a new era of integrated delivery systems and a greater emphasis on value-based rather than volume-based reimbursements, the industry is going to remain in a state of flux before it stabilizes once again. The only way organizations are going to survive in this shifting landscape is by anticipating and planning for the next change so that they can stay ahead of the curve. The more an organization knows, the better it can be prepared to confront any potentially negative impact of the ever-evolving nature of the industry.
About Ben Quirk
Ben Quirk is CEO of Quirk Healthcare Solutions, a consulting firm specializing in EHR strategic management, workflow optimization, systems development, and training. The company's clients have enjoyed remarkable success, including award of the Medicare Advantage 5-star rating. Quirk Healthcare presents a weekly webinar series, Insights, to inform clients and the general public about government programs and industry trends. Mr. Quirk is also Executive Director of the Quirk Healthcare Foundation, a learning institution which fosters innovation in the healthcare industry.


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A problem with "asteroid impact".
I was able to warp out all of my ships but one, that collided with an asteroid and didn't died. It sustained severe damage and became uncontrolable and inert. So, I got stuck, cause I couldn't leave the map or kill the remaining ship. It would be good to have an ability to abandone ship or self distruct it or other failsafe mech to avoid such situations.
And by the way, I think this event should be at least more rare. Cause it's a bit annoing and don't have real purpose, as for me.


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You Have Got to Be Kidding Me
I have lived long enough to know what that hard-to-swallow feeling in the back of my throat means. It means that while I feel okay at the time, within hours I'm going to die.
Well, I know I won't die. But the sweet release of death might be better than the impending sickness that throaty feeling brings. Ahh - the throaty feeling. Harbinger of empty tissue boxes.
Three weeks ago, I got that very throaty feeling. But it was worse than normal. And it got even worse than that. Pretty soon I could feel a lump on the outside of my throat. That was not a good sign. I called my mother, since she has four kids and has thus heard of every possible ailment. My mother knows so much about medical symptoms, I expect to see an episode of House where she bursts in and corrects him.
My mother diagnosed me with swollen glands and said I should see a doctor. After spending no less than twenty minutes trying to figure out what emergency care center took my health plan, I drove over to the nearest one. The hospital closest to me does have emergency care, but it's for members only. Which was a nice reminder that I live in Los Angeles.
Luckily, the doctor I went to saw me right away. And not so luckily, the doctor diagnosed me with pharyngitis, an ancient Egyptian disease wherein kings couldn't speak.
Okay, so pharyngitis is really just a throat infection, typically picked up due to overwork and lack of sleep. I cancelled all my shows for a week, made a new rule to avoid morning radio, and started taking amoxicillin. Within a few days, I was okay again. And the throaty feeling was gone.
Imagine my surprise when less than a week later, I felt the same throaty feeling. This time it was right before I had to fly across country for a month of shows. So I went to a doctor in West Virginia and was diagnosed with a SECOND case of pharyngitis. Apparently, it's very easy to catch right after you've had it once, especially when you've watched The Mummy Returns.
The fun part about flying on anti-biotics is that the drug scanners see traces of them on your belongings. But the guy running the scanners hinted that it'd be okay if I were on other types of less legal drugs. Really. He said "whatever you're into" and winked at me. The guy protecting us from international terrorism reminded me of the pothead on my freshman floor.
At the doctor, I was prescribed a new drug called omnicef. Which, in addition to being a powerful anti-biotic, is also great charity that kids raise money for on Halloween. I was almost prescribed augmentin, but the pills were too big to swallow with the throaty feeling and I didn't want to risk suspension by Major League Baseball. Okay, I know augmentin is another anti-biotic, but it sounds like something that makes your forearms big or that comic book villains give to their army of super soldiers.
The fun part about omnicef is that my insurance covered part of the cost. That's right - what cold have been $95 was a mere $86. Whew. Glad I had insurance. The doctor told me I need to finish taking the medicine even after I felt better. I assured her there'd be no problem with that, since the medicine costs more than $4 per pill. That's almost as much as the guy at the airport is paying for his.
So now it's a few days later and I'm feeling better, and I've got half the pills left. I'm a bit worried that a few days after I finish the pills, I'll come down with a third throat infection. But if I do, maybe they could put me on something that could help me hit 73 home runs in a single season.
What's really important is that my throat is seemingly all better now and I can finally sleep through the night again. And that I've never actually seen The Mummy Returns.


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It's funny to be very excited about a boardgame you've never played
If you didn't guess it, I'm talking about Eclipse. I don't have the game but my friends have a few so I don't think I'll ever need to buy one, but I might end up buying one - just because. When they become available again , that is - it seems like the first print is sold out here in Finland.


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NC Democrats run newspaper ads against Republicans
Ads criticize public education laws
The North Carolina Democratic Party is running ads in newspapers this week criticizing Republican lawmakers for public education laws this year that contained no teacher raises and granted tax-funded scholarships for students to attend private school.
A party spokesman said Wednesday it's spending several thousand dollars initially on ads in more than a dozen publications chosen according to House and Senate districts represented by Republicans, but which Democrats want to target in the 2014 elections.
The ad says "Republican leadership has failed teachers in North Carolina" and points out spending reductions for textbooks and the end of the "back-to-school" sales tax holiday in August. It also asks readers to tell Gov. Pat McCrory and Republican leaders to "study up" on giving "raises, resources and respect" to teachers.


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NCSA celebrates big computing, big data with Petascale Day
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On Oct. 15, NCSA invites everyone to participate in Petascale Day, a celebration of big computing and big data.
"Petascale" refers to computing and data in the quadrillions, like the more than 13 quadrillion calculations the Blue Waters supercomputer can perform every second and the quadrillions of bytes of data the center can store.
Everyone is invited to see and learn more about Blue Waters, one of the world's most powerful supercomputers. Tours of the supercomputer are self-paced, so visit the National Petascale Computing Facilty (1725 S. Oak St., Champaign) any time between 3 and 6 p.m. and stay as little or as long as you like. Guides will be available to answer questions. Come alone, or with a group—all ages welcome!
After 5 p.m., free parking is available across Oak Street in University Lot E-14. Before 5 p.m., metered spots are available in E-14. The Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District offers excellent service to the area.
At the NCSA Building, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana, visitors can see stunning 3D high-definition visualizations of scientific phenomena—including the Orion Nebula and the swirling winds of a hurricane—created by NCSA's Advanced Visualization Laboratory for IMAX theaters and planetariums. Come any time between 3 and 6 p.m. The demonstration lasts approximately 15 minutes.
Metered parking is available on surrounding streets and in the parking garage north of the NCSA Building. The Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District offers excellent service to the area.
If you have questions, please contact Barb Jewett (email@example.com | 217-265-0748) or Trish Barker (firstname.lastname@example.com | 217-265-8013).
Blue Waters is supported by the National Science Foundation through awards OCI-0725070 and ACI-1238993.


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We could sit here and argue the fine points of Senate filibuster rules, which Democrats changed last week so they could get more of the president's judicial and executive nominees approved. Republicans are furious about Democrats using the nuclear option, as the vote to stop filibusters has been termed. But the primary issue is not who's right and who's wrong.
We could sit here and argue the fine points of Senate filibuster rules, which Democrats changed last week so they could get more of the president�s judicial and executive nominees approved. Republicans are furious about Democrats using the nuclear option, as the vote to stop filibusters has been termed.
But the primary issue is not who�s right and who�s wrong. The skirmishing over Senate rules is a symptom of a larger problem, a much larger problem.
The politics of loathing continues to dominate Washington and even statehouses, where some comity once existed. The debate over whether one party could stop judicial and executive nominations by maintaining a filibuster is only the latest case study.
Before this incident, the nation watched the parties fight over shutting down the government. We also endured brawls over Bush-era tax cuts, the sequester, a budget grand bargain and America�s approach to Syria. Even now, Washington is dueling over the traditionally bipartisan defense bill.
Although the list of snarling dogfights stretches way back into the 1990s, we have had moments where the parties maintain their differences but still resolve a problem. The best recent example is the budget agreement reached after the 2010 election.
But those examples are rare. Instead, too many politicians in each party won�t give an inch to the other. Crafting a compromise would abet the enemy. The same is true for core supporters. They have no use for each other, perhaps because the partisans live in parallel universes.
Of course, we have always had political differences. And, fortunately, we always will. How boring it would be to live where most everyone confirms your views.
But the political world has gone far beyond having differences. We have descended into despising our opponents.
This shift was brought home as the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy�s death approached. Dallas had fierce conservatives at the time of JFK�s assassination. But, on Nov. 22, 1963, as many as 200,000 Dallasites jubilantly waved, leaned out windows and hoisted signs to welcome the Democratic president and his glamorous wife.
Lee Harvey Oswald�s gunshots often overshadow this point: In a city perceived as right-wing, tens of thousands of Dallas residents cheered the Kennedys wildly. I doubt all voted for Kennedy, but they were there to welcome him.
Here�s another good example of how we have changed. I recently did a video with Corky Friedman, whose late husband, Bayard, was mayor of Fort Worth when the Kennedys arrived there Nov. 21, 1963. The couple greeted them at Carswell Air Force Base that evening and the next morning at the Hotel Texas.
At the time, the Friedmans were helping build a Republican Party in Texas. But she recounted how they were honored to greet the Kennedys. As the First Family left Fort Worth for their fateful flight to Dallas, she said to him, �God bless you, Mr. President.�
As she recalled that story, I wondered whether something like that would happen today. Would a Republican leader wish God�s blessings upon a Democratic leader? Or vice versa? In some cases, yes, but probably not often.
I wish I had an easy answer for getting us back to that point. I don�t.
This is really a matter of the heart and will. We simply have to stop showing contempt for those with whom we disagree.
Put another way, we need more happy warriors. I used to love watching figures like Daniel Patrick Moynihan and William F. Buckley debate big issues. They relished the exchange and each other, showing politics can be joyous.
Now we have angry disciples eager to take down angry disciples from the other side. Today, the line of demarcation involves Senate rules.Tomorrow, it will be something else.
I thought of this problem as I walked back to the Dallas Morning News building from the JFK ceremony. Just as that respectful observation sought to redeem the horror of long ago events, we need to reclaim our politics.
�We� means �we the people.� Power rests in us, and we need to say enough is enough to leaders who won�t give an inch or respect their opponents. Until then, we will be stuck in a world with endless divides over issues like Senate rules.
William McKenzie writes for The Dallas Morning News.


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Rebbes and Hassidim in Transylvania
The waves of the Jewish spiritual currents of the 18th and 19th centuries did not miss Transylvania on the western side of the Carpathians - the geographic confluence of these streams. A proof was the arrival of the father of the Author of the Tanya (Rabbi Baruch, the father of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi)[16] to the city of Sălaj during his wanderings in Transylvania. He later served there as a teacher of young children, and found his final resting place there. His wanderings can be attributed to his opposition to the concept of Hassidism and his escape from his son. His son later came to supplicate over his grave.
It is told of the joint visit of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev and Rabbi Aharon of Zhitomir to the city of Károly in Transylvania, apparently, to disseminate the idea of Hassidism. The Torah genius Rabbi Meir Yehuda, who lived in that city, did not agree to welcome the visitors. When the two of them entered his room, he jumped out the window and escaped from them.
Maramures, the mountain district at the foot of the Carpathians, is the cradle of Hassidism in Transylvania. According to legend, the Baal Shem Tov sent one of his students, Rabbi Kopel of Kolomyja, to plant Hassidism there. Hassidim tell that when the Baal Shem Tov left Kitov and wandered to the Carpathian Mountains with an entourage of his students, he looked at the Maramures situation on the other side of the tall Carpathians, stood in amazement and said to his students, This is the beautiful garden of Rabbi Kopel. Guard this garden. Indeed, Rabbi Kopel settled in Maramures, and his descendents also followed the command of the Baal Shem Tov.
There were two courts and capitals of Hassidism in Transylvania - Visnitz (located in Grosswardein) and Sighet, which represented strict Hungarian Hassidism through theBeis Midrashof the Teitelbaum dynasty. However, the champion who planted Hassidism in Transylvania was the general rabbi, the author of Baal Mareh Yechezkel, the gaon Rabbi Yechezkel Panet[17]. During the course of his duties, he wandered from place to place, established communities, appointed rabbis and shochtim, enacted rules, and established the bounds of Judaism. Along with this, he brought the idea of Hassidism, to which he was attached, with him to every place (see the responsa book Mareh Yechezkel, section 104).
Nevertheless, Hassidim did not break through the heart of the country and did not spread across the region. Most people continued to oppose Hassidism, for the main source of influence
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in most regions of Hungary remained the capital of Torah, which was Pressburg, which also etched its mark on this region. Hassidism was restricted to the districts close to the Carpathians (Munkacz and Sighet), as well as the vineyard and winemaking district that included Kaliv, where Rabbi Yitzchak Izak Taub, the founder of Hassidism in Hungary, settled. In his book From the Chatam Sofer to Herzl, Dr. Zvi Zahavi writes that in the Di Velt newspaper Dr. Ronai describes the history of the song The Rooster is Calling,[18] that turned into a national song of the Hungarian Jewry and strengthened the longing for Zion. Rabbi Izak Taub of Kaliv, who lived during the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century, learned a popular song from a Hungary shepherd. Since he liked it, he wrote the words that elicit longing for the rise of Israel and the return to Zion. The Jews of Hungary sang this song at weddings and celebrations from the 18th century to this day. Ronai translated the song into German for the readers of Di Velt. Dr. Yosef Patai later translated the song into Hebrew, as follows:
The Rooster is Calling
Day is dawning
In the green forest - in the green meadow
A bird is wandering about.
How lovely is the bird
Oh, how lovely is the bird
With yellow feet and a golden beak
The bird waits for me.
The rooster is calling
Day is dawning
The Temple will be rebuilt
Zion will be restored.
Oh, when will the generation be redeemed?
And we will sing a new song there
And ascend in joy
The time has already come!
Wait, wait oh bird
Oh, if you wait, oh bird
If G-d has designated you
I will rejoice with you in freedom.
This song was sung in Hungarian at celebrations around the table and at weddings by the Rabbi of Kaliv, the founder of Kiryas Kaliv in Rishon Lezion.
The cities of Transylvania were a refuge for many Jews of Poland, Galicia and Russia, who settled there during the time before the Holocaust. During the opening period of the First World War, the armies broke through the areas across the Carpathian Mountains, where hundreds of thousands of Jews had lived for generations. Now, with the occupation,
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|Rabbi Yisrael Hager of holy blessed memory, the Rebbe of Visnitz (in the middle). To his left is his son Rabbi Menachem Mendel of holy blessed memory, the head of the rabbinical court of Wysowo
|The Beis Midrash of Rabbi Yisrael of Visnitz in Grosswardein. Because of the Holocaust, it was not dedicated. Today it serves as a government lumber warehouse
|The gaon Rabbi Akiva Sofer of holy blessed memory, the head of the rabbinical court of Pressburg. He was the son of the author of Shevet Sofer
|The Admor Rabbi Baruch, may he live, of Seret-Visnitz. The founder of Shikun Visnitz in Haifa and the head of Yeshivat Yachel Yisrael
|Rabbi Chaim Meir, may he live long, the founder of Kiryas Visnitz in Bnei Brak and the director of the Yeshiva
|The gaon Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky of holy blessed memory, of Jerusalem. The former head of the rabbinical court of Galati and Chust. The rabbi of Orthodox Judaism in the land of Israel, and the successor of Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld of holy blessed memory
|The gaon Rabbi Shmuel David Ungar of holy blessed memory, the head of the rabbinical court of Nitra, formerly the head of the rabbinical court of Surany
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many were wandering through the world, and tens of thousands of these war refugees ended up in Hungary and settled there. Masses of Hassidim settled in alleyways of old houses, taking refuge in the courts of the miracle worker Rebbes, and clinging to the way of life of their fathers from Bukovina and Galicia, which were located on the battlefront. Several giants of Hassidim found refuge there, including Rebbes and grandchildren of famous Rebbes.
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by Yehuda Schwartz
The Rebbe of Dolina. His Beis Midrash was deep in the courtyard, under the shade of trees. There were bookcases along the walls of theBeis Midrash filled to the ceiling with valuable books. The rabbi played an important role within Orthodox Jewry of Halmeu, and was considered to be one of the most accepted and prominent Admorim in the entire region. He was beloved and pleasing to his Hassidim, and his admirers basked in his presence. As a rabbi and pastor, he was filled with feelings of responsibility; as a man of cold logic and a warm heart, he enchanted everyone who entered his home. Hassidim and men of good deeds, Sabbath and festival Jews along with toiling weekday Jews[1], sat around his table on Friday nights and Saturdays.
His son Reb Chaim Izakl, who lived in the world of Abaye and Rava[2], excelled as a genius and as a fearer of Heaven, and wore a spodek[3] even on weekdays, was chosen as a rabbinical teacher under the rabbi of Slutszana (Sălăjeni ?). He excelled in his talent in analyzing Talmudic discussions. His novellae and commentaries earned him fame within the Jewish communities.
Rabbi Shmelke Liper was the grandson of the Tzadik and renowned miracle worker Rabbi Mordechai of Nadworna. He knew no weariness in his Divine service. A holy fire burned constantly within his soul. He was not only careful about every jot and tittle of the Shulchan Aruch [Code of Jewish Law], but was also very stringent in many matters. His generous character traits were also very pronounced, whether with regard to charity, or with regard to his modesty and care in interpersonal relations.
On the eve of the Sabbath, as he hastened to the mikva [ritual bath] accompanied by his sons in order to purify himself for the honor of the Sabbath, everyone looked at him with reverence. Many worshippers streamed to hisBeis Midrashin order to see his great enthusiasm and listen to his beautiful prayers. When he lifted his hands upward and called out with devotion Hodu Lashem Ki Tov[4], he brought his worshippers to spiritual excitement, and it was as if he was trembling before Heaven
His only daughter Feiga married Reb Leibish Ber Halpert, who was
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a well-known rabbi and scholar. He was a wonderful expositor with extraordinary power of persuasion. In his fine sermons and lessons that he presented in the Great Synagogue every Sabbath afternoon, his unusual talents as a preacher and sermonizer who desired to raise the stature of Torah and the commandments later became evident. Today he serves as a rabbi in north Tel Aviv.
The Cavniker Rebbe[5] (Kopel). His name testifies to his piety and religiosity, even though he never actually utilized his title, and never earned his living from the rabbinate. He never conducted Hassidic table celebrations, and people did not come to him with requests as they would do with a holy man. He was wealthy, and lived in a large courtyard that contained houses that he rented. He owned estates. In his courtyard there was a barn with a large warehouse of seeds and grains.
The Great Synagogue
A long alleyway led out from the large square in the center of the town between the Catholic and Reform churches. This square served as the marketplace every Thursday. The alleyway led to the path that led to the Great Synagogue. A stream covered in boards led the length of the alleyway. The synagogue building was large and beautiful. The services were conducted according to the Ashkenazic rite. Nobody who conducted the services would dare to alter this custom. Services were conducted in the anteroom every morning and evening on weekdays. This was the source of spiritual enjoyment for the people, the source from where they drew the strength and ability to live and continue on.
The synagogue was full of worshippers on Sabbaths and festivals. When they worshipped and listened to the beautiful prayers, they would forget the outside world with its tribulations and bask in the supernal worlds, in the world that is fully spiritual.
I recall that during my childhood, I went to the synagogue along with my parents of blessed memory on the first day of Selichot[6]. The streets were still enveloped in darkness, the stars twinkled in the sky, and the synagogue courtyard was covered in light. Lanterns spread light through the darkness from all the windows of the synagogue. The dark shadows of men and women hurried to the houses of worship for Selichot.
The rabbis of the city delivered their official sermons from the synagogue pulpit on Shabbat Hagadol, Shabbat Shuva, Shabbat Nachamu, and the 7th of Adar.[7] The Jews of the town set the prayer times on the sermon days so that they would all be able to come and listen.
There was a slaughterhouse for fowl behind the synagogue. On the right side of the entrance of the alleyway were the home of the shochet [ritual slaughterer] and the butcher shops of Elberger and Gewirtz.
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|Here, the Jewish residents of the town are gathered together before being transferred to the Sălaj Ghetto
|The interior of the Great Synagogue of Sălaj. Here, the Jews of Halmeu endured the cruelest forms of torture before
entering the ghetto. The Hungarian gendarmes conducted stringent body searches and a search of personal belongings
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On the left side was the mikva in which people went to purify themselves from the filth of the weekdays. Reb Meir Parnatzi was responsible for caring for the bathhouse. He was a quiet, G-d fearing man, dedicated to his work. He had talented children. His daughter is in Israel.
Reb Moshe Jeremias, Reb Yisrael Mermelstein, Reb Menachem Gotlieb, Reb Meir Roth, and Reb Yosef Rozat served as heads of the community.
The following people served in the communal leadership: Reb Alter Landau, Reb Baruch Hendler, Reb Shaima Greenfeld, Reb Tzvi Hendler and his brother Reb Yosef Hendler, Reb Menachem Steinberger (the son-in-law of Reb Aharon Kahana), Reb Daniel Rotsein, Reb Asher Lemel Steinberger, and Reb Betzalel Friedman.
The following people excelled as successful gabbaim [synagogue trustees]: Reb Yitzchak Meir Sholoman, Reb Meshulam Fishweis, Reb Meir Braun, and Reb Shmelke Mandel.
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An estimated 600 million Indians – more people than live in western Europe — were without electricity today, victims of a massive blackout that darkened most of the northern and eastern portions of the country.
The Great Indian Outage, stretching from New Delhi to Kolkata, comes just a day after 300 million people in northern India lost power for much of Monday.
It is a disaster that's caused untold damage to India's economy, its prestige, and its well-being – think of the millions of patients in hospitals, the commuters stuck on trains, and farmers in need of irrigation. Hundreds of miners in the states of West Bengal and Jharkand were trapped underground by the blackout. Some 300 trains were reportedly stalled across the country.
There's more damage to come, I fear: Forces that have been bridling against environmental regulations and science-based activism will use the Great Outage as a cudgel to demolish future restraints on dam construction, coal mining, and other projects.
India's humiliating power failure is sure to birth a slogan as reductive and wrong as America's own "Drill Baby Drill."
The irony is that this outage was likely caused in part by mismanagement at the Bhakra series of hydroelectric dams in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh states in northern India, according to Himanshu Thakkar of the South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People.
"Had these dams been operated more rationally, keeping in mind the emerging realities and forecasts, the situation in Northwest India would have been different," Thakkar told me. "Higher [water] levels in these dams would have meant more power generation for each unit of water release and at the same time more water for agriculture, thus less water [for irrigation] pumped from aquifers, and thus less demand of power."
Earlier this month, Thakkar's organization published a short paper [pdf] criticizing dam administrators for allowing water levels to become alarmingly low.
Thakkar says the answer to India's current power crisis isn't more hydroelectric dams, as most currently existing dams aren't built or operated for maximum efficiency. Instead, power can be saved by harvesting rainwater.
"Since most of our water is coming from groundwater, we need to store the rainfall in aquifers that are fast depleting," he says. "This would have multiple spin-off benefits." With healthier aquifers, farmers wouldn't have to run electric-powered pumps as much to adequately irrigate their crops – a major drag on the power grid.
"More dams won't help achieve that," Thakkar says, adding that farmers should shift to less water-intensive crops. "It is amazing that, among all the crops, [acreage devoted to] sugarcane has gone up in this drought year!"
At the Center for Science and the Environment, Chandra Bushan provides some of the hard numbers behind today's blackout, as well as a simple cause: Indian states are taking more power from the grid than they are supposed to, even as the power system lacks the flexibility to meet seasonal spikes in demand.
In this case, a weak and tardy annual monsoon has millions of households and businesses running their air conditioners for longer than they would under normal conditions. This from the CSE:
Electricity generation for the month of June illustrates this problem:
- In June 2012, India produced 8 per cent more electricity than in June 2011.
- The generation from thermal power plants was 11.4 per cent higher than in June 2011. Coal-based power plants generated 16.7 per cent more electricity.
- However, with low monsoon, the generation of electricity from hydropower plants reduced by 6 per cent compared to June 2011. In fact, hydropower plants produced 19 per cent lesser electricity in April-June, 2012 than the corresponding months in 2011. As hydro plants are also peak load plants, this reduction seems to have affected the peak power generation in the country significantly.
None of this logic – nor the many recent plans and ideas for improving the management and efficiency of India's power grid – will make a difference to the contractors and bureaucrats in the "Build Baby Build" crowd that has much to gain from poorly-planned dam construction.
The debate over dams has become so silly that earlier this month a minister from the government of Uttarakhand state went on a one-day hunger strike to support more construction on the Himalayan tributaries of the Ganges River. Mantri Prasad Naithani's constituency is in the region of Tehri Gahrwal, which was submerged a decade ago by the giant Tehri dam. Residents of the doomed town of Tehri were relocated to a "model town" higher up the valley to make room for the $1 billion, 1,000 megawatt hydroelectric dam's reservoir.
When I visited New Tehri last year, power outages were commonplace.
But it's brute force, not the rhetorical kind, that truly keeps this movement alive.
On June 22, the Indian environmentalist Bharat Jhunjhunwala was attacked in his home in Uttarakhand state by a gang of 40 thugs purportedly working for a contracting company. At the time of the attack, Jhunjhunwala, 62, had been hosting G.D. Agrawal, an eminent scientist turned swami who is also known as Gyan Swarup Anand. Agrawal was in the region to protest the coming submergence of the Dhari Devi Temple on the Alaknanda river by a hydroelectric project.
In full view of local police and journalists, the crowd kicked in Jhunjhunwalla's door and blackened his face with ink. He and his wife were forced to flee the area.
"They threatened him that they will burn him alive in the house if he did not stop opposing the dams within two days," according to an account by Jhunjhunwala's family.
India's power grid suffers from inertia on one hand and from destructive greed on the other. It doesn't suffer from a shortage of dams.


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Visions of fall promise piles of red and copper leaves waiting to be jumped in, crisp cool evenings and warm sweaters pulled from their resting place under the bed — yeah, right!
In Sarasota, fall tends to feel more like a continuation of summer. But for those who are missing the change in seasons and fireside spiced cocktails, there's still some local spice to look forward to — and we're not talking pumpkin and nutmeg. According to recent spirits trends, this season is for those looking for adventurous cocktails. This season's libations are full of habañero, chili and jalapeño. Sarasota's fall happy hours will surely offer a "kick" in the glass!
Fruita' Picante'
Price: $11
Location: Darwin's on 4th, 1525 Fourth St., Sarasota
Info: Call 343-2165 or visit darwinson4th.com.
Hours: 5 to 10 p.m. Sunday through Tuesday; 5 to 11 p.m. Wednesday; 5 to 11:30 p.m. Thursday; 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Happy Hour is 5 to 7 p.m. Monday to Friday.
Ingredients: Hangar 1 Chipotle Chili Vodka, Absolut Peppar Vodka, Fruit de Pas'ion and a pinch of cilantro
Taste description: The Fruita' Picante' is shaken, chilled and served in a martini glass. It offers the fall colors Sarasota lacks. It's made with passion fruit puree, and its medium-bodied, smooth texture accentuates the subtle spicy quality of the liqueur. Although it smells peppery, it is not overbearing in "kick." What you get is a smoked-fruit flavor with a peppery aftertaste. It'll have you booking a trip to Santa Fe, N.M., before you finish the drink.
Best paired with: Oven-roasted pork taco; $6
Spicy Mexican Margarita
Price: $12
Location: Michael's On East, 1212 East Ave. S., Sarasota
Info: Call 366-0007 or visit Bestfood.com
Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. Happy Hour is 5 to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Ingredients: El Mayor Silver, Monin habañero-flavored syrup, Cointreau and cucumber
Taste description: This refreshing margarita is served on the rocks with a salted rim. But don't expect any sour in this drink, because it's more mojito-like with a smooth quality and color. This popular drink is perfect for the Indian summer days during the fall months on the Gulf Coast. Its cool cucumber balances the habañero syrup, which gives it a sweet light flavor with just a hint of spice. This luxurious margarita brings pleasant thoughts of afternoons lounging poolside — while friends up North slave away raking leaves.
Best paired with: The East Avenue tapas; $12
Sweet Spice
Price: $9
Location: The Table Creekside, 5365 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota
Info: Call 921-9465 or visit tablesrq.com.
Hours: 4 to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; 4 to 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Ingredients: Wódka (vodka), simple syrup, cilantro, jalapeño and grapefruit juice
Taste description: This drink is a bartender favorite and perfect for those who revel in the taste of cilantro. Smooth vodka and grapefruit juice are added to house-prepared, simple syrup muddled with cilantro and jalapeño. This cocktail has a big cilantro smell and a predominantly cilantro flavor with plenty of spice and subtle notes of grapefruit. It's a great pick to unwind after a warm day lounging at the beach.
Best paired with: Crispy oyster flamenco; $8.95
Spicy Dirty
Price: $10 ($6 during happy hour)
Location: Libby's Café + Bar, 1917 S. Osprey Ave., Sarasota
Info: Call 487-7300 or visit libbyscafebar.com.
Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. for lunch Monday through Friday; 6 to 10 p.m. for dinner Monday through Thursday; 5:30 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday. Happy Hour is 5 to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Ingredients: Three Olives vodka, grated jalapeno, olive juice and blue-cheese stuffed olives
Taste description: Plain Jane would order this drink if she wanted to be more like Dirty Harry — it'll put some hair on your chest. This martini is popular among adventurous souls ready to dive into a full olive-and-jalapeño flavor. The olive dulls the alcohol taste of a typical vodka martini, but its flavor is far from normal. The blue-cheese stuffed olives slightly dull the spice, but if you can't handle heat, this drink is not for you.
Best paired with: Kogi truck mussel pot; $11
Pineapple and Jalapeño Mojito
Price: $10
Location: Tommy Bahama's Tropical Café, 300 John Ringling Blvd., St. Armands Circle.
Info: Call 388-2888 or visit TommyBahama.com.
Hours: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Sunday. Happy Hour is 4 to 6 p.m. daily.
Ingredients: Depaz cane syrup, pineapple cubes, mint, jalapeño, pineapple juice, lime juice and rum
Taste Description: This drink tastes like how one would imagine breaking the law feels and — luckily — double jeopardy allows you to have more than one. Fresh pineapple, mint and jalapeño are muddled with rum and a splash of pineapple juice; lime juice is added to the top. The libation is a perfect balance of the strongest flavors — mint and jalapeño. But the fruity pineapple takes out some of the sting and replaces it with a little tang. This cocktail has got a big kick, so if you don't want to risk it, have them make it sans the jalapeño.
Best paired with: Big island goat cheese appetizer; $12


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