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Numerous attempts were made by the directors and supervisors of the Talmud Torah to teach the children a trade in addition to the regular course of study. The parents and the activists especially desired agriculture, which they regarded as a firm economic base. Therefore, the joy in our city was great when the agronomist Zusman, the supervisor of the Yugavim (Farming) school in Odessa, accompanied by the vice-director of Mitaam of Kishinev, Mr. Feinbaron, came up with the idea of setting up an agricultural farm near the city. Thus wrote D. K. in Hamelitz, number 96, in 1895: The honorable guests visited the local Talmud Torah, and advised the supervisor and directors of the Talmud Torah to establish an agricultural school, to teach farming to the children of the poor people. The directors of the Talmud Torah, Mr. Vaynberg and Mr. Tomaspolski, headed by Mr. David Trachtenberg, accepted the advice willingly, and took it upon themselves to bring the matter to fruition. The next day, they left the city along with Mr. Zusman and chose a large plot whose price was not too high. Thus, they lay the foundations for this great enterprise. Many of the residents of the city expressed their desire to assist in this lofty enterprise, and to provide the needed funds, such as: paying a Jewish farmer who would teach the youths and train them in this work, purchasing implements, and providing food, clothing and shoes for the fifteen youths who would be chosen to go out to this field to work. The local director of Mitaam, Dr. Rabinovitz and his honorable wife took it upon themselves to provide food for the children as they went out to their daily work. The young people who were employees of the 'Chesed Neurim' organization, which had the goal of clothing and providing shoes for the children of the poor, promised to give preference to the children who were studying farming over those who went around idle, without work. The head of Chovevei Zion, Aharon Fikhman and Mr. Brosutsky promised to give ten Rubles every month if this enterprise were to succeed. The Maskil Mr. Temkin, the Hebrew teacher of the Talmud Torah, to whom work of this nature was very close to his heart, was chosen to oversee the work. The local representative Mr. A. Brosutsky was the first to donate ten silver Rubles in memory of his grandmother, Miryam Averbukh, who died on the day of the founding of the enterprise (12th of Iyar). With this money, they purchased all of the needed implements.
After a brief time, we read the following in Hamelitz number 126 of that year: I am pleased to announce that the visit of the agronomist Zusman bore fruit. We see the students of the Talmud Torah go out of the city on a daily basis, with their spades over their shoulders, to work and cultivate the plot of land that the directors leased for them. How sublime and lofty is the sight of seeing Jewish children standing and plowing the fields, as children of the land! (Signed by B. Sh. Naychin.)
There is a contradiction between the report (of D. K., above), and this copy. D. K. writes that, Fifteen students of the Talmud Torah go out of the city on a daily basis with their spades on their shoulders. whereas here it relates about uncertainty. We can surmise that the first attempt did not succeed, and only three years later did activists again make efforts to establish an agricultural farm.
In the same article, M. R. continues to relate:
It touched the heart to see the children with their mothers, widows from among the poor of the people, urging us to accept their hungry children, who would otherwise be relegated to idleness and mischief.
A second Christian, Mr. Zhivkovich (a flight adjutant) donated 4 desaytins (44 dunams) (ed. note: 1 desaytin = 2.7 acres and 1 dunam = 1000 square meters or .247 acres) of his land north of the city for this purpose.
At first the children walked the 3-kilometer distance to work by foot early in the morning, and they returned to their homes at night. A child was chosen on a rotational basis to bring food to them. Later, two tents were set up in the field, which remained all summer.
The students worked diligently and with dedication. They performed all of the tasks, except for plowing, which was done by hired labor. The dedication of the students to work encouraged the founders to improve the living conditions. They obtained building materials and set out to build a house.
To this end, the powers of the I.C.A. (Jewish Colonization Association) were invited. The status of the institution was described to them. They allocated 50 Rubles for the building of the building and 500 rubles for annual support of the institution.
The founders turned to Baron Ginzberg, the owner of large plots of land in the region of Orheyev, requesting him to give over 30 desaytins (about 330 dunams) of land from his estate. He answered positively.
In the summer of 1898, the agronomist Zusman from Odessa visited. He took interest in the details of the work and in the state of the students. He offered suggestions that led to significant improvements in the manner of functioning of the institution.
The celebration opened with the singing of El Melech Netzor and the prayer for Rain by the student choir. The rabbinical judge Rabbi Mordechai Gelfer was the first to lay the cornerstone. The founders of the institution and invited guests followed him. Moshe Ravich, one of the founders, read an accounting of the activities and achievements of the school during its first year of existence. The number of students reached 21. The area in our hands was now 34 desaytins (340 dunams). We planted 400 fruit trees that blossomed well. (The heirs of Motel Fikhman donated 200 Rubles to the benefit of the garden). All of the work in the garden, preparing the land and planting the trees was done by the students themselves.
An appropriate curriculum of study was designed with the assistance of the Organization for the Dissemination of Knowledge. The principal was Mr. Turk. Similarly, the Committee of Farming Communities and Labor in Petersburg helped us to establish a workshop for agricultural carpentry and wagons.
The guests, the leaders of various organizations, such as I.C.A. and others, toured the institutions of the farm, the warehouse, the pen, the chicken coop, the corn warehouse, and the cellar for preserving vegetables all made by the students.
At the end of the celebration, the guests lauded the dedication of the founders of the enterprise M. Ravich and the head of Mitaam Dr. Yitzchak Rabinovitz, who were astute enough to be able to establish such an important institution with such modest means. Thanks were expressed to the land donors Mr. Zhivkovich and Baron Ginzberg, to the I.C.A. organization, and to the first donor Yanoshovich (Vaschad Number 25, 1899).
Thus, the good will of individuals, visionary activists, to change the gloomy reality on the Jewish street, to educate a generation of workers in labor and agriculture, bore fruit. The cornerstone of the vocational educational institution, in which the activists and students placed great hopes, was laid. However, after two or three years, a difficult recession fell upon agriculture. The parents who were disappointed with the lack of opportunities for their children to earn their livelihoods from agriculture, began to take their children out of the school. At the beginning of the 1900s, the directors discussed the issue of enlisting students from outside the city. Indeed, students were brought from the orphanage in Kishinev. In the meantime, the loss increased, and the school was on the threshold of closing in 1905. The activists, headed by Ravich, requested help from the I.C.A. in Petersburg. The issue was also deliberated upon at the general regional agricultural convention.
Vashchad number 41, 1905. Signed by P.
At the regional agricultural convention that took place on October 1 of that year, the delegate Groso (the vice-director of the communal bank in Kishinev) raised the question of the tragic situation of the Ferme. It was appropriate to consider this institution, which had the potential of becoming a very important educational institution with time: With our difficult financial situation, it is not possible for us to offer monetary assistance. However, it is impossible to be oblivious to the dire situation of this dear institution. He advised the gathering to present the question to the powers directly involved, asking them to utilize all effective means to consolidate and continue the existence of the school.
After hearing the words of the participants it was decided: to express the sorrow of the convention regarding the dire situation of the Ferme, an agricultural school for Jewish children, and to urge the directors of the Ferme to utilize all means to reorganize in a satisfactory manner, with the purpose of protecting this institution that is precious in the region.
As agreed, Mr. Yanovich, the head of the owners of the estates presented the above decision, with his own words of agreement and appreciation for the institution, to the central committee of I.C.A. in Paris. Minister Heflech also included his opinion on this matter. Nevertheless, after all of the efforts, the institution closed.
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Translated by Tamar Rachevsky Milner Tobacco was the most important agricultural sector in Bessarabia. The Jewish tobacco growers lived mostly in two regions: Soroki and Orgieev.
Before WW1 there were a few thousand Jewish families in Bessarabia involved in tobacco farming. In Weshood, 1911, the Agronom A. Etinger wrote that in the village of Chinsheutsy, Orgieev District, there were 60-70 tobacco plots owned by Jews. Before the Romanian occupation (ed. note: 1918) each tobacco plantation owner could sell his crops in a free market, to any tobacco trader or factory that gave him the best price. Romanian occupation changed this situation: the Romanian government monopolized the tobacco market the tobacco plant owner had to sell his tobacco only to the monopoly's warehouse. The prices were determined by a manager in that monopoly and were not negotiable, so sometimes one had to sell at a loss. This, and other conditions, led tobacco growing to reach a crisis stage in the beginning of the 1930's.
Every plantation owner (and his family) were busy all year round growing the tobacco, thus leaving little time for other agricultural pursuits. But the farmer could not know, until the last moment, if he would profit, lose or at least break even for his and his family's work. The final outcome depended both on having a successful crop and on the arbitrary prices determined by the manager (of the monopoly).
One hectare of high quality tobacco demanded a lot of expensive work, costing up to 33-35 thousand Lei. If the farmer (and the members of his household) did the work themselves it could save up to 10 thousand Lei.
The following table shows how much the crops and prices differed from one place to another.
One might get a crop of 1000 kg per hectare and a high price for his crop, while another had a small and low quality crop, so his income did not even cover his and his family's yearly labor.
Tobacco crops in several villages in Orgeyev district, 1929/1930:
|Village Name
|Hectares of
|560- 960
|400- 880
|450- 800
|480- 800
|5600- 9600
|400- 800
Another difficulty was caused by the lack of financial resources. The cost per one hectare was between 20-23 thousand Lei if the plantation owner did the work himself. This was quite a lot of money for a small farmer. Before the monopoly was established, the farmer could receive loans from private sources at reasonable interest rates, since he was able to estimate in advance the minimal market prices for his tobacco. But when the tobacco trade was monopolized, the prices depended upon the decision of a government clerk, who usually acted in an arbitrary manner. Thus, it is important to mention the help that was given by the cooperatives association (with JCA, ed. note: Jewish Colonization Association), by lending funds to tobacco plantation owners, and other farmers. In 1930 only 2,300,000 Lei were placed as low interest loans to tobacco plantation owners, giving great relief through the year, until the government purchased the tobacco.
Following is an article from the monthly journal Das Cooperative Wart (ed. note: The Cooperative Word) titled The Cry of the Tobacco Workers, written by Shmuel Leib Gordon from Dumbroveni, about the hardships that the tobacco growers had to go through in order to make a living for their families.
The work in the field keeps the tobacco worker busy around the year first seeding, then planting, watering, hoeing several times in the course of growing, flowering, picking, threading and drying the leaves. All those works are usually done while the worker's back is bent, and are very exhausting. Then, there is the packing of the dry leaves, which is also very hard work. Only if one looked at the workers, working at least 16 to 18 hours a day, inhaling the smell of the tobacco all day, their feet swollen, their faces pale and tired, could one understand how hard this work was. Still, the tobacco workers worked with vigor and devotion, since this work was their only way to make a living.
Selling the tobacco to the government servants was also very sad. The farmer and his family waited for the day that was determined by the examination committee of the government. The examiner acted arbitrarily, sometimes giving a high price, sometimes completely disqualifying the tobacco. That day was a day of enormous anxiety, because it was a day when the fate of the year's work was decided by the government clerks in an unfair and arbitrary manner.
If part of the tobacco, or sometimes the whole crop, was disqualified, it was burnt before the farmer's eyes. The sight was extremely painful. In some cases the farmer did not have enough money to pay for the costs of delivering the tobacco to the government warehouse, where it was later burnt. Even the fortunate farmer, whose crop was successful, and was examined fairly, got lower prices than in previous years.
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Reb Hershel Rabinovitz, or as he was named in Yiddish Hershel Von Der Sloboda, was a simple Jew, a husband and a father of four. He was the third generation in Orheyev and the second generation of farmers. His father, Reb Moshe, was born in Orheyev, and owned a land of about 7 desaytins (ed. note: about 19 acres), mostly planted with grapes, nuts, plums and other fruits.
As long as Reb Moshe's children were single, they all worked and helped in his vineyard. (It is recalled that his youngest sons, Elik and Shmuel, as well as his daughter used to cross the town by foot, on their way to the vineyard at the north-east side of the Ibanus mountain, a distance of about 5 km, with their working tools on their backs). When his children got married, Reb Moshe divided the vineyard equally between them. Reb Hershel got a part in the vineyard too. He and his wife, Melia, were both diligent and vigorous, and devoted to the vineyard. In the autumn, they picked the grapes and prepared wine in a winery that they built. Occasionally, they would buy additional grapes for producing wine in order to sell it in their winery.
With the expansion of their family, the vineyard and the winery were not enough to make a living, and so they opened a small grocery store in their narrow apartment, located on the road in the midst of the city's outskirts, and hoped the store would provide the supplement income that they needed. An uneasy life was always the family's fate: the clients they served, the gentiles, used to get drunk in their wine house, sometimes becoming wild and aggressive, and causing much disheartening. The peak of the family's suffering was when the Russian liberated soldiers (1917) came to town, stayed for a couple of days, and aroused the fear that they would break into the wineries, and then become drunk and wild. Due to that fear, the city commander ordered that all the wine barrels in the wineries be broken, and of course, this order did not skip the Rabinovitz winery. The barrels were broken, and the wine poured like water, thus completing the economical ruin of the family
With the annexation of Bessarabia to Romania (ed. note: 1918) the hardships of living in our town grew: the tyranny of the Romanian governance, more restrictions on wine selling, more taxes, fewer ways to earn a living, and especially the vague future with no glimpse of hope. All of these caused many of our town's people to wish to escape from this bitter reality to just anywhere else in the world
At the same time (1918) the news about the Balfour declaration came, and with it many hopes for our people (ed. note Balfour declaration: His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.")
Now was the time to leave the damned country and emigrate to the land of Israel, which was reviving. With the initiative of the enthusiastic Zionist, our aquaintance the late Ben-Zion Furer, a group of well off people from our town was organized, with the purpose of emigrating to the land of Israel and establishing an agricultural settlement. Reb Zvi was part of this group. Unfortunately, the British government withdrew from its promise to relieve it's restrictions set on the emigration, and thus the group fell apart. Only 6 or 7 families did not change their decision to emigrate to the land of Israel, and in 1920 emigrated in an unorganized way, on their own responsibility. These families were: Ben Zion Furer's family, Michael Nadel, Yisaschar Rapoport, Binyamin Duchovny, Berel Lupatner and more. Several months later the family of Hershel Rabinovitz emigrated to the land of Israel, and he lived to grow and educate his sons and daughters to be labor people in the free homeland.
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One can easily assume how desperate we were, on foreign land, with no acquaintance, no money and especially no chance to get to the land of Israel. My father sought a solution for 3 weeks and then, to our great relief, he unexpectedly met with Mrs. Fania Borsutsky, a well known public activist, formerly a resident of Odessa, who had much influence on the Israeli counci in Kushta, and who herself emigrated (with her daughters) to the land of Israel.
Mrs. Borsutsky persuaded the committee to allow us to continue to the land of Israel. We arrived just a few days before Passover, in 1921. Our arrival in Jaffa started a new episode of mishaps We were not received at the Emigrants Home in Jaffa, since we told them at the emigration office that we have a relative in the land of Israel, Mr. Ben Zion Furer.
We ran out of money. Finally, after intensive searching, we found an apartment in an Arab house. Then, there was an episode of searching for ways to make a living. At that time, Mr. Ben Zion Furer and Mr. Nissan Duchovny, who were acquaintances from Orheyev, owned a bakery, and they gave my father some bread to sell. The profit was little, and did not suffice to pay the rent. We were forced to leave the apartment and thus built a tent on Carmel St., on the border of Jaffa.
My father approached the Jewish Agency, asking for help to settle in an agricultural settlement, since he was a farmer abroad, but he was refused because of his old age. Father had no choice but to lean upon urban ways of earning a living, which he disliked in Orheyev, and from which he was trying to escape. My parents tried many different labors in the first 20 years in the land of Israel, and supported their family with great difficulties. They experienced suffering and distress most of their lives in Bessarbia as well as in the land of Israel, but did not show it. They went through the incidents of 1921, 1929 and 1936-39** in a tent and in a shack. Only when their sons and daughters grew up and began to work was their suffering relieved. Then they enjoyed the comforts of a one and a half room apartment, built of bricks, on Kalisher St. My father did not live to see the liberation from the British mandate and the establishment of the State of Israel, which he prayed for all his life. He died on the 1 Sivan 5705 (ed. note: 13 May 1945).
Shabtai, Genosar (ed. note: Shabtai is Zvi Rabinovitz's son and Genosar is a kibbutz on the coast of the sea of Galilee)
**(ed. note: 1921 after Mr. Churchill's visit to Israel, the Arabs demanded the abolishment of Zionism. They were answered by his call to lead peaceful life with the Jews. Their reaction was to attack the Jews of Jaffa followed by attacks on other towns. 11 Jews were killed.
1929 a chain of attacks by Arabs that started in Jerusalem, then spread to Hebron ( killing 66 Jews ) and Safed. What initiated the attacks was the Jewish plans to place benches and lanterns at the western wall, for the comfort of the Jews praying there.
1936-1939 the first wave was a general strike by the Arab population, whose purpose was to press the British authorities to stop Jewish immigration to the land of Israel. When the Arabs realized the British authorities would not change their policies, they started a series of attacks on Jews and on the British army. 80 Jews were killed. The second wave started in 1937, after the conclusions of the Peel committee, to divide the land of Israel between the Arabs and the Jews. The Arabs did not accept that conclusion, and another wave of terror by Arab gangs began.)
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Translated by Tamar Rachevsky Milner When the farm was established in Orheyev, most of the pupils were from the lower class. A well-off Jew would not send his son to work the land this work was intended for gentiles! It was proposed to my father (by Baruch Melamud, who was deported from Taschkelmani(?) during the 1890's) that he register my eleven year old brother, who was his only son. My father strongly objected: 1) the child is too thin and small to stand hard labor; 2) how could it be that his son, who is an excellent grammar student in the classroom, and writes sentences himself, and is his source of pride, should leave his studies to work the land, like a common gentile? There was no way my father could agree. My brother was attracted to the idea, although he had no clear idea what it meant, and he pleaded with my father to register him in the farm school, and get him a doctor's document regarding his health. My father refused to help him but my brother was not deterred. He went by himself to the doctor, got the document and registered for the school. A couple of months later, my brother came home for a visit. All of us, and especially my father, were happy because he did not look like a common gentile at all. He remained gentle and handsome as he was before, yet he was more lively and independent. The heavy pair of boots he wore made a harsh impression on my father. It was the only change to his gentle look.
When my father laid his eyes on his feet, in those heavy boots, there were tears sparkling in his eyes. Could it be tears for an only son, whose old father's hopes are all with him, but who has been taken out of his father's home by an unexpected cause? He was losing his only old age support. There was a mixture of joy and sorrow in our father's heart. My brother did graduate from school, acquired knowledge in agriculture, and got a glimpse at the world outside of Orheyev. The workers movement attracted my brother. Finally he immigrated to America, devoted himself to growing flowers and gained much experience in that profession, and my father was left broken for the rest of his short life Once, during the summer time we (the four sisters) went to visit my brother at school. It was a long unpaved way. We were attacked by dogs whose owners, the unclean creatures, laughed at our fright and we ran all the way to the school. When we arrived we were received by Reb Mendel, the farm manager. He gave us golden fresh carrots that were cracking under our teeth making sounds like snow and frost under feet. We were so jealous of the boys, who were working, and competing gathering wheat stems to sheaves after harvest. It made a marvelous picture, and it was a pleasure to look at. Still, sad thoughts stuck in our minds: why are the boys taken care of, and the girls are being neglected? A 4-5 year old boy is sent to a classroom, a boy is taught a profession, while the girls are neglected! The girls have a constant role: to serve the husband and the family.
We left the farm with this jealousy and returned home. To our great anger, we found our neighbor, father's good friend, at home and he was discussing that same subject, child education, and stating his opinion that for a girl, some knowledge of reading and writing in Yiddish, and writing in the state's language, is enough.
The neighbor left, and I went after him to visit his daughter, who was my best friend. When we entered his home, he noticed she was reading the novel The Little Black Young Man, by the writer Shmuel R., who was popular in those days. He immediately became enraged, and without saying a word grabbed a weight that he found, threw it towards her, and almost injured her. Could it be, he shouted, that you are reading novels, you insolent girl?! I was frightened, and I ran away.
Every Jew who proved he was engaged in agriculture could appeal to the agriculture ministry and get 4 1/2 hectares, providing he would work the land himself, with the assistance of his family. We, residents of Putsintey, got our share too, and started working our land. Still, we had difficulties we could not overcome ourselves, although we had agricultural experience and knowledge. We lacked tools and the needed animals' to develop a profitable farm that would support a family. The ORT company, which was involved in developing agriculture among the Jews in Bessarabia, gave us help by placing long term loans, and by guidance, through its representative, the agronom Chayim Feigin.
I can recall Mr. Feigin's first visit (1925). He explained to us that in order to gain more efficiency, we must organize a cooperative. As an organized unit, we would get credit more easily. He also explained that we should base our farm on profitable branches like vineyards, orchards etc. Indeed, after several years of work under his devoted guidance we enjoyed the fruits of our labor. We liked the work, and so did our sons, and the productivity of our farms exceeded that of our non-Jewish neighbors. We hoped our sons would follow us. But, political turnovers in Romania had a bad influence on the economy in general, and on the Jews in particular. The ORT company reduced its activities in Romania, and Mr. Feigin immigrated to the land of Israel in 1934. With the outbreak of WWII we left everything and ran for our lives to Russia, and all our work was lost.
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Translated by Tamar Rachevsky Milner Many of the Jewish inhabitants of Orheyev and its surroundings made their living from agriculture. The Jews were involved mainly in: flocks, vineyards, orchards (apples, nuts, pears, plums). Tobacco was also an important sector. Orheyev's Jews were not involved in growing vegetables. The reasons for not growing vegetables were: 1) the farmers from Orheyev's outskirts and nearby villages sold their crops of vegetables cheaply in town; 2) lack of knowledge needed to develop the vegetables sector.
Berel Kruglyak, son of Efrayim and Ester the Polish, was the first among the district's Jews to be attracted to the vegetables sector. His father was a vegetables merchant, and would occasionally go to a farmer's vegetable field. Berel accompanied him from time to time, saw the type of work and joined to help.
When Berel grew up, the Romanian government distributed 4 1/2 hectares of land to each farmer, non-Jewish and Jewish, who would work it himself. Berel got a plot too and worked it with his own hands, and his diligence and assiduousness brought him a good crop and the best produce.
He was especially successful in bringing the first fruits of spring: tomatoes, carrots, green peppers, green onions, onions for seeding, etc., and in the autumn cabbage and more. These products enabled him to get good prices and new markets in Beltsy, Orheyev, and Kishinev. He was famous as the most accomplished vegetable grower in the vicinity.
Sorke was active in the farm, especially during the summer, although the family's economic situation was good. She loved animals and took care of many different kinds of fowl and also the cowshed and milking. Most of the summer months, the workers would eat and sleep in the farm and Sorke had to take care of their food. Thanks to her diligence and love of the work, it was not a burden to her, and she did it wisely in a manner that pleased everyone.
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The Creation Of The Universe
The Basic Concepts in the Qur'an
Determination is the most significant attribute of a believer. A believer never loses his enthusiasm and devotion. He engages in his struggle only to earn the pleasure of Allah. That is why, no difficulty proves to be a hindrance to his endeavours. A believer never attaches importance to what others think or say about him. His only goal is to deserve the favour of his Lord; and he shapes his life accordingly.
Allah certainly puts the determination of believers to the test in various ways; either by periodically giving them trouble, or making them undergo suffering. Details of the test are given in the verse below:
We shall test you with fear and hunger, with loss of life and property and crops but give glad tidings to those who patiently persevere. (Al-Baqara, 155)
However, a believer with total commitment displays his patience under all circumstances. Allah praises this attitude of believers in the following verse:
How many of the prophets fought (in Allah's way), and with them (fought) large bands of godly men? But they never lost heart if they met with disaster in Allah's way, nor did they weaken (in will) nor give in. And Allah loves those who are firm and steadfast. Their only words were: "Our Lord! Forgive us our sins and anything We may have done that transgressed our duty; make us firm of foot and help us against those that resist faith." (Al-Imran, 146-147)
Lack of commitment, on the other hand, is not a trait attributable to believers. The following verse confirms this fact:
Only those ask you for exemption who do not believe in Allah and the last day, and whose hearts are fieled with doubt, so that they waver. (Al-Tawba, 45).
Besides hardships, trouble and distress, prosperity and affluence also shake people's determination. Comfort dampens most people's enthusiasm and excitement. Becoming insolent and turning one's face away from Allah after receiving His favour is characteristic of unbelievers. Allah explains this in the following verse:
When trouble touched a man, He cried to Us (in all postures)- lying down on his side, or sitting, or standing. But as soon as we relieved his affliction, he pursued his former ways, as if he had never cried out to Us for Our help! Thus do the deeds of transgressors seem fair in their eyes! (Surah Yunus, 10:12)
However, this is not the case with believers. Prosperity, grandeur, money or power never change the attitude of a believer. He is well aware that all favours are bestowed on him by Allah and that they can be taken back at any time. Hence, he never falls into exultation over his own prowess.
Desiring the hereafter and striving for it with all their might, as well as avoidance of extravagance in daily affairs are indications of determination demonstrated by believers. Those who "strive with all their might" are thus described in the Qur'an:
Those who wish for the hereafter, and strive for it with all their might and have faith- they are the ones whose endeavours are acceptable (to Allah). (Al-Isra, 19)
Never losing heart, demonstrating an unceasing enthusiasm is a command of Allah:
Neither lose heart, nor fall into despair: For you must gain mastery if you are true in faith. (Al-Imran, 139)
Determination, consequently, is a significant attribute of believers. Those who seek an "immediate gain and an easy journey" (At-Tawba, 42) fail to show an unyielding determination. Believers, on the other hand, accomplish what is expected of them and display an unchanging determination until they meet their death.
"Among the Believers are men who have been true to their covenant with Allah: of them some have fulfilled their vow to the utmost, and others still wait: but they have never changed their determination in the least". (Surat'al-Ahzap, 23 )
Hypocrites, on the other hand, display inconsistent behaviours and attitude, and change according to the type of people they socialize with. When believers win a victory, hypocrites want to share this success, while in times of trouble, they stay away from the community of believers. This is indeed a sure indication of their hypocritical nature.
The community of Kahf, into whose hearts Allah put courage, (Al-Kahf, 14) sets the best example for believers in the sense of determination. Continuity in worshipping is also important in the sense of consistency. Only death puts an end to the determination of a believer. A believer is responsible for showing patience and fulfilling his pledge to Allah until death comes.
Truly, those who plight their fealty to you do no less than plight their fealty to Allah: the hand of Allah is over their hands: then anyone who violates his oath, does so to the harm of his own soul, and anyone who fulfils his pledge to Allah, will soon be granted a great reward by Allah. (Al-Fath, 10)

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Argument recap: Court attempts to parse meaning of "except†clause
In oral argument on Monday in Abbott v. United States and Gould v. United States, the eight Justices (Justice Elena Kagan was recused) were presented with substantially different interpretations of Section 924(c)'s "except" clause. [You can read Brooks Holland's preview of the case here.] The petitioners in the case offered two interpretations, both fairly broad: petitioner Carlos Gould argued that any minimum sentence applicable to a defendant at sentencing could trigger the clause, while petitioner Kevin Abbott contended that the clause applies whenever there is a greater minimum sentence for any offense from the same transaction as the Section 924(c) offense. The government, by contrast, offered a much narrower construction of the clause, arguing that the clause "is triggered by an offense which has a greater mandatory minimum and which has the same elements as and is the same offense as a Section 924(c) offense."
Arguing on behalf of petitioner Carlos Gould, David Horan of Jones Day's Dallas office emphasized that Congress's purpose in enacting the "except" clause was to "ensure that a defendant who is convicted under 924(c)(1)(A) receives some sufficient minimum punishment." His interpretation of the "except" clause, Horan contended, was most consistent with Congress's purpose and was also most consistent with the text of the clause. The Court appeared less convinced than Horan that the text of the statute was clear, as evidenced by the fact that even the two petitioners did not share the same interpretation of the clause. The Court also disputed Horan's suggestion that his interpretation "" unlike those advanced by Abbott and the government "" did not require the Court to read anything into the statute: Justice Alito contended (in a sentiment later echoed by Justice Sotomayor) that something has to be implied to fill in the gap left by the phrase "except to the extent that a greater minimum sentence is otherwise provided"; the question, in those Justices' view, is just what that something should be.
Arguing on behalf of petitioner Kevin Abbott, James Ryan of the University of Virginia's law school emphasized that the government's construction of the statute would "leave[] one half of the except clause with absolutely no practical effect," because it would apply only to one provision of law beyond Section 924(c): 18 U.S.C. § 3559(c). When Ryan sought to press his affirmative case "" that the "except" clause is limited to sentences for the same transaction "" he drew questions regarding what would constitute a "transaction" for purposes of the clause. Like Horan, Ryan also ran into resistance when he attempted to argue that the text of the statute is clear; at a minimum, he countered, the divergent interpretations demonstrate that the statute is so grievously ambiguous that the rule of lenity should apply.
Acting Deputy Solicitor General Roy McLeese argued on behalf of the federal government. He was interrupted by Justice Sotomayor after just five words, but was soon able to make his affirmative case: that the "except" clause was intended to clarify a complex statute, and it "operates internally to Section 924(c) to tell the district court judge . . . .: You impose one mandatory minimum sentence for each 924(c) violation, whether aggravated or non-aggravated." The Chief Justice, who had been silent throughout the petitioners' argument, was immediately skeptical: in his view, because the statute was not particularly complicated, no "clarification" would have been necessary. McLeese rejected any idea that the rule of lenity would come into play, countering that "there is no grievous ambiguity" in the statute. Moreover, he emphasized, the interpretations advanced by Gould and Abbott would create anomalies that Congress could not have intended "" for example, a defendant who committed a serious crime could receive a lighter sentence than a defendant who committed a less serious crime.
These cases are difficult to handicap. Not only was Justice Kagan recused, but neither Justice Kennedy nor Justice Thomas asked any questions during the argument. As noted above, the Chief Justice was silent during the petitioners' portion of the argument but active during the government's argument, which at least suggests that he might be more sympathetic to the petitioners' position. By contrast, Justices Alito and Ginsburg were both silent during the government's argument but active during the petitioners'. If the Court does indeed end up being divided, it may not be on ideological lines.


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Friday, April 29, 2011
DOMA's Cruel Impact: Married Gay Couple Forced to Live in Separate Countries and Visit Each Other
At a time when we should be building a life, maybe buying a home, we are forced to live apart because the federal government in the US does not recognize our marriage. Bob is an American and because of DOMA he cannot sponsor me as his spouse to join him in the US. So we are forced to live apart in separate countries. Even though we were legally married, we are nothing more than strangers in the eyes of the US federal government because we are gay. No rational person could justify this discrimination against a gay American who is denied the right to live together with his spouse.
With the appropriate family-based immigration route blocked by DOMA, the only way Bob and I could be together in the US is if I could get a work or student visa, and even that is not a permanent solution, it would just buy us some time. We looked at one college and they required that we show proof of $30, 000 in the bank to cover living costs and this was for one year. So that was not an option. With the downturn in the US economy, it makes it more of a challenge to find an employer who would be willing to sponsor me for a work visa. None of this should be necessary. We should be able to be together like any other married couple.
Try to imagine what it would be like to separated from the one you love by something that you cannot control. I am tired of having to say goodbye to my husband in airports, not knowing when we will be able to be together again. Everyday that we are apart is a day lost that we can never get back. I don't want to see tears of sadness in Bob's eyes anymore, only tears of happiness. It breaks my heart every time I have to say goodbye to him after one of our visits. I have begun to have a love/hate relationship with airports. I count down the days until I can see him, but even when we are together, I am always reminded that our time together is limited. Bob recently told me it rips his heart out every time we have to say good bye from one of our visits. Nobody should have to go though this, nobody! Bob and I just want to be able to begin living our lives as a married couple. Is that too much to ask for? Just to be able to live under the same roof and be able to talk to each other face to face, instead of on a web cam, is what we hope for everyday. We meet every night at the same time and share our day, it makes this whole situation a little more bearable.
As I write this Bob is back in California, packing up the house and getting ready to move. I can't even be there to help him. He has accepted a new position in another state. We are leaving behind some really great friends, who I will not get a chance to say goodbye to. I can't afford to go right now because I am saving for my to trip to visit him this summer. I will be with him for a little over 2 months. It will be the first time I have seen him since December of last year.
I feel most days like I live between two worlds and I guess I do. This is our life for now. Me here and Bob there, never knowing when or if we can actually be able to live our lives together. So every day we watch and wait for any information, any hope, that the laws will change that will allow Bob and me to be together. I have met other couples like us and I have been able to talk with other couples who are facing their own challenges. Learning how they cope has been a great support for me and for us. There are some days when it all becomes too much, but you dig deep and push on with the hope that tomorrow could be the day that we all get to be with the ones we love. The time has come to repeal DOMA or pass the Uniting Families Act. The suffering that gay binational couples face must stop. We need to share our stories so that people become aware of the injustices we face everyday. I hope above all hope, that this year, will be the year that I hear Bob say, "Welcome home"!
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I know the feeling. I'm Mexican and and got married with Vincent in Iowa. We lived together in Mexico City, but the time came when he had to move to California and start in another job (the opportunities for him to work here are null, due to discrimination). Last year, I visited him almost 7 times. Sometimes small weekends, or the whole Christmas and New Year's festivities.ReplyDelete
To arrive to the flat we used to share and not finding him there is painful, as sleeping alone. The chats on Skype help, but are not enough.
DOMA must be repeal and UAFA must be pass.
- AnonymousMay 1, 2011 at 5:23 PM
Can Bob move to Canada? Would he be able to find work there? If Canada does not have the same laws prohibiting your being together, it seems that his moving north would be the simplest answer......ReplyDelete
We're another couple who knows all too well what you're going through. The part about having your heart ripped out at the airport ... That is the absolute worst feeling. :,( Is anyone listening? Does anyone give a damn? Talking to rights groups and congressional delegates, it seems they don't have a great sense of urgency with all of this.ReplyDelete


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By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com July 26, 2008 For the last few years, DefenseReview has received some pretty glowing feedback on the Springfield Armory XD45 (eXtreme Duty 45) .45 ACP pistol. One of the primary aspects of the XD45 pistol that the professionals we've interviewed appreciate is its fully-supported chamber which allows them to fire high-pressure +P …Read More »
Colt M4 Carbine's Future Uncertain: Dark Clouds Forming
By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com Perhaps the single most exciting thing that happened at NDIA International Infantry & Joint Services Small Arms Systems Symposium 2008–away from the firing range, of course–was a confrontation between Jim Battaglini (Retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. James R. Battaglini) of Colt Defense and U.S. Air Force Col. Robert Mattes, the director of …Read More »
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By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com June 23, 2008 Imagine having a 100% Kevlar high-strength woven aramid ballistic fiber solution with 15% less backface deformation signature (BDS), yielding reduced impact trauma a.k.a. blunt force trauma, along with a 10% reduction in overall (OA) weight. This is the promise of DuPont Kevlar® XP™ woven ballistic aramid fiber for military …Read More »
Army Acquisition Capos Fraudulently Alter Body Armor Test Results
By Roger Charles, DefenseWatch June 12, 2008 Thanks to an Air Force debarment action against Pinnacle Armor, manufacturer of Dragon Skin body armor, documents have been obtained, and witnesses deposed that provide hard evidence that the Army Acquisition capos fraudulently altered test reports to reflect the results desired by this band of criminal knaves. And, they did so knowing full …Read More »
STRAC Technologies ST-1 F.A.S.T. System Mag Feeder for Ultra-Fast Weapon Reloads
By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com April 29, 2008 On September 1, 2007 (9/01/07), DefenseReview was contacted by Sean Carroll of STRAC Technologies a.k.a. STRAC Tech via email to let us know about a product that looks on its face to have some serious tactical merit and promise. The product is a patented chest-worn modular mag carrier system …Read More »
KSEE 24 News Video Story on Attempted Sale of Dragon Skin Body Armor on eBay
by David Crane defrev at gmail dot com "Central Valley News Station" KSEE 24 News has a video report on the federal investigation that is now underway due to the attempt to sell Pinnacle Armor Dragon Skin body armor on eBay by mystery sellers. Click on the link below to watch the story:… Dragon Skin: Ebay Investigation Click here to …Read More »
Mystery: Attempt(s) to Sell Level IV Dragon Skin Body Armor on eBay
By Roger Charles 02-14-2008 While investigating offers on eBay for the sale of two Dragon Skin body armor vests, DefenseWatch discovered that a congressional staffer had confirmed that there is a DOJ IBA Task Force investigating the Army's body armor procurement program. What began as a rather routine inquiry into the commonplace sale of military equipment on the inter-net soon …Read More »
Sandbox Field Report Part 1: Marvel Custom Tactical 1911 Pistol (Single Stack) Perform Downrange
by David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com December 21, 2007 Last updated on 7/30/11. Recently, DefenseReview published an article on custom tactical 1911 pistols built by Bob Marvel of Bob Marvel Guns a.k.a. Marvel Custom Pistols. It's our understanding that Bob makes some of the most reliable tactical 1911 pistols in the United States, and thus the world, so …Read More »
Colt M4 Carbine Finishes Last in Latest U.S. Army Small Arms Reliability Test
by David Crane defrev at gmail.com December 17, 2007 This article was updated on 12/19/07 and 5/15/09. Ya' know that Colt M4 Carbine vs. Heckler & Koch (HK) HK416 vs. FN MK16 SCAR-Light (SCAR-L) vs. HK XM8 LAR extreme dust conditions reliability test that the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Center (ATEC) at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Md. was conducting? …Read More »


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Citadel bombs out with a segmentation fault during setup or when I attempt to run. What should I do?
First, make sure you're not looking at any file permissions problems. In most cases you should be running as root anyway, so file permissions won't be an issue. You can also post the output from your crashed program to the Citadel Support Room on UNCENSORED! or any of the other systems that carry the Citadel Support Room. There you can get help from the developers and other people who use the software.


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Once again the RH bats not doing anything.
Once again the RH bats not doing anything.
Bases loaded on a walk. Up to Frazier with bags full.
Good luck, Frazier.
God I hate you Fox, I'm getting Tampa at Toronto here.
Sums up so much of the problem this season. Awful inning.
KYRedLeg (09-28-2013),OnBaseMachine (09-28-2013)
Pitch around Votto and Bruce, make the right handers beat you. Not very difficult to see how to approach the Reds' lineup.
Still following the script of threatening early but coming up short. Good thing I'm leaving for a college football game shortly and will miss the portion of the game where they are no-hit for 4-5 innings.
We've seen it all year. This team just does not hit with two outs with runners in scoring position. That's the reason the Cards are in first and the Reds aren't.
The Reds #2 hitter has a .632 OPS and cleanup hitter has a .702 OPS.
Martin flies out to right. 1st and 3rd.
With two outs, pitch around the big three. Face a weaker hitter. That guy will likely fail and usually does.
So, today, Choo gets on. Pirates immediately use this strategy. Pitch to Ludwick, Phillips, Frazier. Pitch around Votto and Bruce.
It's easiest with two outs. Just never allow one of the big three to hit with two outs men on. Pitch to the others and usually succeed.
Votto and Bruce back to back can help impair this strategy, but of course it leaves the order below cleanup quite weak. Phillips also impaired this strategy when he was hitting so well with men on base earlier.
It's not a two out problem. There are just too many hitters having below average or worse seasons. Gives the opposition an easy target.
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Barmes strikes out swinging. 0-0 mid 2nd
Byrd was a heck of a pickup for the Pirates. Wish the Reds would've tried to get him.
Rocky start to the inning, but Arroyo takes care of business.
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As the Chicago Fire gear up for DC United Saturday night, the first team will lineup against a few faces familiar to the organization. United players Brandon Barklage, Thabiso Khumalo and Barry Rice all came through the Fire PDL team prior to moving to Major League Soccer. While the three are teammates now, they all represented the club at different times: Khumalo (2004), Barklage (2008), Rice (2009)
It's a pretty common occurrence considering the Fire PDL side is currently represented by 18 players across 11 teams in Major League Soccer. Holding the record among PDL teams for most players drafted by MLS clubs, the Fire PDL has 36 players currently playing professionally in MLS, the USSF Second Division and abroad, reaching from right here in Chicago all the way to the Premiership and Bundesliga.
"It's a program that has a proven track record of producing great professional players," said Khumalo. "It's fun to look back and see so many of the guys you played with also playing professionally."
Khumalo spent the 2004 season with the Fire PDL, lining up with the likes of Brad Guzan (Aston Villa, England), Drew Moor (Colorado Rapids), Vedad Ibisevic (1899 Hoffenheim, Germany) as well as current Fire defender Dasan Robinson and former forward Chris Rolfe (Aalborg BK, Denmark).
Appearing in 12 matches, recording eight goals, "Boyzzz" was eventually selected by the club in the following year's MLS SuperDraft but never played a game with the first team. After bouncing around the USL First and Second Divisions and making a playing return to South Africa, Khumalo found his way back to MLS with DC United at the end of 2008.
"The Fire PDL helped me get going in the right direction for my career. Things didn't work out for me with the first team but I'm thankful for the preparation I received, playing with and against some of the best players in the country and doing it all with such a well-run organization."
United defender Barry Rice was a constant on the backline last season for the Fire PDL side, appearing in 13 matches and helping backstop the team to the North American Championship match. While 10 players from that team were selected in this year's SuperDraft, Rice was passed over by all MLS teams in the January curtain raiser. Earning an invite to United training camp, Rice claimed a place on the club's first team roster last month.
"Seeing so many of the guys I played with last summer get drafted -- there was a bit of disappointment when it didn't happen for me," said Rice. "It just made me more determined and I grabbed the chance with D.C. in preseason."
Unfortunately Rice won't have the chance to appear in Saturday night's clash, sustaining a concussion earlier in the week, he's being kept out of the lineup as a precaution.
"It's too bad, I would have liked to be available for selection against a club I have a history with. I have a lot of good memories from last summer – playing in the U.S. Open Cup, coming so close to winning a PDL championship – we had so many good players on that team and it shows from all the guys that are on MLS rosters this season."
For Fire Director of Player Development John Dorn there's little surprise that the three made it to Major League Soccer.
"All three certainly showed potential to get to the next level and that's why we brought them in when we did," said Dorn. "We had them all on our radar screen and wanted to see if they had the ability to get to the next level. The PDL operation is about identifying and researching players for the first team. We looked at selecting all three guys but Boyzzz was the only one we took. Things didn't work out with him here but he's still a good player – all three are. We're proud to have had them come through the Fire system."
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text: Phoenix, AZ, October 5, 2012— Even though Ahern and Associates, Ltd., is used to drawing national headlines for their adept work in mergers and acquisitions, the nation's go-to transportation management firm has recently been asked to tap into their financial and operations analysis expertise through four new consulting assignments. CEO of the firm, Andy Ahern will now shift gears from the record setting pace he's set in facilitating mergers and acquisitions within the transportation industry to assist four new companies with their restructuring needs, growth plans, successor planning and sale preparation. Ahern's first new client has asked him and his firm to completely restructure their $40 MM trucking company with the goal of increasing the company's overall profitability. Ahern and staff will complete a thorough on-site analysis of the company's operations, personnel, sales processes and financials to determine the quickest path to increased profitability—a unique service which has literally saved hundreds of jobs by keeping the doors open to dozens of transportation companies across the country. Often times, companies plateau, such is the case with Ahern's next assignment: A $20 MM freight broker who has engaged Ahern to put together a business model aimed at attaining 50% growth over the next four years—numbers any company within any industry would love to achieve. Ahern's third assignment is from a trucking company whose owner wishes to sell the company, but wants to position it properly to potential buyers in order to maximize profits. Owners of trucking and logistics companies who are looking to sell and have the correct foresight will often engage Ahern and his staff to break down their company and reposition it within the marketplace. Ahern's fourth consulting assignment is from a trucking company who needs to develop a five year exit strategy which will provide a concrete plan to transfer the business to the next generation. Successor planning when done properly helps owners avoid the emotional pitfalls often experienced when passing along a company to multiple heirs. "Even though we're known industry-wide for our outstanding work with mergers and acquisitions, it's important to note that we also have an entire division dedicated to financial and operations analysis," explained Ahern. About Ahern & Associates, Ltd.: Ahern and Associates is North America's leading trucking and transportation management consulting firm. The skilled consultants at Ahern and Associates specialize in mergers and acquisitions of trucking and logistics companies as well as the restructuring and evaluation of existing carriers that seek to increase operating efficiency and improve profitability. Since 1987, Ahern and Associates has aided hundreds of buyers in the acquisition of trucking and logistics companies throughout the U.S. and Canada as well as assisting many transportation and logistics companies in reducing their overall operating costs and increasing their profitability. For more information, please call 602-242-1030 or visit http://www.Ahern-Ltd.com Business contact: A.W. Ahern 602-242-1030 Media contact: Jason W. Jantzen Phoenix Marketing Associates http://www.PhoenixMarketingAssociates.com 602-282-0202


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ROCKLEDGE, FL - Health First President & CEO Steve Johnson recently announced the appointment of Drew Rector as Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer. In this role, Rector will head Health First's new Outpatient & Wellness Division, including matrix service lines, sales, outpatient services, marketing functions, as well as community health partnerships and programs.
"Drew brings great insight to share with our leadership team, including his success and commitment in partnering with physicians," Johnson said. "His experience will be invaluable in helping our organization identify future strategies and growth opportunities to incorporate in the changing healthcare environment."
Rector most recently served as a Hospital President and Orthopedic Service Line Executive at SSM Health Care headquartered in St. Louis, MO. He has extensive service line development and operational experience, as well as successful development of physician alliances. He previously worked for HCA as a Corporate VP of Cardiovascular Services in Florida. He also served as Chief Operating Officer of OrthoCarolina, an 85-physician group practice in North Carolina. After receiving an undergraduate degree in Accounting, Rector attended the University of South Florida where he earned his Master's of Business degree.


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Jays and Youngsters Solve Aesop Problem Similarly
In an Aesop fable, a thirsty crow wanting to drink from a pitcher must first raise the water level. So he drops pebbles in the container. In real life, the European Jay can perform the same task. But just how smart is it?
Researchers challenged jays and human children with puzzles like the one in the fable. And until kids reached the age of 8 their results were similar to the birds'. The study is in the journal Public Library of Science ONE. [Lucy G. Cheke, Elsa Loissel and Nicola S. Clayton, How Do Children Solve Aesop's Fable?]
For example, in one test, a prize was put in a tube of either water or sawdust. About half the birds took multiple trials to learn that dropping stones into the liquid, but not the dust, lifted the reward up to within reach.
When children between four and seven were faced with the same test, they learned similarly, taking about five trials to realize that the token in the water tube could be retrieved—although they did pick up the task faster than the birds. Older children learned more quickly, and those eight or older solved it the first time they tried. Til then, the kids were, well, birdbrains.
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The passing away of Carlo Bergonzi recently, marks the end of an era in Opera. One of the foremost Verdian tenors of the 20th century, Bergonzi will always be remembered and admired for his velvety timbre, impeccable taste, unsurpassed lyricism. Bergonzi's musicianship was exemplary, a master of technique and taste. Listening to Bergonzi sing, is like attending a masterclass in voice production, breath control, legato, colouring, one could go on and on...
While Bergonzi's interpretation of lyrical roles was the gold standard for many, including Edgardo (Lucia), Riccardo (Un Ballo), both Rodolfos (Boheme and Luisa Miller), Alfredo (Traviata), Pinkerton (Butterfly) and others, he still had the heft for successfully essaying heavier roles like Radames (Aida), Manrico (Trovatore).
Bergonzi was an exponent of the old-school "stand-and-deliver" style, with minimal emphasis on acting, preferring to act through his voice, with finely chiseled detail in his interpretations. We attended a performance of L'Elisir d'Amore at Munich this summer, where the very fit tenor actually climbed a lampost on set and delivered "Una furtiva lagrima" perched at the top! Bergonzi's performances were in contrast low on stage antics and maximal in musicality.
His career, spanning half a century, is a shining example to all singers, his last major public performance being at the age of 75!


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RoydBrayshay brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 1079 Designs von 213 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
We're a start-up software consultancy also doing some product design.
Our strength and emphasis is on quality of design.
The company designs and builds software and software products including web programming and website design. Our services are offered on a consultancy basis.
http://www.NewRedo.com is currently a holding page - web design work to follow on from this.
Our current target customers are small and mid market businesses that need software consultancy.
We need a brand image that shows our creativity and quality without alienating conservative corporate clients. Nothing wacky. Simple, stylish, professional and business like.
We're about new ideas or a reworking traditional ideas. If you can get that feel GREAT.
We need a logo to start our band image.
It should be textual but stylised a little in some way. In other words have some kind of graphical element applied to one or more of the letters or background (or similar).
There should be two basic versions:
One that works in a normal rectangular way
One that works in a square format (Probably by placing the words New and Redo above each other) for use on social media site like Facebook where the logo space is square.
Obviously New and Redo are options on many File menus. A twist on the icons used may be cool but nothing too cheesy!
Any type should be clean and simple and probably show NewRedo as CamelCase (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CamelCase). I'm open to suggestions though.
It should be possible to create a recognisable 16 x 16 pixel icon from it somehow (for use as a favicon etc.). In other words a part of it should work as a tiny yet recognisable square.
We're open to using any colours but keep things simple and stylish.
The logo will be used for all web and print work and used corporate merchandise etc.
We've made a list of the type of logo's we like together with a few very rough sketches of an idea similar to the Linkedin logo. I've posted in on Google docs here:
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We're going to be using Exploring Creation w/ Biology for the coming school year. For those of you who have used this course--did you purchase the microscope recommended by Apologia, use a different microscope, or do the course w/o the microscope labs? Any opinions regarding the value of the microscope labs to this course would be greatly appreciated. My daughter will be an 8th-grader (we did Exploring Creation w/ Physical Science in 7th grade w/ much success) and has expressed an interest in some type of science career. There is a possibility she will take some community college science classes during high school. Thanks--Cathy
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Quadcopter is a multi rotor air vehicle which has marked its interests for the benefit of both civil and military domains. It's amazing maneuverability and the ease to fly in constricted locations has achieved itself a remarkable position in the aviation sector. Participants will learn about the design and construction of the Quadrotor along with the working of its complex electronics circuits in this module.A sample video of the Quadrotor testing from our previous workshops.
Image Processing is a method to convert an image from one form to another form and perform some operations on it. The Image Processing is a rapidly growing technology today. In this session students will get introduced to various types of image acquisition techniques and image recognition techniques (distinguish an object in a image).
Participants have access to an exclusive online portal to:
The parts marked * are not part of economy kit. These components would be provided during the workshop but would be taken back after the workshop. This is being done to reduce the cost of the workshop and make it affordable for students who do not want to buy the complete kit.
Complete kit consists of all the above items excluding transmitter and receiver.
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With regular mindfulness meditation practice, there are well-documented benefits to mental and physical health and spiritual well-being, including relief from symptoms of stress and a greater capacity be compassionate. When making time to practice in a safe and quiet place, being still, and turning attention inward, the mind can more easily become aware of present moment experience. This is where habitual patterns of thinking and behavior can be noticed, presenting an opportunity for change in ways that may improve one's health and promote peace for oneself
and for the world.
The meditation will be led by Mary Costello who practices meditation with the Insight and Zen communities in San Francisco. She has a graduate degree in Integrative Health and professional training in both Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction and in mindfulness facilitation.
With thanks to St. Cyprian's Church for providing this space, there will be a free, weekly, 30-minute meditation in the
church. It will begin with a 10-minute guided meditation, followed by a 20-minute silent meditation.


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2 large marshmallows
2 graham cracker squares
1 peanut butter cups
Cook the marshmallows over an open flame or hot coals until they are browned outside, and soft all the way through, 2 to 4 minutes.
Place the marshmallows on top of one of the graham cracker squares. Place the peanut butter cup on top of the marshmallows. Top with the last graham cracker square.


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TRENTON, NJ — To the dislike of many New Jersey club owners and members, New Jersey is seeking to add a 7 percent sales tax to annual health club membership fees. If approved, the tax would apply to health, golf and country club memberships to raise an estimated $74.7 million to help with the state's $5 billion budget deficit.
Since early April, thousands of e-mails opposing the tax have been sent through IHRSA's online advocacy system, according to the IHRSA Web site. The Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Health and Wellness Center in Hamilton, NJ, with its 40,000 members in four centers statewide, has also started a letter-writing campaign to fight the proposal.
"We have such a senior offering, and if it comes down to it, unfortunately, they wouldn't be able to afford [the tax]," said Sheri Firstenberg, assistant to the managing partners at RWJ. "I think [the tax] would negatively impact our membership in that population. [Seniors] are why we got in this business to begin with."
To fight the tax, RWJ wrote a letter to New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, photocopied it and asked members to sign one of the letters. Firstenberg has sent in more than 2,000 letters since the beginning of April.
"We really need to promote a strong message to the state and federal government that we want our community to embrace a lifestyle that promotes a healthy lifestyle and activity," Firstenberg said. "Discouraging a positive activity rather than a negative one doesn't make much sense."
Twenty-three other states impose a sales tax on gym memberships.


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Many times adventure or endurance sports can be solitary pursuits. When we share our experiences and challenges with others, we are strengthened. As a new edition to our efforts to help build connections, we will be sharing stories from inspiring groups around the world whose love for sport and adventure not only build camaraderie amongst themselves, but also serve to invigorate and motivate all of us together.
In Suunto's home country of Finland, trail running has moved from niche to mainstream with incredible speed. Races that had only a handful of runners two years ago, now sell-out to their capacity in hours. Located all over the country, trail races are a natural extension to the almost inherent connection Finns have with nature, from orienteering to cross-country skiing. Vast expanses of forested wilderness and rolling fjells provide countless opportunities to explore.
The Nuuksio Classic trail marathon is one of the most popular races on the calendar, happening the first weekend in September. It is held on the beautiful and varied trails and grey rock of the Nuuksio National Park just outside the capital, Helsinki.
We joined a training run in Nuuksio as runners from all walks of life and levels of experience were preparing for the marathon and getting to know the trail. For many of these runners, race day is the opportunity to challenge oneself and celebrate accomplishments, but the real transformative value of running and community come through the daily training, the scars, the group runs, the early morning miles and getting lost in the forest on a new (or old) trail.
As Ali Leivo, an avid trail runner and community stalwart, says, "while the Finnish trail running community is small, it is like a family. I could shoot off to anywhere in the country and someone would welcome me, not only on their home trails, but into their homes as well." This community often congregates, and reunites in some of the most iconic national landscapes, prepared for the challenges ahead and sharing their collective energy with one another.
Community encourages us to explore, both our wondrous natural world and within ourselves. As we embrace new connections, our energy combines and propels us forward, and when you are running in the wild it's always nice to know someone's got your back.
We'll return soon with our next instalment of community events. Stay tuned!


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RotationsA balanced rotational curriculum exposes our fellows to a wide variety of clinical settings, allowing them to obtain the broad skill set required of the modern intensivist.
Didactic CurriculumFrom traditional lectures by world-renowned experts to hands-on simulator training sessions, our educational program is high yield, innovative, and extensive.
ResearchFellows receive didactic sessions and have the opportunity to participate in mentored research projects.
FacultyEinstein Critical Care Medicine faculty listing.
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REST Requests
Generally speaking, you will send a method parameter expressed as 'package.method' along with method specific arguments to the root URL. The following parameters are required for all calls:
api_key : A Last.fm API Key.
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For example:
If you are accessing a write service, you will need to submit your request as an HTTP POST request. All POST requests should be made to the root url:
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REST Responses
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REST Errors
See the individual method call pages for service specific error codes. Errors will communicate a code and a message in the following format:
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You can request API responses in JSON format with the following parameters:
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Example success response:
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|By (author):
|Coleman, Eliot
|Photographs By:
|Damrosch, Barbara
|GARDENING / General
|GARDENING / Greenhouses
|GARDENING / Organic
|GARDENING / Techniques
|Chelsea Green Publishing
|April 2009
|10.00in x 7.02in x 0.75in
|From The Publisher*
Choosing locally grown organic food is a sustainable living trend that's taken hold throughout North America. Celebrated farming expert Eliot Coleman helped start this movement with The New Organic Grower published 20 years ago. He continues to lead the way, pushing the limits of the harvest season while working his world-renowned organic farm in Harborside, Maine.
Now, with his long-awaited new book, The Winter Harvest Handbook, anyone can have access to his hard-won experience. Gardeners and farmers can use the innovative, highly successful methods Coleman describes in this comprehensive handbook to raise crops throughout the coldest of winters.
Building on the techniques that hundreds of thousands of farmers and gardeners adopted from The New Organic Grower and Four-Season Harvest, this new book focuses on growing produce of unparalleled freshness and quality in customized unheated or, in some cases, minimally heated, movable plastic greenhouses.
Coleman offers clear, concise details on greenhouse construction and maintenance, planting schedules, crop management, harvesting practices, and even marketing methods in this complete, meticulous, and illustrated guide. Readers have access to all the techniques that have proven to produce higher-quality crops on Coleman's own farm.
His painstaking research and experimentation with more than 30 different crops will be valuable to small farmers, homesteaders, and experienced home gardeners who seek to expand their production seasons.
A passionate advocate for the revival of small-scale sustainable farming, Coleman provides a practical model for supplying fresh, locally grown produce during the winter season, even in climates where conventional wisdom says it "just can't be done."
|From The Publisher*
|Choosing locally grown organic food is a sustainable living trend that's taken hold throughout North America. Celebrated farming expert Eliot Coleman helped start this movement with The New Organic Grower published 20 years ago. He continues to lead the way, pushing the limits of the harvest season while working his world-renowned organic farm is Harborside, Maine.
|Review Quote*
"When does gardening become farming? When are you no longer having dinner parties and running a restaurant instead? For those who are ready to graduate beyond coffee-can retail, the incomparable Eliot Coleman is back with THE WINTER HARVEST HANDBOOK: Year-Round Vegetable Production Using Deep-Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses (Chelsea Green, paper, $29.95). I'm not one to quibble over the details of a "T-post anchor and homemade attaching bracket for securing the corners of a new rolling greenhouse design." Suffice it to say that this serious, meticulous, inspiring farmer and writer solves the problem of growing lettuce in Maine -- in January. Anyone living near Coleman's Four Season Farm is thrice blessed -- 1) to live in intense denial of the back-breaking effort he or she is 2) being spared in order to acquire what is surely 3) the tastiest, most wholesome and pure food available. Coleman's opus is as much a call to action for town planners to embrace local farms as it is a bible for small farmers. This book is for people who know what they're doing."-- The New York Times Book Review
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"I just finished picking my first carrots, beets, and radishes from my new 'cold house' in Bedford, New York. It is so rewarding to harvest fresh vegetables and salads in the middle of winter and I grow them following the techniques of Eliot Coleman. I have been a devotee of Eliot's for years, fully agreeing with his methods for growing in winter, spring, summer, and fall, tasty, nutritious produce with a minimum consumption of fossil fuels. Congratulations on another volume of useful, practical, sensible, and enlightening information for the home gardener."--Martha Stewart
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"Eliot Coleman's books have been called Bibles for small farmers and home gardeners. I suspect that's because he writes about not just gardening but about everything that connects to good food and pleasure; a Renaissance man for a new generation, he'll quote Goethe in the same breath as Ghandi, and as a result, you'll dig, weed, eat, think, and live more fully."--Dan Barber, Chef, Blue Hill and Blue Hill Stone Barns
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"'Attention to detail is the major secret to success in any endeavor,' writes Eliot Coleman on page 156 of this absorbing and happily detailed report on his ongoing efforts to grow flawless vegetables without hothouses on the frozen 'back side' of the year. In chapters covering everything from The Yearly Schedule and Greenhouse Design to Weed Control and Marketing, Coleman tracks his own constant search for perfection, a quality that has led more than one young farmer to exclaim 'I'd follow him anywhere.' Well worth reading even if you don't grow vegetables, just to watch a master's mind at work."--Joan Dye Gussow, author of This Organic Life
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"The Winter Harvest Handbook is a treasure trove of practical, proven techniques for producing crops on a year-round basis in any climate. Based on decades of on-farm research, this book is packed with useful ideas, tips and practices that anyone can use in pursuing the increasingly vital dream of local, organic food production using a minimum of precious resources. A masterful book from a master organic farmer. I wish I had had a copy 35 years ago!"--Amigo Bob Cantisano, President, Organic Ag Advisors
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"How do you produce first-rate food all year-round in northern places? This is the big question facing the local food movement, and Eliot Coleman, one of America's most innovative farmers, has come up with excellent answers. Brimming with ingenuity, hope, and eminently practical advice, The Winter Harvest Handbook is an indispensable contribution."--Michael Pollan
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"If we are going to create a good, clean, fair food system, we've got to learn how to grow affordable, local food year-round and make a living at it. Eliot Coleman knows more about this than anyone I've met. Here he gives the detailed information needed to make it work. The only way to learn it better would be to follow him around for a few seasons. And he won't let you."--Josh Viertel, President, Slow Food USA
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"Eliot Coleman is widely recognized as the 'master' of the master gardeners. His new book, The Winter Harvest Handbook--which tells us how to produce local food even in winter in cold climates like Maine, without a lot of energy--now joins his other delightful books as another lovely read, packed with powerful and practical ideas that every gardener will treasure."--Frederick Kirschenmann, Distinguished Fellow, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, and President of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture