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A propylaea, propylea or propylaia (/ˌprɒpɪˈliːə/; Greek: Προπύλαια) is any monumental gateway in Greek architecture. Much the best known Greek example is the propylaea that serves as the entrance to the Acropolis in Athens. The Greek Revival Brandenburg Gate of Berlin and the Propylaea in Munich both evoke the central portion of the Athens propylaea.
The Greek word προπύλαιον propylaeon (propylaeum is the Latin version) is the union of the prefix προ- pro-, "before, in front of" plus the plural of πύλη pyle "gate," meaning literally "that which is before the gates," but the word has come to mean simply "gate building."
Propylaea of the Athenian Acropolis
The monumental gateway to the Acropolis, the Propylaea was built under the general direction of the Athenian leader Pericles, but Phidias was given the responsibility for planning the rebuilding of the Acropolis as a whole at the conclusion of the Persian Wars. According to Plutarch, the Propylaea was designed by the architect Mnesicles, but we know nothing more about him.[1] Construction began in 437 BC and was terminated in 432, when the building was still unfinished.
The Propylaea was constructed of white Pentelic marble and gray Eleusinian marble or limestone, which was used only for accents. Structural iron was also used, though William Bell Dinsmoor[2] analyzed the structure and concluded that the iron weakened the building. The structure consists of a central building with two adjoining wings on the west (outer) side, one to the north and one to the south.
The core is the central building, which presents a standard six-columned Doric façade both on the West to those entering the Acropolis and on the east to those departing. The columns echo the proportions (not the size) of the columns of the Parthenon. There is no surviving evidence for sculpture in the pediments.
The central building contains the gate wall, about two-thirds of the way through it. There are five gates in the wall, one for the central passageway, which was not paved and lay along the natural level of the ground, and two on either side at the level of the building's eastern porch, five steps up from the level of the western porch. The central passageway was the culmination of the Sacred Way, which led to the Acropolis from Eleusis.
Entrance into the Acropolis was controlled by the Propylaea. Though it was not built as a fortified structure, it was important that people not ritually clean be denied access to the sanctuary. In addition, runaway slaves and other miscreants could not be permitted into the sanctuary where they could claim the protection of the gods. The state treasury was also kept on the Acropolis, making its security important.
The gate wall and the eastern (inner) portion of the building sit at a level five steps above the western portion, and the roof of the central building rose on the same line. The ceiling in the eastern part of the central building was famous in antiquity, having been called by Pausanias (about 600 years after the building was finished) "...down to the present day unrivaled." It consisted of marble blocks carved in the shape of ceiling coffers and painted blue with gold stars.
The Colonnades
The outer (western) wings to the right and left of the central building stood on the same platform as the western portion of the central building but were much smaller, not only in plan but in scale. Like the central building, the wings use Doric colonnades and Doric entablatures. The central building also has an Ionic colonnade on either side of the central passageway between the western (outer) Doric colonnade and the gate wall. This is therefore the first building known to us with Doric and Ionic colonnades visible at the same time. It is also the first monumental building in the classical period to be more complex than a simple rectangle or cylinder.
The western wing on the north (to the left as one enters the Acropolis) was famous in antiquity as the location of paintings of important Greek battles. Pausanias reports their presence, but few scholars believe the room was planned to hold them. Recent scholarship, following the lead of John Travlos (Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Athens, New York, 1971), has taken the northern wing to have been a room for ritual dining. The evidence for that is the off-center doorway and the position near the entrance to the Acropolis.
The wing on the south, though much smaller, was clearly designed to make the whole structure appear to be symmetrical. It seems only to have functioned as an access route to the Temple of Athena Nike, which stood to the south and further west, on a raised bastion.
Plans for eastern and western side of Propylaea
There were two wings planned for the east side of the Propylaea, facing in toward the Acropolis. Preparations for both wings are apparent at the eastern end of the central building and along the side walls, but it seems that the plan for a southern wing was abandoned early in the construction process since the old fortification wall was not demolished, as required for that wing.
The north wing was not built either. Had it been constructed, it seems that the level of the floor would have been problematic. To the extent that preparations had been made, they were for a floor at the level of the western portion of the building, considerably below the level required on the East.
As a result of the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta in 431 BC, the Propylaea was never completed. Not only are the eastern wings missing, the wall surfaces were not trimmed to their finished shapes, and so-called lifting bosses remain on many blocks. (Lifting bosses have long been called such but are now recognized to have been for another purpose, though that other purpose is not agreed. See A. Trevor Hodge, "Bosses Reappraised," Omni Pede Stare: Saggi Architettonici e circumvesuviani in memoriuam Jos de Waele, Mols & Moormann, eds.)
Later history
The Propylaea survived intact through the Greek, Roman and Byzantine periods. During the period of the Duchy of Athens, it served as the palace of the Acciaioli family, who ruled the duchy from 1388 to 1458. It was severely damaged by an explosion of a powder magazine in 1656, foreshadowing the even more grievous damage to the Parthenon from a similar cause in 1687. A Frankish tower, erected on the south wing, was pulled down in 1874.
Today the Propylaea has been partly restored, since 1984 under the direction of Tasos Tanoulas, and serves as the main entrance to the Acropolis for the many thousands of tourists who visit the area every year. In the period before the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, the Propylaea was shrouded in scaffolding as restoration work was undertaken. At the end of 2009 all scaffolding was removed, and the building is now open fully to view again. The famous ceilings have even been partly restored.
The restoration of the Central Building of the Propylaea was awarded a European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award in 2013.[3][4]
- ↑ , Plutarch: Pericles 13.7.
- ↑ Dinsmoor, William Bell (1922), "Structural Iron in Greek Architecture," American Journal of Archaeology, XXVI
- ↑ http://www.europanostra.org/awards/98/
- ↑ http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-279_en.htm
- Berve, H.; Gruben, G.; and Hirmer, M. Greek Temples, Theaters, and Shrines (New York, 1963). A general look at selected Greek structures.
- Bohn, R., Die Propyläen der Akropolis zu Athen (Berlin & Stuttgart, 1882). The first thorough study of the Propylaea.
- Bundgaard, J. A., Mnesicles, A Greek Architect at Work (Copenhagen, 1957). A careful look at both the building and the implications for architectural planning. Idiosyncratic.
- Darling, Janina K.; Architecture of Greece, 2004, Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0313321523, 9780313321528, google books - good account of the Athens Propylaea on pp. 142–145, available online
- Dinsmoor, William Bell (1922), "Structural Iron in Greek Architecture," American Journal of Archaeology, XXVI
- Dinsmoor, W. B., The Architecture of Ancient Greece (New York, 1975 - but actually a reprint of the 1950 publication). A general book on Greek architecture; dated in many areas but valuable for the Propylaea.
- Dinsmoor, W. B., Jr., The Propylaia I: The Predecessors (Princeton, 1980). A careful study of the predecessors of the Propylaea.
- Eiteljorg, Harrison, II, The Entrance to the Acropolis Before Mnesicles (Dubuque, 1993). A careful study of the predecessors of the Propylaea, with very different conclusions from those of Dinsmoor above.
- Lawrence, A. W., Greek Architecture (Baltimore, 1973). A general book on Greek architecture.
- Robertson, D.S. Greek and Roman Architecture' (Cambridge, 1969). A general book on Greek and Roman architecture. Available in paper, this may be the best place to begin for those with no knowledge of ancient architecture.
- Rhodes, R. F., Architecture and Meaning on the Athenian Acropolis (Cambridge, 1995). A modern view of the Acropolis and its monuments.
- Tanoulas, T.; Ioannidou, M.; and Moraitou, A., Study for the Restoration of the Propylaea, Volume I (Athens, 1994) Superb drawings and many careful observations from those responsible for modern work on the Propylaea.
- Tanoulas, T., The Propylaea of the Athenian Acropolis during the Middle Ages, (Athens, 1997) Two volumes. In modern Greek, but includes a lengthy English summary and many drawings and photographs.
- Travlos, J., Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Athens (London, 1971). An encyclopedic approach to the monuments of Athens.
- Waele, J. A. K. E. de, The Propylaia of the Akropolis in Athens: The Project of Mnesicles (Amsterdam, 1990). More of a study of planning processes than of the building.
- The Perseus Project An electronic resource that provides quick information, but some of the information about the Propylaea was incorrect when the site was last checked. Several good photographs of the Propylaea are available through the Perseus project.
- William B. Dinsmoor, William B. Dinsmoor, Jr., The Propylaia to the Athenian Akropolis II: The Classical Building Edited by Anastasia Norre Dinsmoor. Princeton, NJ: The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2004. This should be read with great care and in conjunction with the review, by T. Tanoulas, in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review at http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2008/2008-04-17.html.. :)
External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Propylaea.
- Photo album
- Propylaea.org – leads to a variety of material, some scholarly, but many photographs as well
- The Propylaia of the Athenian Acropolis - Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism
- Propylaea Central Building, Acropolis, Athens, GREECE – Europa Nostra
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The message has some truth to it but the delivery of it was bad. Very condescending negative bad vibes delivery. Why all the hate? Does the speaker believe that he will comfort the otd's by bashing the ones that have money and actually support them?!
The speaker has caused a lot of harm to a lot of families. His approach to what he does has a higher rate of more children going off than those he saves….
I'm not sure where you are getting your information- but there isn't any way for us to know who would or wouldn't struggle. What we DO know; is that families that are using his mehalach, are overwhelmingly grateful to him and his hadracha. I know many people w this particular niisoyan, and typically, there isn't a clear path to take, people feel lost, conflicted, and very scared: Scared that their children are in serious danger. This is a pekuach nefesh situation and it is very reckless to be so dismissive of a Derech when those who are using it feel that it has made all the difference.
We have been seeing Avi for almost 3 years. We regularly attend his weekly group sessions and we have been privy to the many stories of the many parents that he guides. I don't know where you got your "higher rate" statistics from but they don't reflect reality. Your unsubstantiated statement, "The speaker has caused a lot of harm to a lot of families." is pure Loshon Horo and Rechilus.
If you have a better method than Avi to bring back our OTD kids then by all means go out and do it rather than sitting back and criticizing others who are Moser Nefesh literally 24 hours a day.
Are you one of those families that has been caused a lot of harm? If you are, you should say what you are talking about. If not, how do you know? Let the families who have been harmed, say so. Also, what do you mean by "he has a higher rate of more children going off than those he saves". Again, is that your personal opinion or that statistic been quoted some organization.
I find it very shocking that anyone would dare to criticize Reb Avi Fishoff on his revolutionar and innovative methodology to help parents to bring back, their OTD children and even save their lives too
OTD is now a very seriouse Epedemic, even within the most prestigious segments of the frum community, even in the homes of the biggest Rabbonim, Roshe Yeshivos, Rebbes, and Gedolim too, Ein Bayis Asher Ein Shum Meis r.l.
Everyone in the frum world has thrown up their hands in despair. No one has any working solution except Reb Avi.
Many people have many theoretical ideas, how to fix the OTD Epedemic, the only problem is that unfortunately NONE of the methods actually work. Many great ideas but their actual success rate, in the real world, is absolute zero.
The one and only one who is actually successful, in the real world is Reb Avi Fishoff.
His method, which he calls TP (Short for Twisted Parenting) is the only method which actually works.
He has the Haskomo, of hundreds of Rabbonim, and the biggest Poskim, and Gedoley Yisroel, behind him. And even the secular psychology take off their hat to him because they see that it's the only thing that really works.
Long before OTD became a houshold world Reb Avi opened his home which he called "Home Sweet Home" to OTD kids who were thrown out of their homes, living in the streets, litterally, where many of them also suffered from substance abuse, alcohol abuse, many were on hard drugs too and many of them suicidal too.
Out of a group of about 100 kids, his success rate was over 99%. Within a few short weeks, every single one of them improved by leaps and bounds and by the end of just 1 year, 99% of them were Frum, all of them were off drugs and none had relapsed!
These stats are earth shattering phenomenal success. No one, Frum nor Secular has ever had such a phenomenal success to get ALL kids off drugs with absolutely no relspse. Even the most prestigious secular Drug Rehab facilities, all have the majority of their clients relspse, before long.
Needless to say, with such a phenomenal success rate, all others failing bitterly with treatment of OTD have a lot to be jelouse of Reb Avi and lie about his success, to cover their own lack of success.
I'm a TP parent, my child was not only OTD but unbeknownst to me, (at first) was seriously contemplating suicide too.
Within a few short weeks of using Reb Avi's TP methodology, my child's life was saved and he's now Drug Free (wasn't before), is happily working at a high paying job, and is progressively still improving further too.
OTD is not merely a religious problrm, these kids often seriously consider suicide too. Lives are seriously in danger.
Reb Avi Fishoff, doesn't just help parents, to help improve problems in their children's OTD Yiddishkeit, rather he successfully helps parents, save the lives of their children, quite litterally.
Dear Anonymous,
It's because of people like you that we did not contact Avi for all these years! You are basing your opinions on no grounds–it is so wrong!!!! Bh bh Hahsem sent us in the right direction and we recently started working with Avi. Since starting to work with Avi our lives have completely turned around! It's only now after working with Avi that I have hope that we will iyh see true yiddishe nachas from our daughter. Avi mamesh saves lives every single day. I beg you to please take down your message!!! I don't want another family to suffer like we suffered all these years.
As they say: The Nile is more than a river in Egypt…
To effectively help a kid in pain, you have to face yourself, too. That can hurt and make you look away from a path of healing.
I love people who post barbs at others as anonymous
Mr. Fishoff doesn't hide behind anonymity
Do you have better solutions?
Do you realize he doesn't help unless a child is already "on their derech"?
So your comment is based on false information….
I hate to know how many souls YOU will be responsible for them not getting a chance to heal and maybe come back because of your "anonymous" comment, that their parents won't reach out to Avi because of you…
Step out of your hiding place
Speak to Avi Fishoff
Speak to the Gedolim he speaks to and help the cause instead of bashing him all he does
It is so very sad that someone can take a person who goes out of his way to help others just because they're Yidden. He doesn't take a penny from anyone for his time and efforts that he's moiser nefesh for each and every case that deals with!
I know of numerous families who have used his mehalich and they're more than satisfied because everything else they tried either worked minimally or didn't work at all – many other mihalchim backfired – only made matters worse…
Please stop the motzee shem ra!
I think Rav Avi gave a wonderful Shiur and I think there is a lot more to discuss and I really would love if he dedicates more time to this topic as it needs more time. I would just like to add when we make these lavish events are we thinking about ourselves or about our kids. Let's start thinking to ourselves what type of message such "Gashmiyus Events" sends our kids, does it bring more Ruchniyus to the kid or Chas Vchalilah more Gashmiyus to the kid. The other point is why are our Rabbanim and community leaders scared to discuss this topic?
Thank you
He has a very good message, and he comes across a very genuine! Finally someone who tells it as it is.
Great!! Spoken so well!
Avi is saving Jewish should! He's right on the money!
Avi is saving Jewish souls. He's right on the money!
A supportive parent
Oy. Avi Fishoff saves lives. Before we starting learning from him we were at the end of our rope. At that point we did not care if we had a relationship with our child. Hatzalah calls, psych ward, multiple different therapists (out of pocket), shailos to the rov about if we can call the police on yomtov if they are threatening to harm us or their siblings….
AFTER going to Avi for a while…. we have peace, calm, a child that goes to school (they were kicked out by their yeshiva previously).
We have a child that works on breaks from school.
Helps with younger siblings.
Not everything is perfect. But as a parent that studies by Avi weekly I can tell you first hand this is the only method that has such a good return on investment.
I have spoken to many many parents at this point with children by Avi and they all understand to always consult with their Rov. I think about 99 or 100% would agree that they have a huge improvement.
If someone has an issue with Reb Avi they should contact him. They should find out more about what he does and the success he has been able to help make happen. He consults his rov. He has endorsements from many gedolim.
There is nothing out there that works for OTD.
There are many people out there with all kinds of ideas but have zero experiance.
Then there are many well meaming mechanchim and psychologysts, with much experiance, who actually try, very hard, for years, to bring back those who are OTD, but non succeed.
Not only do their method not succeed but the more they try and the harder they try, the worse the OTD gets, reaching eppedemic levels.
The only method which actually works, and very effectively, is the he Avi Fishoff method.
The Avi Fishoff method is the only hope which Klal Yisroel has, to save our children from the OTD crisis.
Reb Avi's method, litterally saved my child's life.
Dear Anonymous,
Its because of people like you that share this information about Avi that we did not turn to Avi for all these years!! You are basing your comments on no grounds!!! Bh bh! recently Hashem directed us to Avi and our lives have completely turned around! It's only now after starting to work with Avi that we have hope that one day we will have true Yisddishe nachas from our daughter. Avi is such a special person he is literally saving lives every day( including our daughter)!! I beg you please remove your comment so no one should be discouraged from reaching out for help form Avi.
Dear anonymous
You truly have no idea who Avi is and what he does for so many of us. How could you even write such lies?
But you are in luck! Avi is such a mensch that when you ask mechila he will grant it on your first request. The only issue for you is that if what you wrote dissuades a family from getting Avi's help… וד"ל
Have a great Pesach and I hope you achieve real freedom
Me and my wife have been following the Avi Fishoff method for many months and I can attest, that from the first day of practicing his TP method, we have witnessed amazing improvements from day 1 and as we continued, we observed tremendous healing improvement in our OTD child.
Very often, there is much more to OTD than meets the eye. People come to Avi, because of an OTD issue, not realizing that virtually all OTD stage 4, children, are usually, nearly always, also major Trauma victims, and as such also have a far greater problem, possibly even conteplating suicide.
Following Reb Avi's advice, it has litterally saved the life of our child who was not only OTD but also suicidal.
Reb Avi's Method is a lifesaver.
My wife and I were going to throw our child out, that was the advice that the "experts" suggested. B"H we spoke with Reb Avi before potentially losing any hope of a future relationship with our daughter. I never in my wildest dreams would have thought it possible but within a week our home was calm, really calm. We saved our child's life, literally.
I strongly urge anyone finding themselves lost and without direction with regards to this 'parsha' (OTD [I prefer on their own derech]) to reach out to the nicest guy with real answers that actually work. Avi Fishoff gives selflessly of himself (no charge, no notoriety).
To anyone who thinks he is doing it wrong, call him, he is open to hearing a better way, all he wants to do is help and if there is a better way he will take it.
I don't know where Anonymous got his information, but it is a serious matter to malign a person who is helping klal Yisrael with a problem of historic proportions. No one else has the SUCCESS RATE that he has, so how in the world is he saying that he makes things worse? How many off the derech children has HE brought back to their families and the Ribono Shel Olam??? Shame on you, Anonymous… That was a cowardly, untrue, and misleading comment that will only deter desperate parents from seeking lifesaving help!
Avi Fishoff is the ONE AND INLY OERON IN ALL IF THE WHOLE UNITED STATES THAT UNDERSTANDS OUR CHILDREN AND HAS THE MOST SUCCESS RATE IN SAVING NESHAMOS…. anyone else saying anything else is against the Torah. All of you who are judge mental should grow up and learn that Hashem is waiting for all of us to do tshuva. No one is perfect and open minded people who accept our kids in pain are better than people who shun our kids in pain and throw them out to get worse and be in the street…. this is exactly why Masgiach is not here. We need to save our kids. Avi is the one and only with the highest success rate and we all have wonderful relationships with our children and less pain and suffering because of it. We actually can still have our children in our lives… do you want Hashem to disown you because you did an aveira.??? How many of you are doing Aveiros behind closed doors????
Here is an excerpt of my letter to rev Fishoff after attending his seminar
Hi Mr Fishoff
I thank you so much for the Twisted Parenting seminar it has been a most intense and life changing experience- You have found the solution to this generation's challenge and empower parents to be at their best. It should be a must to anyone contemplating parenthood!
This is method to Yetziat Mitzrayim-
May Hashem bless you, your family and your holy work.
I hope in the near future to be able to be involve more B"H.
Am Israel Chai !
What a shameless lie that Reb Avi has brought ANY damage to any family that has reached out to and followed his guidance!
If there's anyone out there that selflessly out does himself, just for the sake of our children, it's Reb Avi!
Rev Avi offers 24 hours of total devotion, free of charge, just to help children attain their well deserved safe haven called "home".
And he trains there parents to be better and more understanding parents as well.
And Every step of the way is In coherence with halachic rabbinical guidance!
This work has saved many children from drugs, suicide, psyche wards , and brought them healing in their own safe , warm, and loving home.
Is there any way that United ,loving, caring, and understanding, well focused parents can create more chaos or damage to a home?
And is there any way that an honest, truly devoted, unbelievably humble person like Reb Avi, can create any damage or hurt to the people that he selflessly devotes himself to?
Nonsense lie!
And anyway,
If a home happens to have more than one irreligious child, then there is no such thing that being kind to a child that is going through a rough time, would hurt a sibling.
Love doesn't hurt or break.
Each child and person has their own destiny and destined way of finding their connection to Hashem.
Some have to go through really dark places and reconnect from there, for a reason that we do not understand.
And that journey is always pain filled.
Hashem does not grant everyone a child with a journey like this. As he chooses carefully for the benefit and sake of the child.
The ONLY way a child can come through safely is with parent's support.
And for that Hashem ,In his great mercy, sent us an unbelievable light tower, Reb Avi, to help parents navigate through this storm, thus providing proper support to our pained children.
And yes.
Sometimes Hashem will say,
these parents were given the special abilities to embrace and hold , and help my special neshomos come through the dark.
And so I will trust them with two or three..
And yes,
I'll make sure that they get the proper guidance through my holy messenger, Reb Avi Fishoff..
NEVER did it occur that Reb Avi was a cause for other children top drop yiddishkeit!
And with this mehalech, b'ezras Hashem, it never will..
what a shameless lie that Reb Avi has brought ANY damage to any family that has reached out to and followed his guidance!
Reb Avi selflessly devotes himself 24 hours to irreligious children that are going through hard times, to find safety in a warm haven called "home".
And he does all this, free of charge with so much humbleness and humility , that that In its own is a lesson well worth it.
Has it ever occurred that a selfless devoted
Dear Mr Anonymous,
I am sure you care very much about the very same children and parents that are suffering and whom Avi is helping. The opinion you shared is not accurate. Perhaps you heard only part of a story.
Let me share with you the part you haven't probably heard.
From first hand experience I and my Rav can share with you that the Orthodox Jewish world now has a proven method dealing with life threatening off the derech children.
It is Avi Fishoff's TORAH based methods in 100% partnership with the Rav of the family.
No Halacha is violated no Torah precept violated.
Lives are being saved, families reunited, Shalom Bayit restored!
Chesed is being done! And I am sure Hashem is smiling.
Avi goes out of his way to help and speak with the families at all hours of the day and including the Rav of the family to make sure all is 100% derech Torah.
If you or anyone else has a question, concern, anxiety about Avi feel free to contact him.
He does all of this for free, no charge, no gifts, and no kavod.
Make the call, send him an email, you will be pleasantly surprised.
And more importantly you can partner with him to now really help suffering children and families.
He has saved our family and our child from a very severe situation. Every day was a living nightmare! And now every day I sing to Hashem with gratefulness.
Grateful that our child isn't just alive but functioning and a child who is happy and proud to be part of the Jewish nation.
We are forever grateful to Avi and would now be even happier to know that you reached out to him.
We don't want anyone to needlessly suffer with a child whose life is in danger and who is a rebellious child when Avi can help these children become the loving Torah abiding child they usually become with his Torah based method.
I know of many families working under Reb Avi's guidance, and I know one thing with absolute certainty: Every one of those families has peaceful, loving, giving, nurturing homes.
Reb Avi is based entirely on Torah. He will not accept a family without authorization of family Rav, and always urges the family to consult their Da'as Torah.
Reb Avi's Avodah is clearly l'ma'alah min haTevah; he will drive anywhere to meet with a Rav, he works more than 24 hours each day. I wish he didn't have to spend his precious time fighting people who don't know what he does and how he works. Each negative report stops desperate families from seeking help. Each negative report feeds the anger and resentment of the Kids In Pain.
*HaRav Yosef Rosenblum Zy"a*
"Klal Yisrael needs TP now!"
*Novominsker Rebbeh shlyt"a*
"Avi Fishoff is a miracle worker! He succeeds where everyone else fails! Halacha k'Reb Avi in such a situation."
*HaRav Shmuel Kamenetsky shlyt"a*
"I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE parents to go to Avi for guidance that helped many many in need!"
*Belzer Rebbeh shlyt"a*
"I know about Avi very very well – follow WHATEVER he says to do!"
*HaRav Shraga Hager Kossover Rebbeh shlyt"a*
"The mehalech of TWiSTED PARENTiNG is a winning solution!"
*HaRav Yecheskel Roth shlyt"a*
"Advice and guidance that is fitting to follow as it is IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR TORAH'S WAY of dealing with such situations!"
*Chernobler Rebbeh shlyt"a*
"With Avi's Mehallech you can rescue EVERY Yiddishe neshama!"
*HaRav Yitzchok Scheiner shlyt"a*
"The proof is in the result; the facts corroborate everything you say!"
*HaRav Moshe Wolfson shlyt"a*
"Extraordinary tried and proven advice founded on the timeless gems of our holy Torah."
*HaRav Yisroel Dovid Schlesinger shlyt"a*
"I highly recommend parents to go to Avi for הדרכה for dealing with a child in a terrible מצב of פיקוח נפש."
*HaRav Gavriel Cinner shlyt"a*
"Without question what you are doing is oisgehalten!"
*Sadigura Rebbeh shlyt"a*
"Baruch Hashem we have Avi! ירבו כמותו בישראל He should be able to continue to help parents ביתר שאת ויתר עוז!"
*HaRav Pinches Freedman (Shvilei Pinchus) shlyt"a*
"Avi's track record has proven to all of us that we can never give up on any yiddishe child no matter how far they seem to be from us!"
*HaRav YY Jacobson shlyt"a*
"I have spoken to many parents who followed Avi's blueprint. Without exception, each one claimed that as a result, their child has become happier, calmer, healthier & more productive. Their child was re-connected to some degree with his/her parents and family, with Yiddishkeit, and with the community. How then can one not embrace this path?"
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Politico, dedicated student of who's up and who's down in Washington, says Pelosi has faded. Well then!
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During the past election season, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) could have starred in a remake of the Hollywood cult classic "Attack of the 50-Foot Woman." In an endless string of campaign ads, Republicans caricatured her - even put her image on billboards - as a political monster.
But now, the former House speaker more closely resembles "The Incredible Shrinking Woman."
Of course, Pelosi being demonized by Republicans does not equal actual power. The suggestion in the piece is that she's being made invisible now not because that demonization has ended, but in part because of the demonization itself. The White House is said to want none of that scary San Francisco liberal stuff — it has its own problems.
The evidence of Pelosi's eclipse: She wasn't involved in the last-minute budget wrangling, giving a speech at Tufts instead. Her exclusion is seen by House Democrats as a sign that no one cares about them, which no one, not least political officials, likes, as well as ingratitude by the White House after Pelosi cracked the whip on its agenda in the last Congress.
She may even vote against the budget deal to register disapproval of the White House leaving them out of the dealmaking.
On the other hand, the article suggests that she's less visible because she's delegating more to junior members and tapping her fundraising power for the next election. Apparently, in Washington, sharing the spotlight and applying your resources where they'll be most effective is also a sign of weakness.
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Seasonal menu planning for the perfect dinner party.
By New Years Eve, I've thrown and attended more than my fair share of holiday parties. I'll admit I'm a little worn out (can you get carpal tunnel from canapés?) and my wallet is feeling noticeably lighter. So to get amped for one last holiday hurrah in 2011, I turned to Linnea Johansson, a celebrity event planner, Elle contributor, chef, and author of Perfect Parties. New Year's is one of Linnea's favorite holidays, and I'm grateful for her enthusiasm and the little reminder that, oh yeah, hosts can have fun too. My New Year's resolution? Start all events with cocktails. You're welcome, friends.
Linnea, what are your top tips for throwing a great New Year's party?
1. Party it up! As a host, you need to make sure your guests are being entertained, so...get out of the kitchen! In order to be the hostess with the mostess, you need to make sure at least 80 percent of your menu items are prepared beforehand. I like to make these smoky deviled eggs, which get a spicy kick from Spanish pimentón. Another great choice is black truffle & Parmesan popcorn. It's casual with just enough decadence for a party.
2. Ice it—keep your drinks cool, vintage style! Freeze a large ice block in a Tupperware container and then simply use an ice pick (basic instinct style) to cut out large ice cubes to serve to your guests. It's a fun little trick that will surprise your guests! But be careful after enjoying a few cocktails, ice picks can be sharp!!!
3. Look to Mother Nature! A great way to save on a centerpiece for your dinner party table is to go for a walk. Hand collected pine cones and holly leaves are a great substitute for summer flowers during the chilly winter months. To add some extra flair, throw in a couple of cinnamon sticks and clove-laden oranges. This fabulous center piece also doubles as a delicious smelling air freshener.
4. When guests arrive, the first thing you want to do is to put a drink in their hands, since it makes everyone relaxed.
5. Once all guests have arrived, a welcoming toast is the way to go, because it sets the mood for the evening and sets the start of the event.
Ah, toasts. You've come to my favorite part of New Year's Eve. Champagne, Cava, Prosecco—what will you be picking up this year?
This year, I want to ditch the French Champagne in favor of some lively Prosecco! This Italian sparkling wine works as a great alternative because it's slightly dryer and more refreshing than your typical brut champagne. Prosecco can definitely be served by itself in a flute, but it also works well in many sparkling cocktails. I like this Prosecco cocktail made with rose water. It adds an unexpected, lively flowery note.
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With the 1.03 update, mechanical damage has now been activated, although only in online play, not Arcade or GT Life mode. This patchwork application of features is not unprecedented; the head-tracking feature, where your PlayStation Eye tracks your head movements and pans the view accordingly, is only available in Arcade and online mode, suggesting that perhaps GT Life is very resource-hungry on the PS3—or maybe just that the game's developers are a little odd.
I took to the track last night to test out the feature, creating a room called "let's try out damage," since the idea of just joining random pubbie races and driving into people is the sort of thing that gets you a bad reputation online. When setting up the online game options, you can choose to have no mechanical damage, light mechanical damage, or heavy mechanical damage. Picking the latter, I bounced off a few other cars, and also tried driving into walls at very high speed.
Damage is shown on the same glyph that indicates tire temperature. A big red blob in the middle of the glyph means you've damaged your engine, smaller red blobs on each corner represent damage to those wheels. Wheel damage has a big effect on steering; you can tell the difference between front and rear axle damage, and engine damage will lower your available revs and speed. Despite repeated headlong collisions, I was still able to move under my own steam; this could be because, like cosmetic damage, it works on a sliding scale, and I'm only at level 18. Collision noises sound a bit better too. I'm sure I heard glass breaking at one point, but looking at the car I drove into the wall showed only a slight bend on one front corner.
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Honeywell International Inc. CEO David Cote has been taking directives from President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans lately, in hopes of finding a fiscal-cliff solution. WSJ News Editor Monica Langley reports. Photo: Bloomberg.
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Much of any success you enjoy in life is about transitions.
How does the rookie transition from endangered species to survivor? How do you, the survivor, transition to affluence, and from there to the pinnacle?
All these transitions are tough. If 100 rookies start today, in two or three years only a handful will still be in the race. Of those who survive, some get stuck at a low level, and still more fall on the way to affluence. From there, only a handful of them make the toughest transitions from affluence to the uppermost reaches.
Let's say you've made it to affluence. You are bringing home $250,000 a year, certainly a good living. But that's not all you wanted. You want to go to the top.
How do you get there?
To answer that question, I recently had a series of conversations with an advisor at the very top of his game—Ira Walker. Previously in Research, I have said Ira and his team are the "No. 1 team on Wall Street." OK, he's in New Jersey, where he was ranked first for the state in Barron's rankings for 2010 and 2011. Note that the highest-ranked tend to be advisor teams that more resemble branch offices. Ira is one advisor with a very well-organized, well-disciplined team supporting him.
To see my previous coverage of Ira go to www.billgood.com/IraWalker. There you can also download some resources on team building and the Model Day.
Coach Is Also Student
Some background: I first met Ira in October 1988. By that time, he had been in the business three years. He was just wrapping up a year of $300,000 in gross revenue at Dean Witter. He bought into my system. I remember well a comment he made during class that week, "I'm going to be the biggest broker on your system." My immediate thought was, "Yeah, you and everyone in this room, and everyone I know."
But I started paying very close attention shortly thereafter when he went out and borrowed $25,000, put the full team in place, and hit the ground running with a full attack on the New York City area pension and profit-sharing marketplace.
Since then, Ira and I have formed a loose partnership. I have both helped him and learned from him, and vice versa.
How High Is Up?
In the early 1990s, Ira and I used to argue, "How high is up?"
I argued that for most advisors, "up" was $2 million a year tops. I based that conclusion on my discovery that the average financial advisor was worth $1,000 an hour working as a financial advisor. I have discussed this conclusion in several Research articles and will not revisit it here. Let's just assume it's true.
Based on $1,000 an hour, I felt "up" was $2 million a year in gross revenue—40 hours a week times $1,000 times 50 weeks equals $2 million.
Ira argued—correctly—that "up" was much higher than $2 million a year. When he blew passed the $2 million mark about 1993, he won the argument.
Understanding Leverage
The key is leverage. You and everyone else have exactly the same amount of time each week. Why then do some make it to the end of the rainbow and others don't?
Obviously some are smarter. Some may be gifted speakers. Some are investment geniuses. But there is one force that must underlie all of your gifts: leverage.
Ira Walker understood and implemented the concept of leverage better than anyone I've seen.
Once I grasped the concept of the $1,000 hour, simple logic dictated the team concept and Model Day. By the way, I still believe that a single advisor with a correctly structured team operating in the mass affluent market will peak out around $2 million. To get beyond that, there are two other points of leverage: How money is managed and having wealthier clients.
To transition from affluence to pinnacle, the concept of leverage must permeate the entire business. The rainmaker only makes rain. He or she does not scrub the sidewalk, clean the gutters or take a day off when the sun shines because the sun never shines at the top of the mountain. There, it's all about rain.
Ira extended my concept of leverage to money management and high-net-worth marketing. In his view, it doesn't take any more time to manage $1 billion than it does $100 million, or $50 million or $10 million. It doesn't take any more time to manage 100 high-net-worth clients than it does to manage 100 affluent clients.
The Strategy
In our conversations, Ira and I concluded that a six-part strategy over perhaps five years would set a decent producer on a path that could arrive at the pinnacle. As an aside, yes, Ira is the top retail producer at UBS, a national wirehouse. And yes, there are services available at a national firm that help the rich become richer. But independents and RIAs as well can make this transition. I've seen and helped them do it.
Here is the six-part strategy. I will now let Ira speak in his own words:
1. Manage Your Own Assets
"You have to be very, very good as a financial advisor to handle high-net-worth clients.
"You have to be very well versed in diversification, asset allocation, estate planning, derivatives, structured products, and things of that nature. So you become an expert in those areas.
"One of the biggest mistakes I made in my career is that I was more of a money management consultant researching and recommending a diversified group of investment advisors. I can count on one hand the number of great money managers who are still responsible for their track record and still performing well. I don't even know if I can get to five.
"In the early 2000s, due to money managers selling their businesses, retiring or underperforming, I decided to take over management of my client assets.
"Because of intense study for years and because of my own record in managing my own money, I felt I could do as good or better job than these money managers.
"Due to the expansion, liquidity, fee structure and tax benefits of ETFs, I decided to utilize ETFs as the basis for my money management strategy, and today, we have seven different models, six of which are ETF-based. We have conservative, moderately conservative, moderate, moderately aggressive, aggressive, that kind of thing. The seventh model is a blue-chip, large-cap blend. The reason why we have it is that some people prefer to see the names of companies they are familiar with. I have been doing this now since 2002, and I can tell you that ETFs are a better way to manage money.
"People who manage a unique portfolio for each client are severely limited on the number of clients and assets they can manage. It does not take any longer to manage $1 billion dollars than it takes to manage $10 million.
"This is leveraged money management."
2. Build a Great Team
"We keep people. We do that by training and developing them. Even when people have severe life problems, we are very supportive as a team. This is not just me being supportive. We're all supportive. That's what kept us together all these years. I am not an easygoing guy. It's not my personality. But they stay because I let them do their jobs, because of the compassion we have in the office and the respect we have for each other. Part of the key is getting good people, training them well, and then letting them do their jobs.
"Early on, in the late '80s and early '90s, we were a cold-calling team. Then we evolved into a seminar team. There was a time we were doing two seminars a month. Andrea [Andrea Dagnelli is Ira's marketing director] would go to these things, and no one left without turning in their report card. We were out of the office a tremendous amount. Dinah McCoy and Josette Pelle kept the office running.
"Now we are a world-class high-net-worth service team. Obviously as your business changes, your team has to evolve.
"The team enables you, the advisor, to spend your time doing your job, which is managing money and developing new clients.
"Let me just amplify what Bill has said countless times: No one makes it to high six figures without a team. And certainly no one makes it into the high-net-worth sector of the market without a great team. The Walker Group is a great team."
3. Evolve Your Model Day
"Of course you need a Model Day. That was probably the second thing I learned from Bill. The Model Day keeps you focused. It makes certain you do all of the things necessary to succeed, and that you don't do things other people should do.
"Early on, my Model Day was drastically different than now.
"In our cold-calling phase, from 7–8, I ate breakfast at Dean Witter's World Trade Center branch. At 8:00, my callers got on the phone. While my qualifier was running my calling team, I was calling clients and following up with existing prospects. At noon, I left the office. I tried to see 10 new prospects a week, and five second appointments. That was the 15 people a week Bill told me I needed to see.
"Today, my Model Day is completely different. When I get up, I do my research and money management. From 9-12, I call clients. Around noon, I'm meeting a client or prospect for lunch, and then I'm playing golf with clients and prospects. I'm going to charity and various fundraising events. I'm doing what I should be doing, which is networking.
"If you don't have a Model Day, build one. Make sure you get out of the office. Your team doesn't need you there."
4. Master Advocate-Based Marketing
"I don't ever ask for people to refer me business. But I am able to meet all kinds of people through my clients who have become my advocates.
"The reason this works is that I become my clients' biggest advocate. I am their advocate first. Let me give you an example.
"A client of mine owns a Mercedes dealership. Whenever any client is thinking about buying a new car, I will do my best to connect them. Because I know that my Mercedes dealer client does a great job, I also know that my other client will have a great experience. Ultimately the Mercedes dealer feels comfortable referring business to me because he knows they will have a great experience with my team.
"A major focus of my day is finding out how I can help my clients. Sometimes it's making a critical introduction. Sometimes it's helping them get tickets to an event that is otherwise unavailable. Sometimes it's referring them business. Some of the people I advocate for appreciate it, and they become great advocates for me."
5. Have a Drip Strategy
"Sometimes high-net-worth people take a long time to decide to invest with you. I recently spoke at a conference Bill gave in Baltimore. I presented several case studies of people who had recently become clients. The first case study I presented showed how we interacted with a prospective client for six years. When I meet someone who I really want as a client, I don't even think about when they will become a client. But I do pay a lot of attention to keeping them engaged. We mail them material we think they will find of interest. And we pay very close attention to what they like to do.
"As we are planning our events, we try to plan events around what we know people like to do. Of course, Andrea keeps track of all that in Bill's system.
"Over these six years, this client attended six events. These ranged from a wine event, to a fundraiser for a group we both supported, to an economic dinner. I sent him an announcement when I changed firm. I added him to my newsletter list. In February of this year, he called our office. I met with him and he said he wanted to become a client.
"You have to keep your name and face in front of them."
6. Master Social Media
"One of the case studies I presented at Bill's conference took two months to go from prospect to client. This person was researching financial advisors, found me and called the office. Andrea sent him our media kit and risk tolerance questionnaire, and set an appointment. Within two months, we had opened a multi-million-dollar account.
"More and more people seem to be using the Web now to search for and evaluate professional advisors of all kinds. I'm building a house now, and I found my architect by a Web search.
"People who don't have a financial advisor or are unhappy with one certainly ask their successful friends and acquaintances for recommendations. But we know for certain that some of them just get on the Web and go look."
"What do they look for?
"Some of them, we know, search for 'best financial advisor New Jersey.' As of right now, if you make that search, the Walker Group shows up in the No. 2 spot on Google search results.
"How did we get there?
"Search for 'Best financial advisor New Jersey.' Click on the link to my site. Read the 10 bullet points under 'About Ira.' That's how you do it."


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Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Friday, August 13, 2010
Iraq's top general has called for U.S. troops to stay in the country until 2020, a telling reminder that President Barack Obama's supposed withdrawal more than seven years after the 2003 invasion is nothing more than a publicity stunt, with tens of thousands of U.S. forces remaining as a residual occupying army for decades to come.
"At this point, the withdrawal is going well, because they [U.S. forces] are still here," Lt. Gen. Babakir Zebari told a news conference in the Baghdad. "But the problem will start after 2011."
"If I were asked about the withdrawal, I would say to politicians, 'the U.S. army must stay until the Iraqi army is fully ready in 2020,'" he said.
Despite public pronouncements by Obama that a plan to fully withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2011 is in progress, the details of the agreement actually establish a permanent presence of a sizable occupying force in perpetuity.
As the New York Times reported when the plan was first made public in February 2009, after the supposed "full" withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, "Obama plans to leave behind a "residual force" of tens of thousands of troops to continue training Iraqi security forces, hunt down foreign terrorist cells and guard American institutions."
Why troops would be needed to "guard American institutions" when, according to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, the plan is to "turn over bases that Americans have been on to the Iraqis" by the end of this month, doesn't make sense, unless the bases are to remain under U.S. control.
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A senior military officer made it clear that there would not be a proper withdrawal under the plan when he told the Los Angeles TImes, "'When President Obama said we were going to get out within 16 months, some people heard, 'get out,' and everyone's gone. But that is not going to happen,' the officer said."
In all, some 50,000 U.S. troops will remain in Iraq after the so-called "pullout".
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The date for the final pullout of U.S. troops from Iraq keeps being pushed back further and further. Obama campaigned in 2008 on the promise that he would "immediately" withdraw troops from Iraq, then that was put back to June 2009, then it became August 2010, and now the date has been pushed back to the end of 2011. Every time a deadline gets close, the Obama administration simply insists that the situation is too unstable for withdrawal and the date is pushed back again.
While grandstanding about troop withdrawals, the administration has completely failed to address what will happen to the estimated 132,610 military contractors in Iraq, 36,061 of which are American citizens.
In addition, even if Obama does withdraw a significant number of troops from Iraq, it seems inevitable that they will either be sent to Afghanistan or even used in a potential upcoming military assault on Iran.
Obama's two-faced con in announcing that there will be a full withdrawal from Iraq while in reality tens of thousands of troops and contractors will remain as an occupying force for years if not decades strikes at the root of Obama's hypocrisy and the fact that, while posturing as a peace advocate, he is firmly in the pocket of the military-industrial complex.
As Chris Floyd wrote when Obama's "withdrawal" plan was first announced, "The hypocrisy – the literally murderous hypocrisy – of claiming that this plan "leaves Iraq to its people and responsibly ends this war," as Obama asserted in his State of the Union speech, is sickening. It does no such thing, and he knows it."
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NEW YORK -- "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" actress Tamara Tunie spoke out Tuesday about being a real-life crime victim, saying her former business manager exploited her trust to steal more than $1 million she earned by working doggedly at a peak in her career. Blasting Joseph Cilibrasi as a "menace to society" as he was sentenced to 2½to 7½years in prison, Tunie said he insinuated himself into her life by joining in birthday parties, weddings and other family events, only to use that closeness to embezzle from her and leave a lasting hole in her family's finances. "Show business is fickle, and though I have been blessed with a healthy career, who knows how long that will last?" Tunie told a Manhattan court. "As an African-American woman, roles are few and far between, and I cannot reasonably hope to replace what was stolen." Cilibrasi, 51, pleaded guilty in the fall to stealing from Tunie and other clients, including screenwriter Janet Roach and Kansas City Symphony music director Michael Stern. Cilibrasi used some of the stolen cash to finance his own forays into entertainment, including investing in movies and Broadway shows and hiring a screenwriter to pen a script about a historic building, the Manhattan district attorney's office said. Cilibrasi didn't speak at his sentencing. His lawyer, Gerald Shargel, said Cilibrasi has accepted responsibility and expressed remorse. In pleading guilty in November to grand larceny and other charges, Cilibrasi admitted he stole more than $1.4 million from Tunie by writing checks to himself from her accounts without her permission and by secretly opening a credit card account in her name, then getting his own card on the account by falsely listing himself as her husband. The thefts came between 2000 and 2009, years Tunie described as a career high. Best known for playing medical examiner Melinda Warner for more than a decade on NBC's "Law & Order: SVU," Tunie also has appeared in Fox's "24" and other series in such films as 1997's "The Peacemaker," starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman. Tunie told the court that she often worked three jobs at once, and that she supports her 77-year-old mother and helps nieces and nephews pay for college. In cultivating his clients as friends, Cilibrasi "preys on people who believe they know him, who count on him for his expertise" and rely on his professional ethics, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Peirce R. Moser told the court. Cilibrasi acknowledged in his guilty plea that he stole $75,000 from Stern by pocketing checks he told Stern to write to cover some federal and Missouri state taxes. Stern was hit with tax penalties because the money never got to authorities, Cilibrasi said. Cilibrasi also acknowledged opening a credit-card account in the name of another client, screenwriter Janet Roach. Her credits include 1985's "Prizzi's Honor," starring Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner. Stern said in a letter to the court that he'd endured years of tax trouble because of Cilibrasi, whom he'd trusted as a friend but now considers "a con man through and through and a born liar." Roach said in a November phone interview she was saddened that Cilibrasi "brought this upon himself" but was glad the matter was resolved. Cilibrasi used some of the proceeds of his crimes to back such shows as "Legally Blonde: The Musical" and the Tony Award-winning "Spring Awakening," and films including the Tunie-directed "See You In September," prosecutors said when the case was unveiled in 2010. Prosecutors said Cilibrasi also used some of the ill-gotten cash to vacation in Italy, Puerto Rico and Los Angeles, and to hire a writer for a script about Bannerman Castle, an elaborate building on an island in the Hudson River.
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Dennis Kneale, CNBC's bespectacled lunchtime loud-mouth attacked American cars for not having an "iPod jack in every car." Kneale's obviously never heard of Ford's epic Sync system or the aux-in jack in every GM vehicle.
That aux-in jack that can be found in every GM product is the same aux-in jack you'll find in every Toyota product. But more to the point of supposed technological superiority — find me a Toyota or Honda-branded vehicle with a plug-in-play system that works as effortlessly as Ford's Sync system.
Tell you what — Kneale can send us an e-mail (ray-at-jalopnik-dot-com) and we'll stop by Englewood Cliffs in a fully-optioned Toyota Camry hybrid and a similarly-equipped Ford Fusion hybrid and you can tell me which one is more technologically advanced. Hell, we could show up in a Sync-equipped Ford Focus and it'd kick the Camry's ass in techie goodness. So until Kneale learns a bit more about what equipment comes in what model, we'd suggest he stick to doing what he does best — blathering on about things that aren't cars. We'd suggest perhaps maybe class warfare. See the full clip below: