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Mike Nowatzki reports for Forum News Service. He can be reached at (701) 255-5607.
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BISMARCK — A spokesman for the North Dakota Highway Patrol says a case of vandalism involving oil poured on the State Capitol on Halloween night appears to be related to the Dakota Access Pipeline protest, as those responsible left a sign saying "You can't drink oil," a popular refrain among protesters. Lt. Tom Iverson said a "decent amount" of motor oil was poured on the sidewalk, limestone walls and windows at about 9:32 p.m. around the entrance of the legislative wing on the west side of the complex.
BISMARCK – A spokesman for one faction of the Dakota Access Pipeline resistance said Monday, Oct.
NEAR CANNON BALL, N.D. — Blackhawk helicopters with water buckets were used to extinguish a grass fire that started overnight west of the main camp where Dakota Access Pipeline opponents are staying. People at the Oceti Sakowin camp said the fire started around 1:30 a.m. or 2 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, on a hill across Highway 1806 from the camp entrance. The fire spread to the northwest, away from camp that is just north of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.
NEAR CANNON BALL, N.D. — Authorities were investigating a possible drowning Sunday afternoon in the Cannonball River next to one of the Dakota Access Pipeline protest camps. At least three ambulances and the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs responded to the scene in Sioux County on the south side of the river in an area known as the Rosebud camp, across the river from the main Oceti Sakowin camp.
BISMARCK – Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairman Dave Archambault II is calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to intervene in the increasingly tense situation unfolding between law enforcement and protesters of the Dakota Access Pipeline after 127 people were arrested over the weekend. Archambault said in a statement late Sunday, Oct. 23, that the situation "deserves the immediate and full attention" of the Justice Department.
BISMARCK – U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer says a tour Thursday, Oct.
BISMARCK — U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer says a tour Thursday, Oct. 20, of a controversial segment of the Dakota Access Pipeline route where tribal officials claim sacred sites were desecrated should give the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the confidence it needs to issue the final easement for the four-state oil pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe.
BISMARCK — The Democratic-NPL candidate for lieutenant governor is criticizing her Republican counterpart for declining to participate in a debate before the Nov. 8 election. State Sen. Joan Heckaman of New Rockford, who is running with Rep. Marvin Nelson of Rolla on the Dem-NPL ticket, said both she and Libertarian Party candidate Marty Riske's running mate, Joshua Voytek of Fargo, accepted an invitation to participate in an Oct. 18 debate at the University of Mary in Bismarck.
BISMARCK — The Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council has voted to set aside tribally owned land for Dakota Access Pipeline protesters to relocate from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land in southern Morton County, but Chairman Dave Archambault II stopped short of saying the tribe is moving the existing camp. "We're trying to work with everybody in the area and we're trying to build consensus, and we're trying to do the best we can to accommodate safety," he said Wednesday, Oct. 19.
MANDAN, N.D. — A judge Monday refused to charge "Democracy Now!" host Amy Goodman with rioting for her coverage of a Sept. 3 clash between Dakota Access Pipeline protesters and private security guards, but the Morton County sheriff's office said Goodman could still face charges.


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Over 80 Rosaritense Americans were in attendance at a Town Hall-style meeting with the local US Consul General, Mr. William Ostick, at the Rosarito Beach Hotel. His primary responsibility is to United States citizens living in the region. Mr. Ostick and his team report to Washington DC and the US Embassy in Mexico City, and are very involved with Chambers of Commerce on both sides of the border. He was accompanied by SES Assistant Jorge Reyes, and American Citizen Service Chief, Nancy LaManna. Mr. Ostick commended FRAO (Foreign Residents Assistance Office) on their outstanding liaison between the Mexican government and Rosarito Expats, proving the concept of the bi-national region of "Cali-Baja." Read more

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. The shape and structure of an object.
- n. The body or outward appearance of a person or an animal considered separately from the face or head; figure.
- n. The essence of something.
- n. The mode in which a thing exists, acts, or manifests itself; kind: a form of animal life; a form of blackmail.
- n. Procedure as determined or governed by regulation or custom.
- n. A fixed order of words or procedures, as for use in a ceremony; a formula.
- n. A document with blanks for the insertion of details or information: insurance forms.
- n. Manners or conduct as governed by etiquette, decorum, or custom.
- n. Behavior according to a fixed or accepted standard: Tardiness is considered bad form.
- n. Performance considered with regard to acknowledged criteria: a good jump shooter having an unusual form.
- n. Proven ability to perform: a musician at the top of her form.
- n. Fitness, as of an athlete or animal, with regard to health or training.
- n. The past performance of a racehorse.
- n. A racing form.
- n. Method of arrangement or manner of coordinating elements in literary or musical composition or in organized discourse: presented my ideas in outline form; a treatise in the form of a dialogue.
- n. A particular type or example of such arrangement: The essay is a literary form.
- n. The design, structure, or pattern of a work of art: symphonic form.
- n. A mold for the setting of concrete.
- n. A model of the human figure or part of it used for displaying clothes.
- n. A proportioned model that may be adjusted for fitting clothes.
- n. A grade in a British secondary school or in some American private schools: the sixth form.
- n. A linguistic form.
- n. The external aspect of words with regard to their inflections, pronunciation, or spelling.
- n. Chiefly British A long seat; a bench.
- n. The resting place of a hare.
- n. Botany A subdivision of a variety usually differing in one trivial characteristic, such as flower color.
- transitive v. To give form to; shape: form clay into figures.
- transitive v. To develop in the mind; conceive: form an opinion.
- transitive v. To shape or mold (dough, for example) into a particular form.
- transitive v. To arrange oneself in: Holding out his arms, the cheerleader formed a T. The acrobats formed a pyramid.
- transitive v. To organize or arrange: The environmentalists formed their own party.
- transitive v. To fashion, train, or develop by instruction or precept: form a child's mind.
- transitive v. To come to have; develop or acquire: form a habit.
- transitive v. To constitute or compose a usually basic element, part, or characteristic of.
- transitive v. To produce (a tense, for example) by inflection: form the pluperfect.
- transitive v. To make (a word) by derivation or composition.
- transitive v. To put in order; arrange.
- intransitive v. To become formed or shaped.
- intransitive v. To come into being by taking form; arise.
- intransitive v. To assume a specified form, shape, or pattern.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
- n. A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.
- n. An order of doing things, as in religious ritual.
- n. A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
- n. A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages.
- n. Characteristics not involving atomic components.
- n. A criminal record; loosely, past history (in a given area).
- n. A class or year of students (often preceded by an ordinal number to specify the year, as in sixth form).
- n. The den or home of a hare.
- n. A long bench with no back.
- n. A window or dialogue box.
- n. Grade (level of pre-collegiate education).
- n. An infraspecific rank.
- v. To give shape or visible structure to (a thing or person).
- v. To take shape.
- v. To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
- v. To constitute, to compose, to make up.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. The shape and structure of anything, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed; particular disposition or arrangement of matter, giving it individuality or distinctive character; configuration; figure; external appearance.
- n. Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system.
- n. Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula.
- n. Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality.
- n. Orderly arrangement; shapeliness; also, comeliness; elegance; beauty.
- n. A shape; an image; a phantom.
- n. That by which shape is given or determined; mold; pattern; model.
- n. A long seat; a bench; hence, a rank of students in a school; a class; also, a class or rank in society.
- n. The seat or bed of a hare.
- n. The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase.
- n. The boundary line of a material object. In (painting), more generally, the human body.
- n. The particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech
- n. The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
- n. That assemblage or disposition of qualities which makes a conception, or that internal constitution which makes an existing thing to be what it is; -- called essential or substantial form, and contradistinguished from matter; hence, active or formative nature; law of being or activity; subjectively viewed, an idea; objectively, a law.
- n. Mode of acting or manifestation to the senses, or the intellect. In modern usage, the elements of a conception furnished by the mind's own activity, as contrasted with its object or condition, which is called the matter; subjectively, a mode of apprehension or belief conceived as dependent on the constitution of the mind; objectively, universal and necessary accompaniments or elements of every object known or thought of.
- n. The peculiar characteristics of an organism as a type of others; also, the structure of the parts of an animal or plant.
- intransitive v. To take a form, definite shape, or arrangement.
- intransitive v. To run to a form, as a hare.
- transitive v. To give form or shape to; to frame; to construct; to make; to fashion.
- transitive v. To give a particular shape to; to shape, mold, or fashion into a certain state or condition; to arrange; to adjust; also, to model by instruction and discipline; to mold by influence, etc.; to train.
- transitive v. To go to make up; to act as constituent of; to be the essential or constitutive elements of; to answer for; to make the shape of; -- said of that out of which anything is formed or constituted, in whole or in part.
- transitive v. To provide with a form, as a hare. See Form, n., 9.
- transitive v. To derive by grammatical rules, as by adding the proper suffixes and affixes.
- transitive v. To treat (plates) so as to bring them to fit condition for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead, and the other of lead peroxide. This was formerly done by repeated slow alternations of the charging current, but now the plates or grids are coated or filled, one with a paste of red lead and the other with litharge, introduced into the cell, and formed by a direct charging current.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To give form to; Shape; mold, To give a figure to; make a figure of; constitute as a figure: as, to form a statue; to form a triangle.
- In general, to model, make, or produce by any combination of parts or materials.
- Specifically— To arrange; combine in any particular manner; as, he formed his troops into a hollow square.
- To model by Instruction and discipline; mold; train.
- To devise; conceive; frame; invent; create: as, to form opinions from sound premises; to form an image in the mind.
- In grammar, to make, as a word, by derivation or by affixes.
- To go to make up; be an element or constituent of; constitute; take the shape of: as, duplicity forms no part of his character; these facts form a safe foundation for our conclusions.
- To display so as to communicate the real meaning.
- To persuade; bring to do.
- To provide with a form, as a hare.
- Synonyms To fashion, carve, produce, dispose.
- To constitute, compose, make up.
- To take or come into form; assume the characteristic or implied figure, appearance, or arrangement: as, the troops formed in columns; ice forms at a temperature of 32°F.
- To run for a form, as a hare; squat in a form.
- A termination in words of Latin origin, or in words formed like them, meaning '-like, -shaped, in the form of': as, ensiform, sword-like, sword-shaped; falciform, sickle-shaped; vermiform, worm-like; oviform, in the form of an egg.
- In electricity, to change (the surface of the plates of a secondary or storage-cell) by repeated charge and discharge, so that they are in condition for use.
- In electricity, to convert the active material of the positive plate of a storage-cell into lead monoxid or that of the negative plate into spongy lead, either by the action of the charging current or by direct chemical means.
- n. The external shape or configuration of a body; the figure, as defined by lines and surfaces; external appearance considered independently of color or material; in an absolute use, the human figure: as, it was in the form of a circle; a triangular form; the form of the head or of the body; a beautiful or an ugly form.
- n. Specifically, in crystallography, the complex of planes included under the same general symbol.
- n. Attractive appearance; shapeliness; beauty.
- n. A costume; a special dress: as, a blue silk form.
- n. A mold, pattern, or model; something to give shape, or on or after which things are fashioned: as, a hatters' or a milliners' form; a form for jelly.
- n. In printing, an assemblage of types secured in a chase for stereotyping, or of either types or plates for printing.
- n. In milit. engine., same as gabion-form. See gabion.
- n. In general, arrangement of or relationship between the parts of anything, as distinguished from the parts themselves: opposed to matter, but not properly to substance (unless it be the intention of the writer to identify substance with matter).
- n. A specific formation or arrangement; characteristic structure, constitution, or appearance; disposition of parts or conditions.
- n. Mode or manner of being, action, or manifestation; specific state, condition, determination, variation, or kind: as, water in the form of steam or of ice; electricity is a form of energy; English is a form of German speech; varioloid is a mild form of smallpox; life in all its forms.
- n. Fixed order or method; systematic or orderly arrangement or proceeding, as to either generals or particulars; system or formula: as, the forms of civilized society; a form of words or of prayer; a rough draft to be reduced to form; a document in due form.
- n. Specifically, mere manner as opposed to intrinsic qualities; style.
- n. Formality, or a formality: ceremony.
- n. Conformity to the conventionalities and usages of society; propriety: chiefly in the phrases good form, bad form.
- n. Mere appearance; semblance.
- n. High condition or fitness for any undertaking, as a competition, especially a physical competition; powers of competing.
- n. In algebra, a quantic in which the variables are considered abstractly with reference only to their mathematical relations in the quantic, and apart from any signification.
- n. In grammar, a word bearing the sign of a distinct grammatical character, or denoted by its structure as having a particular office.
- n. In music: The general theory or science of so arranging themes, tonalities, phrases, and sections in a piece that order, symmetry, and correlation of parts may be secured: one of the most important branches of the art of composition.
- n. The particular rhythmical, melodic, or harmonic disposition or arrangement of tones in a phrase, section, or movement, especially when distinct and regular enough to be known by a special name, as the sonata-form, the rondo-form, etc.
- n. A blank or schedule to be filled out by the insertion of details; a sample or specimen document calculated to serve as a guide in framing others in like cases: as, a form for a deed, lease, or contract.
- n. A long seat; a bench.
- n. A number of pupils sitting together on a bench at school.
- n. A class or rank of students in a school (especially in England).
- n. Hence— A class or rank in society.
- n. The seat or bed of a hare.
- n. The hares (Lepus Americanus) were very familiar. One had her form under my house all winter, separated from me only by the flooring.
- n. A particular species or kind; a species of a genus, etc.; any assemblage of similar things constituting a component of a group, especially of a zoölogical group.
- n. In printing, a form of types in which a page or several pages have been left blank.
- n.
- n. A flower-bud of the cotton-plant.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- v. make something, usually for a specific function
- v. assume a form or shape
- n. a printed document with spaces in which to write
- n. the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
- n. alternative names for the body of a human being
- n. the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
- n. an ability to perform well
- n. a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- n. an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse
- n. (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary
- n. a perceptual structure
- v. to compose or represent:
- n. a body of students who are taught together
- v. create (as an entity)
- n. a mold for setting concrete
- n. a particular mode in which something is manifested
- v. establish or impress firmly in the mind
- n. a life-size dummy used to display clothes
- v. give shape or form to
- n. any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
- n. (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
- n. the visual appearance of something or someone
- v. develop into a distinctive entity
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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I still await some form of PERSONAL **not form** answer.
These experiments merely indicate that _the parent form possesses more potential characters than it can give expression to in a single individual form_, some of them being necessarily latent or hidden, and that when these latent ones show themselves they must do so at the expense of others which become latent or hidden in their turn.
Was the form of slavery which our professor pronounces innocent _the form_ witnessed by our Savior "in Judea?"
It is clear that the main point of the question does not lie in organic matter or in organic form, but in organic _motion_, for even the specific of the organic _form_ originates only first through _organic motion of life_.
The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality
The olden transcendentalist dragged on in barren cells and dreary poverty in order not to divert his glorified vision of the formless by the beauty of the _ever present form_; the modern transcendentalist brings his higher laws into play, conquers his poverty and commands around himself the beauty and luxury and freedom of the world of form, and it speaks to him in matchless raiment, luxuriant flowers, gems, material comforts and soft ease.
The relation between matter and form, or between _content and form_, as it is generally called, is one of the most disputed questions in
What is real is the continual _change of_ form: _form is only a snapshot view of a transition_.
But they will never do it; for, in their eyes, spoliation is a principle of hatred and disorder, and the most particularly odious form which it can assume is _the legal form_.
In her trial, Patrick used a fish-oil-based essential fatty acid from Nordic Naturals that consisted of 225mg of Omega-3 (E.A and DHA), 33mg of Omega-6 (GLA) and 15 IU of Vitamin E. Nordic Naturals fish oils are of the highest quality and all Nordic Naturals fish oils are in their natural triglyceride form*, which is the optimum form for the body to absorb and use.
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(Washington, D.C.) July 19, 2011 — JRS operates two programs in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The refugee community center — the only one of its kind in the city — offers language courses, library facilities, day-care services, computer classes and psychosocial support. The emergency needs program offers financial support and counseling services.
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I am very happy and proud that I got invited (among Ed Kashi, Jonas Bendiksen, Benjamin Lowy, Simon Norfolk, Brent Stirton) to The Other Hundred project.
The idea is that 100 photographers is assigned to photograph 100 people/families/societies from all over the world to show both the hardships and the triumphs of the extraordinary people left off the front pages. Photo album will be published in October, synchronized with World Powerty Day. It's goal is to take readers on a visual journey into the lives of the people who make up the majority of our world's population and tell the stories behind the statistics.
A global collaborative photography project designed to provoke thought and discussion about the future of economic progress, the root causes of the grinding poverty experienced by so many, and the inspirational stories of people from around the world whose lives are incredibly rich and worth celebrating.
Check out www.theotherhundred.com for submission details!


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Medications such as ibuprofen, with brand names Advil and Motrin, are classified as NSAIDs, according to WebMD. Naproxen sodium, with the brand name Aleve, is also a NSAID. So is aspirin, of which Ascriptin, Bayer and Ecotrin are common brands.
Further drugs classified as NSAIDs are naproxen sodium, celecoxib, indomethacin and naproxen, says WebMD. Naprosyn is a brand name that contains naproxen, while Celebrex contains celecoxib. Anaprox is a brand name for naproxen sodium, and Indocin is a brand name for indomethacin.
NSAIDs are nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs that relieve pain, and the nonsteroidal effect is what distinguishes the medicines from other anti-inflammatory drugs, says Medical News Today. NSAIDs can also reduce fevers. The anti-inflammatory effect kicks in with higher dosages, and the medication can be taken orally via tablet, capsule or liquid; by injections; as a rectal suppository; as eyedrops; and as topical skin cream and gels.
People commonly use NSAIDs with arthritis and to help prevent blood clotting, explains the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. The blood-clotting factor may be helpful in preventing heart disease, but it can lead to bruising that occurs more easily. Nausea, ulcers, decreased kidney function and upset stomach are possible side effects of NSAIDs.


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Computex 2010 – MSI has introduced the latest in the impressive Big Bang series – the XPower. Using the X58 chipset, this board hosts a ton of high end enthusiast features such as "military class" components on the PWM, Quantum Wave audio, which combines EAX 5 with THX TruStudio Pro, auto overclocking, USB 3.0, SATA 6Gbps, and much more. Plus it has as many x16 PCI-E slots as you could possibly need. Take a look:
That enough for you? Keep in mind that only two of them run at full x16 speeds – the other four are split between x8 and x4. And just for kicks, there's an x1 slot at the top.
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Invitations are not just paper – it's the first thing your guests will see about your wedding story, whether they attend or not. But what happens to your invitation after the big day?
I've always looked at invitations as something to preserve – it's a memory and a marking of your wedding day that beautifully illustrates you as a couple joining together; making it the perfect keepsake.
So how should you preserve your invitation?
- Frame it. It's the simplest way for some chic artwork that is actually quite significant to you. It not only looks fabulous, it's a conversation piece that could very well stick around for generations to come.
- Canvas it. We love art canvases so why not take a piece of your invitations and flip it into one? It's custom artwork that plays two roles in your life.
- Plexi-glass it. I've done this a few times for several couples, especially those who create fashion illustrations as the cover of their invitation. Like Canvas it's custom art for your new home but the cool thing with plexiglass is that it's lightweight and clear, so it enhances your design and it looks super cool when it's backlit!
- Decoupage it. Decoupage will use your invitation and envelope lining to create a plate that is truly personalized on any piece of furniture or material – it's a fabulous gift for your parents and in-laws!
- Add a Silver touch. For the brides and grooms who came under budget and are looking for a little bit of a
splurgeinvestment you can have your invitation engraved on in silver – perhaps a nice tray that becomes a family heirloom!
Any other ideas? Comment below and tell us how you made your invitation into a special keepsake piece!


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The Savage Innocents1961
The Savage Innocents (1961)
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Critic Reviews for The Savage Innocents
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Art director and editor have done a standout job in matching and cutting so that it is virtually impossible to decide where Pinewood began and Canada came in.
Though scuppered by problems worse than those usually associated with international coproductions, this is nonetheless rather more than just another engaging oddity from Ray.
His strange, disturbing drama will leave most of its viewers dissatisfied and some outraged, but few will remain indifferent.
Nicholas Ray's epic film about Eskimo life and its remoteness from 'civilized' values represents his first -- and, in many ways, most ambitious -- attempt to break free from the Hollywood studios and forge an independent route.
This stunning pictorial account of the way Eskimos live, hunt, love, and die was filmed in the northernmost part of Canada, and the scenes of Eskimos fighting for survival are truly magnificent and deeply moving.
Audience Reviews for The Savage Innocents
if one can get past the obvious problems, like racially insensitive casting, animal slaughter and romanticizing native culture, it's quite a remarkable example of outsider cinema. containing peter o'toole's film debut (tho they saw fit to dub his voice), this is still a powerful film. you'll not see nothing like the mighty quinn!
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Anthony Quinn plays an eskimo and for some reason they decided to dub Peter O'Toole
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Everybody needs to be in a band sometime. All for the different reasons. Some just want to wear shades and live the dream. Others want to sit in a dark room full of instruments going to places nobody been to.
For Fox is all that but foremost it's two people, Rikard and Johan. In 2008 Johan thought that he would try to make some music. But it's more fun if you're two so Rikard joined. The first thing we did was to take a break from music. But a year later something happened. Songs and sounds found it's home.
When Rikard and Johan isn't making songs with For Fox they're members of I'm from Barcelona.


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Dear Client,
The Constitutional Court ruled in favor of an appeal filed as a result of an employer's refusal to grant a 'leave with pay permit' to a mother so she could provide her child the required care. The employer refused the permit despite the medical advice that called for the requested care.
The judges ordered the employer to grant the mother an immediate leave with pay for up to two months to care for her child; this, after they first verified that the case met the three conditions an employer requires before granting the permit; these are that:
- The child's health is at stake;
- A valid and a confirmed medical certificate exists that states it is essential for the child's well-being that either the mother or the father personally take care of it;
- The parent applied for the 'leave with pay permit' within a reasonable time.
The permit request must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis; the filing must be submitted along with a medical certificate that states that the employee needs to take care of the child within a predetermined term; the physician establishes the permit's term.
Already, in just two weeks, 22 parents have asked their employer for a 'leave with pay permit' to look after their seriously ill child.


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To all my readers:
Thanks for spending the time to read my thoughts and opinions regarding Kiruv. I know it is a complicated and emotional subject, but I must take a brief respite from this blog. Yesterday, I left Four posts with a large number of interesting and informative reference links that discuss the Flood, Kuzari Principle, the issue of Chanukah's historicity and the Gadol Hador Archives by subject area. During this hiatus, I will be closing the comment section. Feel free to email me at kiruvnetwork@hushmail. I'll do my best to respond
Monday, December 17, 2007
Time for a Respite
To all my readers:
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The difficulty of engaging in honest dialogue with Orthodox Fundamentalists
[I will open this post up for comments when I return from my hiatus some time early next year (probably late Feb, maybe earlier). Commenting is currently turned off. I invite the reader review the entire dialogue here and make his or her own determinations]
This post presents a candid discussion about the nature and difficulties of engaging in honest dialogue with the Ultra Orthodox in general and those involved in Jewish Outreach in particular (known as "kiruv professionals"). It is a record of a recent email dialogue with an active commemorator of the Ba'ali Tshuvah blog - - BeyondBT.
The dialogue itself, as well as the summary below, provides valuable information and insight into some of the major issues that an intellectually honest BT must deal with when questioning the person or persons claiming to be teaching him/her about Judaism. It also exposes the reader to the kinds of techniques employed by Jewish outreach people to sidestep the most difficult questions about Orthodox Judaism. It is my sincere hope that this material, which by the way is not meant to be a scholarly work, be used as a starting point for the deeper research and soul searching that is necessary when considering a life altering decision to become Orthodox.
Why I am publishing this dialogue
BeyondBT is entitled to believe anything it wants; it's a free country. But when it becomes a conduit for evangelizing an ideology that typically requires momentous life changes and sacrifices, it looses the right to forbid challenges to its beliefs, to remain unquestioned and unchallenged. If BeyondBt and similar outlets do not want their beliefs questioned then they should stop advocating them and they should certainly not, as is their policy, censor comments that respectfully challenge Orthodox dogma. In another words, once they disseminate their views in an attempt to influence others, I (and others) have the right to ask, "Why?" And I (and others) have the right to expect an intellectually honest response without obfuscations, evasions or pseudo-philosophical word play intended, consciously or not, to avoid substance.
Furthermore, I (and others) have the right to expect BeyondBT, as well as other active professional and amateur Jewish Outreach workers, to make full disclosure of their biases - - to inform others that the answers provided to common questions about disconfirming realities are always filtered through and the product of an ideology that prohibits any open-minded, open-hearted quest to corroborate the veracity of its doctrines. Most importantly, people have the right to know that kiruv people expect prospective BT's to be open, vulnerable and willing to change but that they, themselves, have no intention of reciprocating.
I am well aware that the vast majority of this dialogue would have been censored by the BeyondBT administration, as well as any other Jewish Outreach blog sites, and I also admit that such suppression may appear justified from the point of view of a certain self-serving, contrived "spiritual" ethic. But, I also must say that, in practice, this attitude encourages a fundamental disrespect and superior attitude toward those for whom it claims to be helping, and a manipulative, controlling attitude towards those who have extended their trust. It is for this reason that I am sharing this correspondence (personal statements have been removed); It is an imperative to make others aware that the Kiruv industry in general and BeyondBT type outlets in particular, can not, as a general rule, be trusted to make the kind of full and honest disclosure of the facts that are necessary for anyone to make a life altering decision. In addition, publishing this dialogue provides a window into the difficulty of fruitful and honest dialogue with any individual who has strong preconceived notions that do not allow well established facts to interfere with their beliefs.
The dialogue: The four Questions
In order to keep the dialogue productive and honest, 4 straight forward questions were posed at the outset of the discussion. They were taken from the comment section of Naftali Zeligman's essay
These questions, which were asked over a half dozen times and which were never answered, go to the crux of the issue, which is whether Torah is a document which relates provable facts. If it does not state a fact that is susceptible to confirmation it becomes a document of mere opinion. Is that what BeyondBT is saying or has he completely defaulted in expressing his own true belief?
The importance that all parties accept the possibility that they can be wrong
A 5th question related to BeyondBT's willingness to accept the possibility that he could be wrong in his belief was also repeatedly posed and not answered. The absence of an answer was not just discourteous, it was something much more; it reflected a lack of integrity and goodwill that is a prerequisite for any good faith discussion. Both parties must be willing to make this admission.
If the potential BT, who does not have the time or background to thoroughly research the issues, or other interested persons, for that matter, is to trust their mentor, they should be certain to require this requisite before entering into any dialogue. Obviously, one can NOT be confident that the information they receive is credible if those communicating are unwilling to subject their assumptions to objective scrutiny. At a minimum, the outreach worker, if he is to act in good faith, must disclose that his own dogma precludes him from ever entertaining the possibility that his tradition could be in error. We would demand such disclosure in any other area of ones life. I see no reason to act differently in an area that is so elemental.
I addressed this point in my opening email that set forth the ground rules for the dialogue. BeyondBT never even once acknowledged what I had written there even though I thought I could not have been more clear. I wrote:
"The bottom line is this; if you have integrity, you must be willing to shift your initial position in conformity with the evidence. After all, how can you have integrity when you expect people to be open to your persuasion, an influence which may result in an individual making momentous and sometimes irreversible life changes, when you your self will not reciprocate the openness. With this in mind, I ask you - - BeyondBT, are you willing to consider the fact that you could have made a major life decision based on error or is it already a forgone conclusion that this could not be the case? If it is already a forgone conclusion that you are correct, why are we even having a discussion? Wouldn't it be the height of hypocrisy and dishonesty for you to engage myself and others when you fail to extend courtesy and decency with regard to disclosing your intransigency?"
Again, this question was NEVER answered, let alone acknowledged.
Obfuscations, Evasions and Pseudo-Philosophical Word Play
Moreover, it is ironic that BeyondBT and his Rabbi, who immodestly assume the strength of their presumptions, have the temerity to ascribe close mindedness to others, such as Naftali Zeligman, author of Letter to My Rabbi when they themselves are unwilling to ever consider that they themselves could ever be wrong. I was deeply disappointed and to some extent taken aback when the Rabbi of BeyondBT failed to address the critical issues that Naphtali Zeligman's essay methodically laid out. Instead, he excused himself from this request by dismissing Zeligman's competence in Torah and by implying that Zeligman did not have the requisite openness that would justify his time. The Rabbi provided no support for his opinions and presumptions and he *seemed* to be imputing to Zeligman, maybe in a way that betrays his own projected intransigence, a close mindedness that I do not perceive as consistent with the tone of Zeligman's letter. But Zeligman would be in a better position to speak on his own behalf concerning the matter. I would have expected that our Rav would have extended the gentleman the *benefit of the doubt,* but this was unfortunately not forthcoming.
Overall, BeyondBt did not make comments in a manner that contributed to the debate. He did not respond to the majority of my points. He either evaded them outright or he summarily dismissed them without any close scrutiny; no critique or honest evaluation was offered, other then to characterize evidence, that contradicted his assumptions, as conjecture or the empty and unsubstantiated musings of archeologist and academics. I would have expected a serious email setting out his own qualifications and endless notes backing up his conclusions, with sources and counter sources. I saw none of that. I find such behavior to be exasperating and immature. I would find such an approach unacceptable in my professional life and I see no reason why I should be any more tolerant of it when I am talking about a much more important issue.
The dangers of the fundamentalist outlook
Former fundamentalist Christian, Raymond E. Griffith, provides a very interesting account of the intellectual dishonesty, moral shortcomings and existential fear that pervade the fundamentalist Christian mind, which is eerily similar to what I experienced in the behavior of BeyondBT. I could not have described my respondent any better. Mr. Griffith, partly in an autobiographically manner, writes of the fundamentalist
"He honestly believes he is right, but his belief in his belief is more important than the belief itself. Since this is under attack, he is in trouble. His attempts to escape the dilemma without confronting the fact that he is wrong are, of course, dishonest. But he doesn't see this. He has put up this desperate mental barrier that he cannot cross without devastating his self-concept and his faith. You are essentially correct that it is "denial, aversion, obfuscation and a moral inability to admit any error", but it is more than that.
That's why they're always so hesitant to answer any questions. In all my debates with them, I've noticed that inarguable losses are snipped and ignored (to be revived later on) but no point is ever actually conceded. …………………………………..Again, the objections to their arguments do not matter to them. They have been mentally conditioned to ignore it. ................. They are not here to learn. They are here to teach others the truth. Remember, they have absolute truth, so they don't have anything to learn at all!"
Also very telling was
The challenge then is not just for the inexperienced and trusting BT, it is also for the fundamentalist adherent. The arrogance, the supreme confidence that their ideology is inerrant, as well as the repression, dissociation, and denial that act outside the fundamentalist's awareness, ultimately hinders the very thing that they value most --a connection with the Creator.
In closing I want to share with you Rabbi Emanuel Rackman's apropos words concerning the tragedy of the fundamentalist mind set. He writes, in One man's Judaism, that "A Jew dare not live with absolute certainty, not only because certainty is the hallmark of the fanatic...., but also because doubt is good for the human soul, its humility, and consequently its greater potential intimately to discover its creator." According to Rackman the tragedy here is not just that fundamentalist certainty inhibits the good: thereby hindering the development of the noble trait of humility, as well as ones sensitivity of the divine; it also imbues the bad because "man's certainty with regard to anything is poison to his soul.."
Posted by Kiruv Awareness Network at 10:23 PM |
Kiruv, Orthodoxy, and denigration of the wider world
The Blog is not a polemic about which is better or worse, i.e. the ultra-orthodox, fundamentalist way of life vs. the life (kinds of lives) you find in the "outside" world. This blog, however, does point out the critical issues ignored, obscured and / or distorted by Orthodox Society in general and Kiruv workers in particular, one of which is the pervasiveness with which Orthodoxy denigrates, in an attempt to sell its wares, the world beyond Orthodoxy. Kiruv workers often emphasize secular society's negatives and ignore, downplay or even falsely take credit for its positive aspects just as they overly accentuate Frum society's positive elements (which exist in abundance to be sure) while ignoring, downplaying and denying its negatives. Some will even project the blame on the secular influences for its own failings (acting like goyim, the goyish influence, etc)
The basis for these gross distortions and oversimplifications are many. For some, it emanates from a rigid fundamentalist mindset that exists outside conscious awareness and that engenders black and white views on life that is best understood with subtly and nuance. Others are more deliberate when they present this false dichotomy between the two worlds, intentionally contrasting an idealized and sanguine picture of the frum world with a pejorative depiction of the "outside world." Such deceptive salesmanship can be expected from used car salesmen, but not from those whom we are most inclined to trust, especially when the product sold requires momentous life changes and sacrifices.
One common example is the familiar refrain concerning the sorry state of the American family - - with its 50% divorce rate. This statistic, which is so often trumpeted as evidence of societies decay and in contrast to Orthodoxies triumphant values, is extremely misleading in its hiding of all the details about distribution. It obscures the revealing fact that those who marry later in life, in their thirties, often-graduate educated middle and upper middle class professionals, have a very low incidence of divorce, possibly no greater then the Orthodox world. The divorce rate also tells us nothing about the quality of Frum marriages where economic, personal and social forces inhibit divorce.
Also ubiquitous is the oft-touted false analogy comparing the Orthodox community to the outside world's social ills like violent crime and drugs. Again, it should be obvious that one cannot compare the frum community to the general American population. This common selection error or biased sample can only be avoided by comparing Orthodox Jews to similar socio economic classes, i.e. educated middle class Americans. In any event, many of the wider world's ills are indeed shared by Frum society. In fact, a recent study from the American Psychiatric Association suggests that cheredi women suffer considerable levels of sexual abuse. Unfortunately, Cheredi apologists, who are theologically threatened by the very notion that such ills exist in their societies, have attacked the study (methodology, etc) rather then engage in honest soul searching that could lead to the kind of corrective measures that protect its precious children.
At the yeshiva I attended, Machon Shlomo - - similar to Machon Yaakov - - I often heard such disparaging references about the "outside world," sometimes subtle, sometimes overt. These exaggerated and oversimplified depictions became less restrained as the 2-year program of indoctrination progressed. This crude emotional manipulation, often based on exaggeration and fear, is constructed to create powerful incentives to join Orthodoxy as much as it is constructed to create powerful disincentives to leaving. I believe that many BT's (and Frum people) prolong their stay in Orthodoxy simply out of fear of re-entering this world, a world that many desperately wanted to escape before becoming frum, and a world that is often at best devalued in Orthodoxy and at worst demonized.
Contrary to what the worst propagandists insinuate, the world is NOT predominantly filled with immoral, unrestrained, and self-indulgent people. It's a mixed bag, just like Orthodox Judaism; one encounters good people and bad just as in the frum world,generous and selfish people(just like in the frum world),sensitive and insensitive people (ditto), geniuses and fools (ditto), violent and gentle (ditto)spiritual and unspiritual people (likewise) -- and, of course, all combinations of the above.
Yes, there are all manner of terrible things in this world: war, poverty, disease, madness, sexual abuse, racism, and all the rest. A thoughtful and sensitive person has to acknowledge that modern society, especially American culture, is pervaded by suffering, shallowness, nihilism, and a vacuous popular culture. However, in the midst of all this there is good as well. There are people whose hearts contain benevolence and compassion and who try to relieve others of their pain, who sincerely come to the aid of those who are misunderstood, disadvantaged, persecuted and mistreated.
There are also many who seek truth, meaning and beauty who devote themselves to spiritual practices of various sorts, who seek to become more aware, more sensitive and who try to apply the truths they discovered in their daily lives. And there are people, who, although not focused on spiritual goals, have a basic decency about them and who try, in the course of their lives, to be kind to their fellow humans.
So, if one decides to leave frum society, it does not, by any means, necessarily entail leading an immoral, unrestrained, and self-indulgent life (unless you really wish to be so, in which case you'll tire of that soon enough). Nor is the outside world always a cold cruel and meaningless place. Nor need one assume an attitude of uncritical acceptance of the world. It's quite possible to remain acutely aware of the limitations and imperfections of the world and maintain a healthy, albeit ambivalent relationship with it, while constructing a secure and meaningful space for yourself within it.
In summary:
- One is not guaranteed a happier or more secure life by becoming a BT, or remaining as BT, than the life one would have had by living in the non-frum world. What determines the spiritual and emotional quality of one's life is what you "bring to the table" in terms of your personality, character, values, economic status, beliefs, education, interpersonal and family relations, and hundreds of other variables too subtle and too numerous to list.
- Being Frum is not a panacea for people, who for whatever reason are fearful or repelled by the adversities and pain and ugliness of the "outside" world. Frumkeit does not confer immunity from harm or fear and may have its own burdens and difficulties that are unique to it. The point is that there is no absolutely safe harbor from the adversities of life and there are "storms" in the frum world and the non-frum world. Life can be beautiful and fulfilling in both worlds and life can be hell in both worlds, and life can be everything in-between in both worlds.
- The Kiruv movement has a tendency to malign, vilify, and ( in milder form) mis-characterize the "outside" non-frum, and the BT or potental BT should be very sensitive and wary of any person who must deprecate one system in order to elevate their own system. Such a person should be questioned very closely as to what they mean and how they justify their mis-characterization of the non-frum world. If one does that I think that one will find that the strategy is simply setting up a "straw-man" to knock down in order to prop up their own belief system. Such a person is very selective in the examples and issues he or she chooses from the "outside" world and neglects the many adverse issues in the frum world. It is an argument with blinders on. Western culture is too broad and too diverse to pigeonhole it as either good or bad. Every culture has its good and bad aspects; to focus on one or the other aspect to the exclusion of others is disingenuous. One has to see the whole picture.
Posted by Kiruv Awareness Network at 8:34 PM |
Historical and Scientific Scholarship & The imposibility of the Flood
Problems with a Global Flood
Marc Shapiro on the Flood, Here & Here
"Believing in the truth of the flood (and a 5000 year old world) is more extreme than denying the existence of George Washington. Someone asked me if it isn't the case that we have more evidence for George Washington than for denying the flood. The answer is obviously no. We know about Washington because of one type of evidence, historical, and we have a great deal of this. However, the entire received body of knowledge in just about every field of human study is dependant on the fact that the world is not 5000 years old and that there was not a flood. These facts are the fundamentals of biology, physics, astronomy, history, anthropology, geology, paleontology, zoology, linguistics etc. etc. etc. Belief in a 5000 year old world and a flood which destroyed the world 4000 years ago is a denial of all human knowledge as we know it. It is a retreat into a world of belief, rather than one based on any sort of fact, and one who believes can believe anything he want to. The fundamentalist is not able to prove that Washington lived, only to say that he believes that Washington lives....Pay attention to what I am saying, it is impossible to make sense of anything in this world, in any field of science and many of the social sciences by adopting fundamentalist position. If people wish to live this sort of existence, fine, but one can't pretend that there is any sort of compelling reason for anyone else to. They certainly shouldn't try to put forth all sorts of pseudo-science to convince people of the correctness of their view.............
People often say that they can hold the positions they do because they are ignorant of science and history. This is incorrect. It is not that they are ignorant of all these fields; it is rather that they reject them. There is a difference. The proper word to describe this is obscurantism. And I for one don't think it will last forever. One can only go against the obvious facts of our day for so long. Rabbis could declare that Copernicus's views were heretical for only so long before
the weight of evidence ran over them. That will happen with fundamentalism, because if they don't change, no one with any education will still be listening to them."
Historical Summary:
Egyptian and Assyrian history has an unbroken chain of monarchies and civilizations from 3000 BCE to the present, with no room for a flood that supposedly destroyed all life in the Near East (or, at a minimum, in Mesopotamia) c. 2105 BCE, the date derived from the Torah chronology. There is no mention of the Flood in these records of Egyptian or Mesopotamian civilizations which existed at the time and the physical evidence (e.g., inscriptions, among many other items) is staggering. the entire period is accounted for in tremendous detail, supported by over one million artifacts and the evidence for continuous, large-scale civilization in Mesopotamia and Egypt is "harder" evidence than our chain of tradition. There is no way that the descendents of Noach could have repopulated Egypt 200 years after a universally-fatal flood and restarted the culture, language, writing system, religion, etc. The very idea is absurd.There is no longer any room for doubt by any serious scholar. Rest assured that scholars in this area are "at each other's throats," and are quick to find flaws in, and attack, each other's theories. Nevertheless, there is universal consensus as to what was NOT happening c. 2105 BCE, -- "the Flood." In summary, the idea that there was a massive flood that destroyed civilization in Mesopotamia and/or Egypt c. 2105 BCE is universally considered absurd.
More on Nes-Nisayon
Was Noach a real person
Pottery & Paintings
Gosse Student
Nuts on Bechofer's Blog
RYGB gets destroyed. It's a shame
It's just a flesh wound local flood!
Noach Lo Hoyoh Veloh Yihyeh
Another mehalech in Noach?
Me and the Mabul
Posted by Kiruv Awareness Network at 8:09 PM |
Links to Kuzari Posts
Letter To My Rabbi:Tradition
The Kuzari Proof 3 Million Witnesses Can Be Wrong
The Sinai Argument
New Kuzari Proof
Lame Fundamentalist Arguments
Are talking donkeys silly
Fundies get their asses wupped again
The Disputation
Top 10 Proofs For and Against Judaism
Misc Bloggers on Kuzari
Who Wrote the Bible
Debate with Fkm
The Kuzari Proof The Exodus And Passover
Debunking the Kuzari
Orthoprax Blog Posts on Kuzari Proof
The Milk Miracle
Buddha's Many Miracles
The Aztec's National Revelation
The Aztec's National Revelation II
Posted by Kiruv Awareness Network at 6:26 PM |
Historical Errors: Seder Olam & Chanukah
Seder Olam-discrepancy between a chronological view of the Talmud and chronological view by historians
Professor D.S. Levine
Letter to My Rabbi-Judaic tradition unaware of its own history
Blog Posts on the Historicity of Chanuka
The True Meaning of Chanukah by Mis-nagid - the Bais Yosef's Kasha
The Little Menorah That Didn't
The Little Menorah That Didn't, #2
The Little Menorah That Didn't, #3
The Little Menorah That Didn't, #4
The Little Menorah That Didn't, Part 3
The Little Menorah That Didn't, part 4
The Little Menorah That Didn't, Part 5
Hanukka: The Faith of a Suicide Bomber Maccabee?
Hanukka: Did The Maccabees Make It All Up?
Hanukka 2006: What's The Truth About Sources For The "Miracle Of Oil"?
Hanukka 2006: How Ignorant Are Haredim? This Ignorant
The Rebbe And The Menorah
The Rebbe And The Menorah, #2
An Early Hanukka Present: The Rebbe and the Menora, Part 2
Posted by Kiruv Awareness Network at 6:01 PM |
Gadol Hador Archives By Category
Although at times irreverent, this closed blog is an excellent resource for inquiring BT's and FFB's. It covers just about every conceivable issue that a soul searching Orthodox Jew confronts when critically examining their tradition.
Nes Nisayon I
Nes Nisayon II
Nes Nisayon V2
Myth Moshol
Weird Wacky
Clever Clever
Tired Taiku
Emunah Peshutah
Denial Delusion
Science Torah & Rabbi Carmy
Categories of Science
Faith in Science
Proven Science
The G-d of Science
Radical Skepticism
Nes Nisayon I
Nes Nisayon II
Nes Nisayon V2
Gottleib Endorses Gosse
Why Gosseleib Doesn't Work
Gosse Student
Pottery & Paintings by G-d
Gosse Goons
Myth Moshol Theory
When They Severed the Earth
Adam: Man or Myth?
Cassuto & Mythology
Breishis & Science
Can Torah contain Mythology?
Not in Chazal
Mythology is Aggadata
Myth/Moshol is Non Literal?
Mythology in the Torah II
Adam & Eve & Their Snake
Brisker Myth Moshol
Myth Moshol V2.0
Emunah Peshutah
Emunah Peshutah vs Chakirah Amukah
Don't Think It, Just Believe It !
New: FDA approved Emunahpeshuttia !
Avraham Avinu and Emunah Peshutta
Bored with Breishis ?
Har Sinai: A Case for Emunah Peshutah ?
Emunah Peshutah, Modern Orthodox Style
Emunahpeshuttia - Its for real !
When is emunah peshuta ok ?
The Point of Judaism
The Point of Life
The point of it All
Kindergarten Hashkafah
Sacred Cows I
Sacred Cows II
Machshavah Cholent
Dinosaurs & Dibukim
Machshavah Candy Mix
Systematic Hashkafah
The Kannoim & The Slifkin Bood Banning
Gedolim manipulated by Kannoim
The Lies of the Kanoim Exposed
The Kanoi Hador
The Kanoim Strike Again
Rabbi Aron Feldman & The Slifkin Book Banning
Rav Aharon Feldman's Letter
More of the Letter
Gedolim of Oz
Science is from Sinai
R Feldman insults Chazal
More on Rav Feldman
Move to the Right
Responses Rip R Feldman
Another Response
More silly quotes from Rav Moshe's talmidim
The Strange Mystery of Rav Moshe - Resolved !
The Battle Heats Up !
Rabbi Heshy Grossman !
20 Great Kofrim according to Rav Moshe Shapiro
The Godol Hador vs Rav Heshy Grossman
More Kofrim According to Rav Moshe Shapiro
What Rav Moshe Shapiro Actually Said
Rav Moshe Shapiro Was Just Exaggerating !
Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky - Kofer !
R Dovid Gottleib - Kofer !
Message from Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky
Attack of the Clowns: Summary
An Apology to Rabbi Orlofsky
Playing Hide & Seek with G-d: Part II
Why are people religious ?
The Emperor Has No Clothes
Torah Min Hashamayim
Attack of the Clowns
The Inherent Paradox of Chareidi Hashkafa
The Difference between 'Us' & 'Them'
Were Chazal Charedi ?
5 things that the MO don't like to think about
Chareidi Wars: Episode 54
Cultural Misunderstandings
Rav Mattisyahu was right !
Maharal vs R Mattisyohu
Introducing the Ultra-Dumb-odox
Frumteens Hardcore
Frumteens on being a smart monkey
Frumteens on goyim
Frumteens on goyim II
More from Frumteens
Its a hard life being a charedi apologist
Frumteens on Olam Habah
Hirhurim Comments & JewishWhistleBlower
Warm gooshy feeling
Spiritually Deficient People
The Big Question
Deep Yesodos in Kugel
Great Spiritual Debate
I'm Spiritual
Are Orthodox Jews Spiritual
Zohar & Kabbalah
True Story of Zohar
Frumteens on Zohar
Mitpachat Sefarim
Reverse Mesorah
Zohar is Fake
Zohar, Kabalah & Ari
Kabalah Masters
Strange World of Kabalah
Vision of Odyssey
Edah on Kabbalah
Read my Palms
Kabalah Clowns
Posted by Kiruv Awareness Network at 4:44 PM |
Labels: Gadol Hador Blog, Machon Shlomo, Machon Yaakov, Maimonides Leaders Fellowship, Meor, Sinai Retreats
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Although I do not have any personal experience with or deep knowledge of Zen Buddhism, I think the well written and insightful Book Review, written by J.H. Mind, on Akiva Tatz's LETTERS TO A BUDDHIST JEW would be of interest and possibly benefit to those who are inclined toward and interested in the contrast between the spiritual systems and practice of Orthodox Judaism and that of Zen Buddhism.
LETTERS TO A BUDDHIST JEW purports itself to be a dialogue between Rabbi Dr. Akiva Tatz, a noted Judaic scholar, and David Gottlieb, an American Jew practicing Zen Buddhism
Unfortunately for the reader, LETTERS TO A BUDDHIST JEW is barely a dialogue. It is a virtual monologue during which the erudite Dr. Tatz so completely overwhelms David Gottlieb that this reviewer began to wonder if their dialogue was even a real one to begin with and not just an authorial device. The David Gottlieb on these pages is so colorless that it seems like he may not even be real.
Perhaps this should not be surprising as his grasp of Judaism is just as weak. One of Gottlieb's earliest letters to Tatz spells out a dozen or so basic questions that even a particularly literate Bar Mitzvah boy could answer. Gottlieb seems to know nothing at all about Jewish history, Jewish religious practices, Jewish philosophy or Jewish mysticism, even though he describes himself as a "seeker" and claims to attend a Conservative synagogue regularly. If Gottlieb's ignorance is real, then it is a bitter indictment of the pallid state of mainstream American Judaism. But there is something so contrived about the intellectual befuddlement evident in Gottlieb's letters that this reviewer strongly believes that they were intentionally crafted so as to give Dr. Tatz a ready-made foundation for his numerous theses in this book.
J. H. Minde says:
As my review shows, I was disappointed in this book, primarily because of its intellectual dishonesty. While Rabbi Dr. Tatz and David Gottlieb do a WONDERFUL job of bringing to the fore the mystical and spiritual foundations of Judaism, they are very unkind to Zen, which neither of them takes the time to examine, explain or investigate. "Zen" qua Zen is as unimportant to this book as having an accordian in outer space. Buddhism merely serves as a jumping-off point for their polemics.
I agree wholeheartedly with Minde's review. These were the wrong two people for this dialogue - unless, as Minde suggests, there was an agenda on the part of the author or publisher to steer Jews away from alternate traditions (which may be the case, given that it was published by an Orthodox company, rather than by a mainstream publisher).
Posted by Kiruv Awareness Network at 3:52 PM |


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Tipp Association Dublin Annual Awards
The Manager of the Tipperary Minor Football All-Ireland winning team, was officially honoured at a function in the Louis Fitzgerald Hotel in Dublin on Saturday night last.
David Power received the Tipperary Association Dublin's annual Person of the Year Award while another Tipperary "great", Mr. Liam Aherne of the Palace Bar on Fleet Street, Dublin was inducted into the Association's Hall of Fame.
The Tipperary Association Dublin's President, Mr. Liam Myles stated that it was a privilege and an honour to award the Tipperary Person of the Year to David Power, the manager of the Tipperary Minor Football All-Ireland winning team in 2011.
A member of the Kilsheelan-Kilcash club, Mr. Power was currently Vice-Chairman, and started out training the under 16 and other underage teams in the club.
"Around 2007 he became involved with the county under 15 football development squad. In 2009 he was asked by the then Football Board Chairman, Noel Morris, to take over the minor football team and he has managed the minor teams since. He also took over the county under 16 teams. Under his charge, Tipperary under 16s won the county's first ever Munster title in 2010 at this level beating Cork in the final. He also managed the under 17 teams in 2010 and 2011".
Mr. Myles said with this involvement with young players coming through the various under age competitions, Mr. Power was in a unique position to work with the players and the County Board and officials to achieve success with the minor county team. No doubt, he said, his strong relationship and bond with the players over the previous years was central to the success achieved last year. He had obviously earned the respect of the panel of players and it showed throughout the season.
"David is also involved with Waterford Institute of Technology football teams, where he has made progress leading the WIT team to the Trench Cup final last year. David Power's success in 2011 has already been recognised with the award of Manager of the Year by the Munster GAA Council and the Annerville Executive Sports Award for Tipperary".
Mr. Myles said key to the success of the minors in 2011 was the support David had from the whole management and support team, both County Boards and the financial and moral support from the Friends of Tipperary Football. "The victory of 2011, like all victories was earned through hard work, dedication and commitment by all involved – and the contribution of the parents of panel members should be recognised in this context. The Association salutes you all".
"A minor team that beats Cork, Limerick and Kerry in Munster, Meath and Roscommon on the way to a final win over with Dublin will surely go down in history as worthy winners of the Markham Cup".
He stated that the winning of the All-Ireland Minor Championship in 2011 by the county's minor footballers and the style of the win had been very special to all of them. "It gave us a reason to celebrate what is best about our beloved county – characteristics such as dedication, commitment, skill, pride in the jersey and sportsmanship. The victory lifted the spirits of all Tipperary people last September".
"David, you did your family, Kilsheelan-Kilcash, Tipperary and all of us proud in 2011. I congratulate you wholeheartedly as a well deserved winner of the Association's Tipperary Person of the Year Award for 2011", he said.
The Person of the Year Award was sponsored by Michael Fenton, who made the presentation.
In response Mr. Power stated that he stood before the attendance as a very proud Tipperary person, knowing that had he not had the help of so many people he would not be there. He thanked all the sponsors of the event and the Louis Fitzgerald Hotel. He also expressed his gratitude to all of those involved in the All-Ireland win and singled out for special mention the late James Houlihan, a great club man and great help to him, and his family, especially his father.
"Tipperary football is on the rise. We might be in Division 4 for 2013 but we will be out swiftly. What I saw last night alone in training was up to 90 young lads who want to play football for Tipperary. The future is very bright", he said.
The Hall of Fame Award went to Mr. Liam Aherne of the famous Palace Bar, Fleet Street, Dublin.
The citation was delivered by the Association's past president, Jarlath Daly, who stated that he took over the Palace Bar in the 1940s and the place has been a "home from home" for many Tipperary people since. "Bill Aherne (Liam's late father) saw to it that anyone from the county was made welcome and offered support when ever needed. His son Liam and family have carried on that proud tradition".
In addition, he said, they had developed a business where all were made welcome and those with a love of sports were catered for in everyway with a host of sports personalities, artists, literary and many other cultural personalities numbering among their clientele. The business exuded a convivial atmosphere where one could spend some quiet and pleasurable time.
"Among the many famous VIP visitors to the Palace Bar over the years, none was made more welcome than "Liam McCarthy"!! Since Bill Aherne took over the Palace, the All-Ireland trophy has visited the Palace Bar and thankfully following recent successes by Tipperary senior hurlers the traditional post match visit carries on. Great days to be alive and in the Palace Bar!"
"The Tipperary Association Dublin has very strong historical links with the Palace Bar and the Aherne family. Members regard the Palace as their headquarters and a natural home for "Tipps" in Dublin".
Mr. Daly said Liam's generosity and support of the Association knew no bounds. He had provided the Association with meeting facilities upstairs in the Palace for many decades and hosted many functions, where beverage and food had been provided - often appearing miraculously and with no fuss - in the style of the man!
"A true gentleman, Liam Aherne - and by extension the Aherne family - has given huge support and backing to the Tipperary Association Dublin for many years now and is well deserving of being inducted into the Association's Hall of Fame", he said.
The Award was presented by Mr. Louis Fitzgerald.
Mr. Aherne stated that he was very honoured and surprised to receive the award. He was delighted to offer the Committee what support he could and was also delighted that his son Willie was running the family business, bringing the Aherne family into its seventh decade.
The attendance included His Grace, Most Rev. Dermot Clifford, Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, who performed a blessing prior to the dinner.
Pictured above right - David Power receives the Tipperary Person of the Year Award from Michael Fenton.


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Voisey's Bay Royalty (NL, Canada)
Labrador, Canada
- 10% of a 3% NSR (effective 0.3%)
Nickel, Copper, Cobalt (Ni-Cu-Co)
|Asset Profile
|LTM (as of January 31, 2016) Royalty Revenue
|$2.2 million
|Annual production capacity
|~2.0 mt
|Estimated Mine Life
|19 years
Altius has a 10% interest in the Labrador Nickel Royalty Limited Partnership ("LNRLP"). The LNRLP holds a 3% net smelter return royalty over the Voisey's Bay nickel-copper-cobalt project in Labrador that is owned and operated by Vale INCO NL.
Altius acquired the royalty interest in mid-2003 using a conservative long term nickel price of US$3.25 per pound for a total purchase cost of $13.6 million and by mid 2010 Altius had recognized cumulative revenue in excess of $15 million, achieving payback. In fiscal 2012 Altius realized $4.15 million in revenue and expects several decades of comparable annual royalty revenue at the current nickel price of $8-$10 per lb.
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N.W.T. Catholic Bishop Mark Hagemoen on the Pope and the apology
Truth and Reconciliation Commission's final report recommeded that the Pope make formal apology
Following the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's final report, and its recommendation that the Pope make a formal apology within one year, the CBC's Lawrence Nayally, host of Trail's End, sat down with Mark Hagemoen, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, to talk about what an apology would mean for the people of the N.W.T.
Forty-six per cent of N.W.T. residents identify as Catholic, according to the 2001 census, while 44 per cent of Canadians overall identified as Catholic.
The following interview has been edited and condensed.
What do you think about the TRC's recommendation that the Pope should visit Canada to apologize to aboriginal people?
I certainly welcome it and I know many people here in the diocese would love to see Pope Francis come. I don't know if the Holy Father will be able to come, or come by the timeframe set out, but I would think he would want to come.
A priority for him is to reach out to areas that need special attention in terms of the [marginalized] and in terms of peoples whom he holds dear to his heart for a range of reasons, because of history, circumstance, etc. So I think he would receive this request quite positively.
What would it take to make arrangements for him to come up here?
Obviously there is a diplomatic kind of relationship between Canada and the Vatican. What it would also take would be the ability of the Holy Father and those who assist him to evaluate that alongside the many other requests.
In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI expressed sorrow to a delegation from Canada's Assembly of First Nations who travelled to the Vatican. What would make this apology different?
What would make this different, I suppose, would be the fact that Pope Francis would be not only coming to our country but it would be following the completion of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which did extensive work hearing the stories of the aboriginal people who were directly or indirectly affected by the Indian Residential School systems. And there were a lot of expressions of stories, sorrow, difficulties and hardship that came out of that. So a meeting with the Holy Father after that kind of great process has happened, I think, would be significantly different.
What's the relationship like between the Catholic church and the aboriginal people here in the N.W.T.?
We are an aboriginal church. The vast majority of people who self-identify as Catholic in this diocese are aboriginal people — Dene, Métis and Inuit — and they do so while, in my opinion, they honour the traditional ways and spirituality of their aboriginal heritage.
So it's safe to say that the relationship is still strong?
I would say yes, it's very strong, and I think it's very strong in large part given the history of the relationship, whether it involves the various priests and sisters that were part of the communities before.
I think recently, my predecessors, Bishop Denis Croteau and Bishop Murray Chatlain, also saw the shift that was happening in the North in terms of the number of priests and sisters. And also, not just because of that but because this should happen anyway, there was a real investment put into calling forth aboriginal people as church leaders and that continues to this day. We meet regularly to discuss a range of practical and pastoral issues that impact different communities across the diocese. I would say two-thirds of people who are part of those meetings are aboriginal people of the North.
Some would say the relationship between the Catholic church and aboriginal people is somewhat damaged. What is the Catholic church doing here to repair this damage?
Even before the TRC, [the Northern dioceses] anticipated the need to repair and restore the relationship. The Return to Spirit process actually brought in people who were formally attending residential schools and did a process of reflection and just allowing people to share their story in that kind of a retreat process. It also brought in people who worked in the schools and then later on brought the groups together. There have been several years of that.
There have also been other opportunities that are linked to broader healing initiatives that we do at Trappers Lake, or now we're looking at doing in particular communities, that also provides a listening opportunity for people to bring forward their hurt or their anger or whatever they wish, so that's been going on for a few years and we need to continue to do those.
There is a bit of a sentiment that I'm hearing, mainly from elders but also from parents, that are saying it's very good that we've done the TRC and now we need to move forward, and we look forward to working with our local churches in reflecting on what that means so that's still a process of discernment and discussion.
If the Pope were to come up here and offer an apology, what would that do to the relationship between the Catholic church and aboriginal people?
I think the people would very much appreciate it. A lot of aboriginal people follow Pope Francis. They like his message. They like his emphasis, as a pope from the southern hemisphere, on aboriginal peoples and issues. I think it will only bless and strengthen the relationships.
I know people are also excited about the possibility of the Pope maybe even coming North. It would be great to receive him if he's able and interesting in coming.
In 1987, Pope John Paul II came to Yellowknife but also to Fort Simpson. Is [visiting a smaller community] also a possibility?
I don't know if this is providence or just coincidence, but the first church that we have ever tried to rebuild in the Diocese is in Fort Simpson and we're hoping to move forward with that church, which is a community building for the people there, perhaps as soon as this coming year. So there's a redevelopment and recommitment of the faith of the Dehcho people in Fort Simpson. It's right next to the site where John Paul II came in '87. I think there'd be a lot of excitement for it, but again, you and I are the first to talk about it, at least in my hearing.


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Coming of My Bloogk – a Blog-book
It's sad for me that I haven't been able to blog in a whiile. But I live a crazy life sometimes. I live between two cities so I'm constantly confuzzled about where I am, where I'm working, who I'm meeting for what and so everything has to be meticulously organized. And then on top of it all, a mind-blowing mystery suddenly appeared in my life; a mystery that I've documented every step of the way in a diary. This mystery absolutely epitomizes my blog title of Exquisite Randomness. It is so significant to me that I am going to publish it as a book. But who knows how long that will take to get out into the world. I feel the need to share it now! So, I've decided to post it in this blog as a Bloogk – a blog-book.
I will be posting my journal entries every other day and you can keep up with this life-mystery of mine. What you will be reading is true. Mostly true… I've changed certain things to protect certain people, but it is really is mostly true and it all happened to me.
I'm calling it… A Future Story.
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Cheese glorious cheese
Cheese glorious cheese. Like it? I love it!
5 Interesting Things About Cheese:
1. Etymology
The word cheese comes from Latin caseus, from which the modern word casein is closely derived. The earliest source is from the proto-Indo-European root *kwat-, which means "to ferment, become sour".
More recently, cheese comes from chese (in Middle English) and cīese or cēse (in Old English). Similar words are shared by other West Germanic languages — West Frisian tsiis, Dutch kaas, German Käse, Old High German chāsi — all from the reconstructed West-Germanic form *kasjus, which in turn is an early borrowing from Latin.
When the Romans began to make hard cheeses for their legionaries' supplies, a new word started to be used: formaticum, from caseus formatus, or "molded cheese" (as in "formed", not "moldy"). It is from this word that the French fromage, Italian formaggio, Catalan formatge, Breton fourmaj, and Provençal furmo are derived. The word Cheese itself is occasionally employed in a sense that means "molded" or "formed". Head cheese uses the word in this sense.
- The top cheese producers are the US
- The top cheese exporters are France
- The top cheese consumers are Greece
2. Ploughman's lunch
It has long been accepted that the Ploughman's lunch (cheese, bread and pickle washed down with beer) was an invention of Sixties advertising. Certainly that was when the Cheese Council first started using the term. However, there is also evidence that the term Ploughman's (or Ploughboy's) Lunch was used in the Fifties and even earlier. There are photographs of ploughmen in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, sitting in the fields lunching on what looks like bread, cheese and beer. An 1837 Life of Walter Scott mentions "an extemporised sandwich, that looked like a ploughman's lunch". What seems most likely is that post-war cheese marketers were determined to remind the public of the long-standing practice of eating bread and cheese in pubs, which had been interrupted by rationing.
3. Cheesy dreams
In 2005 the British Cheese Board organised a study involving 200 volunteers in an attempt to nail the old wives' tale that eating cheese before sleep gives you nightmares. The results revealed a different story: more than three quarters of the participants, who ate 20 grams of cheese before going to bed, reported undisturbed sleep, although the majority of them were able to recall their dreams. More surprisingly, the different varieties of cheese seemed to produce different kinds of dream. Cheddar induced a higher proportion of dreams about celebrities; Red Leicester summoned childhood memories; Lancashire generated dreams about work; while Cheshire inspired no dreams at all. The overall conclusion was that cheese was a perfectly safe late-night snack which, because of its high levels of the serotonin-producing amino acid tryptophan, was far more likely to induce sleep and reduce stress.
4. More cheese, Gromit?
It may come as a shock to discover that the British cheese board now lists more than 700 varieties of British cheese – almost twice as many as our fromage-gobbling neighbours in France. However, they still consume twice as much per head as we do, and 55 per cent of the £1.8 billion British cheese market is attributed to sales of just one variety: cheddar. Also, British cheese "varieties" encompass such modern, marketing-driven abominations as Lancashire Christmas Pudding and Cheddar with Mint Choc Chips and Cherries.
5. You must know the types already but just in case you don't…
A characteristic of cheese varieties that develop blue or green streaks of harmless, flavor-producing mold throughout the interior. Generally, veining gives cheese an assertive and piquant flavour.
A descriptive term for cheeses, such as Parmesan, Romano and Asiago, that are well-aged, easily grated and primarily used in cooking.
A classification of cheese based upon body. Cheddar, Colby, Edam and Gouda are examples of semi-hard cheese varieties.
Pasta Filata
Pasta Filata cheeses have curds that are heated and stretched or kneaded before being molded into shape. The cheese stretches when melted. Pasta Filata cheeses include Mozzarella, Provolone and String.
Soft and Fresh
Cheeses with high moisture content, typically direct set with the addition of lactic acid cultures. This category includes cheeses like Cottage cheese, Cream cheese, Feta, Mascarpone, Ricotta, and Queso Blanco.
A wide variety of cheeses made with whole milk. Cheeses in this category include Monterey Jack, Brick, Muenster, Fontina and Havarti, and melt well when cooked.
Soft Ripened
A classification of cheese based upon body. Brie and Camembert are examples of soft-ripened cheese varieties.
A blend of fresh and aged natural cheeses that have been shredded, mixed, and heated (cooked) with an addition of an emulsifier salt, after which no further ripening occurs.
Are you a cheese nut too? What's you favourite cheese?


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In May we took a day outing to Sunflower, AZ. Sunflower, AZ has a large portion of an old highway that is blocked off which makes the perfect place to take a stroller or let some babies run. If you are a birder it was the day of the raptor!
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I just completed this Trip Around the World quilt top
for our daughter and son-in-law.
The quilt is 105 inches square, large queen sized.
Next I need to quilt this with my standard home sewing machine.....
Do you know a long arm quilter in South Central PA?
I made this quilt the "old fashioned" way, pencil and graph paper.
The layout and assigning the fabrics a number.
I cut 5 inch squares and arranged them on my cutting table,
again numbered to keep me organized.
I began with the center row and continued with identical
rows to each side.
This process took quite some time, but I couldn't find a tutorial
for the strip piecing method that used 7 fabrics.
I decided it would be more productive to just sew instead of trying
to figure out the strip piece method for myself.
I was also dealing with extreme knee pain so moving
around and even sewing for a long period of time was terrible.
Thankfully that is under control now!
The backing will be the tan print on the right
and the binding will be the dark brown fabric.
For now, I'm giving my sewing machine and knee a break,
a.k.a. working up the courage to start the quilting.
So, I'm working on an autumn leaf barn quilt.
Thanks for visiting and please contact me if you
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Where have they gone,
the hedgerow fairies
in their harebell hats?
I used to see them sitting
under their leafy roofs
stitching their summer dresses
of poppy and mallow petals
with long silk threads
catching the summer sunlight
as the smiling spiders spun.
I miss them so,
the hedgerow fairies
in their harebell hats.
I used to see them collecting
armfuls of meadow sweet
to stuff their nighttime mattresses,
making doorways in their new
toadstool homes with sharp stones.
Maybe they've gone underground
to escape the passing cars and tractors.
Maybe they only come out at night now
and stitch and stuff under the moonlight.
I don't know.
But I miss them so,
the hedgerow fairies
in their harebell hats.
First published in Vox Poetica, 2016
Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She is especially interested in exploring the boundaries of dream, fantasy and reality. Her poem 'A Rose For Gaza' was shortlisted for the Theatre Cloud 'War Poetry for Today' competition 2014. This and many other poems, have been widely published, in recent anthologies such as - 'Alice In Wonderland' by Silver Birch Press, 'The Border Crossed Us' from Vagabond Press and 'Selfhood' from Trancendence Zero - and journals such as Apogee, Firewords Quarterly, Guide To Kulchur, Indie Soleil,Midnight Circus and Snapdragon as well as many other online and print publications.
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