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A conversation between Rabbi Reuben and "Mary"
(Names in correspondence have been changed to protect privacy)
From: Mary
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009
To:* Rabbi Reuben
Subject:* Advice: Dealing with Feelings of Failure in Marrying Out
My name is Mary. I'm from Kentucky and went to Catholic school-although neither my family nor I are religious. My boyfriend, Ben, is Jewish. Both of his parents are Jewish, his father is Israeli and his mother is American. They have a very secular household, but they identify themselves as Jews- Jewish culture is everything to them.
We have approximately the same moral values and view of god. Our relationship has been termed "interfaith", but our problems are not a matter of faith-I think they're a matter of race/culture.
Our relationship has gotten really serious and we are very much in love. I'm doing all I can to embrace his culture- I've spent 7 months with him in Israel- celebrating holidays with him and reading books about Judaism and learning Hebrew. I'm really enjoying getting an insight into another culture and religion. I love Israel and I like the values in Judaism- with the exception of the 'exclusiveness' aspect.
However, he's having a hard time embracing my family and my heritage. He can't seem to face it. Now that we're thinking aboutthe future and I'm pressing for him to make time for my family, his prejudice is showing through. He's terrified that he won't fit in with my family and he has all these preconceived notions of them- like the way they would act or what they would think.
We went through some of the questions last night from your book, A Non-judgemental Guide to Interfaith Marriage. He opened up and told me that he feels he's settling or will fail by marrying a non-Jew- like he didn't try hard enough to find a Jewish girl. Also, he feels his Jewish identity is threatened by marrying out. Is this what is taught?
Is there anything we can do? Have you dealt with this in the past? We'd both really appreciate any help/insight you can give us.
Thank you so much for you time,
I am happy to help you any way that I can. The kind of ambivalent feelings that Noah has been feeling are not unusual for Jews who are involved with "interfaith" relationships, especially Israelis. Part of the challenge is that although religious identity both for Christians and Jews is composed of the three B's – Believing, Belonging and Behaving – for Christians the foundation is "belief" and the "behaviors" such as going to church or celebrating holidays and the like are expressions of that belief, for Jews our identity grows not primarily out of "belief" but rather "Belonging" to the Jewish people.
It is what most people call "culture" and reflects the fact that Judaism is in truth not a religion in the narrow sense of a system of belief, but rather the evolving religious civilization of the Jewish people with language, literature, art, music, food and all the full range of any civilization. We are like a family and we experience our identity as part of that large Jewish family that stretches back to Abraham and Sarah in the Bible and continues down to this day. That is especially true for Jews raised in Israel since the sense of belonging to the Jewish people and being responsible for its continuing survival is deeply impressed in the Israeli psyche as a remnant of the Holocaust. When you marry someone Jewish or become part of the Jewish people by choice (conversion) as an adult, you are also becoming part of this historical sense of belonging to a community and people that has experienced the anti-Semitism and discrimination of the past several thousand years (especially from the Christian world, from the Crusades to the Inquisition to the Holocaust).
It is a painful reality that Jews even today on some level all live in the shadow of the ugliness and pain of the past, but true nonetheless. That doesn't mean you can't create a loving, nurturing, spiritual life partnership with Ben because the world is filled with lots of interfaith marriages and relationships that are successful. My congregation is probably at least a third interfaith relationships and they have all found ways of creating their own unique religious lifestyles that work for them. I have a number of video blogs that you can see on http://www.interfaithfamily.com/ or even on my own not completed website http://www.interfaithrabbi.com that might be helpful as you work through all these personal issues.
I'm happy to offer whatever advice I can and do want you to know that liberal Judaism does not teach exclusivity or that Jews are better than anyone else and in fact my version of Judaism specifically rejects the idea of exclusive chosenness of the Jewish people and teaches that all people choose their own unique answers to the same fundamental questions of life and one isn't better than another.
Anyway, let me know if there are specific issues I can help you with.
With blessings,
Hi Steven,
Thank you so much for your advice. Now that Noah and I are discussing this more, the issue is becoming even more hurtful and seemingly hopeless.
We're caught in this cycle and I don't know how to break it. He admits that he has issues with me and my family not being Jewish- that he always pictured himself marrying a Jewish girl. I get upset and feel like he wants something different than me. He consoles me by telling and showing me that he loves me and only me. I try to forget the Jewish thing because I know and believe he loves me. Then I'm reminded that we don't share this huge thing that's important to him and I'm back to being upset.
I don't know how or if this cycle is breakable. I feel like this is something he can't change about himself, but I don't know if that's true. I don't want to hang on and get even more hurt, but I don't want to let go. So I have some questions that I'm not sure you can answer…
How do I know if he can change? Knowing that he doesn't think I'm worthy enough to marry, breaks my heart and the fact that it's because of my cultural background makes it so much worse. How can you carry on a relationship like this? How do you take away the resentment he feels for my people because of the threat they pose to his people and the separation that comes with that? How is it that love doesn't erase this by itself? How do I not take this all personally? How do you break up with someone when you know that they love you and you love them?
I really don't know who else to turn to on this.
Thanks again,
Rabbi Reuben wrote:
Mary my dearest,
My heart breaks for you reading your pain and suffering as you contemplate the implications of Noah's attitude about Judaism and its role in your life. However, I think it is a mistake for you to equate Noah growing up always picturing himself marrying a Jewish girl and having a Jewish home and family with Noah not seeing you as "worthy enough to marry.' I don't think those are the same at all and I certainly have had lots of experience with interfaith couples where one person's childhood images and fantasies come in conflict with his or her adult reality of actually finding the person they love. Sometimes you can over intellectualize and over analyze the implications of your partner's childhood assumptions. There are one's dreams and expectations growing up and there is the reality of life that we encounter, embrace and love and they are very often not the same at all.
Having said that, what is important to a successful relationship, whether same faith or interfaith is that you are a partnership and that you feel you are on the same team and same side with one another. If you love each other and want to be together and create a life together, you can. If you are both willing to put you relationship as number one in priority in your life and see it and each other as the most important things in your life then the differences between you can be accommodated and incorporated into your life together. Either way you will be creating your own unique religious lifestyle together and the degree to which you incorporate religious ritual and custom and tradition into your lives is up to you. I encourage couples to see their own religious backgrounds as the spiritual, cultural resources of their lives from which they can draw upon to help give a greater sense of purpose, meaning and belonging. Judaism is the evolving religious civilization of the Jewish people with language, literature, art, music, food, a shared cultural history and sense of values and ethics. It is not belief but rather "belonging" to the Jewish people that is the primary force that gives Jews their sense of identity. In general Christianity is based more on specific beliefs and the behaviors of Christianity like going to church or celebrating a holiday are expressions of one's beliefs. In Judaism, the behaviors we embrace, whether holidays, life-cycle rituals, Jewish foods, visiting Israel, going to a synagogue service are all ways of reinforcing our sense of belonging to the Jewish people and family. Those are the elements of our identity that matter most to most of us – the shared history is important because as a minority living in a majority culture we have experienced so many centuries of persecution and prejudice so we have developed a certain paranoia about the rest of the world. We come by it honestly, even though it is a bit difficult for non-Jews to understand always on the same gut level as someone who has grown up Jewish or Israeli.
It is also important not to personalize that which isn't actually personal. Resentment against non-Jews who have created antisemitism, or supported the holocaust or attacked Israel is understandable, and is not the same as looking at all non-Jews as bad or evil or whatever. Life is complex and messy and so are relationships. I would trust my heart to tell me if I can trust my partner. You need to sit down with him and share your fears and concerns and see how you feel as you talk about these issues.
Let me know if I can answer any specific other questions for you and please know that I am happy to talk with both of you in person or any other way that might be helpful. I have to run now but am happy to talk with you about this more.
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Lucha Underground
August 2, 2017
The Temple
Boyle Heights, California
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Transcription by Josh Lopez
– Dario Cueto walks to Matanza's cell. Cueto has a tray of food on his hands. Matanza's figurative hunger allowed to hurt his brother. It will destroy Matanza if he doesn't control it.
First Match: Pindar w/Kobra Moon vs. Fenix in a Quarterfinal Match In The Inaugural Cueto Cup Tournament
Fenix ducks a clothesline from Pindar. Fenix with a waist lock go-behind. Fenix blocks a Big Boot from Pindar. Fenix lands a thrust kick to the gut. Pindar responds with a Big Boot. Pindar goes into a ground and pound attack. Fenix dodges more strikes from Pindar. Pindar plants Fenix with a tilt-a-whirl back breaker for a two count. Pindar goes for a belly to back suplex, but Fenix lands back on his feet. Fenix connects with the enziguri. Kobra Moon is choking Fenix behind the referee's back.
Pindar lands a spinning heel kick in the corner. Pindar goes for the Pop Up PowerBomb, but Fenix blocks it. Fenix lands a spinning back fist. Pindar responds with a corner clothesline. Pindar monkey flips Fenix to the other side of the ring. Pindar goes for the cover, but Fenix kicks out at the count of two. Fenix lands a leg lariat. Fenix goes for a SpringBoard Crossbody Block, but Pindar counters with a back breaker.
Pindar repeatedly drives his knees to the chest of Fenix. Pindar plants Fenix with a PumpHandle Double Under Hook Michinoku Driver for a two count. Fenix dives over Pindar. Fenix connects with a SpringBoard Heel Kick. Fenix goes for a German Suplex, but Pindar blocks it. Fenix lands a clubbing blow to the back of Pindar's neck. Fenix connects with a DeadLift German Suplex for a two count. Pindar sends Fenix to the ring apron. Pindar lands a series of right hands. Pindar ascends to the top turnbuckle. Fenix lands a leaping palm strike. Fenix connects with the Spanish Fly. Fenix follows that with a Flying Double Stomp to pickup the victory.
Winner: Fenix via Pinfall
– Dario Cueto is talking to the World Wide Underground. Jack Evans has yet to recover from his injuries. Cueto says that The WorldWide Underground will be banned from ringside area during the Johnny Mundo/El Dragon Azteca Jr. Match. Taya Valkyrie, PJ Black and Ricky Mandel will have an opportunity at the Gift of The Gods Championship next week. If they interfere in tonight's main event, they'll be fired.
Second Match: Dante Fox vs. Prince Puma in a Quarterfinal Match In The Inaugural Cueto Cup Tournament
Puma lands a single leg takedown. Puma dives over Fox. Fox dropkicks Puma out of the ring. Fox connects with the suicide dive. Puma responds with a Bicycle Kick. Puma follows that with a suicide dive of his own. Fox drops Puma with a spinning heel kick. Fox connects with the SomerSault Plancha. Puma lands another Bicycle Kick. Puma with a Pascada to the outside. Fox kicks Puma in the jaw Fox goes for a MoonSault off the ring apron, but Puma catches him in mid-air. Fox drops Puma with a DDT. Fox rams Puma back first to the apron. Fox rolls Puma back into the ring. Fox goes for the cover, but Puma kicks out at the count of two. Fox is mauling Puma on the bottom rope. Fox applies a front face lock. Fox lands a snap mare takeover. Fox is grounding Puma with a rear chin lock. Puma escapes out of the chin lock. Puma and Fox are trading back and forth shots.
Fox goes for a backslide, but Puma blocks it. Puma goes for the Tornado DDT, but Fox counters with a Fox Catcher for a two count. Puma drop toe holds Fox face first to the middle turnbuckle. Puma connects with the High Crossbody Block for a two count. Fox applies a side headlock. Fox ducks a clothesline from Puma. Puma plants Fox with a Cutter. Puma follows that with a Standing Shooting Star Press for a two count. Fox slips out of the Fireman's Carry Position. Fox drop toe holds Puma to the second rope. Fox lands a leg lariat from the outside. Fox plants Puma with a SpringBoard CodeBreaker for a two count. After a pinning exchange, Puma and Fox are trading back and forth enziguri's.
Puma connects with the Blue Thunder Bomb for a two count. Fox lands a series of forearm strikes. Puma responds with a SuperMan Punch in the corner. Puma follows that with a double knee strike. Fox responds with a Uranage Slam. Fox connects with a jumping corner clothesline. Fox lands a SlingShot Dropkick. Fox with a Rolling Death Valley Driver. Fox follows that with a 450 Splash. Puma rolls Fox over for a two count. Puma dodges a leg lariat from Fox. Puma connects with a leaping knee strike.
Puma with a Northern Lights Suplex then follows that with a Brain Buster for a two count. Puma lands a snap mare takeover. Fox SuperKicks Puma. Fox goes for the Spanish Fly, but Puma blocks it. Puma plants Fox with an Avalanche Exploder Suplex. Puma connects with Vertigo for a two count. Puma lands a Basement Dropkick that sends Fox crashing back first into the turnbuckles. Puma connects with the 630 Splash to pickup the victory. After the match, Killshot drops Puma with a Reverse Package PileDriver. Killshot says that the beef between him and Fox is far from over
Winner: Prince Puma via Pinfall
Third Match: Johnny Mundo vs. El Dragon Azteca Jr.
The family of Rey Mysterio is watching the match from the ringside area. Mundo dodges a couple of strikes from Azteca. Azteca with a waist lock go-behind. Azteca applies an arm-bar Mundo lands a boot across the chest of Azteca. Mundo follows that with a leg sweep. Azteca responds with a flurry of kicks. Mundo kicks Azteca in the gut. Mundo lands a clubbing blow to the back of Azteca. Mundo sends Azteca to the ring apron. Azteca connects with the SpringBoard Hurricanrana that sends Mundo out of the ring. Azteca goes for another SpringBoard Hurricanrana to the outside, but Mundo counters with a Spine Buster. Mundo rolls Azteca back into the ring. Mundo goes for the cover, but Azteca kicks out at the count of two. Mundo connects with the Shining Wizard for a two count.
Mundo is grounding Azteca with a side headlock. Azteca gets back to a vertical base. Azteca is trying to create some space. Mundo lands another clubbing shot to the back of Azteca. Mundo connects with a SpringBoard Leg Lariat for a two count. Azteca rolls Mundo over for a two count. Mundo starts mauling Azteca in the corner. Azteca launches Mundo out of the ring. Azteca drops Mundo with a SomerSault Plancha. Azteca goes for the cover, but Mundo kicks out. Azteca lands a knife edge chop. Azteca follows that with a thrust kick to the midsection of Mundo. Azteca connects with a Leg Drop for a two count. Azteca starts stomping on Mundo's chest in the corner. Mundo pokes Azteca in the eye.
Azteca responds with a leg lariat. Azteca plants Mundo with a Sunset Flip PowerBomb for a two count. Mundo kicks Azteca in the gut. Mundo goes for the Moonlight Drive, but Azteca blocks it. Mundo connects with the Standing C4 for a two count. Mundo irish whips Azteca to the corner. Azteca with a step up enziguri. Azteca plants Mundo with a Reverse SunsetFlip PowerBomb for a two count. Azteca goes back to the top turnbuckle. Mundo sends Azteca crashing to the canvas. Mundo connects with the End Of The World to pickup the victory. After the match, Mundo attacks Azteca with a steel chair. Mundo gets into a confrontation with the son of Rey Mysterio, Dominic. Rey Mysterio comes out from the backstage area. The WorldWide Underground blindsides Mysterio. Dominic has to be held back by the police. Mundo hits Dominic in the face with the Lucha Underground Title.
Winner: Johnny Mundo via Pinfall
– We see Fenix walking Melissa Santos to her car. Melissa wants to see Fenix without his mask. We see Marty The Moth Martinez lurking in the background. Marty says that Melissa won't like what she sees once Marty rips off Fenix's mask.

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Submitted to: Journal of Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
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Publication Acceptance Date: 12/1/2003
Publication Date: 3/23/2004
Citation: Roughead, Z.K., Johnson, L.K., Wagner, J.L. 2004. Effects of soy versus meat protein on calcium retention and bone biomechanical properties in ovarioectomized rats. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Journal. 18:A852-A853.
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Technical Abstract: Aim: To determine the effects of diets high or low in soy versus meat proteins on calcium (Ca) retention and bone quality. Design: Ovarioectomized rats were assigned to 5 groups (n=8 each) with equal mean weights. One group was killed at baseline. In a 2x2 factorial design, the other groups were fed diets (0.2% Ca) with 10 or 20% meat or soy protein (2.28 mg aglycone/g protein) for 8 wk. After 2 wk, fasted rats received test meals labeled with 47Ca isotope. Ca retention was monitored for 10 d with a whole body counter. Results: Ca retention (mean'SE, % dose) was 28% higher from meat than the soy diets (53.3'2.8 and 38.5'2.7, respectively, P<0.001) and 18% higher in those fed the high versus low protein diets (50.3'2.7 and 41.6'2.8, respectively, P<0.05). Serum IGF-1 was unaffected by protein source, but was increased by 31% with high protein intake (P<0.05). Meat intake increased both body and femur sizes (by 10 and 5%, P<0.05); however, femur and vertebral mineral contents, volumetric densities, breaking stress, and toughness were unaffected by diet. Compared to baseline, bone density and breaking stress were similarly reduced over time in all groups. Conclusions: Neither meat nor soy protein, combined with marginal Ca intake, protected against estrogen deficiency bone loss. Compared to intact soy protein, meat intake resulted in greater Ca retention and larger body and bone size without changing the intrinsic quality of bones.


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C&T rebounds nicely this week, thanks in part to a new, more proportionate opportunity for the girls: this time, instead of playing in front of 100,000 people, they join the 200,000 who want to be contestants on the popular Mars Brightest talent competition, a sure way to jump-start their careers.
This week also marks the first real connection between C&T and Angela's storylines, as Tao has Angela entered as a "special guest" contestant on MB, putting her in competition with the other two protagonists. This could mean the three could be in the same room together, or maybe even talk to each other!
The main issue is Tuesday, or rather Tuesday's status as a runaway, which she doesn't realize until they're already in line for the auditions (which are about as weird and woolly as one would expect from such a large pool of potentials). If her family catches her on camera, she'll be made, and they'll come for her. Mind you, Tues doesn't know her bro already found her, but chose to leave her alone.
This brings us to the best part of this episode, and why it was so much better than last week's: We don't actually hear Carole & Tuesday sing anything. This might sound counterintuitive, but the worst element of this show about a musical duo getting their start is their music—their first guerrilla performance at the music hall being the sole exception.
Mind you, just because the songs stink doesn't mean all the music of C&T is bad. On the contrary, the incidental score is above average, and we get a particularly nice melancholy synth suite that plays along as we watch Angela decline to move back in with her Mama (who was her Papa before gender reassignment).
Instead, Angie chooses to live alone in her sparse, modern place where she can breathe, away both from Mama and all the trappings of her past that threatened to "suffocate" her. Her annoying AI only gets four "ANGELA!s" in before she shuts him up. Somebody needs friends, and I can think of no one better suited than Carole & Tuesday, even if they're artistic and professional rivals.
As if hearing me say "your songs are bad and you should feel bad," after auditions Tuesday slides into a slump, brought on in part by learning more of Carole's story as an Earth refugee and orphan who had to survive on her own.
Tuesday's family may be loaded (with cash) but she's also loaded—with all the problems being the daughter of an important politician and little sister of a Harvard elite. She admits she's a little jealous of Carole's lifelong independence and self-sufficiency.
In light of her new friend, who has helped her in this new world, Tuesday resolves to hold her head up and stop cowering in front of the cameras. If her mom finds her, so what! She's going for it, side-by-side with Carole.
After learning that Gus spent all their modest Cydonia earnings (980 Woolong) on gambling (not a good look Gus!), he, or rather Roddy, give them the good news: They're among the eight contestants for Mars' Brightest! As we saw, a good portion of the competition were horrendous, but considering there were 200,000 of them to contend with, this feels a bit neat, tidy, and easily done.
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The vision for Australia's first private, not-for-profit university, was to provide an exclusive educational experience consisting of the highest international standards, under the tutelage of the country's leading academics.When those foundation students graduated as 'Class of 89', they were quickly recruited by some of Australia's most successful corporations. The graduates' subsequent achievements in the workplace firmly established the Bond reputation for excellence.
In the past 30 years the university has grown to become one of Australia's leading universities with disciplines including medicine, architecture and health sciences.
Our students have achieved on the global stage, successfully challenging the most prestigious institutions from the USA, UK, Europe and Asia, in high-profile international competitions.
Bond has achieved far beyond all expectations, meeting every challenge with the unbridled spirit of determination and innovation that equally exemplifies its graduates.
Bond University architecture
Arata Isozaki, a Japanese architect of international repute, designed the Arch building which houses the Library and the Faculty of Society and Design in two wings. The West and East Wings are linked by a two storey arch, housing academic and administration offices. The building looks out onto Lake Orr, a man-made lake.
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- How did the Alex Theatre almost go by the wayside in the 1990s and what Glendale Arts does to help make sure that doesn't happen again.
- Behind the scenes at the Alex Theatre – why it's called a full-service rental facility.
- Tours at the Alex Theatre and the updated tour with demonstrations that will be available soon.
- Curb Your Enthusiasm and Pentatonix – what do they have to do with the Alex Theatre.
- When the next Taste of Downtown Glendale will be happening and what it is.
- How the Glendale Young Professionals group helps young businesspeople and entrepreneurs with a real life example.
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The Tableau Interactive Sports "Viz" Contest
Do you love sports and sports data? Do you spend hours poring over stats trying to figure out who is going to win the championship? Tableau has a new contest that is perfect for you!
Continuing on last year's Tableau Public visualization contest, there will be three viz contests this year, all focusing on a particular type of data. This Sports Data contest is our second this year, following the Business Visualization Contest won by Alex Kerin in June.
Anyone who can download Tableau Public and visualize sports data can enter. Even if you don't have data right now, you might want to look for some because the winner is going to be taking away a free roundtrip ticket to attend the 2011 Tableau Customer Conference. This includes 3 night's accommodations at the Encore and a chance to compete in the Iron Viz championship with the winners of the other two contests. The winner of Iron Viz will take away a new iPad2, and $2,000.
Intrigued? Learn more here. If you need some data, we highly suggest browsing through a couple of these sites:
- Baseball Statistics from Fangraphs.com
- Olympic Sports stats from Sports-reference.com
- Football stats from CBS Sports
- Soccer stats from SoccerStats.com
Still need some inspiration? Check out Al Melchior's pre-season baseball viz, which shows the projected fantasy points and OPS of each team in the MLB. The higher to the right the team is, the better they are expected to do.


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Day 1: Choosing to Love Myself and Own My Life Day 16. Tuesday, December 22nd. Just about anything that could go "wrong" today, went wrong. And that was just the beginning. So… it was a great exercise in patience, self-forgiveness, and gratitude. I woke up to the smell of something burning. It was a batch of chicken broth that I had cooking on the stove. Apparently "low" on the larger front burners is much different than "low" on the smaller back burners, and it had reduced all the way to being gone overnight. Now the contents were burning to the bottom of the pan. Lovely. I needed this for the jambalaya I was planning on making that evening (which would turn into its own adventure). On a positive note, we did sleep for over 9 hours, for the second straight night. The first time I'd done so in as long as I can remember. It's amazing how much easier (or possible) it is for me to sleep in a little bit beyond the normal 6:30 (or 7:00 at the latest) when I'm not going to be working that day, don't have a zillion tasks to do, etc… [caption id="attachment_4537" align="alignleft" width="169"] Marley likes bacon![/caption] We had some delicious tea after waking up, and made a breakfast of Sonrise Ranch bacon, sweet spiced friend plantains, persimmons, and mandarin oranges. After finishing, we took Marley for his morning walk. It was rainy, cloudy, and cool – and remained that way for the whole day. We had plans to possibly go for a hike, but decided on a movie instead. We were going to see Creed, the new Rocky movie. I now know, in retrospect, that there are two large malls next to each other, each with their own theater. Previous to yesterday, I didn't understand/notice this, and thought both theaters (listed online) were the same thing. They generally had the same movies, same movie times, etc… so it was confusing to me. Well… this time, I picked the wrong one, and we missed the movie time. Driving/parking near the malls is insane, and so this was quite frustrating. I did let it bother me for a little while, but Mira nor Michael seemed too upset about it, so I tried to let it go. From there, after battling our way out of the mall area, we went to Whole Foods to replace the chicken bones that I'd ruined in the broth mishap. They sell chicken backs/necks, as well as turkey backs/necks – both are perfect for making soups/broth/stock. Parking at Whole Foods was a total battle royal of craziness. Inside it was a zoo. Everything was madness. We got in, got what we needed, and got out. Wow… I think the entire state of California takes off work the entire week of Christmas. After returning home, I had a Nick's Sticks and persimmon for a snack. We had gone out and bought a game the previous night, so we busted that out and gave it a whirl. Not bad! It's called Blokus, and I would explain it as competitive Tetris on a board. We played a couple rounds and then took Mira to her Acupuncture appointment. While there, we ran into some friends (James Gregory – founder of FastPaleo.com and his girlfriend, Melissa) – stopped and had a little tea at Mad Monk Tea Shop (same location), and talked about our mutual love of Asian foods! [caption id="attachment_4538" align="alignright" width="169"] Blokus![/caption] Michael and I went to the local co-op to get the remaining ingredients (or so I thought) for our jambalaya experiment, and then cruised back over to pick up Mira. After we got home, Michael helped me start making the jambalaya. We used Chef Paul Prudhomme's recipe from his classic cookbook. (basically the bible of Louisiana cooking) Unfortunately we were out of a couple spices that we needed, so I had to go back to the co-op again. Ugh. Frustration. Breathing. Got back, started working on the recipe again, and noticed two more ingredients/spices that we didn't have. Again. Frustration. Went back to the co-op again. (It's quite close-by, but this was still very frustrating). I didn't prepare properly, didn't make sure properly that we had everything, and therefore had to make multiple trips back to the store. An exercise in breathing and letting things go, including disappointment and frustration with myself. After using (I think) every single pan or dish in the house, our creation was finally ready to eat, and it was delicious! It was fun cooking with Michael (he's quite the young chef!) and we all sat down for dinner and watched a few episodes of a great Netflix series called "Chef's Table", which features some of the world's most innovative and unique chefs. I highly recommend it to anyone who is into cooking, eating, or food! DISCLAIMER: I did have a few organic red hot multi-grain chips (Late July brand) while working on dinner (snack from the co-op), and there was a little bit of butter (used pastured/cultured grass-fed butter) in the jambalaya recipe. Not 100% compliance with my set agenda, so I wanted to be transparent on that. By the time we watched a few episodes of Chef's Table, it was time to wind down and head to bed. I could have let the burned broth, movie mishap, mall chaos, Whole Foods chaos, multiple trips to the store, etc… etc… etc… totally ruin my day (and the days of those around me), but tried to just focus on the positive end of things. I don't like the Christmas season, am not religious, and the rabid consumerism is kinda' repulsive to me. Luckily, I live in a neighborhood which doesn't get crazy around the holidays, and one wouldn't even notice it's "the season" by walking around or shopping locally. My life allows me to stay in the neighborhood about 90% of the time – and so I'm not exposed to the craziness "out there" or music or decorations or angry people or any of it… that is definitely something to be grateful for. In regards to the food mishaps and multiple store trips – I tried to focus on being grateful that I have such easy access to high quality foods, money to buy those foods, skills to cook those foods, and a son who is also interested in cooking with whom I can prepare a delicious meal! I'm also thankful for Cajun and Creole foods, in general! (My favorite) [caption id="attachment_4539" align="alignleft" width="300"] Jambalaya! Thanks, Chef Paul![/caption] Aside from a bunch of walking, I didn't do too much in the "self-care" department today. I did eat a couple things that aren't on my 100% superhuman list, and spent a lot of time in the car/in the kitchen, etc… On the bright side, we had a fun day despite all the frustrating circumstances, and knocked the jambalaya out of the park! (One of my favorite foods) Also, my sleep has been better/longer/better quality the last few nights than it has been in as long as I can remember and my shoulder didn't have any residual pain or anything from doing some kettlebells the previous day!]]>
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The following links will direct you to informative websites on value investing.
Founded in 1983 by Kiril Sokoloff, 13D Global Strategy & Research's original, eponymous project allowed subscribers to piggyback on the ideas of the investment greats—the Warren Buffetts and Carl Icahns. At the time, 13D filings (notifications filed with the SEC when a company or individual purchased a 5% share in a public company) were totally ignored. Sokoloff saw their immense value as thousands of U.S. public companies were selling way below their break-up value and visionary investors were generating huge returns.
Over the decades, 13D has continued to apply a unique and open perspective in order to find investment opportunities for its clients. Our research is not generated behind closed walls - it's generated on the streets of cities and towns around the world and over dinners with today's most promising thought leaders. We read and re-read the lessons of history - they are integral to making sense of the world today.
3G Capital Management LLC is a private investment partnership that invests in undervalued securities around the world.
A. Gary Shilling & Co., Inc. was founded in 1978 by A. Gary Shilling. Their approach to analyzing and forecasting economic and financial developments in the U.S. and abroad, and to apply their results to clients' activities and portfolios they manage is guided by Dr. Shilling's two long-standing principles:
-Human nature changes very slowly over time, if at all. Therefore, history is relevant because human beings will react to similar circumstances in similar ways. The trick, however, is to find the relevant piece of history on which to draw parallels. In this sense, forecasting is an art, not a science.
-The objective of forecasting is to identify the significant but undiscounted aspects of the outlook. This is where the true opportunities for investors lie and where business can get the jump on competitors. A rehash of the consensus view, which is fully discounted in security markets and business plans, is of limited value.
Their approach is "top down," emphasizing the major themes—developed from their economic, financial and political analysis—that will influence business and financial markets in the short and long runs. The themes are developed carefully, and they normally stick to them as they unfold, avoiding whipsawing our clients—and themselves—by constant radical changes in their outlook.
ABC Funds is a Canadian-based financial management company led by Irwin A. Michael. Their investment philosophy incorporates value investing principles, which they call the "Ten Commandments of Value Investing", to their stock selection process. They focus on factors such as consistent earnings performance, undervalued assets or brands and management quality.
Aquamarine Capital is an investment manager run by Guy Spier, a devoted disciple of Warren Buffett. Based in Switzerland, far away from the noise of Wall Street, Guy Spier closely follows Buffett's princples on capital allocation and value investing.
Berkshire Hathaway is a large holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, that oversees and manages a number of subsidiary companies. The company is owned and managed by two of the most renowned value investors, Warren E. Buffett and Charlie Munger.
For the very early letters to partners by Warren Buffett, click here.
For more recent letters to shareholders by Warren Buffett, click here.
For a compilation of Charlie Munger's speeches, click here.
Bristol Gate Capital Partners Inc. uses machine learning and other data science techniques in combination with fundamental analysis to construct high dividend growth portfolios that aim to reduce risk and improve return while avoiding emotional bias in the investment process.
Bristol Gate was founded in 2006 and is a privately owned company.
Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. is a leading investment counselling firm providing discretionary investment management services to private individuals, charitable foundations, endowments, and pension funds. Burgundy is a proud supporter of the Value Investing Library & Collection at the Ivey School of Business at Western University.
CAVIE focuses on educating future business leaders and investors in the investment style made popular by Benjamin Graham in the early 1930's, referred to as Value Investing. Its mission is to preserve and disseminate, via its seminars, the ideas, valuation and stock selection methodologies and investment philosophies associated with Value Investing.
Since 1974, Century Management has offered personal wealth management services to their clients, as well as serving the investment needs of institutions. Their longstanding experience is their guide.
Toronto-based Chou Associates Management Inc. has operated two of the country's most successful funds, Chou Associates Fund and Chou RRSP fund, for the last 18 years. In 2005, the Canadian Investment Award named Mr. Francis Chou, the president of Chou Associates Management Inc., the fund manager of the decade. Mr. Chou's approach is to "find bargains and maintain discipline; if you cannot find bargains stay in cash".
Ewing Morris & Co. Investment Partners Ltd. is a value driven Canadian boutique investment firm established in September 2011 by John Ewing and Darcy Morris. Their aim is to achieve preservation and growth of capital for their limited partners by focusing on inefficient markets. They do this by relying on fundamental analysis, high conviction and the use of flexible capital.
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited is a financial services holding company whose corporate objective is to achieve a high rate of return on invested capital and build long-term shareholder value. Fairfax is a proud supporter of the Ben Graham Chair in Value Investing and Centre for Value Investing at the Ivey School of Business at Western University.
With a heritage dating back to 1864, First Eagle Investment Management is an independent investment management firm that provides investment advisory services to private investment funds, institutional accounts, high-net-worth individuals, financial advisors and their clients through a range of investment strategies and retail mutual funds. Over their long history, their primary goal has always been to help clients avoid permanent impairment of capital, while seeking attractive returns. Fundamentally, they believe in flexible, benchmark-agnostic, absolute return-oriented investing that seeks to provide clients with downside protection. All of First Eagle's offerings align with these core investment principles.
Three partners – Donald Foyston, Peter Gordon and Malcolm Payne – launched Foyston, Gordon & Payne in 1980. Each partner brought extensive expertise and experience to the firm – with deep knowledge of the institutional investment and private money management business. With a belief in the discipline and success of value style investing, FGP soon developed strong connections with clients based on trust and integrity – backed by disciplined research and analysis of the quality and value of potential investments. More than three decades later, their firm has grown to over 50 employees while continuing to invest in high-quality companies with attractive valuations – just as their original partners did.
Franklin Resources, Inc., is a global investment management organization known as Franklin Templeton Investments. Their headquarters are located just south of San Francisco, in San Mateo, California. They have offices in 29 countries around the world and offer investment solutions and services in more than 150.
Greenlea Lane is a New York based private investment partnership founded in 2007 by Josh Tarasoff. Their approach to investment is focused on the long term, working within their circle of competence to determine the intrinsic value of companies 5 years, 10 years, and beyond.
GuruFocus tracks the Stock Picks and Portfolio Holdings of Warren Buffett, George Soros and other guru investors.
Kahn Brothers & Company, lnc. a New York Stock Exchange member firm, is an investment advisor with over $800 million of institutional and private funds under management. Founded in 1978 by Irving, Alan and Thomas Kahn, it invests primarily in undervalued equity securities that have attractive prospects for capital appreciation. The firm's principals have well over one-hundred years aggregate experience in applying the "value investing" philosophy espoused by Benjamin Graham in Security Analysis, (1934). Its goal is to provide clients with superior returns on investment while limiting their exposure to risk and possible loss of capital.
Lountzis Asset Management LLC is an investment firm with a value-based approach to investing. They uniquely complement their bottom-up quantitative with field-based research to enhance their understanding of a company's industry and financial characteristics.
Martin Capital Management, LLC is a privately owned investment advisor registered with the state of Indiana. Since 1987, we have remained committed to a fiercely independent, risk-averse, concentrated, value-oriented investment philosophy.
Long-term compounding of capital is our ultimate goal, achieved by following the cardinal principles of preservation first, growth second. Making money begins with not losing it; accordingly, we seize the opportunity to invest only when we find companies or other investments that are underpriced by the markets. We measure growth of capital in absolute terms, not on a relative basis which seems to have become the industry standard.
In a profession where it is safer for one's career to fail conventionally than succeed unconventionally, "outsiders" with strength of conviction have a huge competitive advantage. Our Main Street, USA base in Elkhart, Indiana allows us to ignore the group-think on Wall Street.
Founded in 1974, Mawer Investment Management Ltd. is a privately owned, independent investment firm, managing over $55 billion in assets for individual and institutional investors across all major investment strategies. They have over 150 employees across their locations in Calgary, Toronto, and Singapore. For over 45 years, they have provided investment management for their clients using their "boring" investment approach. This approach has helped their clients safely and profitably navigate the investing landscape over many economic cycles. Their mission is to be their clients' most trusted investment manager by delivering long-term investment excellence, building strong client partnerships, and making a commitment to do the right thing—always.
McElvaine Investment Management's investment philosophy is "to make all the money on the purchase." The company's management believes that one of the few things they can control is the price they are willing to pay. Therefore, when they are selecting investments, they focus on what they are getting and at what price they are prepared to act. The company's intention is to invest only where the difference between the value of the investment and the price they pay gives them a margin of safety. The factors they consider in assessing investments include:
·The difference between the "intrinsic value" and the market price of the investment
·The business risks associated with the investment
·Incentives that align management's and shareholders' interests.
Oaktree's mission is to provide highly professional management with a primary emphasis on risk control in a limited number of sophisticated investment specialties. Oaktree specializes in less efficient markets and alternative investments, and has extensive experience, an enviable track record, broad product range and substantial assets under management. They are dedicated to the achievement of consistent and superior performance without high risk. Their ultimate objective is investment success, the fruits of which are shared by Oaktree's clients and personnel.
Oldfield Partners LLP is a London, England based boutique fund management firm. They manage over US$4 billion for an international client base, and takes a value-focused approach to their investments.
Outstanding Investor Digest brings you the most important ideas and insights of those money managers with the best long-term records in the business. Each edition is filled with exclusive in-depth interviews, substantive excerpts from annual meetings, lectures, and other special events.
Overlook Investments Group is an independent fund management company founded in 1991 by Richard H. Lawrence, Jr. Overlook established The Overlook Partners Fund L.P. ("The Partnership"), a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, in 1992 to invest in public equity markets throughout Asia, excluding Japan. In 2016, Overlook established Overlook 3G Investments, L.P., ("O3G"); a second Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, to invest in a Chinese utility company. The Partnership and O3G are both managed by their General Partner, Overlook Investments, L.P., and are advised by Overlook Investments Limited. The Partnership's successful 26 year history is based on the consistent execution of The Overlook Model.
Since inception in 1999 with $1 Million in assets under management, the Pabrai Funds have grown to $600 Million in assets under management in 2011. The funds invest in public equities utilizing the Munger/Buffett Focused Value investing approach. A $100,000 investment in Pabrai Funds at inception in 1999 would have been worth $809,800 as of March 31, 2011 – an annualized gain of 19.5% (versus 3.3% for the Dow).
Patient Capital is an independent investment counseling firm founded in 2000 with the sole purpose of preserving and growing wealth. Their principals invest their capital along with their clients and are committed to the highest levels of personal service. They focus on a select group of clients who have an investment philosophy similar to their own. They employ a highly disciplined and focused investment strategy anchored in Absolute Value designed to achieve tax-efficient, above average long-term rates of return while minimizing risk.Patient Capital advises clients in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia.
PenderFund Capital Management Ltd. was founded in 2003 and is an independent, employee-owned investment firm located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Their goal is to protect and grow wealth for their investors over time. They have a talented investment team of expert analysts, security selectors and independent thinkers who actively manage their suite of niche investment funds, exploiting inefficient parts of the investing universe to achieve their goal. They believe that:
- Small and nimble funds, such as theirs, can be opportunistic, accessing unique investment opportunities that are potentially rewarding for investors.
- Funds with concentrated portfolios of value‐based investments have the potential to generate superior long‐term, risk‐adjusted returns.
- Managers who have their own financial interests aligned with those of investors in the fund show greater conviction in their investment process and act with heightened vigilance of both risks and opportunities.
- A diverse and inclusive team drives more rounded conversations, leading to better decision making for their funds.
Peters MacGregor Capital Management is an Australian based boutique fund manager that specialises in global equities. Its investment philosophy, which has been developed from the teachings of Benjamin Graham, Philip Fisher, Warren Buffett and Charles Munger, aims to generate positive absolute returns for investors over the long term (five year plus). They are value focused investors. All portfolios are managed identically and consist of investments in a limited number of listed companies which they understand and believe are currently undervalued by the market.
Robotti & Company, a diversified financial services boutique, has been in the securities business since 1983. They pride themselves on their disciplined bottom-up research orientation. Their registered investment adviser, Robotti & Company Advisors, LLC, offers personalized investment management targeted to the client's long-term equity investment needs. Their broker-dealer, Robotti & Company, LLC, specializes in applying their research methodology in identifying undervalued securities as well as providing clients with first rate trading desk execution capabilities. Bob Robotti is their principal and is affiliated with the general partner and managing member of several investment partnerships.
Sarbit Asset Management Inc. was founded in 2005 and is an investment management firm providing investment advisory and related services. Sarbit distributes its services through a diversified network of third party financial advisors who look for a rational, common sense and business-like approach to investing.
Sionna uses a relative value investment style – a pragmatic approach to capitalizing on the Canadian market, which is overweighted in resources. Sionna considers cyclical stocks that more restrictive investing styles won't. This provides a broader pool of prospective stocks.
Since 1975, Southeastern Asset Management has been a leader in value equity investing. The key to their decades-long success has been high-conviction investing with a long-term time horizon in strong businesses with good people at deeply discounted prices.
Stacey Muirhead Capital Management's investment approach utilizes time-tested principles of intelligent investing. Achieving a superior investment record is a lot harder than most people think and developing investment wisdom comes from both direct experience and a willingness to absorb lessons from others. Stacey Muirhead has been fortunate to learn from the experiences and writings of super investors such as Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger and others.
Steadyhand is a Canadian mutual fund company with an experienced management team and a unique investment philosophy.
Steadyhand has a straightforward lineup of no-load, high-conviction funds that are offered directly to investors. Their fees are low, their portfolios are concentrated and their managers focus on making clients money, rather than tracking an index.
Templeton and Phillips, LLC was originally founded by Lauren Templeton as Templeton Capital Management in 2001 with $30 million in seeded capital from the value investing legend Sir John Templeton. Under the guidance of Sir John Templeon, the firm's leadership refined its investment strategy, and to this day still reflects Sir John Templeton's investment philosophy.
The Baupost Group, LLC is an employee owned hedge fund sponsor. The firm provides its services to pooled investment vehicles. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States. The Baupost Group was founded in 1982 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
The Brandes Institute develops ideas and research that expand the investment community's understanding of market behavior and portfolio management. The Institute is a division of Brandes Investment Partners, a leading investment management firm based in San Diego.
O. Mason Hawkins' views on entrepreneurship center on keeping the spirit going, "Perpetuating an entrepreneurial environment is America's greatest challenge as well as our brightest hope." Thirty years ago, Mason founded Southeastern Asset Management, which manages more than $34 billion in assets, including the Longleaf Partners Funds, a group of mutual funds that consistently ranks among the nation's best performers. They include the Longleaf Partners Fund, Longleaf Partners Small-Cap Fund, and Longleaf Partners International Fund.
Founded by veteran value investor Martin J. Whitman, Third Avenue Management LLC, through predecessor firms, has been in the asset management business using the same disciplined value approach since 1986. The firm utilizes a research-intensive approach and repeatable investment process to create portfolios that seek absolute returns with limited investment risk, over the long term. They are guided by one proven value philosophy, which focuses on the strength of a company's balance sheet and the discounted prices of its securities. Their belief is that a strong, well-managed company can survive difficult environments, and that the price of its securities will eventually reflect its intrinsic value.
Turtle Creek Asset Management is a Canadian independent investment management firm that is firmly rooted in value investing principles. They spend a great deal of time working to understanding a company and its business in order to determine its intrinsic value. Their six founding principles are:
1. All of the investment manager's personal financial assets should be in the same investments as their clients
2. Take a long-term view on investing
3. Abhor lazy money
4. Abhor over-diversification
5. The only value is the present value of future cash flows
6. Prices will fluctuate around value
Tweedy, Browne Company LLC is an investment firm established in 1920. Their 95+ year history is rooted in finding undervalued securities. Their investment approach is derived from Benhamin Graham, who was one of the firm's primary brokerage clients in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.
Validea.com is a web site that constructs model portfolios which are based on an interpretation of the strategies of 11 of history's most successful stock pickers, including Peter Lynch, Warren Buffett, Ben Graham, Martin Zweig and Ken Fisher.
The Value Investing Congress and Pre-Congress Workshops are produced by Schwartz-Tilson Information, Inc. (STI). The principals of STI combine decades of creating and delivering high-quality information with more than 20 years of investing success.
Created by money manager Whitney Tilson and media executive John Heins, Value Investor Insight has a straightforward goal: To deliver the highest-quality investment ideas, analysis and insight to professional and sophisticated investors.
Under normal market conditions, the Wintergreen Advisers' Fund invests mainly in equity securities (including securities convertible into, or that the Investment Manager expects to be exchanged for, common or preferred stock) of companies of any nation that the Investment Manager believes are available at market prices less than their value. The Investment Manager will seek to identify securities through extensive analysis and research, taking into account, among other factors, the relationship of book value to market value, cash flow and multiples of earnings.
Thanks to Burgundy Asset Management for their vision and generous support of the Resource Centre, which benefits practitioners and scholars worldwide.
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15 years ago, the year was 1999. I know this seems pretty obvious (hello, math!) but when you think about what life was like back then, it feels like 1999 is decades older than it actually is.
I think the biggest reason for this is just how much technology has changed since then. We've seen huge growth across many different industries, but technology especially has seen exponential growth.
But what's so special about 1999?
It's the year Capterra was founded, November 1st to be exact!
Other than our company entering the technology industry, what else happened in 1999? Check out these 15 facts about what life was like 15 years ago. Prepare to be shocked, amazed, and a little nostalgic.
1. By the beginning of 1999, 150 million people around the world used the Internet, and that number grew to 248 million by the end of the year. Currently, there are almost 3 billion Internet users worldwide.
2. Remember when you couldn't be on the phone and the Internet at the same time? Yep, I'm talking about dial-up. In 1999, dial-up Internet was still mostly used in homes, while schools and businesses used broadband.
3. In the software world, it doesn't get much bigger than than Salesforce.com. They entered the market in 1999 as the first software to deliver services over the Internet, aka "The Cloud." Since then, cloud-based software has been growing in popularity and use.[sam id="58″ codes="true"]
4. Y2K. Everyone was worried in 1999 that once the year 2000 began, the world would basically end! Supposedly "computers would be so confused that they would shut down completely," because they were programmed to automatically begin dates with "19" instead of "20."
But of course, nothing horrible happened, the world did not end, and we're all still laughing at ourselves 15 years later.
5. The world population reached a huge milestone in 1999: 6 billion people! And 15 years later, we're already at a population of over 7 billion.
6. Social media was a ways off in 1999. Hard to believe, right? A world without social media? Where would you have shared this blog post?
Facebook was 5 years away (2004), Twitter was 7 years away (2006), LinkedIn was 4 years away from its launch (2003), and Instagram wouldn't exist for another 11 years (2010).
7. The Blackberry phone was released in early 1999. Since then, it's gone through new developments and redesigns, but its future is uncertain, with rumors flying that it won't make it past the 15-year mark.
8. Another product released in 1999 was Bluetooth technology. Unlike the Blackberry, it's not going anywhere, as 2013 saw them surpass 2.5 billion cumulative Bluetooth product shipments.
9. But missing from our lives in 1999 was the smartphone. While Japan had released its own smartphone that year, most consider the iPhone's launch as the true beginning of the smartphone craze, which didn't occur until 2007.
10. 1999 saw a major world event when the European Union introduced the euro. Countries that adopted the euro in 1999 include Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Finland.
11. Napster changed the music industry in 1999 when it introduced a way to share and download music without actually paying for any of it. Since this was obviously illegal, the company was sued by the recording industry and the site was shut down in 2001. But their impact can still be felt today through BitTorrent and illicit streaming.
12. What was everyone listening to in 1999? Take a look at which singles were topping the international charts that year:
- "…Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears
- "Mambo No 5 (A Little Bit of…)" by Lou Bega
- "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65
- "No Scrubs" by TLC
- "I Want It That Way" by Backstreet Boys
13. And what was driving us to the movie theater? Here are the top grossing films in the US in 1999:
- The Sixth Sense
- Toy Story 2
- Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
- The Matrix
- Tarzan
14. Just as technology changes over time, so does a company's brand image. Check out what some big brands looked like in 1999 and how they've changed since:
Microsoft Windows
15. And of course, Capterra, a website dedicated to helping businesses find the right software, was founded in 1999. We have a lot to celebrate in reaching the 15-year milestone, including making the Inc. 5000 list seven times since 2007, and helping thousands of businesses every month find software.
What else happened in 1999? Where were you 15 years ago?


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Rhizanthella omissa D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2006 Photo by © The Queensland Herbarium .
Common Name The Forgotten Rhizanthella - In Australia The Lamington Underground Orchid
Flower Size .8 to 1" [2 to 2.5 cm] Flowerhead - .32 to .4" [.08 to 1 cm] wide individual flower
Found in Queensland Australia at elevations of 1200 meters in in tall forests with numerous large she-oaks and sparse shrubby understory as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing underground terrestrial orchid. Only the flower breaks the surface of the ground, so most of the orchids life is spent totally underground. This undergound marvel consists of a fleshy, white, sparsely hairy rhizome with sparse small, triangular bracts that blooms in the spring on an erect, tapered, [4 to 6 mm] long, flower stem with a few scattered bracts carrying a concave, fleshy flowerhead with about 25 triangular, overlapping, drab white floral bracts and 15 to 30 flowers held in a tight spiral. The plant is erect if below ground becoming prostrate if above gound
Collected only once in 1958 when a road track was being made.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Orchids of Australia Jones 2006 photo good


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The NPS chose to drop fees for Sept. 27 to celebrate National Public Lands Day and on Sept. 28 to honor the country's newest citizens. If I were a new citizen, I could think of few better ways to celebrate my citizenship than to party at one of my new home country's sweetest natural wonders—for free.
"Each park is a special place set aside to tell a part of our country's story," said National Park Service Director Mary A. Bomar, herself a naturalized citizen. "I feel it is important that every American, no matter how long his or her family has lived in the United States, connects firsthand with the heritage preserved in National Park Service sites."
There you have it — marching orders from the NPS director herself. Get out there and play, and when you get back, tell us where you've been.
— Ted Alvarez
National Park Service waives entrance fees this weekend (NPS.gov)
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David McGowan, Understanding the F-Word: American Fascism and the Politics of Illusion, (Writers Club Press, 2001) 264 pages, $19.95. Available at Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Amazon.co.uk and Booksamillion.com.
When the Spanish fascist General Franco, enlisting the aid of Hitler and Mussolini, initiated a civil war that would eventually see the Republican government of Spain fall, the United States not only stood by, it prohibited American citizens from helping the Republican cause. Why would an apparently democratic, presumably antifascist country, prevent its citizens from fighting fascism and restoring democracy?
Flush with success in Spain, European fascism struck again. Mussolini bombed desperately poor Ethiopia. And not to be outdone (by far), Nazi Germany invaded more than a dozen European countries, establishing a front with the Soviet Union, whose destruction the Nazis desperately sought. Washington still did nothing.
In June 1941, the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union, launching a campaign that would eventually cost the Soviets eight to 12 million men and usher 16 million Soviet civilians into an early grave. And still, the United States did nothing.
Instead, as the Nazis pushed into the Soviet Union, Washington watched, and US businesses, among them, the Wall Street powerhouse Brown Brothers/Harriman, profited. The firm, two of whose principals were Prescott Bush and Herbert Walker, great-grandfather and grandfather of President George W. Bush, eventually had its assets seized under the Trading with the Enemy Act, when Washington finally got around to deciding Nazi Germany was an enemy (on paper, anyway.)
The Bush family, by the way, has curious connections. Apart from its wartime links to the German Nazi government, the Bushs are also linked to the family of John Hinckley, the man who tried to assassinate former President Ronald Reagan. Had Hinckley been successful, George H.W. Bush, the vice-president at the time, would have moved into the Oval Office. Hinckley's family had made large contributions to Bush's political campaigns. On the day John tried to transform himself into a latter day John Wilkes Booth, Neil Bush, brother of George W., and campaign manager for George W.'s failed congressional bid, was scheduled to dine with Scott Hinckley, John's brother. George W. told the press, "It's certainly conceivable that I met (John Hinckley) or might have been introduced to him." By itself, the connection means nothing, but it is fishy, to say the least. Fishier still is the Bush's connections with the bin Laden family. It's certainly conceivable that John Hinckley isn't the only Bush family friend George W. met, or might have been introduced to.
By December, 1941, six months after the Nazis had overrun much of Europe and launched their Soviet campaign, the Soviet's had rallied, and counterattacked. On Dec. 6th, the counterattack began. On Dec. 7th, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour, plunging the United States into war in the Pacific.
Formally, US involvement in the war in Europe came a few days later -- but only after the Nazis declared war first.
Still, despite the United States formal commitment to war in Europe, American forces were to undertake no significant action in Europe until D-Day, June 6, 1944, at which point the defeat of Germany by Soviet forces was all but inevitable. The US had tarried, watching as Nazi Germany plundered the Soviet Union and entered the war in a significant way only when it seemed clear resurgent Soviet forces would crush the Nazis and take most of Europe.
After Berlin fell, the US took over where the Nazis had left off, salvaging assets from the ruins of what the Nazis left behind, to continue the fight against Communism. Washington quickly allied itself with Germany, Italy and Spain, subordinating those parts of Europe the Soviets couldn't control, while scouring the ranks of the defeated Nazis for engineers, technicians, scientists and intelligence experts. They would be pressed into service on Washington's payroll to do what they had been doing for Hitler -- fighting Communism.
Other Nazis fled, some under the nose of Washington, to South America, a US sphere of influence, where in the years to follow, fascist military dictatorships would flourish, with the welcoming approval of Washington.
Willing to let fascism spread like wild fire through Europe, and through South and Central America, it would hardly seem strange to suggest that at the very least Washington has long harboured a tolerance of fascism, and if abroad, then at home, too. Did the United States smash fascism in Europe, as Hollywood has suggested, as if the US had almost single-handedly taken on the Nazis while the Soviets piddled away in the East as mere bit players, or did Washington allow fascism to flourish, stepping into the European theatre only when it became clear that most of Europe would be lost to the Soviets?
And what's more, is tolerance of fascism the worst the US can be accused of, or is America fascist itself?
David McGowan has few doubts. "The current political system in place in the United States at the dawn of the twenty-first century is fascism," he writes in Understanding the F-Word: American Fascism and the Politics of Illusion. "Of course, we don't call it that. We like to call it 'democracy.' Nonetheless," MacGowan adds, "it looks an awful lot like fascism."
Try an experiment. Call America anti-Communist, jingoistic, expansionist, militarist, call it racist and governed by business parties which are indistinguishable on the fundamentals, point out that Americans are inclined to equate dissent with lack of patriotism and to discourage dissent accordingly, and most Americans will agree. Tell them America is fascist (for what is fascism, but all of these things together?) and they'll react as if you just said "fuck."
McGowan isn't the first to argue that America is fascist, but maybe he's the first to do so without pulling punches, kind of like a George Carlin willing to say shit, fuck, cunt, piss, mother-fucker, cock-sucker, and tits in public, where 'respectable' comedians shy away, afraid of offending -- and therefore, losing -- audiences.
In 1935, Sinclair Lewis, best known for his novels, Main Street and Babbitt, wrote It Can't Happen Here, a tale of an American president who becomes a dictator to save his country from welfare cheats, promiscuity, runaway crime, and a liberal press. Enraged by the fascism sweeping Europe, Lewis wrote his novel as a rejoinder to its title. Yes, fascism can happen here, he warned. Of course, Lewis didn't say fascism had happened in the US. He only said it could happen. And he supposed that dictatorship was equal to absolutist rule by a single person.
The historian Howard Zinn, in debunking the notion of WWII as "the good war," argued that the US exhibited many of the characteristics of a fascist state -- extreme anti-Communism, militarism, official racism, blind patriotism, expansionism -- and therefore it couldn't be said that America had been fighting fascism; fascism, or elements of it, were too dear to Americans. But Zinn stopped short of calling America fascist.
Where Zinn stops at showing the US to be belligerently nationalist, racist and militarist, McGowan pushes on. "Well, the US may be fascist in some respects," the boldest of analysts proclaim, "but it isn't a rigid one-party dictatorship, and opposition isn't forcibly suppressed. Calling the country fascist is going too far." Not so ripostes McGowan.
He points to the robust similarities between Democrat and Republican parties. They may appear to be different, and are nominally, but on issues of substance, they aren't. It looks like there's no one-party rule, but there is, just as much as if the old Soviet Union had been governed alternately by Communist Party 1 and Communist Party 2, both committed to state ownership of industry and a planned economy. That's the genius of American fascism. It looks like democracy, but isn't.
As for the forcible suppression of the opposition, McGowan argues that suppression of opposition is more structural than forcible. Opposition is marginalized. "The system is not built, quite frankly," McGowan writes, "to allow for opposition. Opposition, that is, that falls outside of the 'two' major parties, unless one insists on counting the Reform Party as legitimate opposition." And exactly what did the Reform Party propose to reform?
Of course, it could be added that America has always been ready to forcibly suppress dissent. Dissidents have been locked up for such crimes as speaking out against US involvement in WWI, belonging to the Socialist Workers Party or Communist Party. They've been spied on, harassed, and subjected to dirty tricks. Loyalty oaths, COINTELPRO, blacklists, the House Un-American Committee, all point to the suppression of opposition.
Fascism, like the other F word, has become largely connotative; it calls forth powerful emotions of revulsion, and it's often used in much the same way the other F-word is used -- to shock. It's an incendiary obloquy that few would want applied to themselves or the country in which they live, and it's a denunciatory label that is all too easily hurled at those on the right of the political spectrum, or so those who fancy themselves moderates suppose. But get beyond the word's emotional baggage and it's clear that it fits the American system to a tee, and long has, since well before George W. Bush started to invest the US with some of the more overt forms of fascism.
This is McGowan's second book, the first, Derailing Democracy, dealing with the America you don't see, was favorably reviewed by Michael Parenti (To Kill a Nation), Christian Parenti (Lockdown America), Norman Solomon (The Habits of Highly Deceptive Media) and William Blum (Rogue State and Killing Hope). I wouldn't hesitate for a moment to put McGowan in the same league as the two Parentis, Solomon and Blum.
Read with an open mind, the book is revealing, startling, shocking, and yes, unsettling. But it's honest and clear-eyed. And what's needed now more than ever is an honest and clear-eyed look at what America really is.
McGowan also maintains a Website -- the Centre for an Informed America -- at http://www.davesweb.cnchost.com
David McGowan, Understanding the F-Word: American Fascism and the Politics of Illusion, (Writers Club Press, 2001) 264 pages, $19.95. Available at Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Amazon.co.uk and Booksamillion.com.
[Ed. Stephen Gowans has also written on the issue of fascism in For Washington, A Lining Of Black Gold In This Dark Cloud? and in It can't happen here.]
Stephen Gowans is a writer and political activist who lives in Ottawa, Canada.
Please, DO NOT steal, scavenge or repost this work without the expressed written authorization of Swans, which will seek permission from the author. This material is copyrighted, © Stephen Gowans 2002. All rights reserved.
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Logan Paul's Grovelling Return To YouTube Wasn't Exactly What Most People Expected
25 January 2018, 16:02
YouTuber Logan Paul has released a new video about suicide prevention.
After he shared the now infamous 'Suicide Forest' video with his 16 million subscribers on YouTube, Logan Paul's universe came crashing down. His graphic inclusion of a suicide victim was condemned by the world and he became the most talked about vlogger on the planet for all the wrong reasons.
Having refrained from posting on the site for several weeks, the 22 year old has now returned with a video entitled 'Suicide: Be Here Tomorrow' and the poignant seven minute long visual opens up a powerful discussion around suicide.
> YouTuber Logan Paul Has Had To Hire Security To Guard His House After His Suicide Forest Video
Logan is joined by suicide survivor Kevin Hines and he details his story, with Logan seemingly desperate to learn about the subject in order to educate himself and atone for his previous poor judgment.
new video— Logan Paul (@LoganPaul) January 24, 2018
Suicide: Be Here Tomorrowhttps://t.co/lTrczOgkIr pic.twitter.com/pTtXcIoqTr
The Vlogging superstar can be heard saying, "I know I've made mistakes, I know I've let people down, but what happens when you're given an opportunity to help make a difference in the world?"
"It's time to learn from the past as I get better and grow as a human being. I'm hear to have a hard coversation so those who are suffering can have easier ones."
But the video hasn't been met with complete positivity by people online and many viewers took to Twitter to share their thoughts about Logan's grovelling new visuals...
Just because Logan Paul's had a hair cut doesn't mean he's changed— Chelsea (@chelseahilberrt) January 25, 2018
Logan Paul still trying to be relevant with a suicide video. Could've done that in the first place instead of posting the stupid forest vid. I wish it wasn't so clearly an afterthought/attempt to capitalize on something really sad.— RM (@reg_ay) January 25, 2018
Guys. GUYS! Logan Paul is back y'all, and he's a changed man.— Lee Bag (@FriendNamedLee) January 25, 2018
He's no longer the dead body showing, disrespectful, man-child, twat that he once was.
He's now the dead body showing, disrespectful, man-child, twat with a new haircut.
While I love more than anything to see suicide awareness I still feel that this is still not about that at all and still all about himself, Logan Paul and his career.— Maddles (@maddlesk) January 25, 2018
Hah, look at Logan Paul pretending to be a good person.— Goose Kevin (@discountedtacos) January 25, 2018
Logan has also announced that he will donate $1,000,000 to suicide prevention charities, including $250,000 going to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline which features in the video.
Not all the response has been negative and there are many Logan Paul fans who believe the star deserves a second chance...
everyone deserves a second chance... @LoganPaul #BeHereTomorrow— Ticologic (@nicotanner1) January 25, 2018
If you haven't watched @LoganPaul new video I highly recommend you watch it. Logan. I am very proud of you. Although I'm just some kid from uk and my opinion may not matter to anyone. I am very proud. You are a good guy— jake sweet (@jakesweeteam10) January 25, 2018
Huge amount of respect and love for you
Logan Paul's new video was really well made and interesting, I like to believe that people aren't evil, we all make mistakes and I can very much see where he came from. Either way the video is a great start— JP (@ItsaMeJP) January 25, 2018
Having been dropped by YouTube from its original content plans, it remains to be seen if Logan Paul will be able to claw back his credibility as he continues to release videos across 2018.
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12 Essential Pantry Ingredients
Without a well-stocked pantry, cooking up an elegant meal to impress a date, the boss, in-laws, neighbors, or even just a few close friends can be difficult. After all, what good is linguine with clams without a bottle of white wine, lamb tagine without cinnamon sticks, or crème brûlée without vanilla beans? But, a pantry without the bare essentials means it's hard to do any cooking at all. It's probably easy to recall an awkward situation that went something like this:
Sally and Jane are contemplating spending a night in. They are in Sally's kitchen in her brand-new apartment. Boxes are still strewn across the floor, but most importantly, the television has been unpacked, and the coffee table and sofa are in place.
Sally: "I don't feel like going out tonight. Why don't we just stay in and watch a movie?"
Jane: "That's a great idea! I'll make my mom's famous orange spaghetti. What do you have in your cupboard?"
Sally: "Why, Jane my dear, I have everything you need!" Sally opens the cupboard to find mothballs and weevils inside. Awkward silence ensues.
Jane: "Hmm. I think we might have to order takeout."
Sally: "Yeah, let's do that."
Don't let this happen to you. Make sure the pantry is stocked with the bare essentials on our list, and the next time a friend comes over, they might just cook for you. (It's also nice to be able to pop something on the stove quickly after a busy day at work.)
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I have been watching the beautiful banners that I see around the web, on blogs and in the Two Peas gallery for months now and decided it was time to try making one.
I wanted a "spring theme" so I used a large oval cutter to make "eggs". I cut them first from cardstock, then cut a second oval from pattern paper. I then machine stitched around the edges, and added eyelets to run the ribbon through.
The large swirl stamp is from Just Johanna….I LOVE LOVE did I mention I LOVE this stamp?!!! :) White pigment ink was selected and heat embossed using white embossing powder. Vintage easter ephemera was added..as well as letters cut from pattern paper.
Prima flowers and colorful brads were added as accents…and it was all tied together with various ribbons.
I hung the banner in our dining room – and it was so fitting for it to be displayed today…Michigan had 40 degree temps, bright sunshine and the snow is melting…hurry SPRING! :)