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by D. L.
Translated by Lance Ackerfeld
At the initiative of members Mosze Openhajm, Israel Gertner and Dawid Liwer, a branch of Hitachdut party was founded in our town after the party was established in 1921. The following is a collection of articles that were published in the movement magazine Folk on Land about the party branch in Będzin.
In the newspaper edition from July, 1921 we read: When a notice was received from the main office, we convened a meeting, which welcomed the world organization of Hapoel Hatzair [Young worker] and Tzirei Zion [Young Zionists]. It was unanimously decided to join the new Hitachdut movement, whose political outlook was close to our hearts, and it had good prospects of wide development in our town and in the whole region. There is no doubt, that in the course of time that it will be an important entity in the Jewish public. The lack of an independent center is an impediment to the activities being carried out in not so convenient room of the Tarbut association. Hilel Lipszyc visited us and lectured on the subject of What was learnt from the bloody riots in Eretz Yisrael (1921)
In the July edition of 1924, it was written: We were visited by Dr. Gur-Arje Tarlo, who lectured on the origins of Labor Zionism. Our branch has set out in heightened activity thanks to a visitor from the main office who motivated us to this. In the near future the number of our members will grow, since we declared a conscription drive for new members.
In the edition of February 1925: For some time the Zionist parties have
been discussing the Hechalutz organization in our town. For this issue a
committee of four members was founded, amongst them two of ours. This committee
announced a collection drive for the Hechalutz fund. Members of
ours who took part in this project were: Israel Gertler, Bencyjon Fogelewicz,
Mordechai Korb, J. Openhajm and Dawid Liwer. Our member I. Gertner was
appointed secretary of the collection drive. In the general meeting of our
branch a great deal was spoken about the need for Hechalutz to be apolitical.
Our member Israel Aron Liwer, who was given the distribution of Folk on
Land, did good work for our magazine and acquired 30 additional
conscriptions. In addition the weekly from Eretz Yisrael Hapoel
Hatzair is distributed amongst our members with seven copies. The new
committee of our party in comprised from our members: Mosze Rozekner (chairman)
Rechnic, Gertler, I. A. Liwer, Dawid Liwer, M. Korb, Fogelewicz and D. Bajtner.
We rented a spacious center in Nachum Cukierman's house that allowed us to
increase our activity which has already been noticed: We founded the very
promising Gordonia youth organization.
|A group of members of the Hitachdut party
Standing from right to left: Alter, Szlomo Liwer, Spiegel (Israel), Dancygier,
Cwi Ginsburg (Israel) Seated: Yoro (America), Szlomo Feldman (London),
Joel Openhajm, Fiszer, Elkana Manela, Dow Liwer (Israel)
On Sabbath evenings discussions were held on various current issues of Jewish life and Eretz Yisrael. There were questions and answers (kestel-oventen) evenings, free debates with representatives of other parties. From time to time the party published, in particular before various festivities, a humorous newspaper Der Knayper (the Whip) edited by Dawid Liwer.
Our branch took on an important position in the public life of the town, and was represented over the years up until the outbreak of war, in all the civic institutions by Mosze Rozenker in the kehila, and Dr. Ruwen Rechtman in the town council.
In 1925 our first members made aliyah to Eretz Yisrael and amongst them the founders of our party: Openhajm, Gertner, Dunkelman, Fogelewicz and Liwer. Their aliyah was an event in the town and many came to bid farewell to them at the train station, which encouraged members of the party, who took on more intensive activity. A new committee was elected: I. Gertler, Berisz Liwer, I. A. Liwer, M. Korb, Mosze Groncki, Iser Londner and Fiszl Zygrajch.
In the Folk on Land (September and October 1926) we read amongst other things: In the last town council elections we were very active. Our member Dr. Rechtman was nominated with the active town council members and is active in all fields. We have penetrated to the large towns in Zagłębie and Silesia. Our branches in Katowice and Sosnowiec are satisfactory. We have also managed to organize branches in Dąbrowa, Königshütte, Wolbrom, Olkusz and Ząbkowice. On Sunday, the 10th of October, a meeting of our party took place in which branches from all the Kielce region participated. The main office was represented by member Mordechai Jafe, a member of Hapoel Hatzair [Young labor] in Eretz Yisrael.
In edition no 4 from March 1927: Last month a general meeting of our party took place in which all our members were present. After an opening by the chairman, Dr. Rechtman, reports were given by Mincberg (secretariat), Londner (treasury), Zygrajch (cultural committee), B. Liwer (newspapers). Members Hampel, Londner and Zygrajch lectured on coming activities. Many members participated in the discussions about the reports and in the lectures and they expressed their recognition of the committee which had done everything to strengthen and develop the party. The last to lecture was our member Hampel about the third conference of the labor Histadrut [union] in Eretz Yisrael. On the 29th of January of this year a founding meeting of Gordonia was held that had renewed its activity, comprised this time of youth from the common people based on pioneering principals. Arie Liwer opened [the evening], and Dr. Rechtman lectured on the importance of the Gordonia movement and its place amongst the Jewish youth movements. Greetings on behalf of the Hitachdut were heard by member Sznycer, Hashachar [the Dawn] by Lustiger, Hashomer Hatzair by Szpajzer, Tarbut by Altman and representatives of Hechalutz, K.K.L. and the League for a Working Eretz Yisrael. Member Mordechai Hampel lectured on A. D. Gordon and his doctrine, and Szlomo Najmark on the mission of youth at this time.
In edition no. 14, July 1927, we read: It is accepted that Tzirei Zion
(Z. S.) [Young Zion], in their merge with Poalei Zion Yamin [Right-wing
Zionist Labor] would forgo Hebrew, but they also placed a condition, that the
secretariat of the K.K.L. committee in Będzin should not use Hebrew
something that was unheard of up until then. Yes, this happened here, purely
and simply: Poalei Zion (most of who were from the former Tzirei Zion)
affronted the K.K.L. committee with a threatening letter, that if they don't
stop carrying out their correspondence and meeting protocols in Hebrew
they would leave. In order to ingratiate themselves with the Poalei Zion Smol
[Left-wing Zionist Labor] they were willing to desecrate the dearest values of
their party, Achdut Ha'ovada [Labor Unity] in Eretz Yisrael. Bravo, Poalei Zion
Z. S., you are making progress!
|The young guard of the Hitachdut in 1936
with Israel Gertler, the party chairman
First row:
Dancygier (Israel), Stawski, Grosman, Noyman (Brazil), Golenzer,
A. Liwer (America), Szwarc, Prager, Rozenberg, Broner (Israel), Rozyner (Israel), Fiszer
Second row:
Szer, Rozyner (Israel), Himelfarb, Erlichman,
Wolgryn, Israel Gertler, Frydman (America), Szapir
Third row:
Benek, M. Grosfeld, S. Dafner, Wajsbord, Golenzer,
Skoczylas-Szwarc, J. Lencner, Dancygier
|A group of Vitkinia realizers, 1932,
with the sponsor, Dawid Liwer
First row from right:
G. Buchbinder, Wolf Golenzer (Israel), Aron Cukierman, Cwi Grosfeld (both in Israel),
Carola Gutman, Josef Neufeld, Alter Rechnic (fell in the War of Independence),
Dow Rapaport, Sara Skoczylas-Szwarc, Jecheskiel Syskind (Israel), Dow Londner (Paris)
Second row:
Aron Werdygier, Tonia Neufeld, Arie Liwer, Jadzia Mirowski, David Liwer, Chedwa Honigman, Dow Liwer
Third row:
Joszua Federman, Grosfeld, Tuwia Kokotek (all three of them are in Israel), Aron Golenzer,
Wajsbort-Golenzer, Ruwen Alter
When Gordonia, which we founded and nurtured over many years, became independent and unaffiliated, our party saw a need to organize a youth movement called Vitkinia. The first committee was comprised of the following members: Arie Liwer, Golzner, Tuwja Kokotek, Sara Skoczylas, Cwo Szwarc, Rozenberg and Grosfeld. Attached to the committee on behalf of the party was D. Liwer. Over some time the Vitkinia comprised about 200 active members who were in all the Zionist activities and also in the Hechalutz. Its members left for hachshara in Królewska Huta (Silesia), Radomsko and other places, and at the end of their training made aliyah to Eretz Yisrael. Evening Hebrew classes were organized run by a professional teacher.
With the development of the party, Vitkinia rented a spacious apartment with a number of rooms in the Duwidl Zmigrod home and our previous clubhouse, which had become too small for us, we left to Gordonia, which also grew and grew and didn't disappoint us on the day when their numbers were counted.
In the May 1933 edition Arie Liwer wrote: The liquidation committee of
the Hitachdut in Danzig [Gdańsk], which decided on the merge of our party with
Poalei Zion, did not have an influence on us at all. On the contrary: our reply
to the capitalization of our movement will be increased activity
for the existence of an independent and sovereign Hitachdut. And indeed, the
party in Będzin serves as an example, greatly increases its activity and
is destined for greatness. The housewarming of our new clubhouse took place in
high spirits. 250 members participated in the celebration, apart from our youth
and many of those who were invited from our nearby branches. Our orchestra
opened with the playing of the national anthem. Dr. Rechtman welcomed the
visitors and representatives of the Histadrut and the Zionist institutions who
came to celebrate together with us. The main office envoy Josef Lewi presented
problems of the movement, which should under no circumstances be liquidated and
should retain its ideological and organizational independence, and wished that
the party building would serve as an abundant source of light to all sectors of
the people. At this opportunity A. Liwer bade farewell to the first group of
Vitkinia members leaving for hachshara. Ruwen Alter gave thanks on behalf of
the Vitkinia pioneers. The celebration took place next to laid out tables and
our orchestra played pleasant Hebrew and Eretz Yisrael tunes.
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|Members of the Vitkinia
on a Lag B'Omer outing
Activity continued at a tempo and with vigor till the outbreak of war, and didn't let up for a moment, and even though the ideological discomfiture relating to the merge with Poalei Zion brought the movement in Poland to a crisis point, the branch in Będzin was not rattled and remained faithful to the main office which intensely strove to retain existence as an independent party. Our branch was renown throughout the movement in Poland as the most established from all aspects that served as an example to others. Our members didn't rest their activity for a moment, even during the difficult period in the whole movement. Our senior members made aliyah to Eretz Yisrael, and in their place came the young generation and the succession continued.
During the war years, as well, we didn't abandon our activities which took place in underground conditions, and we took a distinguished position in defense and in the well known agricultural farm in Będzin, that served as a camouflage for Zionist activity.
Thanks to our covert connections with Eretz Yisrael envoys in Switzerland, who equipped us with foreign passports, several Hitachdut activists managed to save their souls, and after the war settled in Israel.
The chapter of the Hitachdut life in Będzin is completely over, for which a glorious page in the movement history in Poland has been written.
Our Hitachdut party had a name for itself in the town and excelled in its
activities to the credit of its dedicated members, of which I will note some of
the most active: Julek Openhajm, Szlomo Liwer, Icchak Buchbinder, Elkana
Manela, Sznycer, Dawid Richter, Efraim Goldminc, Najman and Ichaar Hozenes. All
of them were killed in the Holocaust.
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The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail. The mouth was open just enough to permit a rush of water over the gills. There was little other motion: an occasional correction of the apparently aimless course by the slight raising or lowering of a pectoral fin --as a bird changes direction by dipping
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push oxygen-bearing water through its gills, it survived only by moving. Once stopped, it would sink to the bottom and die of anoxia. The land seemed almost as dark as the water, for there was no moon. All that separated sea from shore was a long, straight stretch of beach --so white that it shone. From a house behind the grass-splotched dunes, lights cast
yellow glimmers on the sand. The front door to the house opened, and a man and a woman stepped out onto the wooden porch. They stood for a moment staring at the sea, embraced quickly, and scampered down the few steps onto the sand. The man was drunk, and he stumbled on the bottom step. The woman laughed and took his hand, and together they ran to the beach.
"First a swim," said the woman, "to clear your head."
"Forget my head," said the man. Giggling, he fell backward onto the sand, pulling the woman down with him. They fumbled with each other's clothing, twined limbs around limbs, and thrashed with urgent ardor on the cold sand. Afterward, the man lay back and closed his eyes. The woman looked at him and smiled. "Now, how about that swim?" she said.
"You go ahead. I'll wait for you here."
The woman rose and walked to where the gentle surf washed over her ankles. The water was colder than the night air, for it was only mid-June. The woman called back,
"You're sure you don't want to come?" But there was no answer from the sleeping man. She backed up a few steps, then ran at the water. At first her strides were long and
graceful, but then a small wave crashed into her knees. She faltered, regained her footing,
and flung herself over the next waist-high wave. The water was only up to her hips, so she stood, pushed the hair out of her eyes, and continued walking until the water covered her shoulders. There she began to swim --with the jerky, head-above-water stroke of the untutored.
A hundred yards offshore, the fish sensed a change in the sea's rhythm. It did not
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The fish closed on the woman and hurtled past, a dozen feet to the side and six feet below the surface. The woman felt only a wave of pressure that seemed to lift her up in the water and ease her down again. She stopped swimming and held her breath. Feeling nothing further, she resumed her lurching stroke.
The fish smelled her now, and the vibrations --erratic and sharp --signaled distress. The fish began to circle close to the surface. Its dorsal fin broke water, and its
tail, thrashing back and forth, cut the glassy surface with a hiss. A series of tremors shook
its body.
For the first time, the woman felt fear, though she did not know why. Adrenaline shot through her trunk and her limbs, generating a tingling heat and urging her to swim faster. She guessed that she was fifty yards from shore. She could see the line of white foam where the waves broke on the beach. She saw the lights in the house, and for a comforting moment she thought she saw someone pass by one of the windows. The fish was about forty feet from the woman, off to the side, when it turned suddenly to the left, dropped entirely below the surface, and, with two quick thrusts of its
tail, was upon her.
At first, the woman thought she had snagged her leg on a rock or a piece of floating wood. There was no initial pain, only one violent tug on her right leg. She reached down to touch her foot, treading water with her left leg to keep her head up, feeling in the blackness with her left hand. She could not find her foot. She reached higher on her leg, and then she was overcome by a rush of nausea and dizziness. Her groping fingers had found a hub of bone and tattered flesh. She knew that the warm, pulsing flow over her fingers in the chill water was her own blood. Pain and panic struck together. The woman threw her head back and screamed a guttural cry of terror.
The fish had moved away. It swallowed the woman's limb without chewing. Bones and meat passed down the massive gullet in a single spasm. Now the fish turned again, homing on the stream of blood flushing from the woman's femoral artery, a beacon as clear and true as a lighthouse on a cloudless night. This time the fish attacked from below. It hurtled up under the woman, jaws agape. The great conical head struck her like a locomotive, knocking her up out of the water. The jaws snapped shut around her torso, crushing bones and flesh and organs into a jelly. The fish, with the woman's body in its mouth, smashed down on the water with a thunderous splash, spewing foam and blood and phosphorescence in a gaudy shower.
Below the surface, the fish shook its head from side to side, its serrated triangular
teeth sawing through what little sinew still resisted. The corpse fell apart. The fish swallowed, then turned to continue feeding. Its brain still registered the signals of nearby
prey. The water was laced with blood and shreds of flesh, and the fish could not sort signal from substance. It cut back and forth through the dissipating cloud of blood, opening and closing its mouth, seining for a random morsel. But by now, most of the pieces of the corpse had dispersed. A few sank slowly, coming to rest on the sandy bottom, where they moved lazily in the current. A few drifted away just below the surface, floating in the surge that ended in the surf.
The man awoke, shivering in the early morning cold. His mouth was sticky and dry, and his wakening belch tasted of Bourbon and corn. The sun had not yet risen, but a line of pink on the eastern horizon told him that daybreak was near. The stars still hung faintly in the lightening sky. The man stood and began to dress. He was annoyed that the woman had not woken him when she went back to the house, and he found it curious that she had left her clothes on the beach. He picked them up and walked to the house. He tiptoed across the porch and gently opened the screen door, remembering that it screeched when yanked. The living room was dark and empty, littered with half-empty glasses, ashtrays, and dirty plates. He walked across the living room, turned right down file:///C|/My Documents/Mike's Shit/utilities/books/pdf format/Benchley, Peter - Jaws.txt (2 of 131) [1/18/2001 2:02:21 AM]
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hall, past two closed doors. The door to the room he shared with the woman was open, and a bedside light was on. Both beds were made. He tossed the woman's clothes on one of the beds, then returned to the living room and switched on a light. Both couches were empty.
There were two more bedrooms in the house. The owners slept in one. Two other house guests occupied the other. As quietly as possible, the man opened the door to the first bedroom. There were two beds, each obviously containing only one person. He closed the door and moved to the next room. The host and hostess were asleep on each side of a king-size bed. The man closed the door and went back to his room to find his watch. It was nearly five.
He sat on one bed and stared at the bundle of clothes on the other. He was certain
the woman wasn't in the house. There had been no other guests for dinner, so unless she had met someone on the beach while he slept, she couldn't have gone off with anyone. And even if she had, he thought, she probably would have taken at least some of her clothes.
Only then did he permit his mind to consider the possibility of an accident. Very quickly the possibility became a certainty. He returned to the host's bedroom, hesitated for a moment beside the bed, and then softly placed his hand on a shoulder.
"Jack," he said, patting the shoulder. "Hey, Jack." The man sighed and opened his eyes. "What?"
"It's me. Tom. I hate like hell to wake you up, but I think we may have a problem."
"What problem?"
"Have you seen Chrissie?"
"What do you mean, have I seen Chrissie? She's with you."
"No, she isn't. I mean, I can't find her." Jack sat up and turned on a light. His wife stirred and covered her head with a sheet. Jack looked at his watch. "Jesus Christ. It's five in the morning. And you can't find
your date."
"I know," said Tom. "I'm sorry. Do you remember when you saw her last?"
"Sure I remember. She said you were going for a swim, and you both went out on the porch. When did you see her last?"
"On the beach. Then I fell asleep. You mean she didn't come back?"
"Not that I saw. At least not before we went to bed, and that was around one."
"I found her clothes."
"Where? On the beach?"
"You looked in the living room?" Tom nodded. "And in the Henkels' room."
"The Henkels' room!"
Tom blushed. "I haven't known her that long. For all I know she could be a little weird. So could the Henkels. I mean, I'm not suggesting anything. I just wanted to check the whole house before I woke you up."
"So what do you think?"
"What I'm beginning to think," said Tom, "is that maybe she had an accident. Maybe she drowned."
Jack looked at him for a moment, then glanced again at his watch. "I don't know what time the police in this town go to work," he said, "but I guess this is as good a time
as any to find out."
Chapter 2
Patrolman Len Hendricks sat at his desk in the Amity police station, reading a detective novel called Deadly, I'm Yours. At the moment the phone rang the heroine, a girl named Whistling Dixie, was about to be raped by a motorcycle club. Hendricks let the phone file:///C|/My Documents/Mike's Shit/utilities/books/pdf format/Benchley, Peter - Jaws.txt (3 of 131) [1/18/2001 2:02:21 AM]
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He picked up the phone. "Amity Police, Patrolman Hendricks," he said. "Can I help you?"
"This is Jack Foote, over on Old Mill Road. I want to report a missing person. Or at least I think she's missing."
"Say again, sir?" Hendricks had served in Vietnam as a radio man, and he was fond of military terminology.
"One of my house guests went for a swim at about one this morning," said Foote.
"She hasn't came back yet. Her date found her clothes on the beach." Hendricks began to scribble on a pad. "What was the person's name?"
"Christine Watkins."
"I don't know. Just a second. Say around twenty-five. Her date says that's about right."
"Height and weight?"
"Wait a minute." There was a pause. "We think probably about five-seven, between one twenty and one thirty."
"Color of hair and eyes?"
"Listen, Officer, why do you need all this? If the woman's drowned, she's probably going to be the only one you have --at least tonight, right? You don't average more than one drowning around here each night, do you?"
"Who said she drowned, Mr. Foote? Maybe she went for a walk."
"Stark naked at one in the morning? Have you had any reports about a woman walking around naked?"
Hendricks relished the chance to be insufferably cool. "No, Mr. Foote, not yet. But once the summer season starts, you never know what to expect. Last August, a bunch of faggots staged a dance out by the club --a nude dance. Color of hair and eyes?"
"Her hair is... oh, dirty blond, I guess. Sandy. I don't know what color her eyes are. I'll have to ask her date. No, he says he doesn't know either. Let's say hazel."


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Registration is now open for the 14th annual All Ivy Environmental and Sustainable Development Career Fair!
All Ivy Environmental & Sustainable Development Career
March 3rd, 2016 from 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Alfred Lerner Hall, New York, NY
The Fair is held on the campus of Columbia University and is a great way to meet potential employers and to network with other students. Every year, we host this event with other Ivies to connect students with representatives who are hiring at top organizations.
We will be providing low-cost transportation options via van to New York. Sign up for a ride down will begin in early February and is first-come, first-serve. (More information to be provided in early January.)
At the Fair you will be able to meet potential employers from public agencies, consulting firms, nonprofit organizations, business and industry. Learn about careers, internships, part- and full-time opportunities.
To Register
- Visit the All Ivy Career Fair website
- Click on the Registration tab and select "as a job seeker"
- Register for a new account (if you attended the All Ivy Fair last year, then use the same user/password)
- Once logged in, click on Events > Career Fairs > All Ivy Fair > RSVP
- Submit your resume to the All Ivy Resume Book
Let's go get green jobs and internships!


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WASHINGTON (Circa) - Shut down Halloween. This little girl's headless costume is unbeatable
The best Halloween costume of 2018 was just served up on a platter.
Maya, a 2-year-old girl in the Philippines, went viral this week for her headless costume that could scare the bejeebers out of children and adults alike.
Maya's costume pulls off a brilliant optical illusion of her headless body serving up her dome on a platter. This is pulled off with the help of a fake torso that rises above the height of her head.
In another Instagram post, Maya's mother, Krystal Hwang, details all the work -- and countless feet of duct tape -- it took to put the costume together, calling the girl a "trooper" for playing along.
Oh by the way, Maya's candy bucket is her headless neck!
That's not all, Maya's sister makes a pretty darn scary butcher.
Props to this mother for making Halloween a blast for her kids and the rest of us in the process.
Seriously. Heads -- er -- hats off!


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Used Collings OM1 T - Traditional Series Orchestra Model (2018)
Avenue Guitars' showroom will remain closed until further notice, but we're still fulfilling online orders and are now offering curbside pickup.
Although we're not keeping regular hours at the shop, we'll still be stopping in regularly to return phone calls and ship orders. You can leave a message at (719) 634-2228 or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com and we'll get back to you shortly.
The pause in foot traffic means this is a great time to buy online. If there's something you've had your eye on, let us know and we'll see if we can make it work for you!
Used Collings OM1 T orchestra model acoustic guitar built in 2018.
This OM1 Traditional is in beautiful, like-new condition. No play wear or cosmetic issues of any kind.
Includes Collings Traditional vintage-style case. These cases are no longer included with this model and sell for $995 on their own.
This is a big, lively guitar with lots of power and projection. It's great for fingerstyle, but it steps up to the plate when you dig in with a flat pick.
- Model OM1 T
- OM (Orchestra Model) body
- Sitka spruce top
- Mahogany back/sides
- Ebony fingerboard
- 1-3/4" nut width
- 25-1/2" scale
- 2-5/16" string spacing
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- D'Addario Light EJ16 (12 - 53) strings
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- Serial 28591
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As a small, all-acoustic shop, we're able to offer a quiet and relaxed shopping experience. We don't have an acoustic room because our store is the acoustic room!
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The Central Connecticut volleyball team split a pair of matches on the final day of the UNH Holy Young Invitational. The Blue Devils are now 5-5 on the season. All three of the Blue Devils matches at the tournament went to five sets. During the first match of the day senior Emily Cochran passed the 1,000 dig mark for her career.
Following the tournament Cochran and senior Jamie Rademacher were named to the All-Tournament Team for their performance in the three matches at the Holly Young Invitational.
CCSU vs. UNH
The Central Connecticut volleyball team dropped a 3-2 decision at New Hampshire on Saturday afternoon in its first match of the day.
With the loss the Blue Devils fall to 4-5 overall on the season. The Blue Devils won the first two sets 25-22 and 25-23, before dropping the final three in the match. New Hampshire rebounded to win 25-19, 25-22 and claimed the final set 21-19 to earn the victory.
Senior Emily Cochran reached 1,000 career digs in the match, posting 16 in the loss. She also led the offense with 22 kills. Classmates Jamie Rademacher added 16 kills and Blaike King had 12.
Freshman Makenna Lommori had 47 assists in the match.
CCSU vs. Holy Cross
The Central Connecticut volleyball team topped Holy Cross in five sets on Saturday afternoon. The Blue Devils fell behind 2-1, but rebounded to win the match. CCSU improves to 5-5 on the season with the victory, Holy Cross falls to 0-9.
The Blue Devils won the opening set, 25-18, but dropped the second, 26-24, and the third, 25-21. CCSU responded with a 25-12 victory in the fourth set and a 15-5 victory in the fifth.
Cochran led the offense with 17 kills in the match. She also had 10 digs. Radmacher continued her solid play by connecting for a .364 hitting percentage.
Lommori continued her solid play with 43 assists and seven kills in the match.
King and Rademacher again reached double-digit kills with 13 and 11, respectively.
Defensively, Rademacher and Lommori each contributed to five blocks.
Sophomore Brittany Schumacher led the team with 21 digs. Lommori also reached double-digits with 12 digs and Cochran and sophomore Amalia Ashley both recorded 10.
The Blue Devils return to action next Friday at the Temple Invitational.


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Hal Abelson has been honored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) with the Karl V. Karlstom Outstanding Educator Award for his contributions to computer science education. Abelson is the Class of 1922 Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, a principal investigator at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and co-chair of the MIT Council on Educational Technology.
For Abelson, being honored for his work as an educator is a crowning achievement.
"Of all the ways to be honored, for me education is the one that really means the most," Abelson says. "That's how I think of myself at MIT, as a teacher."
Abelson was honored by the ACM for innovative advances in curricula designed for students pursuing different kinds of computing expertise. Along with Professor Gerry Sussman (also a principal investigator at CSAIL), Abelson developed MIT's introductory computer science course, "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs." The course was revolutionary in that it introduced a new method for teaching computer science that de-emphasized programming language specifics and concentrated on the mathematical idea of abstraction as a fundamental concept in programming.
Throughout his career, Abelson has been dedicated to democratizing access to education through computer science. Through his work with the MIT Council on Educational Technology, he played a key role in launching MIT OpenCourseWare, a web-based publication of MIT course content accessible to all, and D-Space, MIT's online repository of digital research materials, with the goal of using the Internet to provide equal access to the learning and education underway at universities.
Abelson is currently working on a new tool called App Inventor, which allows individuals with no computer science background to program and develop mobile applications. With this technology, Abelson's goal is to empower all individuals — and children in particular — by giving them the ability to contribute to the creation of new technologies. Through App Inventor, people around the world have developed a wide variety of new programs, from applications that remind people not to text while driving to an application created by students in Arkansas that tracks wild hog sightings.
Abelson's interest in providing children with access to technology was inspired by his work as a graduate student at MIT on the Logo Programming Language, which was designed as a tool for educating children. In the same way that he was inspired to put computers into the hands of children in the 1970s, today Abelson hopes to make mobile computing available to all.
According to Abelson, "App Inventor takes that sense of empowerment, that notion of, 'Why shouldn't 12-year-olds be in control of mobile phones or tablets or the next branch of mobile technology?' There are real opportunities for computer science to have an impact on education in the future."
Abelson is a fellow of the IEEE and is co-director of MIT's Center for Mobile Learning. He received MIT's Bose Award, the IEEE Computer Society Taylor L. Booth Education Award for continued contributions to the pedagogy and teaching of introductory computer science, and the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) Award for outstanding contributions to computer science education.
The Karl V. Karlstom Outstanding Educator Award is presented annually to an outstanding educator who is appointed to a recognized educational baccalaureate institution. The recipient is recognized for advancing new teaching methodologies; effecting new curriculum development or expansion in computer science and engineering; or making a significant contribution to the educational mission of ACM. A prize of $5,000 is supplied by Pearson Education.
The ACM will present this award at the ACM Awards Banquet on June 16 in San Francisco.


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Ingrid Hoffmann has always been passionate about food. The daughter of a Cordon Bleu chef, she remembers standing on a stool to reach the stove in order to help her mother cook. The Colombian-raised Hoffmann was a successful business owner before she decided to cater to her passion for cooking, opening Rocca in Miami and hosting cooking segments on South Florida TV stations.
She claimed the national spotlight with the launch of her The Food Network show Simply Delicioso last July; her Spanish-language cooking and style show, Delicioso, airs on Galavision/Univision. She's the latest spokesperson for the famed "Got Milk?" campaign, and took some time to chat with us about cooking and how busy moms can make mealtime easier. The busy stepmom of two boys lives in Florida.
What's your go-to meal to make when you don't have much time to cook?
My go-to meal when I don't have time to cook is my "Latin Elvis" -- it's like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with a Latin twist. I love the Latin Elvis because it contains items that I always keep in my house: plantains, peanut butter, and bread containing dried fruit like raisins or cranberries. I like to grill the sandwich or do it on the stove or in a skillet because I'm convinced that a warm meal is so much more wholesome and it sure beats a cold salad. This with a glass of milk is perfect -- a complete, quick meal.
What's your favorite comfort food?
I would have to say that my favorite comfort food is my Chipotle Tamale Pie. [You can watch Ingrid make this dish in a live cooking demonstration on Sept. 9, 2009, at WhyMilk.com.] It is a great recipe and a great comfort food. The Chipotle Tamale Pie is one of those crowd pleasers that could feed an army on a small budget. It has turkey, beans and milk, lots of rich foods, yet it is surprisingly light. I especially love it because it contains tons of healthy foods like bell peppers and nutritious lowfat milk, yet it doesn't taste like health food.
I like to use lowfat or fat free milk as opposed to cream or butter because it keeps the dish lighter and healthier. Plus, with lowfat and fat free milk, you are receiving nine essential nutrients that no other beverage can provide. I also like to make this casserole in advance, portion it off and store it in the refrigerator or freezer. Let's say I come home really tired from a long day at work, all I have to do is quickly warm it up!
What's your favorite food indulgence?
My favorite indulgence is hearty comfort food. Aside from the Chipotle Tamale Pie which I just mentioned, I love to make a Cuban Frita -- it's a type of Cuban hamburger. What makes it different from an American burger is that I mix the meat with egg, milk, and breadcrumbs and then I top it with shoestring potatoes. It's a special treat and such a warming comfort food -- it brings back that nostalgia of sharing a meal with my family.


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The newly renovated Jennifer Chalsty Planetarium at the Liberty Science Center is the world's largest IMAX dome theater and will soon have the world's largest digital giant screen dome system with a True8K™ Digistar 6 system from Evans & Sutherland (E&S).
2017 Apr 18
Evans & Sutherland (E&S) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) are pleased to announce that ESO has selected the E&S Digistar system for their ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre scheduled for opening in November 2017.
2017 Jan 30
In September 2016, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science celebrated the grand re-opening of the Gates Planetarium.
2017 Jan 03
The Griffith Observatory's Samuel Oschin Planetarium re-invented itself again in late 2015, nearly ten years after a major renovation that ushered the 1930s-era Los Angeles facility squarely into the realm of digital fulldome.
2016 Feb 25
At EC-1 City of Industry East, there is a new 8K Digistar 5 devoted to astronomy education. This is the first of two Digistar 5 installations at EC1 Lodz, Poland. A second dome theater featuring a Digistar 5 system in 3D is installing now.
2015 Dec 02
The National Museum of Natural Science in Taichung is phasing out legacy technologies with a new 8K Digistar 5 system.
2015 Jul 27
The Swiss Transport Museum (STM) features Europe's first "8K" Digistar 5 digital fulldome system.
2015 Jul 01
In May of 2016, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis opened their new Beyond Spaceship Earth gallery which includes an immersive space object experience called the Schaefer Planetarium & Space Object Theater.
2017 Jan 18
On August 25, 2016 the large ZEISS planetarium in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district reopened, following extensive renovation work and upgrades with Digistar and Zeiss technology.
2016 Dec 19
Bangkok's long-time astronomical center is ready to beckon and captivate a new generation of children with the universe's mystical lure. The galaxies can now be explored using Digistar 5 in the renovated Bangkok Planetarium.
2016 Jan 25
One of three new 8K resolution E&S 2015 installations in Asia, the Science Center Sinapore's Omni-Theatre is Asia's brightest digital fulldome system with each of the five Christie Boxer 4K30 projectors displaying a never-before-seen 30,000 lumens in a dome.
At-Bristol Science Centre, one of the UK's leading interactive science centres, is upgrading its Planetarium to become the UK's first digital 3D Planetarium.
2015 Jul 06
Milwaukee Public Museum's planetarium is Wisconsin's largest and most modern, and is the first Planetarium in the world to debut a Digistar 6 computer projection system that fills the entire Dome Theater with stunning 3D animations, creating an immersive astronomy experience.
2017 Jan 09
The renovated Burke Baker Planetarium is the first True8K™ planetarium in the world. Across a 50 foot Spitz NanoSeam dome, the system displays over 50 million unique pixels and provides 8,000 pixels across every meridian.
2016 Apr 13
The Perpetual Guardian Planetarium is a new 51 seat theater with a 9m aluminum Spitz NanoSeam dome tilted at 12°. Their Digistar 5 integrates two Barco F35 (2560 x 1600) projectors with 120Hz 3D capability.
The immersive environment inside the museum's Theater of the Cambrian Explosion is a one-of-a-kind attraction in the world. The dome is inverted and has a 5-meter diameter central pedestal in the center for up to 40 viewers per show.
The Science Museum of Virginia (SMV) features the world's first "8K" digital fulldome system installed to replace a 1570 giant screen film projection system.


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No Jesus in Constitution
Thank you for the May 27 Hook article on Augusta County schools [Cover story, "They break for Jesus"]. I like when you guys take on big local issues.
In justification for Christian hour during school day, Pam Stoneburner is quoted as saying, "[Our country} was founded on Biblical principles."
No, Pam, nice try, but wrong. No Jesus, no Moses in the Constitution. An hour a week studying the Constitution and the writings of our Founders is the patriotic answer.
Mark Gruber


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Sebastian Bach, frontman for the metal band Skid Row, says he is "numb, in shock, and devastated" following news that his Red Bank, New Jersey home has been condemned due to damage suffered during Hurricane Irene.
The storm flooded a nearby reservoir, and reportedly sent portions of a bridge into Bach's garage, which knocked the house of its foundation. His basement was also flooded.
Although he and his family were not home at the time, Bach took to Facebook to report that countless pieces of Skid Row (as well as KISS) memorabilia was destroyed.
U.S. & World
"Gone are irreplaceable items, such as my KISS Gargoyles from the 1979 tour," wrote Bach. "KISS pinball machine. Skid Row master tapes, video & audio, concerts, master tapes from Oh Say Can You Scream etc. Boxes & boxes of one of a kind Skid Row memorabilia, from the first tour to our last, all stuff I collected on the road that no one else had. I had a library in the basement with every single magazine that had Skid Row on the cover. All of this is lost now."
He added that the house "could conceivably collapse at any second."
Recently divorced, Bach took the news as a sign that he needs to move and start fresh on the west coast.
"I will always love New Jersey but now there is literally nothing left for me here except memories of a past life," he posted. "Hello, Los Angeles. Hello, New Life. Here I Am. It's time for a new start. Like I have a choice."
Selected Reading: MSNBC, E! Online, Washington Post


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Over the years, we've come to expect the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to behave badly in its dealings with the San Diego County Water Authority, but its latest act sets a new low-water mark.
Since 2006, the giant Los Angeles wholesaler, which supplies our region's 3.1 million residents with 45 percent of its water, has doubled our rates.
The setting of these water rates by the MWD, which appear to flat-out discriminate against San Diego County, is being challenged in court. The cases, filed by the San Diego County Water Authority in 2010 and 2012 and pending in San Francisco Superior Court, assert that our water rates are illegal and that the MWD overcharges ratepayers here in San Diego to the benefit of ratepayers in other parts of MWD's service area.
Dozens of other major business, civic and public agencies throughout San Diego County support these legal efforts because skyrocketing water rates are a direct drain on this region's economy: In 2013 alone, the San Diego County Water Authority estimates that the additional charges to this region will be about $57 million – and the figure grows every year that this rate structure is allowed to stand.
Last year, MWD's board voted to deny the San Diego region any access to revenues it collects under its so-called "water stewardship" rate program, while it distributed some $20 million of our payments into the fund to subsidize water supply projects elsewhere in Southern California. Not only has MWD played fast and loose with our water rates and terminated a number of our water supply contracts, we believe it has begun a concerted public relations campaign in San Diego under the guise of representing one of its member agencies, the Eastern Municipal Water district in Riverside County. It's said purpose is "to identify issues of concern and other relevant feedback" from the local business community.
Why would a Riverside County water agency be so interested in talking to San Diego business leaders? The San Diego County Water Authority has sought an answer to that question as well as details of the contract and scope of consultant work under a Public Records Act request. The limited information that has been released in response to the request shows that the current PR campaign is part of MWD's "Ascertainment Program" and is targeting feedback from business organizations such as the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation and the San Diego Taxpayers Association.
Because much of the requested information either has been redacted or refused, the San Diego County Water Authority filed a lawsuit on Jan. 22 that seeks to obtain a court order compelling Eastern "to release complete, unredacted documents."
MWD has been warned about its behavior before. In 1999 the state Legislature gave it the equivalent of a public spanking by passing a bill that forced MWD to establish an ethics office and expressly forbade "any association structure or identification that is likely to mislead the public as to the associations' true identity, its source of funding or its purpose."
If they're looking for "relevant feedback" from the San Diego community leaders, we're happy to supply it:
• We support the San Diego County Water Authority's lawsuit challenging MWD's water rates because we believe they have discriminated and overcharged our region by tens of millions of dollars each year. We respect the right of other MWD member agencies, including Riverside, to disagree with the San Diego County Water Authority's claims – but that is ultimately and properly for the court to decide.
• MWD should stop playing "hide and seek" with San Diego's community leaders and water ratepayers and get back to business.
• Securing and maintaining a reliable, affordable water supply is critical to our quality of life and our region's $186-billion economy. We implore MWD to get its own fiscal house in order before its failure to do so eventually harms all Southern California water ratepayers.
• We believe the public's business should be conducted in public and MWD should be transparent about its plans and who it hires. The fact that there is a lawsuit pending is no excuse for failing to do that.
In closing, we suggest that when community and business leaders are invited to participate in MWD's "Ascertainment Program," just say thanks, but no thanks. The San Diego County Water Authority speaks for San Diego when it comes to protecting our residents and our economy from the abuses of MWD.


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Arkansas freshman D.J. Dean doesn't miss playing quarterback.
He simply considered himself the "guy for the job" at Newton (Texas) High.
"I had a little bit of an arm," Dean said. "I got to throw the ball a little bit."
The 5-foot-10, 180-pound Dean loves his new role on with the Razorbacks' defense, though. Dean has worked his way onto the Arkansas depth chart in his first few weeks of preseason camp enough to be labeled by coach Bret Bielema as one of the 10 true freshmen he expects to play right away in 2013.
Dean is in the mix at cornerback, although one of his primary duties now appears to be as an extra defensive back in Arkansas' nickel defense. It's a role he's looking forward to as the Razorbacks inch closer to the season.
"You get to blitz a lot and get in there and get on the quarterback," Collins said.
Arkansas cornerbacks coach Taver Johnson said the freshman is still learning. Doing his job on a consistent basis remains an obvious work in progress. But Johnson said the former quarterback is making the most of his home on defense this preseason.
"One thing, he is a smart kid," Johnson said. "He will hit you and he's not afraid and that's always a prerequisite."
Linebacker shuffle
Arkansas freshman Brooks Ellis revealed another shuffle to the linebacker rotation after Thursday's practice.
He has moved from middle linebacker to the weak side, working with the second-team defense. Sophomore Otha Peters has gone from the weak side back to the middle, where he started the final three games of the 2012 season.
"Just kind of moved me around, seeing what I play best," Ellis said.
Junior college transfer Martrell Spaight now is working with the second-team defense at strong side linebacker. The three are behind the starting unit of Austin Jones (MLB), Braylon Mitchell (SLB) and Jarrett Lake (WLB).
"It's coming along pretty well," Spaight said about his transition. "I'm just taking my time and learning from the first team Sam, which is Braylon Mitchell, and picking up pointers from him and it's going pretty well."
Young QBs
Freshmen quarterbacks Austin Allen and Damon Mitchell didn't get many snaps during the only practice open to the media last Saturday. But Arkansas offensive coordinator Jim Chaney said both are "hanging together" in their second week.
"Their heads are spinning like all freshman quarterbacks are," Chaney said. "Each one of them learns a couple of things and the other one learns a couple and they kind of blend it together. But I'm pleased with both of them.
"They bring a different skill set, both those kids do, but I like them. They're good young men, they're competing hard, they love the position and they have a passion for the game. So I don't know why they won't be successful."
Gaines still missing?
It sounds as if starting safety Rohan Gaines is still sidelined by a knee injury.
Johnson was asked if Gaines practiced during the closed workout and responded by saying "ask the trainers." He did say Gaines — who injured his knee during Arkansas' first practice last Saturday — remains in "unbelievable spirits."
"When you are injured, as long as your spirits are up you are apt to get back out there quicker," Johnson said.


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Ford looks like an early favourite to grab some laurels for North American Car/Truck of the Year, as three finalists in each category were announced today.
Ford Fusion (below) is up against Cadillac ATS and Honda Accord for Car of the Year.
Ford's C-Max microvan (below) will compete with Mazda CX-5 Crossover and Ram (formerly Dodge) 1500 pick-up in the truck category.
The finalists were winnowed down from a short list of over a dozen vehicles in each category by a jury of fifty automotive journalists in the US and Canada (yours truly included).
We will vote again to choose overall winners in each category, which will be announced at the first Press Day of the North American International (a.k.a. Detroit) Auto Show next January 14.
I'm not quite as out of step with my colleagues as usual in this year's finalists. Personally, I think the Cadillac is a slam-dunk for the overall Car title, and I gave it my maximum number of points on this first ballot.
That said, the Accord is an impressive piece in a market segment that is much larger (if not as technically leading-edge) as compact sport-luxury where the ATS gives a very good account of itself against BMW's 3-Series.
I wasn't as impressed with Fusion compared with the Nissan Altima, and I did hope the Subaru BRZ would make the top three, given that it really does move the goalposts in the admittedly tiny sports car market segment.
I was very surprised the impressive Ford Escape didn't make the final round, and almost as much so that C-Max did. Not that C-Max isn't a very nice vehicle, it's just that Americans (who dominate this jury) have traditionally shown zero interest in little vanettes like this.
The Ram pickup was the only 'real' truck in the field (we count Crossovers and SUVs as trucks because technically they are, even if the vast majority of owners use them as cars - station wagons, to be honest).
I haven't seen the numerical breakdowns, but I'd have to think the Hyundai Santa Fe must have given the Mazda CX-5 a run for the podium. We never know unless they tell us why the jurors vote the way they do, but perhaps Mazda's promise of a new way of thinking about car engineering, the so-called SkyActiv approach, generated the 'tipping point' buzz.


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|Septima Vector
|Biographical information
|Also known as
That Arithmancy witch (by Ronald Weasley)
|Physical information
|Hair colour
Dark brown[2]
|Eye colour
|Skin colour
|Magical characteristics
Professor Septima Vector (fl. 1974—1996) was a witch and Professor of Arithmancy at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from at least the 1991–1992 school year. She may have also been the Advanced Arithmancy Studies teacher. Professor Vector was known among students as a "really strict" teacher, so much so that some pupils were unsure whether to take her classes. She was also known for giving her pupils plenty of complicated homework. Her subject was Hermione Granger's favourite subject while she was in school, but one of her roommates did not like it because she found it too difficult.
Early lifeEdit
Nothing is known about Vector's early life, though she likely attended a Wizarding School such as Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and excelled in Arithmancy, and may even have taken Advanced Arithmancy Studies. However, it is just as possible that she was home-schooled by her parents, though it is unknown if you could achieve an Ordinary Wizarding Level unless at a magical institution.
Career at HogwartsEdit
Another class, called Advanced Arithmancy Studies, was known to be taught at Hogwarts. It is likely that Professor Vector also took this class. The Advanced Arithmancy Studies classroom was located on the first floor of Hogwarts Castle, in the Turris Magnus.
It is possible that Vector began her career in wizarding education during or before the 1940s[4].
1991-1992 school yearEdit
- "Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts, teach us something please!"
- —Professor Vector and the rest of the school singing the Hogwarts school song.[src]
Professor Vector worked at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the early 1990s and was present at the Sorting of Harry Potter and his classmates.
In the 1991 Start-of-Term Feast, she sat next to Keeper of Keys and Grounds, Rubeus Hagrid. She listened attentively to fellow Professor Minerva McGonagall, who was telling the first-years how the Sorting ceremony would proceed. She also witnessed as Harry Potter was sorted into Gryffindor House. Professor Vector attended the first Quidditch match of the school term. She seemed to be cheerful after witnessing the victory of Gryffindor.
Around Christmas, she was seen spending time with an unknown Hogwarts employee.
1993-1994 school yearEdit
- "I heard [Hermione] talking to Professor Vector, that Arithmancy witch, this morning. They were going on about yesterday's lesson, but Hermione can't've been there, because she was with us in Care of Magical Creatures!"
- —Ron Weasley concerning Hermione Granger's impossible timetable.[src]
In 1993, Hermione Granger began studying Arithmancy with Professor Vector and excelled in the class. After one lesson, they had a talk about their lesson the following day, which Ronald Weasley overheard, and was confused, as Hermione had Care of Magical Creatures the day before, and so could not have been in Arithmancy. In reality, she had been using a Time-Turner to get to all her lessons.
Also that year, a ginger girl, roommate of Hermione and best friend of Fay Dunbar, took her subject as well. However, unlike her, she found it hard, and confided in Hermione that it was too difficult for her.
1994-1995 school yearEdit
- Hermione: "Lots of homework? Professor Vector didn't give us any at all."
- Ron: "Well, bully for Professor Vector."
- — Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley in 1994.[src]
On September 1st, 1994, the first day of the 1994-1995 school year, Professor Vector did not give her fourth year students any homework, an unusual occurrence, which Hermione Granger mentioned after Ronald Weasley told her that he had had a lot of homework.
1995-1996 school yearEdit
- " [Hagrid] waved a hand and narrowly missed concussing a frightened-looking Professor Vector, who was passing."
- —Professor Vector leaving the Great Hall one morning.[src]
When Rubeus Hagrid returned from a mission given to him by Headmaster Dumbledore, he had a conversation with Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger, Professor Vector walked past them and was almost knocked off her feet by Hagrid. As she was passing them and they were entering the Entrance Hall, she had presumably come downstairs to the Great Hall to eat.
Also that year, one boy told someone that he was unsure if he wanted to do Arithmancy because of Professor Vector's strict demeanour[5].
1996-1997 school yearEdit
- "Hermione [...] dashed off to see Professor Vector about a mistake she thought she might have made in her last Arithmancy essay."
- —Professor Vector being visited by Hermione Granger in May.[src]
In 1996, Hermione Granger thought she may had made a mistake in her homework and visited Professor Vector to discuss it.
Later lifeEdit
It is likely that Professor Vector participated in the Battle of Hogwarts in May, 1998. Her later life is unknown.
Physical appearanceEdit
Professor Vector was a witch with long, thin black hair with a fair skin colour.
Personality and traitsEdit
Professor Vector was described as very strict by a student who was not sure if he should take her lessons.[6] She was also said to have given out masses of complicated homework to her students, who were all third years or over, though appeared to be rather sociable with the other teachers. It is possible that she either supported the Gryffindor Quidditch team or was simply unbiased, as she was visibly shocked when Harry Potter lost control of his broom, and when Angelina Johnson was "attacked".
Magical abilities and skillsEdit
- Arithmancy: Septima was a skilled Arithmancer, teaching the subject for at least six years.
- Defence Against the Dark Arts: Vector was capable of casting the Stunning Spell, the Patronus Charm, and various other defensive spells.
- Charmwork: Professor Vector was able to cast the Wand-Lighting Charm, the Patronus Charm, the Freezing Charm, and various other charms.
- Herbology: Vector was capable of handling Mandrakes. She could also cast Lumos Solem, a spell used in herbology.
Septima most likely comes directly from Latin Septima which translates to "the seventh" (female form). As seven is the most powerful magical number, and Arithmancy deals with the numbers appearing in magic, this name suits the character well. A "vector" is a concept in physics and mathematics, specifying a quantity that has both magnitude and direction, and represented by an arrow.
Behind the scenesEdit
- Professor Vector's role in the films is reduced to a background extra in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, in which she is played by Hazel Showham.[7]
- In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, Septima's character token can be found in the Tom Riddle's diary level. This may indicate she already worked at Hogwarts in the 1940s. Other characters' tokens can be found in matching places, i.e. Minerva McGonagall in the Transfiguration classroom; however, there is another possibility that Septima's token location has no particular meaning.
- Professor Vector's first name only appeared on a list of the Hogwarts professors which was released on J. K. Rowling's website.
- Originally, she was a male named Septimus and her last name was intended to be Vecta.[8]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- J. K. Rowling Official Site
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ Professor Vector must have been born before 1975 in order to be old enough for a job at Hogwarts (older than 17).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- ↑ Her character token in LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 can be found in the Tom Riddle's Diary chapter.
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- ↑ Aveleyman - Hazel Showham
- ↑ HP Lexicon´s transcript of JKR´s notes
|Professors: Septima Vector
|Known Arithmancers: Bridget Wenlock
|Textbooks: Numerology and Grammatica · New Theory of Numerology
|Arithmancy at Hogwarts: Arithmancy (class) · Classroom 7A · Advanced Arithmancy Studies


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Cubana Cafe in Paris Offers a Taste of Cuba
A gray and rainy day in Paris, October cool. Montparnasse pedestrians grudgingly open umbrellas as the sidewalks glisten wet. Down the boulevard, in a part of Paris where Ernest Hemingway, T.S. Eliot, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henri Matisse and even Lenin and Trotsky once roamed, sit classic French cafés—Le Select, La Rotonde, Le Dôme and of course La Coupole. Any of those world-famous gathering places might be suitable for fleeing the autumn weather, but no, we want a cigar.
These days in Paris the interiors of cafés and bistros and restaurants are smoke-free, dictated by law.
What to do? Well, around the corner from those tobacco-less zones sits a café that offers another kind of escape-a journey to the warm Caribbean, a touch of Havana in Paris, with fine Cuban rums and the finest Cuban cigars. It's the kind of place that Hemingway might have frequented if it had been around when he was.
It's called Cubana Café, and that's exactly what it is. The décor is distinctively Latin; the sound of salsa and other Caribbean tempos emanate from stereo speakers; on Wednesdays after 8 p.m., the music is live, via Trio Tentation. There's wood paneling, soft leather sofas, subdued lighting; the walls are home to Caribbean-style folk art, paintings of cigar wrappers, even a photo of Fidel, when he was young and strong.
Afternoons are generally quiet-a time to relax, have lunch and a drink and contemplate the world while smoking your cigar. The evenings and late nights can vibrate, with the youth (and yes, the early middle ages) of Paris, both creating and responding to the beat of a unique aspect of Montparnasse nightlife. The restaurant is open daily from 10 a.m. to 3 a.m., but the doors stay open until dawn on weekends.
Now, you may ask: Why is this café different from other cafés? Why can you smoke a cigar there but not inside La Coupole? Here's the explanation: Yes, French law no longer allows smoking in restaurants and cafés. But that is unless there's a special, enclosed room. And that's what Cubana Café has. It's called the Smokehouse, and it has comfortable brown leather lounge chairs, Caribbean plant life and, to emphasize the room's function, a large painting of Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock as dueling smokers.
But it's not only the cigars-the café's other specialty is fine rum. The Cuban selections include three-year-old Havana Club (which I found soft and smooth, with a distinctively subtle rum taste), seven year old, 15 year old and Maximo Extra Añejo. Rums from Guadeloupe and Martinique are also available. The rums run $12.50 to $38, at $1.40 to the euro, with the Havana Club Maximo checking in at $154. The café is also, of course, the land of the mojito ($14).
For those who prefer their alcohol from the Northern Hemisphere, the café offers fine Cognacs as well as single-malt Scotches, such as Talisker, Lagavulin, Oban, Cragganmore, Dalwhinie, Glenkinchie, Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie, The Macallan and Glenlivet. The malts are $17 to $38.
Near the bar is a humidor. You must buy your cigar and then take it into the Smokehouse- by law, no services can be made available in the smoking room. You can also bring your own cigars. The giant Cuban cigar list includes 13 brands and nearly 50 types-Montecristo, Cohiba, Partagas, Hoyo de Monterrey, Bolivar, Punch, Romeo y Julieta and Cuaba, to name but a few. Entrance to the Smokehouse is 1 euro (about $1.40) during the day and 2 euros by night; if you're staying in Paris a long time, a member's card is $210.
Cigar prices? $25.50 will buy you a Montecristo No. 2, $28 a Partagas Lusitania, it's $24.50 for a Punch Double Corona and $17.50 for a Ramon Allones Specially Selected. For $29 there's my favorite, a Cohiba Robusto.
The food isn't the reason to go to Cubana Café, but you can dine on pretty fair Cuban fare, including cold and hot tapas, such as cod fritters, chorizo, Spanish sausage, chicken wings served Cuban-style and cured Spanish ham. I loved the chorizo, the sausage and the ham. The tapas range from $4 to $10. Main dishes include the classic picadillo (beef with olive, capers and raisins, accompanied by rice, black beans and ripe plantains); pork spareribs with black beans as well as mango and sweet potato puree; and lobster a la Cubana, flambéed Cuban style.
The menu also includes some French takes on Cuban food, such as duck breast with mango and sweet potato puree. Main courses are $17.50 to $27.50, or $36.50 for the lobster.
On that rainy October day, one patron was sitting by a window in one of those comfortable leather chairs, working away on his laptop and smoking his Havana. Then a waitress called him into the restaurant, where the lunch he had ordered was ready. The weather outside was still cloudy and wet. Inside, it was warm and inviting. And the smoke was rising.
Cubana Cafe
47 rue Vavin
75006 Paris, France
01 40 46 80 81
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In 1975, Ron Moore, lifelong Wabash resident, graduated from Purdue University and began his search for a career in biology. During his search, he worked with his father in construction, a job he had done throughout high school and college during the summers.
Ron's father was a contractor and had a well-equipped shop, which Ron used to build furniture for him and some friends. One of his first pieces was a sewing cabinet he made for his wife, Kris Moore, before they were married. She still has it and still uses it 35 years later.
After a few years of working with his father, Ron decided to focus his attention on finishing work rather than continue his search for a biology job or continue working construction.
"After I started figuring it out, I thought, well, maybe I can make a living out of this. So I rented a building, bought the equipment and started doing what I'm doing," Ron told The Paper of Wabash.
In 1978, Ron opened The Wood Shed to pursue his passion for woodwork. He works there with his wife, Kris, who used to own a dress shop in Wabash.
"I'm pretty lucky because I didn't do all the research you're supposed to do when starting a business. I just did it," Ron said.
Ron approached woodworking in the same way. Other than working construction with his father and mandatory eighth grade woodshop, Ron had no formal training.
"I learned by trial-and error more than anything. Mostly I just work it out as I go. I'm still learning after 35 years," he said.
Ron and Kris build custom furniture and cabinetry, do repair work, and stripping and finishing.
"We do all kinds of stuff, but my favorite is building something from nothing, or from a picture or drawing," Ron said.
"A lot of times I just go from a picture of what someone likes. They'll say I like this part, but I don't like this or I want to change that. We make stuff that you can't just go out and buy anywhere," he said.
Ron plans to continue building custom furniture for as long as he can.
"I hope to do this as long as I'm physically able, which may be about 10 – 15 more years," he said.
Kris and Ron do not have any children of their own, but Ron still has hope that someone will come along to carry on the business.
"I don't have anyone to step up right now, but I would like someone to," he said.
"It's been fun because I like what I do,' Ron said. "This little Wabash County has kept me busy for 35 years, so that's pretty impressive. I just have certain clientele that keep coming back time and time again. I've been lucky that Wabash has made a living for me."
The Wood Shed does work for both residential and business customers. They serve clients mostly in Wabash County, but have done work for out of state customers as well, and have gained their reputation mostly by word of mouth.
We're here to provide a service for people they can't get anywhere else," said Ron. "When the time comes for some one of a kind item, or something to match other furniture, or anything people need done involving wood, we will provide that service."


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They will first wear them in friendlies and then against Ghana at the South Africa finals.
Kit-makers claim the outfits will symbolise team spirit. But critics blasted the move as a goose-step too far.
The strip, created by German firm adidas, resembles the first-ever colours worn by a German national team in 1898.
But they are sure to also conjure up memories of the notorious SS, who terrorised Europe during the war. Hitler's personal protection squad wore a jet black uniform.
The name Blackshirts was also used by Italian dictator Mussolini's henchmen and Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists.
Bricklayer Michael Hayes, 28, from Bromley, south London, said: "Last time they wore black shirts they wanted world domination then as well, so I supp-ose it's appropriate.
"It might raise a few eyebrows from my grandad's generation."
The kit was yesterday modelled by Germany captain and Chelsea star Michael Ballack, 33, but the first strip is still white.
Adidas said: "Eleven stripes are sewn into the shirt to symbolise team spirit."


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In the first criminal charge arising from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a former BP engineer has been named in obstruction of justice charges alleging he destroyed evidence sought by government investigators, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
Kurt Mix, 50, of Katy, Texas, was arrested on two charges of obstruction of justice, according to a criminal complaint filed in Louisiana.
Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement that Mix is accused of deleting records relating to the amount of oil flowing from the Macondo well after the April 20, 2010 blowout and explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig that killed 11 workers and led to a three-month spill that the government says poured nearly 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
"The Deepwater Horizon Task Force is continuing its investigation into the explosion and will hold accountable those who violated the law in connection with the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history," Holder said.
BP officials did not immediately respond to emails from the Associated Press seeking comment.
Justice Department officials said Mix would make an initial appearance in federal court in Houston on Tuesday afternoon.
On Wednesday, a federal judge in New Orleans is expected to consider a motion to approve a $7.8 billion civil settlement between BP and a committee of plaintiffs in a civil case.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this article.


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