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Barfi! – homage, inspired or plagiarised?
Posted: September 19, 2012 by moifightclub in bollywood, News, plagiarism
Tags: Anuradha Sengupta, Anurag Basu, Barfi, Beautiful People, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, City Lights, copy, Gone Baby Gone, Homage, Kikujiro, Oasis, plagiarism, Singing In The Rain, The Adventurer, The Notebook
Barfi! has released, going strong at the box office too, and the reactions have been quite good so far. Though the critics liked it but most of them were not very impressed. Click here for all the reviews and the average rating. And there have been some interesting reactions too – from a glorious one by Rangan to self-reflective piece by Jai Arjun Singh.
But the point of this post is to find out where we draw the line for homage, inspiration and plagiarism. It seems Anurag Basu lifted many scenes from various films. If it was some other filmmaker, it would have been easy to say that it was all homage. And more so because "Charlie Chaplin" can be counted as a a genre now. But Basu has quite a history – Murder, Saaya, Life In A Metro. Having said that, as i wrote in this post earlier, i would like to reiterate that i still like his direction and he has a visual flair.
To start the homage, inspired or plagiarised debate, first watch the following videos.
Starting with this clip from Kikujiro. Seems like the art director/AD was told to even get a similar nail and place it in the same way.
Tip – Arun venugopal
Tanqeed has put a post with all the other scenes/videos which are currently being discussed. We are putting the same videos here too.
Remember this funny sliding door scene from Barfi!
Now watch this clip from Chaplin's The Adventurer.
Homage?
The mother-daughter scene from "The Notebook" which almost every critic has mentioned.
But it would be too far fetched to say that even the climax is copied because it's quite a generic scene.
Two sequences from Singing In the Rain – the nose one and the doll sequence. from 1:50 onward.
Another scene from Chaplin's City Lights.
But many have pointed out that there was a poster of Chaplin in one of the scenes. I guess that makes it a homage. Right?
The ladder scene from Buster Keaton film was obvious. But there's another bit. In the first 5 second.
The bicycle chase scene in the narrow lanes and the act of tapping the windows reminds you of Jackie Chan. Does it?
And Rajeev Masand has mentioned in his review that the kidnapping subplot seems to be inspired from Gone Baby Gone. Agree?
Anything else? Looking at all these scenes i am sure that there are more scenes from here and there for which we have not been able to trace the original. So is it all original till we find the source?
Also, anyone seen the Korean film Oasis? Enlighten us.
So where do you put Anurag Basu's B! now – H, I or P?
Or should we go back to Godard – "Its not where you take things from, its where you take them to"?
UPDATE – 24th September, 2012
Finally, an interview of Anurag Basu where he opens up about the plagiarism charges. Anuradha Sengupta has interviewed Basu for her show, Beautiful People. And good on her part that she didn't let him skip the questions (10:11 onwards – Life In A Metro and Barfi!).
And we sincerely thank her for giving credit to our blog (at 10:50).
She also talks to him about Barfi's success, Kites' failure, his filmmaking style, how it's democratic or not, trigger point of the film and other such topics. Do watch.
UPDATE – Now, finally the source of clock scene too.
via Kuldeep Patel.
WTF : Even the poster of Anjaana Anjaani is NOT original!
Posted: August 6, 2010 by moifightclub in bollywood, film, first look, News, pics, plagiarism, WTF
Tags: An Education, Anjaana Anjaani, copy, poster, Priyanka Chopra, Ranbir kapoor, Siddharth Anand
We are not sure who designed the poster of Anjaana Anjaani but we are sure about one thing – its a straight lift from An Education. Just check out both the posters. Need we say more! Tip by @damoviemaniac. The film is directed by Siddharth Anand and stars Ranbir Kapoor & Priyanka Chopra.
And to check out its theatrical trailer and to know its original source from where it has taken the inspiration, click here. We have put a bet! The goss from crew of Anjanaa Anjaani is that they have take the basic story idea from The Girl On The Bridge and have Bollywoodised it by adding naach-gaana & Las Vegas!
And here is the poster of An Education….
First Look : Arshad Warsi's Hum Tum Aur Ghost (Trailer)
Posted: February 25, 2010 by moifightclub in bollywood, cast & crew, first look, News, songs & videos
Tags: Arshad Warsi, boman irani, copy, Dia Mirza, first look, Ghost Town, Hum Tum Aur Ghost, Kabeer Kaushik, Sandhya Mridul, trailer, video
Actor Arshad Warsi has turned producer with his new film Hum Tum Aur Ghost. The film was earlier titled Kaun Bola ? Its directed by Kabeer Kaushik, who made a superb debut with Sehar. But nobody knows how he lost the plot in his next film Chamku. Was it the Deols-who-dont-die in films ?
Hum Tum Aur Ghost stars Arshad Warsi, Dia Mirza, Sandhya Mridul and Boman Irani. Can anyone smell Ghost Town ? As always in bollywood, Arshad clarified that after he wrote the script hi freinds told him that it sounds like Ghost Town. Otherwise he had no clue.
Xclusive : IPL 2010 launch video is plagiarised from Coke China Olympics TVC!
Posted: February 22, 2010 by moifightclub in Ad world, first look, News, plagiarism, songs & videos, Xclusive
Tags: China, Coke, copy, IPL, IPL 2010, Olympics, plagiarism, red Carpet, Set Max, tv commercial, tvc, video
Ah, they have done it again! One more and its a hattrick. Last time it was the IPL Karmayudh video which was copied from the Yankees Ad. If you dont remember click here to see the original, the copied and filmmaker Prasoon Pandey's reaction to plagiarism allegations.
And here is the new one from Indian Plagiarised League! Those who are following all the IPL buzz must have already seen the "red carpet" launch video of IPL 2010 on SetMax. If you havent, click on the play button.
And here is the original one. The Coke TV commercial for China Olympics.
In the desi one, they have just added saare jahan se accha, hindustan hamara. And believe it or not, but try this. Freeze the first video (IPL) at 01:03 and the second one (coke) at 01:37. Looks like they went out on recce looking for similar locations and shot in the same way. And how can they let go the great visual of snow-capped mountain? As Dhoni says, toh aur bolo ?
And can any enlightened soul tell us who is the culprit this time ? Is it Pandeyji again ?
Phoonk 2 copied The Chaser poster!
Posted: January 18, 2010 by moifightclub in bollywood, cast & crew, cinema, first look, News, pics, plagiarism, songs & videos
Tags: copy, Milind Gadagakar, Phoonk 2, poster, The Chaser, trailer
Indiafm discovered this scoop. The poster of Phoonk 2 seems to be direct lift from the Korean film The Chaser. Have a look.
The film is directed by Milind Gadagakar, the writer of Phoonk. And here is the trailer of the film if you are still interested.
(PS – Do watch The Chaser. Its KILLER!)
Lalit Pandit lifts tune of Pakistani singer Fakhr-e-Alam!
Posted: January 9, 2010 by moifightclub in bollywood, News, plagiarism, songs & videos
Tags: copy, dilrubaoon ke jalwe, Dulha Mil Gaya, Fakhr-e-Alam, Husnwaalon se poocho, Lalit Pandit, lift, plagiarism, video
We were feeling bit sad because it seems the copycats species was fast becoming extinct. Blame it on the new rules, hollywood studios coming to India, Rakesh Roshan-Ram Sampath case and many other reasons. Even Pritam has said no more copying. Anu Malik is long dead. But it seems all is still not well.
It was recently reported on www.itwofs.com and Mumbai Mirror that Lalit Pandit (of Jatin-Lalit duo) has lifted the tune of Pakistani singer Fakhr-e-Alam's song Husnwaalon se poocho, that was part of his 2001 album Falam Connection. Husanwaalon becomes dilrubaoon ke jalwe in Dulha Mil Gaya. And here are the two songs…
Is Love Aaj Kal copy of Taiwanese film Three Times (Zui Hao De Shi Guang) ?
Posted: June 21, 2009 by moifightclub in bollywood, gossipmongers, News, plagiarism, Story / Plot / Synopsis, writing
Tags: copy, Deepika Padukone, Imtiaz Ali, Love Aaj Kal, plagiarism, plot, Rishi Kapoor, Sail Ali Khan, story, synopsis, Three Times, Zui Hao De Shi Guang
Thats what the buzz is. We would like to believe its NOT. Plagiarism ? Not again! Because we have never heard of Imtiaz Ali as dvd director. But then, you never know. May be only the basic idea, story, plot or synopsis. Or it can be coincidence. Lets check out.
Zui Hao De Shi Guang ( Three Times)
To quote from Imdb.com –
The film wisely opens with the most successful of the three 'Times' – 1966 A Time for Love – – tracing the emergence of timid passion between a lad headed for the military and a young girl who works in a pool hall. They communicate by letters after their first brief introductory encounter and circumstances interfere with the progress of their relationship in 1966 Taiwan.
The middle section 1911 A Time for Freedom is gorgeous visually and conceptually the director has elected to use the cinematic form of the period (silent movie) to tell his story about the freeing of a young girl from the grip of a brothel madam and surveys the political tensions between Japan and China as the quietly lighted story of love and yearning unfolds.
The film ends with 2005 A Time for Youth and here our lovers are caught up in the pollution of smog, cellphones, emails, nightclubs, and infidelities for same sex affairs that speak loudly about the tenor of the times.
Two actors play the lead roles in three stories set in three different years.
And here is a promo of the film
Love Aaj Kal
Love Aaj Kal is the story of Jai ( Saif Ali Khan) and Meera (Deepika Padukone). It starts at a cafe in London which is run by Veer Singh ( Rishi Kapoor). The duo meet, jump into bed first and then they fall in love. With Jai-Meera's love story, there is parallel track of Veer Singh, his love story with Harleen, which happens in flashback and is set in Delhi. One is today's love story and the other is of yesteryears. Saif Ali also plays the younger Veer Singh (Rishi Kapoor).
Veer does not understand how Jai can treat matters of the heart without passion, like a financial transaction. Jai does not understand how Veer Singh could have been so naïve and silly about Harleen in the days of his youth. But as both stories unfold, we realize that the process of relationship might be different in different eras, but the experience of being in love remains the same.
So there is the frolic and despair of modern living, the liberation and confusion. And there is the past – the times of innocence and compulsion. And there is distance, and the fondness that increases with distance. Gaps widen between two people, but bridges keep growing too.
The basic idea suspiciously sounds similar. One is Love Aaj Kal and the other is Love Aaj Kal Parsoon. One is Two Times, other is Three Times. But since its Imtiaz Ali, we would like to reserve our comments till its release. Lets see.


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How driverless cars can reduce pollution
By Melanie Zanona - 10/24/16 04:02 PM EDT
There are a number of ways that autonomous vehicles can reduce pollution, from increased ride-sharing to better traffic coordination on U.S. roads.
But environmental advocates warn that decreasing greenhouse gas emissions can only be achieved if driverless cars are rolled out alongside a smart, public policy approach.
"It will be important for us and policymakers to move very quickly in thinking about what the policy steps are to lead us to the 'heaven scenario,'" Tony Dutzik, a senior policy analyst at the Frontier Group, said during a webinar discussion on Monday.
The White House has been making an aggressive push to help bring self-driving cars to market, with transportation officials hailing the technology's ability to save lives, enhance mobility and reduce fuel use.
Dutzik said driverless cars can help decrease greenhouse gas emissions "if they enable us to think differently about how we use vehicles."
One of those new lines of thinking includes more ride-sharing programs across cities and communities. Uber has already started using semi-autonomous vehicles in its fleets in Pittsburgh, while Lyft hopes to test driverless cars to transport passengers by next year.
Ride-hailing companies have been excited by the prospect of self-driving cars, in part because it removes the cost of the driver.
Dutzik said the increased prevalence of ride-hailing and ride-sharing services will help people "feel free to live without their vehicles," with expanded transportation options taking the pressure off consumers to own a car.
Driverless vehicles can also help reduce fuel use by spurring the widespread adoption of electric vehicles.
Tesla, a pioneer in the electric vehicle movement, has hinted at plans to launch its own autonomous ride-sharing network. The company envisions a world in which a Tesla car can "generate income for you while you're at work or on vacation," according to the automaker's latest master plan.
Autonomous vehicles also have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by improving congestion. Driverless cars will have the ability to deploy "platooning" technology, which allows automated vehicles to travel close together at high speeds in order to mitigate traffic.
But the promise of pollution reduction in the self-driving car era is not guaranteed, industry experts say.
For one thing, there could be numerous regulatory roadblocks. The Competitive Enterprise Institute recently published a report examining every state-level "following too closely" driving law, which would restrict platooning.
Dutzik also warned that driverless cars can actually "move us in the wrong direction" if the technology makes driving cheaper and easier, and thus encourages people to live farther away from where they need to go.
Frontier Group is out with a new report outlining the "50 Steps Toward Carbon-Free Transportation," which includes recommendations aimed at fostering innovation for new and emerging transportation options.
The report suggests policies such as eliminating excessive taxes on ride-sharing, allowing commuter benefits to apply to shared mobility services and revisiting existing laws to ensure that new transportation technologies like self-driving cars can thrive.
"Our daily commutes are cooking the planet, but they don't have to," said Anna Aurilio, director of Environment America's Global Warming Solutions campaign. "We have the technology and skilled workforce to build cleaner cars and the tools to give Americans cleaner choices for getting from point A to point B."

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Delicious roasted vegetable pressed sandwich recipe, with goat cheese, balsamic and arugula.
Back in the summer, I posted a Picnic Perfect Pressed Sandwich. It's perfect for summer lunches. But it's Winter now, and a different type of pressed sandwich is in order. Here's my favourite – roasted vegetables, with a balsamic drizzle, goat cheese and arugula, pressed on a ciabatta bun and lightly toasted in a panini press or sandwich grill.
I like to make these in the morning. I'll assemble and set to press in the fridge. Later in the day, I'll trim and toast, re-wrap and store in the fridge for weekday lunches, or enjoy for dinner, with a bowl of soup.
I don't have a panini press. I just use my george-forman-ish grill thing and give it a little squeeze – just enough to warm the sandwich, melt the cheese and lightly toast the outside. If you don't have either, just a few seconds in the microwave will warm up the filling and cheese.
Be sure to get your vegetables as dry as possible before placing on sandwich, to prevent a soggy sandwich and filling "slippage". This is a great sandwich to enjoy for dinner, with a bowl of soup, or make ahead from a great weekend lunchbox sandwich. You can warm in a panini or grill press, or in the microwave.
Roast your peppers: pre-heat the broiler on your oven. Slice the sides off the peppers and place, skin side up, on a baking sheet. Place under the broiler until the skin is bubbly and quite browned (10-15 minutes). Remove from the oven and place the peppers into a plastic or paper bag, seal and place in the fridge for 20-30 minutes. Leave the broiler on.
Meanwhile, slice your onions and zucchini. On a baking sheet, arrange the zucchini slices in a single layer and sprinkle the onion pieces over top. Sprinkle with a bit of salt and freshly ground pepper. Place under the broiler until the zucchini has dried and shriveled, but not browned too much (about 8-12 minutes). Remove from the oven and leave on the baking sheet to cool a bit. (Hopefully, the zucchini are fairly dry. If not remove to a paper towel to cool.
While the zucchini is cooling, take the peppers from the fridge and using the sharp edge of a knife, peel off the charred skin and discard. Place the peppers onto a paper towel, do dry the surface off a bit.
Prepare your sandwiches: If using a ciabata baguette, cut it into 2 or 3 pieces, then cut your ciabatta loaf pieces or buns in half from the side and butter both sides. On the bottom half, place a generous layer of arugula. Top with a single layer of roasted pepper, then a layer of the zucchini slices and a few onion pieces. Drizzle with some balsamic vinegar. Top with crumbled goat cheese, then place the top of the bun on top. Wrap tightly with plastic wrap (wrap a couple of times to prevent bread from drying out). Place on the shelf in your refrigerator and place a flat plate or other flat object on top. Top the plate with something heavy (cans of tomatoes work well). Allow to press in the fridge for 4-6 hours or overnight.
Once pressed, remove from fridge, unwrap and trim edges, if desired (not necessary, just look a little prettier). If you like, pop into a panini press or grill press to warm and toast lightly, or microwave for 30 seconds or so to warm.
No one makes sandwiches look as pretty as you do! These are just gorgeous. They sound so good, too! –This weekend I need easy finger-food dinner ideas (we're hosting an evening of drinks and board games) — I think these might just be perfect! Thanks!
Thanks Sophie. Yes, the would be perfect for your evening (which sounds like great fun).
The combination of goat cheese and roasted vegetables on a ciabatta sounds so delicious!
This is a sandwich I would really enjoy with its veggies, goat cheese and great bread.
It is my favourite. I love it slightly warm – just enough to melt the goat cheese a bit. Sandwich heaven!


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Marking 77 years to the extermination of the Jewish Community of Macedonia
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Due to the corona virus development the annual "March of the Living", that was about to take place today, March 11 2020, is postpone until further notice. We take this opportunity to publish a monologue written by Dr. Rachel-Shelly Levy Drummer, a direct descendant of the Levy and Abarbanel families of Bitola Macedonia
I am here to be the advocate of the Jews of Macedonia defeated by the Bulgarian Tsar Boris III and his army
"… The king canceled the order on March 10, 1943. Bulgarian Jewry breathed a sigh of relief: about 48,000 Bulgarian Jews were saved from extermination." Thus ended an article on the rescue of the Jews of Bulgaria (Ha'aretz 16.4.2014) in a welcoming tone of praise to the Bulgarians. And I, a member of my second-generation family of a Macedonian family, was horrified! At home, they did not stop telling us how exactly on that damn night, on March 11, 1943, all the Jews of Macedonia-7144 were sent to the extermination-by whom? By those Bulgarians! None of those sent to Treblinka returned!
Family Abravanel of Bitola : Nissim (Nichko), Berta, Dr Haïm and Reni Abravanel, 1950 ; Rachel with Grandfather Dr. Haim Abarbanel
97 of the deportees are members of my immediate family – the Levy and Abarbanel families of Macedonia and the details. Yes, yes, those Bulgarians who sent to extermination also the Jews of Trakia in total destroyed without a blink 11343 Jews! And how shall I sing a song of praise to the Bulgarians! And how can an Israeli and some Jew sing a song of praise to the Bulgarians even if they did not send the Bulgarian Jews themselves to extermination?
he Bulgarian Czar Boris, who was Hitler's ally, took power in Macedonia and Trakia by virtue of an agreement signed with Hitler. These areas were called the annexed territories (Bulgaria). The same Czar Boris who, under Bulgarian pressure, canceled the transport of the Bulgarian Jews to the camps, sent for extermination the Jews of the annexed territories without batting an eyelid. Thus, in the middle of that night, March 11, 1943, the Bulgarian army and police collected the 7,500 Macedonian Jews from whom they were sent for extermination in Treblinka 7144 in three transports from the "execution contractors" – the police and the Bulgarian army to the Germans and from there directly to extermination in the gas chambers in Treblinka! No one came back.
It seems that this matter was fully coordinated between the Bulgarian army and the SS: "The German Theodore Dannecker entrusted Alexander Belev, the commissar for Jewish affairs in Skopje, with the supervision of the liquidation of the Jews of Macedonia (Jenny Lebel, tide and break: 206). In her book: "The reports from the Bulgarian forces in the area flowed into the heart: On March 11, 1943, at 5 am, the army would impose a curfew in the quarters where the Jews' homes were concentrated." (Lebel, 208) During the period between the transports on March 21, 1943, Beckerle, the German ambassador to Sofia, Alexander in the Bulgarian heart, and Theodore Dannecker of Germany, and Nir Baruch in his book notes that "together with the extermination of Yehud The Bulgarian population is responsible for the extermination of 11343 Jews sent by the Bulgarians to the death camps "(Nir Baruch, Destruction and Survival in United Bulgaria, 2003: 9) The extermination of the Macedonian community that took place under the responsibility of the Bulgarian army was almost total.
View of Macedonia; Jewish Cemetery
The few survivors lived because they joined the partisans, carried foreign passports, or were doctors and pharmacists. But worse than this destruction was the forgetfulness – the Macedonian Jews who were mostly exterminated (97%) had no one left to use their mouths to tell their stories and remember their destruction by the Bulgarian army and under the command of Tsar Boris.
In 1994, a monument was erected in the KKL-JNF Forest in memory of Tsar Boris for the rescue of Bulgaria's Jews, and a public committee was set up in the KKL-JNF headed by Justice Beisky. The commission concluded that the JNF had to remove the sign in memory of the Tsar because of his direct responsibility for the destruction of the Jews of Macedonia Thrace, the time had come to uproot the myth of the Bulgarian myth that was in the public consciousness, and that Boris Boris III was Hitler's partner and ally and was responsible for the extermination of all 7,140 Macedonian Jews And another 4,000 Thracian Jews.
True, the Bulgarian Jews were saved from annihilation, but it was precisely those who decided not to send them from the camps that were the destroyers of the Jews of Macedonia. We, the few survivors of Macedonia, are turning to you. The survivors of Bulgaria and their children, together with the memory of the rescue of the Jews of Bulgaria, please remind us of the destruction of your Macedonian brothers (and sometimes your family) by those who did not send you to extermination.
As the only descendant of a magnificent family sent to be exterminated by Tsar Boris and the Bulgarian army, I demand that justice be done! The murder of 11,500 Jews in Macedonia and Thrace is murder is murder! Even if the murderers refrained from murdering another 48,000 Jews, even then they are still murderers, and so should be noted! Dr. Rachel Levy-Drummer, Kiryat Ono
Left: Levi-Drummer speaking at a Holocaust commemoration event with Israel's Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Zeev Elkin in Bitola, North Macedonia, March 10, 2019. Credit: Cnaan Liphshiz
Center: Dr. Rachel Levy Drummer and Ambassador Dan Orian
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W&J to Celebrate German Week, Oct. 1 to 11
WASHINGTON, PA (Oct. 2, 2015) – The first week of October is German Week at Washington & Jefferson College (W&J) and a grant from the German Embassy will ensure a series of events that will educate and inspire W&J students, alumni and the community.
Through October 1-11, W&J will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the reunification of Germany on Oct. 3, 2015 with historical displays, German films, trivia, German food, chances to win prizes, and other fun activities to help celebrate German Week.
The W&J Department of Modern Languages received a grant from the German Embassy to have German Week at W&J, and this is the third time the department has received the grant. W&J Assistant Professor Cathy Altmeyer, M.A. is one of the organizers for the week-long event.
"The German Embassy sent an awesome display of posters depicting the story of German Reunification. It's an inspiring story of peaceful change," said Altmeyer. "In addition, the library will have on display East & West German memorabilia, posters depicting the various ingenious methods that East German citizens used to flee to the West, and posters of East and West German propaganda during the separation of Germany."
W&J will be very busy during German Week, and this is a great way for the community to be involved with German culture, said Altmeyer. A full schedule of German Week events is listed below, and is available on the College's Event Calendar.
"Our community will be able to get a real feel for these important historical events," said Altmeyer.
October 1-11
U. Grant Miller Library Display on German Reunification & of East and West German Memorabilia.
German Essay Contest Deadline.
Prizes $300/$200/$100 Amazon Gift Card
German Club Dinner at German Restaurant.
Soccer Game at Brooks Field, 5 p.m. featuring German Club team, French Club team, and International Students teams. Souvenir for all participants!
Film Showing of Goodbye Lenin at 7 p.m.
Refreshments will be served. Event is open to the public.
Film showing of The Lives of Others, 6 p.m. in Yost Auditorium, Burnett Center. Renate Atzler, former resident of West Germany before and after reunification, will speak briefly with the audience before the film about her experiences related to the separation of Germany and its reunification. Event is open to the public.
German food at dinner in The Commons.
October 7-9
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.: Trivia, games in Rossin Center near Mailroom. Stop by daily to win a prize! Enter to win East & West German Memorabilia!
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Washington & Jefferson College, located in Washington, Pa., is a selective liberal arts college founded in 1781. Committed to providing each of its students with the highest-quality undergraduate education available, W&J offers a traditional arts and sciences curriculum emphasizing interdisciplinary study and independent study work. For more information about W&J, visit www.washjeff.edu, or call 888-W-AND-JAY.
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Letters to the Editor (Feb. 6, 2018)
Numismatic News Staff
Copper 1943 cents make headlines, but hard to find
I was sorting through some of my older pennies/cents, and I happened to look at a 1943 penny/cent, and it appears to be be copper, at least copper coated.
Upon looking through Numismatic News, December 5 Edition, I noticed that such a coin may be worth a lot, as it is rare.
How is the best way to verify that this is indeed a error, and a rare coin.??
Duane. K. Enger
Address withheld
Editor's note: Copper (bronze) 1943 cents are very rare. Nearly all of them were made of steel. Sometimes you find coins that are deliberately plated with copper to deceive. A plated steel cent will be attracted to a magnet. See if yours is. Another ruse is to scrape away part of the "8" on 1948 cents. You will have to have your coin checked out by an expert. See a local coin dealer or contact a third-party grading service.
Lost purchasing power leads to throw-away cents
A few weeks ago the e-question was raised: "Is the U.S. cent under serious threat of abolition?"
I would like to add that the paper dollar bill is too, but that'll be another letter. All of those who responded to the question seem to agree it is.
Many readers cited the practice of many world countries eliminating their "cents" (lowest denomination coin) in years past, mostly because those countries realized it was illogical to produce a coin at a price over its face value. One reader, like me, makes a trip to the car wash and finds mostly cents on the ground tossed out. (I once found a pile of cents equaling 20 cents on the island of two self-serve vacuums.) It seems no one wants the lowly cent. I also pick cents from the reject chute of Coinstar counting machines. Most prevalent are cents along with foreign and/or an occasional U.S. silver coin. (When I get 50 cents together, I'll roll them up and take them to the bank. As Ben "Poor Richard" Franklin would say, "A [cent] found is a [cent] earned.")
In 1792, the us cent had some purchasing power. But today, 226 years later, ask yourself, "What can I buy with a single "penny?" – Not even a "wad" of bubble gum! For all intents and purposes, the U.S. cent is a worthless coin, even if it cost about two cents to produce. The government is looking to save money and cut costs. They should look at the cent, Costing about double face, they produce billions of cents from each operating mint every year. Abolish the cent and there's millions – maybe billions – of dollars saved each year. (The cent could still exist, but only "electronically" like the mill [$0.001] has since its conception.)
I hear a distant death-tolling bell. Could it be for the cent? Perhaps.
Bill Tuttle,
Fate of stamps might point to coin hobby future
Like most old guys who have collected coins my entire life, I wonder what will become of my collection. I am thinking about a similar story, one that could also play out in our hobby. as anyone ever heard of stamp collecting? Stamps were those government issued interesting little printed paper vouchers for prepaying the delivery of letters. Letters? Well, those were the ancient predecessors of emails and tweets and other modern Internet based communication.
I met a bright young man the other day and showed him a small stamp collection I had inherited. He had never heard of such a thing! Stamp collections, in mint condition, in nice folders, even new and unused still good for mailing, now sell for less than half their face value. Of course there are a few old rarities still being bought by investors. But the normal collection, those our fathers and grandpas spent evenings pouring over, are now pretty much oddities. Much like antique furniture, Hummel figurines and cut glass.
Might stamp or even coin collecting come back? Sure, but I wager it will be in 20 years and for six weeks. But we agree coin values certainly can't drop below face value, because one can always spend them. Right? Oh, but are we not going to a cashless society? What about melt value? Oh my, that makes me feel ill.
See what I mean? The lesson is repeatedly clear, and applies to so much of life: we should collect for our own fun and curiosity, not rationalizing some great future, no matter what we might tell our wives.
Mark Parsons
Berthoud, Colo.
Eagle totals don't add up on Mint's website
Any reason why the Mint's totals for January Eagle sales are not matching the cumulative totals at the bottom? For example the chart is showing 20,500 one- ounce gold eagles sold for January, but the total at the bottom reads 19,500. For the half ounce it's 10,000 for January vs. 9000 at the bottom total, etc. I wonder if the January total represents 2017 and 2018-dated coins and the total at the bottom represents 2018-dated coins only?
Thomas Michels
Editor's note: The Mint said its spreadsheet formula was in error Jan. 10.
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Texans stand to forfeit $115M in income tax refunds
David Hendricks, Staff Writer
March 13, 2017 Updated: March 13, 2017 5:40 p.m.
A man walks into the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, D.C. All IRS Taxpayer Assistance Centers, including the one in San Antonio, are available by appointment only.ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS /AFP /Getty Images
More than 104,000 Texans stand to lose some $115.6 million in tax refunds if they don't meet the Internal Revenue Service's deadline April 18, according to the agency.
That's how much Texas residents are owed from 2013, said William Brunson, an IRS spokesman covering the Texas region. Taxpayers forfeit the right to federal refunds after three years, making this April's deadline their last chance to claim that cash, he said.
Uncle Sam gets the money if it's left unclaimed after April 18.
Nationally, about 1 million people are owed more than $1 billion in potential refunds from 2013, according to the IRS.
In Texas, the median refund owed from 2013 is $829, meaning that half of the refunds would be more than that and half would be less. That's higher than the national median 2013 unclaimed refund of $763.
"Now is the time when they (people owed refunds) should gather their materials to file a return," Brunson said. Those materials would include the correct 2013 income-tax forms, and income and wage statements, such was W-2 and 1099-miscellaneous and dividend forms.
Those forms are available at the agency's website, www.irs.gov.
Brunson said the number of unclaimed refunds is high for various reasons. The taxpayers may have gone through a divorce or a family member may have passed away.
"They were not focused on taxes at that time. Or the refund may be only like $35, and taxpayers decided to spend time on something else," Brunson said.
San Antonio tax accountant Jim Oliver of the CalvettiFerguson accounting firm cited other possibilities.
Often, people won't claim a refund because they moved before they received the refund and had a bad forwarding address, he said. Direct deposit request can also fail. Family members also don't think about claiming the refund of a deceased relative, Oliver said.
"On the other hand, much of this money is assumed owed to taxpayers who haven't filed a 2013 return. The IRS has run a computation based on the information they have and shows that a taxpayer should be entitled to a refund," he said. "However, because the individual may have other income for which the IRS has no information, they don't just finalize a return for that taxpayer and send the refund."
If taxpayers are unable to produce 2013 W-2 or 1099 forms from employers, they may request the information online using the "Get Transcript Online" tool. The transcript shows data from information returns the agency received for 2013. The transcript can be used to file the 2013 tax return.
There is no penalty for filing late for a refund, but 2013 refunds will not be paid if not claimed by the April 18 filing deadline, Brunson said.
Refund checks for 2013 may be held if the taxpayers haven't filed tax returns for 2014 and 2015. The checks also may be applied to any amounts owed to the IRS or to offset unpaid child support or past due federal debts, such as student loans.
With five weeks left before the April 18 deadline for the 2016 tax year, the IRS also issued a statement reminding taxpayers that all of its Taxpayer Assistance Centers, including the one in San Antonio, offers assistance by appointment only.
The San Antonio Taxpayer Assistance Center at 8626 Tesoro Drive switched from walk-in service to appointment-only in 2015 as one of 10 IRS centers selected to test the appointment-only system. Now all IRS centers are by appointment only, Brunson said.
The change was made to avoid long waits at the centers, Brunson said.
If taxpayers cannot find information or answers online or through preparers, they can make an appointment by calling 844-545-5640. The San Antonio IRS center operates from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Brunson said IRS staffers answering the toll-free number will first determine whether the taxpayer needs an appointment or if the matter can be settled during the telephone call with help from staffers or with information online.
Brunson stressed that the agency prefers taxpayers to use its website for answers and to obtain forms before calling. The IRS Interactive Tax Assistant at www.irs.gov is a resource for answers to common questions.
For people who do not use the internet, tax forms may be ordered by telephone for delivery by the U.S. Postal Service. The telephone number to order tax forms is 800-829-3676, or 800-TAX-FORM. Ten days should be allowed for delivery, Brunson said.
Free tax preparation is available for taxpayers earning less than $60,000 in 2016 at 18 walk-in centers in San Antonio and one in Fredericksburg under the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program.
The list of VITA sites and their hours is available online at www.vitasa.org or by calling the United Way Helpline at 211. Saturday and evening hours are available.
The VITA program is a collaboration of the city of San Antonio, United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County, and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Antonio Inc.
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Congressman Gallego Fights For Deported Veterans
April 22, 2016 By Latinovations Staff
A group of Congressmen lead by Representative Ruben Gallego have introduced legislation that would help deported veterans of the United States Armed Forces return to the U.S. and reunited with their families. The proposed legislation would prevent the removal of service members and veterans in the future as well.
"As a vet myself, I feel like all veterans are part of my constituency. I believe we'll get bipartisan support on this," Gallego said, who represents Arizona's 7th District.
Gallego was inspired to tackle this issues when he attended a Skype conference organized by a group of Arizona State University students which included some deported veterans that are living in Tijuana, Mexico. Their stories made Gallego become committed to changing this policy. Those veterans where members of the Deported Veterans Support House which is a group that was founded in 2013 by Hector Barajas. This group is devoted to aiding veterans that have been removed from the U.S., a lot of whom suffer from psychiatric issues like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Gallegos' bill, called the Restoring Respect for Immigrant Service in Uniform Act, urges the Department of Homeland Security to re-admit to the U.S. veterans who've been deported and who have not committed a serious crime. The bill also limits the grounds for deporting members of the armed forces, preventing the removal of anyone who has served at least 6 months in the military and who has not committed a serious crime. This legislation is being cosponsoring the bill were Reps. Ted Liu (D-California), Charles Rangel (D-New York), and José E. Serrano (D-New York).
Serrano added, "That our country deports those who have defended our flag and lived up to our nation's most important ideals tells you all you need to know about how broken our immigration system currently is."
The bill also includes language that would encourage the president to use executive power to allow currently deported veterans to apply for citizenship. Gallego believes the country owes it to the men and women he calls "green card soldiers."
"There's urgency to this issue," he told FNL. "Even one deported vet is too many. These men and women need veterans' services, and we need to honor our commitment to them. The fact is, this isn't an immigration issue, and it's a veteran's issue."
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2018 NBA Playoffs begin Saturday
Alex Welz
As the 2017-18 NBA regular comes to a close, the playoffs are all set and ready to take off. The Eastern Conference has much more firepower to it this year. Meanwhile the always brutal West is looking intimidating once more. Buckle up for another intriguing NBA playoff season.
1. Toronto Raptors vs. 8. Washington Wizards
4. Cleveland Cavaliers vs. 5. Indiana Pacers
3. Philadelphia 76ers vs. 6. Miami Heat
2. Boston Celtics vs. 7. Milwaukee Bucks
The East has drastically improved in a very short amount of time. Last year, all you heard were people complaining about how easy of a road the Cavs had to another championship appearance and the demand for the 16-team playoff bracket which would only take into account record and disregard conference. This year, its a completely different story. Although still not competing at the level the West is, the East has some major contenders this time around.
Toronto has been unstoppable all year. Led by DeMar DeRozan, Kyle Lowry, and a whole slew of talented young guys, they have blended perfectly together. Boston doesn't appear to have the look of a championship team anymore following the loss of Kyrie Irving to his recent knee surgery. The interesting part of the East is looking at seeds 3-8. Each team is extremely talented and has the potential to truly make a push for a championship. Philadelphia is playing at an all-time high right now, and when Joel Embiid returns, look out. Between Ben Simmons, Embiid, Markelle Fultz, and Dario Saric, they easily have the best young core in the game.
The Cavaliers are, of course, at the top of everyone's list to make it to yet another Finals appearance despite entering as the 4-seed. If the supporting cast can find some consistency, there may be no stopping LeBron James and Cleveland. Milwaukee has an MVP candidate in its own with Giannis Antetokounmpo and a really good core behind him, while Washington is still easing John Wall back into the mix to go along with Bradley Beak and Otto Porter Jr.
1. Houston Rockets vs. 8. Minnesota Timberwolves
4. Oklahoma City Thunder vs. 5. Utah Jazz
3. Portland Trail Blazers vs. 6. New Orleans Pelicans
2. Golden State Warriors vs. 7. San Antonio Spurs
The West looks strong once again. However, people predicting standings at the beginning of the season may be shocked to see how they turned out. All the assumed teams are in, it's just their seeding may come as a shock to many. The Warriors have been dethroned…from the #1 seed, that is. The Houston Rockets have put together an astonishing season led by MVP frontrunner, James Harden. The addition of Chris Paul and emergence of Clint Capela have helped quite a bit as well. Without Stephen Curry for the first round, Golden State still looks built to contend. Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green are all more than capable of taking Golden State to the promised land. Portland also looks rather intimidating with an imposing backcourt duo of Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum.
Oklahoma City is a team that no one wants to see come playoff time. With three players capable of taking over the game on the offensive end, they will always be dangerous. Again, consistency is key for them. The Jazz have overachieved all season long. They are led by rookie Donovan Mitchell on offense and are anchored by 7'1" Rudy Gobert on defense. The Spurs have been the most polarizing story all season long. Amid the Kawhi Leonard situation, the Spurs have managed to still make the playoffs but don't look to have the firepower to compete with those at the top. The Minnesota Timberwolves clinched the playoffs with a closing thriller against the Denver Nuggets and have a roster laden with talent and explosive potential.
The NBA playoffs tipoff this weekend with four games Satrurday and another four on Sunday. The first round will span the next two weeks with Game 7s scheduled to be played at the end of April should the series go the distance.
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What is the Consumer Confidence Report?
The consumer confidence report is a survey conducted by the Conference Board that measures consumer attitudes about both the present and future situation of the U.S. economy. Each month, five thousand consumers across the U.S. are interviewed and survey about their thoughts of economy. Their answers are then graded under different, weighted components and later compiled to give us one number that makes up the Consumer Confidence reading.
Why Should I Pay Attention to this report?
Consumer confidence is basically a measure of how good (or bad) consumers think the economy is performing. The more confident consumers are about the economy and their personal financial situations, the more likely they will be willing to shell out their hard earned cash. On the other hand, if consumers are concerned about the state of the economy, chances are they'll hold back on spending right now, and instead save their cash for a rainy day.
Keep in mind that the consumer consumption accounts for about two-thirds of U.S. GDP. That said, having an idea what consumers feel and how it could affect their spending habits could provide valuable insight with regards to predicting which way the economy may be headed in.
Is there really a correlation between Consumer Confidence and Spending?
I decided to do a little digging of my own to see whether consumer confidence does affect spending.
As it turns out, there appears to be a positive correlation between retail sales and the consumer confidence report. In 2007-2008, consumer confidence dropped as the Great Recession was taking place. During this time, retail sales also stumbled, falling from 340 billion USD to 305 billion USD.
Then, once the Conference Board index bottomed out at 25.0 in early 2009, we saw retail sales start to pick up as well. Over the past few years, both consumer sentiment and retail sales have seen steady growth.
No, the correlation isn't pitch perfect, but at the very least it provides support for the argument that consumer sentiment does have predictive qualities in terms of predicting the direction of retail sales growth.
That said, we should continue to measures this relationship, as it could give us hints as to how well the rest of the U.S. economy may perform this 2013. Should confidence continue to rise, retail sales may follow suit. This could have a ripple effect on the rest of the economy, as more spending will allow businesses to expand, which could in turn lead to them hiring. Before you know it, NFP figures are starting to hit the 200,000 mark, while GDP growth is steadily climbing each month!
Make sure you hit up our economic calendar every last Tuesday of the month to find out the results of the Conference Board Consumer Confidence report!
Do you think the recent uptrend in the consumer confidence report is warranted?


PJ and his coaches at The Wakeboard Camp have put together the most thorough DVD instructional series to date. The series is structured to show viewers the genetics of each trick, how it builds and breaks down, and the relationships of tricks between the base trick and the goal.
This DVD is the most in-depth look ever at the 8 base inverts. It even shows different versions of the same inverts to help you prepare for variations of these tricks found in the "Intermediate & Advanced Inverts" DVD.
It will also show you how to use the trampoline to make the most of your off-the-water training. You will learn how to dial in your inverts and rotations, and build muscle memory through repetition.
State of the art digital imaging, multiple camera angles and several perspectives on each trick, make this DVD a must have for anyone wanting to get the real skinny on inverted maneuvers.
As we move on in the spring and start thinking about summer, it's time to make sure your technique is on the right course for good progression. The Book DVD series is the best instructional source ever.
The concept of The Book DVD series was to take all the knowledge accumulated by the Wakeboard Camp coaches and put it on a DVD series. This isn't just one crammed instructional DVD, this is an in-depth and detailed set of DVDs that breaks down tricks like never before. It also features groundbreaking digital work by DVD creator and pro rider Mike McLin.
The book is all digital, and although I love film, for an instructional video I'm not really looking that much for scenic shots. Plus, since the total Book series is over eight hours long, that'd be obscenely expensive with film. The angles are good, and being able to see tricks in split screen with different stances or different styles of the trick is fantastic.
Does eight hours mean anything to you? There is PLENTY of footage in the Book series. You can also purchase any one of the five DVDs individually if you're only looking for help in one area.
The riding in the Book is extremely fundamental, and filmed for the purpose of showing great form when performing tricks.
The riding quality is also top notch with some of the best pros in the sport.
What strikes me about The Book is how well everything is broken down. Each trick is broken into sub-tricks that are taught in detail. I've never seen instructionals that show you four "drills" to do on the water to get used to the edging and body position used in a trick. I'd bet most wakeboarders have never even thought in these terms, and it's the kind of revelations you'd normally have to pay a lot to get by attending The Wakeboard Camp.
After the equipment section, they will take you through boat driving, boating safety and getting ready to ride. To finish up, you will learn the basics of getting up and riding your board behind the boat.
In this DVD they concentrate on teaching you how to build a solid wakeboarding foundation. Every trick in wakeboarding, no matter how complicated, can be broken down into its most basic parts. Using drills developed at The Wakeboard Camp, they will help you to eliminate variables that can complicate the learning process.
This DVD includes everything you need to know about spinning ON and OFF axis on a wakeboard. They start out with "On Axis" spins from the most simple 360s, all the way through 720s.
Then we get into "Off Axis" spins. Starting with Off Axis 180's and taking you through Off Axis 900's.
You'll also see every single spin on the trampoline, and give you tips on how to grab various spins.
This DVD will tell you everything you need to know about how to do some of the most advanced inverts being done today.
Included is virtually every popular 180 and 360 invert. We'll also show how to do different variations of the same trick, and even how to grab the most difficult tricks.
Split screens, multiple camera angles and tips on how to use the trampoline, all make this disk a valuable tool in learning advanced inverts.
The Book is simply the best instructional ever made, and should be in the DVD collection and used often for any wakeboarder who's looking for extra help on how to improve on the water.
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John Krasinski's Kids Had Adorably Innocent And Honest Reactions To Watching 'The Office' For The First Time
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A couple years ago, Sarah Michelle Gellar revealed that she crossed a parenting milestone: She let her kids watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It went well! Not only did they not mind watching their mother as a young woman fighting supernatural creatures; they actually got "so into it." If it worked out so well for Gellar, could the same happen to other actor parents when they showed their older work to them? For John Krasinski, it was more of a mixed bag.
During a recent appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the erstwhile Jim Halpert said that his two young daughters "literally just started watching" the American version of The Office, the show that made him a star. They had expressed curiosity in the beloved program, and at the request of their mother, Emily Blunt, he put on the pilot. It went…well, interestingly.
"They were watching the first episode, and my oldest, it turns out she's a screen talker-atter," Krasinki explained. "She's talking to the screen. So when Steve [Carell] fired Jenna [Fischer], she goes, 'What are you doing? What are you doing?' And then she goes,'"You're a horrible person!' And I said, 'You should meet Steve Carell.'"
His younger daughter then had something to say about how he looks on the show, which debuted 18 years ago. "And then my six-year-old kept asking, 'Is that you?' And I said, 'Yeah, it is,'" he recalled. "She said, 'You look very different.' And I was like, 'Okay, I'll try to not take that as a hurtful thing. But sure.' And she goes, 'You look very different.' And I said, 'No, that's me. I'm just playing a character.' And she went, '[Scoffs] That's not you.' And watched two more episodes being like, 'That's not you. Guy looks a lot like you, though.'"
The Office wrapped nearly a decade ago, but its cast continues to be involved with it some fashion. There's a podcast, and the alum are constantly being asked about it. Krasinski himself last year revealed that there was only one time he refused to do a scene, namely on where Jim was supposed to make out with someone who wasn't Pam while she was out on maternity leave.
You can watch Krasinski's Late Show appearance in the video below.
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São Paulo City Hall suspends facial monitoring auction
The city of São Paulo suspended the electronic auction for hiring a video surveillance platform, with facial recognition, to be implemented in the capital of São Paulo. The system, called Smart Sampa, was criticized by parliamentarians and civil entities.
"The city of São Paulo, through the Municipal Secretariat for Urban Security, informs that, within the policy of public transparency, it decided to suspend the electronic auction to suppress any and all doubts about the Smart Sampa program, which aims to integrate all public services, allow the monitoring of occurrences in real time and preventative public safety for the benefit of all São Paulo citizens", said the city hall in a note.
Last week, civil society organizations called the Public Ministry (MP) of the State of São Paulo against the public notice. According to the representation, the platform could unequally impact vulnerable populations, especially black people, because facial recognition systems can make "very serious errors based on algorithmic discrimination".
The entities highlighted that the facial recognition system already implemented in Feira de Santana, Bahia, and Rio de Janeiro and presented false positives. "The implementation of the video surveillance platform, in practice, will produce disproportionate negative impacts for the black population due to the racial bias inherent in the use of this technology, as well as for transgender people, regardless of the supposed good intentions that eventually guide the adoption of this technology by public managers", said the entities in the representation.
Civil entities also drew attention to another feature of the platform provided for in the announcement, which consists of creating a social media monitoring system, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube. "In other words, the city hall of São Paulo wants to know what citizens are doing on social networks in real time, being able to use this against them and analyze each content by feeling, categorizing each text in positive, neutral or negative."
According to the City Hall, the personal identification feature will consider existing data in official records and documents and information stored in the databases of state and federal government security agencies. The feature will only be used by police agencies and in support of the Judiciary.
"In order to prevent criminal actions, the platform will be able to issue alerts for the analysis of technicians from the Monitoring Center, assessing the need for intervention in cases of trawlers, robberies, vandalism of vehicles, at traffic lights, theft and theft of wires, in addition to the action of criminal groups in different regions of the city, such as the gangs that operate in the central region of the city."
The municipal administration also emphasized that Smart Sampa will not monitor social media, but will monitor the demands and needs for services expressed by São Paulo citizens in the official accounts of the city hall.
According to the City Hall, the action will allow public management to respond to the demands of the population more quickly, since several areas of management will be integrated. "It will be possible to measure the degrees of satisfaction and dissatisfaction and, based on these findings, create actions and targeted public policies."
In the first version of the notice, published on November 17, it was expected that the cameras would be able to track suspicious people, based on skin color, face and other characteristics. "The search should be done for different types of characteristics such as color, face, clothes, body shape/physical appearance and other characteristics". The equipment should have "onboard analytics" to identify "loitering/permanence".
"The SMSU [Secretaria Municipal de Segurança Urbana] informs that it suppressed the terms vagrancy and color, which appeared in the first version of the public notice, as they were part of the camera's functional parameters. Without any technical impediment, the inappropriate terms, which gave rise to misinterpretations, were removed from the text", said the city hall in a note.
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Difficult letter saturated with pain, written in a depressed tone, composed by Gordon while he was suffering from various ailments. In his letter, he details his harsh illnesses and great suffering in somewhat lyrical prose. It is not clear to whom the letter was addressed, it turns to the addressee with the description "My dear Chassid, will we stray and not believe in the coming salvation!"
"You ask about my illness, what it is, what it's called. My friend, the Blessed Creator prepared 953 different illnesses with which he causes people to die, which is approximately 1/3 more than the number of mitzvot with which the Holy One, Blessed Be He brings merit to Israel, and what difference does it make to you which of these ways it is ... It's been a year and more since I became ill with the disease of the ancient Philistines, and even the transmitters of tradition no longer know its name in the holy tongue - עכברים or טחורים, and this disease alone, which is a disease of the righteous, I paid no attention, and I said to myself that suffering is beloved to me [חביבין עלי יסורין]. Now the Philistines who stayed by the holy ark of G-d only seven months were stricken with this disease, as for a man like me who has sat by it almost his entire life ... there are those who call it פוליפוס (in the book of Shmuel, 'עכברים'), and there are those who have elevated it to the level of cancer ..." Gordon later writes about his stay in a Berlin hospital for various treatments for his illness.
At the end of his letter, Gordon writes his opinion about writing poetry at that time: "I said that in these precipitous times, Israel does not desire poetry, melodies and flower gardens, and those who write and publish them see no blessing in their handiwork ..."
Yehudah Leib Gordon [1830-1892] was one of the leading Hebrew poets of the enlightenment. His creations included original and translated poems, fables, feuilletons, stories, and scholarly and critical articles. He was born in Vilna in 1830 and studied in "cheder" in his youth, where he acquired extensive proficiency in Talmud and Tanach. In his adolescence, he drew close to the haskalah movement and began to read books of general interest, study foreign languages and to strike up friendships with some of the leading maskilim of his period, who influenced him very much. He worked as a teacher in schools in Ponovezh, Šilalė and Telz for 20 years. As a famous poet, he was invited to St. Petersburg in 1872 to serve as community secretary and administrator of Mefitzei Haskalah B'Yisrael. He wrote a lot in the HaMelitz journal and was one of the editors of HaMaggid. He passed away in St. Petersburg in 1892.
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Intercepted on the airwaves are these images of new Dark Angel models.
Strictly speaking the only new DA model is the awesome interrogator-Chaplain. I think he will be an amazing addition to any Unforgiven force.
We can be fairly sure that these presage a new DA Codex. The Devastators and the Librarian, together with the new Space Marine Assault squad (not shown) are generic models, painted in DA livery. No matter as they still look excellent sculpts. But what makes the Devastators very interesting is the inclusion of Grav Cannons. Although there are no hard rumours of a new DA Codex yet, we can pretty much assume our new Codex will feature Grav weapons throughout.
Images are reported as coming from Warhammer Visions 18 and White Dwarf 20th June.


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Raised to genus by Bingham, 1903, includes members previously placed in Cratomyrmex Emery.
Diagnostic Features - Granivorous ants, most strongly polymorphic. Ventral surface of head with a psammaphore (a basket-like array of long, curved hairs beneath the head, used to carry sand). Mandibles strongly curved, usually dentate in smaller workers. Antennae 12-segmented. Propodeum armed with a pair of blunt teeth. Node of petiole emarginate above in large workers. Illustrations of West African species are not available so those below are given as a guide.
The original genus definition, as a subgenus of Aphaenogaster, Forel (1890a: lxviii) is at . Emery's (1892d) definition of Cratomyrmex is at .
André (1883a: 350) gave a key to the species then known from Europe and North Africa this is at . Finzi (1936: 160) gave a key to the species then known from Egypt; this is at .
. First segment of funiculus shorter than second .
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. Propodeum with at least pronounced tubercles .
Propodeum unarmed or with minute spines/denticles .


This original design is made from hand-dyed cotton and silk organza fabric. Techniques used include: hand applique, machine applique, reverse applique, machine embroidery, couched yard, couched silk cord, bobbin drawing.
I loved making this piece; anyone who's ever seen a saguaro forest early in the morning, after a winter storm and there's fog that hasn't lifted yet…if you've seen this, you know what I'm talking about.


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Ponerorchis limprichtii är en orkidéart som först beskrevs av Rudolf Schlechter, och fick sitt nu gällande namn av Károly Rezsö Soó von Bere. Ponerorchis limprichtii ingår i släktet Ponerorchis och familjen orkidéer. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Every now and then, it's always fun to check out Etsy to see what weird and random stuff people are selling. You'll always find odd Pittsburgh sports crafts and things that really don't have any other home on the Internet in which to set up shop.
"This walking stick is sturdy and can be used for hiking, walking or just a great conversational piece for you and your friends.
If you watched the game last Sunday, you know that "Big Ben" is a sturdy guy and so is this walking stick..
And there you have it. I would like to request either a Flozell Adams or Max Starks carved walking stick that's like 90″ and 100 pounds. Just some tree ripped out of the forest and then painted with a Steelers logo.


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Students to get a taste of mock tests in Delhi schools
Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya (RPVV) schools have introduced monthly mock tests on the lines of competitive exams such as NEET and JEE for Class 11 and 12 students.
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Students at Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya, Karol Bagh. The government says that the mock tests will help prepare students for competitive exams. (Ravi Choudhary/HT PHOTO)
New Delhi The Delhi government's Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya (RPVV) schools have introduced monthly mock tests on the lines of competitive exams such as NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) and JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) for Class 11 and 12 students.
The move, officials said, is aimed at helping students prepare for entrance examinations that they will take after completing Class 12 for admission to higher studies.
"The Class 11 and 12 students have to sit for the practice exams based on their stream. It is same as giving a competitive exam. Every month's paper is based on the syllabus that has been completed," said T P Singh, deputy education officer RPVV.
He said a team of teachers will prepare the exam paper and a central test will be conducted in all RPVVs. The students have to answer in an OMR sheet just like how competitive exams are conducted, he said.
"The results are also centrally prepared so students get to know their rankings. The test will help them assess their preparedness for the competitive exams," he said.
Hans Raj Modi, vice-principal RPVV, Link Road, Karol Bagh, said the initiative will help minimise the popularity of coaching classes. "The decision was taken by the RPVV's academic council, which includes principals of RPVVs and officials from the directorate of education (DOE)," he said.
The RPVVs also conduct mock tests for students from humanities and commerce stream. Singh said mock tests for banking jobs, BBA, BCA, journalism, and clerical jobs are also conducted.
A total of about 14,000 students study in RPVVs and about 1600 of them are in Class 11 and 12.
There are 20 RPVVs among the government schools and run classes from 6 to 12. RPVVs are co-education institutions and run in regular shift. "We only give admission based on an entrance exam. Also the student must have studied at least for two years in a government school," Singh said.
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Denis Reynolds is the President of the Children's Court of Western Australia. He was sworn into this position in February 2004, and took over as President from Judge Kate O'Brien in March 2004.

Reynolds was brought up in the Perth suburb of Wembley and attended local schools: the Brigidine Convent in Wembley, Marist Brothers College in Subiaco and Newman College, Churchlands.

Reynolds studied law at the University of Western Australia. He was admitted as a lawyer in 1977 and worked for a number of private law firms before becoming a magistrate seven years later, 1984, in Kalgoorlie. In 1987 he moved back to Perth and continued working as a magistrate until being appointed a commissioner of the District Court in 1997. He was President of the Magistrates' Society from 1990 until 1997.

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The West Australian, 6 February 2004

The West Australian, 10 February 2004

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About Rick's
A Whitewater mainstay, Rick's offers a warm and friendly small-town atmosphere...
Established in 1988, Rick's Eastside Pub & Grill began as a small corner tavern. Before long, owners Rick & Ellie Hartmann saw a need to accommodate the growing crowds and become more involved in the restaurant side of the business. It was then, in 2002, that Rick's moved to it's present East Milwaukee Street location. Highlighted by an expanded dining area and impressive horseshoe-style bar, the new Rick's quickly became a preferred destination for travelers and residents alike.
Come for the food and drink...
Longing for an ice cold beer or tempting cocktail? Hungry for one of the most appetizing burgers, sandwiches or wraps in the area? Rick's has you covered.
But the menu doesn't end there. In fact, it's just beginning...
Along with the daily lunch specials (from mouthwatering BBQ ribs to savory pasta dishes and beyond), Rick's popular soup of the day and chili offerings are the talk of the town.
Did we mention the Fish Fry? Every Friday, from 11am-9:30pm, Rick's serves up only the tastiest hand-breaded Cod, Lake Perch, Walleye and Blue Gills. Delicious baked Cod and Shrimp Plates are also available.
And be sure to leave room for Rick's homemade potato pancakes... the absolute BEST in southeastern Wisconsin! Baked potatoes are available after 4pm.
Stay for the fun...
Featuring DirecTV and 7 big flat-screen HDTV's, Rick's is the #1 spot in Whitewater to catch that must-see game
The favorite local gathering place leading up to and after all UWW Warhawk athletic events
Internet jukebox with 1,000's of song choices at your fingertips
Dart leagues and tournaments
Join the fun! Packer and Badger game specials
Tang & Spice Sunday morning Bloody Mary Bar
It's great food and great times, so come on in for a visit (we think you'll stay a while).
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26 nonprofits told to stop providing services as other cuts loom
by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas July 11, 2017 @ 5:00 am Updated March 4, 2022 @ 11:15 pm
Cruz stands next to pictures of Linda McMahon's visit – and a note from a youth explaining how the gym saved him from incarceration. Jacqueline Rabe Thomas / CtMirror.org
George Cruz on Monday at Bright Futures Youth Center Jacqueline Rabe Thomas / CtMirror.org
George Cruz started his Monday with a call from the electric company wanting to know when his nonprofit youth center, in an impoverished part of Hartford, would be paying its past-due bill.
After ascertaining that his center was not in danger of having the electricity shut off this week, he pivoted to a bigger problem that may force Bright Futures Youth Center to turn off the lights permanently.
Ten days ago, Cruz and 25 other nonprofit providers that contract with the Connecticut Department of Social Services were "instructed to cease from providing services … as of the close of business on July 1, 2017." Funding would continue for one month to help with a transition to life without state aid. Elimination of funding for these nonprofits will save the state $1.8 million.
"This was supposed to be a co-adventure. They give us money and we help the kids stay out of jail by giving them positive things to do to boost their self esteem. But now all of a sudden they tell us they can't be our partner anymore," said Cruz.
About 20 children stop in each day during the summer to participate in the boxing or karate programs Cruz offers. The state provided his youth center $66,000 each year.
"It's a shame. In this city, there are no bowling alleys. There are no pool halls. There are no roller skating rinks. I could go on and on and on of things that have been taken away," Cruz said. "I don't know many places like ours are left where they can go to stay out of trouble".
With no budget in place, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has signed an executive order that will manage a projected $2.3 billion deficit for the fiscal year that started July 1 almost entirely with spending cuts. The cuts are likely to be much deeper than those that would have been made in an adopted budget since legislative Democrats and the governor had both proposed some tax hikes and limiting spending growth in areas that rise automatically in the absence of a budget.
Asked on Friday what the biggest impact has been one week into the fiscal year without a budget, Malloy pointed to the nonprofits.
"I think a lot of pressure on the not-for-profit community providers has been the most demonstrative," said the Democratic governor, who wasn't confident the state would have a budget anytime soon.
"I think it is going to be a while," he said.
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Cruz's youth center is just one of the stalemate's many casualties. Nonprofits serving adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities have been informed of cuts that will bar anyone not already approved from enrolling in day programs or entering residential facilities.
The halt is expected to exacerbate the wait lists for these services. In March, 175 people were waiting for day programs or employment services, and 472 people were on the wait list for the two top-priority levels for residential services.
And July 26 will be the first of six furlough days on which the state will not reimburse programs that serve people with disabilities.
Department of Developmental Services letter to providers
Department of Social Services letter to providersDepartment of Mental Health and Addiction Services letter to providers
"Right now, we are not going to be able to take in any new people. I can't think of a way to support people for free," said Heather LaTorra, whose workers at Marrakech serve disabled people living in their homes.
Other nonprofits slated to lose all DSS funding include a soup kitchen in Willimantic, a program that helps low-income families in Fairfield Country with apartment security deposits, and programs that help teen fathers in Bridgeport and Norwich.
"This cut means that we will not be able to help 177 families with security deposits," said Ceci Maher, the executive director of Person-to-Person, which helps families move into more suitable living situations by paying up to $1,000 toward their security deposit. "These are the working poor."
Madonna Place in Norwich is slated to lose the $60,000 in state aid that funds two workers who help fathers get on the right path so they can be involved in their children's lives.
"They may want to pay for child support, but they are struggling. Instead of throwing a father in jail, it's better for everyone to help them get back on their feet. That's where we come in. The father can't work if the father is in jail," said Nancy Gentes, executive director of the program.
"We are trying to make plans now for what happens next," she said. "This would mean a big reduction in the number of fathers we can try and help."
Nonprofits struggling
The state spends about $1.4 billion each year paying private organizations to provide various services to vulnerable state residents. About half of that goes toward services for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities, and the Department of Developmental Services relies more on private providers than any other state agency.
But several nonprofits said they already are struggling financially.
That's because state reimbursement rates have been largely flat over the last 12 years as operating expenses rose – including the cost of health care, unemployment insurance and rent.
The most recent annual report from the governor's budget office assessing the fiscal health of the state's nonprofit providers found several had "substandard" financial indicators.
For example, one in five did not have enough cash or other funding to cover one month's expenses if no new funding were received. For smaller non-profits, one in three did not have enough cash on hand to operate more than a month. Debt and reserve levels also were "substandard" for a high proportion of nonprofits.
Cruz stands next to pictures of Linda McMahon's visit – and a note from a youth explaining how the gym saved him from incarceration. Jacqueline Rabe Thomas / CtMirror.org
This has led several nonprofits to warn they will be able to withstand the budget stalemate only so long.
Oak Hill is planning on closing group homes for those with developmental or intellectual disabilities in Columbia, Southbury and Durham unless the state passes a budget soon. Twenty residents live at those facilities.
"We know that there are hundreds, if not thousands, of people waiting for these services. This is a public policy nightmare," said Barry Simon, the president of Oak Hill.
He said his organization is trying to hold off closing the facilities for as long as possible in the hope that the state will come through, but time is short.
"If the legislature were to come in tomorrow and prioritize the people that we are serving and cover the cost of business – then great, we can stop the closures and reverse. If they prolong the process, then we will have to continue on with our process of closure," he said.
On Monday, Families in Crisis, a nonprofit that helps families in New Haven, Waterbury and Hartford that have a family member in prison, announced that it can no longer continue. The organization provides counseling to children and transportation to help them visit their relatives behind bars,
The organization said it had to make the "painful decision that the agency can no longer continue operating." It was among the 26 nonprofits informed that the DSS would no longer be funding them.
Advocates worry these announcements will become a daily occurrence if the budget stalemate continues.
Back in Hartford, Cruz is working to organize a fundraiser he hopes will bail out his youth center, at least for the short term. He's also begun making calls to all the politicians who have come to his gym during their election campaigns. Photos of them with area children adorn his walls.
A picture of Cruz with Linda McMahon – who spent millions in two unsuccessful attempts to become one of the state's two U.S. senators – is taped on the wall right above a note from a youth recently released from juvenile jail explaining how the program saved him.
"If you stay in the gym around positive people, it's a proven fact you will have a good chance to be a good person," the letter reads. "Boxing teaches us to be responsible along with discipline."
After reading the letter, Cruz sighs, and asks, "How can the state even think about not funding us? That's just one story. Look at all these walls, all these pictures of the people we touched and we kept out of jail."
An empty Bright Futures Youth Center Jacqueline Rabe Thomas / CtMirror.org
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Jacqueline was CT Mirror's Education and Housing Reporter, and an original member of the CT Mirror staff, joining shortly before our January 2010 launch. Her awards include the best-of-show Theodore A. Driscoll Investigative Award from the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists in 2019 for reporting on inadequate inmate health care, first-place for investigative reporting from the New England Newspaper and Press Association in 2020 for reporting on housing segregation, and two first-place awards from the National Education Writers Association in 2012. She was selected for a prestigious, year-long Propublica Local Reporting Network grant in 2019, exploring a range of affordable and low-income housing issues. Before joining CT Mirror, Jacqueline was a reporter, online editor and website developer for The Washington Post Co.'s Maryland newspaper chains. Jacqueline received an undergraduate degree in journalism from Bowling Green State University and a master's in public policy from Trinity College.
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To get to this cemetery go west at the traffic light in Polkville, NC, about 2 miles and when you just barely pass a paved road to the right, there will be a house on the left. Take the driveway just past this house. The cemetery is in front of the house at the end of the driveway. The cemetery has an iron fence around it but it is really overgrown.


We're super excited to be returning to the London Illustration Fair again this year. Along with our 3rd Rail family friends Print Social (www.weareprintsocial.com), we'll be exhibiting at the festival some of our favourite tees and prints by our favourite creators. We're also going to be delivering live print workshops where visitors can print their own Christmas stocking or a funky tea towel, the perfect winter warmer for your kitchen. We'll be bringing back the heat press to vinyl print your own customisable Christmas jumper. Don't believe us? Join us at the fair to have a look yourself! Tony Riff, will be dropping an exclusive tee at the fair as part of the LIF x Print Social collaboration collection on the 29th November, the tees are limited edition and will only be available for 7 days!


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Today's Sprint Cup race at Michigan: start time, weather, TV/radio info and lineup
By Jerry BonkowskiAug 28, 2016, 7:00 AM EDT
The Sprint Cup Series returns for its second yearly visit to Michigan International Speedway for today's Pure Michigan 400.
Matt Kenseth is the defending winner of this event, while Joey Logano won this past June's race at the high-speed, 2-mile track.
Logano will start today's race from the pole, with six-time Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson on the outside of the front row.
Here's all the info you need for today's race.
START: Jeff Blashill, head coach of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings, will give the command for drivers to start their engines at 2:07 p.m. The green flag is scheduled for 2:15 p.m.
DISTANCE: The race is scheduled for 200 laps (400 miles) around the high-speed, 2-mile oval.
PRERACE SCHEDULE: The Sprint Cup garage opens at 8 a.m. ET. The driver/crew chief meeting is at 12 p.m. Driver introductions are at 1:30 p.m.
NATIONAL ANTHEM: U.S. Army A Capella Chorus will perform the anthem at 2:01 p.m. It will be preceded by MIS employee Lisa Bascom singing the Canadian Anthem at 1:58 p.m.
TV/RADIO: NBCSN's coverage begins at 1 p.m. with NASCAR America, followed by Countdown to Green at 1:30 p.m. Race coverage begins at 2 p.m. Motor Racing Network's radio broadcast begins at 1 p.m. and also can be heard at mrn.com. SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will have MRN's broadcast.
FORECAST: The wunderground.com site predicts a temperature of 82 degrees at race time with a 15 percent chance of precipitation.
LAST TIME: Pole sitter Matt Kenseth dominated last year's Pure Michigan 400 on August 16, 2015, leading 146 of the event's 200 laps. Kenseth led seven times, including the final 25 laps to take the checkered flag. In this year's spring race at Michigan on June 12, Joey Logano dominated by leading 138 of the event's 200 laps.
STARTING LINEUP: