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Windmill in the Mist England Photograph: Itay Kaplan

#england #historic #mist #sunset #Photography #Lensblr #Aesthetic #Camera #Curators on tumblr #Nature #Peace #Travel #clouds #sky #landscape #sunrise

[theculturedmarxist]

Thousands of Israelis protested on Saturday night in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem, Kfar Sava, near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s private residence in Caesarea and Tzemach Junction, against far-right government, calling for early elections and the Knesset’s dissolution.

The main demonstration take place at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, organizers say that 20,000 people were present. The sister of Shira Eylon, who was murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova festival on October 7, tells the protest in Tel Aviv that her sister “was abandoned to a shocking death.” “The change begins within us and starts with worthy leadership. Without leadership like this, we cannot begin the healing process,” added Eylon.

Latterly, down the road from Habima, at Kaplan Street several hundred of the “Radical Block” activists, among them Hadash MK Ofer Cassif and Communist Party of Israel members, demonstrated against the war. Many of protestors bearing banners that were highly antagonistic toward Netanyahu and his fascist coalition, as well against the war in Gaza. “The cry of mothers: Get our soldiers out of Gaza now,” read one banner, while another called for “A diplomatic agreement.” “This is our life with Netanyahu in power. Catastrophe after catastrophe after catastrophe,” the demonstrators chanted. A demonstrator was arrested by police. In Jerusalem, three activists were detained in the anti-Netanyahu meeting held at Paris Square.   

Several tens of thousands of families and friends of Israeli hostages being held in Gaza, along with soldiers who fought to find them, gathered at Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square on Saturday night along with thousands of activists, 92 days after the October 7 attacks, and with no prospect of an impending return for the 132 who remain in the Strip.

Saturday night’s speakers included alumni of a high-school class whose friends were murdered and kidnapped. Omri Shifroni and Nofer Gilot went to a regional school near the Gaza border with Kibbutz Nir Oz. Shifroni said that Tamir Adar, a member of the kibbutz emergency squad, was injured on October 7 and didn’t get proper treatment, and could have been saved.  “Itai and Tal can still be saved,” he said, surrounded by fellow members of their class holding pictures of their friends.

The mother of Tamir Adar, 38, whose death was confirmed Friday writes that saying he was killed on October 7 “minimizes the magnitude of the failure.” “The message should be different: Tamir was seriously injured when he was protecting his family and the community, in the absence of protection for the community. Tamir was kidnapped while wounded and alive. Tamir was murdered in the absence of immediate medical attention,” writes Yael Adar on Facebook. “This is the default! It is convenient for everyone to write murdered on October 7 as if it happened in one moment that Tamir did not feel, and he could not be saved,” added. “If the state had been functioning, Tamir would have been saved. If the state was functioning, this failure would not have happened.” Opinion polls conducted by Israeli media and the Israel Democracy Institute in the past week suggested that if early elections were held now, Netanyahu would be unable to form a government,

#communist party of israel

[dudewhoabides]

Photographer: Itay Kaplan

[zombilenium]

Stack Rock Fort, Milford Haven Waterway, Pembrokeshire, Wales,

Itay Kaplan Photography

#art #photography #abandoned places #abandoned #stack rock fort #fort #abandoned fort #itay kaplan #urbexsupreme #urbexworld #pembrokeshire #nature's rights

[lovewales]

Cwm Llwch  |  by Itay Kaplan

#Cwm Llwch #Wales #Brecon Beacons #Landscapes #Countryside #Mountains #Outdoors #Views #Nature #Scenery #Lake #Water #Love Wales #LoveWales #Cymru #Photography #United Kingdom #UK #Flickr #Itay Kaplan #Powys

[thisworld1]

“Foggy Bridge” by Itay Kaplan (South Wales). Finalist.

[pilotseason2017]

LINDA FROM HR STUDIO: 20th Century Fox Television/Kat Co./Kapital Entertainment TEAM: Geoff Barbanell, Itai Grunfeld, Aaron Kaplan, Tracy Katsky, Dana Honor, Mark Buckland

LOGLINE: All it takes is one bad decision to throw Linda from HR’s monotonous, unfulfilled life into an exciting but dangerous tailspin of balancing work life, home life and a secret that could unravel everything.

 Cast (thus far)

Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls) will play the eponymous heroine, Linda Plugh. All it takes is one bad decision to throw her monotonous, unfulfilled life into an exciting but dangerous tailspin of balancing work life, home life and a secret that could unravel everything.

Michael Landes (Save Me) will play Linda’s husband Dan Plugh, an average guy who can’t help but win people over.

Zachary Knighton (Happy Endings) will portray Alan, an accountant on a work trip who has been enjoying spending lunches with Linda and is hiding a secret.

Ryan Michelle Bathe (This is Us) will play Sierra, the quick-witted and honest mother of young triplets, whom Linda turns to for help- the cool girl from college that no one imagined as a supermom.

Ellis Rubin (newcomer) will play Linda’s son Howie, who is awkward and still coming in to his own.

Dominic Burgess (Feud: Bette and Joan) will play Gordon, a lovable, gossipy office-mate of Linda whose recent divorce left him with nothing but custody of the cats.

 Further details:

this pilot will be a single-camera comedy

the pilot order was cast-contingent; with the casting of Graham the contingency was lifted

after the table read, two casting changes were made: Ryan Michelle Bathe replaced originally cast Angel Laketa Moore and Michael Landes is taking over for Tim DeKay

#Linda from HR #FOX Pilots #Lauren Graham #Michael Landes #Zachary Knighton

[thebeautyoftorah]

Devarim–Tisha beab

bs'd Shalom. The thought of this week of my book Healing Anger is "Emotional self-mastery does not happen overnight. Even if we find it difficult to achieve, we must keep trying. It’s worth it! If we keep our minds focused on positive and joyful thoughts, our lives will be infused with happiness, and we will pass it onto others too! Hashem gave us life to be enjoyed, not endured. The more joyous we are, the less anger we will experience.” Buy my book at http://www.feldheim.com/healing-anger.html If you want to buy it from me in Israel let me know. To join the over 4,000 recipients in English and Spanish and receive these insights free on a weekly email, feedback, comments, to support or dedicate this publication which has been all around the world, or if you know any other Jew who is interested in receiving these insights weekly, contact me.

Shabbat Shalom. Devarim–Tisha beab  Giving Rebuke This parsha describes Moshe Rabbenu’s tochacha [1] to the Jewish people. He mentions a number of place names that appear nowhere else in the Torah.[2] Rashi (citing Onkelos) tells us that these names are in fact allusions to places in which the Jewish people sinned. However, Moshe did not explicitly state that the Jews had sinned; rather, he merely hinted to their transgressions.  Moshe did so “because of the honor of Israel”[3]. Even though the Jews needed to be rebuked, to openly mention their sins would have been too much of a pgam on their kavod (a blow to their honor). Rav Chaim Shmuelevitz zt”l derives an important lesson from Rashi’s explanation: “We learn from here how much it is incumbent upon the one who rebukes to worry about and be concerned for the honor of the person being rebuked.”[4] The key factor in determining whether a rebuke will have a positive or negative effect is our motivation for rebuking.  Moshe always maintained his love and concern for the Jewish people even while speaking to them very harshly.  Indeed, it seems clear that this love gave rise to this rebuke; it was purely an act of kindness.  In doing so he was able to remain sensitive to their honor while simultaneously criticizing them. The Gemara states that is exceedingly difficult to reprove someone effectively.[5]  Nonetheless, we are not exempt from the mitzvah of “You shall certainly reprove your fellow"[6], and there are times when one can do a great kindness by clarifying the correct hanhagah (conduct) to someone who is likely to listen.  We learn from Moshe that the one who rebukes must care about the other person and empathize with him, trying to understand where he is coming from and how best to influence him for the good.  Conversely, rebuke can be extremely damaging when it emanates from anger and a lack of concern for the spiritual well-being of the other person.  In such instances, the one who rebukes will make no effort to try to understand why the other person is acting in such a way, and may therefore have unreasonable expectations of him. The following story, told by Rav Dovid Kaplan, demonstrates this point[7]: Raised modern Orthodox, Devoras’s parents instilled in her a respect for rabanim but a critical eye toward charedim.  When she got older, she decided to check it out for herself and prayed at the Ponevezh Yeshiva during the Yamim Noraim. Everything was fine until Simchat Torah. One of the girls present said to her in a loud voice in front of a crowd of girls, “You don’t come to pray here without wearing stockings!” Devora was shocked.  If this was how charedim behaved she was not interested.  However, due to her respect for rabbanim, she decided to go speak to Rav Shach zt“l. When she arrived at his house, there was a long line of men waiting to go in.  When the door opened and the person inside left, they called here in, explaining that women had higher priority.  Pleasantly surprised, she related the shocking story to the gadol hador.  “They did a big averah,”  Rav Shach told her.   “Maybe it was unintentional, but they are still obligated to ask your forgiveness.”  He spoke to her for a long time about how careful we must be to be sensitive to others.  She decided during this talk to become more religious.  Today she is married to a Rosh Yeshiva and her sons and son-in-laws are talmide chachamim. This story teaches us how much damage one wrong statement can do and how much good can be achieved through caring words.  How did the girl who spoke harshly to Devora come to commit such a serious sin when she surely meant to defend shemirat hamitzvot? The answer is that she made no effort to understand Devora’s background or her level of observance.  Consequently, her rebuke not only failed to change her for the good, but it very nearly alienated Devora from charedi Jewry and from becoming more observant. In contrast, tochacha that is motivated out of concern for one’s fellow will lead us to measure our words carefully before correcting their behavior.  Rav Yehonatan Eibeschitz zt”l writes that the greatest way to fulfill the mitzvah of ‘love your neighbor' is by caring about the spiritual well being of one‘s fellow Jew. This attitude manifests itself in the right form of tochacha[8]. This lesson is very pertinent to Tisha B’Av. Chazal tell us that the Second Temple was destroyed because of sinat chinam (baseless hatred).  It was expressed in the fact that people refrained from rebuking each other.  Consequently, several groups of apikorsim[9] were allowed to grow and adversely influence the Jewish people.  According to this explanation of Rav Eibeschitz, hatred is not limited to active adversity, it also includes apathy. Such apathy indicated a severe deficiency in the ben adam lechavero (relationship with others) of the people at the time of the Second Temple. The Gemara [10]tells us that every generation which the Bet HaMikdash is not rebuilt is considered to have destroyed it. This means that our generation is still affected by sinat chinam, which means apathy; not caring enough about one’s fellow Jew to want to help him improve his Avodat Hashem (Divine service). Rebuke can be very damaging when done in the wrong way, nonetheless, if it emanates from a true ahava (love) and caring, then it can surely be used to greatly help our fellow Jew. ______________________________________________ [1] The word, tochacha is generally translated as ‘rebuke’, although a more accurate translation is ‘clarification’. [2]  Devarim 1:1 [3]  Rashi, ibid. [4]  Sichot Mussar, Parshat Devarim, Maamar 88, p.375. [5]  Arachin 16b. [6]  Vayikra 19:17. [7]  Kaplan, Major Impact, p.93-4. [8]  Yaarot Dvash, Drash 10, quoted by Adler. ‘Bina vedaat’, p.345. [9]  Such as the Tzadokim and Beitusim [10] Yerushalmi Yoma 1:1 Le Iluy nishmat Eliahu ben Simcha, Mordechai ben Shlomo, Perla bat Simcha, Abraham Meir ben Leah, Moshe ben Gila,Yaakov ben Gila, Sara bat Gila, Yitzchak ben Perla, Leah bat Chavah, Abraham Meir ben Leah,Itamar Ben Reb Yehuda, Yehuda Ben Shmuel Tzvi, Tova Chaya bat Dovid. Refua Shelema of Mazal Tov bat Gila, Zahav Reuben ben Keyla, Yitzchak ben Mazal Tov, Mattitiahu Yered ben Miriam, Yaacov ben Miriam, Yehuda ben Simcha, Menachem Chaim ben Malka, Naftali Dovid ben Naomi Tzipora, Nechemia Efraim ben Beyla Mina, Mazal Tov Rifka bat Yitzchak, Rachel Simcha bat Yitzchak, Dvir ben Leah, Sender ben Sara, Eliezer Chaim ben Chaya Batya, Shlomo Yoel ben Chaya Leah and Dovid Yehoshua ben Leba Malka. Atzlacha and parnasa tova to Daniel ben Mazal Tov, Debora Leah Bat Henshe Rachel, Shmuel ben Mazal tov, Yitzchak ben Mazal Tov, Yehuda ben Mazal Sara and Zivug agun to Gila bat Mazal Tov, Naftali Dovid ben Naomi Tzipora, Yehudit bat Malka, Elisheva bat Malka. For pidyon hanefesh & yeshua of Yosef Itai ben Eliana Shufra.

[cancersfakianakis1]

Proton stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases: a single institution analysis of 370 patients

Publication date: Available online 4 April 2018 Source:International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics Author(s): Katelyn M. Atkins, Itai M. Pashtan, Marc R. Bussière, Kylie H. Kang, Andrzej Niemierko, Jillian E. Daly, Thomas M. Botticello, Molly C. Hurd, Paul H. Chapman, Kevin Oh, Jay S. Loeffler, Helen A. Shih BackgroundProton stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) has been well-characterized for treatment of benign intracranial neoplasms. However, there is a paucity of data on its use for treatment of malignant intracranial disease, which was studied herein.MethodsSingle institution, retrospective study of 815 metastases from 370 patients treated with proton SRS between April 1991 and November 2016. Cumulative incidence estimates of local failure, distant brain failure, and pathologically-confirmed radionecrosis and Kaplan-Meier estimates of overall survival were calculated. Fine and Gray and Cox regressions were performed to ascertain whether clinical and treatment factors were associated with the described endpoints.ResultsThe median follow-up from proton SRS was 9.2 months. The 6- and 12-month estimates of local failure, distant brain failure, and overall survival were 4.3% (95% CI, 3.0–5.9%) and 8.5% (95% CI, 6.7–10.6%), 39.1% (95% CI, 34.1–44.0%) and 48.2% (95% CI, 43.0–53.2%), and 76.0% (95% CI, 71.3–80.0%) and 51.5% (95% CI, 46.3–56.5%), respectively. The median survival was 12.4 months (95% CI, 10.8–14.0 months) following proton SRS. The most common symptoms were low-grade fatigue (12.5%), headache (10.0%), motor weakness (6.2%), seizure (5.8%), and dizziness (5.4%). The rate of pathologically-confirmed radionecrosis at 12 months was 3.6% (95% CI, 2.0–5.8%) and only target volume was associated on multivariate analysis (subdistribution hazard ratio, SHR [1.13] 95% CI, 1.0–1.20).ConclusionsTo the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported series of proton SRS for the management of brain metastases. Moderate dose proton SRS is well-tolerated and can achieve good local control outcomes, comparable to those obtained with conventional photon SRS strategies. While proton SRS remains resource-intensive, future strategies evaluating its selective utility in patients whom would benefit most from integral dose reduction should be explored.

Teaser

There is a paucity of data on the use of proton stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain metastases. This retrospective study analyzed failure, toxicity, and survival outcomes in 370 patients with 815 metastases treated with proton SRS. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported series of proton SRS for treatment of brain metastases and our observations suggest that moderate-dose proton SRS is well-tolerated and can achieve good local control outcomes, comparable to those obtained with conventional SRS strategies. https://ift.tt/2uOTC7j

#Oncology-Sfakianakis

[dlockeroom]

Nageela Leaderboard Update

As you may know, each Nageela West event attended earns the attendee points, which, among other things, enters them into a raffle for an iPad.

Here’s the current leaderboard, updated as of Nov. 30th, consisting of exactly 100 participants:

NamePoint Total

Ayden Arya 210

Jacob Chapman 210

Natan Goldman 150

Nava Freeman 150

Yaniv Ben-Shimon 125

Ahmi Montoya 120

Lian Bega 110

Alex Goldblatt 100

Bayla Goldblatt 100

Marygrace Bower 100

Nadav Weiss 95

Netanel Gazala 95

Sophie Guenniche 90

Maytal Cohen 80

Andrew Bruckman 70

Noam Goldman 70

Orin Cohen 70

Sari Shakhman 70

Bennet Warnick 60

Caetlyn Istle 60

Isaac Chapman 60

MADDEN MARKS 60

MYLES MARKS 60

Orel Kohen 60

Sydeny Warnick 60

Adina Sudransky 50

Anne Musser 50

Aviel Ben Yehuda 50

Ayala Ben Shimon 50

Brayden Stvinsky 50

David Bass 50

Diamond Bock 50

Eliana Shlasinger 50

Elianna Kaplan 50

Ethan Bruckman 50

Goldie Kinn 50

Hannah Bernstein 50

Harrison Clayton 50

Jeri Weiss 50

Joelle Shlasinger 50

Joshua Delshad 50

Lia Ellis 50

Lillie Berkowitz 50

Madi Spiedel 50

Mathan Ben Yehuda 50

Maya Elezra 50

Ranit Stockman 50

Sara Bocarsky 50

savannah wrotslavsky 50

Shai Malka 50

Shir Cohen 50

Yaakov polonsky 50

Yaron Weiss 50

Barel Gazala 45

Ashley Sellen 40

Darby Kankoski 40

Eitan Bitton 40

Hanna Arazi 40

Itai Bitton 40

Jacob Cwiak 40

Jonah Arazi 40

Julian Stavinsky 40

Lea Bitton 40

Aaron Frome 30

Chloe Huttner 30

Elanna Sudransky 30

Jordan Katz 30

Joseph 30

Justin Reisman 30

Abby Rivera 20

Cory Trincilla 20

Dara Braunstein 20

Jessalyn Lax 20

Sophia Torres 50

Justice Reisman 15

Adrianna Sachs 10

Agam Ifergan 10

Aiden Learner 10

Alex Rahim 10

Coby Poura 10

Eden Boldur 10

Eliyahu Lapp 10

Esther Elgerabli 10

Ethan Ben- Moshe 10

Evan Shalev 10

Jacob Braunstein 10

Jacob Grantz 10

Jesse Katz 10

Jordan Learner 10

Leah Weir 10

Liora Guenniche 10

Mai Kaufman 10

Morgan King 10

Ori Gold 10

Oz Hirsh 10

Ryan Reid 10

Shimshon Levin 10

Max Broida 10

Julian Broida 10

Sasha Broida 10

[huang-ng]

INFINITI MANIFESTO from RENATO MARQUES on Vimeo.

AGENCY: CRISPIN PORTER + BOGUSKY PRODUCER: MARCO VIDALIS CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER: KEVIN JONES CREATIVE DIRECTOR: STEVE CLARKE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: SARAH PATTERSON VP, DIRECTOR OF CONTENT PRODUCTION: KATE HILDEBRANT ART DIRECTOR: NICOLAS RANDALL COPYWRITER: JOE STEVENS ACCOUNT DIRECTOR: ALISON KAPLAN (LA), MICHAELA LYON (HONG KONG) MUSIC PRODUCER: ANDY HAMM CONTENT SUPERVISOR: NANCY RAMIREZ CONTENT MANAGER: MELISSA KRAUSE PRODUCT DIRECTOR: JOHN FRAZIER

PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION: MILL+ DIRECTOR: RANDALL STEVENS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: LUKE COLSON POST PRODUCER: JORDAN SHARON LIVE ACTION PRODUCER: RICHARD BERMAN

EDITORIAL

EDITING COMPANY: SPOT WELDERS, INC. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: CAROLINA SANBORN SENIOR PRODUCER: CHRISTIE PRICE ASSISTANT PRODUCER: JESSICA DAVIS EDITOR: MICHAEL HELDMAN EDIT ASSIST: RAMON DESOUZA

VFX & DESIGN

VFX & DESIGN: THE MILL EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: LUKE COLSON HEAD OF PRODUCTION, MILL+: ELIZABETH NEWMAN PRODUCER: MARCUS SPEAKER PRODUCTION COORDINATOR: DANIEL BELDY VFX SUPERVISOR: STEVE COKONIS, ANDREW PROCTOR SHOOT SUPERVISOR: ANDREW PROCTOR, STEVE COKONIS CREATIVE DIRECTOR: ANDREW PROCTOR 2D LEAD ARTIST: STEVE COKONIS ART DIRECTOR: RENATO MARQUES 2D ARTISTS: DON KIM 3D ARTISTS: JUSTIN SUCARA, ADAM LEVINE, BORA JURISIC MATTE PAINTING: ITAI MULLER DESIGNERS: HELEN HSU, VINICIUS NALDI, HYEJUNG BAE, SASHA VINOGRADOVA, PATRICK KIPPER

COLOUR

COLOUR: THE MILL EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, COLOUR: THATCHER PETERSON COLOUR PRODUCER: DIANE VALERA PRODUCTION COORDINATOR, COLOUR: ROBERT COHEN COLOURIST: GREGORY REESE

AUDIO MIX & SOUND DESIGN

AUDIO COMPANY: BEACON STREET STUDIOS MIXER: ROMMEL MOLINA MIX ASST: AARON CORNACCHIO PRODUCER: CJ SUSTELLO

MUSIC

SONG: THE WAY (INSTRUMENTAL) ARTIST: ZACK HEMSEY ALBUM: THE WAY (BONUS DISC) COMPOSER: ZACK HEMSEY (C) 2011 ZACK HEMESY TYPE_ COMMERCIAL ROLE_ ART DIRECTOR

[cancersfakianakis1]

High-throughput Phenotyping of Lung Cancer Somatic Mutations

Publication date: 11 December 2017 Source:Cancer Cell, Volume 32, Issue 6 Author(s): Alice H. Berger, Angela N. Brooks, Xiaoyun Wu, Yashaswi Shrestha, Candace Chouinard, Federica Piccioni, Mukta Bagul, Atanas Kamburov, Marcin Imielinski, Larson Hogstrom, Cong Zhu, Xiaoping Yang, Sasha Pantel, Ryo Sakai, Jacqueline Watson, Nathan Kaplan, Joshua D. Campbell, Shantanu Singh, David E. Root, Rajiv Narayan, Ted Natoli, David L. Lahr, Itay Tirosh, Pablo Tamayo, Gad Getz, Bang Wong, John Doench, Aravind Subramanian, Todd R. Golub, Matthew Meyerson, Jesse S. Boehm http://ift.tt/2jwoGnH

#Oncology-Sfakianakis