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The dress Amy Winehouse wore for her final performance is among a collection of the late singer’s personal items going under the hammer.
The Grammy Award-winning star, known for her soulful voice on songs such as Back To Black, Rehab, and Love Is A Losing Game, died of alcohol poisoning in 2011 aged 27.
Julien’s Auctions is overseeing a sale of clothes and items belonging to Winehouse, with all proceeds going towards the foundation her parents set up in her memory.
For her final stage performance in Belgrade in June 2011, a month before her death, Winehouse wore a figure-hugging halter minidress designed by her stylist Naomi Parry.
It is estimated the dress, with a bamboo and floral print, will fetch £10,800-£14,500.
Winehouse appeared disorientated at the Belgrade Tuborg Festival, was booed by the audience and cancelled her European tour.
Other custom dresses made for the singer but never worn due to the axed performances are also on offer.
They include variations in design and colour, from snake print, a flamingo and palm frond look and one incorporating a parrot.
Each dress has an estimated price of £3,600-£5,000.
The bold red leather heart-shaped Moschino bag Winehouse brought to the 2007 Brit Awards – a night she won the British female solo artist award – is for sale, and is expected to sell for as much as £15,000.
Another item of clothing worn by Winehouse on one of the biggest nights of her career is included in the auction.
At the 2008 Grammys she wore a black Tina Kalivas skirt with orange dots and a ruffled hem.
She won five of the six awards she was nominated for – including record of the year, song of the year and best new artist – but could not be at the ceremony in Los Angeles after entering rehab, instead appearing via satellite.
The skirt is estimated to sell for £2,100-£3,600.
Dolce & Gabbana pieces belonging to Winehouse and going under the hammer include a mohair blend cardigan with leopard style pattern (£1,000-£2,100), a knee-length leopard print pencil skirt worn at the 2008 Brit Awards (£2,100-£3,600) and a gold lame stage-worn gown with fitted bodice (£3,600-£5,000).
Two pairs of petal pink satin ballet pumps – an item synonymous with Winehouse’s style – are going to auction. The size six shoes have an estimated price of £290-£430.
As well as clothing, personal effects of Winehouse’s are on offer.
Sketches in pencil on stationary from a Berlin hotel of a guitar, a man and a woman bearing a resemblance to the singer with notes such as “plastic surgery woman” and “cat woman” could go for as much as £860 each.
A Roberts Revival radio and lace bras are also included in the auction.
Martin Nolan, executive director of Julien’s Auctions, said: “Amy Winehouse is one of the rare and remarkable music icons whose incredible power and soulful expression in every word and note she sang with her distinct voice remains unmatched by no other artist in music history.
“We celebrate her singular talent and iconoclastic style in this collection of her most personal artefacts and wardrobe worn in her career-defining moments.”
All proceeds from the sale will benefit the Amy Winehouse Foundation, which was set up by the star’s parents Mitch and Janis. The charity supports young people with addiction problems.
Highlight items from the auction will tour around the world, with stops including at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles.
The Property from the Life and Career of Amy Winehouse auction takes place live on November 6 and 7 at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills and online at juliensauctions.com.

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Woodstock voters approved the proposed $20,945,464 budget at yesterday’s referendum, 675-123.
The budget for the next fiscal year appropriates $15,396,610 to the Board of Education, down 0.58 percent from last year, and $5,548,954 to the general government, down 0.54 percent from last year.
Both budgets were presented to the town with zero percent increases at the request of the Board of Finance.
Only 15.7 percent of the town’s registered voters participated in the referendum, down from what was expected, according to Registrar of Voters Elizabeth L. Brooks.
Woodstock citizens voted to use paper ballots in order to save money at the referendum but will vote by machine at the next referendum from noon to 8 p.m. June 9 regarding the possible changes to Board of Education membership.


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“Leadership is not about being liked. It’s about being respected. Aim for respect over liking.”
This was a quote that resonated with many at the fourth, semi-annual Maddie’s® Saving Nevada’s Pets Conference. Originally said by Best Friends Animal Society co-founder Faith Maloney, this quote set the tone for the two-day conference, which stressed that strong, confident and bold leadership is vital in the field of animal welfare.
In the keynote address titled “Unleashing the Leader in You,” Bonney Brown laid out eight ideas that she has found valuable for animal welfare leaders in her years of consulting at shelters and rescue groups around the nation. Brown is president of Humane Network and co-executive director of Maddie’s® Pet Project in Nevada. Being an effective leader is about determining desired results, setting the bar high, inspiring urgency, thinking like a customer and engaging the community, to name a few of the ideas she emphasized.
Maddie’s® Saving Nevada’s Pets Conference was held October 17-18 at Peppermill Resort Casino Spa in Reno. With a goal of engaging animal welfare groups, providing inspiration and education, the conference brought together 188 people, including 12 speakers that came from across the country and representing more than 37 organizations, most of which are based in Nevada. Attendees included top leaders of Nevada’s largest humane societies and SPCAs, as well as directors and managers of animal services agencies, nonprofit spay/neuter clinics, rescues, and Trap-Neuter-Return groups.
Another big takeaway was the ostrich syndrome, which is defined in Urban Dictionary as “denying or refusing to acknowledge something that is blatantly obvious as if your head were in the sand like an ostrich.” Brown stressed that as leaders we must banish this to become better.
“Controversy can be generative. It can lead us into conversation that helps us better understand something or helps make a decision. Often, when you avoid controversy or heat altogether, you’re avoiding the questions that people care about.” This Priya Parker quote started discussion among attendees, as animal welfare is an emotional topic. Maddie’s® Pet Project in Nevada promotes transparency, openness and honesty in organizations for staff, volunteers and the public. Talking openly about difficult decisions can present challenges for groups used to keeping their actions private. Many attendees pledged openly to banish hiding from perceived bad news or situations in order to save more lives.
The purpose of the conference was to promote networking, share best practices and cultivate leadership among animal welfare organizations. National speakers addressed such topics as creative strategies for returning more lost pets to their owners, behavior modification for fearful and reactive dogs, caring for senior and special-needs pets, disease prevention for shelters and rescue groups, uniting staff and volunteers, and unleashing leadership potential.
“It was such a fantastic conference,” said Christy Stevens, executive director of Hearts Alive Village in Las Vegas. “Such a great day! Can’t wait to get back to Vegas and put all the great information to work!” Staci Sanchez, dog caregiver at Nevada Humane Society, said, “The excitement at the conference was amazing. All the shelters walked away with new ideas and couldn’t wait to implement them. So much passion in one place, so cool!”
Individuals from several groups met for the first time and began sharing ideas and ways to work together to elevate the status of dogs and cats across the state, reflecting that it’s less about competition and more about saving lives. Amy Lee of Nevada SPCA, Christi Dineff of The Animal Foundation, Laura Van Antwerp of SPCA of Northern Nevada and Amanda Williamson of Nevada Humane Society sat down as a group, along with Kimberly Wade of Maddie’s® Pet Project in Nevada, to collaborate on innovative marketing and media for the animals. Coming from the four biggest agencies in the state, the team vowed to talk often and freely about issues encountered with getting the right ideas out to the public as well as successes. Their goal is to save more lives as a whole and work together instead of against one another.
Kimberly Wade is the campaign manager for Maddie’s Pet Project in Nevada, a campaign to elevate the status of dogs and cats in Nevada. She lives with her husband and their cats, who have an Instagram account at maisey.newton.saia to promote foster and adoption programs. Reach Kimberly at firstname.lastname@example.org.

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The title is suggested from Charles M. Blow’s wonderful critique of Newt Gingrich 2011-12, still the Newt of the 90s, even if the GOP dares not recall:
Gingrich told a crowd on Florida’s so-called Space Coast on Wednesday that “by the end of my second term, we will have the first permanent base on the Moon. And it will be American.” And he said that he would push for the introduction of a “Northwest Ordinance for Space” so that when the number of colonists reached 13,000, they could petition for statehood.
(By the way, I find it interesting that Gingrich didn’t insist on answering the question about Puerto Rican statehood at Thursday’s debate, yet he’s advocating for a state on the Moon. Earth to Newt: phone home.)
The writer notes former Senator Bob Dole’s concerns as well:
One of the latest establishment Republicans to try to avert the Gingrich catastrophe is former Senator Bob Dole, who wrote a letter to the Romney campaign on Thursday saying: “I have not been critical of Newt Gingrich, but it is now time to take a stand before it is too late.” It only got better from there. Dole continued, “hardly anyone who served with Newt in Congress has endorsed him, and that fact speaks for itself. He was a one-man-band who rarely took advice.”
How long until Newt is tossed aside?
Or, dare we say it, how long until he wins the nomination from the GOP? Then what? Will the Dems finally win the south again, as well as the east, west and north?


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Green Lantern‘s Mark Strong may be returning to the DC Universe in a new villainous role.
The Wrap reports Strong is in talks to join the cast of Warner Bros. Pictures Shazam! as Dr. Sivana. One of the title character’s key villains going back to the Golden Age, Sivana debuted in Whiz Comics #2 and became Captain Marvel’s archfoe for decades.
Strong, of course, played the pre-villainous Sinestro in Warner Bros’ Green Lantern. From its final moments, Sinestro was intended to become Hal Jordan’s (Ryan Reynolds) opponent in the next film. But with lackluster box office and critical praise, the second installment in that series never materialized. Since then, Strong has gone on to play heavies in films like John Carter. He also kept a toe in the comic book world as Merlin in Kingsman: The Secret Service and its recent sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle.
Last week, I joked about Jackie Earle Haley getting the role as he looks very much like Sivana and also has a nack for playing comic book antagonists. Also, he could play him with the broad tone of older Captain Marvel comics. Strong, however, suggests director David F. Sandberg is looking at a less cartoony take on the often silly scientist. That material is there as Sivana has a tragic past, a connection to Black Adam (who’s getting his own movie) and a science-based gimmick that can play well against Shazam’s (Zachary Levi) magical origin.
I suppose Haley will get the next villain role. He could always be a big screen version of The Thinker!
UPDATE: According to Variety, Grace Fulton, who appeared in Sandberg’s Annabel: Creation, is also in negotiations to join the film’s cast. Their report says she will play “one of Batson’s friends.” But considering Billy is presumably still a young boy, is it possible she’ll be Mary Marvel? Introducing the whole Marvel family — or whatever they’re called these days — would definitely set the film apart from other superhero movies, which usually focus on one hero.
Shazam! is set for a 2019 debut.
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- Of the 81 percent of respondents who prefer a single full-time position, an overwhelming number didn't mind going into an office, but would like some location flexibility (59 percent).
- Twenty-two percent of respondents said they prefer to go into an office every day, while 18 percent said they'd like working from home all the time. Millennials were more likely to want to work in an office every day than their older colleagues (27 percent).
- A majority (56 percent) of respondents said they prefer a job with "authority to make decisions that impact the entire organization," and 36 percent said they still prefer to work for a single manager within a hierarchical structure.
- Eighteen percent said they enjoy working for a variety of managers in a matrixed structure, and only 11 percent of respondents said they prefer the holacratic style, in which there are no official managers and everyone's input is valued equally. Millennials, interestingly, were only a little more likely to say they prefer matrixed or holacratic reporting structures.
- Respondents slightly preferred jobs that were exciting (57 percent) to predictable (43 percent), and were equally enthused by fun (50 percent) and challenging (50 percent) work, but they overwhelmingly preferred jobs that were stable (84 percent) to risky (16 percent). Even 78 percent of millennials, who are oftentimes associated with job-hopping, said they prefer a stable job situation.
- Our respondents echoed the notion that competitive compensation is most crucial, followed by role and work schedule. With respect to what would keep our respondents at a company, competitive compensation was again the top priority, with flexibility and challenging work in the second and third spots.
- Contrary to popular belief, even millennials surveyed said they wouldn't choose a flexible job situation over lucrative pay.
Our 500 respondents represented a diverse sample of American workers. Fifty-one percent were female and 49 percent were male, with 17 percent between ages 22-35, 29 percent 36-49, and 54 percent 53-64. Eighty-two percent were employed full-time, nine percent were employed part-time, and eight percent were self-employed. Eight percent of respondents were skilled laborers, 16 percent were administrative level professionals, seven percent were entry-level professionals, 52 percent were mid-level professionals, and 17 percent were senior or executive-level professionals.For more information, please visit www.careeradvisoryboard.org. About the Career Advisory Board Established in 2010 by DeVry University, the Career Advisory Board is comprised of leading representatives from business and academia who deliver valuable insights on today's most important career trends and provide actionable advice for job seekers. The Career Advisory Board generates original research and commentary, and creates tools, insights and resources to prepare job seekers for success. Its members include executives from DeVry University, Google, Apple, HP, IBM, and LinkedIn, as well as nationally recognized career experts. For more information, visit CareerAdvisoryBoard.org. Survey Methodology The Career Advisory Board's Most Desirable Jobs research was designed to discover the most preferred employment situations among American workers in order to provide hiring managers with intelligence that can help them recruit and retain talent in what is increasingly a job seekers' market. The survey of 504 workers was conducted online within the United States by DeVry University on behalf of the Career Advisory Board in July 2016.


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- The Talmud (Megillah 7a) learns from the verse’s use of “feasting and joy” that there is a mitzva to drink ad d’lo yada, until one does not know the difference between “cursed is Haman” and “blessed is Mordechai” on Purim. Although this a topic worthy of a much larger Halachic discussion, it should suffice for purposes of understanding this verse to note some varying opinions on this subject.
- Indeed several Halachic deciders understand this literally as an injunction to become completely drunk on Purim, as is clear from the Rif (Megillah 3b) and the Tur (Orach Chaim 695:2).
- Among others, the Peleh Yo’eitz warns that, obviously, this drinking should not be done to the point where one would miss any other mitzvos, including praying mincha with proper intent.
- The Talmud (Pesachim 68b) teaches that holidays from the Torah should be be split evenly – half for H-Shem (i.e. with prayer, learning, etc.), and half for our own pleasure (i.e. eating, resting, etc.). However, even according to an earlier opinion there that all holidays should be completely for H-Shem, this verse’s use of the words “feasting and joy” require Purim to be completely for our pleasure.
- The Abudraham notes that drinking is such a critical part of celebrating Purim because drinking plays a central role in Megillas Esther, including Vashti’s fall (Esther 1:10), Esther’s rise (Esther 2:18), [the decree to kill the Jews (Esther 3:15),] and Esther’s parties that led to Haman’s fall (Esther 7:1-10).
- The Midrash Eliyahu writes that we celebrate Purim by drinking because the Talmud (Megillah 13b) relates that Haman slandered the Jews’ drinking practices when he told the king that if a fly were to touch a Jew’s cup, he would remove it and continue drinking. However, if the king were to touch a Jew’s cup, the Jew would throw the wine away, alluding to the Talmudic (Avodah Zarah 30a) law of yayin nesech.
- The Nesivos Shalom (Purim 57-58) has a very unique reading of this Talmudic passage. He notes that the above cited teaching does not say “livsumei” (“to become intoxicated”) with wine, but rather “livsumei” in Purim. This means that one should get drunk from the day of Purim, itself, similar to the prophet’s (Yeshaya 51:21) description of being “drunk, but not from wine.” Through prayer, Torah study, and acts of kindness, Purim should cause a person to become so “drunk” on the elevated revelations of Purim that one cannot tell the difference between “cursed is Haman” and “blessed is Mordechai.”
- Malbim writes that the joy mentioned in the verse parallels “feasting and joy,” while the holiday parallels the sending of gifts. This is so because the very purpose of our lives is to separate ourselves from the physical in an effort to focus on the spiritual. That is the very-same purpose of Yom Tov!
- Similarly, in Horeb, Rav Hirsch writes that the physical rescue of the day deserved a physical enjoyment.
- Similarly, in R’ Tzaddok HaKohen’s contrasting between Purim and Chanukah, he focuses on the fact that Chanukah was a struggle between different philosophies, wherein the Hellenists and Greeks did not care if the Jews lived or died as long as they accepted the Hellenistic worldview. Therefore, Jews celebrate Chanukah, which was a spiritual/philosophical victory, in a spiritual manner, with additions to the daily tefillah and the lighting of the chanukiya. Jews celebrate Purim, on the other hand, which was a physical victory, in a physical manner, with feasting and joy.
- The Bach (Orach Chaim 670) focuses his distinguishing of the two days by noting that the entire Purim story was initiated by the Jews wrongly attending Achashverosh’s feast. He quotes a Braisa that says that the Chanukah story was perpetuated by the Jews’ lack of alacrity and laziness in fulfilling the tamid offering. Therefore, Purim is celebrating with a party to make up for our attending Achashverosh’s party, and Chanukah is celebrated with the lighting of Chanukah lights to make up for the neglecting of the constant fire of the tamid offering.
- His son-in-law, the Taz (Orach Chaim 670:3), writes that Purim is an open miracle that saved our temporal lives, wheras Chanukah commemorates a relatively hidden, spiritual miracle in the oil lasting longer than expected. Their distinct commemorations, then, are accomplished through the public feasting of Purim and through the relatively private lighting of the Chanukah menorah, respectively.
- The Sfas Emes adds that our physical pleasure on Purim is also due to the physical nature of Eisav’s (progenitor of Amalek) blessing that Yaakov (progenitor of the Jews) took from him (Bireishis 27:28-29). Furthermore, Yaakov’s attempt to take on Eisav’s physical role in the world is yet another reason for the custom to wear masks on Purim.
- During a Purim seudah, the Satmar Rebbe once mentioned that one might have thought that Haman’s idol would make the threat to Jewish existence on Purim a spiritual one. However, the physical and spiritual aspects of a Jew are one and the same. After all, a physical body without a soul is a corpse. Accordingly, this is another reason for the custom to drink on Purim – to see beyond the superficial, and realize that our physical health is directly related to our spiritual health.
- The Ben Ish Chai writes that the mitzvos of the day are intended to make Purim a day of Heavenly purpose of spiritual growth, and not for selfish joy. He bears this out from the fact that the initial letters of the four mitzvos of the day – simcha, mishteh, yom tov, manos – can be seen as an acronym that spells out shamayim (Heaven).
- Famously, the Ari z”l quotes the Tikkunei Zohar (21) that the holiness of Yom Kippur is due to its being a “yom kiPurim” (“a day like Purim”).
- The Ohel Moshe suggests that Yom Kippur’s holiness depends on Purim because the Talmud (Taanis 30b) says Yom Kippur was the day on which Moshe came down Mt. Sinai with the second set of luchos (“tablets”). This receiving of the Torah was not complete until the Jews accepted the following of its commands in the days of Purim with the verse’s (Esther 9:27) words “kimu v’kiblu.”
- On another level, R’ Yitzchak Hutner explains that Purim is similar to Yom Kippur because there is a need on both days to make things right with people. The Mishna (Yuma 8:9) teaches that a person does not gain atonement for the wrongs one caused to another unless one asks for forgiveness from that person. Similarly, on Purim, the sending of mishloach manos is supposed to engender feelings of unity and peace among the Jewish people. This is done in a spiritual manner – by begging for forgiveness – on Yom Kippur, and in a physical manner – by drinking and feasting together – on Purim. In this way, the two holidays compliment each other, and become one powerful entity.
- On one particular Purim in the Warsaw ghetto, R’ Kolonimus Kalmish (Hy”d) approached a Jew who was understandably not feeling joyous in the midst of terrible atrocity. He told this Jew that the intent of the comparison between Purim and Yom K’Purim is that just like a Jew should feel like there is no choice on Yom Kippur, and one must fast, so too, on Purim, one has no choice – one must have simcha (“joy”)!
יעַשֶׂרֶת בְּנֵי הָמָן בֶּן–הַמְּדָתָאצֹרֵר הַיְּהוּדִים הָרָגוּ וּבַבִּזָּהלֹא שָׁלְחוּ אֶת–יָדָם
10.The ten sons of Haman son of Hamdasa, tormentor of the Yehudim, were killed. And from their spoils they did not send their hands.
- According to Rashi, the verse repeats that these were the ten sons of Haman because they were evil, and each tried to prevent the Jews from rebuilding the Beis HaMikdash. As governors and dignitaries, they did whatever they could to prevent the Jews from returning to the Holy Land.
- This is accented by the Talmudic (Megillah 16b) custom is for the reader of Megillas Esther on Purim to read all of the names and “the ten sons of Haman” in our verse in one breath.
- R’ Yosef Rosen of Rogochov explains the old custom (Orach Chaim 690) of the reader pausing at this point and congregation reading all of the names of Haman’s sons during the public reading, as well. He explains that ideally, everyone should be reading the Megillah on their own. Of course, we can all fulfill our obligation by hearing someone else’s reading, but how can we fulfill an obligation of “one breath” unless we read it in one breath, ourselves?
- It seems problematic that Achashverosh gave Haman’s property to Esther since the Mechilta (on Shemos 17:14) says Amalek – of which Haman descended – is to be completely destroyed together with its property, so nobody should ever say they gained from Amalek.
- Esther may have been allowed Haman’s property because the Rabbeinu Bachya (on Bishalach) answers that this Mechilta only refers to possessions obtained in the course of war.
- In Vedibarta Bam, Rabbi Bogamilsky points out from the Talmud (Sanhedrin 48b) that such property actually belongs to Achashverosh.
- Similarly, the Talmud (Gittin 38a) teaches that the Jews were allowed the possessions of Moav and Amon because Sichon had already conquered them previously.
- Given that Esther was allowed Haman’s property, the Alshich writes that Achashverosh gave it to her because the kingdom did not need Haman’s house, after all. This is especially true if Haman destroyed his own home by utilizing its crossbeam in the building of his gallows.
- The Alshich adds that the decree to kill out the Jews had not yet been revoked, and Achashverosh wanted to show that Esther and Mordechai were exempt.
- On the other hand, the Yad HaMelech says that the king did this so that those who knew of the decree would not harm the Jews, effectively annulling the decree.
- The M’nos HaLevi explains that Achashverosh gave her the property to reassure Esther, that although she had seen him angry that day, the anger was not directed at her.
- The Malbim writes that this was Haman’s property, which should belong to Achashverosh after his rebellious behavior. However, in a continued effort to salvage his honor, Achashverosh wanted to show that Haman was really going against the queen and her people. Accordingly, the verse emphasizes that Haman was the tzorer (“antagonizer”) of the Yehudim.
- The Ginzei HaMelech explains that Achashverosh’s main concern was his security, especially around Haman’s presumed allies. He therefore said Haman tried to seduce the queen, and therefore owed her money. A similar incident occurred when Avimelech took Sarah, and then gave Avraham money (Bireishis 20:14) as a testament of Sarah’s virtue.
- The Vilna Gaon quotes a verse (Koheles 2:26) that a person who deserves H-Shem’s Pleasure receives wisdom, intelligent, and joy, but a sinner must constantly accumulate. The Talmud (Megillah 10b) says that this verse applies to Mordechai because the wicked Haman accrued the very wealth through which the righteous prospered.
- The Maharal asks why the righteous should prosper from the efforts of the wicked. After all, should the righteous not prosper from their own efforts? He answers that the wicked work and work tirelessly to gain more wealth because they are never satisfied. The righteous are easily satisfied, so they do not have to go through the grunt work of acquiring wealth.
- R’ Dovid Feinstein explains this as yet another example of mida kineged mida “measure for measure” because Haman wanted to take what was most precious to Esther – the lives of her people. Therefore, he lost what was most precious to him – his money.
- The Me’am Loez says that another example of mida kineged mida is that since Haman wanted to hang Mordechai in his house, Haman’s hanging occurred in what is now Mordechai’s house.
- Rebbetzin Tzipporah Heller adds that Achashverosh took the property because Haman was Mordechai’s slave. According to Jewish law, the property always really belonged to Haman’s master, Mordechai. With the property comes Haman’s identity. She suggests that taking over someone’s identity is another reason for the custom to masquerade on Purim.
- According to the Ben Ish Chai, the verse emphasizes that Haman prepared the gallows on which he dies because if the wood of the gallows was made from the beams of the Beis HaMikdash, and the Halacha as brought down by the Rambam (Mishneh Torah, Hilchos Shegagos 9:1) would not allow Mordechai to make use of it. However, since the wood of this beam has already been used by Haman, this removed its sanctity, making it usable to kill him.
- According to the Ora V’Simcha the gematria of ha’eitz (“the tree”) (5+70+90=165) is the same as Haman (5+40+50=95) + 70. Seventy are the number of days Haman was in power. According to the Chida, seventy is also the number of verses between Haman’s rise to power (Esther 3:1) until his downfall (Esther 7:10). Finally, seventy is also the gematria of yayin (“wine”) (10+10+50=70). The very wine with which Haman intended to seduce the Jews of Persia to sap them of their spiritual power is what led to his undoing. This may be yet another reason for the Talmudic custom (Megillah 7b) to drink an unusually large amount of wine on Purim.
- R’ Yechezkiel Levenstein writes that many people recognize that their suffering comes from their own sins, but they do not realize that the sin, itself, creates the punishment.
- R’ Moshe David Valle writes that Achashverosh seems surprised by the decree he permitted less than a week earlier simply because H-Shem created forgetfulness (see the Dubno Maggid’s explanation of Devarim 32:18). Being able to forget can sometimes be a blessing.
- Similarly, R’ Yehonason Eibshutz says it was the king’s foolishness that caused him to forget. Accordingly, this is another root of the custom to drink ad d’lo yada on Purim (Megillah 7b).
- The Beis HaLevi writes that Achashverosh did not know that the decree was meant to destroy the Jews, but thought it was supposed to only assimilate them. After all, the word l’avdam could mean “cause them to be lost.” This is why Haman emphasized the Jews’ strangeness (Esther 3:8-9). The solution for “fixing” a group of people who are “weird” is to acculturate them into society. Also, this is the reason Haman said (Esther 3:11) “la’asot bo” (“to do with”) rather than “la’asot lo” (“to do to”) the Jews. This implied that if the Jews refused, they would be punished, but the punishment was not the focus. However, in the decree he wrote (Esther 3:13), Haman emphasized the punishment. This is why Esther (Esther 7:4) first notes this punishment in her plea to the king.
- The Ohel Moshe quotes the Be’er Yosef that there was a fundamental difference between Haman and Achashverosh – Haman knew that the king was only interested in having the Jews conform to his society’s norms, but he likewise knew that the Jews would sacrifice their lives to avoid conversion. For many Jews, an order to change was a death sentence for the Jews. This is the way he put on a show that left Achashverosh in a state of confusion.
- R’ Avraham Yehoshua Heshel (the Apter Rav) tells a story about the time of R’ Sherira Gaon (father of R’ Hai Gaon) of Pumbedisa (906-1006 CE). There were two brothers fighting over their late father’s estate. One got a Torah scroll actually written by Ezra the Scribe, while the other brother got everything else in the estate. Parenthetically, it is a beautiful thing that the one who got all of the father’s possessions would be willing to give them up for a Torah scroll. Be that as it may, one evil man who thought it was ridiculous that the brothers were fighting over what he considered nothing more that a large parchment with ink on it, came into shul at night and scratched out the letter ayin in the word vi’avadetem (“and you shall serve”) in the verse (Shemos 23:25), and wrote an aleph in its place, turning the word into vi’avadetem (“and He will destroy you”). When this change was discovered, the owner of the scroll fell ill. He then had a dream in which his father appeared. His father told him the culprit will lose his eye because of the verse (Shemos 21:24) “ayin tachat ayin” (“an eye for an eye”) can be homiletically interpreted as an eye in place of a letter ayin. Since the scroll’s owner was concerned lest another scribe fix a scroll written by Ezra, the father calmed him by saying that Ezra in Heaven would fix it. Indeed, the next morning, the recovered owner came to shul, and together with the congregation was astounded to find the scroll in its original form. The Apter Rav brings this story as proof that Achashverosh really wanted the Jews to be subservient to him, but Haman used the word li’avdem to intentionally mislead the king into signing a decree to kill them all.
יג וַיְסַפֵּר הָמָן לְזֶרֶשׁ אִשְׁתּוֹ וּלְכָל–אֹהֲבָיו אֵת כָּל–אֲשֶׁר קָרָהוּ וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ חֲכָמָיו וְזֶרֶשׁ אִשְׁתּוֹ אִם מִזֶּרַע הַיְּהוּדִים מָרְדֳּכַי אֲשֶׁר הַחִלּוֹתָ לִנְפֹּל לְפָנָיו לֹא–תוּכַל לוֹ כִּי–נָפוֹל תִּפּוֹל לְפָנָיו
13. And Haman related to Zeresh his wife and to all his loved ones all that chanced him. And his wise ones and Zeresh his wife said to him, “If Mordechai is from the seed of the Yehudim, that which you have begun to fall before him, you will not succeed him, since you will continue to fall before him…”
- The Ben Ish Chai writes that Haman could not have been telling his friends and family about what happened that day since the fanfare with which it was performed made the day’s events common knowledge. Therefore, he must have been giving them a short history lesson.
- The Maharal writes that Megillas Esther speeds up in pace during events to indicate the rushing feeling of geulah (“redemption”), may it come soon.
- The Kefalim L’Toshiya writes that Haman told the events of the day, but stressed his own important role in the king’s advice. It could have sounded something like this: “I came to the king when he couldn’t sleep. He needed advice, and to whom did he turn? Me. He couldn’t wait – as soon as I walked in, instead of asking me how I was doing, he right away asked me what he should do. I gave him advice and he listened immediately. He didn’t ask anyone else for a second opinion. He listened to my advice. Not only that, but he wouldn’t even entrust anyone else with this job. He picked me to extend his thanks to somebody.” The point of telling them all of this is that Mordechai no longer has a leverage with the king, as Mordechai himself had feared; therefore Haman thinks his plan is going to work. As the verse continues, Haman’s advisers disagree.
- The Yosef Lekach points out that the verse uses the phrase “kol asher karahu” (“all that chanced him”) because Haman viewed all the preceding events as matters of chance.
- Rebbetzin Heller notes that the same expression was used by Mordechai earlier (Esther 4:7), where he emphasized how all historical events flow together for a reason. Even things we see as chance occurrences actually fit together intentionally in a puzzle designed and arranged by H-Shem. Haman’s use of the phrase has the exact opposite meaning.
- As the Ohel Moshe reminds us, being from Amalek, Haman represents the nation that the Torah (Devarim 25:18) describes as “asher karcha baderech” (“that chanced upon you on the road”). Amalek sees all events – event the Exodus from Mitzrayim – as chance.
- The Malbim adds that Haman was merely reassuring his friends and family that the embarrassing events of the day were but just chance, and not a consequence of his planned request to hang Mordechai, which hadn’t yet occurred.
- At a Purim seudah once, the Ben Ish Chai noted that there was a custom then among women to shave their heads when in mourning, so this verse uses the word vayisaper (usually translated as “told” or “related”) which can also mean “and he sheared” to imply that Haman sheared the heads of the women in his home at this time.
- Me’am Loez writes that this was the first time Achashverosh felt anything like insomnia, and he was therefore greatly concerned. Since this strange, out of the ordinary event transpires in this verse, perhaps this is the reason for the custom (Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 690:15, Mishnah Berurah 690:52) to read this verse in a unique tune1.
- The Midrash writes that Achashverosh had trouble sleeping because he was afraid Haman would try to kill him.
- R’ Rephael Shapiro of Volozhin wonders why the crux of the Purim miracle hangs on this seeming lie; after all, Haman was not planning on killing the king at this point. He answers that Achashverosh saw in his dream that Haman wanted to kill Esther’s husband. What he did not know was that Esther’s actual husband was not Achashverosh, but Mordechai.
- Since every reference to the “king” is really a reference to the King of Kings – H-Shem – the Midrash (Esther Rabbah 10:1) continues that H-Shem was “awakened” from His throne of Glory. How could H-Shem, who neither sleeps nor slumbers (Tehillim 121:4) have been sleeping? The Midrash explains that H-Shem can be said to be “sleeping” when the Jews are not living up to the standard set for them, as it says elsewhere in Tehillim (78:65). Torah Temimah explains that H-Shem ignores our needs sometimes, and only prayer and repentance can “awaken” Him.
- The Talmud (Megillah 15b) cites an argument about which king’s sleep was disturbed. The first opinion says it was H-Shem’s “sleep.” The second opinion is that the sleep of both the upper world and the lower world was disturbed. The third opinion is that it was Achashverosh’s sleep, and that it was due to his concern over the nature of the relationship between Esther and Haman, as she had intended by inviting Haman to her feast (see below). Achashverosh thus becomes concerned that nobody seems to be saving him.
- Interestingly, Rashi uncharacteristically quotes both the miraculous and natural interpretations of this verse. R’ Avigdor Bonchek writes that Rashi does so to emphasize that the main theme of Megillas Esther is that the true, miraculous nature of things is constantly concealed within seemingly everyday events. Maharal points out that this can be seen in the verse’s choice of calling Him/him “king” without mentioning Achashverosh’s name. If the verse is discussing H-Shem, it is fitting to call Him King. If the verse is discussing Achashverosh, it must be that he was concerned about kingly, political affairs.
- Furthermore, Maharsha notes that any instant in TaNaCh in which someone’s sleep is disturbed, the next verse explains the reason. For example, when Yaakov had a dream about the ladder, the next verse (Bireishis 28:10) explains why. Also, when Pharoah had his prophetic, confusing dreams about cows, the next verse (Bireishis 41:1) explains the reason. This verse’s lack of explanation leads one to conclude that something else is going on – namely, H-Shem’s “sleep” is also being “disturbed.”
- Based on the fact that the root of “nadidah” (“shaking”) is “nada,” R’ Mendel Weinbach points out that the verse’s use of two letter daleds indicates that there were two disturbances – one in the Heavens and one on Earth. The Midrash Abba Gurion writes that the angel, Gavriel, kept Achashverosh awake telling him, “do good for the one who did good to you.”
- The Ben Ish Chai writes that “nadidah” can be read as “nadad Hey,” or “H-Shem Stirred.” He writes it can also be read as “fifty (gematria of the letter nun) dadah.” Since “dadah” can be seen as the root of “edadeim” (“movement”) in Tehillim (42:5), Ben Ish Chai writes that fifty moved Achashverosh. Specifically, he quotes the Ari Z”l that the first verse in Shema contains twenty-five letters. Since we typically say Shema twice every evening and twice every morning, these fifty letters (twenty-five letters repeated) Mordechai was saying came to protect Mordechai. These fifty letters saved Mordechai from the fifty amos of the gallows Haman prepared, zeh l’umas zeh.
1 The classically given answer for this custom is because this verse is the one in which there is a turnabout – when obviously good things are in store for the Jews.
א וַיְהִי ׀ בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי וַתִּלְבַּשׁ אֶסְתֵּר מַלְכוּת וַתַּעֲמֹד בַּחֲצַר בֵּית–הַמֶּלֶךְ הַפְּנִימִית נֹכַח בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ וְהַמֶּלֶךְ יוֹשֵׁב עַל–כִּסֵּא מַלְכוּתוֹ בְּבֵית הַמַּלְכוּת נֹכַח פֶּתַח הַבָּיִת
1. And it was in the third day, and Esther dressed in royalty. And she stood in the courtyard of the inner house of the king, facing the house of the king. And the king was sitting on the seat of his royalty in the house of royalty facing the opening of the house.
- M’nos HaLevi writes that Esther usually avoided wearing royal garb. From her humility and modesty, she did not want to wear any clothing that would demonstrate her accepting her role as queen. The Talmud (Megillah 15a) points out that the verse seems to be missing the word, “clothing.” Accordingly, Esther wore “royalty” not in the physical sense, but in the sense of her enveloping herself in the Holy Spirit – Ruach HaKodesh.
- Iyun Yaakov wonders why this would occur now. After all, Esther is a prophetess, and one would imagine she was constantly connected to H-Shem’s Messages. He answers that this was a time of great hester Panim, of H-Shem hiding His Face, as it were. In response to the Talmud’s famous attempt to find the story of Esther alluded to in the Torah, the Talmud (Chulin 139b) quotes the verse “v’Anochi hastir astir Panai bayom hahu” (“And I will surely hide My Face from them on that day”) (Devarim 31:18). Since this was a time of great Divine concealment, and there was great doubt in the world, the Jews attempted to change things by fasting for three days, and praying to H-Shem, and managed to merit their prophetess receiving the Divine Presence.
- The Vilna Gaon adds that there is a concept that the Divine Spirit only rests upon a person whose body is “broken down.” This means someone who wants spiritual growth needs to realize that one’s soul is more important than one’s body.
- The Midrash (Bireishis Rabbah 56:1) writes that the royalty referred to here is the royalty of Esther’s father’s house, being descendant from King Shaul. Preparing for her disobeying a royal edict to meet the king, she took with her the dignity and air of monarchy she inherited from her ancestry. This idea certainly supports the contention of the Malbim and M’nos HaLevi that Esther’s wearing “royalty” simply meant that she seemed regal to casual observers.
- R’ Shlomo Kluger in Ma’amar Mordechai, says that Esther had been forced to be the queen, and at this point, she owned up to that responsibility. He points out that, from this verse and onwards, Esther is consistently called Queen Esther by the authors of Megillas Esther.
- Pachad Yitzchak notes that this verse indicates that Esther became the queen of the Jewish people. Interestingly, the Jews can only fulfill the command to eradicate Amalek when they have a sovereign ruler (Talmud, Sanhedrin 20a), and Esther took on that role to enable this.
- Rabbi Eliezer Ginzburg asks how she was given authority to be the queen. The Shem M’Shmuel (on Devarim 33:19) writes that the main function of a Jewish king or queen is to unite the Jewish people. Therefore, by enveloping herself in an intense love for the Jews, she took on the role of royalty, becoming what a royal is supposed to be.
- Rav Ginzburg also quotes the Nefesh HaChaim (3:12) that even if there are other spiritual forces in the world, they will have no affect on a person who totally submits oneself to H-Shem’s sovereignty. There are numerous stories concerning the Rav of Brisk, Rav Yitzchak Soloveitchik, whose concentrating on this idea of “ein od milVado” (“there is nothing beside Him”) from the Nefesh HaChaim at different times rescued him from Russian conscription and Nazi persecution. Accordingly, this is the idea of royalty with which Esther adorned herself, making her impervious to any harm.
- The Pachad Yitzchak notes that this is a rare example of Jewish royalty wearing non-Jewish garments, and this may be yet another reason for the custom of wearing masks and disguises on Purim.
- Megillas Sesarim says Esther was arguing here that her not being summoned in the last thirty days was indicative of the fact that she soon would have to be requested.
- R’ Yaakov of Dubno gives the opposite answer – since Achashverosh had not called her in thirty days, Esther feared that he had lost interest in her.
- Kisei Shlomo writes that Esther realized that the Jews’ salvation would really not come from her, but through their own teshuvah. She therefore picked the large number of days to buy time for the Jews to repent on their own.
- The Maharal quotes from the Talmud (Brachos 58b) that a person who is reunited with a friend after thirty days says the blessing of Shechechiyanu. The Maharal explains that the reason for this is the intense joy brought about by the cessation of the absence. In other words, Esther emphasized that she had not been summoned for thirty days to clarify that when Achashverosh will actually summon her after so long a separation, his emotional state will be far more amenable to her suggestions.
- According to Rav Yitzchak Hutner, this entire conversation justifies the custom of drinking on Purim ad d’lo yada, up to the point that one does not know the distinction between “blessed is Mordechai” and “cursed in Haman” (Talmud, Megillah 7b). He explains that, during the rest of the year, we are warned against digging deep into the secrets of the world, like the material from which the Earth was made, the symbolic meaning of Yechezkiel’s vision of H-Shem’s chariot and retinue, etc. On Purim, however, the point of drinking is to break down our inhibitions, open our minds, and reach levels of intellectual understanding to which we are not usually privy. On Purim, too, we are able to enter the courtyard of the King, and He will allow us to comprehend that which we were otherwise not invited to understand.

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LaLa Anthony Reportedly “A Wreck” Over Carmelo Anthony’s Yacht Photos With Another Woman, Attending Therapy to Cope
According to reports, “Power” actress LaLa Anthony is reportedly not doing well after photos surfaced of her husband, Carmelo Anthony, with a mystery woman chilling on a yacht. Sources say she’s even attending therapy sessions to cope emotionally. The source said:
“She’s a wreck over it…she has trust issues and does not trust him fully.”
Photos of – what looked like – the NBA baller on a romantic boat ride with another woman in the South of France leaked to social media, and the internet exploded.
After the flicks surfaced, LaLa allegedly posted and deleted this “heartbroken” photo to her Instagram Story.
However, Carmelo says the photos aren’t what they look like. In a video, he slammed rumors of having an affair. He said:
“I’m gonna address this one time and one time only. And I’m really only addressing it for my family. Keep my family out this, man. I’m over here trying to do my business retreat. I’m over here trying to have a good time. I’m on a boat with some friends. Them people are married, man. They ain’t got nothin’ to do with anything. Y’all exposing somebody’s wife.”
Carmelo Anthony continued:
“Now I gotta deal with that with my son. I gotta deal with that with my wife…All them bloggers that’s trying to put that out there, that sh*t is not cool at all.”
He is referring to how the rumors may affect he and LaLa’s son, Kiyan. Last year, Carmelo was rumored to have conceived a baby girl with a Chicago woman named Mia Burks, spawning he and LaLa’s initial separation.
Mia, also, took to social media to subliminally address Carmelo’s leaked photos. She’s, ironically, disappointed that he can address rumors, but refuses to acknowledge their alleged child.
Do you believe Carmelo Anthony’s photos are a hoax, or was he caught leopard-handed? Let us know in the comments.
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I found this bike on the Internet and I wasn't sure about what this bike is or how good it is (to make into fixie or something). The guy says it's a cannondale 3.0 mt bike. I really don't know much about it. I've posted a link to a picture that he posted up with his sale. He was $250
With the vertical drop outs its not the best canidate for a fixed gear. It requires an odd expensive hub or an aproach that is difficult and doesnt always work. There are much better frames out there to use that can be had for cheap.
05-29-11, 02:16 PM
What would you get? I'm looking for a light frame that I could make into a really nice fixie?
Well, do you want to do a conversion? Why not just buy a fixed gear from the get go? Plenty of good options already laid out for you..
that bike as a geared roadie is way cooler than any sub 800 dollar fixed gear as it is. i love old cannondales, as do most people.
05-29-11, 03:27 PM
I'm trying to avoid buying stock, I think if I was to do it myself then it would be more customized to be and you can easily tell if someone made it from parts or bought it from the store. What would you suggest?
Well, my post didn't really try to convince you to buy a stock bike, you could always just buy a frame and be able to build it up yourself.
and all i was saying is that if i only had one bike, it would be a geared roadie like that cannondale not a pake and dp18s.
this thread is done... you want a cheap fixed gear that you can piece together from the frame up. this bike is a terrible candidate for that.
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Joan Walsh, editor in chief of Salon.com, spoke about the lessons Obama should have learned from the health care bill. Wednesday’s talk, sponsored by the Cornell Democrats and The Cornell Progressive, attracted a heavily-Democratic audience.
President Barack Obama’s push for Republican support for the recently-passed health care reform law jeopardized the bill, according to Joan Walsh, editor in chief of Salon.com. Walsh, whose talk Wednesday was sponsored by the Cornell Democrats and The Cornell Progressive, spoke about the lessons Obama should have learned from the health care bill.
The event had a partisan showing. No one admitted to being a Republican when Walsh asked if any where present.
“I’m a little disappointed to see President Obama leading, once again, by compromise,” Walsh said. Obama must learn to work with the votes he has rather than reaching across the aisle to get Republican votes that do not exist, she said.
“I think we need to talk a little more,” Walsh said. She felt that neither political party was properly employing the idea of bipartisanship. The two parties treat it as a strategy to appeal to voters and not a means of passing legislation. Until they use bipartisanship to focus on legislation, Obama will not be able to get Republican support, she said.
Terry Moynihan ’11, treasurer of the Cornell Democrats, agreed with Walsh.
“[Obama] spent too much time looking for bipartisanship that wasn’t there,” Moynihan said.
Walsh expressed disappointment that Obama and Congressional Democrats did not widely publicize the potential benefits of the landmark health care bill until shortly before its passage, citing a poll that found that the majority of working class Americans, who would benefit from the bill, thought it would not help them.
“[Congressional Democrats] really did a poor job of explaining why it needed to be passed,” Jake Welch ’11, a member of the Cornell Democrats, said. He said that he did not find out about important aspects of the issue until after the bill’s passage, including that the previous law allowed insurance companies to reject children with pre-existing conditions.
Walsh said she hopes that Obama will learn from the struggle over healthcare reform because although the bill passed into law, “he’ll be in peril again,” she said. His primary lesson is that Democrats alone must pass bills because Republicans are not willing to cooperate with him, she said.
Walsh also addressed concerns that Obama has not lived up to campaign promises.
“We all had our own private Obama,” she said, referencing the famous red, white and blue “Hope” poster of Obama created by Shepard Fairey.
“The movement was too much about him,” she said. According to Walsh, some volunteers campaigning for Obama in 2008 were instructed to speak only about change and doing good rather than issues.
Obama’s charisma gives him “the capacity to be a chameleon,” Walsh said, which “is good for a candidate but not for a president.”
Walsh also spoke out against political debates and talk shows, like The O’Reilly Factor and Hardball.
“It’s like reality TV; it’s like Survivor or NASCAR,” she said. Walsh has frequently appeared on those political shows — especially recently — to discuss health care reform, and she bemoaned the fact that she was never asked to discuss the main points of the law. She said the hosts only wanted to debate partisan issues like abortion and death panels.
“There are parallel media worlds with little crossing over,” Walsh said. She cited a study that reported most members of the conservative Tea Party movement only get their news from Fox News.
Walsh also criticized the Tea Party, calling it a “fringe movement” and saying that many members are motivated by racism.
Terry Moynihan agreed with Walsh’s accusation. “When you say things like ‘I want our country back,’ it seems pretty racial to me.”
“[They] don’t have any consistent platform … [and] are just angry,” Jake Welch said, comparing the group to “children.”
Michael Schillawski ’10, president of the Cornell Democrats, praised Walsh for her constructive criticism of Obama.
“It’s important, as well as healthy,” Schillawski said, “That Democrats and members of the progressive movement are skeptical of President Obama and don’t fall into an echo chamber.”
We expected a “thoughtful analysis of the progressive movement” when we invited her to speak, Schillawski said. He felt that Walsh lived up to this expectation.
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Erdogan announces the allocation of 5 billion dollars for the reconstruction of Iraq (expanded)
Saleh confirms the need for Baghdad and Ankara for a comprehensive agreement and Erdogan announces the allocation of 5 billion dollars for the reconstruction of Iraq (expanded)
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq and Turkey “need a comprehensive agreement on all issues, including the issue of water,” President Barham Salih said Thursday.
“We need a strategic partnership with Turkey,” Saleh told a news conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Saleh pointed out that “cooperation in the defense and military fields with Ankara is an important issue for us, and we want to build a common system for our security.” He continued, “We want to establish a strategic relationship with Turkey.”
“Saleh said that” Baghdad will witness the meeting of the Turkish-Iraqi Economic Commission, and the water crisis will be fully ended in accordance with a comprehensive agreement with Turkey, and look forward to the role of an active Turkish in the reconstruction of liberated areas.
“Saleh said” We do not want foreign commandments on Iraq, A new stage, the reconstruction and return to the regional arena “He
expressed confidence that he” will return to Baghdad with a strong momentum of cooperation with Turkey, ”
President Erdogan announced the allocation of $ 5 billion for reconstruction in Iraq
Erdogan said at a joint news conference with His Iraqi counterpart, Barham Salih, during his visit to Rkiya, “pledged to provide $ 5 billion for the reconstruction of Iraq and accelerated the operations in this regard.”
For his part , the Turkish president said, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the allocation of $ 5 billion for reconstruction in Iraq, stressing that the two countries will strengthen cooperation in the fight against terrorism.
Erdogan said, ” “We pledged $ 5 billion for the reconstruction of Iraq and expedited our operations in this regard,” explaining that “the volume of trade between Turkey and Iraq during 2018 amounted to 16 billion dollars”
The Turkish President, “We want Iraq to do a full cooperation agreement and encourage mutual investments “Pointing out that” there are organizations such as gangs Terrorist and PKK threaten the security of Turkey and Iraq together. ”
“Protecting Iraq’s territorial integrity and sovereignty is the basis of our policy towards it,” he said


- TikTok users are increasingly finding new music through song remixes and mashups.
- It's led artists and labels to embrace sped-up and slowed-down versions of songs as promotional vehicles.
- The deluge of user-uploaded tracks can create new opportunities for artists to engage with fans.
In the middle of August, music artist Sam Smith's somber 2014 ballad "I'm Not The Only One" reentered Spotify's top 200 chart nearly a decade after its release.
As with many other music trends in 2022, the song's resurgence can be traced back to TikTok. Tristan Olson, a 20-year-old college student and music producer, uploaded a sped-up version of the track on August 12 that went viral, appearing in more than 289,000 videos on the app (Smith's official version has been used in around 12,000 videos in comparison).
Smith posted a TikTok celebrating the song's revival using Olson's remix, and the artist and his record label Universal Music Group (UMG) cleared the rights for Olson's "I'm Not The Only One (Sped Up)" version to appear on streaming apps like Spotify.
"These kids probably heard Sam Smith for the first time in their life when they heard Tristan's version," said Nima Nasseri, the A&R lead for UMG's music strategy and tactics team, whose division hires creators like Olson to work on remixes. "When Tristan does a remix, we take it to market. We release it. It just helps ignite the main version even more."
Over the last few years, TikTok has cemented its role as king-maker in music. Songs that go viral on the app, no matter when they were first released, often end up charting on the Billboard 100 or Spotify Viral 50. Artists, record labels, and music marketers are flooding TikTok with songs, hiring influencers to include tracks in videos, or posting video challenges to try to feed a song into TikTok's content discovery engine. Some performers say they're exhausted by the app's content demands. But TikTok's outsized influence on music discovery makes it largely unskippable for artists and their teams.
The app's short-video format has also shifted how songs are experienced. Many users now first hear a song in a 15-second snippet rather than listening to a full track. A TikToker may stumble upon a song that's been sped up, slowed down, layered with a clap track, or mashed up with another track. The phenomenon has become so common that record labels are including remix and mashup artists in their song release strategies, and getting clearance from rights holders to upload altered versions of songs to streaming apps like Spotify and Apple Music.
"I have seen mashups since the very beginning of me being on TikTok," said William Carney, an artist and TikTok creator who performs under the name Carneyval and has made several viral mashups on the platform. "The landscape now is a lot more saturated of a market. There's a lot of people doing it."
Marketers embrace TikTok remixes and mashups
As with any social-media trend, music marketers are adjusting their strategies to stay in tune with TikTok's audience.
Marketers and record labels are now regularly commissioning music producers to create modified versions of tracks to promote songs.
"Earlier this year we started to see songs splinter, meaning we saw a lot of audio library sounds take off and go viral, and then we would see multiple remixes or edited versions or clap tracks or sped-up versions take off adjacently," said Johnny Cloherty, CEO of the music-marketing agency Songfluencer.
TikTok music talent can earn anywhere from $500 to $5,000 to produce a remixed version of a track, according to Cloherty.
Jacob Sutherland, a musician and TikTok creator with around 390,000 followers, said he charges between $500 and $1,000 for a mashup depending on a campaign's budget and if the commissioner is an artist or a fan. Trevor Hutchens, a music artist who performs under the artist name veggi and has 1.3 million TikTok followers, said his rate is between $2,000 and $4,000 for a commissioned post.
Outside of monetary compensation, having a track go viral can help TikTok talent grow their audience off the app.
"Doing the mashups in general creates traffic that will then show some people, not everyone, but at least a good sum of them, that I'm also an artist and that I do this original stuff," said Hutchens, who has around 380,000 monthly listeners on Spotify.
How artists are adjusting to the spike in remixes on TikTok
While TikTok remixes can be a money-making venture for creators, the bulk of the remixes and mashups that pop up on the app are done for free.
And while unauthorized use of songs on TikTok has become an increasingly tense subject, labels are eager to capitalize on the momentum of an unsolicited remix or mashup if it has the potential to boost streams for an artist.
When a sped-up version of Sofia Reyes' 2018 song "1, 2, 3" began taking off in Asia earlier this year, for example, Reyes' label Warner Music Latina jumped into action to help fan the flames.
"Once it started going viral in early June, then we started seeing a positive correlation with streaming data," said Cesar Toirac, associate director of marketing services at Warner Music Latina. "The song was picking up on Spotify charts. Picking up on Apple Music charts. More and more people were Shazam-ing the record."
As other users uploaded new versions of "1, 2, 3" onto TikTok, including a slowed-down track, Reyes jumped into the trend, posting a video featuring the sped-up version of her song, which has been used in over 6 million videos on TikTok to-date.
"It's incredible to see how creative people are getting with records," Toirac said. "It allows a new dimension of the song to live in the world."
Not all artists have immediately been on board with having their tracks remixed, however.
"At first it was educating people because artists are really precious about remixes and their Spotify profile and how it looks," UMG's Nasseri said.
But after a handful of songs experienced massive revivals in the wake of TikTok remixes, including a slowed-down version of "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals and a sped-up version of Demi Lovato's "Cool for the Summer" that both now have tens of millions of streams on Spotify, many artists see the value in modified tracks.
"Back in the day, you'd go get a bunch of club DJs to remix your records so that you could appeal to the drum-and-bass market, to the techno market, to the underground market," Nasseri said. "You want to be able to have your record get discovered in spaces that it normally wouldn't be discovered in."


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Bowel cancer is fast becoming one of Australia and New Zealand’s biggest killers, and is already Australia’s second leading cause of cancer death. Reports are also emerging that the incidence of the disease in young people is becoming more common, especially in those aged under 35.
It’s important to learn more about preventing the disease and, along with regular screening, learning to recognise symptoms, and maintaining a healthy weight, eating a balanced diet is one of the easiest and best approaches you can take to prevention. Diets high in fat and cholesterol have been linked to an increased incidence of colon cancer, but diets high in fibre show a protective effect. Eating a diet rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grains will ensure you get enough fibre into your diet and eliminating red meat will reduce saturated fats. To help, we’ve compile our top five recipes for gut health.
Carrots are naturally high in fibre, and their nutritional values actually increase on cooking. With its delicious walnut pastry, this appetising carrot pie is sure to bring a cheerful start to a wintry week.
Diets high in saturated fats have been linked to increased incidence of bowel cancer. This recipe replaces the traditional red meat burger with tofu, a perfect substitute for meat in classic dishes ranging from burgers to cheesy bakes.
CHORIZO AND LENTIL BRAISE
Adding lentils to your diet is a great way to lower cholesterol and introduce more fibre. Topped with slices of spicy, smoky chorizo sausage, this quick and easy lentil dish will sate even the largest appetite.
CELERIAC AND APPLE SOUP WITH PARMESAN CHIPS
We all know the old saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”, and one reason is that apples are one of nature’s sources of fibre. Introduce more into your diet with this tasty recipe for apple and celeriac soup.
CHARGRILLED CHICKEN WITH GRAPEFRUIT MARMALADE
If you’re not ready to eliminate meat from your diet entirely, utilising more chicken and fish, which are lower in saturated fats, will not only benefit your gut, but your heart too.

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A Santa Cuz tradition.
What has gone wrong in Sacramento?
Michael Malone was fired after an 11-13 start to the season.
Gay says Perkins ‘might as well play with his face painted.’
Bryant and other Lakers players showed respect to the late Eric Garner with special t-shirts.
Perkins could’ve sworn he heard MVP chants.
Isaiah Thomas plays against the Sacramento Kings Friday for the first time since leaving via free agency during the summer.


The Heritage Flower Farm, 33725 County Road L, is sponsoring its first seed exchange on Sunday, Sept. 30 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be a seed collecting, saving and planting demonstration at 1:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
People are invited to brind their seeds and get seed others have collected.
Seeds are ready for collecting when they turn darker and appear dry. Seeds should be collected in paper bags or envelopes to keep them dry. Separate seeds from chaff and take to the exchange in paper envelopes - at least 20 seeds per envelope - identified on the outside with the plant's name.
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