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Weekend of November 4-6, 2016

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PONDERABLE

"A toothache makes you forget a headache."

--- Jewish saying

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Outlook
The Origins of Shame
By Rabbi Raphael Pelcovitz and Dr. David Pelcovitz

The Bible as a mere collection of fables? A renowned rabbi and his equally regarded son, a professor of psychology and Jewish Education, mine the ancient biblical story of Noah to extract gems of wisdom for contemporary people of faith

THOUGHT PROVOKING

Controversy!
America has greater respect than Israel for Sabbath-observing sportsmen
By Nathan Lewin

A prominent Washington, D.C., attorney who specializes in religious freedom cases before the U.S. Supreme Court makes his case

Reality Check
Trump's true opponent
By Caroline B. Glick

Only one question will determine the election outcome

Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Bonnie S. Benwick

These Middle East Meatballs are unlike any others you've ever tasted

Coupling
5 reasons you still attract crazy people
By Georgia Lee

Can't seem to understand why you always end up with someone who's not quite right?

Breakthru
In a medical first, brain implant allows paralyzed man to feel again
By Amy Ellis Nutt

Direct stimulation of sensory area of the brain bypasses a damaged spinal cord in a groundbreaking experiment

Wealth Strategies
5 Tech Investments Poised for Growth
By James K. Glassman

To get higher profits over the long haul, you need higher sales of products and services that keep improving. Tech firms are the best place to look

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• Lisa Benson

• Chip Bok

• John Darkow

• Bob Gorrell

• Dave Granlund

• David Hitch

• Jerry Holbert

• Rick McKee

• Jeff Stahler

• Jeff Stahler BONUS!

• Dana Summers

• Gary Varvel

• Michael Ramirez

Monica Crowley: America: It's our moment to get our groove back

Cory Franklin: The Brothers Who Changed Music And Race Relations

[ T O D A Y I N H I S T O R Y ]

On this day in . . .

• 1677, the future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange. They would later jointly reign as William and Mary

• 1825, the Erie Canal is completed with Governor DeWitt Clinton performing the Wedding of The Waters ceremony in New York Harbour

• 1921, the Sturmabteilung or SA is formally formed by Adolf Hitler, ym"sh

• 1922, in Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to King Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings

• 1939, during World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents

• 1942, during World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein --- Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, ym"sh, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel leads his forces on a five-month retreat

• 1952, the United States government establishes the National Security Agency

• 1956, Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union, that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country

• 1962, in a test of the Nike-Hercules air defense missile, Shot Dominic-Tightrope is successfully detonated 69,000 feet above Johnston Island. It would also be the last atmospheric nuclear test conducted by the United States

• 1966, two-thirds of Florence, Italy is submerged as the Arno river floods; together with the contemporaneous flood of the Po River in northern Italy, this leads to 113 deaths, 30,000 made homeless, and the destruction of numerous Renaissance artworks and books

• 1970, during the Vietnam War: Vietnamization --- The United States turns control of the Binh Thuy Air Base in the Mekong Delta over to South Vietnam. ALSO: Genie, a 13-year-old feral child is found in Los Angeles, California having been locked in her bedroom for most of her life

• 1979, the Iran hostage crisis begins: a group of Iranians, mostly students, invades the United States embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages (53 of whom are American)

• 1994, the first conference, held in San Francisco, focuses exclusively on the subject of the commercial potential of the World Wide Web

• 1995, Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated

• 2000, President Bill Clinton vetoed a bill that would have criminalized the leaking of government secrets

• 2008, California voters approved Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment outlawing same-gender marriage, overturning a state Supreme Court decision that gave "alternative-lifestyle" couples the right to wed just months earlier

• 2010, Republicans gained 63 seats and seized control of the U.S. House of Representatives from Democrats but lost a bid to win the Senate majority

• 2012, Zac Vawter, a 31-year-old amputee from Yelm, Wash., climbed the 103 floors of Chicago's Willis Tower, becoming the first person ever to complete the task wearing a mind-controlled prosthetic limb

• 2014, riding a powerful wave of voter discontent, resurgent Republicans captured control of the Senate and tightened their grip on the House during the 2014 elections. ALSO: A Russian member of the Taliban made his first appearance in a federal court in Richmond, Virginia, marking the first time a military detainee from Afghanistan had been brought to the U.S. for trial. (In August 2015, a federal jury convicted Irek Hamidullin of planning and leading a Taliban attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan.)

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