Israelis offer a 'Yom Huledet Sameach' to Ben Yehuda, resurrector of Hebrew language

Eliezer Ben Yehuda, who transformed Hebrew from the rusty language of ancient Israel and the Bible into the dynamic, dominant language of modern-day Israel, would be 155 years old today.

By Christa Case Bryant,?Staff Writer / January 8, 2013

This December, 2012 photo shows visitors at the Mahane Yehuda market, one of Jerusalem's free tourist attractions. Beyond its earthly past, Jerusalem has an impossible beauty with broad appeal. For residents and tourists, secular and religious souls, city slickers or nature lovers, there is always an unexplored alleyway, street corner or vista that will show you the city as you?ve never seen it before.

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If it weren?t for Eliezer Ben Yehuda, I wouldn?t be able to order ice cream, ask directions to the local furniture store, or discuss Gaza bombings in Hebrew.

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Since I?m a new journalist in Israel who happens to love ice cream and arrived here with only one piece of furniture to my name, that would be grave indeed.

So I for one am grateful for Mr. Ben Yehuda, who was born 155 years ago today in the Russian empire.

Legend has it that the man was not only brilliant, but a little crazy. And you would have to be, if you were planning to try to resurrect an ancient language after roughly 2,000 years and expect it to become the primary spoken language of a country that didn't even exist yet.

But the Sorbonne-educated Ben Yehuda did just that ??well before the state of Israel was founded in 1948, and even before Lord Balfour of Britain made his famous promise to the Zionists in 1917 to help establish a Jewish homeland.

Of course, Hebrew was the language of the Torah ? the biblical books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy ? as well as other religious writings. So many Jews were familiar with it. But they didn?t use it to talk about things like grocery shopping or even politics.

Where to start? With your family, of course. When Ben Yehuda arrived in Israel with his family, he banned his wife and children from speaking any other language. According to tradition, his family was the first to speak exclusively Hebrew in the home.

He also helped start schools and Hebrew-language newspapers, and published the first dictionary of modern Hebrew, often drawing on biblical words to coin modern terms. Ultra-Orthodox Jews pushed back hard, arguing that Hebrew is a holy language and not to be used to discuss the mundane. Many of them still prefer to speak in Yiddish when discussing daily affairs.

But Hebrew is nevertheless the dominant language in Israel today, although Arabic is an official language as well.

But I digress.

You were wondering about how to order ice cream, right?

G'lida. That?s your ticket.

Todah (thank you), Ben Yehuda.

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IN most fine dining restaurants, your waiter might say something along the lines of, ?Let me tell you about our specials today. We have a miso-glazed Chilean Garoupa with a side of mashed potatoes and sauteed spinach.?

He might then suggest beverages that can accompany this meal. This statement presupposes that what you eat is the focus of your meal. What happens if it?s the other way round ? where what you drink is the focus of the meal?

?Why not we make the drink complement food rather than food complement the drink?? This is what Steven Heng, a 24-year-old mixologist with Classic Coffee and Beverage, asked when he prepared for the J-Infinity Drink Gustation showcase.

?A bartender follows recipes. The moment he creates a drink, he becomes a mixologist,? he explains. His aim was to combine degustation (taking a small amount of food or drink into the mouth to test its quality) and the art of mixing.
Inviting you with, ?You will drink the food and eat the drink,? Steven divides the showcase into a set of eight-course drinks that include aperitifs, salads, pasta, main course, dessert, coffee and tea.

Unlike most dinners, where every dish is paired with an alcoholic beverage, Steven chooses to make his drinks ?mocktails? (non-alcoholic versions of alcoholic beverages). ?My idea is to use the things you will get in a kitchen. For example, I will use something like balsamic vinegar or beef stock. Or even a masala. I will infuse the spices and learn the scent or taste that it creates, such as Lapsang souchong tea has a smoky taste. I can use this as a substitute for smoky beef bacon.?

With that, Steven introduces the salad drink ? Velvet Kult. This drink contains beetroot, cucumber and basil. While it sounds strange, the dose of rose lime vinaigrette make it lovely.

The added bonus is the knowledge that all the ingredients are super foods advocated by healthcare specialists. Indeed, one of the guests at the showcase is overheard saying, ?I wish I had known about this when I was a child. I would have taken more salads.?

For the pasta dish, Duo Speg, Steven says, ?The most common sauces for pasta are Carbonara and Napolitana. One is cream-based and the other is tomato-based. I also want to awaken all your senses, especially taste.? So, he makes pasta using peach puree and the Carbonara is made using a mango-thyme cream sauce.

Preparing a drink can take up to two weeks, says Steven. ?I?m like a mad scientist in the R & D room in the office. I use molecular techniques to test all my drinks and like to give a twist to dishes we all know about.?

This statement is exemplified in the next drink he highlights, Paris Kiss. Steven was inspired by a dessert created a French chef (Pierre Herme) called Ispahan. In its original form, Ispahan is a rose macaroon filled with lychee cream and fresh raspberry. Steven uses the combination of the all the flavours in this dessert and enhances it with orange zest. To add texture, he mimics the lychee cream in the drink by using lychee foam.

In most restaurants, a meal ends with coffee. Similarly, here, Steven serves Illy Cube. In the style of serving a cappuccino, the resulting beverage is one that combines espresso, illy crema (a thin layer of foam at the top of a cup of espresso), milk foam with a hint of orange and cinnamon.

?I hope that, in future, people will see that there are many things you can do with the things in your kitchen to make interesting drinks,? says Steven.

Indeed, his enthusiasm to explore how versatile food can be infectious and you might find yourself is? believing him when he says: ?Mixing is always fun, creative and borderless.?

Explore the versatility of food.

Fallen geisha (dry ice creating foam effect).

A visual delight.

The salad drink, Velvet Kult.

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infed.org | Alan Tough, learning projects and lifelong learning

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Allen M. Tough (1936-2012) is best known for his research and writing around the processes that adults use to learn and change. In particular he looked at how adults undertook self-directed learning projects ? and the scale of these within everyday life. His work The Adult?s Learning Projects became a key reference point for writers in the field of adult education. Allen Tough received a number of awards including the Malcolm Knowles Memorial Award for significant lifelong contribution to the field of self-directed learning (2006) He was inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame. His citation notes:

Tough?s inquiry contributed to an expansion of the dialogue on adult learning to include self-directed learning. He was instrumental in catalyzing movement from research focused primarily on who participates in organized adult education to one that embraces the entire range of intentional adult learning.(IACE 2006)

Tough went on to work in the field of future studies and was also concerned with the scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).

Born and raised in Toronto, Allen Tough went on to study at the city?s main University before gaining his PhD at the University of Chicago. He came back to the Toronto and? Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) in 1964 to teach and research (The Institute became part of the University of Toronto in 1996). Allen Tough spent 33 years at the University as a faculty member and retired early in 1997 to focus on his research interests. He became a Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto.

Diagnosed with Multiple System Atrophy ? a rare degenerative disease ? he continued to research and teach. He died on April 27,? 2012 aged 76. He was? survived by his wife Cathy Rand and his children Susan Tough (Russell Wardell) of Renfrew, Ontario, and Paul Tough (Paula Shapiro), and his grandson Ellington of Montauk, New York (legacy.com 2012).

References

International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame. (2006) Allen Tough. Norman OK.:?University of Oklahoma. [http://www.halloffame.outreach.ou.edu/2006/tough.html. Retrieved January 7, 2013]

Legacy.com. (2012). Allen M. Tough. Obituary. [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?pid=157356346#fbLoggedOut. Retrieved January 7, 2013].

Tough, Allen M. (1967).? Learning without a teacher.?A study of tasks and assistance during adult self-teaching projects. Toronto: OISE (second edition 1981). The full text is downloadable from allentough.com

Tough, Allen M. (1968).? Why adults learn.? Toronto: OISE. Also available as ERIC Document no. ED 025688.

Tough, Allen M. (1971). The adult?s learning projects: A fresh approach to theory and practice in adult learning. Toronto: OISE (Second edition, Austin, Texas: Learning Concepts and Toronto: OISE, 1979. The full text is downloadable from allentough.com

Tough, Allen M. (1980). Expand your life. New York: College Entrance Examination Board.

Tough, Allen M. (1982). Intentional changes: A fresh approach to helping people change. Chicago: Follett.

Tough, Allen M. (1991)?Crucial Questions About the Future. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America. The full text is downloadable from allentough.com

Acknowledgement: Picture: Allen M Tough 2004 speaking at at the International Astronautical Congress, Vancouver BC Canada. Available on Allen Tough?s website: http://www.allentough.com/

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama says the "fiscal cliff" agreement reached by the Senate is "the right thing to do for our country" and is encouraging the House to "pass it without delay."

The Senate voted 89-8 early Tuesday to pass legislation to block the impact of across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts scheduled to take effect at the beginning of the new year. The legislation would prevent middle-class taxes from rising, and raise rates on incomes over $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for couples.

Obama says the bill takes a balanced approach to shrinking the U.S. deficit by "investing in (the) middle class" while "asking the wealthy to pay a little more."

The House is expected to vote on the bill later Tuesday or perhaps Wednesday.

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Pediatricians say kids need recess during school

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A group of American pediatricians is telling school districts that children need recess and free time during the school day, and it should not even be taken away as punishment.

"We consider it essentially the child's personal time and don't feel it should be taken away for academic or punitive reasons," said Dr. Robert Murray, who co-authored the new policy statement for the American Academy of Pediatrics.

The statement, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, says recess is a "crucial and necessary component of a child's development."

Recess helps students develop communication skills, such as cooperation and sharing, and helps counteract the time they spend sitting in class, according to the statement.

"The cognitive literature indicates that children are exactly as we are as adults. Whenever they're performing a complicated or complex task, they need time to process the information," said Murray, a professor at Ohio State University in Columbus.

"Kids have to have that time scheduled. They're not given the opportunity to just get up and walk around for a few minutes," he added.

Previous research, according to the statement's authors, found children pay closer attention and perform better mentally after recess.

Last January, a review of 14 studies found kids who get more exercise from - among other things - recess and playing on sports teams tend to do better in school (see Reuters Health story of January 3, 2012 here: http://reut.rs/UcJhV0.)

But a 2011 survey of 1,800 elementary schools found about a third were not offering recess to their third grade classes (see Reuters Health story of December 5, 2011 here: http://reut.rs/UcOqwt.)

Murray told Reuters Health that schools in Japan offer children about 10 minutes of free time after every 50 minutes of class, which he said makes sense.

"I think you can feel it if you go to a lecture that after 40 to 50 minutes of a concentrated activity you need to take a break," he said.

Currently, the American Heart Association calls for at least 20 minutes of recess every day, but Murray said recess needs depend on the child.

"Most schools - on average - are working on the framework of 15 to 30 minute bursts of recess once or twice a day," he said.

There is, however, consensus on when in the day children's recess should take place.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Agriculture both recommend schools schedule recess before lunch.

Previous studies have found that children waste less food and behave better for the rest of the day when their recess is before their scheduled lunch, the pediatricians' statement notes.

The statement also says schools should not substitute physical education classes for recess.

"Those are completely different things and they offer completely different outcomes," said Murray. "(Physical education teachers are) trying to teach motor skills and the ability of those children to use those skills in a bunch of different scenarios. Recess is a child's free time."

The pediatricians also warn against a recess that is too structured, such as having games led by adults.

"I think it becomes structured to the point where you lose some of those developmental and social emotion benefits of free play," said Murray.

"This is a very important and overlooked time of day for the child and we should not lose sight of the fact that it has very important benefits," he added.

SOURCE: http://bit.ly/HjQ8dI Pediatrics, online December 31, 2012.

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