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  • in reply to: courses in computer training #1168733
    bekitzur
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    The OU Job Board Training used to offer courses, but I’m not sure if they’re still available.

    If you’re a resident of New York City, you can qualify for a free Lynda.com subscription by getting a New York Public Library card – the website has many high-quality tutorials in many different technical topics. You can pay for a subscription also but it’s expensive. Pluralsight can also work.

    There are also many free tutorials, but usually paid ones are better.

    bekitzur
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    Which college (at least, what type – private, public, top 100)?

    in reply to: Tanach Trivia (real!) #1159978
    bekitzur
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    How many people lived in Ninveh when Yonah went to give them mussar?

    in reply to: Conspiracy theories #1153932
    bekitzur
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    Area 51 exists.

    in reply to: Anyone went or have first-hand info about BNOS AVIGAIL? #1132626
    bekitzur
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    I don’t know anything about the seminary itself, but I can say that the students I know who went there are some of the nicest, most sincere girls I know.

    in reply to: Bais yaakov cookbook doesn't have recipe for latkes? #1115018
    bekitzur
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    The best kosher cookbook by far is Spice and Spirit (the purple one). It has all the traditional foods, plus tons of other recipes.

    in reply to: how to find something i lost #1154374
    bekitzur
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    I heard there’s a tribe in the Amazon that produces it.

    in reply to: Aggressiveness for subway seat #1111204
    bekitzur
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    The strategy I use is to stand between the two of the long rows, and at each stop when it looks like someone is about to get off, I move towards the seat so that everyone knows it’s mine. It works pretty well.

    in reply to: breakfast cereal haikus #1113377
    bekitzur
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    1. Raisin Bran

    2. Cap’n Crunch

    in reply to: Real talk: Present day frumkeit is aimed at 110 IQ tenth graders #1108335
    bekitzur
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    The average Ashkenazi Jewish IQ is 115.

    in reply to: ANNOYING!!! #1105348
    bekitzur
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    Install AdBlock Plus, or any other ad-blocking browser extension.

    in reply to: Frum Jews at CUNYs #1101770
    bekitzur
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    writersoul, is your friend in Macaulay?

    in reply to: Will Google Translate Ever Support Talmudic Aramaic? #1072581
    bekitzur
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    Well, Bing Translator has Klingon…

    in reply to: Judaism on the Moon #1097378
    bekitzur
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    Well, two of the issues are (a) the training and (b) the Shabbos-every-72-minutes problem.

    in reply to: Frum Jews at CUNYs #1101767
    bekitzur
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    I know someone who wants to start a counter-protest group for pro-Israel students (from frum to non-Jewish) but is afraid that the frum world will denounce it as “drawing attention to ourselves” and “not the Jewish way”.

    I personally think it would be great if people knew that there are Jewish students who are pro-Israel and willing to stand up for it.

    in reply to: Frum Jews at CUNYs #1101762
    bekitzur
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    Engineering, IY”H.

    Events: Review classes, meetings, etc.

    in reply to: Frum Jews at CUNYs #1101761
    bekitzur
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    birdson – that’s exactly where I’m thinking of going. Would you be able to find out for me what the culture’s like there, whether they are respectful about Yamim Tovim and things like that?

    Mods – is it possible for me to get in touch with birdson?

    Sorry, no.

    in reply to: Looking for seminaries in NY/NJ #1060890
    bekitzur
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    There’s Bais Yaakov Intensive in Boro Park, and Machon Basya Rochel in Far Rockaway.

    in reply to: Is cloning allowed #1058624
    bekitzur
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    100% okay.

    in reply to: No police protection for a week #1051512
    bekitzur
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    YW fan,

    This is from a site I saw explaining it.

    “The lungs have what are called “Volumes” and “Capacities”. The link describes all of them. For our purposes, you need to understand these two phrases: Functional Reserve Capacity (the amount of air left in the lungs after a normal exhalation) and Expiratory Reserve Volume (the amount of air you can still force out of your lungs after a normal exhalation).

    When you take a normal breath you breathe in and out you are breathing about 500ml of air. After breathing out, you are left with ~2400ml of air inside your lungs, this is the Functional Reserve Capacity. If you try to force out as much air as possible, you can still force out ~1200ml more air. This is the Expiratory Reserve Volume. This is air you are able to speak with even if you cannot take a normal breath. Important Note: Notice that the Expiratory Reserve Volume is more than twice the size of a normal breath. That is a lot of air you are able to force out, and a lot of speaking you can do even if you can’t breathe.

    The lungs work on negative pressure. So, your lungs, when you breathe in, are at a lower pressure than the outside air. This draws the air into them. This is caused by your diaphragm and intercostal muscles. Your lungs are very elastic, and will move back to their normal size during exhalation. This is where the problem begins for officers. If you are kneeling on a suspect, or you have them handcuffed on the ground so that they are on their chest, there is a strong possibility that you can cut off their ability to breathe. Once the lungs begin to exhale, they collapse, but if you they are being pressed down on by body weight, they may not be able to re-expand. They then continue to collapse, forcing out the Functional Reserve Capacity of air, but not drawing in a new breath. So, your suspect may be pleading for breath, they may actually be incapable of drawing one in, and the reason is you. If someone is saying they cannot breathe, you need to believe them, because you might be killing them. Furthermore, during any kind of physical altercation, that person may be breathing deeply and rapidly, making their lungs collapse faster when you are kneeling on them or holding them on the ground.”

    in reply to: This actually makes sense in context. Can you guess how? #1042273
    bekitzur
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    I love CAH!

    in reply to: Where to draw the line #1033945
    bekitzur
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    Why draw a line?

    in reply to: Xmas #1027923
    bekitzur
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    Coffee – I actually laughed out loud at that!

    in reply to: Good Ads #1027109
    bekitzur
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    A while ago a Tzitzis company advertised something like “If it’s knot good it’s (company name).” We all had a good laugh!

    in reply to: Really "Creative" Names #1027094
    bekitzur
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    I. M. Shluffin – interesting, that’s exactly the reason the Chachamim changed “Arneves” by Targum Shiv’im.

    in reply to: Goral Hagra. What do you know about it? #1027388
    bekitzur
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    If it’s not from the Gra, who is it from?

    in reply to: Famous Personalities who are Jewish #1027179
    bekitzur
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    Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner

    in reply to: Something Nice About Another Person #1014709
    bekitzur
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    This thread +1

    in reply to: Zeman Magazine #1015052
    bekitzur
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    They’re all true – I’ve researched them. Some may be slightly stretched, but their main points and 99% of the details are true.

    in reply to: Jobs #994926
    bekitzur
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    Try the Mason-Briggs test. It’s designed to match your personality to jobs.

    in reply to: Resisting a Song #994814
    bekitzur
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    Hi again! Thank you *so* much for the advice! I’m really touched.

    I knew everyone would be really disappointed if I listened to it in the end. So I didn’t. I basically locked myself out of my computer for two days till the effect of practically yearning for it wore off.

    It’s really nice that I can discuss this on an online forum and nobody judged me at all and really helped me.

    in reply to: Resisting a Song #994766
    bekitzur
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    DaasYochid – it’s easy enough to find it on any website.

    in reply to: How are you celebrating Thanksgivukkah? #989850
    bekitzur
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    Y’know that “turkey” in Hebrew is “Hodu”… turkey = thankfulness.

    in reply to: Transfer Tapes To Digital Files #986145
    bekitzur
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    If you live near me, you can use the service I know about.

    Mods… is there any way I can contact Harotzehbilumshmo?

    in reply to: Transfer Tapes To Digital Files #986139
    bekitzur
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    I know a service that does it for $5 a tape.

    in reply to: Jokes #1202392
    bekitzur
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    bookworm – lol 🙂

    in reply to: Sesquipedalianism #1071208
    bekitzur
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    Oneofmany – Good job! The other two are

    Look before you leap

    and

    Two many cooks spoil the broth

    in reply to: Sesquipedalianism #1071205
    bekitzur
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    How about (these are harder!)

    One should diligently exercise proper speculation upon that situs that one will eventually tenant if one propels oneself into the aerosphere.

    Aberration is the hallmark of homo sapiens while longanimous placability and condonation are the indicia of supramundane omniscience.

    A lithoid form, whose onward course

    Is shaped by gravitational force,

    Can scarce enjoy the consolation

    Of bryophytic aggregation.

    It is fruitless to endure lacrimation over precipitately departed lacteal fluid.

    Missiles of ligneous or crystalline consistency have the potential for fracturing my osseous structure, but appellations will eternally be benign.

    Individuals who make their abode in vitreous edifices would be advised to refrain from catapulting petrous projectiles.

    in reply to: Sesquipedalianism #1071201
    bekitzur
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    Anyone?

    in reply to: What would you have done if the world had ended? #975354
    bekitzur
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    I think the world is next scheduled to end in 2015. It’s the Mayans again, apparently…

    in reply to: Great story! #974945
    bekitzur
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    Bump

    in reply to: Why bais yakov maidel freaked me out #975206
    bekitzur
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    ^Shopping +1

    in reply to: Attention all CR RIGHTIES! #975040
    bekitzur
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    Ambidextrous 😉

    in reply to: Sesquipedalianism #1071196
    bekitzur
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    Try to figure out what common proverbs these are. Most are by Aaron Sussman.

    but bibulation cannot be induced by any coercive process.

    Whose movements one can circumscribe

    Subarboreally situate.

    in reply to: Dieting on Shabbos #1159066
    bekitzur
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    HELP! I gained a ton of weight over Rosh Hashanah! It’s impossible to diet on Shabbos/Yom Tov because I have no clue what everything is worth. Zuccini kugel? Sugarless apple muffins? I just don’t know!

    in reply to: Who to vote for #973086
    bekitzur
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    If you vote – regardless of who it is for – candidates will see that Orthodox Jews vote and will campaign for that vote. If you don’t vote, they won’t campaign – make promises, etc – to you.

    in reply to: Why Would a Girl Even Want to Learn Talmud? #973957
    bekitzur
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    Shopaholic – Same with Stonehenge, the Maoi, the pyramids, the Aztec temples.

    in reply to: Chiropractor�Believe It or Not #973154
    bekitzur
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    Don’t know. If there is a way I can give it to the mods and they can give it to you…

    in reply to: Why Would a Girl Even Want to Learn Talmud? #973919
    bekitzur
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    I think BYM realizes that: there is not a single Rav or Rebbetzin (“in our camp”, in your words), that will tell BYM that she may learn Gemara, even though it is not assur, simply because there is no Mesorah to do so.

    I don’t have an opinion on this topic, really. This is an observation.

    in reply to: Chiropractor�Believe It or Not #973152
    bekitzur
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