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Stop The Hatred---It Never Ends and We Must Not Let History Repeat Itself

I was a victim of the knockout game

By Michael Gartland

November 23, 2013 | 10:14pm

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Israel Blizovsky

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Photography intern Israel Blizovsky had just finished taking pictures at a Crown Heights engagement party when a hulking teen he was passing on the sidewalk cold-cocked him without warning.

“He was very strong. I was in shock,” said the 19-year-old from Beersheva, Israel. “I saw a large group of black teenagers coming. I moved to the side to let them pass. Then, all of a sudden, when I was passing right next to them, I felt a punch in the face.

“They just kept walking. They were all laughing,” he told The Post through a Hebrew translator. “They said something right after he punched me, but I don’t understand English. It looked like they were making fun of me.”

Blizovsky, whose tooth was chipped by the blow, is one of at least six Jewish people who have been attacked as part of a “knockout game” in the three weeks leading to the start of Hanukkah Wednesday, Brooklyn leaders said.

The brutal game — sometimes called “polar bear hunting” — has been on the rise across the country, with bystanders, usually white, suckerpunched for sport by black youths.

In Brooklyn, religious Jews appear to be the targets.

Fueled by Internet videos of the beatings, “knockout” attacks have also been reported in Chicago, Hoboken and Lansing, Mich.

In Jersey City, a 46-year-old man died in September after a sucker punch sent his head into an iron fence.

Blizovsky, who stands 5-foot-2 and weighs less than 100 pounds, was working for the COLlive community-news Web site and carrying a Nikon D600 camera when he was assaulted on Crown Street Nov. 14 at 9:30 p.m.

The gang, he said, ignored his expensive equipment.

“They didn’t look deprived,” Blizovsky said. “They didn’t look poor. They just looked like they wanted entertainment.”

Asked why he thinks he was targeted, he said: “[Jews] look gentle. We look like we won’t fight back.”

Local rabbis, witnesses and victims say there have been at least eight unprovoked attacks on Jews in Crown Heights, Midwood and Borough Park since Oct. 11, with six after Nov. 6.

Early Friday, an Orthodox Jew was jumped by four thugs after he heard them yapping about “knockout.”

“One of them stepped out towards me and, with a closed fist, hits me in the face,” said Shmuel Perl, 24.

“As I was able to walk away from them, they called after me, ‘Come back. I can do this. I will knock you out.’ ”

One man was arrested on charges of assault and aggravated harassment as bias crimes in the attack.

On Nov. 9, a 78-year-old Midwood woman was socked in the back of the head while pushing her great-granddaughter’s stroller on Avenue L and East Fifth Street. Fearing a repeat, she hasn’t left her home since.

“It’s scary,” her son-in-law said. “You’re 78, and someone hits you with a closed fist with all their might.”

The NYPD said it was aware of seven of the eight attacks.

“Our Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating these incidents,” a spokesman said. “There have been increased patrols in the 71st Precinct” in Crown Heights.

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Friday, “We are trying to determine if [the knockout game] is a real phenomenon . . . We have to be concerned about when you highlight an incident or a type of criminality, some people will simply try to copy.”

An NYPD source said he expects the department to “downplay the incidents.”

“Look, we’re at the end of the road,” he said. “All [Kelly] has to do is run out the clock the next five weeks. The last thing anyone wants is a major racial eruption in the last five weeks of the administration.”

Barry Sugar, head of the Jewish Leadership Council, says he has been asking Mayor Bloomberg and Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio for help with anti-Jewish attacks since August to no avail.

“We were concerned that the candidates weren’t aware of what was happening,” he told The Post. “We made several attempts to reach out to Mr. de Blasio, but our overtures were not met with any kind of response.”

As for Blizovsky, who returns to Israel Monday, he vowed to be “more prepared” for his next visit to the Big Apple.

“I’ll bring a Taser.”

Additional reporting by Gary Buiso and Brad Hamilton

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A Letter to My Magician Brothers of SAM 161

Dear Norm and my Brothers of SAM 161:

 

Tonight, Monday evening we performed at the Robert Woods Johnson PEDS ward in New Brunswick where we performed for various children on the ward sharing our gift of magic with numerous children who are finding it difficult in their hearts to have hope.  We conducted a Mitzvah unlike any other gift that I've been able to perform throughout my long career as a filmmaker and fellow Magician.  Tonight was truly magical.

 

I had had a converstation with Norman just the other night on the phone and I'd like to share with you all my brothers of magic what we discussed.  Many years ago, I too was sitting on a psych ward in Greystone Hospital and many other psych wards throughout the northern regions of New Jersey....wondering and thinking..."Does anyone really care?  Does anyone really love anymore?"  Tonight, I was reassurred by YOU my brothers in Magic that our work as magicians is only JUST BEGINNING.....because any little glimmer of hope we can spread through the magic we perform WILL and DOES make a difference in the lives of so many people we touch.  I only wish that this kind of program was around many years ago when I suffered from mental health issues on a psych ward and the only perscription doctors had in their hearts to cure was by giving me a new medication, finding a new drug that might bring an end to my mental health woes.  Tonight, MAGIC was the the MAGIC bullet, the cure, the hope, the way for all of us to bring just a small smile to a child in need and it made me realize that THIS IS WHAT WE ARE ON THIS EARTH TO DO....THIS IS OUR MISSION, THIS IS OUR PURPOSE.....MAGIC can bring about change, hope and cures for so many people just by  sharing it with other people.  Tonight we were all Merlins....Tonight, we were all BATMAN's....Tonight, the moon shined on all of us with illustrious glow.....Let's all try and give as much support to Norm and his mission of hope visits to Lyons, RWJ and any other hospital that Norm brings forward to each of us and remember the old motto from ROTARY...SERVICE ABOVE SELF.....It's times like this that we can all make a difference.  Thank you Norm for allowing me to be part of this tremendous evening....

 

Hope to see you all on the magical yellow brick road as we look for our own personel OZ's within the hearts of so many children.

 

Magically and for all of us...MUM....

 

I remain,

 

James Ford Nussbaum

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Healing with Magic

The Healing of Magic        James Ford Nussbaum     GALILEO PRODUCTIONS, LLC

Come with us as we explore something different….Something that will amaze you….Something that will bring back your inner child…It’s magical.

Galileo Productions is beginning yet another quest to bring you exciting and enriching programming…Television programming that not only educates but challenges your mind to think and continue to care.  Explore the healing power of magic as we set out on a journey of intrigue and enlightenment.  The never ending power of magic will bring you back to your best childhood memories while showing you how it can enrich and bring hospitalized children new hope and inspiration.  This is not just a journey into the depths of another film exploration.  Healing with Magic will share with audiences the nuances and steps in bringing back hope into the lives of children and young adults as we travel regionally to some of New Jersey’s leading hospitals with renowned magicians spreading the hope and healing power of an age old craft.  Say goodbye to antiquated medications and medicinal remedies that have polluted and staggered the healing process for decades.  Healing with Magic will share with audiences the power of how we cope and use positive messages to find ways in which we all can find hope and recovery through the simple powers of the magic wand.

What will make Healing with Magic even more special is the people that are associated with the project.  Producers of this program have not only observed firsthand how magic has healed they’ve lived the horrors of being debilitated mentally and physically during their own personal journey’s.  Producers have been on the inside of the patient experience living lives that were once filled with medications and long stays on psychiatric units at local hospitals.  The producers journey’s have not just found magic as a new healing process that will bring hope into viewers lives, they’ve lived the horrors of not having any other way to find hope and mental-physical resolution in a medical world that only knows healing through the power of the pill and leaves out the power of healing through the mind.  Our team has found magic as a new form of healing bringing hope to the subjects who have been plagued for sometimes years with debilitating diseases that nothing else has been able to cure.

If you are looking for a new way to look at medical cures and open to the suggestive power of the mind, look no further.  Healing with Magic will bring new light onto old methods of medicine explaining and exploring how the craft can heal our inner selves and find new dimensions in

bringing about medical and mental cures for those who have lost hope, lost salvation and are ready to turn to the magic of healing through the craft of mysticism.  Come along and enjoy the

journey.  You might just find your own magical answers to age old questions while discovering medical miracles.

Reprinted from a Ron Baker article posted on LINKEDIN....We just wanted to share this and appologize if we haven't saught Mr. Baker's permission....

The Disney Approach to Customer Loyalty: Creating 

Service That Keeps Your Customers Coming Back:

Reprinted from a LINKEDIN BLOG by Ron Baker.  

--a professional development program offered at the Disney Institute. In this post, we'll conclude with some of the more important lessons I learned.

FROM ZERO DEFECTS TO ZERO DEFECTIONS

To err is human, and Disney is no exception. Anytime you have 86,000 Guests wandering around 30,000+ acres—an area twice the size of Manhattan—you are sure to encounter service problems. How you handle those problems when they arise has a dramatic influence on whether or not a Guest will return.

Disney has given its front-line Cast Members the empowerment they need to rectify any Guest’s particular problem, since the front line is usually the one closest to the Guest and best equipped to deal with them.

It’s well known that customers’ intent to return will increase dramatically if they encounter a problem, and the problem is resolved immediately to their satisfaction. Marriott has discovered the following regarding a customer’s likelihood to return in each scenario:

• No problems encountered during stay—89%
• Had a problem during stay, and it was not corrected to customer’s satisfaction—69%
• Had a problem during stay, and it was corrected to customer’s satisfaction—94%

This is precisely why customer complaints are such valuable kernels of information and wonderful opportunities to increase customer loyalty and goodwill.

During the Customer Loyalty course, an amusing incident occurred to one of the participants. On a break, he sat down on a bench outside of the classroom. When he got up, he noticed his pants were soaked—apparently, the victim of a nearby sprinkler. Just as he was wondering what to do, a Disney Cast Member passed by and asked him how it was going. He said fine, “but don’t sit on that bench.” When the Cast Member asked why not, he showed him his soaking-wet pants.

Instantly, the Cast Member made a call from his cell phone and a hair dryer was delivered. The Cast Member then proceeded to take the participant into the bathroom and blow-dry his pants. This story became somewhat of a legend in the class, but it is typical of Disney’s approach to Guests’ problems. They spend an enormous amount of time on educating the front line to take ownership of the Guest’s problem and correct it immediately. The payoff is enormous.

In any service business, you will encounter problems in dealing with people—zero defects is not an attainable goal. If you go the extra mile in correcting these problems, you will earn increased loyalty and goodwill among your customers. They will remember the satisfying outcome long after the original error has been forgotten.

In fact, most extraordinary service experiences you hear about deal with a service recovery issue and not about a company “getting it right the first time.” I’m not advocating that you deliberately make mistakes, only that you give your associates complete ownership of customer problems and the authority to correct them.

WINNING THE HEARTS OF EMPLOYEES

During day two of the course, we all traveled to the Yacht and Beach Club Resorts and got a chance to go behind the scenes with a designated guide. My group went with Steve, the Greeter at the Yacht Club. He’s responsible for greeting people as they walk in, helping Guests with directions, making suggestions, and any other task he’s called to do in order to make the Guests stays memorable.

He gave us a tour of both resorts as if he owned them. He pointed out details that I’m sure the average guest would never notice. Features like alabaster lighting, marble stone from the sea that houses the world globe as you enter the lobby, an antique boat docked by the lake, etc.

If you’ve ever been to Disneyland or Walt Disney World, I’m sure you’ve noticed the fanatical attention to detail. Visit multiple times and you will notice something different each time, even if you visit the same places. I began wondering about why they do this, especially if the average Guest never notices or appreciates it.

For instance, in the Hall of Presidents, where they have Audio-Animatronic figures of all 42 president of the United States, the Seal of the United States is in the lobby. There are only three Seals on display in public in the country—it took an Act of Congress to authorize Disney to display it. In the show, FDR is wearing leg braces, and Bill Clinton has on an Ironman Timex watch.

It occurred to me after meeting Steve: Disney does it not so much for the Guests, but for the Cast Mem­bers. Steve said at the end of his tour: “I care about this place because they do” (meaning the company). How many associates in businesses around the country take that type of pride in their workplace and work?

On the last day of the course, our field experience was a trip to the Magic Kingdom to see theLegend of the Lion King puppet show. The puppets in this show are specially made and cost between $23,000 and $79,000 each. They have been modified many times, as Disney discovered that the audience will react with more emo­tion if the puppet can roll its head and blink its eyes. The Cast Member who gave us the tour again displayed the same pride in ownership of the entire show that Steve had displayed at the resort.

After the show, which is excellent and left most of the audience in tears, our group was discussing the emotional impact of the performance—the music, the reactions of children in the audience, etc. Karen, one of our facilitators, made perhaps the most poignant point: “That’s my company that did that!”

Cast Members all understand how their work—no matter how menial it may seem—contributes to the overall happiness of the Guest experience.

WHAT’S THE DISNEY DIFFERENCE?

I challenge you to walk around your company and ask your associates why they work there? Do they all have a single-minded dedication to a shared purpose? Do they understand how their jobs contribute to the success of your customers? If more firms had associates who were totally dedicated to their customers, morale would be higher, firm profits would be higher, and jobs more secure.

Most companies invest in “training,” but such training tends to focus on the technical aspects of the job, not the human elements of taking care of the customer. Then we wonder why staff morale is so low and turnover so high. I’ve heard executives say that they don’t want to invest in educating their associates, since they then will become more skilled and eventually leave and become a competitor. I ask: But what if you don’t train them and they stay?

Before we can win the hearts and minds of our customers, we first must win the hearts and minds of our associates. The way we treat them is the way they will treat our customers.

WHAT MAKES A CULTURE?

According to Mike Vance (former Dean of Disney University) and Diane Deacon, in their book,Break out of the Box, “cultures that engage in the most original thinking leave behind the richest legacies.” They offer the following areas that will help your organization “establish (or reestablish) a creative culture in your workplace”:

• Your special traditions—your standards, values, what you uphold consistently
• Your rituals—routines and ceremonies that make your firm unique
• Your symbols and language—logos, terminology, or ways of communicating that set you apart and help inspire people to high levels of achievement
• Your special ways of celebrating victories—Do you celebrate achievement and reward success rather than just punish failure?
• Your work habits—How do people work? Must they work that way? Are your rules too rigid to allow flexible time or working from a home or virtual office?

This is perhaps the one idea that Disney’s Professional Development Programs will make you realize more than any other—the difference lies in the culture. What standards and values do we have? What behavior do we expect and what behavior will we not tolerate? What is the shared vision of the company?

You simply won’t motivate people with a zero-defects campaign, or profit and return on investment goals. True leadership requires that you offer people a vision of a preferred future. Martin Luther King, Jr. didn’t say from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, “I have quarterly objectives!”

CUSTOMER FOR LIFE

In the Spring 1997 edition of Disney Magazine, I read a letter from a parent that sums up the entire Customer Loyalty course and epitomizes the Disney approach to creating Guests for life:

I brought my three-year-old daughter, Merri, to Disney World in September 1996. She asked me every day if she could meet Peter Pan. The only place that we saw him was in the afternoon parade at the Magic Kingdom. We asked every person that was escorting the characters if Peter would be appearing anywhere, and day after day the answer was no. On the fourth day, we met a man named Toby at the character festival tent. He made a special arrangement for Merri to meet Peter after the parade. We went to City Hall, and they took us to a room behind the counter. When we opened the door, a dream came true for Merri. She ran right up to Peter Pan and jumped into his lap. She was so amazed that she didn’t say anything for about 15 minutes. He talked to her the whole time. Then, he told her that they would go get into some trouble. He took her by the hand down Main Street to Peter Pan’s Flight, and rode it with her, narrating all the way through. Then he took her to Cinderella’s Castle and said good-bye. He spent about 30 minutes with her and made a wonderful dream come true. I know we will always remember the magic.”

Not only will she remember the magic, she’ll become a customer for life, bringing her kids and grandkids to Walt Disney World many times. How much did it cost Disney to create that type of loyalty? Where is that captured on an income statement or balance sheet? Was it efficient or effective? What is the value of Merri as a customer for generations to come?

IS LOYALTY DEAD?

Pick up a business book today and you’ll most likely read about loyalty being dead—the average customer only stays for five years, the average associate only stays for four years, and so on. I disagree. If you observe human behavior—again the revealed preference—you will discover that people, by and large, are very loyal to their spouses, families, neighborhoods, schools, churches, synagogues, and the nonprofit institutions where many volunteer.

No, loyalty is not dead in the business world. What’s dead is a reason to be loyal. You must earn customer loyalty. You have to invest in the relationship, not just satisfy existing needs.

You must move your organization from the Passive (satisfaction-based) to the Interactive (commitment-based) side of the Customer Relationship Scale and develop a long-term relationship with your customers. That is how Disney creates “Moments of Magic” and superior financial results. And you can do it, too.

2013 Copyright...Ron Baker, LINKEDIN...

LIVE STREAMING FINDS A NEW INNOVATOR-SSPI Future Leaders Dinner, New York, November 12, 2013

       DIGITHEAD Visits Society of Satellite Professionals International at NY's Penn Club

November 12, 2013: NEW YORK:  The Society of Satellite Professionals International brought many of it's leaders together tonight at the New York Penn Club honoring Max Haot, Founder and CEO, LIVESTREAM a fairly new player and innovator in the world of video streaming. SSPI held it's dinner tonight under the lamp lights of the distinguished universities dining room to boast and honor Haot because of his dedication and foresight to find a new and cost effective ways to stream video over the internet without cumbersome technology that prices out video laymen making it small enough and usable without a computer.  The box that his company LIVESTREAM manufactures has been lauded as the #12 fastest growing private business in the US by INC Magazine and named to Forbes' Most Promising Companies in America.  Haot's innovation technology can be used to stream live events including sports and media created stagings live through his phenomenon and is likely to change the way we view sports, news and other live events. LIVESTREAM claims to have over 30 million viewers and his technology has been swooped up by companies like Verizon.

The Belgium born Haot began his career in London at IMG interactive design where he became diverse and well educated in television building large scale web sites for some of the largest sporting events in the world-amazingly in real time.

SSPI, Executive Director Robert Bell called Haot a video technology pioneer bringing to the forefront capability that has before only been possible using Tricaster techology or even USTREAM for affordable live webcasts.  Bell and the host of speakers throughout the evening were all congratulatory on Haot's independent spirit and were continually amazed at the fact that he comes to the forefront without a formal higher degree education using his experience in the field as his background for breaking new ground.

LIVESTEAM was founded in 2007 (www.livestream.com) and continues to bring live events to the internet via YOUTUBE and other live feed sources.  LIVESTREAM is also yet another new generation business that still continues to use satellite technology to expand it's footprint and deliver quality video that's easily accessible.