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The Arizona post., 1949-09-23
Challenge To
JeWerY
TOWARD Organic Jewish Comm
BY Prof. MOrdecai M. Kaplan

TOWARD Organic Jewish Comm
BY Prof. MOrdecai M. Kaplan
The present flare-up of interest
in Jewish life is bound to die
down when Israel is no longer
front-page news.
The establishment of the State
of Israel has acted on American
Jewry like a blood-transfuslon.
For American Jewry to benefit
permanently by the TRANSMISSION
it has received from Israel, last
ing bond of unity between Israel
and American Jewry has to be
established.
Unity
1t cannot be based on Jewish
religion as cOnventiOnally under
stood. Religion so understood has
here three different versions. The
Reform and Conservative versions
cannot form a bond OF unity,
since neither version has any rec
OgnitiOn whatever in Israel. The
Orthodox version, which repre-
sents less than copper cent of the
population in Israel would have
a common bond with only about
10 per cent of American Jewry'
Nor can the linkage be based
on Jewish culture as convention
ally understood. In culture SO
understood, religion is treated as
a purely private affair.
The only possible bond of unity
is cultural religion or religious
culture.
The Arizona post., 1949-09-23

An indispensable prerequisite
for a religio-cultural Jewish life
is an organic community A COM
munity machine is not enough.
In addition to organizational
machinery, there must be the
motive power that drives the ma
chine, the will to live as a group
in mutual helpfulness.
Community -MindedneSS
The first essential to organic
community is that every individ-
ual Jew be community minded,
that he have an idea of what a
community ought to look like and
feel like.
Since the granting of civic
rights to Jews, however, they
have tended to become anti-com-
munity-minded due to an over
eagerness to prove their unqual-
flied loyalty to the state.
We have community councils,
federations, welfare funds, but the
agitation for these forms of COM
munity organization is directed
toward mechanical, in contrast
with organic community.
Community Needs
Moreover, the agitation is con-
cerned with extrinsic needs of
Jews. 1t deals with rescue, with
philanthropy.
The educational campaign for
organic community cannot ignore
the existing institutions, which are
at present trying to serve the in
trinsic and normal needs of Jew
The Arizona post., 1949-09-23

ish life: congregations, schools
and centers.
Even if they agree to subord-
mate their activities to some over
all representative body, so long
as they regard their institutional
autonomy as inviolable, they will
not constitute organic community.
Center a Competitor
That applies in particular to
the congregations and the centers,
since the schools are for the most
part ancilliary to the congrega-
tionS.
The very independence of a
congregation and center, wheth-
er synagogue or communal, rem
ders it competitive, and therefore,
destructive of community-mind-
edneSS.
HegemOny of Synagogue
Considerations like the fore
going led some rabbis and laymen
to propose that the congregation
take over the hegemony of Jew
ish communal life. This proposal,
however, is unacceptable for the
following reasons:
Cd A community founded on
the pattern of a synagogue ide-
ology would be so heterogeneous
in relation to Israel that an i'm
passable gulf would arise between
Palestine Israel and American
Israel.
(2) The assumption that tn e
hegemony of the congregation is
natural one is based on a mis-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-07

j. d. Thornton and family as
guests over the weekend, They
have only recently moved from
Dallas, Tex, to Basin.
]. II. Vernon and Sidney Lacy.
Moss Point, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Hudson saw the Moss Point
Gulfport football game in Gulf
port Friday night.
Billy Martin entertained a
group of friends at a party at his
home Friday night. Games were
played and ice cream and cake
served to 25 guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. X. Hudson were
dinner guests of the c. c. Hills
Sunday.
A group of friends gathered a
the home of Dolores Hudson Sat
urday night for a candy max
ing" Those present We're Spur.
geon Bradley, Oris Cumbest
Glynn Davis, Ellen Bullock. Heller
Hill. Joyce Thornton and Romano
Graft.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-07
Sexes Balance Out
In Jackson County

The births of six boys and six
girls were reported in the county
during the week ending Monday,
Mrs. Thelma Garrett. registrar,
announced today.
Seven deaths were reported
during the same period.
Births were to James and Clara
Hazard Valley, boy; Lanet and
Odelle Rauen Allemond. boy;
Moody and Matte Pierce Bouler,
boy; Richard and Mary MeCul-
Tough Gautier, girl; Lee and Mary
Flechas billiard, boy; Johnnie
and Katie Tillman Lyons. girl;
Edward and Ida Reeder Mitch
ell, girl: William and Agnes Cole
man Powell. girl; Morris and Del
la Mae Poole, girl; Willis and
Rilza Mancil Rouse, boy; James
and Hattie Stork Session, boy,
and Alvin and Francis Crawford
Abney, girl.
Deaths reported we're: Margret
Mary Richter, Nina Richhart
Burns, James Dudley Irwin,
Eleneor Mouton Baker, Susie
Ann Baxter, Esther Chestang,
and Selenia Morris.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-07
BY ROBERT A. BARNES
APP Newsfeafures

Clayton. N. M. Bill Wetsel
says he's the worlds latest man,
and there's plenty of weight be-
hind his argument. His belt - if
he wore one - would be longer
than most men are tall. And he
hasn't been able to bend over and
put on his own shoes for IS years.
He's 6 feet 3 inches around the
waist and 5 feet 8 IL inches tall.
And his weight? Just 627 pounds
at last count.
A few years back Bill had
hopes of topping the 700-pound
mark. In 1941 he tipped the
scales at SIS. For seven years he
didn't weigh. Last year he found
to his surprise - and disappoint-
ment - that he had lost 48
pounds, although he was bigger
than ever. He decided some
muscle turned to fat, which
weighs less.
During World War l the Army
drafted Bill but discharged him
after II days for obesity. He claims
a note is attached to his honorable
discharge which calls him too
large for a man, too small for a
horse" He lust weighed $50 then,
Bill doesn't claim to be the
heaviest mar in the world-just
the latest. But he ridicules some
of the tales making the rounds
on how much he eats. Half a
pound of bacon? Three loaves of
bread at a sitting? A pound of
lard for dessert?
"Preposterousl" he complains.
He says he usually eats about
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-07
Present Former
MYF Leader With
Farewell Gift

BY Mrs. Jack Hudson

BY Mrs. Jack Hudson
Mr.. and Mrs. +. l.. Ferguson
and family have moved to Hol-
landale to make their home. Mrs.
Ferguson. former MYF leader at
Wilson Springs M. E. church, was
presented a farewell gift by her
class.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Bullock and
family have moved into their
new home. They have been guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. K. Hudson
while the home was under con
struction.
Mr.. and. Mrs. Jack Hudson had
as guests Wednesday afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. S. Walker, Pas
cagoula. 1aIA
s~tBT--r
Misses Earline and Voneile
Ford. East Moss Point, attended
the sing at Wilson Springs church
Sunday and afterward visited
Miss Dolores Hudson.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. II. Hinkel, Jr.,
Eastside, visited the Hudson fam
lily Sunday afternoon.
Henry Bryant. Waukesha, Wis,
arrived in Wilson Springs last
week for a brief visit.
Visit From Moss Point
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Lacy and
family, Moss Point, visited their
uncle and aunt. Mr.. and Mrs. l..
K. Hudson Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Thorn
ton had Mr.. Thornton's brother.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-07
Worlds Fattest Man Loses 48 Lbs.
But Is Getting Fatter All The Time

three-fourths of a loaf of bread
a day. In his Younger dayS-he's
SO now = he ate more than a loaf
a day.
Anxious to support himself, he
has recently overcome his dis
like of being stared at and APP
peared at several public functions
billed as THE Worlds latest
Man"
Bill is the oldest of nine chill
dren still living of an original 16.
Three brothers top 200 pounds,
as does his mother. An aunt
weighs more than 400 pounds.
It takes lots of sleep to keep
Bill going. He gets eight to IL
hours a night and a nap in the
afternoon.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-07
Paspoint Theatre
Elects Hummett
New President

Officers and committee chair
men for the coming year were an
nounced at a meeting of Paspoint
Little Theater at South school
Tuesday evening.
Officers are Earl Hammett,
president; Mrs. James T. Thomp-
son, vice president; Charles High.
tower, corresponding secretary;
Miss Katherine Brash, recording
secretary, and Clark Britton
treasurer.
The board of directors is com.
posed of Charles Weaver, T. S.
Boswell, Mrs. r. B. McIlwain
and Mrs, Donald Olien and the
officers.
Mrs. Roy Wingfield was named
publicity chairman and Mrs. 7.
S. Boswell will head the mem
bership committee.
Mesdames Clark Britton and
f. II. Baeot and Floyd Daniel
will compose the p~lay-readinp
committee. The casting commit
tee is headed by Mrs. Howard
Nelson, assisted by Miss Billie
Koch, Roy Weber. Milton Peter
cell, Richard Hopkins. Mrs. Ed
ward Brent and Miss Ethel East
man. Edward Brent, Roy Weber
and Glenn Torres are property
custodians.
George Washington Slept
Hers has been selected as the
first play to be produced this sea
son, it was announced, and Rich
ard Hopkins, formerly of Boulder,
Colo, will direct. Date has been
set tentatively for November.
This year will mark the fifth
season of Little Theater activi-
ties, President Hammett said, and
membership is open to anyone
interested in dramatics and the
production and staging of plays.
A large membership committee
is endeavoring to contact pros
pective members, but in case OF
an oversight anyone interested
should contact Mrs. Boswell. he
said.
Mr. Hammett was first presi-
dent of the theater when it was
organized five years ago.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-07

The Rev. Walter Bader of Moss
Point will preach at the church
Sunday at GAS p. m.
Mrs. Ollie and Mrs. Marie Will
liams visited her sister who is
i'll in New Orleans Friday.
Ebert Whatley came home Fri
day from Cameron, La. He re
turns Sunday.
The Rev. James Williamson
will preach at Union church at
9:55 a. m. Sunday instead of 3
pm.
A group of friends gathered to
celebrate the fifth birthday of
Peggy Frank at the home of her
parents. Refreshments were
served after the gifts we're
opened.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Jordan, Or
ange Grove, visited the Harry
BraggS Saturday.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-07

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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-07

News From WILSON SPRINGS
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-07
Monthly Meeting
AT First Methodist
Of WSCS Circles

Mrs. w. N. Branch. vice presi-
dent, presided over the regular
monthly meeting of the Wom-
ems Society of Christian Service
of First Methodist church Mon
day afternoon at the church.
Following a devotional by Mrs.
J. F. O'Neil. the business session
was held with reports from the
various officers. It was decided 70
observe the Week of Prayer with
an all-day service Oct. 26.
Prayer groups were held with
Mrs. S. F. Warden in charge.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-07

is done on a small business basis.
Small crews 60 into the woods,
cut the trees and haul the logs to
nearby sawmills. In some instance
this native lumber" is sold in
the rough state just as it comes
from the saw.
Hemlock and pine comprise
most of the supply, although oc-
casionally a little oak is available.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-07

Harvard's poorest of rs foot
ball seasons was that of 1912 when
it won two, lost six and tied one.
Lou Little's Columbia football
squad has only seven lettermen,
and only two of them saw any,
appreeiable action in 1913.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-07
Sunday School Class
Elects Mrs. Granger

Mrs. Carol Granger was elected
president of the HomemakerS
Sunday school class of First Bap-
fist church at a meeting Thurs
day in the home of Mrs. j. M.
Adams. Mrs. Clara Martin is class
teacher.
During a business session it was
decided to provide lunch for a
school child as a class project.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-07
CONNECTICUT STILL
HAHvESTS LUMBER

WINSTED, Conn. - (AP)-Far
from being a ''lost art, lumber
ing still is carried on in this north
western Connecticut area.
For the most part. however, il
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-07
News From HELENA
Benefit Supper
Set AT Church
Friday Night
BY Mrs. Harry Bragg

There will be a supper at the
Presbyterian church Friday night.
A free offering will be taken for
the church fund.
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Brown, were
Sunday dinner guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fletcher Price.
Mrs. Dora Collision of Denton,
was a weekend guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Collision.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Swami and
daughter, of Greensboro were Sun
Gay guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton
Scott and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Cox, and fam
lily visited Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Col
rick of GoldsbOrO, Md, on Sunday
night.
MIR. Walter Garden and daughter
Margaret from Easton, Md, were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs Robert Collins and family.
! Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Con-
away and Mr.. and Mrs. William c,
Conaway of Lynch Heights, were
Sunday night callers to Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Bradley and family
Misses Doris and Patsy Hend-
ricks spent Monday afternoon an6
evening in Harrington with Miss
Charlotte Noble.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Collins were
Sunday night visitors of Mr. ant
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-03
EPWORTH

The w. S. C. S. of Epworth
Church will meet at the Dublin
Hill Community Hall on Friday
evening, June 10th. Hostesses will
be Mrs, Lewis Smith, Mrs. Arthur
Cannon and Mrs. Alva O'Bier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Cannon en-
tertained for the day on Sunday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Hughes of
Wilkes Barre, Pa, Mr.. and Mrs.
Millard Cooper of Harrington, Mr..
and Mrs. Crerar Bennett and son
of Slaughter Beach, Mr.. Walter
Clendaniel and daughters, Viola
and Doris, Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson
Cannon and son and Mr.. and Mrs.
Lester Cannon and daughter of
Seaford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Smith enter
tanned at dinner on Sunday Miss
Mildred Chaffinch and Mr.. Sidney
Culver of Wilmington, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Smith and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Leonard Chaffinch and
family and Miss Ann Mariner.
callers in the afternoon were Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Culver of Mills
borO.
The M. Y. F. of Todd's and Ep-
worth Churches will hold bake
Saturday morning, June 4th, at the
Firemen's Fall, Greenwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anthony en-
tertained at dinner on Sunday, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Torbert and OIL
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-03
BROWNSVILLE

Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Brown,
and family of Pennsgrove N. j.
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Brown,
on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chalmers Hendrick
and son were Sunday dinner guests
of Mrs. Flo Morris Of Houston.
Mr.. and Mrs. AlgernOn Benney
OF Wilmington, were weekend
guests of Mrs. Kitty Jones and
daughter.
Mrs. Ray Collision accompanied
Mr.. and Mrs. Antine Stafford to
Baltimore last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Redden and
family, and Mr.. and Mrs. Winston
Burgess and family were Sunday
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
lace Redden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fletcher Price of
Harrington and Mr.. and Mrs. Fran
els Weldin of Wilmington, were
Saturday night visitors to Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Welch and family.
Mr.. and Mrs.. Ward Meluney were
Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Mol
al OAnAlAAf VI AActA AAle3 tOns
Mr.. and Mrs. James Tatman, and
daughter of FELTON, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Gene Wirick and family of
Harrington, were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Tat
man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brabler
end family were Sunday dinner
guests of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs
William r. Conaway of Lynch
Heights.
Miss Dolores Welch was the
weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Carton of Milford.
Mrs. Charles Coverdale and sol
were weekend guests of Mrs. Lii
liam Pierson of Harrington, Satur
day. They spent the day shoppin.
in Wilmington.
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-03
Soviet swamps Drained

MOSCOW = up The sub
tropical swamps of the Cholchides
are being drained.
Located along the seacoast Of
Soviet Georgia these swamps were
famous in antiquity and entered
into Greek mythology. and chroni-
cles. They have rich soil but all
attempts at drainage of the area
formerly undertaken failed be-
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-03

Mrs. Robert Collins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Moore of
Greenwood visited Mr.. and Mrs.
John A. Hendricks on Sunday.
Everyone of this community are
urged to attend the children's day
program Of the Union Church at
Burrsville. 1t will be held on June
18th, at p. m.
Mrs Harry LarimOre is in the
General Hospital, at Wilmington
for observation.
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Thurman Adams
and son, Thurman, Jr., Mrs.
Georgia Wiley and Mrs. Edgar
English were Wilmington shop
pers on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thurman Adams
entertained at dinner on Saturday,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Croll of Hick-
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Adams
and son and Mr.. Thurman Adams,
Jr. On Sunday the guests were
Mrs Helen Harmon and Mr.. NJ. l..
Newton.
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-03

Monday the guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence Elliott and family
of Georgetown. Sunday callers
were Mrs. Lee Carey of Philadel-
phia and Mrs. Ralph Moore.
Dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis Smith on Monday evening
were Miss Mildred Chaffinch aud
Mr.. Sidney Culver of Wilmington.
Mrs. George Chaffinch spent Fri
day afternoon with her daughter,
Mrs. Norman Adams.
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-03

cause of the fact that the swamps
flooded whenever strong western
winds forced up the waters of the
Black Seacoast and drove them in
to the swamp areas.
The Soviets have now for years
been carrying out a scientifically
planned major effort to drain the
swamps. Large areas have been
reclaimed for citrus and other sub
tropical cultures.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-08-19
RotayCIUb
Invited To
|HighwoyMeet

An invitation to attend q meet.
Ing of the executive committee
of the Highway Eight associa.
ton In Vancouver August 26 was
extended local Rotarians by Bob
Nieman, president of the associ.
alton at the regular Pasco. Ken.
newick Rotary luncheon Wednes.
day.
Formed In May, at White Sal.
mon, the association has as its
purpose the improvement of
Highway Eight which starts at
the coast and runs to Vancouver,
Maryhill, Patterson and Ply.
mouth before swinging into the
Tri. City area. This is the only
highway from state border to
state border which is open the
entire year around without the
usual winter hazards.
Nieman said that the road had
handled as many as 5000 cars
over a 24.hour period. Records
show that 1000 cars per 24.hour
period is considered justifica.
ton for a four-lane highway.
The heavy traffic during the
freeze last winter had bad eff.
fects on the portion Of the road
between Vancouver and Pasco.
The meeting. will consider rene.
dial resolutions for presentation
at a meeting Of the Washington
State Good Roads association in
Port Angeles Sept. 20, % and "a.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-08-19
Arkansas
Claims First
Rodeo

The first public exhibition of
competitive cowboy events, and
thus the first rodeo, was held at
Rocky Point, Arkansas, in 1870,
although for half century or
more before that time the "cabal-
leros" of California had staged
similar impromptu shows and
downed. their "bullocks" by the
tail to tie them with their "cuer-
das." ....., ,s< -
But to Prescott, Yavapai Coun.
ty, Arizona, in the heat of the
Southwest's great CoWland, pro-
baby should 60 the distinction
of having held, on July 4, 1888,
the first cowboy prize contest on
record in the United States which
has continued uninterrupted to
the present time.
Pecos, Tex.-once within the
jurisdiction of the now famous
Judge Bean" the law west OF
the PecoS - claims to have
staged a rodeo in 1883. And on
the day of Prescott's first rodeo,
Tom Horn, famed scout of the
Apaches campaigns and later a
notorious gunman hanged fol
murder in Wyoming, won a prize
at Globe, Arizona, for steer rop.
ing and tying. That year he al.
so won the mythical world
championship for the same event
at Phoenix, Arizona, setting
record of 1917 seconds, a time
never equalled and which stood
| for many years. l..
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-08-19

A reminder to potato growers
in the state of Washington that
midnight, Aug. 81, is the dead.
line for mailing ba lots in a
referendum on a proposed federal
marketing agreement and order
program was issued this week
by A. ]. Thompson, chairman OF
the Benton County Agricultural
Conservation committee.
The ballot is a part of a print.
ed brochure mailed last week to
all potato growers Of record in
the state of Washington, and
may be detached and mailed in
an already. addressed envelope
requiring no postage.
Any Of the said growers who
failed to receive a ballot by mail
may obtain one, together with a
copy of the proposed marketing
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-08-19
Potato Pact Referend UNI
VOTING Dead|ine Nearing

agreement and instructions for
voting, at the county agricultural
conservation office, located at 26
North Auburn, Kennewick, or
from the office of the county
agent of the Agricultural Exten-
sion Service, old Penney Build
ing, Kennewick.
The u. S. Department of Ag-
riculture already has announced
its approval of the program
which, TO become effective, must
have the approval of at least
tWo-thicds of the growers voting
in the referendum or by the pro-
ducers of at least two-thirds OF
the volume of potato production
represented. Handlers are being
sent an identical marketing
agreement for their concurrence.
The marketing order would
regulate the handling of Irish
potatoes grown in Washington
when prices paid to growers were
below parity - by authorizing
the use of grade and size regula-
tons. Minimum standards OF
quality may also be established
by the potato industry in the
state Of Washington under the
provisions Of the proposal.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-08-19
|A|l-ProfessionuI
Talent Is Used In
Kennewick Rodeo

rodeos. Cowboys that will be rid.
ing in the Kennewick show will
not be riding Just for prize
money, but also for points which
will earn them more money if
they get the most points during
the year.
These points are worth dollars
and cents to the best riders when
the year is ended. That is why
the Benton County Rodeo is as
sured of getting only top riders.
Ready to do their best to make
life miserable for the cowboys
will be some of the finest rodeo
stock in the United States from
the Harley Tucker farm. Their
slogan is fuckers Buckers-Best
in The West" "
Among the top hands expected
to be present are Bill Linderman,
leading Ira. champion; Gene
Pruett, 1913 mroncho champion,
from Yakima; Gene Rambo, 1913
all-around champion; Eddie Ak.
eridge, young rider fast coming
to the front. Akeridge won the
Joseph rodeo. Francis Siller, WAL
la Walla trick rider, will also
show some fancy rOping.