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The 14th Annual

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Oct. 27 – Nov. 3, 2012
Tel Aviv, Israel
“Holy GORGG!”


Photos


[ 28 Sun | 29 Mon | 30 Tue | 31 Wed | 1 Thu | 2 Fri | 3 Sat ]


SUNDAY the 28th

Casa Nova Cevicheria and Latino Bar, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel


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2012’s hosts
Vicky & Ed Hurst
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’Round Midnight
Late eats at Casa Nova [+]
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The glow of Yehuda Kotton
and The Minnear’s
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Eileen McCarthy with
Anne & Marc Catera
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The Matlock’s and
Malcolm Mortimore
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Plante, Bordeleau,
Allard & Goulet, Inc.


MONDAY the 29th

Ruth Daniel Residence, 47 Jerusalem Blvd., Tel Aviv-Jaffa:
Fountain, Courtyard, and Hospitality Suite;
Bus Tour to Caesarea, Haifa: Mt. Carmel, Zichron-Yaakov


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The fountain view from
Ruth Daniel Room 405 [+]
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Malc, Vicky, and
Lynn Mortimore
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Susan Orton-Flynn, Ei,
and Lisa Zamm
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Lynn and Sue with
Gary Sanctuary
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Giant Steps
A trip to Caesarea
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I Lost My Head
Remnants of antiquity
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“What time does the
Hendrix flick start?” [+]
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Tour Guide Uri Abramson
“It’s very important.” [+]
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Kate Cormican &
Gary Sanctuary
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“Take a load off, Fanny”
Malcolm semi-reclines
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The Roman Theatre: built
by Herod in 22 B.C. [+]
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Dave Matlock and
Jerry McCarthy
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Gary & Judy Green
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John and Ian Burns
of Armadale
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Julia Bowles and
Lana Matlock
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Pierre & Do
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Drummers, man... [inset]
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Ei, Lynn, and Judy
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Jan-Arjen Voskuilen
& Yvonne Taal
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Lana with her life-like
Derek bobblehead doll
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Giants always
walk alone
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Jerry and Judy by the sea
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Lisa and John
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GORGG hits the beach!
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Malcolm Buchanan-Dick
and Judy seek shade
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Panama Jack with
Anne and Jerry
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Not exactly a Black Cat,
but it’ll have to do
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“All in all, each man in...”
Knots
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“The shadows on our street
are clearer now, in light...”
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Beating the heat at
noon with... oranges?
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The McCarthy’s on
Mount Carmel
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Just Gary & Judy and
the azure Mediterranean
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Ant Bowles and Jerry adorn
the scenic Haifa coastline
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Going My Way
Tel Aviv→Québec: 8555 km
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Kerry and Malc
in the Hospitality Suite
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Fred Rosenkamp and
David Kowalski
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A throwback to an earlier
kind of “chatroom”
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GORGG Is:
A Well-Stocked Fridge
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“And then a monster came
and ate them all up!”


TUESDAY the 30th

Ruth Daniel Residence: Hospitality Suite


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The boys wonder what
that was? [inset]
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“She does get off a good
one now and then!” [+]
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Yehuda waiting for a
punchline that never came
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Conversation’s flowing
in the Suite
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Jeff Smith and Dave with
’Tron Man Zohar Cohen
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Gary Sanctuary’s first
GORGG appears painless


WEDNESDAY the 31st

Jerusalem: New City, Mount of Olives, Old City, Western (Wailing) Wall,
Church of the Holy Sepulchre; The Dead Sea


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Eileen and Judy and
the Jerusalem skyline
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Marc & Anne atop
The Mount Of Olives
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Bible shopping on
the hillside
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Anne-Marie & Conrad
with Pierre & Do
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O, ye of perfect attendance
Ant Bowles
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Eileen ♥ Jerry
14 GORGGs and counting...
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André Bazinet and
Lutz Wendler
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Marathon Girl
Lily Pratasik
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Matlock and
Lesley Minnear
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Gary & Kate
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Ed and his GGiants
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Dave Cherkus and Ian
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Yvonne & Jan-Arjen
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Anne, Vicky, and Lily
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Judy Of Arabia
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Gary is fitted for
his keffiyeh
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Mikko Alapuro’s shirts
may fade, but he won’t
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Conrad Allard’s
debonair new look
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Kojak and Julia
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Jerry at The Wailing Wall
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Kristjan and Isak Oddsson
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Eileen & Jerry
in The Old City
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“I wanna be your holy man...”
Gary’s new taqiyah
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Sue traces
The Way Of The Cross
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“None. None more dead.”
The Dead Sea
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Their names are mud
in this town!
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Why pay for those
fancy sunscreens?


THURSDAY the 1st

Banquet & Jam: Club Sublime, 40 Shalma Rd., Tel Aviv-Jaffa
Ruth Daniel Residence: Hospitality Suite


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Belle Mead, New Jersey’s
David Kowalski
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Jonathan Haimovitsh and
his pal, Sharon Eizenberg
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Debi Byrd progging her
way around the globe
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The nimble hands of a
seasoned flight attendant
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Fernando Iannucci
with Jeff and Ant
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Waiting for Tel Aviv’s
first GORGG banquet
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Jacques Arsenault and
Sylvie Gauvin
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Cue the violin: Charlotte
Glasson & Russell Pearce
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These ladies are
looking Sublime
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“Look away, Jerry,
I’m hideous”
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Lovelies Vicky Hurst
and Eileen McCarthy
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Mick Wilson and his
nerves of steel
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Cheers, Fred!
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Isak and dad, Kristjan
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Project RnL’s Eyal Amir
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Long Island’s own
Lisa Zamm
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Project RnL’s Ray Livnat,
Ant, and Alan Benjamin
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Dave #3,
Webcam Op
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More Three Friends
silliness
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Lee & Jill Pomeroy
strike a pose
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GORGGanizers Gil and
Yehuda with The Hurst’s
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L’Chaim!
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André and Dominique
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The 3F VIP Section
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Thanks to Ed & Vicky for
a party well planned!
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Gil Kotton &
Tanya Zaltzman
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Hagai Netser and Paul
& Marcie Forrest
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Jacques and friend Sylvie
know music lies ahead
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The ever-somber
Mr. Sanctuary
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Progistan’s Raya Kosovsky
and Avner Kenner
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Gaz and Fred ready
to have a play
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Israel’s Sanhedrin
opens up the jam [+]
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Whatever it is, it
must be fascinating!
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Lady Alucard
Lesley Minnear
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Ray and Israeli legend
Shem-Tov Levi
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Gearheads
Kerry and Gary
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Aviv and Sagi Barness
of Sanhedrin
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Master Of Ceremonies,
Ed Hurst
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The GGiant Jam begins
amid levity [+]
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“Gary” Models 2 and 1 [+]
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Jacques pummeling [+]
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Pierre shredding [+]
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Mick emoting [+]
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Gaz and Do beaming [+]
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Kerry concentrating [+]
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Pierre unleashing
the hounds [+]
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Malc, Alan, and Gary S.
syncopating [+]
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The renowned Yurst
Mellotron solo [+]
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Marc’s annual improv
session on recorder [+]
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Lee Pomeroy’s feeling
as Thick As A Brick [+]
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How many GORGGers
does it take to... ?


FRIDAY the 2nd

Raffle & Silent Auction: Ruth Daniel Residence: Hospitality Suite;
Boya Restaurant and Three Friends Concert at Reading 3,
North Tel Aviv Harbor


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Raffle and auction items
all in a row
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Sylvie pulls up
a few chairs
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The smiling visage
of Kerry Minnear
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Documenting the
collectibles
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Malcolm assembling
everyone’s headshots
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This stuff barely keeps
Jeff awake anymore
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Lutz and Dave have their
numbers all ready to go
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One sweet moment
among many
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Gaz approves of
the auctioneer
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Debi and Kerry tell
tales out of school
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Gettin’ down to slim
pickin’s by the end [+]
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Kerry provides his John
Hancock to Pierre
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The banner’s coming to
The Windy City, Norm!
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Mother Knows Best
Jonathan and Vicky
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The Pomeroy’s catch
up with Marc
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The intrepid 2012
attendees [+]
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Past & Present
Throwers of The Party [+]
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They’ve seen 14 pitches
with no swings & misses
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“O Canada, we stand on
guard for thee...” [+]
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Vertically challenged?
The Dave’s
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Oh, Boya !
A pre-gig nosh
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1st GG/3F gig in Israel [+]
[view poster]
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Pantagruel’s Nativity
three vocal friends [+]
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Malcolm Mortimore behind
the kit at Reading 3 [+]
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Charlotte Glasson and
Gary Green [+]
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Gary Sanctuary and his
temperamental keys [+]
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In A Glass House
Charlotte on recorder [+]
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Mick Wilson and
Lee Pomeroy [+]
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Visual Giants For A Day
thanks to Malcolm #2
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“Pulling up the anchor,
letting go the rope...” [+]


SATURDAY the 3rd

Ruth Daniel Residence: Courtyard


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“It’s only goodbye”
ONWARD...
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“a smile and a cry”
TO...
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“and suddenly over.” [+]
CHICAGO !


[ George Underwood, ©1970 ] No God’s A Man
“After all the things are said,
no God’s a man,
no God’s a man.
And yet after all the things are said,
no God’s a man,
must happen all again.”

      – Shulman, Shulman, Minnear


Photography by Jerry & Eileen McCarthy and friends, Oct.–Nov. 2012.
The generosity of André Bazinet and Alan Benjamin is gratefully acknowledged.
This page last updated on 31 August 2013.