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class MembersController < ApplicationController
  before_action :set_member, only: [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy]

  # GET /members
  # GET /members.json
  def index
    @members = Member.order(:first_name, :last_name).page params[:page]
    if params[:q].present?
      if request.xhr?
        @members = @members.limit(25).search(params[:q][:term])
      else
        @members = @members.search(params[:q])
      end
    end
  end

  # GET /members/1
  # GET /members/1.json
  def show
  end

  # GET /members/new
  def new
    @member = Member.new
  end

  # GET /members/1/edit
  def edit
  end

  # POST /members
  # POST /members.json
  def create
    @member = Member.new(member_params)
    @member.user = current_user
    respond_to do |format|
      if @member.save
        format.html { redirect_to @member, notice: 'Member was successfully created.' }
        format.json { render :show, status: :created, location: @member }
      else
        format.html { render :new }
        format.json { render json: @member.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
      end
    end
  end

  # PATCH/PUT /members/1
  # PATCH/PUT /members/1.json
  def update
    respond_to do |format|
      if @member.update(member_params)
        format.html { redirect_to @member, notice: 'Member was successfully updated.' }
        format.json { render :show, status: :ok, location: @member }
      else
        format.html { render :edit }
        format.json { render json: @member.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
      end
    end
  end

  # DELETE /members/1
  # DELETE /members/1.json
  def destroy
    @member.destroy
    respond_to do |format|
      format.html { redirect_to members_url, notice: 'Member was successfully destroyed.' }
      format.json { head :no_content }
    end
  end

  private
    # Use callbacks to share common setup or constraints between actions.
    def set_member
      @member = Member.find(params[:id])
    end

    # Never trust parameters from the scary internet, only allow the white list through.
    def member_params
      params.require(:member).permit(:first_name, :last_name, :phone, :email, :identity, :affiliation, :address, :city, :state, :zip_code, :shirt_size, :shirt_received, :place_of_worship, :recruitment, :community_networks, :extra_groups, :other_networks, :graduating_class_id, :school_id, :organization_ids => [], :neighborhood_ids => [], :extracurricular_activity_ids => [], talent_ids: [], :cohort_ids => [])
    end
end


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A few highlights of the week included: visiting Robben Island, which is where political prisoners such as Nelson Mandela were housed during apartheid, a trip to Cape Point to see the farthest most south-west tip of the African continent and where the Atlantic and Indian oceans converge, wine-tasting in the fertile Cape winelands, and a brief visit to a penguin colony.
Another fascinating aspect of the week was learning about the "Cape Coloured" identity. When the area was just a colony, the Dutch East India company imported slave labor from the West and East coasts of Africa, as well as Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and other South East Asian countries. After generations of intermarriage and intercultural blending, the result is the "coloured population." During apartheid, they were given slightly more preferential treatment than the black population, but were second class citizens to whites. In the 1970s, the apartheid government razed the neighborhood of "District 6," which was home to working class coloured people, because it was located in the desirable real estate of the city bowl. They moved the displaced population to an area called Manenberg, which was little more than a swamp land on the other side of Table Mountain. The effects of this move caused strain on families. Parents had a longer commute into the city for work and could not keep as close an eye on their children, and children had no safe places to hang out and play and began creating gangs and turning to drugs. We visited an organization that is working to reverse some of the problems facing the community by improving youth employment. While this provides hope for the future, the fact remains that people are still living in squalid conditions and unsafe neighborhoods, and that the poorest demographics are still largely separated by race, despite the end of legal sanctions enforcing racial segregation.
Overall, Cape Town was an interesting change from our lifestyle in Namibia. Lush parks, a beautiful harbor, fancy restaurants, and an abundance of white people, made us feel like we were perhaps in Montreal or Vancouver, BC. It was also a strange time of feeling as if we were in limbo. We had already had an emotional goodbye to Namibia, and we were carting around all of our possessions and living out of our suitcases. It definitely felt like a time of transition. On May 5th, we began our journey back to the states and after 38 HOURS of travel, I was back on campus at UPS. It's good to be back!
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In response to Don Dreis' Sept. 8 letter slandering hunters, I have three more fictional stories.
The first scene is in the Emergency Room. "Daddy, where is Mommy?" "I'm sorry son. She's left for Heaven. The automobile accident did too much damage. She was just hurt too bad and the doctors couldn't save her." The moral of this story is that "Mommy" had hit one of Dreis' precious deer, because the overpopulation caused by a ban on hunting resulted in the deer being pushed out of their habitat. Some of them wandered into the road looking for food, and one of them caused the accident that killed Mommy.
The second story is from "Bambi's" point of view. Bambi: "Mommy, don't leave me. Please don't die!" Mother Deer: "I'm sorry son. I'm too weak. I haven't eaten in a month. I've lost too much weight. I can't go on."
This time, "Mommy Deer" died from starvation thanks to overpopulation of deer that resulted from Dreis and company banning hunting. Unfortunately, the forest has been overgrazed as well, causing environmental destruction.
The third story goes like this: Dreis and company have managed to repeal the Second Amendment. We're again in the emergency room. "Mommy" is sobbing frantically. She has been brutally raped, and her children have been murdered. If only she had access to the now-banned firearms, she could have defended herself from the criminal. Thanks Don, you've done well.
Don Dreis, I could have logically explained why your ideas have no basis in reality, but you obviously get your views from the Cartoon Channel. And no, I don't hunt and I don't own any firearms. I'm just an average citizen that opposes the destructive agenda of Don Dreis and the animal rights movement.


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Welcome to the glossary aspect of the site. Here we have included a list of all the terms that have been used in the site with an accompanying definition or explanation.
Karyotype A complete set of human chromosomes.
Kallman syndrome Kallmann syndrome (KS) is a rare genetic disorder that is defined by a delay/absence of signs of puberty along with an absent/impaired sense of smell. The condition can occur in both males and females but is more commonly diagnosed in males. Left untreated, patients with Kallmann syndrome will almost invariably infertile.
Klinefelter's syndrome A chromosomal abnormality affecting males caused by the presence of an extra X chromosome. It is characterized by small testes, enlarged breasts, and the absence of facial and body hair. Men with Klinefelter syndrome do not usually produce sperm except in very rare cases. The condition occurs by chance and the cause is unknown. The extra chromosome is present due to a genetic mistake occurring at the time of cell division to produce the egg or sperm that went to make the baby.
Laparoscope A fibre optic telescope that is inserted through the abdomen to examine the inside of the abdomen and pelvis.
Laparotomy A major abdominal surgery through a cut in the abdomen.
Leydig's cells Cells within the testes that produce the hormone testosterone.
LH Luteinizing (luteinising) hormone, a pituitary hormone that triggers ovulation and stimulates the corpus luteum to secrete progesterone. In males, LH stimulates the Leydig's cells to produce testosterone.
LH surge The rapid rise of luteinizing hormone that usually occur in the middle of the cycle. It causes the follicle to release a mature egg.
Liquefaction The process by which ejaculate turns from a jellylike consistency to liquid.
Live birth rate per cycle The number of live births achieved from every 100-treatment cycle commenced.
Luteal phase The second half of the menstrual cycle after ovulation.
Luteal phase defect A condition in which the endometrium (lining of the womb) do not develop adequately for implantation, mainly because of inadequate progesterone levels or due to inability of the endometrium to respond to progesterone. In a small minority of women, the cause can be attributed to hyperprolactinemia or abnormal thyroid gland functions. It is characterized by a shorter than normal luteal phase or one with a progesterone deficit.
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Sharing to you the recipe that I've got from a magazine long long time ago.
2. On a sheet of waxed paper, combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and ¾ tsp salt. In 2-cup liquid measuring cup, mix buttermilk and vanilla; Set aside.
3. In large bowl with mixer on low speed, beat sugar and butter until blended. Increase speed to high; beat 3 minutes or until creamy. Occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula. Reduce speed to low; add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
4. Beat in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture just until blended. Beginning and ending with flour mixture. Scraping bowl occasionally.
5. Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake 30-35minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Invert cakes onto racks to cool completely. Carefully remove and discard waxed paper.
6. Assemble cake. Place 1 cake layer. Rounded side down on cake plate with narrow metal spatula, spread 2/3 cup frosting over layer. Top with second layer, rounded side up. Spread remaining frosting over side and top of cake.
At first, I was hesitant to try this because there's flour in the recipe and no powdered sugar but I took the risk and the result was good. The only thing that I dislike is, the frosting is not that stiff, I don't know if I should beat it for so long to make it stiff but I like it because it is not overly sweet.
Michi what do you use instead of buttermilk?
Any milk sis, evap or fresh milk.
pagawa mo na yung luma.


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Hello! Please read this entire description. We are looking for a WORDPRESS website for our new business, WildPeak Auctions. We already have hosting for Wordpress through Bluehost and a domain: www.wildpeakauctions.com.
We need the site to be fully responsive on all mobile devices, tablets, and web browsers.
We are looking for a unique theme that you create that would also be fully and easily CUSTOMIZABLE and EDITABLE for in the future, if we need to add pictures or content/make changes/etc. Some of the REQUIREMENTS are below, but also feel free to add your own creative input!
1. Two spots for logos ("WildPeak" logo is main logo and should be predominant. We would also like an area further down the page where we have the "WildPeak" logo again as well as the "K-Bid" logo beneath it. See uploaded files).
3. Area for us to add pictures of products we are selling. We would like this to be an area where we could add multiple pictures that scroll through and show one at a time.
4. Area for contact information.
1. A couple different areas for text and pics where we can highlight our services of selling/auctioning high-end estates and business assets.
1. On this page we will need a feed added that pulls from our 3rd party auction site, K-Bid. (See attached PDF "Auction Feed...").
2. An area for text above this feed.
3. An area for text where we can add a hyperlink, and also add an embedded YouTube video.
1. An area where we can upload a picture of us, as well as add text about who we are.
1. We would like a contact form that people could fill out as well as an area for text where we can provide our contact information.
We have uploaded a couple logo files for "WildPeak" and other graphics that you can utilize where you see fit. There is also an upload for the "K-Bid" logo, as well as instructions for embedding the auction feed from K-Bid. If you need other file formats, let us know!
Overall, we basically want a nice design shell that is easy for us to fully CUSTOMIZE and ADD/CHANGE information as we grow. Once we choose your design theme as the winner, we will work with you one on one to complete the project, and we will provide you the logins for our WordPress hosting site to complete the project with us.
do you need only wordpress theme? do you Accept Bootstrap template? didn't get the pdf codes given.
Did not get the code in the PDF file to work.
Or submit a simple/generic entry so we can chat. Thanks!
I can send a generic entry.


The 25-year-old forward has been suspended for one game and will have to pay a fine of 1,500 CHF.
Tim Traber received his second game misconduct penalty in the game against the SCL Tigers on January 15, which warrants an automatic suspension.
The forward has appeared in 35 games for Lausanne HC this season, recording two assists.


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Mastodon's Brann Dailor revealed in a new interview that the band is working up ideas for their next studio album and plan to begin focusing on the effort early next year.
Dailor told Consequence Of Sound Louder), "We're always a work in progress, trying to figure out what we're going to do next. We're letting the ideas come and setting them to the side for future work - and once in a while just saying out loud what those ideas might be - whether they're collected onstage when we're doing soundcheck or if they are something that gets worked on backstage.
"You hear somebody noodling, and you're like, 'Oh, what's that?' Whenever the ears perk up to either Brent Hinds or Bill Kelliher doing something backstage. That's always a nice little surprise."


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Gerry Adams will highlight need to invest in local communities during Dublin visit
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP will be in Dublin today (Thursday 4th May) for a series of engagements in Dublin Mid-West and Dublin North East. During the visit to the city Mr. Adams will set out Sinn Féin's determination to tackle state neglect and to invest in local communities.
In Dublin Mid West Mr. Adams, accompanied by party representative for the area, Joanne Spain, will open the new Sinn Féin constituency office on Castle Crescent in Clondalkin Village at 1.30pm. Earlier in the morning he will meet with local residents in Lucan and in the Quarryvale Community centre.
In Dublin North East Mr. Adams and Councillor Larry O'Toole will meet with some of the families of those bereaved in the Stardust fire tragedy.
At 6.30pm Mr. Adams will attend the opening of an exhibition, in the library in Donaghmede, to commemorate the 1981 Hunger Strikes. Friday 5th May marks the 25th anniversary of the death of Bobby Sands after 66 days on hunger strike. ENDS
Mr. Adams will be available to speak to the media at 1.30pm at the Sinn Féin office in Clondalkin.


"Our friends in the Cush played in the UK last year and met those guys.They asked the Cush if they knew a bass player and a couple guitarists to join them. So, they introduced them to Chad DeAtley, bass player in Dove Hunter, who asked me and Chris Plavidal of Stumptone if we wanted to do it. So you got three Texas bad-asses joining a bona fide UK shoegaze band for a couple of gigs in the Metroplex."
Well, that was enough to pique my interest, but I had to admit to myself that I didn't actually know who the Telescopes were. They did a split with Loop, a band I like, and were on Creation Records, home to My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus and Mary Chain. But they were one of those bands that rode the underbelly and, as such, never quite got on the mainstream radar, which isn't the worst fate. They were part of a wave.
A few dives into the YouTube rabbit hole shows a band that was a bit more challenging than those aforementioned acts, but still based in the dreamy pop that was popular in the UK in the late '80s. The group, led by singer and guitarist Stephen Lawrie, got back together in the mid-Aughts, and played these awesome shows in 2010. Now we get the pleasure of seeing them in Dallas, right before they make their way to Austin Psych Fest.
I asked Lawrie a few questions, just after the first practice with Kapinos, Plavidal and DeAtley, which he described as "physical."
Can you give me a sense of the band's early history? It's difficult to say. The Telescopes are imagined. Sensed. It feels unnatural for me to hold it any other context.
Do you feel like the music you play is psychedelic? Telescopes are about a revolution in the psyche. Getting beyond the realm of natural vision. Everyone has their own way of seeing things.
What sort of feeling do you get from making noise? Is pulling feedback from pedals or guitars a form of therapy? Catharsis? Terror? The Telescopes house has many rooms.
Is there a new album in the works? Collaborations? There's a couple of things out this month. "Black Eyed Dog," a 7-inch EP on the Trensmat label, and "We See Magic and We Are Neutral, Unnecessary," a 7-inch Flexi postcard on the Dream Machine as part of Record Store Day. The format was used as a way of smuggling contraband music through the Eastern bloc. We've also been recording at Anton from the Brian Jonestown Massacre's studio in Berlin, and long-time Telescopes producer Richard Formby's place in Leeds. We have a whole load of things to be released.
The Telescopes play tonight, April 25, at Lola's with True Widow and The Cush, and Thursday, April 26 at the Common Table in Dallas, which is a free show.


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Home / Health / How Pesticides Pushed Cockroaches Into Rapid Evolution
How Pesticides Pushed Cockroaches Into Rapid Evolution
MRaychev Health Edit
In the 1980s, manufactures began making cockroach baits that combined sweet glucose with deadly insecticides. By 1993, many cockroach populations somehow developed an aversion to the bait. Now, 20 years later, scientists finally understand how the roaches beat these traps.
It turns out that this glucose actually sets off the bitter receptors in the insects' "taste buds." And given the genetic basis for this glucose aversion, this trait quickly spread throughout cockroach populations, rendering the traps useless.
Top image: Neil T/Flickr.
There's no denying that cockroaches are survivors. Despite our best efforts, we just can't seem to beat them. "We have had this ongoing arms race with roaches for as long as we have been around," says Coby Schal, an urban entomologist at North Carolina State University. "When we come up with something, they come up with an adaptation to survive."
Over 4000 species of cockroaches exist today. They live in a range of habitats, from deserts to forests, and have diverse behaviors. Interestingly, only one percent of cockroaches actually live among humans, Schal tells io9. And of that one percent, only a single species lives exclusively among human populations and in human-built structures: the German cockroach (Blattella germanica).
Cockroaches are born to like sweet food and hate bitter food, just like humans. And given that our kitchens and garbage are often loaded with glucose, a simple sugar, it's not surprising that German cockroaches love to hang around us. So when Schal's colleague, Jules Silverman, first discovered the pests' aversion to glucose-laden bait two decades ago, it was quite the mystery. Through experiments he found that the cockroaches were specifically avoiding glucose (pdf), which made the behavior all the more strange. At the time, however, bait manufacturers — one of which Silverman worked for — had little incentive to invest in costly research to pinpoint the whys and hows of it all. They were more interested in developing better baits.
Now at North Carolina State University, Silverman finally got a chance to figure it all out — he teamed up with Schal and post-doc Ayako Wada-Katsumata. One of the hypotheses the researchers had was that these glucose-averse (GA) cockroaches had experienced some kind of change in their chemosensory system, as compared with normal cockroaches. They decided to take a look at the insects' gustatory (taste) system.
Both humans and cockroaches have specialized structures to detect and discriminate different chemicals, called tastants — humans have taste buds, while cockroaches and other insects have sensilla, or taste hairs. Inside of these sensilla are gustatory receptor neurons (GRNs), which encode for different taste classes. The team took two groups of cockroaches — normal and GA — and exposed them to six different tastes, including glucose, fructose (the sugar found in honey and fruits) and coffee.
The normal cockroaches behaved as expected. Glucose and fructose stimulated the insects' sugar receptor neurons and coffee stimulated their bitter receptor neurons. The GA cockroaches showed similar responses, except when it came to glucose — the sweet chemical stimulated both sugar and bitter GRNs. Additionally, the bitter GRNs suppressed the sugar GRNs.
"It's sort of an amplification effect," Schal says. "In order to respond maximally to something bitter — which denotes toxicity, as plants couple bitterness with nastiness — it's a good idea for the bitter system to suppress the sweet system."
So when the GA cockroaches sense glucose in something, their "bitter" GRNs kick into high gear and tell them to stop eating. Past research has shown that this glucose aversion comes with a cost, however. Under normal circumstances, where no baits are involved, GA cockroaches are at a huge disadvantage to their glucose-eating cousins — without the nutritious substance, they grow slower than normal cockroaches. But when glucose-laden baits are present, the GA cockroaches are more likely to survive than normal cockroaches.
Just how this mechanism evolved so quickly remains unknown, though the researchers have a few ideas. One possibility is that glucose-aversion is actually an ancient trait that plant-eating cockroaches developed to avoid ingesting nasty plant compounds. When they moved in with humans in caves and later buildings, the trait became useless and was selected against. And then when we introduced baits that coupled glucose with toxic insecticides, the ancient trait, which likely still occurred at very low frequencies, was rapidly selected for.
So does this mean that our cockroach baits are all but useless? Well, no — manufactures have developed many other baits that use other attractants, including sweet fructose. "But we have had several populations that are now averse to fructose," Schal says. Our arms race with cockroaches rages on.
If you really hate cockroaches, one comforting thought is that German cockroaches will likely die out when we do, considering their dependence on us for food. But that says nothing for the other 4000 species of cockroaches.
The work was published in the journal Science.
Top image via Lmbuga/Wikimedia Commons. Videos courtesy of Ayako Wada-Katsumata.
Source: io9.com


Arguments can be made against both (c) and (d).
I don't think (d) will apply to most disclosures. If I report my line manager for procurement fraud no professional secrecy is involved.
Of course at some stage disclosure may be necessary if action is to be taken - natural justice and all that - but that is another matter.
The more you look at it the drafting of 14(5)(b) is rather odd. If we accept the German position you could have a situation where you have to tell someone the source of some data you have, but not who you are, what information you have, or why you have it! Perhaps therein is the solution to the conundrum? If you don't have to provide para (1) information because doing so "is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing" then the para (2) obligation does not arise at all as that is only "additional" information and you cannot have additional information if the primary obligation has been eliminated.


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Puppy Socialization is both great fun and essential.
Puppies between the age of 3 weeks to 18 weeks are in their Socialization Stage. During this stage, it's critical that you introduce your puppy to a variety of people, animals, sounds, things and places to ensure proper puppy socialization.
We get asked frequently how to potty train a puppy. Potty training your puppy is as simple as 1, 2, 3. Though it is simple, for most people it is not easy. For the dog parent it will take some legwork and perseverance.
Ouch – those puppy teeth are razor sharp!
Your New Puppy or Rescue Dog needs management until good habits are formed.
Has your new puppy or rescue dog already moved in and "Mischief" is his middle name!
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W&L Professor Weighs Winners, Losers in Syria Crisis (Audio)
By Jeff Hanna
Washington and Lee University politics professor Mark Rush believes that while Russia is a short-term winner in this week's dramatic events regarding Syria's chemical weapons, the Russians now stand to lose in the longer term if they cannot deliver by getting President Bashar al-Assad's regime to turn over its weapons.
Rush, the Stanley D. and Nikki Waxberg Professor of Politics and Law at W&L, noted that a solution about the chemical weapons will not end the conflict, "but it turns it into a different sort, where certain norms of international law are observed. Skeptics will say that it's a marginal improvement at best. Nevertheless, by stepping in, the Russians have momentarily defused a potentially huge situation."
Rush said that, at the moment, President Obama and America's allies are also winners now that there is a potential diplomatic solution.
"The big winners are the Russians. They come out looking like the true peacekeepers, the quintessential diplomats and the ones who are going to put an end to the use of chemical weapons in the Middle East," said Rush. "The next winners are the president, America in general and the allies, because it wasn't clear what they were going to be able to do to defuse this situation with limited military maneuvers. It was clear, as well, that the president didn't have much in the way of a strong popular or congressional basis on which to act. He has saved face by being able to pull back and say, 'I'm not going to do anything now'."
But, Rush added, the Russians are taking the risk now and stand to lose if they are unable to exert the influence over Syria and defuse the situation.
"The Russians need to demonstrate, publicly, that they've taken possession of the chemical weapons and attest that they've got them all," Rush said. "If they don't, or if it appears that they don't, it will look as if they don't have any influence over the Assad regime or, worse, they've been duped. The Russians now need to stand and deliver."
The issue of chemical weapons aside, Rush believes the war in Syria is not going to end soon. It is not, he said, the perpetuation of the so-called Arab Spring but is "a radically different conflict.
"What you have in Syria is a full-scale civil war, akin to what we saw in Libya," said Rush. "Syria is such a divided country, with battle lines among several groups, that this conflict could go on for a very long time."
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It's hard to believe that it's been nearly seventy years since the Holocaust. For survivors near the end of their lives, it is more important than ever to tell their stories. There are still people who deny that the Holocaust ever happened, and their ignorance leads to hatred and resentment, so recording them is one way of countering the lies of those who would deny history.
According to the Jerusalem Post last year, some 12,000 victims of Nazi atrocities died in 2011 and, according to data by the Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims in Israel, at least one survivor in Israel dies every hour. The number is far greater if you look at it globally. Organizations like the American Defamation League and the Shoah Foundation at UCLA are making sure that stories get recorded and that their legacies never die.
I have been working on a project to collect some of these stories, and want to share one of them with you as an example and a reminder of what happened less than a century ago.
For many who survived, they have lived in pain and their memories of their Holocaust experiences remain vivid. Esther Geizhals is one of those survivors. She is an example of a strong Jewish woman who has endured much and is now making sure that no one has to experience the pain that she suffered.
She was born in Lodz, Poland in 1929 and still remembers today a particularly dark period of her life like it was yesterday. Her memory for detail is undeniable.
Prior to the war, she had a childhood full of love, happiness and adoring parents who were hard-working owners of a fruit & vegetable store. There was anti-Semitism where they lived but they had a normal life. She, like everyone else, had no idea what lied ahead. It proves that you never truly know what's around the corner.
After the Germans invaded Poland in 1939, her family lost their store and was required to stay in the Lodz Ghetto with 230,000 other Jews a year later. Conditions went from bad to worse very fast and she went from not knowing what a war was to being thrust into one. She remembers standing in line for bread, and then being dragged out of the bread line by the Polish. Her family started to suffer right away. She saw people dying from starvation in Lodz. There was no water, no coal, no sanitary means. They no longer went to school.
Geizhals went to work at age 11 in a factory where they made dresses. Her little brother was too young to work. Her family hid him when the police came, or they bribed them not to come to their home. They lived in constant fear and starvation during the five years they were inside the ghetto. There was a nightly curfew at 8 p.m. She was sure her mother took her portion of bread and gave it to her. There just wasn't enough food. "We spent nights praying and hoping the war would end. People were dying all the time. 'Selections' were taking place all the time," Geizhals remembers.
In 1942, there was a big "selection" and the German soldiers took her grandmother away, as well as her young aunt who was 18. Geizhals never saw them again. It was later reported that they were taken to Belzec Death Camp and were killed instantly. Her mother knew she wouldn't see her family again. Geizhals remembers her mom saying, "You're lucky you have me still, but I won't see my own mother again." She was heartbroken and it pained Geilzhals to watch.
At the end of the five years, the Germans liquidated the ghetto, not leaving any signs of what had taken place. The starvation, the torture…it was as though it never happened.
Josef Mengele, the SS officer known as the "Angel of Death" who ran the human experiments at Auschwitz, deemed Geizhals fit for work and sent her to the right.
"My mother saw a neighbor's little girl standing alone on the platform and took her hand. The child was terrified. Mengele asked her if she was her child. She nodded and he motioned her to the left. My brother, Pinkas, was frail. By this time, he was suffering from TB, so he, too, was motioned to the left. The soldier looked at me, I was 14, and he motioned me to the right. I started to cry, I wanted to go with my mother. Out of nowhere, a Jewish inmate came over and told me not to run. She stood in front of me and wouldn't let me move." Geizhals knew that this woman had saved her life. She has never forgotten her.
Geizhals remembers being corralled into a shower and having her head shaved. She later found out that her mother and Pinkas were exterminated in one of Auschwitz's seven gas chambers. They gave her a dress two sizes too big, pink like a party dress, and a pair of high heels. They disinfected her with powder, like a dog. When she came out, she saw her father and he didn't recognize her. They spoke a few words. They took her away to a barrack for six weeks. She remembers the cold, the hunger, missing her family.
Geizhals remembers standing for hours in the cold. Her feet were frozen to the ground from the high heels, full of blisters. There was no work for her. The end was near. They used to go to a place and pick up stones from here to here, just to pass the time and to be torture. She remembers the beating, the starvation, and not having enough clothes.
A very lovely woman named Paula took her under her guard. Geizhals cried all the time, and the woman took care of her. She rubbed her back so she'd be warmer. Paula's little sister was jealous that she paid attention to her, but then they got sent away in a selection and were separated. She still thinks of her.
She has one picture of her mother that was taken when she was pregnant. Geizhals took it from her aunt after the war and hangs on the wall of her home today.
In December, Geizhas was sent to Rochlitze concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. This was better because they were now placed in a building. They slept on the floor and they were taken out to work in factories. She was there for six to eight weeks.
After the war, Geizhals managed to return to Lodz, where she was reunited with her father. He remained behind in Poland, and, with an uncle, she smuggled her way to a displaced persons' camp in the American zone in Germany, where she met her husband, Benek Geizhals, another survivor. He was eight years older. He got papers to come to America and asked her to come with him. They went to the American Embassy in Frankfurt and told them they wanted to go together. The American Consul said to her, "Tomorrow is Thanksgiving in America. It's a wonderful holiday where we give thanks for everything we have, and we would love to have you." He put her on a list for a youth group and told her not to write that she had family that survived on the application. Within a few weeks, she was on a ship to America.
She's never felt anti-Semitism in America. "It's paradise here. I'm so grateful. It takes a survivor to appreciate what we have here." She married at age 18 and then found a job right away at Henri Bendel's. She was a finisher of beautiful dresses, working for Claire McCardel. She was in the union. Her late husband was an activist. He had a printer in Krakow and came here without the knowledge of the language, yet he opened a printer. They had three children.
The Geizhals family created a life for themselves in New Hyde Park, where they raised three children. Their eldest son, Benjamin, is an attorney on Long Island; Michael, the middle child, is an accountant and lives with his family in Israel; and Jacqueline is a supervising nurse who lives in New Rochelle. Benek died 12 years ago, and Geizhals moved to Larchmont, New York, where she remains very close to her children and nine grandchildren.
Her husband was an activist, working for the Democratic Party and supported Israel. He was determined to teach the next generation after the Holocaust, so she is taking up where he left off after he died 15 years ago by making a point of telling her story, as often as she can. She tours schools, synagogues, Jewish Community Centers.
Guest contributor Holly Rosen Fink is a marketing consultant, publishing executive, freelance writer and theater producer living in Larchmont, New York.
Holly, I am crying reading this. My grandparents (now passed) and my mother (still alive) survived to come to America. They escaped the Nazis by hiding out in the forest and getting help from the Russian army and then going to the Ural mountains. My grandmother would talk about getting milk on the black market to feed my mother. The strength of the women in my family saved my family. The rest of our family perished in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.
Holly, Thank you for telling Geizhal's story. It is so important to remember. It is so important to stand up for human rights around the world.
This story is so important. It must be told and those horrors not be forgotten. In today's world with rising Anti-Semitism and denial of the holocaust, Geizhal's story is most important. I wish all the deniers could meet her and hear her story and be forced to visit the remaining concentration camps and museums dedicated to that tragic time in history.


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