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Gainesville, Fla.
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Interviewee: Interviewer: Transcriber:
James Malcolm Alday, Sr. Sara Lynn McCrea Ruth C. Marston
Interview with James Malcolm Alday, Sr. 1
M: My name is Sara Lynn McCrea, and I am interviewing James Malcolm Alday,
Sr., for the Oral History Program at the Matheson Historical Museum, at 1802 N.W. 6 t Avenue, Gainesville, Florida, on April 3, 2001. Please state your full
name and birth date for the tape.
A: My name is James Malcolm Alday, Sr., and my birth date is January 17, 1911.
M: I know that you have said that you weren't born in Gainesville. Tell me where
you were born and in what year you moved to Gainesville, and tell me a little bit
about your family, your brothers and sisters.
A: I was born in Donaldsville, Georgia, but my family was living in Panama City,
Florida. My mother, when it was time for labor, went back to Donaldsville, Georgia, and I was born there. When I was six weeks old, we returned to her home in Panama City and joined the other three children: a sister and two
brothers. Our family was complete with five boys and three girls.
M: When did you come to Gainesville?
A: In 1923 we moved to Gainesville, which was a small town and a nice place to
M: Did you live over on the northeast side of Gainesville?
A: The first place was on Main Street. In the 500 block, there were three 2-story
houses, and we lived in the first one. That's when the railroad track came down the main street. Like I said, Gainesville was a small town and we enjoyed living here. It was a very safe town. You didn't have to lock your house. You could leave your key in your car. We used to leave our bicycles anywhere we wanted to and it was there when we came back. It was a very good and easy town to live in,
and I enjoyed it.
I delivered the Gainesville Sun when I was a young boy, and it was easy to find a job. No one seemed to have too much money, but we all seemed to get along, especially since this was coming along in the 30's when they said we had a Depression but we didn't notice that so much because there were always little jobs you could pick up when you were young and if you wanted to work. We got
along very well.
M: Who were some of the people who lived close by in the neighborhood? I've
heard you mention a few names.
A: Norwood Hope lived in the house next to us. That's where his family grew up.
The Dukes. Their father had a grocery store down on the corner. Wilma was an only sister, and there were two boys in their family. The Dukes liked to sing,
especially Mr. Duke, and on a Sunday afternoon, my aunt played the piano and
we would get together and sing songs at the house, which was really enjoyable.
M: That sounds like you all had a very close family, with some fun things for
everyone to share. Did your aunt live with you?
A: Yes. My aunt seemed like a sister to us because she lived with us most of our
adult life. She was in the millinery department at the clothing store downtown on the square, Wilson's Department Store. It was very convenient for her, and it was
nice to have her with us.
M: You've mentioned that you spent some time in Melrose.
A: When we moved to Gainesville in '23, my grandfather and grandmother were
living in Melrose, so I went out there and lived with them for two years and went to the 11h and 8th grades in school in Melrose. I enjoyed living out there, also, with the lake nearby. I'm afraid sometimes maybe I had a good time rather than study for school. I always had a little job out there on the weekends and at
different times when I was going to school.
M What types of jobs did they have out there? I've heard you talk about collecting
moss and stuff for upholstery.
A: Yes. They had a gin out there that would make fiber out of the moss, so I drove a
truck during the summer and had me about three or four women to pull moss for me. I could get three loads of moss a day and bring it in to the gin, and they would gin it and let it dry and make fiber out of it. We would bale it out and haul it to Waldo, where we would put it in a boxcar and send it to Michigan to be made
into padding for the Ford automobile seats. That was the padding for the seats.
M That's interesting to think you were part of the early auto industry. You've talked
about school in Melrose and I guess in your later years you finished your schooling in Gainesville. Was that at the Kirby-Smith school or was it at the
newer school that was built on University Avenue?
A: No. It was in Gainesville High School on University Avenue in the 700 block.
Buchholz was the Principal. We called him Prof Buchholz. 'fhat's where I went to high school. We had a nice group there and I enjoyed the friends I made there.
Some of them are still in Gainesville; so many of them from that time stayed in Gainesville. Ben Franklin, Fred Cone, Angus Baird, and Clarence Beasley were some of them. S.T. Dell. A number of them stayed here and continued to live in Gainesville. It was nice growing up from high school on to old age with some of
the same people.
M: That's great, and not many people have that opportunity to know people from
childhood all the way through and stay in one spot, and I think that's one of the
nice things that Gainesville seems to attract people. Even if they have been away
for a while, they come back.
M: They realize what quality life is offered here. The social life in Gainesville. It
sounds like you all had a good time. I've heard you talk about parties and dances.
What was it like?
A: We had a social club in high school. We put on dances and usually we went out
to the old country club, the Gainesville Country Club the other side of the University, and had dances. Angus Baird had a sound system hooked up on his truck and he would have the music for us. We just had a big time dancing and
getting together on certain occasions.
Then, too, I worked for a fellow, Jim Chestnut, who had some property, just this side of the Haile Plantation, just west of it, and Arredondo was a little town there.
They had a little grocery store there and a gas station. They had an old
Presbyterian Church there that was the first Presbyterian Church in the area.
M: This was at Arredondo?
M: I've seen that sign out on Archer Road.
A: Also, on the corner there was a big kettle that they would make syrup in. They
would grow cane and make syrup. That's the fellow that I worked for. He had a 2-story log cabin on his place. He grew corn and cane and things like that. We would go out there for dances, which gave us an extra place that we could go and
have parties and enjoy that.
M: How would the people get out there? It sounds like it was pretty far outside of
downtown Gainesville.
A: By then we had the Model T's, the early cars. That would have been '26, '27 or
'28 -just before the 30's. Everybody had a means of transportation. I know my family had a Model T Ford, and I would get that to ride out. Most families had some kind of transportation which they let the children have at night when they weren't using them. We got along very well. Most of the time we walked to school, which we didn't think was very far, but now people don't want to walk so
much. They think it's a long way from Main Street to Gainesville High School.
M: The last time we talked, you were talking about some of the fun things to do in
Gainesville for the young people, with it being a small town, but it was still very
social. What were some of the things that you did?
A: One of the things we enjoyed doing was going boat riding on Newnan's Lake. It
was a nice lake at that time, and there was also a beach right at the end of University Avenue that was good swimming. They had it cleaned out and it was good for swimming. Families would come out. There was a picnic area there, and they would have picnics and the children would swim. It was quite a place for people to go. The young people used to like to go out there in the late afternoon and early evening and go boat riding. Some high school groups. A group of us went out there one afternoon, and Hal Batey and O.D. Morris each had a boat and Hal was giving us a ride -a couple at a time. When our time came, he circled the buoy but when he came back by, he got too close and hit the buoy and knocked a hole in the side of the boat. The girl that was with me couldn't swim. I didn't know what was going to happen, whether she was going to get excited or not when the boat sank. I told her to hold onto me, and as the boat went down we stepped out in the water and she did very good. She had hold of me and Hal got the boat turned upside down and we hung onto the edge until
O.D. came out and got us. That was quite an experience.
M: That does sound like an exciting time. I noticed when we talked before that you
married a girl from South Carolina. How did you meet her?
A: Yes. It was kind of unusual. Jim Chestnut had a grocery store when I was in high
school, and I would work for him on the weekends. He was connected someway, and I never did know the connection, with a cousin of Rosa's in Jacksonville.
Rosa would come down to visit the cousin and Jim Chestnut knew the cousin's family. He wanted me to go with him over to Jacksonville as I usually did the driving for him and pick them up and take them to Gainesville for a few days. So we did one weekend, and they were supposed to stay about two or three days, but when we got back the afternoon that we picked them up, I got Tom Fagan to go with me to pick the two girls up and carry them out for that night. We went to the house, the Chestnut's house over by the Kirby-Smith school. He lived on Franklin Street just a few houses north of the school. When the two girls came out, Tom just happened to get with Betty and I happened to get with Rosa. I had a Model A Ford with a rumble seat in it, so, of course, Tom and Betty sat in the rumble seat and we went to ride to several places in town, out at Split Rock. That was a place that Jim Chestnut had and he grew corn out there, and he had a little cabin on it. We went out there and sat around and talked. It was a nice place to
M: Was that north of Gainesville?
A: It was west of Gainesville, from the Beville's place where th Avenue and
University Avenue comes in, we would take a left right there in front of the old Beville House and where that nursery is now, go back there about a mile. Part of the Prairie came up to that area that they called Split Rock. There was a nice area
out there to visit and sit around and talk.
M: So you all hit it off. Then you were making trips back and forth to South
Carolina.
A: Yes. The next summer Chestnut had a house up there in Charleston that needed
some repair. It was right in the old historical part of Charleston. They could only do certain things. You had to have the same roof and things like that; you had to be particular what you did on the outside especially. I helped him on that project for almost three months, for the summer, and, of course, Rosa and I would get
M: For three months. That sort of sealed it.
A: She had just finished school. There was a hotel down on what they called the
Battery area. That was a nice hotel and Rosa worked in the office there. I guess that's when we did most of our courting, and I guess right on with it for about five
years this went on and I would go to South Carolina to see her.
M: You finally married and brought her to Gainesville.
M You were married for fifty some years?
A: Fifty-two years. During that time, I changed from the grocery business into
wholesale foods. I had to work pretty hard for several years to get the business going, but things worked out. Rosa was a good mother and she took care of the house and the children. I was gone a good bit because it took so many hours to make the business go until it got started. Then, of course, it built up and I got a warehouse going in Gainesville so I could keep merchandise on hand here and
deliver daily, so that's how the business grew from one truck to ten trucks.
M That sounds good. You served the University of Florida and some of the grocery
stores in town before they became chains, before the days of Publix and those big
stores.
A: Yes. The grocery stores were part of our main business, and the schools and
restaurants and hotels and the University. I was here when Shands was built and also when the V.A. Hospital was built. The grocery stores phased out but then it
came down to being an institutional business.
M You mentioned your children. You have three children.
A: Yes, a boy and two girls. All of them have done real well. They went to school,
got an education. My boy is a doctor in Gainesville, Georgia, an orthopedic surgeon. One of the girls is Mary Keitt. She stayed in Gainesville and worked in
accounting office until she retired. Sara Lynn went to St. Petersburg for about 26 years and taught school and was in real estate. She finally came back to Gainesville, which I was happy to see. Her husband got ajob with the University
of Florida Foundation, so they are here.
M: Do you have grandchildren and great-grandchildren?
A: Yes. I am fortunate that each of the children had two children, so I ended up with
six grandchildren (four boys and two girls), and they have all grown up and done well, except it was unfortunate that we did lose one grandchild, but the others
have done well. We have three great-grandchildren and another on the way.
M: You talked to us a lot about Gainesville years ago. What was it like during World
War II?
A: It was a deserted town. Over half of the University was in service. The
attendance was about half of what it had been.
M: Especially since the University was all male at that time.
A: That's right. Then foods, particularly potatoes and onions, began to get scarce. It
seemed like the Army wanted potatoes and onions more than anything else and it made them short. You couldn't just go buy a bag of onions. They were scarce and were rationed out really. Just like gasoline. They rationed gasoline. If you were in business and needed gasoline to operate, they would allot you so many
gallons.
M: I know you've been involved in the First United Methodist Church it seems like
forever. Can you tell me a little bit about the early years there and what you've
been doing recently?
A: They were having church in the fellowship hall, what is the fellowship hall now,
when I came here. They had theater seats. They had some great ministers back then. One in particular was Preacher Myers. His parsonage was right there on the corner, in front of the Scout house. Of course, it has been torn down now, but they were the last ones that lived in that parsonage. He had so many children in his family they needed all the room. There were two boys and they went to Gainesville High School; the girls, also. The church later built another sanctuary, so they converted the old church into the fellowship hall. They redid it. It has been very serviceable and we have enjoyed having it. We have a kitchen there so we can have meals and it comes in very handy. Later on, another building was built which was an office building and a Sunday School room. The old East Florida Seminary was in that area. We bought that, but they stopped using it as
the University got large enough that they went out there.
M : That's where the University started.
A: Yes. The East Florida Seminary did go to the University of Florida when it was
moved over from Lake City. We bought that and that would fit right in with our complex because that was between Bell Hall and the huge sanctuary we built and then the fellowship hall, so that gave us four buildings right there close together.
We had plenty of Sunday School room and office space, so it was real nice.
M: You all had a real active Sunday School back then. It seems like I've seen
pictures of a lot of people from around Gainesville.
A: Yes, when I was in high school, we had a young men's Sunday School class.
E. A. Clayton, an attorney here, taught us for so many years and then Alton Morris came here and was in the English Department. He took over and taught us for a
long time, and we'd have anywhere from 50 to 65 boys in our class.
M: That was a lot of people back then when Gainesville was so small. Who were
some of the people?
A: Of course, me, and I had two brothers so there were three in my family that were
there. We were all in high school, from freshmen to seniors at the same time.
The Fagan boys and there were three of them. J.R. Fowler, the one who had the garage way back then in the late 20's and early 30's. There was S.T. Dell and
"Buster" Pound.
M: Sounds like you all had a good group.
A: A big group. We sure did.
M: I know you've remained active. I hear people all the time make comments to me
about all the work you do there and the roses and the Altar Guild and helping with
A: Well, the children, of course, grew up, and Rosa was teaching Sunday School
class, so we were quite a big part of the church. We took advantage of it and later on, the children had kind of gotten out and Rosa put in a lot of time with the Altar Guild. That was one part of the service that she liked. I retired in '75 so I would help her. She had emphysema and couldn't do too much so I got involved in the Altar Guild. I was the only man with about 35 women who served in the Altar Guild with all of the things that we had to do. I usually found plenty that I could do and put enough candle sets to the pews. We used to have the ones that hooked to the pews but later we got the ones that we put on the wall. I enjoyed the work and, too, when one of the ministers said we needed some trusty engineers so we formed a group of ten or twelve of us to fix things around the church, do painting and carpenter work and things like that to keep the church looking nice. That was John Rooks, and he would work with us one morning a week. We would all go
down and do things that needed to be done. It was thoroughly enjoyable and a
good fellowship way to get the work done.
M That's great. We've been talking for quite a while, and I think we've covered
most things. Anything else on your mind that we haven't covered?
A: I should have mentioned the Boy Scouts. We had a real good Boy Scout group
and we built the log cabin for the Boy Scouts. We had a nice log cabin that Bert Ames was the one we called the father of it. He put in a lot of time to be with the boys and take them on trips. He had a little farm and they would go out there and camp out. The boys enjoyed it because they could get out and camp out. With the encouragement and help of Jim Bishop, he sees that we keep that Scout group going. We still have a good Boy Scout group as well as Girl Scouts and then the
Junior Scouts.
M: That's quite a legacy. It's been interesting to talk to you. What we'll do is make
a copy and then we'll sit down and talk through it and once we've edited it, we'll give you a copy and have one stored at the Matheson Museum. Thank you so
much. I'll be getting back with you.
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MATHESON HISTORICAL MUSEUM ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM Interviewee: James Malcolm Alday, Sr. Interviewer: Sara Lynn McCrea Transcriber: Ruth C. Marston April 3, 2001
Interview with James Malcolm Alday, Sr. April 3, 2001 1 M: My name is Sara Lynn McCrea, and I am interviewing James Malcolm Alday, Sr., for the Oral History Program at th e Matheson Historical Museum, at 1802 N.W. 6th Avenue, Gainesville, Florida, on April 3, 2001. Please state your full name and birth date for the tape. A: My name is James Malcolm Alday, Sr., and my birth date is January 17, 1911. M: I know that you have said that you weren't born in Gainesville. Tell me where you were born and in what year you moved to Gainesville, and tell me a little bit about your family, your brot hers and sisters. A: I was born in Donaldsville, Georgia, but my family was living in Panama City, Florida. My mother, when it was time for labor, went back to Donaldsville, Georgia, and I was born there. When I was six weeks old, we returned to her home in Panama City and joined the ot her three children: a sister and two brothers. Our family was complete with five boys and three girls. M: When did you come to Gainesville? A: In 1923 we moved to Gainesville, whic h was a small town and a nice place to live. M: Did you live over on the northeast side of Gainesville? A: The first place was on Main Street. In the 500 block, there were three 2-story houses, and we lived in the first one. Th at's when the railro ad track came down the main street. Like I said, Gainesville was a small town and we enjoyed living here. It was a very safe town. You di dn't have to lock your house. You could leave your key in your car. We used to l eave our bicycles anywhere we wanted to and it was there when we came back. It was a very good and easy town to live in, and I enjoyed it. I delivered the Gainesville Sun when I was a young boy, and it was easy to find a job. No one seemed to have too much money, but we all seemed to get along, especially since this was coming along in the 30's when they said we had a Depression but we didn't notice that so much because there were always little jobs you could pick up when you were young and if you wanted to work. We got along very well. M: Who were some of the people who liv ed close by in the neighborhood? I've heard you mention a few names. A: Norwood Hope lived in the house next to us. That's where his family grew up. The Dukes. Their father had a grocery store down on the corner. Wilma was an only sister, and there were two boys in their family. The Dukes liked to sing,
Interview with James Malcolm Alday, Sr. April 3, 2001 2 especially Mr. Duke, and on a Sunday af ternoon, my aunt played the piano and we would get together and sing songs at th e house, which was really enjoyable. M: That sounds like you all had a very close family, with some fun things for everyone to share. Did your aunt live with you? A: Yes. My aunt seemed like a sister to us because she lived with us most of our adult life. She was in the millinery depa rtment at the clothing store downtown on the square, Wilson's Department Store. It was very convenient for her, and it was nice to have her with us. M: You've mentioned that you spent some time in Melrose. A: When we moved to Gainesville in ' 23, my grandfather and grandmother were living in Melrose, so I went out there a nd lived with them for two years and went to the 7th and 8th grades in school in Melrose. I enjoyed living out there, also, with the lake nearby. I'm afraid some times maybe I had a good time rather than study for school. I always had a little job out there on the weekends and at different times when I was going to school. M: What types of jobs did they have out there? I've heard you talk about collecting moss and stuff for upholstery. A: Yes. They had a gin out there that woul d make fiber out of the moss, so I drove a truck during the summer and had me about three or four women to pull moss for me. I could get three load s of moss a day and bring it in to the gin, and they would gin it and let it dry and make fiber out of it. We would bale it out and haul it to Waldo, where we would put it in a box car and send it to Michigan to be made into padding for the Ford automobile seats. That was the padding for the seats. M: That's interesting to thin k you were part of the early au to industry. You've talked about school in Melrose and I guess in your later years you finished your schooling in Gainesville. Was that at the Kirby-Smith school or was it at the newer school that was built on University Avenue? A: No. It was in Gainesvi lle High School on University Avenue in the 700 block. Buchholz was the Principal. We called hi m Prof Buchholz. That's where I went to high school. We had a nice group there and I enjoyed the friends I made there. Some of them are still in Gainesville; so many of them from that time stayed in Gainesville. Ben Franklin, Fred Cone, Angus Baird, and Clarence Beasley were some of them. S.T. Dell. A number of th em stayed here and continued to live in Gainesville. It was nice growing up from high school on to old age with some of the same people. M: That's great, and not many people have that opportunity to know people from childhood all the way through and stay in on e spot, and I think that's one of the
Interview with James Malcolm Alday, Sr. April 3, 2001 3 nice things that Gainesville seems to attract people. Even if they have been away for a while, they come back. A: Yes. M: They realize what quality lif e is offered here. The social life in Gainesville. It sounds like you all had a good time. I've hear d you talk about parties and dances. What was it like? A: We had a social club in high school. We put on dan ces and usually we went out to the old country club, the Gainesvill e Country Club the other side of the University, and had dances. Angus Ba ird had a sound system hooked up on his truck and he would have the music for us . We just had a big time dancing and getting together on certain occasions. Then, too, I worked for a fellow, Jim Ches tnut, who had some property, just this side of the Haile Plantation, just west of it, and Arredondo was a little town there. They had a little grocery store there and a gas station. They had an old Presbyterian Church there that was the firs t Presbyterian Church in the area. M: This was at Arredondo? A: Yes. M: I've seen that sign out on Archer Road. A: Also, on the corner there was a big kettle that they would make syrup in. They would grow cane and make syrup. That's the fellow that I worked for. He had a 2-story log cabin on his place. He grew co rn and cane and things like that. We would go out there for dances, which gave us an extra place that we could go and have parties and enjoy that. M: How would the people get ou t there? It sounds like it was pretty far outside of downtown Gainesville. A: By then we had the Model T's, the early cars. That would have been , or – just before the 30's. Everybody had a means of transportation. I know my family had a Model T Ford, and I would get that to ride out. Most families had some kind of transportation which they le t the children have at night when they weren't using them. We got along very we ll. Most of the time we walked to school, which we didn't think was very far, but now people don't want to walk so much. They think it's a long way from Main Street to Gainesville High School. M: The last time we talked, you were talking about some of the fun things to do in Gainesville for the young people, with it be ing a small town, but it was still very social. What were some of the things that you did?
Interview with James Malcolm Alday, Sr. April 3, 2001 4 A: One of the things we enjoyed doing wa s going boat riding on Newnan's Lake. It was a nice lake at that time, and there was also a beach right at the end of University Avenue that was good swimming. They had it cleaned out and it was good for swimming. Families would come out. There was a picnic area there, and they would have picnics and the child ren would swim. It was quite a place for people to go. The young people used to like to go out there in the late afternoon and early evening and go boat riding. Some high school groups. A group of us went out there one after noon, and Hal Batey and O.D. Morris each had a boat and Hal was giving us a ride – a couple at a time. When our time came, he circled the buoy but when he cam e back by, he got t oo close and hit the buoy and knocked a hole in the side of th e boat. The girl that was with me couldn't swim. I didn't know what wa s going to happen, whether she was going to get excited or not when the boat sank. I told her to hold onto me, and as the boat went down we stepped out in the water and she did very good. She had hold of me and Hal got the boa t turned upside down and we hung onto the edge until O.D. came out and got us. That was quite an experience. M: That does sound like an exciting time. I noticed when we talked before that you married a girl from South Carolina. How did you meet her? A: Yes. It was kind of unusual. Jim Ches tnut had a grocery store when I was in high school, and I would work for him on the weekends. He was connected someway, and I never did know the connection, with a cousin of Rosa's in Jacksonville. Rosa would come down to visit the cousin and Jim Chestnut knew the cousin's family. He wanted me to go with him over to Jacksonville as I usually did the driving for him and pick them up and take them to Gainesville for a few days. So we did one weekend, and they were supposed to stay about two or three days, but when we got back the afternoon that we picked them up, I got Tom Fagan to go with me to pick the two girl s up and carry them out for th at night. We went to the house, the Chestnut's house over by the Kirby-Smith school. He lived on Franklin Street just a few houses north of the school. When the two girls came out, Tom just happened to get with Betty a nd I happened to get w ith Rosa. I had a Model A Ford with a rumble seat in it, so, of course, Tom and Betty sat in the rumble seat and we went to ride to severa l places in town, out at Split Rock. That was a place that Jim Chestnut had and he grew corn out there, and he had a little cabin on it. We went out there and sat around and talked. It was a nice place to visit. M: Was that north of Gainesville? A: It was west of Gainesville, from the Beville's place where 8th Avenue and University Avenue comes in, we would take a left right there in front of the old Beville House and where that nursery is now , go back there about a mile. Part of the Prairie came up to that area that they called Split Rock. There was a nice area out there to visit and sit around and talk.
Interview with James Malcolm Alday, Sr. April 3, 2001 5 M: So you all hit it off. Then you were making trips back and forth to South Carolina. A: Yes. The next summer Chestnut had a house up there in Charleston that needed some repair. It was right in the old historical part of Charleston. They could only do certain things. You had to have the sa me roof and things like that; you had to be particular what you did on the outside especially. I helped him on that project for almost three months, for the summer, and, of course, Rosa and I would get together. M: For three months. That sort of sealed it. A: She had just finished school. There was a hotel down on what they called the Battery area. That was a ni ce hotel and Rosa worked in the office there. I guess that's when we did most of our courting, a nd I guess right on with it for about five years this went on and I would go to South Carolina to see her. M: You finally married and brought her to Gainesville. A: Yes. M: You were married for fifty some years? A: Fifty-two years. Duri ng that time, I changed from the grocery business into wholesale foods. I had to work pretty hard for several years to get the business going, but things worked out. Rosa was a good mother and she took care of the house and the children. I was gone a good bit because it took so many hours to make the business go until it got started. Then, of course, it built up and I got a warehouse going in Gainesville so I coul d keep merchandise on hand here and deliver daily, so that's how the business grew from one truck to ten trucks. M: That sounds good. You served the Universi ty of Florida and some of the grocery stores in town before they became chains, before the days of Publix and those big stores. A: Yes. The grocery stores were part of our main business, and the schools and restaurants and hotels and the University. I was here when Shands was built and also when the V.A. Hospital was built. Th e grocery stores phased out but then it came down to being an institutional business. M: You mentioned your childre n. You have three children. A: Yes, a boy and two girls. All of them have done real well. They went to school, got an education. My boy is a doctor in Gainesville, Georgia, an orthopedic surgeon. One of the girls is Mary Keitt. She stayed in Gainesville and worked in
Interview with James Malcolm Alday, Sr. April 3, 2001 6 accounting office until she retir ed. Sara Lynn went to St . Petersburg for about 26 years and taught school and was in real estate. She finally came back to Gainesville, which I was happy to see. He r husband got a job with the University of Florida Foundation, so they are here. M: Do you have grandchildren and great-grandchildren? A: Yes. I am fortunate that each of the children had two children, so I ended up with six grandchildren (four boys and two girls), and they have all grown up and done well, except it was unfortunate that we did lose one grandchild, but the others have done well. We have three grea t-grandchildren and another on the way. M: You talked to us a lot about Gainesville years ago. What was it like during World War II? A: It was a deserted town. Over half of the University was in service. The attendance was about half of what it had been. M: Especially since the University was all male at that time. A: That's right. Then foods, particularly potatoes and onions, began to get scarce. It seemed like the Army wanted potatoes and onions more than anything else and it made them short. You couldn't just go buy a bag of onions. They were scarce and were rationed out really. Just like ga soline. They ratione d gasoline. If you were in business and needed gasoline to operate, they would allot you so many gallons. M: I know you've been involved in the Fi rst United Methodist Church it seems like forever. Can you tell me a little bit about the early years there and what you've been doing recently? A: They were having church in the fellowsh ip hall, what is the fellowship hall now, when I came here. They had theater seats. They had some great ministers back then. One in particular was Preacher Myer s. His parsonage was right there on the corner, in front of the Scout house. Of course, it has been torn down now, but they were the last ones that lived in th at parsonage. He had so many children in his family they needed all the room. There were two boys and they went to Gainesville High School; the girls, also. The church later built another sanctuary, so they converted the old church into the fellowship hall. They redid it. It has been very serviceable and we have enjoye d having it. We have a kitchen there so we can have meals and it comes in very handy. Later on, another building was built which was an office building and a Sunday School room. The old East Florida Seminary was in that area. We bought that, but they stopped using it as the University got large enough that they went out there. M: That's where the University started.
Interview with James Malcolm Alday, Sr. April 3, 2001 7 A: Yes. The East Florida Seminary did go to the University of Florida when it was moved over from Lake City. We bought that and that would fit right in with our complex because that was between Bell Hall and the huge sanctuary we built and then the fellowship hall, so that gave us four buildings right there close together. We had plenty of Sunday School room a nd office space, so it was real nice. M: You all had a real active Sunday School back then. It seems like I've seen pictures of a lot of people from around Gainesville. A: Yes, when I was in high school, we had a young men's Sunday School class. E.A. Clayton, an attorney here, taught us for so many years a nd then Alton Morris came here and was in the English Department. He took over and taught us for a long time, and we'd have anywhere from 50 to 65 boys in our class. M: That was a lot of people back then when Gainesville was so small. Who were some of the people? A: Of course, me, and I had two brothers so there were three in my family that were there. We were all in high school, from freshmen to seniors at the same time. The Fagan boys – and there were three of them. J.R. Fowler, the one who had the garage way back then in the late 20's and early 30's. There was S.T. Dell and "Buster" Pound. M: Sounds like you all had a good group. A: A big group. We sure did. M: I know you've remained activ e. I hear people all the time make comments to me about all the work you do there and the ro ses and the Altar Guild and helping with the church. A: Well, the children, of course, grew up, and Rosa was teaching Sunday School class, so we were quite a big part of the church. We took advantage of it and later on, the children had kind of gotten out and Ro sa put in a lot of time with the Altar Guild. That was one part of the service that she liked. I retired in '75 so I would help her. She had emphysema and couldn' t do too much so I got involved in the Altar Guild. I was the only man with a bout 35 women who served in the Altar Guild with all of the things that we had to do. I us ually found plenty that I could do and put enough candle sets to the pews. We used to have the ones that hooked to the pews but later we got the ones that we put on the wall. I enjoyed the work and, too, when one of the ministers said we needed some trusty engineers so we formed a group of ten or twelve of us to fix things around the church, do painting and carpenter work and things like that to keep the church looking nice. That was John Rooks, and he would work with us one morning a week. We would all go
Interview with James Malcolm Alday, Sr. April 3, 2001 8 down and do things that needed to be done. It was thoroughly enjoyable and a good fellowship way to get the work done. M: That's great. We've been talking fo r quite a while, and I think we've covered most things. Anything else on your mind that we haven't covered? A: I should have mentioned the Boy Scouts. We had a real good Boy Scout group and we built the log cabin for the Boy Scout s. We had a nice log cabin that Bert Ames was the one we called the father of it. He put in a lot of time to be with the boys and take them on trips. He had a litt le farm and they would go out there and camp out. The boys enjoyed it because they could get out and camp out. With the encouragement and help of Jim Bishop, he sees that we keep that Scout group going. We still have a good Boy Scout group as well as Girl Scouts and then the Junior Scouts. M: That's quite a legac y. It's been interesting to talk to you. What we'll do is make a copy and then we'll sit down and talk through it and once we've edited it, we'll give you a copy and have one stored at the Matheson Museum. Thank you so much. I'll be getting back with you.


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The Smeg 90cm Telescopic Rangehood SA5502X90 comes with the stainless steel finish, direct ducting to atmosphere ensures the maximum removal of grease/oil/particle-laden vapour plus the odours and the cooking vapours cannot be ducted, simply redirect the extracted.
Direct ducting to atmosphere ensures the maximum removal of grease/oil/ particle-laden vapour plus the odours and, very importantly, the heat resulting in a cleaner, cooler and ore comfortable work area.
When the cooking vapours cannot be ducted, simply redirect the extracted and filtered air into the kitchen via a duct pipe through the overhead cabinetry. A more frequent inspection and cleaning of the grease filter is recommended.
These are purchasable accessories. They are replaceable. One each is clipped to either side of the centrifugal motor and are designed to absorb and diminish cooking odours. Periodic inspection is recommended before replacement. They are optionally used for recirculation only. The activated charcoal filters are not be to washed.
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Accounts Receivable Department are struggling with how to streamline processes with payments arriving in different forms: Check, ACH, V-Card, and P-Card.
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custom promotional bagsGetting the name of your company to the wider public is going to be a great way to advertise yourself. By using promotional bags this is going to mean that your customers will not only have helped you by purchasing in your store but will be carrying your name and logo wherever they go.
Stores have always provided ways for the customer to get their purchases home but at one time they were the cheapest and basics ones that could be provided. A plain brown paper bag without a handle would be the staple at most stores but then the realisation dawned that if a good quality bag was provided and the name and address and possibly logo of the company was placed on it, customers could use the bag again and do some advertising for you.
Promotional bags can come in all shapes, sizes and colours. There are ones with handles and some that can be expanded by opening out the fold that is at the bottom. For additional strength there are separate panels that can be put there.
Due to the knowledge that the bags are going to be used again and again if they are of good enough quality, store owners are opting to purchase the better products realising the additional benefits that they will get out of the small cost they have to make for the purchase of the promotional bags. Paper ones are still available but now they are much more up market and often have the name and logo on them. They will at least be used on the day that the item is purchased, but often they will get regular outings by those who want to do their bit for the environment.
Plastic bags have been condemned in the past as they would take so long to break down and would be a blight for generations to come, but with advances in their manufacture they can now be recycled after their useful life is over. They are strong and often attractive, so will be used on a number of occasions before they are considered too damaged to keep using.
Paper and plastic bags are small and lightweight so particularly for small companies they will be easy to store if there is not a lot of spare space. They can be brought in large quantities if needed and this could bring down the price but for some styles as little as 3000 can be purchased at a time meaning that there is not going to be a large outlay.


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Dingling is the tomb of the tenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty and his two empresses. Its underground palace was the first of the underground structures excavated between 1956 and 1957.Dingling consists of five chambers, all built of stone. Its total area is 1,195 square metres. The Ante-chamber and the Central Chamber are 7.2 metres high each. Two Side Chambers are 7.1 meters high each. In the Central Chamber there are three thrones,. The Back Chamber, 9.5 metres high, is the place where the coffins are kept.The grave goods of Dingling number over 3,000 pieces in all, including gold, silver, pearls, jewels, jadeware, chinaware, lacquerware, silk goods.
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Orchid Ventures Announces Partnership with Eurox Pharma GmbH on Submission to German Authorities for Medical Device Approval
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / January 11, 2022 / Orchid Ventures, Inc. (the "Company" or "Orchid") (CSE:ORCD) (OTC PINK:ORVRF), a multi-state cannabis innovation company, today announced it has entered into an exclusive agreement with Eurox Pharma GmbH ("EUROX"), Germany based pharmaceutical company. Under the terms of the agreement, Eurox, PurTec, and JWEI, the Company's OEM supplier and partner, will submit one of PurTec's premium disposable vaporizer devices to authorities in Germany for Medical Device Approval. All three companies will be working in collaboration on several requirements and safety studies to prove the efficacy and safety of the device. The companies have already begun securing various certifications to speed up the approval process. Once the device is approved, Eurox will have exclusivity regarding sales and distribution of the PurTec product in the European Union, United Kingdom and Brazil.
The agreement marks PurTec's first project in Europe and Internationally.
"After months of planning and strategizing, we are pleased to announce our partnership with such an established group in Eurox." said Corey Mangold, Founder, CEO and Chairman of Orchid. "We're thrilled to join forces with Eurox and to be submitting one of our most stringently tested vaping products for Medical Device Approval with German health authorities. Once the product is accepted, this will be a huge step forward in our ability to deliver one of the first vaping products to patients and consumers in Germany along with several other European countries. We are confident that with the combined experience and expertise of Eurox and JWEI, we will succeed in getting approval and be among one of the first vaporizer products in-market and available to consumers throughout the EU."
"We are excited about this partnership. We believe that PurTec and JEWI will be valuable, long term partners that can help us expand access to relevant and exciting new products that will compliment our portfolio and advance our growth trajectory. Our objective is to deliver with liquid vaping a controlled and consistent therapy form to patients with need for inhaling in Europe and beyond," said Dr. Bernhard Babel, Co-CEO of Eurox Pharma GmbH.
ABOUT EUROX PHARMA GmbH
Eurox is a German-based, European vertically integrated medical cannabis company, with
German subsidiaries responsible for product development & drug development & holding Intellectual Property,
A cultivation facility in Portugal to secure supply independence,
GMP production in a German GMP manufacturing facility together with a German pharmaceutical partner,
A significant minority ownership in a UK registered medical cannabis clinic,
Strong distribution capabilities with its own sales team and various high caliber distribution partnerships in Germany, other European countries and Latam.
ABOUT ORCHID VENTURES
Orchid Ventures is a California-based cannabis innovation company that has developed a mass-market brand and loyal consumer following with its premium cannabis products and unique vape hardware delivery systems. Orchid also owns 100% of PurTec Delivery Systems, a company that produces, markets and sells clean vaporizer hardware that has been emissions tested against the most stringent standards in the world set forth by the EU and has unrivaled product quality and value pricing. Orchid's management brings significant branding, product development and distribution experience with a proven track record of scaling businesses and building sustainable revenue growth through value-generating partnerships and innovation that creates enterprise value. Learn more at https://purtecdesigns.com/
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS – ORCHID VENTURES, INC.
Corey Mangold
CEO and Chairman
The CSE does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Except for historical information contained herein, statements in this release may be forward-looking and made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "intend" and similar expressions, as they relate to Orchid Ventures, Inc. and Orchid Essentials any of its affiliates or subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company") or its management, identify forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the Company's business based, in part, on assumptions made by management. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may, and probably will, differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements due to numerous factors, including those described above and those risks discussed from time to time in the Company's Canadian securities regulatory filings with sedar.com, Factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include such factors as (i) the development and protection of our brands and other intellectual property, (ii) the need to raise capital to meet business requirements, (iii) significant fluctuations in marketing expenses, (iv) the ability to achieve and expand significant levels of revenues, or recognize net income, from the sale of our products and services, (v) the Company's ability to conduct the business if there are changes in laws, regulations, or government policies related to cannabis, (vi) management's ability to attract and maintain qualified personnel necessary for the development and commercialization of its planned products, and (vii) other information that may be detailed from time to time in the Company's Canadian securities regulatory filings with sedar.com. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
SOURCE: Orchid Ventures, Inc.
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Second season of Canada's Global T20 in Brampton
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Canada's Saad Bin Zafar was the star of the final match last year, scored an unbeaten 79 runs and grabbed two wickets. Pictures by Mahesh Abeyewardene
Organisers for Global T20 Canada have agreed to move the championship to a new Venue in the City of Brampton.
After completing its inaugural season in King's City in 2018, Bombay Sports Company Ltd formally Mercuri Canada, the league organisers evaluated the impact of hosting the event in a more central location and listened to the feedback of the cricket fans.
In collaboration with the City of Brampton and Mayor Patrick Brown the decision was taken to move the 2019 edition to west of Toronto and into the heart of the cricket loving community from July 25- August 11, 2019
Mayor Patrick Brown who was present at the conference delightedly said that,"I'm proud to say that Brampton is hosting the GT20 Cricket Tournament this year! As a healthy and safe city where cricket is especially popular, Brampton is an ideal location for this renowned event. We invite local, national and international audiences to attend what is sure to be a thrilling tournament this summer."
Brampton has a largely immigrant population; individuals who have played the game or casual fans. Weekly thousands of weekend warriors participate for local clubs across the city. The Brampton Etobicoke District League and others facilitate matches for thousands across the multiple venues.
Cheerleader at the Global T20 final in King City last year.
"We thank the Mayor for his vision and interest in having Brampton host GT20, said Karan Kohli, son of GT20 financer Gurmeet Singh Bhamrah. "To deliver this tournament to the city of Brampton and Canada as a whole will not only bring joy to the fans but opportunities for local businesses and vendors."
According to Mayor Brown, bringing GT20 to Brampton and furthering developing the fields in the City is delivering on a campaign promise.
"Brampton has the biggest cricket fans in Canada," Mayor Brown said. "Just a few weeks ago we saw the Indian Premier League finals and fans in Brampton stayed up to the early hours to watch the finals. That's how passionate our fans are."
Mayor Brown added, "The City of Brampton has committed to more cricket infrastructure development in the city, currently two existing venues are getting lights and we are in discussions on the feasibility of a multi purpose complex that includes a cricket stadium."
Chris Gayle signs autographs for fans.
While the exact location for the competition is still being finalized, Tournament Director Jason Harper used the opportunity to highlight the benefits the tournament brings to the city and inform the media about the global interest generated by the event.
"To date almost eleven hundred cricketers from across the globe have registered for our player draft, Harper said. This shows that Canada is a preferred location for the world's best players and is a sought-after destination."
Harper also announced the addition of a sixth unnamed franchise, replacing the Cricket West Indies B team that participated in 2018 and finished runners up.
In 2018, the Vancouver Knights led by West Indian icon Chris Gayle, defeated West Indies B in the final in front of a sold out crowd at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King's City.
GT20 also announced the launch of our name our mascot contest. This contest is open to the general public and will be on our social media and website until June 30th. The winner of our contest will receive a flight for 2 to Europe with a 3 night stay at a hotel on us.
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Lipase, more specifically pancreatic lipase, is an enzyme produced in the pancreas and is responsible for the digestion of fat molecules. It may be raised (hyperlipasemia) in numerous pancreatic, hepatobiliary and other diseases but is most commonly associated with acute pancreatitis.
Lipases catalyze the reaction of triglycerides into glycerol and fatty acid molecules. Production occurs in the acinar cells of the pancreas, lipase is stored in the zymogen granules before being released via the pancreatic duct and the ampulla into the duodenum where it begins to act on fats 1. Lipases are also produced and found in the stomach, duodenum and salivary glands, albeit in much smaller amounts.
It is also detectable in the serum at roughly 20,000 times less concentration than the pancreas, giving it great clinical use 1. The normal range of lipase varies with age and the analytical technique used in the laboratory, but is somewhere between 8-78 international units per liter (IU/L) 2.
A significant elevation is generally regarded as three times the upper limit of normal 2.
Lipase is the preferred enzyme to measure during acute pancreatitis and is regarded as being superior to amylase as it more sensitive and has a longer half-life 3. Although lipase is useful in diagnosing acute pancreatitis, levels do not correspond to the risk of complications or clinical severity 3.
A normal serum lipase has been described in acute pancreatitis but is extremely rare 4,5.


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New Study From India Points to Dangers From Forestry Sector Emissions Trading
Despite the Trump Administration's dedication to melting the planet, the rest of the world is gamely pushing ahead with implementing the Paris Accord, and that means programs like United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD+) and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The two are linked, because …
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New Addition to California's Infill Housing Bill Could Transform the State's Land Use
If there is one journalistic phrase I despise, it is "game-changer." Everything seems to be a game-changer, no matter how small. But amendments just approved by the California State Senate for SB 50, Scott Wiener's controversial bill upzoning lots near transit could be, well, a game-changer: On Wednesday, a key committee signed off on Senate …
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Why Is Los Angeles Embracing Stupid Growth?
Council Wants Hotels, But No Housing
Yesterday, I expressed wonder that the City of Los Angeles actually did planning right for a change. Obviously, I jinxed it. Reducing VMT, and thus carbon emissions, requires cities to plan and zone for affordable housing (whether defined as deed-restricted or simply at a reasonable market rate). But despite city leaders' claims of an affordable …
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Grandma Saves The City!
New Data Shows Hope For Affordable Housing In the Most Unlikely Place: Los Angeles
It's not often that you get some good planning news from Los Angeles, but at least if you believe the City's numbers, there are some. The Planning Department's latest housing numbers, from its year-end 2018 Quarterly Report, state that in light of SB 1069 (Wieckowski), which substantially liberalized the construction of Accessory Dwellling Units (ADUs), …
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Can Voter Registration Combat NIMBYism?
Homeless Voting Can Change the Urban Political Calculus
NIMBY land use politics stems from a classic political process failure: the people who would benefit from more housing do not yet live in the jurisdiction where it will be built — and for the most part, do not even know that they will be the ones who will live there. Thus, local officeholders have …
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Even Worse Than Duke
San Francisco Takes NIMBYism to a New Level
A few years ago, an episode of South Park saw Cartman attempting to rescue Kyle in San Francisco from a SMUG alert. It was, as it is so often, ahead of its time: The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously rejected a 63-unit apartment complex, including 15 below-market-rate units, because it would cast …
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Goodbye, Cleveland!
Newspaper Collapse Threatens The Environment: Universities Need To Fill The Gap
In 1970, Cleveland's Cuyahoga River famously caught fire. This past week, we have seen an even worse environmental disaster for the city: The Plain Dealer on Monday laid off 14 newsroom employees as part of a staff reduction first announced in December. The 14, most of them reporters and all members of Local 1 of …
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California Adopts New, Welcome Wetlands Protection Rules
State Fills Void Left By Trump Administration's Weakening of Federal Wetlands Standards
This week California's State Water Resources Control Board adopted important new rules to protect the state's remaining wetlands resources. Enacted after over a decade of Board hearings, workshops and deliberation, those rules are overdue, welcome and critically necessary. Their adoption is particularly timely now, given the Trump Administration's wholesale assault on and erosion of federal …
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Duke Sucks: The Legal Planet March Madness Special
Why Is The University Killing Light Rail In The Research Triangle?
Like most people of intelligence and character, when it comes to NCAA basketball, I despise the Duke Blue Devils. As the precocious son of a good friend notes, "you can't spell Blue Devil without evil." I acknowledge Mr. Mxyzptlk's Mike Krzyzewski's greatness as a basketball coach, but it's too much to put up with garbage quotations …
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Ray of Hope in Eastern Europe
Environmental Issues Help Foster Victory for Democratic Forces
The world got some very good news yesterday when political newcomer Zuzana Caputova, a political newcomer, won a smashing victory in Slovakia's President elections. Unlike the right-wing authoritarians like Hungary Viktor Orban and Poland's Law and Justice Party, which have dominated east European politics in recent years, Caputova, is a political liberal, strongly committed to …
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RB Kenyan Drake takes another jab at Michigan State
Alabama RB prospect Kenyan Drake (No. 17): Cedric Mason- Touchdown Alabama Magazine
It has been a tough time for Michigan State athletics, and one former Alabama player is loving every minute of it.
Crimson Tide star Kenyan Drake took to Twitter on Jan. 1, expressing his excitement after the team's 38-0 win over Michigan State in the Cotton Bowl back on Dec. 31, 2015.
Which was the worse flop? ??
— Kenyan Drake™ (@KDx17) January 1, 2016
Alabama's "roadrunner" had four carries for 60 yards in that match-up, yet saved his latest jab for the court. Spartans' head coach Tom Izzo and company entered Friday's meeting with No. 15-ranked Middle Tennessee State as a No. 2 seed.
Michigan State trailed the entire game and ultimately fell 90-81, making it one of the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament history to date.
Wait… Michigan State flopped again? ? y'all gotta chill with that
— Kenyan Drake™ (@KDx17) March 18, 2016
Whether it is the curse of playing Nick Saban or Drake's lust to attack Michigan State, the Spartans were bounced in the first round of the College Football Playoff and March Madness.
Stephen M. Smith is a senior analyst and columnist for Touchdown Alabama Magazine. You can "like" him on Facebook or "follow" him on Twitter, via @ESPN_Future.
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This is a difficult debate that I think many of us would wish it was not necessary to hold.
We have four wind-ups to come, including from the Chair of the Select Committee.
I will look forward to reading the proceedings in Hansard. Question put and agreed to.


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June 4, 2021 1:35 pm at 1:35 pm in reply to: COVID VACCINE FOR CHILDREN #1980294
This lack of truth in the world is so true! @kollelman can you please tell me where to look on the internet for the information about financial incentives from insurance companies? thank you
June 3, 2021 11:38 pm at 11:38 pm in reply to: COVID VACCINE FOR CHILDREN #1980193
It's not a trade-off between two risks. You could give your kids ivermectin. You could take it yourself. There are lots of things listed on the c19protocols website. In any case, how many cases of COVID do you know of currently? You could afford to wait a few months and see what information emerges. First it was the blood clots, then the myocarditis, now they're saying the spike proteins are potentially getting in the organs. Why can't people wait?
I spoke to 2 pediatricians. They both clearly did not research this vaccine at all. They did not even research covid. One told me so. The other it was obvious. This is not a time where the truth is known. The truth about these vaccines is slowly coming out, but it's still really not known unless you spend hours upon hours on it like I do. Its best to wait and be cautious because once you vaccinate you can never undo it.
checkout Dr Byram Bridle's interview about the covid vaccine with Alex pearson. you can google it
March 18, 2021 11:14 pm at 11:14 pm in reply to: DO YOU THINK PEOPLE READ THE VAX FACT SHEET? #1958777
I am in touch with Lakewood COVID activists. The 2 local Lakewood hospitals that people are taken to are not equipped to treat COVID properly (even Mr. Rechnitz wrote about the terrible situation in these hospitals in the AMI magazine). Additionally, doctors in Lakewood were (and possibly still are) telling people there is no treatment for COVID and therefore not treating it, or not treating it properly. COVID is very treatable even for high risk patients but it needs to be treated early (in most cases) and it needs to be treated CORRECTLY. My relative is now in the hospital with COVID in Lakewood. They are keeping them there for days on end with no improvement because the hospital is NOT treating it properly. THis is one of many stories that I and my friends have followed in Lakewood. My relative didn't even NEED TO BE in the hospital as they are young had they been given the RIGHT treatments. Call Somech for guidance if you need help in Lakewood.
MORE FACTS from the FACT SHEET that probably almost no one read:
"The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine has not undergone the same type of review as
an FDA-approved or cleared product. FDA may issue an EUA when certain criteria are
met, which includes that there are no adequate, approved, available alternatives"
This clearly explains why they said HCQ is dangerous when in fact is has been proven at this point beyond a shadow of doubt to save many lives (most of my community is treated this way and we have a very low mortality rate BH). This is also why they are not promoting vitamin D and ivermectin.
You know when people should consider taking an experimental new medical intervention? When they are deathly ill and have NO OTHER OPTIONS….
READ THE FACTS, DO YOUR RESEARCH!
March 18, 2021 6:35 pm at 6:35 pm in reply to: DO YOU THINK PEOPLE READ THE VAX FACT SHEET? #1958672
J & J is not mRNA but it is also a form of gene therapy… Did you know that?
You dont need an experimental vaccine if you take prophylaxis and treat early if you get covid. Look at FLCCC's website and VladimirZelenkoMD website for exact info.
Did you know this??
In terms of pregnancy, women have suffered miscarriage, fetal death or pre-term labor after vaccination. The vaccine has NOT completed pregnancy trials- they have only just started. As stated on Pfizer's website: " pregnant women were not enrolled in our trial, so available data on the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine administered to pregnant women are limited."
Since no one responded yet… I'll help people out…
The vaccine only has emergency use authorization, and the FDA itself has a nice sized list of possible adverse side effects. (As stated on Pfizer's fact sheet for recipients of the vaccine: "The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine is an unapproved vaccine that may prevent COVID-19. There is no FDA-approved vaccine to prevent COVID-19. The FDA has authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to prevent COVID-19 in individuals 16 years of age and older under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) ") The long term effects are unknown at this point, but there are many doctors warning about serious and potentially fatal effects down the road. From Pfizer's website: " We will track participants in our phase 3 clinical trial for the next two years following their second dose, in order to document the long-term effectiveness and safety of the vaccine." In addition it says there, " Serious and unexpected side effects may occur. Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine is still being studied in clinical trials."
March 1, 2021 12:06 am at 12:06 am in reply to: Vaccines and the Shidduch Crisis #1952909
Why take any risk — which are not slim at all — check out the over 14,000 adverse events on vaers — and why should I? There are much safer and more effective ways to prevent getting covid. The vaccine will need a booster in a short while and they are not even promising you won't catch or transmit covid. They are saying you may need another shot for variants. I'd rather take high levels of vitamin D and ivermectin. Who needs to take the risk? Ivermectin works for any virus – so variants don't matter. Every day I hear more stories of ppl who died shortly after taking the vaccine — sometimes from first hand sources. Why would I even take that chance – as slim as it may be?
February 28, 2021 11:20 pm at 11:20 pm in reply to: Vaccines and the Shidduch Crisis #1952885
I am not CV saying anything against Rav Chaim. I am telling you about the video that I saw. You have to ask a shayla correctly
Honestly, I heard enough first hand stories from the vax, that I feel very comfortable not taking the vaccine and waiting for more data while doing safer prophylaxis options right now… Each person has to make their own risk – benefit analysis
You can find out the truth about the vaccine on VAERS (CDC website) and also speak to the chevra kadisha in Israel….
@ujm — you are correct – there are gedolim on both sides. Even R Chaim Kanievsky has given a psak to vaccinate and NOT to depending on what he was told. I have a video where he was explained the possible risks of the COVID vaccine and he said NOT to. We are not living in regular times. The truth is very hidden and one narrative is being pushed very strongly and the people who appose that narrative are censored and silenced.
February 28, 2021 6:26 pm at 6:26 pm in reply to: Vaccines and the Shidduch Crisis #1952799
People who are pro-vax in general are saying they don't want to take a chance with this vaccine. All my kids are vaccinated as I am and I even took the flu vaccine one year. This is different… If you're afraid of getting covid, take ivermectin as a prophylactic. It works.
There are people who are saying they will not consider a shidduch with a boy or girl who took the new technology COVID-19 vaccine. Even if you totally don't agree with this, people should know that taking the vaccine may complicate shidduchim for them. It has not been proven to NOT affect fertility and there is reason to believe that it might affect them based on some anecdotal stories coming out so far. We don't have enough real life data about this yet…. Even if some doctors debunked the theory on paper… there's still ongoing trials with this vaccine… Isreal is the world's lab..
February 23, 2021 10:06 pm at 10:06 pm in reply to: DOES YWN MAKE MONEY FROM PROMOTING THE VACCINES?? #1951565
If they were trying to save lives they would promote much safer treatments and prevention options like vitamin D, HCQ, ivermectin. If every doctor would prescribe these medications and others medications like them that have been around for years and are well understood and tolerated, this pandemic could be over tomorrow. Nobody has to get COVID. There are safe prevention options.
February 7, 2021 8:03 pm at 8:03 pm in reply to: Problems with the Covid vaccinations #1946045
I am not an antivaxxer at all. Its easy to write off anyone against the vaccine as anti-vax and conspiracy theorist and therby dismiss any concern about this vaccine. However, the vaccine is not FDA approved and is unlike any other previous vaccine. The makers of the vaccine do not even claim that it will prevent you from getting covid, or help not spread it. THe only claim they make is that the symptoms will be less severe. (It is more like gene therapy administered in a shot). If you speak to people in EY who deal with helping treat people with COVID, they will tell you that many people have had serious side effects, lost babies, and died from the vaccine, but the information is being hidden from you as there was fake information about HCQ. R' Ovadya Yosef's son came out recently NOT to take it(after originally advocating to take it) stating it causes problems with the heart and doctors are not able to stabilize the patients after taking the shot and having issues. People are also testing positive for COVID after the vaccine as is the case of one of the gedolim who passed away last week and got COVID 10 days after the vaccine. People who are getting COVID -like symptoms after the vaccine are not responding well to the standard treatments for COVID. IF YOU CAN WAIT, DON'T take the vaccine until there is a lot more accurate data. I have access to a lot of data because I am in touch with people who help with covid in other countries on an almost daily basis, and I unfortunately hear a lot of sad stories. Most people do not have access to real data unless they really try to find it. So ITS BEST TO WAIT.


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Karamazov Brothers
Author(s): Fyodor Dostoevsky; A. D. P. Briggs (Introduction by); Keith Carabine (Contribution by); Constance Garnett (Translator)
Dostoevsky's last and greatest novel, The Karamazov Brothers (1880) is both a brilliantly told crime story and a passionate philosophical debate. The dissolute landowner Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov is murdered; his sons--the atheist intellectual Ivan, the hot-blooded Dmitry, and the saintly novice Alyosha--are all involved at some level. Brilliantly bound up with this psychological drama is Dostoevsky's intense and disturbing exploration of many deeply felt ideas about the existence of God, freedom of will, the collective nature of guilt, and the disastrous consequences of rationalism. Filled with eloquent voices, this new translation fully realizes the power and dramatic virtuosity of Dostoevsky's most brilliant work.
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Fábio M. Barreto is a communicator, writer and filmmaker specialized in culture. He acts as multimedia content creator, literary mentor and award winning writer from his base in Los Angeles, California. In 2017, he refocused his career to become a full-time film and TV director and writer.
Raised in the major Brazilian daily newsrooms, including O Estado de S.Paulo, Jornal da Tarde and spells with Época Magazine, Rolling Stone Brazil and Veja Online, and battle-tested as a Hollywood international stringer, Barreto has dedicated his 17 year old career to the entertainment and culture, which grants him the status of pop culture reference in Brazil even before it became pop. He has at the helm of specialized magazines, interviewed – and worked with – many major content creators of his time, such as James Cameron and J.J. Abrams, and is one of the few Brazilian professionals capable of easily navigating between film, literature and games, through his experience and understanding of the needs of such audiences.
Compulsive creator and writer by calling, Barreto is also a celebrated author – for "Filhos do Fim do Mundo", his award winning debut novel – and literary mentor to several young Brazilian authors. He writes fiction, terror and fantasy screenplays, short stories and novels for the competitive North-American market and has produced several short-films, TV commercials and educational videos.
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Upon completion of their basic education, the next step for young people in the Philippines (and elsewhere) is to choose a tertiary institution where they will spend the next four years or so to pursue the undergraduate degree they dream of completing. Given the chance, they would choose to enroll in one of the top 10, if not top 5, colleges or universities in the country…better yet, in the world. Making it to the premiere universities and colleges is the dream of majority of those graduating from high school (and their respective parents and guardians).
Parents, no matter how expensive, would try their best to send their children to the tertiary institutions who are tops in the ranking. Even for basic education they enroll their kids to the most reputable schools. They inculcate in the young minds of their children the need to strive harder than the others so they would graduate in high school at the top of their class with GWAs acceptable in the universities they are targeting. And their children follow them like good soldiers heeding the marching orders of their generals.
The foregoing is a manifestation of how society have embraced the idea that when students graduate from highly-ranked universities their success is guaranteed and their future bright. What could have permeated that notion are classified ads trumpeting that only graduates of "this and that" university may apply for certain job openings. Such hiring policy is "not giving priority to alumni of top-notch universities," but it is "giving ONLY them" the chance to fill up positions and vacancies in companies and organizations.
Business entities who implement the policy aforementioned cannot be faulted. It is a simple exercise of prerogative. If they want to hire only those who could present diplomas and transcript of records minted in their "preferred colleges and universities" there's nothing that anybody can do against that. They consider it their right to do so.
But is it so?
When reason is allowed to prevail, there are rights that supersede other rights. And in nations where, indeed, reason prevails, every individual has the right to equal employment opportunities. In the Philippines for instance, this is a right guaranteed by the constitution (1987 Philippine Constitution – Art. 13, Sec. 3)[1]. So, the policy of not allowing graduates of tertiary institutions not belonging to the "preferred list" to apply is not just discriminatory, it's also unconstitutional.
In the United States it is illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or generic information[2]. Discriminatory practices under Federal laws include employment decisions based on stereotypes or assumptions about abilities. [3] Employers thinking that graduates of university A is better than the graduates of university B is a form of stereotyping. It is an act of assuming that only those who graduate from university A have the potentials of contributing to the growth of a company or organization.
But why are graduates of low-ranking colleges and universities seemingly being looked down upon?
Are graduates of "whatever university" mere mortals and those who received their degrees from "supreme university" gods and goddesses? Would the latter become better persons and professionals after completing their training from their highly-ranked alma mater? Are the former just second best and meant to play second fiddle to the latter?
To say that graduates of top-ranked universities are better than those who received their diplomas from lesser-known schools is committing the fallacy of hasty generalization. Nobody can say which group is better. Graduating from a highly-ranked university doesn't make one a better person and professional than those who sweat it out in lesser-known schools.
Employers need to observe the "principle of fair judging." Applications should be judged on their merits. The evaluation of the applicant should be in accord with the duties of the position; for example, for the job opening of choir director, the evaluation may judge applicants based on musical knowledge rather than arbitrary criterion such as hair color. [4]
"Education," as Horace Mann puts it, "is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery." The education offered by the universities provides "fair access to qualifications" [5] intended to put applicants in equal footing before competition (for the job) begins. So, making a decision to hire based on "from-what-university" an applicant graduated is against equality of opportunity.
Graduates of the best colleges and universities already have the best things in life. That's the reason they could afford to pay exorbitant tuition fees and the high cost of board and lodging in cities. The ones studying in lower-ranked schools, especially those located in provinces, belong to indigent families pinning their hopes for a better life through education.
Those who have less in life need to be given a chance, at least an equal opportunity for employment.
At the vantage point of an employer, applicants for a job need to be evaluated using objective measures. The decision to hire should not be based on from what college or university they graduated.
This is not asking that graduates of lesser-known schools be given priority. Let the applicants, wherever they graduated, undergo the hiring process.
They must be asked to submit their resume and the corresponding documents and attachment. These papers, in one way or another, will reveal things about the applicants that will inform decisions to hire or not.
The next steps would involve interview (or a series of interviews) and battery of tests. These parts of the hiring process will gradually show who's who among the applicants.
What could be considered as the best part of the process is the demonstration of skills. The applicants need to actually show their repertoire of skills related to the job they are applying for.
The decision to hire must be based objectively on the over-all results. The alma mater of the applicants should not be factored. This way, the applicants are given equal employment opportunity.
Companies and organizations limiting their choices to graduates of top universities are also limiting their chances of possibly getting the best applicants. One thing certain, there are brilliant young people sharpening their minds and honing their skills in lesser-known colleges and universities outside of the urban areas or big cities.
They are diamonds in the rough waiting to be mined and polished.
[1] http://www.gov.ph/constitutions
[2] http://www.natlawreview.com/author/us-equal-employment-opportunity-commission
[3] https://www.eeoc.gov/facts/qanda.html
[4] Richard Arneson (Aug 29, 2008). "Equality of Opportunity". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
[5] Mark Bevir (editor) (2010), Encyclopedia of Political Theory, SAGE Publications.