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Taking London to the World: Robert Paul Shows His Native City in Motion (2019)
Second in a series of three lectures in which Professor Ian Christie explores key moments in the portrayal of London in cinema over the past century, and what these portrayals may mean locally and...
Dawson City: Frozen Time (2019)
Named as one of the best films of 2017 by more than 100 critics worldwide, this film tells the true story of a long-lost collection of over 500 nitrate film prints dating from the early 1900s found buried in...
Accountant of Auschwitz, The (2019)
Matthew Shoychet
German studies; History; Law
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Documentary about 94-year-old former German SS officer Oskar Gröning, nicknamed "The Accountant of Auschwitz", who goes on trial in his home country, charged with complicity in the murder of 300,000 Jews at...
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"Blenheim" apricots require 400 chilling hours before they produce fruit.
Not only do "Blenheim" apricot trees (Prunus armeniaca "Blenheim") produce large, sweet fruit suitable for fresh eating, drying and canning, they also add interest to the landscape with their small, rounded habit and sweet smelling, early-spring blossoms. Hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 5 through 9, "Blenheim" apricots grow best in full sunlight and fast-draining, loamy soils. They require a spacing of 15 to 20 feet from other trees and permanent structures.
Pull any weeds growing underneath the apricot tree's canopy. Remove any debris such as rocks and twigs. Spread a 1- to 2-inch layer of mulch over the cleared area with a rake. Keep the mulch 6 inches away from the tree's trunk.
Water apricot trees once per week during periods of little to no rainfall and when temperatures reach 90 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. Flood the area underneath the canopy with water from a garden hose.
Increase supplemental watering to two to three times per week when blossoms appear on the tree. Water the soil deeply with a garden hose. Keep the soil evenly moist but never soggy. Never allow standing water to develop on the soil's surface. Continue this schedule until the fruit harvest is complete.
Fertilize the tree once per year in the early spring just prior to bud break, beginning the second year after planting. Measure the diameter of the trunk at 12 inches above ground level with a tape measure. Round the measurement to the nearest inch. Apply 1 pound of 10-15-15 nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium slow-release fertilizer for every inch of diameter. For example, if the trunk's diameter equals 2 inches, you would apply 2 pounds of fertilizer. Broadcast the fertilizer in a band around the tree that begins 12 inches away from the trunk and extends 12 inches past the canopy. Rake the fertilizer into the top 3 inches of soil. Water the area thoroughly.
Prune the tree in the summer after the harvest. Remove any old, dead, diseased or broken branches. Cut the branch 1/4 inch above an outward facing lateral branch, growth node or trunk. Use pruning shears to cut through branches less than 1/2 inch in diameter, loppers for diameters of 1/2 to 1 1/2 inches and a pruning saw for diameters greater than 1 1/2 inches. Remove any branches that cross or rub against others.
Whitewash the tree's bark in the late fall or early winter when all the leaves drop to protect it from sunburn. Pour one part white latex paint and one part water into a bucket. Stir the liquids together with a stick. Paint a thin coat of the mixture onto the bark. Let the first coat sit for at least one hour to dry. Brush on a second coat.
Westover, Jessica. "How to Grow Blenheim Apricot Trees." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/grow-blenheim-apricot-trees-54910.html. Accessed 24 April 2019.


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The Second-Richest Duck  is een stripverhaal van Carl Barks uit 1956, met Dagobert Duck en zijn familie in de hoofdrol. Het is het eerste verhaal waarin Govert Goudglans een rol heeft. In het Nederlands is het vertaald als De kluwen van hebzucht.

In het Nederlands is het verhaal onder andere verschenen in album nr. 90 van De beste verhalen van Donald Duck

Verhaal

Op een dag leest Dagobert in de krant een bericht over een magnaat in Transvaal, die dankzij zijn exploitatie van de mijnen de nieuwe rijkste eend ter wereld zou zijn. Ontzet omdat hij van de troon lijkt gestoten, besluit Dagobert samen met Donald Duck en Kwik, Kwek en Kwak af te reizen naar Zuid-Afrika om met deze man persoonlijk kennis te maken. Aan boord van het schip waarop ze reizen komen ze een vreemde eend tegen, bij wie Dagobert per ongeluk wat van een kluwen garen – een van de dingen die hij graag verzamelt als onderdeel van zijn vermogen – afneemt.

De eend in Transvaal blijkt Govert Goudglans te zijn, het is dezelfde die ze al op het schip tegenkwamen. Goudglans' geldpakhuis lijkt erg op dat van Dagobert, inclusief een kanon voor ongewenste bezoekers. Nadat Dagobert en Goudglans al hun bezittingen hebben opgesomd, lijkt het erop dat ze exact even rijk zijn. Om het pleit toch te beslechten besluiten ze na te gaan wie van hen de meeste kluwen garen verzameld heeft. Om hierachter te komen wikkelen ze elk hun kluwen volledig af, dwars door het Zuid-Afrikaanse landschap. Tijdens deze tocht komen ze in enkele gevaarlijke, soms levensbedreigende situaties terecht. Omdat Goudglans het gebied beter kent dan Dagobert, verzint hij enkele gemene trucjes om Dagobert snel een hoop van zijn garen te laten verliezen. Goudglans raakt zelf echter ook bijna al zijn garen kwijt, als zijn kluwen op de hoorn van een neushoorn blijft vastzitten waarna een vogel erin verstrikt en bijna alles afwikkelt.

Uiteindelijk blijken de helemaal uitgerolde draden van Dagobert en Goudglans precies even lang. Dagobert wint echter alsnog dankzij een klein stukje draad in zijn broekzak, waaraan zijn geluksdubbeltje – dat hij altijd bij zich draagt – vastzit.

Externe links
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Stripverhaal uit 1956
Werk van Carl Barks
Donald Duck (stripreeks)

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Name: George Gordon
Birth: 1430 in Huntly, Scotland 1 2 b
Death: 8 Jun 1501 in Stirling, Scotland c
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Alexander Seton: Birth: Abt 1410 in Huntly, Strathbogie, Aberdeen, Scotland. Death: 15 Jul 1470 in Huntly, Strathbogie, Aberdeen, Scotland
Elizabeth Crichton: Birth: Abt 1410 in Crichton, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Death: 9 Jun 1479
Married: Elizabeth Dunbar on 20 May 1445 at (Forced Marriage Contract).1 2 3
Elizabeth Dunbar: Birth: Abt 1436 in Moray, Inverness-Shire, Scotland. Death: 1485 in Luss, Dumbartonshire, Scotland
Married: Annabella Stuart on 10 Mar 1459.1 2 4
Annabella Stuart: Birth: Abt 1432 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.
Janet Gordon: Birth: 0002. Death: Bef Feb 1559
Alexander Gordon: Birth: Abt 1442 in Mygmar Or Midmar, Aberdeenshire, Scot. Death: 1524 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Adam Gordon, Earl Of Sutherland: Birth: Abt 1452 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Death: 17 Mar 1538
Isabel Gordon: Birth: 1453 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
William Gordon: Birth: Abt 1455 in Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
James Gordon: Birth: Abt 1456 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Mary Gordon: Birth: Abt 1478.
Married: Elizabeth Hay on 18 Aug 1471 at Fyvie, Aberdeen, Scotland.1 2
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Elizabeth Gordon: Birth: Abt 1462 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Death: Aft 22 Apr 1525
Agnes Gordon: Birth: Abt 1472.
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2. Title: GEDCOM file submitted by Cathy Ann Abernathy, Rootsweb.com / weavercat@gmail.com. Created on 17 AUG 2009. Imported on 23 Sep 2009.
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Note: RESEARCH NOTES: 2nd Earl of Huntley, of Earldom cr 1444 or 1445 [Ref: CP VI p676] 2nd Earl of Huntly [Ref: Roberts RD600 p102] 2nd Earl of Huntley [Ref: CP III p513] Earl of Huntley [Ref: CP II p238] 2nd Earl of Huntly; m. Annabella Stewart; father of Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly. [Royal Descents, p. 71] The king needed a strong personality to restore order and give help to the tenantry. The task was entrusted to George Gordon, 2nd earl of Huntly, at that time the most powerful and influential figure in the NE. He leased the lands in Glen Urguhart to Sir Duncan Grant of Freuchie. [Urquhart Castle, p. 16] Descendant of David I, King of Scotland, and of Gilbert de Clare and Richard de Clare, both Sureties for the Magna Charta; m. Princess Annabella, dau. of James I, King of Scotland; father of Adam Gordon (2nd son) who m. Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland. [Magna Charta Barons, p. 322] --------------------------- EARLDOM OF HUNTLY II.2. GEORGE (GORDON), EARL OF HUNTLY [SCT], 2nd son, being the 1st son by 2nd wife, succeeded as such, to the Earldom [S], 15 July 1470. Knighted before 20 May 1455. He was P.C. [SCT], justiciary north of the Forth 1479, Lieutenant north of the Esk 1491, and Lord High Chancellor [SCT] 1498-1501. He married, 1stly, Elizabeth, widow of Archibald (DOUGLAS), EARL OF MORAY [SCT], younger daughter and coheir of James (DUNBAR), EARL OF MORAY [SCT], by whom he seems to have had no issue, and the marriage was dissolved before March 1459/60. He married, 2ndly, shortly before 10 March 1459/60, the Princess Annabel, divorced wife (1458) of Louis, COUNT OF GENEVA (son of Louis, Duke of Savoy), and daughter of King JAMES I [SCT], by Joan, daughter of John (BEAUFORT), EARL OF SOMERSET. They were divorced 24 July 1471. He married, 3rdly (banns at Fyvie 11, and 18 August 1471), Elizabeth, daughter of William (HAY), 1st EARL of ERROLL [S.], by Beatrice, daughter of James, [DOUGLAS), 7th EARL OF DOUGLAS [SCT]. He died about 8 June 1501, at Stirling, and was buried at Cambuskenncth. His widow married, as his 4th wife, Andrew, 2nd LORD GRAY [SCT], who died February 1513/4. She was living 27 June 1509. [CP 6:676-7] ---------------- George (Gordon), Earl of Huntly [S.], 2nd s.,(e676) being the 1st s. [of Alexander (Seton/Gordon) Earl of Huntly] by 2nd wife [Elizabeth Chrichton], suc. as such, to the Earldom [S.], 15 July 1470. Knighted before 20 May 1455. He was P.C.* [S.], Justiciary north of the Forth 1479, Lieut. north of the Esk 1491, and Lord High Chancellor [S.], 1498-1501. He m., 1stly, Elizabeth, widow of Archibald (Douglas), Earl of Moray [S.], yr. da. and coh. of James (Dunbar), Earl of Moray [S.], by whom he seems to have had no issue, and the marriage was dissolved before Mar. 1459/60.(f676) He m., 2ndly, shortly before 10 Mar. 1459/60, the Princess Annabel, divorce wife (1458) of Louis, Count of Geneva (son of Louis, Duke of Savoy), and da. of King James I [S.], by Joan, da. of John (Beaufort), Earl of Somerset. They were divorced 24 July 1471.(a677) He m. 3rdly (banns at Fyvie, 4, 11, and 18 Aug. 1471(b677)), Elizabeth, da. of William (Hay), 1st Earl of Erroll [S.], by Beatrice, da. of James (Douglas), 7th Earl of Douglas [S.]. He d. about 8 June 1501, at Stirling, and was bur. at Cambuskenneth.(c677) His widow m., as his 4th wife, Andrew, 2nd Lord Gray [S.],(d677) who d. Feb. 1513/4. She was living 27 June 1509. (e676) The eldest son and heir of the 1st Earl (by his 1st wife) was Sir Alexander Seton, who inherited his mother's estates and was ancestor of the family of Seton of Touch, his descendants retaining their paternal name. On him and his issue appears to have devolved any right to the Barony of Gordon [@.]. See ante, sub Gordon. (f676) Contract 20 May 1455 (19 days after her husband's death). See _Scots Peerage_, iv, 528, from which it appears that the marriage did take place. See, however, Riddell**, pp. 526-528, as also A. Sinclair's _Earldom of March_ in the _Her. and Gen._, vol. vi, pp. 289-311. It appears that the "carnal copulation" had with this Countess Elizabeth was ground of the divorce of the 2nd wife, Princess Annabel, from this uxurious Earl. She finally was m. to Sir John Colquhoun of Luss, and died before Mar. 1494. (_Scots Peerage_, iv, 528). (a677) _Scots Peerage_, iv, 529. See as to his divorce Sinclair's article on "_Filii carnales_" in the _Her. and Gen._, vol. vi, pp. 595, 597.. (b677) Not 1476. See _Scots Peerage_, iv, 529. (c677) Catherine, his eldest da., was m., by order of James IV, in 1496, to Perkin Warbeck, the Pretender to the Kingdom of England. (d) _Acta Dom. Conslii_, xxix, ff. 38, 39. He had contracted to her as far back as 1457 (_Scots Peerage_, iv, 276). [Ref: CP VI:676-7] *Privy Councillor ** Riddell, John _ The Law and Practice in Scottish Peerage_, 2 vols., 8vo., 1842.
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My boyfriend and I will be travelling from Berlin to Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland in October. I have been trying my hardest to figure out the cost of the toll roads, but as I don't have a great understanding of how their toll roads work, I'm having trouble figuring it out. We will be entering onto A4 at the interchange Krzyżowa and will be exiting at what I'm assuming is Jeleń. We will be travelling in a 4-door car. Just wondering if anyone has any information on the tolls roads and approximate cost as I know it's per kilometre. Thank you!
If you're using the A4 there are two toll sections: Bielany Wrocławskie (PPO Karwiany) to Sośnica (PPO Żernica) and Murckowska to Balice.
You'll cover the first segment in its entirety paying 16,20 zł and then another 10 zł from Murckowska to Jelen, which totals around 6 € or 7.25 $. which is around 3,80 € or 4.50 $. If you take the exit at Myslowice (versus Jelen which is the default suggestion on Google Maps) you don't pay for the second segment. Distance and travel time are basically the same (within a couple of minutes).
If you want to avoid the tolls altogether this should be the route, setting you back an additional 1 1/2 hours according to Google Maps.
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Penelope Mary "Penny" Mordaunt FRSA is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party
In this Blog Read all about Penny Mordaunt Family, Net Worth, Parents, Husband, Biography, Partner, Wiki.Penny Mordaunt is a politician from the United Kingdom. She is a Conservative Party member who has served as MP for Portsmouth North since 2010 and as Minister of State for Trade Policy since 2021.
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From India to Latin America, efforts are being made to reduce the rise and spread of antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
In Tanzania, trained drug dispensers in more than 12,000 shops are changing how antibiotics are prescribed.
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria currently kill 700,000 people a year, and the number could rise if the problem is not addressed. Innovation is vital to address the overuse and inappropriate use of antibiotics in human and animal health, which drives the rise and spread of resistance.
Ahead of a second global conference co-hosted by Wellcome, to galvanise pioneering action to stop the rise and spread of superbugs, we're highlighting four great examples of initiatives in this area.
Some of the most inspiring are happening in lower and middle-income countries, where the problem is greatest, and show the importance of good ideas, collaboration, and the will to intervene and implement.
Public funding and innovative start-ups are speeding up the development of antibiotics in India.
The pace at which new antibiotics are developed and approved globally has dropped dramatically over the past 30 years. Even today, with the growing sense of a looming crisis, there aren't many new treatments being developed.
But in India, new ways to provide public funding, coupled with innovative start-ups, may help to change that.
The Indian government has invested in technology campuses called incubators, which provide companies with state-of-the-art equipment and facilities. These incubators help to speed up the development of new antibiotics, increasing the chances of treatments becoming available for patients worldwide.
One of these companies is Bugworks, a small start-up in Bangalore that's at the cutting edge of antibiotic development. Early support from the Indian government helped Bugworks secure funding from the international antibiotic R&D partnership, CARB-X, and one of the antibiotics that it's developing is currently in Phase 2 clinical trials.
An innovative national network is transforming how antibiotics are dispensed.
People in rural Tanzania often have to travel long distances to access the country's healthcare system. So in the past, they would usually buy antibiotics from unregulated local shops. They had scant awareness of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria, and little was being done to prevent superbugs spreading.
That was until the government of Tanzania, its Pharmacy Council and international non-governmental organisation Management Sciences for Health changed how antibiotics are dispensed. They set up a national network of accredited drug dispensing outlets, known as ADDOs.
Trained drug dispensers now work in more than 12,000 of these shops across Tanzania to sell appropriate antibiotics, educate people and reduce the incidence of drug-resistant infections across the country. This pioneering initiative is being extended to other countries in Africa and beyond.
Hospital pharmacists have taken the lead on antibiotic stewardship – with dramatic results.
While plenty of guidelines exist to prevent the spread of antibiotic-resistant superbugs in hospitals, they are often not implemented.
In South Africa, a pilot project to improve this was started in the emergency wards of a single private hospital in Johannesburg, run by health provider Netcare.
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In Colombia, a team of research scientists are working to reduce the levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the country's poultry and livestock.
Chickens, pigs and other farm animals are often fed antibiotics, driving the evolution of resistant superbugs. Colombia has had no way of knowing the extent of the problem.
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Please turn to number 86 and join with the clarinets in "O Come and Mourn with Me".
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First Line: O Come and Mourn With Me
Name: ST. CROSS
Meter: L.M.
Tempo: Slowly
Music: John Bacchus Dykes, 1823-76
Text: Frederick William Faber, 1814-63
Clarinet Arrangement: 086-OComeAndMournWithMe
I really like this hymn.
However, regarding Mr Dykes, while popular in Victorian times, his tunes fell out of favor in the 20th Century.
Whereas the proliferation of Dykes's tunes in hymnals published throughout the nineteenth century, together with some surviving correspondence by hymnal compilers and by clergymen, in the UK and overseas (including the US and Nyasaland (now Malawi)), show that his compositions were highly regarded, the end of his century brought a widespread reaction against much of the Victorian aesthetic, and Dykes's music did not escape a censure which was often vituperative. In particular, his music was condemned for its alleged over-chromaticism (even though some 92% of his hymn tunes are either entirely, or almost entirely diatonic) [34] and for its imputed sentimentality. (Speaking of Victorian hymn-tunes generally, but evidently with Dykes in his sights [35] Vaughan Williams wrote of 'the miasma of the languishing and sentimental hymn tunes which so often disfigure our services' [36]) Whereas it is indeed reasonable to characterise his music as often being sentimental, his critics never paused to explain why nineteenth century church services, which were replete with sentimental imagery, prose and choreography, should not be accompanied by music of a like kind. Nor did they explain why sentimentality per se is a bad thing, nor why music invariably improves in inverse proportion to its sentimental content. As one writer put it, in a wider consideration of the subject: "Something is wrong with sentimentality: the only question is, What is it?" [37] As for Dykes's harmonies generally (of which the twentieth century writers Erik Routley and Kenneth Long were outspoken in their disparagement), scholars in recent years have questioned the twentieth century orthodoxy which condemned Dykes's music out of hand, with Professors Arthur Hutchings, Nicholas Temperley and (especially) Jeremy Dibble seeing the importance of Dykes's pioneering work in moving hymn-tunes from the bland and four-square long metre tunes which had been the staple of Tate and Brady's New Version of the Psalms.
And regarding the author of this hymn, which is nothing if not sentimental…
Frederick William Faber was born in 1814 at Calverley, then within the Parish of Calverley in the West Riding of Yorkshire,[1] where his grandfather, Thomas Faber, was the vicar. His father served the local bishop of the Church of England as his secretary.[2]
Faber attended grammar school at Bishop Auckland in County Durham for a short time, but a large portion of his boyhood was spent in Westmorland. He afterwards attended the Harrow School for five years, followed by enrollment in 1832 at Balliol College at the University of Oxford. In 1834, he obtained a scholarship at the University College, from which he graduated. In 1836 he won the Newdigate Prize for a poem on "The Knights of St John," which elicited special praise from John Keble. Among his college friends were Arthur Penrhyn Stanley and Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne. After graduation he was elected a fellow of the college.
Faber's family was of Huguenot descent, and Calvinist beliefs were strongly held by them. When Faber had come to Oxford, he was exposed to the Anglo-Catholic preaching of the Oxford Movement which was beginning to develop in the Church of England. One of its most prominent proponents was the popular preacher John Henry Newman, vicar of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin. Faber struggled with these divergent forms of Christian beliefs and life. In order to relieve his tension, he would take long vacations in the Lake District, where he would write poetry. There he was befriended by another poet, William Wordsworth. He finally abandoned the Calvinistic views of his youth and became an enthusiastic follower of Newman.[2][3]
O come and mourn with me awhile; O come ye to the Savior's side; O come, together let us mourn: Jesus, our Lord, is crucified.
Have we no tears to shed for him, While soldiers scoff and foes deride? Ah! Look how patiently he hangs: Jesus, our Lord, is crucified.
Seven times he spake, seven words of love; And all three hours his silence cried For mercy on the souls of men: Jesus, our Lord, is crucified.
O love of God, O sin of man! In this dread act your strength is tried, And victory remains with love: For he, our Love, is crucified!
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James S. Smith
Sunday, April 12, 2009 12:00am
James "Jim" Stafford Smith died Easter Sunday, April 12, 2009 in Langley.
In Jim's final hours, he was surrounded by family in his own home.
Jim was born February 10, 1943 in Philadelphia, Pa. to Genevieve and John Smith. Jim graduated from Natrona County High School in Casper, Wyo. After attending Casper College, he graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1968.
Jim put his degree in civil engineering to work and moved to the Pacific Northwest to join Boeing. After several years in construction work, he and his wife started a general contracting business, J&L Builders.
While at the University of Wyoming, Jim met Laurie Jane Fossey.
They married June 7, 1967. Their son Michael arrived in 1968 and daughter Jeanne in 1970. In 1975, Jim moved his family to Langley on Whidbey Island.
Jim loved the quiet, laid-back life of Whidbey and spent many years building homes, public service buildings and centers, and remodeling businesses and projects. In his spare time and retirement, Jim spent many hours salmon fishing, golfing, traveling by motor home, assembling puzzles and restoring old Chevrolet cars. Jim enjoyed many longtime friendships, from school days to his friends he cherished around Whidbey.
Jim was a lifelong member of the Roman Catholic Church, a member of the Eagles Aerie No. 3418 and a son of the American Legion Post No. 141.
He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Laurie Smith of Langley; his daughter Jeanne Carty, husband Shawn and granddaughter Sarah of Bellevue, Idaho; his daughter-in-law DeeAnna Smith and grandchildren Kayla Lawson, Kassie Lawson, Katie Smith and Kurtis Smith of Coupeville.
The family is deeply grateful to the staff and healthcare providers at Providence Cancer Care Alliance and Whidbey Home Health and Hospice.
Jim was preceded in death by his son Michael Smith in September 2007.
A memorial mass was celebrated on Saturday, April 18, at St. Hubert Catholic Church in Langley, with the Rev. Rick Spicer as celebrant. Burial followed at Langley Cemetery.
The family suggests memorials may be made to the following organizations: Good Cheer Food Bank and Thrift Shop (goodcheer.org), or Habitat for Humanity (habitat.org/donation) or the Everett Gospel Mission (egmission.org).
Arrangements are with the assistance of Whidbey Memorial Funeral and Cremation Service, Inc., 746 NE Midway Blvd.,
Oak Harbor 98277.
Family and friends are encouraged to sign the online guest register by going to www.whidbeymemorial.com.
Myrtle Francis Smith
Walker B. Elder
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import { Component } from "@angular/core";
import { ArrayCollection } from "jigsaw/public_api";
import {AsyncDescription} from "../../../template/demo-template/demo-template";

@Component({
    selector: "radio-object",
    templateUrl: "./demo.component.html",
})

export class RadioDataIsObjectComponent extends AsyncDescription {
    public demoPath = "demo/radio/object";

    public selectedCity = { name: "北京" };
    public cities = [
        { name: "北京", id: "1" },
        { name: "上海", id: "2" },
        { name: "南京", id: "3" },
        { name: "深圳", id: "4" },
        { name: "长沙", id: "5" },
        { name: "西安", id: "6" }
    ];
    public selectedProduct = { pro_name: "魅族", pro_type: "255" };
    public products = new ArrayCollection([
        { pro_name: "诺基亚", pro_type: "910" },
        { pro_name: "苹果", pro_type: "110" },
        { pro_name: "魅族", pro_type: "255" },
    ]);
    public radioChange(message: any) {
        console.log(`switch message is: ${message.name}`);
    }
    public radioChange2(message: any) {
        console.log(`switch message is: ${message.pro_name}`);
    }
}

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Q: Selenium Challenge - URL Independently Changing Working on a little project to automate reservations since it's impossible to get tables in NYC. I'm slowly picking up my rusty Python knowledge and met a speed bump.
I want the page to load for a date 2 weeks out from today, so I set a variable to get that date in the proper format
I then inserted this date into the URL, however, when I run the code, the URL that comes up has today's date, not the date 2 weeks from now. Even though I confirmed that the variable has the proper date.
Does anybody have thoughts on how to address this?
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
import datetime

ResDate = datetime.date.fromordinal(datetime.date.today().toordinal()+14).strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
print(ResDate)

URL = "https://resy.com/cities/ny/lartusi-ny?date={ResDate}&seats=2"

timeout = 30
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get(URL)

A: Try this modified code:
ResDate = datetime.date.fromordinal(datetime.date.today().toordinal()+13).strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
print(ResDate)

url = "https://resy.com/cities/ny/lartusi-ny?date={}&seats=2".format(ResDate)
print(url)

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Toni Kroos Net worth: Recent contract, total salary, car & houses
April 24, 2019 By Bertie Highmore Leave a Comment
Toni Kroos is one of the top ten highest paid footballer in La Liga competition. He represents German national team who playing for Spanish giant Real Madrid. He joined the side in 2014 for a €30 million transfer clause. From then he considered as one of the most expensive player in the world. At present he has been paid above $7.3 million annually along with $490,286 bonus amount. The estimated net worth considered of the year around $29.4 million. This season he signed an extended contract with the side for a $22.2 million. By the state of the contract he will link with the side till 2020. This season has spent a profitable for the midfielder.
Toni Kroos Net worth
Net worth: $29.4 million
Weekly wages: $150,000
Net Salary: $7,354,286
Bonuses: $490,286
Total annual Salary: $7,844,571
Total income: $22.2 million
Market Value: $51.4 million
Though the season proved lucrative for the midfielder, the previous salary was not so good. It was a rough year for the the German man. He able to make only $6.8 million worth of the year. The total annual salary of the year recognized $6.8 million including $194,519 amount of bonus. But surprisingly the worth of 2014 was $8.7 million where the salary was $4.8 million. But this he again return on truck. And the estimated worth of the season embarked of $8.7 million.
Net Worth and Salary statistics:
Year Annual Salary Net worth
2016 $7.8 million $29.4 million
2015 $6.8 million $6.8 million
House and properties: Toni Kroos has a vastest mansion in Spain. His elegant Spain villa price is about $1.1 million. The house consisting a gorgeous Swimming Pool, Sauna. You will be surprised to know the house holding a football field, gaming room and a sports room. It has also a home office to hold any kind of meeting and conference. It is one of the most expensive house at all. Besides of the house he also the owns of several assets and lands in other place. The millionaire have also bank balance and some other properties his own name.
Cars collection: Toni holding a branded car which model Audi A7. The silver color car is looking fantastic and the value of the car embarked as $95. With his car and properties he considered as one of the top most richest player in the world.
Apart of the fixed properties the German footballer owes related with some smart stock investments. He has also linked with the lucrative endorsement deals with Cover Girl cosmetics. He became the master of several restaurants "Fat Kroos Burger" chain which situated in Berlin. He ows of own brand vodka named Pure Wonderkroos. From theses source he earns a lot in every year. He considers a top-selling perfume named With Love from Toni. The Madrid midfielder holding the top brand fashion line of Toni Kroos Seduction.
However, he started his career in 2006. He joined the Bayern Munich in 2010. The midfielder become an integral footballer of the club who grabbed the three straight huzza prize in 2012-2013 season. With the club he has been paid about $65,000 per week. Bayern paid him around $6,45,000 a year. Then his market value reaches to $35 million and the Man United club wanted to buy him. But finally the La Liga giant chase him in 2014.
Bertie Highmore
Joined in Sports Maza team few month back, as a proofreader to maintain it's news quality. Besides monitoring journalists performance, publishing very up to date sports info for the audiences.
Filed Under: Football, Money


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Bally's Merger with Scientific Games is GTECH-IGT's Evil Twin
BY Rafi Farber ON September 23, 2014
TAGs: bally technologies, Editorial, GTech, IGT, Rafi Farber, Scientific Games
When I think of the recent merger between Bally Technologies (BYI) and Scientific Games (SGMS), my mind gets caught in the Kurt Vonnegut novel, Jailbird. The story features the RAMJAC corporation, a fictional enormous super conglomerate that pretty much owns the entire planet, and its controlling shareholder turns out to be a crazy bag lady named Mary Kathleen O'Looney. I read this before I understood the impossibility of superconglomerates owning more than 50% of any one industry let alone the planet at any one time due to economic calculational chaos, so it made a scary impression on me as if it could actually happen.
The Bally-Scientific Games merger isn't on a planetary scale like RAMJAC, but it does seem to be full of Vonnegutian black humor. Behind all the fluffy positive language of the press releases announcing this merger, a cursory look at the bottom lines and balance sheets of both companies betrays that this will most likely be a disaster. It makes me wonder if the whole deal was indeed initiated by a bag lady.
The two companies claim the deal will help both of them through "$220 million of cost synergies and $25 million of capital-expenditure savings through consolidating operations and creating efficiencies across a range of activities."
Yeah OK. So that's $245M in savings a year? Let's give them $250M and see where it gets them. In the last four quarters Scientific Games has lost $121.4M. If you include a tax credit of $129M in Q4 2013, the loss balloons to $250M. So at the current rate that Scientific is hemorrhaging and everything else being equal, the new "cost synergies" will have them at break even, plus Bally's earnings of close to $100M. But everything else is never equal.
The deal altogether is $5.1B consisting entirely of debt. $3.45B will be borrowed from various credit facilities in a deal with all the megabanks (JPMorgan, Bank of America, Deutsch Bank), Scientific will then take on the remainder of Bally's debt valued at $1.92B in addition to its own debt of $3.2B which will the total debt of the merged Scientific Bally to a huge $8.6B with a combined market cap of something like $4B at current stock prices. That puts debt to equity at over 200% for the merged company.
In addition to the cost synergies of $250M that this merger will help create, Scientific Games will be paying Bally's debt service costs which in the last year have jumped to $57M from $18M last year. Bally does use interest rate swap derivatives to protect its debt, but is not clear on how much of its debt is fixed. Even if we assume most of it, Scientific, on the other hand, is quite clear. 28% (page 71) of its debt is fixed rate. That means 72% is subject to a rise in interest rates, and that is a lot. How much of the new debt will be protected? We don't know.
Yes, all of this is included in the bottom line already. The purpose of pointing out these numbers is not to double count, but to detail the situation that will be created here. Bottom line, Bally is profitable, but losing its efficiency. Its revenue is growing nicely, but its debt service costs will keep eating at its earnings. That is mainly why, despite revenues growing 22% since last year, earnings are down 30%.
Still, if the merger saves them the money they think it will, the two companies together will probably run net positive, at least for a while. But the massive debt will catch up to them sooner rather than later, and if we are indeed near a bull market top here in both stocks and bonds, debt to equity will zoom pretty quickly and service costs will get out of hand.
If the deal is to succeed ultimately, we will need to see a fast decline in administrative expenses, a big jump in revenues beyond the sum of its parts, and some major interest rate hedging. The first two are possible, but all three together, I just don't see it happening.
This is not the same situation as the GTECH/International Game Technologies merger. That case is almost a mirror image of what is going on with Bally and Scientific Games, the evil twin if you will. In the case of GTECH and IGT, you have one company (GTECH) that knows how to manage its debt with 85% of it protected, and another company (IGT) becoming more efficient and streamlined in its operations, shrinking in terms of revenues but improving its net earnings. With Scientific and Bally, you have one company already in a bad debt situation with growing debt service costs and 72% unprotected, taking on the debt of another company that, while growing in terms of revenue, is shrinking in terms of its net earnings.
For those excited about the merger anyway, focus in on SG&A and interest expense. If by some miracle the two companies find a way to service this merger efficiently and it really does lower their costs of doing business, then perhaps it could work. More likely than not, though, GTECH-IGT will pull away, leaving Scientific-Bally in the dust, trying to figure out how to pay for this move.
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Scaling - when organisations magnify impact beyond their usual capacity - is key for effective social innovation, she says.
New and stubbornly persistent social challenges — such as the many women or marginalised people denied equal and fair access and treatment in the labour market — provide opportunities for social innovation. Broadly, this is the process of creating new ideas and developing novel approaches to tackle social problems, many of which are generated outside the private or public sector. In an article in Nature Human Behaviour, Professor for Organization, Strategy and Leadership Johanna Mair outlines how social innovation is making some local and global labour markets more inclusive. But she also shows that innovation alone is not enough to create impact. For this, "scaling" is required. Effective scaling allows organisations to magnify their impact by thinking beyond what they can achieve alone and rethinking how to work with other sectors.
Read the full article in Nature Human Behaviour.


Has anyone seen up close or have the Kawasaki panniers for the 300x? In some ways I like the solid type panniers. In the pics they don't seem too bulky and offer some protection if the bike gets laid down. Soft luggage often requires straps to go around and underneath. I'm wondering if these can be taken off the mounting frame readily. Was not going to order them and now like the idea better even though they are overpriced but I do get 10% off.
Here ya go. We took delivery of ours on Monday and we purchased the panniers and hand guards. Hope this helps.
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Thanks IBG. Looks like a nice close fit so as to keep things trim. My panniers are in at dealer and now waiting on accessory lights on engine guard to arrive. Did not get hand guards but maybe later.
No problem. I hope someone comes out with a quick release for them. It sure would come in handy for cleaning purposes.
I know this is an older post but will these sidecases hold a 1/2 helmet? I think I read that it is 8" across but I'm not sure if it is at the wide end or in the middle where it is narrower. I have been on the Shad site and the 23L cases and the rack are $400. In the pictures I like the looks of the stock Kaw sidecases but not sure how much they can fit. I know they are 17L but not sure how to compare that with real life stuff.
Last edited by weljo2001; 02-19-2018 at 08:17 PM.
Something to keep in mind with hard panniers: If your foot gets caught under them you have a much higher risk of injury.
My KLR has Pelican side cases with a slip off mounting system. Works well on a tip over, the bag pops up and dis-mounts. I'll try to post up a pic or three if anyone is interested.
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Finally got the Shad panniers and brackets. Nice fit and are very stable.
CA200, Skypilot 69, chucksklrst and 1 others like this.
Save your money and go with Shad panniers. They are removable with out tools and less expensive.
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I really like mine also. they come off with out tools and the mounting brackets 3P look good when running with out the bags. .
I'm a Luddite as far as getting pics from my Google account to post up.
Iff'n you want, I can email or text to ya. Shoot me a PM if you want.
Last edited by SteveJ; 02-22-2018 at 02:29 PM.
[QUOTE=TexH;1508698]Finally got the Shad panniers and brackets. Nice fit and are very stable.
Thanks for the post and pictures-they look designed for this bike. Just ordered a set.
I just ordered the Shad S23 luggage from Revzilla. The cases are on sale for $191.25. According to customer service, the sale ends today 5/31/18. I wish I could have passed along that information sooner!
Unfortunately, the mounting hardware is not on sale.
I finally got my shad luggage installed. The mounting hardware was on backorder for awhile.
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I went with the soft Dry-SPEC bags. I use hard side cases on other bikes for trips and end up carrying tools and some overflow clothing stuff in them. I will stick with these BUT, my issue is they rub the paint off of the rear side panels. I use a small dry duffle for most of my clothes strapped to the passenger seat. I do not ride double.
5,000 + miles, 90% hard surface riding.
Suggest you buy some of that 3M clear plastic 'paint-protection' tape, and put it where you need protection.
I've done that on the side-panels as well as on the gas tank to protect from zippers. You can see it above the seat anchor piece in this pic.


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Look up in Beider surname book
Shelly Crane
does anyone have the Alexander Beider books who can look up a surname?The name is BYMEL. Would love to know what he says.
They lived in modern day Czechoslovakia (UnterJamny)
Shelly Levin
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(US) Museum of Southern Jewish Experience to Open in New Orleans in Fall of 2020
The Museum of Southern Jewish Experience will open in New Orleans, Louisiana in the fall of 2020 with over 7,000 artifacts in 9,000 square feet. It will cover the 13 states of the 11 Confederate ones plus Kentucky and Oklahoma. As Maryland already has a Jewish museum they are not including Maryland. The Confederate states are: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
The story of Jews in the South begins in colonial times –Spanish and French colonies not British ones. Jews who moved to the early South from abroad largely found their niche as merchants, having little experience with agriculture.
The Museum is looking for broader assistance from the Jewish and non-Jewish community to provide artifacts and stories. According to the executive director of the Museum, Kenneth Hoffman, "While states bordering Louisiana are well represented in the collection, the Carolinas, Eastern Tennessee and Kentucky need beefing up. Hoffman says the museum is also hoping to accrue items from the Civil War and even the Revolutionary War."
Previously and for 26 years the museum operated on the grounds of a reform summer camp in Utica, Mississippi.
To read more see:
https://forward.com/culture/439930/americas-only-museum-of-southern-jewish-culture-will-open-in-fall-of-2020
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Their website may be accessed at: https://msje.org/
Re: Given name "Motchi" #lithuania
Rose Blitzstein Elbaum
Sounds like a nickname for the man's name Mordechai. Other versions are Motti, Mottel, Mottke.
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Date: 2/11/20 1:52 PM (GMT-05:00)
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Subject: [JewishGen.org] Given name "Motchi" #lithuania #names #givenname
For years, I have dutifully included in my family tree an individual with the given name "Motchi." That was how it was provided to me by a great-aunt, now long dead. When pushed for more information, either about the name, the person, or the person's history, she knew nothing. She knew (from stories) only of a given name that sounded like Motchi. I've never made any headway at all discovering who this person was.
Recently, I made contact with another family member who also had the name Motchi in his tree, backed by a similar oral tradition. To make things even more complicated, in my version, the name belonged to a woman. In his tradition, it was a man's name. The only thing both traditions agree on is that this person, whoever he or she was, lived in Lithuania in the early to mid-19th century. Even the last name is uncertain.
Despite valiant efforts to discover a more "formal" name that this might be a nickname or other version of, we have both come up empty-handed. Can anyone help us decipher the name? Or even the right gender? Thanks in advance.
tiganeasca /at/ gmail
Chicago, Illinois (USA)
Searching:
GORDON: Butrimonys, Eisiskes, Daukniunai; HORWITZ: Smolevichi, Lapichi
GEBALOVITCH: Borisov; DRAZIN: Bobruisk
BENENSON: Borisov; HURWITZ: Gomel
Re: (Philippines) Jewish Soldiers Buried Under a Cross Mistake Fixed after 75 Years
Ken A. Drabinsky <kenJDgen@...>
Thanks to the Operation Benjamin article (Jan Allen) for this important string of messages. To follow up on Eric Feinstein, I appreciate your links because I have also found a cousin who was killed in action as a French Nationalist in the town of Arthonnay, France. This was the 42nd Infantry Regiment and included a number of Senegalese soldiers. He was initially buried in a soldiers trench near that town in June 1940. His remains were later moved to Necropole nationale La Ferme de Suippes, a military cemetery near Paris.
I googled his name—Moisek Boguslawski—and found a picture in a small church in Arthonnay of a plaque with over 100 soldiers names listed. They were killed in that skirmish (a massacre). I contacted the wonderful photographer of that photo in France who graciously went to the cemetery and recorded all documents including pictures of the cross and accurate birthdate/location. After several attempts to contact the French government departments, changing the headstone appeared to be an impossible task.
I will definitely contact your links (& those of Tom Klein), much appreciated.
Ken A. Drabinsky
kenjdgen@...
Paternal:
DRABINSKY, ZURAWSKI, JAKUBOWSKI, ZELINSKI, HENIG [Chodecz, Przedecz POLAND]
BOGUSLAWSKI, FRYDLANDER [Chodecz, POLAND; Paris, FRANCE, Auschwitz]
RISEMAN, CUTLER, LURIE [UKR, Malden/Boston, Mass.USA]
ROIZMEN/SEGAL [Havana CUBA]
Maternal:
MINOVITCH, MINOV(W)ITZ, MINEVICH, FRIEDMAN, RAICHMAN, [Kalinkovichi, Mozyr, Choiniki, Brahin, BELARUS, Lipton, Sk.CAN]
Re: General question about Relations for our Town
sjgwed@...
I, too, visited some of my ancestral towns in eastern Galicia, including Zbaraz, in late fall, 2006. By then, the dark years of the Holocaust had come and gone like a giant tsunami, its colossal waves bringing death to millions, wiping out everything, and then receding as if it never happened.
The Jewish cemetery was still shabby and untended, although I have heard that since then, it's been cleaned up, which is good. I commend the efforts of those today who hope to meet with current residents, but I could not look at any old person without thinking... did he/she play a part, or know someone who did? I have also read that the Soviets relocated many people to Zbaraz after the war, so their memories don't go all the way back.
I was driven, in part, by an online image I had seen of a 10-feet tall cenotaph erected in 1947 "in memory of the terrible destruction which was wrought by the German and Ukraine mass-murdered, in our town of Zbaraz." I assumed that the cenotaph was in Zbaraz, because carved near the top were the words, "Here Lies Soap." Eventually, I found the cenotaph in Beth David Cemetery, in Elmont NY, after I returned to the US. Even so, my visit to Zbaraz was powerful, and sad.
Susan J. Gordon
New York sjgwed@... BIALAZURKER, LEMPERT, SCHOENHAUT, GEIST
Re: (Netherlands) Passenger List of the Holland America Line 1900-1920 Online on Open Archives
Sheila Toffell
I did eventually get a list with info. Best not to try this on an iPad, bc the screen isn't big enough to see it all! Once you have found the name on the list scroll down to the scan image and click on it. Another list pops up with drop down icons for each passenger.
the commonwealth war graves commission maintains graves for fallen soldiers of britain and the commonwealth countries (canada, australia, new zealand, india, etc.) all over the world. they replace lost or damaged stones, and have also fixed mistakes, such as jewish service personnel buried with the wrong kind of marker. unfortunately, i know of at least one case where the jewish graves were vandalized in a small military cemetery in the aegean.
if you know the location, you should be able to contact the organization which maintains that cemetery, and hopefully they will cooperate in having the stone changed.
....... tom klein, toronto
Nicole Heymans wrote:
Thank you Jan for your post and the link to the JPOST article about Operation Benjamin. This has given me ideas.
My maternal grandmother's brother was an auxiliary doctor in the German army in WWI and was killed in July 1918 in Northern France and buried there under a cross. The story goes that my ggfather, a very devout Jew, told the family his son had been killed somewhere on the Eastern front and his burial place was unknown. My ggfather had a memorial stone set up on the family grave in Weissensee cemetary, with an epitaph describing his son as an "unerschütterlich treue Deutscher" (an adamantly faithful German) whose heart was in Israel.
Is Operation Benjamin restricted to American soldiers killed in WWII? Does anything similar exist for WWI and for participants in other armies?
On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 05:05 PM, Jan Meisels Allen wrote:
Open Archives which is a Dutch genealogical website announced they have placed the passenger lists of the Holland-America Line 1900-1920 online. Go to: https://www.openarch.nl/indexen/27/passagierslijsten-holland-amerika-lijn
Type in the name you are researching in the search box. You may not get the actual manifest but a listing of what is on the manifest. When you click on the manifest a list of passengers names appears. Click on the name you are searching then a new window appears with the source listed a passenger registers.
The Holland America Line (HAL) transported about one million Eastern Europeans t America from Rotterdam between 1880 and 1920. The HAL had offices in Bulgaria, Latvia and Russia where tickets could be purchased for the train to Rotterdam, the boat to America.
Is there an English option in the actual archives site? Somewhere down the bottom there is a link to the archives site, but before I start with the online translations megillah I thought I would ask. I found names, clicked on them and got the list, clicked on the name and got the basic info, which is great, but how do I know if a manifest is available?
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E Feinstein
There are other organizations in the world that are changing the monuments of Jewish soldiers that fell in battle. Believe it or not the Volksbund or German War Graves commission has been active in doing just that.
Here is a link to an article about one such soldier. The Berlin Football Club Hertha was honoring its football / soccer players that fell in the Great War 1914-1918 when their preliminary field research--before their delegation visited the cemetery in France, they found out that one of their Jewish players Georg Löwenthal, had been buried under a Latin cross instead of the Jewish monument and yes they had it changed!
https://www.moz.de/nachrichten/brandenburg/artikel-ansicht/dg/0/1/1570143/
In France, the Rabbi Emeritus of Bordeaux, Rabbi Claude Maman has been active in the same cause, researching Jewish soldiers buried under crosses and having them replaced by Jewish grave markers.
https://www.chiourim.com/a-la-recherche-des-soldats-juifs-oublies-html/
If anyone is interested in Jewish soldiers they can please contact me.
Eric FEINSTEIN
This week's Yizkor book excerpt on the JewishGen Facebook page
Bruce Drake
Keila Yevreyski-Kremer is in a suffocating, overcrowded railroad car packed with Jews who are starving and in near-panic as the train heads to Treblinka. She stands up on tip-toe to look out a little narrow window to see the world she would soon have to leave forever. "The earth is covered with a thick layer of snow, shining against the light of the moon. In the wide white field stand little trees, set in rows, standing motionless in the stillness of the evening," she writes. "The air is pure, transparent. A great wide world is around us; no one can be seen anywhere. And here in the car – what a contrast! Hundreds of people lie tossed about, without air, and are being led to the slaughter. "
"On the Road to Treblinka" is a chapter from the Yizkor book of Goniadz, Poland. It is a wrenching account of that train trip. But some of the doomed decide to try to jump from the train, one crying out: "Let's not lose courage. We'll never be too late for death. Let's go on running; when the train is moving let's jump through the window. I'll jump; who will come with me?"
Kremer was one of those who did: "And by jumping to my death I chanced to remain alive."
URL: https://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org/posts/2831450383543765?__tn__=K-R
Silver Spring MD
Researching: DRACH, EBERT, KIMMEL, ZLOTNICK
Towns: Wojnilow (https://bit.ly/2uCR7Ga), Kovel (https://bit.ly/2uKkR3P)
(Philippines) Jewish Soldiers Buried Under a Cross Mistake Fixed after 75 Years
Joseph Hirschfield
This is from the Operation Benjamin website:
"The aim of Operation Benjamin is to locate Jewish personnel at American military cemeteries all over the world who, for various reasons, were buried under markers incorrectly representing their religion and heritage. Our mission is to correct these mistakes and provide, these many decades later, comfort to the families of the fallen. We work quietly and with dignity, without any cost to the families involved."
Joe Hirschfield
Portage MI USA
HIRSHFELD, BUXBAUM, LINDENBAUM, KARPEL-Glinyany, Skwarzawa, Selets, Novvy Yarychiv-GALICIA
MINOWITZKI, MINOWICKI, MINOFF-Brest Litovsk, Wysokoe-Litovsk-BELARUS
David Lewin
At 00:13 14/02/2020, Nicole Heymans wrote:
Jan Meisels Allen wrote:
Seventy-five years later a mistake has been
rectified: Jewish WW ll soldiers buried under a
cross are now buried under a Star of David
headstone at the Manila American Cemetery. This
is part of ongoing work of Operation Benjamin, a
non-profit organization which identifies
soldiers buried with the wrong religious
markers. It was coordinated with the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Thank you Jan for your post and the link to the
JPOST article about Operation Benjamin. This has given me ideas.
My maternal grandmother's brother was an
auxiliary doctor in the German army in WWI and
was killed in July 1918 in Northern France and
buried there under a cross. The story goes that
my ggfather, a very devout Jew, told the family
his son had been killed somewhere on the Eastern
front and his burial place was unknown. My
ggfather had a memorial stone set up on the
family grave in Weissensee cemetary, with an
epitaph describing his son as an
"unerschütterlich treue Deutscher" (an adamantly
faithful German) whose heart was in Israel.
Is Operation Benjamin restricted to American
soldiers killed in WWII? Does anything similar
exist for WWI and for participants in other armies?
Nicole Heymans, near Brussels, Belgium
I have missed that report ! - May I learn how this reversion was achieved?
I am prompted by Nicole Heymans' response to ask another question.
Have you any knowledge of Half-Jews dying in
German military uniform while being forced to
slave labour in the infamous "Organisation Todt" ?
I am researching one such example about Richard
KAHN (1922 - 1944) who died "of natural causes" in Saint Maur, France.
Researching ORDANSKY from Lachowitz / Augustow / Suwalki
Ann Scher
I have found very limited information regarding the ORDANSKY family in my research thus far.
Gershen ORDANSKY (later ORDAN) b 1878 "Lachowitz"
m. Dora KAPLAN b 1882 in Augustow
emigrated about 1906 (after pogroms) to Rochester NY
- Where is "Lachowitz"? Belarus? Poland?
- Any suggestions for alternate spellings of ORDANSKY?
- Any hints?
MyHeritage Offering Free Access to Marriage Records For Valentine's Day Feb 14-18, 2020
My Heritage is offering FREE access to 446 million records from February 14-18, 2020 (they did not say which time zones based on past offers let's guess at Central Time Zone 11:59 PM on February 18 for the cut-off date).
To search the marriage records go to: https://www.myheritage.com/research/category-2020/marriage-divorce
Note: when you enter the name you are searching the results will be either an index or an abstract and not the actual record. Note: as the abstracts include at least the father of the groom and bride and some the mother's name you can search on the parents' names as well.
The free marriage collections at MyHeritage encompass 148 collections with a total of 446,036,567 records from all across the globe: the United States, England, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, Canada, France, Australia, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Ireland, Bolivia, Finland, Switzerland, India, Argentina, Ecuador, Guatemala, Columbia, Portugal, Belgium, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Austria, and many more
If you try to access records other than the marriage records listed as "free" for this promotion you will be invited to subscribe to MyHeritage.
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I have no affiliation with MyHeritage and am posting this solely for the information of the reader.
Nicole Heymans
Seventy-five years later a mistake has been rectified: Jewish WW ll soldiers buried under a cross are now buried under a Star of David headstone at the Manila American Cemetery. This is part of ongoing work of Operation Benjamin, a non-profit organization which identifies soldiers buried with the wrong religious markers. It was coordinated with the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Re: Location of town Fuchany, Roumania
FOCSANI, ROMANIA
Re: IGRA
Sally Bruckheimer
We are genealogists. We all, or almost all, know IGRA in this mailing list is Israel's Genealogy group. Nobody thinks there is a meeting of tuberculosis tests or interferon.
If you want to refer to them, you need to say specifically why you are talking about interferon on a genealogy group.
(Netherlands) Passenger List of the Holland America Line 1900-1920 Online on Open Archives
Re: Was Riga in the Pale of Settlement 1874? #latvia #lithuania
Marion Werle
Only Latgale (the eastern region of Latvia), which was part of Vitebsk hibernia, was part of the Pale. Riga was in the historical region known as Vidzeme.
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Following the success of previous years, our Argentina: New Cinema series returns with some of the best films to emerge from Buenos Aires and beyond in 2017 and 2018. The annual event always draws large crowds from both the local Argentine community and foreign-language film fans, and the latest installment promises to be no different, with an impressive lineup including several Los Angeles premieres.
Among the highlights are Argentina's official Oscar submission, EL ANGEL, a sexually charged true-crime story of Carlos Robeldo Puch, a baby-faced killer who had become one of Argentina's most notorious criminals by the time he was 20. The wonderfully entertaining look at friendship MY MASTERPIECE pairs a cranky, past-his-prime painter (Luis Brandoni) with an ethically challenged art dealer (THE CLAN's Guillermo Francella). Francella also stars in ANIMAL - a wickedly ironic thriller from BIRDMAN's Oscar-winning writer - in which he plays a man in desperate need of a kidney transplant.
In THE LAST SUIT, an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor (Miguel Ángel Solá) travels to Poland to find the man who saved him from certain death at the end of World War II. Closing our series is the world premiere of OUR WAY TO THE SEA, a road movie about a 75-year-old embarking on his last great adventure.. Don't miss the opportunity to see South America's first homegrown film industry come of age on the big screen!
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LOCAL NEWS: Cleveland Prepares To Honor 'Superman' Creators
Cleveland is home to Superman. Most natives know it. But finding evidence of it has proven tricky.
Well, the man of steel appears ready to be honored in a very public way – a lakeside statue smack dab between the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and The Great Lakes Science Center.
"I didn't know it would take this long," says sculptor David Deming who was approached by those quarterbacking the idea in 2008.
Deming who has emerged as Cleveland's premier celebrity sculptor — having been commissioned to construct statues of everyone from former Browns owner Al Lerner to Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs-Jones — has already constructed a model of the structure.
source: Wkyc.com
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Der Konzertführer Berlin Brandenburg (1920–1990 Führer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins) war ein Anzeigenblatt über Musikveranstaltungen in Berlin und Brandenburg von 1920 bis 2012.

Geschichte
1920 gründete der Sänger Gotthard Schierse den Führer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins. Dieser enthielt Annoncen über bevorstehende Konzerte und weitere Musikveranstaltungen. Sie waren in einem Gesamtplan  nach Veranstaltungsort und Tag sortiert. Außerdem gab es einige kurze Berichte.
Das Blatt war für die Leser kostenlos und an verschiedenen öffentlichen Orten erhältlich.

Seit etwa 1940 hieß er Führer durch die Konzertsäle der Reichshauptstadt. 1943 wurde er eingestellt.

Seit 1946 gab es wieder einen Führer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins, weiter herausgegeben  durch Gotthard Schierse. Seit den 1950er Jahren enthielt er überwiegend Veranstaltungshinweise für West-Berlin. 1970 führte die Gotthard-Schierse-Stiftung die Herausgabe nach dem Tod des Gründers fort.

Seit 1991 hieß er Führer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins und des Landes Brandenburg, seit 2004 Konzertführer Berlin Brandenburg.
2012 erschienen die letzten gedruckten Ausgaben.

Alle Ausgaben sind digitalisiert.

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 Führer durch die Konzertsäle Berlins SIMPK, Digitalisate

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We will have lunch with the Jefferson Delegation and do a short tour of the capital.
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A recent visit to a cardiac surgery unit in Sri Lanka made me realize how similar the medical problems of a country like Sri Lanka and Canada are. Jaffna, in northern Sri Lanka has a population of 88,000 but serves the adjoining provinces, giving a catchment area of 1 million people. The sole cardiac surgeon performed 100 cases per year in the public hospital and had over 1000 patients waiting, having grown that list in just two years since starting the programme. While he also has an opportunity for private delivery of his services in his city , a pipeline for those who have means to other more established centres 6-8 hours south has existed for a number of years. His hospital has only 4 anesthesiologists who cover both the public and (after 4 pm and on holidays) private sectors. The surgeon would like to have both more OR time to deal with the growing backlog of patients and another surgeon to help, and had asked me to try to determine ways in which this could be achieved. I spent time analyzing his situation and realized that he had a similar problem to our western health care systems, namely recruitment and retention of physicians in underserved areas.
In order for him to get more time in either sector, and hope to recruit another cardiac surgeon, I told him he would need more anesthesiologists, not equipment or even beds as he had hoped I would say. While there was a need for beds, this was not the primary obstacle to growth-recruitment was. There was a medical school in the city, which would theoretically improve the chances of recruitment (1) but when asked about potential incentives to increase recruitment, I had to admit that like the author (2), I was at a loss for words. With more anesthesiologists, there would be a greater possibility of improved income, which would be more beneficial to both anesthesiologist and surgeon both from a financial point of view and from a financial incentive to draw more to practice in the area. All recruitment and retention programmes have as their underlying incentive, finances (3). Perhaps there is another way. Perhaps it is time that the governments step in and pass laws that would include a "time" repayment for acceptance to a medical school. If everyone in the country knew that she/he needed to serve in an underserved area during or after, expectations would change. While most students would not stay in the underserved area, some would, eventually reducing and hopefully eliminating the problem. This change would obviously need to be thought about carefully and might even changes to early post graduate training for those entering specialties akin to the old rotating internship.
Incentives for recruitment and retention of health care workers is truly a global problem, as pressing in the first as the third world. Money can buy bricks, beds and electronics but without the people to work in those places, they are useless. Governments need to take action that is palatable, fair to all, not overly expensive and stands a chance at working towards a solution.


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DS Smith helps Bloom & Wild delight with fresh e-commerce packaging
Inventor of letterbox flowers, Bloom & Wild, was seeking the right partner to develop a bespoke new decorative box for hand tied flowers. The company turned to leading packaging strategist DS Smith, renowned for its sustainable packaging, high quality printing capabilities and e-commerce experience.
Born of founder Aron Gelbard's vision to deliver flowers to customers even when they aren't home, Bloom & Wild launched more than five years ago with the aim of making gifting and receiving flowers a joy. Flowers are sent in bud and wrapped in petal protectors, allowing the company to post bouquets imagined by some of the world's best floral designers in beautifully printed boxes that fit through the letterbox. By enabling thoughtfulness in the digital age through next generation gifting, the inventor of letterbox flowers has now grown into one of the UK's most loved flower brands.
Kerry Dowse, supply operations lead at Bloom & Wild, said: 'The design of our letterbox pack is based on research that our founder Aron personally undertook, measuring letterboxes to find the perfect size for our flower boxes. The standout design and print of our packaging is vital for our brand, but we also wanted to work with a packaging innovator that shared our views on sustainability – which made DS Smith the perfect fit.'
To the delight of customers, Bloom & Wild has established a series of design led partnerships with creative brands including Liberty and Morris & Co. The selected prints on the outside of the box often inspire the choice of flowers inside, increasing the impact of the gift and offering customers something exclusive from two brands they love. The company now offers five exclusive promotional seasonal packs each year, with three designs available in two sizes.
In order to ensure that forecasting and timescales are met effectively and efficiently, the partnership between Bloom & Wild and DS Smith is extremely collaborative.
Sara Blount, sales manager at DS Smith, said: 'We work very closely with Bloom & Wild to ensure that the company's unique packaging designs are reproduced in the highest quality. These promotional packs deliver a real visual experience for customers so it is vital that the packaging and its print is bright and colourful, to give the brand experience for which Bloom & Wild is known.'
It was the superior nature of the litho and digitally printed boxes which Bloom & Wild was impressed by. The process allows for a high quality print without the corrugated flute being compressed. This is achieved by printing both the interior and exterior designs on roll, before the flute is placed between the layers and they are laminated together. During the design process, DS Smith has the ability to easily print and produce packaging samples in the studio, enabling a truly effortless and collaborative experience with Bloom & Wild on site.
Kerry added, 'DS Smith's ability to create live samples of our packaging is vital for bringing our flamboyant ideas to life so that we can continue to evolve and 'wow' our customers. The team gave us a fully personalised approach, which fits our needs perfectly and has a hugely positive impact on our business.
'An added benefit for us, while we continue to expand, is the stock and serve service that DS Smith provide. By stocking both our Kraft and exclusive letterbox designs, we are able to hold more packaging stock in the build up to key gifting holidays and ensure that we can give our customers the superior service and experience they deserve.'
In the last eight months the stock facility used by Bloom & Wild has tripled in capacity – a clear demonstration of the company's rapid growth. The construction of the boxes, originally a manual process, has also now been automated by DS Smith to support Bloom & Wild's growing market volume.
The partnership has also led to the centralisation of the production and design of Bloom & Wild's letterbox packaging, ensuring an enhanced customer experience while the company scaled up its production volume.
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The Norfork City Council will meet in regular session Tuesday evening at 6:30.
Under unfinished business on the agenda is the retirement of Jim Griffin from the position of police chief. The agenda notes he will be reducing hours to maintain certification.
One ordinance is on the agenda for consideration, the mayor's salary. Two resolutions will also be considered, council rules and employees' salary.
The meeting will be held at Norfork City Hall.
A reminder that all meeting documents are available on the city's website, www.cityofnorfork.org City of Norfork.


Raul: Nicer Than Fidel, And Much Better-Groomed.
Since assuming the presidency of Cuba in 2006 (officially gaining the office in 2008), Raul Castro has imbued the 52-year-old Castro Regime with a much-needed air of youth and liberality The younger Castro has implemented some modest economic reforms, as well as investigated lifting travel restrictions for citizens of the crumbling, island backwater. On Saturday, Castro shocked the world by lamenting the dearth of young leadership in Cuba, and proposing term limits for all Cuban politicians, including himself.
While this was welcome news around most of the world, with leaders effusive in their praise for the incipiently octogenary dictator, not quite everyone is so sanguine about Castro's motives. Some attribute Castro's motives to dark machinations, seeing behind Raul's actions the palsied and liver-spotted hand of his older brother.
Whitewashing the nasty histories of revolutionaries (whom we call "Terrorists" when they're unsuccessful) like Lenin, Mao and even Hugo Chavez is nothing new. In recent decades, despite the myriad available evidence of Che Guevara's complete illiberalism and misanthropic disregard for his fellow human beings, a "Cult of Che" has formed around the perceived memory of this poorly understood, but iconic killer.
Che was a bad enough guy based on what is already known about him. If the face of these allegations of racism, Guevara's defenders will no doubt riposte with a verbal and logical loop-de-loop which will satisfy no one but the folks who were ga-ga for him in the first place.
Say what you will about Che, but long after his death, his indelible image lives on. What better way to say "Screw You" to the soul-crushing forces of capitalism than by purchasing one of the many fine products bearing El Che's likeness? I'm picking up the Che Guevara Bobble Head to let the world know that Smaktakula is a rebel who plays by his own rules.
Check it out for yourself: Viva la Causa: MSM Dupes Celebrate the Racist Roots of the Castro/Che Revolution.


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Inquiries about Freemasonry to the MIC come from around the world - by phone, fax and email. The inquiries vary from information on how to become a Mason, to wanting more information about the Fraternity, answering specific questions about the ritual or Masonic protocol and genealogy.
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The founding visionary of the Masonic Information Center, John was a former Marine, a farmer, a business executive, and an author with a special interest in the history of Medieval Britain and the Crusades.
During his lifetime he was a member of the Medieval Academy of America, The Organization of American Historians, and the Royal Over-Seas League of London. He also headed a family trust dedicated to historical research and publication.
Robinson first began studying Freemasonry in the early 1980s and came to the attention of Masons with his book "Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry" presenting a believable explanation for a connection between the Knights Templars and modern-day Masons. A second book, "Dungeon, Fire and Sword: The Knights Templar in the Crusades" soon followed. He soon found himself regularly speaking to Masonic and non-Masonic groups: the former having a profound interest in his findings while the latter often concerned about perceived secrecy and imagined wrong-doings.
In 1993, Robinson published "A Pilgrim's Path: One Man's Road to the Masonic Temple" in which he described his experiences with Masons and those against them. Masonic authors praised the work as comprehensive and profound. As a result of his interactions with Masons, he ultimately petitioned a lodge and became Brother Robinson - as explained in his book. Regretfully, not long afterwards, he became ill and passed to the celestial lodge above.
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