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Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Том 13
редактор(ы): Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake
form, that they are almost universally is open, it presents a cavity large enough considered as such by the great mass of to contain a boat full of men, being six mankind. If, however, we examine their or eight feet wide, ten or twelve high in structure more carefully, we shall find front, and fifteen or sixteen long. These that they differ from quadrupeds only animals have no voice, but, in breathing in their organs of motion. They are or blowing, make a very loud noise : the warm-blooded, breathe atmospheric air vapor they discharge is ejected to the only, and by means of lungs, and bring height of some yards, and appears, at a forth and suckle their young in the same distance, like a puff of smoke. The usumanner as quadrupeds : in short, all the al rate at which they swim seldom exdetails of their organization are the same ceeds four miles an hour ; and though is in this class of animals. The body their extreme velocity may be at the rate and tail are continuous, the latter taper- of eight or nine, this speed never contining gradually, and terminating in a large, ues longer than for a few minutes before horizontal, cartilaginous fin: the hind feet it relaxes to almost one half. They are are altogether wanting, but their position also capable of ascending with such rais marked by two small, rudimentary pidity as to leap entirely out of the wahones, enveloped in the skin: the fore ter, which feat they sometimes perform feet have externally the form of fins or apparently as an amusement, to the no Alippers; but they possess the same bones small terror of inexperienced fishers. as those of quadrupeds, flattened, howev. Sometimes they throw themselves into a er, shortened, and enveloped in a tendi- perpendicular posture, with their heads nous membrane: the head is of enormous downwards, and, rearing their tails on size, often occupying one third of the high, beat the water with tremendous vitotal length of the animal ; and the open- olence: the sea is then thrown into foam, ing of the mouth corresponds in magni. and the air filled with vapors: the noise, tude: the neck is excessively short, and in calm weather, is heard to a great disexternally appears to be altogether want- tance, and the concentric waves, produced ing: the nostrils are the blow-holes or by the concussions on the water, are piracles, situated at the top of the head, communicated abroad to a considerable y means of which atmospheric air pen- extent. Sometimes the whale shakes its etrates to the lungs when the animal mighty tail in the air, which, cracking rises to the surface of the water: the skin like a whip, resounds to the distance of is entirely destitute of hairs; and beneath two or three miles. Whales usually reit a thick coating of oily fat, commonly main at the surface to breathe about two called blubber, envelopes the animal : the minutes, seldom longer, during which eyes are exceedingly small, compared time they "blow" eight or nine times, with the bulk of the animal, and the ex- and then descend for an interval of five ternal ear is altogether wanting: their or ten minutes, but sometimes, when senses, in consequence, would not seem feeding, fifteen or twenty. When struck, to be very acute; neither do they display they have been known to descend to the much intelligence: the sea affords them perpendicular depth of a mile, and with abundance of food, which they are ena- such velocity, that instances have occurbled to procure with little difficulty; and red in which they have broken their jawthey find in their size and strength a suf- bones by the blow struck against the botficient protection against most dangers.- tom. Their food consists of mollusca, The common or Greenland whale (B. shrimps, and other small crustaceous animysticetus) is destitute of teeth, but, in mals. When feeding, they swim with their place, the upper jaw is furuished considerable velocity, below the surface, with transverse layers of a horny sub- with the jaws widely extended ; a stream stance, called baleen or whalebone, which, of water consequently enters the capaat the edges, split into long, slender cious mouth, bearing along large quantifringes. This species is productive of ties of marine insects. The water esmore oil than any other; and, being less capes again at the sides, but the food is active, slower in its motion, and more entangled and strained by the whalebone, timid than the rest of its kind of simi- which, from its compact arrangement, lar magnitude, is more easily captured. does not allow a particle of the size of the When fully grown, its length is from fifty smallest grain to escape. Whales, though to sixty-five feet, rarely, if ever, reaching often found in great numbers together, seventy, and its greatest circumference can scarcely be said to be gregarious, ocfrorn thirty to forty: the ordinary weight curring, most generally, solitary, or in is about seventy tons. When the mouth pairs, excepting when drawn to the same spot by the attraction of an abundance fatal consequences having been sometimes of palatable food, or a choice situation of produced by the most tritling beglect the ice. They occur most abundantly in When the line happens to run foul, and the frozen seas of Greenland, and Davis's cannot be cleared on the instant, it some straits, in Battin's and Hudson's bays, in times draws the boat under water. The the sea to the northward of Beering's average stay under water of a wounded straits, and along some parts of the north- whale, which steadily descends after be ern shores of Asia, and probably of Amer- ing struck, is about thirty minutes. The ica. They are never met with in the greater the velocity, the more considersGerman ocean, and rarely within two ble the distance to which it descends, and hundred leagues of the British coast; the longer the time it remains under wabut along the coasts of Africa and South ter, so much greater in proportion is its Ainerica, they are found, periodically, in exhaustion and the facility of accomconsiderable numbers, and are captured plishing its capture. Whenever it re-apby the southern British and American pears, the assisting boats make for the whalers. It is not, however, certainly place with their utmost speed ; and, as ascertained, whether this species is iden- they reach it, each harpooner plunges bas tical with the northem, though it evi- harpoon into its back, to the number of dently approaches it very closely. The three, four, or more, according to the instruments of general use, in the cap- size of the whale and the nature of the ture of the whale, are the harpoon and situation. Most frequently, however, the lance. The harpoon is an instrument of whale descends, for a few minutes, atirt iron, about three feet in length, termi- receiving the second harpoon, and obligo nating in an arrow-shaped head, the two the other boats to await its return to the branches of which have internally a small- surface, before any further attack can be er reversed barb, resembling the beard of made. It is afterwards actively pled a tish-hook. When this instrument is with lances, which are thrust into its forced, by a blow, into the fat of a whale, body, aiming at the vitals. At length, and the line is held tight, the principal exhausted by numerous wounds and the barts seize the strong ligamentous fibres loss of blood, the huge animal indicates of the blubber, and prevent it from being the approach of death by discharg. withdrawn. The lance is a spear of iron, ing from the blow-boles a mixture of six feet in length, terminating in a head blood along with the air and mucus of steel, made very thin and exceedingly which it usually expires, and, finally, jess sharp, seven or eight inches in length of blood alone. The sea, to a great er. and two or two and a half in breadth. tent round, is dyed with its blood; and These two instruments, together with the ice, boats and men are someume lines, boats and oars, form all the neces- drenched with it. Its final capture > sary apparatus for capturing the whale. sometimes preceded by a convulsive Considerable aldress is requisite to ap- struggle, in which the tail, reared, whirlah, proach sufficieutly near to the animal and violently jerked in the air, resounes during its short stay at the surface; but to the distance of miles. In dying, it when this has been accomplished, the turns upon its back or its side.' Thus hardy fisher rows directly upou it, and, ends this remarkable contest between bu an instant before the boat touches, buries man ingenuity and brute force, in which the harpoon in its back. But if, while man seems to be chiefly indeteed for surthe boat is at a little distance, the whale cess to his own apparent insignificane, should indicate his intention of diving, to the animal exhausting itself by its own the barpoon is thrown from the hand; efforts, and to the necessity it is under of and when this is done skilfully, it is effi- coming to the surface to breathe. The cient at the distance of eight or ien yards. remarkable exhaustion observed in a The wounded whale makes a convulsive wounded whale, on its reappearance at etfort to escape. Then is the moment of the surface, is the effect of the almost indanger; and both boat and men are ex- credible pressure to which the annal posed to destruction from the violent must have been exposed at the depth of blows of its ponderous tail The animal seven or eight hundred fath mspm immediately sinks under water:after this sure on the surface of its body perriting it usually pursues its course directly 200,000 tons, and which is sufficient to downwards towan's the bottom of the force the water through the pores of the sca. The utmost care and attention are hardest wood.--For a full account of the requisite, on the part of every person in whale, as well as of 'he various mudes the boal, while the lines are running out; of fisbing in pack, field, or bay be, &c,
and of the subsequent operations upon skin smooth, excepting on the sides of the the dead body, we must refer to the work thorax, where are some remarkable longiof Scoresby, where the reader will find tudinal folds. The physalus occurs, in the most certain information on this sub- great numbers, in the Arctic seas, espeject, so far, at least, as the business is car- cially along the edge of the ice between ried on in the Polar seas.— The various Cherie island and Nova Zembla, and also uses to which the different parts of the near Jan Mayen. It is seldom seen whale are applied, are too numerous for among much ice, and seems to be avoided insertion here: suffice it to say, the whale by the common whale; and, consequentfishery forms an important branch of com- ly, the whale fishers view its appearance merce, and, indeed, seems almost indispen- with concern.—The cachalot or spermasable to the existence of some northern ceti whale (physeter macrocephalus) differs tribes.-The razor-back (B. physalus) is from the above-mentioned animals in probably the most powerful and bulky of many important particulars. The mouilı its tribe, and, consequently, of the whole is entirely destitute of whalebone, and animal creation. It is readily distinguish- the lower jaw is armed, on each side, with ed from the preceding by the presence of a row of about twenty thick, conical a dorsal fin; its form is less cylindrical, teeth, which fit into corresponding dethe body proportionably longer, the whale- pressions in the upper jaw. The blowbone shorter, its breathing or blowing hole is single, not symmetrical, but directmore violent, and its speed greater. The ed towards the left side, and placed at the length is about one hundred feet, and its extremity of the upper part of the snout. greatest circumference thirty or thirty- The left eye is also smaller than the other. five. Its blowing, in calm weather, may The head is of enormous size, termibe heard at the distance of a mile. Its nating abruptly in front; but the lower greatest speed is about twelve miles an jaw is very long and narrow. The upper hour. It is by no means a timid animal; part of the head is composed of large and, when closely pursued, does not at- cavities, separated by cartilaginous partempt to outstrip the boat, but merely en- titions, filled with an oil which condenses deavors to avoid it by diving or changing and crystallizes on cooling, forming the its direction. If harpooned, or otherwise well-known substance called spermaceti. wounded, it then exerts all its energies, This is the principal object of the fishery; and escapes with its utmost velocity, but for their body does not yield a great proshows little disposition to retaliate on its portion of blubber. The spermaceti whale enemies. It seldom lies quietly on the is found in all seas, but most abundantly surface of the water while blowing, but in the Pacific. It is gregarious ; and usually has a velocity of four or five miles herds are frequently seen containing two an hour, and, when it descends, very rare- hundred or more individuals. Such ly throws its tail into the air, which is a herds, with the exception of two or three very general practice with the common old males, are composed of females, who whale. Its great speed and activity ren- appear to be under the direction of the der it a difficult and dangerous object of males. The males are distinguished, by attack, while the small quantity of inferior the whalers, as "bulls," and the females oil it affords makes it unworthy the gen- they call " cows." The bulls attack with eral attention of the fishers. When great violence, and inflict dreadful injustruck, it frequently drags the fast-boat ries upon other males of the species which with such speed through the water, that attempt to join the herd. Whenever a it is liable to be carried immediately be- number of them are seen, four boats, yond the reach of assistance, and soon each provided with two or three lines, out of sight of both boats and ship. It two barpoons, four lances, and a crew of has been known to dive obliquely with six men, proceed in pursuit, and, if possuch velocity that 480 fathoms, or more sible, each boat fastens to a distinct anthan half a mile, of line were withdrawn imal, and each crew kill their own. from the boat in about a minute of time. When one is struck out of a herd, it The head is small, compared with that of commonly takes the lead, and is followed the common whale; the fins long and by the rest. It seldom descends far under Darrow; the tail about twelve feet broad; water, but generally swims off with great the whalebone about four feet in length, rapidity, stopping after a short course, so thick, bristly and narrow; the blubber that the boat can be drawn up to it by the six or eight inches thick, of indifferent line, or be rowed sufficiently near to lance quality; the color, bluish-black on the it. In the agonies of death, the strugback, and bluish-gray on the belly; the gles of the animal are tremendous: the
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surface of the ocean is lashed into foam on all sides. The hull of the vessel was by the motions of its tail; and the boats furnished by an individual, who commonare kept aloof, lest they should be dashed ly took upon himself the command ; a to pieces. When a herd is attacked in sail-maker supplied the sails, a cooper the this way, ten or twelve of the number are casks, &c. The parties engaged as adoften killed : those which have been only venturers : each person shared in the wounded are rarely captured. The sep- produce according to his proportion of aration of the blubber, or "flensing," is the outfit, and the crew was hired on the sometimes done differently from the man- same principle, which is also practised to ner used in polar whaling. A strap of a considerable extent in the U.States In blubber is cut in a spiral direction, and, its most flourishing state (about 16-0), the being raised by tackles, turns the animal Dutch whale fishery employed about 200 round, as on an axis, until nearly all the ships and 14,000 sailors. The wars of blubber is stripped off.
the end of the eighteenth and beginWhale Fishery. The Biscayans ning of the nineteenth centuries anniwere the first people who prosecuted the hilated this branch of Dutch industry, whale fishery as a regular commercial and, in 1828, only one ship sailed from pursuit. They carried it on with great vig. Holland. The English whale fishery was or in the twelfth, thirteenth and four- at first carried on by exclusive companies, teenth centuries. The whales taken by but with little success. In 1732, a boun them were not, however, so large as those ty of twenty shillings a ton to every ship taken in the polar seas, and were not of more than two hundred tons' burthea very productive of oil; but their flesh engaged in the fishery, was granted by pa. was used for food, and the whalebone, liament, which, in 1749, was raised to forwhich was sold at a very high price, was ty shillings, and continued, with some vaapplied to various useful purposes. The riations (being finally reduced, in 1795, to failure of whales in the bay of Biscay put twenty shillings), till 1824, when it ceased. an end to this fishery. The voyages of The total amount of bounties paid from the English and Dutch to the Northern 1750 to 1824 has been estimated at about ocean, in search of a passage to India, £2,500,000 ; but the success of British laid open the haunts of the whale; and whalers, even with this advantage, is to vessels were fitted out by those nations, be attributed principally to the decline of the harpooners and part of the crew be- the Dutch fishery. In 1815, there were ing Biscayans. The numbers of whales 134 British ships, with 5800 seamen, enwere here so great, and the capture so gaged in the northern whale fishery, an! easy, that many were killed and aban- about thirty ships, with 800 men, in the doned merely from the ships being southern. In 1821, when the number was full. It was the practice of these times greatest, there were 142 ships, of 44,94 to boil the blubber on shore in the north, tons, and with 6074 men engaged in the and to fetch home only the oil and whale- northern fishery; in 1824, 120 ships, of bone ; and the Dutch constructed a con- 35,194 tons, and 4867 men; immedisiderable village on the northern shore of ately after the repeal of the bounty, tbe Spitzbergen, which they called Smeeren- number fell off at once, and, in 1229, ir berg (from smeeren, to melt, and berg), amounted only to eighty-nine, of 2-12 and which, during the busy season, abound- tons. In 1830, of eighty-seven ships fited with shops, inns, &c. The Dutch ac- ted out for Davis's straits, about eighteen quired a decided superiority over their or twenty-two per cent were totally lost; competitors in the fishery; and such was twenty-four returned clean, or without the quantity of oil procured, that ships having caught a single fish, and of the were sent out in ballast to assist in bring- remainder not one had a full cargo. The ing home the produce. Whales soon be- locality of the northern fishery has entirely came scarce about Spitzbergen, taking to changed since the first expeditions. The the deep ocean, and to the Greenland seas between Spitzbergen and Greenland seas; and it became usual to send the have been entirely abandoned by the blubber direct to Holland. The fishery whalers, who now resort to Baffin's bey had at first (1614) been granted to an ex- and Davis's strait, or the coast of West clusive company, but was thrown open Greenland. The Dutch first began to in 1642; from which time it was carried frequent Davis's straits in 1719; but it was on to the greatest extent, and to the most quite recently that the English first fokadvantage. The private ships sent out lowed their example. Even so late as 1820, by the Dutch were fitted out on a princi- the fishery in the Greenland seas was the ple that secured economy and vigilance most considerable ; but within a few years
it has been almost entirely deserted. Of under the frozen Serpent of the south. ninety-one ships, fitted out in 1830, only Falkland island, which seemed too refour 'were for Greenland. The discove- mote and too romantic an object for the ries made in the northern waters, by the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage English exploring voyages (see North Po- and resting-place for their victorious inlar Expeditions), have made the fishers dustry. Nor is the equinoctial heat more acquainted with several new and advan- discouraging to them than the accumutageous situations for the prosecution of lated winter of both the poles. We learn their business. The sea in Davis's straits that, while some of them draw the line or is less incommoded with field ice than the strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, Greenland and Spitzbergen seas; but it others run the longitude, and pursue their abounds with icebergs (see Ice), and the gigantic game along the coast of Brazil." fishery is more dangerous. The South These are the seas that are still vexed by sea fishery was not prosecuted by the the American fisheries, which have been English till about the beginning of our pushed, however, into higher southern revolutionary war; and, as the Americans latitudes than had ever before been visithad already prosecuted it with much suc- ed, and are carried on from the shores of cess, four American harpooners were sent Japan to the icy rocks of New South out in each vessel. In 1829, thirty-one Shetland. (See South Polar Islands.)* ships were sent out, of the burthen of They have been principally carried on from 10,997 tons, and carrying 937 men, the Nantucket and New Bedford (see the artinumber having declined since 1818, when cles), and have proved very lucrative. At fifty-eight ships, of 18,214 tons, and carry- present, they are also prosecuted with great ing 1643 men, were engaged in it. France success from several other places. One has, of late years, had little share in the class of ships is fitted out for the Pacific whale fishery. In 1784, Louis XVI fitted in pursuit of the spermaceti whale. out six ships, on his own account, which These are from 300 to 500 tons' burthen, were furnished with harpooners and a carrying from twenty-five to thirty men, number of seamen from Nantucket. In and are absent about thirty to thirty1790, there were about forty French ships six months. Their number is about 170, employed in the fishery, which was de- of about 62,000 tons, and carrying nearly stroyed by the wars of the French revo- 5000 men. Another class sail to the lution. Since the peace, the government coasts of Africa and Brazil, in search of has attempted to revive it, but with little the common or right whale. They avesuccess. The whale fishery has been rage about 325 tons each, carry about carried on with greater vigor and success twenty-five men, and are absent eight from the U. States than from any other to twelve months. The whole amount country. It was begun by the colonists on of tonnage of this class is about 40,000 ; their own shores at a very early period; number of seamen engaged, 3000. The but, the whale having abandoned them, quantity of sperm oil brought home in the American navigators entered with ex- 1815, was 3944 barrels; in 1820, 34,700; traordinary ardor into the fisheries in the in 1825, 62,240, and, in 1830, 106,800. Northern and Southern oceans, from about The quantity of whale or black oil brought the middle of the eighteenth century. in in 1830, was about 115,000 barrels ; of From 1771 to 1775, Massachusetts employ- whalebone, about 120,000 pounds. The ed annually 183 vessels, of 13,820 tons, in sperm oil is chiefly used at home; and the northern and 121 vessels,of 14,026 tons, 2,500,000 pounds of sperm candles are in the southern fishery. These were the made, employing about thirty manufactofirst to prosecute the fishery in the south- ries. The whale oil and whalebone are ern Atlantic, on the coasts of Africa and chiefly exported to Europe. From the Brazil, and led the way into the Pacific report of the secretary of the treasury, seas. " Look at the manner," says Burke May 4, 1832, it appears that for the year (1774), " in which the New England peo- ending Sept. 30, 1831, there were exportple carry on the whale fishery. While ed whale and other fish oil to the value we follow them among the tumbling of $554,440; spermaceti oil to the value mountains of ice, and behold them pene- of $53,526 ; whalebone to the value of trating into the deepest frozen recesses of Hudson's bay and Davis's straits; while * The seas visited by the Americans are, in many we are looking for them beneath the arc- parts, little known; the currents are uncertain, and
the seamen have had to construct their own maps tic circle, we hear that they have pierced and charts. Yet shipwrecks have been rare. Two into the opposite region of polar cold; men are always kept at the mast-head on the that they are at the antipodes, and engaged lookout for land or breakers.
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Basically, the home seller pays the expense of the commission for both sides of the transaction. This is the way real estate is handled in the state of Minnesota, and most other states around the country.
So, the Realtor that lists the home on the market first splits the share of the commission with the buying agent Realtor. If the listing agent is also the agent that brings in the buyer, this same commission rate is paid because the Realtor is still doing the work for two parties, buyer and seller. But, that is not the end of the split of the commission!
The Broker or Brokerage the listing agent works with, then gets a 'cut of the pie' and once again the commission is split. What was originally x% commission is now just a fraction of this amount. But it doesn't end there! The agent selling (listing) your home for sale then has to pay all of the advertising expense, marketing expense, staff expense, phone, MLS, car, gas, brochures, internet... and Uncle Sam's share (just to name a few)!
So you see, the original commission is a far cry from what the listing agent gets to take home in the end!
Although it seems like finding an agent that gives you the lowest possible price on the commission is the best Realtor to use, statistics prove just the opposite. An agent selling your home for 4% cannot provide you with the same marketing plan as someone selling it for 5-7%.
Our Commission is Negotiated Individually With Each Client.
A well priced home often generates competing offers and drives up the final sale value. Our market analysis takes into account the most actively searched prices and home values.
In marketing your home, Meier Realty will emphasize its unique and sellable features. We then put your home in front of buyers, establishing it on the local MLS as well as broader ones, just listed cards, and syndication to 100's of online real estate sites. In addition, we'll use the Internet and our innovative website to make your listing highly visible. With more than 80% of buyers checking the web first when looking for a home, this is a part of your marketing strategy that you can't afford to miss.
We've all seen those signs around town and perhaps in our own neighborhood. If you're thinking about selling your home in the near future you might be thinking this is a great way to save some money -- but is it really?
While keeping those commission dollars in your pocket instead of a REALTOR®'s is definitely tempting, not all homeowners are up to the challenge of selling their own home. Even if it's a straightforward transaction, there is plenty of legal paperwork as well as advertising and marketing challenges to take care of. For most people these three items alone are a deterrent to selling your own home. A home is a financial investment so it makes sense to use a professional REALTOR®.
REALTORS® have access to the Multiple Listings Service also known as the MLS®, but you don't. The MLS® is perhaps the most widely used tool to sell homes and reaches millions of people looking for a home. Selling your own home involves finding your own advertising venues as well as paying for any out of pocket costs you incur. For many, this aspect of selling your own home can be time consuming and frustrating.
Meier Realty agents know local market values, whether they are rising or falling. By attempting to sell alone, you could be vastly underpricing your home. Or maybe it is overpriced so prospective buyers will stay away. Most prospective buyers shy away from "for sale by owner" newspaper classified ads. There is a good reason more than 85 percent of home sales are handled by real estate agents. Another consideration is are you prepared to make appointments during the day or during normal business hours.
REALTORS® are also adept at negotiating the sale as well as guiding a seller through the entire sale process and what it entails, for instance home inspections or repairs that need to be taken care of before the home goes on the market. While in most cases a REALTOR® is not an attorney, they have a general understanding of the legal paperwork involved, most of which involves filling in preprinted contracts and paperwork. And, unless you are a longtime resident of your community, real estate agents can provide detailed information about schools, utilities, zoning, and other concerns that potential buyers might have, especially if they are moving from a different province.
One of the most important and overlooked pitfalls of selling your own home is not knowing whether you have a qualified buyer. In other words, you may receive an offer that you are happy with and proceed with the sale only to find out that the buyer has bad credit and can't obtain a mortgage or doesn't have enough cash for a down payment or closing costs. When you hire a REALTOR®, you don't have to worry about wasting time on someone who wouldn't be able to buy your home anyway.
These are some of the many questions that homeowners have to ask themselves before embarking on this endeavor without a professional. If you're still determined to sell your own home, go right ahead, but now that you have a better understanding of what's involved, you might just decide it's better to hire a REALTOR® and save yourself some headaches along the way.


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Roger Penske, 82, is adding several key properties, including the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, to his racing portfolio.
The board of directors of Hulman & Co., owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, says it is selling the speedway and the NTT IndyCar Series to Penske Entertainment Corp., a subsidiary of Penske Corp.
The Hulman family owned the speedway for 74 years. Tony Hulman bought the run-down speedway in 1945, and following a four-year hiatus after Word War II returned racing to 16th Street and Georgetown in Indianapolis.
Roger Penske's 18 Indy 500 wins are the most of any team owner. Last week he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
There's a lot we don't know yet, but IMS said it is holding a news conference this afternoon, Nov. 4, to fill in the details. Roger Penske, Hulman & Co. chairman Tony George and organization president Mark Miles will be at the conference. We'll be on the case and will update you as we learn more.
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Q: Sufficient and necessary conditions for existance of a linear operator and kernel I am trying to prove the next:
Show that there exists a linear transformation $S : \mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^n$ such that
$T_1 =S \circ T_2$ if and only if $\ker T_2\subset \ker T_1.$
The first implication follows because of each vector in $\ker T_2$ and $S$ is a linear operator.
To prove the other direction I have problems: I cannot see how to use the fact of the contention $\ker T_2\subset \ker T_1.$
Any kind of help is thanked in advanced.

A: Hint: Let $M$ be the range of $T_2$. For $y=T_2(x)$ in $M$ define $S(y)=T_1(x)$. Check that this is well defined in the sense that if we also have $y=T_2(z)$ then $T_1(x)=T_1(z)$. Now take a basis $\{x_1,x_2,...,x_k\}$ for $M$ and extend it to a basis $\{x_1,x_2,...,x_n\}$ for $\mathbb R^{n}$. Define $S ( \sum\limits_{i=1}^{n} a_ix_i)$ to be $S ( \sum\limits_{i=1}^{k} a_ix_i)$ (which has already been  defined).

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Amethis jointly acquires GlobalCorp, a leading non-bank financial player in Egypt
SPE Capital, a private equity firm focused on Africa and the Middle East, announces the acquisition, by its private equity fund SPE AIF I, of GlobalCorp for Financial Services S.A.E (GlobalCorp), a leading Egyptian non-banking financial services company in Egypt, in a consortium with Amethis and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
Established in 2015, GlobalCorp is a leading Egyptian non-bank lender with a current focus on leasing and factoring solutions for corporates and small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs). The company's leased assets include production lines, equipment and machinery, vehicles, and commercial/industrial real-estate while the factoring product portfolio covers a range of short-term financing solutions. Since its inception, GlobalCorp has extended EGP 13 billion (USD 715 million) in credit over more than 800 leasing and factoring contracts spanning more than 30 industries, with more than 25% of its portfolio serving SMEs and green financing. The company also arranged Egypt's first and largest factoring syndication and completed its first securitization at the end of 2021.
SPE Capital and the consortium will be investing in GlobalCorp alongside Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Hatem Samir and in partnership with its highly capable management team. The investment in GlobalCorp will include a primary capital investment to further scale up the company's portfolio and expand into new business segments. SPE Capital and the consortium will also partner with GlobalCorp's management on scaling up the company's infrastructure and operations, investing in technology and advancing the company's impact agenda, including the promotion of greater financial inclusion, financing to SME clients and green initiatives as well as promoting leading environmental, social and governance (ESG) and client protection standards within the non-banking financial services industry.
Mehdi Charfi, Managing Partner at SPE Capital, said: "This will be our second investment in Egypt through the SPE AIF I fund and a reflection of the deepening of SPE Capital's on-the-ground presence as a team. We are excited to partner with Hatem and GlobalCorp's management team on scaling the company's organization, product offerings and market positioning and look forward to unlocking long-lasting value and impact to the company's stakeholders."
Ahmed Eloraby, Partner at SPE Capital and the SPE Capital transaction lead, added: "We believe that the non-bank financial services sector in Egypt has strong fundamentals of growth and resilience. Within the sector, players with solid management, operational excellence and a strong customer orientation – like GlobalCorp – can drive the market's development and innovative products. We are excited to build on our long-standing relationship with GlobalCorp's management and supporting the team's ambitious growth plans."
Hatem Samir, Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of GlobalCorp, commented: "We are very happy to welcome our new partners to GlobalCorp. The backing of leading international financial institutions is a testimony to GlobalCorp's success and unique profile in the market. We have ambitious plans for the company and look forward to combining our strengths to create value for all our stakeholders."
The SPE Capital team included Mehdi Charfi, Ahmed Eloraby, Mona Cherif, Noura Bakkour, Sami Ergin and Omar Elhariry representing SPE Capital. SPE Capital and the investment consortium were advised by Helmy, Hamza and Partners – Member Firm of Baker & McKenzie International (legal advisor), PricewaterhouseCoopers (financial and tax advisor), IBIS Consulting (ESG and Impact), and various other consultants on commercial and technical matters. The sellers were advised by Kamco Investment Company (Kamco Invest) (exclusive sell side financial advisor) and Matouk Bassiouny Business Law Office (legal advisor).
About GlobalCorp
Established in 2015 in Egypt, GlobalCorp is a non-banking financial services company engaged in offering financial and operating leases and factoring solutions to corporates and SMEs. It offers leading, innovative financial solutions including structured/tailored finance in partnership with other leasing companies and banks, positioning it as the largest purely independent non-banking financial services player in Egypt.
For more information, please visit: www.globalcorp-fin.com
About SPE Capital
SPE Capital, founded in 2016, is an independent Private Equity firm focused on Africa and the Middle East. SPE Capital is led by an experienced on-the-ground investment team, with strong local knowledge and a proven track record of investing in growth companies. With offices spanning across the region, SPE Capital has a thorough understanding of businesses in the region and strives to apply best international practices and governance standards.
For more information, please visit: www.spe-capital.com
About Amethis
Amethis, a member of the Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity partnership, is a private equity firm dedicated the African continent with offices in Paris, Casablanca, Abidjan, Nairobi and Luxembourg, and an investment capacity exceeding EUR 810 million. Amethis brings growth capital to promising midcap champions in a diversity of sectors throughout the African and European continents and is led by an experienced investment team with extensive experience investing in growth companies.
Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity is an independent firm, part of Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management, with over CHF 3.4 bn in assets under management. With an entrepreneurial approach to finance and backed by strong convictions, Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity builds and develops differentiating investment strategies that provide a sustainable response to environmental and social challenges. Founded in 1953, the Edmond de Rothschild Group had CHF 178 billion in assets under management as of 31 December 2021, 2,500 employees and 29 offices worldwide.
For more information, please visit www.amethis.com
About EBRD
The EBRD is a multilateral bank that promotes the development of the private sector and entrepreneurial initiative in 38 economies across three continents. The EBRD is owned by 71 countries, as well as the European Union and the European Investment Bank. EBRD investments are aimed at making the economies in its regions competitive, well governed, green, inclusive, resilient and integrated. Since its inception in 1991, the EBRD has invested more than EUR 164 billion since 1991 in around 6,300 investments.
For more information, please visit: www.ebrd.com


The San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary next month (November 18-24) and I'm honored to be one of the official photographers again. One of my photos from last year's Celebrity Chef Luncheon made the cover of this year's Amuse Bouche (read it online here), and another photo, taken a few months ago, is featured inside with a recipe for Chef William Bradley's Butternut Squash Velouté. Chef Bradley will be preparing his velouté for the Haute French Cuisine & Vintage Burgundy Tasting.
I was scrolling through Facebook the other night and came across a post by the SDBWFF linking to a recipe for Gale Gand's ricotta doughnuts. I met Gale last year in the Chef of the Fest judging tent at the Grand Tasting on Saturday and photographed her dessert on Sunday at the Celebrity Chef Luncheon. She returns this year for the Wine Spectator Celebrity Chef Dinner & Big Bottle Live Auction and Gale Gand's Birthday Brunch with Friends.
I couldn't get these doughnuts off my mind and decided to make them Saturday morning. Next time, I'll make the batter the night before, fry them up just before my walk to Starbucks, and make a bunch of new friends over coffee. That way, I won't find myself alone with 20 unbelievably, tasty doughnuts and a drooling Trapper offering to help me eat them all. I forced myself to toss the remaining 17 in a basket, jump in the car, and make the rounds to mom's and a few friends' houses to share.
Gale says, "My Sicilian-American mother-in-law, Vita Seidita, taught me how to make these tender-on-the-inside, crisp-on-the-outside doughnuts, which she often made for her family on Sunday mornings. All the kids would hover near the stove as she lifted the hot doughnuts out of the oil onto a brown paper bag for draining, and then their job was to roll them quickly in cinnamon sugar."
I halved the quantities in the original recipe, added the zest of one orange, and a pinch of nutmeg for a more "traditional doughnut taste" and opted to roll the doughnuts in cinnamon sugar rather than dusting with powdered sugar. I think the orange zest is a must, especially with the cinnamon sugar route. Super simple to make and totally addicting.
The batter is rather thick, so a small ice cream scoop works well.
1. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs. Add sugar, ricotta, flour, baking powder, orange zest and vanilla extract and stir together until combined, being careful not to over mix the batter.
2. In a small bowl, stir together cinnamon and sugar and set aside.
3. Heat 2 to 3 inches of canola oil in a deep, heavy pot to 325°F. Drop the batter by small ice cream scoopfuls or small spoonfuls (use 2 teaspoons) into the oil and fry for 3 minutes, turning often, until golden brown on each side. Fry the doughnuts in 3-4 batches to avoid crowding the pot. Lift out the doughnuts with a slotted spoon and transfer to paper towels or a brown paper bag to drain briefly.
4. Immediately roll doughnuts in cinnamon sugar. Serve while still warm.
Do-Ahead: You can prepare the batter up to one day ahead, cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until you're ready to fry, but you will have to increase the frying time slightly to compensate for the colder batter.
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AColorado State University mechanical engineering professor was conducting research for Anheuser-Busch in the late 1980s when an epiphany hit: Could he borrow the efficiencies of making aluminum cans on a mass scale and use them to make solar panels? In 1991 Professor W.S. Sampath began to investigate his ideas for low-cost photovoltaic solutions by focusing upon a thin-film cadmium telluride glass coating in his small Colorado State laboratory. Another 16 years would pass before he started a company, AVA Solar, to commercialize this technology.
The spinoff, now called Abound Solar, formed in 2007 with support from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo. By 2008 the new company had attracted $104 million in venture capital – more than any other Colorado firm that year. To date, Abound has raised $150 million from private investors and institutions, including Invus Group, DCM, Bohemian Companies, Technology Partners and GLG Partners. Abound is now ramping up production to make low-cost, thin-film photovoltaic solar panels at its new factory in Longmont, Colo., and expects to begin shipping by the end of 2009. The company has gone from 40 jobs a year ago to 200.
"It's a long road we're taking. In a space of 10 years, these modules may produce three times more energy that can be converted to electricity, and that will reduce the cost. I'm not saying this is going to happen next month. We're just starting out on this road," said Sampath.
At capacity, Abound Solar is expected to churn out 200 megawatts of solar modules annually by using continuous in-line semiconductor equipment that converts sheets of glass into solar panels. Abound uses proprietary manufacturing technology to produce solar modules at half the cost of crystalline silicon, the mainstream technology for photovoltaics.
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In 2008 BusinessWeek's online edition named Abound Solar one of the most successful start-ups in the nation and one of 25 "hot" companies. The online magazine listed Abound among an exclusive group of national organizations that had raised the most venture capital in the 2008 calendar year. And in May 2009, the company signed a long-term sales agreement with "juwi solar," a leading global solar integrator based in Germany.
Abound Solar fits with Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter's and President Barack Obama's missions to create new jobs through the "New Energy Economy." According to a White House press release, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar visited the company in August 2009 to "highlight the enormous opportunities for Americans in the emerging clean energy economy."
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Does anybody know why FG are running this carpetbagger Durkin?
Looks to be a bit of a split for the Labour vote in Dublin with Labour running a candidate and Higgins' daughter apparently running as an independent. Not sure how Herman Kelly will do though. Seems that he is contesting as an independent. Have the PBP/Socialists/etc nominated their candidates yet?
Yep Alice Mary Higgins is standing.
Socialist Party/Solidarity - Their councillor Michael O'Brien was to be the candidate but it's now Rita Harrold who's also a candidate for the locals in Cabra-Glasnevin - she's the main SP person behind ROSA.
Gillain Brien is the PBPA candidate.
Both candiates indicate both organisations feel they've no chance of winning. The SP are also convulsed by their current internal crisis in Ireland and elsewhere.
Phoenix reported Clare Daly TD was considering a run too...that would be a significnat move as unlike those above she'd be in with a decent chance.
after she endorsed Ryan WP!
Socialist Party/Solidarity - Their councillor was to be the candidate but it's now Rita Harrold who's also a candidate for the locals in Cabra-Glasnevin - she's the main SP person behind ROSA.
Claire Daly is backing WP candidate Cllr Eilis Ryan.
Will Daly and Wallace run?
One SF insider was said to be furious.
Yep, nothing wrong with that...I'd be very surprised if the prospect of Daly standing wasn't communicated to Eilis at that time.
I don't think that's true. Why would they be furious, Lynn Boylan is a shoe in?
It's not a party - it has the same status as PBPA-SOL.
Here they are canvassing the Shia vote and celebrating a revolution that brought a relatively modern country back to the Middle Ages.
The pair of them would be clapped in irons the minute they got off the plane, if they arrived in Tehran dressed like that. Irony, as always, at a premium on the left.
Yes registered for Dail purposes just like PBPA-Sol but they are not parties in the way that Fianna Fail, SF or Labour are.
I would struggle to come up with a weaker candidate from them. It's bad enough for them that she is their best choice for a LEA ward for the LE's in May- but to be their candidate for the whole city and county in the EE's!!!???
Their councillor in Dublin Bay North, O'Brien was to be the candidate but he or they had a change of mind. They need their TDs in the Dail so they can't stand them and they've no-one else of significance in terms of profile. They will struggle to hold their council seats and will definitely be down one in Limerick after their councillor there had to stand down. They are at the centre of a significant crisis involving their international organisation (CWI- see below) which is heading for a major split, there are factions here too so I don't think the Euros are particulalry high on their agenda.
They (or the AAA as they were called) are down one in Dublin 15 since 2014- they had 3 across the area and now they have 2 and I think will only come back with one or two as a max in the area next month. Castleknock is losing two seats and I would imagine that their councilor for the ward will lose her seat here.


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Dec. 11, 2019 / 10:17 AM
North Korean defector school faces opposition in South
Elizabeth Shim
A special school for North Korean defectors is facing opposition to its relocation, according to a South Korean press report. File Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI | License Photo
Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A special school for North Korean defectors in Seoul is in limbo as it faces opposition from residents who do not want the institution in their neighborhood.
Students at Yeomyeong school must move to a new location in two years, when the contract expires for their current building, South Korean television network MBC reported Wednesday.
The school was pushing forward with plans to break ground at Eunpyeong New Town in northern Seoul, but local residents say they are against the idea, according to the report.
Opponents say the 23,067 square feet of land reserved for the school should be used to build amenities for local residents.
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Kim Yong-gwan, a resident, told MBC he is opposed to the school.
"The site could be used by our children. Why would anyone support an order commanding us to relinquish it for children of people outside our community?" Kim said.
An Eunpyeong district representative said his office has already received 106 complaints about the school.
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Pak Nu-ri, a defector and student at Yeomyeong, said she is disappointed by the news.
"I was really sad to hear about the objections," she said. "Because, wouldn't there be a reason for their opposition?"
Yeomyeong school opened in 2004, and has graduated well-known defectors including Choi Kwang-hyouk, an ice hockey player, and Kang Chun-hyok, a rapper, according to MBC.
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The school is coping with new challenges at a time when defectors continue to face hurdles in adjustment.
Local television network EBS reported Tuesday the number of half-North Korean, half-Chinese teenagers and youth have surpassed their North Korea-born counterparts at a ratio of 6 to 4.
The number of defectors who have never set foot in the North is growing. They are sometimes not included in state welfare programs because of their method of entry.
Half-North Korean children who are admitted to South Korea after their parents have been granted South Korean citizenship do not go through Hanawon, the South Korean resettlement support center. They "slip through the cracks" of the system, according to the report.
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Prince Harry says there was 'no other option' but to reduce title
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3rd person dies from new SARS-like virus as it spreads throughout China
Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Chinese health officials said Monday a third person has died from a mysterious new virus as it spreads throughout the country.
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Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido arrived in Colombia on Sunday for a counter-terrorism meeting in defiance of a travel ban imposed against him by the pro-government supreme court.
Brazilian gang members among 75 escapees from Paraguay prison
Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Paraguay's Interior Ministry announced Sunday that 75 inmates have escaped from a prison in Pedro Juan Caballero with the possible assistance of prison officials
Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Many residents of Newfoundland opened their doors to find a wall of snow trapping them within their own home, including up to 3 feet.
Jan. 19 (UPI) -- At least 80 Yemeni soldiers were killed in an airstrike at a military camp, the United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen said Sunday.
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Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Chinese officials confirmed 17 more cases of a coronavirus on Sunday as the country prepares for a busy period of travel associated with the Lunar New Year.
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Jan. 19 (UPI) -- At least eight people were arrested and four police officers were injured in demonstrations calling for universal suffrage in Hong Kong.
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Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Israel has begun installing "highly sohisticated' underground sensors along the northern border with Lebanon to detect new subterranean tunnels, Israel Defense Forces said Sunday.
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September 9th will be a very big day for some of San Francisco's most talented young design students. It is then that MFA graduates of the Academy of Art University's School of Fashion will debut their collections on the runway at New York's Bryant Park as part of New York Olympus Fashion Week.
This is the big time for American fashion. In attendance will be all the major fashion media from around the world, as well as store buyers and other industry bigwigs. It's an impatient, critical, somewhat jaded group of people who have seen it all, so to really capture their interest these designers have got to wow them. Take a look at some of their work below… do you think they're up to the challenge? We do.
First, a piece from Shanti Rose Markstrom's hand-detailed collection, said to be inspired by the Commedia del'arte, Victorian circus performers and painters Watteau and Toulouse-Lautrec. Such a marvellous top.
Also displaying a remarkable attention to detail is the work of India native Avani Pratap Bhansali, whose inspiration is the intricacies of Persian art. Her designs will also be featured on the runway at the 24th Annual Macy's Passport show this year in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
A sporty, colorful approach to menswear is shown here by the team of designer Masamichi Matsushita and textile designer Susan Fort. Their work will also be shown at Macy's Passport.


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Ich Bin Nicht Sam (I'm Not Sam) (Germany)
German edition of I'm Not Sam translated by Thomas Schichtel.
Categories: Books, Germany, I'm Not Sam, with Lucky McKee
The Girl Next Door
The Suburbs.
A contented time in a quiet place for most.
But not for all.
For on a tranquil, tree-lined street, in a dark basement, fourteen-year-old Meg and her little sister Susan are about to learn everything there is to know about the savagery in the human heart.
And an entire neighborhood, young and old alike, will either turn away from the madness, or succumb to it, joining in the slow, sadistic torture of a victim too beautiful and too innocent for her own good. Here, only one young boy will dare to reach out to make an agonizing choice between love and compassion – and violence and evil.
It's 1969, and the Vietnam War is raging. A rough time for most kids. You either work like hell to stay in school or hightail it to Canada or else Uncle Sam comes knocking at your door and the next thing you know you're slogging through the rice paddies and trying not to think about all those body bags shipping back to the World every day.
Not so for Ray and Tim. They've slipped through the cracks. They're neither college kids nor grunts. They're undraftable.
But Ray and Tim have their own problems.
Murder, for one.
A murder Ray committed four years ago because he felt like it. A murder to which Tim, along with Ray's sometime-girlfriend Jennifer, are accomplices. A murder which — for at least one world-weary cop — simply won't go away. He knows Ray did it but can't prove it. Now, on the verge of quitting his job, with nothing much to lose, he decides to have one last shot at goading Ray into blowing his arrogant cool, into doing something really stupid.
Which Ray's already doing, just by being who he is.
He's a possessive, egotistical, compulsive liar. He's dealing drugs. But mostly he's chasing skirts. He's all but dumped Jennifer and is courting not one new girl but two, doing anything and everything he can to impress them. One girl finds his weird posturing repulsive, but Ray refuses to hear that. The other's playing with him — and might be just as dangerous as he is, moving him further and further into waters way over his head. It doesn't help that both girls are college-bound and Ray isn't, or that one of them's the cop's best friend's secret lover. It doesn't help that Jennifer's turning into a drugged-out booze-hound in front of his very eyes. It doesn't help that Tim sees this as a pretty good time to make his move on Jennifer. And it sure doesn't help that Ray's got a rage inside him that could make a cyclone look like a breezy summer day.
Things are converging. Something's going to crack. Something's going to break loose into a world of pain.
And who will be The Lost?


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My Ruined Town
(Chervonoarmiys'k, Ukraine)
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by Meyshe Nobelman (Toronto)
Translated by Tina Lunson
Our little town Pulin in the Volyn Province, which the Bolshiviks renamed "Krasnoy Armaysk", had a population of about one thousand souls. There were all kinds of Jews among them, scholars and merchants, artisans and idlers. Now I will only mention some of the few that I knew well, and who are etched into my memory as a memorial.
One, Kahyim Ber, I remember. His family name was Yafe, may the name be a blessing, was a tall handsome Jew with a stately appearance, and a red beard that always smelled of saffron. He had a shop selling flour. All the wives of the town bought flour from him to bake khale for shabes. The peasants bought flour from him too, to make baked goods for their holidays.
Khayim Ber was an honest Jew, a Makarev hasid who traveled every rosh-hashone and yonkiper to Makarev to Rebi Yeshaye'le of blessed memory; he always made a good living. He was a very friendly person who got along with everyone, beloved by both Jews and goyim, l'havdl. He was not a great scholar but he could study a chapter of mishnayos or "Khok l'yisroel" [collection of readings for each day]. He loved to sit in the study-house until the last minyon and chat about Hasidism and tell about marvels from the old Makarev saint Rebi Yankev Yitsik of blessed memory, and by the way gave the shames Avrem'ele a few coins to buy a bottle of whisky and snacks, and the Jews drank a "l'khayim" and wished salvation and comfort to all yisroel.
His wife Nekhame – or as we called her, Nekhe – helped him in all his undertakings. She was a true helpmate.
Whenever someone celebrated a simkhe in town she was the first to give
her contribution, and especially when the Makarev Rebi came to town. She used to give the Rebi her house, which stood on the main street, and served him with great respect, in order to receive his blessing to be blessed with a child… Yet the Almighty creator did not make her happy with any progeny. When the mishnayos study-group celebrated the end of a section, she invited them to make the celebration in her house. And when the Hasidim were slightly tipsy and put their hands on one another's shoulders to dance, then she would join in too, holding her husband's hand and taking part in the dancing.
Khayim Ber and his wife gave a lot to charity. They lent flour to all the poor people to make khale for shabes without taking pledges and lost a lot of money from it. It is interesting to relate that they promised to lay the record of this debt in their graves. Khayim Ber used to say "because it is all part of my labors under the sun".
The second Jew that I will describe certainly earned being mentioned, so that such a type should not be forgotten to future generations because he was a rare sort whom today one would seek out with a [Diogenes'] lantern.
His name was Hershl. People called him Hershl Itsi's, from his father-in-law's name. His second name was Horodetski, he was a cousin of the famous Hebrew writer Shmuel Abo Horodetski. He was descended from Berditshev, was a poor orphan, a yeshive-boy. His father-in-law, Itsi Tsvet, was a rich Jew who had a single daughter named Basye, who was no great beauty. And she was very small, a dwarf, the opposite of her husband, who was tall and handsome with two big, black, dreamy eyes and a long black beard like that of Dr. Hertsl of blessed memory. You might ask: Who thought up such a match? I will answer: Money is always the answer. He had an iron shop and his little wife bore him a child every year, their boy was named Alter Shmuel, after his Berditshev grandfather who was a great scholar with an admirable heritage, a third generation from the Bal-shem-tov of blessed memory.
Reb Hersh, as he was called in town out of respect, knew mathematics well. Many students who came to town to teach and had hard problems with mathematics came to him and he answered them quickly and with ease. He was also an expert grammarian; he read Torah precisely which was a surprise for us in a small town. He was also a master at chess; he beat the best player in town.
He had an amazing memory. He knew all of RaMBaM and the "Guide for the Perplexed" by heart. He was also well-versed in the Kuzri by Yehude Haleyvi and also in the poems of Shleyme ben Gavirul, Meyshe ben Ezra and Yehude Haleyvi. He loved to study khumesh with Ibn ben Ezra and to dissect it with the
fellows of the "lovers of the study-house"; and the riddles of Avrom Ibn-Ezra. There was a Talmud study group in town, and he used to teach a lesson to the members with great acuity. He was extremely modest, he never made much of his scholarship, he considered himself a simple person and loved to chat with the shames and the regulars at the study-house.
Like all towns our town had a meshugener, called Yosl. His father was a well-to-do Jew. A tragedy befell him. He went out of his mind because of an unsuccessful love. He used to stay at the study-house and sleep beside the oven, and the study-house boys would pour water into his boots or hold a tallow lamp under his nose so he would feel the burning.
Reb Hersh scolded the boys severely about that, saying that we must be merciful in all we do, as is written in the psalm "all the songs of Yisroel are pleasant".
I remember one of his jokes that is worthwhile repeating. Once a friend, a clever Jew, Reb Berish who had a manufacturing business and a pious and generous wife, asked him, "Reb Hersh, why do you, a wise Jew, have such a small wife?" He answered immediately, on the spot, with a joke: "The Talmud says, everyone runs after a woman full of excitement…nu, I have a small amount of excitement and chose her for her warmth and excitement so everything works out fine!"
He passed away in shevet 1909, still a young man, leaving behind five young orphans.
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