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Winter 2004 Newsletter
ASSOCIATION NEWS by Les Allan, President & Honorary General Secretary.
Contact address 99 Parlaunt Road, Langley, Berkshire SL3 8BE.
Well here we are, at the end of another year. It is hard to believe that next year sees the 60th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Doesn't time fly! It was an event that had a major impact on our lives and at this time it would be appropriate to spare a thought for those of our comrades who are no longer with us.
On a more positive note you will see that we have decided to splash out and include a bit of colour in this Christmas issue of the newsletter. The cover is from a French 1943 postcard produced in Stalag 13B and purchased at an auction by our Historian. Unfortunately we cannot include colour in every issue, or we would have to double your dues! As it is we are keeping the annual subscription the same as previous years, so please consider yourself reminded that the 2005 annual subscription is due on 1st January. Its not bad value when you consider that it is the same cost as a packet of fags, a gallon of petrol or a bottle of wine.
Talking of wine, I will raise a glass to you all on Christmas Day and on behalf of myself and the rest of your committee I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Opposite page Top Photo North East Branch at Dunkirk Memorial. Left to right; Mrs Crouch, Mrs Fatherley, Mrs Herschel all ATS, Joe Wilson, Amy Hall age 12 'our little helper', Mrs Wallace, Mr A Hunter, Mr A Aiston (Branch Chairman), Mr Howstan, Mr C Smith and Mr R Teasdale, all Tyneside Scottish Black Watch.
Bottom Photo 25th Anniversary of Slough (Founder) Branch in September. Left to right; Mr and Mrs Les Twigg, Mr and Mrs Les Allan, Mr Pat Hegarty.
HAYWARDS HEATH DO 2005. Our Social Secretary Fred Goddard and his missus Jean are organising a 'Do' to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the end of the war. It will take place from 7.30pm onwards on 23rd April 2005 at the St Francis Social Club, The Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath, West Sussex. There will be music by the duo 'Reprise', entertainment by a mystery guest and a raffle. Tickets are £10 and are sold in aid of our association. Reserve your tickets now from Fred at 1, Ash Grove, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 4PZ. Telephone 01444-415295.
ANNUAL REUNION. This is a reminder to all members that the association will hold its annual reunion at Warners Lakeside Holiday Village, Hayling Island between Friday 7th and Monday 10th October 2005. Members, family and friends are all welcome. If you would like to attend, please contact us NOW. We would especially like to see more of our Associate members, who are hereby reminded that all former prisoners of war are prepared to tell stories all night long if there is a steady supply of beer to refresh their memories. If you would like to know what your relative got up to whilst a guest of the Germans or Italians reserve your place now with Mr Ken Jackson, Haere-Mai, 29 Highwood Avenue, Booker, High Wycombe, HP12 4LS. Telephone 01494-436978.
STALAG XIB FALLINGBOSTEL MEMORIAL. We have received enquiries from a few members asking if we are planning a trip to Fallingbostel in April next year for the dedication of the memorial on 15th April, which will be the 60th Anniversary of the liberation of the camp. (see the article in the Autumn 2004 Newsletter). At this moment in time we have not organised an official Association trip, but we could do if there was sufficient interest. In order to assess the demand, can you let me know by 15th January if you would like to join the party.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION. It is that time of year again when we ask members to renew their annual subscriptions. They are due on 1st January 2005. You will receive four quarterly newsletters during 2005 plus the annual Journal. The cost has remained the same over the years and we plan to keep it so for 2005. The annual subscription for full members who were prisoners of war is £5, with the exception of those living overseas who are asked to pay £10 to cover the extra cost of airmail postage. Associate membership is available to family members and members of the public who support the aims of the association, at £10 for the year. Please send your cheques, made out to NEXPOWA, together with your membership cards, to Les Allan at 99, Parlaunt Road, Langley, Berkshire SL3 8BE.
Anyone joining us during the year will receive the back issues they have missed. If anyone joined during 2004 and did not receive all of the back issues, please let us know which ones you are missing.
NEW MEMBERS. We would like to welcome the following new members; Mr Bill Hayes who fell in the bag in Libya in April 1941. Mr John Chapman who was a resident of Campo 73 and Stalag 4A. Mr Douglas Anderson of the Rifle Brigade, who was taken prisoner near Tripoli in 1941. Mr G A Coulson of the Coldstream Guards who was taken prisoner at Knightsbridge. Mr Henry Bayne of the Black Watch who fell in the bag at St Valery. Major A J King, a former resident of Stalag 383, Mr Ken Clarke. Associate Members Val Richardson whose father was a Royal Engineer, resident in Stalag 21B and D. Barbara and Derek Merrill whose father was in E715 Auschwitz. Mr John Dunn whose father was taken prisoner at Tobruk. Mr Jeffrey Plowman whose father was in E734 at Schoppinitz. Mr Mark Kennedy whose father was in Stalag 20A. Mrs Joyce Richter whose father George Bolt was a resident of Stalag 4A. Bernard and Vera Clark whose late father Roderick fell in the bag at Cambrai in May 1940. Mr Mike Gorman whose father was a resident in Stalag 8B. Mr R J Cuff whose father John served in the Northamptonshire Regiment. Mrs Margaret Henson whose father was a resident in Oflags 6B, 7B and 7C. Mrs Helga and Mr Ron Gerhardi, Mr Brian Oliver and Penny Smith.
DONATIONS. We would like to thank the following for their kind donations to the welfare fund; Mr Robert Albert £15, Mr Alan Allport £10, Mrs D A Beaufort, Mr George Buchan £5, Mr Bernard Clark £30, Mr R J Cuff £5, Mrs B Duffy (milestone birthday) £120, Mrs Ruth Gardner £10, Mr Andrew Lister £15, Mrs Anne McKenzie £40, Mr David Miller £30, Mrs Christine Parry £15, Mr H Salmon £15, Mr R Walsh £5, all donations whether large or small are much appreciated.
OBITUARIES. We regret to report the passing away of some of our members. Mr Vic Walker of Beccles, Suffolk passed away on 20th October. David Davies of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada passed away on 1st May. Mr Frank Ruse of New Malden, Surrey passed away on 11th August after a short illness. He was a former resident of Stalag 20B. Mr William John Charles 'Jack' Nicholls passed away in Newton Abbot, Devon on 13th July. Mr John Angus Harrison passed away on 20th October at St Johns Hospital, Chelmsford after a long illness. He was a guest of both the Italians and Germans and served with the Seaforth Highlanders. Mr E A Beer passed away in Paignton in February this year. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
WELFARE NEWS. I noticed an interesting article in the Daily Mail recently regarding the payment of pensions. As we all know the Royal Mail are trying to make the local post offices extinct and would prefer everyone to have their pensions paid directly into a bank account. Convenient for them, but not always for the pensioner. It appears that the Department of Work and Pensions have not only been telephoning pensioners at home to try to persuade them to have the money paid straight into a bank account, but they have even been sending people to visit pensioners at home to 'explain direct payment'. Please be advised that you are still entitled to receive your pension in cash at a post office and you do not need to speak to any DWP employees over the phone. If any of them turn up on your doorstep you are quite entitled to tell them to go away. Nicely of course.
Mr Fred Sivewright, 128 Ellengowan Drive, Dundee, DD4 6HX would like to hear from any former residents of Stalag 4B as well as any associate members who may have had family members in the camp. He is also searching for copies of the camp newsletter 'The Hut'.
Mr Mark Kennedy, 8 Knockbreda Drive, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland BT6 OHJ would like to hear from anyone who may remember his grandfather Patrick (Paddy) Ramsay of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He was a resident of Stalag 20A at Thorn and is believed to have been wounded during an escape attempt.
PHOTO OPPOSITE. Sent in by Jim Crouch, whose father James 'Nobby' Crouch of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps is standing second from right. Others include Ken Gaylor, KRRC standing at extreme left; Bruce 'The Scribe' Soul sitting second from left; Sgt Norman Guard, KRRC sitting third from left; Reg Ward sitting third from right. Most of the items of clothing and inadequate footware appear to be ex-Polish army issue. Nobby Crouch is wearing a Polish officers jacket. Taken at Stalag 21B Warthelager in early 1941.
Author Mr David Miller, 5 Alder Close, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 4TJ (Tel 01626-336037 or email email@example.com ) wishes to contact anyone, or their descendants/friends, who was repatriated (exchanged) during the war. That is between May 1940 and April 1945 in Europe and between February 1942 and July 1945 in the Far East. They would probably have sailed aboard the Swedish liners Gripsholm or Drottningholm, although there may have been other ships involved. Please do not send valuable original documents or photos in the first instance.
Mr Mike Gorman, 4 Fairbourne Drive, Wilmslow, SK9 6JF would like to hear from anyone who knew his father, a Green Howard, who was captured with 150 Brigade at Gazala and spent time in Campo 52 in Italy and arbeits kommandos E715 at Auschwitz and E393 at Mittel-Laziek. If you were in any of those places please drop him a line.
Australian John T George is trying to locate his old pal Bob Goddard. He was taken prisoner in Greece in 1941 and worked as a farm labourer in the Austrian town of Rechberg. A young Austrian lad who they met in 1943 would like to meet them again. If you know where we can find Bob please write to Phil Chinnery, address in the historians section.
Dr Barbara Merrill, 12 Shaftesbury Road, Earlsdon, Coventry CV5 6FL would like to hear from anyone who knew her father Frank Merrill or who may have been in arbeits kommando E715 at Auschwitz.
Mr Douglas Anderson, 25 Oak View, Stangrove Park, Edenbridge, Kent TN8 5JH would like to hear from anyone who may have shared his experiences `in Campo 35 at Padula, near Salerno, or Stalag 7B Moosberg or Oflag 12B Hadamar.
Mr Christopher Cole, 12 Worcestershire Lea, Warfield, Berkshire RG42 3TQ is searching for anyone who knew any of the crew of a 44 Squadron bomber that was shot down on the Augsburg raid in April 1942; P/O. Garwell, Flt/Sgt Laurie Dando, Flux and Watson. It is known that Dando who came from Rhodesia, passed through Stalag Luft 3 and 6 and Stalag 357.
Mrs Susan Collins, 49 Bramblewood, Ipswich, Suffolk IP8 3RS would like to hear from anyone who was resident in Campo 146 at Bussolengo, to the west of Verona. Her late father George Gilpin Miniken was in the camp before going on the run. He was recaptured in northern Italy in January 1944 and taken to 'Carceri San Vittore' which was a prison in Milan. If you knew George or have any information on the camp or prison Susan would appreciate a line from you.
Mr Bernard Clark, 73 Elvington, Springwood, Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE30 4TB would like to hear from anyone who knew his late father L/Cpl Roderick Clark, RASC who was captured at Cambrai in May 1940 and spent 8 months in the hospital there until moved to Stalag 8B. He was with arbeits kommandos E25 at Rauschwalde, Kreis Falkenberg in 1941, E479 at Tarnowitz and E578 at Peiskretscham, Kreis Gleiwitz in 1943.
Henry Bayne, Flat 2, 60 Woodend Road, Rutherglen, Glasgow, G73 4DY, Scotland would like to contact any of his former comrades from 1st Black Watch, 51st Highland Division or anyone who remembers him from Stalag 20B.
Mrs Valerie Richardson, 5 Osburn Drive, Macgregor, ACT 2615, Australia would like to hear from anyone who may remember her late father Sapper Edward John Smith of the Royal Engineers who was a resident in Stalags 21B and D.
Mr Graham Johnson, 26 Somersham, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL7 2PZ is seeking the location of Stalag 4D Torgau arbeits kommando W/610. It was possibly a factory in Wittenberg for converting coal from a nearby mine into coke.
John Chapman, 1 Ashford Court, Moana Heights, South Australia 5169 would like to hear from the following who spent Christmas with him in Campo 73 in 1942; T Porter (Mousey) – Wembley, Mick Dunstan – Exeter, Devon, Wilf Hall – Bacup, Lancs, Con Lavatt – Round Oak, I Lowden - Grimsby, Lincs, T Crone (Jock) – Glasgow.
BOOK REVIEW. HELGA by Helga Gerhardi. We were pleased to have Helga as our honoured guest speaker at the annual reunion at Hayling Island. Although not a prisoner of war Helga took part in the awful winter march back to the west, keeping one step ahead of the advancing Russians. Helga has chronicled her experiences in two books that were both on sale at the reunion. In her first book Helga breaks the silence about the horrors faced by the civilians in the Eastern states of Germany as the Soviet Armies fought their way onto German territory. The author was born near the Lithuanian border and as a young girl she met Hitler and supported her mother when the SS repeatedly searched their home. As a medical student she cared for some of the thousands of wounded soldiers returning from the Russian front in cattle trucks. Alone, she joined the tens of thousands of refugees trekking westward in the server winter of 1944/45. Across frozen land and lakes, with no food, shelter or warmth Helgas courage helped her to survive the nightmare of those terrible winter months which brought death to so many. With the war at an end, having lost everything and living in total poverty, Helga travels the long dangerous road south, in search of her family. Finally they are reunited and their dream of returning to Switzerland is fulfilled. ISBN No 0-9521933-0-2, 430 pages softcover.
The story continues in Helgas second book. Neutral Switzerland had little compassion for poor returning emigrants. Helga had to abandon her medical studies and took a job as a secretary in a hotel. She met her future husband in very romantic circumstances and left Switzerland. Blessed with two sons, Helga soon discovered that the eldest was handicapped. Then followed a long struggle to give him a good education and treatment. Eventually at the age of 40 Helga became a teacher. The remainder of the book describes the life of the family up to the present day. ISBN No 0-9521933-1-0. Softcover, 433 pages. Ordering details are still enroute, in the meantime please send all enquiries to Phil Chinnery, address in Historians section.
BOOK REVIEW. SHOWERS ON THURDAY by John Bellamy. From the icy north of Canada – to an English market town – to war torn Tunisia, John Bellamy takes you on an inspiring journey. He was part of the first ever Parachute Field Ambulance. His World War II experiences in the Royal Army Medical Corps include the airborne assault on the bridge at Arnhem, being captured by the Germans – and after liberation by the Russians, walking from Neubrandenberg to Wittenberge on the River Elbe with a friend and a dogcart!
I was impressed with some of the anecdotes in the book, including that of the British Naval Lieutenant who was captured at Arnhem. Apparently he was on leave in England when he heard what was going on in Holland. He persuaded an RAF friend to let him travel as an unofficial dispatcher in his cargo plane, to help push supplies out of the doors. The plane was shot down and he became a prisoner of war! Another fellow prisoner was Corporal Howard Jones who had been captured in Tunisia. He later escaped from an Italian prisoner of war camp and made his way back to Allied lines in Southern Italy. He rejoined the Parachute Field Ambulance and found himself in the bag again at Arnhem.
It was apparently accepted that one did not try to escape until one had been officially registered as a prisoner of war. If you were shot before being registered there would be no official enquiry and you would be listed as killed in action. If you escaped and where shot after being registered as a prisoner of war, at least there would be an official enquiry!
John was incarcerated in Stalag 2A at Neubrandenberg along with about 150 other airborne prisoners. After a few weeks large numbers of Americans began to arrive, taken prisoner during the Ardennes offensive. They all faced a hard winter with often an inch of ice on the inside of the windows of their huts. Finally in April 1945 the Russians arrived to liberate the camp. John and Howard were not about to wait around the camp until the Russians decided to send them back to Allied lines. They set off walking and made their way to the River Elbe where the Americans kindly ferried them across. ISBN No 0-9750548-3-X. Softcover, 246 pages with photos. Available from Maygog Publishing in Australia at www.coop-Bookshop.com.au price 24.95 Australian dollars.
HISTORIANS NEWS by Phil Chinnery.
Contact details – 10 Lambert Ave, Langley, Berks SL3 7EB Email firstname.lastname@example.com
I would like to thank all members for their assistance during the year. Please keep the stories, photos and memoirs coming in, for without them the newsletter will grind to a halt. As usual the annual reunion at Hayling Island was a great success, with attendance up from 117 last year to 151 this year. It was nice to renew old acquaintances, especially Sid Whyte, Johnny Wilkinson, Alf Solomon, Bob and Tom Jones, Eric Reeves, Ray Eaton, Ron Redman, Stan Wade, Geoff Bryden, John Crowe, Anne Greer and Mr H Salmon. May I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Thank You's. A Thank You to Norman Norris for a copy of the book 'People at War 1939-45' for our archives. The book was published by David and Charles in 1974 and includes a chapter on Normans experiences in Stalag 3D near Berlin, following his capture on Crete. If you are seeking information on captivity on Crete or Stalag 3D the 24 pages in this chapter will be of interest to you. The author is Michael Moynihan and the ISBN No 0-7153-6274-7. Thank You also to Bernard Clark who sent in some photos from arbeits kommandos E25 and E479 together with some interesting booklets, including one produced aboard the 'Duchess of Richmond' which carried his father home from Odessa.
PHOTO BELOW. Some of the men from Stalag 3D working party 428 at Zernsdorf railway station near Berlin. Norman Norris, mentioned above, is standing at the right hand end of the rear row. They were employed repairing railway tracks in the Berlin area.
STALAG 20B - THE STORY CONTINUES. Andy Lister writes in from South Africa; "Stalag XXB was situated on the outskirts of the town of Marienburg, now called Malbork, its original Polish name. The camp was called Willenberg not Willenburg. I arrived there from Stalag 21B Warthelager near Posen in June 1941. We were billeted in what was known as the Erdhuts, two long platforms on either side of a passage about a metre wide, there was a door at one end and a window at the other and ten men above and ten below on each side a total of 40. Luckily I managed to get out on a working party that was being sent out to farms, actually I was a qualified electrician but kept that to myself and said I was a farm labourer."
CAPTIVE DRONES FEEDBACK. Adam Lindsay writes in to tell us that the Captain Grant referred to was a Padre in a Scottish Regiment and also Roman Catholic Padre at Stalag 383. Padre John Weir Foote, also in the bag in 383, was the Canadian Chaplain who was awarded the VC for his valour at Dieppe. He was serving with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry at the time and was the only member of the Canadian Chaplain Services ever to be awarded the Victoria Cross. The Citation for the award reads; 'Upon landing on the beach under heavy fire he attached himself to the Regimental Aid Post which had been set up in a slight depression on the beach, but which was only sufficient to give cover to men lying down. During the subsequent period of eight hours, while the action continued, this officer not only assisted the Regimental Medical Officer in ministering to the wounded, but time and again left this shelter to inject morphine, give first-aid and carry wounded personnel from the open beach to the aid post. On these occasions, with utter disregard for his personal safety, Honorary Captain Foote exposed himself to an inferno of fire and saved many lives by his gallant efforts. During the action, as the tide went out, the RAP was moved to the shelter of a stranded landing craft. Captain Foote continued tirelessly and courageously to carry wounded men from the exposed beach to the cover of the landing craft. He also removed wounded from inside the landing craft when ammunition had been set on fire by enemy shells. When landing craft appeared, he carried wounded from the RAP to the landing craft through heavy fire. On several occasions this officer had the opportunity to embark, but returned to the beach as his chief concern was the care and evacuation of the wounded. He refused a final opportunity to leave the shore, choosing to suffer the fate of the men he had ministered to for over five years.' He passed away in May 1988.
PHOTO BELOW. Sent in by John Trenchard, who is fourth from the right in the middle row, this photo comprises mainly men from the 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment in Campo 70 Monturano in 1944.
DERBY DAY IN CAMPO 70. An obituary for Bert Richings appeared in the Spring Newsletter. His pal Philip Newbury has written in to us; "Bert was one of 50 POWs under L/Cpl Charlie Barnes who were put to work in a deep quarry for over 18 months whilst they were in Germany. Charlie was one of the best and Bert constantly referred to his splendid leadership and the efforts he made to keep up the spirits of the group. Charlie like me was in the Royal Corps of Signals and we became very good pals in Tobruk. In the early hours of 20th June 1942 the Afrika Korps broke through our defences and over-ran the town. Charlie was on a truck carrying a relief staff for the Signals office and drove up to the entrance unaware that it was occupied by Germans. They were met by a burst of machine-gun fire which killed the driver and Signal Master Captain Phillips and the remainder of the group were taken prisoner.
"Charlie and I became good muckers throughout the 15 months we were in Campo 70 in Italy, but were separated when he was sent with Bert on the quarry working party. One of the things which Charlie did to entertain the men was to arrange an 'Orchestra' comprising 15 men. Of course they had no instruments so each man had to make the sound of a particular instrument whilst Charlie conducted. As you can imagine the resultant sound was hilarious and tickled the German guards who thought the British were mad. Fortunately they were unable to recognise the Orchestras version of 'Land of Hope and Glory' or it might have caused some trouble.
"I expect, like Stalag 4B, the working camp was freed by the advancing Russian army and I can imagine the excitement among the men thinking of an early return home. Then tragedy struck. Charlie was on an American truck carrying a number of POWs to Halle airport for a home flight when the vehicle overturned and Charlie was killed. After enduring three years behind the wire he deserved a better fate.
"I enclose a photo of 'Derby Day' in Campo 70 on 2nd June 1943. The cardboard horses were each moved forward according to the throw of a dice whilst several enterprising men acted as bookies taking bets paid in cigarettes and winnings were paid out in the same currency. By skilful manipulation of the odds I think the bookies made a small fortune. I recall that one of the races was called 'The Benghazi Handicap', recalling the number of times that we fought our way to that city and then had to withdraw because of our over-stretched supply lines all the way from Egypt. Other races were the 'El Alamein Sprint', 'Fillies Flight', 'Malnutrition Stakes' and 'Owners Handicap'."
GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS. It was usual practice in wartime in Germany to divide the country up into 19 military districts. Each district or Wehrkreis was numbered after the Army Corps responsible and the prisoner of war camps within that district were numbered with the prefix of that Corps. Army Corps Area VIII had its headquarters in Breslau and was responsible for Silesia. This was extended in 1938 to include the Sudeten districts of Bohemia, in Summer 1939 to include parts of Moravia and in Autumn 1939 to include part of South-West Poland. A list of the camps under its control is reproduced below. The camps were known as Durchgangslager (Dulag) – Transit camps; Offizierlager (Oflag) – Officers camps; Stammlager (Stalag) – Other ranks main camps; Luft – aircrew camps. Nearer the battlefield one would come across Frontstammlagers, or Front Stalag for the collection of prisoners. In 1945 the whole of Wehrkreis VIII was overran by the Russian Army. Any comments or correction will be welcome.
Oflag VIIIA at Kreuzberg/Oppeln. In use from 14/12/39 to 1/7/42.
VIIIB at Silberberg/Eulengeb. In use from 15/12/39 to Dec 1943.
VIIIC at Juliusburg, Kreis Oels. In used from 20/5/40 to Dec 1943.
VIIID at Tost. Opened 22/7/40, renamed Ilag Tost 1/10/40 then Ilag VIII 28/3/41.
VIIIE at Johannisbrunn, Wipstadt/Ostsudenteland. In use from 28/7/40 to 1/7/42. One report states that 56 high ranking officers of various nations were in residence from 1/9/41 to 1/9/42.
VIIIF at Wahlstatt/Liegnitz. Opened 24/7/40. Designation passed to camp at Mahrisch-Trubau in XI Corps district Querum/Braunschweig from 1/7/44.
VIIIG at Weidenau/Sudentenland. In use from 1/8/40 to 22/9/42.
VIIIH/H at Oberlangendorf by Steinberg. In use from 1/8/40 to 18/8/43.
VIIIH/Z at Eulenberg, Romerstadt until 1/4/42.
Oflag 6 (VIIIH) at Tost, Oberschlesien with branch camp at Ilag Kreuzberg, Breslau (VIII/Z).
Oflag 64 at Altburgund, Warthegau in use from 1/5/43 to 1/8/43. Later used as camp for American officers.
Stalag VIIIA at Gorlitz. Formed 23/9/39 from Dulag VIIIA.
VIIIB at Konigsgratz. Formed 4/10/39 from Dulag VIIIA. Number transferred from Lamsdorf to Teschen, Sudentenland on 1/1/44. At one time held 64,665 men including 150 officers (13,625 British).
Stalag 344 at Lamsdorf from 1/1/44 to 30/1/45 when evacuated.
Stalag VIIIC at Kunau, Sprottau/Sagan.
Stalag VIIID at Teschen in use from 5/5/41 to 16/9/42.
VIIIE at Neuhammer from Stalag 308. In use 1/12/41 to 1/10/43.
VIIIF at Lamsdorf, Oberschlesien from Stalag 318. In use 1/12/41 to 1/10/43.
Ilag VIIIZ at Kreuzberg. Civilian internees camp.
VIII. Formed from Oflag VIIID as Ilag Tost 1/10/43.Renamed Ilag VIII on 28/3/41. Renamed Ilag VIIIH 4/6/42 later known as Ilag VIIIZ. Transferred to France 15/11/43 at Ilag Giromogny. There was also an Ilag at Bad Schwarzbach. Residents later evacuated in 1945 to Spitzberg bei Eisenstein, Upper Bavaria.
BAB 20. At Heydebreck. Bau und Arbeits (Construction) Battalions.
21. At Blechhammer.108. At Kanth.
Stalag Luft 3. At Sagan. Luft 7 at Moritzfelde. In use from 1/1/44 to 1/9/44. Then at Bankau from 1/9/44.
Hospitals No 1 at Lumisdorf, 2 at Tost, 3 at Cosel, 3 at Troppau, 4 at Hindenburg, 5 at Kattowitz (Emmanuels – Sagen), 6 at Gross Strehlitz, 7 at Teschen, 8 at Sosnowitz and 9 at Laurahutte. Hospitals were also reported at Waldenburg, Trautenau, Lamsdorf, Loben, Gleiwitz (Hindenburg-strasse), Kreuzberg.
Stalag 8B/344. The prisoner of war camp at Lamsdorf was established on the site of a former artillery range during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71 to hold around 3 thousand French prisoners. During WWI it was in use again and accommodated about 90 thousand Allied prisoners of war. Following the outbreak of WWII the Nazis established at Lamsdorf one of the largest complexes of POW camps run by the Wehrmacht – Stalag 8B, Stalag 318/8F and Stalag 344. It is estimated that around 300 thousand POWs of different nationalities passed through the camps, including some 200 thousand Russian prisoners. The majority of the men were employed in labour brigades to provide a workforce for the economy of the Third Reich. The camps were liberated by the Russian army on 17th – 18th March 1945. Renamed Lambinowice in 1945 the camp was used for two years to house displaced German civilians.
Stalag 8B was established at Lamsdorf in 1939, utilising some of the remains of the WWI buildings. Initially it was used as a transit camp but soon achieved permanent status. The number 8B was also applied from 1943 onwards to Stalags 318/8F at Lamsdorf and 8D at Teschen (Cieszyn). After a subsequent reorganisation in 1943 Lamsdorf was renamed Stalag 344 and 8B continued to apply to the camp at Teschen.
The grounds of the former Stalag 8B are not accessible to visitors because the area is still used as an artillery range. All that remains are the fragments of the foundations as well as water basins for fire control purposes. The site of the former Stalag 318/8F is accessible to visitors. One of the huts is being reconstructed and foundations of the barracks, fire tank, washrooms still exist. This camp was established in 1941 for Soviet POWs and became part of the 8B complex in June1943 and, subsequently of Stalag 344. Of the 200,000 Soviet POWs that were housed in the camp and worked in the Upper Silesia area, around 40,000 died there and were buried in mass graves. In 1964 the Monument of Martyrdom was erected on the site of the mass graves. It was dedicated to all the prisoners of war who had died in the POW camps of Lamsdorf in the years of WWII.
The Central Prisoner of war Museum is situated in Lambinowice in a building which used to be the seat of the German headquarters of the artillery range. The museum now has guest rooms to accommodate visitors. The old prisoner of war cemetery is situated 2 km east of the museum and covers around 4.5 hectacres. Around 6,500 graves can be found here, although most of the British and Allied dead were exhumed after the war and moved to central cemeteries in Germany in Poland. Contact details are; Central Prisoner of war Museum Lambinowice, ul. Minorytow 3, 45-017 Opole, Poland. Tel/Fax 077/4537872. Email email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com
PICTURE BELOW. Painted by Sid Whyte from memory. A scene remembered from the march to the west. Sid and his mates spent the night under the covered bridge in the picture. He recalls the fleeing German civilians relieving themselves over the side of the bridge onto the unfortunates trying to sleep below!
STALAG 21B – LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY. Another tale sent in by Andy Lister. "Whenever I hear 'Land of Hope and Glory' sung or played it brings back the memory of a concert in which I took part in December 1940 at Stalag 21B Warthelager. The German Kommandant had given permission for us to use a hall adjacent to their barracks and the show ran for four nights in order to accommodate everyone in our camp. On the final night a section of the auditorium was reserved for a number of German officers accompanied by their lady friends. When the show ended Sergeant Ford of the Lothian and Border Yeomanry, who was the Master of Ceremonies, went on stage, held up his hands for silence and said; 'It would be customary for us now to sing the National Anthem, but I am afraid that would be out of order, instead I would ask you all to remain seated and sing 'Land of Hope and Glory' and raise the bloody roof off.'
It was an unforgettable experience, the air was electric, the Germans looked uneasy as if they didn't know whether to remain seated, stand up, or walk out. When we marched back to camp we were in great spirits that night, Christmas Eve 1940. Maybe it was just as well we didn't realise then that we would spend another four Christmas's before we would be reunited with our families."
CAMP PLANS. I now have a plan showing the ground and lower floors and the roof of Fort 15 at Thorn. It is one foot wide by three feet long. Before I attempt to have copies made I would like to assess the demand. If you would like a copy, at cost, please let me know as soon as possible.
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|The Problems With Olestra
Olestra rapidly depletes blood levels of many valuable fat-soluble substances, including carotenoids.
Olestra has an extraordinary avidity for certain fat-soluble substances, far exceeding what one would expect based on the fat substitute's proportion of the diet. Olestra's removal from the body of fat-soluble nutrients is linked directly to the additive's being a non-absorbable lipid-like substance.
In Procter & Gamble's two eight-week clinical studies, the lowest level tested -- 8 gm/day (equivalent to 16 olestra-containing potato chips) — caused dramatic depletion of fat-soluble vitamins within two weeks. Procter & Gamble also measured total serum carotenoids, alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, lutein, and lycopene. Olestra caused significant declines in all carotenoids monitored. Total serum carotenoids declined sharply by the fourteenth day of olestra consumption and was down by 50% to 60% by the end of the studies. A dosage of 32 gm/day of olestra reduced total serum carotenoids by 70% over the eight weeks.
In a recent four-week study conducted in Holland, 3 gm/day (equivalent to just 6 potato chips) of sucrose polyester (the general name for olestra-like chemicals) caused a 20% decline in beta-carotene levels and a 38% decrease in lycopene, another key carotenoid (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 62:591 (1995)).
Feeding olestra with one or more meals, as was done in the several clinical studies, results in the greatest depletion of carotenoids. While that might seem to be a worst-case scenario, many people would, indeed, consume olestra-containing foods with meals. In fact, Procter & Gamble's petition states that mealtimes constitute the great majority (79%) of the occasions during which consumers eat "savory snacks." Also, since the frequency of consumption of snacks would likely increase if olestra snacks were available, interaction between nourishing foods and olestra at meals would be likely to increase, resulting in lower serum levels of fat-soluble carotenoids and other phytochemicals. There would also be more opportunities for olestra to reduce the absorption of beta-carotene and fat-soluble vitamins that people ingest in dietary supplements and fortified foods.
Olestra's depletion of carotenoids is of great concern, because a growing body of evidence indicates that they may confer important health benefits. The physiological activities of fat-soluble plant nutrients are just now being elucidated. For instance, in a recent case-control study, lutein (along with zeaxanthin) was strongly associated with a lower risk of macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in the elderly (J.A.M.A. 272: 1413 (1994)). That observation is buttressed by the fact that lutein and zeaxanthin form the yellow pigment in the macula (the central part of the retina). In three clinical studies, 3 gm/day of sucrose polyester or 8 gm/day of olestra reduced lutein levels by 20% to 40%.
Cancer experts are urging Americans to eat much greater quantities of vegetables and fruits, in part because of their carotenoids and other phytochemicals. Beta-carotene and other carotenoids have reduced cancer incidence in animals exposed to carcinogens. (J. Nutr. 119:123-6 (1989); Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 53(1 Suppl):238#-246S (1991))
In humans, numerous epidemiological studies have linked diets rich in carotenoid-rich fruits and vegetables to lower risks of cancers of the lung, esophagus, pharynx, mouth, stomach, colon, rectum, and bladder. Several studies have found an association between low levels of serum beta-carotene [which could be a marker for other carotenoids) and high rates of stomach and lung cancer. (Am. J. Epidemiol. 135: 115 (1992)]
The Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health, released in 1988 by the Department of Health and Human Services, states:
[E]pidemiological studies provide suggestive evidence that consumption of foods containing carotenoids, including the beta-carotene precursor of vitamin A, protects against development of epithelial cell cancers such as those of the oral cavity, bladder, or lung. These studies have generally shown lower rates of cancer among individuals consuming the highest overall levels of vitamin A, carotenoids, or fruits and vegetables.
The National Research Council stated in its landmark 1989 report, Diet and Health, "[T]here is strong evidence that a low intake of carotenoids, which are present in green and yellow vegetables, contributes to an increased risk of lung cancer." The director of the National Cancer Institute's "5 A Day" program pointed out the plausible biochemical mechanisms for the association between fruits and vegetables and lower cancer risks:
Fruits and vegetables are sources of vitamins and minerals (including vitamins A, C, E, and folate), carotenoids and other antioxidants, fiber, and various phytochemicals. . . . Each of these substances may play a role in reducing risk. More likely, it is a combination of these factors, and others not yet explored, which may confer protections. (J. Heimendinger, program director, The National 5 A Day for Better Health Program, Scientific and Program Design Rationale (Aug. 10, 1994)
In January, 1996, just three weeks before the FDA approved olestra, the federal government (HHS, USDA) published the newest edition of Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the nation's basic nutrition policies. That document urged people to consume carotenoid-rich fruits and vegetables because of their likely role in preventing cancer and other chronic diseases.
While there is not yet conclusive proof that carotenoids reduce cancer risk, to approve a major new additive that would significantly reduce levels of carotenoids (and possibly other fat-soluble phytochemicals) defies logic. It is a remarkable case of governmental ineptitude to have one agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Cancer Institute, encouraging consumers to eat more carotenoid-rich fruits and vegetables, while another agency, the FDA, approves a food additive that depletes the body of potentially beneficial substances in those foods.
Supplementing olestra with selected vitamins will not solve all of olestra's nutrient-depletion problems.
Olestra is highly effective at reducing serum levels of the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K. Simply supplementing olestra with those vitamins, as Procter & Gamble has proposed, would not completely solve that problem. Consider the 1.5 million patients taking the anticoagulant drug Coumadin (warfarin). Coumadin therapy often employs low doses of the anticoagulant, making the drug's efficacy particularly sensitive to fluctuations in vitamin K levels. Eating snack foods containing olestra and added vitamin K might cause substantial fluctuations in serum vitamin K levels, possibly impairing the efficacy of Coumadin. Furthermore, researchers are now identifying important functions for vitamin K other than those associated with blood clotting, such as bone formation in fetal development and childhood and retention of bone in older women.
No animal or clinical studies have demonstrated that vitamin K-supplemented olestra would be safe for Coumadin users and effective in maintaining physiological functions in addition to blood coagulation.
Doctors will have to warn their patients to avoid olestra (or, more safely, all snack foods of unknown composition).
Olestra causes gastrointestinal disturbances, which are sometimes severe, including diarrhea, fecal urgency, and more frequent and looser bowel movements.
A variety of gastrointestinal symptoms occurred in subjects who consumed on a daily basis the amount of olestra that would be found in less than one ounce of potato chips (about 16 chips), as well as higher doses. For instance:
Gastrointestinal disturbances are not normally life-threatening, but they can be very inconvenient, unpleasant, uncomfortable, and worrisome. Imagine the plight of a school child who must repeatedly request permission to go to the toilet (and consider the teacher's plight, too). Think of the driver of a giant 18-wheeler barreling down the highway at 70 miles per hour when he gets hit with a bout of fecal urgency. Consider a teenager on a first date when he or she is constantly worrying about diarrhea and gas. Or a young woman who has to see a doctor because she worries that her nausea might be caused by a pregnancy, or an elderly person who fears that his diarrhea reflects a serious intestinal problem. Many people will eventually link the olestra snack foods to their gastrointestinal problems, but they may experience much discomfort before they make that link. And as long as olestra snack foods are marketed, new consumers will constantly be experiencing those problems.
Olestra sometimes causes underwear staining associated with "anal leakage."
Olestra sometimes causes underwear staining. That phenomenon may be caused most commonly by greasy, hard-to-wipe-off fecal matter, but occasionally also from anal leakage (leakage of liquid olestra through the anal sphincter).
Procter & Gamble conducted a study that examined the effects of different formulations of olestra. The study used a dose of 34 gm/day, but, unfortunately, it lasted only five days, so it must be considered very preliminary. However, even that study showed that anal leakage occurred at a slightly higher rate in the test groups consuming the types of olestras than in the control group (which, inexplicably, included 2 cases of anal leakage). In addition, anal leakage was reported by one subject in the high-dose group (32 gm/day) of the eight-week dose-response study. Given the small size of the study groups (an average of 20 subjects/group) in the two eight-week studies, this single occurrence adds further evidence that Procter & Gamble has not yet resolved the anal leakage problem in heavy consumers of olestra.
Although underwear staining and anal leakage do not endanger consumers' physical health, those phenomena could cause psychological problems, including feelings of embarrassment and insecurity. Children and teenagers, especially, are likely to be disturbed about having dirty underwear, fearing embarrassment in front of friends and family. Snacking should be a pleasure undiluted with problems like dirty underwear.
Another condition associated with olestra consumption, "oil in toilet," occurred frequently in Procter & Gamble's two eight-week clinical studies. It could be disconcerting and might spur some people to see their doctor.
Data are lacking on the health effects of olestra on potentially vulnerable segments of the population. Key tests were unacceptably brief.
Only poor studies have examined the effect of olestra on gastrointestinal disturbances in children, while no studies at all have focused on gastrointestinal problems and nutrient losses in healthy people over 44 years of age and people with poor nutritional status. For instance, the longest test on children, who would likely be major consumers of olestra-containing snacks, lasted only 7 days and exposed children to an average of only 7 gm/day of olestra, equivalent to two thirds of an ounce of potato chips. People who had poor diets and relatively low levels of carotenoids and who ate olestra regularly might be at special risk.
Furthermore, Procter & Gamble has not conducted human studies to assess the potential long-term health effects of olestra consumption. The results from brief (eight-week) clinical trials suggest possible serious long-term nutrient depletion and gastrointestinal effects for regular consumers of olestra. Eight-week-long studies are inadequate for a product that may be consumed by millions of people at high levels over a lifetime. Long-term tests on various population groups are essential to ascertaining the health effects of olestra. In addition, Procter & Gamble must conduct human studies to demonstrate the effect on serum carotenoid levels of occasional consumption of various amounts of olestra.
Olestra's possible carcinogenicity needs to be better resolved.
Olestra was fed to rats (two studies) and mice (two studies) for two years at levels up to 10% of the animals' diets. Liver foci, which may be precursors of cancer, occurred in both rat studies. In one mouse study there was a statistically significant increase in lung tumors in the two highest-dosage groups; those tumors were not seen in a second study.
The levels of olestra fed to the rats and mice are of the same order of magnitude likely to be consumed by people. Especially since there is little margin of safety between human and animal consumption in these studies, findings of liver lesions in both rat studies and lung tumors in one mouse study are of particular concern. The FDA should appoint a committee of independent cancer experts (who do not consult for industry) to review the animal data and determine whether the liver foci and lung tumors (a) are definitely not a problem, (b) provide clear evidence of risk, or (c) raise questions that must be resolved through further research.
Procter & Gamble's claim that olestra's gastrointestinal effects are similar to those caused by high-fiber diets is not true.
Procter & Gamble has claimed that olestra has gastrointestinal effects that are comparable to those caused by eating larger amounts of dietary fiber. In fact, the gut microflora usually adjust quickly to increased fiber, but do not adjust to olestra. Increasing fiber consumption often results in flatulence and similar effects, but, as the National Research Council has pointed out in Diet and Health, those effects seem to be temporary. Olestra's adverse effects persisted throughout the two eight-week studies and can be eliminated only by ceasing consumption of olestra.
It is not possible to set an Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) for olestra use in snack foods.
An ADI for food additives is normally set by dividing the highest "no-observed-effect level" (NOEL) by a safety factor. However, Procter & Gamble has not been able to demonstrate a NOEL for olestra. In eight-week clinical studies, important adverse effects, including depletion of fat-soluble carotenoids and vitamins and gastrointestinal disturbances, occurred at 8 gm/day, the lowest olestra consumption level tested. Arguendo, if 8 gm/day were considered the NOEL for olestra, dividing by a minimal safety factor of 10 would yield an ADI of 0.8 gm/day, far below the likely consumption levels for olestra if the pending petition were to be approved. If the 3 gm/day level of sucrose polyester at which other investigators found significant depletion of carotenoids were used as the NOEL, application of the 10-fold safety factor would result in a 0.3 gm/day ADI, even further below the likely daily intake of olestra from savory snacks.
The only NOEL justified to date for olestra is zero and that fact alone should have been sufficient to deny the petition. Of course, one could argue that diarrhea, fecal urgency, and flatulence are merely "unpleasant phenomena" and not "adverse effects," the average consumer would likely concur that those sometimes severe gastrointestinal effects are indeed "adverse effects." Some consumers would undoubtedly associate their adverse effects with consumption of olestra, but many others might not. Furthermore, it is highly inappropriate for the FDA to permit a laxative food additive to be used in foods that would be widely consumed by a large fraction of the population. Likewise, even though the benefits of carotenoids and other non-vitamin phytochemicals are just beginning to be understood, many independent researchers concerned about carotenoids have told the FDA that reduced levels of those dietary substances should be considered an adverse effect.
Any benefits of olestra do not outweigh the risks.
Industry and the public have been excited about olestra because of the possibility that it would help people eat diets lower in fat and saturated fat — and prevent obesity and heart disease. The current petition asks for use of olestra only in potato chips and similar foods. A person who ate an ounce of potato chips only occasionally would receive little calorie-saving from olestra-containing chips. A frequent chip-eater would save more fat, but would also experience a substantial decline in carotenoids and other phytochemicals (along with an increased risk of macular degeneration and possibly cancer and heart disease) and might experience gastrointestinal problems. Poorly nourished people, Coumadin-users, and other subgroups might experience additional problems. On balance, olestra's meager benefits are outweighed by its risks. Of course, people who wanted safe fat-free or lowfat chips can simply choose from the growing variety of such products already on the market.


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The gun turret is an automated defense system that appears in Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics. They stand on endless watch in the many decrepit and ruined bunkers and tunnels of the old world, in a constant state of readiness and preparation - always ready to eliminate anyone who dares stray too close.
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Last Monday, I wrote about Boston College QB Dave Shinskie's miserable passing efficiency rating against Virginia Tech on October 10th. During Saturday morning's ESPN College Gameday show, host Chris Fowler mentioned Shinskie and basically gave a summary of my blog entry — that Shinkie's efficiency rating for the game was the worst in the last 5+ seasons for quarterback with at least 10 pass attempts. However, Fowler did not mention the source of his information.
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Growing up in the altiplano of Peru, Betto Diaz has a true appreciation for the ancient ingredients which comprise his quinoa-based nutrition bars. Made with Incan superfoods Maca and Sacha Inchi, these bars are a source of both antioxidants and Omega 3 fatty acids. Gluten free, soy free and vegan, Inca Bars contain no added vitamins, minerals, or processed proteins, only whole-foods and supergrains of the highest quality.
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Having a tough day? Keep going you will figure it out. Stress and anxiety contribute to some of the world's most concerning situations. Anxiety is based on what you think may happen, not what has actually happened. So whether your stresses are about money, family or the latest news – sometimes the best thing to do is step back and put everything in perspective. Here are a few random facts about stress and anxiety.
· One in four Americans takes a "Mental health day" to cope with stress costing employers approximately $602 per year.
· Stress for high school and college students is five times higher than it was during the Great Depression.
· 62% of Americans are stressed about work (I guess the other 38% don't work J)
· Britney Spears, Mariah Carey and Lindsay Lohan have all been hospitalized for stress in the past few years.
· Swearing accounts for 80 of the 15,000 words an average person speaks on any given day
So since April is Stress Awareness month, realize that the number one thing you can control is your reaction to the situation at hand.
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19:24, UK, Wednesday 17 September 2008
A "spinometer" which can measure how far a politician is stretching the truth has been developed by a professor in Canada.
The programme analyses word use to distinguish between straight and devious talkers and give them a "spin value".
Higher scores indicate that a politician is skilled at the "dark art".
Applied to the two US presidential candidates, it identified Democrat hopeful Barack Obama as an expert spinner.
His Republican rival John McCain, on the other hand, emerged as just what he claims to be - a regular straight-up guy.
The spin-spotting software was developed by Professor David Skillicorn, a Canadian mathematics and computer science researcher at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.
It counts the number of times first person nouns are used, because "I" indicates less spin than "we" and it looks for "action" verbs such as "go" and "going", and negatively charged words such as "hate" and "enemy" which suggest greater levels of spin.
"The model we're using predicts high levels of spin when the frequencies of four classes of words differ from the norms in whatever domain," he told Sky News.
"At its simplest, the software counts the frequencies of these words, and scores each speech.
"It's actually a bit more complicated because we have to take correlations into account, but that's the basic idea."
Professor Skillicorn added: "The underlying idea is that when someone tries to create (subconsciously) a persona that will appeal to more people than their ordinary personality would, they are being deceptive in a weaker kind of way and the signals associated with deception come into play."
Professor Skillicorn got the programme to tackle a database of 150 speeches from US politicians involved in the 2008 race for the White House.
He found that John McCain, Barack Obama, and Mr Obama's nomination rival Hillary Clinton each made speeches containing very high and very low spin levels.
But generally, Mr Obama's speeches contained considerably more spin than those of either Mr McCain or Mrs Clinton.
"McCain, and Clinton towards the end of her campaign, use high rates of first-person singular pronouns -- a sign of openness, that makes it hard to present an artificial persona.
"Clinton's early speeches are rather wonky, with lots of refinements of policy intricacies.
"Again this is hard to do (even subconsciouly) if you're trying to present yourself in an artificial way.
"Obama tends to give quite blue skies speeches that anyone could give (it's quite a different experience reading them, when they seem nothing special, and seeing him deliver them, which rather obscures why they are so high-spin)."
Taking zero as the average "spin value" for all the speeches analysed, Mr Obama's nomination acceptance speech scored 6.7.
In contrast's Mr McCain's acceptance speech scored minus 7.58, indicating that he was a much "straighter" talker than average.
Hillary Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention scored 0.15. Sarah Palin, Mr McCain's vice-presidential running mate, also delivered slightly greater than average levels of spin.
Prof Skillicorn says the level of spin in the candidates' speeches has changed since the beginning of the year.
"Obama stays more or less constant up to the conventions; McCain starts off low-spin but moves up to Obama levels once it's clear that Obama will be the nominee (March); Clinton starts low-spin because of the policy complexities, then changes to a very personal, very low-spin strategy when it's clear that Obama wins mathematically."


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Do you ever buy something and love it so much that you're afraid it will be discontinued? If, like us, you've already fallen in love with Temptu's Retouch Foundation ($47), feel free to join us in this open plea to the company: Dear TEMPTU, we walked into Sephora not long ago and a very nice lady named Jessica asked if she could help. We told her that we wanted a foundation that was sheer, but one that would help even out our skin. Jessica led us to the TEMPTU products. "Oh, no," we told her, "we really don't want to invest in air-brushing equipment right now." "No problem," Jessica responded, showing us how the Retouch Foundation is applied using a brush. After a few days of using this product, we realized that it would be tough to live without. And for that reason, we request that you never, ever discontinue making it. Sincerely, The Girls.
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University of Virginia Assistant Coach, Marc Van Arsdale, presents a shooting drill that works on practical patterns that would be used in a game. This is an excellent drill that will provide your team with game-like situations and show how the defense will react to your movement.
The players begin about 20 yards above the cage and about 10-15 yards outside the cage pipe. The player begins with a ball, runs forward, and makes a split dodge, then runs towards the middle of the field and across the front of the goal. It is then that they take a shot across their body with a hard overhand shot.
This drill is an excellent opportunity for coaches to teach the players about running across the goal so that the entire cage is available to them. The players can then understand how a goalie is moving as they are running across the front of the goal and you can reinforce where the players could be aiming.
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Genetic Alliance UK in Scotland:
Scottish News
- Natalie Frankish joined Genetic Alliance UK in September as the new Development Officer for Scotland. To find out more about Natalie's work click here or get in touch
- On May 10th 2012, Rare Disease UK will be holding a colsultation event in Edinburgh at the Edinburgh Capital Hotel between 10am and 4pm. The event will aim to gather your input to inform our response to the 'Consultation on a UK Plan for Rare Disease' and to help you formulate your own. For further information on the Edinburgh event and to register, please email .
- On April 3rd 2012, as a member of the Gengage Health Policy Sub-group and FANs Network Patient Forum, Natalie attened 'Affairs of the Heart: Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death Among the Young' at the Edinburgh Science Festival. This was a deliberative event with a number of excellent speakers outlined the issues relating to sudden cardiac death from a genetic, legal, screening and pathological perspective. To find out more about the event, click here.
- On March 27th 2012, PE1398, the petition launched by Rare Disease UK calling for equitable access to treatment for rare disease patients was heard before the Scottish Parliament's Health and Sport Committee. View the evidence session here.
- Rare Disease Day, February 29th 2012, saw the release of the Department of Health 'Consultation on a UK plan for rare diseases' The consultation has been drawn up collaboratively by each of the UK's four health departments and can be downloaded from the Department of Health website here. Please note that the consultation deadline is Friday 25th May. To ensure that the views of all stakeholders are taken into account, and that and effective UK plan for rare diseases is produced by the UK's health departments, we need anyone with an interest in rare diseases to respond to the public consultation; individual patients, patient organisations, clinicians, healthcare professionals or those in industry.
- Genetic Alliance UK in Scotland is pleased to announce that the Supporting Patient Groups in Scotland has been involved with the Scottish Managed Clinical Network for Paediatric and Adult Haemoglobinopathies in producing a patient experience questionnaire to canvass support for a patient support group in Scotland. We are also pleased to announce that the project has recieved further funding until 2013 and will continue its work supporting patients with Pompe Disease and Familial Hypercholesterolemia.
- Genetic Alliance UK in Scotland is pleased to announce that PNH Scotland, the first group of patients to benefit from the Supporting Patient Groups in Scotland Project has launched as an official charity registered in Scotland (November 2011). Congratulations to Lesley Loeliger and all those supporting PNH in Scotland!
- On 2nd September 2011, Rare Disease UK launched PE1398 (alongside PE1399 from AGSD UK and PE1401 from PNH Scotland). The petition Petition calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to review the mechanism and methodology used by the Scottish Medicines Consortium to appraise the value of medicines for orphan diseases and to instruct the Chief Medical Officer to revise the criteria for accessing Individual Patient Treatment Requests by removing the term 'exceptional' from all health boards IPTR requests in relation to orphan diseases. To read more about the petititon and it's progress in front of the Public Petitions Committee of the Scottish Parliament, click here.
- Genetic Alliance UK in Scotland launched the 'Supporting Patient Groups in Scotland' Project in April 2011. This project will help patients with rare diseases in Scotland set up a patient support group for their condition. We are pleased to announce that patients with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria(PNH) have been chosen to pilot this project. Natalie will be working closely with Lesley Loeliger to establish a Scottish support group for PNH patients. For more on the Supporting Patient Groups Project click here and if you are interested in taking part in this project please contact
- In April 2011, as a member of the Gengage Health Policy Sub-group, Natalie attended 'From Healthy Embryos to Designer Babies: How Far is Too Far?' a three hour deliberative event on issues relating to Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD). A series of presentations, given by experts in the field, were followed by facilitated round-table discussions. For more information on this event, click here.
- On February 22nd 2011, the thrid annual Rare Disease UK parliamentary reception to mark Rare Disease Day was held at the Scottish Parliament. Over 120 delegates attended the reception, hosted by Labour MSP, Jackie Baillie. Wonderful speeches were given by Ms Karen Ferguson (CEO, Confer Scotland), Dr Lindsay Mitchell (Consultant Haematologist, Monklands Hospital), Mr Will Scott (Head of the Long Term Conditions Unit in the Scottish Government) and Genetic Alliance UK Director, Alastair Kent OBE. Read more about the event here.
- On 2nd March 2010, to mark Rare Disease Day in Scotland, the second meeting of the Rare Disease UK campaign took place at the Scottish Parliament. The event was very well attended with over 120 delegates from various backgrounds, including several MSPs. To find out more about this event and the Rare Disease UK campaign click here.
- A member of our virtual panel, Sophie Dow, has written an article about her journey towards getting a diagnosis for her daughter Annie. Annie has an incredibly rare chromosomal disorder called DAMP and her story illustrates how important it is for families affected by rare conditions and researchers to work together. Professor Gillberg, one of the articles authors commented: "We believe that collaboration such as this between family and researchers working together in the presentation of new results to readers of a scientific journal, is a novel and helpful way of presenting a case. We hope that it will be only the first in a new category of reports, authored not by ourselves, but by other families and other research groups." To view the full article click here.
- The Scottish Clinical Genetic Forum is a network that aims to help Scotland's four NHS Clinical Genetic Services offer services that meet patient needs. It aims to help services develop innovative, seamless services and to integrate patient and public views into service planning and care guidelines. The Forum regularly includes representation from the four Clinical Genetic Services, the Genetic Alliance UK and Gengage, National Services Division and the Scottish Government Health Department, and other representatives from overlapping healthcare specialities or patient support organisations participate as appropriate. The Forum publishes guidelines and documents here.
- On 3rd March 2009 the inaugural meeting of the Rare Disease UK campaign took place at the Scottish Parliament. This event was entirely organised by Genetic Alliance UK in Scotland. It was a very positive meeting and very well attended. You can find out more about the day here.
- Genetic Alliance UK in Scotland have produced a new patient leaflet encouraging patients living in Scotland to get involve with the work that Genetic Alliance UK is doing. Download a copy now: Your Genes, Your Experiences.
- Genetic Alliance UK in Scotland held an extremely successful patient engagement event in December to feed into the Scottish Government's "Patients' Rights: A Public Consultation on a Patients' Rights Bill" for users of the NHS in Scotland. Read more about this event.
- In 2009, the Scottish Government announced updates to the management of women with a family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer in Scotland. These give information on risk assessment, screening and genetic test eligibility.


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We all heard about the bear called Masha which has been sentenced to cruel death by being chained to a pole to be mauled by hunting dogs in a so called "Dog Training Camp" in Russia. A petition is being signed by all those who wish to see Masha rescued from this horrible death. I am urging all animal lovers to sign this petition so that ALL BEARS in Russia and not Masha only be rescued from such cruel ending. I hope that the Russian animal lovers together with the Animal welfare groups forward to their president Vladimir Putin a similar petition requesting him to close all these horrible camps once and for all.
So let us help the people of Russia in this cause and sign this petition as soon as possible to the attention of the President of Russia and parliament.
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ZF-7192: Short tags are deprecated in PHP6
Short tags are meant to be deprecated in PHP6. Enforcing this setting in my server, I've been able to find this bug
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The last vestige of General Elec- tric's once strong and shining imprint on the Mahoning Valley vanished last month with the closing of the company's landmark lamp plant in Warren. The closing brings understandable pain and heartache to many of its displaced workers, ends a vibrant chapter in the rich industrial heritage of the Valley and offers some hard lessons for industry and workers alike on the importance of adjusting to a new era of manufacturing in the United States.
The plant on North Park Avenue in Warren — once the home of a sprawling Packard Electric division of General Motors — closed last month after the nearly 200 workers there voted last year to reject a concessionary contract proposal that would have lowered wages but kept the plant operating. The proposal would have maintained jobs by moving all but one line of the plant's production of outdated incandescent light bulbs and by installing several lines of energy efficient-halogen bulbs. Though the margin of rejection was razor-thin — less than 10 votes — the outcome illustrated that actions do have consequences. Despite efforts to keep the plant open, workers failed to change GE's mind.
The closing reinforced the fact that as times change, so, too, must industry. Old ways of production and product lines that no longer serve the public good must give way. In many cases, higher wages that threaten a corporation's viability also must be adjusted. That is a fact of life that thousands of lower-wage newer employees at the General Motors Lordstown plant and other Valley industries have come to accept as a given. Clinging to old ways of making things, after all, played a large role in the catastrophic demise of the Mahoning Valley's once colossal steel industry.
Even though the demise of General Electric manufacturing that once employed about 4,000 people in plants scattered across the Valley pales in comparison to the loss of tens of thousands of steel jobs here in the 1970s and 1980s, the end of a century of GE production in the Valley will have similar detrimental ripple effects — loss of tax revenue for Warren's strained city coffers, added industrial blight to the city's landscape and financial and psychological strains on the displaced workers, particularly those who supported the concessions and now lack viable immediate alternatives.
Toward minimizing the hit, Warren leaders should double-up on efforts to assist the unemployed and rev up economic development and business attraction to the city. They should work directly with GE toward finding a suitable tenant willing to invest in renovations of the aging structure. To the Valley's credit, numerous avenues of assistance also are available through the Youngstown-Warren Regional Chamber, the Warren Redevelopment and Planning Corp., business incubators in Warren and Youngstown and statewide economic development programs. If such efforts fail, the aging structure should be razed to lessen blight and threats to public health.
Fortunately for Warren officials, the economic climate throughout the Valley is slowly warming. Witness the growth of the oil and natural-gas drilling industry, high-tech businesses and the state-of-the-art America Makes, a national research and development center for additive manufacturing and 3-D printing. With such a strong foundation now laid in the Mahoning Valley, we're confident the jobs lost at GE can be resurrected many times over by progressive companies and talented workers with their mindset and production philosophies firmly planted in the 21st century.
While the economic climate of he valley may be slowly warming, it is highly unlikely that GE workers will fill any of the jobs offered in the oil and gas industries.
In March 2011, The New York Times reported that, despite earning $14.2 billion in worldwide profits, including more than $5 billion from U.S. operations, General Electric did not owe taxes in 2010.
General Electric had a tax benefit of $3.2 billion. This same article also pointed out that GE has reduced its American workforce by one fifth since 2002.
In December 2011, the non-partisan organization Public Campaign criticized General Electric for spending $84.35 million on lobbying and not paying any taxes during 2008–2010, instead getting $4.7 billion in tax rebates, despite making a profit of $10.4 billion, laying off 4,168 workers since 2008, and increasing executive pay by 27% to $75.9 million in 2010 for the top 5 executives.
No taxes, and yet GE ranks as the 21st largest Fed contractor, with Fed contracts of $3.14 BILLION in 2010.
Incidentally, GE is world-class polluter, dumping, for example, 1.3 MILLION pounds of PCB'S into the Hudson between 1947 and 1977. GE continues to happily rake in billions in profits while not bothering to incur the expense of cleaning up the messed it made generating those profits. They left that for the rest of us to deal with.
Thus, the capitalist motto: privatize profits and assets; socialize liabilities.
There are, as yet, no figures available measuring the extent to which GE used the Warren area as a garbage can.
General Electric is a company without a soul.
Look at all their abandoned plants littering the landscape around our valley. The plant on Market St has been empty for 30 years. They make Billions but do not have the decency to clean up after themselves after they leave the area.
Capitalism is the best for prosperity for a nation. But that doesn't mean a company should just suck profits with no regard for its workers or the communities they live in.
You're an idiot Eivo. Who wants to close tax loopholes for the wealthiest? It sure isn't Republicans. They fight it tooth and nail.
and all Republicans want to do is help out their wealthiest of weathy buddies who are in their back pockets. The rich get richer, and screw the poor. It is okay that I pay 10-20k in taxes a year, but large corporations don't pay a dime? Sounds fair. I would rather have my taxes spent on the poor, than on subsidies to your republican loved big oil companies who are making record profits as they raise the prices at the pumps. But you only watch the Fox entertainment news channel, so that is why you didn't know of 1 Republican who was in favor of corporate welfare. Glad you were proven wrong on that one. And only a nitwit would not know that Obama couldn't run again for a third term you moron.
typical Repub eivo. I notice you didn't touch on any of the corporate welfare comments. You don't care about corporate subsidies to companies who don't need it, give direct payments to farmers who don't farm, etc.... You say it would be dumb to hand out money, but maybe I see it as being generous to someone less fortunate. You probably spit on the homeless as you walk by them and call them freeloaders because they don't pay rent for their cardboard house. You could be the poster boy for the Repubs. Everyone for themselves, and I don't care about you unless you are wealthy.
You don't know ANY wealthy people? Okay... And how about the working poor? You don't seem to have anything for them either. Maybe it is just mankind you have a problem with. You aren't happy with yourself, so you hate everyone else.
The CEO of GE, Jeff Immelt, is the head of Obama's JOBS COUNCIL.
Three cheers for obama.
Opps, My Bad
So GE gets to use use use the infrastructure that the rest of us pay for, make billions in profits (some of which are profits on Federal contracts that the rest of us pay for through our own taxes), and basically take take take from everyone else, and never pull it's own weight?
How is that any different from the mythical welfare cheats the Repubs are always whining about?
Answer: it's not any different.
Instead of the mythical welfare queen driving her Cadillac to the welfare office to pick up her welfare check, we have a real life private sector corporation making billions and billions in profits, some of which comes from Federal Government contracts that WE PAY FOR, and these free-loaders pay no taxes on those earnings!
We're worried about a few poor people getting their miniscule assistance, their food stamps and rent subsidies, when all the while corporate America is ripping off the USA hand over fist!
We have Corporate Welfare Queens driving over to their tax attorneys' office in limousines to pick up their Federal tax breaks and subsidies to the tune of $BILLIONS$!
Of course, there will never be a report of that on FAUX NOISE!
If FAUX was worth a crap, they'd make some NOISE about that!
@lajoci, because when rich white businessmen does it, it is acceptable. They are just increasing their profits. You are just jealous, class envy (sarcasm)! When the dirt poor gets some crumbs for food, the right act like their house was broken into and the money was taken directly out of their pants pockets. I don't understand it, never will. Look at all of the pork barrel spending in the latest farm bill! Preach about responsible spending, but legislation with rediculous wasteful side projects gets passed. It's okay, because the money goes to their voting districts! This happens on both sides of the isle, it is just more hypocritical of the right because they are always the ones complaining about spending!


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Bird, C; Nagappan, N; Devanbu, P; Gall, H C; Murphy, B (2009). Does distributed development affect software quality? An empirical case study of Windows Vista. In: 31st International Conference on Software Engineering, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 16 May 2009 - 24 May 2009, 518-528.
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It is widely believed that distributed software development is riskier and more challenging than collocated development. Prior literature on distributed development in software engineering and other fields discuss various challenges, including cultural barriers, expertise transfer difficulties, and communication and coordination overhead. We evaluate this conventional belief by examining the overall development of Windows Vista and comparing the post-release failures of components that were developed in a distributed fashion with those that were developed by collocated teams. We found a negligible difference in failures. This difference becomes even less significant when controlling for the number of developers working on a binary. We also examine component characteristics such as code churn, complexity, dependency information, and test code coverage and find very little difference between distributed and collocated components to investigate if less complex components are more distributed. Further, we examine the software process and phenomena that occurred during the Vista development cycle and present ways in which the development process utilized may be insensitive to geography by mitigating the difficulties introduced in prior work in this area.
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Tragedy haunts music
Cosima Marriner For two years, the composer Paul Dean was haunted by an image of the sinking of the SIEV X.