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L.Shimoni, Haifa
Once upon a time, there was a city called Suwalk. Like other cities in Luthania; lively, vibrant a city of Poles, Russians, Letts, Germans and a few tens of thousands of Jews, all mitnagdim, with heads of iron and brains of iron: other times, other strengths.
It was a beautiful city, lying between two hills: the Augustow hill and the Kalverie hill, surrounded by thick forests, girdled by a nice Jewish river the black Hanah, and a few kilometres to the east, the famous Vigrer ossuary with its medieval cloister where there were mummies and embalmed monks.
|The main street, Koskiuszko, once the main highway
At the present, Suwalk is criss-crossed by fine streets branching out from the grand Peterburg Street, two kilometres long, with horse chestnut trees, cranberry business and willows, growing along both sides. In the heart of the city, there is a grand park, and a few steps away, Shulgas [Synagogue Street] with the old hundred-year-old buildings of the synagogue, the Bet Midrash and the famous tailors', cobblers, butchers' and bricklayers' kloyzn, where there was more discussion and politicking than praying. This was a firm mitnagdic centre with only one Hassidic shtibl, where children would follow wonderingly behind a Jew with side locks and a Hassidic hat.
Magistrate - - a large plaza with a Greek Orthodox church and the buildings of the gymnasia where
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Czar Nicholas's six regiments would parade every holiday, playing music and singing: Bozhe Tsarya Khrani,[1] and the workmen - - Bozhe Tsarya Kharani and bury him.[2]
The two crooked streets of the town had a thousand charms. The Dolek which was thickly populated by Jewish artisans and merchants, and the Vigde Street; with butchers, woodchoppers and Polish workers.
|Suwalk City Park
The plaza where music was played.
Besides the park, with the wide sidewalk where, on the Sabbath, Jews promenaded and Christians on Sundays, my Suwalk also had a grand Arcadia, a garden with greenhouses, booths and a wonderful orchard keeper[3]. A lake with little islands and row-boats; - the Augustow forest around the city which, in the springtime, would intoxicate everybody in the area with its paradisiac fragrance.
Jews and gentiles lived together in peace visited one another, borrowed money from each other, attended each other's weddings and funerals, knew each other's names, joys and woes. A city, which until recent years did not have pogroms, or any other racial riots. A dear city!
Suwalk had a weakness for nicknames, which families carried as though they were heraldic crests. For example: Piorunes? [----], Soltistn (head of village, big shot), Boltrikes (?), Kroytniakes [cabbage?]; the teachers, the hunchbacks, and so on.
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These nicknames were mixed up and linked up to the most obscure limbs, like climbing plants. It was forbidden to call someone by his nickname to his face, or enmities would arise, which would last for years, and from generation to generation. However, nicknames were used behind peoples' backs. It was simpler and heartier
There were whole dynasties of artisans deeply rooted in the town for generations. Among them, the locksmiths and mechanics were well known. The Tsvillings and the Daykhs, to which this writer has the honour of belonging. These were two families tied together by marriage and neighbourhood, well-to-do and poor, who built their world with hammers and pipes, and sent their descendants to all the continents in the world. They had a large representation even in Erets Yisrael.
Suwalk had wonderful Jews, mostly simple, kind, ordinary people whose names have not gone down in history.
Now, after the destruction of Suwalk, let us recall some of these types, so that they may be remembered for a long time.
Streletski, a man like an oak tree. His chest covered with medals who spoke Russian like a born-Russian; father of unmarried sons and daughters; wealthy, patriotic, ready to split anyone's head if anything against the Romanvos was said.
looked like a nobleman, was as grey as a dove and, was by nature, as good as a saint. In 1909, in his house, was founded the first Jewish gymnasium in Lithuania (Shvartsman's). He died at age 100.
Gavriel Slup. Very poor; as tall as a pine tree, with a beard like the fragrant hemp, in which citrons are packed. He made clocks with wooden works and invented a wonderful snuff that no chemist in the world could duplicate. He used to carry this snuff around from synagogue to synagogue on Yom Kippur, to revive people who had fainted from fasting. He would hand out the snuff dressed in his white robes, with his head covered by his prayer shawl. Rabbi Tevele Katsenelenboygn used to
Gavriel Slup spoke Yiddish with difficulty and Hebrew, not at all. He knew that one should stand at
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attention like a soldier during the Kedusha prayer and that, when the Torah was taken out of the ark, it should be saluted and instead of :amen, one responded with: Khorosho Tshudno and Prilitshno. That when called to the Torah, one stood up straight. He never parted from his medals, or from his big gnarled stick. He loved royalty, like a mother loves her only son. He died like a saint during the Ne'ilah Prayer [closing prayer] on Yom Kippur, in the synagogue after he had distributed his snuff, as usual, straightened out his robe, wrapped himself in his prayer shawl, and when the last shofar blast was blown, he thundered forth Kotsheno [learn or study?] and so ended his 102 years of life near the open ark in the big Suwalk synagogue.
We had almost a quorum of such Nikolaevski soldiers.[4] Now further:
Motye Bok ---. A soldier of the Russo-Japanese war by trade, a tailor. A professional bachelor with three George medals on his chest. Lived on his pension and from patching up clothes [?]. He was a great patriot, wore his soldiers cap with the red badge[5] and used to dye his grey moustache with the intention of possibly marrying someday. His pension amounted to one rubble and 15 kopeks a week, which was distributed in Saini, not in Suwalk, so he would walk there on the twentieth of each month, covering about 80 kilometres on foot. On the Czar's birthday, the cantor and choir were forced to sing the Russian hymn: Bozshe Tsariya Khrani before all of the school children and their teachers. On these occasions, Motye Bok would put on his new clothes and his medals and stand at attention together with Gavriel Slup in the same line as the policemen.
I remember how he left Suwalk.
Motye Bok ate only black bread with creamed curds. He ate it with appetite with relish, musically and would sometimes fall asleep in the middle of his meal, then wake up and continue eating. Once, a bunch of practical jokesters in my father's workshop, nailed down his loaf of bread to the table while he was asleep, then woke him up. Motye grabbed the bread then almost fell down in fear. The bread did not move. It was fastened to the table. When he discovered the reason for this, he made this farewell speech to Suwalk:
Even 'Fonye's' russkies did not treat bread like this at Port Arthur. Motye tore the bread from the table with trembling hands; broke it into his bowl of creamed curds, ate it up, put on his
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soldier's cap, gathered up the crumbs, kneaded them together, ate them up; pinned on his medals and left disappearing forever. No trace of him was ever found?
Rebbe Fishl, the Frenchman. A man in his eighties. He was a wheat merchant. One of Napoleon's dearest friends that he had ever had in the world. His knowledge of French served the entire city. Rebbe Fishl had been in France in 1871 until the end of the Paris Commune or rather the French Revolution. He never tired of telling about those glorious bloody days on the streets of Paris. About the Parisian commune and of his personal acquaintances who were part of it. And, one never tired of hearing his stories of the roasted mice which he had eaten to keep body and soul together Delicate people knew at what point he would begin to tell about the mice and they would make a getaway. But we youngsters would listen to these stories eagerly, and in return, Fishl would give us candies and would let us use his bath houses on the Black Hannah for free.
Beynish the philosopher. A rich lumber merchant who used to eat candy and read the Kuzari during prayers with such devotion that he would burst into song. That is why he was called the philosopher.
Moshe Punsker, the feldsher.He had a nasal voice, did not move without his bag which contained his equipment, such as cups [for cupping], a jar of leeches, thermometers, an enema, boards, castor oil, Valerian, bandages. He was the best-loved man in town and according to the doctors; he knew more about medicine that modern doctors with university degrees. I remember well how he helped us in every instance of sickness, not only with medicine, but with wonderful stories which helped us swallow the last drops of the bitterest medicines, and endure the heat of the cups. We do not have such hearty practitioners of folk-medicine any more.
Yehudah the bookbinder. A renowned trench man, who, between books would snatch a game of cards and eat up an entire goose, including the feet, washed down with 5-6 quarts of beer; go to say his afternoon prayers and come home hungry as a horse.
Moshe Little Fiddle. In his sixties, a dwarf as small as a six year old. He made his living as a letter writer for [illiterate] maid servants, writing documents at the magistrates and entertaining at celebrations where he would do tricks, such as,
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writing with a pen held between his toes, and would eat colossal quantities of food. He used to explain his appetite this way: In the other world, people would be assembled from parts; organ-by-organ, and there were giant storehouses of hands, feet, heads, bowels, hearts, kidneys, intestines, stomachs, etc. He was put together very small and he was sent to get a stomach. When he went into the stomach storehouse, he saw, hanging from the wall, thousands of stomachs of all sizes. Since he was so small, the only stomach he could reach was the longest one there as he could not reach up to the smallest.
We also had R'Ayzik, the gravedigger, who lived at the cemetery on the other side of the river.
Although only he was the gravedigger, the entire family was called the gravediggers, including the grandchildren and in-laws. He was a dear person, with a beautiful white beard; good natured and kind. His house was on the cemetery grounds on the other side of the Taharah-shtibl [where bodies would be cleansed and shrouded in preparation for burial, according to Jewish law]. His door was always open and anybody would be welcome to his household goods, the dresser, the large clock with the wooden works made by Gavriel Slup, the sleeping bench, the cupboard where, behind the glass doors, stood his Passover beakers and his old spice-box, and the pictures of his American relatives on the walls real lords. Two of his sons left without a fare-thee-well[6] One was a Bundist; the other a Communist. Nevertheless, they were also nicknamed the gravediggers even though they were both tailors good hearted souls, the two of them.
Since we're talking about the gravedigger, we must also mention one famous member of the Hevra Kadisha, David Punsker. He would take special charge of dead children and put the tiny bodies in the giant pockets of his burnoose, which he wore summer and winter. He was a giant of a man, and when we would meet him on the street, we would step aside frightened.
We should also mention Sarah the granny. The famous midwife who delivered thousands of children, not with instruments, but with her knobby hands and with the most beautiful folk-tales. When she died, her body was accompanied to the grave by her thousands of children, all carrying candles in their hands.
Now we come to R'Moshe the watchmaker. He knew by heart all of the chronicles of the Polish povstanie, with all of its heroes and deeds. He would talk and tell stories day and night, until he lost touch
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with the boundaries between fact and fantasy. Once, during the war, a bomb fell not far from his business. He was sitting bent over a clock with his magnifying lens on his eye. At the time the bomb fell, he was telling about the famous Jewish Povstanets, - Yonah the Fisherman, who used to smuggle arms from Prussia via the rivers and lakes. Because of the shock of the explosion, R'Moshe the watchmaker bit off the tip of his tongue and it fell into the saucer of benzine on his table. Moshe the watchmaker had a special physiological approach to clocks. For example, if a solider bought a pocket watch of the onion variety and would come the next day and complain What happened? My watch has stopped. Moshe would look at him calmly and ask: Tell me the truth. Didn't you hold it out in the cold? The Greek[7] would scratch his head and answer: Tak totshno - - I did. So you stupid ox, the watch caught cold!.
Christians were mixed and mingled in Jewish life. I must mention one of them named Adam. He was a patcher[8] and worked for the Khanavitshes the military tailors, who had a widely branched family in Petersburg. Adam spoke Yiddish well, said the blessing over bread, could chant the Kiddush [over wine] and would say the prayer over the tsitsit[9] with the children. When he had a disagreement with Jews, he would avoid the judiciary, but bring his case to the rabbi. How the rabbi will judge, so is good.[10]
The Strazshniks (Police) used to come for schnapps and honey cake every Sabbath. I remember how the policeman who used to patrol near our house (near the post office) used to let me polish his gun and teach me the Torah of the revolver, and when he would take a nap in our store, we would stand guard [to wake him] if we saw his superior officer approaching.
The mistress of the vice-governor, Madame Tatartshikova, lived on the top storey of our house. She was so close to Jews that through her, we were able to settle all kinds of Jewish affairs in the governor's council and also to get to the Voyinske Natshalnik.[11] and redeem Jewish children from the draft with Katerinkes (hundred rubble coins).
All the Germans lived in our neighbourhood. Their church was opposite our house and Pastor Ridl was my German teacher. One Sunday, while hunting pigeons, I and another
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brat, threw a rock into a window of the church. The rock fell on the Pastor's prayer book. Can you imagine that 52 years ago, we were able to settle the matter without a pogrom, but only with a simple: Please forgive us, Herr Pastor.
Of my melamdim and teachers, I must mention my Rebe named Lerner. A scholarly Jew with an iron head, who knew all of Bialik's poems by heart. He taught Bible, Hebrew literature, arithmetic, grammar, even nature studies. In the afternoon, we had a special teacher a Christian for Russian and German.
There was another melamed named Burde. He knew Hebrew grammar very well. He would forget to come to prayers. He had an assistant named Reuven, who was exiled in the fifth year [1905?] to Siberia. He used to take us children to the Arcadia to swim and taught us to cry out: Doloy and only the tune of the Marseillaise, because he did not know the words.
There was a Heder-me-tukan[12], where Hebrew was taught in the Hebrew language, and a Jewish gymnasium which did not last long.
There were two trade schools for Jews. The language of instruction was Russian and the teachers, Mariampolski and Robinzon wore hats with cockades and were considered government officials. I attended such a school, which I loved, especially because of my teacher who had studied a great deal of Russian literature and would recite whole chunks of the classics by heart. We used to sing accompanied by a violin and, in 1910, they began the teaching of Yiddish language and writing, two hours a day.
The Ledvinavski's were the maskilim[13] of town; one a bookkeeper the other a teacher, also my teacher. His house was the home of every rebel. He taught us mathematics, French, Polish and German. Before that war[14], we studied Lithuanian with the Lithuanian teacher, Kubulius, who knew Yiddish better than many present-day Jewish communal leaders.
The Ledvinavski [Ledvinovski] home was a meeting place for Reds, gymnasia students, externs[15] and students on leave. There the plans were made for the future liberated world.
Suwalk had a street called Moshe the Carpenter's street where the working class concentrated. On one side of the street was the Mali-Ratsek, whole quarter of the greatest poverty, the professional beggars, coachmen, poorest artisans and tramps. Not far away were the large leather factories. All of these would spread a bad smell for miles around, but the Jews would argue A smell that gives bread is sweet.
As in a dream, I remember bits and pieces of the fifth year [1905?] when my father had to leave for America and my uncles would hide in our big antique clothes closet. Demonstrations, torchlights, shooting, killings by police and Cossacks, red flags, the Marseillaise, expropriations, riots by the military and the word: Siberia filled masses of Jewish homes.
The government rabbi, Zeligman, lived in our house. He was a very well educated, worldly man whom everyone liked and treated with respect. His son, Yosef Khatskel, then a student, (later director of the Riga Bank, of a gymnasium, and editor of Golos Bielostoko) was a fiery revolutionary. A sentence from one of his speeches in that year is still in my memory. He thundered forth:
See how the barbarian Chinese knew how to revolt against the accursed old regime while you, cultured Russians, have not been able to achieve it up to now.
Such words cut like knives, incited the passions and led to demonstrations and barricades.
Since it was a border town, Suwalk had a large military presence. The well-dressed officers and their ladies, the officials and the large number of government appointees, gave it a certain presence.[16] They knew little of Jews. In addition, the large lumber business, the nearby border, smuggling of contraband, the leather industry and the fisheries, altogether, brought wealth into the town, which grew, was beautified, built up and spread out in length and width.
Various banks sprang up. Private banks of the Shaynmans and the Glikshteyns the Riga Bank, a Polish commercial bank, a Polish gymnasia was built (the Commerce School), which began to breed the disease of anti-Semitism in the neighbourhood, but which did not infect the general population until the Polish occupation of 1919-1920.
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Until 1918, the cultural centre of town was the library a room in the community council, where the youth would congregate to borrow Yiddish and Hebrew books, and where the intellectual boys and girls would become acquainted with each other. There was another kind of cultural centre - the newspaper sellers not far from the church on the Peterburg Street, where people would wait impatiently for the train bearing the Haynt, Moment, Birzshevie Viedomosti, Retsh, Berliner Tageblatt, and the Fosishe.
People used to subscribe to these newspapers in partnership, read them thoroughly and look for hidden meanings even in the advertisements. There were commentators on the political news, like Rabbi Itshe, a fiery German patriot, whose foot had never stepped on German soil even though it was almost next door. His opponent was Khanavits, the military tailor who had the most beautiful daughters in the province, whom he had married off to young men from Peterburg, Jewish Russkies, like oak trees who besides Shema Yisrael, did not know anything of Jewishness.
When the debate would heat up between these two darling Jews, the crowd would gather around them and each side had its supporters. My father, peace upon him, was on the Russian side and my grandfather, may he have a shining Paradise, was on the German side, and I was neutral, but -----------------
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Moshe Shelomi-Fridman
The experiences of a Jewish household in Poland are those of a world which has been destroyed. But, in my memory, the faces of those who were annihilated and the images of my destroyed home town live again, exalted in love and gentleness.
Here, before my eyes, is the kheyder (primary school) of Gotlib. He was a dardekey melamed (teacher of alef-beys) and we children were deathly afraid of him. He had a thin rod which fell upon our childish hands quite often. Nevertheless, he was a Jewish bandit. When a little boy would cry from pain, he would embrace him, hold him close, caress him and calm him with a smile.
Lerner, the melamed (teacher) was his opposite. He taught khumesh (Pentateuch). He was a thin, dark, frail man. He never smiled, but he was gentle and refined. My greatest punishment was a sorrowful glance from his dark eyes. I would feel than as if I were cutting short his span of life. But, this did not stop us smart alecks. We would attack the teacher's goat at every recess and so exhaust and frighten her that she would stop giving milk for hours and our poor teacher needed it badly.
Lerner lived on Shul-gasse (Synagogue Street). In the same house, there also lived Robinson who would come to the kheyder three times a week to teach us Russian. We hated it, not because of the language, but because of the dark. On those days when we stayed longer, it was already dark when we left for home. Of course, we each had a lantern with a candle, but what did you do when someone threw a snowball into your lantern and broke it?
Berman had a modern kheyder. He was in the same house where Rubbi Lurie zl (may his memory be a blessing) had taught Hebrew in Hebrew, Hebrew literature, grammar and Bible. Berman was a blond man with a hot temper and he was always angry. He loved the Bible and his teaching was full of sweetness. Rabbi Berman used to invite us over on Saturday afternoons and have one of us read aloud from children's journals such as Bikurim and Iton Katan. He used to leave the room so that we would fee free, and he would come back only if there was a danger of a fight breaking out.
This teacher was already somewhat influenced by the spirit of modern pedagogy.
|A kindergarten in Suwalki at the end of the thirties
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Gum recession
The gum on one of my upper teeth has risen to a point where the top of the tooth (which regularly should be hidden under the gum) is extremely sensitive. What has happened, what do I do, and once I seek my dentist`s help, what can be done to help this? Will this be permanent and require surgery? Thank you
You experience sensitivity because the root surface is exposed. We have micro openings on the root surface which are connected to the tooth's nerve. Depending on the severity of gum recession and, the amount and shape of the exposed root surface, we generally try to cover the surface with surgery (taking a piece of gum from the roof of your mouth and grafting the exposed site with this piece). It is routinely done. But again, it depends on the amount of recession and the shape of the exposed root surface.
If you do not have this surgery, you may develop root surface decays and further inflammation on your gums since it is sensitive and you are hesitant to brush the area. If it is a small recession, your dentist may prefer to try fluoride application first to eliminate sensitivity.
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|Panviman Chiang Mai
Spa Resort is located at Koh Chang, the second
largest island in Thailand, only about
300 km east of Bangkok. Panviman Koh Chang Resort is a traditional Thai
retreat majestically set on the stretching fine sandy beach at Klong Prao.
Klong Prao beach is not only tranquil but also idyllic for swimming. Not to mention it is one of the most spectacular spot to enjoy the view of sunset.
|All of the resort's 50 deluxe rooms are majestically set in a tropical lush garden; it reflects the mood of pure comfort. All rooms feature private spacious terraces, and beautiful back-to-nature style bathrooms.
Deluxe Room (50 sq.m.)
33 comfortable Deluxe Rooms in traditional Thai style (24 double bed rooms and 9 twin bed rooms)
Deluxe Pool Access (50 sq.m.)
17 Deluxe Pool Access Rooms (12 double bed rooms and 5 twin bed rooms)
Sea View Jacuzzi With Pool Access
|Savor a wide choice of cuisine at our charming
seaside restaurant Four Angels where we offer by day and night from
sunny breakfasts on the terrace, lazy lunch and a romantic dinner
with fine wines while taking in the spectacular sunsets. On some
special nights, we offer the fresh seafood barbecue right on the
beachfront lawn where you will enjoy the mild sea breeze. And as the
star rise above the swaying coconut palms, it is time to relax at
our Rocky Bar. Our bartender is eager to serve and shake whatever
you like.
Four Angels
Charming Seaside restaurant serving Thai and International cuisine from dawn till dark. (Buffet & A la Carte).
Open daily : 07:00 hrs. - 23:00 hrs.
Rocky Bar
Relaxing and refreshing Rocky Bar offering a selection of cocktails and light meals with musical entertainment.
Open Daily: 14:00 hrs. - 23:00 hrs.
Room Service
Thai and International A' La Carte menu available for your comfort.
Open Daily: 07:00 hrs. - 23:00 hrs.
Pool Snack In between the three-tiered pool and the beachfront, the outdoor Pool Snacks serves light snacks and refreshments.
Open daily : 10:00 hrs. - 16:00 hrs.
VIMAN SPA The Absolute Haven
Reward yourself and make your holiday even more memorable at Viman Spa Our selective massage and spa programs combine the traditional Thai massage with other Western spa treatments to relax your mind and heal your sore body and ache muscles.
We hope to pamper you to the best possible result by giving special care in all aspects of our service. Our therapists are well trained and experienced. The herbs we use are homemade by our staff with the local ingredients grow in our garden nearby. The setting of our Spa is decorated with natural materials along with the use of healing musing.
Traditional Thai Massage
The traditional Thai massage has been developed for over 200 years and used as a tool for relaxation and decreasing tension. The concept of Thai massage relies on the movement of the therapist to apply pressure on different points on your body and twist, pull and manipulate your body to promote blood flows and stimulate the body's natural healing energies and redirect them to area that need healing. Thai massage is promised to soothe aches and pains, loosen joints and ease muscle tension, leaving your feel completely refreshed.
Thai Essential Oil Massage
This sensational essential Thai oil body massage will help boost up the bodies defense mechanisms as well as to relax your body and mind. It will get you back on your feet in no time. VIMAN SPA has carefully selected various types of quality natural essential oil to suit everyone's needs. Choose amongst one of our Lavender, Jasmine, Orange, Peppermint and Lemongrass massage oils.
Full Relaxation Massage
There is no better way to relax your body and mind than joining VIMAN SPA full relaxation massage. As part of the massage, you can use the sauna and cool yourself down in the Jacuzzi. You are guaranteed to feel refreshed and relaxed after this hour. Then you can relax even more by an another full hour of Thai essential oil full-body massage with the essential Thai oil of your choice.
Reflexology (Foot Massage)
Reflexology is said to have ancient origins in China. It is based on the principles that the feet and hands are loaded with nerve ending which correspond with all parts of the body; therefore pressing the pressure on one reflex area produces effect in another part of the body via the pathways of the nervous system. Reflexology is extremely relaxing; it helps to improve the blood circulation, ease pain, headaches, and treat a wide range of illnesses.
|VIMAN SPA The Absolute Haven
|Swimming Pool
|Reading room
|Giant Chess
|Beach bathing
|Wooden Boat
|Beach swing
|Conference room
|Private Beach
|Beachfront area
|Garden Walk
Koh Chang is a dream escape in the
Gulf of Siam, far from the bustling city life, but not that far when
it comes to the distance. Koh Chang is a sub-district island in Trat
province, approximately 300 kilometers eastbound from Bangkok. The
island is conveniently accessible either by car directly or by
flight from Bangkok to Trat Airport plus a final short transfer by
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Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., a longtime supporter of the Children's Health Insurance Program, introduced a bill Wednesday that would ensure the program's funding for several years after Rockefeller retires at the end of this year.
Today, the CHIP program helps nearly 2 million children who would have no other access to affordable health care. The program also helps another 8 million children, including 37,000 children in West Virginia, get access to health care and services they need, according to Rockefeller, who played a key role in the bipartisan creation of CHIP in 1997 and has participated in efforts to extend and strengthen the program since then.
Rockefeller's bill, called the Children's Health Care Insurance Program Extension Act of 2014, would extend CHIP funding through 2019. Without an extension, funding would expire on Sept. 30, 2015.
"When I first came to West Virginia in 1964, I worked with kids who'd gone without seeing a doctor or a dentist because their families had no way of accessing affordable health care services," Rockefeller said in a news release. "That experience led me to push for greater access to care, including my work to create the Children's Health Insurance Program, which has significantly reduced the number of uninsured children since its enactment nearly two decades ago."
The new bill would make several improvements to existing CHIP legislation, Rockefeller said, including covering former foster children until they reach the age of 26, even if they change their state of residence; enrolling newborn children automatically, as is done in Medicaid; and improving access to preventive medical services, such as immunizations and screenings, that CHIP does not currently cover.
In 2009, the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., and former Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, helped Rockefeller pass legislation that preserved the program.
"I am so proud of all this program has accomplished, though we still have work to do until every child in this country has access to the care they need for a healthy start in life," Rockefeller said.
CHIP legislation also gives states incentives to enroll CHIP-eligible children who are still uninsured, to increase access to dental care and to improve services that specifically help pregnant women.
Under the new legislation, states could also raise the eligibility level of children to 300 percent of the federal poverty level. It would also increase access for coverage for children with special health needs.
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- Police say a 24-year-old man is being held in a weekend shooting in northeast Ohio that left a 16-year-old girl dead and a 19-year-old woman shot in the head.
Officers say they arrested 24-year-old David Stoddard at a motel Sunday morning, shortly after the shooting at a home in Akron. Police say Stoddard knew the teens, but no motive for the shooting has been established.
The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office identified the dead girl Monday as Anna R. Karam.
The Akron Beacon Journal (http://bit.ly/VMVS1Q ) reports that police were called to the home at about 4 a.m. Sunday. Other people at the home identified Stoddard as the shooter.
The wounded woman was hospitalized. Stoddard pleaded not guilty in court Monday and is being held with a $250,000 bond.
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After 5 1/2 years, my sweet Kathleen has finally exhausted her options for fighting this cancer. She will now go on hospice care and even though we knew it was coming, it is hard to believe. Thank goodness for the caring souls of hospice who make this a much more comforting process than I would have thought possible.
I had a bad feeling when I heard the sad news about Caroline Stouffer and I guess it goes to show that things can change in a hurry. On the other hand, we do feel very grateful for the incredible success Kathleen has had up to this point.
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Lewis Morrison is cosmetic dentist in Clifton Park. He has been married to his wife Phyllis for 46 years. Together they had four children, three of whom are still alive
Q How did you get into cosmetic dentistry?
A My father was a dentist and I followed him and now I'm in practice with my son Dr. David Morrison.
Q How has the practice changed over the years?
A It's different now than in the 1950s when Dad worked on my teeth. He wasn't kind, and it hurt. When I was 40, I went to him for work on my teeth again, saying, "Dad, I'm uncomfortable. One of us had better administer some Novocaine." It still hurt. I listen to my patients. Being treated in a caring manner can change lives. I was on a call-in radio show once answering the listener's questions when a familiar voice asked me "What would you do if you had a child as a patient who was so bad you had to sit on him in order to treat him? Well, that man was my father's friend Moe who made a point of reminding me that I was a handful myself in the dental chair. I couldn't reveal on the air that I knew whom he was talking about.
Q What led to your devotion to environmental concerns?
A It had to do with the loss of our youngest child, Amanda Jill. In my mind, I'm carrying out some of the things Mandy would have pursued had she lived. It makes me feel good, as though she were watching. She was attending Colorado College, and was in her junior year as a biochemistry major, when she fell from a dorm window and died.
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A My wife and I said, "We are not getting divorced over this." We became closer as we learned spouses need to allow the other to grieve in their own way. We've had the chance to meet with other parents who've lost a child. Mandy loved butterflies, so we've established a memorial garden at Colorado College in her honor and my staff surprised me with one here in the yard at the dental office. Both have bushes that attract butterflies.
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A I love windsurfing on Saratoga Lake. It's a real challenge, requiring 100 percent focus. It's a high, really. I also enjoy playing racquetball, skiing, jogging and biking when I can. I'm also involved in leadership in the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York, serving the Jewish community throughout the Capital District.
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Giants healthy, motivated entering regular season
OAKLAND -- With a downpour that caused a cancellation and sewage problems at the Coliseum, the Giants and A's had an unceremonious end to Spring Training on Saturday.
The exhibition finale was cancelled because of inclement weather, while the A's coaching staff had to deal with overflowing showers and toilets in their locker room. But by Monday, the Giants will be in sunny Arizona to start the regular season, trying to bounce back from a disappointing 2013 campaign when they went 76-86 to finish in a third-place tie in the division.
"It was a tough year. We should learn from it," center fielder Angel Pagan said. "You don't want to be the team that goes home and watches the playoffs. We're a winning team. We've always had a winning environment and we need to get back to that."
The Giants posted a 17-12 record in Spring Training. More importantly, they made it through camp without any major injuries.
Marco Scutaro (back) and Jeremy Affeldt (knee) will start the season on the 15-day disabled list, and their absences will surely be felt to begin the year. Tim Lincecum also experienced a scare on Friday when he was drilled in the lower left leg on a comebacker from Daric Barton, but the bone bruise doesn't look too serious.
Otherwise, this roster is healthy and hungry to capture the form that led to World Series titles in 2010 and 2012.
"The talent is there. The health is there," Pagan said. "We all believe in what we've got, and what we've got is special."
Alex Espinoza is a contributor to MLB.com This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A Fort Ord watchdog group has asked the state to conduct a full environmental review on the proposed transfer of "dangerous" land intended for a veterans cemetery.
The land is contaminated with toxic chemicals and unexploded ordnance and could pose a liability for the state, the Fort Ord Community Advisory Group stated in a letter March 30.
Co-Chairman Mike Weaver said the group supports a veterans cemetery on Fort Ord, but believes the planned location on Parker Flats Road is inappropriate and dangerous. The area known as "Artillery Hill" has been cleared for munitions only to a depth of 4 feet, not the 6 feet typical for gravesites, Weaver said.
Among the items found were non-metallic land mines and chemical agents in glass vials that cannot be detected with the equipment used, he added, and the Army is responsible for, but has not completed, cleanup of chemical contamination of the soil and water.
"The State of California should not accept contaminated and dangerous property because it creates a liability issue for the state and it will dilute accountability in its clean up," wrote Weaver, co-chairman of the group.
Local authorities have been rushing for a month to achieve the transfer of the land so the state can apply for federal funds to build the 84.4 "burial site" portion of the long-awaited cemetery.
The Fort Ord Reuse Authority Board of Directors on Friday will consider approving an agreement with the city of Seaside to transfer its 32.2 acres. The Board of Supervisors has already approved transfer of its 52.2 adjacent acres.
The board will also consider extending its contract with an outside attorney to advise it on issues pertaining to the California Environmental Quality Act.
Molly Erickson, attorney for Keep Fort Ord Wild, another environmental group that's opposed the location of the cemetery and already filed several lawsuits against FORA, has cautioned the board at past meetings that CEQA review is necessary for the transfer.
In an April 4 memo, FORA counsel Jerry Bowden disagreed. He said environmental review was not required because the transfer was a "ministerial" action, not a discretionary decision, and neither FORA, Seaside nor the county is a lead agency on the project.
Sandy Nax, spokesman for the Department of Toxic Substance Control, confirmed that the agency received and is reviewing the request by the Fort Ord Community Advisory Group.
That group was established in 2003 by the state department, after resolution of a lawsuit, to monitor toxic cleanup issues on the former army base, a Superfund Site. Its stated mission is "to ensure that human health, safety and the environment are protected to the greatest extent possible."
Weaver, its chairman, said the ordnance exploration that has occurred on the cemetery site has been unreliable at best and the toxics cleanup "next to non-existent."
FORA Executive Officer Michael Houlemard said Tuesday the cleanup on the site is complete and awaiting sign-off by regulatory agencies. The FORA board is also scheduled to receive an update Friday of the privatized effort to complete munitions cleanup of 3,340 acres that includes the cemetery site.
The call for CEQA review of the transfer comes on the heals of yet another environmental group, Fort Ord Access Alliance, announcing an effort to place an initiative on the November ballot that would preserve 540 acres of open space on the former Army base, some of it planned for development.
The initiative would not affect the area planned for the cemetery.
On Tuesday, Houlemard wondered aloud if the initiative, which would amend the Fort Ord Base Reuse Plan, would require CEQA review.
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Great for combination skin!My skin is oily one day and dry the next, so I need a cleanser that's going to work with me no matter what. I bought this product on a whim (because it smells great) and it turned out to be one of the best face washes I've ever used. It clears up breakouts fast, and really seems to "wake up" my skin. I now use the entire morning burst line based on my mood... shine control and brightening are the best! — 5 years, 12 months agoMaryTB | 4 reviews
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@WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!
Awesome, so now Hill's got that in the back of his head. ****in internet. That trades not even friggin possible, the Celtics would literally have to double the outgoing salary.So as an Internet rumor circulated on Monday that mentioned Hill and Danny Granger in a trade proposal to Boston for All-Star point guard Rajon Rondo, Hill remained unaffected. Hill's agent, Michael Whitaker, informed The Star that he has not been in contact with either team nor has he taken part in any trade talks involving his client this season.
By Monday night, Hill had heard the rumor then shoved it to the back of his mind. "I don't care nothing about that. If it happens, it happens. It's the business and the only thing that I can control is what I can control and that's to come out here and be the best teammate that I could possibly be and try to help this team win basketball games," Hill said. "I just found out earlier today, so it's something that I don't really pay attention to. I kind of just saw it and let it go." Indianapolis Star
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Wow that's crazy, that trade has the 2014 pacers pick going to Boston too lol
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According to ShamSports, Boston has a $10M trade exception.
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Miles had an excellent statline tonight. 17 points on 8/15 shooting (1/5 FTs, though), 20 rebounds, 2 blocks and 1 assist. Too bad that I missed the game
Thankfully, I can watch the replays now
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Just sayin'.
Reggie's doing his weekly interviews on Dan Patrick again. He doesn't buy that Larry would give him competition in a 3 point contest today.
"We've got to be very clear about this. We don't want our players hanging around with murderers," said Larry Bird, Pacers president.
As a Pacer and Miles Plumlee fan I can't help but think why did the Suns GM had to be one of the few believers in Miles? Why didn't read he more on Pacers digest
but after almost 2 months of playing, it seems to me that both these guys have found themselves an offense (and 2 PGs) better suited to their strengths, so I'm very happy for them.
After the beating he took today he's not apt to remember it
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Yeah, GG is playing well in Phoenix as well. I'm glad for him too. He is an excellent fit in Phoenix. He wasn't a great fit here because our offense was much slower and he benefit from a slower pace.
However, I think that Miles would be a good fit here as well. He just seems like a flat out good player to me. He was good in both Summer Leagues. He is better offensively in Phoenix's pace since he can work endless PnRs with Bledsoe and Dragic but I think that he would be good here as well.
Oh well. I love Scola so I'm very glad that the trade worked out the best for every party involved. I'm proud of them
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Also, the thing nobody mentions about young guys (though Miles is practically early middle aged by NBA age), but experience wise, PLAYERS GET BETTER. Miles kicking *** in Phoenix (and good on him for it) doesn't mean he didn't suck here, he absolutely did.
It's like Jalen Rose says, sometimes guys just get drafted by the wrong team. I'm still really high on Anthony Bennett as a scoring 4, doesn't look like that's gonna happen in Cleveland. Hornacek's looking like a really good coach (good job letting him leave Utah), he knows his team's crazy young, so just keep it simple and run and pick and roll em to death and just let em play off instinct.
If everyone would have known how well Green and Plum would do maybe we could have kept that pick!
Oh well.
Scola's been great for us. I have little doubt that, sitting deep on our bench, those guys would not have made this sort of improvement.
It's been a really nice trade for all involved.
Check out Boogie Cousins growing up
and yes, that's ABSOLUTELY Cousins growing up and maturing. Dude's never had problems off the floor or anything, he's just been lazy and aloof when he's playing. He's not now, mostly, he's getting there.
It's absolutely true that players get better. Miles obviously got better this summer. However, he didn't suck here. He just never got the chance to play. He played a total of 55 minutes. And he didn't look bad at all in those 55 minutes. He showed good rebounding and defensive insticts.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Gigi Datome...really like this guy, even though he's been terrible. It's easy to forget how much even garbage time minutes mean to the fringe guys just happy to be in the NBA...
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Really? The games that I watched, he still seemed lazy, complaining a lot, giving up on plays. Guess I should watch him again then
About Plumlee's previous season. I agree he didn't look good or ready to contribute last season. The combination of him improving his game (moves) and him getting to play PnR all the time is making the Miles Plumlee star shine very bright in Arizona
We've heard a lot about Kobe because of his injury. We've heard a lot about Pierce and Garnett rotting away on that cesspool of a Nets team. But what about another champ from their generation who is in his 16th season and playing as if he is in his prime?
- Dirk Nowitizki
The Mavs got a big win in Houston last night with Dirk popping fadeaways as if he was playing the Heat in the 2011 Finals. This guy is 35 with a billion miles on him, yet is the 13th leading scorer in the league right now. He seems to be completely healed after that knee surgery last year. This is by far the best he has looked since Dallas won the championship. He is an immortal NBA legend and we should appreciate his greatness while he is still playing. The Dirk-Monta duo is a pretty lethal offensive threat and I think they could be a headache in the playoffs.
Boogie probably complains less than Paul George, put it that way. You can rationalize that all you want, "stature" in the league and whatever, but it's pretty true from what I've seen. Boogie's a victim of the Kentucky narrative, I think that was at least somewhat of a reason Wiggins went to Kansas.
I'll preface all of this by saying that I love Boogie Cousins.... but the guy is one of the worst complainers I've ever seen. Not quite Stephen Jackson levels, where he takes himself out of 10% of the plays because he won't stop barking at the refs, but it's pretty close. You can see in the quality of his play that he is easily flustered when the refs don't give him calls.
Big difference with PG is that I feel like he plays really well when he gets pissed off. Boogie racks up technicals and flagrant fouls.


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I generally let my buns play outside (in my backyard) for about 4 hours each day when the weather's good, but they chew the fake turf and are so difficult to coax back in, even with treats & pellets. So I decided to set up a smaller exercise area on the front lawn, and being a tight-budgeted student, all the materials came from garage sales or dollar shops.
An old sheet is used to provide them with some shade, and I can keep an eye on them all the time.
I know it's rather simple, what do you guys think?
Any advice & suggestions are warmly welcomed!
Posted By Sarita on 11/12/2012 06:00 AM
That does not look very secure to me. Also how exposed is your front yard? That would be a concern for me as well.
That might work for now but maybe you couls look at some garage sales that have a dog pen maybe?? I use a playpen but its in my room.....Then you could take some of the material your using now and make a top that will still provide alot of air flow, plus a sheet for shade


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06-25-2012 #181khalidali99 Guest
Thanks man
06-25-2012 #182donkatsu Guest
I think I got myself a full undub using US version as the base since I got TB;I just swapped out the snd folder. Thanks a lot for the tools mamu. The only problem I had was that the provided file list for US version (2111 files) didn't match my US rootR.cpk file (has 2118 files). So, I used tocdump -dlist ep to create the file list for the US rootR.cpk file then swapped out the lines and ran cpkcr. I just ran the game for first 10 minutes to confirm that it works. Hopefully, there aren't any problems with this copy I made. Thanks once again, I really appreciate it.
06-25-2012 #183Lando43 Guest
good to hear, the English is dub is terrible from what I played, undub is the way to go.
06-25-2012 #184donkatsu Guest
I was going to play the jap version since I knew some japanese. I could never go back to dubs for jrpg after enjoying some of the undubs out there. I was pleasantly surprised to check this thread again and find out that mamu made repackers that works for ToGf.
06-25-2012 #185Lando43 Guest
just made my rootR file for undub. now what changes should I make in map cpk files to fix the glitch?
inside the map cpk there is only more cpks, so replacing them won't help. we have to modify these cpks inside the map cpk. if it's zhonecage map that has the problem, one of those cpks must be for that area, if we find it, then it needs to be extracted and modified. don't know if mamu's tools work with any other cpk other the 3 main cpks for the game. the issue is minor anyway.
06-25-2012 #186Solus Guest
Was actually looking for it a while ago, would also like to see a fix for the chests that have passwords. Also, which files are the victory quote voices I know it's in the btl folder at least.
06-25-2012 #187Nogitsune Guest
Ok here's the step by step guide I promised earlier: here I'll explain the exact steps I followed to make my own cpk work. Even someone new to computers should be able to follow this.
1) Download both JP and US version of the game. also quickbms and the edited unpack script (original unpack script can be found in same site as quickbms).
2) Venture in \PS3_GAME\USRDIR of both versions and copy "rootR.cpk" of us and jp version in one folder (ex: C:\mix) . Rename the jp rootR to "rootR_JP.cpk" and the us rootR to "rootR_US.cpk". Make two folders inside "C:\mix" name them "us_files" and "jp_files". Extract and copy cpkcr.exe in C:\mix (if you're getting "libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll" error. google and download the dll then put it in the same folder as cpkcr.exe). also put the "rootR_mixed.txt" in C:\mix.
3) Now run quickbms in the window that opens. First open the "cpk_nds.bms" (edited unpack script), then rootR_JP.cpk and lasltly go in "jp_files" folder and press save. Repeat this process but this time with rootR_US.cpk and "us_files" folder.
4) Now copy the "snd" and "sys" folder from "jp_files" into "us_files".
5) Go in start->run . write "cmd" and enter. In the window that opens write the drive letter of your folder like so "C:" then write the full path like so "cd C:\mix". Then write "cpkcr –f rootR_JP.cpk –d us_files –l rootR_mixed.txt –v" wait until everything's done. Rename the rootR_JP.cpk to "rootR.cpk"
6) (optional) use the original unpack script cpk.bms to extract the rootR.cpk you just made. If it gives no errors, you're good.
7) Copy the map0R.cpk and map1R.cpk from USRDIR of us version and overwrite the ones in jp version (make a backup first). Also overwrite the rootR.cpk that is in jp version with the one you just made (again don't forget the backup). Also overwrite the eboot.bin with the one you downloaded.
And that's it , your game should run perfectly. very few things are not translated. And also after battle victory cries and the cut scenes that come up with select are English (makes you realize how bad the voices are xD) . Also seems like the map.cpk files should be edited for the post game dungeon. I'll update later on if needed. For now I hope this helps the most basic of users to be able to enjoy the undubbed game.
And lastly , Sorry if it all seems too obvious or no help at all. I tried to be helpful on my part.
All the files and info are thanks to mamu and souls (who gave me the eboot and edited unpack script). I just simplified the steps I took so no one else would get stuck for a few hours like I did . Download the eboot from souls post and cpkcr.exe from mamu's. I attached the edited unpack script and the rootR_mixed.txt (the one I used).
06-25-2012 #188Lando43 Guest
solus for battle quotes, I think they are in skt___.acf files in the btl folder. checked some of them in Hex Editor and there are .SE3 format files inside which is audio format. can't do a repack right now. will test later if someone else doesn't.
06-25-2012 #189donkatsu Guest
oh so the snd folder doesn't contain all the voices. I only tested mine for few minutes, so didn't check the skits and the battle voices. I guess I'll have to try experimenting when I have the chance.
06-25-2012 #190Solus Guest
The skits are in chat/chd folder and the battle voices are in the btl folder somewhere, might be the skt__.acf files


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