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My mother was able to escape. She climbed over the fence when the guards weren't looking.
The people who couldn't walk were thrown onto wagons. The rest were organized into columns and walked out of Butrimantz.
When everyone had left, my mother crept out of the field where she had been hiding and headed toward home.
Tsila, Tevie and I had spent that whole day in the Sheinkers' yard and waited for our mothers to return.
Chaya Sheinker came home in the evening.
"They have already selected the people bound for Alyta. We should go to the ghetto."
She didn't say anything about my mother and I was afraid to ask. I could feel that something was wrong.
Tsila and Tevie went to hide with their relatives in another village. I headed for the ghetto to look for my mother.
Feiga Yanovitsky, a friend whom I met on the way, said, "Your mother was taken."
Which meant Alyta...certain death....
When I heard this, I vowed to find my mother and not to leave her, whatever happened. Feiga tried to stop me, but I was far too determined.
Near the synagogue, where the police stored the stolen goods, a pastor was loading furniture onto a long wagon.
"Do clergy steal as well?" I asked a Jewish woman standing next to me.
"Are you crazy!" she answered. "You think these people steal? He's just saving it for us. He'll return it. He does believe in God, you know!"
The pastor didn't use the stolen goods very long. Right after the war he was put in jail, and his home was given to an old couple. The furniture suited them well.
I tried to leave the ghetto, but the guards wouldn't let
me. I ran to Miliunsky's house, but no one was home. On a dresser in his house I saw a heap of packages, belongings and letters that were dated August 20. That was the day the youth of Butrimantz had been taken to Alyta.
Miliunsky had offered to deliver anything which the relatives wanted to send. People parted with their most valued possessions. Among the items was Batya's watch.
I wanted to run away from there but met the owner on my way out. I fell to my knees, begging him to tell me where my mother was. Miliunsky was so drunk that he had no idea what I was talking about.
I went over to Leah Pertzikowitz. Her husband Itzhak had been taken along with my mother. Her children - Koppel, Israel, Feivel, Sara, Malka, Sonya and Gita - had already been killed, except for one son, Zalman, who was brought to Germany by accident. He was freed by Americans and later moved to Israel.
"Yesterday in Yezna all the Jews were destroyed," Leah said. "Our fate is the same. You can't help your mother and you'll only get killed. Don't go to Miliunsky anymore."
From Leah's house I went over to the Shevahs, the musicians. Twenty families were gathered in there. Each one of them had only one or two members left: the result of several mass actions that had already occurred against the Jews. There wasn't any room for me, however, as the place was packed. The floor was crowded with pots, candleholders and pillows.
Mrs. Shevah, the only one left alive in the family except for the elders, came out to see who it was.
"We can't say no," she said. "Where will she go? I'll share the bed with her myself."
I climbed onto the bed and lay down. All I could see was an image of my mother, desperate, lonely and awaiting death.
Suddenly, a knock came at the door.
"Is there a young lady hiding in there?"
Miliunsky had sobered up and realized that he had seen me.
One of the older Shevahs got an idea and told me to lie down under his bed sheets, piled a lot of stuff on top and lay down on it all.
Miliunsky opened the door and marched into the room, which smelled of twenty perspiring bodies. He glanced around quickly and left the house.
I couldn't sleep and sat down on the window sill. Everything was quiet.
In the morning there was a light tap on the window. I opened the door to find Itsik Pertzikowitz.
"Don't cry, daughter. Your mother and I ran away. Go on, run now. You'll find her in one of the neighborhood yards."
The sun had risen and there weren't any policemen in sight. I made my way home through the fields. I found my mother in our backyard, her hair down, an insane look in her eyes. I started to cry and tried to shake her out of it. She didn't say anything. I took her hand in mine, like a child's, and walked her over to the ghetto.
We found safety in the house of Rashl, the servant of the rabbi. I decided we couldn't remain there for long and we ran to hide in the woods. The chances of being able to live through this, however, weren't much greater out there....
After the war I found out that eighty Jews had run away, but only ten had survived....
We had a shortage of food, but we traded our possessions for it. I gathered up anything of value we had left after the thefts and hid it in Rashl's attic.
My mother and I went around the town trying to find worthy Poles to whom to entrust our belongings. Some people came to our house to offer their services.
"Leave the things with me. I'll give them back to you after the war."
They knew what awaited us....
If you gave everything to one person, you'd be turned over to the authorities: everyone was aware of that. We decided to distribute things among various people. Maybe someone would be honorable enough to actually save some of our belongings.
The pastor from Poon came to Butrimantz with his lover, Zosei. They went to the Mazovskys' house and then to ours.
"Your Aunt Mazovsky trusted me and gave me all her possessions. You should do the same. I'll save it for you."
"We don't need anything. They'll kill us anyway. We would be grateful if you'd save my mother and me."
The pastor didn't answer. He packed his cart and left.
From August 29 until September 9 we did not spend a single night in the ghetto. We stayed with the Gitsavichius family. They treated us very well, fed us and calmed us down.
"Nothing will happen to you."
Later these people became willing executioners.
I did not know at the time that my sister Basya was dead. She died in Kushidar on August 28.
Rodlinski, Basya's former housekeeper, told me about that when we met after the war. She described how Basya had walked through the whole town to her death with her three-month-old son, Itzhak Yehuda, in her arms. Tugging at her skirt were her six-year-old daughter, Rivka, and four-year-old son, Aharon. Basya's husband, BenZion Dantsig, was shot on his way back home. His father, Avraham, was burned in the synagogue, along with other wealthy Jews and organizers of the local communities.
At the Gitsavichius' home I located a newspaper. In an article entitled "Lithuania - for Lithuanians" I read: "The Jewish problem must be dealt with." Next to it there was an article with a similar theme: "We must get rid of the Communists, Russians, Poles and Gypsies."
I did not want to think about the fear these messages were emitting. I was sure the Russians would come to save us.
We believed what we wanted to believe.
We saw the Leshinskasovs, whom we had known for a long time, place our tablecloth over their table. We saw them hang our curtains on their windows. They were even wearing our clothes. They had taken all these things to save for us. Can it be that even our good friends cannot wait until we die? I wondered.
"Aren't you afraid of the Germans?" I asked Juozas. "You've worked for the Russian militia in Vilna since the 1940s."
"I washed my guilt away with my own blood. In the first days of the invasion I killed two Communists with whom I lived in the same room."
He pulled out a record player, wound it up and we heard the sounds of "Clouds Over the City."
"If a militia worker becomes a policeman by his own will, he is forgiven. I'm going to enlist with the police."
My mother and I became frightened and left that house. We were starved and drenched in the rain. We went to the ghetto to see if anyone was still alive and perhaps to find another set of clothes.
On our way to Butrimantz we met Dr. Gabay. He was looking for a place to hide his wife, two children, his ninety-year-old mother, a blind brother, and his relatives, Yaakov Fink and his son.
Where are you going? Run! Kaspariunas told me that he's going to kill anyone still alive tomorrow. He let me go because I've been treating him for rheumatism. He said, 'Run, if you can. I'm not going to look for you,' he promised.
We went to the ghetto. Next to Rashka Pruss's house, on Smorgonsky's patio, sat my aunt Mazovsky with one of the twins in her arms, exhausted from crying. The second child was in Shoshana's arms. I asked them to give me one of the twins. The activists didn't yet harm women with children. They saved them for last because they realized it was difficult for them to escape with children.
"No," Mazovsky said, "I'll go to my grave with both of them."
"The child will be of no help to you," said Shoshana. "Everyone in Yezna is dead already. My husband had such nice nephews there. They're dead too. No one in Yezna was spared. Every single one of them was buried in the fields."
My mother stayed with her sister Mazovsky, and I went to Rashka Pruss's place to change. I removed my wet clothes, hung them up to dry and put on clean ones.
All at once through the window I saw activists chasing Shoshana and the other women.
The door to the house opened and several guards charged inside.
Until this day I cannot understand how I managed to be behind the door, hidden from them. The room was quite small.
Leaving the door open, the activists went straight to the next room.
"Get yourself ready!" they ordered Rashka and her very old mother.
"Leave me alone," begged Rashka. "Who will deliver food to my husband and children whom you took away?"
"Stop! They had enough to eat. In fact, so did you!"
The house became empty. The door was still open. There was a secret exit in the kitchen leading to the attic. I ran up as fast as I could. The whole attic was full of bags, both Rashka's and her neighbors'. I wanted to hide under them initially, but then realized that that was the first place the bandits would check. After all, these bags were what they came for.
I ran downstairs. The house had another exit. I fled outside into the yard. My mother, thank God, was standing right there. I grabbed her arm and we ran to Klidzenys Street.
That September turned out to be very cold. As we ran past someone's house, I raced inside and snatched the first warm thing I saw - a tablecloth. I threw it over my shoulders.
Both of the ghetto streets, Klidzenys and Tatarys, were surrounded. There was nowhere to go. We were swept along with the crowd. At the front were Kaspariunas and Germanavichius. Erushavichius and some others were on horses. We headed toward Klidzenys.
We walked about a mile and a quarter.
"They must want us to dig up potatoes in Pivashunai," said Pitelewitz. "I heard they already dug a place to store the vegetables somewhere nearby."
"Riva, get revenge for us!" our neighbor in line whispered to me. "You'll escape this, I know."
"Let's do it together."
"No. My Dvorele is with me. I can't leave her. I won't get far with the baby either."
People in the crowd were crying and groaning. For amusement, the guards beat them up along the way.
With my mother's hand in mine, I attempted to reach the edge of the group in order to run away.
Suddenly there appeared another squad of white-badged soldiers with rifles, moving in the opposite direction.
"Which way to Visokidvor?" I asked one of the men in Polish.
The drunk Lithuanian swung his hand in the direction.
I made my way into the ditch at the side of the road, and my mother followed. We later climbed into the nearby bushes and sat there, waiting for everyone to pass.
At midnight it became very cold. We huddled together for warmth. Then came the sound of gunshots and the barking of dogs....
Juozas Karpavichius filled me in on what happened that night. Just before the war he had drawn a poster: Smeton running to America. The Lithuanians remembered that and forced him to shovel dirt on top of dead bodies.
First the men were killed. They were placed at the edge of the hole, facing it, and shot in the back of their heads.
Germanavichius' wife stripped the women naked. Despite their pleas, she forced them to remove even their underwear. She didn't want anything to be wasted. The women were ordered to lie on top of the dead bodies in the big crater. That was how the executioners discovered there wasn't enough room for them all.
Joneika, a policeman, jumped into the hole to see if he could compress the bodies further. The women grabbed him by his throat and hair. The crater was about thirty-three feet deep. The Lithuanians had to throw a rope down for him.
The second hole was quite close to the first one. There the children and elders were buried. Among them were Chana Reznik and Itsik Sheinker's wife. These two women were on the verge of delivering babies. Itsik's wife gave birth beside the mass grave.
The shots were fired. Screaming from agony and terror, the people were pushed inside.
Astrauskas had a board with nails protruding from it. He would stick children onto it and shake them off into the crater.
Germanavichius' wife was busy handing out drinks and refreshments to the executioners. Barrels of beer stood under the trees beside the spectators of this bloody show. One of the observers fell unconscious.
They didn't shed many bullets on the children. Usually they buried them alive. In some places the ground was still moving two days later....
At the last moment someone saw one of the buried children climb out of the grave. The little boy was badly wounded. He struggled to get away from that place. The murderers waited until their target moved away, and then they opened fire.
After the massacre, the executioners divided up the stolen goods and went on their way.
The Jewish people who remained alive were Miliunsky and his wife; Kaspariunas' horsekeeper, Tsvi Mostowitz; Yoshe-Leizer Meirowitz and his wife; and the whole harem: two girls from Poon, fifteen-year-old Mina Goldberg, two sisters (I don't remember their names) and Asna Baver. They were all very beautiful women who had been hand-picked by Kaspariunas for his "harem," as it was called. Asna's father, Aron Baver, was not killed either.
Mina Goldberg was taken hostage by the policeman Lapinauskas. He lived with her until the beginning of September. Then someone in Alyta gave him away.
Lapinauskas told Mina to go for a walk, but he advised her not to put on her coat. Mina understood what he meant and begged him to spare her. Lapinauskas paraded the girl through the village to a reserved place in the cemetery. He pushed her into the hole and shot her.
Pavka Sobolevsky cut the girl's head off and bashed out her gold teeth.
The sisters were able to run away at the end of September.
The rest were finished off in the Butrimantz Jewish cemetery on October 1.
Aron Baver could have run away. Asna had warned him but he refused to go.
"I didn't die with the rest of them," he cried. "Then I would at least be lying among the respected people. But now - with Miliunsky..."
Asna had cautioned us as well. On September 8 she went to the ghetto.
"Run away! Tomorrow they're going to kill the remaining Jews."
Kaspariunas hid Asna until November. That month her fate turned to share the worst with the rest of them. Hiding in the woods, we didn't know any of this....
In the morning we set off toward the Polish villages. There weren't any Poles among the smaugiks. However, the order to forbid Jews from entering one's home was heard all around Butrimantz. We were not even allowed to come close to the houses.
Nonetheless, a friend of our family, Rainis, welcomed us inside. We stayed at his place for a few days, but he became afraid he would get caught helping us.
Thereafter, we went to the home of Voveris. His wife was an old friend of my mother. When she used to visit her husband while he was serving a sentence at the Kaunaska prison, she would always stop at our house.
Voveris himself had invited us to his place during the first days of the war. We thought he wanted to relieve his guilt.
This wealthy Pole had been in prison for a brutal crime. His wife gave birth to twins when he already had a daughter and two sons. Voveris boiled the newborns in a pot and fed them to the pigs. A boy on the street had witnessed this. Voveris killed him as well and buried him in the nearby forest. He planted a tree over the grave, but it wouldn't grow. This helped the local people find the body.
"You once said we'd be welcome in your house," we reminded Voveris. "We're freezing and wet from the rain. We have no clothes, and we're starving to death."
"Well, all right. You can go into the shack in back and hide in the hay."
Voveris' wife took the wet tablecloth off my head.
"You're going to get killed anyway.... I'll be able to go to bed tonight feeling good."
Later Voveris came into the shack.
"Where's your horse and teapot?"
"The horse is at Yankowski's," I said and bit my tongue for telling him the truth, but it was too late.
Every night during the whole week Voveris and his son returned with wagons loaded with possessions confiscated
from the Jews. Usually they were accompanied by policemen who spent entire nights drinking with Voveris. We were terrified we'd be discovered.
On the sixth day, Voveris' wife came to us.
"My husband and son are getting drunk. I heard them planning something very bad. They think you have gold with you. You'd be better off if you left."
In the daytime one couldn't get very far. We knocked on Montfil's door in the same village. To go to Lithuanians for help was dangerous.
But Montfil fed us, gave us money and started to cry.
"You're going to die out there."
He didn't keep us for long. He had three children and his wife was against it. We spent the evening at his place, then went into the woods. We slept on the ground, warming one another with our body heat.
In the morning a young man wearing a military uniform found us. That's the end, we thought. He's going to shoot us right here.
Instead, the man said, "I know you and I'll help."
He was Ignatsi Shestakowski. His village, Parankava, was fifteen miles from Butrimantz. In 1939 he had been ill in a hospital in Kovno. When he was discharged, he didn't have any money for the trip back; neither did he have the strength to walk home. At the bus stop he met my father, who brought him home and let him spend the night. In the morning he put the Pole onto Boyarsky's bus, paid the owner five lit, and sent him on his way.
Ignatsi told us all this while we were still in the forest. He walked us over to his brother's house, but Mihal was at the market. His wife made us comfortable in their home.
"I can't promise you anything," she told us. "I don't know if I can convince my husband."
We hoped for the best. After all, we endangered their lives with our presence. Spending the day in the warmth of a house was wonderful.
In the evening Mihal returned. His wife knelt down and put her arms around his knees.
"Mihal! Please allow me to let two Jews I found stay with us. They're freezing and hungry."
"All right, but only for a short time."
Happy, she came to us.
"He said yes! The war will be over in a few days. The Russians are getting closer. We heard it on the radio. The American Jews will pay a lot of money to those who helped to hide Jews."
We soon understood that this woman protected us because she was a good person and not for a reward.
Mihal's wife gave us hot water to wash ourselves, served tea and invited us to share whatever food she had.
I kept crying, remembering my sisters, but soon I realized: It's me I should cry over, not them. They've already experienced everything that could happen to them. Only God knows what's in store for us.
We hid in the haystacks. Every day Mihal's wife would bring us bad news from the market.
"Everyone in Butrimantz is dead."
"All the Jews in Anushishok and Visokidvor were destroyed."
Groups of "protectors" formed. Their job was to catch any Jews who hadn't been killed yet. At night these protectors eavesdropped on conversations inside the houses.
Interesting, I thought. Why do these murderers call themselves "protectors"? From whom are they protecting the people?
One day the owners of the house went to dig up potatoes and left me inside. To express my gratitude, I washed the windows, made the beds and cleaned up the rooms.
"What have you done!" the owners exclaimed when they returned. "Don't you realize they'll know there are Jews in our house? We never wash our windows. We never make the beds either. It's not our style of living. Don't do this again."
Very soon a neighbor came by and alarmed the Shestakowskis.
"They're searching every single house in the neigh- boring village. They're going to come here next."
The Shestakowskis discussed this among themselves and decided to make a safe place for us.
"We'll dig a hole, as though for storing potatoes," Mihal said. "If neighbors ask, we'll tell them just that, but if that happens, you won't be able to hide there anymore for they would understand that it's really a bunker."
Mihal started working on the hole. He made a lid for it and covered it with mud. Air entered the hole through pipes that extended out quite a distance. No outsiders questioned Shestakowski about it.
It was very hard to breathe in the hole. We perspired terribly. We even undressed but it didn't help much. The owners gave me a book they had, but for some reason it was in German. I read it all from cover to cover, using the tiny rays of light that filtered in through the pipes. Reading distracted me from the misery for a while.
The town slept quietly that night. We were let out of the hole to breathe and wash. We sat beside the fireplace to dry, watching the window to see if anyone was coming. If someone would have entered the house unnoticed, we wouldn't have been able to reach the hole in time.
Our saviors barely ate anything; we ate even less. In the morning we would have a boiled cabbage with a piece of bread; at night, a few potatoes.
We tried to think of a way to show our gratitude to these people. I wrote a note to Yankowski, the wealthy Pole who had our horse and some of our other belongings.
"Please give the horse to Mihal Shestakowski."
Mihal returned empty-handed.
"Voveris went to Yankowski's place with a note he claimed you gave him, Riva," Mihal said. "He probably wrote it himself. He wanted Yankowski to pay him for the horse.
Yankowski didn't believe him, but Voveris threatened. He got the money in the end."
A week later Yankowski arrived in person. He brought a large supply of potatoes and flour and begged Shestakowski to keep us hidden in his place for as long as possible.
"My daughter got to like your dress," Yankowski said. "That's what the potatoes are for. The flour is for the coat...."
We were so happy!
"All the Jews in Kushidar were shot," Yankowski told us. "Basya was among them. Jews are getting slaughtered throughout the whole continent. The Germans said they won't leave a single one alive."
After that, Yankowski returned about once every month. He always brought a lot of food and gave it to the owners. Our rations remained unchanged, however. We could barely wait until night to get out of the hole and go to the washroom.
During the half year that we spent in the bunker, my mother and I grew emaciated, like walking sticks.
For reassurance, the Shestakowskis decided to prove to the neighbors that there was no one hiding in their house. They left for three days to visit their friends in another village and asked a few neighbors to look after their children.
We were given a jug of water and a loaf of bread. The entrance to the hole was covered with more mud. For three days my mother and I remained quiet, not saying a word. Our stomachs ached. There was so little air that we almost suffocated. Three days in a grave was a terrible experience.
The Shestakowskis returned on time. The neighbors didn't suspect anything. Our lives went on.
At night we slept near the fireplace. One night, in a dream, my mother was visited by her father, my grandfather Itzhak.
"Get up, daughter. Go welcome your guest. Your daughter Tsila is coming."
Mother sprang up from the floor and ran to the window.
"Tsila! Tevie! Come this way! We are right here, alive!"
Had she gone crazy? I wondered. However, there were shadows of two people outside the window.
The owners woke up to see what was going on. They opened the door and there stood Tsila and Tevie.
"That's my daughter and her husband!" my mother cried loudly.
"All right," Mihal said, "bring them inside."
From that day on there were four of us in the bunker. Two sat on small chairs and two lay on the floor; then we switched. Every day we begged God to save us.
In Alyta the Germans captured thirty Russian soldiers and forced them to dig a hole, after which they were stripped and frozen to death. The Golombewski brothers, who helped many Jews hide, were caught and shot.
This last incident scared us all. The risk of getting caught was very great. Many Jews who were sheltered by other people were forced out. We prepared to leave, but Shestakowski stopped us.
"Where will you go? You'll get caught no matter what. You won't be able to stand the torture, and you'll give us away. We'll all die."
Jews who were captured were now interrogated before they were killed to find out in whose house they had hidden.
"If I were alone I wouldn't be so afraid," explained Shestakowski. "I have to watch out for my children. I don't know what to do. Letting you go is just as frightening as keeping you here."
That evening the Shestakowskis discussed our fate. We could hear everything they said, even the whispers. They decided that they had no choice but to drop the stove on the hole and bury us right there.
From then on we lived with even more fear each day....
I don't blame the Shestakowskis for anything. I understand how hard the situation had become for them. Sometimes we meet up with them even now. I've never reminded them about that evening. I have been grateful to the Shestakowskis my whole life. They saved us and kept us inside that first winter of the war - the coldest and most frightening one.
They didn't hurry with their plan. The Shestakowskis were just not capable of killing a human being.
Once, the owners left to celebrate Easter at their brother's house. Tevie opened the lid of the hole and we all escaped into the forest. The four of us, with barely any threads on, roamed through the snow-covered fields....
Tevie led the way to the Maldanis home. Alfonsas Maldanis had purchased land from the elder Sheinker and had served in the army with Tevie. He allowed us to hide in his part of the forest.
"People chop down trees all the time in the government-owned woods. You'd get caught there for sure."
During the day, when it wasn't as cold, we slept huddled together on the ground. At night we tried to keep ourselves in motion by walking.
Sometimes one of Maldanis' brothers would bring us some food, leaving it at a prearranged spot for us to pick up later. It was usually soup or boiled potatoes. Of course, we weren't receiving all this free.
Risking our lives even further, we sometimes wandered over to Raetsky's place. The first time we went there he gave us a loaf of bread and told us to come back for our things in a few weeks. He probably believed we wouldn't live that long, but explained that our things were in another village.
The second time, Raetsky's wife sent the dogs out on Tsila and Tevie. That was when we asked Maldanis to write a
note to Raetsky, asking that he return our belongings. After a while we actually recovered some of them.
Once, Maldanis invited relatives from Rudiskes to his house. They ate and drank, then started talking about Jews.
"There are some hiding in our forest too," Maldanis told them. "But can we be held responsible for the forest?
They decided to reveal us to their guests. They brought out bread and liquor, and offered us friendly advice.
We were hungry all the time. We must have made a horrible impression on them. I, for instance, spent most of the war in a single dress.
Once, awakening from sleep, we saw bicycle tracks in the snow. As it later became clear, the German Gubert had seen us but didn't give us away. He didn't even tell Maldanis.
Then we were shocked by another horror. Tsila gave birth to a dead baby and became very ill. For about a year she couldn't walk, and Tevie carried her on his back.
We met Yankel Bernstein from Butrimantz. Lebovich from Parankava had helped him hide. But, like us, Yankel retreated into the forest after the Golombewski brothers were shot.
We talked with Yankel about our family members who were no longer with us. He told us about Dr. Gabay. His ninety-year-old mother and blind brother were still in the ghetto. They weren't able to run away. Gabay had left them poison before he went into hiding.
"Drink this if they find you," he told them. "It won't hurt when you die this way."
That's what they ended up doing. The Shaulists found the corpses.
Gabay and his wife, their four-year-old daughter, Renana, nine-month-old son, Binyamin, and Yaakov Fink and his three-year-old son, Shalom Zeev, went to Yankowski. The children were taken to Vilna by a young woman named Janina Zienowicz, a relative of Yankowski. Janina and her sister Helena cared for the children until the end of the war.
Gabay and his wife and Fink hid at Yankowski's friends' house until the end of 1943. The neighbors discovered this and reported them. The Germans came with dogs and searched the place but didn't find anyone. That day Gabay's wife went insane. She was moved to the Vilna ghetto along with her husband and Yaakov Fink. Later she died there.
The children were saved by the Zienowicz sisters. After the war Dr. Gabay and his children moved to Warsaw. Shortly thereafter, the Gabay family emigrated to Palestine.
After the war Yaakov Fink went to claim his son, Shalom Zeev, but the bewildered, weeping child was afraid of leaving the only family he knew the Zienowiczes.
Eventually, Yaakov Fink abandoned his efforts to retrieve his son and emigrated to the United States, where he had several sisters. Within months after his arrival in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1948, Fink was diagnosed with cancer. He continued to write to his son, urging him to join him in America. But the boy, whose name had been changed to Wilhelm Zienowicz, could not be persuaded to leave his adopted family. Yaakov Fink died in 1953. Wilhelm relocated to Warsaw, where he later married and had three children.
Fink's wife, Zlata Riva Menkin, a doctor, had died in a typhus epidemic in 1941, shortly before the Germans invaded Lithuania. The fate of their daughter, Tanya, five years old at the time, is not known. It is speculated that she may have been sent to her mother's family in northeast Lithuania after her mother's death; others claim she died with the children of Butrimantz and lies in their mass grave. A third story is that she too had been a hidden child and disappeared into a new identity.
The spring passed. In June Maldanis' wife came running to us.
"Alfonsas is gone. Go hide! The forest is already surrounded."
This was the second day of the search for lost Jews. Just as we hid behind some bushes, we heard the voices of smaugiks. We were ready to run but remembered Yankel Bernstein. We awoke him and ran toward the entrance to the forest. Fortunately, Tevie had an excellent sense of direction so he knew exactly where to go. Suddenly he yelled, "Riva, look to the right!"
I turned and made eye contact with one of the smaugiks who was lying with the others surrounding the forest.
"Run!" yelled Tevie.
I grabbed Bernstein by his sleeve.
He resisted. "Let go!"
A shot was fired. Bernstein fell to the ground.
I turned around and saw Tevie and my mother running back into the forest. I went after them. Tevie soon realized that we were trapped, surrounded. We turned around and ran toward the fields until Tevie led us to the Chertovo swamp.
"Step only on the tough mounds," he cautioned. "If you miss, you'll get sucked in."
We jumped from mound to mound. The swamp was beautiful at this time of year, with flowers everywhere.
Leaving our footprints behind, we ran deep into the swamp before we stopped to catch our breath.
We heard the sound of horses' hoofbeats. Tevie went to find out what the animals were doing there and returned very pale.
"The Germans have horses and this swamp is surrounded."
Somewhere at the edge of the swamp the soldiers found an escaped Russian POW and Yankel Kovalsky. They shot them on the spot.
We had no way out and spent the rest of the day hiding in that swamp.
At night Tsila and Tevie went to the Maldanis home to check on the situation. On the way they met Gemaitis, a
farmer from Eigerdonis. He had seen us running into the swamp, but when the authorities had asked him, he replied, "No, I didn't see anyone."
The Maldanis family were practical people. That night they partied with the local policemen. Tevie knocked at the door. The owner stuck her head out and said, "The smaugiks are here."
Later we were told how the policemen had tortured the wounded Bernstein. They wanted to know who had fed him. They chopped off his fingers one by one, but he didn't give anyone away.
We returned to the forest. Anely Dulsken stumbled upon us in the tall bushes. She had often helped us with our garden, so we knew each other very well. Mother was eating bread, and the rest of us were lying on the ground, resting.
Anely became frightened when she saw us.
I grabbed her knees and cried, "Help us, please. We are very hungry!"
She told us that she would take us to her mother.
In about half an hour she returned with a loaf of bread. That evening she took us to Sakavichius' house in the Eichunai village. They too had some of our possessions. In exchange for these, we asked for bread.
Sakavichius' wife was sleeping in my night shirt. At the sight of me, she jumped up.
"Give me your jacket!"
The jacket had been given to me by one of the farmer families.
"What are you doing?" her husband interrupted. "She'll practically be naked."
"She doesn't need clothes. If she won't get caught today, she'll get caught tomorrow."
I tried to defend myself.
"At least you have a roof over your head. I spend all my time outside."
"Be quiet! There are police nearby. If I call them, you won't need anything anymore."
I left her house wearing only my dress. The saying is true: If a camel asks for antlers, he'll get his ears cut off as well.
Anely was very gracious and took us to her mother's house. And that was where we spent the winter.
I don't think there was a place in these villages where we didn't try to hide. We looked for spots with as few people around as possible. In the summer we often hid in the rye fields. Of all the shacks in which we hid, I remember Ivanowski's most clearly.
Once, after the war, a Pole gave us a lift to Butrimantz. When we passed Ivanowski's shack, he said, "That's my shack. In the winter Russian soldiers stayed in it. When my wife and I came to the shack in the spring, I saw the body depressions in the hay and figured it out."
I had never seen Ivanowski around the village before.
"We stayed in that shack," I told him.
We knew that no one would be coming there until the spring, so we hid in the hay. We were hungry and thirsty all the time, with only one bottle of water per day for everyone. We ate snow and went outside at night for our body needs.
Tevie and I would go to the neighboring homes to ask for bread. We skirted around the main roads, avoiding the "protectors." People spoke to us without their lights on; otherwise, it was dangerous.
We arrived at the house of one of our friends.
The man shook his head.
"Do you want to kill me? The whole village knows that Jews come to my place."
Tevie was surprised.
"No one saw us."
"You wear those heavy army boots. Everyone around here wears normal shoes. They can tell by the imprints in the snow."
61We would have been very happy to wear regular shoes, but we did not have any. Wrapping our feet with pieces of cloth and pushing them into boots was all we could do to save them from freezing.
Thereafter, however, we started to wrap the cloth on the outside of the shoes too in order to avoid leaving tracks.
Ivanowski and his son would come to the shack a few times a day. While they got their hay for the farm animals, we would remain as quiet as we could. Once my mother coughed. The boy jumped up and yelled, "Did you hear that? There must be someone in here."
The father laughed.
"Are you trying to fool me? That was just the wind."
At the end of the third week, gunshots were fired nearby during the entire night. In the morning Ivanowski came into the shack alone.
Tevie greeted him with these words: "I'm going on my way. My wife and her sister are staying with some nice people. I know that you are a good person too. You won't do me any harm. I slept here last night and heard the shootings. Do you know what they were?"
"Five people went into the public sauna," Ivanowski told Tevie. "One of them was a Butrimantz Jew by the name of Strage. They were seen. Activists drove up to the building. Among them was your old friend Rachkiss. The sauna was set on fire and everyone was beaten up. I won't tell anyone about you. Just get out of here as fast as you can."
That night we all left.
In the summer of 1943 we decided that we should split up into pairs. It was easier to hide that way. My mother and I hid in the rye fields. Tevie brought us food at night.
Once, two farmers who were reaping the harvest appeared in the field. One of them, Jugris Janushauskas, a
drunk and rebel, saw us and grew pale. My mother and I, bruised and emaciated, must have looked like characters out of a nightmare.
"Don't go anywhere," he said. "I'll bring you some food."
Soon Jugris returned with his own dinner - bread and milk.
"I would bring more, but my partner would know what's going on."
I asked if he could bring more food for us the next day. I thought: If he brings something, that means he pities us and probably would not give us away.
The next morning some women arrived with food. They were Jugris' daughter, his partner's wife and two other women whom we knew.
As we started to eat, the partner's wife whispered to me, "You'd better go away. I'm afraid Jugris will report you."
I looked at Jugris' daughter and spoke too loudly:
"I don't believe your father could give us away!"
The girl turned to the partner's wife and yelled, "My father is at home, you hear! Your husband is the one who left for Butrimantz this morning! You don't think he went to the police, do you?"
When they left, they were still arguing.
We had to leave this place as well. It was dangerous to go anywhere in the daytime, but we had no choice.
After walking about fifty yards we stopped under a leafy tree that concealed us. Suddenly we heard gunshots coming from the site we had just left.
Two people appeared right near us: Stelmahavichius, a policeman from Butrimantz, and Liutsius Konstantinowicz, a teacher. The teacher's suitcase swung a few feet from my leg. Thank God they didn't see us! Stelmahavichius would have shot without blinking. He was solely responsible for many of the deaths around there. For amusement, he fired his gun into the field.
Wandering from place to place eventually led us to Shwabowski's house. A candle was burning on his window sill, and we heard people talking in Polish. We took the chance and knocked.
I asked the owner if we could go into the shack to warm ourselves for just a few days. I offered anything we had and promised to bring more later.
We were allowed to sleep in the haystacks. Once a day the owner's wife brought us some food. Almost every day we had rotten vegetables and a few handfuls of snow from behind the building where everyone went to relieve themselves. My mother made a pair of stockings for the lady, and my sister sewed some other garment.
At that time the Russian army got so close that a battle erupted.
One morning, when most people hid inside their homes, we went out into the street for the first time.
"Look at the sky!" We were so happy. "Look at the red stars on those airplanes. We have reached the end of it!..."
A Russian soldier stopped us in the forest. Judging by our shocking appearance, he understood immediately that he was witnessing the last of the Jews. He took us over to the lieutenant, who happened to be a Jew. He became very excited.
"Thank God at least someone has survived!"
We were given food, but we felt too self-conscious to eat in front of everyone. The lieutenant told the others to leave us alone and gave us some money before he left.
"I want the first money you receive to come from a Jew," he said.
We decided to go back to Shwabowski's and wait for Tevie. He and Tsila had gone to Yankowski to find out what was happening.
The good news awaited them.
"The Russians are in Butrimantz!"
The people with whom Tevie shared the good news
did not seem very happy. Some of those at whose houses we had left our belongings didn't even want to talk to us. Only Trotsky gave Tevie a new hat and a loaf of bread.
In Butrimantz all the Jewish homes were occupied by the activists. When they realized they wouldn't be staying there long, they removed decorations and pictures from the walls in order to sell them. We discovered that later.
While we were waiting for Tevie at the Shwabowski house, they had a guest, Kvedaravichius' youngest son. "How shameful!" he yelled. "You kept Jews in your house. It's because of you they survived. I killed someone from their family. Just before she died, she screamed, 'You'll never build an independent Lithuania atop our blood!' I'll show them right now if we'll build it or not!"
We charged outside and ran until we reached the Yankowskis' gate. The owners didn't even recognize us. They thought we were a couple of homeless people.
I started to cry.
"Don't you remember us? We're the Lozanskys."
The Yankowskis cried too when they discovered who we were. They invited us in, but we refused: we were just too dirty.
The woman brought us clean clothes, and we went to the swamp to wash ourselves. Mother fetched water in a fish pail and poured it over me.
I threw off my dress, and Mother picked it up. It is now in Israel in the exhibit "Poison For Your People."
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On November 27, three of today's most exciting female singers—Ely Guerra, Eugenia León, and Tania Libertad—join forces for the first time to pay tribute to the late, legendary Chavela Vargas in an evening of traditional and contemporary Mexican song.
We spoke to the performers to discover what Chavela Vargas has meant to them in life and career. Here, Ely Guerra explains how she has listened to the great Mexican singer for many years and how she will always remain an inspiration.
Ely Guerra: Listening to Chavela in a recording is amazing, but seeing her and listening to her performing live was an unforgettable experience. I always listened to Chavela when I was young, but I had not seen her until I was older. I've always found something in her expression that gives me strength that allows me to continue building my own path as a singer and songwriter. Chavela is a great mirror to look at oneself ... perhaps. I cannot stop separating the fact that we do the same thing—to belong to the world. I do not want to stop seeing her as an inspiration. Chavela is great and I want to be like her.
Ely Guerra: Chavela is a classic, you cannot not know her, there must be Chavela Vargas in your musical map. Her love for Mexico, her deep voice, her truth as a singer is simply the wonderful encounter with a unique artist. Chavela is a beautiful animal to admire.
Ely Guerra: I certainly have chased Chavela with a thousand songs, but I never exclude "La Llorona," a piece that I play in her honor in a 5/4 arrangement (unlike the 3/4 original). I produced this arrangement with sounds concerning with my usual alternative music style by the hand of my colleagues Hernan Hecht, Demian Galvez, and Milo Froideval.
Artists: Alondra de la Parra featuring Ely Guerra
Arranged by: Lev Zhurbin, Elizabeth Guerra, Camilo Froideval, and Hernan Hecht
Label: Sony Music
Publishing: Homey Company
Ely Guerra: I did not know her in person. However, we had were in contact through third parties regarding projects and musical moments that unite us. Something that connects me with her even more—with love—is that she always made me feel that we were close friends. I always received her blessings through those who contacted me on her behalf.


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Moore makes season's first start behind plate
KANSAS CITY -- Catcher Adam Moore started his first game of the year Tuesday night against the Cardinals.
"I'm really excited and looking forward to it," Moore said. "I've already faced this guy [Tyler Lyons] down in [Triple-A] Omaha, too, so I have a good idea of what he's going to have tonight. I'm just going to go out there and have fun."
Moore, who had stints in the Major Leagues the past four seasons, opened 2012 on the Mariners' disabled list before being claimed off waivers by the Royals on July 7. He appeared in four games for the Royals last season and went 2-for-11 with a home run and a double.
With regular catcher Salvador Perez on the bereavement list, the Royals promoted Moore from Triple-A Omaha to share the job with George Kottaras.
Moore hit .190 with two doubles, five homers and 12 RBIs for the Storm Chasers.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. Kathleen Gier is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Here's a nicely detailed super-deformed rendition of Zanspine based off its design in the "SD Gundam G Generation Wars" PS2 video game. This game-prize figure comes in prepainted parts that can be easily assembled, and a base with stand is also provided for setting it up on display. The figure measures about 4cm tall without the base and stand.
Also offered in the same lineup are three other Mobile Suits, linked below!


text: Diversity is one of Lenovo's greatest strengths. With roots in the East and the West, Lenovo is a uniquely polycentric business. We have leaders from around the world who are located across the globe; a diverse talent pool; a deep commitment to innovation; and a far-reaching mindset that's fueled by a sense of our long-term responsibility.


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Dodger Pride Rewards Program announced for season, Premium mini plan holders
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Dodgers, in an effort to enhance the fan experience for longtime fans, launched the Dodger Pride Rewards program today for season ticket holders. Dodger Pride Rewards is offered exclusively now to fans with season seats and Premium seating mini plan holders who have purchased a minimum of 10 games. This program will reward eligible fans for attending games and incentivizes the use of the account holders' season seats by offering rewards, prizes, vouchers, discounts, as well as the chance to win Dodger experiences. Dodger Pride Rewards prizes feature autographed baseballs, seat upgrades and the chance to throw a ceremonial first pitch.
"It was very important to us to develop a program that demonstrates to our season seat holders we appreciate their loyalty," said Dodger EVP and CMO Lon Rosen. "Dodger Pride Rewards offers incentives to our season seat holders that have not been offered in this manner before to Dodger fans."
Attendance will be tracked based on entry into Dodger Stadium via mobile phone or tickets printed prior to entry. Dodger Pride Rewards is an enhancement in place of the MVP card and will continue to offer early access to games, vertical movement at Dodger Stadium and a merchandise discount that ranges from 20 to 30 percent off items based on the number of years the season seat or mini plan account has been in place.
Eligible fans who are the primary account holder are automatically enrolled in the program. In order to begin earning rewards, account holders must sign up at www.dodgers.com/rewards. At this portal, fans can track their earned rewards and obtain vouchers and coupons.
The best way for fans to collect 2014 promotional items, secure tickets for Opening Day and Interleague matchups and become eligible for the Dodger Pride Rewards program is to purchase season tickets. More information on all benefits for Dodger season ticket holders can be found by calling 323.DODGERS or visiting www.dodgers.com/seasontickets. Additionally, the Dodgers offer mini plans which can be purchased by visiting www.dodgers.com/miniplans.


text: OverviewBack to top Nutribiotic - Vitamin C Pharmaceutical Grade 1000 mg. - 500 Capsules Item# :121668UPC# :728177002725 Brand:Nutribiotic Size/Form:500 Capsules Ship Weight:1.25 Servings:500 Dosage:1 Capsule(s) Nutribiotic - Vitamin C Pharmaceutical Grade 1000 mg. - 500 Capsules NutriBiotic Vitamin C 1000 mg Capsules deliver 100% pharmaceutical grade ascorbic acid in concentrations higher than can be found in food, while being hypoallergenic (free of all common food antigens). Vitamin C is an essential nutrient beneficial to the body's overall health. Since vitamin C is not produced by the boyd, it must be replenished daily. Vegan pH* 2.1 Made without Gluten or GMOs These tablets provide vitamin C in a pure, pre-measured form. This potent, water-soluble nutrient is tableted to be convenient, easy to swallow, and rapidly dissolving. These tablets are made with a minimum amount of hypoallergenic excipients. Tablets may be crushed and put into food or beverages if desired. This was Dr. Linus Pauling's preferred form of Vitamin C. When taken with meals, ascorbic acid can actually improve the uptake and utilization of other crucial vitamins and minerals, like iron. Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) InformationNutribiotic's ascorbic acid is produced in a 15 step process, and has a high solubility. Steps 1 thru 9 (Starch Hydrolysis): Vegetable starch is broken down into simple sugar (D-Glucose) by the action of heat and enzymes. Step 10 (Hydrogenation): D-Glucose is converted into D-Sorbitol. Step 11 (Fermentation): D Sorbitol is converted into L-Sorbose. Step 12 (Acetonation): L-Sorbose is combined with an acid at low temperatures. Step 13 (Oxidation): The product is then oxidized with a catalyst, acidified, washed and dried forming L-Gluconic Acid. Step 14 (Hydrolysis): L-Gluconic Acid is treated with hydrochloric acid forming crude ascorbic acid. Step 15 (Recrystallization): The crude ascorbic acid is filtered, purified and milled into a fine crystalline powder. This product provides vitamin C in its simplest, purest, pre-measured form. This potent, pure, and 100% natural, water-soluble nutrient is encapsulated or tableted to be convenient, easy to swallow, and rapidly dissolving. NutriBiotic's StoryIn 1980, after nearly ten years in the nutritional supplement industry, NutriBiotic was founded based on the principle that everyone deserves good health. Inspired by the research and recommendations of the world's only two-time Nobel Laureate, Linus Pauling, Ph.D., NutriBiotic began work on development of a variety of forms and dosages of Vitamin C and other nutrients. NutriBiotic felt that the public should have the best possible variety of the best possible nutrients at the best possible price, and their initial successes with their family of products showed that you thought so too. Soon after NutriBiotic began filling the need for quality nutritional supplements, they found another need - the need for high quality, nutrient dense protein in a hypoallergenic form for the chemical and food sensitive individual. NutriBiotic Rice Protein powder meets that need without soy, milk, egg, wheat or yeast. In 1987 NutriBiotic pioneered the process and use of grapefruit seed extract. You will find the fruits of their labors in their range of products containing Citricidal, including their skin cleansers, shower gel and bubble bath, dental gel, deodorant stick, foot powder, multi-purpose liquid concentrate, CapsulesPlus, and more. At NutriBiotic, they stand committed to providing the very best for you and your family and are pleased to be able to offer you an ever-expanding range of quality nutritional supplements and personal care formulas developed with the intent of protecting and enhancing your health.


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While we were all worried the economy would fall off the fiscal cliff, the negotiators in Washington were crafting, among other things, a deal that could boost public transportation.
As you know, many employers offer pretax health savings accounts to help employees manage medical expenses and save on taxes.
Since 1998, employers also have had the option of offering similar pretax accounts to employees who want to take money out of paychecks and set it aside for public transportation.
That pretax transit benefit nearly doubled as a result of the fiscal cliff compromise.
Kim Weinstein, a senior transportation planner for the San Diego Association of Governments division who specializes in commute alternatives, said the benefit used to be $125 per month. Now it's $245.
The fiscal cliff deal is about to put cash in the pockets of some commuters who take the bus or train to work, or ride in a vanpool to the office.
At the same time, some workers have the option of setting up pretax savings accounts to cover parking expenses associated with work. That maximum benefit used to be twice as high as the transit ceiling. Now they are the same.
"They are on a level playing field," Weinstein said.
Weinstein suggested the fatter financial carrot for transit and vanpools is bound to boost interest in alternatives to the solo commute by car on congested freeways.
"I think it will really help people on the fence who could take transit or join a vanpool," she said.
SANDAG operates 712 vanpools throughout the region, including Southwest Riverside County.
Now, it's important to point out the amounts are maximums. If the value of your monthly transit pass is less than $245, Weinstein said, you're going to be limited to that amount.
Of course, your participation depends on whether the program is even available where you work. Generally speaking, federal agencies, the University of California and some large private employers offer it, said SANDAG spokeswoman Helen Gao.
But many don't.
If it's an option where you work, you might want to give it some thought.
In Riverside County as of late, public transportation hasn't needed much incentive. The number of people riding buses keeps going up and up and up.
Bradley Weaver, a spokesman for Riverside Transit Agency, which operates public buses in western Riverside County, said there were 9.1 million boardings in 2012.
"The total boardings is up from 8.4 million boardings in 2011, and is the most during any calendar -- or fiscal -- year in our history, since 1977," Weaver said by email.
With one exception, Weaver said, each month's total topped the same month's of previous years.
"And October was our highest month of all time," he said.


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April 16, 2009 at 12:09:55 Apr 16, 2009 @ 12:09
Post 'em up...preferably plain ones.
-.- its called make varsity in high school and get a varsity jacket. same in college.
Only faggots play sports.
only fatasses dont play sports
Saw this pulled off so nicely by one of the guys @ Nomad.
what brand jacket is this and hoe much is it?
ive been look for 1 similar to that, since thats sold out..
sufu has a cool thread on varsity jackets.
I had a bape one ,
Now i have this


text: Herd preps for 3-game basketball weekend in New York By Doug Smock November 14, 2012 Story Share HUNTINGTON - So Marshall, in its first road game of the young basketball season, was down just two points with four minutes to go last weekend against Villanova.No consolation for coach Tom Herrion. He saw much wrong with his Thundering Herd in that 80-68 loss, such as ... everything."There were so many ingredients that led to our demise," Herrion said. "I didn't think we played really well in any area."That gives the Herd (1-1) much to work on going into its three-game weekend set at Hempstead, N.Y., playing in the 2K Sports Classic on the Hofstra University campus. The lineup is a 4:30 p.m. game Friday against University of District of Columbia, 2:30 Saturday against South Dakota State and 3 p.m. Sunday against Hofstra.The most glaring problem is what is supposed to be the Herd's strength - rebounding.Not only did the Wildcats outmuscle the Herd 37-23 on the boards, they enjoyed a 9-3 advantage on the offensive glass. In fact, JayVaughn Pinkston himself held a 5-3 edge on the Herd.The Herd's season low in offensive rebounding for 2011-12 was four, and that was one of only five times it was held in single figures. "Just having three, that's unheard of," said rebounding specialist Dennis Tinnon, who had just one out of his nine rebounds on the offensive end."Simply, I don't think there was enough effort going to the glass by our guys who usually are very good rebounders," Herrion said. "That would not be one of the first statistics I felt we'd be so deficient in, coming out of any game, so it jumps out at you quite a bit."Another area is an old Herd bugaboo: free-throw shooting. The Herd only took 15 foul shots, but hit just eight. The two-game percentage is a not-so-cool .581.Anything else? Yes, the 16 turnovers and allowing Villanova to shoot 50 percent from the floor (23 for 46). As Herrion points out, some of that goes hand in hand - Villanova was credited with 20 points off turnovers and 13 on fast breaks. "We had turnovers that led to breakouts, so you have no defense to get set," Herrion said. "That elevates their field goal percentage."The fouls underneath became a factor again, as Robert Goff and Nigel Spikes were limited to a combined 34 minutes. Their absences have Tinnon moving from small forward to center at times.Playing Tinnon at the "three" for extended periods stands to be a work in progress. He'll play small forward when Spikes and Goff are in the game at the same time, and he's played that position when Elijah Pittman enters.Tinnon said the dynamics of rebounding are a little different. "If I'm out on the wing and the ball is coming straight to the middle, usually, with me being down there [nearer to the basket], I'm right there," he said. "So I can either turn around and go grab it. When I'm crashing in, trying to go for the rebound, the ball is bouncing completely back."I've just got to adjust myself. Once I get to feeling on a roll, I'll start getting 10 rebounds, plus."Which will help the Herd's cause this weekend. And so will fixing a lot of deficiencies that appeared at Villanova."Now you've got solid evidence and ammunition to show your guys," Herrion said. "A lot of kids don't believe it until they see it, and now they see it."Reach Doug Smock at 304-348-5130 or email@example.com. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 2 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County 3 WVU law professor announces run for Congress 4 YWCA Charleston's Women of Achievement to be honored in March 5 St. Albans rallies to beat Riverside, 21-17 GW doing its homework on Lewis County's wing-T Previous Story Good time for WVU to get ground game going Next Story


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- With stocks challenging 52-week highs, multi-year year highs and in some cases all-time highs, it's surprising to observe that the performances of many stocks after reporting better than expected earnings have been lackluster at best.Today I update my profiles for 11 stocks that reported quarterly results between Jan. 30 and Feb. 13. Eight reported better than expected EPS, while three missed. On Jan. 29 I wrote,
Reading the TableOV/UN Valued: Stocks with a red number are undervalued by this percentage. Those with a black number are overvalued by that percentage according to ValuEngine. VE Rating: A "1-engine" rating is a strong sell, a "2-engine" rating is a sell, a "3-engine" rating is a hold, a "4-engine" rating is a buy and a "5-engine" rating is a strong buy. Last 12-Month Return (%): Stocks with a red number declined by that percentage over the last 12 months. Stocks with a black number increased by that percentage. Forecast 1-Year Return: Stocks with a red number are projected to decline by that percentage over the next 12 months. Stocks with a black number in the table are projected to move higher by that percentage over the next 12 months. Trailing 12 months price-to-earnings ratio
Here are my updated buy-and-trade parameters and earnings scorecard: Boeing ( BA) ($74.78) beat earnings estimates by 9 cents a share reporting an EPS of $1.28 on Jan. 30. Given the clouds of the Dreamliner the stock stayed range bound, while maintaining a buy rating. The weekly chart shifts to negative with a weekly close below the five-week modified moving average at $75.12. My semiannual value level lags at $59.67 with my monthly risky level at $76.40.


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Seriously, why are you guys still defending Tate's "catch"? Jennings, goes up and grabs the ball with both hands, in possession. At nearly the same time, but after the fact, Tate reaches across Jennings body and *touches* the ball, but does not have possession of the ball. His other hand, starts to go to the ball, but then falls away as both players fall to the ground. Throughout the entire play, Tate's right hand never touches the ball until both playres land on the ground and then his right hand goes for the ball. By that point in time Jennings had 1) grabbed the ball with both hands 2) clutched the ball to his chest 3) caught Tate's hand underneath the ball in his chest. Tate was on the other side of Jennings.
Even after Jennings made the catch, the resulting scrum on the ground resulted in:
Ball | Jennings | Tate
Tate was separated from the ball by a fricking person. Unfortunately for Tate, when he "caught" that ball lying on the ground, there was already a defender attached to the damn thing.
At no point in time did Tate ever establish possession of the ball. He established a touching of the ball with one hand around a defender who had already maintained possession of the ball.
Even so, the two refs came in calling opposite calls. They did not confer with each other, they just auto-picked touchdown. What in the world were they thinking? Consult! You have the game on the line with this one call, and you just wing it??? It was a miscall on the field, after a non-call on a penalty on Tate. Since the grey area of the rules made it hard to overturn the incorrect call on the field, not to mention that ref had 60,000 rabid 'Hawks fans foaming at the mouth --- he says the touchdown stands. Of course he did, he would've been lynched on the spot by that crowd. You could see the look on his face, it was a very uneasy look... he knew it was an interception but looked pressured to uphold the call due to the scene, the wharbling mass of insane fans goin' nuts in the stands.
Rules schmules --- the correct call on this play should have been pass interference on Tate and end of game. The next correct call, if we go with the non-call on Tate, is that Jennings intercepted the ball. End of story. The next correct call, if we go with the incorrect call of touchdown, was that the play should have been reversed. Three incorrect calls wham-bam-bam in a row.
And then they lost control of the situation by allowing Green Bay to exit the field, and not knowing what to do about the extra point. It was helter-skelter, a complete cluster****. That's why there is such an uproar. The incorrect call is just a small part of the entire scene. There were about 5-6 **** ups by the refs in about 10 minutes, starting with the missed pass interference on Tate in the endzone, and ending with the ridiculous scene of GB exiting the tunnel to come out and defend that ridiculous extra point. The on-field interview of Pete Carroll was a joke, he was trying to get his team back on the field while doing the interview, and when asked about the extra point, he was like "I have no idea what's goin on" in reference to the officials. That was the icing on the cake. When even the coach has no idea, and knows he's getting a free win.
It was when the entire nation said "these refs have to go".


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'The virtual walks – dubbed "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" and "Here We Go to Lake Oswego" – were facilitated by the Buffalo Sabres and are sponsored by BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York, corporate support partner of the Dr. Lydia T. Wright School of Excellence and the health plan provider of the Buffalo Sabres. BlueCross BlueShield supplied pedometers so students can track their progress.'
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WOW, I am sooooo sorry! I was supposed to have posted this entry, like, hours ago. But I got distracted by my rockstar of a photography Idol: Jasmine Star who was doing a live video chat earlier today. She answered so many of my questions, and in the rare chance that she is reading this corner of cyberspace - Jasmine! We were so laughing WITH you, not AT you girl! When I said I was laughing like heck in my office, it was because you are so endearingly funny in the best of ways :) And you SO have awesomeness! We don't care what you say! LOL! Thanks for rockin' it out in the session just now! :D
Onto the photos....
As the world was sleeping in, and ushering a new 2009, I packed my bags that afternoon and scurried into the car to join the brooding clouds that were sending us ominous warnings of an impending storm outside, for a lovely union of two beautiful souls. Even as the grey rolled over and over, thickening the air with the smell of rain laced on the edges, there was no dampener to be found on the happiness, joy, and enthusiasm Kevin and Agnes shared for each other and their families.
Thank you so much for trusting me to take your photos Kevin and Agnes. I know we couldn't meet before your wedding due to our crazy schedules, but your confidence in us nonetheless was noticed and really really appreciated :) Plus, Agnes, you are the most rockin' bride ever for giving me free reign on your location shoot - what kind of bride would follow their crazy photographer into a field of dirty, ghetto, abandoned houses and actually be excited about it!?? Only you and Kevin :) LOVED that! I only hope more brides can follow after your fine example! Thank you again for your time... even though it was just a very few short hours, we had fun! Much love!
Kevin and Agnes, got married at Petaling Jaya Gospel Hall. And when I got there, there were so many photographers already! Look at some of them, chimping and comparing shots :)
Some pretty details that caught my eye on the way in :)
For some reason, I found this synchronized pinning of corsages, amusing :p I knoooow, I'm weird!!
I love the colours of the light in this shot.
There was a lot of heartfelt singing at the ceremony.
Agnes is a really fun and bubbly bride. The below reaction is typical of what we saw from her. I love happy brides who are completely unafraid of letting us see their joy... and teeth! :D
Kevin and Agnes had balloons hanging all over the church. Here is one of the helpers trying to take it down. I vaguely remember some of them trying to convince me to take it home... or was I dreaming??? LOL :p
I've been trying some new post processing of late. Here is one example!
I have to admit, I dont normally shoot with a plan. I shoot on the fly ALOT. In fact, almost ALL the time. I don't like having a plan, and I don't like seeing a place before I shoot. It takes away the raw joy and excitement my eyes feel when I see a place for the first time. So here we were, doing my usual on-the-fly type of location shoot, wandering the streets of PJ, and just stumbling upon site after site after site along our stroll. It was great :)
This is dirty urban malaysia style for the next few shots. You gotta love it. I know I do!
Heck, I'll even shoot in front of a bus if it means something fun and different! :D
This was one of my favourite shots from the day.
Another example of some new post processing :)
These last two shots were probably a tie for my favourite shots from the quick session we had with the two lovebirds :)
ps: A couple of shoutouts: shoutout to my friend, Eric, who sent Kevin and Agnes my way! :) And a very thankful shoutout as well goes to Edwin who was my 2nd shooter for the day. Cheeeeeers!
pps: Okay, back to being crazy office lady again, in order to keep ploughing through this crazy to-do-list! I am defending my work station with pitchforks and clubs, and a zealous protectiveness, so beware if you get in the way while I continue to labour away here! :p


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theyre both true in the sense that they both exist. thats why theres two truths.
but conventional truths dont exist in the way that they seem to, therefore theyre deceptive. and only the deceived take the deceptive to be true.
I don't think you are using "conventional truth" the way Buddhists do.
what makes you say that? then what is your usage of conventional truth?
Is ultimate truth "more real" than conventional truth?
From what I understand he means with 'conventional' truth a delusion which some perceive to be true (and in reality is false) as opposed to the 'ultimate' truth, which in Buddhist terms would just be called the truth.


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A quick look at the Sabres' financial position shows that a prolonged lockout would not hurt the team's bottom line much this season – if at all. Last season, the team lost $8.2 million, the difference between $50.9 million in revenues and $59.1 million in expenses, team officials say. If the lockout lasts all season, the Sabres' revenues basically would disappear, but so would most of the team's expenses. The club would be expected to run a bare-bones, slimmed-down operation if there is no season.'
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AU Art Grad Named Chair at Claflin
"As long as I have known myself, I loved the visual arts. It seemed only natural that I should pursue a career in the arts since that is where my heart and passion exist."
That's how Alvin Staley, a 1981 AU Art Department MFA graduate who was recently appointed chair of the Claflin University Art Department and director of the school's Arthur Rose Museum, summarizes his career.
Before accepting the position at Claflin, a historically black, United Methodist Church–affiliated liberal arts institution in Orangeburg, South Carolina, Staley served as the artist-in-residence and art teacher for Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School, where he had been since 1987. During his years there, his students had been recognized in numerous local, state, and national art competitions.
Noteworthy accomplishments those students received included awards from the National Arts Talent Search Program and the National Scholastic Art and Writing Award Program, two of the most highly competitive programs in the United States, as well as Best in Show awards at multiple state fairs. His time at Orangeburg-Wilkinson saw the school's program rise to the top 1 percent of art programs in the nation.
"During my tenure at Orangeburg-Wilkinson High," says Staley, "I strived to equip students with the in-depth knowledge and advanced level skills necessary to create artworks that emphasized advanced technical mastery, personal artistic expression, advanced compositional development, and diverse material manipulation. I believed that in the process of producing these artworks, students could develop enhanced perceptual and responsive capabilities, thus increasing their intellectual, artistic, and aesthetic sensitivity."
While at Orangeburg-Wilkinson, Staley continued to distinguish himself as a professional artist by exhibiting and receiving numerous awards at the local, state, and national levels. "It was my goal as an artist/teacher at Orangeburg-Wilkinson to prove that 'those who teach can also do,'" he says.
As an artist, Staley works to create compositions that are both abstractly and realistically accurate. He also uses his art to express his Christian beliefs and his fascination with the human soul. He explains, "In many of my artworks, I utilize scriptural references to identify the biblical passages related to the works. In various compositions, I employ personalized icons that represent my visual concept of God. I place these icons within my artworks to express the relationship that exists between God and the subject or subjects portrayed. Through my portraits, I strive to reveal the inner essence of the subject. Essentially, my artworks express the relationship that exists between God, my family, mankind, and me. It is my hope that my artworks will glorify God, edify the saints, and enlighten humanity."
Some of Staley's numerous artistic awards include Best in Show at both the 2003 and 2009 South Carolina State Fair Juried Professional Art Exhibits, first place at the 2002 NBSC Oil Painters' Invitational, and the 2011 Fine Arts Spirit Achievement Award at the South Carolina State Fair. His artworks have been presented in numerous collections throughout the country, including the Atherton Mill Art Gallery in Charlotte, North Carolina, the South Carolina State Museum, the Ponder Fine Arts Gallery at Benedict College, and the Veerhoff Galleries in Washington, D.C.
In his new position at Claflin University, Staley is laying plans to make a case for continued and expansive support of the school's Art Department through increased visibility and productivity via faculty and student achievement. He also plans to establish a Faculty Placement Panel that will identify graduate school and employment opportunities for current students and help them prepare for and apply to them. Finally, Staley seeks to build the program to the highest standard.
"I want to establish a 'world-class' art department that produces artists and educators who will make a positive impact in the visual arts locally, statewide, nationally, and internationally," he says.
The return to Claflin University is a homecoming for Staley, since he graduated magna cum laude with his BA in arts education from Claflin in 1976. But Staley also gives much credit for his success to his time at AU. "The education I received at AU changed my life artistically," he says. "Because of the in-depth instruction, and broad educational opportunities, I was able to experience diverse perspectives in the arts. During my time there, I found AU to be a warm and supportive family. Because AU possesses such a rich and vibrant educational and artistic environment, learning and growth are just inevitable."
In 1980, Staley received a fellowship to study in AU's Master of Fine Arts Painting Program. During his first year, he was selected to participate in the prestigious David Lloyd Kreeger Award Exhibit. And in 1981, he received his MFA.
Other notable teaching credits include positions at public schools in the Greenville, Florence, Orangeburg, and Colleton County areas of South Carolina, as well as Morris College, Voorhees College, South Carolina State University, and the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities.
For more information about Alvin Staley as an artist, visit his ArtSlant profile.


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Energy Price Outlook
Oil prices may continue to fall in the near-term, with WTI potentially reaching $80.00 over the next few weeks. December WTI will expire today, and could lead to a similarly lopsided trade as yesterday's expiration of December Brent. However, the overall trend should remain to the downside, with pressure offered by high levels of U.S. crude stocks, still growing U.S. oil production, Tuesday's cut in global demand estimates by the IEA, weakness in the U.S. economy, and worries about the fiscal cliff. The upside will come from the inability to sell off in the past two weeks despite negative economic news, tensions in the Middle East, and by potential improvements in the Chinese economy. We would trade the oil market as a negative affair in the near-term.
Brent settled +$1.37/bbl yesterday, while WTI ended -$0.87/bbl. December Brent last traded yesterday while WTI will last trade today. The market was uninspired and was unable to rally despite militants in Gaza firing rockets into Israel and Israeli Defense forces launching air strikes into Gaza. 14 Palestinians were killed while Israel reportedly struck 175 rocket sites. Perhaps the tensions weren't quite at the intensity level as was feared on Wednesday when militants said that the "gates of hell" were opened and when Israeli leaders threatened to use the IDF in a ground offensive in Gaza. Stocks sold off again, as positions on the fiscal cliff indicated stalemate was likely. Pres Obama wants $1.6T in new taxes, which is beyond the $800B Boehner agreed to in summer 2010. Treasury's Geithner said that eliminating deductions won't be enough and will be unacceptable. Rep Barney Frank said that going over the fiscal cliff for 1-2 months wouldn't be a big deal. The president meets with congressional leaders today and is expected to present his same 2012 budget which didn't get a single vote by either party. Potential stalemate until Dec 31st is real and will reduce business activity by creating uncertainty. The Dow finished 28.57 lower while S&Ps ended down 2.16.
Outside of the expiring front month Brent contract, yesterday's trade couldn't rally on Middle East tensions. The area doesn't produce much oil, and it's unlikely that any producers will take sides. Iran is one country that could, but it is already being harmed by sanctions and needs the influx of cash. South Korea resumed imports of Iranian crude yesterday, after accepting Iran's offer to use its own uninsured tankers for transport. While those issues are a bit bearish for oil prices, WTI has been unable to fall below the bottom of the two-week consolidation range at $84.05. That could eventually indicate from a technical perspective that sellers are exhausting themselves and will eventually lose out to buyers. Another positive comes from China's cut in fuel prices effective today, which equate to around 16c/gal for gasoline. Finally, Enbridge reduced the amount of heavy Canadian crude oil being shipped on two of its pipelines by 18% for the remainder of this month. The lines terminate in Superior Wisconsin, which would imply a reduction in the amount of crude oil available to Midwest refiners.
Natural Gas
December futures finished 5.7 cents lower yesterday in what was a day filled with ups and downs. The inventory report was slightly bearish for the market, as a 18 bcf drawdown was reported and compared to a 24 bcf draw expected. The market went from 3-4 cents higher prior to the number to 7 cents lower within the first few minutes. A rally later ensued which pushed prices 7 cents higher on the day, but that deteriorated as the day progressed and the market ended near the day's low. It's possible that the "scare" of an inventory drawdown two weeks before the end of the injection season caused technical-focused traders to pile into the long side, but now the focus may change again toward above-normal temperature forecasts for the next 1-2 weeks.
NOAA's midday update yesterday was warmer than originally anticipated, and NOAA's 6-10 and 8-14 day maps also showed a large area of above-normal temps engulfing the western three-quarters of the country. It's possible now that if the HDD data published next week show a significant enough drop that a build in inventories could take place. After a 26 cent rally in the first three days this week, the market doesn't seem prepared for a build in stocks after this week's "surprise" draw. We were hoping to get a sale in NGZ2 at $3.90, but yesterday's high reached only $3.83. We would still take a "sell the rallies" view on trade, but wouldn't get too bearish. The withdrawal season will be in full swing in two weeks, and may offer solace to the bull case.
Global Economic & Dollar News
» China's New Leadership showed Xi Jinping as the incoming president and controller of the Central Military Commission. Outgoing President Hu Jintao was expected to take that position.
» U.S. Initial Jobless Claims were 439K vs. 361K previously (revised up from 355K). The surge was caused by increased claims tied to Hurricane Sandy. Continuing claims were 3.334M vs. 3.163M previously (revised up from 3.127M).
» Empire State Survey was -5.22 in November vs. -6.16 previously. It was the fourth contraction in a row.
» U.S. CPI was +0.1% m/m in Oct vs. +0.6%. The y/y rate increased to +2.2% from +2.0% previously.
» Philadelphia Fed Survey was -10.7 vs. +2.0 expected and +5.7 previously. It said that the number was affected by Hurricane Sandy. Employment was -6.8 vs. -10.7 while new orders were -4.6 vs. -0.6.
» The Fiscal Cliff essentially sees the two sides far apart, with Pres Obama wanting $1.6T in new taxes, which is beyond the $800B Speaker Boehner agreed to in summer 2010. Democratic leaders said that eliminating deductions won't be enough and will likely be unacceptable.
» Rep Barney Frank said that going over the fiscal cliff for 1-2 months wouldn't be a big deal.
Energy News
» China Will Cut Fuel Prices on Friday by $50/ton in the first cut since July. The cut equates to around 16c/gal.
» South Korea resumed imports of crude oil from Iran, after Iran offered to ship it using its own tankers. The country cut imports on July 1st as part of the EU sanctions package.
» Gaza Militants exchanged rocket fire for air strikes from Israel yesterday in the aftermath of Wednesday's killing of a Hamas leader by Israel.
» Natural Gas Inventories were -18 bcf vs. -24 bcf expected. Inventories are 209 bcf (5.65%) above the five-year average vs. 244 bcf (6.62%) above it last week. The drop came about two weeks before normal and had boosted gas prices earlier this week. However, the smaller-than-expected decline was enough to pressure the market by about 10 cents in the immediate aftermath.
» The Natural Gas Market is well supplied, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. It said that gas prices may stay high in Southern California due to the idling of Edison International's San Onofre nuclear plant.
» Oil Movements said that OPEC seaborne shipments will rise 700 kb/d in the four weeks ending Dec 1st and reach the highest level since April.
» Heavy Canadian Crude Oil fell sharply yesterday after Enbridge reduced the amount of crude that flows on two of its pipelines by 18% for the remainder of this month. The two lines have a combined capacity of 1.25 mb/d and run from Hardisty Alberta to Superior Wisconsin.
Upcoming Energy Events
Tue - Eurogroup meeting on Greece
Tue - Bernanke Speaks
Tue - API Inventories (4:30pm EST)
Wed - EIA Weekly Oil Inventories (10:30am EST)
Thu - Natural Gas Inventories (10:30am EST)
Dec 12th - OPEC Meeting
Dec 12th - FOMC Meeting and Press Conference
EIA Inventory Review
EIA oil stocks were reported to have gained 1.1 MB in yesterday's report, which fell short of the consensus increase of 2.6 MB. The number was fairly in-line with the 1.4 MB reported by the API on Wednesday, but it greatly exceeded the decline needed in order for the EIA data to match the API's. As a result, it could be taken as bullish, neutral, or bearish depending on which number the report is compared to, and that summarizes the market's relatively sideways reaction to the data. The biggest headline from the numbers was distillate inventories, which fell short of consensus by 1.6 MB. That helped the heating oil market to gain in the wake of the report, and was one of the standout factors on the bullish side. Another one was an increase in overall oil demand, although it was mostly caused by a recovery following Hurricane Sandy. Despite these bullish points, crude oil inventories increased their divergence with the five-year average to the widest level of the year, which could add pressure on the market in the end. The data and our analysis follow below.
*The API convergence figures are the amounts that EIA data need to change in order to match the previous day's API figures
Crude oil stocks were +1.1 MB vs. +2.6 MB expected. The number was pressured by an increase in demand of 975 kb/d on the week, which was mostly the result of a return to normal after Hurricane Sandy. Demand has increased 1.02 mb/d in the last two weeks, and compares to a loss of 1.19 mb/d in the prior two weeks that surrounded the storm. Imports also pressured inventories by falling 141 kb/d. Oil production gained 32 kb/d and is now the highest since Apr 29th, 1994 (compared to Dec 23rd, 1994 last week). Despite the bullish takeaways from increased demand and stronger refinery utilization, oil inventories are now 44.33 MB above the five-year average compared to 41.96 MB above it last week. That's now the widest divergence for the year, and compares to the previous high of 42.08 MB set in mid-June.
Gasoline stocks were -0.4 MB vs. -1.0 MB expected. Demand increased by 601 kb/d and took away from inventories. Imports and production both contributed to inventories by gaining 328 kb/d and 211 kb/d respectively. Gasoline stocks are now 1.07 MB below the five-year average compared to 0.78 MB below it last week. The number was fairly neutral for gasoline prices in our view.
Distillate stocks were -2.5 MB vs. -0.9 MB expected. The number was pressured by an increase in demand totaling 517 kb/d, which has more than fully recovered following Sandy. Imports increased 145 kb/d and contributed to inventories, along with a 9 kb/d increase in refinery production. The inventory number was positive for heating oil prices, in our view, and prices rallied initially. However, the market began falling within an hour of the report as the stock market took another dive.


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San Antonio, Texas
"Learning should never end. We must teach our students to use the resources they have at their fingertips so they can always find the answer when they have a question."
Debra Keller is her high school's department coordinator for career and technology education. She also teaches web development and multimedia classes, oversees the daily campus video announcements, designs the campus newsletter, and oversees the "Literary Magazine" publication. Her multimedia and web course are now offered for Dual Credit.
Keller believes students need to get involved in real-world projects. And her Multimedia II students work on a variety of campus projects, including daily video announcements, feature videos, athletic locker magnets, window decals, and inspirational posters, to name a few.
This past school year marked the 1st Annual Film Festival and Career & Technology Showcase. Keller spearheaded the event to bring the teachers in her department together and to provide a means for students to show off their work in the career and technology classes.


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Near fairgrounds, metro station
Located 700 meters from Fiera Milano City, and 100 meters from Gerusalemme metro station, this 153-room hotel lies in northwest Milan's Paolo Sarpi shopping area 3 km (less than 2 miles) from Duomo Square. The Fiera di Rho exhibition center is 10 km away.
Garden-side dining
A complimentary American/European buffet breakfast is served daily in a garden-side restaurant, and a spacious lobby bar/lounge features a pianist on some nights.
Rich furnishings, Free WiFi
Decorated with polished-mahogany furniture and rich color schemes, guestrooms offer free WiFi and bathrooms with phones, bidets, and shower/tubs. All guestrooms were renovated in 2011.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Hotel Amenities
Free WiFi is available throughout the hotel, and a lobby computer allows guests to connect to the Internet. Five meeting and conference rooms, event catering, and secretarial services are also available. The fitness center includes a sauna. The hotel staff speaks fluent English. Disabled-accessible facilities and guestrooms are available.
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Number of meeting rooms - 6
- Conference space
- Meeting rooms 5
- Sauna
- Concierge services
- Free breakfast
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 153
- Porter/bellhop
- 24-hour front desk
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of floors - 6
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Babysitting or childcare
- Elevator/lift
- Coffee shop or café
- Grocery/convenience store
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Computer station
- Luggage storage
- Business center
- Garden
- Laundry facilities
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Parking (limited spaces)
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Conference center
- Year Built 1996
- Conference space size (feet) - 54
- Conference space size (meters) - 0
- Shopping on site
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Television in common areas
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Grocery/convenience store
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge), Parking (limited spaces)
Room Amenities
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Room service (limited hours)
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Phone
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Bidet
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Satellite TV service
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Free WiFi
Where to Eat
A complimentary American/European buffet breakfast is provided each morning from 6 AM until 10 AM in the breakfast area.
Giardino Sempione - Fine-dining restaurant with semicircular front looking into garden. Large draped windows, mirror panels, rose-fabric walls, pale-marble floor, fresh blossoms. Lunch/dinner menu of international and Italian fare.
UNA Bar - Spacious bar/lounge with overstuffed seating, polished-mahogany columns, big-screen television. Open late morning to late night for sandwiches, salads, cheese-and-meat plates, croissants, espresso, cocktails. Live piano music some nights.
Room service is available during limited hours.
Nearby Things to Do
There is a public swimming pool 500 meters (547 yards) from the hotel, and Sempione Park 1.25 km (0.75 miles) away includes running paths.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time ends at 3 AM
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 30.0 per day.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 20 per pet, per day
- Dogs and cats only
- 1 per room (up to 10 kg)
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 5 per person, per night, up to 14 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 18 years of age.
Optional extras
- Self parking fee: EUR 19 per day
- Pet fee: EUR 20 per pet, per day
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 30.0 per day
Hotel Name
- Hotel Una Scandinavia
- Una Hotel Scandinavia Milan
- Una Scandinavia
- Una Scandinavia Hotel
- Una Scandinavia Milan
- UNA Hotel Scandinavia
We should mention
All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport. Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.