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Last Friday, October 1st, I withdrew from the Cahill ticket because I was convinced that Tim Cahill could no longer win and I did not want to be part of what I viewed as a concerted effort to re-elect Deval Patrick as Governor. I have been attacked considerably in the media over the past several days for making this important and personally difficult decision. Indeed, Tim Cahill and others have made wild and unfounded accusations, including that I never discussed with Tim in advance my concerns with his campaign, that have questioned my integrity, and that have asserted the existence of an improper insider deal with Charlie Baker. All of these allegations are totally baseless, and I categorically deny all such claims as false.
Based on the events of this past week and the disingenuous statements which Tim Cahill continues to make about me since announcing my departure from his ticket, I feel compelled to comment further at this time on my decision to leave the Cahill campaign.
Throughout Tim Cahill's candidacy for Governor there has been continued speculation that his role would simply be that of a "spoiler" ensuring the re-election of Deval Patrick. As a lifelong Republican, prior to making my decision to join Tim as his Lt. Governor running mate I made clear that I would only run with him as an "independent Republican" and only after receiving assurances that he sincerely desired to forge a true independent ticket that would be elected and govern outside of traditional party politics and business as usual on Beacon Hill.
Tim made specific commitments to me concerning the conduct and strategy of the campaign and his future administration. He also committed that we would at all times be in the race solely to win and that the campaign would never become party to any efforts to re-elect Governor Patrick. Unfortunately, in my opinion he did not live up to those commitments and is not now running a campaign fit for the highest office in the Commonwealth.
After repeated meetings with Tim and his key team during the spring and summer expressing my ongoing frustrations with the promised conduct and strategy of the campaign, on Friday morning, September 17th I requested directly to Tim that we urgently needed to meet in private before the end of that weekend to discuss my serious concerns with the campaign. Tim completely ignored my request and only after the widely-reported departure of campaign strategist John Weaver and campaign manager Adam Meldrum did he finally agree to meet with me (a week after my earlier request) on Friday, September 24th (a full week before announcing my decision to withdraw).
In that meeting Tim admitted that the Republican members of our "team" – myself included – had essentially been removed from his inner circle since last May following the attack ads against him by the Republican Governors' Association. While continuing to assert that there was a path to victory, it became obvious to me during the discussion that Tim can't win and that he appears no longer to be pursuing a statewide campaign strategy to become Governor (in my opinion essentially writing off MetroWest and other critical areas of the State) and to be focusing instead only on solidifying his support in Quincy and the surrounding area (presumably to take votes away from Charlie Baker and to assist Deval Patrick).
Most disturbing, however, was Tim's admission during our meeting that his top political advisor, Neil Morrison (a former aide now at Goldman Sachs who claims to be a close personal friend of senior Obama advisor David Axelrod), has been in direct communications with Doug Rubin (Deval Patrick's top political advisor and former top advisor to Cahill), discussing and otherwise coordinating matters involving negative ad strategy against Charlie Baker, the timing of such ads, and coordination of the specific role that the Democratic Governors' Association will play in the race (including $4 Million Tim claimed was now being targeted by the DGA against Charlie Baker in this race). When I asked, Tim did not deny the rumors that jobs in the prevailing administration among members of their currently opposing camps (with longstanding prior relationships in the Democratic Party) were also being arranged.
The moment my running mate looked me in the eye and essentially admitted that his campaign was coordinating efforts with the Patrick campaign and the Democratic Governors' Association for what I considered to be the sole purpose of defeating Charlie Baker served as the defining moment for me in making the difficult decision to withdraw from the Cahill-Loscocco ticket. Given the many months I spent actively campaigning throughout Massachusetts with a passionate team of volunteers, it was with a sense of profound sadness that I recognized that this situation was deeply troubling and totally unacceptable. In the days following my last meeting with Tim, I struggled to find a reason to continue while knowing that our ticket could not win (and, in my opinion, with other factors appearing to be influencing campaign strategy), but my conscience would not let me and I finally came to terms with the shattering reality of what I needed to do. After discussing this situation with my family, I made the decision, solely on my own, to withdraw from the campaign.
Despite the anticipated uproar and baseless speculation which I certainly knew would follow my announcement to withdraw from the race, but recognizing that I could not in good faith be part of what I believe to be coordinated efforts seeking to re-elect Governor Patrick, on September 30th I reached out to Charlie Baker without reservation to offer him my full and unconditional support and endorsement. There were no "dirty political tricks" or insider deals between Charlie Baker and me. I explained privately to Charlie my reasons for leaving the Cahill campaign and my decision to support the Baker-Tisei ticket. I never asked for anything from Charlie Baker and he never offered me anything.
My loyalty as the candidate for Lt. Governor was always to the people of Massachusetts. I ran with the hope of bringing independent leadership and meaningful change to Beacon Hill, with Republican ideals to balance our ticket – not to be part of a Tammany Hall Democrat patronage system (which is what I believe the campaign has devolved into).
I had been previously been told by some within the campaign that there were certain serious ethical problems that made some of the senior staff at both the campaign and the Treasury extremely uncomfortable. At the time of the press conference announcing my withdrawal, I had no physical evidence of any wrongdoing so I did not mention these things. I decided, however, that I did not want to be part of any campaign that I believed to be resorting to desperate measures with the recognition that it cannot win.
The primary between the Independent ticket and Republican ticket in the hearts and minds of the voters who want a change from Governor Patrick is now over: Charlie Baker and Richard Tisei have prevailed. Clearly, either Charlie Baker or Deval Patrick will be the next Governor of Massachusetts.
Charlie Baker and Richard Tisei represent the best hope we now have for meaningful change, lower taxes, a better economy, and effective and responsive government in Massachusetts. We share a similar vision for our State and for the hopes and aspirations of those who live here.
I made what I strongly believe is the right decision and did this for the right reasons. I am confident that history will ultimately agree.


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 If diamonds are a girl's best friend, I have a feeling China Glaze's new set of glitter nail polishes, Eye Candy, will be a very close second. The winter "Eye Candy†collection boasts dazzling shades of 3-D glitter inspired by the diva of all divas herself – Marilyn Monroe.
I tried two shades: Love, Marilyn and Blonde Bombshell.
 As a lover of all things red, I was catapulted into instant nail obsession when I tried the Love, Marilyn shade. With a name that is associated with old Hollywood glamour and decadence, the rich red sparkle with diamond flecks lived up to my expectations. It's the perfect glitzy Christmas shade, and was a hit at a formal event I attended over the weekend.
As for the second shade I tested….
I cannot say enough good things about the Blonde Bombshell color. It's a deliciously rich polish that makes your nails look like they are literally dripping with gold.  It looked awesome when paired with a gold oversized watch (as I'm sporting today), and stands out just enough. I'm going to stock up on this color without a doubt.
I highly recommend using 2-3 coats to get your desired sparkle and prepping nails fully before trying this polish out. The first time I tried the colors, I only did a quick rubdown with polish remover and didn't use a base coat (shame on me!) Within a few minutes of drying, the polish literally popped right off my nails. I imagine a base and top coat would do the trick and seal the color better.
The China Glaze Eye Candy collection comes in six glam colors with equally fabulous names. Each polish retails for a humble $8. Go online here to select your favorite shade.
Have you tested any of China Glaze's new colors? Which shade are you dying to try?
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Amanda is a NYC-based social media professional by day and a beauty-obsessed blogger by night. When not managing communities at VaynerMedia, Amanda can be found Twittering away on her iPhone or rooting through Sephora in search of that just-perfect shade of red lipstick.


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Although winter is officially here, the stars of the Summer Triangle -- Deneb, Altair, and Vega -- remain in view in the western evening sky. This shows the view a couple of hours after sunset. Deneb forms the "tail" of Cygnus, the swan, the brightest stars of which also form the Northern Cross. [Tim Jones]
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Holiday Skies
If you're heading home from grandma's house this evening, or you just need a few minutes to unwind after a busy holiday, then check out the evening sky for one last holiday treat. There's a beautiful array of stars, punctuated by a brilliant planet and the gibbous Moon.
As the sky gets good and dark, look westward for a holdover from another season: the Summer Triangle. It consists of the bright stars Altair, Vega, and Deneb.
Deneb is at the top of the triangle. It's the brightest star of Cygnus, the swan. That star pattern also has another name: the Northern Cross. The cross is especially easy to pick out a little later in the evening, because it stands straight up from the horizon.
The planet Jupiter stands high in the south in early evening. It outshines all the true stars in the night sky, so it's quite easy to pick out.
Over in the east, look for Orion, the hunter. It contains some of the brightest stars in the whole night sky. Look for Orion's "belt" of three stars aiming straight up from the horizon, with orange Betelgeuse to its left and blue-white Rigel to its right.
A couple of hours after darkness falls, the star Sirius rises below the belt. It's the brightest star in the whole night sky. But an even brighter object steals the show a couple of hours after that: the gibbous Moon. It soars high across the sky during the night, putting a brilliant end to another Christmas night.
Script by Damond Benningfield, Copyright 2010
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In C++, classes are usually the best tool for modeling memory-mapped devices. You can use a class to hide messy details, such as device register layouts and bit masks, behind a simpler and more robust interface.
A "constructor" is a special class member function that provides guaranteed initialization for objects of its class type. Using constructors to initialize objects is common practice in C++. C++ programmers should reasonably expect classes for memory-mapped devices to do initialization via constructors, unless there's some compelling reason to do otherwise.
In many embedded systems, the appropriate way to initialize a device is to put it into an inactive state. For example, the constructor for a programmable timer might simply make sure that the timer is disabled, as in:
class timer_type { public: ~~~ timer_type() { disable(); } ~~~ };
The problem with memory-mapped devices is getting them to execute automatically. In the rest of this article, I explore how to solve this problem.
Recapping the Problem
With most C and C++ compilers, you can name a memory-mapped object using a standard extern declaration such as:
extern timer_type the_timer;
and then use the linker to map the_timer to the desired address. However, this declaration is not a definition, so the compiler doesn't generate code to allocate storage or call a constructor.
Some C and C++ compilers provide a nonstandard language extension that lets you position an object at a specified memory address, such as:
timer_type the_timer @ 0xFFFF6000;
With most compilers that support this sort of declaration, this isn't a definition, so the compiler won't generate a constructor call for this, either.
Defining a pointer or reference to a memory-mapped object, such as:
timer_type &the_timer = *reinterpret_cast<timer_type *>(0xFFFF6000);
has the same initialization problem as the previous object declarations. This reference definition doesn't define the memory-mapped object itself. Here, too, the compiler won't generate a constructor call applied to the memory-mapped object.
If the compiler won't call a constructor implicitly, why not just write an explicit call, say, immediately after the object or reference declaration? That is, if you declare the timer object as:
extern timer_type the_timer;
why not write an explicit constructor call to go with it, such as:
the_timer.timer_type(); // ?
Because it won't compile. C++ won't let you call a constructor as if it were any other class member function. In taking on the job of generating constructor calls automatically, C++ denies you the ability to do it yourself. Well, almost.
In truth, although you can't call a constructor using the usual member function call syntax, you can call a constructor using a particular form of new-expression known as "placement new-expression." To appreciate how it works, let's first review new-expressions in general.
In C++, you typically allocate dynamic storage using a new-expression such as:
pt = new T;
T is a type and
pt is an object of type "pointer to
T." When
T is a class type, the new-expression not only allocates storage, but also invokes a constructor. Thus, using
new is generally preferable to using the standard
malloc function. Whereas
malloc allocates raw storage of indeterminate value,
new can create objects with coherent initial values.
A new-expression allocates memory by calling a function named
operator new. Each C++ environment provides a default global allocation function declared as:
void *operator new(std::size_t n);
As with
malloc, the argument to
operator new is the size (in bytes) of the storage request, and the return value is the address of the allocated storage. However,
operator new reports failure differently from
malloc. Whereas
malloc returns a null pointer if it can't allocate the requested storage,
operator new throws an exception [1].
Thus, for a class type
T, a new-expression such as:
pt = new T;
translates more-or-less into something like:
pt = static_cast(operator new(sizeof(T))); pt->T();
The first statement acquires storage for a
T object by calling
operator new, and converts the address of that storage from type
void * to type
T *. The second initializes the storage by applying
T's default constructor. As I mentioned earlier, a C++ compiler won't let you write this explicit constructor call, but it's happy to do it for you.
If class
T has a constructor that accepts arguments, you can get the new-expression to call that constructor by providing the constructor arguments as part of the new-expression, as in:
pt = new T (x, y, z);.
In this case, the new-expression translates more-or-less into something like:
pt = static_cast(operator new(sizeof(T))); pt->T(x, y, z);
Overloading operator new
As with any other function, you can overload
operator new by simply declaring additional functions with the same name but different parameter types. For example, in addition to the standard allocation function:
void *operator new(std::size_t n);
you might declare:
void *operator new(std::size_t n, other_info i);
other_info is some user-defined type for conveying additional information to the allocation function. That's simple enough, but how can you get a new-expression to use this alternative allocation function?
The problem is finding some way to pass the additional argument to
operator new. You can't add a parenthesized argument list after the type name in the new-expression because the compiler will interpret that list as arguments to a constructor, not as arguments to an
operator new. That is:
pt = new T (x);
x as an argument to a
T constructor, not as an additional argument to
operator new.
Rather, you must squeeze the additional argument(s) to the allocation function into some other spot in the new-expression. That spot is between the keyword
new and the allocated type. For example, the new-expression in:
other_info info; ~~~ pt = new (info) T;
specifies info as an additional argument to
operator new. As always, the new-expression uses
sizeof(T) as the first argument to
operator new. Thus, the new-expression results in a call to:
operator new(sizeof(T), info).
Compilers apply the usual rules for argument matching in overload resolution to find an allocation function that will accept this assembled argument list [2]. The new-expression won't compile if no
operator new is visible that will accept the given arguments.


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Monday, November 30, 2009
Weird Marvel Comics Ad - Ricochet Racers!
Well, I flipped through the story and wasn't very shocked. I think the blurb might be referring to the actual last page in the book, an ad. It shocked me in its oddness. Click to enlarge.
I don't know how you feel about it, but in my head, it reads something like this...
9 comments:
- Warren Ludwig said...
Perfectly in line with what my brain was hearing when I read the first version. The "trigger team" was the goofiest. Thanks for the re-write, Kerry...more, more more!
- November 30, 2009 at 8:01 AM
- Thom Zahler said...
Hey! I had one of those, and remember thinking that it was awesome.
I loved your rewrite. Priceless.
- November 30, 2009 at 11:02 AM
- Kevin said...
And yet your rewrite still did not scrub away the thought of just how big IS a hole that's big enough even for Captain America?
- December 6, 2009 at 10:58 PM
- Kerry Callen said...
You know, those things probably would have just shot through the existing spaces in the web, now that I think about it. Like shooting a net with a bullet.
Thom, you're awesome for having one.
- December 13, 2009 at 9:51 PM
- Delmo said...
I know I'm late to the game but I had these as a kid. Wish I had held on to them.
- December 3, 2010 at 1:13 AM
- Captain Blog said...
Actually, they did ricochet across the floor and into the little flat surface before the target.
Funny, nonetheless.
- January 7, 2011 at 11:21 AM
Hey man, that's the first appearance of Spider Woman! She turns to the side of good in issue 32.
Shocking is how much that comic is worth in Mint condition...
- June 10, 2011 at 2:09 PM
DUDE! I had those and I loved, LOVED them as a kid. Why? Because you're absolutely right; they were a car AND bullet - fired from a giant gun!! And don't forget, they also smashed through stuff AND had a cape. A CAPE!!
- December 1, 2011 at 5:22 PM
I LOVE THIS. It's the most tear jerking, snot producing, hilarious thing I've ever read. I still laugh every time I think about it.
Your whole blog is hilarious and I love Halo and Sprocket. Good work!
- November 19, 2014 at 5:55 PM


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Workers were busy cleaning up a diesel oil spill near the head of Oriental Harbor Wednesday, the results of a shrimp trawler sinking near Hodges Street the day before.
ORIENTAL � Workers were busy cleaning up a diesel oil spill near the head of Oriental Harbor Wednesday, the results of a shrimp trawler sinking near Hodges Street the day before.
The 71-foot Lady Barbara was partially submerged in the harbor beside the docks of Garland Fulcher Seafood packing house. The boat, which belongs to Ralph Taylor of Marshallberg, had been docked at the seafood company for several months. Taylor said the craft had engine problems and he had planned to move it back to Carteret County.
He said there were apparent leaks, and an electric pump was dispersing the incoming water. But the pump apparently failed sometime early Tuesday, and the 35-year-old wooden vessel began to sink.
�(The leaks) must have been worse than we thought,� the boat owner said.
Sherrill Styron, owner of the seafood company, said an absorbent boom was put around the boat to help contain the spill. He called Taylor and the U.S. Coast Guard, which arrived Tuesday afternoon.
�Our main concern is the oil,� Ralph Taylor said Wednesday, as his son Steve and two other workers began the task of pumping the oil off the water from the most concentrated areas around the boat. �Oil rises to the top of water. We�re going to pump it out into tanks.�
The large collection tanks are topside on another of Taylor�s boats, the Miss Melissa.
Workers also were putting petroleum absorbent pads on the water near the docks to gather more of the visible spillage.
Taylor said the Lady Barbara holds 4,000 gallons of fuel, but because of the engine mishap, all but 100 to 150 gallons had been pumped out earlier.
Steve Taylor said working on the oil spill was the priority and when that job was completed, he would begin work on pumping the water out of the boat and then towing it to Carteret County.
Coast Guard Petty Officer William Johnson was on site Wednesday morning, conferring with the boat owner, observing the cleanup and gathering information on the incident.
�The Coast Guard is conducting a preliminary investigation,� he said. �Our main goal is to mitigate the source of the spill and ensure there is corrective action. My main priority right now is working with the owner to mitigate the spill from any further environmental damage.�
There was visible oil sheen on the water along the town docks adjacent to Hodges Street and a noticeable odor of diesel.
The boat owner could face fines or citations from the incident, although the Coast Guard said that would potentially come after the investigation is complete.
Oriental Mayor Bill Sage said the town was keeping an eye on the situation.
�The town is certainly interested in seeing to it that the harbor is cleaned up,� he said. �The Coast Guard has been on site and is involved. We are monitoring right now to see that things proceed and the problem is addressed and the harbor is cleaned.�
Styron, who has owned the seafood company for many decades, said he did not recall any other incidents of a boat sinking in the harbor.


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Lion King {Simba}
Made this cake for a boy named Hunter who turned one this week. Loved making this cake with all its challenges. First time making Simba, so it was a trial-and-error experience that I'm glad turned out well. What I love most about this cake is the silhouette!! Although it took me a looong time to create, it was totally worth it!! TFL and comments welcome x


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School of Law's Hawaii Innocence Project receives $10,000 grant from the Hawaii Justice FoundationUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Dale Lee, (808) 956-8636
William S. Richardson School of Law
HONOLULU — The William S. Richardson School of Law is proud to announce that the Hawaiʻi Innocence Project has received a $10,000 grant from the Hawaiʻi Justice Foundation.
The Hawaiʻi Innocence Project was established in 2005 through the California Innocence Project of California Western School of Law. It is part of a national network of innocence projects in which law students work alongside practicing criminal defense attorneys to seek the release of wrongfully convicted persons.
Through the project, law students and professors from UH Mānoa's law school and public and private criminal defense lawyers in Hawaiʻi collaborate with California Western School of Law faculty and students and the California Innocence Project's staff in San Diego to investigate and litigate Hawaiʻi criminal cases where there is compelling evidence of innocence. Potential cases are first screened in California and then students at UH Mānoa's law school pick up the investigation.
The project at the UH Mānoa law school is led by Professor Virginia Hench. For more information about the project, contact Hench at 956-6547.
For more information, visit: http://www.hawaii.edu/law


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Hello everybody, i am new in Java Programming language.. I have a confussion when i try to develop database on my application.. Oke, this is my confussion.
public boolean updateBook(Book b){ String query = "UPDATE BOOK SET " + "id=?, categori=?, title=?, date=?, source=?, number=?, " + "year=?, count=?" + "WHERE id=?"; PreparedStatement statement=null; try { statement = connection.prepareStatement(query); for(int i=1;i<=8;i++) statement.setObject(i, b.getObject(i)); statement.setInt(9, b.getId()); connection.setAutoCommit(false); if(statement.executeUpdate()==1) connection.commit(); } catch (SQLException ex) { JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Error when update data\n Error: "+ex.getMessage()); try { connection.rollback(); } catch (SQLException exr) {} return false; }finally{try {if(statement != null)statement.close(); } catch (Exception e) { }} return true; }
I want to know:
1. Why the "connection.setAutoCommit()" is used?
2. When should i set the "connection.setAutoCommit(false)" to "false" or set to "true"?
3. Why the "connection.commit();" is used?
4. Why in the try and catch, are used the "connection.rollback();" ? What is the meaning of this?
I hope at least one of you can give me explanation about my trouble above.
Please help me to solve it.. Thank you very much. GBU All..


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POW Graph Movement and Stretching
Any graph in POW can be moved to any position in the main POW window. Just left click and drag either the graph's Title at the top of the graph or the yellow bounding box of the currently selected graph. Clicking anywhere inside a graph's region (the area within the yellow box when selected) will select the graph. You may drag your cursor outside the POW window on your desktop (at least it works with the X window managers we've tried so far).
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Greetings and best wishes to my dear, honorable relative Reb Yehuda Schwartz and his family, may they live a life of peace until 120 years.
With respect to your request, after some efforts, I have succeeded in obtaining a picture of the memorial tablet in the Zichron Meir Talmud Torah in Bnei Brak. I am also sending you a photo of the students who study in that cheder, who are survivors of the pernicious inferno, for the benefit and the perpetuation of our martyrs from Halmeu-Turcz and the district.
I must state that we must be clear about the purpose of the booklet and its photographs. The survivors should not look at it as a rear-view mirror, but should rather take lessons from it so that they will know how to act properly between man and G-d, and between man and man. One thing that we must agree upon after the years of the Holocaust is that the words of the wisest of men, King Solomon, are indeed true, Vanity of vanities, all is vanity[1]. We must not forget the commandment of Remember that which Amalek did to you, Amalek being the Germans, who spilled our innocent blood with its gangs and annihilated a third of our nation.
From one side, we see that Israel has granted honorary citizenship to the six million Jews who were murdered, and on the other side, we are agonized by the cultural exchanges between Israel and Germany even though not even a half century has passed[2]. Official delegations from city councils and government educational institutions go to visit Germany and receive visitors from there. We hear about the desire to set up an Israel-German friendship organization. Israeli actors appear on their stages, and there are even mixed marriages, may G-d protect us. All of this is taking place during the rise of neo-Nazism there, during the time that the Deutsche National Un Soldatn Zeitung (German National And Soldier's Newspaper) once again spouts anti-Semitic venom in present-day Germany.
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How is it possible to so quickly forget the Thou shalt not forget?!
We forget about our holy martyrs whose blood screams to us to their descendents from the accursed ground do not defile our memory and honor!
I will mention a chapter from the history book of Rabbi Braun, may he live, the student of the author of the Atzei Chaim may his memory protect us, who raises his voice in weeping over the children of Israel who were brought by the accursed wicked people to the Auschwitz Death Camp, may G-d avenge their blood. I will also pour out my heart over their deaths, and for generation to generation, I will call out, Would my head be full of water[3].
Rava says, women from the city of Netziv lament as follows Woe to the one who has gone, woe to the surety (Moed Katan 28)[4]. As Rashi explains, woe to this type of going away that is never to return. We can expound that which is written woe to the one that has gone away, etc. they carry away the dead and the dead do not go themselves; and that which is written, woe to the surety can be explained by the eulogizer (Jeremiah 22), do not weep for the dead, etc. Weep for he who has gone and will not return to again see his birthplace. It can also be questioned regarding the one who goes does the dead go. The double language of surely weep[5] is also a question. However, the question is only for those who die a natural death, because eventually a person dies. However in our time, the cruel wicked people, may their names be blotted out, cheated their victims, who went to the terrible inferno themselves. We do not have any trace of them, and do not know of their deaths. The only thing we know is that they are no longer alive. That which the prophet wrote, Do not weep for the dead refers to a person who died a natural death in the way of all people, and was taken to his burial; for this is the end of every person, and this is what we are prepared for. Our sages instituted limits on weeping[6]. However, We should surely weep for the one who has gone refers to one who went to his death alone, without anyone knowing what happened to him, other than that he has not returned. We know that such a person has been killed and burned in sanctification of the Divine Name by the accursed murderers. This is what You shall surely weep with the double wording means. There is no limit to how much one should weep, and there is no comforter. One must weep incessantly until those that sleep in the dust are resurrected. This is what the aforementioned Gemara refers to when it states that these righteous women saw with their holy spirit what this cruel nation would do to the people of Israel in the latter days, and how these martyrs would go themselves to the terrible slaughter in crowds of thousands and myriads. They would be asphyxiated[7] immediately upon arrival, and they would be burned. Those who survived did not know of any trace of them. That which is written, Woe to the one who has gone woe to such a journey that has no return. Those that had the energy to work were taken to hard labor, with tortures and injuries, and they said even more so, woe to those who have been wounded.
With regards to raising children in Torah, I heard an explanation from the Admor Maharam Shik[8], may his merits protect us, that it is appropriate to take care that the effort be conducted along the straight path. This is hinted to in the words of King David of blessed memory: Happy is the man who fears G-d, and who desires his commandments very much. This refers to one's belongings, as it says, with all your wealth. Then he can be sure that a mighty man in the Land will
|Students of the Zichron Meir Talmud torah in Bnei Brak. Rabbi Shlomo Staub is in the center, and the teachers are at the sides.
The cheder was founded to perpetuate the holy community of Halmeu Turcz and the environs.
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raise a righteous and blessed generation.
We have seen the weeping of our righteous mothers at the time of the lighting of the Sabbath candles, and we have heard their requests that the merits of Rabbi Meir Baal Haness, may his memory protect us, shall stand in their stead. They also gave charity in private and fulfilled the commandment of hosting guests. We too should arouse our like minded people of the Holocaust survivors to continue to follow the paths of our holy fathers, whether with regard to the commandment of keeping the holy Sabbath and adding to it[9], as well as with respect to the commandments of performing benevolent deeds and giving charity. They should walk in the path of G-d like their fathers. With this merit, we should all succeed in raising the stature of Torah and the nation, to have contentment from our children, and to build a home that is in accordance with the spirit of our holy fathers. Amen, may it be His will.
Translator's Footnotes
by David Glick
Halmeu was a town small in size and great in content. In order to portray a picture of its residents and the Jewish life therein, it is sufficient to state that every person had the adage on their lips Halmeu is a miniature Jerusalem… The situation was as follows: All 400 families, consisting of approximately 2,500 souls, who lived there, carried themselves in the spirit of Torah and tradition. Even a wagon driver who carried the reins in one hand would carry a book of Psalms in the other hand, and recite the Psalm of David with a pure heart.
There were also sublime people who attained high levels of spirituality expert scholarly Jews, pious and G-d fearing, who were a symbol and example for all the Jews throughout the Land. There were only very few of these people, especially by the measure of benevolent actions and distribution of charity. They would extend help and a trustworthy brotherly hand to anyone who asked, and gave of their advice and wisdom in a modest, private fashion. With my eyes, I saw that the Hassid Reb Yosef Heimfeld of blessed memory placed a sizable sum of money in the Tallis bag of one of the Hassidim during the prayers, in a way that would not be noticed.
Institutions of charity and benevolence were organized in the community, such as Chevra Sandek Avot whose role was to cover the expenses of those in need from the time of childbirth until after the circumcision. This type of assistance was unique at that time. The Chevra Kadisha was also operative, concerning itself with sick indigent people. The society would cover the expenses of the physician and medication. It also extended all types of assistance to those in need and those suffering, without worrying about large expenditures. Other organizations worked for the benefit of the poor. Halmeu thereby became a fine, pious community filled with scholars and scribes G-d fearing and wholesome. May G-d avenge their blood!
We do not know exactly the year that Jews began to settle there,
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However, we have found gravestones from the year 5504 1704[1] in the cemetery. It was surprising that despite its age, the monument was not sunk in the earth, and appeared as new.
The first rabbi, Rabbi Shalom of holy blessed memory, served in the rabbinate for only one year. He was known as a Gaon [rabbinic genius] and observant of the word of G-d. Following him, Rabbi Eliahu Klein of holy blessed memory, the son of the author of Tzror Hachaim of Selish, was accepted to serve in the glory of the rabbinate. He was a holy, pious man. During his sermons, there was no person who did not shed tears or who was not aroused to repentance, especially on Kol Nidre night. The weeping reached the point of pouring out of the soul. The rabbi of holy blessed memory served as a leader with a high hand for fifty years, until the year 5683 (1923). After him, the Admor and great Gaon, Rabbi Yaakov Shalom of holy blessed memory, was appointed.
He studied all his days in holiness and purity. He led his large, high level, Yeshiva with wisdom and special love. He treated his students as a father would treat a son, and he was especially fond of the diligent students.
Reb Moshe Ulman of Grosswardein (Oradea) told me that when he was a Yeshiva student, he studied with Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz of holy blessed memory, who was known by everyone as the rabbinical judge from Kosów, one of the leaders of the generation. He studied together with our rabbi the Admor of holy blessed memory in the same class every morning, and told Reb Moshe the following: Not a day passed when I did not learn some good trait from him, for all of his actions were conducted in a modest fashion between himself and his Creator.
Fortunate is the town whose community merited his pure light, and fortunate are his students who benefited from his words of Torah and wisdom. Fortunate is the eye that merited seeing his countenance, and fortunate is the ear that merited hearing words of Torah and deep didactical study of Torah from him.
The love of Torah was one of his main character traits, in the spirit of and you should live by them[2]. His holy merit shall stand for us, especially for the natives of Halmeu who were connected to him with all the strands of their heart, and to all of those who perpetuate his holy memory.
The space is too short to describe in detail his greatness in Torah, Talmud and rabbinical decisions. Literally, no secret was hidden from him. His memory shall not depart from us for all the days of our lives.
Translator's Footnotes
Transcribed from the words of Reb Moshe Fish, Akko
I wish to bring to the fore the memory of this holy community, which throughout the generations
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lived among the village gentiles and struggled for its existence and essence. Eras changed, regimes changed, decrees and persecutions often came, but the small Jewish community of approximately 100 families[1] overcame everything with the power of its Judaism.
The community of Turcz ran institutions and also organized effective supervision of all facets of Jewish spiritual, educational and cultural life during the era of the Rabbi from Homona, who served in Turcz in a glorious fashion as the rabbi and head of the rabbinical court. However, communal life was conducted with greater strength and glory when the former rabbinical judge of the city of Tasnád, the rabbi and Gaon Rabbi Avraham Shalom Yerucham Friedman of holy blessed memory, ascended the rabbinical seat after him.
Here too, the primary goal of the rabbi of the city was to expand and strengthen Torah by establishing a Yeshiva in the style of the praiseworthy Yeshiva of Tasnád. His blessed activities bore fruit, and within a short time, the sounds of Torah burst forth from the Yeshiva lads in the Yeshiva hall. His name became well known as a genius, expert in all facets of Torah and renown in his broad and deep knowledge of Talmud and its commentaries, in books of morality. People came from the entire area to learn from him. The level of the Yeshiva rose particularly after his son-in-law Rabbi Moshe Zeev took an active role in the Yeshiva leadership. He also served as the rabbinical judge and rabbi in Szinérváralja.
The forty students who studied there left the Yeshiva not only with Torah knowledge, but with a treasury of good traits and a good appreciation of Hungarian Jewry, with a blend of Talmudic logic and traditional Jewish religious aptitude.
The rabbi of holy blessed memory was crowned with the most sublime of traits. He was graced with the talents of a leader, and despite his Hassidic spark and that he himself worshipped according to the Sephardic rite, he dedicated himself with his full heart and soulful energy to the establishment of a splendid, central Ashkenazic synagogue. In order to prevent a schism, he requested the local Hassidim to cancel their plans of building a separate Beis Midrash for Hassidim.
Their stubbornness was only broken when the walls of the Beis Midrash were badly broken, and they regarded this as an omen from Heaven that they were thwarted… Only then did they decide to transfer all the remaining building materials to the building of a central Ashkenazic synagogue. Thus was peace and unity restored to its primacy. The community members regarded their rabbi as a great man.
They spoke a great deal about an incident with Reb Mordechai Neuhaus, an elderly man who worshipped in the synagogue every evening and morning, despite the great distance. When he reached a ripe old age and no longer had the energy to come to the services, the rabbi went to visit him.
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Reb Mordechai said to him, Rabbi, I have to go on a far journey. What about the costs of travel? he asked. I am poor and destitute, he said. If you do not have the expenses for the journey, do not travel! the rabbi said to him[2].
To the surprise of the entire congregation, Reb Mordechai came to the Sabbath services on his own. The rabbi of holy blessed memory immediately pointed out, It is to my good fortune that I am not a Rebbe[3], otherwise you would suspect that I am a miracle worker…
He had a warm, sensitive heart. He wept over the exile of the nation and the Divine presence, as if he foresaw the terrible Holocaust with the eyes of his spirit. I can never forget the words of farewell that he said to those going out to the labor camp during the time of the deportation, or his moving Selichot prayer that he recited in an elongated fashion and with weeping that penetrated the depths of the soul Do not cast me away from before You, and do not remove Your holy spirit from me. Similarly, I cannot forget the enthusiasm with which he sang Next year in Jerusalem, even though he never merited such. May his soul be bound in the bonds of eternal life.
The Shochtim [Ritual Slaughterers]
Reb Aharon Matityahu and Reb Zeev Wolf of blessed memory worked in Turcz as shochtim, and were known as expert scholars, G-d fearing and wholesome individuals, who fulfilled their role with dedication and faith.
Two other organized communities, Kis Gércz [Klein Gertz] and Nagy Gércz {Gross Gertz} also functioned under the supervision of the rabbi of holy blessed memory. The final shochet of those communities, Reb Avigdor Berger, fulfilled the very responsible and important role as shochet in Akko.
The Melamdim [Teachers of Children]
Reb Yankel the Melamed studied and taught. His entire aim was to aggrandize and add splendor to Torah. He was blessed with special pedagogic talents and he succeeded with his holy work in raising the level of his students who came from the entire area to study with him. He excelled in his new style of education with respect to teaching Bible and reading. All of those who reached the level of continuing on with Yeshiva studies passed through him. His family was murdered in its entirety, with no trace remaining.
Reb Yehoshua Farkas was a beloved, G-d fearing teacher of Jewish children. He died of old age in Turcz. Some of his grandchildren live in Israel.
My Father Reb Natan Nota Fish of blessed memory
He was dedicated to the education of his children with his full heart, and his entire aim was to educate them in the path of Torah and fear of Heaven. His five sons studied in well-known Yeshivas in Transylvania in Margareten, Silgi Tz'H[4], Banya, Turcz, and Halmeu. For many years, he headed
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the community. He was pleasant in his interpersonal relations. He organized the Talmud Torah so that all strata of the people studied there, even those who were not able to pay tuition. He worked hard, but with his diligence, talents, and honesty, he succeeded in becoming established from an economic perspective. Aside from owning properties, he was a trustworthy partner in the flourmill and the oil press in the village. His house, which stood in the middle of the town, was a gathering place for scholars, and opened wide for the poor. A government school also existed in his house, and later, the Talmud Torah cheder for students who studied Gemara was also located there.
My Mother Chaya Sara Fish of blessed memory
She was widowed from my father for 12 years prior to the Holocaust. Despite having the yoke of the household upon her, she continued to run the household as previously. Even after that time, the Yeshiva students ate with us twice a week. She prepared fine food even though the economic situation became more difficult from day to day.
From among her five sons, three of them, Avraham David, Yitzchak, and Moshe survived with the grace of G-d. They all live in Akko. We passed through the seven levels of Hell in the labor camp and also in the Selish Ghetto, Auschwitz, and Landsberg. From there we were transferred to Dachau with the clear intent of murdering us but we miraculously survived. We were liberated with the help of G-d by American paratroopers. Those who survived regarded this as the finger of G-d.
I wish to note that an underground movement operated in the Selish Ghetto to expedite the escape of people to the forests in the manner of the partisans in Russia with the help of weapons and armaments that we had in our possession. This was known to Mother of blessed memory. She opposed my participation. In accordance with her request, I accompanied her to Auschwitz, at which point she disappeared from me. Moshe Fish has a son who is a scholar, a genius, and a Fearer of Heaven, who completed the Ponovitch Yeshiva in Bnei Brak with success. Today, he serves in the Israel Defense Forces. His father Reb Moshe plays an active role in the religious and communal life in Akko, and serves as the chairman of the merchants' organization and as a member of the local religious council.
My sister Malka of blessed memory perished in Auschwitz. Her husband Reb Zelig Friedman lives in Rishon Letzion.
Shlomo Fish was burnt alive in a most cruel fashion in the Doroshitz Labor Camp and in Y. Ch.[5] in Ukraine.
The second son, Mordechai Fish, fell victim due to his dedication to his family. When he found out that his family was located in the Satmar Ghetto, he escaped from the labor camp to the Ghetto in order to help them. He reached Camp 4 of Kaufering[6], which was infamous for its typhus epidemic. Despite the fact that he was treated well, he claimed that there was no value to his life without
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his family, and he died with Shema Yisrael on his lips.
The following were also partners in the flour mill and the oil press of the village:
Reb Tzvi Hershel Farkas, who was active in religious and communal life, despite his young age. He was a member of the communal leadership and served as gabbai [trustee] of the synagogue on account of his great talents, personal charisma, and dedication to the public welfare.
Reb Shmuel Chaim Meir, was a partner in the flourmill. He was a dear man, filled with good, sublime traits and good deeds. His son who survived lives in Ein Eila. One of his two daughters lives in Ashdod, and the other in Ramat Hasharon.
Communal Activists and Heads of the Community
The following were successful, well-to-do Jews, known for their talents and communal activism. They took turns in serving as heads of the community, and generously supported many charitable and benevolent institutions.
Izik Katz served as the head of the community for years. He pursued charity and righteousness on a large scale. He supported the Talmud Torah. His great generosity knew no bounds. He respected the rabbis, and conducted his business honestly. Not only did he pledge large sums for communal needs, but he also dedicated his soul to that end. His family perished in Auschwitz.
Reb Eliezer Farkas served as the head of the community in the post-Holocaust era. He reorganized religious and communal life in the town, and gave his best energies to instill a new spirit and offer heartfelt support to those who returned downtrodden from the Holocaust. Today, he owns a kosher restaurant in Haifa, and continues to follow the path of Torah and fear of Heaven.
Reb Efraim Izrael was among the most honorable Jews of the town. He served as head of the community for years, and was one of the most active leaders in communal and religious life. He was talented, had a clear intellect, and supported every successful endeavor. His sons live in Keren Ben Zimra and Ramataim, and his daughters live in Bnei Brak and Petach Tikva.
Staub was a man of many actions, crowned with sublime traits and characteristics. Through his communal endeavors, he earned for himself great acclaim and a good name from all of those who appreciated him. He maintained good relations with the authorities, and as chairman of the activists, he helped with unusual dedication those Jewish refugees who remained without Hungarian citizenship. His son-in-law Reb Shlomo Staub lives in Bnei Brak and continues to follow the trodden path of Torah and fear of Heaven.
Antel Gross was the final head of the community during the pre-Holocaust era.
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He dedicated himself to his community. His son lives in the vicinity of Bnei Brak.
Yosef Solomon was a talented, good-hearted man. As a worker of the town council, people turned to him with all specific Jewish problems that arose in town, and he attempted to help to the best of his ability. His sons Meir and Eliahu and his daughter Chaya Sara who live in the United States continue to follow the path of their father, both with respect to the commandments between man and G-d as well as the commandments between man and his fellow.
David Fisher had a quick grasp and sublime talents. He was diligent and pleasant. He was one of the leaders of Tiferet Bachurim in the town, and one of the leaders of the community, despite his young age. He organized the Purim plays and ensured a high level of religious joy, especially during Simchat Torah. He continued along his path when he returned from the Holocaust and did a great deal to reestablish religious and social life to their former state. He served as the vice secretary of the town. Thanks to his talents, he reached the level of general secretary of the town of Bătr?na.
Yaakov Izrael was a talented cantor and prayer leader. He was the director of Chevra Tehillim [the Society for the recital of Psalms] and the Chevra Kadisha [Burial Society]. He worked very effectively at preparing the program for the Chevra Kadisha feast on the 7th of Adar, as well as for all problems related to that important institution.
Lea (Neni) Solomon. Before my eyes is a moving image, testifying to her piety and her soulful connection to the Holy Land, the Land of Israel. When we were already sitting in the wagons, prepared and forced to go on the journey to the Selish Ghetto, Aunt Leah suddenly jumped from the wagon, ran quickly to the cemetery, and brought from there some of the earth of the Land of Israel (there was a special section with earth of the Land of Israel)[7] for her house was nearby. She was known for her fulfillment of the commandment of tending to guests. He sons Avraham Wolf, Shlomo, and Shalom Meir are fine, G-d fearing people, who walk in the paths of Torah in the manner of those who died in the Sanctification of G-d's name.
Reb Mordechai Kish was a dear Jew, a scholar and a fearer of Heaven. Half of his twelve children live in the Land and follow the path of Torah.
Reb David Levi was known for his broad knowledge of Talmud and halachic decisions as well as for his observance of the commandments and his traditional behavior. He observed the commandment of and you shall toil in it day and night. His economic situation was good and well established. His three sons live in America.
Reb Mordechai Levi was deeply diligent in his study of Torah, and was graced with a quick, deep grasp. He had a house filled with children. All of them were educated in the spirit of Torah, and continue along that path. His daughter Rivka the wife of Tzvi Grosinger of Turcz
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lives in Bnei Brak, and his daughter Basha the wife of Yosef Solomon lives in Yavniel. Reb Mordechai had a grocery store, and his home was known for entertaining guests.
The following people were known as honest merchants and grocery store owners:
Susel Fish. Her grocery store was at the edge of the town, and every passer-by was received pleasantly. Not only did she fulfill the commandment of entertaining guests appropriately, but she also gave charity in a generous and private manner.
Wolf Zeev Levi possessed lands aside from his grocery store. His son Moshe Avraham has made aliya recently.
Avraham Wolf Staub was one of the few survivors. Today, he lives in Ashdod.
There were many Hassidim and men of good deeds, not only among the upper class, but also among the general strata, including the tradesmen and simple folk.
Berl Neuhaus was a smith by trade. He had a beard, a splendid countenance, and was tall and thin. Despite his hard physical labor, we saw him early every morning adorned in his Tallis and Tefillin, worshipping with devotion. His words of pleading to Mengele in Auschwitz still ring through my ears, as he arranged his family in a row and showed him his certificate of excellence that he had received for his excellent service in the Austro-Hungarian Army during the First World War. Dr. Mengele asked him, What do you want? He answered, Help us, and Mengele answered then go to the left!![8]
Yisrael Shimon Grosinger was one of the most respected butchers in the town. He also occupied himself faithfully with communal affairs and served as a dedicated trustee of the Chevra Kadisha. All of his four children excelled in their good behavior and their unusual talents.
Reb Zeev Wolf Solomon was a tall, thin Jew. Two of his sons returned. Aharon lives in Bnei Brak and follows his father's path as a charitable person. He is known as a faithful partner in the solution of all Jewish problems that arise. He is dedicated to religious matters. He has returned to Jewish observance through the influence of the miracles of the Six Day War.
Yeshaya Gross the Potter. His trade did not guarantee him an ample livelihood, but he nevertheless made efforts to educate his children in the spirit of faithful Judaism. One of his two children lives in the United States, and the other in Rosh Pina. The later, is a scholar and a fearer of Heaven.
Reb Pinchas also earned his income from pot making, and his income was
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quite restricted.
Nathan Berkovich was a tanner. He worked hard and earned little. His entire family perished in Auschwitz.
Shmuel Tzvi Hirsch Fried earned his livelihood from the toil of his hands and his profession of tailor. He observed both the easy and difficult commandments in the same fashion. His two children live in Israel.
Avraham the Tailor was pleasant in his interactions with his fellow. He was a pleasant man, dedicated to his family. He was among the first to arrive for the minyan in the synagogue, and worshipped with unusual devotion.
Yaakov Fish the Shoemaker was an expert tradesman who made shoes in an exemplary fashion. He also served as an example in his religious conduct. One of his two sons survived David who lives in Haifa.
Reb Simon Shalom was dedicated to his family and sustained them in an honorable fashion as a shoemaker. He educated his children in the spirit of Torah and the ways of the world. His brothers Ezri and Shimon (Shamale) went to the United States after the liberation. The entire family loved Judaism with all their hearts and souls.
Mordechai Wolbovich survived in a miraculous fashion with his daughter. Today he lives in Ashdod.
Yona Grosinger was a well-known G-d fearing Jew. He perished along with his wife and four children.
Leibu Aryeh was an active Jew. He owned a soda water factory. He perished in sanctification of the Divine name along with his three children.
David Solomon was a pure, observant Jew. His daughter returned from the Holocaust and died in Turcz from physical weakness.
Zeev Wolf Farkas. Only his son returned home. He currently lives in Kiryat Gat and serves as an example to others with his fine conduct in a religious and nationalist perspective.
Shalom Fried also went through all the terrible tribulations, and his family perished. He currently lives in Zarnoga, where he is economically successful. He has five children.
Shlomo Zalman Grosman. Two sons survive of his wide-branched family. One
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lives in Bnei Brak and the other in Belgium.
Eliezer Grosinger was burned in sanctification of the Divine Name in Doroshitz, Among the thousands of Jews of the labor camp in Ukraine.
Tzvi Hershel Grosinger. He first lived in Kfar Gidon (a settlement of Hungarian Jews) when he arrived in the Land. He moved to Bnei Brak after he got married. He died a day before his daughter's wedding.
Sheindel Koko. The girl who miraculously survived lived in Holon.
Yehoshua Shmaya died in Auschwitz, and his son Chaim David died in Camp 4 of Kaufering. His two sons who survived live full religious lives. One lives in Vienna, and the other in Canada.
Chaim Grinfeld. They already paid attention to him in the Selish Camp, and he was suspected by the gentiles. He was separated from his family and tortured badly. His sons Shalom Moshe Aharon and Mordechai (Pitio) live in the United States.
Shmuel Haimovich was dedicated to his religion and people. He did a great deal for religious Zionism, and his son Aryeh (Leibi-Kam) who lives in Ramat Hasharon follows his path. Reb Yankel the son of Simcha Bunim Meir-Kam is a G-d fearing man, dedicated to the entire religious community. His son lives in Safed, Yona and Moshe live in Ashdod, and behave like their father. One of his grandchildren is an excellent student in the Ponovitch Yeshiva of Bnei Brak.
Shlomo Mordechai Solomon. Despite his difficult situation, he played an active role in communal life and gave charity in a generous fashion. They baked matzo for Passover in his home.
Chaya Porajoles was a woman of valor. Her sons Efraim and Yankel transported merchandise from Halmeu to Turcz in a wagon. Their economic situation improved, and they loved to give charity and act benevolently. Some of her children live in America today.
Nota Gross. His son Yitzchak lives in Canada, and Moshe in Bnei Brak. His daughter married Meir Farkas of Halmeu. His second daughter married Avraham Wolf Staub and his third daughter married Daskel.
Yisrael Levin was also called Reb Yisrael Lekincha. He was an honorable Jew with a splendid countenance, who was active in communal life and educated his children to Torah and the ways of the world.
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Zlata Fish was a modest, righteous woman. She perished in sanctification of the Divine name along with her sons Shimon and Michael.
Mordechai Neuhaus walked kilometers on foot in order attend the services at the synagogue every evening and morning. His son-in-law was Rabbi Shmuel Tzvi Hirsch, a rabbinical teacher in Cămărăzana.
Shmuel Farkas, Eliezer Grosinger, and Michael Fish were fine, committed Jews. They perished in sanctification of the Divine name in Auschwitz along with their families.
Thus did the holy community of Turcz live and function for hundreds of years through the power of faith, fear of Heaven, and Hassidic devotion. This was a path of great splendor for a complete Jewish community. Every previous generation, in accordance with its own way, believed in and hoped for a better future, until the hour of destruction came, bringing destruction to everything.
How many times did they recite Next Year in Jerusalem[9], and how many of them merited to make aliya to the Land?!
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In an online presentation, two experts on health-care security explained how upcoming changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act will affect health-care IT.
Last year, large data breaches in hospitals and health organizations led to the release of millions of private records. This is a growing problem, according to two security experts who spoke in an online presentation on Feb. 19. Speakers Mac McMillan, CEO of CynergisTek Inc., and Eran Farajun, executive vice president of Asigra, presented the current climate of IT security in health care and outlined upcoming legislative changes that organizations should be ready for.
According to McMillan, as health-care organizations transition toward electronic health records and the increased prevalence of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies, there are a lot of risks for IT managers to consider. The South Carolina Department of Health had records on more than 228,000 people compromised after an employee stole and emailed the data to a private email account. The Utah Department of Health was infiltrated from abroad when a hacker stole information on about 780,000 Medicaid patients and recipients of the Children's Health Insurance Plan. The hacker was reportedly able to access the information by guessing a weak password. These two high-profile cases are by no means exceptions, according to the presenters.
"We know that we're still averaging somewhere around 15 major breaches a month," McMillan said, adding that the question is not if, but when an organization will be affected. "... the more due diligence we apply in our data protection activities the less risk we have of those things happening."
IT leaders need to take a fresh look at how data is managed within an organization, McMillan explained, pointing to the risks inherent in storing data on mobile devices. "The question should really be asked, 'Should the data be on there in the first place?'. In other words, does the data need to live on a device or does the data just need to be presented on the device ...," McMillan asked.
To help cut down on data breaches in health care, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published updates in January to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that dramatically shift the approach health organizations need to take with IT security. The changes, which take effect on March 26 and will be enforced starting Sept. 23, usher in new requirements for how health organizations handle data breaches. The new rules also change who is allowed access to different types of data, and redefine the term "data breach." Things like more thorough documentation requirements are aimed at holding organizations to a higher standard of responsibility for the data they steward.
Currently an organization has no burden of proof following a data breach to show that data was or was not compromised, McMillan said, but this is about to change. "The final rule takes a 180[-degree] approach in that it makes the assumption there was a breach until the organization proves there was no compromise," he said.
Transitioning to this new climate in a few short months will not be easy, McMillan said, especially with the limited resources available to health-care organizations. "This is something that the industry is really going to have to address from a leadership perspective as far as making a commitment to doing this correctly and providing their staffs and organizations with the things that they need to be successful," he said.
Farajun suggested that health-care leaders should not be daunted by what can appear to be a huge task, and should seek help in meeting these new requirements. "There are solutions and methods and tactics to achieve the outcomes that they need to be doing," Farajun said. "They don't really have a choice anymore."


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News and notes from the Twins interdivision rivals:
Chicago White Sox
The White Sox appear poised to enter the season with a 12-man pitching staff, the final spot belonging to former Twins farmhand shortstop, Sergio Santos.
ANALYSIS: Santos, converted to a reliever in '09, has a fastball that hums in at 96-98 MPH. In his 24 minor league innings last season, he proved that pitching takes more than velocity – you also need command. His 16 walks are of concern. Still, the Sox appear to love the radar gun readings along with his improved 11/5 K/BB ratio in 6.2 spring innings.
Phil Rogers thinks that catching prospect Tyler Flowers's unimpressive spring training may have paved the way for an AJ Pierszynski contract extension.
ANALYSIS: Flowers, 24, was acquired from Atlanta in the Javier Vazquez trade in the 2008 offseason and was considered the team's catcher of the future. Baseball America ranked him 99th on the Top 100 list thanks to his career .293/.406/.495 batting line. He's demonstrated a good deal of power and patience at the plate but has only accumulated 119 plate appearances over AA ball. Also, after allowing 112 stolen bases in '08 (catching 28%), it was clear that he was going to need some work as a receiver. Reports are that he's improved defensively but his 2-for-18 spring leaves some uneasy about handing the reigns over to him in 2011. Say what you will about AJ, he's been a catcher you can count out. His defensive skills are eroding and he's never been one to post outstanding on-base percentages, yet he's been around a 2+ WAR catcher for the Sox while slugging .420 in the past five seasons. At the same time, Pierzynski will be 34 years old after 2010 and looking for a raise over his $6.25 million annual salary. For an organization that is tethered to the hefty contracts of Jake Peavy and Alex Rios while rumored to be interested in acquiring first baseman Adrian Gonzalez from San Diego, they should be considering swapping to the cheaper alternative.
Ozzie Guillen was demonstrating some of his built-for-speed-not-for-comfort moves this past week, implementing a hit-and-run with backup catcher Ramon Castro on first and later had Gordon Beckham execute a suicide squeeze during Wednesday's spring training game.
ANALYSIS: Putting the hit-and-run on with Castro, a player who was -11 bases as a runner in '09, is probably ill-advised. Wasting a Beckham at-bat on a suicide squeeze is probably ill-advised. Naturally, it is only spring training and he could be testing the new car out to see how she handles. Guillen finally had some of his lumbering lugs from past teams off out of his lineups (Thome, Dye, etc) and has added speed but this small ball fetish might come at the expense of several runs over the course of the season. Even last year we saw a glimpse of what that would be like as the Sox steals of second base rocketed from 54 to 105 between '08 and '09. Of course this offseason Chicago lost Chris Getz and Scott Podsednik, two proficient base-stealers that were responsible for 55 of those swindles, so Ozzie is going to need to identify new motormen.
Cleveland Indians
Paul Hoynes reports that DH/1B Russell Branyan will start the season on the 15-game DL with his back injury.
ANALYSIS: Back injuries can be tricky and often times linger. Ask Joe Crede. Nevertheless, last season Branyan showed the baseball world that he could be a full-time player. It was always assumed that he was a left-handed platoon candidate but Seattle gave him the opportunity at 33 years old to prove he was capable of tagging southpaws. After getting only 328 plate appearances in ten years against the sinister, he received 185 with the Mariners and hit .222/.321/.481 with 10 home runs. Not bad. Trouble now is keeping him healthy long enough to prove that he can do it again.
The Indians fifth spot in the rotation comes down to Carlos Carrasco or David Huff reports MLB.com's Anthony Castrovince.
ANALYSIS: Okay, so "comes down to" isn't entirely accurate. Carrasco pretty much imploded in his outing on Sunday, walking six and giving up five runs in 3.2 innings of work. Said manager Manny Acta after the outing: "How can we make a decision when we haven't even seen the other guy pitch? You guys will know the decision the second after Huff pitches." At times, the 23-year-old prospect acquired from Philadelphia in the Cliff Lee trade last year has shown flashes of his potential. After posting a 36/7 K/BB ratio in 42.1 innings in AAA Columbus, he's got a 22/15 K/BB ratio in 19.1 spring innings. The left-handed Huff has had a tumultuous spring as well, allowing 22 hits in 16.2 innings with an 8/5 K/BB.
The enigmatic Fausto Carmona threw seven scoreless innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday.
ANALYSIS: "Pretty impressive by Fausto," said manager Manny Acta. "Seven innings in 70 pitches. Pitch ahead in the count, pound the strike zone and amazing things will happen. It's not a secret." The same could be said about Carmona all spring. After walking 70 batters in 125 innings in '09 leading to a 6.32 ERA, the righty has given up only one run in his 20 spring innings - more importantly - walking only two. He's shown as recently as 2007 that his sinking fastball can front a rotation but he's been spotty with his command ever since.
Detroit Tigers
MLB.com's Jason Beck says Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski is getting numerous calls on the availability of some of his pitchers.
ANALYSIS: Obviously, the three likeliest to be moved are Jeremy Bonderman, Dontrelle Willis or Nate Robertson who are all owed $10 million or more in 2010. Who is on the other end of the phone and interested in the damaged (and pricey) goods is a mystery. The Mets are always up for some bad decisions. With Cliff Lee and Erik Bedard injured, the Mariners might consider picking up someone like Robertson – his groundball tendencies would play well with Jack Wilson patrolling short. If any of the three are moved, it'll basically be a payroll reduction for Detroit and a wing-and-a-pray for the new team.
Manager Jim Leyland has officially announced that Austin Jackson will be the starting center fielder and bat leadoff on Opening Day for the Tigers.
ANALYSIS: Jackson made an all-out assault on spring training, going 19-for-56 with seven extra base hits. Unlike his minor league track record, Jackson has demonstrated patience at the plate and solid contact, walking seven times and striking out only eight. That's not the Austin Jackson from the Yankees organization a year ago. In 2009, Jackson walked in just 7.2% of his plate appearances while striking out in 24.4%. Jackson attributes his improvement to a modification in his batting stride which is allowing him to pick up the ball better. If the Tigers want to place that at the top of the order all season long, more power to them, but you have to assume that Jackson's major league numbers will wind up replicating his minor league ones rather than the spring training sample.
The Detroit Free Press's John Lowe notes that Jim Leyland is hinting that Joel Zumaya will be back in the bullpen to set up the newly acquired closer Jose Valverde.
ANALYSIS: Zumaya hit 101 on the radar gun this spring. That's a good sign for Detroit that he's humping it up there following shoulder surgery last August. Still, he's got an extensive medical history and has not made more than 30 relief appearances since 2006. If he can make it through the All Star break without hitting the DL, I'll be shocked.
Kansas City Royals
Bob Dutton from the Kansas City Star says that Gil Meche had no shoulder stiffness after throwing in a simulated game on Sunday.
ANALYSIS: A week ago, Meche was sidelined with stiffness after coming off a 2009 season in which "shoulder fatigue" shut him down last August. The Royals have definitely taken advantage of Meche's rubber arm. After throwing consecutive 200-plus inning seasons in '07 and '08, manager Trey Hillman had him throw over 120-pitches in three games in '09. His 132-pitch June 16th complete game against the Arizona Diamondbacks seems to be the Typhoid Mary of his pitching injuries – his productions dropped off significantly before reporting the fatigue ten days later. When healthy, Meche gives the Royals two above average starting pitchers and an outside chance of competing in the AL Central. If he's unable to perform in 2010, Kansas City fans will have a long summer of watching pitchers shuttle in from Omaha every other week (as if that is any different from every other year).
Newly acquired center fielder Rick Ankiel was scratched from Saturday's game with an ankle injury.
ANALYSIS: The team is uncertain of how long Ankiel's injury could last and are preparing for using either Mitch Maier or Willie Bloomquist in center if Ankiel is unavailable by the start of the regular season. Neither is ideal but Maier held his own defensively in nearly 600 innings in center in '09. What's interesting is that Maier has shown an odd platoon disadvantage against right-handed pitching since being called up to KC. In his short career, the left-handed hitting Maier has a .755 OPS and struck out in 16% of his plate appearances against southpaws but holds an even low .610 OPS and a 21% strikeout rate against righties. Probably just a sample-size anomaly, but strange nonetheless.


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Imagine yourself five years in the future. What will you be doing? What will your resume say? Will you be working on a cruise ship? Or, will you have cruise ship experience listed on your resume?
Picture what your future employers will think when they read your resume and it says, "Worked on luxury cruise ship visiting worldwide destinations." Having a cruise job will definitely help your career on land…that is if you ever decide to switch back after getting a taste of working at sea!
But, for the same reasons that working on cruise ships is an asset to a resume, are the same reasons why some people just can't handle ship's life. The hours are long…we're talking 10 to 14 hours a day, seven days a week. You will be away from your family and land-based friends. Not everyone survives this type of schedule or can overcome homesickness.
On the other hand you will meet and make new friends with people from all over the world. You will travel to some pretty amazing destinations. You will grow as a person and as a result it's not just your resume that looks fantastic.
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Erik Dubach, a diesel jockey from Mount Vernon, Illinois, felt that he'd just had enough. And he knew the source of his troubles: Albuquerque, New Mexico. Yes, that fetid cesspool of sin and corruption needed to be messed up, and with a couple grams of rocket fuel up his nose and some grinding of gears in his 18-wheeler, Mr. Dubach set out to accomplish his goal, smashing into a grand total of 23 cars plus assorted buildings, fences, and signs.
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text: Main Dishes Tilapia Pitas Tilapia is one of my favorite types of fish and I am always on the lookout for fresh ways to prepare it. When I came across a recipe for Tilapia Pitas, I just knew we had to give this recipe a try in our house. Anything that includes a pita is a surefire weeknight winner. Of course, the best part is that this dish is so fast to prepare and a perfect way to spice up your usual taco night. Tilapia is a white mild fish that our whole family loves. You can find it inexpensively in the frozen section of your local grocery store and it is a fun fish to add into a variety of weeknight creations. I have to say that it really has become our family's favorite fish and we enjoy this weekly. I prepared this Tilapia simply by sauteing it in a little olive oil and adding a little Old Bay Seasoning (found over by the seafood counter in your grocery store) to add a little zest to the fish along with salt and pepper. Of course, you can add whatever spices suit your fancy for adding flavor to this mild fish. The sauce makes this pita creation even more divine with a mixture of mayonnaise, Italian dressing, and creamy feta cheese. Fresh romaine lettuce adds a little crunch to these fish pitas while the sauce adds creaminess and flavor. Make your own pitas or pick them up at your grocery store to save yourself time in the kitchen. However you create them, these pockets are full of deliciousness and are a great way to spice up your fish routines. Print Tilapia Pitas Author: Adapted from AllRecipes.com Recipe type: Main Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 15 mins Total time: 30 mins Serves: 6 Tilapia in a pita pocket is a fun meat-free option that is big on flavor and easy on your wallet. Add this one to your weekly rotation! Ingredients ½ cup mayonnaise ¼ cup Italian salad dressing ½ cup crumbled feta cheese 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper, or to taste 1 pinch salt 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 pound tilapia fillets Old Bay Seasoning (a generous sprinkle) Salt & Pepper to taste 2 cups romaine lettuce, chopped 6 pita breads, cut in half Instructions In a small bowl, stir together the mayonnaise, Italian dressing, and your feta cheese. Season with cayenne pepper (optional), black pepper and salt. Mix until well blended, then set aside. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Place the tilapia fillets in the skillet, and season with Old Bay Seasoning, salt and pepper. Saute until browned on each side, and fish flakes easily with a fork, 5 to 7 minutes. Warm pita breads in the toaster or in the microwave to soften. Open from the cut side to make pockets. Fill pita bread halves with tilapia fillets, then spoon in some of the feta cheese sauce. Serve with your favorite fruits and vegetables for a yummy fresh side dish. 2.2.1 For those looking for another great meatless dishes, here are a few of our own family's favorites! Meatless Dishes on MomAdvice Panko Crusted Tilapia Nuggets with Dipping Sauce Linguine with White Clam Sauce Applebee's Honey Grilled Salmon Baked Salmon with Lemony Rice Pilaf Herb Baked Tilapia Salmon Patties & Perfectly Baked Potatoes Slammin Salmon Marinade Balsamic & Rosemary Grilled Salmon Shrimp Pasta with Oven Dried Tomatoes Roasted Shrimp with Rosemary & Thyme Sauteed Shrimp with Spinach and Tomatoes Grilled Shrimp with Garlic & Herbs Sun-Dried Tomato Basil Orzo Spinach & Tomato Orzo Pasta Salad Lentil Soup with Homemade Whole Wheat Bread Homemade Tomato Soup with Crouton Toppers Marinated Grilled Shrimp with Perfect Margaritas Basic Pizza Dough for Beginners Portobello Mushroom Burgers What are your favorite meatless dishes in your house? Have any fun ways to spice up tilapia? Feel free to to share them here! Submitted to Mouthwatering Mondays on A Southern Fairytale Pin It Published March 12, 2012 by: Amy Allen Clark is the founder of MomAdvice.com. You can read all about her here.


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According to Gauloises over at Yellow Fuzzy Balls, La Cone suffered a groin strain against Dani yesterday. Any chance she'll take some time to heal up in both leg *and* head? We all know about my French proficiency so I'm going to take G-Dog's word for it.
So that explains the weak display against Dani yesterday. Sure doesn't explain her two three set 6-4 in the third losses over the weekend, though. Get your head right, wee one.


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When the good people of magazine — who featured our Peacock Thank You card in their March issue (above, top right) — invited us to visit them in their snazzy offices in the Hearst Building, we were there in a New York minute.
Hearst, one of the Big Three magazine publishers (Harper's Bazaar, Esquire and Cosmopolitan to name just a few of its titles), has since 2006 a glittering new HQ that outpaces its rivals, and we were keen to see it.
Norman Foster set a very-21st century skyscraper into the shell of Joseph Urban's original 1928 landmark (above). It's a wonderful combination of old and new that The New Yorker called "the most beautiful skyscraper to go up in New York since 1967." And it is truly marvelous to behold on a sparkling New York day.
It's also a very "green" building, with extensive use of recycled materials. The fountain in the 3-story atrium (above) that greets visitors, for example, circulates filtered rainwater that has been collected from the roof of the tower.
(Mind you, the building can be a little bossy, in that "green" sort of we-know-better way. To take an elevator you must input your floor on a central panel, whereupon you are directed to a specific elevator for your trip. Don't try to skip this step. You'll find there are no buttons inside the elevators themselves, which is all a bit Space Odyssey for us.)
Fans of mood boards that we are, we were immediately drawn to the wall that the Creative Director, Holland Utley, put together to steer the design vision for the magazine (above). Redbook had a big relaunch last summer, and these boards were used to help communicate the new direction.
The magazine is for women in their 30s and up, leading full lives, busy with relationships and families. We like the positive, spirited feel of these images — the couples, cozy and loving in lots of cashmere (above), and families at play (below). Okay, no one really lives like this, but mood boards are meant for inspiration and day-dreaming.
The Peacock card featured in the pages of Redbook is available as a thank you card, or blank (ie. without greeting), and can be found at our online store, .