text:
In the newly released Hardball Times Annual 2011, Baseball Info Solution's John Dewan presented his yearly review of team defense based on his Plus/Minus system. Perhaps a little surprising, the speedy Oakland Athletics (+77) paced baseball in this area. This is noteworthy because the Green and Gold held the 24th-worst spot in the rankings just one short season ago.
For their part, Oakland, who had already boasted supreme outfield coverage (procuring a +43 tally in this area), went to work improving their infield for the 2010 season. Shortstop Orlando Cabrera was blight on the defensive landscape, turning in a season in which he was -30 runs below average. Similarly, they employed Adam Kennedy as their everyday third baseman who was -5 runs below average. Across the diamond, they used the drug-addled remnants of Jason Giambi for 58 games (who had wasted his entire defense in front of congress apparently).
Realizing this bunch of aging fielders was not going to do the pitching staff any favors, the A's began to make maneuvers. At the trade deadline in 2009, Billy Beane moved their defensive-less shortstop to the Twins and implemented the rangier Cliff Pennington as the starter. A week later, the A's granted Giambi his outright release. This allowed for a defensive-minded first baseman in Daric Barton to take over. Last January, Oakland tapped their outfield surplus to acquire third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff from the San Diego Padres. The only constant around the infield diamond between the '09 and '10 unit would be second baseman Mark Ellis.
Pennington gave the A's a supreme defender at short, finishing with a +10 rating, seventh-best in the game. Meanwhile Barton was a +27 first baseman, the best in baseball and 13 runs better than the next closest player in Ike Davis. Perhaps because of maturity and dedication to his defensive craft or a statistical anomaly, Kouzmanoff improved his Plus/Minus totals from +7 with the Padres in '09 to +20 in '10 with the A's.
The moves provided an immediate upgrade to the defense and assisted in elevating Oakland's pitching staff to one of the best in the American League. After allowing 4.70 runs per game and posting a below-average .682 defensive efficiency ratio, the next year the A's had the American League's best defensive efficiency ratio (.709) and allowed the fewest runs per game (3.86). Indeed, a significant portion of this improvement was associated with shoring up the infield defense.
The only other team to have such a dramatic improvement in that timeframe was none other than the Minnesota Twins.
After finishing baseball with the 23rd-worst Plus/Minus ratings with a -31 total, the Twins managed to climb their way into respectability, concluding the 2010 season with a +37 rating.
Minnesota Twins
Middle Infield
Corner Infield
(via Hardball Times Annual 2011)
In the previous offseason, the Twins targeted their middle infield which had been the worst in all of baseball. Admittedly, the relocation from an artificial turf field to a natural one helps in slowing down some of the would-be hits at the Dome, the team also grabbed two of the best defenders at their position.
Like Oakland, the Twins realized that Orlando Cabrera was simply not an elite defender and quickly traded for Milwaukee's J.J. Hardy at the conclusion of the 2009 season. As I wrote back in March, Hardy was destined to be a middle infield repairman for the Twins. While sidetracked by injuries that limited him to 858 defensive innings, Hardy was still +5 runs above average, good enough for tenth in baseball. Although members of the Twins organization indicate Hardy's lack of foot speed played a critical role in his exodus from Minnesota, data suggests that Hardy's range was outstanding the past three years, possibly due to his positioning and anticipation rather than his outright quickness.
Hardy's middle infield mate, Orlando Hudson, was acquired in early February for a nominal one-year, $5 million dollar deal. Hudson's long outstanding reputation as a defensive wiz, finishing in the top ten of Dewan's Plus/Minus system five times in the past six seasons, lent itself well to the Twins way of baseball. To his end, Hudson provided the Twins with the best second baseman effort (+22) in the majors.
In all, the Hardy/Hudson combination helped the Twins move from a -59 team up-the-middle to a +36 team. This tandem made up for the defensive shortcomings exposed in the outfield when Jason Kubel was subjected to extended time wearing a glove. Now, with a similar outfield alignment projected in the 2011 season, the Twins have stripped down the infield combination that helped a pitching staff that transitioned from a fly ball one in '09 (41% FB%) to a groundball one in '10 (44.7% GB%).
Essentially, the Twins are making the gamble that the two birds in hand are not worth as much as the two birds in the bush.
For the majority of his career, Alexi Casilla's defense has been questioned by both on-field and off-field representatives. In 2008, despite a fantastic .400 on-base percentage in the Grapefruit League, Casilla was sent back to Rochester because Ron Gardenhire was displeased by his "lack of attention to details" saying:
"He just seems to get really sloppy at second base, because of the short throw and (because) he doesn't have to use his arm. He's just got to really get a few things straightened out ... And that's learning to get outs when you're supposed to get outs, and get away from all the flashy stuff and get back to the basics of baseball, catching the ball and getting somebody out and using your feet and making good throws. He gets too flashy, thinks that he can do a lot of different things. We're going to get him away from that."
A year later, after claiming the starting second base spot in 2008, Casilla received a demotion in 2009 as he continued to display lapses on the field. After several fielding gaffes, the then-Twins second baseman failed to run out a pop fly – trotting to first with the bat in his hand.
He's quick, with decent hands and a fairly strong arm yet his lackadaisical reputation precedes him. At the same time, there are plenty of indications that he could be a defensive upgrade over the very good incumbent Hardy.
In his small-sample size at short, Casilla managed to save +2 runs while turning 15 double plays in 17 opportunities (88% success rate). That double play rate is a good indication of great footwork, awareness and release. While Hardy has a very good arm, he only converted 55 double-plays in 101 opportunities (54.5%). Although Casilla's pace isn't likely going to stay up in the 80 percentile as his playing time increases if he stays at the 60-to-65%-range however he will remain in the top of the league as one of the best twin-killers at short. In the end, if he can keep his over-rambunctiousness under control while maintaining the focus that Twins management requires, he has the potential to perhaps be a superior groundball-stopper than Hardy (particularly if Hardy's maladies continue in Baltimore and keep him off the field).
The other replacement, Tsuyoshi Nishioka, is even more of a mystery in terms of what he is capable of providing. A recipient of a Gold Glove in Japan, critics like to state that former Japanese convert Kaz Matsui also won several Gold Gloves at short before moving to the Mets where he was below average as a defender at short. This revelation got Matsui shifted to second where he was better suited.
Matsui, who recently signed back in Japan, had some advice for his inbound countryman. Matsui told Nishioka through the media that:
"(1) The effect natural grass has on defense at second base is small. Don't have negative preconceptions. (2) Be careful about getting spiked during double plays (3) Gather data on batters with speed."
Obviously, some of this advice can be interpreted as the issues that Matsui had when making his conversion to Major League Baseball. The first issue involving the natural grass versus artificial surfaces that are favored in Japan's stadiums is of moderate concern. For one, the hops produced on the artificial surface winds up being much more "true" than that of real grass. You don't wind up with divot holes in the base paths that kick worm-burners up like they do on a dirt surface. Likewise, balls that normal seem to accelerate on the fake green stuff is slowed by the longer grass. However, by Matsui's experience, the grass factor had only a small effect on his game.
The second piece of advice is aimed at the fact that American players will go hard into second base to break a play up. This is not a tradition shared on the other side of the Pacific. To speculate, Matsui was probably surprised by how little amount of time he had to turn a double play and would likely rush his throws (he made 13 throwing errors in his first season). In the same vein, Matsui also demonstrated issues feeding a double play to his middle infield partner. His 29 double plays started were the fewest among qualified shortstops. Again, while it is pure speculation, it might be different approach in feeding a second baseman if there were less of a probability of him going ass-over-tea-kettle. For instance, a shortstop might not need to hasten a throw to the bag to give his partner additional time to pivot the relay before being barreled into by the runner.
The final word of advice from Matsui, "gather data on baserunners", is fairly straight-forward. Unlike those that develop within the minor league system, Matsui had little experience educating himself on players in the majors. He was thrusted into a starting role without the proper knowledge of his opposition and, unlike someone like Cal Ripken who goes to great lengths preparing for each opponent Matsui was likely manning a demanding position cold-turkey (particularly when you factor in a language barrier). Either way, Matsui's message to Nishioka is clear: Spend time learning the competition.
Needless to say, dismantling one of the better middle infield defensive units in baseball can be frustrating and a painstaking process to watch. After all, the team had moved from the worst to the third best in just one winter. For some, it may be even more difficult to readily accept the unknown as well since Hardy and Hudson represented two of the more tangible commodities while embracing Casilla and Nishioka as improvements requires eschewing advanced defensive data.
Naturally, Casilla and Nishioka will be behind the curve when it comes to knowledge of the competition which Hardy and Hudson benefitted from. At the same time the new duo has better tools – particularly speed – which could provide a big advantage (at least the Twins are betting on that it does). A year from now, we will know if Casilla hit well enough or remain focused to lock down the position for an entire season. We will know if Nishioka heeded Matsui's recommendation and become a key component in the Twins lineup.
Then again, it is entirely possible that the middle infield will regress back to pre-2010 numbers. Only time will tell.


text:
I am a new programmer and I'm reading the "Sams Teach Yourself Java in 24 Hours" and I'm doing a chapter on the color class. The program displays two rectangles on blue and on a random color I made and also a string which is red. But when I run it the only thing that comes up is the frame. I'm using NetBeans in linux. Here is the code for a class I named Peach and for a class named eric(I know there dumb names but they are just random names I thought of.) Can someone tell me why it doesn't work. It works in the book but not for me.
Peach class
import java.awt.*; import javax.swing.*; public class Peach extends JPanel{ public void paintComponet(Graphics g){ super.paintComponent(g); this.setBackground(Color.WHITE); g.setColor(Color.BLUE); g.fillRect(25, 25, 100, 30); g.setColor(new Color(190, 81, 215)); g.fillRect(25, 65, 100, 30); g.setColor(Color.RED); g.drawString("this is text", 25, 120); } }
eric class
import javax.swing.*; public class eric{ public static void main(String[] args){ JFrame f = new JFrame("Title"); f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); f.setSize(400,250); Peach p = new Peach(); f.add(p); f.setVisible(true); } }

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Hey there MMO-C, while doing so random BG's someone Randomly shared a quest called 'Redeem iCoke Prize Voucher' which rewards a pet called 'White Murloc Egg' and I have no idea how to complete it. The Quest has no description and under the zone quests are listed in it says 'Missing header! (quest designers)'
http://i.imgur.com/5gAOE.jpg <- SS proof.
Anyone know what to do with this or know if it's even completable?


text:
Listen, we've all been there. You're dead tired, kind of tipsy, and just got home from hanging with the hottie you met at the gym. The last thing you want to do is wash your face, let alone wipe off your eye makeup. So, what do you do? Face plant into your pillow, that's what. No judgements, don't worry.
Here's the thing, while we don't recommend making this a habit, it happens. But, here's the beauty in it all: The next morning after you wash your face and your eye liner is sort of in tact, we say go ahead and rock last night's liner again.
So, if you're planning on leaving your eye liner on for round two, let us at least tell you how to touch it up and make it look freshly applied.
All you need is a cotton swab dipped in some petroleum jelly, or a cotton swab filled with makeup remover to clean up your eye makeup mess. The latter is a genius invention that we wish we would have created, but since we didn't, we'll just use the hell out of them instead. Jane Iredale Dot the i Makeup Remover Swabs, $23, janeiredale.com, and Almay Makeup Eraser Sticks, $6, drugstore.com, both make these little magic wands that you break the top cotton swab off of and watch the removing solution drain into the bottom cotton swab. Voil, it's ready to use.
Once you gently wipe away any smudges that may have occured while you were tossing and turning (sayonara, scary raccoon eyes!), grab your eye liner of choice and trace the line that's still vaguely there to refresh your look.
Like we said, we don't suggest that you continue wearing Monday's eye liner through Sunday, but it's okay to do one or two nights in a row. We won't tell.
Do you recycle your eye liner look?
Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto
Follow Carly Cardellino on Facebook and Twitter.


text:
Actress Jane Lynch fought back tears as she paid tribute to her "Glee" co-star Cory Monteith during a TV interview on Wednesday.
The 31-year-old's body was found in his hotel room in Canada on July 13, less than three months after he completed a stint in rehab, and an autopsy has confirmed the star died after taking a deadly mix of heroin and alcohol.
Lynch, who plays cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester in the TV musical, has been hit hard by the tragedy, and she became emotional as she shared her memories of Monteith on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," branding him a "really great guy."
With her voice breaking, Lynch told the host, "Cory's one of the biggest hearts, was a real bright light. He was one of those guys that … you know, he knew he was breathing rarefied air … the gifts that this wonderful show gave us.
"He was always aware that it was a gift and he was quite generous. He was one of those adventurous types. … I always admired how he would get up … you know, he would fly to Mexico, he'd throw parties for his friends. I don't think he left one day unlived. He was a real bright light in our family and we've lost a really great guy."
When asked how she hopes Monteith will be remembered, Lynch added, "He once flew across the country on his own nickel to meet with a sick kid whose last wish was to meet him. That's the kind of guy he was. Just a real giver."
Monteith's remains were reportedly cremated on Tuesday and his mother, brother and actress girlfriend Lea Michele said their farewells during a private ceremony.


text:
Shooting the Messenger: Interpreters in Conflict Zones & the Case of Japanese Interpreters in WW II
Three distinct groups of interpreters were present at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East: interpreters for the court, those called as witnesses, and others who were defendants.
- Published:
- Last updated:
Conference interpreters know that the real start of simultaneous interpreting was at the Nuremberg trials in 1945. Until then consecutive interpreting was the modus operandi. However, it became obvious soon after the Allies created the International Military Tribunal after World War II that consecutive was not going to be suitable; the Tribunal was charged with an explicit mission: "fair and expeditious trials" of accused Nazi war criminals.[1] In other words, the trials required a faster technique to help expedite the procedures. Transmitting multiple languages in real time without suitable technology was certainly a challenge. With the help of IBM, US Army Lieutenant Colonel Leon Dostert sorted out the technology issue by developing the microphones and headsets needed to clearly transmit the trial combination of languages.
But there remained the issue of finding the human beings who could listen and speak at the same time. Monitors were dispatched to look for new talent. Interpreters were tested for language skills in their home countries then sent to Nuremberg to be tested for simultaneous. Patricia vander Elst, Siegfried Ramler, Virginia von Schon and Ernest Peter Uiberall were among those chosen for this tremendous task. Many continued to work as interpreters after the trials, and were the veritable pioneers of today's simultaneous interpreting. That is why it came as a shock to me to learn that in the post-war Japanese war crimes trials many interpreter colleagues in Asia were prosecuted.
In January 2018, I had the pleasure of attending a lecture by Dr Kayoko Takeda, Professor of Translation and Interpreting Studies at the College of Intercultural Communication at Rikkyo University in Tokyo. Dr Takeda wrote her PhD dissertation on socio-political aspects of interpreting at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (1946-1948). One of her special interests is the case of interpreters who worked with the Japanese army during World War II and what became of them during the Japanese war crime trials.
Accused war criminals in the prisoners box, May 14,1946
She started the lecture by pointing out that three distinct groups of interpreters were involved in the trials: those working as interpreters for the court, those called as witnesses, and others who were defendants. They included Taiwanese, Korean, and American and Canadian Nisei (second generation Japanese Americans or Japanese Canadians). In the case of the latter, they had dual nationality and it was rather common for families to send their children to Japan for their education. Some of them joined the Japanese army out of their own free will while others were stranded in Japan due to the onset of war and conscripted as interpreters.
There are also Nisei who worked with the Allies. After the attack on Pearl Harbour, President Roosevelt signed an Executive Order that resulted in the forced relocation of nearly 120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans, most of them residents of the west coast, to internment camps. As the US army became acutely aware of the great need of Nisei linguists for military intelligence, more than 6,000 of them, including hundreds from the camps, were recruited and received six months of rigorous training at the Military Intelligence Service Language School. They were then sent to serve in the Allied Translator and Interpreter Service, and in other units as translators, interpreters, interrogators or code breakers.[2]
As was the case of the prosecution of Nazi leaders in Nuremberg, the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal prosecuted military and political leaders in war-time Japan. There were, however, trials held in other parts of Asia where less senior perpetrators of war crimes were tried. Interpreters were among the defendants in those trials. The table shows the number of trials that each of the Allied countries held and how many interpreters were convicted and even executed.
Presiding Country
Interpreters Prosecuted
Interpreters Convicted
Interpreters Executed
The Netherlands
The Philippines
In Yokohama, the U.S. Army conducted more than 300 war-crimes trials through 1948. More than 90% involved prisoner mistreatment. American prosecutors focused on Ofuna, a secret interrogation camp run by the Japanese Imperial Navy for pilots and other high value prisoners. "Using affidavits and testimony from former prisoners, prosecutors depicted a grim world where men were broken through physical and psychological cruelty."[3]
It is no wonder than in many trials, witness statements by former prisoners of war were used to convict perpetrators, including interpreters who were in close contact with the victims as they interpreted for their superiors. For the victims, they were speaking the language of evil. They rendered the oppressive and tyrannical orders of the occupier in the victims' languages, which left a lasting impression. This could be seen very clearly in the words of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who was taken as a prisoner of war by the Japanese army. His story featured in the book and movie 'The Railway Man'. He said that he hated the interpreter more than the Kempeitai (military police) officer who tortured him because 'it was his voice that grated on and that would give [him] no rest'. It is clear that to the victims, the interpreters were seen as the face and voice of the oppressor and not as a neutral messenger.
In addition, interpreters in occupied areas – including areas occupied by Japan in WWII – were very visible. Since they could speak the language of the occupier, they were better able to communicate with the occupier than other locals. The occupier might choose to use them as propaganda material to demonstrate successful cases of local cooperation. In such cases the interpreters had no choice with regard to their visibility which had fatal consequences for some of them,[4] including some deaths.
One may wonder why these interpreters were prosecuted and in some cases executed while they were only doing their job. This was exactly one of the main arguments the interpreters used when defending themselves. Add to this that they could not afford to refuse the orders of their superiors; they would have faced martial courts had they done so. Some interpreters said they tried to protect prisoners of war they were interpreting for by slapping them during the interrogation to prevent much harsher assaults by the guards.
I could immediately see similarities between the perception of interpreters as collaborators and traitors post WWII and that of Iraqi and Afghan interpreters nowadays. Their work for western armies stigmatised them as traitors in the eyes of some local groups. As a result, many of them and their families faced threats, abduction and even death.
Professor Takeda raised some valid points that are relevant to interpreters in conflict zones today. Two in particular stand out:
- Under the military code of absolute obedience to orders of superiors, can interpreters refuse to be part of unlawful acts such as torturing a prisoner of war to obtain information?
- What is the interpreter's role and code of conduct in conflict zones?
A good start in looking at these issues is the "Conflict Zone Field Guide for Civilian Translators/Interpreters and Users of Their Services", produced by the International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC), the International Federation of Translators (FIT), and Red T. That document outlines the basic rights, responsibilities, and practices those organisations recommend to translators, interpreters and users of their services. It applies to translators and interpreters serving as field linguists for the armed forces, journalists, NGOs, and other organizations in conflict zones. Answers to these questions could help start the process of defining the interpreter's role in conflict zones so that the messenger no longer faces the risk of getting shot.
[1] Gaiba, F. (1998). The origins of simultaneous interpretation: The Nuremberg trial. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press.
[2] Takeda, K. (2007, January). Nisei linguists during WWII and the occupation of Japan. The ATA Chronicle. doi: http://isg.urv.es/library/pape...
[3] Bravin, J. (2005, April 7). What War Captives Faced In Japanese Prison Camps, And How U.S. Responded. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 6, 2018, from http://www.wsj.com/public/reso...
[4] Takeda, K. (2014). The Visibility of Collaborators: Snapshots of Wartime and Post-war Interpreters (A. Fernandez-Ocampo & M. Wolf, Eds.). In Framing the Interpreter: Towards a Visual Perspective. London and New York: Routledge.
An earlier version of this article was published in the ITI Bulletin.
Maha El-Metwally is a freelance conference interpreter, member of AIIC and a member of the Board of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI).
Articles published in this section reflect the views of the author(s) and should not be taken to represent the official position of AIIC.


text:
Zero carb is getting (relatively) popular. A handful of valued MDA forum [1] members eat little-to-no-carb, and several others probably imagine it's ideal even if they don't personally follow it. I wanted to address this because there seems to be some confusion as to how a zero carb eating plan relates to the Primal Blueprint eating plan. To begin with: I think zero carb can be a viable option for some, but highly impractical for most. If one had access to and ate different animals, all range fed and without pollutants, and if one ate all offal (and stomach contents) it's possible to approach zero carb… but again highly impractical. If you really, really love meat [2] and fat [3] and offal [4], and get genuine enjoyment from eating nothing but meat and fat and offal, have at it. On the other hand, if you are looking for a wider variety – and gustatory enjoyment – of the foods you eat, zero carb may be unenjoyable, impractical, unnecessary, and at worst (if not done just right) downright dangerous.
Let's take a look at just a few of the reasons why vegetables are a part of The Primal Blueprint [5]:
First, it's highly unlikely that early man would have consciously avoided edible, available vegetation. We already know that current hunter-gatherers take advantage of anything edible within reach – plant or animal. We are adaptive capitalists, ready and willing to exploit any situation to our advantage. Humans are survivors and they'll eat whatever is available. If you subscribe to the "out of Africa" model of human evolution – as do most anthropologists – the bulk of our evolution took place in the lush, fertile Africa grasslands where both game and vegetation were plentiful. Grok [6] wasn't throwing together multicolored salads every day at noon, but the precedent for plant consumption is there. The opportunity certainly was.
People have ranged far and wide across the globe, living in a variety of environments and ecosystems, each with different sources of food. Looking at the fossil records, it's difficult to pinpoint the exact Paleolithic diet (whatever that means), seeing as how vegetable matter degrades and bone endures. But it's safe to say that meat and fat have always been preferred by man, and our ancestors' adoption of a meat and fat-heavy diet necessitated and prompted (in the cycle of positive feedback between culture and physiology that so often describes evolution) the smaller guts and bigger brains we enjoy today. Many like to take this point combined with examples of people surviving on animals alone as proof that vegetables should be restricted or avoided entirely. As I see it, when a carnivorous-predominant group does arise, like the Inuit, it is only out of necessity. They are an exception to the rule. The Inuit survived in a barren, arid environment by eating whatever was available: marine animals, fat, blubber, organs, and fish. It wasn't by choice. They weren't turning their noses up at bushels of berries and teeming fields of wild cabbage; the opportunity simply wasn't there. In every other case, humans will eat both plants and animals if they are given the chance, and plant matter is mostly available all over the world, depending on the season.
The Inuit do, though, show us that an-all meat, zero carb diet has the potential to be healthy. It might even be desirable for certain people if (here comes the tricky part), as I said, they use organic range-fed whole animals – muscle meat, fat, organs, offal, stomach contents – to get the whole spectrum of fat-soluble nutrients and vitamins. All those thriving near-carnivorous traditional groups the zero carb crowd likes to throw around weren't buying tubes of 80/20 Walmart beef and nothing else; they were eating spoiled organs, consuming stomach contents, fermenting full-fat dairy, drinking fish liver shooters, gnawing on still-beating bison heart, and feasting on a "guts and grease" diet. Stefansson's oft-cited all-meat diet experiment wasn't just muscle and fat; it was fried liver and brains, fish, and a whole host of animal products. As for the ground beef and water diets that seem popular in some ZC circles? You're fooling yourself if you think that's an optimum diet for health and longevity, and I'm not sure if some favorable lab numbers garnered after six months of eating nothing but burger mean much at all. Better than the standard American diet of chips, sodas, cookies, and rancid fats on top of the same burger meat? Maybe. Optimum? Not a chance. Let's see what happens in thirty years. Staunch ZCer Danny Roddy's strangely scurvy-esque symptoms [7] following a purely pemmican diet should give you pause.
That sort of fear of macronutrients is silly and potentially dangerous. Avoiding grass-fed beef liver because it contains a few grams of carbohydrates is crazy (or did you conveniently forget that crucial aspect of the Inuit and Plains Native diets – organ meats?). Eschewing pastured eggs and all their yolky goodness because of a fraction of a gram of carbohydrates? Madness. Now, avoiding all carbs because you feel better without them? I can get behind that. Trying to maximize fat loss by going zero carb for short periods of time? Worth trying. Trying to prove your glucose-freebasing marathoner friends wrong by beating them on a ultra-low carb diet? I love a good self-experiment; do it! A complete zero carb diet is possible to get right, albeit a bit impractical and unwieldy for most people (if you think sourcing grass-fed beef [8] is tough, trying finding a steady supply of pastured thyroid glands, kidneys, livers, brains, tripe, and heart!), but so is an omnivorous one. Which would you prefer? Which would enhance your quality of life? As long as you're avoiding grains [9], legumes [10], sugar [11], and industrial vegetable oils, these are the important questions to dwell on.
But what of vegetables? Is there anything inherent to be feared? Most plants are, at the worst, harmless. Others, like the seeds of wheat and barley and legumes, really don't want to be eaten and can cause problems. These guys employ various anti-nutrients, chemical defenses like lectins [12] and gluten [13] to prevent and dissuade consumption. Certain animal and insect species have developed tolerances, but we generally have not. It is necessary for proper health that we humans "deprive" ourselves of these foods. I get that. And people sensitive to nightshades [14] should avoid them, just as the lactose intolerant should probably avoid even raw dairy, and people with a severe shellfish allergy should avoid shrimp. This is basic stuff. But to posit that humans are somehow wholly intolerant of all vegetables and fruits is nonsense. Leafy greens like spinach and kale, carrots, asparagus, broccoli, squash, even the occasional sweet potato – some people would have you believe these are poison. Unnecessary? Perhaps. Dangerous? No, and especially when eaten with plenty of fat, vegetables are excellent vehicles for delivering beneficial nutrients, vitamins, and minerals to the people consuming them (read a few of our Smart Fuel [15] posts on vegetables for more info on this point). Leafy greens, for example, are great sources of magnesium and calcium. Sardines and mackerel are good sources, too, but do they negate the utility (or deliciousness) of a plate of kale, sauteed in garlic butter and topped with lemon juice? This, to me, isn't a point not to be taken lightly.
There's more to this picture. As long as you're going to be cooking your meat there are good reasons to eat your steak with a side of veggies. A researcher named Joseph Kanner has spent a career looking at how the potential nastiness of cooked meats – oxidized fats, for instance – are neutralized in the "bioreactor" of the stomach with the inclusion of antioxidants from vegetables, red wine, and tea [16]. Does this mean vegetables are required for safe consumption of cooked meat? Probably not, but unless you're eating all your meat and offal raw, ultra-slow-cooked, or super rare, you may want to include a small salad, a bit of broccoli, or a glass of wine with that ribeye. Plant-based antioxidants (flavonoids, carotenoids, and other phytonutrients) in general provide a good line of defense against stress [17], inflammation [18], and the ravages of aging in the context of the former two conditions. A perfect zero carber who closely watches meat sources, gets plenty of sleep, good Primal exercise, and leads a low-stress existence is probably fine without piles of vegetables, but the average person who stumbles upon the PB and needs to drop a few dozen pounds, kick a few prescription meds, and maintain on inconsistent sleep? A Big Ass Salad [19] (BAS) for lunch and some berries [20] for breakfast (along with near carnivorous eating otherwise) will go a long way toward healing them – and they'd definitely be a huge improvement over what they were previously eating.
And this gets me to my final main point on the importance of plants. The Primal Blueprint eating plan [21] supports vegetation in large part because it's meant to be a sustainable regimen – for life. Our supportive stance on vegetation is meant to include, rather than preclude. I'm trying to positively modify as many individual eating habits as I can in my short time on this planet. My work is my work, but I'm passionate about it, and I don't want to be a starving diet guru with an incredibly loyal but miniscule cadre of die-hard followers. I want to affect people on a huge scale. I refuse to water my message down ("drink diet sodas and avoid saturated fat"), but if including lots of vegetables attracts more people without detracting from the nutritional merits of the lifestyle, I'm going to keep doing it. I'm talking about the people who need our help the most. They are our parents, our friends, our neighbors, and they stand to gain the most from adopting a Primal eating plan. Excluding vegetables right off the bat would only turn people away and relegate us to "fad diet" status immediately. It's already an uphill battle, folks, and we don't need any more roadblocks. Please, though, don't read this as some sort of vague admission that vegetables aren't a critical part of a healthy eating plan. I only mean to note this added importance that veggies bring to the PB.
Before I wrap this up, let me speak specifically to how this relates to the official Primal Blueprint Food Pyramid [22] – which is founded on vegetables, and to a lesser extent, fruits. Vegetation gets prime seating at the base as it makes up the bulk of an average PB meal, with meat and other animal products following up immediately after. When you take a look at the average Primal eater's caloric daily breakdown though, fat and meat take the lion's share. And when we publish a PB recipe [23], more often than not it features animal flesh proudly and prominently. Vegetation represents the foundation of the pyramid graphic but not the bulk of the caloric reality, which might seem designed to mislead.
It's not, though. For one thing, the sheer volume of raw vegetation is immense. Three cups of raw spinach quickly become less than a cup's worth when exposed to butter and a heated surface. A few cups of buttered broccoli might displace enough three-dimensional space to fill a plate, but it won't fill you up; the ten ounces of steak to the left will take care of that. In that sense, vegetation can and often does form the foundation of a Primal eating strategy, calories notwithstanding, but it's not a ton of calories derived from plants. That would take kilos of greens and pounds of carrots, and we aren't lowland gorillas with immense fermentation chambers in our protruding guts. To really get a sense of how many or how few vegetables and fruits the PB prescribes, though, look to the Carbohydrate Curve [22]: it's totally open-ended. At the height, it's 150 g/day of carbs, from vegetables and fruits and natural starches. Athletes can even extend that and go a bit higher, depending on activity level and glycogen [24] needs. It goes as low as zero carb, which I characterize as an "excellent catalyst for rapid weight loss." You'll also note that while I don't recommend it for prolonged periods, it's not because I fear ketosis [25], or that excluding plant foods will kill you; it's because I can't support the "unnecessary deprivation of plant foods."
In the end, the PB comes down to maximizing quality of life. I want to enjoy every bite of every meal. I want to stay out of the rest home, avoid hospital stays, and stay active into my twilight years. Hell, I want my twilight years to be inundated with beams of radiant light. I don't want my life to be a heavily regimented procession of pills and white coats. I want to have my sensible vices [26], like wine [27] or dark chocolate [28]. I want to eat vegetables because I enjoy them – not because I'm under the assumption that they're magic. I have the means and the wherewithal to eat a complete, totally ideal carnivorous diet, but I prefer variety. I like my steak and my eggs (a gram of carbs doesn't scare me) and my asparagus.
Let me know what you think PBers, ZCers and everyone else. Thank for reading!


text: WelcomeAssociation of British OrchestrasThe ABO is the national body representing the collective interests of professional orchestras, youth ensembles and the wider classical music industry throughout the UK. Our mission is to enable and support an innovative, collaborative and sustainable orchestral sector by providing advice, support, intelligence and information to the people who make British orchestras a global success.??


text:
Read from the beginning here. **Click on the images below for larger versions**
Check out the spectacles in Photo No. 30:
Too bad there's no identifying marks on this photo besides the photographer's imprint. We met Byron Barker before, way back when I posted about Photo No. 3. His studio's at a different address than for that photo though.
I previously found him at the address above in an 1886-87 Yonkers city directory. By 1892, he's at the other studio, so this photo is pre-1892.
Back to New Milford, Conn., for our next photo:
Unfortunately, we only have the photographer's imprint to go on for this photo as well. It's a studio we haven't encountered before:
Interestingly, this photographer proved harder to find. I resorted to manually searching the New Milford directories. He doesn't appear in 1884-85 or 1888-89. I did eventually find John J. Walklet listed at 27 Bank Street in the 1891-92 New Milford directory. The studio is still in New Milford, but at a different address, in 1897.
New Milford Directory, 1891-92 and 1897, J. J. Walklet; Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 March 2011).
Thompson and Fowler's Second Annual Directory of The City of Yonkers, For The Year 1886-87, p 42, Byron Barker; Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 March 2011).


text:
Reflecting on the past
Remember you have one kind friend
Whose love will always last.
Madalia Johnson
Bishop Hill
Jan. 1st, 1885
Earnest Van Osdel
Friend Helen – Honor thy father and mother. Your Friend, Charlie S. Perry. March 2, '85 Toulon, Ills.
Helen [no excuse for me] Compliments of Adelle Trickle. Feb. 12, '88. Toulon, Ill.
Mrs. Herbert Smith. Larimore, N. D.
Compliments of Theresa Volgamont. Toulon. School days 1888, March 5.
When years and months have glided by
And on this page you cast your eye
Remember 'twas a friend sincere
That left this kind remembrance here.
With best wishes for your future cheer!
Mary Christy
When far away and friends are few, think of me and I will you.
Yours Truly,
Lizzie Gemmell
Feb. 11, 1886
Some boys are pleased with your Brilliant eyes
But 'tis your worth and polished mind I prize.
Eva Edwards
Toulon, Ill.
Feb. 11, 1886
Best Wishes of Jennie Ryder
Toulon, Illinois
January 7th, 1885
The best wishes of Bessie W. Marsh
Toulon, Ill.
Jan. 7th, 1885
Katie Anderson
La Fayette, Ills.
Oct. 15, 1885
Is all we can have of the few we hold dear
And oft ever joy is unheeded and lost
For the want of some fond heart to echo it near
Ah well may we hope when this life is oer
To meet in a world of more permanent bliss
For a smile or a grasp of a hand hastening on
Is all we can have of each other in this.
Maggie Brady
Toulon, Feb. 12, '89
Look how we can sad or merrily
Interpretation will misquote your looks.
Harry Whittaker
Sunday School days of 1889
Eddie Henderson, Toulon, Ill. Feb 10th 1886
Remember your school-mate. Alice Berfield, Toulon, Stark Co, Ill.
Compliments of Flora Gelvin. Mar. 6/'88. Stringtown, Ill.
Lines to Helen. Florence McClenahan
May your life be full of sunshine. Yours Very Truly, Mardell Lyon
Helen, Ever your Friend, Minnie Trickle. Feb. 12, '89
Compliments of Your Friend and Schoolmate, Esta Cole. Toulon, Ill.
Friend Helen
Among the many who claim a kind remembrance
I too would add my name.
Your Friend
Flora Smith
Toulon, Ill. Stark Co.
Feb. 14th, 1887
Tis sweet to court but O, how bitter to court a boy and then not get him.
Your Friend
Ada Walker
Toulon, Ill.
When your at home washing dishes.
Your Friend,
Effie Holmes
Toulon, Ill.
Jan. 31, 1890
Where wood chucks lie with whooping cough.
Frank S. Price
Toulon, Ills.
Feb. 17, 1885
Jimmy A.Nowlan
Toulon, Ill.
Feb. 17, 1885


text:
Each time Summer rolls around all I can think about are bright blue skies and warm, sunny days. Whether it's time spent with a loved one or a get-together with family and friends, there's nothing quite like the perfect Summer picnic. It's my absolute favourite part of Summer! Pulling up an old wooden table by a large, shady tree and laying out some summer linens, means enjoying all the best food that Summer has to offer! Is there anything better? I just love spending long, leisurely days like this where you can lay in the grass all day and play in the sunshine. It's moments like this that have me feeling so happy the season has finally arrived... better enjoy it while you can!
— Daniella of dress, design & decor
(the lovely photo is from silk, via dress, design & decor)


text:
This is a potential security issue, you are being redirected to https://csrc.nist.gov
Draft Pubs
Final Pubs
Special Publications (SPs)
ITL Bulletins
White Papers
Journal Articles
Conference Papers
Security & Privacy
Laws & Regulations
Activities & Products
Computer Security Division
Applied Cybersecurity Division
Contact Us
Do not attempt to implement any of the settings without first testing them in a non-operational environment. Please see the National Checklist Program (NCP) website for configuration guides related to other Windows Based systems and applications.
The draft download packages contain recommended security settings; they are not meant to replace well-structured policy or sound judgment. Furthermore, these recommendations do not address site-specific configuration issues. Care must be taken when implementing these settings to address local operational and policy concerns.
These recommendations were developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which collaborated with DoD and Microsoft to produce the Windows 7, Windows 7 Firewall, Internet Explorer 8 USGCB. Pursuant to title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, these recommendations are not subject to copyright protection and are in the public domain. NIST assumes no responsibility whatsoever for their use by other parties, and makes no guarantees, expressed or implied, about their quality, reliability, or any other characteristic. We would appreciate acknowledgement if the recommendations are used.
The following sections provide the downloads for the Internet Explorer 8 USGCB Content.
VHDs are also available to use for testing.
Additional information can be found in the FAQ.
Please refer to the top-level Microsoft Content Page for the listing of all USGCB settings and associated hash values.
Please refer to the top-level Microsoft Content Page for the listing of all known issues relating to USGCB content and associated hash values.
Official MemorandaModification LogUSGCB ContentMicrosoft ContentWindows 7Windows 7 FirewallWindows VistaWindows Vista FirewallWindows XPWindows XP FirewallInternet Explorer 8Internet Explorer 7Virtual Hard DisksRedHat ContentRHEL 5Disclaimer
USGCB Inquiries firstname.lastname@example.com
Security and Privacy:
configuration management, security automation, vulnerability management,
Security and Privacy:
configuration management, security automation, vulnerability management


text:
Hp Cq56 Notebook Pc Driver Download
Hp Cq56 Notebook Pc Driver Details:
Hp Cq56 Notebook Pc File Name: hp_cq56_notebook_pc.zip
Hp Cq56 Notebook Pc Driver Version: 54142Q
Hp Cq56 Notebook Pc ZIP Size: 126.kb
Manufacturer: Hp
Scan Status: OK
Hp Cq56 Notebook Pc now has a special edition for these Windows versions: Windows 7, Windows 7 64 bit, Windows 7 32 bit, Windows 10, Windows 10 64 bit,, Windows 10 32 bit, Windows 8, Windows 10 IoT 64bit, Windows 8 32bit, Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise 64bit, Windows 7 Professional 32bit, Windows Vista Starter 32bit, Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB 32bit, Windows 8 Enterprise 64bit, Windows 10 Mobile 32bit, Windows 7 Home Basic 64bit, Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit, Windows 10 Team 64bit, Windows 7 Starter 32bit,
Hp Cq56 Notebook Pc Download Stats:
Direct Downloads: 860
Most Recent Download: 11/24/2019
Managed Downloads: 3072
Most Recent Download: 11/24/2019
Download Mirrors: 3
Current Delay: 13 Seconds
Driver License: GPL
Direct Download Success Stats:
Reports Issued By 704/860 Users
Success Reported By 94/704 Users
Driver Download Score68/100
Driver Installation Score75/100
Overall preformance Score73/100
Installation Manager Success Stats:
Reports Issued By 2332/3072 Users
Success Reported By 1798/2332 Users
Driver Download Score96/100
Driver Installation Score99/100
Overall preformance Score80/100
1. Direct DownloadSelect your OS and press "Download".
This option requires basic OS understanding.
Select Your Operating System, download zipped files, and then proceed to
manually install them.
Recommended if Hp Cq56 Notebook Pc is the only driver on your PC you wish to update.
2. Driver Installation Manager
This option requires no OS understanding.
Automatically scans your PC for the specific required version of Hp Cq56 Notebook Pc + all other outdated drivers, and installs them all at once.
After downloading and installing Hp Cq56 Notebook Pc, or the driver installation manager, take a few minutes to send us a report:
* Only registered users can upload a report.
Don't have a password?
Please register, and get one.


text:
7 Thoughtful Take-Aways from My #12NTC
An event like the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference is a big deal for an organization like VolunteerMatch. Despite the large audiences we serve, we're still a pretty small office, and the number of us on the team who are lucky enough to get out and actually meet the nonprofits we help is smaller still.
RT @ntenhross: And we're sold old! Thanks to the amazing NTEN community for our 4th straight sell out! You guys rock! #12NTC #nptech
— Robert Rosenthal (@volmatchRobert) March 26, 2012
With #12NTC held in our own backyard this year, we were fortunate to bring six of us out to the Union Square Hilton, and thank goodness. The math of three days of nonprofits, technology and 1,800 attendees meant a pretty pooped set of VolunteerMatchers by the end of the conference. And of course, our regular chores didn't exactly disappear while we were out. (I'm still following up on emails that stacked up during #12NTC. So if I owe you a note or a call, bear with me!)
But once again, this is a conference that's worth it. In terms of sharing, learning, making new friends and reconnecting with the spirit of our work, #12NTC hit the spot.
Amazing how @Kiva uses tech to involve volunteers. Shows strong link btwn great nonprofits & great volunteer engagement. #12ntcfrank #12NTC
— Robert Rosenthal (@volmatchRobert) April 3, 2012
Here are a few things I learned at 12NTC:
1. Viz is the biz.
Helped along by the inspired placement of Dan Roam's awesome Blah Blah Blah book in the conference tote bag, no topic at #12NTC was hotter than visualization. Call it the Pinterest effect, but everyone was talking about tools and trends for storytelling and reporting via images. Curation, sharing, pinning, and even digital rights were all the rage, and it's clear that the smart money is on a future where constituents aren't expected to do much long form reading.
Viz popularity is also a big reason why NTC Ignite sessions are so popular.
I am envious of people capable of the public speaking abilities required for #ignitentc #12ntc
— Ragavin Coridon (@ragavin) April 4, 2012
2. We all have a role to play.
#12NTC isn't produced by slick brands with big budgets. While our friends at the organizer NTEN do a great job bringing everyone together, being inclusive and providing a framework for a great couple of days, they can't do it all. As NTC grows each year, it's even more important that side-line events, sponsors, planners, volunteers and note takers all get actively involved.
Tks for coming out to #NTCSFParty tonight, everyone! Too many awesome ppl to acknowledge right now, but what a great start to #12NTC!
— Robert Rosenthal (@volmatchRobert) April 3, 2012
For our part, we threw a party on the eve of the conference's first night. With 250 folks coming in, clearly there was a need for an organized event on the front-end of #12NTC. We were glad to step up, along with our co-sponsors.
3. We're getting better with our tech – because we have no choice.
Nonprofit tech used to be a backwater… not anymore. Today, every effective nonprofit is also proficient with technology. It's the only way we can reach our audiences, engage and inspire supporters, and deliver services.
In my field, communications, the number of tools we have to juggle is crazy. According to a Communicopia report, [PDF] the typical smaller nonprofit digital team manages an average of 12 web properties (a website, a blog, accounts at Flickr, Facebook, Linkedin, wikis, etc.)
4. Email isn't going anywhere.
Social media may be exploding, but the chorus of expert voices warning nonprofits not to abandon email as the main engagement channel for volunteers and donors is just getting louder. Organizations need to learn how to use it effectively at nearly every step towards success.
5. The volunteer-fundraising divide is still a broad chasm.
Giving time, giving money. In both cases supporters are giving resources to a nonprofit. Once again at NTC, I saw no deeply integrated systems or ideas for recruiting and managing supporters in both areas, and I met lots of development staff and volunteer coordinators who are worlds apart in their approaches and budgets.
Some of the online social fundraising platforms like Fundly, Razoo and Causes are helping the field to close that gap — to think of social fundraising as a kind of volunteering — but this is still a work in progress.
6. The shadow conference only grows.
Each year, it seems like more and more of NTC takes place outside of the sessions. This year, the hotel lobby seemed to be rocking with nonprofit technology industry insiders meeting and greeting, but generally ignoring the good stuff going on inside.
To an outsider, it may appear as if these folks already know what's going on in the Nonprofit Technology world. Sadly, this group is missing the great stuff that's going on inside, while the tech revolution continues to evolve and change under their very noses. It's easy to miss change when it happens.
7. The debate about innovation is raging.
Greg Baldwin: We didn't know why NOT to build a #nonprofit that wouldn't be dependent on philanthropy forever #12ntc
— Robert Rosenthal (@volmatchRobert) April 5, 2012
Our CEO, Greg Baldwin, joined Meg Garlinghouse, Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, and Brian Reich in conversation with Beth Kanter about innovaton at nonprofits. While Reich argued that few NPOs are doing truly innovative things — otherwise, wouldn't more problems be getting solved? — a big chunk of the tweeting audience in the room called double standard on the critique. Others said it was a good reminder whether we should be pursuing innovation at all at the expense of incremental gain in efficiency and scale.
@brianreich says B Corps a response to dud social sector -I strongly disagree: B Corps are response to dud for-profit sector. #12ntc
— Robert Rosenthal (@volmatchRobert) April 5, 2012
A week later, TechSoup's Co-CEO Daniel Ben Horin published this interesting article about the debate.
These are just my thoughts… I've pulled together a fun list of other folks' recasts on the conference to give you a clearer picture:


text:
You may not use anything I made in whole or in-part in for-profit mods. This is non-negotiable. You may use parts of my work for nexus donation points mods, but not in whole.
You may port my ORIGINAL work to SSE, but anything I didn't make is subject to its own permissions, and you ignore those at you own risk. I will also NOT support SSE ports of my mods, because I didn't make them. If you ported one of my mods to SSE, make it clear I do not want to be asked about them here.
In modding I go by a number of names. I'm usually known as Halofarm, but my real name is Chris.
I created this blog as a way to share all my mods in a singular place, without having to worry about permissions, and not having to worry about opinions on my work. People who are here are generally here to look at the mods, and not to bitch and moan.
Lastly, thanks for visiting my mods blog, and if you downloaded something, thanks for enjoying my work, or at least giving it a chance.
A note about permissions:
You have my full permission to reuse any part of my original material in your own mods. You also have my full permission to redistribute and reupload my mods. Just make sure you give me credit.
Also, and this part is very important: YOU MAY DISREGARD ANY NOTE IN MY READMES PROHIBITING UPLOAD TO SKYRIM NEXUS. You ARE ALLOWED to upload mods to Skyrim nexus, no matter what the mod is. I would, however, recommend caution in your choices, since some mods may contain things which can't be uploaded there due to nexus rules, and not my own distribution permissions.
Lastly, please PAY ATTENTION to the conversion distribution permissions. Any outfit conversion is NOT my work, and you must check that you are allowed to modify or convert them, and obtain permissions yourself, where required. I will not be held responsible for your failure to do so. Likewise, please PAY ATTENTION to the permissions of mods in the third party section, as they were not made by me, and I do not control their permissions.
I greatly appreciate any small donation you might offer. Do not feel obligated to donate. This button is simply here for those who genuinely wish to help me out.
Donations are not payment for modding. They simply go towards helping me keep my server running, or other miscellaneous monetary concerns stated at the time, if requested, and I will continue modding with or without them. Donations with modding demands attached will be returned. I appreciate donations given as thanks for my time or effort, but I do not wish to be actively paid to work on mods. I do this for my own pleasure, in my own time, at my own pace.


text:
This site uses cookies.
About our cookie policy.
6x4 Apex Overlap Dip Treated Shed
Product code:
Our 6x4 Overlap Apex Shed with window provides an ideal storage space for your garden tools, equipment and furniture
- 10-year anti-rot guarantee
- Dip treated timber construction
- 7mm overlap cladding
- 28 x 28mm framing
- Extra height eaves
- Fully braced and ledged single door
- Manufactured from FSC certified timber from sustainable sources
- Fixtures, fittings, felt and instructions included
- Essential Extras
Out of stock
- Accessories
- Specification
- Description
- Delivery & Returns
|Assembly Time (estimated)
|4 hours
|Cladding Thickness
|Construction Type
|Depth at Base
|Depth including Overhang
|Door Height
|Door Type
|Single Door
|Door Width
|Eaves Height
|Floor Material
|Floor Thickness
|Framing Size
|6' x 4'
|Glazing Material
|Polycarbonate Glazing
|10 years
|Height at Highest Point
|Locking System
|Hasp and staple
|Number of Windows
|1 window
|Packaged Weight
|Ridge Height
|Roof Covering
|Roof Material
|OSB (Oriented strand board)
|Roof Thickness
|Roof Style
|Dip treated
|Width at Base
|Width including Overhang
Our 6x4 Overlap Apex Shed with window provides an ideal storage space for your garden tools, equipment and furniture. With a robust and durable build, this high quality shed will protect your belongings and keep your much loved garden space clutter free.
Constructed from hardwearing dip treated timber and square cut overlap cladding, this garden shed is fully capable of withstanding harsh weather and conditions. The weatherproof felted roof with thick roof battens and hardwearing sheet material floor ensure this wooden shed is robust in build from top to bottom. An impressive 10-year anti-rot guarantee is included so, with periodic retreatment, you can be sure your new shed will be a long lasting addition to your garden.
The sturdy braced door with double "Z" framing features hidden hinges and a plate hasp with staple latch offers the option to add a padlock for maximum security. To suit your needs, the door can be hung on either side. The window allows plenty of natural light into the garden building and the unbreakable polycarbonate will not become yellow or brittle over time. The generous eaves provide easier movement for you and more storage space for your garden equipment.
Finished with a smooth planed barge board and finial, this attractive shed will be a long lasting, high quality storage solution for your garden.
Our aim is to fulfil all orders as quickly as possible, using prompt and efficient delivery methods.
This may involve a delivery direct from our own warehouse or delivery direct from the manufacturer who will use their own carrier or an independent courier service (depending on order size and geographical location).
We offer FREE delivery on orders over £200. All orders under £200 will be subject to a delivery charge of just £4.99 no matter how much you order. Postcode surcharges apply to certain destinations.
*For all fencing and decking orders, there is an additional £19.99 surcharge for each order. In addition to this, some extended lead time postal codes will incur an additional charge.
Pick a Day delivery is not available for Scottish postcodes, instead delivery will be 3 - 4 weeks from the date of the order. A delivery surcharge of £49.99 is applicable to the following Scottish postcodes: AB, DD, DG, EH, FK, G, IV, KW, KA, KY, ML, PA, PH and TD.
Please Note - delivery is NOT available to the following locations: CA, CO, DH, DL, DT3-7, EX, IP, LA, LN7, LN12-13, LS21-22, ME, NE, PL, SR, TA20-22, TQ, TR, TS & Channel Islands, Northern Ireland, Isle of Wight, Isle of Man, Isles of Scilly, Scottish Islands.
If a product is required to arrive before a specific date - for example, a playhouse for a child's birthday - or you are concerned about access for any large products, please contact us for advice and assistance.
Where applicable our products are delivered flat packed, direct to your home and are supplied with a comprehensive set of instructions to help you get started.
All plants and living products are delivered in robust and sturdy boxes with inner bags to stop compost flying around during transit. All our packaging is eco-friendly. Visit "our packaging story" on the home page for more details.
We aim to make the checkout page as simple as possible for you but, should you have any questions, please give one our friendly team of advisors a call who will happily talk this through with you.


text:
- Details
- Specs
- Reviews
- What's Included
Many of the latest portable media devices and cameras utilize a Type-B Mini HDMI output. Unfortunately most of the latest HDTV's and Monitors do not use a compatible input; they use a Type-A Standard HDMI input. This cable is the perfect solution to convert from Minio HDMI to standard HDMI, so you can share all of your video, photos and other media with your friends, family and colleagues. The Calrad 55-646-3 HDMI Male to Micro HDMI Male High Speed Cable is the quickest and easiest way to get content from your Mini HDMI device to your HDTV in a simple plug and play format. This cable is also available in 10 foot and 6 foot lengths.
Specifications Manufacturer Calrad, Calrad, Electronics Manufacturer Product No. 55-646-3 UPC 601520564647 Connections 1x - Type-A Standard HDMI; 1x - Type-B Mini HDMI Cable Length 30 Feet High-Defintion Support Yes, 1080p 3D Support Yes
- 1x - Calrad 55-646-3 HDMI Male to Mini HDMI Male High Speed Cable, 3 Foot


text:
Web Coverage/ Summary
IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) has produced daily web coverage and a summary report from this meeting. To download our report, click the HTML or PDF icons below.
29 September
Tweets by @IISDRS
Fifth Forest Investment Program (FIP) Pilot Countries Meeting
24-26 September 2013 | Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Daily web coverage
(click on the following links to see our daily web pages)
24 September
25 September
26 September
Highlights for Thursday, 26 September 2013
Participants pose for a photo at the Playen Superior Teak Plantation. These fast-growing teak trees can be harvested at five years of age, instead of the usual fifteen years.
On Thursday, 26 September, participants gathered for a field trip to view a number of the activities of the Yogyakarta Forest Management Unit (FMU, known as KPH or Kapeha in Indonesia). In the morning, delegates visited the Mangunan Pine Forest, the Playen Community Forest and the Playen Superior Teak Plantations. In the afternoon, participants visited the Wanagama Rehabilitation and Experimental Forest and the Sendangmole Cajuput Industry.
At the Mangunan Pine Forest, participants were able to view resin tapping, which provides households with an additional income of approximately US$100 a month. The visit to the Playen Community Forest was an opportunity to view a community empowerment initiative supported by the Government of Indonesia, which was implemented in 1998 to counter a wave of illegal logging. The Playen Superior Teak Plantation provided an example of young plantings of Nusantara Superior Teak, which is a fast-growing variety developed through biotechnology.
The Wanagama Rehabilitation and Experimental Forest provided participants with an opportunity to view successful restoration of a degraded area that was previously cleared of native teak trees in the 1940s. It was established in 1964 as an educational and experimental forest that is now used for tree genetic trials, silviculture, and conservation of mahogany, black ebony and other species. At the Sendangmole Cajuput Industry, participants were able to see cajuput oil production in which the cajuput leaves were steamed and the oil separated through a condensation process.
Following a tree planting ceremony, Andrea Kutter, FIP Senior Program Coordinator, CIF Administrative Unit, expressed appreciation to the Government of Indonesia for all arrangements and the warm hospitality shown to delegates. Teguh Rahardja, Ministry of Forestry, Indonesia, thanked everyone for their participation and wished them safe travels home.
Mangunan Pine Forest
Resin extracted from trees
Field trip participants heard about the history of the plantation and
sampled some of the food crops grown under the pine trees, such as peanuts and cassava.
Participants viewing the storage of resin tapped at the Mangunan Pine Forest.
Locally made batik and handcrafts made using by-products of the pine trees and resin.
Community Forest
Field trip participants heard that the government has licensed many community groups, under the community forest scheme, to harvest the timber within demarcated plots at the end of a 15-year growth period.
Teak Plantation
Budi Leksono
, Ministry of Forestry, Indonesia, briefed participants on the Nusantara Superior Teak species, which has a shortened growing cycle of 5-20 years, instead of the usual 60-80 years.
Mohammed Na'iem
, Gadjah Mada University, explained how Wanagama was established for restoration of a degraded area, education, and experiments in silviculture.
Participants viewed a short film about the history of Wanagama over lunch.
Participants noted the steps taken to restore topsoil and reforest the Wanagama site.
Cajuput Oil Production
View of the Cajuput Oil Industry
Participants heard that the Yogyakarta KPH produces approximately 46,000 litres of cajuput oil a year.
Melaleuca leaves ready to be loaded into the one-tonne capacity industrial boilers,
where they will be steamed for four hours before the oil is extracted.
Tree Planting Ceremony
Participants took part in a tree-planting exercise at Wanagama,
marking individual trees with their names and organizations in memory of their visit.
Bottles of cajuput oil on sale, produced from cajuput leaves trucked in daily from the FMU's 4,000 hectares of Melaleuca forest.
Your IISD team. L-R:
Diego Noguera
, Colombia;
Kate Louw
, South Africa; and
Delia Paul
, Malaysia.
Funding for coverage of this meeting has been provided by
Daily web coverage
(click on the following links to see our daily web pages)
24 September
25 September
26 September
Related Links
CIF resources
Meeting website
Provisional agenda
FIP website
Fourth FIP Pilot Country Meeting
, 31 October 2013, Istanbul, Turkey
Third FIP Pilot Country Meeting
, 2-3 April 2012, Brasilia, Brazil
Second FIP Pilot Country Meeting
, 22 June 2011, Cape Town, South Africa
First FIP Pilot Country Meeting
, 7-8 November 2010, Washington, DC, United States of America
IISD RS resources
IISD RS coverage of the
Fifth meeting of pilot countries participating in the Scaling Up Renewable Energy Program in Low Income Countries (SREP)
, 28-30 May 2013, Bandos Island, Maldives
IISD RS coverage of the
Seventh meeting of the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) Pilot Countries
, 1-3 May 2013, Washington, DC, United States of America
IISD RS coverage of the
CIF 2012 Partnership Forum and Associated Events
, 30 October - 7 November 2012, Istanbul, Turkey
IISD RS coverage of the
2011 CIF Partnership Forum
, 24-25 June 2011, Cape Town, South Africa
2011 CIF Partnership Forum Proceedings
- Production by IISD in collaboration with the CIF Administrative Unit
IISD RS archive of forestry meetings and backgrounder
- A news and announcement list on forest policy issues
Forests Policy & Practice
- A Knowledgebase of International Activities Adressing Forests Policy
- A mailing list for news on climate change policy
Climate Change Policy & Practice
- A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Activities Addressing Global Climate Change Policy
Linkages Update
- Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news
Questions about the content of this page? E-mail the
Digital Editor
| Back to
IISD RS "Linkages"
| Visit
| Send e-mail to
© 201
, IISD. All rights reserved.


text:
We have moved to a new forum system. All your posts and data should have transferred over. Welcome, to the new Serebii Forums. Details hereDismiss Notice
Be sure to join the discussion on our discord at: Discord.gg/serebiiDismiss Notice
If you're still waiting for the e-mail, be sure to check your junk/spam e-mail foldersDismiss Notice
Pokemon Dream World Discussion Thread - Read the FAQ in the first post!
Discussion in 'Pokémon Generation V Discussion' started by Pink sneasel, Oct 13, 2010.
- Thread Status:
- Not open for further replies.
Page 809 of 867
Page 809 of 867
- Thread Status:
- Not open for further replies.


text:
A few months ago, I read this article about a man who was a week into his effort to complete what might be the greatest pizza-eating feat in the history of humankind. Thanks to an article in the Chicago Tribune, we now know the man's name is Craig Scharoff, he has a remarkably forgiving palate, and that if he made it through the entire month of October eating no food other than sausage pizza (with optional additional toppings), he stood to make a four-figure sum.
Well, the challenge has come to an end and Scharoff can expect a check from his business partner, Ron Kaplan. To anyone who followed the thread atLTH Forum about Scharoff's quest, his success is no surprise. The man made it clear by the middle of October 2012 that he was an unstoppable pizza-eating force. He happily wolfed down pies regardless of their origin, seemingly getting as much pleasure from concession stand slices as he did from meticulously crafted high-quality pies.
Scharoff claims the challenge was easy. When asked if there was ever a point that he thought he might not make it, he said "not even close" and that he could do another 30 days if not for all the pictures and documenting he had to do. Both here and on the LTH thread, people questioned the effect of the challenge on Scharoff's health. Not only did he eat absolutely no vitamins or take any aids in the vein of Metamucil, but he never felt sick the entire month and, as of October 29, he lost 6 pounds since the challenge began.
That morning, Scharoff ate some of his wife's homemade wild rice soup. That was to be followed by a wide array of foods while tailgating before this afternoon's Bears game. Tonight, this great man, this pizza-eating machine, this hero to us all...tonight, he plans to eat pizza.
[Update] It turns out that Scharoff had a lot of leftovers from his tailgate, so he did not return to pizza last night. Too bad for him as it turns out the human digestive system can get used to eating nothing but pizza and does not react well to a return to a varied diet. Finally, Scharoff had a change of heart and instead of demanding the $2,000 payment from Kaplan, the pair decided to donate the money to the Northern Illinois Food Bank. Kudos to them both!


text:
[Page 105]
The Jews who were representatives in those times were the Rabbi of the Minyan, and the sons of the town's community who were represented in the Duma by 2 or 3 delegates. These were wealthy merchants and rich landlords who had close relations with the ruling powers. However, they had no close local contacts with the kehilla (the Jewish community council), and their function was, in the best case, as emissaries for specific individuals, or for specific cases close to their hearts. In their position, they saw their role as the supporting basis for social and political Jewish day-to-day activities. The majority of Jews were robbed of their basic civil rights as citizens, as they were in the whole of Russia.
The national rights of a unified Jewish community collectively had never been claimed, as no one had ever had the courage to demand it. The Tsarist powers saw the Jewish kehilla only as a religious entity that satisfied their religious needs and served as an institution, formed by the Gabbeys (synagogue deacons). The authorities charged these Gabbeys with the responsibility of overseeing the collection of the Karafke (meat tax), the schools and the houses of learning, sacred matters and other religious institutions. They ruled over the community with a strong hand and with arrogance, not taking into account the real needs of the community, and doing as they pleased.
Because the town of Brest and it's fortress were on the frontline in World War 1, in August 1915, before the German took it over, the city was forcibly evacuated, especially the Jewish residents. The Jews were scattered over the surrounding towns and villages, which subsequently also became occupied by the Germans. The majority of the Jewish inhabitants were deported into Greater Russia. At the end of 1918, the Jews who were refugees in Poland and neighboring towns returned to the destroyed and damaged city, as well as the refugees who escaped back from Russia. Brest soon developed back into the typical Jewish town. The city also received a great amount of aid from American Jewry. The renaissance and rebuilding of the city took 6 years. When Poland occupied the city in 1919, many Poles were settled in Brest, taking over all the key government positions and sinecures. The Polish authorities did not however, alter the character of Jewish Brest and the composition of it' representative organizations. Although Jewish Brest by far had the majority of numbers, they were not represented in the administrative and municipal powers of the city.
The main influence was retained by the older, original residents, the White Russians who had lived there previously, as well as those who came from the neighbouring villages to settle in the city, and who intended to take from the Jews their economic livelihood (their shops, market stalls and small factories). These aims were embedded in the city council, which was led by the spirit of Polish nationalism without any connection to the broader community.
Circled around these 'representatives' were several Jewish landlords and businessmen, as before, under the Russians, they simply represented the Jewish inhabitants, they did not represent any Jewish institutions. During the years 1922-1925 Greenbaum, established a division of the Jewish national council, and the fully elected member of the above council who represented it was a Mr. H. Milner. He was very much involved in the restructuring the official representation to the district government of the Polesie region, of which Brest was the capital.
The abovementioned period saw a blossoming of Jewish community activities. The local populace founded political parties, economic, cultural and educational institutions. Amongst the workers various movements arose those were all connected to the activities of the American Jewish community and welfare organizations, which affected all Jewish life in Poland. Especially in Brest, a town who had accepted many refugees and with the help of American aid, was helping to rehabilitate them. Thanks to the great economic assistance from overseas Jewish communities, their positions strengthened and they were able to accommodate the refugees who came from Russia, providing medical help, soup kitchens, housing, schools, pre-schools, religious schools and clubs.
Following World War 1, in an environment of economic upheaval and development, the majority of the Jewish 'street' turned to left wing politics and extreme left political parties.
From within the community, there arose factions amongst the economic sectors - merchants, small businessmen and tradesmen, who saw the importance of guarding their professional and economic interests. These factions were under the influence of the 'Peoples Movement', they had their own means of dealing with the Polish authorities, and they behaved and acted quietly, so as not to antagonise the ruling powers.
The Zionist parties represented the national identity. In the front line was the organization of the general Zionists, led by L.Winnikoff and his supporters, who came from 'El Hamishmar'. There was also a Mizrachi organization - in general the ordinary Jew in Poland leant towards the rabbinical movements, which were affiliated to the 'Agudat Israel'.
The Jewish intelligentsia circles in those days had not shown a great inclination towards community activity. The majority were not involved with and had no agenda for social reform, with some exceptions, they were isolated from the general community they would meet in social clubs and were occupied with the activities of daily life.
Amongst the prominent (Herschaftnikes) there were extreme left circles in the forefront were the Jewish communists, then the Poale Zion (leftists) and Tzirei Zion who later formed the Poale Zion party, and the Bund. These parties all conducted cultural and propaganda activities, and obtained important positions in all the communal institutions.
In 1926, at the beginning of the Pilsudski upheaval, the demand grew for new elections; there was talk of nominating a Jewish deputy to the town's president. To this aim, H. Wilner was appointed. Together with the Polish military takeover, which resulted from the Polish victory over the Soviets, they announced that there would be new elections held for the Brest City Council, with democratic overtones.
Then the Brest Jews had an opportunity to take part in an active manner in democratic elections for the 1st time. These elections stirred the Jewish community and shook them out of their apathy. The Jews received a proper representation according to their proportion of the local population. In 1922, the Brest Jews were part of the 2nd Polish Parliament of the Polesie Province. On the general list of national minorities, they elected a Jewish member, H. Minzberg of the Agudat Israel Party. They elected representatives of the townspeople, Zionists, and also trades and artisans, and representatives of all the Jewish workers' groups that were active in Brest. However, because the Poles did not get number of votes that they had expected to, or because of the groupings of the persons on the Polish lists, the district governor (Vovoide), cancelled the results and called for new elections that took place two months later. The second elections did not alter the ratio of Jews to Poles. This was then followed by a change in the Polish representative system. The government accepted the newly elected and the election results were ratified, and the first meeting of the city council was called.
Before the elections, the Senatzia Party (Pilsudski's followers) were seeking contact with the Jewish representative with a view to unite to overthrow the ruling powers of the Nationalists in the city council.
At a meeting at the home of one of the Jewish councilmen, H. Zablud, (representing the artisans), several members of the provincial government participated and almost all the Jewish members of the city council. They came to an agreement to do everything possible to avoid the re-election of the former head of the city council (an articled judge), even going as far as walking out of the meeting to force the nomination of a new chairman. And so it happened. Three times the Jews and the so-called progressive Poles left the meeting, forcing the provincial governor to exert his full power and nominate Tomasz Tsalon as head of the city council. Tsalon was a locksmith by profession in the Zaglembie district, he was a member of the P.P.S., who had been accused of revolutionary activity in the past and sent to Siberia.
On the occasion of the Polish resurrection, he was elected chairman of the city council, at that time he was an outspoken man with socialist, worldly outlooks, which he later abandoned when he attained high office.
With the advent of Tsalon as Brest's representative, there began a new era in the community and of Jewish life in particular. Tsalon sought affiliation with the Jewish councilors and also with the members of the socialists groups P.P.S., the leftist Politieren, Poale Zion, the Bund, Ukrainian Socialists, and non-party workers (Communists). He sought, and received, the support of the progressive groups in the city council, and benefited from their support, as he was therefore not beholden to the Provincial Government. Tsalon thereby created an expectation to a certain extent that the aims and demands of the Jewish councilors and the working classes represented by the socialist groups would be achieved.
Regarding the position of deputy Mayor, they were unanimous that this should be held by a Jew. Within a short time the delegate elected was H. Wilner, however, he did not hold this position long, because shortly after, he became ill and died. His sudden death hit the Jewish community hard.
To fill this position, Avraham Levinson was proposed. At the time, he was a member of the Polish parliament, and through this position was appointed temporarily as deputy mayor until the subsequent elections of the city council. With the arrival of A. Levinson there began a period of more intensive and widespread activities in the city council, and also in the Zionist movement in the city. The phenomenon of Jewish city councilors brought out and accentuated the national Jewish pride. This was an appropriate opportunity to demand the rights of the Jewish community, who were the majority in the Polesie district. These demands were aimed at enabling the participation of Jews in all the activities of the civil self-government.
For instance: the proportional employment of Jewish workers in the public works and construction projects of the city council, as well as its' bureaucracy.
Substantial financial assistance for Hebrew and Jewish classes that the government had classified as private.
Strengthening the Jewish medical and social institutions, such as hospitals, orphanages, old-age homes and youth hostels.
Subsidies for 'TOZ' (The society of public health), which was active in the Polish health institutions. As well as subsidies for the ORT trades schools, evening courses in Hebrew and Yiddish and for public Jewish libraries. The Jewish councilors never missed an opportunity to bring forward these demands and to make every effort to realize them.
The independence of the Mayor, Tsalon, made it possible to present these demands, as the ultimate decision- making was in the hands of the provincial government. The Jewish representatives were present at every city council meeting and they presented their demands in Yiddish. This had a resounding effect; each of those councilors presented his demands in the name of his organization, made clearer and more understandable, and with the correct motives. The proposers, who had the full support of the Jewish masses, often used descriptive and heart-rending terms in their speeches.
The reaction to these demands was slow and frustrating. The mayor Tsalon, tried to satisfy the basic demands, such as employment of Jewish labourers, hiring a Jewish employee in every municipal department so that Jews could communicate with them in Yiddish. He also made efforts with the provincial government not to cut the funding for the Jewish schools, social and cultural institutions in the city.
However, he did not succeed, and cuts were made in a drastic fashion. The ceiling on funds for the Jewish institutions rose from year to year - they never received their full allowance.
As the establishment of the State schools was financed by the city council and the provincial government, the Polish city councilors and the provincial government argued that the Jews could send their children to the public elementary schools and trade schools which were supported by the city administration and financed by the government. Theoretically. Jews could benefit from the government social and health institutions (the city hospitals, orphanages, etc.), but the reality was entirely different. The administrations of those institutions, the attitude of it's Polish speaking employees, the Polish language that most of the Jewish residents had not mastered, the anti-Semitic atmosphere, all these had taken away from the Jews the possibility of benefiting from these facilities, and they quickly chose the Jewish institutions. It was also possible that the government cut the funding allotted to them by the city council because it was widely known that the Jews greatly cared for their own institutions and would resist any government interference. It was revealed that at a time when the city council was greatly concerned with education, health, and social work, all which it supported and subsidized with a broad hand, that the Jews were forced to pay for their own services and be dependant on the support of the Joint, which donated generously.
It must be stressed that this relationship improved in the period 1930-1933, when the allotted subsidies have helped the annual budgets of the hospitals, orphanages and schools.
The chief element of the city's administration were the Jewish councilors from the working classes, who united in a Socialist grouping which included the P.P.S. (Polska Party Socialist), both branches of the Poale Zion, the ultra left groups and the representatives of the Ukrainian socialists. Those groups unity was not an official one, they were united by their common needs and goals at the time., and one should realise that in all the Jewish demands and needs that were incorporated into the city budget, the Jews had the support of these socialist councilors, in contrast to the attitude of the P.P.S. in the main cities of Poland and the capitol (Warsaw).
To a certain extent, this attitude of the P.P.S. councilors was the result of their identifying with the cause of Polish nationalism. Polish nationalism as a whole was imbued with anti-Semitic spirit. The P.P.S. in Brest had friendly relations with the Poale Zion and the Bund. They would march on the 1st May, they would organize public demonstrations and large public meetings at which they would appear with fiery speeches.
In 1928, when a large tract of land was given to the council for its' disposal, a Jewish plan surfaced to employ the Halutzim (Pioneer Zionists) movement to develop the land into a village, to be used for the purpose of agricultural training (Hachshara). However, this village was transferred to the authority of the central government.
The Jews were represented in the city council's commissions and presided over important commissions such as the budget and finance, but in reality, the majority of economic decisions were not made by the city administration, but by the district government. This government governed according to the national trend against minorities in general and Jews in particular. The aim, held by both the central government and the provincial government, was to make the Jews life more difficult, and to hinder their progress and development.
All plans and projects for technical and sanitary improvements were designed in reality to eliminate the Jews from any economic advantage and to transfer their positions to Poles.
A glaring example of this was the question of the town's market. This market had always been in Jewish hands and served as the source of the livelihoods and economic income for thousands of Jewish families. All the region's peasants came there to trade; there was a flourishing trade in horses, cattle and agricultural products. The artisans and tradesmen that the peasants needed all worked there, the majority of small businesses were all in this market.
Suddenly, in 1928, the Polish provincial government that presided in Brest demanded that the city administration enact the transfer of the market to a district inhabited solely by Poles.
This demand was made on the argument of health and sanitation.
The Jewish representatives, without exception, saw in these demands an attempt to undermine the very existence of the Jewish masses the workers and tradesmen of the small stores, workshops and factories. They delayed and obstructed the tabling of this issue on the daily agendas and when the matter was eventually presented, they mobilized all their powers to defeat the motion. Because of this, the supervising authorities (the provincial government), several times proposed that the city council hold new elections, occasionally bringing about changes, sometimes there was an addition of several councilors to the Jewish group, sometimes to the Polish groups, but basically nothing changed because the city council did not have the required majority to reach a conclusive decision. Thus, after every two years, the city council was dismissed and reassembled after new elections, thinking that this time the situation would change until the time that the government attained the essential majority of Poles and Jewish sycophants. This occurred after the government introduced the concept of district elections that was especially detrimental to the Jews and other minorities.
The Polish government in 1934 enacted this law for the whole of Poland.
Let's recall several positive decisions which had been adopted due to Jewish demands, and which were ratified by the supervising authorities:
1) The I.L.Peretz street. Several times, at the Jewish workers' representatives' insistence, the city council decided to change the name of Dluga St. to Peretz St. The provincial government on various pretexts never confirmed the decision (in that street there were several Polish government high schools), and they resisted the pressure to rename the street after a Jewish writer. Later the renaming was proposed for another street in the centre of town occupied exclusively by Jews. This proposition was accepted and enacted by the government so that Topolowa St. became Peretz St. The name remains until today, although there are no Jews left in Brest.
2) The department of Hebrew and Yiddish literature in the municipal library. We requested a separate department in the town's library, the majority of whose subscribers and readers were Jewish. Instead of a reply, came the excuse, that there was no librarian that would be able to manage this and that it was not possible to employ Jewish staff specifically for this purpose.
Agreement was eventually reached with the head of the city council that the city's budget would set aside a certain sum to open a separate department for Hebrew and Yiddish books.
However, because of technical difficulties in relation to opening such a department this sum was given to the Tel Chai Yiddish library that was under the leadership of the Poale Zion, and became known as the Zionist library in the city. The money was diverted to buy books on the list that had been approved by the city administration. The city budget introduced a column titled 'Judaica' without mentioning the above agreement and the provincial government later endorsed it. The sum was handed over to the Tel Chai library and new Yiddish and Hebrew books were purchased bearing the stamp of the city council.
3) In all the religious events, especially holy days, attention was given to divide equally between the Jews and the gentiles. Subsidies were handed over to the religious leaders under the supervision of a special committee of councilors. This is how, for example, the Hachshara kibbutz was able to obtain matzos for Passover, bought by these funds.
4) It remained established that amongst the delegates who assembled from all the Polish cities (which was a basic part of the government constitution), that there were always Jewish representatives ranging from the workers groups to the general Jewish public.
5) From the first elections in 1926 until the first half of 1934 there were four elections of the city council. Every two years the provincial government had dismissed the city council and called for new elections. The last time was 1934 when it decided on a revolutionary ruling on the elections, which was directed against minorities, especially the Jews. In Brest as elsewhere, new elections were declared according to this new law with the district system.
Every district was nominated in a strongly proscribed manner with the number of mandates that belonged to it dependent on the decision of the government bodies.
The Senatzia party that existed in Poland prior to World War 11 (1934-1939) imposed their will on all the Polish inhabitants of the Kressy (the formerly Russian territories). An exemption was made for the general Zionists of the Al Hamishmar group headed by L. Winnikoff. This was not to the liking of the ruling Senatzia party and the city's Polish rulers. H. Winnikoff did not agree to appear under their patronage in the last elections in which the ruling powers embraced the methods of intimidation and fear. They did not allow the Jews to vote according to their own free will. Thus ended the chapter of independent representation of the Brest Jews in the city's self-government that in practical reality had lasted from 1926-1935. From then until the outbreak of World War 11 in 1939 there were Jewish representatives in the city council, but in reality they had no influence over the resolutions or decisions on the various issues.
At the time of the Brest pogrom, on the Eve of Shavuot 1937, the Jewish councilors were almost silenced; they also could not react later to the events that occurred as they should have at the city council's tribunal. They were suppressed by the dominating power of the Senatzia Party, which brought Poland to the brink of disaster.
After the expulsion order by General Leeming in 1915, the town was burnt down and only 25% of the buildings that remained were habitable. In 1918 when the expelled Brest inhabitants returned to their city, they organized a new kehilla council. The town was then under Ukrainian domination, and a Ukrainian governor was in power until 1919.
When the refugees returned they elected a reputable businessman, Reb.Zalman Tennenbaum as chairman of the kehilla council. When the Ukrainians left the city, they were replaced by Poles, and Reb. Avraham Yitzchak Bleiweis was elected as chairman of the kehilla council. He was a Jew with a good heart and the highest morals, a man of the people, and a Dayan (judge) of the rabbinical court. Among the leaders and members of the kehilla were Itzchak Winnikoff, Aaron Ludski and Shmuel Pomerantz. They were followed by Shmuel Lichtenstein who was elected as president of the kehilla; he was an orthodox Jew, a shrewd businessman and the right hand of Rabbi Zeev Soleveitchik. Shmuel Lichtenstein was a tireless social worker who achieved much in the field of education. The fourth representative of the kehilla was Chaim Boruch Kaviatopski, an educated orthodox Jew who was burnt to death by the Germans when they entered the city . it was said that he confronted them and was murdered.
The period of the kehilla administration under Rabbi Zelig was ended by royal patronage from Moscow. Dr. Dov Kagan was the president of the kehilla in the time of Polish rule. The son in law of Benjamin Vigdorovitch, a rich Brest merchant and landowner, he donated 25,000 with which they began to build a new hospital, which was finished in 1921 together with financial aid from the Joint. During this period the kehilla council built several buildings.
The kehilla council had no official authority but it took on the registration and issuing of birth records. It was only after the Second Sejm (parliament), that a law was passed giving the kehillas of the Kressy (former Russian territories) the full rights of an official government institution.
|1917 Conference of Jewish Communists
JewishGen, Inc. makes no representations regarding the accuracy of
the translation. The reader may wish to refer to the original material
for verification.
JewishGen is not responsible for inaccuracies or omissions in the original work and cannot rewrite or edit the text to correct inaccuracies and/or omissions.
Our mission is to produce a translation of the original work and we cannot verify the accuracy of statements or alter facts cited.
Brest Lit(owsk), Belarus Yizkor Book Project JewishGen Home Page
Copyright © 1999-2019 by JewishGen, Inc.
Updated 24 Aug 2007 by LA


text:
This is Ezili. She's my brand new death knight that I made just for this round. However, she's a troll like my other death knight. I guess I don't like trolls. I don't know why actually. I love having them around, I just don't want to be one!
Anyway. She hears voices. At first, it was the Lich Kings voice and now, she is drawn to Silithus, where deep in Ahn'Qiraj, C'thun awaits her.
She attends her new lord and master in the finest she has:
On her head she wears the Crown of Anasterian, which drops off Kil'jaeden in Sunwell Plataeu.
On her shoulders, she sports Brackenshell Shoulderplates, which drop off Morchok in the Dragon Soul.
Her back is the Cape of the Brotherhood, which she reclaimed from "Captain" Cookie in the low level Deadmines.
Her chestpiece is the Gendarme's Cuirass that Lord Marrowgar drops in Icecrown Citadel 25 Heroic.
Her gloves are the Gauntlets of the Wretched from General Vezax in Ulduar 10 man.
Her belt is the Runescriven Demon Collar from Hagara the Stormbinder in Dragon Soul Heroic.
Her pants are the Mightstone Legplates which is from a quest in Borean Tundra.
Her boots are the Veteran's Plate Greaves, which you can buy from a vendor on Isle of Quel'Danas.
And lastly, her weapon is Kalimdor's Revenge, which was bestowed upon her by Emperor Vek'nilash in Ahn'Qiraj.
Her weapon sports the eye of her God, showing him everything she fights.
"Your heart will explode." ~ C'thun


text:
Make your course come to Life with NC LIVE
As an online or hybrid instructor, you are always looking for interesting and effective course content. NC LIVE is a statewide collaborative that offers you and your students access to more than 50,000 articles, e-books, and streaming videos.
This service is free to use for members of the North Carolina Community College System, University of North Carolina System, or public libraries of North Carolina. If you or your students access the site off campus, simply insert your CFCC username and password to gain access.
As of December 14, NC LIVE has added 379 new eBooks through MyiLibrary, covering subjects such as medicine, history, project management, and language learning. Other eBook resources include NetLibrary, Literary Reference Center, Learning Express Library, ABC-CLIO E-book Collection, and OAIster.
NC LIVE offers a wide range of video subjects, including history, the arts, business, and science. Many of the videos have close captioning available, providing an accessible format for users who are hearing impaired. Also, users can select video quality, depending on their Internet connection, providing access for students with slower connections.
The Learning Resource Center at CFCC has helpful guides to assist you with locating content at NC LIVE. If you get stuck, NC LIVE offers live chat help, so take advantage of this great resource to make your courses come to life.


text:
The Hollmann Sturm family in Hamburg, Germany at the city garden small house that they rent. They were photographed for the Hungry Planet: What I Eat project with a week's worth of food. Model Released.
- Filename
- GER_130613_086_x.jpg
- Copyright
- © Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com
- Image Size
- 1024x683 / 965.8KB
- Contained in galleries