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Don't you think it's a surprising question; how to stop using payday loans? We know it brings an instant solution in case of emergency when we need cash in hurry and we know it can't be compare with the other loans in relation to its unique nature of being a quick cash loan. Above question clearly indicates that borrower has been taken payday loan for more than one time and may also have tried it to extend the same for the next paycheck and didn't follow the right way to utilize the loan and service that resulted in to a bad experience, although payday loan brings an excellent solution and good experience to all those people who understand it and don't forget; why borrowers use payday loans? As payday Loans are short term loans to cover your unexpected day to day life's need and just for emergencies that you should pay on time on your next payday at once without taking further extensions. The right question that consumers should be put forward as; how to use payday loans? That helps them in going through their sudden financial need without making payday loans a big financial mess for them. It require you to follow other happy customers great tips on how to utilize and use payday loans to your advantage!
Majority of the salaried class literally living from one paycheck to another; these are the people that payday lenders consider their clients that can borrow cash against the guarantee of their next payday. Unexpected problems that require quick cash is a part of life, there are many of people who generally experience such a cash shortage once, twice and, or again and again some times, credit payments being late, medical bills being overdue, utilities being over used or car being turned down. Immediate need of funds is a big problem, payday loans often helpful in providing cash to such kind of serious problems that require a quick solution.
Why borrowers use payday loans? Many of the people now have become well aware of the payday loans and these people know how to use it in their favor but there are so many more people, either they don't know about it or have used it in a wrong way and need advice to stay out of payday loans pitfalls.
Below are some of important tips on how to use payday loans to your advantage? These 5 tips to use payday loans will definitely reduce number of unsatisfied borrowers from asking such kind of indirect complaining questions as; how to stop using payday loans? You should carefully consider brand name and reputation of the payday loan company or payday lenders before initiating the loan process:
- Payday loans are just for emergencies, you should always consider applying your payday loan when there is no other option to obtain the cash you need. Don't take it for unnecessary things or incidentals like vacations or expensive jewelry or clothes. Always take it for your necessities like medicine, groceries, utilities, car repairs, etc.
- Payday lenders must be licensed by Ministry of Consumer Services in your residing province and territory (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territory, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan and Yukon Territory). The license certificate number must be printed on the website offering payday loans Canada and if you are visiting physically to apply your payday loan then it should be displayed in the store. Never borrow from unlicensed payday lenders.
- Payday loans is an expensive loan, you should always consider the amount that you can easily payoff at your next paycheck. Remember your payment includes; your borrowed money plus payday loan charges, although payday loans are already set at maximum cost of borrowing amount by the government of Canada under Criminal Code Of Canada at Provinces and Territories level, like in Ontario maximum cost of borrowing is controlled at $21 for every $100 borrowed. It means person applying for payday loans Ontario Canada will have to pay maximum charges of $63 per $300 borrowed. You are strongly advised to check and calculate your net payable amount according to your province and territory in which you are applying your loan.
- Repay your loan in full during your next payday. Don't try to take another loan or think to take an option of payday loans refinancing, generally it's not possible with the payday loans and if any lender accepts your request then you have to pay extra in form of penalties, additional fees and interest. Just remember payday lenders can't give you another loan until the initiated payday loan has been fully paid off.
- Before signing your payday loan application, you should first read and understand the entire contract; loan agreement. Don't forget to read the fine print and ask questions if there is anything you want to clear or find out before signing the contract. Beside also ask the lender about the loan cancellation process, it will help you in giving time to rethink your decision.
These are generally accepted and used great tips that not even in Canada but works anywhere in the world where payday loan industry is extending its credit facility, either you are taking payday loans in the United Kingdom, payday loans in the United States or Australia, you will definitely utilize it in getting benefits for you without any bad experience. We hope these 5 tips to use payday loans will work for all those people who pay too much weight and excitement on taking payday loans and take it lightly on an issue of paying it back, either these consumers spend their expensive money on the useless things and, or don't calculate their savings to understand their affordable payments from their next paychecks. Think twice on an important but very simply question before applying one for you; why borrowers use payday loans?


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I think its a very interresting topic, so I decided to start a new thread :
Whats your best strategy ?
I am very interrested to get your opinion
I built this strategy in my office and at home :
first wave :
Trendmicro´s gatelock 200x
costs : 149
what you get :
linux based firewall in a box
webbased configuration
statefull inspection of web content
antivirus ( trendmicro :-) again )
IDS !!! Intrusion Detection System
broadband nesessarily
second wave:
software firewall
now to all others read this :
only conseal or visnetic firewall does a statefull insteption of the ip packets. tiny / zone/ kerio ect. are all application firewalls.
do not trust those firewall , those application firewalls can be easily outnocked...!
proof ?
1.well test your firewall against a firewal leak tests !( port80 !! )
2. tiny and kerio performing a unwanted update request ( even the update is switched off!! from your local port 1028 / 1029 to port 80. and the user does not recon that there is a connection to a chechoslavakia ipadress. in my opinion tiny and kerio itself performing a firewall breach !
How do I know ? On one of my machines there was the tiny firewall 2.x and the consel firewall installed. conseal blocked (!!) the request and I started to find out who the ip was.
I informed the chechoslovakia isp about this persisent connection . ( I thought it was a trojan named incommand , a webbased bugger)
guess ! one of the kerio firewall programmers emailed me and informed me that this persistent port request was no trojan , it is the update funktion from kerio/ tiny ( by the way I never installed kerio ! ). I looked into it, there was no update enabled in tiny .
so i deinstalled all tinys and installed visnetic and conseal !
a software whith phonehome feature is not nice. a firewall whith such a behavior is strange , isn´ it ?
again you can only see what happening in your system whith a packet filter firewall .
I was convinced that tiny would be great. forget it !
whats your strategy ?


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Using detective reasoning I believe I have found a few facts about her. Thelma was born 23 Apr 1908 in Missouri to William and Maude Cathcart. The family was in California by 1927. She was married to Raymond Larimer.
Name: Thelma Cathcart
Age in 1910: 2
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1908
Birthplace: Missouri
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's Name: William G
Father's Birth Place: Illinois
Mother's Name: Maud
Mother's Birth Place: Missouri
Home in 1910: Franklin, Greene, Missouri
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members:
Name Age
William G Cathcart 31
Maud Cathcart 24
Lorenzo Cathcart 4
Thelma Cathcart 2
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Franklin, Greene, Missouri; Roll T624_782; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 51; Image: 960.
Name: Thelma J Cathcart
Home in 1920: Robberson, Greene, Missouri
Age: 11 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1909
Birthplace: Missouri
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's Name: William J
Father's Birth Place: Illinois
Mother's Name: Maud E
Mother's Birth Place: Missouri
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Sex: Female
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
William J Cathcart 40
Maud E Cathcart 33
I Lee Cathcart 13
Thelma J Cathcart 11
William L S Cathcart 73
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Robberson, Greene, Missouri; Roll T625_916; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 69; Image: 77.
Name: Thelma Laramore
Home in 1930: Modesto, Stanislaus, California
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Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1909
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's Name: Raymond
Race: White
Household Members:
Name Age
Raymond Laramore 25
Thelma Laramore 21
Raymond Laramore 1
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Modesto, Stanislaus, California; Roll 223; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 10; Image: 674.0.
Name: Thelma Irene Larimer
[Thelma Irene Cathcart]
Social Security #: 562268817
Sex: FEMALE
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1908
Birthplace: Missouri
Death Date: 18 Feb 1992
Death Place: Stanislaus
Mother's Maiden Name: Chrisman
Father's Surname: Cathcart
Source Citation: Place: Stanislaus; Date: 18 Feb 1992; Social Security: 562268817.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997
Hopefully we can reunite these photos with the Cathcart/Larimer family members.


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I gave notice today at my new job.
Some promises were late in coming. Truck is a POS. and only get paid when I can bill. Began to worry about other promises and they maybe not what they seem. Work is a little slow and don't like going home at 2:30 in the afternoon. At least not in the "busy season".
I have a new one lined up. May leed into an office position in the future.


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Be careful about reading health books.
You may die of a misprint.
Extra! Extra! Health News You Can Use!By Steve Edwards
Chances are that anyone reading this is interested in making healthier choices in their daily life. This means that you probably peruse the daily news headlines looking for health information that can improve your lifestyle. And you'll find it. Well, you'll find the headlines. Whether or not the information will do you any good is another matter entirely. Learning to read health articles is a lot like learning to read food labels. It's all written to sound appealing, but you need to learn how to get past the headlines and into the fine print. Here are a few of the latest health headlines and how they may, or may not, have an effect on your life.
Tea strengthens older women's hips
A new study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, involved 1,500 elderly Australian women (70 to 85 years old) who participated in a five-year trial testing the effect of calcium supplementation on osteoporotic hip fractures. Information on tea consumption "was collected at the beginning of the study for 275 participants," and "all participants filled out a beverage consumption questionnaire at the end of the trial." By the end of the study, bone mineral density at the hip was 2.8 percent greater in tea drinkers than in non-tea drinkers.
V.M. Hegarty; H.M. May; and K.T. Khaw. "Tea drinking and bone mineral density in older women." American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 71, No. 4, 1003–1007.
What it really means. The scientific community was quick to point out that this study was inconclusive but that it was conducted on a large scale with a broad platform and deserved to get some attention. The benefits of tea have been getting a lot of play over the last decade and this certainly diminishes none of what we've been hearing. Tea's components, particularly its antioxidant flavonoids, are thought to benefit us in myriad ways. Since the only potential downside to tea drinking is a small amount of caffeine (and stuff that you might add to it), it's pretty safe to assume that adding tea to your diet could be a good thing.
Tea is more hydrating than water
From the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition comes information that dispels the common belief that tea dehydrates you. Public health nutritionist Dr. Carrie Ruxton and colleagues at Kings College London looked at published studies on the health effects of tea consumption. "Studies on caffeine have found [that] very high doses dehydrate and everyone assumes that caffeine-containing beverages dehydrate," said Ruxton. "But even if you had a really, really strong cup of tea or coffee, which is quite hard to make, you would still have a net gain of fluid."
E.J. Gardner; C.H.S. Ruxton; and A.R. Leeds. "Black tea – helpful or harmful? A review of the evidence." European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2007), 61, 3–18. doi:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602489.
What it really means. I added this one next because it's always a good idea to get more information than to believe one study. This one, though academic, was funded by The English Tea Council. The authors stressed that the work was independent, but the results should still be viewed with some skepticism. Regardless of whether or not the whole dehydrating issue was true, a close look at the work reveals that "experts believe flavonoids are the key ingredient in tea that promote health." Ah, those again. Tip of the week: drink tea.
Convenience foods are not really convenient
The British Food Journal published the "first academic study" tracking the dinner routines of American families and found out that "convenience foods" didn't save you much time in the kitchen.
Of the 64 weeknight dinners observed, "70 percent were home-cooked, meaning they were prepared at home, but virtually all of them included some form of packaged convenience food, such as stir-fry mixes, pre-made chicken dishes, frozen vegetables, and canned soup, for example." Despite these conveniences, dinner wasn't prepared much faster. The preparation time difference between meals involving more than 50 percent convenience foods and those with limited use of such items (between 20 to 50 percent) was negligible. Meals still took an average of 52 minutes to prepare.
M.E. Beck. "Dinner preparation in the modern United States." British Food Journal, July 2007, 109(7): 531–547.
What it really means. Unfortunately, the study is far too myopic to be of much use. It doesn't appear to reflect the way most of us use convenience foods. When I make a convenient meal, it's generally tossed into the microwave and done in five minutes. The upside to this study is that those who prepare real meals don't need to use cheaply-produced store-bought sauces and mixes—and this is great. It's just not what most of us think defines convenience.
Refined sugar is more addictive than cocaine
James Cook University and other research found that sugar was far more addictive than cocaine. Studies showed that 94 percent of rats that were allowed to choose mutually exclusively between sugar water and cocaine chose sugar. Even rats that were addicted to cocaine quickly switched their preference to sugar, once it was offered as a choice. The rats were also more willing to work for sugar than for cocaine. There was speculation that "the sweet receptors (two protein receptors located on the tongue), which evolved in ancestral times when the diet was very low in sugar, have not adapted to modern times' high-sugar consumption. Therefore, the abnormally high stimulation of these receptors by our sugar-rich diets generates excessive reward signals in the brain, which have the potential to override normal self-control mechanisms, and thus lead to addiction."
M. Lenoir; F. Serre; L. Cantin; and S.H. Ahmed (2007). "Intense Sweetness Surpasses Cocaine Reward." PLoS ONE 2(8): e698. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000698.
What it really means. The study is really fascinating. Though we don't really need a study to inform us that sugar is highly addictive. A peak at society—or our Message Boards—can tell you that. The truly interesting thing here is the findings of "excessive reward signals in the brain," which might explain exactly why artificial sweeteners are being linked more and more with obesity.
Diet soda is dangerous
A study of about 6,000 middle-aged men and women, who were observed over four years, at the Boston University School of Medicine showed that those who drank one or more soft drinks a day had a 31 percent greater risk of becoming obese. They had a 30 percent increased risk of developing a larger waist circumference, "which has been shown to predict heart disease risk better than weight alone"; a 25 percent increased risk of developing high blood triglycerides as well as high blood sugar; and a 32 percent higher risk of having low high-density lipoprotein or "good" cholesterol levels. The researchers then analyzed a smaller sample of participants on whom data on regular and diet soft drink consumption was available. Those who drank one or more diet or regular sodas per day had a 50 to 60 percent increased risk of developing metabolic syndrome, a syndrome marked by the presence of usually three or more of a group of factors, such as high blood pressure, abdominal obesity, high triglyceride levels, low HDL levels, and insulin resistance, that are linked to the increased risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.
R.S. Vasan, MD, professor of medicine, Boston University School of Medicine.
R. Dhingra. Circulation, July 31, 2007: vol 116: pp 1–9.
What it really means. That diet soda is going to the mat. While it's still a relatively small-scale study (since diet soda is consumed by billions), it's plenty large enough to loft some serious bombs into the "zero calories is all you need to know" theory of fake-sugar marketing. It also adds credence to the sugar addiction study above. There is no good reason why anyone should drink diet soda anymore. It doesn't taste as good as regular soda, has no nutritional value, has at least some health risk, and probably even makes you fat.
Vitamin K helps reduce varicose veins
Varicosis, also known as varicose veins, may be attributable to a lack of vitamin K, according to a new study in the Journal of Vascular Research. Inadequate levels of vitamin K may reduce the activity of the matrix GLA protein (MGP), which in turn has been identified as a key player in the development of varicosis. Since vitamin K is required to activate MGP, it is believed that adequate dietary intake of vitamin K is a prerequisite for the prevention of varicose veins.
C. Cario-Toumaniantz; C. Boularan; L.J. Schurgers; M.F. Heymann; M. Le Cunff; J. Léger; G. Loirand; and P. Pacaud. "Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes in Human Varicose Veins: Involvement of Matrix Gla Protein in Extracellular Matrix Remodeling." Journal of Vascular Research, July 20, 2007, 44(6):444–459.
What it really means. This is one of those "why not" studies, meaning that there's no reason not to try the solution, just in case it works. Vitamin K is found in green leafy vegetables, some meats, and fermented food products. Since most of us could use more green veggies and naturally fermented items in our diet anyway, it's a win-win situation.
Drugs' side effects are worse than the conditions that they're treating
A 2005 study published in the Archives of Neurology found that dozens of patients using Mirapex or similar drugs developed serious gambling addictions. Hundreds of people have reportedly contacted lawyers about joining class-action lawsuits that allege Mirapex and Requip caused unusual side effects such as compulsive gambling, shopping, painting, and eating.
Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline has updated the package insert for its restless legs syndrome (RLS) drug Requip. According to the new insert, Requip may cause "pathological gambling" and "increased libido including hypersexuality." These side effects are reportedly a drug-class-wide thing, which impacts all the drugs belonging to the non-ergoline dopamine agonist class of drugs. Specifically, the insert reads: "Impulse control symptoms, including compulsive behaviors such as pathological gambling and hypersexuality, have been reported in patients treated with dopaminergic agents."
Another RLS drug, Mirapex (which is also used to treat Parkinson's disease), has reportedly caused similar symptoms. The Mirapex package insert reads: "Patients taking certain medicines to treat Parkinson's disease or RLS, including
Mirapex . . . have reported problems with gambling, compulsive eating, and increased sex drive."
M.L. Dodd, MD; K.J.K., MD; J.H.B., MD; Y.E.G., MD; K.A.J., MST, MD; and J.E.A., PhD, MD. Arch Neurol. 2005, 62:1377–1381.
What it really means. Do some homework before taking your meds. This is in no way an isolated incident. Why do you think all of those pharmaceutical ads have to list a string of possible side-effects that generally take longer to recite than the rest of the commercial? What really gets me is that many of these conditions that drugs are treating are minor and could be remedied by living a healthier lifestyle.
Non-drug intervention works better than drugs for ADHD in children
A five-year study of 135 preschool students with symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) found that non-medicinal interventions work effectively to prevent the related behavioral and academic problems in infants. "While medications for ADHD may treat the symptoms," said George DuPaul, professor of school psychology at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pa. and lead author of the study in School Psychology Review, "they do not improve the children's academic and social skills the way behavioral interventions may."
The study evaluated early intervention techniques and their ability to decrease aggressiveness and behavior problems while improving academic and social skills in children aged three to five. The interventions, which included individualized programs that emphasized positive support to reinforce behavior at home and school, were highly effective. Specifically, children who received the intervention techniques had:
- A 17 percent decrease in aggression and a 21 percent improvement in social skills at home
- A 28 percent improvement in both categories at school
- Improvements in early literacy skills of up to three times over their baseline status
ADHD, which affects about 7 percent of school-aged children, makes it difficult for children to pay attention and control their behavior. Up to 40 percent of toddlers with ADHD symptoms are suspended from preschool, and 16 percent are actually expelled.
A.K. Jitendra; G.J. DuPaul; R.J. Volpe; K.E. Tresco; R.E. Vile Junod; J.G. Lutz; K.S. Cleary; L.M. Flammer-Rivera; and M.C. Manella. "Consultation-Based Academic Intervention for Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: School Functioning Outcomes." School Psychology Review, August 2007, Vol. 36, #2.
What it really means. While the research is inconclusive, it makes a lot of sense. Our "take a pill and get better" reaction to behavior issues doesn't seem to be working, which is becoming clearer as the U.S. continues to slide down the scale in terms of world scholastic achievement. It's promising research, however, and will hopefully lead to us having more accountability about our lifestyles. After all, getting proactive is the Beachbody way. We know it works, and it stands to reason that it will work for kids, too.
Obese children benefit from peer support
The Journal of the American Medical Association took a first look at whether heavy kids benefited from being encouraged to play with more physically active peers. A team led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that obese children who lost weight kept it off if they were in a maintenance program. The research, involving 150 overweight 7- to 12-year-olds, is one of the first large-scale studies to evaluate the long-term effects of weight loss maintenance strategies in children. The kids initially lost weight on the same program, and then were split into groups—some with support, others left to their own devices. The longer the kids remained in the active support network, the longer they tended to keep their weight off.
D.E. Wilfley; R.I. Stein; B.E. Saelens; D.S. Mockus; G.E. Matt; H.A. Hayden-Wade; R.R. Welch; K.B. Schechtman; P.A. Thompson; and L.H. Epstein. "Efficacy of Maintenance Treatment Approaches for Childhood Overweight: A Randomized Controlled Trial." JAMA, October 10, 2007, 298: 1661–1673.
What it really means. That you should use the Message Boards and Beachbody's virtual gym called WOWY® (Work Out With You), and get your friends, family, and kids to be more active. There's no reason to scope the small print on this one. We know that it works.
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Your Brain on ExerciseBy Tony Horton
There was an astonishing article in Newsweek a few weeks back about the benefits of exercise on the brain that just blew my mind/brain/cranium/noggin. Here's what I've learned from this article and further research.
Just 20 minutes of exercise
We all know that working out and exercising do amazing things for our bodies, and the benefits, other than weight loss and getting fit, are endless. Most of us also know that when our hearts, legs, and lungs get pumping, we feel much better than if we did nothing. Turns out that doing 20 minutes or more of cardiovascular and/or high-paced resistance workouts affects every aspect of our lives.
The science behind the brain magic
The great thing about the Newsweek article is that it really laid out the scientific findings over the last few years. Here's the scope. When you're forced to pull more oxygen into the body through exercise, you break what's called "the blood-brain barrier." It happens when you climb a long flight of stairs and when you're busting through any kind of workout that gets your heart rate pumping. This oxygen-filled blood makes its way into the temporal lobe of the brain. Inside that temporal lobe is an area called the hippocampus. Inside the hippocampus lies the seahorse-shaped area known as the dentate gyrus. As you exercise, these oxygen-filled blood cells rush into this area of the brain. A chemical/protein called IGF-1 is formed and released inside the dentate gyrus, which ramps up another chemical/molecule called BDNF; both IGF-1 and BDNF are "Miracle-Gro" for the brain.
Benefits for all, from kids to adults
Studies with kids right up to seniors have proven that high-paced workouts (Power 90®, Power Half Hour®, Power 90® Master Series, P90X®, Tony & the Kids!, etc.) cause the release of the chemicals mentioned above into the brain. Combine this with even more "brain drugs" like dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine and you've got yourself a feel-good party in your head. Aerobic physical movement causes the release of these chemicals, and they all help you focus and give you energy when you need it. They also help you relax and rest properly. It's like a homemade chemistry set inside your skull that produces a cocktail that simulates the effects of Prozac and Ritalin.
Children who play outdoors more often score better on tests than kids who don't. Regular physical activity improves memory, mood, and problem-solving abilities. Consistent exercise raises self-esteem and decreases anxiety. Study after study has proven that people who exercise 5 to 6 days a week greatly decrease their need for psychotherapeutic drugs. If your brain goes without regular bouts of exercise, the hippocampus will shrink and erode, which can lead to neurological illnesses such as Alzheimer's disease. When the dentate gyrus is stimulated, neuro-genesis or neuro-plasticity occurs. I'm not talking about just slowing the aging process; I'm telling you that the brain creates new cells through exercise—brand-new cells that assist in the reversal of aging.
If you're looking for the fountain of youth, you can find it inside your head every time you exercise for more than 20 minutes.
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Test Your Brain Facts IQ!By Monica Gomez
True or False?
TRUE: Brain cells are the longest living cells in your body. Brain cells can actually live an entire lifetime. The average human brain has about 100 billion neurons—brain cells. And during early development, neurons can reproduce at a rate of 250,000 per minute.
FALSE: The brain uses 10 percent of the oxygen you breathe.
Though your brain only accounts for 2 percent of your body mass, it uses 20 percent of all the oxygen you breathe. The amount of oxygen used by particular areas of the brain can actually change due to damage or activation of those areas.
FALSE: A hippopotamus brain weighs more than an adult human brain. The average hippopotamus brain weight is 582 grams. That's approximately 1.3 pounds. On average, the adult human brain weighs 1,300 to 1,400 grams. That's about 2.8 to 3.1 pounds.
TRUE: The brain generates 25 watts of power while you're awake. It's true! Your brain does in fact generate 25 watts of power while you're awake—enough to illuminate a 10-watt lightbulb.
TRUE: About 20 to 30 percent of the calories you consume are used by the brain. To survive, the brain requires one tenth of a calorie per minute. While you're thinking, millions of neurons, or brain cells, send messages back and forth to each other and to other parts of the body. And these neurons need fuel.
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Newtown victim Madeleine Hsu was a 'beautiful little soul who was very loved'
NEWTOWN -- Madeleine F. Hsu, who turned 6 in July, was among the youngest victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
To Hsu family neighbor Karen Dryer, Madeleine was known as Maddy and was the little girl who wore bright, flowery dresses that matched her personality, and shared a ride to school with her 5-year-old son, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Dryer, in earlier reports, described Madeleine as a "very upbeat and kind" girl.
"She was a sweet, beautiful little girl," Dryer told the newspaper.
A Facebook account for a woman whose records indicate she is a relative of Madeleine's features a photo of a young girl grinning from ear to ear and wearing a pink bow in her hair that matches her pink sweater. The photo also appears on Legacy.com.
Several friends have commented on the Facebook profile picture. "A beautiful little soul who was very loved, full of life and I know will be missed dearly by all who knew her," was one of the comments written Saturday evening by Christen Buchert.
Judi Muir wrote Monday, "She is such a beautiful granddaughter and now a beautiful angel."
People magazine reported that at night, she shared a bed with her two sisters. "They had their own rooms," a family friend told the magazine, "but they slept in the same room because they wanted to be together. ... She was a gorgeous, gorgeous little girl."
Dyer said the Hsu family moved into the neighborhood within the last few years. She added that Madeleine's mother would schedule work so she could meet her daughter as soon as she got home from school, always waiting at the end of the driveway in a red minivan.


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It's THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!
Meaning, it's the LAST DAY to vote for your favorite wine blogs in the 2012 Wine Blog Awards!
And dig this, we're nominated in not one but two categories, including the grand high llama of awards, BEST OVERALL! That, plus the Best Winery Blog category!
(If you'd like to read some thoughts on the Best Winery Blog award, you can do so by clicking here.)
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And now, some "proper" thoughts on being a finalist in the Best Overall Wine Blog category …
To be perfectly honest, I dislike bits of writing — epistolary, essayish, or otherwise, that begin with "to be perfectly honest."
But in this case, if the cliché fits …
To be perfectly honest, I feel a tad conflicted asking you for your vote, I mean, Best Overall Wine Blog? That seems like awfully high praise. I mean, there are literally hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of wine blogs out there, and a great many of them are really and truly excellent, in that Raymond-Chandler-Made-Crime-Fiction-More-Than-Just-A-Genre-Genre kind of way; meaning, there are a great many blogs out there that are ostensibly about wine, but are really much more than that; they are instead essentially the anthologized essay collections of gifted and insightful humans who are working out their places in the cosmos via an addiction to the word, the way, and the line, with wine as their paradigm and prism; the afflatus by which they become amanuenses to Bacchus.
That's the first conflict.
And then there's the Ron Washam problem, who, in his capacity as The Hosemaster of Wine, once wrote that "Wine blogging is the attention-seeking barking of lonely poodles." By which logic this award becomes … Best Overall Lonely & Barking Poodle?
I jest of course. Ron writes a wine blog too, despite the cloak of irony, and a damn good one. He's a finalist too, by the way!
Anyhow, back to the real sense of conflict. I mean, look at my colleagues in this category! (And please note, I say "colleagues," not "competition!")
Best Overall Wine Blog, Finalists:
How on earth do I in good conscience recommend "4488: A Ridge Blog" against all that talent and track record, all that prowess and perspicacity, all that sagacity and superability?
Take Jamie Goode. In just the time that I've been writing this blog, he's racked up the following, to name just a few:
2012 Shortlisted for the International Wine and Spirits Competition Communicator of the Year award
2011 Shortlisted for Roederer International Wine Awards – Wine Website
2010 Shortlisted for Roederer – Wine Website
2010 Shortlisted for Roederer – Artistry of Wine
2010 Shortlisted for International Wine and Spirits Competition Communicator of the Year award
2008 Shortlisted for International Wine and Spirits Competition Communicator of the Year award
I mean, that's a whole lot of shortlisting! My hat is off to Mr. Goode, I must say!
And how about 1 Wine Dude? He's already WON this category before (in 2010)! Plus, dig all this:
•#14 on IntoWine.com's 100 Most Influential People in the U.S. Wine Industry 2012
•Best Wine Tourism Feature Runner Up – 2010 Born Digital Awards
•Top 3 Wine Blogs – Wine Enthusiast
•Top 100 Wine Tweeters – alawine.com
•MyMediaInfo's Top 10 Wine Experts on Twitter
Hats off to you too, Joe Roberts!
And then there is Terroirist! I mean, my lord, they've got, what, ten different authors writing for them? Eleven? Their roster goes to eleven! And nearly all of them certified somms and/or professionals in the wine industry! That's like than All-Star Team of wine writers!
Hats off to you as well, all you Terroirists!
And lastly but certainly not leastly, Jameson Fink. About whom I have to say, this is a man after my own heart (for whatever that's worth!).
As but one example, on the About page of his blog, you'll find the following (which I read as a bit of a Mission Statement of sorts):
I've visited vineyards and wineries in South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, France, and Italy. (Also California, Washington, and Virginia.)
I like t-shirts and jeans with my wine.
I've spent over six years working in the retail wine business.
I've worked in restaurants and bakeries in Flagstaff and Chicago.
I live in Seattle, the whole time in Capitol Hill.
I'm also fond of beer and cider.
I will dazzle or dismay you with an overabundance of parenthetical asides and exclamation points. (Seriously! It's who I am!)
I'd rather be drinking Champagne.
I love v-neck sweaters.
I'm happy that you read all of these, and hope you'll visit often.
To which I respond:
–I too am wearing a V-neck sweater, and I too would rather be drinking Champagne (I am currently drinking tea, which I love! But it's not Champagne!).
So, we have all that in common (plus, I too used to live on Capitol Hill in Seattle! And I lived in Chicago too!).
But then, Paul Mabray of VinTank singled out Mr. Fink as one to watch in his article "The 9 Most Important Wine Bloggers in the US." And he did not mention this blog. V-neck sweater notwithstanding.
So, Mr. Jameson Fink, my hat is off to you too! Your work is still new to me, but I'm loving what I'm reading; your effortlessly conversational style, your sublime reconciliation of the high and low brows of wine and writing, your humor, your insight, and your consistent enactment of the wine blogger as passionate outsider marching to a funkier rhythm; it's all very exciting to behold.
And then there's us. Me. This. 4488: A Ridge Blog. What do we have to offer, against all the above?
Well, first off, Ridge. That's what this blog, and this author, have going for us. We have Ridge. The history, the story, the chronicle. The philosophy, the world-view, the faith. The wines, the vineyards, the people. The narrative, the experience, the odyssey. The land, the locations, the legends. The story.
And that's it. That's what this blog is all about. Put most simply, storytelling. A tale, a teller, a listener. The in-the-moment enactment of the most basic of human ritual; togetherness. We tell our stories to each other to remember we're alive.
Read a back label on a bottle of Ridge wine. That's the star this blog sights by.
This is Ridge Vineyards, making wines of place. And this is 4488: A Ridge Blog, writing tales of place.
If you'd like something perhaps a bit more tangible, I give you the following: links to the Top 10 posts on this blog in the past year, based on total readership (in no particular order):
The Oak Wars: French vs. American -or-
A Barrel Of Information About American and French Oak -or- More Fun Than A
Barrel Full Of Grapes!
Zoot! And Poetry, And Wine, And Jazz,
And Steve Martin, And The Muppets, And Jack Kerouac!
Building Monte Bello: The 2011
Blessed Are The Cheese-Makers!
My Wine Pages: My Ridge Anniversary!
Li-Po and T'ao Ch'ien: Chinese Wine
Funk power. Over and out.
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Monday, April 18, 2011
BankAlt.com out of beta
I've inaugurated the graduation from beta by adding a final feature, namely direct linking to a recipe. Essentially you can now access a recipe directly through a link, as opposed to being able to see the sub-components only on the page which lists all the recipes.
On this page you can, of course, see the whole component tree, as well as perform cost calculations.
As an example, here's an Engineering recipe: Gnomish X-Ray Scope.
I'm pretty much done with development for BankAlt.com. You will notice that I've incorporated ads, served by Google. Hopefully this will offset some of the costs of running the site.
I was thinking that a nice feature would be the ability to save component costs such that you don't have to type them all over again each time you visit your favorite recipes. Unfortunately, after a lot of deliberation and testing, I've come to the conclusion that this feature is close to impossible, at least in the way I imagine it and that's due to the tree structure of the component list.
Now I'm off to other personal projects. As always, comments and suggestions are welcome.
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- Lugnut Daffodil said...
Good work sir! It's a good lookin site, and has always gotten right to the point in its functionality. Couldn't ask for better for your crafting needs.
So good job on the completion. Now you have the time in your life to get to work on BankAltMinecraft.com :)
- April 18, 2011 at 8:09 PM
Hi young and smelly fella... I stopped playing WoW few month ago but I still enjoy following your blog :)
I'd like to give you my pov about bankalt: I like it, even if some month ago I was really not sure what you was trying to achieve ;).
Direct linking was a good idea, I applaud it.
Now... the real "app killer" would be the ability to either save the prices OR directly interact with your realm's AH prices (maybe by uploading/importing any AH addon that stores data locally on your wow client, for example).
I don't know if importing the addon stuff would work but I suggest to add a "save prices" feature, absolutely. Addons like Auctioneer or Auctionatr save your AH prices inside a local text file. Finding it and "importing" it inside MySQL shouldn't be too hard. A little challenging, but fun.
The tree-structure isn't really a big issue, in my opinion. Working with arrays/cookies will make it easy.
Best of all would be adding a "register" option: you register your name and keep your data saved in your profile.
Just add 3 columns to your items table (price_gold, price_silver, price_copper) and keep storing values for each registered user. Easy, fast and veeeery handy.
I love coding too (php, jquery, ...) and that's why I wanted to give a small suggestion ;)
- April 19, 2011 at 2:00 AM
Oh damn I forgot. Today is the Portal 2 day. Stop mining pixels and go for some challenging fun! ;)
- April 19, 2011 at 2:01 AM
- Darth Solo said...
@Lugnut Daffodil thanks mate! Glad I have at least one fan :)
@Echo thanks for your input!
BankAlt started as something else a couple of years ago. I had this other idea about professions and I actually got it about 80% working, after which I abandoned it because I thought of this other thing (what the site currently does) and I felt it would be more useful.
One of my problems with this site is that I think as an engineer, not as a marketer. I find it hard to describe the site's features and that's probably why some people are still puzzled by what it does.
I agree that saving prices would be cool. I've been thinking a lot about how to implement this in a way that makes sense but I still haven't found a solution. Technically it is simple to save those prices. In fact I have already developed the mechanism.
Here's where the problem lies. Take a recipe such as Arcanite Rod. This is a very good example which should illustrate my problem precisely.
The recipe requires (among other things) 3 Arcanite Bars. The Arcanite Bars are created from Thorium Bars + Arcane Crystals. The Thorium Bars can be smelted from Thorium Ore. Notice what happens when you start entering costs for these components: all parent costs are re-calculated to take into account the price of their child components. Also, all children component costs are erased.
If I were to save the cost of one component, everything would be screwed up. That's because components can be part of many recipes and they can be at the top, at the bottom or at an intermediary level in the component tree. When I restore the saved value of that particular component, as I said, it will overwrite the parents. But the parents might have other components as well, whose values I have also saved. What happens then? Which saved value takes priority? I would have some major conflicts if I were to implement this and that's why I decided against it.
I haven't abandoned the idea completely but I'm still trying to see if there's a way around this.
Technically speaking, I was going to start out by saving to a cookie, which wouldn't require you to create an account and/or log in. If enough people expressed interest in this, I would have probably ended up creating a user account where these prices would be saved in the database.
As for interfacing with WoW... that would be an idea... provided I can figure a way to deal with those prices.
So, we'll see how things go.
- April 19, 2011 at 7:39 PM
- Darth Solo said...
@Lugnut Daffodil oh forgot to say that BankAltMinecraft is very unlikely even though I know it was meant as a joke, but who knows, I might do a Diablo 3 BankAlt, provided the game warrants something like this.
- April 19, 2011 at 7:40 PM
@ Darth
I feel your pain. I hate messing with nodes, children and so on. It's always a bug-ambush and I try to avoid that as much as I can. But in your specific case (Bankalt) I feel it would make the difference between a nice site and a *great* and *useful* tool. So I would try to invest some energy on that, even if it's annoying as hell.
So far so good: the idea of erasing children values when you enter parent costs is correct. But -at the same time- having the Thorium Ore price stored would make it very useful to automatically show prices for other recipes (where the Thorium ore is not a children.
You should find a way to "hide and ignore" any children costs whenever parents costs are entered. But those (saved) children costs would pop out in other situations, where the item is NOT a children but a parent.
I know it's not as easy as picking your nose but... you HAVE TO find a way. You will feel like a winner (much more than completing the P90X :-D)
- April 20, 2011 at 1:27 AM
On a side note, the dynamic ajax stuff is cool but can get you in serious troubles with stored values. So I would consider:
1) to actually SAVE prices (after a page refresh) you should add a "save" button, avoiding to auto-save stuff via Ajax when typing numbers in the fields.
2) if you save and restore prices, you show them whenever you can following the parent-child priority: in our Arcanite example if you have both Ore and Bar costs saved, you just show the Bar (top parent).
3) if a child overall price is LOWER than its parent overall price (ore can cost less than bars, for example) you just show the LOWEST prices, skipping the parent values and offering the ore cost only. You could display some kind of "alert" to inform the user that you're curently displaying the "best price" for your market.
- April 20, 2011 at 1:36 AM
- Darth Solo said...
Hey Echo great feedback! I was playing with variations of ideas along similar lines. If I were to implement this I will definitely have to restore prices based on some sort of priority system.
While designing the site's features I used mockups of a recipe tree and I already got the save/restore mechanism in place but of course it needs to be updated with the new ideas.
About P90X, I don't want to brag or anything but right now I'm actually in my last week of Insanity, which was even harder than P90X. That's one of the reasons why I haven't been very active posting and/or playing WoW. After I'm done, I've decided to combine P90X's strength workouts with Insanity's cardio training.
About your other points...
1) Yes, I will definitely use a Save button of some sort. I hate the save-when-losing-focus thing because it leaves you guessing. I'm a visual kind of guy and I like to see a clear result when I interact with stuff. There's a guy at work who loves the stealth-save method but I'm not like that.
2) Yes, that would be a necessity, I'd be forced to default to the parent.
3) Great idea. It makes a lot of sense. And I'll raise you one of my own ideas but I don't want to say anything for the moment because if it doesn't work I'll end up looking like a fool :D
I'm glad you understood my problem. I was afraid I hadn't explained it properly.
Thanks again for the great feedback, Echo my friend! I guess I needed that little push to start thinking again about how to improve BankAlt. I won't be able to give any assurance that I will actually implement the saving feature, nor an ETA because I have a million other things screaming for my attention and I'm already behind with a lot of stuff but I can promise you that I will certainly start looking into it.
- April 20, 2011 at 7:19 PM
> There's a guy at work who loves the
> stealth-save method but I'm not like that.
Ajax is amazingly fun to use but -in my opinion- it must be strongly supported by a visual "status" whenever you do something. If you auto-save you MUST show a spinning wheel, if you finish saving you MUST show a green check, a "ok" icon... something like that.
People with bad connections can be left in the darkness and they never know if Ajax actually loaded and executed anything.
> I'm glad you understood my problem.
> I was afraid I hadn't explained it properly.
We speak the same language my friend, coding is fun but sometimes you lose a full day to fix that stupid thing... that was so stupid you feel very... stupid :D
The fun thing is... I stopped playing WoW but I still enjoy your blog and MMO-Champion (but I abandoned wowhead, obviously). Oh well, you cannot erase 4 years of gaming ina breeze. But at least I am fully detoxed (now).
Should you need to interact via mail, poke me at firstname.lastname@example.com ;)
- April 21, 2011 at 2:29 AM
Yo again Darth,
this time I'm here to suggest you to try this game:
You will get hooked, it's still in beta but trust me... lot of fun. Think about Age of Empires plus quests plus exprience plus great graphics plus great stuff.
Try it, the beta is free (since yesterday). Get a Live account, redeem the code and go for it.
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... I ... me next is ... editorial board member Matt Kaminski to talk about the latest in ... Egypt and Syria welcome that ... so let's start with Egypt's President ... Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood supporters of unquestioning ... in the streets with opponents aam ... I we haven't seen this kind of violence in the last two years and Mubarak ... was ousted network or twenty make of this ... well it's actually an ongoing struggle over who ... is going to be running Egypt and how ... aam black cherry and ... some clashes at that time it was the ... Muslim Brotherhood and the guys that are now fighting the secular opposition Christians going against the military is the military was ... not willing to give up our ... time this has all come out of town ... 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"Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" is an homage to '30s and '40s serials, comic books and other stylistic adventures that utilizes some of the most advanced and up-to-date computer-generated (CG) technology available. Conceived of and directed by Kerry Conran, the film was shot entirely in front of blue screens, with minimal props and set design. Everything besides the actors was created digitally and the result is a look that both reflects and mimics serials, as well as the comic books from which the creators divined their inspiration.
The film begins in '40s New York with the disappearance of a number of famous scientists, most of whom are being tracked unsuccessfully by intrepid reporter Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow). Shortly after Polly meets with the lone remaining scientist, the city is invaded by giant flying robots. Unable to stop the mechanical giants, the authorities call in Sky Captain Joseph Sullivan (Jude Law). Joe manages to cause the robots to flee, thanks to some fancy flying. Polly joins Joe back at Sky Command and there we find out more about the intruders from Dex (Giovanni Ribisi), the technical wiz behind Sky Captain's accoutrements. After another attack on the city and on Sky Command, Dex is kidnapped while Joe and Polly are fighting off the attacking robot ships. Following a clue that Dex left, Joe and Polly fly to Nepal where they find they are looking for a Dr. Totenkopf (a digitally recreated Sir Laurence Olivier). Totenkopf has been using the missing scientists to create what he calls the World of Tomorrow and Dex, Polly and Joe must stop the Doctor before it is too late. Constantly attempting to thwart them is the Mysterious Woman (Bai Ling), who causes them more than one headache from a rude bop on the head. Once in Nepal, Joe and Polly meet with a former slave of Totenkopf's who points them towards an as yet undiscovered island in the middle of the Atlantic. Joe calls upon the help of Franky (Angelina Jolie), a fellow pilot and former flame who immediately rubs Polly the wrong way. With the help of Franky and her pilots, Joe and Polly attempt to penetrate the final defenses that Totenkopf has left, and in the process try to unravel the mystery of the kidnapped scientists and the whereabouts of the still missing Dex.
This is the type of film that you will either love or hate, depending on how into the genre you are. While the effects are phenomenal, they are created in a comic book mentality, so that not only does the film have a hyper-real feel to it, it also actually at times seems as though a comic book has come to life. Additionally, because the film is in part an homage to '40s serials, it simultaneously maintains a realistic feel, simply a reality from 60 years ago. The dialogue and characters are old0fashioned and often tongue-in-cheek. Law embodies Sky Captain to a T, as does Paltrow with Polly. Ribisi and Jolie provide even further stability to a script that, though simple, is executed as well as could be hoped. "Sky Captain" is Kerry Conran's directorial debut, and while his novice status does show at times, the excellent cast and the overall strength of the vision help to avoid calling too much attention to first-time giddiness. As long as the viewer understands the throwback look and feel of the film, there is nothing but enjoyment that is likely to come out of it. The effects and overall design are really rather remarkable and the bonus features accentuate just what a monumental task the undertaking was and ultimately how successful the final film truly is.
Hits: The gag reel and deleted scenes both show just how much blue screen work there was in the film and it gives an appreciation for the work of the actors and animators. Besides being amusing, both reels have differing levels of completion in their format. At times, we simply see the actors in front of a blue screen. At other times, we see partial early renderings of the backgrounds, while at other points, the full scene is included, complete with music and fully rendered backgrounds, foregrounds, shadows and the works. It's a neat little step-by-step look at how a scene can be constructed. The Art of World of Tomorrow features production designer Kevin Conran (Kerry's brother) taking us through various aspects of his production drawings and how they were fully rendered in the final film. He discusses his techniques and also his inspirations for both costuming and overall set design. The Two Chapters of Brave New World comprise an in-depth look at the film, from preproduction to production and on to post-production. Because there were so many people involved in animating and rendering the film and because it took so long to create and complete, the documentary is replete with information but presented and edited in a way that maintains interest in this fascinating project. It more than anything helps to impart the sense of scope and patience that it took to bring this film to the big screen.
Misses: Paramount has included five trailers for upcoming film and DVD releases, all of which are under their banner (of course). There are no trailers for "Sky Captain" and it is impossible to circumvent the viewing of said trailers; they must be watched, and though you can chapter skip out of them, you cannot simply press the menu button and be taken away from them. Not only is this brazen (though understandable) self-promotion, the lack of any "Sky Captain" trailers is a shame. Due to the in-depth nature of the featurettes, the commentaries often include periods where nothing of value or interest is being discussed. The commentary from producer Jon Avnet is somewhat pedantic and at times dull. The interviews during the featurettes provide more spark and information than either of the commentaries. The second commentary with director Conran and the visual effects crew seems at once superficial and too in-depth.
The film, shot on HD and transferred to film, looks phenomenal in this transfer that must have been done either from the original film blowup or the final high-resolution rendering. Either way, the shading and texture of the design work, especially the color timing, is exquisite and truly exhibits the talents of the production team. The Dolby Digital mix is superb and the voices are mixed especially well, as is the score. There is no English stereo mix, so for those without a nice surround system, I tested it on a pair of television speakers, and nothing seems to get left out: it's just flatter.
For a film that did surprisingly poorly in the theatres, "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" is well worth a look on DVD for any and all, especially where many of the bonus features will give viewers a better appreciation for the film as a technical achievement.


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Girls Just Wanna Have Fun | Styled Shoot
Captured by the talented Brooke Stapleton, this color palette is girly meets glam. For this shoot, Rachel shared with me that she wanted to inspire brides to simply take a break from the stress of wedding planning and to remind them to just have fun. From the event designer, "I chose to use shades of pink, red, and gray with gold accents. I think pink and red gets a bad rap but together they can actually look strikingly modern"
Fun details to be on the look out for: big balloons, a donut tower, candy kabobs, and even a Beyonce dance party! Oh, and did I mention these pretty outfits? Okay, i'll admit it. I'm totally turning on Cyndi Lauper's "girls just wanna have fun" and I'm about to have a mini dance party in my living room. Just one peek at these pretty pics and I'm thinking you might be inspired to join me!


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Keeping it Clean With Dan Dakich
As March Madness heats up, sportscaster Dan Dakich shares the methods and the motives that keep him from losing his cool and swearing on air. Video by WSJ's Ben Cohen via #WorldStream.
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As early as the BILU period (1880s), Briskers were already leaving for the land of Israel. Dr. Moshe Minc who came from Brest, was one of the original BILU group.
In 1880 he went to Israel to join his comrades in the settlement of Mikveh Israel. He later settled in Gedera. His brother, Gershon Minc, also a BILU member, built the community hall in Gedera at his own expense. Later the Brest families Feinstein, Padua, and Pochachevski made aliyah to Israel.
In 1884 the ' Bnei Zion Society' was founded in Brest. It's officials were: Mordechai Padua, Ben Zion Neumark, and Mordechai Sheinerman. A. Mushkat and Mordechai Sheinerman were the Brest delegates to the conferences of Chovevei Zion in Odessa.
The first Zionist Society was formed in Brest in 1897 the same year as the first Zionist Congress. The Brest delegates to this congress were Leon Horoditche (who died in Tel-Aviv), and Noah Finkelstein (the editor of the Heint). They presented a report on what they had seen and heard at the Congress upon their return to Brest it evoked a great deal of interest and many Briskers joined this movement.
At the Russian Zionist Conference in Minsk in 1902, the Brest delegates were Ben Zion Neumark and Mordechai Sheinerman. At Helsinki 1906, the delegates were Mordechai Sheinerman and Israel Rakov. Mordechai Sheinerman was also a member of 'Bnei Moshe'. Ben Zion Neumark was a commissioner of the Odessa Committee the entire time. In 1909 the first council of the Zionist Organization was elected in Brest: The Chairman was L.Horoditche, members were Ben Zion Neumark, Mordechai Sheinerman, Alter Grosleit, Gedalia Hazan, Nathan Goldring, Kaplanski, L.Y. Winnikoff, Chaim Leib Itzbitzer, Beinish Koloditzki, H. Rosenblum, Dr. y. Shereshevski, Zecharia Rosenthal, and Dr K. Shteinberg. The second chairman was Dr. Y. Shereshevski.
The following were involved in the selling and distribution of the Colonial Bank Bonds (for settlements in Israel) Shereshevski, Neumark, Sheinerman and Winnikoff. Brest became famous for its achievement in this field. The Zionist activist, Alter Hazan helped spread the Zionist ideology. His son, Yakov Hazan, one of the leaders of Hashomer Hatzair, was born in Brest and is now a member of the Knesset in Israel.
In 1911, L.Y. Winnikoff was elected as chairman of the Zionist Organization in Brest. He held this position almost continuously (with some short breaks) until he migrated to Israel in 1935. During this period the Zionist Organization grew and gained many members and became a genuine mass movement.
The Zionist activity halted during W.W.1, after the expulsion of the inhabitants of Brest. Only after their return to the city in 1918, did the movement become active again. The Brest Zionist Movement became the headquarters for all the district it organized many branches and served as a model for other communities.
The quarrel between Al Hamishmar and Et Livnot took place in Brest, and many remember those stormy days. The Zionists were very active in the elections to the Sjem (Polish Parliament).
From 1925-1935 these were the Zionist Council members: L.Y. Winnikoff, Israel Fernig, Zerach Zaretski, Meir Feinstein, Eliezer Goldfarb, Baruch Kastrinski and the engineer Shlomo Kamenetski. After Winnikoff's departure for Israel, four members held the chairmanship: Moshe Lev, Chaim Leib Itzbitzer, Meir Feinstein and Israel Fernig who carried on with the work until the very end.
The General Zionists participated in all the affairs of the community in Brest.
L.Y.Winnikoff was their representative on the city council and he commanded great respect from all the various sections of society. The Kehilla council representatives were L.Y.Winnikoff, Zerach Zaretski and Meir Feinstein, - they did a great deal for Keren Kayemet , Keren Hayesod and Shekel Bonds. They also established the foundations for the youth organizations.
The Pioneer General Zionists (the central Pioneers) were formed in Brest in 1923 and many young people became affiliated with them. One of the founders of this movement in Poland was B. Kastrinski. He was the chairman of the Polessie/ Wolyn until 1934. The Central Pioneers established Hachshara groups which provided agricultural training for young people before making aliyah, one of these farms was at Katelneh, near Brest.
Amongst the activists for the young Pioneers were:Tuvia Gubkin, Yitzchak Tucker (who died in Berlin), the writer Y. Perlov, Elisheva Sandlarsh, Leah Moshinski, R. Neumark, Shlomo Meltzer, Sara Sapirstein, Aharon Mandelbaum, and Rosa Wolyniec.
The members of the Pioneer Tradesmen at the Zionist Organization were given preparation for going to Israel in groups with the aim of settling on kibbutzim amongst the active members of this group were: the engineer Kamenetzki, Avraham Sandlarsh, Dziencol, Shor, Havaniovski and others.
The Central Pioneers had a cultural group the members of which were young people from the schools - the instructor was a teacher from the Tarbut High School Moshe Gutentag. Many from this cultural group made aliyah to Israel, including Berel Hari, Ltvinski, and Rosenblatt.
Active members were Moshe Felhendler, Yakov Eisenberg, Piasetzki and others.
In 1933 their group formed a 'Kibbutz' for Hachshara training outside Brest the chairman was Shlomo Kamenetzki a dedicated Zionist who was killed in the Bialystok Ghetto. Active members were: Litvinski, Rosenblatt, Piatkowski, Bulkowstein, Moshe Dziencol, Hazan, Deborah Tennenbaum, Batsheva Lerner, Tzvi Gruzman, Ginsburg, the majority of the members settled in Israel.
Israel Fernig for all his days he was a dedicated active official of Keren Hayesod. He would neglect his home and business for the sake of this activity. Others fully involved officials were: Mrs Fanya Winnikoff, Yitzchak Trubovitch, Meir Feinstein, Zev Dov Begin, Chaim Tennewitzki, Sarah Zaretzki, Aron Ludski, David Sussman, Scholem Shwartz, Minkovski, and the lawyer Glovinski. The last four of the above members were sent by the Russians to Siberia.
It is possible that there are more names of loyal and dedicated members of all the parties and organizations young and old, they worked with all their bodies and souls for the Zionist ideal of building a Jewish State of Israel. They all drank from the sacred well of the Zionist cause.
We saw these comrades and their joys and enthusiasm in their songs and dances in Topolowa 12. Members of the rank and file, they were soldiers for an ideal for which they toiled and fought - the privilege of witnessing the building of the State of Israel.
Let these words be a memorial for their dear souls.
Standing from R. to L. M. Levine, G. Hazan, N. Goldring, L.Y. Winnikoff,
M.B. Grosleit, Y. Berliner, C. Ballach, M. Kravetski, Z.Rosenthal, L. Horoditche,
B.Z. Neumark, Y. Shereshevski, C.L. Itzbitzer. M. Lederhendler, A. Oper
Seated from R.to L.- M. Zeiger, A. Nusmacher, S. Bloch, S. Mintz, H. Rosenboim,
Kurlender, B. Kolodetzki, C. Levenberg, A. Bloch
Seated R.to L. C.L. Itzbitzer, M. Fierstein, B. Kastrinski,
Z. Zaretzki, L.Y. Winnikoff, A.Goldberg.
Standing R.toL.-Hazan, Shov, Kamenetzki, Dziencol, Litvinski
Standing, Unknown, Unknown, Dziencol, Kamenetzki, Fernig, Unknown, Kalman
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) -- Stock futures were rising Monday ahead of the final day for legislators in Washington to avoid tax hikes and deep across-the-board spending cuts that would go into effect at midnight if Congress can't reach a temporary deal.
Futures for the
Dow Jones Industrial Average
were up 0.52%, or 67 points, at 12,844. Futures for the
were adding 0.81%, or 11.25 points, to 1395.
futures were gaining 0.52%, or 13.5 points, with a fair value of 2600.
early Monday that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Vice President Joe Biden had made "major progress" toward a budget deal.
Congress failed to reach an agreement over the weekend as Democrats and Republicans went back and forth on where they should set a threshold of income for individuals and families.
Democrats had hoped to increase taxes on those individuals who had earned more than $360,000 each year and families with incomes of $450,000, but Senate Republicans suggested the individual tax hikes go to those earning $450,000 or more and on couples making a yearly amount of $550,000.
"There's still significant distance between the two sides, but negotiations continue," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
Stocks fell on Friday as investors feared legislators would fail to reach any sort of deal by the Jan. 1 deadline.
President Barack Obama emerged after the closing bell on Friday to say that he had engaged in a "constructive discussion" with House and Senate leadership about preventing tax hikes on the middle class.
"But if an agreement isn't reached in time between Sen. Reid and Sen.
Mitch McConnell, then I will urge Sen. Reid to bring to the floor a basic package for an up-or-down vote," Obama said on Friday.
The president said the basic package would include a plan to protect middle-class tax cuts, extend unemployment insurance and groundwork for deficit reduction.
The economic calendar on Monday includes the Dallas Fed manufacturing survey at 10:30 a.m. EST.
The FTSE 100 in London was dipping 0.47%, while the DAX in Germany was down 0.57%. Asian markets finished mixed on Monday as investors there appeared uncertain as to whether the U.S. would reach a so-called fiscal cliff deal. Hong Kong's Hang Seng shed 0.04% to 22,657. Japanese markets were closed.
Gold for February delivery was tacking on $6.60 to $1,662.50 an ounce at the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, while February crude oil contracts were dropping 44 cents to $90.36 a barrel.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury was down 6/32, boosting the yield to 1.720%. The dollar was up 0.15%, according to the
U.S. dollar index.
In corporate news,
Duff & Phelps
announced that it had
agreed to a group of private-equity investors
to purchase the company for $665.5 million in cash. Shares of the company were surging 19.9% in premarket trades.
Carlyle Group
Stone Point Capital LLC
Pictet & Cie
Edmond de Rothschild Group
were all part of the purchasing deal.
Tribune Co.
said it would emerge from its bankruptcy on Monday. The media company, whichowns
The Los Angeles Times
The Chicago Tribune
, sought bankruptcy in 2008.
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withdrew patents claims against
Galaxy S III Mini phone after the South Korean company announced it wouldn't offer to sell the gadget in the U.S., according to a
report. Shares of Apple were rising 0.47% in premarket action.
Shares of
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were adding 0.62% during Monday's premarket session.
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Drivers on Call ready for holiday weekend
Police on lookout for drunken drivers
As law enforcement prepares for strict enforcement over the St. Patrick's Day weekend, a business is ready to assist those who've had too much to drink.
Drivers on Call is like a taxi and a designated driver all in one.
"We're expecting thousands and thousands of people downtown," Des Moines Police Department Sgt. Steve Woody said.
As police prepare for weekend celebrations, they also prepare for an unfortunate side effect.
"If you're going to be drinking for hours, just make sure you have a ride home," Woody said.
That's where Doug Podhajsky comes in. He started his Drivers on Call business three years ago when he saw a need for it in Des Moines.
"Things are so spread out that when you're out drinking, if you want to get to your house, you've got to drive. The cab services are a little sketchy. Some places, they're a little hard to get to," Podhajsky said.
Podhajsky said a service like his is usually faster than calling a cab.
"Somebody calls the number, and usually, it takes us about 15 to 20 minutes to get to you. We will meet the customer wherever they're at," Podhajsky said. "Call them on the phone, and we will drive them in their own vehicle to their house."
Another driver follows the car so riders can rest assured they won't be alone.
"I do a lot of single women and a lot of young couples," Podhajsky said.
The service costs $30 inside the metro area and $40 outside.
"Just give us a call a half hour or 20 minutes before you're ready to be picked up. Let us know where you're at," Podhajsky said.
For the St. Patrick's Day weekend, Drivers on Call is teaming up with Des Moines-based Intoxalock. The first 20 callers on Sunday who mention Intoxalock will get a free ride home.


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Telecom Chiefs' Pay as High as an Elephant's Eye
Sprint's Hesse Leads Well-Compesated Herd With $49 Million Package
It is a great time to be a telecom executive.
The chief executives of the four big U.S. wireless carriers received combined compensation valued at more than $117 million last year. The bulk of that went to the bosses of the smaller rivals: outspoken T-Mobile US Inc. CEO John Legere and Dan Hesse of Sprint Corp.
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Pictured: Will McNamee
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The Particulars:
Harvard welcomes Penn and Princeton to the Beren Tennis Center for a pair of Ivy League matches. The Crimson and Quakers will meet April 9 and Harvard will play Princeton, April 10. Both matches are scheduled for a 2 p.m. start.
About Harvard:
The Crimson enters the weekend with an overall record of 9-10 and is 0-2 in the conference. Andy Nguyen owns a team-best 16 singles wins this year while Alexei Chijoff-Evans has posted 15. Alistair Felton and Nguyen have teamed up to record 19 victories in doubles play.
About Penn:
The Quakers are 11-6 on the year and 1-2 in the Ivy League entering the match. James Magnes leads Penn in singles wins with 13 victories this spring. Phil Law is close behind with 12 while Eugene Brazdil and Jason Lin have notched 10 wins each.
About Princeton:
The Tigers comes into the contest with a 7-10 record and a 1-2 mark in the Ancient Eight. Matt Siow paces the team with 17 singles wins while Matt Spindler has picked up 14 on the year. The doubles team of Yohel Shoji and Siow has earned 15 victories this season.
Last Time Out:
Harvard fell to Columbia, 5-2, April 2 to kick off Ivy League action. The Crimson bowed the following day to Cornell, 5-2. Joshua Tchan picked up two singles victories on the weekend at the No. 4 slot.
The Series:
The Crimson owns the upper hand in the series against Penn and Princeton. Harvard holds a 67-11 advantage over the Quakers. The Crimson won last year's meeting, 5-2, and has taken the last four matches.
Harvard and Princeton have squared off 82 times, dating back to 1925. The Crimson enjoys a slight lead in the series, 42-40. The Tigers edged Harvard last season, 4-3. The Crimson defeated Princeton earlier this year, 6-1, in the semifinals of the ECAC Championship.
Up Next:
The Crimson will travel to the Ocean State to take on Brown, April 16, in a key Ivy League contest.


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New products and innovative ideas were on display last week at the National RV Trade Show in Louisville, Ky.
As reported by The Goshen (Ind.) News, the show draws RV dealers, manufacturers and suppliers from across North America as well as visitors from around the world. New products shown by Elkhart County companies included:
Lippert Components Inc.
This Goshen, Ind., company introduced its All American Hitch, a fifth-wheel hitch for towing RVs and cargo trailers. Air cells in the hitch absorb the energy transfer between the hitch and tow vehicle, according to the company, which provides a quieter ride with less vibration.
Other introductions were:
• A wireless leveling system that uses a remote control or computer tablet to control the leveling.
• A friction hinge that is an option on all Lippert entry doors, which allows an RV door to stay open in up to a 15 mph wind, according to the company.
• An integrated locking system for RV entry doors. The RV Lock is a keyless system.
Jayco Inc.
Middlebury, Ind.-based Jayco introduced several new units at the show, including he Redhawk Class C motorhome. Jayco now has four Class C product lines.
A new floorplan for the Pinnacle fifth-wheel was displayed. The unit has a front living room and is offered in a 38-foot length.
Two new models in the Jay Feather Ultra Lite travel trailer line were showcased, the 20M and the 23M. The units feature "murphy beds" that allow the smaller trailers to have full-sized beds.
The Seismic toy hauler was shown with a new partial paint option and a six-point leveling system.
A new floorplan for the White Hawk travel trailer was shown and the trailer now has an insulation option.
Three new fifth-wheels in the Eagle line were displayed, as well as a number of upgrades in that line.
Jayco overhauled the exteriors of its Octane sport utility trailers with new graphics featuring gray and white side metal with black trim and accents.
In its pop-up camper line, Jayco showed off a new "stepper door." The new feature functions as an entrance door and a swing-down entrance step.
EverGreen Recreational Vehicles LLC
EverGreen in Middlebury displayed five lines of travel trailers and fifth-wheels at the show. Included were the all-new Bay Hill fifth-wheel and the new Sun Valley travel trailers.
Gulf Stream Coach
The Ameri-Lite division of Gulf Stream Coach displayed a wider travel trailer based on its 21MB unit. The new, wider trailer has an 8-foot wide interior, which provides more living space and allows for pass-through storage.
• KZRV introduced its Spree Sandlewood lightweight travel trailer. The trailer has a champagne-colored exterior. The Spree line also has three new floorplans, including one unit with three sliderooms. The trailer is offered in 24- to 36-foot lengths.
Newmar Corp.
• Newmar in Nappanee introduced its Newmar Professional Product Institute.
The institute is an online training academy and certification program for retail sales people who sell Newmar motor homes, according to the company.
The training program consists of 14 modules covering the company and its nine motorhome lines.
Starcraft Inc.
Middlebury-based Starcraft introduced its AR-ONE WideBody series of travel trailers. They range in length from 21 to 27 feet long and can accommodate from four to 10 sleepers.
The company also displayed its redesigned camping trailers and new options for its Galaxy units and its AR-ONE and Launch.
Thor Motor Coach
Thor Motor Coach introduced its new 33SW Class C motorhome in its Four Winds and Chateau brands.
The unit is built on a Ford F-550 chassis and is powered by a 6.7 -liter diesel engine.
The company also added a 34-foot diesel pusher unit to its Tuscany Class A motorhome line.
Also, the company featured a redesigned Outlaw toy hauler motorhome that features more storage and sleeping capacity.
Venture RV
Shipshewana-based Venture RV displayed its new SportTrek line of lightweight travel trailers. The line offers three lengths from 26-feet to 35-feet and come with an enclosed underbelly.