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Lets be honest here, most bloggers need a little extra to keep going. Even if its just the blogs basic maintenance fees like domain, hosting, pro theme, some add on plugins/services/designer fees, etc. Its some serious work running a blog.
So, lets talk about online affiliates.
Whats an online affiliate?
Working with a company-brand earning commission through links and ads on a blog/website for their products or services. You purchase through these links/ads and commission is earned.
Most have a certain time frame; 24 hours, 30 days, etc.
I'm going to tell ya like it is here at KA Styles. I'm going to add Amazon/other affiliate links throughout the blog. I'm only going to link things that are Actually related, I use, recommend, or may work for you. My links are in bold letters.
This isn't a get 'rich' thing. I wont write posts for links, I'll find links I could add to something I'm already writing. I may at some point write a post thats all about my Amazon or any affiliate but, I'll certainly let you know thats the kind of post it is.
Some things are linked into the text and some are shopping ads like this, oh yes link bomb. 😉 I'll link bomb and say its a link bomb! haha.
Link bomb!
Say NO to Adsense
Truthfully, I'm just not into monetizing my blog with Adsense style ads. I did try it on for a some time against my better judgement. But, I'll test things at least once…
It was very hard for me to even try on Adsense because it looks like clutter!
I'm So the less is more type, I hope you can tell that about me visiting my blog. Just not enough money in it for the 'clutter' it adds and slower loading for my readers.
While I'm in the business of making money, my blog is for you not me if you know what I mean.
I don't like blogs that have So many ads it takes three minutes to load a post, takes Forever to scroll through a post, I cant see images because ads pop up, videos start playing sound, etc.
I spend half my time clicking x's and speakers. Sometimes my browser freezes up!
Some blogs blend it in well, its fewer though…
On mobile, forgettttt it! My mobile traffic is about 62%, what is yours? This is what Im at today as I write this post. Update: 11/29/2016 almost 68 now%.
Mobile: 52.29% Tablet: 9.35%. 52%+ just for phones; more difficult to view over a tablet…
Even if you have good content and pretty pictures… It drives me Mad and I stop visiting said blog. I usually wont share you on social media much either. I cant recommend a post/site/blog that is so difficult to view.
Yes I said it, your blog drives me Mad.
And I dont want to share you.
I know some of you feel me!
For me personally, I Just. cant. do. it. I cant clog the blog. I hope some of you consider how clogged your blog is. Some are so clogged you need some Rid-X. LOL.
Are you actually losing more than you are gaining with all the ads on your clogged blog? Should we hashtag? He he.
So, here we are with Amazon, Bulk Glitters and Themeforest. Im going to try it on, who knows I could dump it next month but, Im going to give it a go. This was a better choice for the blog to make a bit extra.
No big banners popping up, blinking, videos, etc! LOL. And SO many already use Amazon and Prime for free shipping, etc. Some posts will have shopping ads Ive linked the products I used or something similar that will work.
This is how I think it will go down or this is a total pipe dream. Ha ha.
- I think most that happen to buy are a frequent Amazon/Prime user, have something already in the cart and add on mason jars, etc, and shipped for free.
- Or fill up a cart and use their Prime or a free shipping deal. May even cost a buck or two more but, saved the trip going to the store. I personally factor time and gas going to craft stores, etc.
- Then there are those that just hook a sista up.
I will see wont I? 😮
Update: 38 days in with Amazon links in about 10 posts now. Ive actually been slacking on updating old posts with links! LOL
Commission $50.09. It took four months to make that with Adsense! While not some big money its $50 already! 🙂 I made commission within 48 hours.
My Reality…
Id just love to make enough to support back-end fees for the site. Costs are growing as my traffic is growing. Site costs are not huge but enough. I'm fortunate I can be the designer so in the big picture site costs are minimal.
Like I said above this isn't a get rich thing. I have a realistic approach with my current traffic levels and wont depend on it, it will be 'bonus'.
You have to take this approach as you try it on, its 'Plan E'. You should always have many plans and don't be afraid to test things.
I'll gradually add links into more posts. It will take some time to go through old posts and I'll link as I post new.
Of course I'll let you know what posts contain affiliate links. While its a 'rule' you must disclose, Id disclose anyways, I'm a tell it like it is type! Ha ha.
You know I'll be linking mason jars, glitter, and more!
DIY your own bangin' jars!
Ok, lets end this, right? Just wanted to let my readers know whats going on. I'll keep it more subtle, as I said above I hope you can see I'm the less is more type by my blog design and images.
A weird video ad suddenly blaring out of my speakers ruining my Pandora jam… I wont ruin your jam just sayin'. Or a moving car banner in my clean header…. nooooooo.
Now if I could just be as OCD as I am with my style not having clutter and what my desk looks like right now! LOL.
How do you feel about affiliates? Does it drive you mad when the blog is clogged? 😮
Biz +Blog +WP
The required Amazon disclosure. 😉
KA Styles.co is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
Follow me around. 😉
Make something with one of my tutorials or something you were inspired by/learned here?
Hashtag it on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook! 🙂


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STORY AND PHOTOS BY PAT COVERT KNIFE MARKET REMAINS HOT WITH AGGRESSIVE DESIGNS nives are a hot ticket in the marketplace, with this segment of the industry reflecting a lot of excitement and profit potential. This was the general perception at the 2013 Blade Show held in Atlanta, Ga., May 31-June 2. Cutlery manufacturers typically launch a slew of new products at this event and this year's crop of factory knives showed a broad range of new designs — something for every budget. The folding knife continues to be the major focus of the cutlery market — primarily in the "tactical" genre. 5.11 Tactical Gear is now several years into their knife program and it continues to boom. The small LDE (Last Ditch Effort) Tanto Folder caught our eye. This little bulldog is one of an expanding group of folders based on the same FRN (injection-molded) handle platform and is very economical. Visit www.511tactical.com. Hallmark Cutlery continues to be one of the value leaders in the tactical arena. The Dreadnaught, with its aggressive rhinolike blade and stout G10 handle, is a large-size folder at a very affordable price point. The entire Bad Blood line is similarly priced and will appeal to both the youth market and seasoned tactical user. Visit www.hallmarkcutlery.com. A sleek, new design introduced at the show was the Ken Onion-designed CRKT Swindle gent's folder. This midsize folder exudes class, from its strong lines to the unique hinged pocket clip on its base. The Swindle's blade swings out via a flipper (located on the backside of the handle) and an IKBS ball bearing pivot. Visit www.crkt.com. W. R. Case & Sons has teamed up with Carhartt to release a line of hard-duty folders in a variety of traditional patterns. Handle options in the Carhartt series include molasses bone, synthetic stag, and earth brown G10 composite. Visit www. wrcase.com. Retired police officer and trainer Brian Hoffner's American Tactical Apparel has developed a group of knives able to be rapidly acW.R. Case & Sons' Wes Hardin cessed and indexed holds the new Carhartt by Case as part of a traincatalog along with the earth ing system that can be easbrown G10 BackPocket knife. 54 OCTOBER 2013 K Abundance Of Folders ily taught to law enforcement and civilian users. There are two "live" folders in the lineup (a plain edge and partially serrated version) and a training knife for instruction. Visit www.americantacticalapparel.com. A.G. Russell, an advocate of carrying small knives, designed the Skorpions to suit his needs — two trim, lightweight folders built strong enough to do some beefy cutting. Available in two blade sizes (3 and 3.45 inches) these "featherlite" folders feature sturdy frame-locks on lightened handle rails. Visit www.agrussell.com. Kershaw's popular Cryo is getting a big brother. The Cryo II is 20-percent larger but retains the overall look and feel of the original. The Cryo II features a matte-gray titanium carbo-nitride coated stainless steel frame, drop-point blade, flipper activated SpeedSafe opening mechanism and frame-lock with lockbar stabilizer. Visit www.kershawknives.com. Cold Steel's new Indo/Persian-inspired Talwar folder has more curves than a Himalayan switchback. The knife's upswept blade complements a wicked handle with G10 scales. Cold Steel offers the Talwar in two blade lengths — a small 4-inch model and larger 5.5-inch one. Visit www.coldsteel.com. Benchmade has jumped aboard the flipper train. The company's new midsize 300 AXIS Flipper folder features "treaded" brown and tan G10 handle scales and a drop-point blade — which is engaged by an easy-access flipper or ambidextrous thumb studs. This folder locks up with Benchmade's sturdy AXIS lock. Visit www. benchmade.com. (Above) Southern Grind's Bad Monkey is attracting a growing following. (Below) The Hogue EX-04 (Left) and the CRKT Swindle (Right) are two of many diverse tactical folders on the market. Subscribe to SI DIGITAL www.shootingindustry.com www.shootingindustry.com
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FIRST LANDFALL OF 2011: Tropical Storm Arlene swirls ashore this morning in eastern Mexico. (Image credit: NASA/ NOAA/ GPS)
Tropical Storm Arlene made landfall on the East Coast of Mexico near Cabo Rojo at 5 a.m. EDT Thursday with 65 mph winds and torrential rain, the National Hurricane Center said.
Hurricane watches had been issued for the area but Arlene never made it to hurricane status.
Nevertheless, the season's first tropical storm was forecast to dump 5 inches of rain in northeastern Mexico and up to a foot in mountainous areas, causing flash floods and mudslides. Early rainfall totals were 8 inches at Tuxpan, Mexico and 6 inches at Tampico, AccuWeather said.
"The storm was making an obvious attempt at closing off an eyewall it appears and was on its way to becoming a hurricane," said Mark Sudduth at Hurricanetrack.com.
As Arlene moves west toward the Sierra Madrew Oriental Mountain Range, it should begin to lose strength quickly, and the NHC predicted dissipation in 36 hours.
South Texas, which has been suffering through drought conditions similar to those in South Florida, was getting bands of rain coming off the Gulf through the night, but it wasn't adding up to much. At 8 a.m., Brownsville reported winds out of the east-northeast at 13 mph with .78 of an inch of rain in last 24 hours.
Almost as much rain fell Wednesday at Palm Beach International Airport — .51 of an inch. That puts the June total at 2.41 inches, which is still 4.93 under average for the month.
But more rain was forecast for Thursday, and the National Weather Service in Miami was calling for wet weather in Palm Beach through Saturday.
The clouds and rain are the result of a trough stationed over North Florida and stretching up the East Coast. Originally forecasters believed the system would move out by Friday.
"Computer models have trended toward having this trough hanging around longer into the weekend, and this could keep the inclement weather around longer than earlier thought," said Dan Gregoria, NWS-Miami meteorologist.
"It looks like the second half of the weekend will be better than the first half."
Rain chances remain at 40 percent through Saturday and then drop to just 20 percent on Sunday.


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E-mail us your TCW Wrestling feedback and it might get posted here!
Thank you very much for bringing your shows here in Kenya through a television known as K24. I am not only a TCW fan, but also a wrestling fan in general. What makes me even happier about your shows is the backstage interviews. They remind me of the WCW days. It is awesome.
-- Paul Olili
I have some comments that I would like to share with your company.
First off, I will admit that I never heard of TCW Wrestling, but when I saw the commercial for you guys coming to Springfield, Missouri and the legends that was going to be there I wanted to come. My wife and I found TCW on the channel here and saw the last 30 minutes of it. When we got to the Shrine Mosque, I didn't know what to expect and was just going to enjoy our time there.
We thought that the show would last for 3 hours, but were very surprised that it was 5 hours long and we got our money's worth out of it. I would like to comment on the wrestlers and the owner of TCW. I really enjoyed the fact that the wrestlers were nice to the audience and that the owner was walking around shaking hands with people. I liked the fact that in the ring they had this character that they had to play but outside of it they were genuinely nice to the fans.
We really enjoyed our seats and liked the price that we had to pay. You now have 2 fans that have a lot of respect for the wrestlers and what they do. Going into the wrestling show I did not know much about it and neither did my wife but after seeing you guys live, like I said we have a lot of respect for the wrestlers and the company itself.
Thank you for putting on such a great show and giving the fans what they wanted. We look forward to seeing your company come back to Springfield, Missouri and we will be coming to the next one.
Thanks again,
-- Jason Willoughby
I am an indy wrestler in Utah and found your product on YouTube. You all do a great job. The wrestlers are good and the production is outstanding. As an Arkansan (grew up near Hot Springs), it is great to see the old school style returning. So much better than WWE and TNA. You all and ROH are the best. Thanks so much for entertaining me!
-- Brian
I have to give you a BIG thank you for the new found joy you have giving me by looking forward to every weekend TCW Wrestling show. My favorite is "The Golden One" - wow, amazing. I can't wait to see TCW at the Shrine Mosque. Great venue. We won't let you down. Terry Butts (TBBB) T triple B baby! Butts vs. Bradford's anyday : ) Thanks for the hard work.
-- Terry
I just wanted to say that I am enjoying TCW each week. The backstage interview segments are 10 times better than the ones that they have in WWE and TNA. You do them the Mean Gene Okerlund way, which is a lot better in my opinion. I just think you have an all around good announce team. TV show production is good. Good wrestling for the most part. All around a great show. We don't get to see wrestling live out here in rural Utah, so I really enjoy watching TCW on your website each week. Keep up the good work.
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Choose the city in American Samoa that you went to high school to view the Virtual Yearbook for your school. Joining your Virtual Yearbook for your American Samoa high school will allow you to reconnect with your high school friends. You can also use the search on this page to search for AS alumni from a specific school.
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Upcoming VMware Horizon View features revealed
The next version of VMware Horizon View will focus on mobility and include network enhancements, context aware security, IPv6 support and more.
The next version of VMware Horizon View will include important security and networking enhancements including context aware security.
VMware will divulge upcoming features during the VMworld 2013 conference later this month. The next release is expected to be View 5.5, though VMware has not confirmed a version number. View 5.2, the first iteration of its virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) software to be bundled with the VMware Horizon Suite, became available in February.
The company typically releases a new version of View every two years; View 4 became available in late 2009 and View 5 became available in September 2011, so View 6 isn't far off; probably 2014, sources said.
VMware View 5.5 security features
One beta tester said the upcoming security features will be important in environments with regulatory and reporting requirements, and the network enhancements are something View shops "will be extremely excited about."
Specific capabilities coming to Horizon View, listed in a VMworld session summary, include context aware adaptive security -- important for securing mobile systems.
Context aware security systems use factors such as location, device and the information being accessed to decide the security levels required. It's a feature that users will find particularly useful, said Todd Knapp, CEO of Envision Technology Advisors, an IT consultancy based in Pawtucket, RI.
More on VMware Horizon View
View folded into Horizon Suite
Horizon Workspace gets an update
View shops hesitate to buy into Horizon Suite
The context aware security tools may allow IT to expand and contract user rights based on heuristic assessment of past behaviors, Knapp said.
In other words, it takes the approach of understanding why a user wants to do something -- the context of the request -- and then makes a decision based on that, rather than by an access control list or a hard policy, he said.
"Instead of IT maintaining a table of permissions, this watches user behavior and automatically recognizes regular and irregular requests," Knapp said.
"I'm not sure that VMware will hit this nail on the head from day one, but the fact that they are thinking about it is important, and it is part of their software-defined data center [strategy]," he added.
The company has had context aware security technology since its PacketMotion acquisition in 2011. VMware integrated those adaptive security capabilities into vShield, now called vCloud Networking and Security.
PCoIP, networking updates
View VDI performance will also improve via updates to Teradici's PCoIP Hardware Accelerator, which offloads PCoIP image encoding tasks and reduces server CPU utilization. The new driver release will incorporate caching support to cut bandwidth usage and complements the physical GPU in VMware Horizon View environments.
Upcoming network optimization improvements in View 5.5 should also alleviate some of the problems caused by traffic shaping tools that cannot prioritize virtual desktop traffic. Those tools erroneously shut down traffic that should be prioritized, causing latency.
"That leaves users feeling that they don't like VDI technology, even though the problem doesn't have to do with VDI," Knapp said.
Availability and performance should also improve for companies with server farms in various locations through global server load balancing, which coordinateshow traffic is processed among multiple data centers. However, companies that currently require that capability already use a third-party tool, such as Barracuda Networks, Inc.'s Barracuda Load Balancer.
It's something included in Citrix NetScaler, so competitively it makes sense for VMware to offer.
"I've had conversations with people who are looking at [global server load balancing] to design for [disaster recovery]," said Gunnar Berger, a Gartner Inc. analyst. "Instead of having a cold, cheap standby [colocation], you could have two or more hot sites…so that your critical users could be up and running quickly."
It isn't clear whether the upcoming server load balancing feature is something VMware is building, Berger said, or if it is using a tool from a partner company such as F5 Networks. F5's BIG-IP for Horizon View delivers centralized access to all applications, traffic management between multiple sites, and security controls.
However, VMware has been known to step on partners' toes, as have other large technology vendors.
"Though [VMware] talks about how they value partners, they often develop products that could be viewed as competing with or trivializing their partner products," Knapp said. "[The upside is that it] forces evolution among the partner ecosystem."
VMware also plans to discuss during the conference options that can improve VDI performance and lower storage costs. Earlier this year, the company acquired Virsto, software that performs thin provisioning, caching and optimization for SANs and other types of storage, so conversations may center on that.
VMware will also add Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) support for View users that have converted to that version.
While View networking and storage performance improvements are necessary and are certainly welcomed, VDI shops have already invested in partner products to help solve those bottlenecks, said Mike Davis, managing director of technology at Broadleaf Services, an IT consultancy based in Burlington, Mass.
"A lot of our customers aren't necessarily looking for the latest and greatest features," Davis said. "Most of the time, it's small improvements we might take advantage of eventually, or things already being done well by other companies."
VMware did not comment for this article by press time.
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After a year of dilemma, I'm proud to say
But what is boggling your mind must be "Wtf is peekashu? Father of Pikachu?"
Its not just cos I find the name cute ok, neither is it because Pikachu is my favourite Pokemon and cartoon of ALL TIME (the original fat one)
surpassing Spongebob and Dexter. HAH IN YOUR FACE NICK / CARTOON NETWORK.
There is, in fact a reason/story behind the name peekashu.
Peekashu originated from the word peekaboo. Just with a little personalization, mixing it with my name Shuwen and all.
I chose peekaboo because its known to be a popular game among babies to cheer babies up. So in conclusion, I was hoping peekashu.com would have the same effect on all its readers.
So yeah, now you know how the name peekashu came about.
Hopefully from now on, peekashu.com can bring joy to all its readers out there :)
Big thank you to all my loyal readers, you guys have been awesome. Thank you for actually reading all my #crap and helping me afford a domain HA HA. I don't know how to say how much I love you guys but I love you guys lah. lololol
ok I made that up. I actually came up with the name Peekashu just cos I think it was cute.
The story came AFTERWARDS. HAHA
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The flat is wheelchair friendly with a large "wet room" complete with grab handles and a washbasin under which you can get a wheelchair. There are two bedrooms with single beds and a large combined kitchenette/dining room/living room with a sofabed. The living area, wet room, one bedroom and outside partially covered patio are completely wheelchair accessible.


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This is a Foodie Fridays - TGIF! It's time to get fat on Fridays! entry under my themed blog posts! For more info about this Singapore Food themed blog posts, do read the entry here.
[Invited Tasting]
The kind folks from PAUL Singapore and Food News invited Skai and I for a food tasting during Bastille Day, their French National Holiday at PAUL Singapore at Marina Bay Link Mall.


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Love the Hushamok Hammock but prefer a classic, wooden frame? Luckily for you, Hushamok has a wonderful option of the Okoa Wooden Frame that can be paired with this Hushamok Organic Hammock to create the perfect solution. This organic baby hammock comes in un-dyed organic cotton and includes a mattress, 2 matching fitted sheets, and a leafspring.
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It was great to hear the Blue Thunder pumping up the finishers at the Bellevue 10K Run last Sunday. I needed all the encouragement I could get since it was the first 10K race I've run in many years.
Twenty years ago, I would have considered this semi-hilly course an easy training "jog" but now my middle age body hesitates like an overloaded light truck up the hills. I was rusty but didn't break down. In my 20s and 30s, I would run races by targeting runners ahead of me to pass. These days, I don't even try to keep up with the people who pass me. My goal is to simply finish without an injury.
Although the forecast the previous day called for winds and showers, they never came. It turned out to be a sunny and comfortable day for running.


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The 718 Boxsters were made for the sport of it. They are mid-engined roadsters that unite the sporting spirit of the legendary Porsche 718 with the sports car of tomorrow – and transfer it to the roads of today's world. With one goal: to take the everyday out of every day. Learn more.
Porsche 718 Cayman
The 718 Cayman is the sequel that continues the 718 era. At their heart, a four-cylinder turbocharged boxer engine beats with the same fighting spirit that delivered countless podium finishes. In them lives the will to break away from standards. And to inspire conviction. Learn more.
Porsche 911
Yet again, everything comes back into play. It's about a new benchmark. A sports car that has only ever existed once in this form. That has been a source of fascination for generations. And is firmly anchored in our heart and soul. Learn more.
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The Panamera. It changed everything. For drivers of saloons first and foremost. Sporting spirit – in business and in personal life – found its automotive counterpart. The courage to perform found a matching performer. Learn more.
Porsche Macan
It is the compact SUV as only Porsche engineers could have imagined it. Concentrated and intense, but still powerful and versatile. As efficient as possible – given the priorities of passenger safety and comfort. We designed Macan to give you ample room for active lifestyles. But when it came to performance, we left no room for compromise. Learn more.
Porsche Cayenne
Five doors that are open to any adventure. With a new, dynamic design and a new generation of efficient, turbocharged engines. With outstanding digital connectivity that brings the whole world into the cockpit. With versatility, quality and new cutting-edge driver assistance systems that offer both driver and passengers extraordinary comfort. Learn more.
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Welcome to the PJ Our Way Kids Blog – written by kids for kids!
Posted March 01, 2015
| Written by PJ Our Way Design Team
Cleveland's Local Design Team in the News!
Posted March 01, 2015
| Written by Annabel, Age 9, Illinois
Meet Design Team Member, Annabel from Illinois!
Hello, everybody! My name is Annabel, I love acting and singing. If you have ever been in a musical or play, tell me on my blog! I love being on the design team! My favorite food is sushi. My favorite color is green. My favorite state is California. I have two little brothers. My favorite book is From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. My favorite song is Opportunity. I am nine years-old.
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He's been discussed for years in many, many, many places, but after reading Deadspin today we felt compelled to file our own report on Stubby Clapp.
The minor-league baseball legend—and Canadian!—is being feted in Memphis this summer with his own ``day.'' But don't look for him on the 2008 NOTY ballot. Stubby is a childhood nickname.
``I have relatives who don't even know what my first name is,'' the 5-foot-8, 175-pound infielder said.
It's Richard. Which means that he just as easily could have been called ... oh, never mind.
After an 11-year career that included a cup of coffee in the bigs, Stubby's finally hung up his spikes. Thankfully, he's staying in baseball. Though if you're an Astros fan, and the coaches look a little uncomfortable, the headline on Stubby's job announcement might explain why.


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Are you subscribed to multiple social media networks like we are? Do you find it difficult it to keep up with all of the updates from the people you follow? Do you feel like you're missing a lot of good information?
"The Social Rewind," is a weekly compilation of what we thought were the most interesting, funny, or informational social media posts of the previous week. Q Source follows a variety of really fascinating companies and individuals on Twitter, Facebook & Google+ and we want to share the best of what they have to say.
Leading off this week's column: We hope you enjoyed last week's Thanksgiving holiday and providing one more connection to Turkey Day, is this post from Agilent Technologies that looks at the health benefits of a staple of this season's biggest meal: Cranberries.
Happy Thanksgiving! Let's give thanks for cranberries. Read more at https://t.co/24oMM0UXqv pic.twitter.com/GRTiq2aSZo— Agilent Technologies (@Agilent) November 24, 2015
Workplace hearing damage is often overlooked. Here's a post from 3M that offers four tips to protect employee hearing.
Life can be loud.
4 tips to help protect your #hearing. #Lifewith3M https://t.co/sfnKb7cW2q pic.twitter.com/uzRgjKFLPw— 3M (@3M) November 23, 2015
Leica Microsystems' image of the week guarantees that you've never seen avocados like this before.
Our image of the week shows the main ingredient of guacamole under the microscope. On Instagram you can find several more fruit, all courtesy of Ludwig Eckl, Unleashed Visions.Posted by Leica Microsystems on Wednesday, November 25, 2015
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Keith McDonald
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Title: IT Division Manager
Keith McDonald is the IT Division Manager for the City of Vacaville, self-proclaimed technology geek with 20 years of professional IT experience. Past work experience includes the US AirForce, RR-Donnelley, Rolls-Royce. He loves old and new technology alike. When not knee deep tech he loves to play old fashion pinball, even though he loses a lot! Keith has done a broad range of technology projects ranging from storage infrastructure to virtualization, wireless, video surveillance, security. Keith is always looking at what's next!


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Eating a high fiber diet has many positive benefits to it. It helps you to become healthier, by eating healthier types of food. It also is an effective way to lose weight. So, what is a high fiber diet? Let us take a look at what a high fiber diet is.
What Is A High Fiber Diet?
A high fiber diet is one where you focus on eating foods which are high in fiber. There are many foods which are high in fiber, these include whole grain and wholemeal foods, beans and foods with beans in them, nut, potatoes and particularly jacket potatoes, dried foods like raisins, pulses and other foods such as cereals, especially cereals such as bran cereals.
All of these foods are high in fiber, and therefore, focusing on eating more of these foods, is a great way to have a high fiber diet. Eating lots of vegetables and fruits, or lots of wholemeal foods is a great way to have a high fiber diet.
How many Meals to Eat
You should be eating three healthy and full meals a day, this should start with a full and healthy breakfast. If you are going on a high fiber diet, then eat foods like cereals, cereals are very high in fiber. When you are eating lunch or dinner, try and eat plenty of foods such as potatoes and other foods.
The focus of a high fiber diet is focusing on foods which are full of fiber. Eating foods or recipes high in fiber can give you many positive side effects. What are those positive benefits to eating a high fiber diet? High fiber diets can be very good for preventing all sorts of illnesses.
The illnesses that the high fiber diet can prevent you from having, are illnesses such as heart disease, cancer and bowel problems. These types of illnesses can be prevented later in life if you focus on eating foods which are rich in fiber.
The high fiber diet is also an effective way for you to lose weight. Focusing on increasing your fiber intake, can help you to lose weight and shed off the excess pounds. Remember, losing weight is not necessarily about reducing all foods from your diet, it is about reducing some foods from your diet while introducing other foods into your diet much more.
Eating foods which are high in fibre, is essential for a healthy diet. A high fibre diet is also essential for good health, it keeps you healthy, while also preventing many different illnesses.
How much fiber should you take daily?
Now that you know that fiber can prevent many illnesses and contribute to a healthy lifestyle, you will want to know how much fiber you need, to have a healthy lifestyle. It depends upon whether you are a man or a woman.
The advice given is different for both men and women, because of the biological nature of the male and female body, the amount of fibre needed in both the male and female bodies are different. If you are a man, it is advised that you take around 38 grams of fibre, if you are a young man. If you are an older man, then you should take around 30 grams of fibre.
There is a difference in how much fibre a woman should take. If you are a young woman, then you should take around 25 grams of fibre, this is much lower than a man of the same age. And, if you are an older woman above the age of 50, then you should eat around 21 grams of fibre.
How much fiber to eat
The amount of fibre needed in your body is relative to your age. You should follow the age guidelines when you are intaking fibre, or when you are adopting any diet. Your age and your health matter when adopting a diet.
If you eat the right types of foods every day, then that will be enough to have a high fibre diet. You should focus on eating high fibre foods such a beans, veggies, beans, fruits, nuts and seeds. If you are lacking in your intake of these types of foods, then you will be low in fibre. If you take these types of foods, then you will be high in fibre.
Another way that you can include fibre in your diet, is to take fibre diet supplements. Fibre diet supplements are tablets which gives you the necessary fibre that you need in your diet. If you are unsure about whether or not you are taking enough grams of fibre in your diet, then taking a fibre diet every day can help you, it will make sure that you get the necessary fibre that you need in your diet.
Tips for your high fibre diet
There are certain tips that you should take into consideration when you are adopting a new high fibre diet. The first tip is to take it slow. Taking it slow helps your body to become accustomed to your new diet. You shouldn't just switch to a high fibre diet all at once, instead, introduce the stages gradually.
You should avoid adding too much fibre to your diet too quickly because it can have negative side effects. The side effects can make you unwell or sick. Therefore, taking it slowly with your new fibre diet is essential, that is the first tip for your new fibre diet.
The second tip is to drink plenty of water when you are on your diet. Drinking a lot of water while on your diet is helpful. You shouldn't overdo it on the water because that can be damaging. But at the same time, you want to ensure that you drink enough water throughout the day - two litres.
A high fibre diet is an easy enough diet to take hold of. Its main focus is mostly on introducing more fibre to your diet, rather than focusing on all of your diet and exercise. It is a very beneficial diet that you can incorporate into your life, with many positive benefits.


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International Max Planck Research School for Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences (IMPRS-LS)
The IMPRS-LS is a special PhD program of the Max Planck Institutes of Biochemistry, Neurobiology and Psychiatry, the Ludwig Maximilian University and the Technical University Munich. The program covers the areas of biochemistry, cell biology, molecular medicine, neurobiology and structural biology and takes an interdisciplinary approach to connect them. In this way, the IMPRS-LS aims to promote the ability of cross-frontier thinking and to encourage its students to look beyond their own noses.
The research of an individual doctoral student focuses on the topic of the chosen research group, but is also integrated into a structured curriculum. This curriculum offers a variety of training opportunities such as lecture series, seminars, advanced courses, method and career development workshops and participation in international conferences.
Currently, more than 250 students from all over the world are working at the Max Planck Institutes of Biochemistry and Neurobiology.
Video by Max Planck society about IMPRS (german only):


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LIl Wayne speaks on his plans for "Carter V" and the probability of it being his final solo project.
Lil Wayne has stated that Tha Carter V will be his final solo album, but fans have been split on whether to believe his claim. The Young Money leader made similar promises before Tha Carter IV was released, yet he's continued to release music since.
In a new interview with MTV, Weezy was clear that his claims are to be taken seriously-- unless of course, there's some money on the table.
"25 to 35 million would get me to do another solo album after this," he said, adding with sincerity, "I didn't smile when I said that."
While there are offers that Tunechi can not refuse, his plan is still to finish his solo career with C5. "I personally plan on this being my final solo album," he said. "It's definitely the final Carter album."
Wayne then clarified that he would still contribute to Cash Money releases when he was needed, saying he may "pitch in for a Young Money album, Like Father, Like Son album or something like that."
Wayne stressed that he will be putting every ounce of effort into his final project. "The way I'm working for this album. It seems like it would be impossible for me to work this hard again for anything else."
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When it comes to security, 75 percent of executives from U.S. companies, law enforcement, government agencies, other organizations and other security experts are more fearful of threats this year than in the past 12 months, a new study found.
Over 500 respondents surveyed in this year's report, sponsored by PwC, International Data Group's CSO, the CERT Division of the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, and the Secret Service.
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This year's numbers are significantly higher than last year's, since U.S. State of Cybercrime Survey found only 59 percent of participants had concerns about cyberthreats in 2014.
"Heightened awareness and concern are well-warranted," the report said. "A record 79 [percent] of survey respondents said they detected a security incident in the past 12 months. Many incidents go undetected, however, so the real tally is probably much higher."
PwC said respondents reported 163 security incidents per organization on average in the last 12 months, which is an increase from 135 incidents during the prior year. Organizations with 10,000 or more employees detected 31 times more incidents than those with fewer than 1,000 employees.
David Burg, PwC's global and U.S. cyber security leader, said this year is a "watershed year for cybercrime." He said fighting it isn't just a matter of increasing spending but improving information sharing.
However, only 25 percent of respondents said they were involved in industry-specific Information Sharing and Analysis Centers, or ISACs, which is the same number as the prior year. Organizations in the electricity, water, banking and finance and government sectors were more likely to participate.
But the survey said President Obama's executive order issued in February to create new Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, or ISAOs, should boost participation.
"Unlike today's industry specific ISACs, membership in ISAOs will be more flexible, enabling businesses and public-sector agencies to share information specific to individual industries as well as intelligence related to geographies, issues, events, or threats," the survey said.
The survey pointed out that a key barrier to information sharing is "a lack of a unified framework, platform and data standards. But it pointed out the Department of Homeland Security and others are working to promote specific, standardized messaging and communication formats to distribute threat intelligence and response tactics in real time.
The survey also found the most frequently cited crimes are those committed from outside an organization. It also said 31 percent of respondents had a phishing attack last year, while distributed-denial-of-service attacks are becoming more severe and ransomware is becoming more prevalent.
"Over the past year, the Secret Service saw an increase in cyber-related activity involving capable networks of transnational criminals targeting U.S. citizens and financial institutions," Stuart Tryon, special agent in charge of the agency's criminal investigative division, said in the release. "Currently, subjects in Eastern Europe control many of the Internet web sites buying and selling illicitly obtained credit card data."
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(Dress: TFNC*/Kimono: New Look/Sandals: New Look/Clutch: H&M/Sunglasses: The Little Deer*)
So I took these blog pictures last week when it was so so hot and now I'm writing this blog post whilst the weather is crappy. Typical England ey. Anyway, how cute is this TFNC dress?! I love it so much. It's one of those dresses which are so feminine yet so versatile. I could wear this on a night out or during the day made a lot more masculine with some chunky sandals and an oversized jean jacket. I've also been on the hunt for some White sandals for this summer, I spotted these on New Look and love them. I also think these beauties look a lot more expensive than what they were. To keep with the pastel theme, I wore these Mocha coloured oversized sunnies from, The Little Deer to complement my gorgeous floral kimono. Can never have enough kimonos!


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Lehi (Hebrew pronunciation: [ˈleχi], Hebrew acronym for Lohamei Herut Israel, "Fighters for the Freedom of Israel," לח"י - לוחמי חרות ישראל) was an armed underground Zionist group in Mandatory Palestine.[1] Its goal was to forcibly evict the British authorities from Palestine, allowing unrestricted immigration of Jews and the formation of a Jewish state. It was initially called the National Military Organization in Israel.[2] The Lehi is also commonly referred to, after its founder, Avraham Stern, as the Stern Group or Stern Gang.[3]
The smallest and most radical of Mandatory Palestine's three Zionist paramilitary groups (Haganah, Irgun, and Lehi), the group never had more than a few hundred members. Lehi split from the Irgun in 1940 and by 1948 was identified with both religious Zionism (although most members were not Orthodox Jews) and left-wing nationalism (despite most members wanting to remain politically unaligned).[4][5] It carried out the November 1944 assassination in Cairo of Lord Moyne, along with other attacks on the British authorities and Palestinian Arabs. It was described as a terrorist organization by the British authorities[6] and was banned by the newly-formed Israeli government under an anti-terrorism law passed three days after the group's September 1948 assassination of the UN mediator Folke Bernadotte.[7] The United Nations Security Council called the assassins "a criminal group of terrorists,"[8] and Lehi was similarly condemned by the subsequent United Nations mediator Ralph Bunche[9].
Israel granted a general amnesty to Lehi members on 14 February 1949. In 1980 the group was honored by the institution of the Lehi ribbon, a military decoration awarded "for military service towards the establishment of the State of Israel" .[10] Future Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Shamir was among its leaders.
Avraham ("Yair") Stern was an adherent of the Revisionist Zionist movement founded by Ze'ev Jabotinsky and a member of the Irgun (Irgun Tsvai Leumi, National Military Organization). In June 1940, when the Irgun decided to suspend its underground military activities against the British during the World War II, he left the Irgun to form his own group, which he called Irgun Tsvai Leumi B'Yisrael (National Military Organization in Israel).
Stern broke away from Jabotinsky's view. While Jabotinsky had hoped that diplomacy and working with the Britain would prevail for the Jewish cause, Stern argued that the time for Zionist diplomacy was over, and the time had arrived for armed struggle against the British. For him, 'no difference existed between Hitler and Chamberlain, between Dachau or Buchenwald and sealing the gates of Eretz Israel.' [11]
Stern believed that the Jewish population of Palestine should fight, rather than support, the British in the War. He was vigorously opposed to the White Paper of 1939, which sharply reduced both Jewish immigration and the ability of Jews to purchase land in Palestine. He believed that immigration to Palestine should be available to Jewish refugees fleeing from Europe, and that this was the most important issue of the day. It was over the issue of the British that Stern and his long-time friend David Raziel split. Raziel believed that the Yishuv should assist Britain in their fight against Nazi Germany; he was killed in Iraq in 1941 during a mission for the British forces. Stern believed that dying for the 'foreign occupier' who was obstructing the creation of the Jewish State was useless. He differentiated between 'enemies of the Jewish people' (e.g., the British) and 'Jew haters' (e.g. the Nazis), believing that the former needed to be defeated and the latter manipulated.[citation needed]
In 1940, the idea of the Final Solution was still "unthinkable," and Stern believed that Hitler wanted to make Germany judenrein through emigration, as opposed to extermination. In December 1940, he initiated contact with Nazi authorities, in order to enlist their aid in establishing the Jewish state in Palestine open to Jewish refugees from Nazism. He proposed to recruit some 40,000 Jews from occupied Europe with the intention of invading Palestine to oust the British. The Nazis did not take this proposal seriously, however, and nothing was to come of it.[11]
Lehi had three main goals:
The group believed in its early years that its goals would be achieved by finding a strong international ally that would expel the British from Palestine, or Eretz Yisrael (the Jewish name for the land), in return for help from the Jewish military; this would in turn require the creation of a broad and organised military force "demonstrating its desire for freedom through military operations."[13]
An article titled "Terror" in He Khazit (The Front, a Lehi underground newspaper) argued as follows:
Neither Jewish ethics nor Jewish tradition can disqualify terrorism as a means of combat. We are very far from having any moral qualms as far as our national war goes. We have before us the command of the Torah, whose morality surpasses that of any other body of laws in the world: "Ye shall blot them out to the last man." But first and foremost, terrorism is for us a part of the political battle being conducted under the present circumstances, and it has a great part to play: speaking in a clear voice to the whole world, as well as to our wretched brethren outside this land, it proclaims our war against the occupier. We are particularly far from this sort of hesitation in regard to an enemy whose moral perversion is admitted by all. [14]
The article described the goals of terror:
Yitzhak Shamir, one of the trio of leaders of Lehi after Yair Stern's assassination, argued for the legitimacy of Lehi's actions:
There are those who say that to kill Martin (a British sergeant) is terrorism, but to attack an army camp is guerrilla warfare and to bomb civilians is professional warfare. But I think it is the same from the moral point of view. Is it better to drop an atomic bomb on a city than to kill a handful of persons? I don't think so. But nobody says that President Truman was a terrorist. All the men we went for individually — Wilkin, Martin, MacMichael and others — were personally interested in succeeding in the fight against us. So it was more efficient and more moral to go for selected targets. In any case, it was the only way we could operate, because we were so small. For us it was not a question of the professional honor of a soldier, it was the question of an idea, an aim that had to be achieved. We were aiming at a political goal. There are many examples of what we did to be found in the Bible — Gideon and Samson, for instance. This had an influence on our thinking. And we also learned from the history of other peoples who fought for their freedom — the Russian and Irish revolutionaries, Garibaldi and Tito.[15]
Avraham Stern put forth the ideology of his organization in what was called the 18 Principles of Rebirth:[16]
Unlike the left-wing Haganah and right-wing Irgun, Lehi members were not a homogeneous collective with a single political, religious, or economic ideology. They were a combination of militants united by the goal of liberating the land of Israel from British rule. Most Lehi leaders defined their organisation as an anti-imperialism movement and stated that their opposition to British colonial rule in Palestine was not based on a particular policy but rather on the presence of a foreign power over the homeland of the Jewish people. Avraham Stern defined the British Mandate as "foreign rule" regardless of their policies and took a radical position against such imperialism even if it were to be benevolent.[17]
In the early years of the state of Israel Lehi veterans could be found supporting nearly all political parties and some Lehi leaders founded a left-wing political party called the Fighters' List with Natan Yellin-Mor as its head. The party took part in the elections in January 1949 and won a single parliamentary seat.
Some writers have stated that Lehi's true goals were the creation of a totalitarian state.[18] Perlinger and Weinberg write that the organisation's ideology placed "its world view in the quasi-fascist radical Right, which is characterised by xenophobia, a national egotism that completely subordinates the individual to the needs of the nation, anti-liberalism, total denial of democracy and a highly centralised government."[19] Perliger and Weinberg state that most Lehi members were admirers of the Italian Fascist movement.[13]
Others counter these these claims by pointing out that while Lehi founder Avraham Stern studied in Italy he refused to join the Fascist student association called "Gruppo Universitario Fascista" that foreign students were invited to, in spite of the fact that those joined were given serious reductions in tuition.[20] Moreover, during the time he spent in Russia, Stern was a member of the Pioneer movement which was the young pre-Komsomol layer of the communist Party in the USSR.[21] He also created the Histadrut of the Hebrew Tzofim Hashomer Hatzair in Suwałki which derived its ideology from youth organizations Hatzofim and socialist movements like Hashomer Hatzair and Hehalutz.[22] Supporting theories of Stern's progressive leanings is his comment that "We... want to establish the Kingdom of Israel and to rebuild it on the eternal foundations of Fraternity, Respect and Friendship to all the nation's sons whoever they are."[23]
Many of Lehi combatants received professional training. Some of them even attended to military schools in Civitavecchia, ran by fascist government of Benito Mussolini.[24]
Some of Lehi members had undergone a military training by instructors of Polish Armed Forces in 1938-1939, months before World War II began. In Zofiówka of Wołyń, Podębin near Łódź and forests around Andrychów, they were taught how to use explosives. One of them reported later:
Poles treated terrorism as a science. We have mastered mathematical principles of demolishing constructions made of concrete, iron, wood, bricks and dirt.[24]
The group was initially unsuccessful. Early attempts to raise funds through criminal activities, including a bank robbery in Tel Aviv in 1940 and another robbery on 9 January 1942 in which Jewish passers-by were killed, brought about the temporary collapse of the group, and an attempt to assassinate the head of the British secret police in Lod in which three police personnel were killed, two Jewish and one British, elicited a severe response from the British and Jewish establishments who collaborated in an effort to eliminate the underground organisation.[25]
Stern's group was seen as a terrorist organisation by the British authorities, who instructed the Defence Security Office (the colonial branch of MI5) to track down its leaders. In 1942, Stern, after he was arrested, was shot dead in disputed circumstances by Inspector Geoffrey Morton of the CID.[26] The arrest of several other members led momentarily to the group's eclipse, until it was revived after the September 1942 escape of two of its leaders Yitzhak Shamir and Eliyahu Giladi (later killed by the group under circumstances that remain mysterious) aided by two other escapees Natan Yellin-Mor (Friedman) and Israel Eldad (Sheib).[25] Shamir (who would later become Prime Minister of Israel), was known by the codename "Michael" which was a reference to one of Shamir's heroes, Michael Collins. Lehi was guided by spiritual and philosophical leaders such as Uri Zvi Greenberg and Israel Eldad. The smallest by far of any of the Jewish armed groups during the Mandatory era, it never attracted more than a few hundred followers, and was reviled by most other Jews. After the killing of Giladi, the organization was led by a triumvirate of Eldad, Shamir, and Yellin-Mor.
Lehi adopted a non-socialist platform of Anti-Imperialist ideology. It viewed the continued British rule of Palestine as a violation of the Mandate's provision generally, and its restrictions on Jewish immigration to be an intolerable breach of international law. However they also targeted Jews whom they regarded as traitors, and towards the end of the British Mandate they joined in operations with the Haganah and Irgun against Arab targets, for example Deir Yassin.
According to a compilation by Nachman Ben-Yehuda, Lehi was responsible for 42 assassinations altogether, more than twice as many as those of the Irgun and Haganah combined during the same period. Of those Lehi assassinations that Ben-Yehuda classified as political, more than half the victims were Jews.[27]
Lehi also rejected the authority of the Jewish Agency and related organizations, operating entirely on its own throughout nearly all of its existence.
Lehi prisoners captured by the British generally refused to present a defence when brought to trial. They would only read out statements in which they declared that the court, representing an occupying force, had no jurisdiction over them and therefore was illegal. For the same reason, Lehi prisoners refused to plea for amnesty, even when it was clear that this would have spared them the death penalty. In one case Moshe Barazani, a Lehi man, and Meir Feinstein, an Irgun member, committed suicide in prison in order to deprive the British of the ability to hang them.
In 1940, Lehi proposed intervening in World War II on the side of Nazi Germany. It offered assistance in "transferring" the Jews of Europe, in return for Germany's help in expelling Britain from Mandate Palestine. Late in 1940, Lehi representative Naftali Lubenchik was sent to Beirut where he met the German official Werner Otto von Hentig. Lubenchik told von Hentig that Lehi had not yet revealed its full power and that they were capable of organizing a whole range of anti-British operations.
On the assumption that the destruction of Britain was the Germans' top objective, the organization offered cooperation in the following terms: From the NMO side: full cooperation in sabotage, espionage and intelligence and up to wide military operations in the Middle East and in eastern Europe anywhere where the Irgun had Jewish cells, active and trained and in some places with weapons. From the German side, the following declarations and actions were demanded: (1) Full recognition of an independent Jewish state in Palestine/Eretz Israel (2) That the ability to emigrate to Palestine be conceded to all Jews, with no restriction of numbers, who, in leaving their homes in Europe, by their own will or because of government injunctions.[citation needed]
On January 11, 1941 a letter by Lehi, which would be later referred to as the Ankara document, was sent from Vice Admiral Ralf von der Marwitz, the German Naval attaché in Ankara, depicting an offer to "actively take part in the war on Germany's side" in return for German support for "the establishment of the historic Jewish state on a national and totalitarian basis, bound by a treaty with the German Reich."[28][29] There are three possibilities as to how the offer reached the German Naval attaché in Ankara. One is that en route to Germany, von Hentig was delayed in Ankara and delivered his version of the offer orally to von der Marwitz and von der Marwitz wrote the letter using his words. The second is that Colombani (a general in French intelligence) invented the offer because of personal rivalry between himself and other Vichy officials: this rivalry is known from a paragraph in von der Marwitz' letter, "Colombani is of the opinion that his return to France is a consequence of co-operation of Conti with Minister Pierroton," or, third, that Colombani wanted the offer to fail: he had co-operated with the Mufti of Jerusalem in Lebanon in 1938-1939 and was also the one who took him in his car through Syria to the Iraqi border in 1939.
In any case, von der Marwitz delivered the offer, classified as secret, to the German Ambassador in Turkey and on January 21, 1941 it was sent to Berlin. There was never any response. Von Hentig would later say that he believed it was important to help the Jews establish a country.[30][31]
Lehi's leader, Avraham Stern, lost much support after seeking a modus vivendi with Nazi Germany.[32]
As a group that never had over a few hundred members, Lehi relied on audacious but small-scale operations to bring their message home, as such they adopted the tactics of groups such as the Socialist Revolutionaries and the Combat Organization of the Polish Socialist Party in Czarist Russia,[33] and the Irish Republican Army, who had successfully used guerrilla warfare to force the British out of most of Ireland in the 1920s. To this end, Lehi conducted small-scale operations such as assassinations of British soldiers and police officers and Jewish "collaborators." Another strategy, (1947) was to send bombs in the mail to many British politicians. Other actions included sabotaging infrastructure targets: bridges, railroads, and oil refineries. Lehi financed their operations from private donations, extortion, and bank robbery.
Lehi was one of groups involved in massacres of Arabs according to Israeli historian Benny Morris, see List of massacres committed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
On 6 November 1944 Lehi assassinated Lord Moyne in Cairo. Moyne was the highest ranking British government representative in the region. Yitzhak Shamir claimed later that Moyne was assassinated because of his support for a Middle Eastern Arab Federation and anti-Semitic lectures in which Arabs were held to be racially superior to Jews.[34] The assassination rocked the British government, and outraged Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister. The two assassins, Eliahu Bet-Zouri and Eliahu Hakim were captured and used their trial as a platform to make public their political propaganda. They were executed. In 1975 their bodies were returned to Israel and given a state funeral.[35] In 1982, postage stamps were issued for 20 Olei Hagardom, including Bet-Zouri and Hakim, in a souvenir sheet called "Martyrs of the struggle for Israel's independence." [36][37]
January 12, 1947, Lehi members drove a truckload of explosives into a British police station in Haifa killing four and injuring 140.
During the lead-up to the 1948 Arab-Israeli war the Cairo-Haifa train was mined several times. On February 29, 1948, Lehi mined the train north of Rehovot, killing 28 soldiers and wounding 35. On March 31, the train was mined near Binyamina killing 40 civilians and wounding 60.
Deir Yassin is a village located 5 kilometres west of Jerusalem. On 9 April 1948, independently of the Nachshon operation but with the agreement of the Haganah, about 120 members of Lehi and Irgun attacked the village. They massacred between 100 and 120 inhabitants of the village, mostly civilians.[38]
This massacre led to indignation from the international community, the more so since the press of the time reported that the death toll was 254. Ben-Gurion roundly condemned it[39], as did the principal Jewish authorities: Haganah, the Great Rabbinate and the Jewish Agency for Israel, who sent a letter of condemnation, apology and condolence to King Abdullah I.[40]
According to Morris, "the most important immediate effect of the atrocity and the media campaign that followed it was how one started to report the fear felt in Palestinian towns and villages, and, later, the panicked fleeing from them."[40]
Another important repercussion was within the Arab population of neighbouring Arab states, which, once again, increased its pressure on the representatives of these states to intervene and come to the aid of the Palestinians.[40][41]
The conflict between Lehi and mainstream Jewish and subsequently Israeli organizations came to an end when Lehi was formally dissolved and integrated into the Israeli Defense Forces on May 31, 1948, its leaders getting amnesty from prosecution or reprisals as part of the integration.
Although Lehi had stopped operating nationally after May 1948, the group continued to function in Jerusalem. On 17 September 1948, Lehi assassinated UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte who had been sent to broker a settlement in the dispute. The assassination was directed by Yehoshua Zettler and carried out by a four-man team led by Meshulam Makover. The fatal shots were fired by Yehoshua Cohen. Three days later the Government banned Lehi.[42][43]
Lehi leaders Nathan Yellin-Mor and Matitiahu Schmulevitz were arrested two months later, with Yellin-Mor being sentenced to eight years in prison, though most of the other suspects involved were released immediately. The group was then forcefully broken up for good.
Some left-wing members of the Lehi founded a political party called the Fighters' List with the jailed Yellin-Mor as its head. The party took part in the elections in January 1949 and won one seat. Thanks to a general amnesty for Lehi members granted on 14 February 1949, Yellin-Mor was released from prison to take up his place in the Knesset. However, the party disbanded after failing to win a seat in the 1951 elections.
In 1980 Israel instituted the Lehi ribbon, red, black, grey, pale blue and white which is awarded to former members of the Lehi underground who wished to carry it.
The lyrics of "Unknown Soldiers" were written by Avraham 'Yair' Stern, the founder of Lehi. This was one of the first songs written by 'Yair'. Yair composed the song together with his wife Roni. The song became the anthem of Etzel and remained so until 1940 when Lehi broke into a separate group. The song expresses an unlimited willingness to sacrifice. The anthem is used by veteran members of the group in gatherings as well as by some political groups from time to time, from both ends of the political map.
Full text of the song :[44]
|First stanza
חיילים אלמונים הננו, בלי מדים,
Unknown Soldiers are we, without uniform
בימים אדומים של פרעות ודמים,
On red days of riots and blood
|Second Stanza
לא גויסנו בשוט כהמון עבדים,
We were not drafted by the whip, like a mob of slaves[45]
|Third Stanza
ומכל עברים רבבות מכשולים ,
From all directions, tens of thousands of obstacles
|Fourth Stanza
ואם אנחנו ניפול ברחובות, בבתים ,
And if we fall in the streets and homes
|Fifth Stanza
בדמעות אימהות שכולות מבנים ,
With the tears of bereaved mothers
A number of Lehi's members went on to play important roles in Israel's public life.


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Author: Peter Lerangis
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: February 5, 2013
Paperback, 384 pages
Genre: Fantasy
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One Boy
Jack McKinley is an ordinary kid with an extraordinary problem. In a few months, he's going to die.
One Mission
Jack needs to find seven magic loculi that, when combined, have the power to cure him.
One Problem
The loculi are the relics of a lost civilization and haven't been seen in thousands of years.
Seven Wonders
Because they're hidden in the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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This is the introduction to Jack McKinley and the Seven Wonders series. Jack is by all appearances and ordinary kid, but little did he know the secret that his ancestors had left him in his DNA. We also get to meet Aly, Cass, Marco and many others from the Karai Institute. The patients at the institute are all on the verge of death because of a genetic disorder that also gives them extraordinary powers. The cure lies in finding the seven magic loculi. The big problem? They haven't been seen for thousands of years.
This is a great intro to the story and characters. I loved this book. The author spends a good bit of time on character development in this book, but it is never at the expense of keeping the story moving. He does a brilliant job of weaving the backstories into the present through conversations between the kids, others at the institute or through their thoughts in intense situations. The writing is well done and the dialogue quite humorous in many places. Another aspect that I particularly like is the historical reference to the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. This series would go along great with an ancient history study for those educators out there.
Like many of you out there, I am a big fan of the Percy Jackson series and have been looking for a new series that stands as tall as Percy. I really feel this series can be on that same level. I can't wait to continue the series. This book should be at the top of your TBR pile.
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