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My husband and I have just returned from an eight day trip to Istanbul, Turkey, where we attempted to do some genealogical research. I would like to share our experiences for those of you who might be considering such a trip.
My husband's ALGAZE great grandparents emigrated to the U.S. in 1913 at the ages of 57 and 50. Their New York death certificates gave us the names of their four parents. Based on their ages, our best guess was that their parents would have died around 1890 - 1910. Since we figured that death information would be easier to locate than any other vital statistics, our search was focused on trying to get death information about these four individuals.
My husband's BEHAR family still lives in Istanbul. They promised to get us connected to people, places, and records.
We had been told that the best source for death information in Istanbul was Neve Shalom Synagogue.
No. 61 Buyuk Hendek Cadessi (Street), Galata, Istanbul, Turkey Tel: 0212 293-7566
Near the Galata Kulesi (Tower). Within walking distance from Tunel Square. The office is to the left of the synagogue.
Our BEHAR relatives set up an appointment with Mrs. Soli at Neve Shalom who, we had been told, had access to the records. We showed up on the appointed day to find that a funeral service was just finishing up at the Synagogue. There was a lot of security. (You may remember that there had been a terrible terrorist attack at Neve Shalom recently.) We asked for Mrs. Soli and were directed to meet a gentlemen whom we assumed to be the director of the Synagogue. We explained our situation, only to be told that Neve Shalom only has records since 1949 when the Synagogue was founded. HOWEVER, we were told that additional records could be found at the office of the Chief Rabbinate. We were directed to the Chief Rabbinate's office which was a short uphill walk.
CHIEF RABBINATE's OFFICE
Turkiye Hahambasiligi Beyoglu, Yemenici sokak No.23 80050 Tunel - Istanbul, Turkey Tel: 0212 244 - 8794
When we got there we had to pass heavy security and leave our Passports at the front desk. We were directed to an English speaking employee who was VERY HELPFUL. She offered us tea and asked how she could help. Once we explained our situation, we were informed that the Chief Rabbinate's office only had records back fifty years. (Apparently there had been some kind of a fire and all the older records were lost.) Strike Two.
HOWEVER, this employee tried to help and looked in her records to find an ALGAZE family who was a member of the community. She gave us their telephone number.
After conversation with the family, we got information about a local cemetery that might have some information. This is the cemetery where THEIR family members are buried. They gave us the location and directions and we made plans to go there to find additional information.
In the Arnavutkoy section of the city. One hundred meters along the road to Ulus. Across the street from the back entrance of the very modern Akmerkez Shopping Center. On the OTHER side of the street. Look for the flower stand in front of the cemetery.
When we arrived at the cemetery, they were just finishing up with a funeral service. It turned out to be a stroke of luck, as we found several mourners who spoke English and could help us with what we were looking for.
Once you enter this cemetery, there is a door to the right which is the residence of the caretaker and his family. He ONLY speaks Turkish. Behind the door to the left is the chapel where they conduct funeral services. In a cabinet in the back of the chapel is the record book where they keep the records for ALL the burials in this cemetery.
Unfortunately, this cemetery has only been in existence since 1923 and so that is when the records start. At this point, we would take whatever we could find. The record book is organized alphabetically. So that under "A" we found all of the burials of individuals whose surname started with "A" from 1923 through 2000. Under "B" would be individuals whose surname started with "B", etc. Also listed were the dates of death, the dates of burial, and the location of the plot. We found three ALGAZEs. Their dates of death were 1934, 1948 and 1953. With the information we found, the caretaker tried to help us to find the graves. We only found one of the three, but the caretaker found an additional ALGAZE grave that wasn't in the book. We made sure to tip the caretaker for his time and effort.
At this point, we only had one day left and we inquired about what other cemetery in Istanbul might have information for us. We were directed to the Synagogue in Orta Koy. They have their own cemetery.
Vakfi Yonetim Kuruli No: 40 -1, Muallim Naci Cadessi (Street) Ortakoy, Istanbul Tel: 0212 260 - 1896 or 0221 236-4182
The morning we arrived at the Synagogue there were many people milling about as they were preparing for an afternoon funeral service. Here again, we had to pass through security and leave our passports at the front desk. No one spoke English, but between our Los Angeles street Spanish and high school French we were able to let them know what we were looking for. They showed us to the office of the Synagogue director who gave us their record book of all the deaths of members of the congregation from 1939 through 1996. These were listed chronologically, by date. We found one Algaze and two Bitchatchos. They had a copy machine and let us make photo copies. We thanked them profusely and left a generous tip for the Synagogue. As it was starting to rain, we did not bother to ask them for directions to the cemetery.
We were unable to find any records for any time before 1923. It should also be noted that 1923 was the date of the majority of modernization ordinances enacted by Ataturk, one of which was the conversion from Arabic writing to modern Latin letters. We had been told by several people that even if we had found any official documents from before 1923, they would have been written in Arabic. In fact, we had brought along an official marriage certificate for a family member from the year 1888 that was written in Arabic. We showed it to a number of people--no one had any idea how to read it.
Alternately, if you could find records from BEFORE 1923, if they were not written in Arabic, they would most probably be written in Ladino. Ladino is a Spanish based language, and often written using Hebrew letters. So you would have to know how to read Hebrew AND understand Ladino in order to know what you were reading.
The Jewish cemeteries in Istanbul are named for the sections of town where they are located. i.e., the Arnavutkoy Jewish Cemetery is in the Arnavutkoy section of town. The Orta Koy Jewish Cemetery is located in the Orta Koy section of town. Other cemeteries we learned about, but did not visit are:
In the section of Haskoy (in the Golden Horn region on the European side.) This is the cemetery written about extensively by Ms. Minna Rosen in her various books. We had been told that it is one of the oldest cemeteries in the city but we do not know what kind of records they have. The city fathers tore up the entire middle of the cemetery some years back in order to create a road that runs right through the cemetery. We have been told that many bodies were moved to other parts of the cemetery. We do not know if they kept records of this change.
In the section of Kuzguncek (on the Asian side) We do not know anything about this cemetery
In the section of KADIKOY (on the Asian side)
The Sisli (Italian-Jewish Museum) is in Sisli (a section of European Istanbul). It is on all the tourist maps and is located near the minibus terminal of Sisli. The cemetery is across from the building # 283 Abidin Hurriyet Cadessi.
[Sol Ortasse, of Santa Monica, has told me that he found records from the early 1900s at the Italian Jewish Community Center. He does not know the address of this Community Center, although he does remember it being within walking distance of the Neve Shalom Synagogue. It could be either of the addresses below, both of which are in the Galata section of Istanbul.]
Sair Ziya Pasa Yokusu no 27 Karakoy Galata, Istanbul, Turkey Tel: 0212-296-7784
29 Okcu Musa Caddesi, Galata, Istanbul, Turkey Tel: 0212 293-7784.
4 Efe St., Osman Bey. Tel: 240-6599.
There is a SECOND cemetery in the Arnavutkoy-Ulus section of the city. In the past, it was for Ashkenazi community members, but Sephardics have been using it more recently, as the Sephardic cemeteries are being filled up. It is along the same road as the Arnavutkoy Sefardic cemetery (ca. 500m. between the two cemeteries), on the road towards Ulus.
The Ashkenazi Cemetery Arnavutkoy-Ulus was opened in 1916 and their records go back to that year. Before 1916, Ashkenazi Jews were buried in Sephardic cemeteries, like Haskoy.
The ASHKENAZI COMMUNITY OFFICE archive includes birth, marriage and death records. The first records (starting in 1847) were primarily marriage records. The number of records increased every year. All the records are written with Latin letters. They start in the German language, and somewhere in the 1930s or 1940s the language becomes Turkish. [Source: Sami Feldman, Istanbul]
Banker sokak No.10 Karakoy - Istanbul, Turkey
I hope this helps. If anyone has any additional information to add about their own research in Istanbul, I am sure that it would be most appreciated.
I belive that my experience simply reiterates what others have found in Istanbul and posted on this forum at various times: that each community keeps its own records, that the records are kept in old books, are handwritten, and only date back to the early 1900's. Also, the people who are the "keepers of the books" have no time or interest to do research for us genealogists and it would be a waste of time to write or call them for information.
I did find ONE exception. The employee at the office of the Chief Rabbinate told me of a "Roots Committee," that does genealogical research using their records. HOWEVER, upon further questioning, it turns out that this "roots committe" consists of a single elderly man who comes to the office once a week for a couple of hours and does research. She suggested that if one wanted to contact him, you could send a letter to the "roots committee" care of the Chief Rabbinate, and expect to wait up to a year for a reply.
CHIEF RABBINATE's OFFICE Turkiye Hahambasiligi Beyoglu, Yemenici sokak No.23 80050 Tunel - Istanbul, Turkey
I am sorry that I do not have better news. But it is what it is. As posted in this forum, it would be WONDERFUL if someone could visit the individual Synagogues and Cemeteries and microfilm the records. Any volunteers?
Barbara Algaze Los Angeles, California
Many thanks to Francis Amar for those additional details to my original posting on "Research in Istanbul". In the meantime, I have also received additional details from two members of our forum: [Posted with their permission]
From Henry Cittone:
Sair Ziya Pasa Yokusu no 27 Karakoy Galata, Istanbul, Turkey Tel: 0212-296-7784
29 Okcu Musa Caddesi, Galata, Istanbul, Turkey Tel: 0212 293-7784.
A second address for the ITALIAN COMMUNITY OFFICE
Mr. Giancomo Afnayim c/o Afnaim Tekstil, Safak Sokak no: 73/2/3, Osmanbey, Istanbul, TURKEY
Bet Yaakov Sinagogu, Vafki Yonetim Kurulu, Kuzguncuk, Icadiye Caddesi No. 9, Isatanbul, TURKEY Tel: (216) 343-1698 and (212) 512-7609
and from Sol Ortasse, from a previous posting of his on this forum:
Istanbul sources:
Rabbinate - Marriage records (groom and bride names, both father's names) from 1908
Neve Shalom Synagogue Office - death records with father's name from 1915, many list cemetary, some ages
Italian Jewish Community Center - records from early 1900s
A warm "thank you" to all who responded with additional information and good thoughts.
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PHILADELPHIA – Nearly two decades into his unparalleled rap career, Jay Z hasn't abandoned his lofty ambitions.
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Over two days, the Jay Z-curated event crammed an impressive slew of acts including Nine Inch Nails, Phoenix, Kendrick Lamar, Public Enemy, Deadmau5, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Calvin Harris, Miguel, Queens of the Stone Age and, of course, Beyoncé.
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The food stands that hugged the secondary Liberty Stage didn't stand a chance to the massive crowds that gathered for Solange, Miguel and, especially, Calvin Harris on Saturday.
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And zero overlap in schedules between acts on the main Rocky Stage, which was perched in front of the iconic steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum, and the Liberty Stage led to a constant mad dash between the two areas.
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The raw grit of rap veterans Public Enemy was heard loudly on the Rocky Stage. The famously outspoken group took the stage with some serious political fire Saturday as Flavor Flav and Chuck D pleaded for justice for slain teenager Trayvon Martin, spoke in support of convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal and admonished Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett for school funding cuts as Philly residents roared in support.
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While I don't like uneccessary fat hanging off my meat, a fatty cut of bacon, a well-marbled steak, a paper thin slice of speck, or a nice fatty sausage brings nothing but a smile to my face. Fat keeps things moist and juicy, and makes things taste really good. When it comes to meat, I'm of the opinion that a little fat can often be your friend.
So, when I choose ground turkey for burgers, it has more to do with the fact that I really love the flavor and price of ground turkey than it has to do with a concern about saturated fat. The only problem with turkey is that the low fat content makes it easy to turn that lovely turkey into a dry little hockey puck. This is why I have taken to loading up my lean ground turkey with thick, crunchy, salty, fatty, porky bacon. YES. The bacon makes the turkey taste amazing and helps keep it moist. And when the bacon is in the burger, it doesn't slide off and fall to the side when you try to take a bite. Way easier to enjoy every bacontastic moment.
Yeah, I'm one of those bacon people. I never thought it would happen, but it has, so I'm rolling with it.
I used Black Forest Bacon this time around, acquired at my local Whole Foods store. This bacon is sliced extra thick and smoked over cherry wood for a totally porkgasmic experience. If you don't do pig, you could use turkey bacon. Although I'll eat turkey bacon with pleasure, it is no where near as delicious or crispy. It is merely a shadow of true bacon. But, it is better than no bacon at all, and it will get the job done - except there won't be any bacon drippings leftover to fry your burgers in. I know, my newly acquired love for bacon drippings goes against all principles of "good nutrition". But when something tastes this good and my body actually processes it without a hitch, I can't say no!
Maybe the idea of frying burgers in bacon drippings makes you squirm - not so long ago I cringed at the idea myself. But really, it is amazing. The flavor is incredible, and since you'd need to add a little oil to a pan anyway to cook that lean turkey burger, why not use what's already there? See my point? Your farm dwelling great-grandparents probably did it all the time, so listen to grandma and give it a shot.
Happy meat eating!
Bacon-Spiked Turkey Burgers
yield: 4 burgers
These burgers are smoky, salty, juicy and totally delicious. You'll love them. BACON! Truly, I recommend cooking the burgers in the leftover bacon drippings. The flavor is incredible, and since you'd need to add a little oil to a pan anyway, why not use what's already there? Just think of the flavor, and deal with the fact you'll be eating a little more saturated fat than usual. :)
I like using grated onion in burgers rather than diced onion. Why? You don't get that horrible chunk of raw onion amidst nicely cooked meat. That is my biggest burger pet peeve. Grated onion dissolves into the burger, leaving a pungent onion flavor without a disruptive chunky texture.
- 5 strips high-quality thick-sliced smoked pork bacon (or turkey bacon if you don't eat pig)
- 1 pound ground high-quality turkey thigh or breast (I prefer ground thigh to breast, it has a richer flavor)
- 1 clove garlic, peeled and finely minced
- 2 tablespoons grainy mustard
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 Tbsp grated yellow onion
- 1 teaspoon anchovy paste
- 1 teaspoon chipotle pepper powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- scant 1/2 teaspoon unrefined salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- leftover bacon drippings (my preference!) or 2 Tbsp olive oil, coconut oil, or ghee
Fry bacon until crisp in a saute pan or a griddle over medium-low heat (I like to use my Lodge double burner cast iron griddle). Once bacon is crisp, remove from pan and blot off extra fat with paper towel. Let cool completely, then finely dice bacon with a large knife and set aside.
Whisk together mustard, oil, onion, anchovy paste, spices, salt and pepper until smooth, then add turkey and bacon crumbles. Mix well with a fork, being careful not to compact meat and distributing the ingredients thoroughly and evenly. Divide meat mixture into 4 parts and form burger patties, handling meat as little as possible.
If using the bacon drippings to cook the burgers, skim or scrape off any burned up pieces of bacon from the oil in the pan/griddle, then re-heat over medium heat. If using another oil instead of bacon drippings, heat oil in a clean pan over medium heat. Then place burgers in pan/on griddle and cook for 4 – 5 minutes per side, or until cooked through, handling as little as possible. If necessary, cover burgers with a splatter screen so you don't get hot oil splatters everywhere.
Whatever you do, do not overcook the burgers! Remove them just a hair before you think they are done, placing on a plate and covering with aluminum foil or a large pan cover. Let sit for 5-10 minutes covered (meat will continue to cook and juices will set), then serve, either on a bun or as a standalone serving of meat.
If you prefer to grill them, place on a grill over medium-high heat, and cook for 5-7 minutes, or until just cooked through. Remove them just a hair before you think they are done, placing on a plate and covering with aluminum foil or a large pan cover. Let sit for 5-10 minutes covered (meat will continue to cook and juices will set), then serve, either on a bun or as a standalone serving of meat. As a side note, if possible, I would recommend cooking them on a fine-mesh grill screen, as turkey tends to be a bit more fragile on the grill.
Tips for garnishes:
- spicy mustard
- chipotle mayo (mix together 1/2 cup mayo + 1 tsp chipotle + juice of 1 lime)
- salsa verde
- lacto-fermented cortido
- caramelized onions
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Robert "Bob" Werner
Aug. 5, 1929-Nov. 30, 2011
Pleasanton, California
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Robert "Bob" Werner, longtime resident of Pleasanton, peacefully passed away Nov. 30, 2011. He was born in Oakland on Aug. 5, 1929. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in electrical engineering and became an army lieutenant when he graduated. He went on to work at the Lawrence Livermore Lab for 30 years, during which time he made trips to the Bikini atoll and the Nevada test site. He was a ham radio operator, had his pilot?s license, and liked to snorkel and ski. For the past 13 years his face lit up whenever he was with his eleven grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife of 40 years, Janet Huffman Werner. He is survived by his three daughters, Holly (Sergio ) Arce , Krista (Chad) Friesen , and Anjanette(Greg) Lundell , his grandchildren, Linda, Lisa, Joshua, Lucinda and Lydia Arce; Caleb, Katie, Daniel and Isaac Friesen; James and Calvin Lundell. He will be missed by his brother, Bill (Nancy) Werner, and by his sister, Nelda Olson. Friends and family are invited to attend services. Burial is planned for Dec. 9 at 2pmat the Felton Cemetery. A memorial service will be held on Dec. 10 at 10 am at Cedar Grove Church in Livermore. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Mt. Hermon Christian Conference Center in Bob?s name.
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The Official Blog of the Independent Community of Educators, a caucus of the United Federation of Teachers
Friday, November 14, 2008
In what can only be described as another example of proof of the wide gap between the UFT leadership and its membership, the UFT at the Wednesday, November 12, 2009 Delegate Assembly would not go on the record opposing Joel Klein for Federal Secretary of Education. They will only go so far as to encourage members to send our thoughts about the Chancellor to the Obama transition people and they will send results of surveys we did last spring.
The Unity leadership spoke out strongly in opposition to an ICE amendment to a resolution that would share information about Klein and encourage UFT members to contact the Obama staff about Klein. ICE's Lisa North proposed that the UFT oppose any nominee such as "Arne Duncan, Michelle Rhee, Joel Klein, Paul Vallas or any other potential Secretary of Education who supports corporate style, top-down, high stakes test crazed, teacher bashing accountability." We wanted the UFT to go on the record and declare that twenty-five years of teacher bashing is enough. The UFT leadership declined to join us in saying enough is enough.
Instead, the normally sensible Secretary Michael Mendel gave a powerful speech against opposing Klein. He said that the teachers should be encouraged to make statements, not the UFT because then the battle lines are drawn. If I correctly understood this argument, he basically wants the rank and file to throw the snowballs while the UFT leadership stands back and watches. This way they can say, "It's them not us Chancellor." I have one question: Who does the UFT leadership represent?
The corporate style, top-down, test crazed blame the teachers and close down schools if the tests scores don't go up fast enough accountability system has been a disaster for our schools and our members. That much is clear. Joel Klein is just one of a number of city school superintendents who have bought into the "It's the teachers' fault!" accountability. Randi Weingarten has talked repeatedly about how the Federal No Child Left Behind law is the real problem. Even after a favorable election where Randi spoke about how hard the UFT toiled to elect Obama and a Democratic Congress, our Union still will not take an official stand against the "blame the teachers" crowd that now run urban schools in many cities.
As for Klein himself, I have emailed back and forth with the Chancellor on several occasions about Jamaica High School issues. I have nothing against him personally. It's the policies that try to quantify everything into data driven accountability that I find lacking as well as trying to apply the free market system to schools. It doesn't work. We need to go in a different direction. If the leader of the UFT-AFT will not move us there, then we are in big trouble. The UFT's decision to leave the rank and file out on our own to lead the battle against Klein while they stand back and watch from the sidelines might be indicative of where they stand.
After Mendel spoke, there was no suspense about the outcome of the vote. We knew we would lose in the Unity dominated DA, however Michael Fiorillo, the Chapter Leader from Newcomers High School, did suggest that when the UFT encourages teachers to tell the truth about the Klein administration while not directly opposing Klein, it is a distinction without a difference. I have to respectfully disagree with my friend from Newcomers.
For the membership, UFT leaders will say what we want to hear while behind the scenes they can wink and who knows what they are telling the Chancellor. Maybe they are saying they are just letting the teachers blow off some steam. Perhaps they want to be everything for everyone. The amendment to oppose Klein and company was defeated; the resolution to provide information to the Obama team on Klein carried.
ATR's: Rally or Candlelight Vigil?
Controversy erupted at the DA over the November 24th rally at Tweed in support of Absent Teacher Reserves. The ATR supporters from the Ad Hoc Committee asked for clarification from President Weingarten if this was to be a raucous rally or a candlelight vigil. The latest word from UFT leaders is that this would be a vigil now but the DA in October called for a rally which Randi supported. Yesterday, Randi decided to mock the controversy and belittle the people who want a loud gathering. She said it gets dark early in November and candles would allow everyone to be seen.
ICE's Julie Woodward took offense at being ridiculed by the President. Julie passionately voiced her feelings to the DA on behalf of the ATRs. At the end of all of this, I'm still not sure if there will be a rally or a vigil but I will encourage the members in my school and those who read this blog to attend either way.
In other DA News, we heard a long report from Randi about Obama's election, the Democratic Party majority in Congress, control of the New York State Senate, the horrific State and City budget situations, budget cuts for schools in the middle of the year, No Child Left Behind, civil rights, an economic stimulus package that would hopefully include money for state and local governments, the DC 37 settlement that keeps to the 4% and 4% pattern, and possible layoffs. (If the city were to declare a financial emergency, layoffs would have to come in reverse seniority order within license citywide.) She also did not even hint that Bloomberg is close to declaring a financial emergency where there could be layoffs.
There were questions about parking and rubber rooms. Staff Director Leroy Barr reported that things are much better in the Temporary Reassignment Centers than last year. Finally, the UFT will rally in support of UFT members at the Art Institute today and at the Merrick Charter School on November 20.
19 comments:
- NYC Educator said...
Well, it's certainly true that Klein's most effective moves against working teachers, the 05 contract and reorg 3, were accomplished with the explicit blessing of Ms. Weingarten. In the highly unlikely event he ascends to Obama's cabinet, perhaps she could replace him.
- Friday, November 14, 2008 5:53:00 AM
Question? How does NYC declare itself in a fiscal emergency? Does Bloomie just get to decide for himself? Or is there a formal process? What are the checks and balances in this situation? What is the criterion that determines that the city is in a financial emergency? If in the end the city does officially ever declare itself in trouble what happens with ATR's? There are so many questions. We had a quick chapter meeting this morning and all I heard my chapter leader say is Randi says don't worry about it yet? OK? But are they worrying about it? Shouldn't we be planning what our actions and responses need to be if such a situation were to occur? I've got a great idea! Maybe we should all stick our heads out a window and scream "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!" Maybe our leaders can manage to pull their heads out of Bloomie and Klein's butts for a minute and scream with us.
- Friday, November 14, 2008 8:38:00 AM
This idea, that we must fight bad things as individuals, seems to contradict the reason for a union in the first place. Unity hacks did the same at the Oct. DA when one hack was called on (no surprise there) to say we must fight the term limits extension as "individuals," not as a union. Now, I have heard Randi refrence the song "Solidarity forever," so I know she has some familiarity with the purpose of unions....
The failed policy of not "making waves" has come back to bite us time and time again. Randi cancelled the May 9 demo 2 years ago why? Because Bloomberg was being our friend? How? By messing with tenure? By changing the way schools are funded? Unity resolutions "commend" the governor as he slashes our budgets. The UFT backed Spitzer, who wanted to extend the school day and the school year. Unity backed Obama, who favors merit pay and charter schools.
Oy Vey! Unity has to go!
- Friday, November 14, 2008 6:40:00 PM
James, not only will Weingarten not take a stand against the "blame the teachers" crowd, she'll play in the sandbox with them. Look at the first article in the General section on the UFT's own website:
"Most high schools show improvements in latest School Progress Reports". Where the rest of us scream at the profound idiocy of those manipulated, twisted reports, she says they're "an improvement over last year's model" and actually takes some credit for it, saying it's "the result of the open dialogue between the UFT and the DOE on this issue." With this kind of positioning, folks, we ain't goin' anywhere except on a leash, smelling poop on the ground all the way.
As for the rally: This management sees the new activists within the ranks as the enemy. That's why they snipe at these people, and that's why Weingarten's explanation was verbal maneuvering without substance. She didn't care that he'd been insulting, petulant, and rude. The man is irritated at having to mount a rally he doesn't want to mount, and boy did it show.
Just so you know, I have stopped speaking specifically for ATRs and prefer to speak for all educators, any of whom can be pushed off their career course by the Klein juggernaut.
- Friday, November 14, 2008 7:40:00 PM
Union movement is in its last throes, its leadership is in the mode of self-preservation. UFT is unable to anything real for its members, all they can do is to play defense, is to cover up their incompetency so that the leadership group will retire with their double pensions. I will not be surprised to see UFT disappear in 10 years, or less.
- Friday, November 14, 2008 8:58:00 PM
What kind of a Union we have that does not represent the voice of the people. Teachers do not want Klein for the Secretary of Education. The UFT should send a letter to Obama about this issue.
Randy promised a RALLY to support the ATRs not a CANDLELIGHT. Nobody died to have a candle light.
- Saturday, November 15, 2008 12:20:00 AM
As long as there are $47.27 there to be taken out of our paychecks, the UFT isn't going anywhere. As for them standing up for teachers, that ship sailed long ago.
- Saturday, November 15, 2008 2:47:00 PM
It's funny how things are perceived differently.
The ICEsickle that felt ridiculed was silly.
Many of us felt that John Powers was wasting time and being petty in arguing rhetoric. Bottomline John, candles or not, everyone should show up for ATRs on 11-24.
- Saturday, November 15, 2008 6:43:00 PM
Unity man go back to the Unity site please.
- Saturday, November 15, 2008 7:18:00 PM
Things are perceived very differently when Randi signs the checks.
- Saturday, November 15, 2008 7:19:00 PM
still nothing on uft.org about the rally...no news flash...no action alert...
no fliers...
no posters...
the best is...the da resolution that is posted online doesn't include the amendment (rally).
pretty sad
- Sunday, November 16, 2008 11:39:00 AM
Are you surprised by the lack of publicity for the rally over at UFT.org?
- Sunday, November 16, 2008 12:29:00 PM
Klein is to blame for the entire meltdown of the system. Sure more students are graduating from High School,the grades are being changed by the principals. In my old school only 80 students out of 200 seniors a week before the graduation date were eligible to graduatee.
The principal went back and changed the grades of these students and in some cases went back 2 to 3 years and changed their grades. In most cases these were not the nice kids of the school but the criminals who caused all the problems.
I spoke to a union rep about this by the name of Charley Turner and his reponse was "the union deals only with the teachers". Well if you don't pass everyone the principal will do away with your department which is what happened in my school. So it does effect the teachers.
This is another example of Unity having its head in the sand. John F. Kennedy wrote a book "While England Slept" so we now have a new book while Randi and Unity were Asleep at The Wheel"
- Sunday, November 16, 2008 1:11:00 PM
The last person makes many good points about how the system is doing social promotion.
However, Unity is not asleep; they are wide awake. They know what is going on but they choose to play along. This DA summary just reinforces that.
- Sunday, November 16, 2008 5:02:00 PM
Oppose JOEL KLEIN FOR EDUCATION SECRETARY in the Obama Cabinet . . . .
This issue has created a real stir in the blog world, as teachers and parent groups try to prevent it from getting off the ground. It even made the�Times�last week, and rightly so. �Klein and other big-city chancellors like Rhee in Washington and Duncan in Chicago are running full frontal attacks on public education.�Teachers Unite has sent around three links to petitions, saying "Please sign on to whichever reflects your�views."
- Sunday, November 16, 2008 5:18:00 PM
In the face of all that we are experiencing as teachers, parents, students, I am struck by the fact that the general public seems to be anesthesized
to what is happening with our city government. Indeed, it would appear that little by little, we are allowing our freedoms to be chipped away by this billionaire Mayor and his minions.
The Mayor claims that he is giving the public a choice in the upcoming election of 2009. Effectively, he's cleared the field for himself, subverting the law, using the City Council members to clear the way for another four years for himself.
Save for what I read on here and on teacher blogs, the future of American public education seems bleak indeed, if the general public buys into the idea that people such as Bloomberg and Klein have the solutions to "fix" the system. Where are the protests, except from the teachers? Why has education in the city been allowed to come under "Mayoral" control? As Mr. Ahern has pointed out, we are surrounded by "truth"- but, WHOSE "truth"? Does an effective propaganda machine replace reality?
Six years with the DOE has convinced me that our NYC public school system is anything BUT a place for students to become "educated". The system, at least in the schools I've worked in, appear to do anything BUT.... rather, they are just warehouses to keep people off the streets and out of sight. Woe to us all when these students "graduate" without skills or knowledge in the general society. The billionaire politicians will not feel the effects, but those of us in the trenches of society will.
Quite frankly, I am very, very, afraid......
- Sunday, November 16, 2008 5:47:00 PM
Why won't the UFT use its weight as the 800 pound gorilla to fight for the rights and dignity of the rank in file? Sadly, this is just proof that the UFT is just a paper tiger.
- Monday, November 17, 2008 7:20:00 PM
A spineless paper tiger.
- Monday, November 17, 2008 8:54:00 PM
A small-scale social movement to stop Joel Klein from becoming our Secretary of Education is just the start - Under his leadership and legal maneuvering, he stymied many good teachers suspending Constitutional rights and abrogating 1st, 5th, 6th and 14th amendments on numerous occasions - Klein's move to DC would ring horrors for the nation spreading NYC punitive measures across the nation - People may fear becoming teachers and possibly being removed for false or unproven allegations as his HIT team have proven again and again destroying hopes and dreams of many good teachers wrongfully declared evil-doers simply because they were on the wrong side of administrators - Civil rights will take a back seat to Klein's machine
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It's a political firefight on Haitian radio
PORT-AU-PRINCE -- They arrive one by one, taking their seats around the expansive table with worn chairs and color-coded microphones, ready to shred opponents in the battle to shape public opinion.
Every Saturday, on the Haitian radio version of CNN's Crossfire, politicians, pundits, critics and want to-be kingmakers vie for a chance to lob accusations, cross verbal swords and debate Haiti's future. Bickering politicians drop in unannounced, pro-government operatives fire off text messages defending the administration and everyone tries to avoid the shrapnel from the latest political bombshells.
This is Ranmase, where there is no studio audience, no applause meter and no stop clock — just the amplified sound of Creole-accented voices emanating throughout the city.
In taxi cabs and beauty shops, from Port-au-Prince to Paris to Miami and Montreal, listeners tune in for the political firefight. And it's all happening in a country where free speech historically has been repressed.
"This is a Saturday ritual. You have to listen in," said Steven Benoit, a maverick senator and frequent guest. "After the show, you go on the Internet or into the streets, and everybody is talking about what was said on Ranmase."
Moderating the show is Jean Monard Metellus, a respected journalist who at times is more a quiet ringleader than a referee.
"This is the people's courtroom," said Metellus, host of the broadcast since 2004. " Ranmase is the intersection of all the ideas of society, and the bringing together of all the actors who make the news."
But bringing such a disparate cast of characters to the table on Ranmase — English for "to wrap up" – doesn't mean it's "going to necessarily end with a handshake," Metellus warns.
Lately, the case on trial has been the deepening problems of President Michel Martelly as his administration faces growing discontent over rising food prices, allegations of corruption and a protracted political crisis over installing a permanent electoral council. With monthly protests clogging the streets of Haitian cities, the president's problems are playing out over the radio.
A recent broadcast on Martelly's woes went on uninterrupted for five-and-a-half hours. One government minister stormed out after losing her temper. Another government defender foundered so badly that a colleague was forced to parachute in to the broadcast to rescue him.
This is the weekly drama that has audiences hanging on to every word — not for the information, but for the theatrics. They listen to the broadcast live, via the Internet and even over a local U.S. call-in number.
But while radio plays a critical role in this largely illiterate society, critics say the popular program, which has the ear of the masses, could do better.
"I would like to see Ranmase address public policy as well as governance issues," said Laurette Backer, who recently moved back to Haiti from New York to assist in running a family school. "Politics for politics' sake does not lead anywhere."
Still Backer, who spent 20 years as a litigation and forensics expert, doesn't miss a moment.
She isn't the only one.
A Media Consumption Survey presented to the U.S. Embassy by the Haiti polling firm, d.a.g.m.a.r., showed Ranmase is the top non-religious show on radio. It is found on Radio Television Caraibes, the most popular radio station in the country.
Born in the dawn of Haiti's 1994-95 transition from military-backed rule to democracy, Ranmase was created as a place for debate and analysis, said Caraibes owner Patrick Moussignac.
"The show is undeniably an important part of our learning experiences of democracy because debates with opposing sides are still rare here," said Liliane Pierre-Paul, a respected radio journalist.
Still, speaking out remains risky business in Haiti where the murders of 12 journalists since 2000 remain unsolved, according to a recent press freedom study by the University of San Francisco Law School and the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti.
While conditions have vastly improved, Martelly's hostility toward journalists "has created an atmosphere of fear and a chilling effect on journalists' freedom of expression," according to the study.
Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe dismisses the study's claims.
Martelly has "people on the radio talking bad about him the whole day from the opposition and they are doing so freely," he said. "There is no arrest of these people or anything."
To tune in to Ranmase is to eavesdrop publicly on Haiti's dysfunctional democracy.
"It is an arena where the good, the bad and the ugly compete with each other and the population listens," said Michel Eric Gaillard, a political analyst who has appeared on the show over the objections of friends. "You can hear the most amazing things. It's where culture, politics, and social conflicts burst open."
Take for instance the time Gaillard, a light-skinned Haitian, found himself having to justify his "Haitian-ness" after a fellow guest challenged him.
The guest, a former presidential candidate who is darker, looked at Gaillard and said, "We here are all children of Dessalines, but you must be able to prove it."
Jean-Jacques Dessalines, former slave-turned-fighter, is one of the founding fathers of Haitian independence.
Gaillard didn't flinch at the insinuation that he was a foreigner because of his skin color.
"I told him I have two great-grandfathers who were generals during the independence of Haiti and who are signatories of the act of independence of Haiti. Yes, I can prove it,'' Gaillard said.
This is what's called a "psychological assassination," in which one guest targets another in hopes of winning the debate — much like the recent appearance by Sen. Moise Jean-Charles, a fierce Martelly opponent who has accused the president and several government ministers of holding foreign passports, making them ineligible to serve.
On this particular day, Jean-Charles' target was Tourism Minister Stephanie Balmir Villedrouin, who has faced the accusation of holding a foreign passport.
"I'd like to have your opinion as a foreigner," Jean-Charles said to Villedrouin, who was caught off guard and sat in stunned silence.
As the program swirled around her, she would never regain her voice. When she did try to speak, Jean-Charles kept interrupting.
Finally, a fellow government minister, Rose-Anne Auguste, grabbed Villedrouin and declared in a huff: "Let's go, Steph. We are not going to stay among these mediocre" people.
"On my Facebook, they all commented that Stephanie Villedrouin was at the wrong place, at the wrong time, in front of the wrong senator who spat in her face," said political blogger and avid listener Jean-Junior Joseph.
The presence of government ministers and advisors on the show week after week is no accident, said Metellus.
"Martelly does not like Caraibes and Ranmase. But every Saturday he sends us members of his team to prevent the opposition from taking over the show and convey ideas that are unfavorable," Metellus said. "He knows the importance of communication in the political battle."


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|[An Nahar] Algerian troops killed seven armed Islamists early Tuesday in a raid in the corpse-littered Boumerdes region east of the capital during which they also seized arms and ammunition, the defense ministry said.
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Earlier the agency quoting a security source saying six Islamists had been killed.
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Investing: Bond funds stink? What to do now
You're probably looking at your bond funds right now in the same way you'd look at a week-old mackerel in your refrigerator. Since the beginning of May, bond funds have stunk up the place.
And your funds probably won't age terribly gracefully for the next few years. The bond bull market that began in 1981 is probably deader than that fish in the fridge.
So what should you do? Start by taking a deep breath. The bond selloff is overdone — for the moment — and bond bear markets tend to be slower, and less severe, than stock market bears. Then look at your funds and think about your alternatives.
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The carnage among bond funds has been impressive. Consider the iShares iBoxx Investment Grade Corporate bond fund, an exchange traded fund with $21 billion in assets. The fund has gotten the i-snot knocked out of it, falling nearly 6% since May 2, according to S&P Capital IQ.
Bond prices fall when interest rates rise, and vice versa. The yield on the 10-year T-note peaked at 15.84% in September 1981 and fell all the way to 1.4% in July 2012. While "monster bond rally" sounds a lot like "crazy actuary party," the 1981-2012 bond rally was pretty darn spectacular. The average government bond fund gained 1,070%, or an average annual return of 8.3%, according to Lipper.
As yields rise, however, bonds bomb. The average government bond fund has fallen 2.7% since July 31. Some of those losses have been cushioned by reinvested interest. The principal losses have been particularly steep in recent weeks.
Since the 10-year T-note's recent low of 1.63% on May 2, some popular bond funds, like iShares iBoxx, have taken it on the chin. Funds that invest in emerging markets bonds have fallen more than 10%.
Much of the selloff has been prompted by fears that the Federal Reserve will stop its program of purchasing bonds and mortgage-backed securities in a bid to keep long-term interest rates low. Apparently, some traders thought the Fed would do this forever, something no Fed official has said at any point in history.
But it's a good bet that interest rates will rise, and probably for a couple of years. The 10-year T-note yield has averaged 6.6% since its inception in 1982. The median yield — half higher, half lower — has been 6.2%.
If you own a bond fund, it's not going to be pleasant for the next few years. Bond fund bear markets typically don't have savage down moves: They just seem to go on forever. In the 1970s, Treasury securities were called "certificates of confiscation" because they had been losing principal value since the bottom of the Great Depression.
What's an investor to do? First, look at what you own. A handy number to look up is a fund's duration, which is one measure of a fund's sensitivity to interest rates. As a rule of thumb, a fund with duration of five years will fall 5% if interest rates rise 1 percentage point. (You can expect a similar gain if interest rates fall 1 percentage point.)
Most bond funds keep relatively modest duration. The average Treasury bond fund, for example, has a duration of about six years, according to Morningstar. If your fund has an above-average duration — or really, much longer than five years or so — consider moving to a shorter-term fund.
The drawback: You'll get a lower yield. The two-year Treasury note currently yields 0.32%.
If you're looking at a short-duration fund, be sure to check what kind of bonds the fund holds. Currently, Treasury securities are getting crushed. But many short-term bond funds are larded with short-term Treasuries, says Dan Wiener, editor of The Independent Advisor for Vanguard Investors. "They tend to be more than 50% Treasuries," he says.
If you're particularly risk-adverse, you might consider moving money to bank CDs. Several fund companies now offer CD ladders. T. Rowe Price, for example, offers a program that automatically divides your deposit into five equal CDs, maturing in one, two, three, four and five years. As each CD matures, it gets rolled into a five-year CD. Eventually, you'll have one five-year CD maturing every year.
The advantage is that you'll be locking in the highest CD rates every year. If rates rise, you should be continually reinvesting in a higher-yielding CD. The drawback is that these are bank CDs, which typically carry an early-withdrawal penalty.
You can also ladder individual bonds. The advantage here is that bonds typically yield a bit more than CDs. If you hold Treasury securities to maturity, there's no risk of losing your principal. If you choose corporate bonds, which yield more than Treasuries, you do run the risk that the issuer will go bankrupt.
Before you abandon your bond funds, however, remember that for most people, the purpose of holding bonds is to protect against swift downturns in the stock market. Bonds and stocks typically — but not always — move in opposite directions. "They're not wealth-builders, they're risk stabilizers," Wiener says. Your stock funds probably lost money in Thursday's selloff. Your bond funds probably lost less.
And, because bond funds pay regular interest, you get the benefit of dollar-cost-averaging when you reinvest your interest, Wiener says. In a falling market, your fund's income payment buys more shares. That's cold comfort in a downturn, but eventually, when the market stabilizes, it will be to your advantage.
The bond market selloff is probably overdone, at least for the moment. With unemployment at 7.6%, it's unlikely that inflation, the main enemy of bond investors, will rear its ugly head soon. But if your fund is starting to stink up the place, it's probably a good idea to wake up and smell the mackerel.