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|October 11, 2008, 09:49 AM
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ABA Article: Veterans: A New Suspect Class in the Legal System?
Recently (see the ABA thread), I learned of an interesting Cold War-era Supreme Court decision entitled Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135 (1953).
One of the outcomes of this decision is that veterans who dispute any dealings with the Veteran's Administration are basically subject to a "legal" system that would make a kanagaroo court blush with shame. For example, veterans:
1) Cannot pay a lawyer any sum whatsoever for legal assistance on claims filed with the agency of original jurisdiction until after the case is lost and a final administrative determination has been made (a process that can take years)
2) Must face VA adjudicators who act as both trier of opposition and fact (essentially, it would be like having the judge and the prosecutor be the same person in a criminal trial)
3) Cannot subpoena any VA employee to testify in order to support a challenge to diagnosis
4) Have no redress for denials of medical care or treatment
In addition, veterans may not use class action procedures or obtain injunctive relief against the VA and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims lacks the ability to enforce any decisions at the Regional Office level.
To see so many basic legal protections stripped from the group that has done so much to protect the system for all of us just sticks in my craw in a tremendous way. It was shocking to me that these abuses were alleged by the ABA. On top of all of it, the ABA also alleges that the VA has engaged in blatantly illegal activity knowing that only a veteran who can last all the way (both monetarily and medically) to the Federal court of appeals has any chance of actually reversing their decision.
Now part of me is skeptical because 1) it is the ABA and 2) the people who are pushing to change this legislation wish to bring a bunch of challenges under the Federal Tort Claims Act on PTSD cases - these cases will undoubtedly enrich the lawyers from our tax coffers and give the families of those involved the cold comfort of 60-40% of the award for their lost loved one.
At the same time though, I've got to say the ABA makes a convincing case that veterans deserve a better judicial system at the VA than the one we have given them. I was hoping maybe some of the learned people here could help better inform me on this issue - especially from the perspective of any who have had to deal with the VA recently.
|October 11, 2008, 10:24 PM
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Bart, remember who runs the VA...
The last thing some career bureaucrat wants is some guy with stars calling him, and his boss, because he screwed a soldier over...
It's not the world's best care, but then again, it sure ain't the worst...
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|October 12, 2008, 12:20 PM
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Bart, as you are aware, Art. I, Sect. 8 gives to the Congress the power "To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;" and "To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States[.]"
This gives to the Congress the power and authority to determine in whole the nature of military service, apart from what ordinary citizens may be governed. This power is plenary in nature and the Court has long recognized this.
Because the V.A. is in whole, a service provided to veterans by an act of Congress, it can and does create a "suspect" class of citizens. Since any action arising out of use (or non-use or misuse) of V.A. services is inextricably linked to the recipients military service, it is within the bounds of the plenary power of Congress to set any/all modes of recovery, if any.
Like it or not, service in the military falls under a completely different set of laws than that by which govern the ordinary citizen. Likewise, any service connected disability also falls under a separate set of codes. The Congress has decided that any liability connected to such service, at either the time of actual service or complications in (later) civilian life, arising out of said service, to be a specific and governable power.
The ABA, in pushing these claims, is in trying to narrow the scope of the plenary power of Congress via the Courts. In effect, the ABA is attempting to legislate from the bench. A wholly improper method of amending the Constitution.
Of late, it has been actions such as these, that has soured some (many?) attorneys from their association(s) with the ABA. <-- which is an indirect answer to your other thread.
|October 12, 2008, 02:22 PM
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Here's the decision making & appeal process, which I pulled from this site.
|October 12, 2008, 06:25 PM
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Thank you Fremmer, for the info
Based on that, it would appear that since the original claim, and review by the BVA are not federal courts, but bureaucratic functions of the VA that any claim by the ABA about denial of basic legal procedures (as used in court cases) does not apply, until the appeal reaches the level of CAVC, which is a court. Based on the information posted, it appears that
2) This also appears to be a misleading statement, although true enough on the face of it. The VA adjudicator is the ruling authority, just as an arbitrator is binding authority for settling many forms of dispute, short of going to court. Saying they would be both the judge and prosecutor is technically correct, but leaves out the small fact that they are also the defense advocate at the same time.
3) Again, I wonder about this one. While I am no expert, I would think that the rules of law to subpoena witnesses would apply when you go to court. But not until then. And BVA review hearing are not court, they are administrative functions of the VA.
4) Total BS, as Fremmer's research shows, there is a clear process for redress of grievances.
As for the last statement, I do not know if it is true or not, but given the issues I have with the previous statements, I would think that there is something there that is not entirely accurate. Factual perhaps, but I doubt complete accuracy. I could be wrong, while I am a veteran, I have never had any dealing with the VA, and can claim no special expertise or experience in this matter. Only that it seems to me that the ABA aricle is heavily slanted to encourage a particular conclusion.
Veterans do deserve better than they generally get, especially from the VA. But it is Congress who has the authority to make the rules and provide the resources for the VA, and personally, I believe that complaints about the system should be directed to them. They can change any and all of it with the stroke of a pen and a vote. That so many vets have so much trouble with the VA (particularly the medical side of it) is the fault of Congress, for not seeing the job done properly, and sadly, our fault as well, for not making Congress do the job we want done.
The next time someone tells you how good it would be to have govt run health care, remind them that is what the VA hospitals are.
All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.
|October 14, 2008, 06:43 AM
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Again, I can't speak for the VA; but in the CIS world, this is very important since failure to perfectly fill out the paperwork can create a procedural error that can cause problems with a later legal challenge. On the flipside, it also has helped create an environment where it can be very difficult to even dispute an administrative decision without a lawyer. Would the additional costs to the veterans as a whole outweigh the benefit to those who wish to hire lawyers?
A second aspect of working with CIS, is that an administrative review or decision can take several years before it reaches the status of "final administrative decision" that is appealable to a court. I hope that isn't the case at the VA; but it appears there is a significant length of time where a veteran is at the mercy of the VA, whatever its decision is on a particular issue of medical treatment. Considering how important a prompt response is to effective medical treatment, this seems like a problem to me.
It seems like an obvious fix here would be for Congress to grant CAVC the authority to enforce its orders. I am curious what the details on this are since it seems strange that Congress would grant jurisdiction to hear these cases to a court but then not give the court anyway to enforce its orders at higher levels of decision making within the agency it is supposed to oversee. I suspect there is a good reason for this; I just am not sure why it is structured like that.
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Dischord: Prism Coffeehouse seeks harmony
For the past four decades, the Prism Coffeehouse has been a leading Charlottesville music venue, attracting big name acts and serving as an anchor for the folk music community. But in the past month, a mighty wind of discord has begun to gust behind the scenes, threatening to shake the Coffeehouse to its very foundations.
"It's like a third-world country," charges Jim Quarles, a recently resigned Prism board member. "It's analogous to a dictatorship."
Quarles and his wife quit the organization's board in January after raising questions about the Prism's management. Their resignations drew an obscenity-laced response from the Prism's artistic director, its de facto chief executive.
Quarles, 51, says he finds the situation particularly troubling because the Prism played such a large role in his decision to move to Charlottesville. An amateur guitarist and music aficionado, Quarles says he had heard about the Prism's rich history, strong sense of community, and impressive schedule of acts before moving to Free Union in 1999.
Around the time of his move, Quarles sold his Seattle-based international environmental science and engineering company and founded Harvest Shelter, a private foundation, which grows and donates organic food to the homeless. Quarles began providing room and board at his home for visiting Prism performers, asking only that musicians spread the word about Harvest Shelter.
In October 2002, he says, he was appointed to the Prism board by two board members, Fred Boyce and Boyce's domestic partner, Kenyon Hunter, and his appointment was ratified by the remaining board members. His wife, Gloria, was appointed seven months later.
Quarles says he and Gloria were thrilled to be involved. They spent the summer of 2003 fundraising for the Prism and received a letter of praise from the artistic director.
"I would like to thank you for your ongoing, generous support of the Prism and its artists," wrote Boyce. "Your significant financial and in-kind contributions of musical instruments etc. rank among the most selfless and generous in the Prism's entire 37-year history."
Less than a year later, Boyce's tone had changed.
In a message left on Quarles' answering machine on February 10, 2004, and provided to The Hook, Boyce's rage is palpable: "You're nothing but a f***ing poseur," Boyce screams during a six-minute, curse-riddled tirade broken off twice by the answering machine's beep.
So what went wrong?
Quarles says it all boils down to Boyce.
While fundraising last summer, Quarles says, he began to hear rumors that the Prism was operating outside of its bylaws, which called for the Prism board to be elected annually by volunteers.
None of the former and current Prism board members reached by The Hook could recall an election within the past three years.
What is not disputed is that Boyce, a well regarded banjo player, was legitimately elected to the board in the early 1990s. Also not disputed is Boyce's energy for booking acts.
"He's been very successful," says longtime Prism devotee Pete Vigour, "better and better every year."
Before Boyce took over, says Vigour, a member of the folk band Uncle Henry's Favorites, "There was a general feeling that the Prism was stumbling along."
Vigour calls Boyce a "talented and hardworking" organizer, but he's less thrilled with Boyce's personal style.
"Any strong disagreement with Fred would evoke a very strong negative response," says Vigour. "Becoming Fred's personal venue is not the goal the church had for the Prism."
"The church" is Westminster Presbyterian next door, which owns the building that houses the Prism at the corner of Rugby Road and Gordon Avenue. For 38 years, the church has subsidized the coffeehouse.
Prism volunteers say the church rents most of the building's 4,500 square feet to the Prism at below-market rates. Like some board members, The Hook was unable to ascertain the exact monthly rent. However, federal filings posted on guidestar.org indicate that in 2003 the total amount the Prism paid for rent, utilities, and maintenance was under $7,000 or about $583 per month.
Some Prism supporters worry that the dispute might push Westminster to terminate the lease, a move that they say would "devastate" the Prism. Unlike many concert locations, the coffeehouse sells no alcohol, a traditional profit center in music venues. Church representative Anne Hedelt says Westminster won't have any comment on the situation until after a meeting scheduled for later this week.
"We feel certain the church, being a strong supporter of the Prism," says Vigour, "would encourage our efforts to have open elections and keep a smooth-running, well-functioning board."
The obscenity-laced message
At a January 20 meeting of the board, Quarles says, he suggested to Boyce and Hunter that volunteer elections be reinstated. Their answer, he says, was swift and negative.
"I nixed the vote because they would have fired Fred," was Hunter's reply, according to Quarles, followed by, "Volunteers don't know enough to elect the board."
"That," says Quarles, "was the defining moment" that caused them to leave the board.
Boyce and Hunter declined comment for this story.
Quarles and Gloria sent an email to Boyce and Hunter the following day, reiterating their concern and asking them to consider reinstating the vote.
"The Prism," wrote Quarles, "is owned by the public-at-large, not you. We advocate that annual elections of the Prism Board of Directors should be reinstated immediately."
When Boyce and Hunter failed to respond to that email, Quarles followed up with a postcard, tendering his and Gloria's resignation. "In our view," says Quarles, "the board was invalid."
Boyce's telephone message followed that note. A six-minute harangue of rage and invective, it begins calmly enough, "Hello, Jim, we got your postcard."
But a few words later, Boyce's voice rises as his temper begins to flare. "I'm sorry, but there are hard feelings... I'm just tired of all this crap... I've been here since 1990 and I've been doing all these goddamn shows here, and I'm just sick of this s***."
About the January 21 resignation letter Quarles sent to Boyce, Hunter, and the rest of the board, Boyce is particularly outraged: "Don't you f***ing send no goddamn email to the whole board!" he yells. Several times, and with varying degrees of volume, Boyce claims, "Everybody's been taking advantage of us– we work for nothing."
Boyce alleges in the call that Quarles uses the connections he made while hosting the Prism's musical acts in his home to horn in on the Prism's business.
"We're doing you a big favor," he shouts. "Don't act like you've been doing us a favor."
In support of this claim, Boyce refers to the Autumn Folk Fusion Fest, a music event that Quarles sponsored in October 2002. Boyce says that event compromised the Prism– it could not host shows that weekend because most of its performers had been signed for Quarles' fest.
"You threw this festival to make us look bad," Boyce shouts. "By the time you even contacted us, it was a done deal. You had already booked all the Prism artists, and we had no choice; it was right at the beginning of our season and what the hell were we supposed to do?"
Quarles says that's simply not true. He claims he told Boyce about the festival and it's timing– that summer and that Boyce was enthusiastic.
To soften any competitive sting, Quarles says he gave the Prism a $1,000 donation (the amount he says the Prism makes on its best weekend) and promised a percentage of the festival's profit.
Quarles says he and Gloria invited Boyce and Hunter over to dinner a couple of times to talk about how things at the festival should be done. Boyce even agreed to emcee both days.
"They participated in the process," says Quarles.
The festival, however, was a flop. Quarles says the event had been scheduled for the weekend after the sniper struck in Ashland, and blustery, rainy weather made use of the Downtown Amphitheater, one of the festival's two venues, nearly impossible.
"A real bummer," is how Quarles describes the event. And though everyone hired for the festival got paid, Quarles says Harvest Shelter suffered a "big loss."
Boyce bringing up that painful event a year and a half after the fact, says Quarles, "is a perfect example of what kind of people [Boyce and Hunter] are."
While Boyce directs most of the rage in his telephone message toward Quarles, he also seems upset with anyone who has criticized the job he's done. "I'm tired of putting on a big show for these f***ers in Charlottesville who just complain about the way we do everything," says Boyce.
Quarles finds the outburst disturbing– but not surprising.
"He's been verbally abusive to many people," says Quarles, who believes that many volunteers and board members have left the Prism because of Boyce.
"Fred would never act like that around me," says Roger Sprouse, a former volunteer. Sprouse thinks some of Boyce's anger stems from the pressure he feels to keep the Prism functioning. Sprouse's wife recently resigned from the board but declined to comment to The Hook.
According to guidestar.com, the Prism took in just $67,000 in 2003. (By contrast, the local theatrical enterprise Live Arts grossed more than ten times that amount– $754,000– that year.)
Although 2004 statements are not yet available, Sprouse says he believes the Prism may be encountering more rocky financial times.
"They're not getting people to go to the shows," he says.
Community radio station 91.1 FM WTJU airs Prism concerts live on Saturday nights from 8-9pm, but DJ Phyllis White says she avoids the Prism– because of Boyce.
"He can be really rational," says White, "and then he goes off on this rage."
White began volunteering at the Prism in the late '70s, and by the mid-90s was serving as volunteer coordinator. But after witnessing several run-ins with Boyce– including a nighttime incident in which she claims a raging Boyce struck her car window in the parking lot– left her uncomfortable. "I didn't want to deal with his toxicity," she says.
White says the rising cost of tickets for the Prism's national acts– as much as $18 for some shows– has also served to limit audiences.
"A lot of people can't afford to go there anymore," she says, expressing disappointment that national acts now largely supplant local folk musicians at the Prism.
White, like Quarles, would like to see the Prism reinstate its elections and return to being a volunteer-run organization.
"People need to feel like it's a friendly place to go," she says.
A rich history
Warmth and acceptance are exactly what drew 51-year-old Vigour and his wife Ellen, 48, to the Prism in the mid-'70s.
"Our family has been involved in the Prism longer than anybody else in Charlottesville," says Ellen, who recalls roadtripping to Charlottesville from their home in West Virginia for the Prism's highly touted jam sessions.
Then, as now, says Ellen, the Prism wasn't just about good shows; it was a place where people could come to spontaneously strike up conversation and music over a cup of joe.
Her warm regard for the Prism is evident on a recent Friday as she flips, smiling, through the pages of the Prism's history books, available for all to peruse on a first-floor table at the coffeehouse.
The thick three-ring binders packed with carefully mounted newspaper clippings, old photos, even letters from the Prism's founders, give a glimpse at the pride the Prism community takes in this 140-seat resource, which over the years has hosted such music legends as EmmyLou Harris, back when a ticket cost 75 cents.
The Prism actually began– in 1966– as a multi-denominational church ministry reaching out to young people. Those church representatives joined forces with several UVA students who had an idea for a coffeehouse, a place where people could meet to debate such current issues as the Vietnam War.
In 1971, when he was stationed in Vietnam, one of those founding students, Tom Barden, wrote a detailed letter to a UVA professor about the Prism's seminal days.
"A brainstorming session at my apartment arrived at our name– THE PRISM... an instrument that separates the blandness of light into the wonder of colors. A lot of us were galled at the 'coat-and-tie machine' that the University of Virginia seemed to be. THE PRISM we hoped would break it down and separate this blandness into the deeper colors the place could have... I wonder if it hasn't succeeded!"
Barden, now an English professor at the University of Toledo in Ohio, could not be reached for comment regarding the Prism's current situation, but there are many who say the Prism has succeeded in its mission– and that in recent years it is thanks in large measure to Boyce and Hunter.
Current board member Joe Ayers is one. He thinks the conflict around elections has been blown out of proportion.
"I've been around the Prism since 1975," says Ayers, "and there have been times in the past with not much structure at all. It comes and goesit's a volunteer organization."
Ayers says he's aware of Boyce's temper, but he says there's a reason for it. "Fred is unjustly treated a lot," he says, adding that Boyce and Hunter "do all this work at the Prism. They make that thing happen."
As for the complaint that Boyce has alienated volunteers and board members, Ayers says, "You get that kind of trade-off with a personality that strong..."
Ayers believes those who have a problem at the Prism "have not taken the time to talk to Fred." And he says pointing fingers is a big mistake: "There's fault on all sides in this; the people criticizing [Boyce] have fault, too."
Quarles, who claims to have sat on several corporate boards, says his goal is simple: to bring back volunteer elections, and to engage an independent legal and financial audit– to ensure the Prism is operating legally.
Vigour endorses Quarles' motives. "He's fair-minded and would never get into something like this for his own personal gain or agenda," he says.
Quarles' concerns have a basis in federal law. According to a spokesperson, the IRS requires nonprofit organizations to follow their bylaws and to maintain an elected board. Failure to do so can result in removal of nonprofit status.
Quarles concedes that after the January board meeting, Hunter and Boyce had at least a partial change of heart on elections. According to a Prism email, nominations will take place sometime in April with voting in May. But Quarles is concerned about the process.
The election email, which was sent by Hunter to Prism volunteers, directs nominations through a committee, on which she– and perhaps Boyce– will sit.
"There's nothing in the bylaws," Quarles says, "about a nominating committee."
He hopes that publicizing the story will serve to bring back former Prism volunteers and show them that their voices– and votes– will count.
Anyone who volunteered for three months at any time in the Prism's history, he says, is eligible to vote. And while Quarles feels it's time for "a regime change," he says he'll live with whatever the election's outcome may be.
"The most important thing," he says, "is that the Prism be returned to the community."
Pete Vigour and Jim Quarles want volunteer elections to take place at the Prism in May.
The Prism building, seen here from Rugby Road, is owned by Westminster Presbyterian Church.
An April 1986 Prism newsletter announces an upcoming performance by Robin and Linda Williams on the cover. Other events that spring: A performance by honky tonk/rock band Buzzard Luck, and the Prism's 20th anniversary celebration.
Showgoers enter the smoke-free, alcohol-free venue from the Gordon Avenue side of the building, pictured here.

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Washington (CNN) - Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, has a message for fellow conservatives on National Census Day: "I'm worried about this year's census."
In a post Thursday on the conservative Web site RedState, McHenry expressed concerns about "blatant misinformation" about the census "coming from otherwise well-meaning conservatives." Some on the right have claimed that the census is unconstitutional, he wrote. Others fear that its results will be politicized by the Obama administration.
"They are trying to do the right thing," McHenry wrote, "but instead they are helping big government liberals by discouraging fellow conservatives from filling out their census forms."
McHenry warned that low participation among conservatives could result in Democrats having a big advantage in the next round of congressional re-districting.
"Few things make will make Nancy Pelosi happier than large numbers of conservatives failing to respond to the census," he wrote. "If we do not respond, we will not be counted and if we are not counted, then we effectively will not exist."
McHenry was one of three GOP congressmen who rebuked Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minnesota, last year when she urged conservatives to avoid filling out their entire census form. She said at the time that it would be unconstitutional to provide any information other than basic family details.
In his RedState post, McHenry told conservatives to avoid leaving any questions blank.
"No one has advocated a direct boycott of the census but there have been calls to only partially fill out census forms – even though that would be a direct violation of federal law," he wrote. "Those calls are the problem."
Sorry, but the supporters of the party of no will get exactly what they deserve if they fail to complete their census – and then they'll find a way to blame the dems for it.
"but instead they are helping big government liberals by discouraging fellow conservatives from filling out their census forms."
Mr. Henry it was Michelle Bachmann, a Republican, and many others who've been discouraging conservatives not to fill out the census. You remember right? She, Mr. Pete King, Fox News, etc. were just frothing at the mouth talking about, "Obama will know your address to come take your guns away, big brother gubmint is looking at you, and other assorted fearmongering nonsense."
On top of that Mr. Henry, the RNC themselves were called out for their attempts to send out phony census mailers that fearmongered the real the thing. So you need to look to your friends if you want to lay blame.
What's wrong with GOPer? and what federal law Democratic violate? I don't care Republican or Democratic we are eat same food and live in same country also, the Politic are the same why the GOPer don't want to count them.
The Census is ordered by the Constitution, isn't it? How can it be unconstitutional? I filled out my form and I don't see what makes people so scared. Can we just count people without knowing how old they are or what's the racial makeup of the nation? That's all there is to the Census. I listen to these people telling others not to fill out census forms all I hear is a load of nonsense with zero logic. I heard a popular talk radio host railing agains public education today. There is a dumbing down process going on and their audience is getting obese on misinformation.
Don't listen to him ...do what Ann Coulter says and destroy the form.


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My mom and dad have been visiting for the past week...which is why I haven't posted lately. I only see my parents once a year ( two if I am really lucky). They live on the other side of the country, so I try to get in the best visit possible. With the time difference it takes them a few days just to adjust.
Living far away from family is hard, especially when you have a new baby.This was the first time my mom got to meet Simone, and she is already 5 months old! The next time...she will be walking and maybe even talking.
Every time my parents come to visit I have a list of things that I would like done. My dad is super handy, and loves helping me. He is not the kinda guy to just sit around...he loves to tinker. I did two hardware store runs. One with my mom who is the designer and color picker. One with my dad who is the handyman and measurement guy.
This trip we finished the mudroom! My dad finished the wainscoting and trim, my mom and I did the painting and she also sewed up these great cushions for my bench. We also made the hooks on the wall with a piece of wood we found at the beach!!
I wish we lived closer, but we make it special by just hanging out and doing things together. It will be hard to say good bye tomorrow evening. But I hope to see them again real soon. Luv ya M &D.


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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) It's the day of the last World Cup finale in Brazil. Pele is nine years old. Back then, he's just Edson Arantes do Nascimento.
Edson has been playing outside. He rushes into his house and notices his father is crying. Brazil has just lost to Uruguay at its sacred Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. The nation has been thrown into mourning.
''Eight years later in the World Cup in Sweden I saw my father cry again but with happiness because we won the World Cup,'' Pele said on Saturday, the eve of the final's return after 64 years to the Maracana.
He adds: ''I have luck.''
With that first World Cup triumph in Stockholm in 1958 (the 17-year-old Pele scored twice in the final), a footballer and a team of Brazilians began a World Cup legacy that captured five titles, three of them for the man now known as Pele. No team or player can match that record.
On Sunday, Pele, now 73, will watch the final at the Maracana, one of 74,000 people - around 100,000 less than crammed into the arena in 1950 - at one of sport's most glorious events. Sadly for him and 200 million others, Brazil won't be there, but the man revered for 50 years as the world's best player, the favorite son of the most celebrated team, will be.
He won't be the main attraction or even a sideshow at the 2014 final. Unless FIFA and local organizers spring a major surprise, Pele won't be part of the glittering closing ceremony that will include Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen.
The man who did more than anyone to make Brazil the No. 1 football nation on the planet has barely been seen during the World Cup.
His interview with The Associated Press on Saturday is at a sponsor's event for Subway restaurants. He is sitting in a small backroom in Rio wearing a bright yellow Brazil shirt with a gold cross hanging from his neck and says he's not fussed that he won't be at the center of things on Sunday at the Maracana.
''I stay outside because I was four World Cups inside and I'm already 10 World Cups outside,'' he said. ''It's not a surprise because I am here since the beginning of the World Cup ... but I'll be there (at the final). I wish that we see a good game. I'll be there.''
Soon after the interview, Pele popped up at the counter to help make some sandwiches. The crush of reporters and television cameras that pushed him back at one point was shrugged off with a smile and a joke: ''Hey, if you don't play nicely I will push you all outside!'' he said in Portuguese.
In the back office, Pele told the AP he picked four teams to do well at this World Cup: finalists Germany and Argentina, and Brazil and Spain. Spain, the defending champion, was knocked out in the first round.
''I missed on Spain but I think everyone missed.''
For Pele, Germany is the best team and should win the World Cup, and he insisted his opinion was not based on Brazil's fierce rivalry with Argentina and the possibility that they could lift the trophy at Brazil's Maracana.
''We are neighbors. No problem. We are brothers,'' he said, laughing now. ''But, of course, if you be reasonable, honest, Germany is the better team. A more organized team. But this is the game: You never know what is going to happen.''
Brazilian star Neymar's back injury, which ruled the man who now wears Pele's No. 10 shirt out of the semifinals, was the most memorable moment of the tournament for Pele for the wrong reasons. And Brazil's 7-1 semifinal rout by Germany was ''a disaster,'' he said.
''When you have a disaster, there's no reason, no explanation,'' he said. ''You cannot have an answer for that. No way. This is football. A box of surprises.'' He said he still thought Brazil's football federation should stick with coach Luiz Felipe Scolari and the young team.
There was ''no doubt'' in Pele's eyes that Brazil's World Cup was an overall success: ''We hope to finish the way we've been (going) ... with peace, beautiful games, a lot of people in the stadium.''
The interview ends with the recollections of 1950 and his father, who was also a footballer, but only for a local team. And then Pele switches back to this World Cup. He just can't seem to shrug off that heavy loss to Germany.
''This World Cup, I thought I don't want my son to see me cry,'' Pele said. ''He didn't see me cry but very sad.''
Gerald Imray is on Twitter at www.twitter.com/GeraldImrayAP


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Residences of delegates who voted for and against secession on April 17, 1861, displayed on E. Hergesheimer, Map of Virginia Showing the Distribution of its Slave Population from the Census of 1860, C. B. Graham, Lithographer (Washington, D.C.: Henry S. Graham, 1861), Library of Virginia.
On April 17, 1861, the Virginia Convention voted 88 to 55 in favor of secession. That vote took place when civil war was breaking out, and the delegates had to decide which side to take. Plotting the places of residence of the delegates on an 1861 map showing the distribution of slaves in Virginia illustrates that most of the 55 delegates who opposed secession resided in the greater Ohio Valley, in or near the Shenandoah Valley, or near the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay. Those delegates may have had closer personal or business ties to people in the free states than the delegates who lived in the interior and who voted for secession. Slavery was also less important in many of the counties and cities where the 55 delegates lived than it was elsewhere in Virginia. Several of them later changed their votes, and many of them signed the Ordinance of Secession.
Some counties contain no marker because 9 delegates were absent on April 17, and some counties were parts of districts that included more than one county and the district's delegate resided in another county.


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Which platforms/OS MTM 2012 supports?
Few days back, Vijay sent a mail to an internal customer on the platforms/OS which MTM 2012 supports. I am just pasting the contents of his mail here as it is useful for everyone.
Supported Operating Systems
•Windows 7 (x86 and x64)
•Windows 8 (x86 and x64)
•Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
•Windows Server 2012 (x64)
Supported Architectures
•32-bit (x86)
•64-bit (x64)
If you are using the test agents to run automated tests on environments, the agents do support XP.


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Fender's F610 Series gig bag is a stylish and affordable way to keep your dreadnought acoustic guitar safe while traveling. Featuring our iconic asymmetrical Fender shape, its durable outer layer is constructed of tough 600 Denier polyester that protects against impacts while avoiding ripping and tearing. Its interior is filled with 10mm padding and lined with soft touch microfiber that keeps your instrument secure while preventing potential finish damage. The F610 gig bag also comes with a comfortable two-piece handle and ergonomic air mesh backpack straps with easily adjustable ladder lock buckles, so you can comfortably carry your instrument without unnecessary physical strain. Plus, the front storage pocket offers additional storage space for small accessories and a business card window.
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These days more and more hardcore editors are being won over by Premiere Pro CS5. Why? Performance! They are particularly blown away when evaluating a system that contains a powerful video card such as Nvidia's Quadro FX 4800. A video card like this allows the Mercury Playback Engine to perform at its peak.
In this recent article over at Pro Video Coalition, editor Scott Simmons of the Editblog on PVC puts Premiere Pro CS5 through its paces. Simmons is impressed by the real-time performance of Premiere Pro CS5 coupled with the Quadro FX 4800. This is especially noticeable when he adds layers of video, each containing intensive filters and effects. In the article, Simmons drops Premiere Pro's resolution to 1/2 and sees no visual degradation of the image. With that, he adds more and more effects "far beyond anything I would ever attempt in everyday editing". Personally, I've never heard an editor say that, have you?
For a more PC-centric view of the topic of Premiere Pro CS5 and hot video cards on Pro Video Coalition, you'll want to check out Bruce Johnson's article here.
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The caption for the image on pages 26 and 27 of the August 2009 issue stated that it was an unmanned K-MAX aerial truck. Several people wrote in to point out that, in fact, there was a person on board and he can clearly be seen in the photograph. To clarify, the photograph was taken during Lockheed Martin and Kaman testing in July. There was a safety pilot on board, as can be clearly seen, but the pilot was there for safety purposes only. For an update on the program, see Rotorcraft Report, page 17.
I believe the primary cause for mid-air collision accident over the Hudson River in August was failure of the "See and Be Seen" concept. This failure is demonstrable in the low-altitude environment where the visual background is confused by building structures. Both aircraft were being flown in the same direction, with the helicopter being overtaken by the fixed-wing aircraft.
This is precisely the scenario where helicopter visual conspicuity is most vital, yet it is precisely the situation that the FAA ignored when the certification rules for Part 27 helicopters were written. FAA requires Part 27 helicopters to use aviation red anti-collision light lenses, where white lights would be 80 percent more visible to following aircraft. Airplanes, on the other hand, are allowed to use red, white or red/white split lenses.
I have twice petitioned the FAA Administrator to allow the same provision for helicopters as for airplanes and have twice been rebuffed, on the bogus basis that a white, aft-facing strobe would cause reflection in the cockpit, despite the fact that a different section of the FAR already addresses that possibility. The two provisions in question are as follows:
27.1401(a)(1) Consists of one or more approved anticollision lights located so that their emitted light will not impair the crew's vision or detract from the conspicuity of the position lights; and
27.1401(d) Color. Each anticollision light must be aviation red and must meet the applicable requirements of §27.1397.
The second petition, which pointed out the fact that I was only requesting a change to 27.1401(d) for color and not (a)(1) for vision impairment, was dismissed out of hand on the basis that the FAA had "more important things to consider."
Now that ineffective red strobes have become an apparently important factor in a high-profile fatal mid-air accident, perhaps the old saw that FARs are written in blood will be proven true again. This regulatory change will be written in the blood of another nine victims of FAA indifference.
Howie Fuller Senior Auditor CharterX Wyvern Consulting
Editor's Note: The following comments are responses to Giovanni de Briganti's column on page 48, August 2009 issue.
The U.S. Marine Corps "needs priority" on today's battlefield(s) clearly subordinates V-22 enroute cruise speed in favor of conventional VTOL positioning, logistics and C4ISR (manned and unmanned) support. Current enemy tactics have "value obsoleted" the tiltrotor.
Dave Smith Consultant, Gardnerville, Nev.
Yes, let's invest $29 billion on Giovanni de Briganti's "other technology." How about putting him out in the middle of an Iraq desert and asking him how he would like to get picked up? There are some very bright people working to improve the V-22. Mr. de Briganti should look at its full potential.
Tom Boyle Owner 3-D Technologies
Folks, as a former marine aviator with several hundred flight hours as a CH53 crew chief, I suggest that the U.S. Marine Corps scrap the V-22. It won't replace a CH46. Never, ever.
Steve Eaton
Transition through new technology is likely to result in some teething problems. Once they are addressed, the sky will be the limit for this magnificent machine. I dream to operate it!
Capt. V.V. Deshpande
More than money, the V-22 is a waste of time (which can not be recovered) and effort that could have been better spent. There are better options available for anybody ready to see them with an open mind.
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A Dancer in Macau, part 2
Here's Hannah's final report from the international tour…
Friday in Macau
We had class today at 12.30 – 13.45, then straight into the tech at 14.00- 17.00 with the Orchestra here in Macau. Time for a quick swim after early breakfast, a dip in the pool is a really great way to start a day! The tech went really well and the Orchestra sounded great, I keep my ear's open as it's only human nature to go on auto pilot after hearing the recording for a week or so. A live orchestra really does give a show that extra lift and edge of excitement. The show was a success and people of Macau relished the chance to scream 'yes' to believing in fairies. Room service at the hotel for me after the show and then bed ASAP, starting to feel like the end of the season!
Saturday the last day
The rain is beating down at quite a rate but I think we will be typhoon-free or at least if it could hold off till we take our flights home tomorrow that would be great. Tonight is David Ward's last show with the Company and a chance for us all to say farewell to him before he departs for a new adventure in Ballet Met, Ohio, USA. We also say a fond farewell to Georgina Gabbie (Doll) who is leaving us to tour with Evita. David and Georgina will be very much missed.
We had class with Dan today at 11.30 and then double duty with performances at 14.30 and 19.30. In between the shows I took the 4 minute walk back to the hotel to get on top of my luggage, literally! Some people went for a last afternoon dip in the pool.
Show went really well tonight, extra excitement as so many of the dancers will be on their way home tomorrow to see family they haven't seen for up to a year. I am sure there will be much celebration this evening!
Sunday, home time!
We left at 9.30am from the Grand Lapa, which we have all enjoyed calling home for the last five days. We are off to all four corners of the globe as we also start our summer break today: Japan, Australia, Brazil, New Zealand and so on.
I have really enjoyed this overseas summer tour and would like to take this opportunity to thank all our fab techies, our great physio, Adam, who goes out of his way to make sure all of us are fit, well and happy. The ballet staff, music staff, wardrobe and Doll. But also my fellow dancers who I am always honoured to share a stage with. Every department has pulled together as only NBT can and have really pulled off eight wonderful shows to be proud of
I asked around and highlights of this tour have been the pool (!), the amazing audiences in HK and Macau, spending time together, all touring departments, the Cirque [de Soleil] show and getting to dance aboard. It has been a long season from August last year to now. We started with Dracula and have ended with Peter Pan. We had a crazy busy but awesome Christmas season with the Alumni Christmas Carol and the highlight that was the Gala. I feel privileged to do this job and I am well aware I couldn't do it if NBT didn't have the support of all our friends and audiences. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
First things we will be doing when we get home, having a cup of tea! Being reunited with family and pets who include Kitri and Basilio the Yorkshire Terriers in France and Coco the Boxer in Italy. I am off to Koh Samui, and then back to Yorkshire to rescue my garden! Till next time, it's good bye to HK and Macau and hello holidays!!!


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By completing the OMEN Nanowire Lab, users will be able to understand a) the operation of nanowire FETs, b) the effect of bandstructure on the carrier transport in nanowire FETs, and c) the effect of geometry of nanowire on the drain current characteristics in nanowire FETs
The specific objectives of the OMEN Nanowire Lab are:
Recommended Reading
Users who are new to the concept of nanowire FETs and the simulation methods that are useful for understanding their characteristics should consult the following resources:
- Mark Lundstrom, Nanoscale Transistors for a basic understanding on MOS transistors.
- Joerg Appenzeller, What Promises do Nanotubes and Nanowires Hold for Future Nanoelectronics Applications?
- One-dimensional Materials
- Monica Taba, Investigation of the Electrical Characteristics of Triple-Gate FinFETs and Silicon-Nanowire FETs
- Mark Lundstrom and Jing Guo. (2009). Nanoscale Transistors: Device Physics, Modeling and Simulation. New York: Springer. (See especially chapter 5)
- Saumitra R. Mehrotra, et al., Threshold voltage
- Mark Lundstrom, Subthreshold conduction
Theoretical Descriptions
- Mathieu Luisier, et al., Atomistic simulation of nanowires in the sp3d5s* tight-binding formalism: From boundary conditions to strain calculations, Physical Review B 74, 205323, 2006
- Mathieu Luisier, Quantum transport beyond the effective mass approximation, ph.D. thesis, ETH, 2007
- Mathieu Luisier, Quantum Transport for Nanostructures
- Dragica Vasileska, et al., Tight-Binding Bandstructure Calculation Method
Tool Verification
Solutions to Exercises
- Solutions to exercises are provided only to instructors!
Users are challenged to integrate what they have learned about OMEN Nanowire Lab in the following module:


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Saturday, October 31, 2009
Beach Memories
What are your beach stories from days gone by at Kinney Shores?
NOTE: If you have any pictures taken outside on the lawn from our many Sunday afternoon family get-togethers, please send them to me. Also, I am still looking for any pictures of Pepere's parents. This blog is a great way to share memories but it's also a way to gather missing pictures. If I get enough pictures related to specific blog posts, I will post a link so they can be viewed from the blog. Pictures can be sent (preferably in JPG format) directly to my email which is shown on my complete profile. Thanks to Diane for sharing her beach pictures.
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Hi Craig!
I am so glad you are taking on the role of the Albert family's historian and collecting/archiving photos, information and anecdotes. I love looking at the photos and reading your posts. Thank you so much!
- November 7, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Sometimes I get myself into a funk and feel as if I don't belong anywhere (except maybe a yoga studio).
But before my growing-up story of "I don't belong," is Kinney Shores where Memere and Pepere wait for us with their half chocolate/half vanilla ice cream Hoodsie cups with the peel-off paperboard lid and its half-circle tab hanging out, which I pick with my teeth, much to the dismay of my dentist-father. I also lick the inside of that brown and white demarcated cover after I manage to get it off and before I dig in--after I let it all melt a little---with the hour-glass shaped wooden spoon. We all spill the eventually-melted goop all over ourselves, so I do belong here.
And then we need to wash off, so Pepere takes our hands and walks us to the creek (I remember Diane, Mark and Nancy coming along, and how I had to reach so far up, it seemed, to be able to reach the hand of what I perceived to be a very tall man way above my head) . At age four and five and maybe six, I know I belong to the Albert clan.
Pepere teaches us Canadian French songs on the way to the Creek and carries the pails and shovels to the big crested sand bank for us. The water at the Creek is warmer and doesn't have that undertow which we are all warned against in front of the cottage (did we all sing that sing-songy chant, "I see Memere's cottage" on the way, in the car?).
Pepere left adults at the cottage to sit on that bank to watch us, his sister Aunt Rebecca was sometimes there, in her full black habit. I always wondered how they could be brother and sister because he was a big kid (which is secretly why I thought he came to the Creek with us toddlers). Sister Rebecca seemed so serious. I was afraid of her.
So, if any of you have that same sense of "where the heck do I belong in this world?" please join Mary Ann, Nancy, Diane and me at Scarborough beach on sunny Saturdays and Sundays in the summer. It ain't Kinney Shores, but I promise you, at the beach we act more like Pepere than the nuns and priests in the family!! (No prior French experience needed; and we all carry our own pails and shovels now!!)
- November 13, 2009 at 10:21 PM
My memories of visiting the beach house are, of course, in the car as we approached Kinney Shores. The first kid who saw the cottage said, " I see Memere's house, I see Memere's house!"! Then we would all chime in till we got there.
Also, I remember it was a special treat to drive through Old Orchard where the 'rides' were. We would all bug Dad till he would let us go the long way through the town!
My early memories of the beach are riding on the tricycles down the center sidewalk that divided the 2 cottages. There was a red one and a black one. We all loved zooming down the path on one of those!
Then I remember playing with my pails and shovels under the stairs in the sand. I also remember jumping off the wall repeatedly into the soft sand- what a blast!
- November 20, 2009 at 9:52 AM
My beach memories:
* The red bent-metal bouncing chair on the porch (what ever happened to that chair?).
* Eating peanuts and watching the redsox with Pepere in his chair, feet up and me on that green couch with the rough surfaced patterns.
* The orange crush and dr. pepper soda he used to have in a worn wooden bottle case down in the basement. It was such a treat!
* That painted wooden-slat floored shower in the basement we used to wash the salt and sand off us.
* That cool, damp feeling you had walking into the basement where Pepere had his work bench.
* The flower boxes with the red geraniums that lined the block wall running the length of the driveway.
* Those pebbled-glass wall heaters in every room.
* The closet that connected the bedrooms (we used to crawl through it).
* Memere cooking in the kitchen.
* Memere knitting in her corner-window chair.
* The buckets of Kentucky Fried Chicken we had at the family gatherings (what a treat!).
* Crawling into the part of the basement that had a wooden door hatch where Pepere had lumber and other seldom used stuff.
* The one memory I had there spending the night. We slept on the living room floor and I heard the waves crashing all night.
* Walking along that wooden protection wall that spanned the two houses.
* Thinking the Greek people that lived next door seemed 'foreign'.
* Memere playing church hymns on the organ, I remember the organ warming up and how she really fluctuated the volume level with that foot pedal.
* The rough surface of the oxidized aluminum window frames on the porch.
* The sharp, stiff sea grass that was just beyond the wall and on the other side of the house, I remember it hurt to walk through it.
* Walking to the creek with Pepere and walking into the surf.
* Going there in the spring to vacuum and sweep up all the sand from the winter.
* Of course, the smell of the salt air and sound of the waves. Didn't much appreciate it then..
* Everything had that gray, glossy paint on it (stairs, railings, etc.).
- December 1, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Memorial Day 1977
Diane contributed a picture of Pepere working in his garden (click the "beach pictures" link above). She says: "...looks like he's planting tomato plants. I remember he loved that little garden and I also remember trying not to trample through it but around it while "us kids" were playing and running around".
- December 6, 2009 at 12:05 PM


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Chicken Invaders 1.30
Sometime in the near future, earth is invaded by chickens from another galaxy, bent on revenge against the human race for oppressing earth chickens.
Take the world's fate in your hands (or at least have an omelette) in this modern rendition of the '80s classic.
Shoot at anything that moves. If it doesn't move, shoot it anyway. Collect anything that even resembles a bonus.
Advance through waves of chicken invaders. Fire your primary laser at chickens to destroy them while simultaneously avoiding eggs dropping down. When a chicken is destroyed, chicken legs fly out. Collect those for missile bonuses. Hidden inside chickens and some asteroids are gift boxes. Collect these to upgrade the power of your primary laser.


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Sam Houston Race Park's Andrea Young today pressed the case for slots machines as a necessity for Texas tracks to compete with neighboring states that already have expanded gambling.
She also said the expansion would add nearly $1 billion to Texas coffers when fully implemented at Texas tracks.
"Texans need slot machines at race tracks for one reason – to give us the ability to compete with racetracks in our surrounding states," said Young, representing her track and others in Texans for Economic Development.
She said there's been a 50 percent drop in wagering and 30 percent drop in attendance at Texas tracks over a decade as surrounding states have added slots at their tracks, making it a "disastrous one-way street" for Texas.
The financial condition of big tracks has fallen to the point they're looking to consolidate all thoroughbred races at one track to compete, she said.
Consultant Rob Kohler for the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission worked to poke holes in the argument for slots, saying it would enable people to gamble who don't have the means to go elsewhere. He also said pari-mutuel wagering came with promises of revenue that didn't pan out, and he noted instituting the lottery didn't "solve all our problems." In addition, he said, the building of casinos ontributes to economic development. But he added, "After that's done and after that last palm tree's planted, it's no longer economic development."
The hearing is before the Legislative Study Group, which analyzes legislation. Democratic Reps. Garnet Coleman of Houston, Norma Chavez of El Paso and Donna Howard of Austin and Jim Dunnam of Waco (\are here, and Rep. Lon Burnam was here for the first part of the meeting.
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Biden to swear in housing official
David Jackson
President Obama's pick for director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency will be sworn in Monday, more than eight months after his nomination.
Mel Watt, a former congressman from Charlotte, N.C., was nominated in May, but not confirmed until Dec. 10, after the Democratic-run Senate changed the rules on filibustering a nominee.
Vice President Biden will swear in Watt at 3 p.m. ET.
From the Associated Press:
"Republicans have said he's not qualified, while Democrats say the 21-year House veteran has the needed experience.
"Until (Dec. 10), Watt's nomination was blocked because Democrats needed 60 Senate votes to end a GOP filibuster. But last month, the chamber's majority Democrats lowered that threshold to a simple majority."


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The orders to build this fortress and to move the town to a new suburb, Kobryner Forshtadt, were issued in 1837. Under these edicts, the government was to pay the full value of the property assets that were in private ownership, so an assessors' office was established.
The order of moving the houses in order to build the fortress was established according to the street plan. It was also forbidden to bury the dead in the old town's cemetery.
The committee set aside an area for burials in the new town, which later became Spitalna St., the intention being that the new town would be established away from this area.
After a competent authority finished the plans for the new town, it became obvious that the area allocated for the new cemetery (people were already buried there) had become developed with small factories, so they were forced to move the cemetery to another area.
The Jewish community received a certain sum as compensation for the old synagogue and decided to build a new synagogue. The plans were presented to the military authorities at the fortress and from there it was sent to the 'Supreme Power'. After personally inspecting the plans and not liking them, the Tsar wrote the following remarks with a pencil, saying: 'not beautiful, the synagogue should be built according to the Viennese design'.
The Tsar's wishes were presented to the head of the kehilla, and the Jewish community sent a man to Vienna to design a synagogue based on the Great Synagogue of Vienna. The Viennese architect prepared plans that were adorned with artistic drawings of men and women in the grounds of the synagogue. The men wore shtreimls (fur hats) and the women wore wigs in the style of the orthodox Viennese Jews. The drawings were delivered to the office at the fortress and endorsed as being in accordance with the wishes of the Tsar. The community leader and historian A.L. Feinstein discovered these drawings in 1885. This is the story of the Brest Litovsk synagogue being built in the style of the Great Synagogue of Vienna.
The historic synagogue in the old city was built in the time of Saul Wahl, on the wall of its lobby was a white marble plaque about one metre in length, which read: In memory of the Sage and Genius Saul Wahl, under whose patronage and generosity this synagogue was built in the year . During the transfer of the holy vessels from the old synagogue to the new one, they tore this plaque off the wall and rebuilt it in the lobby of the new synagogue, also in the rebuilding of the plaques, words such as the year were missing, so they just inserted dots.
Opposite the white marble plaque there was a black marble tablet with the inscription:
This Synagogue was built according to the plans and under the supervision of Tsar Nicholai 1.The terrible fire, which broke out in the town on the 4th May 1895, destroyed half the city 45 souls perished by fire or suffocation. But the fire did not spare the beautiful Great Synagogue of which only four walls remained; also the historic plaque of Saul Wahl was destroyed. The synagogue was rebuilt in 1896, but it was not as beautiful as before. During the German occupation of 1915-1918, the synagogue was also badly damaged, but thanks to the dedication of the Gabbehs, the synagogue was restored and surpassed the earlier building.
Not only in the sphere of commerce and industry did the Brest Jews show remarkable talents.
They also established welfare institutions which lightened the load of the poor and sick.
In 1838, before the new city was built, there was already an institute for the poor and sick which was called 'Hakodesh' (The Holy). This institution had a pharmacy, 40 beds for the sick, and was maintained wholly by donations.
The second important institution which was founded in during the cholera epidemic of 1865, which caused a great loss of lives, was Bikur Cholim the visiting of the sick, founded by the Rav Hersh Orenstein. This society had the following aims:
To support widows and the destitute.
To distribute food and medicine to the poor and sick at a very small charge.
In 1876 an old age home was founded which had a hospital ward and a synagogue, and later in 1906, a 'welcome visitors' hostel was founded for travellers passing through. Wandering destitutes came to this house, and in the time of W.W.1, this house played an important role as a refuge for the homeless.
Another institution was the Woman's Society, which was established to provide poor women with milk and nourishing food, also this organization established an orphanage in which both boys and girls received an education, and later training in a trade to help them in later life.
There was also a 'Righteous Fund' where the poorer business people could get an interest free loans.
In 1906 a Talmud Torah was established where many children studied, subsequently there were 1200 pupils aged 6 18. There were 24 teachers for 26 classes, besides Hebrew and religious studies, pupils were taught in Russian, on the orders of the Russian government.
Special teachers had to be hired to teach Russian, so special taxes were raised for this by taxing kosher meat, and donations.
As well as the four communal Jewish schools, which were attended by 800 boys and 900 girls, there were seven State Schools, in which Jews also studied 10% of these students were Jewish. There was a Business School (Handelschule), a Technical High School called Realschule, and a High School (Gymnasium) for boys and girls.
At the pre- Gymnasium level, 50% of the pupils were Jewish.
The great fire of 1895 destroyed half of the city; the second fire of 1901 destroyed the other half. Ten people perished in the first fire. In the second fire, the fire spread to a beautiful and large part of the city, wreaking wide-scale destruction and damages. Jews from abroad sympathised with Brest's plight and rushed to help the victims of the fire sending aid, money and food. Also the Tsar, Nicholai 11 donated 300,000 roubles towards the victims. The railways provided free transport to all the victims of the city and vicinity. The second fire caused a great exodus from the city with masses of people fleeing, many returned, but many settled elsewhere.
Until the fire of 1901, almost all the whole town had been built of timber, because of the frequent fires, it became forbidden to build houses of wood, and in time Brest was rebuilt with buildings of brick and one and two storeys high.
The wide waves of pogroms that spread over the country in 1905 did not miss Brest. The anti Jewish propaganda and hatred was spread through the Organization of King Michael
(Soyuz Mikhael Arkangel). This organization caused the excesses of the 29th May, 1905. This was after the disastrous Russo-Japanese war when the returning soldiers and reservists came to Brest, which served as a transit station and camp to the army.
At the time there were clashes between the Jewish self-defence and the hooligans who were assisted by police patrols. Amongst the Jewish self-defence force there were many dead and wounded. A Jewish doctor, Ksaveri Shteinberg, showed great heroism in saving lives, giving medical assistance to those in need. Running around in his colonel's uniform, he showed great skill in evading the hooligans and the police
After the failure of the 1905 revolution Brest returned to it's quiet normal everyday life. The city's commerce and industry was almost entirely in Jewish hands -70% of the population was Jewish. In 1913 there were 57,000 inhabitants in Brest, 40,000 were Jews, 10,000 were Russian, and 7,500 were Poles. However, there were only 3 Jewish representatives in the city administration., whereas the Christian community had 29 representatives.
The outbreak of war in 1914 hit the Jews like a thunderclap, and deeply shook the community's existence as the city was on the Russo-Polish border, and at times the Russo-German border. As well as that, Brest was a fortress and the military powers gave special attention to the city, and made great efforts to fortify it. To this purpose, the inhabitants of Brest, especially the Jews, dug trenches and erected wire-fences around the outside of the city.
The issue of the mobilisation of the civilian labour force was like pawns in the power-play of the authorities, men were forcibly taken to work whether they were needed or not. During 1915, thousands of men were taken and conscripted for forced labour, they were detained all night by the police and the Cossacks, they were held in the city gardens, and in the morning they were marched on foot towards Wlodawa, driven by clubs and truncheons, hungry and thirsty, arriving beaten and exhausted at night to the village of Kostamalitz, near Klodny.
From there they were expelled as they were forbidden to stay in the village. There they spent the night in the forest, stiff with cold, trying to warm themselves around bonfires.
The next morning they were walked to Wlodawa, there they were welcomed by the local military leaders, who gave a speech about how important it was to protect the Fatherland. From Wlodawa these 'workers' were taken to work and distributed around the surrounding villages to dig trenches, however, suddenly the order came to send them home, as the Germans were approaching Brest and their work was all unnecessary.
On the 1st August, 1915, the city authorities ordered the city's inhabitants to evacuate, over the next 3 days, the 3rd, 4th and 5th August, the exiled inhabitants received free train tickets, but there were not enough trains sent, so many had to leave on foot or on carts and wagons.
In the city there were large supplies of bread, but they were forbidden to take food or belongings with them. Many left their entire fortunes behind, it was heartbreaking to witness the Cossacks and Russian soldiers ransacking and looting the abandoned homes.
On 25th August, the Russian army withdrew and set fire to the town, and if not for the German army which arrived the next morning and extinguished the fire, there would not be a trace of the city left.
There was not a living soul to be seen in the city. When the fire subsided, amongst the clouds of smoke, there appeared the first inhabitant of the city, a crazy man. He spoke a good German and came from the old city dressed with a prayer shawl and a book under his arm. His behaviour aroused the suspicions of the Germans who took him for a spy, arrested and shot him. Afterwards, several others of Brest's inhabitants who had hidden from the Russians in the cellars appeared. Over the next days, the slow return of the expelled inhabitants who had fled the city and had found shelter in the surrounding towns and villages began.
The returnees formed a city committee to assist the rights of the returning Brest citizens, and provide them with food and shelter.
This was not the end of their wanderings and trials. The Germans, according to their methods carried out the second expulsion of the Brest Jews. One day, trumpets were heard in the street, the people went outside and were surrounded by German soldiers, who stopped them from returning to their homes, and marched them to the train station. From there they were sent by special trains into the towns and villages of Congress Poland. After this expulsion, the Germans declared the city as an exclusively military town and a military camp designated for Russians prisoners of war.
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The rise of downloads and streaming means that digital music now accounts for half of record industry income in the UK for the first time, according to new figures.
Digital revenue overall has increased by 11.9 per cent on the back of strong album downloads, and streaming income has shot up by 41 per cent in 2013, a report by music industry body the BPI has found.
It has meant the UK music industry saw a 1.9 per cent increase in its income - the first growth in four years for the recorded music industry - which stood at £730.4 million last year - up from £716.8 million in 2012.
Revenue from sales of CDs and music videos continued to decline - dropping by 6.4 per cent to stand at £365.4m - it was offset by digital formats.
Hit albums such as Bastille's debut Bad Blood - the biggest selling digital artist album of 2013 - helped the income from download albums to grow by 19.5 per cent. The trend for luxury digital packages also contributed to the boost, although sales of download singles slipped by 4.4 per cent.
But the rise of streaming services such as Spotify and Deezer offset any drop and represented the fastest growing area. Revenues grew by 41 per cent and generated £77 million for record firms.
Digital income accounted for a milestone 50 per cent UK record industry sales revenue. The figures take account only of the record industry income from digital and physical music and strip out sums for VAT and the add-ons for retail.
BPI chief executive Geoff Taylor said: "With digital increasingly becoming its key source of revenue, Britain's music industry is fit and ready to seize the global opportunities it offers."
Tony Wadsworth, the BPI chairman, said: "After over a decade of digital transformation we are now seeing the transition of the recorded music business reach a significant milestone and a return to revenue growth.
"This was only ever going to happen if we give the consumer what they want , and the continual support given by artists and labels to new ways of enjoying music means that music fans can enjoy more choice and better value than at any time in history."
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Television actor Vishal Singh aka Jeet Ahuja of Parvarrish - Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi is taking a break from the show. He is heading for a small vacation from the hectic shooting schedule.
"I am going on a holiday with my close friends. Since I started shooting for Parvarrish..., I have not got much time to catch up with my friends. So I am going on a much needed vacation," Vishal told IANS.
The show is about parents-children relationship and the ups and downs in their lives. In the sitcom, Vishal plays actress Rupali Ganguly's husband. The couple has three children together.
"We shoot for around 25 days a month so there is not much time left for other things. Since we have five children in the show, we shoot on weekends when they don't have school. This becomes problematic as all my friends are free on weekends."
"So I decided about this vacation and luckily the creative team moulded the story in such a manner that it justifies my absence for sometime from the show," said the 38-year-old actor best remembered for his role in Dekh Bhai Dekh.
In the show, it is being shown that he has got a promotion and needs to shift to Singapore without his family. In the show, which comes on Sony, Vishal leaves for Singapore in Tuesday's episode.
Where are you going for vacation?
"I am going for about two weeks, but have not yet decided that where I am going. I still have a few days of shoot so will decide soon," he said.


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This morning the bus stop I wait at smelled just like fresh baked bread. I can't explain to you how depressing it is knowing that the bus stop at 830am is going to be the highlight of my day.
I have no idea what a man is doing with the name "Kit" but "Game of Thrones" is awesome so I'm going to give Kit Harington a pass. I will however not give him a pass for signing on to a new exoticism flick titled "The Seventh Son". I will though give him a pass for being in an exoticism movie where Jeff Bridges plays the guy who trains old Kit on the art of driving out demons, catching witches and stopping boggarts. Confused? Me too man, me too.
Jack O'Connell, now that's a man's name. I've never seen a movie the guy has been in but I assume they're all about cutting down timber and drinking beer. Lucky for Alice Englert because they've both joined the cast of "Beautiful Creatures", a new supernatural thriller about two southern teens who uncover strange secrets about each other's families. Just say the name, O'Connell. Do you suddenly smell maple syrup too?
WWE hot boy David Bautista has been confirmed to be joing Vin Diesel in the upcoming flick "The Chronicles of Riddick: Dead Man Stalking". No word yet on what WWE's golden god will be doing in the film but my guess is he'll probably fight people and have very few lines of dialog. Maybe even Vin Diesel. God I can't wait to find out. I have no idea what a "WWE hot boy" is.
I have no idea why you'd need "Plan 9 From Outer Space" on Blu-Ray but the cult classic, along with 1960's "Little Shop Of Horrors" (the one without singing) will hit shelves on March 9th, just in time for Middle Name Pride Day. So.. umm... how about them Giants?
Good news sports fans! If you visited Super Bowl Village in Indianapolis last Friday there's a solid chance you now have the measles. But you also have some great memories. So it kind of evens out, huh? Of course half of those memories are of you getting the measles but try not to focus on those.
Say what you want about Chicago but those SOB's do not play. Case in point is this guy who's under arrest because he punched a random stranger that "looked at him funny". That can't be good for tourism though. Come to Chicago! Just don't look at anyone.