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Reb Yudel excelled in the knowledge of the "small letters", both in Hebrew and in Russian. He also gave private lessons to young and adult students.
His father, Reb Shmuel Friedman had been the head of the Jewish community, as well as a known wealthy landowner. His son Yosl married and moved to Bialistok and used to visit his parents on holidays. Yosl's son, Benjamin, moved with his family to Israel in 1924. He passed away in 1943.
Reb Yudel's daughters, Rivka and Masha, born to him and his wife Meite, left the town and emigrated to the U.S. about 1910. Masha married the late Dr. Phoebus Berman, the son of Rabbi Moshe Berman who had been Rabbi of Antopol. Rivka married the late Dr. Isaac Burstein. She visited Israel in 1960. Her son, Dr. Herschel H. Burston and his wife visited Israel last year, and took great interest in the projects and accomplishments of the local Antopol organization, such as the synagogue, the Izkor Book etc.
Dr. Burston has been very active in financing the publication of the
memorial book, and together with the late Dr. Berman they also outlined
the contents of the English part, in order to leave for later generations
of American Jews the story of Antopol in English.
He was born in Antopol in the 1880's to his father Yaacov-Shmuel Stavsky and his mother Rivka (nee Lifshitz). When their mill was consumed by fire they moved to Kremenchuk. In the course of their many travels, young Moshe came to Warsaw and got acquainted with a group of young poets, who opened the renaissance of Hebrew-Jewish literature. He began to publish his first works, and finally he settled in Warsaw from where be used to come home on visits. During one of his visits he happened to save his niece who was then a revolutionary. He managed to hide her and smuggle her to Kremenchuk.
Coming back to Warsaw be continued his struggles, preferring the hard life of a young writer over easy life in a well to do family. Here he met his future wife and together they moved to Israel. In 1911 they sailed on a primitive Russian boat from Odessa to Jaffa - after a fierce struggle with the sea, the Turks, and lack of food and water. Upon arrival in Jaffa started another hard period. Moshe, who since boyhood loved nature, decided to revive the love of nature in the holy land. He began studying the new environment, the Arab neighbors, their way of life, and became an expert on the Arabs in Israel. He began working the land and became a farmer. He became also an expert in Hebrew in which he now published his old Jewish stories, as well as new ones. When his literary life became unbearable, he turned completely to agriculture. After a while, when he was already a successful farmer in Beer-Tuvia he came back to Tel-Aviv, and began writing on farming and agriculture.
He became also a friendly adviser to Antopoler who respected his experience and knowledge. He was always helpful and found time for Antopol affairs. He used to make trips to his old birth town, and many young people of that period remember his encouraging meetings which later brought them to settle in Israel.
When we arrived in Israel in 1950, we found our Moshe in the prime of his success in literature, public affairs, social activities, and writing, criticising and learning, travelling to various settlements to lectures and demonstrations in agricultural subjects.
Finally he began suffering physically and his eyes also deteriorated, which made him more miserable. The loneliness was insufferable, but Stavy fought nature consistently. He did not let any of his numerous friends to comfort him.
For the last 14 years I had the honor to get to know the personality of Stavy the writer. Personally I was privileged to offer him medical attention and services, get near him and win the confidence of the great uncle. I learned that under the hard appearance beat a tender heart. He was always human, a man who for 80 years worked hard, very hard, fought much, built much physically and spiritually. Thus he built for himself a permanent monument extending from the Jewish quarter in Warsaw, via Antopol. and Lvov to Beer-Tuvia and Gadera, New-York and Tel-Aviv. A man who opened his house in TelAviv to all numerous friends in every settlement.
Stavy's library on science, nature and labor, on cattle and fields, on oriental fables for children and adults; on the biblical Hebrew and agricultural Hebrew, and on Arab folklore - all these form an important national treasure.
He did not finish his work. He prepared much material for additional publications. He began working and contributing to Yizkor Books. In 1962 he headed the Israel committee for publication of the Antepoler Yizkor Book. Suddenly he left us and passed away. We fought hard to save his life, but to no avail.
May this Yizkor Book, which he dreamt about, help keep his memory in our hearts!
Dr. Berman, whom we called Feitl back home, was born in 1890 in Antopol and died in the U.S.A. in 1967. His father was Rabbi Moshe Berman, who gave his son a strict religious education. At a young age he was sent to Rozhinai, birthplace of his father, to study at the Yeshiva there. Later he studied at the Yeshiva in Yanove.
The young man began also to look into foreign studies, and went to the Pinsk High School, where he graduated with honors, and then he returned home to teach Russian and general studies. Along with teaching young Feitl became active in the local youth movement, and finally his thirst for knowledge brought him to the U.S.A. in 1913.
In 1916 he started at U.C.L.A. Here, too, he excelled in his studies, received a gold medal and a scholarship. In 1919 he received his degree in medicine, and after ten years of practice, in 1929 he was appointed director of the district hospital in L.A., one of the largest in the U.S.A. He continued also to lecture at his alma mater.
Under his leadership the hospital developed to house 3,800 beds and over 100,000 patients per year.
Dr. Berman also invented several significant medical inventions, which are used all over the world. In 1956 he retired to engage in a diversified public activity, still continuing to keep in touch with the hospital and with Jewish life.
When it was decided to publish a Yizkor book, he was one of the initiators and active doers. He also contributed and collected money for this cause, and wrote several articles for the book, full of love to the town of his birth.
His wife Masha (daughter of Yudl der Shreiber) was always having a great part in his success. His brother, the famous poet, had a mutual influence with his public activities, and continues to fill the late Feitl's will regarding the book.
May the memory of our dear Feitl be with us forever!
As new immigrants they had a very difficult beginning, but the young man was encouraged to study. He went to high school, college and university and graduated with honors form the School of Medicine.
He specialized in plastic surgery and is today one of the best in the field. Among his patients are famous artists and actors. However his success did not change his good popular nature and friendly personality.
Dr. Burston has a wonderful wife and two lovely children, a boy and a girl. He gave them Jewish education in a Jewish school as well as personal Jewish knowledge. He himself speaks, writes and reads Jewish fluently, and subscribes to Jewish papers and journals. He takes part in and contributes to Jewish projects in America and in Israel. Antopol is very dear to him, and he always remembers the fate of the Jewish community.
Among the important persons who originated from Antopol, Dr. Burston rightly occupies a prominent place.
While still teaching young children he began his research in education and published several articles on the subject. Faithful to Jewish tradition, he was teaching his students Jewish customs and way of life, and thus published text books on these subjects. He also set rules for teaching the prayer book within the curriculum of Jewish studies.
During the 30 years of teaching at the Yeshiva "Ohel Moshe" in Brooklyn, he was also fruitful in the literary field. He contributed to the Jewish press in America and in the Hebrew press like "Hadoar", "BeZion", "Shvilei Hahinuh", "HaZofeh" and others. He went also into literary criticism, delved into history of Hassidism and published a monograph about the "Yenuka" of Stolin. His monographies about Reb Pinchas Michael and about Reb Mordchele are famous in the literary world. He also continued his research about Jewish holidays customs and published his famous book "Customs of Holidays".
In his introduction to this book Ben Ezra writes : "I have incorporated in this book the various customs which I found recorded until today, and stressed the differences in various communities". This book was written in a scientific approach and contains a treasure of footnotes and cross-references. Ben Ezra writes also for children, short stories adapted to the young.
Ben Ezra loves the Hebrew book. He loves books, and his private collection contains many thousands of books. He is also a famous bibliographer. He published bibliographies of Professor Zvi Sharfstein, Dr. Shlomo Rubin and others. He also published a bibliography of "Shvilei Hahinuh" and edited the "Ketavim Ivriim" of Dr. Morris Robinson.
Ben Ezra is a Hebrew Zealot. His friends and acquaintances know that he speaks only Hebrew. He educated his children in Hebrew and his family was among the first in America where children spoke Hebrew. Ben Ezra was fortunate to give his son and daughter a national-religious education at the Yeshiva of Flatbush. After graduation his son went to the teachers seminary affiliated to the Rabbinical Seminary of Rabbi Schechter, and now he is a Chemical Engineer and an active public figure in Binghampton, N.Y. while his talented daughter, after graduating from the Herzlia teachers seminary in N.Y. with honors, married Rabbi Prof. Haim Daneburg from Montreal.
About two years ago Ben Ezra retired and after preliminary arrangements came to settle in Israel.
I was meditating on these thoughts when I was reading the book "Offene Fentzter" by Pintche Berman. His poetry is simple and hearty, tributes which get the poet nearer to prose as a form. Another tribute to Berman's poetry - his marvelling at the world, at life in general. I believe that he must have tried on various occasions to delve into the mystery of life, withdrawing in time to prevent him from turning into pessimism. Because essentially, Berman is a positive enthusiast, and he loves life as well as the essence of living - existence.
In many of his works Berman brings out the sorrow and grief over the destruction of Jewish life in Eastern Europe, and only with his positive enthusiasm, mentioned above, be manages to treat the wounds in his heart over the unfortunate fate of his birth town.
One of the outstanding figures among the one time emigrants, who settled in the U.S.A. is Abraham Warsaw of Miami Beach, author of the great book "Years of Fire and Blood".
In his introduction to the book we learn that his talent in writing developed during twenty years, in writing short stories about his home town, when - in his modesty - he did not dare to dream about publishing them in a book. However in the course of time some of the top Yiddish writers in America discovered the treasure. Leading writers like Dr. Mokdoni, Abraham Reisin, and A. Kravetz urged Warsaw, aided by Antopoler landsleit to publish his great collection, knowing that by doing so they are erecting a literary monument to the holy martyrs of Antopol.
And in fact, upon reading the book we discover two different discoveries: The prose writer, the refined author, and the town with its population - Jews and non-Jews; everyday and holiday; simple Jews and scholars; workers and merchants; high ranking rabbis and, simple scholars; Zionists and socialists, communists and revolutionists. In short - a dynamic Antopol, living and active, before it was destroyed by the Nazis.
The talent of Abraham Warsaw belongs to the sort of authors who saw their birth town with warmth and always cherished their memory with only good memories. They described them lyrically, hence the sad undertone, although the happenings themselves oftentimes were rather tragic. This is understood also from the name of the book "Years of Fire and Blood". As an example take Warsaw's description of 1920 in Antopol, during the war between Poland and the Bolsheviks :
"Day and night were heard the enemy's artillery giving out fearsome sounds and painting the skies red and blue. Clouds, painted green-white, were moving and disappearing in the sky. The forest, with its golden-yellow leaves shining in the autumn sun, resounds its, echo to the bursting shells which stir the world. On the ground, drenched with blood, you can see people crawling in green clothes the color of grass. Through hidden trails people walk silently to keep away from the enemy and its airplanes which throw fire and human limbs. Hundreds of human beings in green are swallowed in the forest in which every minute the -steel, fire and lead put out the lives of scores of people".
The Jews of Antopol do not want either one of the fighting enemies: The Poles hate the Jews, kill and loot them, and the Bolsheviks hate Jewish life in general, Still better they than the Poles. One live Jew is better than dead by the Poles. But on the first day of Bolshevik rule, on the eve of Yom Kippur, the Jews feel that the newcomers hate also Jewish religion:
"In the market, on an elevated stand, the new speakers attacked God, tradition, old culture, etc. The voices penetrated the open windows and doors of the prayer houses, and the praying Jews were stunned, as if asking - what is happening here?"
Warsaw's stories give the reader an opportunity to meet the people of Antopol. Here is Meier'l the builder, "a phlegmatic man, a great believer, a hospitable man in secret". In this story Warsaw describes the great respect of Antopol Jews to scholars, a respect without outside manifestations, but with inner respect to the Torah itself, and to the scholar who studies it.
The language in Warsaw's stories is idiomatic. The descriptions are
extremely plastic. In the rather great story "Fire and Blood" Warsaw achieved
a high literary standard. He penetrated into the deep beings of the types,
whom he describes, their soul psychology, and their situation. He brings
forth the early period of the Russian revolution, when the Jews still looked
up to it, hoping to benefit from it in their dire existence.
Here is the description of the town revolutionary. the future commisar, a man with a sensitive soul, who detests dogmatism and terror, although he himself got involved to perform brutal deeds by order to the authorities, under the disguise of the proletarian dictatorship.
A. Warsaw draws his inspiration from the love of his birth town, from his Antopol. He is proud of her, and rightly so:
"We, the small children of Israel, listened attentively to the stories, of our elders about the greatness of our town, and they told about her with pride and enthusiasm. After all in its cemetery were the "tents" of great Rabbis like Reb Moshe-Zvi and Reb Pinchas Michael, may they pray for us. And the Cold Shul whose fame is known all over. And where is the list of rabbis who graduated from the ancient Yeshiva? All this gave us a feeling of joy and self pride".
He studied law at the University of Toronto and began practice in 1926. He was a Carleton County magistrate from 1937 to 1945 and served on the Collegiate Institute Board, the board of directors of St. Vincent's Hospital, and service clubs.
Mr. Lieff was the first Jewish lawyer to be elevated to the bench of the Ontario Supreme Court, and Mrs. Lieff, the former Sadie Lazarovitz, received her law degree in Nova Scotia, where she was a member of the bar even after moving with her husband to a new residence.
Both were associated all their life with religious, fraternal, social and educational organizations.
At a testimonial dinner in honor of Mr. Lieff upon his retirement as President of Agudath Israel Congregation, creation of the A. H. Lieff Cultural Foundation was announced to express his interest in the promotion of the tradition and culture of the Jewish community.
The Antepoler Y.M.B.A. sent yearly contributions towards the orphans' home, and after my father came to the U.S.A., he initiated help also for other institutions in Antopol, namely: Talmud-Torah, Hebrew Tarbut School, Gmilus Hasodim, and the Matzo Fund (Maos Hitim).
Later a committee was organized incorporating all societies of Antepoler, namely THE ANTEPOLER FEDERATION OF AMERICA, with David Bayuk as president, Hyman Goldberg and Leon Wolowelsky as secretaries, and we started to send help to the above institutions. The same committee helped also in building the public Mikve in Antopol, as well as other necessities of the Jewish community.
With the establishment of the State of Israel, a committee of the United Jewish Appeal was organized with Leon Wolowelsky as chairman, Joseph Rosen as co-chairman, to collect money for Israel, and two years later, when the first Bonds issue was proclaimed, we the Antepoler made a big drive to sell Israel Bonds. The President now is brother Hyman Sterman.
Several ladies of the association assembled together to form a branch, which they named "Ladies Auxiliary of Harlem", to dedicate themselves for benevolent activities. In my house we gathered: Mirke Palewski, Tamar Wolinetz, Bessie Gerstein, Yente Haya Lifshitz, Fanny Greenman, Reisl Sapir, Miriam Feldman, Bracha Farer, Gussy Bernhardt, Sara Reisl Birnbaum, Miriam Palewski, Henia Sadowski, Babil Blecher, Hanke Potolski, Sheinke Aronowski and Goldie Aronov.
We had our first celebration in my house. We were happy and sure that our organization will survive and expand. A short time later we invited our beloved Rabbi Abraham Kotler for a benediction. We rented a large hall and invited all our landsleit to the meeting. I was elected president and we all made it our goal to help our needy people.
Although we were spread out in New York and vicinity, we continued to maintain our ties. When something had to be done for Antopol, we always managed to continue the nice tradition of helping the needy. I must mention again Rabbi Kotler and his dear wife, who were always ready to answer our call. Although we enjoyed our meetings socially, we made it our goal to help the needy Antepoler. All the money raised in benefit shows, Purim and Hanuka campaigns, and other projects, was dedicated for aid. Every celebration, or G-d forbid, mourning, was an occasion for collecting donations to be sent to the late Rabbi Wolkin in Antopol, and he used to distribute the money among the town institutions.
Our greatest grief came when we heard that Antopol was no more, after that the Nazi murderers had put to death all our dear ones.
During all the time we contributed also to HIAS, JOINT, NATIONAL FUND, UJA, as well as individuals. We also purchased a bed in the Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital of Brooklyn.
A major project undertaken by us was the adoption of a girl survivor from a concentration camp. We sent every year $ 360 as well as packages until she grew up. We contributed also to Maos Hittin and local charities like the Red Cross.
Finally, when the Antepoler landsleit undertook to publish this Yizkor Book, we were among the first to give a hand in this holy work.
Coming from different cities, towns and villages from the old homeland, they were not satisfied to live in an unorganized community as individuals; they felt a certain strangeness, a loneliness, a longing for the past association and comradeship which they had in common in the old hometown where they were born and grew to manhood. They had an urge to reconstruct the past and to surround themselves in an environment of their own.
To overcome these shortcomings, they felt that they must combine themselves with other landsleit in groups. The synagogue was the first of the institutions thus formed, where landsleit congregated for religious services.
The younger element soon found that the Synagoue had to be supplemented by other group institutions. Living in an era where the individual was subjected to various kinds of economic pressures and uncertainties and feeling insecure on many fronts, they were looking for some sort of mutual protection. To a considerable degree our association provided its members with the sense of security which they were seeking.
On or about September 20, 1906, a group of young men under the leadership of the late Brother David Bayuk, met at the apartment of our late Brother Nathan Weissman at 23 Orchard Street in New York City and decided to organize the Antepoler Y.M.B.A.
A charter was applied for at the Department of State in Albany, N. Y., which was granted and officially recorded as at October 6, 1906.
The signers of the Charter were Max London No. 1, David Bayuk, Max London No. 2, Philip Goldman, Sam Feinberg, Aaron Cohen, Sam Hoffman and Israel Hellman.
The first meeting of the Antepoler Y.M.B.A. was held on October 4th, 1906 at 412 Grand Street in New York City. In addition to the charter members, the following were present: Louis Goldman, Joe Eisenberg, Joe Greenberg, Nathan Weissman, Max Cohen, Sam Cohen, Isidore Lipofsky, Louis Gerstein, Abe Kolodner and a number of others whose names we do not remember.
A Committee was appointed to work out rules and regulations and to interpret the meaning of Benevolence as to be applied to our membership in a practical way. Those named to the Committee were Max London No. 1, David Bayuk, Louis Goldman, Sam Feinberg and Philip Goldman.
The next meeting was called for November 10, 1906, at 96 Clinton Street, New York City. The Committee brought in its report which was adopted after some discussion and modification as follows:
1. Dues shall be $ 150 per quarter.
2. The financial and recording secretaries shall serve without pay.
3. A limited amount of six dollars per week was to be paid to members in case of sickness and also as a Shivah benefit.
4. Aid and assistance was to be provided to members in distress.
5. No benefit of any kind could be paid to members if the. Treasury held $ 500 or less,
6. Free medical services were to be provided to members, their wives and their minor children.
7. As soon as financially possible, the organization would provide for in case of death, for a free cemetery plot, and the payment of funeral expenses and death benefits.
8. All officers were to be elected for a term of six months.
The following officers were elected: Max London No. 1, Chairman; Philip Goldman, Vice-Chairman; Sam Feinberg, Treasurer; Aaron Cohen, Financial Secretary; Louis Goldman, Recording Secretary; David Bayuk, Joe Eisenberg and Joseph Greenberg, Trustees; and Abe Kolodner, Inner Guard. Thereafter, progress was steady and within three years, the membership exceeded 200.
The list of the brethren who have served as President and who have guided us ably and successfully, in the order in which they served are as follows: Max London No. 1, Sam Feinberg, Louis Goldman, Nathan I. Corbin, Philip Goldman, Joseph Greenberg, Abe Kolodner, David Bayuk, David Bayarsky, Hyman Goldberg, Hyman Resnick, Israel Rabinowitz, Julius Cuttler, Oscar Palefsky, Max Katz, Julius Garber, Joseph Rosen and Hyman Sterman.
Our present officers and leaders give their time and effort to the service of our organization and its members and serve with loyalty, honor and distinction.
In reviewing our accomplishments for the past 64 years, we find that the objectives which we set out to achieve were carried out both in letter and in spirit and our membership was always served honestly and well. No small part of this achievement is due to our Leaders, both past and present, who with dedication contributed their ability and resourcefulness to make our organization a significant force in the Jewish Community
In 1924 the increased number of Antopoler encouraged the foundation of an association to keep ties with the old country and to keep in touch in the new one. Newcomers were given hospitality and aid and usually were helped in finding work in the new environment.
In addition to sending aid to Antopol, also a local loan association was founded, whose first president was the Shohet Reb Kalman Mazkewitz, son in law of the late Reb Feivl Shagan. A home for the Aged was built as well as a Jewish center. Many other institutions and fund raising campaigns pave the history of the Jewish community.
All over the country there are landsleit from our little birth town, and in every place they represent Antopol tradition with pride and honor.
The major part was taken by our devoted brethren in America, and we in Israel undertook to promote the commemoration of our Antopol tradition.
A special project has been inaugurated in the form of a IL 50,000 fund, from the interest of which scholarships will be granted annually to needy talented high schools children.
A great synagogue in the center of Tel-Aviv was constructed in memory of the martyrs of Antopol. Funds were raised mainly in the U.S.A. to help us build this community center in which we dedicated a special room, on whose walls are inscribed the names of our dear ones.
Another project of commemoration is a tombstone in the Yad Vashem center in Jerusalem, where the tombstone or Antopol stands among others of the 6 million Jews murdered in Europe. A complete list of all our Antopol dear ones is placed there.
We also placed a memorial plaque on Mount Zion in Jerusalem.
In Beer-Sheva, capital of the Negev, and in Hazor, in upper Galilee, we established, with funds from our brethren in America, vocational schools and large houses for new immigrants, all in memory of our dear martyrs who lost their lives in Antopol.
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The Gaming Life column: Stay away from any and all games that are a based on a movie.
It's Christmas time, and for every avid gamer out there, that means a long list full of wishful thinking. A sleigh-load of games has arrived this season in an effort to capitalize on the ever-growing player base. From the casual Wii-moms to the hardest of hardcore, Santa has a grab-bag of goodies for all audiences. Rather than do all the hard work of creating a list of quality holiday purchases for the gamer in your life, I will instead instill in you one golden rule. This rule, when applied properly, will help you cut away a large portion of potentially worthless investment. Stay away from any and all games that are a based on a movie. The reason for this is that games of this genre tend to fall somewhere between embarrassingly awful and barely bearable in terms of quality. Who do we have to blame for glutting the market with these needless ports? The answer can be found a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. When George Lucas negotiated the contract for the original "Star Wars" films in the '70s, he made a singularly subtle move that resulted in the spawning of the "Star Wars" empire. He asked that he be given the sole right to handle the marketing and retain all the licensing for the films. The house that Lucas built is now filled with a whole universe of "Star Wars"-themed merchandise, mostly consisting of 32-ounce commemorative McDonald's cups and video game spin-offs. Granted, some games bearing the "Star Wars" logo have merit (including one of my favorite PC games of all time, "Tie Fighter") but many lack the necessary Force. A great example of just how wrong movies can go when they become a video game can be found in one of this summer's biggest blockbusters. A High Flyer With Low Scores Say what you will about the latest Spidey iteration (too many villains, too little Venom and a little too hokey), the game tie-on started out flying high but then quickly tumbled down to the street below. Web-slinging from skyscraper-to-skyscraper is an exhilarating experience, and the virtual New York is certainly big enough to allow for plenty of exploring. The wonky camera presents a great example of the difference between a difficult game and a frustrating one. When the game's basic mechanics and controls are working against the player, that's not challenging, it's downright infuriating. Perhaps the biggest disappointment of "Spider-Man 3" was the lack of next-gen graphical power brought to the mix. It is hardly Peter Parker's first video game outing, and fans were expecting a high-def experience. But what is it about movies-to-video-games (MVGs, for short) that makes them so persistently awful? Can it just be blamed simply on the projects being tossed to sub-par studios to churn out? Yes, actually, that really may be the primary reason. For example, of this summer's top grossing blockbusters, seven of the 10 had video game equivalents. The only one of these worth the price of admission was "Harry Potter," developed by major publisher EA. (Note: It should be said that this is a double accomplishment, a worthwhile MVG and a quality effort from EA.) The Same Old Song I believe, deep down, that what is essentially wrong with porting movies to video games is the same problem that occurs turning books to movies or vice-versa. Each of the three media requires a different kind of pacing and setup. Novels emphasize detailed, deep, gradual character development while movies must move much more quickly and use visual ques. Video games require something, however, much different. I am a firm believer that any good game comes with a compelling story. But along with that story, games require a different kind of planning altogether in addition to the usual subjects of character, plot, setting, etc. Games require something called "scenarios." A scenario basically allows for some kind of interactivity for the players and a degree of agency for the character. This is precisely why a majority of games don't translate well without a significant reworking of the story's premise. Those kind of elaborate situational plots make for a disjointed film experience and are an unnecessary construction for any written medium. Action moves, to some degree, mimic this by positioning the heroes up against insurmountable odds in a fight for the fate of the universe. However, that just means they get pawned off on a developer looking for a quick and easy translation, the poor production values kick in and the game version becomes total crap anyway. Nostalgia FTW Maybe developers have just gotten sloppy as time has worn on, but I can distinctly remember the platforming adventures of Disney's "Aladdin" on the SEGA Genesis. As the baggy-pantsed hero, you navigated levels with nothing but a sword, apples and a trusty jump button. The sword could slash, the apples could stun (some) enemies and the jump vaulted you over rooftops. However, at this time there also existed only a handful of franchises (Mario, Sonic, Castlevania) and developers were tied up making sure their next sequel lived up to the oft-insurmountable hype. In short, if you wish to keep your Christmas merry and your holidays bright, then keep your stockings free of MVGs. Frank Johnson has pitched the idea of turning a newspaper column into a video game, but no one seems to be buying it, even though it would be totally awesome.

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At top is a photo of Eva Greene Rosencrans, who studied dressmaking at the Manhattan Trade School for Girls nearly 100 years ago; beneath her is a shot of her son and daughter-in-law, Bob and Margie Rosencrans, holding Eva's report card. Bob and Margie say Eva didn't talk much about her time at the school, but it must have been important to her, because she saved her diploma, awarded when she was not quite 17 years old. It was the highest level of formal education she would achieve.
The most notable line in Eva's report card is the final entry in her work-placement record, which indicates that she'd begun working for a "Mrs. Rosenstein." That would be Nettie Rosenstein, a young Austrian immigrant who'd begun making a name for herself in the fashion world. Nettie and Eva would be professionally and personally linked for the next 45 years, as Nettie became a top fashion designer and Eva stayed on as her business partner and top creative assistant and also married Nettie's brother.
Nettie Rosenstein's prestige grew in 1953, when she designed Mamie Eisenhower's inaugural ball gown -- or at least that's the party line. The truth is that Nettie had turned over most of the design work to Eva by this point, and it was Eva -- not her famous sister-in-law -- who designed the First Lady's gown. She designed another one for the Eisenhowers' second inaugural in 1957.
Today the Nettie Rosenstein label is highly sought after by vintage clothing aficionados, even though it was actually Eva -- drawing up on the dressmaking skills she learned at Manhattan Trade -- who designed much of the company's clothing. Most people never realized this, even at the time. At 1950s runway shows, it was Nettie who'd come out at the end and take a bow, while Eva, who'd actually created the designs that had just been presented, stayed off in a corner. But Bob and Margie say she never minded this. "She had very little ego," Bob told me. "She was happy to do her job. She was very good at it, but her real focus was always her family, not her career, so professional accolades didn't matter that much to her."
I look forward to telling more of Eva's story in a feature-length article later this year.
(Special thanks to volunteer researcher Samantha Bulgerin for laying the groundwork for this piece, and to my longtime friend Robin Edgerton for assisting with my interview of Bob and Margie Rosencrans.)


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Look for an announcement in the near future that the naming rights for the new Vikings stadium will go to U.S. Bank.
The word from two sources is that work on a contract for a long-term agreement between the Wilf family and U.S. Bancorp is happening, and unless someone emerges with a much better bid, or the recently announced cost-cutting at U.S. Bank creates a problem, the deal will be an agreement much like the one the Twins made with Target for a 25-year contract, with its worth believed to be between $7million and $10 million per year.
Wells Fargo was thought to be a candidate, but company CEO John Stumpf recently said his bank doesn't have any interest in the naming rights for the Vikings stadium.
Zygi Wilf and his family are very friendly with Richard Davis, the CEO of U.S. Bank, and the relationship got even better recently when Davis played a big part in helping the Vikings obtain the 2018 Super Bowl at the new stadium.
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Meanwhile, the Wilfs are working hard to get a Major League Soccer franchise for the new stadium, and they are likely the only suitor willing to pay the $80 million cost for an expansion franchise, or to pay the market rate for a new stadium and the rights to move a club from its current home.
And while the Wilfs have been meeting with league officials, Jim Pohlad, CEO of the Twins, also has some interest in landing an MLS team, but that would have no connection with the Twins.
Bill McGuire, owner of the Minnesota United FC in the North American Soccer League, also is interested in an MLS franchise, but it is doubtful he would pay the $80 million price tag to get one.
No coaching contract
Flip Saunders got a raise when he added coaching to his job title along with being Timberwolves president of basketball operations. However, Saunders doesn't have an additional contract to coach.
"All we have concerning Flip coaching is a handshake," Wolves owner Glen Taylor said.
Taylor was asked Friday when the decision was made for Saunders to become the coach.
"I think that both of us had been thinking about it, and going towards this direction, so earlier this week we set up a meeting and Flip came down to Mankato," Taylor said. "I just asked him right out, 'After looking at all these [candidates], you're probably the best person for this job. Are you ready to take it?' And he said that he would be glad to do it, and we just moved forward from that. I think that was Tuesday morning.
"I'm not sure that I did it because of a PR thing. I think I did it because I think it's best for the team. I know that there are a number of things about Flip — other than being a really good coach, that he's well-known in the community, I know I trust him greatly and I think our fans trust him greatly. I think that's helpful when he goes out and shares information about the team, that people are confident he'll deliver."
Asked if it was a mistake to fire Saunders as coach in 2005, Taylor replied: "That was a mistake. But that wasn't my first mistake and it won't be my last."
Taylor also said he believes Saunders can work well with this group of players.
"He will. I just think Flip started here as a coach, he went to two other places and was a coach, he worked in the media for a year, and I just think all along he has gotten better and better and better," Taylor said. "I think he has just expanded his knowledge. I think he will be a better coach and utilize his assistants and other people better and we'll get better results."
Do you think he is as good as an administrator as he is as a coach?
"I think that Flip always had that," Taylor said. "When I first met Flip, when he came and interviewed because he had worked in those developmental leagues and worked as kind of the president and sold the tickets and everything, I think he had that skill when he came here and has only gotten better at it."
No word on Love
Taylor said he wants Kevin Love to remain with the Wolves, and he has hope he will. "Sure I have hope for Love. Kevin Love has never said to me that he's leaving and he hasn't ever said anything bad, so my hope is that Kevin will stay," Taylor said. "I would hope he would stay because he believes we have a good team and I would hope he believes that Flip will be a person that can be successful. Because of that I hope he stays."
Taylor also said neither Love nor his agent has contacted him with any news about a possible departure.
Taylor also noted that the team can't make any contract decisions on Love.
"Not right now, but later on we could extend it," Taylor said. "I think if I was his agent I wouldn't want like a two-year extension. I would wait until I can get a longer extension, and that time will come up this next year."
Sid's Jottings
• Vikings coach Mike Zimmer was asked for an appraisal on rookie quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, even though Zimmer hasn't seen the first-round pick work too much yet. "Bridgewater is doing well," Zimmer said. "He threw a great route [Wednesday] in a Bang-8, in the blitz period. He came back. He missed a couple days last week, but he's studying and was throwing the ball really well today. He has a long ways to go, but we're still very, very happy we got him. At some point, at some time, he's going to end up getting a chance to play. I don't know if it's this year or next year or when, but as long as he keeps improving every day, we're happy." Would Zimmer pick him again if he had the chance? "Yes sir, I would, in a minute, maybe higher," he said.
• Talk about dedication to the Gophers — football coach Jerry Kill reported 30 members of the team didn't go home when the spring semester ended and instead took what is called a May Class, stuck around and worked out on their own. As reported here last week, the remainder of the squad will enroll in summer school on June 14 and will start classes on June 16 and work out on their own each day. … Jeff Jones, the outstanding Minneapolis Washburn High School running back who has signed with the Gophers, will take his final ACT exam Saturday, and he will have to improve on previous scores to be academically eligible to play as a freshman.
• All 40,000-plus tickets for the Paul McCartney concert slated for Aug. 2 at Target Field are sold, with the tickets priced from $39 to $250
• After shutting out Houston over seven innings Saturday, Twins righthander Kyle Gibson is 4-1 with a 1.54 ERA over six starts at Target Field this season, having given up seven earned runs in 41 innings. He is 1-4 with a 7.39 ERA away from home.


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For those of you who follow me on Twitter, you may have seen that Israel has Croup. We took him in to the ER two nights ago because he woke up with a terrible sounding cough. Poor guy just isn't himself and needs more tlc frm his mama, and in the mean time the list of things I need to get done just multiplies. I often wonder how other moms do it who are self employed? Do they multitask? Hire a sitter? Work late into the night?
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Aww I feel you.... My 2yr old has croup right now too!ReplyDelete
It's awful and you feel so helpless.... Do lots of
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I hope for a speedy recovery
My daughter (now 9) had croup several times when she was between 2-3 yrs old. It was horrible, and although the doctors and my daughter said it wasn't a painful cough, it sounded terrifying. I remember not getting much sleep, wrapping her up in warm blankets and sitting out on my front porch with the lights off in the cold air. That was what worked best for us. If that didn't work, sometimes we would sit in the bathroom and steam up the shower until her cough quieted and she'd fall asleep in my arms. I do NOT miss those days. Good luck, I hope he feels better soon!ReplyDelete
Oh no. Get well soon Israel. Sorry to hear of that. I hope he recovers quickly. Your new pieces are lovely....and I'm a work late into the night mum as you know....my to do list is still massive (which is pretty depressing) though! Take care all of you :) xReplyDelete
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Hang in there Jen, hope you get some down time this weekend. These new pieces are stellar!ReplyDelete
I feel your pain, I have no idea how we do it. Miracles I think.ReplyDelete
Oh I do hope the wee one is a bit better. Its awful when they are poorly. The working mum bit too is so so hard- a wing and a prayer is how I get by. You are super organised so I know you will get through those lists. Best wishes to you and yours. JxxReplyDelete
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#1 Posted Jul 11 2018 - 14:18
#2 Posted Jul 11 2018 - 14:22
I get into matches in less than 10 seconds most of the time. You need to realize it is 922am eastern standard time on a Wednesday most people are sleeping or at work.
Is the game dying? Of course it is, probably has a few years left before it gets merged with the EU server. Personally I would not suggest buying a tier 8 premium though, you will be seeing Tier 10 non-stop, so unless you like being bottom tier save your money. But no the game is certainly not on its last legs, aging but not dead.
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#5 Posted Jul 11 2018 - 14:33
blagger, on Jul 11 2018 - 08:26, said:
Supposedly two new maps coming "soon". Also plans to add in more of the old maps, which while not new will give a little more variety.
#6 Posted Jul 11 2018 - 14:37
As earlier poster, I get into matches in less than 10 seconds usually. I can count on my hands where it took almost a minute to get into a match.
Its a fun game and hope it is around for many years.
Game has a steep learning curve
To many whiny trolls that need a muzzle so as not to deter new players. The trolls are the biggest problem in the game.
Needs more maps
While getting to tier X is nice there is no point after getting there to play much as it is too difficult to make any money to advance in the game
Frontline was okay, hope they bring that back and open it up for other tiers
Gold ammo is a somewhat of a detriment to the game
Artillery is fine and should be in the game
Bonds are awful and super gear bought with bonds is even more of a detriment to the game
Team killing and harassing should have even more of a penalty
Play and have fun.
If focusing on stats is your kind of fun then great, but do not grief or harass those who do not care about stats and just play and have fun.
#7 Posted Jul 11 2018 - 14:41
#8 Posted Jul 11 2018 - 14:46
Hi Blagger.
Yes, the game is dying.
The sun is also dying.
And your liver.
Seriously though, what tier?
Usually I'm in a match w/in 10 sec.
But tried running my Hydrostat (tier 5 pref mm) late last night (~1am EST - couldn't sleep) and waited almost 2 min.
I don't think its dying.
#9 Posted Jul 11 2018 - 14:48
2 min is better wait times than WoWP, and that dog is still around!
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#11 Posted Jul 11 2018 - 14:57
hi ya mate I was in a tier 10 had 4 long waits in a row and had to restart one with 5k players online just odd I rather play 10s than 8s now as mm just ruins 8s and I like the game just think 2 arty is enough 3 is a crowd im just expressing my feeling on where its going a bit wrong at the moment and new maps is a must I think
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#17 Posted Jul 11 2018 - 15:22
I wonder if we will start to see wot bots if the numbers drop more lol
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#20 Posted Jul 11 2018 - 15:47
blagger, on Jul 11 2018 - 07:18, said:
Make sure you are not on the Latam Server. Sometimes the Auto will pick that server where you can throw a Turkey Day feast before getting into a battle.
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...and he likes me to do to HIM, but won't do to me.
Heather Corinna replies:I'm 18 and have been sexually active with my boyfriend for about a year. We've done all sorts of things with each other, including oral sex. However, he refuses to perform oral on me. I've given him blowjobs many times. He says he enjoyed it very much, except he felt bad because he didn't want to reciprocate. He says that if I don't want to give him a blowjob, he would completely understand. But I love giving oral; I don't feel that it's unfair to me if I choose to do it. Even so, I really wish he would go down on me. When I asked him why he doesn't want to, he said he doesn't know. What could be bothering him, and what can I do to convince him that giving me head isn't as scary as it apparently seems to him?
In some ways, my answer to this one are going to be similar to an answer I gave earlier today, to a guy asking a very similar question here.
Ultimately, this all really depends on the why of his reticence.
Has he had any previous experience with another partner with cunnilingus? If so, I'd suggest you try and talk about what made that so unpleasant for him, and find out if it was because of something that won't be the case here. For instance, if he went down on a partner with an untreated infection, her taste might have been very unsavory: you can remedy that by both being sure to tend to your sexual health, and also by using a dental dam when you have oral sex (especially since until the two of you get screenings, you both really should be using latex barriers for oral sex). If the emotional dynamic didn't feel good to him, he can tell you why, and you can make a point of letting him know you'll make efforts not to duplicate it.
If that's not why, or he's had no other previous experience with oral sex....
Is it because he feels like he doesn't know what to do, is worried about humiliating himself in some way -- or even just worried about being in the position where it's clear he's not an expert? If that's the case, you can make clear that neither of you should be in a position where you need to feel like you have to be some sort of professional: in fact, that can be a real barrier to intimacy. If we want to get close to someone, in some ways, we have to be willing to make an ass of ourselves sometimes. If he feels like your vulva or oral sex for you is some great, unsolveable mystery, you can assure him that you'll be vocal about what you like, you can start showing him now, with your own hands, what parts of your vulva feel most sensitive to you, and he can read up on your sexual anatomy to be more clued in. Sometimes, some men just feel like compared to their genitals, ours seem incredibly complicated, and so they can feel intimidated: often, some plain old reassurance that we're just different, not great mysteries, and that everyone is allowed a learning curve can do the trick. Sometimes too, letting a partner know that there is no failing you in this way is very comforting: you might point out that in many ways, the mere effort is the key.
If it isn't that...
Has he gotten any weird pressure from male friends not to do it? Sometimes that happens, too, and/or some guys have ideas about masculinity that say giving a person with a vagina head is somehow unmasculine. If that's the case, that's just something else to talk about and get to the bottom of, addressing why those ideas are problematic, especially when one has a sexual partner with a vagina. Your genitals or certain sexual activities for you shouldn't be a threat to his masculinity, and if they are, he should examine those ideas some, because they're going to be a problem in more ways than just this one.
And if THAT isn't it...
Does he have a problem with your/women's genitals? I know that's an even trickier and more delicate thing to address, as well as likely bringing up some difficult feelings for you, but some men (and even some women, about their own genitals) are just earnestly freaked out by vulvas, or by getting very up-close and personal with them. There is a lot of truly stupid mythology and vulva-hating out and about in our culture and the world, and lo: plenty of people pick up on it and internalize it, many without even knowing when or why they did. Some of that can come from what I brought up up there, masculinity issues or feeling confused and intimidated, but some of it can also come from ignorance or some form of misogyny. If this is the case, again, you're going to need to talk about this, because it's pretty hard to have a mutually beneficial sexual relationship with someone who thinks any part of your body needs to be kept at a distance -- especially a part often so much a part of your sexuality and identity -- or isn't acceptable to get close to in some way.
With any of this, this is probably going to take a few talks, in a context which makes clear that no matter what, he still gets to have a preference and still should only be doing things he wants to do. We don't all like every single sexual activity out there, and there are some people who just don't want to do or like oral sex. And if we're someone who likes HAVING that, with a partner who doesn't, and there's no middle ground, sometimes we simply have to look at the whole picture and decide if that's going to work for us or not. Every now and then, if this is something you really dig, you may find you run into a partner who doesn't and might choose to just not have that person as a sexual partner: it's okay to make that choice, just like it's also okay to decide that a partner has lots of other things to offer that make it worth it for you to just accept that there's one thing you like you can't have with them.
I also think that you might talk with him about how oral sex isn't a quid pro quo: that you don't give him oral to try and earn oral for yourself. I'd talk about what YOU like about giving it: it might open some mental avenues for him he hasn't thought of, and might also take some pressure off in case he has felt like that's why you've been giving him oral sex. Perhaps talk about why he likes doing the other receptive activities he does to you, and talk about what it is that you like about receiving oral sex in general (which, if he really just doesn't want to, might also give him information when it comes to seeking out alternatives).
But no matter what, I'd make sure that none of these discussions exert pressure, for all the obvious reasons: pressuring someone into any kind of sex is never cool, but I probably don't have to tell you that. He needs to know that it really is okay -- no mater what you choose per the relationship eventually -- to have things he just doesn't want to do, but that even if he decides this just isn't for him, it's important to you to understand why, rather than have it be some great unknown.
I've tossed this link out earlier today, but I think it might be helpful to you, too -- and for him -- so here you go: Reciprocity, Reloaded.
Just like I advised the other user earlier today, go ahead and get started talking. Communication all by itself increases closeness and comfort, and no matter what the end result here is, communicating about all of this is only going to be a boon.


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We arrived in Orio late on a Friday night after seven hours on the road from Barcelona. As we drove slowly down the main street that runs parallel to the river, patrons of the outdoor bars and the strollers along the sidewalks paused to look at the odd boat we were towing on the trailer. Eventually someone recognised the boat and they shouted in Castilian, "the Catalans have arrived!" and there were cheers. Some more shouts followed, some of it in incomprehensible Euskara, the language of the Basques. We were in the Basque country for the XVII Descenso de Traineras del Oria, a pre-season regatta. The organisers had invited some Catalan clubs to the event. The two Iberian nations have many cultural differences, among them the rowing boats that Basques and Catalans race.
Orio a town of 5,000, and like many Basque coastal communities, has a splendid rowing tradition. The rowing club is very impressive, not only do the members row traineras they also race sliding-seat shells. The boathouse is filled with Empachers, Filippis and Hudsons. During the years of the Spanish dictatorship Orio hosted international regattas, including some in the late 1960s and early 1970s, that attracted Oxford and Cambridge. However, the Descenso del Orio is strictly a fixed-seat rowing event.
On race day Saturday it was overcast and raining. The main launch area for the visiting clubs and crews was down by the llotja where the Basque fishermen land their catches and repair nets. There were dozens of trailers and boats surrounded by crews preparing their boats. Spectators and supporters milled about examining the llaguts and traineras. The Basques and Catalans were keen to look over each other's boats. Since their respective languages are mutually incomprehensible the lingua franca was Castilian but there was not a single Spanish flag visible the length of Orio's waterfront.
The llaguts were all of fibreglass construction, heavy and stoutly built. Most of the trianeras were also fabricated with fibreglass but built with more finesse and greater economy of material. However, there were some traineras of wood construction made with the same craftsmanship as old wooden rowing shells. The varnished wood of one of the traineras that I examined reminded me of the wide-grained cedar used on Pocock racing shells of forty years ago. Most of the oars are made from carbon fibre.
The Descenso del Orio is organised like a head race four or six kilometres long depending on a crew´s category. As the race course is on an estuary, the start of the regatta is timed to coincide with slack water at high tide. Otherwise the upper reaches would be too shallow to row. The tide at Orio is an impressive four metres and it makes a big difference to the navigability of the river.
There were only three llaguts and as guests we were given the first three starting positions but there were 62 traineras entered. A couple of the Catalan clubs raced in borrowed traineras. They were handicapped by their unfamiliarity with the equipment. All of the boats milling about the start area reminded of the Head of the Charles in Boston. The Oria especially at the start is much narrower than the Charles. Even the damp weather felt like autumn in New England but the background on the Oria consisted of steep green mountains instead of Boston skyscrapers.
Like any rowing race one expects to hurt and the Descenso del Oria was no exception. Fixed-seat rowing is as hard as sliding-seat rowing. The first part of the course was narrow and meandering but the second half wider and more open to the head wind and rain that seemed to build during the course of the race. The last 800 metres of the course followed the Orio waterfront and there was a bridge just beyond the finish line. It seemed like the whole town was out to watch and the crowds on shore and on the bridge were very vocal in their appreciation of the crews' efforts. We bested the other llaguts and then drifted by the finish line to watch the traineras come across. With longer waterlines, narrower beams and larger crews the traineras are much faster than the llaguts. The traineras have an impressive ponderous grace as they move, their fine bows slicing neatly through the water. I thought that it would be interesting to row in one.
Later, many of the crews went for dinner at a sagardotekis, a traditional Basque cider house, high on a hill overlooking the river and valley. The Basque cuisine is said by many to be the best in Spain. We were served codfish omelets, huge thick beef steaks, and chunks of pungent cheese. We drank the strong apple cider poured directly from the huge barrels that lined the walls of the sagardotekis. Sitting a dozen to a table on bench seats, oarsmen and oarswomen talked about rowing and food. The table next to us was occupied by a group of Orio veterans who had there own rowing stories to share. It reminded me of long ago Saturday nights up at the Henley Island clubhouse on Martindale Pond but the Basque food was better.
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She got these dollar buckets and labeled them with words often used in {General Conference}
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Each year, the S.J. Quinney College of Law runs a day long counter-terrorism simulation that puts students in a real life crisis scenario. Through this interesting use of technology, students learn the skills necessary to act and react appropriately in crisis situations.
Presenters will talk about:
- How we put together the simulation in conjunction with the Simulation Design Course taught at the College of Law
- How to leverage technology to make a smooth, realistic scenario
- What unfolds over the course of the twelve hour day
For more information and a short documentary about previous simulations, visit http://simulation.law.utah.edu
Mark Beekhuizen is the Director of Information Technology at the University of Utah S. J. Quinney College of Law. Mark is in a position where he is face-to-face with the social impacts of IT systems and change upon people and processes. The ability to daily engage in "beneficial work" is something too few IT leaders truly get to see firsthand. Mark is interested in supporting the growing movement to apply appropriate technology solutions to academic needs and the social impacts these systems and changes are having on the world around us.
Aaron Dewald is the Associate Director for the Center for Innovation in Legal Education at the University of Utah College of Law and a third year Ph.D. student in learning science at the College of Education. With his job and schooling, Aaron has a unique perspective on technology use in pedagogical situations. Aaron received his B.S. in Information Systems from North Dakota State University in 2001, and his M.Ed. in Instructional Design and Educational Technology from the University of Utah in 2010. Aaron co-teaches the Counterterrorism Simulation Design course with Professor Amos Guiora. He also teaches Introduction to Web-based Tools at the College of Education.
For more details, visit the LIFT Forum page at http://library.med.utah.edu/or/lift/ Program can be viewed from off-site via link from the web page; and available on demand after the program.
The LIFT Forum is co-sponsored by the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library and the Media-on-Demand committee.
Questions can be directed to: Jeanne Le Ber; 801-585-6744 or email@example.com