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Veloped Sport 12er M black/white/white
12"/31 cm wheels • Size M • Grip height 75-95 cm • Body height 150-189 cm • Air-pressured tires • Seat & basket
Veloped Sport 12er size M
Walking is probably the closest thing to perfect exercise, and it's a great way to stay in shape and lose weight.
The Veloped Sport offers you support and safety when you are exercising outdoors. It greatly reduces the impact and stress caused on your ankles, knees, hips and back when fitness walking, and it'll make you last the distance. With all its advantages you can head for green areas, walking paths and the forest.
The Veloped Sport is tested and fully approved according to the European standard for rollators/walkers (ISO-11199). It also has a CE mark.
|Year model:
|Grip height:
|75 - 95 cm
|Body height:
|150 - 189 cm
|Max user weight:
|150 kg
|10 years
Excl. parts subject to normal wear
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Functions & Features
The Veloped Sport 12er is equipped with the following functions and features:
12" Big Wheels. Performance is Everything.
A bigger wheel simply performs better than a small wheel. With the 12"/31 cm big wheels you'll manage obstacles and rough ground, and your comfort level will increase on any uneven surface.
Foldable frame. Easy Storage.
By pressing the buttons on the telescopic folding stay, you can fold the Veloped in two steps. When folded half-way, it still rolls when you push it and you can easily pass narrow doorways etc.
Trionic Climbing Wheel. Conquer All Obstacles.
With the unique and patented Trionic Climbing Wheel you'll easily overcome up to 13 cm high obstacles like curbs, rocks and roots, without having to lift the Veloped at all.
Slide the Seat Forward. Enjoy an Upright Posture.
When the seat is slid forward the Veloped provides plenty of walking space within the frame. This means that you can walk closer to the grip handles, which automatically results in a more upright and ergonomically correct body posture.
The U-shaped and ergonomic grip bar offers several grip positions, and while seated it acts as a back support. The grip bar can be freely height-adjusted in order to suit your body height perfectly.
Air-Pressured Tires. Smoothen Your Ride.
The Veloped Sport is equipped with air-pressured tires that offer you a softer ride and unbeatable comfort. As they do not cause vibration like solid tires do, you are less prone to suffer pain and discomfort.
All-Terrain Brakes. Safety First.
Thanks to the Trionic All-Terrain hub brake system you can always rely on an optimal brake performance, regardless if you are walking in sunshine, pouring rain or deep snow. The brakes are fully protected from dirt, water and snow.
Trionic Brake Lever. No More Plastic.
The all-aluminium brake lever offers you a solid and high quality feel. When activating the parking brake the parking trigger is easy to operate, and it offers you three different options to engage it.
Seat & Basket. Water-Repellent & Durable.
The seat and the basket are both made from durable and water-repellent 600D polyester fabric.
The 25 cm deep seat can be slid forward in order to offer you greater leg space when walking.
The roomy basket has a zippered pocket for smaller items, with an integrated rain cover.
Detachable Wheels. The Veloped Sport has detachable wheels with push-button quick-release axles, and you can quickly and easily detach the wheels in order to minimize the transport weight and the dimensions.
Easy to Transport.
Ergon GP1 Grips.
Perfect for Your Hands.
The Ergon GP1 grips offer you a very comfortable grip. They are ergonomic and distribute the weight you put on them evenly. The grips are angle-adjustable and come in sizes S & L.
All-Terrain Design.
Enjoy the Outdoors.
Thanks to its 3-wheeler design, the patented climbing wheel and considerably bigger wheels, the Veloped is the only truly off-road capable walker/rollator in the world. When walking on uneven and rough ground, the Veloped beats any rollator, every time.
Customize Your Veloped Sport
We are all unique, and we have different preferences and requirements. When ordering you can choose between different tires, tubes and grips, in order to customize your Veloped Sport according to your needs.
Grip Options.
Fit Them Like a Glove.
Customize your cockpit with different grip options. The Ergon grips are offered in two materials, rubber and BioKork, and in two sizes; S (6.5-8.5) and L (8.5-12.0).
Tire Options.
Optimize Your Ride.
You can choose between three different tires that suit different types of ground and terrain, all depending on where you will use your Veloped Sport.
Tube Options.
Air Suspension.
Air inner tubes offer a simple but effective way of suspension. You can choose between two different tubes, from makers CST and Schwalbe.
New 2017/2018 Model
For 2017/2018 Trionic has developed brand new models of the Veloped that offer additional unique features. The new models are lighter and offer an even better performance.
New Veloped Frame.
Stronger, Cooler, Better.
For the 2017/2018 Veloped range we have developed a completely new frame. The frame is welded from unique hydroformed 6061 alloy tubing, which guarantee you years of hard use. 2-layer powder coating and a cool sticker kit make for stunning looks.
100% Stainless Steel.
True Outdoor Quality.
Since years Trionic uses screws, nuts, washers, axle shafts and small parts made from stainless steel. The new 2017/2018 Veloped models also have wheel ball bearings and quick-release axles made from stainless steel.
Trionic X-Country Tires.
Lighter, Softer, Faster.
Puncture protection, skin walls, reflective logos and a carcass made from a high-quality 60 TPI weave that is supple and very strong. For You the new Trionic X-Country tire offers lighter weight, a higher comfort level and a better grip.
|Dimensions & Weight
|Frame size:
|Grip height (adjustable):
|75 - 95 cm
|Recommended body height:
|150 - 189 cm
|102 cm
|76 cm
|Grip width (center-center):
|48 cm
|Seat height:
|58 cm
|Seat width:
|44 cm
|Seat depth:
|25 cm
|Dimensions folded
|75 cm
|106 cm
|42 cm
|Transport dimensions - folded without wheels
|59 cm
|84 cm
|42 cm
|Transport weight - without wheels
|Transport weight:
|7,7 kg
|User weight
|Max user weight:
|150 kg
|Product weight
|Total weight:
|12,3 kg
|Textile Parts - Seat & Basket
|Seat base:
|600D polyester, water-repellent w. PU-cover on reverse side
|Seat cover:
|600D polyester, water-repellent w. PU-cover on reverse side
|600D polyester, water-repellent w. PU-cover on reverse side
|3 frame- & 2 grip reflectors
|Wheel size:
|12" / 31 cm
|Tire type:
|Air-pressured / Tire + inner tube
|Trionic X-Country w. puncture protection
|Inner tubes:
|Butyl rubber w. Schraeder/car valve
|Tire dimension inch:
|12 x 2.2"
|Tire dimension mm:
|310-57 (outer diameter-width)
|Wheel rim:
|PA6+15%GF Injection-molded rim w. 3x2 spokes made from glass fibre reinforced high-grade nylon plastic
|Ball bearings:
|Stainless steel / 2 pcs per wheel
|Tire options:
|• Schwalbe Big Apple
• Continental TourRide
|Frame & Fork suspension
|6061-T6 aluminium, made from hydro-formed, TIG-welded and T6 heat-treated aluminium tubes (no plastic parts)
|Fork suspension:
|Trionic Climbing Wheel - Patented. Made from extruded 6061-T6 aluminium parts
|Trionic system w. 2 ball bearings
|Trionic All-Terrain hub brakes
|Brake levers:
|Trionic all-aluminium brake levers w. Kraton rubber finger surface
|Brake functions:
|Motion & Parking brake
|Grip bar & Grips
|Grip bar:
|6061-T6 aluminium (no plastic parts)
|Ergon GP1 grips size L 8.5-12
Ergonomic & adjustable (angle)
|Grip options (upgrade):
Ergon GP1 size S 6.5-8.5
• Ergon GP1 BioKork size S 6.5-8.5
• Ergon GP1 BioKork size L 8.5-12
User Manual
The documentation for this product includes the manuals and instructions listed below. You can choose to view the documentation online or download it for local use.
Customer Reviews
by Erja
Trionic Veloped is an excellent walking aid
Trionic Veloped works well when you are walking along pavements, when it is snowy, dry or wet. It's also a very good walking aid to be used in the forest when you are walking along paths or even in more difficult conditions. If you decide to buy Trionic Veloped you won't waste your money :)
by Christine
Walking again
Since buying my veloped I have been able to walk around my village and walk to my freinds again. By taking off both front and back wheels it even fits into my sports car so I can take it out for days out. It has given me a new lease of life. I only wish I 'd had it during the summer months when the weather was warmer.
by Hilding
Ökad livskvalitet
Köpte en Veloped till min hustru som fått ledproblem. Hon är väldigt nöjd. Dock måste jag köpa en även till mig själv. Jag har svårt att hänga med henne på promenaderna.
by Sarah
My veloped is a beautiful peice of engineering that liberated my legs.
The Veloped enables me to walk without thinking about it despite my disability. I go over rough ground, up kerbs and in and out of shops with ease. The company was efficient, helpful, and friendly to deal with.The product is so beautifully designed that even I had no problem putting it together, or taking off the wheels to transport it.
by Anna
Mycket bra för en funktionshindrad tjej på snart 9 år..!
Vi köpte Trionic Velopeden till vår dotter hon fyller nio år i sommar så Velopeden är ju inte riktigt anpassad för hennes storlek. Vi tycker ändå att den fungerar mycket bra i terräng och det var precis det vi letet efter så länge! Tänk om det kunde finnas en Veloped anpassad för barn!
by Daisy
Robust, designed to be fit for purpose and that was just the cardboard crate!
From the start dealing with this company has been really good, Stefan that means you as individual, but much more than that the ethos of the company not only shone out in the response to my first tentative enquiry but in the ongoing communication through the purchasing process and continuing since I received the cardboard crate and its wondrous contents. Wondrous is the word I use because on every level the Trionic Velopod met and surpassed all my expectations plus making me aware of things I needed but did not realise until I began to use the machine. It has been tested in supermarket, busy high streetand sports stadium, mountain track, forestry trail, beach and stream. Without fail it has met my needs, carried shopping, rucksack, tripod and camera, picnic and much else besides all with no noticable difference in its manovarability. The change from urban to all terrain wheel set up is very easy to achieve even with hands that find it difficult to grip. The settings really do make a difference and certainly helped me achieve things I have not managed for a number of years. The delight to be able to take myself and dogs in to the forestry and traverse the tracks and streams we encountered was and is wondrous. To be able to go round a farmers market able to purchase fresh produce and not worry about causing myself pain as three cloth bags fitted easily in to the cavernous basket of the Veloped so that in season veggies and some special treats were safely transported to my car where bags were easily transfered as well as the Veloped itself, which really does fold up to a very manageable size and with the easily removed wheels becomes light enough for me to lift in to the car. The wheels travel resting between the folded up Veloped so don't take up any more room so that, in my case, there is room for two dogs to travel too. The build of the Veloped is of a very high specification, all welds are clean and unobtrusive. It looks robust and has indeed proved to be robust, giving me a real sense of stability and reliabili
by Cathryn
My Veloped has changed my life
Since the operation to remove a tumour from my spinal cord, I can only walk with two crutches and this is a slow and painful process. I was finally told about rollators, but thought they looked feeble and unattractive. My wish was to walk on the beach, or on cobbles in town. After searching the internet I came across the Trionic Veloped, and with little hesitation ordered one. It is the best purchase I have ever made. I can now walk further and a little faster, with confidence and without the fear of falling. It has opened up my world again. I can't recommend the Trionc Veloped highly enough.
by Ray
Still grinnin' from ear to ear.
It has been nearly nine months since I bought my Trionic Veloped, and it is still the best investment that I have ever made. Even though I can only walk short distances (Herniated disc at L4/L5, and osteoarthritis my in hips, as well as suffering from HCM), I can still walk 6 or 8 kilometres along our forest tracks in the local national park, as long as I stop for a rest every five minutes or so, that's when the seat comes in very handy. I'm a nature lover and I try to get out into our wonderful forests every chance that I can, and this outdoor wheelie walker allows me to enjoy nature, and best of all......ENJOY LIFE!
by Claire
Life changing
Multiple Sclerosis has stopped me from walking my dogs for a year or two. I bought a Trionic Veloped Sport & we now all enjoy regular walks. I no longer fall due to balance issues & when I need a rest, the seat is invaluable. The Veloped is light enough to lift in to my car back seat, with dogs in the boot. It copes well with rough & muddy ground. After a month of use, I am getting value with plenty of use & improved quality of life for all of us. The Veloped is very well made. I have another walker, which bears no comparison when it comes to quality or capability. 10/10 Thank you Stefan!
by Jack
The Out Door Champion.
I have tried locally available walkers and found them ok on flat, level and smooth surfaces any cracks or bumps they, like super market trollies in the car parks, go their own way. I went to the internet and googled "All Terrain Walkers" and up came the Veloped in far away Sweden. From the time I made my initial enquiry to receiving my Veloped was one week, distance and language not a problem . Thank you Stefan. Less trouble than going to the corner store. The Veloped is not for doing the rounds of the kitchen table, I wanted a walker that would allow me to negotiate a steep driveway, very soft and spongy grassed areas with the occasional out crop of sandstone rocks, the Veloped does all this. It has hub brakes that really work, giving more confidence and better control on the downhill, on the uphill lock them and take a seat, they will not let you down. I am sure that the Veloped will do all that the many Youtube clips demonstrate. I am 91 (YOB 1923) and not quite as nimble as some of the demonstrators, but I am getting to places that were impossible pre Veloped. I recommend the Veloped as an outdoor walker to all who are beginning to feel the hills are getting a little steeper. Jack Ray Cheltenham NSW Australia
by Heather
The Veloped Has Changed My Life - Yippee!
My bicycle accident, four years ago, left me with such poor balance, that I struggled to walk with a stick. In fact, I found myself very reluctant to walk even short distances. There is the standard red rollator, something many elderly people have, but I wanted something better looking and needed something more practical. The life-changing Veloped has done all of that. The day after it arrived, I walked one mile! Incredible! I don't even have to search pavements for the dropped kerb. My Veloped overcomes normal kerbs with its cleverly-designed twin front wheels. If it rains, there is even a cover for it. It is an absolute dream and I feel very proud to walk with it and to be seen with it. I must say, "Well done and Congratulations!" to Stefan Kindberg for the smart design, coupled with the amount of detail, care and thoughtfulness he put into creating it.
by Michelle
"No more sitting around watching life go by"
Wow my Dad has recently bought a Trionic Veloped All Terrain Walker Rollator, no more sitting around watching the family having fun,he's joining in on the walks, shopping trips,and even started having holidays again,(that makes Mum happy!!),they've been on several coach holidays with the Trionic,it's so light and easily folds for putting in the boot,the seat on it is a life saver too,getting tired just have a sit down and off you go again,Mum puts the shopping in the front bag too,take a look on YouTube for the demonstration video,it's fantastic Dad wishes he had one years ago,money well spent,it will last for years,great after care from the company too. 10/10 Thank you well done guys :0)
by Brian
Anxiety followed by satisfaction
Was concerned that it was a big commitment to enter blind but in the event it turned out well.
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The Longman Handbook for Writers and Readers / Edition 6 available in Hardcover, Paperback
- 0205741991
- 9780205741991
- Pub. Date:
- 01/17/2010
- Publisher:
- Pearson
The Longman Handbook for Writers and Readers / Edition 6
The Longman Handbook for Writers and Readers, Sixth Edition, emphasizes writing for different audiences, explores the connection between reading and writing, and presents superior writing across the curriculum coverage while also providing all the handbook basics.
A comprehensive reference to writing, research, documentation, and grammar, The Longman Handbook explores the differing audiences, purposes, and conventions of various communities of writers and readers, and offers students concrete strategies for adapting their writing to meet varying rhetorical situations. While emphasizing the academic community, The Longman Handbook also explores the genres of writing that students can expect to find in public and workplace communities.
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Table of Contents
1 Writers, Readers, and Communities
Academic, public, and work communities
1 Communities in action
2 Choices and limits
Identifying electronic communities
2 Discovering and Planning
Getting started
1 Try informal writing
2 Use listing
3 Ask strategic questions
Keeping a writing/reading journal
1 How to keep a reading and writing journal
2 Thinking, writing, and discovering
Structuring ideas and information
1 Draw a cluster
2 Create a tree diagram
3 Build a time sequence
4 Create a problem-solution grid
5 Outline
Planning: Paper in progress
3 Purpose, Thesis, and Audience
Recognizing your purpose
1 Identify the focus
2 Define the purpose
Using purpose to guide your writing
1 Rough out a purpose structure
Defining a thesis or main idea
1 Turn topics into theses
2 Complicate or extend your rough thesis
3 Expand your thesis with specifics
4 Modify your thesis
Different kinds of thesis statements
Recognizing your audience
Specific readers and communities of readers
Adapting to readers and communities of readers
4 Drafting
From planning to drafting
1 Draft in manageable parts
2 Develop a general structure
3 Assess your purpose and redraft
Drafting strategies
1 Write about your writing
2 Draft quickly
3 Semidraft
4 Talk it out or take a break
Collaborative drafting
1 Do parallel drafting
2 Do team drafting
3 Do intensive drafting
5 Revising, Editing, and Proofreading
Major revisions
1 Redraft unworkable material
2 Reorganize poorly arranged paragraphs or sections
3 Add new material
4 Delete unnecessary or redundant material
Minor revisions
1 Revise for sense
2 Revise for style
3 Revise for economy
Collaborative revising
1 Respond helpfully
2 Make the most of response
3 Workplace collaboration
Revising: Paper in progress
Editing your own writing
1 Final editing for economy and style
2 Editing for grammatical problems
Collaborative editing
Editing on the computer
1 What computer editors can do
2 What computer editor can't do
6 Paragraphs
Focused paragraphs
Creating paragraph focus
1 Topic sentence at the beginning
2 Topic sentence plus a limiting or clarifying sentence
3 Topic sentence at the end
4 Topic sentence implied rather than stated
Paragraph coherence
Creating paragraph coherence
1 Repeating words and phrases
2 Supplying transitions
3 Using parallel structure
Developed paragraphs
1 Developing paragraphs with details
2 Creating paragraph structures
Introductory and concluding paragraphs
1 Creating introductory paragraphs
2 Creating concluding paragraphs
7 Sentences
Clear sentences
1 Use significant subjects
2 Avoid unnecessary nominalizations
3 Use I, we, and you as subjects
4 Be careful with strings of nouns
5 Use clear and specific verbs
6 Keep subjects and verbs clearly related
Direct sentences
Emphatic sentences
1 Use sentence beginnings and endings
2 Create emphatic sentence patterns
3 Use the passive voice with care
Revising for variety
1 Vary sentence length
2 Vary sentence types
3 Vary sentence structure and patterns
4 Create surprise
8 Assessing Writing
Assessing your own writing
1 Saying what you want to say
2 Sharing what you want to share
3 Being honest about things that didn't work or shortcuts you took
4 Recognizing what you didn't understand
5 Deciding on a revision plan
Assessing someone else's writing
1 Deciding what makes a difference for you as a reader
2 Believing and doubting
3 Prompting change
4 Working with others
How others assess your writing
1 Where readers start evaluating
2 How readers move through your writing
3 How readers decide on evaluation standards
Assembling and assessing your portfolio
1 Choosing the best
2 Choosing and assessing for variety
3 Introducing and explaining your selections
9 Thinking Critically and Reading Critically
What is critical thinking?
Building a chain of reasoning
1 Focus on conclusions
2 Include information and inferences
3 Assess evidence and reasoning
4 Consider your readers' assumptions
Persuasive reasoning
1 Be well informed
2 Acknowledge other perspectives and anticipate reader's reactions
3 Be balanced and reasonable
4 Assess the appropriateness of strong bias to the occasion
What is critical reading?
Read to understand
1 Prereading strategies
2 Reading strategies during and after
Read to respond and evaluate
1 Note responses while reading
2 Share interpretations and insights
3 Respond in writing
10 Constructing an Argument
Occasions for argument
1 Existing issues
2 Potential issues
3 Identify arguable issues
Developing your stance
1 Articulate your stance
2 Clarify your ideas
Developing a thesis
1 Focus on an argumentative claim
2 Create a thesis statement
3 Revise your thesis statement
11 Developing, Supporting, and Documenting an Argument
Developing reasons that support your claim
Using varied kinds of evidence
1 Use examples
2 Use quotations and ideas from authorities
3 Use detailed information
4 Use comparisons
Incorporating counterarguments
Logical strategies (logos)
Emotional strategies (pathos)
Data-warrant-claim (Toulmin) reasoning
Audience and purpose (Rogerian argument)
Misleading and illogical reasoning
Documented argument or position paper
1 Sample position paper
2 Comment on Paul Pusateri's Paper
12 Creating a Visual Argument
1 Calling attention to an issue
2 Explaining an issue or problem
Providing evidence
Reading images critically
Multimodal materials
13 Designing Documents
Goals of document design
Format choice
1 Consider your rhetorical situation and readers' needs
2 Determine the form and shape of your document
1 Use visual cues
2 Arrange information effectively
Typeface choices
1 Table organize information
2 Graphs and charts represent relationships among data
3 Other visual devices serve varied purposes
Web pages
1 Establishing a purpose and a persona for your Web page
2 Considering your audience
Model documents
14 Multimodal Presentations
Multimodal compositions
1 Photographs
2 Advertisements
3 Videos
4 Oral presentations
Analyzing multimodal presentations
1 Purpose and focus
2 Detail and explanation
3 Design
Composing multimodal presentations
1 Developing your craft
2 Computer software
Evaluating multimodal presentations
15 Writing Online
Online writing
1 Understanding your online audience and your purpose
2 Creating an online persona
3 Netiquette
Avoiding plagiarism and acting ethically online
1 Always document or credit information borrowed from others
2 Do your own work
3 Know the rules
E-mail choices
1 Elements of email
2 Email appearance
3 Using the functions of email
Participating in online communities
1 Discussion lists
2 Web-based forums: Blogs
3 Real-time writing
Participating in virtual classrooms
1 Using electronic courseware
2 Taking courses online
16 Speaking Effectively
Effective oral presentation
1 Planning your presentation
2 Rehearsing your presentation
3 Giving your presentation
4 Assessing the results
Speech Anxiety
Group presentations and other public forums
1 Effective group presentations
2 Effective speaking in public forums
3 Effective comments on boards and committees
17 Academic Writing: General Education
Analyzing assignments
1 Syllabus assignments
2 Detailed assignments
3 Assignment goals
Common types of information-driven assignments
Annotated bibliographies
Literature reviews
Essay exams (information-driven)
1 Sample information-driven essay exam
2 Commentary on student essay exam
Short documented paper
Common types of point-driven assignments
Essay exams (point-driven)
Position papers
18 Writing in the Arts and Humanities
Writing about texts
Reading literary and artistic texts
1 Reading for meaning
2 Reading for technique
Writing about literary and artistic texts
1 Writing about meaning
2 Writing about technique
The text analysis
1 Sample literary text analysis
2 Commentary on student text analysis
Analyzing and interpreting visual texts
1 Sample visual analysis
2 Commentary on student visual analysis
Reviews and critical analyses (critiques) in the arts and humanities
1 Sample critical analysis of a film
2 Commentary on student analysis
19 Writing in the Social and Natural Sciences
Research in the social sciences
Common types of writing assignments in social science courses
Reviews of research
1 Sample social science literature review
2 Commentary on student literature review
Informative reports
Reports of original research
Research in the natural and applied sciences
Common types of writing assignments in natural and applied science courses
Lab reports
1 Sample lab report
2 Commentary on student lab report
Informative reports
Scientific explanation for a general audience
1 Sample scientific explanation for a general audience
2 Commentary on student scientific explanation for a general audience
20 Public Writing
Goals of public writing
Analyzing public audiences
Types of public writing
Letters to the editor
Speaking in public settings
21 Workplace Writing
Goals of workplace writing
1 Plan according to your reader's needs
2 Draft as clearly as possible
3 Revise and edit
Workplace writing process
1 How are writing projects assigned?
2 Is most writing done individually, or in work groups?
3 Does the company have a formal editing process?
4 Does the company have a formalized set of writing genres?
5 How are revisions to documents such as work procedures and technical specifications controlled?
Business letters
Résumés and application letters
1 Use categories to construct your résumé
2 Submitting your résumé
22 Getting Started: Researching and Writing
Choosing a topic
1 Respond to your assignment
2 Recognize your interests
3 Browse for an issue or problem
Narrowing a topic
1 Broad subject to limited topic
2 Surveying potential topics
Aims of research writing
1 Informative research project
2 Persuasive research project
Research questions
Preliminary thesis
Audience inventory
Developing a search strategy
1 Resources
2 Search tools
3 Keywording
4 Working bibliography
Assessing sources
Reading sources critically
1 Identifying questions
Taking notes
1 Cards
2 Research journal
Summarizing, paraphrasing, synthesizing, and interpreting
1 Summarizing
2 Paraphrasing
3 Synthesizing
4 Interpreting
23 Library Resources
From general to specific sources
1 General resources
Kinds of library resources
1 Online catalogs
2 Periodicals, print and electronic indexes, and government documents
Evaluating library resources
24 Databases
Reference databases
Full-text databases
Databases containing abstracts
Indexing or bibliographic databases
Resource databases
Evaluating database resources
25 Internet Resources
Internet search strategy
Search engines
1 General search engines
2 Advanced search engines
3 Metasearch engines
4 Focused search sites and question-oriented sites
Kinds of Web sites
1 Individual Web sites
2 Sponsored Web sites
3 Blogs
4 Online periodicals and books; electronic versions of print publications
5 Government publications sites
6 Discussion groups and newsgroups
Evaluating online resources
26 Field Resources and Fieldwork
Field research
Surveys, polls, and questionnaires
1 Surveys and polls
2 Questionnaires
Obtaining human subjects' consent and approval
27 Avoiding Plagiarism and Integrating Sources
Plagiarism in college
The problem of intention
When to document sources
Common knowledge
Quotations, summaries, facts, and visuals
1 Quotations
2 Summaries and paraphrases
3 Facts, details, and statistics
4 Visuals
Integrating sources for specific purposes
1 Introducing a topic and providing background
2 Summarizing prior research
3 Providing examples and cases
4 Showing evidence or support
5 Expanding an idea
6 Taking issue with a claim
28 Writing, Revising, and Presenting Research
1 Think about your goal – again!
2 Review your research questions
3 Redevelop you thesis
An informative research paper
1 Consider readers
2 Look for a pattern
3 Consider familiar plans
A persuasive research paper
1 Key elements
2 Plan your reasoning and support
3 Arrange statements and evidence in persuasive order
Presentation strategies
1 Create a presentation
2 Use photographs
3 Create a film
4 Design a Web page
29 Ten Serious Documentation Problems
Choosing the right documentation style
Deciding what to document
Understanding the importance of documentation
Following a publication's style
Incorrect placement of a citation
Missing information in a citation
Wrong details in a citation
Wrong kind of entry in references list
Missing information in references entry
Wrong details in references entry
30 MLA Documentation
In-text citation examples
Works Cited list
Sample MLA paper
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34 Ten Serious Grammar Errors
Fused Sentence
Unclear Pronoun Reference
Lack of Subject-Verb Agreement
Dangling Modifier
Misused or Missing Apostrophe
Unnecessary Comma
Missing or Misused Quotation Marks
Double Negative
35 Sentence Elements and Patterns
1 Recognizing nouns and articles
2 Recognizing pronouns
3 Recognizing verbs
4 Recognizing adjectives
5 Recognizing adverbs
6 Recognizing prepositions
7 Recognizing conjunctions
8 Recognizing interjections
Subjects and predicates
1 Creating sentence subjects
2 Creating sentence predicates
Phrases and clauses
1 Recognizing prepositional phrases
2 Recognizing absolute phrases
3 Recognizing appositive phrases
4 Recognizing verbal phrases
5 Recognizing subordinate clauses
Sentence types
1 Recognizing sentence structures
2 Recognizing sentence purposes
36 Verbs
Simple present and past tense
1 Watch for irregular verbs
2 Using present and past tense in academic settings
Participles: Recognizing and editing
Progressive and perfect tenses: Editing
1 Check the helping verb in progressive tenses
2 Check the form of the past participle in the past perfect tense
Troublesome verbs (lie, lay, sit, set)
Active and passive voice
Clear tense sequence
Subjunctive mood
37 Nouns and Pronouns
Noun forms
Pronoun forms
1 Recognizing pronoun case
2 Choosing subjunctive forms
3 Choosing objective forms
4 Choosing possessive forms
Common problems with pronouns
1 Pay attention to compound subjects and objects
2 Watch for we or us with a noun
3 Be alert for subject complements
4 Check appositives
5 Be careful with comparisons using than or as
6 Be cautious when using myself and other reflexive pronouns
Who and whom
38 Agreement
Subject-verb agreement (simple)
Subject-verb agreement (complex)
1 What for plural forms with singular meanings
2 Be alert for collective nouns
3 Check subjects linked by and, or, and nor
4 Pay attention to separated subjects and verbs
5 Recognize unusual word order
6 Watch for there is, there are
7 Pay attention to is, appears, feels, and other linking verbs
8 All, everybody, none; who, which, that – using special subjects
9 Pay special attention to titles and names
Pronoun-antecedent agreement
1 Recognize antecedents joined by and, or, and nor
2 Pay attention to everyone, any, something, (indefinite pronouns) as antecedents
3 Watch for collective nouns as antecedents
39 Adjectives and Adverbs
What adjectives and adverbs do
Avoiding confusion between adjectives and adverbs
1 Figure out what a modifier does in a sentence
2 Be alert for verbs like look, feel, prove, and is
3 Pay special attention to real/really, sure/surely, bad/badly, and good/well
Comparatives and superlatives: Correct forms
1 Watch out for illogical comparatives
2 Look for imprecise use of comparatives
3 Check for double comparatives
Avoiding double negatives
40 Sentence Fragments
Sentence fragments: Recognizing
1 Look for a subject and a verb
2 Look for although, because, that, since, and other subordinating words
3 Look for troublesome constructions
Sentence fragments: Editing
Partial sentences
41 Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Comma splices and fused sentences: Recognizing
Comma splices and fused sentences: Editing
1 Create separate sentences
2 Join main clauses with a comma plus a coordinating conjunction
3 Join main clauses with a semicolon
4 Join main clauses with a semicolon plus a conjunctive adverb or transitional expression
5 Subordinate one of the clauses
6 Join the clauses with a colon
42 Pronoun Reference
Unclear pronoun reference: Recognizing and editing
1 Watch for pronouns with several possible antecedents
2 Pay attention to pronouns widely separated from their antecedents
3 Create clear reference chains
Nonspecific pronoun reference
1 Use it, which, this, and that with care
2 Look for it used in more than one sense
3 Watch for antecedents that are implied rather than directly stated
Matching who, which, and that to antecedents
43 Misplaced, Dangling, and Disruptive Modifiers
Misplaced modifiers: Recognizing and editing
1 Pay attention to a modifier's location
2 Pay attention to only, simply, even, and other limiting modifiers
3 Be alert for squinting modifiers
4 Pay attention to clauses beginning with who, which, and that, or other subordinators
Dangling modifiers: Recognizing and editing
Disruptive modifiers: Recognizing and editing
1 Pay attention to separated subjects and verbs
2 Pay attention to separations between verbs and objects (or complements)
3 Be alert for split infinitives or verb phrases
Using absolute phrases effectively
44 Shifts
Person and number
1 Pay attention to shifts in person
2 Pay attention to shifts in number
Tense and mood
1 Pay attention to shifts in tense
2 Be alert for shifts in mood
Direct and indirect quotation
45 Mixed and Incomplete Sentences
Mixed sentences: Recognizing and editing
1 Recognizing topic shifts
2 Editing topic shifts
3 Recognizing shifts in grammatical pattern
4 Editing shifts in grammatical pattern
Incomplete sentences: Recognizing and editing
1 Recognizing and avoiding incomplete or illogical comparisons
2 Recognizing appropriate and inappropriate omissions
46 Parallelism
Problems with parallelism: Recognizing and editing
1 Check for parallelism in a series
2 Decide which words to repeat
3 Pay attention to parallelism with paired sentence elements
Creating parallelism beyond the sentence
1 Creating parallel sentence clusters
2 Creating parallel paragraphs
Parallelism in lists
47 Coordination and Subordination
Creating coordination
Problems with coordination: Recognizing and editing
1 Look for excessive coordination
2 Check for illogical coordination
Creating subordination
Problems with subordination: Recognizing and editing
1 Be alert for illogical or unclear relationships
2 Be careful with troublesome subordinators: as/while, and which, but that, and who
3 Watch out for excessive subordination
48 Wordiness
Common types of wordiness
1 Eliminate empty words and phrases
2 Edit wordy and repetitive sentences
Clichés, generalizations and overblown language
1 Omit clichés
2 Edit overblown language
3 Eliminate excessive writer's commentary
49 Style, the Dictionary, and Vocabulary
Word choice, readers' needs, and writers' purposes
1 Adjust your diction to your readers' needs
2 Adjust your diction to your purpose
3 Adjust your diction to your persona
4 Use specialized diction appropriately
Precise diction
1 Choose specific words
2 Choose words with appropriate connotations
3 Edit for archaic words and neologism
4 Edit for idiomatic and trite expressions
Using a dictionary and thesaurus
1 Use a dictionary
2 Use a thesaurus
Building vocabulary
1 Vocabulary and the writing process
2 Vocabulary and the reading process
50 Appropriate and Respectful Language
Home and community language varieties
1 Learn to see dialect variations as "rules"
2 Understand standard English as a function of power and social prestige
3 Become aware of the grammatical variations in your home dialect
How dialects influence writing
1 Become aware of oral language influences
2 Consider your word choices
3 Distinguish between slang and dialect
4 Recognize hypercorrection
Sexist language: Recognizing and editing
1 Avoid implying stereotyped views
2 Avoid gender-stereotyping roles and occupations
3 Beware of male terms used generically
4 Avoid implying sexist views
5 Avoid making unwarranted claims
Discriminatory language: Recognizing and avoiding
1 Avoid derogatory terms
2 Revise unfair stereotypes
3 Choose appropriate group names and terms
51 Commas
Joining sentences
Setting off introductory phrases
Setting off nonrestrictive modifiers
1 Recognize nonrestrictive and restrictive modifiers
2 Pay special attention to modifying clauses, phrases, and appositives
Setting off parenthetical expressions
Using commas in a series
Separating coordinate adjectives
Dates, numbers, addresses, place names, people's titles, and letters
1 Dates
2 Numbers
3 Addresses and place names
4 People's names and titles
5 Salutations and closings of letters
Commas with quotations
Commas to make your meaning clear
Commas that do not belong
1 Do not insert a comma after words like although and because that introduce a clause
2 Do not insert a comma between a subject and a predicate
3 Do not overuse commas
52 Semicolons and Colons
Using semicolons
1 Try joining two sentences with a semicolon
2 Use a semicolon with words such as however, on the other hand
3 Use a semicolon with deleted structures
4 Use a semicolon with a complex series
Using colons
1 Use a colon to introduce examples, statements, and lists
2 Use a colon to introduce questions
3 Use a colon to separate titles and subtitles
4 Use a colon to join sentences
5 Avoid overuse and misuse of colons
53 Apostrophes
Marking possession
1 Add an apostrophe plus –s to mark possession in singular nouns
2 Add an apostrophe to mark possession in plural nouns
3 Add an apostrophe plus –s or an apostrophe to only the last word in a noun phrase
Marking contractions and omissions
1 Use an apostrophe to contract a verb form
2 Use an apostrophe to mark plural letters
3 Use an apostrophe to abbreviate a year
4 Use an apostrophe to show colloquial pronunciation
54 Quotation Marks
Marking quotations
1 Direct quotations
2 Indirect quotations
3 Quotations inside quotations
Block quotations
Titles of short works
Special meanings of words and phrases
Irony, sarcasm, and authorial distance
55 Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points
1 End a sentence with a period
2 Use periods in abbreviations
Question marks
1 End a direct question with a question mark
2 Watch for other uses of question marks
Exclamation points
1 End an emphatic statement with an exclamation point
2 Watch for other uses of exclamation points
56 Special Punctuation
1 Use parentheses to set off words or sentences
2 Watch for special uses of parentheses
1 Use brackets for interpolations
2 Use brackets within parentheses
1 Use dashes for emphasis
2 Avoid overuse of dashes
1 Use ellipses in quotations with omitted words
2 Use ellipses for other gaps
1 Use slashes with alternative words
2 Use slashes when quoting lines of poetry
57 Capitalization
Beginning a sentence
1 Capitalize the opening word in a quoted sentence
2 Capitalize a freestanding sentence in parentheses
3 Decide whether to capitalize following a colon
4 Decide whether to capitalize elements in a series or list
Proper nouns and adjectives
1 Capitalize proper nouns and adjectives
2 Capitalize the pronoun I and the interjection O
Titles of works
58 Italics (Underlining)
Following conventions
1 Italicize titles of long or major works
2 Italicize names of specific vehicles
3 Italicize foreign words and phrases
4 Italicize words, letters, and numbers named as words
59 Hyphens and Word Division
Dividing words
Joining words
1 Check hyphens in compound words
2 Hyphenate familiar compounds correctly
3 Hyphenate compound modifiers correctly
4 Use hyphens to create new compounds
60 Numbers
Spelling out or using numerals
1 Spell out number of one or two words
2 Spell out number that begin a sentence
3 Express related numbers in a consistent form
Special conventions
1 Use numerals when appropriate
2 Spell out numbers when appropriate
Too many numbers
61 Abbreviations
Familiar abbreviations
1 Abbreviate titles with proper names
2 Abbreviate references to people and organizations
3 Abbreviate dates and numbers correctly
Using abbreviations sparingly
1 Avoid inappropriate abbreviations
2 Limit Latin abbreviations
62 Spelling
Spelling and the computer
1 Understand how spell checkers works
2 Use a spell checker cautiously
Recognizing and correcting spelling errors
1 Pause to think
2 Look it up
3 Be alert for common patterns of misspelling
4 Watch for commonly misspelled words
5 Get help
Long-term strategies
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When I used to use the del.icio.us sidebar, you could press Ctrl + B and it would appear. Does the diigo sidebar have a similar shortcut key to make it appear and disappear?
closed as off topic by ChrisF♦ Apr 15 '13 at 21:10
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The keyboard shortcut for opening the diigolet sidebar appears to be disabled by default, so you if you open about:config and search for "extensions.diigotb.keys.sidebar"
set enabled to true; extensions.diigotb.keys.sidebar.enabled = true
then control-alt-s can be used to open and close the diigolet sidebar
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"I would like to start by stating that I am not a professional genealogist. As I worked at developing the family tree on my Sephardic side I gradually discovered that there were fertile areas of research that were different from the sources I used for my Ashkenazi half. Furthermore, these sources were far less known than the sources for Ashkenazi genealogy. The purpose of this article is to help others also attempting to research their Sephardic ancestry and maybe reduce their frustration levels in discovering these sources. By no means is this an exhaustive list of sources, nor can it be since I am learning myself. It is just a sampling to get you started and encourage others to share their knowledge as we all grow and learn together".
Differences in Sephardic and Ashkenazi genealogy
Areas of the
Among the most obvious differences in researching Sephardic and Ashkenazi ancestry is that they lived in different areas of the world. Ashkenazim lived primarily in Europe and eastern Europe whereas Sephardim lived in countries around the mediterranean, the Ottoman empire, which welcomed them after their expulsion from Spain, and in the Americas particularly south America. A lot of Jewish genealogists have focussed on researching eastern european government records and US naturalization related records. Though sometimes otherwise, these sources are of relatively little value to Sephardic researchers who would be more interested in early hispanic notarial records, Inquisition records both in Spain and in the americas and similar.
Old family names
Whereas Ashkenazi names are of relatively recent origin, many, though not all, Sephardic names go back many centuries and sometimes a millenium or more. Whereas it is dictum in Ashkenazi research that a family name is of less importance than the name of the ancestral shtetl, this is not true of Sephardic names. Sephardic family names do suggest kinship, though the common ancestral link may have lived 5 or 600 years earlier.. As such, the implication is that as we go further back in the centuries it becomes more likely that the person found bearing that surname is a common though distant ancestor but this does not hold true for contemporaries or recent past. Although one needs to strictly follow the genealogist's dictum of going from known to unknown when building a personal family tree, there is some validity in researching an ancient Sephardic family name and this coupled to the fact that many Sephardim can list several generations in their family, sometimes right to 1492 the date of the expulsion from Spain, this makes such research of added interest.
Researchers of Sephardic genealogy also need to be aware of the differences in child naming patterns among Sephardim and Ashkenazim. The most singular difference being the Sephardic tradition of naming children after their grandparents, especially if alive to honor the grandparent whereas Ashkenazim avoid naming children after living relatives. For more information on naming patterns go to my page on this topic.
Traditional Sources
So how does one go about researching Sephardic ancestry. Some of the traditional sources used by Ashkenazi genealogists still apply here. Among these are:
Interviewing the eldest members of your family is definitely where to start. Not only can names of previous and related generations be obtained in this manner but also information on countries they resided in and hints about other sources for documentation. As usual and especially here, one must be careful of family legends and try to document and verify the information received.
Marriage registers, cemetery records, old letters, diaries and photographs are other classic sources for Jewish genealogic information that are just as useful for Sephardic genealogists as they are for Ashkenazim. Since these are detailed in great depth elsewhere (such as on Jewishgen), I will not discuss them here.
US naturalization records, turn of the century passenger listsand similar are less useful for Sephardim. Unlike the large Jewish immigration to theU.S. from eastern Europe around the turn of the century, relatively few Sephardim came to the US at that time and that is the period when such records are of the most value. Sephardim either came many centuries earlier or in the mid 20th century as part of the exodus from arab countries resulting from the Arab Israeli wars.
Holocaust records such as the Arolsen records at the International Red Cross or Yad Vashem and the Pages of Testimony at Yad Vashem can be useful for Sephardim too because a significant number of Sephardim from places like Salonika and elsewhere were also victims of the Nazis. The recent decision by Yad Vashem to finally create a listing of the names they have of Holocaust victims and making it available in an electronically accessible database possible by 2001 or 2002 is therefore excellent news to genealogists. It is a great shame that Arolsen records at the International Red Cross are not available to searching families unles these families can provide the exact first and last names (reminiscent of the recent Swiss banks stance to release records to relatives). Let's hope this will change sometime soon. Again these sources are well discussed in forums such as Jewishgen and I will not get into it further here. However I would like to mention Serge Karlsfeld's "Memorial de la Deportation des Juifs de France, 1942-1944". Paris, 1978.
Sephardic Sources
Sephardic researchers have many other sources to draw upon and I will discuss some of these in more detail here.
Notarial records in Spain These are extremely voluminous and useful. I have discussed them extensively in another section to which the reader is referred.
Inquisition Archives in Spain I have
discussed in another section to which the reader is referred.
Inquisition Archives in South America I have also described these elsewhere and would refer the interested reader there.
Ketubbot (Jewish marriage contracts) are obviously of great value in Jewish genealogy. Sephardic Ketoubot however frequently, though not always, may document several generations on both sides. Such finds are obviously of wonderful value to the genealogist. An interesting example of the value of Sephardic ketubot can be found in my description of the Sephardic "Grana" community from Leghorn that settled in Tunis in the 16th century.
Alliance Israelite archives
In the 19th and early 20th century the Alliance Israelite made a massive effort in setting up schools and aiding Jews in North Africa, Romania, Turkey, Bulgaria, Palestine and wherever the need was noted. It's archives in Paris (49 rue Labruyere, 75009 Paris) therefore hold tremendous and relatively little tapped genealogic data and is a fertile field for researchers. Synagogue records (Morocco, Egypt, Turkey, etc)
Synagogue records are obviously of great value to the genealogist. Those of Jews in Sephardic countries are no exception and in countries like Egypt can go back many centuries. Unfortunately access to these records is often hampered by political and other considerations.
Cemetery tombstones can also yield information of great value and a systematic listing of this information would be of great value. Such an effort is in process through Jewishgen and Sephardim who have access to cemeteries in Sephardic countries need to provide what information they can provide before time and politics ravages this source further.
Passengers to the Indies. The passenger lists of Spaniards who left for the americas from 1500 to 1800 is preserved in an archive in Seville, the Archivo General de Indias. Besides listing all passengers who sailed in every ship to America up to 1800 but they provide such data as the passenger name and place of birth, name of parents and their brithplaces, the job and destination of the passenger after arrival in the Americas.
This information is electronically searchable
databases which can be easily searched by the archivists. Requests for
information should include the passenger name and the approximate date of the
trip to America and should be addressed to:
Archivo General de Indias, Avda. Constitucion s/n, SEVILLA - SPAIN
Phone: +34-95-4500530. Fax: +34-95-4219485.
A partial List of passengers has apparently been published in about 12 volumes, but not in searchable electronic format so far.
Books and Journals
It is essential to know the history of the period one is researching. Not only does the knowledge of the history allow an understanding of the why of the events that occurred to the families researched but it also points one in directions one would not otherwise have considered. This is true both in Ashkenazi and Sephardic research. The difference is Sephardic history is often more ancient and thus less likely to be known without study.. The reader is therefore advised to acquire a good working history of the period and may wish to peruse the section on Sephardic books and my brief history of Sephardim before the expulsion.
Selections of Notarial records
Although only a tiny portion of Notarial and Inquisition records can be accessed through books, there are some books that contain excerpts of these documents. I have listed some of them in my section on books. Among these that can be of considerable value to the armchair genealogist are books such as:
Assis: Jews in the Crown of Aragon (Part II 1328-1493); Regesta of the Cartas Reales in Archivo de la Corona de Aragon. Ginzei am olam:Central Arch Hist of Jewish People, Jerusalem
Beinart: Conversos on Trial. The Inquisition in Ciudad Real. Magnes Press, Hebrew University,Jerus. 1981
Raphael: Expulsion 1492 Chronicles. Carmi House Press
Tello: Judios de Toledo - 2 Vols. Instituto B Arias Montano. Consejo Sup de inverstigacions Cientificas.
The reader is encouraged to review my section on books.
Sephardic names studies
I have already pointed out the value of researching ancient Sephardic family names. It is important to differentiate between contemporary or recent past individuals who share your researched ancient family name as compared to an individual who carried that same family name 700 years ago. Assuming we are dealing with an ancient Jewish name rather than an area name, the recent individuals are usually not related closely enough to matter, whereas the individual 1,000 years ago has a mathematically high chance of being a legitimate ancestor.
Some of the most useful books in Sephardic genealogy are some of the books on onomastics (the study of names). Prominent among these is Abraham Laredo's book "Les Noms des Juifs du Maroc". This terrific work lists names of Jews from Morocco with explanation of the origins and variants of the name and provides information extensive lists about rabbis, authors and other notables who had carried the name and complete source references.. Similar but less extensive are such books as Toledano's "La Saga des Familles", Moissis's "Les noms des Juifs de Grece", Abecassis's "Genealogia hebraica: Portugal e Gibraltar, secs XVII a XX",, Eisenbeth's "Les Juifs de l'Afrique du nord", etc. Extensive name lists giving sources can also be found on the internet.
Just like Avotaynu is the premier Jewish genealogy journal, ETSI is a new journal dedicated to Sephardic genealogy and history. Published in Paris by a group of Sephardic genealogists that include Abensur, past president of the French Jewish genealogy Society, and his wife Laurence Abensur-Hazan, organization chair of the 1997 Paris seminar on Jewish genealogy, and several others, it is the only journal dedicated specifically to Sephardic genealogy and a must for Sephardic genealogists and Jewish genealogy libraries.
Information about subscription can be obtained at the ETSI site.
The internet is a great resource for information about Jewish and Sephardic genealogy but it is important to verify information obtained in this manner by checking out the sources of the information. That said, among these resources are:
Jewishgen is a tremendous resource for the Jewish genealogist and a great resource to learn proper techniques for genealogy.
There was a time when it was difficult to find anything of use to a Sephardic researcher. This has fortunately changed and there are now numerous sites of interest to Sephardim if one knows where to look. I have made a listing of such sites on my Sephardic Genealogy page under General Sites.
Family Finder (JGFF)
Jewishgen has an extremely useful database listing researchers and the families they are researching. Listing the family names and towns you are researching allows other genealogists researching these families to discover you and share resources. It is therefore highly recommended that you register there which can be done very easily at their site.
Namelists giving you sources where these family names are mentioned can also be very useful while remembering the importance to work methodically in develloping your family tree. Such lists exist at:
Sephardic Genealogy Resources
Harry Stein's site
Ben Nahman's site
Newslists are internet discussion groups where questions can be asked and answered in a spirit of helping each other. Two such newslists that focuss on Sephardic issues are
Jewishgen Sephardic SIG at Jewishgen's The
Sephardic Forum and
the Sephardic Discussion site at Sephardiconnect
Name lookups.
There are several sites on the internet that allow you to find peoples' names and email or snail mail addresses. This is a good way to find the addresses and phone numbers of people having your family name. Usually these people are unrelated, but occasionally one can be lucky and discover an unknown distant cousin. I have not found it useful but some have.
Sephardic Jews had lived in Palestine long before the European zionist movement. They have therefore left traces of their lives in the cemeteries, chevrot kadisha (burial society) records, books written, etc and this too can be a fruitful source of research. For settlers in the more recent past Batya Untershatz is an invaluable resource. She can be reached at Batya Unterschatz, Director, Jewish Agency Bureau of Missing Relative, P.O.Box 92, Jerusalem 91000 and can be of tremendous help because she has access to the government immigration records back to the early 20th century. She provides help freely but is a very worthwhile cause for a donation in view of all she does.
Specific country
Obviously it would be of great value to research the local resources of the countries where your ancestors had lived. I have discussed the resources in Spain, but there are resources in many other countries where Sephardim have lived such as countries in North Africa and the Ottoman empire. This is a topic of which I only have fragmentary data and cannot therefore discuss meaningfully. This is where your own research adventure begins and it will be different for everyone. If this article has been of value to you, please share your discoveries by emailing them to me. I will from time to time put this information together and share it with future visitors.
Shalom and good hunting.
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Panelists wonder whether the word itself is hurting the benefit's reputation.
The days of "telework" in the federal government could be numbered, at least under that name.
The practice of working outside the office isn't going anywhere, but dropping the use of the word "telework" could help make the benefit more widespread in agencies, according to participants in a Tuesday discussion focused on increasing telework among federal employees. Encouraging agencies and federal managers to embrace telework has been difficult over the last decade, officials acknowledged, in part, because the word simply makes people nervous ("If I can't see you, then you aren't working") and it doesn't adequately convey the mutual benefits to employees and agencies of hustling outside the office.
"It's one of those inflamed words," said Wade Hannum, director of the General Services Administration's performance and worklife policy division within the agency's chief people office. Hannum said he tries to avoid using the term telework and instead focuses on the concepts of performance and workforce flexibility. "We're not talking about telework. We are talking about work and performance," he said during the Capitol Hill event sponsored by the House Smart Contracting Caucus and moderated by Jason Miller, executive editor of Federal News Radio.
The word "telework" should be banned and replaced with the phrase "workforce strategy," said Steve Teubner, vice president of consulting in CGI Federal's business engineering group. "I felt the focus on [the concept of] telework was distracting for the overall goals we were trying to achieve," Teubner said, referring to his experience in real estate consulting for public and private organizations.
Telework helps agencies save money on expenses ranging from real estate to employee transit subsides, participants noted. The cost and efficient implementation of information technology can be obstacles for IT-challenged Uncle Sam, but the biggest impediment to the widespread use of telework in government often is cultural. "There hasn't been a sufficient mandate to make telework happen [in government]," Hannum said. "The model is coming to maturity now."
GSA was an early adopter of telework among federal agencies; its former administrator, Martha Johnson, who resigned Monday amid a scandal involving excessive spending at the agency, was a strong proponent of telework and made it a signature issue during her tenure. Johnson was scheduled to participate in Tuesday's telework discussion, but did not appear.
Congress directed the government in 2000 to establish telework policies for eligible federal workers, and lawmakers passed legislation in 2010 that updated the decade-old law. Currently, about 120,000 members of the 2.1 million government workforce telework regularly -- a drop in the proverbial bucket, according to some observers. Many federal employees have long complained that their agencies have not allowed them to work off-site for various reasons, despite their eligibility for the benefit.
"Making the pain of the same greater than the pain of change is not necessarily a bad thing," Hannum said, referring to the need for enforcing, and not simply promoting, telework in government. "I think there should be a forcing function."
For example, Hannum suggested tying an agency's environmental sustainability mandates to telework, or reducing the amount of parking available to employees as ways to push the government to implement the policy more broadly. Teubner agreed with such an approach, noting when he was a consultant, a chief executive officer's decision to stop leasing real estate or limit available office space frequently forced a culture change toward telework.
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Yes, this jester knows its April Fool's day; But who better than a jester to speak truth to the people (uh … genealogists, librarians, archivists, & researchers) on this day? The first of April has become the impetus for backup and preservation.
You need only look at today's world of crazy dictators or Mali terrorists to see that cultural/historical artifacts can disappear in an instant. Cyberwarfare can claim your harddisk. The cloud could crash or hurricane Sandy can happen (please donate to Ellis island Foundation to help in that restoration effort). Libraries and Archives need to safeguard your artifacts too! Are you motivated yet? Good!
There are backup solutions, including some free options to the "cloud". Apple even provides a free 5GB iCloud. So save your GEDCOM file. If you still have free space then backup pictures or scans that are CRITICAL. You can save/backup to media: CDs, USB thumb drives, etc. But be aware that backup to electronic media needs to be refreshed yearly to avoid stranding your backups on outmoded technology (i.e. 8Track tapes or even floppy disks).
Be careful out there and have a Happy April Fool's Day!