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GONADAL STEROID HORMONES PROMOTE NEUROPLASTICITY IN MODELS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE by Eleni Antzoulatos A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (NEUROSCIENCE) December 2009 Copyright 2009 Eleni Antzoulatos
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|Gonadal steroid hormones exert numerous effects on the brain and behavior. Hormones are responsible for sexual differentiation during development. In adulthood, hormones mediate sex-specific effects on behavior and corresponding neural circuits. Hormones have been traditionally investigated with respect to reproduction and the neural circuits that drive mating behavior. However, hormone action is not restricted to the control of reproduction. In the current dissertation, I investigated the role of gonadal hormones in three chapters using two models. First, I investigated the role of testosterone on cell proliferation and survival in the mating circuitry of the adult male hamsters (Chapter 2). Testosterone exerted region-specific effects in the mating circuitry to enhance cell proliferation in some regions, but not others. In addition, neither testosterone nor mating experience increased cell survival in the mating circuit. For Chapters 3-4, I focused on the nigrostriatal pathway. The nigrostriatal pathway is involved in the circuits that coordinate voluntary movement, and is not directly related to reproduction. Nonetheless, this pathway is sensitive to gonadal hormones. In Chapter 3, I examined sex differences in nigrostriatal anatomy and behavior in rodents under normal physiologic conditions and in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) model of nigrostriatal degeneration that mimics Parkinson's disease. In Parkinson's disease, both the incidence and susceptibility are higher in men than in women. Gonadal steroids are thought to partially underlie this difference. After MPTP, male mice had increased motor deficits compared with females. This supports previous findings showing the increased susceptibility of males to MPTP. However, MPTP did not deplete neurons in the nigrostriatal pathway. In Chapter 4, I used the MPTP mouse model to determine whether testosterone acts as neuroprotectant in the nigrostriatal pathway.; The ability of gonadal hormones to guard the brain against insult is a form of neuroplasticity with tremendous clinical implications. This process has been well-studied with respect to estrogen. I found that testosterone does not attenuate MPTP-induced neurotoxicity. These results suggest that testosterone is not neuroprotective in the male nigrostriatal system. Taken together, the three experiments in this thesis address the diverse roles of gonadal hormones and establish novel, nontraditional roles for gonadal steroids in the brain.
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Basket Bag Trend
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- AnonymousJune 16, 2017 at 3:10 AM
I love the basket bag trend and want one so badly! Thank you so much for rounding all these up!ReplyDelete
Neelofar | The Loveliest Lily
i need to get myself a basket bag, they are so perfect for summer!ReplyDelete
I am all for this trend!!! The crazy thing is is that it's not new! My mother and my aunts always had basket bags for the summer. I loved them even as a little girl! Come to think of it, when I go home I'm going to raid their closets looking for them! LolReplyDelete
How cool are these! Before I had kids, who somehow suck all the money from you, I used to love to buy different purses and bags. I love these!ReplyDelete
Basket bag looks so trendy and ecofriendly tooReplyDelete
Those are gorgeous. I have, I think, 2 basket type bags myself, and what I love about them is that they stay kind of rigid, which makes it really easy to find stuff in the corners, lol! So glad they're a trend.ReplyDelete
Perfect for the pool!ReplyDelete
- yolondaJune 16, 2017 at 1:47 PM
I'm not sure I'm a "basket bag" kind of girl, but these are so cute I may have to re-think it.ReplyDelete
I think this is one of the best fashion/style review blogs I know :) Great photos :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 16, 2017 at 2:13 PM
Great photos and I think that style will live forever :)ReplyDelete
I absolutely love basket bags, and the different styles that you posted.:)ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousJune 16, 2017 at 4:17 PM
Love these bags AND your website is beautiful!ReplyDelete
seriously....totes adorable! I appreciate you showing us different brands/styles and prices. I think theyre really cute. More of a beach style for me.ReplyDelete
These are soo cute! It makes me think of old school European fashion, which is so fun! I love your picks, too.ReplyDelete
This is so neat !! Awesome picks (:ReplyDelete
What a perfect post filled with so much inspiration and information! I adored learning more about basket bags! Before they were trendy, I always have used them for food as well, either at home or when I'm shopping at the farmers market! One of my favorite cross bodies I have is a cute picnic basket bag!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousJune 16, 2017 at 8:36 PM
Woo. Just perfect. Antique to modernReplyDelete
wow, I have not seen some of these they are nice.Thank you for sharing.ReplyDelete
Before reading this I never really thought back to their original function. I think it is so interesting how everything evolves and changes. Whether it is fashion, cars, homes. It just evolves so quickly. I totally agree that they are so chic and stylish. I should probably pick one up myself. I hadn't really thought to get one before reading this post, but now I feel it is a must.ReplyDelete
I really need a more compact basket bag for the summer. Looking through your inspo photos, the bags look really great with a white blouse and some kind of denim trouser, or even a dress you can throw on!ReplyDelete
Wow, that's impressive! I love basket bags, I think that they are perfect for summer! And they suit most of the summer outfits. I love bags you chose and I think I'll definitely buy something for myself later!ReplyDelete
Loving this trend and I absolutely adore the way you've styled this post. That first quote: <3ReplyDelete
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I've actually noticed this trend last year, at least in Germany. There were a lot of girls and young women walking around with the basket bags. And I fell in love with it, so I bought myself one. I do think this is such a romantic and simply great accessory, which makes the whole look very special and unique. So I'd definitely go for this trend!ReplyDelete
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Its really pretty and stylish I loved to watch all this and specially i liked the footwears :)ReplyDelete
So unique! This is totally my style.ReplyDelete
At first, I was a but iffy on the trend, but seeing all the different ways they're styled have opened my eyes to all the chicness they have to offer! I have actually just ordered 2 different styles; I am anxious to look at more of these you shared as well!ReplyDelete
Wow, such a great blog, article, tips, phtos!! Everything!! I a amazed, reading and clicking for more... :)ReplyDelete
I most definitely love the basket bag trend and the one you shared by Sophie Anderson is my favorite! They all look so fun and so perfect for this time of the year!ReplyDelete
All the basket bags looks unique. I love your style.ReplyDelete
Let's be honest here. I would NEVER have thought a straw bag would be such a phenomenon like it has been this year. And while it is not my typical style, the trend has me wanting one too! I even tried to buy a couple but they were sold out! So this post is helpful so that I can shop your picks since they are all so fabulous. I love the circle style, the bucket style and even the tote with the tassels. Need to go shopping now! XOXO, ChristineReplyDelete
This is really amazing! I feel like people don't really hear about these types of bags often. Specially because of how old they are and what they were first developed for. But I find this wonderful because you are informing people about how a simple basket bag can be totally trendy. I personally really like these bags because they are unique, different! I have one myself and I use it all the time especially for the beach, I love it! Thank you so much for sharing babe <3ReplyDelete
Vanessa, xo!
I NEED ALL OF THEM!!! I love basket bags!!!!!!! but the thing is they take so much storage rooms at home! So i guess I can only have one or two at home, otherwise my other bags will have no rooms to 'sleep' =PReplyDelete
xx, Jessie
I did not expect this trend to get so popular?! I remember like, 8 years ago I bought my mom a basket weave bag...I wonder if she still has it haha, I kind of want to shop her closet now!ReplyDelete
This is a very interesting article. It's cool too see how old , new trends are. Thank youReplyDelete
Love the basket trend in summer!ReplyDelete
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I still need to buy one of these! I used to have one like 5 years ago and I don't know where it is and now I miss it!ReplyDelete
Thanks for this awesome post. I had no idea they've been around since forever!
Loving these photos too :)
OMG YES! I am so obsessed with the straw bag trend! I love that fashion goes around in a circle. I remember when I was younger, my mom had the cutest blue straw bag! I recently purchased a Cult Gaia bag, and I LOVE it!ReplyDelete
Oh yes, I've seen this trend every where this summer. I never knew it actually started with Jane Birkin in the 70s, that's so cool! At first, I wasn't sure about the Cult Gaia but now I'm kinda in love and I really want the other varieties too. I think the round crossbody ones are so adorable. And these bags are just so perfect for a beach trip or a summer day!ReplyDelete
-Lily from With Love Lily Rose
It's kind of interesting how the basket bag trend went hand in hand with the gingham trend. I didn't know it started in the 70s actually. I thought it would have came from maybe the 1900s with all the picnic-ing people did back then. I've been coveting one for a long time and I definitely need one in my closet.ReplyDelete
Maggie S.
This is seriously such a cute trend. I've been looking for a nice basket bag to carry this summer. They are so fun! There are so many designs and styles of them out there now which makes shopping for them so much more fun!ReplyDelete
xx, Maryam
I am obsessed with this trend!! it is so cute and so fun for summer! love all your picks!ReplyDelete
xo, Samira
The straw tote bag is sweeping the Instagram by storm!! Almost every person I see has a basket bag of sorts and it really makes me want to get one even though it is not my personal style! The choice you have selected looked so cute, I think I may just get the ark bag.ReplyDelete
~ xo Sheree
I love this trend - I think that it's so funny that this trend is attributed to Jane Birkin who has luxury bags named after her - when these are so affordable. Your post totally inspired me to hit a few thrift stores to find a vintage piece. There is nothing more summer than a pretty straw bag!ReplyDelete
I always loved that Jane Birkin carried a basket, even though she had the most expensive handbag named after her. I love throwing things into my basket to carry everything. It just holds its shape so well!ReplyDelete
xx Jenelle
You are so right! I've been seeing this basket trend explode on Instagram lately. But I can totally see why its been gaining popularity, especially now that it's warmer. It just seems to suit everything because it's so summer appropriate.ReplyDelete
I think it's definitely one of the cutest style of bags to ever come out but I haven't found one that suits me just yet.
I'll still be on the lookout!
Hey Love,ReplyDelete
Hows you?
Love the Basket Bag Trend and I am seeing everywhere now...:)
Loved yours what you Showed my Favorite is the Sophie Anderson one:) and The Ralph Lauren one too:)
Definitely need 1-2 cute one for this Summer:)
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I'm actually really digging this style of bags right now. They are so versatile. And you're right I sometimes think of them as picnic bags. But with new designs it's become a fashion statement.ReplyDelete
Such a big summer trend right now and I have to admit 'm loving it! Thanks for sharing your picks I love the one from Sheln it's super chicReplyDelete
I think this is easily the "it" bag of the summer! They're super chic and so versatile! My favorite is the Lauren RL bucket basket bag!ReplyDeleteReplies
I agree with you, it definitaley is!Delete
These basket bags are the cutest! I really want one now. I've been seeing them all over Instagram and in magazines. It's sooooo perfect for summer!ReplyDelete
Jane Birkin is one of my favorite style icons! She always looked so effortlessly cool and chic, plus her style is timeless. I love basket bags! The Cult Gaia one has been on my lust list for ages, but I think vintage ones are the best ;)ReplyDelete
xo, Jo
You are ADORABLE! 💜 I love your style and how you choose topics for your blog! Thank you so much for being a daily-inspiration for mE!ReplyDelete
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Red Sox - 000 102 000 - 3 6 2 Cleveland - 100 001 000 - 2 2 1Clay Buchholz (9-2-2-0-6, 104) pitched a complete game, allowing only three baserunners. Cody Ross hit a two-run home run; Dustin Pedroia scored one run and drove in another.
It was Buchholz's second complete game of the year, and the fifth of his career. Asdrubal Cabrera had both of Cleveland's hits: a home run in the first inning and a double in the fourth. Jason Donald reached on two infield errors in the sixth - Pedroia committed an error trying to field the ball, and then Mike Aviles threw it away - and scored an unearned run in the sixth.
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[Buchholz] took 12 hitters to a two-strike count and none of them would reach via hit or walk (one reached on an error). It's Buchholz's first start this season in which he didn't allow a hit or walk with two strikes.With one out in the fourth, Aviles drew a four-pitch walk (!). He then raced to third on an errant pick-off attempt by Chris Seddon (6-5-3-2-3, 90). Pedroia singled him home. In the sixth, Pedroia singled and came across when Ross belted his 18th home run, a shot to dead center.
Buchholz threw just 23 percent fastballs (2/4-seam) with two strikes, his fewest percentage in a start since September 2009.
In addition to his two hits, Pedroia also walked and stole a base.
Will Middlebrooks was hit on the right hand or wrist by a pitch in the ninth inning and was pulled from the game.
Ellsbury, CFBuchholz began the season by allowing five or more runs in six consecutive starts, the worst streak by a Boston starting pitcher in 87 years (Red Ruffing June 27 to July 28, 1925). But he turned it around, beginning with a seven-inning, two-run effort at home against the Rays on May 27. Since then, he has been the undisputed ace of the staff.
Aviles, SS
Pedroia, 2B
Gonzalez, 1B
Ross, RF
Middlebrooks, 3B
Lavarnway, DH
Shoppach, C
Podsednik, LF
IP H R BB K ERA AVG OBP SLG OPS First 9 (0408-0521) 49.1 67 45 27 27 7.84 .330 .417 .537 .954 Next 10 (0527-0804) 73.1 57 20 15 53 2.21 .219 .276 .350 .626Buchholz - who turns 28 on Tuesday and is signed through 2015 (with club options for '16 and '17) - has:
allowed a total of four earned runs over his last four starts.Also: When Buchholz allows a home run, it is almost always a solo shot. In 2012, 13 of the career-high 16 home runs he has given up have come with no one on base. In his career, 42 of 59 home runs hit off him have been solo. That percentage (71.2%) is well above the major league average over the first four years of his career (57.7%).
pitched at least seven innings in eight of his 10 starts since May 17.
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Another definition of a flipped classroom could be the orientation of the classroom, where the location of the faculty member (or student) at the front of the class and been reserved or changed. In this case the traditional front-of-the-class lecture has been changed to the middle,back, or side of the classroom. Perhaps even a student or group could become presenters of the lecture.
Another variation of this flipped classroom theme, is a combination of both pedagogical methods and learning space orientation. One intriguing example is utilizing a collaborative furniture arrangement by Steelcase called the media:scape. This system promotes collaboration with two screen monitors that allow participants to share computer screens. In this example, this system was simultaneously connected to a SMARTboard to share a Skype conversation with a Rhodesian national. By changing and combining a learning space, an entirely different set of options is presented to both the faculty member, and the student.
The class can watch an event on all the screens. Later students at the media:scape could collaborate in a small group setting, independent of the class utilizing the SMARTBoard technology. The key in using the concept of a flipped classroom is to prepare the teaching and learning curriculum and experience beforehand. EDUCAUSE states in its document, "Things You Should Know About "Flipped Classrooms," the importance of understanding that the "model puts more of the responsibility for learning on the shoulders of students while giving them greater impetus to experiment." This is not only true for the students, but also for the faculty and teacher of the curriculum. While many rooms on universities and colleges have traditional classrooms equipped with educational technologies, there are a growing number of learning spaces which are experimenting with the concept of flipping the teaching and learning. It is important to understand that there variations in when we begin thinking about flipping classrooms, and that there are many factors and influences that need to be considered before innovating the teaching and learning process. Thinking outside the box can yield many innovating concepts originating from a main theme.


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Jerusalem Post
November 4, 2012
The Institute for National Security Studies held a war game recently in which players representing regional actors simulated the first 48 hours after an IDF strike on the Islamic Republic.
The simulation was based on the scenario of a unilateral Israeli strike without US participation, after midnight on November 9.
The Tel Aviv University-based institute began the game with the following "announcement": "Al Jazeera reported that Israeli planes attacked nuclear sites in Iran in three assault waves. Following the reports, Israel officially announced it attacked nuclear sites in Iran, since it had no other choice."
In this scenario, the strike successfully destroyed nuclear sites and set Iran's nuclear weapons program back by three years.
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Today marks day 5 at our new school. The kids rocked their Gator gear for school spirit.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Gator Gear
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
She's Crafty
She's crafty - she's always fun
She's crafty - she's never got a gripe
She's crafty - and she's just my type
She's crafty
Being new to "Gatorland" I wanted my children's teachers to know I love volenteering. I had created these monkey cards awhile ago with Meloney using Stamping Up. Today, I took them out and tweeked them up to give out tomorrow. Inside this monkey jungle card says No Monkeying Around, I am here to lessen your paperwork mound. I have a one in five chance some teacher will 'want me'!
Monday, August 23, 2010
First Day Gators!
Our first day Gators were up and ready before the sun come up!
We found familiar faces before school started, we can't believe how many friends are at school this year.
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Go Gators Go
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New Places, New Faces
Our future Gators meet their teachers at their new school. This year marks the first school year all 5 kids are attending the same school.
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Lazy Lagoon Dayz
We are going to miss this...
Nicholas and his buddies Eli and Omar checked out the surfing conditions at the lagoon.
Sal and his buddy AJ explored the lagoon for sea life.
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Labels: beach, Friends, summer break
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Tuesday Treasure: Sarasota
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Saturday, August 14, 2010
1 year and counting...
You have had three mothers in your first 9 years of life, that alone is rough, but without the first sets of mothers, you would have never came to us. One mother gave birth to you in far away China and another adopted you and brought you to Idaho. Both mothers knew a better home awaited for you and August 14, 2009 you came 'home' to us. Even though this year has had some ups and downs, we think we have made that turn-around. You have finally found your forever family, Happy Gotcha Day.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Random Art?
Approach Island Park on Sarasota Bay and you will see people lined up for a photo with the town's biggest celebrity, the statue titled Unconditional Surrender. We too lined up too! During WWII a snapshot was taken of a Navy man returning to NY and his nurse girlfriend. Of all the art in Sarasota this was my favorite. Us by the dolphin pond isn't bad either ;-)
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Coast to Coast
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It's Alive...
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FERNDALE >> On Wednesday, dozens of concerned parents, teachers, students, administrators and Ferndale Schools Board of Education members gathered in front of Ferndale High School for an early morning rally and photo opportunity, and to send a caravan off on an advocacy trip to Lansing.
Armed with "talking points on education funding," and bearing gifts of donated Garden Fresh Salsa and chips, Ferndale district families met with elected officials in Lansing in hopes of convincing them to change education funding in Michigan. They dropped off information and gift bags to various representatives throughout the Capitol building, reaching both Republicans and Democrats.
In particular, the group was pushing for support for HB 5269, which calls for a comprehensive statewide cost study to determine the per-student cost of meeting state public education goals. They also opposed SB 402, which would cut income tax; and HB 4571 and 4572, which would transfer aviation fuel taxes away from the School Aid Fund, at a potential cost of $55 million to schools across the state.
Community members, including parents and students, were able to learn from watching some of the legislative process. They packed into an overflow room to listen in on a House Education Committee hearing. They also had lunch with key legislators, including Representatives Ellen Cogen Lipton, D-Huntington Woods; Tim Greimel, D-Pontiac; and Brandon Dillon, D-Grand Rapids.
"I'm so proud of everyone, especially our little future activists," said Ferndale School Board Trustee Karen Twomey.
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Departing the Fraser Coast Airport located in Hervey Bay, take the 40 minute scenic flight from Hervey Bay to the Great Barrier Reef Eco certified Lady Elliot Island, gateway to the Southern Great Barrier Reef, for an unrivalled reef experience.
If your trip falls between November and March, you could find yourself captivated by the Green Sea Turtles during their egg laying season and some of the most amazing sunsets you'll ever see.
The snorkelling and diving experience on Lady Elliot Island is regarded as one of the best throughout the entire Great Barrier Reef. The diversity of fish species and the clarity of water is unrivalled, and Lady Elliot Island is also well known as being the best location for Manta Ray sightings in Queensland, if not Australia!
Check into your accommodation on Lady Elliot Island for the night which is just steps away from the waters edge and an abundance of marine and bird life.
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Depart Lady Elliot Island and enjoy the stunning scenic flight on return to Hervey Bay. Once in Hervey Bay, collect your 4WD vehicle and be sure to pay attention during your safety briefing prior to departure.
Drive to River Heads, just outside of Hervey Bay and catch the barge to Fraser Island, where you will arrive at Kingfisher Bay.
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Avid fish persons can throw in a line off the beach in one of Australia's most renowned fishing destinations. However, keep in mind not to swim in the ocean off Fraser Island's eastern beach.
Check into your accommodation for the night along 75 Mile Beach, of which there are numerous styles of accommodation to choose from.
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Before your departure, please contact the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service to receive tide information and an up to date beach condition report, and be sure to reconfirm your barge transfer times with Manta Ray Barges.
Continue on the Great Beach Drive heading south along 75 Mile Beach to the southern most tip of Fraser Island. Along the way look out for Fraser Island dingoes, Jabirus, whales and sharks.
Take the vehicle barge from Hook Point to Inskip Point and continue your beach drive into Rainbow Beach.
Take the walk up to the Carlo Sand Blow and watch the paragliders soar, or take some wine and a picnic rug and enjoy the magnificent sunset or an amazing starry night, untainted by manufactured light.
Check into your accommodation for the night in Rainbow Beach, overlooking coloured sands and Fraser Island.
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Before your departure, please contact the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service to receive tide information and an up to date condition report.
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Feeding commences at 8am with a small group of people in the water at one time. Dolphin feeding does mean getting wet, at least up to your knees, so come prepared!
After dolphin feeding, take the return 45-minute ferry back into Rainbow Beach.
Depart Rainbow Beach and take the Leisha Track to Double Island Point. In winter look for the annual humpback whales migration, as they travel along the east coast of Australia stopping at nearby Hervey Bay.
Head south along the Great Beach Drive to Noosa North Shore - stopping to enjoy the coloured sands at Teewah.
Take a vehicle ferry from Noosa North Shore into Noosa.
Check into your accommodation for the night at one of the Sunshine Coast's variety of accommodation options to suit all budgets and tastes.
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Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Turn up the music, crack the window -- falling gas prices have flipped on the road-trip ignition switch.
The Neptune Pool at Hearst Castle is 104 feet long and 95 feet wide at the alcove.
I decided to celebrate the unofficial return of reasonable driving vacations with a venture to the ultimate temple of excess -- Hearst Castle.
From Los Angeles, my family and I retraced the journey of Hollywood luminaries who headed north to hang out with publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst.
Charlie Chaplin, Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Gregory Peck, Carol Lombard and Hearst's mistress Marion Davies all made the trek to what Hearst called "La Cuesta Encantada," or the Enchanted Hill.
Winston Churchill and President Calvin Coolidge also rested here amid art and antiquities from around the world.
Hearst Castle looks down over golden fields, the glistening Pacific and the town of San Simeon, California, home to less than 500 people.
We took a tour bus from the visitors center to the mansion, a long gull's dive from the ocean, 1,610 feet above sea level.
Hearst hired San Francisco architect Julia Morgan in 1919 and by 1947 the 165-room estate stretched over 127 acres.
It's crystal clear Hearst was a demanding mastermind of his kingdom on the hill, putting Morgan through what must have been agonizing brain twisters.
Drive from Los Angeles to Hearst Castle: 400 miles roundtrip, 200 each way.
Gast cost last summer: $115.20 at $4.80 per gallon in a Toyota averaging 35 miles per gallon highway.
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Tours: Most Hearst Castle tours are $20 dollars per adult and $10 per child.
The estate is decorated for Christmas as it was during the time of William Randolph Hearst.
Visitors see that when Hearst wanted European choir chairs wedged into his assembly room, Morgan made it work. When he wanted elaborate ceilings salvaged from Europe, Morgan expanded their reach to fit into the estate's rooms.
A massive 95 x 104-foot outdoor swimming pool, made of concrete and Vermont marble, is one of the central jewels of the property.
Our guide recounted Hearst house rules. In an effort to control his guests' alcohol consumption, Hearst banned them from bringing their own liquor. The Hollywood types reportedly snuck it in anyway, like frat boys at a football game.
Guests stayed in opulent guest houses adorned with religious icons, art and other worldly treasures.
Hearst mandated unmarried guests sleep apart, while violating his own edict by sleeping with his beloved actress friend Marion Davies. Though Hearst remained married to Millicent Hearst, with whom he had five children, Davies' ghost is everywhere at Hearst Castle.
Images of the actress, along with Charlie Chaplin and others stars, flicker about in a short film shown in the mansion's 50-seat movie theater.
Museum-worthy pieces fill the property, including intricate Flemish tapestries in an east-facing sitting room called the Morning Room.
Owing to my Belgian roots, I looked at the tapestries and cracked to my kids, "No wonder my 83-year-old mother can still sew a tiny patch onto a Girl Scout vest."
The castle's grandeur was enough to hold the childrens' attention. We saw them as young as 4 years old, eyes popping while taking in ancient Egyptian statues or towering Christmas trees.
"This guy was rich!" my friend's 7-year-old-son, Nicolas, exclaimed.
Perhaps a headline from Hearst's San Francisco Examiner in another era could best describe our trip:
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As a watch is handed down from generation to generation, the stories behind its life make it more and more valuable. And as far as past lives go, this Rolex, currently on display at the Beyer Watch and Clock Museum in Zürich, Switzerland, could top them all. It accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary on one of the most famous expeditions of all time — to the top of the world.
But, oddly enough, this watch was never actually officially owned by Hillary. According to Hodinkee, Rolex was one of the official sponsors of the 1953 Everest Expedition, and saw it as much of an opportunity for research as it did for publicity. After all, Everest's peak is arguably the most inhospitable place a human being can visit without a submarine or a spaceship. So the Rolex Oyster Perpetual was only loaned to Hillary, and when he successfully made it to the summit and back, he had to return it.
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With the government loans, the autos were able to go into bankruptcy INSTEAD of liquidation. When a company goes bankrupt, the people holding the debts in the old entity are given large chunks of equity in the new entity with hopes of making a profit when the company issues stock to the public. Called recapitalization. Our tax payer loans got recapitilized into equity.
Fact is the government DOES own a large part of these companies and saved MILLIONS of white collar, and blue collar jobs. All the heads of the autos said they would be forced into liquidation due to the credit crunch created by the bank criminals without a source to credit. Liquidation means no more domestic auto industry and everybody out of job.
If you don't like who the chairman of Cerberus is, and think there is a conspiracy, why do you defend the action taken?
nope, sorry. the bailout of the auto industry kept them from bankruptcy. if they had been allowed to file, they could have redone those legacy costs and union wage costs that were the biggest drag on the bottom line. this is the reason obama stepped in. it saved the unions bottom line at the expense of the tax payer.
And for those already well-off, well how tough will it be to finally accept some responsibility for benefiting off the backs of the rest of the country/world? They should have to bleed too.
If the rich people spent MORE lavishly with new houses, boats, cars, paying local sales taxes and creating thousands of new jobs to pay people with an income that will pay taxes as well? Creating dynamic growth, fueling increased tax collections.You understand economics, so that should be pretty evident.
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Under the Challenge, which is being promoted in partnership with the Vermont Energy and Climate Action Network and other organizations throughout the state, towns are setting a target of weatherizing 3 percent of the homes and apartments in their community over the course of a year and fostering more public awareness and engagement in energy efficiency efforts. They will be able to measure their progress toward this goal along with that of other communities in their region and across the state. At the end of 2013, towns, regions, and local partners will be recognized for the effectiveness of their efforts to encourage participation in their communities. Windham County towns participating in the Challenge are aiming to weatherize at least 332 homes and apartments in 2013.
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"The Home Energy Challenge is designed to build on the focus and enthusiasm of community groups that are engaging with their friends and neighbors around energy issues every day," said Jim Merriam, Director of Efficiency Vermont. "Over the course of 2013 - and beyond - we will continue to seek innovative ways to support these efforts, and we are hoping that the Challenge will help inspire even more action to increase energy efficiency at the local level."
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By Boris Berkman
The Son of Mira-Leah and Shmuel-Hillel
Translated by Guy Elitzur
In honor of his grandmothers' family, the Lif family of Slobodka
The village (Shtetl) of Slobodka is located on a hill between Braslav and Drujsk. Forests and lakes encompass it and in its center stands the big construction of the Christian church, with its vault, which could be seen from a long distance. Not many inhabitants lived there; approximately two hundreds families out of which close to forty were Jewish families. For how many generations the Jews lived in Slobodka? I do not know. There is no written source from which one can draw this information and unfortunately, the elders of the shtetl, are not a live anymore. I just know that my mother and also her parents were born in this village.
A Jewish community life didn't really exist in this village. All the Jewish public matters were around the single synagogue of the village. My father - Shmuel-Hillel Berkman, was the manager of synagogue affairs (Gabai) and handled the entire matter of public affairs. As for the religion affairs, the Jews enjoyed the great help of Rabbi Shabtai Romshyniat, the Rabbi of the nearby village Drujsk. The Jews found their living in tailoring, fur's trade, shoemaking and minor trade. The children of Israel learned in the Polish school and after Scholl's time, they continue learning in the Heder (The Jewish elementary school) located at one of Synagogue's rooms. The teacher-tutor in the Heder was always a young boy that learned in one of the nearest Yeshiva or a young Yeshiva student from a certain village. The tutor was a Day eater sustained by the people of the village, a common practice that was acceptable for many generations in the villages with small Jewish communities.
Only a few of the inhabitants of Slobodka went out to learn in other places. My elder sister and I learnt in the Yavne school in Braslav. From all the Zionist youth movement, Slobodka had a small branch of Betar (Brith Yosef Trumpeldor). The neighborhood relations between the Jews and the non-Jews in Slobodka were excellent thanks to the head of the local council, who knew to tie good friendship relations with the Jews. The life in that place was serenely passing during many years.
A big army camp existed in Slobodka; a known place where a prime brigade of the Polish Border keepers sat. When the Polish-German war broke in 1939, the army left Slobodka and the area stayed with no ruler. The gentiles of Slobodka and the surroundings used the anarchy and started to despoil the Jewish property.
We were six souls in the family. Our parents: Shmuel-Hillel and Mira-Leah, the sisters: Rashke, Zisle and the brothers: Boris (me) and Leybke.
Following the Russian-German agreement and the distribution of Poland, the soviet arrived to Slobodka. Upon their arrival, the anarchy has stopped and slowly life came back to its peaceful track. The Jews return to deal with craft and trading without interruptions. The Russian army entered the existing army camp and kept the normal course of living in the village and in the entire surroundings. Everyone got used to the new situation and hoped it will keep that way for a long period. But the situation had been changed when the Russian-German war has started on June 22, 1941.
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A few days after the beginning of the war, the Russian (Soviet) army left Slobodka and its surroundings and moved east. The local authorities joined the army and Slobodka was left again without any ruling body. The local Christians, and with them the Polish citizens, appointed themselves to be the rulers. Full of joy and happiness, they walked in the streets of the village and declared that they are waiting for the German releasers that will release them from the Soviet and the Jewish burden.
Among the Polish workers that announced out load about the end of the Jews, one boy protruded in particular. He was the boy of one of Slobodka's Polish families named Richter. At the arrival day of the German, we, the Jews, sat shut off in our homes. No one got out. Worried and full of fear we sat and thought of what is going to happen. And indeed, we didn't have to wait long. A few days after their arrival, the German enforced edicts on the Jews. Every hour, every day, they added more edicts. Here, Jews, don't go, There, don't stand; Once in a while, they required a ransom. Sometimes they required gold, once, cash and in other case, clothes or furs and other things. The Jews needed to comply with the edicts in a period of a few hours, and if not-they threaten we would kill some Jews.
During one of the days, the German appointed a Jewish committee and in its head was Antin, a Jew that used to own a store in the village. According to the German orders, Antin was to be connected to the Judenrat in Braslav and would get the miscellaneous German edicts from them. We, the inhabitants of the village, worked in different coercion groups and especially in loading and unloading near the train. Molke Gaskin and Isaiah Kanfer worked with me.
One morning, a few trucks entered the village accompanied by the Germans and their assistants. They stopped at the center of the village and announced that they needed young Jewish boys, to commit a certain job, which they didn't disclose its nature. The committee decided who would go and we got up on the tracks and waited for a motion. There was a great fear. We suspected that it is not about work. We wondered if these hours weren't our last hours. After few hours, we started moving, while the eyes of ours parents escorted us with great sorrow, until the very end of the village.
They drove us to the shtetl of Druja and put us in its big synagogue. There we found Jews from Drujsk sitting timorous and full of fear. They were brought here a few hours before us. The synagogue looked like it was after a pogrom; sheets of the Torah and pages from holly books were all over the floor. From the Slobodka boys who were brought with me, I remember Molke Gaskin, Shneior Biyalik, Kanfer, Palke, Zeligman and few of the Dagovitch family. We didn't see any Jews from Druja and we didn't know what had happened to them.
The night came. We lied down and anticipated what our destiny will bring us. With the crack of dawn, they woke us, ordered us in lines and we started walking. We arrived to the Davina River. Here they stopped us. There was a raft bridge over the river. The German ordered us, yelling, to remove the bridge immediately even tough none of us had any idea how to do it. We started working. The German's yelling Yude Yude following with denunciations which continued all the time. The work was complicated and difficult. At certain moments Molke Gaskin slightly failed with the tasks and the German attacked him with no mercy. The work continued for two days with no break and the bridge was removed. At the end of the work, the German ordered us to return home, some to Drujsk and others to Slobodka, all by foot. The distance was 25 Kilometers. Exhausted we started going back and arrived to Slobodka after many hours of walking.
In the village, they all sat tensed waiting for any news of what had happened to us. We returned to our parents' houses. The life continued as usual: Coercion work, meager bread and little water. We survived from selling our property which we succeeded in hiding from the eyes of the pillagers. This way it continues until the middle of the winter of 1942.
In one of the winter's days, The German announced that the Jews of Slobodka have to leave their houses and their village, and together with Jews from Drujsk, they needed to move to the city of Vidze. Beside the Jews' houses, winter-carriages were placed, driven by their owners- peasants from the surroundings communities. Near the carriages, local gentiles gathered around immediately and expressed their happiness that, here, as they hoped and wanted the entire property of the Jews will be theirs. During the years, they said shameless, they waited for this moment.
Weeping and sorrowful, we loaded just a little of our belongings and started the ride. The road to Vidze passed through Braslav, and in Braslav, we knew that the Jews are closed in Ghetto and they, also, do not know what to expect in every moment that arrives. During the ride, the peasants told us that behind Braslav, there are pits ready for the Jews. We heard that in silence. We continued the ride without further talking and only when we came near Braslav, my father, of blessed memory, broke the silence and said kids, whoever has the ability to escape, should standup and run, find a place to hide and hopefully you will be saved. Mama and I do not have the ability to do so any more. The sorrow was deep. We didn't want to be separated. We got into the town, and here, somehow, I took the courage into both hands. I jumped out off the carriage and slipped before the escorts would notice.
I was alone. During the first days in Braslav I stayed at the house of Moshe Milutyn's parent. Then I lived together with some of Jaisi' Jews. Once in a while, I had to move to another apartment. The Jews of the Braslav ghetto were prohibited to let in Jews from outside the place. I remember one time when I stayed at Moshe Milutyn parents' house, who took care of me like one of the family, I heard knockings at midnight, and Moshe's mother called: What's wrong with you? Wouldn't you let us sleep at nights? I was hidden in the basement and they opened the door. They were Jews, from the Judenrat, they came to look for outsiders Jews who are sheltered there.
I lived in Braslav's Ghetto until that bitter day, Sivan 18, 1942, the day when the German and their helpers from the local police started to drive away the Jews from their houses and run them up to the Provo-Slavic church. They led us like lambs to the slaughter. From here, the Jews were taken group by group to the killing pits.
Amongst the group of Jews I was in, we secretly agreed to attempt to escape. We knew we had nothing to lose. We kept on walking and when we were closed to the pits, about 50 meters from them, I started running away from the group. I ran towards the railroad and on my arrival, I collapsed. I must have fainted. I don't know how long I lied there in a state of being unconscious; Maybe a whole day, maybe more.
When I woke up, I was completely exhausted. I waited for the nightfall and started preparing myself to draw away from the place. Arduously, I arrived to the lake of Nuveieta during daylight. I set in a hiding place to consider the situation: When should I turn? The area of Slobodka was well-known to me and I thought it will better I'll go there, but how? On the way there, one must cross two bridges that should be well guarded.
I had to cross the bridge. I reached it and lie on the ground for a watch. The guards were on the bridge. I assumed that with the daylight, they would leave the bridge. And indeed, when the day lighted, the German left the bridge. I took the risk and passed to the other side of the bridge. I walked on side-roads and with much caution so I wouldn't be revealed. On the road, the peasants went to work in the fields. I reached a certain distance from the village of Glinboka Here the lads of the village had noticed me and started screaming: Z'id, Z'id, one of the peasants with a fork on his hand, started running towards me. When he was near me, I recognized him, Kishel they called him. He sent one of the boys to bring the police from the village. Luckily, I succeeded, before they came, to escape the place as well as the gentile (so called)-friend, that more than once visited out home before the war.
At night, I was walking and at daylight I was hiding in shelters I found on the way. After few nights of walking, I arrived to the village of Berkovyszyzna and to Mylkavitz, the peasant who was one of our family' friends. My father had given him a significant part of our property for safekeeping during the first days of the war. I told him what had happened to the Jews and to our family and asked him for a place to hide. For my delightfulness, he agreed immediately. At the same day, Mylkavitz and his Boys, which were about the same age as I was, prepared me a place to hide in the barn.
I stayed here for an extended time. During one of the days, the boys of Mylkavitz told me that their father had already discussed with the priest in Slobodka the fact that he provided me with a shelter in his house. The priest told him that it is a great righteousness to save a hunted Jew, even if a strong element of danger is embedded in it. That man was known for his good treatment of the Jews. I sat there calmly and securely until the day when Mylkavitz's neighbor saw me when I got out from the barn. Unfortunately, I had to leave to place at once.
With the help of the peasant's boy, who knew a friend, a gun was purchased for me, which afterwards increase my confidence. After the war, I kept in touch with the Mylkavitz family through letters for many years.
I started wandering again. The period was during the winter of 1943. Every night I camped in another place. The cold was strong and cruel and I was without any warm clothes. After a long walk I started feeling that my legs were freezing, I couldn't walk anymore. I was near the village of Gabienxs. Having no other option, I decided to knock on the doors of the homes, hoping to find a peasant that will let me in. I knocked on the door of one of the houses. An elder peasant woman opened the door and asked me for my identity. I explained to her my precarious condition and asked her to go and tell the Germans that they have a sick Jew in their home and they should ask that they would come to kill me.
Heaven forbid! said the gentile woman I will not notify anyone. Stay with us and I will take care of your legs. I was very glad to hear her say it and stayed with them. The peasant, with the help of all sorts of ointments and especially with the gall of pigs, took care of my legs. Only after a few days did she tell me that when the peasants asked her why are you asking for gall of pig every time? She answered that it's for her granddaughter's frozen hands.
She was a very religious woman. She did what she did out of deep pious feelings and from her rooted kindheartedness. They prepared for me a pit in the barn, in which I sat until the German started their searching at the peasants' houses. After a while, I got wind of the fact that the pit in the bran was discovered in their house the Shvitzky house. I was terribly sorry about it. People like them, with human emotions, were few in those days.
In spite of the hostile reception I had received in the past near the village of Glinboka, I decided nevertheless, to reach the village and to come to the Morshke family who lived there. This family was known for the kindheartedness of her members. After few days of walking I reached them. As I expected, they welcomed me with sympathy and agreed that I'll stay as long as I wanted. They were poor peasants that barely earned their living and feeding me was, no doubt, a heavy mission for them. I decided to help them.
Once in a while, I went to the village of Berkovyszczyna, to peasant Mylkavitz to ask for a help and I always got it. In one of my night touring certain event occurred that scared me to death:
In a certain distance from me, a happy and singing group of lads came out and in a certain moment a shot was heard. It seemed to me that they knew I am a Jew and that I am trapped in their hands. Without hesitation, I pulled out the gun and started shooting. Screams were heard: Partisans, Partisans and they were dispersed. Quickly, I draw away from there, and return to my hiding place without anyone seeing me.
With the Morshke family I stayed until the news about the heavy losses to the German in the front, and the beginning of their withdrawal, had started to come to the area. The retreating German troops started to come to the village and their number increased.
The sounds of the cannons were well heard. It seems that their defeat is close. With their increasing number, the danger to my life rose. I decided to leave the house of Morshke, who has done much for my survival. Under peasant's clothes with a rope to my waists, I started going with an intention to reach the village of Lune nearby the lake and to go up on the nearest island to the beach, which I knew well.
I was lucky here as well, it was like the hand of fate, a good man appeared near the beach, a peasant from the village of Lune. He agreed to take me up to the island. He provided me also with a little water and bread. I am sorry I can't remember the name of this peasant, and indeed, thanks to him and others like him, I survived.
I stayed on the island for several of days. Suddenly, a silence came down around. The front drew away from here. One morning, the peasant came in his boat and called me out load: young Brekman! Where are you? The war is over. His words have shocked me. For years, I have been running around like a lonely wolf hunted by the ones who wanted me dead. Are his words true? Did I survive? It was hard to believe.
Carefully and with great fear from evil eye, the peasant brought me to his house. I was weak. I needed a few resting days and the family of the peasant agreed to have me in their home. After my recovery, I thanked the family from the bottom of my heart and left their house. I went to Slobodka, maybe I would find someone from our family.
The town was full of gentiles. The gentiles lived in all of the Jew's houses. From all of Slobodka's Jews, only Shneior Biyalik and the Gans brothers: Shlomo, David and Shalom (the Gans brothers immigrated to Israel afterwards) have remained. [Also survived from Slobodka: Lif Israel, who passed away in Petah-Tikva, Israel in 1991 and his daughter Malka Elicer (maiden name Lif), may she live long, who lives in Petah-Tikva Israel (added by the translator)]. I didn't stay much longer in Slobodka; I went to Druja to meet my uncle and my cousin who survived. My cousin, Zushke Berkman, immigrated to Israel and lives in Kyriat-Mutzkin.
I made some efforts to learn of what had happen to my parents, sisters and brother whom I left at the winter-carriage in Braslav on their way to Vidze, after I ran away from it. From the few who survived the Ghetto of Vidze, I learnt only general things which do not include any clue about our family. Jews from Slobodka and Drujsk indeed came to Vidze and got into the local Ghetto. The German didn't eliminate the Ghetto of Vidze, but took away the Jews by groups to working camps that were scattered around the occupied territory. In the Ghetto of Vidze, Jews from Vidze, Drujsk, Slobodka and other villages from the surroundings were left. Only a few succeeded to escape and go into the forest where the Partisans had been operating. My family was lost together with other Jews in the camps without me knowing where and when. Only one clear new came to me: My father Shmuel Brekman, of blessed memory, was transferred to a camp near Dvinsk, in Latvia, where he found his death together with many Jews.
I was left alone from my entire immediate family. In Druja, I was recruited to the Red Army in which I served until the summer of 1946. In the city of Orsha., I was released from the Army. I went to Riga, Latvia and stayed there. Here I married Galia Ginsburg from Witbesk and here our Boy Shmuel was born. In 1957, we all immigrate to Israel.
|The Lif family (early 1920s')
The translators' great grandfather - Israel Lif, 2nd row,
1st from the right and one of his older brother,
Scholem (Shalom) Lif (who immigrated to the US
before the war, 2nd row, 2nd from the left.
The son of Scholem Lif, Zanvel Lif, gave the
picture to the translator. It is dated few years
before the translator's grandmother was born
|The translators' great-great grandfather,
Menachem-Mendel Lif, with two of
his children (or grandchildren)
The story of the Lif family of Slobodka by the translator
The story of my family is based on the few details that I could find: Menachem-Mendel Lif from Slobodka married Zelda Koftolowicki (I don't know from where) and they had 7 children; Chayke, Lipke, Chashke, Scholem, Leib (Louise), Zalman (Saul) and Israel, my great grandfather. Three out of the four sons (expect for my great grandfather) immigrated to America some years before WWII, married and lived there for the rest of their life.
My great grandfather, Israel Lif, married Frida Bejgel (from a shtetl called: Swiencian (now in Lithuania)) and had 6 children Abraham-Yitzchak (who died after the war in Bergen-Belzen), Zelda-Mera, Shalom, Rachel, Mendel and my grandmother-Malka) Chayke Lif married with Leib (Arie) Bick from Obsi and had two children: Gershon and Zelda). Lipke Lif was married and had four children. Chashke Lif married to David Hendels from Lodz and had four children: Yechezkel, Mendel, Feybush and Sarah.
After the war had started, the families of Israel, Chayke, Lipke and Chashke were taken from Slobodka to the ghetto of Vilna where they stayed in tents.
In one of the days, the entire families of Chayke, Lipke and Chaske where taken out of the ghetto of Vilna without anyone knows where to and for what. The rumors in the ghetto were that all of them were killed in the forest of Ponary.
Few days afterwards, the men were taken and my grandmother, Malka, had remained only with her mother and her sisters. One day followed another and one by one, the other sisters of my grandmother were taken away (probably to Auschwitz where they found their death).
Shortly after that, the German required a lineup in which they separated my grandmother from her mother. They both cried and refused to be separated, so a SS solider beat them both and throw each one of them to a separate line. That's the last time, my grandmother saw her mother.
From there my grandmother was taken to Estonia for a few months and then by a raft she was moved together with many others to the camp of Stutthof. Few months afterwards, she was moved to Bergen-Belzen when she was finally released in April 15, 1945.
Her father, Israel, and her elder brother Abraham-Yitzchak were taken from Vilna to Estonia and from there to Stutthof as well. From Stutthof, there were moved to Berma camp when they were finally released.
When Israel was released he started looking for the rest of his family moving from camp to camp in Germany. In one of the camp, he found a neighbor who told him that his daughter Malka has survived in the camp of Bergen-Belzen.
He went there with his son and found Malka, falling one to the arms of the other, they were happy to know that someone from the family survived the war.
Abraham-Yitzchak had died in Bergen-Belzen in 1948 after a long disease. He is berried in the cemetery nearby. Israel Lif, of blessed memory, was secondly married and immigrated to Israel in 1947 where he was died in an old age in the year of 1991.
My grandmother Malka, may she live long, married to Yitzchak Elicer (born in Warsaw, Poland) in 1949 in Bergen-Belzen and in 1950 my father, Meir Elicer was born. They immigrate to Israel in 1951 (with the Negba ship) and had two more kids, Shifra and Symcha. The family's name was changed from Elicer to Elitzur.
My grandmother Malka and my grandfather Yitzchak, may they live long, live in Petah-Tikva, Israel.
The photos above were provided by the cousin of my grandmother, Zanvel Lif, the son of Scholem (Shalom) Lif.
Slobodka Necrology
Edelman Motel and Leah
A son
Amdor Leizer, his wife
A daughter
Antin Baruch and Shula
Biyalik Boyia
Bimbet Yona and Chaya-Dina
Bick David and Chasia
Chaim-Bar and more children
Brekman Shmuel-Hillel and Mira-Leah
Rashke, Zisle and Lieb
Gans Ben-Zion
Gans Sara
Gamrov Zalman and Chasia
Gandles David and Chasia
Gaskin Hillel and Sara
Dagovitch Haim-Hanoch and a woman
Sara-Batia and Katriel
Dagovitch Marke and a husband
Dagovitch Nachum and woman
Shlamke and more children
Dagovitch Sander and Chasia
Dagovitch Shmuel and Shiene-Mirel
Liebke, Sreke and Promke
Dagovitch Shimon-Bar and Chaya-Ribe
Dietch Ida and a husband
Dietch Israel
Vinkor Chasia
Zeligman Hava-Slova
Flaka, Yankel and Ribke
Zeligman Riba
Zeligman (mother of Riba)
Chidekel Abraham-Yitzchak and Hinda
Hazan Tiebke, Husband
A son
Hazan (father of Tiebke)
Hazan Motel, Liba
Lif Zerach, wife
Lif Frida
Abraham-Yitzchak, Zelda, Shalom, Rochale and Mendel
Lif husband and wife
Samover Abraham-Yosel
Luba, Chaya, Bluma and Chona
Samover Sister of Abraham-Yosel
Scop Berl and wife
Kanfer Yehuda and Chasia-Leah
Chaim-Shaike, Rachel-Reizel, Aaron-David
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Lighting is so bad for my recent photographs, my kitchen is not bright enough as it is always under the "shade" of tall building next door. With little ones around, my model will be gone in no time so I am quite lazy to photograph my cooking lately. Need to kick away the lazy bugs from now on and hopefully I can produce some decent photographs with natural lighting.
Well, this is my first ever crepe cake and made unplanned. I was trying to make something different for breakfast to attract my boy to eat his breakfast before going to kindly. This 4 year-old boy is the type of person that would not have any appetite within 2 hours from he got up the bed. Instead of bread and cereal I made savory crepe with the filling he likes.Sadly, I failed. He had it as afternoon tea, it was tasty he said.
After sending him to kindy, there were still plenty of batter so I added extra sugar, milk and vanilla oil. As this recipe was not planned amount of all ingredients used were estimated, and crepe recipe below is included 5 thick savory crepes.
- 1 cup cake flour (roughly)
- 1 no. egg
- Milk
- 1 tbsp sugar
- Pinch of salt
- Few drops vanilla oil
Icing/Blueberry Cream
- 200 ml fresh cream (non-sweet type)
- 150 ml blueberry jam
- Combine together all ingredients for crepe in a large mixing bowl, mix till well combined. Set aside for about 30 minutes. This batter is quite runny and can be spread easily.
- Meanwhile, prepare the cream. Whisk fresh cream over a bowl of iced water until stiff peaks, add in blueberry jam in 2-3 additions and continue to whisk with low speed till well combined. Store in the refrigerator.
- Crepe: Preheat a non-stick pan, grease with cooking oil. Spread some batter onto the pan and cook with low heat till browned lightly. Transfer to a plate and continue this step for the rest of batter. The amount of batter is depend on size of the cake you are making.
- Assemble: Apply some cream on a crepe evenly and put another crepe onto it. Repeat this step for all crepes.
- Chill before serving.
Cook's notes:
- For cream, use the jam made with more gelatin. I am very happy with the cream in term of texture and taste. It was also very easy to prepare.
- It is up to you is you want to cover the whole cake with cream, the amount of cream is enough to cover a 6" cake after layering.
- I added some jelly bites at the side, it is optional.


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- Being busy and being productive are two very different things.
- Photographing weddings is exhausting
- exercising too much after a couple of weeks of couch-potatoeness is fine, until you overdo it on the core exercises. do you know how much you use your core muscles? Particularly the lower-back region...
- threatening Paris Hilton moviesd Twilight is a good way of making people make movie-choices quickly ("the Hottie & the Nottie" anyone?)
- How I Met Your Mother is hilarious. Suit up!
- Driving in fog is scary. How do Capetonians manage it all the time?
- Plants vs zombies is evil.
- I'm officially c25k doomed. Getting past week 4 is an impossibility.
- turns out that when you need to leave the house just before 6am, setting the alarm clock for 5:45 doesn't really work. Odd...
- It took me 4 days to figure out why I was always late in the mornings.
- Being friendly to crazy-cat ladies is the worst idea ever.
- Woolworths makes amazing malva pudding. Now to try and find a recipe to make it at home...
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I've seen some Okami statues in my time, but I've never seen one made using a technique called "needle felting", which I'm going to imagine involves flying to 20,000 feet, scooping some cloud into a basket then coming back down and knitting with it.
The piece was made by artist Piquipauparro, stands around 8" tall and is made almost entirely from wool (aside from a metal "skeleton").
Shiranui - okami Neelde felting [DeviantArt, via Ian Brooks]


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I've been away from blogging for quite a while and I know that's quite a sin in the blogging community but and I'm going to try a little bit different approach. The Fireman and I are now empty-nesters and we are embracing this with double fists. We've been trying to get away on as many little vacations as we possibly can for the last six months and there are many changes in our family, many!
First, The Torured Teenager is in her fifth and final year at college and preparing to go to law school this is a huge accomplishment because one day I may need her as a lawyer because I jaywalk a lot. The Baseball Player is now graduated from Boot Camp and at AIT at Fort Sill and awaiting orders to go to his base in Hawaii..lucky little bastard. Although deployment is looming around the corner and something that I'm going to have to face once again as we did with our oldest boy but we'll get through it just like we did before.
You will notice I rarely write about our older two children and it's because they are grown and I chose to protect their privacy although we are very proud of them and all their accomplishments. Our oldest daughter is finishing up her psych major which she's already using on her younger siblings. After raising four kids I will be her first patient. Our oldest boy just finished playing tight end for Uncle Sam. You might see them sneak into some of my travel blog posts in the future.
Being an empty Nester I have to admit I don't do as much cooking as I used to so we're going to move onto the "shenanigans" part of my blog and it'll have to do more with traveling, they'll be lots of food involved because we still eat but I hope you enjoy.
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While Young Money rapper Drake has been known to sport his OVO apparel from time to time, according to the Canadian artist's former stylist, Michael Raphael, he's also known to have spent thousands at retailers that included the likes of Nike and Diesel.
According to Raphael, who is now suing Drake for the sum of $76,490, he's owed thousands for personal shopping trips he says he was never reimbursed for. TMZ reports that on top of allegedly being owed for the pricey shopping trips made to supply Drake with his wardrobe, Raphael was also not paid for travel expenses and photography/graphic design services.
Additionally, Raphael says payments from the Nothing Was The Same rapper for the months of August to November of last year were properly made and it wasn't until December 2012 that payments began to fall off.
The lawsuit filed on behalf Raphael joins a handful of suits Drake has faced in his career. Most notoriously, Drake found himself named in several lawsuits following an altercation with Chris Brown at New York City's W.i.P. nightclub last year. The singer/rapper was also hit with a lawsuit from an alleged ex-girlfriend over the use of her vocals on "Marvin's Room."
Despite this latest lawsuit, Drake will still carry on with the September 24 release of his latest LP, Nothing Was The Same.
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Includes a pair of 2 French Door Curtains and 2 velcro tiebacks. These curtains are constructed of easy care, lightweight polyester/cotton broadcloth. This product is available with no lining or white lining, and has a 1 inch header and 1 inch footer with 1.5 inch top and bottom pocket. Please measure length for correct fit. Length is measured from top of top rod to bottom of bottom rod, not including the 1 inch header and 1 inch footer. Panels measure 40 inches wide each. Price is for 2 panels and two 4" velcro close ties.
What is A French Door? A French Door is a door made up of mostly glass with a frame that is usually wood. Generally French Doors are large rectangular windows which can be used as a door, or sometimes it is used to look like a door but is actually a large rectangular window designed to bring in lots of light into a room because of an almost floor to window size. French doors are often used in pairs and can look a lot like sliding glass doors.
WASHING: lined or Non-Lined valance can be gentle washed and tumbled low or no heat, touch up with low temp iron. NO BLEACH, gentle detergent.
Please measure your French Door correctly. This is a custom sewn product so there is a 30% re-stocking fee plus shipping both ways is your expense in case of a return. Returns in perfect shape only accepted within 30 days of receipt of your curtains.


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DENVER (AP) - Colorado is trying again to set up the world's first financial system for marijuana in an attempt to move the pot industry away from its cash-only roots.
DENVER (AP) � Colorado is trying again to set up the world's first financial system for marijuana in an attempt to move the pot industry away from its cash-only roots.
A bill up for its first hearing Tuesday is prompted by frustration with recent marijuana banking guidance from the Treasury Department. Banks and the pot industry say the guidance is inadequate because it gives financial institutions no confidence that they can serve the marijuana industry without running afoul of federal law.
"This is cracking the whip and really sending a flare up to the feds to make sure that they understand that this is a pressing issue," said Rep. Jonathan Singer, D-Longmont and sponsor of the bill.
The measure would allow state-licensed marijuana businesses to create a financial co-op, sort of an uninsured credit union. The co-ops would be overseen by Colorado's Division of Financial Services and expressly prohibited from calling themselves "banks" or "credit unions," though they could provide credit and checking and other traditional financial services.
The pot co-ops also would have to comply with the new federal requirements on banking for the marijuana industry, including filing detailed reports to show that sales revenue is not ending up in the hands of criminal organizations.
State lawmakers tried but failed two years ago to set up a state-chartered bank for the marijuana industry. The effort was abandoned as unworkable.
"The banking issue is a huge problem," said Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, who sponsored the failed banking plan two years ago. Steadman said the problem has only grown, so he signed on for another effort.
"We want an audit trail. We want to know they're paying their taxes correctly. And when they're operating on a cash-only basis, that's a huge problem," Steadman said.
Banking services have been a top priority for the marijuana lobby for years in Colorado. Earlier this month, marijuana industry workers briefed lawmakers on their continuing headaches operating without a bank. Industry workers told of being scared to walk to their cars at the end of the day carrying large amounts of cash.
"It is very easy to see somebody get killed over this issue," said Michael Elliott, head of the Denver-based Marijuana Industry Group. "It's really just a matter of time before something happens."
Elan Nelson, a business strategist for the Medicine Man dispensary in northeast Denver, told lawmakers the federal guidance has done little to alleviate the problem.
"We're not seeing any change whatsoever," she said. "A lot of my colleagues will call around to the banks periodically to see if anyone is taking their business. And the standard answer is simply, 'No.' Nothing's changed. Nothing's been fixed."
Under the federal guidance, banks must review state license applications for marijuana customers, request information about the business, develop an understanding of the types of products to be sold and monitor publicly available sources for any negative information about the business.
The American Bankers Association has said banks will be comfortable serving marijuana businesses only if federal prohibitions on the drug are changed in law.
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Orthopedics 2.0 – How Regenerative Medicine and Interventional Orthopedics will Change Everything
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