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16 Documentary Appendices
16.1 Appendix A: The Right to Sell Liquor, 1826
Iasi State Archives (ISA)[B-30], letter M, 509, f. 289-292
The council of the town of Vladeni or Tirgu Nou from November 16, 1826 addresses to the King a report establishing that the right to sell liquors is given only to those who will receive the acceptance from the landlord as was communicated in the act issued in 1816 by King Scarlat Calimah VV, blessed be his name, and concerning the town of Podu Leloaia as part of the Scobalteni estate to which Your Majesty issued the 1823 act
16.2 Appendix B: Census of 1824
ISA, transport 166, op.184, no. 23
Sudits' census of 1824, Podu Iloaiei
16.3 Appendix C: Sale of Land, 1826
ISA Fond I. Kara. Agreement Act
I, undersigning in Hebrew, give my written agreement to Mr. Iacov Lipovean[B-31] that I know to have sold him a piece of land, which I have lawfully owned since the foundation of this town. The place has the following size: From the wall of Lipovean Marin's shop to the bridge over the Bahlui River owned by Serban Negel, mayor, including the piers that stand on this land. The land was sold for 60 lei and I received the total sum. He should hold this place as his own forever, and whatever he wishes to do with it he should do, since the land is rightfully his. I engage to obtain for this written agreement the approval of His Excellency General Constantin Palade, the forever owner of the estate to which this town belongs, so that the agreement should be recognized and the owner can use the land without anyone bothering him. And for these, I alone signed in Hebrew. March 24, 1826. I, Iaakov, son of Smuel.
This sale agreement, which I also received, validates the act.
General Constantin Palade
16.4 Appendix D: Income Sharing Agreement, 1830
ISA, letter P, 811, f. 23-24/1830, December 22, Iasi
The income made by the borough Podu Leloaiei, including the inn and the landlord's wine cellar which is rightfully owned by His Excellency General Constantin Palade, through the power given by the contract signed with General Palade, I sell the income to Mr. Moise Iuster and Mr. Herscu a Mendiloaiei for a three-year term starting on October 26, 1831, under the following terms:
In the above-mentioned terms, I sold the income of the borough Podu Lelioaiei. If all terms are complied with they should have no trouble collecting the town's income until the end of the mentioned period of time. For this purpose, two similar contracts were made for each part and given legal power by my signature. December 22, 1830. Signed: Costache Pelin, moneylender.
On page 38, there is an added request from the guardians of the deceased General C. Palade dated November 9, 1831. It is agreed in the contract that the guardians may appoint the captain of the town who becomes the administrator. Tudorache Popovici who was appointed on April 15, 1830 was rejected by Herscu, who then took possession of the Totoesti estate. And it is known that the vice-president of the Divan made a decision forbidding the Jews to lease land. The reconfirmation of the captain's appointment is requested.
On page 11 and 12, it is added the decision of the Divan that Herscu should get his money back and restitute the contract. C. Pelin offered the money, but Herscu refuses to accept it.
16.5 Appendix E: Statistics
In La Roumanie et les Juifs (Bucharest 1903, p. 14), Verax estimated the population of Podu Iloaiei in 1831 to be: 281 local Jews; 281 Christians; and eight Sudits of whom three are Jews (I.K.). In all, 570 people in 164 families. In a report from 1970, Dr. Ecaterina Negruzzi offered the following estimates: 281 Jews, of whom 109 are children, and 560 people in the whole population. The official census indicates that on Palade's estate there were 49 tribute-paying persons, each paying 30 lei per year, and five nontribute-payers. Among the tribute payers, we find the Jews Leiba sin Simon (baker), Moisa sin Iosap (undertaker), Iosap sin Leiba, Moise sin Leizer (brandy maker or seller), Itic sin Strul, Herscu sin Froim, Meier sin Leiba (janitor of the synagogue), Iosap sin Avram (undertaker), Smil sin Leiba (undertaker), and Herscu sin Fisel (undertaker). Living on Neculai Cantacuzino's estate, there were 15 Christian tribute-payers and the Jew Iancu sin Mendel, a ritual chicken slaughterer.
The final documents mention 57 tribute-payers on Palade's estate of whom 14 were Jews: Rabbi Moise sin Leizer, five undertakers, five with no profession mentioned, one butcher, one bath-house attendant, and one wagoner. On N. Canta's estate, there were 12 Christian tribute-payers, four tribute-exempted, and one Jew. The names of six Jewish Sudits were kept: Iosef Leibovici, Moise Ensiberg, Iancu Smil, David Kaufman, Haim Bekir (baker), and Laiba Margulies who did not appear in any of the previous lists (I.S.A., Moldova's State Secretariate, no. 68, 1832, f. 13). The other Jews not mentioned here by name were probably tribute-payers, widows, old, or handicapped. Actually, material published in the magazine Albina Romaneasca[B-34] in the supplement to issue no. 117 on February 23, 1831 lists the shops in Podu Iloaiei: 25 first class, 23 second class, and 14 third class. Another source points out that 70 Jews and eight Christians died from cholera in Podu Iloaiei in 1831.
16.6 Appendix F: Taxes, 1833
Albina Romaneasca, no. 28, April 20, 1833. Taxes
Although article 47 from annex Z of chapter 3 of the Organic Regulation establishes the taxes paid by the Jewish ethnicity to be patents equally applied to all, as is the case for the other inhabitants, it has been found that it would be best to collect the taxes from the Jews in another way. Since the Jewish ethnicity from Esi[B-35] found this other way to be the only easy means of collecting the taxes to be paid by the Jews, it is established and brought to the public's knowledge the tax to be paid by the Jewish ethnics from both Esi and the other towns of the Principality, wherever the Jews will solicit, estimating the prices according to the tax for the meat to be sold and for chicken slaughtering in such a way that the taxes for the Jews will always be collected together with what is still to be paid as past debts. The payment of the tax should be done in the Jewish synagogue in the presence of a representative of the local administration and of the elders from all Jewish professions.
The law concerning the taxes to be paid by the fraternities of merchants and craftsmen through their leaders is published in Albina Romaneasca no. 34.
16.7 Appendix G: Deposition, 1836
I.S.A., Letter P., 646, No. 41, Podu Lelioaiei, February 16, 1836.
I, who shall afterward sign Jewishly, trust this deposition of mine in the hands of the merchants who are in judicial conflict with Mr. Gavrilas, administrator of the royal vineyards, maintaining that I know about their case, since at that time I happened to be on the street and saw the policemen pulling the man, Solomon, by his whiskers and beating him. So, I went to the house of the administrator Grigoras and asked him why Solomon was being beaten by the police. Other merchants had already arrived at the administrator's house. Grigoras rose immediately and shouted to the merchants: Why have you come to beat me up? The merchants said: We have come to ask you why the policemen do such a thing, beating merchants in the streets? This is what I have seen happening in my presence, for the merchants said nothing else to the administrator.
This is what I also stated in front of the commission, and I testify the same now in fear of God. And I signed in faith, February 16, 1836, Iancu Leib from Belcesti.
16.8 Appendix H: Agreement with Owner of Estate, 1838
I.S.A., Moldova State Secretariate, no. 552, f. 2, 1838.
We the townsmen, Christians, Jews, and those in the suburbs of the borough of Podu Iloaiei on the Scobalteni estate owned by His Excellency Chancellor Neculai Canta, since we are forbidden to sell any alcoholic beverages as stipulated in the settlement contract, this being the exclusive right of the owner of the estate, made a request to the forever master, agreeing to the following:
(Two Jews and one Christian are signing.) (Similar to the original: Iordache Gavrilovici, baker.)
16.9 Appendix I: Rental Agreement, 1841
I.S.A., I. Kara fun d. November 25, 1841. Podu Iloaiei
For the piece of land of six measures in breadth and twenty measures in length that the merchant Moisa Itic possesses in the borough Podu Iloaiei, property of the undersigned, and on which he has his shops, he will pay rent and other taxes as established in the property contract, and I shall give him no trouble in using the land. This document addressed to the peace-loving administration was given to him with my signature and seal. In accord with the property contract, November 25, 1841, Ghika Ceacuz (?).
(The act comes from the I. Klingher family from Podu Iloaiei who gave it to me in 1966).
16.10 Appendix J: Occupations, 1842
I.S.A., package 10, no. 41.
Podu Iloaiei rent-payers list for 1842, from which I established the occupations of the Jewish rent-payers: 1 baker, 1 barrel maker, 5 butchers, 10 tailors, 2 lengths-measuring men, 2 shoemakers, 2 synagogue janitors, 1 fur cap maker, 3 teachers, 1 wheat flour seller, 1 candle carrier, 1 shochet, 1 stone mason, 2 brandy makers, 1 glass seller, 1 joiner, 1 tax collector, and 1 money lender.
16.11 Appendix K: Sale of House, 1845
I. Kara collection (Podu Iloaiei, January 8, 1845)
Intended to be proof in the hands of Mr. Slomo, son of Avraham, and Mr. Mose Itchak, son of Naftali, who bought the house that was left here by the deceased Eliahu from his uncle Iaakov with the acceptance of the rabbi who assisted and Mr. Iaakov who assisted, as they received a letter from the rabbi of Sneatin. The mentioned house was sold for 1,676 lei, one thousand, six hundred, and seventy six lei, with the condition that the money be paid at the moment of delivering the papers to the authority, both the papers from the rabbi and the Court on our expanse. The above-mentioned associates will give Mr. Iaakov 1,000 lei and for the remaining 676 lei write a note to be paid on the day of Saint George (1845) at the latest. Mr. Iaakov took 20 galbeni in advance with the condition that, once the associates arrive in Iasi, no one should give them any trouble with the papers (signed) at the rabbi of Sneatin or at the Chancellor's office, though they must pay the whole sum they owe.
It also has been stipulated that we shall leave the things that are in the house, the windows, the barn, as well as the debt from the builders of the house who pawned their tools until the termination. Thus, we sign today, Wednesday the 29th of Tevet 5605, here, Podu Iloaiei, Iaakov, son of Zeiev (Lupu) Segal.
(Signed: Moise, the rabbi of this place.)
16.12 Appendix L: List of Taxpayers, 1834
I.S.A., tr. 644, op. 708, no. 502, f. 22-25.
Regarding the proposals made by the treasury's inspector Ion Teodoru on June 30, 1834 concerning the good tax-payers, the representatives of the community and the former chief policeman of the town, Todorachi, made a statement in front of the actual captain of the town, Colonel Constandin. The commission establishes the following individuals:
The conclusion of the administrator of Carligatura county (page 32): seven can pay tax, two are Sudits, two are new arrivals, two are not of age, two are not restricted by the settlement agreement, six are poor and helpless in all ways, and two can pay the third class tax.
16.13 Appendix M: List of Rent Payers, 1842
I.S.A., Manuscripts, no. 1842
A report on the money collected from the rent payers of Podu Iloaiei in 1842, following the official possession catalog. At the street, there are 43 houses inhabited by Christians (Romanians, Russians, Serbs, Armenians, and Bulgarians) and 58 houses inhabited by 54 Jews. In the suburbs of the town, there are 40 houses inhabited by Christians and 17 houses inhabited by 16 working Jews. Below are the names of the Jewish inhabitants in the order that they appear in the list: 1) Leiba Doroscanu; 2) Iosap Crestinu; 3) Smule from Tirgu Frumos; 4) Izrail sin Iosap; 4a) Tij Izrail; 5) Herscu Hahamul from Tirgu Frumos; 5a) Izrail sin Iosap; 6) David Casap; 7) Marcu Casap; 8) Smile Chioru; 9) Haim Croitoriul[B-38] ; 10) Munas; 11) Smil sin Ilie; 12) Sruli Popa; 13) Ilie Croitoriul; 14) Nusam sin Avram; 15) Marcu sin Avram; 16) Herscu Dascalu; 17) Avram sin Leibis; 18) Iosup Cotariul (deceased)[B-39]; 19) Ghiza Seinova; 20) David sin Avram; 21) Smil sin Haim; 22) Zeilic sin Haim; 23) Marcu Berlescu; 24) Leiba Chitar; 25) Leiba from Totoesti; 26) Mahal Bujor; 27) Altar Rabinovici; 28) Lazar Barbalata; 29) Iancu sin Ghedale; 30) Froim Barbalata; 31) Moisa Barbalata; 32) Iancu Steclaritii; 33) Iancu Belcescu; 34) Leiba Zaraf; 35) Solomon Taxieru; 36) Lupu Fainariu; 37) David sin Iosup; 38) David Cotar, (deceased); 39) Sulim sin Marcu; 40) Zisu Faclier; 41) Marcu Osap; 42) Filal Rachieriu; 43) Sender Croitoriu; 44) barren place of Leiba Zaraf; 45) barren place of Haim Ber; 46) Iancu Mochioaiei; 47) Leiba sin Iancu; 48) Izrail Casap's sister; 49) Lupu Volf; 50) Haim from Popesti; 51) Meer Croitor; 52) Iancu Stoleriu; 53) Marcu Croitoriu; and 54) Moisa Ciobotariu.
In the suburbs: 1) Meer Ceaus; 2) Cos Butnar; 3) Smile Dascal[B-40]; 4) Smile Croitor; 5) Herscu Pagu; 6) Altar Croitoru; 7) Avram Croitoriu; 8) Nusan Croitoriu; 9) David Croitoriu; 10) Smil Leib Ceaus; 11) Avram Rachieriu[B-41]; 12) Marcu Berlescu; 12) Marcu of Barbalata; 13) Herscu from the bar of Neculachi; 14) Golda Jidauca; 15) Iuchel Ciobotar[B-42]; 16) Iosap Chetrar; and 17) Idel Dascalu
The list contains the rent payers from one part of the town, which had two owners. I think it is Neculai Cantacuzino's part.
16.14 Appendix N: List of Renters, Year??[B-43]
I.S.A., tr. 1423, op. 1619, dossier 1025, Report.
The Jews from the Borough Podul Iloae Living on His Excellency Mayor Lascaras Cantacuzino's Estate.[B-44]
Columns (only those filled in): 1) Number of houses and shops; 2) Name and nickname; 3) Professions; 4) Authority; 5) Sudits; 5b) Helpless old people; 6) Widows; and 7) Notes.
No. 3. Herscu sin Iancu, bar owner, subject of the High Porte[B-45] from Glodurile village, lives with rent at a Christian's house.
No. 5. Moisa sin Herscu, tax collector, subject of the High Porte from Madarjaca Fetii, lives with rent at Herscu Croitor
No. 6. Pascal sin David, also a subject of the High Porte, old taxpayer, lives with rent at Herscu Avram sin Strule.
No. 7. Avram sin Strul, also a subject of the High Porte, old taxpayer, his own house.
No. 8. Mois sin Itic Lozneanu, also a subject of the High Porte, from Poenile Oancii, his own house.
No. 9. Itic sin Herscu, lime maker, subject of the High Porte, from Borseni in Neamt district, lives with rent at Moise Itic.
No. 10. Herscu Badiu, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, from Stornesti, lives with rent at Ioan Rosan.
No. 11. Mihail sin Aizic, also a subject of the High Porte, from Drancea in Iasi district, lives in the same house.
No. 13. Ioina sin Pascal, also a subject of the High Porte, from Esi, lives with rent at Avram sin Strule.
No. 14. Nisal sin Avram, also a subject of the High Porte, old taxpayer, lives in the house of Solomon sin Iancu, no business, helpless old man.
No. 15. Marcu Esanu, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, his own house, unregistered in the previous census.
Herscu sin Lupu, also a subject of the High Porte, lives in the same house, just married, Esanu's partner.
No. 16. Moisa sin Aron, also a subject of the High Porte, from Malaesti village in this district, lives with rent at widow Bruha's own house.
No. 17. Avram sin Leibu, wagoner, helpless old man, poor eyesight, lives from charity.
No. 18. Nuta sin Lupu, trades things of small value, subject of the High Porte, lives with rent in Avram sin Leiba's house.
No. 19. Gaina sin Froim, also named Herscu Gaina[B-46] no business, helpless old man, poor and in all vicious.
Iancu sin Haim, moneylender, subject of the High Porte, lives with rent at Munis from Tirgu Frumos.
No. 20. Haim sin Croitoru, tailor, subject of the High Porte, his own house.
Falic sin Herscu, butcher, subject of the High Porte, in that house in Tirgu Frumos.
Leiba Cazacu, cattle trading, helpless old man, also living in that house.
No. 25. Strule sin Itic, also named bartender, brandy maker, helpless old man.
No. 26. Marcu sin Pascal, also a subject of the High Porte, his own house.
No. 27. Bercu sin Strule, also a subject of the High Porte, lives with rent at David Grosul.
No. 28. David sin Ancel, butcher, subject of the High Porte, his own house.
No. 30. Herscu sin Smil, brandy maker, from Tirgu Frumos, lives in his inn.
No. 31. Zelic Caldarariu brandy maker[B-47], subject of the High Porte, also lives in this inn and also is from Tirgu Frumos.
No. 32. Izdrail sin Iosap, also a subject of the High Porte, his own house.
No. 33. Smil Baetul, also named Burlacu[B-48], also a subject of the High Porte, rented house.
No. 34. Avram Leiba sin Aron, also a subject of the High Porte, his own house.
No. 35. Iosap sin Bercu, also named Ursul[B-49], also a subject of the High Porte, his own house.
No. 36. Avram, son of Haim Lungu, also a subject of the High Porte, from Cristesti.
No. 37. Avram sin Lupu.
No. 37. Leiba Hanovici, also a subject of the High Porte, from Doroscani, his own house.
Alter, his son, no business, subject of the High Porte, lives in Hanovici's house.
No. 41. Aron sin Herscu, tailor, subject of the High Porte, from Esi, his own house.
David sin Aron, horse trading, subject of the High Porte, from Botosani.
No. 44. Meer sin Faibis, brandy maker and grocer, subject of the High Porte, from Sirca, lives with rent at Danila sin Iosif Cotar.
No. 45. Danila sin Iosap Cotar, huckster, subject of the High Porte, lives in his own house.
No. 46. Ghita(l) Saina, widow.
No. 47. Solomon sin Avram, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, from Cosateni, his own house.
No. 49. Solomon sin Haim, also a subject of the High Porte, his own house.
No. 50. Zelic sin Haim, also a subject of the High Porte, his own house.
No. 51. Avram Bercu, grocer, subject of the High Porte, lives with rent in Zeilic's house.
No. 52. Nuham sin Pascal, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, lives with rent in Moise Barlic's house.
No. 53. Marcu, shochet, subject of the High Porte.
No. 54. Moscu Barlic or Moise sin David, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, his own house
No. 55. Marcu, shochet, subject of the High Porte.
No. 56. Leiba sin Simon Chitariul, baker, subject of the High Porte, his own house.
No. 57. Ancel sin Strule, brandy maker, lives with rent in Moise sin Leiba's house.
No. 58. Moise sin Leiba, subject of the High Porte, from Totoesti, his own house.
No. 59. Iancu Leibu Teodorescu, subject of the High Porte, bar owner, has his house in Catesti.
No. 60. Haim Nuham sin Avram, wagoner, subject of the High Porte, lives with rent at Leibu.
No. 61. Mehal sin Pascal Bujor named Pisahovici, grocer and glass seller, lives with rent at Neculai Codrescu.
No. 62. Marcu sin Avram, brandy maker and grocer, lives with rent at the rabbi's.
No. 63. Moise Rabinu, rabbi, helpless old man.
No. 64. Mazar sin Moise Barbalata, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, old.
No. 65. Faibis sin Herscu, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, from Sirca.
No. 66. Ghidale sin Iancu Belcescu, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, old.
No. 67. Froim sin Moise Barbalata, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, old.
No. 68. Moise sin Herscu Barbalata, no business, helpless old man.
No. 69. Iancu sin David, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, his own house.
No. 70. Moise sin Iancu Belcescu, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, lives with rent in his father's house.
No. 71. Iancu sin Nisim Belcescu, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, his own house.
No. 72. Avram sin Calman, no business, helpless old man, disabled.
No. 73. Solomon Tacsieru, brandy maker and grocer, subject of the High Porte, his own house.
No. 74. Froim sin Marcu, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, lives with rent at widow from Roman.
No. 75. Mendel sin Avram, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, from Sinesti, lives in the same place.
No. 76. Sulim sin , brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, lives with rent at Itic from Roman.
No. 77. Calman Ber sin Moisa, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, from Sinesti, his own house.
No. 78. Itic sin Leiba Moscu, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, his own house.
No. 82. Marcu sin Leiba, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, lives with rent at Trofin.
No. 83. Itic sin Moisa, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, his own house.
No. 84. Zamvel sin Bercu, also a subject of the High Porte.
No. 85. Itic sin Haim Fisel, the same, from Sulita, lives with rent at butcher Marcu.
No. 86. Iancu sin Calman, joiner, subject of the High Porte, from Popesti, his own house.
No. 87. Moisa sin Iancu Calman, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, his own house.
No. 88. Fisel sin Iancu, no business, helpless old man.
No. 89. Aba Labu named Zeilic, cattle trading, subject of the High Porte, from Zahorna, lives with rent at Fisel's daughter.
No. 90. Lupu sin Strule, also named Padurariul[B-50], flour seller, subject of the High Porte, has his own house.
No. 95. Zeilic sin Iancu, sells wine and brandy, subject of the High Porte, from Harpagesti, lives with rent.
No. 96. Avram sin Aizic, no business, subject of the High Porte, lives with rent at Luca Barnovi.
Solomon sin Leiba, no business, subject of the High Porte, lives with rent at Stefan the widow's son.
No. 98. Isac sin Avram, no business, helpless old man, lives in Balcani.
No. 99. Meer sin Fisil, teacher, subject of the High Porte, from Iasi, has his own house.
No. 101. Ili sin Avram, and cotton seller, subject of the High Porte, from Iasi.
No. 103. Zisu sin Iosap, procession candle carrier, subject of the High Porte, from Erghiceni village.
No. 104. Danila sin Avram, and things of small value, subject of the High Porte, lives with rent at Izdrail.
No. 106. Leiba Zaraf, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, his own shop.
No. 107. Strul Avram sin Iosup, also a subject of the High Porte, from Sulita, lives with rent in the house of the widow from Piatra.
No. 108. Herscu sin Moisa Barbalata, also a subject of the High Porte, from Darajeni.
No. 109. Romascanita the widow.
No. 110. Mendel Surdu, no business, helpless old man, from Malaesti, has one crippled arm and is deaf.
No. 111. Haim Herscu sin Moisa, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, his own shop.
No. 112. Iancu sin Leibu, silver lines metallic objects, subject of the High Porte, from Esi, lives with rent at widow Haita.
Widow Haita, husband left her.
No. 113. Iancu a Muchioaiei sin Marcu, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, has his own house.
No. 114. Haniel sin Aron, Iancu's nephew, also a subject of the High Porte, lives with rent.
No. 115. Aron David sin Haim, also a subject of the High Porte, from Bulbucani, lives with rent in Lipova.
No. 116. Pascal sin Bentin, cattle trading business, subject of the High Porte, from Esi, lives with rent at the Russian.
No. 117. Moscu sin Mendel, brandy and wine maker, subject of the High Porte.
No. 120. Sender sin Irimia Croitoriu, tailor, subject of the High Porte, has his own house. Smerl sin Rivel, fur cap maker, subject of the High Porte, lives with his father-in-law.
No. 122. Marcu sin Iancu, tailor, subject of the High Porte, his own house.
Aron sin Mendel, also a subject of the High Porte, lives in the house of Marcu sin Iancu.
No. 123. Moisa sin Pascal, shoemaker, subject of the High Porte, his own house, from Esi.
No. 124. Smil Leiba, janitor of the synagogue, janitor of the school, subject of the High Porte, from Esi.
No. 125. Avram sin Nisim, tailor, subject of the High Porte, from Esi.
No. 126. Avram sin Itic, no business, helpless old man, his right arm is crippled.
No. 127. Altar sin Strule, leader of the Jews, subject of the High Porte, has his own house.
No. 128. Malca the widow.
No. 129. Avram sin Copil, butcher, subject of the High Porte, from Esi, lives with rent.
No. 130. Iosap sin Leiba, barber, subject of the High Porte, his own house.
No. 131. Itic sin Bercu, teacher, subject of the High Porte, from Esi.
No. 132. Strule sin Iosap Chetrariu, tailor, subject of the High Porte, his own house.
No. 133. Strule sin Toderos, teacher, subject of the High Porte.
No. 134. Altar sin Meer, owns an alcohol-making machine, subject of the High Porte, lives with rent at Sruli.
No. 135. Simon sin Lupu, teacher, subject of the High Porte, his own house.
No. 136. Itic Zamvel sin Solomon, tailor, subject of the High Porte.
No. 137. Ilie's widow Haia.
No. 138. Avram sin Dascal, no business, subject of the High Porte, infirm and deaf old man.
No. 139. David sin Solomon, tailor, subject of the High Porte, his own house.
No. 140. Hoisie sin Leiba Dascal, teacher, subject of the High Porte.
No. 141. Buium sin Simon, water carrier, subject of the High Porte.
No. 142. Smil sin Iodos, no profession, old and blind.
No. 145. Osap Chetrariu, the same, old.
No. 147. Bercu sin Avram, bald and vicious old man, so nobody hires him.
No. 148. Iosap sin Iosap, shoemaker, subject of the High Porte.
No. 149. Ilie Croitoriu's widow Golda.
No. 150. Strule sin Mihailovici, wagoner, subject of the High Porte, lives in Tanase's house.
Leiba sin Simon, no business, old and insane.
No. 163. Lupu sin Haim, also old, infirm.
No. 172. Herscu sin Bercu, old tailor, insane.
Leiba a Iarmuchioaiei, trades things of small value, subject of the High Porte, his own little house.
No. 180. Meer sin Iancu, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, from Albesti, lives with rent.
No. 190. Usar Iancu sin Smil, tailor, subject of the High Porte, lives with rent at Vornic Ioan.
No. 195. Rafail sin Usar, bar owner, subject of the High Porte, from Mircesti, lives with rent.
No. 196. Herscu sin Iancu, tailor, subject of the High Porte, has his own house.
No. 228. Moisa sin David, no business, old and sick.
No. 229. Lupu sin Smil Herscu, wagoner, has his own house.
Solomon sin Smil, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, from Romanesti.
Aron Iancu, brandy maker, subject of the High Porte, from Bogoila, no house.
A. Ilie, bar owner, also a subject of the High Porte, from Basceaus, no house.
Strule sin David, no business, old.
Strule sin Iancu, no business, old, crippled leg.
In all, 121 inhabitants are subjects of the High Porte, 23 are elders, and seven are widows. (Jewish signatures: Lazar from Iasi, Zelic sin Haim, Simha from Tirgu Frumos, tax collector, Moisa Birlescu, Iancu Leib, Leib Ghitman.)
(After this, there is a sum of those who figured in the census): 68 tax-paying Jews were mentioned in the settlement act, of whom 47 were third-class merchants, six were third-class craftsmen, and 15 were elders. Four were dead, four moved to Jerusalem, Codresti, Bucharest, or Focsani, eight went nobody knows where, and 10 are listed as helpless.
The Jews from the Borough Podu Iloaiei Living On His Excellency Mayor Neculai Cantacuzino's Estate (61816). (All locals except those indicated as Sudits.)[B-51]
1) Herscu sin Iancu, horse seller, his own house.
Meer from Larga, brandy maker, came from Larga.
2) Zambel sin Nuhim, soles maker, his own shop.
3) Lupu Lipscanu.
4) Altar sin Strule, brandy maker.
5) Mendel sin Strule, brandy maker.
6) Leiba sin Ida, tobacco seller, lives at Alter.
7) Smil Raizic, merchant, his own house.
8) Moisa sin Aron, merchant, lives with rent.
9) Ghersin sin Nuham, merchant, lives with rent.
10) Heilek sin Naftule, merchant, his own house.
11) Solomon sin Marcu, merchant, his own house.
12) Malca Reiza, widow.
13) Aron sin Lupu, brandy maker, came from Esi, his own house.
14) Leiba Grosul, also named Godal, brandy maker, his own house.
15) Heim sin Oizer, brandy maker, came from Zahorna.
16) Smil Itic sin Lupu, brandy maker.
17) Pinhas sin Iancu, brandy maker.
18) Moisa Haim sin David, brandy maker.
19) Leiba Sfart, brandy maker, from Boidinesti, his own house.
Haim sin Itic, soles maker, lives with Sfart.
20) Itic sin Danila, brandy maker, from Tirgu Frumos, lives with rent.
21) Nuham sin Gersin, brandy maker, his own house.
22) Froim sin Ioise, brandy maker, rented house.
23) Leiba sin Herscu, brandy maker; he also lives with rent at Moise Bercescu.
24) Zamvel sin Marcu, brandy maker, his own house.
25) Strule sin Sulin, glass seller.
26) Ilie sin Nusam, merchant, trades cattle.
27) Faibis sin Marcu Froim, no business, old.
28) Iancu sin Smil, huckster, from Esi, lives with rent.
30) Itic sin Moisa, teacher, his own house.
31) Haim sin Iosap, shochet, lives with rent.
32) Simon Casap, butcher, his own house.
34) Mendel sin Leiba, brandy maker, lives with rent.
51) Leizer sin Solomon, brandy maker, his own house.
52) Mehal Obrejan, brandy maker, from Obresti, his own house.
53) Zeilic zet Faibis[B-52], brandy maker, lives with rent.
54) Iosap sin Herscu, brandy maker, from Lungani.
55) Avram sin Leiba, , lives with rent.
56) Saia Leiba sin Iosap, no business, old, both legs crippled.
Herscu sin Strule, zet Iosap, brandy maker, his own house.
60) Moisa Iancu, brandy maker, lives with rent.
61) Iosap sin Itic, the same, from ?iganesti, lives with rent.
62) Herscu sin Avram, brandy maker, came from Hoisesti.
63) Leibu Itic sin Bercu, brandy maker, from Butuliac.
66) Mihail sin Iosap, sieve man, from Esi.
67) Marcu sin David, fur cap maker, from Lazareni.
68) David sin Mer, brandy maker, from Hanaseni, his own house.
73) Haim Sulim sin Iosap, brandy maker, lives with rent at Timofte, the winter coat maker.
74) Haim sin Marcu, brandy maker, from Popesti, his own house.
75) Iosap sin Smil, fur cap maker, his own house.
76) Strule sin Marcu Iosap, wagoner, lives with rent at Avram Leiba.
77) Ester the widow.
78) Herscu Croitoriu, tailor, lives with rent.
79) Izdrail sin Moisa, trades cattle, from Zahorna.
80) Mendel sin Solomon, huckster, from Sculeni.
81) Huna sin Rubin, butcher, from Tirgu Frumos.
82) Ilie Cusmariu, fur cap maker, from Tirgu Frumos.
83) Avram sin Iosap, joiner, bachelor, lives with rent at Leiba Zaraf.
84) Hescu sin Itic Saper, trades cattle, his own house.
85) Malca, widow.
89) Solomon Aparu, no business, old, sick, poor.
90) Moisa sin Mendel, teacher, old, poor, likes his condition.
95) Haim sin Herscu Lupu, brandy maker, lives with rent.
96) Leiba sin Itic, brandy maker, his own house.
97) Itic sin Haimovici, baker, from Esi.
98) Sosia Vadana.
Rahmil Leibu, horse seller, lives where he can.
(Total: 63 locals, five helpless elders, and four widows. Signed by the same persons: Leib Ghitman, Eliezer from Esi, Zeilic sin Haim, Simcha from Tirgu Frumos, tax collector, Iaakov from Tirgu Frumos, Moisa Barlescu, and Iaacov Leib). 29 Jews were mentioned in the settlement act: seven merchants of the third category, three craftsmen of the third category, one apprentice, and six tribute-payers. Subtract: three deceased, two moved to Esi and Tirgu Frumos, and three left for nobody knows where. Add: 12 married people, 27 who came from other places, and the inhabitants who were listed in the census for 1838 (A total of 70 Jews).
16.15 Appendix O: A Complaint by the Community, 1844
I.S.A., tr. 1772, op. 2020, dos. 3705, f. 15, May 24, 1844.
To the honorable Department of Internal Affairs, the community of Christian and Jewish inhabitants of the borough Podu Iloaiei complains.
It has been brought to the attention of the Honorable Department the unbearable consequences of Captain Tudorache Radovici's acts, who, living in this town, has so many times as a commissar brought us much misery. So now, in secret so as the named commissar was appointed. As in all humble subjects, we pray for mercy and for getting rid of this pest, so that another one can be appointed, whoever may be found appropriate, except for the one mentioned above. For we are confident that one will find enough information by consulting the archives with the former commissars who brought us much trouble and misery.
(Signed: Tanase baker, Constandin Munteanu, Gligore community leader, Toma Popa, Timofte Cojocaru, Ion Svat , Vasile Bucur, Vasile Velciu, Lazar sin Sasului, Constantin Bodescu, Gheorghe sin Nedelcu, Ion Ungurianul, Nica Ceausul, Gheorghe al lui [B-53] Iacob, Ion Bejanu, Ion Recleanu, Andrei Morariul, Costachi a Mosneagului, Ion a lui Iacob, Toader Raileanu, Lazar Micu, Vasile Carlateanu, Vasile d Ion Cosiganul, Petre a Stalei, Gheorghe's nephew from Toma, Vartolomeu Costache, street lighting attendent, Axinte Ciobanu, Grigore Muntianu, Toma a Gheorghe Ciubotar, Gheorghe Melencus, Vasile Tincu.
(Jewish signatures: Mose Sfarlester, Iaacov from Tirgu Frumos, Iehuda Leib, Faibis ben m Pesach Barad, David Coda , Israel ben Ancel, Mordechai , Simcha from Tirgu Frumos, David ben Avraham, Ancel Iehuda ben Israel, Haim Tvi ben Mose, Tvi from Botosani, Daniel ben Iosef, Avraham ben Iehuda, Nachum ben Pesach, Eliezer Efraim, Mose Itchac, Mordechai Itchac, Mordehai ben Avraham, Dob ben Israel, Efraim from Tirgu Frumos, Itchac Leib ben Mose, Alter ben Meir, Salom Iaacov from Tirgu Frumos, Henich ben Froim Itchac, Zisu Hellir, Azriel ben Iosif from Tirgu Frumos, Iosif ben Dov from Roman, Menase from Totoesti, Tvi ben Iaacov, Lectel ben Iaacov, Iaacov Leib, Rachmiel Leib, Iechiel Michel ben Pesach Nisan, Dov ben Israel, Natan Avraham ben Israel).
16.16 Appendix P: Census, 1898
I.S.A., Fond Iasi District Administration, No. 71, 1898
1898 Census of the Jewish Population Living in Podu Iloaiei
Note from KME . The census appearing in Kara's book is a list of 722 Jewish households, showing the following information: Record#, Head of Family, Age, Occupation, How long in Podu Iloaiei, Spouse's Name & Age, and #of Children.
Here is the first page as it appears in the book.
And here is the census in downloadable PDF format:
|Introduction to the Census
|The Census
The introduction covers the following topics: Explanatory codes, occupations, surnames and given names found in the census.
Note from KME . Although the census is already available as part of the JewishGen Romania Database (at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Romania/PoduIloaieiCensus1898.htm) it is made available here in its entirety as a downloadable PDF file. Compared with the database, the PDF file above has its distinct advantages.
First of all, as powerful as the database is, unfortunately the census can not be browsed in its entirety from beginning to end. To do a search you must enter a family name. I'm afraid that as a result Podu Iloaiei (PI) researchers are really going to miss a lot by not seeing the list in its entirety. There's much to learn from the very juxtiposition of one record to the next. These relationships will not be detected through the current database interface.
Let me explain a case in point from my own family.
The first two entries in the 1898 census are...
Mendel Ilie - age 34, Laborer, 6 years in PI; wife Toba Ilie - age 33, 5 children
Sura Ilie - age 56, 6 years in PI
When I first saw the census I knew right away that this Mendel Ilie was my great grandfather because his immigration papers show that he came to Canada with his wife Toba and 5 children in 1907.
However for some time I was wondering about this Sura Ilie. She's been in PI for 6 years as has Mendel, however she's 22 years older than him. Could she be his mother, who's name I did not know at the time?
My hunch was that Sura was Mendel's mother. Had I not seen the list in its entirety, with the juxtiposition of the two, I may not have come to this conclusion. As it turns out my hunch was right. A few years later I discovered that Mendel had a sister whose marriage license shows Sura for her mother.
From this you can see why it's so important that PI researchers have access to the entire list.
Another thing about the current database engine (as good as it is) is the deficiency in Soundex searches.
Let me give some examples. The census contains the following names...
In regards to #1, let's say someone does a search for SCHWARTZ. They are not going to find SFART with a Soundex search. However if they are browsing the entire list, when they come across SFART they will probably realize that it's the same as SCHWARTZ. .... Incidentally, Kara's family lived in PI and their name was SFART. So his neice (who I happen to know) will not find her family name on the census. ... By the way I'm really surprised that Soundex doesn't treat SFART like SCHWARTZ.
In regards to #2, let's say someone does a search for WEXLER. They are not going to find VECSLER with a Soundex search. However if they are browsing the entire list, when they come across VECSLER they will probably realize that it's the same as WEXLER.
In regards to #3, let's say someone does a search for CHAIMOVITZ. They are not going to find SIN HAIM with a Soundex search. In fact there are no SIN names on the database. The census contains 86 names beginning with SIN - Sin Avram, Sin Moshe, etc, etc. None of these appear in the database. The 6 SIN HAIMs do not appear as SIN HAIM or as HAIM either.
This is a big problem!
Yes it's true that many of these SIN names are not real surnames, nevertheless I believe they should still be included somewhere, if not in the database then at least in the PDF file we are providing here.
End of KME's note
16.17 Appendix R: The Statute of Podu Iloae, 1925
Romania. The Jewish community of Podul Iloae.
The STATUTE of the Jewish community of Podul Iloae voted on by the General Assembly on May 3, 1925. Iasi, A. Grinberg Publishing House, 9 Unirei Street, 1925.
By the record no. 33037 from October 16, 1925, released by the court clerk's office at the Iasi Court of Justice, s. I, this community is granted the status of legal entity (no. 62/1925). The report of the General Assembly, which had Mr. Virgil Popovici, administrator of the Bahlui district, and Mr. C. Balan, president of the ad-interim commission of the commune, as its honorary presidents, and Mr. Michel Sanielevici as its full president and Mr. Iancu Horodniceanu as its secretary, describes the discussions and the voting of the statute.
Chapter I. The Community's Goals.
Article 1. All Jews living in Podul Iloae make up the Community of the Jewish Cult of Podul Iloae. The existence of this community dates from before the year 1823, and this statute reorganizes this community as modern times demand it.
Article 2. The name of the Community of the Jewish Cult of Podul Iloae can never and under no circumstances be changed.
Article 3. The missions of the Community are:
Chapter II. The Organization of the Community.
Article 4. The community will be presided over and administered by a committee named the Guardianship of the Community and made up of 13 members elected by universal, equal, and direct vote. This committee will have four sections: a) the administrative section; b) the section for religion; c) the cultural section; and d) the section for public assistance and the holy establishments. Each section will have its own special set of regulations, according to the present statute.
Article 5. Three gentlemen will be in charge of each section. All sections put together form the Guardianship of the Community. The president of the administrative section is also the president of the guardianship, while the presidents of the other sections will be the vice presidents of the guardianship. The guardianship will have a cashier, a supervisor, and a secretary who will also be enrolled in the administrative section. The secretary accountant of the guardianship, as well as any other clerks to be employed when the circumstances demand it will be hired and paid only by the guardianship.
Article 6. The sections work autonomously, but in exceptional cases as well as at the times stipulated by the statute, when the reports will be presented, the general assembly of the guardianship would be called upon.
Article 7. The specific tasks of each section will be established by special regulations.
Chapter III. Revenues.
Article 8. Every member of the community, meaning every Jew who lives in Podul-Iloaei, has the duty to contribute either directly or indirectly in the form of the tax on kosher meat or the tax on the slaughtering of poultry. Those members of the community who do not subscribe to the paying of the tax will have to bring their direct contribution depending on the number of the members of their families and on their wealth. The taxpayers will be registered in a special record, will receive a community member card, and will enjoy all the rights conferred to them by this status.
Article 9. The community also has the following alternate sources of income: a) the statistics taxes on births, weddings, and deaths, other certificates, etc. The members of the community have the duty to inform the statistics section of any change that has occurred in their families; b) taxes on burials and gravestones, which will be differentiated into several classes according to the special regulation of the section that administers the holy establishments; c) the money from the making of the Passover matzoh, from the public bath, the school, the tax money on the kosher meat (a special regulation will establish the way of imposing this tax); d) the proceeds of money deposited in banks or other institutions for the benefit of the community, as well as the revenues from donated properties or from properties that will be donated to the community and from the personal or real estate purchased by the community; e) donations or voluntary gifts, as well as profits from the charity balls and from theatrical performances or cinema shows; f) in case the revenues do not cover the expenses required for the community's basic needs, the members of the community will have to accept a temporary tax that will depend on the needs at that time. In case of a surplus, the taxes on kosher meat and poultry slaughtering can be reduced.
Chapter IV. The Election of the Community's Guardians.
Article 10. All the Jewish inhabitants of Podul-Iloaiei, who are also contributors to the community's budget and own the membership card stipulated in Article 8, have the right and the duty to take part in the election of the community's guardians by direct, equal, and secret vote.
Article 11. In order for someone to be elected it is requested, besides the conditions that make him an elector, that he not have been blamed with a discreditable punishment and that he must have his payments to the community up to date.
Article 12. The elections will be based on lists containing the names of 13 candidates. Any Jewish organization, synagogue, or other ad-hoc formed group with at least 25 members is allowed to present its own list of candidates. The payment for the publishing of the list will also be presented. One candidate may appear on more than one list, but the endorsers of one list cannot guarantee a different one.
Article 13. The Guardianship of the Community is elected for a three-year term.
Article 14. The announcement for the gathering of the community for the new elections will be made 30 days before the term of the previous committee expires. During these 30 days, a special bureau will be in charge and will release the elector's cards free of charge. During this period of time, new electors will be included in the electors' record from among the persons who haven't been included by then, if, of course, they fulfill the conditions stipulated by Article 10. Also, this bureau will register the candidates' lists. These lists will each bear a distinctive sign, the candidates' names will be written both in Romanian and Hebrew and each will have a number. All the lists will be put on a single list in the order of their presentation at the bureau. Five days before the elections, the candidates' lists will be considered irrevocable and will be made public.
Article 15. The voting is done by applying the stamp VOTED on the distinctive sign, which means that the whole list was voted for as such. Candidates from several lists can be voted for by erasing with a pencil the names of those not voted for. Under no circumstances can more than 13 gentlemen be voted for.
Article 16. The voting is valid no matter the number of voters who show up to vote between eight in the morning and six in the evening during one day.
Article 17. The electoral bureau, which will be formed by two representatives from each synagogue and by one delegate from the commune who will be invited in due time by the previous committee, will manage the elections. The elections require a relative majority.
Article 18. The results of the election will be mentioned in a report signed by the delegate and the electoral bureau. This result will be communicated to the honorable mayor and to the public the next day. If, after five days, no legal appeal is made, the elected guardians are considered in function and the previous committee has the obligation to hand in the financial administration and the community's wealth during the next eight days.
Article 19. The cash belonging to the community, which is at the time kept by the former cashier or by other persons, has to be handed in to the new committee's cashier, unless it was deposited in a bank within 60 days of the elections. The newly elected guardians will take a vow before receiving their prerogatives in the presence of the community's rabbi and the delegate of the communal authority.
Chapter V. Sanctions.
Article 20. Any Jew who has lived in Podul Iloaiei for at least one year and refuses to obey the present statute, either not willing to contribute materially or commits infringements like refusing to hand in possessions or documents belonging to the community to its guardianship or encourages certain persons who do not have the necessary authorization or to whom this authorization has been declined to enroll in certain Jewish community functions, will be erased from the record of the community's members and will not be able to make use of, not even for a fee, any of the community's institutions, any assistance from the community's sections being denied until the issue is resolved.
Article 21. In those cases where the property or the documents of the community are being retained, the possibility remains to appeal to the enforcement of the penal code.
Article 22. The bureau of the administrative section will keep a special record of the persons who refuse to contribute to the community's budget, and their names will be made public at the end of each month.
Chapter VI. General Dispositions.
Article 23. Any contracts signed by the guardianship of the community remain valid and have to be considered by the next guardianship.
Article 24. The places that may become vacant in the guardianship, following death, resignation, or expulsion, will be given to those candidates who won the largest number of votes.
Article 25. In case the guardianship is dissolved or its majority is incomplete without the possibility of restoration as stipulated by Article 24, then, in order to avoid disturbances within the community, the remaining guardians have the duty to form an ad-interim commission made up of members of the Jewish community who will organize the election of the guardians in no more than 60 days.
Article 26. All the financial documents, receipts, confirmation of receipts, and money orders will have the president's signature or by special appointment the signature of the vice president of the administrative section.
Article 27. The community, as the rightful owner of all community properties, even if they apparently belong to private persons, will do all that is necessary and fulfill all the legal forms to obtain the full right of property over them.
Article 28. No religious function that requires a special qualification like a wedding service, religious divorce, religious assistance in the pursuit of justice if needed, the religious service, the ritual slaughtering of animals, the making of circumcisions, or the funeral service will be held in the area of this community by persons other than those employed by the guardianship of the community in accord with the contract they will agree upon. Any service that this article refers to that is performed by employees of the guardianship of the community whose contract has expired or by foreigners will be considered usurpation and they will be prosecuted in accordance with the country's laws. The guardianship has the right to temporarily authorize other persons who are not the employees of the guardianship, from other towns or from this commune, to perform the religious services mentioned above, in which case a written authorization from the guardianship is absolutely necessary. The guardianship reserves the right to revoke a given authorization. Any disputes on payments for the religious services that may arise between the parishioners and our employees will be resolved by the guardianship of the community.
Article 29. The regulations for each of the sections will be drawn up by the sections themselves and voted on by the guardianship of the community.
Article 30. Any statute or regulation previous to the present statute is and remains annulled.
Article 31. Changes to this statute or its entire modification cannot be done unless there is a motivated request from two thirds of the members of the community.
Article 32. The present leading committee that was functioning when the work on this statute began will continue to exercise its functions until the termination of the two-year term for which it has been elected; then it will proceed according to the dispositions stipulated by articles 10, 11, 12, and 13, and the following ones.
This statute was voted unanimously and the leading committee, especially Mr. President Michel Sanilovici and Secretary I. Horodniceanu, were given full authority to obtain the legalization of the statute and the recognition of the quality of legal and moral entity for our community. Thus, we have signed it.
Leading committee: President M. Sanilovici, Vice-president M. I. Schor, Cashier I. Schneer, and Secretary I. Horodniceanu. Members: Avram Solomon, Moise Solomon, Anciu S. Anciu, Moise Goldenberg, Haim sin Haim, Lupu Leibovici, Marcu Iosipovici, Lipa D. Maizner, Iechil Blumenfeld, and Moise Hachman.
(A booklet of 16 pages, format 32)
16.18 Appendix S: Schools, 1904
The Newspaper Evenimentul (The Event), Iasi, November 17, 1904, page 3.
The school under-inspector I. Petrov found several (Jewish) confessional schools in Podu Iloaiei that had no authorization. He wants them closed. They are located at Strul Veinberg's (Srul der poliser) on Lapusneanu St., Beris Dascalu's on Vanatorilor St., Iaic Dascalu's on Naaionala St., and Sami Frenkel's on Scob'laeni St.
16.19 Appendix T: Schools, 1914
The Newspaper Egalitatea (The Equality), Year XXV, No. 30, May 23, 1914.
On May 11, 1914, this ceremony took place in the presence of a large audience. The following persons gave speeches: Sch. Steinberg, president of the community; Rabbi Dr. Thenen; Moritz Wachtel who praised the initiative and condemned the path of hatred; Petre Comarnescu, student and member of the Student's Society of Iasi, criticized the poor condition of the Jews living in the country; Aron Rosenthal, speaking in Hebrew on behalf of the local Zionist group, demanded a greater development of the Hebrew language; Ghizela Wechsler, former president of the committee that managed the building of the school, thanked all the donors; Adolf Magder related the hardships they had struggled with to obtain the necessary funds for the building of the school. Among the other people who spoke were Dr. Vittner, the physician at the communal hospital, institutor Dumitru from Iasi, Mozes Duff, and school inspector Ionescu who held the closing speech, praised the teaching staff and expressed his wish for a closer cooperation between the country's elements for its own well-being. Afterward, the founding document of the school was signed and built in the foundation of the school).
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Put the strawberries into a bowl and sprinkle with balsamic vinegar and sugar. Stir before covering with plastic wrap and leaving to steep while you make the cheesecakelets.
Mix the egg yolks with the sugar, beating well. Add the vanilla, cottage cheese, and flour. Then, in another bowl, whisk the whites until frothy with a hand whisk and fold into the cottage cheese mixture.
Heat a smooth griddle or nonstick skillet and dollop the batter onto it make cakelets of about 3 to 4 inches in diameter. Each cheesecakelet will take a minute or so to firm up underneath, then you should flip it and cook the other side, and remove to a warmed plate when ready.
Turn the strawberries in the ruby syrup they've made and squish some pieces with a fork at the same time. Serve with the hot cheesecakelets.
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Everyone has one — it's a combination of
the culture, traditions and genetic traits that came from your
Learning as much as you can about your
heritage and learning it as early as possible can have a big impact on
your life, says the National Genealogical Society.
In a publication geared to children, the
society points out, \"Learning about your ancestors will help you
discover things about yourself and help you understand more about
society and the world. As you hunt for information about them, you will
see how their efforts laid the foundation for you. When you see how they
handled the challenges they faced in the past, you may feel better
prepared to face challenges in your own life.\"
Encouraging an early interest in family
history was the purpose behind the Genealogy Kids Camp that was held as
part of the recent National Genealogical Society conference held in Salt
Lake City.
Kids Camp was started by the Southern
California Genealogy Jamboree, said Charlotte Bocage, program director
for that group. \"We tried it out there, and by the second year, it just
\"We want to inspire kids to start asking
questions about their family history,\" she said. \"Otherwise, they may
lose a chapter in their book of life. I still have things that I wish I
had asked my mom before it was too late. I still don't know who all her
brothers and sisters are. If I knew when I was younger what I know now,
there are so many questions I would have asked.\"
When Julie Miller, program chair for the
Salt Lake Conference, heard about Kids Camp, she thought it should be
part of the national convention. \"This is our first Kids Camp,\" she
said, but she hopes it won't be the last.
\"There are many fun ways for kids to get
involved,\" she said. \"To encourage that, NGS established the Rubincam
Youth Award to reward their efforts. Youths are the next generation of
family historians. We need them.\"
Kids Camp began with an introduction to
what genealogy is all about: ancestors, descendants, family trees.
\"It's like a puzzle with interesting
pieces that all fit together,\" said camp director Jennifer Shaw.
\"Genealogy is not just names and dates; it's about who these people were
and how they lived. Our ancestors have stories that tell us why we do
some of the things we do.\"
Even simple things can be interesting,
she said. \"How much do you spend for a candy bar? How often do you go
out to eat? Those answers are very different for your grandparents than
they are for you.\"
There are lots of advantages in starting
early, Shaw said. \"You are young; you are lucky. Most of you still have
grandparents and even great grand-parents. Ask them questions.\"
Plan out interviews
with your parents and grandparents, she advised. Write down a list of
questions. Bring along pictures or documents to help jog their memories.
Listen to and record what they say. Ask more than one person about
particular events. \"You might get a different story. Also ask the same
questions at another time; you might get more details after they've
thought about it.\"
Another important tip, she said: \"Write
down where you got the information, the day and place you did your
Jean Wilcox Hibben, who bills herself as
\"genealogist, folklorist, national speaker, troubadour and educator\"
also sang and talked about family history. \"A lot of songs were used to
tell history,\" she said. Learn about the folk songs your ancestors sang,
she advised; it's a fun way to learn some history.
Also learn family stories, she said.
\"When we went to bed, my mother not only read us nursery rhymes, she
told us 'Rex' stories. Now, Rex was just about the greatest dog in whole
world. Mom would make us tuna casserole with noodles and peas, and Rex
would lick everything off and leave a pile of peas. It didn't work when I
tried it, but Rex could get away with it. Grandfather would take Rex
with him to the druggist/ice cream parlor. Rex would go from table to
table and do tricks and get ice cream. That didn't work for me, either.\"
But Hibben's favorite Rex story was that
her grandfather would open the mail and throw the envelopes to Rex to
play with and tear to pieces. \"One time he threw Rex an envelope, but
Rex wouldn't play with it. Grandfather finally looked at it, and there
was a check inside that he didn't know was there.\"
Everyone has those kinds of stories, she
told the kids, and in fact, she had them share some of their own.
There were stories of a girl who dropped a
flashlight in an outdoor bathroom pit at camp and her father held her
by the feet and lowered her down to get the flashlight; of a boy who put
on a wig and a dress and entered a rodeo queen contest — and won; of a
girl who tried to fly by jumping out of a treehouse with an umbrella; of
a boy who wanted to dangle his feet off the edge of a hay wagon, but
when he stood up to move to the edge, \"I flew off and landed in the cow
Write those stories down, said Hibben.
\"Right now, they seem really clear in your mind, but years from now, you
might not remember.\"
Earlier at the genealogical conference,
author and historian David McCullough also talked about the importance
of teaching kids family history and history in general. He learned what a
poor job we are doing of teaching history, he said, when a California
college student asked him, \"Other than John Adams and President (Harry
S.) Truman, how many presidents have you interviewed?\"
Learning history
begins at home, he said. \"When I was young, every night my father would
come home, and we'd sit around the dinner table. We talked of the
history of Pittsburgh. We talked about the history of our family.\"
History is not just military events and
politics, said McCullough. \"It is human beings, and it's anything buy
dry, dull and tedious. We've got to show our children and grandchildren
how much we care about it. What matters most is attitude, and that is
not taught; it is caught. Learn about what you love, and then share that
love.\" Family history, he said, is a great place to start.
After all, it's your heritage. That's
also what the National Genealogical Society wants kids to know, and
this, as well:
Deep in the past lie the roots of today.From our distant beginning, we grow to
form the future.
Learn about your ancestors, so you can
Their joys and dreams,
Their struggles and sacrifices,
The great and simple things they did so
You can live today.
They are your heritage.
Here you stand, in the promise of the
What great tree will grow from your life?
To encourage and recognize the next
generation of family historians, the National Genealogical Society has
established the Rubincam Youth Award. Students are invited to submit
original, written biographies and genealogies in two categories: seniors
— in grades 10 to 12 or between the ages of 16 and 18; and junior — in
grades 7 to 9 or between the ages of 13 and 15. They need not be members
of the National Genealogical Society. The winners receive a plaque, NGS
Home Study Course and a one-year membership to NGS. The senior winner
also receives a $500 cash award.
The next deadline is Jan. 31, 2011.
For more information and details on
submitting an entry, go to www.ngsgenealogy.org; click on competitions, then on
Rubincam Youth Award.
25 questions to ask your
parents and/or grandparents and/or great-grandparents:
1. Does your family surname have any
special meaning?
2. What is your ethnicity (or what
country did your ancestors come from) on your father's side? On your
mother's side?
3. What is your full name? Why did your
parent select this name for you? Do you have a nickname? Is there a
naming tradition in your family?
4. Where and when were you born? How did
your family come to live where you were born?
5. What is the full name of your spouse?
Siblings? Parents?
6. Where and when did you get married?
How did you meet your spouse? How many children do you have? What are
their names?
7. What was the
house, apartment, farm where you grew up like? How many rooms? Did it
have electricity, indoor plumbing, electricity?
8. Were there any special items in the
house that you remember?
9. What is your earliest childhood
10. What kind of games did you play
growing up?
11. What was your favorite toy and why?
12. Did you have family chores? What were
they? Which was your least favorite?
13. Did you receive an allowance? How
much? Did you save some of your money or spend it?
14. What was school like as a child? What
were your best and worst subjects? Where did you attend grade school?
High school? College?
15. In what school activities did you
16. Who were your childhood heroes?
17. What were your favorite songs and
18. Did you have any pets? If so, what
kind, and what were their names?
19. Who were your friends when you were
growing up?
20. What world events had the most impact
on you while you were growing up? Did any world events affect your
family personally?
21. How were birthdays, holidays and
special occasions celebrated in your family? Did your family have any
special traditions?
22. Who was the oldest relative you
remember as a child? What do you remember about them?
23. Are there any family stories about
famous or infamous relatives in your family?
24. What accomplishments are you most
proud of?
25. What do you want people to remember
about you?
Source: Southern
California Genealogical SocietyThe NGS Rubincam Youth Award


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An experienced presence in her native New Zealand, Kimbra bent American ears -- and quite a few of them -- earlier this year as the female voice on Gotye's Hot 100-topping "Somebody That I Used to Know." But that acoustic quirk-pop hit only hints at a bit of what Kimbra does on "Vows," her appealingly scattershot solo debut. It flits from jazzy electro-pop to muscular art rock to one tune that sounds like it was written for TLC's "CrazySexyCool." Pop & Hiss caught up with the 22-year-old singer-songwriter at a Studio City cafe ahead of her shows Wednesday and Thursday at the Fonda Theatre.
You're playing Los Angeles not long into your first North American headlining tour. What should people who've heard "Vows" expect?
The live show is quite a different deal. Playing a record as all over the map as mine would be hard onstage.
OK, so we can agree that "Vows" is all over the map.
For sure, and I put that down to the fact that it's my debut record. It's your chance to throw all the colors at the canvas, move them all around and see what comes out of it. I'd like to think that the thing that ties the record together is my voice.
How's the live show differ?
The guys in my band, their favorite bands are Mr. Bungle, Jaga Jazzist, the Mars Volta -- you know, prog rock to heavy metal. So they have a much more aggressive, rhythmic approach to the songs. They're just revved up 10 notches.
I like the idea that a song exists outside a record or a performance -- that it's presentable in an infinite number of ways.
Totally. Music should evolve, and a song should grow as you acquire new influences. People use the term "overproduced," which I find such a funny idea. To me, the point of being in the studio is to indulge in the production: "Let's do all these layers and put all these psychedelic effects on my voice because we can!" That's the fun of it.
Do female voices lend themselves more readily to that idea? You think of Björk or Neneh Cherry, whose records have always covered a lot of ground. Not a lot of dudes do that.
Jeff Buckley, I think, was one that explored his capabilities as a vocalist. I mean, look at the covers, going from Nina Simone to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to Led Zeppelin -- that's three very different worlds. And he made them all feel like his own. Chris Cornell too.
Are you a fan of great voices?
I have my favorites. But these days my favorite bands are, like, Battles, Mew, Cornelius, Nine Inch Nails. They're not all big vocalists, but I'm just excited musically by what they do.
Which came first for you: singing or working with an instrument?
I'd sing Britney Spears songs and silly stuff as a little kid. But around the age of 14, I picked up a guitar and learned Stevie Wonder songs and jazz inversions and got obsessed with the sound of a major 7 chord. Then at 15 and 16, I was introduced to Miles Davis and Björk and Jeff Buckley, all by this one guy who made me a mixtape. And around that age, I started singing more seriously, but it was more about creating. The thought of bringing something to life from the ground up -- I loved that, and the Boss 8-track recorder allowed me do that
Where'd you get the recorder?
Borrowed it from the high school music room. This clunky old thing.
Some songs on "Vows" seem to borrow elements from 1980s funk and R&B. Are you into that music?
Yeah! I was born in 1990, and before I got into more experimental stuff I was into Destiny's Child and R. Kelly, all of that. And still, I think that seeps subconsciously into what I do. The guys in my band are more in their late 20s and early 30s, and they've introduced me to stuff from the '80s: Bobby Brown and Scritti Politti, even Prince and Michael Jackson. My first Michael Jackson record was "Invincible"; my first Prince record was "Musicology." So I'm working my way back -- like, "Oh, 'Purple Rain'!" It's been big for me to discover all that.
What do you like about it?
There was so much syncopation in that music, and that was normal on the radio. In the '80s, everything was so technical. People weren't loving that; they were loving the hook. But beneath the hooks -- in the Quincy Jones stuff, especially -- there's so much going on. Now, pop music makes it so easy for people.
"Somebody That I Used to Know" has been pointed to this year as a different kind of pop music.
And it's not heavily syncopated or anything. But in another way it does defy formula -- it doesn't give everything to you in the way you expect. It holds up a long time before that chorus hits. And what Gotye is using sonically -- a jazzy shuffle and a xylophone -- it's not the normal palette of a pop song. I think that's why it's pricking people's ears up.
The song has been mentioned many times alongside another unlikely No. 1 hit, "We Are Young" by fun. What do you think the two songs share?
A sense of unpredictability. There's a complete tempo change in the fun. song; it's leading to something, then you get something totally different. I think both songs challenge the listener a little bit.
How much ownership do you feel over "Somebody That I Used to Know"?
That's the funny thing: Sometimes, I feel like people give me too much credit for it. It's Gotye's song. There's an emotion expressed in the performance that people connect with, and I take ownership of the fact that I meant it and that it comes from a real place. But the song was written when it came to me, you know what I mean? He needed a voice that would translate the right emotion. And I feel happy that I could do that for the song.


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Footnotes: Compensation data is from the latest available proxy statements filed through Mar. 25, 2011. Total returns and value of stock owned (including all classes) is based on Mar. 18, 2011 stock price. Compensation percent change is based on combined salary and bonus. Annualized total return during tenure covers the tenure of the executive or from the time of the IPO or available stock history. Relative to market is the ending value of $100 invested in the stock, divided by the ending value of $1 invested in the S & P 500 (a score of 100 = the S & P 500). NA: Not available or not applicable.1Annualized. 2Four-year total. 3Three-year total. 4Less than 0.01%. 5Prior-year data. 6New chief executive; compensation may be for another executive office. 7Less than $100,000. 8Includes shares indirectly held. *Return is for less than tenure.
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Thursday, April 9, 2009
Check out a live interview with United Cardinals Blogger Radio
In AC's segment we discuss...
-October 17, 2005 (feel free to scream when you hear it)
-The Cardinals' fans' hatred for Brandon Backe
-Trading Lance/Roy
-What to expect from Mike Hampton
-The Grand Scheme/Master Plan for Astros County
Also be sure to listen for the mention of Randy Wolf's incontinence. And what do you know? Cardinals fans don't have forked tongues OR hooves! Thanks to C70 at the Bat and United Cardinal Bloggers for setting this up. Look for an e-mail exchange with C70 later today.
5 comments:
Excellent insight and well spoken Constable James. Some might even say you have the voice to go along with the face for radio ;)
- April 9, 2009 at 1:44 PM
Oh and I still hate the Cardinals, but not as much as the Cubs :) I welcome Card fans with open arms, theyre nothing like the majority of Cubs fans.
- April 9, 2009 at 1:46 PM
- Cardinal70 said...
Great to hear you on the show last night. Look forward to getting you back on there later in the year!
- April 9, 2009 at 1:56 PM
- The Constable. said...
It's an interesting point. I've had a couple of run-ins with Cubs fans - and with the (very) limited exposure I've had with Cubs players - shall we say I prefer the Cardinals, and their fans, to the Cubs.
I may have to change the Proof of Citizenship.
And my face is definitely suited for radio. And for blogging.
- April 9, 2009 at 2:06 PM
- The Constable. said...
Rob - shoot me an e-mail at email@example.com
- April 9, 2009 at 3:16 PM


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Bentley's distinctive cross-disciplinary education would not be possible without strong academic leadership. The offices of the Provost, the Registrar and Academic Services all work closely together with the deans of Business and Arts and Sciences and other members of the administration to provide crucial connections and thought leadership. The Dean's Council engages faculty and staff throughout Bentley to create and foster great pedagogy and research.
Interim Co-Provosts Daniel L. Everett (Dean of Arts and Sciences) and Roy (Chip) Wiggins III (Dean of Business) are the chief academic officers of the university, responsible for overall strategy, administration, and management of academic programs and services.
The Co-Provosts oversee:
- faculty member employment
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- academic program planning, development and evaluation
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- the operations of all departments within academic affairs
The Co-Provosts administer the academic division and implements strategy through the Deans' Council, which is responsible for academic policy-making, planning, and goal-setting, faculty selection, retention, evaluation, support, development, and morale, and fiscal planning and execution.
Dean's Council members:
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Did you know that Nordstrom has a Beauty Stylist program? I didn't either. I turned 32 on Saturday and wanted to do something fun so I asked Nordstrom Beauty to suggest a makeup artist I could make an appointment to so I could pick their brain. That's when she told me about their Beauty Stylist program. Turns out the program has been around for a few years in the Seattle area and now Nordstrom is expanding the program to all stores nationwide.
What does a beauty stylist do? Just like a stylist helps you find the perfect outfit, a beauty stylist is your personal guide through the cosmetics and fragrance department to help find the best beauty products for your needs. Maybe you're looking for that perfect red lipstick, want to get something new for fall or want to try a new skincare routine, Nordstrom's beauty stylist program is here to help you.
In my case, I wanted to spend some time working on eyeshadow techniques. When it comes defining my crease, I need all the help I can get! For some reason, I have a really hard time with my crease work. So I wanted to have someone work with me to create a look I could wear everyday and re-create on my own. That's when I was introduced to Kirk. He's a former MAC makeup artist and started working for the company in the 80's. I wasn't even wearing makeup in the 80's! He's worked the shows for Fashion Week around the world and is familiar with all the lines the store carries. I definitely liked that he wasn't all about one line. I love most lines carried at Nordstrom but being a beauty addict, I'm always looking for something new.
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Kirk put me at ease immediately, he even took the time to learn a little bit about me. He was so easy to talk to, I could have been at the store chatting about makeup with him all day. He really made me comfortable during my time with him. I told him I wanted an everyday smokey eye so he pulled products from MAC, Clarins, Clinique, Bobbi Brown, Chanel, Laura Mercier and Cle de Peau for my look. While he did my makeup, he took the time to explain everything he was doing and had me follow along with a mirror during each step. By the time he was done, I learned a few new things to try with my eyeshadow. Normally I would take a dark color to define my crease and go windshield wiper motion crazy from the outside in. By concentrating the darkest color in the outer corner, my eyes looked lifted… and fantastic.
Ever think you know a what a shade looks like but then you re-discover it and realize it wasn't at all how you remembered it being? That was what I realized with MAC's Motif eyeshadow, one of the shades Kirk used on my inner lower lid and inner bottom corner. I went home and opened up my palettes to make sure I had Motif in my life. In the look above, he used MAC's Photogravure Technakohl liner to wing out my outer corners, Embark eyeshadow on top of the liner, Soft Brown eyeshadow in the crease and upwards, Motif on the inner corner and finally Mylar on the brow bone. He topped it off in my new favorite mascara, Chanel's Inimitable mascara in Intense Purple. I'm in love with this look!
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ConAgra Foods Inc. rose a healthy 4% on Tuesday after the company moved to buy St. Louis-based Ralcorp Holdings Inc. . Including debt, the value of the merger tips the scales at nearly $7 billion.
Even though ConAgra's price of $90 a share represents a 25% premium over Ralcorp's 30-day average closing price, the food giant sees plenty of cost savings and opportunity to boost its top line as it moves to become the largest private label food maker in the U.S.
Those selling points appear to be making the deal appetizing to Wall Street, with ConAgra shares ranking near the top of the leader board among S&P 500 components.
Meanwhile, Ralcorp is rallying 26% to $88.71 -- not surprising since it'll be bought for a price more than $1 per share above its recent trades.
Typically, big acquisitions initially drive stock prices down of the company doing the buying.
But ConAgra Chief Executive Gary Rodkin told analysts the Omaha, Neb., maker of Chef Boyardee, Egg Beaters, Healthy Choice, and Hebrew National hot dogs he expects run-rate cost synergies of $225 million by the fourth year after the deal closes.
Investors love cost savings, because it usually translates to a fatter bottom line. And indeed, ConAgra expects the deal to add to its adjusted earnings in the first year. It'll also wield 36,000 employees and net sales of $18 billion. That's a lot of heft.
"We'll be able to capitalize on the long-term growth momentum in the private label business, which has been growing about twice as fast as branded on a dollar basis over the last 13 years and create a stronger platform for long-term growth," Rodkin said.
ConAgra feels bullish about adding Ralcorp's leading position in the non-branded business of making cereal, pasta, crackers, jams and other foods.
S&P Capital IQ analysts raised their target price for Ralcorp to $90 from $70 to reflect their view that the pending acquisition will go through, and reiterated their buy rating on ConAgra.
"With acquisition-related benefits expected, we think the premium price is okay to get deal acceptance from RAH," analyst Tom Graves said in a note to clients. "We think ConAgra's strategic move toward private label products offers long-term opportunity, and look for ConAgra to not have a lot of competition between its private label portfolio and its own branded products."
It all adds up to a food deal that Wall Street finds nourishing, at least for now.
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The jobs coming from the shale boom were in evidence as the Commerce Department released the fastest-growing counties by population on Thursday.
Williams County, North Dakota had by far the fastest growth of any county, at 10.7%, from July 2012 to July 2013, the agency reported. It plays host to the Bakken formation, whose boom is five time larger than the oil boom of the 1980s, according to the Minneapolis Fed.
And, North Dakota notched the 4th, 14th, 15th and 24th fastest-growing counties.
(North Dakota also saw the fastest rate of personal income growth, at 7.6% last year.)
Energy also was the reason for the second-fastest population growth in the country, in Duchesne County, Utah, home of the Uinta Basin. That county had 5.5% growth.
The third-fastest growing county, Sumter County in Florida, takes part in another growth industry: the elderly. It's home to a major retirement community called The Villages.
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Over at the Times, Janet Maslin reviews a new biography of Bobby Fischer by Frank Brady:
"Endgame" is a rapt, intimate book, greatly helped by its author's long acquaintance with Fischer, who died in 2008, and his deep grounding in the world of chess. Mr. Brady was the founding editor of Chess Life, the official magazine of the United States Chess Federation, but his book is entirely accessible to readers who have never heard of that publication. Nor does "Endgame" require any prior knowledge of chess luminaries, chess strategies (no charts here) or chess tournament etiquette. It requires no expertise to appreciate a one-liner like the one the 19-year-old Fischer delivered after a visit to a brothel in Curaçao. "Chess is better," Fischer said.
Mr. Brady, a biographer dangerously drawn to megalomania (he has also written books about Aristotle Onassis and Orson Welles), takes a demystifying approach to Fischer's eccentricities. He sees the person behind the bluster, and he presents that person in a reasonably realistic light. Mr. Brady also makes use of unusually good source material, from Fischer's own unpublished manuscript to 50 years' worth of his own conversations with Fischer's associates, mentors and relatives. Note the omission of the word "friends." Fischer never had them.
Fischer was a genius as well as a madman. Do yourself a favor and check out Bill Nack's terrific SI piece on his search for the reclusive Fischer: "To find him, to see him, had become a kind of crazy and delirious obsession, the kind of insanity that has hounded other men in search of, say, the Loch Ness monster."
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World Bulletin/News Desk
A 70-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton from the Gobi Desert that was smuggled to the United States in pieces and auctioned for more than $1 million was returned on Monday by the U.S. government to Mongolia.
The huge Tyrannosaurus bataar's skull was on display at a repatriation ceremony near the United Nations in New York, where officials of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan and the U.S. Immigration and Customers Enforcement (ICE) formally turned over the nearly complete skeleton to Mongolian officials.
Mongolia demanded the return of the 8-foot-tall (2.4 metre), 24-foot-long (7.3 metre), mostly reconstructed cousin of the Tyrannosaurus rex last year after commercial paleontologist Eric Prokopi sold it at a Manhattan auction last spring for $1.05 million.
Prokopi, based in Gainesville, Florida, bought and sold whole and partial fossilized dinosaur skeletons.
U.S. authorities filed charges against Prokopi in October and seized the skeleton, which is comprised of fossilized bones welded to a metal frame.
"This is one of the most important repatriations of fossils in recent years," ICE Director John Morton said in a statement. "We cannot allow the greed of a few looters and schemers to trump the cultural interests of an entire nation."
Morton said the repatriation would "undo a great wrong by returning this priceless dinosaur skeleton to the people of Mongolia."
Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj thanked U.S. prosecutors, judges, investigators and paleontologists in a statement: "Our two countries are separated by many miles, but share a passion for justice and a commitment to putting an end to illegal smuggling."
In addition to the skeleton, the United States is also helping to return more fossils to Mongolia, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said.
The Tyrannosaurus bataar lived some 70 million years ago in what is now Mongolia, and its skeleton was discovered in 1946 in a joint Soviet-Mongolian expedition to the Gobi Desert, according to court and federal documents.
It was imported to the United States in 2010 from Great Britain, with customs documents that falsely claimed it originated in Great Britain and was valued at $15,000, far below its auction price.
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Tech giant CEO says Yahoo's quarterly results won't change his company's view on takeover offer.
Microsoft will hold firm on its $43.2 billion offer for Yahoo, regardless of whether Yahoo's quarterly results impress or disappoint investors, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday.
"We think we can accelerate our strategy by buying Yahoo and will pay what makes sense for our shareholders," Ballmer said. "I wish Yahoo all the success with its results but it doesn't affect the value of Yahoo to Microsoft."
Ballmer, speaking at the launch of Microsoft's Web portal for North Africa, MSN Maghreb, has set a Saturday deadline for Yahoo's board to accept a deal with Microsoft or face a lower bid that it takes directly to Yahoo's shareholders.
In its first-quarter results, due later on Tuesday, Yahoo is expected to show progress in stabilizing its Web media and advertising business after two years of decline. In Yahoo's favor are low expectations from investors accustomed to seeing the company fall short in recent quarters.
Yahoo officials are expected to use the results to argue why Microsoft's $31 a share cash-and-stock offer undervalues its growth potential and give the company ammunition in arguing for a higher price.
Microsoft has said its offer is "full and fair," refusing to sweeten its bid since it has yet to see Yahoo raise a credible alternative.
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Here's something I've been playing around with for a little while. Not sure if many people will be interested but I'm posting what I've done, just in case.
I was curious to know the pros and cons of making a map using using only models and very few textures and shaders.
Here's what I made using 3dsmax, nothing special, just half a model of an indoor soccer stadium.
To paint this entire model I used only 3 images, one for the walls, one for the floors and one for trim.
I've not really used all the images as yet, there's room for more variation.
I exported the model to .ase format and imported it into radiant..
, duplicated the model. I added a couple of decals to the walls just to see how they would work - they work nice, then I compiled the map and made this video.
Well, thats as far as I've got - I've not bothered to clip the models, I would think this would be a pain, I've not created different kinds of clip for wood, metal yet - not certain this even works.
Am still experimenting


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Reviewed by A .G (age 8)
I think someone should read this book because it is a really good book. It has adventure and is very exciting. Once something happens, you already want to know what is going to happen next.
If you are a person that likes adventure and characters that can't be real like a live scarecrow then you should read this book.
My favorite part in this book is when Dorothy meets the Tinman. I like it because the Tinman is very funny. He is funny because in the book, the Tinman forgot how to walk.
The story reminds me of when I went driving to Florida with my family. On the way to Florida I fell asleep like 1,000 times and I had a dream like Dorothy did when she fell asleep during the tornado.


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Wabash Men Get Creative with Community Serviceby Mark Shreve '04 • April 4, 2005 Share:
Over the weekend, the campus appeared as you would expect in the early days of April. Students attended a comedy show, played in a volleyball tournament, went to a fraternity party, and wrapped up the weekend with a home run derby in the park.
The activities were all performed on behalf of local and national charities.
The philanthropic activities represent what appears to be an increased focus on community service, college-wide. Wabash freshmen begin their college experience with a community service project during orientation and begin to join living units and organizations which make service a central focus of their activities.
But community service doesn't seem to be the dreaded all-day car washes, weed-pulling, highway cleanup projects you might think. Wabash students are increasing their philanthropy — and they're doing so creatively.
Students and visitors packed Saturday into the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity to witness the second Singer/Songwriter Showcase. Junior Sam Clark began the evening with a short set and was followed by Wabash alumnus, Jack Barkley '89. For Barkley, it was a chance to get back to his former living unit and to see that the brothers who have replaced him.
Headlining the show was Oklahoma artist Darren Flowers. Flowers played at the inaugural concert and drove from a show in South Carolina to play for the second showcase at Wabash. For an artist who relies on paid gigs and tips to afford gas back to Oklahoma, performing a free show was a sacrifice, but an honor.
"I love playing at Wabash," said Flowers. "The atmosphere at Wabash is always very accepting. It seems like the guys are very enthusiastic and care about what they're doing."
Early in his set, Flowers teamed with cellist Braden Pemberton '07 on one his newest songs, "Anchors." Collections from the show were given to Habitat for Humanity and local food banks.
Phi Kappa Psi philanthropy chairman Nic Bitting '07 came up with the idea for a singer/songwriter showcase as a way to combine students interests with civic responsibilities.
Wabash students are increasingly finding ways to incorporate service into their lives and their interests into service.
Andrew McGlothlen '05 spent the last few months planning "ThE lAuGh OfF," a comedy show which became a competition between Wabash students and rival DePauw University. On Friday night, the final showdown among comedians raised more than $500 in ticket sales to be added to previous ticket sales and other donations. Wabash comedians Mark Cross and Evan Schmit finished second and third.
The proceeds — more than $1200 — went to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
The Sphinx Club took advantage of Sunday's spring weather by inviting the campus to a home run derby. The derby brought children from the community together with Wabash students to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Earlier in the weekend, students formed teams to participate in the Intrafraternity Council's volleyball tournament for charity.
And the list continues. A group of international students made t-shirts to raise over $1500 for tsunami relief efforts; Rick Warner's history class collected toys for a classroom in Chiapas, Mexico, as part of their spring break immersion trip; the Vagina Monologues brought in several hundred dollars for domestic violence charities; athletic teams utilize community service as a responsibility and valuable team-building experience; the Malcolm X Institute leads an on-going tutoring program; and students still participate in the highway cleanups and blood drives which used to be the extent of community service on campus.
You may also remember the stories of John Meyer '05 leading the brothers of Alpha Phi Omega, Wabash's service fraternity, on the Relay for Riley. Meyer not only raised awareness for the Indianapolis children's hospital, but also more than $10,000 in donations for Riley.
Meyer was one of last year's recipients of the Community Service Award for Outstanding Work. But students don't seem to be putting in the time and effort for an award or for a quick PR blip — they genuinely see service as a part of life.
"Philanthropy isn't something that takes all that much time, effort, or money, but it can and does change the world, and I enjoy being a part of it," said Tony Caldwell '07, who volunteers through his fraternity, the swim team, and other campus organizations.
These students — defined as "Millennials" by sociologists — are said to lack focus and are not engaged in the world around them. The generational research has to be incorrect or Wabash students must be bucking the trend — either way, Wabash men are making a serious commitment to service and looking for new ways to give back.
Sheve '04 is Wabash College's Assistant Director of Annual Giving
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Above right: Pemberton '07, Flowers play a set.
Lower left: Schmit does his routine during the Laugh Off in the Chapel.