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Altmann, Jakob, Dr.; Came to Czernowitz in 1918, friend of Elieser Steinbarg, Jakob Sternberg, Mosche Altmann and Schlomo Lerner; his home was the meeting place of artists and intellectuals; medical doctor by profession and calling; a gentle and amiable man; died on November 11, 1960 in New York. Widow Mrs. Mania Altmann, the daughter of poet and director Vera Hacken.
Altmann, Leiser (Elieser) (1867-1951); many year president of Jewish Community in Sadagura; emigrated in 1935 to Eretz Israel where he was active as a businessman; left assets in his will to religious institutions, especially Jeschiwoth; buried in the cemetery of Sichron Meir (Bnai-Brak).
Amster, Heinrich, Dr. (1874-1957); well know medical doctor; former chief doctor in the Fürth Sanitarium in Vienna; later active in the State Hospital in Czernowitz; during the First World War hospital commandant and as such decorated several times; died in Vienna, brother Ludwig A. lived in Vienna.
Baltinester, Jerome, Engineer; Member of the Vienna Kadima; Lumber industrialist; vice president of Maccabi in Czernowitz; enthusiastic Zionist; deported with his family to Siberia where he perished in 1942.
Berall, Hero; his family originated from Siret; son of Doliu Berall; former director of the firm Material Technology in Czernowitz; clever, respectable and well loved; lived in Israel and finally in Vienna; died 1961 on a business trip to Munich. His wife, the daughter of the Czernowitz textile magnate Zimand (Paris) lives in Tel-Aviv.
Berler, Samuel (1878-1954); born in Nepolokoutz; distinguished merchant; cattle and meat exporter; vice president of the meat dealer syndicate in Czernowitz; lives since 1947 with his son, Engineer Willy Berler in Brussels where he died.
Bianowiez, Hermann (1870-1943); Jeweler in Czernowitz; lay judge; certified appraiser; member of chamber of commerce; leading member of the singing club Hasamir; master of ceremonies in Rotary Club; member of Jewish community's[1] governing body during the time under Romanian rule; member of Sfatul negustoresc (businessmen's organization; advisor to the Romanian Finance Ministry when the customs duties were set for jewelry.
On July 7, 1941 he and his wife together his youngest daughter Anny and her husband Salo Friedmann were deported to Siberia. There he went blind and died on March 13, 1943. Three of his daughters live in Israel; Sidonie married to a lawyer from Suceava, Salomovici lives in Hafia, Hedwig, widow of Dr. Fischl Siegel (Kimpolung) and Grete, wife of the jeweler Mosche (Maniu) Morgenstern who lives in Tel-Aviv.
Bitter, Wolf, Dr.; (1903-1961; leading director of the General engineering and Technical Supplies Ltd. since 1948; well known philanthropist and brilliant lawyer; died in Tel-Aviv.
Blum, Josef; Estate owner; member of Parliament. Builder of the nursing home in Czernowitz; active in the political life of the city and a highly respected person; his daughter Cäcilie Blum worked as a professor of German literature in a Chinese university.
Boral, Nathan; leading personality of Bukovina orthodoxy; outstandingly active in the Misrachi Movement; emigrated in 1950 to Israel; died in Israel.
Bibring, Edward, Dr.; (1895-1959); son of a high official in the justice system of Czernowitz; brother of Dr. Sigmung Bibring (Mexico); 1913 philosophy student in Czernowitz; prisoner of war during World War I in Siberia; after the war studied medicine in Vienna; married the medicine student Grete Lehner; both doctors, later leader of the Psychoanalytical Teaching Institute under Professor Freud; fled to London together with Freud; he and his wife received professorial appointments in Boston in 1941. His wife worked at Harvard University; he died in Boston.
Brandmarker, Markus; (1871-1957); active in the Vienna forwarding firm Josef J. Leinkauf; in 1930 founded a forwarding firm in Czernowitz; distinguished himself through kindness and honesty; died in Tel-Aviv.
Braun, Moritz (1884-1943); From an old Czernowitz family; was know throughout the city; wife and son live in Israel.
Brenner, Ephraim, Dr.; (1883-1937); studied in Czernowitz; professor at the State Gymnasium III; inspector (school) for a period of time; founded in Czernowitz the Jewish book store Aurora; member of the Orient lodge of B'nai Brith; Hebrew scholar; for many years directed the Matriculation Department of the Israel K.G., Czernowitz; wife Paula Brenner ran the book store until the Russian occupation (1940). His son Dr. H. Brenner lives in Ramat Gan.
Brück, Leo, Dr.; (1874-1956) Chief Finance Minister in Czernowitz; archetype of an honest, capable and industrious intellectual in Bukovina. Two sons, one an engineer and the other, Dr. Ottor Brück-Barkai, formerly lawyer in Czernowitz, presently official in the Israeli Justice Ministry in Jerusalem. Died in Kfar Ono.
Covier, Marco, Dr.; (1878-1956; adroit attorney; active as journalist; lived since 1918 in Vienna; changed his profession to restaurateur and bought the café Produktenbörse in Vienna; emigrated to Eretz Israel in 1938 where he remained 10 years; returned to Vienna and died there.
Denker, Nachman, Dr.; (1897-1953); grew up during the First World War in Suceava; studied at the law faculty in Czernowitz and there received his doctor's degree in law; after opening his law office married Hutka Zentner in 1925; Dr. Denker distinguished himself through his great sense of duty, honesty and unending kindness; he belonged to many commissions of Zionist organizations, was for some time the chairman of the welfare committee of the Jewish Community, last president of Safa Iwria. In Eretz Israel since 1944; founder and first president of Chug Olej Bukovina in Haifa where he was active until his death; died 1953 in Israel.
Deutsch, Wilhelm; a fine and endearing man; succumbed to a malicious illness in Minneapolis in 1961; widow Rosina, nee König and daughter Ditha live in the USA, brother Dr. Oskar Deutsch and Sister Adele Goldstein live in Tel-Aviv; sister Josefine in Wellington, New Zealand.
Dollar, Norbert, Dr.; doctor (gynecologist) for 25 years in Radauti; deported in 1941; became infected while treating typhus patients and died there as victim of his profession. His widow lives in Haifa.
Dupler, Efraim; (1866-1948); religion teacher; for a time leader of the Israelite elementary school in Czernowitz; admired as Hebraist; editor and employee of Hebrew, Jewish and German periodicals; died in Bacau (Romania). His son Abraham Dupler lives in Rischon le Zion (Israel).
Eidinger, Nathan (1879-1945); industrialist; founder of the East Grain and Spirits Central; in First World War, declined decoration by the Kaiser (barony); demanded support from Foreign Minister Czernin in the struggle to obtain equal rights for Jews at the Bucharest peace conference in 1917 and negotiated in Brest-Litovsk with the Russian peace delegation about the rights of Russian Jews; arranged for the reception of Dr. Hantkes by Foreign Minster Czernin (1918) to discuss the issuing of an East German declaration similar to the Balfour Declaration; in 1935 in Lucerne chosen as member of the Council of the Jewish Agency; during his stay in Vichy interned by the Nazis and first released in 1944; great philanthropist and promoter of many social institutions in Austria, Bukovina and Romania; brilliantly active in the care of orphans. His widow, Berta Eidinger and daughter Dary live in Tel-Aviv.
Eisenberg, Simche (1898-1948); textile industrialist; part owner of the textile factory Hercules in Czernowitz; vice president and long time member of the Executive of the Bukovina Zionist state organization; supremely active in KH [Jewish National Fund]; helpful to the point of self-sacrifice; died in Bucharest; son, Dr. Heini Eisenberg works as a scientist in the Weizmann institute in Rehovot, [Israel] and his daughter Erika married to Oisermann, lives in Kfar Shmaryahu in Israel.
Ellenbogen, Josef, Dr. (1880-1960); born in Suceava; studied in Czernowitz and Vienna; lawyer in Czernowitz and later in Vienna; after the Nazis marched in he fled to London where he died; former member of Humanitas in Czernowitz; Zionist; active as an author; brother Maximilian Ellenbogen lived in Beer-Sheva.
Falikmann, Berthold; member of Hasmonäa; member of Massada in Czernowitz; respectable, loyal and honest; writer of a French language book, L'Arbitrage dans la Societe des Nations which appeared in 1932; died in Siberia.
Finger, Ephraim Wilhelm (1881-1942; engineer for underground construction and bridge building; studied in Czernowitz; deported to Riga in 1942 where he died; former chief engineer of the Austrian railroad system; long time representative of the synagogues in Essen; founder and chairman of the Jewish Hand Worker Organization; Social Democrat; active in charitable causes.
Finger Izchak (1900-1953; born in Czernowitz; studied dentistry; lived for a while in Belgium; emigrated to Eretz Israel in 1934; widow Etty, nee Grüssgott, lives in Jerusalem. Three sons fought in Israel's War of Liberation. One died a hero's death and the other two changed their name to Barak after the founding of the state.
Fritz, Samuel (172-1945); Son of Baruch; strict religious upbringing; worldly education (Polish and German); later, student of Dr. Bloch in Floridsdorf near Vienna; an enthusiastic Zionist since the appearance of Herzl; lived in Kotzman; kept up contact with members of the Bukovina and the Austrian parliaments used his influence to further the interests of numerous petitioners; during the war was a refugee in Vienna; director of the EastBank branch in Kotzman, where he founded a Hebrew kindergarten; president of the KG and officer of city government in Kotzman; went to Israel in 1944 and died in Tel-Aviv.
Garl (Grünberg), Josef, engineer; member of Emunah; studied in Czernowitz and Jerusalem; initiated an action in Eretz Israel to rescue those aliyah candidates who remained in Bukovina; official in the technical division of the airport Lud; owner of an electrical consulting firm in Tel-Aviv, died in Israel in March 1959.
Gaster, Leib (1896-1942; born in Waschkoutz; zion. Askan; deported to Transnistrien; tied of typhus in Kopaigorod near Moghilew; widow Edith lives in Kibutz Awiad in upper Galilee (Israel); son and daughter also live in Israel.
Geller, Schamal, Engineer (1878-1960); studied in Vienna, Civil Engineer; engineer for structures and tunnels in Kutz, Storozynetz and since 1920 in Czernowitz; involved in carrying out agrarian reform in Romania; member of Misrachi; participated in the founding of the apprentice school (Perez) by the Joint; in Israel since 1951; in 1957 when he was 75 years old, he still worked as a road construction engineer; died in Tel-Aviv in 1960; sons Siegfried and Markus (president of HOB Jaffa Bath Jam) live in Tel-Aviv; daughter Miriam (married name Soar) works as a teacher and her husband as a school director; the second daughter Anna (married to Dr. Bernstein) works as a chemist at Kupat Cholim in Tel-Aviv.
Goldfeld, Schaje; long time president of Safa Iwria; founded the first Hebrew kindergarten in Czernowitz in 1912 and the school for education of Hebrew kindergarten teachers; untiringly active in the fight for the Hebrewization of Jewish youth; popular speaker and leading Zionist.
Goldstein, Heinrich (1876-1959); privy counselor; came from Suceava; state court councilor in Suceava; during the First World War examining magistrate and district attorney in Vienna; finally OLGR and senate chairman in Vienna.
Gottesmann, Samuel; Son of the industrialist Leibisch Gottesmann, died at age of 34 murdered by the Nazis.
Grabscheid, Gustav, Dr. (1870-1923); military doctor of the XI Ulan Regiment in New Juckia; later police doctor, railroad doctor and district doctor in Czernowitz until his death; gave great sums for Zionist fund; helpful and charitable. Son Erich Grabscheid lives in Kiriat Frostig (Israel), daughter Heddy married to the director of the Children's Opera in San Francisco, Norbert Gingold.
Granierer, Efraim, Dr; since his student days a Zionist and outstandingly active in general Jewish causes; lawyer for many years in Sadagura; president of the organization of former Sadagura residents in Tel-Aviv; died on May 11, 1958 in Israel.
Grauer, Heinrich, Dr. (1895-1960); generally beloved, very conscientious lawyer in Czernowitz; died in Tel-Aviv. His widow Mrs. Dr. Fritzi Grauer lives in Tel Aviv (Israel).
Greif, Markus; mayor of Putilla; district councilman; fled during the First World War to Vienna; never returned to Romanian Bukovina; victim of the Nazis; died together with his wife in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Gutherz, Carl, Dr.; (1883-1942); began career with district court located in Zastawna; later transferred to Czernowitz where he advanced to the position of government councilor; after his retirement he became gerent and later president of the Jewish Community in Czernowitz; sent in 1941 to Siberia from where he didn't return; widow lives in Tel-Aviv.
Haller, Georg (1876-1948); for many years official of the Czernowitz legal system; active in a leading position in the child protection organization which he founded; was also one of the founders of the B'nai B'rith lodge; lived since 1944 in Eretz Israel; experienced the founding of the state; died in Tel-Aviv; widow and son live in Israel.
Heitner, Aron (Adolf); (1875-1951); vice mayor in Sadagura; member of Jewish self government (councilor) in Czernowitz; helpful and good organizer; died in Bucharest; his widow lives in Vienna. A son, wholesaler Max Heitner died in Vienna, his son Abraham lives in Tel-Aviv; a daughter lives in New York and one in Siberia.
Hessing, Eduard; member of Hebronia; professor in Czernowitz; good Zionist; died in Sydney 1960.
Horowitz, Nathan; president and supporter of the Jewish Child Protective Home; wife Josefine dedicated her life to social work.
Jurmann, Jakob, Dr.; studied in Czernowitz, Vienna and Cologne; repeatedly decorated in World War I; in 1918 active in Lemberg Self Protection against Ukrainian program bands; in leading position in Anitta Müller's assistance work in Vienna; active in the care of Jewish children in Holland; leader of various refugee camps; since 1934 in Eretz Israel where he started as a construction worker; owner of a meschek in Kiryat Ono; died suddenly 1961; widow lives in Kiryat Ono; two daughters live in Israel.
Katz, Leo; born in Siret, lived in Switzerland, Mexico and Vienna; wrote novels in the Yiddish language with social backgrounds whose stage was Bukovina and the bordering territories; died in Vienna.
Kaufmann, Moses; born in Novosielitza; owner of the forwarding firm Alliance; died 1939 in Czernowitz; his wife Hilde, nee Weinbach and his two sons Norbert and Josef Kaufmann are respected businessmen in Caracas (Venezuela).
Kern, Hermann; estate owner and businessman; came from Old Romania; member of the Orient lodge of the J.O. B'nai B'rith; grain wholesaler; died in Tel-Aviv.
Kessler, David, Dr. (1866-1944); rabbi; came from an orthodox family; gymnasium in Radauti; university and rabbinical seminar in Vienna; 1900-1913 rabbi of the Maehrisch Jewish Community in Gewitsch; after moving to Czernowitz (1913) upper secondary school religion teacher; during the war at Sophie gymnasium in Vienna and later at State Gymnasium III in Czernowitz; after leaving government service member of the Czernowitz rabbinate; his sons are alls physicians; Dr. Josef works at the Rockefeller Institute in Lima, the second Dr. Arthur and the third Dr. Julius Kessler, ophthalmologists in New York; the fourth, Dr. Leo, biologist in Bucharest died during the Second World War in Bucharest.
Kiesler, Heinrich, Dr.; Attorney in Czernowitz; long time president of the Bukovina Lawyers' Association; city councilman and K.V. in Czernowitz; father-in-law of the former mayor of Storozynetz, pharmacist Philipp Füllenbaum; died in Czernowitz (1915).
Klinger, Klara; came from a family that remained true to tradition; raised in Czernowitz, since her youth sentimental, thirsty for knowledge, music loving , enthusiastic, ready to help and charitably active to the point of self sacrifice; fiery Zionist; in 1906 founded the Jewish national women's and girl's organization Deborah in Czernowitz which in 1924 became the Wizo; delegate to several Zionist congresses; leader of the Jewish orphanage in Czernowitz; member of the Jewish self government in Czernowitz; visited Eretz Israel for the first time in 1929; permanently in Israel from 1944 until her death in 1957 in Tel-Aviv.
Klüger, Karl, studied at gymnasium, studied law at the university in Czernowitz: worked with Dr. Philipp Menczel; founded the Czernowitz Tagblatt [daily newspaper] in 1903; helped to found Hasmonäa; chief editor of the Czernowitz Tagblatt after Dr. Menczel retired; during the First World War entrusted by the Vienna State Department with a special mission in Stockholm and Copenhagen; 1919 leader of the Joint action for the rebuilding in Bukovina; member and president of the lodge Orient of the order B'nai B'rith in Czernowitz; author of the novel The Eleventh Commandment; member of the Romanian Senate; vice mayor of Czernowitz; died 1943 in Bucharest.
König, Leon (1869-1944); in 1887 opened a paper business on Ringplatz in Czernowitz; one of the founders of the printing shop Austria; helpful; member of Chamber of Commerce; President of the Merchant's Board; vice president of the Book Keepers Organization; member of the City Council for some time; awarded the Romanian orders of Meritul commercial and Coroana Romaniei; as Zionist one of the founders of the sports club Maccabi; lodge brother of Fraternite; deported to Central Asia by the Russians; son Adolf König sportsman and Zionist lives in Tel-Aviv; daughter Rosa lives in Minneapolis and daughter Blanca in Los Angeles.
Kraft, Jakob; member of the lodge B.B.; owner of the large mill in Hadikfalva; died in Tel-Aviv.
Krauthammer, Otto, Dr.; (1888-1955); senior consulting doctor in Jewish Hospital in Czernowitz; a kindhearted man; Brothers Dr. Jaques Krauthammer, industrialist in Mexico and Albert Krauthammer, textile industrialist in Israel; widow lives in Israel.
Lehr, Noah; industrialist in Czernowitz; paid with own means for addition to Jewish Hospital in Czernowitz; long time member of Jewish self government (Kultugemeinde); father of the industrialist Siegmund Lehr and father-in-law of the attorney Dr. Hermann Goldberg, the farmer Max Kula and the judge Dr. Jakob Rubel; died in Vienna; buried in Czernowitz.
Lessner, Siegmund, Dr.; (1905-1941); middle school in Czernowitz; studied business in Florenz where he received his doctorate; Zionist; member of Emunah in Czernowitz; meritorious secretary of the Chamber of Commerce in Czernowitz; deported by the Russians in 1941; shot in Winnitza.
Lodner, Pinkas (1865-1957); owner of the decoration awarded to him by the Belgian king, the golden palm with the crown; lived with his son Max Lodner in Arion (Belgium).
Mader, David (1857-1928); the first Jewish gymnasium professor in Bukovina; worked in Radauti and Czernowitz; one of the founders of the Chowewe Zion movement; effective teacher of many generations; father of lawyer Leo Mader who lives in Tel-Aviv.
Melech, Israel (1865-1953); Cantor in Czernowitz; worked at the old Choir School; founder of a prayer house in Giwat Alija (Jaffa); died in Israel.
Menczer Markus, Dr.; religious education; studied law in Czernowitz; leader of the Jewish self government; during the Russian years worked in a factory for children's toys; deported to Siberia where he died miserably.
Neuberger, Zeno, Dr.; formerly lawyer in Czernowitz; son of physician Siegmund Neuberger; after his aliyah a railroad official in Israel; died as a young man in 1955 in Haifa; his widow Mrs. Irma nee Hildebrand lives in Israel.
Niederhoffer, Adolf, Dr.; member of the Zephirah; changed from the profession of lawyer to that of a journalist; was chief editor of the Allgemeinen Zeitung [Universal Newspaper] in Czernowitz; after living for several years in Bucharest Dr. Niederhoffer emigrated to Israel; moved to Argentina where his live came to an end in 1961.
Preschl, Abraham; member of the Jewish national academic association Heatid; founded and senior manager of the cardboard box factory Carto; part owner of the second largest artistic lithographic printing business Artografia; part owner of the textile business Vartex; took part in almost all Zionistic campaigns; along with his wife Lotti and his little daughter Helga shot to death by the Nazis in Transbug.
Ramier, Alfred, Dr.; (1870-1958); excellent psychiatrist and musician; untiringly active until his last breath; patron of artistic talent in Czernowitz and the wide world; collected works of music with exemplary zeal; comprehensive library; died suddenly of a heart attack in Suceava.
Reifer, Manfred, Dr.; studied in Czernowitz; one of the most active members of the Emunah; since earliest youth ambitious and a leader in the Zionist youth movement; gymnasium teacher in Czernowitz; director of KH [Jewish National Fund]; active in literature, especially in the area of Jewish historical research; during First World War prisoner of war in Siberia and returned in 1917 in a prisoner exchange. founder of the Historical Society in Czernowitz; president of Massada; inspiring speaker in political rallies; highly active member of the Peoples' Council movement in Czernowitz; member of the Romanian parliament; founder of the Bukovina Landmannschaft [organization of people from same city or country] in connection with the Irgun Merkas Olej Europa; worked together with the leading figures of Zionist Movement; rich correspondence; influential politician; died in 1953 in Tel-Aviv; his only son Theodor Gideon born in Czernowitz died on February 28, 1943 fulfilling his duties as a soldier; his only daughter Ditha is married to the well known businessman Dr. David Jaglom and lives in London; his widow Mrs Janka, nee Engler lives in Tel-Aviv.
Reiber, Paul, Dr.; (1868-1943); Attorney, aesthete, unusually willing to help others; during the First World War district attorney for the military justice system; respected even by his opponents.
Roll, Mathias; (1872-1954); studied in Vienna; in 1900 assumed leadership of the Galician Merkur Bank branch in Czernowitz which later became the Banca Commerciala; valued commerce expert; publicist; member of the Czernowitz Chamber of Commerce; vice president of the Czernowitz Grain and Securities Exchange; member of the Social Democratic Party and in this capacity for a period member of the Jewish self government in Czernowitz; since 1947 with a son in London where he died; his son, Attorney Dr. Joseph Roll interested in literature and active as a journalist, a patron of art, lived in Israel; died in Vienna while traveling through in 1957.
Rachmuth, Chaim ben Jehuda Arie; born 1874 in Siret; councilor and president of Jewish self government in Gurahumora; active member of the Zionist movement; since 1951 in Ber Jakob; died 1954 in Tel-Aviv.
Rosner, Bernhard; owner of the knitwear factory Texta in Czernowitz; respected supporter of charities; interested in politics; lost his life on the Struma.
Rosner, Littmann; born 1855 in Kisselitze near Uscie Puttilla; member of the managing board of Poale Zion in Czernowitz; one of the founders of the workers' kitchen Poale Zion; especially active in the children's vacation camp in Wizenka founded by the Jewish School Organization; representative of Poale Zion to Joint; endangered his life by sheltering Jewish families who fled from Poland in his home in Czernowitz; supported those deported to Transnistrien with money and food; died 1944 in Czernowitz.
Rosner, Meir Dr.; (1881-1921); son of prosperous merchants in Dorna-Watra; studied in Czernowitz; one of the most active members of Poale Zion; organized together with Locker, Rothziegel, Sokal and Steinmetz the first youth groups and worker associations; then continued his work in Vienna; worked together with Mendl Singer, Adler-Rudel in the party-executive and was one of the editors of the newspaper Jewish Worker; in Czernowitz editor of the party organ Freiheit [Freedom]; leader of the left wing of Poale Zion.
Rössler, Emil; came from a respected family in Itzkany; middle school in Suceava, later merchant in Czernowitz; was member of Massada in Czernowitz emigrated to South America where he died.
Rubasch, Stefan; interested in literature, artistically gifted; in Czernowitz founder of an amateur theater; reciter, author; finally official in Tel-Aviv; died there on August 29, 1958.
Schächter, Izle; well known and loved in Jewish quarter of Czernowitz; ritual slaughterer and mohel; in orthodox circles valued as prayer leader; died 1958 in Tel-Aviv.
Schächter (Amitai), Oskar; came from an orthodox family that lived in Kolomea; went early to Haskalah; ardent and inspiring Zionist; loved by all; member of the Zionist party council in Czernowitz; died at age of 76 in 1959 in Haifa.
Schärf (Gilboa), Abraham (1885-1955); member of Zephirah in Czernowitz; as a Zionist, ready to fight and true to the principals; during the First World War, officer in the field court; attorney in Gurahumora; member of the B'nai B'rith lodge; dedicated himself in Eretz Israel to building up the land; died in Tel-Aviv; left behind wife, daughter and a son who lived in France as a well known doctor;
Schärf, Zwi, Dr.; formerly a lawyer in Bukovina; good Zionist; finally official of the Sochnut in Tel-Aviv; active member of the Progressive Party; one of the founders of the Chug Olej Bukovina in Tel-Aviv; died on November 17, 1955 in Tel-Aviv.
Schieber, Wilhelm, Dr.; born 1875 in Gurahumora; Mag d. Pharmacy; studied in Czernowitz; assistant at the university in Czernowitz, later director of the Vienna Pharmaceutical Association Laboratory and director of the chemical and pharmaceutical factory, Philipp Röder; started many independent undertakings; in 1928 acquired the largest and most beautiful fruit farm in Vöslau (Austria); invented a copper and nickel welding technique; died 1942 in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Schmidt, Josef (1904-1942); son of a lease holder of an estate; elementary school in Czernowitz; in 1916 fled with his family to Slovakia where he learned to play the violin; returned home where he was a singer in the temple choir which was directed by Choir Director Josef Tofstein (murdered by the Nazis in July, 1941); afterwards he traveled to his uncle in Berlin for further education; military service as violin player and drummer in Radauti; 1928 cantor during the High Holidays in Czernowitz; 1929, concerts in Antwerp and Amsterdam; on the trip home, resounding success before a radio commission in Berlin; further triumphal successes followed; the Vosisch newspaper called him the new Caruso; concerts in England, Berlin, Vienna, Brussels, Zurich; in 1932 he made his first film, Love Express; 1933, the worldwide success A Song Goes Around the World; after the Nazi party came into power he still gave concerts in Poland, Romania, Switzerland Belgium, Holland, France and England; he lived until 1938 in Vienna; further films: When You Are Young the World Belongs to You, A Star Falls From Heaven, Seven Happy Days, records for His Master's Voice; radio, etc; celebrated everywhere as a singing phenomenon; called to the Royal Opera in Brussels in 1938; had to flee from Hitler's gangsters to Switzerland where he died in an internment camp on November 16, 1942; two brothers live in Israel; biographies by Dr. Karl Ritter, Karl and Gerhard Nowotny.
Schnee, Jaques, Dr. (1887-1943) studied in Czernowitz; long time city councilman and vice president of the Chamber of Commerce; honorary president of the Czernowitz Commercial and Book Keeper organization; Member of Hasmonäa; decorated as officer in the First World War; owner of the manufactured items store Lauterback & Schnee; deported to Siberia in 1941 where his life ended; was member of the Rotary Club and the B'nai B'rith lodge Orient in Czernowitz.
Schwarz, Samuel: respected merchant in Czernowitz; successfully occupied himself with the outfitting of the Talmud Torah of which he was president for many years; well known philanthropist and leading member of various religious and social institutions; died 1927 in Czernowitz; son Isidor Schwartz zealously carried on refugee relief in Bucharest, lives in Tel-Aviv.
Seidmann, Karl, Dr.; (1882-1949); middle school and university studies in Czernowitz; since 1905 employed by the state of Bukovina; 1918 became leader of the Primary District Team in Czernowitz; awarded with the Golden Merit Cross on the ribbon of the Badge of Courage for outstanding service before the enemy; in 1918 called to serve in the Interior Ministry; one year later active in the Nourishment Office of the Minestirial Council. chief of the Commercial-Political Department; state commissioner in the Food Import position; in 1922 left state service; director of Artmann & C. A.G. (branch of Central Bank); 1938 in the Palestinian Civilian branch of the British army; 1946 accredited representative of the east Federal Government in Tel-Aviv; 1947 reactivated and called to service by the east Government in the Ministerial Council; died in Vienna December 2, 1949.
Sokal Siegmund, Dr. attorney; a conscientious man and a good Zionist; died in the ghetto in Czernowitz in 1941; his widow, Mrs. Fanny Sokal, nee Schwarz lives with her daughter, Mrs. Hilde Bulow in Quito Ecuador. The son Josef Sokal took part in the Israeli War of Independence and is an officer in the Israeli army.
Sosczyn, Josef. Dr.; director of the Roentgen Institute of the Donolo Hospital in Haifa; leading radiologist; noble and helpful; died in Tel-Aviv in 1961.
Spektor, Pinchas (Pinie) (1872-1951); composer, director and cantor; composed already at the age of 14; for 19 years cantor in the Ukraine; 1903 cantor and composer at the court of the Great Rabbi of Bojan; 1919 carried out same office in Leipzig; 1929 chief cantor at the choir school in Czernowitz, where he preformed his most beautiful pieces for the public with great success; died in Czernowitz.
Summer, Wolf; merchant and industrialist, made extreme efforts to help those deported to Transnistrien by sending money, clothing and medicine, protector of the poor; died in a traffic accident on October 20, 1956 in Israel.
Stein, Josef: born in Waschkoutz (1866-1954); well known follower of the Wiznitzer Rabinical Dynasty; for many years bailiff of the prayer house of Reb Chaim Czernowitzer; was especially distinguished by placing orphan children under the protection of the Rabbi of Portugal who was known as the Seculener Rav; emigrated to Eretz Israel in 1950 where his life ended; on his grave stone in Zichron Meir (Bne Brak) the following inscription (in Hebrew) is written; Grandson of the Holy Rabbi Baruch from Kasev of Blessed Memory.
Stein, Oskar (Jehoschua); (1885-1960); born in Davideni, district Storozynetz; lumber exporter; stemmed from a respected land owning family; lived in Czernowitz and after the war in Bucharest; since 1950 in Tel Aviv where he left this life.
Tannenbaum, Wilhelm; (1870-1923); among the most well liked people in the business, cultural and religious life of Bukovina. He was the director of the life insurance society North Star, had a wide ranging knowledge of Judaism and as a member of the Jewish Community Council and as a many year member of the managing committee of the Czernowitz temple contributed to the Jewish life of Czernowitz; member of many humanitarian organizations; silently supported charities; he was married to Rachella, nee Eltes; his son, attorney Dr. Julius Tannenbaum lives in Brussels and his daughter, Dr. Gisela Tannenbaum lives in Paris.
Tauber, Leiser; (1879-1958); descended from a respected rabbinical family in Radauti; as a youth studied to become a rabbi; later turned to business; a follower of the Chowewe Zion Movement, then one of the founders of the Misrachi Movement; fought for the spread of the Zionist ideal; politically active during the People's Council Movement; deported to Transnistrien; survived and emigrated to Israel where his life ended.
Taubes, Löbl, (1863-1933); followed his family tree back to Raschi and Israel Baal Schem Tov; together with the writer Dr. J. Silberbusch published the Jewish People's Newspaper, later the People's Friend of which he was the general editor; fought for the recognition of the Jewish nationality and for the use of Yiddish as an every day language; was delegate to the first State Zionist Conference in Lemberg (1891); itinerant speaker; spread Zionism in city and state; in 1896 founded the weekly paper Haam; moved to Czernowitz in 1904 where he edited the Jewish Weekly Newspaper; presided together with Dr. Nathan Birnbaum over the Czernowitz language conference (1908); fellow worker of Prof. Dr. Kellner in the People's Council; wrote about Jewish names and Talmudic elements in Jewish proverbs (1927); published in Vienna together with Chaim Bloch the Jewish Yearbook for Austria; His sons Dr. David and Dr. Israel Taubes both active Zionists live in Tel-Aviv.
Teitler, Leo; (1907-1941); born in Sadagura; attorney and translator; was active as a Zionist; section leader of the Maccabi; died in Berschad (Transnistrien) on December 5, 1941.
Teutler, Marcus; (1883-1945); worked at the Bukovina Savings Bank in Czernowitz where he rose to director for 30 years; helpful and a long time Zionist; widow, daughter and son live in Tel-Aviv.
Ungar-Wohl Salmea, Dr. (1903-1932); Daughter of the saw mill director of the Gelber brother's factory; Elias Wohl; sister of the short lived poet Kubi Wohl earned her Doctor of Medicine in Italy; brilliantly active in the field of psychoanalysis and psychiatry died at the early age of 29.
Wassermann, Alter; long year president of the Zionist organization in Radauti; after his return from Transnistrien chairman of the Zionist Central Organization in Radauti; helpful and of firm character; died in 1956 in Hadar Josef (Israel).
Weisselberger, von Salo Dr.; (1869-1930; born in Draczynetz; son of the estate owner Joel Weisselbergr and Jente, nee Rosenzweig; state court councilor; member of parliament, mayor of Czernowitz ; deported on June 1, 1915 to Siberia; 1916 exchanged for the Cardinal of Lemberg; senator in Romanian parliament; died in Vienna.
Wender, Hermann, (1874-1956); graduate building engineer in Czernowitz; in 1905 built the State Theater following the plans of the Vienna architectural firm Fellner and Hellmer; engineering first lieutenant in First World War; built in Spratzern near St. Pölten one of the largest prisoner of war camps of the war; 1935-1936 in Tel-Aviv builder of the Dizengoff Plaza and the Dizengoff Street; in 1951 emigrated to Israel; builder of 600 homes in Bne Brak; died in Nathania on May 9, 1956 at the age of 82.
Werber, Bruno, Dr.; (1886-1956); formerly lawyer in Czernowitz; old man of Hasmonäa; in Israel worked tirelessly to get damages for the Bukovina Jews who were persecuted by the Nazis; died suddenly in Tel Aviv.
Wildmann, Salomon; lumber industrialist and saw mill owner; distinguished by his charitable work; good Zionist; brother of the B'nai B'rith Orient lodge; died 1942 in Czernowitz.
Wiznitzer, Josef; born 1879; religious upbringing; dedicated himself to farming and industry; joined the People's Council movement led by Prof. Dr. Keller; a delegate at the 13th Zionist Congress; long time member of the Zionist State Organization of Bukovina serving in both the Party Council and in the Executive Council; chairman of the Jedidej Hechaluz; 1931 entered in the Golden Book of the K. K. L.; city councilman and member of Chamber of Commerce in Czernowitz; in 1940 went to Israel where he founded the diamond polishing company Ewen Chen in Natania.
Zehnwirth, Isak; Zionist since his youth; 1919-1924 chairman of the Zionist local committee inKrosno; came in1924 to Czernowitz as director of the large company Continentala; worked zealously for the National Fund; in 1929 entered in the Golden Book of the K. K. L. Member of the executive committee of Zionist State Organization of Bukovina; patron of Hanoar Hazioni; extraordinarily helpful; during the time in the ghetto founder of a People's Kitchen; in 1948 emigrated with his family to Israel where he was active in the service of the construction firm Amidar; died in April 1957 in Petach Tikva.
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How Much Productivity Is Lost on the Job to Sites Like Facebook?
If you spend any of your work hours checking sites like Facebook, you aren't alone. A new study says more than half of employees do just that when they should be working instead.
Salary.com polled 3,200 adults and found that while 64 percent visit websites unrelated to their jobs every day, that number has actually dropped 10 percent since 2008, possibly because people are now more scared of losing their jobs — or they're busier because co-workers have been laid off and there's extra work to do.
Here's some more interesting findings from the study:
- about a fifth spend an hour out of every workday visiting non-work websites.
- Facebook is the most popular non-work-related site to visit, with 41 percent of survey respondents saying they check it when they're on the clock. Business networking site LinkedIn came in a close second with 37 percent.
- almost half of workers use their company-issued computers to look for new jobs.
- while you might think it's the youngest members of the workforce doing all this web surfing, only 15 percent of people under 25 cop to such behavior. The biggest offenders are actually employees between 26 and 35. And more education someone has, the more likely they are to make unscheduled stops on non-work sites.
The most common reasons people gave for such behavior? The majority said they aren't challenged by their work, and others indicated they don't have an incentive to work harder, they don't like their jobs, or they're simply bored.

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Take a look at the sights and sounds from Canton on enshrinement day, as well as highlights from Chris Doleman and Curtis Martin's speeches.
In Canton, this afternoon, former Pitt stars and 2012 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees Chris Doleman and Curtis Martin spoke to the media.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) - Kyle Lohse beat the Miami Marlins with seven innings of three-hit ball in 106-degree heat and Tony Cruz hit a go-ahead two-run triple in the St. Louis Cardinals' 3-2 victory on Saturday.
Allen Craig had three hits and Skip Schumaker added an RBI single in the fourth for the Cardinals, who have won five of seven and snapped the Marlins' three-game winning streak.
David Freese was hit by a pitch twice, walked and singled to reach base safely in all four trips.
Justin Ruggiano hit a two-run home run for the Marlins, who missed a chance to climb back to .500. Carlos Zambrano (4-7) lasted just five innings and Giancarlo Stanton lasted just two before leaving with right knee soreness, the injury that had kept him out four straight starts.
Jose Reyes, Hanley Ramirez and Carlos Lee, the top three in the Miami lineup, were a combined 0 for 11 with a walk and are 1 for 22 with two walks the first two games of a three-game set heading into the All-Star break.
Lohse (9-2) is 3-0 with a 2.08 ERA in three starts against Miami, allowing nine hits in 21 2-3 innings, and found his stride after Ruggiano's homer with one out in the third. The Marlins had two base runners the last five innings on a walk and a fielding error by Craig at first that was wiped clean when Reyes was caught flat-footed, getting picked off to end the fifth.
Lohse has won his past three starts overall and has worked seven or more innings six straight times.
Jason Motte allowed a pair of two-out singles in the ninth before getting Donovan Solano to foul out to end it for his 20th save.
Stanton singled to start the second and with one out Ruggiano hit his sixth homer, a drive to left-center to put the Marlins ahead. Ruggiano has 18 hits during a 10-game hitting streak.
The Cardinals stranded four runners the first three innings before getting to Zambrano in the fourth with the first four batters reaching safely. Schumaker hit an RBI single and scored when Cruz followed with an opposite-field drive into the right field corner that scooted past Ruggiano's attempt to cut off the ball.
Cruz has started the past two games in place of All-Star Yadier Molina, who returned to Puerto Rico on bereavement leave following the death of his wife's grandfather.
Zambrano lost for the first time at seven-year-old Busch Stadium after entering 6-0 in seven starts with a 1.73 ERA, the lowest among active pitchers at the ballpark. He lost for the second time in nine career decisions overall in St. Louis.
Marlins reliever Wade LeBlanc struck out the Cardinals' 3-4-5 hitters in the seventh and allowed one hit in three scoreless innings.
NOTES: Zambrano has hit eight batters, among the league leaders. ... Matt Holliday has hit in 10 straight after singling in the fifth. ... Lohse has allowed a homer in each of his past four starts. ... Carlos Beltran didn't get the ball out of the infield in three at-bats against Zambrano and is 4 for 27 overall against the right-hander. ... The Cardinals are 11-28 when their opponent scores first.


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For His Valentine, a Kidney
It's customary on Valentine's Day for a husband to give his heart to his wife, but a kidney?
To a local couple, who underwent a transplant operation on Tuesday, it beats chocolate and flowers any day.
"It's sort of surreal," said Cindy Realmuto, a kindergarten teaching assistant at Springs School and mother of two, who was interviewed on Sunday, two days before the scheduled surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
Ms. Realmuto has been with her husband, Joe Realmuto, the executive chef of Nick and Toni's, Rowdy Hall, and the other Honest Man properties on the South Fork, since the two were teenagers. In 2008, she was diagnosed with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, or F.S.G.S.
"There is scar tissue growing between the veins in my kidney, and it's collapsing the veins," Ms. Realmuto explained. At diagnosis, her kidneys were functioning at about 50 percent. "But as my numbers started to drop, I got sicker," she said. As of her most recent visit, her kidneys were functioning at "below 20 percent."
"The doctor said it was like I was standing at the edge of a cliff, and I could fall off that cliff at any time," she said.
A visit to a transplant team at Stony Brook made the couple aware of the possibility of finding a living donor. "There are hundreds of thousands of people on the New York waiting list," Ms. Realmuto said. "It's simpler if you can find a match from a friend or family member."
Mr. Realmuto immediately offered to be the donor, as did a niece. When possible donors are tested, the doctors look for blood-type matches along with an antigen compatibility. Luckily, they were both matches, "but my niece just had a baby, and I wouldn't put her through that," Ms. Realmuto said. A friend, Diane Engstrom, also went for testing with Mr. Realmuto, and was found to be a match, but "Joe really wanted to do it," Ms. Realmuto said.
"But he had high blood pressure, so he wasn't a good candidate," she said. Unperturbed, he went on a fitness program, changing his diet and dropping 25 pounds, and reducing his blood pressure. "He'd go to spin class at 6 a.m. with my girlfriends," Ms. Realmuto said. "He wouldn't take no for an answer."
Besides her husband, Ms. Realmuto is overwhelmed by the support of the community. When a fuel delivery man was informed of their plight, he offered to donate. "He didn't even know us," she said, her voice breaking. "The love has been incredible."
After the operation, the couple will stay in the hospital for a few days, under observation, before returning to the South Fork.
When the Realmutos heard that the date of the operation was Valentine's Day, Ms. Realmuto said, "It was perfect."
"It's the perfect day," she said. "It's the perfect gift from the man I love. He's saving my life."
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Snorting Smarties can lead to nasal maggots.
Scientists ponder the magical appearance of a strange Martian rock.
Ron Jeremy sings "Wrecking Ball."
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Luis Camnitzer:
Introduction by Jane Farver
I presume to be a revolutionary artist, with a vision for the world and
with the mission of implementing it: to eradicate the exploitation of
man by man, to implement the equitable distribution of goods and tasks,
to achieve a free, just and classless society.
The production needed to reach the public who might be converted to my
ideas cannot be realized through a limited, craftsman approach. I need
means of production that are as efficient as possible and assistants who
can perform those tasks that do not require my creative effort, but can
be executed under my instructions.
I cannot physically eliminate the artists competing with me, but I can
try to harm their image, spread rumors, create rifts between them and
their dealers, and generally, try to sabotage their distribution systems.
With some luck and some manipulation I can then add these distribution
networks to mine and ensure my preeminence in the public's view. Thus
I will increase my sales which will allow me to acquire more and better
means of production. I will be able to consider gaining access to other
audiences, an international public.
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The Superstition of Reality, 1980


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Stefan's Imagine-Menagerie
Name: Stefan (14 months)
Location: Manhattan, New York
Room Size: 9.5' x 12'
Tina and Stefan were first-time parents but second-time clients, brought to me from Apartment Therapy itself several years back. Tina's "Good Question," about preserving the freshness in their master bedroom while still showcasing some gorgeous family furniture led to my working with this lovely couple, and designing a nursery for their newest gender-to-remain-a-mystery-until-delivery-date soon-to-be.
So while the project was new, and my very first nursery commission, the clients were not. That helps a designer immensely: with shorthand, with process, with trust, with budget understanding. I had always wanted to do a nursery (What an honor! To design the first room a person will ever live in!), but honestly, I was leery of the Mothers (one too many overly hormonal sit-com momzillas, perhaps?). But with Tina as the mom in question, I knew we'd be good, have fun along the way, I knew she'd teach me any and all new-baby etiquette, and that together we'd arrive at something as lovely as it deserved to be for a couple that even my vendors still can't stop gushing about.
When it's unknown whether a little Mister or Miss will be taking up residence, you have to think outside the Crayola box a bit, as the gender lines in the nursery category are pretty clearly drawn. But, luckily, that's changing, and I've always loved colors a little beyond the norm anyhow. Tina's early mentions of gray as a possible crib color let me know we could take some risks, and her positive response to the art-driven palette of a past virtual nursery design verified it. While the gray eventually gave way to white as our baseline neutral, the yellow and turquoise steered clear of any boy/girl specifics, and would allow future personalization. Also, after the fact and once the color palette was surprise-revealed, I learned these blues and yellows were also modified versions of the colors of the Ukrainian flag, the very background of this lovely young family. Color serendipity.
The white, blue and yellow all draw from the outdoors (and summers, and springs, and pools and skies and beaches and lemonade) without being too literal. What was literal was an animal theme, broad enough to cover the colorful menagerie of barnyard, circus, fairy tale, Ark, jungle, and-- most importantly-- imagination, without getting too deep into any one theme.
The jumping-off point was the high contrast Marimekko print. Wall stripes and the over-scaled abstract rug (Waves? Petals? Vines? Clouds?) meant we'd be going graphic, big-time. The scale of these gutsy prints gave a great architectural presence in this contemporary construction room with little of its own, and the big dashes of background whites kept the color and scale of the prints from overwhelming the room.
First published in American Baby, the room was also designed to grow, soon and later, right along with its little inhabitant. That ottoman is perfect for pull-up practice, and gives mom and dad and happy grandmothers a place to perch while little Stefan plays on the super-soft rug. That Runway console will someday be home to homework and (if he's good and lucky, which I know he is both) a TV or desktop computer, and a third layer of color can be introduced down the road... navy, orange or more grass-green would be great, later.
In all, it's a room where sunny dispositions rule, animals roam and the mind wanders. Not a bad place to start.
How would you describe the look and feel of this room?
"Sunny!" Crisp. Modern, but "friendly-modern."
Tina wanted "happy and energetic" but also "calm," and at first I thought those two traits were further apart than they seemed to be once we got rolling with the design.
What is your favorite piece or element?
I like what paint does in this room, from the room-widening stripes to the pale blue that makes the ceiling dissolve, and brings a little outdoor feel to this city room. And the matte-and-gloss stripes react to the light in beautiful ways during the day and night.
I also like how we were able to use white so intentionally, from wall color to the textiles to the furnishings and lamps. That's where a lot of the tranquility and freshness of this room comes from.
And I love that Tina was open to having a non-nursery piece of art over the crib, a custom piece by a talented friend of mine. It pulls all the room's colors together, but also gives the parents something to look at.
I really love the extra storage under that crib, too, which we hid with a custom bedskirt.
What was the biggest challenge decorating this room?
Timing! Pregnancies tend to go faster than some furniture delivery times! I was starting to tape off the stripes the morning Tina went into labor. The message I got was "My water just broke!" Talk about a motivational text to speed things up!!
The other big challenge was knowing when to stop, theme-wise. There are so many cute things out there, it was hard to stop styling!
What do your friends say about the room?
All reports indicate that we got the "happy" down, for sure. "Fresh" is another word the room seems to garner.
Do you have any advice for parents creating a room for their child?
Have fun! But never lose sight of function. Adults spend a LOT of time in a nursery, so give them places to sit, lights (on dimmers!!) where they're needed, storage that makes sense, a side table by the glider or rocker.
And design some things into the room specifically to trigger play and imagination.
As for selecting items for the room, don't think every purchase has to be made at a nursery-specialty store.
If money were no object, what's your dream source?
If money were no object, I'd buy even more art... and I would have hired someone to do the stripes!! But honestly, nurseries are such hardworking yet temporal spaces, I'm not even sure this room would have been all that different if we had all the money in the world. I don't feel like budget caused us any compromise here.
Why the animal theme?
A few reasons. Mainly, since we didn't know who'd be occupying the room, animals made a great gender-neutral starting point. But when I saw the black-and-white Marimekko fabric, based on European fairy tales, I knew it was the right way to go: the couple collects black-and-white contemporary Ukrainian artwork, many with natural themes and motifs. This pattern seemed a great way to introduce the new little resident to some of the couple's old-world roots and artistic heritage. I can just picture, when Stefan gets a bit older, his mom or dad making up little stories about the animal shapes. The couple has always had a "story book" quality to me, too, so I loved that part of the fabric's origin.
Tina had also seen a virtual nursery design I had created, and there were animals in that. Along the way, I got a great lesson in everyone's favorite animals, which were considered good luck to have represented, and some that weren't! Turns out, adults have very specific reaction to animal types and traits!
They also refer to the little man as "Stefanchik," so the little chick picture from Sharon Montrose was also another happy accident. I just loved the newborn nature and tiny pop of yellow it gave us!
Above all, I think introducing animals to a new little human is one of the most important things any parent can do. It's how we learn about the world beyond our doors, how we learn empathy, how we learn to be better humans. I have the fondest of memories of my plastic animal collection, and early zoo trips.
How do you keep a scheme colorful yet calm?
Big doses (there's nothing too fussy in this plan at all) of a limited palette, and repetition of shape and color, and again, a really intentional use of white.
Wall colors, all Benjamin Moore, low-VOC formulas
• Base color for the walls: "White Opulence" OC-69 (matte)
• Stripes: "Little Angel" 318 (semi-gloss)
• Trim: "White Opulence" OC-69 (gloss)
• Ceiling: "Innocence" 2055-70
Source List:
• Crib: Moda, Room & Board
• Changing table: Moda, Room & Board
• Glider: Grano, Monte
• Tall dresser: Adams 4-Drawer Dresser, West Elm
• Console: Runway, CB2 (no longer available)
• Ottoman, and black and white fabric: Marimekko "Kalevala," Crate & Barrel, (no longer available through Crate & Barrel)
• Hanging storage units: Hyde wall-mounted cabinet (pair), CB2
• Rug: Lollipop, Shades of Light
• Giraffe lamp and elephant night light: Jonathan Adler
• Ceramic Fox: Jonathan Adler, Delfinium Home
• Yellow lamps: Tube Top, Pablo, Room & Board
• Mobile: Petit Collage, purchased from Land of Nod
• Drum side table: West Elm
• Standing drum lamp: "X" floor lamp, CBS (now in chrome only)
• Striped yellow mug (with wheatgrass): Marimekko
• "Smile" pillow: Pottery Barn Teen (no longer available)
• Black and white throw: IKEA
• Lamb and baby chick photos: Sharon Montrose, The Animal Print Shop
• Abstract painting (custom): Caroline O'Connell
• Framing: Steven Amedee Custom Framing
• Roman shade and custom bedding fabrication: Solomonic Couture
• Knit hat: Loopsy Daisy
Thanks, Tina, Big Stefan and Little Stefan!
(Images (all but last four details): Jody Kivort)


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale heavyweight crew team will have its first of two home races this Saturday, racing against Dartmouth for the Olympic Axe. This is the second race of the season for the heavyweights and the first in a trio of dual races that will fall on back-to-back weekends.
Yale's season opener took place against Brown two weeks ago. In three out of four races the Bulldogs fell to the Bears, each time with Yale giving up an early lead and Brown pulling though to win by a slim margin and defend its home course. Yale's four was the only crew to pull out a win, but this time with the home advantage belonging to the Bulldogs all of Yale's crews will be looking to put a win on the board.
"It's great to be getting into the thick of the dual season," said senior captain Jon Morgan. "The team is in great shape and we are looking forward to solid racing this weekend."
Dartmouth opened its season last weekend in Worcester, Mass., against Columbia, Holy Cross and MIT. In all three eights the Big Green finished second behind Columbia and ahead of Holy Cross. Dartmouth's four triumphed over MIT's four.
Yale has not lost this race since the two schools began racing for the trophy in 2004. On Saturday, Yale will draw on its pool of international talent in hopes of keeping the Olympic Axe for another year.
The heavyweights are the only team racing at home this weekend. The order of events is as follows:
Coxswains and Coaches Meeting – 7:45 a.m.
3V8 – 9:00 a.m.
JV8 – 9:20 a.m.
1V8 – 9:40 a.m.
V4+ – 10:00 a.m.
Yale's Gilder Boathouse is located at 280 Roosevelt Drive in Derby, Conn. Directions can be found here. A spectator bus will depart from Payne Whitney Gymnasium at 8:20 a.m.
Live video coverage will be available free online for all of Yale's home races. To watch streaming video online during the race, please visit:
and click on the link that says "Watch" next to the race. In addition to being available live, races can also be viewed on demand shortly after the conclusion of the race.
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International Expert on Adaptive Optics Joins New Mexico Tech, Feb. 10, 2006
by George Zamora
SOCORRO, N.M., Feb. 10, 2006 – An internationally renowned expert on adaptive optics and directed energy research has joined the research ranks of New Mexico Tech.
Dr. Robert Q. Fugate recently accepted the full-time position of senior research advisor with New Mexico Tech's Office for Research and Economic Development, after retiring from more than 35 years of federal civilian service with the U.S. Air Force.
As an esteemed member of the Air Force's scientific and professional cadre of senior executives, Dr. Fugate most recently served as senior scientist for atmospheric compensation at the Starfire Optical Range, a specialized research division of the Directed Energy Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque.
At the Starfire Optical Range, Dr. Fugate directed a research program on atmospheric propagation physics, which includes atmospheric compensation using laser-guided star adaptive optics and the acquisition, tracking, and pointing of lasers toward Earth-orbiting satellites.
The ongoing research program Dr. Fugate headed also involves developing sensors, instrumentation, and mount control of large-aperture, ground-based telescopes, such as the one under construction at New Mexico Tech's Magdalena Ridge Observatory.
The systems developed at Starfire Optical Range have received worldwide acclaim from the astronomy community; and, its associated research group is widely recognized as a leader in atmospheric compensation for large ground-based telescopes.
"I am very excited about joining New Mexico Tech, and am looking forward to working with Tech's outstanding university staff and students to advance the use of adaptive optics in astronomy and other areas of directed energy research," Dr. Fugate said.
Dr. Fugate has received numerous national awards, including, in 2003, the first Distinguished Presidential Rank Award for Senior Professionals in the Air Force, putting him in the top one percent of senior civilian executives in federal government. He also is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and has written and delivered many invited articles and research papers.
In addition, Dr. Fugate has chaired and served on organizing committees for numerous research conferences on adaptive optics and directed energy topics.


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Among other points, Mr. ab Hugh criticizes the distinction here as "inside baseball" — a kind of formalistic quibbling. To get a preview of the potential importance of the Court's extension of its reasoning in Lawrence, consider Nathaniel Stewart's column on the issues raised by Canada's legalization of same-sex marriage: "Oh Canada, we stand on guard for thee."
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Hubble to Use Moon as Mirror to See Venus Transit
This mottled landscape showing the impact crater Tycho is among the most violent-looking places on our Moon. Astronomers didn't aim NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to study Tycho, however. The image was taken in preparation to observe the transit of Venus across the Sun's face on June 5-6.
Hubble cannot look at the Sun directly, so astronomers are planning to point the telescope at Earth's moon, using it as a mirror to capture reflected sunlight and isolate the small fraction of the light that passes through Venus's atmosphere. Imprinted on that small amount of light are the fingerprints of the planet's atmospheric makeup. These observations will mimic a technique that is already being used to sample the atmospheres of giant planets outside our solar system passing in front of their stars. In the case of the Venus transit observations, astronomers already know the chemical makeup of Venus's atmosphere, and that it does not show signs of life on the planet. But the Venus transit will be used to test whether this technique will have a chance of detecting the very faint fingerprints of an Earth-like planet, even one that might be habitable for life, outside our solar system that similarly transits its own star. Venus is an excellent proxy because it is similar in size and mass to our planet.
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Here is some breaking news: most of your notions about singles are wrong. Even if you aren't married, this holds true. On Feb 2nd, Match.com separates fact from fiction in our second annual "Single in America" study — the largest and most comprehensive look at single life in the U.S. today. With that in mind, our street team pounded the pavement to gather a few opinions prior to our data being released, while we decided to reach out to dating expert K. Aleisha Fetters. We wanted to see if our street team's findings in the video above were much different from our online expert's thoughts on a topic that we like to call: Men vs. Women.
K. Aleisha Fetters is Associate Online Editor & Dating Blogger for WomensHealthMag.com.
Match.com: What do you think men are most concerned with physically: their weight, their height, or being muscular?
K. Aleisha Fetters: Their height.
Match.com: Many women would agree. Why do you think height trumps other physical traits that might concern men?
Fetters: Men think that women won't date them if they are short.
Match.com: Who said physical appearance is more of a "must have" in a relationship: single men or women?
Fetters: Men.
Match.com: Why do you think that's the case?
Fetters: Men are very visual.
Match.com: Dr. Helen Fisher would agree on that point. Who do you think "checks out" their dates more on Facebook, men or women?
Fetters: Women.
Match.com: Why do you think women engage in this behavior?
Fetters: Women like to get more information so they can be sure that someone is a decent guy.
Match.com: Do you have a "detective" story you want to share?
Fetters: Don't think so, but if I can't find someone on Facebook or Google, it seems very strange.
Match.com: Who's more comfortable with PDA (public displays of affection): single men or women?
Fetters: Women, being that they are stereotypically more lovey-dovey.
Match.com: So then, who do you think takes longer to recover after a breakup: men or women?
Fetters: Women take longer to recover.
Match.com: What determined your answer?
Fetters: Oxytocin [the hormone that encourages bonding].
Check back here on February 2nd to see how American singles responded to the exact same questions in our second annual "Single in America" study.


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- Second book of Justin Cronin's trilogy, "The Twelve," hits stands this week
- Cronin's daughter inspired "The Passage," his wife influenced this new book
- Cronin's college senior thesis on "1984" also influenced the theme of propaganda in "The Twelve"
In "The Twelve" it's the end of the world as we know it and while no one feels fine, millions love reading about it.
Hitting bookstores October 16, "The Twelve" is the highly-anticipated new novel from award-winning author Justin Cronin. It's the second in a planned trilogy about a frightening man-made apocalypse. The first in the series, "The Passage," was an instant bestseller in 2010 winning widespread praise from critics and a worldwide legion of fans.
Master of horror Stephen King was among Cronin's most vocal supporters.
"The Passage" also received national attention for the back story behind the book. Originally inspired by Cronin's then 8-year-old daughter, at its heart it's a story about a little girl who saves the world. The book generated a bidding war among publishers, ultimately selling for more than $3 million. Film rights were also snapped up for a reported seven-figure payday. Cronin went from being a little-known author and English professor to overnight millionaire.
In the series, Cronin presents a desolate view of the future, where a mysterious plague turns people into blood-sucking monsters, cities crumble, much of the United States is turned into a wasteland and millions of people die in the resulting chaos. Nevertheless, readers love Cronin's fresh, intelligent combination of science fiction, horror and thriller, reminiscent of King's "The Stand" and Cormac McCarthy's "The Road."
"The Twelve" of the title are the dozen vampire-like creatures created in a secret government experiment gone horribly wrong. Now these twelve virals control an army of the undead, out to extinguish what's left of the human race. The new book briefly returns to "year zero" of the global plague. It reintroduces readers to some favorite characters from "The Passage," expands the cast, widens the scope of the story and gives the plot a "1984" Orwellian twist.
CNN recently spoke to Cronin from his home in Houston, Texas, where he's hard at work on the third and final book in the trilogy. The following is an edited transcript.
CNN: You've talked about how your daughter was the original inspiration behind "The Passage." Did she have any input on your new novel?
Cronin: She did at the outset. When she and I conceived the first book we talked about the sequels and their basic narrative shape. So in that sense her handprints are upon it. That said, the 8-year-old girl who took her bike rides with me and talked about the novel is now a 16-year-old learning to drive with her own life and her own concerns and in fact her own writing.
So on a day-to-day basis, my go-to person now I would say has been my wife. Whenever I hit a snag, we take a walk around the block and talk about it and rather remarkably by the time we return it's not uncommon for the problem to be solved. So for each book there's been a woman in my life who's played a pretty big role. In this one I'd have to give a tip of the hat to my wife.
CNN: When we last talked you said, "The hazard of most trilogies is the middle book." So was this novel harder to write than the last?
Cronin: It was different. For each book I've had to sit down and look at what new challenges I have to work through. One of the best things about my job is that I don't have a boss, so I can take each project and do what interests me. One of the things I always want to do is never write the same book twice. I want each book to pose a new challenge and force me to stretch as a writer.
For this book what I wanted to do was avoid the well-known trap of middle books in a trilogy, which is that they're kind of a long second act, just a bridge between books one and three.
What I decided to do was to make sure I wrote a book that had fresh terms established for it, so that it would pick up where the last story left off but it would also reset the situation. Which is why in this book at the start, you go back to year zero to see something you did not see the first time. It changes the rules of the game for my major characters in their quest to rid the world of the great viral plague.
That for me was the strategy that I conceived of very early on. What do I want to do in this book that's different from the middle books of most trilogies, in the same way that when I wrote "The Passage," I said what do I want to do that's different from most apocalypse novels? Once I got that clear in my mind I realized how the book would operate.
CNN: You've described "The Passage" as an ode to "Lonesome Dove," so what novel was your inspiration for "The Twelve?"
Cronin: For each of the three books I wanted to work within different genres. The first book is a bunch of things. It's a horror novel, apocalyptic fiction, science fiction, but I think it's very much a road novel and a Western.
At the core of that novel you have characters who are encountering the American West with the same kind of sense of awe and unknown as the first European settlers. This book, I wanted to draw upon my love of espionage fiction to bring yet another kind of energy into the trilogy.
I like really well-written spy novels, for instance I'm a huge fan of Alan Furst. But if I had to pick a book that was really operating in the background it would be George Orwell's "1984." It's always been a very important book for me.
I wrote my senior thesis in college on "1984." I think it's a much more complex and interesting book than its given credit for. How does propaganda operate, how do you gain complicity? I was very interested in these kinds of questions and the psychological mechanics of how totalitarianism operates. In "The Twelve" people will see that influence in the background I'm sure.
CNN: You're very active on social media. What has your interaction been like with fans online?
Cronin: Social media is the perfect thing for writers and for people who work alone. I can't stroll down to the photocopy room and kill a little time chatting about what the Patriots did this weekend. I'm all alone in my office, so it's absolutely a way of breaking the trance of loneliness that writers have to live in. For a writer it gives you the opportunity to interact with your fans without leaving your house or going on a book tour. I love it.
The thing about "The Passage" trilogy is, unlike my earlier work, those books had readers, but these books have fans. Because the books are still unfolding it's a way to interact with people in the middle of the story. That did not happen with my first two books. Now I hear from people all the time. I love interacting with fans this way. Its fun, it's easy. I think how great it would have been when I was a young reader to be able to do this. John Cheever really made me want to become a writer. I remember a night in college when my roommate and I tried to call him on the phone.
It didn't work out, but you really want to talk to these people, they matter to you. Facebook is a way of bridging that gap. I appreciate it not only as a writer but as the reader I was as a young man.
CNN: What's the status of book three, any hints?
Cronin: I'm sort of at the point now I feel like I'm hitting my stride with the third book. My goal is for the third novel in some ways (is that it) follows the design of the earlier books, which is to briefly take the reader back to year zero. To see yet again something they did not see the first time that resets the terms of the story, so that the book has its own propulsive engine. The only other thing I can say is it's the last book so the big questions that remain will be answered. That's the job of the third book is to end the story. The goal is for the book to come out in 2014, and all mysteries will be revealed.


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Time to bake a delicious little cake for the weekend ....
Entenmann's Crumb Coffee Cake
3-3/4 cups flour
1-3/4 cups sugar
1/4 pound butter (l stick), softened
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
2/3 cup milk
1/4 pound (1 stick) butter
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 pinch salt
confectioner's sugar (for dusting)
Mix together in a large bowl flour, sugar, baking powder, salt; and set
aside 2 cups of this mixture for the topping.
Add butter, eggs and milk to flour mixture in large bowl and mix well.
Grease and flour a 13-inch rectangle baking pan. (I used PAM spray w/flour)
Spread batter in prepared pan.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
For Topping: Take the 2 cups of reserved flour mixture and add to the
butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt. Mix together with your fingers until
blended and lumps begin to form when you squeeze the mixture making small
pea-sized crumbs.
Cover the entire cake with the crumbly mixture.
Bake for 30 minutes.
When cooled, dust with confectioner's sugar
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Narrated by Sir Ben Kingsley, A three-part series, re-creates the spectacular sweep of Islamic power and faith during its first 1,000 years, from Muhammad's birth to the Ottoman Empire under Suleyman the Magnificent. Evocative re-enactments and art, artifacts, and architecture combine with scholarly interviews to recount the rise and glory of Islamic civilization.
Part 1: The Messenger
The first episode in a three-part history of Islam, focusing on the historical truth behind the extraordinary life of the prophet Muhammad, the early writings of the Koran, the creation of the first mosque, and the battle to establish the new religion. The rapid expansion of Islam overwhelmed the empires of Persia and Byzantium, creating a new empire larger than Rome.
Part 2: The Awakening
The second episode in a three-part history of Islam focuses on the profound impact that Islamic civilisation has had on Western culture and the course of world history. Muslim scholars from Baghdad's House of Wisdom developed our system of numerals, and acted as a channel for the intellectual legacies of Greece, Egypt and China, bringing about advances in literature, the arts, science and medicine.


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I saw these yesterday for the first time in person... man this is such a waste to me. I never really liked the Clone Wars version of the ARC Troopers, and to have to get several of those just for the Gatlin Gun Clone isn't worth it to me. I passed, and am glad I did. More for those people that are ARC Trooper fans I guess... but these just seem way too cartoonish.
I've not seen hide nor hair of these locally... I sorta hate to order online due to the paintjobs Dressel mentioned plus the simple fact they're $25 at retail and gonna cost $30+ at etail... I need two, and would've appreciated buying at TRU, however they came and went here without any sign of more arriving it seems.
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James Shields or David Price: Tampa Bay Rays are Ready to Trade an Ace
Thursday November 8th, 2012
Bernie Olshansky: With center fielder B.J. Upton most likely leaving for free agency, the Tampa Bay Rays will have some gaps to fill in their lineup this offseason. Unless they sign a high-profile free agent like Josh Hamilton (which I discussed in my last feature), the Rays will need to make a move to land a bat. The Rays have a solid pitching staff. Some may even say they have a pitching surplus. With David Price and James Shields leading the staff that includes Jeremy Hellickson and Matt Moore, the Rays can say that pitching is their strength. Out of all these pitchers, one should probably be traded though in order to boost the offense.
The two pitchers that would carry the most trade value on the staff are Shields and Price. Hellickson and Moore are both young and somewhat unproven, so they would probably not provide much of a return. Shields is a pitcher I compare to Mat Latos, who was traded to the Cincinnati Reds from the San Diego Padres last offseason. The Padres cashed in big time. For Latos, the they got a haul including Edinson Volquez, the projected number two starter in the Reds' rotation at the time, Yonder Alonso, a top prospect, and Yasmani Grandal, another prospect and first-round pick. If the Rays traded Shields and got a deal similar to that of the Padres, they would be set up quite nicely for future success.
In my opinion, James Shields is more likely to get traded then David Price. There is nothing that really sticks out about him. He has had his ups and downs throughout his career with a decent 3.89 ERA over seven years. Of course the Rays will not get as good a deal for Shields as the Padres did for Latos (Latos was younger), but they should still get a nice package. I highly doubt the Rays would trade David Price. From the moment he was drafted first overall in 2007, Price was believed to be "the franchise" of the Rays. And, as a hard-throwing lefty, Price is a rare commodity. Any team to trade for Price would need to give up a hefty amount in order to land him, whereas for Shields, a power hitter and mediocre pitcher might be enough. But the Rays could get a fairly good package for the man they call "Big Game James".
So, who would want to pay the price for James Shields? The first team that comes to mind is the Royals. With an abundance of hitting talent in Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Billy Butler and Alex Gordon, the Royals might be able to trade a hitter away. The Royals are also in desperate need of pitching. Shields could provide that pitching for say, Alex Gordon and a lower pitching prospect. Gordon could fill in nicely for B.J. Upton in center and Shields would immediately be the ace of the Royals' staff. Assuming the Royals could afford him.
Another, less likely destination for Shields could be to the Oakland A's. Although highly unlikely, the A's might want to add an ace to bolster the young staff. A rotation with Sheilds, Brett Anderson, and Jarrod Parker at the top would give the A's a good chance of competing for the AL West crown in the future. For Shields, the A's could send back a package of players including highly regarded outfield prospect Michael Choice. This trade sounds ridiculous, but looking at Billy Beane's past deals, it might not be. Beane sent prospect Andre Ethier to the Dodgers for Milton Bradley, who did not work out. Beane also sent Carlos Gonzalez to the Rockies in a trade for Matt Holliday. With Yoenis Cespedes and Josh Reddick holding down the outfield for the next few years, this deal could be a possibility.
With every team trying to improve, there are bound to be numerous offseason deals. Look for the Rays to be active this winter, possibly trading one of their aces. With the Red Sox in a state of rebuilding and the new Wild Card in play, the Rays will have a much better chance at making the playoffs in 2013.
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#CAAFB Signing Class Analysis: New Hampshire Wildcats
Feb 14, 2013, 1:28 PM EDT
Editor's Note: With National Signing Day officially in the books, over the next three weeks we will talk with local journalists and bloggers covering our 11 schools to get their take on the teams that they cover. Each day will be devoted to a different program. Today we talk with Allen Lessels of the New Hampshire Union Leader about the UNH Wildcats.
What are your general impressions on this year's Wildcat signing class?
It's always hard to tell since we as reporters don't always see what the coaches see, but it seems like a good solid class and addresses some needs on both sides of the ball. It's not an overly large class, but I know they think that they have some quality players in it.
What impresses you most about this year's class?
There's not huge size, but there are a few good-sized guys on the line. There are also a couple defensive backs that have decent size. They really seemed to do a good job of addressing some specific needs.
While head coach McDonnell was pleased with the group's athleticism and the flexibility it will afford them in terms of needs, the program's 11 signees represent one of the league's smaller classes. What factors played into the smaller size of the class?
While it is small, I think he's happy with the versatility that will fill different needs. It was a relatively small class that they graduated, and I believe there were also a number of kids who were walk-ons or didn't have full scholarships that the staff has taken care of now. This process filled some of their scholarship room.
Is the coaching staff done recruiting or should we anticipate additional guys signing at this point?
I think they're essentially done as far as scholarship guys signing. I think they're still looking at walk-ons and preferred walk-ons though. Often times, they've come up with these walk-ons who will play down the road. UNH is a kind of school that thrives on giving kids a chance and having some walk-ons, so there may be some more of those but probably not guys who are signing National Letters of Intent.
What particular holes was the coaching staff looking to fill with this year's signing class and how successful were they in accomplishing this?
They filled a few holes on offensive line with several good-sized guys. On the other side of the ball, they lost a couple of tremendously productive linebackers in Matt Evans and Alan Buzbee. Evans was the Buck Buchanan Award Winner as a junior and both made a lot of tackles and filled an awful lot of holes these last three or four years. But the coaching staff came up with a couple of defensive ends and linebackers who I think may be key down the road.
With New Hampshire being a smaller state, how focused has the coaching staff traditionally been on recruiting local talent versus players from out of state?
I believe their philosophy is that they always want to keep the good New Hampshire guys here in state. As you said, it's a smaller state and there usually aren't a ton of guys coming out of high school to play at the Division I level.
They lose recruits to schools like Boston College and UConn every now and then, but their goal is to keep all of the other kids. This year they signed three kids from in state; all linemen as it turns out. Three out of 11 is a pretty good number, and I think they're probably pretty happy about that.
UNH's class is unique among many of the others across the league in that it does not include any transfers. Is this typical of the program's recruiting classes?
That's actually very typical. They've never been a school that thrives on transfers. They consider transfers and have occasionally had them, but I'd be hard-pressed to name more than two or three.
They don't seem to bring in kids from bigger schools who are looking to transfer like other programs do. I don't think they actively look for them, and I'd suspect that a kid looking to transfer probably doesn't think about UNH given that they don't have a history of bringing transfers in.
How do you think this class stacks up to others of years past?
Again, it's difficult to tell. I know the staff has some guys that they're excited about internally. Most have good numbers, solid production and have size and strength.
But I have yet to meet a coach who's said, "This year's class is a downer." They're usually excited about the guys they're bringing in and are optimistic about how they'll turn out.
Who in this year's signing class stands out to you?
As with most people up here, I'm a little parochial and like to see New Hampshire guys stay here and do well. And I think the in-state guys have a lot of potential. Two are offensive lineman – Jake Kennedy and Will McInerny – and both are from smaller high schools. Kennedy is a guy that's been on their radar for a while. He had interest from UMass and some other higher profile schools, but chose UNH. McInerny is an interesting guy. He's a 6'7", 290-pound offensive lineman who didn't play as a senior because he's had some knee issues, but they think he's clear and it won't be an issue. He could be a real diamond in the rough. The other lineman is Rich Holt from Portsmouth. He's another good-sized kid.
In terms of out-of-state guys, they brought in a guy named Odaine Franklyn who is a linebacker and did a post-grad year up here in New Hampshire. He's a big kid and could be one of those productive guys that steps in early. They've got a couple others like that, too.
The program has certainly sustained a tradition of success, as evidenced by the Wildcats owning the nation's longest active streak of playoff appearances at nine straight. What factors have played into keeping such quality talent coming to campus?
Sean McDonnell has been here as head coach for 14 years and was an assistant and player at the school before that. He preaches and lives the whole family atmosphere dynamic.
They don't necessarily have the nicest facilities and it's northern New England so the weather is much colder. We just had a two-foot snowstorm, but that was after Signing Day so that was probably a good thing. Sometimes this works to your advantage, though, because one of the incoming guys has a very strong interest in hockey and we've got a great program up here.
But Coach McDonnell is an intense guy who brings in hard-working guys. He's very committed to the program and what they do here. I'm sure every team says this, but there's a real family atmosphere here.
And the team's success is another big reason that kids choose to come here. That tradition of success is very appealing. Nine straight playoff appearances is really amazing when you think about it. When this streak began, I don't think anyone in the CAA had been to the playoffs more than a few years straight, so for UNH to be the team that has kept this streak alive is impressive.
Has this success changed people's expectations for the program over the years?
Yes, the expectations are high. It's kind of like the hockey team up here. You create a bit of a monster when you go to the playoffs multiple years in a row. That's certainly the case inside the team as well. They expect to maintain what they've been doing, which clearly is not an easy thing to do in the CAA
The Wildcats have never advanced past the quarterfinals of the FCS Championship. How much pressure is there for the program to get over the hump?
I wouldn't say there's a lot of fan pressure like there would be at some places. Fans would like it and the state would like it. So there's pressure in that way
Internally, I'm sure there's some pressure. They're well aware that they've made the playoffs but haven't been able to take that next step past the quarterfinals. At the end of each season, I think they take an honest look at the season and how they do get to that next step. A lot of what they do between winter workouts, recruiting and in general in the offseason is thinking about that.
Do you have a sense of expectations for the program in 2013?
I think they're high again. They have a lot of weapons back on offense. As has been the case, they need to improve the defense. Their defense has done some good things, but they've given up a lot of yards and a lot of points this past year and in other years.
This time last year, the big question coming out of the season was that they had a lot of weapons but didn't know what they were going to do about quarterback. And of course last fall they had two quarterbacks in Sean Goldrich and Andy Vailas. Because of injuries both had a chance to play.
I'm sure Sean McDonnell doesn't plan to have two quarterbacks playing this year. I think he likes both guys and what they've done, but it's taken away from the continuity that you're able to establish by going with one guy. Ideally, they hope to have a number one, which will create some good competition between now and the beginning of the season.
So quarterback isn't so much a question these days. They still have a pretty good corps of running backs and wide receivers. Again, the defense needs some work, but it's also played pretty well down the stretch of the season and in the playoffs.
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My experiment involves presenting simple visual stimuli briefly on screen (200 ms to 1000 ms). The stimuli would be simple enough (e.g. a circle and a line) but I want to use a range of durations to test out some hypotheses. I would like to know if there's a minimal time for human eyes to perceive simple visual stimuli, so I could say "the durations I've chosen for my experiment are safely above the minimal value suggested by 'so and so' in the psychophysics experiment.
I am sure many factors would have an impact on such a value, such as the participant's condition and how far the target is (in my case it's the distance between someone, sitting at their desk, and the computer screen), etc., but perhaps there are data and rules already established? If anyone knows of applicable guidelines or literature, I would really appreciate it.
(I've tried searching under "tachistoscopic presentation minimum time" but haven't discovered anything useful yet. Any other search term combo would also be helpful.)


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Hi dA! How are you! I somehow stumbled across my ye olden account here and was feeling a little nostalgic. First let me say that I am AMAZED that people are still using my stock to create beautiful art! How awesome are you guys? I just thought I would pop in to give a little update into my life these days:
Well, when we last parted, I had just gotten engaged. I'm getting married to my best friend in 15 days. It's still pretty surreal. I have been keeping a journal-esque type blog which you can take a peep at if you like. In it I've been documenting my experiences with being engaged...finding a dress, planning my wedding, etc. The link is lolawednesdaywedding.blogspot.…
Last year I graduated from college with a BFA in photography. Now I'm working on getting my own photography business started, shooting weddings and portraits. I also have two part-time jobs, one in an elementary school and one in a quirky little toy shop. Unfortunately I don't take many pictures just for fun anymore. When I do pick up a camera it's usually for my volunteer work photographing animals at a local shelter. But for fun I do try and shoot film as much as I can. The allure of film will never die for me.
Well, returning to my old account here has of course made me wonder if I will ever create stock photos again. Only time will tell...
Keep on creating, and as I've said before, if you have my old stock photos saved, please feel free to continue using them and sending me links on this page. You never know when I will stop back in to check on things!


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Suge Knight Demands Tupac Shakur Get Star on Walk of Fame
Former rap mogul Suge Knight is demanding that Tupac Shakur receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. While washing his truck in Malibu, Calif., Knight told TMZ that if the late rapper doesn't get a star, his fans will deface the popular celebrity sidewalk. But let us explain something...
Tupac Shakur will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2014. We guess that Suge Knight didn't get the memo.
Too bad the TMZ camera guy didn't inform him of this good news as he was too busy trying to provoke Knight with idiotic questions about Kanye West postponing his 'Yeezus' tour.
For those of you who don't know, Knight once sued Yeezy for a mishap that happened in a Miami club. We see you TMZ!
However, Knight did take a jab at his archenemy Diddy. The former Death Row executive felt that if the Bad Boy Records founder has a star on the Walk of Fame then Shakur should get one too.
"I mean, s---, Puffy has a star on there, the only thing he did was dance," he tells the cameraman.
He also made a quick joke about Jay-Z and Beyonce.
When the cameraman asked Knight where does he gets his Cuban cigars from, he quipped that he got from Jay-Z and Beyonce alluding to their controversial trip earlier this year.
He also called the camera guy a weirdo.
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Cisco UCS Leads the Industry in Server Performance and Productivity
On April 5th, 2011, Cisco participated in the Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Product Family Announcement with NINE new world record performance benchmark results highlighting the Cisco Unified Computing System's outstanding performance and IT productivity across key data center workloads. Cisco also announced the broadening of its server portfolio with the introduction of the Cisco UCS C260 enterprise server, an Intel Xeon processor E7 family based platform designed for most data demanding business critical IT challenges. The Cisco Unified Computing System's outstanding performance benchmark results are highlighted in the Intel® Xeon® processor E7 Family-based Platform Performance Highlights (April 5, 2011) announcement.
Fundamentally, this record setting performance further reinforces the Cisco Unified Computing System's ability to deliver next generation compute across bare-metal, high performance computing (HPC) and in the most complex virtualization and cloud computing environments in the data center. Check out the Performance Brief for additional information on the nine new Cisco UCS world record benchmarks. The detailed benchmark disclosure reports are available here.
So the momentum continues…In two short years, the Cisco UCS has captured over 40 world records for performance and IT productivity taking its place among the most trusted server vendors on the market. Check out the Cisco Unified Computing System™ Performance Leadership Presentation.
It demonstrates the breadth of Cisco's Unified Computing System™ product line and highlights the way Cisco UCS can accelerate performance across the data center – including delivering raw computing power for individual servers, high-performance computing (HPC) grids, powering Java application servers, and the most complex virtualization and cloud-computing workloads.
The architectural advantages of a single cohesive system optimized for virtualized environments coupled with the industry leading performance validated by World Record Industry-Standard Benchmarks makes the Cisco Unified Computing System an "infrastructure platform of choice" to provide industry-leading performance in a converged infrastructure in your data center.
These results further reinforce the fact that Cisco is not just selling servers—it is re-inventing the server market.
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