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That is Good Will: Click here to read what employees have to say about Good Will Publishers.
In 1938, E.F. Gallagher Sr. and son E.F. �Bud� Gallagher were working door-to-door selling pots, pans, books, Bibles and almost anything else a family might need from L.B. Price Mercantile.
In Philadelphia, the Gallaghers came across a printer with an overstock of King James Bibles printed for a missionary who disappeared in the field.
The father and son talked the printer into selling those Bibles to them on credit.
They established a sales team and worked throughout the South. Iva Lea Gallagher, Bud Gallagher�s wife, christened the small company Good Will Publishers.
She also helped establish an unorthodox culture for Good Will, taking her 5-year-old son and going on her own route before becoming one of the biggest sellers.
Over the next decade, expanded operations took root in the North with a Catholic Bible and grew elsewhere east and west of the Southeastern Bible Belt.
By the 1950s, the family ran the largest Bible distribution company in the country, says Fred Gallagher, a son and grandson of the founders who now serves as editor-in-chief for Good Will Publishers.
From sales to sponsorship
After E.F. Gallagher Sr.�s death, Bud Gallagher came up with the idea to add color to Bibles and commissioned original artwork for the tomes. In the same era, he realized a need to pay for the expensive film, plates, storage and other operating costs.
He pulled out the color work and found an author for a separate book, �Life of Christ� for newlyweds.
Bud Gallagher sent an employee to Bristol, Va., to find sponsors for the volume. The company listed those sponsor names in the books and then distributed �Life of Christ� to church-going newlyweds whose wedding announcements appeared in the local paper.
The sponsorship program evolved into books for new parents and hardbacks for high school graduates, �Jesus and the Twelve� for boys and �Women of the Bible� for girls. For Jewish students, there was a special �Chosen to Serve� edition.
By the late 1960s there was a sponsored Christmas-gift book for first-graders. The 1970s, with its changing social trends, found a preschool audience for value-oriented, but not religious, books.
Good Will Publishers, CEO Robert Gallagher will point out, was involved in character education long before it became a buzzword in public education.
A bereavement book followed, designed to help people cope with the loss of a loved one. It built on a relationship Good Will already had with funeral homes, given its history of publishing registry books and Bibles.
Taking another cue from society and its growing senior population, Good Will recently developed a volume for people who are recently retired.
Third and fourth generations
By the early 1980s, a third generation of Gallaghers, Robert and his brother, Patrick, were at the helm of Good Will.
Today, with Patrick Gallagher retired, another brother, Fred Gallagher serves as editor-in-chief.
The family also has a fourth generation blazing a trail with original projects such as Catholic Courses, a series of DVD lectures from Catholic thinkers and professors. Among its titles: �Catholic Imagery in �The Lord of the Rings�� and �Saints with a Past.�
Today�s Good Will Group of Companies is as long as it is varied.
The Heritage Co. works with funeral homes for the bereavement books.
The Ambassador Co. sends first- and fourth-graders home with character-building books.
Family Business Services finds sponsors for and distributes volumes for newlyweds, the parents of newlyweds and couples celebrating milestone anniversaries.
The Public Relations Institute distributes spiritual books for pre-school and child-care programs.
Ambassador Services Inc., a wholesale marketing arm, works with organizations and major employers to distribute Bibles and �Beyond This Day� bereavement books to members and employees facing a loss.
Ambassador Associates carries products from Bibles to urns and picture boards for funeral homes.
United Memorial Bible Services Inc. offers Bibles to labor unions and hospitals, organizations which distribute the books to members and grieving patients.
Trinity Road LLC, or The Catholic Co., focuses on online sales of Catholic products such as rosaries, statues, books and medals.
Saint Benedict Press LLC publishes Catholic Bibles and classics.
TAN Books and Publishers, acquired in 2008, added more than 600 titles and a retail presence in more than 2,000 outlets.
�We don�t like (Robert Gallagher) to go out of town for more than about two weeks because we know when he does he�s probably starting another business,� jokes his brother, Fred Gallagher.


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MOSCOW, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said the government won't confirm that it reached a natural gas deal with Ukraine.
Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov brushed off questions that the governments agreed on a deal for natural gas that excluded a requirement that Ukraine join a regional customs union, consisting of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
"At the moment we cannot officially confirm that there is an agreement," Peskov told the Interfax news agency. "In case such an agreement is recorded by the two sides, we will naturally announce this immediately."
Ukraine has tried to revamp a 2009 natural gas deal that broke a disruption of service from Russian energy company Gazprom. Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is serving a seven-year prison sentence after being convicted on charges she overstepped her authority in that deal, which current Ukrainian officials say is too costly.
Gazprom last week sent state energy company Naftogaz a $7 billion bill for natural gas it didn't import last year under a "take-or-pay" contractual agreement.
Ukrainian Justice Minister Oleksandr Lavrynovych has said he hopes the issue can be resolved amicably.
Ukraine has looked to reserves like shale natural gas to break Russia's grip on the energy sector.


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The Christian hunger relief group's U.S. board of directors has voted to allow the employment of those engaged in legal homosexual marriages, World Hunger U.S. President Richard Stearns announced in Monday's Christianity Today. World Vision had notified its staff of the change in a statement, citing a desire for cross-denominational unity.
But the hiring change is a mistake, Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, wrote at his blog russellmoore.com. The change should not be embraced as a show of unity, he wrote.
"This isn't, as the World Vision statement (incredibly!) puts it, the equivalent of a big tent on baptism, church polity, and so forth," Moore noted. "At stake is the gospel of Jesus Christ. If sexual activity outside of a biblical definition of marriage is morally neutral, then, yes, we should avoid making an issue of it. If, though, what the Bible clearly teaches and what the church has held for 2,000 years is true, then refusing to call for repentance is unspeakably cruel and, in fact, devilish."
"We empower darkness when we refuse to warn of judgment," Moore wrote. "We empower the darkness when we refuse to offer forgiveness through the blood of the cross."
World Vision is not endorsing same-sex marriage, but has chosen to defer to the authority of local churches on the issue, Stearns said in his statement to World Vision staff. The group will continue to require sexual abstinence among unmarried employees and sexual fidelity within marriage, he said.
"World Vision's mission is not the same as that of our local churches; nor are we a body of theologians whose responsibility is to render biblical advice and interpretations of theological matters," Stearns informed his staff.
"We are, as our mission statement so clearly expresses, 'an international partnership of Christians whose mission is to follow our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice, and bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of God.'" Stearns stated. "And it is this mission that unites us -- Baptist, Pentecostal, Seventh-day Adventist, Lutheran, Episcopalian, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Orthodox, nondenominational, etc. -- more than 50 different expressions of the Christian faith represented within alone."
Jeff Iorg, president of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, told Baptist Press in an email interview that the decision reveals World Vision's true character.
"World Vision's leaders have revealed what they really believe and where they really stand -- and the truth about them is disheartening," Iorg wrote. "When any Christian organization denies the authority of Scripture -- no matter their convoluted explanation -- they have compromised their integrity and initiated their demise.
"World Vision's claims they are not making a theological decision or taking a position on these issues is incomprehensible," Iorg stated. "Every decision by Christian leaders is grounded in theological conviction and every position -- including claiming not to take one -- amounts to taking a position."
Moore wrote, "We're entering an era where we will see who the evangelicals really are, and by that I mean those who believe in the gospel itself, in all of its truth and all of its grace.
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler blogged at albertmohler.com that World Vision's decision is misleading.
"The worst aspect of the World Vision U.S. policy shift is the fact that it will mislead the world about the reality of sin and the urgent need of salvation," Mohler wrote. "Willingly recognizing same-sex marriage and validating openly homosexual employees in their homosexuality is a grave and tragic act that confirms sinners in their sin -- and that is an act that violates the gospel of Christ."
World Vision identifies itself as a "Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice," working in nearly 100 countries.
Diana Chandler is Baptist Press' general assignment writer/ editor. Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress) and in your email (baptistpress.com/SubscribeBP.asp).
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All materials are included. All classes use only the kits and materials provided, with no exceptions. Project colors may vary according to availability.
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Rams Fall to No. 1 Messiah in NCAA's
No. 1 Messiah - 6, Farmingdale State - 1
Grantham, Pa. - The Farmingdale State women's
soccer team fell to No. 1 Messiah College (20-0-1) in the first
round of the Division III NCAA Tournament on Saturday night in
Grantham, Pa. The Rams, who end the season with a 15-5-3 record,
scored the programs first-ever NCAA goal against the top-ranked
Falcons, while also halting their six game shutout streak.
Messiah scored just 99 seconds into the contest, tacking on another goal six minutes later to help cruise to a 6-1 win - the program's 14th straight win this season and sixth consecutive in NCAA Tournament play.
The Rams fell behind 3-0 at the half, while freshman goalkeeper Stacey Rao (Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Connetquot) made five saves in her 45 minutes of play, before sophomore goalkeeper Amanda Maass (Mastic Beach, N.Y./William Floyd) took over the duties in net for the second half.
Farmingdale's lone goal came with just over 20 minutes
remaining, as freshman forward Jamie Smith (Holtsville, N.Y./Sachem
East) snuck by the Falcons defense for a one-on-one with the
Falcons' goalkeeper, and sent a ball into the lower left corner to
break the shutout with her 12th goal of the season.
Messiah finished with a 19-5 advantage in total shots and a 12-3 disparity in shots on goal. Farmingdale State came up with its second-best chance to score just 10 minutes after halftime, but goalkeeper Autumn Reilly made a great leaping save off a shot from the Rams' freshman defender Theresa Martorano (Commack, N.Y./Commack), going skyward to tip a curling ball over the crossbar.
Messiah will now face Endicott College Sunday evening at 6 p.m., for the right to continue on to next weekend's sectional round. Endicott (17-4-1) advanced via a 1-1 double-overtime tie over SUNY Geneseo (14-4-3) in Saturday's late First Round game at Shoemaker Field. The Gulls claimed a 6-5 penalty-kick decision following 110 minutes of soccer which ended in a deadlock.
With seven starting freshman on the Rams 2009 roster, we're sure to see more achievements from this team next season.


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The distance from Novosibirsk Oblast in Russian Siberia to Tokyo, Japan is about 3,000 air miles, not so far in today's jet-paced, globalized world. For Ashley Arbaugh, a former model and now a scout who specializes in the young Russian models much prized by Japan's fashion industry, it's a regular commute. However, as shown in the riveting new documentary Girl Model, for the girls recruited by Ashley it is a much longer journey.
Typically from poor villages and often as young as 12 or 13 (though passed off as 15 by their agencies), girls like Nadya Vall experience a dizzying leap from country to city, from loving families to cold business and from naive hopes to adult realities. Through Nadya and Ashley's intertwined stories, Girl Model takes a rare, inside look at the insatiable global market for fashion-driven images of youth, and the legal yet poorly regulated industry that makes untold wealth from meeting that demand.
In Girl Model, Ashley is a link in the supply chain that provides Siberian models to the Japanese fashion market — where a pre-adolescent, doe-eyed "Russian look" is all the rage. On behalf of Noah, Russia's largest scouting agency, she attends makeshift rural beauty pageants, where girls, usually accompanied by anxious parents hoping for better futures for their families, compete in droves for modeling contracts. Each of Ashley's recruits gets a ticket to Tokyo, where she will work for one of Japan's biggest modeling agencies, and a contract that guarantees her a minimum amount of photo shoots and money and a shot at a big-time modeling career. It's a girl's dream come true — or is it?
A 13-year-old, self-described "gray mouse" of a country girl, Nadya is as incredulous as she is excited at being chosen an "Elite Star" by Ashley. Her contract promises at least two modeling jobs and $8,000 at the end of her term — a substantial sum for a village girl and her family. But even before her departure to Japan, there are hints of a more troubling reality. The pageant hosts mention "grace, good communications skills [and] good manners," while Ashley notes that she is looking for a "quite specific" physical type, with the right measurements, skin, hair, eyes and, of course, "young is very important. . . . They love skinny girls in Japan and she [Nadya] has a fresh young face."
Nadya arrives at the Tokyo airport, but no one is there to greet her. She is eventually delivered to the care of the Switch Agency, and her dreams of a glamorous modeling career begin to unravel. The travails of Nadya and her roommate, Madlen, with whom she shares a tiny apartment and a series of photo shoots and auditions, form the heart-wrenching core of Girl Model. The auditions yield some work, but the girls never receive any pay or copies of the ads that use their photos — despite being told all the while that building their portfolios is the most important thing they can do in Japan.
Worst of all, beyond ferrying Nadya and others to their appointments, Switch's care turns out to be no care at all. Left to fend for themselves, the girls, who speak neither Japanese nor English, feel increasingly lost, homesick, tired and even hungry. Because the agency charges the girls for photos and they have to pay their own way in expensive Tokyo, they also find themselves in debt.
In one of Girl Model's more chilling scenes, a Switch agent, while caught in traffic, is asked how it is that Noah, Switch and recruiters like Ashley can profit from girls who apparently don't make money and even end up in debt. "From new faces I think we can't make money," he says. "They can get their, like, experiences; that is all."
Nadya's roommate, Madlen, purposely binges in order to invoke the clause in her contract that dictates that if she gains one centimeter in her waist, hips or bust, she'll be sent home. She leaves having racked up two centimeters in her waist and $2,200 in debt to Switch. When Nadya finishes her contract, she owes Switch $2,700 — a far cry from the "minimum" $8,000 in earnings she was promised. Before leaving Tokyo, she finally finds a magazine with a picture of herself (her lovely face half-hidden by an oversized black wig) and purchases copies with her own meager funds.
Ashley reflects the economic and moral ambiguities of the industry. A young model herself in the 1990s, she provides remarkably candid commentary on her current work, which is juxtaposed with excerpts from the video diary she kept as an unhappy and disillusioned young model. From the minimalist house in Connecticut that she bought with modeling money when she was only 23, Ashley notes the irony of her situation — the industry that she said she despised has now claimed her, and she is putting young women in the same situation. "I was the person that hated this business more than anybody," she says, "and now I'm 15 years into it." She admits that the young women she signs don't fully comprehend their own relationships with her — is she a friend, a parent figure, an employer or something else altogether?
Ashley's inner conflicts about her future — sharpened by unexpected surgery for removal of a growth that is making her own waist expand — are stark testimony to the fashion industry's economic and psychological hold on millions of people. "I would be happy to be four months pregnant with a healthy thing, but this is just something that's growing for no reason," she says. "I want a baby because that's what I am born to do. . . . Hopefully [it] could travel with me to Russia. So when I go to have a baby I will, like, decide which date and just go and have the same operation that I just had."
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Short Projects for the Long Weekend
For most of us in the U.S. it's going to be a long weekend and we hope you have some fun family time planned. But if you find yourselves with a bit too much time to fill, we have some ideas from our archives for short projects to do with your kids - things to eat, things to make and things to do.
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By Lang Whitaker, NBA.com
VIDEO: Lillard's GWBB
ALL BALL NERVE CENTER — Earlier tonight I was at Brooklyn/Toronto Game 6, and I was talking with another media member about just how memorable the first round of these playoffs have been. A record number of Game 7s, tons of amazing finishes. HOWEVA, as I pointed out, there had been just one game winning buzzer beater thus far — Vince Carter against the Spurs. From my mouth to the basketball god's ears, that all changed a few hours later, thanks to Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers, who eliminated the Houston Rockets with a dagger at the buzzer of Game 6 to end the series and give Portland a 99-98 win.
Before we go any further, what is the Horry Scale? For those who are new around these parts, the Horry Scale examines a game-winning buzzer-beater (GWBB) in the categories of difficulty, game situation (was the team tied or behind at the time?), importance (playoff game or garden-variety Kings-Pistons game?) and celebration (is it over the top or too chill? Just the right panache or needs more sauce?). Then we give it an overall grade on a scale of 1-5 Robert Horrys, the patron saint of last-second daggers.
One thing I'd like to clear up: The Horry Scale does not measure only a game-winning shot; the Horry Scale measures several facets of a Game-Winning Buzzer-Beater. So we're talking about not only the shot, but also the play that creates the shot, the situation and the drama, the celebrations … basically, everything surrounding and including the shot. So when I gave Randy Foye a 3 Horry rating, that wasn't only a reflection of his shot, which was admittedly remarkable, as I wrote, but also the play, which was awful. Taj Gibson's lefty layup wasn't the toughest shot, but that inbounds play was terrific. Basically, everything matters.
After 18 regular season entries, we now have our second of the postseason. Let's break this down…
As a shot, it wasn't the toughest, mainly because Lillard was so open. On the inbound pass, Lillard basically just outran defender Chandler Parsons to get to the ball. You may wonder why a forward was guarding a much faster point guard on the play. This is a valid question. It wasn't like Parsons got picked or screened, he was just out-run by Lillard, who was able to catch a pass and turn and shoot. And I love how if you look closely, you can see how he calls for the ball as he runs toward it. "I squared up and snapped my wrist," Lillard told ESPN's Heather Cox in his postgame interview, giving Portland their first first-round series win since 2000.
This has been a series about as close as it gets. These teams had turned in three overtime performances in their first five games, and this seemed destined for another OT. On their final possession, the Rockets weren't able to get a clear look, until a rebound fell into Parsons' hands under the basket and he flipped it up and in an easy shot to give Houston the lead with 0.9 remaining. It seemed like this was destined to go to 7 games like so many other series. But on the ensuing inbound, Lillard broke free and send the Rockets back to Texas.
I'm going to let this Vine speak for me. Crank up the volume and check this out…
I took some heat earlier this season when I gave some shots lower grades than you guys felt some shots deserved. My rationale was that the moments weren't as large as they would be late in the season or in the postseason. Like tonight. The last time someone made a GWBB to end a series?
So yeah. I briefly thought about giving this shot 6 Horrys. But no. I'm going 5 Horrys…
What say you? How many Horry's would you give Damian Lillard's GWBB?


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Pickwick Landing State Park was a riverboat stop dating from the 1840s. In the 1930s during the depression, the site was chosen as a location for one of the Tennessee Valley Authority's dams on the Tennessee River. What comprises the park today was once the living area for the TVA construction crews and their families. The TVA Village, better known as Pickwick Village was located where the Post Office, Park office and day use area are now located. The State of Tennessee purchased all 681 acres of Pickwick from TVA in 1969 designating the area as a state park in 1970. Since that time additional land has been brought to enlarge the park.
The park offers many activities for guests. Pickwick Lake is famous for smallmouth bass and Tennessee River Catfish. Fish that are known to bite year round are crappie, bluegill, white bass, stripes and sauger. Some of the biggest fishing tournaments are located here.
Pickwick Landing State Park offers a beautiful and challenging golf course surrounded by trees and water is found on eight holes. The course opened in May 1973 and is a favorite of the locals as well as destination golfers. Pickwick Landing also offers three public swimming beaches. Circle Beach and Sandy Beach are located in the park's day-use area and the third is located across the lake at Bruton Branch primitive area. Altogether, there are about two miles of public swimming beach at Pickwick.
Pickwick State Park's inn offers an indoor pool and an outdoor pool exclusively for the cabin and inn guests. The park inn has 119 rooms each with a picturesque view of the lake. The inn has a gift shop, restaurant, laundry facilities, meeting rooms, exercise rooms, outdoor and indoor pools and tennis courts. Located near the inn are cabins featured with central heat and air, cable TV, full kitchen, a patio and fireplace. Guests in the cabins enjoy all inn privileges including use of the tennis courts and swimming pool. Each cabin accommodates eight people and may be booked up to a year in advance. The park also offers 48 beautiful wooded campsites, each equipped with a table, a grill and electrical and water hook-up. Two of the sites are handicap accessible. A primitive campground and picnic area is located on the north side of Pickwick Lake and has 43 sites with some located on the lake.


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The two top selling American Whiskeys are Jack Daniels Old No. 7 and Jim Beam White Label. according to the 2011 Liquor Handbook (via this New York Times article). Jack and Jim sell dramatically more than #3- Evan Williams Black Label, yet I have never taken the time to review them. Today looks like as good a time as any.
Whether you are a Jack or Jim man (or neither!), let's keep the debates civil shall we.
; ) Cheers!
Jack Daniel's Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey, 40% abv (80 Proof), $21/bottle
Color: Light Amber/Deep Gold
Nose: Banana taffy, corn oil, vanilla, toffee, crushed rock, wafts of smoke and char. This is a beautiful and I must say, rather distinctive, nose.
Palate: A tad flabby with caramel, banana, and corn syrupy sweetness livened by the emerging punch of baking spices from mid palate. There's a thread of char that ties everything together from the front entry on towards the finish. While not all that interesting on the palate, it's quite textural with an almost velvety thick viscosity.
Finish: The finish is moderate in length with corn and caramel anchoring a nice helping of oak.
Overall: Jack Daniel's Old No. 7 is an icon of American Whiskey, and the 4th highest selling spirit on the planet. I'd argue the company's best decision was finding a guy by the name of Angelo Lucchesi, who got this stuff into the hands of some of Hollywood's and Entertainment's hottest stars (like Frank Sinatra) in the 1950's. That certainly helped to to solidify the brand, and Brown Forman has continued to build on that following. However, I would not classify this as great whiskey. Mind you it's very good (barely by my scale) stuff and not without it's virtues – a distinctive nose and a beautiful mouth feel being two that stand out to me. Outside of that, an underwhelming palate undermines the effort, thus keeping it from scoring higher.
Sour Mash Manifesto Rating: 8.0 (Very Good)
Jim Beam White Label, 40% abv (80 Proof), $19/bottle
Color: Lighter – Deeper Golden
Nose: Baked red apple, corn syrup, vanilla nougat, and wet oak. The aromas are soft and sweet, but also flat.
Palate: Not as cloyingly sweet as the nose gave hints to, but once again it's as flat as pancake. There's a vanilla, corn, and caramel party with a bit of dried apple adding fruit character. Towards the end of the sip we finally get some moderately warming cinnamon spice for a welcomed shake-up. The wood begins to emerge as well.
Finish: It continues to liven up with some bitterness from the wood adding interest. The caramel and warming spices fade into a rather clean and tidy finish.
Overall: Here's the thing – this is a Good/Solid entry level whiskey. If you know someone that's new to whiskey or bourbon and looking to dip their toe in the water – this would be a great introduction. It's quite pleasant, mildly spiced, and has traditional bourbon flavors. Even though it's only 4 years old, it doesn't taste its youthful age. Jim Beam White Label is a nice casual sipper in a pinch or a versatile mixer, but not a whole lot more.
Sour Mash Manifesto Rating: 7.3 (Good/Solid)
Between these two whiskeys, it wasn't very close. Old No. 7 just has a more distinctive aroma and flavor profile, and as a result is a good bit more interesting to sip.


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Until five years ago I knew nothing about Podu Iloaiei, the Romanian town in which my great grandparents lived before coming to Canada in 1906. However my posting on JewishGen caught the attention of another JewishGener in NY, Catherine Richter. She later discovered a German book in the New York public library titled Juden in Podu Iloaiei (call# PXM 00-1458), which is the translation of an earlier Romanian book, titled Obstea Evreiasca Din Podu Iloaiei by Itic Svart Kara. I found the Romanian version in the central public library here in Toronto. (There are only about 30 books in the Romanian section and amongst them was this one, about a small Jewish shtetle in Moldavia. Imagine that!). Kara's book was originally published in Iasi in 1925 and republished in 1990 in Bucharest by Hasefer Publishing House.
The book contains a number of censuses, from which I gathered the following:
To my amazement, the very first entry in the 1898 census was that of my great grandparents.
A few weeks later Catherine heard about another JewishGen member, Nat Abramowitz, who was working on a translation of the book. It turns out that Mr. Abramowitz (whose father came from Podu Iloaiei) had the book translated a few years earlier by a Romanian acquaitance.
Eventually through Nat and other sources on JewishGen, I learned a little about the author of the book. Itic Svart Kara was born in Podu Iloaiei circa 1906 and lived there until his twenties. He was a very educated man - he spoke some 7 languages and was well respected in the Romanian Academy of Sciences. He was considered the foremost authority on the history of Moldavian Jewry, having written dozens of books on a number of Yiddish Stetlach, one of them being Podu Iloaiei.
And to my surprise Mr. Kara, age 93, was still living in Iasi, near Podu Iloaiei. After writing a few letters that were not answered I called him in March 2001, but his poor hearing made communication impossible. A few weeks later a Romanian researcher interviewed Mr. Kara on my behalf and was able to obtain some more information on my family. He told me that Kara would have answered my letters had he not been confined to his apartment in a wheel chair, not being able to visit the post office to mail a letter. The researcher would not accept any payment for the service, explaining that he knew Mr. Kara for many years and it was a pleasure visiting with him and would not consider profiting from Kara's treasure of information!
At about the same time I came in contact with Toronto filmmaker, Simcha Jacobovici (Deadly Currents, The 12 Tribes, etc, etc), whose mother was born in Podu Iloaiei. It turns out that Simcha had been in Romania earlier that year doing work on a new documentary on the Struma and while there he interviewed Kara for a future project on the Jews of Romania.
A few weeks later we received some sad news from Romania that Mr. Kara had passed away on May 29, 2001, the 2nd day of Shavuot.
As it turns out Mr. Kara had a sister living here in Toronto and while visiting the Shiva house, I was shown the video of Simcha's interview with Mr. Kara. I was very surprised. Despite his age and frailty, Mr. Kara was still quite clear and lucid. So I felt quite bad that we were not able to communicate together on the phone a few months earlier.
And now back to the book on Podu Iloaiei... Having developed a very warm feeling for Mr. Kara, I wanted to see this book as well as his others published in English for everyone's benefit. Unfortunately the tanslation commissioned by Nat Abramowitz was difficult to read as Kara wrote in an academic style and referred to sources written in archaic Romanian which do not lend themselves to a literal translation.
So I persuaded Nat that we get the book translated over again. The plan was to make the book available on JewishGen as a free download, providing we could obtain permission from the original publishers in Romania. We hired a Romanian translator here in Toronto and Catherine did the editing. After working on this project for about a year the translation was completed in August 2002. Although Nat was very pleased to have it finished he was rather frustrated that permission from the publisher had still not been obtained. He made it very clear to me that the book should not be distributed to anyone unless the copyright issue is first resolved.
A few weeks later I received an email with some very sad news. Nat Abramowitz had passed away.
Recently Nat's wife Lucille contacted me, enquiring about the project. She was very surprised when told that the book had not yet made available to JewishGen because we did not have the publisher's permission. She was under the impression that permission had been obtained and a few days later she sent me a letter from Hasefer to that affect.
Now began the work of preparing the book for publication. My initial idea was to make it available as a PDF file on JewishGen, however I've since learned that the JewishGen standard is HTML. As such I've made a number of changes to the style in order to accommodate the JewishGen volunteers who have converted our MS Word document to HTML.
I have also made a number of additions and changes to the original book, which will be described in the next chapter.
I am most grateful to the following individuals who invested much time and effort in seeing this project through:
|Nathan Abramowitz zl
|project sponser and organizer (see bio below)
|Johanna Danciu
|translation of Romanian
|Dan Jumara
|clarification of certain historical matters and Romanian words
|Eugen Hriscu
|translation of Romanian
|Rosechelle Lipchitz
|Howard Markus
|Dana Melnic
|translation of Romanian
|Catherine Richter
|Simcha Simchovitch [B-1]
|translation of Yiddish poems
A number of books have been written about specific shtetlach in Eastern Europe. Most of these were written by Holocaust survivors and describe shtetl life during the first half of the 20th century.
This book is rather unusual in that it was written by a historian. It's an indepth study of the Jewish community and its origins. Kara uses original sources including government documents, court proceedings and census records from the 19th century.
I hope that those with roots in Podu Iloaiei find delight in this book and that it will serve as an important resource for those studying the history of the Jewish communities of Moldavia.
KM Elias
Toronto, Canada
August, 2006
1.1.1 Book Cover and Illustration of Bridge
The cover of the book bears an intriguing wood-cut drawing of a river with a small bridge. Standing nearby is an old Jew, beard and shtramle, together with a woman, presumably his wife, in front of what appears to be their home. This picture refers back to the very origins of Podu Iloaiei.
Kara tells us in the first chapter that Podu Iloaiei in Romanian means Bridge of Iloaiei. He explains that the town took its name from the local bridge that crosses the Bahlui River. According to tradition, the bridge was built by a Jewish women named Iloaia (meaning wife of Ilie), who lived in the area in the early 1800s. She supposedly built the bridge to connect the inn with the postal station on the other side of the Bahlui River. Presumably the picture depicts Ilie and his wife Iloaia in front of the inn beside the river.[B-2]
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Our apartment has two closets right off of the living room. One for music, the other for art; just perfectly in line with the interests of Apartment No. 10's two inhabitants. Nikki's shallow, doubled-doored space is already replete with keyboard, guitar, Beatles album covers and cozy stacks of Irving Berlin sheet music. Unfortunately I must report that my 16 square feet are still in the planning stages, but the pieces are starting to come together. This week I thought I would record my plans with ink and watercolor. You can click on the first and third images to see them larger.
Table: Classic sewing table, a $15 Craigslist find. It came complete with an older (probably '70s), iron Singer, but I'm planning to use it with my new (and first!) sewing machine, which is supposed to be prime for novice sewers. The table itself has been sanded and adjusted by my dad to be compatable with the new machine. The next three day weekend I'm headed back home to paint it.
Shelving: Mostly existing. The closet has a fairly deep shelf that wraps in an "L" shape around it's perimenter, in addition to two corner shelves (represented by the dashed lines in the floorplan above). I'm also planning to add a narrow shelf (picture ledge from IKEA) above the table, to catch smaller supplies and keep the work area clear.
Storage: Mostly clear containers of plastic and glass, existing and new. Bins, boxes, apothecary jars, etc. Trays for different paper types, from vellum to vintage.
Lighting: Lantern from Chinatown plus a pair of wall mounted lights (IKEA).
Printing Station: An existing cart. For printer, paper cutter, paper trays, storage boxes (to hold flatcards and envelopes), and spiral pads of watercolor and drawing papers.
Walls: I'm still hunting for the perfect pair of frames (or frame), which I plan to paint a high gloss white and use for my pegboard project. I came so very close to settling on one last Sunday at the flea market. As for the pegboard itself, I have an unconventional idea that I can't wait to try out.
I hope you've enjoyed these illustrated plans; I can't wait until it's finished and I can share the real thing!
Update: See the finished closet here!
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Craft Closet
Our apartment has two closets right off of the living room. One for music, the other for art; just perfectly in line with the interests of Apartment No. 10's two inhabitants. Nikki's shallow, doubled-doored space is already replete with keyboard, guitar, Beatles album covers and cozy stacks of Irving Berlin sheet music. Unfortunately I must report that my 16 square feet are still in the planning stages, but the pieces are starting to come together. This week I thought I would record my plans with ink and watercolor. You can click on the first and third images to see them larger.
Labels: Crafts
50 comments:
- Christina Lowry said...
Your illustrations are beautiful and I can only imagine that your space will be just as fanstastic for music and art! I am really looking forward to seeing them finished, but I also hope you enjoy bringing them to life, because some times that is just as exciting. :)
- May 8, 2009 at 3:05 AM
- Casey said...
What a lovely little nook this will be! I can't wait to see photos of the finished studio space. Your ideas are so inspiring; I've been on the hunt for some way to liven up my little wall space, and I think I have a few ideas now! :)
- May 8, 2009 at 4:51 AM
- Lisa - Pen and Ink said...
The plans look amazing, Livy! I absolutely can't wait to see the finished space. I'm sure it will be completely lovely!!
- May 8, 2009 at 5:00 AM
- Heather said...
Amazing use of space and absolutely stunning sketch/paintings! Can't wait to see the final product. Good luck!
- May 8, 2009 at 5:06 AM
- emily said...
Livy, these are lovely!!
- May 8, 2009 at 5:09 AM
- Jacqueline J said...
Adorable. Can't wait to see this dream actualized.
- May 8, 2009 at 5:14 AM
- Pattern and Perspective said...
How lovely. Great Idea. I might have to steal it:) haha
- May 8, 2009 at 5:28 AM
- Anonymous said...
These are just darling! I love the colors and how you take time to turn plans into art, lovely!
Have a great weekend!
- May 8, 2009 at 5:43 AM
- GiDu said...
This closet studio looks like its going to be amazing!! I have been going back and forth with my work space. I love that you are going to have the paper lantern above. I can't wait to see the finished studio.
- May 8, 2009 at 5:44 AM
- Viewtiful_Justin said...
These are SO COOL! What a creative way to plan.
- May 8, 2009 at 6:20 AM
- LBB said...
What lovely watercolor plans, Livy! Looks like you've thought of everything...and that's no easy task when it comes to organizing sundry art/craft materials. I think it will be an inspiring little place to create!
- May 8, 2009 at 6:38 AM
- Tiffani said...
Looks great! And like it will be a fun process both to pull together, as well as a special place to create new things when it is done. Thanks for sharing! I look forward to seeing and reading about the transformation as well as the final project in the end!
- May 8, 2009 at 6:44 AM
- leila wylie said...
This looks great!
- May 8, 2009 at 7:18 AM
- MzzLily said...
You should be spotlighted on that show 'Small Spaces'.
- May 8, 2009 at 8:30 AM
- Kelly said...
your illustrations are stunning! if the rooms look half as good as they do you're in great shape. :)
- May 8, 2009 at 8:33 AM
- Tea With Tiffany said...
I love your pics.
- May 8, 2009 at 8:44 AM
- Grace Albaugh said...
I love craft closets! Your looks amazing. I think I like your plans just as much as I'll like the actual closet.
- May 8, 2009 at 8:54 AM
- tj said...
You are far too talented! Even your plans are work of art, brava!
- May 8, 2009 at 9:57 AM
- betty said...
your illustartions are beautiful!
- May 8, 2009 at 11:10 AM
- Lynne said...
Oh Livy, that's adorable. You're really lucky that it's a decent-sized cupboard too. I can't wait to see how it turns out. I'm inspired to turn my small spare bedroom into a craft room.
- May 8, 2009 at 11:16 AM
- Stacy's Designs 88 said...
Wow, I wish I was as organized as you. Love the drawings and thanks for sharing again! Have fun this weekend. :)
- May 8, 2009 at 11:29 AM
- Robin said...
- May 8, 2009 at 12:26 PM
- ScrappyTime.com said...
I love these sketches, your use of color is so perfect. I can't wait to see the final look, good luck!! :)
- May 8, 2009 at 4:33 PM
- RhiannonM said...
I definitely want to see the finished project, I am totally impressed with the plans as elevations and other types of precise drafting/sketching were NEVER my forte (nearly didn't pass Scene Design 1 because of drafting). I hope you enjoy making this awesome project a reality!
- May 8, 2009 at 7:54 PM
- Banaghaisge said...
It is lovely Livy! 16 sq feet is a great size to create in too. Well done - can't wait to see the end result!
Jasmine in Oz
- May 8, 2009 at 8:48 PM
- Kendall said...
This is so great!
I would kill for a creative space like this - can't wait to see how it turns out ^_^
- May 9, 2009 at 7:44 AM
- Lisa P said...
Where do you find your fonts in particular the font used for the word side in your side view sketch. I would love to get a hold of that font if possible. Could you post where you got it or the name of it.
Scott and Lisa
- May 9, 2009 at 2:25 PM
- Rachel said...
So very beautiful! It looks like you are about to have a lot of fun :).
- May 9, 2009 at 6:10 PM
- Anonymous said...
I love your blog. Every post is amazing and a complete work of art. Beautiful sketches :o) Have a lovely weekend.
- May 9, 2009 at 6:50 PM
- Julie Ann said...
This is awesome, Livy! :) I can't wait to see the finished project.
Thanks for sharing your plans - it gives me ideas on what to do with the little space I have in my new room now that I've started working.
Keep those creative juices flowing! All the best!
- May 10, 2009 at 5:11 AM
- jen jafarzadeh said...
Livy, your watercolor illustrations are fantastic! I'm going to be making over a new closet soon and this was so inspiring. Can't wait to see what you have planned for the pegboard!
- May 10, 2009 at 8:42 AM
- Stephanie Sabbe said...
I love it. You have such cute style! I cannot believe you are only 21. This is great inspiration for a space I've laid claim to in a teeeny apt we're about to rent in Boston.
- May 10, 2009 at 3:20 PM
- Jeanneoli said...
How can pantry illustrations be beautiful...??? These are fabulous.
- May 11, 2009 at 7:46 AM
- Motte Valois said...
You always impress me with delicate ideas. This is no different from all others from your blog: I love it!
- May 11, 2009 at 9:37 PM
- ccna said...
Hey, you have a great blog here! I'm definitely going to bookmark you!
- May 12, 2009 at 12:48 AM
- Anonymous said...
How fun Livy!! You are so creative! :) Can't wait to see how it turns out! :)
- May 12, 2009 at 10:41 AM
- Claire said...
You are so talented! Can't wait to see the finished space =)
- May 13, 2009 at 6:20 AM
- Katie Carter said...
I love your beautiful little sketches!! I wish I had a lovely little closet to transform!
- May 13, 2009 at 6:43 AM
- Katie Carter said...
I love your beautiful little sketches!!! I wish I had a lovely little closet to transform!
- May 13, 2009 at 6:44 AM
- Anonymous said...
left you a little something on my blog!
- May 13, 2009 at 7:14 AM
- blossom said...
have given you an award today....take a look at my blog, and thank you for having such a lovely blog xx
- May 14, 2009 at 12:57 PM
- karola said...
Plans are looking great!
-have a nice weekend :)
- May 15, 2009 at 5:56 AM
- Sophie Isobel Designs said...
Oh I just adore this so very much! I also just wanted to let you know that you are my 'beautiful blog of the week' over at my blog. Thank you for creating such a beautiful and inspiring blog!
Sophie x
- May 16, 2009 at 12:57 AM
- nichole said...
Gorgeous sketches!
- May 17, 2009 at 6:17 AM
- B said...
These are beautiful! I really love your sketches!
- May 18, 2009 at 4:23 AM
- skhan said...
The plans are beautiful. How did you create them ? Did you sketch & paint them yourself by hand ? Amazing!
- May 18, 2009 at 11:14 AM
- Lindsay Palmore said...
These illustrations are GREAT!!! :] Can't wait to see the real thing too. *loves*
Peace, Love + Cupcakes
- May 22, 2009 at 12:31 PM
- Kitten's Lost Her Mittens said...
Your plans are beautiful!
I'm currently shopping for my first sewing machine. What did you end up going with for your first one?
- May 31, 2009 at 7:10 AM
- Mandie said...
The creative closet idea is fantastic and I wish you the best! In high school my art teacher thought that in order for me to grow, I needed to have my own space. She designated the supply closet as my own sanctuary and even bought me some goldfish to keep my company:) Amazingly enough, out of those years came some of my best art!
- June 1, 2009 at 7:39 PM
- HappySquirrel said...
Those watercolours are beautifully done! I like the paper you have used, it gives it warmth and it is very original. Hope your studio now works well for you.
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JUPITER, Fla. -- The St. Louis Cardinals have extended the contract of general manager John Mozeliak for three years and picked up the 2014 option on the contract of manager Mike Matheny.
Mozeliak is set to enter his sixth season as Cardinals GM. His contract was due to expire at the conclusion of the 2013 campaign and the new deal will take him through 2016.
"I am pleased that we will be keeping our baseball leadership in the front office and on the field together for at least the next two years," Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. said. "Mo has done an excellent job over the past five years and I have enjoyed working closely with him. We share the same vision for the Cardinals: continued excellence at the major league level, while insuring future success with a strong player procurement and development program."
Mozeliak has been a member of the Cardinals' front office since 1995.
"I'm grateful to work with Bill DeWitt and his ownership group and I know it is a privilege working for such an historic franchise as the Cardinals," Mozeliak said.
The Cardinals have reached the postseason three times under Mozeliak, winning the 2011 World Series title.
Matheny took over in the St. Louis dugout following Tony La Russa's retirement after the 2011 campaign and guided the club to a record of 88-74 last year in his first managerial position. The Cardinals won the first-ever NL wild-card game over Atlanta, then beat Washington in the Division Series before falling to eventual World Series champion San Francisco in a seven-game NLCS.
"We are also excited to extend Mike's tenure for at least the next two years," DeWitt said. "He did a remarkable job as a first-year manager, coming within one win of making the World Series."
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Hockey Intermission Goes Wrong in Rapid City [PHOTOS]
Intermission at a Rapid City minor league hockey game was not what sports fans were expecting Friday night at the Rushmore Civic center.
The "College Olympics" was suppose to be an entertaining crowd pleaser but turned into a disaster for the Rapid City Rush fans as they watched in horror as half drunk students vomited on the ice.
The "competition" involved beer chugging, spinning with hockey sticks, running on the ice, and riding coolers. In other words, everything mom said never to do in public.
Tim Hill, the Rush's general manager has been busy calming season ticket holders and some of the 5,000 others who witnessed the debacle on ice unfold.
This went completely wrong"
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I grew up around water. Whether I was going to one of the Great Lakes for vacation (as I did this past week), or swimming in my grandmother's pool, or joining the swim team, I spent countless hours perched on the edge of some body of water, wearing little more than a swimsuit.
This past week, I logged at least three or four hours a day in my swimsuit. Spending that much time bearing your body to the world is difficult for many people, male and female. And every summer, when vacation time comes around, it's something I always think about.
I was lucky, I think. As a kid, I joined the swim team. From age eight up through age fourteen I swam competitively. It was, in many ways, a terrible time for me. I frequently was called fat. I was incredibly uncomfortable in my body and with what was happening to it. I was hyper aware of what my body looked like to other people. But I enjoyed swimming. At some point, I began winning my heats and doing quite well in long distance swimming. (I used to motivate myself to swim fast by pretending there was a shark behind me. It worked every time.) Though I was aware of how my body looked (and how fat I was), I was also aware of what my body could do.
Having spent so much time during my formative years in a swimsuit, I barely even notice it today. Yes, there's always a twinge when I break out the swimsuit for the first time each year. I stare at it for a while, put it on, glare at the scrap of fabric in the mirror for a while. However, it's not enough to stop me from wearing it. I vow not to let it stop me from enjoying myself.
But it's harder sometimes. I sat on the beach yesterday, watching as girls pranced by in their bikinis, and I wished that I had the confidence, the curves, the abs that would make me feel comfortable in so little fabric. I look at them and wonder if I could ever look like that. And then I shake myself, trying to not let myself get invested in that counter-productive train of thought. I remind myself that, even if I were that thin, who's to say I won't still want to have a "better" body in some way? Who's to say I will appreciate what I do have? Who says the body I have isn't good enough?
Renewing my faith in myself is something I always do. I have to love my body, even in a swimsuit. I have to love my body in a tank top, in a skirt, in a bra and underwear, in long pants and a sweater. I need to love my body in some way every day. And I need to stop believing my body isn't good enough how it is. Yes, I'm only human, and insecurities come with the territory. Some days it's harder to do. Yesterday was a day I forgot. Today, I hope I'll remember.


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NEAR Shoemaker
Mission Type: Flyby
Launch Vehicle: Delta 7925-8 (no. D232)
Launch Site: ESMC / launch complex 17B
NASA Center: Goddard Space Flight Center, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Spacecraft Mass: 805 kg
Spacecraft Instruments:
1) MSI multispectral imager
2) MAG magnetometer
3) NIS near infrared spectrometer
4) XRS-GRS x-ray/gamma-ray spectrometer
5) NLR laser rangefinder
6) radio science and gravimetry experiment
Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958-2000, by Asif A. Siddiqi, NASA Monographs in Aerospace History No. 24
NEAR Shoemaker (Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous) is the first mission flown under NASA's Discovery program, a series of low-cost (less than $150 million) planetary science projects. NEAR's primary goal was to rendezvous with the minor planet 433 Eros (an S-class asteroid) approximately 355 million km from Earth, and to return data on the bulk properties, composition, mineralogy, morphology, internal mass distribution and magnetic field of Eros.
On 27 June 1997, on its way to its primary mission, NEAR performed a 25- minute flyby of the asteroid 253 Mathilde. The closest approach to 1,200 km was at 12:56 UT. During the encounter, the spacecraft photographed 60 percent of the minor planet from a range of 1,200 km. The collected information indicated that the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid is covered with craters and is less dense than previously believed.
After a midcourse correction on 3 July 1997, NEAR flew by Earth on 23 January 1998 at 07:23 UT for a gravity-assist on its way to Eros. The closest approach was 540 km.
After the Earth flyby encounter, NEAR's previously planned mission profile had to be revised in the light of an aborted engine burn on 20 December 1998 which had prevented a critical trajectory correction to meet up with Eros a month later. Instead, NEAR was put on a backup trajectory that afforded a different flyby than originally planned. As part of this new plan, the spacecraft first flew past Eros on 23 December 1998 at 18:41:23 UT at a range of 3,827 km (distance measured from the center of mass), at which time it observed about 60 percent of the asteroid and discovered that the minor planet was smaller than expected. NEAR also found that the asteroid has two medium-sized craters, a long surface ridge, and a density similar to that of Earth's crust.
After several more trajectory adjustments, NEAR finally moved into orbit around Eros at 15:33 UT on 14 February 2000; roughly a year later than intended. Orbital parameters were 321 x 366 km. NEAR was the first human-made object to orbit an asteroid.
On 14 March 2000, a month after entering asteroid orbit, NASA renamed the NEAR spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker in honor of renowned geologist Eugene Shoemaker.
Through 2000, NEAR Shoemaker's orbit was shifted in stages to permit scientific research programs. There were a few problems before the landing on the asteroid. For example, on 13 May 2000, controllers had to turn off the NEAR Infrared Spectrometer because of an excessive power surge. By 30 April, the spacecraft was in its operational orbit at an altitude of about 50 km from the center of Eros. Later on 13 July, it entered an even lower orbit at 35 km that brought the vehicle as close as 19 km from the surface.
After about ten days, it moved back into a higher orbit. On 26 October, NEAR Shoemaker performed another close flyby of the surface; this time to just 5.3 km. In anticipation of the actual landing, the spacecraft conducted a flyby in January 2001 down to a range of 2.7 km and, in the process, returned more spectacular pictures.
The historic landing phase began at 15:32 UT on 12 February 2001, when NEAR Shoemaker fired its engines to begin controlled descent. After a total of four thruster firings, at 20:01:52 UT on 12 February, the spacecraft gingerly landed on the surface of Eros at a gentle 1.6 m per second. During its entire descent, NEAR Shoemaker snapped a series of 69 spectacular photographs, the last one was taken a mere 120 m from the surface.
Touchdown was in an area just outside a saddle-shaped depression known as Himeros. Eros was 196 million miles from Earth at the time. Although the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft was not designed to survive landing, its instruments remained operational. Immediately after landing, NASA approved a ten-day extension that was lengthened to fourteen days in order to use the gamma-ray spectrometer.
The last transmission from the spacecraft was at 00:00 UT on 1 March 2001.
NEAR Shoemaker collected ten times more data than had been originally planned, completing the most detailed scientific profile ever of a small celestial body. NEAR's portrait of Eros -- a solid, undifferentiated, primitive relic from the solar system's formation -- has already answered fundamental questions on a common class of asteroid. NEAR's 160,000 images of Eros have shown that asteroids can be incredibly diverse objects: NEAR scientists spotted more than 100,000 craters, about 1 million house-sized (or bigger) boulders, and a layer of debris resulting from a long history of impacts. Scientists were able to determine that Eros is not a "rubble pile" of loosely bound pieces, but rather a consolidated object. Furthermore, the chemical information gleaned from the mission is helping us to understand how asteroids like Eros are linked to meteorite samples recovered on Earth.


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The other day, I came into contact with a cousin of my wife's, related through their Notten family line. She had found one of my other blog postings. I look forward to sharing information her. It got me to wondering what else I could find out about the Nottens that I didn't already know.
I ran across an interesting article about the Chelsea Private Hospital, which was located in Chelsea, MI. I had never heard of this before.
Ehlert Notten is a 1st cousin, 3 times removed of my wife. Their common ancestor is also named Ehlert Notten, and he is her 3rd great grandfather. The younger Ehlert was born in 1876 in Chelsea. He became a well established dairy farmer.
The Chelsea Private Hospital was owned by Ehlert and his wife Nellie. The Nottens opened the hospital in 1926, in a house on Main Street in Chelsea. It then relocated, ten years later, to 138 Middle Street when the federal government wanted the original location for a post office. This Middle Street house was built in 1885 by Dr. George Palmer.
The hospital served the patients of 2 local doctors. Nellie attended to the patients, and Ehlert would commute daily to the family farm. They lived on the house's first floor and would also sell some of their dairy products out the back door.
The hospital occupied 3 bedrooms on the house's second floor. Two of the rooms had patient beds, and the third served as the operating and delivery room. An adjoining alcove was made into a nursery. New mothers were put in one of the two patient rooms and were usually the hospital's only patients. They stayed in bed ten days, not even getting up to go to the bathroom!
One of the doctor's retired and, when WWII broke out, the other joined the military in 1942. As a result, the Nottens closed the hospital. After that, patients wanting to go to a home hospital were referred to one in Stockbridge.
After the hospital closed, Nellie's health declined and she died in 1946. Ehlert remarried and sold the house. He died in 1960.
In 1991, new owners bought the house and have been restoring it to it's original elegant look. In 1996, the George W. Palmer house was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
More about the hospital can be read here. Most of the information in this posting came from this article.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
When Mosab Yousef, the son of a prominent Hamas leader, converted to Christianity and wrote a book chronicling his years of clandestine collaboration with Israeli security forces, he became a sensation among pro-Israel Christians in his adoptive homeland of America.
But now, other former Palestinian terrorists-turned-Evangelical Christians are accusing Mosab of duping pro-Israel churches for his own personal profit or, worse, in order to negatively influence their view of the Jewish state.
Mosab's "tale has since been revealed to be a 'long con,' the evidence coming from when he speaks publicly in Arabic," charged Walid Shoebat, a former PLO terrorist who came to faith in Jesus in 1994, and has since been an ardent Christian Zionist.
In an op-ed published online earlier this month, Shoebat further explained that "Mosab did not convert to what the West would recognize as Christianity, but to a fiery, Palestinian brand of the faith that is vehemently anti-Israel."
Indeed, there is a growing trend among Evangelical Christians, both Palestinian and Western, to adopt what has been termed "Palestinian Liberation Theology." This teaching is actually Replacement Theology in a new guise, as it denies that modern Israel has anything to do with the Bible or biblical prophecy.
Shoebat believes Mosab Yousef, riding the popularity of his book "Son of Hamas," is trying to further advance this teaching among Evangelicals in America.
In a recent interview with the Arab satellite network Al-Arabiya, Mosab told Arabic viewers:
"During my tours in universities and even churches, [I found] the real support for Israel stems from the church in the West... Israel is the problem and as an occupation it needs to end. ...we will have our victory against Israel."
Despite his past service to Israel, Mosab "clearly hates Israel and has no understanding of the Biblical prophecies concerning same," Keith Davies, executive director of the Walid Shoebat Foundation, told Israel Today.
"We are doing our best to warn the church," continued Davies.
Aaron Klein, Middle East correspondent for conservative Internet news giant WorldNetDaily, agrees that Mosab Yousef is no friend of Christian Zionists, and certainly does not believe that modern Israel is a fulfillment of biblical prophecy.
"Mosab believes in the leftist line that Israel needs to withdraw from 'occupied' lands," Klein told us. "He is absolutely misguided and I do think his view here is not something that should be given a platform."
However, Klein, whose boss Joseph Farah is another Arab Christian supporter of Israel, does not believe Mosab is some kind of double agent.
"To suggest he was sent to infiltrate the church is ridiculous. Hamas could care less about what the church thinks, plus they're not that smart," said Klein.
He added that at the very least, Mosab deserves credit for saving Israeli lives.
"Mosab risked his life to betray his father and Hamas in order to save Jews. The death threats against him are very real."
It should be noted that it does not appear Shoebat believes Hamas sent Mosab as a double agent, or that his conversion to Christianity was not genuine.
Rather, Shoebat is suggesting that Mosab accepted a brand of Christianity that draws on the false teachings of Replacement Theology, and is now determined to bring other Evangelical Christians in line with those teachings concerning Israel.
"Mosab is now touring churches to end Israel's lifeline," warned Shoebat. "Many Jews and Christians in the West are unable to determine friend from foe in the Mideast; they are not able to read what is said in Arabic. They must seek translations, and must be aware of double agents like Mosab."
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- Requirement 1. Hunter education and enforcement
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- c. Explain how to report a wildlife-related violation to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
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- b. Successfully complete a National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association Rifle Basic course.
- c. Participate in a National Rifle Association-International Hunter Education Association Youth Hunter Education Challenge event sponsored by your state.
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- b. Either plan or assist in putting on a National Hunting and Fishing Day program.
- c. Talk with a game warden/ conservation officer about his/her job. If possible, observe/assist at a game check station in your state.
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Worked with Shmil Levy - who I agree is probably the best VC in Israel. Sequoia is generally less concerned with IRR than some others I worked with.
However, note that Sequoia, with its contacts and presence in the market will probably get their money out of the investment (that is if anyone will). That is before you or anyone else will. So if the ROI is high - there is no better choice. But if low - make sure you know what you are doing (because they do!).
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A spec that is often touted, but rarely informative when it comes to screens, is the contrast ratio. This is essentially a comparison between the brightest and darkest image a screen can produce. You might think this would do a good job telling you which screens have the inky blacks and crisp whites you like to see, but DisplayMate's Raymond Soneira has published some real world testing on a number of smartphone screens that says otherwise.
Manufacturers tend to measure contrast ratios in completely dark rooms with all white and all black images. This is fine for PR spin, but in real life, users won't be in pitch black rooms with monochrome images. Soneira used four phones that represent a wide array of screen technologies; the iPhone 4, Droid X, Galaxy S, and HTC Desire. Using an Integrated Hemisphere light source, Soneira was able to perfectly simulate light conditions from pitch black, all the way up to 40,000 lux, or roughly equivalent to indirect outdoor sunlight.
Soneira observed the true contrast ratios, and how they were affected by screen reflectivity as the brightness ramped up. As you can probably guess, the published contrast ratios didn't quite match up with real world performance.
On the top of the heap were the iPhone 4 and Samsung Galaxy S. The iPhone uses an IPS LCD screen, and it was helped by having an extremely high maximum brightness. As the light picked up, it was able to remain more usable. The Galaxy S edged the iPhone out slightly with its Super AMOLED Plus screen. While it did wash out, Samsung's low-reflectivity combined with high maximum brightness made it more usable in bright light.
The HTC Desire uses a traditional AMOLED screen, and it was the worst of the tested screens, despite having very high advertised contrast ratios. The screen was so reflective that any benefits from AMOLED technology was lost in even moderately bright light. The Droid X with its middle-of-the-road LCD also didn't fare particularly well, but better than the Desire. The Droid X screen washed out and produced some noticeable banding.
The takeaway from this study is that the numbers advertised by OEMs might have little bearing on your real world experience. After all, you probably don't spend a lot of time in perfectly dark rooms.
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Stop and Smell the Rosé: Exploring the Flavors of Provence
Provence. The name itself conjures up images of azure blue skies, golden fields of sunflowers, gnarled cypress trees reaching for the heavens, a seascape dotted with fishing vessels, and the pervasive bouquet of lavender, roses, and the sea. Nestled between the Rhône Valley, Italy, the Alps, and the Mediterranean, this is the land that offered inspiration to the likes of Cézanne and Van Gogh. Travelers and tourists of all stripes come to this magical part of the world to inhale deeply its beauty, tradition, and bounty.
But foreigners have been trampling this prized area for millennia. The Greeks founded Massilia, or Marseilles, planted vines that they brought with them, and fished the waters here as early as the 6th century B.C. The Romans arrived centuries later and stayed more than 600 years. They planted vineyards further inland and made a great deal of wine, exporting much of it back home. Indeed, the name Provence is derived from Provincia Romana and the Roman influence can be felt throughout the region, still dotted with Roman villas and precious antiquities. Provence had many centuries of independence, accounting for its aura of otherworldliness. It only became a part of France in 1481.
This is a very dynamic region in terms of the development of wine blends and styles, intensively working to continue to improve its quality and global reputation. Provence currently provides some of the best values among European wines, which are increasingly available in the U.S.
While one immediately thinks of a cool glass of rosé as a typical Provençal beverage, as it accounts for 80% of the region's total wine production, there is a great deal more to be experienced. The climate is Mediterranean with mild winters and hot summers, producing very ripe fruit. The location of the individual vineyard is extremely important, as it determines the degree of influence of the hot sun, as well as the howling winds of the mistral.
Provence is an enormous wine-growing region, divided into seven Appellation Contrôlées, or appellations. Its largest, and the largest in France, is Côtes-du-Provence, extending over 35,000 acres. While more than 80% of the wine produced here is the tourist-friendly quaffing rosé, huge strides have been made over the past 10 years to improve the quality of the red wines, made from Grenache, Syrah, Cinsaut, Mourvèdre, and Cabernet Sauvignon. White wines are made from Ugni Blanc, Rolle, Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Bourboulenc, and Sémillon, all of which are often blended together with delightful results. Sauvignon Blanc is also gaining popularity in the region; its high acid, which produces a crisp wine, is a refreshing alternative to the comparatively rich, unctuous, oily-textured wines made from the more traditional white varieties.
Bandol is one of my all-time favorite appellations, producing some amazing, age-worthy wines of great character. With over 3,000 acres, this is one of the oldest appellations in France, declared in 1941. All of the windswept vineyards in Bandol face south, jealously guarding their rare domaine overlooking the Mediterranean. The varietal star of Bandol is Mourvèdre, whose grapes ripen late and provide naturally low yields. It's mandated that red Bandols be oak-aged for at least 18 months. These amazing wines are monsters of concentrated fruit, complex meat and herbs notes, along with big, round tannins, all of which require cellaring for 5-10 years. Grenache, Cinsaut, Syrah, and Carignan are also grown in Bandol to add texture to both the red and rosé wines.
What to eat with these lovely wines? The wonderful foods of the region rely predominantly on the fish that is pulled from the local Mediterranean waters. Anchovies, red mullet, sea bream, shellfish galore, locally grown vegetables, herbs de Provence, and garlic all play enormous roles in the Provençal cuisine. Famed French foodie Curnonsky (a.k.a. Maurice Edmond Sailland) described Bouillabaisse, the best-known Provençal dish, as "the golden soup" because of the inclusion of saffron. I have tried to recreate this famed fish stew in my kitchen many times, but with lackluster results. I have since discovered that the secret is the access to the Mediterranean fishes.
As Provence is predominantly a mountainous region, without much access to dairy cows and rich farmlands, goat cheese is king. Soupe au pistou is made with late summer vegetables and includes garlic, fresh basil, and goat cheese. It provides a superb opportunity to indulge in a heartier rosé, which plays off the heat of the garlic and provides an ideal acidic foil to the richness of the cheese.
In the late afternoon, a generous slice of pissaladière with a glass of Bandol is a remarkable marriage that will make for years of heady memories. This onion tart, made with a potent mix of black olives and anchovy paste, completely speaks of the region and is divine when paired with Mourvèdre, lush with red fruits, herbs and earth, and able to handle the power of the savory flavors.
At a small auberge tucked into the Provençal hills, we placed our famished selves in the Chef's hands. We sent him a glass of our 2002 Domaine Ott Rosé 'Chateau de Selle' for inspiration. He sent out freshly caught rouget, lightly poached in lemon, anchovy, butter, and white wine made with Grenache Blanc. The richness of this particular rosé played off the high notes of lemon beautifully, while the brightness of the wine's fruit and acid was the perfect foil to the succulence of the fish and the savory anchovy notes.
Next, the Chef chose locally raised lamb medallions, seared rare and topped with a sauce made from Bandol wine, veal stock and the juice of freshly-picked blackberries. Locally foraged mushrooms, just slightly heated with butter, shallots and garlic rounded out the plate. The 1991 Domaine Tempier Bandol Cuvee Speciale Cabassaou exhibited notes of blackberry, earth, game, sauvage, and dried herbs, mirroring the complex flavors on the plates in front of us. Having visited the small, terraced vineyard earlier, we knew it was sheltered from the Mistral, tucked into the lower area of La Tourtine. Its southern exposure allows for maximum sunlight for the Mourvèdre vines. Low grape yields make the Cabassaou a rare and exciting treat and a quintessentially Provençal experience.
Even with its complex range of big flavors and hearty textures, this is a cuisine that is clearly incomplete without a well-structured, full-flavored wine like those described above.
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Animal X-Ray reproductions
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March 7, 2003
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The Santa Clara University women's basketball team opened the 2003 West Coast Conference Championship with a 68-54 victory in the second round over Loyola Marymount. Quinn Thomas hit five three-point field goals to lead the third-seeded Broncos with 17 points.
The Broncos have now won eight straight against the Lions and 17 of the last 18. Santa Clara improves to 18-9 and will play Gonzaga, the Tournament's second seed, Saturday at noon. The Bulldogs received byes in the first two rounds under the new Championship format. The Broncos split with the Zags during regular-season play.
Thomas' first three of the game gave her 69 for the season, moving her into third place on SCU's all-time single season record for three-point field goals made. She finished with 73 on the year and is just two short from tying Caroline Gruening's mark, set last season. Julie Lienert set the standard during the 1990-91 season with 89 baskets from behind the arc.
Santa Clara made a season-high 57.4 percent from the field. Kayla Huss added 11 points, while Kim Butler added 10. Tammy Annas led all rebounders with 11.
"We came here to take care of business and we did a good job of setting the tone with our defensive intensity," SCU head coach Michelle Bento said.
Rachael Ziemann came off the bench for LMU and led the Lions with 15 points.
Santa Clara started on fire on both ends of the court, forcing LMU into six turnovers in the first four minutes of the game, while hitting their first five shots from the field. Thomas his back-to-back threes to give the Broncos a 16-8 lead.
Reserve Jennie Rondel hit a lay-in to push the lead to double digits midway through the period. Two consecutive three-pointers by Ziemann reduced the lead to six, but the Lions could not pull any closer. A three by Huss with one minute left in the half pushed the lead back up to 12 before the Broncos settled for a 38-26 halftime advantage.
Santa Clara extended its lead with a 10-0 run midway through the second period, pushing the advantage to 22 points. LMU responded with a 7-0 run, but it was still a 63-48 Bronco advantage with four minutes remaining.