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Thursday, September 24, 2009
But I just mentioned it. Silly song! In order to help pay a few bills before they became critical, hubby and I listed a few trading cards on eBay. I listed them around the lower end of what everyone was selling them for. I hoped they would sell, but I was kind of skeptical. It's not like the auction house in game, where if you don't sell it, you just re-list it. We needed the money, and I was sure we weren't going to get it.
I was wrong. A couple days into the auctions, I flipped over to our eBay sellers page, and we had sold one! I started packaging it in its promised inner packaging, and checked the delivery instructions. Between the street address and the city, state, and zip code line, the instructions read,"leave by back basement door".
I have been sitting here waiting for something witty to say about the instructions. Something about stereotypical gamers...I got nothing. But the instructions made me giggle. I guess that is enough. Well, the money is nice, too. Thanks for paying my utilities!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
A couple of days ago, I logged in Delgada, and my favorite paladin tank ever is playing around on his hunter, so I whisper,"Wanna kill Coren Direbrew?" He's holding a trinket of mine." He replies," Sure. Let me log in Graham." I tease my hubby into joining us, so that we only need 2 dps. Since this is my first day of Brew Fest, I take the portal from Dalaran to Orgrimmar and start doing the Brew Fest dailies. Our server is one of the many plagued with a targeting bug, so I waste about 10 minutes chucking mugs at a robot that won't be hit. I finally learn that if you stand next to it and chug, you will most likely chuck your mug at him. Two minutes later I am on my way to get my third Brew Fest stein. (I really want a house or a guild hall where I can put my trophies, instead of them gathering dust where only I can see them in the bank.) I get my stein, run the barrel run twice, and then decide it is high time we found more party members. I advertise, and find one. I keep advertising to no avail. I decide to run into the gates of Orgrimmar and advertise there. This requires some fumbling on my part as I turn on Trade chat (I loathe and despise trade chat, so it was turned off). Once it is on, I advertise for one dps. Someone replies, says he would like to bring his warrior. Fine! I wait until he logs in and he whispers for an invite. We are on our way. Hubby portals the group to Stonard, and we make our way to the instance.
Now, I am not one to study loot tables before an instance run. I only know Coren has trinkets because he dropped trinkets last holiday. I have no clue what they are called, let alone what they do. I have a vague clue that he drops mounts and some remote control for a mole machine. So, we get into the instance, take the mole machines to the bar, and begin our piñata breaking. It really isn't fair to piñata breaking to compare it to the Coren Direbrew fight. When you play with a piñata, you are at least wearing a blindfold. This fight is much like cheating and beating the piñata to smithereens while able to see it. For those that may be new to 80, I imagine this fight is a little harder. Once you have taken the daily from the spy around the corner, you talk to Coren and insult him. This makes him angry, and he has two friends with him. The best way to handle this fight, in my opinion, is to focus down the boss, because when he dies, the additional mobs disappear. During the fight, more mobs (non-elite) will come out of the ground in mole machines, tossing you in the air if you are over them when they begin to surface. Please know, if you are the one to insult, make sure no one else is trying to insult him at the same time. It will use both, and that will leave the group with one last chance to summon him. Anyhow, we only had four attempts, as Graham had done his the night before after reset. I forgot to tell our two pick up members this, slightly upsetting the warrior, but at the time it was late, and tanks with summons were all but unheard of.
The fight begins, and ends, and begins, and ends, until all four insults have been used. Stamina trinkets dropped three times, and on the fourth time, a critical strike rating trinket drops. I only saw the critical rating on it and rolled need. My husband followed my lead and rolled as well. Graham is so over geared I'm sure he didn't even care. I don't think I have ever seen him use his Retribution spec. He is the ultimate Paladin tank. The warrior won it, accused us of trying to ninja the trinket for the guild, told us we were blacklisted, and left party and used his hearthstone. I was stupefied. He had won 2 of the three stamina trinkets, and the critical strike trinket, and I could not see what this guy's problem was. We stood there in the tavern for a good five minutes or so. Then I looked up his character in the armory. This warrior had only one low level trinket. So, he obviously needed them. I wasn't mad about that. So I scroll back to the trinket and bring the item description up. The second part reads that it increases melee or ranged attack power. Alright, I goofed. I saw critical chance and started drooling and didn't care about the chance on hit wording below it. My husband says, "I just do what you tell me to do. It's all your fault." I try to whisper the guy, but he is already offline. So I look up his guild. No guild master on. I then remember the name of the character he whispered me on, and I whisper him. I apologize for not having read the rest of the description. He goes on to tell me I'm a noob. I told him it was an honest mistake, and that I am glad he got the trinkets, since he obviously needed them. No response. Whatever!
So, I'm on someone's blacklist. I can't read. I'm a noob. But I am NOT a ninja. I don't roll need on something in an instance that would not benefit my character, unless I am instructed to disenchant it. Even then I usually wait until the end of the instance to shard anything, just in case someone decides later on it's something they need. I hope he never has trouble finding a healer. He made my "I don't like to play with"list. It's not a black list. It's a list of people that need to redeem themselves before I heal for them. I mean really. Take the game a little too seriously?
Saturday, September 19, 2009
The Internet Invades The Emmy Awards
From a retweet posted by @feliciaday, I found out something exciting. Neil Patrick Harris, who will be hosting the Emmy awards this Sunday, will be doing something out of Dr. Horrible sometime during the show. How Exciting! That's all I had to say. I'm not some big fan of Neil's or anything, but it's geeky, and it's internet, and it's just backward of the usual. Television usually hands to the internet, not vice versa.
Oh, and this may just be a nod to the fact that Dr. Horrible did win an Emmy this year. Cheers to the whole crew!
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Hubby and I went out to dinner tonight. We are so broke, that going on a date for dinner means we grab whatever fast food coupons we have and pick from there. Tonight, we had the choice of Del Taco (2-for-1 Bacon Double Del's), McDonalds (two for one Big Macs), or Carls Jr.(about 4 different 2-for-1 burger offers). So, we decided on Carl's Jr. We bought buy one get one free Double Western Bacon Cheeseburgers, and a medium drink. Remember when 32 0unce sodas were considered large? We are sitting there, slowly eating our burgers and debating the greatness of this burger over the last we had. Why are we eating slowly? Because we are less than a mile from home, and we aren't in any hurry to get back to the kids. We get away pretty seldom, and rarely for more than an hour. They're safe. My oldest is watching them. If she isn't busy messing with MySpace. I hope they're safe...
Well, back to the story. We decided we liked the last one better, if it had bacon, and onion rings, and barbecue sauce. Then we realized that was what we were eating, except it would also have lettuce. Taking another bite and slowly masticating it (That is not a bad word. If you don't know it, look it up.), I listen as my husband makes his proposal. He's going to open a restaurant. Everything will be made of bacon. That sandwich we had decided on? It would lose the burger patty, and just have a patty made of bacon. Did you want fries with that? No! You will have more bacon! I read somewhere they even have bacon ice cream. And tonight, I stumbled upon (I love that silly button!) his first breakfast item on the menu. Brown Sugar Bacon Buttermilk Waffles... with a side of bacon, of course! Bacon garnish, too? You got it!
We would call the restaurant Your Last Heart Attack, or maybe The Porker Palace. The sign out front would be a neon sign with a line of pigs entering a barn and leaving as dancing bacon strips. On the cover of the menu would be a man, laid out as if for a viewing, with a bouquet of bacon strips clutched at his breast and a huge smile on his face. Next to the salt and pepper shakers on the table would be low dose aspirin packets (the right size to forestall your next heart attack). There would be no diet drinks, only highly caffeinated and sugared drinks. For those not keen on sodas, there will be sweet tea. If you ask for water, we will assume you are on fire, and bring out a hose to put you out. Wait, this is a bacon joint, so you'd be in the middle of a grease fire! We will instead bring out salt, baking soda, or the appropriate extinguisher to put you out.
Oh, and you would have to sign a release form stating that, if you were harmed by anything you ingested or encountered in the restaurant, that you came of your own free will, and would hold all employees, owners, and denizens of the restaurant harmless, and perhaps remember them in your will. :)
While I was looking for an image to head up this article, I found this. I want one. I almost feel bad that I wasted my opportunity on a lesser burger today. Damned diet....
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Back to the point. Since noone wanted to run anything (I asked again not long after finding out about the raid times), I logged in to Delgada, logging in to the KNR ventrilo at the same time, and joined lfg. I chatted with two of my guildmates who were playing Aion while I skipped around Dalaran. I got invited to the heroic daily, picked up the quests, and got summoned to the instance. I stepped through the portal then opened my bags. I had in my bags 1 epic drake mount, a hearthstone, a duplicate robot pet key, and a piece of level 75 meat. No candles, no water, no buff food, no potions, nada. I healed all of Old Kingdom, on heroic, with nothing! I even died once, got rezzed, and the tank went off without a care in the world. Healed up a little, got a very small bit of mana, and kept healing.
After that instance, I hearthed back to Dalaran, bought some water and a couple of mana potions, and raided my bank for some food. See, I had emptied my bags so I could cart all the stuff that got sent back by Blizzard from the time our guild bank was cleared out, and I forgot to restock. What a dummy! Now, with part of the items I needed, I went off with the same tank to do heroic Culling of Stratholme. I let one of the rogues die (I think I was being attacked by a kitten), so we just missed the timed event. Quest complete, we hearthed out, and I logged out after that.
So, I guess Delgada is at the point where she could pretty much faceroll through heroics now. Too bad the guild is off doing their own thing. I miss them!
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
September Edition: What I've Been Doing.
Last week, my focus was on gearing up my mage, renamed Dinnaeh and moved to my friend's server. I would log in, check to see who in the guild was online and where they were, and ask if anyone wanted to run anything. Being a new 80 and new to the guild, I was hoping to find a few people who would be willing to take me along on some heroics. After all, everyone's running them! I wasn't asking for a free ride. I had taken some time and gold to assemble some nice epic crafted items and a few good bind-on-equip blues, and was still trying to get into regular instances for some of the items I might need. As I was working on my arcane spec, one of the guild mates offered up his mage as a model and taught me what my cast sequence should be. I'm not lazy. I had already been looking on WoWPopular for a good arcane build and the glyphs to go with it. I had also another tab open looking for cast sequence. But I took the information, and headed to Darnassus to play with the dummies, right after I took my hubbies start out nuke macro from him (It's a doozy. If you want it, I'll share it!). I found she was putting out a decent bit of damage (around 1700 is not bad for a starter mage, right?) So, I joined the LFG channel, as noone in guild was biting, and got into a regular Trial of the Champion. The first group was horrible. The heals needed help, then the tank had to go, then we wiped several times on the nightmare encounter. The group fizzled. I rejoined lfg, started doing the dailies in the Tournament, since I was out there. She got into another group, this time whizzing through the instance twice. She got a trinket, but passed on the ring that dropped when I saw that the healer needed it. The healer and one other promptly degrouped, and I silently flogged myself for not having needed the ring. From there on, it was a mess of people dropping and trying to find replacements. I had signed up with this group to do four runs, and I had every intention to stick it out. An hour went by, we struggled through oiur third run, but wiped on the nightmare encounter. We lost another group member. I decided it was time to hang up my hat for the night. I apologized, wished them luck, and logged off.
The frustrating part of all that was not so much that I couldn't keep a good pug group going, but that my guild, of the at least twenty that were on, only one answered when I was looking for a healer, and noone answered when I was asking for people to run things with. I looked. There were a couple in instances, but for the most part, they were hanging out in major cities. I'm wondering if I had been a healer, or a tank, if they would have been more inclined to run things with me.
This week, done with the frustration of looking for groups with a dps character, I logged in to say hi to my guild mates on Shadowsong. Guild chat here is always hopping, people are in ventrilo chatting at peak times, and it's just a friendly place to be. The second I logged in my bank character, I got a tell from one of them saying hi. After finishing the banking, I logged in with Halinka. I set myself up to heal a regular Trial of the Champion. I failed miserably. We did fine on the first part, killing all the horde combatants. I could not keep everyone up during the nightmare phase of the Paletress encounter. The group broke up, and I set to doing the dailies over there. Somehow, I got into a regular run again, this time as dps, to help gear someone's mage alt. It went from that to running a 25 man Vault of Archavon, then a 10 man Vault of Archavon, then a race through Gundrak on heroic with two teams, to end in a 25 man Obsidian Sanctum. Halinka got a nice pair of pvp pants and a robe to go with it, and she got a nice pair of pve pants, too. She spent a few badges and bought herself a nice belt. Then, she went and gemmed and enchanted the whole lot.
What is great about this last few days is that, this guild does things together, and not just on raid night. If someone needs a hand, all you have to do is ask, and if they can't it's usually because they are truly busy. The difference between this character and the other? Not much , really. Sure, Halinka could heal, if she had the gear. They are both dps at heart. Halinka, thanks to an active and very social guild, is getting crazy upgrades (i-level 245 pants to replace i-level 200!) Dinnaeh needs to get to know her new guild a little better, I guess. Or switch to her bank alt paladin and level a healer. Because noone seems to want another dps on that server. Things may take a turn for the better when the cross server lfg system goes into place.
Tonight is raid night for my Shadowsong guild. I might pop over and say hi to the other guild. After this daily...
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Who? What? Where? Why? How?
What - Of course, if you have real live friends to play with, you want to play on the same server.
Where - Bladefist server, Alliance side.
Why - Because I really wanted to hang out with my one of my first online and offline friends. We used to chat on those old Bulletin Board Systems. Play text games. Anyone who ever logged into a MajorBBS system will probably remember dropping gems in a certain pattern in a stump, or saying a certain phrase at a hidden shrine. I miss the pizza parties. Somehow chat in WoW is never like what it was there.
How - I transferred Esoterique, changing her name to Dinnaeh. I've been leveling like a madwoman. The guild is looking for more. Try and reach Bloofie or Alii , or pretty much any Titans member. What do they need more of? I hear healers are in short supply. Not sure on anything else, so if you are interested, and you are geared for mid-late Ulduar, send a tell!
So that is what I have been up to the last week or so, in a nutshell. Prior to Eso's transfer, I had made a paladin and got her to about 15, and parked her in Exodar. You have to have a bank helper, right? Servers are back up, and it's time to put Dinnaeh's nose to the stone. Tell me what you have been up to below! Yes, I know you're out there, lurking. So come out for a minute and say hi. I'm pretty sure I don't bite.


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Greenville, SC – Furman football will face a Big Ten Conference opponent for the first time when they visit Michigan State in 2016.
Furman athletic director Dr. Gary Clark announced on Tuesday the Sept. 17 game at Spartan Stadium.
The Paladins, from the Southern Conference, already have three other scheduled games against FBS opponents: LSU (2013), South Carolina (2014) and Virginia Tech (2015).
"We're pleased to add Michigan State to our 2016 football schedule and look forward to the challenge," Clark said.

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Oh, I got hot sause all over my bazito!
You know what this is? It's a brain sucker. You know what it's doing? Filing its tax return
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent apple pie
The Adventures of Little Ed Brave
Tell airport security your name is McCannister because you can hide anything in a cannister.
You know what? Nobody notices when this changes anyway.
There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and STFU
What happens in a black hole stays in a black hole
The black hole draws you inexorably inward. Time slows. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
I'd diddle little umdidlie... if she weren't my half-sister.
Abortion prevents pedophilia. In more ways than one!
I wrote a haiku
which I was about to share,
but then I thought, "screw it."
Notice to all users of the Holodeck:
There are safety protocols in place that cannot be deactivated without the approval of two commanding officers or the captain to protect users of the Holodeck from potential harm. However, every time the Holodeck is ever used in a nontrivial manner, no matter what the safety protocols say, the Holodeck turns into a deathtrap.
Unless you believe yourself to be adept at constructing a forcefield from your communicator and 19th century Earth tools, or you're at the very least not wearing a red shirt, you are strongly advised not to attempt to use the Holodeck until a designer comes up with a safety protocol that doesn't kill you whenever somebody looks at it funny. Even when you're not on the holodeck. Or in the same quadrant. Or time period.
In fact, if you are wearing a red shirt, Starfleet may not be the job for you
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How important is reading fiction in socializing school children? Researchers at The New School in New York City have found evidence that literary fiction improves a reader's capacity to understand what others are thinking and feeling.
Emanuele Castano, a social psychologist, along with PhD candidate David Kidd conducted five studies in which they divided a varying number of participants (ranging from 86 to 356) and gave them different reading assignments: excerpts from genre (or popular) fiction, literary fiction, nonfiction or nothing. After they finished the excerpts the participants took a test that measured their ability to infer and understand other people's thoughts and emotions. The researchers found, to their surprise, a significant difference between the literary- and genre-fiction readers.
When study participants read non-fiction or nothing, their results were unimpressive. When they read excerpts of genre fiction, such as Danielle Steel's The Sins of the Mother, their test results were dually insignificant. However, when they read literary fiction, such as The Round House by Louise Erdrich, their test results improved markedly—and, by implication, so did their capacity for empathy. The study was published October 4 in Science.
The results are consistent with what literary criticism has to say about the two genres—and indeed, this may be the first empirical evidence linking literary and psychological theories of fiction. Popular fiction tends to portray situations that are otherworldly and follow a formula to take readers on a roller-coaster ride of emotions and exciting experiences. Although the settings and situations are grand, the characters are internally consistent and predictable, which tends to affirm the reader's expectations of others. It stands to reason that popular fiction does not expand the capacity to empathize.
Literary fiction, by contrast, focuses more on the psychology of characters and their relationships. "Often those characters' minds are depicted vaguely, without many details, and we're forced to fill in the gaps to understand their intentions and motivations," Kidd says. This genre prompts the reader to imagine the characters' introspective dialogues. This psychological awareness carries over into the real world, which is full of complicated individuals whose inner lives are usually difficult to fathom. Although literary fiction tends to be more realistic than popular fiction, the characters disrupt reader expectations, undermining prejudices and stereotypes. They support and teach us values about social behavior, such as the importance of understanding those who are different from ourselves.
The results suggest that reading fiction is a valuable socializing influence. The study data couldinform debates over how much fiction should be included in educational curricula and whether reading programs should be implemented in prisons, where reading literary fiction might improve inmates' social functioning and empathy. Castano also hopes the finding will encourage autistic people to engage in more literary fiction, in the hope it could improve their ability to empathize without the side effects of medication.


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Paperback Little Miss Muffet / by Christopher Harbo ; illustrated by Colin Jack.
Publication year: 2019
Language: English
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Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 9781474790550 (pbk.) :
Notes: Tête-bêche format.
Series title: Flip-side rhymes
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Dreyer's description: F, p of Dneb
Cross Identifications: GC 5900. Marth 368.
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target racer back tank, thrifted belt, urban pants/jeans, report signature shoes, marc by marc jacobs bag
I wore the shoes! For them to be 5+ inches, they are pretty comfortable. I decided to go with all black so all the attention was were it was supposed to be, and it was :) Next time, I will be a bit more creative.


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Her husband, the father of their two young children, was sitting in the VIP section where a fighter plane landed in an explosive crash Friday afternoon. Salerno's friend was taken to the hospital with critical injuries. There was no way Salerno, an avid racing pilot there to watch the show, had survived.
"The family knew," said Tony Buzbee, a spokesman for the Friendswood, Texas family. "There is no delicate way to say this; the problem was there was no way to confirm he was dead other than DNA testing."
Medical officials confirmed Salerno's death to his wife Monday night, bringing the death toll in what has become the nation's deadliest racing disaster up to at least 11.
A spokesman for the medical examiner's office said investigators have been trying to identify body parts since the gruesome accident at the annual National Championship Air Races. The names of all the known fatal victims had been confirmed by police or family by late Tuesday. Another 15 victims remained in area hospitals for treatment.
More than 1,300 people had called a Reno crisis line in the days after the crash, many to report missing race spectators. Officials are trying to track down each missing person but have not released an official count.
"They have an awful lot of legal hurdles that they have to go through before they can announce especially the names (of the dead) but also the number of deceased," Washoe County spokesman Chris Matthews said. "They have to verify that they are in fact looking at a deceased person, as opposed to looking at an arm of a person who is not deceased and is in the hospital."
The newly identified victims were a Kansas woman previously reported missing, a father who took his 12-year-old son to see the racing pilots, a man who loved airplanes and Salerno.
Relatives of the Kansas woman, 71-year-old Cheryl Elvin of Lenexa, had said she was likely dead because the relatives who had attended the show with her were all taken to area hospitals for critical leg injuries.
John Craik, 45, of Gardnerville, Nev., died after taking his son to watch the race. Virginia Craik told The Associated Press that her grandson was not seriously injured and is back in school.
"It's been tough," she said.
James McMichael, 47, of Graham, Wash., was at the show because he "loved planes," his mother, Darlene McMichael, said. "That's why most people go to those things."
She said her son was survived by his wife and an extensive family.
"Our family has a great faith," she said. "And we feel like things happen for a reason. It doesn't make it easier."
Salerno was a dispatcher for Continental Airlines and a lieutenant for a volunteer fire department, said Buzbee, a Houston lawyer representing the family. Salerno also volunteered with the annual Wings Over Houston Airshow, where he served as a liaison between the main act and the show.
"He was just one of those kind of people that many people know," Buzbee said. "He made the community work."
Salerno was given his VIP ticket by a friend, Buzbee said.
"It's a very difficult time for his wife and children," Buzbee said.
More than 70 people were treated for injuries, some of them life-threatening, in the unexplained crash that also took the life of 74-year-old stunt pilot James Leeward. His WWII-era fighter plane dived into a crowd during the nation's premier aviation competition. Shrapnel sprayed at the fans, cutting limbs and other body parts.
Boeing engineer and longtime pilot Dave Desmon organized a group of people with ties to Washington to attend the show. They were standing near the finish line when the plane crashed about three feet from them.
"We were trying to figure out which way to run basically," Desmon, 51, said.
Among the dead were Desmon's friends, George Hewitt, 60, and Wendy Hewitt, 56, of Fort Mohave, Ariz. Another friend lost an arm and had a cracked skull. Desmon's girlfriend broke her leg.
George Hewitt was a recently retired pilot and Wendy Hewitt was a passionate volunteer who served the United Way, American Red Cross and charities devoted to low-income children and women. They were learning Mandarin for an upcoming trip to China, Desmon said.
The others killed who had previously been identified were Sharon Stewart, 47, of Reno; Greg Morcom, 47, of Stanwood, Wash.; Michael Wogan, 22, of Scottsdale, Ariz.; and Regina Bynum, 53, of San Angelo, Texas.
During the annual Reno completion, planes flew wingtip-to-wingtip as low as 50 feet from the ground. Pilots reached speeds of up to 500 mph.
Leeward was the 20th pilot to die at the races since it began 47 years ago, but Friday's crash was the first where spectators were killed. Some of the injured described being coated in aviation fuel that burned.
Leeward was a veteran air racer from Ocala, Fla., who flew in Hollywood films. He loved speeding, on the ground or in the air, and had recently taken up racing cars.
It was the second year Leeward had competed in the competition with his modified Galloping Ghost fighter plane. He won several races last year but the gold medal had eluded him, Desmon said.
"He wanted to go against the national champion and show that he was the fastest airplane there was," Desmon said. "It was a race we were all really looking forward to."


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The 4thcumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 4 contains all the SQL Server 2012 hotfixes which have been available since the initial release of SQL Server 2012. This update contains hotfixes for issues that were fixed after the release of SQL Server 2012.
Those who are facing severe issues with their environment, they can plan to test CU4 in test environment & then move to Production after satisfactory results.
To other, I suggest to wait for SP1 final release to deploy on your production environment, to have consolidate build.
Cumulative update package 4 for SQL Server 2012 is available:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2758687


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Translated by Roger Kaplan
Edited by Fay and Julian Bussgang When I recall the period of my youth, the vision of the Zionist youth organizations flash before my eyesHanoar Hatzioni, Herzliya, Betar, Gordonia, Hashomer Hatzair. And, as one who headed one of these organizations, there will always be a place in my heart for them.
The Hanoar Hatzioni [Zionist Youth] chapter in Działoszyce was the largest of all the youth organizations in town. As time went on, our chapter founded other chapters in neighboring towns, such as in Kazimierza Wielka, which were led by Herszel Doński, Lejbuś Zalcman, and Lejbel Miller. Fiszel Landau and Szydłowska headed a chapter in Wiślica; in Koszyce, [it was led by] J. M. Lewensztajn. Even in Nowy Korczyn (Neustadt) and Pińczów, there were chapters founded by us. And as time went on, the Działoszyce chapter became the regional headquarters for the Hanoar Hatzioni chapters in the area.
As to organizational preparedness and mutual closeness among the chapters from both far and near, our region united with the Miechów area. This was at the end of 1933, when during a celebratory parade, the Miechów, Miechów-Charsznica, Slomniki, Wolbrum, Żarnowiec, Książ Wielki, Wodzisław, Jędrzejów, and Sędziszów chapters united into one unit under the name Miechów-Działoszyce. Mejlech Frydrych, Moszek Pińczowski, and the author of this account were part of this [combined] chapter's leadership.
When we dreamt of emigrating to the Land [of Israel], all of our desires got caught up in the idea of making this come true, but when would the stage of really getting ready to emigrate begin?
In 1934, the work of the Miechów-Działoszyce region chapters resulted in the establishment of three hakhshara [pioneer training] camps in the towns of Wodzislaw, Sędziszów, and Szczekociny. The group worked mainly on paving roads and in the sawmills.
During the first period, when the Działoszyce chapter was founded, they operated out of the Zionist Union room in the Jewish community building in the town market square.
When the chapter grew, it moved to a new clubhouse, Nusyn Rolnicki's (Nusyn, the American's) house, where they also had a large yard at their disposal for holding processions. The yard buzzed with activity on summer nights. There were dozens and dozens of boys and girls in their uniforms with songs of Zion in their mouths echoing into the distance.
Due to various reasons, over time, the chapter moved to new clubhouseson Chmielowska Street (in the Palarz family home), on Kościelna Street (in the Karmioł family home), and on Skalbmierska Street (at a non-Jew's by the name of Laskowski).
Every move from clubhouse to clubhouse, from place to place, symbolized a different stage in the history of the chapter, its existence and its work, its troubles, the arguments and the conflicts that were then our lot. There were arguments and attempts to find a solution to ideological and organizational problems that plagued our movement. Of course, there was no lack of arguments with other Zionist youth movements, and certainly with opponents of Zionism.
I must point out, with great satisfaction and pride, that the chapter in Działoszyce consisted of the best of those in Hanoar Halomed Vehaoved in the town.[1] It was also the largest in number of all the youth movements in the area, and in terms of quality, it ranked right up there with all the other movements.
This chapter was alive and exciting, full of active members; it organized a meeting of the regional directors in Działoszyce in cooperation with the leaders of the Zagłębie area, in which candidates from all of the regions participated. Representing the head leadership chapter, Noach Cherik [Chercik?], an intellectual man, facilitated the directors' meeting. It was a prize moment in all of his existence, and all of us fell in love with his melodic voice when he took charge of the processions or explained to us the details of setting up tents or organizing camps; everything was done according to the scouting rules. Zuszka Orbach represented the leadership of the Zagłębie region, and Mejlech Frydrych and I represented our region.
At the end of the meeting, I was asked by Noach Cherik to arrange an evening procession celebrating the end of the directors' meeting. I stood before the procession lines, reading the proclamation. The atmosphere was electric; the summer sky with the stars shining was above our heads, yet all of us in our hearts thought only of nights in the Land of Israel and promised to continue the work even there. We'd be defenders of our own Land, we'd work by day in the orchards, and at night, we'd stand guard, protecting the lives of our kibbutz members in Kfar Saba or other places.
The melodic voice of Noach Cherik made your heart stop. He asked us, Mejlech Frydrych and me, to make a sworn oath in honor of the ceremony in which we were granted the Defenders of the Movement insignia. Shaking with great excitement, I declared the oath. Moments of uplifting glory and excitement from this high status were the rewards of the two who achieved this title and symbol Defenders of the Movement. These moments will remain unforgettable in every stage of the fortunate and the unfortunate life of a young Jew, guard, and member of the movement in our generation.
The extensive work included organizing summer and winter gatherings. In the summer of 1934, we organized a summer gathering near Sędziszów, in which both men and women participated from all of the chapters. Mejlech Frydrych, Dawid Stern (now David Kohav, a member of Kibbutz Usha), and I directed the gathering.
In the winter of 1935, we organized a winter gathering in Miechów-Charsznica with the same directors, and representing the main leadership were Munia Langar and Ze'ev Frydrych.
In the middle of the 30s, The Działoszyce chapter had about 150 members, men and women. And as was said, this chapter was the biggest of all the youth movements in the town. The cultural organizational activity was very intense. Every week we posted a newspaper wall on which we provided the activists an opportunity to express themselves in writing about all of the problems that concerned the chapter, in general, and our movement, in particular. We created a permanent Jewish National Fund corner. We organized a drama club with Jankiel Laszman as director. We presented plays by Goldfaden, with musical accompaniment by the Lokaj family orchestra, which was a highly regarded group in our town and the area.
Over the years, we managed to also establish a library.
The chapter's Lag B'Omer[2] trips and processions through the town streets were an impressive event.
Contact between the area's chapters was very close. Every week, we published, by mimeograph, written reports and reviews of current events, and every month, the regional leadership met.
Members of the leadership group were Josek Szulimowicz, zl, Dov Bejski, Wolf Hercberg, Zalman Ryba, Judka Nożycer, and Lejzor Pińczowski.
The Działoszyce chapter secured a number of immigration visas [to the Land of Israel] and a few of our members did emigrate: David Shlomi [Szlamowicz?], Bajla Bursztyn, Josek Brandys, zl, and Nacha Brener. We'll never forget the period of their emigration; we held going away parties for them, we took lots of pictures, and we wished them well on their new journey, the road to fulfillment as defenders of Zion. Meanwhile, all those who remained dreamt of their turn to emigrate. We accompanied them to the train station, sang songs, and dreamt. In our minds, we saw ourselves together with them, a group of Działoszyce residents in the Land of Israel.
Not only was our life full of emigrations, celebrations, and emotions of satisfaction and happiness; there were also days of arguments, anger, and sorrow. We had stormy and emotional arguments that bordered on civil war. (Remember, among other things, that there was a split in the movement in Warsaw-Lwów.) Today, with the passage of time, everything seems so gray, so innocent, and so unique. But every fighting group meant what they said with absolute seriousness. We took everything seriously, as the old-timers like to point out today during their friendly conversations in Israel when remembering those days. If there is such a things as a disagreement for heaven's sake, then the aforementioned argument was one. But, as I said, we believed in our destiny, and we took everything seriously.
World War II was the war of the Holocaust, in which the great Polish Jewry was exterminated, including the many, many Zionist youth of our movement and the rest of the movements. As is well known, Ashmodai [the king of demons] and all of his murderous messengers did not differentiate among the Jews. Everyone was sentenced to the extermination camps.
Not all of those in our chapter, the many activists in Działoszyce, its members, and associates succeeded in coming to live with us in the Land of Israel and to see the fulfillment of their youthful dreams. This fact will always be engraved on the tablets of our heart.
Let us remember our friends who traveled the distance with us, over many years, nurturing the Zionist ideal. We left in the hearts of the youth faith in the national rebirth of the Jewish nation in our historic land and the fulfillment of building the land. But to our anguish, many did not live to be among those of us who fulfilled this dream. This is the Zionist ideal, in whose light we lived, and only a few of us actually managed to fulfill it in our own independent country.
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Translated by Rochel Semp Edited by Fay and Julian Bussgang Thirty years ago, when I was busy with my final preparations to emigrate to Israel, I sat one day in my house, whose windows faced the town market square, and thought much about the new path upon which I was embarkingwhich wasn't familiar to me yetand about my past, which I was about to leave behind and abandon.
The small town of Działoszyce, where I was born, is well known to those who lived in it, and it is not my intent here to describe its rich and poor inhabitants, its homes and hovels, its daily life and holiday celebrations.
In this account I only want to describe, briefly, the youth groups of the town; this was specifically what my thoughts were about during that time, approximately 30 years ago. I belonged to this group of young people; it was an inseparable part of me, and just as it was for me, so, too, it was for many others of my generation.
Most of the young people belonged to the Zionist pioneer movement, and the lions among them to Hanoar Hatzioni [Zionist Youth]. And this, I think, is because of the insignificant number of leaders of stature who belonged to and were active in the other movements, the non-Zionist ones in our town.
I will enumerate here some of the young people who stood at the helm of the Zionist activities in the town. My deceased brother, Josek Brandys, zl, Josek Szulimowicz, zl, and, may they be selected for long life, David Shlomi and Dov Bejski.
The activities and meetings of the youth in the town concentrated solely along several paths. And the meeting of the youth in the nests of their movement on Shabes evenings was just one of the activities that left this experience entrenched so deeply in my heart.
After the Shabes meal, the youth would leave their homes and flock to their nest. Our nest existed for many years in two adjoining rented rooms outside the town. Around these rooms was a big yard with an orchard of apples and pears, and in these quarters, by the light of a petroleum lamp, we would gather around our advisor who would lecture us about the Zionist movement, its personalities, about the Land of Israel, and on the work of the pioneers there. We would sit there and swallow every word the advisor or the leader of the nest spoke, and we would sit as though in a trance. Many times the leader of the group would request that one of us give a talk about the prominent leaders of this Zionist movement in front of the members or also prepare a topic to be debated with the other members. Many of my friends would certainly remember the talks we had about Achad Haam [pseudonym of Aszer Ginsberg], Tshlenov, Oshiskin, Weizman, and others. We were young then and experts on these topics, since we read a lot, and the philosophy of Zionism was the breath and blood of our lives.
After such talk, we would launch into pioneer dances, without a harmonica and without an accordion. We would sing and dance, dance and sing, until we couldn't catch our breath. In the late hours of the night, on our way home, each one of us saw it as his duty to walk along the length of the well-known highway until the night watchman with the white beard, who was a familiar figure to all of us, would approach us and ask that we go home and give the neighbors some rest and peace. Many others would go walking outside the town (not by car, but on foot) to enjoy nature with a few companions.
The nights of moytse-shabes [close of Shabes] resembled those of Shabes evenings; however, during those evenings, there was a livelier atmosphere, without lectures. We would spend our time dancing and playing sports, especially the game of ping-pong.
Most of this youth were studying and acquiring knowledge of Torah; very few individuals went around doing or studying nothing.
Education caused many to move from our place to other larger towns in which there were high schools or post secondary higher education. Only for the Passover holidays or during summertime would these students who had wandered afar come back home. During the annual vacations, there was a greater reawakening among the youth. Those who had returned from far away, from the larger towns, were an attractive source of information for us, and we all heard from them what was happening and going on in the world at large and especially in the Zionist movement. New ideas were heard, arguments and debates took place regarding emigration to Israel, protecting our homeland, and regarding the battles of Jews in Poland, this same country that had received so much from its Jewish citizens and had given back so little in return.
With the conclusion of these summer vacations, life would return to its old course, and the days would become gray and boring. The library of the Jewish community would again regain more of its readers, and life in the youth movements would return to being quiet.
Many from our town went on to receive pioneering training to prepare for emigration to Israel. They wandered to cities and far away places and for many years worked under very difficult conditions in order to prepare themselves to go to Israel. Only very few were fortunate enough to receive permission to go, and in spite of all this, the ones who remained behind continued to work in places that would prepare them for this event.
The departure of one of our youth members to go to Israel became a major event and cause for celebration in the town. All of us from the town, without exception, saw it as our duty to go to the train station and say farewell to the person who had the good fortune of emigrating to Israel. The good-byes were very difficult. Our yearnings and willingness to go to our homeland was so strong, intense, and ingrained in all of this youth, that it was like a burning desire. Many shed tears at this small railway station when the train pulled out from the station.
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Translated by Rochel Semp Edited by Fay and Julian Bussgang The dynamic youth of the town of Działoszyce, yearning for something, was seeking a place to spend their limited free time. This was still during the time that an organization by the name of Hashomer Haleumi [The National Guard] existed, and in it were concentrated the Jewish youth of Poland, especially youth whose parents had financial means.
In the years 1927 to 1928, a group that consisted partially of the youth who were members of the organization Hashomer Haleumi established an additional group by the name of Hashomer Hatzair [The Young Guard]. Its first members in our town were Josek Rozenfrucht, Ezryel Drobiarz, Moszek Szmolarczyk, Fajgel Szajnfeld, Moszek Pułka, and Henoch Cudzynowski, along with some other friends whose names I can no longer recall.
The initial group, at whose helm stood Jakub Hupert, began attracting to their vision a great number of youthchildren of laborers and the working classes. Since Hashomer Hatzair was, from its beginning, a leftist youth organization in our town of Działoszyce, Mr. Hupert was forced to acquire for himself an apartment on the outskirts of town, specifically owned by Christians, to serve as a club house. Near the Catholic church, in the home of the Adamczyks, was where the organizational club came into being, and that is where the second Zionist youth organization, by the name of Hashomer Hatzair, started to develop. This youth organization, whose origin was of a Socialist character, grew more and more. A great number of youth joined its ranks, the majority being girls, such as Małka Śpiewak, Chana Szulimowicz, Bajla Goldwasser, and Bajla Osnat. A constant feud and battle raged between the children and their parents, who would not allow, in the beginning, under any circumstances, for their children to join this Hashomer Hatzair. However, in spite of everything, young people who came from all strata of the population joined its ranks in great numbers. In the course of time, Hashomer Hatzair grew and developed and was one of the most active organizations in town. It supported many activities within the Zionist movement, including appeals for Keren Kayemet [Jewish National Fund] and Keren Hayesod [United Israel Appeal] and was involved in many other activities and campaigns that took place for the cause of Eretz Yisroel. With our vision toward Zion, the trips and campaigns we conducted on Lag B'Omer, as we marched for the first time in the streets of Działoszyce, were received by the entire Jewish population with much enthusiasm and applause.
It is noteworthy to mention the devotion of the guards Chaim Pułka and Lejb Frajman, who summoned, with a trumpet, the members of Hashomer Hatzair to organize and to march. The first trip was to the village of Sancygniów, and on horseback, at the head of the march, rode the head of our chapter in those days, Josek Rozenfrucht, who was the manager of Szental's laundry. This inspired the youth so much. Also the parents of the members in the Hashomer Hatzair very slowly became accustomed to the fact of the movement's existence. Therefore, we moved the club from the outskirts of town to its center, and its activities grew and developed. A sports center by the name of Shomria was also established, and there, we witnessed the great athletic skill of Jakub Wolf Hupert, Szymon Pilc, Tuwia Ptasznik, Szyja Krycer, Moszek Pułka, Jakub Griner, Michał and Jakub Łatacz, Michał Majtek, Lejb Fink, and others, whose names have become erased from my memory. This drew more and more youth to Hashomer Hatzair. Many remember the happiness and joy that would envelope the town each week when Sunday arrived. When the sports team from Shomria confronted a Polish team, there was a true battle between the two teams. And when the Jewish side won the match, it is hard to describe the ecstasy, joy, and happiness of the Jews.
With the strengthening of the chapter's activities locally, the idea of a summer camp took hold. This involved great difficulties. A double problem arose. One could not expect parents to provide any financial assistance to their children for the expenses involved in the running of a camp. And also, one could not imagine that the parents would allow their sons and daughters to simply go to a summer camp, far from their homes, where boys and girls would spend time together. With the passage of time, we overcame these difficulties as well.
In order to enable our friends, the members of this movement, to be able to attend the summer camps, we initiated and conducted various fundraising campaigns that brought in a substantial amount of money. We collected money at weddings, and we also promoted various entertainment events, just to prove that our town wasn't inferior to the others in the area.
The first to go to the summer camp of Hashomer Hatzair were the boys and girls who were members of Hashomer Hatzair. The campsite was established in the area of Kielce, and I can even remember the names of the people who attended the camp.
The first person from our chapter of Hashomer Hatzair in Działoszyce who left for pioneer training was Ezryel Drobiarz. After him, Lejzor Czosnek traveled to Wołyń, and Henoch Cudzynowski and Moszek Pułka went for training in the south. A number of active members left the chapter; some went for training, and others moved to the big cities in order to find work.
After a while, some very active members of Hashomer Hatzair left and established a new youth group by the name of Gordonia.[3] The names of these members were Natan Krelman, Icze Rubin, Chaskel Frajman, and others, whose names I no longer recall. They continued their energetic activities in this new movement in Działoszyce.
The activities of Hashomer Hatzair became newly reorganized. Jakub Hupert was elected head of the chapter. The group for which he served as leader included the most active guards in the chapter. Their names were Tuwia Ptasznik, Wolf Arkusz, zl, Motel Arkusz, Jakub Pułka, Zalman Frydman, and the Krycer brothers. The activities of the chapter did not decrease at all after they moved from their old headquarters to the new. Many of Hashomer Hatzair members were forced to leave the town and settle in Kraków, due to their difficult economic situation, and a small number even went to Upper Silesia. Even though they were far away, they did not break off their ties with the youth of Działoszyce and their organization, Hashomer Hatzair. They also supported the chapter as much as they could, so that its existence would continue.
In the chapter itself, the basic work to provide an education continued. So, for instance, they brought in a Hebrew teacher from Wołyń for the special purpose of teaching the Hebrew language to its members. The chapter continued sending its senior members for pioneering training. Among these were Szlama Glajt and Zalman Frydman. Z. Frydman was one of the last to leave for training from this chapter of Hashomer Hatzair.
The years passed. The economic situation worsened, and anti-Semitism reared its ugly head and increased from day to day. The young people who were employed in small workshops were being exploited. They labored without just compensation from the early morning hours until very late at night. The lack of a professional organization to unite the laborers was keenly felt.
Through the initiatives of Hashomer Hatzair and some of its friends, Tuwia Ptasznik, Szymon Pilc, Icze Rubin, Lejb Fink, Josel Lorja, and othersa union of leather workers was created that proclaimed a strike. After several weeks, the strike ended with the workers coming out the winners. They settled for a nine-hour workday, a fact that was a big success for the working youth of Działoszyce.
After that, they organized other trade unions as well, e.g. for the needle and baking industry. A strong labor union arose. During World War II, the German murderers and their assistants annihilated the majority of this vibrant youth. During the occupation years, the members of Hashomer Hatzair conducted a fierce war against the German and Polish murderers. Josek Ptasznik and others joined the partisans, and also Szymon Pilc and Tuwia Ptasznik were murdered while in the underground movement.
May the name of Hashomer Hatzair and its many areas of activities in our town endure for a long time.
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Translated by Rochel Semp Edited by Fay and Julian Bussgang When we come now, after many years, to write about the young Zionist movements in our town, we feel as though these things happened only yesterday. However, these memories are plagued by a void. Missing are not only the years that have passed from then until now, but we also feel the loss of all those beautiful, dear and good people who sacrificed such a large part of their lives. And missing, above all, are all those young people who did whatever they did and produced whatever they produced in spite of life's difficult circumstances. They could not rest and be still, since a strong desire burned in them to be the sons of an independent nation, possessing an independent country, all their own, just like all the other nations.
We felt very strongly our inferior status as young Jews whenever and wherever we went. In the towns, there were acts of violence and terror against us. Jewish stores were robbed; Jewish crowds got attacked. In the market square and elsewhere, everywhere, we saw ourselves as superfluous. We slowly learned from this situation that the place where we were was becoming more and more dangerous for us. We decided that we had to become a nation that was worthy of its name and that on each one of us rested the task of being a Zionist and pioneer at the same time. We felt we had to do something to make a difference.
In our town there already existed several Zionist youth organizations, such as Hashomer Haleumi [National Guard], Hanoar Hatzioni [Zionist Youth], Hashomer Hatzair [Young Guard], and Hechalutz Klal-Tzioni [General Zionist Pioneers]. The youth were deeply conscious of having to change their nature and character. They traveled to training sites and got ready to emigrate to Israel. None of this was simple. Many obstacles were placed in our paths, mainly, by our parents who did not believe in a national revival, in the creation of a nation worthy of its name. They would say sarcastically, So you want to be pioneers! Similar words of mockery and scorn were heard from all sides.
In 1931, a group affiliating with Gordonia was formed. Eventually, there occurred a change among the parents. Within this training organization, our friends, both boys and girls, did whatever job or work came their way. They did not object to any hard labortilling the fields, chopping trees, etc. The youth prepared and readied themselves to become helpful in their land. Also the face of Działoszyce started to see changes. The Gordonia chapter began with feverish activity. Lectures were given, courses established for Hebrew, and whoever wished came to study and learn. In my town, I was friendly with other members of this chapter and with many other groups of youth that had already been organized. We were successful in establishing an independent branch of Gordonia in Działoszyce as well.
All levels of youth were represented within our branch. The young people who agreed to join us found their own proper place. Our education encompassed the level of nizanim [budding beginners] as well as other levels, until the level that was called magshimim [achievers]. The members of this division learned quite a bit of Hebrew, much about the history of Israel, about pioneering, the nature of Zionism, etc. We sent our members to summer colonies, to hakhshara training sites, or for activities for Keren Kayemet [Jewish National Fund]. The parents were very thankful and appreciative that we invested so much work and effort in educating their children and teaching them to follow the right path. I recall that many of our male and female friends expressed their opinion that Gordonia was educating the young in the spirit of A. D. Gordon. His photograph, appearing with his face covered by a long beard, made an impression. He also captured the imagination because he was a simple man, a man of the people. The students of Gordonia tried to be loyal and devoted to the idealism of A. D. Gordon and the movement. And suddenly, in the midst of all this work and activity came along the barbarian Hitler and his war and destroyed everything without leaving a trace. Only a small group of us made our way to Eretz Yisroel. The rest suffered the same fate that befell all the other Jews of the town and the country. At the beginning, they tried to continue under the new circumstancesperforming work, collecting money from various sourcesso they could give support to our friends who found themselves in extremely dire economic circumstances. Some were deported to labor and death camps. Small groups escaped to America and never returned.
A special gratefulness and appreciation is due to our friends for their superhuman efforts and sacrifice put forth during the Holocaust. Chaskel Frydman, zl, spent two years in pioneer training and afterward was imprisoned in a camp. He was extremely devoted to all the other inmates with him in the camp and shared his last piece of bread with them. He died a few months before liberation. And here are the words he spoke before his soul departed, Natan [the author of this account], when we overcome everything, and it comes to an end, we will not wait but immediately make aliye [immigration to Israel]. You could tell on his face that he had reached the end of his strength, which had already left him, but the teachings of Gordonia continued to live within him.
They tell the same thing about his younger brother, Kalman Frydman. They were sons of a poor working family of tailors. Their father's name was Josek, and his nickname was Pupek. I bow my head in recognition of the head of this family who raised such sons with such ambition and dedication.
They were not the only ones. This tragedy befell many of our friends, both boys and girls, whom Hitler murdered. We had a friend by the name of Icek Rubin, zl. He was full of energy and willingness to work. All the Jews in Działoszyce knew him. He was actively involved in all aspects of fundraising for Keren Kayemet. He was a pioneer in the full meaning of the word. He trained together with other friends and got permission to immigrate to Israel. He did not have the good fortune to achieve this goal but was murdered by the Germans.
In the kibbutz of Mishmar-Hasharon, there are many friends who spent their pioneer training in Działoszyce and helped with many of our activities in the town. On the whole, their participation was visible in the cultural life, in the communal meetings, and in the evening question and answer sessions discussing Zionism and pioneering, as well as many other topics. These activities awakened an interest among the youth, and this led to many being able to broaden their educational scope both generally and with regard to Zionism.
I recall the elections to the 18th [Zionist] Congress that were held in our town. There were lectures and election speeches. Various spokespersons and party representatives arrived from many different towns. Działoszyce evoked interest among all the different Zionist parties, because it was a very vibrant town, especially its youth. One cannot forget the Zionist activities of our friends; our anguish over their irreplaceable loss is overwhelming, and we can never forget them.
All those who remained from the ruins, whether here in Israel or in other lands, will never forget them. Their memories will never fade from us.
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Translated by Rochel Semp Edited by Fay and Julian Bussgang My memories about the Zionist movement in Działoszyce go to the time when I was studying in the talmed-toyre [Jewish elementary school]. This was in the first years after the Balfour Declaration.[4]
Almost all the youth of the town were under the influence of Zionism, except for a small number of yeshiva young men, who were under the influence of Agudas Yisroel [non-Zionist Orthodox party], and another smaller number of young people whose orientation was to the extreme left.
In our small town, we had a very nice large library called Hattechija [Revival],[5] which was run by young adults, the majority of whom were Zionists.
This library has a history of its own. The library was situated in a building that belonged to the Działoszyce Jewish community. One family, whose name I do not recall, left the building as an estate for the community to use for its own purposes and needs. In the beginning, so I think, there existed in this building all types of community offices. Afterward, when I was about nine years old, in 1917 to 1919, they established in our town a school called talmed-toyre. The community paid the salaries for all the religious teachers as well as for the secular teachers for the Polish and Hebrew languages, so that the children of the poor could study and learn Torah, just the same as the children of the rich. The school had five classes, which were held in this community building. In one of these rooms was also the library. We studied until eight o'clock in the evening, and the library also opened at eight o'clock in the evening, so, sometimes, there was a conflict between the studying of Torah and the secular library.
These small conflicts, and perhaps other factors as well, brought about a fight between the Zionist youth and the older generationthe keepers of the faith, until it became a court case that had to be adjudicated by the authorities, the starosta [district administrator]. And at times, it even erupted into the raising of fists or the burning of library books. In the end, the Zionists won, and the library remained in the same place. With the passing of years, the library expanded and was located in two rooms that also served as a club for the Zionist movement, in general, and its different activities, such as showing films, etc.
There was a custom in our town that when a lecturer or even an ordinary speaker would come to town, he would speak from the bime [raised platform] in the bes hamedresh [house of study]. Once there came a lecturer from the Histadrut [Zionist Federation] or from one of the seed organizations, Keren Kayemet or Keren Hayesod, and he went up to the stage in the bes hamedresh to deliver his speech. A big commotion ensued. The older generation, whose members were in the majority, disrupted the speaker and prevented him from delivering his speech, while the young Zionists stood by defiantly. It reached a point where fists were raised, and one could witness and also hear the sound of cheeks being slapped when parents honored their children in this way.
All this was during the first years after the Balfour Declaration, in the early 1930s. In the forthcoming years, the situation changed at a rapid pace. The Zionist philosophy became entrenched in all levels of the town's citizenry except for the Aguda [Agudas Yisroel], the small Left, the Communists, and the Bund [Socialist Labor Party].
The older people generally belonged mostly to the Mizrachi [Orthodox Zionists]. During this same time, different groups were established that sent their representatives to Eretz Yisroel to acquire real estate in partnerships and, maybe, to prepare for immigration to Israel. At approximately the same time, if I'm not mistaken, the immigration started that was called the Aliye Grabski.[6] However, to our great dismay, a great depression erupted in the Land [of Israel], and almost all of the people who had gone there returned.
The Zionist movement became well established in Działoszyce. There arose different streams from various Zionist organizations. The majority of people in our town belonged to the General Zionists; however, there were also the followers of the Revisionists. I imagine that most of the Mizrachi people followed the Revisionist movement. Apart from this, there also arose a branch of Hatzair [Hashomer Hatzair] and Betar [Revisionist Zionist youth]. This started conflicts between one brother and another, fathers and sons, friend and friend. The ideological conflicts took on the form of personal animosities. Each side, of course, was convinced of its righteousness. In the Land [of Israel] the idea of restraint was heard, but the Revisionists were against restraint. They argued that we needed to fight against the Arabs and the British and to get ready for a real struggle, etc.
Betar, which became established in our midst, was very active. Its members wore uniforms, and they trained and practiced the use of weaponry and following military commands.
Across from the Betar club was a branch of the Hashomer Hatzair [Young Guards]. In both of these organizations, the boys and girls came from good homes. They knew what they wanted, participated in various Zionist activities, and learned Hebrew and spoke it among themselves. Although everything was done on a small scale, nonetheless, the main thing was that the necessary motivation was both here and there. Other Zionist channels were also established, for instance, Hashomer Haleumi [The National Guard], which later changed its name and called itself Hanoar Hatzioni [The Zionist Youth], the right wing of the Zionists, whose membership was quite minimal, and also a movement that was called by the name of Hitachdut. Boys and girls who did not restrict themselves to a particular [political] party joined the latter. They, however, participated in the various Zionist activities in the campaigns from different groups, such as the selling of shekels,[7] etc., but they were not an organized group. During the same time, there was another group that was called, if my memory is correct, by the name of Herzliya [based on name of founder of Zionism, Theodore Herzl]. Its members also came from the young people who were not organized.
Stormy arguments occurred between the members of these two groups. The members of Hitachdut were followers of the General Zionist movement during those times, with connections to the labor movement, while the members in Herzliya were more aligned with the Revisionists. During that time, there almost wasn't a person in our town who wasn't involved in Zionist activities or, at the very least, considered himself a Zionistof course, with the exception of a few Communists and Bundists. As for myself, personally, I was not acquainted with anyone from the Bundists and with very few of the Communists. The Zionist life was extremely turbulent during this period. Great fierce and fiery discussions and arguments took place between the members of the various groups, and each one thought, of course, that he was right.
At a later time, an additional branch of the Hechalutz Haklal-Tzioni [General Zionist Pioneers] was created. I was then serving in the Polish army. As far as I know, this branch was established by the oldest youth group, with the encouragement of the elder members of the branch of the General Zionists. The purpose of this [branch] was to enable the younger members, who came from the organizations of Hitachdut and Herzliya, and those who were not part of any organization who wanted to make aliye to Israel, to go for training and receive a certificate for aliye.
During this time, the members of various movements were involved in different hakhshara [pioneer training] kibbutzim.
I cannot write any more regarding Hechalutz Haklal-Tzioni, since during that time I served in the army, and right after my discharge, I left to go to a hakhshara kibbutz. Most of the members who went for training with Hechalutz Haklal-Tzioni left before me.
From the day I got discharged from the army until I left for training, a few weeks passed by during which I was not actively involved in the work of the organization. In spite of this, I was active in the Hitachdut, to which I had belonged already for some years. We were a group of 1619 years old; we felt it was our responsibility to do something. We used to meet, raise money, each one of us donating as much as he could. We rented a room, requested informational material and received it, in quantity, from the organizational center in Łódź. We publicized the establishment of our branch in town advertisements. In the beginning, we were a small group, but during a short time, we grew, and increased, I think, to 7080 members.
Also active in our townI don't recall whenwas an organization by the name of Gedud Keren Kayemet L'Yisroel [Keren Kayemet Brigade]. Its function was to increase the fundraising to the Keren Kayemet. However, this wasn't the only activity in which it engaged. A very vibrant social life existed, and many cultural functions and activities were provided. In the realm of the Keren Kayemet L'Yisroel, there were also members who were not Zionists, to the extent that there still remained in Działoszyce anyone who was not a member of some Zionist movement.
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Translated by Rochel Semp Edited by Fay and Julian Bussgang During the initial years following World War I, after Poland regained its independence, groups of actors from Warsaw and Kielce used to come to Działoszyce. They used to perform various plays, the majority being dramas and comedies, but sometimes they would also put on satiric-realistic-political performances that reflected current events.
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As the years went by, these groups were also joined by local residents, such as Dawid Skóra and his sister, Moszek Hilewicz, Szłama Kolatacz, Moszek Kołatacz, the deaf Hersz, Jakub Leszman, Balcia Sternberg, Mendel Wdowiński, and others.
As far as I can remember, they performed the following plays: Bar Kochba, Shulamit, Motke the Thief, Kiddush Hashem [Sanctification of God's name], and Gott, Mensch und Teufel [God, Man, and the Devil]which achieved great success throughout the entire public spectrum. In 1924, Dawid Skóra discontinued his appearances on the stage, since he had to move to Warsaw because of his work.
A few years passed and they created a broad drama circle that included a large number of youngsters, the cream of the crop of the youth, who came from the best families in town. That circle acted intermittently under the direction of three stage managers who developed and became accomplished on their own. With constant practice and with years of experience, they gave endearing performances. Their names were Dawid Skóra, Szmul Wdowiński, and Jakub Leszman. Each one of them directed this circle at a different period of time, but all of them succeeded in gathering around them boys and girls with great talent in acting and singing. Jakub Leszman, who excelled in comedy, had completed a school of drama; he could have achieved a great career on the stage.
Among the plays that were performed by the outside groups was a play with a clear Zionist theme. In it, much was spoken regarding the Land of Israel, and they sang many national songs. In this play, the central topic was the longing and yearning for our homeland and also our anticipation of the redemption of the nation and the land.
The songs that were heard in this play were sung by the citizens of the town for a very long time. This helped to ingrain the idea of Zionism into the minds of the Jewish population. This particular nationalistic play that was performed left a very great and profound impression on its viewers, and almost all the young people came to see it.
Moreover, thanks to this play, the youth became strongly motivated to escape their sheltered, isolated lives, in which they had so far existed, and to strive for enlightenment and culture and to spread them among the various sectors of the population.
From 1927 on, the Zionist Committee took this drama circle under its auspices. The group grew wings and expanded greatly. The young ones from all the movements found their niche in it and participated in the many rehearsals that were necessary before each play.
During this period, the person directing this drama circle was Jakub Leszman. He was a teacher, and in spite of the fact that he had a large family with many children, he devoted himself to the theatre and to this group with all his heart and soul.
In those years, they performed on stage the following plays: The Golden Chain by Peretz, Der Zapasne Soldat [The Reserve Soldier], under the direction of Szmul Wdowiński and others, Shir Hashirim [Song of Songs], and Kol Nidrei [All Vows][8], under the direction of Jakub Leszman. The parents of the players would come to these plays and performances, in which the finest youth participated, to see how their sons and daughters were succeeding in their various roles. Much of the time they did not even recognize them, since they were in costume and made up to portray the role they were playing.
Many preparations were needed before each new performance. First of all, one had to choose the topic, and debates about this continued at times for weeks and weeks. They wanted the play to attract as large an audience as possible, and also it was necessary to choose scenes the actors would be able to perform. However, this wasn't the main issue! The challenge in every play was to choose the actors and actresses and to cast them in the roles they needed to portray. There was no lack of applicants. However, not everyone was a proper fit for their allotted role.
In addition, it was very important that some of the actors have a good singing voice, since the plays consisted mainly of operettas and musical scenarios. It is also worthwhile to note here that because of the central fund into which all of the profits of the plays were collected, the directors of this drama group didn't rule out any applicants belonging to any specific movement; rather, they tried to encourage members from all the groups to join. Jakub Leszman saw to it that every player got the part that fit him or her best. That was the reason they generally enjoyed such great successes in the production of these plays that won the hearts and minds of the viewing audiences.
Most of the time, the initial opening play would take place the night following a holiday or on a Saturday night, the night following the Sabbath. This caused the Jews from the entire area to come flocking in throngs to view the play. An atmosphere of mutual reciprocity and unity between the actors on the stage and the viewing audience permeated the hall. It is worth noting another very important aspect. Since the viewing public knew the players personally, and in the majority of the cases were also related, they were curious to see how their relatives and friends would perform the roles they had taken upon themselves or that were given to them by the producer. Of very special importance was the performance of the main actor's role in the play or of the supporting actress to the main actor, the prima donna.
Taking part in the play A Mensh Zol Men Zein [A Person You Shall Be] that took place in the month of April 1927 were: M. Unger, Róża Chęcińska, Róża Zonenfeld, J. Wdowiński, F. Baum, Jakub Leszman, Fajgel Wdowińska, and Herszel Szenker. The director was Leszman.
In the play Kol Nidrei that took place in the month of October 1927, participants were: Chaim Meryn, Herszel Szenker, Icek Kołatacz, H. Smolarczyk, Mordechai Unger, Róża Zonenfeld, Jakub Leszman, T. Piekarski, and Josek Garfinkel. The director was Wdowiński.
In the play The Reserve Soldier that took place in September 1928, the following people participated: Motel Unger, Ró&380;a Zonenfeld, Mindel Wdowińska, H. Meryn, M. Kołatacz, and Jakub Leszman. The director was Leszman.
In most of these performances, a choir also participated, which involved those youth who knew and prepared especially for this part. And it is interesting to note that during the half year following the initial performance, the entire town would be singing and repeating the songs and tunes that were heard during the performance of the play.
In the play Shulamit, the second time around, which was performed during the years 1935 to 1937, those participating were: Lejbl Pomeranc, Drobiarz, Emanuel Miller, Zysia Ptasznik, Frajdel Rolnicka, Hadassa Bursztyn, and others.
Moszek Hersz Rozenfrucht, the master technician of Wdowiński's power plant in the town, constructed and organized the lighting and illuminations. The orchestra that accompanied almost all of the plays was put together by the well-known Lokaj family, who played on different instruments under the direction of Abraham Lokaj, who was also the leading violinist. In addition, two sons of Jakub Leszman, Dov and Dawid Leszman, played in the orchestra.
Aside from the performances of the theatre, there also took place in the town different academic events that were organized by the Zionist Committee in Działoszyce. Generally, their topics were about the lives of the pioneers in Israel, the vast challenges that the settling of Jews in Eretz Yisroel created, the great struggles and wars that the Jews had to fight in order for them to emigrate to Israel, and so forth
So that the academics would make the best impression, they usually invited a speaker from outside the area, from the [Zionist] headquarters, and he was asked to speak about a subject that was relevant to that evening's topic. There were also events where an artist was invited from out of town, a lecturer or actor, and his presence served as the climax, the high point of the evening. Local issues supplemented the main topic. In addition, in order to put together the fitting decorations for the play, the director would first prepare a list for each actor and actress, describing the costumes that they would need to wear for their respective roles. It was the actors' responsibilities to make sure that they got all that was necessary for them. Often the actress would sew for herself the dress that she needed for the role she was performing in the play. And this is how all the costumes were prepared, as well as all the other necessary parts and decorations for the stage. All the plays took place in Firemen's Hall, and the stage was permanent, so everything was prepared in advance behind the curtaina scenery of a forest and so forth; and it could be said, that they used this forest in almost all the scenes. Usually the scenery would be drawn by a gentile named Woźniakowski, whose occupation was inflating tires and repairing bicycles. The drawings served him as a hobby, and he was especially fond of painting scenery for the purpose of the theatre.
It is noteworthy to relate another fact. Generally, the electric plant would stop lighting the town at 12 o'clock midnight. But since these plays would continue sometimes until two or three in the morning, the organizers would approach Mr. Wdowiński, the owner of the electric plant, and ask that he continue the lighting on these nights until the conclusion of the performance.
In conclusion, it is worth noting that the drama groups and their activities served as a true beacon of light, especially to the young, but also to the general Jewish population. Their appearances breathed new life into the town and enthused everyone without exception; it was as though a window had been opened onto what was happening in the world. The horizons and perspectives of all those who participated in them was broadened, including the majority of the viewing audiences who had a passive role as listeners and viewers.
There was a time when the youth became passionate about the current faddish dances, and this mania took hold of almost the entire youth of the town. They brought in a dance teacher by the name of Kohl, from Kielce, and he was the one who began giving dance lessons to many of the boys and girls.
This fact encouraged the arrangement of all types of balls, mostly dancing balls. And these balls attracted a very large concentration of diversified youth belonging to the many different youth movements. The first ones who learned how to dance were Gitma Richter, Josek Tauman, Blumcia Zylber, Ester Zylber, and others.
During a later period, the dance master Avramcze appeared, and through his lessons, many boys and girls learned how to dance the modern dances. Perec Dutkiewicz also continued the teaching of dancing. A gentile player by the name of Filipowski accompanied these lessons by playing on the violin, and he was the one who set the rhythms that were necessary for the dance steps. The names of the dances that they learned were: the Charleston, the Shimmy, the Step Dance, the Quadrille, the English Waltz, the Ladies Waltz, and others.
The director of the comedies and dance balls was the barber Izrael Świczarczyk.
The young dancers were looking to express their feelings while having a good time. And this is how the entertainment started developing. Very quickly new programs were created that demanded to be implemented. The Firemen's Hall was rented, along with the musical orchestra of the Lokaj family. Big posters with drawings on them, advertising the date and time of these dancing balls, were posted along the length and width of the town by Pincze Alter. These took place mostly on a moytse-shabes or moytse-yomtov [the night when Shabes or the holiday was over]. And it was most interesting to observe the youth of all levels of society streaming to this type of a ball. Of course, the admission to the hall cost money in order to cover the expenses. The extra revenue was put aside for a specific purpose, mostly for Keren Kayemet [Jewish National Fund]. Such a dance ball attracted most of the youth. Admission to this event was by invitation; otherwise, they could not accommodate all the young people who came knocking on the doors of the hall. Not a few mishaps happened on such an evening, especially from those who complained about why they were not invited to the dance and thus were deprived of an evening of good times and other experiences. The organizers saw to it that male guards stood at the entrance to the hall to prevent break-ins through the door by force. Usually, these balls lasted until the wee hours of the morning.
It is also worth mentioning that the organizers, in order to maximize their revenues, established a canteen whose supplies had earlier been donated by the active members in the town. In addition, they had raffle prizes, and during the intermission between one dance and another, they would sell raffle tickets. In reality, the value of the winning prizes was minimal. However, the experience and hustle and bustle generated by these drawings created great happiness and excitement among the celebrating participants.
Such were the entertainments and recreations during an entire generation of the youth in Działoszyce. This was all in order to celebrate, as it is written in Megiles Esther [the scroll/book of Esther]: And the Jews had light, happiness, joy, and honor.
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Get This: Warming Planet Can Mean More Snow
Get This: Warming Planet Can Mean More Snow
With snow blanketing much of the country, the topic of global warming has become the butt of jokes.
Climate skeptics built an igloo in Washington, D.C., during the recent storm and dedicated it to former Vice President Al Gore, who's become the public face of climate change. There was also a YouTube video called "12 inches of global warming" that showed snow plows driving through a blizzard.
For scientists who study the climate, it's all a bit much. They're trying to dig out.
Most don't see a contradiction between a warming world and lots of snow. That includes Kevin Trenberth, a prominent climate scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado.
"The fact that the oceans are warmer now than they were, say, 30 years ago means there's about on average 4 percent more water vapor lurking around over the oceans than there was, say, in the 1970s," he says.
Warmer water means more water vapor rises up into the air, and what goes up must come down.
"So one of the consequences of a warming ocean near a coastline like the East Coast and Washington, D.C., for instance, is that you can get dumped on with more snow partly as a consequence of global warming," he says.
And Trenberth notes that you don't need very cold temperatures to get big snow. In fact, when the mercury drops too low, it may be too cold to snow.
There's something else fiddling with the weather this year — a strong El Nino. That's the weather pattern that, every few years, raises itself up out of the western Pacific Ocean and blows east to the Americas. It brings heavy rains and storms to California and the south and southeast. It also pushes high-altitude jet streams farther south, which bring colder air with them.
Trenberth also says El Nino can "lock in" weather patterns like a meteorological highway, so that storms keep coming down the same track.
True, those storms have been record breakers. But meteorologist Jeff Masters, with the Web site Weather Underground, says it's average temperatures — not snowfall — that really measure climate change.
"Because if it's cold enough to snow, you will get snow," Masters says. "We still have winter even if temperatures have warmed on average, oh, about 1 degree Fahrenheit over the past 100 years."
Masters say that 1 degree average warming is not enough to eliminate winter. Or storms.
A storm is part of what scientists classify as weather. Weather is largely influenced by local conditions and changes week to week. It's fickle — fraught with wild ups and downs.
Climate is the long-term trend of atmospheric conditions across large regions, even the whole planet. Changes in climate are slow and measured in decades, not weeks.
Masters and most climate scientists say a warming climate would be expected to affect the weather, sometimes drastically, but exactly where and when is hard to predict.
"In that kind of a climate, you will have more frequent extreme events, heat waves and so on, but again, none of those individual events is proof itself that climate is changing," Masters says.
Climate scientists say they can't prove any single weather event is due to climate change. Thus, they say, Hurricane Katrina or the heat wave in Vancouver that's dogging the Winter Olympics isn't proof that climate change is happening. Nor can southern and eastern snowstorms prove that it's not.


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I can see in the logs that people sometimes come to this site with interesting searches. A recent interesting search was "Hack NFC Door Locks". Well, since there is interest in the subject, why not? Let's talk about NFC, contactless smart card and RFID door locks, shall we not?
The actual technology used for the wireless door lock does not really matter all that much. Except, perhaps, when RFID is used because it only can support the simplest read-only schemes. But all in due time. What matters really is how the wireless technology is used. As it is usual in security, the technology could be used to create a fairly secure system or quite the same technology could be used to create a system that looks like a Swiss cheese to an attacker. The devil is in the details.
The simplest way to use any wireless technology to open a lock is to receive some kind of an identifier from the device, compare it to the stored database and take the security decision based on that. All of the RFID, contactless smart cards, and NFC send out a unique identifier when they connect to the reader. That identifier is used in many systems to actually take the security decision and, for example, open the door. The problem with this scheme is, of course, that there is no authentication at all. The identification phase is there but the authentication phase is absent. This is quite similar to asking a user name but not requiring a password.
Sounds silly but there are many systems that actually work like that. They rely on the assumption that copying a smart card is hard. Well, copying a smart card is reasonably hard compared to typing in a password although can be done fairly easily too but that is not the question. An attacker does not need to copy a smart card. The only thing that has to be done is to listen to the wireless communication with a good antenna from around the corner, record it and then play it back.
Another common alternative is to store a unique identifier into the smart card (or NFC device) and then request the card to send back that identifier. This makes for a longer conversation between the reader and the card compared to the case above and depending on the protocol the attacker may need to do more work. However, since the communication is not encrypted, it can be reverse-engineered easily and the attacker can still listen to the conversation, record all the required pieces of data and then communicate with the reader using his computer and an antennae.
Contactless smart cards and NFC devices have an option to use authenticated and encrypted communication. That is what typically used by the transport fare and banking systems. Those are hard to break. I spent countless hours analyzing and hardening those systems and I know that if it is implemented correctly an attacker will be as likely to break it as any other well implemented system using strong encryption – not very.
Of course, there still can be mistakes in the protocol, leaks that allow to guess some properties and secret material, special hardware attacks… but it is easier to attack the banking terminals with skimming devices than smart cards with hardware attacks. And door locks are more likely to implement the simplest of schemes than anything else…


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(AllHipHop News) Last night (February 21), Jermaine Dupri kicked off the So So Def 20th Anniversary Weekend by treating his So So Def roster to an intimate dinner at a top-secret location in Atlanta.
Artists such as Bow Wow, Chris Kelly (Kris Kross), Da Brat, Jagged Edge, LaTocha and Tamika Scott (Xscape), Dondria, Bonecrusher, Youngbloodz, Dem Franchize Boyz, and Fresco Kane along with veteran music exec Michael Mauldin (JD's father) were in attendance, as JD and staff served the guests a lavish meal prepared by Chef Michael Hebb and custom "Afroman" cake by Jaxon Pastries.
The gathering was a happy reunion, as many artists hadn't seen each other in years – some had never even met!
"In all these years, this is the first time that Bow Wow and Chris Kelly (Kriss Kross) have ever met," Dupri announced during the dinner. "Bow Wow is a product of Kris Kross, so the fact that we can bring everyone together like this means a lot."
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