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Dad’s Miracle Healing!
My father’s life was work.
He love working, but there was one day when he came home from work, looking very discouraged (I was 11 at that time).
Mom asked him what was wrong?
He said that the doctor at the factory told him he had holes in his lungs and would no longer be allowed to work.
He asked mom what was he now going to do?
Mom had been a Christian since her healing at a Kathryn Kuhlman’s meeting a couple years earlier.
She had, at that time, become the first and only Christian in our family.
She was standing on the promise in Acts chapter 16 verse 31 telling that if she believed, not only would she be saved, but also her whole family.
She told Dad he had to go to the miracle service that night in Carnegie auditorium in Pittsburgh where Kathryn Kuhlman was preaching.
He told her that he was not a believer.
She said it did not matter, she was a believer and that she would be praying for him.
He asked her if she was going to go with him?
She said that she could not go, that she had to stay home with the baby but she answered that Sonny can go with him. (that was my nickname when I was small).
I knew that Christians carried a book to church, so I ran into my room and got two comic books. I believe it was Donald Duck and Superman.
So off to the auditorium we went that night, Dad parked the car and we walked across the street to the auditorium.
It was next door to the museum. Dad stopped and told me to look at the auditorium.
He asked me what I saw?
I told Dad that the place looks like it’s packed out and people are hanging out the windows and the doors.
He had a big smile on his face and told me to make sure that I remembered what I saw, to tell Mom.
As we turned to go back to the car, not thinking we could get inside the auditorium, we heard a shout from an upstairs window "Tony, Tony”.
We turned and looked and there was a man, hanging out one of the windows, shouting my Dad’s name, telling us to wait for him.
He evidently was a fellow worker of my father. The man rushed to my dad and told him he had been praying for him and how happy he was to see my dad there.
Dad had a big smile and said, “Yes, we came to the meeting but as you see there’s no room for us to get in as the place is overflowing."
The man said, not to worry that he could get us in.
Dad's smile now became a frown.
He took my dad by the hand while dad held unto me.
He took us through the side of the museum. He, having a key, opened the door and shoved us into the balcony that was packed like sardines.
Dad and I were leaning against the back wall and as we shimmied over to the windowsill where he lifted me up and told me to sit there. Do not fall out, as your mother wouldn’t like it.
They were singing and so I opened up one of my comic books.
A child is able to do many things at the same time. A child can be doing homework, watching television and listening to everything mother and dad are saying in the kitchen at the same time.
As I was reading my comic book, I heard Kathryn Kuhlman say that there’s a man here with holes in his lungs. "Where is that man?”
I looked at my dad and I poked him I and said, "Dad, that is you.”
He looked at me and said, "Be quiet.”
Again Kathryn Kuhlman said, “Where is that man? If you don’t acknowledge, you will lose your healing. Raise your hand.”
Dad slipped his hand halfway up and I don’t know how anyone could possibly have seen it.
Then a elderly woman saw dad’s hand and shouted, “Here he is Kathryn.”
Kathryn Kuhlman, then made eye contact with my father and said, “You’re the man.”
My father shook his head to say yes.
She said to him, "You have holes in your lungs and they told you that today?”
Dad shook his head in the affirmative.
She then told him, “You’re not a believer, are you? Your wife is at home praying for you. Is that right?”
Dad once again shook his head, yes. “You are Jewish?”
Once again, dad shook his head.
"Do you receive your healing?"
Dad shook his head, yes.
I could hardly wait to get home to tell mom. I jumped out of the car and ran into the house, saying “mom, mom, guess what happened?”
She said, “Jesus healed daddy.”
I said “How do you know, we don’t have a telephone?"
No one in the neighborhood had a phone. How did she know?
Then I thought how did Kathryn Kuhlman know everything?
Of course now we know. It was by the gift of the Spirit.
Mom asked dad what he was going to do now?
He said, "I don’t know."
She told him, “You’re going back to the doctor tomorrow.”
Dad said “What am I going to say?”
She told him to say that your wife wants you to have another examination.
Of course, when the doctor asked why, as they had just taken them the day before, he said, if there's one good reason, he would.
Dad told him his wife said so and he told dad he understood, he had a wife too.
They ended up taking x-rays twice and they could find no holes in his lungs.
The doctor told dad that they must have made a mistake.
The new x-rays showed he had the lungs of a young man.
God did a miracle!
This was no mistake.
This miracle was the second miracle that took place in my life before I came to know Jesus Christ as my personal Savior six years later.
Even though God did this miracle for my dad, it would take more than 10 years before dad also came to Christ.
That is another miracle testimony!
On behalf of this generation,
Your friends in the service of Christ,
Tony and Marge Abram
www.tonyabram.com or www.abundantlifecrusades.com
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Iraq in Fragments
Posted August 30th, 2010 by Lesley Hazleton
The movie to watch tomorrow after Obama’s speech: James Longley’s documentary Iraq in Fragments, more timely than ever and yet timeless.
I saw it when it first came out in 2006, but maybe I was too focused then on the ‘now-ness’ of documentaries, or I was blinded by my own imagined ‘expertise’ on Iraq as I worked on After the Prophet. I remember thinking it a good movie, but somehow it didn’t imprint itself on my over-researched brain.
But now the President’s about to declare an end to the American combat mission in Iraq – and to do it even as the violence ramps up again, despite strangely other-worldly assurances from D.C. that it‘s lessened. Now everyone’s breathing easier because we’re “getting out” of Iraq (we aren’t, of course — we’re just rebranding some combat troops as support-and-assist troops, adding a huge number of Blackwater/Xe-type mercenaries paid by the State Department instead of the Pentagon (as though that will make all the difference), and moving other combat units out of the Iraqi frying pan into the Afghanistan fire). So it seemed a good time to rent the DVD of Longley’s movie and take a second look.
And this time it both took my breath away and just about broke my heart.
Where was my head in 2006? How was I not haunted as I now am by the fear and desperate hope in the eyes of Muhammad, the eleven-year-old Sunni boy living a Dickensian working life in a filthy auto-parts repair shop in Baghdad as American helicopters thunder overhead?
How did the pleas of the blindfolded and beaten men accused by Muqtada al-Sadr’s fired-up Shia followers of selling alcohol in the southern city of Nasariya not echo in my ears?
How did I blank out the elderly father dreaming of an independent Kurdistan in a small village in the north, even as his son surrenders his dreams of medical school for work at the local brick oven, shown belching huge plumes of oily smoke into a Ken-Burns-gorgeous sunset?
These are the real lives and dreams affected by America’s war in Iraq, though there’s no attempt to push that point in the three parts of this movie. In fact there’s no omniscient narrator at all. The only voice-over narration is that of the Iraqis Longley follows with his camera, and they speak about themselves from a place deep inside. They let him in, trusting him to not to judge, and he doesn’t. Instead, he makes their stories both utterly of the place and yet universal.
‘Iraq in Fragments’ has been called – rightly – a documentary masterpiece (acknowledged by, among others, Sundance awards for directing, cinematography, and editing, and a nomination for best documentary at the Oscars, where the young Muhammad lost out to Al Gore and An Inconvenient Truth). But its power is all the greater by contrast with the best-known “Iraq war movie” – best-picture Oscar winner The Hurt Locker, which presented itself as a fictionalized documentary.
Trouble is, ‘The Hurt Locker’ wasn’t really about Iraq. It was yet another in the long series of American movies where “the meaning of war” is seen entirely through American eyes. Iraq was all but incidental to ‘The Hurt Locker,’ as were Iraqis. The place and the people were merely a stage on which Americans played their drama. ‘Iraq in Fragments,’ by contrast, takes you behind the stage, and quietly and devastatingly shows the effect on those who were merely ‘The Hurt Locker’s’ scenery.
So by all means watch the President’s speech tomorrow, but then be a mensch, and watch this movie.
By way of a coda to both Obama’s speech and ‘Iraq in Fragments,’ you could do worse than consider what General Ray Odierno, the departing commander of American forces in Iraq, said in the NYT today:
“We came in very naïve about what the problems were in Iraq; I don’t think we understood what I call the societal devastation that occurred,” he said, citing the Iran-Iraq war, the Persian Gulf war and the international sanctions from 1990 to 2003 that wiped out the middle class. “And then we attacked to overthrow the government,” he said.
The same went for the country’s ethnic and sectarian divisions, he said: “We just didn’t understand it.”
To advocates of the counterinsurgency strategy that General Odierno has, in part, come to symbolize, the learning curve might highlight the military’s adaptiveness. Critics of a conflict that killed an estimated 100,000 Iraqis, perhaps far more, and more than 4,400 American soldiers might see the acknowledgment as evidence of the war’s folly.
Asked if the United States had made the country’s divisions worse, General Odierno said, “I don’t know.”
“There’s all these issues that we didn’t understand and that we had to work our way through,” he said. “And did maybe that cause it to get worse? Maybe.”
File under: art, Middle East, war | Tagged: Tags: 'end of combat mission', Baghdad, documentary, Iraq war, James Longley, Kurdistan, Nasariya, President Obama, Shia, Sunni | 2 Comments
Robert Corbett says:
There was a good interview about Iraq on Weekday this morning. http://kuow.org/program.php?id=21217. The first speaker was very good at explaining how inside Iraq the voices were (and are) multiplex. And the LRB had a scary piece about the sanctions recently, the link for which I could dig up.
Lesley Hazleton says:
Thanks for the KUOW link, Robert — and yes, if you find that London Review of Books piece on sanctions, could you post the link as another comment? Thanks again — L.
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Keanu Reeves actioner John Wick Chapter 3 Parabellum has been leaked by Tamilrockers. This really doesn’t come as a surprise since the website has been uploading new Hollywood releases for quite a while now.
From the horror flick Pet Sematary to Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Avengers: Endgame, Tamilrockers has been on an uploading spree of late.
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“Reeves is at his fighting best, making the most of his long locks, his impeccable suit that never comes off (even in the desert), and his talent for action sequences. These are astonishingly choreographed sequences, longer than any you might have seen, remarkable as much for their utmost clarity and precision, as their absolute lack of hesitation in inflicting bodily injury. There is a hint here of the similarity of that jousting — fighting at its most carnal — with the discipline, poise and self-punishment of a ballet. Spurring along that thought is Huston in the brief but lingering role of the director, among other things, of one such ballet,” read a section of her review.
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Milwaukee demonstrators denounce John Chisholm for Corey Stingley decision
A group of protesters march Friday outside of District Attorney John Chisholm’s office. Credit: Gary Porter
Archive: JSOnline coverage of Corey Stingley
By Jesse Garza of the Journal Sentinel
Jan. 17, 2014 0
About 100 demonstrators rallied Friday outside the Safety Building to denounce Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm for his decision not to issue charges in the death of Corey Stingley.
Stingley, a 16-year-old West Allis Hale High School student, died of positional asphyxia Dec. 29, 2012 — 15 days after struggling with three customers at a West Allis convenience store where he had attempted to shoplift alcoholic beverages.
Positional asphyxia is the inability to breathe because of the position of the body and can be caused by physical restraint.
Chisholm said he could not charge the three men — Jesse Cole, 27; Robert Berringer, 55; and Mario Lauman, 57 — because the three had no intent to harm Stingley and there wasn't sufficient evidence to prove they were aware their actions created a substantial and unreasonable risk of great bodily harm.
The demonstrators vowed to organize and vote Chisholm out of office and lambasted the three men involved in the teenager's death.
Also Friday, Milwaukee County Supervisors Khalif Rainey of the 2nd District and Russell Stamper II of the5th District said Stingley's death was especially painful for the county's African-American community.
Stingley was black; Cole, Berringer and Lauman are white.
"For the African-American community this incident, when combined with countless others, only compounds distrust in the very institutions meant to protect our citizens," Rainey and Stamper said in a statement.
The Milwaukee County medical examiner's office ruled that Stingley's death was a homicide, meaning death at the hands of another.
However, the criminal charge of homicide has a different standard that takes into account intent and risk of harm.
About Jesse Garza
Jesse Garza is a general assignment reporter whose coverage areas include crime and breaking news.
jgarza@journalsentinel.com
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Germany’s Latest Plan to Enslave the World
U.S. Government Gets Copy of Amazing Plan That Has Been Formulated to Seize the Trade of the World After the War
Germany’s Latest Plan to Enslave the World September 1 1918
A BOOK has been published in Germany which discloses the plan that has been formulated in Berlin for the conquest of the trade of the world after the war. A single copy was smuggled out of Germany and reached the United States Government. It will soon be published and distributed that the world may be awakened to the full danger of German design and in the mean time a digest from the pen of Ralph W. Page is appearing in World’s Work. The plan is designated as “amazing” and “sinister” by those who have read the details and it clearly shows how impossible it will be to make peace with Germany until her power is broken. Part of the plan is based upon demands which the Germans expect to incorporate in their peace terms and the rest consists of a scheme for secret organization in Germany. The book which gives the plan in full was intended for German consumption only and the means by which the copy was obtained will some day be told and will make a very readable story. The nefarious volume bears the harmless title of “The Future of German Industrial Exports” and is by one S. Herzog, termed by World’s Work “The Trade Bernhardi.” Follows a brief summary of this astonishing plan:
i Admitting blandly that "the par value of treaties has reached nil and will not immediately recover from its slump” and that j “to reckon in future upon the security of treaties, to build upon their loyal observance, would be more than improvident” the report still relies upon them as the foundation of the import trade, stating in characteristic fashion that “the future commercial treaties will be written in blood.”
Among other things that these compacts, to be dictated on the battlefield, are to stipulate, with regard to the products of thei allied countries are:
“An unlimited opportunity to acquire the sites needed for winning the raw materials in question, and an unlimited right to get them out by German enterprises. It must preclude any restriction. , . .”
“The Government of the country in question can be permitted to exercise its right of requisitioning them (i.e., its own materials) only with the consent of the proper German officials. To guarantee the fulfilment of these demands certain pledges must be given.”
“The amount of raw materials turned out can never be permitted to decrease artificially because of a selfish desire to charge a higher price, nor can their quantity be reduced. . . . Therefore, it must
be made possible for the German Government to interfere without foreign countries protesting that their sovereignty is violated.”
"It will not alone suffice to demand unlimited opportunities to secure raw mate1 rials in foreign countries .... for ; their price, by the time they reach Germany may have been raised to inadmissible amounts by export or transit charges, freight rates, the refusal of export premiums which are granted to other foreign business of a similar kind, and by other petty forms of chicanery . . . (for instance, a refusal to build connecting railways, or to recognize the expropriation rights of German enterprises, etc.) The commercial treaty must place an absolute bar to such arbitrary advances in the final price of raw materials. . . . The retaliatory measures to be applied in case of infringement must be determined upon beforehand with all severity.”
“Provision must be made in advance that foreign officials employ all the force at their command against the originators, promoters, and participants in boycotting movements which injure our export trade, and that in such cases the German Government have a right to be consulted, and to share in deciding the measures of opposition.”
“That stolen rights of ownership (in German patents) are restored to their former owners unimpaired, that full compensation is made for the financial loss incurred up to the time when the property is restored, and that a priority right in hostile countries is assured to the German patents during the war; but the treatymust also make certain that special statutory measures make occurrences of this sort impossible again.”
Proceeding with the terms of the treaties, which Herr Herzog emphasizes as being “only a selected few from among the points which suggest themselves in this connection, and that they represent the minimum demands,” this adviser of the German Government proceeds to lay down that except where they are absolutely indispensable “it must be expected that German technical skill will be excluded from supplying our present enemies. Such a condition as this would be insufferable. It must be prevented from arising.. The commercial treaty must stipulate that German shippers are eligible wherever foreign material" and foreign workmanship are patronized at all. It must be absolutely impossible for manufacturers from countries now allied against Germany to enjoy under any form or pretext whatsoever a preference in competing for state work. But no confidence can be placed upon paper concessions alone. On the basis of statistical data, we must specify the proportion in which German products have to be included in official
consignments from foreign countries.....
Purchases according to this proportion must be guaranteed by the state which is a party to the treaty.”
“The objection will then be made,” plaintively complains this German arbiter of our domestic business, “that such a demand is an attempted intrusion upon the sovereignty of the state.” Undoubtedly the United States might raise that objection. Well, he has a familiar answer all ready—the usual German answer to everything. “The patience of Germany before the war was stretched further than was really well, it was exercised only to keep the peace. We have gained nothing by generously yielding a point time after time, instead of insisting upon our rights. ... It must be a matter of figures and put down in black and white. The duty of the guarantors will be to see that the pledged security goes unforfeited because the guarantee is fulfilled.”
Another item that this Prussian sabre is to cut out of us is set forth thus:
“As an integral constituent of the commercial treaty, there must be an import guarantee given by the foreign power in figures for each individual kind of German industry (the figure understood as the percentage of German goods to all other imported goods of the same industry).
To conclude, it is laid down that all German governmental or commercial agencies established in any country to oversee and enforce these “minimum demands” remain unhampered and tax free.
German reports do not make light summer reading. But it seems essential that they should be presented verbatim to the business world, and that they be taken in detail for careful study. They embody clearer than anything else the present and unrelinquished purpose of the German people not only to take by force and upon their own terms whatever we have which of use to them, but to compel us to build up their commercial—and incidentally thereto their military—power upon orders permanently given in Berlin.
It is small wonder that the German chancellors all insist upon revealing their peace terms only in secret. To publish such demands as these baldly and plainly, as they have them drawn up, would be to add fury and flame to the already universal determination not to treat with them at all, any basis.
The proposed treaties can be met with the bayonet. They really constitute menace of commercial slavery, for the reason that they are purely military adjuncts. If the Germans can enforce them, then they can enforce anything, for they will own the earth. But they reveal the ultimate goal of the commercial warfare.
But in this coming commercial warfare the German preparation provides an ternative and supplementary plan of operations which leaves no conceivable weapon, trick, or contingency out of its calcula-
This consists in the maintenance of industries whose output is to be absolutely indispensable to foreign customers—the “shock troops” of the commercial invasion, called by Herr Herzog “unsurpassable goods” of “protective industries.” The German Government is to keep a monopoly these by every means, fair or foul, lenient or oppressive, that can be conceived by the mind of man. And with these products a club, a wide open market for all German exports is to be assured in every corner the globe—hostile countries in particular.
At the outset it is naively admitted Herr Herzog’s illuminating book that “German export trade must enter hatred as liability” and that it will meet the “passive resistance of her present enemies, whom there are, to be sure, more than necessary or profitable.”
To meet this German plan of conquest, Herzog declares that’ German houses are open their campaign through neutral countries: the German “make-up” is to be discarded for an American or English masquerade in appearance and in inscription —the German looms, presumably will turning out the “Abraham Lincoln Liberty Petticoat.” Great stress is laid upon the necessity for German agents not only speaking and writing English, but in disguising themselves as “natives” down to the last cocktail and baseball game.
With this humorous suggestion, and chapter devoted to entirely praiseworthy emphasis upon the necessity for good workmanship, the best materials, and scrupulous honesty in commercial dealings, the programme turns from legitimate to Teutonic methods of competition.
The foundation of the offensive is to be a Bureau of Trade Statistics. Every German abroad, whether ambassador, paid spy, drummer, traveler, professor, or workman, is to be enrolled in this service. Reporting upon uniform blanks, the result is to be an accurate and up-to-date return from all fronts, showing exactly what German pro? ducts are normally, or ought normally, to be taken by every country, and which are “indispensable.” The General Staff can then tell every day “whether, and to what degree, the proportional amounts are being altered by the open or concealed attacks of foreign countries” or firms. And it can thereby decide “what German products foreign countries can not do without, and for what ones they substitute (openly or secretly) the products of (other) foreign countries.”
The very foundation nnd heart of the whole plan is based upon a military control of all industry and of every German by the Government. Americans cannot too often be warned that every single German is to be under orders from Berlin, and is to act as a spy and Government agent. The success of the whole scheme depends upon immediate and accurate information from the front. Nor are trade statistics the least of it. Every German inventor or chemist, every laboratory and plant in the empire are to be under the orders of the General Staff-the Commercial Federation -and are to be kept working constantly improvising substitutes for raw material, and improved methods and processes. Every individual connected with any of this work, including all workmen, managers, directors and financiers of the “Indispensable Industries” are to be guarded under military authority, and absolutely prevented from giving or divulging anything whatever outside the empire. On the other hand all members of the “foreign brigade” are to report in minutest detail every discovery, invention, innovation of process or sign of progress in every foreign industry throughout the world. If it be true that the Intelligence Service is the backbone of battle, we are to be checkmated at the outset. They are to have all our plans— we are to have none of theirs.
With this information in hand, the General Staff is to prepare for invasion by mobilizing under five great organizations the entire commercial strength of the country. This is not to be a trust or combination. It is to be an army of manufacturers and miners and bankers, under command of a staff composed of the heads of the trades and the state officials and controlled by the Government. It is to be the business of this “Union” to see to it that the “Indispensable Industries” are made indispensable. And then to conduct the warfare based thereon.
Any one who believes the scheme chimerical will do well to observe the process by which these industries are to be made and maintained “indispensable.” Under our system it simply cannot be met by private business.
Every business in the empire will be called upon to contribute to a “guarantee fund.” This fund, which will be made as large as is needed, will be used to provide these offensive industries with a corps of technical experts and experimenters free of charge. It will be used to subsidize these industries to whatever limit and in whatever form is necessary to keep their costs below all possible rivalry. This is worked out to the last comma.
They are to obtain priority supplies of raw materials, on a par with government war orders. The fund is to be used in every case to reduce the price of raw materials where they seem too high, and to lay in huge stocks where there seems any danger of their being curtailed. The workmen in these plants are to enlist for life, as in an army, and “under no circumstances” be allowed to strike or halt the business, even for a day. If need be their pay will be higher than others. If so, the guarantee fund is all ready. Capital in these concerns, limited to German control, is also enlisted at the pleasure of the Government, and may not be transferred. And all the capital necessary is absolutely assured by the blessed guarantee fund. When the “screws are turned on” and an embargo upon some of these necessities is declared to bring us “to our senses” the guarantee fund will serve to keep the enterprises going, accumulating a surplus stock against the time when a hungry world will capitulate and call for them.
This Union will determine the government policy in granting freight rebates and export premiums, and in remitting taxes to any of these businesses that need it in order to “throttle” competition.
It is not expected that any of this guarantee fund will be lost. For by utterly routing all competition in the Indispensable Industries, and thereafter with their invincible help compelling all foreign nations to purchase the output of all German factories, it is presumed that the ledger will show a handsome profit in the end.
The methods they propose to employ to make sure that none of these “weapons' of protection” or their secrets are ever transplanted to any other soil are illuminative of their whole conception of busine and conduct of every affair under the st
“All persons who are employed in indi tries of protective value must be enter in special lists by the body controlli manufacturing processes, so as to sai guard these industries. From the genei lists a special list is to be drawn up whi contains the names of employees in proti tive industries, who work with manufaci ing methods or procedures, over which fc eign countries hostile to our exports ha no control. . . . These persons wheth they are directors, operating or scienti officers, or laborers, must be subject state organization similar to that of t army. Without permission of this orgai zation no emigration of persons in the lists can take place. They are subject especially strict rules for safeguardi manufacturing secrets and methods. Fc eigners can not be permitted to find e: ployment in concerns of this sort. . . There will always be deserters. They mi expect severe punishment meted out accoi ing to the amount of responsibility attac ed to the post which they left.”
The same military tribunal is to ha final authority over all transfers of ownc ship or shares in these industries.
“The exclusive maintenance of such i dustries for the empire demands a furth control which extends to change in own«
The state control will limit itself ascertaining-whether the future owner e hibits those peculiarities which in a mai rial, technical, and moral connection ofi a guarantee that the industry in questi will remain at its former height and caf city for development, and banish all pc sibility of its being transplanted to fc eign countries by the new owner. . . The exclusion of foreigners is important all cases.”
Let us suppose a great factory to established in Germany making its fi ished products out of raw material al obtainable in Germany, and that it is ope ated upon some technical secret procc making some universally used product. A then let us suppose that ail the raw mai rial it can use is supplied to it and at own price before any one else in Germa obtains any, regardless of the market; t>i every chemist, mechanic and inventor in t empire is required to report to it every ! vention and improvement he makes, a that a world-wide corps of expert spi report the same from every country unci the sun and that these improvements, pi ented or not, are at the disposal of tl factory for nothing. More than that, tl every process or machine it uses is bei worked upon for improvement by the be experts in the country, free of charge, a that every new invention is put into opei tion at once, regardless of the cost scrapping other new machinery; that tl factory has a full complement of skill labor that never leaves for any other e: ployment, and never under any circu stances strikes; that none of its process or methods can possibly reach the ears any competitor; that in case it has t slightest fear of competition every indi try in Germany instantly contributes make good any loss from cutting price that it has the right to fix its.own freig rates, its own export premium, its oi taxes, its own tariff upon any needed su plies it may import; and that in case need it can instantly call upon the Germ Ambassador in the United States to three en any action by the German Governme or army that might induce Uncle Sam remove any impediments to its busine developing in America. Imagine such concern, and voila!—you have precise one of these industries with which v shall have to compete after the war.
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Bonsai Philosophy - Japanese/Chinese/Western Ideas
Andrew Quah
Post subject: Bonsai Philosophy - Japanese/Chinese/Western Ideas
I would like your thoughts on the issue of Bonsai philosophy - specifically whether Japanese philosophy has "more rights" than Chinese philosophy. I hope this does not become a discussion as to which philosophy is superior (though my biases should be quite obvious), but rather a discussion as to use of the word "bonsai", and its application in our various communities. About a year ago, I started a discussion on this issue at the bonsaitalk forums, from which I found myself banned from participating at that website. I hope this thread does not lead to the same conclusion.
1) At this year's Sydney Royal Easter Show the bonsai category was met with greater controversy than normal, with conflict between the Chinese and Japanese schools. As guest presenter for the Easter Show, I was at odds with the Japanese-influenced Bonsai Society and Bonsai Federation members, who felt that what I was teaching to the public was flawed. The term used by a notable member of the Australian bonsai community actually referred to the defecation of a bull, and hearing a distinguished old, old, old lady swearing at me in front of an audience of school children was both amusing and horrifying. In this year's bonsai competition, entries from both the Japanese school and the Chinese school sat side by side, and because the judge is of the Japanese school, no Chinese bonsai received a prize higher than Second in any of the 11 categories.
2) Nurseries such as mine use the Japanese word "bonsai", in place of our own Chinese word "pensai", and we do so for commercial reasons. Has the term "bonsai" evolved, in western culture, into an umbrella term that includes the tree-pot philosophies of China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam? Or is "Chinese bonsai" an unacceptable term?
3) Are Chinese/Korean/Vietnamese-school growers misleading students when we teach bonsai based on the teachings of our own cultures, rather than that of Japan? Does the beginner off the street come to learn bonsai as a medium of expression, or bonsai as a Japanese artform?
So, let's try and tie these together. I am considered an "expert of bonsai". I've lectured and presented, and I'm working on a book. But I do not create bonsai in the Japanese sense. My works do not have a "front view" (I often use lazy susans in my displays, and I may change the front view several times during a display), and I do not necessarily encourage smaller leaves if big (disproportionate to a full size tree) leaves make a better visual statement. I suppose if there's one question that sums up all these points, it is "Am I a Bonsai grower?"
Location: South San Francisco, CA
Quoting Andrew: " Nurseries such as mine use the Japanese word "bonsai", in place of our own Chinese word "pensai", and we do so for commercial reasons. Has the term "bonsai" evolved, in western culture, into an umbrella term that includes the tree-pot philosophies of China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam?"
Andrew, I think that the term "bonsai" in the West is somewhat generic, such as "coke", referring to a cola drink, and not necessarily Coca-Cola"
Being as I'm a Californian, and have been involved in bonsai for over 30 years, I recognize that the Japanese influence has, in the past, been all pervasive. My first teacher was a Japanese-American, Bob Kato. He taught, of course, Japanese style.
Quoting again: "Are Chinese/Korean/Vietnamese-school growers misleading students when we teach bonsai based on the teachings of our own cultures, rather than that of Japan? Does the beginner off the street come to learn bonsai as a medium of expression, or bonsai as a Japanese artform?"
This is a difficult question to answer without knowing how you present the subject. Are you specific with the students as to the origin of your teaching style, or is it presented in a generic manner as an Asian horticultural art form? Or should it matter? I don't have the answer. I do find it revolting that you were cursed in a public gathering. That's inexcusable.
One of the big influences on my bonsai style and technique was the American, Dan Robinson. I saw his chainsaw styling demonstration at the 1980 Golden State Bonsai Federation convention. As soon as I got home, I bought a small chainsaw and went to work.
Dan was publicly excoriated by one of the best known Japanese-American bonsai masters who shall remain nameless here. However, after the first Kimura book hit these shores, big changes came about. The great master took up the use of power tools.
I have loved the penjing style for many years. I believe that Qingquan Zhao and Robert Steven are masters equal to any.
In the world of "artistic potted trees", we're all in the same boat. We should study and respect all cultures and ethnicities. There's much to learn from all.
Attila Soos
To your questions, I would use an analogy that I think it would answer all of them in the same time.
Bonsai is in many aspects, just like religion. It is practiced in countless ways, according to one's belief system. Religion has an aesthetic side. It also has a moral side. It has tradition, style and it has a protocol. Each relgion has a set or "rules" and it also has a history, featuring a number of people representing it.
The question you are asking is "is there a particular religion that is better than the rest?"
The answer is obvious.
Now about the part where you wonder whether is appropriate to teach bonsai that is not inspired by the Japanese tradition: we can only teach others what we know best. The most important thing is to be honest to ourselves as well as to others about what we believe in. If you practice bonsai using elements of the Chinese tradition, that's what you have to teach to others. I think that it is important to give the beginner an overview of how bonsai is practiced in the different parts of the world, and then give a broad overview of what you personally believe in. By doing this, you won't mislead the student, and you also give him a choice to follow you or an other teacher.
It is also a good practice to make the student aware that although you prefer doing things in a certain way, there are other people who do things in a different way. Here you can explain why you believe in the choices you are making.
I've found that more often than not, the problem is not about what you teach, but about what people expect from you. If you make your position clear from the beginning, then people won't have false expectations. Case in point about the lady who cussed at you: she's probably had a very strong expectation about what she wanted to hear from you. When she didn't get that, she got upset. I am not defending her actions, but I believe that false expectation is almost always the reason behind discontent.
Bonsai is about love, compassion, and tolerance. Without these three, there is no bonsai. So, your teachings should reflect that in every way.
Actually, the dissatisfied lecturer actually said quite a bit more, comparing my Chinese bonsai philosophies to a "bad take-away" trying to compete with the "top-quality restaurant" of Japanese bonsai. This sort of attitude is exactly the sort of thing I dislike about what I perceive to be the "more Japanese than the Japanese" mentality of the Australian Jap-bonsai community.
It occured to me today that the term "bonsai" has indeed become an umbrella term, if only because most people in western culture who come to the world of bonsai are not looking specifically for the unique characteristics of Japanese bonsai. They come looking for "pretty trees in pots", and little else. To be honest, I believe that the idea that "Japanese bonsai" is more correct than "Chinese bonsai" is only perpetuated by those who seek to be more Japanese than the Japanese.
Will Heath
Location: Michigan USA
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Location: Upstate New York
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The Tuesday Numpty, Can’t flush won’t fly, MiG mystery, Gaudy giveaway, Numpty number two and a bit of good news
I think it is going to be one of those days, even one of those weeks, today I feel about 150, nothing works and the place is a tip. But I have my nice young lady coming to cut my hair, I then have to go out to do some errands.
Thursday I have a check up at the dentist, more expense and pain with a nice twenty mile round trip to look forward to, basically I have the hump, but there are always people worse off.
Keep it in your trousers and your mouth shut
From Oslo-A 28-year-old Norwegian man was fined after he complained to police that he had been cheated by a prostitute.
The Nordlys newspaper says he has been fined 8,000 kroner as the first person in northern Norway’s Troms Province charged under a new law forbidding the purchase of sexual services. The law went into effect in January.
Station Chief Kurt Pettersen tells the paper that the man had given partial payment to a Russian prostitute in the northern city of Tromsoe but she left with the cash when they failed to agree on a final price.
Pettersen says “he contacted the police because he felt his did not get the services he paid for.”
The incident took place in February but was not reported until Monday.
See it does pay to watch the news, Numpty.
My Jet's all clogged up
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Biman Bangladesh Airlines said a flight from the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, to London was delayed for 10 hours due to clogged toilets.
Airline officials said workers spent two hours Sunday clearing the plane's five toilets, which were clogged with paper cups and other garbage flushed by passengers, and the flight was delayed by a further eight hours to comply with a night flight ban at london's heathrow airport.
"Passengers threw bottles, cups, tissue papers and female sanitary napkins into all five toilets of the Biman aircraft," said Wing Commander Asaduzzaman, director of engineering for the carrier.
"This solid material blocked the toilets and there was a jumble in the pneumatic toilet suction system.
It was a passenger-created problem. There was no mechanical fault."
That is a bit of a surprise, normally the suction in the loos on a plane is so strong you have to brace yourself against the sides of the cubicle, and you end up with your bowels dragging on the floor when you leave.
WMDs found in Serbia
Iraqi authorities are seeking the return of 19 fighter jets that were sent to Serbia in the late 1980s for servicing.
Officials have been trying to trace what the former dictator Saddam Hussein did with the country's military assets.
They have discovered a total of 19 MiG-21 and MiG-23 fighters were sent to the then-Yugoslavia in 1989 for maintenance, and were left there because of an embargo.
An Iraqi delegation is heading to Belgrade to negotiate their return, but Serbian officials say most of the jets are in pieces and are useless.
Of the handful still intact, one has been stored in Belgrade's aircraft museum.
See Tony you were looking in the wrong place.
99p shop, not on our high street
The owners of a 99p shop in Lymington, the affluent Hampshire town once said to be “too posh” for an Argos store, have been ordered to remove their sign by a council because the display is “too gaudy”.
The family-run bargain store, founded by Nadir Lalani, has been told the sign is “not sympathetic” to the traditions of the town's Georgian High Street.
The sign, which includes the 99p Stores logo and the slogan 'quality products under a pound', can be seen on the company’s shop fronts elsewhere in Britain.
Chris Elliott, head of planning at New Forest District Council, said: "Our judgement is that the sign is pretty awful and we will give them a brief opportunity to voluntarily remove it before we begin prosecution proceedings.
"The company will not be invited to submit a planning application for its retention because we do not believe that will be successful."
Three years ago, residents campaigned against an Argos store amid fears it would “lower the tone” of the town.
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What is it with pilots?
Yet another Numpty Pilot, this one though had too much “fuel” on board.
An intoxicated pilot had to be guided in to land by a rescue helicopter, the 65-year-old amateur pilot allegedly tanked up on beer and wine before taking to the skies above the eastern German state of Thuringia in his Cessna light aircraft on Saturday afternoon.
Once airborne, he served himself some more cocktails while at the controls.
Two hours later he was apparently so inebriated that he was unable to read the instruments telling him where the Schoengleida airfield was.
"Come on, I know you're down there," he radioed. "Where the bloody hell have you hidden yourself?"
Control tower staff say he also sang a few songs cracked a mother-in-law joke and told them to "pull their fingers out as I've got a party to go to". Fearing instrument failure, the tower scrambled a rescue helicopter stationed at the airfield.
It homed in on the man in clear blue skies some 50 miles west of the airport and gave instructions for the pilot to follow it back.
Officials at Schoengleida said the pilot, who has not been named, made a safe landing.
The man was unsteady on his feet as he wobbled from the cockpit to his parked car. Concerned airfield authorities alerted police.
He was stopped on the way home, breathalysed and found to be nearly four times over the legal limit for driving.
Now he has lost his driving licence - and his pilot's licence.
He is lucky he didn’t lose his life, and take a few other people with him-Numpty of the first order.
A disabled yachtswoman has become the first female quadriplegic to sail solo around Britain.
Hilary Lister, 37, was applauded as she sailed into Dover harbour, in her home county of Kent.
On arrival, she declared: "I'm so relieved to be home but looking forward to the next challenge."
Mrs Lister began her voyage in May but had to be treated in hospital a month later, having been rescued from rough seas off Pembrokeshire.
She had delayed the start of her trip, from Plymouth, after being taken to hospital with breathing difficulties.
Mrs Lister also abandoned a similar attempt last year after being hit by bad weather, technical trouble and injuries to members of her support crew.
Her spokesman, Paul Taroni, described the journey as "an amazing triumph over adversity".
Mrs Lister, an Oxford biochemistry graduate from Faversham, is disabled from the neck down.
Her specially-adapted vessel, an Artemis 20 called Me Too, was designed to be operated through three "straws".
They allowed her to control the boat using a "sip-and-puff" system. Mrs Lister said she was "hugely proud" of the six strong team who provided back-up throughout her series of 40 day-long sails.
"[They] worked so hard for four months without a day off," she said.
Mrs Lister described the highlight of her challenge as being able to see the marine wildlife at close quarters sailing alongside her.
"Seeing whales, 35-foot long, fully breached out of the water was incredible. Two of them jumped like dolphins, it was amazing," she said.
The challenge has so far raised £30,000 for Mrs Lister's charity, Hilary's Dream Trust, which exists to provide assistance to disabled and disadvantaged adults who want to sail.
A lady with more courage than me.
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my ajeossi has passed away
The Korean side of my family is flung far and wide. My mother's older sister ("Emo" or "Imo") and younger brother (John) live in Texas. Emo's husband, my Uncle Ed, died well over a decade ago. Emo has two children, my cousins Marie and Mark. Both have kids of their own. Uncle John also has a wife and two kids, both adults. His daughter married a Chinese-American guy a few years ago. As far as I know, all of John's family is still in Texas. Mom and Dad left Texas for Virginia way back in the 1970s, thus establishing the Virginia branch of our family, which includes my two brothers. My father's brother Pete, Pete's wife, and their four daughters all live in California. The Korean and Caucasian branches of the extended family have never met. My mother's four first cousins, all old and gray now, live in Korea, as I do.
I privately refer to these cousins, in descending order of age, as #1, #2, #3, and #4 Ajeossis. Each one is, according to the inevitable Korean pattern, married and a father. #1 Ajeossi lives in Chang-dong, in the northern part of Seoul, not too far from the Hanguk University of Foreign Studies. I actually have no clue where #2 and #4 Ajeossis live. #3 Ajeossi lived in Garak-dong, in southeast Seoul not far from me, with his wife. Their two sons have been on interesting life-paths; the elder brother studied music in Germany for a while, then came back, got married, and became a professional singer and private tutor. The younger son also went to Germany to study German as well as to live and work in the country; he's become more or less fluent in German, and he's now married to a Korean-German gyopo he met there. Both of these distant cousins have kids.
#3 Ajeossi is the one who was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer last year. I got the news today, from #3 Ajumma, that he had passed away. I don't know how long ago it happened, but I knew back in September that he was terminal. I also feel very guilty for not having visited more often, and part of me is a bit miffed that, even though I had asked Ajumma for frequent updates about Ajeossi's condition, she never once gave them. I'll be visiting her tonight, I hope. Of course, I don't plan to bring up my resentment at not being more in the loop. That would be crass and selfish, and given my own negligence, there's no moral high ground, here. But I'll be doing what I should have done while #3 Ajeossi was still alive: I'll be visiting.
Here's a family pic that got taken when #3 Ajeossi became a granddad thanks to his elder son and his daughter-in-law. This was before the younger son's wife was visibly pregnant; she has since given birth. #3 Ajeossi was a granddad twice over before he passed.
Pictured on the left side, from top to bottom: Gi-yeol (elder son), Jeong-min (wife), #3 Ajumma, baby.
Pictured on the right side, from top to bottom: Jae-yeol (younger son), wife (don't know her name), and #3 Ajeossi.
PERSONAL NOTE: #3 Ajeossi and I weren't all that close, but he was a fixture from my youth, from right around high school, I think. If I recall correctly, the first time I'd ever met him was back in 1986, when we went to Korea as a family for the first time. It was between my junior and senior years in high school, and this was my first time ever traveling internationally. (My month-long stay in Carquefou, France, happened later that same summer, so it was a dizzying, international double-whammy for me.) Ajeossi was quiet and soft-spoken, preferring to listen to conversations instead of participating in them. His wife, my #3 Ajumma, did most of the talking. For the longest time, #3 Ajeossi and his family were the only practicing Christians among Mom's four cousins, but sometime in the 1990s, #2 Ajeossi, the CEO of his own company, suddenly converted, and his family with him. I know some Koreans go Christian merely as a networking strategy (like elsewhere, Christianity is big business in Korea; there's no shortage of rich Christians in this country); it's hard not to be cynical in #2 Ajeossi's case. #3 Ajeossi and Ajumma, by contrast, have been dedicated, pious Christians since I've known them. Ajeossi went from being a deacon to eventually becoming an elder (ironically, in my PCUSA congregation, I became an elder before Ajeossi did; in Korea, a youthful elder is unimaginable); his wife was involved with singing and the decoration of the church with fresh flowers every week; their elder son, a natural singer at a young age, became a member of the choir and eventually was its conductor (he still is, as far as I know).
Back around 1993, when I was visiting Korea on my own for a few weeks, #3 Ajeossi and I did a road trip down to Daejeon to see the Daejeon Expo, a festival of scientific and technological achievements. As we were driving to Daejeon, a dump truck in front of us hit a bump, and a huge clump of dirt bounced out of the truck and landed smack on our car's windshield, cracking it dramatically. Ajeossi, who normally has no temper, gunned the engine, pulled alongside the truck, and waved the driver over to the side. What followed was an agitated conversation once both drivers were out of their vehicles and on the street; it was obvious the trucker didn't know what had happened. I assume the conversation ended with a promise of payment of some sort, perhaps via insurance.
We must have gotten to the expo at a quiet time because the place was a ghost town. Only a handful of tourists could be seen, dwarfed by the large structures and exhibits around them. In the 90s, my Korean was almost nonexistent, so Ajeossi and I said very little to each other the entire trip. It was all a bit boring and very, very awkward. While at the expo, Ajeossi and I rode a simulated roller coaster: the idea was that you go into a domed cinema with a 180-degree projection screen; you sit in chairs that have a limited range of movement to help you feel the twists and turns of the visuals before you. The chair comes equipped with ear-level speakers so that you're immersed in Dolby-quality sound. The visuals included a roller coaster and a spaceship that flew among asteroids and landed in some alien ocean in which, thanks to our chairs, we bobbed heavily up and down. We may have left the cinema and sampled some "international" street food that wasn't all that international. I remember very little else from that awkward, awful trip.
In the years since, I picked up more Korean and was able to say more during family conversations, but #3 Ajeossi was as taciturn as ever. Meanwhile, it was Ajumma who would call me often, and in recent years, she's been texting me. Ajeossi texted me maybe two or three times. I may still have those text messages, in fact; they were little more than cheerfully worded pieces of spam that he had felt it necessary to pass along.
And now, he's gone. I'm still processing this. I knew he was going to step through the Great Door sometime soon, but that doesn't make it any less surprising when death happens. I wonder how Ajumma is taking this. She spent so many years yelling at Ajeossi for being too quiet and passive. That said, I doubt she feels anything approaching relief or vindication now that Ajeossi is gone. If her situation is anything like mine was in 2010, she's feeling as if a limb had been ripped away, leaving a torn and empty space in her very being. And now, she's going to have to deal with the silence that comes with his absence. If she believes in spirits and souls—as I know she does—she might take comfort in the idea that Ajeossi is still, somehow, around. But I've personally never found that thought very comforting. It's no substitute for an actual hug. And when I remember my mother's hugs—how warm she felt, how comforting she smelled, how right the universe was in those moments—the thought that "she's with me now" feels somewhat sad and empty. I don't envy Ajumma what she's going to have to deal with now. As a woman in her seventies, she confronts a new and difficult burden. Ajeossi may have had his faults, but he was a good man—a very good man, with no vices like smoking and drinking and overeating, and he left us all much earlier than he should have.
Pronunciation note: Ajeossi is pronounced somewhere between "AH-jaw-shee" and "AH-juh-shee." Ajumma, meanwhile, is pronounced "AH-joom-mah."
Close or not, I am sorry for your loss.
Condolences. It sounds like he had a well-lived life. I hope the family finds comfort in that.
Horace Jeffery Hodges said...
My condolences, Kevin.
Thanks, John and Jeff.
Ave, John Mac!
where to get a poncho, then?
test walk: 37,816 steps
his worthiest opponent is... himself
visit prep for #3 Ajumma
movies in a queue, movies un-reviewed
Political Compass self-check
"Sorry to Bother You": review
#Hilarious but also #SadButTrue
directed at America, applicable to Korea
flipping the "logic" of the MAGA-hat hysteria
hubbub at the National Assembly
my friends and their (mis)adventures
my one, lone thankful student
that Gillette "toxic masculinity" ad
"Bohemian Rhapsody": review
Hari Seldon reads my mind
a scary trip down the PoMo rabbit hole
my genius country
another meme
Jon Miller is en fuego
not to put too fine a point on it...
gumbo with humor and flair
more coverage of the Covington blowup
a joke seen on Gab
parodying the heroes
hilariously cynical
Styx on those evil, evil Covington High School kid...
"John Adams" (2008): an impressionistic review
going artisanal
involved in some birfday celebrations
son of it is accomplished
your five favorite authors?
présenté sans commentaire
analyzing Don Davis's "The Matrix" score
somehow escaping the #MeToo hate
rest in peace, my friend
getting schooled on onions
more cartoons via Bill
okra quest
always looking foodward
Sokal Hoax, 2019 version
history as fodder for standup
this is just sad
the gumbo lunch
nearing final prep
sausage, pudding, and rice
PJW on the gilets jaunes
the best "wall" argument
and the pet war continues
today's Eric André earworm
keep this in mind
hat tip to Bill Keezer
"Ralph Breaks the Internet": review
"worshipped as a god"
all in all, it's just a....
aventure matinale
changement de plan
"politically motivated hate"
I guess I'm committed
shut up and know your place
yet the center holds for now
gi-il (忌日, 기일)
conservative infighting
the saddest thing
appearing and disappearing
let's see if this routine flies at a US college
a revised weekend schedule
your Saturday yuks
excellent rant from Jonathan Pie
the forgotten card
Mitt Romney's attempt at relevancy
on the brute fact of death (Alan Watts)
"Venom": two-paragraph review
demographic shift
if you're looking for a good cry
an update on my problems leaving comments
a Korean mom visits Korea after 40 years
ALERT: unable to comment on some Blogger blogs
PJW on Louis CK's latest bit of trouble
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BigInsights Data Innovation Awards
Why The Aviation Industry Needs to Hurry Up With IoT Implementation
State of Innovation Nation
Awards to recognise Innovation in Data Analytics and IoT
BigInsights has announced the first-ever data awards to recognise companies and startups in the APAC region and the rest of the world that have used data analytics and Internet of Things (IoT) technology to innovate their business.
The ‘BigInsights Data Innovation Awards’ will be specifically focused on recognising teams & end users that are doing ground-breaking work using Data Analytics & IoT to deliver business outcomes. (www.dataawards.org)
Australia’s Federal Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation & Science, The Hon Craig Laundy MP will present the BigInsights Data Innovation Awards 2016 on 6th December at an event in Sydney.
The awards program is designed to identify companies that have clearly demonstrated best practices in developing and deploying analytics or IoT techniques. While one winner will be named in every category, the judges may declare more than one under special circumstances.
Best Industry Application of Data Analytics
Best Industry Application of IoT
Best Industry Application of AI/Cognitive
Best Customer Insights
Best Start-Up
Nominations are now open for companies wishing to pitch for the awards. The last date for entry is November 16, 2016. Companies, startups, vendors or consultants who have completed a data analytics or IoT implementation that is delivering business value, and think their efforts deserve recognition by their peers, can fill in the entry form in the above categories. Entry form available by sending an email to consensus@dataawards.org
The entries will be judged by a panel of senior experts in the world of data analytic and IT world. Winners will get global recognition and be presented the Award at the 6th December ceremony by the Assistant Minister of Industry, Innovation and Science, Hon Craig Laundy MP.
While the ability to use Data, IoT and Machine Learning/AI has been talked about extensively, little has been discussed about benefits being realised by the early pioneers in industry and startups. So we decided to acknowledge these pioneers in startups and enterprises that are using technology for driving better decision making. In the ‘BIG’ world of Data, it is imperative to support a vibrant and exciting industry, hence our decision to institute this award
The inaugural awards is supported by Australian Consensus Technology Association(ACTA), TiE, and The Data Warehouse Institute (TDWI). Hitachi is a key sponsor.
The full details of the BigInsights Data Innovation Awards can be found at www.dataawards.org including the terms and conditions to submit entries. For further information please contact: Julian Day, CONSENSUS Tel: +61 413 309 056 or julian.day@consensus.com.au
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Priyanka Chopra Biography, Personal Life, Height, Boyfriend
by Gaurav Singh Negi · Published May 4, 2014 · Updated December 4, 2014
Priyanka Chopra is the most beautiful and elegant actress of Bollywood. She is multi talented actress with beautiful voice and acting. She is one of the highest paid Indian Actresses. Priyanka Chopra is a very hard working actress and has fulfilled her dreams to a large extent. She has done various Tamil movies and bollywood movies and also did International songs with Hollywood singers. Priyanka Chopra has also been awarded various awards for her acting in the movies. She usually keeps herself away from any controversies and affairs with her co-stars. Chopra is admired in the bollywood and also in Hollywood because of her charming personality. She has groomed herself and her personality in the recent times. She is the heart beat of many boys and is hot and sexy. You must read Priyanka Chopra wiki biography and know more about her.
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Priyanka Chopra date of birth is 18 July, 1982. She was born in Jamshedpur in Jharkhand. Priyanka Chopra father Ashok Chopra was a doctor by profession. Priyanka Chopra mother Madhu Chopra is a gynaecologist. She had beautiful nicknames in her childhood- Sunshine, Piggy chops, and Mimi. Her zodiac sign is Cancer. She has her real younger brother Siddharth Chopra and her 3 cousins, Parineeti Chopra, Sahaj, and Shivang. You can know more about Priyanka Chopra family background by reading complete biography of Priyanka Chopra. Priyanka Chopra parents were working in Indian Army. Her father passed away last year in June, 2013.
She had beautiful nicknames in her childhood- Sunshine, Piggy chops, and Mimi. Her zodiac sign is Cancer. She has her real younger brother Siddharth Chopra and her 3 cousins, Parineeti Chopra, Sahaj, and Shivang.
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Priyanka Chopra Bollywood Career
She started her journey towards Indian film Industry in year 2002. Her first movie was a Tamil Movie Thamizhan released in 2002. She then made the bollywood debut in the movie- The Hero: Love story of Spy as a supporting actress in year 2003. For this, she won the Filmfare award for Best Female Debut in 2003. She then did many bollywood movies. In year 2004, after giving three average movies on Box Office, she gave a superhit movie of the year- Mujhse Shaadi Karogi. The year 2005 was a hard time for her, in which she gave almost 6 flop movies. She returned with hit movies like Waqt and Bluffmaster in the same year. From that time till now, she had not given a flop movie on box office. She had now become one of the most paid actresses of Bollywood. She had worked with many superstars of Indian cinema like Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Bipasha Basu, Arjun Kapoor and many more. She is a strong supporter of Narendra Modi. Soon Chopras might rule Bollywood like Khans and Kapoors as Parineeti Chopra, Meera Chopra, and Barbie Handa had already entered to Indian Cinema.
She also loves singing and her craziness for singing made her create her own albums that gained popularity. Now people are waiting for Priyanka Chopra upcoming albums too along with upcoming movies of Priyanka Chopra. Priyanka Chopra song album is Exotic and other one is untitled. Her first song was ‘In My City’ released on 12 September, 2012. Her second album ‘Exotic’ was launched by Universal Music India.
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Priyanka Chopra Debut Telugu Movie is ‘Neeyallam Nalla Varuvada’, in which her cousin sister Barbie Handa had also acted. Barbie had debuted in Indian adult movie ‘Zid’ with Karanvir Sharma and Shraddha Das.
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Interesting Facts about Priyanka Chopra
The father of Priyanka Chopra spoke Punjabi and her mother has a good command over Bihari language.
After completing her 10th class education, she wanted to become a criminal psychologist or a software engineer.
Priyanka Chopra is the Sexiest woman of Asia according to ‘Eastern Eye’, the UK’s Magazine.
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turriff Post Office
Photograph © J Thomas via Geograph and licensed for re-use under a Creative Commons licence
James Duncan & Son
People's Journal (Aberdeen) 22 Apr 1899, p. 8 (illustrated)
Peterhead Sentinel and Buchan Journal
16 Dec 1899, p. 5
Opened: 13 Dec 1899
Current use: Museum ("The Auld Post Office Museum")
From: Peterhead Sentinel and Buchan Journal 16 December 1899, p. 5
On Wednesday there was opened at Turriff a commodious and well-appointed Post Office, in the erection which the workmen have for some time been busy, the work having been pushed on with a view to the Postmaster, Mr Stewart, and his staff being thoroughly settled down in the new premises in time for the Christmas pressure. The new office is very conveniently situated on the opposite side of High Street from the old one. The site was originally occupied by grain store: but the original building has been completely remodelled at a cost of over £l000; and the architects, Messrs James Duncan & Son, Turriff, have provided a handsome, pleasant, and convenient building for the money. The ground floor accommodation comprises the public office, sorting room, which measures 20 feet by 30; telegraph and telephone rooms. These rooms have a height of feet from 18ft from floor or to ceiling. On the upstairs floor are storerooms, rooms for the female assistants, etc.. The Post Office employees number 22 in all, consisting of 15 postmen, 2 telegraph messengers, 4 members of the indoor staff, and the postmaster,. The contractors on the work were: - Mason, Messrs P. Christie & Son ; carpenters, Messrs Joseph & Son ; plasterer, Mr Alex Ross; painter, Mr William Black ; plumber and gas fitter, Mr Charles Duthie ; and slater, Mr James Gillespie.
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History of the Jews in Buczacz (cont.)
Dr. N. M. Gelber, Translated by Adam Prager
At the outset of Austrian rule, the district administrator Kulmanhueber cancelled all the taxes that the Jews paid to the town owner Count Piotr Potocki according to Polish law, and also the right to collect certification fees for the election of the Buczacz rabbi. Austrian law did not permit collection of such fees by town owners.Potocki protested a number of times at the Kaiser's court.The Lvov governor advised him not to disturb the Kaiser's court in such a matter. However, he finally succeeded in his appeal; the Lvov governor was ordered to investigate and in the meantime to continue as in the past. [23]
Web www.buchach.org
According to the statutes of Josef the 2nd from May the 27th 1785 it was determined that the rabbi of Buczacz would be the regional rabbi. Of course the Jews of Buczacz suffered from the new statutes that reduced their financial possibilities. Especially harmful was the prohibition of estate, and winery leasing that was enacted in 1784. They were also prohibited to lease taverns (propinacje). In June 1778 the community appealed to the authorities for protection against the "the cruel persecutions of the estate owner Count Peter Potocki." At the time Potocki requested from the central authorities to permit him to collect taxes from the butchers that were due to him by right of the statute and his being the town owner. He also requested that the heads of the community provide him with only the taxes concerning kosher meat. In July 1778 the governor replied that the situation would stay as it is until the final arrangement is decided upon.
Despite this reply, Potocki requested in September 1778 to hasten the conclusion of this dispute between the community and himself since the community was collecting sums that belonged to him, thus causing him great losses.
Despite attempts made by his attorney Patsintski to solve the matter, the dispute went on for some years. In the summer of 1786 Potocki once again appealed to the central authorities to decide upon the matter, for the community was collecting the krupka [grain] taxes, thus causing him great financial losses. He demanded that he be compensated retroactively and that he be allowed to collect taxes in the future. The Governor replied on December the 6th 1786, stating that he must wait for the final arrangement concerning the community's debts and their liquidation.
Meanwhile, Potocki reached a "secret arrangement" with the Jews concerning leasing, which by law was forbidden to the Jews. This became known to the authorities and in 1787 the town owner Potocki was fined for giving leasing privileges to the Jews of Buczacz. His sentence was printed out and sent to all the courts of law "that all shall see and beware." [24]
At the same time, the Jewish population of Buczacz grew, since many Jews were leaving the villages for the towns.They were forced to leave their homes because by the law of 1789 Jews who did not engage in agriculture were not authorized to live in the country, However they were permitted to deal in any craft and to trade. At the head of the Buczacz Jews stood three men who received authorization from the authorities. As part of the reforms that the Austrian government initiated among the Jews of Galicia (following Herts Homberg's appointment as the Inspector of Galician Jewish schools), 48 elementary schools were opened in 1788. One was a boy's school in Buczacz that existed until 1806.(Homberg's family in Krakow took the family name Autor.)
During these years, there lived in Buczacz R' Pinkhas Eliyahu Horovits author of Sefer HaBrit. His father Meir and his mother Yente were from Vilna. In 1776 their son was born in Lvov, through which they were passing on their way to Buczacz, where they wished to settle. [25] However, they called him "Vilna" after his father's descent. During his youth he wandered throughout Galicia and Germany and later on moved to Buczacz.Here he lived for some years, and started writing the book which was to stimulate the young to study secular subjects. He was one of the first heralds of general education in Galicia and Poland. His book also found acclaim among Jewish circles in other countries, and due to its clear and popular style was even translated into Judezmo in the Middle East. In spite of his inclination toward secular sciences, he stayed faithful to religion and tradition and stated this in his book.His sole purpose was to encourage Jews to study general studies, which he saw as necessary for the full understanding of Jewish texts. In the early 1790s he left Buczacz because of an eye condition attributed to eye strain caused by overwork on his book. He moved to Buva and after some years went to Pressburg, where he finished his book; it was published in Brin in 1797. His book is actually a popular encyclopedia of sorts for general knowledge, dealing especially with natural history. In the second part of his book "Divrey Emet" [Words of Truth], one can find correct views regarding Jewish life in Poland. He especially gave a realistic description regarding the dismal condition the Jews were in and preached in favor of changing their economic structure by means of productivisation.This would erase idleness and unemployment, and would raise their status vis a vis the gentiles.His book played an important role in furthering general knowledge among Jewish youth, which read the work in secret and drew from it their secular education. Pinkhas Eliyahu Horovits died in Krakow on April the 21st, 1821.
During this period heavy taxes were levied on the Jews.Particularly onerous were the taxes on kosher meat and on candles. According to the law of August 28th 1787, Galician Jews were ordered to take German family names by the first of January 1788.With this there began the process of the germanizing of the Jews; rabbis were commanded to conduct all their affairs in the German language alone.
The head of the community at this time was Rabbi Meir Schneier.He not only conducted the affairs of his own congregation with great energy, but carried out many important tasks for the benefit of all Galician Jews; they recognized him as one of their chief representatives. Taken by surprize by the law issued in Vienna on February 18th 1787 which made Jews individually liable to serve in the military, representatives of all the communities (at the initiative of the Lvov community) decided to propose to the central government the payment of a ransom sum in place of personal military service.For this purpose a three-man delegation was sent to Vienna: the Lvov rabbi Rabbi Tsvi Hirsh Rozanes, the representative of the Brody Jews, Rabbi Yaakovka Landa, son of the Gaon R' Yekhezkl Landa (author of Noda be-Yehuda), and R' Meir Schneier of Buczacz – proof of how greatly the Buczacz community was honored among Galician Jews.
In June 1790 the above-mentioned representatives traveled to Vienna and presented their appeal for the easing of restrictions on the practice of their occupations and businesses, for the return of their right to sell alcoholic beverages in towns and villages (abolished in 1797 with the consequent economic ruination of thousands of Jews), for the restoration of their jurisdiction (through the rabbinical courts) over matters of religious law such as marriage and divorce, and for instituting, in place of conscription, a system of paying a recruit-tax, it being difficult for Jews to observe their religious duties while serving in the military; the Jews are ready to pay a ransom-sum to replace conscription.
After making two more appeals in July, repeating their earlier requests, they were successful in their intercession.On July 29, 1790, Kaiser Leopold issued an order exempting Jews from military service, but stipulating that the community supply the required number of recruits from local volunteers or from abroad, or pay the sum of 30 florins per head so that the authorities could purchase other recruits. [26]
In May 1790 gymnasium [high school] students were accused of attacking Moshe Berkovits, a Jew, and stealing some of his belongings.The municipality, together with the community representatives Berish Hofman and Reuven Shternbaum, investigated the charge and concluded that the students were innocent. [27]
At the outset of the 19th century, the Jewish population increased considerably. In 1812 there were 352 Jews in Buczacz, 696 men and 768 women. Altogether, there were 1464 persons. [28] Most of the Jews dealt in trade and tavern keeping, occupations in which, however, Jews were under serious restrictions. Also in this period Buczacz was the commercial center of the estates.Here was concentrated all crop and cattle trade along with trade in all other agricultural products, all run by Jews. The community was in debt from the days of autonomy in Poland, but slowly managed to pay off the sum of 10,675 gulden. Eventually, they became administratively sound. In 1831 a cholera epidemic caused the death of 600 Jews. This was also the year in which the great synagogue burned to the ground. [29] With the help of Mikolai Potocki the synagogue was rebuilt in the town's center. However, on July 29th, 1865 a huge fire burst out in which the synagogue together with 220 houses were destroyed.
The community did not suffer from domestic conflicts between the misnagdim and the hasidim on the one hand, and between the above two and the maskilim on the other.
A distinguished and highly moral individual who had great influence over the community was R' Avraham David Ben-Asher Wahrman, who served as Buczacz's rabbi from 1813. R' Avraham David Wahrman, whose father was Anshil (Asher), son of R' David and whose mother was Rekhl, daughter of R' Avraham Rekhlis, was born on the sixth day of Adar 1771 in Nadvorne. His father was a man of his word, hence his nickname, Wahrman, later became his surname. R' Asher was a great scholar and a merchant, a distinguished citizen in his land. In addition to Jewish studies, his son was taught arithmetic, German and Polish. It proved difficult to find a teacher for the son by the time he reached the age of nine – he was that advanced. (Another young man at the time who excelled in his studies was Shlomo Kopler, who years later became a tax farmer with control of the candle tax and oppressed Galician Jews no end.)In 1780 the Gaon Meshulam Igra visited Nadvorne and was amazed at the boy's knowledge of the Talmud and predicted a great future for him as a Gaon. At the time, word about the boy came to the ears of R' Tsvi Hirsh Kara of Buczacz who wanted R' Avraham David for a son-in-law and visited Nadvorne to arrange for a marriage agreement with the boy's father. After his marriage, while staying at his father-in-law's house, R' Avraham David befriended Rabbi Khayim, who was later appointed head of the Czernowicz rabbinic court (author of Be'er mayim khayim on the Torah).
Already in his youth R' Avraham David corresponded with R' Yaakov of Lisa (author of Khavot daat ), who was known for his critical acuity and who found fault in all the contemporary authorities.However, he greatly respected R' Avraham David as well as the Gaon R' Neta, head of the Podheytse rabbinic court and a well known cabalist. R' Avraham David delved deeply into the Kabala. In 1791 he was appointed rabbi of Biazlovits, where he broadened his studies not only in the sea of talmudics and exegetics, but also studied mathematics, astronomy and natural history. He did so, in his words, to answer heretics – the early talmudists also did not neglect worldly subjects and useful sciences.
With particular devotion he also gave himself to the study of cabala. During the period in which he occupied the Biazlovits pulpit, he became acquainted with R' Levi-Yitskhak of Barditshev who visited the nearby village of Romalov and was deeply impressed by R' Avraham David's personality and belief. R' Avraham David was one of the Tsadik R' Moshe Leyb of Sasov's students, and one of his followers.
The influence of hasidism was strongly felt in his writings, especially in Birkat David (published in 1805).
In 1814, after the death of his father-in-law, he inherited the former's rabbinical post.However, the community of Biazlovits was not willing to part with him. But Buczacz townsmen came in the night with wagons and moved R' Avraham David and his household to Buczacz bodily.
In Buczacz he had lasting influence over his community, and especially on many scholars who studied under him.These included R' Shlomo, head of the rabbinic court of Skala (author of Bet Shlomo ), and R' Khayim Ben Shlomo, head of the rabbinic court of Czernowicz, supporters of Besht hasidism. He attacked R' Yekhezkl Landa (author of Noda Be-Yehuda ) for his opposition to hasidism, and the authors of Siduro shel shabat (Puritsik 1818), Be'er mayim khayim (Czernowicz 1820, 1849), Shaar hatefila (Sodilkov 1833).[?He attacked] R' Shmerl, head of the rabbinic court of Rimolov, R' Moshe of Budzanov, R' Berl, head of the rabbinic court of Bayan, R' Fayvl Schreier, head of the rabbinic court of Bohorodtsani (authors of Giduley hakodesh, Mikdash me'at, Mishmeret hakodesh, Asefat zkeynim and one of the first Khovevey Tsion [Lovers of Zion] in Galicia.
During the same period, R' Wahrman was in close contact with Efraim Zalmen Margoliot of Brody. under whose influence hasidism grew and became more entrenched in Buczacz. Because of his closeness to hasidism, R' Wahrman's status as rabbi of Buczacz was compromised.The maskilim and the misnagdim, whose numbers were large, and who were represented well in community institutions, resented R' Abraham David Wahrman's hasidic leanings. They especially resented his introduction of half-day long prayers inspired by the Ari and the Zohar. Leading the opposition to him was the community leader R' Avish Shtern, founder of a synagogue in his name, known for his scholarship and one of the wealthiest men in the land.[30]
The maskilim would make no concessions to R' Wahrman, and one of them even submitted a memorandum to the state authorities in which he described the "deceitful acts" of the Buczacz hasidim.In the memorandum it is stated that the rabbi was deposed from his post because of his hasidic sins – something we do not know from any of the descriptions of his life. [31]
He was also accused of being a healer of the sick, and of hiding deserters from military conscription, smugglers and plain thieves – all out of pity for those fleeing their pursuers.
He died on the 29th of Tishri 1841. [32] Large numbers of hasidim attended his funeral and on his grave they swore loyalty to his principles.A mausoleum of especially large dimensions was erected over his grave, to which thousands of Jews streamed.
R' Avraham David Ben Asher Wahrman wrote eleven books. [33] His life was marked by great love of the people of Israel and by great enthusiasm.He held that through Torah man comes nearer to his inner self.
The increase in the number of hasidim led to conflict with the maskilim. Seeing that the head of the town supported them and the hasidic rabbis, the maskilim turned to the state authorities and pointed out the damages the hasidim were causing to the state.
On August 1841, Yosef Tefer, a Buczacz maskil, submitted a detailed account of the doings of the hasidim in Buczacz, and especially bitter complaints against the rebbe, who was the son and heir of Rabbi R' Avraham David Wahrman. [34] The memorandum tells us that he held the key to the mausoleum of his father, R' Avraham David.Anyone who wished to visit was required to donate a sum for his widow and a contribution for Erets-Yisrael.According to Tefer, his son was the one who added the surname "Wahrman" to his original name. Tefer recommends that the authorities demand a report on all donations for Erets-Yisrael and also suggests that he be prohibited from assembling his hasidim and from conducting prayers on his father's grave, and that an end be put to the deceitful acts performed there.
For this purpose a specially authorized official should be sent to dismantle the mausoleum and to remove the gravestone which stirs the hasidim to perform their demonic dances.However, the town owner and the local authorities are indifferent to all of this, since the flow of hasidim into the town means money in its coffers. Tefer himself used to be a merchant in Buczacz, where he was born and raised, but moved to Tarnopol and is happy for having left the hasidic hell in Buczacz. But the fate of his brethren prompts his concern. The hasidim scorn work and education and they neither know how to be nor wish to be useful citizens. Their rebbe preaches sectarianism and a life of idleness, as opposed to Tarnopol, where Jews work and earn the respect of their fellow citizens.
Perceptible changes took place in the community after 1848.The influence of the maskilim led to improvements in education. While Buczacz did not play as important a role in the haskala [Enlightenment] movement as did Tarnopol. Brody, or Tishminitse [Tysmienica], it already contained many circles which encouraged aspirations towards education and cultural progress among the Jews.
Within the community, administrative control was in the hands of the haredim [Orthodox]. There were twelve synagogues in the town and thirty-six minyanim [quorums].No rabbi was appointed after R' Wahrman's death.Rabbi R' Tsadok Rinek served for several years. After 1853, Rabbi R' Avraham Ben Tsvi Hirsh Teumim, formerly rabbi in Zborov (author of Khesed le-Avraham], served as rabbi. He died in 1862. [35]
Thanks to its stratum of maskilim and to the legal status of Galician Jewry, Buczacz Jews occupied an important place in the municipal administration. Of the thirty members of the municipality, 12 representatives were Jewish; nine were Poles and nine were Ruthenians [Ukrainians].
When Jews were allowed to own real estate after 1860, Buczacz Jews also requested that they be allowed to purchase real estate.
In 1860, two Jews, Feuerstein and Hofman, asked to have estates which they had bought illegally, registered in the land registry. [36]
In the constitutional period of Austria beginning in 1867, Buczacz began to fill an important role in the life of Galician Jewry. Buczacz was united with Sniatyn and Kolomea to form a single electoral region with a large Jewish population. This made it possible to elect a Jewish representative to the Galician Sejm and, later, to the Viennese parliament. In 1868 Dr. Maximillian Landsberger was elected representative to the Sejm and from there he went as representative to the Viennese parliament. In those days delegates were not elected directly but by regional parliaments (Landtage).Dr. Landsberger completed his studies at the University of Vienna, and afterwards became a well known lawyer in Lvov, where he was active in community affairs. In 1840 he took part in founding the committee for building a reform synagogue [bet kneset leneorim 'synagogue for the enlightened'] in Lvov.But this did not prevent him from opposing the maskilim and cooperating with the Orthodox Meir Mints in 1842 in a community issue. It is no wonder that an organ of the progressive maskilim in Vienna published a report from Lvov accusing Dr. Landsberger and Dr. Mahl of having joined them out of personal motives, since the authorities had not elected them to the community council, where maskilim were the majority. In the years 1848-1863 he was a member of the Lvov city council and from 1865 also a parnas [leader] of the Lvov Jewish community.
After 1856, the year in which Mark Dobes, the Kolomea [37] -Sniatyn-Buczacz delegate to the Galician Sejm died, Dr. Landsberger was elected in his place; he was elected a second time in 1867and served until 1873. Actually he was a delegate only up to 1870. In that year the Poles left the parliament because of disagreements with the central government over Galician autonomy. Landsberger left the parliament together with the Poles, leaving Galician Jewry without representation in the Viennese parliament until 1873; in 1870 he also gave up his mandate to the Galician Sejm.
Helped by an alliance with the Ukrainians, Dr. Oswald Honigsman (1824-1880) was elected in direct balloting as delegate from Kolomea-Buczacz. He was a native of Risha who had completed his studies at the University of Vienna. In the years 1861-1866 he represented the Jews of Lvov on the Lvov municipal council together with Dr. Landsberger, Dr. Kulisher and Mark Dobes.In 1861 he was chosen to represent the progressives on the Lvov community committee and in 1867 he was selected in Brody to take the place of Meir Kalir in the Galician Sejm. In a debate in the Sejm on the abolition of restrictions upon Galician Jews, he stressed that he spoke as a Polish assimilationist. Despite such views, after his election as a parliamentary delegate he joined the other Jewish delegates from Galicia – Dr. Joachim Landa (Brody), Nathan Kalir (Brody) and Herman Mieses (Drohowic) – in the constitutional party (Verfassungpartei), not like the delegate from Krakow, Albert Mendelsburg, who joined the Polish fraction. This Jewish separatism continued until 1879. In the elections held in 1879 the Jews of Buczacz-Sniatyn-Kolomea chose as their delegate the Krakow rabbi, R' Shimon Shreiber, who joined the Polish fraction.
Following his death in 1883, a meeting of voters decided to suggest the candidacy of the renowned Viennese rabbi and author, Dr. Joseph Samuel Bloch, who was born in Dokla and was famous at the time for his courageous and proud struggle against Prof. Dr. Rohling and his book “Der Talmud-Jude.” The Jewish political organization in Galicia, Shomer Yisrael [Guardian of Israel], understood this candidacy as an action against them, and turned to the Jewish voters in the Kolomea-Sniatyn-Buczaczdistrict in order to present a candidate of their own. Also the Polish press attacked Dr. Bloch's candidacy on the grounds that he was a Viennese rabbi who neither knew Galicia nor spoke Polish. [38] Dr. Bloch, on the other hand, stated that he would join the Polish faction in the Parliament. Counter to the decisions of Shomer Yisrael, the Main Voting Committee of Lvov, and the wishes of the authorities, Dr. Bloch was elected a delegate to the Viennese parliament. He received 1460 votes as opposed to the 983 votes for the university professor from Krakow Dr. Warschauer. In 1885, elections for the new parliament were held. Once again Dr. Bloch met with the opposition ofofficial circles. On May 2nd, 1885 a voting committee announced Bloch's candidacy at the Buczacz synagogue. The Central Voting Committee in Lvov put forward their candidate, Dr. Emil Bik. The election struggle was a fierce one. Dr. Bik, besides having the support of the authorities, the community leaders and the mayors, had large sums of money with which to buy votes. In Buczacz, Mayor Berish Shtern declared that Bloch would not receive over one hundred votes. [39] Dr. Bloch was promised by the Galician governor that his representative would be allowed to be present at the polling booth at the time of the elections.
When Dr. Bloch arrived in Buczacz, he was forced to stay in a private home because the district minister forbade the hotel owners from entertaining him. Berish Shtern added to the voters' list names of deceased citizens and was confident Bloch would fail. He did not hesitate to inform the Christians that Dr. Bloch was anti-Christian. Dr. Bloch writes in his memoirs about election day in Buczacz, a day on which the Jews of Galicia openly and daringly opposed the community and municipality leaders and fought for their public rights.
The delegate of the national central electoral committee, Jan Dubrzanski, a well known anti-Semite, declared at the voters' assembly: “If you vote for Dr. Bloch, you will live to regret it. Not only the town, but every single voter will feel the wrath of the entire country.”
The Jewish mayor of Buczazc told the Christian inhabitants that the Jews were defending Dr. Bloch because of his hatred of Christians and because he wanted to imprison two respectable Catholic priests. Public notices, written by Jewish lawyers, appealed to the fanatic Jew-haters to fight the battle of the Jewish delegate, Dr. Emil Bik.
“On election day and on several days preceding it, I was in Buczacz. Two days prior to the elections, Jewish voters still hadn't received any identification cards or ballot slips. During these two days (Saturday and Sunday) all the Jewish voters assembled before the town hall awaiting these papers. They did not budge for a moment. Sabbath prayers were recited under the stars. But Mr. Mayor (Shtern), who with my help was saved in the past from bankruptcy, did not want to give out a single card. Telegrams were sent to the district governor and the governor of Galicia, who gave orders to provide the voters with the proper documents.The Mayor "complied" – he handed out 20 ballot slips."
"The struggle commenced anew. Voters ran to the district governor, who ordered that they immediately be given identification cards and ballot slips -- on condition, however, that the distributed ballots all bore the name of Dr. Bik."
"One man who was acquainted with the electoral regulations went to the district governor in order to demand a copy of his identification papers. He received a slap in the face instead.
"However, the Jewish voters were not deterred and did not move from the field of battle".
"They kept on demanding identification cards and ballot slips. The gendarmes intervened and tried to drive away the grumbling crowd, but to no avail! When the gendarmes threatened with rifles, the crowd bared their chests and cried, 'Shoot!'"
"The struggle lasted two days. After repeated protests before the prime minister in Vienna and the district governor, the Jewish voters finally received 450 identification cards and ballot slips."
"On Monday morning everyone assembled at the synagogue and swore to God and their fellow townsmen that they would give their vote to the candidate of the Jews, Dr. Bloch. Everyone went to vote, not a single soul stayed behind. The results, which were counted behind closed doors, found 306 in favor of Bloch and 503 in favor of Bik. It should be stated that Buczacz had only 300 Christian voters. Mr. Shtern'strickery, once again, did not fail him. I was defeated.”[40]
However, the votes of the citizens of Kolomea were the decisive ones. Dr. Bloch won the elections by 28 votes.
In the Jewish streets of Galicia, you could witness the hustle and bustle of Jews happy and proud over their victory and Dr. Bik's defeat. For they saw Dr. Bik as a mere tool used by the Polish Galician authorities to undermine the success of a brave Jewish opponent of the anti-Semites.
These elections signaled the path of Galician Jewry in the future, and were a prelude to the national struggle of the Jewish people seeking national and civil recognition in 1907.
In 1891 Bloch again fought to gain the mandate in the district of Kolomea-Sniatyn-Buczacz.A wealthy candidate was put up against him in these elections as well. Leon Meizlish,[41] who resided in Paris and had financial means, was chosen at the advice of the rabbi of Belz, Mordechai Pelets (grandson of the Warsaw rabbi, R' Dov Berish Meizlish). He had the support of the Belz rabbi and President of the Makhzikey Hadat [Defenders of the Faith] Yitskhak Shreiber of Drohowic.Meizlish lost even though the elections cost him 800,000 gulden.He didn't dare to come to Buczacz. The assimilated Jews who grouped around the periodical Ojczyzna [Native Land] supported the candidacy of the Christian Count Starzinski
On March 4th –5th Dr. Bloch was elected. He received 2128 votes, Count Starzinski 1778, and Meizlish 97. However, on October 22nd, 1895 Dr. Bloch relinquished his parliamentary seat and Dr. Maximilian Trachtenberg, mayor of Kolomea, was chosen in his place. Trachtenberg served as a parliamentary delegate until 1901. In the last parliament prior to the amendment of the electoral law in 1907, the representative of the Jews of Kolomea-Buczacz was Dr. Nathan Zeinfeld.
In the second half of the 19th century, the Jewish population of Buczacz grew. However, their percentage in the total population decreased.
In 1870 Buczacz counted a population of 8,959, out of whom 6,077 were Jews (67.9%); in 1900 in a population of 11,755, 6,730 were Jews (57.3%).
In 1892, with the help of the Baron Hirsh Fund, a Jewish school was founded with 262 pupils. In 1907, 180 pupils studied at the Baron Hirsh Fund school. In 1908, the gymnasium [high school] had 696 pupils, of whom 216 were Jewish.
The economic picture had not changed. Most Jews made a living from various forms of commerce. Export trade (grains, agricultural produce and timber) in particular grew. Many Jews also engaged in crafts. At the end of the 19th century factories and workshops were built that provided work for many Polish Jews in the manufacture of bricks, lime, soap, candles and in operating water mills and breweries.
In the seventies, the maskilim of Buczacz founded the “Bet HaMidrash” Library and the Lacznosc [Contact] Club, which were centers for the best of the Jewish intelligentsia. Among the lovers of Hebrew literature and the maskilim in Buczazc we should mention Wolf Bik, Berish Bochheim, Abba Shtern, Ezra Danberg, Pohorila – a Hebrew author and translator, Yaakov Frenkel, Pesakh Frits, the playwright David Anderman [42] who wrote Emuna VeHaskala (Drohowic 1887). [43]
With the upsurge of the Zionist movement in Galicia in the late 1880s, even the most prominent public personalities of Jewish Buczacz were impressed with the idea of the return to Zion. From a nationalist point of view, the first seeds of national awareness were sown in the electoral struggles of 1883 and 1885.
Despite this revival, no movement was founded that could unite all Jews around theZionist movement, which was already active in other eastern Galician towns. In 1892 efforts were made to found a Zion Society and slowly the Zionist idea started to spread among all classes of Jews, especially among the young. They understood that a change in the life of the Jewish people was necessary, and in order to achieve such a goal the Jews needed to unite. In 1893, the Zion Society was founded. On April 31st, 1894, the first public meeting was held; Dr. Tsipper and David Maltz spoke, explaining the essentials of Zionism. At this meeting it was unanimously decided to broaden the Zion Society; a committee was chosen which was empowered by the executive committee headed by Wolf Tseimer to organize the society on the basis of properly written statutes.
In addition, two meetings were held at the club of the Jewish intelligentsia, “Kesher” (Lacznosc), in which Dr. Tsipper and Dr. Maltz discussed the Zionist plan and answered questions during the debate. Also attending these meetings was the head of the Jewish community, Abba Shtern [44], who was mayor from 1879.
Following this meeting, the executive committee issued a circular that was composed by the Hebrew author, Yitskhak Fernhof:
“Brothers! From the day the people of Israel went into exile and ceased to be a nation settled on its own land, ever since our dispersion among the nations, scattered to remote lands and distant islands, we have been hated and oppressed for no reason.Even in these days of freedom and liberty when there is one constitution and one law for all – on paper, we are still persecuted. For not much has changed and we continue to be exploited and fractured, harassed by the anti-Semites from without and by our own disunity from within. The people has given its support to various parties and if our enemies shoot their arrows of hate at us for doing so, at least we are not guilty.But if we allow differences among ourselves to consume us and destroy every remnant of national feeling, our sins will be beyond forgiveness. Thus to you, our brothers, we call out: 'Awake! Let us be truly united! Let us bridge the great gap that divides the tribes, that separates the younger generation – lawyers, doctors, writers, merchants – from craftsmen of all kinds. Don't scorn your neighbor, but rather with national feeling unite behind one idea as our ancestors did – which is what preserved them throughout the ages despite the hostile designs of their enemies.Let us walk hand in hand; let us learn to value ourselves, to recognize our talents.If we say to Zion, 'You are my people', no weapon will defeat us. Therefore listen to what the Zion Society says: 'Unite in every community and become one deeply unified association; help one another; feel responsible for your oppressed brothers who go up to our Holy Land to work the soil. Let every one do what he can to help his brother generally. My aim is to unite you in spreading and extolling knowledge of our national goals to our people in a wholly non-partisan manner. The means by which they can achieve this goal are as follows:
Foster the study of Hebrew and broaden knowledge of the history of the Jewish people and its literature.
Give talks and lectures on the above goals.
Celebrate anniversaries and holidays of our literary history.
Found libraries and establish reading rooms. Let us have friendship and togetherness as we move toward our goals. [45]
These words were directed also to the Jews in the vicinity, calling them to join the nationalist movement and to found Zion societies like the one in Buczacz.
At its first general meeting on June 17th, 1894, the society was already organized according to set statutes. On this occasion Dr. Gershon Tsipper and Rabbi Mendel Leibush Landa of Przemyshl spoke in Yiddish and Hebrew. Both of them succeeded in recruiting many new members. The first committee was chosen, with Wolf (Wilhelm) Tsimmer as President, Shmuel Taller as Vice-President, Yehoshua Hollander as Treasurer, the Hebrew writer Yitskhak Fernhof and Fishl Engelstein as Hebrew Secretaries, Dr. Zigmund Goldshtaub as Secretary in the Polish language, and Yaakov M. Fernhof, Moshe Wisser, Shmuel Neiman, Arnold Ringel, Shimon Hecht and Ayzik Bergshtof as committee members. [46]
In that year the Zion Society had 300 members. The society developed nicely thanks to Dr. Goldshtaub, Shmuel Neiman and Yitskhak Fernhof, who spread the Zionist idea in study houses and synagogues, as well as among circles of the Jewish intelligentsia, who were quite indifferent to Jewish matters.
The Zion Society also founded a “Bet Mikra” [study program] for high school students. They met daily for Hebrew and Jewish studies under Mordechai Kanfer, who was also a Hebrew writer, and Yitskhak Fernhof. [47] Together with the founding ofbranches of the Zion Colonization Company in Vienna, a branch called "Erets-Yisrael" was also founded in Buczacz. Its active members included Wolf Tseimer, Anzelm Muzler, Arnold Ringel, Shmuel Taller and Yitskhak Fernhof.
In 1898 there were 150 members in the Zion Society, at whose head stood Hirsh Shtern. The finest of the youth and of the Jewish intelligentsia joined the Zionist movement. In the early 1890s a workers' association was founded by Dr. Anshl Muzler, but it failed to gather the Jewish youth around it.
Buczacz became one of the most important Zionist strongholds of eastern Galicia, giving the movement many hardworking activists.
Archive of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vienna. Galician Protocol Books 1776-1777.From September 1776 no. 48. Decret an das galizische Gubernium ado. 23 August 1776. Back
Pilleriana, 11 October 1787. Back
Gershom Bader, Medina vekhokhmeho, New York, 1934, p. 80. He reports that he heard these things from his grandfather who knew Pinkhas Pav. Back
Archive of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vienna. vol. 4, 11 carton 2579. Back
X. Sadok Baracz, Pamiatki Buczaczkie, Lwow, 1882, p. 36. Back
Vol. 41. carton 2582, no. 143, ex October 1812. Back
X. Sadok Baracz, p. 37. Back
Rabbi Alter Meyer, "Rabbi Abraham David of Buczacz," Haaretz 17th December 1946. Back
Tefer's memorandum is given in Raphael Mahler, Der kamf tsvishn khsides un haskole in galitsye, New York, 1942, p. 248. Back
This is the inscription on his gravestone:
Crown of the Law
Gaon of Israel Hidden Light, Lofty and Mysterious
Sacred Light, Light of the World
Faithful Shepherd, Prince of Peace
Glorious Holiness, Of Infinite Knowledge
Pure Light, Sanctuary
Preacher of the Book, Emerald and Diamond
Honest and Faithful, Truthful and Complete
David King of Israel Doer of Many Deeds
His Holy Soul went forth on the 29th of Tishri, 1841
Our Holy Rabbi, Great in His Generation
Righteous Foundation of the World
Our Father Abraham David Our King
Our Teacher, May He Be Remembered Forever
He Was a Crown to the Rabbinate for Fifty Years
May His Soul Rest in Peace
(Printed in Eliyahu Tsvi Shmerlir, Sefer Toldot HaRaba"d, Lwow, 1890 [a rare book].Back
Daat kedoshim (Lwow, 1871, 3 parts on the halakhic laws regarding slaughtering and unclean animals;
Mishmeret hakodesh (Lwow, 1879);
Eshel Avraham (Lwow, 1872);
Birkat David (1805);
Makhaze Avraham (Lwow, 1872);
Imrot tehorot (Lwow, 1879);
Tfila leDavid (Lwow 1886);
Tehila leDavid (Lwow, 1872);
Divrey avot [beyur al masekhet Avot (Lwow 1876) ;
Eshel Avraham [Beyur al haHagada shel Pesakh];
Ezer mekudash [al Shulkhan HaArukh] Even haezer (Lwow).A number of manuscripts remained in the hands of the family in addition to the above items. Back
In a memorandum he is called R. Abraham David Kara, but this is an error.He was the father-in-law of Rabbi Kara.
34a. Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums, 1853, no. 34, p. 426. An article from Buczacz. After the attempted assasination of Kaiser Franz Josef the First, the congregation held a prayer meeting in the synagogue.Rabbi Tsadok Rinek spoke and he printed his address in a pamphlet which he sent to the Kaiser's mother.Rinek received a letter of thanks from her. Back
He was the son of the daugher of the famous Gaon R' Jacob of Lisa. Back
Archive of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vienna, vol. 42 Besitz. Back
After his death, the mayor and the city council of Kolomea asked the Representative for Galicia to exempt the Kolomea-Sniatyn-Buczacz region from holding elections.It could be expected that a Jewish delegate would be elected, since most of the region was Jewish.It was therefor preferable to first change the election laws and to stipulate that the results be valid only if a third of the votes were those of Christian citizens.An article from Kolomea in Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums, 1865, p. 338. Back
Israelit. Lemberg, 1883, no. 9. Back
Samuel L. Bloch. Erinnerungen aus meinen Leben, Wien, 1922, p. 231. A Hebrew translation by Sh. Shalom was published in Tel-Aviv.Dr. Bloch writes in his memoirs: "On my way to Buczacz I spent several days in Stanislaw as a guest of the Halperin and Lipe Horovitz families.There I met Horace Shor, a likeable young maskil, liberal in his thinking, and a friend of that "outstanding" mayor of Buczacz, Berish Stern. This young man whispered to me: 'Honorable Dr. Bloch, why nurse illusions.What use to you are the voters if Berish Stern sits near the ballot box and counts the votes together with the District Representative.He has told me that you won't get more than a hundred votes'."(The above citation in Hebrew is found in the Shalom translation of the Bloch memoirs, vol. 1, p. 172). Back
Zikhronot [see footnote 39 above], pp. 173-4. Back
Inthese elections, the masses sang a satirical song in Yiddish.The first stanza was;
Kinderlekh getraye / Di gantse khevraye / Mir zoln ale iber a yor derlebn/Men darf shoyn geyn / Tsu Mayzles levaye / Un far Blokhen di shtim opgebn.
[Faithful fellows / The whole gang / Let's wish ourselves many happy returns / Now we have to go/ To Maizel's funeral / And to give our vote to Bloch.] Back
He moved to Brody in 1888. He died in Vienna on the 9th of Menakhem Av 1924. In 1913 he visited Erets-Yisrael. Back
The bookseller R' Alter Miller also lived in Buczacz in these years.He was the father of the well known learned orientalist Professor Ts. H. Miller (1846-1912). Back
Przyszlosc 1894, p. 151. Back
HaMagid, 1894, vol. 25, p. 205; Przyszlosc 1894, no, 19, p. 225 Back
HaMagid, 1894, vol. 25, p. 205. Back
List of Buczacz town owners.
The 1699 Statute.
Statutes regarding Jewish craftsmen.
The community's commitment to supply tallow to the Ukrainian church (1747) [this appendix is absent from this book both in Polish and in Hebrew]
A certificate of ownership from 1785.
List of Buczacz town owners
[appears in Hebrew only]
Gabriel Bucacki Starosta of Kamenets 1260.
Mikolau Viboda of Podolia.
Jerzy.
Mikhael Castellan of Halic, fell in 1438 in a battle with the Tatars.
Teodor Starosta of Kamenets, fell in the battle of Wallachia in 1450.
Jan Mikolai, also called Muzylo.
Jakob Castellan of Halic.
Mikhael Starosta of Sniatyn.
Jakob Khashman of Pluck, with whom ended the male line of Bucackis.
The town became the possession of Katerina, wife of Jan Taburovski, who died in 1547.
His son Jacob, who was calledBucacki.
His son Jan Krzishtoff (1572-1612).
His brother Jan.
Jan's wife from the Potocki family.
Stefan Potocki, died 1631.
His son Jan Potocki died in 1673.
His son Stefan gave the town and the Jews statutes.He died in 1727.
His son Mikolai left the Catholic church and joined the Ruthenian [Ukrainian] church, He died in 1782. He gave over the town in 1770 to his relative Jan Potocki.
Jan Potocki.
His twin brothers Kaytan (1751-1814) and Pavel (1751-1818).
Grandson of his brother Dominik Potocki, Adam Potocki died in 1870.
His sons Emil and Artur until the outbreak of World War One.
The 1699 Statute
[translated from the Hebrew translation of the Polish original]
Stefan Potocki, owner of Potok and Buczacz, guardian of the supreme realm, Starosta of Tarambubla, Kaniuv, etc., etc.. I hereby announce to all those who must be informed that the Jews and their community in the town of Buczacz have lost, due to the destruction brought upon by the enemy, the statutes regarding the privileges they were given by the previous town owners. I therefore am renewing them and permitting the Jews to settle in my aforementioned estates. They are allowed to live in Buczacz, to freely engage in trade and crafts according to their professions and needs.
To these Jews I hereby first of all give a winery for the period of 12 years with the condition that they are exempted from all obligation to the castle. When this period is over, they are to pay one taller for each house and half a taller for each auxiliary structure [batim akhoriim 'outhouses'?]. I permit the Jews, according to the previous statute, to use the road that passes through the church walls and the priests's house and leads to the synagogue situated by the Stripa River. I also hereby permit the Jews permanent use of this synagogue, which their fathers built at their own expense, Furthermore they may use the cemetery situated at the outskirts of town and may, if need be, enlarge it by 10 cubits and build a surrounding wall. They may also build in this cemetery in the customary manner a house, and settle in it a resident who will be exempt from all obligations and taxes.
The Jews are not subject to the town's laws and to its jurisdiction. Judgement of misdemeanors as well as of serious crimes will be made by me, and in my absence by the castle commissioner in Buczacz. The Jews must abide by his word in the case of a complaint against them until such a time as the laws and privileges are decided upon regarding all of the towns of His Excellency the King.
If it so happens that in my absence the Jews find my commissioner's ruling to be excessively harsh, they are to be given the right of appeal before me!Nor should they be forbidden recourse to the judgement of their rabbinic court, depending on the nature of the matter concerned.
Furthermore, the Jews of Buczacz are to be exempted of all duties to the castle and the economy that are usually performed by their fellow townsmen. Jewish butchers are exempt from slaughtering swine for the castle. However, it is the duty of each and every one of them to give a stone of tallow annually, and to slaughter animals [behemot 'cattle'; 'animals'] whenever so required.
They must give my podstarosta ['sub-head of castle'] in Buczacz a haunch of meat every week.
The weekly fair is not to be held on the Sabbath, nor are Jews to be tried on that day. They are not to be imprisoned in a cold cell except in cases of theft or penal crimes.
In municipal matters concerning bills and accounts, a leader of the Jewish community [parnas], elected for this purpose, is to participate. The hospital and the homes of the rabbi and cantor are exempt from all taxes. The Jews of Buczacz are also entitled to purchase houses from their Christian fellow townsmen. They may establish breweries and wineries. According to the old custom, they are to pay 6 gulden for each barrel of wine that contains 10 jugs, and 8 gulden for each barrel of beer. They are to be exempted from pasture fees as well.
They may purchase anything and engage in wholesale and retail trade. The Jew must not hinder any purchase by a Christian just as a Christian must not hinder any purchase by a Jew. Those who will hinder the affairs of another will be fined 10 grzibni.
I also hereby warn the Jews from attempting to purchase any ritual objects of the church. All other types of trade are permitted.
In times of enemy attack they must participate in the defense of the castle.
In order to give greater validity to these paragraphs and conditions, I hereby sign in my own hand with my customary signature.
Given in Buczacz on May 20th, 1699.
Stefan Potocki
Straznik* Vilki* Koronzi
* High-ranking warlord.
Statutes regarding Jewish craftsmen
(translated from the Hebrew translation of the Polish original)
Buczacz has many craftsmen of different religions, such as the Polish, the Greek and the Jewish. It has tailors, furriers, whitewashers, shoemakers, locksmiths, butchers, and those who belong to other guilds, among whom there are many Jews. Anyone is permitted to come and settle in Buczacz on the condition that he join the guild of his craft. Once a Jew becomes a guild member, he is authorized to sell any product. The Catholic and Greek are accustomed to contributing tallow and are rquired to join in church processions and requiems, from which the Jews are exempt. However, Jews who are members of a guild must pay the guild any sum that Christians are asked to pay.
They must also give donations for the purchase of tallow for the church and for all other needs.
Given in Buczacz on November 8th, 1706.
Stefen Potocki
A contractual certificate from 1785
A memorandum regarding the matter signed upon by the witnesses whose names appear below:
There appeared before us Khayim Gavriel Ben Pesakh of Tarambubla, a resident of Buczacz, who said to us: "I took from here as wife Liba Bat Yitskhak Leyb when she was still a virgin and now she is my wife – wed under the canopy according to the laws of Moses and Israel – and now that I have seen her devotion to me, I wish to increase her original dowry before the witnesses whose names appear below according to the law of possession or contractual ownership.
He declared before us that according to the original ketuba [marriage contract], he Khayim Gavriel Ben Pesakh said to his wife Liba Bat Yitskhak Leyb: "Become my wife according to the religion of Moses and Israel and I will take care of you, maintain you and provide your apparel according to Jewish custom which obligates one to provide for his wife and clothe her, and I will give you a dowry worthy of you according to the ten commandments in the amount of 200 Polish gulden for household maintenance, clothes and all your other needs as well as a pleasant home such as is fitting for the aforementioned bride Liba. What she brought with her from her father's house in the way ofmoney, home utensils and linens, Khayim Gavriel evaluates at 100 gulden, equal to 200 fine silver gulden, and now that the aforementioned Khayim Gavriel wishes to increase the dowry and in effect has increased it, and it will come to a sum of 670 gulden, excepting the 200 gulden and the jewels she brought and all the jewels and clothes which now belong to her and those she will receive in the future from her husband.
The aforementioned also agreed that he and his heirs will pay her from his entire present and future estate the above dowry and certainly the original dowry and the additional one, even including his clothingThis dowry is valid and certified according to all the rabbinical statutes.
We received these instructions from the aforementioned Khayim Gavriel for his wife Liba Bat Yitskhak Leyb with a kerchief [mitpakhat 'kerchief held by both parties to a contractual agreement'] and in order to make it valid we sign below on this day the 20th of Tammuz takm"h according to the Hebrew calendar and the 20th of August 1785 according to the Polish calendar here in Buczcaz.
Hirsh Kara, Head of the Rabbinical Court in Buczacz
Dayan [religious court judge] Akiba of Podheytser
(S. Baracz, Documents of the Buczacz Court, pp. 22-24)
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Tag: Rowena’s Anticipated Reads
Our Most Anticipated Reads of 2020
Posted January 13, 2020 by Rowena in Features | 3 Comments
The Darkest King (Lords of the Underworld #15) by Gena Showalter
A merciless prince feared by all…
Cursed by a vengeful witch, William of the Dark will die if he ever falls in love—murdered by the woman who steals his heart. His lone shot at redemption is a book filled with indecipherable code. Break the code, break the curse. Now, centuries later, he’s condemned to a string of one-night stands…until he finds the only woman in the worlds able to set him free.
A rare creature of myth and power…
One of the last living unicorn shifters, Sunday “Sunny” Lane works from the shadows as a cryptanalyst, on the run from assassins and poachers. Then the darkly seductive William abducts her, holding her captive in Hell. The closer they get, the more she hungers for his touch…and the stronger a mystical desire to kill him becomes…
Both forever doomed?
At war with his brother, Lucifer, and determined to become a king of the underworld at long last, William must resist the irreverent beauty who threatens his future. But every day Sunny tempts him more, his hunger for her unmatched. Will he risk his heart—and his life—or will the curse ensure his end?
Casee: William. Finally!
Alpha Night (Psy-Changeling Trinity #4) by Nalini Singh
Mating at first sight is a myth, a fairytale. Yet Selenka’s wolf is resolute: Ethan Night, broken Arrow and a man capable of obsessive devotion, is the mate it has chosen. Even if the mating bond is full of static and not quite as it should be. Because Selenka’s new mate has a terrible secret, his mind surging with a power that is a creature of madness and death…
Casee: I’m behind on this series, but this one sounds great.
Knight Awakening (Scorpius Syndrome #6) by Rebecca Zanetti
The Line Between Obsession and Love has Disappeared
The world has changed. Any rules that might’ve been in place before the Scorpius bacterium ripped through civilization and decreased its population are no longer in place. Obsession and survival are the new reality. So, Marcus Knight, after a hellish time in captivity that stole most of his memory and all of his soul, has one focus, and that’s keeping Dr. Penelope Kim safe in the aftermath. She’d risked her life to save him once, and she’s all that matters. For months, he’s kept his distance, protecting her from afar, because he knows that one touch—one sigh—one kiss—from her will never be enough.
Passion is a Dangerous and Deadly Temptation
Penny Kim is one of the few doctors still living, and she alone holds the key to ensuring the human race continues. Several of her friends are pregnant, and the clock is ticking down on their survival. Her days are filled with experiments and hope, while her nights are consumed with visions and dreams of the hard-bodied and powerful soldier who’s made her safety his one and only mission. She should be wary of him; she should be terrified of him. Yet all she feels is an unreal craving for his touch that gets stronger every day. Life is short, and she’s unwilling to wait, unaware of the danger already hunting them both. Some risks are worth it, even in this new and dangerous world.]
Casee: I have long awaited Penny and Marcus’ book.
Shadow Flight (Shadow Riders #5) by Christine Feehan
Nicoletta Gomez was a terrified teenager when Taviano Ferraro and his brother saved her life. Ever since, she’s been trying to rise above what was done to her, molding herself into a survivor under the protective eyes of the Ferraro family. All the while, she’s been falling hopelessly in love with the man who knows her darkest secrets.…
With one look, Taviano knew that Nicoletta was his, just as he felt their shadows connect. But no matter how much he wanted to claim her, he knew she needed time to become her own woman. When Nicoletta once again finds herself in the sights of dangerous men, a split-second decision has Taviano breaking all of the Ferraro family’s rules to keep her safe. And as far as he’s concerned, the reward is more than worth the risk.
Casee: This series isn’t for everyone, but it’s definitely for me.
The Fight for Forever (Legend Trilogy #3) by Meghan March
You can only keep what you can protect.
That’s all I’ve ever known. It’s the way I’ve lived my life.
Now, everything I never knew I needed is at risk, and I’m not letting anyone take it from me.
I won’t let anyone take her from me.
They say love is a battlefield, so I’m ready for war.
This time, it’s the fight for forever.
Casee: I’m really looking forward to the conclusion to this trilogy.
These are in no particular order. Rowena was mean and said I could only put down 5, so many are missing from this list. I was at 12 when she cut me off, and hadn’t even gotten through June yet. Still, these 5 are much anticipated by me.
A Heart of Blood and Ashes (A Gathering of Dragons #1) by Milla Vane
A generation past, the western realms were embroiled in endless war. Then the Destroyer came. From the blood and ashes he left behind, a tenuous alliance rose between the barbarian riders of Parsathe and the walled kingdoms of the south. That alliance is all that stands against the return of an ancient evil—until the barbarian king and queen are slain in an act of bloody betrayal.
Though forbidden by the alliance council to kill the corrupt king responsible for his parents’ murders, Maddek vows to avenge them, even if it costs him the Parsathean crown. But when he learns it was the king’s daughter who lured his parents to their deaths, the barbarian warrior is determined to make her pay.
Yet the woman Maddek captures is not what he expected. Though the last in a line of legendary warrior-queens, Yvenne is small and weak, and the sharpest weapons she wields are her mind and her tongue. Even more surprising is the marriage she proposes to unite them in their goals and to claim their thrones—because her desire for vengeance against her father burns even hotter than his own…
FINALLY we’re getting another book from Milla Vane (Meljean Brook). I can’t even begin to tell you how effing excited I am for this.
Chasing Cassandra (Vine Witch #2) by Lisa Kleypas
Everything has a price…
Railway magnate Tom Severin is wealthy and powerful enough to satisfy any desire as soon as it arises. Anything—or anyone—is his for the asking. It should be simple to find the perfect wife—and from his first glimpse of Lady Cassandra Ravenel, he’s determined to have her. But the beautiful and quick-witted Cassandra is equally determined to marry for love—the one thing he can’t give.
Everything except her…
Severin is the most compelling and attractive man Cassandra has ever met, even if his heart is frozen. But she has no interest in living in the fast-paced world of a ruthless man who always plays to win.
When a newfound enemy nearly destroys Cassandra’s reputation, Severin seizes the opportunity he’s been waiting for. As always, he gets what he wants—or does he? There’s one lesson Tom Severin has yet to learn from his new bride:
Never underestimate a Ravenel.
The chase for Cassandra’s hand may be over. But the chase for her heart has only just begun…
I’m super excited to learn more about Cassandra and Tom. They were both enigmas in the previous books. Plus, it’s Lisa Kleypas.
Dragon Unleashed (Fallen Empire #2) by Grace Draven
A dragon shapeshifter and a healer with power over the earth fight a corrupt empire in this thrilling and deeply emotional romantic fantasy from the USA Today bestselling author of Radiance.
Magic is outlawed in the Krael Empire and punishable by death. Born with the gift of earth magic, the free trader Halani keeps her dangerous secret closely guarded. When her uncle buys a mysterious artifact, a piece of bone belonging to a long-dead draga, Halani knows it’s far more than what it seems.
Dragas haven’t been seen for more than a century, and most believe them extinct. They’re wrong. Dragas still walk among the denizens of the Empire, disguised as humans. Malachus is a draga living on borrowed time. The magic that has protected him will soon turn on him–unless he finds a key part of his heritage. He has tracked it to a group of free traders, among them a grave-robbing earth witch who fascinates him as much as she frustrates him with her many secrets.
Unbeknownst to both, the Empire’s twisted empress searches for a draga of her own, to capture and kill as a trophy. As Malachus the hunter becomes the hunted, Halani must risk herself and all she loves to save him from the Empire’s machinations and his own lethal birthright.
This book was supposed to come out last year, but it got pushed back for some reason. I really hope we’re getting it in June after all. Fingers Crossed.
Smoke Bitten (Mercy Thompson #12) by Patricia Briggs
Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, faces a threat unlike any other in this thrilling entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.
I am Mercedes Athena Thompson Hauptman.
My only “superpowers” are that I turn into a thirty-five pound coyote and fix Volkswagens. But I have friends in odd places and a pack of werewolves at my back. It looks like I’m going to need them.
Centuries ago, the fae dwelt in Underhill–until she locked her doors against them. They left behind their great castles and troves of magical artifacts. They abandoned their prisoners and their pets. Without the fae to mind them, those creatures who remained behind roamed freely through Underhill wreaking havoc. Only the deadliest survived.
Now one of those prisoners has escaped. It can look like anyone, any creature it chooses. But if it bites you, it controls you. It lives for chaos and destruction. It can make you do anything–even kill the person you love the most. Now it is here, in the Tri-Cities. In my territory.
It won’t, can’t, remain.
Not if I have anything to say about it.
Any day we get another Mercy Thompson book is a good day.
Deal with the Devil (Mercenary Librarians #1) by Kit Rocha
Orphan Black meets the post-apocalyptic Avengers in the vein of Ilona Andrews’ Hidden Legacy series by USA Today and New York Times bestselling author duo Kit Rocha
The United States went belly up 45 years ago when our power grid was wiped out. Too few live in well-protected isolation while the rest of us scrape by on the margins. The only thing that matters is survival. By any means. At any cost.
Nina is an information broker with a mission: to bring hope to the darkest corners of Atlanta. She and her team of mercenary librarians use their knowledge to help those in need. But altruism doesn’t pay the bills—raiding vaults and collecting sensitive data is where the real money is.
Knox is a bitter, battle-weary supersoldier who leads the Silver Devils, an elite strike squad that chose to go AWOL rather than slaughter innocents. Before the Devils leave town for good, they need a biochem hacker to stabilize the experimental implants that grant their superhuman abilities.
The problem? Their hacker’s been kidnapped. And the ransom for her return is Nina. Knox has the perfect bait for a perfect trap: a lost Library of Congress server. The data could set Nina and her team up for years…
If they live that long.
At the Publisher’s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Two words: Mercenary. Librarians. COME TO MAMA.
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes a reimagining of the classic gothic suspense novel, a story about an isolated mansion in 1950s Mexico—and the brave socialite drawn to its treacherous secrets.
He is trying to poison me. You must come for me, Noemí. You have to save me.
After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she will find—her cousin’s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemí knows little about the region.
Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited for cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing. But she’s also tough and smart, with an indomitable will, and she is not afraid: Not of her cousin’s new husband, who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems to be fascinated by Noemí; and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemi’s dreams with visions of blood and doom.
Her only ally in this inhospitable abode is the family’s youngest son. Shy and gentle, he seems to want to help Noemí, but might also be hiding dark knowledge of his family’s past. For there are many secrets behind the walls of High Place. The family’s once colossal wealth and faded mining empire kept them from prying eyes, but as Noemí digs deeper she unearths stories of violence and madness.
And Noemí, mesmerized by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may soon find it impossible to ever leave this enigmatic house behind.
I’m sneaking a 6th onto this list because that cover and blurb are going it for me.
Queen Move by Kennedy Ryan
A second chance STANDALONE romance featuring Kimba from THE KINGMAKER & THE REBEL KING.
You do NOT have to read those books to enjoy this story.
I did not know that Kimba was getting her own set of books! Finding this book while browsing for 2020 releases brought me so much joy that I had to add this book to my most anticipated reads of 2020, first.
Kimba was the best friend that Lennix could ask for. She was fiercely loyal and protective of her loved ones and I was here for all of her goodness. I cannot wait to see who her love interest is. I am not going to lie, I’m hoping and praying that it’s David. Maxim’s friend David. The minute this book becomes available, I’m going to be on it like white on rice. Bring on main character Kimba!!
Emerald Blaze (Hidden Legacy #5) by Ilona Andrews
Ilona Andrews, #1 New York Times bestselling author, continues her spellbinding series set in the Hidden Legacy world where magic controls everything…except the hearts of those who wield it.
As Prime magic users, Catalina Baylor and her sisters have extraordinary powers—powers their ruthless grandmother would love to control. Catalina can earn her family some protection working as deputy to the Warden of Texas, overseeing breaches of magic law in the state, but that has risks as well. When House Baylor is under attack and monsters haunt her every step, Catalina is forced to rely on handsome, dangerous Alessandro Sagredo, the Prime who crushed her heart.
The nightmare that Alessandro has fought since childhood has come roaring back to life, but now Catalina is under threat. Not even his lifelong quest for revenge will stop him from keeping her safe, even if every battle could be his last. Because Catalina won’t rest until she stops the use of the illicit, power-granting serum that’s tearing their world apart.
Squee. I cannot wait to read more books from the Hidden Legacy series. I’m ready for more Catalina. More Arabella. More Baylors. And more Alessandro. Yeah buddy, this is definitely on my most anticipated reads list.
Daring and the Duke (The Bareknuckled Bastards #3) by Sarah MacLean
New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean returns with the final book in the Bareknuckle Bastards series focusing on the third brother Duke and the sweet Grace.
Grace Condry has spent a lifetime running from her past. Betrayed as a child by her only love and raised on the streets, she now hides in plain sight as queen of London’s darkest corners. Grace has a sharp mind and a powerful right hook and has never met an enemy she could not best, until the man she once loved returns.
Single-minded and ruthless, Ewan, Duke of Marwick, has spent a decade searching for the woman he never stopped loving. A long-ago gamble may have lost her forever, but Ewan will go to any lengths to win Grace back… and make her his duchess.
Reconciliation is the last thing Grace desires. Unable to forgive the past, she vows to take her revenge. But revenge requires keeping Ewan close, and soon her enemy seems to be something else altogether―something she can’t resist, even as he threatens the world she’s built, the life she’s claimed… and the heart she swore he’d never steal again.
Dude, we’re finally getting Grace and Ewan’s book. We’re finally getting their back story. We’re going to get to know all of the nitty-gritty shenanigans that led them to now. It’s going to be filled with so much drama and I am here for it all. Come to Mama, please!
The Earl Takes a Fancy (Sins for All Seasons #5) by Lorraine Heath
New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath pens another richly satisfying romance in her Sins for all Seasons series.
She’s looking for a nobleman to wed…
Though born out of wedlock, Fancy Trewlove is determined to fulfill her mother’s wish that she marry into nobility. Fancy’s keen intellect and finishing school manners make her the perfect wife for any gentleman—if he’s willing to overlook her scandalous lineage. But Fancy’s plans are thrown into chaos when an intriguing commoner begins visiting her bookshop—and she finds herself unable to stop thinking about him.
He’s looking to escape his title…
Widowed just a year ago, the reclusive Matthew Sommersby, Earl of Rosemont, has been besieged by women hoping to become his next wife. Desperate for anonymity, he sheds Society life to search for the peace that eludes him. Fancy’s shop is his one refuge, until the night their passion erupts into a kiss that nearly leads to her ruin—and leaves both longing for much more.
Together, they discover an unlikely love…
As Fancy finds herself torn between her family’s expectations and her growing feelings for Matthew, secrets are exposed—secrets that force Fancy to question if she can trust her heart’s desire…
Fancy’s book!!! I have wanted Fancy’s book since Mick’s book but she was much too young in Mick’s book so it’s time. It’s time for us to see a grown up Fancy, living her grown up life with her family, her bookstore, and finally meeting this Earl that takes a fancy. Squee, I can’t wait to dig into this one!
Heart and Seoul by Jen Frederick
A romantic K-drama duology in which a South Korean adoptee journey to Seoul to find her birth parents, but her mission threatens the position of a powerful female CEO and her heir.
It’s been a while since I’ve read anything by Jen Frederick but I’m really looking forward to reading this one. I’m not a die-hard K-Drama fan but the ones that I’ve watched, I’ve binged the shit out of them so yes, I’m mighty intrigued by this k-drama like story that Frederick is going to tell in this book. I’m so here for it.
There are plenty of other releases coming out in 2020 that didn’t make our shortlists. Which books are you most looking forward to reading in 2020? Share your most anticipated reads in the comments!
Tagged: Casee's Anticipated Reads, Holly's Anticipated Reads, Most Anticipated Books, Most Anticipated Reads, Rowena's Anticipated Reads
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16 Panels That I Don’t Think Work All That Well
April 16, 2007 CalamityJon 23 Comments
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GiantPanda
haha, awesome. I’m a frequent offender of several. Nr 1, 2, 9, 10 and especially nr 13 (feet in perspective *brrrrrr!*). The only one I don’t agree with is nr 1. I actually prefer talking heads with their mouth closed for most types of art unless there is a particular expression that is needed. For four through eight I think it’s ok to not redraw backgrounds for every panel.
Vir Bonus
I'll cede photostatting the backgrounds, but oh lord how I hate the photostatted foreground figure …
Danny Way
I think 8, when used well can convey a sense of awkwardness, however, I certainly use it quite a bit mainly due to laziness.
NeilCohn
I love this list not because of its judgments about people's usage, but because it identifies so many great patterns in the way people create panels. I wish more people would make lists of conventional patterns like this. I don't want to bogart your comments section, but if anyone's interested, I've written up a bit more about this article over at my blog.
——- Studying the Visual Language of "Comics" – http://www.emaki.net
xerexes
That's an interesting angle on Jon's comic. Folks jumping over to Neil's post unfamiliar with his previous writing might want to read through some of his Comics Theory 101 columns here at Comixpedia to understand better Neil's terms "visual language" and "art perspective".
Xaviar Xerexes
On second thought, let's not go to Comixpedia. It is a silly place.
dgwohl
Wow just about every one of those were Matt Groening's bread and butter in that series!
Max Vaehling
Damn, why didn’t I notice this earlier?
A lot of good stuff there, not so much on the these-pictures-are-stupid scale but on the this-has-been-done-a-lot field. Gotta agree with GiantPanda, though. I’ve used #1 a lot myself, for several good reasons.
One, still pistures of people with their mouths open tend to look stupid.
Then, sometimes there are two or more people talking in one panel. If they all have their mouths open, it will look as if they’re talking at the same time.
Most importantly, though: The purpose of the panel isn’t to show that someone is talking. The speech balloon covers that. The image should deliver emotional information on how the speech is delivered, and sometimes an open mouth just gives the wrong impression. Related to that, the image can focus on an entirely different action (like the Ridiculous Fight Scene mentioned in the comments). The image doesn’t follow the text or mark the moment when the text is being said. The image stands for itself, and the text illuminates an aspect of it.
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Ontos
"Had He Fallen into the Den of a Murderer?"
"Murderous London: A Story for Artists."
By W. P. Frith, R. A. (1819-1909).
First appearance: Time, November 1888.
Short short story (5 pages).
Online at Hathi Trust (HERE).
"One of them burkers lives here! he's been and tried to murder me!"
If he hadn't lived more than a century sooner, the "young man from the country" in our story could have, on reflection, taken some solace from Chesterton's observation: "The comedy of man survives the tragedy of man."
- We know from Wikipedia (HERE) that William Powell Frith was an eminent artist, the "greatest British painter of the social scene since Hogarth"; FictionMags's listing shows
four articles signed by him about his profession, so "Murderous London" may have been
his only foray into the fictionalized anecdote.
- A Bow Street Runner makes an appearance in our story; go to Wikipedia (HERE) for more about "London's first professional police force."
- For their activities William Burke and William Hare could not have escaped the notoriety that even today attaches to their names; for just about everything you'll ever need to know about these two gentlemen, see Wikipedia (HERE), The Worlds of Burke and Hare (HERE), Historic UK (HERE), and Wikipedia again (HERE) and (HERE).
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"A Bullet Starred the Plating Between the Gauges"
"The Ends of Justice."
By C. Langton Clarke (1857-1936).
First appearance: Adventure, February 1911.
Online at Archive.org (HERE).
"From back of the tender came the sound of a pistol-shot and a cry of agony."
Blood, they say, is thicker than water; sometimes, though, it can be even thicker than the iron-clad strictures of the law . . .
- FictionMags describes C. Langton Clarke: "Editor, journalist and engineer. Born in England; died in Toronto, Canada."
(Click on image to enlarge.)
- In case you're wondering what "ballast" might be, see the short article on American-Rails.com (HERE):
"Although it may just look like plain ole gravel this stone [ballast] plays a vital role in acting as a support base for the railroad ties and rails as well as allowing for proper drainage of water away from the rails (which is why the stone is always sloped downward and away from track)."
The bottom line: "For children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy."
― G. K. C.
"You Didn't Happen to See Which One Cut Your Throat?"
"Support Your Local Police."
By David Magil (?-?).
First appearance: Worlds of IF, July-August 1973.
Short story (13 pages).
(Parental caution: Some mild expletives.)
"Such a disorderly young lady! How come she was working for law and order?"
Detective Mike Winsor's humdrum life is going along about as badly as could be expected until he has a very close encounter with an eye-achingly gorgeous baby-doll ("Hi") who really, truly needs ten million dollars and—perhaps more significantly—absolutely refuses
to stay dead . . .
- David Magil's minuscule ISFDb bibliography is (HERE).
"Can You Get Sherlock Holmes by Wireless?"
"The Stolen Emerald."
By Harris Merton Lyon (1881-1916).
First appearance: Hampton's Magazine, March 1912.
Short short story (6 pages, 3 illos).
Online at Hathi Trust starting (HERE) and finishing (HERE).
(Note: Use "Full Screen" for the full effect.)
"H. says he can't come, as he is working on the case of the nearsighted crown jewel thief. Look up Mr. John Raffles, of 1111 Broadway."
When it comes to finding the purloined Nero emerald, the right man for the job might not be a man at all . . .
Typo: "the trouble had began"
- FictionMags's chronological list of Harris Merton Lyon's output from 1907 to his death in 1916 (with one posthumously published tale) shows that most of it was humorous stories.
- The reference to Arsène Lupin's picking the pocket of the Sage of Baker Street is from Maurice Leblanc's "Sherlock Holmes Arrives Too Late" (1907), online at David Stewart's collection (HERE).
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"Was There Sound, Mister, with Only a Deaf Man Living Near That Door, Passing It Twenty Times a Day"
"Cry Silence."
By Fredric Brown (1906-72).
First appearance: Black Mask, November 1948.
Reprinted in Black Mask (U.K.), April 1949; Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, October 1953; and Suspense (U.K.), January 1959 (FictionMags data).
Collected in The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories (2010) and Miss Darkness: The Great Short Crime Fiction of
Fredric Brown (2012).
Short short short story (4 pages).
Online at SFFAudio (HERE) (PDF).
"Would you try to save your wife from a killer? Seems like a simple question, but to Mandy's husband, it was one to stump the experts."
That silent man in the train station: should he be pitied—or executed?
- For a comprehensive background article on Fredric Brown, the crime writer (as distinct from his SFFnal output), see The Thrilling Detective (HERE).
- This story is discussed by Graham Powell at Nasty. Brutish. Short. (HERE), so beware of SPOILERS: "The twist ending to this short little shocker is worth the price of admission."
- ONTOS has already had several close encounters with Fredric Brown: (HERE), (HERE), (HERE), and (HERE).
I think the echoes of his shames have deafed
The ears of heavenly justice . . .
— Palamon
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"Anything That Old Battleax Got She Deserved—Provided There's a Corpus Delicti"
"Eau de Morgue."
By Arthur T. Harris (pseudonym, ?-?).
First appearance: Fantastic Universe, June 1956.
"Vengeance can be very complete when it ends with a refrain to the tender lyric: 'All of me!'"
Let's face it: Some relationships were never meant to last; while the song tells us that break-ing up is hard to do, in this instance a four-ounce bottle of Madame Outre's Shangri-La Bath Salts makes it oh-so-easy . . .
- A very short bibliography of Arthur T. Harris's stories is on the ISFDb (HERE).
- As to the "tender lyric" mentioned above ("All of Me," 1931), it would be easier to
name the performers who haven't recorded the tune; Willie Nelson's version on
YouTube (HERE; 3 minutes 52 seconds) is no worse than most.
"I Want This 'New York Roddy'!"
"Ev'rybody Likes a Gunman."
By Max Bonter (1882-?).
First appearance: Adventure, August 18, 1921.
(Note: Be sure to use the "Full Screen" function.)
". . . if you want me, you're not goin' to get me. You won't even get as far as that door!"
It really is a small world, isn't it, when you run afoul of somebody you ran afoul of twenty years ago . . .
Guys (and a doll):
~ The chief:
"Ire, strong and ill-controlled, blazed in his deep-set eyes."
~ Blackson:
"Quickly he left the unpretentious base headquarters where society's defensive brain-force was centralized and at bay before the increasingly vicious assaults of the underworld."
~ "New York Roddy":
"New York Roddy's laughing eyes held vision as subtly sure as a cat's and the fireman sensed with unerring accuracy the nature of the potential destruction concealed in that
gray overcoat pocket."
~ "That dame":
". . . made a cool thirty-five on that transaction on a fifteen principal. Don't they learn, eh? She ought to be in Wall Street. Pays to get robbed sometimes, eh? That's why ev'rybody
likes a gunman."
Typos: "collabotaors"; "New York Ruddy".
Artwork by Harry Wickey
- Our undercover detective, pretending to be a gob (the old term for an American sailor), is frequently referred to as a "fireman," which doesn't mean "firefighter" here: "Fireman or stoker is the job title for someone whose job is to tend the fire for the running of a steam engine. On steam locomotives the term fireman is usually used, while on steamships and stationary steam engines, such as those driving saw mills, the term is usually stoker . . ."
— Wikipedia, "Fireman (steam engine)"
- Remember that our story takes place shortly after Prohibition went into effect; see the History.com article (HERE).
- There's almost no information about our author to be found; FictionMags's thumbnail: "Sailor. Probably from New York."
"Dead, Lying There Dead, with Marks on His Throat—Murder, All Right"
"The Right Thing."
By Ray Cummings (1887-1957).
First appearance: The Argosy, March 27, 1920.
Online at Comic Book Plus (HERE; select page 126
from dropdown menu).
(Note: Text is faded but readable.)
"So far as your happiness is concerned, he'd be better off dead, and I wish he was."
Thanks to Shakespeare, we all know how the course of true love doth run; toss divided loyalties into the mix, and it's no wonder that Beth is anxious about whether doing the
right thing is doing the right thing . . .
~ Beth Rollins:
"In the hand she held outstretched a bit of polished steel glistened in the lamplight."
~ Tom Hawley:
". . . standing there now by the fireplace watching her wonderingly—Tom Hawley was
a murderer?"
~ Sheriff Williams:
"It's him all right—only circumstantial evidence, but damn strong."
Typo: "Vailestown"
- We've run across uberpulpster Raymond King Cummings quite a few times; go (HERE) for those instances.
"Certainly It Was Impossible — Except That Mr. Gru Was Stone Cold Dead . . ."
WOULD YOU BELIEVE a story set a couple of centuries from now that's also a locked room mystery? Uber-editor John W. Campbell would probably scoff, but, as our sleuth says, "You were wrong about nothing having changed in the past two hundred years. This was a crime which could not have happened then."
"The Closed Door."
By Kendall [sic] Foster Crossen (1910-81).
First appearance: Amazing Stories, August-September 1953.
Reprinted in Amazing Stories (U.K.), December 1953 and Fantastic, February 1969.
Online at SFFAudio (HERE) (PDF) and Archive.org starting (HERE) and finishing (HERE).
"This is a detective story. Without, we hasten to add, private eyes, blonds, beds, bigamy or bottles of bourbon. The setting is a luxurious interplanetary hotel three hundred years in the future . . ."
They say when one door closes, another opens; in the matter of the murder of the humanoid from Sirius II, it ain't necessarily so . . .
The whos in this whodunit:
~ G. G. Gru:
"If there's one thing I can't abide, it's practical jokers."
~ Alister Chu, manager of the Planetary Rest Hotel:
". . . quickly told of the call he'd received from the guest on this floor. He explained
the whole thing in great detail, including his impression of the guest's falling apart:
'Not literally, of course.'"
~ Chief Inspector Maiset, head of the Solar Department, Terran Division, Interplanetary Criminal Police Commission:
"It's suspected murder and delicate interplanetary relations."
~ Detective Inspector Jair Calder:
"If Gideon Fell could have lived to see this . . ."
~ Sub-Inspector Aly Mordette, Provincial Police:
"Oh, we have our Twenty-second Century gadgets, but everything works just the same
as it did in the Nineteenth or Twentieth Century. You can take my word for it, Inspector."
~ James Bruce, an employee of Plasticorp and chairman of the Acrylic convention:
"'I do hope, however, that your investigation won't disturb our convention too much.
We have some pretty important men here.' He bore down on the word important just
enough."
~ Cooerl II, a Mercurian:
". . . I went to the public visiphone booth at the end of the corridor. But there was no
one there when I answered. Apparently the party had hung up, or it was a practical joke."
- Some of Kendell Foster Crossen's writing seems to have been influenced by his experiences as an insurance investigator; see Wikipedia (HERE), the SFE (HERE),
and ISFDb (HERE) for the 411 on him.
- Sundry heavenly bodies get a brief mention in the story: Acrux (HERE), Canopus
(HERE and HERE), Mercury (HERE and HERE), Algenib (HERE), Sirius (HERE
and HERE), Mars (HERE and HERE), Rigel (HERE and HERE), Aldebaran (HERE
and HERE), and Antares (HERE and HERE).
- Silicon-based life forms have been popular in SFF for a long time; see David Darling's Encyclopedia (HERE), Wikipedia (HERE), and Scientific American (HERE).
- Another story blending SFF and tec fic is Fredric Brown's "Daymare" (HERE).
"Shots Crashed and I Flopped in the Mud"
"The Ride."
By John B. Kennedy (1894-1961).
First appearance: Collier's Weekly, October 12, 1929.
Short short short story (1 page).
Online at UNZ (HERE).
"He was a decent gunman."
Like those bad guys from Japetus, these mobsters learn just a little too late that honor among thieves goes only so far—and then . . .
- John Bright Kennedy was a regular contributor to the major slicks between 1926 and 1938; FictionMags's story listing shows he switched back and forth between nonfiction articles featuring the most illustrious figures of the day and fiction.
"The City Dies If Anyone Tries to Tail Us or Pull a Double Cross"
"The Three Thieves of Japetus."
By Mark Reinsberg (1923-81).
First appearance: Imagination, June 1957.
"Murder is always a cold-blooded crime any way you look at it. But for outright cruelty and barbarism there was no equal to the actions of—The Three Thieves of Japetus."
The Bard basically nailed it when he had Falstaff complain, "A plague upon it when thieves cannot be true one to another!"
Typo: "luninescent"
- For more about SFF superfan Mark Reinsberg, see the Fancyclopedia (HERE and reference HERE) and the ISFDb (HERE).
Artwork by Bambam131
- Japetus, Titan, and Hyperion are mentioned in our story. These days the preferred spelling of Japetus, a two-toned natural satellite of Saturn, is Iapetus (HERE); quite a few science fiction writers have used Iapetus in their stories (HERE); a 3-D map of the real Iapetus is (HERE). You can read more about Titan, Saturn's largest moon, in fact (HERE) and fiction (HERE), and the same goes for Hyperion (HERE) and (HERE).
The Earth, the Moon, and (lower left) Iapetus (Japetus).
The bottom line: "The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.”
"Every Burglar in London Was Asking for His Address"
"The Great Green Diamond."
By Gilbert Floyd (1871-1935).
First appearance: The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine, March 1899.
(Note: Use the "Full Screen" function for better viewing.)
"The subsequent adventures of the great Battersby diamond may yet be traced halfway round the world, in the series of modest headstones which mark the last resting-places of its various lessees—for the jewel brought luck to no man, and people said that to possess it was to court a sudden and painful death."
A hot rock indeed, as dangerous to its possessor as the Blue Carbuncle of recent memory; however, Battersby, the present owner of the diamond ("the eighth wonder of the world"—the stone, not Battersby), evidently likes to live dangerously and remains, to all appearances, unfazed by the diamond's dire reputation—until that heart-stopping moment when it disappears, precipitating a crisis that could almost certainly spell the end of a beautiful friendship* . . .
- FictionMags informs us that Gilbert Gover Floyd used two other noms de plume; as Duncan Storm he was a regular contributor of juvenile adventure tales to The Boys' Friend for over a decade, but as Julia Storm had just one story published in Schoolgirls’ Own.
- The story, "Beating the Lights," dealt with a stone of a different hue (HERE).
* . . . which, as you probably know, is spelled t-h-e e-n-d o-f a b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l f-r-i-e-n-d-s-h-i-p.
Miscellaneous Monday—Number Twenty-five
"A curious monomaniac. The man seems to believe everybody was acquainted with his mother."
"Charles Dickens As Criminologist."
By Paul C. Squires (?-?).
First appearance: The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, July-August 1938.
Article (32 pages).
Online (HERE) (PDF).
"He is not a preacher. He is a master analyst in the field of criminology."
As you can tell from the quote just above, our author diverges somewhat from the usual appraisal of Charles Dickens's criminously-related stories (see "Resources," below), giving him high marks for his criminological acumen. Throughout the essay, Freud raises his ugly head (let's face it, Sigmund was no Adonis) in the form of his theories of psychosexual pathology as they might relate to criminality. Since Squires must needs discuss plot details of several of Dickens's books, we're issuing a SPOILERS warning at this point:
"It is our plan to take up in this paper three of the novels [Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, and Our Mutual Friend] and consider
the criminalistic aspects in a systematic manner."
Just a few snippets:
They say you should write about what you know:
"That he [Charles Dickens], who knew the streets, the law courts,
the lowest haunts of London as intimately as he knew the rooms of
his own house, must have had strong convictions on this subject
cannot be doubted by anyone even casually acquainted with his
novels and miscellaneous writings. He was intensely interested
not only in the common law and chancery, but also and preemi-
nently in the criminal law of England."
To the charge that Dickens was only a caricaturist:
"The principal difficulty cast in one's way when endeavoring
to interpret Dickens's characters is this: Dickens takes a single
human trait and constructs a personality out of it. In so doing
he is not, perhaps, as far wrong as some people would try to
argue. After all, are not men and women just so many exagger-
ations of a main, central trait—variations on a theme, we might
say—which determines their destinies? The big task is to break
through the encrustation of caricature covering the dramatis
personae of Dickens, thereby revealing their true essence.
When this is once accomplished, we find that his characters
are 'all too human,' to borrow a title from Nietzsche."
Not everyone was a deep-dyed villain:
"Dickens fought for a decent measure of flexibility in the harsh
penal system of his country. He carefully distinguishes between
the various kinds of motivation leading to anti-social conduct.
He always asks himself: Is this man worth saving?"
Social improvement was always Dickens's primary aim:
"Whereas in Great Expectations we have observed the mature
Dickens at work, in Oliver Twist we see the youthful reformer
in all the white heat of his enthusiasm. Here is the sort of
realism that jarred the prudes of the Victorian era. Oliver
Twist was written not only for the purpose of holding up to
shame and universal condemnation the poorhouse system
of his day, but especially aimed to debunk crime and the
criminal."
Even the middle class couldn't escape Boz's critical gaze:
"This [Our Mutual Friend], Dickens's last completed novel,
introduces us to a criminal type differing radically from his
preceding portraitures. We refer, of course, to the school-
master Bradley Headstone. As Chesterton insightfully says,
'it was a new notion to combine a deadly criminality not
with high life or the slums (the usual haunts for villains)
but with the laborious respectability of the lower, middle
classes.' Dickens here made a notable voyage of exploration
into one of the most obscure domains of psychiatry and
criminology. His study of Headstone's mental pathology
is so remarkable as in and by itself to assure him a seat
among the great literary psychiatrists."
The author's conclusion:
"Dickens does not smear a thick, nauseating coat of varnish
over his felons and crooks, as some have done. He refuses to
wax maudlin over them. He insists on tracing out the maze
of causation which produces the individual who breaks the
tablets of the law. The criminal is, for him, a natural and
historical phenomenon."
Typo: "Whether Orlick intended to will Mrs. Joe that night"
- Project Gutenberg has Great Expectations (1861) (HERE), Oliver Twist (1837) (HERE), and Our Mutual Friend (1865) (HERE). Interestingly enough, our author doesn't even mention
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870), over which much ink has been spilled since its first appearance; go (HERE), (HERE), (HERE), (HERE), (HERE), (HERE), and (HERE).
- In a related vein, see John Marshall Gest's The Lawyer in Literature (1913) (online HERE; reviewed HERE), especially Chapters I ("The Law and Lawyers of Charles Dickens") and II ("The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick"):
"As Dickens viewed the law with profound contempt, so he regarded lawyers with scant favor. Most of the lawyers in his books are shysters, as we would call them, or narrow, mean, ignorant pettifoggers. His books are crowded with familiar specimens. . . .
"He was, as I said, sentimental and emotional; he was sympathetic also. He saw and appreciated the evils of society as they existed in his day, but he lacked the constructive faculty of suggesting practical reforms. His ability consisted in exciting compassion for the poor and oppressed, scorn and contempt for the oppressor, and derision for the laws which, at the time he wrote, favored poverty and oppression, and were the worn-out heritage of
an earlier stage of society. . . .
"I repeat that in reading Dickens's description of the law and lawyers we must bear in mind that, first and last, his aim was to ridicule, satirize and caricature all that he disliked and despised, and he saw much in the law
and lawyers of England to dislike and despise. He was not, of course, an educated lawyer. I doubt very much if he ever read any law at all."
"He'll Have Quite a Surprise in Store for Him"
"The Incomplete Theft."
By Ralph Burke (Robert Silverberg, born 1935).
(FictionMags says this story was "ghost written by Randall Garrett").
First appearance: Imagination, February 1957.
"He walked directly across the well-lighted safety area, and the guards paid not the slightest attention."
It's highly unlikely that a thief ever stops to think that whatever he has set his mind on stealing just might steal him . . .
~ Peter Blane:
"She's a real beauty. When will she be finished?"
~ John Mitchell:
"This afternoon. The boys are tightening the last bolts and putting in the final wiring now. The job's just about over, Pete."
~ Dr. Harris:
"An Earthman stepped out, an engineer named Harris who had apparently been making some last-minute adjustments on the ship."
Comment: The self-teleporting starship—a real time-saver:
"It was simple to operate; all the pilot had to do was set up the coordinates of his target, turn on the hyperkinetic generator, and press the activator button. The generator itself did the rest. The field enclosed the ship, and instantaneously the ship was a hundred or a thousand light-years away."
- Robert Silverberg has used the "Ralph Burke" alias at least thirteen times ("three times in collaboration with Randall Garrett," according to the SFE); it was just last month that we
paid a visit to Silverberg (HERE).
- Detailed discussions of teleportation reside on Wikipedia (HERE) and Atomic Rockets (HERE); the U.S. Air Force Research Lab's report (HERE) (PDF, 88 pages) actually consid-ered such a highly unlikely technical development.
"I Wouldn't Travel in That Car Not for No Money"
"The Missing Pullman Car."
By W. L. Alden (1837-1908).
First appearance: To-Day, November 10, 1894.
Short short short story (4 pages, 4 illos).
"Stealing freight cars is something that happens every day, but stealing a Pullman was something new in the stealing line."
A "killer" railroad car? Surely you jest . . .
Comment: What looks like a case of criminality can, on occasion, be the result of a concatenation of innocent events.
- Our author, William L. Alden, also wrote SFFnal fiction as well; see Wikipedia (HERE),
the SFE (HERE), and the ISFDb (HERE) for more about him and his work.
- Go (HERE) for other railway-related stories.
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1Now that the wall had been rebuilt, I had the doors set up, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites were put in charge of them. 2Over Jerusalem I placed Hanani, my brother, and Hananiah, the commander of the citadel, who was more trustworthy and God-fearing than most. 3I said to them: “The gates of Jerusalem are not to be opened until the sun is hot, and while the sun is still shining they shall shut and bar the doors. Appoint as sentinels the inhabitants of Jerusalem, some at their watch posts, and others in front of their own houses.”
Census of the Province. 4Now, the city was quite wide and spacious, but its population was small, and none of the houses had been rebuilt. 5When my God had inspired me to gather together the nobles, the magistrates, and the people, and to examine their family records, I came upon the family list of those who had returned in the earliest period. There I found the following written:
6* a These are the inhabitants of the province who returned from the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had carried away, and who came back to Jerusalem and Judah, to their own cities: 7They returned with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.
The census of the people of Israel: 8descendants of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two; 9descendants of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two; 10descendants of Arah, six hundred and fifty-two; 11descendants of Pahath-moab who were descendants of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 12descendants of Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four; 13descendants of Zattu, eight hundred and forty-five; 14descendants of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty; 15descendants of Binnui, six hundred and forty-eight; 16descendants of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-eight; 17descendants of Azgad, two thousand three hundred and twenty-two; 18descendants of Adonikam, six hundred and sixty-seven; 19descendants of Bigvai, two thousand and sixty-seven; 20descendants of Adin, six hundred and fifty-five; 21descendants of Ater who were descendants of Hezekiah, ninety-eight; 22descendants of Hashum, three hundred and twenty-eight; 23descendants of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-four; 24descendants of Hariph, one hundred and twelve; 25descendants of Gibeon, ninety-five; 26people of Bethlehem and Netophah, one hundred and eighty-eight; 27people of Anathoth, one hundred and twenty-eight; 28people of Beth-azmaveth, forty-two; 29people of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty-three; 30people of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one; 31people of Michmas, one hundred and twenty-two; 32people of Bethel and Ai, one hundred and twenty-three; 33people of Nebo, fifty-two; 34descendants of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four; 35descendants of Harim, three hundred and twenty; 36descendants of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five; 37descendants of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-one; 38descendants of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
39The priests: descendants of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three; 40descendants of Immer, one thousand and fifty-two; 41descendants of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven; 42descendants of Harim, one thousand and seventeen.
43The Levites: descendants of Jeshua, Kadmiel of the descendants of Hodeviah, seventy-four.
44The singers: descendants of Asaph, one hundred and forty-eight.
45The gatekeepers: descendants of Shallum, descendants of Ater, descendants of Talmon, descendants of Akkub, descendants of Hatita, descendants of Shobai, one hundred and thirty-eight.
46The temple servants: descendants of Ziha, descendants of Hasupha, descendants of Tabbaoth, 47descendants of Keros, descendants of Sia, descendants of Padon, 48descendants of Lebana, descendants of Hagaba, descendants of Shalmai, 49descendants of Hanan, descendants of Giddel, descendants of Gahar, 50descendants of Reaiah, descendants of Rezin, descendants of Nekoda, 51descendants of Gazzam, descendants of Uzza, descendants of Paseah, 52descendants of Besai, descendants of the Meunites, descendants of the Nephusites, 53descendants of Bakbuk, descendants of Hakupha, descendants of Harhur, 54descendants of Bazlith, descendants of Mehida, descendants of Harsha, 55descendants of Barkos, descendants of Sisera, descendants of Temah, 56descendants of Neziah, descendants of Hatipha.
57Descendants of Solomon’s servants: descendants of Sotai, descendants of Sophereth, descendants of Perida, 58descendants of Jaala, descendants of Darkon, descendants of Giddel, 59descendants of Shephatiah, descendants of Hattil, descendants of Pochereth-hazzebaim, descendants of Amon. 60The total of the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants was three hundred and ninety-two.
61The following who returned from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer were unable to prove that their ancestral houses and their descent were Israelite: 62descendants of Delaiah, descendants of Tobiah, descendants of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two. 63Also, of the priests: descendants of Hobaiah, descendants of Hakkoz, descendants of Barzillai (he had married one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was named after him). 64These men searched their family records, but their names could not be found written there; hence they were disqualified from the priesthood, 65and the governor* ordered them not to partake of the most holy foods until there should be a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.
66The entire assembly taken together came to forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty, 67not counting their male and female servants, who were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven. They also had two hundred male and female singers. Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six, their mules two hundred and forty-five, 68their camels four hundred and thirty-five, their donkeys six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
69Certain of the heads of ancestral houses contributed to the temple service. The governor put into the treasury one thousand drachmas of gold, fifty basins, thirty vestments for priests, and five hundred minas of silver. 70Some of the heads of ancestral houses contributed to the treasury for the temple service: twenty thousand drachmas of gold and two thousand two hundred minas of silver. 71The contributions of the rest of the people amounted to twenty thousand drachmas of gold, two thousand minas of silver, and sixty-seven vestments for priests.
72The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all Israel took up residence in their cities.
* [7:6–72] See note on Ezr 2:1–67.
* [7:65, 69] The governor: see note on Ezr 2:63.
a. [7:6] Ezr 2:1–70.
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