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Saturday, September 01, 2007

Family as Salvation

This is a copy of a post I wrote for "Blogger of Jared."

Many people who hear that "Families can be together forever" recognize it as an important Mormon teaching. It has been said that Mormons were concerned about the concept of "family values" before it became a political catch phrase. There is the vague notion that we are all related to God as sons and daughters, and therefore brothers and sisters to each other. That is the deepest that many Mormons go in understanding eternal relationships.

What is less thought about is exactly how central the family is to the Mormon theology of salvation. It is not just about some kind of cosmic emotional connection to a Higher Power. Rather, the family cements each person to God in a way that goes beyond simple relatedness. The power of the Atonement is fully crystallized when humans become part of a structure patterned after an eternal organization. To not become part of that pre-existing community is to keep from reaching the full potential of the individual. Damnation is to be single, alone, and without family.

Because of the great religious and moral importance of family, it becomes necessary to pay attention to the Proclamation to the World on the subject. Particularly, we should seriously consider the final declaration:

We warn that individuals who violate covenants of chastity, who abuse spouse or offspring, or who fail to fulfill family responsibilities will one day stand accountable before God. Further, we warn that the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets

This is more than words that can be lightly ignored. To understand the full meaning of the warnings, it is necessary to realize family existed before the physical world was created. Every spirit that eventually came to earth had a direct relationship to God our Heavenly Father. After much debate, and the loss of many to a dark fate from their own choices, those who decided to participate in mortality left the comforts of spiritual adolescence in hopes of a greater maturity. The risks involved were as enormous as the rewards. From Abraham Ch. 3: 24 - 26 we read:
24 And there stood one among them that was like unto God, and he said unto those who were with him: We will go down, for there is space there, and we will take of these materials, and we will make an earth whereon these may dwell;

25 And we will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them;

26 And they who keep their first estate shall be added upon; and they who keep not their first estate shall not have glory in the same kingdom with those who keep their first estate; and they who keep their second estate shall have glory added upon their heads for ever and ever.

Once we came to earth and gained a body, our true test began. From the start of the mortal probation with the first souls there were commandments and covenants associated with the family unit of father, mother, and children. Genesis Chapter 1: 27 reads, "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." They were commanded to be fruitful and multiply; or simply put have children. It wasn't just the mother or father these words were directed, but both together sharing responsibilities. Later, after they had eaten of the forbidden fruit and became truly capable of procreation, the relationships were made even more concrete. As Genesis 3: 16-17 explains:
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life

Despite modern society trying to restructure the family unit and gender responsibilities, the Scriptures are clear what God intends. There are distinct roles, born of religious decree, for both men and women. Modern urban society has mostly rejected the agrarian roles for gender, but they do so contrary to scriptures. Far from looking at this relationship of genders as slowly changing in the eyes of God, Jesus re-iterates the holy position of marriage. Matthew 19: 4-6 quotes him as saying:
4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Men and women are supposed to be together. He continues and explains that divorce should be a last resort because of faithlessness and immorality rather than no-fault decisions. Jesus' blessing of the children continues the theme of the sacred nature of families. Children are the foundation of Heaven. Mention of marriage and children both go with a warning that treating the institution of family with impunity can have spiritually disastrous results. Any deviation from this would have to be strictly at the command of God's instructions. That includes taking on additional wives or not starting a family at all.

Children are equally to show respect for the family before leaving to start their own. One of the Ten Commandments specifically states, "Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee." The promises for showing proper respect for parents extend far beyond long life on a tract of earth. Again, this ideal of family life doesn’t make much sense outside of an agrarian society. Very few parents these days have the ability to hand down anything to the next generation. There aren’t the same kinds of ties to blood that used to exist.

Looking beyond the material aspects of the commandment, there are still some grand spiritual promises behind the words. The Prophet Ether in the Book of Mormon explains how the house of Israel and the seed of Joseph would be blessed after the great judgement. Family inheritance reaches beyond our short lives and into eternity. In Ether Ch. 13: 5 - 9, he talks about the Old and New Jerusalem as places of residence for those saved by the blood of Christ:
5 And he spake also concerning the house of Israel, and the Jerusalem from whence Lehi should come—after it should be destroyed it should be built up again, a holy city unto the Lord; wherefore, it could not be a new Jerusalem for it had been in a time of old; but it should be built up again, and become a holy city of the Lord; and it should be built unto the house of Israel.

6 And that a New Jerusalem should be built up upon this land, unto the remnant of the seed of Joseph, for which things there has been a type.

7 For as Joseph brought his father down into the land of Egypt, even so he died there; wherefore, the Lord brought a remnant of the seed of Joseph out of the land of Jerusalem, that he might be merciful unto the seed of Joseph that they should perish not, even as he was merciful unto the father of Joseph that he should perish not.

8 Wherefore, the remnant of the house of Joseph shall be built upon this land; and it shall be a land of their inheritance; and they shall build up a holy city unto the Lord, like unto the Jerusalem of old; and they shall no more be confounded, until the end come when the earth shall pass away.

9 And there shall be a new heaven and a new earth; and they shall be like unto the old save the old have passed away, and all things have become new.

Such lavish inheritance come from, as stated above, the House of Israel as given to the patriarch Abraham. His sons and grandsons were equally covenanted that they would receive lands set apart for the faithful. It would not end with them, but through their blood dynasty the whole of humanity would be saved.

The key to partaking in the promises made to the Hebrew family is though Jesus Christ. The Atonement allowed all sins to be forgiven and a new covenant administered to the whole human family. The blood of Jesus becomes the power of adoption through faith and repentance. Baptism acts as the birthing process where a new spiritual creature emerges from the womb of mortality.

In Galatians 3: 26-29 Paul explains:
26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

With Christ, the uniting of the eternal family can return full circle. Receiving the inheritance of the second estate as discussed in our pre-earth life becomes a real hope. Paul states in Ephesians 3: 14 -15 with traces of emotion, "For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named." The Temple is where the eternal bonds of mother, father, children and God come together. A link is created not only between those now living, but the whole of generations both past and present.

Joseph Smith in Doct. and Cov. 128: 15 - 18 explains:
15 And now, my dearly beloved brethren and sisters, let me assure you that these are principles in relation to the dead and the living that cannot be lightly passed over, as pertaining to our salvation. For their salvation is necessary and essential to our salvation, as Paul says concerning the fathers—that they without us cannot be made perfect—neither can we without our dead be made perfect.

16 And now, in relation to the baptism for the dead, I will give you another quotation of Paul, 1 Corinthians 15:29: "Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? Why are they then baptized for the dead?"

17 And again, in connection with this quotation I will give you a quotation from one of the prophets, who had his eye fixed on the restoration of the priesthood, the glories to be revealed in the last days, and in an especial manner this most glorious of all subjects belonging to the everlasting gospel, namely, the baptism for the dead; for Malachi says, last chapter, verses 5th and 6th: "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse."

18 I might have rendered a plainer translation to this, but it is sufficiently plain to suit my purpose as it stands. It is sufficient to know, in this case, that the earth will be smitten with a curse unless there is a welding link of some kind or other between the fathers and the children, upon some subject or other—and behold what is that subject? It is the baptism for the dead. For we without them cannot be made perfect; neither can they without us be made perfect. Neither can they nor we be made perfect without those who have died in the gospel also; for it is necessary in the ushering in of the dispensation of the fulness of times, which dispensation is now beginning to usher in, that a whole and complete and perfect union, and welding together of dispensations, and keys, and powers, and glories should take place, and be revealed from the days of Adam even to the present time. And not only this, but those things which never have been revealed from the foundation of the world, but have been kept hid from the wise and prudent, shall be revealed unto babes and sucklings in this, the dispensation of the fulness of times.

Before we can save the generations past and future, we must be sealed to our own families. The marriage between man and woman is the start of eternal progression. Adam and Eve were archetypes, as Christ’s atonement had become the sealing mechanism. With the creation of family comes the ultimate expression of the joy of the Gospel. Becoming sealed together, as Doc. and Cov. 132:19 indicates, will bring blessings that mortals can hardly comprehend:
19 And again, verily I say unto you, if a man marry a wife by my word, which is my law, and by the new and everlasting covenant, and it is sealed unto them by the Holy Spirit of promise, by him who is anointed, unto whom I have appointed this power and the keys of this priesthood; and it shall be said unto them—Ye shall come forth in the first resurrection; and if it be after the first resurrection, in the next resurrection; and shall inherit thrones, kingdoms, principalities, and powers, dominions, all heights and depths—then shall it be written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, that he shall commit no murder whereby to shed innocent blood, and if ye abide in my covenant, and commit no murder whereby to shed innocent blood, it shall be done unto them in all things whatsoever my servant hath put upon them, in time, and through all eternity; and shall be of full force when they are out of the world; and they shall pass by the angels, and the gods, which are set there, to their exaltation and glory in all things, as hath been sealed upon their heads, which glory shall be a fulness and a continuation of the seeds forever and ever.

The prophet Ezra Taft Benson stated in terms similar to the Proclamation on the Family:
In an eternal sense, salvation is a family affair. God holds parents responsible for their stewardship in rearing their family. It is a most sacred responsibility.

Today we are aware of great problems in our society. The most obvious are sexual promiscuity, homosexuality, drug abuse, alcoholism, vandalism, pornography, and violence.

These grave problems are symptoms of failure in the home—the disregarding of principles and practices established by God in the very beginning.

Because some parents have departed from the principles the Lord gave for happiness and success, many families throughout the world are undergoing great stress and trauma. Many parents have been enticed to abandon their responsibilities in the home to seek after an elusive “self-fulfillment.” Some have abdicated parental responsibilities for pursuit of material things, unwilling to postpone personal gratification in the interest of their children’s welfare.

It is time to awaken to the fact that there are deliberate efforts to restructure the family along the lines of humanistic values. Images of the family and of love as depicted in television and film often portray a philosophy contrary to the commandments of God.

Innocent-sounding phrases are now used to give approval to sinful practices. Thus, the term “alternative life-style” is used to justify adultery and homosexuality, “freedom of choice” to justify abortion, “meaningful relationship” and “self-fulfillment” to justify sex outside of marriage.

If we continue with present trends, we can expect to have more emotionally disturbed young people, more divorce, more depression, and more suicide.

The family is the most effective place to instill lasting values in its members. Where family life is strong and based on principles and practices of the gospel of Jesus Christ, these problems do not as readily appear.

My message is to return to the God-ordained fundamentals that will ensure love, stability, and happiness in our homes.
- Ezra Taft Benson, “Salvation—A Family Affair,” Ensign, Jul 1992, 2

Protecting what is called "family values" is essential to God's plan of Salvation. It is not something we can tinker with and expect no consequences. The Scriptures are clear that the very purpose of existence is tied to marriage and family. Any person, community, or nation that does not protect the family will ultimately have to answer to God. Before that happens, a society that doesn't respect the institution of traditional marriage and rearing of children has been warned by prophecy of disaster.

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Korosteszow (Polish), Korostysiv, Коростишів (Ukrainian), Коростышев – Korostyshev (Russian)

Korostyshev, is a town and district center in Zhitomir region.

It was founded in 1471 and was included into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Since 1569 it was a town in Zhitomir county, Kiev voivodeship (province) in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1793 it was incorporated into the Russian Empire. In XIX – early XX centuries, it was a shtetl in Radomysl district, Kiev province.

Jews have been living in Korostyshev since XVI century. In 1602, a synagogue was functioning there.

Jewish population of Korostyshev:
1765 – 316 Jews
1847 – 2657 Jews
1897 – 4160 (53% of total)
1926 – 3017 (37%)
1939 – 2170 (19%)
1989 – 215
1995 – 70

In 1772, the kahal paid 1,240 zloty of poll tax. The kahal was the third largest in the region by the number of Jews after Berdichev and Chudnov.

In the late XVIII century, rabbi Meir lived in Korostyshev. He was a student of one of the righteous men of Chasidism in Ukraine Zeyev-Volf from Zhitomir (?-1798). In the early XIX century, M.- N. Tverskoy’s grandson Moyshe (1789 – 1866) founded Chassidic dynasty in Korostyshev. After his death his son Mordkhe (1842-1916) continued the dynasty, then his grandsons Menakhem-Nokhum-Iosef-Bentsion and Yitskhok-Avrom-Moyshe kept their family tradition . In 1885, there were three synagogues in Korostyshev. Since 1892, Shraga Gorodetskiy was the rabbi in Korostyshev. In the 1900’s Menakhem Bialyk was a rabbi.

Grave of Rabbi Tverskoy on the destroyed Old Jewish cemetery in Korostyshev. It was reconstructed by Hasidim according to memories of elderly local Jews in 2000’s.

In 1894, N.M. Bialik owned three sawmills. In 1895, I.D.Baru had a match factory. In 1912, a Jewish savings-and-loan society was functioning in Korostyshev.

Korostyshev photos of An-sky ethnographic expedition:

In 1914, there were six synagogues in the shtetl. Aron-Srul Berkovich Ratner was a rabbi. All four doctors were Jewish. A Jewish hospital worked. Kurisis was a doctor there and his daughter helped him . The locals knew her after her husband’s surname Zeltsman.

All four doctors were Jewish. A Jewish hospital worked. Kurisis was a doctor there and his daughter helped him . The locals knew her after her husband’s surname Zeltsman.

Former synagogue in Korostyshev

Former synagogue in Korostyshev

A considerable part of Korostyshev population was engaged in crafts. There were more than 100 sewers and tailors, and 40 bricklayers and stove-settlers in the shtetl. More than 17 smiths were advertising their services and products. There were four of them in the small area between Kiev-Brest highway and teachers’ seminary. Most of them belonged to the Jews.

Inside some Korostyshev synagogue, 1910's. Photo by An-sky expedition

Inside some Korostyshev synagogue, 1910’s. Photo by An-sky expedition

The only drugstore in Korostyshev, all five shops of pharmacy goods, 22 out of 24 groceries, eight out of nine haberdasheries, 17 manufactories’, all 12 bakeries, all five stalls of tin and hardware goods, all three timber yards, the only stationery shop, both parquet workshops, three out of six cloth factories, and a tar plant belonged to the Jews.

Korostyshev on the PreRevolution post card

Korostyshev on the PreRevolution post card

The central part of the shtetl and attached streets were populated mostly by the Jewish artisans and traders. A market place was located there as well. It used to be extremely vivid.

Civil War

At the end of 1918, a pogrom took place in Korostyshev. It was carried out by the Petlurite troops. In February 1919, Sokolovsky’s band organized the pogrom in the shtetl.

Bolshevists’ partisan detachment of Kalistrat Gelevey was acting in the area of Korostyshev. It prevented several Jewish pogroms.

Site of Big Synagogue. It was destroyed in the second half of XX century.

Site of Big Synagogue. It was destroyed in the second half of XX century.

In the 1920s, ex-residents of Korostyshev organized a community in Detroit, the USA. It supported those who had suffered from the pogroms in Korostyshev.

Between the Wars

In 1925, the natives of Korostyshev organized the communes named after Volodarskiy and Vinchevskiy, and two collective farms in Kherson district. One collective farm was called “Vozrozhdeniye” (revival) and the other one was named after Leckert.  In February 1925, a commune named after Volodarskiy was founded in Korostyshev. In the 1920’s Yiddish Schools were open in Korostyshev. Last 10-year Yiddish School was liquidated in 1940.

JDC report about Korostyshev Jewish Community by 1923:

Korostyshev is situated on the Brest-Litovsk Road, 105 versts from Kiev, and 28 versts distance from Zhitomir.

General population (before/after pogroms):6,000/6,800 Jewish population (before/after pogroms):3,000/3,525

The greater part of the Jewish population is engaged in small trade and handicrafts.

Before the civil war, there existed in the town 13 small cloth factories in which 500 persons were employed, out of whom 450 were Jewish (girls), there also existed a lighting-match factory in which some scores of Jews were employed; this factory is closed up. At present, there exists in the town only a paper-mill in which 250 persons are working, out of whom 80 are Jews.

Last PreWar house in former Jewish neighborhood, 2016

Last PreWar house in former Jewish neighborhood, 2016

The town underwent no pogroms, owing to the self-defence organization which existed there, the troops of Denikin which were in 30 verts distance from the town, tried to pillage it but were driven away by the Red Army. Nevertheless, there is a great number of orphans and half orphans in the town; these are orphans of refugees from neighboring places. Part of these children are being taken care of by the Children Home for 35 children, which has been oorganized and is subventioned by the J. D. C.

There also exists in Korostyshev a Jewish Public School which is attended by 200 children. The School is in need of repairs and school appliances.

The Jewish home for Aged which exists in the town (for 20 persons) leads a miserable existence in view of the fact that it receives no assistance from anywhere.

Birth certificate of Zuz Aronovich Boltanskiy (1934-2017), issue in Korostyshev with Yiddish stamp of Jewish city council

Birth certificate of Zuz Aronovich Boltanskiy (1934-2017), issue in Korostyshev with Yiddish stamp of Jewish city council

As was already mentioned, in our letter of August 14th, 1923, a fire occured on August 2nd which destroyed 22 houses, 19 belonging to Jews, and 3 to poor peasants. Twenty flve families with the total number of persons 126, were deprived of home and shelter.  This fact was reported to JDC by local representatives Yankel Gorobetzky and Berko Giberman.

In the 1920’s Yiddish Schools were open in Korostyshev. Last 10-year Yiddish School was liquidated in 1940.

Detailed information about Holocaust in Korostyshev was taken from Valentina Shapovalova’s (born in 1914) diary which was published in the local newspaper in 1997.

Korostyshev was captured by the Germans on July 9, 1941. The same day Jewish sufferings began. On July, 12 some Germans gathered a group of old Jews and made them dance, eat grass and drink water from the pit, they cut their beards. The Germans continued mockery the following day and after that they shot the elders.

Jew Varshaver was made to get into the pit with resin and after being mocked at was shot in front of his neighbors.

One day the Germans rushed into the Jewish houses and shot the whole families. People say the Jews were denounced by local Ukrainians. Those Jews who had survived were allowed to bury the bodies only in six days. Several pits for 60-80 people were dug out. Then the Germans shot Jewish men in front of their wives and children. The women were made to fill the pits with ground.

There was a Gestapo during the WWII with unmarked mass grave in the front of it.

There was a Gestapo during the WWII with unmarked mass grave in the front of it.

After that, the Germans announced about the registration of the Jews and organized a ghetto in Petrovskiy street. The Jews from nearby villages were led to live there as well. Polia Maslovskaya was chosen to be the head of the ghetto. She taught music before the war. Ten Germans also settled in the ghetto to control the Jews. They called for Polia every day and raped her. There were 360 women and 40 men in the ghetto.

Former Jewish ghetto

Former Jewish ghetto

On September, 12 1941, (according to the other information it was September, 22) the Jews were said they were going to a special district to live in. The whole night everybody was awake praying and fasting in the ghetto. In the morning all Jews were ordered to go to Zhitomir-Kiev highway to get into the trucks but the crowd was driven to the Southern outskirts of Korostyshev to Dolina tract. Locals remember that there were more than 2,000 people in the column including war prisoners, communists and Gestapo captives. In the outskirts of the shtetl the column was divided and led to two places of shooting. Three pits had already been dug out on each of them. A part of the children was pushed away from the column and saved by the local Ukrainians. The Germans first shot the children in front of their parents, then the adults. Polia Maslovskaya threatened the Germans before death but was shot at once. Children, women and men were buried in three separate pits. The graves were filled with ground by the local policemen. The ground above the graves shook for three more days.

This list of Holocaust victims was made by World War II veteran Idl Grigoryevich Raykh (1912 – 2007) after his returning from the front in 1945:

Holocaust victims list

Holocaust victims list

Idl Grigoryevich Raykh (1912 – 2007)

Idl Grigoryevich Raykh (1912 – 2007)

Yosip Pavlenko’s family saved Rakhel Shilerman and her daughter Busia. Rakhel’s two sons were shot by the Germans. The Pavlenkos helped prepare false documents. Both mother and daughter survived.

Holocaust mass grave on Korostyshev New Jewish cemetery

Holocaust mass grave on Korostyshev New Jewish cemetery

Some Holocaust victims were buried (reburied?) on New Jewish cemetery. I don’t know details about this Holocaust mass grave. Names on the gravestone: Avrom Steinbarg, Ezra Steinbarg,
Idle Hertzstein, Yisroel Herznstein, Idle Kelman, Boruch Kats, Rohl Hertzstein, [?] Steinbarg ,Elke Katz, Malke Kelman, Rohl Belzer, [?] Weisman, [?] Hertzstein:

After the War

After 1945, some Jews came back to Korostyshev. In 1946, a synagogue was opened in Korostyshev (Red Square, 36). It was a 2-store wooden building. Second floor was a woomen section. On weekdays 20-25 people attended it, on Saturday – 30-35, on holidays – 100-125. Aron Moiseyevich Korol (1882 – ?) was a Rabbi, shochet and mohel, Shaya Borukhovich Gornstein (1876 – ?) was a cantor. Mordke Leybovich Goldstein (1876 – ?) was a rabbi according to the documents but not in reality. In 1953, A.M. Korol was arrested for “getting in touch with the American Jewish organization”. He was in prison in Korostyn and his wife had to go there in order to cook kosher food for her husband. He was released later. Aron Moiseyevich Korol emmigrated with family to Riga, Lithuania.

Next people visited Korostyshev synagogue after the War: Batler, Futerman, brothers Oislender, Iosel Samuilovich Rogal (1906-1989), Tzalik (surname unknown), Doliner, Waisman, Mordko Kholodenko with brother

There was a synagogue after the WWII

There was a synagogue after the WWII

Most Jewish children visited local school №2. After the War, in Korostyshev returned former local policeman Shpakovskiy who was involved in mass killings during the War. He wasn’t sentenced by local authorities.

Rogal family in Korostyshev, 1953

Rogal family in Korostyshev, 1953

Matzot was baked unofficially in Batler’s houses. Batler was a former teacher of Yiddish school. I didn’t find information about closure of Korostyshev synagogue but assume that it was done by local authorities in the beginning of 1960’s.

In 1970’s-1980’s, WWII veteran Meir Oislender (1907-1992) was unofficial local Rabbi. He was married 3 times. His first family was killed in Korostyshev during the Holocaust. He married after the War and after the death of the second wife, he married to Mila, teacher of local kindergarten. For prayer Jews gathered unofficially with big caution.

In the late 1980’s  – early 1990’s, the majority of Korostyshev Jews moved to Israel and other countries.

These family photos were provided by Betya Kholodenko during my visit to Korostyshev in 2016:

A Jewish community was registered in Korostyshev in 1997. Nikolay Ivanovich Lifshits was elected as a head.

Famous Jews from Korostyshev

David Naumovich Gogshtein (1889, Korostyshev, Radomysl district, Kiev province – 1952), a poet , member of Jewish anti-fascist committee. In 1948, he was repressed and shot in 1952.

Pinkhas Israilevich Dashevskiy (1879, Korostyshev – 1934), a political activist, son of a military doctor. He studied in Kiev Polytechnic institute. In 1902, he entered the society “Poaley Tsion”.  After Kishinev pogrom in 1903, he made an attempt on the life of essayist and member of the Black Hundreds P. Krushevan. Dashevskiy was sentenced to five years of the disciplinary battalion. In 1906, he was freed. After 1917, he worked as an engineer in Manchuria and on the oil fields of the Caucasus. In 1933, he was arrested for being a Zionist and died in the prison.

Yakov Tsalevich Forzun (1924, Korostyshev – 2015, Israel, Or-Akiva), a Hero of the Soviet Union (1944). Since 1942 he was in the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army (RKKA). Machine-gunner private Forzun was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union for his courage and heroism which were shown in the battle during the Western Dvina crossing. Since 1946 he was in reserve. He used to work as a brigadier at Zhitomir plant “Rembyttekhnika”. Since 1991 he lived in Israel.

Holocaust mass graves

Both graves locates in southern outskirst of the city (see map above).

After the war, those Jews who had returned home set the monuments on the graves but they were destroyed.

In 1945, a hill was made above the grave and a metal fence was installed. In 1986, a plate of gabbro (1.75 x 0.8 m.) was put in the center of the grave. There was a memorial inscription and a Star of David on it. A granite plate (0.65 x 0.6 m.) with the memorial inscription in Yiddish was put in front of the grave. There are the flowerbeds framed by black granite (5.3 x 5.3 m.) to the left and to the right of the plates.The inscription on the large plate says: “The ashes of the citizens of Korostyshev killed by the German fascists during the years of the World War 1941-1945 rest here.”
The inscription on the small plate says in Yiddish: “We remember you. Never again.”

First grave:

Second grave:

Old Jewish cemetery

It was located not far from the shtetl’s center and destroyed in XX century. Grave of Rabbi Tverskoy was reconstructed by Hasidim according to memories of elderly local Jews in 2000’s. Memorial The cemetery is located in Shevchenko Street on territory of house №15.

New Jewish cemetery

The cemetery is located in Geroiv Nebesnoi Sotni, №103. It still in use.

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Monday, August 21, 2006

And over to the world of the non-fictional - My wee boy David started school today.

He is a star!

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not sure i like the idea of davids picture being posted on the net???? after all there are a lot of strange people out being one of them!!!!

Jim Alexander said...

Dear Anonymous ;-)

You think that's disturbing, wait to you see my next post on my tax returns!!!!


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Just in time for the beginning of 2012 summer break, Orlando's Wet 'n' Wild water park has replaced its former kids area with Blastaway Beach, a sandcastle-themed family water play area.  Blastaway Beach opened on Saturday June 2, with a stampede of excited children trying out the new slides (17 of them!) and playing in the two pools included in the revamped area.

Photo by Max Schilling

Blastaway Beach is centered around a 60-foot tall sandcastle.  Every minute or so, a trough within the top of the sandcastle pours gallons of water on the children underneath.  On top of that, approximately 160 sprayers, jets, waterfalls and water cannons ensure that everyone gets drenched.

Photo by Max Schilling

Occupying 15,000 square feet, Blastaway Beach feels enormous compared to your average kiddie pool. In fact, Blastaway Beach is the largest waterpark playground in Florida.  Wet 'n' Wild has designed the area in a secluded portion of the park (towards the front gate), and it has only one entrance and exit, hopefully making it a little easier to find your child at the end of a day of playing.

Photo by Max Schilling

Additionally, if Mom and Dad want to join in the fun, they're welcome to.  There are no height or weight restrictions on any of the slides, and on some of the shorter slides, adult and child can slide together.  And if the parents would prefer to sunbathe poolside, there is no shortage of lounge chairs and table seating.

Photo by Max Schilling

Blastaway Beach operates regular Wet 'n' Wild park hours, and is included with normal park admission.

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The Sculptures

Jimmy Sculpting

"I am also a sculptor of soapstone for relaxation and have had exhibitions of my artwork.   I have sold quite a few pieces. I really don’t have a theme when I start a sculpture. The rock guides me to the final sculpture. I think that is true for many creative sculpture artists. I have done over three hundred sculptures, over the last five years." (JCB in 2000, For Mother's Sake)

[See photos of the Exhibition held over the end of October 2015 to mark the 7th anniversary of Jimmy's death on November 1st 2008 - Visit the Exhibitions: submenu pages on the right]

Raw Stone Block

Jimmy fashioned all his pieces by hand, from blocks of soapstone using handsaws, files, sandpaper and polishing cloths. Even the smaller pieces - broaches and pendants - could take a number of hours to fashion.

Broaches & Pendants

Jimmy would display his broaches and pendants for sale at gigs alongside his music & DVDs. Many have an Indian theme.

Ornamental Sculpture

Jimmy also created larger sculptures - some purely ornamental, some with a functional use - such as a bowl - and a number of complex examples consist of more than one piece of sculpting.

Photo Galleries

To view the collection, use The Galleries: menu on the right. The Exhibition

[If you own a piece of sculpture by Jimmy that is not shown herein, I would like to hear from you so it can be added to the 'Private Hands' gallery.]

L.G. Monika Black

A Note on the cataloguing:

Jimmy seldom named any of his sculptures. However, to help you search the Galleries, or visualize the ornamental sculptures, they have been grouped as either 'Functional Pieces' or as (purely) 'Ornamentals', and catalogued using a descriptive name rather than just the uninformative number.

[Photos: Jimmy busy working a piece of sculpture; raw stone cut by Jimmy from unformed block; front page of photo album, 1997 Exhibition, Bad Boll, Germany]


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Jim Nabors Promotion

History jim

jimThe official news releases for Gomer Pyle's Promotion
Images taken by USMC Combat Photographers Sgt. Dustin W. Senger and Cpl. Liz Herrera

Pvt Gomer Pyle Gets an Official Promotion jim Lance Corporal Gomer Pyle

CNN News ... 8 August 2001

Give that Gomer a medal

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Gomer Pyle's hard work and honesty are paying off -- finally.

The title character in the popular sitcom that started airing in 1964 is being promoted to lance corporal on Thursday (Aug 9, 2001), according to The Associated Press. Jim Nabors, the actor who played Pyle, is to receive the honor from jimGen. James Jones, commandant of the Marine Corps, at a private ceremony at Camp H.M. Smith on Oahu.

"I told the general I don't know if I should accept this -- it's just too much
power," says Nabors, 71. "At this stage of my life, it's almost too much to think about what it could lead to."

The idea for the promotion came from Jones when he met Nabors earlier this year, Nabors said.

Jones, Nabors says, "was laughing about it and said, 'You never even made it past the rank of private!' He said, `We should really do something about this.'"

Other Marines apparently think the promotion is long overdue.

"Even though Gomer wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer," says Marine spokesman Chuck Little, "he maintained all the attributes that a Marine is supposed to have. He was honest, trustworthy and always gave 100 percent."

HONOLULU, Hawaii August 9, 2001 (AP) -- Surprise, surprise, surprise!

ceremonyAfter 37 years, fictional Pfc. Gomer Pyle on Thursday achieved the promotion to lance corporal that eluded him during five years in the Marine Corps on the popular television sitcom in the 1960s.

Actor Jim Nabors, who starred in CBS's "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C," was pinned with the lance corporal insignia, a PFC stripe with crossed rifles, by Gen. James Jones, commandant of the Marine Corps.

It took place during a no-nonsense ceremony on a parade ground at Camp H.M. Smith, headquarters of the Marine Forces Pacific and the U.S. Pacific Command.

"Sgt. Carter would be amazed," said Jones, adding that personnel in other services probably are asking: "What in the world are the Marines doing today?'

jimAlthough Gomer Pyle, the Mayberry service station attendant Nabors created on "The Andy Griffith Show," had trouble adjusting to the Marine Corps, he displayed the attributes of a good Marine, Jones said.

"He's honest and embodies integrity. He is filled with determination. He extensively attempts to do the right thing in every circumstance. He is selfless ... and he is loyal to a fault," he said.

Nabors, 71, who lives in Honolulu, told the 300 Marines and family members attending the ceremony that reruns of "Gomer Pyle" have given him celebrity with a new generation.

While walking through O'Hare Airport in Chicago recently, he heard a passing boy say: "Look, mother, there's an old Gomer Pyle."

Nabors said Gomer wasn't stupid like many people thought "but actually it was he only wanted to see the good side of everybody and everything."

"I'm very honored that Gen. Jones did this. It was a total surprise to me," Nabors said.

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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

How Many Runs Makes a Win?

I'm sort of gearing up to do some historical work on the Reds (I hope!).  One of the questions I wanted to answer was how many runs equals a win.  We did something like this in SABR 101x, but something about the algebra didn't seem right at the time, and the estimates we were finding seemed low.

In any case, I decided to instead generate this estimate in a fairly inelegant way called the "+1 method" (mentioned here by Patriot, though in a different context).  The approach is:

  1. For each year in baseball history, find the average PythagenPat record based on average runs scored and runs allowed per team.  This will, obviously, be a 0.500 record, unless there is a clerical error.
  2. For each year, find the expected PythagenPat record if you add 1 run scored to the average team.  This will be, barely, a 0.500+ record.
  3. Figure the expected number of wins each year based on those two records.  This will vary depending on the number of games, and, of course, the expected record.
  4. Calculate the difference between the "0.500 record" wins and the ".500 record +1 run" wins.  This gives you the wins per run.
  5. Take the reciprocal of wins per run.  This is runs per win.
I actually added 0.1 runs instead of 1 run, just to avoid changing the run environment.  It probably doesn't matter.  I also tried it using +1 run allowed or -1 run scored, and it really didn't change the estimates.

Here are the results!

In addition to my run per win estimate (the blue line), I've also added straight-up total runs scored per game (i.e. runs scored + runs allowed for each game).  In the past, I've advocated just using total runs scored per game as a shorthand for the runs per win estimate.  You can see that it tracks pretty well (although it consistently underestimates the correct number over most of baseball history.

To get away from the noise of the 1800's, let's just look at the live ball era:

Ok, so from this you can see that runs per win (again, focus on the blue line) tracks between 9 and 10 runs pretty consistently.  But it definitely does vary with run environment.  As runs per game increases (orange line), so too does the number of runs you need to score to win a game.  That makes sense.

When I was working on my player value series, and as the WAR frameworks at FanGraphs and Baseball Reference were being developed in the mid-2000's, you often heard people say that 10 runs = 1 win.  That was pretty much true from 1993-2009.  But as the run environment has plummeted over the past several years (the strikeout era?), the runs needed per win has decreased as well.  In 2013, I have it at 9.07 runs per game.  It's a small thing, but something to keep in mind as we look at different eras over baseball history.

Also, different leagues unquestionably differ in runs per win.  The AL should always require more runs per win than the NL, at least since the debut of the designated hitter.  But I just wanted a blanket per-year conversion, so...

I'm sure these numbers are available elsewhere, but for those interested I'm posting a spreadsheet with these data on google docs.  If you use those data for a project that is published somewhere, please link back to this post.  All data pulled from the Lahman Database.


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Peek-A-Boo Zoo: Dian Curtis Regan

Seventh Issue of the Growing Bookworms Email Newsletter

Jpg_book007Tonight I will be sending out the seventh issue of my Growing Bookworms weekly email newsletter. If you would like to subscribe, you can find a sign-up form here. The Growing Bookworms newsletter contains content from my blog focused on children's books and raising readers, all in a handy email format.

This week's issue contains reviews of four books (two picture books about trucks and two books for young adults), my weekly round-up of literacy news, and a Kidlitosphere round-up with links to useful posts from the week. I also have a quick post about the new issue of the online journal The Edge of the Forest, and a fun post that describes seven things about me as a reader. I had no other posts this week - everything was focused enough on books and raising readers to be included in the newsletter.

The Growing Bookworms newsletter will continue to contain a subset of content already included on my blog, Jen Robinson's Book Page, for readers who may not choose to visit the blog every day. It is also my hope that parents, authors, teachers, librarians, and other adult fans of children's books, people who may not visit blogs regularly, or at all, will learn about and subscribe to the newsletter. If you could pass it along to any friends or colleagues who you think would be interested, I would be very grateful.

Thanks for reading, and for growing bookworms! I'll have one more issue next Tuesday, and then I'll take a break for Christmas.

Updated to add: I had a slight technical glitch with Feedblitz when sending the newsletter by which the content was reordered in an unhelpful way. Just this once, I'm going to do a re-send. My apologies if you receive this message twice. You can delete the first one. It won't happen again. Thanks!

Updated again to add: The resend didn't work right either. Sigh! I'm going to have to hope for the technical problems to be fixed for next week. I'm very sorry for any inconvenience.


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Friday, July 26, 2013

Abuse of process and improper purpose

Doe v. A & W Canada, 2013 HRTO 1259 is an interesting decision where an application was brought on openly bogus grounds to raise issues with human rights legislation. In dismissing the application the Chair made a useful comment about abuse of process and improper purpose:

[18]        Moreover, it is an abuse of process to bring an application for a purpose unrelated to the enforcement of the legislation. As noted in Behn v. Moulton Contracting Ltd., 2013 SCC 26 (CanLII), 2013 SCC 26 at paras. 39-41, the doctrine of abuse of process is characterized by its flexibility, and has at its heart the protection of the administration of justice and fairness. Allowing this matter to proceed would offend both, because it would use public and private resources for an improper purpose. It would be unfair to the respondent, who would be required to respond to an Application that the applicant does not believe in.

Ernest Julius Guiste said...

That is interesting.

KC said...

Funniest quasi-judicial decision I've ever read in my life.

Charline said...

This is gorgeous!


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He did not have sex with those women.

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Sen. David Vitter will not have to testify about his ties to an upscale Washington escort service, a defense attorney said Monday, sparing the Louisiana Republican an embarrassing trip to the witness stand.

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The Life

One of the things I quite enjoy is selling some of my vinyl records on Ebay. There is some research work that goes into figuring out the market value of used records and what kind of supply and demand is out there. But there is also a fair amount of chillaxing in my ottoman chair and listening to classic vintage vinyl, which is how I assess the condition of these records "on the ground."

Right now I am listening to Paul McCartney and Wings perform live concert  songs on side 4 of the album "Concerts for the People of Kampuchea." This double live album doesn't garner a lot of interest from the classic rock and vinyl savvy Intarwebz, apparently. There are a lot of reasons why this could be, but one of them isn't the artists and songs on this record. The Clash. Elvis Costello and the Attractions. The Pretenders. Queen. The Who. Great bands. And this record is well produced with Paul McCartney at the helm.

More than likely, there are just lots of copies out there floating around. Or maybe people don't give a @#$% anymore about the people of Kampuchea (aka, Cambodia), who at the time of the conceiving of the concept for this album in 1979 were being terrorized by war (Pol Pot, the Killing Fields, etc.). It was McCartney's idea to do rock concerts to raise money for these good people. And it rocked a lot harder than the feel good commercial fundraiser concerts of today, if you want my $0.02 cents. So, why not...let's start the bidding at two cents (plus shipping).

I dig this record and I think you will too.

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Gingerbread Houses

You are architects designing gingerbread houses.

Your client has asked you to make sure the walls have an area of 20cm squared.

Draw the designs for your house, work out the area and perimeter of each wall and the roof panels.

Christmas Feast!

Coles Catalogue 1

Woolworths Catalogue 1

Click on the links above to see Coles and Woolworths catalogues. Use these catalogues to buy everything you might need to create a Christmas Feast for 6 people! Your budget is $200. Don’t forget that some items are priced each and some, like meat and seafood, are priced per kilo (you might need a ham or turkey that is 2 or 3 kilos).

Monday, Week 8

Probability Post-Assessment

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School Code: OLSC2015

Log In: Your OLSC number – number only!

Password: Your OLSC number – number only!

Once you have finished…

1. Find your own definition of area

Write it on a flash card so we can create a class display.

2. Ordering items from smallest to largest surface area.

Choose 10 items in the learning space from smallest to largest surface area – create a slideshow to share on your google site.

Thursday, Week 7

Click on the image above to go to the PAT Maths website.

LOG IN: student number only – no OLSC

PASSWORD: southern

Select the PAT Maths test

Term 4, Week 6

Online Spinner!!!

Probability Pre-Assessment

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School Code: OLSC2015

Log In: Your OLSC number – number only!

Password: Your OLSC number – number only!

Once you have finished…

Sizzling Spinners

Create a spinner with at least 3 different colours, up to 6 different colours. Use the spinner templates provided.

Then test your spinner, recording the results of 50 spins in your Maths book.

Create a table and graph to show the results.

How could you represent the results as fractions?

What is the chance that your spinner will land on a particular colour on your spinner?

Term 4, Week 4

Angles – Right angles, greater than, less than…

1. Classifying Angles…

In your book, create a grid with 3 columns – right angles, greater than, and less than.

In each column, write down and draw 10 examples of each.

2. Angles Classifying Game

Practice classifying angles by playing THIS GAME.

3. Studyladder

Go to Studyladder and complete the ANGLES SET TASKS.

Term 4, Week 3

What is Symmetry?

Your challenge is you choose to accept:

Create a presentation of all the things in the real world where you might find symmetry!

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Use PATTERN BLOCKS to trace around to create 2D shape patterns. Overlap some to create different shapes like above!

Draw it in your maths book and then copy it onto a piece of white paper to display in the Learning Space.

Term 4 – Week 1

 SHAPE Pre-Assessment

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School Code: OLSC2015

Log In: Your OLSC number – number only!

Password: Your OLSC number – number only!

Problem Solving Friday – Tessellations

1. Fractions Pre-Assessment

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School Code: OLSC2015

Log In: Your OLSC number – number only!

Password: Your OLSC number – number only!

I can solve real life division problems.

I can recall multiplication and division facts up to 10 x 10.

Week 7 – Monday

Look each of the following pictures. Write as many different number sentences as you can about each picture, e.g 3×4=12.

Extension: Can you create story sentences for each number sentence, e.g. Robert wanted to give lolly bags to his friends for his birthday. He had 4 friends and put 3 lollies in each bag. How many lollies did Robert need?

1. Egg Carton

2. Muffin Tray

3. Box of Chocolates

4. Fruit – Red Apples

5. Chessboard Squares

6. Make Up

Use hands on material to create the following problems as demonstrated.

1. You have 24 cookies and want to share them equally between 6 people. How many cookies does each person get?

2. 20 ÷ 5 = ?

3. A cereal box holds 18 cups of cereal. Each serving is 2 cups. How many servings are in the whole box?

4. 36 ÷ 6 = ?

5. It takes 3 eggs to make a cake. How many cakes can you make with 36 eggs?

6. 56 ÷ 8 = ?

1. Watch the video and write down 3 things you learn.

2. Using counters, MAB, paddle sticks, teddies, solve the following division problems. Take photos and upload on your google site. How might you show how you worked each problem out in your book?

  1.  Fred goes out to lunch with Sally and Alyssa. The total bill came to 24 dollars. They decided to equally split up the bill, how much will each person have to pay?

  1. Mary, Sam, and Jason have 18 crayons all together. If the crayons are equally divided, how many will each person get?

  1. Sandy worked 30 hours in the last five days. Assuming that she worked the same amount of hours each day, how long did she work each day?

  1. A teacher has 60 pieces of candy. If there are 12 students, and the candy is divided evenly, How many pieces will each student get?

5. A shoe salesperson took 25 shoeboxes and arranged them into stacks of 5. How many stacks did the salesperson make?

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Lucky you!

You are throwing a party for you and 9 of your friends! You have $100 to spend on everything you need (drinks and snacks).

Use the multiplication strategies and addition strategies to work out a budget showing how you will spend the money.

Challenge: How would you spend $300?

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You can also see catalogues at

Use the multiplication grid from Fiona

Colour in all the multiplication facts you know automatically

Write the list of multiplication facts you need to learn

Complete a poster for strategies for multiplication facts.

eg 2 x tables = doubles

4 x tables= double 2’s

Array City

Your task is to build a city!

Design a building that has 24/18/12 windows.

At the bottom of the building write the X problem.

How many different buildings can you design with the same number of windows.

Target 1000

This is how to set up your table…

Find the meaning of different time language:

  • hour
  • minute
  • second
  • midday
  • midnight
  • analogue
  • o’clock
  • ‘past’
  • ‘to’
  • ‘am’
  • ‘pm’

Term 2, Week 9

Your task today: Create your own Magic Potion!

Draw your ‘Cauldron’

Draw inside it the different ingredients, including measurements

List the ingredients below.

Term 2, Week 5

Monday – Location and Mapping Post-Assessment

Username is your number

Password is your number

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Term 2, Week 4

Must Do Grids

2 Directioners – Edwin, Jack, Casseus, Aiden, Venice.

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1 Directioners – Ella, Sonny, Parjoban, Serena, Seth, Alana.

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Legends 2 – Kelly, Maja, Zaina, Victoria, Jacob, James.

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Legends 1 – Alyssa, Lilly, Rakshana, Charli, Anuki, Elijah.

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Term 2, Week 3

Learning Centre Treasure Map Challenge:

Draw a map of the learning space.
Think of a place in the learning centre to ‘hide’ a treasure.
Write directions to the treasure from our learning space. DO NOT put an X on the map.
Now give your map to a partner.
Partner to use the instructions to find the treasure. In red pen your partner traces where they go.

Sailing around the world!

Paul wants to set sail and retrace the First Fleet.

Use this map of the voyage of the First Fleet:

AND Google Earth:

YOUR TASK: Draw your own map of the First Fleet journey and write directions to help Paul sail – use directional language like left, right, North, South, East, West.

Extension Try to include in your directions measurement eg. length to travel such in kms.

Term 2, Week 1

This week you are challenged to get 100 points (or more) using the following grid… But you must complete at least one activity from each column!!

Good luck!

Week 8 & 9

OLSC Playtime

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Jennifer wants to know how students are using the different areas in the yard at break times.

  • Which areas are students’ favourite?
  • Do people like the paddock?
  • Who is using the paddock?
  • How are they using it?

Survey students to answer these and any other questions you can think of. Create a data display, with or without technology, including tables, column graphs or picture graphs.

You may work in groups no bigger than 3.

What is the data telling us?

Problem Solving – Week 7

1. Robert went into Coles to do some shopping. After he paid, he received $2.15 in change. What would be the price of his shopping be if he gave them $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100.

2. John did a subtraction problem last night, but because he has a shocking short-term memory can only remember the answer…

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– Π Π Π

        5  7

What might the missing numbers be? Try to describe all possible answers.

Thursday, Week 7

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Must Do Activities – Week 6

1. Place Value Think board

Choose a 4 or 5 digit number and complete a thinkboard about that number. Trim the page and glue it in your Maths book.

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2. Real life Addition

Using one of the addition strategies you have learnt in Focus Group, either Number lines, using Place Value, or one of the strategies displayed in the Learning Group space, complete the following activity – make sure you show your working out in your Maths workbook!

You have $10,000 to spend to buy furniture for your bedroom. You will need to buy a bed, a desk and a side table. You may also buy any other items you like:

Answer the following:

  • What is the total cost?
  • Do you have any change from $12 999
  • Make a slideshow to represent what you have purchased.

Must Do Activities – Week 5

1. Real Life Addition

Super Holiday

You have won $2000 to spend at the OLSC Holiday Resort.  Study the Things to Do List below and decide how you and your friend will spend the $5000 in 5 days.

Luckily the air ticket and accommodation are already paid for

Bike Hire- $35 per day

Lunch $14 each

Dinner $45 each

Snorkelling lesson $16 hour

Surfing Lesson $18 hour

Magazines $7 each

Haunted House visit $25 each

Movies $12 each

Water World Park $21 each

2. Race to 100

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3. Studyladder

Complete addition and subtraction activities set for you in Studyladder.

Must Do Activities – Week 4

Complete the following activities in your Maths workbook.

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(In Question 6, write the 4 numbers from smallest to largest.)

Must Do Activities – Week Three

Problem Solving Friday – Place Value

1. How many numbers can you write with 8 in the hundreds place?

Option 1 – Only write numbers in the thousands (4 digits)

Option 2 – Come up with all the options up to numbers in the ten thousands (5 digits)

You could write out all of the different options… But is there a quicker and easier way to find this out? Which strategy would be best to use?

2. How many numbers can you make using the digits 1, 2, 3 and 4? You can only use each digit once in each number.

Remember, you need to use all the digits once in each number… there are many possibilities… Which is the best strategy to use from your toolbox?

3. Odd Ball Numbers.

The object of this activity is to find the sum of the first 25 odd counting numbers. One way is to add 1 + 3 + 5…continuing until you have added the first 25 odd numbers. However, this is too much work for the problem. Look for patterns and combinations to find a much easier way to solve this. Apply what you have learned from this problem and find the sum of the first 25 even counting numbers.

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Week One – Number Game.

See how you go against a partner.

Try some of these online games to get your math’s brain back into gear!

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    • Thanks for your question Rakshana. Sorry that the file did not work today.
      I will be posting your Maths tasks on this page, so make sure you keep your eye on the page.

  1. sure john and also there is a task in our group must do grid that i think i have to do it at home is it fine do do task a home?

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Sunday, June 11, 2006

Attention, comics shoppers!

Got an email the other day announcing a kind of Froogle for comics called, in which you type in a particular comic book you're looking for, and it gives you results from several different online merchants. I test drove it myself the other day, and while it didn't find everything I entered in, it did find a copy of House of Secrets #123, and if I had any extra money right now I'd score a copy. And Mike Sterling, if you're reading this, I still want that House of Mystery, but I can't spare the pittance Ralph needs just now. Sad but true.

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Friday, February 13, 2015

Spinach Cheese & Mushroom Quesadillas

Denton is pretty well known for the coffee shops and small eateries around town, of which there are many to choose from. It feels like every month a new restaurant goes up for business! But I love the old school ones...the ones that have been in business for years and years and who's families run them.

Right off the square there is a great restaurant just like that called the Greenhouse. It's been my favorite since college, when I tried their spinach and mushroom quesadilla. It sounds so plain but it is actually incredibly flavorful........

.... catch more + the recipe over at My Cooking Spot today!

Monday, February 2, 2015

February Goals

I cannot believe it's February. Jordan and I walked around Barnes & Noble yesterday and I saw a big bucket of Christmas stuff on clearance. I thought "really?! Christmas was sooo long ago, that is so weird!" then quickly realized it was only the last day of January. Wow.

I'm feeling a little in between the lines right now regarding my goals. I accomplished what felt like a lot this month, in a span of time that felt so short. At the same time, my self doubt creeps in and tells me I'm totally behind. I'm working on speaking truth into that :)

Mapping out and deciding before hand what mattered most to me and then laying out actionable steps to get me there totally freed me up to just DO what I had set out to do from the beginning, which felt so good.

So, let's review January's goals:

Email a friend about discipleship Yes! I'm excited to get to know her more and see where this leads.

Schedule haircut It wasn't 6 months coming or anything...

Clean out garage I'm thinking this is either a husband only job or a long Saturday job for the both of us. We had a lot going on inside our garage with wedding projects for a friend and then selling my car, so it's been occupied. Onto February's list it goes.

Shoot 10-15 recipes for the book I seriously cannot believe that I got 13 recipes shot for the book. Car-az-ay. I thought this was going to be the biggest most monumental task with a toddler but in all reality it made our days at home so much easier. Cooking your dinner at noon is the best. Or at the very least it beats trying to make dinner during witching hour.

Plan Jan. + Feb. date nights with Jordan Y'all, we had the most fabulous date last month. It wasn't fancy at all. In fact, it was at an over crowded restaurant (not my scene) with ice cream afterwards. The special part was that I feel like we really moved forward on some hard things and I left feeling secure in that.

This month we're planning to go on a "progressive dinner" around our city! There are tons of new restaurants down town I can't wait to try.

Solidify vendors for shop  Yes! And so excited to begin working with them. With my crazy question asking self, they are already so helpful! I'm so grateful this part is over. Let's just say searching online for things is my #1 energy drainer. I can't wait to order all new business cards and more for the shop! Eek!!

Find parenting resources for Feb. I'm feeling super pressured to read a book for some reason. Books feel like the most obvious choice here, but right now I don't have time to add another book to my list. I get a little crazy when I have too many unfinished :)

I did download podcasts including: God Centered Mom, Inspired to Action (fave!!!!), Focus on the Family and Nancy Lee DeMoss. I think that will give me plenty of mama meat to chew on for a while.

Now, this month's goals (a.k.a intentional things I'm going to make happen):

Big or small, what are you hoping to see happen this month?

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Saturday, August 16, 2014

Today, my roommate confirmed my suspicions about him: that his way of conducting business is savage, vicious, and belligerent. Do not get me wrong here: when discussing life topics, he seems relatively cordial enough. When I first moved into Mesa housing two years ago, we had frequent enough conversations. We talked about the stress of school, how we coped with it, outside hobbies, etc. He is an international student from Spain who has a good background: his sister and father were affiliated in medical-related fields, and he himself received a scholarship for UCSD’s liberal arts PHD program. He says he speaks seven languages fluently. But there was something about his international upbringing which seemed to admit what seemed to be a sort of “loathing” of American culture: not a deep-seated hatred, mind you, but in our casual conversations, he complained. A lot. When he had a TA’ship with the UCSD writing department, he complained about the international students from Asia and how he could not understand how several students could be so lazy.

He complained about the corruption within UCSD politicos taking money from students, and that he had joined an organization that tried to combat those effects. This all falls within the realm of normalcy for students, but in all my years of dealing with others, I had never faced a person who complained this much. Friends, family, former roommates, chance encounters, etc.  But then again, that falls within my modus operandi of surrounding myself with people who know how to suppress their deepest emotions, rather than projecting their insecurities upon others. Juan’s complaining cemented a sort of hatred of the institutions in place within campus, with “hatred” being the key word, because he generally projected that in his attitude as well. Especially when he got angry. And boy, does he ever.

Having lived for two years with Juan, I kind of gleaned his personality quite early on in the process from these conversations. As mentioned, I like “positive reinforcement” people, because that is how I have moved on through life, succeeded in group and research projects, and in my internship. Everyone needs to be on the same page to succeed, but people need to be propped up. Juan’s complainer attitude with seeds of loathing really turned me off almost from the get-go. But he was my roommate, and as usual, you have to work around the roommate’s limitations—er, I mean, personality. That sort of attitude was definitely incompatible with my beliefs, especially since he felt an urgent need to throw curse words possibly every six or seven words in these rants.  So after the personality-learning process, using my engineering decision matrix, I played it “neutral” in the apartment—being quiet and unassuming, so he would have less of a chance to get irritated. “Room to breathe”, as it were—he often had the whole living room to himself, used the table and microwave I brought over, and I dealt with most of the bill-handling for gas, electricity and internet. I always love a quiet place to study and work, and the reality is, when it comes to sharing apartments, it’s always a blessing when an apartment is quiet.

My roommate, however, was a real stickler when it came to cleaning up. Granted, I am not a clean person by any stretch of the imagination—but I adapted. We developed a schedule through a year of living in Mesa where every week we alternated cleaning different parts of the apartment. I conformed to those rules. But prior to this schedule, my roommate would get extremely irritated, using a very aggressive tone, throwing in curse words every two or three words, and scaring the heebie-jeebies out of possibly every living soul on Earth. Even though I would clean, there were times when he would angrily stumble towards my door, knock hard. Then, he seemed to have reflexive memory to times when I would not clean as much, and reference them in his hot-headed argumentative tone. Of course, with the curse words. Prior to this most recent incident, this had happened about four to five times. His demeanor is all sorts of vicious—he slams doors, tries to get the upper hand of the argument and closing his mind off to proper rebuttals, just being very narrow minded. It must be noted that he gets drunk every now and then, and when I first met him in a graduate student mixer he drank several beers with other students (I’m not a drinker, of course). So just bringing this up there…but it is possible that his drinking is messing with his mind. His personality is rash and impulsive with seeds of loathing when neutral, but when angry…ugh. Let’s just put it this way: if he ever has to deal with party animal type roommates who really blast the noise and hog the living room, imagine how he would act there. I approach the issues from a calm, rational, reasoning-type manner—he already starts off at 200 mph with bull horns for no apparent reason.

And this has kind of happened already, for him: he told me that he after celebrating the success of a fellow student’s PHD defense at 1 AM in downtown San Diego, he came upon several drunken people who were making fun of that student’s race. Juan told me he was fiercely loyal and wanted to take a stand to protect his friend, and after the name calling continued, he decided it was wise to throw a punch. From which he broke his hand, and he called me to take him to the hospital to get a cast on. So there has been a case where his argumentative tone has translated into violence. It’s an upbringing issue. Again, this is why I wanted to work around it, because you cannot change these people after several decades of living. It is how it is. Yeah, there is a method to his madness (protecting friends, cleaning up the house) but his approaches to dealing with those issues are all sorts of wrong. He takes the aggressive approach, when almost everyone I know takes a far more non-combative approach. He presents a study in stark contrasts here.

And of course, with complaints, there are always two sides to every coin. The difference is? In the terms of the Star Wars franchise, I take the moral high ground. My roommate basically takes the lower ground—in other words, he’s Anakin Skywalker at the end of Revenge of the Sith. There were times where he admits his faults with a false chuckle, but just like everyone else (including myself), he has his tendencies. While I am not always prompt in cleaning, as mentioned, he does an absolutely awful job at clearing things from what I call the “neutral” zone. And that includes the sink, where the both of us have to wash our dishes, pots and pans, and utensils. He has a grating tendency to leave the items completely un-cleaned overnight for days at a time. I told him once, and he told me he would work to correct this habit, but he has never done it for several months. Similarly, he rests his dirty plates for long periods of time on top of my microwave. Given that it is my microwave, it would be obvious to say that it belongs to my zone, but he infiltrates it. I haven’t told him about it for a long while in my hopes that he would eventually clean them up, but eventually he reached my threshold of tolerance here—and given how much leeway he has, I’m pretty sure I have a high level of tolerance. While I was on jury duty for a week this July, he even admitted that he had been neglecting his cleaning duties. Of course. That was obvious. I always see bread crumbs on one side of the sink near his toaster, lying for days at a time.

So what he does here all strikes as hypocritical, because I have made a habit of cleaning all my utensils immediately after eating. With me, you will never ever see dishes lying on counter tops or sinks for prolonged periods of time after eating. I wash them immediately and put them in the dish rack. Same with pots, pans, utensils, etc. Usually, the same for stains. We just do not create much of those, but the ones that do crop up (due to spaghetti, etc) are taken care of almost immediately.

That hypocritical attitude stemmed by a desire to focus on farther-off, past events, in the face of what I perceive to be a lack of equity—as mentioned, he uses my table, microwave, and I organize certain bills—is enough to piss possibly every sane person off in the planet. But on top of that, he sugarcoats his belligerent attitude with frequent curse words. It has easily gotten to the point where his central argument is rapidly degraded because the curse words are the only words that eventually stand out. My most recent encounters of Juan have virtually all been in this negative fashion: yelling, cursing, spitting, unfocused, drunk?, narrow-minded, etc. What I knew in my intuition had came into fruition.  The “his way or the highway” attitude has rapidly become tedious, and easily explains why I have kept a very neutral tone around him. Because he is likely intolerable for a prolonged period of time.

That roommate? JC Zabala.

Live and learn.

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Geothermal Heating and Cooling

Heating and cooling is one of the largest uses of energy in a building.  By utilizing the earth’s relatively constant temperature (55° F), buildings can reduce this energy costs by 40% to 70%.  The system is composed of four major parts:

  1. circulating pumps & back-up boiler
  2. closed loop vertical field
  3. supply & return pipes
  4. heat pump in each housing unit.

The system circulates water through the ground in 300-ft.-deep pipes to either remove or add heat from the heat pump.

Besides the sustainable advantage of using less energy to operate this system, it does not require a large cooling tower on the exterior of the building, thereby reducing the impervious surfaces and allowing for more open space, which helps with the urban heat island effect.

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Dec 4, 2007

Pop Cultural Science

You can tell that scientists do not live in a complete vacuum and that they are affected as much as anyone by culture, whether of the high variety or pop. Do you think there has been a dumbing down of this influence? Check out the following time-line:

Murray Gell-Mann <-> Quarks <-> James Joyce

David Mermin <-> Boojums <-> Lewis Carroll

Shamit Kachru <-> Embiggen <-> The Simpsons

I'd be interested in similar usages. So bring 'em on, dudes and dudettes.

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