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Is it incorrect to tell others i.e your friends about the charity one does if the intention is to suggest to them a particular cause/NGO or to make them aware of the need to do charity? Sumalsn ( talk) 06:37, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
Generalizations about who became a rescuer, who a collaborator, were and are impossible to make. Those who were rescuers defy any effort at classification. Religion, social and economic class, level of education, political views, age and gender - all fail to serve as predictors of this kind of altruistic behavior.2
Thus it was extremely difficult for the Jews to determine who might have turned foe, who remained a friend. On the run, these decisions had to be made instantly. Which lighted window on a dark night might mean a loaf of bread and warm shelter, which a hail of bullets? Which doorway must one avoid even in a raging storm? There were surprises of both kinds lurking behind those rural windows.
2. Samuel P Oliner, Pearl M Oliner Altruistic Personality: Rescuers of Jews in Nazi Europe. New York 1992 ISBN 0-02-923829-3.
Nechama Tec, When Light Pierced the Darkness: Christian Rescue of Jews in Nazi-Occupied Poland New York 1986 ISBN 978-0-19503-643-5.
Yaffa Eliach There Once Was a World: A 900-Year Chronicle of the Shtetl of Eishyshok Boston, Mass. 1999, page 611. ISBN 0-316-23252-1.
The question is answered a little further on on page 619:
When asked many years later how he accounted for his willingness to risk his life on a daily basis, as well as the lives of his mother and other members of his household, he explained it in terms of his Christian duty: "All nations are brothers to one another. The whole planet belongs to God almighty, to our Lord Jesus..."
Korkuc also used his faith to try to explain the genocide committed by the Germans and their collaborators. Korkuc saw the mass killings of the Jews as a punishment for the killing of Christ. One day several of the Jews on Korkuc's estate saw him driving off in his Sunday carriage, dressed in his Sunday best. Where had he been? he was asked on his return. "To see the Jews being led to their slaughter" in a nearby shtetl, he replied. And why would a man like him wish to see such a sight? "When Christ was led to the crucifixion you lined the streets to Jerusalem. Now, when you are led to your death we line the streets".
On the individual level,
A few weeks later, after what turned out to be Wien's last visit to the Korkuc farm, Wien was betrayed by a shepherd for a kilo of salt. Wien was then taken to Eishyshok, where he was severely tortured by the police, all of whom knew him personally. They pulled his fingernails out, one by one, offering to spare him if he would reveal the names of other Jews in hiding. Eventually he did give them several names, after which he was taken to the mass grave that contained all the women of Eishyshok, including his wife and daughters. There he was shot, as were the Jews whose names his torturers had forced him to reveal.
On a lighter note, page 628 records:
On Monday June 8 she went into labor,and Moshe walked her out of the pit into the stable, where she lay on a bed of fresh straw amid the sheep and cows. Pani Korkucowa came in with boiled water and towels, and Sorl Kabacznik and Hayya Solomianski emerged from the pit beneath the stable to attend the birth. Suddenly Marushka the maid began to scream, "Jesus, it's a baby boy!" Pani Korkucowa crossed herself, saying, "It is just like the birth of our Lord Jesus". And Moshe, ever ready to see the humor in even the grimmest of circumstances, responded, "This is our eternal problem: nobody ever allows our women to have their babies peacefully in their own home."
Since light or medium blond is not very common, in adults, can dark/sandy blond be somewhat common in adults if they were a lighter blond as a child and teen? 2001:569:7671:F100:3D61:B566:A67C:7C01 ( talk) 06:41, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
Cost from Destination "A" to Destination "B"; back n forth.
What should I be using, "back n forth" or "forth n back"?
119.30.35.177 ( talk) 15:28, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
I'm not trying to start an argument here I am just curious about something. I've been looking at the List of countries by food energy intake article and it states that the average daily intake of calories in America is "3,800". Obviously many people in America will eat less than that, and some will eat more. However I am curious as to what weight someone who ate 3,800 calories every single day would actually be, assuming an average height of 5 foot 9 inches according to List of average human height worldwide. Thanks for your time. 159.192.227.158 ( talk) 17:43, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
“ | However the actual food consumption may be lower than the quantity shown as food availability depending on the magnitude of wastage and losses of food in the household, e.g. during storage, in preparation and cooking, as plate-waste or quantities fed to domestic animals and pets, thrown or given away. | ” |
I was looking at the Havertys Wikipedia article. I looked at the revision history, and there is an IP that is editing the article (they're not being disruptive or anything) and the IP is from Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc, according to the WHOis. The IP is 12.129.89.3 I was just curious if companies can edit their own article or if it's a conflict of interest. Paige Matheson ( talk) 18:41, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
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Is it incorrect to tell others i.e your friends about the charity one does if the intention is to suggest to them a particular cause/NGO or to make them aware of the need to do charity? Sumalsn ( talk) 06:37, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
Generalizations about who became a rescuer, who a collaborator, were and are impossible to make. Those who were rescuers defy any effort at classification. Religion, social and economic class, level of education, political views, age and gender - all fail to serve as predictors of this kind of altruistic behavior.2
Thus it was extremely difficult for the Jews to determine who might have turned foe, who remained a friend. On the run, these decisions had to be made instantly. Which lighted window on a dark night might mean a loaf of bread and warm shelter, which a hail of bullets? Which doorway must one avoid even in a raging storm? There were surprises of both kinds lurking behind those rural windows.
2. Samuel P Oliner, Pearl M Oliner Altruistic Personality: Rescuers of Jews in Nazi Europe. New York 1992 ISBN 0-02-923829-3.
Nechama Tec, When Light Pierced the Darkness: Christian Rescue of Jews in Nazi-Occupied Poland New York 1986 ISBN 978-0-19503-643-5.
Yaffa Eliach There Once Was a World: A 900-Year Chronicle of the Shtetl of Eishyshok Boston, Mass. 1999, page 611. ISBN 0-316-23252-1.
The question is answered a little further on on page 619:
When asked many years later how he accounted for his willingness to risk his life on a daily basis, as well as the lives of his mother and other members of his household, he explained it in terms of his Christian duty: "All nations are brothers to one another. The whole planet belongs to God almighty, to our Lord Jesus..."
Korkuc also used his faith to try to explain the genocide committed by the Germans and their collaborators. Korkuc saw the mass killings of the Jews as a punishment for the killing of Christ. One day several of the Jews on Korkuc's estate saw him driving off in his Sunday carriage, dressed in his Sunday best. Where had he been? he was asked on his return. "To see the Jews being led to their slaughter" in a nearby shtetl, he replied. And why would a man like him wish to see such a sight? "When Christ was led to the crucifixion you lined the streets to Jerusalem. Now, when you are led to your death we line the streets".
On the individual level,
A few weeks later, after what turned out to be Wien's last visit to the Korkuc farm, Wien was betrayed by a shepherd for a kilo of salt. Wien was then taken to Eishyshok, where he was severely tortured by the police, all of whom knew him personally. They pulled his fingernails out, one by one, offering to spare him if he would reveal the names of other Jews in hiding. Eventually he did give them several names, after which he was taken to the mass grave that contained all the women of Eishyshok, including his wife and daughters. There he was shot, as were the Jews whose names his torturers had forced him to reveal.
On a lighter note, page 628 records:
On Monday June 8 she went into labor,and Moshe walked her out of the pit into the stable, where she lay on a bed of fresh straw amid the sheep and cows. Pani Korkucowa came in with boiled water and towels, and Sorl Kabacznik and Hayya Solomianski emerged from the pit beneath the stable to attend the birth. Suddenly Marushka the maid began to scream, "Jesus, it's a baby boy!" Pani Korkucowa crossed herself, saying, "It is just like the birth of our Lord Jesus". And Moshe, ever ready to see the humor in even the grimmest of circumstances, responded, "This is our eternal problem: nobody ever allows our women to have their babies peacefully in their own home."
Since light or medium blond is not very common, in adults, can dark/sandy blond be somewhat common in adults if they were a lighter blond as a child and teen? 2001:569:7671:F100:3D61:B566:A67C:7C01 ( talk) 06:41, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
Cost from Destination "A" to Destination "B"; back n forth.
What should I be using, "back n forth" or "forth n back"?
119.30.35.177 ( talk) 15:28, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
I'm not trying to start an argument here I am just curious about something. I've been looking at the List of countries by food energy intake article and it states that the average daily intake of calories in America is "3,800". Obviously many people in America will eat less than that, and some will eat more. However I am curious as to what weight someone who ate 3,800 calories every single day would actually be, assuming an average height of 5 foot 9 inches according to List of average human height worldwide. Thanks for your time. 159.192.227.158 ( talk) 17:43, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
“ | However the actual food consumption may be lower than the quantity shown as food availability depending on the magnitude of wastage and losses of food in the household, e.g. during storage, in preparation and cooking, as plate-waste or quantities fed to domestic animals and pets, thrown or given away. | ” |
I was looking at the Havertys Wikipedia article. I looked at the revision history, and there is an IP that is editing the article (they're not being disruptive or anything) and the IP is from Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc, according to the WHOis. The IP is 12.129.89.3 I was just curious if companies can edit their own article or if it's a conflict of interest. Paige Matheson ( talk) 18:41, 18 October 2017 (UTC)