Looking for someone and need to turn on radar to discover updates? An interesting database to try, which includes much free information for searching people is Radaris.com. For finding someone's phone number, it is one of my favorite databases. Radaris is quick and simple to use, includes a phone number, age, lists of possible relatives, and other related information, which Radaris has gathered and consolidated in one easy-to-view screen.
Although limited to the United States, Radaris uses the byline "know each other," and states that it includes 97% of the people in the U.S.
I have had luck finding friends on Radaris.com by using their nickname and last name or first and last name. I search my own name on occasion and notice how many others have the same name. The database includes entries using my middle initial for my middle name, and also entries using my maiden name as my middle initial. Radaris also consolidates my entries using my maiden name as my middle initial with those having my middle name for my middle initial into "aliases."
Photographs of some of the people found in a name search are included in the hits from the search,
which might be very useful.
Radaris has a large database and turning on the "radar" option for updates on a people search is free. I have not checked out any of their fee options including access to their "premium reports."
Please note that phone numbers found may include current and past telephone numbers and also work-related phone numbers.
Friday, January 24, 2014
Thursday, January 2, 2014
BacMet - Bioinformatics Antibacterial Biocide & Metal Resistance Genes Database
BacMet at http://bacmet.biomedicine.gu.se/ is an easy-to-use bioinformatics database including antibacterial biocide- and metal-resistance genes. The database includes an online tutorial at http://bacmet.biomedicine.gu.se/tutorials.html and is produced by the University of Gothenburg in Sweden:
Citation: Pal, C.,
Bengtsson-Palme, J., Rensing, C., Kristiansson, E., Larsson, DGJ. (2014) BacMet: antibacterial
biocide and metal resistance genes database, Nucleic Acids Research, 42, D737-D743. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkt1252
The BacMet database can be searched using any full term or partial term with a wildcard, including gene names (e.g. copA or cop*), name of biocides (e.g. Triclosan or Triclo*), metals (e.g. Arsenic or Arsen*) or chemical classes (e.g. Acridine or Acrid*). The search results appear in table format with the resistance gene information matching the search term input.
A browse option is included to review the database by metals, biocide, metal resistance genes, biocide resistant genes, etc.
BacMet offers Quick Search and Adanced Search options and results can be selected to include
"experimentally confirmed" and/or "predicted results," as BacMet consists of two databases:
- Database of manually curated experimentally confirmed resistance genes
- Database of automatically predicted resistance genes based on sequence similarity
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Highwire: A Favorite Information Site
HighWire at http://highwire.stanford.edu is one of my favorite research and information sites, especially since Scirus, an old favorite having a very broad subject scope at Scirus.com, is set to retire at the end of this month, January, 2014!
HighWire has some very useful features including dates when articles in medical journals become free. HighWire enables table of content (TOC) alerts and keeps me up to date on free trials, free titles, free back issues, and pay-per-view options.
If you are a researcher, librarian, or publisher and have not checked out HighWire lately, it is worth taking a look at its huge epublishing platform.
"About HighWire" at http://highwire.stanford.edu/about/ says:
"Located in Palo Alto, California, HighWire is a division of the Stanford University Libraries. Founded in 1995, with the launch of the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC Online). Science, the Journal of Neuroscience, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) soon joined with HighWire to become pioneers who defined today's online journal."
HighWire has some very useful features including dates when articles in medical journals become free. HighWire enables table of content (TOC) alerts and keeps me up to date on free trials, free titles, free back issues, and pay-per-view options.
If you are a researcher, librarian, or publisher and have not checked out HighWire lately, it is worth taking a look at its huge epublishing platform.
"About HighWire" at http://highwire.stanford.edu/about/ says:
"Located in Palo Alto, California, HighWire is a division of the Stanford University Libraries. Founded in 1995, with the launch of the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC Online). Science, the Journal of Neuroscience, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) soon joined with HighWire to become pioneers who defined today's online journal."
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Amazon Kindle Countdown for "Walk Forward," begins!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Rosa Raskin
Phone: 440.461.4125
“Walk Forward,” to be Promoted on Amazon.com
Contact: Rosa Raskin
Phone: 440.461.4125
“Walk Forward,” to be Promoted on Amazon.com
Per the 75th
Anniversary of Kristallnacht on November 9, 2013, “Walk Forward,”
will begin a week long Kindle Countdown on Amazon.com and
Amazon.com.uk
Cleveland, Ohio –November
7, 2013. German
born Rosa Raskin (nee Chimowicz) describes her 50+ year search for
her older sister in “Walk Forward,” a different Schindler's list.
Fulfilling the promise made to her father, a
Holocaust survivor and member of the “Last 500,” Raskin tells the
story of her immigrant family and a father’s hope to find his
first-born daughter, Eugenia Chimowicz, a blond-haired nine-year-old,
last documented alive in concentration camp Stutthof on September 3,
1944.
Using letters from her Uncle Alfred, Head of Metals #1 in the Lodz Ghetto, who selected each member of the “Last 500,” and those of her father verifying the stories young Rosie heard as a child, Raskin details the history of the family, including events in the lives of her Christian relatives, before, during, and after the Holocaust. Jewish family members are caught in a hellish spider's web. As pawns in the chess game between Hitler's assistants, the group designated as metal workers, survive the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, and Stutthof, the last place where two young Chimowicz mothers and their four children were seen alive. Those who survived concentration camp Stutthof, were sent to a converted cigarette factory in Dresden to make munitions. On the burning of Dresden, they continued on a horrific death march to concentration camp Theresienstadt. Born in Germany after the Holocaust, Raskin describes the courage of her mother, Louise, who enabled the family to continue forward in the complicated journey to the United States as displaced persons.
“Walk Forward,” $2.99, is being promoted in the week-long Kindle Countdown for $0.99.
A silent tribute, “We walk forward, but will never forget,” is presented in the book's video trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp7uQap6p2M.
About the Author
Rosa Shine Raskin (nee Chimowicz) was born in Karlsruhe, Germany, and immigrated to the United States in 1951. She has a B.S. in Biology and an M.S. in Microbiology, from The Ohio State University. She also holds an M.L.S. from Kent State University. She is currently a freelance writer, researcher, and consultant, after having worked in hospitals, government, and the Fortune 100 for over 30 years. She founded Rosa S. Raskin & Associates LLC in 2007, and has three blogs on the web including "Precious Cooking," "Information Specialist Secrets," and "Most Precious Memories." She has published more than a dozen articles cited on the covers of leading international paint and coatings trade journals, APCJ and PPCJ, having been taught by her father, at the age of eight, to paint the bricks on houses.
For more information on “Walk Forward,” please check the book’s website at http://www.raskinfo.com/walkforward.html, which includes photographs.
Using letters from her Uncle Alfred, Head of Metals #1 in the Lodz Ghetto, who selected each member of the “Last 500,” and those of her father verifying the stories young Rosie heard as a child, Raskin details the history of the family, including events in the lives of her Christian relatives, before, during, and after the Holocaust. Jewish family members are caught in a hellish spider's web. As pawns in the chess game between Hitler's assistants, the group designated as metal workers, survive the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, and Stutthof, the last place where two young Chimowicz mothers and their four children were seen alive. Those who survived concentration camp Stutthof, were sent to a converted cigarette factory in Dresden to make munitions. On the burning of Dresden, they continued on a horrific death march to concentration camp Theresienstadt. Born in Germany after the Holocaust, Raskin describes the courage of her mother, Louise, who enabled the family to continue forward in the complicated journey to the United States as displaced persons.
“Walk Forward,” $2.99, is being promoted in the week-long Kindle Countdown for $0.99.
A silent tribute, “We walk forward, but will never forget,” is presented in the book's video trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp7uQap6p2M.
About the Author
Rosa Shine Raskin (nee Chimowicz) was born in Karlsruhe, Germany, and immigrated to the United States in 1951. She has a B.S. in Biology and an M.S. in Microbiology, from The Ohio State University. She also holds an M.L.S. from Kent State University. She is currently a freelance writer, researcher, and consultant, after having worked in hospitals, government, and the Fortune 100 for over 30 years. She founded Rosa S. Raskin & Associates LLC in 2007, and has three blogs on the web including "Precious Cooking," "Information Specialist Secrets," and "Most Precious Memories." She has published more than a dozen articles cited on the covers of leading international paint and coatings trade journals, APCJ and PPCJ, having been taught by her father, at the age of eight, to paint the bricks on houses.
For more information on “Walk Forward,” please check the book’s website at http://www.raskinfo.com/walkforward.html, which includes photographs.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Walk Forward Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Rosa Raskin
Phone: 440.461.4125
“WALK FORWARD,” A Different Schindler's List Revealed
Per recent participation in the Shoah DNA project (http://www.dnashoah.org/), which seeks to reunite family members, German born Rosa Raskin describes her 50+ year search for her lost sister.
Cleveland, Ohio – October 3, 2013 – Revealing a different Schindler's list and fulfilling the promise made to her father, Rosa Raskin tells the story of her immigrant family and her father’s hope to find his lost child. The purpose of the book, WALK FORWARD, is to continue to uncover information about her older sister, Eugenia Chimowicz, a blond-haired, nine-year-old girl last documented alive in concentration camp Stutthof on September 3, 1944.
Using letters from her Uncle Alfred, Head of Metals #1 in the Lodz Ghetto, who selected each member family of the “last 500,” and those of her father verifying the stories young Rosie heard as a child, she details the history of the family, including events before, during, and after the Holocaust. Jewish family members are caught in a hellish spider's web. As pawns in the chess game between Hitler's assistants, the group designated as metal workers, survive the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, and Stutthof, the last place where two young mothers and their four children were seen alive. Born in Germany after the Holocaust, Rosie describes the courage of her mother, Louise, who enabled the family to continue forward in the complicated journey to the United States as displaced persons.
WALK FORWARD is an ebook ($2.99) and paperback ($8.99) on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/Walk-Forward-ebook/dp/B009H6Y7AC and at Createspace.com ($8.99) at http://www.CreateSpace.com/4015278.
A silent tribute, “We WALK FORWARD, but will never forget,” is presented in the book's video trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp7uQap6p2M.
About the Author
Rosa Shine Raskin (nee Chimowicz) was born in Karlsruhe, Germany, and immigrated to the United States in 1951. She has a B.S. in Biology and an M.S. in Microbiology, from The Ohio State University. She also holds an M.L.S. from Kent State University. She is currently a freelance writer, researcher, and consultant, after having worked in hospitals, government, and the Fortune 100 for over 30 years. She founded Rosa S. Raskin & Associates LLC in 2007, and has three blogs on the web including "Precious Cooking," "Information Specialist Secrets," and "Most Precious Memories." She has published more than a dozen articles cited on the covers of leading international paint and coatings trade journals, APCJ and PPCJ, having been taught by her father, at the age of eight, to paint the bricks on houses.
For more information on WALK FORWARD please check the book’s website at http://www.raskinfo.com/walkforward.html, which includes photographs.
Contact: Rosa Raskin
Phone: 440.461.4125
“WALK FORWARD,” A Different Schindler's List Revealed
Per recent participation in the Shoah DNA project (http://www.dnashoah.org/), which seeks to reunite family members, German born Rosa Raskin describes her 50+ year search for her lost sister.
Cleveland, Ohio – October 3, 2013 – Revealing a different Schindler's list and fulfilling the promise made to her father, Rosa Raskin tells the story of her immigrant family and her father’s hope to find his lost child. The purpose of the book, WALK FORWARD, is to continue to uncover information about her older sister, Eugenia Chimowicz, a blond-haired, nine-year-old girl last documented alive in concentration camp Stutthof on September 3, 1944.
Using letters from her Uncle Alfred, Head of Metals #1 in the Lodz Ghetto, who selected each member family of the “last 500,” and those of her father verifying the stories young Rosie heard as a child, she details the history of the family, including events before, during, and after the Holocaust. Jewish family members are caught in a hellish spider's web. As pawns in the chess game between Hitler's assistants, the group designated as metal workers, survive the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, and Stutthof, the last place where two young mothers and their four children were seen alive. Born in Germany after the Holocaust, Rosie describes the courage of her mother, Louise, who enabled the family to continue forward in the complicated journey to the United States as displaced persons.
WALK FORWARD is an ebook ($2.99) and paperback ($8.99) on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/Walk-Forward-ebook/dp/B009H6Y7AC and at Createspace.com ($8.99) at http://www.CreateSpace.com/4015278.
A silent tribute, “We WALK FORWARD, but will never forget,” is presented in the book's video trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp7uQap6p2M.
About the Author
Rosa Shine Raskin (nee Chimowicz) was born in Karlsruhe, Germany, and immigrated to the United States in 1951. She has a B.S. in Biology and an M.S. in Microbiology, from The Ohio State University. She also holds an M.L.S. from Kent State University. She is currently a freelance writer, researcher, and consultant, after having worked in hospitals, government, and the Fortune 100 for over 30 years. She founded Rosa S. Raskin & Associates LLC in 2007, and has three blogs on the web including "Precious Cooking," "Information Specialist Secrets," and "Most Precious Memories." She has published more than a dozen articles cited on the covers of leading international paint and coatings trade journals, APCJ and PPCJ, having been taught by her father, at the age of eight, to paint the bricks on houses.
For more information on WALK FORWARD please check the book’s website at http://www.raskinfo.com/walkforward.html, which includes photographs.
###
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
A Different Schindler's List Revealed
"Walk Forward," a different "Schindler's List" story revealed, see trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp7uQap6p2M
We Walk Forward, but
will never forget!
We Walk Forward, but
will never forget!
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
The Next Step
When databases, contacts, and in-person research have been exhausted, publishing a book opens up a new pathway.
The Kindle version of "Walk Forward," has been reduced on all Amazon.com international nodes for the remaining days in August and the month of September 2013, with the hope of quickly finding any new information on a sister lost in the Holocaust! Time may be running out per the aging survivor population.
http://www.amazon.com/Walk-Forward-ebook/dp/B009H6Y7AC
Stay tuned for the next step, submitting a mouth swap for DNA testing!
The Kindle version of "Walk Forward," has been reduced on all Amazon.com international nodes for the remaining days in August and the month of September 2013, with the hope of quickly finding any new information on a sister lost in the Holocaust! Time may be running out per the aging survivor population.
http://www.amazon.com/Walk-Forward-ebook/dp/B009H6Y7AC
Stay tuned for the next step, submitting a mouth swap for DNA testing!
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Free Promotion Days
I just finished a three day, free promotion period for "Walk Forward" on Amazon Kindle.
Several hundred copies of the book were downloaded worldwide during the free promotion period.
It is interesting to note that sales of a book seem to increase as soon as one advertises free days, but the sales do not seem to necessarily continue after the promotion ends.
Although the UK is active in downloading the ebook, very few downloads have taken place in Germany. Germany does not yet appear to be a fan of ebooks, but will most probably catch up sometime in the near future. When Germans are ready to read ebooks in mass, hopefully, they will download Walk Forward.
In the first six months, many more ebooks have been downloaded that paperback copies sold.
The link to Walk Forward on Amazon.com in the U.S. is http://www.amazon.com/Walk-Forward-ebook/dp/B009H6Y7AC.
Several hundred copies of the book were downloaded worldwide during the free promotion period.
It is interesting to note that sales of a book seem to increase as soon as one advertises free days, but the sales do not seem to necessarily continue after the promotion ends.
Although the UK is active in downloading the ebook, very few downloads have taken place in Germany. Germany does not yet appear to be a fan of ebooks, but will most probably catch up sometime in the near future. When Germans are ready to read ebooks in mass, hopefully, they will download Walk Forward.
In the first six months, many more ebooks have been downloaded that paperback copies sold.
The link to Walk Forward on Amazon.com in the U.S. is http://www.amazon.com/Walk-Forward-ebook/dp/B009H6Y7AC.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Book Reviews, the other side
Not all book reviews are good, in fact some are on the borderline of hurtful, especially is the reviewer had not truly read the book and has an "agenda" in writing a review.
However, it is fascinating that negative and controversial reviews seem to sell books or get them distributed in a wider range!
As of today, January 1, 2013, Walk Forward continues to hold the following:
"Eugenia, if by some reason you are alive and find this book, please contact me, your half-sister Rosie!"
#1 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Children's Nonfiction > History > Holocaust
#1 in Books > Children's Books > History > Holocaust
What is the secret to being #1 in two categories? Good question and I hope to find the answers soon!
Happy New Year 2013 to everyone, especially those that frequent this blog!
However, it is fascinating that negative and controversial reviews seem to sell books or get them distributed in a wider range!
As of today, January 1, 2013, Walk Forward continues to hold the following:
"Eugenia, if by some reason you are alive and find this book, please contact me, your half-sister Rosie!"
#1 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Children's Nonfiction > History > Holocaust
#1 in Books > Children's Books > History > Holocaust
What is the secret to being #1 in two categories? Good question and I hope to find the answers soon!
Happy New Year 2013 to everyone, especially those that frequent this blog!
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Posting Responses to Book Reviews
I realized today that one can respond, or add comments to a book review on Amazon.com
As an author, I wanted to thank someone in Australia for a wonderful review of "Walk Forward," but
I could not find his email address. I read the reviewer was from Australia.
I clicked on his name in his review of my book, which lead me to more book reviews.
I finally saw the comments area and decided to try to thank the reviewer for his review and add something which I thought might be of interest to potential readers of "Walk Forward" and those who have read the book.
It was most simple to post the comments and I wonder if my comments might be picked up by Google in a few days as each book review is eventually included in Google?
Herein is the link to Walk Forward, click on the more reviews area to see all reviews and where one can add additional comments, http://www.amazon.com/Walk-Forward-ebook/dp/B009H6Y7AC
Or go directly to the comments area where I replied to the most current book review of "Walk Forward" at http://www.amazon.com/review/R25SLXY2AMDY2F/ref=cm_cr_pr_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B009H6Y7AC&linkCode=&nodeID=&tag=#wasThisHelpful
As an author, I wanted to thank someone in Australia for a wonderful review of "Walk Forward," but
I could not find his email address. I read the reviewer was from Australia.
I clicked on his name in his review of my book, which lead me to more book reviews.
I finally saw the comments area and decided to try to thank the reviewer for his review and add something which I thought might be of interest to potential readers of "Walk Forward" and those who have read the book.
It was most simple to post the comments and I wonder if my comments might be picked up by Google in a few days as each book review is eventually included in Google?
Herein is the link to Walk Forward, click on the more reviews area to see all reviews and where one can add additional comments, http://www.amazon.com/Walk-Forward-ebook/dp/B009H6Y7AC
Or go directly to the comments area where I replied to the most current book review of "Walk Forward" at http://www.amazon.com/review/R25SLXY2AMDY2F/ref=cm_cr_pr_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B009H6Y7AC&linkCode=&nodeID=&tag=#wasThisHelpful
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