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What Is The Main Ingredient of WD-40? Before you read to the end, does anybody know what the main ingredient of WD-40? No Cheating….. WD-40 ~ Who knew! I had a neighbour who bought a new pickup. I got up very early one Sunday morning and saw that someone had spray painted red all around the sides of this beige truck (for some unknown reason). I went over, woke him up, and told him the bad news. He was very upset and was trying to figure out what to do …. probably nothing until Monday morning, since nothing was open. Another neighbour came out and told him to get his WD-40 and clean it off. It removed the unwanted paint beautifully and did not harm his paint job that was on the truck. I was impressed! WD-40 who knew? “Water Displacement #40”. The product began from a search for a rust preventative solvent and degreaser to protect missile parts. WD-40 was created in 1953, by three technicians at the San Diego Rocket Chemical Company. Its name comes from the project that was to find a ‘Water Displacement’ Compound. They were finally successful for a formulation, with their fortieth attempt, thus WD-40. The ‘Convair Company’ bought it in bulk to protect their atlas missile parts. Ken East (one of the original founders) says there is nothing in WD-40 that would hurt you. When you read the ‘shower door’ part, try it. It’s the first thing that has ever cleaned that spotty shower door. If yours is plastic, it works just as well as on glass. It’s a miracle! Then try it on your stove-top. It’s now shinier than it’s ever been. You’ll be amazed. WD-40 Uses: 1. Protects silver from tarnishing. 2. Removes road tar and grime from cars. 3. Cleans and lubricates guitar strings. 4. Gives floor that ‘just-waxed’ sheen without making them slippery. 5. Keeps the flies off of Cows, Horses, and other Farm Critters. 6. Restores and cleans chalkboards. 7. Removes lipstick stains. 8. Loosens stubborn zippers. 9. Untangles jewellery chains. 10. Removes stains from stainless steel sinks. 11. Removes dirt and grime from the barbecue grill. 12. Keeps ceramic/terracotta garden pots from oxidising. 13. Removes tomato stains from clothing. 14. Keeps glass shower doors free of water spots. 15. Camouflages scratches in ceramic and marble floors. 16. Keeps scissors working smoothly. 17. Lubricates noisy door hinges on both home and vehicles doors. 18. It removes that nasty tar and scuff marks from the kitchen flooring. It doesn’t seem to harm the finish and you won’t have to scrub nearly as hard to get them off. Just remember to open some windows if you have a lot of marks. 19. Remove those nasty bug guts that will eat away the finish on your car if not removed quickly! 20. Gives a children’s playground gym slide a shine for a super fast slide. 21. Lubricates gearshift and mower deck lever for ease of handling on riding mowers. 22. Rids kids rocking chair and swings of squeaky noises. 23. Lubricates tracks in sticking home windows and makes them easier to open. 24. Spraying an umbrella stem makes it easier to open and close. 25. Restores and cleans padded leather dashboards in vehicles, as well as vinyl bumpers. 26. Restores and cleans roof racks on vehicles. 27. Lubricates and stops squeaks in electric fans. 28. Lubricates wheel sprockets on tricycles, wagons and bicycles for easy handling. 29. Lubricates fan belts on washers and dryers and keeps them running smoothly. 30. Keeps rust from forming on saws and saw blades, and other tools. 31. Removes grease splatters from stove-tops. 32. Keeps bathroom mirror from fogging. 33. Lubricates prosthetic limbs. 34. Keeps pigeons off the balcony (they hate the smell). 35. Removes all traces of duct tape. 36. Folks even spray it on their arms, hands, and knees to relieve arthritis pain. 37. Florida ’s favourite use is: ‘cleans and removes love bugs from grills and bumpers.’ 38. The favourite use in the state of New York , it protects the Statue of Liberty from the elements. 39. WD-40 attracts fish. Spray a little on live bait or lures and you will be catching the big one in no time. Also, it’s a lot cheaper than the chemical attractants that are made for just that purpose. Keep in mind though, using some chemical laced baits or lures for fishing are not allowed in some states. 40. Use it for fire ant bites. It takes the sting away immediately and stops the itch. 41. It is great for removing crayon from walls. Spray it on the marks and wipe with a clean rag. 42. Also, if you’ve discovered that your teenage daughter has washed and dried a tube of lipstick with a load of laundry, saturate the lipstick spots with WD-40 and rewash. Presto! The lipstick is gone! 43. If you spray it inside a wet distributor cap, it will displace the moisture, allowing the engine to start. My discovery, Ants don’t like it……………… P.S. As for that Basic, Main Ingredient……. Well…. it’s FISH OIL…. Now This Is Definitely Worth SHARING!!

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The Titanic and the birth of Modern Israel

The decision that changed the world.

The Titanic

114 years ago, April 15, 1914, the Titanic, the luxury White Star Passenger liner, on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York, struck an iceberg and sank.  Of the 2,224 people on board, 1500 died in the freezing waters of the Atlantic Ocean.  There were not enough lifeboats…

Passengers Isidore Stauss, the Jewish Chairman of New York’s Macy’s Department store, former Congressman, philanthropist, and his wife, Ida, were last seen near the stern of the ship.  Survivor witnesses said they were embracing.  The ship’s band could be heard playing Nearer My God To Thee as the “Unsinkable” Titanic slipped beneath the dark waters. 

The White Star Lines did not particularly want to attract Jews of the lower “classes”, especially Eastern European Jews, as third-class/steerage passengers.  They felt, like other trans-Atlantic passenger carriers, that the Jews were far too disruptive. 

Business was business.  The Titanic was built with a kosher kitchen. A mashgiach was hired, and separate meat and milk dishes were part of the manifest. As estimated, sixty-nine Jews were on the Titanic.

There are many stories of those who were on board the Titanic. One story was the most significant of all.

Nathan Straus - 1922

Nathan Straus was the brother of Isidor Straus.  Originally, Nathan and his wife, Lena, were going to accompany Isidor and his wife, Ida, on the Titanic back to New York. Because of pressing needs in Palestine, Nathan and Lena changed their plans.  They would not be able to sail on the Titanic. 

Nathan and Lena first visited Palestine in 1904.  They were smitten with the land, the Zionist ideals, and the desperate needs and poverty they encountered.  Nathan, like Isidor, was a philanthropist.  In New York, he built the first pasteurized milk plants at his own expense. 

Nathan fought the establishment, demonstrating that pasteurized milk would save children's lives. Nathan and Lena saved an estimated 400,000 children.

In Palestine, he brought his vision of pasteurized milk to save all children, Jew or Arab. He built medical care facilities.  He was a key supporter of Hadassah and Henrietta Szold. 

Nathan and Lena missed the boat.

 The death of Isidor and Ida shook the Straus family deeply.

 Nathan redoubled his philanthropic efforts.  Nathan’s Zionist focus increased as he worked with and funded the struggling American Zionist movement.  Most American Jews were recent immigrants. They were most concerned with surviving, growing, and their financial needs. They wanted to integrate into the “Goldene Medina” where antisemitism was not nurtured on mother’s breast milk as it was in Europe.  

World War I, antisemitism, and the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of Jews in Eastern Europe caught between the German and Russian armies raised the necessity of Zionism in American Jewish eyes. But the American Zionist movement was disorganized.  It needed control, direction, and respectability.  The solution came through one man, a successful Boston attorney, Louis Brandeis. Nathan Straus was intimately involved. Brandeis became the face of the American Zionist movement.

In 1916, President Wilson nominated Brandeis to become the first Jew ever to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. The nomination was not a sure thing.  It required extensive behind-the-scenes work by Wilson and Brandeis.  There was fierce resistance from American anti-Semitic Senators to his nomination.

The pogroms in Europe continued.  The war was not going well for the Allies when Brandeis caught wind of what would later become the Balfour Declaration. The British were desperate for manpower, political support, and money, especially Jewish.  The Germans were reasoning along the same lines.  The British were afraid to advance the Balfour Declaration without American support.

Brandeis knew he could not push President Wilson on a “purely” Jewish concern.  Wilson would be accused of dragging America into a war for the Jews.

 Brandeis discovered the solution during his nomination hearings, the Blackstone Memorial of 1891.  

William Blackstone, an enormously popular American Evangelical Minister, believed the Second Coming of Jesus was imminent. A precondition for the Second Coming was the Return of the Jews to Palestine.  In 1891, the Russians were oppressing and slaughtering Jews.  Blackstone knew he had to help “God’s Chosen People.”

Blackstone conceived of a Memorial to President Benjamin Harrison that called for a radical solution to the Jewish problem.  The Jews must return to Palestine.  The Jews must have a homeland, a State of their own.

Blackstone organized a national petition, signed by a who's who cross-section of the leading Americans.  It was presented to Harrison.  The petition was published and shared globally. Harrison gave it to the State Department, which promptly lost it…Herzl’s Der Judenstaat, 1896, is eerily similar to Blackstone’s Memorial.

Brandeis needed to reach Blackstone to create a second Blackstone Memorial. He had to demonstrate American political support for the Balfour Declaration to President Wilson.  It had to be done by a non-Jew. 

Nathan Straus had access to Reverend Blackstone. Straus wrote to Blackstone.

"Mr. Brandeis is perfectly infatuated with the work that you have done along the lines of Zionism. It would have done your heart good to have heard him assert what a valuable contribution to the cause your document is. In fact,  he agrees with me that you are the Father of Zionism, as your work antedates Herzl".   

Blackstone acted immediately, creating a second Blackstone Memorial, now to President Wilson.  The message was received.  Wilson unofficially notified the British that America would support the Balfour Declaration.

Anne Frank’s father, Otto, was a lifelong friend of Nathan Straus Jr.  They had been roommates in Heidelberg in 1908.  Nathan Jr. had tried to get Otto to relocate his family to the U.S. but failed.  After the war, Otto, unable to find an American publisher interested in his daughter’s diary, reached out to Nathan Jr. Nathan had the connections. 

Nathan asked Eleanor Roosevelt to write the introduction to Anne Frank’s Diary.  It was published in the U.S. in 1952 and became a classic about the Holocaust. 

If Nathan and Lena Straus had chosen not to go to Palestine to help in 1912, he would have been on the Titanic.  He would have died with his brother.  The Balfour Declaration might never have been.  Israel would not have been.  Nathan Straus Jr. would never have been.  The Diary of Anne Frank would never have been published. 

A simple decision, a change of timing, a change of priorities, not to sail on the Titanic changed the world.

Jerry Klinger is president of the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation

www.JASHP.org

Source: The Titanic and the birth of Modern Israel

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