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Yakitori Zai
As I reported earlier on the Openings/Closings thread, I walked by last Saturday night and saw them doing what looked to be a friends and family evening.
I have not seen a menu, but I have seen the cooks practicing for hours every night lately.
Being a frequent traveler to Japan I am really hoping this place is authentic and not just an Americanized version of yakitori which usually ends up being just chicken breast or thighs with teriayaki sauce. As stated by Cork, I too hope there are some "nasty bits" too which make for a truely memorbale dining experience.
re: RoyRon
re: Bob Dobalina
Heart, gizzard, liver, intestine, skin, tail...
re: Bob Dobalina
Yep: hearts, guts, gizzards, cartilage, tail meat, skin. I'll be surprised if they offer a lot of that, but you never know!
re: MC Slim JB
I asked the guy who looked like he was the owner when I "accidentally" popped in last week and he told me that it's gonna be "very authentic." Hopefully this translates to nasty bits. I recently had chicken knee cartilage yakitori... Was so good.
Last week he said he was aiming to open sometime this week.
re: Mike5966
re: Bob Dobalina
Ever had chicken feet at dim sum? Lots of cartilage, not super-chewy. Chicken tail is nice and fatty. Hearts you may have tried at a churrascaria: tasty in a slightly liverish way. Ditto gizzards, which I most recently had at Casa B.
Skin is easy, right? Chicken skin teriyaki is all over Chinatown (had some lovely skewers of it at Dumpling Cafe recently); see also: Buffalo wings. I have not tried chicken intestines yet.
Some nice photos here: http://shizuokagourmet.com/2009/08/28... Don't forget chicken meatballs and livers! Not hard to imagine chasing these with some icy lager or sake.
re: Bob Dobalina
re: Mike5966
re: Bob Dobalina
If you want to get really down with it, neck skin is preferable to other skin. One of my favorite parts is the oyster, or the thigh meat which is a that little ball of meat you glide your hand against every time you reach into suit pant pockets. Held together with some skin, it is tasty like leg, but even softer than correctly cooked breast. Best of both worlds, especially with some crispy skin.
If they don't get in whole chickens and butcher themselves, it just won't be worth it for me, personally. I'm sure they won't, due to cost. It is likely that enough clamoring from CH'ers for all parts of the chicken to be used will be listened to.
re: tatsu
The cultural classes listed on their website do inspire some confidence that they have a serious appreciation for the art and craft. And in that neighbourhood, perhaps they can still cover their margins while importing high-quality Jidori birds, binchotan, and a lifelong yakitori master (hey we'll buy a $20 taco in that nabe!). But, like ramen, everybody makes it, few actually make it well. Expectations, adjusted. Optimism, cautious.
re: Nab
Who charges $20 for a taco?!
re: Nab
Can anyone who has seen them test grilling actually confirm they got approval to use charcoal? That hasn't been reported and while Coppa's wood oven gives me hope, solid fuels in Boston are very rare. While you are at it Nab, instead of importing why don't they raise the birds and make their own charcoal... right in the South End. :-)
I do think there is a balance between assuming they will grill chicken breast on a stick and super-high chowhound expectations of focusing on the most obscure of chicken bits. While they aren't necessarily "chewy," some of the other bits take a fair amount of skill and good product to do right particularly if you are only using dry heat and knife skills (eg MC Slim JB's gizzards weren't likely done over charcoal, nor are Chinatown chicken feet). I hope they start off with what they do well and sell enough to keep locals coming back, while doing other bits and doing them well for us food geeks.
Update: And please stay open late!
re: Nab
Serious question: I assume as with most meats, chicken is best medium rare, which would not be so bio-problematic in Japan where chickens are raised very differently than the US. (the natural e.Coli infection rate for chickens is around 6%, whereas due to stack-farming, in the US the rate is around 85%.)
But unless the chicken is imported at ridiculous prices, or incredibly expensively locally sourced, medium rare chicken is unsafe for a US yakitori joint. So I'd assumed I would never find fantastic yakitori in the US.
So assuming that at any US yakitori joint, the chicken must be heated to well-done temperatures for safety (165), which is far higher than the termperature at which protein squeezes out all the juices (110).
Yet smart people here are expecting a non-dry product. What am I missing?
I could imagine pre-cooking the meat sous-vide at 145 and then flashing it over the grill. Given the small size of the pieces, you could pasteurize the meat to the core before it got too mushy. But if that were the case, I assume YZ wouldn't be talking about "authentic" so much, and neither would CH.
I've often said that among Japanese foods that Boston lacks the most are a good Yakitori-ya and a good ramen place. I'm really hoping that the new Yakitori-Zai fills one of the voids. Granted that most Americans are not familiar with the more esoteric offerings of an authentic yakitori-ya but I think there are enough of us around who are to make this place a big hit. I agree with Itaunas that unless they grill over real charcoal it will be a disappoinment.
I asked a neighbor to pop in and ask. Good news: charcoal! 11pm closing, 11:30p weekends.
re: MC Slim JB
I know Boston tried at one point to limit sleeping out to get tickets for concert events (which sox fans and black friday yahoos obviously do), but I wonder what the South End residents association might think about hounds sleeping out to be the first in line at Yakitori Zai. :-)
Here's a link to their website, didn't see it posted here, food and drink menus but no prices:
I stopped in last night with some friends. At $4-10 a skewer, we had high hopes. They were out of skin (the main reason I wanted to go) and were running low on the other offal offerings. Apparently if you want them, you need to show up very early.
Service was some of the worst I've had even at a new opening. We waited fifteen minutes for water and then for beers. Our waitress didn't know what was offered on the combination. It took another ten minutes for her to check. When we finally ordered, we realized we all had different menus (none were the menu offered online). There was only one beef offering, so we opted for just chicken and vegetables. After we ordered, our server never checked in again. We would've ordered more food, but we weren't given the chance. We couldn't even flag her down for water as she completely disappeared.
The food was decent, but the portions were ridiculously small. The wasabi skewer was dry and flavorless. The Sot-l'y-laisse (thigh oyster) was good, but only came with three pieces for $8. Both the zucchini and eggplant were undercooked and over-miso'ed. I love miso, but all I could taste was salt. We also got the jako salad (fried sardines and tomatoes). The tomatoes were mealy, so I let my hungry brother-in-law eat all but a bite.
I doubt we'll be back. All four of us really wanted to love it as we eat a ton of yakitori in New York and Japan. We spent more than when we go to Yakitori Totto and way more than Yakitori Taisho in NYC and left the South End utterly disappointed. We ended up hitting up Amsterdam Falafel and splitting two regulars and some fries.
re: iluvbacon
Ouch. Hope these folks are reading Chowhound.
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I should do another post for it. We loved it (we went two days in a row and my brother-in-law went again for lunch yesterday). It was a bit slow during the dinner rush, but mostly due to people taking their time loading on the toppings. The falafel and fries were fried perfectly. I liked the garlic cream, tzatziki, the two types of cucumber salad, and the spicy parsley (kind of like tabouli but with a serious kick). For the fries, we stuck to the dutch mayo and curry ketchup. My friends are still talking about how great the curry ketchup is. After writing this, I may go back for lunch.
re: iluvbacon
Swankalicious started a post for Amsterdam Falafel a couple days ago.
re: iluvbacon
Stopped in for a snack. Not being a yakitori aficionado/connoisseur, the finer points of charcoal etc were above my head, but I tried the chicken thigh ($4) and wagyu tataki ($20),both seemed ok although not life changing. I actually enjoyed the chicken karaage (in a crunchy rice batter $12 iirc) and a small simple bowl of ramen soup ($7) more. Service was good.
I went to Yakitori Zai last night. The food was good but the portions were insultingly small and the price was absolutely ridiculously high for what you get. I would look forward to going if they quadrupled their portions but I would never want to go again the way they have it now. Unless this place changes their portions sizes or prices, I think they will be gone very very soon.
re: unamuno200
re: Bob Dobalina
Most things are priced between $6 to $15. For portions you get one tiny skewer with 3 tiny bites . I was with 2 other people last night. We got about 8 or 9 things and the bill was $100 for a couple of bites of food. We left and ate somewhere else because we thought it would not be possible to be satisfied.
re: Bob Dobalina
I went tonight and really enjoyed the meal. They were out of chicken gizzard and duck, but chicken thigh, oyster, diaphram and knee were all excellent. (I was a little confused that they call the chicken diaphram "harami" because I thought that referred to beef, but whatever they called it, that was my favorite). The knee cartilage was so crunchy and chewy at the same time --- just terrific.
I also enjoyed the complimentary edamame, and also the shitake mushroom, the Japanese fried chicken (coated with sticky rice and then deep fried), and especially the almond panna cotta for dessert (although it's called Annin Tofu on the menu, and has the consistency of silken tofu, there is no tofu in the dessert, which makes me really perplexed about its name). Complimentary green tea with the dessert was a nice touch.
Did not enjoy the salmon sashimi, which was very fishy (although the wasabi was excellent), or the beef "kalbi" skewer, which was tough and tasteless. I enjoyed the chicken "oyster" although my DC thought it could have used a brush of the sauce that they put on the other chicken skewers, instead of just lemon juice. I agree.
Service was good, although I was frankly a little surprised to see the kalbi skewer still on the bill, after we each had a bite, left the rest, and asked the waitress to clear it, saying that it was the only skewer we didn't enjoy. I didn't press it though.
No Saranac ginger beer (as on the on-line menu), only Canada Dry ginger ale. For the record, Saranac ginger beer is one of my most favorite light ginger sodas --- more like a strong ginger ale, than a Jamaican style ginger beer, but it is sharp, refreshing and delicious, just not very spicy.
Sorry I didn't get to take pictures, but the presentation of each dish was very nice.
As to the prices, I'm a little confused. I seem to recall prices at Yakitori Totto in New York as being about $3/skewer for chicken, and Taisho being even cheaper, more like $2/skewer. Here the cheapest are $4 and most are more like $6, including the offal, which you might think would be cheaper. Yakitori Totto is not cheap. And yet we escaped at about $55/per person, including tax and tip, which is as little as I've ever paid at Totto. I think the portions on each skewer are a little larger here, but it is still a little more expensive. The side dishes are reasonably priced. On the other hand, there is a seven skewer combination (5 chicken skewers and two vegetables) for $30, which is close to $4/skewer, but you don't get to the choose which skewers, although they tell you in advance. It is also the only game in town for authentic robata-yaki, and worlds better than the horrid skewers at Basho. If there were more competition in Boston, perhaps there would be downward pressure on their prices. I should go back a few more times before saying this more definitively, but I think it's better than Totto or Taisho as well.
I enjoyed sitting at the bar and watching the charcoal turn raw chicken into deliciousness right in front of me. I had experienced a rotten day up until dinner, and this meal made my day better. So I wish it were a little less expensive, but I don't think the prices are out of bounds for what they're offering, and I'll be back again to see if it's as good the second time.
wayyyyyy toooo expensive! the raw chicken with avocado, i liked it
We went at 6:30 on a Thursday and were the only ones there; by the time we left, there were two other couples. Service was great but not sure if it was because we were the first one there.
I thought Yakitori Zai provides a great blend of authentic charcoal grilled chicken with a touch of fusion and ambiance for those looking for traditional (every chicken part) along with new styles of presentation (cherry tomatoes with cheese, scallops with a mild vinagrette). We also got the agedashi tofu and the agedashi mochi (redundant a bit but worth it) which we would have loved even more if it had been hotter. As other posters have noted, for us the only downside would be price, though we ate whatever we wanted to try, which included:
momo with negi - with a bit of tare
mune with yuzu kosho - my favorite
2 teba
bonjiri - husband's favorite
enoki mushrooms with bacon - probably our 2nd most favorite dish
omakase vegetable - that night was zucchini, tomatoes, shiitake (which I wanted to order again ala carte), okra, corn (could have had a bit more grill and shoyu)
jako salad - tomatoes were succulent that night
yaki-onigiri - just right amount of crisp and aroma
including 2 beers, and were stuffed. Total was about $120 not including tip. Would consider it in the occasional-going-out type of place. Menu on their website doesn't include the seafood and a couple more chicken options. We'll be back there for another special occasion.
I will not skewer them. While it's a far cry from your Ojiisan's izakaya it ain't no chicken on a stick neither. Somewhere between the preciousness of the area and the overhead is a very neat soulful, sincere and still signless yaki bar finding it's own place and welcome. (Union Park and Shawmut). Years back there was a riotous yaki bar in Allston which dissolved into the charcoal, meat and good cheer vapor of victuals past. I have missed that animated and inebriated Chef who brought such a uniquely Japanese intersection. At Yakitori Zai the food and drink were thoughful, I did not wince when my partner in dine picked up the checkzu (okanjou). Perhaps when the company is good, the conversation animated and the fare provocative we can get by the sticker shock of importing the people's food and upscaling. Crazy to venture the day after a love note review from the Daily Bugle yet we are brave and flexible. So what went down? Seishi Ichisima sake in a wooden box was like crisp cold rain followed by Koshi-Hikari Echigo, crafty microbrau (malty, yet light and complex), better than it should have a right to be. Old friends chattered and ate up the charred fava beans. Then the meatsicles: crunchy fatty kawa (skin), wickedly tasty and impecably gritless Sunazura (gizzard), Nankotsu (cartilage), Seseri (neck) and oishiiest of all, minced organic chicken w/shio on a toungue impresser ( flat stick) a big wooden spoon and a dreamy soft cooked egg), a do it yourself moment that will be memorable. It would be wrong not to mention the yaki onigiri attentively toasted rice balls painted with shouyu (yes on sticks) that were worth waiting for. This was really good. We rolled up on Zai at 7:45 and were served drinks immediately waiting a scant twenty for a key place at the bar to watch em work. Portions are a bit "doll house" but the attention was spot on. Service was animated and knowledgeable with sadly only one omission which was a rare to find and raw to eat chicken Sasami tartare dish. Something left on the bone for later when we should all go back. I'm told items online on Yakitori Zai's menu will include liver and heart of the chicken. The beef tongue is on the tip of my next time list as well. Soon.
I popped in on Wednesday with a friend. Quick little report: the chicken oysters thighs and wings were best in show for technique and cookery. Whereas the neck skin was my favorite because who doesn't love chicken skin? It is expensive. But it's very nice to have a legit izakaya in our midst. I would encourage all hounds to go just try a skewer to see what you think. Your investment will be $6 and you can add to the database for this place. Me, I'm excited to go back.
re: yumyum
re: yumyum
I liked the chicken sashimi, too, but Mrs. MC would not go there. It is a challenging concept even to my raw-egg-cocktail-drinking self.
re: yumyum
I'm pulling for this place to succeed, and I agree that some dishes (like those chicken oysters) are special, but I worry about the prices. My last meal there ran about $180 for two with a pretty modest sake and beer tab, and we're not exactly trenchermen. That's special-occasion prices to me, not a great neighborhood option. I walk by it a lot, and it seems like 90% of the trade is still Asian-Americans; I don't see a lot of the crowd I recognize from the South End places that are popular with locals dining there.
Another charcoal-grilling place (Korean/Japanese, in this case) is supposed to be going into that space in Brookline Village that has changed hands every two or three years since it was a gas station: http://bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com... I wonder if that will help build enthusiasm for the concept, or hurt Zai.
re: MC Slim JB
.. and following the link to Hiddenboston's site it sounds like the spot could have already changed hands to become a day care center (update provided in 7/12)? Was there any confirmation that "Charcoal" in the name meant charcoal grilling? "Charcoal Guido's" in Waltham, which is also uncertain at this point, only disclosed "brick oven pizza" which means a lot of things most not being solid fuel.
re: itaunas
All I know is that if there's a location with "snake-bitten" written all over it, it's that one. The notion that it would become a daycare center is utterly unsurprising to me, a final acknowledgement that the restaurant gods just hate that space. Can anyone name a place that changed hands more frequently in the last 20 years?
re: MC Slim JB
re: lergnom
re: lergnom
That's a different space than I thought it was going in. I was thinking of the space at the corner of Harvard and School Street, which was home to Minsok, Shalom Hunan, Choe's, Zoe's, Shalom Beijing, Orchid Garden, Pier 9, and some Greek place that I can't remember the name of. The Regina was on the other side of Harvard, closer to Stop and Shop #1.
re: MC Slim JB
re: Aromatherapy
I don't necessarily see it as a problem, but I tend to think that very small restaurants like Zai, especially in residential as opposed to touristy neighborhoods, have a better chance of making a long-term go of it if they can cultivate some local trade, the kind of people who walk in when the weather is terrible, on Monday nights, and so on.
re: MC Slim JB
I would be surprised if anybody knocked the goods on their own. They are doing yakitori right no doubt about it, but they're biz model is what it is when you're footin that build out bill and the cost of goods they have chosen. Which i appreciate. Particularly when i am dining solo.
But i agree, we could also use a low-rent boozy budget option for yakitori to build our market first.
re: yumyum
I took my adventurous 9 year old a couple of weeks ago there for dinner. Everything we sampled was great, but as everyone has clearly posted, it is a bit pricey for the amount of food. My only other concern were the missing nasty bits - no hearts, no livers etc, and we were there early on a Thursday evening so I do not think that they had already run out.
The chicken neck and oysters were great. We each had our own skewer of chicken butts (seriously the bestest fattiest yummiest piece of meat on the bird) - these were grilled perfectly. We had gizzards and knee cartilage - not for the faint of heart when it comes to odd textures - the gizzards were better and I think demonstrate their culinary abilities - no grittiness and grilled well.
Would have liked to have seen a couple of larger sized skewers of relatively simpler selections so one could actually feel as if they had eaten a meal which I would gladly supplement with odder bits.
re: Cork
For what it's worth the "omakase" is something like seven-skewers of the more normal chicken meats, and even though they are the same size, that is about 2/3rds of the price per skewer. You could supplement that with a few skewers of the more interesting meats.
I've been back a couple times now, and I agree that the price is a little steep, although I've been impressed by the quality. They also ran out of a couple types of chicken last time, although that doesn't bother me --- it suggests they have fresh deliveries each day.


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Debate got personal last night as the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly took up the Anadromous Streams Ordinance for a vote. Members took aim at one another…
Asm. Wolf(K-Beach): "Is that what you folks want? Knock yourself out. This is wrong. This is a bad law.
Asm. Smith(Homer): "To assert that I have a conflict, because of my duties here, I just think that that's absurd to have that assertion
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Not Surprising the same whom pass it originally and who dishonored their Oath of Office once again! Kelly, Charlie, and Ray get my respect….
I'm glad there's finally some conclusion to this dramafest. Certain Assemblymembers have encouraged the worst behaviours amongst themselves and the general public. This spectacle was an embarrassment to the citizens of the Borough.
I applaud the Assemblymembers that voted to get this done and over with last night.
Well said, Joe!
This will go down in history as an important CONSERVATION measure. Hopefully it will be enforced, but I am not optomistic.
Time is overdue to do an referendum by the voters to dissolve the borough in its totality. The assembly will not be able to come back in 2 years to negate a dissolution because they will be history as well. At last count we have 160 muni governments in Alaska for a population of 710,000. We only require 1 government within the State of Alaska. Some school districts in the lower 48 have a pupil population of around 710,000. ( 1 school district) We are "top" heavy with government in Alaska.
This is not over yet. This is truly a big waste of taxpayer's money.

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Thursday, March 27, 2003Valparaiso University's women's soccer coach Stephen Anthony has added a fourth player, Casey Mills, to his 2003 recruiting class.
Mills, a native of Oakville, Ont. signed a National Letter of Intent to play with the Crusaders beginning this fall.
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Local WIC office hopes for return to normalcy
By SCOTT AUST
By SCOTT AUST
For Danielle Ast, southwest Kansas WIC director, Congress' vote Wednesday night to end the partial federal government shutdown means her program can get back to normal.
"Right now, we're just able to print checks for the month of October," Ast said Wednesday afternoon, prior to Congress' vote.
Last week, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment directed local WIC offices to limit the issuance of WIC checks to only those checks dated October 2013 and to withhold checks dated November and December until further notice.
KDHE is able to fund WIC purchases made with October checks, but the agency couldn't guarantee its backing of grocery purchases made with checks dated in November and December because it couldn't predict the end of the federal government shutdown.
"I would assume as soon as this is resolved we will go back to normal. It's an assumption. It depends on (how much) longer this goes," Ast said.
WIC checks are issued to participants to buy certain groceries at grocery stores. A client selects qualifying food items and presents the check to the cashier. The amount is filled in, and the client signs the check, and the grocer sends it to KDHE for payment.
Checks are printed every day for clients and normally, a client can get three months' worth of checks. Due to the shutdown and the KDHE reaction to it, the status of checks with start dates in November and December were uncertain and will remain so until further notice.
"That's the difference. Normally, we'd be printing checks that started 10/16, 11/16 and 12/16. But right now, we're just printing checks in October," Ast said. "Two weeks ago, we were printing checks that had October, November, December start dates. And those checks out there, if this doesn't resolve, we don't know what that means for those checks."
Even with the shutdown presumably resolved and things expected to get back to normal, clients will have the hassle of coming back in November and December.
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children (WIC) is a federally-funded program administered in Kansas by KDHE through contracts with county health departments. Currently, all Kansas WIC clinics are fully operational and serving clients.
According to KDHE, printed on each WIC check is a label that reads: "Do not use before this date." WIC checks are valid for 30 days from that date. All checks with a "Do not use before this date" in October or September may be redeemed by participants, and grocery stores will be reimbursed for purchases made with those checks.
"Limiting the issuance of WIC checks is the appropriate response at this time," said Dave Thomason, Kansas WIC director. "We are hopeful that the shutdown will be resolved before it impacts WIC past the month of October, but we must be fiscally responsible during this time of uncertainty. KDHE understands the inconvenience of our current situation, and we appreciate WIC staff in their work to ensure that WIC participants receive proper nutrition education and assistance during this time."
WIC provides nutrition education, breastfeeding support and supplemental, nutritious foods to low-income families. The Kansas WIC program serves approximately 70,000 participants every month, including pregnant women, breastfeeding women through the first year of their infant's life, women who have had a baby within the past six months, infants younger than 1, and children from age 1 to 5.
Other than the WIC check uncertainty, Ast said the local WIC department is operating normally.
"We're still seeing clients, still doing nutrition education, breast feeding education, making our normal referrals. We're just also doing the education piece, telling people they will have to come back in November instead of in January," she said.
Based at the Finney County Health Department, the Southwest Kansas WIC program serves about 2,500 participants in Finney, Haskell, Hamilton, Kearny and Stanton counties. The vast majority, 2,265 as of Oct. 1, come from Finney County.


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Registration is painless and takes a few seconds. Click here to get started!
You can download the latest version of WP Auctions from your member area. Use your name and password you set during signup →
This page will have all the documentation needed about how the plugin works and how to get yourself accustomed to using the plugin. Please check back often as we will be updating this on a regular basis.
Basic installation guide and requirements.
Linux server running WordPress 3.0+ and PHP5, Windows servers can work too but we offer limited support for that environment.
There are two ways to upgrade WP Auctions. Before upgrading make sure you have the latest version by logging into the Weborithm Products area and downloading from the WP Auctions product area.
Due to various server configurations we cannot guarantee that upgrading will leave your auctions intact. We recommend you wait till your auctions are over, end manually or deleted before upgrading. If you have to upgrade due to an error which was fixed please inform your bidders that the auction will be closed and re-opened again.
Upgrade via WordPress backend
Upgrade via FTP
How to configure WP Auctions on your site.
Very Important: You can only place ONE auction per Post/Page. If you want to show a list of auctions in a Page, try our List Widget add-on.
The Sidebar Widget and List Widget will now direct all your bidders to this Post/Page for bidding and getting updates on the auction.
WP Auctions includes functionality that will resize your auction images to the appropriate size for your page. In order for this to work, you need to ensure that the /file folder in the plugin directory is available for write access by the plugin. You can do this by accessing the folder with your FTP client and changing the permissions of the folder to 777 (using CHMOD).
You would have to be an Administrator or an Editor to place auctions.
The textareas where you enter your Bank Details and Mailing Address will be saved and sent out in the email to the auction winner. Typically, you should enter the information that is relevant for you to get paid. For example, your bank name and address and the account number where you would like money to be wire transferred. The mailing address is self-explanatory.
The plugin does not have an in-built function to perform Bank Transfers, that is something which should be handled by the user and auction winner through whichever means available.
On the main WP Auction settings page, you can select whether you want bidders to be registered or not. The registration system is the default system used by WordPress, so if you have set all registrants to be "Subscribers" they will be able to bid. You can set the status of registrants on the "Settings > General" page.
How to install and use add-ons.
Uploading via FTP
These are programs that let you connect to your host via FTP. You need your hosting account FTP username and password to connect. Contact your hosting provider for more information.
PC – FileZilla
MAC – List of Mac FTP Clients
Please make sure to remove the spaces between the [ ] below.
1. To use this widget simply place the following shortcode into your Post or Page:
[ wpa_list_widget mode="list" ]
2. To limit how many auctions you want to show, use the
maxrec filter:
[ wpa_list_widget mode="list" maxrec="3" ]
In the example above, 3 auctions will be shown randomly from all your Current Auctions.
3. To show the description, use the
limitdesc filter in the shortcode:
[ wpa_list_widget mode="sidebar" limitdesc="50" maxrec="3" ]
In the example above, your description will be limited to the first 50 characters (not words). The word "Hello" is 5 characters.
NOTE: The description will not be shown in the "list" mode.
4. To show auctions from a certain category, use the
category filter in the shortcode:
[ wpa_list_widget mode="list" limitdesc="50" maxrec="3" category="CategoryName" ]
In the example above, auctions from the category "CategoryName" will be shown. Category names with spaces will not work unfortunately, so "Art Gallery" would not work, whereas "ArtGallery" will.
5. To show auctions in a particular order, use the
order filter in the shortcode:
[ wpa_list_widget limitdesc="50" maxrec="3" order="xxx" ]
Where xxx can be: random, date, datedesc, price or pricedesc.
NOTE: price or pricedesc will show the auctions based on the current bid price only and NOT the starting bid price.
6. To paginate your auctions, use the
perpage filter in the shortcode:
[ wpa_list_widget perpage="1" ]
In the example above, all your auctions will be shown in 1 page. If you want to show less per page then increase the number accordingly. So if you have 10 auctions, you can use perpage="2″ and the List Widget would only show 2 auctions per page.
mode="list" – This will show your auctions in a list format. Descriptions are not shown in this mode. Leaving it out will show it in an alternative list format. Properties:
list and
limitdesc="50″ – This will limit the characters in your description to the first 50. You can enter any number you like there.
maxrec="3″ – This limits how many auctions you would like to show.
category="CategoryName" – This filter lets you specify auctions from one category. Enter the category name for all auctions from that category to show.
order="xxx" – This filter lets you specify the order in which you want to show your auctions. Properties:
datedesc, and
perpage="1″ – This filter allows you to list a desired amount of auctions per page with the List Widget.
You need to upload the downloaded ZIP file to the plugins directory of your WordPress install via FTP or the plugin upload area. Once uploaded you need to activate the add-on separately from the main admin panel of the plugin.
After activation you will see a new menu item under the "WP Auctions" menu tab called "Bulk Upload".
Please do not use the CSV import if you have any live auctions. It could very well cause errors for your live auctions and possible delete any bids you received. This add-on is to be only used with a fresh batch of auctions.
If you want to edit your live auctions after upload please use the "Manage" area to edit them as needed. Since there are literally hundreds of thousands of various server settings out there this is the safest route to take.
1. Purge Database: This option allows you to completely delete your auction database. Be careful with this one, it will REALLY delete everything if you select the "Yes" option.
- What is this option for?
Basically, it allows you to delete your records if you get any errors with the import of your CSV file. As a fail safe it is always set to "No" just in case you didn't actually want to delete your auctions. If you select "Yes" and delete your records there's nothing we can do about it. So PLEASE make a backup of your auctions first before continuing with this option.
2.Export Records: You can export a CSV file of your auctions using this option. Simply click on "Export CSV" and the download should start.
3. Import Records: This option allows you to import your auctions from a specification ready CSV file. The file MUST be in the EXACT specifications mentioned, otherwise you will receive an error. If the first row of your file has column headings you can select the option present to have the upload process skip it. The first row is present by default in the sample CSV file.
- My import failed?
Please review the error posted by the add-on and re-check your CSV file for any errors, specifically the start date and time. It HAS to match the specification posted.
- Can I use HTML and video embeds in the CSV file?
Yes, you can. However be careful about some punctuations like ' and ;. They might cause some issues with a few servers during import and give you an error.
- Can I change the date format?
No, sorry. At this point of time it is in the DD/MM/YYYY format. We might add support for others later.
- Why do I have one auction repeated twice?
You probably imported a CSV file that had the auction present the first time and uploaded a new CSV file with the previous auction still present in it. Simply delete the repeated auction by visiting your "Manage" screen.
- Will importing auctions delete any bids that are placed on live auctions?
Yes. If you have live auctions WITH bids on them then please make sure any further CSV file import does not have the same auction in it. It will add another similar auction and could cause your live auction bids to get deleted or cause undue errors.
If you get any other specific error please post them on our support page.
Basic troubleshooting help for the plugin.
This is the default re-direction scheme, i.e http://www.example.com/?auction_to_show=1.
The above link will show the auction, with the ID 1, on your home page. Your home page must either have the sidebar widget or a front page sticky Post/Page with any auction embedded in it.
If you do not have the sidebar widget, or a front page sticky Post/Page with an auction in it, and you are embedding auctions in a Post/Page, then you must form a relationship with the Post/Page and the auction. See "How do I place an Auction in a Post/Page?" for instructions on how to do that.
In order for WP Auctions to be correctly configured you MUST set the "Auction Engine". Your three choices are "Standard", "Simple" and "Reverse".
To select your Auction Engine, click on the drop down box and select the engine you want to work with. You must literally click the drop down to select it, even if the default is set to "Standard". Once you've selected it, and set your other settings, click on "Update Options".
If you see the notice again, click on Update Options one more time.
Please note you cannot change your Auction Engine while you have live auctions on the site.


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Obama's agenda: Cement that legacy
On the morning after the President's speech, we looked for a good estimate of the total cost of all of his new spending proposals. We did not find one, which is probably because mathemeticians are still busy doing the calculations. How does one even begin to provide an accurate projection for all of these self-aggrandizement schemes?
The President proposed creating 15 manufacturing investment institutes, spending untold sums on energy research, creating two additional stimulus programs for infrastructure spending ("Fix It First" and "A Partnership to Rebuild America"), creating a national public preschool program, funding the complete redesign of all American high schools, establishing a program to "put people back to work rebuilding vacant homes in rundown neighborhoods," and starting a new initiative to "eradicate ... extreme poverty" in the Third World and save "the world's children from preventable deaths" and eradicate AIDS. All the while, he said, "in the Middle East, we will stand with citizens as they demand their universal rights, and support stable transitions to democracy."
These are to come at the same time the federal government reshapes the entire health care sector, imposes new environmental, workplace and voting regulations, and brings 11 million or more illegal immigrants out of the shadow economy and into the regular labor market, where businesses will be required to pay everyone at least $9 an hour. On top of that he intends to throw new restrictions on gun ownership.
Such a grandiose plan is, of course, impossible to achieve, which Obama knows. It also will further weaken the economy, which he does not know. But if he accomplishes only a fraction of it, he will have cemented a leftist legacy that will ensure fawning reviews in textbooks written by left-leaning historians for decades to come.
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Anyone in the DC area probably knows all about this infernal problem--if not, count yourself lucky, but be forewarned--THEY ARE COMING to a neighborhood near you. And, unlike leaves, which only plague us for a few weeks in the fall, gumballs are there 365 days a year (366 in leap years).
Gumballs have an insidious design--covered with needle-sharp points that are very painful to a dog or barefoot human. They can get stuck between a dog's toe pads, and--because they are round and slippery--can cause a person to fall; I speak from personal experience.
In addition to the needle points they also have a little tail with a hook on the end, so they get tangled in the grass and are hard to remove. And they have an uncanny ability to bury themselves in the earth--but only halfway, so one needle-covered hemisphere is still above ground, waiting for the unwary passerby. This, of course, makes removal even more difficult--blowers don't work on the embedded ones.
Pondering this further, I began to wonder if such an evil thing could be entirely nature's fault. As a retired CIA analyst, I am sensitive to threats to national security, and there is some evidence of an intelligent force behind the gumball menace:
- They don't seem to fall randomly, but rather at the times that are most inconvenient. Planning an outdoor party? Expect a gumball deluge.
- The number of gumballs on the ground is always far greater than the number still on the trees--a lot of them seem to come from some mystery source.
- And just how do the little buggers manage to half-bury themselves? They don't have arms or hands or anything else to dig with; it's very suspicious.
But who or what could be orchestrating this plague on our welfare? In the old days, we would have suspected the Soviet Union, but it's gone and Russia is a fading power. China is a more likely suspect--it already has surpassed the US in terms of total economic output (GDP) and clearly is intent on expanding its global power. But could it really orchestrate a gumball apocalypse?
After further thought and research I have ruled out human or supernatural causes and have concluded that malevolent space aliens are behind the gumball onslaught. Just look at the growing number of UFO sightings and the recent surge of meteors and near-misses by asteroids. This was further confirmed when I spotted the threatening gumball message shown in the accompanying photo. I hope Patch will investigate so that this threat hopefully can be nipped in the (gumball) bud.


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The Problem With The Blogosphere
by Big Tent Democrat, Sun Jul 29, 2007 at 06:33:02 PM EDT
The discussion shows that are supposed to enhance public understanding may actually reduce it, by hammering home the message that issues don't matter except as items for politicians to fight over. Some politicians in Washington may indeed view all issues as mere tools to use against their opponents. But far from offsetting this view of public life, the [blogosphere] often encourages it. As [the blogs] have become more popular in the past decade, they have had a trickle-down effect in cities across the country. In Seattle, in Los Angeles, in Boston, in Atlanta, [bloggers] gain notice and influence by appearing regularly on . . .shows--and during those appearances they mainly talk about the game of politics.
Ok. This is not about the blogs. This is Fallows writing about the Media, circa 1996. But it describes the state of the blogosphere today. More.


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Look for the best deals in used home gyms and popular items such as free weights, treadmills, functional trainers, Smith machines, home gym bench press, racks and everything else one could possible want for a home fitness room. Here are a couple of items to consider before you make an online purchase:
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- Standard delivery will be made to the curb off the end of the freight truck. It's your responsibility to get it into your home or apartment, not the drivers. Make arrangements ahead of time with a couple of buddies if you're going to need help getting it inside and setting up the equipment in your home gym.
- Buy from an online dealer who will match or beat competitors' offers (other than Wal-mart and big box stores), plus offers a warranty on used equipment and free shipping.
- Used home gyms, treadmills, bikes, rowers and ellipticals sold by some online dealers are remanufactured models. This means they have been resanded, repainted, reupholstered and rebuilt with new electronic components and mechanical parts. They are quite literally as good as new. If the equipment is listed for sale "as is", then it may have a lot of costly problems.
The giant of the internet is still one of the best places to shop for new and used home gyms. Many companies now sell on eBay, so the number of potential sellers has expanded and you do not have to take a chance on a newly registered seller with a limited sales history. You should also expect to find some great deals on discontinued machines as well as refurbished equipment and overstocks. eBay also has the option (which could even work out cheaper, of searching for used home gyms near to your home or workplace). You can filter searches by the maximum amount you are willing to pay and by then inputting your zip code the maximum distance you are willing to travel to pick up (or view your gym equipment first before buying).
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HOUSTON (AP) — Texas rice farmers will go a second consecutive year without irrigation water due to a persistent drought that has depleted reservoirs, a water supplier announced Saturday, a move that will seriously cut production.
The move by the Lower Colorado River Authority did not come as a surprise to farmers in three Southeast Texas counties, as the authority had announced in January that, barring significant rainfall, the lake levels would be too low to supply water.
"This drought has been tremendously difficult for the entire region, and we know that going without water for the second year in a row will be painful for the farmers and the economies they help support in Matagorda, Wharton and Colorado counties," LCRA General Manager Becky Motal said in a statement.
"This was a difficult decision, but LCRA has to protect the water supply of its municipal and industrial customers during this prolonged drought," she added.
Rice is grown in paddies that are flooded. While the clay-like soil in the three impacted counties is ideal for growing rice — and little else — many farmers do not have an independent water supply to grow the crop.
Ronald Gertson is a rice farmer and chairman of the Colorado Water Issues Committee, a group that represents the interests of rice farmers in the three counties. He estimated the lack of water will result in a loss of about 55,000 acres of rice production this year.
Texas is the fifth-largest rice producer in the United States, and the economies of these three counties are heavily reliant on the industry that contributes $1 billion annually to the state's economy.
The lost production will likely cause some businesses to shutdown, causing hardship in an already struggling part of the state, Gertson said.
"We fear real economic and social suffering in our communities that have relied on rice farming for generations," he said in a statement. "The water cutoff will have a ripple effect."
Many farmers will be able to collect crop insurance for their losses for a second year, though most believe they would not be able to do so next year if the drought persisted and the LCRA once again cut off the water supply. A small number of farmers who have senior water rights along a river will be able to get some water.
As Texas braces for more dry spells alongside rapid population growth, the LCRA is looking at ways to expand supplies. It is hoping to build a new reservoir in Southeast Texas and launch a broad groundwater project in Central Texas.
"We know the region is growing. The time to prepare for that growth is now," Motal said.


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Jason Donald's status, a former Tribe minor-league affiliate has already changed clubs, and Tampa Bay's pitchers break a record.
The Toronto Blue Jays are formally introducing the International League's Buffalo Bisons as their new AAA affiliate today, after signing a two-year player development contract (PDC). Read this if...
Amerks fire first shot in bid for independence
Animosity aimed at parent club's "lack of support" fueling possible split
The article alludes to the possibility of the Brewers moving their Class A affiliate to Appleton, where the Timber Rattlers (currently a Mariners affiliate) play. It also notes, however, that the Brewers left Beloit because of the weather. Something to keep an eye on either way. It'd be neat for those of us in Wisconsin to be able to see some of the team's younger prospects again. (Hat tip to Al's Ramblings)
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Sticking primarily to his conservative fiscal and social message, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich stumped on Marquette University campus Thursday evening during what appears to be the sunset of his campaign.
During the hour-long rally, the former speaker of the House spoke of several of his proposals, including creating a personal Social Security savings account system, establishing policies that would encourage energy independence, and creating a job-training requirement for those that receive unemployment.
"If you sign up for money, you have to be trained by a business," he said. "Remember, 99 weeks is long enough to get an associate's degree and yet, we have given millions of people 99 weeks of money."
Gringrich worn a deep purple tie, while his wife Callista worn a bright yellow dress during the rally in Weasler Auditorium. The subdued auditorium was two-thirds full with a few hundred students, who were gentle with their applause during the event, which was sponsored by the College Republicans at Marquette University.
"I thought he was very impressive. He did a really good job at letting people know what his ideas are," said Vince Beacom, a freshman at Marquette University.
The event came just days after reports surfaced that Gingrich had laid off one-third of his campaign staf and is cutting back on campaign appearances. The Marquette visit was Gingrich's first visit to Wisconsin and he only has two more planned before Tuesday's primary — that also will feature GOP rivals Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum.
Polls also show Gingrich trailing both Romney and Santorum by a wide margin — nationally and in Wisconsin.In a , just 4 percent of those surveyed said they planned to vote for Gingrich, which puts him last among the four candidates.
Despite that, Gingrich seems adamant about staying in the race.
"Our only opponent is Barack Obama, and we are committed in removing him from the White House," Callista Gingrich said when introducing her husband.
Gingrich used Abraham Lincoln's faith in God and the Wright brothers faith in themselves as examples of what the country should aspire to be in making the case that he is the right Republican candidate to challenge Obama in November.
The government "takes down crosses, blocks kids from praying in school and creates an environment that is anti-Christian and anti-Jewish," he said when pushed by an audience member on his views on religious rights and the freedom of religion. "It is the government dominating religion."
Gingrich took blistering shots at Obama, Congress and news media before fielding half a dozen questions from students.
"The poor would be dramatically better off if we had a Pell grant for K through 12," he said in answering a question about education funding, referring to voucher system. "If you say vouchers, liberals get all upset."


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Funds Hub
Money managers under the microscope
Dale Gabbert: Swedish massage hits the spot
Guest blogger Dale Gabbert heads the funds group in the London office of law firm Reed Smith. His practice covers hedge funds, private equity and property funds and he is the author of Hedge Funds, a legal guide published by Butterworths Lexis Nexis.
The views expressed here are entirely the author's own and do not constitute Reuters' point of view.
After the controversy surrounding the draft directive some perspective has returned as the Swedes take control of the EU Presidency and attempt to untangle the issues and build some consensus.
The Swedish intervention is timely and comes as the row gathers pace, with the UK government having finally entered the fray and accused the directive's proponents of having "pandered to prejudices" and "tilted at mythical windmills".


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There's an ad for Portal 2 that doesn't have the correct banner size -- it's a bit less wide but much higher. On the comics sites it therefore overlaps with the text. Which would already be annoying if it could be closed, but since it's a banner, that's not even possible.
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It was my wife's birthday last Sunday so when she wanted to wind down an awesome weekend filled with wine tasting, cake and presents, by watching a movie together and cuddling, I didn't object. Getting to spend time with her and be able to watch a movie is always a plus — especially when I choose to review said movie.
After wading through Comcast's limited On Demand movie selection she chose to watch "Bachelorette" (2012). It was hard swallowing the $6.99 price tag for a movie that I hadn't heard much about, but I wasn't about to tell the birthday girl "no."
I should have.
"Bachelorette" centers on a group of mean-girls who have known each other since highschool: Regan (Kirsten Dunst), Gena (Lizzy Caplan) and Katie (Isla Fisher) who are asked to be bridesmaids by their friend Becky (Rebel Wilson), a chubby girl, who they not-so-secretly made fun of regularly.
The concept of "Bachelorette" is interesting: Mixing the clique dynamic of "Mean Girls" with the raunchiness of "Bridesmaids" should have resulted in hilarity — but it doesn't.
The movie fails on multiple levels, but there are two blatant issues that I had: First, the characters that Director/Writer Leslye Headland wrote are bland archetypes that we've seen in a million different movies. They are not original in any way, and they truly have no redeeming qualities, so therefore I cannot sympathize or empathize with them. (This is the first rule of script writing.)
Second, due to uneven directing, the film doesn't know what it wants to be. It tries to be a comedy, while at the same time imparting life lessons via dramatic moments. Seasoned directors can use this to achieve poignant films that touch us deeply, but in less skilled hands these types of films fall flat.
I suggest steering clear of "Bachelorette". Instead try watching "Mean Girls" followed by "Bridesmaids" to get the desired effect.
What are your favorite and least favorite movies about mean girls? Share your suggestions and reviews in the comments.


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Sleep Well Youth Hostel
ROOMS ENSUITE : triples, doubles and singles with private facilities, TV in the room, all modern comfort, no lock out. To ensure the possibility of getting a bed you must make a reservation at least 3 days in advance, however you may call us and check availability.
COMPULSARY SHEETS IN DORMS. The price for sheets is not included and is €4.70 every 5 days. Backpacker at heart but have reached the 'age of reason'? Everybody is welcome at Sleep Well despite his/her age. What is important is to respect each other's peace and way of life. Therefore, if you are over 35 or if you come with children, we kindly ask you to book a private room.
No curfew - 24h reception - No membership required - Centrally located - Shopping mall in neighbourhood - Dorms with communal showers (1 > 6 bedded rooms) - Private rooms ensuite (1, 2, 3 bedded rooms) - Female and male dorms - Bed linen provided - Rooms and facilities for disabled - Children/ families friendly - Secure key-card access throughout the premises - Full restaurant available on-site (breakfast, lunch diner) - Free continental breakfast 7AM - 9AM - Internet access - Public phones - Free Luggage storage - Lifts - Bar, dance floor, karaoké - Pool table, games, table football, reading room, TV room (wide screen) … - Washing machine, dryer - Terrasse, BBQ - 4 meeting rooms - Guided tours, map & tourist information, « Hop on Hop off » sightseeing tours, bike rental
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MS Ed., Waldorf Education, Sunbridge College; BS, Hearing and Speech Sciences, Ohio University
Lyn has been working as a Waldorf Kindergarten teacher for more than 19 years. She has been leading one of Green Meadow's satellite Kindergartens, located at the neighboring Rudolf Steiner Fellowship Community, for the past eight years. She also directs the Summer Farm Days program, which provides children with many of the same activities that are offered in our Early Childhood classes. Lyn serves the school as the Collegium Chair. In addition, she teaches part-time in the Early Childhood Education program at Sunbridge Institute. She is the mother of a GMWS alumna. In her free time, Lyn enjoys working in her garden and tending sheep.
MS Ed., Waldorf Education, Sunbridge College; BS, Speech Pathology, Kent State University
Leslie, who has been teaching since 1996, began her Waldorf teaching career at the Waldorf School of Baltimore. She joined Green Meadow nine years ago, and is currently the chair of the Collegium. In addition, she serves on the school's Teacher Development, Diversity, and Emergency Response Committees, while also serving on the Boards of Green Meadow and Sunbridge Institute. She teaches in the part-time Early Childhood Education program at the Institute, as well as mentors students enrolled in that program.
Prior to becoming a Waldorf teacher, Leslie worked as a Speech and Hearing Therapist for several years before becoming a full-time fiber artist. She successfully plied her craft for 10 years before she met Waldorf Education. At that point, she was inspired to unite her skills as an artist with her love of working with young children in a career as a Waldorf teacher. In her spare time, she is a Lazure artist.
BA, Social Work, Rotterdam University, the Netherlands; Waldorf Teacher Education, Freie Hochschule, Stuttgart, Germany; coursework in Remedial/Therapeutic Education, certification Simplicity Parenting Group Leader
Marieke grew up in the Netherlands and attended a Waldorf School from Kindergarten through High School. Before becoming a Parent & Child Teacher, she worked with children and their parents in the Netherlands and in Germany. First as a social worker, later as a Waldorf Class Teacher, Music Teacher, and Remedial Teacher (inspired by the "Extra Lesson" method developed by Audrey McAllen) for special-needs children.
After moving to the US in 2008, she was trained to become a Simplicity Parenting Group Leader and leads ongoing courses and workshops.
Recently, Marieke attended the course in Early Child Development at the renowned Sophia's Hearth Institute.
Marieke lives in Chestnut Ridge with her husband and their three children, and enjoys singing and hiking (preferably at the same time).
MS Ed., Remedial Education, Sunbridge College; Waldorf Training/Towson State University; Montessori Certificate (ages 2 1/2-7 years); BA, Human Development, Antioch College
Andrea began teaching in 1977 at the Waldorf School of Baltimore, and has more than 20 years teaching experience in parent & Child, nursery, and kindergarten classes. In addition to being an early childhood educator, she has also been active in WECAN (Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America), as both a membership coordinator and Board member, and was formerly an Academic Administrator/Instructor for early childhood education at Sunbridge College. She is among the authors of Mentoring in Waldorf Early Childhood Education and has written articles published in Gateways, the professional journal for Waldorf Early Childhood educators. Being outdoors, sharing the wonders of nature with young children, is one of Andrea's greatest pleasures. She is the mother of three children, who are all Waldorf alumni.
MS Ed., Waldorf Education, Sunbridge College; MS, Nursing, Women's Health, Rutgers University; Registered Nurse and Women's Health Nurse Practitioner; Lactation Consultant
For many years, Carol has worked part-time with women, infants, and children as a maternal-child health nurse. Before joining Green Meadow as a nursery teacher in 2006, she taught Waldorf-inspired art classes and Parent & Child classes in a Waldorf-inspired nursery school in New Jersey. Carol is a member of the Go Green Committee and the Media Resource Group. As a native of Switzerland, she is multi-lingual. She enjoys spending time in nature with her family, working with fiber arts and plant dyeing, making dolls and puppets, and practicing the art of puppetry. Carol is the mother of two Green Meadow students.
MS Ed., Waldorf Education, Sunbridge College; MS, Elementary Education, C.W. Post, Long Island University; B.A. English, College of Charleston
Prior to teaching, Lisa worked as a Personnel Administrator for seven years. She began her teaching in a public school before becoming a Waldorf Early Childhood teacher in 2001. She was a Kindergarten teacher at Mountain Laurel Waldorf School, and a Nursery teacher at Dayspring Community School before joining Green Meadow as a Kindergarten teacher. Inspired by the growing number of families seeking Parent & Child programs for babies and toddlers, she recently began her birth-to-three training at Sophia's Hearth in Keene, NH and has taught several Parent & Child classes at Green Meadow over the past two years. She is currently a Kindergarten teacher, Director of Early Childhood Admissions and Family Programs, Co-chair of the Early Childhood Section, and a member of the Collegium. Lisa enjoys both research and writing, and authored Eingefallen and Rabbit Holes (Sunbridge College Online News). She is continually inspired by her work with parents, her observations of the children, and her experience as a part-time teacher in the Early Childhood Education program at Sunbridge Institute. As the mother of two boys at Green Meadow, she often attends school basketball, baseball, and soccer games, and enjoys playing doubles beach volleyball with her husband.
MS Ed., Waldorf Early Childhood Education, Sunbridge College; BA Social Science, Southern Oregon University; Foundation Studies, Waldorf School of Garden City; Licensed Early Childhood Teacher
Nell has been serving young children as a Waldorf Early Childhood teacher since 2000. Her love of little children, coupled with her awareness of the profound sanctity of childhood, led her to this most wonderful vocation; she teaches as a way of helping to guide the young child into the vast world, being ever-mindful of protecting innocence, joy, and wonder. She has enjoyed experiencing the various stages of the young child's development while working as a Nursery, Kindergarten, and Parent/Toddler Educator.
For six years, Nell was administrator of the Magic Garden Waldorf School in Northern Vermont, a WECAN full-member school which she founded, where she also taught and mentored.
Prior to becoming a Waldorf teacher, Nell worked as a public-school teacher in Brooklyn, NY. She has served on the Boards of two Waldorf Schools, and was the Faculty Chair at Green Mountain Waldorf School.
Nell's husband Charlie is also a trained Waldorf Early Childhood Teacher, and is currently helping to run the organic farm at the nearby Fellowship Community. Their daughter, a Waldorf graduate, is entering her junior year at the University of Vermont, and their young son became a student at Green Meadow in 2012. In their free time, the family enjoys cooking together, working with wool, exploring the wooded trails of the Threefold Community, and taking exciting day trips into NYC.
BM, Mannes College of Music; Certificate from The Child and Family in the First Three Years, Sophia's Hearth Family Center, Keene, NH; Foundation Studies, Sunbridge College, Chestnut Ridge, NY
Rebecca grew up in Germany and attended a Waldorf school from kindergarten through high school. Before becoming an early childhood teacher, Rebecca taught private violin lessons to students at Green Meadow from 1993-1997. Her journey then took her to Budapest, Hungary, where she taught German at a Waldorf school, and later to Baltimore, where she taught Music. It was during her time in Baltimore that she first assisted in a Waldorf nursery class, as well as in a Parent & Child class. She joined Green Meadow in 2006, began her formal training at Sophia's Hearth, and has now been teaching for six years. She has woven her early experiences as a Waldorf student with the wisdom she has gleaned through mothering and studying child development. Rebecca has two children attending Green Meadow.
Meadow's Nest is an option for parents who need care for their children following the Nursery or Kindergarten morning. The afternoon teachers, working cooperatively with the morning Nursery and Kindergarten teachers, focus on the art of caregiving and provide as seamless an experience as possible for the children staying until 3:00pm.
Toni Kreusch
MA, Art Therapy, NYU; BA, Humanities, Dominican College; University Trier, German as a Foreign Language; School of Visual Arts, NYC
Over the years, Toni has worked as a Kindergarten Assistant and a German Teacher at Dayspring Community School as well as a Handwork Assistant and a Kindergarten Assistant at Mountain Laurel Waldorf School, both in Warwick, NY. Most recently, she worked as an Afternoon Lead Teacher in the Kindergarten at Mountain Laurel. As a way of enriching her understanding of Waldorf® Education, Toni has attended Waldorf Early Childhood conferences. She has over 12 years of teaching experience and is fluent in German. She enjoys spending time with her husband and their two daughters, who now attend GMWS. She likespainting, sewing, and photography. Toni looks forward to working with the children at Green Meadow Waldorf School in the Meadow's Nest.
Patricia Lynch LoParrino
BS, Psychology; BS, Special Education; Associate's Degree in Human Services, Mercy College; Certificate in Early Childhood Education, Sunbridge College, Chestnut Ridge, NY
Patricia has 20 years' teaching experience in private and public New York City schools. She has taught in nursery and kindergarten classes and first and second grades; as well as in a Waldorf-inspired kindergarten class for children who have special needs. Patricia is also a certified reflexologist, who works with children, senior citizens, and adults with developmental disabilities.
Early childhood training course, The Child and Family in the First Three Years, Sophia's Hearth Family Center, Keene, NH; Introduction to the Waldorf Kindergarten, Sunbridge College, Chestnut Ridge, NY; Dental Radiography License, Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ; Liberal Arts major, Los Angeles Valley College, Van Nuys, CA
Dorothy has worked as the Afternoon Kindergarten Teacher at Green Meadow, as well as a Parent & Child playgroup leader. She has served in the Early Childhood section at Green Meadow since 2006, when she was an Assistant Teacher in Carol Grieder's Nursery class. This will be Dorothy's fifth year carrying the afternoon Kindergarten. She will return again as the Kindergarten cook for the afternoon children as well.
Bio coming soon!
Debbie Johnson
For many years, Lisa has helped the Kindergarten at the Fellowship Community grow a garden in which the children could explore the magic of plants and nature. Together, they've successfully grown and creatively utilized gourds, loofah sponges, saffron spice, and colored cotton. She's also helped the children build a purple martin gourd tower, and hatch praying mantises and painted lady butterflies. Her son has attended Green Meadow since age 2.
BS, International Business, US International University-Europe, United Kingdom
After working in human resources and as a secretary to a branch manager of Japanese banks in NYC for eight years, Ayako became a mother of two daughters. She assisted Waldorf kindergarten teachers and served as an administrative assistant at Linden Hill School and Apple Blossom School and Family Center in Wilton, CT. She has been involved in fundraising for Green Meadow, the Fellowship Community, and the Fiber Craft Studio. She currently enjoys participating in speech courses for Japanese eurythmists as well as Taiko drumming. Her two daughters attend Green Meadow.
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Get ready to "party with a purpose," with the Red Cross as they put on their annual "Rock 'N Roll Up Your Sleeve" blood drive Monday until 6:30pm.
The Red Cross says this type of drive allows donors to not only do something good for the community but also have a good time doing it.
Today's drive offers music, raffles, free giveaways and food plus the chance to win a brand new Ford Focus.
Donations are being taken all day at two locations.
In Omaha: 2912 S. 80TH Avenue
In Council Bluffs: 705 N. 16th Street
Remember these things when preparing to donate:
-Get plenty of rest
-Drink a lot of fluids and be sure to eat before hand
-Bring two forms of identification, remember you must be at least 17 to donate
For more information call 1-800-GIVELIFE.


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Torrey Smith, WR, Maryland
6-foot-1, 204 pounds
Draft projection: Late first, early second round
Lowdown: Smith is a smooth-running, home-run-hitting receiver and return man. Some teams will have him rated as high as the third WR in the draft. Some may have him eighth. He caught 61 passes for 824 yards in 2009 and had 67 for 1,055 yards with 12 TDs in 2010. He's the Atlantic Coast Conference's record-holder for career kickoff return yardage (2,983) and holds Maryland marks for career all-purpose yards (5,276) and touchdown receptions in a season (12). His all-purpose yardage total was second in on the ACC career list to Buffalo's C.J. Spiller.
While Smith left Maryland a year early, he's an inspiration off the field. He's the oldest of seven children and he had to help his mother, who had him at age 16, with child-care from an early age. His mom used to call him "the Microwave King" because he was adept at cooking meals for his siblings from the time he was in kindergarten. His mother put herself through school to get an associate of arts computer degree. Smith is the first male in his family to graduate college. He got his degree in criminal science in December.
Quote: "Yes, I was the oldest of 7. It had its ups and downs. I was always with my family. There were certain times when other kids would be able to go and have fun doing something, and I had responsibility. But that's something I would not take back. ... For every one of me, there are a million other people in my situation. Like with my mom, there's a million of her, a million other women making mistakes, being in relationships they probably shouldn't be in, and there's a kid that has to help his family -- make a decision whether to be positive or turn his back and go the wrong way. When you're an athlete, it gets more attention."
---Mark Gaughan


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