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FORT WAYNE – Inflation, it appears, has hit make-believe.
Now that the Easter Bunny has hopped out of the picture for another year, and Santa is eight months away from his nonstop tour, that leaves all the time between for the underappreciated Tooth Fairy, who never has to worry about the burden of seasonal popularity.
The Tooth Fairy is constant; 365 days a year, although most of her work, like Santa, is done at nighttime, when children sleep with a tooth they just lost tucked safely beneath their pillow.
That's always been the deal, hasn't it: The child loses a tooth, leaving a gaping smile, and deposits it beneath his pillow with the hopes of making a trade – the now-worthless tooth for money, or some other bit of evidence that the Tooth Fairy has paid a visit without making a sound.
Through the years, the going price of a tooth has increased. Depending upon the Tooth Fairy's budget, a small baby tooth has climbed from pennies to 5 cents to a dime to a quarter and as much as a dollar.
According to a Visa survey, the Tooth Fairy plunks down an average of $3.70 for an American tooth – a hearty 23 percent increase over the $3 per tooth left in 2012, and 42 percent more than the $2.60 left in 2011.
The results are based on 3,000 telephone interviews conducted nationally last summer.
What it tells us is that the Tooth Fairy is leaving a lot of money under the pillow, and this is an important life event for parents with young children, says Nat Sillin, Visa's head of U.S. financial education. It's one of the first times where parents are giving their children money, and it's an opportunity for them to teach them about how to budget and save, and the value of a dollar.
The Tooth Fairy was particularly generous to children who lived in the Northeast, where they received an average of $4.10 per tooth. Kids in the West and South got an average of $3.70 and $3.60. And it's in the Midwest where the tooth is most undervalued with an average of $3.30.
The Tooth Fairy has come to our house, absolutely, says Ellen Neebes, who has three children – 13-year-old Lindley, 10-year-old Mallory and 5-year-old James, who is on the cusp of losing his first tooth.
Neebes, of Fort Wayne, says that when they started out with Lindley, the idea was to increase each lost tooth by 25 cents, with the first being worth a dollar.
The Tooth Fairy didn't think very far ahead that it would get quite expensive when they were on their 13th tooth, Neebes says. Thankfully we don't have any more children, or we'd be broke.
Eager for her own payoff, a younger Mallory jiggled a tooth out while standing over the sink. Clearly, a rookie mistake.
It fell down the drain, Neebes says. She was wiggling it over the sink, and she was devastated. She was in kindergarten, so she had to write a long letter to the Tooth Fairy, and the Tooth Fairy wrote a long letter back to her.
As for the Etzler children – 9-year-old Gavin, Adrienne, 5, and 1-year-old Avery, their fortunes are limited.
Initially, when (Gavin) lost his teeth, we only gave him money for the first four teeth, says mom Hayley Etzler of New Haven. For the fifth tooth, we wrote him a note, basically, saying keep up the good work of brushing your teeth, but the Tooth Fairy only pays for the first four.
Then there are others who try to uncover the real mystery of the phantom fairy; that in these days of information overload, it's pretty hard to swallow that a whisp of an entity passes out free money. The fairy part is possible. But who in their right mind gives out money?
She knew there wasn't a Tooth Fairy, but she still tried to put her tooth under there, says Amy Dillingham of her 9-year-old daughter Keira. And when the last one popped out, I said, Just hand it to me. I'll give you a quarter.'

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Applications now open for January – March 2013.
Deadline for application: 10 September 2012
The successful applicant will be notified by the end of September 2012
The residency comprises:
- accommodation and basic living expenses in London
- materials/production budget
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- an artist's talk and Open Studio, or similar public presentations, at Gasworks
- administrative, pastoral and curatorial support from Gasworks
- exposure to UK sculptural institutions and their curatorial teams
The support, networks and creative environments that Gasworks can offer will provide the artist with the means to research and experiment with new work.
The Creative India Residency is open to emerging and mid-career established artists living and working in India. The selected artist should be able to engage discursively and speculatively with Gasworks' environments and London's wider artistic and cultural context.
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The Creative India Foundation (CIF) was founded in August 2010 to promote awareness of Indian art and culture and enhance its appreciation throughout the world. As its first initiative, CIF has undertaken the task of enhancing the presence of Indian Sculptors globally. The Foundation has been creating opportunities for Indian sculptors to explore and push their creative horizons internationally as part of residency programs, exhibitions, and sculpture festivals. The Foundation's future plans include building a world-class residency program in India. This unique space will facilitate the exchange of ideas and practices among talented sculptors from around the world. The opportunities that the Creative India Foundation provides for Indian, as well as international sculptors will prepare the artists' practice for the Foundation's most ambitious project: building an international sculpture garden in India.
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This research based residency aims to support new approaches to and interests in the practice of sculpture in the broadest sense. Please do note that applicants are NOT required to have experience in working within the tradition of sculpture. However they should have an interest in engaging with the medium and exploring its role and possibilities within the wider context of contemporary art practice. They could, for instance, be interested in researching or responding to an artwork in the public space.
To be considered for the residency, applicants should outline themes for research that they would like to carry out during their stay in London. These should constitute a proposal specific to the context of London. This proposal should be a starting point for the development of an artwork, preferably intended as a an installation or a site-specific piece for public spaces.
The residency is process-led and open-ended, as such it is focused on the development of a project rather than a finished product. All Gasworks residencies culminate in an Open Studio weekend where the artist has an opportunity to present work in progress to the public and local curators.
The Creative India Residency is open to emerging and mid-career established artists living and working in India, whose practices currently involve sculpture and installation elements or who wish to experiment or include sculptural elements in their practice.
Application procedure
We prefer digital applications in PDF documents, or Word format. There is a 10MB limit on each email sent to us but you can send your file via www.wetransfer.com if necessary.
Your application should include:
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We the people of Levittown oppose the changes that will come when Josato builds "Crocus Estates" located west of Crocus Lane, north of Orchid Road, and south of Blacksmith Road. Levittown was planned and developed as a whole community by Mr. Levitt. Crocus Estates will change the physical character of the residential area and reduce open space.
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Staubitz spends spring break donating bone marrow
Women's soccer player endures painful procedure
Spring Break. That annual teenage celebration of anything that isn't school and studying.
Count Binghamton sophomore women's soccer player Alyssa Staubitz among those who spent the break traveling away from home, relaxing and creating long-lasting memories.
But while many college students were flying to exotic locales and lounging poolside or on a tropical beach, Staubitz traveled 20 miles from her Massapequa home and her "lounging" was done in a hospital room. You see, Stautibz was a bone marrow donor who voluntarily went through a lengthy and painful process of a peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) donation. And those spring break memories she created were future memories for a female leukemia patient, the recipient of her bone marrow.
Staubitz offered a selfless sacrifice with her anonymous donation. Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation restores stem cells that have been destroyed by high doses of chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. According to the Institute for Justice, more than 1,000 individuals die each year because they can't find a matching donor and at any given time, at least 7,500 Americans are actively searching the national registry for an unrelated donor. Only 30% of patients who need bone marrow transplants have matching donors in their families, making Alyssa's act all the more vital.
The nearly nine-hour procedure at the hospital was the end of a process that began more than one month earlier when she signed up during an organized on-campus drive sponsored by DKMS Americas.
"My suitemate, who had signed up in high school, told me a little about it," Staubitz says. "Donating my bone marrow seemed like a small price to pay for a leukemia patent who truly needed it."
Signing up was the easy part. Many people are never called to action because they aren't a strong enough match for the patient. Or many times the call doesn't come for years. Staubitz was ready, though. Her friend, Christine Monroy, had donated her bone marrow a few weeks earlier, and hearing of Christine's experience only further motivated Alyssa. Alyssa's mom, Michelle, recalls the phone call.
"I was getting ready for work one morning while Alyssa was home from school and she started screaming," Michelle says. "She was also waiting to find out if she was accepted into the Decker School of Nursing. So my first thought was that she had heard back from the nursing school and was accepted into the program. Much to my surprise, her excitement was that she was a match and was so happy she was going to be part of saving someone's life."
From there, Alyssa had to return home and go to the hospital to be tested to confirm that she was the best match for the patient. She then scheduled the procedure for spring break so she could have time to recover before returning to campus, a decision that caught her mom's eye.
"I thought to myself ... wow ... what a kid to take time away from her break and go through such an evasive procedure," Michelle says. "She has always had a big heart and is a kind soul. She always finds the good in people and will put herself last to help others."
Not that Michelle didn't have reservations about her daughter being a donor. She was concerned about the physical toll of the procedure and Alyssa's ability to recover and continue her dual focus of being a student-athlete - particularly the daily rigors of being a soccer player.
The next step in the process was for a home nurse to administer five injections of a synthetic protein called filgrastim to increase the number of blood-forming cells in her bloodstream. Alyssa received one injection each day for five days leading up to the procedure. The shots made her tired and gave her muscle pain, bone pain and headaches.
She arrived at the hospital at 7:30 a.m. and shortly thereafter her procedure began. She was hooked up to three different tubes, two in her left arm and one in her right. She had to keep her left arm completely still as the tubes took her blood into a machine, where it was filtered to capture her platelets and marrow before it was returned into her right arm. Several hours later, Alyssa's marrow was captured and her healing began, as it soon will for the leukemia patient.
"The day of the donation was the worst day because it took a toll on my body," Alyssa recalls. "I was very light-headed and nauseous and had a loss of appetite."
But no one heard any complaints.
"She was there for nearly nine hours and walked away like a trooper ... never complained one bit," her mom says. "When we were in the car driving home, she turned to me and said, 'Mom I really hope this works and the woman will be okay.'"
Staubitz endured fatigue for several days after the procedure but was back to normal within a week. She finished recovering over the break and only missed a few days of soccer practice after returning to school. Start to finish, it was nearly two weeks of poking, prodding, draining and wearing down of her body - a body she works hard to keep in top shape throughout the year. But Staubitz, whose knowledge of the body was heightened through her anatomy and physiology coursework, wouldn't have it any other way.
"This person and her family truly needed my help and I couldn't imagine denying them that," she says.
Vanessa Erazo, Post-Donation Follow Up Coordinator at DKMS Americas who worked with Alyssa, was quick to offer praise.
"Not everyone says 'yes'," Erazo explains. "We talk to people everyday that for some reason or another just can't go through with it. It takes a truly special and amazing person to do what Alyssa did for a complete stranger. She has given this person a second chance at life."
Staubitz, who has career aspirations of being a nurse anesthetist, is driven toward helping people. Head soccer coach Sarah McClellan has seen it firsthand.
"Alyssa is a caring person and a great teammate," McClellan says. "Her compassion and willingness to help others provide a great representation of our University and women's soccer program."
McClellan actually has two potential donors in her program, as Staubitz's teammate, Kerry Sullivan, also signed up at the same donor drive and could be a potential match for another patient.
"Who could turn down a chance to save someone's life?" Alyssa asks.
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Large tents have been set up near Egyptian mosques and shrines to celebrate Prophet Mohammed's birth (al-Mawlid al-Nabawi), which this year falls on Thursday (January 24th).
The Egyptian Ministry of Religious Endowments will celebrate al-Mawlid with a ceremony to be attended by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, the Prime Minister, Al-Azhar clerics and other dignitaries.
Traditional rituals, from singing religious songs to the preparation of special sweets, have long been associated with the celebration of al-Mawlid in Egypt.
"The ritual of celebrating the birth of Prophet Mohamed started in Egypt at the beginning of the Fatimid era, during the days of Caliph al-Mu'iz Lideen Allah (in 1566 A.D.)," said Hamed al-Zaini who teaches Islamic history at Al-Azhar University.
"This marked the start of celebrating al-Mawlid as an official and folk occasion that became one of the other six main birthdays celebrated by the Fatimids," he said.
During the time of the Fatimid rule, public squares were decorated for the occasion. Tents were set up for Sufi singing and the retelling of the Prophet's journey, and there were games for children and specially-made sweets – a tradition that still lives on, al-Zaini added.
"In spite of efforts by the Ayyubids and other rulers to ban this celebration claiming it has no bearing on the Muslim religion, Egyptians' love of celebratory rituals in general allowed this tradition to continue until this day," he told Al-Shorfa.
Festivities take on a traditional flavour, particularly in the Upper Egypt region and poorer residential districts, where Egyptian families celebrate al-Mawlid and visit the large tents and religious recitation sessions to listen to religious songs and watch folk art shows.
"Celebrations for the occasion, called Dawrat al-Mawlid, resemble a huge carnival," al-Zaini said. "In cities, people roam the streets and visit the holy shrines while in villages, people parade around the village and visit the shrines of the prophet's followers".
Families give away sweets, meat and vegetables to their married daughters and everyone exchanges sweets that are specially made for the occasion, he added.
Al-Zaini described a custom in which the husband or fiancé gives his wife or betrothed Arous al-Mawlid (al-Mawlid bride), a doll made of sugar and nuts and decorated with coloured paper.
"There is also al-Fares sweet, a knight doll on a horse waving its sword as a sign of conquest and war victories," he said.
The price of al-Mawlid sweets this year starts at five Egyptian pounds ($0.75) and goes up to 100 pounds ($15), according to Saleh Adham, who owns a shop that sells sweets and dried fruits and nuts.
In addition to Arous al-Mawlid, there are different kinds of sweets, he told Al-Shorfa: al-simsimiya (sesame), al-humusiya (dried chickpea), al-foulia (beans), al-malban (Turkish delight), as well as sweets made from coloured sugar and shaped as fruits.
"The al-Mawlid bride sweet has a special place in my childhood as I don't ever remember celebrating without it," said Haifa Ali, a 45-year-old homemaker, who described al-Mawlid as "a happy and joyous occasion for Egyptians, which brings children closer to religious rituals".
Tariq al-Anzi, a Saudi student studying at Cairo University's College of Engineering, has enjoyed celebrating al-Mawlid in Cairo since he came to Egypt four years ago.
"I go with a bunch of my friends to the Cairo squares that are famous for these celebrations, especially the squares near Imam al-Hussein Mosque and Sayyida Zainab," he said. "You can only find such sights in Egypt where there is a beautiful traditional and religious spirit."
His wandering introduced him to "beautiful Sufi celebrations and music accompanying religious songs", he said.
Al-Mawlid also is good for business, according to Safi Qadri, of the confectionary section at the Cairo Chamber of Commerce.
There are "nearly 5,000 factories working during this time of year to meet demand, and around 40 tonnes of goods that cost at least 4 billion pounds ($603 million)", he said.
"This figure resuscitates the Egyptian market," he added.
Prices for al-Mawlid sweets have risen in recent years due to an increase in the cost of basic ingredients, particularly cooking oil, sugar and nuts, he said, estimating this year's increase at around 7%.
محمد عزت
We, the Egyptian people, are celebrating the birth of the prophet Mohammed in these beautiful days. We hope this great commemoration reminds us of the morals of the beloved Mustafa, peace and blessings of God be upon him. When we talk about the ceremonies celebrating the birth of the Prophet, we will find that it brings happiness to all the young and old people, and all the people are waiting for it. Everywhere in Egypt there are preparations. For example, the sweets should be prepared and all the people should buy them, even if they buy little, according to their ability. In addition, we can find children promenading in the public places. Also, the mosques should prepare for this occasion, as everybody likes to participate in it. If we talk about the sweets on this day, my comment won't be enough, because there are too many kinds of them; everybody loves them and we love to find them on the day of the Prophet's birth, because they are related to this occasion. We cannot buy the doll for this day on any other days, because we won't feel the happiness of this day. Many happy returns to the whole Islamic nation. May God gather the Arabs under one word. This is my wish on this occasion.
عمران أبو شالة
Despite the calls made by some Salafis to prohibit celebrating the occasion, the popular neighborhoods displayed the candy doll, the horse with sugar and starch, and the ornamental papers side by side with the plastic Chinese dolls.
نافع عمر
In Tunisia, the families start preparing for this day early, and Zqoqo fruit (Aleppo Pine) would be sold in all streets, and markets to be used in making gruel, which is a traditional food prepared by the eldest and most skillful in the family during this night. In the morning, the families exchange the visits while they carry the Zqoqo gruel plates in Kairouan. The city celebrates the occasion of the birth of the Prophet, peace be upon him, and they continue this celebration until the dawn.
احمد برغش
I wish that the Muslim nation would be fine. I think that the sweets that are usually eaten on the occasion of the birth of the Prophet, peace be upon him, are essential in our life. We have to celebrate the occasion of the birth of Prophet, peace be upon him, at any scale. This should not be so festive, and there is no need to buy all kinds of sweets. The necessary thing is to make our children happy on this occasion, because they like these celebrations. We also need to entertain ourselves and keep away from the politics, economy in Egypt, and worldwide. I think that an occasion like the birth of the Prophet, peace be upon him, deserves the celebration. We also know that the Idol of the Mawlid is part of the heritage and it was necessary when we were young. It is made of sugar and it is mostly red. We used to receive them happily. As for the boys, they used to get a horse made of sweets to make them love the horsemanship and war. Our heritage is so beautiful and we should celibate it as long as this does not harm any of us. The Fatimid state was the first to invent this occasion. Hence, I ask God provide us with many festivals where we gather away from any violence, bloodshed, or revolutions.
رعد حمودي
The month Rabiul Awwal has arrived and it has brought along much joy with it to all Arab countries. The mosques have been ornamented and manifold varieties of sweets have been made available at stores in celebration of the birthday of the best of created beings. All (Muslim) nations agree in holding Quran recitation, remembrance (of Allah) and prayer sessions and each country has its unique type of sweets that are served on this occasion.
حمزة قاسم
There are some folks who say that celebrating the birthday day of Prophet Mohammed is not permissible according to Islam. They also say that these sweets are a form of heresy, but I will not comment on the matter since I'm not a religious scholar. But I am curious as to why we consider joy and happiness impermissible according to Islam? I'm not really trying to make an objection, but I want to know why do we always seek anything that kills joy and happiness? Muslims are already having enough tough times that they are having everywhere, so why are we having problems with these sweets and why are we denying the young kids the chance to enjoy themselves? In my opinion, I think that other countries do not have the same problem as Egypt. As far as I'm concerned, I used to like very much celebrating the birthday day of Prophet Mohammed when I was young and I used to enjoy walking along the procession and the car. But things have really changed nowadays, and only god knows whether the sweets will also be banned. Everything is disappearing and nothing looks the same as before. In the previous days, we used to get out of schools in the morning and run around with flags that had Islamic writings on them. We used to sing poems in praise of the Prophet and people used to hand us out sweets that were specially made for the birthday celebration and we used to gorge on them until our bellies start to have cramps. But I feel that those good things have now become less and people are in a state of semi sadness and people are no longer like they were in the past. This could be attributable to the unfavorable economic conditions in Egypt or to the revolution; it could be due to anything. But it is not acceptable to let the Prophet's birthday pass without greeting and wishing good for each other. Man, even if we buy one kilo of sweets, no harm will be done since the kids are the ones who will be happy and the current crisis has nothing to do with this. Our kids should have fun the same way we had fun and should live the same way we lived, and this tradition observed by Muslims must not be abolished. I ask god to bring us and all Muslims together and make us show love and respect for each other.
مهند المطيرى
The celebrations of Prophet Mohammed's birth have not changed, especially in the villages, and popular neighborhoods in the main cities. Every year, by the beginning of the Hijri month Rabia al-Awal, great marquees are held in the vicinity of major mosques like Imam Hussein and Ms. Zainab Mosques (PBUH). The marquees include the visitors of the celebration from different villages in Egypt and all categories street vendors. The pilgrims play games. The participants include sellers of candy and other food as well as a primitive circus including some acrobatics. There is also a corner for religious chanters. The latter are specialized in praising the Prophet (peace be upon him).
حامد اللميع
The best annual event ever is the Birthday of the Prophet. The best celebrations of this holy event are held in the Egyptian villages and rural regions. Indeed, you could see the authentic Egyptian heritage, especially in my Damietta. This region is distinguished by sweets. The celebration of the Birthday of the Prophet includes the production of various types of sweets. I wish all the Arabs many happy returns, God willing. O Allah, I hope that we will be able to celebrate the next Birthday of the Prophet in Syria and with the Syrian people. I also hope that Egypt will be at its best and that the great Iraq will be relieved following the eradication of terrorism. Personally, I am ready, God willing, to send the sweets of the Birthday of the Prophet to anyone next year. O Allah, let us celebrate the prevalence of the Arabs. O Lord, I would be very happy to share Arabs their joy upon the celebration of the Birthday of the Prophet. The event would be very special for me. I swear by God the sweets of the Birthday of the Prophet could not lessen the bitterness we feel because of the pain of our brotherly Arabs who are really suffering. The situation in all Arab countries is too painful. The Arab Prophet, peace be upon him, commanded us to stand united and to cooperate. Indeed, we are supposed to be as complementary and interdependent as the parts of the body. Whenever an organ is wounded, the other organs are affected, too. I swear by God that we are overwhelmed by sadness. However, we should wish everyone in the Arab and Muslim world many happy returns on the occasion of the Birthday of the Prophet. I hope that the next events will be celebrated while the Arabs are in good health.
فهد مصعب
Certainly, celebrating the memory of the birthday of the Prophet, peace be upon him, is very old and it is part of the popular heritage. Hence, I wish that all Egyptians would meet during this celebration, which started at the time of the Fatimid state, which transferred many innovated religious festivals and traditions such as the Mawlid (birthday of the Prophet, peace be upon him,) and Ramadan's Fanous (lantern). We all love the lanterns and they are necessary during the month of Ramadan to entertain the children and make them happy. The Mawlid celebration also is important and it makes all the people happy, particularly the children, who love the sweets and Mawlid Toys, which are made of sweets. The children love them because they are for playing and eating. However, we need to develop this celebration so that all people could join it. It is one of the greatest festivals that are celebrated by the people of Egypt. It is a way to get rid of all the political and economic crises in life. Many people work harder to celibate this memory despite the economic crisis. All the Egyptians must buy sweets during the Mawlid even if they are expensive. On the other hand, many people make their living during it. The amazing thing is that about five thousand factories make sweets to meet the needs of the Egyptians during this celebration. Thus, we can say that the celebration itself provides jobs to many people in the factories and shops. I would like to say to all the Egyptians through this website: Happy New Year. I wish that all the people would love each other all the time.
فارس معتـز
The people are screaming because of the soaring prices and we all wait for the consequences of the coming days in the light of the further deterioration of the security situation. However, the people celebrated the memory of the birthday of the Prophet, peace be upon him. Indeed, the purchasing power declined and the festival activities became fewer, but this is still an occasion, during which the people try to please their children with the sweets, which is integral part of our popular heritage.
شادي قصي
The prices are not significantly different form the previous year, but the economic conditions in the country are the main cause of the weakness of the purchasing power of the citizens.
راشد معاذ
The sales dropped by 50% compared to the previous years as a direct result of the sharp rise in prices, which resulted from the increase in the prices of the sugar, oils, and gasoline. The factories raised their prices too, but the purchasing power is reasonable. However, the cheap types such as Peanut, Sesame, chickpea sweets are mostly demanded.
خالد مازن
We cannot deny that many people and customers demand it and that it is spreading widely in a various forms. However, this is the case in the popular districts, which is different from the affluent districts. Therefore, we could say that the quality of the sweets differ according to the value of the ingredients used in the manufacturing process.
امل عثمان
Today, we celebrate the memory of the birth of the Prophet, peace be upon him, may God always make this memory come over and over while we are safe and well. We are going to celebrate the memory of the birthday of the most honorable of all people our leader Muhammad, peace be upon him. When we see that this holy day is approaching, I buy sweets on this occasion. This whole Egyptian people celebrates this great occasion and the celebration of the Egyptian people increase in the markets. When we walk in the Egyptian, we see the sweets of this occasion everywhere. During this period, we are usually overwhelmed by this wonderful occasion. We hope that the officials would be more interested in the occasion rather than sufficing with providing sweets. The celebration needs a different approach, as it is the celebration of the birth of the most honorable human being. I think that this may include imitation of the Prophet, peace be upon him, and adopting his great manners, as this is the best way to celebrate this occasion. As for those who do not agree with me, they have the full freedom to disagree with me, but based on the upbringing I have received, I see that the sweets of the Mawlid symbolize the sweetness of the human soul.
احمد الشناوى
The demand this year was weak, unlike the previous years as a result of the deterioration of the economic conditions at the public level in the country.
غاده عبد الرازق
The memory of the birthday of the Prophet, peace be upon him, coincided with the second memory of the 25th of January revolution and the possibilities of the escalation in the demonstrations. Hence, the sweets market was affected by the deteriorating economic conditions. The sharp rise in the prices and economic deterioration in Egypt caused decline in the sweets' sales during the memory of the birth of the Prophet, peace be upon him, which is integral part of the Egyptian heritage. The premiums sweets' shops seemed empty from the usual shoppers, who preferred the cheap sweets and wholesale and semi- wholesale markets, which are not of high quality.


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psali for St Anthony
hey dows anyone know where I can find the psali for st Anthony
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Psali Adam and Watos for Saint Anthony in english.
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is this sung to the same tune as 'my heart and my tongue'?
(second psali adam during kiahk)
and does anyone know where i can hear a recording of this sung at a normal pace?
i found one sung very slowly, but in our church, we always sung it at a bouncy pace during kiahk.
and (lastly) do we sometimes sing 'my heart and my tongue' outside kiahk? coz it is an awesome song and i love it.
Hi mabsoota,
This Psali is chanted on his feast days during Vespers Praises or Midnight Praises before the Theotokia on the tune of "I sought after you" (Sunday Psali). The tune of "My heart and my tongue" is the Psali Adam tune exclusively for the month of Kiahk. I don't really have recording of this Psali, but I might after his feast day (in 6 months!).
To my knowledge, there is no service with which we pray "My heart and my tongue" outside of Kiahk, but there is never a problem in praying it before some meeting (such youth meeting or servants meeting) in place of one of those taraneem, or just praying at home by yourself, (in my opinion).
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The Southern or Dravidian style has the tower usually in the shape of a rectangular truncated pyramid. The construction of temples whether in the north in the south essentially followed a similar pattern. There is the sanctuary or the vimana of which the upper and outer pyramidal and tapering portion is called the shikhara, or pinnacle.Answered by Snigdha G, 12 Mar '13 03:11 pm
Its masterpiece of Dravidian architecture having much more height called gumbad (dome) in d shape of pyramid and d center point of d pyramid is adjectly head of the deity installed in the templeAnswered by vedprakash sharma, 12 Mar '13 02:10 am
The roof of the South Indian temples is topped by a dome-shaped cupola and a crowning pot and finial...!Answered by Dil Se, 11 Mar '13 08:52 pm
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text: Salman Rushdie on Cat Stevens' Rally Appearance: What Was Jon Stewart Thinking? by John Nolte 1 Nov 2010 post a comment Share This: ----- Maybe a better name for Jon Stewart's rally would've been "Multicultural-Sensitivity Suicide Rally." Or maybe Colbert wasn't kidding about keeping the fear alive. According to Nick Cohen at Standpoint, Salman Rushdie, the author forced into hiding for years because of the Cat Stevens (Yusaf Islam) approved fatwa on his head, is just as confused as everyone else: "I've always liked Stewart and Colbert but what on earth was Cat Yusuf Stevens Islam doing on that stage? If he's a "good Muslim" like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar then I'm the Great Pumpkin. Happy Halloween." Stevens-Islam has been trying to backtrack from his comments for some time now, claiming they were some kind of joke. Does he look like he's putting everyone on in that video? Rushdie isn't buying the joke excuse either: However much Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam may wish to rewrite his past, he was neither misunderstood nor misquoted over his views on the Khomeini fatwa against The Satanic Verses (Seven, April 29). In an article in The New York Times on May 22, 1989, Craig R Whitney reported Stevens/Islam saying on a British television programme "that rather than go to a demonstration to burn an effigy of the author Salman Rushdie, 'I would have hoped that it'd be the real thing'.'' He added that "if Mr Rushdie turned up at his doorstep looking for help, 'I might ring somebody who might do more damage to him than he would like. I'd try to phone the Ayatollah Khomeini and tell him exactly where this man is'.'' In a subsequent interview with The New York Times, Mr Whitney added, Stevens/Islam, who had seen a preview of the programme, said that he "stood by his comments". Let's have no more rubbish about how "green" and innocent this man was. Had Stevens/Islam apologized and renounced his despicable call for Rushdie's execution, that might be different. Instead, he's quite obviously lying about making what would be a sick and dangerous joke anyway, and the only person on the planet who appears to believe him is Jon Stewart. Where is the "sanity" and "moderation" in allowing such a man to perform at your predominantly white political event? Who will Stewart and Colbert invite to their 2012 rally? Mimes who approve of shooting abortion doctors? Interpretative dance as performed by The Timothy McVeigh Had a Point League?


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"The Survivors Project: Telling the Truth About Life After Sexual Abuse" sheds light on the painful—yet hopeful—recovery process.
Perhaps growing up with addicts has prohibited me from being able to see things as they are. I never learned to trust my own reality. I never knew I was even entitled to one. My deepest fear now is for my daughter. I want to listen to her. I want to protect her.
I realized several years ago just how deep that fear seeped into me. I received a photo of her on my phone while she was visiting her father and showed it to my then-boyfriend. "Look at how pretty she is!" I said proudly. He smiled and replied, "She is beautiful! I think she's even prettier than you!" And that's when I lost it. I began to cry in a way he could not understand. Perplexed, he responded, "If I had a son and someone told me they were more handsome than me, I would be happy?"
After listening to him explaining himself for about half an hour, I realized it wasn't about that. It had been a light-hearted comment. It was about the way my stepdad always put my mom down by declaring how beautiful I was, as if she were not. I was skinnier. I was younger. I was prettier. He had pitted us against each other in a way that made her blame me.
I still sleep with my daughter, and I think part of that is my fear that someone will come into her room at night. When I hold her close to me, her innocence and vulnerability strike me. She is just a little girl, like I had been.
It has been the birth of both of my children that has inspired me to heal my life. I do not want to bring the patterns I have suffered into their worlds. I cannot change my past. But I can vow to always listen to my daughter, and to commit to my own healing. I am not there yet—at least all the way—but I do believe the day will come.
For me, stopping the cycle of abuse is about becoming conscious. Going to therapy; writing. Getting back in touch with my body through yoga and meditation. And for this last little bit that still remains, I have decided I need to learn belly dancing. I need to reconnect with the body that became rigid when I was abused. Something in me has known I needed this dance for a long time. I tried it when I was 19, but I was so stiff, the teacher laughed about my inability to shake my hips. Freer now and more in tune with my body, I have started some one-on-one lessons via Skype with a trusted friend. I envision myself now as I was meant to be. Less encumbered; finally happy and in love with a man who treats me well.
I have also finally learned that it is not my duty to the world to be "pretty." I have more important things to accomplish with my life. Pretty has often come at a high price.
We are the composite of what happens to us. But we are also strong, resilient and brave. I no longer see myself as a victim or a survivor. I am a person, no more and no less deserving of love and grace than anyone else.
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Age: 38
Age abuse occurred: 6
I never wanted to be a good swimmer, but I always was. My parents had an in-ground pool in the backyard, big enough for laps, with a diving board and a deep end, a "real" deep end, and my dad, whose parents had a pool in the backyard, too, and who was also a good swimmer, taught me every stroke he knew: the crawl, the breaststroke, side and back stroke, elementary. He got me in that pool almost before I can remember, and the water felt good and cool. I learned something new each summer: how to cup my hands and kick my legs, how to turn and breathe, turn and breathe, how to tuck my head in and dive without even making a splash. Of course, he gave me good head starts in races and let me win most times, I think. The summer after my 6th birthday, I could swim stronger and faster than any kid twice my age and twice my size. I didn't want to, but I could, and I knew, even then, watching my dad, and my mom, too, sometimes, looking back at me swim, that I was pleasing them, and that part I liked.
Still, I never wanted to be a good swimmer, but I was anyway, and in the summer, my parents sent me to a day camp that seemed so far away (though I had started going when I was just 4). The camp had tennis courts and soccer fields, arts and crafts and cookouts in the woods and, of course, swimming pools. Early in the mornings, before recreational swim time, the kids from my beginners bunk would change into their bathing suits and then follow one of our counselors, marching off to the pool for their instructional swim, their tender feet getting wet from dew still on the grass. I would go to another pool with another counselor, the pool for the more advanced swimmers—most times anyway. Sometimes that didn't happen. Sometimes we stayed back after the bunk was empty. Sometimes I started to change into my bathing suit but then he'd tell me to stop. It's okay. I took mine off too. Look, we both have one. You can touch it. Why don't you touch it? There, that feels good. Now I'm going to touch yours, okay? Doesn't that feel good?
We'd sit together in that quiet, dark plywood shack, the one window and door closed, and I'd think about those other kids in my bunk, learning how to dunk their heads and make bubbles, and I'd wonder why his got so long and hard when he told me to touch it that way, and I'd wonder why it hurt so much when he put it inside me, but I never cried or yelled because he said I was being good. I didn't know why I didn't have to go swim with the bigger and older kids those mornings, but I didn't feel like I belonged with them, either, and he always told me I was different, and that it was really OK, and that no one else should know because we had a special shared secret. But even that part, I didn't like.
I never wanted to be a good swimmer, but I knew I always would be. Each day, I'd come home from camp, and my mom would unpack and find two wet bathing suits scrunched up in clear plastic bags, one wet from recreational swim, and the other wet, too, though sometimes soaked from being held under a water fountain and put in my camp bag just before getting on the bus to go home. Home felt even further away somehow, and less recognizable when I walked back up the driveway. And the pool in my parents' backyard, that too felt strange now, even with my dad's voice calling to me from the backyard, inviting me to join him for a swim, just a quick dip before we barbecued hotdogs and hamburgers, asking me to maybe show him and my mom what I had learned that day.
Panic attacks began that summer. One on camp picture day, when, after me and my brother had our photograph taken together, he grabbed my hand and we ran back to join our bunks. My bunk had instructional swim. I stopped running. Fell to the ground crying and screaming. He didn't know why. Sleepless nights started to build one on top of the other, nights before I had gym class, a basketball or baseball township league game, anything athletic. My dad would watch some TV with me and tell me I'd fall asleep soon. But I wouldn't. He didn't know why. I became introverted. Shied away from the world. My mom would say that was always my nature, but there was much more to it. She didn't know why. How could anyone? I never told. Some years later, I made a choice to try to be average in every way, hoping no one would ever notice me. I aimed for C's in school. That didn't work. I started to shut down on the inside. I started getting in trouble. My parents sent me to a psychiatrist who told them I had a self-sabotaging personality, that I locked a ball and chain around my very own ankle. But someone else locked that to my leg years ago.
Sex wasn't something I wanted to have. A no-brainer. Why would I want to do something so vile with someone I liked and cared for? In my teenage years, I went on dates, had girlfriends, but we never did anything. Then, for some years, I did have sex, but only with women I didn't really know or want to know. Once, I tried to have a relationship, but I only loved her because she treated me horribly (I felt I deserved it). Best friends would begin to have healthy and long relationships, and I was left behind. I lived by myself for a decade. My only company was an amazing cat, Boo, who, in a weird way, found me. I gave all of my heart's love to that fuzzy little guy, and he loved me the same way. He was my companion and I knew that when he would die, I would have to die, too. I had a plan, but plans don't always work out the way we think.
The cat lived long enough until I would find Kirsten, my wife. Maybe he brought me to her, and her to me; Kirsten is allergic to cats but was not allergic to Boo. She called him the "magic cat." Kirsten is the most compassionate and empathetic person I know. While engaged, she stood by my side as I told my parents what had happened to me. We were at their house. It just came out. I grabbed a family photo album and showed them a camp photograph. "That one!" They knew. I didn't feel ashamed like I thought I would. I felt relieved. Still, I would never be OK.
Depression: check. Anxiety disorder, prone to sudden panic attacks: check. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: double check. Pharmacy techs at the Rite-Aid down the street used to call me the "high-roller," the "heavy-hitter," when paying for my meds. I take much fewer meds now at least. Found a wonderful psychiatrist. Listens. Understands. Took so much time. Finally. Just 100 milligrams of Zoloft every morning and a benzo for the times when I see a yellow bus pass by; when I catch a strong whiff of chlorine; when someone cracks a joke about fathers and choir boys in church; when a Sandusky story is on the news or a commercial for Toddlers & Tiaras in which children are being told to shake their butts and chests for the judges; when a sudden scene in a movie with a kid being molested appears on the screen; when I drive by a camp (the one I went to is still open.) I have a list of triggers, I guess, but the anxiety is manageable. Mostly now it's just talk therapy. I need it. Helps. My doctor tells me it won't really ever go away after I sheepishly ask her if I will ever be able to get past this. She does tell me that it does lessen, and my physical reactions and dips into depression don't have to be like a roller-coaster ride anymore. She's honest. I trust her. I feel better. Still, there are questions. How did I take the extraordinary physical pain when it happened that summer? How do I take the emotional and physical pain ever since? In his book, The Noonday Demon, a work about depression, Andrew Solomon writes, "The human capacity to bear pain is shockingly strong." I concur.
There is also a scene from Rocky that keeps me going from one day to the next. It's the scene when Rocky lies in bed with Adrian, the night before the big fight, realizing that he just can't win. More importantly, he doesn't want to win. He says he just wants to "go the distance." He knows he's not even in the champ's league, but, if he is still standing when that 15th bell rings, he'll know he made it, that he is somebody, that he counts. I like that. I like that a whole lot. Life will always throw you punches, and some punches will knock you straight to the ground, but what's important is that you can shake it off, get back up, and be ready for the next punch. If you can do that, then that's all that matters. I tell my students this when they see me in my office and notice the miniature Rocky statue on my desk. Then they open up about all sorts of things: losing a loved one to gun violence; terribly abusive relationships; sleeping in cars or living in shelters while still going to school on financial aid: There's a litany of problems that stretch for miles. I listen. I try to find them help. They are my children. I resolved, years ago, that I didn't want to be a father. I think I'd be a good dad, but, because of what happened to me, I just can't.
Then there's that camp photograph. The one with the counselor who stole my childhood. In the picture, he is standing a few feet behind me, smiling. Surprising to most, I imagine, it's actually still in one of my parents' photo albums. I think I understand why it is still there. For them to take it out, to leave a white square on a page yellowed by time, would mean that they would have to face what happened to me, with no looking away. That might be too hard to do. They are my mom and dad, I am their child, and they love me too much.
And when it comes to water, we have an unusual relationship. It feels strange just writing that I have a relationship with water, but why wouldn't I? (I'm an Aquarius after all.) It's a love/hate relationship, I suppose. Sometimes the water feels good and cool again, and other times, I think of quick little responses when someone asks me to go in, but, I just can't: "Oh, too chilly for me, but you go on ahead and I'll watch our towels and chairs." Sometimes the water in a swimming pool seems to be like an old friend who has been waiting for me for such a long time, waiting for me to jump back in without thought or care; other times, the water in a swimming pool looks like it is staring at me, reminding me: Better be careful, you know what this led to so long ago. I'll never know what will happen, how I'll react, if I'll go in or not. I do know that this is a part of me, and I can live with that. I can live with a lot. I survived. I healed. I have scars, but I healed. I think we all can if we want to.
"CookyJar! Have you all heard about CookyJar? He's a very important player in the abuse and debasement of women in Philadelphia. He can be found weekly posting nude photographs of young women on an internet site for men seeking sex (usasexguide.info). The women are impaired by drug addiction. CookyJar pays a large sum of money for taking photos of these young girls in degrading poses.
When and if these girls kick the habit, their futures will be ruined by the online presence of dirty photos which addiction forced them to pose for.
CookyJar must be "outed" by this newspaper. Please Tara Murtha. Go to Kensington Avenue and interview the women victims, and perhaps with police assistance, find CookyJar and write his sordid story and shame him for ruining the future of so many young women. Better yet, see if the police can find grounds for arresting him. You can help rid the streets of this pervert."
"Yeah, that's all we need. The governnent arresting someone for posting naked pictures of consenting adults. What is wrong with you?"
"You miss the point, Psrpg. These girls are not "consenting" in a legal or moral sense. They wouldn't have sex with you, or a bald fat man, or this pervert CookyJar in normal circumstances. They are victims of family and medical origin. If your young daughter gives in to her uncle's lecherous desires that is not consenting. Neither are the addicts who out of desperation accept CookyJar's large sums of money and accept his orders to bend over and moon his filthy camera. Perverts who take advantage of young girls don't belong on the streets.
Do you get my point? Do you realize these "consenting" girls are being taken advantage of by a dirty old man who is ruining their future? What is wrong with YOU?
Tara Murtha, please get on this story."
"Anonymous #4, your remarks are welcome. Believe me, the report on this project has impacted ME, and my heart goes out to the victims who have bravely relived a terrible part of their past. Perhaps one piece we as reader-citizens can take away from this is a strengthened resolve to help prevent future abuse. Thank you for tolerating my sharing of one such abusive situation that has existed for years, perhaps without the awareness of the authors or of influential writers on women's issues such as Tara Murtha."
"I've heard about this CookyJar accosting women on Kensington Avenue. He is the kind of person who perpetuates the filth and harm done to people just like those described in this excellent collection of stories. Well done, PW."
"You should change the name of this paper to "Crowdsourced Sob Story Weekly".
It's like reading someone's shitty LiveJournal every week."
May God help you if you or anyone you love ever experiences something as awful as sexual assault. A very mature response to something that affects 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men."
Thank you for being so brave to share this. Please know that doing so is a real gift to others - both those who have suffered abuse and those who want to feel real compassion for those who have and understand.
Wishing you tranquility, love and hope."
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I recently got a chance to exchange emails with Drew Scholtens, Chairman of the Georgia Modern Whig Party and member of the Modern Whigs National Executive Committee. The Modern Whigs is a revival of the previously defunct political party which was last active in the 1800s. Prominent Whigs included Abraham Lincoln, John Quincy Adams, and Millard Filmore.
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Established in 1833, the Whigs are one of America's oldest mainstream political parties. We were the original party of Abraham Lincoln and four other U.S. Presidents. Revived by Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, the grassroots movement has quickly [attracted] new members. We represent the moderate voters from all walks of life who cherry-pick between traditional Republican or Democratic ideals in what has been called the Modern Whig Philosophy. This Washington DC-based national movement values common sense, rational solutions ahead of ideology and partisan bickering. This includes general principles of fiscal responsibility, strong national defense and educational/scientific advancement.
Curious about what makes the Modern Whigs different from other third party and grassroots protest and political movements, I sent a few questions to them and was fortunate enough to get a response from their leadership.
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A recent press release bills the Modern Whigs as the "anti-Tea Party." Why?
I am not sure who is the author of those anti-tea party press releases, but I can tell you we are very, very different. The Tea party is an emotional and ideological movement aimed around the size of government and general discontent with the elected officials. The Modern Whig Party is a pragmatic and methodology-based movement aimed at building a stronger candidate and a better-educated voter. We have a very clear leadership structure and are tightly managed, where as the Tea Party is a non-centralized or controlled movement, which is part of why lots of people are drawn to the Tea Party. We don't necessarily have anything particularly "anti" anyone but we are a totally opposite approach to ideology politics, which the Tea Party is.
How many members does the Modern Whig Party have? How many chapters in how many states?
We no longer publish our membership numbers. We do however have members in just about every state and we have chairman in over 28 of them. None of the state parties are very large, the movement is only 18 months old, and has just gone through a major transition in December 2009.
Where are you strongest/most active?
We are strongest in Texas, Georgia, New Jersey, California, and Missouri.
In what ways have Modern Whigs worked with both Republican and Democrat-led initiatives in nonpartisan government and nonprofit projects? Can you point to web sites, news articles and other sources for people interested in learning more?
The Modern Whig Party is a methodology party. What that means is rather than control a base using ideology, we build structures, tools, and rules around methodologies that add value to both the common member and the candidate. However it is up to the individuals to interact with the methodology systems. As a result we care little for someone's ideologcial beliefs, we focus on problems and solutions, cause and effect, without preconceieved notions of right and wrong. Our original founder was invited to a 'non-partisan' summit on healthcare put on by the Democrats early in the healthcare debate when they were attempting to build public support. I put 'non-partisan' in quotes because quite frankly the two parties can't do anything non-partisan, their ideologues make this against their very nature. So your question is oddly kind of a trick question, the ideologues would have to want to be non-partisan to engage us.
Your platform says it values "common sense fiscal responsibility, strong national defense, and a focus on education/scientific achievement over strict social issues." Can you give examples of current policy initiatives that the Modern Whigs support (such as a bill in Congress, politicians, social or political movements it has endorsed)?
We do not have any elected officals. Again, we are only 18 months old, and really we are only two months old in the new methodology-based party structure. However, unlike an ideology-based party that supports bills, a methodology supports tools to enable leaders. As a result its leaders who come up with what they support or do not support. For example: If you were to ask me what the party felt about "Obama Healthcare," I would find the question illogical. How can a party think? Its a piece of paper I filed with the state. But you could ask me as a person what I feel. Now whatever conclusion I come to, I use and follow party structures, tools and rules in coming to my personal opinion and thus, when two Whigs debate each other they may not agree but their interaction is governed by the party, and thus the goal is to move to a solution.
Your web site stresses that many of the members of the Modern Whigs are also veteran service members who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. How would a Modern Whig approach to foreign policy and the use of military force diverge from current Republican or Democratic approaches?
The party started as a veterans affairs based group, it morphed into a ideology-based party for the first 15 months. The Georgia Modern Whig Party developed the first ever methodology-based model and the national party accepted the model in December 2009. Having said all that once again we are a methodology based party, so each candidate comes to their own conclusions on foriegn policy, however the party does build tools to allow candidates to learn more about foreign policy, and tools for them to submit solutions, etc.
I am impressed by the breadth and thought that went into developing your platform and stance on various issues. How do you see the Modern Whigs influencing debates and public policy to enact these ideas into practice? How does the Modern Whig movement plan on flexing its political muscle, in other words?
"Flexing its political muscle" is illogical once again to the party. The party focues on allowing individuals to engage in the political system with value-added services. We hope to build candidates powerful enough to overcome this countries corrupt election system. If we can get candidates elected that owe nothing to their party and are powerful enough to overcome the special interests and political manuvering, we can have candidates who are once again focused on their voters not on those who "got them elected."
How do you recruit new members? Is it primarily through word-of-mouth and personal connections?
Currently we are not advertising too much. A value-added methodology party has to actually build its value added tools in order make their theories a reality. For example everything I can tell you would revolve around a vision, but in a few weeks our membership portal in Georgia is being launched and you can actually see what we mean by a value-added methodology party.
What makes the Modern Whigs different from other non-mainstream political groups and third parties like the Green or Libertarian parties?
All of those today are either ideology-based parties or solution-based parties. Ideology parties solve problems using ideology, which is illogical but there are good reasons for it. Solution based parties focus on a platform of solutions, such as the Unity Party out in Colorado. We are a methodology party so we provide tools, structures, and rules around methodologies that help individuals develop, but are not controlled mindlessly by ideology. Two Whigs might totally disagree with one another but the rules dictate how they have to interact with each other. Thus they have to be able to communicate, even if they can't agree. There is a lot of complexity I can't go into, but that's the gist.
When you think of the Modern Whig Party the best way to think of it is not in the context of politics. Take a college, an IT business, and a political party, shake them together, and there you have the Modern Whigs. People don't join the Whigs because they agree with our ideology which is why they join all the other parties. They will join the Modern Whigs because we create value.


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Review: Daphne's Greek Cafe
- silverbear Mar 3, 2007 07:33 PM
Daphe's Greek Cafe
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Mesa AZ 85204
A hike in the Superstition Wilderness east of Phoenix this morning took me farther into the reaches of suburbia than I usually travel. Coming back after a pretty intensive five-and-a-half miles, I was looking for a good lunch in an area of Mesa that is dominated by chains. I remembered seeing a Greek restaurant called Daphne's a few months ago and decided that today was the day to try it.
Daphne's is the type of restaurant known as "fast casual." Customers order at the counter, receive cards with the order numbers, and then take a seat. Shortly afterward, the food is delivered to the table. I was impressed upon entering Daphne's with three things: the colorful decor, the cleanliness of the dining room, and the friendly greeting that was proferred before I even reached the counter.
I reviewed the laminated menu and decided on the veggie combo plate ($8.50) as a quick and efficient means to sample several appealing items. Wanting to continue the healthful vibe of my morning of hiking, I ordered a bottle of orange juice ($1.75) to wash it all down. As I claimed a table, I was impressed that the tables were already set with high-quality paper napkins and steel utensils. This was a nice step up from napkins dispensers and plastic utensils.
The combo plate arrived promptly and featured a nicely arranged mixture of falafel, spanokopita, dolmas, salad, rice, hummus, tzatziki, and pita bread. The falafel was a little unusual in that it was disc-shaped rather than spherical. The taste and texture were reasonably good, but not as compelling as at my favorite Israeli and Lebanese restaurants. There was nothing wrong with the falafel, but it did not have the pronounced cumin flavor and the fresh-out-of-the-fryer feeling I crave. It was adequate as part of a combo plate but probably not worth ordering on its own.
The spanokopita seemed a little oily. The spinach and cheese inside were tasty, but the pastry was only average. Dolmas were also adequate but could have used a bit more lemony zing. The Greek salad was like any other: crisp lettuce with bits of feta, tomato, cucumber, and a few olives for good measure.
The two spreads on the platter, hummus and tzatziki, both had excellent texture. They were smooth and creamy without being too viscous. As with the dolmas and falafel, both could have benefited from more pronounced flavors, especially garlic and lemon. The pitas used to scoop these dips were a good renditions of what I would consider "food-court-Greek" pitas. They were thick and had no pocket for stuffing, but were quite tasty on their own terms.
The one item at Daphne's that most impressed me was the rice. It was served in a yellow pilaf with a slight lemony pilaf. I was pleased that the pilaf was not overloaded with salt like so many I've tried.
I finished most of the combo plate and ended up full but not stuffed. Portion size was not as excessive as at many restaurants in this category. For the most part, I liked, but did not love, the food at Daphne's. Nothing I tried was poorly prepared, but several of the items needed more assertive flavors. Daphne's may be deliberating underplaying strong flavors in order to succeed in suburban locations in which chain restaurants are the norm. I am not likely to make a special trip for Daphne's, especially since the Phoenix area locations are all far from both my house and my office, but I would eat there again if in the neighborhood.
Correction to the penultimate paragraph: "It was served in a yellow pilaf with a slight lemony flavor."
Correction to the final paragraph: "Daphne's may be deliberately underplaying strong flavors in order to succeed in suburban locations in which chain restaurants are the norm."
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Good review. I've been curious to give Daphne's a try after noticing them pop up around town. Nice to get a fair and honest assessment.
Thanks. I'll get around to visiting one of these days.
That Daphne's is right by my office, so it's a frequent lunch stop. The gyros are respectable and they do a good job with fries. They also have a spicy dip of feta and chile paste/oil you can get that's pretty good. It's my understanding that they are a regional chain in SoCal and AZ (now).
It is a good go for fast food Greek.
re: zebcook
Really the best part about Daphne's is the Fire Feta dip.
I used to go to these undercover around Southern California, and found them pretty good, although wish they would give more tzatziki. I usually got a grilled chicken combo of some sort and a salad, nice lemony dressing. Some pretty slow service during busy times, though. Oh, and you could get double salad on the combo plate instead of rice if you wanted.
Yesterday I ate at Daphne's (same location as silverbear) for a quick lunch before my hair appointment. I ordered the marinated chicken pita combo which came with a small greek salad topped with olive tapenade and the rice pilaf. Silverbear - I agree with you on your overall assessment. I liked the food - but didn't love it. The chicken was very well marinated and tender but on my visit the tzatziki left little to be desired. I enjoyed the salad and ate a little bit of the rice, as I thought mine was pretty bland.
I ate a vegetable plate at a Daphne's in Lake Forest, CA. The falafel had the taste and consistency of tater tots. The saffron rice had the flavor and consistency of Uncle Ben's perverted rice. The "Greek" salad was a green salad with one crumble of feta and one kalamata olive. The grape leaves didn't suck. The hummus tasted like something you would buy at a grocery store - big kitchen and not homemade.
re: Loren3
food is ok, but portions are tiny for the prices they charge.
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You summed it up perfectly! The grape leaves probably don't suck cause they are out of a can. Yes, uncle bens, I've been trying to figure out what that taste was. I tried it once cause I had a coupon. Otherwise, it's nearly $10 for a plate of yellow rice and iceberg, if you order the vegetarian plate.
for take-out Greek, it works for me. I know there is better out there, but it's not like anyone's opening much competition anytime soon.
I really love the vegetarian pita. I have a thing for veggie gyros-style sandwiches and when I first ordered this it wasn't very good. But they've added some tapenade and more feta and veggies and it's quite tasty. Their regular gyros are average IMO.
I signed up for the online "Pita Club" and get an email coupon every month (usu a discount/lunch price or a buy one get one) and for my birthday I got a coupon for a free combo- any combo- no purchase necessary. The Mister only ordered a gyros salad (lower in cost) and mine was free. Very nice.
If we're talkin' chain Greek, I prefer the gyro or chicken pita lunch special at My Big Fat Greek Restaurant - it's like $7.95 and comes with the pita and a pretty good greek salad. Overall, it's moister, the salad is dressed better and the tzatiziki is better. I agree though, and Daphne's is on the rotation.


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