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The 2016 NFTE Global Showcase, presented by MasterCard, took place on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at Cipriani 25 Broadway, 7-9 p.m.
The event celebrated NFTE's extraordinary teachers and alumni from around the world with our Global Young Entrepreneur and Global Enterprising Educator Awards, as well as our Volunteer of the Year award winners, and featuring special guests, Chelsea Clinton and Troy Carter who were joined by Lee Hawkins for a moderated conversation and took questions from our alumni.
Over 400 attendees had the chance to visit our young entrepreneurs' and teachers' exhibit tables and learn all about their businesses and their local NFTE program while sampling delicious hors d'oeuvres and cocktails. Here are a few highlight photos for those who missed this grand occasion!
CLICK HERE to watch out our short film, titled Perspectives, that opened the show last night!
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Believe it or not, I once sold cosmetics door to door for "that Famous Cosmetics Company." I'm deliberately obfuscating the name because I don't know if it's legally safe to just come right out and name it. You know, the one that rhymes with "shave on."
How did I come to sell for That Famous Cosmetics Company?
I was kicking back with my pals one day when my buddy C.B. said when the oil bust happened in the Permian Basin in the mid-1980s, he found himself out of work. "So I got a job selling cosmetics," he said. "I did all right."
It sounded like easy money to me: Order a mess of catalogs, pass them out, take orders, deliver the stuff and rake in the dough.
So I checked in with the area manager for That Famous Cosmetics Company.
"It's not so strange, being a man and working for us," said Ms. Manager. "About 2 percent of our sales reps are men."
It was all working out pretty well: I passed out my catalogs, I'd put in the orders, the boxes of cosmetics would show up at the door, I'd put the orders together and a check would come in the mail. A check in the mail! I'd found "Easy Street"!
Then one day while delivering an order a customer's husband met me at the door.
"What are you doing selling cosmetics?" he said, squinting his eyes at me.
"Making money," I said with a big grin and wide eyes.
"You're trying to meet women…" he said.
"No sir, just selling the stuff," I said.
"Well we're not buying from you anymore," said the man. And he slammed the door.
With that it seemed a curse had been put on my venture. Sales started to fall off and the easy money wasn't so easy anymore.
And you know, I've always been about the easy money.
Grant McGee is a long-time broadcaster and former truck driver who rides bicycles and likes to talk about his many adventures on the road of life.
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The Yiddish word infuses the basic German denotation -- "person" -- with an almost indefinable connotation. A mensch is a person who is upright, honorable, decent, as Rosten writes, a person to admire and emulate.
Boy, could we use some now.
As the last pieces of 2008 crash down around us, there is ample evidence that mensch-hood (more properly, menschlikayt) is in short supply, at least judging by headlines. Worse, the Bernard Madoff scandal revealed a disturbing tendency to hide chicanery under the guise of do-goodery. Madoff, his middlemen and some charitable boards were doing good while doing wrong -- either out of evil, in Madoff's case, or, at best perhaps, just out of gullibility and incompetence.
So we look to The Journal's fourth annual Top Ten Mensches list to brighten our spirits and boost our hopes for a better year. As the stories here demonstrate, these are people who in the course of lives no less hectic and demanding than our own, facing temptations no less alluring than those we all confront, manage to reach out and help others, making the world a better place, day in and day out.
The Jewish Journal created this list as a response to all those lists extolling fame, money, power and hot-ness. We honor these special ten because they are just people -- menschen, to use the proper Yiddish plural -- who understand the power and possibility of what just one person can do to help others.
Thank you to all our mensches, and to all who offered up names for consideration. Maybe next year we'll all be candidates for the list....
Gabriel Halimi: Partying For a Cause
It was a stuttering problem that turned Gabriel Halimi into a mensch.
"I had a really bad stutter when I was kid," the now 27-year-old recalled recently. "My therapist said I needed to speak up in class and try to get myself to talk more, and then I started falling into leadership activities because it forced me to talk."
Dressed in a pink shirt and a brown blazer, Halimi looks much like the young professionals he now helps lead in the 4-year-old Beverly Hills-based nonprofit, Society of Young Philanthropists (SYP).
By day, Halimi works at ACG, a real estate consulting firm. But he recently passed the California Bar exam and said he hopes to be practicing as an attorney by February.
In addition to working full time and attending Loyola Law School, Halimi is one of 25 young professionals who helped found SYP and is currently serving as one of its board members. The philosophy behind SYP, Halimi said, is simple.
"We wanted to do well in our work," he said. "We wanted to party, and we wanted to do something bigger than ourselves, and that's kinda where SYP was born."
Halimi grew up in Los Angeles, attending Temple Emanuel Community Day School before eventually transferring to Beverly Hills public schools. But Halimi said it wasn't until college that his Jewish roots really took hold.
At UC Santa Barbara, Halimi joined the Jewish fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi, and became immersed in its world of partying and doing good.
"He was really seen as a leader even among his peers," said Elishia Shokrian Bolour, a childhood friend who, along with Halimi, helped found SYP.
However, Halimi insists that working with SYP has demanded little self-sacrifice. Throughout the year, SYP holds events -- big, bold, boisterous events -- and rather than have all the money go to the DJ, the club or the liquor, the majority of the proceeds (about 70 percent) goes to charity.
"We just kinda wanted to get people to think in more philanthropic terms," Halimi said. "If you're going to be doing this anyway [partying], you might as well be doing it for a good cause."
On May 14, 2005, Halimi and his friends launched SYP's first event by pulling all their resources together and throwing a huge bash in Beverly Hills.
Approximately 500 young Angelenos -- mostly ages 18-30 -- raised close to $70, 000 for three Jewish organizations: IMA Foundation, which is dedicated to disaster relief in Israel; the educational foundation Magbit, which helps those in Israel gain a higher education; and Beit T'Shuvah, a Jewish drug rehabilitation center in Culver City.
Halimi said his favorite SYP cause so far, however, has been one that doesn't directly involve the Jewish community: Darfur.
"It was just so beautiful," Halimi said, referring to the $45,000 SYP donated to American Jewish World Service's relief work in Darfur. "We could see beyond ourselves and recognize that there are a lot of people out there that could use our help."
"It goes to the principle of tikkun olam," healing the world, he said.
SYP is not a Jewish organization, although most of those involved have grown up within the Jewish community, and the nonprofit does not make any outright political statements.
"We don't want to take any kind of political stance that might alienate someone," he said.
The organization chooses the causes it supports democratically, allowing every member to have a say in the direction of the nonprofit.
In addition to SYP, Halimi is involved in 30 Years After, a nonprofit dedicated to uniting the Iranian American Jewish community, and the Lev Foundation, which promotes balanced, responsible living and is named in honor of Daniel Levian, a recent victim of a drunk driving accident.
When asked, Halimi said he doesn't consider himself a mensch -- he's not worthy, he claimed -- but he offered up this definition of one: "Someone who can see past themselves."
But just ask Rhoda Weisman, executive director of the Professional Leaders Project, an organization dedicated to developing the next generation of Jewish leaders. She said, "In all honesty, if you were to ask me what a definition of a mensch is, I would name you Gabe."
-- Lilly Fowler, Contributing Writer
Kim Krowne: 'Hakuna Matata'Means Bringing Hope to Tanzanian Kids
Kim Krowne thought she'd be attending medical school. Instead, the 24-year-old Northridge native, a graduate of Sierra Canyon and Milken Community High School, spent most of 2007 and 2008 in Tanzania, improving the lives of orphaned children and many villagers. She's been home for the past several months and plans to return to Africa in January.
Once a "total planner," Krowne's current philosophy of life is more hakuna matata -- "there's no problem" in Swahili, a language she speaks fluently. "Obviously, this was not my plan. But I love it. There's so much work to be done," she said.
The focus of her passion is the Matumaini Child Care Center, a small three-room building in the village of Rau that houses 20 children, ages 6 to 15. Krowne discovered it in the fall of 2006 while taking a year off after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, where she fulfilled her premed requirements while majoring in the sociology and anthropology of health, concentrating on Africa.
At that time, the nongovernmental, nonreligious and nonprofit Matumaini Center cared for eight children whose parents had either died of HIV/AIDS, were alcoholic or couldn't afford their care. Newly opened, it desperately needed funds for food and school fees, less than $20 annually per student. Krowne immediately e-mailed family and friends and raised $1,000.
She came home in March 2007 knowing she would return. Her last week there, she had met Michelle Kowalczyk, 27 and a nurse, and asked her to look after the kids, who then numbered 20. Kowalczyk also became enamored.
The following December, Krowne and Kowalczyk together formed a nonprofit, Knock Foundation (www.knockfoundation.org), to help solicit donations and grants. They also signed a five-year contract with Matumaini (meaning hope in Swahili) to fund the nonprofit and become decision-making partners.
When they returned to Tanzania they facilitated a host of improvements, including providing the children with nutritious meals, medical and dental care and school uniforms and supplies and paying salaries to the orphanage workers.
They also had bunk beds built in the rooms, upgraded the latrines, improved the general cleanliness and constructed a chicken coop on the property.
Their reach extends as well to the greater community in Rau and nearby villages, with the goal of making families more self-sufficient. One such effort, dubbed the Piggery Project, has provided 50 families with supplies needed to build a pig hut, as well as two pigs to raise. The families will keep some of the proceeds from the sale of the pigs and reinvest the remainder. They hope to expand the project.
They have also renovated a government medical clinic and dispensary in Shimbwe, the only health facility available to serve thousands of people in the Kilimanjaro region. In addition to repairing the clinic's roof and painting its rooms, they purchased laboratory materials and medications.
Plus, they organized a two-day life skills and HIV/AIDS seminar in conjunction with a local NGO that was attended by 100 women and children. It will become a yearly event.
To date, Krowne and Kowalczyk have raised about $85,000 and need an additional $35,000 for 2009 to sustain the current projects. They would also like to construct a new building for Matumaini, start another orphanage and help provide secondary and university education for the children, among other dreams.
Kowalczyk marvels at Krowne's ability to transcend barriers. "Kim has been able to reach people who otherwise would have been untouched," she said. "We'll be doing this for the rest of our lives."
To make a donation or for more information, visit www.knockfoundation.org, call (818) 831-6075 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
-- Jane Ulman, Contributing Editor
Manijeh Youabian: Customized, Confidential Help in Iranian Community
Several years ago, Sheila Z., a young Iranian Jewish mother of two who had recently immigrated to the United States, found she could not work here in her profession as a nurse. At the time, her family was barely surviving on her husband's minimal income, and, to make matters worse, their dire financial situation was putting strains on her marriage.
Sheila Z, who asked that her name be withheld for privacy reasons, said her family was unwilling to help. She felt she had nowhere to turn when she was introduced to Manijeh Youabian, a leading volunteer in the Los Angeles Iranian Jewish community.
"Manijeh gave me food coupons, moral support and even introduced me to people who could help me get my nurse's licenses," Sheila Z. said. "That helped me get by during a very difficult time, and now I'm a successful nurse working at two major hospitals -- this one incredible woman totally transformed my life."
For the past 16 years, Youabian has worked through the L.A.-based International Judea Foundation known as SIAMAK, an Iranian Jewish nonprofit. She has almost single-handedly helped hundreds of impoverished and homeless Iranian Jews in Southern California.
Whether providing them with special coupons to get food at kosher markets, paying their rent, providing transportation, locating immediate medical care, finding them employment or even paying school tuitions, Youabian, with the support of donations to SIAMAK, has been one of the last lines of help for innumerable struggling local Iranian Jews.
"My main goal is to help these needy people in our community become fisherman and not just recipients of fish alone," Youabian said. "Ultimately, we help them make a living on their own, and one of my joys in life is to aid another person in this world who has fallen on bad times."
With no staff and a very limited budget, Youabian, a Beverly Hills homemaker, aids about 15 Iranian Jewish families throughout the year and about 50 families during major Jewish holidays. Whether answering phone calls from needy Iranian Jews, visiting them at their homes and hospitals, doing background checks on prospective clients and even personally dropping off food items at their doorsteps, Youabian has done it all and not sought the limelight.
"She is a very humble lady; she cries along with them and devotes an enormous amount of time to this work, which not many people in our community want to do," said Dara Abaei, a local Iranian Jewish activist. "What is very special about her is that she helps these poor people confidentially, so no one is embarrassed or ashamed."
Other community members regularly give Youabian monetary donations, offer their free medical or legal services and donate clothing for the needy families that turn to her for aid.
Even though all of SIAMAK's other community activities have been halted during the past 16 months, while it has been formally separating from the Eretz Center in Tarzana and the Neria Yomtoubian Foundation, Youabian's work on behalf of needy Iranian Jews has continued via the organization.
Youabian said she has also helped a few Russian and American Jewish families in the past, as well. She is seeking additional donations to be able to help the growing number of Jewish families hurt by the current economic downturn.
Those wishing to support Manijeh Youabian's efforts should call (310) 980-4443.
-- Karmel Melamed, Contributing Writer
Andrew Wolfberg: A Chance Pairing Was Meant to Be
Shani Levy, a case worker at Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters Los Angeles (JBBBSLA), made countless phone calls to match an 8-year-old boy with cerebral palsy to a big brother and was turned down repeatedly by people who did not feel that they could handle the challenge. Levy did not fault them.
Taking on any child as a big brother or sister is a weighty responsibility; taking on a child with disabilities -- not a common case for JBBBSLA -- is beyond most people.
"I thought, 'It's going to take a very special person to fill this role,'" Levy said. "And, finally, we found him."
Andrew Wolfberg, 38, is a lawyer and not married, whose only other experience with kids not related to him was as a volunteer soccer referee. But he quickly took on the challenge.
Shortly after the two were paired up, the boy's mom called to tell Wolfberg that her son's diagnosis had changed. He did not have cerebral palsy but rather Ataxia-telangiectasia (AT), a neurodegenerative disease that causes severe disability, weakens the immune system, increases the risk of cancer and affects many parts of the body. The disease is extremely rare -- about one in 100,000 people worldwide are diagnosed with it -- and is considered terminal.
By odd coincidence, Wolfberg was well acquainted with the disorder. His cousin had recently died from it at the age of 24.
"It was a shock," Wolfberg said. "There are maybe 900 kids in the U.S. with AT, and I know two of them."
"It was really meant to be," he said of the match. Not only would he comprehend what was going on with the boy, whose name is not included here to protect his privacy, Wolfberg also knew he could understand the boy's limitations and be sensitive to his needs and serve as a resource and respite for the mom, who had the additional challenge of being a single mother.
Wolfberg was not deterred by his little brother's undersized, fragile physique. Nor was he alarmed by the boy's occasional tumbles, slurred speech or need to take frequent breaks.
He took him fishing and go-cart racing; they went to a hockey game and bowled together; they've been to the California Science Center, the Santa Monica Pier, Disneyland and a movie premiere at the Mann's Chinese Theatre, where they were treated to a limousine ride arranged by JBBBSLA.
Wolfberg has been the boy's big brother for a year and a half and said it's the best thing he's ever done. "In video games, his mobility is limitless, just like every other kid. He regularly beats the crap out of me."
On occasion, when the child feels weak or tired, Wolfberg hoists the child's 42-pound frame onto his own shoulders. Once, when they were going to a movie early in their friendship, Wolfberg was not able to park close to the theater's entrance, so he carried him. As they were walking, the boy rested his head against his big brother's cheek and Wolfberg thought with tenderness, "Oh, this is so sweet." Never mind that a second later the boy looked up and asked, "What's your name again?"
Though the child and his mom temporarily relocated to Georgia in September, the relationship did not end.
Wolfberg made his little brother a photo book with pictures from all their outings together, and the two talk on the phone at least once a week. He saved a message on his cellphone, and though most of it was incomprehensible, one thing the boy said quite clearly was, "I miss you."
"I would never quit on him," said Wolfberg. "This is a lifelong relationship."
-- Dikla Kadosh, Contributing Writer
Susan Corwin: Great Miracles Happen Here
"The children are my teachers," said Susan Corwin. "I get so much love and joy through them."
Corwin, 49, is a volunteer at the Nes Gadol (Great Miracle) Project of Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services, which prepares autistic, Down Syndrome and other children with special needs for their b'nai mitzvah.
The pre-b'nai mitzvah program for 10- to 13-year-olds is augmented by post-b'nai mitzvah classes for 12- to 15-year-olds, and planned for next year is a new program for kids from 6 to 9 years old.
Corwin said she was drawn to the project by her dual love for children and Judaism and by the "joyful environment" of the Vista Del Mar classrooms.
She and fellow volunteers teach Hebrew, singing and prayers to the 13 youngsters in the pre-b'nai mitzvah class, but Corwin's specialty is the Miracle Theater, which engages the pupils in drama, voice and musical stage training.
The program's innovative approach was featured in the Emmy-winning HBO special, "Autism: The Musical."
Pressed about her own background, Corwin admits to an early off-Broadway stint in the chorus of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado."
Elaine Hall, director of the Miracle and Nes Gadol projects, both supported by the Jewish Community Foundation, fills in some aspects of Corwin's work and personality.
"Susan put the O in outstanding and the M in mensch," says Hall. She is always there when you need her, from sharpening pencils to serving as Jewish community liaison, creating a new curriculum and coming up with fresh ideas."
Pacific Palisades residents Susan and Scott Corwin are also involved with University Synagogue, where she served as the longtime chair of the Mitzvah Corps, a support group for cancer survivors.
One shul isn't enough, so the Corwins also belong to Temple Akiba in Culver City, whose Rabbi Zachary R. Shapiro describes Corwin as "a woman whose works have truly brought earth and heaven closer together."
For Corwin herself, the biggest thrill is to see one of her students step up to the bimah for the bar or bat mitzvah ceremony. At that moment, she said, "God is right there."
-- Tom Tugend, Contributing Editor
Ari Moss: A Leader for the New Century
"In a time when social networking, iPhones and videogames dominate the youth culture, Ari Moss, 30, is focused on answering one of the most prevalent questions facing the next generation of Jews.
Why be Jewish?
Seeking the answer to that question is what provokes Moss' continued involvement in the Jewish community and the Jewish young professionals movement.
For the past few years, Moss has been a volunteer leader in the Professional Leaders Project (PLP), an organization focused on helping the next generation of Jewish leaders. In the fall of 2007, he co-chaired PLP's Think Tank 3, a biannual national conference in Los Angeles that brings together lay leaders and young professionals.
"Judaism for contemporary times is much more serious, because evolution is moving faster," Moss said. "Reshaping it will show we're a serious faith that will attract people. I don't know if there are answers to life's great questions. I do know that Judaism provides a life of meaning."
For the 2009 Think Tank 4 convention, Moss plans to take a step out of the spotlight, serving as an advisor for the chairs, though he says he'll do whatever they need him to do, whether its sitting on a panel or even picking people up from airport.
In addition to his work with PLP, Moss currently sits on the board of directors at IKAR, the nondenominational minyan, and serves as vice president of the Shalom Institute, the parent organization for Camp JCA Shalom, which he attended as a kid, and where he got, he said, " the most formative experience of my Jewish identity."
Moss' legal practice takes on its fair share of noble causes, as well. A 2004 graduate of Loyola Law School, he is a trial lawyer specializing in "bad-faith insurance," representing injured parties who seek compensation from an insurance provider or nursing home that failed to provide proper coverage or care.
"It comports with my sense of right and wrong," Moss said, adding, "people need help; they need an advocate, a fighter when the fight has been taken out of them."
A native of the San Fernando Valley, Moss said his parents always encouraged him to be a compassionate person.
"I grew up with parents who put a premium on being a good person and being an ethical person. You had to be successful in school, but you had to be a better human being."
So, why not just become a rabbi?
"A rabbi is a good start to helping people find answers, but I think of myself as just a regular guy," said Moss, who twice considered entering the rabbinate before graduating from law school.
At the end of the day, Moss said all he wants to do is "serve the Jewish community in the best way possible, through Jewish camps, helping synagogues and advocating for a meaningful Jewish life."
And maybe an occasional airport pickup.
-- Jay Firestone, Contributing Writer
Dr. Richard Braun: From Medicine to 'Musical Midrash'
Dr. Richard Braun, 78, is clear on one thing: He considers his progeny his greatest accomplishment. Three of his four children followed him into the field of medicine -- David is a neonatologist; Jonathan is chair of pathology and laboratory medicine at UCLA's Geffen School of Medicine; Sarah is a child psychiatrist; and then there's Robert, who instead chose a career in law.
He's also got nine grandchildren who are variously studying English, philosophy, music and Middle-Eastern languages. His family, he says, is his life's "real source of meaning and joy."
Quietly modest, Braun isn't entirely comfortable talking about himself; instead he shifts the conversation to people who have inspired him. This is all in character or rather, the character of this thoracic surgeon who, in 1960, chose an unconventional path in medicine that valued patient relationships over financial reward.
Later, when he established the Jewish Music Commission of Los Angeles (JMCLA), his goal was not to produce star composers but rather to add to the corpus of Jewish music, using composition as a new way of interpreting Jewish narrative.
Braun's work, as a physician and the founder of the JMCLA, is very much about giving voice to things underserved and suppressed.
In the late 1960s, while serving as a lay cantor at Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, where Braun and his wife, Barbara, have been members for more than 50 years, he first discovered an under-acknowledged pool of talent within the Jewish community. A musician since childhood -- Braun plays violin and viola -- with a penchant for Jewish scholarship -- the influence of his father, a rabbi and a physician -- Braun joined the VBS choir, learned Torah trope and helped lead overflow services during High Holy Days.
When Israeli jazz pianist Aminadav Aloni came to VBS as an accompanist, Braun found a partner in developing new Jewish music but also a challenge in finding funding for serious composition.
"What I learned is that there was a society of Jewish composers in Los Angeles that were writing Jewish music and couldn't get it performed," Braun said. With Aloni's help and the support of the VBS community, Braun founded the JMCLA to encourage the development and performance of new Jewish music that could be played by small groups at synagogues.
Braun is heavily involved in the planning, coordinating and fundraising for the JMCLA's various concerts and music competitions. He invests both his time and money in order to realize his vision of contributing to Jewish culture.
"We keep our plans on a small scale because we know we're not going to be able to produce something that requires a full orchestra," Braun said. "A single concert by the L.A. Jewish Symphony [for which he plays the viola] costs $25,000."
So instead, Braun focuses on substance. When he began, Braun drew out Jewish composers from Hollywood like Charles Fox, David Shire, Lucas Richmond and Michael Isaacson and encouraged them to write Jewish music. He wasn't interested in adding to the lexicon of Jewish folk music, which he considers "a flash in the pan," but in creating "musical midrash" -- compositions that aim to express biblical drama.
For the past six years, he has produced an interfaith concert and symposium at Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church based on universal biblical themes -- creation, angels, prophets and psalms -- and pairs specially commissioned music with scholarly and religious commentary by experts in the community. It's important to Braun to reach out to people of other faiths who share the same sacred texts as Jews and to reveal religious commonalities.
"Music is a way to bridge differences," he said.
-- Danielle Berrin, Staff Writer
Bracha Yael: Rewards of Life in the Slow Lane
Bracha Yael was the vice president of a construction company, a triathlete and getting her master's in religion. She was on the board of the Los Angeles Hillel Foundation and Temple Beth Chayim Chadashim (BCC).
Then one afternoon in 1997, she started to feel dizzy and tired. She lay down. And she couldn't get up -- for about two years.
Yael, 40 at the time, was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome, a condition that left her dizzy, nauseous and without enough energy to sit up for more than five minutes at a time.
After about two years, she and her doctors began to get a handle on her symptoms, and she got to a point where she could function for a few hours a day. She hoped to resume some semblance of her former life -- maybe work part time, exercise a little. But every time she pushed too hard, she would set herself back weeks.
The realization that her life would be radically and permanently different was a traumatic blow to Yael, even more shocking than her initial diagnosis.
"Rabbi Lisa Edwards [of BCC] started to talk to me, saying that life is not about doing, it's about being," Yael recalls. "I had internalized that identity and self-worth are about what we do, especially about what we do for a living, and that wasn't there anymore. I had to develop some sort of identity and find meaning in my life that wasn't connected to what I do."
It took another few years of struggle for Yael to come to terms with her new identity. About four years ago she changed her name from Jeannette to Bracha, which means blessing, as a tribute to the blessings in her life: the strong community at BCC, her friends and her partner of 29 years, Davi Cheng, who stuck by her through her struggles.
And she began to think about how she could be a blessing to others.
After she became ill, Yael continued to work on a master's thesis she had already started exploring how the Jewish community responds to AIDS patients. Now, her discussions about spirituality and illness became more personal, with Yael often conducting her interviews lying down.
She also got a certificate in spiritual direction, a form of peer counseling, and Edwards began to call on her to talk to struggling congregants. Yael even helped a suicidal congregant through the night.
Tuned in to the extreme isolation and depression that can come with chronic illness, she started a weekly phone-in Torah study group at BCC -- but the topics, based on the weekly portion, are not about illness.
"When you deal with chronic illness, you can become the illness," Yael said. "I thought if we had Torah study, we could come together and talk about something we all cared about but not about our illnesses."
The idea spawned a second offering, a monthly phone prayer service that Yael leads. About 10 people call in each month, from those who are ill to some who live far away.
For the past two years, she's also run a High Holy Day phone service, and now she has arranged for a speakerphone to be on the bima at BCC every week, so that shut-ins can listen and feel connected to the larger community.
With the help of doctors, medications and staying closely attuned to the limits of her body, today Yael has many days where she can be upright for hours, with breaks. And she is taking advantage of that energy to help others. She and Cheng have adopted Harriet Perl, an 88-year-old BCC member. Yael and Perl do their weekly grocery shopping together, and Yael just accompanied her to the vet, where Harriet's cat of 17 years was put down.
When Yael was most encumbered by her illness, the little things that people did -- the phone calls, the soda crackers and juice left at the back door -- were often the most helpful and most meaningful, she said.
So now she tries to return such.
"I have time to write a letter now, and I know how precious getting a note can be. I know what it means," she said. "I live a quiet and modest life now, but I try to bring as much joy as possible."
-- Julie Gruenbaum Fax, Senior Writer
Jack Matloff: A Surgeon With a Big Heart and a Mission
If a Hollywood casting director were scouting for an actor to portray a famous heart surgeon, he would pick someone like Jack Matloff.
At 76, Dr. Matloff is tall, well built, with white hair, a strong face and large, powerful hands, and, best of all, he wouldn't need any rehearsals to play the role.
Recently, Matloff was chosen as the 2008 Pioneer in Medicine by the professional staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he worked from 1969 until his retirement in 1998, but his influence extends well beyond Los Angeles.
Today, there are cardiac surgery centers at hospitals and universities in the United States, Israel, Japan, China, Germany, Russia, Colombia and El Salvador that owe their beginning and professional leadership to Matloff's initiative and training.
At Shaare Tzedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, he not only helped create the cardiothoracic surgery department named in honor of his parents but also led a $15 million fund drive to assure its establishment. Other such departments in Israel at the Hadassah Hospital and in Tel Aviv and Haifa owe much to his personal efforts.
"He became somewhat of a medical hero in Israel," said one colleague.
Born in New Haven, Conn., the son of a milkman, Matloff was recruited by Cedars-Sinai to establish its now internationally recognized cardiothoracic surgery division for child and adult patients, which later added heart and lung transplants to its program.
Asked how many heart surgeries, including transplants, he had performed during his career, Matloff had to pause for a few moments before answering, "Oh, between 4,000 and 5,000."
Even in so-called retirement, hardly a day goes by without calls from doctors around the world asking for professional consultations, from potential patients seeking advice and from college students requesting recommendations for admissions to medical schools.
As the author of well over 500 scientific papers, abstracts and books and a major figure in the development of artificial heart valves, Matloff is widely recognized for his professional accomplishments, but there is another side to the man.
"Jack is a warm and kind-hearted person, who has never lost touch with his Jewish identity," said one longtime co-worker.
Matloff helped to establish a Hillel Center at Yale, one of his alma maters, and also donated a Torah. At Cedars-Sinai, he contributed Torah mantles to the chapel and also initiated the first sukkah at the hospital.
Back in 1982, Matloff performed a quadruple bypass operation on then 54-year-old Aaron Eshman. "The operation was on May 8, and every year on that date, Matloff phones me to congratulate me on my rebirth," Eshman recalled.
Matloff carried his religious outlook over into his daily work, a colleague noted by saying, "Jack never forgot that there is a spiritual side to healing."
-- Tom Tugend, Contributing Editor
Neil Sheff: Rekindling the Light of Ladino Culture
Neil Sheff would rather not be referred to as a mensch, but not for the reasons you might expect.
If you must label his altruistic nature, he prefers you skip the Yiddish and go straight for the Ladino word: ben adam.
Sheff, 47, has been a steadfast figure in Los Angeles' Ladino-speaking Sephardic community since he was a teen, but you'd be hard-pressed to find much written about him beyond a few articles on the Sephardic Film Festival, which he chairs.
Sheff is driven by a passion for Ladino culture and the larger Sephardic world, but he feels the weight of being one of the few in his generation to carry the Ladino mantle. In addition to the film festival, he also sits on the board of the youth-oriented Sephardic Education Center (SEC) in Los Angeles and Jerusalem.
The Sephardic community raised Sheff, an only child, after his Ashkenazi father died when he was 3 and his Sephardic mother was forced to spend long hours working downtown. His friends growing up were mostly seniors, who looked after him and taught him Ladino, the language of Spanish Jews, along with its rich catalog of songs about joyous hope, unrequited love and heavenly reverence.
During a social hour following Friday night services at the former Sephardic Hebrew Center "they would get little Neil up on the microphone to sing songs," Sheff said, while seated on the living room couch in his Westwood home. "All these old people thought I was the best thing since bourekas."
Now an immigration attorney with a family of his own, Sheff volunteers countless hours to promote Ladino culture at a time when the younger assimilated generations count gastronomy as their primary cultural tie.
In a recent week, his activities had included meetings with the Los Angeles SEC executive director to discuss scholarships for teen trips to Israel; the founder of an Israeli soup kitchen, where Sheff and his family volunteered during a recent trip, to discuss how to raise funds in Southern California; and the filmmaker of "The Last Jews of Libya," to help her connect with a Sephardic music group in New York for a possible tour.
Lacking a father, Sheff fell under the wing of Dr. Jose Nessim in the 1970s. A gynecological surgeon who addressed issues affecting the Diaspora Sephardic community early on, Nessim, now 86, was an important figure in establishing the Sephardic Education Center in Los Angeles and Jerusalem.
Rabbi Daniel Bouskila of Sephardic Temple Tiffereth Israel says that Sheff has always been driven by a passion for the Sephardic way of life, the hallmarks of which include moderation, tolerance, caring and compassion.
In addition to caring about Sephardic youth through the SEC, Bouskila said Sheff has also remained committed to the seniors who looked after him early in his life.
"Neil has quietly done a lot for the older people in the community," he said. "He continues to invite them to his home for Shabbat and Pesach. He's always cared for them and their welfare."
Sheff carries on in the hope that past SEC participants, who have grown and now have children of their own, will return to the center to help him rekindle a culture that is slowly dying with the immigrant generation.
"I try to teach my kids some of the songs that we would sing in Ladino, even though most people don't understand it. But just to try to keep it going and keep it alive a little bit longer," he said.
For more information about the Sephardic Education Center, visit http://www.secjerusalem.org.
-- Adam Wills, Senior Editor
FULL TEXT OF SPEECH: HONORING DR. JACK MATLOFF & FAMILY COMMENTS BY STEPHEN MATLOFF SHAARE ZEDEK DINNER 6/16/10 Dad regrets that he cannot be here tonight. As some of you know he took a little fall a couple of weeks ago literally walking through the front door from our trip to Israel and the East Coast. X-rays of his neck revealed a fracture in his 2nd cervical vertebrate and so he is at home somewhat immobilized. For those of you who thought he was a tough guy, you might be interested to know that his x-rays showed another fracture in his neck that none of us – including Dad – knew about! So Dad is a guy who apparently goes around breaking his neck from time-to-time and just toughs it out. In all seriousness, Dad will be down-and-out for a few months but his doctors already are quite happy with his healing. Thank you everyone for being here for this important occasion for Dad and for our family. Thank you also to everyone from Shaare Zedek and the American Committee who have allowed the Matloff family to associate with such an outstanding institution for several decades. And thank you especially to Mr. Harkham and the Luxe staff for graciously hosting us this evening. We have come together tonight because 30 years ago Dad recognized that many of his cardiothoracic patients here in Los Angeleswere coming from Israel and other parts of the Middle East. Some research revealed that 18 month wait times for heart surgery resulted in too many Israeli patients dying while they waited for care and too many others travelling halfway around the world to receive care sooner. Through a series of luck-would-have-it events, Dad teamed up with Shaare Zedek and the leadership of its American Committee to turn a large, unfinished space at Shaare Zedek into a world-class center of excellence in cardiac care. Since 1995, patients have been diagnosed, treated, operated on and rehabilitated for all sorts of heart ailments on Shaare Zedek's formerly vacant 10th floor in the Jesselson Heart Center and its sub-departments – including the Ruth & Hyman Matloff Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery named for my grandparents. From the clinical perspective, the Center has fulfilled and exceeded all lofty expectations. What some don't know is that Dad's original vision for the Jesselson Heart Center included a geopolitical or societal metric, as well: to provide a bridge-to-peace in the region as the Center would treat patients as patients and not as Jews or Arabs or anything else. And in fact, the Jesselson Heart Center is staffed by medical professionals from all walks who treat patients from all walks – side-by-side in every respect and with every respect. So while we all unfortunately still yearn for peace in the region, the Jesselson Heart Center has fulfilled and exceeded expectations from the societal perspective, as well. Now, 30 years later, another large, vacant space at Shaare Zedek is going to develop into a world-class facility. Again, the promise of this facility is twofold: to fill an acute clinical need and to seize upon a great societal opportunity. More out of need than choice, Shaare Zedek's emergency and trauma capabilities have matured very significantly over the last decade. As the only major hospital within Jerusalem's city limits, Shaare Zedek was the closest facility capable of treating large numbers of terror attack victims when Jerusalem was too often disrupted during the first half of this decade. As a result, 40% of all victims of terror attacks in the area were treated at Shaare Zedek. Since 2000, the number of visits to the emergency room by adults has grown 103% while the equivalent statistic for ERs at other facilities in the area basically have remained unchanged. Today, Shaare Zedek's emergency room receives roughly 60,500 adult visits annually – or about 165 per day – in addition to almost 15,500 pediatric visits. So Shaare Zedek already has tremendous expertise in the area of emergency and trauma care. From the clinical perspective, what the currently vacant space we're focused on tonight will offer once completed is a safe-haven in the event of a chemical, biological or nuclear attack on the area – something that unfortunately is becoming a greater possibility in the current geopolitical environment. In this new Center, victims of new disasters, inpatients of the hospital and hospital staff will be able to continue treating and being treated despite what might be happening outside. And in fact more new trauma patients will be able to be treated than currently can be. From the societal perspective, this new department will become a shining example of an important trend that many inside and outside of Israel have come to recognize and some have begun writing books about. In those books, the very compelling argument is being made that Israel's importance in the world has extended far beyond its role as a place that Jews from all corners of the earth could go to if they no longer felt welcomed in their homelands. Rather, Israel's importance in the world today is rooted in its unparalleled generation of innovation in many fields – certainly continuing in agriculture and biotechnology but extending much deeper into every facet of the high tech and energy industries. In short, Israel today is an exporter of excellence in innovation. To some extent, Israel already exports its disaster and emergency response capabilities. It did so most visibly in Haiti earlier this year when the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) organized and deployed 235 search and rescue and medical professionals to Port Au-Prince. Within 80 hours of the devastating earthquake, Israelis – who had travelled from around the world – were treating injured Haitians with several tons of medical supplies that they brought with them in a field hospital that they constructed with triage, registration, imaging, orthopedics, OB and surgical departments among others, not to mention a sophisticated electronic medical record system. They were there before other nations and humanitarian groups and were substantially more organized and better equipped. The media – some of which is not friendly to Israel –called the IDF's field hospital "the Rolls Royce of emergency medicine". Shaare Zedek is only 1 of a couple dozen hospitals in Israel, but its leadership in disaster and emergency response was illustrated by the fact that two of the four professionals it sent directed all surgical efforts and nursing functions, respectively, while the other two professionals it sent played important roles on the orthopedics and OB teams. In fact, the physician who ran the IDF's triage and surgical efforts in Haiti is Dr. Ofer Merin – a cardiothoracic surgeon by training who currently directs Shaare Zedek's trauma efforts and has been named the Director of the new Matloff Disaster and Emergency Response Center. Dr. Merin also recently was named Professor Halevy's Deputy Director General for the entire hospital, which I believe at least in some small measure indicates the importance of this project. With a pre-defined academic purpose, the new Matloff Disaster and Emergency Response Center will formalize the export of innovation in this important area of disaster and emergency response. More than just mobilizing hundreds of Israeli professionals and tons of supplies within hours of devastating events anywhere in the world, the Center will be a place where professionals from around the world come to learn how to respond themselves – potentially in isolation or until additional help arrives. The first hours after a disaster are so critical, and the impressive standard that Israel set of 80 hours from around the globe just isn't good enough. From this perspective, giving to this important Center is far more than charity. It is an investment – not only for the people of Israelbut for all people worldwide who may be afflicted by disaster. In fact, I hate to say it, but as inhabitants of a major American city susceptible to earthquakes and other natural disasters and containing sites that could be targets of future terror attacks, it is not out of the realm of possibility that we could be very significant beneficiaries of this investment ourselves. Dad has always been concerned about the care of Israelis, but it is the potential to improve the lots of all humans precisely when they are most vulnerable and fragile that excites Dad and our family about this important new Center. While Dad was an outstanding surgeon and his thousands of patients benefitted from his expertise and wisdom, he perhaps was most proud of the hundreds of peer-reviewed articles and books that he wrote and edited and the cardiac centers around the world that he helped create – including Shaare Zedek's. These activities to advance the field of cardiothoracic surgery represented his sharing of his experience and knowledge – his personal exporting of innovation – and it resulted in improved health and better and longer lives for millions of people worldwide. We believe that in addition to improving the lives of Israelis, the Matloff Disaster and Emergency Response Center can have a similarly grandiose impact on the lives of humans around the world. Again, our family thanks all of you and the rest of the Shaare Zedek family for your recognition on this evening. And we all hope that you will share our excitement about this important and unique investment opportunity in humanity.
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The Article 32 hearing for a U.S. Marine charged with murder wrapped up Thursday afternoon at Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay.
Master Sgt. Nathaniel Cosby is accused of killing Ivanice Harris from Oregon, who was in Hawaii celebrating her 29th birthday.
Her body was found near Yokohama Bay back in May.
Cosby sat in the courtroom on Thursday as the Honolulu medical examiner testified about injuries that caused Harris' death.
The medical examiner's report says she died from injuries to her neck.
The hearing officer will consider testimony and evidence and will make a recommendation to a superior officer.
The superior officer, Lt. Gen. Terry Robling, will then decide if Cosby will face a court martial.
Cosby's defense team released a statement saying, "When all the facts are before the court, the evidence will not prove him guilty. Until the sworn testimony is presented at trial, we ask that you respect the process of the military justice system and accord Master Sergeant Cosby the respect of not rushing to judgment when all the facts have yet to be established."


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September 13, 2013
Dustin Keath, front tire carrier and tire specialist of the No. 3 AdvoCare Chevrolet driven by Austin Dillon, worked as an electrician in Pennsylvania before deciding a career in auto racing could suit him well. He worked his way up the racing ladder by volunteering with various dirt late model teams in his spare time, eventually moving to North Carolina to pursue his dream. He worked at Team Dillon Racing before joining Richard Childress Racing, and currently works as the tire specialist and front tire carrier on the No. 3 AdvoCare Chevrolet in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
Who's your favorite driver you've worked with: "I think Tim McCreadie is my favorite driver, so far, because he got me into the sport and into full-time racing. I was working as an electrician in Pennsylvania and he tried to hire me when I was looking for a job. I never actually ended up working for Tim, but his team was very influencial in my career path. They gave me gas money to get me into races and helped me make the decision to chase my dreams to turn full-time racing into a career."
Favorite stories from the road: "This year when we went to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Club, the No. 3 team competed on a go-kart course after tech one day. I ended up winning and have bragging rights for the rest of the season. It seems like such a simple thing, but that little extra-curricular activity was huge for me. That win was awesome because all of the guys on our team have a prior racing history as drivers and I have never raced before. I have a lot of other good stories from the road, but most of them can't be published."
How is it balancing family and being on the road: "It's tough, it's hard to do. I think the hardest part of having a family and a racing career is figuring out how to balance your time. In this sport you're supposed to give everything you have on your race team, but you have to give 100 percent towards your family, too, or else you won't get to watch your kids grow up. I have three kids. A little girl, who will be five years old on September 22, and twin boys who will be four years old in March. My wife, Amber, and I will be married six years in December. Two beagles make up our family, as well."
What's your favorite movie: "The Blues Brothers."
Favorite Music: "Rock n' Roll."
If you weren't working in NASCAR, what would you be doing: "I would be working on Dirt Late Models."
Best moment in your career: "So far, the best moment in my career, hands down, was winning the inaugural NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Eldora Speedway in June. I've been to that track so many times in my life and have never won, so it was such a special moment to be able to win there."


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BENNINGTON A judge has ruled that a civil lawsuit filed in April against Leo Reynolds, a former Mount Anthony Union High School girls basketball coach, doesnt apply to his wife.
Reynolds, 67, formerly of Bennington, is facing four pending felony charges in Bennington criminal court of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child and one pending felony charge of aggravated sexual assault on a child younger than 13, for allegedly touching a 7-year-old girl in Bennington on several dates including on Christmas Eve of 2013.
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of the girls parents, sought to preserve the money from the sale of Reynolds home while the suit was still in court.
The home, however, belonged to Reynolds and his wife, Pamela Reynolds.
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Don't Believe The Hype: Cholinesterase Inhibitors As A Treatment For Dementia
I distinctly remember the day I attended a "drug lunch" (as a PM&R resident in New York City) to learn about the value of donepezil (Aricept) for the treatment of dementia. I was surprised by the drug's lack of efficacy – the graph displayed in the PowerPoint show demonstrated a 2-point improvement on the Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE), an effect that began after 6 months of donepezil use, and persisted for only 6 months after that. A 2-point difference on the MMSE has no clinical relevance of which I'm aware. The drug's common side effects include: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite, tiredness, drowsiness, trouble sleeping, or muscle cramps. That day I realized that the risk-benefit profile did not support its use.
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Ohio Northern University presents 'Footloose'
Ohio Northern University's Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present "Footloose" on April 10-12 at 7:30 p.m. and two matinee performances on April 12-13 at 2 p.m.
One of the most explosive movie musicals in recent memory bursts onto the live stage with exhilarating results. When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, Ren is prepared for the inevitable adjustment period at his new high school. What he isn't prepared for are the rigorous local edicts, including a ban on dancing instituted by the local preacher, who is determined to exercise the control over the town's youth that he cannot command in his own home. When the reverend's rebellious daughter sets her sights on Ren, her roughneck boyfriend tries to sabotage Ren's reputation, with many of the locals eager to believe the worst about the new kid. The heartfelt story that emerges is of a father longing for the son he lost and of a young man aching for the father who walked out on him.
Sean McKnight returns to ONU to direct and choreograph "Footloose." He last set "Thoroughly Modern Millie." Recently, he directed and choreographed the sold-out, one-night concert "Broadway Classics at Carnegie Hall" starring Cheyenne Jackson and Carolee Carmello. Michael Jordan, ONU staff accompanist, is serving as the musical director, and Jill Davis, an assistant professor and resident scenic and lighting designer at Case Western Reserve University, will serve as scenic director, and Gina Wiley, adjunct professor in the ONU Department of Communications Arts, will serve as assistant choreographer.
The cast includes David James Grant (Ren McCormack), a sophomore musical theatre major from Medina, Ohio; Madeleine Gish (Ethel McCormack), a freshman musical theatre major from Evansville, Ind.; Trevor Dorner (Reverend Shaw Moore), a junior musical theatre major from Perrysburg, Ohio; Sarah Novak (Vi Moore), a senior musical theatre major with a dance minor from Floyds Knobs, Ind.; Kathleen Weston (Ariel Moore), a senior musical theatre major from Grosse Pointe, Mich.; Kayla Burress (Lulu Warnicker), a junior musical theatre major from Cincinnati, Ohio; Michael Burke (Wes Warnicker), a senior theatre major from Canton, Ohio; Sean Varga (Coach Roger Dunbar), a senior theatre and music double major from Olmstead Township, Ohio; Allison Becker (Eleanor Dunbar), a sophomore theatre major from Dallas, Texas; Mary Beth Donahoe (Rusty), a senior musical theatre and Spanish major with an arts administration minor from Lakewood, Ohio; Gena Loe (Urleen), a senior musical theatre from Allen, Texas; Hayley Reynolds (Wendy Jo), a senior musical theatre and communications double major from Sylvania, Ohio; Isaac Steinhour (Chuck Cranston/Co-Props Master), a junior musical theatre, international theatre production, and French triple major from Findlay, Ohio; Garrett Hill (Lyle), a sophomore musical theatre major from Ridgeway, Ohio; John Robert Armstrong (Travis) Sarah Loman (Betty Blast), a senior musical theatre major from Dallas, Texas; Chase Zimmerman (Willard Hewitt), a junior computer science major from Marysville, Ohio; Charles Levine (Principal Harry Clark), a sophomore musical theatre major from San Jose, Calif.; Patrick Plucinsky (Jeter), a sophomore musical theatre major from Solon, Ohio; Tyler Matanick (Bickle), a sophomore musical theatre major from Maumee, Ohio; Brady Miller (Garvin), a junior musical theatre and public relations double major from Findlay, Ohio; Evan LaChance (Cowboy Bob), a junior musical theatre major from Dayton, Ohio; Jennifer Barnaba (ensemble), a junior musical theatre and music double major from Spring Valley, Ohio; Briana Biffath (ensemble), a sophomore musical theatre major from Hillard, Ohio; Madeline Chitty (ensemble), a sophomore musical theatre from Mount Pleasant, S.C; Liz Coulston (ensemble), a senior psychology major with a dance minor from Niles, Mich.; Regan Frese (ensemble), a sophomore musical theatre major from Hilliard, Ohio; Josh Heard (ensemble), a freshman musical theatre major from Fremont, Ohio; Katie Hotz (ensemble), a freshman musical theatre and communications double major from Millbury, Ohio; and CJ Livengood (ensemble), a second-year pharmacy major from Norwalk, Ohio.
Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 for children. Tickets are $5 for ONU faculty and staff and $5 for ONU students. The Freed Center box office is open Monday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Phone orders are accepted with American Express, MasterCard, VISA or Discover by calling 419-772-1900. Tickets also are available online at www.onu.edu/freed


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If only this debate was televised. @IvankaTrump in a city of 8 million - we meet face 2 face - i thank u 4 listening - mother 2 mother - on this new years week - my best 2 u — Rosie (@Rosie) October 6, 2016 Full Story
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The Family That Preaches Together Sells Together
Did you read a lot of celebrity coverage over the weekend? There were of course the glossy Mother's Day photoshoots, like the one PEOPLE did of celebs and their moms. Lots of effusive Instagram posts. But there's an underbelly of sadness with Mother's Day, isn't there? For Mindy Kaling, who lost her mom Full Story
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Well, they cleared the first hurdle. When you name your first daughter Lincoln, you are morally obligated not to call the second one Rebecca, or even Kira. You have to match tone, and I think they did. Both all Americana, nostalgia and a good dose of southernness, which is amusing given that Shepherd and Bell are both from Michigan, so they're virtually Canadian. Full Story
Like Bieber, like Timberlake?
I read the best story on Dlisted (original source uproxx) yesterday. You remember Ashton Kutcher's Punk'd? And one of the best episodes was when Ashton played Justin Timberlake? JT came home to find government employees taking over his home because he hadn't paid his taxes. Full Story
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I don't remember hearing Tom Ford's name once on the Oscar carpet this year. He normally only dresses just one person at an event. Or, you know, Hayden Panettiere buys it off the rack. You have to be at a certain level for Tom Ford. At the level of a Gwyneth Paltrow or Naomi Watts, Anne Hathaway, Beyonce, Charlize Theron – only Charlize has to stay with Dior contractually so, no, not Charlize. Full Story
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The Righteous Couple
A few days ago, I wrote about a series of tweets by Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell calling for a boycott on magazines that buy photos of celebrity children (click here for a refresher). It made a lot of headlines, with some people taking up the cause for "save the children (who aren't in any serious danger)" while others wondered if the whole crusade was an exercise for Dax and Kristen's ego. Full Story
The Price of Mom Pimping
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I just want to point out how outdated the headline "Celebrities and their crazy baby names" is. Yes, okay, so one guy named his kid Fifi Trixibelle and nobody will ever forget Bronx Mowgli. But there are a hell of a lot of celebrity kids named Ava and Max and Charlotte, so I feel like we can calm down a bit. Full Story
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Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard announced yesterday that they're expecting a baby. I'm staying at Duana's right now in Toronto and when I told her this on Monday morning she got all giggly and happy and immediately started researching due dates. It's a Veronica Mars thing. As you know, Du and I disagree on K Bell -- she adores her and I find her insufferable. Full Story


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Drawing strong comparisons to the work of James Lee Burke and Tony Hillerman, William Kent Krueger's Cork O'Connor mysteries never fail to please fans.
The Quetico-Superior Wilderness: more than two million acres of forest, white-water rapids, and uncharted islands on the Canadian/American border. Somewhere in the heart of this unforgiving territory, a young woman named Shiloh - a country-western singer at the height of her fame - has disappeared.
Her father arrives in Aurora, Minnesota, to hire former sheriff Cork O'Connor to find his daughter, and Cork joins a search party that includes an ex-con, two FBI agents, and a 10-year-old boy. Others are on Shiloh's trail as well - men hired not just to find her, but to kill her.
As the expedition ventures deeper into the wilderness, strangers descend on Aurora, threatening to spill blood on the town's snowy streets. Meanwhile, out on the Boundary Waters, winter falls hard. Cork's team of searchers loses contact with civilization, and like the brutal winds of a Minnesota blizzard, death - violent and sudden - stalks them.
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"Krueger's writing, strong and bold yet with the mature mark of restraint, pulls this exciting search-and-rescue mission through with a hard yank." (Publishers Weekly)
ELLE aka PlantCrone of the Great Pacific Northwest. I enjoy almost every genre-S/F, Action, Biographies and Histories & Romance
"Kruegers words and Chandlers voice a real win"
I didn't think there could be a better series of rural life mysteries than those written of Sherif Walt Longmire by Craig Johnson. If this "Iron Lake" series continues to be as excellent as the first 2 in the series I'm going to revise my opinion.
Johnsons characters are well written and character development is excellent, however Krueger also draws his story arcs with subtleness and excitement that narrator David Chandler interprets with style. Many male narrators-Dick Hill comes quickly to mind here-have little ability to give a woman's voice a sense of realism. Chandlers smooth delivery is well tempered and without the constant sense of unrealistic hyper excitement that Hill seems to give every story.
I've just purchased several more of this nicely long series and I do believe it's on its way to becoming a true favorite for me.
Start with the first in the series-it builds nicely and though you can read these as stand alone, a real richness seems to develop with each episode. Maybe they will make a TV series out of these books as they did with Longmire...one can hope.
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"Another unusual adventure"
As usual, I recommend that you read the publisher's summary. Often there is more information than I would give: I really try not to write spoilers.
This is a mystery with murders and murderers literally coming out of the woods. I find it interesting that Cork O'Connor, no longer in law enforcement, is the "go to" guy for every agency and mercenary in his area. This story has twists and turns that kept me guessing until near the end. Also, new inforrmation is added about Cork's personal life, the Indian reservation, and the casino. This book seems to pick up where the last one left off, but it can easily stand alone.
David Chandler's narration includes voices for the different characters and he remains consistent with his portrayals. This is a good performance.
Give me a good mystery and I am happy!
"I am hooked..."
I started this series because my usual favorite authors had nothing new for me to buy. So I gave it gamble and I am so glad that I did. I must have more. I just downloaded the third and fourth book in the series. I can hardly wait to start listening.
This is an old book, published in 1999. Don't let that stop you, it is a good mystery. If you like mystery novels you will like this series.
I love books!
"good second book in the series"
The second book in the Cork O'Connor series by William Kent Krueger. Listening to the book while sitting here in July with the sweltering desert heat of Arizona, the setting along the Minnesota/Canada border in late October with cold rain, wind, snow, icy cold lake and river water, and I'm sure a spectacular beauty seemed very enticing.
For the story itself, the author has created a protagonist you can't help but like. Part Native American, ever resourceful, driven to do the right thing, Cork is developing into the kind of character you like and respect along with the other characters in the series. Since there are more books in the series you knew in the end it would all turn out well. Still, there was suspense to the story as it unfolded. I know I went through the book in short order, always wanting to get right back to it. And, I'll look forward to the third book in the series.
"I'm hooked on Cork"
I like this character and I love the setting. I am also enjoying the development of the characters in Aurora and on the reservations. I especially appreciate that these are complex characters, full of strengths and flaws and good and bad.
In this story, the wilderness plays as big a role as the human characters and I think the author did a brilliant job of "taking us along" as the various characters dealt with the wild lands in which they found themselves.
It's a "rip-snorter" of a story full of complex characters and interesting plot lines and Corcoran is, of course, right in the middle of it.
Just purely good story-telling.
I listen to and have recently started to write reviews. I've found the reviews have helped me to select books.
I've never read the print version and now that I've listened to Boundary Waters I don't think that the written version could compare.
I would compare the book The Templar Legacy. The reason being that the group of people who made the team to fight an adversary, came together and used all of their resources to conquer the impossible demons who challenged them to the death.
Louis was my favorite character because even though he was only a child of 10, he didn't cower from participating in the most challenging and dangerous mission in his life. He proved to possess a powerful wisdom that was paramount in their search for Shiloh. His memory was spectacular. Louis was able to guide them along a dangerous, long journey that brought them face to face with further challenges where he stood strong and accepted the role of keeping the leadership role of guiding them them through the Quetico-Superior Wilderness.
Yes I did want to list to this book all in one sitting. However, I did finish in two days.
I will continue with the series. The novels are proving to be a series that contains so much history about the state of Minnesota that I am enthralled and eager to learn more.
"Still disappointing.."
no, two is enough.
The story line itself could have been very interesting but so much of it was predictable.
George Guidall would have been wonderful!!
not try anymore of the books in this series...
I travel a great deal and I listen to audiobooks so I'm always looking for good series books. I had high hopes for this series but I won't be listening to anymore of them. They were compared to the Longmire books which I love and have listened to twice. Maybe that comparison clouded my review, this book in no way compares to the Longmire series.....
This is one of his best. I could not put this one down. You will like this one.
"Love Krueger"
I'm thrilled that I've found a series that I can use as my go to listen when I am just not finding a book that is speaking to me. After a few clunker audiobooks choices, I decided to head back to Minnesota to the Canadian/American border for another Cork O'Conner story. It turned out to be a perfect decision for gliding back into another one of these series was akin to flopping in my favorite chair with a cup of cocoa. I will be savoring my stash of series because of them.
This second in the series takes place in the Quetico-Superior Wilderness. It was especially enjoyable to catch up on some of the familiar characters that were in the previous novel. The unique characters that were brought in for this novel were a tad too unique. They verged on cheesy, yes, but I am mostly interested on the repeating core characters. A popular singer seeks seclusion in the boundary waters. An increasing amount of people feel the need to find her. When it appears that she is in danger, Cork and associates step in. This novel contained just the right amount of twist and turns and adventure. I enjoy the spiritual undertones and the folklore that doesn't feel like hullaballoo or nor is it over dished or preached.
"Fast paced with Native American Wisdom added in"
I love the narrator, the book is well written> I'm happy to say I am hooked on this series. I love the characters and the chance to learn more about Native American life and wisdom's. What a treat!
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Tax increases won't help West Virginians
Signs of budget trouble in West Virginia have been visible for the past couple of years. But thus far, state officials' wise policy of projecting revenue conservatively has served them well. Estimates purposely set low have kept spending within budget constraints.
But that is changing. Even conservative revenue estimates have proved to be too rosy.
Month-by-month estimates of revenue for the current year already have not been borne out by events. Another blow fell last week when figures for January were compiled. They showed that during a month when $406 million in income had been projected, just $394.5 million was collected.
That is not a terribly large gap, of course. And it leaves the $2.3 billion general fund budget for the year less than 1 percent – $7.9 million – below estimates.
But five months are left in the fiscal year, and if revenue continues to lag, a more substantial gap will open by June 30.
That can be closed by creative bookkeeping – deferring payment of some bills until the next fiscal year.
Still, it may well be that a trend is developing. "We're treading water, and we've been treading water all fiscal year," noted Deputy Revenue Secretary Mark Muchow last week.
Indications are clear that revenue from some sources, such as legalized gambling and severance taxes from coal mining, will continue to decrease.
Clearly, then, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's order for most state agencies to cut spending by 7.5 percent was wise.
But even as revenue decreases, it will be difficult if not impossible to trim spending. One reason for that is federally mandated increases in state spending for the Medicaid program – aside from any additional spending that would be required if the state goes along with Washington's mandate to expand Medicaid enrollment. Without expansion, Medicaid may cost as much as $200 million more during the coming year.
In other words, the fiscal wolf is at state government's door.
Nevertheless, Tomblin and legislators should continue the policy that has prevailed for the past few years, of rejecting tax increases to keep the budget in balance.
Times are about to get tough in Charleston – but state officials should keep firmly in mind that they have been difficult for tens of thousands of West Virginians for several years. The current strategy of avoiding tax increases should be continued.


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Capital Radio Summertime Ball - Arrivals
LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 06: Justin Bieber arrives at the Capital Radio Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium on June 6, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
Miley Cyrus Presents Her New Album 'Can't Be Tamed' in Madrid
MADRID, SPAIN - MAY 31: Singer Miley Cyrus presents her new Album "Can't Be Tamed" at the Villamagna Hotel on May 31, 2010 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)
Victoria Beckham & Eva Longoria Parker Host A Night Of Fashion & Technology
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - MAY 24: Victoria Beckham poses for a picture at the Victoria Beckham and Eva Longoria Parker Night of Fashion & Technology with LG Phones event held at Soho House on May 24, 2010 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Toby Canham/Getty Images)
Nicole Kidman Visits Hong Kong For The First Time
HONG KONG - MAY 20: Actress Nicole Kidman attends the launch of the new Omega Boutique on May 20, 2010 in Hong Kong. Kidman and her husband Keith Urban will raise funds for UNIFEM through watch auction and a private concert. (Photo by Victor Fraile/Getty Images)
2nd Annual Bent On Learning Benefit
NEW YORK - APRIL 28: Actress Gwyneth Paltrow attends the 2nd Annual Bent on Learning Benefit at The Puck Building on April 28, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)
Premiere Of Summit Entertainment's "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" - Arrivals
WESTWOOD, CA - NOVEMBER 16: Actor Robert Pattinson arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of Summit Entertainment's 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' at Mann Westwood on November 16, 2009 in Westwood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
MOCA NEW 30th Anniversary Gala - After Party
LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 14: Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani attend MOCA NEW 30th Anniversary Gala After Party on November 14, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Getty Images for MOCA)
Premiere Of DreamWorks' "Monsters Vs. Aliens" - Arrivals
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA - MARCH 22: Actress Reese Witherspoon arrives at the premiere of Dreamworks' "Monsters Vs. Aliens" held at the Gibson Amphitheatre on March 22, 2009 in Universal City, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
"Valentino: The Last Emperor" New York Premiere - Arrivals
NEW YORK - MARCH 17: Designer Valentino Garavani and actress Gwyneth Paltrow attend the New York Premiere of "Valentino: The Last Emperor" at The Museum of Modern Art in the The Roy and Niuta Titus I Theater on March 17, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)
Vegas Magazine's 7th Anniversary Party At Surrender Nightclub At Encore
LAS VEGAS - JUNE 19: Television personality Kim Kardashian arrives at the seventh anniversary party for "Vegas Magazine" at the Surrender Nightclub at Encore Las Vegas June 19, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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My pump (the Ameda lactaline personal, it's called something slightly different in America) has been in fairly continuos use, three times a week day for about 2 months now. I think that it has become less efficient (or my supply has taken a drop, but I don't think it's that).
I remember reading posts which said that you can expect to change certain pump parts every 2-3 months. I couldn't find the post and I'm not sure what to try. Can anyone advise please?