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Senior Housing Options
Making the Best Senior Living Choices
Whether your search for senior housing is prompted by a serious medical condition or the desire for a lifestyle change, finding the right place to live can be stressful and challenging for both you and your family. However, the earlier you assess your current needs and how those needs may evolve over time, the more choices and control you'll have. Many people often confuse the two, but there are actually a number of important differences between a care home and homecare jobs ..Sometimes nursing homes jobs can differ from those in a care home. What is senior housing?
Aging is a time of adaptation and change, and planning your future housing needs is an important part of ensuring that you continue to thrive as you get older. Of course, every older adult is different, so the senior housing choice that's right for one person may not be suitable for you. The key to making the best choice is to match your housing with your lifestyle, health, and financial needs. This may mean modifying your own home to make it safer and more comfortable, or it could mean moving to a housing facility with more support and social options available on site. It could even involve enrolling in a network of like-minded people to share specialized services, or moving to a retirement community, an apartment building where the majority of tenants are over the age of 65, or even a nursing home.
When deciding on the senior housing plan that's right for you, it's important to consider not only the needs you have now but also those you may have in the future:
As you age, you may need some help with physical needs, including activities of daily living. You or a loved one may also need increasing help with medical needs.
Home maintenance. If you're living alone, your current home may become too difficult or too expensive to maintain. You may have health problems that make it hard to manage tasks such as housework and yard maintenance that you once took for granted. Social and emotional needs. You may no longer be able to continue driving or have access to public transportation in order to meet up with family and friends.
Financial needs. Modifying your home and long-term care can both be expensive, so balancing the care you need with where you want to live requires careful evaluation of your budget.
Preparing yourself for change.
Whether you're considering home care services or relocating to a retirement home, planning your future housing needs often runs hand-in-hand with facing up to some loss in your level of independence Understandably, the prospect of losing independence can be overwhelming for many older adults. It can bring with it feelings of shame, embarrassment, fear, confusion, and anger.
And there's nothing to be ashamed about in admitting you need more help than you used to. We've all had to rely on others at some point during our adult lives, be it for help at home, work or vehicle repairs, legal or professional services, or simply moral support.
Coming to terms with changes in your level of independence
It's normal to feel confused, vulnerable, or even angry when you realize you can't do the things you used to be able to do. You may feel guilty at the prospect of being a burden to family and friends, or yearn for the way things used to be. By acknowledging these feelings and keeping your mind open to new ways to make life easier, you'll not only cope with your change in situation better but may also be able to prolong other aspects of your independence for longer.
Communicate your needs with family and loved ones. It's important to communicate with family members your plans and wishes, and listen to their concerns. Long distance family members might think it's better for you move close by so that they can better coordinate your care. However, you might not want to uproot yourself from your community and friends. Similarly, just because you have family close by does not automatically mean they will be able to help with all your needs. They may also be balancing work, their own children, or other commitments. Clear communication from the outset can help avoid misunderstandings or unrealistic assumptions.
Be patient with yourself. Losses are a normal part of aging and losing your independence is not a sign of weakness. Allow yourself to feel sad or frustrated about changes in your housing situation or other aspects of your life without beating yourself up or labeling yourself a failure. Your loved ones may offer suggestions about senior housing options or other ways to make your life easier. Sometimes, new experiences and situations can lead to you developing new friendships or finding new interests you 'd never considered before.
Find a way of accepting help that makes you comfortable. It can be tough to strike a balance between accepting help and maintaining as much of your independence as possible. Volunteer your time to help or teach others, while at the same time expanding your own social network. Helping a loved one cope with a loss of independence.
It's painful to see a loved one struggling to maintain their home or themselves. Maybe clothes are not as clean as they used to be or the house is getting increasingly messy. Or maybe your loved one is experiencing frequent falls or memory lapses such as leaving the stove on or the door unlocked. While you can't force a loved one to accept help or move home, unless they are a danger to themselves or others, you can provide them with information and reassurance. Don't take it on alone. Brainstorm with other family and friends and talk with your loved one's medical team. Sometimes a senior will listen more to a doctor, care manager, or other impartial party.
Explain how care may prolong independence. Accepting some assistance now may help your loved one remain in his or her home for as long as possible. Or if your loved one considers an assisted living facility now, for example, it may negate the need for a nursing home later on. Help your loved one cope with the loss of independence. Encourage your loved one to stay active, maintain relationships with friends and family, and to keep an open mind about new interests, such as trying a day care facility.
Suggest a trial run for home care services or other changes to give your loved one a greater sense of control over his or her situation. A trial run let's your loved one have the chance to experience the benefits of assistance or change in living situation before having to commit to anything long-term.
There are only 24 hours in a day, and you need to be able to balance your own health, family, work, and finances. It means you care enough about your loved one's health and safety to realize when the responsibility is too great. Educate yourself about the resources that can help your loved one, and see if other family members can also help.
What are your senior housing options?
The term "assisted living" can mean one thing in one state or country and something slightly different elsewhere. In general, the different types of senior housing vary according to the amount of care provided for activities of daily living and for medical care.
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Saudi Arabia is considering them as it continues to grapple with low oil prices that have, in many ways, been of their own doing, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.
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Falling oil prices have translated into rock-bottom "bunker" fuel costs for shipping firms - reducing their incentive to take economical shortcuts. Rather than use routes via the Suez Canal, huge container ships are returning to ports in Asia via the "long way around" the southern cape of Africa. As prices tumble, burning more fuel is cheaper than paying passage rates through the waterway. For one-way passage, an oil transporter can pay as much as $325,000 (2008) to travel through the Suez canal. "For many services it is cheaper to sail south of Africa on the [return journey] than to use the canal routings," SeaIntel, a shipping monitor, said.
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The plunging oil price has added to turmoil on stock markets the world over, affecting many of the world's biggest pension funds. According to Reuters, shares fell sharply this week as oil prices dropped after Saudi Arabia effectively ruled out reducing the output of oil by its producers. Oil prices, lowered by increased production, are one of a number of factors worrying investors. The FTSE 100 index of Britain's biggest traded companies was down 15.38% on a year ago as of Wednesday. The index holds millions of Brit's pension pots. "The markets are really worried that we are missing something here, that the global slowdown may be more significant than we are recognizing and that slowdown could be causing oil prices to drop, and commodities prices in general," Tracie McMillion of Wells Fargo Private Bank told Reuters.
Perhaps the most surprising effect of diving oil prices has been that demand hasn't risen significantly. Despite costs plunging, European economies remain weak, China is decelerating and growing energy efficiencies mean vehicles need less fuel. So the overall effect has been a flatlining of demand, rather than an increase, according to PwC (PDF).
And despite all of this, airfares for passengers flying in and out of Britain jumped 46% from November to December 2015, the Office of National Statistics found. The increase in fares was the highest since 2002. The "highly variable" changes were a result of increased consumer demand for air travel, the ONS said. In America, air passengers were more likely to benefit from tumbling costs - airfares there were lower throughout most of last year.


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A Somali arrives in Minneapolis as a new immigrant to the United
He stops the first person he sees walking down the street and says,
"Thank you Mr. American for letting me in this country, and giving me
housing, food stamps, free medical care and free education!"
But the passer-by says, "You are mistaken, I am Mexican".
The man goes on and encounters another passer-by. "Thank you for
having such a beautiful country here in America!"
The person says "I no American, I Vietnamese."
The new arrival walks further, and the next person he sees he
stops, shakes his hand and says "Thank you for the wonderful America!"
That person puts up his hand and says "I am from Middle East, I am
not an American!"
He finally sees a nice lady and asks suspiciously, "Are you an
She says, "No, I am from Russia!"
So he is puzzled, and asks her, "Where are all the Americans?"
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Por favor, assista em 1080p {HD}. É muito importante para uma melhor qualidade e visualização do vídeo. The Vampire Diaries é uma série exibida pela emissora The CW e desenvolvida por Kevin Williamson e Julie Plec, baseada na série de livros de L. J. Smith. Espero que goste e obrigado por assistir! [Please watch in 1080p {HD}. It's very important to the quality and viewing experience. The Vampire Diaries is a series shown on The CW and developed by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on the series of books by LJ Smith. I hope you enjoy and thanks for watching!]
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Pitch Black SVT
I'm starting a "sort of" build thread for my car. I am not planning on doing anything crazy(for now) but there are a few things that I plan on doing with my car. I hope it's build thread worthy.
Current mods:
K&N Typhoon short ram intake
LED Tail lights
Yellow fogs
Fog light mod
Blue interior accent lighting
Kenwood Excelon KDC-X796
Mods I want:
Borla exhaust
CFM 67mm throttle body
MACH HID's
Steeda Short Throw shifter
Euro grill (purchased)
Full LED conversion(about halfway done)
Re-paint the brakes(in the process)
Paint the valve covers(Ford Blue)
Supercharger(not for a while)
The interior lighting
Interior light switch & amp on/off
LED wiring under the console
LED tails (Spyder Auto)
Yellow fogs (Rvinyl overlays)
Hope you enjoy!
I absolutely love everything that you have done so far!
[welcome] to FF! [ffrocks]
There are a few things that I would change. Now keep in mind that this is for a clean OEM+ look that I think you need to do. Get rid of those switches, make that OEM again... Paint your stock brakes back to black. That's it, besides getting either Mach HID's or ST170's and lowering a bit more. You got a good car, please don't take it in the wrong direction.
Looks good!
Thanks for the input. When I bought the car about 4 months ago the brakes where already blue. They were pretty faded so I went with Ford Blue.
Don't worry I'm not gonna "rice" it up.
; )
I have the shifter and throttle body, it's a great combo. If you really wanna fly through the gears, a lightweight flywheel is good to have too :) Its a bit spendy though.
Great looking car man!
very nice. i too, like what you have done. i gotta say ditch the switches too! i little switches and they look oem IMO. i can post a pic if you want to see them.
well, as long as the hole is 1/2" or 9/16 or something like that, you'll be able to fit a different style switch.
That entire section of the console is removable on the SVT's and some higher trim models of Foci. The OP should have no problem un-doing that.
The Focus came with way too many different types of consoles, it's ridiculous. Some had a removable piece around the shifter, some armrests, some pen-holders, some aux ports, some extra pockets, etc.
mine has the shifter surround and pen holder. lol. plus an extra little pocket between the cupholders.
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National Capitol Building
Often referred to as the twin of the U.S. Capitol, Havana's National Capitol Building houses members of the National Assembly and Communist Party.
Havana's Chinatown
Known as Barrio Chino de la Habana, it's one of the oldest Chinatowns in Latin America.
Havana, 1950
This picture captures what Havana looked like before the embargo -- note the cars and narrow streets.
Havana, Present Day
Present-day Cuba still features vintage cars but an increase in tourism from the U.S. and around the world.
The Music Never Ends in Cuba
Local musicians play on the streets of Old Havana in the capital of Cuba.
Weathered Havana
Old and weathered architecture is a common sight in Havana.
The remains of a joyeria, or jewelry store, that was ruined during Cuba's Communist revolution.
Local Produce for Sale in Trinidad, Cuba
Farmers sell their fresh produce either on the streets or in state markets throughout Cuba. The Cuban government pays a percentage to each farmer based on the amount they sell.
Cuba's Coco Taxis
Named after a coconut because of their body style, Cuba's Coco Taxis are like auto-rickshaws transporting locals and tourists throughout Havana.
Local students do their morning exercises. Cuba takes the health and wellness of its children very seriously.
A Vibrant Havana
The vibrancy and beauty of Havana, Cuba, is unmistakable. Rent a vintage American car to immerse yourself in the complete experience. A driver is required.
Che Guevara
The Ministry of the Interior building in Havana flies the Cuban flag. An image of the late Che Guevara, a prominent revolutionary figure and minister of industry is on the facade.
Plaza de Armas
The main tourist square in Havana, Plaza de Armas, has served as the location for ceremonies and military events since the end of the 16th century.


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I woke up the next morning freezing cold and aching. It took a second for me to realize that I had fallen asleep on top of the tower, and that it did not feel very nice.
And then I saw the guy standing there, staring at me. I clambered to my feet, hoping that I could get out of there before I really embarrassed myself.
He looked out of place. His clothes were entirely in shades of grey, and what I could see of his face also looked to be ashen. It was like staring at a black-and-white section in a technicolor movie.
"Um, hi," I muttered, "I'll just be getting out of your way-"
Grey dude reappeared beside me and, before I knew what was happening, he had grabbed me around the neck with freezing cold hands and I was suspended a few feet above the floor.
I clawed at the icy grip, trying to remember what I'd learned in a self-defense class I'd been forced into a few years back.
I drew a complete blank and tried to kick at him, missing horribly before my foot connected with his gut, loosening his hold. I took my opportunity and wrestled out of his grip, trying to run to the safety of the crumbling stone walls.
He tripped me with one swift movement and I felt the wind being knocked out of me.
My lip was bleeding and my jaw hurt, but I still pushed myself up onto my hands in the hopes of throwing a few snide remarks.
"What did I ever do to you anyway?" I asked incredulously, "There are thousands of people more deserving of a beating in this place."
His grey eyes sneered.
"Nice try, Commander." he replied, his gruff voice muffled by the grey bandana over his face, "But we know about the prophecy. And we don't take kindly to it."
I tried to push my aching body up again but was hauled to my feet into another, tighter chokehold.
"Who-who's 'we'?" I spluttered, trying to fatally scratch his fingers.
"The Grey Fist. Consider this our 'welcome to hell' present."
With a surprising amount of strength he swung me over the tower battlements, letting me dangle above the distant courtyard.
"Just...let...me...go." I wheezed, trying to push down the feeling of fear rising in my stomach like bile.
"With pleasure."
For the second time, I fell from the spiraling tower and towards my doom. Except this time, there was nothing to stop me from hitting the ground.
Time seemed to slow down as I fell. My skirt billowed in the air like a phantom, and my body turned in the air so that I faced the sky, the early sky that seemed to be falling away from me.
Wait...I was falling...was I? I couldn't be sure anymore. All that I could comprehend was that the wind was rather strong, and that my neck was throbbing.
I remembered my mother. My father, and Izzy. That life seemed to be a world away. It took a few moments for me to realize that I was about to die away from them, that I would never see or speak to them again.
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012 |
First aired on On the Coast (20/2/12)
Author and essayist Pico Iyer has lived in numerous places around the world, including Japan, Britain, Bolivia and Canada, and has written extensively about travel and global culture. His latest book, though, is a bit of a departure: The Man Within My Head focuses on Graham Greene, and explores the kinship that Iyer feels with the iconic British author.
In a recent interview with On the Coast, Iyer said he never met Greene in person, but he's glad he didn't. "I met him through his words, and I think I met the deepest and most intimate part of him in his books," he told host Stephen Quinn. " If I'd met him in real life, something would have been diminished, maybe."
What's the connection between them, then? "Anybody who travels quickly finds that Graham Greene is really the patron saint of the person in a hotel room in a very foreign country, alone," Iyer pointed out. "So, suddenly he was shadowing and stalking me."
There are parallels between the two: both grew up in Oxford, England, and attended boarding schools, and they travelled to some of the same places. But the surface similarities weren't what drew Iyer. "I think the real connection is more mysterious, and deeper than explanation, just the way I might walk out onto the street and see a stranger and feel that I know her better than my own friends and family."
In his book, Iyer writes of regarding Greene as a kind of "adopted parent." But he realized that putting Greene in that position meant that he also had to bring his actual father, a philosopher and academic, into the picture.
"I think Graham Greene was the father I created in my head, as an alternative, not because I was rebelling against my father so much, but because I was in boarding school," Iyer explained. " I was growing up 6,000 miles away from my parents, who were in California then, and I was going back and forth six times a year from the time I was nine years old."
Iyer found that the journey involved more than covering a lot of miles, because it also meant moving between two distinct worlds: the strict, old-fashioned boarding school and the counter-culture of 1960s California. "It was like journeying between these two different realms inside me," he said.
The paternal figures in the book came to personify that split: Graham Greene represented the classical values of sceptical, middle-class England; his father, on the other hand, was a mystic.
Iyer said that he'd never thought or written about his father very much, "and this book forced me to confront that." He went on to say: "The book is not so much about my father and me, as about every son and every father and the way that all sons rebel against their fathers until they turn into their fathers."
Iyer spent eight years writing The Man Within My Head. It began as fiction, and he wrote 3,000 pages of sketches of an imagined Graham Greene and his encounters. But Iyer decided to use the fiction only as back story; and as it turns out, the published book is just 240 pages. Iyer calls it "a strange kind of mutant form. It's not really memoir or biography, it's not fiction or non-fiction. I like that. It hovers in some dream space, the way Graham Greene does in my head."
From the publisher:
""We all carry people inside our heads -- actors, leaders, writers, people out of history or fiction, met or unmet, who sometimes seem closer to us than people we know.
In The Man Within My Head, Pico Iyer sets out to unravel the mysterious closeness he has always felt with the English writer Graham Greene; he examines Greene's obsessions, his elusiveness, his penchant for mystery. Iyer follows Greene's trail from his first novel, The Man Within, to such later classics as The Quiet American and begins to unpack all he has in common with Greene: an English public school education, a lifelong restlessness and refusal to make a home anywhere, a fascination with the complications of faith. The deeper Iyer plunges into their haunted kinship, the more he begins to wonder whether the man within his head is not Greene but his own father, or perhaps some more shadowy aspect of himself..."
Read more at Random House Canada.


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Hi Jörg,
Just to be clear: this improves performance only in the case that you know what specific class you are looking for (you have a relationship to a specific most-derived subclass) and there is not another more appropriate index to optimize on. So it's worthless in the generic query use case because there will typically be a more restrictive index, and of little value in the navigation case because you are joining on a foreign key anyway. So it's only useful for a table scan of a most-derived subclass or superclass Extent with includeSubclasses==false.
This came out more harshly than I thought it would when I started. Is there a good use case for indexing the discriminator column?
On Apr 18, 2006, at 9:22 AM, Jörg von Frantzius wrote:
Craig Russell schrieb:Yes I'm not Erik but still: in our production system we do that to increase performance of queries. We'd even like to have that by default.Hi Erik, It's probably not related to the problem, but why do you declare an index defined on the discriminator columns in the metadata?


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Chapter 1
A bounty hunter traps his suspects by studying their behavior.
The Bright House employee stepped out of his off white work truck complete with a navy blue button down, silver-rimmed spectacles, and a photo I.D. This was a killer. Oh, yes, didn't you notice? You mean that you didn't see past his ironed dickies, and shined utility boots to his torn right cuff link, and liar's smile? Such trivial details can be easily surpassed by the busy eye unless one takes a conscious note of them in the midst of his or her daily bustle.
Has no one told you that killers do not reside in underground caverns, or secret fortified bases, nor do they wear a name tag that reads: "Hello, my name is 'Killer'"? Though they may occasionally stare off with glazed eyes into intense recollection of their latest misadventures, there aren't many factors that make them stand out like Florida in the hot summer gulf. In fact, a startling percentage of these individuals wake up in a room like yours, brush their teeth with Colgate just like you do, and even tie their tie in a double Winsler knot. After tying up their victims, they tie up their day, and return home to tie up their thoughts with their normal life, a wife, children, and perhaps a dog, or a pet iguana.
Though these paper-bag murderers are trained to blend into your local super market picking fruits from the perfectly aligned shelves, testing their ripeness, and making cheesy jokes to the cashier, they seldom cover every detail from sight that links them to the permenantly limp teenage body under the bleachers in the local high school gym.
Seldom, of course, though the people that make up the population of the Dentcross Country Police Department do not trouble themselves with minute details such as a nervous glance, or an out of place smidgen of dirt. No, they'd much rather bother with overwhelming factors such as bills, taxes, and the occasional cold cup of coffee. Since no one knows how to do their job properly, and would rather talk sports, and politics, they hire me; a bounty hunter. I take to the streets, blend in with the crowd, and follow these murderers. By studying their behavior over the course of weeks, and sometimes months I do what it takes to collect evidence against them, and bring them to justice.
Oh, I forgot to mention. How do I know so much about murderers, you ask? Well, I am on. Anyways, who am I to stop people from exposing their own ignorance, and throwing their money away in the process?


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In a memoir rendered eerily dry and scattered by emotional distance, the four Welch children, orphaned in their youth in the mid-1980s, recount by turns their memories and impressions of that painful time. Growing up in an affluent community of Bedford, N.Y., to a glamorous mother and a handsome father who was the head of an oil company, the children-Amanda (born in 1965), Liz (1969), Dan (1971) and Diana (1977)-were devastated first by the sudden death of their father in a car accident in 1983, followed by their mother three and a half years later after a long, wrenching bout with cancer. The two eldest girls, teenagers at the time and initiated into the drug and rock and roll scene, remember most vividly the details of that era when their mother, already diagnosed with uterine cancer, discovered that their father left a large debt; the family had to consolidate by selling their big house and their horses. After their mother died, the children were put in the care of others, mostly with disastrous consequences, especially for Diana, farmed out to a controlling neighbor family who initially hoped to adopt her, but decide otherwise after she hit her awkward teens. Each struggled to forge an identity within harrowing circumstances, with numbing results. Dan became a troublemaker and bounced out of boarding school, while Amanda, heavily into drugs, dropped out of NYU, and Liz traveled to get out of the house. (Sept.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
The Kids Are All Rightby Diana Welch, Liz Welch, Amanda Welch, Dan Welch
Well, 1983 certainly wasn't boring for the Welch family. Somehow, between their handsome father's mysterious death, their glamorous soap-opera-star mother's cancer diagnosis, and a phalanx of lawyers intent on bankruptcy proceedings, the four Welch siblings managed to handle each new heartbreaking misfortune in the same way they dealt with
"Perfect is boring."
Well, 1983 certainly wasn't boring for the Welch family. Somehow, between their handsome father's mysterious death, their glamorous soap-opera-star mother's cancer diagnosis, and a phalanx of lawyers intent on bankruptcy proceedings, the four Welch siblings managed to handle each new heartbreaking misfortune in the same way they dealt with the unexpected arrival of the forgotten-about Chilean exchange studenttogether.
All that changed with the death of their mother. While nineteen-year-old Amanda was legally on her own, the three younger siblingsLiz, sixteen; Dan, fourteen; and Diana, eightwere each dispatched to a different set of family friends. Quick-witted and sharp-tongued, Amanda headed for college in New York City and immersed herself in an '80s world of alternative music and drugs. Liz, living with the couple for whom she babysat, followed in Amanda's footsteps until high...
Editorial Reviews
"THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT reinvents the genre. It's a choral book, with the point of view shifting between four siblings -- Amanda, Liz, Dan and Diana Welch -- who recount, and disagree about, the disintegration of their family. After their father's sudden death in a car crash comes their mother's slow death from cancer, and then the narrative explodes into pure bedlam: children on their own! The setting is suburban New York and Manhattan, and the time is the '80s, in all their forgotten glory -- no clichés, just detail after detail that eerily reconjured my own childhood in cars, TV, music, products, as I'd long since forgotten it. This is a memoir that always feels alive and true, and one that exists for no other reason than that the story needed to be told."
—Sean Wilsey, contributor to Salon.com and author of Oh the Glory of It All
"A blisteringly funny, heart-scorching tale of remarkable kids shattered by tragedy and finally brought back together by love."
"Well crafted and beautifully written, not to mention tremendously engrossing and moving. I couldn't put it down and came to love and respect every member of this singular family."
—O, the Oprah Magazine
"After the suspicious demise of dad and loss of mom to cancer, the orphaned Welch children were split up; now grown, and in rocking chorus, Diana, Liz, Amanda, and Dan Welch explain how in the world The Kids Are All Right."
—Vanity Fair
"THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT hooks reader's attention from the first jarring sentence and doesn't let go until the very last poignant moment. This memoir reads like a fictional narrative, and readers may find themselves unable to put it down, enthralled as if it were a page-turning murder mystery."
—The Daily Texan
"This touching, funny memoir…is an ode to the strength of sibling bonds"
—Cookie Magazine
"This frank, wry, aching memoir…will leave readers musing over memory's slippery nature; the imperfect, enduring bonds of family; and the human heart's remarkable resilience."
"A brutally honest book that captures the journey of four people too young to face the challenged they nevertheless had to face."
"The Welch family's multivocal story is impossible to put down. I read The Kids Are All Right with awe at the resilience and hope a family can manage in the aftermath of unthinkable loss. The intelligence and strength of the Welch kids confirmed my belief that anything is possible when brothers and sisters come out of tragedy together."
—Danielle Trussoni, author of Falling Through the Earth
"Told with humor, compassion, and humility, and teeming with priceless '80s references, this story of parentless children learning to parent each other grabbed hold of my heart (and attention) and refused to let go. Don't start reading The Kids Are All Right, as I did, at 10 p.m., or you'll lose a night of sleep."
—Heidi Julavits, author of The Uses of Enchantment
"The Kids Are All Right–ingenious, heartfelt, prismatic–is funny and painful in its chronicling of how the chaos of 'normal' childhood can transform into something frighteningly free-form. Here, despite the milieu of privilege (and sometimes because of it), there is hardly the thinnest of buffers as reality at large begins its assault. Each member of this wry, self-deprecating gang recounts his or her story of survival in a way that bumps up against, amplifies, harmonizes with, and even contradicts the others'. Theirs is the fierce and complex love of siblings, and their clear-eyed choral storytelling is a revelation."
—Daphne Beal, author of In the Land of No Right Angles
"The Welch kids grew up like secret agents. Orphans and adventurers in Reagan's ' 80s, young Amanda, Liz, Dan, and Diana were everywhere and nowhere: bluffing their way into nightclubs (when they shouldn't even have been driving), doing homework without a home, making out with rock stars, and then making each other breakfast, lunch, dinner–because who else was there to do it? This is a tragic and heroic story that precisely maps a decade and reads like a spy thriller. The Welch kids are legendary!"
—Sean Wilsey, author of Oh the Glory of It All
From the Hardcover edition.
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Growing up with gay parents isn't as uncommon as it once was. Back in the 1980s, particularly in small towns, gay parents were pretty much unheard of -- which is why Alison Wearing's story is so unique. She was raised by a gay father 30 years ago in Peterborough, Ont., and has turned her experience into a memoir, Confessions of a Fairy's Daughter.
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Wearing loved him for that, and learned a lot from him as a result. He inspired authenticity and creativity in his daughter; Wearing is now a writer and a playwright (Confessions of a Fairy's Daughter is also a stage show) and has a family of her own. "He modelled for me what it is to come into yourself, despite what the world expects you to be," she said. "That inspired me to do the same."
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I've become a big fan of Mac's because of his blog. The guy is a pretty good writer and is funny to boot.
Eh, I don't know the whole thing with Ritchie is so below him yet he says crap like that so it really makes me wonder about him. I mean its clear he doesn't like the guy and in one blog he bashed Warmachine for him going online and bashing Mac yet here is doing almost virtually the same thing. For someone as old and seasoned as he is I would think he would be above that kind of hating on another fighter on the flip side if those two ever meet in the UFC it will prolly be one helluva a throwdown. Otherwise, this blog reads like I am badass and take no crap off anyone so it was kinda "meh" for me.
God, Mac is such a prick, but he's so funny. He's gonna win the show fairly easily if he shows up well.
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4. Extreme abhorrence and disgust toward Richie Hightower.
"All of the footage of Richie thus far would lead the casual viewer to believe that my judgment of him was unfounded. He speaks respectfully of his opponent and acts as a sportsman. Unfortunately, all the actions of Richie that caused me and the others to be so judgmental of him cant be shown much because they were vile, profanity-laced tyraids about specific people (mostly strippers and prostitutes) he supposedly knew. Im sure Spike TV has no interest in publishing these moments."
War Machine was making a lot of comments about Mac on the Ultimate Fighter Forum, so that's where their beef started.
As much as I dislike the guy now that Ben is out I definitly see him taking this unles Tommy somehow gets ontop for some HARDCORE LAY AND PRAY BABY WOOOOOOOOH......please note the sarcasm.
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D.C. United is bringing in a Canada international as part of its off-season reshaping.
United has signed defender Nana Attakora who was selected in the 2nd round of the 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft, the club announced Tuesday.
"Nana comes with international experience and has a good understanding of what our league is about," United general manager Dave Kasper said in a statement. "He will provide a good physical presence at a very key position."
The Canadian comes to United off a stint with the San Jose Earthquakes, where he made 14 appearances for one assist. The Quakes are undergoing their own off-season transformation, with two big moves of their own this week.
Attakora has five caps with the Canadian national team.
Attakora started his professional career in 2007 with Toronto FC, playing in five Reserve League games and then five first team games the next year. His breakout year was 2009, playing 20 games for two goals and four assists. In his last two years with TFC before joining the Earthquakes, he appeared in 31 games and scored one goal.
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Is this bc Onyewu doesn't want to come home?
He was available for nothing in the Re-entry draft. To sign Gooch means giving up their place (first in line) for returning USNT players–that slot is worth something (either a player who can help them more or trade value). Oh, and Attakora will probably cost about $300k less than Gooch.


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David P. Mahlenbrock: The combat engineer, 20, is remembered as confident and competent
Isle soldier dies in Iraq == The young man's loss tears at his close-knit family in New Jersey
By Rosemarie Bernardo
Russell Mahlenbrock and his son, Spc. David P. Mahlenbrock, looked forward to raising their children together. "He thought it was great," said Russell Mahlenbrock yesterday in a phone interview from Maple Shade, N.J. "He had said, 'Wow, Dad, you're having a kid, I'm having a kid."
"We kind of planned (on having) a lot of barbecues and watching the kids grow up together," the elder Mahlenbrock said.
Mahlenbrock had recently celebrated the birth of his fourth son, several weeks after celebrating the birth of his first grandchild, David's first kid.
But now David will not be there for the barbecues, and he won't get to watch his daughter, Kadence, and youngest brother, Darek, grow up together.
A roadside bomb struck a Humvee in Kirkuk, Iraq, on Friday, killing David, 20, and wounding two other soldiers. Mahlenbrock, a combat engineer, was clearing a route when the bomb detonated.
Mahlenbrock's father says he plans to tell Kadence -- his only grandchild -- that her father was a good man.
"She would've liked knowing him, and it was a shame that he had to leave," he said. "She's going to be a lot like him."
"I think Dave was a fine example of a young man who believed in what his country stood for and was willing to put his life on the line for it. He was proud to serve his country. He made us all proud, too," his father said.
"He went in with a lot of confidence," he added. "The furthest thing from his mind was that something was going to happen. I know he was not afraid of anything over there."
According to a New Jersey newspaper, the Camden Courier-Post, David Mahlenbrock was able to see his daughter, now 10 weeks old, for the first time recently during a brief visit to New Jersey.
But he returned to Iraq before meeting his youngest brother, Darek, who was born on Nov. 14.
The young Mahlenbrock was a varsity football player and avid wrestler at Maple Shade High School, where he graduated in 2002. He also enjoyed swimming, camping and paintball.
"He was positive and outgoing. He was a 'can do' kind of guy. There was nothing he couldn't do," said his father. "He was just an exceptional individual. Dave was rare."
David married Melissa, his high school sweetheart, on Oahu about a year and a half ago. "When we first started dating at 14, I told my mom, 'I'm going to marry him,'" Melissa told the Courier-Post. "It was the best decision I ever made."
"I just want everyone to know what kind of man he was," she said. "He was one of the best men I ever met in my entire life."
David Mahlenbrock enlisted in the Army in October 2002. He was later assigned to the Bravo Company, 65th Engineer Battalion, 25th Infantry Division (Light), in February 2003.
Mahlenbrock was in Iraq for 11 months and was due to return to Hawaii in March.
His father said he and his son talked or e-mailed each other at least once a week. "He would talk about how much he missed us and how he looked forward to coming home," he said.
Mahlenbrock paused as he thought of what he would later tell his youngest son about his older brother.
"I would tell him his brother died fighting for his freedom," he said as his voice trembled in sadness. "I would tell him his brother was a hero who was killed in the war."
A funeral service is expected to be held in Maple Shade.
Mahlenbrock is survived by wife Melissa; daughter Kadence; father Russell; brothers Chris, Andrew and Darek; and stepmother Elizabeth.
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From the State of New Jersey
RELEASE: December 10, 2004
Codey Orders Flags to Fly Half-Staff to Honor Specialist David P. Mahlenbrock
(TRENTON)In honor of U.S. Army Specialist David P. Mahlenbrock, 20, of Maple Shade, Acting Governor Richard J. Codey signed an Executive Order calling for the United States and New Jersey flags to fly half-staff Monday, December 13.
Specialist Mahlenbrocks courage and commitment make him worthy of the highest honor, Acting Governor Codey said. He made the greatest possible sacrifice for the country he loves. New Jersey and America are proud of him, just as his family and community are proud of him. We will keep Specialist Mahlenbrock and his family in our thoughts and prayers.
Specialist Mahlenbrock died Dec. 3 in Kirkuk, Iraq. He was clearing a route when an improvised explosive device detonated. He was assigned to the 65th Engineer Battalion, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
A copy of the Executive Order is attached:
WHEREAS, U.S. Army Specialist David Mahlenbrock, a resident of Maple Shade, graduated from Maple Shade High School in 2002, where he was a member of the football team and captain of the wrestling team; and
WHEREAS, Specialist Mahlenbrock enlisted in the U.S. Army shortly after graduation, and planned to make a career of his service in the Army; and
WHEREAS, Specialist Mahlenbrock served proudly as a member of the U.S. Armys 65th Engineer Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, and was deployed to Iraq in the service of his country in January 2004; and
WHEREAS, Specialist Mahlenbrock was a courageous soldier, and a loving husband, father, son and brother; and
WHEREAS, Specialist Mahlenbrock has made the ultimate sacrifice, giving his life in the line of duty while fighting for our country; and
WHEREAS, Specialist Mahlenbrocks patriotism and dedicated service to his country make him a hero and a true role model for all Americans and, therefore, it is appropriate and fitting for the State of New Jersey to mark his passing and to honor his memory;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD J. CODEY, Acting Governor of the State of New Jersey, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and by the Statutes of this State, do hereby ORDER and DIRECT:
1. The flag of the United States of America and the flag of New Jersey shall be flown at half-staff at all State departments, offices, agencies and instrumentalities during appropriate hours on Monday, December 13, 2004, in recognition and mourning of U.S. Army Specialist David Mahlenbrock.
2. This Order shall take effect immediately.
GIVEN, under my hand and seal this 10th day of December
in the Year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Four, and of the Independence of the United States, the Two Hundred and Twenty-Ninth.
Richard J. Codey
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SAN DIEGO(Reuters) - Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, one of the greatest hitters of his generation, died on Monday at age 54 after a battle with cancer, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum said.
Gwynn, who grew up in Long Beach, California, and played his entire major league career with the San Diego Padres after playing baseball and basketball at San Diego State University, died surrounded by family at Pomerado Hospital in Poway, California, the museum in Cooperstown, New York, said in a statement.
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