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Normally, our Mystery Photos set off a flurry of phone calls and emails to the Observer-Reporter newsroom soon after their publication, but last Monday's photo was different: no calls, no emails, nothing until Wednesday morning, when Jeanne Robinson, an O-R employee, said she was pretty sure the little prince in the photo was her cousin, George G. Paxton.
At about the same time, Nancy Backenstoss called to say that she recognized her cousin George, too.
Then we received an email from George G. Paxton III reporting that, "My brother Bill Paxton's observant eyes detected an image of a much younger self in your recent Mystery Photo of the 1949 Arden Black & White Show's king and queen, being upstaged by the illustrious show cow, Playmate."
Paxton was 3 1/2 years old at the time, according to his sister-in-law, Susan Paxton. Susan received a phone call last Monday morning from Dorothy Walker of Hickory, who recognized her daughter, Linda Walker, who was 4 years old at the time the photo was taken.
George Paxton grew up on the Shilling Hill Farm, at McConnells Mills, on Houston-Hickory Road (Route 519), Chartiers Township, and graduated from Chartiers-Houston High School in 1964. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1970 and had a 28-year career with Procter & Gamble, designing factories, process machinery and packaging for P&G products. He and his wife, Brenda Johnson Paxton, have been married for 34 years and have four children and nine grandchildren.
"Playmate was a legendary grand dame at Shilling Hill Farm," George Paxton wrote us. "She and her offspring were usually at the top of our family's show string, and were frequent blue- and purple-ribbon winners at the Washington County Fair, as well as at the Allegheny County Fair and at local district shows."
Linda Walker Smith was the second girl in her family to be named queen of the show. Her sister Joyce was the 1948 selection.
Smith graduated from Fort Cherry High School and what is now Indiana University of Pennsylvania and earned a master's degree in elementary education from the University of Pittsburgh. She taught first and second grades for 32 years in Bethel Park before retiring. "I miss the kids, but not the bags of work I took home every night," she said last week.
Smith has lived in Pleasant Hills since 1974 and works part time as a bookkeeper. Her daughter, Jennifer, is married to Brian Marnell, and they have a daughter, Page, now in first grade.
Look for another Mystery Photo next Monday.
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A Hanover Township man, killed Saturday when his Jeep Cherokee crashed in the 800 block of Purdy Road in Hanover, was identified at the scene by a relative who was a member of the responding fire department.
Frederick Speer III, 54, of Ridge Road, was found in the wreckage of his vehicle about 9:20 a.m. His vehicle was found was upside down in a creek. A delivery driver for FedEx noticed the wreckage and notified state police at the Pittsburgh station. The delivery driver told police he could not tell if anyone was still in the vehicle.
When state police arrived, a trooper went to the vehicle and found Speer inside. With the help of neighbors, police were able to break a window in the vehicle and determine Speer was deceased.
Speer was positively identified by Victor Wright, a relative and a member of Hanover Township Volunteer Fire Department who responded to the accident.
Washington County Coroner Tim Warco said it appeared the Jeep was traveling north on Purdy when it went off the road, hit a tree and then rolled down an embankment coming to rest upside down in the creek.
The cause and manner of death are pending an autopsy. Personnel from Ambulance and Chair also assisted at the scene.
Speer is the third person to die on Washington County roads this year.
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Angel Ridge a haven for homeless animals
Some were deaf, blind and scared, but somehow found their way to Angel Ridge Animal Rescue in Washington County. Still others had been starved, neglected or beaten and injured, or maybe old age made them crippled and weak. With plenty of tender loving care provided by volunteers, homeless animals are provided food, shelter, veterinary care and a warm place to rest. Many rescued dogs, cats and even horses are rehabilitated at Angel Ridge and journey on to a wonderful new life.
Over the years, AR has also become a permanent home for animals that are not adoptable due to age, handicap or temperament. The 51-acre farm is not only a place to recover, but a local animal sanctuary.
The saviors of these animal castoffs are the volunteers who show love to AR residents by brushing, bathing, walking, talking to them and offering lots of affection. Other volunteers answer the phone, help with off-site adoptions, greet the visitors and help create the newsletter.
Coming to AR from an abusive situation in 2008 was Cami, a draft horse. A few months after she arrived, vets confirmed that Cami was carrying a foal. Before long, tumors were noticed in both eyes and she was taken to Ohio State University for surgery to remove the cancers. A year later, another tumor was removed. Unfortunately, cancer has again returned to both eyes. Cami cannot have more surgery, but requires constant veterinary support.
To provide the best of care, AR has initiated on-site fostering, allowing volunteers to choose a dog to spend time grooming, walking, playing ball with or just hanging out together, giving them "people" time, necessary attention they need to prepare for adoption.
AR also offers a Tree of Hope, where folks can remember a loved one with a donation to provide care for its animal residents. A $25 gift provides basic vaccinations; $75 will pay for spay or neutering; $200 will provide food for its shelter animals for one week; and $500 will help pay for emergency surgery for a rescue that may have been hit by a car.
Continuing its mission to provide quality care for homeless animals through its emergency medical fund, Angel Ridge Animal Rescue has planned the following events:
• Dogs will be available for adoption noon-8 p.m. at the Washington County Fair, Aug. 10-17. Raffles are planned and vendors will be on hand with pet items.
• Lucky Dog Days of Summer BINGO + more, Aug. 24 at the Mt. Pleasant VFD Hall in Hickory. Early Birds begin at 5:30 p.m. with regular bingo beginning at 6. Admission is $20 at the door or $18 in advance. Players will receive 12 cards, dessert, beverage and doggie gift bag. A Chinese auction, raffles, 50/50, plus opportunities to meet a few of AR's adoption-available dogs will fill the evening. Purchase tickets at Angel Ridge, Woody's Dog Wash and the Hickory Fire Department.
• Support Angel Ridge on Washington County Community Foundation's Gives Day, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Sept. 10. WCCF will increase monetary gifts made by credit card through its website, www.wccfgives.org. Only registered charities in Washington County will be eligible.
• Bark in the Park, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 14 at the park near Allison Elementary School in Houston. Adoptable AR dogs will be on hand, plus raffles and giveaways.
Each year in the U.S., millions of dogs and cats are left homeless, either lost or no longer wanted by their owners. Only the lucky ones are fortunate to be fed and receive protection from the elements at shelters and rescue groups.
For more information, call 724-229-7053 or visit www.angelridgeanimalrescue.org.


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A very interesting topic to ponder or muse over is how contemporary software is changing the way we live and do business.
I believe the current generation of software systems (or even solutions) are reasonably equipped with the awareness w.r.t the complexities of challenges/issues in the personal or professional spheres of business. If we look at how we used to communicate and analyze the inputs for a problem solving / decision making few years ago versus how we do it now - A key differentiator would be the speed of execution supported & enabled by the various software systems around us. These software systems have permeated every operational space for human thinking, analysis , decison making and communication. Today we have deep domain expertise embedded in these software systems, whether we talk of Business Intelligence, Marketing Operations, Logistics systems, OLTP, Content generation and management systems and eventually a key integration layer which ties all of this data together to create a powerful realm of social software systems. A business typically deals with overlapped phases of : Research,Strategy , Planning, Execution and Control. Contemporary software systems have made it possible to actually interlink each of these phases in any growing enterprsie such that results / decision making is based more on strong data and less on heuristics. Research is based less on projection models and more on the actual data, business has generated through the various cycles {real time or standalone transactional systems}. Strategies are based on mines of data available in public or commercial space supported by these software systems, identifying the gaps or opportunities by the available data points and relying less on silos of institutional knowledge. A key capabilitiy enabled by these software systems is 24x7 model of the business wherein a business entity can choose to be proactive and interactive with its entire ecosystem of sourcing , processing and consuming communities around it and create a differentiating factor in the business space they operate in. These very aspects fuel the next level of collective wisdom in terms of sharing experience, concerns, feedback , recommendations , all real time for every part of the business to access and possibly make adjustments for the next cycle. These changes driven by the software system are also bringing in the cultural and structural changes in terms of effectiveness of a given team or organization within a business entity. Yet another way to look at how the software systems are driving the collective wisdom .... take a look at this interesting video :
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- Brunswick Square: East Brunswick — 8.6 miles
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Menlo Park Mall is a 2-level super regional mall featuring Macy's, Nordstrom, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Benihana, The Cheesecake Factory, Havana Central, Seasons 52 Fresh Grill, Romano's Macaroni Grill, IchiUmi Seafood & Sushi Buffet, Rainforest Cafe, Chipotle, Smashburger, Panera Bread, AMC Dine-In Theatre and a variety of Specialty Foods in our Food Court.
Some of our stores include Abercrombie & Fitch, Aeropostale, American Eagle, Apple, Armani Exchange, Banana Republic, BCBG MAXAZRIA, Coach, DAVIDsTEA, Forever 21, Godiva, Hollister, H&M, J. Crew, Lucky Brand Jeans, Michael Kors, Old Navy, Pandora, Sephora, Swarovski, Urban Outfitters, Uniqlo, Vans, Vera Bradley, Wilsons Leather, Work Out World and Zara. Menlo Park Mall offers ample free parking, so come and enjoy a day of fabulous shopping at the mall.
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Abercrombie & Fitch
Abercrombie & Fitch focuses on providing high-quality merchandise that compliments the casual classic American lifestyle. There will also be a section featuring children's clothing and accessories.
abercrombie Kids
Abercrombie & Fitch focuses on providing high-quality merchandise that compliments the casual classic American lifestyle.
Athletic footwear, apparel and accessories for men, women and children
A Dollar & Change
School supplies, party supplies and miscellaneous items for all your needs.
Aerie is bras, undies and more... made with love and attention to even the smallest detail. Aerie is committed to making girls of all ages and sizes look and feel pretty inside and out, because...PRETTY GOES WITH EVERYTHING.
A popular shopping destination for today's teenagers, Aéropostale is a leading mall-based specialty retailer that designs, markets and sells its own brand of casual, current apparel targeting 14 to 18 year-olds...
Since 1987, Aerosoles has developed high quality, comfortable and fashion-right shoes at affordable prices. We offer a vast assortment of women's shoes to suit every occasion, from office wear to weekend gear and...
Aldo Shoes
Aldo Shoes is an upscale shoe store with offerings for both men and women.
AMC Theaters
Experience Movies with a Menu of Possibilities. AMC Theatres has opened a brand new Dine-In Theatre at Menlo Park Mall. This theatre offers a full menu and bar; all served inside the auditoriums while you watch your...
American Apparel
Effortless basics and iconic fashion favorites for men and women. All styles are designed, cut and sewn in Los Angeles, California.
American Eagle Outfitters
AE brings you high quality, on-trend clothing, accessories and personal care products at affordable prices. AE's collection includes modern basics like jeans, surplus and graphic tees as well as a stylish assortment of...
American Greetings
American Greetings helps people everywhere express their innermost thoughts and feelings, enhance meaningful relationships and celebrate life's milestones and special occasions.
American Hide
Leather bags, pocketbook, jackets and accessories.
The Apple Store is the best place to try all of Apple's products and find great accessories. Our Specialists will take the time to answer your questions and set up your new Apple product just the way you want it. You can...
Armani Exchange
Armani Exchange is the youthful label created by iconic Italian designer Giorgio Armani, offering men's and women's clothing and accessories that are inspired by the designer's codes of style. Armani Exchange captures the...
Asian Chao
Boubon Chicken, fried rice, white rice, orange flavored chicken and a variety of different Asian food.
Whether you're shopping for the next generation phone, a digital TV package, or broadband Internet service for your business, AT&T is your go-to for communication solutions.
Auntie Anne's Pretzels
Auntie Anne's provides 11 varieties of hot, fresh pretzel products, in sweet and zesty flavors. It's only natural to want to try one! And nothing goes better with your pretzel than one of our dips and our Old Fashioned...
Auntie Anne's Pretzels
Auntie Anne's provides 11 varieties of hot, fresh pretzel products, in sweet and zesty flavors. It's only natural to want to try one! And nothing goes better with your pretzel than one of our dips and our Old Fashioned...
The BACHRACH brand is a menswear experience based upon a European fashion aesthetic and Midwestern service and customer relationships. We know that the Bachrach man wants to be known for looking strong, confident, urbane...
Banana Republic Men & Women
The True Outfitters of Modern American Style, Banana Republic brings a fresh twist on classic apparel to men and women around the world. The company that started as a safari outfitter in San Francisco now outfits a whole...
Barnes and Noble Cafe
Coffee, tea, pastry, sandwiches, personal pizza's cookies, and Cheesecake Factory Cheesecakes.
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
We work hard ensure that we offer our customer a special experience each time they connect with Barnes & Noble, whether it's in one of our stores or online. We are committed to providing our customers with a friendly...
Bath & Body Works
Bath & Body Works is the apothecary of the 21st century. It is the authority dedicated to helping people find their own individual paths to well-being by bringing them the very best personal care products the world has to...
BCBG stands for "Bon Chic Bon Genre" which means " Good Style Good Attitude " in French. Committed to the highest standards of creativity, innovation and quality design, BCBG is taking the world by storm. With critically...
Beauty Plus Salon
All your beauty supplies in one store.
bebe's customers are women between the ages of 18 and 35, who are contemporary, stylish & sexy and are looking for affordable luxury. The "bebe look," with that signature hint of sensuality, appeals to the hip...
Rediscover the personalized experience of having your choice of succulent seafood, tender chicken, juicy steaks, and garden-fresh vegetables grilled to delicious perfection in an extraordinary theater that will feed the...
Best Buy Mobile
Best Buy Mobile specialty store is located on the Upper Level in the Dining Pavilion. For those in the market for a mobile phone, this location will offer the best and latest brands on the market, as well as the ability...
From the start Brookstone wanted to create a fun, interactive shopping experience. At our stores, customers are encouraged to try products out for true, hands-on shopping. Every visit to Brookstone is an opportunity to...
Build-A-Bear Workshop®
Visit Build-A-Bear Workshop® a beary special place where you make your own stuffed animal! Make your furry friend unique with hundreds of fashions and accessories. We do parties too!
Lane Bryant is the most recognized name in plus-size clothing, and our emphasis on fashion—not merely size—makes us a style leader.
Cafe Nordstrom
Café Nordstrom is a casual restaurant that evokes images of a contemporary European marketplace. Take a unique journey through signature menu selections, including sandwiches, soups, pizza, panini, fresh salads, and...
Call It Spring
The Call It Spring Story Call It Spring is an ALDO Group brand. Founded by Aldo Bensadoun, the first ALDO store opened its doors in 1972 in Montreal. Today, the company boasts over 1,500 retail stores worldwide. The Call...
Cellairis provides innovative and fashion-forward cases and accessories for all of your mobile devices and tablets. Recently ranked #9 on Franchise Times 2009 "Fast 55" and quickly approaching the opening of their seven...
Champs Sports
Champs Sports, a member of the Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL) family, is one of the largest mall-based specialty athletic footwear and apparel retailers in North America. Its product categories include athletic footwear...
Charley's Philly Steaks
Serving delicious hot sandwiches prepared to order in front of you!
Cheesecake Factory, The
Exciting, high energy and stylish, this dining establishment offers so much more than its name implies. The huge menu of more than 200 items includes everything from avocado eggrolls to steak, fresh fish, pastas and...
Our sandwiches, salads, Cool Wraps®, Chick-fil-A Chick-n-Strips® and nuggets are made with 100% tender chicken. Side items with a delicious Chick-fil-A® twist (Waffle Potato Fries™, anyone?). Rich desserts. Even Lemonade...
When Chipotle (pronounced chi-POAT-lay) opened its first store in 1993, the idea was simple: demonstrate that food served fast didn't have to be a "fast-food" experience. We use high-quality raw ingredients, classic...
Claire's Stores, Inc. is a leading international specialty retailer offering value-priced costume jewelry, accessories and cosmetics to fashion-aware tweens, teens and young adults.
Clubhouse Sports
Sporting jackets, jerseys and sports memorabilia.
Club Monaco
Club Monaco, the international retail brand known for its signature clean and modern style invites you to check out its spring collection—an impressive compilation of perfect wardrobe pieces for the stylish urban...
Cold Stone Creamery
Cold Stone Creamery offers 16 flavors of super-premium ice cream, yogurt and Italian sorbet made fresh on-site everyday. With over 40 mix-ins and toppings, including fruits, nuts, candy and sauces the combinations are...
Color Me Mine
Color Me Mine, the leader in paint-your-own-ceramics, is a great place to create your own unique gift, host a party, or just come in to explore your creative talents. No appointment is necessary when joining us for a...
Crepes Celestes, & be Leaf
Unique experience of French crepes with an American twist. Be leaf. Create your own unique salads from the best ingredients.
Over 150 types of tea, including exclusive blends, limited edition seasonal collections, traditional straight teas and exotic infusions from around the globe
Disney Store
Disney Store is your destination for quality Disney merchandise and exceptional Guest service. Disney Store delights kids of all ages through interactive presentation and unique experiences, bringing Disney's most...
DOGO products are identified with their sophisticated designs offering their users a style of living and a means of expression. We are addressing women, men and children looking for a difference while using an ordinary...
East Coast Boutique
Vintage and Collectible athletic shoes and apparel. Purchase shoe from customers and sell previously owned collectible athletic shoes.
East Meets West
Bringing you the best products to help restore energy, discover mindfulness, build community, and nourish the spirit
Easy Spirit
For all those waiting for the perfect balance of beautiful materials, feminine silhouettes, and advanced comfort technology in women's footwear, discover the luxury of Easy Spirit...Sizes to fit your feet and styles to...
eBar at Nordstrom
Near the entrance of Nordstom, we feature an Espresso Bar which provides made-to-order coffee beverages prepared by skilled baristas, freshly baked pastries, kid's cafe items and packaged sandwiches and salads.
elf Studio
The e.l.f. Studio store is your premier retail source for professional-grade cosmetics and tools from e.l.f. Cosmetics. We seek to provide women with luxurious beauty products at an amazing value. In fact, our wide...
Embroidery Place
Custom t-shirts, t-shirt printing & embroidery.
Express is the must-have sexy, sophisticated fashion brand for work, the weekend, or going out. It's what's new and what's now for young fashion-forward women and men. We started more than thirty years ago as an...
Finish Line
Finish Line is a leading athletic retailer offering the best selection of brand name footwear, apparel and accessories. The company operates more than 660 stores in 47 states and online at www.finishline.com. We offer the...
Firestone sell tires for passenger, light truck, truck, bus, off-the-road, agricultural, motorcycle and kart applications through more than 12,000 outlets, including independent dealers, discount retailers, warehouse...
Foot Locker
Foot Locker is the world's leading retailer of athletic footwear and apparel. Headquartered in New York City, it operates approximately 3,900 athletic retail stores in 17 countries in North America, Europe and Australia.
Forever 21
At Forever 21, style isn't dictated…It's inspired. Forever 21 is the leading fashion retailer of the latest trends and the season's hottest styles at can't-resist-prices. U.S. and international locations stay true to the...
Fox And Hound Sports, Spirits & Fun
Fox and Hound Restaurant Group owns and operates high energy entertainment restaurants under the Fox and Hound® and Bailey's brand names. Most of our offer multiple billiard tables and each of our restaurant locations...
Francesca's Collections
Francesca's specializes in the most fashion-forward styles in women's clothing, accessories, and gifts. Our stores are constantly filled with new treasures and our style is always one step ahead of the trend. Each...
GameStop sells the most popular new software, hardware and game accessories for the PC and next generation game console systems from Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft and Sega and is also the industry's largest reseller of...
Specialty retailer offering clothing, accessories, and personal care products for men, women.
GapKids is a leading international specialty retailer offering trendy clothing, accessories and personal care products children.
GNC sets the standard in the health and nutrition industry by demanding truth in labeling, ingredient safety and product potency, all while remaining on the cutting edge of nutritional science. General Nutrition Centers...
Godiva Chocolatier
Godiva was first to create the concept of premium chocolate. We did this by combining a fabulous product, stimulating advertising, sophisticated packaging and selective distribution. Godiva's standards of excellence...
During the 1970s, clothing design had little or no direction. People felt denim was dated and jeans were hardly considered a fashion statement. The Marciano brothers would change that forever. Their designs were timeless...
Gymboree® Unique from head to toe. Girls and boys clothing and accessories for newborns, toddlers and children up to size 12.
Since the beginning, Häagen-Dazs has sought to innovate and bring new frozen dessert experiences to its customers, including distinctive flavors such as Vanilla Swiss Almond, Butter Pecan and Dulce de Leche to name just a...
Hair Sense
Permanents & Body Waves, Manicures, Pedicures, Waxing, Wedding Styling, Beauty Salons
Havana Central
Classic Cuban food with the energy, excitement, and entertainment of old Havana.
H&M is one of the worlds leading fashion retailers, offering our customers fashion and quality at the best price. We offer a wide range of clothing, with everything from basics to the latest fashion trends. With new items...
Hollister Co.
Hollister Co. is the newest southern Cali lifestyle retailer geared towards energetic and outgoing guys and girls. Continuing to paddle to the top, Hollister's leading the way with our hip, casual, and trend setting...
House of Hoops
Basketball Shoes, Casual Shoes, Sneakers, Running Shoes - New Releases & Exclusive Styles from Jordan, Nike, adidas, Under Armour & more.
Ichiumi Sushi & Seafood Buffet Restaurant
An upscale Sushi and Seafood Buffet Restaurant, Ichiumi offers an ...
Value-minded accessories store offers costume jewelry, watches, hair goods, handbags, cosmetics, gifts and more. Ear piercing is available.
iFix and Repair
Cracked screens, dropped your phone in water, no worries at iFixandRepair! iFix is the absolute best place to go if you need your electronic devices repaired. We service most makes and models of devices, including, PC's...
Various bubble tea and fruit drinks. Cookies, Ice cream and more.
Jamba Juice
Jamba Juice is the category-defining leader in healthy blended beverages, juices, and good-for-you snacks
It all began in 1983 as a collection of sportswear, shoes, and accessories featured in lifestyle images on the pages of J.CREW Outfitters. The company revolutionized casual dress by designing the first stonewashed chinos...
J. Jill
J.Jill is a premier national retailer of women's clothing, accessories and footwear. We offer easy, relaxed and inspired style that lets you dress confidently and focus on enjoying your life. You'll love our exclusive...
Jos. A. Bank
Jos. A. Bank is not just another menswear retailer. What makes us unique is also what has attracted customers to our stores for 100 years; a heritage of quality and workmanship, an extensive selection of beautifully made...
Tween girls know one thing: Justice rules! Since 1999, powerhouse brands Limited Too and Justice have helped tween girls (age 7-14) express their individuality and self-confidence through fashion. Today Justice celebrates...
Kay Jewelers
Every diamond is hand-selected to match beautifully and must pass exacting quality standards. Kay is diligent about the quality of our craftsmanship. We take the time to ensure the diamonds in your jewelry are well...
Kids Foot Locker
Kids Foot Locker offers parents a place where they can get the largest selection of quality athletic footwear, apparel and accessories for their children, as well as, expert advice that will meet or exceed their child's...
The Bavarian brand Kneipp has been helping people live healthier and fuller lives for 125 years. The bath and body care pioneer is centered around Five Pillars - Water, Plants, Exercise, Nutrition and Balance...
Lane Bryant
As the leading fashion brand for curvy women, Lane Bryant continually strives not only to be first in fashion and fit, but to be everywhere, be everything you expect us to be. From clothing and accessories to our...
Leather Works
In our selected assortment, you will find products from many different brands and manufacturers at affordable prices.
LensCrafters was the first company of its kind to offer the convenience of getting an eye exam and choosing stylish frames fitted with the latest high tech lenses in one location. Same day services available.
Lids is the world's largest retailer specializing in the sale of officially licensed and branded headwear. Every store offers a vast assortment of college, MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL teams, as well as other specialty fashion...
Littman Jewelers
Founded in 1885, Littman Jewelers stores carry a broad assortment of engagement and wedding rings, fine jewelry for women and men, and brand-name watches. Littman Jewelers is owned by Fred Meyer Jewelers, the nation's...
With its roots in Provence, L'OCCITANE shares the colors, scents and traditions of the south of France with the world. As the company continues to grow, L'OCCITANE remains committed to its core values of Sensorality...
Loutie Clothes
Stylish and casual Italian clothing for men. Shoes and suits and accessories.
Lovely Leggs
Leggings, tights, stockings, socks, leg warmers, knee high socks.
Love Sac is the ultimate alternative furniture store, featuring high quality sacs, sectionals, bean bags and bean bag chairs.
Lucky Brand Jeans
In a world where everything is a little too big. Where nothing seems personal or original anymore, Lucky Brand stands out like the last bastion of quality and integrity left in a marketplace loaded and polluted with the...
Macy's has an assortment of merchandise that includes home furnishings, luggage, men's and women's fashions, junior and children fashions, shoes, cosmetics, fashion accessories and fine jewelry.
Macy*s Bridal by Demetrios
Bridal gowns and accessories to make your day unforgettable.
Maki of Japan
Promotes high quality Teriyaki Chicken, Beef, Vegetable and Shrimp dishes. Meals are prepared fresh, in an entertaining and exciting way by our chefs before each and every valued customer with an innovative...
Marbles: The Brain Store
One-of-a-kind retail store with a smart collection of hand-picked, expert-tested, certifiably fun ways to a healthier brain for all ages. The best part? Stores are designed to let you roll up your sleeves and get a little...
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Michael Kors is a world-renowned, award winning designer of luxury accessories and ready-to-wear. His namesake company, established in 1981, is an influential global presence with over 500 stores in more than 85 countries...
Motherhood at Macy*s
New at Macy's - A Pea In the Pod & Motherhood Maternity located on the Lower Level of the store next to the Juniors and Summer Dept. 732.
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27 Wednesday May 2015
by Sally Steele
A recent Flaneur sighting in San Francisco! This fetching show featured 40 Impressionist paintings and pastels, including key works by Degas—many never before exhibited in the United States—as well as those by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Édouard Manet, Mary Cassatt, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and 40 exquisite examples of period hats.
Best known for his depictions of Parisian dancers and laundresses, Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917) was enthralled with another aspect of life in the French capital—high-fashion hats and the women who created them. The artist, invariably well-dressed and behatted himself, "dared to go into ecstasies in front of the milliners' shops," Paul Gauguin wrote of his lifelong friend.
We have celebrated The Boulevardiers raison de'tre for five years now, founded on the French pre-occupation of strolling and window gazing in Paris, and London, and Rome. This Publisher was struck by a newly found term, "Faire du Lèche-Vitrines," which is crudely translated as "window licking." Now knowing the decorum of the French, I am convinced that they would not apply this term to their promenading in the trendy section, the Marais, of Paris, which is the center of all that is cool, hip and expensive. The original center of Paris, built in the 13th century by the Knights Templar, much has remained, avoiding destruction by City decree in 1964. The Boulevardiers strolled through this section last summer on the way to L'Orangrie and gazed covetously at the many shops, bakeries and patisseries... and could very well appreciate this phrase.
Guest Musing from The Boulevardiers "Muse" Sally Steele:
Never let it be said that the Boulevardiers don't celebrate all who wander in search of inspiration, or in daily observation. A recently published book, The Flâneuse, is a lively tome focusing on the French flâneuse, the feminine of flâneur: defined as a woman who is or who behaves like a flaneur; who is defined as an idle man-about-town.
Author Lauren Elkin: "The portraits I paint here attest that the flâneuse is not merely a female flâneur, but a figure to be reckoned with, and inspired by, all on her own…She is a determined, resourceful individual keenly attuned to the creative potential of the city, and the liberating possibilities of a good walk."
For some time, I have been lamenting whilst walking my town, enviously observing the abundance of hipster bistros and coffee bars populated all day and into the evening by those lucky enough to grab the time to simply sit and watch the world go by. But how oh so boring that would be!
Recently perusing the tales of Diego, the sire of Galapagos tortoises, I smiled having "met" Diego in the Galapagos several years ago. And when reading about the rich arts scene in Milan, funded mostly via the largesse of the fashion houses, my head was full of images of days spent wandering there, not so long ago. As I poured over my travel photos I saw Los Angeles, Lima, and Santiago; New York, Maui and Athens; Venice, Istanbul, and Marseilles; Cannes, Sydney, and Tokyo, and so many more. I walked for miles in for London, from my favorite museum, The V&A, to Harrod's, to the trendy parts of town with all the big name galleries. Ditto for New York. And Rome, major renovations to ancient and Renaissance sites currently underway, again due to the largesse of the world's fashion leaders. And oh, Paris, strolling in the Tuileries in the drizzle after a glorious morning spent at l'Orangerie. Then there were some standout strolls on La Croisette amidst the excitement of the awards season. I live a fanciful life!
I'm lucky enough to be partner to the ultimate flâneur, who has so graciously guided me into becoming a full-fledged flâneuse.
Here's to women everywhere, and to living a life that takes the good walk, and turns it into the truly great walk.
More reflective of how important this closing was than the claim that, 'the owners let it go,' were the results of the auction this week of items from the restaurant. The items went off the hook pricewise. The sign alone, estimated at $5-7,000 sold for $96,000! The ashtrays went for $10,000! (A fifteen-hour marathon auction!) This enthusiasm for artifacts, not only harkens back to the MAD MEN ERA, but also revered to very recently, indicates the longing for a place where the elite and the common folk, albeit New Yorker's of means, can mingle and gawk at one another in a gorgeous setting. I had my last martini there, last fall.
This Publisher had the fortunate experience to eat there a few times, both with Time Inc. Editors, and with my parents. My Dad exclaimed…"$6.00 for carrots!" once in the POOL ROOM. I did not give it a second thought. I always coveted the chain ball curtains that lined the Grill Room windows to the outside. I intended for years to install them in my home, and even tried to source them at one point unsuccessfully. But the spirit of the restaurant was unique. There was the mention in the Metropolitan Section of the New York Times, of a conversation overheard by the Maître D' on the phone when asked to forward a message to a patron at the bar who was Indian. He inquired, Dot or Feather?
Everything about the place bespoke of power and success. The NY times recently published the seating chart of the patrons. A veritable who's who of the publishing and financial world of the US. It did shift occasionally over the years since its opening in 1959, from various power brokers and intuitions. A number of the items were reserved for the Metropolitan Museum's collection. This included the mid-night blue sofas designed by Philip Johnson. Martha Stewart was in attendance. She blurted out that she wished the nickel wine coasters, designed by the infamous architectural critic, Louie Huxtable, to be used at her 'next' wedding. A notable Saarinen Tulip table went for $36,000!
There has always been this murky history to the restaurant's design. The renowned Mies van der Rohe designed the Seagram's Building for the liquor magnate family, Bronfman. At that time, Philip Johnson was his assistant. Johnson claimed later to be a partner in design which has been disputed, but he was definitely involved in the design of the Four Seasons, which came a few years later.
Mr. Niccolini, the restaurant owner, who used salty language to refer to the building owner, ended the auction carrying a platter of pink cotton candy, a signature desert for the eatery, across the Pool Room upon which various patrons pulled off sections. A patron who flew up from Charleston to pick up 'whatever' she could proclaimed, "A place like this won't happen again!"
Source: The New York Times
Italian Fascism finally dies…with the recent death of supporter Licio Gelli. I must say I have a weakness for Fascist architecture. Visiting the Valle de los Caídos ("Valley of the Fallen"), a Catholic basilica and a monumental memorial to the dictator Francisco Franco of Spain shot chills of fear and admiration through my veins. Talk about "reductivism" at its purist, even the most libertarian minded person gasps at this monument. The scoundrel was convicted numerous times for bank fraud and embezzlement but never did hard time, due to his "health" but managed lived till 96 years of age. He personified the glorious phrase only Italians could invent, "dietrologia" which means that the widely held suspicion that behind official government narrative lurks a more sinister explanation.
His political and financial shenanigans set the bar for the unbridled greed that we see on Wall Street today.
The raking light of fall brings out the Flaneur in me, the season of Flanerie. Elaine Sciolino reminds us of the first establishment of this pastime in literature, "Tableau de Paris," a twelve volume set of observations the gestalt the of 'street' in Paris. Half a century later, this sites' figurehead, Charles Baudelaire, demarked the 'wander-spectator' activity as flaneur. "The crowd is his habitat, as is air for the bird or water for the fish" he quoted.
This activity is so important to the French, that Hermes created a pop-up museum on the left bank to honor its significance. The artistic director of the project, Pierre-Alexis Dumas also created an illustrated book on the subject. It's a small single room structure with four window displays, including from the collection of a past president, Emile Hermes.
To observe yes, to interact no. The sounds, the smells and the visual jewels glistening in the shop windows- draws us to the streets of Paris, or London or our favorite ville, Roma. And of course, the most animated of them all – the people who stroll and sit and observe in the cafes, not the harried New Yorkers who are irritated by strollers in their path. Years ago, I proposed a story for Life Magazine, on the important promenades of the world, but to no avail. Sadly, it is not an American occupation.
Whether I imagined it as a child or I actually saw the magazine HOLIDAY, I knew it was a gem of graphic design and photography. I knew Slims Aarons was a rock star, even when I was a young photographer. Though I was more interested in 'real' journalism, I admired the veneer he lay over celebrities and glamour, locales-who did not want to be there? A few art directors changed the face of magazines - the "golden age of magazines": Alex Brodovitch, Frank Zachary and Roger Black. They produced a short-lived magazine, Portfolio in 1949, regarded as the "definitive graphic magazine" by The New York Times. Zachary died at age 101 yesterday in East Hampton, NY.
Brodovitch changed the thinking on typography, especially for Harper's Bazaar, that I subscribed to for years just to see his work (overlaying type); Zachary changed the importance of photography in magazines. The weeklies were in full bloom in the 1960's & 70's, Saturday Evening Post, Life, Look, Town and Country and Esquire were employing photographers and giving them extravagant exposure. Zachary assigned the greats: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa and Arnold Newman.
Born to a Croatian immigrant parents (1914), named Frank Zaharija, his father a steel worker in Pittsburgh, Zachary never attended college, he climbed his way up through hard work. He art directed at Holiday (1951-1964) including being managing editor, Town and Country, Modern Photography to which I subscribed as a child, Travel and Leisure.
I think his brilliance is best described by a friend, Owen Edwards, "Like any good anthropologist, he studied this particular tribe, figured out what most interested them and their habits, and found writers [including Faulkner] and photographers who could show their world in the most entertaining way."
Publisher's Musings: Dateline Saigon ~ January 26, 2015
As publisher, I have vowed not to include politics. But after visiting the War Remnants Museum here, which brought tears to my eyes, I think my renewal of the power of photography urged me to reflect on this exhibition, which covers the second floor, of heart wrenching imagery. In an era that has eroded the value of images with self-indulging selfies, seeing photos by some of my heroes, Larry Burrows, Robert Capa and Phillip Jones Griffith (whom I met) rocked me to the core. Burrows and Capa died here. Visitors seemed unable to focus on them.
Life Magazine is well represented here with large reproductions. As an Air Force cadet, I was frightened by what I saw. The images contributed to my request for a Conscientious Objector status. It was considered the first 'live' coverage of a war. I remember clearly one issue with tiny pictures of the 58,000 men who died. Both the imagery of the devastation of incursions wreaked on the Vietnamese and the impact the war had on the shooters, it was the darkest period of U.S. history. In the name of stopping Communism, our inexcusable use of Agent Orange is illustrated in the museum in unfathomable images. It is the power of this photography that is widely considered to be what initiated President Johnson's withdrawal from the war. Despite the pain, it was life-affirming to see the power of photography!
This is Picasso's umpteenth fifteen minutes of fame:
His renovated mansion in Paris, Musée Picasso Paris, has just re-opened after an exorbitant five year renovation, ribbon cut by François Hollande himself, but under the dark shadow of the Cultural minister, Korean-born Fleur Pellerin, who declared she has not 'read' a book in years and could not name a book of the recently awarded Nobel Prize winner for Literature, Patrick Modiano, France's fifteenth in the category.
Back on home turf, there are two private gallery showings of his work that rival any museum exhibitions, in fact many of the pieces were loaned from museums. They almost seem to challenge one another, since they are both top tier galleries, The Gagosian Gallery in Chelsea and Pace Gallery, both in New York. The Gagosian is a photograph-based exhibition, titled "Picasso & the camera" curated by an old friend of his, John Richardson, designed by a Las Vegas show designer David Korens. There are many images of his various mistresses, s well as films. Despite his reputation as a misogynist, the museum's president, Anne Baldassari, denies this but claims he only had difficulty maintaining relationships. I saw the MoMa exhibition in the 1990's of his with a room dedicated to his various wives and mistresses and the progressive horrification of their faces as he lost interest in them. Quite revealing. The Pace exhibition focuses in a different direction. On his enduring relationship with his last wife Jacqueline Roque, until his death, with tender imagery and a loving hand.
As an artist, I cannot help but to admire his vitality and fecundity. I read a memoir of life in the South of France, especially the summer jaunts to the country with the likes of Francoise Gilot. To top off the adoration, the exhibition at the Met of Lauder's Cubist collection (Interesting Openings below) features many of his paintings from that period.
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Guastavino tile is found in some of New York's most prominent Beaux-Arts landmarks and in major buildings across the United States.
The 166-million-year-old extinct squid relative Belemnoteuthis antiquus had a large, internal shell that likely made it slower than its modern-day, shell-less relations.
Credit: Courtesy of Jonathan Jackson and Zoë Hughes/NHMUK
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences:
The ancestors of octopuses and squid once sported hard shells, but when did they lose their "mobile homes" and become agile, soft-bodied swimmers? A new study finds that this change may have occurred during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
Squishy creatures like squid and octopuses rarely leave behind well-preserved fossils. That has left scientists perplexed over when in the creatures' evolutionary history these cephalopods lost their shells. Researchers have now used a mix of fossil and genetic models to solve the puzzle.
The reason? The loss of shells made the ancient relatives of the modern-day octopus, squid and cuttlefish nimbler, a feature that likely helped these animals catch prey and evade predators, Vinther said.
The heavy shells led to the demise of many cephalopod ancestors, because they couldn't "keep up with the 'new [shell-less] kids on the block,'" Vinther told Live Science.
The researchers made the discovery using a molecular clock technique, which helped them determine when different cephalopod branches sprouted on the family tree.
ALICE NEEL: Painter of Modern Life
March 4 – September 17, 2017
This retrospective of paintings by Alice Neel (1900–1984) – one of North America's most important female artists, although largely unappreciated during her own lifetime – is the fruit of a collaboration between several European institutions.
The exhibition at the Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles places the US painter and her realist brush firmly in the spotlight. Imbued with a powerful psychological dimension, Neel's portraits bear witness to almost a century of evolution in attitudes towards gender and race, and to radical changes in fashion at the heart of American society. Working in an epoch that declared abstraction the new modernism, Neel would always remain a "painter of modern life" as imagined by Baudelaire, with whom she shared the same vision of modernity and the artist's role in relation to it.
Hallmarked at once by expressionism and realism, Alice Neel's oeuvre translates the paradoxical personality of its maker, who wanted to paint individuals from all social classes and create a visual history of her time – a "Human Comedy". Conceived by Jeremy Lewison, the leading expert on Alice Neel, the exhibition presents more than seventy paintings, including a portrait of Andy Warhol "laid bare" under the artist's keen gaze.
March 15, 2017 – July 9, 2017
The Mudec pays tribute to Kandinsky Vasilj with an unprecedented exhibition "site-specific", linked to his vocation and founded on the relationship between art and science and the metaphor of the journey as a cognitive adventure. All aspects experienced by the founder of abstract art, which has always shown interest in a scientific approach to reality, for exploration, for the trip as a summary figure of its own existence. In him, the Moscow-born mix the Russians and Germans genes of the parents, and those of his ancestors, from Eastern Siberia.
Born into a cultured family, he follows classical studies and as a child takes piano lessons, cello and design. At university he attended law, but became interested in ethnography passion, in search of the deep roots of their culture. In 1889 living experience decisive passes over a month in the governorate of Vologda, north of Russia, studying the beliefs and criminal law of Komi, and the people of ziriani. Collect and publish folk songs, performing sketches, or outline a Travelogue. In those villages he experienced a revelation: "In their isbas I came across for the first time in this miracle, which later became one of the elements of my work. Here I have learned not to look at the big picture from the outside, but to revolve around it, live in it. When I entered the room, the painting has surrounded me, and I got into it. "
The exhibition - which combines his works from major Russian museums, some never seen before in Italy, in examples of popular culture, which inspired - embraces the long period of the artist's visual imagery training, until 1921, when he moved to Germany to never return to Russia. The goal is to allow the viewer, even with the help of specific multimedia tools, to understand the origin and development of its symbolic code, in a fascinating journey through his visual sources. The visitor will be able to "enter" in his abstract paintings and cover them. Just as he wanted, he wrote , "for years I tried to get that viewers passeggiassero in my paintings: I wanted to force them to forget, to disappear even there."
MANET and MODERN PARIS
March 8 – July 2, 2017
Palazzo Reale in Milan presents the exhibition Manet and Modern Paris (Manet e la Paragi Moderna) with one hundred paintings, drawings and prints by Édouard Manet and his contemporaries coming from the collection of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. The exhibition focuses on Manet's observations of Paris, the city where the artist was born and died (1832-1883). He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, and recorded scenes of bars, theatres, parks and avenues, but also of poverty, prostitution and misery. The works by Manet are accompanied by works from contemporaries like Giovanni Boldini, Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Henri Fantin-Latour, Paul Gauguin, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Signac and James Tissot.
March 15, 2017 – June 25, 2017
Having met in Rome in 1511, as Michelangelo was finishing his decoration of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Sebastiano and he became friends and began collaborating artistically. Their meeting sparked a remarkable 25-year friendship and partnership; yielding outstanding works of art that neither could have created without the other – against a backdrop of war and religious conflict, but also of great intellectual energy and artistic innovation. Central to the exhibition are two of their collaborations: the 'Pietà' for S. Francesco in Viterbo (c.1512–16) and The Raising of Lazarus, painted for the Cathedral of Narbonne in France, and one of the foundational works in the National Gallery Collection. The exhibition also features the exceptional loan of Michelangelo's 'The Risen Christ' (1514–15) from the Church of S. Vincenzo Martire in Bassano Romano, Italy, and a cutting-edge recreation of the Borgherini Chapel in S. Pietro in Montorio, Rome – decorated by Sebastiano to partial designs by Michelangelo. Comprising paintings, drawings, sculpture, and letters documenting correspondence between the artists, this groundbreaking exhibition presents works of striking force and originality.
March 11 – May 29, 2017
Presenting a new view of two of the twentieth century's most extraordinary painters, Matisse/Diebenkorn is the first major exhibition to explore the profound inspiration Richard Diebenkorn (1922–1993) found in the work of Henri Matisse (1869–1954). It brings together 100 extraordinary paintings and drawings—40 by Matisse and 60 by Diebenkorn—that reveal the connections between the two artists in subject, style, color, and technique.
The exhibition unfolds across the arc of Diebenkorn's career—from early abstractions, through his Bay Area figurative years, to his majestic Ocean Park series—all in direct dialogue with works that he knew and admired by Matisse. Diebenkorn grew up in San Francisco, and first discovered Matisse as a Stanford University art student in the early 1940s. Over the next four decades, he pursued a serious study of the great French modernist's work, drawing from his example to forge a style entirely his own.
AMERICAN WATERCOLOR IN THE AGE OF HOMER and SARGENT
March 1 – May 14, 2017
Although widely practiced in the US before the Civil War, watercolor painting existed at the margins of the professional art world. Considered the domain of amateurs, women, and commercial artists, it drew little interest from the mainstream painters of the mid-1800s.
Watercolor's reputation changed with the creation of the American Watercolor Society in 1866. Its annual exhibitions soon became the most liberal forum in New York, uniting artists of all ages, styles, and backgrounds. Drawing talent from the ranks of illustrators, who used watercolor on the job, and gaining strength from the Impressionists and landscape artists, who sketched in watercolor outdoors, the movement also welcomed new arts and crafts designers.
The buzz attracted collectors, who sparked the interest of yet more artists. By the early 1880s, every corner of the American art world was represented in the Society's galleries: avant-garde painters returning from Europe, the old guard learning new tricks, illustrators looking for "fine art" status, and women artists seeking an entrée.
The American watercolor movement created stars like Homer, John La Farge, Thomas Moran, and William Trost Richards, artists who would remain dedicated to the medium for decades. Thomas Eakins, George Inness, and others rode the wave through its peak in the 1880s. Together, their work produced a taste for watercolor among younger artists and eager collectors that would endure through the turn of the century, inspiring a new crop of illustrators such as Maxfield Parrish and Jessie Willcox Smith, decorators from the circle of Louis C. Tiffany, and plein air masters Childe Hassam, Maurice Prendergast, and Sargent.
Thanks to the legacy of Homer, Sargent, and their contemporaries, the next generation—Charles Demuth and Edward Hopper among them—would choose watercolor as a principal medium. Within fifty years, the Modernists would demonstrate that the reputation of watercolor had been rebuilt as a powerful and versatile "American" medium.
November 30, 2016 – April 24, 2017
The Centre Pompidou will present a major retrospective of the work of American artist Cy Twombly from November 30, 2016 through April 24, 2017, bringing together works from public and private collections around the world.
The comprehensive showcase will be structured around three major cycles – "Nine Discourses on Commodus," 1963, "Fifty Days at Iliam," 1978, and "Coronation of Sesostris," 2000 – and will span the artist's entire career, from his first works in the early 1950s to his last paintings.
Presented chronologically and featuring some 140 paintings, drawings, photographs, and sculptures, the exhibition will provide what the Centre Pompidou describes as "a clear picture of an extraordinarily rich body of work which is both intellectual and sensual."
In addition to emphasizing the importance of series and cycles in Twombly's practice, through which he reinvented history painting, the exhibition will also highlight the artist's close relationship with Paris.
December 1, 2016 – April 2, 2017
The first US artist to win the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 1963, Robert Rauschenberg blazed a new trail for art in the second half of the twentieth century. This exhibition at Tate Modern will be the first posthumous retrospective of Robert Rauschenberg's work in the UK, as well as the first comprehensive exhibition in almost twenty years.
Moving between painting, sculpture, photography, print-making, installation and performance, he refused to accept conventional boundaries in art and in life, his quest for innovation fired by his boundless curiosity, enthusiasm for collaboration and passion for travel.
Bringing together a tightly edited selection of key works from different periods, Robert Rauschenberg will provide a long overdue opportunity to discover a remarkably consistent artistic trajectory which steadfastly refused to be straight-jacketed by rules and conventions.
Each chapter of Rauschenberg's six-decade career will be represented by major works including loans that rarely travel. Among these is a selection of his Combines, hybrids between painting and sculpture, as well as his graphic screenprints which signal Rauschenberg's early commitment to political activism. These signature bodies of work will be preceded by his early experiments at Black Mountain College, a hotbed for innovation in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and his first collaborations with fellow artists and friends John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Jasper Johns, David Tudor and Cy Twombly. The artist's work with Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T), an organisation which developed collaboration between artists and engineers in the 1960s, will be explored, showing how he helped to blur the boundaries between the visual arts, dance and science.
In the mid-1960s Rauschenberg left New York for Florida and began to travel extensively across Europe, the Americas and Asia. His Cardboards from the early 1970s, a wry comment on the forces of globalization, and his sumptuous fabric works such as The Jammers, inspired by his visit to the Indian textile centre of Ahmedabad will be included in the show. The epic project Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange (ROCI), which was completed between 1984 and 1991 taking in China, Cuba and Tibet, will also be on display.
Performance remained a key interest for Rauschenberg as did his interest in pushing the limits of image-making with new materials such as printing on translucent textiles, polished steel or oxydised copper, or with vegetable inks indicating his continued concern for the environment.


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Last week's column inspired a number of comments from parents and young people. Here are a few:
Comment 1: I really related to the young woman who wrote last week's question. My parents judged my boyfriend based on his appearance and forbid me to see him. That was 40 years ago. I'm ashamed to admit that I spent high school sneaking around behind their backs so I could see him. After college, he "cleaned up" his act, and I reintroduced him to my family. They accepted him then. We've been married more than 30 years, and we raised two great kids. I agree that the young woman should try to tell her mom, but my mom couldn't see past my boyfriend's long hair and "hippie" dress. I learned from my parents' mistakes and raised my children in an open atmosphere where they didn't need to lie to me or sneak around. As I've grown older, I often see parents making their children's lives more difficult. What a shame! I know my parents were trying to protect me, but I still resent their inability to see the person behind my boyfriend's outer looks.
Thanks for being there for teens when they don't have a parent they can talk to. – "Fiftyish female"
Mary Jo's response: I appreciate your email and the time you gave to write. Your perspective is a strong teachable message. Looking beyond outward appearance is vital. Most important, your experience shows that young people will often resort to lying if unable to communicate with adults.
I've shared many times that I won the "parenting lottery." I could talk openly with my parents on any subject. They may have disagreed with me, but they always keep the lines of communication fluid. When I began teaching, I thought most parents were like mine; we typically see life through the lens of our own experience. I'm still saddened when I find a family where a young person feels unable to share honestly.
I always hope that communication with parents is possible. I encourage it and hope for a positive result. Very often, talking with mom and dad does turn out well.
Comment 2: I'm a parent, and I'm glad that you encouraged the young woman last week to talk with her mom. It struck a nerve with me. Will you print my email? I listen to my kids. My parents never listened to me. Not all parents do this right. My message is for parents. Everyone says preschoolers need you. They do. But teens need you more. Be active in their lives. Pay attention. Don't shut them out. Don't put them in a situation where lying is their best option. Thanks for letting me rant. – A parent who remembers being 15
Mary Jo's response: Of course I printed your email! Thank you for your perspective. I've often pondered how little we are all prepared for the most important job of our lives – that of a parent. We typically learn from the parenting we experienced. Changing the script we observed as children takes real effort. I'm glad you parent with intention and respect.
Comment 3: About five years ago, I wrote to you about a similar problem. My parents hated my girlfriend because she was a different race than me. You printed my question in the O-R, and I showed the column to my mom. She really had a change of heart, and my girlfriend was able to come to family functions. We didn't last as a couple (we were 16 so we just grew apart), but we're still good friends. Thanks!
Mary Jo's response: Thanks for taking the time to share. I'm so glad.
Vote for Teen Outreach: Anyone who read the O-R article Saturday knows we are one of three finalists for a $10,000 IKEA Life Improvement Project to upgrade our teen facilities. The winner is the group that receives the most votes (you can vote once a day with each email address through March 11). We'll be able to remodel our kitchen if we win. We use the kitchen for young people – teaching them to cook (the sounds when teens who have only seen "chicken in the form of nuggets" open a package of "real" chicken are amazing – "ewww … yuck … OMG.") We make Thanksgiving meals, and the kids are hilarious, then so very proud when we sit down to eat the food they made themselves.
Here are step-by-step directions:
1. http://www.thelifeimprovementproject.com/click-for-a-cause
2. Scroll down to: To get started, select a store!
3. On the drop down box, click "Pittsburgh."
4. A list of the three projects will appear with check boxes.
5. Click the box next to "Washington Hospital Teen Outreach." Make sure you have the correct box.
6. Scroll down to "Not an IKEA worker?" and type your e-mail address in each of two boxes.
7. There's a red/white/yellow box below that. In the yellow box, type the two words printed in the white half of the box.
8. Click the green button to "Cast Your Vote."
9. Visit the page every day to vote again.
Thanks in advance for helping us!
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So I'm at the grocery store, rounding the bend near the frozen vegetables, and I'm not even pushing the cart at a very high speed. And the cart catches the edge of something cardboard.
Just like in a movie, what happens next was in slow motion. The cardboard was part of a display of chewing gum, and you know where this is going.
The display, which was about as tall as I am and filled with hundreds and thousands of little packs of gum, started its slow crash to the floor. I reached out to grab the cardboard stand, but I knew it was too late.
I let out a little yelp, drawing the attention of about eight customers; they all watched in distress as the tower slammed to the floor, scattering its cargo of gum packets across not only the frozen peas aisle but also into the path of customers trying to beat each other into the checkout lanes.
This is where, in movies, some worker notices and gets on the store intercom and calls for "Cleanup in Aisle Six!" But that's not how things work in Bethie's home movies. Customers grumbled and turned their carts around; others sidestepped the mess. Faced with a disaster of my own making and with no fresh-scrubbed stock boy in an apron to come and rescue me, I got on my knees to clean up the mess.
I'm not making this up. There were hundreds of packs of gum. Fruity and minty and bubble-gummy, all wrapped in plastic that made the packets just slippery enough to go scooting off 15 feet in all directions.
And so I parked my cart and starting picking up and stuffing the packets back into the shelves on the cardboard display. Two hands were not enough to make this go quickly enough, and so I pulled my shirt out of my pants and used it as an apron, stuffing it full of gum and waddling over to the display to download it onto the shelves. Right when I was getting sweaty and thinking I'd be there until closing, my neighbor came by, parked her cart and helped me finish.
We talked about how grocery stores tend to put teetering displays of products right in our way; they want us to run into them – although maybe not literally. The displays are called end caps, and the companies that make the products pay extra to put them there. There's always a huge one parked right in front of the dairy case, a mesa of donuts and cookies you must circumnavigate on your way to the yogurt. I've learned to put my head down and avert my gaze as I go by.
It's a common trope on sitcoms: A customer pulls an orange from the bottom of the pyramid and the whole thing collapses. I was embarrassed when I detonated the gum pyramid, but I shouldn't have been; I was doing the right thing picking it all up. At least two workers saw me scrambling around like a bricklayer and walked right past without stopping to help.
The whole thing leaves me with a couple of thoughts. I am grateful it wasn't a pickle display. And I wasn't even shopping for gum.
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South Fayette Schools still working on cutting budget
At the April 16 South Fayette School Board of Directors' Committee meeting, district administrators presented an updated look at the district's proposed budget for the 2013-14 school year. District Director of Finance Brian Tony presented a proposed preliminary budget that included expenditures of $41,875,842.
Superintendent Dr. Bille Rondinelli stated that administrators have cut about $1.9 million out of the initial budget presented earlier this year. "We are still not there yet," she said. "We're still working to cut." Rondinelli said all departments were asked to cut their budgets.
The adjusted base millage number, without any exceptions or taking the budget to the 2.1 percent index, would be 23.9518 mills. The rate had to be adjusted due to the recent county reassessment. Last year's school millage rate was 28.8241.
Tony said the district was approved for $346,570 in Public School Employees' Retirement System Contribution (PSERS) exceptions, but was not approved for any special education exceptions. The PSERS amount equals about 0.311 mills.
The maximum millage rate for the 2013-14 school year, taking the exception and going to the 2.1 percent index, which is about 0.5029 mills, currently stands at 24.7657. That number could change as assessment figures are received by the district. Unlike the township, which has a margin of error of five percent during a reassessment year, the school district cannot take any windfall.
Depending on the numbers, as it stands now, the district would have to borrow anywhere from $964,678 to $1,871,499 from its fund balance to balance the budget.
"The numbers will be more accurate as we get closer to June," said district accountant Maria Brewer-Aguilar. She added that some residents, depending on their assessment number, will see decreases in their taxes, although some will see increases.
Expenditures still in the budget are new staffing for the elementary school and the new intermediate school, totaling about $1.5 million. The staffing includes a new second grade teacher for the elementary school, a library aide in the intermediate school, four full-time and one part-time teacher in the intermediate school, an intermediate school guidance counselor, a receptionist for the intermediate school and five full-time district custodians.
Elementary School Principal Laurie Gray said that a new second grade teacher is needed because of increasing class sizes. She said that if a new teacher is not added, reading class size would be about 27 students per class.
Intermediate School Principal Greg Wensell is requesting new teachers in both fourth and fifth grade, also due to increased class size. He said that if new teachers are not added, then class size could reach nearly 30 students in some cases. He is also requesting a teacher for the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) room in the intermediate school.
The board will continue to review the budget at upcoming meetings. A final budget must be passed by the board by the end of June.


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Q. How do I become a sex educator? I want to do what you do. How did you do it?
–17-year-old female
Mary Jo's response: I love questions like yours, and I'm blessed to share that many young people have asked me about my work in the past. In fact, I've hired seven former students in the last 25 years! I'll give you the same answer I gave them – there are many paths to teaching sexuality. Mine is only one journey. I'll share it with you, but with a caveat; it's important that you find your own way.
Discovering your life work isn't easy at 17 or 18. Job shadowing is a great way to get a feel for what a career is really like. Young people often "shadow" me, and I'll be thrilled to spend time with you "on the job" if you like. Just continue texting me, and I'll arrange the experience with your school.
You asked what I did, so I will share. I began in nursing. My husband always laughs because if I'm asked what I do I nearly always respond "I'm a nurse." My first job was at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh. Early on, I realized I loved working with youth. My third month at Children's, the diabetic educator was ill and my head nurse handed me a shoebox full of small visual aids. I had 30 minutes to prepare for a class with a family and a newly diagnosed juvenile diabetic. I emerged from that teaching experience and realized that I loved health education, so I enrolled in a B.S. program and obtained an education degree.
As a young childbirth educator, I discovered that teen parents often seemed out of place in a typical class of expectant couples, so I offered a free class for pregnant teens. As a result of that class, I met a young woman who changed my perspective on life. She was very brave. I served as her doula (a person who supports a woman during labor and birth). Her life was very challenging; she selected adoption for her baby. That baby is now grown (mid-30s); the young mother was then very young. She was only 12.
As a result of her courage and her story, I began mentoring young mothers as a volunteer. I started the Teen Outreach in 1988 with the goal of lowering teen pregnancy. My master's degree is in counseling because I realized I needed a stronger background to support troubled youth. And, finally, as an "old" person, I obtained a doctorate in education. Throughout my life, my best teachers have been the young people I've served – their resiliency, the beauty of their spirits, their open-minded approach to life and their wisdom have taught me more than any formal educational experience.
Your journey will be unique to you. If you're serious about teaching sexuality, I recommend a few possible paths. You could obtain a degree in either nursing or education. Many of my colleagues have backgrounds in health education or public health. Some are social workers or counselors. I think specific training in sexuality is really important; although certification is not required in Pennsylvania, I strongly recommend it. In my opinion, the best certification available in sexuality education is from the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists. I hold two certifications from AASECT – one as a sexuality educator and one as a sexuality counselor. Information on both is available at http://www.aasect.org/.
One of the vital components of certification is attendance at a Sexuality Attitude Reassessment. A SAR seminar is a process-oriented, structured group experience to promote participants' awareness of their attitudes and values related to sexuality, and to assist them in understanding how these attitudes and values affect them professionally.
A SAR provides an opportunity for participants to explore and understand their beliefs, attitudes, values and biases within the realm of sex and sexuality. This self-exploration and self-understanding facilitates comfort that ultimately fosters improved communication skills for sexual health professionals.
The SAR I attended years ago lasted nine days and was held at a retreat center in Eastern Pennsylvania, but other SARS are shorter (a minimum of 10 hours is required). During a SAR, a learner explores all aspects of sexuality, staring with early childhood education and ending with intimacy for older adults. A SAR opens a professional's perspective to consider diverse topics and individuals, including sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, sexuality for people living with all types of abilities and asexuality. It challenges the concept of binary gender and looks at cultural expectations. Regardless of your undergraduate training, I strongly recommend attendance at a SAR if you hope to pursue a career as a sexuality educator.
Just yesterday, I received a message from one of my former students who now counsels young parents. She said, "I love my job. So few people are blessed to say that. I'm so lucky." She is indeed fortunate. Do what you love, and work is full of joy. Keep in touch and good luck!
Q. I want to teach, but my dad said there's no money in teaching. You seem happy teaching. What could I tell him?
–18-year-old male
Mary Jo's response: I consider teaching a vocation or a calling, not only a career. I am very happy teaching. There are many ways to earn a living. If you treasure your work and love what you do, money is only one of your rewards. Let's meet and discuss teaching!
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