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A two-week stretch in which little has gone right for the Miami Marlins has hit a new low.
The Marlins lost to the New York Mets, 11-3, on Saturday at Citi Field, their ninth loss in 11 games. They made three errors, walked seven batters and collected one hit in seven attempts with runners in scoring position.
"We're trying to put a win on the board right now," manager Don Mattingly said. "However that is, however we get to that."
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Can the Mortgage Crisis Swallow a Town?
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
Published: September 2, 2007
Maple Heights, Ohio
TAMMI and Charles Eggleston never took out a risky mortgage, never borrowed more than they could afford and never missed a monthly payment on their neat, three-bedroom colonial in the Cleveland suburbs. But that hasn't prevented them from getting caught in the undertow of the subprime mortgage mess now submerging this town.
Over the last 18 months, the Egglestons have watched one house after another on their street, Gardenview Drive, end up foreclosed and vacant. Although lawns are still tidy and empty homes are not boarded up and stripped as they are in inner-city Cleveland, the Egglestons say Maple Heights no longer feels safe after dark. Nor do they have the confidence they had when they moved in a decade ago that this is the ideal place to raise their 6-year-old twin girls, Sydney and Shelby. So, in May 2006, they put their home on the market in order to move closer to Mrs. Eggleston's parents in another middle-class Cleveland suburb, Richmond Heights.
They have had no takers. Although they lowered the asking price to $99,000 from $109,000, no one has even come to look at it in more than six weeks. ''My heart panics every time I drive down the street and I see another for-sale sign,'' says Mrs. Eggleston, pointing past the placards in front of her porch to others that dot surrounding yards like lawn furniture. ''Some people on the street couldn't pay, so they just left. The competition to sell is just ridiculous.''
It is a scene being repeated in cities and towns across America as loans that were made to borrowers with little or no credit history, many of whom could not even afford a down payment, fail in ever-growing numbers. It is also a story of how local economic trends are intersecting with national politics, with local foreclosures drawing the attention of Democratic presidential candidates, including John Edwards and Representative Dennis J. Kucinich of Ohio.
On the Republican side, President Bush announced on Friday several steps aimed at alleviating the impact of the subprime crisis on homeowners. In a Rose Garden appearance, he ruled out a federal bailout, citing both ''excesses in the lending industry'' and unduly optimistic homeowners who took out ''loans larger than they could afford,'' as reasons for the mortgage woes.
Indeed, what was once a problem confined mostly to economically struggling areas is quickly becoming a national phenomenon. Last year, there were 1.2 million foreclosure filings in the United States, up 42 percent from 2005, according to RealtyTrac, a firm that analyzes such data. At current rates so far this year, RealtyTrac expects foreclosure filings to hit two million in 2007, or roughly one per 62 American households -- a rate approaching heights not seen since the Great Depression.
Analysts also say that the fallout from mortgages gone bad is spreading well beyond borrowers now in default. It has begun to engulf middle-class communities like Maple Heights, where nearly 10 percent of the houses -- or 910 properties -- have been seized by banks in the last two years. And it foreshadows what could lie in store if mortgage holders default on what the Federal Reserve conservatively estimates to be $100 billion in risky subprime loans. Many of these loans were made in 2005 and early 2006, when standards were at their most lax and cities like this were blanketed with aggressive pitches from mortgage providers.
''I don't think we've hit bottom,'' says Michael G. Ciaravino, the mayor of Maple Heights. ''My fear is that foreclosure rates could go to double where they are today.''
IN terms of the subprime mortgage meltdown, Ohio has been among the hardest-hit states, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. In Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland and surrounding suburbs, roughly 30 percent of subprime mortgages are either delinquent or in foreclosure, says Jim Rokakis, the county treasurer.
But this leafy community of bungalows and small family homes built after World War II could be described as its epicenter. Already, Maple Heights, with a population of 27,000, ranks No. 1 in Cuyahoga County in foreclosures per capita, according to Policy Matters Ohio, a nonprofit research group. Ranked by ZIP code, the number of foreclosures here puts Maple Heights in the top one-half of 1 percent nationally, RealtyTrac says.
Mayor Ciaravino has already had to shut his town's two swimming pools, cut the ranks of police officers and firefighters and eliminate services like free plowing for senior citizens with snow-covered driveways.
With so many houses vacant, says Michael H. Slocum, the finance director of Maple Heights, ''it puts a big question mark out there; historical collection patterns for taxes are becoming less reliable.''
In fact, when the town made its annual assessment on homes for garbage collection last month, receipts came in 15 percent below projections, forcing a 50 percent rate increase.
''There is truly a cascading effect,'' says Mr. Ciaravino, 43, who grew up in Maple Heights and was a local prosecutor before being elected mayor four years ago. Sitting in his 1950s-style wood-paneled office in City Hall, he says that ''the folks living next to these empty homes get discouraged, and middle-class people are leaving.''

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You're right, Janine! I actually copied some watermelon colors.....something that I've never done before, but I wanted to be accurate this time....for some weird reason.
You have the watermelon feel in this one because of the colors......all watermelon.Love it !
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Me too.
I am currently breaking a habit of being predominantly interested in love bombers. I cannot believe how many there are around!
Very good point about meeting people in bars. I haven't actually thought of that before but its true.
I concur on the bar thing. It's hard to come up with other places to meet people when you live in a small town. I don't do bars and I'm not a church-goer. There's not much else going on in a small town. Makes me consider OLD but that just doesn't feel right, at least not yet. So like you said, outside the comfort zone.
Good luck to you on the new adventures.
This midlife dating shit is hard.
Word. At least you're out there trying!
I have a hard time stepping out of my comfort zone sometimes. Are you into any activities like running or softball, etc? One of the fun parts of the 5K obstacle races is the party like atmosphere at the end, could be a good place to meet someone. (Though many women are not looking their best at that point..lol). Softball is a guy thing but a lot of women participate and watch so a softball tournament could be a good place. Just throwing some thoughts out there.
You'll get there stronger, you seem to be very good at progressing and moving forward in your life. I'm a few years behind you in this process, and I find that lately I often just feel stuck. So I admire that quality.
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I don't think you need new activities, I think you should just start talking to those women you normally overlook. And then prepare to have your mind blown bc that's the person who's going to shock you & rock your world bc she is so unusual, so not what you thought, so unique that you can't believe you never took the time to look for her.


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wikiHow to Build a Shrine to Your Favourite Celebrity
Build a shrine to your favorite celebrity to keep in pride place in your room
1First of all, get a large table, preferably wooden. Paint it your chosen celebrity's favourite colour, or put on a tablecloth that colour
2Put the table up against a blank wall so you can stick things up behind it
3Get a wooden board to put into the middle, and stick a large photograph or poster of your chosen celebrity on it.
4Find some merchandise. CD/Record cases are a must of the celebrity is a singer or in a band, DVD cases if they are an actor/actress . Mugs, promotional photo shoots, t-shirts, art-work, even drawings you've made of them.
5Put in a poem about them, or some mantras or letters you've written to or about them.
6Find some decorative items; Fairy lights if a pop star, Rose Buds if a romantic show, skulls if they are in a death metal band etc
7Finish it off with a nice collage of their photographs, centered by a photo of you with them cut out to look like they're with you . Aw :)
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- If you go to one of their concerts/plays/films/speeches, try to find something to help remember it by. Example- if you have seen a play, keep the tickets. If you go to a speech, take an audio recorder.
- Always carry a camera pen and a photo of them around, just in case you bump into them and could add a signature to your collection, as well as an actual picture of the two of you together
- Try to put the shrine in somewhere dark and not frequented, like a catacombs or cellar. The hallway of your front door is not suitable. This may encourage you to visit the area often. Who knows, maybe putting it in your cellar will encourage you to spring clean it?
- Put your CD player on the table if they are a singer or in a band, because your CD's will be there
- Frequently check eBay for celebrity items. You never know when there'll be another auction for a celebrity merchandise.
- Do not forget to go to your shrine every now and then.
- Don't forget to put some jewelry or clothes similar to what they've once worn. It will really finish it off.
- Don't tell too many people about this, or they might think you are obsessive.
- Don't try to act like them.
- Do not become too attached to this person. That would be idolizing the celebrity, a gesture frowned upon in most societies.
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R.I. bishop warns Catholics against attending 'immoral' gay weddingsSaturday, May 4, 2013PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin issued a warning to Catholics this week that are not free to "endorse or ignore immoral or destructive behavior," and advised against attending any gay weddings now that…
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Starwood Continues to Shine
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. ( has reported fourth-quarter 2011 adjusted earnings from continuing operations of 71 cents, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 57 cents as well as the year-ago level of 52 cents. In full-fiscal 2011, earnings were $1.93 versus $1.25 in the year-ago period.
On a reported basis, earnings from continuing operations were 80 cents compared to $1.08 in the fourth quarter of 2010. In full-fiscal 2011, earnings were $2.57 versus $1.63 in the year-ago period.
Revenues jumped 14.3% year over year to $1,531 million in the quarter, with revenue per available room witnessing a modest growth. The revenue also outperformed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1,397 million. In full-fiscal 2011, revenue grew 10.9% year over year to $5,624.0 million.
For first-quarter 2012, earnings are expected to be approximately 49 cents to 53 cents per share. The company anticipates RevPAR growth of 5% to 7% in constant dollars at same-store company operated hotels worldwide while growth will likely be 4% to 6% at branded same-store company owned hotels worldwide.
For full-year 2012, the company increased its earnings guidance to the range of $2.22–$2.33 (previously $1.96–$2.25) per share. RevPAR growth is expected between 5% and 7% in constant dollars for same-store company operated hotels worldwide. REVPAR increases at branded same-store company owned hotels worldwide are expected between 4% and 6% in constant dollars.
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Starwood is a beneficiary of a recovery in leisure as well as business travel. We remain bullish on the stock given the company's strong expansion plan compared to many of its peers, significant international exposure, portfolio restructuring and earnings power as well as returns to shareholders.
Like past quarters, Starwood raised its earnings guidance, reflecting its sound business model. For 2012, management remains hopeful on emerging markets.
Starwood, which competes with Marriott International Inc. ( (MAR - Free Report) , currently retains a Zacks #3 Rank, which translates into a short-term Hold rating. We are maintaining our long-term Outperform recommendation on the stock.
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Automatic Data Processing Inc. ( (ADP - Free Report) recently announced the acquisition of privately held PhyLogic Healthcare LLC, a well known provider of revenue cycle management (RCM) and medical billing outsourcing services. However, terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 2001, Springfield, Massachusetts-based PhyLogic provides billing and accounts receivable services to medical practitioners across the U.S. The company also provides electronic health records (EHR) and cloud-based practice management (PM) solutions. Post acquisition, PhyLogic will be integrated into ADP's medical office software division, AdvancedMD that was acquired in early 2011.
The acquisition of PhyLogic marks an important addition to ADP's portfolio, as it will help the company to enter the fast growing RCM market. The U.S. RCM market is expected to grow from approximately $4 billion in 2010 to more than $9 billion by 2018, driven by the upcoming medical reimbursement regulation changes, according to ST Advisors, LLC.
We believe that the PhyLogic acquisition will help ADP to seize this significant opportunity over the long term. Moreover, PhyLogic's client base primarily consists of small- and mid-size U.S. medical practitioners, a niche market that ADP has been focusing on for some time. ADP is also expected to widen its presence in the small business services segment through this acquisition.
Our Take
ADP's growth in recent years has been largely driven by accretive acquisitions, for which it has spent approximately $776 million in 2011 itself. If the latest acquisitions are anything to go by, then the company clearly intends to continue along the same lines in 2012.
In early January, ADP entered the lucrative Indian market with the acquisition of Ma Foi Consulting Solutions Ltd, an Indian human resource and payroll management company. The acquisition is a strategic fit for the company as it will facilitate further expansion in developing markets. Through this acquisition, ADP will gain access to the growing market of human resource business process outsourcing (HR BPO) in India.
We believe that the back-to-back acquisitions will drive top-line growth for fiscal 2012 and beyond. The acquisitions are expected to diversify ADP's revenue base, which in turn will help the company to outperform the market, in our view.
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If one were to meet a man named Chester Nurdiger, would it be a huge surprise that his wife is sexually frustrated? ("She was like a motor so wound up it might just combust." Pardon our inner-noir-monologue.) With no offense to the Chesters and Nurdigers of the world, the name just ain't the most happening, "come hither" moniker. Not to mention that Chester owns a quiet little pet shop and the business doesn't leave scads of time for wifey. ("He was like a father to the animals but distracted and untouchable to the one dame that promised 'forever.'") Enter mysterious Zachary Slade, a guy with one hell of a trashy-romance sort of name whom the Nurdigers hire to help man the shop. Chester Nurdiger or Zachary Slade? Man preoccupied with small, domestic animals or attractive drifter? If you were Mrs. Roxanne Nurdiger, which man offers the more alluring option? ("She had no choice; her pressure cooker was about to boil over.") Our Endeavors Theater Collective stages this very situation with The Artificial Jungle. The ensemble takes the play by the late Charles Ludlum and "envisions it through the skewed-lens perspective of 'film noir realism,'" according to Scott Osborne, OETC artistic director. ("They're gonna blow the lid right offa this dangerous and explosive love triangle.") Sounds like Days of Our Lives live starring Humphrey Bogart and Steve Martin...Wait, that would be like a stage production of Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. Well, all right, with the humor, suspense, maybe a gun or two and minus the stinky cheese. ("It just might work.") In short, that means spine-tingling murder, raw passion and some pretty hilarious occurrences--all resulting from what the ensemble calls an "ill-fated romance" brought on by "raw animal magnetism." The theater noir opens on Thursday and, after past productions like Extreme Acts and Gorey Stories, the ensemble is undoubtedly poised to astound. Expect a laugh, a gasp--maybe at the same time. ("Sputtering in shock at the scene and her own reaction to it, the doll in Row 5 pulled the flask from her garter and slugged one down.") All performances begin at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday through October 18 at the Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther Drive. Tickets range from $7 to $20. ("Cheap enough to bring a dame.") Call 214-327-4001. --Merritt Martin
Fun in Dysfunctional
We don't often chat with someone whose acting background is as brave and challenging as Christopher Titus. So when we talked, we got to the point: How did it feel to portray State Trooper No. 1 in 1993's Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman? "Groundbreaking for me, frankly. How Pacino felt in Dog Day, close to that." Kidding aside, we liked Titus' self-titled TV show from 2000, and we assume that its quality and original humor--like most good shows on Fox--were the reasons it got canceled. Though Titus added, "If you tell your bosses they're stupid long enough, they fire you." Duly noted. In that wake, Titus brings his new stand-up special to Hyena's Arlington, 2525 E. Arkansas Lane, combining current events with his dysfunctional family. For example, Titus almost blames his daughter's birth, 16 days before September 11, for the latest in worldwide chaos. "Either I gave birth to the female Antichrist or I just have bad timing." What a dad. We asked how his new act is being received, and he pointed to a recent show: "An old woman came up to me and said, 'You make me uncomfortable. You get too close to the truth.' I definitely took that as a compliment." Get too close to Titus on Friday and Saturday. Call 817-226-5233. --Sam Machkovech
Boy + Girl + Doll = Ballet
Theater stages a classic love triangle
Boy meets girl, boy falls in love with a toy doll, boy loses interest in girl, girl dresses up like the doll to win boy, boy finally realizes the doll isn't real and settles for girl. Nope, this isn't a script from a strange and far-reaching soap opera (see Passions for reference) but the basis of the perennial ballet favorite Coppélia. The tale combines the romance between Swanilda and Franz and the story of Dr. Coppélius, a doll maker with a great desire to create a doll with a soul. Franz is the one who sees the doll Coppélia in the window, mistakes her for real and falls in love with her--shafting poor Swanilda. Desperate girls take desperate measures. Texas Ballet Theater presents this classic piece for its season opener. The Ben Stevenson production begins at 8 p.m. October 3 and October 4 at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth with a Sunday matinee performance at 2 p.m. October 5. Tickets range from $15 to $87. Call 1-877-212-4280. --Jenice Johnson
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There has been a lot of fuss recently about the Solyndra debacle. About a year ago, President Barack Obama toured the solar energy company and touted its photovoltaic systems as a perfect example of so-called "cleantech" growth that would create high-tech, high-paying jobs.
Unfortunately — and despite a $535 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy — Solyndra filed for bankruptcy this month, terminating all 1,100 workers. To make matters worse, the FBI recently raided offices, and now Congressional hearings are revealing very sloppy spending in the wake of Uncle Sam's endorsement.
We can debate the Solyndra failure as a talking point for the 2012 election another time. What investors really should be concerned with is the dark clouds gathering over the entire solar sector. Just take a look at the performance at some of the biggest names in the solar sector:
Evergreen Solar (PINK:ESLRQ) plummeted to about a dollar in late 2010 as it tried to restructure its debt. Now it trades for about a nickel — after a 1-for-6 split in January — and has been relegated to the pink sheets. That recent flop would be bad enough, but when you consider that shares traded for an adjusted price of $12 or so at this time in 2009, the losses look even uglier. Evergreen filed for bankruptcy in August to try and scrape together the $485 million it owes creditors and soon will disappear forever.
First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) is the "leader" among pure-play solar stocks in the U.S., with a market capitalization of almost $6 billion. FSLR stock is down 48% since Jan. 1, 2011. The leader by most measures in the industry, First Solar saw its profits slashed by more than half — from $159 million to $61 million – as Europe's debt woes resulted in subsidies being slashed. Adding insult to injury, Axiom Capital's Gordon Johnson slashed his price target for the stock from $75 to $35. That's another 50% decline from here, and barely a tenth of First Solar's peak share price of $317 in 2008.
Sunpower (NASDAQ:SPWRA) is next in line among the larger domestic solar players. Its stock has performed "better" than First Solar in 2011, down about 30% in 2011. However, since its peak valuation in 2007 over $130, the stock has flopped almost 95% to under $9 a share as of this writing. Why? Volatile revenue and profit performance makes for a risky bet — and the fact that SPWRA is cruising towards a third-straight quarterly loss has investors leery. What's more, long-term debt of more than $500 million and total liabilities pushing $1 billion mean there's not a lot of room for error considering the company's $900 million market cap. There are serious hurdles to growth, considering the very expensive nature of solar panel manufacturing facilities on top of current debt loads.
Those are three specific stories of three well-known U.S. solar companies — proving Solyndra's implosion didn't take place in a vacuum.


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With Eye on the Past, Kentucky Plans for Combating WNV
Kentucky has kept extensive statistics on West Nile virus cases in the state. At the March 7 West Nile Virus Workshop at the University of Kentucky's Gluck Equine Research Center, Rusty Ford, Kentucky Equine Programs Manager, reviewed equine WNV statistics from past years. He also described how the state planned to make reporting cases easier in 2003.


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"This is a witch hunt and it's unfair to Dr. Purcell. We need to get to the bottom line and that is what needs to be done for the children of this school system. Let's stop the witch hunt and let her do her job."
"When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, 'tis near Halloween."
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"Nothing beats a haunted moonlit night on All hallows Eve... And on this fatal night, at this witching time, the starless sky laments black and unmoving. The somber hues of an ominous, dark forest are suddenly illuminated under the emerging face of the full moon."
"They don't like the Ken Starr witch hunt. ... They think (Clinton) has been doing a good job, ... The Clinton-haters will never be satisfied."
"The two together kind of make an evil witches' brew for Greenspan: employment growth and price pressure. And there's the thought that 'what if the Fed is behind the curve,'"
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EnviroPest first started out as "Doty's Pest Control" in 1965, serving the Fort Collins, Colorado area with personable and professional service. In 1989, Richard Dykstra and Linda Heigold purchased the company and changed the name to "Tri-City Pest Control" to reflect their more regional coverage. The same family-owned, personal touch remained.
Years later, Richard and Linda looked at the company and came to two major conclusions: One, this was now a Colorado pest control company with clients up and down the Front Range; and two, he wanted a name to reflect the company's efforts to treat pest control in the most environmentally safe methods possible. In 2001, the name was changed to EnviroPest.
It was also important to Richard and Linda for EnviroPest to remain family-owned. In 2005, his son, Marc Dykstra, assumed the role of President. Equipped with an extensive background in computers and IT, Marc has helped EnviroPest blaze the trail for new technology for pest control companies across the country. EnviroPest was one of the first pest control companies in the United States to go paperless proving that there was more 'green' in the company than just the logo. The hand-held technology EnviroPest uses is considered one of the most efficient and productive tools in the industry.
But in the end, for Marc and all the EnviroPest employees, it still remains to be about one thing – people. "It's always been more about people than profit," says Richard. "Anyone can kill an ant; we just want to hire good people to work with good people." We at EnviroPest believe that we exist to serve our community, customers, and co-workers. Supporting local business and charities are an important part of our business. We make every effort to make business decisions that directly impact our local economy, not just find the lowest price.
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Join Us on December 3 to Celebrate Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is proud to honor Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton with our Global Impact Award as part of our 25th anniversary. Throughout her career, Secretary Clinton has demonstrated extraordinary leadership and courage in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Both Secretary Clinton and EGPAF's founder, Elizabeth Glaser, shared the belief that actions are what save lives. And thanks to their tireless efforts, millions of women around the world have access to the information and services they need to stay healthy and ensure their babies are born free of HIV.
Please join us on December 3, 2013 at the Best Buy Theater in New York City as we celebrate Secretary Clinton during EGPAF's Global Impact Award Gala Dinner. EGPAF Celebrity Ambassador and host of "The Face" on Oxygen, Nigel Barker, will emcee the event and ABC News Anchor Diane Sawyer will present the Global Impact Award to Secretary Clinton. The event will feature dramatic readings by actresses Julianna Margulies, Gloria Reuben, and Mary Steenburgen, and special musical performances by multi-platinum-selling, two-time Emmy and five-time Grammy award-nominated recording artist Michael Feinstein and his 17-piece big band. Feinstein is best known for his repertoire, "The Great American Songbook." There will also be a special performance by the cast members and band from the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Fela!
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Gertrude?! Seriously? When was this list made? I know a few little Gertrudes -- that one is definitely coming back. I can also see Myrna and Ethel definitely making a comeback. They seem along the lines of Hazel, Gertrude, etc. And I actually quite like Elberta. I can see what people don't like about it, but I think it has a really nice and unique sound. I'd say that one's a definite maybe.
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I love Joyce as it is my nan's name and I would love to use it as a mn if we ever have any more . I don't personally think it should be on that list, it's pretty and has a gorgeous meaning plus it is already in the UK top 1000 .Proud mama to Lillian Gwynaeth (Lily Gwyn/ Lilou) (12/2012)
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Three children of the Qabaha family of Barta'a suffer physical and mental disabilities, but their parents insist on raising them at home, with the help of an Israeli couple who've taken them under their wing
When we walk in the door, Samah greets us with a big smile. The 18 year-old is lying on the floor. She propels herself by crawling and rests her weight on twisted arms and legs. Indeed, her whole body is contorted and she is unable to utter a word, but the smile on her face clearly radiates happiness. Inside, her sister and brother are also waiting for us: Sana, 24, with her hair in a neat braid, is able to crawl and is mute; Mansour, 27, unable to move himself, passes the time lying on a thin mattress. Mansour loves to listen to music and smiles weakly when he is now presented with the gift of a stereo player.
Makbula bursts into tears: The 52-year-old mother of this hard-hit family is overcome with emotion upon seeing Tami Shiloach, who is visiting after not being able to come for awhile, for personal reasons. Crying, the two women embrace.
A wonderful Israeli couple, Tami and Amit Shiloach - she is an occupational therapist and he's a banker-turned-farmer - live in Moshav Ofer in the Carmel mountains, where they moved after having their fill of the big city and living in Gush Dan. Tami was active in the Machsom Watch organization and six years ago, at the Reihan checkpoint, met the Qabaha family from east Barta'a. Ever since, the two families' fates have been intertwined. A few years ago, the Shiloachs took the three disabled young people to the beach in Israel for the first time in their lives. They've never forgotten that day at Habonim Beach. And today, Tami has brought the stereo for Mansour.
The father, Mundar, who speaks Hebrew and whose handsome face does not reflect his life's hardships, gazes upon his son with loving eyes. There was a time when the parents considered putting him in an institution in Bethlehem. They drove there but couldn't bring themselves to leave him there and ended up bringing Mansour home. Makbula and Mundar dedicate their lives to caring for their three disabled children, who are all affected by a genetic flaw that stems from marriage between relations. They have five other healthy children.
Tami Shiloach, who worked at several institutions for the disabled in Israel, says she has never seen anything like the three Qabaha siblings, who receive no physiotherapy and lack the most basic necessities at home, but evidence such impressive emotional health. "Their emotional well-being is really phenomenal, all things considered," she says.
Indeed, this terribly impoverished home radiates happiness and warmth. For years, Mundar has not been able to obtain a permit to work in Israel. His son Mahmoud, 21, had hoped to work at the Off Tov plant in Beit She'an, but was apprehended a few weeks ago for illegal presence, sent to prison for a week and then expelled back to the village.
Apart from occasional odd jobs in the village, the family has no source of income; they also receive no assistance in caring for the disabled children. Against all odds, however, they manage to live a life of dignity.
But what happened a few weeks ago at the Reihan checkpoint broke their spirit. Now they feel humiliated and beaten, especially when they look at Mansour, who is groaning in pain, because of swelling on his matchstick-thin leg. He squeezes his knee, hits it and grimaces wordlessly.
Barta'a is the divided village - half Israeli and half in the territories - that David Grossman wrote about in his 1992 book, "Sleeping on a Wire." Since the construction of the separation fence, residents have been left on the western side of the barrier: To get into the territories, they have to pass through a checkpoint, and yet they are also prevented from entering Israel and are therefore trapped in an enclave.
Furthermore, the road to the nearest hospital in Jenin, where Mansour Qabaha goes for periodic checkups, also passes through the Reihan checkpoint, which is operated by a private company on behalf of the Defense Ministry. What should be a 20-minute trip to Jenin therefore stretches to two hours.
In general, the Qabaha children get sick or hurt with some frequency: In the winter they are exposed to the cold, on the floor; they have a tendency to tumble over and injure themselves. On May 4, Mansour had an appointment at the hospital, and Makbula and Mundar asked a relative with a minibus to drive them to Jenin. The vehicle is not equipped for disabled passengers, and withered Mansour lay on the back seat while the others protected him from slipping off. The trip to the hospital was uneventful, but on the way back, they were stopped at the checkpoint. The armed guards ordered all the family members out of the car to be physically searched. The driver and Mundar did as asked, but Makbula stayed inside to watch over her son. The family says they tried to explain to the guards that, in his condition, Mansour could not be left alone in the car. But the guards apparently insisted that Makbula also come out to be searched and leave Mansour there. Repeated entreaties and explanations were to no avail. After waiting and being searched, Makbula hurried back to the car.
"Whose child is this in the car?" the guard asked, and Makbula quickly replied, "He's my son." The guard then told her that while she was gone, Mansour fell off his seat. Now the boy was lying helpless on the floor of the minibus, between the seats. Panicked, she and her husband quickly lifted him up, with the help of other people waiting in line to be searched, and then drove home to Barta'a.
The next morning, they noticed that Mansour was grasping his leg in pain. They rolled up his pants and saw that his skinny leg had become very swollen overnight and was turning blue. They called the village doctor who said he needed an X-ray. Again he had to go to the hospital in Jenin. But this time the family called the Shiloachs to see if they could help them through the checkpoint more easily. At the checkpoint, Mundar told a guard named Sharon: "Yesterday you all caused my son to be left alone in the car and he fell. Now you must help us. Let us get to the hospital in Israel or I'll sue you." Sharon retorted: "Go ahead and sue us."
In any event, the family passed through the checkpoint without incident and weren't ordered to leave Mansour alone in the car - perhaps due to the intervention of their friends from Moshav Ofer. At the hospital, Mansour's knee was found to be dislocated, but aside from painkillers, no other treatment was offered.
Defense Ministry spokesman Shlomo Dror conveyed a detailed response when told about this incident, and it is quoted here in full:
"Subject: Inspection at Reihan crossing
"Barta'a residents and their son are known to the team at the crossing, since they pass through there on a regular basis. In humanitarian cases, such as the one in question, easing of restrictions are given to people passing through.
"The way in which the family members crossed at Reihan on May 4 was no different from the way in which they went through in previous times. Moreover, the mother exited the vehicle without mentioning the need to remain with her son. The son was left in the vehicle by the mother, in the back seat, and was not taken out of the vehicle for security inspection.
"Only a minute passed between the end of the inspection check of the mother and driver, and the continuation of their trip. It is reasonable to believe that any unusual occurrence would have delayed the trip and would have been recorded as part of an official report concerning 'unusual occurrences at the crossing.'
"During their time at the crossing, the parents did not speak to any one of the people working there about the fall and/or injury of their son. The people working there did not record and do not recall any unusual event at the crossing with the family in question. Eight days after said event, the father contacted the person in charge of the crossing with a demand that he pay for his son's medical treatment in Israel, or else he would sue him."
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Simpli OatShake Jingle Contest Is Down to the Wire: Judges Asking America's Help to Choose the Winner Announced Tomorrow
CHICAGO– May 7, 2012 – Rap, Country or Ballad? Judges have only 24 hours to reach a decision of the jingle-contest winner for the new award-winning drink, Simpli™ OatShakes. The winner is chosen on the merits of originality, "simpli-ness" and coolness, and the ability to convey what Simpli OatShakes (www.livesimpli.com) are all about.
"We were overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of OatShake fans across the country who submitted the catchiest, most creative and fun jingles that speak to OatShake as a new, cool, hip healthy drink," said Simpli co-founders Helena Lumme and Mika Manninen. "And now that we're down to the final eight we're asking America to help in selecting the Grand Prize Winner of $2,000."
The winner will be announced May 8th at the National Restaurant Association Show 2012 in Chicago, where Simpli OatShakes will receive the Food & Beverage Product Innovation Award.
Available in three delicious, thick and creamy flavors: Chocolate, Tropical Fruit and the newest OatShake Coffee, all-natural OatShake is a perfect alternative to soy, rice, and dairy products — containing no dairy, eggs, wheat, nuts, soy or artificial ingredients. OatShakes are 100% free of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) and are also vegan-certified.
Simpli OatShakes have already received two major industry awards: BevNet 2011 Best Smoothie and the National Restaurant Association's Food & Beverage Product Innovation Award. OatShakes can be found on store shelves nationally and are now sold in 38 states and more than 1200 stores.
About Simpli
The idea for Simpli OatShakes started in 2008, when U.S. émigrés and Simpli co-founders Helena Lumme and Mika Manninen were visiting their native Finland and tasted their first oat-based smoothie and decided soon after to bring it to the U.S. Headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Simpli OatShakes are the first of many wholesome foods being introduced by Simpli.


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Brett Favre: Just Go Away!
Here we go again. Brett Favre is at it again. He once again fooled America into thinking he was going to stay retired yet again, and as always, he doesn't go into retirement without a fight...
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On May 5th, the New York Yankees were "on a treadmill to oblivion" according to Yankees Radio play-by-play man John Sterling...
Why A.J. Burnett's Suspension Doesn't Make Sense
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Being the best brings success — there's no denying this notion. Goals can motivate people to achieve the best possible results, and working as a team, rather than as individuals, leads to victory.
The swim team at Pacific Lutheran University knows about success and knows what it takes to reach the summit in collegiate athletics.
Last season helped improve the Lutes' reputation as a strong swimming team. The team broke 17 records last year in both individual and relay events.
Last season was arguably one of the most successful seasons in Lutes' swimming history, but the team is focused on maintaining their level of success and building off of that.
Even though the Lutes did break several records last year, they couldn't beat Whitworth at the Northwest Conference championships. Whitworth won the NWC last year in both the men's and women's categories.
In 2011, the Whitworth men took top honors at the end of the season. The Pirates of Whitworth have capsized every other team in the NWC for the past few years.
While Whitworth will look to repeat as conference champions this year, the Lutes will be targeting the Spokane-based swashbucklers.
"This year, we could come close but I don't think we can beat them [Whitworth], because they are very, very good," freestyler Brian Ruggles, a sophomore, said.
Many teams focus on the results and hardware. For instance, teams might concentrate on how fast their top breaststroker is or how quickly their 400-freestyle relay team can swim. The Lutes are not concerned about the end result, but more on the journey of getting there.
"We know that if we work hard and stay focused on enjoying the process, we will achieve our goals at the end, but that process is the most important thing," head coach Matt Sellman said. "We expect to be a very competitive team in the [Northwest] Conference and challenge for the right to stand on top of the podium at the end of the season."
Building a strong team can be difficult, but with the correct ingredients, anything can be possible. Sellman managed to recruit 15 first-year swimmers. They are living up to the hype as the Lutes prepare to finally conquer the Whitworth Pirates.
"Our rookies are incredible. They have made a very smooth transition to college swimming, and we expect them all to make excellent and significant contributions to the team right away," Sellman said.
Sellman said the first-years are demonstrating work ethic and a positive attitude that melds well with the team. "I look forward to seeing them help move the team into the upper echelons of the conference and keep us there for a long time," Sellman said.
In addition to gaining new talent, successful teams also benefit from good team chemistry. The team has dinner almost every night during the season and also partake in movie nights during the week, according to Ruggles.
"You want to be in a family [setting] where you support each other so that everyone can train their best so they can compete at their best," junior Michelle Hogan said.
Sellman even hosts a Christmas party for the swim team at his house in December.
"The team has an enthusiastic and fun personality, but isn't shy when it comes to putting their nose to the grindstone," Sellman said. "They work very hard together and then have a good time off deck as a family. I see them supporting each other every day, pushing themselves and their teammates to be their best. When that happens as often as it does in our water, on our pool deck, great things happen."
The year, the Lutes will battle it out for conference supremacy against Whitworth. The Pirates have added five first-years to help bulk up their deep roster.
The team cruises into conference play this afternoon when the Lutes travel to Lewis & Clark. The Lutes swim team won't play Whitworth until Jan. 18, so PLU will have to wait to find out who will rule the waters until then.


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MIAMI magazine and Sony kicked off the holiday season with an in-store event, featuring the Sony 4K TV. To spread some holiday cheer and get into the gift giving spirit, MIAMI held a toy drive, benefiting Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade, handing out $50 Sony gift cards to each person who donated a toy. Throughout the 3-hour event, MIAMI also held a raffle, giving away Sony gift cards and products to the lucky winners. To integrate the 4K TV, MIAMI distributed Be Social cards to guests, encouraging them to Tweet holiday messages that were live streamed on the 4K TV. Guest enjoyed sweet treats from Pinkberry, Vita Coco water and danced to the beats of DJ Saint Chill.
Photography by Brett Hufzinger.


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November 23-24: All libraries will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Best books for babies
August 15, 2013
We do lots of Baby Times here at the library and I always have parents asking what are the "best books" for babies. This could be a very long list, but I found a list from Parents Magazine that shows the 25 must-have books for babies that I agree is a pretty good one!
Check-out the list to see how many you recognize!
A good baby book can become a classic instantly and the classics stand the test of time. If you find some you would like to try out with your baby, look for them in our catalog and place a hold to pick-up at your local library!


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There's an old adage in the menswear world that says that a cheap, well-fitted suit will always look infinitely better than an expensive, poorly fitting one.
But while the casts of shows like Mad Men and How I Met Your Mother seem to effortlessly pull off the well-dressed look, doing so for most guys tends to be too expensive, too intimidating, or too time-consuming.
Offering a solution to this sartorial snag is Tailor Truck, a mobile suit store that will use 3D scanning to create suits that are ideally, er, suited to customers' body types.
Carlos Solorio, the co-founder of Tailor Truck parent company Arden Reed, says this is a use case that 3D scanning was made for.
"3D scanning gives us accurate measurements to the scale of millimeters. Before that it was inches, which doesn't make sense for measuring clothing fit," he told me.
The 3D body scanner Tailor Truck will use is powered by 14 sensors at multiple heights and angles, allowing it to measure over a million points of information.
The technology, of course, is nothing new, but plunging prices means that 3D scanning is finally getting to the point where it's affordable for small businesses and, in some cases, individuals. (We're seeing the same trend with 3D printing.)
Solorio wants to use the project's eventual Kickstarter funds both to finish building the truck and to take it on a cross-country tour of cities like New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. If Solorio is right, those cities may see a major influx of well-dressed gentlemen very soon.


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Penta people, the Pentominoes, always build their houses from five
square rooms. I wonder how many different Penta homes you can
A tetromino is made up of four squares joined edge to edge. Can
this tetromino, together with 15 copies of itself, be used to cover
an eight by eight chessboard?
An interactive activity for one to experiment with a tricky tessellation


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Anna just came in with Becca. She said Becca's mom had been shot in the eye and it hurt real bad, but the hospital had put it back in with super glue! Poor Becca's mom. The Mom died before Christmas but is now in the hospital recovering from a bullet wound to the eye. Oh, what a house full of boys will do to a little girl's imagination!
(Read the early December post to learn more about Becca)


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My recent book, Young Lions: How Jewish Authors Reinvented the American War Novel, just won this years Jordan Schnitzer award in Modern Jewish History and Culture as chosen by a panel of judges at the Association for Jewish Studies. I'm over the moon!
I was recently interviewed for this upcoming documentary for PBS about Jewish soldiers in World War II (that also includes interviews with Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Kissinger and others). PBS will likely air it next January.
I am the Loti Smorgon Research Professor of Contemporary Jewish Life and Culture. My research focuses on the relationship between Yiddish, English, German, and Hebrew literature and the modern world. I teach courses on 20th century American literature considering in particular the ties between ethnicity and poverty in contemporary life.
Young Lions: How Jewish Authors Reinvented the American War Novel, is now up and listed on Amazon. (My book is sold out at the Northwestern UP website but there are still copies for sale on Amazon.)
Maggie McKinley in the academic journal MELUS: Multi Ethnic Literature of the United States just reviewed Young Lions: "In lucid and engaging prose, grounded in insightful close readings, archival research, and instructive historical context, Garrett analyzes how the protagonists of these novels navigate the impulse to maintain their individual Jewish identities while being pressured to assimilate to a more "universal" American ideal."
THE WASHINGTON TIMES gave Young Lions this review:
Some quotes from The Washington Times review of my book Young Lions:
"Leah Garrett is a professor of Contemporary Jewish Life and Culture at Australia's Monash University, but "Young Lions" shows that she has a rare understanding not just of American Jewish life and culture during World War II and its aftermath, but of U.S. society in all its glorious complexity for all seasons. She makes a convincing case for the thesis summed up in her probingly intelligent book's subtitle, starting with the statement that in 1948, there no fewer than five best-selling novels "all written by Jews [which] made Jewish soldiers central protagonists and which together created the new genre of World War II fiction." . . .
In today's academic environment she is a refreshing exception to the prevailing tendentiousness and fashionable prejudices, a model of accurate and fair characterization."
THE FORWARD NEWSPAPER gave Young Lions this review:
Some quotes from The Forward review of my book Young Lions:
"For anyone who still believes the myth that American Jews didn't talk about the Holocaust until 1961 or 1967, pile these best-sellers onto the mountain of evidence that Jews were fascinated and shaken by the genocide and began to respond vociferously as soon as they learned about it. An important new book… Garrett makes her case very well."
This is a link to a new article I wrote for The Forward newspaper about Mad Magazine, Al Jaffee, and Jewish Culture:
This is the full review of Young Lions in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL:
The Sydney Morning Herald just reviewed Young Lions:
For a recent interview about YOUNG LIONS in THE FORWARD NEWSPAPER:
For a recent interview about Young Lions on the Podcast New Books in Jewish Studies:
See info on the book below along with some recent blurbs:
Deborah Dash Moore, Professor and Director of Jewish Studies at the University of Michigan and The New York Times best-selling author of GI Jews: How World War II Changed a Generation said this: "Young Lions persuasively presents a fresh interpretation that illuminates previously hidden aspects of these [novels]. Leah Garrett's lucid study will change how we think about World War II, the Holocaust and American Jews."
Harvard Professor of English, American and African American studies, Werner Sollers, said this: "theoretically sophisticated and probing, Young Lions is full of insights that are of interest to the literary scholar, the historian, and the student of American ethnic relations."
Stanford Professor of Jewish Culture and History, Steven J. Zipperstein, wrote of the book: "A masterful exercise in excavation by a superb literary and cultural historian. Here is an extraordinary tour of literary terrain so familiar and accessible to the common reader and so mariginalised in literary criticism. Leah Garrett opens up for a crucial chapter in American Jewish cultural expression with consistent intelligence and infectious enthusiasm."
I recently arranged with the Wheeler Center to have the students in my Race and Class in American Literature course have a private class and question and answer session with the prominent American author Jonathan Lethem whose novel, The Fortress of Solitude, the students studied in the class. Lethem spent a large block of time with the students answering their questions about a range of issues and discussing his writing with them.
My most recent essay, 'Joseph Heller's Jewish War Novel Catch-22' published with the Journal of Modern Jewish Studies can be read on line here: Link here
I was recently made an Honorary Professor of History at Warwick University:
For a link to a Harvard Crimson write-up about my talk on the project at Harvard University:
For my lecture on the project at the University of Washington you can see it on youtube, here.
Current Projects:
I am writing a new book about Mad Magazine and postwar American culture.
Wagner and the Jews:
My book, A Knight at the Opera, examined the relationship between Richard Wagner and major Jewish cultural figures. I was asked to write a piece for The Guardian about whether we should divorce Wagner's antisemitism from our appreciation of his music. This is the tab to read the article in The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/nov/20/wagner-dilemma-hate-bigotry-love-music
On Sunday November 24th, I was part of a panel at the Melbourne Town Hall partaking in an Oxford style debate run by the Wheeler Centre on the question of whether one can separate Richard Wagner's political views from his art. Our side won the debate, arguing that one can not separate the two.
Click here for the link to the Wheeler Centre page
On November 11, 2013, I appeared on the Radio National program "The Drawing Room" to discuss if art and politics can and should mix. To hear the radio program:
My Books:
A Knight at the Opera: Heine, Wagner, Herzl, Peretz and the Legacy of Der Tannhäuser (Purdue University Press, 2011) In this book I discuss the remarkable and unknown role that the medieval legend (and Wagner opera) Tannhäuser played in Jewish cultural life in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Click here for the book on Amazon
The Cross and Other Jewish Stories by Lamed Shapiro, editor (Yale University Press, 2007) This volume that I edited focuses on the groundbreaking and controversial Yiddish writer, Lamed Shapiro, whose stories run the gamut from pogroms in Russia to hardship tales of life in New York and Los Angeles.
Click here for the book on Amazon
Journeys beyond the Pale: Yiddish Travel Writing in the Modern World (University of Wisconsin Press, 2003) In this book I explore how Yiddish writers in Eastern Europe and the United States used motifs of travel to express their complicated relationships with modernization.
Click here for the book on Amazon