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May We Suggest?
Park Falls Public Library Staff Reading Suggestions
Deb Hyde
The Encyclopedia of the Dog by Bruce Fogle
Written by a veterinarian, Dog is a practical, informative handbook for anyone who owns or enjoys these furry friends. The book includes a nice mix of history of breeds, how to choose a new puppy or dog and the basics of what to expect with dogs of any age. It is well written, indexed for easy use and peppered with fun photographs of awesome dogs.
Baking by James Peterson
I love to bake. This beautifully illustrated book has spent many hours in my kitchen, positioned well away from my mixer to avoid flour smudges but close enough to be able to glance for a quick reminder. Arranged systematically by types of baked goods, the recipes are easy to follow and the accompanying photographs add colorful support. My favorite chapter is breads; my favorite (and most challenging) recipe is the croissant. Yum!
Dick Francis' Bloodline by Felix Francis
When Dick Francis died in 2010 I assumed that my yearly fix for a great horse racing mystery was gone. Happily, Francis' son Felix has begun to write his own mysteries. His style is a little different from his father's but the stories are good, still set in England and, best of all, there are still lots of horses. Bloodline is the story of a famous, respected jockey and her family's struggle to understand her inexplicable suicide.
Karen Dums
An Epidemic of Absence by Moises Velasquez-Manof
Have we sanitized and anti-bacterialized ourselves into a new wave of ill health? Thus is the basic premise of this book. Velaquez-Manof travels to several countries doing research on human health, most especially allergies and autoimmune disorders; how some diseases have been obliterated, while others are taking their place. Case in point -- Why does a South American tribe living totally off the land and from the waters have no incidence of asthma, allergies or autoimmune disorders, while in developing countries, adopting "western ways", all of the above are on the upswing? It doesn't take a great leap of logic to figure it out. While I am not proposing all of those who are stricken with autoimmune diseases hop a bus to Mexico so as to be implanted with (expensive and borderline illegal) parasites such as hookworm (the author did this in an effort to "cure" or "kill") the book is a fascinating glimpse into relatively uncharted territory. In the area of human health, what has society gained by shifting from a rural lifestyle to an urban one? What have we lost? The author draws conclusions driven by science. For someone such as myself, who has been afflicted with and affected by allergies and autoimmune disease all of my life, it gives a fresh insight and understanding of "how things work". On an even more personal note it raised my antennae, since autoimmune disorders are thought to be hereditary. At the time of her death my mother had five such documented, including alopecia, vasculitis, lupus, chronic fatigue, and a variety of allergies. Since I'm already "behind the eight-ball" as regards allergy and autoimmune issues, where will that leave me? Hoping I inherited more of dad's genes, that's where!! This is no easy read, but an interesting and informative one.
Robert B Parker's Ironhorse by Robert Knott
In this, the latest in the Virgil Cole/Everett Hitch series, we find our two protagonists on a train, having delivered their prisoner to his place of incarceration. They'd rather be on horseback and with good reason. Unbeknownst to our heroes, part of the train, with the Governor of Texas, his wife, and a whole lotta money aboard, is about to be hijacked by nefarious and downright mean outlaws. As the uncoupled cars head back down the upward grade the train has been traveling, Cole and Hitch decide to do the same. Drat --the brake has been disabled (said they were mean and nefarious, didn't I?). This minor detail is soon taken care of with the help of a fellow passenger leaving our lawmen free to be off in pursuit of the evildoers. Prior to this book, though I rode through Brimstone, Resolution and Blue-Eyed Devil, Appaloosa was my favorite in the series. Now I'm wondering…Maybe it's the trains' comings and goings, or the female telegraph operators. As one who rarely indulged in series in the past I've come to find them as easy to slip into as an old pair of jeans, the rocking chair, or the seat of my truck. They're predictable – but at times one can find comfort in that. Sit back and enjoy the ride.
Music, Music, Music by Artists Too Numerous to Mention
Browsed through the library's music collection and could not pick out just one item to suggest. Thus I'm suggesting patrons do the same thing I did -- browse! From Bach to Beethoven to the Beatles to Beyonce, we own them all. Soundtrack is your thing? – we've got 'em. Love Elvis? – he's hasn't left the building (unless his CD's are checked out, of course). Have a hankering for the Six Fat Dutchmen? – they're here. Yearning to relax? – music to sooth the savage beast is available in many forms – including bona fide "relaxation CD's". Classical to country; hip-hop to R&B, jazz to just plain fun Park Falls Public Library's collection is an awesome one (didn't do that poetic thing on purpose, really) and we're constantly adding to it. Take a look. You might be surprised at what you find. Pssstttt. There's music for kids in the children's department too.
Mary Boettcher
Calico Joe by John Grisham
When a rookie sets the baseball world on fire with his record-setting series of hits, a young boy is star-struck as he follows the player's success. But this young boy's father is also a baseball player, and his path and the rookies' path cross with devastating results. This is the story of the boy, now grown, and his father as they try to somehow mend the errors of the past.
If you happened to be following the Chicago Cubs in the summer of 1973 this novel will bring back memories. Even though facts from that year are mixed with fiction, the story easily brings back the feel of Wrigley Field on a hot summer afternoon, cheering on favorite players and savoring the slow pace of a ballgame.
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
A young boy growing up in India reveals his inquiring mind at an early age. His interest in religions leads him to join, and practice, more than one faith, much to the astonishment of his parents who are not religious. He has a loving family that also happens to own a zoo. When things begin to go downhill for the zoo the family decides to relocate to Canada, bringing along some of the animals. While crossing the ocean their ship tragically sinks, leaving the boy on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger. How they survive this impossible situation is the story of a long journey back to land.
The library also has Life of Pi in movie format. It's amazing to actually see the tiger in the lifeboat with the young man, Pi. Still, some things are better imagined. I liked the book better.
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle : a year of food life by Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver
Barbara, Steven, Camille and Lily resolve to spend a year on their farm in Appalachia purchasing only locally grown, in-season foods and growing as much of their own food as possible. The family is making a back-to-the-land statement about the low quality of much of what we consume as well as the wastefulness of transporting food over long distances. Steven bakes bread and looks into the facts behind the food industry, Camille comes up with delicious recipes, Lily begins her own business raising chickens and Barbara tends a large garden, cooks, cans and keeps her family happy without many of the foods they had come to expect on a daily basis. This is an insightful look at how the food system in our country has become too costly and how the locavore movement is gaining steam, keeping production close to home and increasing quality and taste.
The family's year of eating close to home wasn't easy but they managed, and it seemed like they ate pretty well. What they learned along the way is skillfully presented by Barbara and her family, and is an inspiration to the rest of us.
Catherine McMahon
May We Be Forgiven by A. M. Homes
In her darkly comic novel Homes begins with a heinous act of violence but quickly, without minimizing the horror of the crime, she propels the reader forward with tenderness and humor into the lives of those most affected by the brutal act. Harold Silver is aware of his brother's violent outbursts but it is because of his own transgressions that he strives for redemption through connecting and caring for his acquired family... heartfelt and hilarious.
Arcadia by Lauren Groff
This the tale of a utopian society that attempts to live a peaceful agrarian lifestyle in upstate New York during the 1970's. Groff's extensive research into the communes that were established all across the United States in this hippie era of voluntary peasantry is evident. She does not romanticize the struggle to balance personal freedom with the practical issues of feeding and caring for a large community with limited resources. The narrator for this novel is Bit, first child born on the commune to master carpenter Abe and his wife Hannah. Bit grows up loved and sheltered, deeply committed to the land. When the inevitable collapse of the community comes, he is forced to navigate a capitalistic urban culture for which he is ill-prepared.
Eight Girls Taking Pictures by Whitney Otto
The novel follows the lives of 8 extraordinary women photographers of the 20th century. Otto skillfully knits together their disparate stories across continents and generations, the common thread being their struggle to balance the pursuit of their art and their family life. These finely developed characters are fictional although based on the author's research into the lives and work of Imogen Cunningham, Madame Yevonde, Tina Modotti, Lee Miller, Grete Stern, and Ruth Orkin. The book includes reproductions of several of their photographs to further pique your interest in their innovative work.
Ann Tully
The Lighthouse Road by Peter Geye
This story takes place in northern Minnesota along the north shore back in the 1890's where fishing and logging was the way of life, a very cold, harsh and lonely life. A Norwegian immigrant woman, Thea Eide, arrives alone and abandoned to this place she thought would be a better life. She finds work at a logging camp and gives birth to a son, Odd. Odd grows up in the village under the care of Hosea Grimm, getting an education and learning the fishing trade. He builds a fishing boat and someday hopes to escape Hosea and his bootlegging, prostitution and other enterprises. That day of escape comes faster than planned when Rebekah, Hosea's live in girl, comes to Odd and says she is pregnant with his child. Odd hurriedly finished his boat and the two of them sneak off hoping for a better life for their family. But their pasts follow them, capsizing their fragile hope.
It's a good story, although not necessarily happy. I think life there at that time was very tough. I mostly enjoyed this story for its wild and beautiful setting, the location being fairly local, and the era it takes place in.
Visiting Tom : A Man, a Highway, and the Road to Roughneck Grace by Michael Perry
The reality of small town (or in this case, small farm) life, living your whole life in one house, a simple yet meaningful life. This is a true story of the author, Michael Perry, and his visits with his octogenarian neighbor just one valley over whose stories were so real and uplifting they make you feel as if you were there visiting with them. I loved this book because of the old rural farm setting and Tom's ingenuity and view of life. He constructed a cannon that sits along his driveway that he shoots off now and then and also a snow-blower made from pieces of old farm equipment. Some of the visits are about how Tom and his wife of 60 years, Annelise, lived through the construction of the four-lane highway that went in right next to their farm in 1965. Tom is full of stories of way back when and Michael has a wonderful way of putting them down for others to read.
The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt by Caroline Preston
This story is a graphic novel done in scrapbook form which makes a fun and light read. The story takes place in the 1920s so the author uses lots of vintage memorabilia from that era to tell the story. It's the story of Frankie Pratt who graduated high school in 1920 and was given a scrapbook and by her father, a Corona typewriter to help fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. Life has a way of changing your best laid plans as is the case with Frankie's plans of going off to college. The author takes you on a journey of Frankie's search for success and love through postcards, letters, catalog pages, ticket stubs, etc. If you haven't tried a graphic novel before, this one is a delight.


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U.S. Women's Update - March 9
Bill Kauffman
Manager, Media Relations and Publications
Phone: 719-228-6800
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 9, 2009) – The current edition of the U.S. Women's National Team Weekly update released on March 9 includes briefs on national team players competing overseas, trivia questions, how to purchase replica national team jerseys, updated list of United States players competing professionally overseas (including non-National Team members) and much more.
For the complete PDF document that includes the international transfer list, trivia questions and other fan interaction sections, click here.
MORRISON ADDED TO WOMEN'S STAFF: U.S. Women's National Team Head Volleyball Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand) announced today the hiring of Jamie Morrison (Dana Point, Calif.) as the team's assistant coach/technical coordinator, a similar role he held with the 2008 Olympic Games gold-medal winning U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team. For the 2005-2008 Olympic Games quadrennial, Morrison was part of McCutcheon's U.S. Men's National Team staff that guided the Americans to the 2008 Olympic Games gold medal in inspiring fashion. Team USA defeated Brazil in four sets in the championship match and progressed through the Olympic Games without losing a match. For the complete article, click here.
TRIVIA QUESTIONS: 1. Name the 2008 U.S. Women's National Team member who will be participating in the 2009 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championship. 2. Which U.S. Women's National Team player recently debuted her own Web site and blog? Answers can be found on page four in the full PDF version (click here) of the current U.S. Women's National Team Weekly update.
TOM UPDATE: Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah), a three-time U.S. Olympian and Best Scorer of the 2008 Olympic Games, is playing with Hisamitsu Springs in the Japanese V-League. She led Hisamitsu Springs to a 25-23, 25-19, 25-20 victory over Denso on March 8, which guaranteed her club a playoff spot among the top four teams. Tom scored 15 kills on 38 attacks with just one error for a 39.5 kill percent. She added four blocks as part of her 19-point performance. Hisamitsu Springs (17-8), currently in third place in the V-League standings, is idle this week and will finish the regular season against Takefuji Bamboo on March 20 and top-ranked NEC on March 21. To view Hisamitsu Springs' photo gallery, click here.
HANEEF-PARK UPDATE: Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Laguna Hills, Calif.), a two-time U.S. Olympian, is competing for the Pioneer Red Wings of the Japanese V-League. She scored 20 points all on kills via 49 swings in a 25-23, 25-18, 24-26, 25-22 loss to Takefuji Bamboo on March 8. Pioneer (12-12) is currently tied for sixth place with Toyota and teams meet head-to-head on March 14 at Aichi. Pioneer closes its regular season against Toray on March 20 and JT on March 21.
METCALF, STALLS UPDATE: Nancy Metcalf (Hull, Iowa), a 2004 Olympian, is playing for Eczacibasi Zentiva of the Turkish professional league along with 2008 Olympic Games alternate Tracy Stalls (Denver, Colo.). Eczacibasi Zentiva defeated Poland's Fakro Muszynianka 25-23, 24-26, 28-26, 25-20 on March 5 in the home-and-home Playoff 6 Round. The two teams will conclude the series on March 11 with the right to advance to the semifinals at Perugia, Italy, on the line. In its return to Turkish league action, Eczacibasi Zentiva defeated Gazi Universitesi 25-12, 25-16, 25-13. Metcalf scored 16 points with 13 kills on 20 attempts with just one error and three blocks. Stalls subbed into the match in the second set and started the third as she scored two kills on three swings and a block. Eczacibasi Zentiva currently is 13-5 on the season and in third place in the Turkish league.
NNAMANI UPDATE: Ogonna Nnamani (Bloomington, Ill.), a two-time Olympian now playing professionally in Turkey for Galatasaray, notched 17 points in a 25-14, 25-22, 25-20 loss to Turk Telekom on March 7. She scored 15 kills with just two errors on 36 attacks to go with two blocks. Nnamani also handled 18 service reception attempts with a 44 positive percent. Turk Telekom is led by 2008 U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Head Coach "Jenny" Lang Ping. Galatasaray, tied for sixth place in the league standings with Besiktas at 9-9, returns to action on March 11 against perennial power Fenerbahce Acibadem.
McGINNIS, HUGHES UPDATE: Angie McGinnis (Fraser, Mich.) and Heather Hughes (Fallbrook, Calif.), both alternates on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, are now competing for Besiktas JK Bayan of the Turkish professional volleyball league. Besiktas rallied to defeat Eregli Belediye 29-17, 19-25, 22-25, 25-22, 15-11 on March 7. McGinnis set her squad to a 45 kill percent for the match, including a sizzling 62 percent in the first set when Besiktas scored 23 kills on 37 attacks. She added four kills on nine errorless attempts in the match to go with four blocks. Meanwhile, Hughes started the first three sets and totaled seven kills on 13 attacks and an ace for eight points. Besiktas, currently 9-9 on the season and tied for sixth place in the standings with Galatasaray, plays second-place Turk Telekom on March 15.
BUSSE, CRIMES, PRESSEY UPDATE: Toa Baja, competing in the Puerto Rico Super League, features three players who trained with the U.S. Women's National Team during 2008. Cassie Busse (Prior Lake, Minn.), Angie Pressey (Lake Mary, Fla.) and Alexis Crimes (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) all are sharing a heavy offensive load for Toa Baja. The Llaneras improved to 12-0 on the season after rallying to defeat Carolina 25-15, 24-26, 18-25, 25-13, 15-5 on March 6. Pressey scored a match-high 19 points to go with 13 digs, while Busse chipped in 17 points in the victory. Crimes added 13 points for Toa Baja, which included a match-high five blocks. In her Puerto Rico Super League debut, Nicole Fawcett scored a team-high 16 points for Carolina.
OTHER AMERICAN STANDOUTS IN PUERTO RICO LEAGUE: Kelly Wing scored 15 points with 16 digs in leading Juncos to a four-set victory over Bayamon on March 4. Vicky Brown added 13 points in the victory, while Jordan Larson scored a match-high 20 points for Bayamon…The American quartet of Shonda Cole (18), Jane Collymore (18), Allison Daley (15) and Jessica Jones (13) scored 64 of San Sebastian's 76 points in a four-set victory over Mayaguez on March 5…Erin Moored contributed 21 points in a four-set Corozal victory over Guaynabo on March 5. Kristee Porter chipped in 16 points in the victory, while Patrice Arrington matched Moore's 21 points in a losing effort…Kylie Atherstone chalked up 14 points while Erica Short added 13 of her own in leading Carolina to a four-set victory over Guaynabo on March 4. Arrington scored 16 points in the loss, while Lindsay Phillips added 15…Maggie Griffin was credited with 12 assists in a starting role for Caguas as it defeated Ponce in five sets on March 6…Patrice Arrington notched 18 points in leading Guaynabo to a four-set victory over San Sebastian on March 7. Shonda Cole tallied 15 points in the loss, while Allison Daley added 13 points and Jessica Jones 11…Kelly Wing contributed 18 points for Juncos in a five-set victory over Mayaguez on March 7. Sarah Kirkwood tallied 12 points in the win, while Jessica Vander Kooi was credited with 14 points for Mayaguez…Kristee Porter scored 27 points in leading Corozal to a five-set victory over Carolina on March 8. Erin Moore added 16 points in the win. Nicole Fawcett charted 20 points in the loss, while Kylie Atherstone provided 15…Maggie Griffin set Caguas to a five-set victory over Bayamon on March 8. Jordan Larson notched 25 points in the loss, while Jeanne Fairchild added 19…For more highlights from the Puerto Rico Super League, click here.
AH MOW-SANTOS UPDATE: Robyn Ah Mow-Santos (Honolulu), a three-time Olympian for Team USA, has returned to her professional team in Switzerland as Volero after missing the early portion of the season. In the Playoff 1-2 Final best-of-five series with VC Kanti Schaffhausen, Volero lost twice this past week to lose the playoff series in three matches. On March 4, VC Kanti Schaffhausen won 25-23, 25-21, 25-23 in a close three-set match. Volero lost the third match in four sets (25-16, 20-25, 25-17, 25-20). For photos and Volero recap, click here.
SCOTT-ARRUDA UPDATE: Danielle Scott-Arruda (Baton Rouge, La.), a four-time U.S. Olympian middle blocker, is playing for CGF Recycle Florens Castellana Grotte in the Italian Serie A league. She scored 14 points as Castellana Grotte defeated Yamamay Busto Arsizio 25-18, 25-21, 16-25, 22-25, 15-10 on March 8. Scott-Arruda put up a match-high four blocks and added 10 kills on 24 attacks for 14 points. Castellana Grotte improves to 9-12 on the season as it upset the fifth-place team in the standings. Castellana Grotte faces 11th-place Soo Affitti Tradeco Cesena on March 15 in its next Italian Serie A match.
BOWN UPDATE: Heather Bown (Yorba Linda, Calif.), a three-time Olympian and middle blocker on the silver-medal winning 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, returned to the court for Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi on March 7 after missing the previous three Italian Serie A contests. She started the match but did not play past for the first set as Jesi defeated Riso Scotti Pavia 25-19, 21-25, 25-18, 25-23. Bown provided just one attack and four serves in her one set of action. Jesi improves to 14-7 on the season with 42 points and is in fourth place in the Serie A standings. Jesi faces league-leader Scavolini Pesaro on March 15 in its next Italian Serie A contest. Jesi also hosts the semifinals and finals of the CEV GM Capital Challenge Cup on March 14-15. Jesi faces Leningradka in the semifinals, while CV Albacete takes on Athens' Panathinaikos.
WILLOUGHBY UPDATE:> Kim Willoughby (Napoleonville, La.), a 2008 U.S. Olympic Games silver medalist, is now playing for Despar Perugia in the Italian Serie A league. Perugia lost to third-place Asystel Volley Novara 25-23, 22-25, 25-22, 25-19 on March 8. Willoughby came off the bench in the first set and started the remaining three sets. She totaled a team-high 17 points with 14 kills on 34 attacks and just three errors. Willoughby added three blocks in the match. Perugia, 11-10 on the season and in sixth place, plays second-place Foppapredretti Bergamo on March 15 in its upcoming Italian Serie A match.
GLASS UPDATE: Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.), a 2008 U.S. Olympian, is playing professionally in Russia with Universitet Belogorie. Her squad lost to league-leader Dinamo 25-14, 25-15, 25-14 as both teams are heading in opposite directions. Dinamo won its 10th straight match while Universitet Belogorie dropped its third consecutive match. Match stats were unavailable at release distribution time. The Russian Super League is idle next week as third-place Universitet Belogorie looks to snap its losing streak on March 19 against Uralochka-NTMK.
JOINES, RICHARDS UPDATE: Jennifer Joines (Milpitas, Calif.), a 2008 U.S. Olympian, and Kristin Richards (Orem, Utah), a 2008 U.S. Olympic Team alternate, are competing for Fakel in the Russian professional league this winter. Fakel lost its 10th straight match on March 8 as Spartak won 26-24, 25-13, 25-23 as two of the three sets were settled by the minimum two points. Match stats were unavailable at release distribution time. After an idle week on the Russian Super League schedule, Fakel looks to get in the win column on March 19 against Balakovskaya AES.
OLYMPIC LIBEROS HOST SOLDOUT CAMP: Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas) and Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.), who have occupied the libero position for the last three Olympic Games for Team USA, hosted a capacity one-day clinic on ball control and defense for all positions on March 8. The clinic was held at Grand Canyon University. The clinic took place from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Athletes were broken down into two age groups – 12-14 and 15-18. Sykora served as the U.S. libero at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games, then earned a silver medal at her third Olympic Games in 2008 as a defensive specialist. Meanwhile, Davis was the 2008 Olympic Games libero.
BARBOZA SELECTED AAU SULLIVAN AWARD SEMIFINALIST: Cynthia Barboza (Long Beach, Calif.), an alternate for both the 2004 and 2008 U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball teams, has been selected as a one of 12 semifinalists for the 79th Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Sullivan Award. The AAU James E. Sullivan Award is based on the qualities of leadership, character and sportsmanship. The award goes far beyond athletic accomplishment and honors those who have leadership skills and strong character which is evident in the nominee's lifestyle as a whole. The Sullivan Award Reception and Presentation will take place April 15 at The New York Athletic Club in New York City. The night's activities start with an athlete autograph session at 5:30 p.m., followed by the dinner at 6:15 p.m. and the awards presentation at 7:15 p.m.
2009 PAN AMERICAN CUP COMING TO MIAMI: USA Volleyball will host the Eighth Annual Women's Pan American Cup June 26-July 4 in conjunction with the USA Junior Olympic Girls' Volleyball Championship in the Miami area. The nine-day Pan American Cup, which will tentatively have three of the four 2008 Olympic Games semifinalists (Brazil, USA and Cuba), will be played on the campuses of the University of Miami and Florida International University. "USA Volleyball is extremely excited about the opportunity to host one of the largest international volleyball events in Miami and to pair it with the 2009 USA Junior Olympic Girls' Volleyball Championships," USA Volleyball Chief Executive Officer Doug Beal said. "It will provide a unique opportunity for our developing young volleyball players to be exposed to elite international volleyball teams from North America, South America and the Caribbean. The two events will also generate terrific excitement in the community and lead to greater popularity for the sport." USA Volleyball is hosting its first-ever Women's Pan American Cup, which serves as a qualifying event into the 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix. The event is the largest international volleyball event hosted by USA Volleyball in terms of country participation. Team USA has not hosted a women's senior-level international tournament since the 1998 FIVB World Championship Qualifier tournament in 1998. Due to international scheduling and professional league commitments, matches on domestic soil have become a rarity with only seven contests against foreign teams in the most recent Olympic quadrennial (2005-2008).
REPLICA JERSEY AVAILABLE FOR LIMITED TIME: Are you looking for a unique gift for your volleyball loved ones? USA Volleyball has the answer with replica jerseys from its 2008 Olympic Games indoor teams being made available for a limited time at http://usavolleyball2008.com/store/. The U.S. Olympic Women's Team replica jerseys, priced at $65 apiece, are available in extra small, small, medium, large and extra large. Replica jerseys are available for all 12 U.S. players who participated in the 2008 Olympic Games. Each replica jersey will have the Olympian's name on the back with their jersey number on both the front and back. In addition, USA Volleyball has several other 2008 Olympic Games apparel items commemorating the unprecedented indoor and beach volleyball success obtained in Beijing. Products available on the online store include short and long-sleeve T-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies in multiple designs.
OLYMPIC COMMEMORATIVE APPRAREL ON SALE: USA Volleyball has unveiled five commemorative logo designs to appear on apparel saluting USA Volleyball's medal successes at the recent Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Beijing. Apparel can be purchased by clicking here. Men's and ladies' T-shirt designs are $15, while the youth T-shirt size is $13. Long sleeve t-shirts are $18, crew sweatshirts are $23 and hoodies are $30. Sizes XXL and larger have a slightly higher price. USA Volleyball's success on the Olympic grand stage in Beijing has never been achieved by any other nation since volleyball was added to the Olympics in 1964. The U.S. Olympic Men's Indoor Volleyball Team, which was named the United States Olympic Committee Team of the Month for August 2008, captured the gold medal at the Olympic Games without losing a single match. Women's Beach Volleyball (Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh) and Men's Beach Volleyball (Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers) both came back from Beijing with Olympic Games gold medals. The U.S. Olympic Women's Indoor Volleyball Team captured the silver medal in Beijing, as did the U.S. Women's Sitting Team during the Paralympic Games. No other country has ever participated in the gold-medal match of all four Olympic Games volleyball disciplines during the same year. Team USA added a fifth gold-medal appearance at the Paralympic Games.

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Surviving Stuttgart
Kunal did well with the audience interactions and was frantically location hunting when last seen. Germany is so entirely sold on SRK, nobody else stands a chance. For German fans of Bollywood, the magic begins and ends with the Khan. Well, he was busy settling old scores with Salman back home,,, and missing in action in distant Germany. But Stuttgart continued to swoon over 'Chak De' regardless. BTW, i FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PLACE! The local Riesling is outstanding, and I didn't have sausage even once. Just some superbly presented nouvelle cuisine ( seared scallops on a bed of thai accented noodles) at a very chic restaurant called 'Cube'.All good. All good. More Stuttgart goss in the next post. Jet lagging at present and seriously zoned. Maybe I should reach for that bottle of Riesling??
5 comments:
- sanju ayyar said...
Ah! So finally you're back. Great to know of your Stuttgart experiences, minus the sausage misadventures. I presume the Riesling will come more than handy in overcoming that jet-lag.
- July 22, 2008 at 2:22 PM
- Sameera Ansari said...
Airlines can be a major pain at times.But then,can't do without them.
Nice that you had a great time.Hope the lag wears off soon :)
- July 22, 2008 at 2:30 PM
- Harish said...
ohh de...
I know this videshi airport walas could be a really annoying. on one of my foreign chakkars i was asked if i was a terrorist as i was carrying some antiques that were a little sharp and pointed. luckily, it was a joke between the cops that nearly made me skip a heart beat.
regarding jagmohan, i had nearly dismissed him as a porn film maker after i had seen monsoon which was an out-an-out porn, and then i had read about his other flicks sexual malice, backwaters all with a strong sexual overtone. Then suddenly, he had a "pornmaker bana activist" moment and he made Provoked and Bawandar, which was a welcome change. I believe he has given up his nandita das fixation and is planning to cast Preity Zinta as Sonia Gandhi. (ewwww!i feel teh title should be "from bhawandar to blunder")
one has to agree, that srk is a brand. and though im not a great fan of his, i truly admire his attitude. if it was not for his attitude, he is actually an ugly, skeletal, stammerring, odd named person. when he had got his first filmfare, when other first timers usually said, "i am so happy, it was my dream" and all that crap. he simply said "i will be back soon". thats what i call attitude...
jet lags are very irritating... catch some sleep De.
please dont go off from blogspace for so many days, de... i get very utsook to read your posts. very happy that you are back here.
InJoy :-)
- July 22, 2008 at 3:43 PM
- Danny said...
Finally you are back.... great to see you as cheerful as always.... good going
- July 22, 2008 at 11:10 PM
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South Africa were the last major team to complete a tour of Pakistan before gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan squad in Lahore in 2009, resulting in a four-year boycott of the country by every other cricketing nation.
The memories of that tour are still fresh in the minds of the Proteas players who were there, although they are probably not as graphic as the memories of the Sri Lankan players, six of whom were injured when their bus was attacked by terrorists, leaving six policemen and the driver of the vehicle dead.
Naturally they are difficult images to move beyond, especially for visitors to that country. But Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan's erudite captain, appealed to the sense of "normality", if that is the word, that many South Africans may share. Johannesburg is the crime capital of Africa – statistically even worse than Lagos – but what do Jozi's residents tell tourists when they're asked whether it's safe to leave the hotel?
Misbah has two university degrees and is not given to hyperbole. He knows that his country is dangerous but, though he stopped short of saying it, one wonders how long Pakistan will remain in isolation despite ongoing efforts by its cricket board and the government to meet safety criteria?
His appeal for teams to resume touring may have been emotional, but he pointed to a short and incident-free tour last year by an "international XI" featuring four South Africans as evidence that Pakistani cricket can look after visitors.
Rory Steyn is a founder member of the globally respected South African security company Nicholls Steyn and Associates, which has provided all the national team's security for the past decade – as well as protection for incoming teams. He has visited Pakistan on numerous occasions and provided security reports for the International Cricket Council. He is not optimistic about a change in the current circumstances.
We have to proceed slowly and very carefully; there's still a lot of work to be done. I would say that it is probably possible for a cricket team to go and play in Pakistan, but at what cost? The players and the rest of the touring party would have to be moved in a 'security bubble' and they would not be able to leave the confines of that small, heavily secured space," Steyn said. "It would also be extremely difficult to convince the players and match officials of the value in doing that."
Regarding security in South Africa for the Pakistan team and officials, the "dangers" of the country, it seems, do not travel with the team. "We did carefully consider whether any additional measures needed to be put in place for them here, but our research and intelligence suggested that normal arrangements would be more than adequate," said Steyn. "Obviously we will continue to monitor the situation with the team, but historically it is the passion of the supporters that requires monitoring. The culture of cricket is very strong among Pakistani people, so our priority is to make sure the perimeter fencing is in good order!"
The Proteas' immediate job is to reclaim a modicum of pride and dignity in the final one-day international (ODI) against New Zealand in Potchefstroom on Friday following their worst back-to-back performances in the modern era. There is no shortage of excuses for the dismal showings in Paarl and Kimberley, but neither the players nor the management should be interested in using them.
"Rotation" of players is a good concept. With such tight schedules, top players who contest all three formats need to be rested and fringe players should benefit from exposure to international cricket. But this needs to be implemented carefully. As the Proteas discovered so painfully in Kimberley on Tuesday, rotate too far and you end up looking at your own backside.
Misbah's Pakistan team will provide a far sterner test for the Proteas at Test and ODI level, despite the captain's misgivings about their lack of top cricket and a "home". "We are only playing five or six Tests per year and we haven't played a Test for over six months, but we will just have to try and adjust," he said on arrival.
For two years the Pakistan team have been succeeding and winning far more than they have been losing. Climbing from eighth place in the world rankings to fourth on the back of match-winners such as Mohammad Hafeez and Saeed Ajmal has created a belief among the players not experienced since the halcyon days of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis.
But their domestic situation seems unlikely to change and the pleas of Misbah will continue to fall on deaf ears. "It's not just a Pakistan 'issue'," said Steyn. "The whole region needs to change fundamentally and that isn't going to happen soon, if ever. Pakistan has never been able to control the insurgency situation with Afghanistan and … the country will always be volatile as a result."
As always, it is the innocent who suffer most – including cricketers.


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The Illusion of Democratic Elections
What are your expectations for the upcoming parliamentary elections?
Adlène Meddi: The State is glad that the Arab Spring hasn't touched Algeria yet. Everyone is trying to convince the Algerians that the changes in Syria, Egypt and Libya represent a real threat to them. But of course we are aware of what's gong on – after all, we have the internet and satellite television.
That's why the government came up with the idea of holding parliamentary elections, in which we suddenly have a choice of more than a dozen completely new parties. It's obvious that the regime is trying to use the elections to polish up its image abroad. But I don't see a chance for real change.
Do you think the Islamists will become a force to be reckoned with in Algeria as they did in the Tunisian and Egyptian elections?
Adlène Meddi: No. From the point of view of the State, the biggest risk in these elections is a boycott, that people will simply not go out and vote. That is the real problem. Everone's talking about the Islamists, that they might gain ground in Algeria like they did in Morocco or Tunisia or Egypt.
But we don't have an Islamist opposition. Most of our Islamists were co-opted by the regime. We call them "Bazaar Islamists". They are all involved in business dealings of some sort, and most of them are corrupt. The State has seen to it in recent years that the so-called "moderate" Islamists were put in charge of those ministries where it's easiest to get rich. Such as the Ministry of Public Building, where there was a huge corruption scandal.
In other words, we don't really have a choice here; this is all just a theatre piece with new parties as players, parties that are not anchored in the people in any way, either personally or ideologically. The whole thing is set up to feign change while maintaining the status quo, transformation within continuity.
What does that mean for medium-term political developments in Algeria?
Adlène Meddi: It is dramatic: the gulf between society and State is becoming deeper and deeper. According to the official police statistics, there were a total of 11,000 protest actions in Algeria in 2011 alone, that is, nearly 300 every day. That is almost as many as in China – quite impressive.
What are the protests about?
Adlène Meddi: These are protests prompted by very concrete concerns: the unfair distribution of housing; poorly maintained roads which, among other things, hinder children from going to school; an inadequate water supply; cronyism when it comes to handing out jobs …
What is the State's reaction to the protests?
Adlène Meddi: The state of emergency was lifted in February 2011.
But we are still today not legally allowed to demonstrate here in Algiers. When you see teachers, nurses, the unemployed arrested on the streets of Algiers just for protesting for their rights – it's terrible.
Despite the protest actions, it's easy to get the impression that many Algerians have resigned themselves to the status quo.
Adlène Meddi: The trauma of the 1990s plays a big role here. Many are convinced that political change of any kind is only possible through extreme violence. They are daunted by the example of Libya, but above all by the terror of the 1990s.
The only time Algeria really experienced profound change was when a new government came to power in 1988. And just three years later the country was swept up in a wave of the most extreme violence imaginable. An estimated 150,000 to 200,000 people lost their lives during that period. That is what still scares Algerians today. But there is nevertheless potential for protest and politically motivated violence.
The national laws on harmony and reconciliation passed in 1999 and 2005 officially put an end to the era of coming to terms with the civil war of the 1990s. Is a new beginning possible – without truth, without justice?
Adlène Meddi: There is a consensus that we experienced a trauma in the 1990s. And yet it is very difficult to speak about that time. People try instead to forget. The trauma is glossed over, through consumption, through money.
When the massacres of the civilian population took place in the 1990s, the price of oil was low. When peace returned, in 2000 and the years thereafter, the oil price rose again and the State had more money to distribute. That made it easier for people to forget. You could sit back and watch satellite TV, and the only question was: who was the first to have a car with four-wheel drive, or a plasma screen.
5 July 2012 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Algerian independence. You were born in 1975. What are your feelings about this anniversary?
Adlène Meddi: What do you do on an anniversary? You celebrate, of course, but you also take stock: What have we accomplished in the last 50 years? For those in power, this is an awkward question, because they have to ask themselves: What have we given to the people? More freedom? No. Social justice? No. Good education and medical care? No. The regime is aware of this. That's why it's reacting so aggressively.
I would hope that on this 50th anniversary we might look back to the original goals of the Algerian revolution as framed in the 1954 proclamation: a multi-party system, social justice – a true counter-model to the colonial system.
In the lead-up to the 50th anniversary of independence, the Algerian daily paper "El Watan" has launched an ambitious project in conjunction with the French online news agency OWNI: "Mémoires d'Algérie", a kind of online archive of the Algerian war of independence. What's special about this project?
Adlène Meddi: We sent out a public appeal in France and Algeria for people to send us material on the Algerian civil war: documents, old photos, audio and video tapes. The reaction was overwhelming. A selection is already online on the website. We received thousands of documents, many more than we are able to process very quickly, because we are having everything reviewed by experts.
For the first time in history, the French and Algerians have the possibility to write their common history, and to do so in a totally new way. First of all, everything is being done via the internet; second, everyone has access; and third, we practically have no time constraints.
What's really interesting are the people who are telling their parents' stories. These are tales of fear, of personal suffering – so different from the heroic accounts we used to hear so often in the past.
You are not only a journalist but also write crime novels in the style of the French "série noire". The demanding literary crime novels by Algerian author Yasmina Khadra, featuring Commissioner Llob, have become international bestsellers in recent years. Algeria is still the only country in the MENA region that has its own criminal literature. Why is that?
Adlène Meddi: Jorge Luis Borges, the Argentinean writer, says: the crime story is one of the last resorts for bringing some order to the general chaos of life. There is a crime, an investigation, a culprit and a sentence.
In Algeria in the 2000s, there is a crime and then an investigation, but no sentence. This is an issue that really moves me as an Algerian, as someone with victims in my own family who were murdered by Islamist groups.
Your 2008 novel "The Prayer of the Moor" was about the 2000s. Your latest novel, with the working title "1994", takes place in the 1990s. You were in high school back then and experienced terrorism up close. What is it like for you to look back on those days?
Adlène Meddi: I had simply pushed many horrible images aside. But I could sense something at work inside me, because I often slept poorly and had nightmares.
When my daughter was born, I was really down, because I wondered: What will I be able to give her when I send her off in life? Will it be my own portion of violence, my hatred? And when I was doing research for the book and worked through the events of that time again, many things became clear to me. For me, the novel was a kind of therapy.
Interview: Marlyn Touma
© Qantara.de 2012
Adlène Meddi, born in 1975, is editor-in-chief of "El Watan Weekend" and author of several novels, including "Le casse-tête turc" (Algiers 2002) and "La Prière du Maure" (Algiers/Marseille 2008).
Translated from the German by Jennifer Taylor
Editors: Arian Fariborz, Lewis Gropp/Qantara.de


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TYSON HILGENBERG - Thursday, August 8, 2013
The player salary structure of Major League Soccer is complicated and at times downright confusing.
The league enforces a wage hierarchy that includes a salary cap with a litany of rules, designated players, younger designated players (differentiated by two age groups; one consisting of under 20's and the other 21-23 yr. olds), budget players, off-budget players (not counted against salary cap), and a minimum salary for budget players and lower minimum for off-budget players. It's convoluted, and in the end it all trickles down and hurts the lowest earning players, those making the league minimum.
These salary rules, and many more, were created in an attempt to avoid the mistakes of the past. The league had less regulation in its early years, allowing clubs to over spend on payroll without enough income to cover it. This was one of multiple issues that contributed to their fiscal troubles in the beginning. Due to financial difficulties, in 2002 MLS was forced to drop both of the Florida teams (Miami and Tampa Bay), which took the league from 12 teams back to its original 10 teams. Things slowly bounced back. The Designated Player concept was then introduced in 2007 as a part of the David Beckham experiment.
Major League Soccer now operates under a single-entity ownership model. Each team has an investor or shareholder but their investment or ownership is technically in the league and they more or less represent a specific team. Obviously it's not that simple, but to properly explain the MLS ownership structure would take a lawyer and about 10,000 words. Neither of which are at my disposal.
This ownership model has helped sustain the league in recent years, but it has also made for a large contingent of mediocre teams, instead of a few great teams. That's not necessarily a negative as it's allowed more teams to be financially stable. But it has also divided a larger profit that might normally be shared by the top 5 or 6 teams and spread it down throughout the league.
How does that ownership structure and regulation on teams affect their ability to sign and maintain young elite players?
A deterrent to young players coming to MLS is not only the designated player situation and the salary cap, but also the salary minimums. MLS divides the teams' rosters into categories. The minimum salary for a player in the lowest ranking category, roster spots 25 - 30, which usually consist of generation Adidas players, younger players, or rookies, is $35,125. However, any player making that league minimum must be under the age of 25. The players in these roster spots do not count against the salary cap of a team. So, yes it begins to get confusing.
The problem exists if an American player is good enough to attract European attention, but not good enough to be a Designated Player in MLS. The league minimum salary in MLS is on average eleven times less than the minimums of the big European leagues. That doesn't make it easy for MLS clubs to sign a young American player out of college if they are competing with other clubs who are forced to pay more.
After watching a few of the pre-season friendlies between MLS teams and European clubs, including the MLS all-star game, the interesting contrast is not the difference in level of play, but the difference in pay. Not at the top level, but at the lower level.
In the Real Madrid vs. Galaxy game, bench players for a Madrid side who may never see the field during the regular season came on against the Galaxy with a salary that meets the minimum in La Liga of approximately $318,000 per season. Players of that same distinction for the LA Galaxy, Charlie Rugg and Kofi Opare for example, earn $35,125. Then you have the promising Galaxy youngster Jose Villarreal, who falls into the higher category of minimum salary, which is roster spots 1- 24. He only pockets $46,500 per year, which is the minimum for his roster position and does count against the salary budget. All three of these players saw action against the Spanish giants.
Admittedly, the Galaxy do not have the revenue options of a Real Madrid. They don't have the 85,000 fan capacity stadium, the handsome TV deals, or the UEFA Champions League profits. One could also argue it's not a fair comparison, but if the two teams can play against each other, why is it off-limits to evaluate them side-by-side?
The biggest issue is that the wages in MLS do not match the skill level, with few exceptions of course. La Liga in Spain has suffered some financial issues of its own, with multiple clubs struggling on the verge of bankruptcy and a player strike in 2011 over minimum guaranteed wages. The players' union negotiated a deal and increased the guaranteed wages. Some teams didn't have enough money to pay the the agreed upon minimum salary so the league created a wage pool to make sure the lower earning players took home a reasonable paycheck if their individual team could not afford it. Not exactly an example of the free market at work, but a way to make sure the wages reflected the skill level, at least to some degree.
MLS definitely lessens the risk for clubs and makes it much harder for them to be insolvent since they are a part of the whole, and not on their own. And since they are already operating in that one-for-all, all-for-one fashion, why not invest in the youth.
It's no secret that MLS has instead focused their attention on signing the older well-known players and building the league on the fame and notoriety they bring with them. It is a build from the top mentality. The main issue being discussed here is the minimum salary, but that can't be argued without mentioning the amount of money allocated for designated players.
There has been talk of increasing the allowed amount of designated players (DP) from 3 as it is currently, to 5 per team. These DP's can be paid any amount that the club or league can afford per year and only $368,750 counts against the salary cap of the team. That's a huge incentive. In a perceived effort to encourage clubs to sign younger players, the league states that a DP under 20 years old only counts as $150,000 against the club's salary budget and a DP who is 21-23 years of age takes up $200,000 of the club's salary budget. That can be commended, except that the players of that level, and at those ages, can often make much more in Europe and play at a higher level. And if the league really wanted the top 20-23 year olds, they would make the amount of salary budget used for older DP's even higher, or maybe have a cut off age. No DP's when signed can be over the age of 31. There is no guarantee this would increase the league minimum salary, but it might put the focus in the right area.
This increase in allowable DP's will likely happen at some point in an effort to expand and improve the league, but how will that affect the bottom dwellers making $35,125 per season? Many professional soccer players in MLS are making less than an administrative assistant. It's significantly low especially in markets like Los Angeles and New York where the cost of living is much higher.
So, in asking for de-regulation it might seem that I'm arguing for more regulation. The conflicting argument is recognized, but it's actually a plea for giving the individual clubs more freedom. It would mean less regulation overall but with more focus at the bottom. It would force the clubs to pay the lowest level player a respectable salary, or at least more than an office assistant.
Part of what makes MLS clubs weaker than European clubs is the lack of depth. Yes, the famous players attract fans, but it's the other 9 or 10 guys on the field that help win or lose a game.
There will always be regulations, and this isn't a Robin Hood type scenario I'm recommending where we steal from the rich players and give to the poor, but they need to figure out a way to ease up with all restrictions so that teams can bring the best young players to MLS.
The top players should earn as much as the market dictates but the league should not angle things so drastically that it creates imbalance, giving an overwhelming advantage to one side. You can only control the market for so long until it backfires.
The difference in the level of play between the lowest paid players and the highest paid players in MLS is not drastic enough to warrant the gulf in salary.
You could make a million arguments to contradict this idea, but at the end of the day league minimum players in MLS are making 114 times less than the highest paid player, who garners over $4 million per season not including signing bonuses. If that player is Cristiano Ronaldo or Wayne Rooney or Juan Mata or even David Beckham (in his 20's), I'm fine with it, but Thierry Henry at 35 years old? That's the problem.
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When Madison Jacobson receives her Towson High School diploma on June 1, the celebration will just be getting started.
Jacobson, who will head to Roanoke College in the fall, will continue the festivities at home the day after graduation, when her family throws her a garden-themed party.
"It's Madison's launch from the nest," says Debbie Jacobson, her mother. "We are working with Lilly Pulitzer colors and pretty, picnicky food, like chicken salad with green grapes, croissants, fruit salad and sangria. It's going to be so pretty."
"A lot of people are doing a 2013 theme," notes Madison, "but mine is more springtimey."
The Jacobsons will be joined by numerous other post-grad partiers. Baltimore-area high schools produce thousands of graduates each year — making for a robust party climate.
"The graduation scene in Baltimore is kind of crazy," says Shannon Toback, events and catering manager at Wit & Wisdom Tavern in Harbor East.
Like the Jacobsons, many families host parties at home, often relying on local caterers and rental services (the Jacobsons will rent tables, chairs and linens from Loane Bros. in Towson). But celebrating families frequently host parties in Baltimore restaurants as well.
At Wit & Wisdom, Toback was planning several large graduation dinners for groups of about 12 to 20 guests. Tony Foreman, who co-owns five Baltimore restaurants with partner Cindy Wolf, says their restaurants are also busy this time of year. "It could be a dozen people in a small private room, with a pretty table and a set menu," he says.
Of the Foreman-Wolf restaurants, Foreman says, Pazo tends to be a favorite among large groups because the broad menu accommodates numerous dietary restrictions and tastes, though some graduates prefer Charleston for its refined dining experience.
Baltimore party planner Jennifer Grove, owner of Sky Blue Events, has noticed a trend toward planning upscale, intimate graduation dinner parties in restaurants. "It's a nice trend," she says. "Working with the restaurant's special events director, you can create a very special party menu and customize with flowers, personalized menus, place cards and nice invitations."
Grove points out that these smaller dinners are flexible and often easier to schedule during the busy weeks following high school graduations. "Big parties at someone's house are so much fun," she concedes. "But you're also competing with everyone in your graduating class having those types of events. If you scale back in size, you can create something more intimate — guests look at it as a special event they'd like to attend."
Madison Jacobson says that's the case for her and her friends.
"I'm doing it the day after graduation, and a lot of my friends are having their parties after Senior Week. Last year, a lot of parties fell on the same day, so there was a lot of party-hopping," she says. "We're doing the party open house-style, with no set party time, so people can come and go."
Larry Levy of Biddle Street Catering notes that families are scaling back in size and spending. "Back in 2008, they'd practically invite the whole class — bring 'em all!" he says. "Now it's closest friends. From a practical standpoint, people are limiting the amount of people they invite."
According to surveys conducted by party-planning website GraduationParty.com, average party size and expenses have decreased over the past few years. In 2010, the average amount spent on graduation parties was $983; by 2012, that number dropped to $578.
Local party organizers note that graduation parties can vary widely in cost. Grove estimates a cost of $100 to $150 per guest for an upscale, customized dinner party at a local restaurant; at Wit & Wisdom, Toback estimates $65 to $90 per person for food (not including alcoholic beverages).
Whether to serve alcohol to anyone is a hot topic among people throwing graduation parties for high school students.
"We decided on no alcohol because the party is not about the adults, it's about the kids," says Bonnie Evans, who planned to celebrate son Will's graduation from Dulaney High School with a party at home catered by Biddle Street Catering.
But for other families, and for college graduates, special drinks or bottles of wine may be a centerpiece.
"When there's a wine geek in the family, sometimes it's important to buy a bottle from the graduate's birth year," says Tony Foreman. "The family might come to Charleston, looking for a bottle from the '90s. That's kind of fun."
Whether it's an intimate dinner, a genteel garden party or a casual backyard bash, parents acknowledge that emotions are front and center during graduation festivities.
"It's important to me to remind Madison where she has been, where she is and where she can go," says Debbie Jacobson. "I just want everything to be memorable and special for her."
Bonnie Evans says her son's party will be one part celebration and one part thank-you to the friends and families her son has met during school. "It's a congratulations to Will and his buddies, and also an appreciation for the families who have played such a role in his life.
"It's a bittersweet time," Evans says. But a great time for a party.
Graduation party trends
Local experts sound off on what's hot for graduation parties this year.
Themes: Graduation parties have a built-in theme, but parents frequently let the guest of honor expand beyond that. Debbie Jacobson's daughter, Madison, chose a pink-and-green garden party theme; Bonnie Evans' son, Will, chose his favorite foods (including sushi and wings) for the menu at his bash, which will incorporate decorations celebrating his decision to attend the University of Miami next year.
Making it intimate: "I've had requests for throwing more of a restaurant dinner party, instead of friends and families invited to the family home," says Jennifer Grove of Sky Blue Events.
Following the food trends: "People are more sophisticated now, thanks to the Food Network," says Ken Upton, owner of Ken's Creative Kitchen in Annapolis. "Everyone knows what's good." This year, sliders, pork barbecue and food trucks are all big hits with graduation party hosts. "It's a cool thing to hire a food truck for your party," says Willy Dely, who handles marketing and events for the restaurant group including Kooper's Chowhound food truck and the Woody's Taco Island truck.
Endless summer: Upton and Larry Levy of Biddle Street Catering both see a trend toward island-themed foods, including roast pig, jerk chicken and conch fritters. Though they're not trendy, summery Maryland favorites — including all things crab — are always popular menu items.
Getting social: Online resources like Pinterest are a source of inspiration. "You can just snap something, send it to us and we'll re-create it," says Levy. "There are a lot of ideas and sometimes it's overwhelming, but it's a great resource."
Planning ahead: Tony Foreman has noticed that in recent years, party hosts are more prepared than ever before. "People are more organized and thoughtful," he says. "They call ahead and give us advance notice, with an idea of what they want."


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He's Never Leaving Home
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Love it!ReplyDelete
My daughter promised she isn't moving out. Ever. She is 16. Glad she likes me that much...
@NicePeace: That's pretty sweet for a sixteen-year-old girl! You must be a cool mama.ReplyDelete
Get him to sign it to - he's going to think you made it up unless his tiny child signature is there.ReplyDelete
@Just Me: That would be seriously adorable.ReplyDelete
Oh Mandy I know... my kids tell me they want to go to school close by and then live next door to me when they're married... let's hope not I don't know what kind of mother in law I'm gonna be!!!ReplyDelete
Good plan! Write it down, for sure!ReplyDelete
Hey, I have a dear friend who is going to BlogHer 11 that I want you to meet. Of course, I'd rather meet you MYSELF, but since I'm not going, I'll let you too connect in lieu of me.
Email me and I'll tell you more!
I've started a book of quotes from my kids. Priceless stuff like this goes in seemingly on a daily basis. Yesterday, Drew explained how bbq ribs are made. "It's just burnt pig. They shoot the pig twice and then burn it."ReplyDelete
@Consciously Sedated: That he is. ;-)ReplyDelete
@Ali: Well, his dad lives just a couple houses down from me so it wouldn't be out of the ordinary if he bought a house on our block too.
@Susan in the Boonies: You have been emailed.
@Wow: I figure my blogs are like that book. I have Cracky blogs going back to when he was two years old!
Who will give you honest fashion critiques when Cracky is off at college?! You better start training the baby girl now...ReplyDelete
Well, someone's gotta do the laundry right? :))ReplyDelete
I'm hoping no one ever tells Meg about college. Or turning three.ReplyDelete
Yes, you will want to video him, too, so you can put it on FB and YouTube. Be sure you email the link to EVERYONE in the universe. That is the only thing that will shame him when he is a teenager. Wait, nothing shames a teenager. Nope, nothin'.ReplyDelete
As an official college drop out I'm afraid I have to side with little man. Four years IS a long time!ReplyDelete
Hey, I came home every weekend when I was in college. I'm sure at some point my mom thought, You again?ReplyDelete
Mine came home almost every weekend the first year ... I was so glad, there was never such an empty house as when he first went to college.ReplyDelete
But then he decided he liked his friends and the house they rented much better .. sigh ... I never did find out how to make him stay home Forever !
Oh yeah. Definite material for deep and profound embarrassment.ReplyDelete
Yeah I recall our daughter at age 12 was "never" gong to leave home and leave her mom. A few years later she discovered boys and the rules changed.ReplyDelete
Now she is in her 30's. She talks to her mother on the phone almost every day. Cute.
@Mel Heth: Skype?ReplyDelete
@Amelia: Very funny. *Glares*
@Logical Libby: Shhh.
@Fragrant Liar: I have a video camera and I'm willing to use it.
@Vapid Vixen: And I didn't even tell him that it takes some kids longer. ;-p
@Janice: Only if you made her do your laundry.
@a Broad: I think it has something to do with doing his laundry and making his meals...
@La Piazza: My work is done.
@Robert: Aw, you must be half-way decent parents.
Yes, write it down. And make him stick his fingerprint on it as proof!ReplyDelete
@J.N. Ubanski: This is all getting so CSI.ReplyDelete


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Black holes Evidence of hot jets of plasma have confirmed the presence of a middleweight black hole, boosting one theory about how much larger black holes at the centre of galaxies form.
Astrophysicist Dr Sean Farrell, from the University of Sydney, and colleagues, report their findings today in the journal Science.
"The really far-reaching consequences of finding and confirming this intermediate-black hole is that it gives us a possibility for how we can form the supermassive black holes in the middle of galaxies," says Farrell.
Black holes are regions of space that are so dense that nothing, not even light, can escape.
Scientists believe black holes that are about 3 to 20 times the mass of our Sun form when a massive star collapses at the end of its life. These stellar-mass black holes generally occur in binary star systems in our own galaxy.
But scientists are less certain about how black holes that are millions to billions of times the mass of our Sun form. Such black holes are believed to be at the centre of most galaxies.
Merger theory
One theory is that these supermassive black holes are created by the merging of smaller black holes.
If this process occurs, then one would expect building blocks in the form of black holes whose mass is between that of the stellar-sized and the supermassive black holes (about 100 to a 100,000 times the mass of our Sun).
But to date, says Farrell, this theory has been hotly debated, largely because the evidence for such intermediate-mass black holes has been weak.
Previous research by Farrell and colleagues discovered x-ray evidence of a possible middleweight black hole positioned above the disc of a galaxy called ESO 243-49, nearly 300 million light years away.
Now, they have confirmed this is indeed an intermediate-mass black hole using radio astronomy.
They have detected outflows of hot plasma coming from both above and below the black hole.
Farrell says when gas falls into a black hole it swirls around at first to form a disc, much like water going down a plug hole and magnetic fields in the disc get all twisted up.
When these fields break and recombine with other magnetic fields, this creates an enormous pressure away from the black hole and results in the thin compact streams of really hot gas.
"We think they're launched relatively close to the black hole but not from beyond the boundary where light can't escape," says Farrell.
"We don't really know how they form but we know they are a common property of black holes."
Black hole continuum
The first ever discovery of jets of plasma from an intermediate-mass black hole suggest there is a continuum in black holes from stellar-sized to supermasisve and they all basically behave the same way, lending weight to the 'merger' theory.
"It shows that the theory of supermassive blackholes forming through the merger of lower-mass black holes is actually viable," says Farrell.
Just as there is a relationship between the brightness of x-rays and the mass of a black hole, there is also a relationship between the brightness of radio waves from the jets and the mass of the black hole.
"This gives us a ruler for measuring the mass of the black hole," says Farrell.
"And the mass that we get from this is consistent with it being intermediate mass so that's a really nice confirmation. We think this one weighs 10,000 to 20,000 times the mass of the Sun."
The researchers used the Australia Telescope Compact Array, which is the only radio astronomy facility capable of viewing the black hole, which is only visible from the southern hemisphere.
"It's the only instrument on Earth that we could have used to do what we have done," says Farrell.


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In addition, the winning designer will have the opportunity to help us design the graphics for our delivery trucks... sort of a traveling billboard.
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As I see the advertisements about the Ringling Brothers circus returning to Denver, I was disappointed that our city continues to invite a company that exploits and abuses animals for human entertainment.
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Elephants, lions, tigers, and other animals that cannot be domesticated should never be forced to endure the lives that these circus animals must endure.
Their natural behaviors and needs, both physical and social, cannot be met in these circumstances. Training is by force and intimidation, and the Animal Welfare Act only minimally protects these animals from cruelty, sickness, and injury.
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In this aerial photo taken August 23, 2015, for example, thousands of Pacific walruses flock to the northwest coast of Alaska, searching for places to rest in the absence of sea ice.
Some Pacific Island nations are at risk of losing the very land beneath their feet, creating a generation of "climate change refugees." See their stories on CBSN: On Assignment.
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A malnourished cow walks along a dried up river bed in the village of Chivi, Zimbabwe in January 2016. The U.N. weather agency blames the dry, hot weather on an "increasingly visible human footprint."
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Rain and snow storms pounded Northern California in January 2017, bringing much-needed precipitation, but also causing damaging floods.
Recent heavy rains all over the U.S. have been attributed to a warming planet, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Between 1910 to 2015, parts of the country seeing "extreme single-day precipitation events" increased by 0.5 percent per decade, the agency says.
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Over the past 20 years, the average number of wildfires larger than 1,000 acres has increased by more than 100 blazes per year. Since the early 1970s, the average length of wildfire season has also gone up, from five months to seventh months, as climate change drives up temperatures.
The Loma Prieta Fire burns near Loma Prieta, California, in September 2016.
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The Maldives will be one of the first countries to be submerged by rising waters.
Human-induced global warming is causing glaciers and polar ice caps to melt leading to a rise in ocean levels. This October 2016 photo shows the construction of a bridge meant to ease commutes during unpredictable weather amid rising sea levels.
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California experienced days of heavy rain in January 2017, which has helped alleviate a six-year drought but has also caused flooding and mudslides.
In this photo, a home sits on the edge of a cliff in Hollywood Hills after its patio was washed away in a mudslide caused by heavy rains.
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Drinking water is a constant problem in rural Sundarban, a region that spans the coastal delta of India and Bangladesh. A girl collects water pooled above parched terrain in this photo from the Dreamstime agency.
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The riverbed of the Belesar reservoir is visible due to drought in northwestern Spain in January 2017.
While increased temperatures due to climate change have caused heavier rains in some areas, locations situated far from storm tracks are likely to experience less precipitation and faster evaporation due to the rising temperatures, according to the EPA.
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Unpredictable weather events, like hurricanes, are attributed to an "increasingly visible human footprint" by the U.N. weather agency.
This photo shows a girl as she walks through debris where homes once stood after Hurricane Matthew hit Jeremie, Haiti in October 2016.
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Drought and plagues caused by climate change are some of the causes of malnutrition in Honduras.
This photo shows skinny cows in the rural community Morolica in August 2016.
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Rising sea tides in Côte d'Ivoire resulted in flooding throughout half of the city of Grand Lahou in November 2016.
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Plastic bags and other garbage float on the river Chao Phraya in Bangkok, after the river rose above its banks following heavy rain.
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Storms and powerful waves caused by El Nino have left beaches in Pacifica, California, eroded. These houses hang on the edge of a cliff in January 2016.
A farmer showing drought-effected land in Mahrasthra state of India, where hundreds of farmers commit suicide every year due to financial crisis. Most of the farmers are dependent on rainfall to make their living.
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Government scientists say the Earth sizzled to a third straight heat record last year. Globally, the average temperature over land and ocean surfaces for 2016 was the highest since record keeping began in 1880.
In this 2015 photo, a woman cools herself on a hot summer day in Hyderabad, in the southern Indian state of Telangana.
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Here, yuccas catch fire, as hot and dry conditions fuel a 19,500-acre wildfire in California.
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Winters are becoming milder in northern Norway, causing snow to melt as temperatures rise above freezing. This photo shows the village of Steigen, well inside the Arctic Circle.
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A round of storms in Northern California alleviated effects of a six-year drought but caused dangerous flooding in the region in January 2017.
A home destroyed by beach erosion tips over in the the Alaskan village of Shishmaref, just 110 miles from the east coast of Russia.
Shishmaref faces evacuation due to global warming. Rising temperatures there have caused both a reduction in sea ice and a thawing of permafrost along the coast, threatening the shoreline.
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A puppy sits next to a walrus skull and a chain saw in Newtok, Alaska, July 3, 2015.
Newtok is one of several remote Alaskan villages that is being forced to relocate due to warming temperatures, which are causing the melting of permafrost, widening of rivers and the erosion of both land and coastline.
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A young boy from the remote Turkana tribe in Northern Kenya stands on a dried up river bed near Lodwar.
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Over 23 million people across East Africa are facing a critical shortage of water and food, exacerbated by climate change. As a result, communities are being forced to settle near the remaining water sources, overburdening the scarce reserves.
Large quantities of seaweed wash ashore at the Playa Los Machos beach, in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, August 8, 2015.
This seaweed invasion, which appears to have hit most of the Caribbean this year, is not only bad for tourism; it may be a symptom of global climate change, as some scientists believe the onslaught of seaweed to be the result of higher than normal temperatures and low winds.
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"Ghost forests," coastal trees killed by saltwater from rising seas, are one of the most visible markers of climate change, scientists say.
Remains of trees are seen here in a coastal ghost forest on Assateague Island in Virginia on October 25, 2013.
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A narrow band of pines was killed by tidal flooding near Yorktown, Virginia in October 2015. Such trees are called "ghost forests" by researchers.
Walruses are unique among sea mammals in that they must periodically rest on land or ice to recharge. They prefer to do this on sea ice over shallow feeding areas about 100 miles off the Alaskan coast. Over the last decade, however, that ice has been disappearing, forcing thousands of walruses to haul out on Alaskan beaches.
This small detail crop of an aerial photo by Gary Braasch shows thousands of walruses engaged in one of the earliest known haul-outs ever.
It is said walruses are "hauling out" when they congregate in large groups, like the one seen here.
Recently, there have been years when more than 30,000 of these Pacific animals have come ashore together on Alaska's beaches, a dangerous trend that often leads to significant loss of life. This on-land crowding is particularly dangerous for baby walruses, who are uniquely susceptible to being crushed during stampedes.
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An iceberg melts in Kulusuk Bay, Greenland.
Greenland is the world's largest island, and more than five-sixths of it (about 695,000 square miles) is covered in ice. That's an area roughly 14 times the size of England. So, if all of that ice were to melt -- and it is melting fast -- world sea levels would raise more than 19 feet.
In short, it would not be good.
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Fire on the mountain of the port city of Genoa, Italy.
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Much of Nevada's Lake Mead has dried up as a result of the historic drought crisis along the West Coast of the United States. Here, tamarisk plants grow on cracked earth in an area that, up until recently, would have been underwater.
The National Park Service has been forced to close boat launch ramps and move entire marinas in an effort to keep up with the receding water levels. Lake Mead is the largest man-made reservoir in North America, and it is now threatened due to a combination of population growth and climate change.
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A California resident holds a can of drinking water donated by the Anheuser-Busch company, as water wells supplying hundreds of Tulare County residents remain dry for the fourth year in a row, February 11, 2015.
Two Russian men fish in a lake next to the Karabash copper smelting plant, near Chilyabinsk, South Ural.
Greenhouse gases are substances that trap heat in the atmosphere. Over time, they both make the planet warmer and thicken "the Earth's blanket," according to the EPA.
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Major flooding of the Seine river swamped Paris in 2016.
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A firefighter in Civitavecchia, Italy battles flames destroying a Mediterranean pine forest during a hot, dry Italian summer. In recent decades, these types of fires have been increasingly frequent in the region.
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Cable cars pass offshore oil refineries shrouded by haze in southern Singapore, August 20, 2015.
The 3-hour Pollutants Standards Index (or PSI) hit 100 there that day, according to the National Environment Agency. And 100 is the mark at which air is considered unhealthy to breathe.
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Beijing shrouded in air pollution on a winter morning. Breathing polluted air already to more than 5.5 million premature deaths a year, and researchers predict that by 2030, air pollution-related deaths could rise by 60,000 a year due to the effects of climate change. Higher temperatures and drier conditions "can speed up the reaction rate of air pollutants that form in the atmosphere," University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill researcher Jason West explained.
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This pair of historical images posted to the NASA Climate 365 Project's Tumblr page show just how dramatically Alaska's Muir Glacier has retreated and thinned over the second half of the 20th century.
In just 60 years, the front of the glacier moved back about seven miles and its overall thickness decreased by more than 2,625 feet, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
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The carcass of a donkey lies in a dried out Kenyan riverbed, the victim of drought.
A man walks next to a tree during a dust storm in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 20, 2015.
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A house burns in San Marcos, California, as years of extreme drought fuel increasingly destructive wildfire seasons.
Miami-Dade County could be one of the most vulnerable locations to rising water levels resulting from global warming.
Accordingly, some cities in the South Florida area are beginning to plan for future catastrophic events that could affect people living within the flooding area.
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Cattle walk on a field in Texiguat, Honduras, July 26, 2015.
Honduras has been hit by a major drought linked to the El Nino climate phenomenon, a band of unusually warm Pacific ocean temperatures which have been known to spark floods, droughts and bush fires from South America to Australia.
The drought has already killed thousands of cattle and dried up much-needed crops.
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This photo illustrates the gravity of the runoff from these glaciers.
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A NASA study published in the Journal of Climate shows that the oldest and thickest Arctic sea ice is disappearing at a faster rate than the younger, thinner ice at the edges of the Arctic Ocean's floating ice cap. Images show the ice cap in 1980, left, and in 2012, right.
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The thoroughly unhinged Gary Cass of the Christian Anti-Discrimination Committee has begun to release a series of videos that they say will contain ten "irrefutable proofs that Barack Obama is NOT a Christian!" They had previously put out a shorter video that included, ironically, the fact that he attended Rev. Wright's church. Not too bright, these folks. The first of the new videos claims that Obama isn't a Christian because the health care reform bill includes taxpayer funding for abortion (it doesn't) and has "death panels" in it (wrong again).
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