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Housetraining by Limiting Freedom

Housetraining is teaching your puppy where is, and where is not, acceptable for him to relieve himself. Housetraining a puppy can be challenging, frustrating and sometimes takes a while to accomplish, but all your efforts pay off when your dog is well housetrained and will not relieve himself in the house.

A crate is a great aid in helping a puppy learn housetraining skills. All dogs are born with the instinct to keep their bed clean. As soon as a puppy is strong enough he would toddle away from his mom and littermates to relieve himself. By using a crate as the puppy’s bed, the puppy learns to control both bladder and bowels.

It’s important that you, as the new puppy owner, understand that the crate is not a jail. The crate should be a positive place, a place to sleep, to relax.

Choose a crate that will allow your puppy to stand up, turn around and stretch out. If the crate is too big, the puppy can relieve himself in a back corner and still have room to get away from it.

Puppies tend to need to go potty on a schedule; after waking up, after playing, after eating or drinking. If you feed your puppy on a schedule, so too will he have to potty on a fairly regular schedule. Picking up his water bowl in the evening, a bit before bedtime, will help him not need to pee in the middle of the night. Take him outside if you suspect he needs to go or it’s around time that he normally needs to go.

Take your puppy outside where you want him to relieve himself. Stand outside with the puppy but don’t interact with him. When the puppy starts to sniff and circle, just watch. After the puppy has started to relieve himself, say softly, “Go potty! Good boy to go potty!” (Using, of course, whatever vocabulary you wish to use.) When the puppy has completed his business, praise even more.

You will need to go out with him to this particular spot every time the puppy needs to go for several weeks. Yes, weeks! You cannot simply send the puppy outside. If you do, how do you know the puppy has relieved himself? The puppy may come inside and relieve himself on the carpet. Also, if you don’t go out with the puppy, you cannot teach the puppy the command you want him to learn or praise him for going in the proper location.

When Accidents Happen

When an accident happens, you must handle it very carefully. Don’t yell or scream and never rub the puppy’s nose in the mess! After all, relieving himself is not wrong – the puppy must relieve himself. If you scold him, the puppy may feel that relieving himself in front of you is wrong. This often leads to finding puddles in strange places behind the furniture.

If your puppy is having a few accidents in the house, make sure you are going outside with the puppy so that you can praise when he goes outside. Make sure the puppy knows when and where it is right to go. You will also need to pay more attention to the puppy’s schedule; are you getting him outside enough and at the right times? If you are going to be busy in the house, paying attention to something other than the puppy, put the puppy is a safe spot, like his crate.

Some puppy owners allow the puppy too much freedom too soon and this can lead to housetraining accidents. It’s easy for a puppy to have an accident if they are not monitored or can wander off to another room. However, a baby gate across the door way or hall can keep the puppy close and prevent accidents.

Successful housetraining is based on setting the puppy up for success by monitoring, allowing few accidents to happen, and then praising the puppy when he relieves himself outside.

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8 Ways to Focus Your Learning Strategy on Managers to Drive Results

Employees turn to their managers for cues on what strategies and priorities are important within a company. For example, when a call center wants to improve its customer service, managers must work with agents to change the style of conversations with its customers. Likewise, when a company wants to focus on cultivating existing clients versus finding new ones, the sales manager needs to coach the sales team to change approaches.

In the learning and development industry, managers are often ignored and business leaders don’t get the results they seek. They may create a new training course for customer service agents or salespeople, but they do not explicitly address the needs of the managers or support the skills and development they require to make change happen.

Here are some useful strategies:

Start by helping the business articulate a clear and measurable outcome

More than anyone in the organization, managers understand results. They’re held accountable every day. Sales managers focus on increasing revenue, call center managers focus on customer satisfaction, operations managers focus on productivity and so on. As training managers, our job is to align training to the metrics managers care about. If it isn’t successful, the program will more likely be an adversary rather than an ally. In other words, it will be doomed from the start.

Close the circle and track the outcomes

It’s time to put on a sales hat. Simply telling a manager that training will have an impact isn’t enough. It’s also necessary to track the results and continue to share them with the managers. Being transparent about the expected outcome and actual performance – good or bad – will actually help you build credibility. Owning mistakes and making course corrections will help you generate and maintain long-term partnerships in the organization.

There’s nothing a like a good competition to get managers involved. Using leaderboards and dashboards to track assessment scores and completion rates can give your program a boost and additional visibility in the organization. As the old saying goes, “That which is measured, improves!”

Use manager insight to eliminate the most costly mistakes

Clients often say that the most valuable resource being invested in training is the time of the participants, so it’s vital to focus on the solutions. Focus on the performance gaps that have the biggest impact on the business. Conveniently, managers are one of the best sources of information on these gaps. Start by asking managers three simple questions:

  • What mistakes have you observed?
  • How frequently do those mistakes occur?
  • What’s the business impact of those mistakes?

Define what managers do

What is the manager’s role in the program? The specific actions of managers will vary depending on the program and organization; however, for a manager to be seen as an advocate of a training program, the employees need to see action and evidence before they take it to heart. Make the manager’s role clear and specify what actions are expected throughout the process. Be sure to include tangible work products that are able to be tracked and requires an investment of time and emotion.

Include concrete deliverables

Suggesting that a manager provide mentoring and support may not be enough. As you’ve probably noticed, check-ins and informal conversations often get dropped on the priority list. Consider having a manager provide formal feedback (and document it in your LMS), lead skill-based assessments and create work products that are used as part of the training. By requesting and tracking the feedback, you will foster the kind of partnership between managers and employees that will lead to a successful program.

Provide guidance and support

If you ask managers to actively participate in a training program, you can’t assume they are fully competent in the content being trained. Give them a framework that includes guides and rubrics for assessing performance, feedback forms and, of course, training. Managers should go through the training or at least be briefed on the training their employees will go through. Specific training for their role may also be necessary.  Their training and support are just as critical as that of the primary audience.

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Finally, don’t forget to continuously improve. Circle back to the managers in six months to get their feedback and make the changes accordingly.

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An appraisal is a professional appraiser’s opinion of value. The preparation of an appraisal involves research into appropriate market areas; the assembly and analysis of information pertinent to a property; and the knowledge, experience, and professional judgment of the appraiser. . Appraisals may be required for any type of property, including single-family homes, apartment buildings and condominiums, office buildings, shopping centers, industrial sites, and farms. The reasons for performing a real property appraisal are just as varied. They are usually required whenever real property is sold, mortgaged, taxed, insured, or developed. For example, appraisals are prepared for:

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-       - 15 Hours of Residential Market Analysis and Highest and Best Use

-       - 15 Hours of Residential Appraiser Site Valuation and Cost Approach

-       - 30 Hours of Residential Sales Comparison and Income Approach

-       - 15 Hours of Residential Report Writing and Case Studies

-       - 15 Hours of Statistics, Modeling and Finance

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After wrapping up with ‘Phantom’, director Kabir Khan headed to Delhi to prepare for his next ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’. Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor will be seen playing the lead roles in the film.

The team began shooting on Monday, November 3.

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Salman will be seen romancing Kareena once again after their film ‘BodyGuard’. The film is said to an intense love story.

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There will be no rush to judgment on what the St. Louis Cardinals will do in regards to the contract of Jaime Garcia this offseason.

“It’s probably something that we just need to take the 30-some-odd days that we have here and see what makes the most sense,” General Manager John Mozeliak said at his end of season press conference.

“I’ve not heard a thing,” Garcia said as he packed up after the season finale. “It’d be pretty cool to come back here. I have some great friends here, but I understand it’s a business and whatever they’ve got, I’ll be more than happy.”

Making his most starts(30) and pitching his most innings(171.2) since 2011, Garcia avoided the disabled list but four of his last six starts were 4 innings or less.

“On one side, I was healthy," the lefty said. "It’s the first time I’ve been healthy in a long time, but I know that I’m way better than what I was able to do.

“I believe in myself. Just kind of disappointed that I wasn’t able to help the team here towards the end.”

Mozeliak said his ups and downs made it difficult to pin down the lefty this season.

“I think in Jaime’s case, it was definitely a struggle,” said Mozeliak. “There were nights where he looked like he was a number one or number two starter and there were nights I’m sure the manager wanted to punch me.”

Garcia said he will be ready to pitch next season, wherever that might be.

“Wherever I’m going to be pitching, I’m going to be good and try to do my best," Garcia said, "whether it’s here or somewhere else. Wherever it is that they want me, I’ll be ready.”

Photos: Cardinals Lefty Jaime Garcia

Just so things aren’t misconstrued, Jaime Garcia is not going to be confused for Madison Bumgarner any day soon. That being said, as the Cardinals ponder if they will pick up their option for the left-hander in 2017, here’s a couple of points to consider.

Only five left-handed pitchers in the National League made more than the 30 starts by Garcia in 2016. Bumgarner had 34, followed by Robbie Ray, Gio Gonzalez, and Jon Lester with 32. Brandon Finnegan made 31.

By making 30 starts, Garcia also collected 171.2 innings pitched — which again ranked him sixth behind the same group of southpaws listed above with the most starts.

Durability has certainly been a question in the past and fatigue was a factor at the end of the year, but Garcia did not make one trip to the disabled list in 2016.

Not surprisingly, a closer look at the stats of the NL lefties shows Bumgarner and Lester as the only two with at least 15 wins and to top 200 IP.

Garcia ranks in that second tier of lefties, which topped 170 IP and all but Ray had at least 10 wins. Arizona’s Patrick Corbin was close with 155.2 IP but had only 5 wins.

The next tier of lefties featured six starters ranging from 127-133 IP. Scott Kazmir and Clayton Kershaw were the only two that had double-digit wins.

Gonzalez, who is a year older than Garcia, has a similar contract situation with Washington. Like St. Louis, the Nationals hold a team option of $12 million or can buy out Gonzalez for $500,000. There is also a $12 million vesting option for 2018, if Gio pitches at least 180 innings for Washington in 2017.

The stats can go on and on — good and bad — and certainly the Cardinals are doing their own set of analytics. But the samples above only underline the not so simple answer of what to do with Jaime Garcia.

“As we sat here a year ago, we felt really comfortable with our rotational depth and you saw how quickly that got tested in Spring Training,” Mozeliak said. “There’s not much of a free agent pitching market out there, so if we felt like we were going to come up short at some point, then we’d be better off just securing him. But I think we’re going to need the 30 days to sort through this."

If all goes perfectly to plan, the Cardinals would have Adam Wainwright, Carlos Martinez, Lance Lynn, Mike Leake and Alex Reyes available for the rotation with Marco Gonzales, Luke Weaver, and Tim Cooney providing depth. But as Mozeliak noted, when has a season —especially with pitching — gone according to plan?

Asked if Michael Wacha was still viewed as a starter, “sure” was the answer from Mozeliak, so where he fits also remains to be seen.

Photos: Cardinals starter Michael Wacha

But a healthy offseason for Garcia to train and prepare for an bigger workload in 2017 may be worth the $12 million option. Or it may allow for a trade which can upgrade the team in another area or perhaps there is an implosion and return to the disabled list.

It’s the same dilemma the Cardinals and Garcia have entertained for years; when he is on, he has elite-level stuff, but when he is off, well…everyone knows how that looks too.


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Thank you for all the amazing comments on yesterday’s post, I think that I’ll dedicate a post, hopefully each week and possibly on the same day, to the world beyond my little home. PS. This post isn’t one of them.

Scott and I go to the movies.

Every twenty minutes I lean into him and say: WHAT DID HE SAY?

I think: Oh, that king has a speech impediment.

I’m in the car with the kids and surprisingly, my son is talking about school.

HE’S TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL! And not just what he ate for snack. I think. Because all I hear is WHOOOOOOOSH. And we aren’t in a convertible. Sadly.

E: NO.
E: Nothing.
My daughter pipes in: MUSIC.
My son: RADIO.
Me: I HEARD THAT and you’re just trying to get me to stop yelling.

I think: Maybe our mini-minivan is not well insulated.

I’m guest speaking at a college class on non-profits and social media, and I’m going on about Facebook. (Yes, I love Facebook because it’s a large boat full of EVERYONE including your grandma — mine happens to be an AVID Late Enough reader.)

A woman pipes up during my rant: YOU’RE AWFUL.
I think: That was bold.
I say: Excuse me?
She yells: YOU’RE RIGHT ON.

At which point I stopped asking her to repeat herself.

I might be going deaf, but I’m not going stupid.

When I wrote this post, I told Scott: I’m going to ask my doctor for a hearing test.
Scott: Really?
Me: Yup. I’m having trouble hearing things. Which might explain our miscommunication lately.
Scott: Oh, it does! I’m saying everything RIGHT; you just can’t hear me!

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Alex Iwashyna went from a B.A. in philosophy to an M.D. to a SAHM, poet and writer by 30. She spends most of her writing time on LateEnough.com, a humor blog (except when it's serious) about her husband fighting zombies, awkward attempts at friendship, and dancing like everyone is watching. She also has a soft spot for culture, politics, and rude Southern people who offend her Yankee sensibilities. She parents 2 elementary-aged children, 1 foster baby, 3 cats, and 1 puppy, who are all Southern but not rude. Yet.

22 thoughts to “WHAT DID YOU SAY?”

  1. oh you poor thing. men are supposed to lose their hearing first so you can use that argument on them! plus then they have an excuse when they don’t listen to anything.

  2. Two words – ear wax – Most common cause of hearing loss that I see =) So make sure your doc looks in your ears before referring you for expensive testing!

  3. I appears your husband is a bit of a wise acre.

    Also, can you imagine if that woman had indeed said you were awful? How horrid. Good thing, though, that you are NOT.

  4. I had an awful ear infection and two weeks later all I heard was whooshwhoshwhosh. It was like I was in a pool. But it did go away. ENTs have wonderful little vacuumy thingies to get your ear squeaky clean.

  5. I live with a mumbler. So I can blame our miscommunication on the fact that it takes him 54 times to say something loud enough for me to be able to hear in the first place. 🙂

  6. OMG – I didn’t know Dr. Scott would do this kind of thing! I am so psyched! Next time we bring our son in for his well visit maybe he can clean out my husband’s ears? He is sooooo deaf! JK – I am sure he is just ignoring me 😉

  7. Did you ever see that episode of Seinfeld where George doesn’t have his glasses and he is all legally blind, but can spot a penny across the room? And everyone is all baffled?

    That is me with hearing.

    I have perfect hearing every time I take a hearing test and I can hear students say annoying shit from across the room when everyone is talking.

    But if my husband says something to me? Or we are watching TV? I will hear everything…EVERYTHING wrong.

    this was a novel of a comment.

    just to say, “yup, me too.”

  8. That is the WORST feeling. I suffer from horrific ear infections – there’s a constant clicking in both ears every time I swallow – and those times when I can’t hear I feel like everyone is ganging up on me and whispering.

    Hope you get better

  9. I was having a weird clogged ear thing and I went to the ear doctor positive he was going to pull a golf ball sized piece of wax out of my ear. I was rather excited about it. Sadly, he told me there was no such ball of wax and my hearing was just fine. Then he gave me a nose spray and told me I had allergies that were somehow messing with my ears. I hope your issue is as easily resolved.

  10. It took a huge, out-and-out, knock down drag out fight with hubby to get him to get his hearing tested. $6000 worth of hearing aids later—they sit in the drawer unless he has something “important” to do.

    Which means our conversations are misheard just as often as they were before the fight. Sigh.

  11. You know what? I”m going to hold you to that, please do a weekly post on things happening outside of our world.

    You have THE PERFECT way of making relatable to us, and letting us know the reasons to care.

    We can share this info with our kids. And we can voice our opinion to the ones who think they got it all down.

    Please, do, run a current “why you should care” post.

  12. I have a confession. I started out on your husband’s blog because he is my daughter’s pediatrician. On Saturday, he told me about his website so that I could watch the video on starting babies on food. I haven’t gotten to that video yet.
    There is a mistake on his website. As much as I like him, he has your website next to the statement “He is the husband to a wonderful wife.” I haven’t made it back to his website yet.
    Thank you for the honesty in your writing. Honesty about you and deep dark hurts, honesty about marriage and honesty about God and you with God. My soul is feeling refreshed.
    I also probably now know more about my pediatrician than he ever wanted me to know. 🙂

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We are all faced with a lot of decisions in our lives. Some may be good and some bad, but what makes these decisions turn out to be pros and cons? Why are decisions always difficult? Why couldn't we just have both sides of the decision making and we'd be happy, right? Well, sometimes in our lives we all handle decisions very well and some stress on it. But does the good always outweigh the bad? Can you turn a bad decision into a good one? Hmm, it all depends on the situation you may say. When decision making, do we rely on others to tell us what should we do? Do we go with our hearts? or Do we go with what's best for ourselves? This is me asking you how do you handle decision making? Whether it be school, work, relationship, independency, or etc. I have a huge decision I need to think about. I'm asking should I choose what's in my heart? or should I make the decision based on what will be best for me? Let me know.


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Public gatherings planned nightly through Thursday

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The USD 480 Board of Education will host a regular meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m., but it is clear the big events in the district will take place elsewhere throughout the coming week. Those include four community meetings, the first of which is set for 7 p.m. tonight at the Seward County Activity Center, to finalize details from the voting public about what direction the district’s facility planning should take. More meetings are scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday (at the depot), 6 p.m. Wednesday (at the VFW) and noon Thursday (at the depot again). Following the public meetings, the district’s volunteer Vision Team will make a presentation to the school board at a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

Before the flurry of meetings, however, USD 480’s board members will take care of routine matters at tonight’s meeting. Items on the agenda include various reports, gifts and action items. Chief among them:

• A report from deputy superintendent of schools Renae Hickert, updating the competency-based grading system at Liberal High School. “The LHS school Improvement Team consisting of Luz Riggs, Heather Watt, Michelle Bremenkamp, Shelly Tiedeman, Lori Navarro, Wes Fox, Margaret Porter, Sara Rodriguez and Joni Bolen has come to consensus on the ‘important things’ regarding the grading framework,” Hickert reported. The team analyzed data gathered from staff and students, and presented the findings to the LHS faculty last Friday. The recommendations include setting a 20 percent grade weight on formatives, also called homework, daily assignments and so on; giving teachers discretion about how to offer test retakes; agreeing on consistent finals for different sessions of the same class; optional participation in competency-based grading by teachers for the coming spring semester.

• Details about “That” Liberal Band’s proposed trip to Orlando, Fla., May 24 to June 1.

• Information from director of auxiliary services Robert Burkey about the district’s participation in the “School Violence Awareness and Active Shooter” seminar conducted in November in Dodge City.

• Possible acceptance of a $3,650 grant from the Midwest Dairy Council, focused on offering a “second chance breakfast” at LHS partway through the morning’s classes, in order to increase breakfast participation at the school.

• Final approval of a resolution to refinance already-existing bonds held by the district.

• A report from director of federal services Sheri King, updating information about the district’s afterschool programs and a recently-completed kindergarten survey. “During the fall 2013 parent/teacher conferences, each elementary site administered a survey regarding previous preschool attendance and location,” King stated in her report. “Based on this year’s data, 20 percent of our kindergarten students did not attend a preschool program prior to Kindergarten.” The questions of whether or not to expand district preschool services, and whether or not to add all-day kindergarten to the elementary school program, are part of the district’s ongoing community input meetings.

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God's Love Stories -- Lenten edition

Apparently, not seeking your approval means never posting on my blog. Actually, it means that it's been a super-busy month where if I'm not working I've been playing with art, thanks to LifeBook 2015, or busy with the lead-up to Holy Week/Easter as Chair of the Worship Ministry.

Here are the stories, blog posts, and otherwise, that I've read over the past month or so and are worthy of keeping track of in some form (for me) and may be of interest to you. (Sad to say, I also lost a bunch when our WiFi went haywire.)

And then you may or may not have heard about the Catholic cathedral in San Francisco and how they were dealing with the homeless taking shelter there by intentionally drenching them with water. The diocese turned it off the next day. Here are two ways churches are doing a better job dealing with the homeless:
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  1. That article on loneliness leading to addiction makes SO much sense! Especially as someone who struggles with loneliness and odd, completely legal addictions like internet trivia games. It's all about trying to distract oneself from the need for community.

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29002 Harmons Hill Rd, Millsboro, DE 19966

MLS Number: 707569

54.46 Acres Of Prime Development Land. Sewer And Water Connections Available. Wooded Backdrop, All Clear Land, Branch And Creek On One Side Of The Property. Developments All Around This Property. $300,000 Homes Are Being Built Across The Street In "independence"; 28 Homes Were Built And Sold In The Last Year. Call Me To View All Pertinent Information About This Property. Parcels Included In This Sale: 234-16.00-25.00(42.46ac),234-16.00-25.03 (3 Ac), 234-16.00-25.04 (3ac), 234-16.00-25.05 (3 Ac), 234-16.00-25.06 (3 Ac). (all Acreage And Frontage Measurements Are Approximate)

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32551 River Road, Millsboro, DE 19966

MLS Number: 725138

Investor Alert - 3.25 +/- Acres Currently A 40 Unit Mobile Home Park With Sewer. Located Across From Serendipity Restaurant In Oak Orchard.

Millsboro, DE Real Estate Listing for 31816 Indian Mission

31816 Indian Mission, Millsboro, DE 19966

MLS Number: 718981

Possible Commercial Opportunity In Thriving Business Area Of Long Neck. 1.96+/- Acres At The Busy Intersection Of Rte 24 & Rte 5. Take Advantage Of This Prominent Location With Maximum Visibility On This Corner Parcel. Currently Zoned Ar1.

Millsboro, DE Real Estate Listing for 24735 Nine Foot

24735 Nine Foot, Millsboro, DE 19966

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Four House Poultry Farm On 35.62 Acres. 2 Houses (66 X 600) Built In 2009 And 2 Houses (67 X 560) Built In 2010. One Manure Shed (122 X 70) Built In 2010 Connected With 88' Composter. One Older Manure Shed (88 X 60) Built In 1991. Poultry Operation Is Currently Inactive. Additional Improvements Include 2,500 Sqft Farmhouse.

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Investor Alert! This Listing Is Producing Income Now! Year Round! The Listing Includes 340 Main Street, Also Known As River Watch! A Complex With Five Apartment Units & Property Located At 332 Main Street, Millsboro Offers Multiply Rooms Which Are Fully Rented And 4 Rented Units In The Garage.

Millsboro, DE Real Estate Listing for 28119 Rosedale

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Property For Sale Is Confined To The Land On The East Side Of Rosedale Road, Comprising Of Approximately 29 +/- Acres, Which Is Located Approximately 1/2 Mile To The Indian River Bay And 3 Miles To Boat Ramps. Adjacent To Warwick Park On Rosedale Road And Route 24 East. There Is A Small Wooded Area Which Provides A Natural Buffer At The South End Where A Farmhouse Has Been Properly Removed From The Site.

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Hi How are you I am writing a late condolence. I give my condolences to his family. I loved his movies etc. I will miss him. He seemed like a nice guy. Take care bye.

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Brilliant actor. Never forgotten, Rest in Peace sir.

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I haveloved everything you have done, since the first time I saw you. I was shocked and saddened when I finaly saw Mockingjay Part 1 and at the end there was a memorium to you. I rarely watch or read the news because it's too depressing.I missed your passing by a while. I will miss your wonderful face. I thank you for the unforgetable entertainment.

I didn't know Phil except through his phenomenal work. He was and is my favourite actor. I think of him often. His expressive physicality and range as an actor were breathtaking. As we approach the first anniversary of his utterly tragic death, he will never be forgotten. I hope that his children and partner will treasure the happy memories they have of him- he always seemed like a wonderful and caring Dad. Much love and light to you

What a profound effect the passing of Philip Seymour Hoffman has had on so many people whether you knew him or not the effect seems to be the same. A great loss to the Art of Acting and the family and friends he left behind. For someone who tried so hard to keep his family life private, his death caused the world to see the beautiful family suffering the loss of their Dad and Partner.

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October 12, 1981 ~ February 6, 2017 (age 35)

Nicholas Nebzydoski, 35, of Union Dale, died Monday morning at Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, after a courageous battle with cancer.  His wife is Kristin Woodmansee Nebzydoski.
Born October 12, 1981 in Carbondale, he is the son of Thomas and Sharon Chicosky Nebzydoski of Pleasant Mount.  Nick was a graduate of Forest City Regional High School and Pennsylvania College of Technology.  He was the owner of Neb Fence Inc. Nick was an avid collector of almost anything, could fix almost everything, and loved to find a good  deal.  Nick loved helping others and touched so many lives.  He enjoyed hunting, fishing, anything outdoors, and spending time with family and friends.  He most of all loved his daughter Gwyn.  He was a wonderful father, husband, son, brother, cousin and friend and will be deeply missed by everyone.
In addition to his wife, Kristin, and daughter, Gwyneth, he is also survived by a sister, Melissa Chiarelli and her husband Mike, of Perkasie, his parents, grandmother, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
A viewing will be held Friday, February 10, 2017, from 4 - 8 PM at the Kevin M. Lesjack Funeral Home, 513 Main Street, Forest City.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, February 11, 2017, at St. James Church in Pleasant Mount. Friends are asked to go directly to church.  Interment will follow at St. James Cemetery in Pleasant Mount.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made in Nick's name to the Nebzydoski - White Memorial Scholarship Fund to benefit local 4-H members or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Charitable donations may be made to:

Nebzydoski-White 4-H Junior Livestock Scholarship Fund; c/o Rosalind Williams, Secretary
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Chestnut Mushroom Soup

Cholent Jazzed up: Chestnut Mushroom Soup Recipe

Chestnut Mushroom Soup sounds a lot more refined than cholent, doesn’t it?

And yet, that’s pretty much all it is!

This shabbos looked like it was going to be another unseasonably chilly day, soup weather. And I had several non-meat eaters coming for lunch. So I made fish for main course, but decided I would make a soup for first course. The result was out of this world, and is hardly a recipe, just thinking out of the box. The idea was to make something exciting without any meat product, and to use a short selection of grains and veggies that will stand up to the long cooking time.

There’s plenty of room for you to improvise as well.

Just as long as you don’t ruin it with onion or garlic powder, or all those powders mysteriously, euphemistically and deceivingly called broth, bouillon, consommé and whatnot. Here’s what I threw in my crock pot, which I plugged minutes before candle lighting. Medium-low temperature. This Mushroom Chestnut soup was honestly one of the best soups I ever tasted, so you might even want to do what I did on any old week night dinner as well: throw everything in the crock pot in the morning, plug it and forget it, then enjoy a fabulous soup at dinner time.

Black barley or black rice impart a rich dark shade

They hold their shape during the long cooking, and are easy on your digestion. I even use them in rice puddings and salads. You will have no trouble finding either grain in health food stores.

Just before serving, adjust the texture if necessary with a little hot water, and add a little salt and pepper if the soup needs it.

  • 1 1/2 cups black barley or black rice (also called forbidden rice)
  • 3 bags (1 pound total) vacuum-packed roasted chestnuts, crumbled
  • 3 leeks, sliced
  • 1 1/2 pounds shiitake mushrooms, caps only, sliced
  • 3 large potatoes, diced
  • 1 dozen pitted dates, sliced
  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • 2 cups sake (liquor stores)
  • salt to taste
  • 1 tablespoon turmeric
  • 2 good pinches saffron
  • 1 sprig rosemary
  • 1 sprig tarragon
  • 4-5 bay leaves, or 1 teaspoon ground
  • 12 cups (3 quarts) water
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Ear Surgery (Otoplasty) in Chicago

When it comes to the specialized architecture of the ears, plastic surgeons are the experts in pinning back ears that project too much and/or reshaping ears that are irregular in shape. Children who are born with prominent ears that "stick out" too much may be candidates for ear surgery, also known as otoplasty, from Chicago plastic surgeon Dr. Paul Steinwald. As stated in one of the plastic surgery texts, "playmates may invoke names from an ample inventory of cartoon characters and animal species to undermine the child's confidence" (Furnas), and therefore normalization of these irregularities can help prevent years of ridicule at a developmentally sensitive time.

Meet Dr. Steinwald

Paul M. Steinwald, M.D. is one of the few plastic surgeons in Chicago who is double-board certified in both plastic and general surgery. Read On

Chicago-area otoplasty is often performed under general anesthesia as an overnight procedure. Incisions are usually hidden on the back side of the ear, through which excessive cartilage can be excised, folds can be formed by specialized permanent sutures, and/or the "bowl" of the ear can be "pinned back" to the scalp. The patient usually wears a compressive dressing for several days, and then a headband (especially at night) for several weeks, as necessary. These procedures are also available for adults, although in our experience insurance companies rarely cover otoplasty beyond the childhood years.

Dr. Steinwald also performs many other types of external ear surgery for Illinois patients utilizing plastic surgery techniques, including repair of completely or incompletely split earlobes from earring trauma, wedge excisions of malignant skin lesions with complex repair or reconstruction, and drainage of blood or fluid collections from shear forces (i.e. "wrestler's ear"). Otoplasty is just one example of the many types of Chicago facial plastic surgery we perform.

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Abbot, G.F. (1906), Through India with the Prince, London: Edward Arnold.

Battersby, H.F. (1906), India under Royal eyes, London: George Allen.

Johnston & Hoffmann (1906), Royal tour souvenir album. India 1905-1906, London: Cassell & Company.

Low, S. (1906), A vision of India as seen during the tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales, London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Pope-Hennessy, J. (1987), Queen Mary, 1867-1953, London: Unwin Paperbacks.

Reed, S. (1906), The Royal tour in India: a record of the tour of T.R.H. The Prince of Wales in India and Burma, from November 1905 to March 1906, Bombay: Bennett, Coleman & Co.

Warwick, C. (1989), Queen Mary's photograph albums, London: Sidgwick & Jackson.

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Friday, December 30, 2011

Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos

After accidentally firing the rifle his father took from a Japanese soldier, Jack is in trouble. Then, when he mows down his mother's corn that she was growing to help feed senior citizens, Jack is grounded for the rest of the summer, even though his father is the one who told him to do it. Stuck at home and forced to help his dad dig a bomb shelter, Jack is feeling stir crazy. So he is only too happy to help out Mrs. Volker when she needs someone to type up obituaries for the old women who seem to be dying suddenly all over town. Mrs. Volker even promises to help Jack stop the nosebleeds that plague him whenever he even thinks about something scary or gruesome. She proposes to cauterize the inside of his nose at her house even though she can barely move her hands due to the crippling arthritis in her hands. As the summer goes on Jack learns more about history and his town which was started by Eleanor Roosevelt to help poor people get a leg up. He also comes to appreciate some of the odd characters around town even when it seems like he ought to be suspicious as more and more people seem to be dying. This book is obviously partly autobiographical since the main character is named Jack Gantos. It is a nicely written slice of life story in a small, interesting town but I'm left wondering exactly what is the point? It seemed like things ended with a few loose ends. What happened to the harassment by the Hell's Angels? Did the town die out, as seemed to be happening? (Actually, I looked up the real history of Norvelt so I know the answer to that but it's not answered in the story) Did Jack's family move to Florida? Just felt like it went in too many odd directions to me.

Darth Paper Strikes Back by Tom Anglelberger

This sequel to The Strange Case of Origami Yoda finds Tommy writing another case file, this time to defend his friend Dwight who has been accused to disrupting school with his finger puppet. Harvey, who has always been skeptical of origami Yoda's powers, comes to seventh grade with a Darth Vader finger puppet and is determined to prove that origami Yoda is not real. After Yoda makes a prediction that seems to be threatening, the principal threatens to expel Dwight and Tommy and Yoda's supporters must show that origami Yoda only helps others at the school. This book is cute but it didn't grab me as much as Origami Yoda. I'm not sure if that's because it's actually not as good, or if it's because the idea isn't as fresh now. Also, the way everything worked out seemed a bit too good to be true for me.

Island's End by Padma Venkatraman

Uido lives on an isolated island with the forty families who make up her tribe. She has dreams of visiting the Otherworld and talking to the goddess who lives there but she has only shared those dreams with her good friend Danna and the tribe's spiritual leader. She is honored and surprised when she is chosen to become the next spiritual leader for her tribe and sets off for months of difficult training. While most of her tribe is happy and accepting of Uido's new role, her older brother is jealous and skeptical. Uido's decisions are questioned further because she does not welcome the strangers who visit their island bearing gifts that seem helpful. Although she feels that she is right to be distrustful of the strangers, she finds that she has to rely on them when her younger brother falls sick and his spirit wanders over the ocean to the strangers' land. This story was inspired by real life tribes who are living in a primitive way even today. The author drew on the stories she heard of how several of these tribes knew about the tsunami that devastated civilized countries on the Indian Ocean.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Fetching by Kiera Stewart

Olivia and her friends are constantly made fun of by the popular kids at school. Most recently, Olivia was humiliated when they put ketchup on her pants making it appear that she had an accident. After being forced to wear horrible granny pants given to her by the school nurse, Olivia resolves to find a way to stop the bullying. Seeing how well some techniques work on the dogs she helps to train, Olivia decides to try the same techniques on her classmates. She and her friends begin acting like alpha dogs, ignoring bad behavior, distracting their bullies, and rewarding good behavior. Before long they begin to see some results and are soon surrounded by more friends than they could have ever imagined. Even the biggest bully, Brynne, seems to be coming around, especially after they train her friends to ignore her. Although everything seems to be going her way Olivia finds that she is not as happy as she had thought she would be. I love the premise of this book and enjoyed it overall but I wish that Olivia and her friends had jumpstarted their training techniques just a little earlier into the book. I was also sad that Olivia had such a falling out with her close friends because I imagined that they would never be able to completely get over that. But that's probably just me.

Monday, December 19, 2011

The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler

Josh gives Emma a CD-ROM so she can load AOL on her new computer in 1996. When AOL finally loads and she gets online, Emma finds herself looking at a strange page called "Facebook" with a picture of someone who looks like an older version of her. She calls Josh over and eventually they decide that they are actually looking at their lives 15 years in the future. Josh is happily surprised to see that he is married to one of the most beautiful, popular girls in school. Armed with the knowledge that he will marry her in the future, he begins feeling more confident now and has soon attracted lots of attention from all sorts of girls. Emma's posts, however, indicate that she is in an unhappy marriage and not doing well at work either. She decides to take her future into her own hands and begins making changes now that ripple into the future. But each time she eliminates one possible future, something equally unattractive seems to happen. What's more, she has found out something about her best friend's future and is unsure about what to do with that information. I felt that this book was not a masterpiece and yet I keep thinking about it - something that I really love when it comes to a story! It presents an unusual twist on time travel as well as some subtle jabs at the all-consumingness of Facebook. I think it will be popular and spark some good discussion.

Saving Audie: A Pit Bull Puppy Gets a Second Chance by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent

Audie is a puppy rescued from Michael Vick's dog fighting ring. Although 40 dogs were rescued from the fighting ring, they still faced struggles. Most of them were scheduled to be euthanized because people believed that they would be too dangerous to ever be pets. But after a pit bull rescue group stepped in the dogs were tested and all but one of them was able to be rehabilitated. Audie is one of the dogs who was saved. This is his story from his life at the dog fighting kennels to his new life with the family who loves him. I liked the book and am, of course, thrilled that Audie is doing so well but the overall story seemed a bit slight to me. I wanted more details and lots more bashing of Michael Vick!

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

13 Gifts by Wendy Mass

After pulling a dumb prank to impress some kids at school Tara is suspended for the rest of the school year. Her parents have plans to travel to Madagascar so they send her to their hometown of Willow Falls to stay with her aunt, uncle and cousin. Although she generally avoids other people Tara soon finds herself with a group of friends and social engagements. Unfortunately, she has no money since all of hers was stolen on the train. In order to get some spending money Tara makes a deal with the mysterious Angelina who runs a collectables shop. Angelina gives Tara a list of 13 items to find in exchange for the money she needs as well as a promise not to tell anyone about something Tara has done. Tara sets to work trying to find the items with the help of her new friends but it seems that Angelina has made deals with many people in town, not just Tara. I enjoyed this book as I was reading it and was curious to find out what connected each of the items on the list as well as trying to figure out what was going on with some of the other people in town. But after finishing it I don't think I liked it nearly as much as I thought. It seems like the book is going everywhere at the same time. Some of the many, many things happening in the book include: the items themselves, the reason Angelina has had Tara collect the items, the thing Tara has done that opens her up to blackmail, her cousin's secret ability, her mother's reason for acting so strangely, the celebrity coming to town, David's bar mitzvah and his feelings about that, etc., etc., etc.

Monday, December 12, 2011

Eight Keys by Suzanne LaFleur

Elise and Franklin have been best friends their entire lives. They spend their time playing Knights, making ice cream with Elise's aunt Bessie, building things with her uncle, and investigating life under Franklin's microscope. When the two friends start 6th grade, however, Elise quickly learns that "playing" is something only babies do and that she doesn't fit in with a middle school crowd. Bullied mercilessly by her locker mate and unable to get help from a teacher, Elise falls behind in school and begins distancing herself from Franklin. On her 12th birthday she finds a key with her name on it that opens one of eight locked doors in her uncle's barn/workshop. What she finds is a room left for her by her father with an important message about living her life. Now, she just needs to find the other seven keys... This is a smallish but touching book about friendship, coming to terms with who you are and making choices that might affect the rest of your life. I liked it when I was finished, but I'm finding that I like it even more the more I reflect upon it.

They Called Themselves the K.K.K. by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

The Ku Klux Klan arose after the Civil War and quickly became a terrorist organization spreading fear and hatred throughout the United States. This book traces the entire history of the KKK from its beginning as a "social club" to the modern day. Details about the founders and other members are given. Raids are described in enough detail to give the reader chills while imagining what it would be like to live through the terror. The book is well-researched and presents a number of people giving personal accounts about the impact of the KKK on their lives. Although I thought the book was well done, it didn't grab me as much as Bartoletti's book about the Hitler Youth.

The Grave Robber's Secret by Anna Myers

Robby is horrified when his alcoholic father forces him to take a dead body from its grave but he is fascinated by the doctor who uses it to learn more about treating people. Robby vows never to grave rob again and luckily, he doesn't have to when a man and his daughter come to rent two rooms from Robby's family. Robby is unsure of what to make of their new renter, Mr. Burke. He is kind and loving towards his daughter Martha but deliberately trips Robby with his cane. And although he has lots of money, he won't talk about what he does for a living. He also seems to have a mysterious hold over Robby's father. Robby tries to put everything out of his mind and focus on his new job working at the hospital helping out the doctors there, but when he hears his father and Mr. Burke bringing someone into the house late at night he has to investigate. He finds that they are up to something worse than he had imagined. This book was all over the place and the crimes of the two fathers seemed unrealistic as well as the results of the trials. Just blah.

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

"It is the first day of November and so, today, someone will die." A great first line opens this fantasy about meat-eating, wild water horses and the people on a small island who attempt to train and race them once each year. Sean Kendrick has a special way with the capaill uisce and has won the race on his horse for the last four years. He works for the richest man in town training other horses both magical and ordinary. His dream is to buy his horse Corr but his boss knows that he can't afford to let Sean go. Sean is further tormented by his boss's son, a mean-spirited, jealous man who would do anything to see Sean fail. Meanwhile, Kate Connelly decides that the only chance she has to keep her older brother on the island and their ragged family intact is to ride in the races herself even though no women have ever entered the race. Terrified of the capaill uisce, she decides to ride her horse Dove against the water horses. This book has a lot to think about and presents what I think is a very realistic vision of life on a small island that relies on tourism. All the characters are shown with depth and flaws and the relationship between Sean and Kate builds slowly. I know that it is well-written and will probably be popular with teens, but I didn't enjoy it myself. The pace was entirely too slow and the seemingly unending deaths made for a looooonnnnng read for me. Reminds me a bit of something about small town life in Maine by Stephen King in terms of how the atmosphere of life on the island is explored in detail.

Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

Esperanza lives a privileged life on her family's ranch in Mexico. She receives many presents on her birthday, has beautiful dresses to wear, is waited on my servants, and is doted on by her loving parents. But her life changes drastically when her father is killed by bandits. When her uncle tries to blackmail her mother in marrying him in order to maintain their lifestyle, Esperanza and her mother flee their home and travel to America to start over. They end up in a farming camp and Esperanza has to work for the first time in her life even though she doesn't know how to do something as simple as sweep a floor. Slowly, Esperanza begins to adjust to her new life and becomes aware of just how lucky she is, especially compared to some of the people around her. This is a good story from Ryan about hope and overcoming obstacles. Esperanza is spoiled but likeable and her trials and growth seem realistic. There are also many things to learn about this time period but they are not presented in a heavy-handed way. For instance, I had never heard of Valley Fever nor was I aware of the extent of forced returns to Mexico.

The Wikkeling by Steven Arntson

Henrietta lives in a society where everything is determined for you and children are protected from the simplest things. When they exercise in school, they do one jumping jack to keep themselves from overexerting. Their entire day at school is spent answering questions on a computer in order to prepare for the tests which determine whether you get to move on or become a garbage collector. Henrietta is not very good at school and she also suffers from terrible headaches on occasion which her parents believe are caused by the fact that they live in an old house with wood rather than a new synthetic one. Things change for Henrietta with three different events. First, her grandfather shows her an old book - printed on paper! - full of unusual animals. Shortly after receiving the book, Henrietta discovers that a wild house cat has moved into her attic. Finally, she makes two new friends who also suffer from headaches. Together, they determine that their headaches are actually caused by a strange creature called the Wikkeling, which only they can see. This is a creepy book but not the good kind of creepy. It also just crawls along reveling in the strangeness of society without really expounding on what exactly is happening. Too many happenings in too many directions for me.

Queen of Hearts by Martha Brooks

Marie Clare lives on a farm in Canada during World War II. When she begins to feel run down she is surprised to learn that she has developed tuberculosis, along with her younger brother and sister. The three are sent to a nearby sanatorium where they can try to get well. Marie Clare is separated from her siblings but makes a new friend in Signy, who has been chasing the cure for years but still seems frail. Together, they endure treatments such as having their lungs collapsed, ribs removed and spending all night outside in the below zero air. Despite her difficulties and a horrible tragedy, Marie Clare learns that her life still goes on and that it might even lead to love in an unexpected place. This book was fine but it didn't move me much although historical fiction is often not my thing. Unlike other historical fiction pieces, however, this one told its story without blatantly teaching you a lesson. The story was the main focus with a background of the TB sanatoriums and the treatments that were actually employed at the time.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein by Kenneth Oppel

In this book Kenneth Oppel imagines what Dr. Frankenstein might have been like as a teen and what might have begun his journey down the path to creating his monster. Victor feels that he is inferior to his twin brother Konrad in many ways even though he loves Konrad more than anyone else in the world. Driven by his competitive nature to try to best Konrad - as well as trying to impress their cousin Elizabeth - Victor takes risks including exploring a secret passageway that leads to a library full of occult books. Although their father forbids the boys and Elizabeth from entering the dark library ever again, Victor returns when Konrad falls ill with a life-threatening sickness. Victor finds a recipe for the Elixer of Life and believes that if he could just make the elixer, he would save Konrad and get all the glory for himself. Victor, Elizabeth and their friend Henry get help from Julius Polidari, a man who is known to have worked on mysterious potions in the past. The three friends embark on a series of increasingly dangerous quests to find the necessary ingredients to save Konrad. I have never read Frankenstein so I was not troubled by any discrepencies between this story and that one. This book was adventuresome, mysterious and thoughtful. Is Victor a good guy or a bad one? It's a hard question to answer and by giving us a look into his thought process Oppel let's you see how a person can make some decisions that lead to some bad consequences.

Addie on the Inside by James Howe

Addie is the only girl in a group of misfits (see The Misfits, also by Howe). Addie doesn't fit in because she is tall, smart and outspoken. In this book she is in seventh grade and finds herself questioning herself and the other girls around her. Why do they seem to act dumber when boys are around? Why do people roll their eyes when she raises her hand in class? Why does her boyfriend seem to get annoyed when she stands up for things she believes in? I loved, loved, loved this book! Having read The Misfits, which I also loved, I was actually hoping that there would be more of a gay theme to this one (even though Joe also has his own book). Gay issues are addressed but since this is Addie's story that was not the main theme. But I was very happily surprised to find that this book is a strong feminist piece instead. It is written in free verse which I usually hate because the kids hate it, but I still loved the book. That's how good it is!

The Girl is Murder by Kathryn Miller Haines

Iris and her private eye father have just moved into a house in a much poorer section of New York than where they lived before. Her pop has just returned from World War II with an amputated leg which is making his detective work more difficult. Iris misses her privileged life and private school uptown and finds that she is an outsider at her new school. When the only boy who was nice to her goes missing, his parents hire her dad to find him. Iris decides to start her own investigation at school and soon finds herself making friends with the cool group, sneaking looks at school records and dancing the night away at the Savoy. The more she discovers, the less sure Iris is about who to trust, including her best friend from her former life. This is a great, realistic mystery with lots of shady characters. I enjoyed the historical setting but I think that some of the lingo of that time period might be confusing for teen readers. I especially liked the character of Suze and the nastiness of someone she thought was a friend (but I can't say who since that would give away too much!)

Fantasy Baseball by Alan Gratz

Alex believes he must be dreaming when he finds himself playing baseball with Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. His team includes a flying monkey, a tin man and a scarecrow, among others. Although Alex is sure it's all a dream, Dorothy tells him that he is a Lark - the daydream of a real person who wishes he was a great baseball player. Whatever he is, Alex becomes the star of the Cyclones helping them win against teams filled with many other storybook characters. He runs into trouble, however, when he humiliates the Big Bad Wolf in front of a stadium full of onlookers. With a price on his head and a growing sense that Dorothy might be right and that his time with the Cyclones is limited, Alex has to find a way to save himself and convince his team that they are as good as anyone else. An interesting book about being "real" no matter who you are. I gave it to a friend who is a huge baseball fan to get her opinion since I'm not into sports books but I haven't heard from her yet...

Alice in Time by Penelope Bush

14-year-old Alice feels that she has a terrible life. She lives with her mom whom she blames for her parents' divorce seven years before. She fights almost constantly with her mom and is scheming to move in with her dad now that he has remarried. She also has a crush on the new cute boy at school but doesn't know what to do when she finds out his sister is the girl who constantly picks on Alice. The icing on the cake comes when Alice's best - and only - friend tells her that she wants to attend a private art school next year. After being humiliated at a party Alice goes to a local park and twirls around and around on the merry go round until she is thrown off. When she wakes up she finds that she is her seven-year-old self again. Her parents are still married and she is still best friends with the girl who torments her as a teen. With this opportunity to affect her future, Alice makes a list of the things she wants to change including saving her parents' marriage, keeping her cat from being killed, turning the tables on the girl who picks on her later, and doing what she can to keep her grandmother from getting sick. But Alice finds that changing the future isn't as easy as she thinks and that the circumstances of her life aren't exactly as she has remembered. I thought it took too long to get to the point where Alice travels back to being seven but once there the book was intriguing. Some of Alice's revelations were obvious to me but mabye that's part of the fun since we can see things that she can't. And isn't that probably the truth in our own lives - that we "remember" the past as we want to see it, not necessarily as it actually was?

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Me & Jack by Danette Haworth

Joshua moves a lot since his dad is an Air Force recruiter. When they move into their new home his dad surprises him by letting Joshua adopt a dog from the pound. Joshua feels an immediate bond with an odd-looking, large red dog with pointed ears. After deciding to name his new dog Jack, Joshua sets out to meet some new people. While wandering around town with Jack he meets Ray and Prater. Ray takes a liking to Jack but Prater is immediately mean to both Joshua and his dog. When some trash cans are knocked over and some small animals are killed, people in town begin to believe that Jack is the culprit. Joshua feels certain that his dog couldn't be to blame and is determined to find out what's really happening. Joshua's dad is facing problems of his own since he is recruiting boys to serve in the military and many people don't support the Vietnam war. This book kept me interested throughout but when I finished it I sort of felt "blah" about it. I think that the bulk of the book was better than the somewhat quick resolution.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Warrior Sheep Go West by Christopher Russell

The warrior sheep are just five regular sheep living on a farm in England. When they think they have received a threatening message from Red Tongue they believe it is up to them to save all of sheepdom from the monster. Before you know it they have managed to get themselves on a flight to the American west where they hope to find Red Tongue and defeat him. The warrior sheep are silly, to be sure, but actually not as silly as I had hoped. I thought this book would be a lol-riot but it was more odd and contrived. Of course it was contrived - it's a book about sheep saving the world - but even the silliness didn't flow for me. And the rapper sheep really left me cold.

TimeRiders by Alex Scarrow

Liam is onboard the Titanic minutes before it will sink to the bottom of the Atlantic when a strange man appears out of nowhere and offers him a chance to live by becoming a TimeRider. Liam accepts and becomes part of a team with Maddy and Sal, two other people rescued from untimely deaths. Since time travel has been successfully invented the TimeRiders are tasked with keeping history intact from people who would try to change the past. The three teens are given the job of living the same two days over and over again while watching out for changes. They are joined by Bob, a robot in a human body. When the team notices a slight change Liam and Bob travel back in time to investigate and find themselves trapped there. Meanwhile, the future becomes worse and worse as changes are made by the man who has sent himself back for exactly that purpose. I really enjoyed this book! It had a lot of depth for a light read. And while time travel stories can be confusing, this one did a nice job of keeping things pretty clear. The change in motivations seemed believable and the horror of the resulting future was palpable. I highly recommend it for something fun but not meaningless.

The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett

Tomas, his younger brother Andrej and their baby sister are the only survivors of a Nazi raid on their home of Gypsies. They have been on the run ever since struggling to stay alive. One night they enter a small zoo and find that they can talk to all the animals living there. The animals have also been struggling to survive since their caretakers have been driven off. The children and animals share their experiences with the war and gradually come to appreciate each other. As the children overcome their fear of the animals they try to find a way to set them free but it seems to be an impossible task. I was hoping for a book full of animal love but this one is much more serious and the animals are less friendly and helpful than I had imagined. I think the distrust is more "realistic" but less fun. However, the message of the book sinks in slowly as you are reading which makes a more lasting impact. The dreamy sequence at the end of the story didn't do anything for me either but I think that's typical of the author from what I've read by her.

The Project by Brian Falkner

Luke and Tommy believe that their English teacher has assigned them the most boring book in the universe to read so they decide to play a prank instead. When they are caught their principal make them a deal - prove that the book is the most boring in the world or face punishment. When they begin to investigate they find that a title named Leonardo's River has been described as so boring that the printer couldn't even keep awake while making it. The book has been missing for over a hundred years and an eccentric man has offered to pay millions of dollars for a copy of the book. While helping to clean out the basement of the local library during a flood, the boys see a copy of Leonardo's River and make plans to steal it. Unfortunately for them, they are not the only ones who are trying to get the book and the other people are willing to do anything to get it before Luke and Tommy. Like Falkner's other books, this one has lots of action and complicated schemes driving the bad guys. People who have enjoyed his other titles will also enjoy this one.

Monday, December 5, 2011

The Auslander by Paul Dowswell

When Peter's parents are killed during World War II he is sent to an orphanage in Poland. But even though Peter is Polish, he looks just like the Aryan boys on the Nazi posters with blonde hair and blue eyes. The Nazis decide to integrate him into their society and Peter is adopted by a German family. At first Peter is happy that he has been rescued from the orphanage and is living with such an important family - his new "father" is a high-ranking scientist. Before long, however, Peter begins to question the Nazi techniques as well as their ethics. But Peter has also learned that is is very dangerous to say anything bad about the Nazis and that you can't trust anyone. This book accurately portrays the climate of fear in Germany during World War II and presents some atrocities not normally shown such as the experiments on children and the disabled. Although those sections were interesting I found that the book moved slowly overall so I have my doubts about whether students would keep reading.


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