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Category: names from children's books
Look at our bookshelves!
One, two three…
How many Seuss books
Do I see?
How can it be that our family owns only eight of his classics, not counting poetry within other children's anthologies or the duplicate, dog-eared copies of The Cat in The Hat? He wrote 40+ books in his lifetime, and the work of Theodor Seuss Geisel is ingrained in the English lexicon. Still, we take Dr. Seuss' contributions for granted 'ever so muchly' that most of us pronounce his name incorrectly. Geisel's mother's German maiden name Seuss actually rhymes with "voice", not "use" (as in, "the Simplest Seuss for youngest use"). It's rumored that he didn't mind, due to the sound-alike quality of 'Seuss' to children's author Mother Goose. In any case, the ultimate Seuss-ism could be naming one's child in homage to him. Here is a nearly-exhaustive list of Seuss names…
They snap, crackle, and pop—which is one reason why alliterative names are so widely used for the characters in children's stories—from nursery rhymes like 'Wee Willie Winkie' to picture books like Mike Mulligan's Steam Shovel to Young Adult book characters like Harry Potter's Luna Lovegood.
Here, the distinguished name scholars Don and Alleen Nilsen present some of the many examples of alliteration, consonance, rhyming and other wordplay they have found in the names of kid-lit characters.
We were just pondering The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss, Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny by Beatrix Potter, Peter Pan by James Barrie, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, and Maniac McGee by Jerry Spinelli and we were wondering how often authors repeat the sounds of their vowels and consonants in their character names.
We soon thought about Lewis Carroll's Pig and Pepper, his Frog and the Footman, and his Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and this led our thoughts to The White Knight and Humpty Dumpty two more characters from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Then we thought of a set of characters in Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth that includes The Duke of Definition, the Minister of Meaning, the Earl of Essence, and the Count of Connotation.
The protagonist in Yann Martel's The Life of Pi is Piscine Patel. His name is shortened to Pi Patel, and he has to explain to people that pi is 3.14 as he draws a large circle and slices it in two with a diameter to evoke a basic lesson of geometry.
In Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, there is a John-John. In Cynthia Kadohata's Weedflower there is a Takao who goes by the nickname of "Tak-Tak." In Robert Cormier's After the First Death there is a General named Mark Marchand, and in his The Chocolate War, there is Larry LaSalle who changes his name to "Lieutenant Laurence LaSalle" when he becomes famous. In Polly Horvath's The Canning Season, there is a character named Aunt Pen Pen, and one named Ratchet Ratchet Clark.
In Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, the only girl in the Salamander Army is named Petra Arkanian, but she is called Baby Butt and Petra the Poet by her friends and in the Lemony Snicket books, two of the guardians of the Baudelaire children are named Montgomery Montgomery, and Dewey Denouement.
We are honored to have as today's guest bloggers Don and Alleen Nilsen, recent co-chairmen of the prestigious American Name Society, writing about the clever use of literary allusions in the thirteen Lemony Snicket books.
As long-distance grandparents, we are constantly on the lookout for books that we can enjoy listening to on CDs while we commute to work and can then forward to our children to enjoy with their children while they make their own commutes. Daniel Handler's thirteen Lemony Snicket books have been the all-time winners in this category, and one of the reasons is Handler's skill in recycling the names of literary or pop culture figures to make playful allusions.
Humor scholars use the term Wabbit literacy (from "that wascally wabbit" in the Bugs Bunny cartoons) to describe the flip-flop process in which children become acquainted with the names of classical figures through pop culture allusions prior to meeting the same names in "the original." The Lemony Snicket books are a superb illustration of this process as children meet Dr. Georgina Orwell, an eye doctor who hangs an ever-watchful eye over her door; Uncle Monty, who as a herpetologist cares for a huge python; a villainous couple named Esmé and Jerome Squalor who live at 667 Dark Avenue, c.f. J. D. Salinger's short story "To Esmé with Love and Squalor," and Mr. Poe, who has a son named Edgar and is the appointed guardian of the children's inheritance which is placed in the Mulctuary Money Management Bank.
While browsing through a recent issue of The New Yorker magazine, I came across an article about the current generation of picture books and their bratty protagonists. It was illustrated by an image from a book called Finn Throws a Fit. Aha, I thought, so juvenile authors are on top of current naming trends. This impelled me to go running (figuratively) to my local Borders to seek further evidence.
One difference I noticed immediately was that there were more little human protagonists and fewer of the porcine (excluding Olivia), feline, canine, bovine, etc persuasion than there were in the past, and there were, as the article pointed out, a lot more angry children populating the pages, and a lot more preoccupation with poop and farts.
In terms of names, I was surprised to see that there was a book title containing almost every currently popular choice—almost as many as there are on the personalized pencils in the airport—a big upswing from the past. Here are some titles all released since the turn of the century–and they're just the tip of the iceberg!:
CONSTANCE and the Great Escape
ELIZA and the Dragonfly
My Name is Not ISABELLA
IVY and Bean
JUNIE B., First Grader
The Adventures of LAILA and MAYA
Let's Find LUCY
MAISY series
When SOPHIE Gets Angry—Really, Really Angry
TALLULAH in the Kitchen
Goodnight, my sweet VIOLET
WILLA and the Wind, WILLA the Wonderful
ZOE's Tale, ZOE's Hats, ZOE and CHLOE on the Prowl
AIDAN'S First Full Moon Circle
BRAYDEN, BRAYDEN, Who Do You See?
COOPER'S Lesson
DEWEY! There's a Cat in the Library
DEXTER Gets Dressed
JAYDEN's Rescue
KYLE's First Crush
LIAM Goes Poo in the Toilet
MILO series
OLIVER Who Would Not Sleep
OSCAR: The Big Adventure of a Little Sock Monkey
PHINEAS & Ferb series
WALTER the Farting Dog series


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I live on a small farm in Smallville, Kansas with my adopted mother and my Superdog, Krypto. I know you've heard of Superman, he's my cousin...kinda. Well, I guess you can say he's one of my parents, since I was grown in a test-tube inside CADMUS Labs to replace him. I'm half-Kryptonian and half-Human, my other donor, for the human DNA, is Lex Luthor. So now, I have a fifty-fifty chance of either being the world's greatest "super-hero", or the world's greatest "super-villain".
((Conner "Kon-El" Kent, Superboy, RP account. Will RP with most fandoms, as long as it isn't too confusing haha. I'm a male. 18 years old, birthday is March 21 (Just like Conner's!) OTP and favorite to RP is Powerhouse, which is Conner and Cassie. I will also RP Supermartian, but I'll sadly have to say no to TimKon. My inbox is always open so feel free to message me))
Faceclaim: Robbie Amell
Magic Anon Spell: None
It was only a matter of time before the universes collided and had Superboy and King Shark ready to fight again.

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There is a distinct shift in educational behavior happening right now across the World and the Middle East is no different. People are moving away from traditional classroom training to state of the art e-learning suites and learning 'on the go'. If you couple this with the Federal Government developing the 'Mohammed Bin Rashid Smart Learning Initiative' in schools, this can only be the beginning of an E-learning revolution in the Region.
This transition in the learning culture has created a niche in the Middle East market for a bilingual e-learning platform leading to Ethos developing the Learning Moments® Solution. Partnering with global leaders in E-Learning allows organisations to personalize their programs according to their needs.
Ethos have begun offering clients Customer Service E-Learning courses through the Learning Moments® Platform. This is done by liaising with clients to create a bespoke online training program designed exclusively around the knowledge and skills requirements of their employees. This will create a learning experience which combines a unique mix of industry knowledge and compatibility for its users.
The Managing Director of Ethos, Robert Keay stated the potential of the Learning Moments® platform in saying 'the beauty of our platform is its flexibility as it has the ability to be implemented by any sector and/or industry, and not just relating to customer service. This has got our current clients in Banking, Government, Education and other industries really excited by the benefits it can offer them.'
The interaction capabilities of Learning moments makes it educational as well as enjoyable, whilst supporting all levels of learning. This makes it as easy to use for beginners as it would be for hardened experts.
Robert Keay elaborated on this in saying "The programs designed on the Learning Moments® Platform aim to engage each and every learner. This is important because without engaging the learner, they will not take the necessary action to achieve the desired learning results."


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Archive for February 2012
Atlantic magazine has an excellent article this month about a researcher who is exploring the theory that a cat parasite invades human brains and causes people to dress sloppy, walk into traffic and even go schizophrenic. It could explain crazy cat ladies. If you own cats, it will make you a little nervous. It made me grateful for a mother who never allowed pets because she had "six crazy animals" as she called us kids.
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Davy Jones, of Monkees fame, died of a heart attack at just 66 years old.
In sixth grade, when the television show started about the rock band, my girlfriends and I spent hours discussing our favorite Monkee (mine: Peter Tork). We bought all their albums, memorized all the songs, waited in line for their movies. We didn't care when we later learned that none of them were very good at playing music when they got together. They were chosen for their chemistry. And boy, did they have it.
They allowed us to daydream about love, romance and all the other stuff we didn't really know about yet in sixth grade.
Once, when The Monkees were at the height of their fame, 66 sounded so old. Now, it seems too young to die.
Thanks for the memories, Davy.
(AP archives photo of The Monkees. Davy standing up in the far back of the photo)
The report in today's New York Times reveals that body parts of some of the 9/11 victims were incinerated at the mortuary at Dover Air Force Base and then released to a landfill. If true, this information only adds to the grief and anguish of those whose loved ones' remains were never identified. Families may have assumed that the bodies of their loved ones had become part of the wreckage that mixed with the ground where it all rested.
How would you memorialize a loved one if you had no body, no remains, to bury?
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My mother-in-law, a cradle Catholic who attended church every day of her adult life, would likely be as appalled as I am when reading about the legislators, in Virginia and now in Idaho, who would require ultrasounds for women considering abortion. Here's the description, from the S-R's Betsy Russell's story today, of what that might mean for some women:
In the very early stages of pregnancy, before eight weeks gestation, a regular abdominal ultrasound doesn't provide a clear picture of the fetus, requiring instead a transvaginal ultrasound that includes penetration of the patient with an ultrasound wand. In Virginia, a female lawmaker called the original proposal "state-mandated rape," according to the Associated Press.
My mother-in-law, who died in 2002 at age 94, told several stories over and over again in her later years. One she told with much anger. When she was in her late 30s or early 40s, she went in for what she thought was a routine, minor woman's procedure and came out of surgery without her uterus. The doctor had performed a hysterectomy without her permission.She never forgot it.
It's called "pelvic politics," people. It's an effort by men to control women's bodies. It was unacceptable in my mother-in-law's day, when men really did rule the roost — and the operating room. And it should be unacceptable in 2012 when women are in charge many places.
Why aren't more women marching in the streets over this one? I'd like to think my mother-in-law would have been marching.
Press release from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
A new influenza A virus discovered in fruit bats in Guatemala does not appear to present a current threat to humans, but should be studied as a potential source for human influenza, according to scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who worked with University of the Valley of Guatemala.
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Mice give people the creeps if they creep into your home, but lab mice might be the new best friends of older folks worried about Alzheimer's disease. In a promising study with mice, those given a decades-old cancer drug — bexarotene — saw fewer deposits of the toxins that build up in Alzheimer's brains. Read here.
And in unrelated news, sleep problems in mid-life might be linked to Alzheimer's later on. Read here.
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From Reuters Health: Sodium phosphate enemas, used to relieve constipation, may cause older people to suffer kidney failure or even die, a new report suggests.The study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, focuses on a group of 11 patients, ranging in age from 61 years old to 89 years old, whose kidneys suddenly shut down after using enemas containing sodium phosphate.
I know. It's easy to make fun of this news. But an interesting historical note makes this more interesting and more dangerous than you might imagine. Ask any oldster in your life from the Depression and World War II era and they will tell you enema stories. The enema practice (and drinking cod liver oil) were in vogue for children of those generations, thinking that proper "elimination" each day was essential to children's heath.
"At the beginning of the 20th century, scientists established that cod liver oil was antirachitic, and it became commonplace for mothers to give it to their children," according to Medscape News.
For some, the enemas became a habit begun in childhood by well-meaning but misguided parents. Combine the habit with the reality that as people age "almost all old people will become obsessed with their bowel movements at one time or another," according to Kathy Quan, nurse and aging expert in this article.
So if you have oldsters in your life, warn them.
The wise and experienced…and a bit older…actor: Christopher Plummer …and the Oscar goes to the nominated-17-times…Meryl Streep…and the evening was hosted by…we all love him…Billy Crystal…and the best picture goes to… a silent film. Has anyone under 40 ever even seen a silent film before The Artist? And Woody Allen won for his Midnight in Paris original screenplay.
While the younger women wore the tight-fitting, shimmering, perhaps Oscar de La Renta -designed gowns, the highest awards went to the seniors…a perfect Oscar fit.
(S-R archives photo: Woody Allen earlier this year)
Anne Lamott arrived in Tacoma for her evening talk at Urban Grace Church. Her truth-telling- no-matter-what stories and edgy wisdom gave the audience reason to sigh, ponder and affirm: we are in this life together.
I sat in the front row and listened like I would in a college class: eager attention, pencil in hand.
But when Anne started to talk, I stopped listening with just my brain and allowed my heart, too, to grab onto her words.
"I try to write the books I would love to come upon, that are honest, concerned with real lives, human hearts, spiritual transformation, families, secrets, wonder, craziness—and that can make me laugh. When I am reading a book like this, I feel rich and profoundly relieved to be in the presence of someone who will share the truth with me, and throw the lights on a little, and I try to write these kinds of books. Books, for me, are medicine."
She spoke of her childhood – in a family where her parents hated each other…she did say hated. Soon, she learned to strive for her own perfection…to be the people-pleaser and the problem solver…tough when you are five-years-old. She is a sober alcoholic, a recovering drug addict and tells the audience that the "light didn't go out" inside her. Somehow, there was a dim slice of life within her that was nurtured by mothers and others, sent to her. She survived and started to listen to her own truth.
And then, she wrote and wrote and wrote the truth. We are grateful… for tonight she illuminated an auditorium, providing urban grace.
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Looking through some old, old newspaper clippings the other day, I came across some old obits, from the early 1900s, and from various newspapers.
Of one 94-year-old who died in 1908, it was written: "For several weeks, she has been lingering from day to day only awaiting the summons to lay down down the mortal for the immortal."
Of a 38-year-old man who died in 1912: "Bright's disease, followed by a complete breakdown with nervous prostration, was the cause of death.
And this sad one from 1880: "Happy Alice King died of Psuedo Membrane Laryngitis. Aged 1 year, 7 months and 27 days."
My co-collaborator on the blog and column, Cathy Johnston, works for Providence Centralia Hospital on the state's West side. On Ash Wednesday, someone walked away with the chapel's 2-foot ceramic Virgin Mary statue.
They tried to steal Joseph, too. And broke him while trying.
"Either they were interrupted or they didn't like the condition they created for him," Cathy told KING5 News.
"We just want our Mary back. They can bring her to the information desk at the front and we will welcome her home."
See Cathy interviewed here.
Use your imagination. Help solve this crime. Why would someone steal a Mary statue?
Another law enforcement person has been killed in the line of duty. Early this morning a Washington State Patrol trooper was performing a routine traffic stop. The trooper called in the stop and when the dispatcher did not receive a status check from the trooper, a Kitsap County sheriff's deputy went to the scene. He found the injured trooper next to his car. The trooper later died at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tacoma. He is the 27th trooper to be killed in the line of duty in Washington State Patrol history.
Trooper Tony Radulescu was a man of courage, of commitment.
This tragedy happened within one day, in the same community, of a little girl shot at school when a gun discharged in a little boy's backpack. These children are in third grade. Where do third graders get guns?
The questions always come at these moments: When will the violence stop? What feeds our society's perception that guns and using them is acceptable? In one community, in one day, a trooper is murdered and a little girl clings to life.
When will the violence stop?
(S-R archives photo: Governor Chris Gregoire with WSP Chief John Batiste)
In our EndNotes column today, we answered a question about why people tell cancer horror stories to people going through cancer treatment. Or why they react in weird ways to cancer news. For instance, when my co-author, Catherine Johnston, confided in a colleague that she was taking several weeks off for cancer treatment, the woman replied, "I have news, too. I'm getting a new job!"
Cathy stood up and left the room.
The column is a good reminder (to me!) to listen better to all stories, especially those involving suffering. It seems like it's helpful to share a similar story (it conveys you know what they are feeling, etc.) but people about 99 percent of the time just want their story listened to.
It happened again this morning. I was driving in the right hand lane on North Monroe. A car in the left hand lane had stopped for a pedestrian I couldn't see (not in a crosswalk). The pedestrian had started across in front of the car. If I had not slowed down, alert to the thought that something like this was going on, I would have plowed right into the guy walking, because I couldn't see him as he started his venture across.
I have witnessed at least five near misses in this mode. A driver in the left lane thinks he/she is being courteous by stopping for a pedestrian, but people in the right lane don't know what's going on so they speed along, oblivious.
Be kind to pedestrians, yes, and always those in crosswalks. But if you are letting them cross the street, and there's a blind spot for other drivers, pass on the gesture. You could save a life.
Found this in one of the emails mentioned in the post below. Pretty good. I think:
The tears happen: Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life is ourselves. LIVE while you are alive.
I've been on vacation for nearly two weeks and returned today. In my mailbox at work? A letter from a prisoner (they can't email) and a brochure from Poynter, a journalism institute, and my paycheck stub.
Three items.
My email? About 700 emails and counting. I've been at the newspaper 27 years and remember in those early years, stacking up my snail mail in two piles and taking the entire week to finish off the pile, working on it off and on.
Now, 700 emails sounds like a lot. Half will be stuff I can delete right away, so we're talking about an hour or two of work on emails this morning.
I still love snail mail. But I must say, this is easier for re-entry to work after two weeks away.
I am "of a generation" that remembers the two holidays for two presidents - before the merge. In my childhood, it did not matter where the holidays landed – mid-week or not, we remembered the men for whom the holiday was set.
You know, before it was a consumer-focused day: "three-day sales" at local malls. Such an odd way to honor political turning points in our American heritage.
Take time today to ask someone under 30-years-old what this holiday celebrates – other than a day away from school or the office.
Whitney Houston was celebrated and honored and remembered…for hours… as her family and friends memorialized her life.
The service was attended by 300 mourners, including Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Hudson, Diane Sawyer and Houston's cousin, Dionne Warwick.
While many people have discussed Houston's talent, her demons, her appearance, her marriage, her rise and fall and hope to rise again, one dimension of her life everyone seems to agree on: her unwavering faith in a God who loved her and cared for her.
Perhaps, now it is Whitney who listens to her Creator's words: "I will always love you…"
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The Arizona statehouse is contemplating this according to the Arizona Republic: "House Bill 2793, proposed by Rep. Katie Hobbs, D-Phoenix, would require advertisers who alter or enhance a photo to put a disclaimer on that ad alerting customers that " 'Postproduction techniques were made to alter the appearance in this advertisement. When using this product, similar results may not be achieved.'" We just returned from sunny Phoenix where, around the pool, we saw all sorts of bodies. Young, old, wrinkled, botoxed, natural. It's the reality of the human body as it ages. Would you like to see it reflected in your advertising?
Amanda Knox has a book deal - and hopefully a chance to pull her loving parents out of the debt they plunged into when they lived through her four years of incarceration. The legal fees, the travel expenses, the cost of supporting themselves while seeking all means possible to save their daughter, cost Amanda's family $$$.
But the end of this nightmare offers redemption. The money will help a family regain its financial footing, but more importantly for Amanda, the chance to write her story, to write through the terror, confusion, manipulation, long days- months- years, the process of safely stepping back in time to convert experiences and emotions to words, will bring an emotional healing and wholeness that no other therapy could possibly provide.
Amanda is a writer, and as all writers know: writing can save your life. Perhaps, that is exactly what Amanda already did.
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Mary Matsuda Gruenwald was 17-years-old when she was taken with her family to her first assembly center. Like many Americans of Japanese ancestry, she spent time in an internment camp during World War II. Once freed, she eventually joined the cadet nurse corps. She wrote a book about her experience.
While the internment experience left her feeling demeaned and like a non-person, it was her mother's words that sustained and inspired Gruenwald. They are inspirational words for anyone experiencing challenges.
"What kind of memories do you want to have of how we conducted ourselves with dignity and courage during this time of trial?"
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The new washing machine arrived today. I really was sad when the 26-year-old Maytag was hauled away. That old machine had three buttons – for water temperature – and three options for washing cycles. It was a "top loader" and on the shelf above I stored the giant jug of detergent with the dispenser aimed right at the machine. Reach up, push the button and the liquid flowed right in. It was a forgiving washer: if I omitted a towel, I could open the lid and throw in the towel (so to speak). And quiet, except when I fed it too much and it waddled around the floor, unbalanced.
The new machine has 15 buttons and an equal amount of cycles to choose from. It locks when it starts. Really, the door locks. I know this is true because the lock button says so. No throwing in the towel with this appliance. And it talks to me in sci-fi language of beeps and beep-beeps. Perhaps it is speaking a form of electronic Morse code. Really irritating. I do not like machines that talk, only when they are expected to - like the television and the radio and the CD player. Otherwise, mute is the preferred setting.
I want to be like my friend, Mary, who died at 91. Mary could always tell me about the latest gadget or trend or celebrity. She told me the secret to a long life was having a reason to get up in the morning and to be curious about life, not afraid to change. I can hear her applauding the new washing machine, reminding me of the tricks it will do to save time, energy, and my sanity.
Sometimes it is the people in our past who launch us into the future.
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Good question. Lots of answers.
Sometimes it is best to imagine the answer: Saint Valentine was the perfect, thoughtful lover or even a magical cupid who causes one's object of affection to return that passion.
However, Valentine was most likely someone we are less likely to identity with: Roman martyr or temple priest?
Whomever he was and whatever the origin of our celebration, Valentine's Day remains an opportunity to pause and show our affection for those whom we call friend, family, or lover.
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Our Boomer generation has been busy about seeking new adventures as we age.
Meet Kathleen Flenniken, 51, a former Hanford engineer, turned poet. Washington state's poet laureate, 2012-2014, that is.
Flenniken earned engineering degrees from WSU in 1983 and from the University of Washington. She earned a master's degree in fine arts from Pacific Lutheran University.
She took a poetry class in 1993 as a way to get out of her house in the evening, to challenge herself.
Her first book of poetry titled "Famous" won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize. Her second book of poetry – "Plume" – will be released later this month.
Flenniken's new vocation reminds us to take chances, explore our interests and not limit our talents.
What interest would you love to explore, what secret talent or passion do you long to nurture?
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When the news of Whitney Houston's death hit Saturday, CNN showed a photo of her taken years ago with Liza Minnelli, Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson. All people blessed with great talent. All people who used the talent well for many years.
But all four fought battles with addiction. Only Minnelli remains alive.
If you were given a great talent — in acting, singing, dancing, fine art, writing — would you accept it, knowing that the addiction demon comes with it? Post-mortem questions today.
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My Wise Words interview today is with Mary Fairhurst, a Washington state Supreme Court justice, who talked so openly about living with cancer that could kill her sooner rather than later.
She's realistic that she might have less than a year to live while at the same time, she's optimistic that she'll beat this cancer.
Thank you, Mary, for being so open in our interview. Your words will help others today and in the future.
(About the photo: For Mary's 54th birthday last summer, 700 of her friends and family gathered at a Mariners game, where she threw out the pitch, helped by her "crush" — the Mariner Moose. Photo courtesy of Mary Fairhurst)
Her voice was sultry and strong; her smile, beautiful. Her life – a bit tumultuous.
Whitney Houston died on the fourth floor of the Beverly Hilton Hotel, on the eve of the Grammy Awards, which she was to attend.
Houston was at the prime of her career from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. She had a graceful presence on screen. Her films included The Bodyguard and Waiting to Exhale.
Her 2009 album "I Look to You" was a comeback attempt and debuted on the top of the charts; the album would eventually go platinum.
Houston leaves behind a daughter – and many grieving family members and friends.
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Two sweet, innocent children will be buried today. Their father murdered them.
The story has been in all media sources over the last week. The blame, the questions, the speculation are the subject of every lead story in the local news.
I have questions far beyond the tragedy. Questions I ask every time I read a story like this one, every time I listen to a woman speak in fear about her husband or boyfriend and what she learns about their evil actions toward children: when, when, when, will this country seek to protect the rights of children first – before the rights of grown-ups? We extend our freedoms to those who violate our laws; our laws extend respect and exception to those who lack respect or even simple decency.
These children needed advocates; they needed the law to protect them from that DSHS goal that has killed other children: reunification of the family. Where there is pornography, where there is a missing mom with evidence that points to dad as the person responsible – there is no family.
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We were traveling out of the area yesterday and on a busy street with a lot of retirement communities that open onto the busy street. I saw the elderly woman dart out in traffic behind the wheel of her mid-size car. She flew across three lanes of traffic, including ours, narrowly missing several cars. I laid on the horn and she switched lanes quickly and crashed into the back of an SUV idling at a red light. Luckily for all, she was going slowly. When she crossed my lane, I was close enough to see her eyes. She looked dazed, clueless to the three or four accidents she had almost caused. When we left the scene, she was moving her car to a side street, slowly, following the man in the SUV. Had the woman had a stroke? Or high on prescription drugs? Or a woman whose license should have been pulled years ago? These were the questions that haunted us after this near miss.
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The hangout for many Gonzaga alums was called The Bulldog. We drank beer, bantered our various philosophical viewpoints and made out in the booths (Well, I didn't, but I witnessed those whose passion increased as they sipped the suds.)
The iconic landmark is in search of a new name. What should it be?
Enter the contest: People can submit names by using the website Namesthisbar.com. If you have a Smart phone, stop by the formerly-known-as Bulldog and grab the QR (quick response) barcode at the pub and use it to suggest a name.
In years to come, we will hear stories from the new alums about their adventures at ???
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Our relationship lasted almost 26 years. Reliable, always willing, a tacit understanding of our roles. We were together over all the holidays, birthdays and sometimes the relationship required lots of attention or relied on the simple rhythm of daily life.
Suddenly, the relationship is over. I had no illusions: "nothing gold stays forever," says Robert Frost. And so, tomorrow I will have to say good-bye. After 26 years, my performed-perfectly Maytag washing machine…has died.
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With Valentine's Day around the corner, let's talk about our hearts.
Here are some of the risk factors for having a heart attack or stroke or a serious cardiovascular disease (called CVD). High blood pressure. Smoking. High cholesterol. Diabetes. Obesity.
The Cardiovascular Lifetime Risk Pooling Project reported its findings recently in the New England Journal of Medicine, according to a National Institutes of Health press release. Bottom line: If you have two risk factors, your chance of "having a major CVD event" goes way up.
From the report: For example, 45-year-old men with two or more risk factors had a 49.5 percent chance of having a major CVD event by age 80, whereas men with optimal risk-factor levels had only a 1.4 percent chance. Forty-five-year-old women with two or more risk factors had a 30.7 percent chance of having a major CVD event by age 80, while those with optimal risk-factor levels had a 4.1 percent chance.
How do your odds look?
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Mary Oliver was the featured keynote speaker at Seattle University's fourth annual Book Festival on Saturday.
Like most authentic human beings, she was humble, direct, quietly confident in her work – and a bit humorous. She read the favorites: The Journey, Wild Geese. And she read about her beloved Percy, her dog. She read without great drama, her crisp writing style needed no contrived flair.
But the Q/A after her poetry offered equal insight into the writer: When asked what her wisdom is for living a full life, she simply quoted herself: "Pay attention, be astonished and tell about it."
While noting she has never been depressed - "I know it (depression) is real and exists, but I get up every day ready to get at it," - she says two things have saved her life: spending hours in the woods as a child and writing. She spent so much time with the two activities overlapping: she stored pencils in the trees. Pay attention, be astonished, tell about it…
Tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Temple Beth Shalom, writer Michael Gurian will read his oratory poem "Eva's Song" written in the voice of Holocaust survivor, Eva Lassman, who died a year ago at 91. The poem is stunningly beautiful with wisdom gems all over the place. I was able to put only a few of the verses in my story Thursday. Read here.
One of Eva's main messages: Love the family and friends God put in your path in this life. They are there for a reason, even if they drive you crazy. (Sentiment in italics is my paraphrase)
Here are some lines that reflect this message:
What you must do, is keep your promises.
My dear friends, you must care for your family as a promise,
you must take photographs of loved ones, and realize:
they are your masterpiece.
(S-R archive photo of Eva Lassman)
Tomorrow is my birthday, but today it is Steve's birthday. I love Steve..no! Not that kind of love. The I love- you-no- matter-what kind of love that friends have. And there has been a lot of no-matter-what.
Steve is wild, a word used to describe me about four times in my life. He has vacillated between addiction and recovery over the last decades. We connect only a few times during the year. Still…
We have shared this birthday bond since we met the first day of college. He was dating my roommate. He did that more than once. When she dumped him sophomore year, he landed in Florence the following year with me and 90 others. He surprised me on my 21st birthday that year when he escorted me to various bars and then opened the door to a favorite Florence restaurant where our friends yelled "surprise!" Friends, including a man I did "love with that kind of love." During dessert Steve leaned over to me to confess his love – for my good friend. I giggled and said, "You'll be happier when you tell her!" He did. They dated for the next few years.
When he married Mary Jane, I read scripture at their wedding. When I married, they drove over the mountains to attend; Steve put his arm around me at the reception and whispered outrageous comments in my ear. I laughed uproariously in a most unbride-like fashion. He always makes me laugh – I am his best audience.
When my uncle died, Steve dressed up and sat in the back of the church; I looked at his smiling face when I delivered the eulogy. He kept my tears in check. And when Mary Jane died, I sat next to him at her funeral.
We are unlikely friends. Someone once asked, "What is it between you two?" I am not sure, except that I know there is a kind and gentle soul that lives in that man – sober or not - a kindness I adore. The disease often masks that true nature, but I refuse to be fooled. And every February 2, I call him, to tell him of my gratitude for years of memories, gentle moments, good conversations – and birthdays shared.
Happy birthday, Steve. ..All my love, Caterina
Who are the unlikely "friends-no-matter-what" in your life?
(Photo: Cathy and Steve on Cathy's wedding day)
We love it when we witness a marriage ceremony: people with their eyes full of hope and passion for a life together. We want the best for their future, for the family they have created.
Finally, those couples who love each other, and are the same gender, who create a family, and want simply to have their relationship recognized as a family may soon have their status as a married couple legally acknowledged in Washington state.
To deny people their civil rights is not what we do here in America; we abhor that behavior in other places around the world. And nothing is more human, more civil, than a commitment to love and honor another human being.
A House vote to follow next week and a certain signature from Governor Chris Gregoire.
(S-R archives photo: Sean Fritz, left, and Tim McQuillan exchange rings during their wedding as the Rev. Mark Stringer officiates in Des Moines. Associated Press)
We had a great photo of Hillary Clinton in the newspaper today, posted here, too. Hillary, as always, is still criticized for how she looks. Publisher Tina Brown kind of called her fat a couple of years ago. And her hairstyle is always a focus. Too young. Too old.
To me, Hillary is looking like the women of her age I've seen in Europe in trips there. Not afraid to be solid in her body, because she is solid in her place in the world. Figuring out the easiest hairstyle, because she's busy. And enjoying herself most of the time, despite the hard work she's doing in the world.
As women, our lives get written on our bodies from day 1. Other people often try to write that story, especially in the teen and young adult years. Hillary's writing her own story now. And it shows.
(AP photo)


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So everyone has had a day to process Rob Zombie's walk-off at Rock Fest in Cadott, WI. Some are brushing it off, others are still upset with Mr. Zombie. I'm still trying to figure out how someone couldn't figure out all day that they couldn't talk/sing? Anyway, a new dynamic has been added to this monster equation...There will be no refunds.
That announcement came this morning through a local newspaper article, which can be found here .
Zombie attempted another half-assed apology on Twitter yesterday , after deleting the first one. No reasoning was given for the deletion of the first Tweet, but it appears to be scrubbed from his page.
Who knows, we could find out that he swallowed a porcupine, or he has real vocal cord issues, but as for right this second, his behavior, lack of foresight, and attitude after the fact have left me questioning Rob Zombie's drive and ethics. But maybe that's just me.


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12/14/2011Class In Session for Cats and DogsJust in Time for the Holidays, LMAS is having a Free Behavior Class! Classes are held the third Monday of every month from 7- 8 p.m.
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7/5/2011Animal Services Takes Precautions After One Case of DistemperMetro Animal Services is temporarily suspending some of its services Thursday at the Animal Care Center, located at 3705 Manslick Road, after one case of canine distemper was confirmed. The Animal House Adoption Center, located at 3516 Newburg Road, is not affected.
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7/5/2011Adoption Blitz a Success at Metro Animal ServicesThanks to an overwhelming response from rescue groups, foster volunteers and animal-lovers communitywide, no dogs will have to be euthanized at Metro Animal Services due to overcrowding.
6/27/2011Search Resumes for Metro Animal Services DirectorThe city will immediately resume its search for a director of Metro Animal Services who can turnaround the troubled agency and move it toward being a national model in which no adoptable animal is euthanized, Mayor Greg Fischer announced today.
6/2/2011Adoption Fees Waived for the Month of June!Adoption Drive: Metro Animal Services is joining the ASPCA®/Fresh Step® Litter Fee-Waived Cat Adoption Campaign and hosting a fee-waived cat adoption drive to find loving homes for cats in the Louisville Metro area. Metro Animal Services' Animal House Adoption Center will kick-off the fee waiving campaign for cats 6 months old and older with a month long fee-waived promotion on Friday June 3rd. The fee waived adoptions will continue through Thursday, June 30. A $9 license fee will apply.
5/17/2011Proposals for Animal Care & Sheltering ReleasedThe Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government ("Metro Government") is now accepting Proposals for Animal Care and Sheltering. This will include responsibility for the intake, care, sheltering, and final disposition of all animals.
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5/12/2011Fischer Accepts Animal Services Review; Seeks Agency To Assume Shelter CareSaying Metro Animal Services needs a complete turnaround and professional help to accomplish it, Mayor Greg Fischer today announced that the city will contract with a private agency to handle pet care, sheltering and adoptions while the city will focus on animal control.
3/23/2011Helping Distressed Kitty was a "Can-do" Effort for Metro Animal ServicesA 6-month-old stray male kitten was a little too "head strong" in his attempt to find his supper. While working on finding his next meal, he discovered a can of Campbell's soup and helped himself to the leftovers. In the process of dining, however, he ended up getting himself "canned," with his head stuck in the can.
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The Animal House Adoption Center is celebrating St. Patrick's Day by letting adopters determine their own discount with the roll of a die. Discounts apply to animals five months old and older. Regular adoption fees for cats, dogs, puppies and kittens range from $50 to $175. Discounts will vary from 10% - 60%. The promotion runs begins Tuesday, March 8 and ends Sunday, March 20.


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Speaking of my plushies:
Still stitching away on Rainbow Dash. I might give her a scarf, I dunno. I love ponies in scarves (in case you haven't noticed).
And I know the blue in her mane isn't the same color as her coat, but I'm on a tight budget. She looks good so far otherwise.
I should have her finished and ready to sell by Sunday.
And I know my floor is covered in shipping material…I mail things out often.
I'm not good at pegasi yet.


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My head is really starting to spin with all these Netbook variants that are hitting the market. Looks like Acer is about to jump on the bandwagon and introduce a 10.1-inch version of their Aspire One, which first appeared as an 8.9-incher. Apparently it will rock a Intel Atom 1.6 Ghz N280/N270, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, 160GB hard drive, 10.1-inch LCD (1024×768), optional 3G chip, WiFi, SD card reader, webcam and 3x USB ports.
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Remember when we used to think Bloomberg's deputy mayor Kevin Sheekey was a tightlipped strategist who stayed mostly behind the scenes? Yeah, those days are clearly over, because lately Sheekey just can't shut up about the mayor's political ambitions. Just days after a massive Newsweek story hit stands featuring Sheekey's detailed plans for a presidential run by his boss, the Post reports that the political guru has also been secretly talking to state Republican strategists about rallying a Bloomberg run for governor in 2010. The story was written by Postie Frederic Dicker, who seems a little fixated on the idea but makes a good point. There are a couple of reasons why this works: One, on the off chance Bloomberg does run for president and loses, he'll have a much higher profile after 2008 and still have time to make a go at Albany. And two, a recent poll asking voters whom they would vote for in a run between Spitzer and Bloomberg put him well ahead of the current governor, 50 to 37 percent. So is all this talk about a presidential run just a smokescreen for his real gubernatorial ambitions? Is it just an attempt to solidify his broad political appeal and influence? Could all this is-he-or-isn't-he messing with our head be part of a larger strategy to, well, mess with our heads even more? Wow. If it is, that would be totally awesome. That's probably exactly the kind of mind-fucking Albany needs.
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Update: At a press conference today, when asked about the Post story, Bloomberg had this to say: "You can tell the governor he does not have to worry about me running. It is totally fictitious, I have absolutely no idea where it comes from. I've got the greatest job in the world and I want to finish it I categorically will not run for governor." Fredric Dicker: the boy who cried governor.


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There is no reason why litigation lawyers cannot offer fee caps or other fee arrangements to clients. This model works for transactional work and it can work for litigation fees as well.
Most good litigators care deeply about keeping their client's costs down, whilst achieving the best result possible for the client.
Costs capping can work but only if done sensibly, and when it caters for the unforseen costs which are usually incurred when one party takes up a fresh issue. The main problem with litigation is that not everything can be anticipated in the litigation process, whereas in transactional work most tasks can be forseen and the amount of time to carry out the work accurately estimated.
On the whole the system that we have at the minute works. It perhaps needs a little fine tuning, and the ridiculous guideline hourly rates need to be scrapped and replaced with a requirement that the hourly rate is reasonable (that will improve recovery and make for a happier client). But the system in general works to discourage meritless litigation and the racking up of fees.
4 years ago I had my house blown up whilst I was in it by the biggest explosion since the end of the war, I lost everything I had, my home, all contents and nearly lost my life.
The Oil company responsible for the explosion have been found guilty of negligence and all other claim against them.
After 4 years and having seen how the legal system works I have had nothing in compensation and the legal firms representing myself and the oil company have had fees of over £500,000 paid. IS THIS JUSTICE ?
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BOISE, Idaho -- Firefighters in central Idaho braced for a tough day Saturday protecting the mountain resort communities of Ketchum and Sun Valley. Meanwhile, 12 miles to the south police knocked on doors starting at 3:30 a.m. to evacuate the west side of Hailey.
The 144-square-mile Beaver Creek Fire grew 44 square miles Friday and fire managers predicted similar conditions Saturday as more firefighters poured into the area to bolster 700 already there while residents and vacationers jammed U.S. Highway 75 getting out.
Blaine County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Marsha Head says about 1,600 homes on the west side of the highway are under mandatory evacuation orders. Ketchum and Sun Valley residents are under pre-evacuation orders.
Fire spokeswoman Traci Weaver says a fire camp crew member in his 50s suffered a heart attack and remained hospitalized Saturday.
One home was destroyed Thursday night in the fire, said Bronwyn Nickel, a spokeswoman for Blaine County, where the fire is burning.
However, fire managers are reporting no new damage as of Saturday morning. Another positive sign: State Highway 75 is now back open at Ohio Gulch, Elkhorn and East Fork.
Fire officials said Friday high, gusty winds, low humidity and tinder-dry vegetation created unstable conditions surrounding the Beaver Creek Fire.
Hundreds of state and federal firefighters were dispatched to the blaze in the affluent resort region that's a second home to celebrities such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Hanks and Bruce Willis.
On Friday evening, Governor Butch Otter issued a disaster declaration, and has assigned the Idaho National Guard to provide support to the Beaver Creek Fire. The National Guard will assist with road closures in the area.
In addition, private insurers have sent in their own crews to provide structural protection for homes with values that can reach tens of millions of dollars, Nickel said.
The Blaine County Sheriff's Office says the cities of Ketchum and Sun Valley are under pre-evacuation orders due to Beaver Creek Fire. The area of impact stretches from Indian Creek to North Fork on both sides of Highway 75, including Warm Springs, Croy Creek and the two resort towns.
Officials say due to the serious circumstances of the fire and unpredictable nature of wind and fire patterns, they are urging people to avoid non-essential travel on Highway 75, especially if you are heading north. They are urging people to stay away.
Also, if you live in the North Valley and south then you should make preparations to return to your homes and families as soon as possible.
Just after noon on Friday our crews said Highway 75 was one big traffic jam with lots of cars, trucks and SUVs seen leaving Ketchum and Sun Valley.
Emergency managers are asking the public limit the use of their cell phones so that essential services can continue in the area.
Take your essentials belongings and pet and go now:
- Greenhorn Gulch, Golden Eagle, and Timber Gulch south down to Treasure Lane west of Hwy 75
- All East Fork, north to Hospital bridge on both east and west sides of Highway 75 including Broadway Run.
- All Indian Creek, Ohio Gulch, and Heatherlands (invluded Valley Club)
- Deer Creek from the Big Wood Bridge West
- Treasure Lane South to McKercher, Aspen Lakes
- Croy Creek Canyon from Big Wood Bridge west
- Baker Creek on West side of Hwy 75 South to North Fork (SNRA Headquarters) including Easley. (This does not include Galena Lodge at this time.)
- West of River Street including Queen of the Hills Drive, Sherwood Forest and Della View Subdivision in Hailey.
Residents are encouraged to evacuate south
- If you are physically unable to evacuate call 911
- All services to these areas will be discontinued
- You will not be allowed to re-enter the area until the danger has passed.
- West of River Street and north of Cedar Street in Hailey (Does not include Albertson's)
- Gimlet to North Fork (Below SNRA Headquarters) on both sides of Highway 75. This includes Warm Sperings and the cities of Ketchum and Sun Valley
Begin preparations now so that you can leave immediately if conditions deteriorate. If you are in danger, do not wait for a evacuation order.
Residents in Pre-Evacuation areas are strongly encouraged to initiate evacuation procedures at this time to alleviate traffic congestion on Highway 75.
Residents with no means of transportation or who are physically unable to evacuate on their own, should ask a neighbor or call (208)578-3831. Services to your area may be discontinued during this time.
Be aware that officers are unable to go door-to-door for pre-evacuation notifications as their resources are tied up with mandatory evacuations.
Intermountain Gas Company has shut down its natural gas system in the Deer Creek Road area northwest of Hailey as a safety precaution due to the wildfires. Crews are standing by and could perform more shutdowns in the area if the fire situation worsens.
Currently, 350 gas customers in the areas west of Highway 75 from Deer Creek Road, northwest of Hailey, northward to Owl Rock Road, and just south of the St. Luke's Wood River facility will remain off until the evacuated residents are allowed to return. Fire officials say it will probably be late next week before residents are allowed back in their homes.


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Derivatives pricing with marked point processes using tick-by-tick data
AbstractI propose to model stock price tick-by-tick data via a non-explosive marked point process. The arrival of trades is driven by a counting process in which the waiting time between trades possesses a Mittag--Leffler survival function and price revisions have an infinitely divisible distribution. I show that the partial-integro-differential equation satisfied by the value of European-style derivatives contains a non-local operator in time-to-maturity known as the Caputo fractional derivative. Numerical examples are provided for a marked point process with conditionally Gaussian and with conditionally CGMY price innovations. Furthermore, the infinitesimal generator of the marked point process derived to price derivatives coincides with that of a Lévy process of either finite or infinite activity.
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Golf Hustle is an iPhone/iPod/iPad App for golfers who like to wager a little cash while out on the golf course. Golf Hustle keeps score for you easily and efficiently for all the popular golf games including Nassau, Match, Stroke, Skins, Sixes, and Vegas.
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2) I'm familiar with some of the golf games like Nassau Match and Stroke but it would be nice if each game was explained within the app like they are on the Golf Hustle website.
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Ask and you shall receive. You have to like a company that listens to feedback and then updates their app in a timely manner. Thanks to Christopher Yap for sending along this email and a update to his Golf Hustle app.
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A creamy red bell pepper dip and sweet-savory caponata spread are paired with thinly sliced prosciutto from the deli and purchased crackers for an easy antipasto plate. Add fresh fruit and use an assortment of crackers, if you prefer. Both the dip and the spread can be made and refrigerated up to a day in advance; serve them chilled or at room temperature.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 3 tablespoons dip, 3 tablespoons spread, 4 crackers, and 1/2 ounce prosciutto)
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- Calories: 226
- Calories from fat: 30%
- Fat: 7.5g
- Saturated fat: 2.5g
- Monounsaturated fat: 2.9g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.6g
- Protein: 10.2g
- Carbohydrate: 33.1g
- Fiber: 1.4g
- Cholesterol: 22mg
- Iron: 1.8mg
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- Calcium: 72mg
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- 1/2 medium onion, peeled and cut into 4 wedges
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- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon anchovy paste
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- Preheat oven to 450°.
- To prepare spread, combine tomatoes, garlic, eggplant, and onion on a foil-lined jelly-roll pan; toss gently to combine. Drizzle with oil; sprinkle with 1/8 teaspoon salt. Toss to coat. Arrange vegetables in a single layer on pan. Bake at 450° for 20 minutes or until vegetables are lightly blistered and eggplant is tender, stirring after 10 minutes. Cool slightly. Place vegetable mixture, 2 tablespoons basil, 2 tablespoons vinegar, and anchovy paste in a food processor; pulse until combined. Serve dip and spread with crackers and prosciutto slices.
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- MAIN INGREDIENT: Vegetables
- COOKING METHOD: Food Processor, Bake
- OCCASION: Autumn
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The legal newspaper Lawyers USA announced that the issue it published yesterday will be its last. It will continue to post news on its website and send email alerts through the end of this month, and then cease to exist. Two members of the editorial staff are being laid off, managing editor Reni Gertner and staff writer Sylvia Hsieh.
In 1994, I was the founding editor-in-chief of the paper, originally called Lawyers Weekly USA. Actually, I was one of two founding editors-in-chief, as the then owner, J. Edward Pawlick, had the bizarre notion that it made sense to have two top editors — one in charge of case reporting and one in charge of news and feature reporting. I was the latter.
When Pawlick asked me to help launch the paper, I had been editor-in-chief of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, the state legal newspaper, for several years. His concept made a lot of sense to me. He wanted to start a national newspaper that would focus on solo and small-firm lawyers. Although these lawyers made up the vast majority of practitioners, no national newspaper and virtually no national publication at the time was addressed to them. The primary national legal newspaper available then, The National Law Journal, was then more targeted at larger firms.
On top of that, Pawlick believed, more and more law was becoming national. Most legal newspapers restricted themselves to state or local coverage because most of what lawyers needed to know involved state laws, state rules and state practice. But 20 years ago, federal law was increasing dominant in areas such as employment, environment and business, and even where federal law was not controlling, uniform laws were taking hold.
And, of course, there were emerging trends in legal technology and practice management that transcended state borders.
Thus, it seemed that there was an enormous, under-served audience of solo and small-firm lawyers whose common interests were increasingly strong. Not only did a national newspaper that catered to them make sense, it was sure to be a success.
But the paper never really took off. I was there barely more than a year when it became clear that Pawlick and I had widely divergent ideas of what the paper should be. Most disturbingly, he wanted the paper to serve as a platform for his quirky political views that teetered somewhere between right-wing and libertarian. (He later founded a newspaper devoted to attacking gay marriage and the Massachusetts justices who voted in favor of it.) Just a year after joining Lawyers Weekly USA, I left.
Meanwhile, Pawlick sold the Lawyers Weekly company to his daughter Susan Hall, who later sold it to Dolan Media, the present-day owner.
Since the day it was launched, the paper always seemed to struggle. I never understood why. It had good writers and editors and plenty of good stories — often ones that no one else picked up on. But it did struggle. At some point, its frequency was reduced from biweekly to monthly. Reportedly, its paid circulation dropped to under 5,000. More emphasis was put on its website, but it never seemed to figure out a viable web strategy. It was stingy with its content and kept everything behind a paywall. It did counterintuitive things like start a blog, Benchmarks, that required you to be a paid subscriber to read full posts.
(To be fair, I always liked its other blog, DC Dicta, but that blog was overshadowed by other blogs that covered the Supreme Court and Washington in more depth.)
I still think the original concept of Lawyers USA made sense. However, having watched it struggle for two decades, I am not surprised that it is closing. To some extent, it is a victim of the times. It's hard enough to sustain a print newspaper in any market, but it's even harder to sell a pricey subscription to an audience of solo and small firm lawyers who themselves are facing tighter economic times. But that does not explain why it struggled so long.
Perhaps, also, no one really needed it anymore. Pawlick always used to say that to sell a newspaper to lawyers, you had to give them what they needed, not want they thought they wanted. By that he meant to focus on core, practical information that would give them the knowledge, skills and tools they needed to build their practices, avoid malpractice and achieve successful careers.
Twenty years ago, at the dawn of the Internet age, it was still difficult for many solo and small-firm lawyers to find that information — or at least to find it all wrapped up in a convenient package. Today, lawyers no longer need a paper such as Lawyers USA. The Internet made the print version of the paper an anachronism, and the paper never adapted to the world of the web and social media. I have to wonder whether, with the right pricing and a better mix of free and paid content, it could have survived, perhaps even thrived, as a web-only publication.
I feel bad for the staff members who lost their jobs. I've met them both and they are talented people who will land on their feet and find success. And, having helped launch the paper, I am sorry to see it die. I was privileged, during my time there, to work with a staff of superior reporters and editors. Unfortunately, I do not think, at this point, it is much of a loss to the legal community. In fact, I doubt few but a hardcore group of devoted readers will even notice it is gone.
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sheldon c. toplitt · July 23, 2013 at 9:25 am
Very insightful post-mortem, Bob. Lawyers USA's fate is not surprising, given sagging circulation & declining ad revenues plaguing entire print newspaper industry, not to mention retrenchment in the legal community that was its audience.
Chris Myhrum · July 23, 2013 at 4:05 pm
Very thoughtful and caring commentary, Bob, reflecting your unique perspective. Thank you.
Kimberly Atkins · July 24, 2013 at 10:07 am
I was not at the paper during your tenure, so I cannot speak on that. I can say that for the past seven years it has been an honor to work with a group of incredibly hard-working people of such immense talent. It was wonderful to be a part of a team of people who consistently gave everything they had – and sometimes more – for their readers. My heart breaks for my friends who lost their jobs, though I know they will thrive in their future endeavors. And I take heart from the kind words I've received from readers and sources acknowledging our good work, and letting us know that our paper will be missed.
Thanks for the compliment on my blog. It was but a tiny part of my work at the paper, but I'm proud of it.
Rick Alembik · August 9, 2013 at 10:01 am
As a long-time subscriber to Lawyers USA I was disappointed to find out they'd stopped publishing in July.
They were the best non-glossy lawyer's magazine I could find. I'd been subscribing to them almost since they started publishing 20 years ago. It was the only way I kept track of federal law.
Honestly, I don't see how a small firm / solo attorney could do without a publication like this that keeps track of federal and national legal developments.
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