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Our Mass schedule for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is:  8am, 12pm, 7:30pm (all Masses in the Main Church).

Bambinelli Sunday

Each year, on the Third Sunday of Advent, children gather with their families in St. Peter’s Square for “Bambinelli Sunday.”  Each family brings with them the figure of the Christ Child – the “Bambinelli” – from their family’s Nativity scene and the Pope blesses the children and the figurines they have brought.  To commemorate this at St. Catharine, all families are invited to bring the Christ Child figurine from your home crèche for a blessing at each Mass on the weekend of December 17-18.

                                      Making a Difference

All gift tags have been distributed - thanks to all for taking one or more tags to make someone's Christmas a bit happier.  Please returned your gift to the specified spot in the Church narthex by the dates below.

  • Gifts for residents at the Eastern Christian Children's Retreat in Wyckoff. Please do not wrap these gifts as they need to be tagged before distributing.  A gift bag is fine, but please don't tape or wrap.  Please place the tag on the gift and return by Sunday, December 11.
  • Gifts for residents at the Bergen Regional Medical Center in Paramus. Please place wrapped gifts with the tag attached to the outside and return by Sunday, December 11.
  • Gifts for children in the CCD programs at St. Mary's in Jersey City.  Please place wrapped gifts with the tag affixed to the outside and return by Sunday, December 18.

Thank you for your generosity!

                                                          Christmas Mass Schedule

Our parish family at St. Catharine will join together to prepare to receive our Lord and to spread His light to others.  Please join us for Christmas Eucharist at any of the liturgies below:

Christmas Eve (Saturday, December 24)
-   4:00 pm - Family Liturgy
-   6:00 pm - Liturgy
-   9:30 pm - Sacred Songs and Carols
- 10:00 pm - Solemn Christmas Liturgy

Christmas Day (Sunday, December 25)
-   8:00 am
- 10:00 am
- 12:00 pm

All high school students are welcome to attend St. Catharine's CYO or Youth Ministry.  For more information, please visit the Youth Ministry page by clicking here.  A registration form is available by clicking here.  Parents, we need your help too – please click here for additional information how you can be a part of this wonderful program.

                                                            Happy Anniversary

We ask God’s continued blessing over these couples who celebrate wedding anniversaries in the month of December.  Bless their homes and their families. Help them  to renew their vows of love and loyalty and to strive to remain united with You, steadfast in faith and in your service.

Carol and Hal Knapp - 54 years
Adele and Dennis DeSimone - 31 years
Vita and Christopher Rauth - 29 years
Catherine and Robert Reers - 28 years
Mary Ann and Bill Skees - 26 years
Barbara and James Livolsi - 22 years
Tracey and Salvador Contes - 21 years
Jennifer and Robert Scherer - 21 years
Sharon and Rich Scarpelli - 19 years

   All St. Catharine married couples are invited to register themselves and their wedding date so that you may be remembered in the prayers of our parish year round but especially during the month of your anniversary. To register, please contact Annette at 201-612-4660 or

      Support Groups

“In the heart of every caregiver is a knowing that we are all connected. As I do for you, I do for me.”    ~  Tia Walker

If you are a caregiver and would like to learn more about resources to help you and your loved one as well as to find support from others in a faith-based environment, this is the group for you. Please come to the next Caregiver Support Group on Thursday, December 1 from 11:30am-12:30pm in the Ministry Center Meeting Room.

The St. Cajetan Ministry Network (parishes of St. Catharine’s and St. Anne’s) invites all unemployed/underemployed men & women to join their ministry which provides support through prayer & helpful guidance in the job search process.  If you have any questions or would like to participate in the Ministry please call: Ed Grzesiak 201-321-5144, Eamon Jennings 917-841-2558, John Lederer 201-286-9354, Lou Cuomo 201-657-3838, or Steve Zmuda 201-819-9026.  We continue to seek possible employment opportunities. If you know of a job opening and/or the hiring manager’s name in a company, please email them to or drop them off to the rectory marked "St. Cajetan Opportunities" and we will forward them on to the group.

Upcoming Dates:
Thur., December 1 - St. Catharine’s Ministry Center Mtg. Rm. (first floor) – 7-9pm
Decembe 3 - St. Anne's Faith Center, Fair Lawn (rectory, lower level) – 10am-noon

YOung Adult

       Looking for a fun, exciting new way to share your Catholic faith with young adults like yourself?  St. Catharine’s is starting a Young Adult Ministry for you! All young, unmarried adults age 21-35 are welcome!  This ministry is coordinated with Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Ridgewood and St. Gabriel’s Church in Saddle River. The group  meets on the first Friday of each month at 7:30pm in the lower level of the school building at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Ridgewood). Come join for P3 (Prayer, Penance and then a trip to the Pub!).  Click here for more information.

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Opinion Column

Trip abroad serves as a wake-up call at home

By Ted Mouradian, The Standard

File photo of downtown St. Catharines

File photo of downtown St. Catharines

Last month I had an opportunity to go to Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, to do some work for the World Food Program (WFP), which is part of the United Nations.

Tegucigalpa is situated in the mountains. The landing was very interesting as the plane had to go past the airport and do a U-turn, drop down and land on a short runway. I haven’t been on a plane when the passengers applauded, which is apparently common when landing at this airport.

We were picked up by a WFP car and taken to the hotel. Driving through the city I noticed a stark contrast between the rich and the poor. I also noticed the abundance of security guards. I don’t mean just a few, but at the entrance of every parking lot there was an armed guard and within the complexes at the entrance to many of the stores there was another armed guard.

Our hotel was newer and situated in a mall-type complex with a few restaurants and stores on either side of a parking lot with the hotel at the back end. Of course, there was an armed guard at the entrance of the parking lot and at the entrance to the hotel. The hotel also had a fleet of vans and taxis for their guests.

We were told that we had a UN driver whenever we needed to go anywhere, but that it was unsafe to walk around. One day we did take a tour of the city. We went past the Presidential Palace which was very impressive with palace guards and amazing grounds. Then we wandered through the narrow crowded streets to the centre of the old town where the market and the cathedral are located. There were people everywhere selling just about anything you needed.

The driver asked if we had planned on getting out and wandering. We said no, which seemed to make him happy. Also, there was an interesting moment when we were stopped at a light in a certain area and the driver locked the doors of the car. I guess he wanted to ensure no one got in who might have been unwanted.

Having said all of that, I have to say that the people of Honduras were amazing. We had fantastic service where ever we went. No one was complaining about anything, they were simply going about their business being as happy as they could with whatever they had.

When I got back to St. Catharines, I went to a performance at our new FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre. I live downtown so I can walk from my place to the PAC, something I do on a regular basis. That is when I had one of those “wow” moments. There were no armed guards anywhere. I felt safe walking alone and I noticed a lot of other people walking the streets as well.

Then something else profound struck me as I watched people interact with each other. A lot of them were simply not happy. They had frowns on their faces and the way they were talking to each other was also disturbing. It was as if people were looking for the negative. You know, simply being picky about little things that in the grand scheme of things really didn’t matter.

I think we all need to give ourselves a wake-up call. We live in one of the best places in the world. We are free to walk the streets, free to believe in a god of our choosing, free to love who we choose to love and free to challenge our government.

We need to stop complaining about the wart on our bums and look around to celebrate what we really have. Be like the people in Honduras, feel blessed with what you have and live every day the best way you can.

Ted Mouradian is a lifelong resident of St. Catharines. He is a professional speaker and author, writing on workplace employee management issues. He is a former chair of the mayor’s committee on community and race relations and president of the 2 Percent Factor Inc.

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The School developed from very small beginnings. On 30th May 1751, John Pyrke was elected as the first boy to be educated at the expense of the recently formed Clergy Orphan Society – later to become a Corporation. John Pyrke was sent to a school in Thirsk, Yorkshire. After one temporary move, to Silton Hall in the parish of Leake near Thirsk, the first separate Clergy Orphan Boys’ School was opened at Acton, Middlesex. In 1812 the School was moved to St John’s Wood at the nursery end of Lord’s Cricket Ground. The Sister School for girls was on the same site.

On 2nd October 1855 the boys’ School moved to Canterbury, the site and building being paid for by Doctor Samuel Warneford; the chapel was completed in 1858. The name of the school was changed from the Clergy Orphan School to St Edmund’s School in 1897; Junior School was opened in 1898 and the first non-Foundationers were admitted in 1902. During the First World War, ex-pupil BH Geary was awarded the VC. In 1923 the chapel was extended by eighteen feet and the Houses were given their present names. Electric light replaced gas in 1926. The first dayboys were admitted in 1937.

1940 saw the evacuation of the School to Cornwall for the duration of the war.

1949 marked the Bicentenary of the Clergy Orphan Corporation and Princess Margaret visited the School the following year. The Close houses were built in 1955 which also featured a visit by Princess Alexandra. In 1957 Science moved from the bottom end of the asphalt to the old sanatorium; four years later the classroom block was built. The Dining Hall was extended in 1963 and the New Wing opened five years later followed in another two years by the swimming pool.

The School took on the education of the Cathedral Choristers in 1972. The School Hall was opened in 1975 releasing Big School for conversion into house premises including Grant House which lasted twenty years until the return to four houses when day numbers increased.

The first girls were admitted in 1982 and in 1996 the school was refounded as a fully independent school.

This summary is drawn from Jock Asbury-Bailey’s  history of the School, Foundation on a Hill. Until this book was published in 2007, the only available School history was a booklet assembled by Junior School teacher, Harry Winter.

Jock has used a little of Winter’s material but has produced a wonderfully researched and complete account of the School’s early years and development right through to the present day, and all fully illustrated with fascinating photographs. Foundation on a Hill can be ordered through the Society Office.

A History of St Edmund’s Chapel

_D1_8598_1wThe main school building was completed for 1855 and the chapel was started in 1857. The original plan was to place it in the middle of the main building but it was finally decided that it should be at the west end so giving symmetry to the school. It was completed in 1858 at a cost of £3035 plus £170 for the carving of the pulpit and altar rail (the total is about equivalent to £300,000 in today’s money). Lady Warneford gave £1000 towards the cost.

The first service was held on Sunday 6th June 1858. The pattern of services at that time gave, on Sunday, morning and evening services; Holy Communion was on the first Sunday of the month and on Festival days and, during the week, there were two services each day, morning and evening. Before the chapel was built, the boys attended the Cathedral on Sunday mornings.

Headmaster Butler had wanted the pews on each side to face each other in the manner of Oxbridge colleges; he was over-ruled. The walls were decorated in sgraffito work (some of this was briefly uncovered about thirty years ago). The lighting was by ornate gas lamps. Originally there were no choir stalls. The 24 inch bell was cast in 1957 by Charles & George Mears (now Whitechapel Bell Foundry).

2_Inside Chapel_Oct 2012wIn 1918 it was decided that the most appropriate War Memorial would be to enlarge the chapel. One suggestion was to have a second aisle, but the final design, by Charles Blomfield, was to extend the building by eighteen feet at a cost of £3789 plus £250 for the choir stalls (about £152,000 today). The Dedication, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, was on 9th October 1923. Five years later Bishop Knight conducted the Dedication Service for the Altar and Reredos which had been carved by Messrs Dart and Francis of Crediton. The Reredos had the enlargement of the painting of Christ Crucified, by Antonello Messina, and oak shields, representing the arms of sixteen of the English Dioceses, painted by a daughter of the Headmaster. In 1929 the shields were removed to the front of the newly completed gallery, which was later to be extended in 1956.

chapel webAn inscription on one of the stained glass windows at the East End of the chapel tells us that they were dedicated to George Currey, who was Treasurer of the Clergy Orphan Society, in 1877. The first organ was built by a Mr Allen in 1859. FH Browne installed a second instrument in1896; the pipe-work of this organ was retained and re-voiced for use in the 1937/38 rebuild (featuring an unusual Pedal to Choir coupler for players who could not play the pedals), again by FH Browne. This was replaced by a 100-year-old Father Willis organ which was installed in 1976. This organ sounded well but, with its straight pedal board and hitch-down swell pedal, was not an ideal teaching instrument. In 1996 the present Copeman Hart electronic instrument, which had been built for Southwell Minster, was installed.

Conducting the services over the years have been one early chaplain, RE Walters, in the 1880s and 1890s, otherwise successive Headmasters acting as chaplains up until 1945 and, since then there have been specially appointed chaplains.

(Compiled with information from Jock Asbury-Bailey’s book Foundation on a Hill.)


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Steelers Hire Shaun Sarrett As New Offensive Quality Control Coach

The Pittsburgh Steelers announced today via Twitter that they have hired Shaun Sarrett as their new offensive quality control coach. Sarrett fills the position that became open when Harold Goodwin left to become the new offensive line coach for the Indianapolis Colts.

Sarrett had been on the staff of the Duke University coaching staff since 2008 where he served as their offensive quality control coach. Prior to being hired by Duke he served as a graduate assistant at Marshall University and before that he served as an offensive and defensive line coach at Streetsboro High School in Streetsboro, Ohio.

Sarrett played guard for Kent State University and was a three-year letter-man. He earned his degree in health education in 2004.

  • dgh57

    What is the job description of a Offensive Quality Control Coach?

  • Steelerfanmatt1933

    To make sure they score TDs in the Red Zone. 😛

  • ed52

    Entry level position into the NFL coaching business. These are the guys who work two or three weeks ahead of the schedule doing all the statistical prep work and research. From what I understand this is a grind ’em down position. Everyone says they want to coach…this job separates out the wannabes.

  • ed52

    LOL! Lets hope this guy is better than the last guy then.


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How long have you been interested in quality audio?

How long have you been interested in quality audio?
Less than a year
2% (7 votes)
1 to 3 years
10% (29 votes)
4 to 6 years
9% (28 votes)
6 to 10 years
10% (31 votes)
10 to 20 years
28% (86 votes)
20 to 30 years
28% (85 votes)
30 to 40 years
11% (35 votes)
50 years or more
1% (3 votes)
Not interested . . .
0% (1 vote)
Total votes: 305

The high-end audio business has been around for less than 40 years, with new generations signing on each year. When did you join?

Greg Roe's picture

Heard a friend's rig and I was hooked. Haven't looked back since!

roger henry's picture

what goes around comes around

Eric Leideman's picture

The money I earned on my first summer job were all spent on my first hifi system. And there have been quite a few upgrades done since then...

T's picture

No comments this week.

Sergio Ricardo Cury's picture

I've been interested in quality audio since 1975,but join it just on last year .

John Atkinson's picture

Yikes, has it been that long? I bought a mono tape recorder in 1966 (with primitive sound-on-sound) and plugged it into my parents' one-piece "radiogram" or my Marshall bass stack. It wasn't until 1968 that I bought a "real" system.

Ken So's picture

Designed and built my own class-A amp in high school. Since then it's been a slow upgrade process. Speakers, turntables/cartridges, CD players, stands, wire, and on and on and on . . .

Charles In Washington, D.C.'s picture

I was an advent hobbyist for almost 20 years, but I been interested in high-end audio since 1985, and never turned back, and don't intend to either. Case Closed

Jonathan Scull, aka J-10's picture

I can'a help it. My father abused me with Fisher, Ampex, and Bogen tube products and lots of Mozart and Bach. I had an original Advent cassette deck and Advent speakers . . . who didn't? Let's see, there was a Thorens TD 125 II inherited from said father, a Luxman receiver, a C-J PV-5 and MV-50 . . . it goes on and on. And I've never regretted a second of it! The pursuit of high-end audio is a noble one. Give yourself a pat on the back, you deserve it.

Kenneth Price's picture

What happened to the high-end tape deck? I own a Nakamichi 505 and a 202. Today you see more open-reels than cassette players. Did I miss something?

Al Marcy's picture

I started modifying my parents' Webcor phonograph in the 50's. (Did I already vote?)

John Crossett's picture

I've always loved music and it was only natural that I would eventually find my way to the High End. And what a long great trip its been. (and still is)'s picture

A Generation Xer who has been interested in the High End since age 13??? Unheard of? Maybe, but I know a lot of us out here. We are poor and new to this world, but just as interested as anyone else . . .

Leonardo B.  N.  Gondim's picture

My first system was a boom-box Philips. The second an all Technics with Sony speakers. The Third, with some few changes, are: - B&W CDM1 speakers - Aragon D2A2 D/A Converter - JVC XL-Z1050 CDP - JVC TD-V562 Cassette - NAD 304 Int. Amp. - Mirage PS-12-90 Actv. Subwoofer - Audioquest Cables What got me started ? My father and an uncle. My second help: Stereophile and Robert Harley.

Mr.  Kelly Taylor's picture

Had a heath kit tube radio reciever when I was 7. Be hooked ever since.

Marc Phillips's picture

I've been a "stereo" enthusiast since I was a child, and I still get a warm, fuzzy feeling when I see one of those big '70s receivers with the huge gyroscopic tuning knobs and the big VU meters. One day, however, back around 1982 or 1983, I stumbled onto a publication wherein a certain famous Cheapskate called a particular product's existence "bullshit." Such candor was so refreshing after a million "if you're shopping in this price range, you may want to audition this product" Julian Hirsch-style reviews, that I canceled my subscriptions to High Fidelity, Stereo Review, and Audio, and I never looked back!

willis greenstreet's picture

1965 and a Fisher 500c, AR speakers, and Dual TT. Now four systems later and God knows how many thousands of dollars I am still at it. Still got most of the albums I bought back then too and they are still in good shape.

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no's picture

I got hooked at 18, and now at 21 I've changed majors to electrical engineering. I'm hooked!!!

Ron Sellner's picture

My first exposure to a high-end product occurred in Tonganoxie, Kansas, in a rural cabin owned by a professor at KU. He had some kind of linear-tracking turntable, an amp/preamp of some sort, and Klipschorn speakers. I had never heard anything like that before, even though I had a good-quality Marantz receiver from 1972 and a set of Scott speakers. Seven years later I purchased a set of Altec 15s and was able to get a sense of that sound. Now I have Celestion A-3s (FL&R), A4-C center, A2 sides, and Klipsch Chorus rears, all driven by various Adcom, Carver, Sony, and Phase Linear amps, all of this orchestrated by a Lexicon DC1. I know that all of this must be better than that setup in Kansas, but the memory remains so clear after all these years.

Craig's picture

An AR turntable and KLH model 12 speakers back in 1969 were my first venture into better sounding equipment. That opened up a new world of sound possibilites.

Daniel Conners's picture

The first time I heard Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" in stereo on headphones, I was hooked on stereo.

steve thomas's picture

I find it to be the most satisfying hobby/experience. I just keep coming back to it.

Ed Abrams's picture

Good hearing aids make all the difference. It's like being reborn.

Eric Grassi's picture

I wasted a LOT of time listening to heavy metal in the '80s.

Mark Mason's picture

All it took was one visit to a High End dealer and I was hooked

Mike Molinaro's picture

What really honks me off is that when I had more disposable income (pre-house&kids) I was chasing my tail with upgrading mid-fi equipment. I was reading Stereo Review and shopping the local mass marketer of electronics/furniture/appliances, spending kilobucks there. Oh yes, there was an occasional foray into a stereo salon, but I felt like a fish out of water there. Then I subscribed to Stereophile and realized there was a whole other world of true hi-fi. I then did what any self-respecting audiophile would do---I gathered up all of the mid-fi equipment I had accumulated over the years (see "Astor Place") and went to a stereo shop that took trades. After getting over the shock and anger of how few pennies on the dollar that stuff was worth, I and the owner began to chat, and eventually we wound up sitting in front of a true high-end system. All I can recall is that the amp was a Marantz 275, the front end was analog, the speakers were selling for $5k (all used), the music was a female vocal, and it sounded glorious!! I felt like a fool, a sucker, thinking I knew what high-end was and spending my money accordingly all those years. Continuing the lunacy, I purchased a Sherwood 5000 II tubed amp from the shop that day, and hauled all the other stuff home too. (see "exasperated spouse").

Gary Ang's picture

Started when I turned 16. I have never looked back since, and the bank account shows!

Anis Y.  Jiwani's picture

Worried about where the technology is going the way things are becoming obsolete it is mind boggling. No matter where the technology takes us, the music will always remain same.

Curtis Simon's picture

I became interested in quality audio when I "discovered" classical music. I sat transfixed in front of a 4" speaker and 19" TV screen for 3 hours straight watching Samuel Ramey sing the title role in the Met's Don Giovanni. Still, it is the thrill of live music that gets me going. Stereo, no matter how expensive, has a VERY long way to go.


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Would You Rather Travel to the Past or to the Future?

By Hal Hershfield

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In an analysis like this, there are really an endless number of factors that such a variable (that is, time travel preference) could map on to.

About nine years ago, on a chilly October night, Ichiro Suzuki hit his 258th hit of the year. In doing so, he broke the record for number of hits in a season that was set by George Sisler way back in 1920. As the whole team rushes out of the dugout to celebrate with Ichiro, the camera pans over to the third base line, where we see an older woman wearing a cream-colored jacket and a reserved smile. It’s Sisler’s octogenarian daughter.

In one of the classier moments from baseball history, Ichiro leaves his teammates, runs over to her, and bows. The tears that were already in her eyes spill out a bit more and she graciously thanks him for acknowledging her, as well as her now long-deceased father. It was impossible in that moment to not only think back to the time when Sisler first set the record, but also ahead to the future, when someone will inevitably best Ichiro’s accomplishment. This is one of the things I love about baseball: it’s both a timeless sport as well as one that makes mental time travel relatively easy.

All of this came to mind a few weeks ago as I watched David Ortiz hit a grand slam to put the Red Sox ahead of the Tigers in one of the playoff games. I found myself wondering about similar dramatic playoff moments from the past (like Carlton Fisk’s ’75 walk-off homer), and the ones that would occur in the years to come. I’m not sure if it the grand slam prompted TBS to start playing classic baseball footage or if I had just had a bit too much pumpkin beer, but I had a thought: would I rather travel back to the past to witness one of these incredible moments or zoom ahead to the future to see what might yet occur?

Read the full article as published in Psychology Today.

Hal Hershfield in an Assistant Professor of Marketing.


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Letter(s) from Tatyana Sannikova to Alain (France)

Letter 1

Hello dear Alain!
I am so happy to see that you have decided to reply,I see it is very short letter.It is all right because you are astonished to get my letter.I want you to know that I have only good intentions and I have not any secrets.The thing is that I will work in your country for three months or so and I would like to meet nice man to fall in love or just be closest friends.I don't want to live in Russia because I have not any chances here,it is hardly possible to explain from first time but I want you to know my plans.I will work as wolunteer(clean office and help in any shop) and I can choice any town of your area,agency only help me to get visa and all travel documents.My best friend ( I will send the picture of her later) in last year met the man from USA when she worked there for three months too.It is special programm for young people who wants to work abroad and I think it is right way for me ,I am lost here,and I think that I look pretty enough to find better place .I want to repeat the same way,it is only my chance to meet nice man.I want to work in USA or in Europe or any civilation country I am full of the love and different dreams and I want to share my life with good man,I know that I am not so beautiful like Hollywood Princess but I do hope to meet my Prince and I am sure he will be not disappoined to meet me in real life! Well,I will close this letter and I do hope to get your reply.
I will leave russia in two weeks or so and I would like to be sure that I have the man who waits for me there.I will work in any shop as helper of shoper and I do hope we will spend all free time together to find out each other better.if you have any interest to meet me I will be more than happy to meet you too.
I will tell you all details about me and my life if you like my pictures and want to meet me! please send picture of you too!!!
Kiss you ,Tatyana!

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to be fair I don't know what do you want to know about me,in principle I am usual girl.I think I should tell you about me, my interests,tastes and hobbies.I think I will tell you about things I want to know about you and you will know my future questions.
My real name is Tatyana Sannikova( Tanya my nickname for closest friends) .I am 25 years old, my birthday is August 4.I so much don't want to get older ,when I can see old women I am getting crazy to think that it is my future .I do all the best to keep my youth and I keep my body well.
In spite of all difficultes here I am trying to be in good condititon and I do a lot of exercises to be in good shape!
I am about 168 cm tall and my weight is about 54 kg.they tell I look well enough , and I think that all women have own beaty.I have two youngest sisters and it is the problem for us because we have only two rooms flat.you can't imagine what does it mean to be born in small town in Russia,there are not any chances to live well,to get well paid job.All young people leave towns to search great luck in big cities but nobody waits for them there. I want to leave Russia, I know it sounds ugly but I know that I will be lost here like many young girls before me.It is not right place to grow children and have stable future. I want to meet right man .
I think in future I can work as fitness trainer I have certificate.I worked as trainer for two years in Vladivostok but now those Gym is closed.
My mother is my great problem too,she has great dream to marry me( she thinks that I can be too old to marry) and she wants to make me happy but I think it is only my business I am not a little child.I don't want to marry to have the ring on my my finger I know that much more important to meet the man having the same dreams and plans like me!
To be fair I am not sure I am able to explain all in first message I want to say so much!
I just want you to know that I am not afriad to work,I am fairly stubborn and I am sure you will be not disappoined to meet me in real life.I am going to spend three months abroad to work in any shop ,agency promises to help me because it is only the way I can leave Russia.I will have all documents to travel in a few days and i will travel to moscow then.From moscow I will travel to you and they ask me about name ofthe city i am going to work,if you don't mind to meet me please tell me the name of your city and nearest international airport!I will book my flight from moscow!
I think it would be so great to meet my man .I know that it is not so easy like I think but I think it is possible if I meet the man of my dreams and we are enough stubborn together.
I want to love and to be loved I want to build our own happiness,only me and my man there. I don't smoke,I tried to smoke when I was younger.I may have a cup of red dry vine,sometimes it helps to relax.
I try to care of my body and face.I know it is all I have .My soul mays have any itnterst for you later,I thinkso.I am not a little girl and I know that at first almost all men look at body ,legs and face.God created males such persons. Well,I think I am lost in my letter,I am not sure you understand my goals,please feel free to ask.
I live in Russia,town Shuchei , house56- flat34,it is near big industrial city Vladivostok.Our town is so small that there is not it on the map,they made submarines here before and all people had nice job but now there are not any arm orders and almost all people have not any job,many of them travel to Vladivostok every day to work ,it is about 40 minutes by bus!
I want you to reply if you understand my mind,my intentions,my soul,if not please reply too,I will continue my searching. Well,I will close this letter,I think you are tired to read it. and If youthink that I should write more shorter letters please tell me.
I write from internet cafe here because there are not cafes and possibility to use internet in my town,we have 4 digital phone number and we can't call abroad.Even to call in any big town here in Russia I have to order the call in advance.and I would like to say please don't worry if I keep silence sometimes I have no time to travel to cafe!
Please tell me more about you,your tastes,likes and dislikes .also I have a few impotant questions----do you like strong drinks too much?can you be very drunk?very ofthen? can you be rude with women?
Well,I have to stop or I will write without ending.Kiss you !see you later. Tanya! I am sending picture of my friend,I have told you about her,she is in France now it is his gift for her before they will travel to USA!and it was her idea to help me to meet my man from abroad !
It was so nice to meet you ,KIss Tanya!

Letter 3

Alain dear thank you for kindness I will wait for your reply!thank you again! I have been to the bank again and they tell you should visit western office and put my name and my address in moscow on their list and send me any 10 digital transfer number and I will get it in a few hours!I so much want to meet you,I kiss you!
repeat info for transfer!
Tel: (7 ) (095 ) 2122

my info: address Russia,Moscow ,Pushkina sreet,build 67 flat 104.
Sannykova Tatiana!

see you soon!Tanya!

Letter 4

My dear hello again,I see that it is the problem to help me,well,I think you are all right because if I have a lot of money I think I wouldn't send it to unkonwn too.
I think I will return home or try to earn some money here ,to be fair I am not sure I know my plans now ,I am so sad and I think I was too naive to think that everything is so easy.Well,I think I will write to you about my plans later ,of course if you are still interesting.
Kiss you ,knowing you has made my life brighter!

Letter 5

Alain dear where are you? I miss my today flight and I will book wednesday one again,please reply and tell me where are you and what is going on?

Letter 6

Alain dear thank you very much I will get it tomorrow because off the day off here (sunday) and banks are closed!I will write to you tomorrow after visit embassy and tell you exact date on my flight!I understand about the date you want to meet me and I will find out about this one!Sorry to send short letter I just to want to rest today because I am so tired last days I just need to sleep all day long!Kiss you !Tanya! By the way I don't smoke,don't worry I needn't any sigarrets!

Letter 7

Alain I received trunsfer from you, I am gonig to intervev in two hours and please wish me good luck!
Kisses, Tatyana

Letter 8

Dear Alain, it's me again,I am so sorry that there are so many difficultes on my trip to you!
I have been at the Embassy today and had an interview there. We talked alot, they asked me about my income and property of my parents,also I showed tickets . Now please listen to me honey.
Now my visa are ready but not approved ,because I need to show to the custom service and to the visa passport service living minimum for this period of time , it's about $2000 .It is law of passport visa service and they require it to make sure that person have enough money for living needs and will not stay in foreign country illegaly to live to another account. I have told that I will work but it is the rule for all persons who wants to visit the country!
In other case if i don't have this amount visa process will be canceled.
Honey please try to send the money as soon as possible I need to approve my visa till tomorrow (my last interview and my flight),do not worry I will not waste even a dollar from this amount and I will give it to you back in Airport. This is our last step and we'll be together.
I'll be waiting for your answer today. Remember I do not pay this amount just show that I have.
I will wait for your info and I do hope it is last problem on this way,I hate politicans , they imagined so many barriers and borders,why simple people can't just meet each other?
I can't understand it!They fly without any problems and we have to pay so much, I can't understand why? you know all info to transfer money! I will be here till the morning I am afraid to leave cafe and miss your e-mail,thank you !
Love you and counting days and minutes before our meeting.
Million Kisses,
Your Tatyana!
I do hope to kiss you in real life in afew days and do hope it will be so warm and long kiss!

Letter 9

Alain dear, thank again for your help, pls try send me how much you can and I'll try find the rest money,ok? I'm stay online and waiting email from you.
Kisses, Tatyana

Letter 10

Alain, I called my parents and they can give me some money, I still need 870 $ more... maybe you can find it.... I'm so upset... Please try to find it, remember I just need to show this money, I will not spend it. I'll have work in your city and I can return all money bacl to you. KIsses, Tatyana

Letter 11

Honey hello, Sorry I din't write you sooner, and I want you to know that you can't imagine how happy I am.
I have sheldue of my flight.you can't imagine how much crazy MOscow is.It is great fear to live here I think so!Our small town is more friendly .
well,about our business, I tasted my blood,such rule for foreign visitors wanting to visit your country!Thanks God I am in good health, all of my tastes are all right,I only need some vitamins I think it is the bad foods and long winters problem.I have to eat much more fruits and vegetables.The doctor said!
well,here is all info ,I do hope we will together in a few days!
Info from agency!

Information for Sannikova Tatyana.
"Suntour",Sergeev Ivan.3690768 Moscow,Leningradskaya street 144,office 46.
Please use our service .
Best regards.Manager Korolev Andrey.

Price: USD 950.00+

Honey I am so glad to see that I am almost near my goal,and our meeting wait for us.
I think I will call you from airport and I will wait for you there so long as you need,I mean if you need any time to arrive in airport.
it is not problem to wait there because I know that it is the end of my trip and I have time to improve my condition(some parfume)after long jorney.I want you to see me in good shape!
I think everything will be all right.Rather I am sure everything will be all right!.
My Dear, they have told in travel office that I have to show tickets when I will visit embassy Aftertomorrow before my flight.People from embassy must be sure that I am not going to stay inlegally in your country and I have tickets with returning data.it is very strong rule.I have some money but my flight from Vladivostok to Moscow costed so much(about 600$)because so many kilometrs from there to moscow.I didn't guees that tickets costs so much.
and I have to book tickets till friday ,because of my intervew .May be you could borrow some money?I am sure I will be able to return it back in a few weeks after my arriving I will earn some money and at first to return all money to you.
in Agency they have told me that you may send it to use western union system because we have no time till my intervew,if everything will be all right I will get this flight!
I have about 550 US dollars yet and I think I need about 500 US dollars from your side with all travel needs and living here till my flight!If everything will be all right between us I can stay with you longer than three months,maximum I can stay about 6 months for first time! We should change only the date of my returning flight.
Or I can return earlier if something is wrong!
you may send it to any bank of Moscow.I have been to the bank to try to learn something and they tell me that it is very easy they tell so,I am not sure I know all well,but they tell it is not a problem to do. They gave their address-BANK OF MOSCOW LENINGRADSKII PROSPEKT, 34 MOSCOW 125040 RUSSIA
Tel: (7 ) (095 ) 2122
you will send me transfer info and I will get cash.
Kiss you many times ,I am tired today,you know it is hard enough to be in foreign city. So many different emotions .
Kiss you many times!Tatyana!
see you soon!
My(you know I live in flat of my friends) address here is Russia,Moscow ,Pushkina sreet,build 67 flat 104.
(right writting in English) Sannikova Tatyana!
I am sorry to send so dry letter but it seems to me I am like any drunker I have lost my mind and my head works so badly,see you tomorrow.I am sorry to make so many problems for you I only hope that you will be not disappoined to meet me. Send you a copy of my passport I want you to be sure that I am on the way to you! My friend has taken a few new pictures of me here,by the way I have nice camera ,my parents gave me a year ago,past birthday!


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Letter 1

Hello my name is Elizabeth Morgan ,I was(born May 13, 1976)single woman, I’m an Army captain in united state of America presently am in Afghanistan at the camp, a member of the U.S. army, which was deployed to Iraq at the beginning of the war in Iraq,

I come from a proud/humble family of patriots. I earned my commission through Army ROTC at The University of Texas at Arlington in 1998 and was commissioned as an Adjutant General Corps officer. Since then, I've served in such exotic locations as Fort Polk, Louisiana; Fort Hood, Texas; and all over Iraq.

But I will like to know you better, tell more about you, I have something very important to discuss with you in my next mail. Tell me more about you in your next mail and send me your pics for more discussion, thanks I will be waiting to hear from you.

Letter 2

My Dearest One,

Thanks I got your mail in a wonderful day and happy day which I will like you to be serious with me, It gives me the greatest joy to read from you. Sometimes, life certainly can feel that way and what better shelter from the storms and trials of daily life than friendship and to know that there is someone out there you can fall back on. Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there...to serve some sort of purpose teach you a lesson or help figure out who you are or who you want to become.

Dear am a member of the U.S. army Medical Team, which was deployed to Iraq at the beginning of the war in Iraq. I would like to share some highly personal classified information about my personal experience and role which I played in the pursuit of my career serving under the U.S 1st Armored which was at the fore-front of the war in Iraq. I would hold back certain information for security reason for now I want you to visit the BBC website stated below to enable you have an insight into what I intend sharing with you, believing that it would be of your desired interest one-way or the other ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm ) get back to me having visited the above website to enable us discuss in more clarifying manner to the best of your understanding. I will be vivid and coherent in my next message in this regards, meanwhile, I want you visited the site and understand my intentions, I have to give you some details of my person trusting that you will not make any wrong intention use of it,

I realize that for me to get a trusted and willing partner I will definitely need to be proactive and give before asking especially for your information as it is required. as I stated in my first email to you, I'm an Army captain in united state of America presently am in Helmand d province, Afghanistan at the camp. As a young girl, I grew up with my maternal grandmother in the noisy streets of the upper west side Manhattan, NYC. She was ill most of the time though and at her death by 1989, I have already picked up an interest in the nursing profession, and have joined the local Red Cross and I decided to enlist in the army, I am a member of the U.S. ARMY USARPAC Medical Team. I have been in Iraq for a long time now and I did witness the story that you read about in the bbc link above.

I was among the soldiers that found the hidden money, in Iraq; I was able to take away 8.5million United States dollars. I need your help to secure this fund; the fund has been taken to a secured organization in Kabul, Afghanistan province. The 8.5 million dollars that I was able to carry away with me on that faithful day, the army lunched an investigation into the disappearance of fund from the site, I and some of my squad where detained and questioned, but were later released,

As you know they are still investigating the members of the squad, by keeping surveillance on us where I go and what ever I do, every telephone call I make, is been listened to, so I will like us to use email to communicate for security reason which I believe will be better for both of us. I do not know you in person, but am believing and trusting you in this transaction and hope that you will not betray me, am not a thief by nature, I was serving my fathers land on a military duty, so do not treat me like a thief, lets work together and I will give you 35% as your share.

The 8.5 million is deposited in a trunk box with a Cargo security company in Kabul, Afghanistan which was deposited and registered with this cargo company as family treasure/belonging. I will like to know the following information about you.

1. Full name and contact Address

2. Occupation

3.An identification photo or international passport.

4. Your Country/Tel/Mobile Numbers.

This will help me to build trust in you. As soon as you send this information, then I will let you know the name of the security company where the fund was deposited, and how to receive this deposit from the hand of this company via diplomatic means to you in State or any country outside Afghanistan, do confirm to me your willingness to travel to where ever the security company can deliver the package outside Afghanistan.

Looking forward to hear from you soon.
Yours in Love
Capt .Elizabeth Morgan

Letter 3

Hello how are you, thanks for your mail, I can understand your fear ,nobody knows my new mail ID I use to contact with you, This transaction is 100% free risk and legal without any problem, The consignment will be deliver to you by diplomatic means in your country without any problem or search.you have nothing to be scared.

All you read in my message is just exactly as I have told you, we discovered this fund in Iraq, and the money was shared among we soldier that discovered the fund, I took my own share of the money to the Kabul, Afghanistan, package it and lodge it in with a security company over there as family belonging/personal effect, NOT as physical cash, PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THIS..

All I need you TO do now is to supply me your full contact information, your phone number with your passport copy or any of your identity like your driving license for my submission to the company, so that you will be recognize by the company as the beneficiary to the fund, and I will give authorization to the company, so that the company diplomat will airlift the consignment to your destination.

As for the consignment I have told you it will be send by diplomatic arrangement without any search, will be concealed to your home with no problem or anywhere you choose in form of a consignment with the help of their renowned diplomat security scheme, unknown to the delivery man the actual content of the baggage .Note that method is being proven safe, risk free and result oriented hence a presence of an esteem diplomat protects the funds from any form of scrutiny or search by custom or any security agent all over the world until delivered.

Because they enjoys an international Immunity, therefore no package under his custody will be subjected to any search because the package is termed (DIPLOMATIC BAGGAGE) However, you are to note that this measure was adopted to ensure you my goods will be deliver without any problem or delay, I learn this is the method which top governmental officials move out large fund/ special commodities to foreign countries since the Sep 11thTerrorist Attack on USA. Believe and trust me this transaction is free risk.

this transaction will incur some little expenses before the consignment can be deliver to you in your country, if you are read to assist me in this transaction let me know or if you can travel to Cairo Egypt for the receiving of the consignment from the diplomat, I will appreciate this because the diplomat will have a transit in Cairo Egypt to obtain the Legal Document Non Inspection Certificate for any security custom officer or immigration not to open or inspect the consignment till will be deliver to you in your country.

The diplomat will have transit in Cairo to obtain the document before he will board with next flight to your country and deliver to you the consignment safely without any problem or search. I will give 30% of the total money as your own personal share, after you must have receive the consignment box in your destination, 60% for me, and the last 10% will be for any expenses you must have incur in the transaction before the consignment get to your destination.

I will like you to trust and understand me very well in this transaction , I did not want anybody to suspect me I have to do everything secretly till the consignment will be deliver to you without any problem, that is the reason why I look for someone like you in another country to receive the consignment and I want you to keep the secret between me and you do not tell anybody about this transaction am assuring you that you will never loose anything you may spend in this transaction,we will be happy to together at the end of the day,

Any thing you do not understand, please do not hesitate to ask question, so that I can explain to you better, because I do not wants us to make any mistakes before the deposited consignment box gets to your destination.

Waiting to receive your full contact information as directed in my previous mail.

Yours loving


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  • Dude you should stay. I don't think is safe for you to drive para tu casa after having all those cervezas
  • tonight's fight was really good... god dammit I have to go to mi casa right, It's almost 3:00AM
  • hermano Driving while you are under the influence of the alcohol is very dangerous.
  • Don't worry about me loco. I just need to wash my face and I'll be alright.
  • Que problema..I don't think you are getting my point pana. let me just remind you something in case you forgot
  • Trust me socio, nothing is gonna happen. Is not the first time i do this, I'm a very good driver.
  • Aproximately 16,000 people are killed in crashes related to alcohol Each year
  • Alcohol is a factor in almost half of all traffic fatalities.
  • De verdad?? that's no bueno dude!
  • I'm telling you mi hermano, and unfortunutelly the latinos between our age group are responsable for a big percentage of those accidents related to drunk driving
  • But how can I prevent that reallity. I'm young, and honestly I really like to have some social drinks when I go out
  • Is your turn to make the difference. Drive safe, community safe
  • drunk driving
  • I know mi pana, I understand you perfectly, I like to do the same. there are a few simple tips that you can follow
  • loco, but that makes a lot of sense!. I don't know why I never thought about it.
  • thanks man, I really appreciate your advice. from now on I'm gonna commit to be a role model for the respect of my comunnity and to myself as well. I'm calling a cab.
  • •Get a designated driver •Drink at locations within walking distance of your home •Call a cab •Look for public transportation in larger cities
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Who lives here?
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4/5 rating details
  • Neighborly Spirit 4/5
  • Safe & Sound 4/5
  • Clean & Green 3/5
  • Pest Free 5/5
  • Peace & Quiet 3/5
  • Eating Out 4/5
  • Nightlife 5/5
  • Parks & Recreation 4/5
  • Shopping Options 5/5
  • Gym & Fitness 3/5
  • Internet Access 5/5
  • Lack of Traffic 3/5
  • Cost of Living 3/5
  • Resale or Rental Value 3/5
  • Public Transport 5/5
  • Medical Facilities 4/5
  • Schools 4/5
  • Childcare 3/5

"An Okay place to live with lots of Amenities near"

Lexington and La Brea is the location I am referring to in this review. There is mixture of Apartments , Condos and Single Family homes located on this street. It's near Hollywood so lots of night life activities are located nearby. There was also a shopping center that opened up a few years back that includes a target, best buy, game stop, starbucks, and other retails shops only a few blocks away. There are a few medical facilities nearby as well as smaller clinics. There are several schools (k-12) nearby for families considering living here as well. The street can get noisy at night because of the location being close to nightclubs and bars but not on a daily basis.
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'America's Subway' in Washington highlights infrastructure woes

November 30, 2016 7:06 AM EST

People ride the Metro subway system during the evening rush hour in Washington March 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hailed as "America's Subway" when it began operating 40 years ago, Washington's Metro transit system now could serve as Exhibit A for the U.S infrastructure woes President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to fix.

Crucial to helping the federal government run smoothly, the second-busiest U.S. subway is facing falling ridership, accidents, a $290 million budget gap, job cuts and soaring costs to fix its crumbling rail lines.

Its problems became clear in March when the system shut down for a day of safety inspections following a fire. That caused commuter chaos in the nation's capital, leaving workers scrambling to find transportation via buses, carpools and bikes.

Passenger traffic has fallen nearly 20 percent from a 2009 peak, with former riders finding other ways to get to work or telecommuting to avoid the trains. This has set off a vicious cycle of lower revenues leading to service cuts and higher fares that drive more riders away.

The head of the system's largest union says the Metro is in a "death spiral," and analysts suggest its only way out could be bankruptcy or a federal takeover.

Trump's vow for $1 trillion in infrastructure spending across the country offered a rare glimmer of hope to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which oversees the subway.

"Since he is a Republican and we have a Republican Congress, there is now no excuse for not getting this done," said authority Chairman Jack Evans, who has backed a federal takeover of the 118-mile (190 km) system.

The system is of particular concern to federal officials since many of the 700,000 people who ride it each day work for the U.S. government. When it struggles to stay open during snowstorms, it often snarls government operations.

Metro is far from alone in falling behind, with subways in nearby New York and Boston also facing billions of dollars in delayed maintenance. Nationwide, the U.S. public transit system faces an $86 billion repair backlog, according to the American Public Transportation Association.

Washington's subway has long been plagued by safety systems that the National Transportation Safety Board this year called "fundamentally flawed."

Eighteen passengers and workers have died since 2005, according to the Federal Transit Administration. The agency took over safety supervision last year, the first time a subway system has come under U.S. government oversight for such lapses.

Metro General Manager General Manager Paul Wiedefeld said he would have moved a lot faster to fix some of the issues had he known the extent of the problems when he took the job a year ago.

"We are working very hard to do the best that we can for the agency and for this region," Wiedefeld told a news conference this month. He has said the repair program will cost $60 million, but a federal report this month said the final price tag could be double that.

Much of the trouble at Metro, which also carries many of the 21 million tourists who visit Washington each year, results from a two-track design that means trains cannot be diverted for repairs or traffic.

The system sprawls from Washington into neighboring Maryland and Virginia. It relies on those states, as well as federal and local governments, to cover close to half its costs.

Washington's Democratic mayor has proposed a 1-cent sales tax to fund the system, an idea the Virginia and Maryland governors rejected.

In a proposed $1.8 billion budget for the fiscal year beginning in July that Wiedefeld called "a reality check," Metro warned it would need to run trains less frequently and raise fares to offset declining revenue.

Metro workers flooded a board meeting this month to condemn the proposed cuts, which include hundreds of layoffs.

"Metro's budget should not be balanced on the backs of riders and workers," said Steve Williams, vice president of Teamsters Local 922.

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If your kiddos aren’t back to school yet, chances are good they are headed there within the next 2 weeks. All parents know that back to school expenses can add up FAST, and I know that I am always on the lookout for back to school deals when I’m shopping for my girls. I can’t control school and sports fees, but I can control how much I pay for supplies, clothing and shoes!

Meijer is one of my favorite places to shop for school because I know that I can find everything that I am looking for under one roof. Meijer has tons of school supplies for $1 or less, and when I am done shopping for those I can head over to the groceries to stock up on lunchbox staples and snacks for as little as $0.88! (prices vary based on location and time of year) It’s one stop shopping at its best!

Recently, my mom made her annual trip to our house and we took my girls to Meijer to do some school shopping. My oldest daughter is a 5th grader this year, and she gets her own locker for the first time. I had heard from other parents that Meijer has the best locker accessories, so we decided to investigate.

Meijer had an entire endcap full of fun locker accessories that made me a bit envious! (we didn’t have anything like that when I was a kid) I love this picture of my daughter pondering her options! And the pic on the right is of our work in progress on open house night:

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Before heading out to shop, I logged on to my mPerks account and clipped all of the great school supply offers. There are still lots of offers available, now through 9/10/16. Here is what I am seeing today:

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mPerks is an easy way to save even more money on already great prices!

After doing my own shopping for both of my girls, I am convinced that you can get everything you need for a great school year for under $75 per kid! And now is also the perfect time to re-stock your home office. Prices will never be as low as they are this time of year!

In addition to locker decor, here are a few things to keep an eye out for:

  • Backpacks – Meijer has the best selection of backpacks at decent prices. This is especially awesome when you have multiple children heading back to school. You don’t want to spend a pretty penny just buying backpacks. Know that when you shop at Meijer, you can get a great deal on one or ten.
  • Lunchboxes – It’s amazing to me how expensive lunchboxes can be, but not when you shop at Meijer. When we did us back to school shopping, we got awesome prices on the lunchboxes we purchased. I’m not looking for a lunchbox made of gold, I just need something to pack my kids’ lunches in.
  • Back to school supplies – Listen, we all get those lists with like 100 things on it and we wonder how we’ll pay for all of it. Meijer has the cheapest back to school supplies. Everything from folders, erasers, pencils, and more. You name it and Meijer always has great prices on it.
  • Back to school clothing – It’s not very often that you can send your kids back to school without buying some sort of clothing. Shoes, pants, shirts, socks, undies, and more can all be bought at Meijer! You can always get awesome deals at Meijer, especially on items like shoes. Make sure you check your weekly flyer to see what kind of great deals you can get on back to school clothing.
  • Food items to pack lunches – When it comes to packing lunches, it can be super expensive. Meijer has everything you could need to pack a lunch. Lunchables, water, fruit, veggies—name it and you can find it at Meijer.

I think one of the best things about shopping at Meijer is that you can shop for everything you need in one place. You don’t have to waste time going from store to store, and the selection can’t be beat!

Do you have any great back to school shopping tips that you would like to share? Feel free to leave a comment below, letting us know!

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CAMPAIGNERS involved in the successful battle to keep Gloucestershire's community health services public have now written an open letter to every GP in the county asking for their support in protecting other parts of the NHS from privatisation.

The Gloucestershire branch of campaigning group 38 Degrees, which has over one million members nationally, says it is calling on GPs to do everything in their power to help prevent the break-up of the NHS.

As a result of the Government's Health and Social Care Act, Gloucestershire's £750 million health budget, which is currently controlled by the Primary Care Trust, will be handed over to a new Clinical Commissioning Group in April 2013.

The letter sent by 38 Degrees to Gloucestershire's GPs requests that they do not sign off on the constitution, which would finalise the new decision-making arrangements, until it has been strengthened.

After seeking legal advice, members of the group are urging GPs to back a more strongly worded constitution, which they say will do more to protect the NHS 'from wasteful reorganisation, erosion and fragmentation'.

David Perry, a spokesman for the Gloucestershire 38 Degrees campaign, said: "We are concerned that, despite government promises, there will be a huge amount of pressure on CCGs to privatise NHS services and offer them out to tender - something we totally oppose.

"There is a lot of confusion, but the fact is that CCGs do not have to tender services, and we are asking them for stronger commitments that they will not expose the NHS to a bidding war unnecessarily."

Mervyn Hyde, the group's chairman, said: "The experience with the district hospitals shows that there is an alternative to tendering out our health services - but also, that we have to fight for it, in the face of confusion and misinformation."

The contract for Gloucestershire's GP out of hours service - currently held by Great Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust - is one such contract which could be auctioned off to private firms.

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The Lost Hero

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Jason can't remember who he is or how he got on a bus of misfits.  He has a girlfriend?  Piper wishes she could forget that her dad is missing and she needs to obey the voice from her nightmares to get him back.  Leo isn't sharing his strange abilities or how they were the cause of the death of someone he loves.  Thrown together, the three need to figure out what's going on and who they can trust.  Can they learn to trust each other and work together to complete a dangerous quest to save a Goddess that may want them dead?

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5 stars - a must read

Rick Riordan does it again.  Love this new series set in the world of Percy Jackson's adventures.  The same Greek Gods are there ignoring the mortal world even though they claim their children as promised to Percy.  Add the Roman version of the Gods, acting a whole lot fiercer and things just got a whole lot more interesting.  Needless to say, the world building is fabulous.  Really enjoyed this new Roman perspective.

The characters are just as good as Percy's lot.  There's a lot of the old favorites hanging around in the background too.  And hints of more of our favorites to come.  I love Jason.  He's trying to remember the memories that have been taken from him.  He's becoming friends with Leo, learning to trust him with his life.  He's feeling things for Piper that maybe he shouldn't because who knows what's in those hidden memories.  He's a great reluctant hero.  He knows he's done great things but why is he the leader?  I love this aspect of him.  Greatness with some humility.  Piper is still learning that she's a demi-god.  Newly claimed she's not so excited with her Goddess mother.  What can she do but talk people into doing stuff they shouldn't.  Unsure how she can help but desperate to get her dad back, she makes a fabulous heroine.  Leo is the fixer with secrets.  Wanting to be noticed by the girls but clearly the sidekick, Leo comes through time and again to save the day.  Love his passion and obsession with making things work.

The plot is action packed and full of twists and turns.  Love it when a book leaves lots of clues that I don't even notice until after they have been explained near the end of the tale.  Such is the case with this book.  The story comes together concluding the first phase of long struggle to save the world.  Loose ends are tied up and clues explained but I was left wanting and needing to dig right into book two as I realize just who that book is about and what's going on.
This is a must YA book for anyone who loved Percy Jackson.  The fun hasn't ended, it's just shifted to add great new characters and new threats.  Love it.

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  1. Eeek I can't wait to get to this one I loved Percy and I keep hearing this series is also fantastic. Great review Valerie!

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  2. Oh, I'm so glad you liked this one! I read it a year ago and really liked it. Though I hadn't (actually still haven't!) read the main series, but really want to. I do have the first Percy book waiting and can't wait to pick it up! Great review.

  3. I love Rick's writing and agree this was another great book by him. I really enjoyed your review!


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The 15th of August, 1947 is a red letter day for India because it was on this day that it achieved Independence from British rule. The Britishers had ruled our country for 150 years. In fact, they came to India as ordinary traders but became its rulers. Our internal disunity offered them good scope to establish their foothold on our sacred soil. On 15th August 1947, Pt. Jawahar Lai Nehru, the first Prime Minister of j India unfurled the National Flag for the first time on the ramparts of Red Fort. Since then this day is being celebrated as our Independence Day throughout the country. It is celebrated as a National Festival. It has been declared a National Holiday. All offices, shops, factories and other business establishments remain closed on this day. The employees and the workers get a paid holiday every year on this day. Independence Day is celebrated with great fanfare in the capitals of all the States as well as in the Union Territories. But in Delhi, it is celebrated in a special way. On this day, the Prime Minister of India unfurls the National Flag at Red Fort in front of a huge gathering of Indian people and foreign dignitaries. He also delivers a speech in which the progress made by the nation, the problems encountered by the nation and the dangers that lie ahead are highlighted. The people hear this speech with rapt attention. The preparations for the Independence Day celebrations are made a few days in advance. Pipe railings are fixed on both sides of the road leading to Red Fort. Hundreds of loudspeakers are fixed so that even the people sitting far away from the saluting base of Red Fort can hear the Prime Minister’s speech without any difficulty. Police contingents are posted on duty at Red Fort in large numbers to ensure security of the V.I.P.s, to regulate the traffic and control the rush of the people. V.I.P.s, foreign dignitaries, diplomatic envoys, ministers and Members of Parliament are seated in a special enclosure constructed near the...
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The Grey Zone is a wonderful movie set in the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp and tells the story of the largely Jewish Sonderkommandos, or ‘death squads’, that were responsible for running the camp’s crematoria. The director uses the term ‘the grey zone’ to describe the challenge that these men thus present to what he terms the ‘Manichean tendency’ to view the history of the camps simply in terms of good and evil, black and white. Due to the multiple “grey zones”, the Sonderkommandos were all for themselves. They all knew that they there were going to die in the end and yet, no man was able to support another. There was no trust. These “grey zones” appeared because of the misfortunate that occurred on a day-to-day basis. The Sonderkommandos were forced to lie to their fellow people, murder them and worse, clean up the ashes. Seeing all of this will only force people to act in wild fashions; people will change. No man, woman, or child who survived will walk away without scars.

Throughout the movie, there were many acts of selfishness, and violence, but since the audience was also placed in a state of mind where they couldn’t anticipate what was to come next, the audience was caught by surprise. For example, one of the main characters Hoffman, killed a man for his watch in the undressing room. He became violent with this man because that man revealed who Hoffman actually is and what he does. Hoffman knows that leading other Jews into the gas chamber is wrong, especially since he is no different than these poor, helpless people. Being in the moment and on the spot, Hoffman went into a rage, but loathed himself in the end. The Sonderkommando prisoners did not always behave the same with one another. They should have been working as a group at all times, but they only disagreed with one another. For instance, in the movie they killed an elderly Sonderkommando because he could not deal with the trauma of having to burn his own family and it tortured his soul knowing...
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Demolish it. It's an eyesore.

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Will English and Joyce ring the changes? Smiles, selfies and fitting Christchurch farewell for John Key National party heavy hitters throw their weight behind Paula Bennett for deputy Prime Minister Best of the west: Bridges or Bennett? Gibbston Valley Concert liquor licence approved Ultra-fast broadband rolled out on Waiheke Island A safe pair of hands - but can Bill English fill John Key's shoes? English hires Key's chief of staff Eagleson in sign of 'continuity' Legal cannabis in NZ? Green Party offers green light to pot smokers Below the Beltway: A week in politics

Critical tweeting may breach House protocol

A tweet by Labour MP Trevor Mallard describing Speaker David Carter as "like a Mafia Don" running his protection racket for the National Party has sparked a privileges committee probe into MPs' use of social media.

Carter said it was uncertain how parliamentary privilege, which protects MPs' free speech in the House, applied to social media given it was not a "proceeding of Parliament".

MPs could run the risk of being guilty of contempt.

Economic development part of Collins' time-out

Judith Collins has revealed how she occupied herself when ordered to take some ‘‘time out’’ by Prime Minister John Key.

Collins said she shifted some of her furniture, got stuck into the garden and ‘‘I also did some economic development, which is shopping’’.

The justice minister was told to take some time off after  coming under sustained attack from Opposition MPs over her links to dairy exporter Oravida and lashing out at a press gallery journalist.

Key tempted to declare horse under 'donkey'

Prime Minister John Key has belatedly declared his interest in a racehorse, a week after NZ First leader Winston Peters faced controversy over his interest in a nag.

Key said he owned the horse, which he dubbed a ‘‘donkey’’, as part of a syndicate.

He bought his share in 2007, sold it in 2008 and never thought to declare it in Parliament’s register of pecuniary interests until asked by the media.

‘‘I can’t see why I’d need to declare it but, honestly, it’s so long ago I can’t really be bothered going through the arguments so I’ve declared it.’’

Gluckman goes global in childhood-obesity battle

The prime minister’s chief science adviser, Sir Peter Gluckman, will co-chair a global commission aimed at ending childhood obesity.

He has been appointed to the role by the World Health Organisation and the commission will report back to it on the most effective approaches to tackling childhood obesity in different contexts around the globe.

Sir Peter Gluckman’s advice on the topic had guided the New Zealand Government’s anti-obesity policy, Health Minister Tony Ryall said.

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Scott Styris ponders Northern Knights future

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DECISION TIME: Scott Styris will decide after the Champions League whether he plays another Twenty20 campaign for Northern Districts.

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Scott Styris will decide after the Champions League whether he plays another Twenty20 campaign for Northern Districts.

The former Black Cap was yesterday left off ND's list of contracted players for the 2014-15 season, as he preferred to not seek a contract and leave some options open should he put cricket to one side.

At 39 years old the veteran all-rounder doesn't have many more playing days in him, but is currently turning out for Leicestershire in England's T20 Blast.

Knights coach James Pamment said Styris would play at the Champions League and they would come to a decision on his future at the completion of that tournament.

"We've agreed to have that discussion," Pamment said.

"So it could be a grandstand fare[well] and it could be the end of the road, it could be retirement. But hey, if he enjoys that tournament and does well, then we might arrange to employ Scott on a professional basis like we do with any other overseas player that comes to play short-form cricket."

Pamment said that with Styris the age he was he had earned the right to make a late call on his future, and that he may have other things lined up instead.

"We saw him in the media last year and he did a very good job on commentary and maybe he's heading down that road, with the World Cup coming up and things like that," Pamment said.

In a similar situation to Styris is Daniel Vettori, who has again chosen not to be contracted nationally or domestically. He is instead on the books of the Brisbane Heat but will again, like last summer, turn out for ND when he can, possibly in any of the three formats.

"He's obviously going with us to Champions League and once we get back from Champions League he'll play for us whenever it works for the both of us," Pamment said.

With a combined age of 74 and the experience of 300-plus Twenty20 games under their belts, Pamment said Styris and Vettori were great assets to call on.

"Definitely. Their value last year was immense, especially with a young group."

That young group is even more accentuated this season, with ND yesterday handing first-time contracts to all-rounder Mitchell Santner and batsmen Joe Carter and Bharat Popli, making it 13 of their 14 players that are born and bred in the ND region.

"We haven't been in an open market searching for players, we're very happy with what we've got," Pamment said.

"We're very fortunate, obviously, to have six international players [BJ Watling, Corey Anderson, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult, Tim Southee and Kane Williamson], plus Dan Vettori, and it allows us to go deep into our squad. So [we're] obviously delighted for the young players who have been acknowledged."

On being recalled to the Knights last summer, Santner, 22, scored two fifties and a hundred in averaging 39.33 in the Plunket Shield, while his left-arm spin was excellent in the one-day competition, with nine wickets at an average of 25 at an economy rate of 3.75.

Carter, 21, had a promising debut season, finishing with ND's highest batting average in the Plunket Shield - 44.93 - with six half centuries in his 16 innings, while Popli played the back-half of the campaign and averaged 35.57.

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The exception to the local talent is Dean Brownlie, who joins from Canterbury as he pushes for a return to the Black Caps.

"He's seen the light, like most people, and he wants to live at the Mount," Pamment quipped. "He's obviously very friendly with a number of our Black Caps players and I think he just wanted to extend that relationship to a playing relationship."

Brownlie, who turns 30 next week and enjoyed a decent run-scoring season last summer, last played for New Zealand in May 2013, but is now looking to reinvent himself as an opener, with Pamment confirming he will be used at the top, at least in the four-day format.

The six major associations can name nine to 14 players in the first round of contracting, with their allotment of 15 to be complete after the second round of contracts are offered on August 8.

Pamment confirmed their final spot will go to someone who is "already heavily involved" in their setup as they won't be looking further afield.

Along with Sodhi and Styris, the other names missing from ND's list from last season are seamer Tony Goodin and wicketkeeper Cameron Fletcher, with the latter picked up by Canterbury.

That means there's no wicketkeeper in ND's 14. However, Pamment said Rory Christopherson, Tim Seifert, Ben Horne and Peter Bocock would all be given a chance, while Watling may be available here and there between international commitments.

Northern Districts 2014-15 contracted players (one to be added on August 8): Graeme Aldridge, Jimmy Baker, Jono Boult, Dean Brownlie, Joe Carter, Anton Devcich, Daniel Flynn, Jono Hickey, Scott Kuggeleijn, Daryl Mitchell, Bharat Popli, Mitchell Santner, Anurag Verma, Brad Wilson

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Four year ban will stand up in court - WADA

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Drug cheats will be kept out at least one Olympics under the World Anti-Doping Agency's proposal to increase the suspension for serious violations from two years to four years.

WADA plans to double the standard penalty in the next edition of its global anti-doping code, which will come up for approval next year and go into effect in 2015.

WADA President John Fahey said there is "an overwhelming amount of support for the sanction to be strengthened" for use of steroids, human growth hormone and other serious doping substances and methods.

Some athletes and sports bodies have previously challenged four-year bans in court as being too severe and a restraint of trade. But Fahey said WADA took legal advice on the issue and believes the sanction will stand up in court.

"I am confident the four years won't breach ... any current law in any part of the world," Fahey said in a conference call with reporters from WADA offices in Montreal.

"We have to be sensible and take into account proportionality and human rights. There is no point putting a penalty that would be thrown out by the civil courts."

The proposal was included in a new draft code that was presented to the WADA board on Sunday and will be reviewed next month.

While backing four-year suspensions, WADA decided not to include the IOC's proposal to include a specific ban for the Olympics. The IOC's previous rule - barring any athlete with a doping suspension of more than six months from competing in the next Olympics - was thrown out by the Court of Arbitration for Sport last year because it represented a second sanction and did not comply with the WADA code.

The IOC then proposed including the rule in the next WADA code, but the board felt it wasn't necessary because a blanket four-year ban would serve the same purpose.

"Four years will invariably take out someone competing in the next Olympics," Fahey said. "It's not specific to the ... Olympic movement. It's simply a four-year term. It strengthens and covers things the Olympic movement thought ought to have been covered by their own rule in the past."

The IOC welcomed WADA's move to stiffen the punishment but did not say whether it would give up on its own proposal.

"One of the new proposals appears to be a reinforcement of the sanction for heavy doping to four years. This seems to address the IOC's and Olympic movement's' request to strengthen sanctions," the IOC said in a statement.

"However, since the IOC still has to meet with its stakeholders to discuss the current drafts, it would be premature to comment further at this stage."

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WADA's move also would bring an end to the British Olympic Association's aim to revive its lifetime Olympic ban for dopers. The BOA rule was also thrown out last year by the arbitration court.

"There has been broad consensus that a two-year sanction for a serious first-time doping offense was insufficient and did not send the right message as a deterrent to those who might consider breaking the rules," BOA spokesman Darryl Seibel said. "By strengthening the sanction, WADA is moving in the right direction."

WADA's current code includes the possibility of four-year bans for "aggravated" circumstances, but few federations have applied the tougher sanction.

"By and large most settled on the two years," Fahey said. "It's difficult defining aggravated circumstances. This time, we effectively name the serious violations and say that's the four years."

On other matters, the board gave WADA the capability to undertake its own investigations, something underlined by the US Anti-Doping Agency's probe that led to Lance Armstrong being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life from Olympic sports.

"It doesn't mean we are going to be setting up an investigative unit, but we can certainly ask questions," Fahey said. "It's a very important change going forward."

The board also decided not to do away with backup "B" samples in doping tests. Some officials have said there is no need for the "B" tests because they almost always confirm the initial "A" sample, but Fahey said athletes were adamant about keeping them as an "insurance policy" against mistakes and lawyers want them in the case of court challenges.

For the second year in a row, the board decided against releasing additional funding for the agency, which has a budget of $28 million.

Fahey said WADA won't have to cut back on its activities next year because it has sufficient financial reserves, but programmes could be at risk in the future.

"The day is coming that if we don't get a reasonable increase in our budget, then we will have to seriously look at cutting programmes," he said. "That would be a tragedy."

- AP

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