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God bless you all during these summer months.
I am still on vacation this week and want to share reflections from another newly ordained priest. Father Robert J. Blaney was ordained on May 26 and is now serving in his first assignment at St. Mary Parish in Franklin.
Laying hands on Father Blaney
Thank you Father Blaney for your willingness to give readers a glimpse of God's actions that led you to the priesthood.
Yours in Christ,
Cardinal Seán
It has been more than a month after my ordination, and I still cannot get over the fact that I am really a priest!
Cardinal Sean presents me the chalice and paten for Mass
Monsignor William Helmick was my vesting priest
After giving Cardinal Sean my first blessing
The events working up to the day of the ordination and the Mass of Thanksgiving happened so rapidly. From that day on, time has seemed like a blur. I have been so busy and so much has happened. I moved into my first assignment at St. Mary Parish in Franklin and began a whole new chapter of my life as a Catholic priest for the Archdiocese of Boston.
My mother and I at the Ordination
Back row, left to right: My brother Ken, my mother, me, my father, my sister-in-law Julie. Front row: My nieces and nephew: Ayla, Jake and Kerry
In these first weeks, one thing has been exceedingly clear to me — that these have been big-time, grace-filled days with the Lord carrying me along and pouring down many blessings upon me through all of the people with whom I have come into contact. Needless to say, I have felt a bit overwhelmed but in a good way, in an exciting way.
Me with Richard & Ida Guglielmo
(my uncle and aunt from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida)
My brother Ken and I
My life journey up to this very day has had lots of turns and surprises. As I have aged, I have been working at getting better at knowing when to step aside, putting my self-interests away and responding to the workings of the Holy Spirit. What I have come to realize is that God, who has created us and knows all of us as the unique individuals that we are, communicates His love and His grace to each of us in a specific and personalized way.
Luke Vercollone, me, and Fr. David Shoemaker
We should pray to be attentive to the extraordinary things that happen to us in our ordinary lives. There is a reason for everything. Confusion, fear or helplessness is best remedied by admitting to ourselves that we are only weak human beings and that we need God. It is only when we take the time that we are able to hear what God is asking of us. After listening to God, it is up to each one of us to respond so that we might be able to carry out God's will.
When I was 31 years old, I finally began to understand this. I was working as an actor at a regional theater, and on one weekend a pianist from the Zurich Opera House who was only slightly older than me gave a concert. Watching him playing the piano during the concert, I began to think about my own history as a concert pianist.
I had been a bit of a child prodigy, competing in piano competitions in Boston, giving recitals throughout Massachusetts and performing at numerous events since I was seven years old. (For those old enough to remember the show, I competed on the Boston television variety show hosted by Dave Maynard called Community Auditions and was the "1973 Grand Champion of the Year.") When I was 13, I made the decision to stop playing the piano because I wanted to "fit in" more and "be normal" like the kids that I went to school with.
And so, sitting at that concert, listening to the pianist in 1996, I was struck by the fact that I'd let my very same God-given musical gift wither and die over the years. I recognized that once I had had the potential to be just as good as, if not better than, the guy on stage who was making his living as a successful pianist and conductor in Europe.
I went back to New York City where I was living. Feeling guilty over the acute awareness that I had not made use of a gift that God had given me, I started playing the piano again, with great difficulty. I revisited pieces I had played as a child, but my hands were in such bad shape due to years of not playing. As the days went on, however, I got better and better. Much to my parents' surprise, I asked them if I could move the grand piano they had purchased for me when I was 13 to my apartment in NYC. Ever-supportive, they were more than happy to oblige, and within the week the grand piano arrived at my apartment a little after midnight.
For the next three months, all of my free time was consumed with playing the piano. All the while, my agent and friends were puzzled as to why I was spending so much time on classical piano — something so "unmarketable" that "would never help" my acting career. That was not a concern of mine, though. I just knew I had to do it for myself. Getting back to my musical roots and making the most of my talents from God was therapeutic for me, and within three months I was playing better than I ever had when I was performing regularly as a child. My expectations were even exceeded when, a month later, I mastered Bach's English Suite II — the intricate opening piece in the aforementioned concert I'd recently attended.
Cynthia Enfield, Emil Adler, Julian Adler, me, Julie Flanders, Shellen Lubin, Rik Walter
A year later, a new show opened in NYC . It was a two-person play called 2 Pianos, 4 Hands, and told the story of two men who had wanted to become professional concert pianists since childhood and who never saw that dream become a reality. Not having much money at the time, I volunteered to usher at the theatre in order to be able to see it. I was deeply moved by the show, and a week later I ushered there again.
What touched me most was the universal theme of the play. Although told through the eyes of musicians, it could have been about athletes, scientists or accountants. The theme of how a person responds to the predicament of working towards a goal in life and then not reaching that desired goal was the plot of the show — one to which anyone could relate.
What was most interesting to me was how the two characters evaluated their lives when, as adults, they looked back over the sum total of their life experiences to see who they had become. Each man determining for himself whether or not he was "a success" — regardless of society's opinion — was a positive and empowering thing to watch. I had done the very same thing in my own life the previous year, and to see this message conveyed in the show was very affirming. Needless to say, the fact that the two characters in the play were pianists allowed me to be able to relate even more.
Friends and colleagues, upon hearing of my enthusiasm for the show, encouraged me to get an audition for it, but I convinced them all that it was out of the question — there was a great deal of classical piano playing in the show. I thought that the level of musicianship required was way beyond me, especially since the play ended in a mini-concert with the two men, in tails and at concert grands, playing Bach's Concerto in D Minor.
Unbeknownst to me, my agent got me an audition for it. After pleading with him that I was not capable of auditioning, he persuaded me to pick up the audition material and give it a shot. Well, because of my own personal pursuit of getting back to playing the piano the previous year (and learning Bach's English Suite II), I soon realized that I was capable of auditioning. I had even been working on the perfect, most appropriate audition piece for the prior year without even knowing it! I just could not believe it — the whole series of "coincidental" events that had transpired.
Terrified, yet enthused, I auditioned and got cast to take over the role from one of the creators. Classical piano, something that I returned to for interior reasons, had brought me a starring role in a Broadway show. I was fully aware that God had given me the gift of this show, and that all of the seeming "coincidences" had rather been part of His mysterious plan.
I performed 2 Pianos, 4 Hands in the New York production, the Canadian production and the U.S. National Tour from 1998 to 2001. For me, parts of it felt like a play within a play, and some of the dialogue could have been extracted from my own life. The demands of doing the show were many — continually practicing to maintain the concert piano level standards; balancing health and sanity amidst an eight-shows-a-week schedule and constant interviews, press events and publicity appearances; and dealing with the pressure that came along with headlining such an expensive and high-profile operation.
My faith in Jesus Christ allowed me to get through many stressful times during this period. Every performance began with prayer, was interspersed with prayer, and ended with a prayer to God. Oftentimes it actually felt that Jesus was carrying me whenever I would get nervous or feel panicked. My prayer life increased tremendously during those three years, and I realized that I could not do any of what I was doing on my own. On a couple of occasions, I was aware that it was God who was playing (through me) Bach's concerto on stage when I, myself, would be so paralyzed with stage fright. Somehow, He kept my fingers moving while I seemed to float above the stage, watching it all.
My Mass of Thanksgiving at Saint Theresa of Avila Parish in West Roxbury (left to right: Fr. Michael Drea, Nick Twaalfhoven, Fr. Raymond Helmick, SJ, Fr. Robert M. Blaney, Fr. David Shoemaker, Father Jack Kurps, Deacon Paul Boudreau, me, Monsignor William Helmick, Fr. Brian Bachand, Fr. Tom Maguire)
Artistically, it was a unique and wonderful opportunity. The script combined gritty dramatic scenes along with physically comedic ones. Both actors played 14 different characters throughout the play, and the play's denouement was a mini-concert which allowed me the opportunity to experience vicariously what it would have been like to be a professional concert pianist.
Unexpectedly and ironically, I discovered that my newfound success did not totally fulfill me. I had been reaching for a level of status in show business since I moved to NYC in 1987, and once I had it, it was not all I thought it would be. I began to feel a sense of emptiness and apathy, but I could not pinpoint exactly why I was feeling that way. I was now being sent out on many good auditions and long-closed doors were opening for me, but I was not even interested in pursuing them. Being an actor now seemed meaningless to me, and this realization found me perplexed.
During this time, I realized that I wanted to connect with something more real. Sensing that my priorities were shifting, I began praying for direction in my life. (My mother later revealed to me that during this same time she had been praying to God for me for the very same thing.) I began to read and pray the Bible, Thomas a Kempis' My Imitation Of Christ, and The Catechism of the Catholic Church. Simultaneously, I found myself going to Mass more and more frequently, cultivating a relationship with Our Blessed Mother, meeting other Catholics of my generation and, most importantly, spending a great deal of time in front of the Blessed Sacrament.
Jake, Ayla, and Kerry Blaney present the gifts at my Mass of Thanksgiving
In what seemed at the time to come out of nowhere, I suddenly heard God asking me to give my life for His Church. When I first experienced this "call" to the priesthood, I was intimidated and frightened by the whole notion, did not tell anyone about it and tried to block it out of my mind. But every day there would be some event — a remark made by a friend, something I had read in the newspaper, a scene in a movie — that continually reminded me that God, indeed, seemed to be calling me for some work far greater than myself. I was stunned by this challenging offer, as the idea of the priesthood had never crossed my mind my entire life. Not to mention that I thought I was too old and unworthy of such a calling.
Deacon Paul Boudreau and I (Recessional at my Mass of Thanksgiving)
I immersed myself in prayer, and brought up to God all the reasons why I did not believe I should answer His call. And one by one, every one of my issues got resolved in such a way that, as the days went on, I found myself becoming peaceful and even enthusiastically joyful with the decision to investigate what it entailed to discern a vocation to the priesthood. I still realized that I was unworthy, as we all are, but God gave me the necessary grace to follow Him. I applied to St. John's Seminary in January 2001, gave my notice and left 2 Pianos, 4 Hands in May, and entered St. John's in September.
So now, six years later, I find myself beginning a whole new chapter of my life. I am living in Franklin, Mass. where my brother, his wife and children live. I am back near the town in which I was born and raised, Framingham, and where my parents still reside. And I am a Catholic priest.
At the reception after the Thanksgiving Mass, with Father Raymond Helmick, SJ, Monsignor William Helmick and my parents
Do I feel blessed? Totally! Do I, even more so, feel humbled? Absolutely! I am so thankful to the Lord for having called me to serve Him and His Church as a priest. I am honored to serve the people of God in the Boston Archdiocese. I promise to pray for the grace that is needed for all of us to grow together toward a deeper knowledge of God's Love. I ask you to continue to pray for me, for my six brothers who were also ordained in May and for all the priests who serve the Archdiocese of Boston. May God bless us all.
– Fr. Robert J. Blaney
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We're a husband and wife team that love wine, great food and treasured memories shared around the dining table. We're thrilled to share our love for food & wine with the community of Leesburg, Virginia. Vino Bistro will feature and upscale wine bar & bistro with French inspired speciality foods and wines from around the world for your enjoyment! Our goal is to create a boutique neighborhood wine & food destination.
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- Sick staff prohibited in the workplace
- Waitstaff wear masks
- Diners must wear masks unless eating or drinking
First time here and definitely will not be the last - we had the salmon and the short ribs - both were spectacular! Great wine selection at a reasonable price. Mariam was our server and she was wonderful. We are already planning our next trip.
Another really good meal at Vino. We had our standard: soup, salad, salmon & grilled chicken. A lot of people outside, but we eat inside. Good spacing and good safety practices. Our 3rd time in since they re-opened.
Nice vibe!
Great food, atmosphere and top notch selection of wine.
Excellent service, good food.
Another excellent meal with unique, delicious and affordable wine! This place is a gem! Very relaxing and service was impeccable.
The magic is back. Vino Bistro is open and the food is as good as ever. New dishes in the menu. Cucumber soup, chicken marinated in yogurt with salad and mushroom. House cured salmon.
Our favorite place in Leesburg
Wonderful wine options, charming setting. Have been several times and never had a bad meal.
Shh this is our favorite little spot. We really don't want anyone to know because we don't want it to get too crowded. The short ribs are to die for. We have never had a bad meal here!. Fantastic outdoor seating!
Enjoyed our first time back to Vino Bistro since shutdown and it was a very nice experience. Sat inside but weather was nice so they had their doors open to patio which made it feel like you were outdoors. Food, hand crafted cocktails and service were very excellent.
The food is great, the service is good, highly recommend it.
Food was amazing and the staff was top notch!
Super friendly staff with smart quality wines. Food was very yummy and paired nicely. I would definitely recommend it.
Very good service and the wine was great. The food was amazing.
Vino Bistro is a delightful offshoot of Fairfax City's The Wine House. It features many similar dishes...and all are delicious! I had the cheddar corn fritters...totally yum appetizer. And the Beef Burgandy was to die for. My friend loved her shrimp and grits...and we both loved the bread pudding dessert that we split. Wonderful wine menu to accompany our meals, too.
Such a bummer. Visited for my daughter's 17th birthday. Mentioned it when we arrived and zero acknowledgement. Service was slloooooooowwww. Cheese plate took 20 minutes to arrive. Had to ask multiple times for bread. Had to refill our own wine (which is fine if I'm not yet paying a restaurant upcharge). Told the manager on the way out and he made excuses. Won't return -- too many other options.
I haven't had much luck with the restaurants in the Village at Leesburg. Vino Bistro is the exception. We've been 3 times and each time the food was impressive. I love salmon and the salmon here is excellent. The salads and entrees are very good. We're looking forward to more meals at Vino.
Wonderful food and ambiance. Will be back for sure.
Hoping they get a better dinner crowd. Lunch was slow. Menu looks ok. Nothing spectacular but the burger was tasty.
Great place for something casual with a great by the glass wine selection.
Lovely meal! Loved picking out our wine!
They were super accommodating and let us order off the pre fixe menu. Food was delicious. Adorable setting, attentive staff.
It was Saturday, the day after Valentine's Day, so they had a special menu and were pretty busy. Our waitress was good, but was definitely stretched. Food was also good and attractively plated, but again, the kitchen was stretched, so timing between courses was off.
Vino Bistro was absolutely awesome. Service was the best we have received from a restaurant in years. They were so attentive and knowledgeable. Spoke with the owner who helped me choose an absolutely delicious French Burgundy. Food was delicious. I had the Bone Berkshire Pork chop cooked to my request of Medium. My wife had the large sea scallops which she loved. The Creme Brulee was so good. Wonderful toasty flavor from the Brulee really went well with the glasses of dessert wine our server gave us. I wished we lived closer to enjoy this restaurant on a more frequent basis.
Great food and outstanding service and staff. Would definitely recommend.
The place looks nice, the wine display is awesome. Unfortunately, that's it. We showed up at 8:10 pm for an 8:15 pm reservation. We stood (only 1 SMALL bench to sit on, which we let a hangry pregnant woman have) and waited until 8:55 pm for a table. The staff was obviously overwhelmed, and it showed on their faces. The fixed menu price of $79 per person (an additional $35/person wine pairing) was pretty steep, considering we left unsatisfied, as while tasty, the portions were small. There are SO many restaurants in Northern Virginia, they're going to have to step up their game.
Had a very nice Valentines Day dinner at Vino Bistro! It was very crowded which was expected but we were treated nicely. When we finally got a table 45 min after reservation time, our food arrived shortly afterwards and was delicious. Found out from owner after dinner that their chef called in sick so they were operating short handed at that. Great job all around!
Made reservations for Valentines Day 3 weeks out. Reservation was for 6:45. We finally got seated at 7:30 only to discover they had a very limited fixed price menu for $79/person. We left. They should tell you that when you reserve.
Dessert was a failure. Dinner was great, scallops an filet perfectly prepared.
Went for Valentine's Day. Made a reservation thinking it would overcome the reviews that said service was slow. Well, it was still slow. Only $79 Prix Fixe menu available. My filet was good, but wife's scallops were undercooked. Dinner for two just shouldn't take 2.5 hours. On the good side, great selection of wines that are reasonably priced. HH wine was $6/glass regardless of normal price. Also, management recovered well for the issues, but the expectation is we don't have issues.
Very pretty space. The staff is kind but unskilled. I waited 20 minutes for a drink after ordering a bottle of wine. The list is not written, instead you must accompany the staff to the storage area to select the bottle. Then you must wait for white to be chilled. The presentation of the wine is excellent, but the service is overall frustrating. Requests are kindly accomodated, tho, so patience is rewarded. Food is okay.
Great food, excellent wine. Like others have said the service was a little slow, but we were not in a rush and the evening was fantastic. Definitely recommend for a great dinner out.
We possibly caught them on a busy weekend night. Over 1 hour from table to delivery of food, some of which needed to be sent back because it was under cooked. Manager recovered very well by assigning one of the wine bar staff to our table ... who was fantastic. So while our initial impressions were bad, the food was very good, and the wine bar staff has good wine knowledge. We would go back.
Fantastic night! Delicious meal and great service!!
Had great dining experience at Vino Bistro! Our Server was excellent and was very attentive. Food was all very good. Only comment I would make is Endive Salad while delicious was difficult to eat with topping of walnuts and blue cheese as they didn't adhere to salad. Loved the combo but maybe would work better if served differently or with a dressing mixed in. Had French Onion Soup, Filet and Chicken and all were wonderful.
Great meal with the price fixe menu. Good value and food and waiter were excellent. Food was a little slow to come out but the food is very good. Allergy friendly too.
The kitchen was overwhelmed. It took over an hour to get our order. 40 minutes into the wait they told my husband they ran out of what he ordered. When we finally got the food his was wrong. So they had to take it back and we waited another 20 minutes. So I ate alone and he lost his appetite and took it home for the next day. The owner came to apologize but never offered compensation. Not sure if we'll be back.
Very long wait for food, but excellent waiter. Fish was way overcooked for two of us. Meat was cooked well. Great wine.
Vino Bistro is a wonderful restaurant that we frequent often. Miriam is the best waitress and Michael always comes to your table to greet you and make you feel welcomed.
Vino Bistro offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (571) 291-2520.
Vino Bistro is rated 4.4 stars by 108 OpenTable diners.
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Committee questions call to eliminate inactive boards
The Legislature's Sunset Subcommittee was urged to support elimination of eight boards and commissions that agency officials and the governor's office say are inactive and unnecessary.
But members of the panel headed by Assemblywoman Irene Bustamante Adams questioned whether the functions of some of those panels are still necessary — especially the Nevada Commission on Women.
They were told that commission has been inactive since 1999, when the governor's office stopped appointing people to serve on it.
LCB Policy Analyst Carol Stonefield told lawmakers that supporters said the commission would act as a clearinghouse for information for women and children, but that opponents argued it would "promote a feminist political agenda and create a special interest lobby."
The commission has not generated any reports or other guides, and the last meeting minutes on file are dated June 1996.
Gov. Brian Sandoval's office expressed no opposition to eliminating the commission.
Sen. Pat Spearman, D-Las Vegas, said that before doing so, lawmakers should get data on women's income levels compared to men's, how many women are heads of households and other factors.
Adams asked whether Sparks Democrat Skip Daly or Sen. James Settelmeyer, R-Douglas County, had any questions or comments.
"We're not touching this one," said Daly.
Adams questioned whether there is any other board or commission addressing the needs of women. She was told there is not but that lawmakers could recommend the governor's office appoint members again if they believe the commission has value.
Spearman also questioned whether the Rural Advisory Board to expedite placement of foster children should be abolished as well as several other boards and commissions on the list dealing with everything from collection agencies to prevention of strokes and heart disease.
"Are we talking that if we had money in the budget to do these things effectively, we would?" she asked.
She was told that, yes, budgetary constraints are one reason the functions of these boards were being rolled into other programs.
The Sunset Subcommittee took no action on any of the eight panels up for discussion. Adams said that would take place at their next meeting in March.
Because all those boards and commissions were created by statute, the Sunset Subcommittee can't eliminate them. It can only recommend elimination or changes to the boards to the 2015 Legislature.


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How to Succeed in Offshoring - and Where
Outsourcing guru Mary Lacity studied global companies that had succeeded (and failed) in international outsourcing deals.
Outsourcing business processes or entire departments to overseas companies has become so common a tactic that senior managers more often have to justify why they're not doing it than why they are.
But the common wisdom about offshoring is often wrong. It's not a panacea for high-cost corporate processes; it's not a fire-and-forget solution to functions you don't want to manage; and it's not a uniform experience.
How much bang you get for your buck depends on picking the right processes, the right location, the right service provider and the right contract.
Carefully managed outsourcing arrangements are rarely a complete bust, according to Mary Lacity, a professor of information systems at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, who is one of the leading
experts on international outsourcing.
In a study of more than 25 companies, she identified the strategies that were most successful and alterations they made to accommodate conditions in different countries.
Our own research shows that regions have their own distinct characteristics, which we map out for you in an accompanying graphic. Download the Global Outsourcing Map below to have a quick look at the world situation. Download the report to get a more extensive review.
A Q&A with Mary Lacity: Finding Success in Offshoring
- Finding Success Offshore
- Why are some companies reluctant to go offshore?
- How to choose an outsourcing supplier in India
Further Resources
- Global Outsourcing Report: Top Spots for Global Outsourcing
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- eWEEK.com's Special Report on Outsourcing
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Chynna Phillips forgot her routine on Monday's "Dancing With the Stars," and on Tuesday she couldn't hold on to a spot in the competition.
"I knew that routine. I just blanked," the Wilson Phillips singer said.
Phillips said she was thrown off by fog on the dance floor during her performance and lost her place.
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She joins Ron Artest (now known as Metta World Peace), Elisabetta Canalis and Kristin Cavallari as the fourth to be eliminated from ABC's dancing competiton.
Returning to the ballroom next week will be Ricki Lake, J.R. Martinez, Chaz Bono, Carson Kressley, David Arquette and Hope Solo.
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Your daily entertainment briefing with items on Charlie Sheen's hour-long interview with Piers Morgan, CNBC's "Trash Inc" airing tonight and an easy dinner recipe for a Shrimp (or Lobster) Roll.
Dinner idea: Shrimp (or Lobster) Roll
2 1/2 pounds cooked lobster meat or shrimp
4 cups mayonnaise
6 stalks celery with leaves, chopped small
1/4 cup red onion, diced small
1 teaspoon fresh thyme, minced, or 1/2 teaspoon dried
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon horseradish
Lemon juice to taste
Kosher salt to taste
Fresh ground black pepper to taste
Old Bay seasoning to taste
Mix ingredients and adjust seasonings to taste. Chill at least an hour for flavors to meld. Serve with lettuce and sliced tomatoes on toasted New England hotdog buns with split tops. Makes eight servings.
On TV: 'Trash Inc: The Secret Life of Garbage,' on CNBC at 8 p.m. EST; 7 p.m. CST
This CNBC in-depth special on the trash industry explores where our trash ends up, new technologies operating landfills and companies that turn trash into power sources. Learn why trash is a $52-billion-dollar-a-year industry.
Trending: Charlie Sheen reveals all on 'Piers Morgan Tonight'
Making the interview rounds, Charlie Sheen appeared on "Piers Morgan Tonight" on Monday, talking for an hour about his feud with "Two and a Half Men" creator, Chuck Lorre, how to get the show back on the air and other telling topics of his recent rebellious behavior. Sheen even took a dig at John Stamos, should Stamos be hired as his replacement.
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Vanishing victims: The 'open wounds' of Mexico's drug war
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN
Editor's note: This story is the second in an occasional series looking at the violence tied to Mexican drug cartels, their expanding global connections and how they affect people's daily lives. The first article in the series appeared Jan. 15.
Mexico City (CNN) -- The blue plastic envelope is packed with papers: security camera photos, cell phone records, business cards and letters asking for help.
"My folder, this is my son," Alfonso Moreno says.
The young man left Mexico City on a road trip to Texas last January. His parents say 33-year-old Alejandro, a computer systems engineer, vanished just an hour away from the U.S.-Mexico border.
They have been searching for him ever since.
On this day, a wood-paneled meeting room at a Mexico City peace foundation is the next step in their hunt. They sit at a table with parents of a street performer, a real estate agent and a group of gold salesmen.
A year ago, they all were strangers. Now, they greet each other like old friends, with smiles and warm embraces.
A brutal drug war has brought them together.
Their children are among more than 5,300 people who have gone missing in Mexico since President Felipe Calderon began a crackdown on cartels five years ago, according to the country's National Human Rights Commission. Officials fear the total number could be far higher, because many disappearances go unreported.
The drug war's mounting death toll grabs international attention, but forced disappearances are one of the most troubling problems that Mexico faces, says Rodrigo Escobar Gil, a human rights representative for the Organization of American States.
As the number of cases grows, Moreno and other parents of the missing have become vocal members of the country's high-profile Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity, which has staged nationwide protest marches demanding a new drug war strategy, better treatment of victims and greater efforts to find the missing.
Hope that their loved ones may be found alive fuels their fervor.
Moreno says he and his wife, like many who are frustrated by sluggish responses and scarce results from officials, felt forced to launch their own investigation. Their search for clues has taken them from the quiet confines of their gated community in Mexico's capital into some of the country's most dangerous areas.
"I have more than the authorities do," he says. "Unfortunately, organized crime is organized. Our authorities aren't."
Retracing the trail
This is what Alfonso Moreno knows: His son Alejandro climbed into a red Mazda 3 and left Mexico City at 7 a.m. on January 27, 2011. Late that night, he planned to reach Laredo, Texas, visit a friend and pick up a new computer.
Alejandro never made it to the border. He disappeared. So did his car.
But he left a trail. A systems engineer for IBM and lifelong technology lover, he sent regular updates throughout his journey, firing off text messages and posting details about his location on Foursquare and Facebook.
"I just passed the Tropic of Cancer," he wrote on Facebook as he drove through the central Mexican state of San Luis Potosi.
A few hours later, another status update compared rush hour in the northern industrial city of Monterrey with traffic jams in the nation's capital.
Just before 7:30 that night, his mother sent him a text message: "Where are you, son?"
"I'm in Monterrey," he replied.
At 8:55 p.m., he posted on Foursquare that he was at a toll booth 107 kilometers (about 65 miles) away from the industrial city, in the town of Sabinas Hidalgo.
Just after 9 p.m., he posted his location again. There was no message -- just his coordinates. His parents suspect he sent them when he spotted something suspicious along the highway.
He hasn't been heard from since.
Time and time again, Alfonso Moreno and his wife, Lucia Baca, have flown to Monterrey and retraced their son's path. But they can only go so far. Officials have warned them to stay out of nearby towns in the area, a stronghold of the Zetas drug cartel.
"I wanted to go looking for him," Moreno says, "but the authorities told me, 'No, if you go in, you won't come out.' "
This is what the father keeps in his blue folder: a grainy toll booth security camera photo that shows his son's hand, reaching out to pay 186 pesos in Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon. Business cards of lawmakers, journalists and human rights organizations who've listened to the family's story. Pictures and descriptions of others who disappeared the same way -- driving on highways near the northern city of Monterrey.
He knows their stories as well as his son's. Off the top of his head, he rattles off the dates they went missing.
This is what Alfonso Moreno said when he met their families: Go to the toll booths now, because they only save the security camera photos for two months.
A growing problem
In October, Mexico's president said the "very high" number of missing people was a growing concern. He listed them among the victims of violence that he described as "open wounds" in Mexican society.
"We don't know the size of the problem," Calderon said during a speech inaugurating a new prosecutor's office aimed at helping victims.
"There are different statistics," says Gil of the Organization of American States' Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, "but what is certain is that this is a massive phenomenon in which a very high number of people are victims of this scourge. ... It consumes family and friends and the whole community with anguish and uncertainty."
Mexico's Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity has documented 600 recent cases of "forced disappearances" as demonstrators from the group travel across the country, protesting violence and collecting victims' stories.
There are thousands more, says Valentina Peralta, who keeps track of information about victims' cases for the movement.
For every death reported, she hears of at least eight other disappearances. But fear stops many from turning to authorities for help.
"They tell us, 'We don't want to file a complaint, because they'll kill us,' " Peralta says.
Some who do go public have managed to wrangle meetings with Calderon and other top Mexican officials
"Thanks to the movement, doors have been opened," Moreno says. "We are no longer invisible victims."
But the burdens they carry are often hidden from view, masked by the steely determination of their fight for justice.
A father closes his family business. A mother eyes the world with distrust. A grandmother fears for her grandchildren's future. For Moreno, old friendships faded. Acquaintances find it too difficult to ask about a missing child.
"A family of pain has been born," Moreno says. "All, all, all hope and pain."
A father's financial struggle
Melchor Flores Landa used to buy and sell homewares in the town of Nextlalpan. Now his search for his son and protest marches against the drug war consume his life. His business is shuttered, and money is tight.
Pain is the only constant. Everything else is in flux -- mentally, physically and financially.
"It's like a waterfall, all going down," he says. "You don't know when you're going to reach the bottom."
Like the Moreno family, his son disappeared in the Monterrey area. He travels the 10-hour bus ride there as often as he can, searching for information. He says his son, a street performer known as "The Galactic Cowboy," hasn't been seen since local police detained him three years ago.
Flores worries authorities will forget about the case if he doesn't show up in person. It costs thousands of pesos (hundreds of dollars) every time he makes the trip.
One recent afternoon, his young daughter asked for 80 pesos ($6) to buy a book.
"I didn't have enough," he says. "If I give her the money, I can't come here."
A grandmother's fear for the future
When Maria Herrera Magdalena gives her grandson a bath, one thought passes through her mind. He is just like his father -- the way he moves, the words he says.
But for this grandchild and several others, having a father is a distant memory.
Four of Herrera's eight children disappeared on gold-buying trips -- a business for which their small town of Pajacuaran in the central Mexican state of Michoacan is known. Three of them left behind young children who still cry out for their fathers.
"To this date they don't understand what's going on. They think they were abandoned," says Herrera, 63. "We haven't wanted to tell them yet. The truth is that I don't feel strong enough."
Fear has taken her sons' place -- at the dinner table, on the street.
Herrera suffers from constant pain, but she knows her grandchildren will feel the deepest consequences.
"They are not going to grow up, nor can they be, like other children. We do not know what future we can give them. ... The love and security that a family has, I know that no one can give it to them," she says.
Tears stream down Herrera's face.
"When I start to talk about my sons, I can't stop crying."
A mother's life in limbo
Other members of the peace movement do a better job of staying composed, Herrera says. She points across the conference room to 54-year-old Julia Alonso, whose son, a real estate agent, disappeared while on vacation outside Monterrey in 2008.
Alonso says remaining focused on the search for her son is a struggle for her, too. Sometimes, hatred overwhelms her. She invites no one into her home. She doesn't give information out over the phone. She fears her son's trusting nature may have contributed to his demise.
"It's as if they stole half your life. Now you don't trust people's intentions," she says.
Despite her inner turmoil, Alonso says she's vowed not to cry until she finds her son and learns his fate.
"The only way I stay this way, when there are 10,000 ideas running through my mind, immediately I run somewhere quiet, I breathe, I wait for the light to reach my heart, and I know I have to live," she says.
Searching for her son keeps her going, even in her darkest hours.
"For family members of victims who have died, at least they know that they are dead," she says. "We are anxious. It is a situation of not knowing. ... We are the ones that push the most because we have the illusion that they will be found alive."
Moreno says some authorities have told him that could be the case, suggesting that cartels kidnap people to strengthen their own operations, putting them to work.
"The car will appear on a ranch in the area at any moment," one official in Nuevo Leon state told him, noting that his son's advanced computer skills could be valuable. "They must be using him."
In October, Mexican troops freed more than 60 people in the neighboring state of Coahuila. The victims told authorities they had been abducted in various locations throughout the country and forced to work for drug gangs.
Reports of unmarked mass graves have also become increasingly common in the region.
A year after his son's disappearance, Moreno says authorities haven't come up with any leads. He and his wife are waiting for answers, and praying that their son will be released by his captors.
"We don't lose faith," he says. "We don't get tired of looking."
His wife smiles and hugs friends as the meeting draws to a close. Moreno holds the blue plastic folder in his hand.
Very nice to know this. I'll be watching.
Go to the front page of BB and there you'll notice is a post by Tex which is on the same thing. CNN will be adding new parts all week.
Thank you Havana, this seems very interesting!
These are just horrendous stories each one harder to take for readers than the one before. Families of the disappeared are said to almost envy other families of the "suddenly slaughtered" for the simple reason that they actually know the death occurred. They can't stop holding out for hope.
The disappeared make up silent statistics because they aren't made into real statistics but they do keep on mounting every day. They're a mentally debilitating statistic eating away at Mexicans who realize, they, just like their neighbors can actual disappear and their government won't do anything about it. Disappear like they never existed? What is wrong with this picture! Infuriating, frustrating and shameful.
Thank you very much Havana for the welcoming.
Thank you very much Havana for the welcoming.
Any of you guys watched the segment(s) yet? I wonder if they are posted on the interwebz yet.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
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Funniest Email EVER!
Today I got the funniest email EVER! Now this is either an interesting way to get illegal aliens to tell they're here, or the best phishing scheme ever. Somehow I don't think the Dept. of State is going to be using an email address from MSN! LOL Besides, I'm already IN the U.S. I sure don't need the free airline ticket to get here. I'd sure like to talk to Mr. Green Johnson or Fatima Luwis at the "Ken Tucky" Embassy.
Case File Number: WAC-475-678-4736
Preferences Categories: DV DIVERSITY
Foreign State Chargeability: Asia-Pacific
You have been selected among the lucky winners of the U.S. Green
Card in the (DV- Program) for the fiscal year-2011. Winners were selected at random
via-computer-draw system of e-mail extractions. Notification is through the selected
e-mail addresses (undisclosed).
The filing of immigrant visa petition is the initial-step required to receive the green
Card,The visa will permit you to travel to the U.S. to receive your green card.
5.7 Million e-mail were randomly extracted ,the email addresses were assigned to different Ticket-numbers for representation for final selection,and your e-mail address attach to ticket number #876512 drew the number that won you the green card.
Approximately 988 winners have been notified through their e-mail addresses including you today Wednesday 28, September 2011.
Please complete and return form DS-38 for yourself and all accompanying family
members for the filing of your immigrant visa petition at the National Visa center
for the processing of your visa and scheduling of your visa interview appointment at
the U.S. Embassy nearest to you for the issuance of your visa.
The winner's files have been dispatched to the U.S. immigration offices in the six
geographical regions for the immigrant-visa issuance application guidelines. Your file
was among those submitted at the U.S. immigration office in the (Asia-Pacific) region
as indicated. Therefore, to receive the above-mentioned form, please contact Asia Pacific office With below e-mail address or telephone number.
Contact person: Mr Green Johnson
Address:120-122 Wireless Road Bangkok Thailand,
Tel:+ 66-853-193-422 or + 66-850-227-510
You need to complete the paper works quickly to enhance your chances of early visa
Issuance. Selected winners and accompanying-family members who do not receive visasby December 30, 2011 will derive no further-benefits from-their green card winning status.
The Diversity Lottery immigrant visa (IV) application fee for each applicant payable to the US Embassy who processes the visas on your Visa interview day,Visa fee is $400. For non immigrant visa application fee increase, click here> Page 1 of 1 Application Fees for Non-Immigrant Visas to Increase ...
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Cook the Book: Bayona Extra-Cheesy Spoon Bread
The following recipe is based on Susan Spicer's mom's spoon bread but "jazzed up" a bit with the addition of onion, garlic, and a cup of grated white cheddar cheese that gets mixed into the batter as well as sprinkled on top just prior to baking.
The book that it comes from, Spicer's Crescent City Cooking, is our Cook the Book book of the week, and we'll be featuring recipes from it daily.
- Yield:6 to 8 servings
- 1/4 pound (1 stick) butter, cut in small pieces, plus more for greasing
- Dry, unseasoned bread crumbs
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 4 cups milk
- 1 cup cornmeal
- Salt and pepper
- 4 eggs, separated
- 1 cup grated white cheddar cheese, plus extra for topping
Preheat oven to 400°F. Butter a 2-quart casserole or 8 individual ramekins and coat with bread crumbs. Shake out excess crumbs.
Melt the butter in a 2-quart saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring, for about 5 minutes. Add milk and bring almost to the boil. Whisk in cornmeal and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cook, whisking constantly, until the mixture has thickened, about 5 minutes. Season generously with salt and pepper.
Remove from heat and let cool.
In a clean bowl, beat the egg whites until they're stiff but still creamy.
Beat the egg yolks into the cornmeal mixture, then fold in the egg whites, a third at a time. Fold in the cheese and pour into casserole or spoon into ramekins.
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LAKEWOOD RANCH — John Breiner remembers going to the Memorial Day parade his uncle, Ed, started in Saddle Brook, N.J., as if it were yesterday.
But never in his wildest dreams did he think he'd start one of his own decades later and 1,200 miles away from his hometown.
But it's happening.
The first Salute to Heroes Parade will begin at 1 p.m., May 24, on Lakewood Ranch Main Street. It will start at The Polo Grill and make its way down the street, ending at Ed's Tavern. There, a 40-foot container will be waiting to be filled with non-perishable items to send to men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"Our goal is to fill a 40-foot trailer with things for the soldiers," Breiner said.
Manatee's Operation Troop Support has agreed to handle shipping costs for the container, but a raffle will be held to help cover expenses.
Additionally, Matt Bruce of The Captain's America Radio Show on 1220 WSRQ AM Radio will be performing a live broadcast from the site for much of the event, which will last from 1-7 p.m. There will be live music throughout the day, weather permitting, and Ed's Tavern will host a Salute To Our Heroes Memorial Day Bash from noon until closing.
Breiner said he is still working on logistics for the event, but he's hoping to get the Lakewood Ranch High School marching band and other organizations to participate. Already, Ellie Ohlman, Miss Lakewood Ranch High School, has agreed to ride in the parade, as have members of the Blue Knights, an organization for active and retired police officers who ride motorcycles, he said.
Breiner also is trying to get children and families to write letters to soldiers serving overseas. Letters can be dropped off at Ed's Tavern or MOTS.
Breiner came up with the idea for a local Memorial Day parade just a few weeks ago after visiting Busch Gardens with his wife, Jackie, and twin sons, Jason and Derek. While he and his family were walking, they passed Salute to Heroes Boulevard and Breiner was struck by the fact that he was spending a day with his family while soldiers around the world were sacrificing to protect his freedoms.
"We've gotten to the point where we don't really think about it much anymore," Breiner said. "I thought, as a business owner here, there's got to be something we can do."
When Breiner got back to Lakewood Ranch that day, he called Gulf Coast Eagle Distributing with his idea for a Memorial Day parade. A friend later connected him with Manatee's Operation Troop Support, a nonprofit organization that sends materials to Manatee County residents who are serving overseas.
And soon, the Salute to Heroes campaign was underway.
"As generations have gone by, we've kind of gotten away from this kind of thing, (but) here we are in Lakewood Ranch, and we're about to have a Memorial Day parade," Breiner said. "I'm just trying to get a little bit of help from everybody. My goal is to get this started this year and it can get bigger and bigger.
Contact Pam McTeer at [email protected].
Salute to Heroes Parade
WHEN: 1-7 p.m., May 24. Parade starts at 1 p.m.
WHERE: Lakewood Ranch Main Street
WHAT TO BRING: Chairs to watch the parade, donations for soldiers and letters for soldiers.
Organizers are hoping to fill a 40-foot container with non-perishable goods for soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Lakewood Ranch Cinemas will be collecting items post-event. Financial donations can be made to MOTS.
Requested items include:
Soaps and lotions
Phone cards
Cigarettes and cigars
White towels
White socks
Handy wipes
Hand lotion
Talcum powder
Food items that will not melt
Non-perishable cookies or cakes


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Taylor Martinez may not play another snap with Nebraska due to a slew of lingering injuries.
The latest one, a foot injury, hasn't improved to the point where coach Bo Pelini can expect Martinez to return this season.
Nebraska needs a win over Michigan State this weekend in Lincoln to move into the driver's seat in the Big Ten's Legends division. But facing one of the nation's top defenses without Martinez, who holds Nebraska records for total offense, touchdown passes and passing yards certainly complicates the Huskers' odds of a berth in the Big Ten Championship.
Even if Nebraska were to knock off Michigan State, the Huskers still have a trip to Penn State and a home game against Iowa to end the season. Again, without Martinez, that's a tall order for a team that needed a Hail Mary to beat Northwestern and barely sneaked by a freefalling Michigan side last weekend.
Update: ESPN's Joe Schad reports Martinez could need six to eight months to recover from his foot injury. Yikes.


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"In a world in which 15 minutes of fame is no longer considered enough and celebrity is valued over morality, Freda Kelly is a rare personality. Despite her years working in the entertainment industry and her unparalleled access to the most talked about band on the planet, Freda remains untarnished." This is how director Ryan White describes the subject of his documentary Good Ol' Freda.
In 1962, seventeen-year-old Liverpool teenager Freda Kelly was plucked from an office typing pool and offered a job working for a local band. Already a fan of the group and in charge of their fan club, she accepted the offer and, for the next 11 years, she had a front row seat, as The Beatles became one of the most successful and well-known bands of all time. Freda has never agreed to tell her story before; however, with the birth of her grandson, she recognized the importance of sharing her experiences, allowing us to learn more about her unique perspective on one of the most significant periods of music and cultural history. Presenting Freda's personal stories about the band that changed the history of music, Good Ol' Freda, is one of the few documentaries about this remarkable band that was made with the support of the two surviving Beatles, and features original Beatles music.
Punctuated with her infectious giggle and, at times, emotional recollections, Freda describes how her amazing adventure began when she was taken to see The Beatles play at the Cavern Club one lunch hour and how that chance encounter evolved into a 10-year position as the band's secretary, friend and confidant. She describes answering thousands of fan letters, always insisting that The Beatles personally signed every one. When fans asked for locks of hair, she went to their barber and collected the hair and, when one fan sent a pillowcase and requested that it be returned after Ringo slept on it, Freda gave it to his mother to make sure he did just that. Freda understood the fans, she said, because she was one of them. And, because of that, she took her responsibility of responding to fan letters very seriously. When the time finally came for the band to part ways, it was Freda who broke the news to the "Beatles people" in her newsletter.
Good Ol' Freda was directed and co-produced by Ryan White, the producer/director of the award-winning documentary Pelada about a global journey told through the perspective of pick-up soccer. Named a Sundance Fellow for his upcoming documentary Perry v. Schwarzenegger, White's other screen credits include: Capitol Crimes (Bill Moyers, PBS); Dead Wrong: Inside an Intelligence Meltdown (CNN); 9/11: For the Record (Bill Moyers, PBS); and Country Boys (Frontline, PBS). Co-producing the film with White was Kathy McCabe, an acclaimed photographer and Beatles expert who worked extensively in the music industry and was instrumental in initiating and engineering the production and Jessica Lawson, a freelance writer, producer and marketing specialist.
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Dave and Lynae Van Roekel along with Steve and Jo Planting are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their children, Whitney and Wade.
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Rating: PG
Length: 152 minutes
Release Date: November 16, 2001
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Genre: Adventure / Family / Fantasy
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is the first film of the Potter franchise. Based off the novel of the same name by J.K. Rowling, the film tells the story of a young boy who discovers that he is a famous wizard on his 11th birthday. Leaving his ordinary life behind, Harry Potter, played by Daniel Radcliffe, embarks on a journey to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to learn about his family heritage and to realize his potential. The film was directed by Chris Columbus, and also starred Emma Watson and Rupert Grint as fellow students who befriend Harry during his first year at Hogwarts.
Fans of the J.K. Rowling novels can rejoice over how faithfully the film adaptation of "Sorcerer's Stone" follows the book. Screenwriter Steve Kloves took all of the essential elements of the book and condensed them into a film that plays as if it leapt off the page. While many film adaptations stray significantly from their source material, it is refreshing to see such a literal interpretation of the well-known novel. Some characters from the book have been omitted from the movie, and the opening is a bit different. However, the film remains one of the most faithful novel adaptations to date.
However, there are disadvantages to being so faithful as well. There are few surprises in "Sorcerer's Stone" to anyone familiar with the book. While familiarity does not breed contempt in this case, it can make the extended running time take longer for those looking for a new twist on the Harry Potter story. The film takes its time delving into Harry Potter and Hogwarts. The deliberate pacing is important, because this film establishes the world that all the future films need to inhabit. Understanding and caring for that world and the characters in it is essential. Columbus succeeds in this endeavor, even if it takes a while for the real magic and tension to develop in the plot.
Columbus is aided by a stellar cast. Radcliffe owns the role of Harry, and people who re-read the novels are likely to picture Radcliffe's interpretation of the character in their heads as they go through the series. Hinging a film on a child actor is often a risky proposition, but Radcliffe is the right choice, and he has immediate chemistry with his co-stars. Harry begins the film as a lonely orphan who is looked after by neglectful relatives. This makes his friendship with Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) mean something. The relationship between the three children makes the audience care what happens to them. This gives all the events to come gravitas and importance. Hogwarts is also filled with acting luminaries like Alan Rickman, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith and Robbie Coltrane. The veterans all shine here, making Hogwarts a fascinating environment filled with rich, charismatic characters.
Hogwarts also looks fantastic. Stuart Craig's production design makes the school a dark and brooding place that doesn't lose its sense of fun and mystery. The Forbidden Forrest is likewise both dangerous and enticing in appearance. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is definitely a family film, though young ones may require some comfort during the film's more intense moments. The special effects are very realistic and lifelike, becoming especially thrilling during the Quidditch matches where Harry swoops through the air on a broomstick.
This is a fantasy world that is richly realized. From the castle-like interiors of Hogwarts to the dark forest and beyond, the film truly delivers an alternate world in which audiences can lose themselves. John Williams provides a melodic score that is up there with his best work, though the score lacks a theme as iconic as "Superman" or "Jaws."
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La petite Robe Noire
Baccarat Bottle with Silver Lace
By Sara Bran
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About 50 of vintage ""inverted heart"" bottles - handmade by the Baccarat ateliers following the original design from 1912 - were found while research was being undertaken in the Guerlain archives. Guerlain decided to entrust the last 20 or so pieces to a craftsman with unique and rare know-how: Sara Bran, a gold and silver lace maker. Combining precision, creativity and refinement, her work is inspired by the textile lace-making heritage. For this La Petite Robe Noire prestige edition, Sara Bran returns to the ornamental and centuries-old tradition of the perfume bottle holder. Starting with extremely thin solid silver sheets, she manually chisels the material for hours on end. The delicate lace traced with spinning volutes, arabesques and interlacing lines embraces the curves of the bottle like the fabric of a Little Black Dress.
Only 21 numbered pieces are available worldwide.
An ultimate concentration for an exceptional bottle. In its Extract form, La Petite Robe Noire is more charming than ever. Black tea, patchouli and black cherry strut by, audaciously escorted by a bold Guerlinade. This intensified drydown enhances the richness of iris, the velvety nature of vanilla and the addictive indulgence of tonka bean with its almond accents
Sara Bran is a singular jeweller whose gold and silver lace creations were awarded with the Prix pour l'Intelligence de la Main (Prize for Craftsmanship). She spent 21 hours to shape each La Petite Robe Noire perfume bottle holder, carefully and painstakingly piercing, open-working, soldering
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Each crystal bottle is decorated with black silk threads hand-combed in barbiches by the "Dames de Table" of the Guerlain ateliers.


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A broad range of women's health care services are provided at the SHC. Services available on a walk in basis include treatment of gynecological problems, contraception, pregnancy testing, and screening/treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Well Woman Exams which includes Pap smear, STD check, breast and limited physical exam are available by appointment. For further information or to schedule an appointment, call 707-654-1170.
The Student Health Center offers birth control services and information. Female students may receive oral contraceptives through the health center and we now offer an injectable contraceptive. Some non-prescription contraceptives may be purchased at an outside pharmacy.
Following unprotected intercourse, go to the Student Health Center, another medical provider, or participating California pharmacy as soon as possible & within 72 hours. (Taking Plan B may help prevent pregnancy if taken up to 5 days after unprotected intercourse, but ASAP is more effective) Get more information at 1-888-NOT-2-LATE; or the Princeton website.
This test is available for female students and is covered as part of the student health fee. Pregnancy testing is available by walk-in or appointment and does not require a visit with a provider.


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Sugar Rush: Espresso Granita at Joe the Art of Coffee
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Your daily dose of something sweet.
If the weather keeps up and humid the way it has been for the last week, I'm going be drinking, many, many of these Espresso Granitas ($4) from Joe the Art of Coffee. It's the ideal summer slush: espresso, sugar, milk, and ice, blended into a icy dream. It's a fine replacement when you've had one too many iced coffees in a day. The only thing lacking is a ploof of freshly whipped cream.