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Update: November 16, 2012
Of all 20 rabbits that come into the Santa Cruz Animal Care and Control shelter system 11-06-12 from La Selva Beach rescue, are all out of the shelter, effective 11-11-2012, just as the shelter directed/ with one exception: One rabbit died at the shelter soon after arriving.
The Rabbit Haven did not have time to reach out for full scale rescue given the extremely limited time frame that we had to move the rabbits out of the sally port. A large number of cats/dogs incoming to the shelter flooded the SC shelter center and there was no room left for the rabbits. Therefore, we took the foster option.
The Haven Network posting on social media was very effective, and combined with two fosters from SC county; the posts resulted in foster coverage for all the rabbits that were part of this rescue. The Birdland neighbors group San Mateo and Washington school system (San Jose) posts were especially effective. Most all rabbits have been placed in foster as a result of these groups. Thank you Jennifer and Mark. Add to that our web, NorCAL, our Haven blog (Rabbit's View) and face book and we had it covered. Thank you Diana and Ray.
Of the group, four rabbits have been formally rescued by Rabbit Haven. They are the Black injured Rex, A183968, small dark dwarf female (Sasha), A183082, a small dark lop female Gretta, A183979 and a black lop, Jiaidev, A183974. All have been spayed/neuter as of today 11-15.
Happily we were also able to rescue four additional SC shelter rabbits from the front rabbit area. Logan, Millie, Willie and Chip (all white rabbits the shelter needed to leave from the Rabbit room & shelter foster). The rescued rabbits are now all safe and secured in homes.
The current fostered female rabbits will be spayed immediately through the Rabbit Haven to prevent litters. After that, males will be neutered as soon as we can obtain funding to get them done. We are seeking donations to help us get this done. After Spay /neuter, these rabbits will be rotated into our adoption shows until they are all adopted.
All in all this is a very good solution to the shelter's urgent need for animal rescue. They had to leave or they would have been euthanized. Now, each rabbit is in foster care, in a happy, healthy setting and are begin well cared for.
The Haven provided all foster set up supply: Pens, ground covers, sheets, towels (courtesy of Annie's) hay, food, litter boxes, food & water dishes and Haven information packets. Leslie, the SC shelter advocate provided screening, training and foster set up. Great work! Haven will provide placement follow up. Note: We are totally out of X pens so if anyone has an x pen to donate, let me know.
Thank you to SC Animal control for bringing the rabbits into safety and to all fosters, rescue and our networking team, for saving the lives of these rabbits. Deepest thanks to FOSCCA for helping too! Watch for our follow up reports about rescue teams and placement.November 8, 2012
20 Rabbits saved by quick thinking Good Samaritan
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The family stated that they observed a landscape truck dump out the rabbits, and then drive away! They were simply astonished that this would occur. They said it was difficult to gather all of the rabbits, but they did it. Due to the kindness of this family, most all of the rabbits were brought into safety and are now housed at the Santa Cruz Shelter. 20 rabbits in all were brought in from this site, 10 females and 10 males.
The rabbits are all friendly. Many were stunned and their fur was hard & discolored. Some have minor wounds and most show signs of very poor housing (most likely on wire due to foot issues). Several had fecal matter hardened on the bottoms of their back feet. Still others had course debris filled fur and they were all very dirty.
Rabbit Haven staff went to work as soon as we learned the rabbits arrived. We came in with the shelter advocate and sexed/evaluated all rabbits. We then provided clean housing, bountiful hays, fresh water and nice litter boxes. The rabbits responded after a night's rest by finally relaxing in clean rooms, enjoying their space and exploring their play areas… gingerly at first, but happily soon after. The shelter is very receptive and helpful to Haven staff as we work in the back sally port area.
Beecher Photography came out to take photos: you can see the photo gallery online. We are missing the four females who were being spayed. One sable dwarf, a sable lop, and two other lop mix bunnies.
Diana Moll also came in to offer each bunny nail trims, foot and fur grooming (as much as possible) for the first grooming day. They look so much better. Haven brought in all needed supply for the rabbits currently being housed in the Sally port of the SC shelter. A nice, fresh bale of Hay, Food, food /water Crocks, litter and litter boxes, plus toys of course. Thank you to Scotts Valley Feed for putting all this together at a moment's notice and for offering the Haven a very good price.
After only one day, all of the rabbits look so much better. Their fur is cleaner, their nails are trimmed and they are able to clean themselves. All are housed on soft sheets or towels, each with a fresh clean litter box, food/water dishes, a toy and fresh greens. They even have exercise areas to play in when volunteers come in to spend time with them. So much has been accomplished and it shows in these little bunnies. All of the rabbits are much more relaxed this evening.
The next step is for each one to be spayed or neutered so they can be adopted. (Four spays occurred on November 7). You may contribute to the rabbits' spay/neuter fund by making a donation via PayPal, or by check, or if you like, you can help with transport to spay neuter service centers. Contact Heather about this. You can also suggest names. They each need a name. Send your name ideas to Heather firstname.lastname@example.com. Of course you can also foster, adopt or rescue. The rabbits need donations of large bath towels, flat sheets, paper towel rolls stuffed with hay and toys of wicker and hard plastic. All of this will help them be comfortable while the wait for adoption.
Sadly, both the SC shelter system and Rabbit Haven foster networks are full so we are both working to spay all the females and will be looking for immediate fosters adopters or other rescue. Remember the Rabbit Haven provides all set up for each foster. Pen, sheets, ground cover, litter box food water dishes and toys. Plus the rabbit is a safe carrier.
The males may go right away - If rescued, they go with a neuter certificate from the Haven. If adopted, the SC shelter will provide the neuter certificate. As always, FOSCCA is there in support of the rabbits of Santa Cruz. Their support allows us to receive extra medical support as needed. We have a pending grant. All of these rescued rabbits will be avail for new homes Very soon. Note: These rabbits have very limited time at the shelter. The time to help is now!
The rabbits are beautiful! There are many dark or honey colored quasi lop bunnies, Rex Mix bunnies, lops, dwarfs and English spot mix bunnies. 2.5 pounds to 6 pounds. Only one small Rex lop male has injuries that will require vet care. He is healing very well. I will take him over to Dr Stern tomorrow or ask the shelter vet to examine and prescribe medication. All of the rabbits seem so hungry and have been eating non stop. They love attention. So think about coming by for TLC time. Check with me re: times please. Caring for the rabbits at the shelter is a very important way you can help.
Dedicated Haven Volunteers will be needed 6 days a week to provide care for these rabbits. We started 11-6 and need to continue offering support to assure the rabbits can remain until they are adopted. Please CALL right away if you can help care for these rabbits - Morning times are good or by 11 AM. Monday through Sunday. Any time will do - Call Heather at 831 600-7479. Volunteer Help is need immediately.
Haven brought in three x pens, sheets and towels to care for the back room rabbits. This makes their care very easy to manage. If we can maintain the rabbit's care, we can save all of their lives. The SC shelter does not have staff to care for a sally port area filled with rabbits. They are barely able to cover their current heavy workload. Remember, this shelter is only designed to house 9 rabbits.
Yet another Issue: the day after this rescue there was another Rabbit dump in the SC sister shelter in Watsonville. This shelter also has a rescue group of 9 which pushes them over capacity. This shelter is designed to house only 4-5 rabbits. They are now waiting for space at SC shelter. This puts extra pressure on us in SC to move the SC rabbits out to foster, adoptive homes or to rescue.
Thank you for reading our report. I look forward to hearing from you. Any ideas, rescue support foster space -spay neuter transport offers- let me know - Together we can make it through this large rescue.
Love to each one of you reading this. Thank you for your compassion and support.


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But he also warns that the plan leaves several key points unanswered, including whether businesses operating with thin "just-in-time" inventories will find ways to continue operating in a crisis environment lasting several months.
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USS Springfield Sailor Receives Proclamation from the Ledyard Mayor
GROTON, Conn. - A USS Springfield (SSN 761) Sailor received a proclamation from the Mayor of Ledyard John Rodolico in Groton on Feb. 10 for his brave actions in rescuing a man from a burning vehicle after a two-car collision.
Rodolico presented Chief Culinary Specialist Daniel Spencer, a native of Saegertown, Penn., with a proclamation and added that his actions that day were an act of extreme volunteerism, which is heroism.
"We always think of the Navy base in terms of the defense of our nation, but what we are seeing here today is another important role that the Navy provides and that is volunteers in our community, volunteers that make our community work," said Rodolico.
In addition, Spencer also received a certificate of heroism from the Gales Ferry Fire Company, which also named him an honorary Gales Ferry firefighter.Spencer saved the life of a Ledyard citizen by rescuing him from a burning vehicle on Jan. 18. Spencer witnessed a car driving northbound on Route 12 that swerved into the oncoming lane and resulted in a head-on collision that ignited one of the vehicles. Spencer also assisted the other injured driver to safety despite her two broken legs until first responders from the Gales Ferry Fire Company arrived.
Spencer added that his training in the U.S. Navy, in particular the submarine force, prepared him to take action.
"Submariners are trained to take charge and take action in any sort of situation," said Spencer. "My training and instincts kicked in and I did what needed to be done to help those in need."
Cmdr. Chris Williams, USS Springfield's Commanding Officer, reflected on Spencer's actions.
"Chief Spencer is a great Sailor and his actions are indicative of his character and commitment," said Williams. "He is an example of the high quality Sailors serving in our Navy."
Williams added that submariners are some of the most highly trained and skilled people serving in the U.S. Navy.
Spencer thanked everyone for attending the ceremony.
"I'm extremely honored that the town of Ledyard, Naval Submarine Base New London, and USS Springfield are taking the time for this occasion," said Spencer.
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Although many actors interpret apes in the film, Serkis says that about two thousand monkeys in the community were interpreted by him and Terry Notary;
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Like the last, the most complex and generates more empathy character is the monkey leader, Caesar. The ape tries to create a relationship with
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Incidentally this is a production with a strong message about weapons, not everyone should have access to it, something that will generate an
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Has your daughter been given her first bra? What was her reaction?Was she easy going about wearing one and did she come with you to choose it or did you have to shop for it and then encourage her to wear it?Some girls get very embarrassed about having to wear something that offers her that little bit more support while her breasts change, but isn't worn by most of her girlfriends! Crop tops or singlet tops with built in bras are great if she is struggling with the idea of her "first" bra. My daughter was actually really good with this. She was happy to wear one with underwire as she was a little more developed than her other friends so the underwire gave her a feeling of better support. Libra has a great article called Fitting your first bra to help you out when taking your daughter to pick her very first bra.
Jaderose, Thank you for sharing your bra story here. Any stories that help other Mums decide what they should do is always helpful. It's just so sad that you had to go through your fitting with a grumpy, mean and unfriendly type of woman. That should not have been like that for you and hopefully the fitters will be a lot more friendly and helpful when the time comes for your daughters to be fitted making it a much nicer experience than the one you had to go through. xxThanks again for sharing!
My girls are too young for bras, but I'd like to share my own first bra experience when I was a girl. (Hope that's ok?)
My mum took me to get my first bra from Fossey's when I was quite young as I 'developed' really early. The lady who was working as a "bra-fitter" in the fitting rooms was extremely grumpy, mean, unfriendly, not helpful and made the experience absolutely awful!
My mum didn't come into the change rooms with me, so that made it even worse.
I ended up feeling embarassed, really upset and was in tears by the end of it.
After this I was totally put off and scared of getting proper bra-fittings and ended up wearing un-supportive bras that were the complete wrong size.
Even to this day I still avoid getting fitted, even though I know I should get some help with fitting/sizes.
Because I was fairly well-endowed (around DD at 14yrs) by the time I hit high school I already had issues with sagging and back pain.
(Then "super-saggers" became one of the insulting names an unkind school bully started calling me, which really didn't help!)
Anyway, when it comes to my own girl's getting their first bra I'm hoping to try and make it a positive experience and find a professional, friendly and helpful staff member and help them myself as much as they'll let me, to hopefully set them off in the right direction!
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My daughter was 10 turning 11 when she got her first bra as she was bigger built than her friends and needed to have that support. We started off with the crop when she was in Kindy and by Grade 4 we were heading into proper bra's. Every girl is different and developes slower or faster than her peers. You have to play it by ear and assess the situation in your daughters development as time goes on.Thanks mumoffivegirls for your question. ;-)I did not take her to be fitted at a bra shop. I had her try on many supportive bra's with underwire as these were more supportive than bra's without the underwire. A lot of shops like Target, Kmart, and alike when I was growing up and some still do have is a chart on how to measure and fit your bra properly, so I went by those. I've never been fitted properly as well, but I am planning on taking myself and my daughter to be fitted by someone suited to do this. Bra shops can be very expensive so when you get fitted you don't necessarily need to by the bras from their shop. You can get your correct fitting bra size and go to Target, BigW, Best & Less and alike to find something that is in your size and less expensive! And for you having 5 girls and yourself, this is a better way to shop! LOL :P@MamaMojo, I've left you a comment on your topic below. So cute!
My girls are still wearing the bonds type crop tops....not a whole lot of development going on there yet !!!
But when should I be looking at getting them a bra? My eldest is 14 and I'm guessing I should take her along soon.
@mummyto5 did you take your daughter to a bra shop...to get fitted etc...??
I'm such a clueless mum sometimes lol !!!!
Actually, since Miss 6 has been asking for a bra of her own, I've started a topic about a good age to give her one to experiment with, so that we don't muddy up this topic about bras for girls who actually need them!
I'd love your thoughts! xx
We're not up to bras yet, but maybe some of you ladies could let me know the age your daughters got their first bra? I'd love to know the average age.. my almost-7 year old is the biggest girl in her grade, and I feel I may need to know sooner than most! So it would be good to know when to start really making sure I'm watching for her signs of body changes etc.
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Saying the difference between a contingency budget and the budget residents voted down in May was so small, the Amityville School Board voted not to put the budget up for a revote, and to accept the contingency spending plan instead.
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Me and my best friend as well, although the distance is more like 200 miles than 2000 lol.
What's that, like a 3.5 hour drive? That's not bad, considering. At least it's drive-able!
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The Wisconsin Lottery says a winner has come forward to claim a $1.4 million prize.
Paul Wegener, of Merrill, purchased the MegaBucks ticket for the June 22nd drawing.
The lottery said Wegener is an infrequent lottery player. He reportedly waited to claim the prize in hopes the interest surrounding the jackpot would die down.
Wegener declined to take part in a news conference. Wegener chose the cash option prize, and received $640,000.
Drew's Supermarket East will receive $28,000 for selling the winning ticket.
ORIGINAL STORY: Tue 11:54 AM, June 22, 2013
The streak of lottery luck is continuing in the northwoods.
According to the Wisconsin lottery, two people have won $82,000- splitting the $164,00 jackpot.
The winning Badger 5 tickets were sold at Pine Ridge Convenience Store in Merrill and Town & County Liquor in Hurley.
Monday's Badger 5 numbers are 20, 23, 25, 28, and 30.
Over the weekend, a $1.4 million winning ticket was sold at Drew's Piggly Wiggly in Merrill. That prize is still unclaimed.
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Momentum Chamber Ensemble will present a concert at Trinity Lutheran Church, 40 W. Nicholai St., Hicksville on Sun., Oct. 17, 3 p.m. The ensemble is comprised of Massapequa residents Kristine Dougherty on flute along with her mother Kathleen Dougherty on French horn.
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Definition of Pelasgian in English:
PelasgianSyllabification: Pe·las·gi·an
Pronunciation: /pəˈlazjēən /
Relating to an ancient people inhabiting the coasts and islands of the Aegean Sea and eastern Mediterranean before the arrival of Greek-speaking peoples in the Bronze Age.
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- Ancient historical traditions of the Greeks, Egyptians, Phoenicians and Assyrians, mentioned a vast empire of the Pelasgian race, which in its epoch of power and greatness had extended over a great part of Europe, Asia and Africa
- The Pelasgian race has never yet left its home; the Hellenic has wandered often and far.
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A member of the Pelasgian people.
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Baidu is reportedly now in frequent discussions with Foxconn to build a low-priced handset running Baidu Yi mobile operating system (OS), says report.
A report Friday by ZDNet Asia's sister site, zol.com.cn, noted that the handset--to be targeted at the 1,000 RMB (US$159) price range--will be co-launched with a smartphone vendor, which identity has yet to be unveiled.
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Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
Average Rating: 4.3/10
Reviews Counted: 156
Fresh: 39 | Rotten: 117
Unnecessarily violent and unflinchingly absurd, Law Abiding Citizen is plagued by subpar acting and a story that defies reason.
Average Rating: 3.9/10
Critic Reviews: 29
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 26
Unnecessarily violent and unflinchingly absurd, Law Abiding Citizen is plagued by subpar acting and a story that defies reason.
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Jamie Foxx stars as an assistant DA who finds himself at the mercy of a spiteful vigilante (Gerard Butler) hell-bent on avenging the death of his wife and daughter, whose murderers are set free due to legal loopholes. F. Gary Gray (The Italian Job) directs from a script by Frank Darabont and Kurt Wimmer. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
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Sadly, there's nothing here but bloody off-cuts from 'Death Wish', 'Saw' and 'The Silence of the Lambs', in roughly that order.
As a social statement, Law Abiding Citizen is a flawed attempt at holding the legal system accountable for its shortcomings. As a movie, it's a ridiculous execution of a misguided concept.
A preposterous exercise in high-minded brutality, "Law Abiding Citizen" tries to pass itself off as a dialectic on justice betrayed, but instead plays like a snuff film with our nation's legal system as the victim.
Sure, it's outta place for October, but there's no reason you can't enjoy a mindless piece of candy against the backdrop of fall foliage.
Law Abiding Citizen is such a lazy action-drama underachiever, it seems unfair to target stars Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler for bringing their C game.
Say what you will about Death Wish, but Charles Bronson was never boring.
It's exactly the kind of film the phrase 'by-the-numbers' was invented for, but like the best genre films, it acknowledges its niche and goes all out to top its predecessors.
One of the more repugnant examples of Hollywood's cheap-thrill approach to violence, its voyeuristic brutality is matched only by its innate stupidity.
The film can't seem to make up its mind whether it wants to be an audience pleasing popcorn treat or a serious, political thriller. It ends up being partly both... with varying degrees of success.
Putting aside the ideological posturing, this hyper-violent fantasy about a seemingly unstoppable killer who continues his murder spree behind bars delivers on its promise of an intriguing mystery, however far-fetched.
While one man's terrorist may be another's freedom fighter, it's not quite as simple when it comes to CIA operatives and your basic serial killer. Or rather, a CIA psycho family man that might make Jack The Ripper envious.
The diverting garbage that is Law Abiding Citizen would be more deplorable if it were possible to take this wholly implausible film seriously.
For large portions of Law Abiding Citizen we're not sure who is going to be the winner here, nor who we want to be, and though it won't make for much of a date flick, as far as intelligent action flicks go, it gets two big burly thumbs up.
While Law Abiding Citizen is in no sense a successful work of art, a film that offers the illicit thrill of cheering on an all-American terrorist is at least pursuing something more complex than ''moral clarity''.
A high-octane, high body-count thriller posing the question, how do you stop a psycho vigilante on a killing spree? Apparently, by any means necessary."
Bloodshed and torture abound in this sadistic thriller with pretensions.
In another time and place, Law Abiding Citizen could have been an intelligent critique of a flawed criminal justice system. Instead, I present you Gerard Butler, ruthlessly hacking a guy into 25 little pieces.
The screenplay mashes up its elements and develops as a hairbrained plot without enough character substanc
On a side note, can you believe the Oscar-winning star of RAY made a crack about Helen Keller?
What sours F Gary Gray's film is the drawn-out sadism of its violence - a depressing case of torture-porn methods infecting another genre.
[It's] pretending to examine the nature of justice, test the parameters of law and probe the relationship between good and evil. But really it's just intent on blowing shit up.
Law Abiding Citizen tries to be two kinds of exploitation film at once, and it ends up as neither.
The film's entertainment value resides almost entirely in the ingenuity of Butler's modus operandi; but this is cancelled out by the film's underlying stupidity.
Relentlessly ugly, preposterous and hackneyed of dialogue: guilty on all counts. It will do well, then.
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- Clyde Shelton: Well, justice should be harsh Nick... especially for those who denied it to others.
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Going beyond the "Google+ is like Facebook" comparisons and looking to the future
It's natural to want to compare something known to something new in order to form an opinion. As such, a lot of the discussion about Google+ has been about how it compares to Facebook, Twitter or other online social communities. While that line of thinking is useful to a degree, the more important questions revolve around how Google+ is not like these other platforms, both now and in the future.
Some soft thinking on the latter part of the issue has provided 5 theoretical scenarios involving Google+ going forward that exemplify what may emerge as a functional difference between Facebook, Twitter, and similar. In all instances I am making the following assumptions: that Google will use Google+ to harness all of the various (and growing) Google tools in a "one-stop shop" manner; and that the idea of circles will be expanded outward from just Google+ into associates like YouTube.
- Disaster relief: A future Hurricane Katrina hits. Teams of responders with Google+ capable (any smartphone) devices head out to save lives. As the search continues, each team member uploads geo-tagged imagery of their findings (a virtual red X) as they go. These images, beamed back to HQ, become a real-time tool for broadly analyzing the situation. Complicated for a social networking company, but not for one with Google maps and Google Earth platforms. Similar uses – both public and private – are too numerous to mention here.
- Beyond e-mail: Your first dog just did its first cute thing, it rolled over and went to sleep – fortunately you got it on your Android (yeah, iPhone too–I own one) device. You could go to your computer, edit it and then try and remember everyone to send a copy by e-mail attachment (if it's not too bulky) or public link (hoping you set the privacy settings right). But this is cute dog stuff — it has to go out now. Upload from your device to Google+ connected YouTube, with your pre-set privacy settings, and blast it out to your circle including everyone in the world who likes dogs.
- Getting good eats: You're on the run in a place you don't know, and your stomach is getting rumbly. Taco shack or fine dining on the cheap? Open up the Google voice search application on your mobile device. Say "food," and be instantly directed to Google+ user ratings, local restaurants offering different specials via Google+, and more. When you don't end up with food poisoning from 3-day old sushi, you'll thank Google+ for saving you.
- Quick help for buying stuff: You've made it to the outdoor store on the edge of town — it's almost uncomfortably quiet browsing the bicycle section. Open up your Google image search application and take a picture of that bicycle your friend told you to buy. Within seconds, Google+ owners of the bike, their thoughts about its useability in urban areas and other key information appears. And if you really didn't do your homework before leaving, you can always check the +1s on it.
- +1s building a better search engine: Examining an issue and can't find exactly what you're looking for to give that last bit of depth? There's only so much algorithms can figure out on their own. Now, don't get me wrong, Google is pretty darn good at this. But, it can be better. While +1 can be viewed as a copy of Facebook's "like" feature, it in reality can become much more by allowing the user to help refine what is most important. Building a network of +1′ing circles that includes experts on the issues (even if they have no clue who you are and never circle you back) may relieve you from re-inventing the wheel.
This handful of possibilities is just a small example of the directions G+ could go. One way or another, it's pretty clear that Google+ will end up something more than just another place to keep track of that person you met once but don't really care to get hourly updates from.
I'm sure I'm missing plenty. Feel free to share your thoughts here or on my Google+ post on the subject.
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Luke's Benefit times it just right
Luke's Benefit, right, arriving on the premises at Punchestown
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Itsuptoyou appeared to be going best coming round the home turn but jumped wide two out and that opened the door for Luke's Benefit after the last to get a head of steam up.
The 2/1 favourite got home by three parts of a length fromp>Itsuptoyou (5/1) and Whats On The Menu in third at 7/2.
Denis Hogan trains the 10-year-old, who like the first winner of the day is also a son of Beneficial. He said: "That's great. I didn't jock myself off, Noel O'Brien [handicapper] did! Brian is great value for his seven-pound claim and gave him a great ride. He didn't panic and arrived just in time.
"He is what he is ratings wise and we'll look for something similar. There's a race for him at Naas next week, but that might be a bit soon. He'll mix it in handicap hurdles and chases.
"It's great for connections (T & M Racing Partnership) as they've had a rough time in the last 10 days with a bereavement in the family."
Brian Cawley picked up a two-day ban for use of the whip on the winner.
(Additional reporting by Gary Carson)
See also
» Meeting Review for Punchestown, Mon, 31st Dec, 2012
» Result - Punchestown 1.05, 31st Dec derekoneill.com H'cap S'chase (Rated 0-116)
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Blogging has taken a definite back seat to life recently. I realized that in trying to maintain my blog by publishing a few posts a week I was spreading myself too thin. I'm honestly not sure what the future holds for my blog but for now it'll be intermittent at best.
That being said, I did want to update you. Life has been busy. Good, but busy. We're schooling through the summer (partly because we're switching to year-round schooling and partly because we took a ridiculously long Christmas break.)
Summer will be a lighter load than normal though. I'm hoping to get to a lot of the fun supplements that I didn't have time for during the school year.
I picked up this little gem at the Florida homeschool convention last month. It's the Greek Alphabet Code Cracker by the folks at Classical Academic Press. I had originally toyed with the idea of teaching Greek but eventually opted for following through with Latin. This workbook caught my eye because I like the thought that we can learn the letters and phonetic pronunciation of the Greek alphabet without having to commit to a full language curriculum.
I figure all I have to do it show my girls this fun video and they'll be begging to learn Greek.
Another fun summer extracurricular for us is Shakespeare In Bits. This software allows you to watch animated reenactments of the plays while following along with the unabridged text. It's currently available at a substantial discount through the Homeschool Buyer's Co-Op. You have the option to choose their complete package which includes 5 Shakespearean plays: Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, MacBeth, and A Midsummer's Night Dream. Or you can purchase the plays individually. Mira has such an interest in Julius Caesar that I thought this would be a neat way for us to experience Shakespeare together.
Shakespeare . . . plays . . . stages . . .
Oh! Speaking of stages- my girls had their first recitals last month. (Warning -proud momma moment.)
Ironically enough Mira's and Stella's first ever piano recital happened to fall on the exact same day as Stella's first ballet performance. It was a chaotic month leading up to the big day; and recital day in particular required a lot of running around but somehow it all went off without a hitch.
Mira performed "When You Wish Upon a Star" beautifully and I was so proud to see my shy girl perform so beautifully and confidently on stage. Stella performed "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and handled a mistake so naturally by simply going back a few notes to replay the measure correctly. No panic, no despair, just a perfect smooth recovery. Oh, and did I mention she sung aloud as she played? So freaking cute. My youngest, Lyra, didn't perform this year but was given a special little trophy for being her teacher's youngest student.
Mira and Stella had worked so hard practicing their pieces, and I know that Mira in particular was a bit nervous about getting up in front of people, so I really wanted to surprise them with special gifts to mark the occasion.
I had Mira's necklace specially-made from this beautiful Etsy shop, The Green Daisy. We're big Disney fans here, which was a big part of the reason why Mira chose "When You Wish Upon a Star". I found Stella's necklace on Ebay. It literally came in the most adorable box with the words to Twinkle, Twinkle inside it. And as Stella aptly pointed out, it even looks like piano keys on the box.
After their big piano recital, we had Stella's big ballet performance at the local Opera House. She was Little Red Riding Hood in the production of Sleeping Beauty.
Recitals are quite the thing though, huh? I feel like I just tackled a beast and hit a new phase with my girls. Mira is already contemplating which song she wants to learn for next year's recital and Stella literally came off the ballet stage asking when she can get in front of an audience again. Turns out Stella loves the sound of applause. Who'd of thunk it?
What about you? What fun extra-curricular resources will you be utilizing over the summer?
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I'm happy to be participating in this year's Booking Across the USA project hosted by Jody from Growing Book by Book. Last year's event was a huge success and showcased many amazing picture books based on the individual states of the USA. This post contains affiliate links. See my disclosure policy for full details.
This year I had the pleasure of reviewing a book from the Travels with Charlie series by Miles Backer and illustrated by Chuck Nitzberg. Blue Apple Books published this four book series about a dog named Charlie and his travels across the states:
Since my family lives in the warm and sunny state of Florida we reviewed Travels With Charlie Down South. My daughters were immediately drawn into the colorful illustrations filled with fun details, history, and trivia facts.
As a homeschooling mom, I really appreciated the book's layout. The playful illustrations are engaging and draw children's eyes. The main text of the page is simple enough for young readers to enjoy and its search and find format combines a fun blend of looking and learning. Additionally, the "Did You Know" section in the margins of the pages are perfect for older children or for parents to read and relay to younger children for adding a deeper layer of information on each state.
While enjoying our book together, my oldest daughter Mira made a request. She asked if we could draw our own map of Florida. I can only assume her passion in maps is stemming from our attempt at learning how to free-hand draw a world map. (You can see my short how-to video tutorials here.) We've made some strides on that front and have recently moved from "blobbing" the continents to actually trying to draw accurate depictions of the world's large landmasses.
So when Mira asked about drawing a map of our state, I was only too happy to comply. I grabbed our copy of The Shaping of a Nation by Terri Johnson over at Knowledge Quest in order to pull a reliable map of Florida. You could also do an internet search on your state to find a map that works for you.
Next I used our Light Up Tracing Pad which allowed Mira to easily trace Florida.
Then she created her own Search and Find map by adding the landmarks of places she loves. (After taking this picture, we added our home and Nanny and Grandpa's house. Because those are our favorite places!) You could easily add favorite parks, museums, and even stores and restaurants. Personalize your map as uniquely as you can for your family. Another fun way to add to this lesson would be to add the places you hope to visit one day. We added the Everglades to our map even though we haven't been there yet.
We enjoyed this book so much that I'm determined to pick up the rest of the books in this series to complete our set.
Travels With Charlie is definitely parent, child, AND dog approved!
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Space. The final frontier. Are you getting ready to tackle astronomy and study space in your homeschool?
Don't Panic!
I bring you the Ultimate Guide To Studying Space! I've compiled some of the most commonly referenced and recommended astronomy resources from a variety of homeschool circles. I hope this list of resources and links helps inspire your imagination and ignite your journey into the cosmos.
When applicable I will note whether the listed resource is secular or from a Christian perspective. However, those hoping to know which resources are from a Young Earth viewpoint will need to do further research into the individual Christian resources for clarification.
The universe is immense and so are subjects that the ladies over at the iHomeschoolNetwork have compiled into Ultimate Guides. Be sure to check out the {almost}infinite assortment of topics available for this year's iHN Ultimate Guide collection.
Welcome to the first week of Homeschool Show and Tell. Here you can share the fabulous finds and fun resources that you utilize in your homeschool. Sure, you can share curriculum if something is truly rocking your world, but I'm envisioning the primary focus of the Show and Tell to be on those little items and resources that you stumble upon that make the educator in you squeal with delight.
If you blog, feel free to grab this image for your post. It's not necessary in order to link-up but it's available for those that want to link back. If you don't blog I'd love for you to share your resources in the comments section or by using the hashtag #HomeschoolShowAndTell on your favorite social media outlet.
You don't have to adhere to a Charlotte Mason educational approach in order to appreciate living books. Homeschoolers just love living books– books that are written by someone with a passion for a certain subject; books that grab your attention with their narrative storytelling versus the traditional dry text-book style of other resources; books that educate AND entertain.
Recently my girls and I attended a Family Night at a local museum and met the author of one such living book. Dr. Robert H. Krupp has centered his life around his passion as he strives to instill a love of science and a sense of awe for the marvel of our universe into those he meets.
His series of children's books, Laura and Grandpa Discovering Science Together, are his attempt to foster in children the desire to ask and ponder the whys, hows, and whats that surround them.
By using a story telling format and adding in easy experiments that families can do together, Dr. Krupp has creating fun and engaging science books for young children.
My girls and I were lucky to be introduced to his books at the museum where stations had already been set up so we could complete some of the experiments outlined in the books.
But perhaps the greatest perk of this particular series is that it gives us a chance to make our own grandpa the central figure to our day's learning.
Back in January I posted a painfully honest post about how math was just NOT working out for us. The stress, agitation, and anxiety I was feeling must have connected with some of you because that post garnered tons of comments and emails. In fact, that post still gets a steady stream of traffic.
I appreciate everyone's words of encouragement more than I can adequately say. It was such a rough time for me – floundering around like that without a true sense where we were heading. My fear of failure in math rapidly metastasized and infected all aspects of my homeschooling life. I won't say I was on the verge of giving up; but I would be dishonest if I didn't admit I questioned my decision to homeschool more at that time than ever before.
I've had a few readers ask me what exactly about Singapore Math wasn't working for us and as much as I try to pinpoint it, I can't. I've stressed that I'm not mathy; I needed more hand-holding. In any event, as a natural consequence to my faulty planning and presenting of the material, my daughter struggled with grasping and retaining the lessons.
Here– A picture is worth a thousand words, right? In a couple pictures I'll show you how I knew we HAD to switch.
Mira likes to draw. During school, she's perfected the 'doodle'. Seriously, ALL of her workbooks and papers have some stick figure scene or unicorn party drawn into the margins. Sometimes it's related to the lesson but, more often than not, just some random doodle.
Here's a glimpse of her Latin and phonics workbooks:
Cute, huh? I swear if she quit doodling during her lessons our school day would be done in half the time. I used to try and make her stop but she likes it, and if a couple minutes added to each lesson help us get through our day happily, then doodle away my dear daughter.
And sometimes, as in the case of the doodles in her Singapore workbook, they serve as warning signs:
There are pages of these sad despondent faces in her Singapore books. When these faces became the designated doodle to her math lessons– that, my friends, was when I knew with certainty that something had to change.
So after researching tons of curricula and even hosting a Currriculum Chat, I finally settled upon our next course of action:
We've only been doing it for a couple weeks now so I'm not going to attempt a detailed review at this time. I can't say with certainty whether or not this is going to be the sought-after math curricula of my dreams. Already there are a few things about it that I don't care for, but we've only just begun so we'll stick with it and see how it plays out in the long run.
For me, the DVD video lesson component to Math•U•See is worth its weight in gold. Mira likes to see Mr. Demme interact with the students in his videos and she'll race to answer a question before the children in the video.
So Sad-Face Singapore has been replaced with Math-Man. A creation Mira came up with while I was loading up the DVD lesson for the day.
For us, it's a darn good exchange and I'm hoping Math-Man is here to stay.
Latin with young children? Why- elementary, my dear Watson. At least it can be- with Song School Latin!
When I started our homeschool journey and contemplated the idea of foreign languages I felt rather unmotivated until a chance encounter with Classical Academic Press – the makers of Song School Latin (SSL)- piqued my interest.
Maybe it was the exoticness of Latin or the fact that I already had humdrum personal experiences with French and Spanish from my own school days. Whatever the reason I grabbed Song School Latin 1 a few years ago and it's been smooth sailing ever since.
We've been using Song School Latin since 2011. I loved their first book so much that I waited (rather impatiently, I might add) for SSL2 to be released and stretched my daughter's lessons from SSL1 to try and fill in our time until 2 came out.
It was so worth the wait.
Honestly I love Song School Latin 2 even more than Song School Latin 1; and I already LOVED Song School Latin 1. My preference probably stems in part from the fact that 2 slowly introduces more grammar concepts and begins conjugation work versus the more vocab-centered SSL1.
See? Latin, my dear reader, can be elementary after all. Be sure to check out Classical Academic Press to see the wide assortment of resources they offer for multiple languages and subjects.
Now that you know about all the fun your children could be having with Song School Latin, how about a chance to win your very own full program!!! Thanks to the very generous folks over at Classical Academic Press one lucky reader will win their own complete package set of Song School Latin 1 OR School School Latin 2! Winner's choice!
* * *And that's not all! Classical Academic Press is offering my readers 20% off everything in their store. Use the code TS20 to receive 20% off your entire order. It is good on all products, except online classes and Singapore Math, and expires April 5th, 2014. Classical Academic Press offers resources in numerous subjects: Latin, Spanish, Greek, Logic, Writing and Rhetoric, Bible, Poetry, Reasoning and Reading, Art and Drawing!
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While in desperate need for a jolt of motivation, some local homeschoolers and I planned and hosted our first ever Curriculum Chat. It was a huge success. Homeschooling parents came together with no pretense of purchasing anything and instead focused on showing off things that work (or even sharing why things don't work) in their homeschool.
It was fun, informative, and a great way to get introduced to things that otherwise might not have come onto your radar.
With that in mind, I'm planning to host a Homeschool Show And Tell Link-Up on the first and last Monday of every month. I'd love for you to share those fun toys, books, games, websites, apps, etc. that you can't live without.
Sure, you can share curriculum if something is truly rocking your world, but I'm envisioning the primary focus of the Show and Tell to be on those little items and resources that you stumble upon that make the educator in you squeal with delight. (You know, materials that probably don't have a review written about them already available online.)
The first link-up will go live on Monday, March 31 and I'd love for you to join me. If you blog, feel free to grab this image for your post. It's not necessary in order to link-up but it's available for those that want to link back. If you don't blog I'd love for you to share your resources in the comments section or by using the hashtag #HomeschoolShowAndTell on your favorite social media outlet.
I can't wait to see what you share on March 31!


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Spinning the BottlesDave Williamson first changed the law to allow breweries and distilleries to operate in the same building. Now, he's crusading for the environment — one recyclable bottle at a time.
By Kelly Kramer
Flagstaff Dave Williamson joined Flagstaff's Mogollon Brewing Co. in September 2001, wanting to make it the No. 1 microbrewery in the state. Six months later, it was.
Although Mogollon was outselling all of the other microbreweries in Arizona — combined — Williamson says he "damn near put the company out of business.
"I didn't realize at the time that we were losing money on every single case of beer we sold," he says.
After running the numbers, Williamson realized that there was more money to be made in reusable, refillable kegs, rather than individual cases of beer. "If I could have a minikeg, a retail keg, with everything built in, that would be perfect," he says.
Although Coors Light and Miller Lite have similar products, Williamson says the concept was so close, yet so far away from being truly environmentally sound. "Those home kegs are disposable. You use them, throw them away and buy more. They missed the entire point."
Armed with his idea and a background in wholesale liquor distribution, Williamson, whose second company, Arizona High Spirits, distills vodka and whiskey, built a model. It sat on the bar at the brewery until representatives from the city of Flagstaff came calling for a donation of vodka for the 2008 Super Bowl.
"They asked me what the keg was and I told them it was just an idea," Williamson says. "I told them that the concept was to save money on packaging, but that the keg also eliminates waste." The representatives were intrigued.
A few weeks later, Williamson met with students and faculty from Northern Arizona University, who crafted a working prototype — a reusable 2.3-gallon minikeg. When the economy tanked, progress on the minikeg stalled.
But Williamson kept thinking, and once again decided on a new idea: reusable wine bottles and refillable wine kegs for retailers, a notion that could translate easily to the vodka business. It could also reduce waste and costs at one of Arizona's biggest assets — the Grand Canyon. Three hundred gallons of champagne bubble in glasses at the Canyon each year, and according to Williamson's research, the packaging costs for just one case of champagne is $23.44. With minikegs, those costs would dwindle to just over $2 per case.
Although he's still waiting on funding for the mini-kegs, Williamson is moving forward with refillable, returnable vodka bottles, thanks to a partnership with Phoenix-based Hensley & Co.
"I spoke to another distributor first, and that distributor said that if I took the idea of returnable bottles to Hensley, it wouldn't go over."
But Williamson got the last laugh. Hensley began distributing the vodka in test markets throughout the state in January.
"The consumers are ready for it," Williamson says. "Retailers are ready for it. Microbreweries and wineries are ready for it. Everybody's ready for it."


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FICFB-Reactor - Thermal Gasification
The Hofbauer Reactor is the world´s first functioning FICFB (Fast Internally Circulating Fluidized Bed) plant. The core of the plant is formed by the two inter-connected fluidized bed systems of the fluidized bed steam gasifier (reactor).
In the gasification zone the cut-down biomass is whirled up and gasified in anaerobic conditions at approx. 850°C in the shortest time possible by introducing steam. The bed material (olivine sand) has the function of a heat transfer medium and provides a stable temperature in the reactor.
In the next step the resultant product gas is purified and cooled. The heat emitted during cooling is used for the generation of district heat. Subsequently, the gas is filtered, and tar scrubbed with bio-diesel. In this specialized process all resulting residual materials are recycled.
In the gas purification neither solid waste nor waste water arises, and the product gas is completely free from nitrogen. Fluidized bed steam gasifiers work extraordinarily reliably and regularly (7,000-8,000 operating hours per annum) and are considered state-of-the-art (Best Available Technology).
A downstream engine optimized for gas operation can produce electric power and heat from the product gas (combined heat and power, CHP), with the overall efficiency being higher than 85%. Alternatively, a methanization plant also allows the generation of bio synthetic natural gas (BioSNG) from product gas in certified quality. The product gas consist of up to 40% of hydrogen, which can be extracted; in Fischer-Tropsch-Synthesis high-grade fuels can be synthetisized from the product gas.
The GRE Multi-Fuel Plant, the logical advancement of the plant developed in Güssing and in use there since 2002, reliably provides energy with system relevance – i.e., a minimum of 7.000 hours per annum – and, in addition to the feedstock wood, also allows waste materials rich in hydrocarbon, dried sewage sludge, and the like, to be used as feedstock for gas generation.
The energetic exploitation of waste otherwise unusable as a material is increasingly becoming of interest to communities, as waste management presents an enormous logistic and financial burden which will still increase in the future. In gas generation the toxic potential of the waste is eliminated without causing harm to the environment.
What is used here, is fractions of high caloric value from the mechanical-biological processing of domestic waste, domestic-waste-like industrial waste, and the like. The construction of the GRE Hofbauer Reactor is more than 50% cheaper than that of comparable waste combustion plants.
The advancement was realized with the scientific support of the Vienna University of Technology (Prof. Hermann Hofbauer) and our strategic partner, the experienced energy business consulting firm Consulectra (an affiliate of the RWTÜV Group).
The planning of the Multi-Fuel Plant has been completed, documented and certified, the application for a patent will be filed shortly. Blueprints for putting it into practice are ready. This makes Güssing Renewable Energy the world´s only enterprise which is in a position to offer this technology on a realistic basis. Owing to the cooperation with the Vienna University of Technology GRE has a technological lead of 10-15 years.
The GRE Hofbauer Multifuel Reactor
FICFB technology by EdF in Güssing
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tech flash Hofbauer Reactor II from 2MWhcal / 0.5 MWhel to 40MWhcal / 10MWhel
This film is a virtual walkthrough of the 2nd generation Hofbauer Reactor, a biomass gasification power plant based on the Fast Internally Circulating Fluidized Bed (FICFB) technology. Utilizing other carbonic residues, aside from wood chips, for the production of energy enables broader Carbon Recycling.
Coming to Gussing, Austria soon.
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tech flash The FICFB process
Walkthrough of the heart of the Hofbauer Reactor: The Fast Internally Circulating Fluidized Bed (FICFB) technology.
Technology by Güssing Renewable Energy GmbH
Animation by Consulectra Unternehmensberatung GmbH
language: English
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news flash GRE workshop on gasification
Gussing Renewable Energy gathered its experts from around the world from the scientific, practical, technical and management side to discuss the newest developments of the thermal gasification technology.
tech flash making pellets for gasification
Watch how a variety of carbonic residues can be transformed into pellets --> a homogeneous feedstock ideal for gasification in the Hofbauer Reactor.
new crops for energy production part 1
In Burgenland, Austria an energy crop is being cultivated, which could be utilized in the Hofbauer-Reactor for the production of energy. We visited the person who runs the plantation and asked him about his experiences with the crop.
new crops for energy production part 2
We continued looking for alternative feedstock to be utilized in the Hofbauer-Reactor for the production of energy and met Mr. Pinter who manages various short-rotation plantations and tells us his experiences with the crops.
executives of Asian companies visit Gussing
At the end of October 2013 delegations of Asian companies visited Gussing to see the operating Hofbauer-Reactor, as they are eagerly interested to import this efficient and CO2-neutral technology in Thailand and in Japan. The delegations represented executives from Siam Cement Public Company Limited, Satake Corporation and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. .
tech flash gasification animation -> polygeneration
This animation of the Hofbauer-Reactor will show you how we produce a multitude of energy-products such as electricity, heat, natural gas and liquid fuels from carbonic residues. We call this process "polygeneration". Instead of combusting the waste material, which create additional CO2 in the atmosphere, our gasification technology is 100% CO2-neutral.
tech flash liquid fuels from biomass through Fischer-Tropsch synthesisIn this video we show you how we convert biomass to liquid fuels. Through Fischer Tropsch synthesis, the cleaned syn-gas from the Hofbauer-Reactor can be turned into waxes for further refining to liquid fuels. With the side-by-side comparison, you will see the advantages of biomass derived fuels compared to fossil fuels.
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Gasification vs. Incineration
In this video the two applications gasification and incineration are compared, whereas the advantages of gasification are clearly visualized.
Japanese media visit Gussing
Due to the rising interest in Japan in alternative and sustainable energy solutions, media representatives from Oita Godo Shimbun Inc. came to visit Gussing to find out more about the unique, decentralized energy model.


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A roundup of O.C.'s most interesting French fries by Robyn Jones is of major interest to those (like me) who find pommes frites to be at least as important as what they accompany. This guide is available online to registered Insiders—if you're not an Insider yet, signing up takes just a moment and is free. Don't miss the email newsletters—besides Food & Dining there's an upcoming recipe newsletter, too.
Insiders have access to the juicy wine-country sidebar accompanying March's cover story, Best of the West Coast, which itself is loaded (as might be expected) with food tips spanning its south-to-north itinerary: Santa Barbara, Big Sur, San Francisco, the Redwood Coast, the Oregon Coast, Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver. Worth-a-detour side trips, too, all along the way.
Both online and in the mag, Gretchen Kurz, Orange Coast dining critic, considers stellar new Broadway by Amar Santana in Laguna Beach, as well as Santana's alma mater Charlie Palmer at Bloomingdale's, where chef Seakyeong Kim is doing way more than just fine, thankyouverymuch.
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Dana Point Harbor is spotlighted in Neighborhoods, including where to get great morning coffee and bagels and fancy food and wine, plus the friendly locals' watering hole.
New Baguetier Bakery in Huntington Beach, whose sophisticated pastries surprise, is On Our Radar.
A finance exec forges a new career as a jerky expert? Happened! Cowboy Dan's Jerky Emporium in Los Alamitos is more than a store, it's a story.
On my Nibbles & Bits page, a New-Age sushi Smackdown, plus gourmet food-truck news from chef Joe Youkhan's Tasting Spoon, and local vegan superstars Seabirds. In Pay It Forward, industry-insider suggestions range from the gourmet raw, to the geeked-out coffee, to the chef-driven gastropub. So just a typical day in O.C., in other words.
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