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Cameron McCormack wrote: > Lachlan Hunt: >> It seems from the Java bindings section of Web IDL that the way to >> define modules and how they're mapped to Java packages isn't yet very >> stable. > > I've added a way to specify the Java package naming method now: > > http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/WebIDL/#JavaPackage > > So in selectors-api you would write: > > [JavaPackage=org.w3c.dom] > module dom { > interface NodeSelector { … }; > } Could it just be called [Package] instead of [JavaPackage]? The ECMAScript-specific extended attributes like [Callback] and [Undefined] don't contain the name of the language in their names, why should it do so for Java? > I'd be open to having [JavaPackagePrefix=org.w3c] if the repetition of > "dom" is sufficiently unsightly. Why couldn't you just use [Package=org.w3c] and define that to be a prefix? Also, you need to define what it means if [Package] is used on a nested module, or perhaps define that it's not allowed. e.g. module dom { [Package=org.w3c] module html { ... } } In which java package should the html module be, in that case? org.w3c.dom.html or org.w3c.html? > Alternatively: is it worth hard coding a Java package prefix into the > spec, so that [JavaPackage] is not normally needed? (This could map a > module called 'dom' to org.w3c.dom, and other modules at the top > level to org.w3c.dom.foo (for module events, module svg, etc.), unless > overridden.) And would this make Web IDL too specific for use by W3C > specifications, and if it does, is that really a problem? I'm not sure if that approach would be a good idea or not, although it would be convenient for W3C DOM specs. -- Lachlan Hunt - Opera Software http://lachy.id.au/ http://www.opera.com/Received on Friday, 28 November 2008 11:38:51 UTC
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BTS Releases Airline Financial Data for 4th Quarter 2010.
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has released airline financial data for the fourth quarter of 2010. The release was scheduled for May 9 but delayed because of technical processing issues. Operating profit/loss and operating revenue can be found on these tables. Fuel cost and consumption numbers are available on these tables. See the BTS financial databases for more detailed data. On June 13, BTS released data for 2010 on airline revenues from baggage fees and reservation change fees. BTS has not yet scheduled the release of first-quarter 2011 financial data.
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very deceiving. Many days I look great but feel terrible.
Don't say, "I know how you feel." No one knows how anyone else feels.
We all have varying thresholds of pain, and pain cannot be measured.
Don't tell me about your Aunt with so and so disease or ailment and how
she managed in spite of it. I am doing the best I can.
'Don't tell me, "It could be worse." I don't need to be reminded.
Don't decide what I am capable of doing. Allow me to make those
decisions. There may be times I 'm wrong, but I'll know soon enough.
Don't be upset that you cannot ease my problems. It won't do any good
for both of us to be miserable.
Don't ask me how I feel unless you really want to know. You may hear a
lot more than you are prepared to listen to.
Don't assume because I did a certain activity yesterday that I can do
it today.
Don't tell me about the latest fad cure. If there is a legtimate
treatment, my doctor will let me know.
Do realize that I am angry and frustrated with the disease, not with
Do let me know that you are available to help me when I ask.
Do offer me lots of encouragement.
Do understand why I cancel plans at the last minute. I never know from
one day to the next how I will feel.
Do continue to invite me to activities. Just because I am not able to
bike along with the gang does not mean that I can't meet you for the picnic
at the end of the trail. Please let me decide. Thank you.


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It's National Breastfeeding Week at the moment which, if I'm honest, has probably made me more scared about breastfeeding than excited. I don't think that's the desired outcome of the week of campaigning but there we are. Put it this way: if you think you've seen women rip each other to shreds in Daily Mail comment sections and blogger bashing forums, just you wait til you stumble upon a breastfeeding vs formula feeding debate on Facebook. That stuff is SCARY.
I've always wanted to breastfeed (my mum doesn't need any excuse to tell all and sundry that three-year-old me used to publicly yank up my top and "breastfeed" my Tiny Tears doll whenever she was feeding my baby sister) and as I've gotten older and wiser the desire to breastfeed hasn't gone away, but it has been joined by a real fear of just how hard it will be.
Part of me thinks this fear is a good thing; I'm not expecting it to be a "natural" process where the babies and I just magically find our way and therefore I'm preparing myself for the realities as much as possible. I would have thought one of the worst things you could do is not expect it to be difficult, because then when it inevitably is difficult it will come as a massive shock…just as you're also dealing with crashes and surges of hormones and generally trying to get your head around keeping a newborn baby (or babies) alive and well.
Finding out I was pregnant with twins didn't dull my desire to breastfeed, it made me more concerned for the difficulties I could face but if anything it made me more determined to make breastfeeding work. The practicalities of formula feeding two babies (let alone the cost!) just seems hard-going to me. I can't forget to take my boobs with me when I go out. I don't think.
But I'm very aware of how hard it's likely to be, especially in the beginning. Even if one baby is a great feeder, having another who isn't is going to throw everything out of whack. From the twin forums I've joined, it doesn't seem massively uncommon for one baby to be breastfed and another formula fed because of complications. Having to deal with the pitfalls of breastfeeding AND formula feeding all at once sounds particularly hard-going, though of course you do what you have to do to get those bubbas fed. You have to.
My worries are the usual ones for anyone planning to breastfeed: pain, latch issues, poor weight gain, not being able to "share" the feeding workload. But I'm also worried about lack of postnatal support and my own dogmatic attitude.
Let's start with the lack of support, as this seems to be a key issue that I've read a lot about during National Breastfeeding Week. The vast majority of women in the UK *want* to breastfeed – all the stats say so. Clearly something is going very wrong between this desire to do it and following through to whichever magical figure we're looking at – still breastfeeding at six weeks, six months, one year and so on. I've had the luxury of a lot of time to research my options for postnatal support and I can tell you now that it is NOT easy to find the relevant info – and that's without the distraction of babies, postpartum hormones and a very immediate need to get a baby fed RIGHT NOW. If I'm struggling to find the right info now – with internet access, determination, all the time in the world and no crying babies to attend to – I can't even begin to imagine how difficult it is when you're in that newborn fog and it really is an urgent situation.
I assumed, naively, that living in our great capital would mean I would have more options than anyone. Not the case. My local NCT branches, which had merged, have now closed down "permanently" due to lack of support. My local La Leche League meetings? Also suspended until mid 2018. Other groups I have found meet monthly, but what use is it to tell a woman who can't feed her child that she has to wait three weeks to see someone? I can walk to an antenatal class within five minutes of my flat, the closest breastfeeding support group I have found that meets weekly is a 50 minute journey away. 50 MINUTES. The idea of doing multiple buses or trains and tubes with newborn twins doesn't exactly sound massively appealing. I've found a handful of lactation consultants who would come to me if I needed a consultation, but that would be a cool £250 for a couple of hours support. I know I live in an expensive part of the country but bloody hell, that is not a viable offer of support for the majority of new mums. (I should add that I have now been recommended a consultant who would come to me if needsbe for closer to £100, but I didn't find her through my own research and £100 is still a lot of money for a lot of people).
One thing I have realised through my trial and error of researching support options is that the internet is perhaps not the best place to look for answers. It's 2017, but it still seems that pin-boards in hospitals and GP surgeries are where we're supposed to go to find up to date support information. Have we really not moved past pieces of coloured paper blue-tacked in waiting rooms? It shouldn't be the case that every option I find online seems to have outdated info, sometimes by years.
Women deserve better. Babies deserve better.
And then there's the case of my attitude. Ahhhh. I'm really worried about this one. One of the main pieces of advice I've received is to just go with the flow and do whatever works and not beat yourself up about changing your plans, but I know I will be devastated if I can't make breastfeeding work. I just will be. I would LOVE to be able to adopt a relaxed attitude to breastfeeding and maybe I just naturally will once the day-to-day realities of caring for two babies hits home, but I know my personality and I suspect I'll be very hard on myself no matter how rationally I know this type of self-criticism is a very bad thing. Again though, acknowledging that my attitude could be a problem is the first step to being able to address it. It would be harder if I wasn't aware of how self-critical I can be. People can help me if I'm honest about these shortcomings. I do know that at the end of the day, a happy mum is more important than any of the nutritional benefits of breastmilk.
So we're now 1110 words into this post and having done a quick read through to this point I've realised I've been pretty damn negative. SEE! I told you National Breastfeeding Week was bringing out all the fear! But let's end with some positive stuff.
I have been overwhelmed by the kindness of strangers on forums and social media. Really overwhelmed. Yes, I've also stumbled across some of the worst people in the world on feeding threads but in the main, once you find the right groups/platforms for you, you CAN find the most amazing advice. For free. Day and night.
There's a closed Facebook group called Breastfeeding Twins and Triplets UK and the women on there are literally superheroes. I have never seen anything quite like it to be honest, endless dedication to helping other women navigate the minefield that is breastfeeding multiples. Multiples in NICU, multiples with additional needs, first-time-mums, mums with PND – it's just amazing to see the support that IS there. Women helping women out of the goodness of their hearts because even just one more breastfed baby is a very good thing.
TAMBA, the multiples charity, has loads of info on breastfeeding twins (and triplets! It can be done!) and I have found this really useful. I remember watching some of their tandem feeding videos early on and thinking "OH MY GOD THAT LOOKS LIKE COMPLETE AND UTTER CHAOS" but then feeling really pleased I'd watched them. Again, for me it's all about having realistic expectations about what the twins journey will be like.
I've signed up to do various antenatal breastfeeding classes, including one of TAMBA's webinars, and whilst I know that classroom based learning isn't quite the same as dealing with a screaming baby, it will help a lot. Knowing these are in the diary make me feel more confident, as does reading all the tips and recommendations on the twin FB groups so that I have a better understanding of likely complications and how best to address them.
I've got my "supplies" ready too. I bought a second-hand Peanut&Piglet tandem feeding cushion on Facebook and then I also have my bbhugme as another option. I was lucky enough to be sent a box of essentials by Medela (think breast pads, nip cream, milk bags) and while I haven't decided what to do about a pump yet, I'm going to either hire a hospital grade one or buy a double pump. I was going to buy shields "just in case" but I'm trying to remember that I don't need a whole arsenal of equipment on standby, I can wait to see how things get on and whilst in hospital I can use their stuff and buy my own on next-day-delivery. Speaking of being in hospital, I'm trying to remind myself to not beg to go home asap and to wait until I've had a few successful milky feeds with the luxury of staff on hand to help (am I being unrealistic in expecting staff to help?!) as my c-section is likely to delay my milk coming in. And of course this is all just assuming I get to term and don't have all the complications that come with preemie feeding!
I've also made sure ST is aware of how much I want to make breastfeeding work and how he can help make that happen, whether that's advocating for me whilst we're still in hospital or just generally backing me when we come across problems. If I have to sit on the sofa for three months having "topless telly time", that's all good with me. (Reading that sentence back has made me LOL, topless telly time being for cluster feeding the babies in a relaxed environment, not for ST's entertainment. Hah!).
Our families are based in Suffolk and Manchester so everyone is hours away, but both mothers are on standby to come down and help once the twins arrive and this is a real comfort to know. I've also been able to watch my sister-in-law breastfeed her son over the past few months which has really helped prepare me. (Honestly, if you can convince someone close to you to have a baby six months ahead of you then this is pretty much the best way to learn it all – I'm sure you can find someone to oblige?!). My cousin (a twin!) goes to uni not too far away from us too and she is also on standby to help with shovelling cake into my gob and providing pints of squash. Every little helps right?!
And lastly, I just love that women are talking about breastfeeding. I love seeing women breastfeed on Instagram Stories. I love seeing women admit that it can be hard. I love that a lot of the conversations and news articles I've seen this week haven't been about breast vs bottle, it's been about saying "hang on, lots of women do actually WANT to breastfeed but we need more support". It's such a waste of energy to bash women for their feeding choices, especially when that energy could be used to actually help the women who do want to breastfeed but are struggling.
I know I'm going to be pretty busy once the twins arrive (!) but I am adamant that I'll report back here, warts and all, with how I get on. Who knows, I might be Apatmil's biggest customer and be coming online in November to laugh at this ridiculous post and my "oh I'm obviously going to breastfeed" notions. Or, even better, I may just get on with breastfeeding ok and not have much to report at all! I like that I never seem to see that as a possible outcome: that it might just genuinely go well.
The conversations are what's important though. The admitting that breastfeeding is a skill to be learnt and not necessarily some easy and natural process that "just happens" is really really key.
Let's all keep talking, let's not look at the horrible threads full of nasty trolls on either side of the feeding debate, and let's support one another when we can. This week, next week, and always.
Here's to happy babies…and happy mums.


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This one, in particular, caught my attention:
The rest of the EP released on DubKraft Records
"Years of unwanted childhood music lessons led Michael Morel to develop an aversion to common instruments like guitars and pianos. Intrigued by the unusual sounds of the didjeridu, Morel's true musical ambitions were sparked when he began playing the ancient Australian wind instrument in 1998.
Shortly afterwards, Morel moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to Santa Cruz, California where he developed a healthy obsession with drum n' bass & jungle. Adopting the alias Indidjinous, he often played didjeridu over live DJ sets using various electric guitar pedals to distort the sound. After graduating college in 2002 he began experimenting with production, incorporating his didjeridu into many tracks. In 2005, having created a considerable number of tunes, he finally took up DJing. Today his performances typically consist of mixing his own tracks with like-minded tunes, though occasionally the didjeridu still makes an appearance.
In 2007 Indidjinous headed off to the East Coast for graduate school where he explored the Dn'B scenes in Washington DC, Baltimore, New York City and Miami. In 2011 he returned to California and he currently lives in San Francisco. The end of 2012 saw the emergence of his own internet radio show "The Other Side" on Jungletrain.net airing every other Wednesday night from 8PM-9:30PM PST. In the summer Indidjinous teaches an electronic music production/didjeridu class to middle school students in San Rafael, CA.
Citing major influences from Technical Itch, Dom & Roland, Konflict, Paradox, Teebee, Hive and Amit, Indidjinous tunes are cinematic, tribal and dark. His sound spans several styles of drum n' bass including techstep, drumfunk, half-time, experimental, atmospheric & neurofunk. Overtly melodic sounds are almost wholly absent in his productions. Instead he tends toward abstract sci-fi atmospherics, industrial sound effects, and dis-harmonic bass lines."
Okulus Anomali
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Studio recording of soundscape architecture
Private Music (1 disc)
Eduardo Marturet (b. 1953):@ Zaha's Place [1:15:08]
Spirals of sound vibrating in harmony with your own private space by Eduardo Marturet. Composed on New Year's Day, specially dedicated to my dear friend Zaha Hadid.
Art by Zaha Hadid & Design by Gabriel Liberatori
Album performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Eduardo Marturet at PRIVATE MUSIC Studios, Key Biscayne FL, January 2015.
© 2015 Eduardo Marturet (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved
I had my first experience in meditation while I was a student in Cambridge, UK. It was so powerful that it changed my whole conception of music, from its creation to finding new ways of listening and being exposed to the experience and perception of sound. Sound on its own, away from the aesthetic concept.
An equally important influence in my music is the use of the Golden Ratio (Fibonacci sequence) as the basis for the organic structure of my work. Soon I discovered the powerful effect of the spiral proportion on the brain and its ability to induce alpha waves, which we know as the blissful state of meditation.
The concept of Soundscape Architecture was developed as a meditation on sound vibrating in harmony with its own space, and PRIVATE MUSIC was born with the desire of making a composition as unavailable as a work of art can be when is owned by a single person.
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Design by Gabriel Liberatori
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Hollande: 'France Is Under the Threat of Islamic Terrorism'
French President Francois Hollande addressed tonight's truck terror attack in Nice, saying the "scourge of terrorism" must be fought against.
"Once again we have seen extreme violence and it is obvious we must do everything to fight against this terrorism," Hollande said at a news conference after hundreds of people gathered to watch a Bastille Day fireworks display were mowed down by a terrorist in a large truck, leaving at least 80 of them dead.
"France as a whole is under the threat of Islamic terrorism," he said. "We have to demonstrate absolute vigilance and show determination that is unfailing."
Hollande added that several children were among the dead. He said 20 of the injured are still in critical condition.
He also announced that he would extend France's state of emergency by another three months, until Oct. 26. France has been on its highest state of alert since ISIS terrorists killed 130 people in Paris this past Nov. 13.
Watch the statement above.


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Nikki Grimes
Nikki Grimes
|October 20, 1950
New York City, New York
|Writer, artist
|Twentieth century
|Children's picture books and novels
|Notable works
|Bronx Masquerade
Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope
Danitra Brown
|Notable awards
|Coretta Scott King Award
Nikki Grimes (born October 20, 1950) is an American author of books written for children and young adults, as well as a poet and journalist.
Background and career[edit]
Grimes was born in New York City, New York. In a conversation with a Reading Is Fundamental interviewer, she stated: "Books were my survival tools. They were how I got by, and how I coped with things. Books carried me away."[1]
She has been a guest lecturer at international schools in Sweden, Tanzania, China, and Russia. She has written articles for magazines such as Today's Christian Woman and Essence. Her interests and talents are diverse and include photography, fiber art, and beading.
Grimes currently resides in Corona, California, and continues to write poetry and books for children and young adults. She is on the board of directors for the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance. Her work has earned her honors and recognition from a number of prestigious organizations.
Her novel Bronx Masquerade was named the Coretta Scott King Award book in 2002. The Coretta Scott King Award is "given to African-American authors and illustrators for outstanding inspirational and educational contributions."
In January 2017, she was awarded the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal. "The Wilder Award honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children." [2] Following controversy surrounding Laura Ingalls Wilder's stereotypical portrayals of indigenous peoples and the subsequent changing of the medal's name, Grimes' work was criticized for alleged anti-semitism.[3]
Published works[edit]
- From a Child's Heart (1993), illustrated by Brenda Joysmith
- Meet Danitra Brown (1994), illustrated by Floyd Cooper (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book)
- Portrait of Mary (1994)
- Come Sunday (1996), illustrated by Michael Bryant
- Wild, Wild Hair (1997), illustrated by George Cephas Ford
- Jazmin's Notebook (1998) (Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book)
- A Dime a Dozen (1998), illustrated by Angelo
- My Man Blue (1999), illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue (Marion Vannett Ridgway Award)
- Hopscotch Love (1999), illustrated by Melodye Benson Rosales
- At Break of Day (1999), illustrated by Paul Morin
- Aneesa Lee and the Weaver's Gift (2000), illustrated by Ashley Bryan
- Shoe Magic (2001), illustrated by Terry Widener
- A Pocketful of Poems (2001), illustrated by Javaka Steptoe
- Stepping Out with Grandma Mac (2002), illustrated by Angelo
- C is for City (2002), illustrated by Pat Cummings
- When Daddy Prays (2002), illustrated by Tim Ladwig
- Bronx Masquerade (2002), (Coretta Scott King Author Award) (Best Children's Book of 2002, Association of Theological Booksellers)
- Talkin' About Bessie (2002), illustrated by E.B. Lewis (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, Author Honor Book)
- Tai Chi Morning (2004), illustrated by Ed Young
- A Day with Daddy (2004), illustrated by Nicole Tadgell
- What is Goodbye? (2004), illustrated by Raul Colón (ALA Notable Book)
- It's Raining Laughter, photographs by Myles C. Pinkney
- At Jerusalem's Gate, illustrated by David Frampton
- Danitra Brown, Class Clown (2005), illustrated by E.B. Lewis
- One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance (2017), illustrated by Cozbi Cabrera, R. Gregory Christie, etc.
- Dark Sons (2005), (Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book)
- Thanks a Million (2006), illustrated by Cozbi A. Carrera
- Welcome, Precious (2006), illustrated by Bryan Collier
- The Road to Paris (2006), (Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book)
- When Gorilla Goes Walking (2007), illustrate by Shane Evans
- Oh, Brother! (2007), illustrated by Mike Benny
- Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope (2008), illustrated by Bryan Collier (NY Times Bestseller)
- Out of the Dark: Nikki Grimes, Author at Work (2009)
- Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel (2009), illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
- Rich: a Dyamonde Daniel Book (2009), illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
- Voices of Christmas (2009), illustrated by Eric Velasquez
- A Girl Named Mister (2010)
- Almost Zero: a Dyamonde Daniel Book (2010), illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
- Planet Middle School (2011)
- "First Day" (unknown)
- Words with Wings, (2013), Coretta Scott King honor book
- "Garvey's Choice", (2016) Laura Ingall Wilder Award
- "One Last Word", (2017)
- "The Watcher", (2017), illustrated by Bryan Collier
Awards and honors[edit]
- 1993 NAACP Image Award Finalist for Malcolm X: a Force for Change
- 2003 Coretta Scott King Author Award
- 2006 NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children
- 2011 Horace Mann Upstanders Award for Almost Zero: a Dyamonde Daniel Book
- 2016 Virginia Hamilton Literacy Award
- 2017 Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal
- ^ "Nikki Grimes - Author", Reading is Fundamental.
- ^ admin (1999-11-30). "Welcome to the (Laura Ingalls) Wilder Award home page!". Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ^ "As Literary Award Changes Its Name to Escape Allegations of Racism, Instances of Anti-Semitism Go Unnoticed – Tablet Magazine". www.tabletmag.com. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- HarperCollins
- Scholastic.com
- Simon & Schuster
- Zondervan
- 2009 National Book Festival webcast
- National Children's Book & Literary Alliance Board of Directors


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The electronic shelf labels (ESL) synchronize the prices and information update in stores. Communicate your price directly to shelf.
Price Management
The electronic shelf labels (ESL) synchronize the prices and information update in stores. This will lower the labor and conscionables costs, optimize the store management processes and reduce the complaints caused by price errors.
Intelligent Fresh
Food Section
By automatically synchronizing the prices on ESL, electronic scale and PDA, the issue of updating prices frequently and in time has been solved. The system also helps manage the daily clearing, optimize the clearing process and collect the clearing data.
The Hanshow Shelf Management Solution gives guidance on electronic labels regarding where to place the items in store. There is no paper consumables needed on site. The solution reduces the operational costs and improve the shelf management efficiency.
Precision Marketing
The QR code showed on the electronic shelf labels connects the offline products with the online products. Combined with the shelf management solution, stores could execute promotions timely and have more interactions with customers.
Dublin, Ireland —- The 2019 Retail Retreat and Expo was held from Tuesday 21st…
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Hanshow, the world's leading smart store solution provider, participated at EuroCIS in Germany. Hanshow…


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Parquet flooring is a type of wood floor made from strips of wood secured together in a geometric pattern. Care for the floors in the same manner as regular wood flooring.
Parquet floors are very durable and with regular maintenance, they will maintain their beauty.
Sweep your parquet floors daily to remove the dirt and dust that occurs from normal foot traffic. Choose a dust mop to sweep your floors instead of using a broom with stiff bristles, which can scratch the surface of the floor.
You can also use a broom with very soft bristles, or a floor sweeper that has a disposable dust cloth. Sweep your floor in order to prevent grit from settling in between the wood pieces.
Vacuum your parquet floors once a week to remove any dirt that sweeping did not remove. Use a soft brush attachment and vacuum under furniture and in corners where dirt tends to become trapped and ground in.
Choose a non-abrasive floor cleaner made specifically for wood floors. Many wood floor cleaners are available in a spray bottle so that you can spray the cleaner on the heavily soiled area and wipe it up with a completely clean, dry towel.
Apply a small amount of white wine vinegar with a dry cloth to remove stains. Wipe the stain with the vinegar and leave it alone for two to three minutes before wiping it clean.
Cleaners can also be purchased with floor sweepers. Apply the cleaner directly to the floor in a back and forth motion, similar to mopping tile flooring.
Never use water or a damp mop on wood floor because this can cause the planks to loosen and buckle and can ruin the entire floor. Any excess water on the mop will seep into the floor and can also damage the sub-flooring.
The best way to keep your wood floors clean is with prevention. Place throw rugs in heavy traffic areas to catch dirt.
Place the rugs in front of outside doors to prevent dirt from being scattered through the house. Never use cleaners or brooms that will scratch the floor and cause it to collect dirt.
Place felt pads on the bottom of all furniture so they can be moved quickly. Use a clean dry cloth to immediately wipe up any spills or water found standing on the floor.


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Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! This photo was taken 2 days ago. Today the snow would be over Alice's head in this spot!
Tomorrow we will post our Antique Daffodil Cake recipe and we have a great Beef Stew with no store bought bullion lined up in a few days.
For today we are off to my mom's for my favorite meal of the year. I love turkey and stuffing so much that I always force mom to make "thanksgiving" for my birthday too. Thanks Mom!


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Off Broad Street Players Announce Nominees for Tenth Annual Wally Awards
April 13, 2016 — It's that time of year again! The Off Broad Street Players' (OBSP) are excited and proud to announce the 2015 Season Wally Award nominees. The awards, which will be presented for the 10th time on June 24, celebrate community theatre, excellence in onstage performances, and the individuals, on stage and off, who make OBSP productions happen.
Nominations for the Wally Awards are made by OBSP directors and board members. Award selections are made by OBSP subscribers, whose ballots are tabulated by an independent source with no Off Broad Street Players affiliation.
Congratulations to the following nominees for the 2015 OBSP season:
10th Annual Wally Awards
Most Promising Youth
Naomi Jones as Raynell Maxson in Fences
Nathan Langston as Cory Maxson in Fences
Amanda Kipila as Young Fiona in Shrek the Musical
Matt Lischin as Young Shrek/ Grumpy in Shrek the Musical
Victoria Mozitis as Teen Fiona/ Shoemaker's Elf/ Ensemble in Shrek the Musical
Scott Bonerbo as The Little Boy in Ragtime the Musical
Ammi Post as The Little Girl in Ragtime the Musical
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Joel Vazquez as Gabriel Maxson in Fences
Meighan Hogate III as Craig, Grady, and Orderly in The Normal Heart
Jason D. Smith as Tommy Boatwright in The Normal Heart
Tim Zoyac as David, Hiram, Doctor, and Orderly in The Normal Heart
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Richard Curcio as the Starkeeper in Carousel
Dudley Dickerson as The Carnival Boy in Carousel
Ant Viera as Benny in Rent
Andrew Jarema as Pinnochio in Shrek the Musical
Dennis Badurina as Henry Ford in Ragtime the Musical
Richard Curcio as Grandfather in Ragtime the Musical
David Halter as Willie Conklin in Ragtime the Musical
Shaun Laurencio as Harry Houdini in Ragtime the Musical
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Laney Moore as Louise Bigelow in Carousel
Meghan Moses as Mrs. Mullen in Carousel
Carmen Delia Bryant as the Dragon in Shrek the Musical
Dioana Gayle as Act One Finale: 'Till We Reach That Day' soloist in Ragtime the Musical
Holly Birch Knapp as Evelyn Nesbit in Ragtime the Musical
Shannon Sheridan as Emma Goldman in Ragtime the Musical
Best Supporting Actor in a Play
Tim Golden as Jim Bono in Fences
T. Andre Jones as Lyons Maxson in Fences
Nathan Langston as Cory Maxson in Fences
Hank Chandless as Ben Weeks in The Normal Heart
Nick Chryssomitis as Felix Turner in The Normal Heart
Phil Hopf as Mickey Marcus in The Normal Heart
Timothy Koob as Bruce Niles in The Normal Heart
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This is just about the pragmatics of: where do I put source files so that they are a shared library?
Custom: one you write yourself.
Library: a set of C++ source files (.h and .cpp) that you want to share among projects.
The simplified Energia/Arduino view
Outside the simplified Energia/Arduino world, libraries would be in a separate, shared directory and they would be pre-compiled into an object and separately linked into your projects. In the Energia/Arduino world, that is all hidden.
Also, in the Energia world, a library seems to be a zipped directory of source files that follow some conventions that identify the version and documentation of the library. So you can share the library. I don't know what the conventions are. But if you are going to share your custom library, you should follow the conventions, and zip it up. Then others can use the simplified user interface for installing zipped libraries. Here, I don't bother with the zipping.
Creating a custom library
Briefly, you just need to create your source files in the place that Energia looks.
Find where your sketchbook directory is: In Energia choose "Sketch>Show Sketch Folder." Expect a file browser dialog (the Finder on the Mac) to show you the directory.
You will see a sub directory named "libraries", and it will probably be empty. (I don't know where Energia keeps all the other pre-installed libraries.)
In that directory, create a directory with the name of your library e.g. "PWM".
In the "PWM" directory, create your .h (and maybe .cpp) files, e.g. "pwm.h"
Now switch back to Energia and select "Sketch>Include Library>" Expect a hierarchal menu to appear. Expect to see "PWM" in the "Contributed libraries" section of the menu.
You can also choose "Sketch>Include Library>Manage Libraries". Expect a browser kind of window to open. You should be able to browse to a line saying "PWM version unknown INSTALLED". (In my opinion, this should not be called "Manage Libraries" because it seems all you can do is view a list of the libraries.)
(Note that Energia expects at least one source file in your library directory. Until then, Energia may give an error "Invalid library found in….")
Referencing the library
In your main sketch "#include <pwm.h>"
Then define an instance of the PWM class and call its methods.
Developing and managing your library
You can just edit the files in place, using another editor. When you use Energia to "verify" the main sketch that uses the library, it will recompile your changed library.
By managing I mean: copy the files out of the sketchbook folder to a safer, more shared place. The sketchbook is in /Users/foo/Documents/sketchbook (on a Mac). I prefer to put them under source control in a "git" folder, or in the "Dropbox" folder, so when I am done developing, I copy the library folder somewhere else.
I suppose you could use git in that directory, and when you are done, commit and push that repository to a your shared (master) repository on github.
Brief Summary
A library is just a named directory in the directory "sketchbook/libraries". You can create a library yourself using a file browser and editor.


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- Case report
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Successful treatment of a T4 lung tumor with vertebral body invasion using fiducial markers in the thoracic spine for image-guided radiation therapy: A case report
- Anudh K Jain1Email author,
- John Handal2 and
- Lawrence J Solin1
© Jain et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2011
- Received: 27 April 2011
- Accepted: 20 September 2011
- Published: 20 September 2011
Paravertebral and paraspinal tumors pose a significant challenge in radiation therapy because of the radiation sensitivity of the spinal cord and the need for maximum treatment accuracy. Implantation of fiducial markers into vertebral bodies has been described as a method of increasing the accuracy of radiation treatment for single-dose stereotactic radiosurgery for spinal and paraspinal primary tumors and metastases. However, utilization of this technique has not been described for conventionally fractionated radiation therapy. This report is the first of its kind in the literature and describes successful treatment of a T4 primary lung tumor with vertebral body invasion with conventionally fractionated, image-guided radiotherapy using fiducial markers implanted in the thoracic spine.
Case presentation
Our patient was a 47-year-old African-American man who presented to our hospital with a history of several months of increasing left arm pain, chest pain, dyspnea on exertion, occasional dry cough, and weight loss. He was found to have stage IIIA T4, N0, M0 lung cancer with vertebral body invasion. He had fiducial markers placed in the thoracic spine for image-guided radiation treatment set-up. The patient received 74 Gy radiation therapy with concurrent chemotherapy, and daily matching of the fiducial markers on the treatment machine allowed for treatment of the tumor while sparing the dose to the adjacent spinal cord. With one year of clinical follow-up, the patient has had regression of the tumor with only asymmetric soft-tissue thickening seen on a computed tomographic scan and grade 1 dyspnea on exertion as the only side effects of the treatment.
Fiducial marker placement is a safe and effective technique for maximizing the accuracy and reproducibility for radiation treatment of lesions near the spinal cord. This technique may be used in conventionally fractionated radiation treatment regimens, such as those employed to treat a lung tumor with vertebral body invasion, to potentially improve clinical outcomes for patients.
- Planning Target Volume
- Fiducial Marker
- Compute Tomography Simulation
- Digitally Reconstruct Radiograph
- Spinal Cord Dose
The radiation tolerance of the spinal cord has traditionally been a dose-limiting factor in the treatment of spinal and paraspinal lesions. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) planning has the ability to achieve concave dose distributions that provide spinal cord sparing even if the target lesion is only millimeters away [1]. However, these treatment plans have very steep dose gradients, so a very high degree of precision is needed during radiation delivery. Even very slight set-up errors may result in significant deviation of delivery of the planned dose [2].
Fiducial marker matching is a method of image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) used to maximize set-up accuracy. Radiopaque markers are implanted in or near the tumor site and can be imaged on the treatment machine and matched to the digitally reconstructed radiograph (DRR) from the planning computed tomography (CT) scan. The majority of published data regarding fiducial markers in the spine have pertained to methods used in stereotactic radiosurgery [3–5]. Our case report describes the application of this technique for conventionally fractionated radiation treatment of a lung tumor. The application of IGRT using fiducial markers in the spine in our patient allowed for radiation treatment of primary lung cancer with vertebral body invasion while limiting the radiation dose to the adjacent spinal cord.
Case presentation
Our patient was a 47-year-old man who presented to our hospital with a history of several months of increasing left arm pain, chest pain, dyspnea on exertion, occasional dry cough, and a 2.3 kg weight loss over the course of the preceding three months. A physical examination showed 4 of 5 weakness of the left upper extremity but no other abnormalities.
The patient was diagnosed with stage IIIA T4, N0, M0 lung cancer on the basis of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, Seventh Edition, staging system criteria [6]. He was offered enrollment in Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) protocol 0617, and he consented. He was randomized to receive 74 Gy of radiation therapy using conventional daily fractions of 2 Gy with concurrent carboplatin and paclitaxel, followed by consolidation carboplatin and paclitaxel.
The patient underwent CT simulation for radiation therapy planning with the use of a custom Alpha Cradle foam mold and wingboard (Smithers Medical Products, Inc., North Canton, OH, USA) Verified for immobilization. CT scans of the patient were taken during inspiration, expiration, and free breathing. CT simulation images were fused with PET images to aid in target delineation. Gross tumor volume was outlined during inspiration, expiration, and free breathing scanning and fused to form an integrated target volume. A margin of expansion of 5 mm was used to create a clinical target volume (CTV). An additional expansion of 5 mm was used to create a planning target volume (PTV). The CTV and PTV margins were decreased in the areas of bone to limit microscopic disease extension and organ motion in this area.
Daily shifts at treatment set-up (in centimeters)
0 to 0.7
0.4 to 1.3
0.3 to 1.0
The patient developed improvement in left arm pain and strength three weeks into radiation treatment. He developed grade 2 esophagitis toward the end of radiation treatment, which was controlled with diet modification and sucralfate as needed. His esophagitis resolved four weeks after treatment was completed.
IGRT has emerged as a method of improving radiation treatment accuracy for tumors near the spinal cord. Three forms of IGRT for this purpose have been described in the literature: cone-beam CT (CBCT), KV X-ray imaging, and fiducial marker matching.
CBCT involves use of a CT scan that can be taken on the treatment machine. The tumor volume or normal structures on the CBCT scan are then matched with the treatment-planning CT scan, and appropriate shifts can be made. Kim et al. [7] used CBCT to set up single-fraction stereotactic body radiotherapy for spinal treatments and found that it provided precise target localization with accuracy within 2 mm.
KV X-ray imaging involves the use of orthogonal X-ray images that can be taken in the treatment room. These images have a higher resolution than traditionally used megavoltage (MV) images and allow for matching of patient anatomy to bony landmarks on a DRR. Yin et al. [8] at Henry Ford Hospital have used KV X-ray imaging with anatomy matching to vertebral bodies for intensity-modulated spinal radiosurgery and found that patient motion could be reduced to within 3 mm when coupled with good immobilization.
Fiducial markers have been used successfully in spinal radiosurgery at a number of institutions, including the University of Pittsburgh [3] and Stanford University [4]. The implantation of markers involves an invasive procedure with associated risk. Gerstzen et al. [5] reported a series of spinal radiosurgery procedures where fiducial tracking was used in 30 cases, and they reported one durotomy secondary to the marker implant procedure. Movement, or migration of markers, can also interfere with the use of fiducial markers for accurate treatment set-up. Shirato et al. [9] reported marker migration in one of three patients who underwent transcutaneous insertion of spinal markers for radiotherapy.
However, there are data suggesting that there may be increased accuracy of fiducial markers with the use of other forms of IGRT. Watchman et al. [10] compared KV X-ray imaging and fiducial marker matching for the set-up of 18 treatment fractions of stereotactic spinal radiotherapy. They found that matching to implanted markers was consistently more accurate, by approximately 0.5 mm, which also led to significant sparing of the spinal cord dose.
The case of our patient shows an extension of this technique from stereotactic radiosurgery to conventionally fractionated radiation therapy. Patients who have spinal or paraspinal tumors who are not candidates for radiosurgery because of tumor factors such as large tumor size or other clinical reasons (such as indications for concurrent chemotherapy) may benefit from the use of spinal fiducial markers for conventionally fractionated radiation therapy.
Fiducial marker placement is a safe and effective technique for maximizing the accuracy and reproducibility of radiation treatment to lesions near the spinal cord. The procedure can be performed on an out-patient basis and with little discomfort to the patient. This technique can be used in combination with IMRT in conventionally fractionated radiation therapy to potentially improve clinical outcomes for patients.
Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and any accompanying images. A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal.
Authors' Affiliations
- Yamada Y, Lovelock DM, Bilsky MH: A review of image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy for spinal tumors. Neurosurgery. 2007, 61: 226-235. 10.1227/01.NEU.0000279970.10309.B5.View ArticlePubMedGoogle Scholar
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- Gerszten PC, Burton SA: Clinical assessment of stereotactic IGRT: spinal radiosurgery. Med Dosim. 2008, 33: 107-116. 10.1016/j.meddos.2008.02.003.View ArticlePubMedGoogle Scholar
- Ryu SI, Chang SD, Kim DH, Murphy MJ, Le QT, Martin DP, Adler JR: Image-guided hypo-fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery to spinal lesions. Neurosurgery. 2001, 49: 838-846.PubMedGoogle Scholar
- Gerszten PC, Ozhasoglu C, Burton SA, Kalnicki S, Welch WC: Feasibility of frameless single-fraction stereotactic radiosurgery for spinal lesions. Neurosurg Focus. 2002, 13: e2-View ArticlePubMedGoogle Scholar
- Edge SB, Byrd DR, Compton CC, Fritz AG, Greene FL, Trotti A, eds, The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC): AJCC Cancer Staging Manual. 2010, New York: Springer, 7Google Scholar
- Kim S, Jin H, Yang H, Amdur RJ: A study on target positioning error and its impact on dose variation in image-guided stereotactic body radiotherapy for the spine. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009, 73: 1574-1579. 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.12.023.View ArticlePubMedGoogle Scholar
- Yin FF, Ryu S, Ajlouni M, Yan H, Jin JY, Lee SW, Kim J, Rock J, Rosenblum M, Kim JH: Image-guided procedures for intensity-modulated spinal radiosurgery. Technical note. J Neurosurg. 2004, 101 (Suppl 3): 419-424.PubMedGoogle Scholar
- Shirato H, Harada T, Harabayashi T, Hida K, Endo H, Kitamura K, Onimaru R, Yamazaki K, Kurauchi N, Shimizu T, Shinohara N, Matsushita M, Dosaka-Akita H, Miyasaka K: Feasibility of insertion/implantation of 2.0-mm-diameter gold internal fiducial markers for precise setup and real-time tumor tracking in radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2003, 56: 240-247. 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)00076-2.View ArticlePubMedGoogle Scholar
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This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.


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The Scratchpad environment was created under the EU project EDIT whose funding finished in 2010. At that time the Natural History Museum gave an undertaking to support their continuation for a further 5 years. The Museum was able to offer that assurance because the cost of keeping the web sites live was only a few hundred Euros per year, irrespective of how many sites were present of the server. We therefore consider that the long-term preservation of the data and access to it is unlikely to be a serious problem and will be underwritten by institutions.
The Museum did not agree to continue development and without upgrading the software systems would soon fall out of use. ViBRANT was funded to extend the Scratchpad system and to support integration with a variety of other services.
As part of our Grant Agreement, all products of ViBRANT are open-source. Our strategy is to encourage other sites to install the software and to federate their Scratchpad instances into a shared back-up system. In so doing, we intend that other developers will join in the support of the overall enterprise. ViBRANT is working towards this goal during its funding period (until the end of 2013) and we will evaluate and refine this strategy as we go forward.
Other parts of the ViBRANT community will evolve their own sustainability strategies as their products mature.


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Eat & Drink
These KC bartenders are elevating cocktails with smoke, olive ice balls
Order Erik Mariscal's Interactive Dirty Martini at SoT, on Grand Boulevard, and he does exactly what you'd expect. Measures and stirs gin and dry vermouth, strains and garnishes with what he calls an olive.
He's a bartender, right? But like so many of his colleagues, Mariscal is pushing the boundaries of what that means.
So while he calls himself a bartender, he's also the bar's general manager, an avid cook, former farmer, husband, soon-to-be father and cocktail science enthusiast. Those influences all merge into a single creative pursuit, that of making something new and sharing it with others.
"It's fun. It's what drives us — putting out cool things and different things and things someone hasn't seen before," Mariscal says. "It makes me want to keep doing it."
Bartenders are ever more innovative these days, and this first installment in an ongoing series about their profession examines that creativity and how it shapes our drinking. Subsequent columns will introduce entrepreneurs and artists, bar backs who keep things running behind the scenes and veteran bartenders striving to keep their community healthy.
It all stems from a shift in how bartenders think about their craft and the possibilities for making a lifelong career of it. Not that Mariscal set out to do that. The Oakland, Calif., native originally went into banking but quit to help his father set up a vegetable farm in Hawaii. He followed that with a job at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif., and then more farming at Sonoma Valley's Green String Farm and Ballymaloe Cookery School's farm in Ireland.
When Mariscal finally returned to the Bay Area and began bartending in earnest, everything clicked.
"It just kind of took over my life, in a weird, good way," Mariscal says.
Mariscal moved to Kansas City for the best of reasons: His wife is from Overland Park. He connected with SoT owner Ron Berg earlier this year and came on full time to help open the 43-seat bar in September. The bar's name is derived from its location half a block "south of Truman" Road.
"The idea was to do something different than what was happening in Kansas City," says Mariscal, whose inspirations include the modernist cuisine pioneered by Spanish chef Ferran Adrià (who visited KC in 2015).
Which brings us back to Mariscal's version of an olive. He begins by pureeing Castelvetrano olives, straining the juice, mixing it with calcium lactate and freezing it in round molds. Cubes are bathed in a sodium alginate solution, which reacts with the calcium to form a gel-like membrane. Each liquid-filled little ball resembles a pale green olive resting in the base of the martini glass. Guests use a silver cocktail pick to break it up, adding a burst of olive brine to the martini.
"Cocktails aren't just something you drink anymore," Mariscal says. "They're something you do."
For his In the Rocks, he injects hollow, two-inch ice spheres with a mixture of rye whiskey, coffee stout reduction and orange bitters. Crack the sphere, and the Old Fashioned riff flows out, turning the drink "on" the rocks. The Carbonated Cocktail streams from a soda siphon, a ruby-hued combination of vodka, red wine-poached pear syrup and Amaro di Angostura. Then Mariscal uses a kitchen torch to flame the substantial rosemary garnish and fill the air with a fall bonfire aroma.
But it's the Smoky Cocktail that really brings sight, touch, smell and taste together.
Mariscal first places a tablespoon or so of dried banana leaf, black tea, dried orange peel and cinnamon on a plank of reclaimed barn wood, then lights it. He upends a glass over the flame, capturing the smoke, and places a carafe of chilled Stiggins' Fancy Plantation Pineapple rum, ginger liqueur, Ancho Reyes Ancho Chile Liqueur and coffee bitters next to it. A pineapple-shaped ice cube completes the tableau. Guests flip the glass, releasing the spicy smoke, and assemble the drink themselves.
Creative? Clearly. Creativity alone isn't enough, though. It takes hours of work to perfect an idea, Mariscal says.
"It's a game of balance," he says. "There's a lot of trial and error, of tasting and moving things."
When playing with new drink concepts, there's only one difference between the good and the bad, says Jeffrey Morgenthaler, author of "The Bar Book" (Chronicle Books, 2014): basic bar skills.
"Creativity pales in comparison to simply knowing what you're doing behind the bar," Morgenthaler told me via email.
Knowing how to measure, shake and stir, handle ingredients and balance cocktail components — all things Morgenthaler's book details — is essential, bartenders say. In other words, you have to know the rules before you can break them, says Arturo Vera-Felicie, who tends bar at Westside Local.
He recommends cocktail books, online tutorials and professional organizations like the U.S. Bartenders' Guild for learning. But Vera-Felicie's favorite resource? Fellow bartenders.
"A lot of it is mentorship," he says. "Sitting at a bar you respect and asking questions."
The kitchen is another source of inspiration, says Kenny Cohrs, who routinely collaborates with the chefs at Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar, where he is lead bartender. When he found a stash of squid ink paste in the refrigerator earlier this year, it wasn't long before he'd combined it with tequila, lemon juice, agave nectar and egg white to produce his inky, savory From the Deep cocktail.
"You come up with a lot of cool, unique things by rummaging through the kitchen," Cohrs says.
At Café Europa in the Crestwood Shops, bar manager Susan Avery looks to her customers for ideas. The restaurant's elegantly styled bar carries a "Cheers" sort of neighborhood vibe, and the locals' preferences frequently find their way onto Avery's menu.
George's Winter Negroni (Campari, rye whiskey and Dolin Rouge vermouth) is named for the owner of a nearby business who first requested it. There's John's Morningside Martini, named for the guy who prefers his gin martini with Bloody Mary mix, caper brine, lime juice and black pepper. And the Cannery Row, made with rye whiskey, Cynar, ginger beer and "forbidden" rosemary that was originally picked from a neighbor's overflowing garden.
Avery balances old and new by featuring different local bourbons, adding amaro (the current bartenders' darling) to cocktails and making her own cherry bark bitters, infused spirits, tonic water and other ingredients. She's driven by her own curiosity — Avery says she's currently tinkering with lots of savory, herbal things — and sometimes by necessity, as when she ran out of elderflower liqueur and so made her own. It keeps her engaged in her job, and, more importantly, it makes her customers happy.
"This works for us, right here, in this little joint in Crestwood," Avery says.
Anne Brockhoff is a freelance food writer and spirits columnist: ninmilefarm@gmail, @BlitheSpiritsKC
The Smoky Cocktail
This drink from Erik Mariscal at SoT is a tactile experience that involves all the senses.
Makes 1 drink
For the drink:
1 1/2 ounces Stiggins' Fancy Plantation Pineapple rum
1/2 ounce Koval Ginger Liqueur
1/2 ounce Ancho Reyes Ancho Chile Liqueur
2 dashes coffee bitters (such as Bittermens New Orleans Coffee Cocktail Bitters)
Combine all ingredients in a stirring glass with ice, and stir for about 30 seconds.
To make the smoking mixture, combine small amounts of dried banana leaf (Mariscal buys fresh leaves from an Asian market and dries it himself; leave it out if you can't find it), dried orange peel, ground cinnamon and black tea, about 1 tablespoon total.
Place on a wooden board or other heat-safe surface. Light on fire with a kitchen torch. When completely lit, place an upside-down rocks glass over the burning pile to extinguish the flame and season the inside of the glass with smoke.
To serve, mix the cocktail and strain into a small carafe. Place next to the smoking mixture and upside down glass. Set an ice cube on the board (Mariscal uses pineapple ice molds from Williams-Sonoma). After presenting the cocktail, turn the glass over to release the smoke, place ice cube in the glass and pour cocktail.
The Carbonated Cocktail
This is Erik Mariscal's answer to a vodka cocktail. The recipe makes a large quantity of red wine-poached pear syrup. Mix it with club soda for a nonalcoholic refresher, add a bit to sparkling wine or use it to give other cocktails a seasonal lift.
Makes 1 drink
5 ounces red wine-poached pear syrup (see instructions below)
1 1/2 ounces vodka
1/2 ounce Amaro di Angostura
1 large sprig of fresh rosemary
Fill a soda siphon with the pear mixture (follow manufacturer's instructions). Dispense the now-carbonated syrup into a Collins glass. Add vodka, amaro and ice. Place rosemary sprig in the glass, making sure the top of the sprig is at least two inches above the rim of the glass. Use a kitchen torch to scorch the sprig, creating smoke.
Red Wine-poached Pear Syrup
Makes about 5 quarts
12 pears, peeled and cored
2 liters red wine
5 cloves
5 allspice berries
2 cinnamon sticks
3 pieces star anise
5 black peppercorns
1 quart sugar
1 quart lemon juice
2 quarts water
Place pears, red wine, spices and sugar in a large pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, simmer for 1 hour. Cool slightly, and then remove pears with a slotted spoon and carefully puree in a blender. Strain the poaching liquid and combine with pear puree. Add lemon juice and water; strain again. Cover and chill syrup; it can be refrigerated for several days.
George's Winter Negroni
Café Europa's Susan Avery adjusted the classic Negroni proportions to please the bar's neighbor in the Crestwood Shops and namesake, George Terbovich of George Terbovich Design.
Makes 1 drink
1 1/2 ounces Bulleit Rye Whiskey
1 ounce Campari
1/2 ounce Dolin Rouge vermouth
Few drops of lemon juice
Orange peel, to prepare glass
Orange slice, for garnish
Combine the whiskey, Campari, vermouth and lemon juice in a glass with ice. Stir until chilled. Run the orange peel around the lip of a rocks glass, discard peel. Strain the cocktail over one large cube of ice, and garnish with the orange slice.
Cannery Row
Café Europa's Susan Avery originally picked the fresh rosemary used in this drink from a neighbor's overflowing garden. Even though she calls it "forbidden" on her menu, she had permission.
Makes 1 drink
1 small sprig rosemary
2 ounces Old Overholt Straight Rye Whiskey
1/2 ounce Cynar
1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
Ginger beer (any brand works, but the drier the better, Avery says)
Orange slice, for garnish
In a double Old Fashioned glass, bruise rosemary with a cocktail spoon to release the oils. Fill glass with large ice cubes, then add whiskey, Cynar and lime juice. Top with ginger beer. Garnish with orange slice.


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FREE WiFi. By the beach means exactly that! walk across the road and you're on the beach at historic Catherine Hill Bay.
One of the first cottages to be built in this heritage listed mining village, By the Beach has been extensively remodeled internally whilst maintaining the original facade of what was once the first Post Office in the township. (The PO was later moved just around the corner)
As such, it has large rooms with an open plan living area that opens out onto a wide, undercover, wrap around verandah.
There are 3 double bedrooms, each with a queen bed and one slightly larger room has a set of single double decker bunk beds, allowing the home to sleep 8 people in comfort. (Please note that linen is provided for the top bunk but the bed is not made up.)
Sitting on a large corner block, the home boasts natural bushland as its back yard and the Pacific Ocean as its front yard. Bring your dog along to this pet friendly property. There is an additional fee and dogs are to stay outside.
So if you looking for a holiday spot with a difference, you can't go past By the Beach @ Catho. History, peace and quiet, a supurb beach front location, yet only a ten minute drive to late closing Supermarkets and shops.
What to bring with you.
We understand that sometimes things happen that are beyond your control and we will endeavour to work towards a solution that is satisfactory for both yourself and our property owner. Generally our Refund Policy is -
Non peak periods.
Cancellations made within 24 hours of booking -Cancellation fee of $75.00 applies to cover our bank & merchant fees.
Cancellations made 4 or more weeks before the arrival date - Cancellation fee of $75.00 applies to cover our bank & merchant fees.
Cancellations made 4 weeks or less before the arrival date – Cancellation fee of the full deposit applies unless the property is re-booked for the full period of the booking. If the property is re-booked, the deposit, less a $75 cancellation fee, will be refunded.
The booking and deposit may be moved to other dates, provided it is for the same or more number of nights and for the same property, without charge (The tariff may change, subject to the time of the year and number of guests).
Peak periods.
Public holidays including Long Weekends, NSW School Holidays, Easter, Christmas, the State SLS Championships and Special Events.
Cancellations made 12 weeks or more before the arrival date –- Full deposit unless property is rebooked. If the property is re-booked a $200 cancellation fee then applies.
Cancellations made 12 weeks or less before the arrival date – Full deposit unless property is re-booked. If the property is re-booked a $500 cancellation fee then applies.
Part cancellations will not be accepted and final payment is payable 6 weeks prior to arrival.
All reservations are made in good faith by us but may be subject to changes in circumstances that are beyond our control. Every reasonable effort will be made to offer alternative accommodation should this occur.
Please note that we cannot accept Bank Transfer payments for new reservations or final payments made within 6 days of arrival.
* Reservations made via third party on-line travel sites such as Airbnb, Booking.com, Stayz, etc., may incur cost recovery charges for booking fees and commissions charged by these sites. This is outside of Lakeshores control.
When booking with us you agree to our abide by our House (common sense) Rules such as tidying the property before departure and notifing us of any damages. We strive towards transparent and fair communication. CLICK to read our full list of house rules (Terms and Conditions)
TAX INVOICEPlease note that short stay accommodation is not subject to GST.


text: Share: Comments Print June 16, 2013 at 2:00 PM Nigel Williams-Goss makes first cut at Team USA training camp Posted by Percy Allen Washington incoming freshman Nigel Williams-Goss survived the first cut at the 2013 USA Men's Basketball U19 National team training camp. A list of 26 hopefuls was pared to 16. The roster will be reduced to 12 by June 19. Williams-Goss, a 6-3 guard, Oregon's Damyean Dotson and Arizona's Aaron Gordon are three Pac-12 players still in contention for the team. The other finalists include: Villanova's Ryan Arcidiacono, Florida's Michael Frazier, Georgia Tech's Marcus Georges-Hunt, Syracuse's Jerami Grant, Louisville's Montrezl Harrell, Whitney Young (Chicago) High's Jahlil Okafor, Universtity of Louisville at Lafayette's Elfrid Payton, Pittsburgh's James Robinson, Oklahoma State's Marcus Smart, Tennessee's Jarnell Stokes, Duke's Rasheed Sulaimon, Virginia's Mike Tobey and St. John's (Houston) High's Justise Winslow. Players not selected were UCLA's Bryce Alford, Arizona's Brandon Ashley, College of Charleston's Canyon Barry, Georgie Tech's Robert Carter, Providence's Kris Dunn, Texas' Javier Felix, Memphis' Shaq Goodwin, Arizona's Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Connecticut's Rodney Purvis, and Wake Forest's Devin Thomas. Williams-Goss, a 6-3 point guard, is one of seven guards (Arcidiacono, Dotson, Dunn, Frazier, Robinson and Smart) remaining at the camp. Six finalists (Grant, Harrell, Robinson, Smart, Stokes and Sulaimon) were all part of the 2012 USA U18 National Team that won gold at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship and qualified the United States for the FIBA U19 World Championship. The USA team will by chosen by a five-person committee that includes Washington coach Lorenzo Romar, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim, Davidson coach Bob McKillop, Purdue coach Matt Painter and Curtis Sumpter, a 2011 USA Pan American Games and 2004 USA U20 National Team member. The USA team will compete in the FIBA U19 World Championship. The team will train June 17-19 at the USOTC before flying to Washington, D.C. for workouts June 20-22 at Washington Wizards' practice facility. The FIBA U19 World Championship is June 24 to July 6 in Prague, Czech Republic. Fifteen other countries will compete in the tournament. The USA team is led by Florida coach Billy Donovan and assistants Tony Bennett (Virginia) and Shaka Smart (Virginia Commonwealth). Comments | More in News, Pac-12 news | Topics: Nigel Williams-Goss


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Seamus "fugs" O'Brien
So.. you want to know the story. Okay, here goes:
A long time ago there was a man named Seamus O'Brien, an Irishman of moderate means. Seamus was a quiet man not known for a whole lot except his taste for beer and the ribbing he took for it. You see in a land known for its incredible whiskies, Seamus just never took to distilled spirits. When his love of barley and hops reached a peak, his friends just began calling him fugs O'brien. Having had enough and feeling the need to move on, Seamus fugs O'Brien hopped a ship to America, landing in New York City.
New York was exciting and full of people from everywhere. Seamus took a job in construction and worked for many year in and around New York enjoying both the speed of the city and the choices in food and fun. But the size of the city left Seamus wanting. He missed the small bars and good friends he had back in Ireland. So one day he picked up his savings, packed what he had and hopped a train West.
He left the train in Kingman, AZ right on the famed Route 66 on a January day, and while the city had appeal for him, he really wanted out of the cold. He hitched his way down route 66 and then even further south to a new town in the desert called Lake Havasu City. There he found an actual piece of home. You see some crazy fool actually bought the London Bridge and put it up in the desert. As if that was not crazy enough the developer had to dig a river for the bridge to go over.
Seamus "fugs" O'Brien decided to open a pub on a dirt road where they said a downtown would one day be. He found a few laborers whom he paid in beer and Seamus fugs O'Brien opened fugs on what would become the corner of McCulloch and Media Center drive. Semus poured no spirits, just beer and wines.
This is where the tale goes cold until just a few years ago when, during a sewer repair under what is now The Media Center an old beer can was found, confirming the legend of Seamus fugs O'brien. And the people who owned the building and some of their close friends got together to rebuild fugs in its original location.
Seamus fugs O'brien has not been heard from in quite some time, but when he finally comes back he'll find his bar, fugs, open and carrying on his tradition.
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At fugs, we proudly offer our guests to taste our 32 types of beer brewed from carefully selected breweries from around the world. Take a look below to learn more about our best beers.
It's a clean and simple pale lager and one of the more popular beer varieties.
Brown Ale
It's a very old style beer, whose history dates back to unhopped ales.
Stouts have an unclear history, yet it's strongly held by many that they derive from porters.
If you like a little bite to your beer then you will love our large selection of IPA's!
Pale Ale
Pale ale is one of the world's most popular beer styles. It's made with the use of pale malt.
Specialty Beers
Want something different? Try one of our fruit infused beers or a hard root beer.
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Fugs, takes wine very seriously! Our huge selection of wines is sure to suit any pallet. Whether you're looking for an oakey white a deep rich red or a after dinner port, we have you covered.
Address: 2068 McCulloch Blvd N, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403
Phone: (928) 846-4680
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With its prime address and exceptional location, Address Boulevard is a perfectly positioned meeting point for both business and leisure gatherings.
From grandiose Dubai weddings that require a fairy tale setting or a professional hotel conference that needs to host a large delegation, to smaller, more intimate events, Address Boulevard's stellar team of event planners will assist you with every request. With a vast array of sophisticated venues, we ensure you have all the ingredients for assured attendance, perfectly prepared for even the most discerning attendee. Allow your guests to recess in our interactive coffee break kitchen, which provides the perfect backdrop for refreshment and topical discussion.
Other business spaces are readily available to address all types of meeting demands. Dubai meeting venues, conference rooms and other seminar areas provide the perfect atmosphere, with all the advanced audio-visual support that you may require to hit the right professional note.
Address Boulevard is a short walk away from public transport such as the Dubai Metro and in close proximity to Dubai International Financial Centre, placing this hotel in the heart of the business district, the ideal venue for any event of an exceptional standard.
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A professional events team complements the state-of-the-art conference facilities to ensure the success of every event.
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CD 1. Bags' Groove, 2. Bags' Groove, 3. Bemsha Swing, 4. Swing Spring, 5. The Man I Love, 6. The Man I Love, 7. Dr. Jekyll, 8. Bitty Ditty Total Time: 72:24
CD 2: 1. Minor March, 2. Changes, 3. How High The Moon, 4. Lester Leaps In, 5. Nature Boy, 6. Alone Together, 7. There's No You, 8. Easy Living, 9. Rifftide, 10. All The Things You Are,11. The Squirrel Total Time: 72:43
MILES DAVIS (tp) & MILT JACKSON (vib) on all tracks plus:
[1-6] Thelonious Monk (p), Percy Heath (b), Kenny Clarke (d).
Hackensack, New Jersey, December 24, 1954
[7-8] & CD 2 [1-2] Jackie McLean (as on Dr. Jekyll and Minor March only), Ray Bryant (p), Percy Heath (b), Art Taylor (d).
Hackensack, New Jersey, August 5, 1955.
[3-4] Lester Young (ts), John Lewis (p), Percy Heath (b), Connie Kay (d).
Stadthalle, Freiburg, Germany, November 12, 1956.
Bonus Tracks:
[ 5-8] Blue Moods: Miles Davis (tp), Teddy Charles (vib), Britt Woodman (tb), Charles Mingus (b), Elvin Jones (d).
Hackensack, New Jersey, July 9, 1955.
[9-11] Miles Davis (tp), Don Elliott (vib), Beryl Booker (p), Chuck Wayne (g), Clyde Lombardi (b), Connie Kay (d).
Birdland, New York, April 25, 1952. (FOR THE FIRST TIME ON CD)
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Integrum's system for bone anchored prostheses through osseointegration that has been used by hundreds of patients - Both by e.g. arm and leg amputees
The Integrum OPRA Implant System has helped individuals with amputations towards an improved quality of life since 1990. Since the start, the system has been used by hundreds of individuals throughout the world. However, Integrum is more than the OPRA Implant System. During the years, we have also developed new breakthrough technology for mind-controlled prostheses and treatment for phantom limb pain. These new technologies will enable us to fulfill our mission to provide safe medical devices that will improve quality of life for individuals with amputations.
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Program Coordinator: Nilda Fernandez
In California the victims of crime are afforded standing in court and possess certain rights guaranteed by the state Constitution. Information about the rights of victims of crime is set forth below.
The People of the State of California find and declare that the enactment of comprehensive provisions and laws ensuring a bill of rights for victims of crime, including safeguards in the criminal justice system to fully protect those rights, is a matter of grave statewide concern. The rights of victims pervade the criminal justice system, encompassing not only the right to restitution from the wrongdoers for financial losses suffered as a result of criminal acts, but also the more basic expectation that persons who commit felonious acts causing injury to innocent victims will be appropriately detained in custody, tried by the courts, and sufficiently punished so that the public safety is protected and encouraged as a goal of highest importance. Such public safety extends to public primary, elementary, junior high, and senior high school campuses, where students and staff have the right to be safe and secure in their persons. To accomplish these goals, broad reforms in the procedural treatment of accused persons and the disposition and sentencing of convicted persons are necessary and proper as deterrents to criminal behavior and to serious disruption of people's lives.
Restitution: It is the unequivocal intention of the People of the State of California that all persons who suffer losses as a result of criminal activity shall have the right to restitution from the persons convicted of the crimes for losses they suffer. Restitution shall be ordered from the convicted persons in every case, regardless of the sentence or disposition imposed, in which a crime victim suffers a loss, unless compelling and extraordinary reasons exist to the contrary. The Legislature shall adopt provisions to implement this section during the calendar year following adoption of this section.
Right to Safe Schools: All students and staff of public primary, elementary, junior high and senior high schools have the inalienable right to attend campuses which are safe, secure and peaceful.
Right to Truth-in-Evidence: Except as provided by statute hereafter enacted by a two-thirds vote of the membership in each house of the Legislature, relevant evidence shall not be excluded in any criminal proceeding, including pretrial and post-conviction motions and hearings, or in any trial or hearing of a juvenile for a criminal offenses, whether heard in juvenile or adult court. Nothing in this section shall affect any existing statutory rule of evidence relating to privilege or hearsay, or Evidence Code, Sections 352, 782 or 1103. Nothing in this section shall affect any existing statutory or constitutional right of the press
Public Safety Bail: A person may be released on bail by sufficient sureties, except for capital crimes when the facts are evident or the presumption great. Excessive bail may not be required. In setting, reducing or denying bail, the judge or magistrate shall take into consideration the protection of the public, the seriousness of the offenses charged, the previous criminal record of the defendant, and the probability of his or her appearing at the trial or hearing of the case. Public safety shall be the primary consideration.
A person may be released on his or her own recognizance in the court's discretion, subject to the same factors considered in setting bail. However, a person charged with the commission of any serious felony shall be released on his or her own recognizance.
Before any person arrested for a serious felony may be released on bail, a hearing may be held before the magistrate or judge, and the prosecuting attorney shall be given notice and reasonable opportunity to be heard on the matter. When a judge or magistrate grants or denies bail or release on a person's own recognizance, the reasons for that decision shall be stated in the record and included in the court's minutes.
Use of Prior Convictions: Any prior felony conviction of any person in any criminal proceeding, whether adult or juvenile, shall subsequently be used without limitation for purposes of impeachment or enhancement of sentence in any criminal proceeding. When a prior felony conviction is an element of any felony offense, it shall be proved to the trier of fact in open court.
As used in this article, the term "serious felony" is any crime defined in Penal Code, Section 1192.7(c).
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A person who is a victim of crime shall be treated with fairness, dignity, and respect, and shall be informed of the rights accorded under this Section. As defined by law, a victim of crime shall have the right to reasonable notice and to be present and heard during all critical stages of pre-conviction and post-conviction proceedings; the right to be informed upon the release from custody or the escape of the accused or the offender; the right to confer with the prosecution prior to final disposition of the case; the right to refuse to be interviewed by the accused or a representative of the accused; the right to review and comment upon the pre-sentence report prior to imposition of sentence; the right to seek restitution; and the right to a reasonably prompt conclusion of the case. The legislature shall enact laws to implement this Section. The evidentiary and procedural laws of this state shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with this Section.
Nothing in this Section shall inure to the benefit of an accused or to confer upon any person the right to appeal or seek supervisory review of any judicial decision made in a criminal proceeding. Nothing in this Section shall be the basis for an award of costs or attorney fees, for the appointment of counsel for a victim, or for any cause of action for compensation or damages against the state of California, a political subdivision, a public agency, or a court, or any officer, employee, or agent thereof. Remedies to enforce the rights enumerated in this Section shall be provided by law.
California voters in June 1982 enacted a constitutional "Victims' Bill of Rights" that includes a right not only to restitution from the wrongdoers for financial losses suffered as a result of criminal acts, but also a right for victims to be heard in criminal justice proceedings. Here are some of the highlights of victim's rights
Right to keep address confidential: In cases of child abuse, spousal abuse and sex crimes, and victims have a right to have their addresses kept confidential. Their addresses may be given only to the attorney for the defendant, but will not appear on any forms or public documents.
Right not to be threatened or intimidated: If anyone threatens you, call your law enforcement agency to report the threat and contact the prosecutor immediately. It is a crime for anyone to attempt to dissuade or prevent you from assisting law enforcement agencies or prosecutors or from attending or giving testimony at any trial or proceeding authorized by law. It is a felony if any such efforts involve coercion, threats or force, or are done for financial gain
Right to attend and speak at sentencing hearing: Crime victims are entitled to appear at the sentencing hearing and to speak on matters concerning the crime, the penalty and the need for restitution. You do not need to be present at the sentencing proceeding, but you have a right to attend if you wish and to reasonably express your views. The law requires that the county probation department notify you of the sentencing hearing for felony cases. Practically speaking, you will want to contact the prosecuting district attorney to let him or her know of your wish to speak at the sentencing hearing. You have a right to be informed of the sentence recommended by the probation officer to the court, but you may not view the actual probation report prior to sentencing. However, the Penal Code Section 1203.05(a) permits you to inspect the probation report within 60 days after the judgment is pronounced. You may want to write out a statement that you can read at the hearing or submit it in writing. You also may want to consider submitting a videotape. Those who have spoken at such hearings say they were given a restored sense of control and appreciated the active role in the criminal justice system.
Right to attend and speak at parole hearings: Victims have a right to make a statement at parole hearings. Parole hearings are held for prisoners serving an indeterminate term such as 15 years to life. You may want to write out a statement that you can read at the hearing or submit it in writing. You also may want to consider submitting a videotape. Those who have spoken at such hearings say they were given a restored sense of control and appreciated the active role in the criminal justice system.
To be notified of parole hearings and to make a statement, you must send a written request to:
Board of Prison Terms
Victims' Assistance Program
428 J Street, Sixth Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 327-5933
If the offender was sentenced by the California Youth Authority, you must send your written request to:
California Youth Authority
Office of Prevention and Victims' Services
4241 Williamsborough Drive
Sacramento, CA 95823
(916) 262-1392
Restitution and return of property: Victims have a right to restitution from the person who is convicted of a misdemeanor or felony where the victim suffered economic loss a result of the offender's conduct. The prosecuting attorney has an opportunity to assist in these assessments. The requirements are specified in Penal Code section 1202.4(b). If seeking the return of property, you may want to contact your local victim/witness assistance center for help in determining if your property can be returned to you. In some cases, it may take a while to have the property returned because they may be needed as evidence in court.
Your Marin County Victim Advocates can explain in more detail the items summarized above. Each advocate has years of experience and training to assist you in a very difficult and emotionally draining process. To better serve your needs the District Attorney is currently positioning four regional sites in Marin to provide easier access to a Victim Advocate. For now your Victim Advocates are located in the Civic Center in the District Attorney's Office in San Rafael. If the advocate normally assigned to your case is not available and you need immediate assistance be sure to ask for the Advocate of the Day.
Victims of crime shall be given first priority, their needs must be the first met. We have a number of partners in the community who share the vision of helping those victimized. Our intent is to put them back in their homes and lives, restored to full self-esteem, confident in their own personal safety and secure in knowing that the person who victimized them will not return to repeat their victimization.
This is only a partial listing of community based organizations with which the District Attorney's Office has established links to serve victims of crime in our community.
The Marin County District Attorney will also work with partners in the community on restorative justice measures. For those individuals who do not pose a danger to our community and who want help, these individuals will be given opportunities such as the Adult and Juvenile Drug Court programs or the Mental Health Court program to address often long term, deeply ingrained patterns of substance abuse and duel diagnosis issues.


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Look at the nonsense in the wording on the tract that was no doubt given out to 1000s upon 1000s of homes last night.
While I have no problem with giving out tracts. The tracts MUST be theologically correct.
This tract does provide a solid gospel centered verse--Romans 6:23. But then it completely ignores the fact that sinners are saved by grace through FAITH (Eph 2).
The tract says, "If you want to live with Jesus forever say a prayer like this:"
Here we go again.
Who writes these tracts? Who approves the final product? Who can defend such a statement? Who can promise to every boy and girl that says these words that they will live with Jesus forever? Will there not be accountability before God for teaching such heresy? Is God's mercy to be presumed upon, such that those who print tracts do not have to be concerned with getting it right.
Or are those who order and pass out such tracts not culpable for there failure to ensure only truth is communicated.
494 years ago Martin Luther nailed a Theses on church door to warn the body of Christ of the heresy of suggesting that one could buy their way out of purgatory.
Today we are not battling indulgences. Instead, we are battling an Evangelical community that teaches boys and girls that the mere articulation of words in the form of a sincere prayer is the same as repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 20:21).
How many will say in that day Lord, Lord I prayed that prayer and the piece of paper said if I pray this prayer I will live with Jesus forever.
God forbid that we not fight this heresy the same way Luther fought the Roman Catholic Church's heresy.


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By Chantal Fernando
I always thought I had luck on my side.Things seemed to go in my favour, whether by will or by nature.But that luck just ran out.Jobless and on the verge of being homeless, I find a strength in me that I didn't even know existed and discover an unlikely savior --- Tag.He avoids commitment like the plague, and starting anything with him will only lead to heartbreak.I know this.He knows this.So why am I still here?Oh, right. Because I want him more than I want my next breath.
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My Review:
I have very mixed feelings on this book. The story in general, excluding the ending, was nice. It was well written, the dialogue was relatable and the flow of everything was on point. Interestingly enough this book has an average of four stars on GoodReads.
My problem begins on the last few chapters. I have a very strong opinion when it comes to a few subjects. One of those subjects got approached in this book: Cheating. Even though Tag says he didn't go through with it, it'll always be there, in the back of her mind. I can guarantee you that next time he does something she doesn't like the first thing out of her mouth will be that incident. I simply don't care if your last girlfriend made you go down this road. In my book, it's something you just don't do, period.
So considering my rant, I had a problem with Tag as a person toward the end. Don't get me wrong, if he wants to sleep around while NOT in a relationship it's his prerogative and he can go right on ahead without judgment on my part, but the moment he's committed to someone and he starts reverting back to his old ways I'm DONE.
I even started getting upset with Clara (P.S. It took me a few minutes to actually remember her name just now). Why would she knowingly go into a "casual relationship" while knowing he's going to break her heart? Why would she consider changing herself for a guy who couldn't care less and that she had known all of 2 weeks? Call me hard headed, but it just doesn't sit well with me.
Overall this series has been going downhill for me. I've been persevering through every book, but I'm already seeing in a near future me giving up on this series. The books have been getting less and less interesting, even though I can't tell you what actually bothered me in the last book.
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