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The 2,500-foot-deep gorge with its small creek, of the same name, is home to approximately 1,000 people, and unknown quantities of mountain lions, bobcats, deer, scorpions and abandoned silver mines from the 1800's. Silverado has its own post office (there's no mail delivery, residents pick up their mail at the post office), a library, one store and one restaurant/cafe.
Both Southern California and Orange County are famous for having alot to offer, but to take a snapshot and say you were lucky enough to live among these grandeous mountains, valleys, creeks and vintage silver-mining-days' era homes, you've truely been blessed.
Silverado, the City, is a California historical monument.
My wonderful husband and love of my life Art Loya and I had located, moved into and made this our home.
To me it was the perfect house, a refurbished, perfectly-enlarged but keeping-its-architectural-elements in line with its original one room, log-cabin roots. The no longer used outhouse was still located less than 15' from the house's wonderful country kitchen. That's a Silverado Canyon home.
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Our home was still just a home in Silverado Canyon. There were many with standing and historical presence situated around it. I was in heaven and the surrounding canyon held me in its arms. After some time, our home and its many layers of gardens was on the 'Gardens And Villas Tour,' I was told much by touring visitors that our place was lovely. At the end of the day a friend and I drove to see the much touted 'first place,' or group favorite Silverado home, I was hugely humbled by its canyon natural splendidness, especially it's rear yard with açcess to Silverado Creek, allowing unique diving and swimming opportunities. We could see the creek, but no swimming options.
I'd wanted to live in the Canyons, flirting with both Silverado and Modjeska, for many years, since the mid 70's. I'd purposely not guided my family back then because I was concerned over rumors of artsy but 'druggy' people these canyons attracted and didn't want to expose my young family to that.
But this morning, decades later, I'm sitting on my fun Silverado veranda, the really cool sitting area atop our small, detached garage, with towering views of the mountains. But there is static.
I can't hear her totally, correctly. My kid, my only kid, my perfectly home-schooled kid who'd worked supremely hard for and endeavored to be in the Olympics, is on the phone talking to me.
I'd not heard from her, for some time, which was unusual, we were best buddies, we loved having time to talk. She has stories, I have stories, it's hard typically to find room for them. A male friend of her tagged her stories as the 'Sarahjoy Chronicles.'
So my kid, my wonderful, accomplished daughter is finally on the phone with me, after an odd time delay. Our talks always ended well previously.
Sarahjoy is telling me that she's leaving her husband Adam of some four short years; its not working out for various, real reasons. I love Adam, I love the two of them together, but I understand why it is not working also and I have to agree with her.
I think this is the hard part. I think this is the difficult part, so I say, our standard version of what 'we say,' which is, 'well come on home, sweetie, we'll figure it out.'
|Sarahjoy and her 'Daddy Art,'
my wonderful husband, Art Loya
But my kid is not being my kid.
She's edging and hedging, she's going away.
She's going away with someone, with something and the voice talking to me is with each word more and more unknown to me. I'm suddenly irrelevant. The phone call has made me 'I used to be her Mom.' I don't deal well with this new concept, it makes me crazed.
The beginning of hiding things has now started and it will take me years and two attempts of suicide to deal with this new situation.
I can't give up being her mom. Minutes turn into hours, turn into days. No daughter. No kid. The weeks became exhausting.
When I get my daughter on the phone again with her assurances that everything is okay, I know she is not my daughter, this kid soundingly like my daughter, or she's a different version somehow.
My first actual clue led me to a motel of sorts, not far from my home. I've never been overly comfortable with hotels/motels. Especially with my issues. Someone else, perhaps many elses, may say it's a normal motel.
To me, it's skankville. I know I won't be touching anything.
I pull into the motel parking area in my crisp white BMW Z3 Coupe looking for my daughter's dually, her very red, very large Ford truck, not an easy to hide vehicle. It's nowhere to be found.
The next logical step however since it's my only clue is towards the management office, where I ask in my appropriately inquiring voice for my daughter. I'm feeling sick to my stomache. I tell the motel office woman my daughter's name, 'her name is Sarahjoy,' I say, knowing it is unique and hopefully memorable to her, I tell her that she is small, 5'2" maybe 100lbs when she's wet, platinum blonde hair.
The motel office woman confirms my query. She tells me the occupants of 'that unit,' probably did include my daughter and with the kids who came and went. That my daughter's credit card had paid for the room. She admonishes me further that among the group my daughter, my kid, was the most messed up; she's yellow-skinned, thin and drugged up.
The manager tops it off by telling me my daughter had been picked up. Arrested. I'm told my outstanding daugher had just been arrested that same morning. Right next to the motel office in the parking area.
I'll learn the meth addict's world is full of hiding and torches, tools, pipes, objects, paraphernalia; I knew absolutely nothing about this.
I don't know that then, but when the motel manager uses her key to open the room/unit she says my daughter last resided in, I see these items on the corner table, a torch, tools, objects, paraphernalia.
I also see my daughter's perfectly packed, monogrammed in her horse show colors overnight bag, sitting on a bed. It appears to me that even if my daughter has entered the world of drugs, she's still her perfectly organized self. Every personal item of hers is in its place.
I'm horrendously aware of the terrible world I've had the door opened up to.
And then I faint.
I've somehow asked the motel manager to call my husband Art Loya and my best friend Diana. When the two of them arrive they bravely enter that motel room and collect my beautiful daughter's belongings.
That night, late, I don't know what time, my daughter Sarahjoy calls me from jail. She tells me much later that I was the very last person on her list to call. My husband is soundly asleep, despite my nudging. I drive from my canyon to Santa Ana, California, maybe 30 - 40 minutes, and pick up my 'released' daughter.
It's confusing. We hug, we're perplexed with each other, we're both exhausted. I do my 'Mom,' thing. It's a long walk to where I'm parked. She seems so little, so tired and so in need, so as if she's five years old, I tell her, 'get up'. I tilt slightly forward and point to my back, 'Get Up!' And she does. A mom and her daughter now riding horseback, are giddy-up-ing away from the Orange County Jail. In the dark.
I bring her home, she's crying. My husband, my hard working and stressed husband is still sleeping, barely aware that Sarahjoy is in our home and that our adult daughter has climbed into the bed next to him while he slept. She lays cradled in one arm, crying, telling him she loves him.
I prepare a warm bath for her and she welcomes it. I tickle-scratch my daughter's arm, hand and fingers as she soaks up the tub and then I help her to bed.
The next morning she's frenetically different.
The next morning she's wanting/craving a young man she calls Steve.
It's almost as though Steve is a drug that she wants/desires/needs. And this is true.
My daughter, my accomplished talented child is now a meth addict and I don't know it. It will take much more pain and aching time before I know it though. At the same it was shocking because it also seemed almost overnight.
This quickness is a horrible symptom of this particular drug and painfully I wonder - when did I 'miss a beat' and lose my kid.
Art and I go to hell and back to trying to rescue her.
But you can't rescue an addict, and it is hell and it is ugly.
One time it looks like a dad (a step-dad, but a DAD) pulling a gun on the boyfriend/drug supplier. Sarahjoy had called and said she'd be stopping by with the boy (19 year old, maybe) to pick up a couple items. Sarahjoy was 24 years. She barely looked 19.
I had notice.
Art told me that he was bringing his gun out, I begged for care. Art took Steve into the family room and closed the doors behind them. I'd taken Sarahjoy into the office. Our meeting didn't go well and neither had Art's and the drug dealer's.
The two hurried out the front door, Sarahjoy very upset. Steve is now ashen faced, mute
Art afterwards punches his fist into a solid wood wall, breaking a knuckle.
How do you ever recover from that.
My proud, honorable husband is bent over, now physically and emotionally crying that he is impotent to save her.
He'd taken Steve into the family room and had him sit opposite him on our sofas. He told me how he very purposefully placed a gun on the cushion and patted it, staring hard at the boy. He said he'd asked the boy if he had any idea why that gun wasn't in his mouth right now. The kid answered no. He said because I had asked him not to (which I had). Art picked up the gun, aimed it at Steve and told him that if anything happened to Sarahjoy, anything, if he hurt her, cause her hurt, that Art would hunt him down, til the ends of the earth, and kill him. That he would go to prison for her.
My husband, only her step-father, would have gone to prison for my daughter. To prison, forever.
This is so painful for both of us. And now Sarahjoy hates Art because he threatened Steve, her beloved.
She used miscellaneous kinds of drugs including meth for four years.
I try to commit suicide but fail both Christmas eve and then Christmas day of 2005. (Still being written***)
How do you deal with that.
My daughter's been less than anonymous than the average addict, she chooses recovery with either alcoholics anonymous or narcotics anonymous. That's how she rolls. She's kinna' out of control regarding convention-ality.
Her story, as she tells it is she doesn't go into 'drugalogues,' she doesn't tell details of using. It's too 'triggering,' and she says that in reality it's unimportant. She shares that it might be the part that 'normies' consider the interesting part, but the truth is it is the least significant of all. She tells bullet points. "That's it. Most of 'my story' IS my time in recovery.
If I do anything with my writing, it is to tell a story of what I've experienced and to try to provide some go-to's, some thoughts of how I have learned to deal, to cope and to embrace life. So this is reflective of that hope.
Ultimately Sarahjoy, not us, had to hit fricken-ugly rock bottom, her own level of fricken-ugly.
Still in another cheap motel the boyfriend had taken her car, gone for days, left without drugs (food is irrelevant to the meth addict). When she does get her car she finally drives to nearby Costa Mesa, California. This time it isn't for drugs. It is for a sober living house. For Raymar and Katt, she tells me all this in small parts later.
She says if they didn't admit her she'd have driven that car into Raymar's living room. She met Jineen, aka, Katt, the uncomparable house manager of the 27 bed house. Katt told her the rules. She had to get a job, ANY job, keep it, had to attend 90 twelve-step meetings in 90 days. Within house rules more importantly were 20+- other, girls, who unlike my kid DIDN'T want to be there, indignatious upon court order, a sober living house or jail. A 10pm curfew, the cost for this God send: $125 a week.
Most determinedly she first dedicated and stayed 45 days. She got out and used within days. Therefore I was not horribly surprised to get a call from Katt asking if I wanted to come again and decorate my kid's room. This time she moved in for six months.
She then moved into her sponsor's home for another six months, taking a year of sobriety.
She said that if she didn't commit to her sobriety for such a length of time that she would die on the streets. She stayed a year and now she has over thirteen years of sobriety.
So, I guess, it's the addict hitting a level of rock bottom, awareness of help such as NA, a sober living facility with integrity. And luck and prayer. And everyday the addict wanting sobriety and peace in their lives. Every hour of every day becomes thirteen years eventually.


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This was a really fun project with surprising results. I think if I were to do it again, I would use pieces of a flower so that the final image is a new shape made up of flower pieces that were not immediately identifiable as flowers.
I really like the simple collage best but made the corner image for fun. I plan on using them on my blog so haven't added any text yet.


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|this is what fog looks like
There have been some great moments, the fog felt like it was lifting. And I was all: Yeah! Brain! Can't wait to see you again! Yeah! And now I want to pull the shade of fog back down, because what I've seen is terrifying. It's not the old brain. It's a brainy 25 car pile up that's going to take a while to clear. All those coping mechanisms developing since 2? Gone. All the therapy for phobias and low self esteem? Gone. All the higher level emotional processing: gone. The routes for stress and emotions are all destroyed, bombed back to the stone age.
|the one non-fog day in January
I am experiencing more thoughts, but I can't tell if they're working or not. They look like thoughts, smell like thoughts, flow and have words and values like thoughts, but they might not actually be thoughts. They twist and dangle and look like balls of tangled Christmas lights, like a rubiks cube that's been "solved" by moving the stickers.
My brain is also experimenting with chemicals, like bad boys in an unsupervised high school lab: "What's that do?" "Dunno." "Let's dump it all in and see." "Cool." I didn't mind the random doses of euphoria and joy. But the buckets of adrenaline dumps are intolerable, literally. It's not me, it's some chemical bath that floods me. I'm like a negative in a darkroom. And apparently this is common with concussions, as the brain tries to figure out what it's doing again. In the mean time, apparently I need some drugs to regulate it all. And a special psychologist, because there's not a lot of correlation between the thoughts trying to form in my head and the chemicals my body is producing, it's not a normal connection that a therapist can help with. And if yoga and meditation could help, they might have started doing so by now, since that's pretty much what I do all day.
There are, however, a lot of really fun things this concussion produces, and I am glad to report they are normal, for concussions. I love the harmless, amusing party-tricks of my scrambled sensations. I put a hot pack on my stomach, but I feel it in my lower back and it's hilarious. I also don't feel hunger and it took me a few weeks to figure that out. I just eat when the clock says so. Or I eat when my head hurts more than usual and my stomach hurts. This didn't work out well when we all got the stomach virus the one week Huck was home in January...I'm working so hard to refrain from the gory, improbable, horrifying, and entertaining details...aughghghgh! Success!
|hoar frost/ frozen fog on a sunflower head, far prettier than my head
And that's all I can do today, whether we like it or not!


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I Need My Andy Mineo CD Back
I just want to put it out there in case you stumble across this blog and I don't build up enough courage to ask. I need you to bring back my Andy Mineo CD. We made a joke that if you didn't hear from me in 48 hours that it's likely a dead end. Well, sir, it's hour number 48 and minute number 7, and I'd like to listen to "Bitter" so that I don't become, well, bitter.
Ok, so honestly I won't become bitter. Everything has actually fizzled out perfectly. We're both following Christ. We just have different lives planned out. Different visions. And I don't think either of us are willing to compromise. That's quite alright, but really, I need that Heroes For Sale album back. You can drop it off in the mailbox or leave it on the doorstep so we don't have to have the exchange face to face, but just know that it wasn't a gift. It was collateral, remember? For another date? And then another? But it has ended. We're headed in different directions...and I'd like to have my Andy Mineo CD as I continue on this journey.
Wait...oh, nope. It's not copied to my iTunes, so just return it as soon as you can. Thanks.
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Women's Hockey Drops 6-0 Decision at No. 7 Boston College
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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Holy Cross women's hockey team lost to No. 7 Boston College, 6-0, Friday night.
The Crusaders looked good in the first period, putting a decent amount of pressure on a stout Eagles defense and Maddy McArthur in net. Holy Cross had a number of quality chances in the frame, including one where Carlie Magier, with a defender closing in on either side, fired a shot at McArthur, got her own rebound and had another look on goal, but BC's goalie was up to the task.
Jada Brenon and the defense again looked strong in the first half of the second, turning away multiple good looks by the BC offense. The Eagles finally broke through in the second half of the period to add three more.
Holy Cross only gave up one goal in the third with Julia Pelletier making 16 saves in the frame.
- This was Tori Messina's 100th career game.
- Brenon and Pelletier combined for 42 saves.
The Crusaders will return home this Sunday, Feb. 3 to host Vermont in the two sides' first meeting this season.


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iPhone and iPad users lead the mobile shopping boom this Cyber Monday, but Samsung mobile users spent most per person when shopping online in the UK, according to new research.
The IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark report reveals that on Monday 2 December, dubbed Cyber Monday in the UK, shoppers spent £80 per order, with mobile shopping up a staggering 94%.
Social media continued to play an important part – shoppers referred from Facebook average £44.15 per order versus £59.59 for Pinterest referalls.
However, Facebook referrals converted sales at over two times the rate of Pinterest referrals.
Key findings from the report below:
• Online Sales Increased: by 31.6 percent compared to the same Monday in 2012. Average Order Value (AOV) was £81.17, an increase of 1.4 percent over last year. On mobile phones the AOV was £82.24, demonstrating increased consumer confidence in using mobiles for shopping.
• Mobile Shopping up 94 percent: Mobile traffic grew to 44.3 percent of all online traffic, an increase of 67 percent over 2012. Sales completed via mobile devices were also strong, growing 94.3 percent year over year, and exceeding 33 percent of total online sales.
• Smartphones vs. Tablets : Smartphones drove 23.9 percent of all online traffic versus tablets at 20.3 percent. When it came to making purchases, tablet users drove 20.3 percent of online sales, which was 57 percent higher than that of smartphones users, who drove 12.9 percent.. While AOV on all mobile phones was £82.24, it was £79.86 on tablet devices.
• iOS vs Android: iOS traffic generated 31.9 percent of all online traffic and 25.6 percent of all online sales while Android generated 11.38 percent of all online traffic and 7 percent of all online sales. On average, iOS users spent £79,98 per order, compared to £83.85 per order for Android. As the highest contributor to mobile percentage of both traffic and sales on Android, Samsung AOV was £86.20.
• Facebook vs. Pinterest: Shoppers referred from Facebook averaged £44.15 per order versus £59.59 per order for Pinterest referrals. However, Facebook referrals converted sales at over two times the rate of Pinterest referrals.
According to Chris Withers, head of Smarter Commerce for retail, Europe, IBM: "In the past, average order value (AOV) has always been higher on Apple devices which retailers have attributed to the higher spending power of iPhone and iPad users. But with Samsung now topping AOV for Cyber Monday in 2013, we can see how Samsung's devices now appeal to a more affluent demographic, whilst the launch of the latest iPhone may be increasing their penetration in the broader consumer market for smartphones and tablets".
The figures come as Amazon reported 4.1m sales were made on its website on Amazon which works out as 47 items a second. Tech firm Postcode Anywhere also said that nearly 6m delivery addresses were captured on its online data platform – a 90 per cent uplift on last year.
The data is based on findings from the cloud-based IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark, part of the cloud-based IBM Digital Analytics solution, and tracks millions of e-commerce transactions, analysing terabytes of raw data from more than 200 participating UK retail web sites.
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DAVIE, FLA. (WSVN) - Students at a South Florida high school built their own solar-powered car for a cross-country competition.
Western High School's "Solar Car Club" took on the challenge of building the car and are now preparing to show off their invention in a multi-day race.
This race features local students and others around the world.
"We want to learn as much as we can from this vehicles, about renewable energy, how we can apply it to different things in our life," said student and project manager Wilmer Franco.
Western High School teacher Derek Hicks said the team put their solar-powered car under plenty of test.
"We've done plenty of testing," said Hicks. "These kids, all of the drivers have plenty of driving practice at this point. We've put a lot of time into it, and we're hoping the time correlates with success."
The Solar Car Challenge begins July 13 at Texas Motor Speedway and ends July 23 in Palmdale, California.
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Ridiculous propaganda by a Congress Stooge.In a multitude of uncertainties about the 2019 polls, there is one fact we can all agree on: This will not be a wave election. There is neither an upsurge of support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi nor any sort of mass rage against him (of the kind the Congress had to face in 2014).
On the ground, there is, however, clear discontent and simmering anger with the government over economic issues, especially the jobs crisis and agrarian distress. This can erupt in many localised pockets.The Bharatiya Janata Party strategy — apart from redressal through welfare schemes in the interim budget — is to look for other headlines to deflect from the narrative about a desultory economic situation. Hindutva is one such election headline and corruption is evidently the other.
Both the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) swoop in West Bengal in relation to a chit fund scam and the interrogation of Robert Vadra by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on charges of money laundering are to fortify this counter-narrative. The problem is this: The BJP has got its timing all wrong.
Opinion| The BJP has got its timing on corruption all wrong, writes Barkha DuttTo act on corruption charges in the twilight of its tenure is not smart politics. It may have handed over the advantage to the oppositionwww.hindustantimes.com
Are you fro the Tukde-Tukde gang of JNU? All that you have written is wrong and a Congress Propaganda. There are people dying of hunger in india, can you say that India is starving its people? There are Chors who cannot run a business without the use of BlackMoneyy, does this mean that Indians are all corrupt? Dont bend statistics to suit your thinking. You are doing an injustice towards the nation.In the backdrop of Pulwama and the Balakot air strikes, there is a surge in popularity for the current govt. Despite this, I am sticking to my 50 seat projection.
Let me explain why -
1. This is actually a huge wave election - just that it is a massive anti govt wave - massive anti incumbency.
2. Farmers are so upset, they are furious that despite 100s of protests over 2 yrs, the govts did not even meet the farmer leaders forget about addressing the issues. And the dole of 2000 is peanuts given the scale of disaster.
3. Traders and entire sectors like textiles, real estate etc.. are devastated with massive job losses. All states are in dire crisis, the highest job loss hit is on UP and Bihar as they were the highest construction workers all across the country.
4. Joblessness - 45 year high and it is terrible to see graduates, masters and PhDs applying for menial jobs.
5. People know that the huge economic impact is due to demonetisation and GST. This narrative is deeply embedded in thier psyche now,
6. India today is extremely well informed unlike 1940s till 1990s. So people know that this govt has not delivered on its promises and are repeatedly raising it in social media.
7. Alliances airthmetic in UP and Bihar and Karnataka will help the mahagatbhandan. Congress has surged ahead under Rahul. It is big surprise to see in the recent "times of india" poll survey, that 43% view Rahul as a credible alternative across the nation. And what a shock this had to be after so much of the Pappu branding...lol
8. BJP core supporters are the traders, msmes and they are the biggest hit in the economy.
9. Nationalism is important but when there is no food on table, and this govt refuses to even acknowledge that demo and GST caused such economic hardships, there is a valconic anger underneath.
10. Finally, people are clearly lying to pollsters, aka harischandran effect , and hence all these issues are not reflected well in the pre poll surveys. In south, BJP wil make very little inroads, and due to severe job crisis in north, there will be massive anti incumbency. And they are indirectly indicating in the surveys that jobs are the #1 issue and that this issue will decide their vote.
In short, farmers, youth who are jobless across all strata of society, traders, msmes, independent and Nuetral Hindus, minorities, govt employees (CBI, RBI, etc,.) will overwhelmingly vote against this govt.
LOL. On the contrary, you are the one doing a great injustice to the nation by pushing a "failed govt" based on right wing propaganda !!Are you fro the Tukde-Tukde gang of JNU? All that you have written is wrong and a Congress Propaganda. There are people dying of hunger in india, can you say that India is starving its people? There are Chors who cannot run a business without the use of BlackMoneyy, does this mean that Indians are all corrupt? Dont bend statistics to suit your thinking. You are doing an injustice towards the nation.
It is vice-versa.lolPM Modi Least Liked In South & Punjab, Popularity Just 2.2% In TN
Almost all of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visits to south India, particularly Tamil Nadu, have been marked by slogans of "Modi Go Back" by local groups as well as on social media. If survey data is to be believed, the protests may well represent a broader phenomenon: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's deep unpopularity in the south.
PM Modi Least Liked In South & Punjab, Popularity Just 2.2% In TNHuge state variation in Modi's popularity: 74% in Jharkhand, 68.3% in Rajasthan but just 2.2% in TN, 7.7% in Kerala.www.thequint.com


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June 3, 2018 UPDATE
"My Girlfriend is a Mermaid!?" is a heartwarming visual novel from Korean developer, TALESshop and Japanese publisher, COSEN. Originally published on GooglePlay and App Store, "My Girlfriend is a Mermaid!?" has only been available in Korean and Japanese.
Both TALESshop and COSEN want to bring this wonderful title to the West but not only do they wish to localize this game in English but they also wish to port it to both PC and Nintendo Switch™. The PC version will be a straight port of the mobile version while the Nintendo Switch version will have additional scenario content, Live2D animation and a new theme song sung by the three heroines of the game.
While everyone involved is excited about bringing "My Girlfriend is a Mermaid!?" we need your support to show them that there's interest in the West. On top of that you'll have a chance to also pledge for some unique goods especially made for this Kickstarter campaign.
──That summer, I met the mermaid you...
Our protagonist lives out in the city but one summer decides to return to his rural hometown and it is there he once again meets his childhood friend, Ion... who is now a mermaid!?
Soon after he also meets Petakko, a mermaid who has lost her memory and Rin, a priestess who looks after mermaids but also has a split personality. It is these encounters that brings our protagonist in contact with the legend surrounding mermaid.
Together with Ion, who is at the center of this mysterious legend, as well as Petakko and Rin, our protagonist's strange summer vacation begins...
Being our first project that is console-focused, this is a project that we are very excited about and are also well aware of the challenges in front of us. While we go through the process of publishing on Nintendo Switch, we're taken into account the timeframe necessary to bring a game to market.
We've had the pleasure of working with COSEN and TALESshop in the past with My Little Kitties and are certainly excited about this new project. TALESshop has done a fantastic job of crafting visual novels based off of Korean light novels and with the help of COSEN are taking a step forward to spread their games to new markets.
"My Girlfriend is a Mermaid!?" features multiple choices and endings that add to the value of this heartwarming story and with the additional content and updates to the game such as the addition of Live2D animation will make this a wonderful addition to the Nintendo Switch library.
In addition, there's some amazing voice talent involved with the game. Fuchigami Mai, voice actress for Ion is best known for her role in Girls und Panzer as Nishizumi Miho which she won the Synergy Award for at the 8th Seiyuu Awards in 2014. In addition she also voiced Iona in Arpeggio of Blue Steel and Hojo Karen in THE iDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS. Suzaki Aya, voice actress for Petakko is best known for her role in Tamako Market as Kitashirakawa Tamako, Kayano Kaede in Assassination Classroom and Nitta Minami in THE iDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS. She also won the award for Best Female Newcomer at the 9th Seiyuu Awards in 2015. Kageyama Risa, voice actress for Rin, voices the character of Tsukiyo in the visual novel, Dead End 99% in which she also sings the ending song. She's also fluent in Korean and has been involved in translation work for a number of game projects.
There's a lot of work being put into this project by everyone involved so we're all looking forward to your support to make this project a happen!
Cosen is a game publisher based in Japan. They've been involved in game publishing since 2014 and have published on smartphone, PC as well as a number of console platforms. Their title, "My Little Kitties" was the first visual novel title of theirs to be published in English by Sekai Project.
A developer of visual novel games based in Korea. Founded in 2012, their team has worked on over 19 visual novel titles of which a number of them have been translated and made available in the Japanese market. Combining fine story craftmanship and fantastic character designers, TALESshop continues to impress with the number of titles they've put out. Their most recent release is Blazing Angel Ririshe Litona (섬광천사 리토나 리리셰) which was released in March of 2018.
Sekai Project is a start-up game publisher located in Los Angeles and focuses primarily on localizing games and other media from Japan and all over the world for the English-speaking market through platforms such as Steam, PSN and mobile. Their previous works include "Grisaia" trilogy (Frontwing), "CLANNAD" (VisualArts/Key), and the "NEKOPARA" series (NEKOWORKs). Sekai Project also has a manga imprint under the name Sekai Books which includes releases such as "Gate: Where the JSDF Fought" and "The House in Fata Morgana: The Veil Over Your Eyes".
Please Note: All designs are subject to change and are not finalized. Customs/VAT fees may be incurred depending on the country shipped to and such fees are not covered by this campaign.
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I had no idea gardening could be so dangerous.
For people who know me, this is not news. I am very short. I can also be a tad impatient. The combination of the two elements caused me grief yesterday.
As I have said before, the tomatoes are growing briskly. There are many cages up to keep the plants up and off the ground. I spied tomatoes in the middle of the jungle yesterday afternoon. So rather than wait for Jo to come help me, I just started leaning over and leaning over and then I was surrounded by tomato plants having fallen into the garden. Flat on my ass, crushing I don't know what.
I finally asked Jo to come over and help me try to put everything back together with the new cages I had just bought. A timely purchase.
But dammit, all that work and now my vibrant veggie garden looks schmoozed. Not to mention how embarrassed I am.
Oh well, back to work and waiting for someone tall enough to pick the toms.
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Lost kites, destroyed jet ski and a dislocated shoulder all at Ryland's secret slab in one session! It's cool how at anyone time the ocean can show you how small you really are!
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Hi lovelies!
2-0-1-4 is here, craziness!!
I could make is dramatically long winded of a catch up but I figured let's keep it short and sweet!!
Can we please talk about the weather these days?! I seriously feels like you're getting beat up when you walk outside these days! Oh, SPRING when are you coming to save us all??
New Beginnings: I truly feel this is going to be the year that starts it all for me and I am going to try and document every moment of it for you all! Big things are on the way (**hint: the next post is about one of my projects this year!!) I'm just generally happy, healthy, and ready to take on this crazy thing called life!
NYFW: I had the pleasure of being invited by the lovely co-designer Cedric at Third Floor NYC to their presentation during fashion week and the best word to describe this up-and-coming menswear line, SICK!! Love the tailoring, color palette, and that general cool factor it oozes! Definitely am looking forward to owning a piece or two very soon! I also, went to my 1st show at the tents! Life changing experience?? DEFINITELY!! I got to see the Vivienne Tam show and her pieces were so rich in color and textures! I would totally recommend looking at the show on STYLE.COM!!
VACATION TIME: Relaxation, Thought provoking, Mind at peace, Hidden Gems, and I don't think my heart has smiled that much is ages! Thank you to everyone who made my vacation one for the books!! Can't wait to visit again!!
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How did you two meet?
Rachel: "We met through my best friend and bridesmaid, Stephanie. He was visiting her boyfriend at the time, and they were all going out to dinner while I had plans to go out with another group of people. We only met briefly before going our separate ways."
Do either of your remember what you thought the first time y'all saw/met each other?
Rachel: "Before leaving that night, I couldn't decide which shoe to wear. I specifically remember me going into the living room where Stephanie was (and Jacob) and asking whether I should wear a sandal or heel. I remember him making this horrible face and saying "go with the sandal. the heel is way too much". At this point I only knew his name, so I was surprised he had input on my outfit-- I decided to wear the heel. The following week I ended up sick with the stomach flu and almost every night Jacob would stop by and see how I was feeling and bring me soup or food. At this point we didn't have each other's number, so I had no clue when or if he was coming over. I looked and felt horrible. I thought if he could see me at my worst and still like me, I would give him a try... even if we didn't have the same sense of fashion. Since that week we have been inseparable."
How and when did Jacob propose?
"Jacob proposed after about two and a half years of dating. He kept telling me it wouldn't be any time soon. He would take me on nice trips to the mountains or the beach, and I would always think it was going to happen. He made plans for the beach, and this time I didn't expect anything to happen. Apparently he bought a ring on a whim, and asked my dad the week before our trip. The night we arrived we walked to the beach, and I thought something was odd because it was May. He wouldn't take his hands out of his pockets because he was 'cold.' I brushed it off, and we kept walking. At one point I decided it was time to turn around, so we did. As we were walking he stopped and told me to turn around, so I did. When I turned he said, 'look at the bird prints in the sand' (he chickened out.) I laughed and kept walking-- then he asked me to turn again. This time I expected another joke. When I turned he was down on one knee and already tearing up (which he hates to admit). He asked, I said, 'yes.' We cried a little and walked down the beach a little longer."
What was yall's favorite part of the day?
Rachel: "We both enjoyed the first look. The funniest part of the wedding/ceremony was actually as we were doing our vows. Jacob kept pulling my ring finger on my right hand (I had a ring from my mother on that finger) and whispering he needed to take it off and put my wedding ring there. I was pulling back whispering, 'left hand, not right hand. That's my right hand,' the whole time until I forcefully pushed my left hand making him realize he was about to put the ring on my right hand."
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Robert Engelman is executive director of the Worldwatch Institute, a globally focused environmental research organization based in Washington, D.C. He originally joined Worldwatch as vice-president for Programs and was named executive director in 2011.
Prior to joining Worldwatch, Engelman was vice president for Research at Population Action International, a policy research and advocacy group in Washington, and directed its program on population and the environment.He has written extensively on population's connections to environmental change, economic growth, and civil conflict.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – According to the Office of U.S. Attorney for Northern Alabama Jay E Town: A federal judge today sentenced the former supervisor of an electric cooperative in Arab to more than two years in prison and ordered him to repay nearly $3 million he embezzled from the co-op over eight years, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Michael Williams and Tennessee Valley Authority Acting Inspector General Jill M. Matthews.
John Pearson Willis III, 57, of Arab, pleaded guilty in September to one count of embezzling from an organization that receives federal funds. U.S. District Judge R. David Proctor sentenced Willis to two years and six months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered him to pay $2.98 million in restitution to the Arab Electric Cooperative. The judge also ordered Willis to forfeit the same amount of money to the government as proceeds of illegal activity.
Willis must report to prison on April 18, 2018.
"Willis violated the trust of the hardworking members of this co-op by stealing millions of dollars, which he spent primarily on sports collectibles," Town said. "He literally traded his freedom for $3M worth of baseball cards."
The electric co-op hired Willis as its member services supervisor in 1988. As the cooperative's primary fiduciary officer, Willis operated with limited oversight and removed large amounts of cash from customer deposits, according to his plea agreement. He altered deposit slips and manipulated billing software to cover his embezzlement.
The Secret Service and TVA-OIG investigated the case, which Assistant U.S. Attorney David Estes prosecuted.
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Welcome to The Educational Fund To Stop Gun Violence and Alliance For Gun Responsibility Foundation Education to Action workshop and communications.
My name is Brandy Grant, Program Manager for the AGR-WA and I am here on behalf of my CEO Renee Hopkins and foundation to invite you all to join the movement in learning about and advocating for responsible and effective gun policy.
The Alliance works to end the gun violence crisis in our community and to promote a culture of gun ownership that balances rights with responsibilities. Through collaboration with experts, civic leaders, and citizens, the Alliance works to find evidenced-based solutions to the crisis of gun violence in our community. Specifically, the Alliance provides paths to take actions that save lives by:
Creating innovative Policy; Advocating for changes in laws; and Promoting Community Education to reduce gun violence.
The Alliance is engaged in this work knowing that ending gun violence is not a sprint, rather, it is a marathon and we have to PACE ourselves for the long haul.
Through Ed2Ac's three-step process, Educate, Engage, Act, you can make this change happen. These tools are not limited to gun violence prevention; they can be applied in any area where an individual wants to advocate for change.
Looking forward to connecting with you. Please reach out to schedule a workshop and learn more on how to take ACTION.
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"Where there is no human connection, there is no compassion. Without compassion, then community, commitment, loving-kindness, human understanding, and peace all shrivel. Individuals become isolated, the isolated turn cruel, and the tragic hovers in the forms of domestic and civil violence."
-Susan Vreeland
I have a passion for building partnerships and innovative solutions towards basic needs programming for youth, adults, and families. Brandy has worked in the state of Washington for the last four years in the most marginalized communities directing and managing programming for local agencies working with youth and families.
Founder and Director of Bryden Consulting LLC as a Project Development Coordinator for the Homeless Healthcare Network University of Washington and Atlantic Street Center organization. Brandy worked to build community partnerships for more robust and comprehensive services for youth and young adults and extend services to families to help those who are already and homeless and homeless prevention. She has been a champion for community mental health, youth homelessness, food insecurity and gun violence prevention.


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Founded in Spring 2015, the Cal Poly Women in Business Association was created to act as a resource and community for young women, working to provide students with the skills and network needed to succeed in college and life.
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*If any writer should fail to uphold any of the aforementioned values they may lose access to club resources, or be removed from the organization altogether, at the discretion of club leadership.


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Thursday, August 31, 2006
My Turn at the Book Meme
One book that changed my life
I'd have to go with a book I don't have anymore and don't remember the title of. It was a BASIC programming manual of some kind I read and referenced many times when I was a young teenager. That was many years before Intel-based PCs became widely available. I remember distinctly that the BASIC software available in the 16K-RAM computer I played with at the time was made by Microsoft, though – likely coded by Bill Gates himself.
One book that you've read more than once
Hmm... I'm not sure I've ever done that.
One book you'd want on a desert island
Obviously, something such as "SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea".
One book that made you laugh
There are many. One that comes to mind is "Seinlanguage" by Jerry Seinfeld. It's basically a compilation of all his usual observational comedy, but it was a funny read.
One book that made you cry
One book you wish you had written
I'll name several. "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking. "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan. And "The Selfish Gene" by Richard Dawkins.
One book you wish had never been written
I can think of at least a couple. I'll say "Evidence of Harm", not because it hurts a political stance, but because it's a waste of good paper and people's time.
One book you're currently reading
I'm in between books, but a couple weeks ago I finished reading two: "Through the Eyes of Aliens" by Jasmine O'Neill; and "Teaching At Home: A New Approach To Tutoring Children With Autism And Asperger Syndrome" by Olga Holland.
Jasmine O'Neill's book is great and I strongly recommend it. She's not afraid to explain why she experiences autism as a beautiful thing, despite her impairments. That's the kind of thing that should give pause to anyone who compares autism to cancer or AIDS. Jasmine also offers practical advise to parents.
Olga Holland's book is not bad, and offers practical advise, but she clearly does see autism as a disorder that must be defeated and autistic children as defective in some way. Traits of her child she perceives as negative are considered part of his autism; traits perceived as positive are not considered part of his autism. She uses a variation of the "social stories" teaching method throughout the book. In the end she tells how her son tests in the top percentile in some standardized test and enters a gifted program at school. (While being in the top percentile at something is statistically as abnormal as being in the lowest percentile, it is interesting that it is not perceived as such culturally). The author also spends much of her time discussing how horrible communism was in the Soviet Union – which I found to be irrelevant and uninteresting political commentary.
One book you've been meaning to read
"Thinking in Pictures" by Temple Grandin.
People to tag
I'm tagging Not Mercury, Dad of Cameron and Kevin Leitch.
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Thanks Brutha,ReplyDelete
This should be fun but it may take a day or two to think about it. I know I may have to pass on the crying question too. That takes a lot.
Um Gottes Willen, et tu Josephus have these Sunday supplement and celeb mag memes got you too,ReplyDelete
Book that changed my life, well that will be the book that makes me a millionaire wont it!
I remember BASIC and those little computers from Radio Shack. They were fun. :)ReplyDelete
I like how you prefaced the tag with "sorry" in the e-mail. :) I should be able to put something together for this weekend.ReplyDelete
Speaking of BASIC, your's and ABFH's mention bring back fond memories of my first Trash-80. Type "load" and then push the play button - C-60 cassette tape media and all. I remeber being so excited to upgrade to 5 1/4" floppy about a year later. It was a $500 upgrade at the time.


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Wet Wipes against blocking - Twipes from London win the Best Green Tech Award for the Advanced Stage at the Green Innovation and Investment Forum
20 international Start-ups participated in the pitch on the 21st of February 2018 during the 4th Green Innovation and Investment Forum (GIIF) in Stuttgart. An audience of almost 150 guests joined the teams' pitches for capital, cooperation partners and awards. Twipes from England received the Advanced Stage award, while SeedForward from Germany was honored in the Early Stage category and Nanoscreen from Denmark won the Scientific Support Award.
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Stuttgart. The invention of wet wipes can be seen as both a blessing and a curse – depending on who you ask. Users of the wipes call them a convenient and more hygienic alternative to conventional toilet paper or tissues. For sewage systems and treatment plant operators however, they are the pest of modern times. Unlike dry toilet paper, wet wipes do not dissolve on their way through the canalization. If anything, they cause pipe blockings and mountains of solid waste that gets stuck in the rakes of the treatment plants and has to be disposed. In Germany alone, more than 200 million packs of wet wipes were sold in 2015. Annual growth rates reach double digits. Based on the assumption that wet wipes are not going to disappear from the market and will be continuously disposed through the sewage system, a solution comes from a Start-up founded in London – a city known for severe sewage blockings. Twipes work just as conventional wet wipes. There is no change for the customer. Contact with water and movement, just as in the canalization, are sufficient to completely dissolve the wipes in a short amount of time. The solution to the current issue of sewage blockings is market-ready and, with the right partners, also quickly scalable. Therefore the jury selected Twipes as the winner of the Best Green Tech Idea Award in the Advanced Stage category. "Even though Twipes is the winner, it all came down to a tight race between four of the ten competing Start-ups" explained Dr.-Ing. Hannes Spieth from the Co-organizer Umwelttechnik BW GmbH, who also mentioned the high quality of the presented solutions of this year's edition.
"Best Green Tech Idea Award" of the Early Stage stays in Germany
Out of the ten Early Stage Start-ups, the young company SeedForward from Germany was honored for their product OrganiseedFix. In order to protect seeds and seedlings from diseases, a coating of fertilizers and pesticides is applied to the seeds. In comparison with conventional farming techniques, there are far less options for organic farmers. Harvest shortfalls caused by diseases are even more severe with regard to overall lower productivity. OrganiseedFix is an innovative coating that reduces water demand during germination, continuously supplies ingredients to the rhizosphere, protects the seedling against soil-bound germs and has a sustained positive effect on the plant vitality. The coatings can be modified to match the characteristics of the climate, soil and plant. The first experimental results are promising. Germination was increased by more than 50%, while root development grew by over 80%. The excellent understanding for product, process and market conditions as well as the global scalability of the innovation convinced the judges, as Ulrike Steinbrenner, representative of the jury and the GIIF-Supporter foundation for energy and climate protection Baden-Württemberg (Stiftung Energie und Klimaschutz Baden-Württemberg), justifies the decision.
"Scientific Support Award" awarded to Nanoscreen from Denmark
As in previous years, the INEC of the University Pforzheim provided the Scientific Support Award. The University offers intensive scientific support during the course of a semester to one selected Start-up. "We look for a Start-up with a convincing solution, and where we see the potential substantially progress with regard to critical issues through our support", says Prof. Claus Lang-Koetz from the University Pforzheim. This year's winner was the Danish Start-up Nanoscreen. The proposed solution is based on a polymeric screen for big glass surfaces. The integrated nanoparticles reflect heat energy without reducing light penetration. This technical innovation aims at reducing energy consumption for acclimatization, especially at high temperatures. "The idea of Nanoscreen is technically challenging and still at an early stage, but there is a huge potential of reducing energy use in buildings through a very simple application. This is what convinced us", explains Lang-Koetz.
Green Innovation and Investment Forum experiences sustained growth
"Once again we witnessed an astonishing number of green solutions", summarizes Dr. Jürgen Jähnert from Co-organizer bwcon GmbH. During the course of the four editions of the GIIF the number of applications doubled. The share of international submissions rose from 25 to over 50 percent. "This is even more pleasing with regard to the consolidation of the Start-up scene in recent years", states Jähnert. If Start-ups decide to participate in the GIIF despite other events taking place in parallel, the concept of offering a Training Day with intensive coaching preceding the actual Pitching Day has proven successful. "We did not win the Award", says Torsten Becker from the participating company Carbonauten. "But we received valuable input from the coaches. And what's even more important to us: Through the possibility to network with other Start-ups we are sure that we will be able to establish at least two interesting cooperation projects."
Also this year, the Green Innovation and Investment Forum was supported by Innoenergy.
What happened back then.
Find more and detailed information about the programme and click through photos of the event.
Impressions from our Keynote Speakers at the GIIF 2018
Impressions from the Coaching Day of the GIIF 2018
What GIIF Alumnis have to say.
"Green Innovation and Investment Forum was a wonderful event filled with brilliant entrepreneurs, inspiring lectures and amazing coaches. It was a source of many great ideas on how we can improve our business. To everybody considering participation in the next edition we can say "do it! It is worth it and you will not have any regrets."
(Konrad Dabrowski, NanoScreen)
"I have participated in several pitches, at universities or places like this one, and there are higher quality and lower quality events -
but as always, the Swabians are doing it in a way that has a lot of potential, because you really have the investor side included,
you really have high technology and high tech solutions here."
(Benjamin Adrion, Viva con Agua de St. Pauli)
"When you're in the office every single day and you're working on a big project, a big problem, it can be hard to stay particularly inspired -
but coming to a conference like this one is really inspiring. Having discussions here helps you come up with a lot of different ideas,
just talking to people - not only entrepreneurs, but the investors and all of the staff."
(Alanna Pardee, CityTaps)


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Monday, December 8
Stuart preparing for Gary's big party
By Libby Wells, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
STUART -- The biggest holiday block party on the Treasure Coast, and maybe in South Florida, swings into action Friday night when lawyer Willie Gary hosts his annual Christmas bash on the street in front of his riverfront office.
The massive event shuts down two roads, fills hotels and employs 70 or more off-duty Stuart and Martin County law officers, firefighters and paramedics. Law enforcement agencies are bracing for as many as 20,000 people, most of whom will be shuttled to the festivities from a parking lot at Witham Field.
"It's difficult to prepare for that many people in a small area," said Sgt. James Egbers, special events coordinator for the Stuart Police Department. "We're asking people to be somewhat tolerant of the inconveniences from this. It's a once-a-year event."
It's also a one-of-a-kind event. For the cost of an unwrapped gift for a child, partygoers eat all the ham, turkey, ribs and side dishes they want, refill their cocktails at an open bar, groove to live music on four stages -- including this year's headliner, the O'Jays -- or shake it up in a disco beneath Gary's law office.
"It's a party with a purpose," said Kori Love, Gary's public relations director. "It's Mr. Gary's way of saying thank you to the people who support him throughout the year, and helping children."
Last year, 10,000 gifts were collected for needy youngsters. Gary distributes them each year at his Kidz Carnival at his office.
One of 11 children in a poor migrant family from Pahokee, Gary, 56, made a name for himself winning big settlements from corporate behemoths. He also has a reputation for his flashy lifestyle and famous friends. Among the "special guests" listed on the elaborate invitation mailed to 300,000 people are Evander Holyfield, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Don King, Isaac Hayes, Chris Tucker, Alonzo Mourning and Shaquille O'Neal.
The party is the highlight of a weekend filled with events presented by Willie Gary's nonprofit Gary Foundation.
At 10 a.m. Friday, Gary and some of his celebrity pals will talk to students from Indiantown Middle School, feed them a pizza lunch and give a tour of Gary's private jet during "Role Model Day."
At 8 a.m. Saturday at the PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, the Willie Gary Celebrity Golf Classic kicks off, with proceeds from the $600-per-person tourney going toward scholarships.
"I think it has a tremendous impact on the economy in Stuart," Love said of the events. "It has grown tremendously."
Bill Pullen, general manager of Holiday Inn Oceanside on Hutchinson Island, said he has few vacancies in the 179-room hotel for Friday night. Leslie Mandody, sales manager at Ramada Inn Downtown on U.S. 1, said most of her 118 rooms are booked, too.
"We start getting reservations for that weekend in September and October," she said. "Everything fills up."
This is the second year the party will be held in the street. Egbers said his department began meeting with Gary's staff in September to plan it.
The Stuart Police Department will have at least 20 off-duty officers providing security inside the party perimeter and directing traffic. The Martin County Sheriff's Office has about 50 deputies scheduled to work. Gary pays each officer $25 an hour, with a two-hour minimum.
"He usually does not give a dollar amount of what it costs him" to host the party, Love said.
East Osceola Street from Detroit Avenue to Florida Avenue will shut down at 5 p.m. Thursday so that workers can set up the stages and sound equipment. Florida Avenue, the party entrance street, also will be closed.
Despite throngs of people and free liquor, there are usually few, if any, security problems, Egbers said.
"I think our biggest problem is parking," he said.