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If you're dreaming of a magical wedding day filled with vintage charm and sweet surprises, be sure to grab a copy of Tinkered Treasures by Elyse Major! This lovely book is brimming over with ideas including more than 35 handmade projects that will add a touch of whimsy to your wedding celebrations and beyond. I've long been a fan of Elyse's charming blog, also called Tinkered Treasures, and was thrilled when I received a copy from Cico Books to review. The official release date for the book is February 14th, but if you can't wait till then don't fret, I'm giving away a copy of the book here on the DIY Weddings blog! Simply leave a comment in this post by midnight CST on Monday, February 11th, 2013 for your chance to win!
In the meantime, here are some snippets from the book to inspire and delight you!
I can think of so many uses for these pretty little paper-covered wooden clothespins found in Chapter 1: Tinkering Sundries! Attach magnets to the back for favors, use them to string photos, bunting, or even escort cards at showers and receptions. Or clip them to the top of trinket or candy-filled bags to secure them.
Chapter 2: Tinkering Supplies, offers wonderful ways to elevate practical objects like ceramic tiles, magnets, shipping tags, or even the humble toothpick, as in the cupcake flags and bunting shown above. You'll never look at the office supply store, home improvement center, or even the baking aisle the same way again!
Go eco-chic with the fun ideas in Chapter 3: Tinkering Recyclables. Discarded glass spice jars become objects of beauty with a bit of pretty paper, some wire, and a few posies. Tin cans are transformed into pretty containers, and paper lunch bags become stylish favors for your guests.
Chapter 4: Tinkering Bits & Bobs, shares how to turn all those lovely little scraps we stash away into fanciful journals, fabric garlands, bunting, bookmarks, and loads of other embellished accessories.
As a little girl, I loved pretty little bits and pieces, and I still remember the small boxes I used to gather my treasures, and the many happy hours I spent sifting through them and arranging them. Reading Tinkered Treasures is like opening up those boxes all over again and rediscovering the magic and delight that everyday objects can hold. I'm so happy to share this wonderful book with all the readers here at DIY Weddings, and I know you'll love it as much as I do! Be sure to leave your comment on this post for your chance to win a copy of Tinkered Treasures. Best wishes to all the entrants, and many thanks to Elyse Major and Cico Books for this lovely read!
Tinkered Treasures by Elyse Major is published by Cico Books at £12.99 and is available from www.cicobooks.com
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67 Comments so far
Ale on
February 5, 2013 12:23 pm
Hi the book looks really interesting.
Thanks for the giveaway.
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lynaeve on
February 5, 2013 12:31 pm
thanks for the chance! I love this giveaway.
Emma Bonsall on
February 5, 2013 12:54 pm
This looks so cute. Would love to get my hands on a copy
Julie Aubert on
February 5, 2013 3:46 pm
Looks great – I'd love to win
Kaitlin Boles on
February 5, 2013 3:47 pm
Looks like there are alot of neat ideas in this book! Definitely would come in handy with my wedding planning! Thank you for an awesome giveaway! Good luck to everyone who enters!
melanie on
February 5, 2013 3:48 pm
Ooooh such a great book I hope I win ..
crystal on
February 5, 2013 4:15 pm
Looks to be a very interesting book, with cool idea, good luck to everyone. Thanks for the giveaway.
Carolyn on
February 5, 2013 5:58 pm
Oh my gosh, the book looks lovely. I love little trinkets and things, this would be perfect!
domestic diva on
February 5, 2013 6:58 pm
Lovely! THanks for the chance.
ellen lai on
February 5, 2013 7:09 pm
Sweet projects! Would love to win, they are definitely the type of projects i like.
Michelle Mathey on
February 5, 2013 8:43 pm
Looks like this book is chock full of gorgeous pictures and ideas that would cause one to look at it over and over again! Thanks for the chance to win!
Macy on
February 6, 2013 1:52 am
Looks like a lovely book – so much eye candy! Thanks for the chance.
Dana on
February 6, 2013 1:54 am
What a wonderful giveaway I'd love to win this, Thanks for the chance..
ColleenB. on
February 6, 2013 2:16 am
From the looks of it, looks like a pretty awesome book;filled with many wonderful projects.
Thank you
Joan on
February 6, 2013 2:16 am
The colors, the buttons – Wonderful look!
Anne Marie on
February 6, 2013 4:21 am
Book sounds beautiful – would be fun to win this.
Penny on
February 6, 2013 4:22 am
I have a friend getting married soon… we love handmade and vintage inspired so I hope I win.
Thanks for the giveaway and Blessings to All!
Carina on
February 6, 2013 4:53 am
Such pretty stuff – what a great birthday present to myself it would be. Thank you!
Tracy on
February 6, 2013 6:01 am
I can not wait until to see this book! It's just..so "me" Ü Thanks for the chance to win!
Deb on
February 6, 2013 6:07 am
As an avid collector of buttons, lace and ribbon I find the book very enticing!
Jaan L of Tx on
February 6, 2013 6:11 am
I still have little trinket boxes that I keep odd things that I have collected. Love going through my little boxes to see what I have. Thanks.
elyse on
February 6, 2013 6:33 am
greetings and warmest thank yous for this lovely review!!! i'm speechless!
thank you again!
Nancy on
February 6, 2013 6:56 am
I am a Fan of Elyse's too! Thanks for the chance to win!!
Mary Mac on
February 6, 2013 7:13 am
I love vintage inspired books and the page you have shown are just beautiful.
cindy corbett on
February 6, 2013 8:05 am
I love to create and with such little time in
my schedule this would be a great book to inspire me to do these beautiful crafts.
lynn on
February 6, 2013 8:28 am
looks super sweet. thank you.
deborah fielding on
February 6, 2013 9:20 am
Great giveaway, I have this wonderful book already but would love to give one to my friend
Bee happy x
Honora on
February 6, 2013 9:53 am
I too am a collector and lover of things! This book looks very inspirational. I might just have to open up my boxes of treasures and play.
Jennifer Payan on
February 6, 2013 10:06 am
This book looks so darling! I would love to win. Thank you so much!
patty on
February 6, 2013 10:19 am
love to win looks like the things i like to try and make thanks for the chance
Anne in NC on
February 6, 2013 10:52 am
What a gorgeous book! Thanks for the chance to win!
karen b on
February 6, 2013 11:06 am
What a wonderful book. I have many treasures and I love to tinker, so I would love a chance to win this. Thank you.
Theresa on
February 6, 2013 11:23 am
I bet this book is a treasure chest of projects to do. Would love to be able to look inside.
Connie | Daydream In Color on
February 6, 2013 11:37 am
What beautiful ideas! I'd love to win this book!
Karey on
February 6, 2013 11:51 am
What wonderful ideas!!
Marlene on
February 6, 2013 11:53 am
This book looks amazing, I would love to win a copy. Thank you for this wonderful giveaway.
Janet Lopes on
February 6, 2013 1:21 pm
Heather on
February 6, 2013 1:49 pm
The book looks adorable!
Cassidy on
February 6, 2013 1:49 pm
This looks like a sweet, inspirational book. I am a lover of treasures. I have many vintage buttons, fabric scraps, trims, laces etc.! This book looks like it could help me find ways to use these trinkets! Thanks!
theresa on
February 6, 2013 1:51 pm
what a fabulous book! would be perfect for a frugalista like me! Good luck everyone! x
manuela on
February 6, 2013 1:53 pm
thank a lot for the chance!!!
the book looks great, hope to win ;)!!
have a nice day
Wendy Lynch on
February 6, 2013 2:09 pm
I just want to curl up with this book! It reminds me of my grandmother's house. Thanks for the giveaway!
Susan Jordon on
February 6, 2013 2:11 pm
I would love to add this to my craft books and start making things from it. I shuffle my books weekly and make a prize from that particular book.
sarah on
February 6, 2013 2:17 pm
awesome giveaway! this book looks really fun!
good luck to all!
Debbie on
February 6, 2013 3:45 pm
Love it
jane d on
February 6, 2013 4:23 pm
Such beautiful ideas!
Kathy on
February 6, 2013 6:10 pm
From what you discussed its full of great projects – and cute way to display a book without showing everything. Can you include those trays too?
Wilhelmina Margalis on
February 6, 2013 8:30 pm
Can't wait to get crafting with this lovely book…fingers crossed!
Annie Guthrie on
February 6, 2013 8:31 pm
Elyse takes the ordinary, every day stuff that we throw in the recycle bin and makes something absolutely adorable out of it. I find her to be a real treasure and I'd love to win her book.
Jane T on
February 6, 2013 9:27 pm
The book sounds delightful and especially for people who love tiny bits of things.
Leesa Miller on
February 6, 2013 10:58 pm
I love craft books and would love to get this one.
karrie smith on
February 7, 2013 3:43 am
Thanks for the chance to win!
Paula on
February 7, 2013 9:54 am
Love the trinket ideas. It's the little things that make life special. Thanks for the offer to win the book.
Tiffany on
February 7, 2013 1:06 pm
So cool that I found this!! I am in the becoming stages of planning my very own, handmade, charming, little, budget friendly, wedding! I love all things vintage and am actually thinking of the Colorado mint and coral. I think I'd love this book!!
nitza nater on
February 7, 2013 1:59 pm
Well designed book! Love the pastel colors!I will be the luckiest girl if I win this book!
nitza nater on
February 7, 2013 2:03 pm
Well designed book! Love the pastel colors. I'll be the luckiest girl if I win this book!
becky derry on
February 7, 2013 3:13 pm
thank-you for the preview looks like a great book and thank-you for the giveaway chance
Jowyn Jenson on
February 8, 2013 10:01 am
Looks like a lovely book. Hope I win!
Monica on
February 8, 2013 11:22 am
Thank you for the giveaway!
Sylvia/LittleTreasures on
February 9, 2013 8:52 am
Oh does this look fun. I truly love all the colors I am seeing and I bet the inspiration within is pure fun. Thanks for the chance to win.
nancy benaway on
February 9, 2013 9:28 pm
Would love to have. Having a wedding next spring.
Deb (Two Cheeky Monkeys) on
February 10, 2013 4:00 pm
Oooh, this book looks full of cute ideas!!!
Amy Vanpool on
February 10, 2013 7:51 pm
I would love this book! It looks amazing!
Amy Vanpool on
February 10, 2013 7:54 pm
This looks like a beautiful book! I would love to win it.
Michelle on
February 10, 2013 9:58 pm
Oh my…such goodies! Thanks for a chance to win!
Kim Reid on
February 11, 2013 2:54 am
I would love a chance to win this fabulous book, thanks!!
Christine Bailey on
February 11, 2013 3:47 am
So glad you are doing a giveaway, this book is right up my alley when it ocmes to crafting, moving and living in a new apartment I'd love to have a copy to use it to decorate! Thank you!

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Marijuana, also known as cannabis or weed, is the most commonly used -- and abused -- illicit drug. It is often thought of as a "soft drug," with proponents claiming that it is non-addictive and relatively harmless, particularly when compared with the much more available and socially acceptable drug, alcohol.
What is a "Gateway Drug?"
The gateway drug theory states that "soft drugs," such as marijuana, provide an apparently safe psychoactive experience that makes naive users more open to experimenting with other illicit drugs. Because most people who develop severe problems with drugs, such as cocaine, meth, and heroin, had early experiences with marijuana before trying these other drugs, and because marijuana use is correlated with use of other drugs, the argument goes that if they had not taken marijuana in the first place, they would not have been lured into a false sense of security around drug use and so would never have "progressed" to other, more harmful substances.
The Marijuana Legalization Debate
In spite of marijuana having a reputation for being a non-problematic substance, and even being beneficial in the context of medical marijuana, some have argued that the biggest harm marijuana poses is its function as a gateway to other drug use. By their exposure to illict drug use in the form of marijuana, young people are introduced to the world of drug use and to drug dealers who have other "hard drugs" to offer, such as LSD, cocaine, and heroin.
Ironically, the gateway drug theory of cannabis has been used to support both sides of the debate on whether marijuana should be legalized. The anti-legalization lobby argue that marijuana's status as a gateway drug makes it more dangerous to users in the longer term, by introducing them to the experience of scoring, possessing and consuming an illegal drug.
Meanwhile, the pro-legalization lobby argues that it is the illegal status of the drug, combined with its relative harmlessness, that makes it uniquely positioned as a gateway to other illegal drug use. They argue that if marijuana were legal, it would no longer be a gateway drug, as users could purchase the drug through legal channels and thus not be exposed to "hard drugs."
Is Marijuana Harmless?
The relevance of the gateway drug theory rests on the premise that marijuana is harmless, which is incorrect. But this does not provide much support for the argument that marijuana is not a gateway drug, because to make that argument, it would have to be admitted that marijuana is potentially harmful in its own right, and the anti-legalization movement could then simply shift their emphasis to the direct harms caused by marijuana. As this does not support the goals of the pro-legalization side, proponents tend to stick to the view that marijuana is, to all intents and purposes, harmless, and the harms it causes arise from its illegal status.
Does Marijuana Lead to Other Drug Use?
Extensive reseach into the relationship between cannabis use and other drug use has only partially answered this question. Studies indicate that some people have a partially genetic predisposition to drug use, and that they are more likely to become heavy cannabis users. However, this finding doesn't particularly support the view that exposure to cannabis leads to other drug use.
The social aspects of the gateway drug theory are supported by evidence that cannabis users socialize with drug-using peers in settings that provide more opportunities to use other illicit drugs at an earlier age, and that this forms an illicit drug subculture with positive attitudes toward the use of other illicit drugs.
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Dick Heller is the man who brought the lawsuit against the District's 32-year-old ban on handguns. He was among the first in line Thursday morning to apply for a handgun permit.But when he tried to register his semi-automatic weapon, he says he was rejected. He says his gun has seven bullet clip. Heller says the City Council legislation allows weapons with fewer than eleven bullets in the clip. A spokesman for the DC Police says the gun was a bottom-loading weapon, and according to their interpretation, all bottom-loading guns are outlawed because they are grouped with machine guns
Like most rights, the right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited. From Blackstone through the 19th-century cases, commentators and courts routinely explained that the right was not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose . . . Although we do not undertake an exhaustive historical analysis today of the full scope of the Second Amendment, nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms.26We also recognize another important limitation on the right to keep and carry arms. Miller said, as we have explained, that the sorts of weapons protected were those "in common use at the time." 307 U. S., at 179. We think that limitation is fairly supported by the historical tradition of prohibiting the carrying of "dangerous and unusual weapons."
We turn finally to the law at issue here. As we have said, the law totally bans handgun possession in the home. It also requires that any lawful firearm in the home be disassembled or bound by a trigger lock at all times, rendering it inoperable.As the quotations earlier in this opinion demonstrate, the inherent right of self-defense has been central to the Second Amendment right. The handgun ban amounts to a prohibition of an entire class of "arms" that is overwhelmingly chosen by American society for that lawful purpose. The prohibition extends, moreover, to the home, where the need for defense of self, family, and property is most acute. Under any of the standards of scrutiny that we have applied to enumerated constitutional rights,27 banning from the home "the most preferred firearm in the nation to 'keep' and use for protection of one's home and family," 478 F. 3d, at 400, would fail constitutional muster.
Couldn't one reasonably call EVERY gun dangerous?
I would, though, support an amendment to outlaw private ownership of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.
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What the h*ll is a non-dangerous gun?
What "bottom-loading" has to do with making something a "machine gun" is anybody's guess.
think that is basically the point that Billy Beck has been making in deriding the Heller decision — i.e. that all the gobbledygook language being used to define a right that predates the Constitution will only lead to further restriction of that right, not less.
Welcome to the world MLK faced....governments dragged their feet for 20 years after Brown v. Board of Education. It's going to be a long slog, thru the courts to convince the Powers That Be that the status quo is untenable.
"No, it's not. The issue I'm taking - and have been right from the beginning - is the premise on which we argue for the right to own guns. You believe that it stems from the 2nd Amendment. I maintain that the 2nd Amendment is laughably redundant to the facts of reality, at best. Your stand here is just another variant on the common belief that rights are the result of the constitution, and that's not only not true, but it's also positively dangerous, because - or any other part of the constitution, which is in fact what's been going on now for nearly a century - and you suddenly don't have a leg to stand on because you've already granted the premise that the piece of paper itself is the authority for rights. Well, if that's true, it's also the authority for legislating them out of existence."
Read this part again: "...all the weezils have to do is erase the 2nd Amendment...
the common belief that rights are the result of the constitution, and that's not only not true
A spokesman for the DC Police says the gun was a bottom-loading weapon, and according to their interpretation, all bottom-loading guns are outlawed because they are grouped with machine guns.
"You can believe in the right to bear arms all you want, but without the constitution it will exist only in your mind."
But none of that explains the origin of the right itself.
they are not in the least dependent for their existence upon anyone else's agreement about them.
I'm moving to DC, and getting an M2 for home defense...
Without a state structure that recognizes them, rights merely represent your own ideas about how things should be. There isn't even agreement on what rights people should have. Just because you think certain rights are "inherent" doesn't make them so.
Your philosophy is exactly what leads to governments which restrict rights. My reading of history and human nature tells me that only a strong international philosophical movement that solidly stands for and proclaims natural rights will be an effective instrument to fight for human rights and freedoms within governments.
Such rights are inherent to the person. Period.
Don't ever complain about the violation of one of your rights,
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
There is never going to be a way to demonstrate to "David C." the cheap and crummy folly of his position, because he's stupid.
Don't ever complain about the violation of one of your rights, son, because I'll be here to let you you know — on your own premises — that they never existed to begin with.
Your philosophy is exactly what leads to governments which restrict rights.
My reading of history and human nature tells me that only a strong international philosophical movement that solidly stands for and proclaims natural rights will be an effective instrument to fight for human rights and freedoms within governments.
What I am arguing is that without a political structure to enforce/recognize human rights, those rights are mere philosophical concepts which have no practical meaning — which was the case in most of the world throughout most of human history — and is still the case in much of the world today.
Society may try to limit it, it may attempt to punish me for exercising it. And I may fail in my attempt to exercise it successfully. But none of that invalidates the fact that I have that inherent right - which is mine alone - to exercise as and when I determine it to be necessary.
Don, good points...
At the same time, there are lawsuits against gun bans in Chicago and San Francisco, which are really attempts to achieve incorporation. I predict the 5th circuit incorporates, the 9th is a throwup IMO. If the 5th and 9th disagree on the issue, the incorporation issue could be heading towards the supremes . . .
Personally, I see an inherent right as one I have the moral authority to exercise without anyone's permission.
If you're curious as to which rights are "natural" — i.e. inherent to the person — then consider which ones amongst those listed by Joe don't involve forcing someone else to submit to your will.
I'm surprised to hear about the one in San Francisco. I would have the thought that the strategy would be to get favorable rulings in the Seventh Circuit (Chicago),
I would have the thought that the strategy would be to get favorable rulings in the Seventh Circuit (Chicago)
The problem, as I've mentioned before, is that those of you basing the existence of your rights on what others give you are mistaking enforcement for existence.
You have a right to:1) Kill young womyn hitch-hikers2) Have sex with person's under the age of 163) Kill Jews4) Kill those possessed by demons?
I agree — but I also view that are pure philosophy.
The real action, now, is in the courts.
the rights extend from creation of the social contract
Throughout history many people who were bigger, tougher, stronger, better-armed, better trained, wealthier, smarter, of a certain birth, or whatever other advantage might have applied, have thought they had a natural right to rule over the weak or less fortunate. And often their natural right to rule included the right to kill you if objected to being ruled. The strong ruling over the weak seems more "natural" than most of the rights we are actually in favor of.
I propose in the absence of other men, no 'rights' exist because they don't need to.
They had no such "natural right", they had the power (and most likely the collusion of other men, usually for a reward, to attempt to subjugate the rest).
No McQ, they had the RIGHT ...
You have NOT demonstrated a "natural right" your are merely re-stating the axiom...that you CALL a right.
I don't mind a debate or a discussion, but I'm not going to waste my time talking in endless circles with someone who refuses to acknowledge a fairly common concept and its common definitions and insists instead on using his own, homemade ones.
Pretty funny McQ...I'm asking you to "prove" Natural Rights...I cite examples of those who would NOT accept self-ownership as a Natural Right and YOU claim I'm not willing to learn...You're not much better than Beck at that level...
I'm willing to learn, but YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TEACH IT.
respond to questions and points made by other people?.
I did McQ you explain that Pharoah haqd no right to boss the serfs and I say, Yes he did, he had an internally consistent and logical explanation for why he could.
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Pisgah defeated No. 7 George Walton Academy 11-4 in their opening game of the tournament. Jen Sapp pitched a complete game, scattering four hits and striking out three. Morgan Walter had the big hit for the Patriots with a three-run home run. Condon added a solo homer, while Camille Tracy was 2-for-2.
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I tried ti hang with Cynthia Washam for a little bit but couldn't keep up. She won the women's race in 1:12:32, good for 12th overall. Randi Garvey from Tequesta won the women's masters in 1:19:38.
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2. Jon Williams, 41, Miami, 57:08
3. James Martin, 17, Hobe Sound, 1:01:13
4. Seth Kaufman, 34, Jupiter, 1:02:39
5. Brendan Sherlock, 63, Ireland, 1:02:58
6. Tyler Fearns, 16, Stuart, 1:07:00
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He has no legs and no right arm, yet despite his disabilities—or perhaps because of them—Judge August Bonavita decided to play to his strengths. "My father always told me you're going to have to use your mind; he drove home that education was the only option," says Bonavita, 47, who was appointed in 2009 to fill a vacancy on the Palm Beach County Court in Florida.
The ABA Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law, citing 2005 U.S. Census Bureau figures, estimates nearly one in five Americans lives with a disability. Of the 54.4 million Americans with disabilities, 6.5 million have a severe disability.
Yet for a variety of reasons—some economic, some social—few disabled people seek careers in law. The commission's 2010 Goal III Report (PDF) on the status of lawyers with disabilities found that while 19 percent of the people in this country are disabled, only 3.8 percent of them work in a law-related field. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics maintains the figure could be as low as 2.6 percent as of the third quarter of 2009.
Bonavita hopes his story spurs others with disabilities to consider careers in law. "There are a lot of things you can do with law. That's one of the reasons why I chose the law."
He earned his law degree from Seton Hall in 1992. After a judicial clerkship, he went into private practice in New Jersey for four years, leaving in 1997 to become an assistant public defender in Tampa.
Two years later he became a state assistant attorney general based in West Palm Beach, where he met Charlie Crist, who became Florida attorney general in 2002. Crist, who became governor in 2007, remembered Bonavita's 12 years of public service when the state Judicial Nominating Committee forwarded Bonavita's name in 2009 for the 15th Judicial Circuit vacancy. In 2010 he won a full six-year term on the court after his competitor dropped out of the judicial elections.
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Bonavita got interested in the law when he was just 8 years old; that's also when a horrendous accident cost him his limbs.
On March 27, 1972, he was just a third-grader building a fort with two friends behind the bowling alley near his home in Carteret, N.J. The enclosure around the electrical transformers that powered the bowling alley had rusted away, enabling the boys to slip inside. But he tripped and reached out to break his fall, his right hand clamping onto an exposed wire connected to the transformer. He couldn't let go as 13,000 volts (more than five times the highest voltage used in an electric chair) coursed through his right arm, cooking it from the inside out. The arcing electricity also caused a small fire.
One of the boys with him ran home in terror; the other ran for help. A man at the bowling alley saved Bonavita's life by bodily heaving him from the wire. Doctors ultimately amputated his arm at the shoulder and both legs, badly burned, above the knee.
"They started with my feet and hand and tried to save as much as they could," he says. But that was the least of his worries. "They didn't think I was going to live. They brought in a priest who read me the last rites."
In desperation, his mother sprinkled holy water from Lourdes around his hospital room. "Two or three days later, I was sitting up in bed, asking for something to eat," Bona vita says.
Bonavita never let his disability define him. It never occurred to him that he wouldn't continue to attend public school (though he was the only student there in a wheelchair), go to college, get married and start a family.
In the ensuing years, he would become fascinated with the law, in part due to the lawsuit filed on his behalf and settled with the power company.
"The law," he says, "has been extremely good to me."
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3.7/5 rDev +1.9%
quality: 4 | service: 3 | selection: 4 | $
Finally!! Pittsburghers can go into a grocery store and buy beer!! Yippee!!
Stopped by here once all the hype of a new "Market District" store died down. If you enter through the café side, you are right in the middle of the beer section. I wasn't expecting much, but wow...I was pleasantly surprised!
They have six packs and four pack to go along one wall. The selection includes most of the popular craft brew as well as a few import favorites. They also have a section dedicated to big bottles that you can buy as singles. They also sell cases, but the selection is pretty limited.
I have seen a few odd-ball 12 oz. bottles for sale...DFH-WWS was the latest. Not sure what kind of deal they have worked out, but this was the first place to sell Troegs NN...and they had it cheaper than the brewery itself!
All in all, a good place for brews. Warning...they stop selling beer at 10pm!
01-25-2010 19:19:55 | More by mgbickel
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05-19-2014 00:49:55 | More by ItsBeer4Me
3.64/5 rDev +0.3%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 3.5 | service: 4 | selection: 3.5 | $$
Having stopped in around Pittsburgh for a long errand, this was the nearest place for me to check out in time alotted.
It is much like a Whole Foods chain, but the beer area is brightly lit and well displayed and tidy. Sections are well shown, bombers, mix a six (although those sections are very small). Others are labelled local and foreign to other 'craft' beer.
Selection though if you are from the area is a bit ordinary, but if you are from out of the town its a good place for Voodoo and Fat Head's beers. Staff also was knowledgeable about the products, they could answer my questions without any problems or acting confused.
Crazy idiotc laws dont help so its only 192 oz. of beer per person per purchase. Unless you want to walk out to your car and come back.. again.
There are growler fills here and also some offerings on tap as well.
03-05-2014 23:13:23 | More by smakawhat
3.25/5 rDev -10.5%
11-16-2013 00:37:53 | More by schiltron
3/5 rDev -17.4%
10-08-2013 23:23:53 | More by ejimhof
3.33/5 rDev -8.3%
vibe: 3 | quality: 4 | service: 2 | selection: 4 | $$$
Stopped in today while grocery shopping. They finally had the taps set up, so I looked around for a bit. No prices listed anywhere that I could see.
I asked for a price list, and the cashier provided me with their sheet, which was sadly incomplete. Several of the beers on tap weren't listed, and the cashier wasn't sure how they would get rung up at all.
Decent selection overall. Abput 12 taps, though I didn't count. Racer 5, Southern Tier Old Man Winter, two from local brewery Draai Laag, and others I can't remember.
Bad news: the pricing. The cheapest on the sheet was the ST Old Man at $16 for a growler fill. Considering you can get a 6pack for less than that, I was not impressed.
Racer 5 was about $25 for a growler fill. I like R5 and all, but that's just extreme -- works out to $4.50/12oz? No thanks.
12-31-2012 18:25:13 | More by jeaton
3.58/5 rDev -1.4%
vibe: 3 | quality: 4 | service: 3 | selection: 4.5 | food: 2 | $$
Dec 11, 2012
Market District has stepped up its game. Some of these reviews are dated but I can attest to the fact that things are better now.
Banner on the wall says, "Voted best bottleshop in Pittsburgh. Over 700 Varieties of Beer." I believe it. There is an enormous selection of craft brews. You can get 6ers & 12's. There's also a cooler of singles, ranging from 12 to 25 oz bottles. The 6 pack selection is good, maybe not mind blowing. The singles selection, IMO, is stellar. Weyerbacher, Nebraska, Brooklyn, Stone, Troegs, Great Divide, Smuttynose, New Holland, and many more. Not just the flagships, but some obscure offerings too.
You can drink on site if you buy "single serving" food (aka not groceries). However, even a $1.00 bag of chips qualifies. The cafeteria food is, well, cafeteria food. There are some pre-packaged meals that aren't terrible.
They are in the process of installing 10+ tap handles! Draft beer at the grocery store?? (Wipes tear of joy from eye). The taps are there but sadly the beer is not…soon! Talked to a young employee who knows his beers and he said they will have some pretty rare and diverse stuff. They will give you a proper glass (pint) if you ask which you can take upstairs to the café. It's a nice area, not exactly "date worthy" but pleasant. For some reason it's oddly refreshing drinking a beer outside of a bar. I meet my friends there for a couple before heading to a real bar. Nice. But here's THE most important item you will find upstairs;
A bottle opener. Big, industrial strength, bolted to the wall.
I was never told the "2 beer rule" myself but I don't doubt it, having lived under PA's draconian liquor laws my whole life. If true the question then becomes, what's "a beer"? I have gone up there with a 25 oz Dragon's Milk Stout (10% ABV). No hassles or second looks. (Ya, I'm getting 'faced in Giant Eagle, big whoop, wanna fight about it?!) I've had waitresses tell me I wasn't allowed to open my own beer at other bottleshops, because it was state law I must be "served." Maybe true or maybe they say that to discourage people from opening beers and not paying. All I know is at this moment in time you can open your own big ass beer at Market District. Two, if you are so inclined.
It's cool to grab a couple (big) singles and explore some more exotic beers without investing in a whole case. I think GEMD has a good thing going here. Hopefully nothing comes along to screw it up (like me passing out in aisle 3).
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Season 20 Episode 635 Aired: three/31/1975 This here is the really last Gunsmoke Television series. A comedy of errors puts Festus behind a plow, farming for a family members of shiftless sharecroppers Note: Guest star, Bruce Boxleitner would co-star with James Arness in the series How the West was Won, and would co-star with him in the made for Tv film Red River and the last Gunsmoke film 1 Man's Justice.
Gunsmoke in The Sharecroppers
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Amanda Blake who played Miss Kitty quit the end of the next to last season.She later said that if she had known the show would only last one more season she would have stayed.Amanda Blake died in 1989.She died of AIDS, the result of a contaminated blood transfusion.
I loved Gunsmoke especially Fetus!!!
I loved "Gunsmoke" but I can see that in the end it had deteriorated into a bad soap opera. Awful. But I'm only 9 minutes into this thing. Maybe the key players will arrive sometime?
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12:47 closeup… its TRON!
I wonder if anyone else recognized Victor French (aka Mr. Edwards from Little House on the Prairie) in this episode?
This is 1 of the best episodes. I think they did this 1 perfectly.Festus was especially fantastic.hahahah Toby, "how"s your pie settling now". Dibble Pugh Hahahah. Av Marie to Festus "why don't you & me go find some shade" "WHAT"
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The show was still popular and all the stars thought they would be returning for another season! CBS has pulled more hit series off the air while they were still doing well in the ratings than the other networks combined!


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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is making a visit to the Bay Area Friday for a private fundraising event in Hillsborough, according to his campaign.
Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, will be attending a fundraiser at 4:45 p.m. at a private estate at Strawberry Hill, according to an invitation for the event posted on a website for a local Republican group.
Tickets for the event, which is closed to media, cost between $1,000 and $50,000 per person, campaign officials said.
Hillsborough police said parking will be prohibited and traffic will be delayed in certain parts of the town between 2 p.m. and 9 p.m., including Skyfarm Drive, Macadamia Drive, Redington Road and parts of Eucalyptus Avenue.
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President Barack Obama is also expected to visit the Bay Area for a fundraiser prior to the November election. The president's campaign announced Thursday that Obama will be visiting San Francisco on Oct. 8.
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Genres: Alternative / Songwriter / Composer / Flash Folk/Jazz
Members: Randy Vera
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When you listen to a lot of music for your entire life then one day decide to write about that music as a critic, everything changes, you become by default...more critical. As such that increases over the years and it thereby becomes more difficult to find anything that actually gets your attention in such a way that you are genuinely intrigued and pleased enough to want more. This is how I felt when I first heard the music of Randy Vera. One of the things I do is make my assessment and ask myself, who does he remind you of? Then I go to the artist page and look at the "sounds like" references to see if I was spot on or not. The first artist that came to mind was Tom Waits, bingo! He is the first one mentioned. I then thought of Randy Newman and Leonard Cohen. Those two are not mentioned however I felt there was a little bit of each artist in Vera's sound and Warren Zevon? Yes, particularly with the lyrics and the way he delivers them. I am not familiar at with Gil Scott-Heron's work but it probably is a reflection of him as well. All comparisons aside, this gent has his act together and is one of the more unique and engaging singer/songwriters I have heard in quite some time.
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Born and raised in Allston/Brighton section of Boston, Massachusetts, Randy Vera is a finalist for the 2012 John Lennon Songwriting award, as one of three final candidates in the "Jazz" category. His song placements include VAS Entertainment's acclaimed surfing films and Road Work pictures "The Mean Of Green" (2013). Randy is currently recording with 12 time Platinum Producer Anthony J. Resta (Twilight Films Soundtrack, Elton John, Collective Soul), and he maintains a busy performing schedule.
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I have written countless stories about farming, but none of them involved a cornfield turning to popcorn. Or a pair of raindrops falling in love high above the fields.
Those were among the images created by Stanislaus County children who won statewide awards in an annual writing contest on farm topics. They received three of the six grand prizes in the latest version, and a Merced student won a fourth.
The Imagine This contest is sponsored by the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom. Students in third through eighth grades can enter factual or fictional writings that celebrate farming or ranching.
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• Fourth grade: Evan Johns of Gratton School in Denair for The Incident, about ranchers dealing with rustlers and injured cattle.
• Fifth grade: Jake Martin of Sacred Heart School in Patterson, for Luigis Pride. Its about a farmer tending a cornfield and dreaming that it popped.
• Eighth grade: Morgan Hicks of Gratton School for Raineo and Dropulete, a twist on Romeo and Juliet that involves raindrops.
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• Grace Reis, a third-grader at Gratton, for A Corny Costume.
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• Jenny Jean McLaughlin, a fifth-grader at Sacred Heart, for Field Trip to My Farm.
• Mark Ludwig, a sixth-grader at St. Stanislaus School in Modesto, for The Power of the Pomegranate.
• Peter Fogarty, a sixth-grader at Sacred Heart School in Turlock, for The Life of an Almond.
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The following is a press release issued by Lasell College:
held its 158th commencement exercises Sunday, May 13, granting 354 baccalaureate degrees and 78 master's degrees, before an audience packed with family, friends, and members of the Lasell community. The Class of 2012 marked the largest group of graduates in Lasell College history
Commencement speaker U.S. Representative for Massachusetts' Fourth Congressional District Barney Frank, delivered a speech that asked graduates to consider the benefits of reducing the role of the U.S. military abroad.
Frank spoke of what he hopes will be an end of an era of military support by the U.S of other countries around the world to defend democracy.
"Today that role isn't necessary or affordable," Frank said. "Your generation has to [support] a scale back of military commitments."
Frank encouraged graduates to consider how federal dollars might be spent otherwise, including maintaining a reduced interest rate on student loans and continuing to fund Medicare and Medicaid.
"We need to be able to protect others, but we haven't sufficiently scaled back," he said.
The audience also heard messages from Lasell College President Michael B. Alexander, who asked the graduates to focus on being "good people" and to maintain their friendships nurtured during college. Recalling his own friendships from college, he said that those relationships and memories can help sustain you in difficult times.
Class of 2012 undergraduate student speaker Kasey Looney and graduate student speaker Helene Alland also addressed the graduating class reminding students to savor the memories they have of Lasell.
The commencement exercises also honored one faculty and one staff member with for excellence in educational leadership. Humanities Professor Mimi Reddicliffe and Student Affairs Director Jennifer Granger were honored.


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Chaya, the restaurant group known for ushering in Asian fusion with classic dishes like tuna tartare, opened its first location near Beverly Hills in 1984. Chaya Brasserie has always been a hot spot for the fashion-forward crowd around Robertson, but its real lineage goes back further than three decades.
Chaya's original location opened in 1661 in what is now Hayama, Japan. It began humbly, as a tea house. By 1894, as Hayama became a destination, Hikage Chaya transformed into a luxury inn for travelers and visitors to the area. It wasn't until 1978 that Chaya opened a full restaurant operation, which continues to thrive in Japan today.
This year, Chaya Brasserie celebrates its 30th Anniversary. To honor the occasion, Chaya will host Kuniaki Kozuka—the Michelin-starred chef stationed at Chaya's original location in Japan—for a special collaboration dinner. On October 18 and 19, taste both the food of chef Kozuka and L.A.'s chef Shigefumi Tachibe at Chaya on Alden. (Details on how to reserve a seat at this exclusive dinner are forthcoming.)
To find out what keeps Chaya relevant in today's ever-changing dining scene, we talked to owner Yuta Tsunoda about Chaya's mission, and how it's developed over the years.
You've seen the company grow in Japan and in L.A. How has Chaya evolved over the years?Staying true to our original concepts and roots of Franco-Japonaise cuisine, we strive to not only keep up with, but be one step ahead the trends and all aspects of the restaurant industry. Overall, our food has evolved with the farm-to-table concept, though Chaya in Japan has always followed many of these now popular trends in dining. We aim to use organic, local, and sustainable ingredients as much as possible. I like that Shigefumi Tachibe (Corporate Executive Chef) uses only the simplest cooking methods. Since nothing he creates is too elaborate, his food is a mastery of balance. He constantly creates new and innovative dishes without overshadowing our signature, most popular items that have come to define CHAYA. How has Chaya stayed relevant in the dining scene over the years?I always remember this: Never rest on your laurels! We're constantly tweaking, researching, and listening to our loyal customers— they're the ones who have kept us around for the past 30 years. Our goal is to keep challenging ourselves, both in the kitchen and the dining room, and to continually get better each year.Will Chaya open any new locations in the next couple of years?The idea is always on our minds. Actually, we would like to expand beyond the recognized CHAYA restaurants and perhaps open in new cities and areas with an entirely different concept. This would probably be something more intimate and smaller than the current CHAYA concept.What do you hope guests might experience from Chaya's brand of hospitality?We want to provide every customer with the best. Our heritage speaks to our commitment to this—our goal is to make sure everyone has a great time, every time. It's not all business. When you dine at Chaya, we want you to feel like you are part of the Chaya history and family.What is the future of Chaya?Hopefully the future is bright! We will always be working to improve our current restaurants and listening to the demands of our guests. We are also always aiming to improve our service by allowing our patrons to experience the true heart within Japanese hospitality.
Chaya Brasserie, 8741 Alden Dr. Los Angeles, 310-859-8833.
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