text:
Fairfax/Northern Virginia criminal defense / DWI attorney Jon Katz is a highly-rated lawyer with 22-years experience pursuing the best defense in felony, misdemeanor, drug, marijuana and sex cases.
MAIN OFFICE: Fairfax County, Virginia, 10509 Judicial Drive, Suite 101, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, 703-383-1100, fax 703-383-0800. katzjustice.com.
Satellite meeting location: ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA 2111 Wilson, Blvd., Suite 700, 22201.
Jon Katz on RTV (June 25, 2014) on requiring warrants to search cellphones.
JON KATZ IS AV-RATED, SUPER LAWYERS-LISTED, and AVVO.COM 10.0-RATED.
Jon defends in the state and federal courts in Fairfax, Northern Virginia, and beyond, including courts in Fairfax City, Arlington, Falls Church, Alexandria, Prince William and Loudoun County. Criminal defense is about defending people and upholding civil liberties. Se habla español. On parle français.
Just Say Know. See Jon Katz's additional YouTube videos.
Challenging Obama's spying-gate. (Fox News, June 8, 2013).
Read this before choosing a criminal defense or DWI attorney.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers member since 1991.
Marijuana's legalization is critical for advancing everyone's civil liberties. Defending marijuana clients since 1991, Jon fights pot prosecutions running from simple possession to marijuana trafficking to growing dozens of plants. On several occasions, he has pursued misdemeanor dispositions in marijuana cultivation prosecutions, sometimes with the assistance of a marijuana cultivation expert and medical marijuana expert. Here is how Jon became obsessed over marijuana legalization by 1990.
Too many people get arrested and convicted for not heeding these simple words of advice, which are further illustrated in Jon's video.
Screaming out the benefits of keeping silent and refusing searches with police is Busted, by Flex Your Rights, on whose Board of Advisors Jon Katz sits.
Recent Entries
Happy birthday to César Chávez- "You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore."
Tuesday, March 31 2015
A full day with Jon Kabat-Zinn, a key catalyst to making mindfulness and meditation mainstream.
Friday, March 27 2015
Being fearless of death and injury makes one more powerful.
Wednesday, March 25 2015
Deaf man denied sign language interpreter at Arlington jail. Pleads guilty to receiving stolen property after alleged theft victim says he found his iPad.
Tuesday, March 24 2015
Difficult clients give their lawyers a chance to rise to the occasion, or to fail.
Friday, March 20 2015
More on the power of the now, interconnectedness, and openness.
Wednesday, March 18 2015
My return speaking engagement at GW's Human Sexuality class.
Friday, March 13 2015
The power of transcending being sidetracked.
Thursday, March 12 2015
Winning a DWI trial despite less than stellar evidence for the defense.
Tuesday, March 10 2015
Judicial mandates for AA meetings violate the First Amendment. Alternatives to AA are few and far between.
Sunday, March 8 2015
Add your comments.
To comment, cookies must be activated to allow captchas. Due to spam comments, please email me as detailed here at jon[at]katzjustice[dot]com when commenting on any blog posting over 3 days old.
Jon posts key information and links to Twitter.
Limited to relevant, updated blogs.
Criminal Defense
Prosecutors/Law Enforcement - Know the Opposition
More Law
Native American Rights
Beyond the law
Beyond blogs
Fairfax police officers' next court dates
Fifth Amendment Right at Sentencing
Field sobriety training manuals. 2013, too.
Fifth Amendment Right at Sentencing
Keeping Defendants' Suppression Motion Testimony Out of Trial
Programs and links for my clients.
U.S. Constitution Annotated
Va. Dept. Forensic Science records on Intox EC/IR II accuracy and maintenance data
Syndicate This Blog
Our office reflects Jon's approach to battling for victory through t'ai chi harmony.
Light overcomes darkness. A lotus flower emerges from the mud. Criminal defense is about transcending all the hurdles, bows and arrows in eyeshot of the defense. (Photo copyright Jon Katz.)
Our Terms of Use governs your visit to our website.
CASE RESULTS DEPEND UPON A VARIETY OF FACTORS UNIQUE TO EACH CASE, AND DO NOT GUARANTEE OR PREDICT A SIMILAR RESULT IN ANY FUTURE CASE UNDERTAKEN BY OUR LAW FIRM. Va. R. Prof. Cond. 7.1(b). Nothing on this blog and elsewhere in the katzjustice.com website is legal advice. Jon Katz is admitted to practice before the state and federal courts in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. A competent lawyer should be consulted privately for any legal advice. Here is further disclaimer information and the terms of use for this website.
Copyright Jon Katz, P.C.
CONTACT JON KATZ, a highly-rated criminal defense attorney.
Our law firm symbol underlines Jon's relentless focus on winning advocacy and total client service through mindful and skilled court preparation and battle.
703-383-1100, 10509 Judicial Drive, Suite 101, Fairfax, Virginia 22030.
Satellite meeting office: 2111 Wilson Blvd., Suite 700, Arlington, Virginia 22201
NOTE: CASE RESULTS DISCUSSED IN THIS BLOG DEPEND UPON A VARIETY OF FACTORS UNIQUE TO EACH CASE, AND DO NOT GUARANTEE OR PREDICT A SIMILAR RESULT IN ANY FUTURE CASE UNDERTAKEN BY OUR LAW FIRM. Va. R. Prof. Cond. 7.1(b).
Friday, February 27. 2015
The power of being fully present at ... Posted by Jon Katz in Persuasion at 00:00
Comments (0)
Trackbacks (0)
The power of being fully present at all times.
By Fairfax County/Northern Virginia criminal defense lawyer Jon Katz. Fighting for the best outcome for DWI/DUI, drugs, marijuana, sex charges, felonies and misdemeanors.
Three years ago, my son, now eight, and I went to a local family mindfulness gathering, where everyone goes around the circle adding a marble or more in a jar of water, naming an experienced feeling from the week with each added marble (and then joining our feelings together through stirring the marbles and letting them settle), has a moment of quiet after the children ring the singing bowl, does an activity, and plays.
Needless to say, my then-five-year-old was more interested in playing with me during all this sitting than anything else, and I recognized that if he wants to sit quietly like that, that needs to come from his own choice. He did enjoy stirring the marbles, ringing the bowl and playing
A few days later, I emailed with one of the attendees, who remarked how present I was during the gathering. For me, I was doing what just came naturally, having a great time with my son on a weekend morning after the many workday hours being away from him.
Of course, we have constant challenges daily and hourly to get and stay present. Our smartphones are marvels of technology, but can easily become distraction devices. Our unfinished work and home obligations can weigh on our minds. If we awake with a strange small growth on our neck, we are challenged to be able to think about anything else until we are assured that the growth is but a harmless lymph node.
Those earning all their income on sales through cold calling and handing out business cards can be challenged to put down the business cards for a day, or even half a day, and to just be, in the present.
Is being in the present overrated? Probably the opposite. The present moment is the only moment we have. It is a precious moment that will never return. The samurai who thinks about his or her next move rather than being present in the battle will have his or her head lopped off, which is not the right antidote against dwelling on the future.
Does being in the present merely and oversimplistically mean "don't worry; be happy" and cast your future to the wind? No. Life is a balance of living in the present and providing for the future; the balance is crucial.
Mindfulness practice is essential for being in the present. My favorite mindfulness practice is taijiquan, for helping me be calm and mindful even when in the eye of the storm.
Recently, I dealt with a prosecutor whose mood is so often unpredictable, running from being all agitated to all jolly and everything in between. When I saw that he was assigned to my client's courtroom that day, I immediately switched off expectations of unpredictability from him. Absent a court date postponement, he was going to be my case's prosecutor for the day, and that was my reality. I had already prepared myself to be fully present that day by having practiced the taijiquan form and standing meditation at home early that morning. Sometimes I delay doing taijiquan until later in the day, but doing so just helps assure that I will find additional tasks delaying my doing taijiquan, until I see that it is bedtime.
On this particular morning, I had already been present with myself through taijiquan, to help assure my being better able to be present with everyone else, to then better assure that they would be present with me, so as to better assure giving more of the time and attention to me and my client's cause to help assure a better outcome for my client.
My wife, who is one of my most important teachers, and I deeply bow to and hug her in thanks, emphasizes many times the power of energy in dealing with ourselves and others. While I still remain skeptical of the lengths to which plenty of new agers go with all this energy work, clearly positive energy is essential for our dealings with ourselves and others. I blogged recently here on the power of positive energy. Some of my most recent written thoughts on energy include:
- Imagine an unlimited powerful energy source always being at everyone's disposal. This is a reality within the grasp of all, even if they falter and return to the energy source.
- Negative energy can be neutralized. Past mis-steps can be paved over by finding and returning to the right path. Multiple paths exist to reach the ultimate destination.
- Enter the wrestling ring absorbing all the good energy. When surprised by the opponent, acknowledge that s/he also has found and applied powerful energy. Rather than being debilitated by the opponent's excellence, appreciate this opportunity to be required to reach new heights to overcome the opponent. Because we all are connected, a wrestling match at once is about neutralizing and besting the opponent, and bettering yourself.Continue reading "The power of being fully present at all times. "
Wednesday, February 25. 2015
Pot legalization takes effect ... Posted by Jon Katz in Drugs at 00:00
Comments (0)
Trackbacks (0)
Pot legalization takes effect tomorrow in Washington, D.C.
By Fairfax County/Northern Virginia criminal defense lawyer Jon Katz. Fighting for the best outcome for DWI/DUI, drugs, marijuana, sex charges, felonies and misdemeanors.
Pot legalization takes effect tomorrow in Washington, D.C., when the District's marijuana referendum becomes effective law.
Thanks to Mayor Muriel Bowser and all city councilmembers who did not bow to threats from a few U.S. House Republicans warning about Mayor Bowser's risks of federal prosecution in the face of the recent federal spending bill that inserted a prohibition for the D.C. government to spend funds to effectuate the pot referendum. No funds need to be spent to effectuate the referendum's legalization provision to not arrest, prosecute, nor otherwise penalize people for marijuana activities; all that is needed is to not arrest nor prosecute for such activities. Moreover, do not expect the Obama Administration to prosecute D.C. government officials for allowing marijuana legalization.
My understanding is that the referendum includes provisions beyond the criminal law that are not self-effectuating and that will not be effectuated to the extent that government spending is required to do so. I have not thoroughly reviewed the referendum to see whether it still involves prohibition of public marijuana smoking.
People do need to remember that marijuana possession on federal property in Washington, D.C., still can be prosecuted by the United States Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C., and federal property abounds in the District -- including the National Mall and the huge Rock Creek Park, to name but two places beyond buildings -- so that few people likely know by heart where all the federal property is located.
Monday, February 23. 2015
Police stingray snooping technology ... Posted by Jon Katz in Constitutional Law at 00:00
Comment (1)
Trackbacks (0)
Police stingray snooping technology shows how much our cellphones make us sitting dudks to surveillance.
By Fairfax County/Northern Virginia criminal defense lawyer Jon Katz. Fighting for the best outcome for DWI/DUI, drugs, marijuana, sex charges, felonies and misdemeanors.
Did George Orwell know that Internet and cellphone technology would one day arrive, giving law enforcement and many others new opportunities to severely invade our privacy?
It was only a matter of time that police would obtain and use stingray snooping technology that snoops not only on suspects, but even nearby non-suspects. Sometimes police obtain search warrants to stingray people, and sometimes not, and some judges issue stingray warrants on standards below the probable cause requirement of the Fourth Amendment.
Our knowledge about stingray technology is limited by the prosecutors would prefer to offer sweetheart negotiations to criminal defendants rather than be forced to comply with court orders to disclose the workings of the stingray technology.
Certainly, criminal defense lawyers need to be inquiring whether their clients were subjected to stingray surveillance.
Here is some more stingray information:
- See the links in this recent Washington Post article on stingray snooping.
- ACLU's map on the minimum of twenty states where law enforcement is using stingray technology.
- Florida stingray documents obtained by the ACLU, and the ACLU's overview on the documents.
- More from the ACLU on stingray snooping.
Sunday, February 22. 2015
Why did rabbi Barry Freundel plead ... Posted by Jon Katz in Criminal Defense at 11:49
Comments (0)
Trackbacks (0)
Why did rabbi Barry Freundel plead guilty to so many counts of voyeurism? How should he prepare for sentencing?
By Fairfax County/Northern Virginia criminal defense lawyer Jon Katz. Fighting for the best outcome for DWI/DUI, drugs, marijuana, sex charges, felonies and misdemeanors.
As a criminal defense lawyer, I believe strongly in the presumption of innocence in the criminal justice system. As a human, I am sickened, to say the least, at the allegations, to which he pled guilty, that Washington, D.C., rabbi Bernard "Barry" Freundel videotaped dozens of nude women immersing themselves in the ritual mikvah bath when thinking they were only being observed by a female attendant.
Attending a Reform Jewish congregation as I grew up, the concept of the mikvah seemed peculiar to me. It seems to be a ritual most common with Orthodox synagogues, which apparently were the only type of synagogue until that changed in the nineteenth century with those rejecting orthodoxy of Orthodox Judaism. My last ancestor to have used a mikvah would have been my mother's father's mother, who lived until she was 96 and I was 21.
Barry Freundel was Kesher Israel synagogue's rabbi since 1987, with congregants including former senator Joseph Lieberman and his wife Hadassah (from my natal state of Connecticut) and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew.
Freundel on February 19 entered a guilty plea to fifty-two counts of voyeurism, a misdemeanor that carries up to one year for each count. His plea agreement has not yet been made public, but the chief D.C. federal prosecutor has said his office will seek incarceration. The only good reason for pleading guilty to that many counts is to avoid risking a prosecution and conviction for even more counts, and to try to reduce sentencing exposure.
Unlike convicted former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell, who had character witnesses lined up into the hallway to testify at his sentencing for criminal receipt of gifts in cash and kind, one wonders whether many people will step up to plate to do the same for Freundel. Does he have anything sympathetic to present at sentencing beyond any otherwise spotless arrest record and a history of helping others when not busy taking pleasure from creating and watching his videotapes of women at the mikvah?
I have had clients charged and convicted for sick sex-related crimes worse than Freundel's. A searingly aggravating factor for Freundel is that he was not only in a position of trust that he violated with his victims, many or most of whom were going to the mikvah out of a belief of religious duty, but presided over his congregation for over a quarter century, leaving every woman who went to his congregation's mikvah during that timeframe not knowing if they were a victim to his voyeurism.
At the very least, it seems critical that before Freundel even steps foot in court for his sentencing date, that his lawyer present a sentencing memorandum that is as persuasive as possible to explain in detail why he engaged in this voyeurism and what he is going to do to cease committing crimes in the future. It sounds critical for Freundel not only to obtain a persuasively reliable forensic psychological evaluation, but also to obtain and dutifully follow a psychological treatment plan from the forensic psychologist.
If Freundel gets any active jail time, he is facing a hell-hole at the D.C. Jail, which is the way I view the facility from when I have visited. This place ranks near the bottom of the over twenty jails and prisons I have visited for over twenty years. Particularly for the judges who did not practice criminal defense and visit the D.C. Jail in that capacity before taking the bench, it might be advisable for criminal defense lawyers sometimes to remind them how much of a deterrent can be such a hell-hole jail than one of the nicer facilities. Next door is a much nicer facility run by a private prison corporation, even though privatizing jails and prisons raises its own can of worms about running them for profit and the attendant civil liberties issues for doing so. If Freundel receives active incarceration, he probably will prefer the private facility to the D.C. Jail, and a halfway house as soon as one becomes available.
Certainly, Freundel's guilty plea saves his victims from the further emotional pain of testifying in court. His judge might give him credit for that for sentencing purposes.
From the distance of an observer, though, even four months after these allegations first were made public, I am responding that his actions were deeply sick, to say the least.
Friday, February 20. 2015
All battlefields present the ... Posted by Jon Katz in Persuasion at 00:00
Comments (0)
Trackbacks (0)
All battlefields present the possibility of success.
By Fairfax County/Northern Virginia criminal defense lawyer Jon Katz. Fighting for the best outcome for DWI/DUI, drugs, marijuana, sex charges, felonies and misdemeanors.
Plenty of people expend enormous energy avoiding toxic people, toxic situations and air pollution. However, even when we least expect it, we will have many trying times involving physical and even mental health issues, relationships with others, and generally dealing with the world around us.
It might be tempting to retreat from the challenges of the daily hustle-bustle by retreating to a desolate mountaintop, at least until boredom and freezing temperatures set in, bugs eat you alive in the summer, you get tired of having to travel one hundred miles even to a mediocre grocery store, and noisy construction starts next door for the newest Dollar Store and McDonalds.
An essential ingredient to reaching true personal satisfaction is to work on internal balance and harmony so as not to be thrown into an emotional tailspin from someone farting in the elevator, from environmental stench, from a bunch of seeming buffoons in the rest of the rooms at your resort hotel room, and the list goes on.
As a criminal defense lawyer, my practice of internal balance and well-being is all the more important while, among the many good things and people I experience, I regularly encounter plenty of clients expressing low moods and even anger, too many prosecutors ready to fight without a heart and even to try to throw sand in their opponents' eyes, and too many judges at best chasing dockets rather than fulfilling their judicial oaths of office to enforce the laws and Constitution.
Consequently, to achieve internal harmony, one must have daily time -- even if sometimes only at brief moments -- to oneself to experience calm quiet and one must also regularly interact with the surrounding world, even to the point of being in the belly of the beast. That is what my daily taijiquan practice is about -- maintaining calm in the eye of the storm through enjoying the solitude of practicing the t'ai chi form combined with t'ai chi sparring with opponents running from the new to those using hard force when taijiquan is about using soft energy to opponents who are so achieved that they are blessings as teachers.
As with a fistfight, the stakes can be high in criminal defense. Humans and weather are very unpredictable, so I can only forecast how a judge and jurors might act, even with a flowchart of innumerable external variables, and even if I can seed the clouds to try to make rain. Therefore, repeatedly when a client asks me what our chances are with my client's case, I remind my client that s/he and I can help write the answer to that question, with my being fully prepared for the litigation battle in a team with my client. A raindance may help me in getting grounded, but holistic and hard work are needed to carry the day.
I believe strongly that when I am in a state of spiritual, physical and mental well being, I perform and persuade best, in terms of strengthening myself, inspiring and winning for my clients, inspiring others to decide and act in my favor, not being a blockade to achieving what I want, and unblocking barriers to achieving my goals. If a lawyer walks into court not having bathed for a month, with a cloud of fleas around his hair, with rags for clothes drooped around his body, and stooped over in low self esteem, then he already has not only thrown in the towel, but has done the opposite of helping himself and others free themselves of blockages and not to create new blockages.
At my best, I approach every courthouse and all other battlegrounds as my home, and envision and internalize as sacred every inch of ground on which my client and I walk, every molecule of air that we breathe, and every person we deal with, even with people who are unaware of their sacredness and show an unawakened state through vile actions. At my best, I do not rush into the courthouse or courtroom, but instead start with a lovingkindess prayer for myself, my client, and everyone else inside that building, and see the building itself as my inanimate friend and everyone I encounter as a potential ally, welcoming the potential for victory and success in each moment, in each step, with each word I speak and with each movement of my mind and body. Like a great comedian who can rouse the most moribund and cranky audience, I have the potential to turn around even the seemingly most intransigent skeptic of criminal defendants and civil liberties. That will not happen, of course, if I do not open myself up to everyone, never judging them.
My teacher Ihaleakala Hew Len insists that internal cleaning is the solution both to clear blockages within ourselves and others and to reach abundance. To him, every time we face a hurdle with others and with situations, we need to work on ourselves, not on changing others. That might sound overly simplistic, but much of it makes sense. For instance, rather than my getting annoyed at unhappy Manhattan subway commuters knocking into me rushing to work while I am there for a few days off with my family, I need to simply make a minor mental adjustment to get no more annoyed at that than at an unexpected wind shotgunning New Jersey river stench into my nostrils.
Some people may be so comfortable embroiled in daily discomfort that they destroy a moment of true bliss by wondering when it will end with a car smashing into them, someone hurling a bigoted epithet, or a diagnosis of cancer. Of course, if one is in true harmony, s/he will drive in a way -- and at times and in places -- that will make a car crash less likely; will enable at once firmness and compassion for the ignorance and pain of bigots, and will recognize vicious words for the wind that they are; and will have better physical immunity against disease in the first place. It is possible to reach a point of being both compassionate and responsive to the suffering of all, while knowing that circumstances are neutral, and that we can be as calm in the midst of apparent chaos as Al Calavicci in Quantum Leap.
As Wayne Dyer reminds us, we all come from the same abundant source, so not only do we not need to struggle with scarcity nor the risk of scarcity, but we are capable of great things, and should be inspired by others doing great things rather than feel resentment when others seem to be leaping light years ahead of us.
Back to my daily litigation battles, when I follow the above roadmap, I am both grounded and relieved of unnecessary blocking burdens, having the battleground as my playground, while in the best shape possible to win. My clients and I deserve no less.
Tuesday, February 17. 2015
The snow is low. My office is open ... Posted by Jon Katz in Jon's news & views at 00:00
Comments (0)
Trackbacks (0)
The snow is low. My office is open today.
By Fairfax County/Northern Virginia criminal defense lawyer Jon Katz. Fighting for the best outcome for DWI/DUI, drugs, marijuana, sex charges, felonies and misdemeanors.
Were this my native Connecticut, all the courts would be open today, at most delayed; the snow plows and sanders are in smaller force in these parts. All the courts around me in northern Virginia are closed, requiring today's trial to be rescheduled.
I am at the office. My staff is out due to the snow.
The sun is shining. Court and my staffs' schedule will be back to standard tomorrow morning.
Monday, February 16. 2015
Each adversary and judge are ... Posted by Jon Katz in Criminal Defense at 00:10
Comments (0)
Trackbacks (0)
Each adversary and judge are potential hurdles and allies. Battle powerfully and calmly.
By Fairfax County/Northern Virginia criminal defense lawyer Jon Katz. Fighting for the best outcome for DWI/DUI, drugs, marijuana, sex charges, felonies and misdemeanors.
Each adversary and judge are potential hurdles and allies. This concept was underlined when an opposing civil lawyer for whom I was not initially fond at the beginning eighteen years ago, ended up showing his better side when we jointly collaborated in representing a mutual client. He again showed his fangs when we opposed each other once again. By this time, I knew him as valuable when on my side, and someone to learn from all the more when my opponent.
When I later told this sometimes adversary that I was becoming my own boss, he said my clients would be served well. We knew by then that we were worthy adversaries.
A woman bought a dog at a pet store, and later testified that the dog would be the sweetest animal at one moment, and be sinking its teeth into her thigh at the next moment.
A black and white movie whose title I forget shows two armies killing each other's soldiers on a beach in one moment, and running to hug one another after a ceasefire is called, at the next moment. Good relations and bad among people are fluid. All this helps illustrate that we waste energy trying to figure out who are our allies and who are our foes.
Consequently, when in court recently, I did the best I could to erase an "aw sh*t" reaction to learning that both my opposing prosecutor and judge were from the bottom of the barrel among their peers in that county. The reality was that these two were my prosecutor and judge for the day, and I would have to make the best of it. Moreover, I know from experience that I sometimes have gotten good things for my clients even from this prosecutor and judge.
My focus on trial battle must remain about harmonizing imbalanced situations for my client as best I can. If I can do so with a minor adjustment, great. If I can only do so by causing major damage to the opponent, so be it, so long as I do so within the bounds of the law and governing rules of professional responsibility.
Plenty of lawyers and others feel queasy to say the least about going into the trial and litigation battle arenas, because they do not like inflicting or incurring damage, do not like dealing with the underhanded shenanigans of so many adversaries, do not like dealing with judges who flagrantly violate their oaths of office, or a combination of the three. I look at trial and litigation battle as doing whatever is necessary to serve my clients' benefit.
If we all are connected, does that make me hesitate to inflict harm on my adversaries? No. Just as we sometimes need chemotherapy to cure cancer, tough medicine against opponents often is needed for me to defend clients.
Going to trial and litigation battle does not require posturing, baring fangs, nor glinting swords in the sun. Certainly, I need the litigation strength, and the proverbial sharp fangs and lethal swords, but they are there to be used and sheathed when needed, rather than merely put on a May Day display.
Those averse to full-scale battle need to stay out of the battle. As much as I have the deepest respect and gratefulness to my key spiritual teacher Jun Yasuda, she is a full pacifist, when I believe that warfare has its place at the appropriate times, although warfare happens all too often.
In Daring Steps Toward Fearlessness Ringu Tulku says (pp. 84-85) that as an angry preincarnation of one of the historical Buddha's first disciples (Kaundinya) fatally cut a preincarnation (Drangsong Zopa Mawa) of the Buddha into pieces, Drangsong Zopa Mawa proclaimed that once enlightened "I pray to be the first person to cut [Kaundinya's] ignorance, all his misunderstandings and problems, just as he cuts me now." Drangsong Zopa Mawa had no clients to defend, so was entitled not to pull a sword back on Kaundinya. While I defend clients, I must always have my proverbial sword with me, know how and when to unsheathe it and keep it sheathed, and know how to handle my sword.
An essential part of the fight is overcoming one's fears, starting with overcoming our fear of death, as excellently exemplified both by the Tea Master who is at first freaked out at being challenged to a swordfight, but then convinces his opponent to sheath his sword by the tea master's being as powerfully calm with his sword as when at one with the tea ceremony. As a swordmaster is said to have proclaimed: "The ultimate secrets of swordsmanship also lie in being released from the thought of death.
There is no out there for the mind. My success in court and other battles depends first and foremost on me, not in wasting energy over disappointment about who my judge or adversaries may be.
Each new hurdle is an opportunity to practice taijiquan battle. As the late taijiquan teacher Robert W. Smith reminded us: Relax & sink, "not resisting and always remaining gently attached to the opponent."
In addition to relaxing and sinking, good humor, personability and compassion are vital to successful trial battle.
Each adversary and judge are potential hurdles and allies. Battle powerfully and calmly.
Monday, February 16. 2015
Our staff is off today. I am working ... Posted by Jon Katz in Jon's news & views at 00:00
Comments (0)
Trackbacks (0)
Our staff is off today. I am working a modified schedule. George Washington owned slaves, and finally freed them.
By Fairfax County/Northern Virginia criminal defense lawyer Jon Katz. Fighting for the best outcome for DWI/DUI, drugs, marijuana, sex charges, felonies and misdemeanors.
As with all federal holidays other than Columbus Day (Columbus did not discover the Western Hemisphere) and Veterans Day (we are closed Memorial Day, and we need a holiday for peacemakers before a second holiday for soldiers), our office is closed today, except that I am working a modified schedule.
Today is the federal Washington's Birthday holiday. Sadly, George Washington and his wife, who inherited great wealth, were slaveholders. Fortunately, the slaves owned by George Washington (which were less than half those at Mount Vernon) were ultimately freed pursuant to his will, which cannot be said for Thomas Jefferson, despite all of Jefferson's lofty pronouncements about all being endowed with the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness (or did Jefferson only mean white people, or, even more narrowly, white men or white male landowners?). Also, many subsequent United States presidents owned slaves, some even during their presidential terms.
Out of slavery came racial segregation, and long has remained virulent and violent racism.
The United States was born through the power of violence through the Revolutionary War, and during the shamefulness of brute force of slavery and the slave trade. Genocidal killing and treatment of Native Americans was heavily intertwined particularly with the first century of the United States. The United States remains an overly militaristic nation, and a nation still suffering too deeply and widely with the disease of racism.
End racism now.
Friday, February 13. 2015
Will Virginia be next in legalizing ... Posted by Jon Katz in Drugs at 00:00
Comments (0)
Trackbacks (0)
Will Virginia be next in legalizing marijuana for some medicinal purposes?
By Fairfax County/Northern Virginia criminal defense lawyer Jon Katz. Fighting for the best outcome for DWI/DUI, drugs, marijuana, sex charges, felonies and misdemeanors.
The District of Columbia and Maryland have decriminalized marijuana. The two jurisdictions have also moved forward in their own peculiar ways in giving limited protection to medical marijuana use. Neighboring Virginia lags far behind.
For marijuana consumers working in and near Washington, D.C., Virginia's disadvantageous criminal law environment for marijuana use might be viewed as a good reason to live in Washington, D.C. or Maryland instead. I doubt any reliable survey has been done on whether that is correct, but if I were a marijuana consumer (I can count on one hand the number of times I have tried reefer, all before law school) and worked in D.C., I would seriously consider living in Washington, D.C. or Maryland, rather than Virginia.
At the Arlington, Virginia, Whole Foods, I recently bumped into a longtime and well-known marijuana legalization activist and marijuana consumer who works in Washington, D.C. I asked if he had considered moving to Washington, D.C., or Maryland from his Virginia home, to take advantage of the more favorable marijuana laws in D.C. and Maryland. He said he is staying put at his home near Arlington, Virginia, which indeed is more geographically convenient than Maryland to Washington, D.C., which remains the land of taxation without federal representation.
As otherwise conformist people push for legalizing marijuana as essential medicine for their loved ones, three Virginia legislators are promoting three different bills to legalize marijuana for either limited purposes or on a medical doctor's recommendation. I like Delegate Kenneth R. Plum's bill the best of the three, because his proposed bill would prohibit prosecution of marijuana possession that is pursuant to a doctor's recommendation.
Virginia currently has no medical marijuana law, other than to enable acquittals for simple possession with a prescription, except that no doctor in the United States writes marijuana prescriptions, because prescribing marijuana risks a loss of one's DEA license to prescribe medicine. Moreover, while marijuana remains prohibited in federal law, no pharmacy is going to carry marijuana to fill any prescription, even if a doctor wrote a marijuana prescription. Instead, in California and other medical marijuana states, doctors give the green light for medicinal marijuana by a written recommendation, not by a prescription.
As marijuana has become less criminalized, the sky has not fallen. Legalize it.
Wednesday, February 11. 2015
Wrongfully arrested public defender ... Posted by Jon Katz in Constitutional Law at 00:00
Comments (2)
Trackbacks (0)
Wrongfully arrested public defender Jami Tillotson will not be prosecuted.
By Fairfax County/Northern Virginia criminal defense lawyer Jon Katz. Fighting for the best outcome for DWI/DUI, drugs, marijuana, sex charges, felonies and misdemeanors.
As I blogged twelve days ago, on January 27, 2015, San Francisco police wrongfully arrested Deputy Public Defender Jami Tillotson for doing her job in protecting her client against police trying to photograph him in the courthouse.
On February 4, 2015, San Francisco's police chief announced that Ms. Tillotson will not be prosecuted.
Praised be San Francisco's elected public defender Jeff Adachi for standing behind Ms.Tillotson. While at first blush, his support may sound like a given, do not automatically expect elected chief public defenders to take such firm stands for justice, as having "told the Police Commission he is outraged and disappointed over the arrest and the department's response to the incident. [Adachi] 'made it clear that what we wanted was an apology... Instead, there was a public statement saying that what they did was completely justified,'" reports KQED news.
SFGate.com reports on the police chief's non-apologetic apology: Police chief "Suhr apologized 'for any distress Ms. Tillotson suffered as a result of her detention,' but he stood by the actions of Sgt. Brian Stansbury and the other officers who arrested the lawyer.
In response, Ms. Tillotson said in part: "My client, a young African American man, was left without the benefit of advice of counsel. The right to counsel is not a formality. It is a shield that protects ordinary people against intimidation, bullying, and overreach by law enforcement."
Thanks to San Francisco's Police Commission members who are showing how seriously they are taking Ms. Tillotson's arrest. Putting it bluntly enough, commission member Petra DeJesus said an inquiry is needed about whether the police have adequate policies about detaining suspects when their lawyers are present, adding "we can't go around arresting attorneys." Commission Vice President Julius Turman acknowledged the need for police not to violate the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of the right to counsel to criminal suspects.
Ms. Tillotson has filed a complaint with the San Francisco Office of Citizen Complaints; the detailed complaint is here. Thanks again to Jami Tillotson for standing up for her client and against this police misconduct.
Tuesday, February 10. 2015
In Virginia, the crime of resisting ... Posted by Jon Katz in Criminal Defense at 00:00
Comments (0)
Trackbacks (0)
In Virginia, the crime of resisting arrest requires flight.
By Fairfax County/Northern Virginia criminal defense lawyer Jon Katz. Fighting for the best outcome for DWI/DUI, drugs, marijuana, sex charges, felonies and misdemeanors.
In Virginia, flight is an essential element for the crime of resisting arrest under Va. Code § 18.2-479.1, which says: "A. Any person who intentionally prevents or attempts to prevent a law-enforcement officer from lawfully arresting him, with or without a warrant, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
"B. For purposes of this section, intentionally preventing or attempting to prevent a lawful arrest means fleeing from a law-enforcement officer when (i) the officer applies physical force to the person, or (ii) the officer communicates to the person that he is under arrest and (a) the officer has the legal authority and the immediate physical ability to place the person under arrest, and (b) a reasonable person who receives such communication knows or should know that he is not free to leave."
§ 18.2-479.1 (emphasis added).
Misreading the flight element of § 18.2-479.1, the City of Chesapeake Circuit Court, on appeal from the District Court, got the flight element wrong, and convicted Isiah David Joseph for misdemeanor resisting arrest under § 18.2-479.1, even though no evidence showed any flight. Fortunately, in the Court of Appeals, the prosecution admitted the Circuit Court's error on this flight element, and the Court of Appeals reversed Mr. Joseph's conviction, where he never fled, but instead kept pulling away when police were trying to handcuff him on open arrest warrants. Joseph v. Virginia, _ Va. App. __ (Feb. 10, 2015). Joseph rests on statutory construction, and does not address Virginia's misdemeanor statutes against people resisting or impeding police (as opposed to resisting arrest), Va. Code § 28.2-905, nor joint efforts to resist or obstruct the execution of legal process, Va. § 18.2-409.
Isiah Joseph's appellate victory is a clear example of the necessity for criminal defense lawyers to seek victory in every way possible, including here where his lawyer(s) read and correctly interpreted the resisting arrest statute.
Sunday, February 8. 2015
Our website rarely is unreachable. ... Posted by Jon Katz in Jon's news & views at 00:00
Comments (0)
Trackbacks (0)
Our website rarely is unreachable. It is running again after being down up to thirty minutes tonight.
By Fairfax County/Northern Virginia criminal defense lawyer Jon Katz. Fighting for the best outcome for DWI/DUI, drugs, marijuana, sex charges, felonies and misdemeanors.
My law firm's website is so infrequently unreachable, that I have not yet migrated our website to a website hosting company that will provide me a redundant backup server to assure our website is reachable no matter any Internet crash. I have stayed with my same websitehosting company for many years, because it is not clear that another company will do better or as well, and my current website hosting company treats me as an individual and not as a number or dollar sign. Nevertheless, if you have a good sitehosting company to recommend that provides such redundancy, please let me know.
Three main factors can cause my website to be unreachable. One is a hardware failure at my sitehost, which happened tonight. The second is when hardware is being upgraded at my sitehost. The third is when excessively high bandwidth is being consumed on my website.
My understanding is that the Internet started as a rather fragile network spearheaded by the federal military function. Today, the Internet is at constant risk of attacks by hackers and others. Under such circumstances, society relies too heavily on the Internet, including websites and email. With all that has been invested in the Internet, though, we probably are at the point of no return.
Friday, February 6. 2015
Trial battle and all battle includes ... Posted by Jon Katz in Persuasion at 00:00
Comments (0)
Trackbacks (0)
Trial battle and all battle includes a need to realize maximum potential, and transcending funks.
By Fairfax County/Northern Virginia criminal defense lawyer Jon Katz. Fighting for the best outcome for DWI/DUI, drugs, marijuana, sex charges, felonies and misdemeanors.
My criminal defense clients come to me often feeling out of balance. I often am among the first people they tell about their predicament.
This situation is imperfectly akin to a seriously injured emergency room visitor hoping to be helped by a doctor with all the attributes of caring and competency, from intelligence, to street smarts, to a good bedside manner, and to true confidence and competence. Most of all, the emergency room visitor wants the doctor to fix his problem as best as can be fixed, and will be happy for some magic as well.
Clearly, I must engage with clients beginning right where they are, even if that is on a roller coaster, so long as I do not allow myself to get swept away by the roller coaster in the process. At my best, I am fully grounded and still while alongside my client feeling like s/he is on a rollercoaster that s/he can in fact depart at any time.
We are all related, so what works for me in reaching my full potential to effectively defend my clients can also work for clients to transcend their funks in order for me and each of my clients to work more powerfully and effectively as a team.
Persuasion being at the heart of successful litigation -- with persuasion needing excellent and total preparation, devotion, focus, ability, and passion -- I repeatedly write about persuasion.
Following are some of my further crystallized thoughts about achieving personal and professional success and successful persuasion:
- Imagine an unlimited powerful energy source always being at everyone's disposal. This is a reality within the grasp of all, even if they falter and return to the energy source.
- Negative energy can be neutralized. Past mis-steps can be paved over by finding and returnig to the right path. Multiple paths exist to reach the ultimate destination.
- When you care about each client, truly care, as if s/he were the world's most important person, you will do great things for your client.
- The client will know when you truly care, and when your fee becomes secondary to serving your client.
- When your client is presenting rants and other challenges, take some time for just you and your thoughts to figure out your role in creating and perpetuating that imbalance, how to do better, and to wish and achieve the best footing for you both. Remember, there is no "out there" for the mind.
- We succeed better in all ways when stepping out of our roles and relating as souls, in the moment.
- Enter the wrestling ring absorbing all the good energy. When surprised by the opponent, acknowledge that s/he also has found and applied powerful energy. Rather than being debilitated by the opponent's excellence, appreciate this opportunity to be required to reach new heights to overcome the opponent. Because we all are connected, a wrestling match at once is about neutralizing and besting the opponent, and bettering yourself.
- If knocked down, get right back up, even if you need to imagine doing so with an imaginary air pump. If you bleed from a cut, you work on the cut. Why would you not do the same when you stumble, rather than knocking yourself down further with curses at yourself?
- Do not pump out your chest with pride. Pride has no place in personal success.
- We don't worry about our reputation when competing against ourselves. Worrying about reputation is debilitating. Apply yourself fully to achieving your best.
- When we dwell on/in the shadows, we miss the moment's enchantment, magic, light and opportunities and let darkness win.
- When we dwell on slipping or being knocked down, we weaken ourselves and slip and get knocked down again.
- Achieving calmness is key to achieving success. How to achieve calm standing on a packed, bumpy bus or subway? Become one with the ride, in the moment, with the fascinating technology and precious souls here and far.
An achieved colleague once questioned having a taijiquan article, by me, on our criminal defense newsletter. Practicing and following the principles of taijiquan makes one
- Joe Frazier knocked Muhammad Ali down. Ali got back up, and eventually performed spectacularly again.
- The sky has no limit when you see every part of the universe as reachable and decline to see yourself as being at the center of the universe. I believe in being at one with limitless time and space. Jazz great Herbie Hancock worked incredibly hard and is at once incredibly modest and achieved in extraordinary ways. His modesty enabled him to be in awe of bandmember Buster Williams's ability to reach quantum heights during a 1972 performance on no sleep, and Hancock's insistence on personal excellence enabled him to ask Williams, and learn from him, on how Williams had reached such heights. Although Williams focused Hancock on the benefits of Williams's Buddhist practice, the key lesson I take here is the readiness to keep on learning and the modesty to seek out others in learning how to find, create, and stay on the path of achievement.
- Take calculated risks. In his autobiography Possibilities, jazz great Herbie Hancock talks about the risk he took of leaving the security of his postal service job to focus his professional time on music. He then waited awhile for his phone to ring. Eventually it rang off the hook, starting with gigs that did not pay enough weekly, to following jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd's advice about how to lock in the next steps of his great musical destiny by telling Miles Davis he was not working with any bands at the time when Hancock was, and by locking in a musical deal with Blue Note not only to transcend the recipe of including compositions by others, but also to keep the publication rights to Hancock's compositions.
- Do not be debilitated by anything, but do not ignore others' unjust actions either. Once again, Herbie Hancock's autobiography provides a lesson here, highlighting his ability at once to recognize the rampant racism in the world, but learning to transcend it. When judges and prosecutors trespass on the Constitution, I do not benefit for my client to get debilitated by those trespasses. I can make my appellate record when there is one to make. I can call the judge or prosecutor on their trespass at the right time and in the right way. I can expose their trespasses to my colleagues and to the public, all while keeping my full strength for me, my clients, and justice.
Be here now. Be in the present at all times, with everyone, with yourself, and with everything. Give those you care about your full presence and caring. Treat all with powerful lovingkindness. Be here now. Deeply bowing to and thanking Ram Dass, Beop Jeong Seunim , Sharon Salzberg, and Dipa Ma for teaching me that.
Monday, February 2. 2015
Baltimore police tase woman filming ... Posted by Jon Katz in Jon's news & views at 01:00
Comments (0)
Trackbacks (0)
Baltimore police tase woman filming an arrest, and then call her a "dumb bitch."
By Fairfax County/Northern Virginia criminal defense lawyer Jon Katz. Fighting for the best outcome for DWI/DUI, drugs, marijuana, sex charges, felonies and misdemeanors.
On March 30, 2014, Kianga Mwamba was performing an important public service by videotaping police arresting a man on a Baltimore street; do not let police operate in the shadows. Although I cannot tell clearly enough from the video itself, Ms. Mwamba says she saw several police officers beating the man. She says that after police told her either to move on or park, she was unable to do either because of the police surrounding her car.
Ms. Mwamba -- whose father is a Maryland Capitol Police officer -- says one police officer struck her and tried to drag her out of the car, and another tased her. The video shows her being tased, and soon after being called a "dumb bitch" by a cop who told her she had just tried to run over a police officer. In fact, police then charged Ms. Mwamba with counts including felony assault and resisting arrest, as I confirmed on the Maryland courts website.
If the police officers' hands were clean, then why did the incident video -- which she told police about -- get deleted, as Ms. Mwamba alleges, from her phone when the phone was in police custody? Praised be the perpetual cloud, which preserved the video.
The related assault charge against Ms. Mwamba was dismissed in September 2014. The Baltimore City police department in December called the officer's "dumb bitch" language "both offensive and unacceptable."
In December 2014, Ms. Mwamba filed a police misconduct lawsuit over this incident.
Monday, February 2. 2015
Luckily McCain did not get elected. ... Posted by Jon Katz in Jon's news & views at 00:00
Comments (0)
Trackbacks (0)
Luckily McCain did not get elected. Calls protestors low-life scum and Kissinger an honorable man.
By Fairfax County/Northern Virginia criminal defense lawyer Jon Katz. Defending DWI/ DUI/ Drunk Driving, drugs, marijuana/medical marijuana/cultivation, sex cases, felonies and misdemeanors. Fighting relentlessly for the best possible results for his clients.
Knowing he will not win a future presidential election, Arizona senator John McCain freely speaks his mind without concern about future White House prospects. For instance, on January 29, 2015, McCain at once called anti-Kissinger protestors low-life scum (see video here), but elevated Henry Kissinger as having served the United States with great distinction.
Granted, the Senate has rules against disruption of its hearings. However, McCain's "low-life scum" attacks seem surely to have been a response to the protestors' message and means against Henry Kissinger, rather than merely against any old protestor's message in a Senate hearing room.
The demonstrators have solid footing for railing against Kissinger -- even if the protest should not take place during Senate hearing proceedings -- including:
- Henry Kissinger and Gerald Ford greenlighted Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor. Indonesia's subsequent human rights violations in East Timor were horrific.
- Kissinger greenlighted Argentina's horrific dirty war that started in the 1970's.
- Kissinger supported the United States' role in Pinochet' 1973 overthrow of Chile's democratically elected Salvador Allende (see here, too), which was followed by Pinochet's years-long brutal rule.
Here are State Department declassified transcripts of Kissinger's recorded telephone conversations.
Kissinger seems to have supported the concept of supporting brutal regimes that were the United States' so-called friends, rather than having the United States be a beacon of human rights, and, at the very least, using those friendships to push for human rights protection in those countries.
« previous page (Page 2 of 175, totaling 2625 entries) next page »
View as PDF: This month | Full blog


text:
Reload the page and try again.
Off-Campus Housing:
On campus housing is the majority and very strongly supported by college
Off-Campus Housing:
I live on campus and have no interest in living off campus while attending, so I have never had to actively figure out how living off-campus works.
Off-Campus Housing:
I haven't experienced it, then I can't judge it. A big percentage of the students live on campus
Off-Campus Housing:
There are plenty of apartments available for rent in the Decatur area. Closest to Agnes Scott are the Avery Glen apartments, which run about 700-900/month if you're not living there through the school's housing lottery system.
Off-Campus Housing:
Unless you're a commuter or you have special circumstances, you must live on campus! I don't think it's a terrible concept, but it can be frustrating. If I wanted to live off campus and commute, it would be difficult because within a five to ten mile radius, housing can be very expensive for college students.
{{review.SectionLabel}} at {{review.EntityName}}:
Sorry, there are no reviews.
Agnes is a residential campus, so the only way a student will be able to live off campus is if she chooses to live with her family or if she marries while in school. Living off campus in the Decatur or Metro Atlanta area can range from being exceptionally expensive to unsafe, so finding affordable and safe off-campus housing is difficult. Those who don't want to live in the dormitories have access to the Avery Glen apartments, which are located off campus, but these apartments are still considered school housing. Most students live on campus for cost concerns as well as the benefits to living directly on campus. Living on campus in a double room costs nearly $5,000 per academic year, while a double apartment in the apartments is nearly $9,000 per academic year. The average monthly rent for Avery Glen apartments, without a residential contract brokered by the school, is approximately $850.
The other apartment complexes that are in the area are Ice House Lofts, Candler Court Apartments, and Oakview Gardens. All of these apartment complexes are beautiful and have great amenities, but they cost a lot. Ice House Lofts have a rent of $1,200 per month; Candler Court Apartments have a rent of around $830 per month; and Oakview Gardens apartments have a rent of around $900 per month. Given these options, most students at Agnes prefer to live on campus.
Non-registered users are limited to 5 school profile page views per month.
Register for free to gain full access!

subset: commoncrawl


text:
- The insurance industry says floods and fires have caused almost $700 million in damage already this year....Friday 8 February 2013
- South Australia's wind power generation per person is similar to Denmark, the world's leading wind power country. ...Wednesday 5 December 2012
- It has become one of the most contentious political and environmental issues for Australia in the 21st century. Professor Ross Garnaut, chief climate change advisor to the Federal Government, finalised his carbon tax report today and spoke with 891 Morning's Ian Henschke about his findings. ...Wednesday 1 June 2011
- A fully sustainable and 100 per cent renewable energy source for Adelaide within four decades, that is the hope of Dr Harry Lehmann, a visiting energy expert. Dr Lehmann, head of Environment Planning and Sustainable Strategies for the Federal Environment Agency of Germany is visiting Adelaide ...Wednesday 17 February 2010
Explore by Topic
Latest Hydro Energy stories on ABC Adelaide
Latest Hydro Energy stories on ABC Online
- The world is on-track to increase its energy use by 37 per cent by 2040. And Australia is well placed to play a starring role in all energy sources....Friday 14 November 2014
- A special forum on the future of the Hydro. It's been part of the Tasmanian psyche for 100 years but what's ahead for the business amid uncertainty over renewable energy....Friday 31 October 2014
- Sunday 26 October 2014
- Thursday 16 October 2014
- Tuesday 26 August 2014


text:
Reload the page and try again.
Health & Safety:
The safety on campus is good.... The campus officers are always patrolling the campus and checking on activities that may be transpiring.
Health & Safety:
They do their job well & benefit us very well
Health & Safety:
Their are all ways police officers around patrolling. At night the gates close and only students are allowed on the main campus grounds.
Health & Safety:
Notification are sent to all the students and it very informative. The safety personnel are quick to response as well.
Health & Safety:
The safety administrators are always giving students updates about campus safety via email and text
{{review.SectionLabel}} at {{review.EntityName}}:
Sorry, there are no reviews.
No summaries have been written about this school yet. If you are a student at this school, you should take the college student survey.
Non-registered users are limited to 5 school profile page views per month.
Register for free to gain full access!


text:
Results 1 to 4 of 4
December 28th, 2013, 10:23 AM #1
- Join Date
- Dec 2013
- Location
- Singapore
- Posts
- 2
Trying to identify a fantasy novel from the 90s
I read a fantasy novel in the mid to late 90s that I just can't remember the title of or the author.
Sorry not much to go on:
- About a young person who is in a monastery (or fantasy equivalent)
- Has to rush off in the middle of the night because...some sort of threat?
- They travel in secret from the north to the south of a large but rather narrow island (I think there was a map in the book)
- I think it was written by a female author
- Definitely part of a series because I never got to read the next book...
Any suggestions to what it is will be much appreciated, thanks!
December 28th, 2013, 11:53 AM #2
It reminds me of the beginning of the Liveship Trilogy by Robin Hobb, when one member of the Vestrit Merchant Family, a scholar/monk, has to depart from his monastery/place of study because of 'family reasons'. On his way back home, he is captured, branded as a slave and escape.
It is one of my favourite series and the first book was published in 1998 and the other two a year apart.
December 29th, 2013, 09:03 AM #3
- Join Date
- Dec 2013
- Location
- Singapore
- Posts
- 2
June 9th, 2014, 08:26 AM #4
- Join Date
- Jun 2014
- Posts
- 2
I don't know if this is the book you are thinking of but your descriptions remind me of Stephen R. Lawhead's "In the Hall of the Dragon King" which is the first book in his "Dragon King Trilogy". Here is a link to more info http://www.stephenlawhead.com/the-dr...he-dragon-king


text:
Part-time nanny from Washington, DC with 9 years of experience and a background check on file
Washington, DC |
9 years experience
part-time $30-35/hr
Washington, DC | 9 years experience | part-time $30-35/hr
Meet Alisha
I am a certified Elementary and Special Education Teacher. In college I also got a minor in Music and Peace and Justice Conflict Studies. I have worked in DC for 2 years with students and I am currently teaching at a bilingual school. I have worked in summer camps for over 6 summers and babysat for countless families and churches. I am certified in CPR/first aid for adults and infants, and AED. I love working with children! I also love to be outside and be active, sing, dance, play sports, swim, do crafts, and play games. I have the summer off and I am looking for a nanny job during those months, which are July to mid August. I would love to hear from you!
Accepts credit cards
CPR Certified
Willing to travel
5 miles
Comfortable with pets
Sign up now! It only takes a few minutes.


text:
Pronunciation: juHqo'
Added on: 2012-12-21 Listened: 479 timesin: Add categories to juHqo'
Pronunciation in Klingon [tlh]
- Pronunciation by gmaranca (Male from Argentina)
0 votes
Could you do it better? different accent? Pronounce juHqo' in Klingon
Accents & languages on maps
- Random word: ghIq
by Google Translate English translation:
juHqo' = juHqo
Not satisfied?
Modify word:
· Add languages
· Add categories
Report word:
Is there anything wrong with this word?
Please report it here.


text:
What are your 10 top scents?? ;-)
I'll post mine later when I figure out the order and laminate the list!
You can't ask us without first posting yours! ;)
This is a tough one that will require thought (which is always hard and time consuming. laugh) but I'll try to come up with one.
This is almost as hard as coming up with your top 10 songs. :)
Ok then I'll give it a try...here we go..
mmm......technically it's not my fault, it was musaboru who inspired me!!
ok seriously now
Gardenia tahitensis
Gardenia 'vietnam'
Plumeria celadine
Jasminum polyanthum
Stephanotis floribunda
orange flowers
Magnolia grandiflora
jasminum sambac 'arabian nights'
..Based on my experiences (long past and some quite recent)...I still have dozens of fragrants in my new collection that have not bloomed yet so I'll have to update this list often.
and if I could include parts of plants other than flowers I definitely have to add aloysia triphylla and cinnamomum zeylanicum.
It is hard to come up a top 10. I seem fall in love with any plants that have decent scent.
When I think of scent, I like:
M. Alba
Jasmine sambac
Sweet Olive
Daphne ordora
Citrus aurantium daidai and other citrus flower
Chloranthus spicatus
Sweet mockorange (philadelphus coronatius)
Iris, Heliotrope, old fashion Petunia. If orchids count, my favorite is "Sharry baby" and some scented
This is way too hard and I am including scents from plants other than their flowers! Of course some of these I love due to the memory associations and I'm not necessarily growing all of these plants right now.
Okay. Here goes in no particular order and I will be changing my mind as soon as I'm done typing!
1. Jasminum sambac 'Belle of India' (jasmine) Really most sambacs will do. I remember the scent of Maid of Orleans filling up the backyard in the evenings so many years ago. Always magical.
2. Citrus blossoms (I'm not picky and I adore most from lemons to oranges to limes...if I see a tree blooming I'm going to sniff it!)
3. Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary) I find it extremely difficult to NOT run my hands over a branch when I'm walking past a rosemary bush! I've always wanted to fill a bath tub with rosemary branches just to bathe in the scent.
4. Lavandula angustifolia (English lavender both flowers and leaves) I remember buying Crabtree and Evelyn lavender glycerin soap at the mall as a young boy and adoring the scent.
5. Lonicera (Honeysuckle) I love J. japonica and Gold Flame to name a few. Who didn't suck the nectar from their blooms as children?
6. Citrus � limon fruit (fresh cut lemons) I love digging my finger nails into the rind to release the fragrant oils.
7. Brugmansia 'Charles Grimaldi' (Angel Trumpet) This one has a lovely lemony/lily scent. Sad to say I might not be able to successfully grow this genus for much longer if our summers continue to be so extremely hot. They fry in the heat and stop blooming (which is the whole point of growing these magnificent plants!).
8. Aglaia odorata (Chinese Perfume Plant) Yes the scent is light and sometimes hard to detect but when the conditions are right the scent will knock your socks off! So clean and light and sparkling.
9. Magnolia grandiflora (Southern Magnolia) Who doesn't love this one? Wish I had the space to grow this giant. So many summer memories of sniffing these beauties. Once we drank 'magnolia wine' from rain caught in the petals.
- Passiflora x belotii aka P. alatocaerulea. (Passion Flower) My first passion flower and still my fav. Yes it's common and requires a ridiculous amount of real estate for its large vines but to me the scent is amazing. Not that sweet and packs a spicy punch. Sorta reminds me of tea?
i like the strong fragrances that drift for some distance from the source.
of the ones i have "access" to around here, i like these the best:
osmanthus fragrans
magnolia figo
daphne odora is very nice but one that stays close to the plant, probably because of the cold temps during bloom period.
these are some that i like to smell but also hate the nature of the plant itself = exotic invasive. they are so abundant in this area that you might assume they are indigenous but they are actually on a mission to conquer the native flora:
asian wisteria
asian privet (ligustrum)
japanese honeysuckle
I may or may not be thanking you for this information. Laugh.
I, like many of you, am also growing several fragrant plants including lots of plumeria varieties that have not bloomed yet.
Who knows what's in our collections that might next be our favorite scent? ;)
My 'Phet Pachara' plumie is supposed to smell awesome and my 'Chiang Mai Rainbow' has been described as smelling like Sandalwood! I only hope that mine bloom some day so I can experience them for myself. :)
I'm glad your possible 'Princess Maya' is one of your fav scents.
So are you going to be sharing your top 10 list with us?
The reply above was meant for the other thread. OOPS. (I'm writing from my phone.)
My current top ten in no particular order
M. Figo
M. Alba
M. Coco - boom dectectable 5 ft away in arid climate
M. virginiana Moonglow
SWEET CHARiot rose - woodsy scent
Yves Piaget rose - best rose scent imo
Orange blossoms
HARdy water lilies - very sweet scent non-indolic scent
August Beauty gardenia - superior gardenia scent and wafty
And that NoID plumeria I have which smells like coconut gardenia caramel and fruity. What a luscious blend of notes.
Dang, you're worse off than me! Laugh.
Thanks for sharing your list.
You sure do like your michelias! Wish they weren't evergreen or I'd give them a try. Most of my fragrant plants are deciduous since I don't have the space inside for them but I can shove the ones that go dormant down into the basement and pretend I don't have a problem. ;)
I love this thread already! I'll now attempt to write down my top-10 before checking everyone's list just so I don't get influenced by all of your wonderful suggestions. (Lol).
1. Lotus. There's no flower in this world that smells as uplifting and as pure as a Lotus. I'm probably being biased but waa, I love that scent!
2. Tuberose. So fragrant too
3. Aglaia odorata & its best friend Chloranthus spicatus
4. Winter daphne. Another super fragrant plant day or night.
5. Jasminum sambac. I'm so fond of this species especially Moo. Great childhood memories.
6. Michelia Alba
7. Gardenia. The first time I sniffed a gardenia it didn't blow me away. But I sniffed and sniffed and sniffed and now I love it as much as any of my 1-6 : )
8. Plumeria
9. Michelia figo
- Wintersweet chimonanthus praecox
But let me also squeeze in brunfelsia, roses, lavender, sweet olive & freesia and the many other wonderful fragrant flowers I've yet to have the opportunity to sniff! : )
You totally went over the 10 limit! Laugh.
I'd love to throw in Brunfelsia gigantea (even though mine hasn't bloomed for months now but I guess I'm to blame for cutting it back) and old-fashioned vining petunias (talk about childhood memories! Those and marigolds were the first flowers I grew as a kid).
And yes...tuberoses will probably come and go on my ever changing list.
I love the scent of lotus as well. We just need a giant pool/pond, right? ;)
Funny many people say marigolds stink but I love the smell of marigolds. (And chrysanthemum too even thought its scentless. Chrysanthemum and marigold remind me of the childhood years. Love them!)
In no particular order,
1. Trechelospermum jasminoides; really reminds me of my CA days.
2. Mandavilla laxa; great when full.
3. Sinningia tubiflora; delicate and sweet.
4. Cypripedium montanum, (californicum and parviflorum). Sweet and spicy.
5. Viburnum Korean Spice; reminds me of childhood.
6. US Native Azaleas; Rhododendron occidentale, alabamense, prinophyllum, austrinum, etc... they're all excellent!
6. A bunch of other nice Rhodies! If I had to pick one, it would probably be some hybrid with leucogigas, konori and jasminiflorum as parents: blooms in winter are to die for.
7. Gardenia 'Frostproof', if I just had to have 1.
8. Brunfelsia lactea. If only they would bloom more often.
9. Sarcococca; gotta have fragrance in February.
- Lilium washingtonianum. Other lilies (especially those huge steroidal tetraploid hybrids) have more fragrance volume, but I like the details of this species.
Runner up: Edgeworthia.
Runners up Rhodies: Rhododendron King George Loderi, Rhododendron edgeworthii, Rhododendron decorum, Rhododendron madenii, Rhododendron fortunei,...
Kemistry, I agree with you, Lotus has the mesmerizing power and brings good memories. Simple flower held above water, graceful and powerful wrapped together like a queen!
Fenius, this is a good thought with the hidden danger of addiction.I find myself reading this post often and adding plants to my list and it needs to stop.
While there are many fragrant i would like to grow, a lack of space & brutal winters let me have only these few.
I rated my fragrant list with ease of growing (with my brown thumb).
1.Tuberose - Wafting, increases at night, most enchanting for me as it brings sweet childhood memories. Never demanding, so rewarding!
2.Jasmines -
Maid - Plenty of flowers and it even blooms indoors in winter and a sweet strong fragrance;
Belle - not too powerful yet a sweet fragrance;
Grandiflorum - Soft fragrance,very pleasant and wafts very well.
Nitidum - Clean & sweet, but as Robert mentioned, I wish it were stronger.
Molle - Strong Gardenia like fragrance .
4. Roses -
Autumn Damask -Wicked thorns but Great Fragrance;
Fragrant cloud, Chryler Imperial, Sunsprite,Blue Moon, Just joey ,Angel face ,Mr.Lincoln
new this year for me - Double delight - Strong fragrance + Beautiful colour
5.Herbs - Lavender, Holy Basil,Plectaranthus ambonicus, artemisia, marjoram
6. Eucharis Amazonica - Does not waft but a simple and elegant fragrance, It gives me a grand feeling to be able to grow this plant, such beautiful shiny GREEN hosta like leaves and needs very little care and has even bloomed twice for me in once year and does not need repotting often.
7.Aglaia - FRESH lemon scent but only if it wafts.
8. Oleander - I like the fragrance and it needs little care but takes much space during the winter.
9. Stephanotis -Nice jasmine like fragrance
- Brunfelsia Americana - If it flowers which is not too often for me (my luck) but such a nice intoxicating, clove fragrance.
Not on my top ten because:
Murraya Exotica -easy to grow but too strong & fruity for my nose, like it because it brings some winter cheer.
Gardenias -Absolutely love the fragrance but has been a PAIN to grow with truck loads of disappointments.
Cestrum - I am done with it for life. Just an awful fragrance to my nose............... Felt so bad since it was so less demanding and flowering profusely.
Wrightia - has been two years and No bloom in sight.


text:
Mens Wakeboards - MensProboardshop.com is the leading wakeboarding company on the web for Men's Wakeboards, All Brands. All wakeboarding brands in stock for next day shipment with up to 50% savings. 29 years of great prices, selection, and service.
Please refine here More in the Outlet Shop.
- Size: 140 - 142
- Color: Black
- Price: => 400.00
Liquid Force B.O.B. Grind Wakeboard 2014
Reg: $549.99
Size: 137cm, 141cm
20% OffOn Sale: $439.95
Liquid Force Shane Hybrid Wakeboard
Size: 138cm, 142cm
Our Price: $479.99
Liquid Force Shane Hybrid Wakeboard 2014
Reg: $529.99
Size: 134cm, 138cm, 142cm
20% OffOn Sale: $423.95
Liquid Force Tao Hybrid Wakeboard 141
Size: 137cm, 141cm
Our Price: $529.99
Ronix ATR S Wakeboard Matte Nuclear Yellow
Size: 138cm, 142cm, 146cmReg: $509.99
6% OffOn Sale: $479.99
Ronix One ATR Carbon Wakeboard Anodized Red Frosting
Size: 138cm, 142cm, 146cmReg: $529.99
6% OffOn Sale: $499.99
Ronix One Time Bomb Wakeboard Anodized Black
Size: 138cm, 142cm, 146cmReg: $629.99
5% OffOn Sale: $599.99
Slingshot Blue Pill Wakeboard
Size: 138cm, 142cmReg: $499.00
10% OffOn Sale: $449.00


text:
So its starting to get cold here in MI and I dont plan riding much in the winter.
What does everyone do with there bikes if they dont use it over the winter?
Empty sealant out of tires?
Take them inside?
Results 1 to 7 of 7
Thread: Winter bike storage?
Similar Threads
Hot Deals See All Hot Deals >>
Latest Mountain Bike Articles
MTBR on Facebook


text:
Under $15 Vita games sale include Gravity Rush, Hot Shots Golf, Lumines and more
28d ago - New sale of physical Vita games include Gravity Rush at $14.99, Hot Shots Golf: World Invitationa... | PS Vita
Ubisoft PSP/PS Vita Sale on the US/CA PlayStation Store has Begun
397d ago - In addition to the Back to 2013 sale and PS Vita 2nd Birthday sale (both of which are live), a Ub... | PSP
Find out when Uncharted 4 releases on PS4
Now - Start tracking Uncharted 4 at Releases.com to get important updates about this game release. | Promoted post
Ciel no Surge And Lumines Electronic Symphony Are PS Plus Games In Japan
606d ago - Dokuro was released as a PlayStation Plus game in North America today. What new games did Japan g... | PS3
Ps Vita Weekly Deals - Demon Gaze or Ys: Memories of Celceta PreOrder $36, Lumines $9.89 & more
615d ago - PS Vita weekly deals and sales from Amazon, Walmart, Cowboom, Newegg, Kmart and Gamestop. | PS Vita
The ten best Vita games
758d ago - Digitally Downloaded writes: "It's no secret that we at Digitally Downloaded love Sony's sadly-ig... | PS Vita
So You've Got a PS Vita? Here's 7 Games You Must Own
781d ago - Barry writes, "Maybe you were lucky enough to pick up a Vita for Christmas or maybe you picked on... | PS Vita
PlayStation Plus European Games for February Revealed, Get Excited
790d ago - Chris Howe – PS Store and Plus Content Manager, SCEE: Hi everyone! It's been a little while si... | PS3
Lumines: Electronic Symphony Review - Block Party
798d ago - Dealspwn writes: I enjoyed the Vita's HD gloss, but I can't see myself playing the game as much a... | PS Vita
Bowlingotter's Top 10 Games of 2012
811d ago - Bowlingotter counts down his 10 favorite video games that he played this year. | PC
TGL's Best of 2012: Lumines Electronic Symphony
819d ago - thegamingliberty.com: As reassuringly familiar as Vita's hardware launch titles were, Lumines was... | PS Vita
1UP's Favorite Games of 2012: Lumines Electronic Symphony
821d ago - 1up.com: As someone who adores when video games and music collide to form interesting interactive... | PS Vita
Game of The Year: Best Puzzle [Vagary.TV]
830d ago - Kyle and Chris celebrate 2012′s finest games by revealing our two favorite puzzle games of the year. | PC
8 of the Best PS Vita games for avoiding Christmas
831d ago - Going away this Christmas? Can't take your PS3 with you? Then you need our roundup of 8 sneaky Pl... | PS Vita
Holiday Guide: 7 games for your new PS Vita
834d ago - A light snowfall dusts your living room window with white crystal that makes the early sunrise da... | PS Vita
Ten Games That Need To Be On Tablets And Smartphones
882d ago - There are tons of games for tablets and smartphones but these ten titles would never leave the "t... | iPhone
Mid-Year Report 2012: Chris's Top Five
960d ago - Vagary's Reviews Editor, Chris Scott, lists his top five (six) games from the first half of 2012. | PC
Want Lumines: Electronic Symphony DLC? Developer says to make some noise
964d ago - Q? Entertainment is gauging fan interest in Lumines: Electronic Symphony DLC. | PS Vita
Lumines: Electronic Symphony director 'was not a good fit for the project,' says ex-dev James Mielke
971d ago - Former Q Entertainment producer James Mielke revealed that Lumines: Electronic Symphony suffered... | PC
Lumines Electronic Symphony: The Untold Story
971d ago - How did the PlayStation Vita's puzzle star take shape? Producer James Mielke (formerly of develop... | PS Vita
I bought a PlayStation Vita, and I liked it
1009d ago - Activision's own OneOfSwords, Dan Amrich: "I picked up a PlayStation Vita a few weeks ago, and in... | PS Vita
Follow Releases.com on Twitter
Now - Get the latest release dates for games, movies and TV Series from our Twitter page. | Promoted post
Five PlayStation Vita Games You Must Own (Gamerlive.tv)
1051d ago - Have a PlayStation Vita? You shouldn't be without these games. | PS Vita
ChristCenteredGamer.com Lumines: Electronic Symphony review
1051d ago - Given that this is a music driven game, the soundtrack was solid and enjoyable to listen to for t... | PS Vita
Lumines: Electronic Symphony Review | FanBolt
1053d ago - FanBolt writes: "Lumines: Electronic Symphony draws you in right away with a great magical feelin... | PS Vita
Lumines Electronic Symphony Review | Geared for Gamers
1072d ago - Puzzle games come and puzzle games go. There have been very few that have been as successful as t... | PS Vita
The 100 best games of all time
1072d ago - GamesRadar: Welcome to GamesRadar's list of the best games ever made WAIT! Don't click to the... | Culture
Page 1 Next page »


text:
KitchenBeard doesn't have any followers yet. Follow them and be the first!
Catering & photography
Member since September 8, 2010
|Please enter a quantity larger than 0.
Sorry, this item is currently out of stock.
Notify me when it's back. Submit Thanks! We'll email you when it's available again.
|Secure Transaction


text:
A Texas-Sized Splash in New Braunfels Cottages For 8
Hill Country Cottage and RV Resort • New Braunfels, TX
Escape Kit
- A Two-Night Stay for Up to Four Adults and Four Children in The Guadalupe Cottage, Sundays through Wednesdays ($135) or Thursdays through Saturdays ($174)
- Or, a Two-Night Stay for Up to Eight People in The Frio Cottage, Sundays through Wednesdays ($175) or Thursdays through Saturdays ($228)
- Combine Vouchers to Stay Up to Six Nights
Cute cottages for up to eight provide all the comforts of home while the whole fam explores splashy fun and German flavor in New Braunfels, which is near San Antonio, Austin, and San Marcos.
The Destination
German immigrants settled the town of New Braunfels at the meeting of the Comal and Guadalupe rivers in the 19th century; today, those same bluish-green waters are popular with river-tubers and waterpark-frequenters, alike. Not that the German settlers didn't leave their mark on the Hill Country: You can sit down to hearty home cooking at the Gristmill, a former cotton gin built in 1878 that now boasts shaded patios overlooking the Guadalupe, or wander Old World-inspired antique shops along two-lane back roads. And then there's plenty of Texas flavor thrown in for good measure—mosey over to Gruene (locally pronounced as "green") Hall for some boot-scootin' in the state's oldest continually run dance hall. For some modern-day fun, you can explore the Dry Comal Creek Vineyards, Landa Park Golf Course, or nearby outlet malls.
The Digs
Set on more than 30 acres of green space, Hill Country Cottage and RV Resort offers not only plenty of room to stretch out but also convenient access to downtown New Braunfels, Schlitterbahn Waterpark, and the Comal and Guadalupe rivers. But you might not leave the resort at all with amenities like these: Indoor and outdoor heated pools, hot tubs, a game room, the Great Lodge and rec halls (perfect for larger groups), a jumping pillow, communal fire pits, and sand volleyball offer plenty of opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors—as well as your traveling buddies.
Each of the 80 free-standing cottages are custom-built; fully furnished; and include linens, towels, kitchen utensils, and a flat-screen TV with DVD player. Choose from the tawny Guadalupe, featuring a private bedroom with a queen bed and an upstairs loft with two double mattresses, or the red-brown Frio, a two-bedroom, two-bathroom cottage with queen beds and a sofa sleeper in the spacious living room. Both boast an attached deck with a ceiling fan, chairs, a barbecue grill, and picnic table—just the spot to sit back and watch the sky transform during a kaleidoscopic Texas sunset.
The Diversions
Splash. Schlitterbahn Waterpark
Feast. Gristmill River Restaurant & Bar
Dance. Gruene Hall
Shop. Gruene Historic District
Float. Rockin' R River Rides and Texas Tubes
"I could live in this place! One of the best Escape deals I have ever bought!"-- LivingSocial Member
"So cute!! I loved the cabin. The location was perfect—so close to everything."-- LivingSocial Member
escapes 30-day promise
LivingSocial gives you up to 30 days to return your unused voucher for a full refund. Once you've made a reservation, you are subject to the merchant's cancellation and refund policy. If you want to secure your preferred dates of travel, we strongly recommend that you complete reservation with the merchant within 30 days of your purchase—after that, LivingSocial will not issue any refunds.
the fine print
- Up to 3 vouchers may be combined to extend stay
- Only valid for stays now - May 15, 2015
- Reservations required and subject to availability
- Not valid toward existing or room block reservations
- 2 vehicles are permitted
- Nights must be spent consecutively; all inclusions must be redeemed during 1 stay
- Voucher valid for up to 4 adults and 4 children (Guadalupe) or up to 8 guests (Frio)
- Merchant cancellation/rescheduling policy and fees apply once booking is made; voucher subject to forfeiture
- Taxes not included; payable directly to the property
- Incidental charges, charges for additional services and gratuity at the property are not included
- Up to 2 dogs under 30 pounds each are allowed for additional fee of $25 per dog/night; guest must inform property about pets at time of reservation
- No smoking allowed in cottage
- Check-in: 4 p.m. / checkout: noon
- Credit card information and photo ID is required at check-in; must be 18 or over to check-in
- Blackout date(s): March 6-22, 2015; April 23-28, 2015
- Other conditions apply • PAID AND PROMOTIONAL VALUES EXPIRES ON May 15, 2015 • PAID VALUE DOES NOT EXPIRE • PAID VALUE EXPIRES ON April 1, 2020 • PROMOTIONAL VALUE EXPIRES ON May 15, 2015 • Enjoy By May 15, 2015
Other conditions apply
Except where noted in the fine print:
• Cannot be combined with any other offer or promotion
• Tax and gratuity are not included
• LivingSocial Terms and Conditions - https://www.livingsocial.com/terms
Original Price:
- 0% savings
- remaining


text:
Groin strain, hip flexor bench O'Neal
Updated: January 5, 2010, 9:46 AM ETAssociated Press
MIAMI -- Heat center Jermaine O'Neal is out of the lineup against the Atlanta Hawks with a strained groin and hip flexor.
It's the fourth time O'Neal has missed a game this season, although two of those were to attend a family funeral. Joel Anthony started Monday night in place of O'Neal, who has been bothered by soreness in the groin and hip for about two weeks.
O'Neal is Miami's third-leading scorer at 12.7 points per game and second-leading rebounder at 6.9 per game.
The Heat ...
Read full story
You must be signed in to post a comment
You are fully responsible for the content you post. Content that includes profanity, personal attacks or antisocial behavior (such as "spamming" or "trolling"), or other inappropriate content or material will be removed. We reserve the right to block any user who violates our terms of use, including removing all content posted by that user.
- Thorpe: Watch Andrew Wiggins work
- Pelton: Real Plus-Minus All Stars
- Elhassan: Big bills looming for Memphis
- Doolittle: Middleton next Battier?
- Haberstroh: C'mon Doc, Jordan no DPOY


text:
Browse these popular wedding categories:
Sort by: Show per page
- 47 items
Sort by: Show per page
- 47 items
Related Products
Las Vegas Themed Personalized Mint Tins
The excitement of walking the casino floor and hearing the cha ching of the slot machines...the lights and sounds of ...
Personalized Photo Wedding Mint Tin Favors
A photograph is truly worth a thousand words and your photo on a custom mint tin will speak volumes about ...
Exclusive Wedding Collection Personalized Mint Tins
Send your guests home with a sweet memento from your wedding. These pocket sized mint tins are personalized with a ...
Beach Themed Place Card Holder/Frame
Show off your picture perfect wedding with these beach themed photo frames. Frames are bordered with molded seashells and sand, ...