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Creole Shrimp Skewers for Mardi Gras — Simple Soiréesby Gaby Dalkin in Holidays, Recipes, February 20th, 2012
Mardi Gras is the perfect excuse for a party, and not just any party — a New Orleans-themed party. I don't know if you've been to New Orleans (NOLA for short), but let me tell you this: Those people know how to party. I was there last year for a quick week and even this California girl had a hard time keeping up with the nightlife. That aside, you can't forget the amazing Cajun and Creole food on every corner and the unforgettable cocktail scene with live music that pours into the streets at night. If you can't head down south for Mardi Gras this year, re-create a NOLA-inspired appetizer for Fat Tuesday.
And who better to take inspiration from than the king of NOLA himself, Emeril.
This Mardi Gras Jambalaya from Emeril is one of my all-time favorites. I'll make this for a big dinner party any day, but I wanted to turn it into an appetizer so it would be easy to eat — people can grab a bite and run back to the dance floor.
I took Emeril's Essence Creole Seasoning, aka Bayou Blast, and used it to marinate some shrimp skewers and then baked them to perfection. I served it with a little side of Creole butter and some crusty white bread to soak up any excess butter. It's the perfect menu item for your Mardi Gras party. Shake up a Ramos Gin Fizz or two and serve these great Creole Shrimp Skewers for you and all your friends this Mardi Gras.
Creole Shrimp Skewers
Creole Seasoning
2 1/2 tablespoons paprika
2 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons garlic powder
1 tablespoon black pepper
1 tablespoon onion powder
1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon dried thyme
Creole Shrimp Skewers
2 tablespoons Creole Seasoning
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 pound medium shrimp (30/40) peeled and deveined
Combine the Creole Seasoning ingredients thoroughly and set aside.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
Combine the Creole Seasoning and melted butter in a medium bowl. Whisk to combine. Place 3 tablespoons of this mixture in a shallow dish and reserve the remaining mixture for later.
Skewer the shrimp on small 6 inch skewers, using 2-3 shrimp per skewer. Lay the skewers in the butter mixture in the shallow dish and coat both sides with the seasoning. Place the skewers on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Once all the shrimp have been skewered, place the baking sheet in the oven and let the shrimp bake for about 12-15 minutes until opaque throughout. Remove the skewers and place on a platter for serving.
Serve immediately with the remaining melted Creole butter and some crusty bread to dip in the butter.
Gaby Dalkin is a chef, photographer/food stylist, enthusiastic traveler and guacamole fanatic. She is the founder of What's Gaby Cooking, where she showcases her simple and sassy recipes that feature whichever ingredients she is currently obsessing over. She lives in Los Angeles with her fiancé, Thomas, and her cat, Stella.
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I am definitely craving shrimp this time of year…Mardi Gras! These look mouthwatering. Thanks Gaby.
Love the idea of these skewers and that platter is so pretty too!
Perfect meal for Mardi Gras!
Gorgeous shrimp skewers, those look absolutely perfect for Mardi Gras!
Thanks for a easy, new shrimp recipe! Can't wait to try these.
Да шашлык классный надо попробовать сварганить. Но проблема унас не водяться креветки .
Happy Mardi Gras Week. Love the Easy Peasy recipe. Thanks for sharing.
Can you advise where to get the ideal sized skewers in the photo?
I love anything cajun, and these look amazing!
I tried this and it was wonderful

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Getting a healthy dinner on the table during the work week is a tough challenge. Beloved champion of the home cook, Sara Moulton, says it can be easier than you think. From one dish meals to creative use of leftovers, we'll preview some tips from her new PBS TV show, Sara's Weekend Meals.
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So, Moulton suggests more one dish meals add variety. They cook in one pot for easier cleanup as well as utilizing leftovers.
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Ah Ha! But Moulton says leftovers don't have to be boring. It's all in the planning, "just take the shoulder lamb chops and grill them off for night one, and fine. So, you would cook six of them, and you save two. Then, on night two, or night three, or whenever else you want to make the second dish, you take the cooked lamb chops and you pulse them in a food processor. You grind them up and add feta cheese, and an egg, and some bread crumbs and you make lamb burgers. And out of two chops, which weigh three quarters of a pound, you make another dinner for four people."
In addition to looking at leftovers in a whole new way, Moulton also says, "Breakfast for dinner." If you have some eggs, and a few items rattling around in the refrigerator, you have dinner. "Well, one of my favorites is eggs baked in ham. And what you do is you take a good quality thin sliced ham, you can take a round slice even a square slice and then ease it into a mini muffin tin so it is sort of like a cup, a container. Then, I make a quick soffritto. Soffritto is a vegetable base consisting of peppers, and cilantro, and garlic. And you just throw it all into a blender and blend it up, or a food processor, no dicing or chopping there. Then you break an egg on top of the soffritto mixture, and then you sprinkle some monterrey jack cheese on top of that. Then, you throw it into a 400° oven, I think it's about 15 to 20 minutes. The whole thing sets up as a happy little package, that's my idea of sheer heaven. And what I also try to do is suggest that there are other things that you could do. I mean you have that happy little ham cup, you could put anything in the bottom. Creamed spinach, mushrooms was the original one in Gourmet."
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Syracuse versus Georgetown: it's one of college basketball's biggest rivalries. That rivalry will soon lose its luster once SU moves from the Big East to the Atlantic Coast Conference next season. But as the Orange gear up to play the Hoyas in the Dome next Saturday, Brad Vivacqua tells us how some local shirt makers are making the rivalry memorable for fans.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- John Groat has been a Syracuse basketball his entire life. That's why he knows how big the Syracuse-Georgetown rivalry is when it comes to basketball.
"Anytime we can see the Hoyas lose at the hands of a Boeheim team, it's a great day in Syracuse," said Groat.
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processors, so now we can answer not only the question 'Which one is
faster?' but a few at a time:
To answer these questions, we assembled three test
Test configuration for AMD Socket 939:
Test configuration for AMD Socket AM2:
Test configuration for Intel LGA775:
To start with, let's see how the processors respond to the
change of operating speed of the memory subsystem. We start with AMD
Athlon 64 X2 3600+ in combination with DDR2-400/533/667/800.
Despite that Futuremark PCMark'05 has proved
practically indifferent to memory performance , the other benchmarking
suites showed a performance boost as high as 35% due to transition from
DDR2-400 to DDR2-800, that is, in most ways it doesn't make sense
saving on memory modules.
And what about Intel Pentium D 915?
Unfortunately, ASUS P5B Deluxe/Wi-Fi-AP does not allow for operating
with DDR2-400 if the system bus is higher than 533 MHz. We also had no
DDR2-1066 available, but the missing results can be calculated
approximately using those already produced.
Based on the produced results, we can conclude that for Intel
Pentium D fast memory modules is of less importance than for AMD Athlon
64 X2. Of course, in this case much depends on the chipset, motherboard
and BIOS, as well as memory latency timings, but we believe it makes no
sense to buy expensive DDR2-800/1066 memory with low timings for these
purposes. The bottleneck of these systems is the bus running at 800 MHz.
Having sorted out with the memory requirements of systems
being tested, we now move on to comparing the CPU performances in
various tasks. We start with the synthetic benchmarks..
SiSoftware Sandra 2007 SP1 equates the performance of Athlon
64 X2 3600+ and Athlon 64 X2 3800+, and despite the different cache
memory sizes the benchmarking suite shows a minor lag of Athlon 64 X2
3800+ Socket AM2 behind the Socket 939 at arithmetics with higher
memory operating speed; it shows excellent performance of Athlon 64 X2
3600+, especially in the overclocked state, in comparison with both
Intel Pentium D 915 and even Intel Core 2 Duo E6300.
Futuremark PCMark'05 has long been a matter of
complaints that it is biased towards processors of higher clock speeds
– which we could observe in the CPU test. Athlon 64 X2 3600+
and Athlon 64 X2 3800+ are everywhere on par, except the graphics
tests. Intel Pentium D 915 rehabilitates mainly due to the encoding
tasks, but anyway lags well behind at graphics.
We now move on to practical tests of data compression
(archiving a folder containing programs and documents of 1 GB total
size), as well as audio encoding (540 MB *.wav into *.mp3) and vide
encoding (a 74 MB *.mpeg movie into *.avi). Here the faster is the
WinRar 3.60, unlike 7-ZIP 4.42, offers better optimization for
multithreaded compression on dual-core processors, which is well seen
by the results. On the whole, we finally managed to find tasks where
Athlon 64 X2 3600+ lags behind because of the reduced cache, and Athlon
64 X2 3800+ demonstrates a small performance boost due to the faster
memory operation. Media encoding is still a "soap-box" for Intel
processors, especially while compressing audio with LAME codec, but
overclocking Athlon 64 X2 3600+ changes the situation and it is ready
to compete even against Intel Core 2 Duo E6300, whereas Intel Pentium D
915 is no match for it at that.
The memory speed is important for fast operation in CAD/CAM
suites, so Socket AM2 processors win at that over Socket 939 even if
the L2 cache .size is smaller. But here Intel Pentium D 915 is already
a rather serious competitor which after overclocking catches up with
almost Intel Core 2 Duo E6300.
Judging by the results of gaming benchmarks by Futuremark, we
can see some dependence of AMD CPU performance on the L2 cache size -
there is almost no lag. But the DDR2 memory has shown not as much use
as we expected. That does not prevent Athlon 64 X2 3600+ from being
faster than Intel Pentium D 915 in new versions of the package.
Quake 3, sensitive to the operation speed of the memory
controller, shows interesting results. All the Intel processors have
proved faster at that. The DDR2 with ó AMD did not hold water. But
modern and resource-intensive games will show a bit different
Games demonstrate some minor lag of Athlon 64 X2 3600+ behind
Athlon 64 X2 3800+, but on the other hand we see some small performance
boost for Socket AM2 processors. Intel Pentium D 915 is not as good a
performer as in multimedia. And only the much greater cache size saved
it from lagging well behind Athlon 64 X2 3600+ .
Let's try summarizing all the answers to the questions we
posed in the review. AMD has done a pretty successful job of the
dual-core Athlon 64 X2 3600+ which almost doesn't lag behind Athlon 64
X2 3800+ and in almost all the tasks runs faster than Intel Pentium D
915 despite the reduced L2 cache size and with no practical use from
DDR2 memory. The most affordable dual-core Intel processor proved
faster in only a few tasks, which is also good, so it makes no sense to
disregard it. In the long run, it is the price and priority of tasks to
be done will matter most to the thrifty user, unless the user is not
into overclocking. After all, we note that even Athlon 64 X2 3600+ if
overclocked can yield a performance comparable to Intel Core 2 Duo
E6300, and the costs may prove even smaller in terms of the price of
processors and motherboards. Those who are not short for funds will not
find anything topical from the tests we ran – with a good
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The Civil Air Patrol's new governance structure, which is now fully implemented, has changed the role of CAP's leadership and even the relationship between its 61,000 volunteers and CAP National Headquarters' 100 employees. The changes reinforce the Board of Governors' authority to make strategic policy, shift nonstrategic issues to the national commander, focus the wing commanders' role on operations and establish a "one CAP" approach to decision-making in which volunteers and NHQ work together to achieve common goals. "The merging of the two staffs – paid and unpaid professionals – provides for a seamless organizational structure," said CAP National Commander Maj. Gen. Chuck Carr (pictured, below). "We are all on one team now."
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Present: Judges Elder, Clements and Senior Judge Overton
Argued at Chesapeake, Virginia
v. Record No. 0454-03-1 JUDGE JEAN HARRISON CLEMENTS
Verbena M. Askew, Judge
Oldric J. LaBell, Jr., for appellant.
Breckenridge Ingles (McClanahan Ingles; Martin, Ingles & Ingles,
Ltd., on brief), for appellee Melissa Sprong.
No brief or argument for appellees Raymond Helmick and Betty
Michael Helmick (father) appeals from the January 29, 2003 order of the circuit court,
awarding visitation with his minor son (child) to Raymond and Betty Helmick (great-grandparents)
and granting the motion of Melissa Sprong (mother) to deny him access to child's medical records.
Father contends the circuit court erred in (1) prohibiting great-grandparents from taking child to
visit him in prison and (2) denying him access to child's medical records. For the reasons that
follow, we affirm the decision of the circuit court.
As the parties are fully conversant with the record in this case, and because this
memorandum opinion carries no precedential value, this opinion recites only those facts and
incidents of the proceedings as are necessary to the parties' understanding of the disposition of this
On appeal, we consider the evidence in the light most favorable to the party prevailing
below. Wilson v. Wilson, 12 Va. App. 1251, 1254, 408 S.E.2d 576, 578 (1991). So viewed, the
evidence proved that great-grandparents raised father as a son since his birth. Mother and father
were married in November 1997. Mother gave birth to child in January 1998. For nearly two years
following the birth, great-grandparents helped care for child. They often kept child overnight when
mother and father worked late at night. Mother and father separated in December 1999, when father
was first incarcerated on felony charges. During that initial incarceration, mother took child to visit
father in jail one time. Father was subsequently released on bond pending trial.
On May 3, 2000, the circuit court entered a pendente lite decree in the divorce case, granting
father specific visitation with child. Father exercised such visitation with child at
great-grandparents' house until June 2000, at which time he was sentenced to thirty years in prison
with twenty-two years suspended. Mother continued to allow child to regularly visit
great-grandparents. During those visits, child talked to father on the telephone and
great-grandparents read him letters father had sent him. During child's visit with great-grandparents
on September 14, 2000, the police transported father to meet child at the Hampton Coliseum in
exchange for father's cooperation in other cases. Mother learned of the meeting only after it took
The circuit court entered a final decree of divorce on April 30, 2001, awarding mother
custody of child, granting father "reasonable visitation," and transferring the matter to the juvenile
and domestic relations district court (J&DR court). Following entry of the final decree, mother
continued to permit child to visit great-grandparents.
During the summer of 2001, great-grandparents asked mother for permission to take child to
visit father in prison. Mother forbade them from doing so. In response, great-grandparents filed a
petition dated October 25, 2001, in the J&DR court requesting court-ordered visitation so they could
take child to see father in prison. Great-grandparents' petition stated that child's "visitation requires
determination." Mother requested that father's visitation be terminated, that father be denied child's
medical records, and that father's letters to child be screened.
After conducting a hearing on the parties' respective motions, the J&DR court denied
mother's motions and granted great-grandparents visitation with child on every other Wednesday
from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and on the last Friday of each month from 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. the
next day. The court memorialized its decisions in an April 15, 2002 order entered nunc pro tunc
March 18, 2002. The court's order did not expressly address whether great-grandparents could take
child to visit father in prison; however, no conditions or restrictions were placed on the ordered
visitation. On April 15, 2002, mother noted her appeal of the J&DR court's decision.
After the J&DR court hearing, great-grandparents took child to see father at Mecklenburg
Correctional Center. Later in the summer, following father's transfer, great-grandparents took child
to see father at Greensville Correctional Center. Great-grandparents took child to see father in
prison approximately six times.
Observing that child was more defiant and experienced nightmares and bed wetting upon his
return from visiting father in prison, mother took child, on April 16, 2002, April 29, 2002, and
August 26, 2002, to see Dr. Howard Bierenbaum, a clinical psychologist who had previously
evaluated and treated child for behavioral problems experienced after mother and father's separation
and divorce. Mother also contacted the authorities at Greensville Correctional Facility to request
that child not be permitted to see father in prison without a court order directly authorizing such
In November 2002, great-grandparents received a letter from the assistant warden of
Greensville Correctional Center informing them that they would need a court order expressly
authorizing child's visitation with father before child could reenter the facility.
The circuit court heard mother's de novo appeal of the J&DR court's decision on September
10 and November 12, 2002. At those hearings, mother did not oppose great-grandparents' request
for visitation with child but asked that their visitation be amended to accommodate child's
attendance in school and that great-grandparents not be allowed to take child during their visitation
to see father in prison. Mother further asked that father be denied child's medical records.
Great-grandparents did not oppose mother's request to amend their visitation to accommodate
child's attendance at school but requested that they be specifically authorized to continue to take
child to see father in prison and that they be granted additional weekend and holiday visitation with
child. Father requested that he be given access to child's medical records and that
great-grandparents be allowed to bring child to visit him in prison. Child's guardian ad litem
requested that great-grandparents not be allowed to take child to visit father in prison.
After considering the evidence presented, including the de bene esse deposition of
Dr. Bierenbaum, and argument of counsel, the circuit court awarded great-grandparents visitation
with child on alternate Fridays from 1:30 p.m. to 10:00 a.m. the next day, the last Friday of each
month from 6:00 p.m. to the next day at 6:00 p.m., and one day during each of the Easter,
Thanksgiving, and Christmas holiday vacations. As memorialized in its order of January 29, 2003,
the court further ruled as follows:
1. The Court finds that the non-custodial parent who is
currently incarcerated in a state correctional facility is not entitled to
the minor child's medical records and the Court finds pursuant to
Virginia Code 20-124.6 that good cause has been shown for
denying the child's medical records to his father who is not in a
position to make any decisions regarding the child's medical care or
2. The Court believes that it is not appropriate for this four
year old child to visit his father in prison and after considering the
criteria in Virginia Code 20-124.3 finds that it is not in the child's
best interest to have visits at the state correctional facility and
consequently the Court ORDERS that the great-grandparents are
prohibited from taking the minor child to see his father at Greensville
or any other state correctional facilities during their visitation.
This appeal followed.
On appeal, father contends the circuit court erred in ruling that great-grandparents were not
allowed to bring child to visit him in prison. In support of that contention, father first argues that the
circuit court failed to find that a material change in circumstances had occurred since entry of the
final decree of divorce, which was necessary before the court could amend the "reasonable
visitation" he had pursuant to that decree. The evidence, he maintains, shows that, "when the final
decree of divorce was entered, . . . he was already incarcerated." Father also argues that the circuit
court failed to consider "the strong and loving relationship" he had with child and child's
preference, as required by subdivisions 3 and 8 of Code 20-124.3. The circuit court's decision
depriving him of in-person visitation with child at the prison, he maintains, is "contrary to the
evidence when the strong ties between [father] and [child] are considered along with the fact that the
visitation had been allowed for six months without any problems." Thus, father concludes, the
circuit court improperly deprived him of in-person visitation with child. We hold that father's claim
is without merit.
While father is correct generally that there can be no change in visitation unless there has
been a material "change in circumstances" since the last visitation award, Albert v. Albert, 38
Va. App. 284, 293, 563 S.E.2d 389, 394 (2002), father's premise that the circuit court had to find
that a change in circumstances had occurred before it could "amend" his visitation rights set forth in
the final decree of divorce is flawed under the circumstances of this case because the circuit court
did not amend father's visitation rights. In order for the circuit court's refusal to allow
great-grandparents to take child to see father in prison to constitute a change in father's visitation
rights since entry of the divorce decree, the divorce decree must have given father the right to
in-person visitation with child. However, with respect to visitation, the divorce decree stated solely
that father was entitled to "reasonable visitation." The decree provided neither a definition of
"reasonable visitation" nor any details as to what constituted "reasonable visitation." Certainly, we
cannot say, as a matter of semantics, that "reasonable visitation" categorically involves in-person
visitation, particularly if, as here, the person exercising the visitation is in prison.
Nor, despite father's apparent claim to the contrary, did the circumstances existing at the
time of the divorce decree's entry establish that the "reasonable visitation" granted in the decree
involved in-person visitation. Unlike the May 3, 2000 pendente lite decree, which was entered
while father was out of jail on bond and able to exercise the specifically granted in-person visitation
with child at great-grandparents' house, the final decree of divorce was entered after father had
begun serving his sentence of at least eight years' incarceration. Other than a single visit arranged
by the police that mother learned of only after it had occurred, father had no in-person visitation
with child between his incarceration in June 2000 and the entry of the final decree on April 30,
2001. During that period and following the entry of the divorce decree, mother continued to allow
child to regularly visit great-grandparents at their house, where child talked to father on the
telephone and received letters from him, but never authorized in-person visitation by father.
Accordingly, we cannot say that the circuit court's grant to father in the final decree of "reasonable
visitation" constituted in-person visitation with child while father was in prison. This conclusion is
buttressed by the fact that, in petitioning the J&DR court for visitation with child and for
authorization to take child to see father in prison after mother had denied their request for
permission to do so, great-grandparents asked the court for a "determination" of child's visitation,
rather than for a change in visitation.
It is clear, therefore, that the matter before the lower courts was not a request to amend
father's visitation rights but a request to determine what visitation was "reasonable"-specifically,
whether in-person visitation with child while father was in prison was "reasonable." Ultimately, the
circuit court determined that it was not. Accordingly, we conclude that, in denying
great-grandparents' request for authorization to take child to see father in prison and, thus, depriving
father of in-person visitation with child while he was in prison, the circuit court did not amend
father's right to the undefined "reasonable visitation" granted him in the final decree of divorce.
Hence, the circuit court was not required to find that a material change in circumstances had
occurred since the divorce decree was entered.
Additionally, we reject father's assertion that the circuit court failed, in determining the best
interests of child for visitation, to consider the requisite factors set forth in subdivisions 3 and 8 of
Code 20-124.3.
"In matters of custody, visitation, and related child care issues, the court's paramount
concern is always the best interests of the child." Farley v. Farley, 9 Va. App. 326, 327-28, 387
S.E.2d 794, 795 (1990).
Code 20-124.3 specifies the factors a court "shall consider"
in determining the "best interests of a child for . . . custody or
visitation." Although the trial court must examine all factors set out
in Code 20-124.3, "it is not 'required to quantify or elaborate
exactly what weight or consideration it has given to each of the
statutory factors.'"
Brown v. Brown, 30 Va. App. 532, 538, 518 S.E.2d 336, 338 (1999) (quoting Sargent v. Sargent, 20
Va. App. 694, 702, 460 S.E.2d 596, 599 (1995) (quoting Woolley v. Woolley, 3 Va. App. 337, 345,
349 S.E.2d 422, 426 (1986))). Hence, while "Code 20-124.3 requires the trial court to identify the
fundamental, predominating reason or reasons underlying its decision," the court is not required "to
address all aspects of the decision making process, as one would expect from comprehensive
findings of fact and conclusions of law." Lanzalotti v. Lanzalotti, 41 Va. App. 550, 554, 586 S.E.2d
881, 882 (2003). "As long as evidence in the record supports the trial court's ruling and the trial
court has not abused its discretion, its ruling must be affirmed on appeal." Brown, 30 Va. App. at
538, 518 S.E.2d at 338.
Here, the record establishes that great-grandparents and father presented extensive evidence
regarding father's existing relationship with child, including his involvement with child's life during
the in-person visits at the prison and through phone calls and letters at other times. The record also
establishes that, although the circuit court refused to interview child regarding his visitation
preference, mother admitted that, if asked, child would say, like most four-year-old children, that he
wanted to visit father at the prison. In rendering her ruling from the bench, the circuit court judge
stated as follows:
The Court doesn't think it's appropriate for visitation at a
prison. It's very inappropriate for a child to visit - I think it's self
evident with the testimony from the mother that it would not be in
the child's best interest. To do that the Court looks at [Code
20-124.3] and it finds that it is not in the best interest of the child to
have him visit the father at the facility where he is now. If they come
up with another arrangement, fine, visitation is okay, but not at the
In the January 29, 2003 order, the circuit court specified that it reached its decision that it was not in
child's best interests to visit father in prison only after "considering the criteria in . . . Code
20-124.3." Conversely, nothing in the record proves father's assertion that the circuit court failed
to consider the factors set forth in subdivisions 3 and 8 of Code 20-124.3.
Thus, in light of the record's abundance of evidence regarding father's existing relationship
with child, mother's admission regarding child's preference, and the circuit court's declarations that
it considered the factors enumerated in Code 20-124.3, we cannot say, as father would have us do,
that the circuit court failed to consider father's existing relationship with child and child's
preference. Having taken those factors into account, the circuit court determined nonetheless that it
was not in child's best interests to visit father in prison.
Moreover, we cannot say that the circuit court abused its discretion in refusing to permit
great-grandparents to take child to visit father in prison. Additionally, the evidence in the record
amply supports the court's decision. Regarding child's visits with father in prison, mother testified
that child "started having nightmares and . . . wetting the bed when he [came] back" from seeing
father in prison. Mother further testified that, after being "totally toilet trained" when he was three
years old, child "never had an accident at night" until after he started visiting father in prison.
Mother added that "most of [child's nightmares] occur[ed]" when "he [came] home" after seeing
father in prison. Concerned about child's nightmares and bed wetting, mother took child to see
Dr. Bierenbaum on April 16, 2002, April 29, 2002, and August 26, 2002. Dr. Bierenbaum
confirmed that mother reported to him that child, who was "typically . . . not a bed wetter,"
experienced bed wetting and nightmares following his visits with father in prison. Dr. Bierenbaum
further testified that, despite his having evaluated and treated child in the past, mother had never
told him that child suffered from nightmares prior to the visits in April 2000. An expert in the field
of child clinical psychology, Dr. Bierenbaum stated that bed wetting by a child who was toilet
trained through the night, "just as with the nightmares, . . . would suggest that something frightening
or upsetting or worrisome had occurred."
We conclude, therefore, that the circuit court did not err in denying great-grandparents'
request for authorization to take child to visit father in prison.
Father contends, on appeal, that the circuit court erred in granting mother's request to deny
him access to child's medical records. In support of that contention, father argues that the circuit
court's rationale for its decision directly conflicted with the terms of Code 20-124.6 and that there
was no evidence to support a finding that good cause existed under Code 20-124.6 to deny him
access to child's medical records.
Upon reviewing the record, we conclude that father's argument that the circuit court's
reasoning violated Code 20-124.6 is procedurally barred under Rule 5A:18.
Rule 5A:18 provides, in pertinent part, that "[n]o ruling of the trial court . . . will be
considered as a basis for reversal unless the objection was stated together with the grounds therefor
at the time of the ruling."
"Under Rule 5A:18 we do not notice the trial errors for which
no timely objection was made except in extraordinary situations
when necessary to enable us to attain the ends of justice. The
laudatory purpose behind Rule 5A:18, and its equivalent Supreme
Court Rule 5:25, frequently referred to as the contemporaneous
objection rules, is to require that objections be promptly brought to
the attention of the trial court with sufficient specificity that the
alleged error can be dealt with and timely addressed and corrected
when necessary. The rules promote orderly and efficient justice and
are to be strictly enforced except where the error has resulted in
manifest injustice. Errors can usually be corrected in the trial court,
particularly in a bench trial, without the necessity of appeal."
Bazemore v. Commonwealth, 42 Va. App. 203, 218, 590 S.E.2d 602, 609 (2004) (en banc) (quoting
Brown v. Commonwealth, 8 Va. App. 126, 131, 380 S.E.2d 8, 10 (1989)). Moreover, "[m]aking
one specific argument on an issue does not preserve a separate legal point on the same issue for
review." Edwards v. Commonwealth, 41 Va. App. 752, 760, 589 S.E.2d 444, 448 (2003) (en banc),
aff'd, No. 040019 (Va. Sup. Ct. Order of 10/15/04). Hence, a specific objection and "argument
must be made to the trial court at the appropriate time, or the allegation of error will not be
considered on appeal." Id. "To hold otherwise, would invite parties to remain silent at trial,
possibly resulting in the trial court committing needless error." Gardner v. Commonwealth, 3
Va. App. 418, 423, 350 S.E.2d 229, 232 (1986).
Here, as memorialized in the January 29, 2003 order, the circuit court granted mother's
motion to deny father access to child's medical records, finding that "good cause [was] shown"
pursuant to Code 20-124.6 for denying such access because father was "not in a position to
make any decisions regarding the child's medical care and treatment." In explaining the
rationale for that ruling, the circuit court judge stated at the November 12, 2002 hearing that father
was not entitled to child's medical records because he did not have joint custody of child. "[W]hen
it's not joint custody," the judge explained, "the other party is not really entitled to the medical
records because they won't be participating in making decisions with reference to the medical care
that's provided to the child."
Despite having the opportunity to do so, father asserted no objection at the hearing to the
court's stated reasoning. Likewise, father noted no objection to entry of the January 29, 2003 order.
In other words, father remained silent and never brought to the circuit court's attention the error he
now asks us to redress on appeal. Thus, the circuit court never had the opportunity to consider,
address, or correct its use of the erroneous standard. Moreover, our review of the record reveals no
reason to invoke the "ends of justice" or "good cause" exceptions to Rule 5A:18. See Edwards, 41
Va. App. at 761, 589 S.E.2d at 448 ("We will not consider, sua sponte, a 'miscarriage of justice'
argument under Rule 5A:18."); M. Morgan Cherry & Assocs. v. Cherry, 38 Va. App. 693, 702,
568 S.E.2d 391, 396 (2002) (en banc) (holding that the "good cause" exception to Rule 5A:18
will not be invoked where appellant had the opportunity to raise the issue at trial but did not do
so). We hold, therefore, that father is barred by Rule 5A:18 from raising this particular claim of
error for the first time on appeal.
Turning to father's argument that there was no evidence to support a finding that good cause
existed under Code 20-124.6 to deny him access to child's medical records, we note that the
following principles are pertinent to the resolution of this issue:
"'The trial court's decision, when based upon an ore tenus
hearing, is entitled to great weight and will not be disturbed unless
plainly wrong or without evidence to support it.' [Venable v.
Venable, 2 Va. App. 178, 186, 342 S.E.2d 646, 651 (1986).]
'Certainly it is true that the legal rights of the parent should be
respected . . . but the welfare of the child is to be regarded more
highly than the technical legal rights of the parent.' [Forbes v.
Haney, 204 Va. 712, 716, 133 S.E.2d 533, 536 (1963).]"
Green v. Richmond Dep't of Soc. Servs., 35 Va. App. 682, 686-87, 547 S.E.2d 548, 550 (2001)
(quoting L.C.S. v. S.A.S., 19 Va. App. 709, 724, 453 S.E.2d 580, 588 (1995)).
Here, the evidence established that, following his incarceration, father requested copies of
child's medical records from the Children's Clinic and from Dr. Bierenbaum. From the records he
obtained from the Children's Clinic, father discovered only that mother "hadn't taken [child] to the
doctor on a day that she told [great-grandparents] she had" and that child "had had a virus." He did
not receive any records directly from Dr. Bierenbaum because Dr. Bierenbaum did not want to
release child's records to him without being able to meet with him to explain "what the records
meant" and Dr. Bierenbaum "couldn't take time out of his schedule to come to the institution" to
meet with him. Father testified that he wanted access to child's medical records because he "wanted
to find out what the doctors were saying about [child]." Asked what he would do if he found out
child had a medical problem, father replied that he would call great-grandparents "to see if
somebody could help [child]." Nothing in the record indicates that father "has any specialized
training or education . . . that would provide him with the ability to help [child] by reviewing
[child's] medical records." Id. at 688, 547 S.E.2d at 550-51.
Dr. Bierenbaum explained in a letter to father that it was his policy not to "send copies of
reports to parents with whom [he had] not met directly because of [his] concern about possible
misinterpretation of findings." Dr. Bierenbaum further advised father that father could call him
collect to discuss his sessions with child, but father never called, instead responding by letter that he
needed Dr. Bierenbaum's phone number, despite the fact that "the phone number . . . was on the
letterhead." Dr. Bierenbaum also testified that mother reported to him that father was a
"provocative, controlling and abusive man," who "was more concerned about his own needs as a
father than about the emotional well-being of . . . child."
Asked why father should not have access to child's medical reports, mother testified that
father "twist[ed] the truth" to serve his own purposes and had a warped sense of reality in which he
was never at fault. He would use child's medical records against her, she indicated, "to keep . . . the
court proceedings going forever," which was "not healthy for [child]." Mother further testified that
she had to get a block on her phone because father called her constantly and would call her back
constantly if she hung up or did not accept his collect phone calls.
From this evidence, the circuit court judge, as finder of fact, could properly conclude that,
had he access to them, father would use child's medical records in a manner inconsistent with
child's best interests. See id. at 688, 547 S.E.2d at 551 (noting that the trier of fact ascertains the
witnesses' credibility and "the weight to be given to [their] testimony" and exercises "discretion in
accepting or rejecting [their] testimony"). Conversely, no evidence in the record establishes that
father's access to child's medical records would benefit child. We hold, therefore, that the evidence
in the record supports the circuit court's determination that good cause existed to deny father access
to child's medical records.
For these reasons, we affirm the circuit court's rulings prohibiting great-grandparents from
taking child to see father in prison and denying father access to child's medical records.
* Pursuant to Code 17.1-413, this opinion is not designated for publication.
Subdivisions 3 and 8 of Code 20-124.3 provide as follows:
In determining best interests of a child for purposes of
determining custody or visitation arrangements . . . , the court shall
consider the following:
* * * * * * *
3. The relationship existing between each parent and each
child, giving due consideration to the positive involvement with
the child's life, the ability to accurately assess and meet the
emotional, intellectual and physical needs of the child;
* * * * * * *
8. The reasonable preference of the child, if the court
deems the child to be of reasonable intelligence, understanding,
age and experience to express such a preference; . . . .
Code 20-124.6 provides, in pertinent part, that "neither parent, regardless of whether
such parent has custody, shall be denied access to the academic, medical, hospital or other health
records of that parent's minor child unless otherwise ordered by the court for good cause
shown." (Emphases added.)
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Hanoi: Sat 11 May 2013, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
HCMC: Thu 09 May 2013, 8 pm
HCMC Conservatory of Music
Update: FREE TICKETS to the concerts have run out! However, Hanoi Grapevine's readers have the chance to win 10 pairs of tickets to both concerts in Hanoi (5 pairs) and HCMC (5 pairs) with good seats on first level. Follow Grapevine for details coming on Monday 6 May!
From Delegation Wallonie-Bruxelles in Vietnam:
Eric LEGNINI, one of the most talented pianists of international jazz 's scene, will perform in Ho Chi Minh City on May 9th and May 11th 2013 in Hanoi in the program of Europe Days in Vietnam and on the occasion of 20th anniversary of the execution of Cultural Cooperation Agreement between the Social Republic of Vietnam 's Government and Community of Francophone Belgium 's Government.
Eric Legnini: piano – Thomas Bramerie: contrabass
Franck Agulhon: drum – Hugh Coltman: vocal
Eric Legnini was born in 1970 near the Liège city in Belgium. He began studying piano at the age of 6 and discovered jazz in the 80s of the previous century, from that moment this kind of music became great passion and the reason for life. At the age of 18, he came to the America to satisfy his dream of drowning in magical sounds of this country, especially his idol Herbie Hancock. After that, he returned to teach piano at the Brussels Academy of Music, but shortly after that, he decided to be on stage and never leave his paradise from then on.
He met and worked with generation of the most famous jazz artists such as Stefano Di Battista, Belmondo brothers, Paco Jerry, Milton Nascimento and many other great names of this genre, along with them, he performs on the biggest stage of the world. He also accompanied with piano for many famous singers such as Carla Bruni, Claude Nougaro, Lian Foly …
Essentiels – his debut album was produced in 1990 and then, 10 music CDs were made. All CDs are welcomed by critics and music lovers, all were charmed by his virtuosity and endless creativity.
The Belgian Jazz pianist never stops trying to explore the mood of creation that varies among soul music, gospel, blues and jazz. Recently, he combines his talents with two other famous musicians, musician Thomas Bramerie who plays contrabass and drummer Franck Agulhon. With the latest album of the trio named Sing twice, a very attractive CD, a mix of jazz, pop and African melodies, he has invited three renowned vocals: British singer Hugh Coltman, Malian female singer Mamani Keita and the US-Japan female singer Emi Meyer. Eric Legnini desire to play hard, 200% to even 300% of strength for the music!
In 2005 Eric won Legnini «Django D'OR», in 2006, he won the «Octave Music" and in 2011, he won the "Glorious Music" for Jazz album of the year.
In addition to the concert in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Eric Legnini will have a Master class with students at Ho Chi Minh City Academy of Music on May 10th , from 9 am to 11.30 am.
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Michael Jackson spent his whole life making tabloid headlines -- and after his death, that's the one thing that didn't change. Looking over the past year, here's a timeline of the scandals that emerged in the wake of the King of Pop's death.
June 25, 2009: Michael Jackson dies of a painkiller overdose, three weeks before his comeback tour commences.
June 30, 2009: Michael's father Joe Jackson uses BET's memorial tribute to selfishly promote his new record label.
July 2, 2009: The Today Show's Matt Lauer tours the Neverland Ranch, revealing his larger-than-life living quarters and a triple-locked "secret room."
July 3, 2009: Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe is rumored to be fighting for custody of Jackson's children. Per Jackson's will, his mother Katherine Jackson assumes custody.
July 7, 2009: At Jackson's televised memorial service, his children -- whom Jackson had painstakingly kept hidden from the media -- were brought onto the stage, where daughter Paris gave a tearful speech. It was a heartbreaking moment, but was it exploitative?
July 7, 2009: Diana Ross, chosen by Jackson as a secondary guardian to his children, did not attend the memorial service, prompting rumors of a feud between Ross and Katherine Jackson.
July 9, 2009: The media learns that the city of Los Angeles spent $1.4 million in taxpayers' money on Jackson's memorial service.
July 22, 2009: Photos reveal that Omer Bhatti, rumored to be Jackson's secret lovechild, was seated with Jackson's family at the memorial.
August 14, 2009: Jackson's doctors reveal details of his many cosmetic surgeries to Allure Magazine.
August 25, 2009: Jackson's death is ruled a homocide.
August 31, 2009: Macaulay Culkin is briefly rumored to be the biological father of the youngest Jackson child, Prince Michael II a.k.a. Blanket.
October 12, 2009: Michael Jackson's posthumous single "This Is It," promoted as a "new song," turns out to be an old song written by Paul Anka.
November 18, 2009: The father of Jordi Chandler, Jackson's first alleged molestation victim, commits suicide.
March 3, 2010: Katherine Jackson's attorney denies reports that Michael's children were playing with stun guns in the house.
May 27, 2010: Jackson's estate shuts down the unauthorized sale of Michael Jackson belts by his parents Katherine and Joe Jackson. February 8, 2010: Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, pleads "not guilty" to involuntary manslaughter.
April 5, 2010: Dr. Conrad Murray's defense is revealed; his lawyers will argue that Michael Jackson killed himself.
April 29, 2010: Jason Pfeiffer, a man who worked for Jackson's dermatologist, says that he and Michael were in a romantic relationship. The dermatologist confirms Pfeiffer's story while Jackson's family emphatically denies it.
June 1, 2010: Details of Michael Jackson's will are released, showing that he left his entire fortune to his children, mother and charity works -- and nothing to his father, friends or employees.
June 13, 2010: In a videotaped interview, Joe Jackson blames wife Katherine for Michael's death.
June 24, 2010: Sister La Toya Jackson says that Michael was murdered for his money.
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Court president Oscar Magi reads a sentence in Milan's court, Italy, Thursday, March 7, 2013. A Milan court has convicted former Premier Silvio Berlusconi for the illegal publication of transcripts of wiretapped conversations in a newspaper owned by his media empire. The court on Thursday sentenced him to one year in jail, although he is unlikely to be put behind bars during a possible appeal. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
MILAN (AP) — A Milan court on Thursday convicted former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi of breach of confidentiality for the illegal publication of wiretapped conversations related to a failed bank takeover in a newspaper owned by his media empire.
The court sentenced him to one year in jail, but issued no orders on the carrying out of the sentence. In Italy, it is rare for anyone to be put behind bars pending a possible appeal except in the case of very serious crimes like murder.
Berlusconi's brother, Paolo Berlusconi, was convicted of the same charge and sentenced to two years and three months. Paolo Berlusconi is publisher of the Milan newspaper il Giornale, which published the transcript of the conversation.
Silvio Berlusconi's defense team had accused the court of seeking a speedy verdict for political impact.
Still, the verdict does not directly affect Berlusconi's eligibility to participate in a new government because Italy — despite several attempts to pass such legislation — has no law banning people convicted of minor crimes from parliament. His center-right coalition last week finished third in parliamentary elections that saw no clear winner. Talks on forming a new government are expected to begin March 20.
The charge relates to the 2005 publication of a wiretapped call that was part of an investigation into the Unipol financial services company's failed bid to take over the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro. The bid was blocked by Italy's central bank, contributing to the forced resignation of then-Bank of Italy chief Antonio Fazio.
Wiretapped conversations are widely published in Italian media, despite the risks of prosecution.
In a potentially more damaging case, a verdict is also nearing in Berlusconi's appeals trial on a conviction of tax fraud. Prosecutors have demanded the court uphold the October conviction and four-year sentence. They also are seeking a five-year ban from public office.
Berlusconi also is on trial in Milan for allegedly paying an under-age teen for sex and lying to cover it up, with a verdict likely this month. And prosecutors in Naples are investigating him for corruption for allegedly paying an opposition lawmaker €3 million to join his party, a move that significantly weakened the previous center-left government of Romano Prodi.
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This is Part Six in a multi-post series about the first roadtrip Nicole and I took together. We'll be heading out for a Southwest roadtrip in less than six weeks, and will be chronicling our adventures from the road!
After a near-perfect day in Innsbruck, it was going to be tough to beat our trip to the top of an Alp. Nevertheless, we picked up a quick breakfast at McDonald's (I know, I know—but we had to sample the Austrian fast food offerings) and hit the road. The drive to Salzburg was manageable (about two hours) and uneventful, especially compared to our snowy travels days earlier.
We were headed to Salzburg for one big reason: Nicole's love of the Sound of Music. (I remain ambivalent about the musical, although our visit certainly made me appreciate it a bit more.) With a day-long tour planned for the following day, we figured we would take today easy. In fact, we underestimated the drive and actually had nothing planned for the remainder of the day—a rarity with advance planners like us!
So we took our time unwinding at our bed and breakfast, the delightful Haus Reichl. As Nicole has detailed previously, this alpine oasis is located just outside the city, with a breathtaking view of the Untersberg and fields of deer and cows nearby. With several hours to fill, we flipped through our guidebook and were tickled to discover that we would have time for something we had previously written off for lack of time: a trip to the Salzkammer District, and a tour of the salt mine.
Salzburg literally means "salt castle"—and no wonder. The city is located near the Hallein Salt Mine, a 7,000-year-old working mine. A brief drive from our B&B took us to the mine's entrance, where we bought our tickets, stowed our belongings, and dressed in very attractive miner jumpsuits. Wish I had anticipated our costume change before choosing a skirt and boots that morning!
For the next 90 minutes, we were whisked away—or, more accurately, down—into the mine, riding a miniature train that resembled something from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Instead of diamonds, though, we were surrounded by sparkling salt crystals. The tour was a fantastic blend of history, science, and fun: We descended two levels of the mine by riding down long vertical wooden slides before boarding a raft to cross an indoor salt lake as we watched a (I'm not kidding) laser light show. If only photography was allowed!
We finished our tour with a trip to the gift shop (table salt, saline spray, and other salty treasures), then headed back to Salzburg for a dinner of some of the best Chinese food we've ever tasted. Then it was early to bed—we had to meet our guide for the Sound of Music tour the next morning.


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Army Doctor Indicted for Illegally Distributing Oxycodone
In Just 3 Months Allegedly Distributed at Least 3,000 30mg Oxycodone Tablets from
Illegal Prescriptions
Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Dr. Joffre Erwin Robalino, age 43, of Columbia, Maryland, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone. The indictment was returned on June 1, 2011, and unsealed today at Dr. Robalino's initial appearance. Dr. Robalino was arrested last night. At his initial appearance today Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul W. Grimm ordered that Robalino be released on home detention with electronic monitoring under the supervision of U.S. Pretrial Services.
The indictment was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge Ava Cooper-Davis of the Drug Enforcement Administration - Washington Field Division; Special Agent in Charge Robert Craig of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service - Mid-Atlantic Field Office; and Special Agent in Charge Nicholas DiGiulio, Office of Investigations, Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services .
"The alleged criminal action of Dr. Robalino, a military doctor for the U.S. Army, is very disappointing," stated Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ava A. Cooper-Davis. "Professionals, such as doctors or pharmacists, who knowingly abuse their power and the public trust to illegally dispense drugs are common drug dealers - no different than those selling illicit drugs on the street. Nobody is above the law. This type of illegal conduct will not be tolerated and will be investigated vigorously by our DEA Tactical Diversion Squads," stated Cooper-Davis.
According to the indictment and affidavit filed in support of a search warrant for Robalino's residence and vehicle, Robalino is a doctor and an active duty Army Captain employed at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. According to the affidavit, from March 9, 2011 to May 25, 2011, Robalino allegedly wrote 16 prescriptions for oxycodone/oxymorphone products in the names of his wife and mother. The prescriptions were allegedly filled at 11 different pharmacies and paid for by TriCare, a military health insurance plan. A total of 3,525 oxycodone tablets were dispensed. According to the affidavit, a typical oxycodone prescription is written for a 30 day supply of the dug. The prescriptions written by Dr. Robalino were filled just a few days apart at different pharmacies and far exceed the amount of pills two people could consume for legitimate purposes.
The affidavit further alleges that during that same period, Robalino wrote prescriptions in the names of other individuals who were not his patients, sometimes without that person's knowledge, filled the prescriptions himself or had others pass the prescriptions, then sold the oxycodone to other individuals for their personal use or to distribute to others. The affidavit alleges that Robalino sold at least 3,000 30 mg oxycodone tablets for $10 - $12 per tablet with pills obtained from prescriptions through these individuals.
If convicted, Robalino faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
An indictment is not a finding of guilt. An individual charged by indictment is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at some later criminal proceedings.
United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein praised the DEA Tactical Diversion Squad, DCIS, and HHS-OIG for their work in the investigation. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Assistant United States Attorney Mushtaq Gunja, who is prosecuting the case.
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Drum Class in Detroit
Attended an incredible djembe class at The Magic Stick, on Woodward Avenue in Detroit, MI last week. I'm still high off of the incredible energy we all produced!! Paul Militello facilitated the instruction along with Baba Mbaye Diagne (native of Senegal). About 75 people came to play and learn technique. Some danced in the middle of our enormous circle with beautiful bare feet jumping across the wooden floor boards, hearts and arms open to the sky.
I made a little video of part at the end of the evening. My phone camera made it sound like white noise, because it was to weak and the music too powerful, although the visual effects of the video are pretty ok:)
I hadn't played my djembe for real since I left my performance group in Traverse City. That's who motivated me to go to the Detroit class, my teacher, my beloved guru, Rod Russell. He called out of the blue and asked if I was interested. So, yes!! I said.
I was in the zone. I even knew some of the West African rhythms they were busting out when we were free-playing. All of the hours of training paid off! I could communicate my big love to everyone--strangers, people in the room I hadn't even said a word to yet, people who didn't speak English-- through my music and they could communicate back to me. Music is peace. I know that for sure. Let's all unite and dance toward peace!
At the end of the night, we all stood in a circle and held hands. Then, Baba said some beautiful words: "Jam Rek," he said. And then we all said Jam Rek together. It means "Nothing But Peace."


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We've been hard–oh, so hard–at work on Crochet, Book One–proofing, inputting changes, scribbling our questions on endless copies of each pattern page, checking with designer Rebecca, checking with Kristen TenDyke (our esteemed crochet tech editor–thanks, Kristen!), proofing some more, puzzling over chart repeats, asking endless questions. We've learned a lot about crocheting that we didn't know before. Remember, we're more knitters over here than crocheters. (But I think that's just changed.)
At any rate: Done and done. Hooray! Getting our e-letter ready to announce the launch.
AND, more important. We have three winners! We're about to send our first pdf copies of Crochet to Angela, Sherri, and Jodi–all chosen from the comments on our last blog via a random number generator. Thanks so very, very much for all your encouraging comments. We really appreciate them!
Don't go far, we're about to post the book. Won't be long now. Ready?