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Local lawyer wants court of appeal job
Published: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 6:22 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 6:22 p.m.
BATON ROUGE — In his campaign to capture the local seat on the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal, J. Christopher Erny is touting his dedication to the law and his experience from serving nearly 10 years as an assistant district attorney.
J. Christopher "Chris" Erny
Age: 44
Party: Republican
Occupation: Assistant district attorney, on leave of absence while campaigning
Office Sought: 1st Circuit Court of Appeal, 1st District, Division B
Religion: Catholic
Hometown: Houma
Family: Married to the former Gabrielle Gros; three children ages 15, 12 and 10
Website: www.ChrisErnyForJudge.com
The following represents all campaign finance activity from July 30 through Sept. 27, according to Chris Erny's latest report filed with the state Ethics Administration this week.
Raised: $25,479
In-kind Contributions: $2,701
Spent: $35,443
Cash On Hand: $31,288
Lafourche Parish Donors: LaShip LLC of Cut Off, $1,000
Terrebonne Parish Donors: Quality Energy Services Inc. of Houma, $2,500; Dean Cheramie of Houma, $1,500; B & T Properties of Houma, $1,000; Evangeline Business Park LLC of Houma, $1,000; Patco Completion Services Inc. of Houma, $1,000; Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors LLC of Bourg, $1,000; Susan Trapp of Houma, $1,000; EP Rome Inc. of Houma, $600; Brett T. Barker of Houma, $500; Christopher Barker of Houma, $500; Frank J. Basile of Houma, $500; Mark Bourgeois of Houma, $500; Myrtle Brewer of Houma, $500; Terry Calongne of Houma, $500; Christian D. Lapeyere of Houma, $500; Robert Neal of Bourg, $500; Henry Richard of Houma, $500; Timothy P. Champagne of Houma, $300; Fakier Jewelers of Houma, $250; Dean Pellegrin of Houma, $250; Eugene Thibodaux of Houma, $250; Barry P. Vice of Houma, $250; Cecil Zeringue of Houma, $250; Mitchell J. Marmande of Houma, $200; Garland P. Aycock of Houma, $100; The Caldarera Group of Houma, $100; and Kimi P. Walker of Houma
Largest Disbursements: Magellan Strategies of Geismar, polling and political data services, $8,000; The Political Firm of Baton Rouge, consulting services, $7,800; and Lamar Companies of Baton Rouge and Bayou Signs Outdoor LLC of Thibodaux, billboards, $6,200 combined
Erny, 44, has had to take a leave of absence from his role as a public prosecutor in Terrebonne Parish to run for the judgeship, but he said he applies the most basic lessons he learned while on the job in practically every situation he faces. This is especially true, Erny added, as voters prepare to participate in "this wonderful experiment in democracy" that merges government and law with public service.
"The rule of law, while we might not always agree with it, is what keeps this thing going," Erny said. "It's the backbone of our society."
Erny said it was his passion for the law that prompted him to consider replacing Judge Jimmy Gaidry of Bourg, who turned 70 this year and is not eligible for another term.
The court's 1st District, Division B seat has historically been held by an attorney from the Terrebonne-Lafourche region, and Erny will be joined on the Nov. 6 ballot by three others hoping to continue that tradition.
Mitch Theriot, municipal judge and former Republican state representative from Matthews, is running, as is Mark Plaisance, a Thibodaux resident who served as city judge for Baker for six years. From the northern end of the local division, District Judge William DuPont, a Democrat from Plaquemine, is on the ballot, too. A runoff for this contest, as needed, is scheduled for Dec. 8.
The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals consists of eight parishes: Terrebonne, St. Mary, Lafourche, Assumption, Ascension, Iberville, West Baton Rouge and Pointe Coupee. The court is responsible for reviewing oral and written statements from lower-court proceedings involving family, civil and criminal issues.
According to the latest campaign fundraising reports filed with the state Ethics Administration, Erny has roughly $31,000 in cash to get his message out to voters.
He has so far banked endorsements from Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Jerry Larpenter and state Rep. Joe Harrison, R-Napoleonville, and has the backing of the Republican executive committees in Ascension and Lafourche parishes. Campaign manager Jason Hebert said endorsements are "rolling out daily," and more can be expected in the coming weeks.
Still, Erny, who is running for office for the first time, said he's only just learning how to navigate the political process.
"I'm a prosecutor," he said, "not a politician."
Even as a child, Erny said he "argued a lot," and people would jokingly tell him to be an attorney when he grew up.
"So that decision was a natural one for me," he said.
He attended Nicholls State University for his freshman year of college and then attended and graduated from LSU in Baton Rouge. He also went to law school at LSU, later graduating and marrying the woman he met there as a student, the former Gabrielle Gros.
With his license, Erny has practiced in numerous state courts and in all of Louisiana's federal districts, as well as in the Southern District of Mississippi. Erny said he has represented numerous people and businesses in litigation involving many areas of the law that have included employment issues, admiralty and maritime cases, divorce and custody disputes, oil and gas exploration and production, environmental damage, real estate law, construction and personal injury litigation.
More recently, as an assistant district attorney, Erny said he has handled thousands of felony and misdemeanor criminal cases that range in scope from DWIs to first-degree murder cases.
While he said "all of my cases are important," Erny added there are a select few he reflects on regularly, such as the trial of Tyari Smith, who received two life sentences this year for murdering his girlfriend and 3-year-old child.
"There's nothing I can do to bring them back, but I hope the people who love them get some semblance of justice knowing (Smith) can't do this to anyone else," Erny said.
In his campaign for the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal, Erny said he wants to "continue making a difference," and the bench offers the best opportunity.
"As a judge you have a unique opportunity to make a big difference, and even more so as an appeals court judge," he said. "You're setting precedent."
Erny said "honesty and good moral character" would define his time with the court, if elected.
"I'm a strict constructionist," Erny said. "I believe in the Constitution as it is. It doesn't need to be stretched. It's a brilliant document that stands alone. And I won't be in the business of making laws. My job will be to interpret the laws and to either affirm or overturn decisions."
As for the biggest issue in the ongoing election, Erny said he's treading carefully while answering all questions asked.
"This is different from a legislative race where candidates make promises. Judges shouldn't promise certain results. It's all based on the case," he said. "All I can say is, if I'm elected, I can promise to be honest, approach the position with integrity and do the best job possible."
In addition to his practice, Erny serves as president of the Terrebonne Port Commission, which has developed more than $50 million worth of projects in recent years, he said.
Erny also serves as an instructor for Project LEAD, a program sponsored by the District Attorney's Office and Terrebonne General Medical Center that provides lessons about the legal system to fifth graders.
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NFL quarterbacks are tearing a page from God's playbook. Whether the line of scrimmage marks a passage in life or is chalked on a football field, audibles count. Pro quarterbacks use an audible when they bark out a play before the ball is hiked, confusing the defense by mixing code language with chatter.
On the first Christmas, God used an audible to mark his visit with humanity. "(God's) word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth" (John 1:14). That is, God's coming to Earth got legs because of Jesus' birth.
For centuries, ancient Jews were perplexed because they didn't hear God's clear word about his keen interest in them. His audible got lost in excuses people made for why God didn't boldly intersect their lives. Some pictured God as an absentee landlord of the universe, forgetful of human need. Others regarded him as superintending the cosmos, remote because he opted to hide beyond the Milky Way. Still, more surmised that God had given up on our planet and moved his interest to another universe. Then, God called an audible. His line of scrimmage, so to speak, was Bethlehem.
Sam Portaro, a Princeton classmate and Episcopalian college chaplain, penned a Christmas greeting which helps us understand God's audible. "One of the most important (dimensions of Christmas," Sam wrote, "is the belief that Jesus' birth is a declaration of God's loving embrace of all that is human, of God's desire and determination to make a home with us. Thus, home isn't a terrain or territory bounded by borders or walls. Home is wherever, whenever we're within the circle of God's love."
God's audible nestles among us. He makes a home where we live. He camps with us. God's audible is Jesus' birth.
Theologians often clutter this audible with turgid terminology such as "incarnation" or "the Godhead was enfleshed" at Bethlehem. Christians sing carols, voicing muddied lyrics that believing insiders understand, such as: "Veiled in flesh the Godhead see; hail the incarnate deity" ("Hark! The Herald Angels Sing") or "Jesus, to thee be all glory giv'n. Word of the father, now in flesh appearing." ("Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful"). When meanings sound garbled, we ask, "Please flesh out what you are trying to say. Clarify your meaning."
God's audible that he's made a home with us sticks in heart and mind because it creates a picture. Biblical teacher Richard Foster helps us understand God's audible. He coaches Christians to picture Jesus' coming at Bethlehem, rather than merely read it as another birth announcement. "Live the experience of Scripture," advises Foster. "Smell the sea. Hear the lap of water against the shore. See the crowd. Feel the sun on your head and the hunger in your stomach. Taste the salt in the air. Touch the hem of Jesus' garment." Such audibles make Jesus' teaching memorable.
God's personal audible on the first Christmas had body to it. Listen, says the Bible, to a baby's cry. Monitor the timber of Jesus' voice. Do you recognize it as God's?
Who else ranks high at giving an audible?
Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning is one of the best at cloaking an audible. Hearing his chatter, the defense can't guess the next play. Manning is a master at sliding along the line before the ball is snapped, moving a running back to a new position, using hand signals, talking a blue streak and through it all sneaking in the Broncos' play to be run.
Kevin Clark, in an article, "Quarterbacks Speak Fluent Gibberish" (Wall Street Journal, Nov. 20, p. D6) describes how Manning excels at concealing a play in an audible filling the air with sound but scant sense. "Daniel Muir, a veteran NFL defensive lineman, estimates," writes Clark, "that 80 percent of Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning's calls from the line of scrimmage are made up. And though Manning was master of the audible before the rule change, players say it has taken on new importance. 'He'll bluff you just to do it because he knows he can,' Muir said."
Manning's verbal agility is similar in mastery to God's at Bethlehem. We are caught off guard with an unexpected announcement. Manning camouflages play calling. God hid his voice within a squirming baby. Surprising, isn't it? For ages, people expected God to speak with a thunderous voice. They wanted him to flex his muscles and KO the Roman empire. But he expressed himself in a baby's whimper. Not an invincible warlord, but a vulnerable infant.
Broncos pick up the right signal hidden amid Manning's banter at the line of scrimmage. This helps them execute the next play and move the ball toward the goal line.
Do we recognize God's audible hidden in Jesus? It wraps us in a circle of love. God's surprising homecoming enters human hearts.
The Rev. Jack R. Van Ens is a Presbyterian minister who heads the nonprofit, tax-exempt Creative Growth (www.theliving
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Sometimes, you just need to follow your instinct. That's what New Philadelphia native Melissa Erwin did, and it led to a second career as a standup comic.
Erwin, the daughter of Carolyn Brodzinski of New Philadelphia and the late Richard Erwin, will return home Nov. 15 for a night of comedy at the Performing Arts Center on the campus of Kent State University at Tuscarawas in New Philadelphia. She'll be performing with the comedy quartet #Super Cute Buddies.
"It just kind of happened," said Erwin of her foray into comedy. "A comedy club is located just up the road from my house in Columbus, and I used to go listen to the comics on open-mic night. The more I listened, the more I felt I could do the same thing, and one night, I did."
That was three years ago, and now Erwin is hooked on making people laugh.
She even entered the "Funniest Person in Columbus" competition and finished as a runner-up.
Erwin said the name #Super Cute Buddies was the result of a comment meant as an insult.
"I was in an improvisational class, and four of us just kept getting paired up," said Erwin. "Someone made the comment that were just so 'super cute,' and it stuck. We've been together for about two years now."
Other members of #Super Cute Buddies are James Myers, Jeff Moser and Wonder Doug.
Erwin, who writes her own material, said she bases her comedy on "real life" situations. "I like to use common things we've all experienced, like waiting in a line or dealing with crowds."
Like all comics, she has experienced the dreaded silence after a joke. "At first, if there was no laughter, it would throw me off my game," said Erwin. "Now, I take it very well. I love throwing my thoughts or opinions out there and seeing how the general public responds."
Erwin said comedy remains mainly a man's world.
"It can be difficult," Erwin said of breaking into the field. "The first couple dozen times I got on stage, the room would clear, and I struggled with that. Because you are a woman, people expect a dumb girl with a high-pitched voice."
Erwin said her current favorite comedian is Louis CK. "I'm a huge fan," she said, adding that she also drew inspiration from Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, watching "Saturday Night Live" skits from the 1980s and early 1990s, and the comedy sketch show "In Living Color."
"Jerry Seinfeld was a real inspiration," said Erwin.
Erwin, a 2005 graduate of Tuscarawas Central Catholic, is employed as a phlebotomist at a cardiac rehabilitation center at Columbus. She also runs two shows in Columbus, one an open mic format that encourages all kinds of comedy, and the other a remix-style show that features comedians and incorporates a prize wheel with games and prizes.
Page 2 of 2 - "I think comedy is one of the most intimate ways a person can express themselves," said Erwin. "Comedy is very personal and shows people a different side of yourself."
As to the Nov. 15 performance, Erwin said she is looking forward to coming home.
"The Performing Arts Center will be the biggest venue in which we've performed," said Erwin. "It's very exciting."
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Dagon H.C. Jones, DDS lives and practices dentistry in Davis. Received his B.S. in Biochemistry with high honors from UC Davis before attending UCSF school of dentistry as a Regents Scholar. Married with two teenage sons. Enjoys Power kites (For which he holds the 12th place world buggy speed record), Board Games, Comics, Roleplaying Games, hiking, home brewing, and other stuff too.
My full name is Dagon Hurricane Casey Jones, I was named after the ancient god Dagon. Dagon was a god of grain and possibly fish. My parents were older hippies and my mom thought a fish god was appropriate because my zodiac sign is pisces. My middle name Casey, is from his father's nickname "Casey Jones" and Hurricane was chosen by my dad because it sounded cool. Many people recognize the name Dagon from the H.P. Lovecraft short story and the Cthulhu mythos.
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2010-05-29 19:28:12 Abalone! Yes, please! —DonShor
2010-05-29 19:38:58 I'd love some abalone! —WilliamLewis
2010-05-29 19:52:36 oooooh memememe! Abalone please! —OliviaY
2010-05-30 10:34:15 I used to chauffeur my mom's love interest (at the time) on his abalone diving adventures and in return for driving and lugging his weights to and from the beach I'd get an entire abalone to myself. Those were some good times!
We should have another wiki BBQ so you can bring some abs and share the love! —JenniferCook
2010-05-30 20:38:39 I will have about 3 or 4 abalone to spare. they will all be live (or recently dead) and in the shell. email me your phone number to dagonjones at gmail.com I will call you when I get home on monday and you can come pick them up from my home in east Davis. —DagonJones
I'll be at the shop in the morning and at oxford circle for a shop bbq at 4pmish. If you're able, bring the abalone by. Sorry I missed the wiki bbq, but it was my son's black belt test and we were not in any shape to bbq. you can stay and enjoy some short ribs. —Aaron.Curtin
2010-05-31 23:27:39 Thanks for the abalone! I pan fried it in butter and olive oil and seasoned it with lemon, salt, and pepper. Delicious! I'm going to bread the rest tomorrow and see how that turns out. —WilliamLewis
2010-06-01 22:15:10 I hate it when people call Davis wiki "Wikipedia" or "Davis Wikipedia" —DagonJones
2010-06-02 00:58:24 Why do you think its such a bad comparison? Obviously we have some different conventions, but we are similar too and I'm curious how people perceive the similarities and differences depending on their experiences with one or the other. WilliamLewis says that it would imply we require NPOV for example, but I would expect this to be understood as not a universal convention of wikis. What do you think? —NickSchmalenberger
2010-06-02 09:32:36 I agree that the Myspace pages are definitely her, but I was specifically referring to the Facebook links. I don't think that's her or her family, and the only confirming evidence besides the profile pic was a "Scott" with a different last name. —MIK
2010-06-03 09:55:02 psst... the istockphoto watermark is visible —JasonAller
2010-06-03 10:40:31 I drew the sprout used in the Seed logo. Feel free to use it. Or hit up wpclipart.com for Public Domain art. —JabberWokky
2010-06-03 11:15:46 Very cool! thanks! Plus my son is eternally grateful to you for the abalone.... —DonShor
2010-06-03 11:42:57 I need to talk to you about my teeth... should I just stop by your office later? —JenniferCook
2010-06-03 20:46:59 Just wanted to drop a line and say thanks for the abalone... it was wonderful! We cleaned it that night and I seasoned it with just salt, pepper, lemon zest, and minced garlic. Seared it in olive oil and plated over rice. Delicious!!! Everyone enjoyed it. My kids liked it until I explained to them what an abalone was. —Aaron.Curtin
2010-06-04 08:42:52 AlexanderHo just showed me how to make them last night :) It's just a table with a background color. The image goes in the left cell of the table, with text in the right. You can use [[BR]] to create a line break in the text so the table stays nice and narrow. To see an example (and get the color), you can edit one of the Include pages, like TimeSink. You can use that or one of the others as a template, switching up the image and the text. —TomGarberson
2010-06-04 08:45:43 Oh, also... I'm not sure about free drawing tools, but [www.irfanview.com Irfanview] is a fantastic, simple, free image editor and converter. Stuff like cropping, resizing, shrinking file size, converting file types, and so on are very easy with it. It doesn't have any tools for drawing/color, though (that I know of). —TomGarberson
2010-06-04 09:01:22 http://www.gimp.org/
Supposed to be as versatile as Photoshop, but it's free. —hankim
2010-06-04 10:37:31 Rumor has it your real job is working for Maxipoo. I worry that your dental practice is just a front for some far shadier goings-on. Watch yourself, Jones! —TomGarberson
2010-06-04 10:54:22 I use GIMP (which Han recommended up above). If you do an image in MS Paint, I'd be happy to color match it. If you use GIMP, I have a "Davis Wiki Notice Palette" of colors to work with. —JabberWokky
2010-06-04 12:35:41 I'm sorry, but I don't find any levity in legal threats. —WilliamLewis
2010-06-08 15:36:28 Virgil's Soda I guess? —hankim
2010-06-08 20:03:35 Sure. It's that professorial trigger itch. —CovertProfessor
2010-06-08 22:48:22 If he is 26 now and saw it in the late 80s he would have been at most 6 years old, right? —JasonAller
2010-06-08 22:58:35 The addition of that information to the other page might be a good idea. There was a LOT of context missing. —JasonAller
2010-06-08 23:13:16 Ever heard of a frat toga party using tiki torches? I certainly don't claim that Davis doesn't have the same problems that everywhere else does. —JasonAller
2010-06-08 23:19:53 I'm willing to give a six year old a lot of credit, even memories twenty years later, but I'm going to keep my mind open to other interpretations. First graders lack the benefits of experience and if you sit and talk with enough of them you can learn a lot and at the same time appreciate that they have a vastly different set of filters for viewing the world. —JasonAller
2010-06-09 17:00:45 Where do you think I could find a "quite neighborhood with extra insulation"?? Who wouldn't want that?? —CovertProfessor
2010-06-09 23:47:52 Birthday Celebrations - personally, I think your idea for birthday freebies would still be worthwhile, but there's a bit of a start there! —TomGarberson
2010-06-11 10:07:17 That is a great review. —JabberWokky
2010-06-11 13:31:52 The breaded abalone turned out ok. The problem is that I cooked them a bit too long and they turned out a bit tougher than they should have. Still delicous.
I've got the skirt frozen, still. I'm looking for a good soup recipie to use the skirt with. Any ideas? —WilliamLewis
2010-06-17 13:09:35 ;__; —StevenDaubert
2010-06-17 14:15:21 yeah, it's a crying guy ¬_¬ I've been supplanted —StevenDaubert
2010-06-17 23:56:15 I did mine on mspaint as well, it just didn't make the cut
hence the cryface ♥
I did a double take, I didn't remember it being so symmetrical and the tooth having the shading it did... —StevenDaubert
2010-06-17 23:57:46 did you make and erase part of the outer circle? I did bendy line freehand —StevenDaubert
2010-06-28 22:31:22 Just checking on how the bike is running. —Aaron.Curtin
2010-06-29 10:46:57 There was a LONG running mystery picture of a curved metal grate material. People started flailing about, trying to figure it out through wild guesses. I swore it was a bench (I still think there are benches made from the same material with roughly the same curve). Turned out to be a bottle recycling bin. Shortly thereafter, there was a similar metal mesh, and I thought it might be a bench. So now when one goes to the point where people have kind of stalled out, I toss out "bench". —JabberWokky
2010-07-17 14:01:50 rode by your office yesterday on the way to the library, I was pleasantly surprise —StevenDaubert
2010-07-26 23:06:54 Well, I must say I've been walking around that park since, um, longer than I'd care to admit since it would show my age. But I'd never noticed that particular feature before either. —WesHardaker
2010-08-01 22:49:59 I'm always fine with anybody editing my words on the wiki (although please remove the attribution if it's a really bit change). I used the term porn because that was what was being discussed. And it was a series of sexually charged erotic photos that were marketed as such, which readily fits into the classification. There is some really nice and tasteful pornography out there, and I think labeling it as such shouldn't diminish the artistic merit, just as there are some quite excellent commercial illustrators out there whose work clearly has artistic merit. For instance Alphonse Mucha and J. C. Leyendecker are clearly advertisements and wonderful art. The label of pornography shouldn't be negative any more than the advertising work of Mucha or Leyendecker. —JabberWokky
2010-09-27 14:06:47 Thanks for fixing my bold problem! Was it an easy fix? —matiasek
2010-09-28 09:43:20 No formatting for you! —TomGarberson
2010-10-13 09:11:05 That's a little large for an include. The idea is pretty good; at one point I considered a dinosaur. I just thought the parrot was a bit more subtle. —JabberWokky
2010-10-13 14:53:37 Dodo idea was awesome. —hankim
Reverted it back. I still think it's rather large compared to the other Includes. -jw
Why not just make it smaller, then? —cp
Horrible, petty reasons. :) Mostly because I really like the way the parrot turned out, I quite like the Monty Python reference, and I'm sorry to see it go. If nobody else resizes it, I'll retool the dodo later to match the others, but I was quite taken by how well that parrot image fit what I was aiming at (the other one I really like is the Andrew Jackson). But then, it's Dagon and Han's wiki too, which is fine by me. (When I set up my Davis Wiki, it'll have PARROTS! And FREE COOKIES AND MILK!!!) ;-P -jw
Well, I like the parrot, too. Any Monty Python reference is a good reference. So, I'm torn. For what it's worth, I miss the little green seed, too. But maybe that's just me. —cp
2010-10-15 14:46:14 Good friend is stupidly living with terrible jaw paint as a result of a) impacted molars or b) deep cavities
How much should he bring to a dentist to get it inspected, not work on? —StevenDaubert
2010-10-30 00:33:08 not off top but I do know of what your talking about ¬_¬
If I'm in that neck of the woods I will look at the address —StevenDaubert
2010-11-03 18:40:08 Where did you get that Zombie Baptist picture from? Looks a lot like the one I took. —jimstewart
2010-11-09 09:50:18 If you ask me, getting an anteater beats using ant traps. I'm sure Bekka knows someone at the vet school with connections to the anteater black market. Lemme know, I'll hook you up... but keep it on the DL. —TomGarberson
2010-12-03 01:55:04 Lord Dagon, I worship your effigy in my darkened cellar. —ScottMeehleib
2010-12-06 16:57:47 It's a private bar on the B Street Alley... mostly a late-night spot, but also host to lots of killer parties with live music... follow the music and drop-in, most of the regulars don't bite. —KemblePope
2011-01-11 16:34:10 Dagon is a cool dude. —JasperD
2011-01-20 23:37:28 Haha yeah, he's pretty cool. He mentioned that you recognized my name, and I said, "good, i'm finally becoming famous......or infamous." —JoePomidor
2011-01-30 21:55:32 Thanks for the heads up, but we used to watch Better Off Ted while waiting for everybody to arrive for a RPG somebody ran last year. The Jabberwocky presentation was great. Wasn't that the one with the roof garden as the subplot? I have (by coincidence) the same mugs they use at Veridian, black with red interiors. I kind of want to get some "Veridian" labels made to go on the sides. Fun series. I worked at a wildly successful startup that was purchased by a large financial organization that was eerily similar to Veridian. —JabberWokky
2011-02-02 10:57:17 It looks good to me. JW's addition is a good one, but it's probably just fine either way. —TomGarberson
2011-02-14 14:40:26 Hey Dagon, swing by the shop when you get a chance. I have some Dentistry questions for you. —Aaron.Curtin
2011-04-05 19:21:58 I know you're a homebrewer.
I've got 500 g of this stuff. I'm probably not going to use it all. Interested in some champagne yeast? —WilliamLewis
2011-04-24 23:27:28 You asked about meeting JW; haven't you seen the page about the upcoming Wiki BBQ May 7 2011? —CovertProfessor
2011-04-25 20:47:27 Good, I am glad that you're planning on going! I wish I could, but even if I didn't have this Covert problem, I would still be out of town in any case. —CovertProfessor
2011-05-07 18:34:55 Nice to see you in person finally! —StevenDaubert
2011-05-08 22:18:10 If I come to you for dental work, which one will I end up looking like? —TomGarberson
2011-05-09 03:50:12 For sure!
Drinking is not my forte but I would love to make an exception
we can go to BnB and get pear cider, or some stone brewery
I could even harass my better half into joining us >:D —StevenDaubert
2011-05-09 08:18:00 Those orc teeth are revolting and awesome, but the werewolf teeth are dead on perfect. I'd be surprised if you couldn't make a whole bunch of custom fit vampire teeth if you advertised: vampire books are still selling like hotcakes at Borders. It seems like the trend is still going strong. —JabberWokky
2011-05-09 10:34:37 For the SCA, I'm all about history. It's part of the fun, because that's the hobby. That said, I do certainly enjoy fantasy as well, and have a Troll costume I've worn more than once, complete with a big green and gold cloak and a ragged, worn looking foam axe I built myself using a wooden handle from Ace Hardware downtown, foam board and paint from The Paint Chip. I put it together for a character I played in Dreamer's Ball. —JabberWokky
2011-05-19 10:37:41 That sounds like a good idea, although I'm not sure whether I'll get around to it in the near future. Most of the info is already on here one way or another, but it would be good to have it all in one place. Maybe a separate header on Bicycling Tips? —TomGarberson
2011-06-08 18:12:05 My family has several doctors who are friends of the family, many who are a generation older than I and who have retired or are retiring after a lifetime of practice. A perennial favorite topic during holidays was the pharmacological activity of grapefruits and how it was often a culprit in odd cases, even after years of daily consumption with no problems. It can even cause spontaneous hallucinations (which are rare, but I suppose doctors tend to hear about them), which got the wry observation that if the occasional side effects could be predicted, it would be a much more popular fruit. —JabberWokky
2011-08-15 19:24:53 Sure thing! —MeggoWaffle
2011-08-22 09:30:28 Thank you so much Dagon. Like I said, wished our meeting was under different circumstances, but the best part of the visit for me was your attitude. Never once condescending or with an "I told you so" attitude (even though you have been telling me to get in there for a couple of years now). Looking forward to our next meeting, in or out of the office. —Wes-P
2011-11-29 16:08:47 Edit of the month! —CovertProfessor
2011-11-29 16:17:54 I am a staunch supporter of your observation re: Pho King. —JabberWokky
2011-12-16 14:12:11 was an orthodontist who no longer practices how does that sound?
what about waiting till it's re certification time THEN changing it to was —StevenDaubert
2011-12-16 15:52:33 why would you care to detract from the wiki? —StevenDaubert
2011-12-16 15:52:39 ??? —StevenDaubert
2012-01-05 14:18:30 I *do* hope you realize what an outstanding and wonderful public service you're providing about a topic that is confusing and scary to many. And also something those people need to know about. You're really helping the community. I've probably mentioned this before, but I figure you should be lauded once a year for Dental Questions. —JabberWokky
2012-02-03 12:13:38 the local rancher in woodland Yolo Beef or whatnot doesn't have tallow? How about the UCD meat lab? —StevenDaubert
2012-04-23 21:10:35 some EDH? —StevenDaubert
2013-05-20 12:40:52 You have opened a can of worms. Wait... are worms cute? Doesn't matter... a can of worms!!!
(Great idea for a page!) —JabberWokky
Are you not down or what Bro? Hank isn't cause he is "out of town" after "graduating" ~SD
Jade I've moved your comment to the dental questions page where it should reside... ~SD
2014-06-25 22:11:21 I hope your trip was all you wanted it to be and more. —JabberWokky
2014-07-11 21:51:22 it was a pleasant surprise to run across you in downtown. The pooch is awesome btw, was really digging the chin scratching —StevenDaubert
2014-08-18 21:24:01 Are your soaps gluten free? I'm thinking of getting some for gifts and one person on the list has celiac disease and apparently a ridiculous number of items in the world have gluten and I don't want to accidentally give her something that would make her sick. Thanks! —LoriOrf
2014-12-15 21:10:03 Great. You just launched the purple teeth craze of 2015! —JabberWokky
2015-02-09 01:34:45 Hey Dagon! Editing shouldn't be flickering and typing should be smooth. What browser and OS are you seeing this on? —PhilipNeustrom
2015-02-09 23:13:05 Dagon, I had the same issue as you on the dental questions page. I temporarily moved some of the older content to an archive page, and it fixed the problem on the main page. Still trying to figure out if is related to the length, or if there is something within the content that was causing the problem. —DavidGrundler
I wanted to let you know that I've worked with David to (mostly) fix the sluggish typing problem. Let me know if you see it acting up again! —PhilipNeustrom
2015-02-23 13:15:17 I read that strange story too on the "Dental questions" page and responded similar. Pulling our leg or could it be true? Reality sometimes ís stranger than fiction! —ConstantiaOomen
2016-04-03 10:49:45 you look great .. —joystick


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The Stroller: 'Choose wisely'
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Virgil Wicks wasn't amused by Chris Burleson's ideas on how to treat the Boston bombing suspect. "If we take this man's rights, we forfeit ours," says Mr. Wicks. "Since Chris wants to give up the suspect's rights, the next time he gets a speeding ticket we should just haul him off to Gitmo, waterboard him until he admits his guilt and put him in an elevator with every family that has lost a loved one to a speeding driver, and that would be true justice. We are very eager to give our rights away when it does not affect us, but in the long run, I guess we all are affected. Choose wisely today for we have to live with those things we wish on other people. The citizens of the United States of America are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. They have the right to a lawyer, a speedy trial and the right to a jury."
'JUST SAYIN'!': Ned Threatt of Cowpens recently noticed when traveling on I-26 near Inman what might be a bridge-widening project, but he says after several looks when making weekly trips to Hendersonville, N.C., he's disappointed. "I thought they were widening the bridges at highways 11 and 292, and I see now it's all beautification," he grouses. "They are spending a lot of money trying to make these two crossings look more presentable. Instead of spending the money on beautifying the exits, why aren't they fixing the roads that run over it and under it, plus a lot more roads in Spartanburg County? Just sayin'!"
STROLLER ON THE ROAD: The Stroller is going back on the road and invites folks to join us for a Washington, D.C., adventure that will take in some of the most popular attractions in our nation's capital. Get an up-close look are the U.S. Capitol, Arlington National Cemetery, the Lincoln, Jefferson, Vietnam, World War II, Iwo Jima, Korean and Franklin Delano Roosevelt memorials, Washington National Cathedral, the Washington Monument, the Smithsonian Institution, the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center Exhibition Hall and Mount Vernon. And although the White House currently is closed to visitors, The Stroller will be ready with a request to enter the premises if the situation changes. There is so much history and so much beauty to be enjoyed during the Aug. 19-23 trip. We have limited space that can be secured with a deposit, and you can do that by either picking up an itinerary and reservation form at the Herald-Journal or by calling our travel agent at 336-794-3233.
ODDS AND ENDS: Attention, national anthem singers: American Legion Post 28 wants to give you the chance to say you sang in historic Duncan Park Stadium. The national anthem is played before the start of every game, and "God Bless America" is sung during the seventh inning. Anyone willing to sing one or both songs at home plate is encouraged to call John J. Barron at 240-538-5412.
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AIDS was first reported in the United States in 1981 and has since become a major worldwide epidemic. AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. By killing or damaging cells of the body's immune system, HIV progressively destroys the body's ability to fight infections and certain cancers. People diagnosed with AIDS may get life-threatening diseases called opportunistic infections. These infections are caused by microbes such as viruses or bacteria that usually do not make healthy people sick.
Since 1981, more than 980,000 cases of AIDS have been reported in the United States to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to CDC, more than 1,000,000 Americans may be infected with HIV, one-quarter of whom are unaware of their infection. The epidemic is growing most rapidly among minority populations and is a leading killer of African-American males ages 25 to 44. According to CDC, AIDS affects nearly seven times more African Americans and three times more Hispanics than whites. In recent years, an increasing number of African-American women and children are being affected by HIV/AIDS.
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The property values affirmed by the County or State Board of Equalization for Tax Year 2014 will remain in effect until the next reappraisal of properties scheduled for 2017 unless a property's physical characteristic or classification has changed since January 1, 2014. If a change in value or classification exists; a notice will be mailed to the last known address of the affected properties on or before May 20th of each tax year notifying the taxpayer of a change in value or classification and instructions on appealing the property. The first level of appeal will begin with the County Board of Equalization which meets the entire month of June each year by appointment only. The phone line will be open beginning the last week of May each year through the month of June between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm. Monday through Friday. The appointment phone will only be open during these times each year. The appointment phone number is (865) 215-2006.
As the Knox County Property Assessor my primary responsibility is to provide the taxpayers of Knox County with accurate and fair appraisals of their property. It is my personal commitment to my constituents that this process is done in an open, equitable and transparent manner.
Since taking office in September 2008 I have worked to create an environment of excellence in our department. I've built a team of professionally trained, certified and highly qualified staff to serve in the Property Assessor's office. I've achieved this through retaining valued existing staff, hiring skilled new employees and emphasizing professional development and education for all personnel. I have streamlined office functions and we are in the process of upgrading decades-old technology. By creating the first Property Assessor website and Public Information Department we can now provide you with easier access to information and assist you in understanding the appraisal process, including your rights and responsibilities as property owners.
My thirty year career in the private sector supervising thousands of insurance appraisals in East Tenn., along with my experience as a regional operations claims manager and senior litigation specialist, and extensive training in business management practices provide a rich background to serve the people of Knox County. During my tenure as an insurance professional, I realized that to achieve superior results you have to provide superior service. We in the Property Assessor's Office are here to provide you - the citizens of Knox County, Tennessee - with superior service.
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Chief Charlo of the Salish VOLUME 15 NUMBER 2 MONTH OF THE BITTER ROOT Chief Koostatah of the Kootenai May 30, 1986 Council gets its first look at irrigation project's 'problem-solver' A Bureau of Reclamation regional engineer who says he feels he's been a good problem-solver for his agency over the years has been chosen to supervise the BuRec team that will soon be managing the irrigation portion of the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project. Bill Brooks of Boulder City, Nevada, was formally introduced to the Tribal Council May 23 by BIA's Portland Area Newsstand price: $1.00 Office director Stanley Speaks, who had contributed to his selection. Brooks, 42, visited with the Council for several minutes before touring the Tribal Complex in Pablo while the Council met in executive session at Speaks' request. Brooks told the Council he had spent most of the week car-touring the irrigation works. He said he was "looking forward to the challenge" of his new post, which officially begins July 1. In addition to the seriously deteriorated irrigation system, the new FIIP boss will be dealing with sometimes-tense Indian-white relationships on the Flathead. His job will include attempting to find a balance between the interests of the Tribes, which own the property the project uses, and the mostly non-Indian water users, in the person of their elected Joint Board of Control. He'll be dealing with a complicated organizational structure, too. While he and the yet-to-be formed management team will be answering to the BuRec in Idaho, the Bureau of Indian Affairs will continue to act as administrators of the project. FIIP's employees, including power division manager Joe Nelson, will be answering to the BIA in Portland through the Flathead Agency in Pablo. The BIA's overseer role, in fact, is part of the reason why it took almost six months to find a superintendent for the Flathead field office. Finally chosen for the "super-supe" job, as it's been (Concludes on the next page) 10 10 u L 8 O Sä in m Come haul off this wood Those piles of wood stacked up in front of S & K Electronics are available as firewood at no charge to Tribal members. A limited number of standing trees (marked in blue) can also be taken. If the membership shows no interest in hauling the stuff off, the area will be opened to non-members. If all else fails, the material will be burned. Questions? Call George DuCharme at 676-3755. 1 New-car tax refund details.................... Page3 N Indian water rights: Part 4.................... .....Page 5 S Salish Kootenai College round-up............. .....Page 7 1 Page 11 D Places to go, things to do in Indian Country---- Page 13 E .....Page 31
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According to Schefter - 3 year deal
According to Schefter - 3 year deal
Finally! Colon is a goner for sure.
Foster / Beachum will start at LG
One will be the backup along with Legursky who will backup both G and C.
That leaves us with:
Odd man out = Colon and his insanely overinflated salary
well I guess we know what the steelers think of him now!
good news.
I know some of you thought he wouldn't be re-signed because he doesn't fit Haleys and Bicknell's scheme, but I like this signing.
1. C.J. Mosley LB Alabama
2. Jordan Matthews WR Vanderbilt
3. (comp) Philip Gaines CB Rice
4. Arthur Lynch TE Georgia
5. Ross Cockrell CB Duke
5. (comp) Derrick Hopkins DT Virginia Tech
6. Josh Mauro DE Stanford
6. (comp) Shaquil Barrett OLB Colorado State
7. Quincy Enunwa WR Nebraska
I like this signing. Foster is far from great, but he is a league average starter. If Adams, Gilbert, Pouncey and DD play up to their talent level, the line has the potential to be very good, and all you should need to compliment those guys is a league average starter.
Also, given his versatility and the injuries that always seem to hit the offensive line, bringing back a reliable player like Foster is a solid decision.
He can either start at OG or backup 4 spots.
Excellent signing.
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Posted by Mike Wilkening on March 11, 2013, 2:24 PM EDT
APThe Steelers and offensive guard Ramon Foster have come to terms on a three-year deal, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Monday.
The 27-year-old Foster has started 42 games for Pittsburgh in four seasons, including all 16 games in 2012. He started the first 13 games at right guard before moving to left guard when David DeCastro returned to action late in the season.
At the very least, Foster's return would strengthen the Steelers' guard depth. That said, it will be interesting to see how the Steelers proceed with Willie Colon, who is slated to make $5.5 million in salary in 2013, per Rotoworld. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette previously reported that Colon's agent, Joe Linta, hadn't been informed of any plans to cut Colon's compensation. While Colon showed promise at left guard in 2012, a knee injury ended his campaign, and he has missed 36 games because of injury in the last three seasons.
Good move. Ramon Foster has been solid. Now..............that means I will have to change my Steeler Mock draft. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm???
Steelers 2015 Draft???....Go Freak! As in....
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Today is Son #2's birthday and that meant cake! He, of course, wanted a Harry Potter cake. The library does not have the Harry Potter cake pan (which is OK, because it's kind of lame) so he chose the open book pan. Over the week we brainstormed ideas about what kind of book it could be: a spell book, the Half-Blood Prince's potions textbook, etc. We finally decided that it would be fun to do the story within the story: Beedle the Bard's Tale of the Three Brothers from The Deathly Hallows. I was thinking I could make the book like an old illuminated manuscript--the question became how to do it in buttercream. I knew planning was involved so I made a life-size sketch to work out the word spacing and picture placement. Even so, you'll notice I had to leave off the title because I ended up enlarging the picture on the first page, and some words ended up taking up more space in frosting.
The cake itself is a quadruple vanilla cupcake recipe with the oil reduced by 1/4. This made for a fluffier cake that baked up nicely in 45 mins at 350. The icing is a single recipe of buttercream. But, at first I did not add any soy milk--this became the foundation icing for the pages. I wanted something thick and durable. I coloured about half of it with orange, yellow, and brown to make it look like aged paper. I spread it on and let it dry for 20 mins, then flattened the icing by pressing on it with a piece of parchment paper. I added some soy milk to the remaining icing for the text and pictures.
As for the pictures, I made cutouts of the figures and pressed them into the icing by gently pushing along the edges with a toothpick. I think this was a great method because it allows for fine detail and sharp edges. Basically I filled the depressions with icing (#1 tip again) which is easier than trying to keep a steady hand all the time.
The text icing is a mix of red and black and was piped on, letter by letter, with a #1 tip. I guess all that calligraphy as a kid paid off. The shading around the figures is done by thinning the colouring gel with vodka (a tip from one of my Facebook followers) and painting it one with a brush. I love this technique. The alcohol evaporates off and you get a wonderful watercolour effect. I also used this technique to colour in the brother standing at the back. I'm not sure if you can tell from the picture, but his figure is depressed into the icing and has no buttercream. So you get a sense of depth in colour and in actual relief. I used a mix of blue, purple, and black.
The vines are moss green and piped on using a #3 tip. The page edges is the leftover moss green and blue shadow icing mixed together.
All in all, this was a very fun, but pretty hard, cake to make. I liked the artistic challenge of making something more original and it certainly got a lot of ooohs and aaahs from the neighbours we invited over to partake.
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Happy 8th Birthday, Son #2!
Posted by Vegan Dad at 9:41 PM
Labels: baking, dessert, Harry Potter
34 comments:
- Josh said...
amazing. If William Blake would have been a cake designer...
- August 15, 2011 at 10:33 PM
- Carla said...
(vegan) dad of the year!
- August 15, 2011 at 10:38 PM
- Amanda and Wes said...
This looks amazing! I recognized the figures right away. Great job!
- August 15, 2011 at 10:55 PM
- K said...
AMAZING! What a fantatic job! You must have a very steady hand to have attempted all that writing :)
- August 15, 2011 at 11:11 PM
- Niki said...
This is incredible and possibly the best birthday ever! Happy birthday to your son!
- August 15, 2011 at 11:35 PM
- Michele said...
That is AWESOME! Can you make me one for my birthday?!
You are crazy talented.
- August 15, 2011 at 11:52 PM
- Rebecca said...
That is pretty awesome. Your son is lucky to have a dad who goes to so much effort. He must have been thrilled with that cake. It looks so intricate and detailed.
- August 15, 2011 at 11:53 PM
- Michele said...
unbelievably amazing!
- August 15, 2011 at 11:53 PM
- Thessa said...
It's really amazing! You did a wonderful job, your son must have been very happy with his cake!
- August 16, 2011 at 1:22 AM
- Joy said...
you are such a wonderful father. Your son is so lucky!! brilliant work! :)
- August 16, 2011 at 3:46 AM
- Sam said...
This is awesome! Brilliant and original idea for a cake. I bet it taste good too!
- August 16, 2011 at 4:26 AM
- Nari said...
You, sir, are a genius. This looks like so much fun - I bet your son loved it :) What a lucky boy.
Nari X
- August 16, 2011 at 4:27 AM
- Jodie said...
Wow. That is amazing. I hope your kids appreciate all of your hard work!
- August 16, 2011 at 8:14 AM
- Jessica said...
That is the most amazing thing I have ever seen Vegan Dad. AMAZING!!!
- August 16, 2011 at 8:44 AM
- Marcia said...
Wow, that is AMAZING!!
- August 16, 2011 at 10:47 AM
- kauyer said...
That is a truly awesome cake, I never received my hogwarts letter, this would be the next best thing.
- August 16, 2011 at 10:55 AM
- Deb said...
Maybe the most awesome cake ever! Thanks for sharing!
- August 16, 2011 at 11:07 AM
- Jesse said...
This is cake he'll never forget! How incredible and special - your son must have been on cloud nine!
- August 16, 2011 at 11:40 AM
- Unknown said...
Wow! That is amazing!
- August 16, 2011 at 11:54 PM
- Nay Nay said...
So So Cool and very creative
- August 17, 2011 at 1:36 AM
- Penny said...
Ooh! That's amazing!!! Love it! I would never ever be able to cut into it though :D
- August 17, 2011 at 6:30 AM
- TreeGoddess said...
Merlins beard! This is truly *amazing*. As a huge Harry Potter fan (as are my children ;') I can appreciate the work and love that went into this beautiful cake. I'd pay good money for a cake like that because I don't have your talent or patience. lol I'm going to share the link to this on FB because I want my friends to see this too. You really have a talent. :)
~Your friend in Magical Michigan
- August 17, 2011 at 7:21 AM
- Neeli said...
Honestly, this is one of the best cakes I have ever seen. What a great memory!
- August 18, 2011 at 3:57 AM
- Becky said...
Holy Crap! That is amazing. It makes my hands hurt just looking at it. Definitely have to remember the vodka trick. It must have been hard to let somebody cut into it!
- August 18, 2011 at 1:40 PM
- The Original Wombman said...
Amazing! :)
- August 18, 2011 at 2:43 PM
- Don't Get Mad Get Vegan! said...
this is nothing short of spectacular! nice work! (and I love your blog!)
- August 19, 2011 at 6:04 PM
- susan said...
These cakes you make your family are AMAZING! I never comment but your blog has some of my favorite recipes.
- August 20, 2011 at 10:32 AM
- Evan said...
WOW! That is pretty incredible!
- August 21, 2011 at 1:33 PM
- dani said...
I would absolutely die if I got this cake for my birthday.
- August 23, 2011 at 4:29 AM
- VeganBeats said...
What a beautiful cake! Wonderful job! I love the detail and the creativity, your son is super lucky ^^*!~ Happy belated to him!!
- August 24, 2011 at 11:35 AM
- navygreen said...
This is amazing, and I adore your attention to detail! :-)
- August 28, 2011 at 5:07 AM
- vegga said...
This is a super late comment, but I just have to register my admiration! This is absolutely gorgeous and amazingly well done!
- August 29, 2011 at 2:33 PM
- Colleen said...
You are the coolest dad ever. If we weren't probably the same age, and I was still a child and eligible for such things, I would ask you to adopt me.
- September 8, 2011 at 5:18 PM
- The Leafy Cauldron said...
Absolutely amazing!
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Another Joe Biden could certainly have taken the stage; the man has more faces than the storied Dr. Lao. But what needed doing more than anything else was to stoke the base up after the boss' somnambulant Denver performance, so nasty Joe had to turn up. And since he's had lots of practice with this persona, it suited him.
The Veep did score points, especially when he reminded us all how pervasive the appetite for spending other people's money is in Washington. Noting that even his opponent had requested a couple of grants from the president's spendulus bill was tactically advantageous, although I doubt they amounted to more than a rounding error on the Solyndra boondoggle.
And he was pretty effective on the whole stampede-the-elderly thing when it came to Medicare. Too bad he was dishonest in doing it; this is a discussion we must have, together with an adult conversation on Social Security. But the current administration isn't up to the job, as was only too clear on Thursday last. Their strategy is clear: demagogue their way past Nov. 6, and then let the chips fall where they may.
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But Joe being Joe did have glitches, one of which seems to be exploding in team Obama's face. There are four dead foreign service officers to explain away, one of them an ambassador. When faced with this ugly reality, Biden chose the sleazy way out: blame anybody else, especially his opponent. But on the specific question of extra security for the ambassador, considering both place and date, his answer that "we were never asked for additional security" has created more problems than it solved.
Did the vice president not know that there were Congressional hearings on the Libyan events of Sept. 11 on the day of the debate - and that a request for continued presence of a security team by the State Department's chief security officer in Libya had been denied? Whether or not one accepts the testimony of Deputy Assistant Secretary Charlene Lamb, who said that that the security request was really a "recommendation," and that the Department was right not to approve it, or White House spokesman Jay Carney's subsequent "clarification" that the Veep was speaking "only for the president and vice president," Biden's statement clearly shows that both he and the president are willing to duck any hint of responsibility which may be politically inconvenient, regardless of who gets hurt. In this case, look for both DAS Lamb and her boss, Undersecretary of State Patrick Kennedy, to be thrown to the wolves. There's an election to win.
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It's also clear why Joe continues to embrace this absurdity: to do otherwise would be an admission that killing Bin Ladin and embracing the "Arab Spring" - centerpieces of Obama's Middle East policy - actually increased the danger of terrorism, not the reverse.
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This post is by Sheila Sullivan. Sheila, a veteran member of the Autism Speaks awareness team, also manages the organization's branding, merchandising and licensing. She has a tendency to get really excited about things that help people in the autism community directly and even more excited when people and companies step forward to help Autism Speaks fulfill its mission. You will be hearing more from Sheila, no doubt!
Necessity is the mother of invention, as the saying goes. The best ideas are often born from a need that isn't met – and iPrompts®, from HandHold Adaptive, is one of them. When the inventors of this App for iPhone® and iPod Touch® learned that their son with autism, like many other children who struggle with developmental and language disabilities, greatly benefits from the structure and clarity provided by visual aids, they used picture-based schedules and choice boards to help him transition between activities, communicate his needs, and stay on task. However, they were frustrated by the tools available – printing and laminating pictures, losing plastic symbols magnets, transporting bulky notebooks – finding them unwieldy and not nearly as portable as they would like. They channeled their frustration into designing something better. The result: HandHold Adaptive and its first product, iPrompts®, were born.
iPrompts® is, in essence, PECS for iPhone® and iPod Touch® users – caregivers, parents, teachers – that makes use of technologies available to make this previously bulky, unwieldy process portable and simple. HandHold Adaptive is donating 10% of the sales of the iPrompts® app to Autism Speaks.
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May 27, 2010 at 11:25 am
Do you guys have this app for blackberry users and if not that would be good if u guys did because I own a blackberry..and I would love to have this app for my son who is autistic:)
May 27, 2010 at 11:55 am
iPrompts offers some really cool ways to provide visual support. However, this product, as described on HandHold Adaptive's website (http://www.handholdadaptive.com/), is NOT (and was never intended to be)a portable version of PECS. Visual supports and PECS are not the same thing. PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) is a 6-phase communication intervention that involves the exhcange of picture symbols. In HandHold Adaptive's words, iPrompts is a program that can "help individuals transition from one activity to the next, understand upcoming events, make choices, and focus on the task at hand".
May 27, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Hi, Matt, this the blog post author. You're absolutely right, it is not a replacement for PECS per se; rather, my lay-person's over-simplified description of the App's picture based functionality. I do encourage everyone to read Rob Tedesco's comment that explains iPrompts in more detail and visit HandHold Adaptive's website. Thanks for your comment.
May 27, 2010 at 11:56 am
I think its great so far, but really large. Is it possible, to get thoes app on normal cellphones too? If yes that really would be something. But I think it will help a lot of familys with autistic children.
May 27, 2010 at 12:08 pm
This is fantastic! My 26 year old son who does not drive yet, but has his own apartment and a full-time job, told me recently his iphone has been a huge help to him in getting through his day, staying on task, remembering what he needs to do next – finding directions to get places without having to rely on info from strangers all the time – the iphone apps get rid of unreliable middlemen when it comes to getting info! It's really helped him stay organized and get this done, which means he remains independant and successful. While we were talking I realized how iphones could help other teens and young adults with autism – and then this morning I saw this article and got so excited!!!! I can't wait to tell him about iPrompts. Though he works well with his iPhone he'll be gratified to know that it's not just him, but that others are benefiting from the tools too!
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Hi everyone, this is Rob from HandHold Adaptive (makers of iPrompts). Thanks Sheila for the great post! Just to address a few comments:
1) iPrompts runs on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. The 8GB iPod Touch is a nice device for running apps and isn't too costly ($200 or less at most outlets, with no monthly service contract).
2) Our website at http://www.iprompts.com offers lots of information — ordering tips (click on "HOW TO ORDER"), some great feedback from our growing base of thousands of users (click on "Testimonials"), a video tutorial, a sign-up sheet for free online Webinars, and so on.
3) iPrompts is indeed designed as a picture-prompting app for caregivers, and so depending on its use, may not fall under the literal categorization of "PECS" — but more and more, we see "PECS" used to encompass all of picture-based communications, and iPrompts certainly fits within this realm.
You're all quite welcome to email me with specific questions (firstname.lastname@example.com). I'll also keep checking this thread!
Thanks to Autism Speaks for helping spread the word! We have very big plans to expand iPrompts and launch other exciting apps — can't wait to work more with Autism Speaks as we make it happen!
May 27, 2010 at 12:55 pm
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This would be great if we could get it on the Android Market. My 4yr old son struggles a lot with public places and crowds and turns in to my phone for peace. It would be nice to be able to use it to help him transition as well as focus!
May 27, 2010 at 1:19 pm
Love this idea and we have an iTouch, so I will definitely check it out. Our 4 1/2 yr. was diagnosed with ASD back in Feb. of this year and we have been doing the PECS but it is bulky and hard to keep up with, plus the cost of laminating, printer cartridges, etc. He resonds so well to visual ques I can't see a downside to it right now. He also knows how to manipulate the iTouch himself and I feel he would respond to the iPrompts well. Thank you to the designers of this app! p.s. I also have a Blackberry and would LOOOOOVE to see it available on that platform as well.
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Do they make it for MyTouch / Droid phones? Those are similar to the iPhone and iTouch.
May 27, 2010 at 2:47 pm
I have a BlackBerry storm & would love to have the app for the storm too!!!!!!
May 28, 2010 at 10:06 am
This would be so fantastic…now if we could only afford and iPad for Jack! Lol….
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For PECS like app, I will recommend Picture AAC ( http://heartyspin.com/solutions/pictureaac/ ). In the past, I had to spend much time to print & laminate PECS pictures. With Picture AAC app, it's portable (works on both iPad and iPhone/iPod) and easy to add pictures and voice. I tried other apps which either have too many features which is confusing to the kids I work with or is too basic. Like the app and happy to share about it. Also, here is a great link to find out more about PECS: http://www.pecs.com/webcasts/overview.php


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Territoriality is a persons' desire to protect territory that they feel is their own and have a certain respect for the territory of others. The extent to which someone will defend territory depends on their personal investment in or responsibility for that property. For example, a homeowner is likely to risk his/her life to defend his home against an intruder who is threatening their spouse or child.
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Surveillance: Criminals do not want to be seen. To defend your property you must be able to see any illegal acts taking place. Placing physical features, activities, and people in ways that maximize the ability to see what's going on discourages crime.
The following tips can help you maximize the visibility to your business or residence:
Access Control: Properly located entrances, exits, fencing, and lighting can direct both foot and automobile traffic in ways that discourage crime. Access Control denies or restricts access to a crime target, and it also increases the perceived risks of the offender by controlling or restricting their movement.
Listed are some ways to help you control access to your
The Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department encourages its community members to do their part to establishing a safe and secure environment by incorporating these three basic elements into their security practices.
If you would like a police officer to conduct a Security Survey of your home or business please contact your email@example.com.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
601 East Trade Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202