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Childhood Vaccinations
Childhood Vaccinations*
To keep your child healthy, have him or her vaccinated (immunized) against diseases. Many vaccinations are given in a series of doses. To be protected, your child needs each dose at the right time. Vaccines may cause mild side effects. Talk to your healthcare provider about the risks and benefits of vaccines. Also talk to your healthcare provider about any missed vaccinations. Your child will need catch-up vaccinations to be completely protected. Low-cost or free vaccinations may be offered at clinics and doctors' offices.
First dose: Soon after birth, before going home from the hospital
Second dose: 1 through 2 months old
Final dose: 6 through 18 months old
Your healthcare provider can tell you whether the schedule for your child is different.
Rotavirus (RV): Rotavirus disease is caused by the rotavirus. The illness involves severe vomiting and diarrhea (acute gastroenteritis) in young children, and can lead to dehydration. Children who are severely dehydrated often need to be hospitalized. The rotavirus vaccine is given in 3 doses: 2 months, 4 months, and 6 months.
Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (DTaP): Diphtheria is caused by a bacteria and can lead to difficulty swallowing and enlarged glands on the sides of the neck. In severe cases, heart muscles can be damaged and the breathing muscles paralyzed. Tetanus (lockjaw) is caused by a bacteria and can lead to muscle spasms that keep people from opening their mouths or swallowing. Pertussis (whooping cough) is caused by a bacteria and results in coughing and choking spells. It can also lead to pneumonia or brain damage in infants. The DTaP vaccine is given in 5 doses: 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 15 through 18 months, and 4 through 6 years. Note: Your child also needs an extra dose (called the Tdap) at 11 through 12 years old, if he or she has not received a tetanus and diphtheria (Td) booster. The Td booster should then be received every 10 years throughout life.
Haemophilus influenzaetype b (Hib): Haemophilus influenzae type b is a bacteria that can cause meningitis (inflammation of the membrane covering the brain and spinal cord). It can also cause pneumonia. The Hib vaccine is given at 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, and 12 through 15 months. Note: If the PRP-OMP type vaccine is given at 2 months and 4 months, the dose at 6 months can be skipped. Talk to your healthcare provider for more information about this.
Inactivated Polio (IPV): Polio is caused by a virus. It can lead to permanent paralysis of the muscles, including the muscles that control breathing. Polio can also cause death. The polio vaccine is given in 4 doses: 2 months, 4 months, 6 through 18 months, and 4 through 6 years.
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR): Measles is caused by a virus and can lead to fever and rash. It can also cause hearing loss, brain damage, or death. Mumps is caused by a virus and can result in fever, headache, and swollen, painful glands under the jaw. It can prevent males from later having children. Mumps can also lead to hearing loss or inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. Rubella (German measles) is caused by a virus and can result in fever, swollen glands, and rash. If a pregnant woman develops rubella, the baby may be born with severe health problems. The MMR vaccine is given in 2 doses: 12 through 15 months, and 4 through 6 years.
Varicella (Var): Varicella (chickenpox) is caused by a virus and results in itchy skin blisters. In rare cases, pneumonia or encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) may develop and lead to death. This vaccine is given in 2 doses: 12 through 15 months, and 4 through 6 years.
Meningococcal (MCV): Meningococcal disease is caused by a bacteria and leads to meningitis, an inflammation of the membrane covering the brain and spinal cord. Meningitis results in high fever, headache, and stiff neck. Left untreated, it can result in other serious health problems, such as brain damage, hearing loss, or learning disability. In rare cases, it can cause death. The vaccine is given at age 11 through 12, and to unvaccinated adolescents when they enter high school (age 15). College freshmen living in dormitories should be vaccinated if they have not been immunized before.
Pneumococcal: Pneumococcal disease is caused by a bacteria. It can affect the brain and spinal cord, lungs, and ears. This vaccine is given in 4 doses: 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, and 12 through 15 months.
Influenza (flu): Influenza is caused by a virus and can lead to fever, headache, sore throat, cough, and muscle aches. It can also result in pneumonia and death, especially in very young children. The flu vaccine is given every year during the autumn. Children 6 months through 18 years can receive the vaccine. Children 6 months or older who have a chronic health problem (such as diabetes or asthma), or who are on long-term aspirin therapy, should also receive the vaccine. Your healthcare provider can tell you if your child should be immunized against the flu. Children younger than 9 years old will receive 2 doses of the vaccine if they have never received the vaccine or were vaccinated for the first time during the previous year but received only 1 dose.
Hepatitis A (HepA): Hepatitis A is caused by a virus and can result in acute liver inflammation and jaundice. The HepA vaccine is given in 2 doses at least 6 months apart, starting at 1 year of age.
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV): Genital HPV infection is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by a virus. Infection with certain types of the virus can result in genital warts and/or cervical, vaginal, or vulvar cancers in women. Vaccination protects against these types. The vaccine is given in 3 doses:
For girls:
First dose: 11 through 12 years of age (youngest age is 9)
Second dose: 2 months after first dose
Third dose: 4 months after second dose
For boys: Age range for vaccination is 9 through 18. Schedule is the same as for girls.
Your healthcare provider can tell you if the vaccine is right for your child.
*Based on the CDC National Immunization Program recommendations (January 2010).


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Comments about Apple and related technological innovations.
Qrafter and Qrafter Pro 5.0 for iPhone and iPad released
0Qrafter and Qrafter Pro 5.0 are now available on the App Store. With some design and functionality changes, we reached another major version upgrade. Here is the list for changes:
- New color scheme
- Redesigned History screen with "swipe to reveal options"
- Added search to History screen
- Added the ability to give custom names to history items
- Added the ability to delete multiple items/export multiple items on history screen
- Added QR Code encryption option to generator screen
- Added X-Scanner-UA HTTP header to internal web browser
- Added QR Code size options for sharing QR Code images
You can download Qrafter from here and Qrafter Pro from here.
Qrafter and Qrafter Pro 4.4 for iPhone and iPad released
0Qrafter and Qrafter Pro 4.4 have been approved by Apple and are now live. Here is the list of changes:
- Added Aztec Code scanning
- Added iPad retina display support
- Added scan:// and qrafter:// URL schemes to immediately launch the scanner from a web page
- Added Spanish translation (thanks to Juan Gonzalez and Ricardo Loyola López)
- Enabled systemwide Twitter on iOS 5 and later
- Updated URL parser
- Updated vCard parser
- Updated vEvent parser
- Updated QR Code creation view
- Updated CSV file generation
You can download Qrafter from here and Qrafter Pro from here.
Qrafter and Qrafter Pro 4.3 for iPhone and iPad released
2Today is my birthday, and Apple gave me a present by approving Qrafter and Qrafter Pro 4.3. They are now live on the App Store.
I have been lazy through last few months and I skipped writing posts about versions 4.1 and 4.2. 4.1 was a big update which had the following features:
- Full iOS 5 compatibility
- vCard parser updated to support new iOS 5 features
- Data Matrix reading support
- 4 new QR Code generation options including event generation
A few days later, I had to submit version 4.2 which fixed a small bug. This version was alive for nearly 3 months and now version 4 3 is ready. It adds the following:
- Front camera support for compatible devices including iPad 2
- Support for iMessage on scanned phone numbers and mail addresses
- Support for FaceTime on compatible devices
- An updated vCard parser
Hope you'll enjoy my birthday present.
You can download Qrafter from here and Qrafter Pro from here.
Qrafter reached 1 million downloads in eleven months
0Qrafter has been available on the App Store since January 29, 2011. It has reached and passed one million downloads in eleven months, just before celebrating its first birthday. I am really happy to see its name being passed around on social sites, being considered as one of the best QR Code readers/generators on the market. It is currently the most widely used QR Code app for education, from elementary schools to MBA programs.
Thank you all for your support, this encourages me to continue to add new features to both Qrafter and Qrafter Pro as fast as possible.
Happy new year everyone!
Difference between Qrafter and Qrafter Pro
4You'll see that Qrafter now has two versions, Qrafter and Qrafter Pro. Qrafter is a FREE app and Qrafter Pro is $2.99. Why two versions?
The two apps share the exact same code base. Qrafter is a FREE scanner and if you want to create QR Codes or download vCards, you need to purchase its in app purchase called Pro Pack. Qrafter Pro on the other hand, comes with Pro Pack enabled when you purchase it.
So if you want to get into QR Codes and test them, download Qrafter. After getting used to this technology, if you want to create QR Codes on your device, purchase Pro Pack directly inside Qrafter or uninstall the app and purchase Qrafter Pro.
Qrafter Pro was created so that educational institutions can benefit from volume purchases. Also some people like to purchase full apps directly from the App Store instead of using in app purchases. So these two versions will cover all bases.
You can download Qrafter from here and Qrafter Pro from here.
Qrafter and Qrafter Pro 4.0 for iPhone and iPad released
0Today Qrafter and Qrafter Pro 4.0 were released on the App Store. The highlights of this version are:
- A new and great looking icon thanks to Walter Krivanek
- New QR Code settings pane, that includes error correction level, margin size and character encoding settings
- A new scan mode called Batch Scan which lets you scan multiple QR Codes without reinitializing the scanner
- A new uniform color scheme
- Internationalized Domain Name support
You can download Qrafter from here and Qrafter Pro from here.
Qrafter 3.1 for iPhone and iPad released
0Qrafter 3.1, the social media edition is now ready for your iPhone and iPad. Here are the changes:
- This version has a new scanner mechanism, which initializes more than 4 times faster, meaning it will be ready under a second.
- Added Facebook integration
- Revamped Twitter integration
- Both Facebook and Twitter integrations let you post your scanned or generated QR Code images directly from inside the app. Both use the native APIs that the social sites provide to developers, which means no additional service or configuration is required
- Made the restoration process of the Pro Pack easier, so that you can enjoy it on multiple devices.
You can download Qrafter by clicking the badge below:
How to download a vCard on iPhone or iPad using vCard Getter
0I have already written a post which you can read here about how you can't download vCards on your iPhone or iPad and how you can use Qrafter to help you on that.
Qrafter has an in app purchase that lets you do additional things like generating QR Codes or downloading vCards. But it may be a little expensive if you just want to download vCards or iCalendar files. So I created vCard Getter that exactly lets you do that.
Like Qrafter, vCard Getter can download files using Mobile Safari, but it can also download them itself. You enter a URL to a .vcf or .ics file and tap "Get!". That's all, vCard Getter downloads the file, parses it and lets you add it to your address book or calendar.
vCard Getter is $0.99. You can download it by clicking the badge below:
Qrafter 3.0 for iPhone and iPad released
0Qrafter reached v3.0. The iPhone version has not changed too much, but adding a brand new iPad interface and so making the app universal, I changed the version to v3.0 instead of v2.1. With this version, comes a few changes:
- The app is now universal, and it has a brand new iPad interface. It is the first QR Code app that has been designed from ground up for iPad, instead of taking the iPhone version and making it bigger.
- Ad Removal in app purchase has gone, Advanced Functionality Pack has been renamed to Pro Pack and it now both removes ads and unlocks advanced features.
- Before v3.0, you weren't able to regenerate scanned QR Codes if you had not purchased the Pro Pack, but with this version, you'll be able to regenerate them without purchasing the Pro Pack. To send, save or print those QR Codes, you'll still need to purchase the Pro Pack though.
You can download Qrafter by clicking the badge below:
Qrafter reached version 2 in only five months
2Qrafter first appeared on the App Store at the end of January 2011 and got a lot of positive feedback from its users and the QR Code community as a newcomer. It is the highest rated and most useful QR Code app on the App Store and I am doing my best to keep it that way.
Now, we are at the end of June, and Qrafter has already reached version 2. I promised a complete and robust QR Code generator when I first put it on the App Store and after five months, it is ready for use. Here are some facts about it:
- It can encode many different content types into the QR Code including URLs, your location, contact information from address books including Exchange and Gmail, and more.
- It can change the color of the QR Code it creates.
- It can save the QR Code to your photo albums, can email it, and it can even print it directly from inside the app to AirPrint supporting printers.
- It can encode non-ASCII characters and even Japanese, Cyrillic and Hebrew characters unlike other inferior generators.
- It works offline, so you don't need any network connectivity to create QR Codes whatsoever.


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Property: Tinners Mountain Retreat
Bedrooms | Bathrooms | # of Beds | Property Class |
4 | 2.5 | 4 | Standard |
Property Information
With children and grandchildren of their own, the owners set out to furnish this 3000 square-foot home situated on a high ridgetop with entertainment options to keep people of all ages busy. The vaulted great room with clerestory windows has a full-size billiard table, stone gas log fireplace, sofa, loveseat, leather love seat, and satellite TV with DVD player. Besides playing pool, you and your guests can also choose from a selection of Playstation videogames as well as a collection of books, board games, videotapes, and DVD's. The outdoor deck has a hot tub, gas barbeque grill, table with shade umbrella, chairs, loungers, and views of woodlands, treetops, and Rumbling Bald Mountain. An eat-in kitchen with wood parquet floors features a round oak dining table that seats 4, 2 stools along a breakfast counter, double oven, range, side-by-side refrigerator, toaster, blender, coffeemaker, and center island. Near the kitchen is a laundry room with full-size washer and dryer plus a half bath. On the main level is one large bedroom with queen bed, TV/DVD, and private bath with separate tub and shower. Downstairs are more bedrooms: one with queen sleigh bed and twin sleeper sofa, one with a day bed, and one with a full bed and full futon. All three bedrooms have TV's, and they share a single bath with tub/shower. This home offers in-home internet. There have been numerous upgrades and renovations to this home. There is a new cook top, renovated bathroom, freshly painted lower level, new window treatments in all rooms. The carpeting and wallpaper is new, and there is brand new flooring in the great room and hall. The gas grill is a new smoler gas grill, and there is new deck seating. All of these upgrades make Tinners retreat a great choice for your vacation memories.
Rental Information
This property allows for 10 maximum guests, no smoking and no pets. A one time housekeeping fee of $100 is charged on all rentals. During summer and peak seasons, or to book this property online, you must select at least a 7-night minimum rental. To discuss other options with the Resort rental staff, please call 800-419-3854 for offline support between the hours of 8 am and 5 pm, Monday thru Friday, Eastern Time.
Please click here to view frequently asked questions about our rental units.
Check in starts at 4 pm with Check out at 10 am.
Minimum Night Rentals
Early Season (12/1 - 5/12) 2-nights
Peak Season (5/13- 9/4) 7-nights
Leaf Season (9/5 - 11/30) 4-nights
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Special Features
- Internet Access
- Laundry Facilities
- Satellite Television
- Game Room
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La Panetteria
Online Reservations
A bit off the beaten track, the dishes are so authentic one might think they were dining along Rome's Piazza Navona! The soups were good, particularly the "Pasta e Fagioli" chocked full of delicious white beans. The "Antipasto alla Panetteria" composed of cold cuts, cheese, and vegetables is a healthy mélange of colors, textures, and tastes. I passed on a pasta, but with a main plate of grilled leg of lamb, which had been marinaded in olive oil, garlic, and herbs — it was tender, so much so one only needed a fork to consume this succulent dish— "molto deliziosa!" As is increasingly the case I was much to full for dessert, so I have no suggestions that category. However, be prudent when parking as the Bethesda enforcement is very vigilant.
I'll be honest, we ended up at La Panetteria almost accidentally. My boyfriend's father is in town from Spain and wanted pasta for dinner so I looked on Yelp and saw the Olazzo had good reviews. Unfortunately that had a long wait which brought us to La Panetteria which I like to refer to as, "little old Italy". It's very cute and cozy, a great place for family dinners. The food is also fantastic, best spaghetti alla carbonara I've ever had in the States! I highly recommend this restaurant, especially to those who love mom & pop styled eateries.
we have always enjoyed dining at this restaurant. The quality of the food is good as well as the service. Never disappointed.
We had a wonderful meal. The food was great and the service, without a doubt, the best we've experienced. The ambiance was perfect and we recommend it without reservation to anyone seeking a nice intimate yet inexpensive meal in the Bethesda area.
The food was excellent and our service was great considering that there were son many of us. Looking forward to going there again soon!
Excellent veal stuffed shells and sauce, and rissoto and pork tenderloin. Only down side was bread.
Food as always was very good with attentive service. Only downside was a very noisy nearby table of four that made conversation very difficult.
We had brought my parents there for their 60th wedding anniversary. I had made the reservation on line and made that as a comment. I never mentioned it to our waiters when we came in but sure enough after dinner they brought a couple cannollis out with candles for their anniversary. The food was very good and filling. No one left hungry, that's for sure. Thank you so much,
Food is always good. The waiter left something to be desired. We were not sure he understood English. He never returned to the table to ask if we needed anything. Therefore, we were straining to look for him. He didn'know the menu therefore. we had to ask Harry for his imput. The service was disappinting
Fantastic food and tremendous service. My waterglass never went below half. They didn't hover, but were always attentative to our needs. We live in Virginia and went to La Panetteria because it was convenient on the way back from a trip out with the kids. We will be driving back especially to go to the restaurant.
This is the second time we have been to La Panetteria and the food was excellent both times. From the pizza, to the eggplant parm, to pasta and meat dishes, everyone enjoyed the food. The house wine was good as well, and, although they do have a good wine selection, it is slightly on the expensive side. The service was good, but a little slow (but not to the point of being annoying). Overall, we really like this restaurant and will definitely go back as soon as we can.
I rarely go to Bethesda for dinner, so I can't compare it to other Italian restaurants in the area, but I thought the food was excellent and the service outstanding. Great food. Great service. Great company.
this was our second trip. not as good as our first occasion. food was awesome, drinks were perfect. I believe the waitress might have been new hence our moderate service. she was very pleasant but not as attentive as she could have been. the restaurant wasn't full so certainly she wasn't being over taxed. it was brought to her attention that it was my sons birthday but no attempt was made to arrange a special dessert which was the case during our first visit. had trouble placing items on the table. all in all we will most certainly return.
Wonderful, authentic Italian cuisine in an cozy setting!
Great food, fabulous neighborhood ambience! The mushroom ravioli with crab and lobster was outstanding!
Dined here for a graduation luncheon celebration. Party of 8. Found this place on Open Table as we are from out of town. It's on a side street so it was not crowded, no problem getting a reservation as a lot of other places were booked solid. I am so glad I found this. The service was wonderful, the full menu was delightful, everyone enjoyed their meal, wine list was good and reasonable. The only downside was finding a place to park. Two parking garages across the street that were full on Sat. afternoon. Kept driving around and around waiting for a spot to open up. But once you're inside it's worth it! Enjoy!
I took a big group to this restaurant after my wife's graduation and couldn't be more impressed with this restaurant. The staff was great, the food was delicious and portions were perfect. Will definitely go back again.
This was a celebratory meal. Our daughter had just graduated form college and all our family was in town for the event. We let our daughter choose the restaurant and she chose La Panetteria because she thought it would be like her favorite restaurant in Rome. Everybody had a good meal and the service was fine.
Have been here many times over the years. Always excellent food, moderately priced, and warm, efficient service. Ambiance of a family run restaurant with Old World charm is hard to resist.
My boyfriend and I went on a romantic dinner to La Panetteria, and we had amazing evening! We were sitting in their 'garden' and the ambiance was so romantic. Especially around 8:00 p.m. the place became a little bit darker and there were candles on tables, and the music was very romantic. The entire place was beautiful! There were few couples, a family, and a group of four people so it was not too crowded and loud. Moreover, the food was delicious and portions were pretty big. Since I love desserts, we decided to share a chocolate mousse cake. That cake was, honestly, the best cake we've had in a few months. On top of all of this, the waiter was very friendly, respectful, and the service in general was excellent. Will definitely return!
The food was excellent and the serving staff gave us an excellent service. We felt very comfortable and special. If we can we will go there again.
The restaurant was very quiet, but the service was friendly and efficient and the atmosphere was charming and cozy. I loved the Veal Saltimboca that I ordered and my friend enjoyed her linguini. We had a lovely evening and were able to talk for quite awhile without feeling any pressure to leave.
Food was very good. Two of us had veal and shrimp and we both enjoyed the meal. Vegetables were fresh and the unique house salad dressing was excellent. Very pleasent atmoshere and I would say the price was excellent for the location. Service was a bit slow at times but we would not hesitate to go back.
Overall, I would come back here especially for their chocolate mousse, which was absolutely delicious. The food was very good, but not the best. It was how I expected it to be. Their fried calamari is a must-try. For the entree, I got linguini with shrimp. I liked it, but I would probably try another dish when I come back to this restaurant. The service was okay. It felt like the waiters were rushing us because they kept on checking back to see if we're done with our meals, and the server asked twice if we want to take our food home when clearly we're all still eating. Seeing the server too much is just as bad as never seeing him/her. The place looks better at night, especially with the lights hanging on the walls and the ceiling.
All of the food arrived piping hot. The chicken marsala and veal parmagiana were wonderful. The pasta with a requested spicy sauce was also great.
We have been here on several occassions with large groups and never had a bad meal! The prices are very moderate compared to area chains that are over-priced for pasta dishes. Our wait staff is always very attentative and considerate of providing the meal early for our kids.
La Paneterria has become my favorite Italian restaurant to enjoy the many dishes that I would normally prepare at home. The ambience of the garden setting and the great friendly service adds to the enjoyment of a night out from the kitchen.
We had a small surprise party dinner. Everyone in our group of 8 raved about the food. The staff was so nice and accommodating. We will eating at La Paneterria again soon!
Delicious, authentic Italian food. There were 3 in our party. We got the mussels in the red sauce as an appetizer--- amazing! Our entrees were the tortellini with amore sauce-- wow, tortellinis were stuffed with ground veal and the amore sauce is a pink sauce that is creamy and delicious! We also had lasagna-- OMG it was to die for, ground beef, ricotta, perfectly cooked lasagna noodles smothered in a homemade red sauce and melted cheese...yummmmmy! And the third entree was the melizane (it was spinach and cheese wrapped in eggplant) served with linguini, very good vegetarian dish! Then for dessert we got Tiramisu... Homemade, creamy deliciousness. The service was also magnificent, our waitress smiled the whole time! C u soon!!!
Have enjoyed the cuisine, ambience and service for many years. Highly recommended.
Love, Love, Love this restaurant. Service is topped only by the deliciousness of the food
As always the restaurant provided fine food with attentive service. It is one of a few restaurants that includes a salad with most meals. Healthy meal well prepared is a hallmark of this restaurant.
La Panetterria isn't one of these new pretentious places. It serves classic Italian food in a lovely setting. You don't feel like you're in busy downtown Bethesda as you dine in a classically decorated and airy space. The service is prompt and courteous without being overbearing. The food was delicious. They give you a complete meal for a good price. The eggplant parmigiana and pasta were tasty and my dining partner's trout was quite flavorful and served with crisp vegetables. Bravaissimo!
Restaurant has been around for many, many years, and that's because it is really, really good. Can you believe, their entrees come with a nice house salad? Where can you get that! Plenty of vegetarian options as well. This is a gem of a restaurant.
So glad we checked this place out - it was delicious! Great spot to bring my Italian mother. :)
We truly enjoyed the ambience in the room in which we were seated. It made us feel like we were in Europe for the time we were there. We were served a basket of nice breads with a bowl of fresh parmesan cheese and olive oil. Our dinners also came with a tossed salad. The eggplant florentine was very good and served with a side of spaghetti. The gnocci was decent as was the chicken parmesan. The portions were manageable... We were sated but didn't take home any leftovers. Honestly, we've had better tomato sauce at other Italian restaurants so, as much as we did like it, we will probably not rush back. The service was fantastic. We never felt rushed or like we were waiting too long.
Our waitress was extremely efficient, and at the same time not intrusive. The atmosphere of the restaurant was casual, yet it had a sense of a small Italian neiborhood. The food was excellent, the service great. It was a great experience.
This place reminded do much of small town italy restaurant. Nice Italian food snd goid service. Hoise eines are excellent.
We've been to La Panetteria several times for dinner, and have enjoyed each visit. But this week was the best -- excellent service, and my braised lamb shank over asparagus/mushroom risotto was delicious and comforting on a cool rainy night. My GF got the seafood combination over pasta -- it was delicious, too. I had planned on getting veal, but that lamb special was irresistable. I'll get veal on our next visit, which will be soon.
Had the pleasure of dining at La Panetteria this past Friday night. My boyfriend and I dine later than most and arrived about 9:15 pm. Restaurant had a a crowd in the front dining room, but only a handful of diners in the side room. Seated promptly and greeted warmly by our server. Started off with two well-made vodka drinks. Nex came two entrees, both accompanied with salad and vegetable. Chicken Parmigiana, my go to Italian entree, was exceptional!! Lightly breaded, fork-tender chicken topped with superb sauce and cheese. Simply delightful! Boyfriend had the Fruiti De Mar Special that included lobster. He chose his in a white wine sauce. Again - Superb!!! Fresh, light, perfectly presented and prepared. We will return!!!
I had the eggplant parmigiana which was very good. My dinner companion enjoyed her chicken marsala. We both agreed that the salad was particularly good and we appreciated getting the dressing on the side.
La Panetteria has been a consistently good to excellent restaurant over several years that I have dined there.
We had another terrific experience at Panetteria. Guillermo, our waiter, was professional and attentive, and Harry, the owner, was there, which was nice. Great Trota Al Almafitana (trout in a garlic and caper sauce) preceded by a salad that could have been a little more room temperature but had lots of (pitted!) olives and a great dressing. The entrees (other than pastas which come with only salad) come with a vegetable and pasta which makes them good deals. The dessert, a new one, dark chocolate mousse cake, was delicious, with flavorful decaf. coffee.
My boyfriend and I went here for our anniversary dinner. We both adored the ambience and the service, and the food was outstanding. It's a little on the pricey side but the food was worth it. We'll definitely be back!
Consistently good, classic Italian food with nice sized portions and friendly service.
Panetteria never fails to deliver. From the Fruita de mare, to the veal dishes, to the chicken dishes, all entrees were up to their normal standards. The consistency of service and food in addition to the owners personal welcome ( and in this case personal rendering of Happy Birthday) is always guaranteed. Dishes are not overdone with excessive schmaltz- just very good northern and southern Italian offerings.
This restaurant has reliably good food & service. Definitely recommend La Panetteria.
Good Italian food in Bethesda and very homey and great food and wonderful service.


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Spoke by Hamlet, Hamlet Act 5 Scene 1:
Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how
abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at
it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know
not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your
gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment,
that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one
now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen?
Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let
her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must
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Hamlet is in a graveyard, where some gravediggers are digging Ophelia's grave. He has found what he takes to be the skull of a court jester, Yorick, who had befriended him as a child. Here, again, Hamlet is reflecting heavily on life and death. His friend, Horatio, is with him and he's talking to him. Alas, poor Yorick, I actually knew him, Horatio. He was brimming with jokes and he was wonderfully creative. He carried me on his back a thousand times, and now, when I think about it it's horrible, it makes me angry. Here were the lips that I kissed I don't know how many times. Where are your barbed jokes now? Your high-jinx? Your songs? Your moments of jesting that used to set all those at the table roaring with laughter? Not one left to mock that grin you have. Sad? Now go to my lady's room and tell her to plaster herself with makeup because she has to come to this function. Make her laugh at that.
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Thank you the Secret Service director Mark Sullivan on Capitol Hill today came under heavy rhetorical fire for the Columbia prostitution scandal.
The first time he's talked about the issue publicly most certainly.
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Chief congressional correspondent Mike Emanuel has the story.
I am deeply disappointed.
And I apologize for the misconduct of these employees.
In the distraction that is that it has caused.
That apology and an assurance President Obama was never in danger were part of the first public comments by the director of the Secret Service.
Following the Cartagena Colombia prostitution scandal last month.
Director Mark Sullivan blamed alcohol in the environment for the embarrassing incident and it says this is not part of a systemic problem.
Over the last six years we've done 37000.
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And -- had no situation like like this one -- before and again I'm confident.
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Yet the top Republican on the committee says she believes this scandal reveals a culture that tolerated bad behavior particularly when traveling.
The numbers and prompt as well as the participation.
Of two senior supervisors.
Lead me to believe that this was not a one time that there and committee chairman Joseph Lieberman revealed there were 64 incidents of sexual misconduct allegations against Secret Service personnel over the past five years.
Most of these complaints involved sending sexually explicit emails.
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When we are children, people say to us, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" At that age, we
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As we grow older, the questions change. There is no longer time for dreaming; we must now "face
reality" and think about how to survive in the big, bad old world.
This astrological report is about your vocation. It is meant to help you get a sense of what you
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as a pay cheque.
II. How You See the World
This chapter briefly describes your personal perspective on life and explains how you can best
express this in your career.
III. Your aptitudes and strengths
This chapter, which contains 8-10 pages, is one of the most comprehensive sections in the "Career
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An honest and realistic understanding of your fundamental strengths can help you to orientate
yourself in the world and put your energy into areas where you can hope to shine and achieve at
least many of your most cherished goals.
[..] And unless you are emotionally engaged with your work, you will not feel content in it.
You are likely to enjoy any work which allows you to champion the underdog. Acting as the
representative of the work force is more likely to suit you than being the CEO of a large company.
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[..] You may display extraordinary intuitiveness at times, for the boundaries between you
and others are porous and flexible. You also need a sense of contact with others, and whether you
find this through work which involves helping or healing, or through immersion in the imaginative
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We need to realise the economic potential of our other major cities
Andrew Thorpe-Apps
The announcement that Hull will be the City of Culture 2017 was met with a few chides and sniggers in the media. Whatever its cultural pedigree, Hull is a city tarnished by high unemployment and youth crime. It has seen the highest rate of Jobseeker claimants in the country.
Hull is not alone. A number of other cities and towns, particularly in the north of England, have been facing these challenges since the 1970s. While some people are able to travel in search of work, for others this is not an option. The result is that generation after generation are locked in a cycle of desperation and poverty.
During the boom years prior to 2008, London's financial sector was able to pull the whole national economy along. The Government did not need to concern itself with maximising the economic potential of other cities. This inertia allowed for the national economic imbalance to be further entrenched, and Britain fell behind its competitors in promoting regional growth.
Yet this situation can no longer be accepted. The UK economy is growing again, but unemployment remains stubbornly high, particularly youth unemployment. With the rise of the BRIC nations, and with other developing countries hot on their heels, it is vital that Britain maximises all of its resources. This means encouraging innovation and creating jobs in our cities.
Decentralised fiscal reform will boost the economic prospects of Britain's cities. Greater financial freedom will allow local politicians to better direct growth to drive their local economies. The current formula of majority Government grant has long restricted the growth of cities outside London. Centralised funding, managed as it is by Whitehall bureaucrats lacking sufficient local knowledge, is ineffective in supplying the investment cities need to maximise growth.
Speaking at a recent TRG event, Lord Heseltine argued that more must be done to encourage city economic growth. The vast majority of the recommendations from Heseltine's report No Stone Left Unturned, published last year, have now been adopted. Yet the UK economy remains staggeringly unbalanced, particularly in geographical terms.
Cities need devolution of property tax revenue streams. This includes council tax, stamp duty, land tax and business rates. Cities also need to have the power to reform these taxes to suit local conditions. These powers would provide stable funding to stimulate economic growth and allow cities to raise sustained investment for infrastructure such as transport, schools, housing, energy supply and technology. City governments are best placed to create jobs and free up spending.
In most developed countries, top cities outperform the national economic average. Yet in the UK, only London is able to do so consistently. This suggests that many of Britain's 'Core Cities' – such as Birmingham, Manchester, Nottingham and Leeds – have a great deal of economic potential. More financial freedom would allow this potential to be realised and could contribute a further £1.5bn per year to the UK economy.
Not only will city devolution benefit our national economy through jobs and growth, it will also help end welfare dependency for thousands of families across the country. The vast majority of those on benefits do not want to be clients of the state. City devolution, therefore, will give independence to the cities, but more importantly, it will give back power and self-respect to the individual.
In a recent cross-party initiative, London and some of England's other largest cities have called on the Government for more substantial devolution. This follows on from the London Finance Commission's report Raising the Capital, published in May 2013, which suggested measures that would give Londoners more say over a greater proportion of taxes raised in their city.
In London, only 7 per cent of tax paid by its residents and businesses is redistributed directly by the Mayor and borough councils. In New York City this figure is 70 per cent, in Paris it is 83 per cent, and in Tokyo it is 92 per cent.
Despite devolution to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the UK remains far too centralised. City devolution is the most effective way to make Britain grow. It will be a positive step in answering England's devolution question. It will also help deliver the Conservative Party's localism agenda.
Cities are the engine of growth in any national economy, and if Britain is to compete in the future, that engine needs to be firing on all cylinders.
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Mathematics in the Medieval Maghrib: General Survey on Mathematical Activities in North Africa
Professor Ahmed Djebbar*
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Table of contents
1. Introduction
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Figure 1: Front covers of two books by Ahmed Djebbar: Une histoire de la science arabe (Paris, 2001) and L'âge d'or des sciences arabes (Paris, 2005).
The text that we will present here is the first part of a study which attempts to present the essential aspects of mathematical activity in North Africa since the 9th century. The abundance of material has obliged us to report, in a future article, the study dedicated to mathematical activities in Egypt during the same period. The whole work, as soon as concluded, will constitute the second volume of the study "Recent research on the history of Mathematics in Africa: an overview", by A. Djebbar and P. Gerdes, whose first volume has already been published (Gerdes 1992: 3-32, 1994) [1].
This work is just a first outline that needs to be completed by the presentation of certain activities which abundantly used the different mathematical disciplines and were sometimes considered more important than mathematics. Essentially this refers to Astronomy, Astrology, and the Science of Succession Division or Science of Inheritance. We have satisfied ourselves by evoking certain of their aspects, or certain authors who are particularly distinguished, hoping to deal with them more fully in a later study.
However, so as to avoid eventual misunderstandings or ambiguities, it seems useful to make some remarks about the terminology that will be used in the different parts of this study.
Figure 2: Professor Ahmad Djebbar in Sharjah, UAE, during the International Conference of the History of Science among the Arabs and the Muslim (March 2008). © FSTC and Salim Ayduz..
First of all we need to specify what we understand by "scientific tradition". As soon as we begin to deal with the contents of scientific, and more particularly mathematical activities, which take place in the context of the Arab-Islamic civilisation, it is not possible to speak of a specific tradition in the Maghrib (as opposed to that of Muslim Spain or that of the East). In fact we may speak of one overall tradition, that of Arabic mathematics - that is mathematics that has been thought about, written and taught in the Arabic language (also called Mathematics of the countries of Islam) -, which has developed in the East since the end of the 8th century, and that has been partially transmitted to the cities of the Muslim West and of Central Asia, and later to southern Europe, by means of translations (essentially Latin and Hebrew). This tradition has been assimilated, revived and enriched by the scientific environments of the different countries of Islam that gave it, sometimes, certain specific mark at the level of this or that research and teaching orientation, as well as at the level of composition of the contents of the works, of the terminology, or of the classification of the studied disciplines. But, as far as we know, this internal process of differentiation has not lead to the emergence, at local or regional level, of a new mathematical tradition characterised by its own concepts and paradigms. The scientific traditions which are evoked in this study are such in an externalist sense that takes scientific practice in relation to its environment into account.
The same remark applies to the contents of the mathematics produced or taught in each of the five vast regions that constituted, in the Middle Ages, North Africa, that means the Extreme Maghrib, the Central Maghrib, the Oriental Maghrib that at that time was called Ifr¥qiyya, Egypt and the extended sub-Saharan zone of Muslim confession that went then by the name of BilŒd as-S'dŒn [Countries of the Sudan]. The analysis of the scientific texts which have come to us does not allow us to speak of regional specificities either at the level of content itself or at the evolution of its contents. On the contrary, we observe, following the epochs, notable differences between the regions, at the level of the number of mathematicians or of their works, of the vitality of this or that taught discipline, of the dynamism of the different scientific foyers of each of these regions.
It is also necessary to explain what we here understand by "Maghribian mathematicians". In bio-bibliographic treatises, in particular those written by oriental authors, one finds a certain number of scholars, poets and writers who are referred to as "Maghribian" without being born in the Maghrib. That is the case, for example, of scholars native to Muslim Spain. That is also the case of those whose parents are native of the Muslim West but who have grown up or have been educated in the East. In addition, there are persons whose origin is not Maghribian but who have played a role in the scientific activity of the Maghrib. Thus, in the case of mathematicians, it is necessary to specify that only one category is representative of the mathematical production of the Maghrib. This concerns those who lived there during a given period of their life and who, through their teaching or through their production, contributed to the development or the perpetuation of a local or regional mathematical activity. As an example of this type of scholar, one may cite al-Qatrawānī (15th century), who was born in Egypt and who lived for a certain time in Tunis where he wrote one of the books that we will mention later [Lamrabet 1981: 41-91; Djebbar 1986a: 118-19; Hadfi 1989, 1992: 138-39].
With respect to the others, one may classify them into two categories: the first regroups all who were natives of the Maghrib and who have left it in order to install themselves in another region of Africa (such as Egypt or the Sub-Saharan regions of the continent). Among the representatives of this category, one finds al-îasan al-MurrŒkush¥, one of the greatest specialists of astronomy in the 13th century, who lived essentially in Egypt [Sédillot 1834-35, 1844; Souissi 1982; Murrākushī 1984].
The second category regroups all those who were born in or were natives of the Maghrib but who were, in reality, educated in the cities of the East or of Muslim Spain, and who spent the largest part of their life there. One of the most eminent representatives of this category is as-Samaw<al al-Maghrib¥ (d. 1175) who was born in Baghdad to a Jewish family native of the Extreme Maghrib, more precisely from Fez [Anbouba 1970: 80]. His major contributions, which concern the theory of polynomials and decimal fractions, seem not to have been known by the Maghribian mathematicians of the 12th-14th centuries [Rashed & Ahmad 1972; Rashed 1984].
As these mathematicians or astronomers have not participated, in any way, in a scientific activity in the Maghrib and as these have not been vectors of this activity, we have not judged it useful to mention their different contributions here.
by: Professor Ahmed Djebbar, Mon 30 June, 2008


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Although he was born in Belgium, Gérard Lemaire spent sixteen years of his childhood in Africa. Back in Belgium at age 18, he started his artistic education at the Académie Royale des Beaux-arts in Brussels. He met Jean Graton, whom he assisted on the backgrounds of 'Michel Vaillant' for a year. He assumed the pseudonym Gelem and joined the magazine Spirou in 1968. He made several "mini-books" and short stories with characters like 'Tom Bolah', 'Bidule' and 'Ted et Narcisse' for the magazine. He also made 'Tof et Popol' in Le Soir, as well as several illustrations and caricatures in other magazines.
He became head of the Publi-Market agency in 1979, and put his comics career on hold. In 1985, he returned to Spirou, this time under the pseudonym Glem. He started out with some short stories of 'Freddy Guidon' scripted by Thierry Groensteen, but eventually took on the gag series 'Les Voraces' with writer Raoul Cauvin. 'Les Voraces' ran until 1996 and several albums have been published. In addition, with scriptwriter François Gilson, Glem made 'Non Sense' in 1992 and 1993, followed by 'Enzo et les Zootres' six years later. Besides his occasional appearances in the comics scene, Lemaire is mostly active as a freelance advertising artist.


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This is not minimilist. This is just lazy.
It's not hard to write, just pick a note, then a not that doesn't go with it, then just start randomly flailing them about in mental rhythms. That's my problem with them, they think they're being clever, but they're just being daft.
To be fair, this is my opinion with a lot of avant-garde stuff. Oh, look at me, I'm John Cage, I'm going to write a piece with no notes in it, how deep is that? No. It's just stupid.
I'd better stop arguing before I derail the whole topic, lol. Well, I'm not getting "Bleed".


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Axis Gear Mini #1 – San Diego
March 15, 2008
Some 40 racers showed up for the first Equinox Mini Adventure Race for 2008. They made up 22 teams, which raced a long or short course. The short course was about 33 miles with the long course about 5 miles longer, but it included hike-a-bike, riding up a canyon with no trail, scaling a large hill on the trek section and running to an out-of-the way checkpoint on the trek.
This race was sponsored by Axis Gear (http://www.axisgear.ca), who donated a couple of Nav 360 map boards as prizes. As we boast no entry fee and no prizes for our races, we did not want to give the awards to the first place teams (they get bragging rights). When a first place prize is at stake we notice racers do silly things to win, and those silly things lead to accidents. So one award was designated for the team who finished in the middle of the pack, and the second award was going to the team showing the spirit of adventure racing. Team Daybreak was the 11 th team to finish the O course, which had them win the Middle of the pack award and Andrew Radin won the Spirit of Adventure because he had problems from the start with a wheel which kept falling off and he ran the race with the spindle duct taped to the fork. When told it would not hold up, his comment was something to the effect of "Well I'll go till it breaks and consider my options then, even if I have to walk back". We thought this showed spirit.
Before the race we had a 1 hour navigation class to teach people about UTM's and how to plot them. The class discussed reading a map and recognizing flat meadows, steep hills and discerning ridges from gullies. These were all things the racers would be faced with during the 10 hours they would compete.
Steve Moore (who scouted and wrote this event) gave a talk about what racers could expect and the format of the race. Before the start nobody knew where it was going to be held as we told everyone it was at a different location than where we all met. That location was just 1 mile away from Mission Trails Park (where we met), in the Sycamore Canyon area. The O course was on a block of land known as Fanita Ranch, which will soon become developed housing.
Steve gives instructions
Racers had to plot during the race, though the first map they were given had 2 checkpoints plotted for them. At CP2 they had to plot the next 2 checkpoints to get them to the north side of Martha's Grove, where they plotted the remaining bike checkpoints before looping to TA1 where they changed to running.
The run section involved gathering 5 checkpoints for the short course or 7 checkpoints for the long course before returning to the TA and biking back to the CP2 location for the O course. The O course was quite big for a "mini" race, taking the lead teams 3-4 hours to complete.
Teams got instructions about 9:20 AM and had to drive to the start location, load water into a vehicle going to the first TA, get their bikes together and with all running gear packed they had to be ready for a 10 AM start. We wanted to get the urgency level up at the beginning, and it stayed that way till they finished.
There was a short run to their bikes, then they rode on multiple single-track trails to CP1 and CP2. There are many trails and all head in the north direction so for those not knowing the area it did not matter which trail they took. Those who knew the area had a small advantage of knowing which were better creek crossings.
As they came into CP2 the lead teams of Todd Webb, Josh Williams, Dave Krosch, Derrick Watkins, Ian MacDiarmid, Ann Hall and the Naval Geezers had opened a 5 minute gap on the second wave of racers.
The lead teams were close all through the bike section, with the long course being slowed by a diversion to checkpoint 2A and the lack of trails to that CP, plus a hike-a-bike. There were battles going between Jake Bencke (a veteran at AR) and Jake Rankinen and Pete Salon (two newbie's to AR and mountain biking – they being road bikers), and the team of Ann Hall and Ian MacDiarmid. These 3 teams fought all day on the long course. Meanwhile, on the short course Todd and Josh worked together (though they were running as two solos) and were dueling it out with Dave and Derrick who were running as a team.
Run course
As can be seen by the map, the long course had to climb a hill to 10A and they had to go out and back to get 11A. This however did not slow them down too much and they crept up on the short course racers during the day.
After completing the difficult single track loop known as Martha's Grove, and riding a fast downhill to Goodan Windmill, racers went back past CP4 (manned by Kristine Gillis) and rode toward TA1. On this section we had the first casualty of the race with young Tim Kinsey taking a spill on a fast downhill. After some bandages on the knees team Endeavour called it a day. They raced hard for 4 hours and I trust they will be back for more races in the future.
Meanwhile over on the long course the Sun Dawgs took a wrong canyon and got caught in the unrideable weeds of the creeks in the back country. This caused the derailleur to "act independently" as Bill described it, so they exited the race with mechanical problems.
Team Kabuz (who are new to AR and had an identity crisis – changing their team name at each checkpoint and finally selecting "Caboose" which they decided to spell as Kabuz) had fun with a snake along the way and were a very high consideration for the Spirit of Adventure, since the snake was removed from harms way.
Teams began arriving at the final orienteering section of the race mid afternoon (though the last team to get there was some 3 hours after the eventual winner). For a 20 minute period we had all teams out on the O course together. One team skipped the O course as they had gotten their 6+ hours of exercise for the day. One team went for the first checkpoint, got phone reception and called home to say what a great time he was having and then exited the course as he was reminded he was running late for a dinner appointment.
Todd Webb was first back on the O but had missed checkpoint 1 so went back out to locate it. Most other contestants were pressed to complete the orienteering by the 8 PM cut-off. The cut-off required teams to be selective in which checkpoints they attempted, though four of them were placed so they were the easier ones to locate. However, when it got dark even they were very difficult to locate.
O course
But by 8 PM the last team finished, and those remaining out on the course (half of the racers) rode the 4 miles from the end of the race back to their cars.
For full results please go to http://www.baAdventures.com/eventM1.html
The weather cooperated, with cloudy skies keeping the temperature down, but a cold wind made it chilly when you stopped, and the rain and hail was sporadic and mostly after the race.
Congratulations to all who raced what was a long "mini". Our next event (Peaks and Valleys) is a smaller race with the course being given out beforehand so you can go pre-run it if you wish. We do not have plans for other races this year (though we have many ideas). Steve and Jake Bencke have designed the Sierra Adventure Sports Laguna race, in May, and Barrie is working on their October race at Otay Lakes. http://www.SierraAdventureSports.com.