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Medical Marijuana: Dispensary official talks treatment
August 7, 2018 by NNYBiz
Filed Under: Feature Story Tagged With: Bob Beckstead, curaleaf, Featured Post, Featured Posts, marijuana, Medical marijuana, New York State, pain management, plattsburgh, prescription marijuana, Watertown
I LOVE Northern NY – How to get in on ILNY promotions
July 18, 2018 by NNYBiz
BROOKE ROUSE
Many recognize the I LOVE NY brand and think of it as New York City. In fact, I LOVE NY is the official destination brand of New York State. Each county government designates an organization be the 'local boots on the ground,' or tourism promotion agent (TPA) for I LOVE NY, or more specifically, Empire State Development's Tourism Division. An annual grant is then administered, combining state and County funds to be used specifically for marketing the County as a destination to out-of-county visitors.
In addition to the grant funds, the TPAs work closely with the I LOVE NY team on a number of marketing initiatives and state wide campaigns. So how do you, as a business or community, get a piece of the pie?
Your County TPA creates a marketing plan annually and always appreciates participation from tourism partners. Sometimes cooperative marketing opportunities exist, where you can buy in at an affordable rate to get a lot more. This is done through regional branding efforts, where you can be highlighted in print or digital platforms.
Your TPA is actively seeking exposure for your county…one of the best ways to do that is through earned media (we do the work to earn the recognition, but don't necessarily pay any money). For example, the TPA will communicate with writers or the state may organize a trip of writers (also known as a FAM or familiarization tour) to visit and write, blog, photograph the area. Typically we need businesses to host for overnights, meals, excursions, or tours. Typically these things need to be offered for free or at a discount. The 'host,' as an active participant will then be covered in the content. These stories have tremendous value that our tourism marketing budgets could not afford, so this is a great opportunity for the destination and the business, product, etc.
Your TPA is actively updating websites, social media, visitor guides and requests for story leads. The most important thing…PHOTOS. A picture tells a thousand words. High quality (high resolution) photos, showing people doing things are the best way to really tell the story. Any time your community or business can share high quality photos (not smartphone photos) of a festival, activity, landmark – you are sure to be included in the next promotion.
The more we know, the more we can help. I LOVE NY is constantly sending out story leads for major publications like USA Today, NY Times, etc. They want to know what is new, what is unique. If we know what you are up to (and have high quality photos!), we can quickly send the word (and image) along. Sometimes its quirky – a top 20 list of breakfast features, or unique requests like spa getaways where you can sleep under the stars. The more unique offerings you can create, the better. The more we know about it, the more you benefit.
The state and other state partners have also developed several thematic campaigns.; Haunted History Trail, PRIDE, Underground Railroad, Path Through History, Taste NY, to name a few. If you can create an event or have an attraction that is a fit, be sure to let your TPA know.
To get connected with your local TPA, call 1000 Islands International Tourism Council (Jefferson County) 315-482-2520, Oswego County Department of Community Development, Tourism & Planning 315-349-8322, or St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce 315-386-4000.
Brooke Rouse is executive director of the St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce and a Tourism Promotion Agent. She is a business owner, holds a master's degree in tourism and is a former SUNY Canton Small Business Development Center advisor. Contact her at brouse@st.lawrencecountychamber.org.
Filed Under: Columns, Commerce Corner Tagged With: Brooke Rouse, business, column, Commerce Corner, I Love New York, marketing, New York State, upstate new york
'Welcome to New York': New visitors center in the 1000 Islands showcases the best of NNY
June 11, 2018 by NNYBiz
PROVIDED BY NEW YORK STATE EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT Renderings of the new North Country Welcome Center at Collins Landing.
Filed Under: Feature Story Tagged With: Alexandria Bay, Clayton, Cuomo, feature story, Featured Post, Featured Posts, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Matt McClusky, New York State, new york state empire development, new york state visitors center, Thousand Islands, Thousand Islands Tourism Council, Tourism
Ritchie unveils agricultural plan for 2016-17 State Senate budget
February 10, 2016 by NNYBiz
New York State Senate Majority Leader John J. Flanagan, center, and State Senator Patty Ritchie, left, learn about milking from farm owner Michael B. Kiechle, right, while at the Garden of Eden Farm. Photo by Amanda Morrison, Watertown Daily Times.
ALBANY — State Sen. Patricia A. Ritchie, R-Heuvelton, highlighted Tuesday a renewed agricultural focus in the 2016-17 Senate budget aimed at continuing financial, research and employment support for New York state's agriculture industry. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Web Exclusives Tagged With: 2014 young farmer's initiative, 2016 senate republican plan to grow new york agriculture, agriculture industry, Amanda Morrison, beginning farmer grants, beginning farmer student loan forgiveness program, belleville henderson central school district, Brian Molongoski, Canada, Cornell University, farmnet, Featured Post, ffa, garden of eden farm, John J. Flanagan, michael b. kiechle, New York Farm Bureau, New York State, north country ag academy, planting seeds, Sen. Patricia A. Ritchie, senate agriculture committee, south jefferson central school district, state senate, SUNY Canton, Watertown Daily Times
Local experts discuss north country's economic outlook at Chamber event
January 28, 2016 by NNYBiz
The Economic Forecast event featured a panel of five speakers discussing the economic trouble spots and assets in the north country. Photo by Stephen Swofford, Watertown Daily Times.
Trying to get a glimpse of the local economic future is more like staring into an opaque globe than a crystal ball, noted Donald C. Alexander, chief executive officer of Jefferson County Economic Development. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Web Exclusives Tagged With: $15 minimum wage, Arsenal Street, black river apartments, Brian Molongoski, canadian dollar, Canadian exchange rate, Carthage Area Hospital, City of Watertown, community bank na, community bank system inc, court street, DANC, Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment program, Denise K. Young, Development Authority of the North Country, Donald C. Alexander, Downtown Watertown, dsrip, economic forecast breakfast 2016, Empire State Development, fdrhpo, Featured Post, Fort Drum, fort drum plans training mobilization and security, fort drum regional health planning, franz philippe, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, Greater Watertown Chamber of Commerce, Healthcare, Jefferson County Economic Development, kenneth mix, maple court, maple court apartments, milk prices, New York State, nny business, north country, NYSERDA, photovoltaic applications, Public Square, renewable energy, scott kingsley, stephen hunt, stephen swofford, SUNY Canton, Syracuse, united states, Visual Technologies, Watertown, Watertown Daily Times, Watertown Local Development Corporation, watertown ramada inn, Woolworth Building
January 2016: Small Business Success
It's Maine-ly business in New England
Last October, I took a 1,500-mile solo road trip through New England to visit a small entrepreneurial venture way up in Down East Maine, and I'll be sharing his story in my March column.
For now, I want to share a little bit of my adventure through the beautiful state of Maine. What I discovered was, you can take the small business advisor out of the office, but you can't take the small business perspective out of her. [Read more…]
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STEM scholarship offers NNY students opportunity
CANTON – A full scholarship offered by New York state to attend college for science, technology, engineering and math related fields could be an important launch for north country students.
The state offers a full scholarship to the top 10 percent of graduating high school students to attend SUNY schools for science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and who pledge to work and live in New York for five years following graduation.
State Assemblywoman Addie J. Russell, D-Theresa, is encouraging area students to consider the STEM scholarship as a good step into their future.
"The north country is home to many high-tech industries and world-class universities," Mrs. Russell said in a statement. "This scholarship is an excellent opportunity that I hope driven young people will take advantage of so they can write the next chapter of development in the region."
Last year, statewide, there were 553 recipients for the scholarship totaling $2.796 million.
For the north country region, including Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence, Clinton, Essex, Franklin and Hamilton counties, there were 15 recipients totaling $84,208.
Students looking to receive the scholarship must graduate in the top 10 percent of their class; attend a SUNY, CUNY or statutory college including Cornell and Alfred Universities; and must maintain a 2.5 grade point average or higher each semester.
For a high poverty area like the north country region, going to college could be tough to picture for many students, but schools in the region are beginning to push these STEM fields early in students' education which could set them up for opportunities like the state's scholarship.
"Considering the high poverty level in the area this scholarship could be a great opportunity for students who may not have the ability to go to college," said Lisa J. Blank, the new STEM director for the Watertown City School District. "You are talking saving kids around $30,000 a year."
Thomas R. Burns, superintendent of the St. Lawrence-Lewis Board of Cooperative Educational Services, agreed that the scholarship makes college more accessible for students.
"By providing a full SUNY tuition, the scholarship would increase the equity for student access to college," Mr. Burns said.
Mrs. Blank has worked with several area school districts including Sackets Harbor, Lyme, General Brown and Belleville Henderson to set up programs in science, technology, engineering and math and apply for grants from the Department of Defense Education Activity.
Mrs. Blank recently helped Watertown schools secure a $1.25 million grant from DoDEA to set up STEM programming in the district.
The grant money will be used for teacher training in technology, implementation of video lessons on the computer that can be bought or developed by teachers and several technology-based extracurricular activities, including robotics clubs for elementary pupils and engineering clubs for middle and high school students.
The funding can be applied to 14 clubs.
The money also will buy two new laptop carts each for H.T. Wiley Intermediate School, Case Middle School and Watertown High School, as well as a new virtual learning system.
Mrs. Blank also put schools in touch with STEM programs including Project Lead the Way, which provides STEM curriculum for kindergarten through 12th grade.
Mrs. Blank also helped Lyme Central School District connect with the Full Option Science System program which provides hands-on learning science curricula for kindergarten through eighth grade.
"Seventy percent of the instruction is hands-on which increases kids' interest in science," Mrs. Blank said. "It is important to get kids interested in STEM at elementary school and middle school levels so they are on the right path for knowing what they want to do when they graduate high school."
Stephen J. Todd, superintendent of the Jefferson-Lewis BOCES, said anything that encourages students to go to college to become STEM coordinators would be good for north country schools.
"There is a shortage of teachers in this area particularly in STEM related fields," Mr. Todd said. "I think this scholarship is a wonderful thing for the state as a whole. It is a good incentive for students to go into STEM instruction which could benefit our schools."
Mr. Burns said it is important that the scholarship requires commitment from students to stay in the state after graduation.
"Requiring the recipients to sign a service agreement to stay in New York in a STEM-related field not only promotes STEM-related careers but contributes to better economic development growth while helping to limit the out migration of young people to other parts of the state and country," Mr. Burns said.
Both BOCES facilities offer career and technical classes for students attending member schools.
"We have been working on many career-focused programs at the BOCES, and again there are some possibilities with this scholarship to insure that students are both college and career ready when they leave high school and college," Mr. Burns said.
Mrs. Blank said the only concern Mrs. Blank said she has heard from students was that there are not enough fields that apply as STEM-related under the scholarship guidelines.
According to the New York State Higher Educational Services Corporation, the agency that provides information on scholarship and financial aid options, some approved programs under the scholarship guidelines include computer science and programming, agricultural engineering, industrial and manufacturing engineering, solar technology and mathematics and statistics.
"In the long-run, this scholarship will benefit all New Yorkers as we encourage and cultivate tomorrow's industry leaders and secure a bright economic future," Mrs. Russell said.
According to the state Department of Labor the median wage for workers in STEM occupations in the north country region is $59,641.
The STEM occupation in the north country with the highest median wage is a physician's assistant, $103,685, which employed 200 people in 2015.
The next highest median wage for the north country was earned by environmental engineers, $85,216, which employed 80 people in 2015.
The lowest median wage was earned by architectural and civil drafters, $31,250, which employed 80 people in 2015.
Scholarship requirements
Be a legal resident of the state and reside here for 12 months.
Be a high school senior/recent high school graduate who will be enrolled full-time at a SUNY or CUNY college, including community colleges and the statutory colleges at Cornell University and Alfred University, beginning in the fall term following his or her high school graduation.
Be ranked in the top 10 percent of his/her high school graduating class of a New York state high school.
Be matriculated in an undergraduate program leading to a degree in science, technology, engineering or mathematics.
Earn a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or higher each term after the first semester.
Execute a service contract agreeing to reside and work in the state for five years in the field of science, technology, engineering or mathematics.
By Richard Moody, Times Staff Writer
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State, Alcoa strike deal to keep 900 jobs, low-cost power
April 1, 2013 by NNYBiz
Alcoa employees listen to U.S. Senator Kristen Gillibrand during a press conference at Alcoa Massena Operations, East Plant. Senator Gillibrand was promoting Made In America Manufacturing Act, legislation to help bolster high-tech manufacturing in the North Country. Photo by Melanie Kimbler-Lago/Watertown Daily Times.
Alcoa has committed to investing $42 million to modernize its Massena aluminum production facilities, preserving 900 jobs for the north country, in a deal with the state that guarantees a long-term supply of low-cost electricity from the New York Power Authority.
The critical development, announced by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo at the close of business Friday, was met with enthusiasm and a huge sigh of relief from community leaders who had been anxiously awaiting Alcoa's decision as a Sunday deadline approached. The official announcement is scheduled for today in Massena. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Business, Entrepreneurs, Small Biz, St. Lawrence County Tagged With: Alcoa, Featured Post, Jobs, New York State
JCIDA OKs plan to pull out of state pension system by April
January 4, 2013 by NNYBiz
If all goes according to plan, the nine employees working for the Jefferson County Industrial Development Agency no longer will be enrolled in the state pension system by April 1, the agency's board of directors decided Thursday. Board members decided to do so after waiting for months to learn whether the agency's plan developed in 2012 to restructure its subagencies is OK with the state comptroller's office.
But board members and agency officials say they're tired of waiting for answers, and all agreed that opting out of the state pension program is the best plan. Under its approved plan, the board established an ad hoc committee to oversee the process of moving to a private pension plan, and decided to hire a law firm to get the work done by April 1. Officials said the private plan will include benefits similar to those that employees have received under the state plan. Once established, that plan would take effect retroactively for the nine employees to provide coverage starting Jan. 1., 2013.
Filed Under: Business, Web Exclusives Tagged With: JCIDA, New York State
Industry experts explain how NYS can grow from Greek yogurt
November 10, 2012 by NNYBiz
Darrel J. Aubertine, state Agriculture and Markets commissioner; Cathy Gaffney, Wegmans director for specialty cheese, and Dennis Miller, chairman of the Department of Food Science at Cornell University, talk Thursday inside the new Stocking Hall Dairy Plant at Cornell's Ithaca campus. Photo provided by Cornell University.
It's delicious and nutritious.
That was the catchphrase used by industry experts to explain why droves of Americans have been drawn to Greek yogurt produced in New York state during a panel discussion Thursday at Cornell University in Ithaca. The talk centered on how dairy farmers, processors, educators and legislators can team up to capitalize on the nation's strong appetite for the product, which is loaded with protein but has a low carbohydrate count.
Experts say the first step toward that goal will be discovering how to entice dairy farmers to produce more milk by increasing their cattle herds. Dairy farmers will need to produce 15 percent more milk than they do now in the next two years to keep up with surging demand, they forecast, because a network of Greek yogurt plants launched here will need the increased output.
Filed Under: Agri Business, Business Tagged With: Agriculture, Featured Post, Greek Yogurt, New York State


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Caravaggio oil painting
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Period: Baroque
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Caravaggio oil painting 100% handamde reproduction. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610) was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque school of painting.[1] Caravaggio trained as a painter in Milan under a master who had himself trained under Titian. In his early twenties Caravaggio moved to Rome where, during the late 16th and early 17th centuries, many huge new churches and palazzi were being built and paintings were needed to fill them. During the Counter-Reformation the Roman Catholic Church searched for religious art with which to counter the threat of Protestantism, and for this task the artificial conventions of Mannerism, which had ruled art for almost a century, no longer seemed adequate. Caravaggio's novelty was a radical naturalism which combined close physical observation with a dramatic, even theatrical, use of chiaroscuro that came to be known as Tenebrism, the shift from light to dark with little intermediate value. He burst upon the Rome art scene in 1600 with the success of his first public commissions, the Martyrdom of Saint Matthew and Calling of Saint Matthew. Thereafter he never lacked for commissions or patrons, yet he handled his success atrociously. He was thrown in jail on several occasions, vandalized his own apartment, and ultimately had a death warrant issued for him by the Pope.[2] An early published notice on him, dating from 1604 and describing his lifestyle three years previously, tells how "after a fortnight's work he will swagger about for a month or two with a sword at his side and a servant following him, from one ball-court to the next, ever ready to engage in a fight or an argument, so that it is most awkward to get along with him."[3] In 1606 he killed a young man in a brawl and fled from Rome with a price on his head. In Malta in 1608 he was involved in another brawl, and yet another in Naples in 1609, possibly a deliberate attempt on his life by unidentified enemies. By the next year, after a relatively brief career, he was dead. Infamous while he lived, Caravaggio was forgotten almost immediately after his death, and it was only in the 20th century that his importance to the development of Western art was rediscovered. Despite this, his influence on the new Baroque style that eventually emerged from the ruins of Mannerism, was profound. It can be seen directly or indirectly in the work of Rubens, Jusepe de Ribera, Bernini, and Rembrandt, and artists in the following generation heavily under his influence were called the "Caravaggisti" or "Caravagesques", as well as Tenebrists or "Tenebrosi" ("shadowists"). Andre Berne-Joffroy, Paul Valéry's secretary, said of him: "What begins in the work of Caravaggio is, quite simply, modern painting."
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How can it be possible that the holidays are already here? We are pretty much booked with Holiday parties through the new year! I'll be helping to host a couple of those parties and so I always like to get ideas for appetizers ahead of time. Spinach and artichoke dip is a traditional favorite of ours and it always makes an appearance at on our party table. Another party appetizer we often have is salame which is usually served with crackers and cheese. I thought these two appetizers would actually taste great together and so I decided to combine them into a little bite sized wonton cup.
These little Spinach Artichoke & Salame Wonton Bites turned out perfect!
I like to buy the Galileo uncured salame from Sam's Club. It comes in a two pack which makes a lot of servings! I also like to use any leftover salame in other recipes and I am including an easy one at the end of this post!
One bite is all it takes to fall in love with these Spinach, Artichoke & Salame Wonton Bites!
Mix everything except wonton wrappers and salame into a medium sized bowl. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Press one wonton wrapper into the cavity of a mini muffin pan. Press the salame on top of the wrapper and make sure to press the sides out to leave room for the spinach dip filling. Repeat this process until all the mini muffin pan is full. Add the filling to each one then sprinkle with more cheese. Bake for 12 minutes or until the sides of the wonton are browning and cheese is bubbling. Take out and let cool a little before removing them from the pan. Serve on a large platter and place the tomatoes on top for garnish. Enjoy!
These are definitely the appetizer that everyone will want more of! If you have any salame left after making these tasty treats… then here is a tasty idea below.
Make a Salame and Egg breakfast sandwich! I first brown the salame a little in a cast iron skillet on medium heat then take it off the heat. Then I add an egg to the medium heat of the skillet and let it fry in the oils from the Salame. At the same time I can cook up veggies like onions or mushrooms to put on it too. Meanwhile I toast up an English muffin in the toaster with some cheese and butter. Then all that is left is assembling the sandwich with a little mayo or mustard. Yum! We love this recipe and it's such an easy way to use up any leftovers from our appetizers. I can't wait until we have our holiday parties soon!


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Q: Using "allium" as an adjective I'd like to use the Latin word for garlic, allium, as an adjective, but can't find any examples of this being done. Is there a rule for doing this with nouns ending in ‑um? Alliumnal sounds good, but I suspect that's just because it sounds like autumnal. Any help much appreciated.

A: Allium is already used in English to mean "a bulbous plant of a genus that includes the onion and its relatives". You could use allium as modifier.
[Reference: the New Oxford American Dictionary.]

A: Alluvium gives alluvial, pericardium gives pericardial, mycelium gives mycelial, so I would go with allial.

A: Alliaceous is used botanically for plants of the garlic/onion family; might it fit the bill?  (It's much more standard than allial, I think, going both by dictionaries and google.)
Now I want to go out and order something big and garlicky at a restaurant, just so I can smack my lips and say "Mmmmm!  Alliaceo-licious!".  Or, not quite, because it would just confuse people.  But I'm enjoying the idea…

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Cook County Images Disappear From FamilySearch.org
Dear Ancestry Insider;
I was using FamilySearch Saturday afternoon [26 January]. I was searching within the Cook County Illinois birth certificate images when suddenly I received a message to try back later. Well, an hour later I tried again only to discover that all the Cook County databases where images were previously available were now ALL only showing indexes. Having them all disappear does not look like normal maintenance downtime although that may be the case.
It is now Sunday morning and nothing has changed. This is a huge and valuable collection and I hate to see it disappear, the reason being ??????
Maybe all will be restored by Monday . . . maybe not. Maybe you have covered this previously and I missed it, for which I apologize. If none of this is the case would you please be able to call upon your Family Search contacts and find out if this is temporary or permanent. And possibly WHY. I so hate to think this may be another local government money grab at work.
Dear Lori,
I poked a little bit and found this message posted in the FamilySearch Wiki article, "Illinois, Cook County Death Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)."
Image Visibility
Due to the provisions and guidelines of a newly revised contract with Cook County, FamilySearch has removed all images for Illinois, Cook County vital records from its historical records collections online; free indexes to the collections will remain.
As part of our new agreement, FamilySearch will receive an additional 4.7 million records for FamilySearch patrons from the over 9 million free indexed records in the Cook County collection. The following collections are affected by the change:
Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1922
Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915
Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922
Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920
Original images can be ordered or viewed through the following mediums.
1. Microfilm and microfiche from the Family History Library are available via Online Film Ordering in most parts of the world. The film number is included in the source information found on the index of the record. https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Ordering_Microfilm_or_Microfiche
2. Illinois, Cook County web site http://cookcountygenealogy.com/ (pay site)
3. Request a digital copy of items found in the Family History Library catalog services from the Family History Library (photoduplication). Include source information found on the index of the record in your request. https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Photoduplication_Services
It sounds like you are correct, Lori. However, I wouldn't think too harshly of the Cook County government. The recession has hit everyone hard, particularly record custodians and archives.
Thanks for alerting all of us to this disappearance.
--The Insider
It sounds like this is a lose-win situation. (Not as good as a win-win, but hey, sometimes you have to take your wins where you can find them.) While the images have disappeared, we are gaining access to an additional 4.7 million records.
I was also glad to learn about the FamilySearch photo-duplication service. That's pretty handy stuff. There are lots of records on FamilySearch.org that don't include images but do mention a microfilm number. I'll probably use it myself rather than walking across the street to the library.
You may call it laziness, I prefer efficiency.
Subjects: FamilySearch.org, records
Genealogists.com February 6, 2013 at 11:32 AM
As originally reported on Jan. 24, there is another option to get these records. You can request a digital copy of the records by clicking the "Request Research or a Lookup!" button at http://www.facebook.com/RootsonomyGenealogy.
If you don't use FB, submit requests at: http://goo.gl/MlzYC.
Records will be digitally downloaded and sent via email within a few days.
ChicagoGenealogy February 6, 2013 at 4:51 PM
It's a loss. No doubt about it. But we're still farther ahead then we were before the indexes and images went online.
The public indexes used to end at 1915 for births and at 1916 for marriages. This meant that even though records to 1922 and 1920 respectively were available on microfilm, they weren't easily accessible. In most cases it made more sense to just send in a request to the county clerk's office to see what they could find.
The indexes that remain on FamilySearch give us much more accessibility and independence than we had before. Two steps forward plus one step back still equals one step forward and I'm grateful for that!
For anyone in the Chicago area, the Wilmette Family History Center has complete collections of Chicago births to 1915, marriages to 1916,and deaths to 1947.
Jody Lutter February 7, 2013 at 3:53 AM
Morris County, New Jersey, surrogate records were also removed.
Unknown February 8, 2013 at 11:57 PM
> I wouldn't think too harshly of the Cook County government.
I would. Records held by the government are the property of the people, so what Cook County is doing is wrong. It is perfectly appropriate for the government to recover the costs of providing the records, but what they are trying to charge for the records themselves.
Larry February 9, 2013 at 10:20 PM
Lori said:
"I so hate to think this may be another local government money grab at work."
Yep, that's it. I will post a comment like I posted on the ancestry.com Crook County message board. If Crook County thinks that charging $15 or $17 plus one of more fees to get a poor quality, ridiculously over-contrasted, black and white only (without greyscale) document photo, so we can see if that document might contain information about our person, is going to be a cash cow for the crooks, they are sadly mistaken. Any money fools or desperate people might pay will amount to a cash cheeseburger, not a cash cow. Crook County can go to where it's really, really, really hot. I'm so happy I no longer live in Crook County.
Lise February 10, 2013 at 9:42 AM
Because I helped to index thousands of those Cook County records, I'm feeling just a tad ill used...
The Ancestry Insider February 11, 2013 at 8:47 AM
Lise,
Because you helped to index thousands of those Cook County records, the genealogy community has a look into those records that would otherwise cost a lot of money. I hope that FamilySearch will index--no, transcribe--a lot more records for which the record custodian refuses to give public access.
--The Inisder
Leslie February 11, 2013 at 12:33 PM
FamilySearch is beyond and far and away the best thing to ever happen to genealogy - there is no equal - so why am I having such a hard time swallowing this...
For the life of me - I cannot understand why familysearch didn't send out a notice (at least a press release) letting us know that Cook County's record images were to be pulled. How many people had found a record and for what ever reason didn't print it out? Raise your hands...
An Imperfect Pedigree February 12, 2013 at 1:58 PM
My hand's up......
Kris February 18, 2013 at 9:46 PM
I agree! A little heads up would have been nice. I had just added a bunch of links to my Sourcebox and was getting ready to print the images. Unfortunately they are now gone.
toppercat August 29, 2013 at 8:56 PM
I found 7 records on Family Search cook county birth records that the "custodians" at the county could not find and actually charged me for. This is a great loss.
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San Vicente Redwoods Marks 10 Years as a "Living Laboratory" for Wildfire Resilience, Wildlife Protection and Ecosystem Restoration
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Four Bay Area-based nonprofit organizations will commemorate 10 years of collaborative conservation and restoration of the property.
CEMEX Agrees to Removal of Dam at Mill Creek in Santa Cruz Mountains
by Save the Redwoods League on April 28, 2021
Sempervirens Fund announced today that they have secured approvals and critical post-fire funding to remove a dam from Mill Creek. CEMEX, the former owner of what is now San Vicente Redwoods, retains water and infrastructure rights on the property, and approved the dam removal. Deconstruction will begin later this summer.
Donors Worldwide Contribute $543,000 to Big Basin Redwoods State Park Recovery Following 2020 Wildfires
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Save the Redwoods League today announced the completion of the purchase of Cascade Creek, a 564-acre property between Big Basin Redwoods and Año Nuevo State Parks. The $9.6 million project — including both land acquisition, closing and initial stewardship costs — marks a keystone connection for protected habitat from the Santa Cruz Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. It also advances the League's goal of protecting the last of the old-growth redwood forest as identified in their 2018 Centennial Vision for Redwoods Conservation.
Workday Volunteers Protect Stream Habitat at Oakland's Redwood Regional Park
by Emily Harwitz on November 1, 2018
A group of volunteers from Workday came out to Redwood Regional Park in Oakland to work with the League and East Bay Regional Park District rangers on an important restoration project.


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PHOENIX (FOX 10) -- Many Valley residents used to live in the Midwest, and as the region deals with record-breaking cold weather, many are happy to be in the Valley.
John Lang shared stories of what he saw in previous years.
"The train got stuck and stalled," said John. "It was there for a few days."
John also shared stories of how a group of 12 were stranded at his house.
"They stayed in our place for three days," said John.
There was also that time when John was stranded in his car for eight hours, in the cold, with his friends.
Slid in a ditch," said John. "Of course at that time, no cell phones. No way to communicate and you didn't want to get out of the automobile in fear of freezing to death."
John says while it does get cold in the Midwest, the severe weather this week is the worst he's seen in decades. He's just thankful to be in the Valley.
"We really do enjoy the friends and this weather is difficult to beat, we have a lot of wind in North Dakota," said John.
By Jennifer Martinez, FOX 10
PHOENIX (FOX 10) -- The Valley is now officially one month into monsoon season, but Valley residents haven't seen a single big storm just yet, with areas to the north and south getting all the action.
"We're past the normal start date of the monsoon," said National Weather Service Meteorologist Jaret Rogers. "At least thunderstorm activity starts about July 4th. We're starting to see some thunderstorms develop mainly over the higher terrain surrounding Phoenix, but we haven't quite seen that thunderstorm activity move down to Phoenix quite yet."
The past couple of weeks have been looking more like a "nonsoon" in the Valley. Meanwhile, Tucson had some monsoon action over the weekend.
By Brian Webb, FOX 10
PHOENIX (FOX 10) -- Some inmates at the Saguaro Correctional Center are teaching retired greyhounds how to be pets, so they can find their forever homes. At the same time, the program seems to be rescuing some inmates as well.
"I asked about the program, and they say it's a racing greyhound -- rehabilitating dogs," said inmate Marwan Jackson. "So, I got interested in there and I'm like, this is something I want to do. I got a big chunk of time to do so, I might as well do something positive with it."
At the correctional center, a handful of inmates care for retired greyhounds after their racing careers cross the finish line. The goal now is to get them ready for adoption. Until then, they eat, sleep, play and train together. All day, every day.


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United States Pacific Command
Title: United States Pacific Command
Subject: List of United States Air Force four-star generals, United States Forces Korea, Unified Combatant Command, Pacific Air Forces, United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific
Collection: 1947 Establishments in Hawaii, 1947 Establishments in the United States, Military History of the Pacific Ocean, Military Units and Formations Established in 1947, Military Units and Formations in Hawaii, Unified Combatant Commands of the United States Armed Forces
Emblem of the United States Pacific Command.
Camp H. M. Smith, in Halawa Heights, Hawaii
USPACOM
Korean War, Vietnam War
Combatant Commander
Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, USN
Deputy Commander
Lieutenant General Anthony G. Crutchfield, USA
The United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) is a Unified Combatant Command of the United States armed forces responsible for the Pacific Ocean area. It is led by the Commander, Pacific Command (CDRUSPACOM), who is the supreme military authority for the various branches of the Armed Forces of the United States serving within its area of responsibility (AOR). The chain of command runs from the President of the United States, through the Secretary of Defense, to the Commander, Pacific Command.[1] It is the oldest and largest of the Unified Combatant Commands. It is based in Honolulu, Hawai'i on the island of O'ahu.
The main combat power of USPACOM is formed by U.S. Army Pacific, Marine Forces Pacific, U.S. Pacific Fleet, and Pacific Air Forces, all headquartered in Honolulu with component forces stationed throughout the region.
Mission statement 1
Area of responsibility 2
Headquarters 3
List of Combatant Commanders 4
Commander-in-Chief U.S. Pacific Command and Commander-in-Chief U.S. Pacific Fleet 4.1
Commanders, U.S. Pacific Command 4.2
Establishment 5
Force structure 6
Service components 6.1
Subordinate unified commands 6.2
Standing joint task forces 6.3
Additional supporting units 6.4
Humanitarian missions 7
U.S. Pacific Command, in concert with other US government agencies and regional military partners, promotes security and peaceful development in the Asia-Pacific region by deterring aggression, advancing regional security cooperation, responding to crises, and fighting to win.
Area of responsibility
PACOM Area Of Responsibility
The United States Pacific Command's area of jurisdiction covers over fifty percent of the world's surface area – approximately 105 million square miles (nearly 272 million square kilometers) – nearly sixty percent of the world's population, thirty-six countries, twenty territories, and ten territories and possessions of the United States.
Its AOR encompasses the Pacific Ocean from Antarctica at 92° W, north to 8° N, west to 112° W, northwest to 50° N/142° W, west to 170° E, north to 53° N, northeast to 65°30′ N/169° W, north to 90° N, the Arctic Ocean west of 169° W and east of 100° E; the People's Republic of China, Mongolia, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Republic of Korea, Japan; the countries of Southeast Asia and the southern Asian landmass to the western border of India; the Indian Ocean east and south of the line from the India/Pakistan coastal border west to 68° E, south to 5° S/68° E, west to 5° S/59° E, south to 8° S/59° E, southwest to 11° S/54° E, west to 11° S/42° E, and south along 42° E to Antarctica; Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii.
It is charged with fulfilling the following mutual defense treaties signed by the United States:
U.S./Republic of the Philippines (Mutual Defense Treaty, 1951)
U.S./Australia/New Zealand (ANZUS – U.S., 1952)
U.S./Republic of Korea (Mutual Defense Treaty, 1954)
U.S./Japan (Mutual Defense Treaty, 1960)
In addition, PACOM's area of responsibility covers France, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, and the Philippines.
Thirty-five percent of the total trade of the United States globally falls within the watch of the United States Pacific Command, amounting to more than $548 billion in 1998. Five of the world's largest militaries are monitored by the United States Pacific Command: People's Republic of China, India, Russia, North Korea and South Korea.
Offices for the United States Pacific Command are based at the Nimitz-MacArthur Pacific Command Center at Camp H. M. Smith near suburban Salt Lake and Moanalua. The staff comprises over 530 Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps and Navy officers and enlisted personnel with the support of an additional 110 civilian personnel.
The headquarters includes personnel, intelligence, operations, logistics, and signals/communications (J6) branches. The intelligence branch includes the Joint Intelligence Center Pacific, which serves as the co-ordinating intelligence arm of the command.
List of Combatant Commanders
The Combatant Commander of United States Pacific Command reports directly to the Secretary of Defense, normally through the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.[2]
Prior to 2002, the Combatant Commander had held the title of Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command (CINCPAC). On 24 October 2002, by order of Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, the title was changed to Commander, U.S. Pacific Command (CDRUSPACOM).
Note: CINCPAC is not to be confused with CINCPACFLT, the former name of the subordinate navy component commander (COMPACFLT) of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.[3]
Commander-in-Chief U.S. Pacific Command and Commander-in-Chief U.S. Pacific Fleet
1. Adm. John H. Towers, USN 1 January 1947 28 February 1947)
2. Adm. Louis E. Denfeld, USN 28 February 1947 3 December 1947
3. Adm. DeWitt C. Ramsey, USN 12 January 1948 30 April 1949
4. Adm. Arthur W. Radford, USN 30 April 1949 10 July 1953
5. Adm. Felix Stump, USN 10 July 1953 14 January 1958
Commanders, U.S. Pacific Command
5. Adm. Felix Stump, USN 14 January 1958 31 July 1958
6. Adm. Harry D. Felt, USN 31 July 1958 30 June 1964
7. Adm. Ulysses S. Grant Sharp, USN 30 June 1964 31 July 1968
8. Adm. John S. McCain, Jr., USN 31 July 1968 1 September 1972
9. Adm. Noel Gayler, USN 1 September 1972 30 August 1976
10. Adm. Maurice F. Weisner, USN 30 August 1976 31 October 1979
11. Adm. Robert L. J. Long, USN 31 October 1979 1 July 1983
12. Adm. William J. Crowe, Jr., USN 1 July 1983 18 September 1985
13. Adm. Ronald J. Hays, USN 18 September 1985 30 September 1988
14. Adm. Huntington Hardisty, USN 30 September 1988 1 March 1991
15. Adm. Charles R. Larson, USN 1 March 1991 11 July 1994
Acting LTG Harold T. Fields, USA 11 July 1994 19 July 1994
16. Adm. Richard C. Macke, USN 19 July 1994 31 January 1996
17. Adm. Joseph W. Prueher, USN 31 January 1996 20 February 1999
18. Adm. Dennis C. Blair, USN 20 February 1999 2 May 2002
19. Adm. Thomas B. Fargo, USN 2 May 2002 26 February 2005
20. Adm. William J. Fallon, USN 26 February 2005 3 March 2007
Acting Lt Gen Daniel P. Leaf, USAF 3 March 2007 23 March 2007
21. Adm. Timothy J. Keating, USN 23 March 2007 19 October 2009
22. Adm. Robert F. Willard, USN 19 October 2009 9 March 2012
23. Adm. Samuel J. Locklear, USN 9 March 2012 Incumbent
The United States Pacific Command was established on 1 January 1947 by President Harry Truman and was originally headquartered in the Salt Lake subdivision of Honolulu. It took control over all Armed Forces of the United States in what was once called the Pacific Theater during World War II. In 1972, the United States Pacific Command's responsibilities were greatly expanded to include the Indian Ocean, Southern Asia, and the Arctic. In 1976, it was again expanded to include parts of Africa. President Ronald Reagan expanded it again with the inclusion of the People's Republic of China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Mongolia and Madagascar. In 1989, actions were taken to clarify the extent of authority given to the Commander, Pacific Command.
Force structure
USPACOM is a unified command which includes about 300,000 military personnel from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps (about 20 percent of all active duty U.S. military forces). These forces are in three categories: Forward-Deployed (about 100,000), Forward-Based, and Continental U.S. (CONUS)-Based which comprise the remainder.[2]
Service components
U.S. Army Pacific Command:
25th Infantry Division (Hawaii and Alaska)
94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, (Hawaii and Kadena Air Base, Okinawa Japan)
United States Army Alaska
United States Army Japan
U.S. Army Chemical Activity Pacific (Johnston Island) (disestablished)
9th Regional Support Command (USAR)
196th Infantry Brigade
U.S. Pacific Fleet:
Third Fleet (California)
Seventh Fleet (Japan)
United States Coast Guard Defense Forces West:
United States Coast Guard Reserve Unit PACOM
Marine Forces Pacific (MARFORPAC)[4]
I Marine Expeditionary Force (California)
III Marine Expeditionary Force (Japan)
U.S. Pacific Air Forces:
Fifth Air Force (Japan)
Seventh Air Force (Korea)
Eleventh Air Force (Alaska)
Thirteenth Air Force (Hawaii)
Note: I Corps mission focus is towards the Pacific rim and commands 3 out of 4 BCTs of the 2nd Infantry Division.
Subordinate unified commands
U.S. Special Operations Command, Pacific (SOCPAC), Camp H. M. Smith, Oahu (Hawaii)
Joint Task Force 510
Joint Special Operation Task Force – Philippines
1st Special Forces Group
353rd Special Operations Group
Naval Special Warfare Unit-1
U.S. Forces, Japan (Yokota AB, near Tokyo)
U.S. Forces, Korea (Yongsan Army Garrison, Seoul)
U.S. Taiwan Defense Command (HSA East Compound, Taipei) (disestablished in 1979)[5]
Standing joint task forces
Joint Interagency Task Force West (Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii)
Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (Hickam AFB, Hawaii)
Joint Task Force-Homeland Defense (Ft. Shafter, Hawaii)
Additional supporting units
Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Joint Intelligence Operations Center (Pearl Harbor, Hawaii)
Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii)
Pacific Disaster Center for Disaster Recovery (DEM) Humanitarian Aid
Humanitarian missions
Operation Damayan in the Philippines after 2013 Typhoon Haiyan
Operation Tomodachi in Japan after 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami[6]
Operation in Southeast Asia after 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
In Asia, one of the most effective and impressive ad hoc multilateral efforts took place in the wake of the horrific December 2004 earthquake and tsunami that left some three hundred thousand people dead or missing, with upwards of a million more displaced in eleven South Asian and Southeast Asian nations. As devastating as the damage was, it could have been much worse if it had not been for the rapid response by the international community. At the height of the relief effort, some sixteen thousand U.S. military personnel were deployed throughout the areas most affected by tragedy; more than two dozen U.S. ships (including a the aircraft Carrier Strike Group Nine, a Marine amphibious group, and a hospital ship) and more than one hundred aircraft were dedicated to the disaster-relief effort, along with forces from Australia, Canada, Japan, India, and the affected countries.[7]
US Air Force personnel deliver relief supplies to Burma
In May 2008, Commander, Marine Corps Forces Pacific was designated as Commander, Joint Task Force Caring Response, a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief effort for Burma, devastated by Cyclone Nargis. During a delivery by the 36th Airlift Squadron on 19 May 2008 to Yangon International Airport in Burma approximately 15,000 pounds (6.8 t) of water, water containers, rations, and mosquito netting were unloaded from the a C-130 Hercules aircraft.[8] Expeditionary Strike Group 7/TF 76/31st Marine Expeditionary Unit also stood by off the Myanmar coast for some time. However it was not allowed to deliver further aid.
^ Goldwater-Nicholls DOD Reorganization Act, 10 USC 162, Combatant Commands; Assigned Forces; Chain of Command, Section (b), Chain of Command.
^ a b U.S. Pacific Command: About
^ U.S. Pacific Command: History
^ "About MarForPac". Usmc.mil. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
^ Cole, R.H., W.S. Poople, J.F. Schnabel, R.J. Watson and W.J. Webb. 1995. (page 42)The History of the Unified Command Plan 1946-1993 on Google Books. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
^ United States Pacific Command (USPACOM), PACOM Supporting Japan in Time of Crisis
^ Michael J. Green and Bates Gill, Editors (2009), Asia's New Multilateralism, Columbia University Press
^ JTF Caring Response News Story
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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- Right now, the outside of the Jewish Community Center in Wilkes-Barre is showing its age. Since 1950, the building on South River Street has served as a staple in the Jewish community. Soon, its run will come to an end, and it will come down.
"I grew up in this building, so it's very difficult," Barbara Sugarman of the JCC said. "I'm very happy to be moving. I think all of our memories will come with us."
As one door closes, another one opens. The brand new Friedman Jewish Community Center in Kingston, a $13 million project, is slated to open in early April with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 25.
"Everything that made this building so much a part of the community and so much a part of our hearts is not staying here and being demolished," David Schwager of the JCC said. "It's moving on with us to the new facility in Kingston."
Bittersweet was the word repeated by many here as a few hundred people gathered to celebrate Purim, a holiday of gift giving, fun, and cheer.
Those emotions kicked in knowing this was the final send-off for the community center, and those emotions brought back memories for those who grew up here.
"When I was growing up, it was everything," Ned Whalen of Kingston said. "It was the kind of place we'd come to, my friends and I on our snow days. After we made a little money shoveling, we'd come here, play basketball, play pool downstairs. It was everything."
"It very much instilled a lot of Jewish values but also good, human values on me as well," Katelyn Buyarski of Kingston said.
"I can remember as a 3 year old swimming on the roof," Schwager added. "Playing basketball as a high school student, going to Boy Scout troop meetings on the third floor."
While the Friedman Center is scheduled to open in just a few weeks, work will still be done on the building throughout the year to completely finish it.
There is no time frame yet on when the JCC will be torn down in Wilkes-Barre.


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Q: Masked boxes still call functions There's a way to attach a event like mouse over into a mask?
This example shows my problem: http://goo.gl/DRhsH
When you pass the mouse NEXT to the blue box, it changes the color from the mask, what i would like to do is to just call that event WHEN the mouse pass over blue box (Not near - This happen beucause the blue and red boxes are masked with another rect, and when you pass the mouse near them)
, because i need to work with only the displayed image, and binding a event like that should solve my problem.
i tried to bind the click/mouseover into a group but it keeps the same result, the whole image is acessible, and not just the part viewed.
I also tried to clip it, but it keep tracking the content clipped

A: Edit: Replaced the previous answer as did things improperly and bonsaijs apparently won't allow clipping.
I'd suggest using the mask path as a clip path as well, but bonsiajs doesn't seem to support that.  Anyway, here's an SVG structure that triggers events as you intended.  If this can't be generated using bonsaijs, maybe you can do it in another way.
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Students mull over the future of the old YMCA
Andrew Vester, Staff Writer
When the YMCA moved from its old home at 59 Post Road E. in downtown Westport to Mahackeno, the tudor building that it was once housed in was more than a vacant property. It is a building full of memories for many students.
Many students, such as Griffin O'Neill '17, have fond memories of the YMCA.
"I have a lot of good playing memories playing basketball at the old Y, and it holds a special place in my heart," O'Neill said. "I certainly hope they make great use of the building in its new life."
Many students agreed that the building should remain standing, as it is a staple of downtown Westport.
"I think stores and restaurants, or cafes, should replace the old Y," Lily Tofel '17 said. "But whatever they do, they should keep the building because of its character."
While many students believe the building should be maintained, others think the destruction of it would be more beneficial for the town.
"I think it would be smart to put a small parking garage where the old YMCA was," Jonathan Maragos '16 said. "There's always parking issues downtown, especially at the holiday times, and a garage would really help out with the parking problems in Westport."
Students also speculated, and expressed their opinions over the plan proposed by Bedford Square Associates regarding the old Y property and the adjoining former firehouse.
This plan would convert these buildings into a residential, retail and commercial area, accompanied by a public plaza. The commercial aspect would include both stores and restaurants.
"I think this is a good idea," Adam Katz '17 said. "There currently isn't much in downtown Westport, and I think this change will definitely draw more people in."
While the future of this historic building is being debated, students all agree on one thing for the old YMCA.
"Whatever the town does, tear down the building or leave it standing, Westport needs to make sure it benefits the town," Kristina Wasserman '17 said. "It would be tragic if this space is wasted."
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On most Kick 'n Glider extended trips members prepare evening meals for the entire group. We may be in a large rented house or in multiple condos where all trip participants gather together for our evening meal and to socialize. It's not usually difficult to find people who are willing and able to cook but some people are intimidated at the prospect of preparing a meal for ten to twenty five people. They may not know how much food to prepare or what kind of recipes work well for a large group and that don't take all day to make. This section of our website is intended to help answer those questions.
We offer rules of thumb about quantities and some hints on choosing dishes that can be prepared with little fuss in a kitchen that was designed to cook for just six people. And our favorite cooks offer time-tested recipes that have proven popular with skiers and that are offered freely for you to use.
We frequently find ill-equipped kitchens in the properties we rent. Owners usually don't feed as many people as we do, rely on convenience foods or eat out most of the time. So it is wise to prepare for that eventuality.
Some cooks take a large pot if they plan on making a soup, chili or other one-pot main dish.
Your favorite, sharp chef's or paring knife may come in handy.
Rarely will a rental kitchen have large roasting or baking pans for the oven. Count on purchasing disposable pans at the local grocery.
Side dishes: 2-3 side dishes recommended with different textures (smooth, crunchy) and varying colors (greens, browns).
Some of our members require special diets. Special diets may be due to intolerances such as dairy or gluten, food allergies to certain nuts or diseases like celiac disease. Others may be due to individual choice such as vegetarians. It is incumbent upon the trip leader to request that trip participants inform others on the trip of their special dietary requirements and it is up to the cook to communicate with the participant to make certain that the meal they plan to prepare will meet the needs of the participant.
Sometimes simple changes to a recipe will meet the need. At other times a small portion can be prepared specially to eliminate an offending ingredient. And sometimes a completely different meal will be required.
Be certain to talk directly with the special diet person to make sure that your meal plan will work for the individual. Usually they can help make it fairly easy for you to meet their needs.
Add "bulk" items to your menu. For a sit-down dinner have plenty of bread to fill in any hungry spots.


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Q: Access Itcl Class Scope in Tcl Thread First of all, this is a follow up to a previous question of mine.
I would like to use threading in Tcl but in collaboration with Itcl.
Here is a sample:
package require Itcl
package require Thread

::itcl::class ThreadTest {
  variable thread [thread::create {thread::wait}]
  variable isRunning 0

  method start {} {
    set isRunning 1
    thread::send $thread {
      proc loop {} {
        puts "thread running"

        if { $isRunning } {
          after 1000 loop
        }
      }
      loop
    }
  }

  method stop {} {
    set isRunning 0
  }
}

set t [ThreadTest \#auto]
$t start

vwait forever

However, when the condition statement tries to execute and check if the isRunning variable is true, I get a no such variable error. I understand that this is because a proc only has access to the global scope. However, in this situation, I would like to contain the variable local to the class.
Is there a way to accomplish this?

A: Tcl variables are per-interpreter, and interpreters are strongly bound to single threads (which greatly reduces the number of global-level locks required). To do what you want, you need to use a shared variable. Luckily, support for them is included with the Thread package (documentation here). You might then rewrite your code like this:
package require Itcl
package require Thread

::itcl::class ThreadTest {
  variable thread [thread::create {thread::wait}]

  constructor {} {
    tsv::set isRunning $this 0
  }
  method start {} {
    tsv::set isRunning $this 1
    thread::send $thread {
      proc loop {handle} {
        puts "thread running"

        if { [tsv::get isRunning $handle] } {
          after 1000 loop $handle
        }
      }
    }
    thread::send $thread [list loop $this]
  }

  method stop {} {
    tsv::set isRunning $this 0
  }
}

set t [ThreadTest \#auto]
$t start

vwait forever


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Bombers Prevail in a Dogfight Against Pump Jacks
The Bombers made a statement on Thursday night, beating the TCL-leading East Texas Pump Jacks 8-7 in a back-and-forth contest. The win had the team riding high as they head to their final series before the Cricket Wireless TCL All-Star Game.
Head coach Brent Alumbaugh commented that the team "really hadn't had a statement win at home…until tonight." The Bombers will look to ride that wave of momentum as they make their push for the TCL Championship Crown.
Things looked bleak for the Bombers early on, as the Pump Jacks put up 3 runs to start the game as Beau Maggi hit a 3-run home run over the left field fence. The home team struck back in the 4th inning, scoring 4 runs in the frame as every hitter in the lineup stepped to the plate.
After putting up another 3 runs in the 6th, it looked like more trouble later on for the Bombers, as 2 defensive errors helped the Pump Jacks score 3 runs in the 8th inning to go up 7-4. The Bombers showed their mettle in the bottom half of the inning though, pairing 2 singles with 2 walks that resulted in a go-ahead run by Cricket Wireless TCL All-Star Casey Dykes. Fellow All-Star Garrett Shepperd came on in the 9th inning to close out the contest and record his single-season record tying 9th save of the season.
Notable individual performances included a 3 RBI day for All-Star Jordan Hammerman. Hammerman, nicknamed "Thor", who went 2-6 with a run scored. Hammerman also singled home Dykes to put the Bombers ahead for good. John Hale and All-Star Trey Porras combined to go 5-10 with a run and an RBI on the contest.
The Bombers will head to Acadiana tomorrow to take on the Cane Cutters in their final series before the All-Star break. The Bombers will then play host to the Cricket Wireless TCL All-Star Game on Monday, where the best and the brightest players in the TCL will come together in an epic clash of the teams from the North division and the South division. Tickets start at just $5 for the game, and more information can be found at www.bvbombers.com


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Q: UIButton - How to make it play a sound I have a UIButton in a nib (xib) that id like to play a sound when touched, what protocol needs to be followed to make this happen?
** overhauled question**  Throughout my time here on Stack Overflow, i've learned a lot, and not just about what i'm usually needing help with (Objective-C, xCode), but with how Stack Overflow works.  I find it to be a vast wealth of information and support and i've looked at how i've asked this question before and it made absolutely no sense at all.  To help future users, i've edited what I was originally asking for, in a way others can understand like Naveen did below.  Apologies

A: Add this framework
AudioToolBox framework

Include this header file .h file
#include <AudioToolbox/AudioToolbox.h>
CFURLRef        soundFileURLRef;
SystemSoundID   soundFileObject;

Add this code in viewdidLoad
NSURL *tapSound   = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource: @"Voice035"
                                            withExtension: @"amr"];

    // Store the URL as a CFURLRef instance
self.soundFileURLRef = (CFURLRef) [tapSound retain];

    // Create a system sound object representing the sound file.
AudioServicesCreateSystemSoundID (
                                  soundFileURLRef,
                                  &soundFileObject
                                  );

On Button Tap, Call this method
 AudioServicesPlayAlertSound (soundFileObject);

Do release in dealloc
AudioServicesDisposeSystemSoundID (soundFileObject);
CFRelease (soundFileURLRef);

For more info : http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/AudioToolbox/Reference/SystemSoundServicesReference/Reference/reference.html#//apple_ref/c/func/AudioServicesCreateSystemSoundID

A: I would say, create an 'Observer' class that plays the sound that all buttons are connected to. I'll give an example below, It is a singleton class. It's written on a whim, and not tested but gives you an idea.
//SoundObserver.h
#include <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>

@interface SoundObserver {

    AVAudioPlayer *audioPlayer;
}
-(void)playSound;
+(SoundObserver*)sharedInstance;

@property (nonatomic, retain) AVAudioPlayer *audioPlayer;

@end

//SoundObserver.m

static SoundObserver *instance = nil;

@implementation SoundObserver

-(id)init {

    self = [super init];

    if(self) {

  //Get path to file.
  NSString *filePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"sound"
                                                       ofType:@"wav"];

  // filePath to URL
  NSURL *fileURL = [[NSURL alloc] initFileURLWithPath:filePath];

  //Initialize the AVAudioPlayer.
  self.audioPlayer = [[AVAudioPlayer alloc]
                           initWithContentsOfURL:fileURL error:nil];

  // Preloads buffer and prepare for use.
  [self.audioPlayer prepareToPlay];

  [filePath release];
  [fileURL release];

    }

}

+(SoundObserver*)sharedInstance {

        @synchronized(self) {

        if (instance == nil)

            instance = [[self alloc] init];
    }

    return instance;
}

-(void)playSound {

    //make sure the audio resets to beginning each activation.

    [self.audioPlayer play];
}

-(void)dealloc {

    //Clean up
    [self.audioPlayer release];
    self.audioPlayer = nil;
    [super dealloc];
}

// User example.

In applicationDidFinishLaunching:

    [SoundObserver sharedInstance];

From here you can connect all buttons to the same function, or call it from anywhere in the App that #import's SoundObserver.h

-(IBOutlet)buttonClick:(id)sender {

    [[SoundObserver sharedInstance] playSound];
}