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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Tips for a Stylish Summer...
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- Mimi said...
Congrats! I just read your interview on Charlottes post. I can bring the chilled wine to your next picnic...;)
- July 7, 2009 at 11:07 AM
- Jacqueline said...
Well done you. Must see photos of The Hamptons. Fabulous place. XXXX
- July 7, 2009 at 4:20 PM
- SK said...
I've always been so curious of the Hamptons lifestyle/culture. I grew up in the Midwest and moved out West to LA in high school. Now that I'm going to school in Boston I hear more and more about the Hamptons and have no idea what it's like! I love your photos though :)
- July 7, 2009 at 10:59 PM
- The Antiques Diva™ said...
Congrats on the major shout out of your name/site! You rock!! Though it doesn't surprise me in the least that she chose to highlight you. Have I mentioned I envy you the Hamptons??
- July 8, 2009 at 5:13 AM
- Oliveaux said...
Congrats - I just read it. I would love to be heading to the Hamptons or Versailles...either one would do me right now!!
- July 8, 2009 at 7:26 AM
- Laura Casey Interiors said...
Congrats Heather. Great write up! We'll be up in the hamptons in August and I'm looking forward to it!
- July 8, 2009 at 7:39 AM
- Habitually Chic said...
Mimi - I'll make sure you're invited!
Jacqueline - those photos are mostly from Southampton. My favorite place!
SK - if you are going to school in Boston, then you have access to even better beaches! I used to live in Boston for 5 years before NYC and I loved going to the Cape (Cape Cod) and the islands (Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard)! You should also check out the North Shore beaches for day trips. Crane's Beach was a favorite too!
The Antiques Diva - you have europe and that definitely trumps the Hamptons! I am going to email you soon about my upcoming trip to Paris!
Oliveaux - check back soon for more on Versailles ;-)
Laura - there are some great new shops I will have to tell you about before you visit!
- July 8, 2009 at 10:57 AM


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Hyundai Motor Co., after boosting U.S. sales of its cars and trucks 75 percent since 2008, expects its slowest annual growth in the market in five years as the South Korean company bumps up against limits in plant capacity.
Deliveries of Hyundai vehicles should rise 4.4 percent to 734,000 this year, said John Krafcik, chief executive officer of the Seoul-based automaker's U.S. sales unit. The increase of about 31,000 units from 2012 will result from improved efficiency at Hyundai's Montgomery, Ala., factory, he said.
"All of our Korean plants are very tight, as are our plant in Alabama" and a Kia Motors Corp. factory in Georgia that builds the Santa Fe sport utility vehicle for Hyundai, Krafcik said.
"There are no plans to expand capacity. We have shown the last few years that without a new plant we've been very capable of finding incremental production."
The growth spurt for Hyundai, South Korea's largest carmaker, began in 2009 with redesigns of the Sonata sedan, Elantra compact car and Tucson crossover and culminates with the Santa Fe SUV. Supplies of the latter, offered this year for the first time in two varieties — a smaller Sport version and larger three-row model — also will be tight, Krafcik said.
Hyundai's U.S. sales rose to 703,007 vehicles last year from 401,742 in 2008, the last year in which the company had a sales decline.
Restrained growth will allow Hyundai to keep improving vehicle quality and customer satisfaction, he said. "Volume gains are really not the focus right now."
Industrywide sales rose 8.4 percent this year through February, compared with a 2.3 percent gain for Hyundai. AutoNation Inc., the largest U.S. retailer of new cars and trucks, expects U.S. sales to rise to the mid-15 million-unit range in 2013, up from 14.5 million last year.
"If they are dropping market share this year in the U.S. because of the capacity situation, that has to be very frustrating," said Larry Dominique, president of Santa Barbara, Calif.-based ALG Inc., the industry researcher that determines vehicle residual values.
"Losing market share means someone else is getting the sales," said Dominique, former head of North American product planning for Nissan Motor Co. "It's curious, between Hyundai and Kia, that they are being so very cautious on capacity."
Chung Mong Koo, chairman of both carmakers, said in January that their combined sales would rise 4.1 percent to 7.41 million vehicles.
Kia is building the Santa Fe Sport version at its West Point, Ga., plant, while the three-row model is imported from South Korea. Both the Kia plant and Hyundai's Alabama factory run three daily assembly shifts to maximize production.


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By Bob Hertzel
For the Times West Virginian
Something had to be done with the West Virginia defense.
They all knew that — the coaches, the players, the fans ... and, yes, even the media, which get about as much respect around the Mountaineer football program as Mitt Romney gets at an Obama rally.
You couldn't watch it perform through the first seven games of the 2012 season without knowing it. Oh, through the first five games you might have known it but you didn't have to admit it.
See, scoring 52 points a game covers a whole host of sins.
But just like you might bat .400 for half a baseball season, it is as much of a mirage as is the image of a tall, frosty cold beer after 48 hours lost in the Gobi Desert. In fact, coach Dana Holgorsen's record of 15-6 through his first 21 games is exactly one game worse than his predecessor's 16-5 was through his first 21 games ... and if his victory over Clemson in the Orange Bowl was monumental, so, too, was that predecessor's over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl.
We point this out not to pass judgment in any way, for Holgorsen is no more the coach he seemed to think he was in winning nine in a row than he is the coach many now are accusing him of being in the midst of a three-game losing streak.
What he is, instead, is a young coach still very much learning the ropes of the head-coaching business, and the first lesson there is that you are neither as good as you think you are when you win or as bad as others think you are when you lose.
Holgorsen, to put it in the terms of being a player, is just a sophomore in his development, in his second year of learning the thousands of lessons that come your way each season, lessons that make the job far more complicated than just knowing the X's and the O's.
Sometimes, for example, it is best to hire your friends as your assistants, best to hire those who believe in your philosophies both of football and life, but that sometimes it might be equally as important to have an opposing point of view in the locker room, someone to tell you you are wrong on occasion or to bring the viewpoint of what the man in that other locker room may be thinking in countering your moves.
To believe, for example, is such a quarterback-centric offense that lives through the air is not a fault by itself, but it must realize that a running game is necessary to complement that passing game, a lesson that is being driven home this season by the fact that in five victories they have averaged 164 yards rushing and in three defeats they have averaged 99.
The lessons come in all shapes and forms, from convincing your boss you are doing a good job, convincing the donors to up the ante, convincing the players that they can play at a level even they never dreamed they could reach, and, perhaps most important, finding the proper approach to turn what could be a five-game losing streak into three wins and two losses.
The coaching staff, as this staff is wont to do, blamed it on their players. Since Holgorsen assured those who would listen he had not forgotten how to coach and he and his staff were certain there was nothing wrong with the schemes they were running, it had to be the players as the ones falling short.
With that in mind there was something of a coaching victory to come out of the devastating double-overtime 39-38 loss to TCU on Saturday night in that the Mountaineer defense rose up and played its best game.
True, that was 39 points on the scoreboard, hardly a shutout, and there were more than 400 yards given up and at the most crucial time in the game there was a major breakdown, but rather than simply saying, "I'm right and the world is wrong," Holgorsen made proactive changes in his defensive approach, beginning with moving his hand-picked defensive coordinator Joe DeForest off the sideline and into the coaching box.
That was a tricky move to pull off, for it was in a way pointing a finger, putting blame at least in part on DeForest's coaching, yet Holgorsen presented it in such a way that he accepted happily.
"We wanted to do something to make a change. I thought it was a great idea," DeForest said. "I didn't balk at it at all. I was excited."
In 23 years of coaching, he said, he had never coached from the luxury of the coaching box ... and now he says he may never leave there.
"When you're on the field, there's so much going on, so much noise. It's a lot easier to call plays from the box. You see the big picture. You know the weaknesses. On the field you don't see the far-side perimeter," he said.
"I loved it. I thought I was calm. It's so surreal up there," he continued. "I could see what was going on in the secondary. I could see the big picture. I was calm making calls and I think that had a lot to do with the way we played tonight."
That, mixed in with some personnel changes, led to a game where the Mountaineers would force TCU to punt nine times, grab off an interception and recover two fumbles, five times get three and out while creating three sacks.
Next, Holgorsen has to address an offense that has produced only seven touchdowns in the past 12 quarters plus two overtime periods ... for this coaching thing, see, it never really ends.
Email Bob Hertzel at email@example.com or follow him on Twitter @bhertzel.


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Genomic Health's management team has extensive experience in a variety of cutting-edge technical fields including the molecular diagnostics, information technology, biotechnology, pharmaceutical and genomic industries. Team members have demonstrated continued success in starting businesses, researching and developing novel drugs, launching products, building successful organizations and delivering value to shareholders.
"Like many of my colleagues, it is my personal experience with cancer that drives my passion to change the way we diagnose and treat this complex disease that touches so many lives. As we gain greater understanding of the biology of cancer, we have an opportunity and a responsibility to develop tools that arm both physicians and patients with personalized genomic information to individualize the treatment of a patient´s disease. With the advent of biologics and new targeted therapeutics, the menu of treatment options for patients with cancer is growing. It is our mission to develop tests that employ the biology of an individual´s specific tumor to help physicians select appropriate treatments from this expanding menu. We are entering an era where we have the information and means to transform "one-size-fits-all" medicine to a world where treatment is truly personalized. We remain steadfast in our mission to provide cancer patients with access to information that can empower them to better manage their disease. Oncotype DX is the beginning. Our commitment is to set no limit on the end."
Committed to changing the paradigm of cancer care, Kim Popovits has served as Chairman of the Board since 2012, Chief Executive Officer and President since 2009 and as President and Chief Operating Officer since 2002. Prior to joining Genomic Health, Kim served as Senior Vice President, Marketing and Sales at Genentech, Inc., a biotechnology company, dedicated to using human genetic information to discover, develop, manufacture and commercialize medicines to treat patients with serious or life-threatening medical conditions. During her 15 years at Genentech, Kim led the successful commercialization of 14 new therapies, including Herceptin®, the revolutionary targeted treatment that changed the way doctors treat a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. Before joining Genentech, Kim served as division manager for American Critical Care, a division of American Hospital Supply Corporation. Kim holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business from Michigan State University. Kim currently serves on the board of BayBio, Northern California's life science association, which supports the regional bioscience community through advocacy, enterprise support, and enhancement of research collaboration. Kim is also the President of The Coalition for 21st Century Medicine, whose mission is to improve the quality of healthcare by encouraging research, development and commercialization of innovative diagnostic technologies that will personalize patient care, improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs. She most recently joined the board of the American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) and serves as an Advisor to the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA). Kim's contributions to science and the commercialization of the biotechnology industry have been acknowledged by multiple organizations including, being named as the Woman of the Year in 2008 by the Women Health Care Executives and as one of the Most Influential Women in the Bay Area by The San Francisco Business Times from 2006 - 2012.
"Genomic Health is at the forefront of the revolution in healthcare and personalized medicine. We focus on delivering information, unique and critical to every patient, into the hands of healthcare professionals and patients that will drive treatment decisions and improve individual outcomes. The work of delivering timely, complete and accurate information to physicians and patients is the core mission of a team of dedicated Information Technology professionals. Everyday, we look for ways to improve the standard of care for cancer patients worldwide."
Leading the innovation behind the Information Technology group at Genomic health, Paul Aldridge has served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer since 2009. Prior to joining Genomic Health, from 2003 to 2009, Paul served as Vice President, Global Information Technology at BIOGEN IDEC, Inc., a developer, manufacturer and marketer of biological products for the treatment of serious diseases with a focus on neurological disorders. Before that, Paul held several positions in Developmental Research and Information Technology at Pfizer Global R&D from 1991 to 2003. Paul is the author of three patents and over 40 scientific publications and presentations. He holds a Ph.D. and an M.S. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Washington; and, a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from California State University, Sacramento, and has served in the United States Coast Guard.
"Having spent many years of my career prior to joining Genomic Health in the development and manufacturing of tools used in genomics and genetics, it is profoundly gratifying to now use these to deliver such critically important results to so many cancer patients every day. The opportunity to participate in translating great science and operational excellence so directly and immediately into improvements in clinical practice is a constant inspiration for all of us."
With a passion for innovation in process development and operational excellence, Jon Cassel joined Genomic Health in 2007 as Senior Director of Process Engineering, and has served as Vice President, Operations since 2008. Jon and his team bring extensive technical, operational, and clinical diagnostics experience to Genomic Health's Clinical Laboratory, which in turn delivers critical genomic information to patients. Prior to joining Genomic Health in 2007, Jon spent fifteen years at Applied Biosystems, a manufacturer of innovative integrated systems for nucleic acid and protein analysis, where he held leadership roles in manufacturing, process development, and product development. Jon contributed to the development, scale-up, and robust manufacturing of many of AB's leading edge reagents for DNA sequencing, PCR, oligonucleotide synthesis, and related technologies as the genomic/genetic analysis field grew rapidly. Jon holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a B.A. in chemistry from Albion College.
"Success is defined many times in life as doing something very well and sometimes only one thing. That can be true in business as well, and we have chosen treatment for patients with cancer as a singular focus by which to measure success. In doing so we have the opportunity to do the right thing very well for the benefit of medicine, patients, physicians, payers and the healthcare system overall. Having seen both family members and friends die from cancer in recent years, I can think of no better way to spend my day than helping others who will be faced with similar circumstances in the future."
Steering the company through their initial public offering in 2005 and seeing the company make their first full year of profit in 2010; Brad Cole has served as Chief Operating Officer since 2009. Prior to his position as Chief Operating Officer, Brad was the Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President from 2004 until 2008. Before joining Genomic Health, Brad served in various positions at Guidant Corporation, a designer and developer of cardiovascular medical products. At Guidant, Brad served as Vice President, Finance and Business Development for the Endovascular Solutions Group from 2001 until 2004. Prior to that, he served as Vice President and General Manager of the Vascular Surgery Business Unit of Guidant. Brad was Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Endovascular Technologies, Inc., a publicly traded medical device company acquired by Guidant Corporation in 1997. Previously, Brad was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Applied Biosystems, a publicly traded life sciences company. Brad holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Biola University and an MBA from San Jose State University.
"Having dedicated my career to improving the clinical care of men and women diagnosed with cancer through molecular insight enabled by genomics, I am thrilled to contribute to Genomic Health's mission to limit overtreatment while at the same time expanding the number of individuals who can potentially benefit. With nearly 400,000 patients having benefitted from our tests and our proven "team science" approach, I am confident that this is just the beginning."
"It's thrilling to be part of a company from its early days and to witness a group of smart, passionate people bring a vision to reality, but it is a real privilege to be responsible for telling the world about it. The story of Oncotype DX and the power of personalized medicine is one that has captured a lot of attention. Our success in leading the clinical application of personalized medicine is a result of the commitment of the employees of Genomic Health who insisted on scientific and clinical rigor and on world-class customer support for physicians and patients. And it would not have happened if not for the brave heroes -- the breast, colon and prostate cancer patients -- whose stories shape, inform and inspire our work on a daily basis. And best of all, Genomic Health's story has just begun!"
Laura Leber has led the company's efforts to tell Genomic Health's story since 2002. In her current role as Senior Vice President, Communications, Laura is responsible for global communications to media, investor, patient and employee audiences. Prior to joining Genomic Health, Laura worked in various communications roles at Genentech, Inc., a leading biotechnology company, from 1992 until 2001, most recently as Vice President, Corporate Communications, where she was responsible for the company´s worldwide communications function. Before joining Genentech, Laura held various positions in Corporate Communications and Public Relations for Searle, a pharmaceutical company in Chicago, and at Fleishman-Hillard, Inc. in St. Louis and Hill and Knowlton, Inc. in New York City, both global public relations agencies. Laura holds a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia.
"It is rare to be part of a senior management team with such a passion to empower patients on their health care journey and an equivalent desire to support a healthy, vibrant culture. I feel privileged to work with so many extraordinary people, in an organization that is designing a new era in health care through our innovations in the field of personalized medicine. As the company continues to grow and diversify, I am excited to support our global expansion, through the attraction and development of top talent."
Kim McEachron brings over 20 years of human resources experience, both from entrepreneurial and large company environments to the Genomic Health team. Throughout her career, Kim has focused on designing experiences and cultures to inspire individuals, teams, and organizations to reach their full potential. Since joining the company in 2012, as Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Kim has been responsible for the alignment of strategic, operational and organizational human resource processes to build capabilities for growth. Prior to joining the company, Kim held several leadership roles within Medtronic, Inc., a global leader in medical technologies that improves the way chronic diseases are treated. From 2010 – 2012, Kim was the Vice President of Human Resources, Engagement and Inclusion for the Medtronic Cardiac and Vascular division. In prior roles at Medtronic, Kim was responsible for the implementation of total rewards programs; diversity and inclusion strategies; talent management systems; leadership development and executive coaching. Earlier in her career with Medtronic, Kim was Vice President of Human Resources for the CardioVascular and Neuromodulation divisions where her responsibilities included leading talent acquisition and management, organization development and learning, employee relations, and diversity. From this role, she contributed to the diversification and growth of the CardioVascular and Neuromodulation businesses by successfully integrating acquisitions and building capabilities. Kim holds a Master's degree in Industrial Relations from University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and a Bachelor's degree in Sociology and Anthropology from Carleton College. Kim is a former Chair of the Board and a current Board Member of the Sonoma County Volunteer Center. She holds memberships in Human Resource People and Strategy (HPRS), The HR Strategy Forum, and the Association for Managers of Innovation (AMI). In 2008 and 2010, Ms. McEachron was recognized for her corporate leadership in global diversity and inclusion at Medtronic, and in 2003, she received the Women in Business Award from the North Bay Business Journal.
"Having been with the company from the early days in various roles at Genomic Health, from the clinical lab to my current position, I am proud to have helped deliver on the promise of personalized medicine in many capacities. It has been an honor to work with the incredibly talented employees of Genomic Health, who all share the singular focus of helping both patients and their families. The quality of our mission, people, clinical capabilities, and state-of-the-art laboratories, make Genomic Health a truly exceptional place to be. "
Having managed the launch and operations of Genomic Health's clinical laboratory, as Vice President, Operations from 2004-2010, Dean brings unique perspective to his current role as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his appointment to CFO in 2011; Dean oversaw financial affairs on a global basis as Senior Vice President, Finance From 2010 – 2011, and from 2001 through 2003, Dean led the finance group, as a Director and then Senior Director. Before joining Genomic Health, Dean founded and led a CPA and consulting firm. Dean also worked at an international accounting firm from 1985 to 1991. Dean holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a Certified Public Accountant.
"We urgently need new and more effective approaches to cancer diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
In the 20th century, with few diagnostic tests to select the right treatment for individual cancers, physicians treated cancer with a "one size fits all" approach.
At Genomic Health, we have developed innovative, standardized, quantitative methods for profiling individual cancers. Cancer drugs can be (targeted) if we are able to discover and develop diagnostic tests to identify which patients are likely to benefit from them. We are using the same rigorous approach used in the clinical development and validation of the Oncotype DX Breast Cancer Assay to develop tests for other tumor types. We passionately believe that cancer molecular diagnostics will play an indispensable role in treatment planning for all cancer patients and will help turn cancer into a manageable, and ultimately preventable, disease. "
Dedicated to optimizing cancer treatment outcomes and bringing the patient voice into product development, Steve Shak, M.D. has served as the Executive Vice President of Research and Development since 2012 and was the Chief Medical Officer from 2000 - 2013. Under Steve's leadership Genomic Health used innovative molecular diagnostic methods and rigorous clinical studies to develop the Oncotype DX® breast cancer and colon cancer assays and has maintained an 80% product development success rate. Steve has been a leader in personalized medicine for more than two decades. Prior to co-founding Genomic Health in 2000, Steve served for 14 years in various roles in Discovery Research and Medical Affairs at Genentech, Inc., a biotechnology company dedicated to using human genetic information to discover, develop, manufacture and commercialize medicines to treat patients with serious or life-threatening medical conditions. Steve led the clinical team that gained approval for Herceptin®, a targeted biologic treatment for breast cancer. He also initiated the cancer clinical trials of the anti-angiogenesis agent, Avastin®. In addition, Steve discovered Pulmozyme®, a mucus-dissolving enzyme that is approved worldwide for the treatment of the genetic disease cystic fibrosis. Prior to joining Genentech, Steve was an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at New York University School of Medicine. Steve holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry from Amherst College and an M.D. from New York University School of Medicine, and completed his post-doctoral training at University of California, San Francisco.
"It is a privilege to help bring the advances of personalized medicine to our patients and physicians worldwide. At Genomic Health, our scientists have collaborated with many of the most talented research groups in the world and I take great pride in being able to provide our patients, physicians, and insurance providers with the data and confidence they require to make critical, rational, and individualized treatment decisions."
Committed to expanding patient access to Genomic Health's tests, Jim currently serves as the Senior Vice President, Worldwide Commercial, and oversees US and International sales, marketing, reimbursement and customer support efforts. Most recently, Jim led the US Marketing teams and portfolio planning for both near and long-term strategy. From 2009 through 2012, Jim drove the expansion of Genomic Health's international business efforts in Geneva, Switzerland. In Geneva, Jim and team focused on collaborating with early adopting physicians in Canada, Ireland, Spain, Germany, and the UK, to support broader Oncotype DX reimbursement and patient access. These pioneering efforts, coupled with the experience that physicians across Europe had with the test, led to the inclusion of the Oncotype DX Breast Cancer Assay in the prestigious St. Gallen guidelines in 2011. Prior to leading the marketing teams at Genomic Health, Jim worked in the managed care setting and led Genomic Health's Western U.S. sales efforts from 2005 through 2008. Before joining Genomic Health, Jim was Vice President of Cerus Corporation, a biomedical products company, where he directed marketing and medical affairs. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Vaughn held a number of positions in sales, sales management, and marketing, including the role as Senior Director of Global Oncology Franchise with Celebrex. Jim holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from Creighton University and an MBA from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Business.
"Genomic Health is at the center of a revolution in genomics and personalized medicine, which is yielding unprecedented volumes of genomics, biological and clinical information. Our mission is to create, assemble and translate this information into clinically actionable results that patients and their healthcare providers can have confidence in when making individual treatment decisions. At Genomic Health, we are unified in our dedication to serving patients and delivering on the promises of this Genomic revolution. Recognizing the complexity of this emerging field, we have made significant investments to build the necessary research, clinical, biostatistics, operations, and informatics infrastructure required to develop high quality diagnostics.
It has been this commitment to quality of results that has enabled Genomic Health to establish trust with the oncology community and the patients we serve."
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A Huntington Beach businessman beat a Los Alamitos mayor in the fierce election battle for the new 72nd Assembly District Tuesday.
With all precincts counted, Travis Allen garnered 55.7 percent of the vote, giving him an edge over Troy Edgar's 44.3 percent, according to the Orange County Registrar of Voters. By the time all ballots were counted early Wednesday morning, Allen led Edgar by 12,334 votes -- 60,732 to 48,398.
Edgar declined to comment about the results. His campaign said he would release a statement Wednesday.
Early returns had shown Allen with a slim 411 vote lead over Edgar, and as the night wore, on that lead increased. Even before Allen's lead, a subdued mood settled over Edgar's Huntington Beach headquarters as news of Obama's reelection hit home to the 20-30 gathered Republicans.
Despite the growing gap, Edgar supporters held out hope late into the evening.
At 9:30 p.m., Edgar supporter and friend Bruce Barrett said he thought Edgar could still win.
"It's not what I want to see but…ultimately I think it will change and go in our favor," Barrett said. "It's a little nerve-wracking to be honest, but you never know what's going to happen."
"I'm fairly confident he'll pull it off," Barrett said.
Seal Beach Mayor Pro Tem Gary Miller said he attended the party to support Edgar in his campaign.
"I worked with him, and I know he's a good man," Miller said. "He's always been thinking, you know, not of just Los Alamitos but the greater community."
As the race's gap widened, Edgar campaign staffer Nicole Stygar said Patch could not speak with Edgar. And it got quieter from there. As it grew closer to 11 p.m. Edgar's headquarters grew emptier.
However, Edgar intern Vince Vu said he felt "frustrated" by the growing gap between Edgar and Allen and that he felt a "slight fire burning" inside and a "sense of injustice" over the news.
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The 72nd Assembly District will represent Seal Beach, Los Alamitos, Rossmoor, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Westminster and part of Santa Ana.


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For the first time in 2009, consumers spent less money than they did the year before. Household spending decreased 2.8 percent from $50,486 in 2008 to $49,067 in 2009. This is the first spending dip since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began measuring consumer spending in 1984. Consumers cut their spending on almost all goods and services except for health care (up 5 percent), education (up 2.1 percent), and tobacco products (up 19.9 percent) between 2008 and 2009, the Consumer Expenditure Survey found. Here's a look at what we're now spending less on.
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Transportation. Americans reduced the amount they spent on transportation by 11 percent between 2008 and 2009, mainly by purchasing lower cost gasoline and motor oil (down 26.9 percent). Gas prices significantly spiked in 2008 and then fell in 2009, resulting in average annual expenditures on gasoline dropping from $2,715 in 2008 to $1,986 in 2009. Drivers also spent an average of 3.6 percent less on vehicle purchases.
Household furnishings and equipment. Consumers trimmed about $118 from their household budgets by cutting back on their purchases of household furnishings and equipment, a decrease of 7.3 percent from 2008. Housing expenditures overall dropped by 1.3 percent in 2009.
Entertainment. Individuals cut their entertainment expenses from an average of $2,835 in 2008 to $2,693 in 2009. The 5 percent drop in entertainment spending was driven by decreases in audio and visual equipment and services purchases (down 5.9 percent) and recreational supplies, equipment, and services (down 16.5 percent), such as recreational vehicles, boats, sporting goods, and photographic equipment. "These items tend to be discretionary purchases and the decrease may reflect the difficult economic conditions," according to the BLS report. Americans also cut spending on reading materials by 5.2 percent.
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Alcohol. Americans reduced spending on alcoholic beverages by 2 percent, spending an average of $9 less per household in 2009 than 2008.
Apparel and services. The proportion of spending dedicated to apparel and services declined by 4.2 percent in 2009, and hit a record low share of the household budget. "These declines on apparel spending were influenced by the faltering economy of the past 2 years, but a prevailing trend of decreases in apparel spending in the United States has emerged when measured as a share of the household budget," according to the BLS report. Spending on men's apparel dropped 10.3 percent, while women's apparel spending fell by 5.6 percent. There was also a 3.2 percent decline in spending on personal care products and services.
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Ex-FSA chief Hector Sants in talks with Deloitte
by Michelle Abrego on Dec 04, 2012 at 13:14
Former Financial Services Authority (FSA) chief executive Hector Sants is in talks with accountancy giant Deloitte, according to reports.
Sky News has reported that Sants, who left the FSA in June, is in talks to become an equity partner at Deloitte.
Sky reported that Deloitte has made Sants an offer. If he is to accept the post he would advise clients across a range of industries including banking and financial services, it said.
Sky said that people close to Sants said that he was considering a number of options and would not make a decision until his gardening leave from the FSA expires at the end of December.
Sants first announced his resignation as the head of the FSA in February 2010 but stayed at the regulator in order to ease the transition into the twin peaks model, finally announcing plans to step down again in March 2012.
32 comments so far. Why not have your say?
Dec 04, 2012 at 13:34
That's cosy then considering all the work they did for the FSAreport this
Dec 04, 2012 at 13:41
This appears to be a provocative article....report this
Dec 04, 2012 at 13:54
I suppose he will be saying to his staff, "be afraid, be very afraid"
Typical jobs for the boys and hopefully now we will get a regulator who might actually listen to reasoned arguments, discussions and work to getting rid of those cowboys and crooks
Then again.....report this
Dec 04, 2012 at 13:59
Old boys club membership works again, are these the same Deloittes who create and arrange 'tax avoidance' schemes for High net worth and corporations?
Seems to me the double standards and a@se wiping down in the city and to the east continues inspite of the current financial climatereport this
Dec 04, 2012 at 14:00
What a surprise, gamekeeper becoming poacher!
What Hector needs is some serious Jail time to repay the country for the billion pound frauds, banking scandals and ill thought out regulation that occurred during his tenure. Add to thisthe outright ridiculous salary he obtained by saying he was compentent, then proving just the opposite.
No doubt he will be made a Knight in the new year, when all that is really needed is 'nighty night Hector'.report this
Dec 04, 2012 at 14:12
Isn't this called the 'revolving door' process.
Great for those who manage to get themselves on to the magic self re-inventing conveyor
I concur massively with Hickky. 'ector and his 'oppo's have collectively failed, over the years, to regulate or prevent ANY of the problems brought about the dodgy practices of some major f s organisations.
Oh but I am so cynical!report this
Dec 04, 2012 at 14:14
Twin Peaks has been described as a Surreal, Dream-Like mystery...report this
Dec 04, 2012 at 14:15
Not suprising! Immoral - yes, un ethical - yes, un earned -yes, not qualified most definetlyreport this
Dec 04, 2012 at 14:21
On the same day another 150 jobs are lost at a provider (FL), I think that maybe 3 providers in the last week.
Mr Sants left a lasting legacy on this industry.. a bit like Beecham did for the railways! Thatcher for steel/mines etc
It would be good if someone would put together the numbers of lost jobs so far. Whether you agree with the RDR or not, no-one can support the loss of good quality jobs not least the treasury.report this
Dec 04, 2012 at 14:22
Thought he had crawled down a hole somewhere.This idiot has caused me no end of grief and stress this year, I hope he gets the same at his new role, watch out out Deloitte.
Am I too cynical but just what is he qualified to do ?report this
Dec 04, 2012 at 14:28
seen that coming a mile offreport this
Dec 04, 2012 at 14:33
I pity Deloitte's.report this
Dec 04, 2012 at 14:36
Sammie, he is qualified to join Deloittes by way of having Masters in brown nosing and buls@it. He can con the knickers of a nun.report this
Dec 04, 2012 at 14:43
Slopey Shoulders (not me Guv) Sants scores again - another big fat juicy salary and pension with plenty of freebies for our Hector.
Not since Dan Quayle has anyone been so totally incompetent and yet risen so high as our Hector.
He would wear a frock and tango down Canary Wharf if he thought it would get him another grand or two.report this
Dec 04, 2012 at 14:45
He may be 'qualified' to join Deloittes. But they are obliged to ensure that their partners are fit & proper - which Hector is not.
Jail time? Or may be a serious time in the stocks so that the general public can repay him for past injustices by throwing e.g. rotten fruit or anvils at him.report this
Dec 04, 2012 at 14:52
they could ask 45000 ifas for a reference....report this
Dec 04, 2012 at 15:01
OK, so the FSA have just censured Capita for the crap-shoot that was CF Arch cru (but no fine?).
We'll probably see Deloittes having a pop at the FSA for not monitoring what Capita were (not) doing, now that he's done a bunk from the the FSA and joined them.
Equity partner eh? The last time I heard the term Equitable, it was about another F@k-up that the government of the day couldn't resolve.report this
Dec 04, 2012 at 15:08
Shocking, truly shockingreport this
Dec 04, 2012 at 15:11
Join in the chorus, all together now "The wheels of the bus go round and round"report this
Dec 04, 2012 at 16:01
The best-qualified person to draw a map of the maze is the person who drove the tractor, cutting down valuable crops to create something society did not need but for which the tractor driver can put up lots of signs and sell expensive mapsreport this
Dec 04, 2012 at 16:21
Didn't his Dad work for HMRC as there image of the 90's when we were all customers rather than tax avoiders Also called Hectorreport this
Dec 04, 2012 at 16:23
Roll up, Roll Up All Jobs for the boys club !! Anyone who can make a mockery out of democracy like Sants did with the TSC appointed by Parliament was sure to get top dollar bid !! Fill yer boots time me thinks.report this
Dec 04, 2012 at 16:25
If he does to Deloitts what he has done to Financial Services under his arrogant incompetent tenure,
Then if I were them, I would be afraid, be very afraidreport this
Dec 04, 2012 at 16:28
They should be afraid....Very afraidreport this
Dec 04, 2012 at 16:30
@ Graeme Ferguson
You could have asked 45,000 IFAs perhaps before he arrived at the FSA.
I don't think there will be a third of that amount come January.report this
Dec 04, 2012 at 16:35
Come on now, at least he is going to do damage elsewhere and perhaps he will end up in a job where he is on the receiving end of the regulation.
This merry go round is a bit like MPs everyone is lining their nest with a view to the next job. This is why regulators don't understand advisors. Most advisors are not looking at the next job but at the clients we have long term relationships with.report this
Dec 04, 2012 at 17:08
Perhaps Deloitte have done their homework and he is the best individual for the job... Just a thought, after all, his knowledge of the FSA and RDR may prove useful!!report this
Dec 04, 2012 at 19:00
The FSA have an ethics code!!!!, ti seems that when you leave, so does the code, there again did he abide by it?report this
Dec 05, 2012 at 09:31
Usually found, you could be right, insider information on what the FSA /FCA are going to do next will be very useful for Deloittes so that they can circumvent the regs to their own advantage.
Funny that NMA have done a piece on the movers from FSA to the City, showing that they are nearly all self centered gits who do not give a toss about anyone else but themselvesreport this
Dec 05, 2012 at 13:06
How do you get into the 'Golden Circle'?
Any other mortal who had sat and watched the industry he was employed to oversee virtually collapse would be unemployable!
I suppose it's like Premiership football, spend a couple of hundred million on players, no success, get sacked, walk in to another million pound a year job.report this
Dec 06, 2012 at 11:07
@ Richard Hardy
Come on Richard you know how to get into "Golden Circles".
Private school, Good spoon fed A Levels and the right accent, Oxford or Cambridge (Subject studied doesn't matter just become pals with the ones you think have good connections.)
Career politicians is another profitable circle to get into where you don't have to have gone to a private school or Oxford or Cambridge, although they would help, any old university will do and any old subject, do an internship with some MP then become a business adviser with Saatchi & Saatchi or PWC, KPMG etc. despite never having been in any business like Chloe Smith MP (English Lit) or the Labour party's Luciana Berger MP (Commerce & Spanish admittedly a bit more relevant than English Lit.). We have two of these in Northampton. One is the leader of our Borough Council in Northampton and the other is our the newly appointed PCC who hero worships "Jeffery Archer".
Our country is full of incompetents and self interesteds in high places and becoming more so because they promote their own kind and are breeding like rabbits.
Give your children this wise advise.report this
Dec 06, 2012 at 11:16
@ John Smyth 3
Which is a recipe for what Comrade?report this
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Fourteen Comet players scored, with eight of them putting up five or more as V-A rolled to an 82-36 victory over Rush Springs in its season opener at J. M. Carey Fieldhouse.
"Coach Bare always talks about this disease of 'I' and how it can kill a team instantly," V-A guard Jaz Gayanich said, who scored 12 points on the evening. "We played as a unit and scored as a unit. Our chemistry is going well this year and we need everyone."
Two free throws and two baskets were about as good as it got for the Redskins in the first quarter as Velma was behind for just 12 seconds at 2-0, before going on a 23-4 run to end the quarter.
Smothering defense and frequent substitutions made life difficult for the Redskins, who had little time to adjust in between players going to and from the bench.
"I'm very pleased, everyone got to play a lot and we got after it defensively," Bare said. "We've just got so many kids who can run and handle the ball. We can't think we're as good as we need to be. Our kids know that and we're going to keep working."
V-A led 63-31 at the end of the third quarter, with most of the first team players being rested.
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Rush Springs managed to make it to double digit points at the 4:01 mark of the second, but by that time the score was 31-10 in favor of the Comets.
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RALEIGH — N.C. States women havewon a lot of basketball games this season, but on Friday night at Reynolds Coliseum the Wolfpack got first-year coach Wes Moore a signature win.
State got 25 points apiece from Markeisha Gatling and Kody Burke and 17 from LenNique Brown, controlling the game for the entire second half in an 89-79 win over No. 12 LSU.
The Wolfpack improved to 11-1 while the Tigers fell to 9-2.
LSU had won the teams only previous meeting 81-73 last year in Baton Rouge.
Im proud of our kids, Moore said. It wasnt always pretty; especially in the second half we could have taken care of the ball a little bit better. We did have more assists than turnovers (19-17). But I liked the effort, the way we handled pressure in a big-game atmosphere. When LSU made some great runs at us we handled it pretty well.
Theresa Plaisance led the Tigers with 18 points off the bench while Jeanne Kenney added 17 and Rina Hill 15.
States biggest lead was 86-71 with 42 seconds to go.
First off, a lot of credit to N.C. State, LSU coach Nikki Caldwell said. There is a great legacy here, but more important is what theyre building. Its an honor to play on the court of Kay Yow who has meant so much to the womens game. You look at this game and it was a battle of who wanted it more, and I felt N.C. State had that edge. They came to play and they made big plays.
Gatling hit 11 of 13 field-goal attempts and grabbed eight rebounds, Burke was 9-for-15 from the floor while Brown was 4-for-5 from outside the 3-point circle and had seven assists and six rebounds.
I still need to take care of the ball better, Brown said. But with the atmosphere and the fans being here and the No. 12 team, everybody was hyped tonight. Everybody played together well and that helped me. I was just being aggressive, and thats what I focused on tonight.
The Wolfpack led 43-34 at halftime behind 16 points from Gatling and 10 from Brown. Plaisance had 13 at the break for the visitors. N.C. State shot 47.2 percent to LSUs 50, but had 22 points in the paint to the Tigers 10.
State took a 17-10 lead on a 3-pointer from Brown with 14:54 left in the first half before the Tigers roared back, taking their largest and only lead at 24-21 on Danielle Ballards jumper at 8:54.
Gatling responded with nine straight points to put the Wolfpack ahead to stay. LSU never again made it a one-possession game.
I was like smiling like the whole last minute, Gatling said. This was pretty good. Things just came to us. Coach spends a lot of time talking about getting me the ball, and we did pretty good with it tonight.
One key stretch was the final 5:02 of the half, when with Gatling on the bench with two fouls, each team scored nine points. Burke was also on the bench with two for the last 3:45 of the half.
This feels great, knowing that were going home (for Christmas) with a win, said Burke, who played 36 minutes. We had practiced very well with our zone offense, knowing all the traps they run. We had good practices which is why we executed so well. Everyone stepped up and contributed well tonight.
And after Gatling fouled out with 3:58 left and her team up 72-64, the Tigers were never able to get closer than seven points.
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|Wooden Train Set, Wooden World
|Duplo, LEGO
|Lego Creator Large Bucket, LEGO
|Sophie the Giraffe, Vulli
|Hippychick Wheelybug,
|Winkel, Manhattan Toys
|Tea Set, Various
|Top Trumps, Winning Moves
|Jumperoo, Fisher-Price
|HappyLand playsets, Early Learning Centre
|Toy box range, Early Learning Centre
|VTech First Steps Baby Walker, V-Tech
|Guess Who, MB Games
|Talking Iggle Piggle, Hasbro
|Toy Kitchen, Various brands
|Pop-Up Tent, Worlds Apart
|Tippitoes doorway baby bouncer, Tippitoes
|Learn and Groove Activity Station, LeapFrog
|Noah's Ark, Fisher-Price
|Various Games - Orchard Toys, Orchard Toys
|Babywalker with Bricks, Pin Toys
|Symphony-In-Motion Mobile, Tiny Love
|Wonderbook:Book of Spells, Sony
|Go gos crazy bones, Magic Box
|Chess Set, chess set
|pink super star cool keyboard and stool, Early Learning Centre
|Baby Rainmaker, Early Learning Centre
|Playnest and Gym, Galt
|Kid Tough digital camera, Fisher-Price
|Playwrap, Bondie Bird
|play food, Early Learning Centre
|Doll's Pushchair, Argos
|Octopus, Early Learning Centre
|Marble Run, Galt
|Play-doh, Hasbro
|Junior Monopoly, Hasbro
|Bath Book, Mothercare
|Monopoly, Hasbro
|Sylvanian Families, Flair
|Mr Potato Head, Playskool
|Face Paint Kits, Snazaroo
|Wooden Toy kitchen, IKEA
|Rushhour Traffic Game, Thinkfun
|Fisher-Price Rainforest Melodies and Lights deluxe gym, Fisher-Price
|In The Night Garden Music and sound Upsy Daisy, Hasbro
|High School Musical Cheerleader outfit, Disney
|Lullaby Dream Show, Tomy
|Bop It Extreme 2, Hasbro
|Rumpus in my rompers - The album, Rumpus in my rompers
|Baby links, Early Learning Centre
|Fun Key Rhymes CD, Independent
|Rainbow Aquadraw, Tomy
|Megasketcher1, Tomy
|Megasketcher, Tomy
|Large Duplo Bucket, LEGO
|Toy Garage, Fisher-Price
|Wheely Bug, Hippy Chick
|Kidizoom Pro Multimedia Digital Camera, V-Tech
|Shopping List Game, Orchard Toys
|Train and road sets -Brio, Brio
|3 puppy/kitty pack, Puppy/Kitty in my pocket
|Cookie Shape Surprise, Fisher-Price
|LeapPad, LeapPad
|Barbie, Mattel
|FiFi Forget-me-not Cottage, Vivid Imaginations
|Frustration, MB Games
|Zapf Creations, Baby Annabell
|My Pal Violet, LeapFrog
|Dolphy Personalized Educational Games, Dolphy Games
|Animation Studio, Hue
|hop n pop, Fisher-Price
|Whizz Around Garage, Early Learning Centre
|Sticker Scratcherz, Flair
|Hullabaloo, Cranium
|Cash Register, Early Learning Centre
|Wooden Pop-Up Pegs, Galt
|Roll and roar dinosour, Fisher-Price
|Pop Up tunnel, Kid Active
|Baby Einstein Discover & Play Entertainer, Graco
|Police car and fire engine, LEGO
|Laugh and Learn Piggy Bank, Fisher-Price
|Kitchen, Little Tikes
|Jimmy Thunder, Chicco
|Guitar, Bontempi
|Twister, MB Games
|Classic Draughts, Game zone
|Baby Tad, LeapFrog
|gro clock, Gro-clock
|HSM2 Dance Mat, Disney
|disney princess laptop, V-Tech
|Click Clack Track, Early Learning Centre
|Ball Popper, Playskool
|Vtech smile system, V-Tech
|Dolls House, Plan Toys
|Buzz Lightyear, Manufacturer
|UPSY DAISY and her bed, Mattel
|little touch leap pad, LeapFrog
|Freddy The Firefly, Lamaze
|Panels, Geomag
|HOO HA!, Hoo Ha!
|Lollipop play table, Startrite furniture
|Nursery Rhymes Book, V-Tech
|Talking Photo Album, Tomy
|2-in-1 Learning Cash Register, Fisher-Price
|Furby Boom, Hasbro
|Scrabble Junior, Hasbro
|Amazing Animals Train, Fisher-Price
|Bounce and Spin Zebra, Fisher-Price
|Little People Sweet Sounds House, Fisher-Price
|Tiny Touch Phone Plus, V-Tech
|Magnetic letters, Early Learning Centre
|Tag, LeapFrog
|Little People touch and feel farm, Fisher-Price
|Magnetic letters, Early Learning Centre
|Buggy Driver, Early Learning Centre
|Bob's Talking phone, V-Tech
|Blossom Farm Play Gym, Early Learning Centre
|Tactico Football, MOC Games Tactico football
|moon sand, Spinmaster
|Elmo Live, Fisher-Price
|Mamas & Papas Rocking Horse - Topaz, Mamas & Papas
|Sort and Soar Rocket Shape Sorter, V-Tech
|Hearts Melamine Tea Set, Emma Bridgewater
|Thomas & Friends - Sodor Adventure Land Deluxe, Tomy
|Take Along Tunes, Baby Einstein
|Peak Road and Rail set, Little Tikes
|My first Skalextric, Hornby
|Duplo Zoo, LEGO
|Ninky-nonk, Hasbro
|Hobby Horse, Various brands
|Hannah Montana - Create your own Fashion beads, Jumbo
|Farm Animals, Learning Resources
|C9 Sports Car, Automoblox
|Singalong CD player, Early Learning Centre
|Star Wars, LEGO
|Snuggle Sac Sleeping bag, The Beachfactory
|A whole range, Magnetix
|Lacing beads, Early Learning Centre
|Frog in a Box, Galt
|Challenger Laptop, V-Tech
|Around The World, DK Games
|Quattro Sit 'n' Ride, Chicco
|Bubble Gym Play mat, Chicco
|Go Go Hamster, Zhu Zhu Pets
|Gelli Baff, Gelicity
|card game, Top Trumps
|STARPLAYER FOOTBALL BOARD GAME, Inspired Games
|Tipu the Tiger, Trunki
|rings, Tiny Love
|Mood Beam, Find-me-a-gift
|Hot Wires, John Adams
|Build-a-bear, Build a bear
|Beanbag Bazaar, Beanbag Bazaar
|Vegetable Printed Chalkboard, Chalkboards UK
|Wobble Board -physio supplies, PhysioSupplies.com
|Skwish, Manhattan Toy
|Sizzlin Kitchen, Early Learning Centre
|Lamaze Octotunes - Learning Curve, Lamaze
|Discovery dome, Tomy
|Rocking Horse, Mamas & Papas
|Picture making, Creaters
|Peek a Blocks Press & Go Train, Fisher-Price
|Paint your own money bank, Fun Creationz
|Moon In My Room, Uncle Milton
|ELC light and sound fire engine, Early Learning Centre
|Disney Princess Kitchen, Disney
|Microwave, Toys R us
|Harry Hastings History Heroes Card Game, Harry Hastings
|Bob the Build 4 in 1 Jigsaw, Fisher-Price
|Baby Station, Babeco
|Melissa & Doug - Folding Medieval Castle, Animagic
|Leapster 2, LeapFrog
|Baby Millie, Early Learning Centre
|Teletummy Teletubby, Tomy
|Shape Sorter - ELC, Early Learning Centre
|Musical Animal Train, Fisher-Price
|Walk & Ride Lion, Fisher-Price
|Sticklebricks Junior Super Builder Bucket, Flair
|Aquarium Gym, Fisher-Price
|Octopals, Tomy
|Noah's Ark Giant Floor Puzzle, Bigjigs
|Moosical Beads, V-Tech
|Gumigem, Laughing Lamb Creations
|Fridge Farm, LeapFrog
|Campervan, Playmobil
|Dinosaur glow stars, Original Glow Stars Company
|Brio Builder System, Brio
|Mouse trap, MB Games
|Octopus, Play-Doh
|Golden Coin Maker, John Adams
|Toucan box, Various
|Slinky Spring, Slinky Spring
|designafriend dolls, Chad Valley
|Wooden Toddle Truck, Early Learning Centre
|Magic tooth fairy, (missing)
|Honey, My Baby Pony, I Love Ponies
|Playtime Bus, IQ builders
|Poorly Poppy, Halsall
|My Travel Colouring Book, Early Learning Centre
|Laptop, V-Tech
|Design 1 motorbike, Meccano
|dominos set, Early Learning Centre
|Diego's Talking Rescue Centre, Fisher-Price
|Barbie B Girls MP3 Player, Mattel
|Talking Carpenter, Chicco
|Wooden Activity Cube, Tesco
|Step Start, Walk n'ride, Playskool
|Funky Footprints, Early Learning Centre
|Friendship Express train, My Little Pony
|Lacing butterflies, Early Learning Centre
|Criss Cross Crash, Hot Wheels
|Bob the Builder -- Tumbler, Born to Play
|Baby K Orchestra Mobile, Mothercare
|Talking Kitchen, Chicco
|Pyrates range, Mega Bloks
|Captain Calamari, Lamaze
|The Complete Moosicology Package, Moosicology
|Lalaloopsy Littles Silly Hair, MGA Entertainment
|Alphabet Crocodile Puzzle, Orange Tree Toys
|Smatta mat, Lornalou
|Children's Nativity Set, Sue Ryder
|Doll House with 50 Pieces, Universe of Imagination
|Pop it in the post, Early Learning Centre
|Octonauts Octopod, Mattel
|Mask n Ask, Drumond Park
|ShineOSaur, TellTails
|Boggle, Hasbro
|Play nest car, Galt
|24 Sleeps 'Till Christmas Advent Calendar, Happy Witch
|Leapster Explorer, LeapFrog
|Articulate, Drumond Park
|Trivial Pursuit, Hasbro
|Construction Centre. Activity Table & Toy Organiser, WoodQuail
|Wooden Alphabet Blocks, John Lewis
|Pirate Plank, LEGO
|Lego Duplo Farm, LEGO
|World of Little People Pink School Bus, Fisher-Price
|Wooden Trike n Trailer, Early Learning Centre
|Stockholm Dolls House, Lundby
|Play Parachute, Tesco
|Make a Clock Craft Kit, Party Creations
|Stegosaurus, LEGO
|Honeybake Oven and Hob Set, Le Toy Van
|Healthy Eating Food Set, Bigjigs
|FunSlide Carpet Skates, Simtec
|Fast lane Garage Playset, Toys R us
|Chatimals, Peers Hardy
|Big City Garage, Early Learning Centre
|Big Castle in a Box, (missing)
|Dudley dumper truck, Wow
|Ainol Novo 7 Advanced II, (missing)
|WWE Wrestlers, (missing)
|Zingzillas - The Album (CD), BBC
|Flip & Tip Fred, Wow
|Little People- Princess castle, Fisher-Price
|Triceratops, Playmobil
|Travel Doodle Pro, Halsall/Mattel
|T7050, New Holland
|Toy Story Backyard Patrol Woody, Disney
|Toss the Taggie- Football, Taggies
|Tooting Teddy Train, Fiesta Crafts
|(missing), Tonka
|Sneezy the Activity Dragon, Tolo Toys
|Tick Tock CD 4, Tick Tock Music
|Take the Cake, Gamewright
|Take along Thomas and Freinds, Learning curve
|Take Along Thomas toys, Hit
|symphony beach 1.7, The Kite Shop
|Super Marble Run, Galt
|STRIDE TO RIDE LION, Fisher-Price
|Stack and Pull Elephant, V-Tech
|Solar Tractor, Eco-life Gizmos
|Shopping Trolley, Mellissa & Doug
|Shape by Shape, Thinkfun
|1m Square Sandpit, Selwood Products
|Screature, Mattel
|Rolobox, Flair
|Rag doll, M & S
|Pull-along Pals Spotty the Dog, Applepie Toys Ltd
|Pony Ranch Horse Farm, Playmobil
|Puppy In My Pocket Hospital, Corinthian
|Pixar Cars, Mattel
|Muddle Pirates (Magnetic Play Book), Stephen Gulbis
|Monopoly Revolution, Hasbro
|fabric ball - miniland, Haba
|6108, Meccano
|Match Attax Trading Card Game, Topps
|Marble Run (Primo 1), Marbutopia
|Mag Warriors, Mega Bloks
|Lucky Duck, Hasbro
|Liv Dolls My Maple Lodge, Spin Master
|Littlest Pet Shop, Hasbro
|Garage, Little Steps
|Little People Farm, Fisher-Price
|Linkies, Galt
|Helicopter Transporter (#7686)., LEGO
|Learn and Sort Helicopter, V-Tech
|Kick and Whirl Carnival Gym, Fisher-Price
|Jolina ballet doll, Zapf Creations
|JCB digger with hard hat, (missing)
|ICE CREAM PARLOUR, Playmobil
|Hippo, Ergo:Design
|helmet heroes, Fisher-Price
|Guess with Jess Cat, Fisher-Price
|Grand Gourmet Corner Kitchen, KidKraft
|Dolls bedroom, Good Golly Miss Dolly
|Flashing swimming goggles, Swimglows
|Pirate Ship, Early Learning Centre
|Paper Party Balloon Baskets, Flowtees
|CD Player and Book, Dora The Explorer
|Disney Pixar Cars sticker puzzle book, Lee Publications
|Dino Adventure Set, Early Learning Centre
|Design-A-Bear Pretty Bunny and 2 outfits, Chad Valley
|Curly the Cobra, Tolo Toys
|CRANIUM MEGA FORT, Hasbro
|Cock A Doodle Moo, Orchard Toys
|Click Clack Dino, Early Learning Centre
|Children's Cardboard Playhouse, PopupHouse
|Chic Soft Tea Set, Oskar and Ellan
|Cherry lane cottage, Early Learning Centre
|Cars2 Mini Mats, Aquadoodle
|eco cardboard space rocket, Kid-Eco
|Buzz and woody, Truprint
|Create an Insect World of Your Own, The Original Gift Company
|Treeblocks Building Blocks, Treeblocks
|Build it Construction Starter Set, Early Learning Centre
|Bugsby Reading System, V-Tech
|Bug Stacker, Lamaze
|Jumbo Black & White Dominos, Brightminds
|Bouncer, Koto
|Blankie Bear, Gagagoogoo
|Blackbeards Pirate Ship, Playmobil
|Rattle - Myriad natural toys, Myriad
|ibaby Mobile Phone, Benjisfones
|Baby Go Round Tropicana, Redkite
|rabbit, Animal Hoppers
|Baby Flashcards - Animals, Usborne
|20 Questions, 20Q
|My Own Leaptop, LeapFrog
|wooden train set, IKEA
|Hide Away Playtime Kitchen, Guidecraft
|Kurve, Kiddimoto
|Extreme Bubble Machine, Early Learning Centre
|Lego Creator: Rescue Robot, LEGO
|Where is Moldova, Seager Games
|Keepsake Boxes, The Orb Factory
|Join In and Play Interactive My Blue Nose Friends, Tatty Teddy & My Blue Nose Friends
|What Colour is Your T-Shirt / My Socks, Nick Cope
|wooden play castle, GLTC
|Gurgle Gift Boxes, The Travelling Souk
|Mini Bakery Shake and Sieve, Tala Mini Bakery
|MyFunkyLocker, MyFunky
|Big City Wooden Airport, Early Learning Centre
|Lex the T-Rex Switch and Go Dino, V-Tech
|Candy House, Vortigern
|Personalised Alarm Clock, Sing My Name
|Adam the Doodles Man & Rover the Doodles Dog, Design Ideas
|Lights and Sounds Whizz Down Mountain, Early Learning Centre (ELC)
|Nano, Hexbug
|Mrs Potato Head, Playskool
|Wii U, Nintendo
|Stacking Hen, Galt
|plan city garage, Plan Toys
|Classic edition, Maths Wrap
|LITTLE PEOPLE BUSY DAY PLAYHOUSE, Fisher-Price
|Electronic Activity Cube, Early Learning Centre
|Boy, Baby Born
|One-off box, Weekend Box Club
|Zoob, Infinitoy
|Weykick Football, Weykick
|Tamagotchi Music Star, Bandai
|Willow Hall, Flair
|R/C Steam & Sound Thomas, Tomy
|Snap'n'style dolls, Fisher-Price
|Sea Monkeys, Character
|Scooby Doo Mystery Mansion, Character
|Rocking ladybird, Mamas & Papas
|Rody Horsey Hopper, Ladraplastic
|myepets.com Rescue Pals, MGA Entertainment
|Mini Nitro Buggy (remote control car), Nitrotek
|Rapidough, Drumond Park
|Rainbow Spinner, Chicco
|Police Rocker, Little Tikes
|Pixel chix pets, Mattel
|Paint Pens, Crayola
|Moon Dough, Spin Master
|micro scalextric street mayhem, Scalextric
|Waouf The Dog, Meccano
|Market stall/Shop, Ecoiffer
|Little Princess Doll with Gilbert, Born to Play
|Little People Dolphin Show, Fisher-Price
|crane, LEGO
|city, LEGO
|Learn & Groove Counting Maracas - Leapfrog, LeapFrog
|Infinite loops, Weplay
|Starter track set, Hornby
|Fijit Friends, Girl Tech
|Fireman Sam Set, Fireman Sam
|FIFI KITCHEN, Vivid Imaginations
|Fairy toadstool cottage, Early Learning Centre
|Billy Winky Children's Pillow, Dreamgenii
|Dora and Pegasus, Fisher-Price
|dance with me teletubby, Tomy
|Balloon Lagoon game, Cranium
|construction workers, Woody Click
|Circus, Fisher-Price
|Click Clack Caterpillar, Early Learning Centre
|Card People to Colour, Carddies
|Build- it Space Rocket Kit, Little Experience
|bob the builder work bench, Character
|Bead Frame, Toy Box
|Bath Football, Hawkins Bazaar
|Baby Dinosaur Set, Early Learning Centre
|Aquabeads, Flair
|Brick Trolley, Pin Toys
|SMORGASBOARD, RichArt
|Touch Screen Safe, Science Museum
|Elefun Snacking Safari, Hasbro
|Singalong tractor and animals, Hamleys
|Angry Birds Star Wars, Angry Birds
|Pictionary Family, Mattel
|Vectron wave, Air Hogs
|Tiger, bookbeasts
|Teepee, Moozle
|Mr Tickle soft toy, Mr Men
|shop, Playmobil
|Fairy Wonderland, Early Learning Centre
|Fairy Post Office, Letterbox
|Animuddles, Tomy
|Explorer, LeapPad
|Truly Scrumptious Cake Set, Silver Cross
|Ninja Turtles game, V-Tech
|Jitterbugs, Early Learning Centre
|Uno Spin, Mattel
|Spin and Explore Gym, Lamaze
|Hannah Montana Design 'n' Create Rockin' Guitar, Mega
|Baby Annabell version 6, Zapf Creations
|Mobigo, V-Tech
|Bubble bouncer, TP
|Science New Planetarium, National Geographic
|Cinderella Glitter Castle, Disney
|jewellery pack, Bindeez
|Zubber, (missing)
|ZingZillas Zak on Tour, (missing)
|Struxx, Mega Bloks
|Roary the Racing car - Pitstop Panic Game, Vivid Imaginations
|Light 'Em Up Torch, Roary the Racing Car
|Little Land Bounce & Play Activity Centre, Mamas & Papas
|HD 6423, Ride On Cars
|Construction Set, Bob the Builder
|Early Learning Centre Spiral Art, Early Learning Centre (ELC)
|Who's at Home?, Early Learning Centre
|Toy garage, GLTC
|Classic Tiny Tears, Toy Brokers
|Tawny horse, Mattel
|rosali caravan, Le toyvan
|Cardboard Playhouse, PopupHouse
|Grand Piano (pink), Chad Valley
|Animagic Snowy the Hopping Bunny, Vivid Imaginations
|Furby, Hasbro
|Teksta Puppy, Teksta
|Doc Mcstuffins Doctor's Bag Playset, Disney


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Hodge Podge Art, Antiques, and Interiors has a day of fun planned at their Christmas open house. Live Music performed by Chris & Stephanie Dills, Sweet refreshments, and special sales throughout the mall. Decorated like a Christmas fairyland that will put you in the holiday spirit.
Normal shop hours on Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm.
Plenty of free parking in the front lot.


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Helping out at the Public Service Hamburger Luncheon are, from left, Blount County Fire Department Chief Doug McClanahan, Tim Ogle and David Watson.
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Birth Name: Laura Ann Branigan
Born: 1957/07/03
Birth Place: Brewster, New York, U.S.
Died: 2004/08/26
Years Active: 1973-2004
Genres: Pop Rock, Pop, Dance
Born: 1957/07/03
Birth Place: Brewster, New York, U.S.
Died: 2004/08/26
Years Active: 1973-2004
Genres: Pop Rock, Pop, Dance
Laura Ann Branigan (July 3, 1957 – August 26, 2004) was an American singer-songwriter and actress of Italian and Irish ancestry. She is best known in the United States for her 1982 Platinum-certified hit "Gloria" and in Europe for the number one single "Self Control". Branigan is also remembered for the Top 10 "Solitaire," and for the number one AC hit "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You." She also contributed songs to notable motion picture and television soundtracks, including the Grammy- and Academy Award-winning ''Flashdance'' soundtrack (1983), the ''Ghostbusters'' soundtrack (1984), and the ''Baywatch'' soundtrack (1994), as well as having songs featured in the popular ''Grand Th... Continue Bio >>
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Andover residents crowded into the Collins Center on Sunday afternoon and filled it with a bit of patriotic pride.
The town Veterans' Service Office hosted a free concert featuring "the president's own" United States Marine Band at the Collins Center for the Performing Arts at Andover High School.
The band is the oldest performing musical organization in the United States, and performs at the White House more than 300 times each year.
The U.S. Marine Band has significant ties to Massachusetts as it was the first president from Massachusetts who founded the group.
On July 11, 1798, President John Adams approved legislation that officially brought the United States Marine Band into being. In its infancy, the band consisted of a drum major, fife major and 32 drums and fifes.
"When the nation's capital relocated from Philadelphia to the new Federal city of Washington in 1800, the Marine Band came with the chief executive and made its White House debut at President and Mrs. John Adams' first New Year's Day reception in 1801," according to the White House Historical Association. "Present at many of the most memorable and cherished moments in our nation's history, the band played for the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg when President Abraham Lincoln gave his immortal address. It has provided music for every inauguration since the time of Thomas Jefferson, the president who gave them the title, 'The President's Own.'"