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Green Briar Ridge - Our Ravens Glenn Winery Location- (within 2 miles of Ravens Glenn). Can sleep up to 8 people.
Enjoy this private setting on 25 wooded acres. Gorgeous Log Cabin sitting above a 2.5 acre stocked pond.
Authentic Log Home in a Gorgeous setting- What a Private, Relaxing Retreat. Fishing, Paddle Boat provided, Row Boat Provided, Walks around the Pond (Driveway around pond is a 0.8 Loop). Sitting on Back Porch or Dock house listening to the sound of the Fountain. (MORE DETAILS ON "OUR CABINS" PAGE)
Debbie B.
Pittsburgh, PA
cant wait to plan my next visit
Date of review: Feb 13, 2011
My hubby and I do alot of weekend get aways. I found these cabins off of a link to one of our favorite wineries. From the moment I began the booking process, to the very end of the trip it was a superb experience. The cabins are one of the nicest we have ever stayed. So many attention to details. From the high end sheets to the fluffy towels. Even the stairs leading to the unit were cleaned and snow free. This is a class operation. It was so relaxing . I would highly recommend the cabins. While staying here make sure you have a meal at the warehouse steak and stein.
Date of stay: February 2011
Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? Yes
Topsfield, MA
A Fine Place to Stay
Date of review: Nov 2, 2010
I have stayed at Roscoe Hillside cabins many times - about four times a year for about four days or more each visit. The cabins are spacious and quiet and very convenient, and the woodsey setting is very enjoyable.
Date of stay: August 2010
Visit was for: Business
Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? Yes
Logan, Ohio
Sep 26, 2010
"We enjoy the Roscoe Hillside cabins so much that it has become our Annual "sisters" retreat. We have come to enjoy the relaxing picturesque view from the front porch. It is conveniently located near Historic Roscoe Village and close to Amish Country .A nice get- away from the big city life. Caring staff that is just a telephone call away. Looking forward to year number seven."
Cleveland, Ohio
Sep 7, 2010
"The Roscoe Hillside Cabins were wonderful! We had a large group use 3 of the cabins. Everyone loved their stay! The cabins were clean, well stocked and in a gorgeous setting.
We'll definitely go back"
Washington DC, District of Columbia
Sep 3, 2010
"Private cabins, great staff ,clean. have stayed many times a gem"
Asheville, North Carolina
Aug 24, 2010
"I had to travel to the area for a sad occasion and needed a place of peace and serenity. The cabin was cozy and inviting and had all the amenities I could have wanted. The bedding and towels were exquisite. The large whirlpool tub, divine! The description "cabin" conjures up rough and rustic. I like to describe it as elegantly rustic! A cabin with all the extras. Perfect! The owners were so helpful and couldn't have been more accommodating.
I took a tour of the darling town, and even went to an airshow. A day of touring the Amish country side was absolutely beautiful and very interesting. I had a fun afternoon shopping at a well equipped county market / antique shop. Loved it, and hope to return for some of the great festivals the area has to offer."
Long Beach, California
Aug 23, 2010
"Roscoe Hillside Cabins has become our home away from home recently. We love the cabins and have stayed in three of them in the past few years. The friendly staff is wonderful and professional each time and I have recommended to my friends and family. If you want a quiet, peaceful and relaxing vacation or getaway you will not be disappointed!!"
Galion, Ohio
Aug 23, 2010
"Tucked away in the cabins but close to everything you need!! Wonderfull furnishings and friendly service and attention from the caretaker. Our first stay we rented multiple cabins for my daughters wedding party and out of town guests, what a memory!! We returned for a little family reunion a year later! Charlene was great to work with, we wish them many more years! Thanks for the memories!! Can't wait to return"
Talking Rock, Georgia
Jun 18, 2010
"We recently stayed at Roscoe Hillside Cabins in Coshcton, Ohio. What a wonderful family get away. There were loads of local ventures. We went to the Ballon Festival, Corvette show and went to Amish Country. Truely, there was not enough time given to this trip. After a FULL day of fun we headed back to the relaxation of the quaint cabins. Rocking chairs on the porches and the jacuzzi tubs. We had our choice of eating in town or cooking at the cabin. I would love to go back at anytime. Thank you so very much"
*We had a wonderful time! My girls had a blast. I am actually thinking about sending my parents for a couple nights as a Christmas gift. Thanks again for everything!
*Thank you! We had a lovely time! Kudos to the decorators! Currently making plans to theme each of our guest bedrooms at the family cabin here in Sunny California!
It was the perfect retreat in the middle of a very long vacation in Charleston! I will remember Roscoe Village each Christmas as I decorate my tree as I purchased some wonderful wooden beads to string on my tree, and a cute little sleigh made on site from the Xmas store and Visitors Center!
*Thanks so much for such a lovely cabin! We had a wonderful time! We got to meet Doug - what a nice guy...he showed us the other cabins and even remembered to wish my husband a happy birthday!
*Everyone had a great time. We really enjoyed our stay. The cabin is beautiful. We all agreed that this must become a tradition for us. Doug the caretaker was wonderful. He was always around to see if everything was OK. We are looking forward to next year. We'll spread the word. I may want to bring my wife down in the spring. Thanks again.
*Thank you very much for your hospitality in the Moose Cabin. We thoroughly enjoyed the quiet and cleanliness of the unit. I guarantee you will see us again, probably when the snow is flying. I think we will want to stay
longer next time though! Thanks again.
*We just spent the weekend in the Moose cabin and thoroughly enjoyed our stay. Thank you for making our anniversary a special one! We will be back.
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Situated in Vittel, this hotel is close to Thermes de Vittel, Vittel-Ermitage Golf, and Contrexeville Casino. Local attractions also include Thermes de Contrexeville.
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In addition to a restaurant, Inter-Hotel Providence features a bar/lounge. Other amenities include complimentary wireless Internet access and free self parking.
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Televisions come with satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary wireless Internet access, televisions, and complimentary toiletries.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Event facilities measuring 430 square feet (40 square meters) include a meeting/conference room. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Total number of rooms - 39
- Number of floors - 3
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Elevator/lift
- Free Wi-Fi
- One meeting room
- Restaurant
- Conference space size (feet) - 430
- Free self parking
- Conference space size (meters) - 40
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
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- Satellite TV service
- Free Wi-Fi
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
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Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7 AM and 9:30 AM.
Avenue - This restaurant specializes in French cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Open select days
- Recreation
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
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- Check-in
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-in time ends at 11 PM
Special check-in instructions:Arrivals after 11 PM require advance notice. Contact information for the hotel can be found in the booking confirmation.
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Check-out time is noon
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Pets allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
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We have included all charges provided to us by the property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 0.67 per person, per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Breakfast fee: EUR 9.00 per person (approximately)
- Pet fee: EUR 5.00 per pet, per day
- Crib (infant bed) fee: EUR 5.00 per night
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"A good scout is a dead scout."
Wili had heard it on his second or third turn. And it had stayed with him. A dead scout is a good scout, because at least a dead scout had managed to find the enemy. A bad scout would be one that failed to find the enemy, and led his fellows into a trap.
It was a depressing philosophy, but Wili could not help repeating the phrase to himself a hundred times a turn. A good scout is a dead scout. Above all things, he wanted to be a good scout. Perhaps not above all things. Deep in his heart, Wili knew that he wanted one thing more. He wanted to live. And that was where the problem lay.
This turn it was a mass of forest hexes, two turns march from Idlesmere. There were enemies in the battlespace. Of course there were enemies in the battlespace, there were always enemies in the battlespace. But this turn the higher ups seemed quite certain about where the enemy was. In these forest hexes. Somewhere. Send in the scouts. Wili and his mates, transported here at great expense, riding in a Dwigible, saving their move for arrival. From up above, Wili had a great view of the landscape, and used his natural ability to estimate the size of their own forces. Maybe three hundred units were heading up the road to the forest – Infantry, Cavalry, great hulking beasts every so often. The army was strung out on the road, stack limited if they wanted the movement bonus. And they did. Commander Lord Dunkin was in a great hurry to meet the foe. Hence the Dwigible. And the extra stack of scouts, ready to go skulking in the woods and hopefully get killed encountering the enemy.
Wili did not hear the plan for himself, but simply followed the instructions of the stack sergeant. One by one the scouts would enter a hex, search it, carefully, thoroughly, and then head back to the boundary, where they would communicate their discovery or otherwise through a simple set of hand signals. It only cost move to enter or leave a hex. Moving around inside was a free action. Sometimes it cost move to do a really thorough check of a particularly dark grove, or a tumble of lumber. But this was to be avoided, Wili knew. Save your move. You might need it.
The next hex was a light forest hex. Not as many trees, less cost to enter, fewer places to hide. Less bonuses for forest capable units, more open space for archery. Wili got the nod, and stepped over the boundary, watching where his feet would touch the ground. A good scout is a dead scout. But to be killed by a pit-trap or trip-wire? That was not the mark of a good scout.
The hex was empty. There were some tall birches, and a scenic pond in a small meadow. But of enemies there was no sight. But there was a smell. Wili slowly drew his leg back into the shadow of a tree, and stood perfectly still. There was a smell that had no place in a light forest hex. What was it? Tangy. Brown. Shaving cream. Leather? Was it leather? Wili tilted his head and closed his eyes. Yes, it was leather, a worked product, something that would not occur naturally in a wilderness hex. But something that could be used to make a saddle, or a harness, or even some kinds of armour. It would have to be processed in a village or town. It should not be here.
Wili spent two more move. He was running low, now. The turn was coming to an end. His stack sergeant would know he had spent the move – there was some kind of natural link there. Hopefully it would alert the sergeant and his superiors that there was something odd about this particular hex. Hopefully they would not send another good scout into this hex until Wili was sure what he had sensed. Wili spent one move on increasing his stealth, and the second on increasing his senses. It would improve his chances of success at hiding and spotting. But there was nothing to see. Wili made his way around the entire hex, flitting from tree to tree, scanning every blade of grass, and searching the branches above him for any sign of…, well, of anything. Nothing. Not a sausage.
It was taking too long, Wili knew. He was holding up the advance. The entire stack was waiting for him to clear this hex before they moved on, and the Army was waiting on the scouts before they could move into their attack positions. There was nothing here. And yet, Wili knew there must be something here. He had smelled it.
Wili made his way back to the tree where he had smelled the leather. The aroma was still there, not strong, not overpowering, but clearly there. Where? There was only one part of the hex Wili had not examined minutely. The meadow, with the scenic pond. Wili had looked at it, certainly. But he had not stepped out into the clearing and walked to the water's edge. If there was an enemy in this hex, Wili would become very obvious to them once he left the shade of the trees. It would be an easy task to cut him down. He would most likely never even realise it had happened. Decision time. Would Wili be a good scout, or would he be an alive scout?


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With the election decided, all eyes turn to January, when mandatory across-the-board cuts will be enacted unless Congress makes a deal to solve the budget deficit. Emily McCord is joined by Bill Hershey for this week's PoliticsOhio. He's covered every Ohio Presidential election since 1980 and speaks to McCord about the challenges President Obama has to avoid sequestration cuts and about how changing demographics affects future races and the importance of swing state Ohio
Congressman Mike Turner speaks to Emily McCord for this week's PoliticsOhio. Turner says his history as a Congressman and Mayor of Dayton is reason for voters to give him another term. He discusses with McCord his views on sequestration, what he will and will not compromise on to get a budget deal passed through Congress, and how he believes Delphi workers should have their pensions restored.
Sharen Neuhardt is running for the newly formed 10th congressional district. She sat down with Emily McCord for this week's edition of PoliticsOhio to say why she thinks she'll win the election. Neuhardt the state of her campaign, the potential defense cuts coming with sequestration and its impact on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and how she plans to help Delphi workers that lost their pension after the company went through bankruptcy.
Yesterday (8-14-12), Elected leaders from Montgomery and Greene Counties joined Congressman Mike Turner for a community forum focusing on the impact that sequestration defense cuts will have on the Dayton region. They heard testimony from local experts and business leaders about possible affects of the defense cuts, which have a growing number of people worried about their communities.
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Do yourself (and your truck) a favor by checking out The Range Technology V8 AFM Eliminator module. Plain and simple, it works.The Cheap-*ss Modder & Thread Killer
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I have a 2014 5.3 Sierra. Putting shift lever into M5 mode DOES prevent the cylinder deactivation mode. Keeping it in M5 mode keeps the truck in V8 mode 100% of the time; which I prefer when driving below 60 mph.
When I get on hwy, I push the + button to go to M6. It will then allow the cylinder deactivation to act normally. When I get off the hwy, I push the - button to go back to M5. It then operates in V8 mode, and still operates as an automatic transmission in 1-5 gears.
My question is... Does cylinder deactivation hurt the engine? I'm reading a lot of posts about oil burning. I'm considering the AFM Range in order to disable the V4 mode completely. Any thoughts?
I put the Range on my 2013 the day after it came home, new, from the dealer back in early June. I had seen tons of issues that folks had posted regarding AFM problems. Many TSB's out from GM on how to address engine issues, that seem to be directly attributable to AFM.
But the AFM thing went against everything I hate. Guess it is my upbringing, 7 years in the military, and other experiences, that make be uneasy about some cylinders working while others are out on a smoke break. I realize that the government has had a big influence on GM in the last few years, but I am not going to have my engine acting like government workers, where 4 stand around goofing off while the other 4 work. I dissolved that "union contract" in my engine and demand that when I turn on the key, all cylinders are required to "pack the gear" and work as a team. I paid for 8 cylinders, and I expect them all to work. That is how engines are designed.
I am reminded of a Star Trek movie, where they stole the original Enterprise and the new Excellsior star ship was going to give chase but conked out. Scotty is heard commenting "aye, the more complicated the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain". This whole AFM thing brings a level of complexity to the engines that is unnecessary and shows no appreciable return for the design cost. It was done merely to placate some government dweebs. Many who have shut it off have reversed oil consumption issues and have not experienced any mpg hit for doing so. And of all the posts I have read about shutting it off, I have never read of a single occurrence where someone regretted it.
How you go about it... tune or Range... just do it! You will not regret it.Hey there, VA, what do ya' say? How many vets did you kill today?
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New Volkswagen Partnership Helps Drive Conservation Efforts
Added Support for Tennessee Aquarium Field Projects
Chattanooga, Tenn. (April 6, 2010) – A wide range of Tennessee Aquarium conservation efforts will get a boost from Volkswagen, which today becomes the official sponsor of the Aquarium's conservation efforts. This new partnership will help support field projects ranging from the award-winning "Saving the Sturgeon" program to work with hellbender salamanders and other endangered aquatic species.
"Sustainability is one of Volkswagen's core company values, so supporting environmental conservation and education with the Tennessee Aquarium is a perfect fit," said Dr. Guenther Scherelis, Volkswagen General Manager of Communication. "Volkswagen is proud to be the Official Sponsor of Tennessee Aquarium conservation programs and the real-world effects they are having on the ecosystem here in Tennessee," he said.
Up until now, most of the Aquarium's conservation work has been done off-site at the Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute, TNACI, located in Cohutta, Georgia. Now, thanks in part to this new partnership with Volkswagen, Aquarium guests are able to see the Barrens Topminnow Lab exhibit in action and interact with aquarists there every time they visit. "This lab doesn't just look like a working lab for propagation, it is a working lab," says Thom Demas, curator of fishes.
Lately there's been a bit of a Barrens baby boom at the Tennessee Aquarium. And it's a population explosion that will help save a native fish species from the brink of extinction. "We have had nearly 1,500 Barrens topminnows young of the year already," said senior aquarist Matt Hamilton. "My production target for the year was 2,000 juveniles." He points to this new work environment for the increase in topminnow births. "The fish absolutely love it," Hamilton said. "We had 88 topminnows born this past week alone. Part of the reason for this fast start is warmer, more controlled water temperatures than what we had at TNACI or at the Animal Care Facility."
While spring break "Keeper Kids" will be getting a closer look at this important conservation effort from inside the Barrens Topminnow Lab exhibit this week, Hamilton and others will be releasing Aquarium-reared topminnows into Middle Tennessee springs. "We will be working with our partners to release about 200 fish into the Elk River system and another 300 topminnows between two sites within the Duck River system," said Hamilton.
The Barrens topminnow was first discovered in 1983 in a handful of locations in middle Tennessee. This rare fish almost disappeared forever less than 10 years later. At the time, the Barrens topminnow was surviving in just two locations. "This fish by all means qualifies to be protected by the Endangered Species Act," Hamilton said. But instead of federally listing the fish, officials decided to try working with area landowners to protect the habitat and begin an unprecedented restoration pilot project to save the Barrens topminnow.
Instead of restricting water and land use, U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials entered into cooperative agreements with local landowners to identify suitable habitat for the fish and protect those areas. In some cases that meant providing fencing to keep cattle out of sensitive areas, or paving streambeds for cattle crossings. In other cases it meant helping develop alternative water sources so local farmers could still water their livestock without degrading the habitat for the fish.
The Tennessee Aquarium began raising Barrens topminnows for the restoration project in 1998 along with partners from Conservation Fisheries, Inc., Tennessee Technological University, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Geological Survey. This week's field work will bring the total number of Barrens topminnows released to 32,000. "Thanks to these efforts, Barrens topminnows are now found in 11 populations in Tennessee instead of just two," said Hamilton.
This new partnership with Volkswagen helps strengthen TNACI efforts to protect and preserve vital freshwater species in the Tennessee Valley.
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Do you want to take fly fishing photos like a pro this spring and summer? Come join Trout's and Tim Romano on March 14th at 6:00pm on the second floor of the shop. Tim will present a free clinic to help improve your on-the-water shooting strategy and photography tactics. In addition to Tim, Trout's will have a Yeti Cooler packed with Oskar Blues beer and everyone who attends will be entered to win a Tim Romano print.


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When the 927 West Morgan apartment community opens next month near downtown Raleigh, it will offer residents a level of luxury that earlier generations of renters would likely find unrecognizable.
The 249 units will feature granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, faux hardwood flooring, plus two saltwater swimming pools, two health clubs and outdoor grilling stations.
Such comforts have become increasingly commonplace in apartment projects in the Triangle, which has not gone unnoticed by many real estate agents who have younger clients looking to buy.
"A lot of folks are situated in very nice rentals right now," said Kelly Cobb, a real estate agent with Fonville Morisey in Cary. "These apartment complexes have gyms, and they have granite and they have stainless steel. If they can't go buy that, they'd just as soon continue to rent."
The willingness of many younger buyers in their 20s and 30s to be both picky and patient helps explain the ongoing strength of the Triangle apartment market. Although the region's housing market has improved considerably over the past year, the recovery hasn't converted nearly as many renters into owners as had been expected.
The region's apartment vacancy rate hit a 12-year low in September, according to data from Karnes Research and the Triangle Apartment Association, even as landlords raised rents by 9 percent over a three-year period.
And rents have been rising as homeownership has become more affordable. Over that same three-year period, housing prices in the Triangle fell 4 to 5 percent, according to the Housing Price Index published by the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Some of the Triangle's newer apartment communities now charge rents above $1,000 for a one-bedroom unit, sums that could easily translate into a monthly mortgage payment on a starter home given where interest rates stand.
While the lingering psychological and economic effects of the recession account for some of the hesitancy to buy, Triangle real estate agents say there also appears to be a mismatch between what many younger buyers want in a house and what is available in their price range. Inventory levels in the Triangle are near record lows, and many of the homes for sale are older and in need of updating.
"Some of their taste buds are pretty expensive. A lot of (young buyers) are not necessarily willing to go in and update," said Jenny Lundquist, an agent with Allen Tate Real Estate in Wake Forest. "They want everything in tip-top condition to start with."
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Scott Moore, a 22-year-old network engineer with Cisco Systems, has two main requirements for his future home: It must be near a park and the inside has to be pristine.
"The inside just has to be spectacular for me," Moore said. "I plan on living there for at least five or 10 years-plus, so it's got to be something that I can live in."
Spectacular means hardwood floors at least on the first floor and preferably darker wood-stained cabinets.
"I don't have to have granite countertops, but a granite countertop is definitely a plus," he said.
Moore has been house hunting in Southeast Durham for the past month, focusing on neighborhoods that would be both 15 minutes from his offices in Research Triangle Park and from Brier Creek. He currently lives with three college friends in The Enclave at Crossroads, a Raleigh apartment complex, but has grown tired of sending monthly checks for something he'll never own.
Moore has been looking at town houses and single-family homes priced between $150,000 to $200,000. Many have lacked stainless steel appliances.
"That's something, if it's going to be in there already, that's something that I really want," he said. "I just like the way they look."
Stacey Anfindsen, a Cary appraiser who analyzes Multiple Triangle Listing data for area real estate agents, said such expectations help explain one of the more puzzling characteristics of the region's current housing recovery. While the Triangle now has just a five-month supply of homes on the market, the overall days-on-the-market of the homes that are selling remains well above 100 days.
"The only way that you can explain it is because of the amount of housing stock in the inventory that hasn't been updated," Anfindsen said. "And these buyers ... there's no urgency for them. ... This is the first generation that has had to look at a lot of housing stock that is inferior to what they grew up in."
The situation is producing encounters such as the one Anfindsen said an agent recently recounted to him about a showing with a young aspiring homeowner. The agent took the buyer into an older house that had laminate countertops.
"They said 'What is that on the counter?' They'd never seen it before," Anfindsen said.
More apartments coming
Such expectations from buyers can be particularly frustrating for sellers because updating the finishings, appliances and floors in an older home can cost $5,000 to $10,000 at a minimum. And in today's market, buyers likely won't be able to recoup that money in a higher sales price.
"I call it an entry fee," Anfindsen said.
Roberto Quercia, director of UNC-Chapel Hill's Center for Community Capital, said one of the things that has emerged from the housing bust is that the housing preferences of the millennials, the generation born between 1978 and 2000, don't necessarily match the housing stock that was built in the boom years.
"A lot of the housing for sale is in places that are not the kind of neighborhoods that millennials are attracted to," said Quercia, whose center studies issues related to homeownership. Many young professionals, he said, now desire to live in more urban areas near both jobs and nightlife options, but owning a home in such places is often prohibitively expensive. He said tightened mortgage lending requirements and high levels of student debt are also changing how younger people view homeownership.
All these factors make it clear why apartment developers have proposed a slew of new projects in the Triangle, particularly in downtown Raleigh and Durham, North Hills and Brier Creek. Some apartment developers argue that the long-held notion that homeownership is somehow superior to renting has been discredited.
"The homeownership myth has been blown up," said Jim Zanoni, an owner of the FMW Real Estate, the Charlotte developer behind 927 West Morgan. "People are waiting and going, well, I would rather rent and have the flexibility and all these amenities, which I'm probably not going to get in the price range I'm looking for."
Such declarations may be premature, given that the bust was only five years ago. As the Triangle's housing market improves, and prices rise, sellers will regain the upper hand, and younger buyers may be less inclined to sit on the sidelines and wait for the perfect house to come along.
"It's dangerous to extrapolate from a time of crisis to what it would be in normal times," Quercia said. "This would be like trying to predict the future of shipbuilding from the deck of the Titanic. ... We've had so many years of bad news that it's difficult for us to envision a time of normalcy."
News researcher David Raynor contributed.
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This event is designed for people interested in learning more about the wonderful journey towards becoming a Waldorf teacher. There will be an overview of Waldorf education, as well as an overview of the 3-year part-time Teacher Training Program of Rudolf Steiner College in San Francisco.
Our training program is suitable for would-be teachers as well as parents interested in child development. You are encouraged to bring your curiosity and your questions, and we hope to see many new faces there!
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I think System Wars would be a better place for a discussion of this topic but my opinion is I am just unhappy with the design of the consoles controller and their poor decisions in the market.
I don't care just as long as you can play games with a proper controller and not a tablet like controller.
I think it looks great the only problem is it's a Wii U game and I wouldn't get a system for just 1 or 2 games given its price tag but it seems more interesting than the new Smash Bros does.
Very much so the ones on disc and the ones I have downloaded.
Won't get a 9 so an 8 possibly.
Still number 2 it laid the foundations for what the series was supposed to be and hasn't been topped.
@BiggChonies882 said: @chocolate1325 said: I think that you might be making a mistake buying Ground Zeroes because you might get the wrong impression about MGS.Not true. Ground Zeroes is the very ess...
I don't think either of them can be called overatted just well designed games. The first one had such a great atmosphere and feel that you were the Dark Knight himself but the bosses did suck especia...
Probably the Phantom Pain I think that is the only one that has a chance. Uncharted peaked at number 2 and I don't that Ocarina will be topped and probably the next big Mario game won't come out till...
I don't think SEGA could afford to do that with Sonic since there are alot of fans of Sonics in the world.
There were certain gripes I had with Skyward Sword like the Dowsing and the lack of stuff to do whilst flying a Loftwing but overall I thought some of the temples were actually pretty good. The one w...
Street Fighter just because of it balance and gameplay especially Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo.
Number 3 clinches it for me but the saga as a whole was very good but number 3 had the best bosses and amazing soundtrack plus it really did push stealth gameplay with the different types of camoflau...
True that the main aspect of a game is being able to play it the graphics make it look nice but without a solid story or lastability it could end up being garbage. I mean look at the games from the S...
I think that you might be making a mistake buying Ground Zeroes because you might get the wrong impression about MGS.
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If that would have happened the Single Player would have probably suffered and I don't think anyone cares. More people perfer single player to online multiplayer anyway and a 96% average says otherwi...
I think saying it sucked is a bit harsh it wasn't the best 3D Zelda game far from it but it is still a game worth owning and I aren't surprised the music was ace since the series is known for having ...
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UNODC Youth Initiative
Our mission is to empower and connect youth from around the globe to become active in their schools, communities and youth groups for the prevention of substance abuse. This site will help equip young people with resources and opportunities to help them make the best decisions for themselves and impact their communities on issues related to drugs.
We know our world's youth have lots of great ideas and can make a positive impact on the world. We want to help give them a voice, not just to peers and local communities, but also to leaders of international organization and policy makers from around the globe.
We have launched a Facebook Page to connect with youth from around the globe! We'll be hosting a variety of discussions, activities, contests, and events throughout the year. Please join us!
The United Nations is committed to working with youth. Below are some resources that may be of use for youth and youth leaders. While we hope these resources will provide a good foundation to learn about issues related to drugs, our real goal is for it to be a starting point for individual discovery processes and leadership in disseminating positive awareness in local and global community.
For questions, comments and ideas, you can also contact us directly under the following E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Make the Youth Initiative a reality in your community - Apply for a grant!
Every year UNODC is able to promote drug prevention in many countries all around the world thanks to the work and generosity of the Drug Abuse Prevention Centre (DAPC) in Japan. The youth from DAPC mobilises communities and raises funds that they generously donate to the UNODC to support activities to prevent drug use among youth in low and middle income countries. This is truly from youth, to youth, for youth! Thanks to DAPC, UNODC will be able to sponsor activities of youth groups in low and middle income countries to initiate projects to empower youth to take more active roles in their communities and undertake drug prevention activities in line with the International Standards on Drug Use Prevention, and make the Youth Initiative a reality in their schools, communities, youth centres.
Apply for the 2014 grants!
The call for proposals for the 2014 DAPC-grants is out now! Please see
how to apply and what is the criteria for awarding the grants. Here is also the
application form to be submitted together with the
budget table.
We will accept applications until 29 August 2014, midnight (GMT+2 hours).
Youth Initiative Fact Sheets - get the facts and break the myths!
Fact Sheet 1 - Cannabis is harmless
We are not only the generation of tomorrow, we are the generation of today. We want and we can help!
A group of 50 youth from more than 30 countries gathered in Vienna from 12 to 13 March 2014 at the Youth Forum to share their experiences and visions regarding drug use prevention and to learn more about the global policy making structures and working mechanisms.
We Can Move the World
Nine youth leaders, engaged to drug use prevention in their communities in 7 different countries, were gathered in Vienna 11-15 March to share their experiences, opinions and visions, and to deliver their joint message to the representatives from Civil Society, Governments and the United Nations, during the fifty-sixth Commission on Narcotic Drugs.
DAPC 2012 Grants Awarded
For the 2012 DAPC grants we received 203 proposals before the deadline, out of which 24 were selected for funding based on the quality and feasibility of the project proposal and on the geographical balance. Congratulations to the winners!
Read more about the projects selected for funding
Youth Initiative officially launched!
"Think ahead, act in longer terms, and let us not fail". These were a few of the messages presented by the Youth Initiative during the 55 th Commission on Narcotic Drugs, held in Vienna, Austria, from 12 to 16 March 2012.
The 20 young persons from 7 different countries and from the Vienna International School had the opportunity to exchange opinions and experiences, and analyze together the situation of drug use, prevention and treatment in their communities. Based on this they produced two statements, and addressed representatives from Civil Society, Governments and the United Nations with their hopes, dreams, and personal commitment for action.
Youth Discussion Guide vol II: more thematic overviews, activities, links
Youth Discussion Guide: thematic overviews, activities, links
Resources from previous UNODC Youth Projects
A Participatory Handbook for Youth Drug Prevention Programs
Equal Partners: guide to organising events


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By Francis Scarcella
The Daily Item
— SUNBURY — City police are investigating the former treasurer of a Sunbury fire house who Thursday was banned for life from the company for "improper behavior."
A panel of 18 members of the Rescue Hose Fire Company levied accusations against Rick Sinko, the city's third assistant fire chief.
Mayor David Persing was informed Thursday by letter of Sinko's banning, and when questioning the board's decision, was told it related to finances. Sinko was banned from the volunteer force after Rescue board president Stanley Wirth said an investigation was under way for the past two months concerning Sinko and a female bartender.
The fire company issued a letter to city officials on Thursday informing them of its decision, Wirth said.
Sunbury Fire Chief Mike Rhoads confirmed that Sinko has been ousted, and that he may not respond to any city fires.
"This is a single department issue and has nothing to do with any other departments in the city," Rhoads said. Mum on "improper behavior"
Neither Wirth nor Rhoads would explain the "improper behavior."
When Persing questioned the improper behavior, he was told it related to finances.
"I asked Stanley Wirth what this was about and all he said was it was a financial issue," Persing said. "We are not going to hide from anything in this city and I am not sure how much money they are talking about."
Sunbury Police Chief Steve Mazzeo confirmed that the Rescue Hose Company filed a complaint against Sinko and an investigation has begun.
"This is an ongoing investigation and we can't comment at this time," Mazzeo said.
Sunbury City Council was also informed of Sinko's lifelong ban. Councilman Jim Eister said after receiving the letter from the fire company he immediately contacted Wirth and they met to discuss the letter at City Hall.
Eister said council will be looking at the situation closely.
Persing said the city was unaware of anything happening until Wirth informed officials that a panel of 18 people met and determined there was enough information to contact city police.
Contacted Thursday, Sinko said he had no comment and directed all questions to Rhoads.
Wirth said the bartender is Sinko's girlfriend and she also received a lifelong ban. Firefighter for three decades
Sinko, who has been a firefighter for nearly three decades, was instrumental in helping flood victims during the September 2011 disaster that hit the Valley. He was among the members of the Sunbury Water Rescue Team honored by former Fire Chief Dean Weirick for its efforts during the flooding crisis.
Sinko also helped the city in 2011 when it needed assistance in raising money for sections of new fire hoses.
Tax filings for the Rescue Hose Company show that Sinko was the treasurer of the company in 2010 and that during its most recent fiscal year, the fire house had gross receipts of $924,945. More than two-thirds of that revenue, $708,000 came from gaming. The fire company reported that it paid out $585,834 in winnings for the year.
The Rescue Hose Company is one of six city companies that make up the Sunbury Volunteer Fireman's Relief Association.
Each of those companies is responsible for itself and file its own individual tax forms, Rhoads said.
Amerman & Amerman, of Sunbury, prepared the 2010 tax filing for the Rescue Hose and Bruce Amerman on Thursday said he was in the process of filing the 2011 returns, but that paperwork has been delayed while unspecified questions are resolved.
He said it is not that uncommon for such questions to delay such filings.
"I can say I have questions about any of my clients returns," he said.
Amerman said he does not audit reports, but that forms are due by Nov. 15.


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AMY IVY, Cornell Cooperative Extension
---- — A lot of us have at least a few days off this week for the holidays and you may be feeling a little restless. Here are some garden related things you might do now or any weekend this winter.
If the weather permits, plan your time off around a trip to the Montreal Botanical Gardens. We are fortunate to live so close to such an amazing resource. Any time of year there is always something interesting to see. Their holiday displays will be up through Jan. 6 and they are open every day but Mondays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For details on times, costs and schedules, visit the Botanical Gardens Web site (it's easy to find with Google or any other search engine).
The Botanical Gardens have 10 greenhouses filled with all kinds of plants from all kinds of climates. Even in winter the gardens can be fun outside if the weather isn't too harsh. Don't miss my favorite place, the Insectarium, with more than 160,000 live and mounted specimens.
If you're a gardener, chances are good you received a gardening book recently. Now is a perfect time to start perusing. Or maybe you're like me and have a growing pile of books you've received in the past but haven't had time to really study yet.
Garden catalogs are replacing Christmas cards in the mail now. If you read them with a jaundiced eye you can often glean a lot of information out of them. Some have excellent growing information while others gloss over the details in an effort to persuade you. Remember the old adage – if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is.
While I'm talking about reading, you might also consider signing up for our monthly home gardening newsletter, North Country Gardening. There's no charge and it's a good way to keep in touch with our upcoming workshops and programs. You can also check out our website with links to Cornell resources and our various Facebook pages, too at http://cce.cornell.edu/clinton.
This would be a great time to get a garden journal started. Don't wait until spring when you're juggling 15 packets of seeds with muddy fingers to set this up.
Vegetable gardeners should keep track of the varieties they grow each year, where they got the plants or seeds from, when they planted the seeds or transplanted the plants, etc.
Perennial flower gardeners often make journals in a loose-leaf binder with a page for each species or variety of plant they grow. Cut out a picture from a catalog and be sure to find the Latin name so you can start learning them. Make notes about what the plant needs to grow well then jot down when you planted it, from where, when you divided it, when its first flowers appeared, when you cut it down, etc. Since it's looseleaf you can easily insert new plants and alphabetize them by their Latin names.
I can't stress it enough, the information you write down about your own experiences (and believe me, you're not going to keep all these details in your head!) will be a huge help to you in the future. Set up some charts or pages now while you've got a little time to make it easier for you to record your experiences and observations next spring.
Best wishes to everyone for a fruitful and healthy New Year!
Amy Ivy is executive director of Cornell Cooperative Extension, Clinton County. Office phone numbers: Clinton County, 561-7450; Essex County, 962-4810; Franklin County, 483-7403. Website: www.cce.cornell.edu/ecgardening. Email questions to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Tonawanda News — LOCKPORT — Niagara County Sheriff's Deputy Kevin J. Rohde has resigned, a little less than a year after pleading guilty without admission to charges stemming from a sexual incident involving a 13-year-old girl in March 1999, Niagara County Sheriff James R. Voutour said.
The resignation ends the hearing process in which the county was seeking permission to fire Rohde. The process was close to a conclusion, Voutour said.
In Feburary, Rohde, 32, was granted a one-year conditional discharge for endangering the welfare of a child and was given youthful offender status because he was 18-years-old at the time of the alleged incident. The charge was a misdemeanor.
He never returned to duty after his September 2011 arrest and according to See Through New York, Rohde was paid $64,479 last year.


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Pleadings, Briefs, and Jury Charges
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The Center for Animal Law and Advocacy based on Dayton, Ohio sued the defendant, Bryon Maggard, for his actions taken against his dog, Sadie. On March 17, 2002, the defendant beat Sadie with a skillet, tried to hang her with an electrical cord, and then set her on fire. The Center, which initiates civil litigation on behalf of companion animals and their guardians in an attempt to elevate the legal status of such animals, sued for compensatory damages in the amount of $25,000 to cover costs of Sadie�s veterinary treatment and rehabilitation, and asked the court to prohibit defendant from owning any animals in the future.
It should be noted that, according to news accounts, Maggard (age 19 at the time of the assault) received 30 days in jail, was fined $2,000, and was ordered to receive anger and alcohol counseling.
Chronology of Documents:
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Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. Program
In addition to its own graduate programs, the Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology Department participates in the training of Ph.D. students who are members of the interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program. The faculty have specific interest in neuroscience research and collaborate interdepartmentally with other faculty. Current topics of interest within the department involve neurotransmitter receptor expression, synaptic structure and function, and cellular localization of chemically defined synapses. The techniques used include intracellular recording and staining, immunohistochemistry, and confocal and electron microscopy.
The BMS program provides its first-year students a solid foundation in the core courses of biochemistry, cell biology, physiology, and intercellular communication, as well as the opportunity to participate in laboratory rotations. The second-year curriculum allows the student to select an area of specialization and take advanced course work in that area. Students then select a thesis advisor in their area of interest. Students who elect to study neuroscience within the Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology are required to master the techniques that will allow them to work for the next three years on thesis research.
The program does not have a fixed time for the awarding of the Ph.D. degree. This depends on the rate of progress of the individual student, but averages five years. Graduate credit applied toward the doctoral degree is valid for only nine years from the date the student enters the program. A minimum of 76 credit hours toward the doctoral degree must be completed at Wright State University.
Participating Faculty
The program is a cooperative effort between the College of Science and Mathematics and the Boonshoft School of Medicine, and includes scientists from various hospitals and associated biomedical institutions, and the Armstrong Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Admission Requirements
The applicant should have:
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution
- An undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
- One year of mathematics, including introductory calculus
- One year of physics
- One year of biology
- Two years of chemistry, including an organic chemistry sequence
The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is required, except for applicants to the M.D./Ph.D. program. A prospective student must submit one official transcript from each institution attended. Under special circumstances, deficiencies in prerequisites may be waived or corrective measures arranged by action of the Admissions Committee.
Degree Requirements
Students are asked to master a series of core courses, advanced content courses, and laboratory rotations. These serve as an interdisciplinary base for the development of dissertation research. The institution awards the degree when the student satisfactorily completes the required work.
The program first develops a reservoir of basic knowledge through an interdisciplinary core, consisting of biochemistry and molecular biology, cell biology, cell physiology, biophysics, and biostatistics. The advanced curriculum is organized into interdisciplinary tracks or areas of concentration.
The program requires students to take 18 credit hours of advanced courses and six seminars, pass a preliminary examination based on the advanced curriculum (usually at the end of the second year), and produce an acceptable dissertation based on original research.
Students may petition to be exempted from all or part of the core curriculum, usually by scoring a passing grade on an appropriate proficiency examination. Petitions may also be submitted for waiver of credit for previous graduate courses taken in another accredited program. Program tracks may be developed in the areas of bioengineering and biodynamics, physiology and biophysics, molecular and cellular biochemistry/biology, neuroscience, pharmacology and environmental toxicology.
Financial Aid
Most students admitted to the BMS Ph.D. Program are supported by financial aid either with a fellowship or an assistantship. Students receiving support are given a stipend and a full tuition remission for up to five years. Predoctoral assistantships are available to students on a competitive basis. Students awarded assistantship support are eligible for stipends and remission of tuition fees. Interest in financial support should be indicated at the time of application. No departmental financial aid is available for M.S. students.
For more information
Visit the Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. website or contact:
Dr. Mill W. Miller, Director
Biomedical Sciences Ph.D Program
114 Biological Sciences I
Wright State University
3640 Colonel Glenn Highway
Dayton OH 45435-0001
fax 937-775-3485


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Note: In accordance with MICA's policy regarding campus email, all electronic correspondence from the Decker Library & MRC will be sent to your mica.edu email address.
General Library Circulation Guidelines
- All patrons must present either a current MICA ID, a current BALC member institution ID or Decker Library alumni card in order to borrow materials.
- Books are borrowed for a period of three weeks for students and staff, one semester for faculty.
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- If a book that you need is on loan to another patron, you may ask the Circulation staff to place it on hold, and notify you when it is returned.
- Any book may be renewed if no other patron has placed a hold on it - see student guidelines for more information.
- Overdue charges are $0.25 a day per book, $1.00 a day per DVD.
- A book is considered lost if not returned within two months of the due date. The borrower is then charged the book's full replacement cost plus a $25 processing fee.
- After hours, books can be returned in the bookdrop located at the main entrance of the Library on the first floor of the Bunting Center.
- Library & MRC users can view a list of their checked-out items -- and students may renew items twice -- using the Library & MRC Catalog by clicking on "My Account".
- You can also view your Decker Library & MRC account using your mobile device! The free BookMyne app allows you to view your checked-out items, holds and fines, and allows students to renew items. Available in iTunes.


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CENTERVILLE — GIRL: Patrick and Kerensa Kettmann of Springville, Iowa are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Bindi Marie Kettmann. Bindi was born Sept. 1 in Cedar Rapids. She weighed seven pounds and eight ounces and was 21 inches long. Grand parents are Gary Strickler of Centerville, Dianne and Reggie Fuller of Sumner, Iowa and Mike and Dina Kettmann of Bellevue, Iowa. Maternal great-grandparents are the late Hank and Florence Strickler of Centerville and John A. Scott and the late Anna Marie Scott of Sumner. Paternal great-grandparents are Duane and Shirley Deutmeyer of Dubuque and Rosemary Kettmann and the late Milton Kettmann of Bellevue.
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- Alexander Elias Woodrick
- Averie Lynn and Alyssa Jean Cossolotto
- Gavynn Joseph Wendland
- Kane Alexander
- Jonah Lee Keller Vehar
- Johnny Royce Joiner
- William Landon Sidles
- Avery Ann Nielsen
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Declan, 4, and Leah, 2 announce the birth of their sister, Avery JoAnn born on April 26, 2012 at 1:39 p.m. at Ottumwa Regional Healthcare Center.
- Kaleha Jo Carson
- Dylan Andrew Whisler
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This week's "My turn" column is by Dr. William Streck, president and chief executive officer of Basset Healthcare.
The decisions by the boards of A.O. Fox Hospital and Bassett Healthcare to forge a new relationship with Fox as a Bassett affiliate are very timely ones.
This affiliation provides the opportunity to coordinate the delivery of health care services within the region and to support the missions of both organizations.
For Fox, this means serving as a community hospital for the Oneonta region with support of specialty services from Bassett. For Bassett, this means serving as the source of specialty care for the region and continuing the initiatives in research and education that comprise the other missions of Bassett.
For both organizations this means effective use of resources, more convenience for patients and learning from one another as we move forward.
The timeliness of this affiliation is emphasized by the politics of health care regionally and nationally. The continued financial distress of New York state continues to lead to significant reductions in payments for services to hospitals. These changes will be in the millions of dollars for Bassett and proportionally similar sums for Fox and other Bassett affiliates.
Medicare payments are also constrained. In the short term of 2010 and 2011, these reductions will limit all hospitals in ways yet to be fully defined. It will be a very difficult financial environment in the next few years.
Even if there is some recovery in New York state over the next several years, the national reform agenda clearly is one that is directed toward reduction of the use of hospitals.
Medicare is focused on reducing re-admission. There is increasing emphasis on managing chronic disease outside the hospital using services like At Home Care, a long-standing joint effort between Fox and Bassett. The introduction of global payments or other forms of managed care under the direction of systems like the Bassett model are being encouraged, as well.
All of these initiatives will result in fewer hospital admissions and more complete, integrated services to patients outside of hospitals.
So, for Bassett and Fox the task for the future is to adapt to these changes and to craft a system that meets patient needs and is financially viable.
It is a good thing we are starting now because this is going to be difficult work. Fortunately, Bassett is viewed as the type of system that is well-prepared to take advantage of the momentous changes that will occur in the next few years.
The Bassett Healthcare Network is much stronger because of it current affiliates _ O'Connor Hospital, Cobleskill Regional Hospital, Little Falls Hospital, Tri-Town Regional Hospital and Valley Health Services.
The network will be stronger still with the welcome addition of an institution like Fox, which brings a rich history of quality care and community service to our shared enterprise.
Dr. William Streck can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
To write for "My turn," contact Daily Star Publisher Tanya Shalor at email@example.com or 432-1000, ext. 214.


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There are many routes to a cooking career. Not so long ago, military and prison kitchens were reliable sources of line cooks for American restaurants. Now the siren song of reality television lures many recruits to kitchens and culinary schools.
But until recently, very few American chefs were born into the profession. Even the luminaries who led the American food revolution of the 1970s and '80s found their own ways to the stove – through travel, like Alice Waters, or anthropology, like Rick Bayless. Their parents were hardly encouraging.
"Cooking was not considered a respectable or profitable profession," said Maria Guarnaschelli, an eminent cookbook editor and the mother of Alex Guarnaschelli, who is the chef at Butter, in Greenwich Village. "We never thought our daughter would be a chef."
Now, a generation of chefs and entrepreneurs who grew up in the kitchen are shaping American food.
Sons and daughters
The sons of pioneering American chefs like Norman Van Aken, Bradley Ogden and Larry Forgione have grown into their own chef's whites. Sara Jenkins, 48, the chef and owner of Porsena and Porchetta in the East Village, trained her palate from childhood by globe-trotting with her mother, the Mediterranean food expert Nancy Harmon Jenkins.
Two of the most influential chefs in the Austin, Texas, area are Bryce Gilmore, of Barley Swine, and his father, Jack Gilmore, of Jack Allen's Kitchen. Bryce, 30, grew up learning at Jack's elbow – but today Bryce is coaching Jack, who quit a job as a corporate chef after 20 years to get back into the kitchen, in modern culinary arts like curing and cultivating relationships with farmers.
Second-generation entrepreneurs like Nicolas Jammet, whose parents, Rita and Andr Jammet, owned New York's elegant La Caravelle, are using their food knowledge outside the kitchen. Nic, 28, discovered an appetite for sophisticated, sustainable fast food while still in college; the chain he founded in 2007 in Washington, D.C., Sweetgreen, just opened its 20th store in the trendy NoMad hotel in Manhattan.
And some chefs who grew up in less rarefied settings – like Eddie Huang, 31, whose Taiwanese parents ran steak and seafood restaurants around Orlando, Fla. – are using their own professional kitchens to revisit the true flavors of their childhoods.
In all these ways, building on the work of food-world pioneers, the next generation is moving the culinary conversation forward. That is, when their mothers will let them into the kitchen.
Maria Guarnaschelli published authoritative cookbooks by writers like Julie Sahni and Barbara Tropp when most Americans didn't care about authentic cooking. But she didn't teach Alex to cook, because she couldn't tolerate messes or mistakes.
"I became a chef in spite of her," the daughter said, "but I am a perfectionist because of her, and I couldn't be a chef without that." (Last year, Alex, 44, worked up the courage to write her own cookbook, a lighthearted, messy and nonauthoritative book titled "Old-School Comfort Food.")
Family work ethic
When Dennis Lee, 33, and his brothers, Daniel, 32, and David, 30, started a business selling hot dogs from a stand in Golden Gate Park, their Korean-born mother was not enthusiastic. Even though the hot dogs were organic and garnished with kimchee and gochujang, cooking was the family business that she wanted her sons to escape.
"We were supposed to be doctors, not hot dog vendors," said Dennis, who is now the chef at Namu Gaji in San Francisco, which is owned by all three brothers.
The whole family had worked long hours at Dah-Mee, the popular pan-Asian restaurant in Natick, Mass., where their mother commanded a regiment of Korean, Japanese and Thai chefs. She insisted that staples like miso and soy sauce be made from scratch. Dennis became the kitchen's key translator among languages and cuisines. Namu Gaji's izakaya-style small plates, like napa cabbage, radish and pluots dressed with tangy ponzu and crisp seaweed, reflect how the brothers ate; the organic farm they've started reflects how hard they worked.
"I think that secretly or unconsciously, they were training me to stay in the food business," Dennis said of his parents. "They instilled in me this crazy work ethic where I always have to be in the kitchen."
Multigenerational restaurants are not a new idea. In Europe, toques are routinely passed down from father to son to grandson – and in a few recent cases, like Elena Arzak and Anne-Sophie Pic – from father to daughter. Restaurant dynasties in the United States include the Canlis family in Seattle, the Bastianichs in New York and the prolific Pappas family in the Southwest, who have birthed about 80 restaurants: Pappas Bros. Steakhouse, Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen, Pappasito's Cantina and more. But in those clans, business responsibilities are passed down, not culinary inspiration.
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"When he started East Coast Grill, farm-to-table wasn't a thing," he said of Chris Schlesinger, his uncle, who opened the restaurant in 1986. Schlesinger embraced an earthy, lively, DIY approach to cooking that was revolutionary at the time.
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Now, Schlesinger-Guidelli works at Island Creek Oyster Bar, a deceptively simple place in Boston that incorporates many of the big ideas about food that his uncle helped promote.
The menu is built around local ingredients like lobster, honey, cream, monkfish, clams and cucumbers, bought directly from the people who raise, catch or dig them; its owners, Skip Bennett and Shore Gregory, also own the sustainable Island Creek Oysters in nearby Duxbury, Mass., which supplies many top restaurants in the Northeast; and the company's foundation promotes aquaculture as a form of safe global food production, financing projects like a shellfish hatchery in Zanzibar and tilapia farms in Haiti.
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Date Climbed: Mar 23, 2004
|Up the N Ridge for a fun ride down the NE Gully
|Posted Mar 20, 2007 3:37 am
|NE Gully
Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2006
|An excellent route. A great finish to a fantastic Sierra weekend with Rick K.
|Posted Sep 25, 2006 3:38 pm
|Route Climbed: north face Date Climbed: june 10 2004
|Done this one numerous times
|Posted Nov 8, 2005 7:00 pm
|Route Climbed: NE Gully Date Climbed: February
|Perfect neve in gully, rock slabs covered with water ice. A little post holeing to summit ridge. With James Barnett.
|Posted Oct 16, 2005 1:32 pm
|Route Climbed: NE gully (roughly--I think) Date Climbed: October 7, 2005
|This was a day trip from Las Vegas (6AM--midnight including drive time). I was the weak link of the group of 3 and was so slow ascending that we descended after reaching the ridge at 11,050 ft. (GPS reading) north of the peak.
|Posted Oct 11, 2005 8:23 pm
|Route Climbed: NE Gully Date Climbed: 8-27-05
|A fun scramble. Did it in approach shoes 4.5hrs round trip. The highlight being tunneling under the snow. Good rock and views. I would recommend scree gaitors for the descent.
|Posted Aug 29, 2005 6:56 pm
|Rick Kent
|Route Climbed: SW Slope Date Climbed: July 24, 2005
|NE Gully sounds fun, but this was only a side-trip and I simply bagged it via the SW slope on my way down from Bloody Mtn. The slope is mostly loose and unpleasant crap.
|Posted Jul 25, 2005 7:36 pm
|Route Climbed: Mendenhall Route Date Climbed: 2004-2005
|Great route with pretty good rock. Awesome for training and trying to match Croft's 3 hour car to car time.
|Posted Feb 28, 2005 3:22 pm
|Route Climbed: Northeast Face/ Gully Date Climbed: August 20, 1982
|Soloed this at age 13.
|Posted Feb 13, 2005 2:41 am
|Matthew Holliman
|Route Climbed: NE Gully Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2004
|An unusual and highly worthwhile scramble--part canyoneering, part climbing! We didn't use the rope, but one or two of the friction slabs higher up were steep enough that once I'd started up them I began to think that maybe I should at least have changed from my boots into my rock shoes...
|Posted Nov 21, 2004 8:48 pm
|Bob Burd
|Route Climbed: NE Gully Date Climbed: Sept 24, 2004
|Matthew and I climbed this as a warm-up for Clarence King on an absolutely beautiful fall day. We carried rope and gear but used none of it, climbing in our boots. Highly enjoyable scrambling.
|Posted Oct 5, 2004 1:47 am
|Route Climbed: NE Gully Date Climbed: September 26, 2004
|I wanted to do this route as soon as I read Croft's description. In early season, it had snow much later than I expected. Then I broke my foot and had to take 7 weeks off. Last weekend, the weather looked awful, so I found something else to climb (Mt. Goode).
Today, it finally came together. I forgot my maps and route descriptions, so I had to wing it. I made a major screw-up on the approach, but the actual climb went very well: 2:15 from the beginning of the rock climbing to the summit. The upper several hundred feet of the gully looked like mostly loose scree. I followed a rib that looked a little more difficult on slightly better rock and ended up maybe 200 feet to the right of the summit. The variation was class 2 and 3, and I don't regret doing it.
|Posted Sep 26, 2004 10:18 pm
|Route Climbed: NE Gully Date Climbed: August 20, 2004
|Climbed with thall23, her first 5th class climb. Never roped up. We have another idiot climber with us.
|Posted Aug 21, 2004 9:03 pm
|Route Climbed: NE Gully Date Climbed: August 20, 2004
|Got off route right, then off route left on the way up and then bitched about Croft's descent information all the way down. Nice climb, though.
|Posted Aug 21, 2004 8:59 pm
|Route Climbed: NE Gully Date Climbed: August 10, 2004
|Scrambled the route in approach shoes. Easy, fun, and more climbing than I expected. Summit was great. Beautiful views and very still. Descending the ridge was beastly hot, and then I missed the best descent gully. Took about 7.5 hours, round trip.
|Posted Aug 16, 2004 1:52 pm
|Route Climbed: Northeast Gully, 5.2 Date Climbed: August 5th, 2004
|Penelope May and I climbed the (IN) famous NE Gully of Laurel Mountain based on Peter Croft's comments in his book "The Good, The Great and The Awesome".
The line is pretty easy to follow as many old, classic lines go. The rock is only good in the very center of the drainage, if you move away from it just a few feet, you are in a choss. But the route is almost 3,000 feet long and most of it at 4th and easy 5th class. We did not use rope and it took us about 6 hours to approach the climb and climb the route. We were slowed on the descent by some confusing elevation points that conflicted with map and written info and it took us 3 hours to get back to Convict Lake for a RT of 9 hours.
I would not reccommend this as something great to do, but it is a long route in a great visual setting. The slate type of rock and the coloring of the faces makes the Mt. Morrison area very pretty.
|Posted Aug 11, 2004 2:42 pm
|Route Climbed: NE Gully Variation Date Climbed: July 10,2004
|Fun and varied climb
|Posted Jul 11, 2004 7:57 pm
|Route Climbed: NE Gully Date Climbed: August 2003
|There's nothing like the dirtpile rock of our route up Laurel Mtn to make one worship Sierra granite. Washed in the light of the setting sun, beautiful views of Convict Lake and the surrounding peaks helped distract me from my growing concern about sleeping on a tiny ledge (only big enough for one). Happily, D and I finished climbing just before dark. The adventure continued as we still had hours of route finding ahead of us as we hiked down the back side in the dark. An exhausting and fantastic trip.
|Posted Jan 27, 2004 6:49 pm
|Route Climbed: NE Gully Date Climbed: 1976
|No snow in the gully. Nice day hike. Climbed it with Brian West.
|Posted Jan 20, 2004 1:22 pm
|Bob Burd
|Route Climbed: South - North traverse Date Climbed: July 5, 1996
|This was my younger brother's initiation into peak-bagging, and it damn near wiped him out. And he still climbs with me now and then... :)
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Three generations of a family living under one roof reflect the dramatic transformations of an entire society in this memoir of life in 20th century China.
When Wenguang Huang was nine years old, his grandmother became obsessed with her own death. Fearing cremation, she extracted from her family the promise to bury her after she died. This was in Xi'an, a city in central China, in the 1970s, when a national ban on all traditional Chinese practices, including burials, was strictly enforced. But Huang's grandmother was persistent, and two years later, his father built her a coffin. He also appointed his older son, Wenguang, as coffin keeper, a distinction that meant, among other things, sleeping next to the coffin at night.
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