text: Politics 7 June 2010 Hey, Sir Alan – leave those kids alone Sign up for our weekly email * I come back to the Hovel after a frugal evening out to find Razors watching Junior Apprentice on the telly. He works punishing hours - nine till five-ish - and so he's entitled to watch any old garbage he wants. Assuming that this is chewing gum for the eyes and nothing he's paying much attention to, I take a phone call without leaving the room. So imagine my astonishment when he says "Shh!" at me. Actually, I'm not astonished at first; I just assume he's joking. So after giving him a puzzled look, I carry on, and blow me down with a feather if he doesn't say "Shh!" again. Blimey, he means it. I conclude my phone call outside and then come back in and try to see where the appeal resides. What I see is "Sir" Alan Sugar giving a bollocking to a dwarfish adolescent with, as Evelyn Waugh once put it, a face of ageless evil. Next to him is a larger boy who has unwisely decided to cover the entire lower portion of his face with bum fluff. On the other side is a young, fairly pretty blonde girl. I begin to glimpse part of this programme's appeal to Razors ("They should call this Barely Legal Apprentice," he says at one point, a remark I pass on to you without comment), but surely that's not enough? But as I watch closely, I start to understand the fascination, if that is the word. I cannot catch a single thing anyone is saying, as they are all either talking in business jargon or mouthing vapid garbage like "bringing something to the party", despite there being no party in sight. But I certainly grasp the full, pure horror of what is going on: the unpunished corruption of young minds. At which point, we enter murky philosophical (or even theological) waters. Are these tiny capitalists being turned towards evil by "Sir" Alan Sugar, or were they already evil to begin with? Augustine tells us that evil is against nature and that when God created the devil, He was aware of both his future wickedness and the good that would eventually come of it. But I don't see any good coming out of Sugar or his ghastly protégés. The dwarf I saw "Sir" Alan shouting at was fired by him for no good reason that I could gather - he had behaved with the venal amorality that I would have thought was the indispensable characteristic of the successful businessman. Indeed, when being chauffeured away in the inevitable Roller, he gave us a tearful speech about how he was now fired up to take over the world, and mark my words, we are all going to be groaning beneath his heel in 20 years, tops. Charm offensive The thing is, you either have the entrepreneurial gene, or you don't. Razors and I once thought it would be a laugh to go on The Apprentice and give "Sir" Alan a brain haemorrhage by both fucking up whatever stupid task he gave us and refusing to be cowed by his bullying manner (or else succeeding in our set tasks through intelligence and nonchalant charm, instead of acting like jerks), but we couldn't even be bothered to apply. It isn't hereditary; my great friend T -- , whose affability and generosity are boundless, is the son of a man who tried his hand at everything, from running hotels in Epping to nightclubs in Soho to a doughnut stall in, I think, Worthing. Not even complete lack of knowledge could stop him: he even - and I swear this is true - claimed at one point to have cracked cold fusion. I forget whether this was before or after the doughnut stall. But it is going too far, I think, when people barely old enough to shave are being encouraged to demean themselves in the pursuit of a really superfluous amount of money. The question is not, as G K Chesterton said somewhere, of being clever enough to get it, but of being stupid enough to want it, and the desire to accrue wealth beyond an elegant sufficiency is the cause of almost all the woes of the world. Or, at least, the root of all evil. Well, that's one of the ways I console myself. Nicholas Lezard is a literary critic for the Guardian and also writes for the Independent. He writes the Down and Out in London column for the New Statesman. Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 07 June 2010 issue of the New Statesman, The myth of Mandela More


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Editor's note: the author has just come out with his excellent book Time's Up!, joining the Chelsea Green stable of works on sustainability.
How important do you think humans are?
For millennia we have been taught that human beings have a vital almost divine role in the Great Chain of Being, and to look around the cities where most of us now live you could indeed be forgiven for thinking that we are ecologically dominant, if not vital to the functioning of life on Earth: I think it's about time this was put into some kind of perspective.
Modern human beings, or homo sapiens sapiens, are but one species within the large order of animals known as mammalia. Enveloping the mammals is the far larger phylum known as chordata, or animals with stiff spinal rods; but even the chordata, which also includes all the fish, reptiles and birds pales into insignificance compared to the rest of the Animal Kingdom, which is largely ruled by the exoskeletal insects and the writhing omnipresent worms. A great Kingdom of animals, which just happen to occupy a tiny niche in the tree of life, alongside the plants and the fungi, not to mention the slime molds – our surprisingly close relatives.
But, of course, most of life on Earth consists of bacteria and, if you consider them to be living, viruses. Countless trillions of single-celled organisms in every spoonful of soil. It seems to make the 6.8 billion human beings little more than a smudge in the global Petri dish; it just happens that in our civilized manifestation that relatively small number have become capable of a huge amount of damage. Insignificant, but so very dangerous.
The Psychosis Of Civilization
Civilized humans are global predators occupying not only the top of the food chain, but at the very pinnacle of the global energy pyramid. We have become a ferocious but delicate flower waiting to be blown away in the next breeze of extinction; yet what do we see as the most important factor in our role as human beings?
Our values have become outrageously skewed in favor of whatever most benefits the onward march of the global economy. We do not see the rise and fall of habitat viability on the television news, instead we see the rise and fall of the markets in the capital economy; we do not count species extinctions in newspaper bar charts, but we urgently count companies going bust; we do not map the catastrophic breaks in the energy flows between different parts of an ecosystem, but we do acknowledge every time a budget airline discontinues a route, or whenever a main road has "severe" delays. As if it matters.
The psychosis of Industrial Civilization is endemic: every person that places his or her trust in the system of hierarchies, politics, markets and mass consumption undergoes a fundamental readjustment in priorities. No longer does the fate of our species rest upon our increasingly precipitous position within the global ecology; we can all hold hands, actually or virtually, and celebrate the majesty of the global economic miracle, safe in the knowledge that it will take us forward into a glittering future of jobs, money and all the other civilized things we have been taught to desire.
How we have become so determined to destroy the continuum of life in search of something so utterly trivial, has its roots in the history of civilization. Every civilization has had its own goals, but ultimately they have all come down to one thing: the insatiable desire to progress in whatever way is dictated by the elite members at the very top. Such "progress" takes many forms, but whether it be exploration, scientific discovery, technological prowess, imperial power or simply the idea of being "the best," civilizations have to feel they are progressing in some way; and so its subjects -– the civilians -– become part of that collective desire. For what are we if we don't keep progressing? Failures. From our fear of failure, others above us draw their strength -– just at the moment we seem to be reaching the end, and as we stretch out our fingertips, another line is drawn even further away. So we note the new goals and conform to the wishes of the system; continuing to do as we are told.
Through this psychotic behavior, civilizations thrive… for a short while.
What Is Really Important
How do you feel about your place in the world now? Do you feel small, insignificant, worthless, just a tiny part of something far greater than yourself? This natural feeling of inferiority when you realize you are just a tiny part of a greater whole is the reason why medieval religious leaders were so resolute about our exulted position in the aforementioned Great Chain of Being, just below the angels, but above all other forms of life -– so long as you accepted that monarchs, priests and landowners were considerably more perfect than the rest of us.
It's the same in the industrial economy: there is this global system that has enormous, if transient, power over the whole of existence; that governs every aspect of the lives of the civilized, but you don't have to feel small, so long as you are told how important it is to go to school, get a job, go to the shopping mall or buy something online, follow the latest fashions, and cast your vote. You are empowered by your participation in these activities. It's just that some people are more empowered than others.
But why on Earth do you need to be told how important you are? It speaks volumes about our state of mind when in order to feel worthwhile we have to, for instance, achieve good grades at school. We are all human beings, for goodness sake! Even more than that, we are what we are: our consciousness is bound up in our physical being, and everything we know and feel -– everything we will ever be -– is determined by our personal interaction with what is around us. We are at the center of our personal universe; not in any selfish way, but simply because we can never truly perceive anything outside of our point of view.
Thomas Nagel, the American philosopher, summed this up beautifully in his essay, "What Is It Like To Be A Bat?":
After all, what would be left of what it was like to be a bat if one removed the viewpoint of the bat?
Substitute "human" for "bat" and it is obvious that human experience has to be a unique thing for humans and, by extension, for each individual human. Like all life, we are carriers of our DNA -– survival machines that have an innate desire to reproduce and continue our species -– but we are also uniquely ourselves. That is why we are important; not because humans are essential to the global ecology or even because we are essential to the absurd construct we call Civilization, but because what matters, is what matters to us.
How could it be any other way?
Think about this for a short while and it becomes obvious that the civilized world's destruction of the natural environment cannot under any circumstances be acceptable, for it will endanger the one thing which matters above all else: ourselves.
Decision Time
You have to make a choice. Are you going to continue supporting and extending the global reign of Industrial Civilization; or are you going to once again learn to value yourself as the center of your universe, and the thing that matters above all else?
To me that choice is remarkably easy, but you might take some persuading, not only because of the insidious hold that the civilized world has upon everything we do, but because there are other things that also matter dearly to you. They matter to me as well, which is why I wrote the following in Time's Up!:
More than just our natural tendency to survive, though, is the manifestation of that survival instinct in the way we think. Consider the question: What would you risk your life to save? My initial instinct is to say 'my family', then 'me', then, with a little more thought, 'the Earth in general' and 'my friends'. Remove the Earth from the equation and you have the kind of answer that most people give.
In fact, all three typical responses are directly related to the natural instinct for survival. We instinctively want to protect our families in order to secure the continuation of our DNA through blood relatives and the people they depend upon to survive. We want to protect ourselves in order to protect our own DNA, and the opportunity for that to be further replicated. We want to protect our friends because they too are human beings, but not only that, we have consciously chosen our closest friends because of what they have in common with us – they are almost like family.
I think you will agree that, based on the argument earlier, we can all be justified in wanting to vigorously protect ourselves. It is clear that means not just us as individuals, but also our families and those other people we really care about and need: our community.
Community is the antithesis of civilization for civilization thrives on the division of humanity into tiny, atomized, competing parts; but community is the form in which humans have always survived best. The choice is simple now: Civilization or Community; Progress or Humanity; Death or Life.
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Keith Farnish is a writer, philosopher and radical environmental campaigner who lives in Essex, UK with his family and his garden. His book, Time's Up! An Uncivilized Solution To A Global Crisis, is published in September 2009 by Chelsea Green in the USA. The book is available for free via amatterofscale.com. He is also author of The Earth Blog and runs the anti-greenwashing site The Unsuitablog.
Keith Farnish's previous article in Culture Change was Thinking About The Future last April.


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The first parachuting competition of the year looks as though it is going to be a very large one. At the close of registration there were 201 athletes from 30 Nations competing in Accuracy; 90 athletes from 23 Nations in Canopy Piloting and 26 Formation Skydiving teams including 6 Female, making a total of 419 athletes and 41 Nations represented. News, reports and results from the competition will be published on this web site, http://www.ipc-wcresults.org.uk/ as well as the competition web site: http://www.emiratesaviation.org/
This is the last time we will see this sign on our way to the Competition. Today is the final day. The weather looks good and the first aircraft is in the air at 08.30 with a "classic" accuracy siki (drifter) load. Accuracy will then continue with the final teams in Round 8. Canopy Piloting with the last round of "zone" accuracy following around 10.00.
Things never do quite go to plan - after Round 8 "classic" accuracy conintued with the semi-final but the winds played tricks with direction and strength, making it very difficult for the competitors. The 'classic' Accuracy Competition was called whilst the Canopy Piloting "zone" Accuracy continued with the third and final round. However, at 14.00 hrs the round was not completed and the end of competition jumping was declared by the Meet Director.
The preparations are now being made for the prize giving and Closing Ceremony.
A dramatic start this morning with the siki (drifter) lift blown all over the place, two in the water - testing the emergency boats, and one on the roof of the judges' tent. All were safe, if a little embarrassed!
Maybe they were thinking of entering the CP Freestyle Event.
The Competitors are on Standby At 15.15 hrs after another Classic Accuracy "spread landing" siki (drifter) load - the Canopy Pilots were called for Round 3 of Speed. The winds were good and we had some interesting and good times.
Then finally the Classic Accuracy jumpers got into the air for the start of their Round 8. It is a beautiful afternoon here, however the winds got up again in the evening. There are several teams left to jump their round 8 in the morning.
All jumping will stop tomorrow at 14.00 hrs and the Prize Giving and Closing Ceremony will commence at 16.00 hrs.
Judges ready for CP Freestyle
Winds are down and it is all happening today. Streamer load at 8.30 and first call for CP at 9.00 with the Speed rejump - the course was set up for the one run. CP Freestyle competitors are called for 10.00 start.
After a busy morning round 1 of Canopy Piloting Freestyle completed, as was the final round of Formation Skydiving. Round 6 of Accuracy completed also and at 3.00 the second round of Canopy Piloting Freestyle commenced.
By the end of the day, Round 7 Accuracy completed. So tomorrow - first lift - start of Round 8 "classic" Accuracy - then 3rd and last round Canopy Piloting, Speed, followed by the Semi-Final Round in Accuracy. The afternoon will start with Canopy Piloting, 3rd round of "zone" Accuracy and then the Final of "classic" Accuracy. Meanwile the Formation Skydivers will be practicing for the "large" formation planned for the Closing Ceremony and Prize-giving on Sunday.
Results: http://www.ipc-wcresults.org.uk/Dubai_results.html
Competition site: http://www.emiratesaviation.org/
Competitors meeting at 8.40 to cover the rules and conduct of the Canopy Piloting Freestyle Event, and then another look at the wind situation at 10.00. At least this morning it is not as strong as yesterday!
The plan is to complete the one rejump for CP, Speed and then go into the Freestyle Event. Classic Accuracy and Formation Skydiving will continue with their events as well.
10.00 am and everyone stood down until 13.00 .. looks like today will be a repeat of yesterday. At least everyone gets a chance to shop and sightsee and there is plenty to see and do here in Dubai. Some of the judges and competitors have even been skiing!
13.00 hrs - the winds have not reduced so the competition is stood down until 8.30 tomorrow morning - with the hope of running the same programme.
08.30hrs and still the wind blows - the DZ looks a little desolate at the moment. We are all "tied" to the ground!
Even the Bedouin tent is deserted. Yesterday this was a great place to stop and explore elements of Dubai cultural history. Here it is possible to have a traditional "tattoo" with a special henna paint; or watch the women cooking traditional "snacks". The falcons watch all that is going on around them.
11.30 hrs
Stood down until 14.00 hrs. When (weather permitting) we move to Formation Skydiving and Accuracy (or just FS) - there is one rejump for Canopy Piloting Speed, and then we will do one round of Canopy Piloting Freestyle - this will be a first.
14.30 hrs
So the winds are still with us, so the total competition is stood down until 8.30 tomorrow morning. There is a CP competitors briefing on Freestyle at 8.40.


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Some kind of serious wind tunnel going on in the Hamilton area. Seen it too many times to think yesterday was an exception.
Pretty sure excessive wind will be ruled and the Medlock streak remains intact.
Thinking they call him Poop because it is easier to spell than shitforbrains. Second beyond dumb play of the year.
Bombers won a game they should have won which is what good teams do.
For all the hype coming out of Hamilton about the changes. Expect more changes.
Tough game for Mike Jones. Hope he has a good education to fall back on.
Bizarre how an almost identical lateral fumble as the one in the Ottawa game gets called completely opposite. Both times in the Bombers favour. Difference being the call on the field. Seems the replay booth has a new mandate to support the field calls.
Another aggressive pressure game from the D. To me this is the big change in this years team. Called it after the BC game.
LaPo is the guy that has made a difference. Ironically saving OShea's butt and blocking his advancement. He is well paid.


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Hi,Does anybody have a formula to return the monthly repayments on a loan?
I am using this, but its not correct
this is where $term is in months + $interest = 9.8
$payment = ($interest*($loanamount/12))/(1-pow(($interest/12)+1,-1*$term));$payment = $payment /12;
Here you go, this should work.
* @desc Calculates the monthly payments of a loan
* based on the APR and Term.
* @param Float $fLoanAmount The loan amount.
* @param Float $fAPR The annual interest rate.
* @param Integer $iTerm The length of the loan in months.
* @return Float Monthly Payment.
function calculateMonthlyPayments( $fLoanAmount , $fAPR, $iTerm )
return ($fLoanAmount/$iTerm)+(($fLoanAmount/$iTerm)/100*($fAPR/12*$iTerm));
echo calculateMonthlyPayments( 100, 8.9, 12 );
The formula you gave doesn't seem to work too well. On a loan of $60,000.00 at 9% for 30 years (360 payments), this formula gives a monthly payment of $616.67, but the actual monthly payment on that loan would be $482.77.
Took a while, but I got one that works:
function calcPmt( $amt , $i, $term ) {
$int = $i/1200;
$int1 = 1+$int;
$r1 = pow($int1, $term);
$pmt = $amt*($int*$r1)/($r1-1);
return $pmt;
echo calcPmt( 60000, 9, 360 );
The loan amount ($amt) is in dollars, interest rate ($i) is in whole numbers (9 for 9% not .09) and the term of the loan ($term) is in months. You'll have to do the formatting of the output. I checked the formula in as written here with the values that I provided and it gives the right payment: $482.77.
The formula is a little bit more complicated than that. It would be:
Payment = P*(I/12) / (1-(1+I/12)^(-n))Where P is the principal loan amount, I is the APR interest rate, and n is the number of periods.
The best way to figure out payments is to use a financial calculator or you can use Excel. The formula for use in Excel would be=PMT(I,n,P,FV)
where P=principal, I=Interest per period, n=number of periods, FV=final value.
Good luck.
I've look for a good payment solution and this is simple and elegant, congratulations. I haven't tried it out yet, but it looks right. Typically the payment would be a neg number where this would appear to provide a positive number, but most expect a positive number anyway so I don't have to do a neg ot pos fix.


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These earrings are inspired by the Met's starburst chandeliers, one of the best-loved features of the opera house. Dubbed "Sputniks" after the Russian spacecraft, these stunning crystal chandeliers were a gift to the Met from the Austrian government.
The earrings are made of bronze with bright silver finish. Both the clear and the black stone are cubic zirconias. The earwires are sterling silver.
Total length: approx. 1.5" (starburst is approx. 1" diameter)
The Metropolitan Opera's starburst chandeliers have been a beloved fixture of the opera house at Lincoln Center since it opened in 1966. Dubbed "sputniks" after the Russian spacecraft, they reflect light brilliantly through clusters of Swarovski crystals.
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Health insurance companies in California can no longer sell health care plans that discriminate against women by limiting or excluding abortion coverage, Gov. Jerry Brown's administration said Friday.
The Department of Managed Health Care issued letters to seven insurance companies saying it had erroneously approved such language in policies "covering a very small fraction of California health plan enrollees."
The letter confirmed that the state constitution as well as "multiple California judicial decisions" prohibit such discrimination against women who choose to have abortions.
"All health plans must treat maternity services and legal abortion neutrally," Michelle Rouillard, the department's director, said in the two-page letter.
She said the decision becomes effective Friday.
The controversial issue surfaced last year after administrations at Santa Clara University and Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, both Jesuit schools, decided to drop health insurance coverage of elective abortions.
The decision led to uproar among staff and faculty at each institution.
The president of The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights immediately issued a statement Friday saying that Catholic universities "have a right and a duty to uphold the tenets of their faith in everything they do.
"Paying for abortions is in direct conflict with the teachings of the Catholic Church," Bill Donohue said in the statement.
"Not only is this decision morally obscene, it violates the religious liberties of Catholic institutions. The universities should now sue on First Amendment grounds. Perhaps a judge can educate the Brown administration on the need to keep church and state separate."


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Man Charged Out Of Incident That Caused New Lexington School Lockdown
New Lexington Police are charging a man following a police situation on Tuesday that prompted a school lockdown.
On Tuesday, a grandfather filed a police report on his grandson, claiming that he assaulted him and made other threats on Center Street.
Police were concerned that the grandson may have had weapons, so local schools were locked down while authorities searched the residence to account for all firearms. None were missing.
Police said the grandson, Austin Keith Brooks, was apprehended near Rosville around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday morning.
Brooks was charged with domestic violence, aggravated menacing and inducing panic.
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Causes of Visual Loss in Retinal Disease
Recruitment status was: Enrolling by invitation
|Tracking Information
|First Received Date ICMJE
|May 29, 2012
|Last Updated Date
|June 5, 2012
|Start Date ICMJE
|May 2012
|Estimated Primary Completion Date
|December 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Visual acuity at 5 years [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
Best-corrected visual acuity at 5 years
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Change History
|No Changes Posted
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Original Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Descriptive Information
|Brief Title ICMJE
|Causes of Visual Loss in Retinal Disease
|Official Title ICMJE
|Observational Study of Visual Outcomes in Retinal Disease
|Brief Summary
|This is a study of visual outcomes in retinal disease that seeks to identify the causes of visual loss. This data will be used to predict which patients are at risk of losing vision and how they can be better treated.
|Detailed Description
|This is a study of visual outcomes in retinal disease. It is an observational study of patients who have been seen in the retinal clinic, and involves a retrospective casenotes analysis to identify patients who have suffered visual loss and the reason for that visual loss. These data will be analysed to enable the identification of factors that predict visual loss in patients who present earlier in the course of their disease.
|Study Type ICMJE
|Study Design ICMJE
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Retrospective
|Target Follow-Up Duration
|Not Provided
|Not Provided
|Sampling Method
|Non-Probability Sample
|Study Population
|Patients with ocular inflammation
|Condition ICMJE
|Intervention ICMJE
|Drug: Immunosuppressive Agents
Treatment with systemic corticosteroids and/or immunosuppressive agents Treatment with local corticosteroids and other drugs
Other Names:
|Study Groups/Cohorts
|Patients with ocular inflammation
Patients with ocular inflammation
Intervention: Drug: Immunosuppressive Agents
|Publications *
|Not Provided
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
|Recruitment Information
|Recruitment Status ICMJE
|Unknown status
|Estimated Enrollment ICMJE
|Estimated Completion Date
|December 2012
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text: Country, Christian rock and bull riders at the West Virginia State Fair By Bill Lynch March 4, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Casting Crowns, Josh Turner and Theory of a Dead Man are the musical acts that will headline this year's West Virginia State Fair.On Monday, State Fair officials announced the lineup, which includes a lot of pop country, a little bit of hard rock and Christian rock, as well as the Buckin' B Bull Ride show.The concert series opens Aug. 9 with "X Factor" winner Tate Stevens. The 37-year-old won the reality competition in December and is expected to release his first album in April. His show is free with gate admission.On Aug. 10, Casting Crowns performs. The award-winning contemporary Christian rock band, a consistent hitmaker on the Christian Music Charts, recently released "The Acoustic Sessions: Volume One," a collection of acoustically reworked Casting Crown's songs.A youth-oriented show with Austin Mahone and Coco Jones is on Aug. 11. Mahone is an Internet sensation with more than 1.8 million Facebook fans, 1.5 million Twitter followers and 545,000 YouTube Subscribers. His first official release, "Say You're Just a Friend," features rapper Flo Rida.Coco Jones starred in the 2012 Disney Channel film, "Let It Shine" and has parlayed that into a music career. The 15-year-old's first single, "Holla at the DJ," was released on Radio Disney in December.Country singers Josh Turner and Dustin Lynch perform on Aug. 13. Turner has earned four No. 1 country hits -- "Your Man," "Would You Go with Me," "All Over Me" and "Why Don't We Just Dance" -- and released his fifth studio album, "Punching Bag," last June. Lynch is a relative newcomer to the country music scene, but already the 27-year-old has seen some success. His debut single, "Cowboys and Angels," reached No. 2 on the country charts. His second song, "She Cranks My Tractor," made it into the Top 40.On Aug. 13, it's the Eli Young Band and Love and Theft. The Eli Young Band is a country four-piece out of Texas, founded in 2000 by Eli and James Young at the University of North Texas. The country performers are best known for the songs "Always the Love Songs," "Even if it Breaks Your Heart" and "Crazy Girl." Country duo Love and Theft released its self-titled sophomore record, which featured the single, "Runnin' Out of Air," last July.Performers on Aug. 14 are Thompson Square and Randy Houser. Thompson Square, best known for its hit single, "Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not" is currently on tour with country star Luke Bryan and awaiting the release of its second album, "Just Feels Good."Houser, a country singer/songwriter who co-wrote "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" for Trace Adkins and "Back that Thing Up" for Justin Moore has carved out a successful career as a solo artist with songs like "Whistlin' Dixie," and "How Country Feels."The fair goes rock on Aug. 18 with Theory of a Deadman. The Canadian grunge rockers are best known for hits like "Make Up Your Mind," "Bad Girlfriend" and "Hate My Life."The series ends Aug. 16 with the return of the Buckin' B Bull Ride, which is followed by a concert with Southern country rockers Parmalee.Tickets are not yet on sale and prices are not available. When they do go on sale, they will be sold through Etix, according to the fair's news release. Visit www.statefairofwv.com or call 1-800-514-3849 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.Reach Bill Lynch at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-5195. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Derek Redd: Marshall thinks outside the cable box for broadcasts 2 Philanthropist Betty Schoenbaum of Shoney's fortune turns 100 3 DHHR report: No neglect, criminal charges in death of ResCare client 4 'Heroin(e)' spotlights women helping combat Huntington's drug crisis 5 Man charged after motorcycle pursuit early Sunday 107-year-old woman dies in Braxton Previous Story Tickets on sale for Kanawha library fundraising event Next Story


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Mr. Doyle was a member of First Baptist Church, Seymour, and was a veteran of World War II. He had been retired from Browns and Jays Grocery since 1985.
Born February 10, 1921, in Clay County, Kentucky, he was a son of Cornelius Doyle and Ada Belle Murrell Doyle. On November 16, 1940, he married Jennie Louise Copeland, who survives in Seymour.
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"The Ridge" - 8 Pollock's Path - Residence of the French Consul General [c.1908-2014]
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8 Pollock's Path - said to be one of the earliest residences built on the Peak, it was the taipan house for Wallace Harper & Co., now it is the residence of the Consulate General of France.
The Ridge
Apparently, The Ridge was once owned by famous Hong Kong financier Fung King Hey. It was him who sold to the French Consul. I wonder what the price was. The pdf file comes from the website of his son's company, Fairchild Group.
A picture of The Ridge is shown on page 4 of the pdf and it also shows the entrance to the old Skyhigh.
The Ridge - Fairchild / Fung Family
I don't think The Ridge was ever owned by Fairchild. Fung King Hey's son created Fairchild and it works out of Vancouver. The house was likely owned by one of the Fung family's HK companies. However, Fung King Hey was one of the founders of Sun Hung Kai, which I believe developed Dynasty Court.
If memory serves me correctly, FKH's Sun Hung Kai Bank experienced a bank run in the early-1980s and Fung personally put millions of his own money in the rescue. The article from Fairchild said he sold The Ridge in '81, so maybe there was a correlation.
The ridge was sold 5 months ago. Yet the French Consul General rented it back for two years...
8 Pollock's Path - "The Ridge"
After visiting the residence of the Consulate General of France on Tuesday, I was curious to find out more about the building. AMO has given this building a Grade 2 listing and according to their research the building was built n 1909 by the Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph Company Limted - a major player in the industry of telecommuications in early Hong Kong. Then in 1955 the house was sold to Wallace Harper founder of Wallace Harper & Company Limited. As noted in some of the previous posts, 8 Pollock's Path was one of different land sections carved out from an original land lot (Rural Building Lot No. 1) that was first leased by Henry Lardner Dennys in 1878.
Here's the AMO's report on
Here's the AMO's report on the building. You can see the full report of all proposed Grade II buildings at:
Consulat Général de France Residence. No. 8 Pollock's Path, The Peak, Hong Kong
Historical Interest
No. 8 Pollock's Path (普樂道), once known as The Ridge, was one of the earliest homes for upper class Europeans erected on the Peak. It was probably built sometime between 1880s and 1890s, and has changed hands a number of times over the years. The first lessee of the land lot, Henry Lander Dennys, was a rather well-known solicitor in Hong Kong. He was appointed as the Chief Justice's clerk in 1873 and the Crown Solicitor in 1896, and was promoted as Acting Crown Solicitor in 1902. He also took up the position as a member of the Land Court in the same year.
Throughout most of its history, especially the first half of the 20th century, the house was owned by the Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph Co. Ltd. (also called the Eastern Extension Co. Ltd.), forerunner of the Cable and Wireless Ltd. Established in 1873, the Eastern Extension Co. Ltd was a major player in the industry of telecommunication in early Hong Kong.
In 1955, the house was sold to Wallace Harper, an American motor vehicle dealer and founder of Wallace Harper & Co. Ltd. The land was later transferred twice in 1962 and 1974 to Hong Kong Reality and Trust Co. Ltd and to Sun Key Investment S.A. respectively. It was bought by the Government of the Republic of France in 1981, and has been used as the official residence of the French Consulate General (法國總領事住宅) ever since.
Architectural Merit
The house is a single-storey mansion with a basement. The plan is asymmetrical with an octagonal shaped room on the southeast corner, splayed corners, canted bays and the main entrance set in an internal angle of two walls. A single-storey servants' wing is built on at angle on the west side. The architectural style is Queen Anne Revival, made popular in England in the late 19th century by the architect Richard Norman Shaw. The house is a mixture of classical features such as projecting cornices, columns, arched window heads and features derived from Dutch architecture such as Dutch gables and tall chimney stacks. The roof is flat. The servants' quarters are built on a platform supported by a granite retaining wall. Internally the house displays classical style arches, columns and cornices. The basement has rugged whitewashed walls and vaulted ceilings.
Rarity, Built Heritage Value & Authenticity
This style of architecture is very rare in Hong Kong and the house should be regarded as having considerable built heritage value. Unfortunately the windows are modern aluminum units and the brick walls have been painted. Originally the walls would probably have been exposed red brickwork with the architectural features picked out in white or stone colour.
Social Value & Local Interest
Group Value
Located on the Peak, the house occupies the highest point amongst other residential buildings which enjoys a wonderful 360 degree scenery of the Victoria Harbour, the Aberdeen Channel and East Lamma Channel. It is physically close to a number of graded buildings namely the Peak Depot (山頂 倉庫, Grade II), Peak Police Station (山頂警署, Grade III), Peak Fire Station (前山頂學校, Grade II), Maternity Block of Old Victoria Hospital (舊域多利 醫院, Grade III), Matilda and War Memorial Hospital (明德醫院, Grade III) and Old Peak Café (舊山頂餐廳, Grade II).
Adaptive Re-use
The rather rambling floor plan of this building is not very adaptable. Probably the best use is residential for which the house was originally intended.
Not yet graded
Remarks: No. 8 Pollock's Path has not been graded, but it is one of the items recorded by the Antiquities and Monuments Office.
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I can remember living at No.8 in the late 1950s early 1960s. We moved to Australia in 1963 but I am not sure when we began, after leave in 1958 I think. My father, Barry Allport, (HK: 1948-63, 1973-87) was with HK Realty at the time and I can remember a Mr (Bob?) Harper as an American car dealer that my father knew.
The view, the flat roof, the extensive basement and the white walls are well cemented in my memories of a very happy house. This was the last house standing of the places we lived in prior to 1963, the rest have all gone.
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Thanks for writing in - if you can share any memories or photos of life in Hong Kong at that time, we'll be interested to see them.
Regards, David
The Ridge
I read that the house had an extension approved and a floor was being added on top of the existing structure. I am surprised that it became a full demolition
Outside of Hong Kong, I have seen historical buildings modified in a similar manner, i.e. a podium and condo tower built on top of the original. In one case the original building was removed brick-by-brick, catalogued and put back exactly after construction of the new tower was completed.


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The weather is still nice, but fall is approaching and the leaves are just about ready to start turning colors. You are probably not thinking snow, but if you are smart, you will start thinking snow. It is not months away, and it may not even be weeks away. Are you going to be ready??? If you are typical, probably not, but here are a few thoughts to get your mind on what is around the corner:
] Shovels or Snow blowers...do you know where they are, is the blower tuned up, and does it have gas?
] Is your car tuned up for winter, antifreeze ok, lighter weight oil, etc.?
] Are you turning your lights on in the morning to come to work because the days are shorter?
] Have you got an emergency survival kit in your car?
] How about salt or ice-melt for the steps and driveway?
Just in case you have for gotten, or were not in the area when we had the big heavy wet snow, with all the leaves still on the trees, life in Omaha was miserable for many. Some people in the area were out of electricity for days. Are you ready for a possible major power outage? Do you have flashlights and extra batteries and bulbs, candles, adequate food, money to go to a motel or what ever is necessary to survive.
All of the above is just food for thought. Hope it helps!
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Director, EH&S
As of July 13, 2000, it is illegal for children 15 and under to be unrestrained in a motor vehicle. Children under the age of 5 years and weighing less than 40 pounds must be in a car seat. The old law was 4 years and 40 lbs. Children ages 5-15 must be in an appropriate booster seat or seat belt. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recommends that children remain in a high back, belt positioning booster seat until approximately 70 pounds or the seat belt fits properly across the collarbone and upper thighs.
Nebraska has not had a great track record of complying with the state's child restraint laws. A 1999 survey indicated that 44 percent of Nebraska drivers failed to properly restrain children under the age of 4.
Failure to properly restrain a child is considered a primary offense in Nebraska and a driver can be stopped if a child under the age of 5 is not buckled up. Violators who are caught face a $25 fine. However, on a first offense the fine can be waived if proof of purchase can be shown for a child safety seat.
Every day an estimated 1,000 eye injuries occur in the workplace, costing businesses more than $300 million per year. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports one out of every five workers who receive eye injuries were not wearing eye protection at the time of the accident. Other workers were harmed when they wore the wrong type of eye protection. Impact goggles should not be worn in place of chemical splash goggles. Many accidents have occurred when objects or chemicals went around or under the eye protection.
"How often do fires occur in school, college, and university dormitories and fraternity and sorority houses?"
In 1997, the latest year for which national fire statistics are available, an estimated 1,500 structure fires occurred in school, college, and university dormitories and fraternity and sorority housing. These fires resulted in no death, 47 injuries, and $7million in direct property damage. Between 1993 and 1997, there were an estimated average of 1,600 structure fires per year, resulting in no deaths, 66 injuries, and $8.9 million in direct property damage per year.
Note that these are statistical estimates from records on a sample of fires. Because deaths are very rare, it is possible for the estimate to show no deaths in a year when a fatal fire did occur and is on NFPA's list of fatal campus fires. In particular, the sample omitted eight fatal fires known to NFPA, representing a total of 16 deaths over the five years of 1993-1997. Half of the fires and three-fourths of the deaths were in fraternity or sorority houses.
Between 1980 and 1997, the estimated annual average was 1,800 structure fires, 1 death, 69 injuries, and $8.1 million in direct property damage. (The separate list of fatal fires known to NFPA averaged 2 deaths per year during this period.)
excerpt from "National Fire Safety Protection Agency (NFPA) Statistics"
About 1985, laws were passed requiring manufacturers to label their products with an overview of the products associated hazards. Therefore, all primary containers or containers which come directly from the manufacturer have all necessary hazard warnings.
Secondary containers (containers in which a chemical is transferred into) can become a labeling nightmare. Secondary containers must be labeled with the same hazard warnings as found on the primary container. Secondary containers must be labeled with the chemical name, concentration, and indicate any associated hazards. This includes chemicals in both long term and short term storage.
Under law, chemical abbreviations or symbols do not adequately signify the hazards associated with the containers contents. For stock solutions, working solutions, or reagents used on a continuous basis in the lab, abbreviations and symbols may be used only if signage is posted stating the symbol/abbrev. used, its complete chemical name and all safety information including target organs. Otherwise the complete chemical name and safety information must be on the container. Remember the following requirements:
1) Containers that hold a carcinogen or potential carcinogen (>0.1 % conc.), must be labeled with a cancer hazard label or have the words "carcinogen" on the container.
2) Store small containers such as vials in larger containers and place the hazard information on the outside of the storage container.
3) Indicate the date of preparation and initial the label.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recalled two faulty "Pull 'n Spray" pesticide products. Monsanto's Roundup, Ready-To-Use, Weed and Grass Killer, and Scott's Co. Ortho, Ready-To-Use, Home Defense. The EPA states that there have been mechanical failures with the 1.33 gallon pump spray containers resulting in exposure to the pesticide. Both companies are working to inform customers and remove the products from the market.
Mercury is most commonly known as the silver liquid that is seen in thermometers. Unknown to many is the fact that mercury is also a widely used substance in industrial production. Although, the EPA for some time banned the use of mercury in latex paints, exterior paints (was used for a fungicide), and in pesticides, mercury can still be found in batteries, and in chlorine-alkali production.
Mercury is an odorless substance, which tends to easily vaporize when it comes in contact with a surface and is easily traced around or released into the air by such acts as vacuuming or being walked upon. Mercury has been a hot topic in the media lately. A recent edition of the the television show 60 Minutes highlighted concerns about mercury exposure in patients receiving silver dental fillings with mercury-containing amalgam.
Exposure to mercury can occur through inhalation, ingestion or dermal absorption. The amount of mercury absorbed by the body, and thus the degree of toxicity, is dependent upon the chemical form of mercury. In the human body, mercury accumulates in the liver, kidney, brain, and blood. Mercury may cause acute or chronic health effects. Acute exposure (i.e., short term, high dose) is not as common today due to greater precautions and decreased handling. However, severe acute effects may include severe gastrointestinal damage, cardiovascular collapse, or kidney failure, all of which could be fatal. Inhalation mg/m3 for 2-5 hours may cause headaches, salivation, a metallic taste in the mouth, chills, cough, fever, tremors, abdominal cramps, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, tightness in the chest, difficulty breathing, fatigue, or lung irritation. Chronic effects include central nervous system effects, kidney damage and birth defects. Genetic damage is also suspected.
Sampling for mercury should be done carefully. Since mercury can be readily absorbed through inhalation or skin contact, you must wear personal protective equipment to avoid exposure. Sampling may be done by either air or surface methods.
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Facts and Stats that you may find of interest:
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2000: 73.6 years
1900: 9 per thousand
2000: 0.1 per thousand
1900: 48.3 years
2000: 79.7 years
1900: 64 per 100,000
2000: 200 per 100,000
1900: 75,994,575
2000: 273,482,000
1900: 0.3 percent
2000: 8.2 percent
1900: 32.3 births per thousand
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ADLER, Russia – In the weeks leading up to the Olympic Games, U.S. women's hockey team members received a gift from former Team USA players.
"We were all given a thick hardcover Shutterfly type book made by past players that includes a picture of each player on a page and next to each are sentences, a poem, whatever they wanted to give us as encouragement or advice," U.S. defenseman Anne Schleper said.
It is also a book with a missing chapter, pages Team USA hopes to finally fill against its bitter rival Canada in the Olympic Games final Thursday at the Bolshoy Ice Dome.
The U.S. advanced to the gold medal game with a 6-1 romp against Sweden Monday that was perhaps even more lopsided than the score suggests. Canada then rolled Switzerland past 3-1 for a shot at a fourth consecutive gold medal.
Team Canada's last Olympic title came with a 2-0 victory against the Americans on home ice in Vancouver.
"From the moment the buzzer went in Vancouver, we have prepared for this," U.S. forward Julie Chu said.
"It's not just about Vancouver," said Meghan Duggan, another U.S forward. "Some of us have dreamed of this since we were little kids."
And the U.S. victory seemed like an extended childhood game of shinny on a frozen Minnesota pond or Massachusetts river. Six different Americans found the back of the net on an afternoon in which the U.S. pounded 70 shots on goals, compared to the Swedes nine. Team USA had 29 shots on goal in a three-goal opening period.
"Now is not the time to lift our foot off the pedal. We will keep going flat out," Duggan said referring to Thursday's gold medal final.
Until then, Team USA will catch up on its reading.
"It's in my room right now to read in downtime," Schleper said of the book. "We had the opportunity if we wanted to take it with us or leave it at home and I think everyone brought it with them."
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Jan 29, 2012 at 1:24 pm
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Vikings may finally be warming to a new football stadium at the Metrodome site, but the Minneapolis City Council is not sold.
The Star Tribune reports that a majority of the council oppose Mayor R.T. Rybak's stadium funding plan unless there's a citywide vote on the issue. Rybak told council members Thursday he want the city to contribute more than $300 million from an existing city sales tax in order to help the team and the state build a $920 million stadium.
That would require the state to override a Minneapolis charter amendment that voters must directly approve spending more than $10 million on a stadium.
Rybak says he doesn't believe council opposition is firm. He opposes a referendum and says voters will get their say when he's up for reelection.
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An Irish national record of 7.87 by Derval O'Rourke set the pace as the finalist emerged for tonight's final in the 60m Hurdles.
The 24-year-old O'Rourke, who arrived in Moscow with a 7.90 best, ran a solid race to edge Glory Alozie of Spain, who lowered her seasonal best to 7.88. Jenny Kallur of Sweden was third in 7.93, also a season's best.
The repeat effort of 1997 champion Michelle Freeman ended less than five metres from the finish when the Jamaican tripped coming off the final hurdle.
With a fast finishing flurry, Germany's Kirsten Bolm bolted from fourth to first in the final 20 metres to win the first semi in 7.91, a season's best for the 31-year-old who finished fourth at last summer's World Championships. Missing her personal best by just one-hundredths, Bolm suddenly emerged as a solid medal threat in tonight's final.
In an extremely close finish, World leader Lacena Golding-Clarke of Jamaica was second in 7.94, just a tick ahead of Swede Susanna Kallur and American champion Danielle Carruthers, who were each credited with a 7.95 clocking. Both Kallur and Golding-Clarke reached the final two years ago in Budapest, but have yet to reach the podium.
Not making the cut was Polish champion Aurelia Trywianska (7.97), a finalist in Helsinki last summer.


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CAIRO (Aug. 20)
Jews in Athens who managed to escape deportations to "death camps" in Poland and had been hidden for many months by non-Jewish friends in the Greek capital under the very nose of the Gestapo, are now beginning to give themselves up to the German authorities because of despair and starvation, it was reported here today by the Greek Information Service.
The report estimated that about 10,000 Jews succeeded in eluding the Gestapo. Many of them took to the mountains as guerrillas, but others were hidden in Christian homes in the Greek capital, or live under false identity documents issued to them by the Greek police. As the food rationing becomes more and more meager, the hidden Jews prefer to surrender to the Gestapo rather than draw on the meager rations of their hosts. A pound of bread on the black market in Athens costs now 200,000 drachmas, the report states.
Chief Rabbi Koretz of Salonica is blamed by the authorities for the deportation by the Germans of about 45,000 Salonica Jews to Poland. While in Athens the Gestapo were frustrated, they succeeded in Salonica, owing to the appeasing attitude of Chief Rabbi Koretz who handed over the German authorities a list of members of the Jewish community in the belief that the Germans would keep their promise not to institute any deportations, the report says. The report further reveals that about 3,000 Salonica Jews nevertheless succeeded in escaping deportation and are now distinguishing themselves as guerrilla fighters in the mountainous Greek regions.
Three Greeks in Salonica, the brothers Recanatti, have been put on the list of war criminals by the Greek Government for denouncing Jews to the Gestapo, the report adds. Knowing practically every Jew in Salonica, they "told" on any Jew venturing out from hiding.


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Carson Valley FFA competes in state convention
April 17, 2012
The Carson Valley FFA chapter had a successful week during the Nevada FFA State Convention March 21-24 on the UNR campus. FFA is an agricultural and leadership-based national organization for high school students. State Convention is held once a year. It is an opportunity for Nevada FFA members to meet other FFA members from all over the state, and compete in Career Development Events (CDE's). CDE's are different areas of interest that FFA members study, practice, and compete in.
During this year's FFA State Convention, the Carson Valley Chapter was represented by over 30 members, and brought home several first and second place plaques. First place awards were presented to the following Carson Valley teams: Nursery Landscape (Kate Turner, Merecedes English, Maria Cuevo, and Paige Dallas), Floriculture (Amber Lee, Holly Kerrigan, Kelly Jacobson, and Unique Davis), and Dairy Judging (Abigail Chitwood, Kylen Flannagan, Cheyenne Bidart, and Anna Lekumberry). Each of these teams will be competing at Nationals in Indianapolis in October. Individual awards went to Abigail Chitwood, who placed first in both Dairy Evaluation and Job Interview; Cheyenne Bidart, who placed second in Dairy Evaluation; Kate Turner, who placed second in Nursery Landscape; Nicole Pupich, who placed third in Horse Evaluation; and Ashley Kale, who placed second in Poultry Evaluation. Abigail Chitwood also received Gold First Place in Proficiency, which earned her $250. The Poultry Judging and Natural Resource teams both received second place awards.
One last result coming from the Carson Valley FFA Chapter is Kylen Flannagan, who was elected as the 2012-2013 Nevada State FFA Reporter. She will be heading to Carson City with her other FFA state officers for training known as Blast Off.


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SAN JOSE — A contractor's bankruptcy that has left a San Jose environmental center project in limbo will cost city taxpayers $1 million under a settlement with the builder's insurer the City Council approved Tuesday.
The deal approved on a 7-3 vote calls for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company to take over construction of the Environmental Innovation Center from bankrupt builder Applegate Johnston, of Modesto, at an additional city cost of $1 million.
"Governing is choosing between bad and worse — that's what we have here," Mayor Chuck Reed said. "If we don't move forward with this, the whole thing will crater and we'll finish it some time later for a lot more money."
Councilmen Ash Kalra, Xavier Campos and Pierluigi Oliverio were opposed. Councilman Pete Constant was out of town on city business.
"I'm not pretending a no vote puts us in a better position, but it seems like we're writing a $1 million check based on a very high bargaining position by Liberty Mutual," Kalra said.
San Jose in May 2011 awarded low-bidder Applegate Johnston an $11 million contract for a San Jose Environmental Innovation Center on a 4.2-acre former city warehouse site at 1608 Las Plumas Ave. The center would provide a new 10,000-square-foot household hazardous waste recycling facility. It also would renovate a 46,000-square-foot warehouse built in 1958 to house a Habitat for Humanity "ReStore" selling discounted new and surplus construction material and a "cleantech demonstration center" where "innovators will test clean and renewable energy projects."
Applegate Johnston was the lowest of nine contractors that had bid on the project, with a proposal 14 percent below the city's $12.5 million engineer estimate. City officials had cited concerns about the company, noting it had completed one city fire station 113 days late and was seven months behind on another at the time.
But in a time of tight budgets during an economic slump, San Jose officials were eager to secure "New Market Tax Credit" financing for the project under a federal stimulus program and had no time to rebid the project and still meet the financing deadline.
In July, with the project already six months late, Applegate Johnston failed to show up at the job site and filed for bankruptcy protection a few weeks later.
The builder's bankruptcy filing left San Jose with two choices for completing the project. The city could hire and pay someone else to finish the job and then try to collect the extra cost from Applegate's insurer, Liberty Mutual. Or San Jose could negotiate a deal with Liberty Mutual to find someone to complete the work.
Liberty Mutual's indemnity bond holds it responsible for the cost of project completion but not to actually perform the work. City officials said that in negotiations last month, Liberty Mutual agreed to complete the work but insisted San Jose pay $2 million to cover overpayments and delay costs the company claimed the city was responsible for.
City officials rejected that claim but said subsequent talks led to the $1 million settlement proposal from Liberty Mutual. City officials said that the settlement payment "has no basis in damages caused by the city" to Applegate and is "simply a payment to avoid the risk associated with the city taking over the project at a potential cost far in excess of the million dollar payment."
The two sides agreed to an upfront city payment of $800,000 with the $200,000 balance to be paid "upon timely completion," with a $2,500 per day deduction for every day the project is late.
City officials had hoped to have the project completed by the end of the year but the settlement contemplates a March 27 completion date.
The settlement gave even council members who approved it heartburn. An initial vote failed 5-5 with Councilmen Sam Liccardo and Kansen Chu joining opponents. Liccardo suggested the city try to bar any contractors with Liberty Mutual as the insurer as a way to gain bargaining leverage. But City Attorney Rick Doyle cautioned that he didn't believe the city could legally do that and the proposal died on the floor. Liccardo and Chu agreed to join in support after city officials said further delay could raise city costs by having to find new subcontractors.
"I voted against this in the beginning because of our experience with the contractor," Chu said. "But at this point, for the benefit of the city, I reluctantly change my vote to yes."
Contact John Woolfolk at 408-975-9346. Follow him on Twitter at Twitter.com/johnwoolfolk1.


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Under Offer £6,500,000
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A small estate including a magnificent Victorian mansion and four other houses on the western shore of Derwentwater, in a glorious position surrounded by some of the best-loved Lakeland Fells.
Principal house with stunning main reception rooms and six bedrooms, four letting apartments, fine second house with extensive grounds and lake frontage, lodge house, gamekeepers house, bungalow with redevelopment potential, formal gardens, parkland mature woodland and long lake frontage.
In all about 34.46 acres (13.94 hectares)
Lingholm lies in the heart of the northern Lake District, in a dramatic location with the Lakeland Fells of Skiddaw to the north, Castlerigg and High Seat to the east and the Newlands Round to the south and west, taking in Cat Bells, Maiden Moor, High Spy and Causey Pike, surrounding this most beautiful lakeland valley. One of a small number of houses on Derwentwaters western shore, Lingholm has a long lake frontage of about 550 yards, including a slipway and original timber boat house, and includes two small islands just off the shore.
Lingholm offers extensive accommodation with grand main reception rooms, all facing the formal gardens and lake on the east side. Four independent apartments have been created within the main house, operated as a successful holiday letting business, but these could simply be re-incorporated into the principal house, if required. Within the grounds are four further houses, all of which are available to be bought by the purchaser of Lingholm, giving the opportunity to assemble a compact rural estate in this truly stunning location.
Along with its current use as a family house, Lingholm offers potential for a number of commercial uses, including an intensification of the holiday lettings business, or as a prestigious hotel in this historic, perfectly-located property. The estate is easily reached from the M6 at Penrith (about 20 miles), from where there are regular trains to London and Glasgow, with London Euston taking 3 hours at best. Keswick, about 3 miles away on the northern shore of the lake, is an extremely popular tourist destination and provides a wide range of shops, restaurants and hotels.
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