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- 3/4 cup walnuts, toasted lightly, cooled, and chopped fine
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 cup milk
- 4 large eggs, separated, the whites at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups crumbled mild goat cheese such as Montrachet (about 6 ounces)
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves or 1/4 teaspoon crumbled dried
- a pinch of cream of tartar
- 3 tablespoons Sherry vinegar
- 3/4 teaspoon Dijon-style mustard
- 4 tablespoons walnut oil
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 large bunches of watercress, rinsed, spun dry, and coarse stems discarded (about 5 cups)
- 5 cups torn frisée (French or Italian curly chicory, available at specialty produce markets), rinsed and spun dry
Make the soufflés:
Coat the bottom and side of each of 8 buttered 1/2-cup ramekins with about 1 tablespoon of the walnuts and arrange the ramekins in a jelly-roll pan. In a small saucepan melt the butter over moderately low heat, whisk in the flour, and cook the roux, whisking, for 3 minutes. Add the milk in a stream, whisking, and boil the mixture over moderate heat, whisking, for 2 minutes, or until it is thick and smooth. Transfer the mixture to a bowl and let it cool slightly. Whisk in the yolks, 1 at a time, the goat cheese, the thyme, and salt and pepper to taste and whisk the mixture until it is combined well. In another bowl beat the whites with a pinch of salt until they are frothy, add the cream of tartar, and beat the whites until they just hold stiff peaks. Whisk one third of the whites into the cheese mixture and fold in the remaining whites gently but thoroughly. Divide the soufflé mixture among the ramekins, sprinkle each soufflé with about 1 1/2 teaspoons of the remaining walnuts, and bake the soufflés in the upper third of a preheated 400°F. oven for 20 minutes, or until they are puffed and golden.
Transfer a ramekin to each plate and serve the soufflés immediately.
Make the salad while the soufflés are baking:
In a bowl whisk together the vinegar, the mustard, and salt and pepper to taste, add the oils in a stream, whisking, and whisk the dressing until it is emulsified. In a bowl toss the watercress and the frisée with the dressing and divide the salad among 8 plates.
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Nutrition Informationper serving (8 servings) POWERED BY Edamam
- Calories314
- Carbohydrates7 g (2%)
- Fat27 g (41%)
- Protein12 g (25%)
- Saturated Fat10 g (51%)
- Sodium201 mg (8%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat7 g
- Fiber1 g (5%)
- Monounsaturated Fat8 g
- Cholesterol123 mg (41%)
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main ingredients: Goat Cheese, Egg, Walnut, Watercress, Leafy Green
dietary considerations: Vegetarian
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Bed could have been newer.
Cleanliness , convenience to highway, mountain view
Lack of pillows, patio chairs are old and worn, somewhat outdated
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Room Fair to Good
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-The photos I posted.Yeah,guys.That's me.As the photo I took with the paper in my hands wasn't enough to proove my identity than JayHawk can confirm it,as we are facebook friends and on there I often interact with my frieands and family.By other side,the moderastors of the site can confirm it that the only usernames from my IP,are the ones you all know,also that I'm from the region I told you I am.
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-Uhmm,well...It's true I have a crush on my professor,that we act more like friends,than professor and student and he may already know how I fell,but still never had enough balls to confess him.So yeah,part of this was fan fiction because when I see how easy some smartasses are 'burning',I decided to put more 'fire' and foul with them.
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Kate Middleton's windy-day, bared derriere has sparked a silly bottomless debate that has become a tired version of The Feminists vs The Rest of 'Em, so Tessa Miller takes on the slippery slope of non-slipness in her article on the Daily Beast. She writes:
In 1,000 or so words that do nothing but push feminism back a few decades, The Daily Beast's Kelli Goff argues that Middleton—and all women, for that matter—should wear slips or weight their clothing to avoid revealing their bodies when the pesky wind catches their skirt. "But as 'Bottomgate' proves," the author writes, "[Middleton] could benefit from an extra something under her dress, and an old-fashioned slip just might be the perfect fit."
The old wrangle over more clothes (repression) versus less clothes (freedom from repression) has been invoked in order to argue for or against Kate's lack of an "appropriate" cover-up. Writer Keli Goff, also on the Daily Beast, doesn't give the topic a slip when she insists that Kate should have been wearing something, perhaps even an old-fashioned slip in order to avoid the wardrobe malfunction, while Miller basically makes the case of 'take your underclothes and shove it.'
I am not quite seeing a feminist argument here, but rather, I see the wind, a vigorous updraft, and an accidentally bared butt that some meddling photographer happened to etch in digital form and spread 'round the Internet. So now the world is horrified that a revered royal rump has been splashed throughout the media and has thus become etched into the minds of the group-thinking, celebrity-obsessed riffraff, permeating their piddling minds to the point of torment. And so the debate goes on.
To wear underclothes or not to wear them, that is not the question. The point is – who the f*** cares? It's an ass, people, and we've all seen an ass or two in our day. Go to any beach where loads of women are stuffed into tiny cloth triangles caressing pricey and painful Brazilian wax jobs that offer much more exposure than the royal updraft. Or go to Peopleofwalmart.com and you'll see more bared and flaccid body parts in one place than you ever cared to see in any environment, let alone the retail sphere. And as Ilana Mercer points out in "Kate's Keister," as least Kate has a pretty ass as opposed to the bulging spectacles springing from the Kardashian Klan that conjures up visions of frozen cottage cheese wrapped with a too-tight canvas tarp.
To wear or not wear underclothes is not a feminist argument, nor is there one right answer to the questions being asked about the necessity of wearing boob or bottom protection. To wear or not wear some form of cover-up is a choice made by an individual, usually without much contemplation or strategizing, because sometimes you feel like it, and sometimes you don't. It's just not that complicated.
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An awakened sense of outrage has reporters and members of Congress playing a fierce game of hounds and hares with Enron executives and other bandits, which is most fortunate for Alan Greenspan. If the Federal Reserve were not treated with such deferential sanctimony, its chairman would also face browbeating questions concerning his role in unhinging the lately departed prosperity. Newly available evidence supports an accusation of gross duplicity and monumental error in the ways that Greenspan first permitted the stock market's illusions to develop into an out-of-control price bubble and then clumsily covered his mistake by whacking the entire economy. These offenses are not as sexy as criminal fraud but had more devastating consequences for the country.
The supporting evidence is found in newly released transcripts of the private policy deliberations of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) back in 1996--the fateful season when the froth of asset-price inflation was already visible in the stock market. In a series of exchanges, one Fed governor, Lawrence Lindsey (now the President's chief economic adviser), described with prescient accuracy a dangerous condition that was developing and urged Greenspan to act. Greenspan agreed with his diagnosis, but demurred. If Greenspan had acted on Lindsey's observations, the last half of the nineties might have been different--a less giddy explosion of stock market prices without the horrendous financial losses and economic dislocations that are still unwinding.
Lindsey described back in 1996 a "gambler's curse" of excessive optimism that was already displacing rational valuations on Wall Street. The investment boom in high-tech companies and the rising stock prices were feeding off each other's inflated expectations, he explained, and investors embraced the improbable notion that earnings growth of 11.5 percent per year would continue indefinitely. "Readers of this transcript five years from now can check this fearless prediction: profits will fall short of this expectation," Lindsey said. Boy, was he right. The Federal Reserve has the power to cool off such a price inflation by imposing higher margin requirements on stock investors, who borrow from their brokers to buy more shares. That is what Lindsey recommended.
"As in the United States in the late 1920s and Japan in the late 1980s, the case for a central bank ultimately to burst the bubble becomes overwhelming," he told his Fed colleagues. Acting pre-emptively is crucial; if the regulators wait too long, any remedial measure may be destabilizing. "I think it is far better to do so while the bubble still resembles surface froth and before the bubble carries the economy to stratospheric heights," Lindsey warned.
Greenspan lacked the nerve (or the wisdom) to follow this advice. The chairman did make a celebrated speech in December 1996 observing the danger of "irrational exuberance" in the stock market, but he did nothing to interfere with it. In the privacy of the FOMC, the chairman agreed with Lindsey's diagnosis. "I recognize that there is a stock-market bubble problem at this point [the fall of 1996], and I agree with Governor Lindsey that this is a problem we should keep an eye on," Greenspan said. Raising the margin requirements on stock market lending would correct it, he agreed, but he worried about the impact on financial markets. "I guarantee that if you want to get rid of the bubble, whatever it is, that will do it," Greenspan said. "My concern is that I am not sure what else it will do."
In hindsight it's clear the Federal Reserve chairman got it wrong. But his private remarks in 1996 also reveal flagrant duplicity. As the market bubble grew more extreme and many called for action by the Fed, Greenspan repeatedly dismissed criticism by explaining that raising the margin requirements would have no effect. In testimony before the Senate Banking Committee in January 2000, Greenspan said that "the reason over the years that we have been reluctant to use the margin authorities which we currently have is that all of the studies have suggested that the level of stock prices have nothing to do with margin requirements."
By 1999 the stock market was in the full flush of the gambler's curse--remember Dow 36,000?--and at that point Greenspan finally did act. But instead of tightening credit for stock investors, Greenspan proceeded to tighten credit for the entire economy, steadily raising interest rates in 1999 and 2000 until the long-running expansion expired. So did the stock market bubble (although stock prices remain very high by historical standards). Greenspan has always denied that this action was designed to target the bubble, but Bob Woodward, who wrote an admiring account of Greenspan's years at the Fed, reported that the "Maestro" was stealthily deflating the bubble by slowing the economy. Greenspan got that wrong too, since a recession resulted.
Millions of Americans are now paying the price, either as hapless investors or unemployed workers. The democratic scandal is that public officials are supposed to be held accountable for their actions, including human error. Accountability is impossible when the Fed chairman is allowed to make policy decisions in closed meetings and keep his true opinions secret for five years. The FOMC's verbatim meeting minutes should be shared with the citizens who will be affected and made available for timely political debate. When reformers get finished with the funny-money accounting at Enron, they might turn their attention to some holy illusions surrounding the Federal Reserve.
"Not over my dead body will they raise your taxes," George W. Bush cryptically proclaimed. The press dutifully translated what he really meant, but few commented on the tastelessness of a wartime leader with troops in the field saying he was willing to die for the cause of lower taxes for the wealthy.
Never mind. The President's speech had no high public purpose or occasion. It was a political document, intended to undercut Senate majority leader Tom Daschle's prescriptions for economic recovery the previous day; it had more to do with gearing up for the 2002 Congressional elections than with speeding up the economic recovery. Bush's riposte signaled that the not-so-great debate of '02 is on.
Besides standing foursquare against any tax hikes, Bush offered only the same prescription for economic recovery as he has in the past: Let those at the top of the heap keep more of what they've got. Despite a stratospheric approval rating and a nation united behind him, he reaffirmed his fealty to his corporate underwriters and offered tax cuts for the rich at a time of obscene inequality. His partisan posturing on the stimulus plan showed that he thinks the economy will recover on its own, leaving the swelling ranks of jobless folk on their own.
Although superior to Bush's package, Daschle's was securely in the lineage of Bill Clinton's efforts to be both fiscal conservative and compassionate centrist. It positioned Democrats to campaign, amid economic recession, as the hair-shirt party of "fiscal responsibility," blaming Bush's tax cuts for the vanished (and largely notional) budget surpluses and evoking public nostalgia for the giddy boom of the late 1990s, which actually began heading south before Bush came to town. Daschle's minimalist list of stimulus measures shows a party leader out of touch with real conditions who thinks this downturn is a nonthreatening event that will soon be over, just as the stock-market cheerleaders are forecasting. Wiser heads on Wall Street, however, warn that any recovery will be weak and perhaps transient.
Even if the recession proves less serious than feared, the Democrats should be advocating spending on badly needed long-term projects, from schools to railroads, while pushing for extended and expanded unemployment compensation and health insurance and aid to states hard hit by new national-security costs.
Along with this expansive agenda the Dems should overcome their timidity and make the case for repeal of the bulk of last year's Bush tax cuts, particularly those provisions that benefit the wealthiest Americans. Those cuts will do little to stimulate the economy (even if they operate as promised--a dubious assumption), since they don't take effect for another three to six years. Instead, by assuring a greater stream of revenue from those who can best afford to pay, the Democrats can help forestall inevitable GOP efforts to claim that social programs must be cut to allow for military needs, while at the same time providing funds to address housing, hunger and poverty.
Teddy Roosevelt, whose biography is on Bush's bedside table, may have been less a foe of the malefactors of great wealth than his rhetoric claimed, but he did espouse a progressive agenda of reform, which included antitrust, financial regulation, the eight-hour workday, even a living wage. And Franklin Roosevelt in 1944 outlined an economic bill of rights that would redeem wartime sacrifices and secure the gains in income of the working class. All Bush can come up with is a thank-you note for his campaign donors.
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'Bugs Rule' at ESA Meeting
Bugs do rule, and they'll rule at the 59th annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America (ESA), to take place Nov. 13-16 in the Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Reno.
At the event, the UC Davis Department of Entomology will be one of the most honored departments in its history.
Professor Frank Zalom, in line for the presidency of the 6000-member association, will be installed as vice president-elect and will begin his term Nov. 16. Professor James R. Carey and Diane Ullman, professor and associate dean for undergraduate academic programs in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, will be inducted as ESA fellows, an honor limited to 10 persons per year.
Michael Parrella, professor and chair of the Department of Entomology, will receive the Distinguished Achievement Award in Horticultural Entomology, and professor Walter Leal, the Nan-Yao Su Award for Innovation and Creativity in Entomology.
Harry Kaya, emeritus professor of entomology and nematology, will be honored at a special seminar titled "Entomopathogenic Nematodes: Their Biology, Ecology, and Application. A Tribute to the Dynamic Career of Harry K. Kaya." Ed Lewis, acting chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, is among the coordinators.
Three other faculty members are moderating/organizing or co-conducting symposiums. They are James R. Carey, "Insect Demography: Emerging concepts and Applications"; Neal Williams, "Biodiversity, Global Change and Insect-Mediated Ecosystem Services," and Walter Leal, "Insect Olfaction and Taste: Identifying, Clarifying and Speaking about the Key Issues." Each will also deliver a lecture.
Leal and Parrella are among the most active UC Davis members of ESA. Leal is serving on the Presidential Committee on the International Congress of Entomology (ICE), to be held Aug. 19-25 in Daegu, South Korea. Parrella holds a seat on the ESA Governing Board, representing the Pacific Branch of the ESA.
Graduate students will also be quite involved at the ESA meeting. The UC Davis Linnaean Team will participate in the annual competition. The team includes Matan Shelomi, who studies with major professor Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor of entomology; Meredith Cenzer, who studies with Louie Yang; Andrew Merwin, who studies with Michael Parrella; Mohammad-Amir Aghaee, who studies with Larry Godfrey; and Hanayo Arimoto, with studies with Ed Lewis. The team earlier won first place in the Pacific Branch competition.
Another highlight is a student debate: "Identify...Clarify...Speak Out! Land Grant Mission, Organic Agriculture & Host Plant Resistance Programs." UC Davis entomology graduate students will team to argue the pro side: Matan Shelomi, Mohammad-Amir Aghaee; Andrew Merwin; Meredith Cenzer, and Kelly Hamby (she studies with major professor Frank Zalom).
There's also the fun side. A video created by UC Davis undergraduate student Heather Wilson, who works in the Frank Zalom lab, is entered in the open division category of the ESA YouTube Contest. Her entry, "I Wanna Be an Entomologist," is a a parody of the hit song, "I Wanna Be a Billionaire." Wilson filmed the video in the Zalom lab and the Bohart Museum of Entomology. On the serious side, she'll present her research on the Spotted Wing Drosophila: "Seasonal Movements of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in a Multi-Crop Setting." Watch Heather Wilson's video
In addition, scores of other UC Davis representatives--faculty, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars--will present their work.
Yes, bugs do rule!
This was scrawled on a Briggs Hall blackboard during an annual UC Davis Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
'I Wanna Be an Entomologist'
Or an entomologist?
UC Davis Regents Scholar Heather Wilson, a researcher/lab technician in the Frank Zalom lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology, was listening to (I Wanna Be a) "Billionaire," the lead single from Travie McCoy's Lazarus album when she came up with an idea for the Entomological Society of America's YouTube video contest.
In the hit tune, "Billionaire," McCoy zeroes in on what it might be like to become a billionaire, or rather, what he will do WHEN he becomes a billionaire. He'll be on the cover of Forbes magazine, "smiling next to Oprah and The Queen."
"I wanna be a billionaire, so freakin' (insert alternative adjective here) bad," McCoy sings.
Enter Heather Wilson, a senior majoring in biological sciences. She answered the (I Wanna Be a) "Billionaire" video, created by McCoy and guest vocalist Bruno Mars, with a video of her own.
"I wanna be an entomologist, so freakin' bad," Wilson sings.
"I wanna be on the cover
Of Economic Entomology
Smiling next to Frank and Jim Carey..."
That would be Frank Zalom and James "Jim" Carey, longtime professors in the UC Davis Department of Entomology. Zalom, former vice chair of the department, is in line for the presidency of the 6000-member ESA.
Wilson's video begins rather quietly. A spider prowls its web for unsuspecting insects. Honey bees buzz in and out of a hive. A butterfly flutters into a bush.
A bucolic scene, right?
Wait! The fun is about to begin. Wilson opens a car trunk, retrieves an insect net, and holding it upright like a flag, sprints down a country road like a cartoon character.
She goes on to "count bugs" in the Zalom lab (where she's doing research on the Spotted Wing Drosophila). Then she heads over to the Bohart Museum of Entomology where she wears a resident walking stick on her T-shirt. She cradles a rose-haired tarantula and a Madagascar hissing cockroach. She hugs a display tray of butterfly specimens.
And she does all this with unabated glee.
It's easy to see why Wilson was voted "class clown" at her high school in Anaheim, Calif. But she's also a top scholar. The Regents Scholarship she received is the most prestigious scholarship on the UC Davis campus and is based solely on academic and personal achievements.
Someone asked us "What's this all about, craving so badly to become an entomologist?"
Well, you have to watch the "Billionaire" video to know what's going on. It's a parody! And Heather Wilson pulls it off perfectly.
Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator for the Bohart Museum of Entomology and an avid fan of all things entomological, points out that "It's unrealistic that we can ALL become billionaires. But honestly, we can all set our sights on becoming an entomologist. Now that's a realistic dream."
Meanwhile, Wilson is preparing a research presentation on the Spotted Wing Drosophila for the 59th Annual ESA Meeting, to be held Nov. 13-16 in Reno.
And meanwhile, her video is going viral.
The tiny Spotted Wing Drosophila is the insect that Heather Wilson studies. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It's Off to Berlin
It's off to Berlin for integrated pest management (IPM) specialist Frank Zalom, professor and former vice chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and soon-to-be-president of the 6000-member Entomological Society of America (ESA)
Zalom is one of three Americans invited to speak at an international IPM workshop, Oct. 16-19, in Berlin, Germany.
Zalom, invited by the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection of Germany, will speak on "Stimulating Use of Professional IPM Consultants in Agriculture, Benefits for Farmers and Society," on Monday, Oct. 17.
That's indeed quite an honor.
The event is sponsored by the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), which helps governments of the developed countries tackle the economic, social and governance challenges of a globalized economy. The OECD is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
At the OECD workshop, to be held in the Julius Kuhn Institute, Federal Research Center for Cultivated Plants, invitees will develop recommendations related to the workshop themes, adoption and implementation of IPM in agriculture, contributing to the sustainable use of pesticides and to pesticide-risk reduction.
Wolfgang Zornback, chair of the OECD Working Group on Pesticides, German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, will welcome the group.
The speakers will include noted IPM specialists from Australia, Denmark, Canada, Germany, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, The Netherlands and the UK.
In other words, the top-notch IPM specialists in the world...
About 100 participants were either nominated by their governments or invited by the OECD. Half of the participants will include government representatives working on pesticide regulation, and half of the participants will include representatives from international/regional organizations: European Commission, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO), International Organization for Biological Control (IOBC), bio-pesticide industries, environmental and consumer organizations and academia.
Americans joining Zalom in Berlin will be Tom Green of the US/IPM Institute of North America in Madison, Wis., who will discuss "IPM in U.S. Schools: Challenges, Opportunities and Implications for IPM in Agriculture" and James VanKirk of the Southern Region IPM Center, North Carolina State University, who will address "IPM Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education."
The OECD workshop will conclude with a visit to the German chancellery.
Zalom will begin a four-year commitment to ESA this fall when he will be inducted as vice president-elect at the organization's 59th annual meeting, set Nov. 13-16 in Reno. He will subsequently move up to vice president and president and then serve a year fulfilling the duties of past president. The UC Davis entomologist will become president at the end of the 2013 annual meeting and then will serve as president at the 2014 meeting in Portland, Ore.
Zalom has been heavily involved in research and leadership in integrated pest management (IPM) activities at the state, national and international levels. He directed the UC Statewide IPM Program for 16 years (1986 -2001) and is currently experiment station co-chair of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) National IPM Committee.
He focuses his research on California specialty crops, including tree crops (almonds, olives, prunes, peaches), small fruits (grapes, strawberries, caneberries), and fruiting vegetables (tomatoes), as well as international IPM programs.
The Zalom lab has responded to six important pest invasions in the last decade, with research projects on the glassy-winged sharpshooter, olive fruit fly, a new biotype of greenhouse whitefly, invasive saltcedar, light brown apple moth, and the spotted wing Drosophila.
IPM specialist Frank Zalom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
All the Way to the Top
Now Zalom, integrated pest management (IPM) specialist with the UC Davis Department of Entomology, will be sharing his skills worldwide.
He's the newly elected vice president-elect of the 6000-member Entomological Society of America (ESA), the world's largest association of entomologists. This means he'll move up to vice president and then president, and finally, serve a year as past president. Overall, it's a four-year commitment.
Entomologists have long admired Zalom, a professor of entomology and former vice chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, for his pest and crop expertise and his leadership skills. He's known statewide, nationally and internationally on the IPM front. In fact, the name, "Zalom," is synonymous with IPM.
Zalom, who directed the UC Statewide IPM Program for 16 years, sets many of the standards for IPM strategies and tactics; these include monitoring procedures, thresholds, pest development and population models, biological controls and use of less toxic pesticides.
Zalom focuses his research on California specialty crops, including tree crops (almonds, olives, prunes, peaches), small fruits (grapes, strawberries, caneberries), and fruiting vegetables (tomatoes), as well as the international IPM program.
Within the last decade, the Zalom lab has responded to six important pest invasions, with research projects on glassy-winged sharpshooter, olive fruit fly, a new biotype of greenhouse whitefly, invasive saltcedar, light brown apple moth, and the spotted wing Drosophila.
That's incredible!
Zalom is also a prolific author. In his three decades with the UC Davis Department of Entomology, he has published almost 300 refereed papers and book chapters, and 340 technical and extension articles. The articles span a wide range of topics related to IPM, including introduction and management of newer, soft insecticides, development of economic thresholds and sampling methods, management of invasive species, biological control, insect population dynamics, pesticide runoff mitigation, and determination of host feeding and oviposition preferences of pests.
Frank Zalom will be the second UC Davis entomologist to head ESA, which was founded in 1889 and is now headquartered in Lanham, Md. The first was Donald McLean, former professor/chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology; McLean served as ESA president in 1984.
Congratulations, Frank Zalom!
Integrated pest management specialist Frank Zalom in an almond orchard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tackling Spotted Wing Drosophila
Deep in the bowels of Briggs Hall on the UC Davis campus, entomology graduate student Kelly Hamby works on a pest that is giving growers fits: spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii).
First detected in California in the fall of 2008, the fly has become an significant pest of berry and cherry crops, which have a combined farmgate value of $1.9 billion.
"My research is focused on the molecular biology and genomics of insecticide resistance in this fly," said Hamby, who works in the lab of her major professor, integrated pest management specialist Frank Zalom, professor and former vice chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology.
"It is closely related to the model organism Drosophila melanogaster for which much is already known, so I hope to draw from those studies to enhance mine. I plan to monitor the genomic changes as resistance develops in both the field and the lab, and use this information to help growers manage insecticide resistance. "
Her work has not gone unnoticed.
The Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America (PBESA) is honoring her as the branch recipient of the Lillian and Alex Feir Graduate Student Travel Award in Insect Physiology, Biochemistry or Molecular Biology. She'll receive a commemorative plaque at an awards luncheon on Tuesday, March 29 at PBESA's meeting in Waikoloa, Hawaii.
The branch will then nominate and endorse her for the national award, to be given at the ESA's annual meeting Nov. 13-16 in Reno.
This is indeed a high honor.
PBESA encompasses 11 U.S. states (Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming); several U.S. territories, including American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands; and parts of Canada and Mexico.
Hamby, pursuing her doctorate in entomology, is a graduate of UC Davis with a bachelor of science degree in environmental toxicology. In her fruit fly project, she works closely with molecular geneticist Joanna Chiu, a UC Davis Department of Entomology faculty member who specializes in molecular chronobiology.
"I greatly appreciate Joanna's willingness to work with my students to add an exciting and useful new dimension to their work," Zalom said.
Dorothy Feir (1929-2008), the 1989 president of ESA, established the award as a tribute to her parents who, "at considerable self-sacrifice, "encouraged education and travel experience for their daughters," she related.
Feir, who grew up in Missouri, received her doctorate in entomology from the University of Wisconsin in 1968; taught biology at St. Louis University, beginning in 1961; and was the first woman president of the now 6000-member ESA. ESA named her a fellow in 1993, an honor limited to only 10 persons a year.
Feir donated her multimillion estate to various institutions and organizations for the study of insects--so future entomologists can benefit.
Kelly Hamby
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I hate going to my LHBS.
Dark, dreary, poorly arranged, lack of stock, rude owner and on and on.
After going to The Beveradge People in Santa Rosa Ca, I was reminded what a really good HBS was like.
This got SWMBO and I thinking.
We are not the only ones who detest going to the local store, obviously there is a healthy market, so why not open our own?
I was wondering if any of you either own your own HBS or have you looked in to it? If so, what are the pitfalls and hang ups related to owning one?
I am not looking for a business plan, although if you have one you want to send me feel free, but rather I was wondering if there were some issuses specific to a HBS that I need to be aware of that I would not know.
Any and all input would be appreciated.
I have experiance running a sucessful business and I think i can give the local guy a real run for his money.
Thanks in advance.
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First thought that comes to my mind is the real size of your local market - can it support two stores, even if one is crap? I'm not sure the growth rate of this particular hobby, but my sense is that it's not all that great. Even if the competition is weak, you'll have to be able to effectively communicate your presence to the homebrew community and steal some market share. I wonder, too, about the loyalty of homebrewers in general; you may dislike the LHBS guy, but something tells me that brewers may tend to be a loyal bunch. Dunno.
Finally, don't forget about all the conversations that folks around here have about online retailers. Some of the equipment doesn't lend itself too well to shipping cross-country, but that's not necessarily true of supplies.
Not saying that it isn't something you should pursue - hell, nothing better than doing what you love for a career - and all the power to you. My sense, though, is that running a HBS strikes me as a damn hard way to make a dollar. There's only one store that I'm aware of in the Albany, NY region (not a bad sized area), and only a handful in Massachusetts outside of Boston. How big of a local market do you have? How much traffic does the HBS seem to get?
Now, just thinking off the top of my head, seems like you would want to also set up shop online, through eBay or whatever. You're going to have a certain amount of inventory, some of it is perishable, you've got to get that turning over as fast as possible. Another thought; buying or starting a higher-end package store and using part of the space to sell homebrew supplies. Other costs involved for licenses and whatnot, but it has struck me in the past that it might make sense for an HBS to be run as a sideline of a bigger business.
You'll need to have a decent amount of capital, because even if you are successful at driving the other guy out it's not going to happen overnight.
I don't have any particular expertise in this, and I'm still new at this hobby in general - but the fundamental question that needs to be asked in any business venture is exactly how big the market is, and how you can reach it. There are eight million things to think about, but before any of them you've got to be comfortable with that.
Have you thought about buying the other guy out? He may be looking to sell, and it would (in the end) be cheaper than trying to run him out of business. You would also aquire his stock and general shop equiptment. Ask him if he's looking to sell his shop. You can always move to a better, brighter location.
To answer some of your valid questions;
there was at one time, 3 HBS in the area. One was bought out by the HBS I mentioned and one simply closed. Both were even worse than the existing one.
The area has about 750,000 people in the immediate area with an additional 500,000 in a 50 mile radius.
I know many homebrewers in the area, few choose to go to him except for emergencies, they almost all mailorder due to his poor store.
Finding my target audience is naturally a huge issue. Marketing is crucial. Targeted ads, demonstrations, Homebrewing clubs, CraigsList and others were my first thoughts for advertizing.
Bottom feeder ( you a lawyer by chance?) - Buying him out is not something I would concider. His nasty looking stock is the last thing I would want to bring into a new business. His current sucess (or lack of it) is related to his having NO competition. I aim to possibly change that.
Please understand, I am not thinking this is going to be my sole source of income, I make WAAAAAAAAY too much money to quit my job to do this. It was a supplimental and a possible retirement income for the years ahead.
Keep the ideas coming guys !
I'm thinking the biggest challenge you will face - if this isn't your full-time gig - is going to be managing / staffing the place. How many hours per week would you be able to dedicate to the store? Would SWMBO be involved? Would she be running the store? Is she a brewer? Another home brew friend you might consider doing a partnership with? Are you going to have to hire someone (at a living wage) to run the place?
When I first went to my preferred HBS, one of the things that the gent told me was that anytime I called, the person answering the phone would be a brewer (they are also open about 360 days a year). Your competition really isn't the other HBS (who sounds like he's on the way out, anyway), it's all the mail order places that people are using instead. The reason they'll start going to YOUR store won't be selection or price (they can get those online), but for advice and comraderie. That means whoever is manning the shop is going to need to be a brewer, meaning that your potential labor pool is that much smaller (not that most homebrewers wouldn't love to work in a shop, but still). The challenge will be - if you AREN'T manning the shop most of the time - making sure that someone is there who can help an idiot noob like myself.
If you haven't already, I'd sit down with a spreadsheet and a piece of paper and draw up your business plan. Make your assumptions as realistic as possible (err on the side of being conservative). Sounds like your market is big enough, although I'm not exactly sure what the concentration of homebrewers is for a given population. Get it all written out like you were bringing it to the bank for a loan. Wish I had more stuff specific to running an HBS to say, hopefully there are some others who either DO runa n HBS or who have some more direct experience.
All the HBS's I've seen have been dual purpose: Brew & Grow (HBS with a home-grow shop), Deep Elem Brews (half HBS, half bike shop). Both owners say that there's just not enough of a demand to a full time shop.
These places are barely profitable. Most of us order online, so you're better off setting aside a portion of your basement and starting an online HBS and, if things take off, get a storefront presence.
But remember: you need to be an expert. They'll shop you because you can help them with any question. You need to know every hop and what flavor it has, every yeast and every style of beer. You need to be da man when it comes to homebrewing.
As for buying out the current guy, just remember that EVERYONE is for sale. If he's interested, look at his books and figure out the net present value of his shop and make him an offer. The address inertia will be your biggest asset.
I honestly don't know how my local guy makes it - he has a good selection, good prices, and is very knowledgeable, but he doesn't seem terribly busy. But, he's been around for a long time, so he must be making enough to live on.
I like the idea of doing it as a retirement job - only thing is, I don't want to work full time when I retire some day! I think part of the reason for my local shop's success is that he's the only one who works there - he doesn't have to pay anyone's wages, so it keeps his overhead down.
Here is a thread from a while back worth reading through:How do homebrew stores even stay in business? (1 2 3 ... Last Page)
Much of it contains what people would like to see in a homebrew shop.
Don't forget the winemakers, either. They bring in big bucks, especially as the weather warms each year.
And doing mail orders would be a good idea....
My local HBS is owned by a homebrewing association and is the meeting place for the local brewing club as well. Everyone working in there is very helpful, knowledgable, and friendly. If you can get a homebrewing club meeting at the store, you have a built-in customer base to start from.
And the store sells wine, soda, and vinegar making supplies as well. When the winemakers come in, they can really drop some coin. I usually spend $20 at a time for ingredients. People that spend $10-15 or more on one bottle of wine don't even blink at spending $100 a pop at the HBS.


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"Consumers across Asia are discovering a range of Hershey confectionery products, and China in particular is growing faster than any other market," said Terence O'Day, Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, The Hershey Company. "Our new Malaysia plant will feature the latest confectionery manufacturing technology and will complement production at our existing joint-venture plant in China. Adding this new manufacturing capacity will put us in a strong position to meet the growing demand for our products across the region."
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Hershey has been investing in its Asia business for several years, building its presence across the region. The Johor plant, a $250 million USD (RM816 million) investment, represents the single- largest investment in Asia during the company's 18-year history in the region."We are honored that Hershey selected Malaysia for the site of its next manufacturing plant," said Datuk Noharuddin Nordin, Chief Executive Officer of Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA). "This is a testament to the continued attractiveness of Malaysia for multinationals making substantial commitments to the region. This project will bring years of positive economic benefit to Malaysia in the form of jobs and business for local suppliers." State-of-the-Art Technology The new plant will include innovations in automated candy-making technology, including proprietary equipment and systems developed to Hershey's specifications. The plant's capabilities will include high-speed wrapping machines featuring proprietary, specially engineered wrapping technologies. Strategic Location The plant's location in Johor is a strategic geographical choice that provides Hershey with easy distribution access to more than 25 markets across Asia. Malaysia also offers a well-educated potential workforce, a stable political environment, a strong supply chain infrastructure and globally recognized Halal food manufacturing certification that is an advantage for products sold in the region.
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Avalaya is a fashion and costume jewellery specialist offering thousands of brooches, earrings, bracelets, armlets, necklaces, bangles, pendants, bangles, hair accessories and other related products. With our diverse range of styles from classic, Victorian and antique to boho, art deco and contemporary you are sure to find the perfect accessory to complete your outfit.
We continuously add new products and follow the latest trends in fashion and fashion jewellery. Many of the designs are manufactured specifically for us, which means you will not find them anywhere else on the high street or online. Avalaya team travels around the Globe to find ethnic and tribal jewellery makers, so that you can enjoy very interesting and unique pieces that have been hand-crafted from the traditional materials. We are mad about jewellery and after all the hard work that we do every day, we always get excited when we list a new product.
All our jewellery comes as nickel free and all parts of piercing jewellery that are in direct contact with your body are made from the hypo-allergenic materials like surgical steel, with rhodium plating or with gold plating.
All products that we send out to the customers are checked several times at various stages to ensure that there are no manufacturing defects and that the item is received in a perfect condition and as seen on the website pictures.
Avalaya is a customer centric company and have set ourselves a target to deliver 100% customer satisfaction at all times. We are all human, and as saying goes, we all make mistakes. When our delivery company fails to deliver on time or on occasion when you may receive a faulty product, please do not hesitate to contact us - we will do our best to put things right.
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Avalaya delivers worldwide using Royal Mail and Parcelforce services.
For all the UK deliveries (including Channel Islands, Northern Ireland and BFPO) we charge a standard delivery price of £2.95. This is one price per order, regardless of the number of items ordered.
Your order will normally be shipped out using ""Royal Mail 24"" delivery service on the same working day, if you place your order before 1pm. This delivery service does not require a signature.
On some occasions we may choose to upgrade your delivery service to ""Royal Mail 24 Recorded"" or ""Royal Mail Special Delivery"", there will be no extra charge to the customer in such cases and your package will have to be signed for on delivery.
Most of the UK orders are delivered the next day, but this is not guaranteed for the Standard Delivery service and it may take up to 3 days. Please choose the Express Delivery for the guaranteed next day service.
We normally ship out on the usual workdays - Monday to Friday, excluding public and bank holidays in England. If your order is shipped on Friday and you do receive your Royal Mail post on Saturdays, then your order should be delivered on the following Saturday, otherwise - on the following Monday.
If you are not present at the time of the delivery, then Royal Mail would normally leave a ""While you were out"" card, giving the instructions on how to receive your parcel. The similar card will be left if the delivery was attempted by our courier, but failed. If the delivery date has passed and you have not received your order, then please look for the ""While you were out"" card and ask your members of family or colleagues to see if they have received the parcel or the above mentioned card for you. To receive your ""missed delivery"" parcel from Royal Mail, you would normally need to go to your nearest Royal Mail delivery depot with the ""While you were out"" card and a proof of your address (e.g.: a recent utility bill)
For your convenience, we also offer Delivered By Tesco service. Please choose this service if you want your order to be delivered to your preferred Tesco branch.
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We comply with the Distance Selling Regulations (DSR) which gives You the right to cancel your order within 7 working days (starting the day after delivery) for the full refund. This is a "cooling off period" to give You peace of mind and confidence when ordering from the Internet. Avalaya exceeds these requirements and gives You a longer ""cooling off period"" as we are confident with the quality of our products and services.
You may cancel your whole order or any part of it within our "cooling off period" of 14 days from the order date (or 7 working days starting the day after delivery, whichever is the longest) for a full refund or request an exchange for alternative product(s).
To cancel your order and arrange a return of the unwanted or faulty goods you must obtain a valid Return Merchandise Authorisation (RMA) number by contacting us within the "cooling off period" indicated above.
To apply for the RMA number, please use the "returns wizard" available via the URL printed on your invoice or delivery note, this is the preferred method. You also can obtain the RMA number by other means: via email, phone, fax or post.
You must return the goods within 21 days of receiving the RMA number. It is your responsibility to make sure that the goods reach us within this time frame.
We cannot process any returns without previously issued RMA number and we will be under no obligation to accept such unauthorised returns. Any goods received by us that do not carry a clear indication of an RMA number will be discarded without prior notice.
If you have sent us the goods without an RMA number, You must notify us immediately, giving the full description of your parcel and its contents.
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If the return is rejected and we are in possession of the returned goods we may send the goods back to you and charge you the associated shipping costs, refund you for the returned goods, less the restocking or cancellation fee which will be determined at our sole discretion; or discard the goods without a refund or any other form of compensation.
Any returned goods that are not part of the given return authorisation (RMA) will be sent back to you at your cost. At our sole discretion we may also refund for such products, less the restocking or cancellation fee.
Any packages, that we receive without an RMA number or any other identification details, will be discarded without prior notice.
Any unidentified articles, that we may receive with the returned goods and that were not sold by us, will be discarded without prior notice.
Avalaya.com will refund the full order value less the delivery cost within 30 days of receiving your return. We cannot refund the cost of shipping the goods back to us.
The goods should be returned by the First Class post with proof of posting. If goods are sent from outside of the United Kingdom, then you should use a Standard International post with proof of posting. You may also choose an equivalent delivery method by another courier, which can provide the equivalent or better level of delivery service.
The Customer must take reasonable care of the returned goods and use secure packaging and suitable protection to ensure their safe delivery. Using the original packaging is recommended. Your refund may be delayed or completely rejected if the goods reach us in an unusable form and the Customer is at fault.
We are not liable for any damages to the returned goods incurred during the transit from you to us.
Because of the hygienic reasons Avalaya cannot accept returns for unwanted pierced earrings and other piercing jewellery, unless the product is returned in the original unopened packaging. This condition does not affect your right to return faulty goods.
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Confession: we're glad that our Christmas vacation started right before the NRA's now-infamous December 21 press conference addressing the tragic shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. While thousands of passionate NRA supporters undoubtedly agreed with everything said that day, quite a few PR pros called it a "total disaster" and suggested that spokesman Wayne LaPierre probably should have stayed quiet.
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October 22 - December 18, 2010
Nick's Comedy Stop features hilarious local and national comedians every Friday and Saturday night at 8:30pm! Valdiated parking $6 at the 200 Stuart Street Garage around the corner from Nick's. Boston's oldest comedy club is located in the heart of the Theatre District.
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This league is for boys and girls ages 5 - 14. Participants must be 5 years of age and cannot have reached their 15th birthday on or before December 31, 2012. The Youth Wrestling team will be coached by Bob Wood and Danny Rook. Registration fee for this sport will be $25 per participant. All wrestling practices will be held in Prince George at the Field House. All wrestling matches will be held at various schools in the Prince George/Chesterfield area, schedule not yet finalized. For any questions please contact Mr. Wood at 732-3020.
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BETHLEHEM - Relocating their office, but not their attention, the Strategic Early Warning Network has moved its Wilkes-Barre office, which serves Northeastern Pennsylvania, to Bethlehem.
Since 2010, the Strategic Early Warning Network, a manufacturing retention program, maintained an office at 22 E. Union St., Suite 200, in Wilkes-Barre. SEWN is a statewide agency administered by Steel Valley Authority and sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor.
The Steel Valley Authority's (SVA) "28th Anniversary" Reception was held Wednesday, May 14, 2014, 6-9 PM at the Grandview Golf Club in North Braddock, PA 15104. Governor Tom Corbett sent along a congratulatory proclamation. Highlighting the gala event were a number of prestigious speakers:
Organized by the SVA Program Committee, the Reception drew 75 participants. Having been awarded the State of Pennsylvania's Layoff Aversion Contract for over $1.150 million annually for the 2014-2015 Program Year (and a two year renewal potential), the SVA is celebrating many new successes.
Steel Valley Authority awarded $1.15 Million to provide layoff aversion services
HARRISBURG, Pa., March 28, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Julia Hearthway announced today that the Steel Valley Authority (SVA) was awarded a $1.15 million grant to provide layoff aversion services in the commonwealth.The grant supports Governor Tom Corbett's commitment to building a stronger Pennsylvania by helping companies stay in business.
"Proactively working to avoid layoffs reduces the exponentially higher costs of unemployment and job creation programs associated with 'lost' jobs," Hearthway said. "This grant will allow the Steel Valley Authority and its partners to retain jobs, and not only save, but grow businesses."
The grant will support L&I workforce development efforts by providing layoff aversion services to stabilize, restructure, turn-around or attract buyers for at-risk businesses.
February 25, 2014 - Strategic Early Warning Network (SEWN) Program gets featured in Senator Fontana's "News and Views"
One of my budget priorities year after year has always been to fund programs that would create more jobs in the Commonwealth. At the same time, I think it's important to stress that we must also advocate for programs that help retain jobs in the state. To that end, I want to highlight a very successful program offered in Pennsylvania called the Strategic Early Warning Network (SEWN). Essentially, what this program does is provide business expertise to help stabilize a small company by averting layoffs and manufacturing plant closings.
Our SEWN Marketing Support Specialist, Mary Beth Enggren, gives interview on local radio station in the Lehigh Valley area. Arranged by Tina Smith, Executive Director of the Nazareth/Bath Chamber of Commerce, the interview was part of her weekly "Chamber Chat" program which is aired live on Prolifick Radio every Tuesday afternoon. Mary Beth discusses the SEWN program and the serviices SEWN provides to all counties in the Commonwealth of PA.
The list of shows defaults to the oldest, scroll to the top of the list to find Mary Beth Enggren's.
Wendell August Forge enlisted SEWN's help in the spring of 2009 with its financial restructuring services. Read SEWN's success story on Wendell August Forge.
Wendell August Forge Officially Opens New Factory & Flagship Store
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Three and a half years after a devastating fire, Wendell August Forge has been re-born.
A crowd turned out Tuesday morning to witness a grand reopening just down the road from the Grove City Outlets.
When the fire struck on March 6, 2010, it appeared that America's oldest and largest forge, still crafting metal by hand, was doomed. That would not be the case.
"We're celebrating a company that clearly has risen, literally, from the ashes," Gov. Tom Corbett said at an on-site news conference.
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In the world of small business, the ability to implement a price increase or even maintain existing margins on repeat business has never been more difficult. Thanks to digital technology, buyers are able to manipulate the quoting process and get potential suppliers to bid against each other within a matter of seconds. While this is nothing new, it continues to be an ever expanding problem for small businesses. Quite simply, This implied price ceiling means there is even less cash or available employee time to keep up with customer requirements.
Published: Friday, August 16, 2013
An attempt to bring an industrial laundry facility back to Allegheny County got a boost Friday when the county Redevelopment Authority approved a $100,000 grant to a group sponsoring the Clean'n Green Co-Op Laundry.
The money will help the Steel Valley Group continue its drive to set up a board to oversee the establishment of the employee-owned facility in Hazelwood, which could be the first development in the 178-acre Almono LP complex, site of the former LTV Coke Works. Another Hazelwood site also is being considered.
Wendell August Forge enlisted SEWN's help in the spring of 2009 with its financial restructuring services. Read SEWN's success story on Wendell August Forge.
By Deborah M. Todd / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Published May 9, 2013
The week that Grove City metalcrafter Wendell August Forge celebrated winning the largest orders in its 90-year history was almost the same week it mourned its demise.
In March 2010 -- fresh off of six-figure deals with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Robert Morris University -- the handcrafted metal company's flagship store and workshop burned to the ground. In about an hour, millions of dollars in equipment and materials housed at the Exton location since 1934 were reduced to embers on the collapsed factory's floor. The fire, which started in a ventilation fan being used by workers applying lacquer to products, was ruled accidental.
Three years after what typically is a death blow for small businesses, Wendell August Forge has upped its workforce from a team of 70 to 120, struck distribution deals with 600 stores nationwide and broken ground on a new facility behind Grove City Premium Outlets. The new location, which is scheduled to open this fall, puts the company in the sights of more than 6 million shoppers who hit the outlet mall every year.


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My sister and I have rented lake front homes for many years for our Familys to get together on the beach. This house had everything we look for. The home was very comfortable inside and out. The front deck overlooking the beach was wonderful, and had plenty of seating for us as well as some friends that had dinner with us several nights from a house down the street. The hot tub was a plus! The layout of the house made it easy to prepare meals for the family inside and out. The outside warm shower was great for showering the kids and getting any sand off the kids and ourselves. The loft upstairs was roomy , great for our extended family, the beds were comfortable. The dining room was great for dining as well as games. The kitchen really had anything we needed. The living room had plenty of seating for movies. The kids enjoyed taking the Trolley to the Old Fashion Candy store or for Ice Cream. The Trolley will pick you up & drop you in front of this house. The guys enjoyed the local Golf courses. We would definitely rent this home again.
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Wonderful break from city living for a week with the kids! House works incredibly well with kids and everyone can be together and hang out or go and get some private time. Chris is incredibly accommodating. The views from the house are incredible and peaceful! There was a ton of snow on the ground and the lake was mostly frozen so it kind of looked like something out of a syfy movie! Kitchen was great for entertaining too!
My siblings and I rented this house for my mother's 60th and sister's 40th birthday. We all have not stayed under the same roof in so long and figured it would be nice to celebrate their mileston birthday's together. My mother live in Muskegon and all the kids are spread out over the US. Chris was very accommodating with our arrival time and was very friendly. We all were very happy with the size and set up of the home. The neighbors were a little close and we were concerned with bothering them b/c, of course, we were very loud! 4 siblings w/spouse and kids and family in the area who stopped by the first night. But to my surprise no one knocked on the door and told us to keep it down! The backyard was great! The kids loved the hot tub, we had space to grill and for us to run around and toss the ball. The kitchen was big enough for all us girls to cook and the washer and dryer came in handy. My brother in law would have liked for an updated tv, but after mentioning it when he first came in, I don't think he even turned it on. We also hid the wi-fi info so no one could get on the internet. This house was the perfect size for all of us to kick back and enjoy each other, without ticking one another off! We had concerns about the glass table in the living room b/c of the kids. My only suggestion would be to replace it with something less breakable. The kids complained about the bunk beds and slept on the floor (lol). Standard camping bunks. Overall, we LOVED IT!!! We are still talking about how nice it was...which is why I am writing this review almost a year later! The 4 stars is b/c it was so close to the nieghbors and I wished all the doors had screen b/c bugs flew in.


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Celebrating Christmas in Paris
Paris is memorable at any time of year, but during the month of December it seems to sparkle especially bright. December is an ideal month to take in the city's many sights and attractions in a more relaxed setting. The streets are dotted with boutiques decorated for the holidays and the grand department stores go all out with stunning displays. We recommend experiencing some of these truly special Christmas celebrations in Paris.
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Paris in the Fall
Paris in the fall is an amazing experience. The changing color of the leaves and the quality of light make for some spectacular photographs. It is so comforting to spend a blustery afternoon in a little Parisian café and chatting over a cup of hot chocolate. It is important to note that Daylight Savings Time ends in France on October 26th. The time change in…
See you in September!
There is a distinctly French way of greeting the beginning of the fall season. À la rentrée! A literal translation is "at the return" but it can mean so much more. About.com defines À la rentrée ! as a valediction, similar to bonnes vacances ! (have a nice vacation), a way of saying good-bye and an acknowledgement that you'll see the other person when you both re-enter the real world after your prolonged…
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With so much to see in Paris it can be easy to overlook the multitude of exciting destinations surrounding the city. Day trips from Paris are as simple as buying a train ticket. Here are some of our favorite day trip ideas. A day of family fun can be found at Disneyland Paris or Parc Asterix. If you have a rental car, you can go…
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A special transformation happens in Paris during the summer. Beaches appear along the river Seine for four weeks in July and August. More and more Parisians are staying in town for the summer thanks to this annual event. The Georges Pompidou Expressway along Paris's Right Bank is transformed into a pedestrian friendly walkway replete with a sandy beach. The Paris-Plages ("Paris Beaches") have become an…
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Visiting Paris is not just about sightseeing during the day. Paris has a vibrant and exciting nightlife for you to explore as well. Rue Oberkampf, on the Ménilmontant hill in the 11th arrondissement, is a great place to discover hip new bars. Our CobbleStay #11 – Amelot Terrace Ground Floor and CobbleStay #12 – Private Terrace Amelot are within 5 minutes walk of all the attractions…
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