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Country club living always signifies prestige. It suggests the good life: upscale residences with views of acres of manicured green space, socializing at well-appointed clubhouses, unlimited golf at your doorstep.
That high-end ambience still exists, but the trend today is toward more affordable golf course communities built around public courses.
The new Bowes Creek Country Club in northwest suburban Elgin is the latest entry in that category. The 18-hole golf course, laid out on gently rolling terrain, is scheduled to open in late September, according to Michael Lehman, director of golf and head pro.
The project is unique because it is a joint effort of Toll Brothers, which will build 931 homes at the 616-acre site, and the city of Elgin, which will manage and maintain the course.
Some homes already have been built at Bowes Creek, which offers four-bedroom single-family houses with 2,000 to 4,300 square feet starting in the low-$400,000s, and low-maintenance townhouses with 2,000 to 2,300 square feet priced from the mid-$200,000s. It also has a separate active-adult enclave with ranches and townhouses priced from the upper-$200,000s to the mid-$300,000s.
The Bowes Creek opening is surprising because the golf course community boom slowed down years ago and planning for future golf developments has been stalled by the current state of the economy.
"I don't see new ones being built in the next five years," said real estate analyst Tracy Cross. "There have been a lot of problems with country clubs because of the recession."
But golf developments planned and started before the housing downturn continue to sell. Cross listed the top three as the Hawthorn Woods Country Club in northwest suburban Hawthorn Woods, Bowes Creek in Elgin and Mill Creek in west suburban Geneva.
"Having a golf course gave builders a competitive edge. But in the early 2000s, housing sales were humming along so builders didn't need golf to set them apart," said Cross, president of Tracy Cross and Associates in Schaumburg.
He added that new golf projects tailed off for other reasons, too. "Changing tides have put more emphasis on family-oriented activities, the cost of golf has increased and the popularity of the game has remained stable or downward in recent years."
It costs more to live on a golf course. Cross estimates that houses in a gated community cost close to 40 percent more than similar residences elsewhere. "A $350,000 house might be $500,000 on a golf course," he said.
But there's still a demand for country club living. Just ask Jim and Pat Kehoe.
When they started looking for a new house, golf was not a priority. Now it is. That's because they moved in June to a two-bedroom, 2,000-square-foot ranch at the active-adult section of Bowes Creek. They're looking forward to the opening of the golf course.
"I used to play golf a number of years ago," said Jim, a retired Chicago firefighter who had lived in the city all his life. "We've already joined the golf club. And we've both taken golf lessons."
They had their garage extended four feet to make room for a two-seater golf cart. "It can also be driven on the streets to go to the activity center and clubhouse," he said.
The 9,000-square-foot active-adult clubhouse has a media room, library, billiards room and space for parties. Besides golf, recreation options include a swimming pool, tennis courts, bocce ball and a putting green.
Because the golf course is so convenient, Jim thinks they will play three times a week.
Barbara and David Schwab also are ardent golfers.
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Stress keeping you up at night? A tablet of Valium helps. Suffering from back pain? Those Percodans are a lifesaver.
Taking a couple pills every day may not seem like a big deal. You know you're in control.
Or are you?
Prescription drug abuse in the U.S. is rising among women and older adults, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Nearly seven million Americans used medications for non-medical reasons in 2010 – three million of them women.
The most abused drugs: narcotic painkillers, tranquilizers, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants.
"It's a slippery slope with some prescription drugs," says Neil Capretto, D.O., medical director of Gateway Rehabilitation Center in Pittsburgh, PA. "Anyone taking a controlled substance over time will at the very least become physically dependent."
Women are more likely than men to be prescribed addictive prescription drugs and get hooked on them, NIDA research suggests.
That's because they're more likely than men to seek medical treatment, especially for mental health problems, Capretto says. "Women also communicate more with doctors than men do and thus are more likely to be prescribed something."
Getting Hooked
How easy is it to get addicted?
"It depends on the amount of the substance used, the dose or strength" and how long you've been taking it, says Robert Karp M.D., associate medical director for inpatient psychiatric services at Overlook Hospital, Summit, N.J.
Those with certain psychiatric illnesses like depression, anxiety or a genetic tendency for addiction are also likely to get hooked, says Steven D. Passik, Ph.D., a psychologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
"People with a family history of substance abuse or a prior history of alcohol or drug abuse are most vulnerable," he says. "They may also be living with high stress or psychiatric problems, such as mood disorders like bipolar disorder or anxiety."
In some, the abuse itself can create psychiatric symptoms such as depression, anxiety and even psychosis.
How Prescription Drug Addiction Works
So how do prescription drugs take control so strongly in the first place?
"Drugs literally hijack the reward system in the brain," Capretto says. "They take over the drive center in the midbrain and increase dopamine, a neurotransmitter that causes pleasure."
As addiction sets in and your tolerance builds, "that sense of euphoria gets harder and harder to capture," says Loren Olson, M.D., a psychiatrist in Des Moines, Iowa. You need more of the drug to feel more like yourself and function at work or with family and friends. So you begin popping more pills.
Compounding the problem: withdrawal symptoms – nausea, sweating, cramping and insomnia – so uncomfortable that the only way to avoid them is to go back on the drug, Dr. Olson says.
"Physically, you may look like you have the flu in the morning," Capretto says.
Your looks aren't the only thing prescription drug abuse affects. It could even cost you your life.
"Opioids can cause severe respiratory depression or even death following a single large dose," says Adrienne Marcus, Ph.D., executive director for the Lexington Center for Recovery in Mt. Kisco, N.Y.
You may also experience seizures after reducing or stopping some depressants.
High doses of stimulants "can cause irregular heartbeats, dangerously high body temperatures, cardiovascular failure and lethal seizures or can result in intense hostility and feelings of paranoia," Marcus says.
Taking large amounts of one drug is bad enough. Even worse: mixing meds or taking them with an alcoholic drink, especially in high doses.
Popping Ambien pills after a few glasses of wine, for example, can lead to blackouts, memory loss and erratic behavior.
"Two plus two isn't four – it's more like 10," Capretto says. "You're pushing your nervous system in different directions at the same time."
Not everyone feels the same effects from these drugs either.
"If you take it and feel like you're in love – or you feel calm or all warm and fuzzy – that's a sign you may have a tendency for addiction," he says.
Recognizing Prescription Drug Abuse
It's easy to deny that your drug use is out of control. After all, if your doctor prescribed the drug, it must be safe, right?
Wrong, Capretto says. Just because a doctor prescribed the medication doesn't mean it isn't addictive, he says.
"Whether a patient gets a drug off the street or is prescribed it by a doctor, the potency and addictive nature doesn't change," he says.
In fact, many people spend years in denial before seeking help. Here are 7 warning signs and symptoms of addiction:
You have strong cravings for the medication.
Your drug use has become compulsive and you're taking more than the prescribed dose.
You're on a constant quest to obtain the drug through various means, whether borrowing from friends, shopping around doctors or even theft or forgery.
You continue to use the drug even though it's hurting your job performance, relationships and other aspects of your life.
Your behavior has changed. You may be more secretive, argumentative and defensive.
You're mixing drugs to achieve the same effect.
You've tried to stop or reduce your usage, but can't.
If you're experiencing these signs, it's time to get professional help. Quitting may require treatment with drugs like naltrexone, methadone and buprenorphine.
Naltrexone blocks the effects of opioid painkillers but doesn't get rid of withdrawal symptoms. Methadone and buprenorphine, on the other hand, help ease the addiction and prevent the misery of withdrawal.
Many addicts will need behavioral counseling or a recovery program; others require an intervention by family members to force them into treatment.
Using These Drugs Safely
Most people are using prescription drugs properly under supervision of a doctor who's familiar with their medical history, Passik says.
A good physician should prescribe drugs only for a limited time and in small doses. Some doctors may also require regular urine tests to monitor usage.
"These drugs are all tools, and if they're used properly, they're great," Capretto says.
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Here are the most commonly addictive prescribed drugs:
What are they?
Opioids are used to treat acute or chronic pain, as well as post-surgical pain and to relieve cough and diarrhea. They may be prescribed to treat pain from arthritis, fibromyalgia or cancer.
Common opioids:
oxycodone (OxyContin, Percocet, Perdocan), codeine and morphine (Kadian)
How they work:
Opioids attach themselves to proteins on the cell surface known as opioid receptors, which are found in the brain, spinal cord and gastrointestinal tract. They block pain messages sent to the brain.
They can also make you sleepy or constipated and induce euphoric feelings by affecting regions of the brain that control pleasure.
"Pain drugs are by far the most common [abused prescription drug] we see," Capretto says.
Anti-anxiety drugs and sleeping pills
What are they?
Central nervous system (CNS) depressants (also known as sedatives and tranquilizers) slow normal brain function. They're usually prescribed for anxiety, tension, panic attacks and sleep disorders.
Common CNS depressants:
benzodiazepines such as diazepam (Valium), alprazolam (Xanax) and chlordiazepoxide HC1 (Librium)
More sedating benzodiazepines, such as triazolam (Halcion) and estazolam (ProSom), are sometimes prescribed for sleep disorders.
Barbiturates such as mephobarbital (Mebaral) and pentobarbital sodium (Nembutal) are also CNS depressants, but aren't prescribed as often.
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Most CNS depressants enhance the effects of a neurotransmitter called gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), which decreases normal brain activity. An increase in GABA causes drowsiness and tranquility — the way you feel after a martini or two.
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Stimulants boost levels of dopamine, a neurotransmitter that enhances pleasure and focus. These medications are especially popular among college students trying to do more with less sleep.
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The purpose of creating a logical unit number (LUN) is to carve out a portion of the SCSI target (a disk system, for instance) to allocate a certain amount of storage to the host. Each logical unit is given a specific number (LUN) to identify it to the host. In SCSI terminology, the SCSI target is identified by a bus/target/LUN convention. This goes back to the days of parallel SCSI (actually still the majority of shipments in the market) where there was a SCSI bus and several disk drives were hanging off of it. Sometimes there were several busses available to the host. So a bus/target/LUN triad identified the bus, the specific disk drive on that bus (target) and a LUN on that target disk. Fibre Channel and iSCSI have retained a variation of this terminology, i.e. LUNs are still used. Therefore, I will stay with the standard SCSI terminology to explain the concept.
In more complex storage systems, for example a RAID system, either modular or monolithic, there can be many RAID controllers and hundreds of disk drives. In these environments, a LUN can be made up of several drives (for example, a RAID 5 set created with six disk drives) but the concept remains the same. LUNs are a way to identify a specific type and amount of storage to the host. A large monolithic storage system, such as a DMX system from EMC, could have hundreds of LUNs defined by the storage administrator and allocated to the hosts. A lot of a storage administrator's time is spent in allocating, reallocating, expanding and adding to LUNs.
It is unrealistic to imagine a single LUN scenario in today's enterprise environment. The only example I can think of, in which a single LUN would be adequate is perhaps a very specific, dedicated storage system that caters to a single application. Even then more than one LUN is often needed.
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hi all... i am in my final semester on nursing school!! my graduation is august 10th! woohoo ... sorry i am so excited! i am doing a school project on new grads entering the er. i would like your view points good and bad. do... Read More
- 0Jul 30, '07 by danielleRN76I think that new grads would be okay only if given a very, very exensive orientation. Some ED's have separate sections for acute and subacute in which case a new grad could move into critical situations over time. My ED is a pod system, with a mix of acute, subacute, peds and adult, so a new grad could get thrown a pt having a very critical issue and if the other staff was extremely busy, they may not get the help they would need. So I have mixed feelings. I was an LPN for 6 yrs before getting my RN, then worked on a tele unit for 2 1/2 yrs, the last yr as a charge nurse, then transferred to the ED, and I still have a lot of questions! It was actually hard to go from being one of the best nurses on a hard telemetry unit to being a novice all over again in the ED! (I think a big plus for ED is tele certification, ACLS, comfort with IV starts, stuff like that...)
- 0Jul 30, '07 by bigreddog1934well i guess i am the worst case senario on this topic. i am a new grad with no experience, outside of 15 years of carpentry, working on my third day in the er. i feel like i have a very good preceptor. i undertand her nickname is "the colonel" and she has been working er for 30 years.
after two days i can say that i love the place, and my preceptor told me that i had passed a number of tests i wasnt aware were even occuring. even so, i am very green and have a world to learn. at the moment i am just working as hard as i can, being as helpful as possible, asking questions about the things i dont understand and carrying around a little notepad for things to review when i am off work.
hopefully it will conitinue along these lines for my orientation.
- 0Jul 31, '07 by RN1263I'm a new grad and I started in the E.D. last week. I use to be an E.M.T. and had been an E.D. tech years ago. So, I thought it would work out......NOPE.
I was thrown to the wolves on the first day......I quit after 4 days of hell. Simply, they needed an extra body in the E.D. and weren't interested with whether or not I was learning the flow of the E.D., if I knew how to operate equipment, ect., ect..
Soooooo, the clincher for me.........they wanted to start giving me my "own" patients the following week.
Not all "new grad" E.D. experiences have a happy ending......It didn't work out for me and now I'm without a job.Last edit by RN1263 on Jul 31, '07
- 0Jun 14, '10 by RN1263This was in northeast ohio....and three yrs ago. I'm doing home health nursing now, so maybe it just wasn't right for me. Like I said I was an ER Tech yrs before this and at that hospital they would never have treated a new nurse the way this place I spoke of treated me!
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- 0Jun 22, '10 by canoeheadI'm working the ER now, and I know I could never have handled it safely as a new grad. You don't know how much you don't know. There is so much to learn you could easily spend a year on orientation- why not just do a year of nursing? ER tends to be fast paced with no nonsense type staff. If you are unsure of your skills or worth as a nurse you can be quickly bulldozed, even supportive staff can be pretty bold in a crisis. If you are exposed to an acutely ill patient you need to move with confidence, no time to look a lot of things up or talk it out. You are in the middle of everybody's worst day from the patient's perspective. It's very easy to get emotionally overwhelmed, and some time in nursing can give you some coping skills to deal with families and life/death issues. After the code you must pick up and get back to your other patients, and likely there's a lot to catch up on. Plus the G-D- paperwork postcode and afterdeath care is hard when you feel like a wet dishrag. It's a real reality shock when you first do it.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Davey Johnson walked into Angel Stadium at 11 a.m. this morning. First pitch between the Nationals and Angels was still eight hours away. But where else would he rather be?
"I've done it a lot my whole life," the Nationals' new manager said. "The ballpark is your home. … I feel very comfortable here."
That feeling of comfort is what led Johnson back to the dugout, back to the manager's office and back to Major League Baseball after an 11-year hiatus. Asked by general manager Mike Rizzo to take over for the rest of this season (and perhaps beyond) following Jim Riggleman's surprise resignation, the 68-year-old didn't have to think twice.
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So I guess this is Daveymas? DeeJay Day?
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Meh, I'm just gonna call it game 78 day. I'm very happy he's here and all. I'm just a curmudgeon about the whole "-mas" meme thing.
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Who cares about a new manager. We lost. Daveys first move should be giving Werthless a couple days off. 0-5 with 3 Ks. This guy is a joke.
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Um, game 79. Math was never my strong suit. Heh.
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The setting is in the harsh, peasant-swamped land of Calradia where many different factions are vying for control – God knows why, as it's actually a very dull place, with little much else for the population to do except look miserable or indulge in malnutrition. You begin the game by creating a character – male or female – and by choosing a series a multiple choice questions about your family and your upbringing, you define a character with a modicum of stats. These range from strength and agility, to weapon proficiency and those essential prisoner management skills.
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Hello Kristin.
This is just his way to show you,he thinks this is a fun way to get you to run after him more.
first thing to do,buy some very cheap cloth underpants,it really does not make any difference where you get them,and also buy about a 1/2 dozen pair of plastic pants in his size,next time he goes in them, don't hurry,but take him straight into the bathroom and strip him down in the bathtub,then telling him that he would be playing now,if he had only used the bathroom instead of his pants,and be washing him down slowly with Cool,(not cold) water.
Be consistent and he should be ok in a couple of days to a week,depending on just how stubborn he can be.
Don't worry,this is normal,most actually would not stop at nap time only.
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Hello Kristin.
Give him the week and we will see if anything is sinking in.
If not,we do not want to go back to pull-ups as they are nothing but glorified diapers and kids know it,they just give him permission to use them as such.
If you think he is going to be to stubborn,be sure to get the plastic pants as we will start to use the 3 strikes method,it is a last resort method I have used for years,and there are very few that last long with it.
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Thanks so much for your help. I came back because we are still having problems. Can you tell me what you mean by plastic pants? Do you mean the elastic waistband athletic pants or something else? How does this help? Also, what do you mean by "three strikes" method?
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|Wed, 08-05-2009 - 5:25pm
Hi Kristin.
Sorry to be so long in getting an answer to you.
Plastic or as we used to call them rubber pants are the pants that go over diapers,cloth training pants and regular underwear when needed to help contain accidents and keep clothing and furniture
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Although I believe the plastic pants and three strikes method is an effective method, in this particular situation, I'd personally go ahead and put your ds back in pull-ups for naps.
Since the problem began right after your baby was born, to me this sounds like a situation of stress and/or power struggle -- even if your ds isn't consciously aware of it. In fact, even positive stress (like getting a new/different teacher at preschool, even tho' they are well-liked) can create potty training disruption for a child.
I'd personally rather not set up a situation designed for failure, mess and stress, esp since your ds is still young enough that if he wears a pull-up at naptime, it shouldn't be a big deal.
I'd just matter-of-factly let your ds know that since his body doesn't seem to be able to stay dry at naptime that you're going to let him use pull-ups again. It's not a punishment, it's not a reward, it's just something that is going to occur. After several weeks/months, you can try again.
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About 10 days ago, I posted about taking a new approach to my writing, and that's to treat every single day as a challenge. So far, it has worked out OK. I've been more efficient, but still nowhere near as effective as I want to be.
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TVGuide.com: Your character, Jenny... she's just a bit crazy there.Coughlan: [Laughs] A little bit! I'm very well cast, we can say that safely.
TVGuide.com: What about this series would you say is most like, and most unlike, what we would expect from Lifetime?Coughlan: Our show definitely tugs at the heartstrings, which people expect. We try to carry a tone of a real dramedy, where it's dramatic but also comedic, and there are a lot of moments in each episode that I hope will move an audience. What we don't do, which Lifetime is trying to get away from, is skew toward women in a certain demographic. Our show appeals to people of all ages, in different places in their lives. It's about the journey of life and figuring out who you are.
TVGuide.com: Has playing Jenny as she totes around a camera made you a better photographer, by any chance? Coughlan: It's made me take note of things a bit more, I think, because my character is also looking for the "angle," figuratively. Naturally, when you hold a camera in your hands, you start to notice your surroundings a bit more.
TVGuide.com: But as far as knowing what the flip to do with developer fluid or whatnot...Coughlan: Not so much, no. I am trying! I do have lots of scenes in the dark room, but I wouldn't put me to the test if I were you.
TVGuide.com: Jenny's cancer-stricken friend gives a speech about how life is "the main course, the appetizer and the dessert." How does that compare to your own view? Are you a "seize the day" type?Coughlan: For me, it's been a very similar journey. When I read the script, to be honest, it made me cry — it hit me the same way it hit my character. Like anybody else, I can either get wrapped up in the minutiae and take all of the wonderful things around me for granted, or I can stop and smell the roses. The theme of the entire show is about not getting wrapped up in what everyone else wants you to do.
TVGuide.com: The mysterious and mysteriously sage guy on the phone whom Jenny keeps accidentally dialing... are we ever going to meet him?Coughlan: You're going to meet him. [Laughs] I can't say when, but you will.
TVGuide.com: And how about Ian, that fiancé of yours? Does Jason Priestley ever age, or what?Coughlan: I know! [Laughs] He's wiser, but he doesn't look any older. I don't know how he pulls it off.
TVGuide.com: It's tough, because the viewer wants you two to make things work, if only because it's Brandon freakin' Walsh. But at the same time, Jenny's friend has a point, that she's trying to force her foot into a shoe that doesn't fit.Coughlan: Right, right. You look at a guy like Ian and go, "What girl in her right mind would pass that up?" But maybe not every great guy is your guy. Jenny is just trying to figure out where she is.
TVGuide.com: You were on Boston Legal for a stretch. What's your perspective on the recent cast shake-up? Just David E. Kelley's way of keeping things fresh?Coughlan: Yeah, he's got his mainstays, and they're pretty amazing. The rest of us come in and complement them. I think it's smart of him to phase people in and out.
TVGuide.com: What do you have coming up? This Bill movie, with Aaron Eckhart, looks pretty good.Coughlan: Yes, I have a small role in it, but it's a really good movie with a great script. I think Aaron Eckhart [playing the disenfranchised husband of a cheating wife] will hit it out of the park. There's another movie called The Dissection of Thanksgiving, which is an independent set in the '80s, and that's very funny. And there's Already Dead, which I did with Christopher Plummer and Ron Eldard (ER). It's a psychological thriller about revenge, with Ron trying to find the guy who killed our son.
TVGuide.com: As someone who worked with a younger Katie Holmes in Teaching Mrs. Tingle, do you look at her now and not see the same person?Coughlan: No, I see the same person. She looks like a really happy mom and wife. Obviously her life has changed and she lives an entirely different kind of life that I could never possibly begin to understand. But she looks like she's happy.
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Terrariums with MakeTribe
So Baltimore is experiencing a revival of new creative happenings, I like to think of this one as a rural hipster movement. Besides the CSA/farm/locavore thing, which has been going on for a long while, there is a take charge of the lovelier things in life/hands-on artistic community budding in the best way. A large part of that is due to the beautifully orchestrated efforts of MakeTribe. Two lovely ladies are responsible for curating themed workshop events ranging from making mozzarella cheese to valentines to the terrariums we made last night with b.willow. Besides these imaginative happenings, MakeTribe organizes twice-monthly knitting events, K1P1, at Artifact Coffee (incidentally, Artifact served the be all/end all of hot beverages, the Earl Grey Tea Latte. If you've tried it elsewhere you have simply been mislead. Theirs is hands down – the best).
Part of the reason these fêtes are so beautiful is that the event is produced with a seasonal theme incorporating the experts, mixologists, chefs and even burgeoning artisan popsicle makers to become a multi-sensory experience. Loved it! Thanks to my sister Kristin for telling me all about this business and my friend Heather for coming all the way from Philly to take part. XOXO.
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This cozy tropical retreat offers relaxation and privacy. Our neighborhood is very quite, with lots of big shady trees, no traffic for pleasant walks, bird watching, bike rides to the beach (which is only a mile and a half away), stunning sunsets and complete tranquility. The owner is a long time resident of Naples and can guide you to the many activities offered in the area, such as kayaking, visits to the numerous nature preserves, guided bird watching excursions, boating, fishing, etc.
You can walk to the 'Mercato' to dine in any of the fabulous restaurants al fresco. The Silver Spot movie theater offers service of cocktails while you watch your movie on recliner style seats.
We have tennis courts less than a mile away, and bike rental shops. At the beach you can rent chair and umbrellas for your convenience. Ritz Hotel has a wonderful outdoor cafe on the beach great to go to watch the sunset
The Casa: The Main House consists of two large bedrooms; the master has a king size bed and the second bedroom has a double bed and a twin bed, they are located at opposite ends for absolute privacy. There is a large living room that overlooks the pool and deck area which is surrounded by lush vegetation and is the home of a spectacular variety of local and migratory birds. The spacious kitchen is fully equipped with all the necessary accouterments for fabulous cooking. The kitchen has pass through windows to the pool area to allow to serve your meals al fresco by the pool and garden. The family/TV room is very cozy and lends for quite moments reading/napping or watching TV.
From the master bedroom bathroom you can go out to the pool and secluded jacuzzi for a late night dip before bed?
The Main House sleeps 4 to 6 people.
I welcome all pets with responsible owners, the pool area is conveniently fenced in for their safety.
There is a Guest House in the back of the property totally independent from the Main House. It is not available for rent and it is for the sole use of the owner when she is in town.
I have been a Naples resident for more than 20 yrs. I am a professional interpreter. I speak Spanish, French and English.
I love Pine Ridge and I am very happy to share its charm with you.
Clara Beron purchased this house in 1994
By: Janice C
The Casa is even more beautiful than the photos suggest -- spacious, immaculate, and decorated with a ton of interesting cultural artifacts. The pool is great too, and we saw so many birds right from the house! The privacy is excellent... even if there are other people staying at the Casita you won't interact with them unless you want to. And Clara is just lovely to talk to. This is the best place I ever rented, I'll jump at the opportunity to rent again when I come back to the area!
A Spanish style residence, nestled in a secluded acre of land, surrounded by matured pine and palm trees.
This unique sanctuary is located in Pine Ridge Estates, one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in Naples, Florida. A mere mile from the white sands of Vanderbilt Beach and the Ritz Carlton Hotel.
Also, within walking distance you will find a wide variety of restaurants, grocery stores, wine and gourmet markets for your convenience. Half a mile away you will be in 'The Mercato', Naples new chic center for fine dining, shopping and entertainment. The Naples Philharmonic and Museum of Art is located in our neighborhood and their season starts in October and lasts through May, with exhibits from world re known artists and great performances.
Other Activities: shopping, kayaking, boating, parasailing, shelling, bird watching, wildlife viewing, health/beauty spa, miniature golf
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Main House
Peak season: Oct 1st -May 30th $1200 weekly $4200 monthly
Summer Season June 1st-September 30th $1000 weekly $3800 monthly
Refundable security deposit $250 - $500
Cleaning fee $135.00
Pet deposit $250 - $500
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Payment is usually accepted in the quoted currency (USD) unless the currency and the amount is specifically agreed in advance with the owner / advertiser.


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Jason Cherniak has given constant support for bellicose militarism. As such we are conducting this online petition to encourage Jason to follow the courage of his convictions and enlist in the Canadian, American or Israeli Armed forces. Is it not time that those advocating militarism started doing some of the killing and the dying for their beliefs
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- Neighborhood: Center City East, Washington Square West
- 1221 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA
- Phone: 215-320-7500
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- Cuisine: Vegetarian
- Price: $$
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Times of London restaurant critic Giles Coren was in Philadelphia this spring filming his TV show Million Dollar Critic for Canada's WNetwork. The show visited five Philadelphia restaurants in order for Coren to bestow one of them with his million dollar recommendation (because the review could be worth more than a million dollars in business).
Coren visited Vedge, Cheu Noodle Bar, Avenue Delicatessen, The Mildred (now closed) and Kanella. In the end, Coren heaped the most praise on Kanella, the Cypriot BYOB by Konstantinos Pistillides.
Kanella is the sort of place I wish I could review every week: a buzzing local taverna on a lively city corner, people of all ages and ethnicities sitting at outside tables, simply decorated inside, full of laughter, friends and family, and charming staff serving a cuisine rooted deeply in a foreign culture rather than just ripping it off, with a deadly serious chef at the helm.
Read the full review of Kanella on Huffington Post's Canadian edition.
A few months ago, when we asked a bunch of local vegans to dish on the most drool-worthy vegan foods they'd ever had in Philly, a big chunk of them named concoctions made by the well-known vegan chef Rich Landau. Listing off everything from the grilled seitan and vegan cheesecake at Vedge to the barbecue seitan "wings" at the now closed Horizons, these Philly folks made it clear that Landau is quite the vegan-cooking mastermind. So, it's surprising to hear that the chef actually shies away from the word "vegan" when it comes to describing the food at his Rittenhouse restaurant, Vedge.
Today, OpenTable revealed its Top 100 restaurants "fit for foodies" in America. The list was determined by OpenTable's analysis of more than five million reviews of more than 20,000 restaurants across the country. The list includes twelve restaurants from Philadelphia, the second most restaurants from one city, only Portland, Oregon had more.
The list includes a high concentration of restaurants from California, Oregon and Pennsylvania but not as many from traditional restaurant cities like Chicago (five restaurants), Los Angeles (five), New York (four) and San Francisco (one).


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By RICK KLEIN President Obama has some national conversations going. That doesn't mean he's going to like what ends up being said. As surely as beers on the White House lawn won't solve racism, the latest deals reached in the House and Senate won't make health care reform happen. Those deals mark progress, but they should be cast in the same light as the beer summit (minus the liquid geopolitics): Manufactured events, solving short-term problems more than long-term issues. If the pieces come together as Democratic leaders want, they'll have something — actual bills, through actual committees — to point to as progress when the air wars of August begin. Yet the president's larger problem on health care remains: Liberals and conservatives, both Democrats and Republicans, just plain disagree with him about the urgency and the solutions. And the public isn't convinced: While Obama presses his case, new information flowing into the political formula has helped the other side of the debate. If members of Congress were queasy before, every round of polling gives them more reason to delay, or just refuse. New polls tell the story, again: "President Obama's ability to shape the debate on health care appears to be eroding as opponents aggressively portray his overhaul plan as a government takeover that could limit Americans' ability to choose their doctors and course of treatment, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll," Adam Nagourney and Megan Thee-Brenan write in the Times. "The percentage who describe health care costs as a serious threat to the American economy — a central argument made by Mr. Obama — has dropped over the past month," they write. "Mr. Obama's job approval rating has dropped 10 points, to 58 percent, from a high point in April." Time magazine poll: "By significant margins, survey respondents said they believe the final health-reform legislation is likely to raise health-care costs in the long run (62%), make everything about health care more complicated (65%) and offer less freedom to choose doctors and coverage (56%)," Michael Scherer writes. A third poll, to make it a trend: "Support for President Barack Obama's health-care effort has declined over the past five weeks, particularly among those who already have insurance, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found, amid prolonged debate over costs and quality of care," the Journal's Laura Meckler writes. "In the new poll, conducted July 24 to July 27, 42% called it a bad idea while 36% said it was a good idea. Among those with insurance, the proportion calling the plan a bad idea rose to 47% from 37%." The president tells Time's Karen Tumulty that nobody's tried anything "of this magnitude" since LBJ: As for the polls: "I don't spend a lot of time looking at my polls. I do look at the polling on health care, partly because I think that there is a terrific case to be made to the American public. But it is — this is complicated, it's difficult," the president said. "And I will say that this has been the most difficult test for me so far in public life, trying to describe in clear, simple terms how important it is that we reform this system. The case is so clear to me." On why it's now referred to as "health insurance reform": "Well, I think partly because we're just trying to provide some additional definition." Think he reads the polls? Karl Rove, in The Wall Street Journal: "Facing numbers like these, Mr. Obama is dropping his high-minded rhetoric and instead trying to scare voters. . . . This is not a healthy way to wage a policy debate. It also risks making the president look desperate at a time when his proposals are looking increasingly too expensive for Americans to accept." The case for urgency is not yet made: "One of the most difficult things to do in a democracy is react to a problem that is real, but not immediately threatening. Obama is trying to do this in two monster areas, health care and climate change," Time's Joe Klein writes. Where he's not quite LBJ: "President Obama has been surprisingly reticent about explaining his vision for health care reform," Princeton history professor Julian Zelizer writes for The New York Times. "The problem is that he has neglected to keep working on the message." The state of play: "House Democrats appear to have made a breakthrough on a health care reform bill [Wednesday] by resolving differences within their own party, keeping President Barack Obama's hope alive for substantial progress before lawmakers take their summer break," ABC's Z. Byron Wolf, Dean Norland, Kate Barrett, and Lindsey Ellerson report. And yet: "I heard from key negotiators in both the House and the Senate side who said, 'Don't be surprised if we don't finish this until Christmas,' " ABC's George Stephanopoulos reported Wednesday on "World News." "No guarantees, but we're farther along," Stephanopoulos said on "Good Morning America" Thursday. "What you're learning, though, is that whatever health care bill emerges . . . will be smaller, will cost less, will have less government involvement than some of the original plans suggested." "This bill, even in the best-case scenario, will not be signed — we won't even vote on it probably until the end of September or the middle of October," Obama said at a town hall meeting in Raleigh, N.C., per ABC's John Hendren, Karen Travers, and Jon Garcia. No votes for a while, yet "the agreement comes at a crucial time for Obama and his congressional allies," Noam N. Levey and Janet Hook report in the Los Angeles Times. "The fiscally conservative Democrats had blocked progress on the legislation in Waxman's committee for more than a week, threatening to leave House discussions in disarray as lawmakers prepared to leave town for their August recess." "The American people are ready for us to slow down and . . . read what we are voting on," Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., tells The Washington Post's Lois Romano. But: "The weakening of the public insurance option incensed some liberal Members, with Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairwoman Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) declaring she would vote against the bill," Roll Call's Steven T. Dennis and David M. Drucker report. "More resistance came from within the Blue Dog Coalition itself, with some in the 52-member bloc saying the plan still costs too much." "I think this completely cripples the public option," Rep. Raul M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), co-chairman of the Progressive Caucus, tells The Washington Post's Paul Kane and Shailagh Murray. "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spent half of Wednesday finalizing a deal with the Blue Dogs — and the other half quelling a brewing rebellion among progressives who think conservatives have hijacked health care reform," Politico's Glenn Thrush reports. "Liberals, Hispanics and African-American members — Pelosi's most loyal base of support — are feeling betrayed after House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) reached an agreement with four of seven Blue Dogs on his committee who had been bottling up the bill over concerns about cost." In the Senate — a Congressional Budget Office score of only (yes, only) $900 billion. "The group still has not announced a final deal, but this type of cost analysis is sure to move the debate forward (and to inform what happens in the internecine health reform cost battle that has beset Democrats in the House)," ABC's Z. Byron Wolf reports. Upshots: "A House leadership deal with Blue Dogs and an aggressive marketing push by Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) shifted the healthcare debate sharply toward centrist positions Wednesday, sparking threats of rebellion from the left," The Hill's Mike Soraghan, Jeffrey Young and Jared Allen report. Coming to a TV near you: "The healthcare overhaul fight in Washington is bursting into America's livingrooms, and interests from many bands on the political spectrum are trying to transform an often wonky debate over 1,000-page bills into an emotional pitch that can be captured in 30 seconds," Lisa Wangsness writes in The Boston Globe. "The airwaves blitz is intensifying as Congress prepares to return home for its monthlong summer recess without having cast crucial first-round votes on legislation. Political parties, unions, consumer groups, the healthcare industry, and disease activists see the next six weeks as pivotal in driving public opinion and influencing lawmakers' votes on healthcare legislation this fall." As for the Audacity of Hops — Sgt. Joseph Crowley and Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. join President Obama for a beer outside the Oval Office at 6 pm ET Thursday. The incessantly overanalyzed menu is Red, Lite, and Blue — as in Red Stripe for the professor, Bud Light for the president, and Blue Moon for the officer, per ABC's Scott Mayerowitz. "Cold beers on a hot night, with a topic that could be scorching," ABC's Jake Tapper said on "Good Morning America" Thursday. And the Gates and Crowley families will get tours of the White House, Tapper reports. The event is delicate for the president in that it's his creation — he elevated the arrest by commenting on it at his press conference, and he kept the story alive by suggested a beer summit. "Today is the moment that they hope closes this whole conversation down," ABC's George Stephanopoulos said on "GMA." "The American struggle with race flashed back into the national debate when Obama — the country's first black president — inserted himself into the angry give-and-take between the policeman and the professor," per the AP's Steven R. Hurst. "That was in stark contrast to Obama's history-making run for the presidency, when he was at pains to play down race, prompting some to call him a post-racial candidate." "Obama is usually so careful with language, and so attuned to the sensitivities of race, that watching him blow this answer was like seeing Larry Bird miss a free throw," Margaret Carlson writes in her Bloomberg News column. "What happened on that Cambridge porch traveled to a press conference in the East Room of the White House and now ends at a picnic table on the lawn a few feet away. Obama can't promise a Rose Garden but he can offer two people, both decent, both misguided that summer morning, a place to raise a glass to seeing life from both sides now." As for the business end of those pints: "The president's plan to toss back a few cold ones with some high-profile guests at the White House has the American beer industry hopping mad," The Wall Street Journal's Robert Tomsho reports. "The problem is that all three beers are products of foreign companies. Red Stripe is brewed by London-based Diageo PLC. Blue Moon is sold by a joint venture in which London-based SABMiller has a majority stake. And Bud Light? It is made by Anheuser-Busch — which is now known as Anseuser-Busch InBev NV after getting bought last year by a giant Belgian-Brazilian company." What works better for a couple of Massachusetts residents than a Bay State beer? "Not knowing the preferences of those invited, I would like to suggest you serve a beer from the largest American-owned brewing company; that being Sam Adams," Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., wrote in a letter to the president Wednesday. "We both share a common interest in fostering the success of American-headquartered companies." Six months into the job, Attorney General Eric Holder sits down with ABC's Pierre Thomas. On whether investigations of Bush-era abuses are possible: "We want to move forward. We don't want to look back in that regard," Holder said. "My obligation as the head of the Justice Department is to make sure that the laws are followed and to the extent that we find that laws were broken, to hold people accountable." "I think the department, at least some of the people who worked, simply lost their way," he said, citing tactics like waterboarding, which he considers torture. "I will follow the facts and the law wherever it takes me." And on the future for detainees: "The possibility exists that there could be people who are held in a preventative way under the laws of war," Holder said. "I think that by closing Guantanamo, by prosecuting people, be it in Article III courts, or in military commissions, we will make the American people safer than they are now." Your Business Week headline: "Obama Tells BW He's Not Antibusiness." Part of what the president said: "I will tell you that if you talk to ordinary Americans right now, they feel at least as cynical about business as they are about government. And part of my motivation here is to channel what is going to be, I think, a lot of populist energy in a constructive way that does not end up preventing us from continuing to be the most dynamic, innovative economy." House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, R-Va., takes on the czar culture: "By appointing a virtual army of 'czars' — each wholly unaccountable to Congress yet tasked with spearheading major policy efforts for the White House — in his first six months, the president has embarked on an end-run around the legislative branch of historic proportions," Cantor writes in a Washington Post op-ed. "At last count, there were at least 32 active czars that we knew of, meaning the current administration has more czars than Imperial Russia." Get ready for a special election in Texas — and, before that, a chance for Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, to choose his rival's replacement: "The Republican race for governor devolved into a schoolyard taunt of who should be the quitter Wednesday, after Kay Bailey Hutchison said that she would resign her Senate seat within four months to challenge Rick Perry full-time," Christy Hoppe reports for The Dallas Morning News. "Resigning her Senate seat will leave her rival with the plum task of hand-picking her successor. But it will untether her from difficult votes and the Washington commute so that she can devote herself to the campaign." Coming Thursday: a hearing on Fair Elections: "On Thursday, July 30th, the Committee on House Administration will hear testimony on a new plan to overhaul the nation's campaign finance system and end candidates' longstanding reliance on special interest contributions. The bipartisan, bicameral Fair Elections Now Act (HR 1826), introduced by Congressmen John Larson (D-CT) and Walter Jones (R-NC), would provide public grant and matching funds to qualifying candidates who raise a minimum of 1,500 small donations from their constituents in amounts of $100 or less."
The Kicker: "We would hope they would pick a family-owned, American beer to lubricate the conversation." — Bill Manley, spokesman for the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. "We just hope the next time the President has a beer, he chooses an American beer, made by American workers, and an American-owned brewery like Genesee." — Statement from Genesee Brewery of Rochester, N.Y.
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EVE Online adds Twitch integration
Joining the ever-growing ranks of games that support Twitch, EVE Online just added in streaming support. Pilots can now activate Twitch streaming right from the Neocom panel by logging into their Twitch account. This functionality is really basic, but CCP are considering adding overlay support and the ability to delay the stream, if people like it and use the streaming feature.
Right now I would advise against using it if you are flying in a ship that you can't afford to replace, because you can guarantee that people will be watching streams to see where easy targets are hiding out. Ideally, an overlay would cover up sensitive information such as your current location, and a delay would prevent other pilots from accurately spying on you. It's cool to see it in there, but it needs a bit features before I will start using it regularly.
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