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Published: Friday, December 7, 2012 at 7:24 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, December 7, 2012 at 7:24 a.m.
A Sarasota man was killed early today in a hit-and-run crash in which the driver who fled is suspected of driving while under the influence, authorities said.
Scott R. Parker, 55, no address given, was pronounced dead due to injuries from the accident, which occurred just before 1 a.m. on U.S. Hwy. 301 near the 47th Street intersection, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Siosaia L. Fonua, 29, of Bradenton, was located and arrested after the accident. She was charged with DUI manslaughter, driving on a suspended license resulting in a death, and leaving the scene of a crash involving a death.
Parker had been driving a 1999 Ford Mustang westbound on 47th Street, and had entered the intersection with U.S. Hwy. 301, FHP troopers reported. Fonua's 1995 Mercury was headed northbound on U.S. Hwy. 301 (also known as Washington Boulevard in the area) and also entered the intersection.
The front of Fonua's Mercury slammed into the side of Parker's Mustang, according to reports. Fonua received minor injuries.
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Responding to an Institute of Directors (IoD) Policy Voice survey of 1,277 members, 65% believe there is "a low or zero probability of the UK emerging from recession in 2012", with only 7% believing there is a "high or very high" probability of the recession ending in 2012. More optimistically, in the second half of 2012, 52% expect growth to be higher than in the first half (but 22% expect less growth).
According to the IoD: "This lack of confidence in short-term economic performance has knock-on effects on how business behaves". Some 44% of business leaders polled confessed to postponing at least one major investment or employment decision in 2012 because of "uncertainties in the business or economic environment".
Coalition reforms to taxation, regulation, education and infrastructure were largely seen as "ineffective in every area — though for some policy areas, reform can take several years to take effect", the IoD conceded. However, the government's attempt to reduce tax complexity was viewed most ineffective.
Graeme Leach, chief economist at the IoD, said: "Business is battening down the hatches in the expectation that the recession will continue for the rest of the year. That is bad news for the economy at large, because decisions to invest money or take on more staff are being postponed until things look up.
"Low confidence leads to delayed decisions, and delayed decisions further undermine economic confidence — it's a vicious cycle. At the same time, the government's reform agenda is pointing in broadly the right direction, but the overwhelming opinion of our members is that they are doing too little, too slowly. If the Coalition wants to break this cycle of low economic confidence, then they need to take some bold steps that will make a real difference to the cost and complexity of doing business in the UK."
Speaking to BBC News in response to the survey, the government said it had already set out a "comprehensive strategy to achieve strong, sustainable and balanced growth, including important reforms to reduce the burden of regulation". Cuts in regulation, it said, had saved businesses £850m since last year, while it retained a "clearly demonstrated commitment to simplifying the tax system".
Commenting for the opposition, shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna said: "Month after month the country's businesses have been telling the government it is not doing enough to lift our economy out of this double-dip recession created in Downing Street. Out of touch and ineffective ministers refuse to listen, which is why they're losing the confidence of business."


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This would be a fantastic game for the Reds to come back and win.
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Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand
It's calculation is what it is. You really can't calculate it incorrectly as long as you can add and subtract.
I meant how "xFIP is derived". If pitcher's HR/FB rates differ becuase of different skill sets (as opposed to luck), then there is (in my mind) a flaw in how xFIP is derived.
Gregorius' walk-up music is a mixed "Notorious".
2016 Reds record when I'm attending: 17-92016 Dragons record when I'm attending: 0-0
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More and more research shows the amazing health benefits of phytochemicals found in fresh fruit and vegetables. Studies show that getting the bulk of one's calories from fresh fruits and veggies reduces the occurrence of obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes and even cancer.
But, in Deep East Oakland, fresh food is hard to find.
Now, many young Oaklanders are getting involved in community gardens, and there are more of these projects every year. The ultra-fresh food grown in these projects feeds local families and low-income individuals.
It brings people together in our communities. It also helps educate school-age children about what food really is, how to grow it and how to be more self-sufficient.
Two of the more visible community gardens are recent projects near the Tassafaranga housing complex and the ongoing gardening and nutrition workshops at the East Oakland Boxing Association. Another project is growing veggies on the roof of the Life Long clinic (at 106th Avenue) for their patients, but that is just starting up.
At the boxing association, the gardening program is ongoing, despite the wintry weather. They sprout many of the veggies indoors, and these plant starters are for sale to anyone beginning their own garden. They also offer garden and nutrition workshops every other month in the boxing association's classroom.
"Our garden program helps the East Oakland community on many levels," explained Sarah Chavez, the boxing association's director. "In the garden, daily opportunities exist to reinforce the science, math and language curriculum from their elementary schools, as well as basic socializing skills. Over the last year, the garden served several struggling preteens.
"Our garden provides a quiet space for them to refocus their energies and spend time with older peer mentors who are dedicated to being positive role models. Our youth also take their lessons in urban gardening home to their families. Many parents have given positive feedback regarding their kids' interest in gardening at home as well as general increase in helpfulness," said Chavez.
The garden at Tassafaronga occupies a quarter-acre at the corner of 83rd Avenue and E Street. The program is run by a group called Acta Non Verb (ANV), which is a Latin expression meaning "actions not words."
The project there focuses on youths of all ages, with kids planting, mulching, watering and harvesting real food. The program invites children and parents to come by late afternoons on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. About 20 families are involved. When the garden is producing, the veggies go to the youths who work on the garden and to their farm fresh food stand, where it is sold.
"We have started our monthly Family Dinners," said Kelly Carlisle, ANV's founder and executive director, "that blend our workday (the first Saturday of each month) with the opportunity for community members to come together and eat together. Our first one was January 6th, and it was amazing"
Oakland Voices correspondent Howard Dyckoff has lived in the city for more than 30 years.


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Wills and Some Useful Information They Can Contain
Always keep in mind that Wills can be a useful place to look for information when researching family history. To look at the original wills you need to visit a Record Office, and you usually [at least you do in the UK] have to order them to be brought out of storage. Always do your homework before you go, have your list sorted out so that you can fill out the request slips straight away and you will not waste your time. By that I am talking about the time that you have booked to be in the Record Office, with the use of a fiche or film reader.
Because of the fragility of the old wills, you will only be allowed to write in pencil, and you must always, always be very careful in your handling of the wills – they are irreplaceable.
In the UK you will find that all the old wills come bound between two hard covers with fabric ties. They can be about a foot thick sometimes and very heavy, but the contents are numbered so its easy to find the one you want.
I mentioned wills being useful and they can be because of the people who are mentioned there. Sometimes family members are mentioned, perhaps by their married names, and also you could learn the names of children who you didn't know about. You also learn by the bequests just how much property your ancestor owned. The wills can be a big help when trying to locate ancestors.
A good part of my research was connected with farming families in a rural area of Lincolnshire in the UK. When there is land involved, it is usually divided up between family members, plus they usually bequeathed the animals, the hay, dairy equipment and all sorts of farming equipment.
I was always pleased to see an inventory attached to the will because this showed me what the person had in his house. You would find one person inheriting the pewter from the parlour say, somebody else would be getting the beds, bedding and bed furniture [yes, they even left their bedding!!]. Another person would inherit all that was in the hall [what we would probably describe as a dining room now], the table and chairs, or sometimes benches. Then somebody else would be getting all that was in the dairy. Plus of course there is always the family home and any money.
Usually debts and monies owed to the deceased are mentioned in the will, with directions as to how they should be handled.
Men especially seemed to leave their clothing, one of my ancestors left one son his best hat and whip, another got his boots, somebody else got his clothing.
Women did leave wills sometimes, but most often you would find that it was the men.
One difficulty with the wills from the 1500's and 1600's would be the writing style. Elizabethan English and what was known as 'Secretary Hand' were the styles usually found. At first sight you think to yourself that you will never be able to decipher any of it, but don't panic, take it slowly. The beginning of the wills usually follow a set format, you will get the persons name, where they lived and the date and they would talk about committing their body to God etc.etc. Most often they specify the place they want to be buried, and then come the bequests.
There are books available which will help you to understand the old English writing, some of the letters were formed differently in the 'good old days'. When you have looked at a number of the old wills in your bid to trace your family history, you become more able to make out words. Almost always family names seem to jump out and hit you in the eye!
Some of course could even be in Latin, and this can be a bit daunting. You soon learn the word for son [filius] and daughter [fillia] etc. It's all a matter of learning as you go.
Even the names of the executors can be useful, they may be members of the deceased's family, or in-laws. Another thing to keep in mind is that you can often find that a son-in-law is called 'son'. This can throw you off a little, but when you see the surname you realize that it means in-law.
Apart from the information to be gleaned from the will, you get a rather odd sensation when you realize that your ancestor from all that time ago, actually handled the document and signed their name to it. very strange but a good feeling, a sort of contact with the deceased.
There will be two workshops on palaeography at the forthcoming Open the Door International Family History Conference. One will be part of the Society of Genealogists sponsored workshops and the otehr a more advanced skills workshop. Whatever your level of expertise, you will beneift from attending at least one of tehse workshops. So much choice at the genealogy conference.
By Jean Carrick
Jean is passionate about family history and genealogy and has a blog related to these topics. If you would like to take a look at her blog and maybe ask a question, she will do her utmost to give you a solution to any problem you may have. Click here http://familytreetrace.com
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Hattiesburg, MS, May 12, 2014 - William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine (WCUCOM) will hold a Donor Memorial Service in Bass Memorial Chapel and Ross Anatomy Lab on May 16 at 2 p.m. The service will honor the lives of those who donated their bodies to the WCUCOM for educational purposes. The memorial service will begin in the chapel with a invocation, a welcome by President Dr. Tommy King, remarks by WCUCOM Dean Dr. Jim Turner and WCUCOM students, and an address by Anatomy Course Director Dr. David McWhorter.
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Hattiesburg, MS, May 12, 2014 - William Carey University will graduate nearly 750 undergraduate, graduate, and College of Osteopathic Medicine students from the Hattiesburg and Tradition campuses May 16, 17, and 24. Dr. Tommy King, president of WCU, will preside at the ceremonies.
Hattiesburg, MS, May 9, 2014 - A two-week May term followed by five-week and 10-week summer terms will be offered at William Carey University.
Hattiesburg, MS, May 7, 2014 - Robert Rafael Sudduth of Gulfport, a second-year medical student at William Carey University's College of Osteopathic Medicine (WCUCOM), recently received The Randolph J. and Brenda H. Ross for Excellence in Anatomy Award. Dr. Jim Turner, dean of WCUCOM, presented it to him during Honors Day Convocation on April 30. The award, established by Dr. Ross and his wife, is given to the WCUCOM student who has the highest Grade Point Average in anatomy.
Hattiesburg, Miss., May 6, 2014 - William Carey University inducted nine former athletes into the Sports Hall of Fame during the Fourth Annual Sports Hall of Fame dinner at Southern Oaks House and Garden on April 26.
Hattiesburg, Miss., May 1, 2014 - Dr. Anthony J. Harris, former Civil Rights activist, author, and professor of education at Mercer University in Macon, Ga., spoke to Dr. Josye Brookter's African American Literature class at William Carey University on April 28.
Hattiesburg, Miss., April 29, 2014 - The William Carey University Alumni Association inducted five outstanding graduates into its Hall of Fame at an awards dinner on April 25 at Southern Oaks House and Garden. The alumni were Gerald C. "Jerry" Bracey ('87), Dr. Leo Day ('88), W. Michael Hannaford ('85), Dora Dunkley Harbin ('56), and Chief Judge L. Joseph Lee ('69).
Hattiesburg, Miss., April 28, 2014 - William Carey University inducted 13 new members, all students on the Hattiesburg campus, into the Mississippi Beta Chapter of Alpha Chi National College Honor Society on April 2. Membership into Alpha Chi is limited to no more than 10 percent of the junior, senior, and graduate class members, and WCU students must have at least a 3.70 Grade Point Average on the 4.0 scale to qualify.
Hattiesburg, Miss., April 25, 2014 - William Carey University's Carey Strings Program will present the Sinfonietta String Ensemble Spring Concert on Tuesday, April 29, at the Hattiesburg Cultural Center at 7 p.m. Conducted by Daniela Pardo and Dr. Sasha Ferreira, both adjunct music instructors at WCU, this free concert will feature soloists Rebekah Stark Johnson, adjunct instructor of music, and Zachary Smith on the cellos. For more information, contact Daniela Pardo at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Hattiesburg, Miss., April 25, 2014 - Dr. Sasha Ferreira, violin instructor on William Carey University's Hattiesburg campus and a member of the Trio Indigo, will present "The Art of the Fugue" violin recital on May 1 in the main lobby of the Tradition Campus at 5:30 p.m. The recital is free and open to the public.
Hattiesburg, Miss., April 25, 2014 - William Carey University will not be closed for Confederate Memorial Day on Monday, April 28. Offices will be open 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., and all classes, including night classes, will meet.
Hattiesburg, Miss., April 23, 2014 - (left to right) Pictured is Dr. Tommy King, president of William Carey University, with WCU retirees Dr. Les Steverson, academic dean of Tradition campus/assistant professor of education, who served 15 years; Sandra Meeler, administrative assistant to the dean, College of Osteopathic Medicine, 20 years; Dr. Rebecca Jordan, professor of language and literature, 22 years, Diane Taylor, administrative assistant for advancement and external relations, 29 years, and Dr.
Hattiesburg, Miss., April 22, 2014 - The Winters School of Music will present the musical Camelot during Homecoming 2014. Performances will be held for the general public on Friday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 26 at 2 p.m. in Smith Auditorium in the Thomas Fine Arts Center.
Hattiesburg, Miss., April 21, 2014 - William Carey University held a reception to celebrate the opening of a Senior Art Majors Exhibit in the Lucile Parker Gallery on the Hattiesburg campus on April 17. Pictured are senior art majors (left to right) Jane Lee of Hattiesburg, Megan Bourne of Columbia, and Bethany Bell of Maribor, Slovenia.
Hattiesburg, Miss., April 21, 2014 - A wide variety of events are planned at William Carey University to celebrate Homecoming 2014 April 25-26 on the Hattiesburg campus.


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March 28, 2013
PARKERSBURG — Mayor Bob Newell said administrators will craft a plan showing what changes the city would make if given home rule by the state....
Mayor Newell is "doing" a good job,
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Mayor Newell is do a good job, and the truth really hurts, now doesn't it?
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For guy that had nothing to do with implementing Home Rule Ole Pothole Bob sure came up with a plan to screw the people out of more money. Sound like what he said about the User Tax.
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A city manager would be perfect for Parkersburg. No more polotics, and no more city council controlling the city. That's what a city manager is for. He or she will run the city's business and council only meets to vote on funding changes that the city manager has requested. Makes everything run smoother and cheaper for the city. This is another way to remove your rights, because you no longer have the power to vote for who controls your money. Remember when they say "trust me, I am with the government, and I am here to help you". Think before you give up another right.
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Eighty-four new businesses in 2012 alone! Yeah, it sounds like Mr. Newell is running this town into the ground. NOT
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...and those who bury their head in the sand will always remain in darkness.
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Haters Gonna Hate
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open wide andsay ahhhh.
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Well said "north26103"
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Well said "Geezer"
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Every council for the last 40+ years has had someone who votes against nearly every resolution, budget, or ordinance. It looks like Mr. Kelly intends to be that person for this council. Frowning and scowling, they refuse to even consider the benefits of any idea, preferring instead to listen to the local sadsacks who exist in a state of perpetual negativity. In this forum, the worst gloom-and-doomers don't even live here and wouldn't attend a council meeting if they did. Council members need to be paying attention to what is going on in their own district and addressing those issues instead of trying to run the entire city into the ground because they have a grudge against the current administration.
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now Newell attacks John Kelly as Kelly is thinking for himself. Newell never met a new tax he did not like!
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- UC Santa Barbara cancels classes, holds memorial Tuesday to remember victims of rampage
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- Three fatal stabbing victims in Santa Barbara hailed from Bay Area
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SAN JOSE -- There was no way for Bay Area transplants James Hong and David Wang to know that their new roommate -- a young man they neither chose to live with nor associated with -- had already marked them for death, sight unseen, when they moved in to the Isla Vista apartment last year.
And it was only by chance that George Chen shared their deadly fate. He dropped by to visit his buddies on May 23, which despondent sociopath Elliot Rodger deemed to be the "Day of Retribution," for slights he had suffered, mainly from women.
That day would end with a college town rampage that left six UC Santa Barbara students dead in the most prominent American school-related massacre since the Newtown, Connecticut, slayings, rekindling national debates over gun control and mental health awareness while sparking a flurry of online discussions on violence against women.
The three met as computer studies underclassmen -- a trio of studious progenies of Chinese immigrants. Chen, 19, and Cheng Yuan "James" Hong, 20, both of San Jose, and Weihan "David" Wang of Fremont were simply hanging out together that day at the apartment that Hong and Wang shared with 22-year-old Rodger -- a roommate they'd been assigned but whose anti-social behavior spurred them to look for new digs.
Hong's brother, who asked not to be named to protect his family's privacy, said Hong and Wang had no sense of Rodger's mental health issues. He said they had planned to move in with Chen as a third roommate but Chen backed out to live at the dorms, and an apartment manager matched the two with Rodger.
Plans to move
"The guy was playing music very loud in the middle of the night," Sherry Fang, a family friend of the Wangs, told reporters. "They complained to the manager of the apartment and were planning to move out."
But Emily Zhu, another family friend, said Wang wasn't one for confrontation or complaints, and reassured his concerned parents that everything was fine in the two-bedroom home.
"His mom and dad were worried about how they got along," she said, "and he told them 'Don't worry about me, I'll take care of myself. I'll be a good kid.'"
They were almost at the end of the term, and due to come home for summer. Zhu said the two friends had already paid a deposit and filled out required forms to move into a different apartment at the start of the school year.
But Rodger had other plans. According to a 137-page manifesto he emailed to his parents and therapists, he needed a killing floor and his roommates had to go.
He called them "nerds" and "annoying," with one having a "very rebellious demeanor."
"I knew that when the Day of Retribution came, I would have to kill my housemates to get them out of the way," he wrote. "If they were pleasant to live with, I would regret having to kill them, but due to their behavior I now had no regrets about such a prospect."
After the three were stabbed to death, Rodger moved the bloodbath outside, where he shot and killed sorority sisters Katie Cooper, 22, and Veronika Weiss, 19, in front of a sorority house and Christopher Michael-Martinez, 20, at a market. The first shots were reported at 9:27 p.m. and eight minutes later the incident was over, with 13 injured and Rodger dead by his own hand.
James Hong
Shy and reserved, Hong's won over classmates and friends in high school and college with his friendly nature. At Lynbrook High in San Jose, he was a behind-the-scenes workhorse in the drama department, and on weekends he volunteered as a teacher's assistant at Rainbow Chinese School.
"You ... will forever hold a special place in not just my heart, but also the hearts of the 50 children in my classroom who have come to love you so dearly over the last many years," wrote teacher Erika Kao in a tribute.
At UCSB, he was an avid table-tennis player -- his Facebook timeline shows a bespectacled Hong, paddle in hand and a grin on his face -- and classmates in the computer engineering program marveled at his mastery of concepts and subject matter; at 20, he was academically a college senior.
His brother recounted one of his earliest memories of Hong saving half the candy he earned in preschool activities just for him. There was an innate conscientiousness about Hong, and in third grade he decided to become a vegetarian -- "not because of religion, but because he cannot bear to harm another living creature," his brother said.
"I am devastated about losing James, who is not only my brother, but also my best friend," he said.
David Wang
At a Santa Barbara service for the six slain students, Wang's parents sat silently before a crowd of 20,000. But in a moving statement, they called their son "gentle, kind, loving, joyful, peaceful and self-controlled."
He was an avid basketball fan, friends said, and loved the L.A. Lakers. He played in high school -- "king at the bank shot," said a Facebook well-wisher -- and often enjoyed a casual game with his father, Charlie.
Wang, who was studying computer engineering, was said to be a gifted student who tempered his skills with a modest demeanor.
"David was always quiet and kept to himself," said Hannah Arionus, who graduated high school with Wang. "But when he did open up, he was so kind and so, so smart. Such a genius."
She said he was building a computer by himself "because he could," and recalled him bowling over the class when he'd analyze literary pieces.
"He was a young man of exemplary character and high academic achievement who loved basketball and was beloved by faculty, staff and students," reads a statement from Fremont Christian School, where Wang graduated in 2012.
In a television interview days after the killings, his mother, Jinshuang Liu, clutched her sobbing husband and said she doesn't know what she will do without their only child.
According to friends, she described herself as a strong mom -- a nurse who is nice to her patients. "I go to my church a few times a week. I ask God, 'Why doesn't he take me instead of my son?' I don't understand why this happened to me," she said.
George Chen
It was a sentiment shared by Chen's mother, Kelly Wang, at a Leland High School vigil in San Jose, where he graduated in 2012.
"I would die 100 times, 1,000 times, if it would keep our kids from getting hurt," she said. "George was a very loving son, a loving brother. He meant everything, he is my whole life."
Chen was remembered as a young back-of-the-classroom chatterbox who loved making people laugh.
Childhood friend Thaddeus Jordan compared him to the fictional inquisitive Curious George, recalling his joy in messing with a malfunctioning, skyrocketing water fountain that left Chen soaked.
In high school, Chen was into swimming, tennis, hiking and math and was a compulsive doodler known for his goofy smile.
Iliad Rodriguez, Chen's animation teacher, said he'd often check to see what Chen was smiling about and find him immersed in an extracurricular sketch.
"I'd say, 'George, that's not the assignment,' " Rodriguez said, but Chen would be unfazed, reassuringly telling his teacher to look at the finer points of the covert drawing.
Junan Chen said that when he heard of the killings in Isla Vista, he thought his son was safe because he lived on campus.
But when a sheriff's deputy showed up at their doorstep Saturday night, "things changed forever."
"He was a good boy, a good, good boy," said family friend Joseph Lin. "The family will never, never, never fully recover."


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One month after his hopes were dashed on the same famous court at Wimbledon, Scotland's Andy Murray just won the men's tennis title at the London Olympics in front of a joyous home crowd.
He did it by defeating the same man who beat him at Wimbledon in July.
Murray bested Switzerland's Roger Federer today in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4. Federer. (Note: In this post's original version, we said Federer was the defending Olympic champion, but he won the men's doubles in 2008. Spain's Rafael Nadal won gold at the Beijing Games. Our apologies.)
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ANTIOCH -- Brittney Gougeon was frustrated. Someone had vandalized her friend's car on Christmas Day. A would-be burglar entered her Antioch home before Gougeon's two dogs scared away the intruder.
But it was the nearby fatal shooting of a drug peddler during an attempted robbery in December 2010 -- the 13th homicide that year -- that was the tipping point.
Aware that violent crime was on the rise, Gougeon created a Facebook page she named Take Back Antioch and invited residents not only to share how crime and blight were affecting their neighborhood but to suggest solutions.
Within two weeks of the homicide, more than 400 people had expressed their appreciation of the site by clicking the "Like" button, and a group of residents who wanted to help turn around the situation had started to form.
The magnitude of the response took Gougeon by surprise.
"I just wasn't expecting that many people to be interested in my little idea," she said. "I was hoping that maybe I'd meet a few people and we could work together to reduce crime."
Nearly two years later, that little idea not only has garnered upward of 4,200 "Likes" but is on its way to becoming a nonprofit organization.
Gougeon followed up the Facebook page with a website listing the phone numbers to call about problems that included abandoned shopping carts, overgrown weeds and illegal dumping.
The Police Department's nonemergency line also is posted for those who want to report a suspicious activity or crime that's already occurred along with an explanation of when and how to text an anonymous tip.
But Take Back Antioch is considerably more than an online directory: Gougeon's Facebook page has attracted volunteers who have used part of the $13,978 the group has received in donations since its inception to help two vandalized schools as well as contribute $8,631 toward the replacement of a park's play structure damaged by fire.
The site also has generated manpower for the city's graffiti and litter abatement efforts, and encouraged residents to get involved in Neighborhood Watch groups.
The approximately 20 individuals who comprise Take Back Antioch's core of volunteers have held "positive loitering parties" at Antioch's skate park and a strip mall, socializing with one another to deter transients and taggers.
Supporters urge others to keep tabs on what their elected officials are doing to improve the quality of life by bringing neighborhood problems to their attention at City Council meetings.
Antioch police Chief Allan Cantando said Take Back Antioch's shows of unity have had the biggest effect on the city.
"It's a large group of people coming together," he said. "When you have 4,000-plus friends on your Facebook (page) and you say, 'This crime issue is important to us,' you're going to get heard."
In some respects, Gougeon doesn't fit the profile of someone whose efforts to improve Antioch have captured the attention of thousands of residents.
The Georgia native is 25, and although she exudes the confidence of someone considerably older, both Gougeon and those who know her say she's actually reserved.
"You wouldn't expect this person to be the founder of TBA -- she'll be the first one to tell you she hates public speaking. But she's eloquent," said Janet Pagano, one of Take Back Antioch's board members. "It's amazing that she wants to make change in her community. That's something that older people do, you know what I mean?"
Pagano's story is an example of Gougeon's ability to motivate: When she first read about the startup group, the 17-year resident and her family were feeling so battered by Antioch's housing market that they were considering pulling up stakes.
"Everything felt helpless, pointless. I was done with Antioch," said Pagano, 46.
But her attitude began to change after she discovered Take Back Antioch's Facebook page and noticed Gougeon's insistence that commenters focus on finding solutions to the problems they saw instead of simply griping.
Pagano felt so uplifted after meeting Gougeon that she overcame her shyness to start a Neighborhood Watch group last year. She began knocking on doors, and 40 of the 75 residents she contacted ultimately joined.
"Brittney gave me the tools I needed to take that first step," Pagano said.
Gougeon is big on encouraging others to help themselves instead of relying solely on understaffed city departments.
One way people can take that initiative is to adopt a "community watch mentality," Gougeon says; by serving as the eyes and ears of a police force that's dwindled to 88 officers, residents extend its reach in this city of 104,000.
She does her part by calling dispatchers whenever she sees something amiss using the nonemergency number she has programmed into her cellphone.
Residents have coalesced around the Facebook page to help each other push back even as Antioch's violent and property crime statistics reflect a nearly 65 percent increase since 2008. People post photos of stolen vehicles and missing persons, and instead of simply bemoaning the gutting of Antioch's code enforcement department three years ago, they upload shots of trash-strewed trails and invite others to join them in cleaning up the mess.
"It's empowering so many people," said Beverly Knight, 55, who has made it her daily mission to pick up litter since getting involved with Take Back Antioch last year.
Once feeling isolated and impotent, Knight credits Gougeon's group with helping her find her voice.
"They are my people -- they have the same concerns I have -- and I knew I wasn't alone anymore," she said.
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Since the majority of road accidents are at least partly caused by driver inattention, intelligent workload management of system-initiated information has the potential to reduce accidents.
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SAN JOSE -- Opportunity squandered.
Continuing a pattern of playing down to opponents who won't be joining them in the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Sharks lost 3-0 to the Nashville Predators on a Saturday night when San Jose could have returned to first place in the Pacific Division.
"Keep getting the same results," coach Todd McLellan said after the Predators joined the Buffalo Sabres and Carolina Hurricanes as nonplayoff teams to sweep San Jose this season. "It's almost insanity."
Three second-period Nashville goals -- two by Patric Hornqvist, one by Roman Josi -- against Sharks goalie Antti Niemi did the damage. At the other end of the ice, the Sharks were frustrated by backup netminder Carter Hutton, a former prospect of theirs, who made 35 saves to earn the first shutout of his 40-game NHL career.
Nashville did the Sharks a huge favor 24 hours earlier by beating the Anaheim Ducks to increase San Jose's fading chances for a Pacific Division title. With a victory, the Sharks could have vaulted over the Ducks into first place, one point ahead of an Anaheim team that would still have two games in hand.
Adding to San Jose's frustration was the fact the team put itself in position to pass the Ducks by beating the Los Angeles Kings with a strong effort in their previous game.
"After the game we put together against L.A., to give a showing like that is unacceptable," Jason Demers said. "We didn't come out to work. We just sat back on our heels and let them take the game to us."
The Sharks did hold the territorial edge in a scoreless first period, outshooting the Predators 9-5. But the wheels came off in the second.
"We were emotionally not attached to the game in the second period," McLellan said. "We're at Game 79, and the details and the system play, you should be able to do it in your sleep at this point. We didn't do that."
The first two Nashville goals came shortly after San Jose power plays expired, and that was a big part of the problem, according to the coach.
"I thought after the power play didn't have success, we slouched a little bit," McLellan said. "Our body language wasn't very good, and they took the game over at that point."
The Predators opened the scoring at 3:48 of the middle period when Matt Cullen fired a shot from the right faceoff, and the rebound fell at Niemi's feet. Left unchecked, Hornqvist was able to whack in the rebound before the Sharks goalie could locate the puck.
Nashville made it 2-0 at 8:59 when nobody picked up Hornqvist in the slot while defenseman Dan Boyle stayed with forward Nick Spaling as he carried the puck behind the net. Spaling found Hornqvist, and his one-timer beat Niemi on the glove side.
The Nashville lead grew to 3-0 at 13:16 when Josi drove down the left sideboards and cut to the net around Demers. Josi got off a weak shot as he reached the crease, but Demers said he ended up kicking the puck that floated over Niemi and into the back of the net.
"I just took a bad angle, and once he gets a step, I can't reach," Demers said. "Just stuff like that, little mental error, and then I kicked it in. It's kind of compounding an error. It's something that's not in my game right now, and I take responsibility for that one."
By the third period, McLellan was shuffling his forwards onto different lines. And while the Sharks played with more desperation and threw 19 shots on goal, the results were not there. Tommy Wingels couldn't get all of a rebound of a shot by Justin Braun, and Hutton made the save. Later, Matt Irwin fired a shot off the far post.
The Sharks don't play again until Wednesday when they face the Ducks, who, by then, will have pulled even with San Jose in games played.
"You know what? We've got to leave this behind us," McLellan said. "It's the time of year now where you can't have baggage. You can't carry things forward."
For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/PollakOnSharks.
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TUSCALOOSA | The Tuscaloosa County Commission on Wednesday authorized the county school system to sell its old central administration building on Ninth Street downtown and apply money from the sale toward its purchase of the old federal courthouse and improvements it is making there.
The Tuscaloosa County School System bought the old federal courthouse on Greensboro Avenue last year, paying $392,000 or 20 percent of the property's appraised price to the federal government.
The federal government moved to a newly built courthouse on University Boulevard in December 2011 and offered the old building for sale.
Local governments were given the first chance to buy the Greensboro Avenue building, and the county school system was the only government entity to officially submit an application.
The federal government sold the 60,000-square-foot building at a discount because it will be used for public education. The U.S. Department of Education will hold the deed for the building for 30 years to assure it is used for education.
The school system also is making about $392,000 worth of improvements to the building.
The sale of the old school administration building became the main action at Wednesday morning's commission meeting after commissioners tabled proposals to fund sports facilities at two county parks and two county schools.
Commissioners said they wanted more time to study the funding requests.
The sports facilities proposal includes $8.7 million in improvements for Bowers and Munny Sokol parks and Bobby Miller Activity Center. The county would pay for 30 percent of the improvements and the City of Tuscaloosa would pay 70 percent under the proposal.
Other tabled proposals called for the county to authorize construction of a tennis complex at Sipsey Valley High School at a cost between $93,000 and $94,000, and to build a walking track and make related improvements at Buhl Elementary School at a cost of $22,000 to $23,000.
In other action, the commission approved new subdivision regulations that will require developers to complete needed infrastructure, like streets and drainage, before selling lots for homes.
In the past, some developers sold lots without completing the infrastructure and without having adequate performance bonds to cover the work. Homes were built and homeowners then asked the county to make the developer-promised improvements.
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CORPUS CHRISTI - Former Islander Matt Holland made his professional baseball debut on Tuesday, playing for the GCL Phillies in an 8-2 win over the GCL Tigers. Holland made it a memorable one, as he played at DH and went 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI in his first career appearance.
His first time at the plate, he batted with Brian Pointer on third base and one out. The Watkins, Iowa, native laced a line-drive single to center to give the Phillies a 2-0 lead for an RBI base-knock in his first career at-bat. After moving to third on a pair of wild pitches, Holland trotted home on a ground-rule double by Peter Lavin to score the third Phillies run.
After being called out on strikes in the fourth, Holland came up with one on and one out in the sixth, and reached when he beat out an infield single to third for his second hit. He later came home on a Lavin single as the Phillies pushed their lead to 8-2. Holland struck out swinging in the seventh to end his day.
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Hey Sage I was checking out a tape of HBO's Blaze Battle and saw you singing along to Slick Rick and Doug E Fresh. I was wondering if you were there to show Eyedea support.
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I dunno but mr. lif was in the first blaze battle.
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I was actually there with Eyedea, Abilities, Slug, Aesop Rock, Advizor and I think Cresent Moon was there too. It was an interesting night. Lots to be said about it. I'll save it for a more creative outlet. ha
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whens the next blaze battle, or was that a one time thing
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I taped it off HBO a while back. I guess I got lucky. It's a great tape. Prime got cheated. He's a dope battle mc. Eyedea kicked arse. I can't believe Shells made it to the finals. He blows.
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actually dude shells hella reps in battles,..im not personally a fan,but dude doesnt blowed,..I mean he got second at the blaze battle,...and dude won the source unsigned hype battle,...shells got some ish
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Really? I guess its not fair to judge someone after only seeing him once. but, from what i saw i wasnt too impressed. the only other time i heard his name mentioned was when i downloaded a battle between Jin and Tonedef and the anouncer noted that Shells was supposed to battle and then never showed up. then, jin dropped a line, something along the lines of, "you shouldnt have showed up like Shells".
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"And I'm gay, and you're Dr. Dre." - Shells
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Best line in the whole battle was when Eyedea was battling that one dude who started dancing in the back, and Eyedea said, "this cat wants to be my fuckin backup dancer." Dude knew he just got served.
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i have it on tape too, and i too think shells blows. i seriously dont know how he made it to the final round. but hey o well. i also heard a song of his on the radio the other day. he was featured on a song with a female singer/rapper(?) ... im not too sure. on blaze battle he was standing there like he had something up his ass. comedy.
Sat Dec 28, 2002 11:49 pm
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If I were you I wouldnt talk crap on Shells. I happen to know for a fact that he has a handgun, and "he doesn't trust no one". ISTHATHIPHOP?
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Installed trial, moved just a few files around my HDD and to FTP and instantly knew I had to have it.
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This has to be the best application I have seen this year. It completely replaces no less than three applications that I previously used daily: PathFinder (which had been getting a bit top-heavy recently); Transmit (the FTP in Forklift supports SFTP, like Transmit, but is actually much more intuitive and easy to use); and AppZapper (you can delete applications safely from inside the panel).
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Why the Beatles Still Make Us Scream, 50 Years Later
We heard about the screaming girls, long before we knew anything of the band itself. In late 1963, news filtered across the Atlantic of these lunatic young women who had erupted all over Great Britain — fainting, shrieking, insane! — because of a rock-and-roll band. The newspapers were suddenly full of this strange story; so was the AM radio, whose hyperactive DJs held us preteens and teenagers spellbound, night after night.
We American girls entered into a kind of collective trance. We knew, somehow, that we would scream, too. We would be joining our British counterparts. And we hadn't heard a word of their music!
This sequence of events was just one of many astonishing things I either learned or just remembered in the course of putting together my new book, a collection entitled "The Beatles Are Here! 50 Years After the Band Arrived in America, Writers, Musicians, and Other Fans Remember."
In the early days, the Beatles' music was irrelevant. It was the phenomenon, the fact that we girls were talked about, even on the nightly news, that counted. We mattered, it seemed, for the very first time.
And then we heard their sound. I can still recall the moment when the first chords of a song we'd been hearing about, "She Loves You," by a band we could finally name, blasted from my precious, ivory-colored bedside radio. The Beatles had me from the song's unexpected, opening drumroll; across America thousands, even millions, of girls felt the same.
Before long I'd joined a pack roaming the streets of Manhattan, gathering to shriek at hotel entrances whenever the band was in town, drowning out every note they played in their brief, hopeless concert appearances.
A sane person might ask — and believe me, many have — why we screamed. I can only answer that we had to. The Beatles were a fad, a repository for our limitless girlish enthusiasm, our need to collect (in this case, a favorite Beatle), to compete, to share. And dare I suggest that the power of propaganda was at work, too? We were whipped into a frenzy, night after night, by charismatic radio disc jockeys — in my case the wonderful New York characters of "Cousin Brucie" Morrow and Murray the K. There were few media channels back then, so we were all on the same page, or, rather, the same radio wave. We reacted as one — as if hypnotized. Willingly and ecstatically.
Collective hysteria is hardly new. As my mother reminded me — tediously, I thought then — she'd torn through the New York City streets once too, in her case running after a crooner known as Ol' Blue Eyes. Frank Sinatra! (I roll my eyes to this day.) And now we have Justin Bieber and his ilk.
The Beatles broke up decades ago, but the waves of shrieking girls keep coming. A music critic I spoke to recently who attended Beatles concerts back when I was going to them, too, assured me that female screamers are as loudly, obnoxiously present at Bieber events as they were when John, Paul, George, and Ringo toured the U.S. To his expert ears, the decibel level was the same.
I believe him completely — even as I'm confident that neither Bieber nor One Direction nor any pop group that comes after will ever achieve the immortality the Beatles rightly earned. They won't come close.
The reason is simple: It's sheer musicianship. By the time the Beatles arrived on our shores, half a century ago, they'd spent years playing in Germany, thrown together in a foreign land, endlessly experimenting with a wide range of music, much of it from the American songbook. As many musicians — from the soprano Renée Fleming to the bandleader Peter Duchin and a gifted young composer named Gabriel Kahane — pointed out to me, this relatively cloistered period of intense creativity was a crucial factor in their musical development.
And then they arrived in the United States, bringing with them, audaciously, some wonderfully repurposed American sounds — including R & B, long neglected by the mainstream in our country.
And that was the final revelation of my research. All that talk you hear about how they were the best band ever? It's true.
It seems safe to say that Americans won't be shrieking for the Beatles in 50 years' time. After all, we aren't doing so now. It seems you really need a wiggling, breathing pop singer in the vicinity to inspire that kind of frenzy.
So we won't be screaming for the Beatles in 2064. But we'll still be listening. And in awe.
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It is on the ground floor and in walking distance (5 minutes) of the center and easy to be reached from Central Station and Schiphol, the airport. Lots of restaurants in the area, 3 supermarkets and the Westerpark with the industrial monuments and lots of green.
• Fast transport to the airport; CAB CAN BE ARRANGED
• A kitchen with a dishwasher, microwave, four ring cooker, coffee machine, Senseo, toaster, Juicer and fridge
• a child friendly apartment and toys for toddlers + cot
• King size bed for 2 + sofa couch for 2
• Extra closet for clothes
• A hairdryer, an iron and board
• Clean towels, sheets, pillows, duvets
• Bike rent nearby (50 steps)
• After booking a detailed confirmation with all you need to know about getting there
• small bathroom with a shower and toilet
• Check in and out is mostly flexible but needs good communication
• You will have access to the whole apartment
• Centrally located and near to the Jordaan district
• Parking garage nearby
• Walking distance of the Anne Frank House
• Walking distance of the Noordermarkt, a famous vintagemarket on early mondaymornings
• Lots of restaurants
• 1 Supermarket is open 7 nights a week till midnight
• 1 Supermarket 7 days a week 08.00 - 22.00 pm
• Parking (paid) is possible in the street
• € 3,- per hour or € 27,- a day).
• Or park your car at a P&R parking like
• the P&R Bos en Lommer for € 1,- per 24 hours
• The stop of bus 21 and tram 10 are within the city center according to the P&R parking conditions
• In Amsterdam we all bike: cheaper and more convenient but please be used to bike in your hometown. You can rent the bikes within 100 yards of the apartment.
• Lots of cycle tours in the area
• To the Zaanse Schans, beach or Alkmaar
The Staatsliedenbuurt (area where the apartment is) was formerly known as the brass knob and just outside the former city center. In the immediate vicinity you will find a nice piece of history like the WESTERGASFABRIEK and former Machine Pump House where the sixty-meter high water tower still part of. Today, in this building you find the trendy the café restaurant AMSTERDAM. A very popular place to have dinner and only 50 meters from the apartment. The airport is to be reached by cab in 20 minutes or by train and/or bus in 45 minutes. Bikes for rent on the Central Station and in the area.
A prominent feature in the west of Amsterdam, the Westergasfabriek (a former gas works) is one of the city's thriving creative hotspots. The buses for Mysteryland stop nearby! "De Hallen" just opened and is about 10 minutes walking from the apartment. Art movies and diner in the old industrial tramremise........and design memories of Amsterdam to take home.
Cultural hotspot
The grounds are home to numerous businesses, bars, restaurants, a cinema and a theater and the renovated industrial buildings and spacious park regularly host events ranging from major club nights to art exhibitions and culinary happenings.
Where to go, how to go and what to do and thank you for considering to stay with us! Just looking for a simple room mail me as perhaps I can help as well.
Check out at 11.00am and check in at 15.00 pm but in general I'm flexible with check-in and check-out times and I consider the coming and going guest. I will be there to receive you.
•The public transportation is around the corner.
•Tram 10 and Bus 21 and Bus 48 from Station Sloterdijk
•Nightbus 348 from Central Station or Sloterdijk (Station)
•You can party in Amsterdam,
•see a show, go to clubs or dancings, bars etc.
•Westerpark area pubs and bars are open 24/7
When it comes to nightlife in Amsterdam, there are venues, dance festivals and club nights to suit every taste. DJs keep the crowd going with everything from techno, dub step and trance to hip-hop, funk and deep house. Some of the most well-known venues include Paradiso, Melkweg, Bitterzoet, Club Up, Jimmy Woo, Trouw, AIR, Disco Dolly and Escape.
Read the guide to partying in Amsterdam on Iamsterdam for all the essential information about clubbing in the city, check out the listing of Amsterdam clubs and the listing of dance music festivals in and around Amsterdam. And be sure to check out the selection of clubbing highlights!
• an adventureparc in the nature of Westerpark
• a children's farm and small animals
• a pool for toddlers
• lots of safe playgrounds; no cars allowed
• a cot for free if needed and some toys as well
• The Marnix swimmingpool on walking distance
•24 hours license for bars and restaurants
•jogging/running in the Wester
Please keep the bottles and paper out of the dustbin.
Just in case I forget to tell you: please put the lights and heating off when you leave the house! I like to keep a low budget price for the apartment.
Quiet time is from 10pm - 8am. No unregistered visitors are permitted in the building, without owner/manager approval, and definitely no overnight visitors. There is a no-pet policy on the premises. Have a wonderful stay in Amsterdam!
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The place is really nice , clean and cozy . The Host friendly and very helpful . I will definitely advise this place perfect for a couple . Thank you !
We thought the apartment was a very good base for visiting Amsterdam, near to shops transport and the park.
There was everything we needed in the apartment and we were very comfortable and there was a good source of information for our visit.
Mieke, who opened the apartment was pleasant.
But the apartment was not what we had expected.
The toilett and the shower together had a space of ca. 0,9 x 1,8 m (or less).
The apartment was smelly. Only the backwards windows to the little yard could be opened. These back yard was full of mosquitoes. And there was non possibility for ventilation during the night without comming in of some mosquitoes.
The apartment was unclean.
Miekes appartement is very comfortable. It's very clean as well, we really enjoyed our stay. Furthermore, Mieke is a very friendly host. She replied instantly to our questions and she had a lot of recommendations about Amsterdam. All together we had a great stay and would choose this appartement again.
The apartment is perfect, so bright and spacious. There is everything you need, plenty of crockery and kitchen equipment if you want to make meals. There are restaurants, snack bars, bars and a supermarket all less than 5 minute walk away. You can walk into the centre in under 25 minutes. We walked through the Jordan district which was really pretty and then across the canals, the walk seems short because it is so interesting. If you don't want to walk the tram stop, just around the corner, takes you to the Leidersplein with numerous restaurants and bars , also the place you can connect to the airport bus. Of course the Amsterdam way maybe you would rent a bike.Everything ran smoothly with the booking, great information provided by Serjo prior to our trip. We were met exactly on time by Laura and she also answered a couple of questions for me when I texted for information during my stay. If you want to visit Van Gogh museum, book fast pass tickets on the museum website (ignore the other sites as tickets from some agents do not help you skip the line) for a timed ticket, I would suggest to try to book one week in advance to get the date and time you need especially at the weekends.
Recommend Bardot for a lovely meal in a friendly atmosphere, the Brel bar on the corner for really good beer, Bagel and Beans coffee shop. all 3 or 4 mins away from the apartment if you want to spend an evening outside of the centre
Thanks for everything we loved your apartment and the location.
Had a lovely weekend at the Westerpark Apartment. Meike ensured we were comfortable - the flat was very clean, neat and welcoming. We were roughly a 25min pleasant walk from the centre -we enjoyed strolling through the nearby park to get there. Alternatively the tram and bus stop almost immediately outside! All in all we had a great weekend and I would highly recommend this apartment if you are looking for a place to stay in Amsterdam.
Amazing stay! Stayed for a week. Perfect transportation access (tram stop round the corner). Perfect apartment for stay for two, with plenty of fresh linen for the week. Lovely street with plenty of bars and restaurants close by!
The Apartment was so beautiful, we had the feeling like we are at home.
Mieke was so nice,and she give us so many information.
This Apartment can only recommend!!
We really enjoyed our stay here and was so easy to get to everything on foot, shops, bars, lovely walks. Will certainly be back, we loved Amsterdam. Thank you to Mieke who was a fantastic host and communication from start to finish was great and clear. I would recommend this apartment to anyone! We will be back! Mick and Lorraine Nairn
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Trey Anastasio Band,
Friday, 02/18/2011
State Theatre, Portland, ME
Set 1: Theme From the Bottom[1], Cavern[1], NICU[2], Bug[2], My Friend, My Friend[2], The Horse[2] > Silent in the Morning[2], Gumbo[1], Suzy Greenberg[2], Kill Devil Falls[2], Water in the Sky[3], Spin[4], Liquid Time[5], Hey Ya![6]
Set 2: Cayman Review, Mozambique, Gotta Jibboo, It Makes No Difference, Acting the Devil, Alaska, All That Almost Was, Words to Wanda, Push On 'Til the Day, The Birdwatcher, Sand, Wherever You Find It, Plasma > Tuesday
Encore: In the Wee Wee Hours > Dragonfly
[1] Trey solo acoustic. TAB Debut.
[2] Trey solo acoustic.
[3] Trey acoustic with Jen and Natalie on vocals.
[4] Trey acoustic with Jen and Natalie on vocals and Ray on keys.
[5] Trey on acoustic.
[6] Trey on acoustic; TAB Debut.
Notes: The first set was Trey solo acoustic excepting "Water in the Sky" (with Jen and Natalie), "Spin" (with Jen, Natalie and Ray), "Liquid Time" and "Hey Ya" (full TAB with Trey on acoustic). The second set and encore was electric TAB. "Theme," "Cavern," "Gumbo" and the cover of OutKast's "Hey Ya!" were all TAB debuts. After "Kill Devil Falls" Trey told a story about the old Tree Café venue in Portland and how the back cover photo of Fishman on the vinyl Lawn Boy was taken backstage there.
Musicians: Trey Anastasio, Russell Remington, Jennifer Hartswick, Russ Lawton, Tony Markellis, Ray Paczkowski, Natalie Cressman


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