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Cheshire Cottages
Just show me Cheshire Cottages
Please find below a selection of self catering holiday cottages throughout Cheshire and in such locations as Chester.
Discover one of our most beautiful counties with a stay in a Cheshire holiday cottage. There are all kinds of things to see and do whatever kind of break you're after.
Explore the ever-changing landscapes of the countryside, dotted with inviting country pubs, picturesque villages and traditional market towns. Set your own pace whether driving, walking, cycling or horse riding across rolling hillsides, pastoral lowlands and wild, sweeping moorland.
Enjoy a self-catering cottage holiday in Cheshire
Enjoy a family ramble or cycle at Delamere Forest, or don your boots and follow the Sandstone Trail, affording panoramic views across the Cheshire Plain. Serious cyclists may opt for the Cheshire Cycleway, a 176-mile tour of the county - or just enjoy a short stretch. Cheshire is also a golfer's paradise, boasting top class courses such as the Jack Nicklaus signature one at De Vere Carden Park.
Fancy some retail therapy? Shop 'til you drop at Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet Village; or head for the county capital of Chester famous for its historic two-tier shopping galleries. Chester is also home to Britain's oldest racecourse, hosting a number of meetings throughout the year and other annual events.
Or, go further afield and spend the day in Liverpool, a cultural
Northern city which houses some fascinating museums and art
galleries including the prestigious Museum of Liverpool, the Tate
Gallery and the Merseyside Maritime Museum.
Other visitor attractions include the magnificent National Trust estates of Tatton Park and Dunham Massey, the enormous telescope of Jodrell Bank, the imposing Beeston Castle, the Ellesmere Port Boat Museum, Cheshire Farm Ice Cream, Astbury Mere Country Park, Ness Botanic Gardens and the Blue Planet Aquarium. And don't miss Chester Zoo - one of the best to be found and home to 7,000 animals.So as you can see, there are plenty of treats in store on a Cheshire cottage holiday!


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Nemex is this simple little app or collecting ideas, images or anything digital really and keeping it all in the one spot. Sure there's other services you could use that do the same sort of thing, but what's really nice about this is that its all selfhosted. So the data remains yours & sits on your server. You can even access if from your iPhone or Android device and save content to it.
It literally took 2 minutes to set up on my hosting, now I just need to plan what to save in there. Nemex was created by Neon Elephant in Germany.


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Jeanne's Gluten-Free All-Purpose Flour
Makes 4½ cups
1 1/4 cups brown rice flour
1 1/4 cups white rice flour
1 cup sweet rice flour
1 cup tapioca flour
Scant 2 teaspoons xanthan gum
In a large bowl, whisk together the brown and white rice flours, sweet rice flour, tapioca flour and xanthan gum thoroughly. Transfer the mix to an airtight container. Store in a cool, dark place for up to 6 weeks or in the refrigerator for up to 4 months.
-- Jeanne Sauvage, "Gluten-Free Baking for the Holidays" (Chronicle, $24.95, 168 pages)


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TORONTO -- Warriors center Andrew Bogut made his first start since Nov. 7, leading a 114-102 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday.
But just when the Warriors were getting used to finally having their starting lineup intact, point guard Stephen Curry was knocked out of the game with a mild sprain of his right ankle.
"Just got to try to stay positive and hope it heals quickly," Curry said.
Bogut, who missed 38 games to rehab his surgically repaired left ankle, was a bit rusty, but his presence was a noteworthy upgrade as he posted 12 points, eight rebounds and four blocks in 24 minutes.
Despite a big game from Raptors center Aaron Gray, who had a career-high 22 points to go with 10 rebounds, the Warriors held the Raptors to 43.7 percent shooting. They outscored the Raptors 62-34 in the paint, out-rebounded them by 12 and allowed just 12 second-chance points after giving up 57 the previous two games, both losses.
"It's been a long season for me so far, a frustrating season mentally and physically," Bogut said. "Just to be out there running up and down the court again, especially getting a win, it was very satisfying. ... Just excited to be out there and play basketball again. It has been a bumpy ride, but I think it's at a stage now where I am ready to progress."
It didn't take long for Bogut to have an impact. On the Warriors' first possession, he got the ball on the low block, dribbled baseline, spun to the middle and dropped in a left-handed hook in the lane.
A couple minutes later, a touch pass from David Lee to Bogut led to an open dunk. Through his first six minutes, Bogut had four points and two rebounds.
He made an even bigger splash in the second quarter. He prompted a turnover as Gray tried to post him up. The next defensive possession, he blocked a driving layup attempt by DeMar DeRozan. His ensuing outlet pass was intercepted, leading to a two-on-one fast break for the Raptors. But Bogut thwarted that, too, blocking Gray's floater in the lane.
He punched the air and let out a yell as the Warriors transitioned the other way, setting up Klay Thompson's 3-pointer.
"You can tell we're a different basketball team with him on the floor," Warriors coach Mark Jackson said. "It was great to have him. Makes me a better coach. ... He makes guys better, and he completes us as a team."
Bogut will not play Tuesday at Cleveland. He said the plan is for him to play up to 25 minutes per game, and he won't play back-to-back sets until after the All-Star break.
The Warriors might not have Curry either.
At the five-minute mark of the third quarter, he was driving to his left while trying to get down the middle of the lane. While splitting two defenders, Curry appeared to step on Gray's foot. Curry hit the ground hard and was slow to get up. He tried to walk it off, and after signaling to Jackson he was fine, stayed in the game for just over a minute. Still wincing, he was replaced by Jarrett Jack.
For the next several minutes, Curry was looked at by the training staff, fidgeted with his brace and jostled his ankle, took multiple trips to the locker room and even tried to talk Jackson into letting him back in. Jackson sent assistant coach Pete Myers to watch Curry run in the hall. After Myers' report, Jackson shut down Curry for the night.
"Just wanted to be smart," Jackson said. "There was no need to put him back out there. He wanted to get back in the game, but I've got more interest in his future and our future. Funny thing is, he told me he knew he didn't stand a chance once I sent my hit man to see him run in the back."
Curry said he had no idea about his status for Tuesday. He will continue to receive treatment before testing it out during the game.
He compared Monday's sprain to the one he sustained Jan. 16 at a shootaround. That kept him out two games.
Curry went the first 36 games without any problems from his right ankle, which was surgically repaired in April. But after more than a dozen sprains of that ankle in the last two-plus seasons, he knows the drill.
"Same situation, just have to see how it responds," Curry said. "That's just the game of basketball."
The Warriors, who entered the fourth quarter with an 84-82 lead, had to close out the Raptors without their star point guard.
For offense, the Warriors turned to low-post specialist Carl Landry. He scored six straight for Golden State, four from the free-throw line, to get the offense going. After a Thompson jumper, rookie Harrison Barnes and Bogut converted driving layups to push the Warriors' lead to 96-85 with 5:33 left.
But it was Golden State's defense that took control of the game.
After a 3-pointer by Raptors guard John Lucas III to start the fourth, the Warriors held Toronto scoreless over the next seven minutes. The Raptors missed 10 consecutive shots and turned over the ball twice, paving the way for the Warriors' run.
Barnes then put icing on the cake, throwing down a one-hand tomahawk dunk over Gray for a three-point play.
The Warriors won a game they had to have, snapping a two-game losing streak and keeping alive their chances of splitting the four-game trip.
"It was huge to get back into the winning ways and give ourselves a chance to make this into a successful road trip," said Lee, who led the Warriors with 21 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists. "We needed this one, absolutely."
Warriors (27-17) at Cleveland (13-32), 4 p.m., CSNBA


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How To Install: Corsair Hydro Series H80 and H100 Liquid CPU Coolers
Hydro Series™ H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
The Hydro Series H80 and H100: efficient cooling, simple installation, and the power of Corsair Link Digital.
The digital fan control button allows you to select between Quiet, Performance, or Balanced modes.
Ready for Corsair Link Digital.
The H80 and H100 work great with Corsair Link, an ecosystem of hardware and software components designed to give you unprecedented control over your PC. Connect your H80 or H100 to the Corsair Link Commander (available separately) and monitor a wide range of parameters, including pump speed, coolant temperature, and fan speed, and customize your own performance profiles.
Control at your fingertips.
The low-profile integrated pump and cold plate includes push-button control so you can select the fan speed and cooling performance setup that best suits your needs. The cool white LED display lets you know at a glance which profile is being used.
The Hydro Series H80: Compact and quiet.
The H80 includes a double-thick radiator and two 120mm fans. It can be installed almost anywhere you can install a standard 120mm PC case fan, and includes mounting brackets for all modern CPU sockets.
Corsair Hydro Series makes it easy to go liquid.
Easy installation, zero maintenance.
You no longer need to invest into finicky modular watercooling systems to get serious CPU cooling performance. Each Hydro Series Liquid CPU Cooler is a sealed, closed-loop system that comes pre-filled and never needs refilling. Tubing is constructed from low-evaporation FEP for a long lifespan. Even the thermal compound is pre-applied. You'll be up and running in minutes.
The latest cooling technology
Both the H80 and the H100 include a low-profile, light-weight cooling unit with a micro-channel copper cold plate and a split-flow manifold. The result of all this attention to fluid dynamics is CPU cooling that's remarkably efficient, with a total noise level that's lower than most stock CPU fans.
Package contents
- Corsair H80 Liquid CPU Cooler
- Two 120mm fans
- Mounting screws for fans and radiator
- Mounting brackets for Intel™ LGA 775/1155/1156/1136/2011 and AMD AM2/AM3
- Quick Start Guide
Technical Specifications
- Radiator dimensions: 120mm x 152mm x 38mm
- Fan dimensions: 120mm x 120mm x 25mm
- Fan speeds (+/- 10%): up to 1300 RPM (Low Noise), 2000 RPM (Balanced), and 2500 RPM (High Performance)
- Fan airflow: 46 - 92 CFM
- Fan dBA: 22 - 39
- Fan static pressure: 1.6 - 7.7mm/H20
- Intel LGA 775, 1155, 1156, 1366, and 2011
- AMD sockets AM2 and AM3
- Hydro Series H80 requires a case with a rear or top 120mm fan mount
- Product Description
- Corsair Hydro Series H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - liquid cooling system
- Product Type
- Liquid cooling system
- Compatibility
- LGA775 Socket, LGA1156 Socket, Socket AM2, LGA1366 Socket, Socket AM3, LGA1155 Socket, LGA2011 Socket
- Heatsink Material
- Copper
- Fans Qty
- Dual
- Fan Diameter
- 120 mm
- Fan Height
- 25 mm
- Rotation Speed
- 1300/2000/2500 rpm
- Air Flow
- 46-92 cfm
- Noise Level
- 22 - 39 dBA
- Manufacturer Warranty
- 5 years warranty
- Product Type
- Liquid cooling system
Heatsink & Fan
- Compatible With
- LGA775 Socket, LGA1156 Socket, Socket AM2, LGA1366 Socket, Socket AM3, LGA1155 Socket, LGA2011 Socket
- Heatsink Material
- Copper
- Fans Qty
- 2
- Fan Diameter
- 120 mm
- Fan Height
- 25 mm
- Rotation Speed
- 1300/2000/2500 rpm
- Air Flow
- 46-92 cfm
- Noise Level
- 22 - 39 dBA
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support
- 5 years warranty
- Service & Support Details
- Limited warranty - 5 years
Customer reviews
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Reviewed by mr U Antepli. Review Posted 04/01/2012
Again OMG Corsair keeps impressing again and again l never knew they products were so quality and value for money, this cooler is running my Intel Sandy Bridge 2600 k at 4.8ghz at 40 °C and it fits perfectly into corsair case you can controll the speed of the fans thanx to its fan speed ajustment cables. l recomend to every one well worth it!!!!!!!!!!!!
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- Ease of use
- Value for money
a good but noisy equipment
Reviewed by R.Ren. Review Posted 13/03/2012
H80 is good for Fractal Design XL. I have no harass during the installation. However, you should notice the difference in fans. One blows out and the other in. As a consequence, a mistake in wind direction would result in a disaster, since the air will pack out in the middle. In addition, the long crews are self curved. The performance of H80 is good which keeps my AMD 8150 cooler at 45C at 100% loading. However, there is a huge noise when the computer starts. It seems the system is checking the cooling system. I am wondering whether there is something wrong with Corsair fan reading.
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Corsair H80 CPU Cooler
Reviewed by Trevor N. Review Posted 28/09/2012
I have fitted this cooler into a Lian V1020 case with a Sabertooth Z77 Motherboard and Ivy-Bridge processor. Ensure to fit the back plate onto the motherboard before installing the motherboard to the case. The fans are marked with the air flow direction check you have them both blowing in the same direction. The screws that hold the fans to the radiator are in my mind the weak link and when fitting the two fan guards they are only just long enough and it was a concern that the thread could let go. I would strongly recommend viewing the instalation video, it is very helpful, I was not sure from the instruction sheet that the unit required both 12v connections to be used. 1. To the CPU Fan supply and the other to the 12V peripheral connector from the power supply the video cleared this as it showed both required connection. Both fans are connected to the CPU cooler.
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- Value for money
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MENLO PARK -- The talk around Sand Hill Road last week was, "Who killed Cougar Night?"
For months, the five-star Rosewood Hotel in the heart of Silicon Valley's venture capital community has been the site of a Thursday night meat market, with hordes of women in split skirts and stilettos on the prowl for rich techies who are more than happy to oblige.
But a recent report that police had arrested several big-name venture capitalists for solicitation -- by all accounts, a false story on a satirical Web site -- seems to have helped chill the scene, at least for now.
The rumor's wildfire spread shows just how much Cougar Night has become part of the valley's startup lexicon. Explains a longtime venture capitalist who's seen colleagues from most of the leading venture firms consorting with pretty women on Thursday nights: "It's a target-rich environment."
By day, the Rosewood's Madera restaurant and lounge are ground zero for power in the valley. Top investors like Ron Conway and Marc Andreessen gather to do deals in a way perhaps not seen since the dot-com heyday of Buck's Woodside, where legend has it Hotmail and Yahoo (YHOO) were launched over pancakes.
Stanford University built the Rosewood in 2009 to compete with the Four Seasons Silicon Valley a few miles away. The hotel's valet parking lot is an open-air showroom for luxury cars; last Thursday, they included a Ferrari, an Aston Martin, a Rolls Royce and multiple Mercedes.
But on Thursday nights, the mood shifts. "I've had male clients tell me they won't come here anymore on Thursdays because the women are so aggressive," said Amy Andersen, who runs a pricey matchmaking and social network called Linx Dating. "They will literally be mauled like a piece of bloody meat."
Andersen -- whose business card bears the title "love concierge" -- says that while Cougar Night owes its name to the fiftysomething divorcees who show up to scout for boy toys, it's actually an all-ages crowd. "A lot of younger women will change from their work clothes, put on a cocktail dress and head over," she said. "They're looking for husbands here."
Last Thursday, though, roughly half the crowd were men wearing sport coats and vaguely uncomfortable smiles. Most looked like they'd be happy for a woman to maul them.
As late afternoon turned to dusk over the Santa Cruz Mountains, the action picked up moderately, but there were none of the fight-your-way-to-the-bar mobs that prior visitors had described.
One Madera employee said business had been off all week, in part due to the Labor Day holiday. A regular customer, on the other hand, blamed the bogus blog post for thinning the crowds.
According to the story, which appeared last month on a site called Silicon Valley Pasquinade, undercover Palo Alto detectives sporting fake Eastern European accents busted "several prominent Sand Hill venture capital executives."
Many of the tech investors who've swapped the arrest story via e-mail seem not to have noticed that pasquinade means "satire" or "lampoon." It's unclear whether the story's author intended to bring down Cougar Night, but the blog -- which was registered through an Arizona company that keeps a Web site owner's identity private -- hasn't been updated since the prostitution "bust" was posted.
Palo Alto police chuckled at the report, considering that the city's vice cops would have no business making arrests in Menlo Park. And though the blog references "Police Chief John Wiggins," that's not the name of the top cop in either town.
For that matter, the Rosewood's general manager isn't William Phelps, as the blog claims; he's actually Michael Casey, and he firmly denies that his hotel is a hotbed for hookers.
"I work closely with Menlo Park police on any and all activities that might be illegal or immoral," he said in an interview. "This is a rumor that I can tell you cannot be substantiated. It's a suburban myth."
Still, while there were ample red flags that the story was a red herring -- other headlines on the site included, "Larry Page's Voice Found at Redwood City Bar" -- many readers said it had an air of truthiness. Eyewitnesses swear they've seen bevies of beauties streaming into the Rosewood parking lot on foot, fueling widespread rumors of Russian escorts bused in from the East Bay.
And the veteran VC told this newspaper about chatting with suspiciously out-of-place Eastern European women during prior trips to Madera, though another regular customer said the women weren't prostitutes.
The phenomenon even has sparked its own thread on question-and-answer site Quora ("Do escorts really frequent the Rosewood Hotel lobby bar in Menlo Park?").
Casey attributes the lounge's popularity to nothing more sinister than good food and drinks in a beautiful environment. He said Thursday has been the busiest day of the week since Madera opened three years ago, and the gatherings have grown each year. To help with crowd control, he recently rejiggered the seating and added "about $100,000 worth of kitchen equipment, so we can turn the food out faster."
Casey said last Thursday's extra breathing room was due to those changes, not to smaller turnout. But it remains to be seen whether the party has moved on, as it did from previous valley hotspots like Santana Row's VBar.
The owner of a Michelin-starred restaurant who was holding court on Madera's patio Thursday speculated that the arrest rumor would only draw in more clusters of the curious. Indeed, regulars said many in the crowd appeared to be newcomers.
Another local restaurateur -- Jamis MacNiven, who's owned Buck's for two decades -- said the cougar chatter and the phantom prostitution raid reflect two basic human needs: To gossip, and to connect.
"In the end, people are looking for love," he said. "However they get it, congratulations."
Bay Area News Group staff writer Jason Green contributed to this report. Contact Peter Delevett at 408-271-3638. Follow him at Twitter.com/mercwiretap.


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Debra~ Sounds like a nice training run along the river path before speed work. Just a suggestion if you have a smart phone and don't want to bother looking at your Garmin to track your pace: Some apps (I use MayMy Run) have a feature that will speak your progress (distance, pace, minutes) out loud as you run at intervals you can select. I wear my Samsung Galaxy S3 on my arm and will occassionaly use this feature. Sometimes though, I don't want to hear it so I shut that feature down.
I'll be doing an 8-mile run tomorrow moning as I'm training for the Resolution 15k on January 6th. After that, it will be the San Diego HM in March.
09/01/2012 Disneyland 5K 27:08
11/22/2012 Thank you 10K 58:17
01/06/2013 Resolution 15K 1:30:17
03/10/2013 San Diego HM (registered)
09/01/2013 Disneyland HM (registered)
Good morning, mighty masters! (as Marie says)
Rich, you are so ready! 8 mi to 9 mi. is a piece of cake. Literally. Add two more and you can eat the icing.
Debra, sounds like a great run! I know what you're talking about trying not to check the Garmin. I can guage whether I'm having a rough day by the number of times I check my pace/mileage/time in a given mile. That's when my yoga breathing or some other self talk comes in handy. I call on it and it sometimes works.
Am now at least two pounds heavier and new scale says it's not water weight. Office holday party was a nature preserve. Tried a trail run toward the end and it was a slog, despite warmish weather and lots of rest. 2 miles. Seriously! Today is rainy and warm Was going to the gym but really want to try running outside. Am so afraid of how hard I'm going to have to work to get back to where I was. DD is coming for the holiday. Exciting to plan but have tons of work to do. Am worried won't have time for things I want to do. Cable shut off bc I "forgot" to pay the bill. Plenty of money, not highest of priorities. Thinking of letting it go until the end of the year. What's a holiday without a mental snap? Juuust kidding. Adding to the pressure, I sorta volunteered to work with a local running store on developing a run/walk program and somehow that has turned into starting a C25k program in January. In Four Weeks. With no descernable plan. I HATE the preformance anxiety of Christmas!! Bad time to stop running!
For the 32nd anniversary of John Lennon's death, shine on and on....!
Mary Kay
Running: Started 5/6/2011; Graduated C25k - 7/21/11; Graduated B210k - 11/24/11;
PRs: 5k - 36:42; 8k - 1:10; 4.15 m - 53.41; 10k - 1:18; HM - 2:56:31
I may be slow but I'm persistant.
Goals: 5k under 30 min.; HM under 2 hr.; AG award in the USAF HM! and one full marathon.
It won't be easy but it will be worth it!
Am back in northern AZ since Dec. 9th, Saturday, too late to run that evening, temps drop by 20 degrees once the sun sets and too dark on the trails.
Sunday, 8.1 miles, 1:29, on the most flat trail I know, slow and easy run at 7,300 ft in elevation, avoiding "too much, too fast, too soon"......... tempting but don't want to invite injury and muscle fatigue.
Then drove 3 hours for work in eastern AZ, spent the rest of the week in that area and western NM.
Monday: rested.
Tuesday: 9.1 miles on TM, 1:35 ??
Wed: rested
Thursday: hectic work day, drove back 5 hours from NM to home in northern AZ, too late to run so called it a rest day.
Friday: 10.1 miles, on trail, 1:44.
Saturday: 10.2 miles, on a more rocky and hilly trail, 1:58, made it!! YAY!! Tough but sooooo awesome to be back!!
Then son-in-law called that daughter was experiencing strong contractions, so drove down to PHX just to be near and I predict she will have baby sooner than due date (Dec. 30th).
Hubby flying down to AZ for a week to see the baby and to celebrate our 10th anniversary!! YAY!!
Took all my running gear to take advantage of desert mts for endurance at lower elevation. May be here for the week, and next race is a 10 miler on the 16th.
Will be flying back to MN in Jan for a few weeks.
So much going on before the year ends but LIFE IS GRAND!!
We are soooo anxious for our second grandbaby to arrive..........maybe on 12/12/12????? How cool will that be?!?
Hope to run my 3rd marathon sometime in FEB when I return to AZ for followup work for a few weeks.
Reading all your posts, WELCOME to the new ones, and thanks for all the encouragement from everyone!!
Trail runner
Finally able to add the pic of the river on Sunday's run.
Lots of great activity and running on here! Way to go friends.
Slow stuff on TM during the week, but Friday and today decent enough to go outside. First official snow in our part of Wisconsin so I drove to town to run on the riverwalk. Felt like I was working harder than I should have to for the time I got for 3.1 miles. O Well, it was slushy in places. Very beautiful with the snow coming down as I ran along the river.
Run strong and safe friends. Have a great week.
Dan-started running 1/29/2011 at age 57
notable 2012 runs:
Crazylegs Classic-Madison-8K--4/28/2012--00:52:14
Roxbury Rural Run--5K--5/5/2012-- 29:32-PR
Haslanger Classic--10K--8/4/2012--1:06:19 PR
WO-ZHA-WA Run--HM--9/15/2012--2:37:45
Honky Tonk Marathon- Wisconsin Dells- 10/21/2012-5:39:09
2013 runs:
Fleet Feet New Year's Day Dash-8K-1/1/2013--54:23
Door County HM- 5/4/2013
Fox Cities HM- 9/22/2013 (60thBD!)
Ran 8 miles at the indoor track that surrounds the speed-skating oval. Lots of company on the 2 lane run/walk track, and fun to watch the junior speed skating heats on the ice. It's great to have the 400+ meter track to run indoors when the weather is bad. I'll run outdoors in most conditions, but 33 degrees and rain/sleet isn't one of them. Not fond of running with wet, freezing feet for over an hour! Heading out for a 5 mile walk today.
Dan~Sounds like a nice run along the river in the snow. Bet it was beautiful! Too warm here yesterday, just rain/sleet. I know what you mean about a 3 mile run being harder than I think it should be sometimes!
az2mn~Awesome mileage for you this week! Congrats on your 10 yr. anniversary, and impending birth of second grandbaby -- Lots to celebrate!
Mary Kay~Totally get the volunteer thing -- I'm just a girl who can't say no to volunteering!
Rich~Thanks for the app suggestion, time for a phone upgrade for me. Mine is, ehh..."vintage". Hope your 8 miler was great!
Have a great week, and run strong, friends!
I have a slight groin muscle strain, so I'm skipping today's 3-mile maintainance run. Hate when that sort of thing happens! I know resting an extra day or so is the right thing to do, but just don't like missing a training session whether it be a run or a strength workout in the gym. WIll pick up on Thursday with a 3-miler plus speed work, then will shoot for 9 miles on Saturday.
Keep up the good work everyone!
09/01/2012 Disneyland 5K 27:08
11/22/2012 Thank you 10K 58:17
01/06/2013 Resolution 15K 1:30:17
03/10/2013 San Diego HM (registered)
09/01/2013 Disneyland HM (registered)
hope you're back to running shape this week. I, too, feel disappointed and depressed when I have to rest to let an injury subside or heal. But as we age, those 'rest days' and recoveries after races are necessary ........if to continue in later years. That's what I tell myself to work against my stubborn desire to 'suck it up' .......... I use those in actual races. Listen to your body and keep those muscles limber by simple easy stretches, i.e. yoga, walks, hikes, etc.
I don't care for the windy freezing temps either. I consider myself fortunate that I can experience two different climates, although I think it does take a toll on me which sometimes results in my not feeling well and body needing a rest to re-acclimate. My work travels keeps me discipline in my training runs but it's still a challenge in time management and keeping a base mileage to reach a goal of running my third marathon in Feb. or March, and again, in May or June.
I think my goal is pretty realistic .......... but it can be daunting sometimes, dealing with temperature changes and where I need to be.
My daughter had a false alarm Saturday night, but I am still in PHX just to be near. I would rather be at 7,000+ elevation for my training runs on the mountain trails but I am taking advantage of the desert mts with challenging inclines.
Ran 4 miles on mt trail which had a pretty good incline for almost a mile from the start, and rest was rocky/dirt/hilly terrain. WOW!! made it!! Last 2 miles got dark so I ran on paved road around the neighborhood, ugh!!! Worked on my speed, and my legs are feeling them now, a good hurt!!
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Hello to all! Just enjoying the sheer fun of running - no race on my schedule. I'm trying some different things on my runs (running nonstop instead of regular intervals, or just running and walking as needed). I continue to see glimmers of speed at the shorter distances and that gives me a mental boost. Right now I feel as if I'm running so I can eat Christmas chocolates without too much guilt!! Whatever!
We finally have days with cooler temperatures in between warm, humid days. I cherish any day I can get out in a long sleeved shirt and ear coverings. I've learned to love sub 40 temperatures rather than fear them.
It's so much fun to read all of your posts about running, but I'm especially interested in all of the grandchildren! There are none for me yet, but there's a chance I will get to join your ranks in the next few years. I can't wait to spoil them rotten!
Happiest of holidays to all. Stay safe, warm and running strong.
urun2me- Welcome! I hope you get to join the ranks of Grandparents too. The wife and I have 6 grandchildren and another on the way- they are a joy! Glad you enjoy running. Even if you choose not to race, the mental and physical benefits are wonderful.
Happy Holidays.
09/01/2012 Disneyland 5K 27:08
11/22/2012 Thank you 10K 58:17
01/06/2013 Resolution 15K 1:30:17
03/10/2013 San Diego HM (registered)
09/01/2013 Disneyland HM (registered)
Mary Kay~ hope you feel better soon and get back up to "speed"! This is a very busy and stressful time of the year if you let it be. Do what you can...but most of all do what YOU want to do!
Alot of good things going on in here and alot of new "masters". Welcome to all new runners.
To many post to go back through and play catch up. The last time I was in here I was running a HM in my home town and being the pacer for a group of newbie runners. Some of the runners this was there first race of any kind! Brave to have it be a HM!
It went fantastic and I loved every moment of running with them and helping them to finish their first HM and racing event ever! Everyone did a wonderful. Everyone stayed pretty well together until the last 2 miles when i had 3 runners to hit the wall. I would go back and encourage them to keep going and then I ran up to my group and took them on in to the last .15 miles and then I went back for the other 3. Finally after the last person was in...I finished the HM with a time of 2:44:09! Even though it was officially a HM, I ran more than 13.1 miles with all of the looping back. It was something that I will always remember and that I hope to do many more times in the future. Very fulfilling.
My other news....today is my 60th Birthday!!!!! And it is on 12-12-12!!!! How cool is that! Will not happen again until 3012! Of course, I probably will not be here by then! LOL
Have a great day everyone!
FM! 3/4/2012 New Orlean RnR - 5:49:55! PR!
10K PR 1:11:22 ( 11:49 mm)
Ran 4 HM's in 2011
HM 11/13/2011 PR!!! (2:35:53) Pensacola, FL
HM 12/3/2011 (2;39:27) Ran for fun and training St. Judes, Memphis, Tn
HM 01/07/2011 (2:48:23) First Light HM - Mobile, AL (My very first HM)
HM 02/14/2011 (2:40:23) Mercedes Benz - Birmingham, AL
2013 Events:
1-5-13 Ms. Blues HM 2:44:57
1-13-13 Gulf HM 2:40:xx
2-24-13 Disney Princess Half Marathon
3/20/2013 Azalea TR 10K
4-7-2013 Pensacola Beach Half Marathon
Happy Birthday Mimi!. Congrats on being the pacer for the HM and being that extra special mentor. Awesome!
MaryKay, you will do fantastic w/ your beginning group come January! They will love it too!
WDWRich sorry to hear of your groin strain. Hope it is really minor.
Dan, beautiful picture.
We had been blessed with unseasonably warm temp which I loved, but today, reality set in. While it was clear, it was quite chilly. I admire all of you who love the cold weather....me, I prefer warm, not hot, but warm. :-)
Debra, sounds like your indoor track is a very nice option when inclement weather sets in.
AZ, keep us posted as soon as the baby arrives....today 12-12-12 would be an ideal time to arrive. Your mountain runs inspire me.
My training for Goofy is still on track. I did miss Monday's short run, but didn't sweat it. This weekend is 12 mile hike one day and the next a 26 mile run. I pray DD & I survive. She has had to miss way too many of her runs, so we may have to alter the schedule. This is the last long run before Disney. I don't know if I'm more excited about Christmas or Disney.
Happy and safe holidays to all my mighty masters friends. We have been blessed through out this year with the gift of running and the friendships (albeit cyber variety) formed. Thanks to all of your for that wonderful present!
Marie from Tennessee
Training for Disney 2013 Goofy Challenge.....Yes, I'm certifiably CRAZY!
61 year olds must be out of their minds to run a half marathon followed by a full the next day!
Disney Half Marathon 1/7/2012 2:37:59
Bear Hunt 5K 9/24/11 28:28 pb
Trojan Trek Trail 5K 8/6/11 31:45
Expo 10K 5/28/11 1:01:28,
Expo 10K 5/26/12 1:05:39
Eastman 10K 9/8/2012 1:01:11 pb
"Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." Hebrews 12:1
Thanks for the well wishes. I went out and tried a 5k maintainance run, and the muscle strain seems to have gone away. I guess a couple of days off made the difference. I'll shoot for a long run on Saturday and see how it goes.
Cheers everyone!
09/01/2012 Disneyland 5K 27:08
11/22/2012 Thank you 10K 58:17
01/06/2013 Resolution 15K 1:30:17
03/10/2013 San Diego HM (registered)
09/01/2013 Disneyland HM (registered)
Hello, all!
Just came back from office Xmas party and am giving myself time to sober up a little before I hop on the TM for a quickish 3 mi. at the gym.
Az, two 10+ mile trail runs back to back? You are amazing! Life is Grand!! I know about that "Stubborn desire to suck it up". It's what get's me injured and makes it so hard for me to heal.
Dan, loved the pic! It's kinda dreamy. My runs lately have been really hard also.
Debra, love the sounds of your track! What a good alternative to a TM!!
Rich, groin pull? Ouch! take care!
Urun, so glad you're enjoying the sheer fun of running!! Wish I could just let go and do that. Don't forget the gingerbread, peppermint and pumpkin pie. They only come around once a year!
Mimi, you *get* me!! Everything is a balance of stress with me. I've crafted my life evidently on the edge of what is tolerable and any new demand seems to send it into overwhelming. I suppose this is a bad thing but I'm not convinced. Keep thinking it's like speed training, if you maintain this level long enough, it will feel normal and you'll be able to deal. Probably wishful thinking but for now, I don't see any responsibility I can get rid of. The fact that you were able to lead your runners in their first HM across the finish in under 3 hrs and then finish yourself in under 3 hours is awesome fantastic!!! What a great role model you are!! Happy 60th!! I personally love the way you define and wear it!!
Marie, I didn't realize your races were so soon. You will kill these!! You are absolutely ready!! Best of luck to you and your daughter!! I was shopping for jewelry online and found a pendant that was handstamped with "Goofy, 39.3" and thought of you. I'm sure Disney will have the bling covered.
I am still looking for runner girl or something like that earrings. I want to wear them when I run and don't want them bouncing around. Unfortunately, all I could find were dangling earrings. I guess others prefer to wear theirs after runs? Idk. Anyway, if you come across any that just have posts and not wires, let me know? It's actually almost warm enough for a run outside right now but am babying myself with a gym trot. Am still coughing a lot. Lousy cold!!
Run strong and fearless out there!!
Mary Kay
Running: Started 5/6/2011; Graduated C25k - 7/21/11; Graduated B210k - 11/24/11;
PRs: 5k - 36:42; 8k - 1:10; 4.15 m - 53.41; 10k - 1:18; HM - 2:56:31
I may be slow but I'm persistant.
Goals: 5k under 30 min.; HM under 2 hr.; AG award in the USAF HM! and one full marathon.
It won't be easy but it will be worth it!
WED: ran 10.2 miles total, 1:58 ~ about 8.5 miles on mt trail which is pretty rocky with good inclines, and the last couple of miles on a nice GROOMED dirt tail along a canal (fenced) behind a neighborhood. From the start of the trail, it's a steady incline for almost a mile; passed two guys in their 30s, the second one was not happy I caught up with him and he had to stop to let me pass: priceless!! Not to sound snobbish, I was not going that fast. Anyway, it got dark by the time I was running the second time around the mountain to the top, so had to slow down to avoid getting hurt and got off the trail completely and ran the last couple of miles in the dark on the groomed trail.
Got a bit cooler, wind picked up and my shirt was wet from sweat and I felt chilled all of a sudden.
Ran home and tried to eat, felt nauseated so I just drank my chocolate soymilk, some ice water. After taking a shower, I felt sooo achy and stomach felt quesy, and I tried to drink some hot OJ/cider but I was shivering by then and gave in to some Advil and went to bed. I can't be getting sick ...... before a race?!?.......again??!? Miserable night!!
THURS: forced myself out of bed and accompanied my daughter on a few errands. Came home and took nap with granddaughter. I knew I was not feeling well if I had to take a nap!! Tried to eat but stomach too acidic, crampy and still quesy...........
Plan was to run at least 8 miles but no can do!
FRI: today, woke up still feeling quesy, tired from another restless night BUT felt a little better after an unexpected sudden throwup in the sink while brushing teeth ....... EEWWWW!!
So just decided to take it easy & rest for the 10 mile race on Sunday morning.
mKay: nothing like sweating out the booze ........haha!! Glad you're feeling better!!
WDW: rest is beneficial after hard training runs finishing with some longer dynamic stretches and core workout for those groin muscles. I had to do that for my second marathon which absolutely was a lifesaver.
Trail runner
mimiisarunner: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Wow!! You don't look "60" but that's what we all want and you are a beautiful example!!
Yes, I was hoping for a 12-12-12 grandbaby but pretty much out of "my" control .......... THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AWESOME!!
It's funny though that we have many family members who have December birthdays so that could be good too.
urun: glad that you are keeping up with us!! Keep us posted, we miss you.
Marie: WAY TO GO!! Impressive on the goals and your race schedule!! someday I hope to 'run' into you ..........
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Tensions flared among players, too. In the locker room, Allen told them to keep their heads up, these challenges would make them stronger.
But Awolowo broke down in tears and thought of quitting. "I didn't like losing," he said.
The team practiced all summer, reminding one another on Facebook to be on time. They ate together and did homework together. The coach told them, after all, that "if you can't work hard outside the gym, what makes you think you can work hard inside the gym?"
Ultimately, they bonded.
"When you stick it out with people, even though people say you shouldn't, that makes you closer," said Jonathan Chavez, a 16-year-old sophomore who stuck with Allen last year.
Two boys who walked out -- Ryan Tran and Jose Silva, both seniors now -- asked Allen if they could return. Tran, a straight-A student who is now president of his class, had been one of the suspended players who felt he never got a clear answer about why he was disciplined.
"At first I was like, 'I don't even want to play basketball for him anymore,' " Tran said. "But I thought, I love basketball. We let each other know we both were at fault in some ways."
The team "welcomed me with open arms," he said.
Silva, 18, also has had time to reflect. "I know it was a very selfish thing for us to do, but we thought walking out was the right thing."
He reached out to Awolowo, who seemed especially dejected. "I told him next year you'll be winning."
This year's varsity squad had a stunning turnaround, going 16-10 (10-4 in league play). Coaches in the Blossom Valley Athletic League named Tran senior of the year, Ali junior of the year and Awolowo sophomore of the year.
The Grizzlies made it through the first round of the league tournament, beating Andrew Hill High on a buzzer beater by Tran, before a heartbreaking loss in the quarter-finals to Leigh High.
Now, they are turning their attention to the Central Coast Section playoffs this week.
It has been an incredible journey. Allen never wanted last year's players to quit. He invited them to play in an alumni game this season, but none showed up. He gave little attention to the movie producers.
He knows he's on the right path with these boys, teaching them values and discipline he hopes will stick the rest of their lives. They are proud to be Grizzlies.
During home games this season, Awolowo and the rest of the team wore ties again.
"They're in a moment that's hard to break," Allen said. "They're in a place right now where they believe."
Contact Julia Prodis Sulek at 408-278-3409. Follow her at Twitter.com/juliasulek.


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It was like a 2 ½-hour thunderclap.
It was heavy. It was loud. It shook the very ground.
It was Soundgarden.
The veteran Seattle act, which alongside Alice in Chains, Nirvana and Pearl Jam defined the grunge sound for the first half of the 1990s, proved it still has what it takes to rock the house on Tuesday at the Fox Theater in Oakland.
That was not a surprise. What we saw at the Fox was pretty much the same as what fans witnessed in mid-2011 at San Francisco's Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, after Soundgarden had reunited from more than a decadelong break.
The biggest difference this time around was that the show wasn't simply a nostalgic ride. Soundgarden is now touring in support of a new album, last year's "King Animal," its first studio platter since 1996's "Down on the Upside."
The hard-rocking quartet opened the show -- the first half of a two-night sold-out engagement at the lovely downtown Oakland venue -- with a nice showcase of the new material. Four of the first five songs played -- "Worse Dreams," "Been Away Too Long," "By Crooked Steps" and "Attrition" -- all hail from "King Animal."
Most of the capacity crowd probably came to hear the signature grunge-rock anthems from the '90s. Yet these new songs stood up surprisingly well to the classics. Indeed, everything Soundgarden played fit like pieces of a puzzle. That's probably because, unlike some bands that have been around for decades, Soundgarden isn't defined by certain eras. There's no real "early Soundgarden" sound or "peak era" style. When it comes to this band, there's just one era -- the "we rock really hard" era.
Singer/frontman Chris Cornell, at 48, still looks like the young wild child fans fell in love with in the first place. Indeed, his hair doesn't seem to have aged one bit over the years.
The same can't exactly be said for his voice. Cornell is one of rock's great screamers, right up there with The Who's Roger Daltrey and Throwing Muses' Kristin Hersh, and there is a price to be paid for that. His voice was strong throughout the first half of the show, but it began to falter in the second half. By the time he got around to "Black Hole Sun," in the lengthy encore, Cornell had little left and simply had to coast.
The rest of the band was a powerhouse, nailing each and every tune with a sledgehammer. Kim Thayil, who, technically speaking, is the only original member besides Cornell left in the band, remains one of the heaviest metal guitarists in the business. He's not the flashiest player out there, but there's an uncanny thickness to his sound that is as much a part of the Soundgarden signature as Cornell's snarls and growls.
The band's other two longtime members -- drummer Matt Cameron, who also holds down a job in Pearl Jam, and bassist Ben Shepherd -- helped set an appropriately dark and foreboding mood throughout the evening, combining to create steady rhythms that shook hard enough to nearly untie shoelaces.
Although the show did feel overly long at times, its last third was an absolute pleasure, as Soundgarden revisited such fan favorites as "Black Hole Sun," "Fell on Black Days," "Rusty Cage," "Like Suicide" and "Superunknown."
Follow Jim Harrington at Twitter.com/jimthecritic, Facebook.com/jim.bayareanews and http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/category/concerts.
To see a slideshow of Tuesday's concert, go to www.mercurynews.com/entertainment.


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Published: Monday, September 30, 2013 at 3:50 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, September 30, 2013 at 3:50 p.m.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A former Asheville high school football star was shot and killed after police say he was involved in a break-in and fired a gun as officers chased him.
The Asheville Citizen-Times reports (http://avlne.ws/1bm7xhA ) former Reynolds High School football star A.J. Marion was shot Sunday morning after being struck by a single bullet. Police said Marion died at Mission Hospital.
Sgt. Dave Romick said officers responding to a burglary call chased the suspect. Romick said officers saw the suspect had a gun, and when they confronted him, he refused to comply with commands from police and was shot.
The probe into the shooting has been turned over to the State Bureau of Investigation. Police have declined to comment any further on the incident as it remains under investigation.
The officer involved in the shooting has been placed on administrative leave.
Marion led Reynolds High School to the 2009 state championship.
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Miranda S Lam
Professional Details
Summer Courses
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Professional Biography
Ph. D., Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. May 1996.Major: Finance. Minor: Statistics.
MBA, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. March 1988. Major: Finance.
BBA, with Distinction, School of Travel Industry Management, University of Hawaii, at Manoa. December 1985. Major: Hotel and Restaurant Management.
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), awarded in May 2002
Professional Interests
Primary Area of Specialization:
*Mutual funds performance evaluation and personal financial planning"
Pedagogical Expertise:
*Financial modeling and computer assisted decision-making"
*Entrepreneurial Finance"
FIN 301, Principles of Finance
FIN 323A, Financial Institutions Management
FIN 423A, Entrepreneurial Finance
FIN 309, Intermediate Financial Management
FIN 350, International Financial Management
FIN 780, Investments
Selected Publications
Vega, G. & Lam, M. (2015). Entrepreneurial Finance: Concepts and Cases. Routledge.
Refereed Articles
Vega, G. & Lam, M. (2013). Howling Wolf Taqueria: Feeding the Good Wolf. Case Research Journal, 34 (2).
Lam, M. & Desmaris, E. (2013). Making the Business of Doing Good a Good Business. The CASE Journal, 10:2, 214-229.
Guo, H., Lam, M., Wu, G., & Xiao, Z. (in press, 2012). Risk Analysis Using Regression Quantiles - Evidence from International Equity Market. The International Journal of Business and Finance Research.
Lam, M. & Luther, R. (2012). The Offer Price. The CASE Journal, 8 (2), 75-89.
Lam, M. (2008). Statistical Inference of Risk Adjusted Performance. Frontiers in Finance and Economics, 5 (1), 27-45.
Lam, M. & Saraoglu, H. (2002). A Sensible Mutual Fund Selection Model. Financial Analysts Journal, 60-72.
Lam, M. & Machuga, S. (2002). Earnings Management and Executive Turnover in Japan. Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies, 5 (3), 343-371.
Lam, M. (2002). The Value of Mutual Fund Rankings to the Individual Investor. Journal of Business and Economic Studies, 8 (2), 48-72.
Lam, M. (2000). Finance Courses on the Internet. Financial Practice and Education, 10 (1), 195-204.
Lam, M. (1999). The Performance of Global Bond Mutual Funds. Journal of Banking and Finance, 23 (8), 1195-1217.
Lam, M. & Wiggins, J. (1997). The Performance of Actively Managed International Funds. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 291-313.
Selected Presentations
Guo, H., Lam, M., Wu, G., & Xiao, Z. (2012). Risk Analysis via Regression Quantiles - Evidence from International Equity Market. Global Conference on Business and Finance, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Lam, M. & Desmaris, E. (2011). Making the Business of Doing Good a Good Business. North American Case Research Association - NACRA Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas.
Luther, R. & Lam, M. (2011). The Munroe School Building: an Asset or a Liability? North American Case Research Association - NACRA Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas.
Lam, M. & Morriss, J. (2011). Do Two Negatives Make Good News or Worse News? Extending Textual Analysis of Corporate Disclosures beyond Counting Words. Academy of Financial Services Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Lam, M. (2008). A Simple Strategic Rebalancing Model for the Individual Investor. Academy of Financial Services Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.
Lam, M. (2007). Can A Socially Responsible Portfolio Be Sufficiently Diversified? Academy of Financial Services Conference, Orlando, Florida.
Personal Interests
Making, Reading, Cooking, Hiking


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BEVERLY - The annual Beverly-Waterford Christmas parade and lighting of holiday displays at Beverly's Dodge Park kicked off the Christmas season on Sunday for hundreds who lined the parade route in the Beverly and Waterford communities.
Kids scrambled for candy tossed onto the sidewalks by those riding floats and other parade vehicles.
"We had 14 buckets of candy to throw to the crowd," said Donna Arnold, co-advisor with the Muskingum Valley Leos Club who sponsored one of the parade units.
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Heather Krigbaum, left, of Fayetteville, N.C., introduces 3-year-old daughter Madelyn to Santa Claus during the annual Christmas display lighting at Beverly's Dodge Park Sunday night. (Photo by Sam Shawver)
Missy Antill, of Beverly, said the candy is a big favorite of children Morgan, 8, Mason, 6, and 2-year-old Maddox.
"But they also like to see Santa and the fire engines," she said. "And this is something we can do with the community."
Her husband, Russ Antill, agreed.
"We like to bring the kids to see the Christmas lighting every year, too," he said.
For the second year in a row, sisters Ryanne and Roxanne Hardman dressed one of their dogs in a festive Santa hat and sweater to walk in the parade.
"We sort of torture them, I guess," Roxanne Hardman admitted. "We just like to dress them up."
Ryanne Hardman said they shop around for just the right outfit for their pets.
"But they really don't seem to mind wearing them in the parade," she said.
One of the largest floats in the parade, trimmed with toy soldiers, teddy bears and other brightly-lit Christmas figures, was sponsored by Citizens Bank. The bank orders the floats from Creative Floats in New Philadelphia where they're designed and built by Bob Starkey.
"We've probably been sponsoring a float for about 15 years now, but we have to get our order in early because he builds floats for lots of parades every year," said Michele Ferguson, customer service manager for Citizens Bank.
She said the bank has already asked Starkey to reserve a float for next year's parade.
Bob Starkey's wife, Michele, said float-building keeps them busy.
"We put together eight floats just over this last weekend," she said. "We get orders from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and a recent one from Oklahoma."
Sponsored by the Beverly-Waterford Chamber of Commerce, the Dodge Park display lighting has taken place yearly since 1994, and has included the annual parade since 1995.
"We add a little more lighting and festivities every year," said Jane Dye, co-chairperson for the Beverly-Waterford Chamber of Commerce display lighting project.
She said the park displays will remain lit until Jan. 1.
"We've been doing this for 18 years now," Dye added. "It's a lot of work, but we get lots of help, too."
She noted the juniors and seniors in the electricity program at the Washington County Career Center help set up the variety of lighted displays throughout the park every year.
"We couldn't do this without them," Dye said.
Beverly Lions Club members also provided refreshments for the festivities, including plenty of hot chocolate and cookies baked locally by Frances Tornes of Tornes Cakes in Waterford.
"They ordered 50 dozen cookies this year, although at times it seemed like we were making 300 dozen," Tornes joked. "I started the baking off with six cups of brown sugar several days ago. It took us from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday to ice all 50 dozen Santa Claus cookies."
Lions Club president Linda Schaad said there was lots of hot chocolate to go around, too.
"We made about 20 gallons of hot chocolate this year," she said. "But it's a lot of fun and a real community project."
Walt Schaad said everyone pitches in to help with the event.
"These two communities really come together to make this happen every year," he said.


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Phil Robertson's suspension from "Duck Dynasty" is over, but the controversy surrounding his, er, eclectic views on families and courtship quacks on.
Three days after A&E network dropped his Robertson's suspension from the top-rated reality show, new interview footage of the Robertson family patriarch has emerged, in which he advises men to marry teenage girls because at that age they are more compliant.
"You got to marry these girls when they are about 15 or 16. They'll pick your ducks," Robertson says in the 2009 video.
Relax, "pick your ducks" is not a "euphemism." It literally means cleaning your game.
He adds, "Look, you wait till they get to be 20 years old -- the only picking that's gonna take place is your pocket."
He also advises guys to make sure their prospectful brides can cook, and adds, "Make sure she carries her Bible. That'll save you a lot of trouble down the road."
Robertson was suspended from "Duck Dynasty" earlier this month after an earlier interview surfaced in which he criticized gays and gay marriage.
But after absorbing a good deal of backlash over the move, A&E returned Robertson to show on Friday. "Duck Dynasty" is cable TV's top-rated reality show, drawing 13.4 million viewers per episode.
Abby Klaassen, editor of Advertising Age, told the "CBS This Morning" that A&E had "no choice" but to bring back the show and Robertson.
"It's just too important a revenue generator for the network," she said. "But there are a couple of things we don't yet know and one is how advertisers are going to react come mid-January when the next season of the show premieres. They could very quietly pull their support and that would change the economics equation."


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- Apr 19:
- Boston Marathon bombing: Students film get-well video for Martinez victim Aaron Hern
- Apr 18:
- Boston bombing: Martinez victim Aaron Hern shows 'remarkable' progress, gets visit from Michelle Obama
- Boston Marathon bombings: Martinez boy takes 'huge step forward' in his recovery
- Aaron Hern Fundraisers: How to help the family
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- Aaron Hern Fundraisers: How to help the family
- Boston Marathon bombing: Martinez boy's surgery a success
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A's batting coach Tye Waller, first baseman Brandon Moss and right fielder Josh Reddick hope to meet with 11-year-old Aaron Hern, the Martinez boy injured in the Boston Marathon bombings, Monday morning at Boston's Children's Hospital.
The A's, who finished a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays with an 8-1 loss Sunday, flew to Boston Sunday night and start a three-game series with the Red Sox Monday at Fenway Park.
According to sources, the son of A's senior account manager Phil Chapman is a friend of the injured boy and Chapman helped to set up the meeting along with Heather Rajeski, the club's senior manager of promotion & events.
All three of the A's participants say they are enthused about the opportunity to meet Hern, who has had multiple surgeries to deal with shrapnel received in his leg after the second bomb exploded last Monday. He and his family were on hand as his mother, Katherine, competed in the Marathon.
``I can't wait to go,'' Moss said. ``I'm excited to meet him. It's a terrible thing that happened. I can only imagine what he's gone through.''
Reddick, who played for the Red Sox until last year, said he is always happy to get a chance ``to brighten someone's day,'' but he wasn't at all sure that Hern wouldn't be the one inspiring the A's instead.
Hern and his family have already received some high-profile guests, including the First Lady. Michelle Obama stopped by Boston Children's Hospital last Thursday when President Obama was in Boston to speak and met with all the Herns.
``Normally, it might be a case where we go to visit and tell some stories,'' Waller said. ``But I'm going to ask him to tell us the story of having Michelle Obama visit.
``You think about all that's happened to him. He's an 11-year-old on vacation and all this crazy stuff happens. You can't necessarily make sense of it, by maybe we can help him look past it. They say the surgeries have gone well and he's got a good long life ahead of him.''


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MARTINEZ -- A Contra Costa judge, speaking over soft cries from the courtroom gallery, sentenced a Berkeley man Friday to 32 years to life in prison for a pair of break-in sexual assaults in a Walnut Creek apartment complex in the summer of 2010.
Antonio Andre Mouton, 26, was convicted on four felony counts in April, including rape and assault with intent to commit rape. With several supporters in the courtroom, some struggling to maintain their composure, Mouton wiped tears from his face as Judge Theresa Canepa imposed the sentence.
Mouton did not make a statement to the court, but prosecutor Ryan Wagner read two letters -- one from the mother of Jane Doe 1, who managed to fight off Mouton when he conned his way into the apartment on June 30, 2010, under the guise of wanting a glass of water, and one from Jane Doe 2, a newlywed who was raped six days later in the bedroom of the apartment she shared with her husband.
Mouton's attacks, and another later in the summer of 2010, put the residents of the Regency Arms on edge. No arrest was made for the third attack.
"The trauma you inflicted upon my daughter is unforgivable," read the letter from Jane Doe 1's mother, in part. "I believe you are a monster who isn't fit to live among civilized people."
The letter from Jane Doe 2 was a heart-rending account of her ups and downs since she was assaulted.
"I'm not as open and honest, trusting and naive as I was," she wrote. "The world's no longer safe."
The woman wrote about having to concoct a story to explain to people why she and her husband broke their lease and abruptly moved out of town. She said she is preoccupied with security, and that she advises her sister or husband before she takes a daytime nap.
She also wrote that she fears her infant daughter might someday go through "what I went through."
"Antonio, this message is for you," she wrote. "I forgive you, and I pray for you and your family because this is what God commands me to do."
After the sentence was imposed, public defender Diana Garrido stated her intent to file an appeal.
Contact Gary Peterson at 925-952-5053. Follow him at Twitter.com/garyscribe.


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It was the summer of 91 and my best friend Nate was spending the night at my house. We were staying up late into the night listening to music and talking about how much fun we were going to have at summer camp a few days from then. At one point Nate pulled out a tape that his older sister gave to him and said you gotta listen to this band. Theyre really weird. They play this song about cars and tires and jump on trampolines on stage and one of them plays a vacuum and they play all sorts of crazy music. So Nate pops in the tape. The first thing I think is WOW this sounds like total shit. I remember Nate telling me that it was a live show that someone recorded so it doesnt sound too good. Looking back it was probably like a 10th generation tape. I dont remember everything he played but I do remember him playing Contact for me and really liking it. The whole idea of songs lasting for 10 minutes and having all sorts of changes was totally new to me. I never heard anything like it and I was intrigued. The next day we went into town (I grew up out in the boonies) to do some shopping for summer camp. Just so happens that theres a record store in the plaza and Nate goes in and picks up Lawn Boy. I remember looking at the liner notes on the ride home and trying to figure out who the crazy cave man was holding the vacuum cleaner. I cant tell you when we first listened to that tape, Im sure it was later that day. What I can tell you is that during that week at summer camp we probably listened to that tape 1000 times. It never left the radio and we played it OVER and OVER. I clearly remember running down the path to the lake while blasting Antelope and just feeling SOO good. I was with my best friend, I was at an awesome summer camp and somehow I had a soundtrack to it all. This was the first time that music made me feel that way. Nate and I were the Antelopes and we were completely out of control.
Nates sister took him to The Riviera Theater on 5/8/92. He had so many stories to tell I could hardly believe that any of it was true. Phish seemed like the coolest band in the world after he told me all about the craziness that went on. I wish we would have gotten some more live shows from his sister but at the time we both agreed that they were simply too bad to listen to and what band plays songs live that arent on an album? We did manage to get our hands on Junta and somehow that kept us entertained until Darien Lake. As with everybody else at this age, this is the time that I was really getting into music and trying to figure out what I liked. Even though popular music generally sucks, Id have to say that at this point in time it wasnt all that bad. This was the grunge era so we had Pearl Jam, Sound Garden, Alice in Chains and Nirvana who I got to see that November! I was also into all the classics The Dead, Allman Brothers, Beatles, Zeppelin, Floyd etc, etc all the classic high school bands. At the time I wasnt a huge fan of the Dead but I did go to see them earlier in the summer at Rich Stadium on 6/13/93. This was my first BIG concert. I remember walking around the parking lot trying to find people that were listening to Phish. Only found two guys and they were quite a bit older than me so I didnt say anything to them. Its funny, at the time I thought that Phish was way better than the Dead and that there was some kind of war between Dead fans and Phish Fans. It was like you had to like one band or the other. I thought I was better than Dead fans even though I barely knew anything about Phish OR the Dead. Took me a long time to appreciate the Dead, guess I just got older and wiser.
SHOW DAY! There are a handful of very clear memories I have of this show, more that are kind of blurry and probably a few that by now are completely made up. At this point, my best friend Nate moved a few towns over so we were just going to try to meet up at the show later. I managed to get a few more friends into Phish at that point so there were four of us that got a ride to the show from my friends Dad. I remember how lame it was that we had to have my friends Dad drop us off considering that most of my friends had cars but there was nothing we could do about it. None of us had a way to get a car. A sister of one of the guys I went with was going to the show so were able to hang with her crew in the lot beforehand. I was just starting to get into polluting my mind with drugs and alcohol so we consumed just about everything we could get our hands on. We ate some pot brownies, smoked some pot, drank a few beers and split a bag of mushrooms between the four of use. Funny thing is, I didnt really get that fucked up. The shrooms were either fake or spread too thin, the grass was not enough and horrible, the pot brownie was probably fake or again spread too thin between us and a two beer buzz lasts about 20min. I dont think that anyone of us would admit that we werent fucked up though. It was probably for the best, who knows what would have happened to us if all that shit was as strong as we wanted it to be. So we wander around a bit and eventually start to make our way into the venue. Around this time the Darien Lake amphitheater was much smaller and a lot different looking than it does now. There was shelter over the stage but none over the seats in the front. There was still grass in the back but it was about half the size it is now, maybe even smaller than that. So we get in and head straight to the merch table. I think we ALL bought shirts and hats. Typical noobs. I still have my t-shirt and even wore it to the first 3.0 Darien show as a sort of anniversary for myself. I think that was the only time that I actually wore that shirt to the show. Anyway, were waiting in line and the band starts playing. All out panic ensues and we rush to get to our seats. We finally get up to the ticket people for the seats, my friends all get through and it turns out that I have a lawn ticket!!! I scream out my friend Petes name as he runs in. He turns around for a second and just kind of shrugs with a Im sorry look on his face and disappears. So here I am, a little buzzed up, my first Phish show and Im alone on the lawn. I found myself a good spot and enjoyed the first few songs as much as I could. While Im standing there I hear someone scream out BB! I know that voice, I turn around and theres Nate standing there with a huge smile on his face. Fucking awesome. At that point I knew Lawn Boy and Junta and could you believe that they didnt play ONE song off of Junta? Needless to say I was pretty lost the entire night. Also something to consider is the fact that the songs I actually did know didnt sound anything like they did on the albums. I remember some older guys next to me that were clearly huge Phish fans dancing around, fist pumping, cheering and singing along to every song they played. I couldnt believe they knew all these songs. The only other songs I knew that werent on Lawnboy were 2001, Purple Rain and La Grange. I wish I could remember what the hell I was thinking the entire night but I can look at that setlist and only imagine. I remember Nate and me laughing our asses off numerous times and looking at each other and shaking our heads in disbelief at how weird this was. After probably the weirdest hour of anything Ive ever witnessed was about to end they start up Antelope. I dont think we could have been any happier. We were once again transformed into antelopes out of control.
This was the start of it all. Who would have known how much time and money I would spend on this band over the next 19 years. I know that I would have found this band eventually but Im so grateful that Nates sister got us into them so early. From this point on Phish was number one in my book. My friends that I went to the show with never got past the albums and if you asked them now they would probably say that Phish sucks. Nate and I caught a handful of shows together up through the end of 96, including the Clifford Ball where we both REALLY got it during the same set. He eventually moved up to Maine where I hit all the festivals up there with him and sometimes I can twist his arm to come down to SPAC or Great Woods. I honestly think I have him to thank for all of this, my first show buddy.


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OAKLAND -- Some neighbors and patrons of Dimond Park in the Fruitvale district are up in arms against a proposal to cut down a grove of trees along the creek as part of the city of Oakland's Sausal Creek Restoration Plan.
In all, some 79 trees would be removed, including 32 natives and 21 redwoods.
"The trees might have been cut down already, if we hadn't made noise about it," says John Slaymaker, who started a Facebook page called Save Our Dimond Park Trees and has gathered nearly 600 signatures on a petition against the tree cutting.
The $2.9 million restoration plan, which is a collaborative effort between the city, Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District and the Friends of Sausal Creek (FOSC), also includes removal of 250 feet of underground culvert and concrete spillway; moving the creek away from the bank on the Canon Avenue side; bulldozing and re-grading the banks to a gentler slope; removing non-native vegetation; and replanting the area with native trees such as willows.
The city says the project is necessary for many reasons.
"We have to protect habitat, trout passage, water quality and stop the erosion of the creek banks that's endangering infrastructure and homes," said Lesley Estes, Oakland's Watershed and Storm Water Management supervisor. "Water has eroded far behind the concrete retaining wall on the right bank adjacent to homes on Canon Avenue."
She said the city doesn't like having to cut down trees, especially redwoods, and has designed the project for minimal tree loss.
"We're looking at this as a holistic problem and trying to solve it in a holistic way," Estes said.
Kimra McAfee, executive director of FOSC, which supports the restoration project, said that since the creek flows through Oakland-owned property, the city is liable for any damage that might occur to homes on Canon Avenue as a result of flooding or erosion. She said erosion -- largely due to water barreling out of the culvert -- is the main problem and the primary reason that FOSC supports the project.
"We're not happy with cutting down the trees," McAfee said. "But we see that it's not possible to have the creek in its current location, without reconfiguring the banks."
She said that when you undertake a major restoration project such as this, there are always conflicts.
"You have to balance the long-term benefits and sustainability of the ecosystem with the cost of cutting down trees today," McAfee said.
Slaymaker, who is a member of FOSC and holds a degree in forestry from UC Berkeley, said he feels "viscerally" that cutting down the trees is wrong.
"The city says it's going to replant with fast-growing trees, but the 1,000-pound elephant in the room is that 80-year-old redwoods won't grow back," Slaymaker said.
He agreed that everyone supports removing the culvert and "daylighting" the creek, but said a much simpler and cheaper solution would solve the primary problem of erosion along the banks.
"Once the culvert is removed, that strong jet of water that comes out of the pipe will be eliminated," Slaymaker said. "That's the main cause of the erosion."
After that, he said, the city could take whatever steps necessary to shore up the bank and ensure the safety of homes, without taking out trees and at far less cost.
"They're going to fix that bank whether they take out trees or not," he said.
Slaymaker also disagreed with the city's portrayal of improving wildlife habitat.
"For example, there are dozens of birds that use that grove to nest or as a migratory stopover," Slaymaker said. "If you take away the nesting habitat, you take away the birds."
Meredith Noble has lived on Canon Avenue for 24 years and said she's never seen any problems with the creek, even during heavy storms. She said the trees are beautiful and also provide a noise barrier for her neighborhood.
"It's very distressing," said Noble, who said the scope of the project was not clearly communicated to the community.
"It was only when the trees were visibly red-tagged for removal at the beginning of October that the whole thing blew up," Noble said. "I've talked to my neighbors and nobody had any idea the project involved cutting down 79 trees."
She said she attended community meetings and read notices posted at the library, but that the tree removal was never made clear to the public.
McAfee asked that people visit the city's website to see the outreach that was done.
"We feel we made multiple attempts with public outreach and public communication," she said. "But we know that we can't reach everyone."
Councilmember Libby Schaaf, who represents District 4 where Dimond Park is located, said she can't take a position on the project until it comes before the City Council.
"It has been presented to me by city staff that we have to address the bank erosion problem," said Schaaf, who lives a block from the park. "At the same time, we are addressing the ecological issues from the old undergrounding of the creek.
"We have to balance the city's liability issues with the needs of people and animals who enjoy that piece of land."