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Lakeland Village Resort is a condominium resort featuring hotel amenities, nestled on 19 acres of pristine wooded grounds. A recreational paradise, South Lake Tahoe offers world class skiing, mountain biking, hiking, horseback riding, fishing, para sailing, and golf - or nothing but relaxing poolside or lakeside for a perfect mountain experience any time of year.At Lakeland Village Resort, a delightful family vacation resort, you will enjoy a quarter mile of private sandy beach with a pier and boat moorings, outdoor heated pools, a kids wading pool (seasonal), 2 hot tubs, a sauna, and 2 tennis courts. For your convenience there is private complimentary shuttle service to the casinos, the Heavenly gondola, dining, or wherever you would like to go in town. Continental breakfast daily during ski season.
A perfect location for your next family vacation or mountain retreat. The Ridge Tahoe is an 11-acre, condominium - hotel resort on Heavenly Ski Resort's Nevada slope, with ski-in/ski-out access to Stagecoach Lodge. This 302-unit resort features room types to suit the lone traveler, couples or families alike to make you feel right at home in the mountains. This unique resort offers an endless list of complimentary services and amenities including a children's playground, organized adult activities, video arcade and movie theater and a private shuttle service for on property use and to get to the ski lodge at Stagecoach .
The Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel is proud to be the largest all-suite resort in beautiful Lake Tahoe. Located at the base of Heavenly Ski Resort and moments from world-class gaming, dining, ice-skating, golf, shopping, hiking, biking, entertainment, and lake activities, our stylish Lake Tahoe accomodations are perfect for families, corporate meetings & retreats, social functions and groups, or an adventure vacation. Every hotel reservation at Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel includes a comfortable two-room suite, free breakfast buffet, and a nightly happy hour. Discover this outstanding Lake Tahoe Lodging Resort and destination.
A beautiful hotel, 968 Park has a rustic, industrial design that echoes Tahoe's rich mining and ski history, yet its luxurious amenities offer modern comfort. It's located steps to the Heavenly village and the shores of Lake Tahoe, and it's just a few blocks from the Stateline Nevada casinos
The Avalon Lodge offers the perfect respite from a hard day on the mountain, a rich reward at the end of a backcountry adventure, or the ideal romantic getaway. From this warm contemporary hotel you can walk to the gondola for a day on the slopes or walk to the beach to relax and take in Lake Tahoe's beauty.
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Ideally located just minutes from the Heavenly gondola in South Lake Tahoe, the Avalon Lodge is within walking distance of casinos, movie theaters, shopping, entertainment, restaurants, and a private beach and marina on Lake Tahoe.
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Located ¼ mile from Heavenly Mountain Resort's base area, these townhome-style condominiums serve as the perfect retreat for couples or families looking to getaway. These two-bedroom units come furnished with a full kitchen, two baths, cable TV, gas fireplace, and vaulted ceilings in the living room. It is an easy walk across the street to access the slopes via the Gunbarrel Express and the Aerial Tramway.
After a day on the slopes, come back to the Concept Sierra for some well-deserved rest and relaxation. Soak in the hot tub located on the premises. Grab a book and cozy up next to the fireplace or enjoy the great views of the slopes. For dinner options, fire up the gas grill included with every unit or head to Heavenly's base area for an excellent dining experience. After dinner, test your luck and head out to the nearby casinos.
Located in South Lake Tahoe, combining the atmosphere of a secluded mountain lodge with resort amenities; including pools, hot tubs, lounge, fitness center and access to a private beach on Lake Tahoe. Situated on 5.5 forested acres this non-smoking hotel is conveniently located only steps away from the state-line casinos, the Heavenly Ski Resort gondola and the Heavenly Village, yet worlds away in a pristine mountain environment.At Forest Suites Resort, the spacious non-smoking, condo-style suites are among the largest in Lake Tahoe. In addition to the suites, a traditional hotel rooms is offered appointed with all the conveniences of a resort hotel. The one and two bedroom suites feature a spacious living room, separate dining area and a kitchen fully equipped with all the necessary items for a comfortable stay away from home.
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Officials from Trinity/RED Development, the developers of the proposed Eagle River Station project said this week that they hope to break ground by next fall on the new Interstate 70 interchange east of town that will service the project.
Jeff McMahon, managing partner with RED Development LLC of Kansas City, Mo., was in town this week to meet with town staff to discuss engineering and other planning specifics regarding the ERS plan. He noted that Martin and Martin Engineering of Denver, which also has an office in Edwards, has been hired to work on the interchange.
"We still have about a year's worth of engineering work with the different jurisdictions," said McMahon. "The interchange remains our critical path. We can't open the retail until the interchange is complete, so we want to get it started."
McMahon noted that the ERS development agreement with the town requires construction begin on the project within three years. "We fully expect we will be in the ground with the interchange by the fall," said McMahon. "We are going to be in the ground long before our development agreement requires."
Eagle River Station is a commercial/residential project proposed by Trinity RED Development headquartered in Kansas City, Mo. The 88-acre site is located south of Interstate 70 and north of U.S. Highway 6 on the east end of Eagle. The ERS proposal will include 582,000 square feet of commercial space and 250 rental units in its first phase, along with the new east Eagle I-70 interchange and improvements to U.S. Highway 6 and Chambers Ave. A second phase of the development calls for up to 150,000 square feet of additional commercial space and another 300 rental units. Last May Eagle voters approved the plan during a special referendum, a flip-flop from a 2010 vote when voters rejected the plan.
"We were hoping they would get started by the summer of 2013, but the fall of 2013 is still good," said Eagle Town Board member Scott Turnipseed. He noted the center construction is slated to take approximately 12 months, so Eagle River Station could be open as early as 2014.
That depends, however, on finding stores that want to locate in Eagle.
This week, RED Development is selling ERS at the International Council of Shopping Centers "Deal Making Conference" in Chicago.
"Our leasing team is there and the project is being represented," said McMahon.
While he is not yet ready to make tenant announcements, McMahon said ERS is generating buzz among national retailers. And, he noted, the national economic climate has markedly improved this year. However, he noted that the marketplace has changed and there is much more interest in discount and value retailers.
"People are out there spending money, but they are very conscious about what they are spending it on," McMahon said. "But it's much better times. There is a lot more positive talk about there in the retail community than there was three to four years ago so the timing of ERS is starting to work out pretty well."
Turnipseed said he is seeing genuine excitement regarding ERS.
"People I have talked to really think having ERS get started is going to jump-start Eagle. It's going to put some vitality and excitement back in town," said Turnipseed.
He added that, paired with the Eby Creek Road construction and Eagle County's proposed assisted living/skilled nursing care facility, Eagle is poised for an economic rebound.
"I can't help but think this all will get things started again for Eagle," said Turnipseed.
The passage of time has also benefited the residential component of ERS, according to McMahon. All of the ERS residential units will be rentals.
"We are seeing a lot of interest in the residential, that just shows out the market changes," McMahon said. "Quality rental residential is hard to find in the valley right now."
McMahon said the initial 250 rental units will be located over ERS commercial space.
McMahon also offered an update about the Outlets at Legends in Sparks - a Nevada project that was often cited during the ERS campaign. RED, the developer of the shopping center, went through a "strategic default" of its $141 million construction for the Sparks project loan last January and negotiated a refinancing deal in early June. RED officials say the deal allowed for more than $30 million in investments, including development of more than 300,000 square feet of new retail space. Six projects across the shopping center are now in various stages of construction, including a T.J. Maxx, Old Navy, IMAX theater and a Walmart. More than 50 businesses are part of the 148-acre shopping center.
"The refinance is done and we are fully funded for the second phase," said McMahon.
McMahon said that RED has weathered the national recession with a strong portfolio. RED Development manages 37 retail, commercial and mixed-used properties in 12 states and the company's operation includes focus on development, management and acquisition.
"The portfolio is doing well, year to date our project revenues are up 4 percent to 12 percent," said McMahon.
With that said, McMahon noted the ERS project remains a high profile deal for RED Development.
"It's very important to us because we own that land. We absolutely remain focused on the project," he said.

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Diabetes Drug Actos Again Linked to Bladder Cancer
May 31, 2012 -- The diabetes drug Actos (pioglitazone) already carries a warning about its risk for bladder cancer, and now new research suggests that this risk may be greater than previously believed.
According to the new study, use of Actos for more than two years doubles the risk of bladder cancer. Still, the overall risk of any one person developing bladder cancer by taking Actos is very small.
"Patients with type 2 diabetes and their physicians need to be fully aware of the potential association between Actos and bladder cancer," says researcher Laurent Azoulay, PhD. He is an epidemiologist at Lady Davis Institute of Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. "Certainly, this drug should not be used in patients with a history of bladder cancer and those with other bladder conditions."
The findings appear in the journal BMJ.
Overall Risk of Bladder Cancer Still Low Among Actos Users
Bladder cancer is relatively uncommon. In the U.S., about 73,510 new cases of bladder cancer will be diagnosed in 2012, according to the American Cancer Society. "The decision to continue using [Actos] or starting it should be discussed with the physician, who will be able to carefully assess the whether the benefits outweigh the potential risks for a given patient."
The researchers analyzed data on more than 115,000 people who were treated with diabetes drugs from 1988 to 2009. Overall, 470 people were diagnosed with bladder cancer during about 4.6 years of follow-up. These individuals were compared with healthy people.
People who had ever taken Actos had an 83% increased risk of bladder cancer, the researchers found. This risk increased when individuals took the diabetes drug for more than two years and when they took higher doses of it. There was no increased risk was seen for Avandia (rosiglitazone), another diabetes drug in this class.
Actos Manufacturer Responds
The manufacturer of Actos, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, has not reviewed the new study, but Elissa J. Johnsen, a spokesperson for Takeda in Deerfield, Ill., did supply WebMD with the following statement:
"Takeda is confident in the therapeutic benefits of Actos and its importance as a treatment for type 2 diabetes. As a science and evidence-based company, Takeda firmly stands behind the substantial data available confirming the positive risk/benefit profile of Actos, which includes more than 12 years of clinical and patient experience with the product."
"As a company, Takeda is committed to ongoing clinical research to understand and investigate potential safety concerns, and is currently supporting several ongoing studies, including a 10-year epidemiological study, investigating the potential relationship between Actos and bladder cancer."
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So, are your New Year's Eve plans nailed down yet? If not, and you don't fancy choosing between Ryan Seacrest or Anderson Cooper/Kathy Griffin to help usher in 2014, consider spending the night with comedian Steve Byrne. The star of the TBS sitcom Sullivan & Son headlines two shows Dec. 31 at the San Jose Improv, 62 S. Second St., San Jose. He'll also be performing there Dec. 27-29. Opening for him will be friends and fellow comics Gareth Reynolds (A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas) and Mike O'Connell (Funny People).
What makes Byrne unique, besides being half-Korean and half-Irish, is a rat-a-tat-tat delivery on topics ranging from silly (an addiction to Chapstick) to searing (his experience with bigotry). A hybrid background is fertile ground for unflinching observations on race that rivals Chris Rock or George Lopez. Unlike those famously F-bomb-loving artists, however, Byrne keeps his jokes relatively clean.
"My folks provided me with an incredible upbringing and good values," he explains. "And growing up in the blue-collar Midwest [Pittsburgh] helped. In terms of language, I think it's just more appealing to curb the vulgarity. I'm not there to be polarizing."
His audience, he says, "is a little bit of everybody. I never want to be exclusive, say, to Asians. I'm an equal opportunity offender, but we're laughing with each other, not at each other."
Fans include the U.S. troops he entertains, a nod to his family of Army vets, including his father, younger brother and uncles. "I do USO tours out of guilt [for not serving], but more because of gratitude," he says. The next trip is in February, when he and the cast of Sullivan & Son are due to land "somewhere in the Middle East."
Actually, Byrne exudes plenty of old-school appeal. He's polite and eager to please. A hockey fan who roots for the Penguins and Blackhawks, he's got nothing but praise for the Sharks: "I'd love to see the team go all the way." Of boyhood idol Dean Martin--yes, the Rat Pack crooner--he says, "He was the coolest man in the world because there was just an easy demeanor about him. He's my Yoda, in a way."
Byrne developed his comedy chops at Caroline's in Manhattan, right out of college. "It was a great education as far as seeing headliners like Margaret Cho and Colin Quinn. I worked nonstop because it's like when you first meet somebody you really like; you want to constantly be by her side. That's how I feel about stand-up."
In the intervening years his résumè has been plumped up with everything from appearances on Kimmel, Leno and Conan to comedy tours like "Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Tour" and "The Kims of Comedy," plus movies such as Couples Retreat. He's even opened for artists like Kanye West and Mariah Carey. Of those gigs he admits, "I'll just say the audience isn't there to see comedians. I took those jobs eight years ago. I don't need to do them anymore."
That's because of success like Sullivan & Son, in which he plays a corporate lawyer who ditches his job to take over his father's Pittsburgh bar. One of the show's executive producers is Vaughn, "one of the most supportive friends I've ever had," he says. "I owe so much to him personally and professionally. He's nothing but bedrock, nothing but wise."
Now that Byrne is married and father to a toddler girl, he's got a gold mine of new material for his act. There's just one caveat: It's made him think about telling cleaner jokes. "I don't want to be a dad who embarrasses his daughter. It's tough enough just being a kid."
Shows are Dec. 27-29 ($20) and Dec 31 at 7 and 10 p.m. ($65 for dinner and show; $35 for show only at 7 p.m.). Tickets at sanjose.improv.com.


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Brought to you by and the .Vail official report: 2" inch new snowVail Daily field report: Not much new this morning, but with the cold temps we've had the 20 inches of new snow Vail has received in the last week has been nicely preserved Weather: Cold and sunny, protect your faceLiftline status: Not bad at allRun of the day: In China Bowl, Emperor's Choice was groomedBreakdown: With a 53-inch base and 245 inches on the season, Vail is finally looking like that place you know and love. The sun is out today, the groomers are soft and easy to carve into, and the powder has been preserved nicely in the trees, stash spots and far corners of the mountain. It's truly a great day to get out and enjoy some turns at Vail. Snowcast: Forecasters are saying we'll take a day or two away from the snow before it will return Tuesday-Wednesday
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Rutgers University Merger Approved
Rutgers University's governing boards officially approved the school's merger with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, the final formal step in the largest reorganization of New Jersey public colleges in decades.
Officials said the merger of Rutgers and the state's medical school will help bring more federal research funds to New Jersey and improve biomedical studies. Rutger's Camden Campus will also expand its health science program in conjunction with Rowan University in nearby Gloucester County.
The vote is a political victory for Gov. Chris Christie and South Jersey Democrats, who campaigned hard for the merger.
"The integration of these New Jersey institutions unleashes the full potential of Rutgers University," Christie said in a statement.
College officials have been studying the financial and logistical implications of the merger for months, and the plan is expected to be formalized next July. Christie signed the New Jersey Medical and Health Sciences Education Restructuring Act in August.


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When playing lossless WMA files from my PC through the pms, the sound quality is very average - much like a low bitrate file. The sound quality for tracks ripped and stored on the PS3 at AAC 320kbs sound fantastic. Surely the PMS should be able to transcode lossless files to an equal quality as they stream? I have a wired network, 3.4ghz quad core pc running xp, so dont think there should be problem there.
Will choosing a different audio engine help??
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Have been reading lots of people have problems with ESET.
I have been searching for a while now to make it work again..
I'm using the latest PS3M and Eset Smart Security 5.
Here is how to make it work:
- Open "ESET" and go to "Advanced settings".
- Click on "Network" and then "Personal firewall".
- Under "Filter mode", choose "Automatic with exceptions".
- Now click on "Rules and zones" and choose "Settings".
You will get this window:
- Click "New". And enter these settings in the "General" tab:
- Name: PS3 Media Server (you can choose this..)
- Both ways.
- Action: Allow.
Now the "Local" tab.
Browse for the application, you will be looking for "javaw.exe".
Example folder: C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe (should be about the same..)
Now you're streaming should be working with no problems.
Try and restart PS3 Media Server.
I hope this helps some people, if read a lot about ESET and different solutions.
But this one did the trick, all streaming works fine!


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Because the 49ers and Seahawks have trouble with conflict resolution, we put in a call to Seattle's most famous on-air therapist, Dr. Frasier Crane. Actually, it was Peter Casey, the co-creator and co-producer of the popular "Frasier" sitcom that ran from 1993-2004.
Casey, a San Francisco native, grew up selling programs at Kezar Stadium and was in the Candlestick Park stands for "The Catch." He remains such a 49ers fan that he has been known to go skiing in a Frank Gore jersey and already has his season tickets for the new stadium in Santa Clara.
Frasier, the character he helped create, said "Go, Seahawks'' on the air in the show's debut episode. But Casey confides now, "He was shamelessly pandering."
As the NFC West rivals get set to square off in a key early season game, Casey was able to summon his old friend one more time in order to provide what he called, "Frasier's Football Analysis":
Hello, Dr. Frasier Crane, noted psychiatrist and radio host, here. In yet another desperate attempt to win my father's approval I foolishly agreed to join him in something called a football pool. Knowing absolutely nothing about the game, other than taking note of the seemingly constant derriere patting between grown men, I am at a distinct disadvantage on how to choose who wins and who loses. Therefore I have devised my own deceptively simple system: which city would I rather visit?
Last week while my father poured over mountains of statistics, I was comparing symphony orchestras, museums, architecture, geographic desirability, historical significance, and of course haute cuisine. The result? I scored 11 victories and won the pool. Sadly, my father managed to choose only 3 games correctly. On the bright side, he began speaking to me again today; and I quote, "That system of yours is idiotic!" To which I replied, "Scoreboard, Dog."
Anyway, I've made my choices for week two, save one. I am in a quandary over the Seattle/San Francisco contest. Seattle is my hometown, yet San Francisco haunts my soul with its beauty. Both cities have enchanting hills, are surrounded by sparkling waters, and boast iconic skylines. Their symphonies, operas, museums and restaurants are of equal quality. So, how do I choose? What tips the scale? There is only one answer. Wine. Napa Valley trumps Walla Walla. I choose San Francisco to be victorious over my father's beloved Seahawks and thus, once again, disappoint him. And take his money.


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Incumbent Democrat Jon Stavney won a second term on the Eagle County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday.
According to preliminary results Tuesday night, Stavney was leading with about 77 percent of the county's "active" voters counted.
Republican challenger Courtney Holm faced an uphill struggle in her first run for public office. Stavney was a member of the Eagle Town Board for 10 years before being elected county commissioner in 2008. Holm, a local attorney, entered the race in early August after former candidate Shayne Mitchell abandoned his candidacy.
Stavney said he was impressed with Holm's showing.
"She's done amazingly well for someone who started eight weeks ago," Stavney said.
Holm, campaigning Tuesday afternoon outside Avon Town Hall, said she's "had a ball" in her first run for office.
With Stavney on his way to a second term, he said he wants to continue the commissioners' efforts to build a senior care center in Eagle, as well as continue the county's current open space program.
While Holm and fellow Republican Jeff Layman - who lost the District 1 commissioner seat against Democrat Jill Ryan - had talked at length about sending the county's open space tax back to the voters, during the campaign, other residents said they wanted the open space fund maintained.
Stavney said he's also ready to continue the commissioners' efforts to expand the Eagle County Regional Airport - particularly in finding a way to create an international passenger terminal for commercial flights.
And, he said, he and the other commissioners learned Tuesday that the U.S. Forest Service had signed off on the Eagle Valley Land Exchange, a complex deal involving the county, the town of Avon, the Forest Service, and three state agencies.
"They were last to sign off on it," Stavney said of the Forest Service decision. "That's a real positive step."
The District 1 race was still close as of 11 p.m. Tuesday when Ryan eventually pulled ahead. The next board - Stavney, Commissioner Sara Fisher and Ryan - will still have some serious challenges ahead.
The county - along with virtually every other county agency that relies on property tax revenue - took a hit in its 2012 budget with a roughly 20 percent drop in property valuations. All those governments and agencies are looking at another drop in revenue starting in 2014.
"We're still in a period of retraction," Stavney said. "The fact that we can still do some of these strategic things - if this was a private company, you'd want to invest in it."
Three-way county commissioner races are fairly common in Eagle County.
So are the results: Someone from one of the two major parties always wins. In this case, it was Democrat Jill Ryan prevailing over Republican Jeff Layman.
Layman held a slim lead for much of the night in preliminary vote counts, with Ryan pulling into the lead in the late hours.
Earlier in the evening, it looked as if the race would end up in mandatory recount territory - a difference of 1 percent or less in the initial count.
Left out in the tight race was independent Dale Nelson, who, as of the 1 a.m. report election night, had earned just more than 1,900 out of nearly 19,700 votes.
Despite the result, Nelson said his campaign was still worth the time and effort.
"I guess I just needed to campaign harder," he said.
Nelson got into the race as an independent because he's been an unaffiliated voter for more than a decade, and said he's disenchanted with the country's two-party system.
"I really thought this could be a good year for an independent - there's so much polarization," Nelson said. On the other hand, that polarization in some cases meant people just voted a straight party-line ballot.
"One lady I talked to didn't even know who she was voting for - she was just voting for the party," Nelson said.
Still, Nelson said, he hoped he helped affect the campaign's conversation.
While Layman and Ryan waited out the results, both said they believed the county would be well served no matter who the ultimate winner is.
"Either way this goes, I'd like to thank Jill and Dale for conducting such positive campaigns," Layman said at about 11 p.m. "None of us disparaged our fellow candidates."
With Ryan the apparent winner, she also praised the other candidates in the race.
Turning to her own campaign, Ryan said "It's been an amazing journey.
"I've really appreciated campaigning with Jeff and Dale," Ryan added. "We've had good conversations about the future of the county, I've gotten to meet a lot of great people."
Ryan said her task now is learning more about the job she earned Tuesday.
"I want to start talking and meeting with people, and to continue the learning process until the time I'm sworn in," she said.


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Schools continue to improve safety
Newtown shooting raises security concerns
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PARKERSBURG — Students returned to Wood County schools Wednesday with minimal problems, according to Sue Woodward, assistant superintendent of school services for Wood County Schools....
So is she going to come to the school with the thick black binder behind her desk and hold it up in front of students while they're being shot at? I suppose there is something in that crisis plan that includes perps just busting the*****doors and windows down. I can see her now thumbing through her little plan at the boe when something happens saying " oops we didnt think of them going through a window or just waiting for someone to exit and catching the door before it closes".
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WAS there supposed to be a problem come Wed.? Another feel good story? Bottom line here Mom&Dad, don't depend on who ever to do the right thing;Make appointments,meet with teacher and see for yourselves,then ask questions.If whom you ask doesn't have an answer,quite sure they can steer you to some-one who can.
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Situated in Ilford, this hotel is within 9 mi (15 km) of Victoria Road Stadium, Olympic Stadium, and Boleyn Ground Stadium. Tower of London and O2 Arena are also within 12 mi (20 km).
Hotel Features
This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, a bar/lounge, and self parking. Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Additionally, a business center, a meeting room, and dry cleaning are onsite.
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Holiday Inn Express London - Newbury Park713 Eastern Avenue Ilford England IG2 7RH
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Hotel Amenities
The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities at this 3-star property consist of a business center and a meeting room. This Ilford hotel also offers multilingual staff, laundry facilities, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
Holiday Inn Express London - Newbury Park is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 126
- Number of floors - 6
- Bar/lounge
- Business center
- Free breakfast
- Computer station
- Free WiFi
- Luggage storage
- One meeting room
- Laundry facilities
- Express check-in
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Restaurant
- Multilingual staff
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Desk
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Free cribs/infant beds
Where to Eat
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 6:30 AM and 9:30 AM.
The Great Room - This restaurant serves breakfast and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
No rollaway/extra beds available
- Deposit: GBP 30.00 per stay
Optional extras
- Self parking fee: GBP 5 per day
- Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee
Hotel Name
- Holiday Inn Express London Newbury Park Hotel
- Holiday Inn Express London Newbury Park Hotel Ilford
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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(Release: September 6, 2011) - Hagerstown Community College recently received a charitable donation of $10,000 from Citicorp Credit Services, Inc., to benefit students in HCC's Job Training Student Resources (JTSR) program.
Debra Gorbsky, customer service group manager and Hagerstown site president for Citi, said, "Citi is pleased to provide funding which will allow 30 more students to receive assistance in the Job Training Student Resources program at HCC. Our goal is to connect these students to appropriate services, which will allow them to stay in college, have a successful experience, and complete their programming."
"We thank Citi for their support of the Job Training Student Resources Program. Their generosity will help us provide additional assistance for low-to-moderate income individuals who are working to achieve training and career goals," said Guy Altieri, HCC president. "We believe HCC's JTSR program will be an excellent venue through which Citi can further achieve its goals to "give back" to the communities in which it provides services."
The JTSR program at HCC is dedicated to serving the needs of low-income students who are in career programs and are 24 years of age and older. For more information, visit www.hagerstowncc.edu/student-services/jtsr.


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- Jul 21:
- Comic-Con 2013: Has Comic-Con sold its soul to Hollywood?
- Jul 20:
- Comic-Con 2013: 'Hunger Games: Catching Fire' debuts trailer, talks kissing
- Comic-Con 2013: Jamie Foxx stands with Trayvon Martin's mom 'forever'
- Comic-Con 2013: Metallica goes intense in concert film
- Comic-Con 2013: Superman to return with Batman
- Comic-Con 2013: 'Once Upon a Time' -- Robert Carlyle and Colin O'Donoghue hint about what future holds
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- Comic-Con 2013: Geek god Joss Whedon strikes back with 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'
- Comic-Con 2013: 'Games of Thrones' Slays the Crowd with action-packed panel
- Comic-Con 2013: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost crack wise on Edgar Wright's 'The World's End' panel
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- Comic-Con 2013: 'Ender's Game' stars answer gay rights questions
- Comic-Con 2013: Seen and heard around the convention halls
- Comic-Con 2013: On Matt Smith and buzz about the new Dr. Who
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- Comic-Con takes comics culture from geek to chic
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- Comic-Con 2013 -- aka Disneyland for Nerds -- here I come
SAN DIEGO -- The zombie invasion has begun. The source of the contagion has been identified as Petco Park, which is now overrun with hordes of flesh-eating corpses in a carnage-filled obstacle course.
If that sounds like a hoot to you, then you are likely a fan of AMC's deeply awesome zombie drama "The Walking Dead" and you are really, really bummed that you are not at Comic-Con right now for the show's buzzed-about panel.
"It's going to get insane very quickly," says writer Scott Gimple, getting fans in a lather about what they describe as the craziest season yet.
Comic creator Robert Kirkman added fuel to the fire, saying "all bets are off."
Rabid fans of Kirkman's monster hit were already riled up over the 10th anniversary of the comic books on which the TV show is based. Zombie aficionados, eagerly anticipating the return of the TV show this October, erupted as soon as the show's cast and creators took the stage for a highly-anticipated Friday panel.
Jocular actor Scott Wilson hopped on stage the way Hershel would have entered. Asked about his character's will to survive amid the carnage, he joked: "He really just wants to hold onto his other leg!"
The mild-mannered British actor David Morrisey, often greeted with "boos," defended the evil Governor, saying that "he's not a villain," but at the end of last season, "he went into trauma...a switch goes off in his head."
Of course it never pays to invest deeply in any one character as they are likely to get chomped on bigtime.
"Everyone's on the table pretty much every episode," warns producer Dave Alpert
"Expect the unexpected, you'll never get comfortable, so don't try," says Danai Gurira. The actress who came to fame as the badass warrior Michonne, hinted at the sharp plot twists that await us in the new season.
This panel was so hugely popular that some folks camped out all night and then sat in the venue all day just to make sure they score one of the 6500 seats in Hall H for the afternoon panel. Was it worth it? Judging by the roars and squeals heard during the world premiere footage from the new season, which looks even fiercer than before, the answer is hell yes.
For the record, however, if there were ever a real zombie apocalyspe, Kirkman says he's off himself.
Karen D'Souza is at Comic-Con this week. Follow her at Twitter.com/KarenDSouza4.


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TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Defense lawyers say Tunisian authorities are seeking the death penalty against several suspects who have been detained over attacks on the U.S. Embassy and the neighboring American school last month.
Anouar Ouled Ali and Mondher Charni said Thursday that several of the 87 people now held in custody risk capital punishment on charges including attacks against state security. The Sept. 14 violence came amid roiling protests across the Muslim world over a private U.S.-produced film that mocked the Prophet Muhammad.
Several thousand demonstrators stormed the U.S. Embassy compound, tore down the American flag and looted and burned buildings. Police responded with gunshots and tear gas. Four demonstrators died and scores of people were injured, including security forces.
Tunisia's governing moderate Islamist party condemned the attacks on the U.S. sites.


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There has been a fatal crash near Granite Falls in Yellow Medicine County, on Highway 23, south of County Road 17 at milepost 98. At 7:33 a.m. two vehicles collided head on when the driver of one vehicle, a 2007 GMC Sierra, lost control, slid sideways, and crossed the centerline colliding with the other vehicle, a 2003 Honda Civic.
The driver of the first vehicle, Jennifer Henslin, received minor injuries. The driver of the Honda Civic, Terrie Mccoss, was killed. Mccoss was an active community member and the activities director at the Granite Falls Municipal Hospital and Manor.
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Kim Kardashian emerges from a swimming pool in slow motion in a new clip the reality TV star shared on Instagram.
The footage shows a bikini-clad Kardashian flipping her hair as music plays.
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The annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church at 4120 Cleveland Ave. NW.
Sponsoring organizations include Temple Israel, Shaaray Torah Synagogue, Good Shepherd Lutheran, Calvary Presbyterian Church, the Islamic Society of Akron & Kent, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, St. Anthony/All Saints Catholic parish, and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Greater Canton.
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The 31st annual Worcester County St. Patrick's Parade, which will begin at noon today at Mill Street and Park Avenue, will go on as planned, organizer Leo Quinn said Saturday.
"Some people told me it was kind of rough this morning (with packed snow banked from Friday's 14.9 inches of snowfall), but everything is a go," Mr. Quinn said.
The parade route appeared clear Saturday afternoon.
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The two companies had already been working together, with Foodspotting photos appearing on OpenTable, and reservations made available via OpenTable on Foodspotting.
Foodspotting will continue as a standalone app, the company said in a blog post today, saying the union would lead to "smarter recommendations, better restaurant information and a more visual, social and design-driven dining experience."
The 3-year-old San Francisco-based company announced a partnership with online food ordering service GrubHub earlier this year, and recently celebrated their 3 millionth spotting. The San Francisco-based OpenTable operates in the U.S., Canada, Germany, Japan, Mexico and the UK., and reports about 10 million are seated at more than 26,000 restaurants each month.
Foodspotting co-founder and CEO Alexa Andrzejewski will reportedly be joining OpenTable as a lead user interface designer.
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Despite the fears of some Jewish leaders, he didn't get it; instead, he simply came away with new assurances of U.S. friendship and a promise by the Clinton administration to accelerate mediation of the stalled Israeli-Palestinian talks after the May 17 elections in Israel.
A noncommittal Arafat refused to say much about his one-hour session with President Clinton or his plans for May 4; an administration official, briefing reporters, said that U.S. policy, which regards statehood as a matter to be decided as part of the final-status talks, remains unchanged.
The unlucky Arafat, whose visit to Washington last year came on the day the White House sex scandal exploded across the nation's front pages, once again saw his arrival buried under a avalanche of other news.
On Tuesday, as the Palestinian leader was shuttling between Capitol Hill and the White House, officials and reporters alike were focused on the frantic effort to break the negotiating deadlock in Kosovo and, when that failed, to prepare the American people for NATO action against the Serbs.
Arafat was trailed by a crowd of Mideast reporters, but the real action centered on the impending showdown with Serbia.
On Tuesday, State Department spokesman Jamie Rubin indicated that Arafat's meetings went about as most observers had predicted. He restated that the United States opposes any unilateral actions by either side, and added that "we would like the permanent-status negotiations to be resumed as soon as possible, move ahead on an accelerated basis. We don't think they should be open-ended."
But he refused to be pinned down on a deadline for completion of the final-status talks -- which were due to be completed by May 4, but which have, in fact, not seriously started.
Administration officials say that they may set tentative target dates for completion of the final-status talks, but reject the notion of a hard-and-fast deadline.
That formula -- greater U.S. activity on the peace process after the Israeli elections and speeded-up final-status talks, the forum originally conceived to consider the nature of the Palestinian entity as well as issues such as Jerusalem, water and refugees -- was the best deal Arafat could get this week, according to Judith Kipper, co-director of the Mideast program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
"The administration was simply never prepared to mention 'statehood' in any positive way for obvious reasons," she said, referring to pressure from the pro-Israel community.
After the White House session, Arafat refused to provide details about his meetings or his statehood plans, saying only that he was engaged in a series of international "consultations" on the May 4 deadline.
"I listened very carefully to the valuable advice and opinions of President Clinton," he told reporters. "The most important thing that came out of the meeting...is that despite all the difficulties we face today, President Clinton has shown me the determination to move forward in the peace process."
Palestinian officials reiterated that the impending deadline, set by Oslo, has taken on enormous meaning in Gaza and the West Bank, and that the date couldn't simply pass with no tangible signs of progress.
David Kimche, a former division head of the Mossad, said: "I see very little danger that he will actually declare a state on May 4; he would be crazy to do so. But some politicians are trying to create a frantic reaction by saying he will."
Kimche, now on the advisory council of the pro-peace process Israel Policy Forum, said that it's not enough to simply reject any suggestion of statehood.
"You can either say Arafat is the enemy and we have to bludgeon him until he comes back on his hands and knees -- or we have to say he was our enemy, but he's our partner now and we have to work together and try to give him something positive," said Kimche.
The administration was right to restate its opposition to a unilateral declaration, he said.
"At the same time, it's important to include a positive message, to make it clear that they would be supportive of a Palestinian state that came into being through negotiations with Israel," he said. "That's the kind of message Arafat needed to come back with, and it would be completely in compliance with Israel's interests."
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"Take My Breath Away" — the theme of the 2013 Northeast R-IV (Cairo) Prom, held Saturday evening (April 27) — did just that when young couples paraded around the gymnasium, before family and friends, dressed in elegant attire from head to toe. Prom royalty included Seniors Queen Caitlin Canote and King Dakota Owen.
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When people hear the term "craft show," it may conjure up images of pipe-cleaner finger puppets and crocheted toilet paper cozies -- hardly the kind of items sought out by professional designers or discerning homeowners who want something original and unique.
Pamela Diamond, director of marketing and communications for the American Craft Council, is helping to change that.
"I have a design industry background, and I realized that we needed to reach out to the design community to let them know that ... the unique handcrafted objects they like to incorporate in their designs -- and that their clients like to collect -- can be found at our four nationwide juried craft shows," says Diamond.
One of those shows is taking place at San Francisco's Fort Mason Center this weekend. It happens to be both the oldest of the shows (39 years) and the most competitive (1,000 applicants for 225 slots). On top of that, "you just can't beat the location," right beside the Bay, says Diamond, who predicts more than 12,000 fine-craft collectors and design enthusiasts will attend.
Diamond says one way to illustrate how fine crafts can be incorporated into beautiful rooms is to invite talented interior designers to create craft-inspired spaces for the show, similar to what you'd find at a decorator showcase. "People need to see the crafts in context, not just in a sales booth," Diamond says.
The "Make Room: Modern Design Meets Craft" showcase featured as part of this year's show does just that. Six Bay Area designers have partnered with a dozen artisans to create rooms reflecting the show's theme, "Let's Entertain."
San Francisco-based metalworker and furniture designer John Liston, for example, has exhibited at the San Francisco ACC show for the past two years, winning awards of excellence for both his work and his sales booth. This year, a tray he created from scrap brass is featured in designer Chad DeWitt's kitchen design.
Liston says he thinks the "Make Room" showcase can really help visitors see some of the many ways craft can be incorporated into well-designed rooms.
"People go to the stores or look at catalogs from mainstream retailers like Restoration Hardware, Crate & Barrel or IKEA to see how to use their products in a living space," says Liston. "Here's a chance to see how a handmade piece would work in a setting, knowing that it can also be custom-ordered in a different size or material."
DeWitt, of the Bay Area's Hwang DeWitt Architecture, Interiors & Objects, says he is familiar with these shows because he has attended them and because his clients often collect art or fine crafts. "Invariably, when I ask them where they found some amazing piece of art glass or ceramic, they say 'we got it at the ACC show,' " he says.
DeWitt chose Liston's tray because he loves the work of the designer. "When I need a cold rolled steel fireplace surround or countertops or a door handle, he's the guy I go to," DeWitt continues. "His stuff is just amazing, and I thought natural brass is so on-trend right now, it would be great to have John's work shine in our neo-Victorian kitchen."
That room, inspired in part by DeWitt's European travels, features wood countertops and a subtly patterned floor in shades of blue and gray Italian tile. DeWitt is also using ceramic pieces from Portland, Oregon, studio potter Lilith Rockett.
"She does these beautiful vessels that fit in your hands perfectly," says DeWitt. "You could put anything in them to drink, and they would feel good to hold. That's what design is all about."
DeWitt recognizes that, for many showgoers, it can be difficult to envision just how something they see in a vendor's display would look in their home. "The whole booth thing is tricky," says the designer. "You get something home, and (sometimes) it loses its punch. In creating these vignettes, all of us hope to help people see these terrific handcrafted items in a new light."
Designer Jiun Ho is taking part in the show for the first time this year, but he has long been an advocate for making handcrafted items a part of home decor. "That's how you bring soul and personality into a space," he says.
The San Francisco designer was drawn to the beautiful fiber art of Kathy Colt, whose background includes landscape design. "I'm a big fan of nature and thought she'd be a good fit for what I want to express in my outdoor pavilion," says Ho.
Drawing on places he saw during a recent trip to Africa, Ho has set his pavilion, which frames a piece of Colt's fiber art, next to a spare weeping willow tree, from which hangs more of her art, resembling insect nests. In the pavilion, he also has used a custom table with a lacquered top and a bronze base shaped like a tree trunk. A basket by Kentfield artist Emily Dvorin sits on the table.
"Emily's baskets are so organic and open to many different interpretations," says Ho. "I'm fascinated by her use of unusual and unpretentious materials."
Dvorin, who has attended these shows for 25 years but is exhibiting for the first time, says, "I love working with things from the hardware store -- irrigation tubing, cable ties, burner grates from a stove." She incorporated some of these materials, as well as old hair pins, plastic handles and shoelaces, into the basket in Ho's vignette. "I like the challenge of using oddball materials in a new way," she adds.
Dvorin used to be a buyer at these shows, to acquire pieces to sell in a shop she formerly ran. "It will be fun to see (things) from a different side," she says. "This is not hobby art; it's high-end fine craft that dances on the cusp of fine art. That makes the ACC show different from other craft shows."
Designer April Powers has created a librarylike cocktail space inspired by the work of ceramicist Shelley Martin, of Portland, Oregon. Powers also has used modern furniture and photography to create something "contemporary with a little funk," she says. Though she often collaborates with artisans, she hadn't worked with Martin until now.
"I was really drawn to the timeless simplicity of Shelley's work," Powers says. "It was wonderful to work together selecting the glaze color and the clay. I'd definitely love to use her pieces again."
For her part, the American Craft Council's Diamond loves seeing what new possibilities these collaborations inspire in creative professionals and craft connoisseurs alike.
"With the 'Make Room' vignettes, it's our intent to make craft the inspiration but with no restrictions," she says. "We want to let the designers shine."
Kathryn Loosli Pritchett writes about design at www.thingselemental.com. Contact her there or at firstname.lastname@example.com.
American Craft Council San Francisco Show
When: Aug. 8-10
Where: Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
Tickets: $30 for a three-day pass, $14 for one-day pass, $5 for Friday admission after 5 p.m.; craftcouncil.org/sf


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While a recent national poll shows the gender gap in the presidential election disappearing, the latest Ohio numbers indicate a strong difference between men and women's preferences for who will be the commander-in-chief.
An Associated Press-GfK poll released this week showed women split evenly between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney at 47 percent each. Romney's lead among male voters had gone from 13 percent to 5 percent.
But in the swing states where the candidates have focused so much attention, the gender gap remains.
A Quinnipiac University poll of Ohio voters conducted a few days earlier shows Obama leading Romney among women by 9 percentage points and Romney being the choice by more men by a 7 percent margin. The gender gap also remained in a swing state poll by Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling.
Marietta resident Don Reed, 57, voted early for Obama, listing the economy as his primary motivation. But he said it doesn't surprise him that women favor the president over Romney.
"Obama's a lot more fair on women's issues," he said. "Seems like the Republican Party wants to play God ... determine who gets what."
Area women spoken to Friday said that while they of course have opinions on issues like abortion rights, women's health care and equal pay, those haven't been the tipping points in determining who they're supporting.
"I guess the issue that I'm having concerns with is the trust factor. I'm not really feeling the love for" Obama or Romney, said Heather Warner, of Sycamore Valley in Monroe County, a 38-year-old undecided voter. "Even if they tell you where they stand is what you want them to say, if you can't trust them, it doesn't matter."
Women tend to vote in larger numbers than men and President Obama had a greater advantage among female voters than males in his 2008 victory over Sen. John McCain, factors that contribute to why they're seen as such a crucial voting bloc this year. But McKinzie Craig, a political science professor at Marietta College, said the movement that's widened the gender gap is actually caused by men.
"Women have tended to stay with the Democratic Party while men" have shifted to the GOP, she said. "Over time, really, it's been a shift of men."
Women have been turning out in larger numbers than men at the polls since the '60s, but there hasn't always been a gender gap in presidential elections during that time, Craig said. In the wake of the Watergate scandal, "women were voting against the Republicans at the same rate as men," she said.
The gap started growing in the '80s and reached its height in 1992, Craig said. Some factors in that included a large influx of female candidates for Congressional seats and a U.S. Supreme Court decision basically affirming the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision prohibiting states from banning most abortions but also ruling that states could regulate them in certain ways.
Although the economy has been the driving concern throughout much of the 2012 election, women's issues have come to the fore at times, including equal pay, funding for Planned Parenthood and abortion rights - especially with a Romney-endorsed Senate candidate's controversial remarks about pregnancies resulting from rapes. There are also a record number of women running for office this year, Craig said, which affects the dialogue.
But so-called women's issues aren't the only things that influence a woman's choice in the voting booth.
"Women have generally voted in terms of the economy and social welfare issues, not just abortion and equal pay," Craig said.
Romney's campaign is seeking to appeal to women on economic issues, while Obama's campaign emphasizes social and economic issues in its pitch to female voters.
Marietta resident Debbie Thomas said she doesn't think she could ever decide to have an abortion, but a woman should be able to make that choice. While she disagrees with some Republicans' hard-line stance on prohibiting most abortions, that wasn't an overriding factor in why she voted early for Obama.
"I think Romney, to me, is just a smooth talker. He might have some great ideas, but he never talks about how he will implement it," said Thomas, 55.
Thomas said she doesn't look at issues from strictly a male or female perspective.
"To me, you've got to look at the family unit," she said.
Marietta resident Bill Salomon, 57, said the economy is probably his top concern but added that "as a Christian, I'm concerned with the moral stand of the candidates and the abortion issue and homosexual marriage."
He said he understands the argument that a woman should have the right to determine what happens to her body, but that he generally opposes abortion because "that's a separate life inside of them."
Still, Salomon believes the election will come down to the economy and he could see it going either way.
"I'll be voting for Romney based on what I feel about government. Minimal government's better for me, and less taxes," Salomon said.
Washington County Democratic Party Chairwoman Molly Varner said it does not surprise her that a gender gap has developed in this election. In addition to recent sparring over equal pay and abortion issues, she noted a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania legislature that would have required an invasive ultrasound prior to getting an abortion entered the national conversation earlier this year.
"The women that I'm hearing from and the women that I know are insulted and outraged about how their issues are being portrayed," Varner said.
Her Republican counterpart, Leslie Haas, said she and other women she's spoken with are surprised there is so much talk about a gender gap.
"They're kind of perplexed about where it's coming from," she said. "They don't see Mitt Romney as anti-women in any way, shape or form. And they don't see where Barack Obama comes out head and shoulders above Mitt Romney."
Both Haas and Varner agree on at least one thing - that voters shouldn't base their choice on one single factor, whether gender-related or not.
"I think that women are smart enough to realize that they can't be one issue voters," Haas said. "You have to look at the whole picture."
"I am disheartened that we are in an era of hot-button issues, that people will choose to vote based on only one issue," Varner said. "I think the hot-button issues are essentially a curse for our democratic process."


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The Well Armed Woman Bayou Region Shooting Chapter has been formed to provide women shooters training and information on issues and gun safety.
Events held monthly are open to women age 21 and older. The group will host monthly meetings at the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office shooting range, 3451 La. 182, Raceland.
Annual dues are $50. The first meeting and shoot will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 14.
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Words of Thanks: July 11
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Project We Care, a fundraising group that supports Meals on Wheels, Memory Care and Project C.A.R.E. respite program, had a wonderful event, "Got Beer," recently.
We want to thank our sponsors who helped make it possible for us to raise money for these local nonprofits who serve our residents in Henderson County. These wonderful sponsors include: Alhambra Investment Partners, Southern Appalachian Brewery, Sam's Club, C&C Senior Services, The Laurels of Hendersonville, and First Restoration Services of Fletcher.
We want to say thank you to all of you.
Lisa Kauffman Committee member, Hendersonville
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STOCKTON — A 36-year-old man was shot about 12:45 a.m. Thursday in the 700 block of Pepper Tree
Drive, authorities said.
The victim told police he was dropping off a friend when someone wielding a baseball bat chased him away. When the victim returned a short time later, the same person entered his car with a shotgun and fired one round into his shoulder.
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As China emerges as a significant supplier of pharmaceutical ingredients, it must assure other countries of the safety of its excipients. China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) intends to revise its excipient-control regulations to protect consumers at home and abroad. The agency has begun to meet with international trade organizations such as the International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council (IPEC) to hear industry's concerns. The author describes the contacts between SFDA, IPEC, and other international bodies. The article explains what SFDA has learned and how it may adjust its regulations for the future.
As China's role in the global pharmaceutical market increases, the Chinese State Food and Drug Adminstration (SFDA) and many China-based pharmaceutical manufacturers and excipient producers are beginning to collaborate with their international counterparts on excipient-control issues. Compliance with appropriate good manufacturing practices (GMPs) throughout the entire excipient distribution supply chain and an understanding of international regulatory and pharmacopeial excipient controls are critical components for ensuring that pharmaceutical excipients are safe and of acceptable quality. The recent tragedies related to contaminated glycerin and other products sourced from China underscore the need for safe excipients.
China's proposed new license requirements for the manufacture and use of excipientsDuring the last two years, several regulatory developments related to the manufacture, importation, and use of excipient ingredients in China have taken place. In the past, China has required certain types of licenses for the manufacture and use of excipients in the country. Recent proposed changes to the registration requirements, however, could significantly affect the future availability of excipients produced in China for the country's domestic market and for export.
SFDA issued new Drug Excipients Registration Application Materials requirements on June 21, 2005. The regulation covered various excipient-registration requirements, including those for imported excipients. In December 2005, SFDA revised these requirements and proposed a new set of regulations to control excipients used in products marketed in China. The regulations would establish new GMP and manufacturing rules for excipients produced in China and new requirements for obtaining an import license for pharmaceutical excipient ingredients that are produced outside of China.
To obtain an import license under these proposed regulations, excipient manufacturers would be required to provide additional detailed information concerning the manufacture of their pharmaceutical ingredients and specific additional data to substantiate the excipient's safety for its intended use. The regulations would apply to new excipients and commonly used compendial excipients that have been used for years in China. The level of data and information that the proposed regulations would require significantly exceeds what has been previously required in China. The requirements also exceed the amount of information generally required in other major market countries, especially for compendial excipients. The proposed regulation would require the pharmaceutical manufacturer to obtain a copy of the license for each excipient in its formulation from each of its excipient suppliers to support the use of these excipients in drug products made in China.
Proposed regulations for excipients that are produced domestically in China are similar to those for excipients that are imported into China from foreign manufacturers. Domestic excipient manufacturers must meet a higher quality and GMP standard than China has typically required in the past, and they must supply more information to SFDA about their products and processes. In addition to the current requirement of being registered with SFDA, excipient manufacturers would also be routinely inspected for GMP compliance. The regulations as applied to domestic Chinese excipient manufacturers will significantly affect these domestic excipients' availability and cost. Additionally, the proposed import license requirements would potentially increase costs significantly for all multinational excipient companies who intend to supply their excipients to China. The requirements could cause some companies to stop supplying the Chinese market because of cost and intellectual-property concerns.


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Richard Littlemore | August 5, 2010
By Richard Littlemore • Thursday, August 5, 2010 - 09:52
The British House of Lords has once again disavowed any association with the embarrassing Christopher Monckton, Third Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, even as his Lordship has labored to earn even wider notoriety by threatening a lawsuit against yet another U.S. academic.
The Lordly disavowal came in response to a very funny letter of inquiry from the wonderful wiseacres at Friends of Gin and Tonic (temporarily the "Lords of Gin and Tonic" in faux tribute to the self-promoting Viscount).
Monckton himself launched the unconvincing legal threat against Scott Mandia, a professor at Suffolk County College in Seldon, New York. In addition to operating an excellent informational website on climate change, Prof. Mandia also runs his own blog, on which he had the impertinence to call out Monckton for his earlier ridiculous attacks on University of St. Thomas Professor John Abraham.
Mandia had encouraged his readers to write letters to mainstream media sources, urging them to look into the issue and, "Expose Monckton for the fraud that he is." Monckton chose to interpret that as an accusation that he had committed fraud, a topic on which much rich discussion could follow. For example, lying so frequently about being a member of the House of Lords that the House itself feels moved to take countermeasures might reasonably be interpreted as fraud.
But Mandia was so clearly saying that Monckton IS a fraud, a contention well-supported by the definition of that word in my Oxford English Reference Dictionary: "3. a person or thing not fulfilling what is claimed or expected of him, her, or it."
For clarity - and because Monckton seems to have difficulty understanding things on first reading - useful synonyms might include, "imposter, pretender, masquerader, mountebank, quack, charlatan, fake, phony, fourflusher, flimflammer, trickster, bamboozler or dissembler."
I personally like mountebank, as in, Christopher Monckton, Third Mountebank Monckton of Brenchley - although, like Monckton himself, such a title would dishonor the members of his family who actually earned the hereditary peerage in the first place.
You forgot . . .
Snake-oil Salesman …
Monkey Python is alive and well.
Sorry, I bet that remark goes down like a 'wet fish', sorry lead balloon.
(a Lord whether you like it or not)
has descended into pathos on a thread at RealClimate:
starting at post 84, page 2 of comments:
I guess TVMOB will be thrashing about somewhere soon complaining about how rude Gavin has been by replying using one liners.
Thanks Lionel
That's hilarious! I always find myself wondering whether it is really His Viscountness Himself posting these comments. It always seems so over-the-top it's hard to believe that it's not really someone sending him up. And now he's taking on the HM the Queen! That takes guts. Not a lot of brains, but guts.
TVMOB & Rachel Carson
And let us not forget his disgraceful slurs on the reputation of Rachel Carson, for which he justly earns the epithets used in the article above.
Did Monckton ever bother to read 'Silent Spring'? If he did, he certainly did not understand the message.
It was many years ago when I first read Silent Spring and so I have obtained a copy and am reading it again and found this:
'It is not my contention that chemical insecticides must never be used. I do contend that we have put poisonous and biologically potent chemicals indiscriminately into the hands of persons largely or wholly ignorant of their potentials for harm.' Carson R, (2000) 'Silent Spring', Penguin (Modern Classics), paperback, page 29. ISBN-13: 978-0-141-18494-4.
Silent Spring is worth a read and begs the question, have we learned anything from the debacles described within such as sports fishermen having water reserves, used as a drinking water resource, poisoned with chemicals to exterminate native fish species so that hatchery fish of the 'sports-men's' preferred species would dominate. Thus the extravagant desires of a wealthy few are satisfied at the expense of the many and without the latter knowing the details.
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May testimony at U.S. House
I don't know if you've seen this testimony. I just found it today (h/t: Quark Soup.) I think you'll enjoy it. http://davidappell.blogspot.com/2010/08/jay-inslee-greets-christopher-monckton.html


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A councilman's tour of the Clarkfield Police Department Offices on 10th Avenue in Clarkfield sparked discussions on the possible reorganization of civic offices in the city.
After a ride-along and a tour of the police department's offices on Halloween night with Clarkfield Police Chief Ian Hodge, councilman Neil Linscheid drafted a memo to the council recommending an immediate relocation of the offices to the office space currently occupied by the Clarkfield Museum.
That discussion mushroomed during Wednesday night's meeting to a full blown reorganization of city offices that included not only the police department, but also City Hall, the Clarkfield Museum and the Clarkfield Library and extended into reopening the discussion on closing the city's Police Department all together and contracting for police services with an outside entity.
Linscheid began his presentation with a slide show detailing the many concerns with the current location of the police department's offices. Those concerns include: the building is not secure and contains items such as firearms, narcotics and ammunition that threaten public safety; the building is not 'Americans with Disabilities Act' accessible and as a public government office is required to be; evidence such as firearms and narcotics are not securely stored; the building does not currently have hot water, which is critical for city employees that may come in contact with blood and other bodily fluids; and the building is simply not big enough for the number of officers (one full time and six part time officers) that use it.
"I had never set foot into the Police Department until I went on a ride along with (Police Chief) Ian (Hodge) on Halloween. What I saw worried me enough to sit down and write a memo on it," said Linscheid.
At this point councilmen Dave Biermaier interjected his budget concerns; rattling off a number of recent and upcoming expenditures the council will have to deal with and reignited discussions on the possibility of the city cutting the police department altogether and contracting for police services with an agency like the Yellow Medicine County Sheriff, or the Upper Sioux Police Department. The last time this idea was tossed about was in 2010 when the city ultimately decided to cut down from two full-time officers to one full-time officer and part time fill-ins.
After that the council bounced about ideas on city office space. What was ultimately agreed upon was that: the Police Department Offices are a civic hazard; there's not enough room in City Hall for the city offices; the Clarkfield Museum space is sorely underutilized (with roughly 25 people visiting the museum a year); and it's extremely important to preserve and properly display the items currently in the museum.
When it was all said and done the council put a band-aide on Linscheid's concerns by approving the immediate purchase of a new safe for the Police Department to better secure items that threaten public safety and tasked City Administrator Scott Weske with investigating possible contracting for future police service.
Page 2 of 2 - The question of reorganizing the city's office space was tabled pending further investigation.
Biermaier agreed that something long-term needs to be done with the Police Department offices saying, "We could put bars on the windows, install a ramp and all that, but the buildings shot,"
Linscheid weighed in on contracting for police service saying, "It's fine to look at, but when we make a decision this time we should be forced to stick to it—it's just not fair to city employees to drag this out every couple of years."
Later during the same meeting Police Chief Hodge requested the purchase of a new squad vehicle for his department. The new vehicle would be a 2013 Ford Interceptor SUV valued at roughly $45,000. It would replace the current Chevy Tahoe the department uses that Hodge believes might be worth $6,000 at the most. The department currently has $24,000 in their vehicle replacement fund and Hodge thought that the city might have roughly $26,000 in vehicle forfeitures.
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PARKERSBURG - The consolidation of the Memorial and St. Joseph's campuses of Camden Clark Medical Center will create opportunities for the community in developing medical care, the medical center's president told the Parkersburg Rotary Club Monday.
Camden Clark Medical Center President and CEO Mike King talked about the plans for consolidating the services of the two campuses to Memorial Campus over the next few years.
With changes resulting from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the changing nature of in-patient care at a hospital, King said it was not in the best interest of the community to keep both the St. Joseph's Campus and the Memorial Campus operating as two entities.
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Camden Clark Medical Center President and CEO Mike King talks about the consolidation of the Memorial and St. Joseph's campuses during Monday's meeting of the Parkersburg Rotary Club.
West Virginia United Health System with Camden Clark Memorial Hospital purchased St. Joseph's Hospital from Signature Hospital Corp. for $87 million in March 2011 and merged it with Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital to form Camden Clark Medical Center.
''We spent the better part of 2011-12 consolidating operations that made a lot of sense,'' King said. ''We worked to make sure we did not duplicate services and that we eliminated waste.''
They have combined the hospitalist groups, obstetrics and pediatrics as well as reduced management positions, King said.
In the initial consolidations, he said there has been a savings of more than $10 million to the community.
''We think there could be as much as another $10 million in savings in just physical consolidation of the two hospitals,'' King said.
In combining operations, the potential exists to bring new programs to the area, King said.
The St. Joseph's facility has more than 900,000 square feet while the Memorial facility has 700,000 square feet.
In the 1970s, St. Joseph's Hospital had around 400 patients on any given day, King said. Today that average daily census is around 40, he said.
Memorial had around 450 patients a day in the 1970s and now its average daily census is 220.
''If you combine the two, it is just over 250 patients a day now,'' King said. ''The two hospitals were built to handle around 850 in-patients a day. Now they have around 600 fewer patients a day from 40 years ago.''
King attributes those numbers to new technologies and new procedures that have cut down the amount of time patients have to stay in the hospital.
A hospital that was built recently near Morgantown has around 800,000 square feet and is doing work comparable to that being done at Camden Clark Medical Center, King said.
The consolidation will be divided into phases over the next few years.
The first phase will be to move all of the cardiac services from St. Joseph's to Memorial Campus, including open heart, King said.
Once St. Joseph's closes, people have been afraid those services would go away, King said.
''That is just not true,'' he said. ''They are being transferred down to Memorial Campus.''
To make that happen, they are moving the transitional care unit back to St. Joseph's for the time being. HealthSouth will return to its main campus at Western Hills and clear up the fourth floor at Memorial.
''With that space vacated, we now have enough space to move all of the cardiac services,'' King said. ''We will have to build a new cardiovascular operating room by using an existing OR."
Space will be available to build a cardiac testing area, which will include cath labs, which will be close to the new operating room, King said. Officials will take part of the Advanced Care Unit and make it a Cardiovascular ICU.
''Over the next 18-24 months, all of that will get done,'' King said.
The next phase will be to consolidate the two emergency departments.
''We know that we can't shove 30,000 ER visits a year into the existing space so we are going to have to build it,'' King said.
Officials will be looking at the space and figuring out what they can do, he said.
The final phase will involve moving whatever services remain at St. Joseph's to Memorial.
Area development officials are trying to do something with the St. Joseph's property. Parts of the facility will have to be torn down, but other parts will remain and can be developed into something else, King said.
King mentioned health care related developments can be added to work already being done in Parkersburg's "Medical Mile."
King acknowledges the loyalty both facilities have had over the years.
''This is a dramatic change for those who have loved Camden Clark and those who have loved St. Joseph's,'' he said. ''What folks are missing is the grand opportunity we have to get an almost new hospital out of this.
''We will be able to develop services we have never had in this area.''


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Mike Gordon,
Friday, 03/11/2011
Orpheum Theater, Flagstaff, AZ
Set 1: Sound, Dig Further Down, Jones > Sailin' Shoes, What Things Seem, Exit Wound, Alphabet Street, Crumblin' Bones, Only a Dream
Set 2: The Void, Access Me[1], 15 Step, Heavy Metal[2] > Got Away, Couch Lady > Wave the Ocean, Voices -> She Said She Said -> Voices > Black Tambourine
Encore: Down to the Nightclub, Sugar Shack
[1] Mike Gordon debut.
[2] Debut.
Notes: "Only a Dream" contained "Whole Lotta Love" teases. This gig featured the debut of the Craig Myers-penned "Heavy Metal" and the Mike Gordon debut of "Access Me."
Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler


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I am using avisynth and stream a .mkv with embedded english subtitles.
On the same directory with teh mkv I have a file with greek subtitles.
When starting transcoding the .mkv to the PS3 over PSM then both
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I noticed that two Haali icons appear in the task bar.
Any tip on how to choose which one to show and which one not to show?