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Former SeaWolves players Garcia, Castellanos go for spots with Tigers
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland didn't hold back when talking about Nick Castellanos and Avisail Garcia.
"Those two guys are, without question, top prospects," Leyland said. "Blue-chip prospects."
Castellanos and Garcia played outfield with the Erie SeaWolves in 2012 and might be teammates with the Tigers in the future.
They're teammates now in spring training, but it's unlikely that both will be on the Tigers' opening-day 25-man roster.
However, one of the two could open the season in Motown rather than the minor leagues.
Garcia, of course, gained his first big league experience last year. After he played 55 games with the SeaWolves, the Tigers called him up Aug. 30.
Garcia hit .319 in 23 games with the Tigers and was a surprise addition to their postseason roster, where he replaced another former SeaWolves outfielder, Brennan Boesch, who had been slumping.
Former SeaWolves outfielder Andy Dirks, a lefty, is expected to start in left field against right-handed pitchers when the season opens.
The Tigers are looking for a right-handed hitting outfielder to platoon in left with Dirks, and Castellanos and Garcia are in the mix.
Both are projected to be future major league starters, but because of their youth -- they're each just 21 -- they might need more seasoning before playing in the big leagues on a permanent basis.
Leyland seemed to indicate that Garcia might have an edge over Castellanos at this point.
"Garcia is coming right along," Leyland said. "He's a talented player with a very, very high ceiling, and when he's had the opportunity to get in there (this spring), I've seen about what I've expected to see. I think he's one of those guys who's going to roll along, roll along, roll along, and all of a sudden one day, boom, he's going to explode."
Castellanos still has some progress to make, Leyland said.
"Nick is also very talented," he said, "but right now he's not very comfortable in the batter's box. He's got some things to learn how to do yet."
Translation? He's optimistic about both players but doesn't want to rush them.
Castellanos, the Tigers' No. 1-rated prospect by Baseball America, posted impressive numbers at high-A Lakeland and with the Double-A SeaWolves last season, his third minor league season since the Tigers selected him in the first round, 44th overall, in the 2010 draft.
He hit .405 in 55 games at Lakeland before earning his promotion to Erie, where he hit .264 with seven home runs and 25 RBIs in 79 games.
Castellanos came up through the Tigers' organization as a third baseman, but with American League Triple Crown winner and MVP Miguel Cabrera occupying third base for the foreseeable future, the Tigers moved Castellanos to the outfield. He has a lot of learning to do in his new position.
Garcia hit .312 with six homers, 22 RBIs and nine stolen bases with the SeaWolves last season. He is a Cabrera look-alike who stands 6 feet 4 inches, 240 pounds and is nicknamed "Mini-Miggy."
In the Tigers' run to the 2012 World Series, Garcia went 6-for-18 in nine playoff games, including 5-for-11 in the Tigers' sweep of the Yankees in the American League Championship Series. However, he went 0-for-5 in the World Series, where the Tigers were swept by San Francisco.
In his first 17 spring games, Garcia was hitting .206 with one homer and three RBIs.
"I'm happy for what I'm doing right now," said Garcia, the Tigers' No. 2-rated prospect according to Baseball America. "I keep working on my timing at the plate, and I think it's improving."
A heel contusion that he suffered in the Tigers' 3-0 win over the Cardinals on Saturday could cost Garcia some playing time, however.
In his first 14 games, Castellanos was batting .391 with one homer and six RBIs.
"It's been going really well for me so far," he said. "Everything has been going well, from hitting to playing the outfield, and I think I've made good strides in everything."
To win a roster spot when the Tigers head north, Castellanos and Garcia will have to beat out pretty stiff competition, among which are speedsters Quintin Berry and Jeff Kobernus.
The Tigers, a slow team, like Berry's speed and energy. He was a perfect 21-for-21 in stolen bases last year and provided the Tigers with a spark during their run to the AL Central crown.
Kobernus, whom the Tigers acquired from Boston in exchange for former SeaWolves player Justin Henry, was picked up by the Red Sox from Washington in the Rule 5 draft. The Tigers would have to either keep him on their 25-man roster the entire season or return him to the Nationals, which could give him an advantage for a roster spot.
Kobernus, a right-handed hitter who stole 53 and 42 bases in the minors the past two seasons, is a natural infielder but can play outfield, giving him a versatility edge over Castellanos and Garcia.
The Tigers released Boesch on Wednesday after several unsuccessful attempts to trade him. He was signed by the Yankees Friday.
Also in contention for a roster spot is former SeaWolves player Don Kelly, who has been a utility player for the Tigers the past four seasons. Kelly was designated for assignment after last season, but the Tigers re-signed him as a minor league free agent, and he's having an excellent spring.
Although he's left-handed, Kelly's advantage is his ability to play all eight fielding positions.
One other possibility is minor league free-agent signee Matt Tuiasosopo, a powerful right-handed hitting infielder-outfielder who formerly played for Seattle. He's having a solid spring.


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I would take that Tweet to be a recognition of the whole Loch Garten Ospreys group. He couldn't really tweet all the threads could he? :)
Yes on twitter you only got 140 characters to say what you are going to say.
Good Morning ALL, It was raining when we went to church, then some sunshine but clouding over now. Probably more rain. Tomorrow looks particularly very wet.
Diane, Thanks for starting the week. A happy week to you also.
AQ, You sound as if you are doing so well in such a short time since your op. Sorry about all the pain though. Trouble is if you try to do things too quickly, you could do damage, which is what you don't want.
Annette, Happy Anniversary for when you wake up. Sounds a lovely place you are going to, to celebrate.
Linda, Sorry about your window. It is so annoying, but as always on these occasions, it is not worth getting too 'worked up' as it doesn't get the job done any quicker :-) I know how you feel though.
Dibnlib, I envy your day at LG. I like the sound of that cake.
OG, Take care, all the one handed typing and anything else you are doing, could start the other hand, at least, to start aching. Glad you managed a night's sleep though. My niece sent me so many photographs of the Titanic commemoration that I have had to open a separate file for them all. I think they plan to go to see the reunion today and then the puppets are seen to leave on a boat down the River Mersey.
Trish, I love your plea to Alan. Don't look at this week's forecast !!
Very interesting falcon cam here
It is in Aylesbury Vale
BRENDAH I know the forecast is not hopeful at all. I do hope though that it will all be out of the way before we go away.
TIGER thanks for the Peregrine cam link.
Good morning, everyone. Well, it's just barely dawn here. Another dreich and dismal day. Alan, I'm going to need one of those Ark Kits if we continue to get rains. Are they available to international customers? LOL
For the last few days, I feel as though I'm living in a drumming circle. I have three pairs of Red-Bellied Woodpeckers, one pair of Downey Woodpeckers, one pair of Hairy Woodpeckers, and one pair of the enormous Pileated Woodpeckers.
I can't figure out how I can have three pairs of the Red-Bellied ones in such close proximity without having bitter territorial battles. I think it's the old resident pair and two of their offspring with new mates. For some reason, the offspring stayed with the parents over the winter.
The drumming starts at dawn and lasts until sunset! LOLOL!
Red-Bellied Woodpecker Male
Red-Bellied Woodpecker Female
Back in 5 minutes to post replies. I need coffee -- mint mocha. Yum!
LOVE the Woodpeckers, DIANE ! Thanks for posting! (& sorry you have such noisy nights!)
Oh here come the hail stones again!!!
jsb: Thank you for the satellite post. Fascinating!!! I usually keep up with the space news, but I'd missed that. Good story.
Brenda: I loved those Titanic figures. I want the doggy one for my garden. That would keep the chipmonks out of my ceiling! LOL!
Patriciat: Congrats to Fly for her most excellent fourth place in agility. Hope your antibiotics have kicked in.
dibnlib: So glad that Dillon is going from strength to strength. Wonderful news. Congrats on seeing the Capercallies!!! BTW: I also love Scrabble! The Muirton Baisin photo was lovely!
Lindy: It figures that the window without a guarantee is the one that has problems! Hope it all gets made right. I loved your movie review. You are such a good writer!
Trish 2: I hope that the hail stones don't cause any damage to your property. You all have been having a lot of hail, and we have, too, in the U.S. In Texas, a couple of weeks ago, they had a storm that dropped hail waist deep! What's up with all these ice balls falling from the heavens???
AQ: I loved those bumper stickers. Good luck with the exercising!
Tiger: Thanks for posting the link to the Great Horned Owl photo. Wonderful! Loved it!
OG: I forgot to say that I'm sorry you had to miss your Golden Eagle event.
Margo: That's funny that Billie seemed to blame you for the rain, thunder, and hail. My boxer dog hated rain, and he would always sit and glare at me whenever he wanted outdoors but it was raining. He made it clear that he thought I should make it stop.
Alan: Funny that you're having a hosepipe ban during all the rains. :-) We had a No-Burn Warning the other day, and my grass was so wet that when I tried to mow it, it turned to slime! It looked like cooked spinach. LOL I loved your Norse God list of Odin connections!
Annette: I neglected to say that your Oriole photos were WONDERFUL! One of the most beautiful birds. Very interesting that they choose to land on the wind chimes. One would think that they would avoid them. Maybe they hope that the noise will scare predators? Your body lotions sound quite elegant. They all sound like they would smell good. I so hope that you can see the Endeavor Space Shuttle when they deliver it to the California Science Center. Woo Hoo. I so wish I could go with you!
I'm sending healing energy to Patriciat, Alicat, AQ, OG, NiteOwl, and anyone else who's ailing! Feel better!
Afternoon all,
Brenda : I see that the Hosepipe Ban is having an effect on your weather too.
Diane : Ark Kits are only supplied by the government when there is a drought just like when they told people to stockpile petrol in their garages when there is not going to be a petrol tanker drivers strike. The woodpeckers are great. I think there was one of them on the Dunedin cam earlier in the season.
Trish : Sorry about the hailstones, ours have not arrived yet.
jsb : Thanks for the info about the satellite. I hope they manage to get it 'switched on' again.
Patriciat : Congrats to fly for a great effort.
Day 18 of the Hosepipe ban.
Despite the Hosepipe ban and the obvious fact that it rains every day now we decided to go to Short Wood to see the bluebells. I thought they would be quite far advanced after the good weather in March but they were actually not out as much as previous years at this time. When we left the wood it started to rain but managed to get to the car fairly dry.
Short Wood bluebells:
Trish, My mother used to say that 'the sun shines on the righteous'. (don't ask me the basis of that ) so you should be fine for your hols. I am worried about myself though :-))
Diane, Sorry about the wooodpeckers' alarm clock. Your pics are lovely but I wouldn't appreciate their drumming all day either. We haven't chanced cutting our grass, like your's, it is far too wet. OH reckoned he could see tigers roaming through this morning.
Lovely bluebells, Alan. Maybe they are later when they are sheltered by the trees from direct sunlight. Rain on/off/on again here today.
Nice soup lunch made by OH - Spiced Parsnip & Apple. Not going to church tonight – no energy to try to shower to go out! Promise I'll have shower tomorrow! A little rain a while ago, but dry now, with sun – 14 degrees.
Trish – there can't be much more rain (and snow) left to fall on Nethy when you are up there – it has to stop soon, surely. And a lovely time of year to be going.
Diane – how wonderful to have all those species of Woodpeckers around – you will have to synchronise your bed time outwith their drumming hours to get any sleep! We were both sorry to miss the Golden Eagle event, but I couldn't have gone with the pain as it was – much better that I got the wrist looked at. I just hope this bad flare-up will be an isolated event!
Trying to think of things to do – OH is busy cleaning the fridge! Plenty I ought to do, but concentration is poor, so just can't settle - I am a very impatient patient!

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Steve Alford is the ninth coach to take command of the UCLA program following John Wooden's retirement in 1975. So yeah, that whole coaching in Wooden's shadow applies, and here is the proof.
Bruins' coaching staff outside Pauley Pavilion this afternoon for the annual staff photo. pic.twitter.com/kX48an3DiU— UCLA Basketball (@UCLAMBB) October 15, 2013
For as much turmoil that happened in the final years of Ben Howland's stay in Westwood, it's instructive to point out that he lasted 10 years at UCLA. The two coaches that preceded Howland — Steve Lavin and Jim Harrick — also lasted at least seven years.
MORE: Exclusive photos of John Wooden in his home
There are plenty of reasons to suggest that Alford will be a Bruin for the long-term. 1) UCLA is not a steppingstone job. 2) Alford led New Mexico to four Mountain West titles in six years and 3) Alford has a $10.4 million buyout if he quits or is fired before April 2016. That number gets progressively smaller in the final four years of his contract.
Then again, that buyout number sure seems like a bargain compared to the $19 million Notre Dame is on the hook for Charlie Weis and his assistant coaches following Weis' dismissal as Irish football coach in 2009.
So yes, good luck, Coach Alford. Just know that you have a legend looking over your shoulder.


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DevelopErie weighs effects of halted rail terminal project
The Erie Rail Terminal, a project called to a halt last week because of public opposition, was only one element of the broader Erie Inland Port initiative.
But it was the most important element, one that could have touched off a domino effect of development projects, said John Elliott, executive director of DevelopErie, which introduced the concept of an inland port four years ago.
From the beginning, he said, the idea was to trade on the region's access to roads, railroads and the Great Lakes to create jobs.
That mission hasn't changed. Elliott said work is moving ahead on a handful of other initiatives.
He admits, however, that he's worried about the message that's been sent to potential investors and the effect it could have on local projects.
"I think it weakens Erie's hand generally," Elliott said.
Funding for the rail terminal, now at $4 million, was canceled by unanimous votes by the boards of the Greater Erie Industrial Development Corp. and DevelopErie's Joint Finance Committee.
The reason is simple, Elliott said.
"The reason this project is at a complete standstill is that none of the seven current and prospective investors are willing to bet on Erie politics," he said.
Despite those concerns, Elliott said his group is moving ahead aggressively with existing projects and looking for new ones.
John Huya, an Albion Borough councilman, is hoping investors will bet on a proposed iron-smelting plant that could provide nearly 300 jobs in the Albion-Cranesville area. As part of that project, DevelopErie wants to build a $22.1 million water system that will pipe water from Lake Erie underground to Albion.
"We are trying to help our infrastructure a little bit, and we need the water and the jobs," Huya said. "I think the people out here are all on board and for it, and I know the officials will take it. I haven't heard a complaint yet about it."
Huya said he believes opponents of the Harborcreek Township rail terminal "made a big mistake there. A lot of businesses left Erie. The jobs are needed. Tell them to send it our way -- we'll put it out here."
Meanwhile, work on the KLN Family Brands potato chip plant in Waterford has been stalled by a search for American Indian artifacts and a delay in securing a developer over a dispute between Waterford Township and Waterford Borough.
"We have another example of a challenge to what should be a very strong economic development project," Elliott said. "What could be less controversial than putting a new potato chip factory in a vacant building once used to manufacture potato chips?"
Erie County Councilman Edward T. DiMattio Jr. said he does not think the collapse of the Harborcreek rail terminal will significantly affect work on that project.
"There was some apprehension knowing those two projects were being developed by the same group, but I think people from (Waterford) township, from the borough, they're very comfortable with KLN as a company," said DiMattio, who represents County Council's 6th District, which includes most of southern Erie County.
"KLN has put a huge investment into that facility already," DiMattio said. "Waterford is familiar with the type of business KLN does. God forbid anything happens, and maybe things aren't going as fast as a lot of people might like to see. But until this point, I have no reason to believe it won't happen."
Meanwhile, Brenda Sandberg, the city of Erie's director of economic and community development, said DevelopErie has not provided the city a recent update on its bayfront project.
In October, the Erie Planning Commission voted to designate the 70-acre site of the proposed import-export facility as blighted under the state's redevelopment law to qualify the project for certain types of federal and state funding.
Both Sandberg and Mayor Joe Sinnott support the project, although the city disagreed that the property met the state's definition of a blighted area.
"We haven't had any conversations with DevelopErie about the project since the designation of blight," Sandberg said. "But I don't think that the situation in Harborcreek gives us any pause," she said.
Katrina Smith, senior vice president of DevelopErie, said she expects DevelopErie will have future battles to wage in the court of public opinion.
"I guess my personal concern is how this particular development could scare off investors of future developments," she said. "If they are not going to get that warm, fuzzy feeling they might not be willing to pursue the opportunity."
That troubles Elliott, who said the container terminal should have been the most transformational piece of the Inland Port initiative.
He worries that the public's rejection of the Harborcreek rail terminal was not an isolated reaction, but part of a broader pattern of a community that is reluctant to change.
"You have to reflect over something like this and say, 'How will we sell Erie to the next investor?' How do we sell Erie to the world if Erie isn't sold on itself?"
JIM MARTIN can be reached at 870-1668 or by e-mail. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNmartin.
KEVIN FLOWERS can be reached at 870-1693 or by e-mail. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNflowers.


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Manings was active in WGA West
Comedy writer Allan Manings, who co-created "One Day at a Time" and was active with the Writers Guild of America, died May 12, of a heart attack in Beverly Hills. He was 86.
Manings died after going into cardiac arrest at his oncologist's office, according to his stepdaughter, actress Meredith Baxter. He had recently undergone surgery for esophageal cancer.
Manings co-created CBS' "One Day at a Time," based on his wife, actress Whitney Blake's, personal experiences. Show starred starred Bonnie Franklin, MacKenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli and ran from 1975-84.
Born in Newark, N.J., Manings grew up on Staten Island. After serving in the Army in the Pacific during World War II, he joined fellow returning GIs to enroll as the first male students at Sarah Lawrence College.
Manings wrote episodes of many classic TV shows in the 1950s, with writing and/or co-writing credits that include "Leave It to Beaver," "Petticoat Junction," "McHale's Navy" and "The Lucy Show." But during the McCarthy era, Manings found it necessary to leave the country. He moved to Canada, where he could find work. The impact of that experience had a profound effect upon his writing throughout his career.
Manings shared an Emmy for writing achievement "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" in 1968. He co-wrote shows such as "The Lily Tomlin Show" and "It's a Wacky World," later segueing into Norman Lear's production team as both a writer and executive producer on sitcom "Good Times."
"He was a glorious man and a great comedy writer," Lear said. The two first met while working on "Good Times" and then went on to work on shows such as "One Day at a Time."
"It was his idea to do a show on a single woman at a time when you didn't have such things on television," he said.
A member of the WGAW since 1961, Manings was involved with the guild for several decades. He was a member of the WGAW Council (renamed the board of directors in 1976) from 1973-75, and WGAW VP from 1975-77. He served as a member of the WGAW's board from 1977-79; 1980-82; and 1985-91, and finally 1991-92. Manings also served on the advisory board of the WGAW's magazine, as well as on more than 20 Guild committees.
In 1997, he received the WGAW's Morgan Cox Award for longtime service to the guild, presented to members "whose vital ideas, continuing efforts, and personal sacrifice best exemplify the ideal of service to the guild."
His most recent play, "Goodbye Louie … Hello," a dramedy exploring the impact of Hollywood's Blacklist, is to be produced this fall by Theatre West in L.A.
Manings' wife predeceased him in 2002. Besides Baxter, survivors include two stepsons, nine grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and a sister.
Donations may be be made in his name to the Writers Guild Foundation, for the Blacklist Archives Project, at http://www.wgfoundation.org.


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James R. "JR" Robbins, 76, Altoona, died Wednesday at Valley View Health and Rehabilitation Center.
He was born in Coupon, son of the late William T. and Margaret H. (Squashic) Robbins.
Surviving are three children: Carol Ball (Dan) of Roaring Spring, Vicki Hoffmaster (Jim) of Flinton and James M. of Jacksonville, Fla.; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; five siblings: Joseph (Shirley Royer) of Clarksville, Ga., Margaret Clawson (special friend James O'Sail) of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Joan Taylor (William) of Altoona, Francis (Shirley Graziano) of North Plainfield, N.J., and Lawrence (Lori Campbell) of Coupon; a sister-in-law, Jean (D'Imperio) Robbins of Myerstown; and numerous nieces and nephews.
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He was preceded in death by a daughter, Linda Stoner; an infant brother, John; an infant sister, Mary; and a brother, William.
Friends will be received from 10:30 until the 11:30 a.m. funeral service Saturday, April 19, 2014, at Gibbons Funeral Home, Ashville, the Rev. Joseph Fleming officiating. Committal will be in Union Cemetery, Coupon.


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Located in Repubblica, Boscolo Exedra Roma, Autograph Collection is within a 5-minute walk of Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and within 15 minutes of other popular attractions like Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore. This 238-room, 5-star hotel has conveniences like a full-service spa, an outdoor pool, and free in-room WiFi. It's in central Rome and also a short walk from Trajan's Market and Trevi Fountain.
You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge or visit the onsite restaurant for a bite to eat. Satisfy your hunger from the comfort of your room with 24-hour room service. Start your day off with buffet breakfast, available for a fee.
Boscolo Exedra Roma, Autograph Collection's 238 soundproofed rooms provide minibars, safes, and phones. LCD TVs come with satellite channels and pay movies, and guests can stay connected with free WiFi. Bathrooms offer hair dryers and designer toiletries, and beds are dressed in premium bedding. In-room massages are available, and rooms also include desks.
Property features
Guests of Boscolo Exedra Roma, Autograph Collection enjoy a full-service spa, an outdoor pool, and a health club. Valet parking is EUR 40 per day if you plan to drive, or hop aboard the airport shuttle for EUR 100 per vehicle roundtrip. Multilingual staff at the front desk are standing by 24/7 to help with concierge services, luggage storage, and securing valuables. Other amenities at this luxury hotel include a spa tub, a sauna, and a rooftop terrace.
- Walking distance to Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
- Free WiFi in rooms and public areas
- Onsite dining
- Spa
Boscolo Exedra Roma, Autograph CollectionPiazza Della Repubblica, 47 Rome RM 00185
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Built in 1900, the hotel's piazza sets the stage for a stately white marble palazzo. The pet-friendly Exedra, A Boscolo Luxury Hotel has multiple bars and a rooftop garden and pool that's open all day.
The hotel's Exedra Wellness Spa offers a variety of treatments, including chromotherapy, revitalizing and purifying herbal teas, massages, and other treatments. Sauna, steam baths, solarium, and spa tubs are also available, and the spa is connected to the rooftop pool, which offers stunning city views, by a glass elevator.
Services include luggage storage, message service, and sightseeing arrangements. Meeting rooms can accommodate up to 250 guests. Smoking is not allowed at this hotel.
- Smoke-free property
- 24-hour front desk
- Business center
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Concierge services
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 238
- Number of floors - 5
- Babysitting or childcare
- Full-service spa
- Free WiFi
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Sauna
- Rooftop terrace
- Luggage storage
- Health club
- Elevator/lift
- Shopping on site
- Outdoor pool
- Hair salon
- Laundry facilities
- Meeting rooms 8
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Year Built 1900
- Spa tub
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
Family Friendly Amenities
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Premium bedding
- Room service (24 hours)
- Phone
- Designer toiletries
- Pay movies
- Minibar
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Turndown service
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Bathtub or shower
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- In-room massage available
- Soundproofed rooms
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
Where to Eat
La Frusta - Designed by Adam Tihany, this restaurant combines historical, Eternal-City ambience with 21st-century vibrancy and style.
Tazio - Decorated with candid snapshots of Tazio Secchiamoli, the forefather of paparazzi photography, this restaurant and bar opens out to the Piazza della Repubblica.
Spa Services
- Manicures and pedicures
- Ayurvedic treatments
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
To make special requests for accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
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 or cash deposit 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.
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 7 per person, per night, up to 10 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 10 years of age.
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 35 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: EUR 100 per vehicle (roundtrip)
- Valet parking fee: EUR 40 per day
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- Autograph Collection Boscolo Exedra Roma
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All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport. Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. Children 12 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.


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EAST LANSING — Le'Veon Bell nearly finished with his third 200-yard rushing day of the season, and said he had one more sprint left in him.
Except the Michigan State running back was stuck on the sidelines with his teammates, stunned at Nebraska's game-winning touchdown, a drive that finished off another gut-wrenching home loss, this one 28-24 to the Cornhuskers.
"It's crazy. I was definitely ready to rush the field when they got the stop (on fourth down)," Bell said. "Felt like the defense did a great job. They did the best they could."
Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez completed a 38-yard pass on fourth-and-10 and finished off a 10-point fourth-quarter comeback with a 5-yard touchdown strike to Jamal Turner with 7 seconds left.
Bell had done his part to stake the Spartans to the lead, rushing for 188 yards on 36 carries, including 1-yard touchdown on the second play of the fourth quarter.
For Bell, it was his third-highest rushing total of the season and best day statistically since rushing for 253 yards in Michigan State's win over Eastern Michigan.
"There was definitely holes to run through today," Bell said. "You've got to credit Coach (Dan) Roushar today, missing up the run and pass. They couldn't just crowd the box and make the offensive line's job tougher. He spread it out and got me running lanes."
In the Spartans' 12-10 loss to Michigan and even at times during their 16-13 win over Wisconsin, Bell had developed a tendency to try to stretch some plays wide where a more direct path for yardage may have been available.
Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio talked earlier this week about Bell "running through the smoke" more, translated to running more decisively at times.
Mission accomplished early on for Bell, as he darted up the middle on the Spartans' first touchdown drive 11 yards for a touchdown. That was his first carry for more 10 yards or more since the Iowa game Oct. 13.
"Coaches are always talking to me about running north-south, telling me get vertical here, get vertical there," Bell said. "They're always saying with my size, just make sure I run downhill and good things will happen."
In the second quarter, Bell broke free for a 40-yard run on a drive that ended in a 46-yard touchdown pass from Andrew Maxwell to Tony Lippett.
On Michigan State's first drive of the third quarter, Bell had a 26-yard run. That drive resulted in a Dan Conroy 25-yard field goal.
"This may have been one of our hardest hitting games all year," Maxwell said. "To go into an environment like that on the field, to pound it, and to have Le'Veon get the yards he did was a credit to the whole offense."
It was the second time this season and just the third time in Bell's career that Michigan State has lost when he's scored at least one touchdown (16-3). He's up to 1,249 rushing yards on the season.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Get an inside look at St. Edward basketball all day today in this live blog as the Eagles get ready to face Upper Arlington tonight in the Division I state championship at 8:30.
Reporters Stephanie Kuzydym followed the team yesterday during its preparation for the state semifinal against the East Tech Scarabs.
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2:12 Eagles Soar for Big Mike
A little over two weeks ago, the members of the basketball team shaved their heads in honor of Mike Orbany.
Mike Orbany is the little brother of basketball team manager Matt. Mike has terminal cancer. He is in just third grade.
To honor him, the team, as well as many of their classmates, did Clips for Cancer, where they gave $10 to a donation and got their head shaved.
Mike attends St. Bernadettes. The Eagles also helped out at a Clips for Cancer event at St. Bernadettes.
"We're all behind him," Malcolm Walters said. "We all support him."
After their state semifinal victory, Flannery was asked about the "Eagles Soar for Mike" shirts that the team wore. Flannery, who lost his father to cancer, immediately choked up and as Will Meyer to speak for him.
At the bottom of the motto for Mike on the team's shirts are four letters: N-E-G-U.
Never ever give up.
1:25 Arrive back at hotel
Flannery gives the players a time to meet back downstairs before dinner. They all quickly scatter to their rooms. Unlike Friday, nobody's joking in the hallway. The atmosphere is relaxed, calm and a bit sleepy.
The players will get about two hours to relax.
So in the downtime here's some things they told me about along the way.
Worthy of a Jersey
Every year, the team follows a motto. This year it's "Worthy of a Jersey." They had it put on shirts that they originally wore under their warm ups, but a few were lost along the way thanks to that big trip to California.
Regardless, it's a topic of conversation Flannery brought up to the team during a his speech before the team's shootaround, saying they've proven this season that they are definitely worthy of their jersey.
He told them there was only eight hours left. Then they will try to win their first state title since 1998.
12:49 p.m. Board bus back to hotel
Conversation topics: Silence. Zzzzz's.
11:34 a.m. Final shootaround
Eagles coach Eric Flannery had a few words to say:
Then the team broke out into a drill.
"We got a state championship to win tonight," Tony Vuyancih said.
Then gym filled with a cheer: "Yeah!"
Shoot around time for @SEHS_basketballhttps://t.co/ETnC6eF59M— Stephanie Kuzydym (@stephkuzy) March 22, 2014
11:01 a.m. Board bus to Bishop Hartley
The players were feeling their feast, saying as soon as they got on the bus that they needed a nap and it would be hard to move at the shoot around.
The ride was a bit quieter until it turned to story time. And it was an interesting, juicy story because half the bus stood up and gathered close together so only they could here.
Conversation topics: Friday's state semifinal victory, Vines, Instagrams, girls.
10:36 a.m. Food, food and more food
There were wings and waffles and pancakes and fruit.
And St. Edward ate like they were in the state title game, grabbing seconds and thirds.
9:45 a.m. Leave for breakfast at Golden Corral
St. Eds asking fans to wear white for @SEHS_BASKETBALL's state game against Upper Arlington. Golden Bears were well supported yesterday.— Stephanie Kuzydym (@stephkuzy) March 22, 2014
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A New Approach to Measuring Financial Contagion
Kee-Hong Bae
York University - Schulich School of Business
George Andrew Karolyi
Cornell University - Johnson Graduate School of Management
René M. Stulz
Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
September 2000
NBER Working Paper No. w7913
This paper proposes a new approach to evaluate contagion in financial markets. Our measure of contagion captures the co-incidence of extreme return shocks across countries within a region and across regions that cannot be explained by linear propagation models of shocks. We characterize the extent of contagion, its economic significance, and its determinants using a multinomial logistic regression model. Applying our approach to daily returns of emerging markets during the 1990s, we find that contagion, when measured by the co-incidence within and across regions of extreme return shocks, is predictable and depends on regional interest rates, exchange rate changes, and conditional stock return volatility. Evidence that contagion is stronger for extreme negative returns than for extreme positive returns is mixed.
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Cat Café May Be The Smartest Business Plan EverDevan McGuinness
It's certainly no surprise that I love cats. I have two in my home and have since I was about 16 years old (I won't tell you how long ago that was). I've said before that I find watching cats to be a form of therapy for me — it's a stress relief and I just feel calm watching them.
You know what else I find to be a good relief of stress? A nice hot cup of coffee in a quiet location, alone, like a quaint little cafe. A small escape from the chaos of kids and to do list that never ends at the house. I can get some quality work done thanks to their free wifi, and the ability to focus on just that task is a dream.
So, what happens when you combine my two big stress relievers? You get the super smart cat café, which are jumping up in popularity all over the world.
The most recent one that I've heard of is opening in less than 24 hours in London, England (the first one opened in 1998 in Taiwan and since they've become quite popular all over Japan), and it all started with a crowd-funding campaign raising more than their £108,000 (approximately $180,889 USD) goal. Cat Café's differ from a regular café since there is a cover charge (usually small) that helps with the cost of housing, feeding, and keeping the cats healthy and happy. Once you pay, you're able to enjoy your relaxing coffee with the company of cats, many cats and how does that not sound like the smartest business plan ever?
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FindWide - How to remove?
FindWide is an annoying browser hijacker that is caused by browser addon. This program gets installed together with various shareware or freeware software. Typically, the option for adding such toolbars is checked by default and invisible during a regular install process. No wonder why many people are clueless how such virus like FindWide landed in their PC.
FindWide will redirect ones search page to its own website ( search.findwide.com ). The site displays ads from Microsoft and is probably using Bing results. While it sounds harmless, one can not be sure that this won't change in the future or that malicious advertisement won't be shown on the FindWide and you get infected with more malware. Thus it is better to rely on common search engines (Bing, Yahoo Google) rather than the latter one. However, it is not that easy to get this software removed. You will have to do both: uninstall it from Control Panel and then reset the search providers manually. Luckily, software like spyhunter or Adwcleaner can do this automatically for you. If you wish to do it manually, here FindWide removal instructions for every main browser:
On Internet explorer:
- Click arrow on the right of search box
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- Remove FindWide from start page as well
On Firefox :
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- Type "Keyword.url" in the search box. Right click it & reset it.
- Type "browser.search.defaultengine" in the search box. Right click it & reset it.
- Type "browser.search.selectedengine" in the search box. Right click it & reset it.
- Search for 'browser.newtab.url'. Right-click and reset. This will make sure that the FindWide won't launch on each new tab.
On Google Chrome:
- Click 3 horizontal lines icon on browser toolbar
- Select Settings
- Select Basics ->Manage Search engines
- Remove unnecessary search engines from list
- Go back to settings. On Startup choose open blank page ( you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
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FALL CITY - The man who holed himself up with a gun in a downtown Fall City house and triggered an almost six-hour police standoff July 10 is no stranger to crime.
Jonathon Douglas Blankenship, 27, who police say may be from Everett, has been in and out of state prison and the Snohomish County Jail since his juvenile years for charges such as robbery, forgery and possessing stolen property.
"The Sheriff's Office is glad to get him off the streets for however long," said Sgt. John Urquhart, spokesman for the King County Sheriff's Office, whose officers surrounded the house in Fall City two weeks ago.
Blankenship is currently being held in the King County Jail in Seattle for violating conditions of community supervision for possessing a gun. Felons are not allowed to have guns, and Blankenship was released from the state Department of Corrections Sept. 29 after serving an almost seven-year sentence for felonies including first-degree robbery, possession of stolen property and forgery.
He served his time at several correctional centers, including Shelton, McNeil Island, Walla Walla, the Olympic Correction Center, Bishop Lewis in Seattle and Twin Rivers in Monroe.
Immediately upon the end of his prison sentence, he was transferred to the Snohomish County Jail to serve time for similar charges, explained Veltry Johnson, spokesperson for the Department of Corrections. Blankenship was released from Snohomish County Jail April 16. A few months later, on July 10, Blankenship got into trouble again, this time in the Snoqualmie Valley.
About 8 a.m., he reportedly hitched a ride from Carnation to a house at 4043 S.E. 336th St. in Fall City, where his girlfriend of three weeks was temporarily staying. Upon leaving the vehicle in which he was riding, Blankenship allegedly flashed a gun and told the driver he was going to shoot somebody.
Police were alerted to the threat, and when they arrived about 10 a.m., they evacuated several people staying in the house, including its owner, Paul Crowder. Blankenship had run up into the attic, which consisted of a crawl space with a ceiling no higher than 3 feet.
SWAT team members, King County officers and police from as far away as Shoreline surrounded the house, blocked off adjacent streets and evacuated six nearby houses. Negotiators stood behind an armored car 10 feet from the house, and with a bullhorn they asked Blankenship to leave the house, or at least communicate with them.
Hours went by and Blankenship did not respond to police and refused to pick up a phone placed inside the door by officers. About 3:40 p.m., while police were still waiting for a warrant to be approved, Blankenship fled out the back door and was apprehended.
Although he has not yet been formally charged by King County prosecutors, Blankenship is being kept in jail and is awaiting a hearing to revoke the court-ordered community supervision heOs under, for which he could be sent back to prison.
After the hearing, he could then face charges from the Fall City standoff, which could include burglary and possession of a weapon, according to Urquhart.
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Convert one
To convert one MPO-file, you can just load it in the viewer and save it as a jpeg or jps.
The file extension you give a file when saving, dictates the actual format. So even you selected JPG, if the filename ends with .mpo, it will be saved as an MPO file.
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> I also update Memory to 6GB
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So, I'm new here. Hi everyone.
Honestly, what brings me here is that I can not believe that Manga Ent. used the old 95 dub of GITS for the new 2008 2.0 Edition?
I'm a bit dismayed actually. The Japanese version recollects the original VAs and provides even revised dialogue to be more friendly to modern speech and they even gave the Puppeteer a female voice.
Now, if they can do all that for the Japanese version, we should get the same thing. I want to hear Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Motoko Kusanagi in the first movie and all the rest of the cast from the series. Now that they have all dubbed GITS 2 Innocence, GITS SAC, GITS SAC 2nd GIG and GITS Solid State Society, they would do an amazing job redubbing the first movie.
Further, the 95 dub has alot of inaccuracies like in the beginning when Batou asks the Major "What's with all that noise in your brain?" and she responds in the English version "Must be a lose wire." In the Japanese version, she says "It must be that time of the month." And this line was straight out of the Manga and by it being absent from the English version, it thus takes away from the story and overall intent in the adaptation of the book to film. Such things are present all over the 95 dub as was common place back then.
Now, I am still a supporter of this anime and Manga Ent. and am thrilled to have a dvd of 2.0 in the states even with this dub. If I have to listen to this dub, least I can have the new graphics with it. And to do my part, I've already purchased my dvd which strangely enough was more expensive then the Blue Ray.
However, if a redub was ever done, with accurate dialogue, the Puppet Master actually called the Puppeteer as it is in the manga and the Japanese version, voiced this time by a female to match the new Japanese version, and with Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Motoko Kusanagi along with the rest of the cast. I wouldn't care if the dvd cost $50, I would buy it. So, from a loyal but dismayed fan to Manga Ent., please fix this little oversight of using the old dub for the new 2.0!!
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1997 Bryant Family Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
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This is the quintessential knock-your-socks-off wine. It has everything - the knockout nose of intense berry and cassis flavours with a hint of oak is absolutely stunning. The flavors start off pretty intense and build up exponentially to super-intense with sweet blackberry, cassis, and spicy-peppery notes. No matter what you are eating with this the food becomes overpowered by the wine. You have to be prepared for a wine like this. I have to say I prefer the 96 and the 95 to the 97 as they seem to be more tame and more harmonious. The 97 is an experience more than it is a wine.


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Brock Holt and Kyle McPherson are both going to get their chances in Indianapolis.
The duo was called up to Triple-A Indianapolis from Altoona on Monday, and Curve manager P.J. Forbes said he was happy for both players.
Holt - who also spent all of last season in Altoona - was the team's best hitter this year. The .322 batting average Holt compiled before his promotion was second best in the Eastern League, and the shortstop also drove in 43 runs and scored 52 times in 102 games for the Curve this season.
Though he put up terrific numbers at the plate in Double-A, due to a logjam of infielders ahead of him, Holt had to wait until now to get a chance at the next level.
"He's been killing it. I thought his time should've came a little earlier, but it was because of what guys are doing are in front of him," Curve first baseman Matt Curry. "And he can't control that stuff. Now that he's got an opening, I'm glad to see him go up."
Forbes has spent the last three seasons with Holt (one in Bradenton, two in Altoona) and actually passed along the information of his promotion on Sunday night.
"We have spent significant time together, probably more than he had liked," Forbes said. "But it was nice, I felt the appreciation when he hugged me [Sunday] night and I told him congratulations. I fully expect him to go up there and do well."
McPherson, who was the Pirates' 2011 minor league pitcher of the year, was sidelined for the first two months of the season with inflammation in his right shoulder. Without the injury, McPherson would've likely started the year in Indianapolis, but instead he joined the Curve's rotation in mid-June.
In nine starts with the Curve this year, the right hander was 3-5 with a 4.07 ERA with 46 strikeouts and just five walks in 48 innings.
"I think it's important for him to get [to Indianapolis] at some point this year," Forbes said. "If things had fallen right and he'd been healthy, he probably would have started the year there. Glad to see him move, I hope he goes up there and continues to pitch well."


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POLICE SAY TEENS WILL INGEST THE LEAVES AND SEEDS TO HALLUCINATE. ACTION SEVEN NEWS REPORTER REGINA RUIZ JOINS US WITH DETAILS. DOUG AND SHELLY, IT'S BASICALLY LIKE EATING POISON... AND POLICE ARE WORRIED TEENS WILL NOT REALIZE THE FATAL EFFECTS OF THE PLANT.... BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING. THIS PRETTY WHITE FLOWER MAY SEEM HARMLESS, BUT, THAT'S NOT THE CASE. These seeds are very, very poisonous and they can ultimately result in death when ingested, very dangerous plant. EVEN WORSE.... RIO RANCHO POLICE SAY TEENS ARE USING THE PLANT TO GET HIGH. Essentially what most students are doing is they are actually cracking open the seed pod, getting the seeds out of the pod and utilizing that to make a tea or grinding it up and smoking it IT'S A CALLED JIMSONWEED OR MOON FLOWER-- AND IS ACTUALLY A WEED--- SO IT DOESN'T NEED MUCH TO GROW. AND WITH RECENT RAINS---IT'S POPPING UP EVERYWHERE. There's a reason nature puts these thorns around here because what's inside is so dangerous. If a teen ingests this basically their temperature is going to skyrocket causing a lot of damage. it can have profound effects on the brain, it can affect hearing, it can affect motor coordination IT ALSO CAUSES NAUSEA, VOMITING, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE--- EVEN A STROKE..... These young adults are taking a little bit and discovering that it doesn't seem to be doing anything so they take more and that compounds the poisons that are already in their system. All of the sudden they are over dosing from it A DANGEROUS SCENARIO---- POLICE HOPE GETTING THE WORD OUT--- WILL SAVE LIVES. RR7N. POLICE WANT PARENTS AND TEACHERS TO BE AWARE OF THE DANGERS OF JIMSON WEED AND TALK TO KIDS SO THEY DON'T EXPERIEMENT WITH THE PLANT. IF YOU SUSPECT SOMEONE HAS CONSUMED JIMSON WEED, THEY NEED MEDICAL ATTENTION RIGHT AWAY.
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Here you will find over 120 recipes that I have used this past year to help my husband and myself to control our weights. It's not a diet that you will want to use for a limited period of time to drop pounds. It's a collection of recipes that you will want to incorporate into your life for the rest of your life. I hope you enjoy these recipes as much as I've enjoyed developing them and putting them together into this collection. They will provide you with variety, suggested servings based on guidelines found at many health related and government websites, and flavor, flavor, and more flavor. In the back of the book you will find three weeks of suggested menus. These menus will help you plan for your success. Modify them to fit the needs of both you and your family. Simply keep your proportions along the same lines. If you don't drink wine, skip the glass of wine with dinner. If you don't care for yogurt, substitute a glass of nonfat milk. You get the basic idea.
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Canadian Dollar Weakens as Fed Refrains From Further Stimulus
Canada's dollar fell against its U.S. counterpart after the Federal Reserve's pledge to provide additional support for the economy disappointed investors anticipating a more definitive sign of further monetary easing.
The Federal Open Market Committee reiterated in a statement it will keep interest rates exceptionally low at least through late 2014 and will provide additional accommodation as needed. Investors had speculated the central bank might signal a third round of asset purchases under quantitative easing.
"The U.S. dollar has reacted in a meaningful way and it's a dollar bid," Jack Spitz, managing director of foreign exchange at National Bank of Canada in Toronto, said in a telephone interview. "Certain doves were expecting a little more accommodation."
Canada's currency fell 0.3 percent to C$1.0055 per U.S. dollar at 5 p.m. in Toronto. It earlier rose to almost the strongest since May 15, the last time the currency traded on a one-for-one basis with the greenback. One Canadian dollar buys 99.45 cents.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index swung to a 0.3 percent decline after adding 0.4 percent.
"Owning the U.S. dollar here is a good risk-reward trade with the event risk," Blake Jespersen, managing director of foreign exchange in Toronto at Bank of Montreal, wrote in an e-mail before the Fed's policy statement, referring to the European Central Bank meeting tomorrow and the U.S. nonfarm payrolls report Aug. 3.
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Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke held off on stepping up record stimulus even as consumer spending flagged, economic growth slowed and unemployment persisted at 8.2 percent.
Canada's currency has appreciated 2.5 percent this year against nine major counterparts tracked by Bloomberg Correlation-Weighted Indexes on speculation policy makers will extend measures to stimulate economic growth as evidence mounts the global recovery is stalling. Only the fellow resource-linked dollars of Australia, up 3.5 percent, and New Zealand up 5.2 percent, have done better in 2012.
Gains in commodity currencies have occurred amid a 10 percent drop this year in crude oil, Canada's largest export, and a 2 percent drop in the Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index of 19 commodities.
Canadian government bonds fell for the first time in three days, sending the benchmark 10-year yield up three basis points, or 0.03 percentage point, to 1.71 percent. The price of the 2.75 percent securities due in June 2022 dropped 31 cents to C$109.40.
Concern that Europe's debt crisis is hampering economic growth in China and the U.S., the world's two largest economies, has stoked demand for those assets investors perceive as safer. Government bond yields reached 1.34 percent on June 1, the lowest since at least 1989, according to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Canadian Governments Index, which tracks 36 bonds with an average maturity of 8.74 years and about C$361 billion outstanding. Yields ended yesterday at 1.49 percent.
Canada sold C$3.3 billion ($3.3 billion) of two-year bonds today in Ottawa. The 1 percent bonds maturing in November 2014 fetched an average yield of 1.147 percent.
The coverage ratio, the amount bid relative to the amount on offer, was 2.55 times. That compares with an average yield of 1.114 percent and a coverage ratio of 2.41 times at the previous two-year auction on June 20.
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The Canadian dollar and the euro pared gains earlier today after Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said the ECB shouldn't exceed its mandate. Tomorrow's interest-rate decision is the first since President Mario Draghi pledged to do whatever it takes to defend the single currency.
The Fed bought $2.3 trillion of securities in two rounds of asset purchases from 2008 to 2011 in a bid to spur growth, and it has said its benchmark interest rate will stay at "exceptionally low levels" at least through late 2014.
Twenty-six percent of economists surveyed before today's statement expected the central bank to extend its pledge to hold its main interest rate near zero beyond the current horizon of late 2014, while 88 percent said the bank will refrain from starting new purchases at today's meeting.
"The markets have gotten ahead of themselves in thinking the Fed can do or will do more today," said Shaun Osborne, chief currency strategist at Toronto-Dominion Bank's TD Securities unit, in a telephone interview before the Fed's statement. "We're a little bit negative in the sense of the implications for markets because we really don't think the Fed or the ECB can or will do much to satisfy the kind of expectations that are built up regarding these meetings."


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Following on the heels of the exclusive Carnegie Abbey on Aquidneck Island, the backers of a new private club in the Watch Hill-Misquamicut-Narragansett area of Rhode Island are expecting great things. After receiving approval from the planning boards in the towns of Westerly and Charlestown in late-April 2002, the backers of Shelter Harbor Golf Club are only a state permit away from beginning work on the project.
Michael Hurzdan of Hurzdan-Fry Design of Columbus, Ohio, has come up with a 7,100-yard, par-71 layout for the course, which will occupy a portion of a 490-acre parcel just north of Route 1 across from the Shelter Harbor Inn. Part of the property once housed a drive-in theater. Most of the course will be in Westerly, with the remainder in Charlestown. Bordering the site is the Woody Hill Wildlife Management Area.
The $25-million project is being backed by a consortium of private investors, including Finn M.W. Caspersen, H. James Atwood, Frederick C. Maynard III, Robert McCormack, Stephen M. Peet, Charles M. Royne and Frederick B. Whittemore. The project manager is Dick Anthony.
The course will be an integral part of the first private club in Washington County. Also planned for Shelter Harbor are a nine-hole par-3 course, three practice holes, a driving range, exercise facility, five guest cottages, and a clubhouse. A second phase could involve offices. Before work can begin, the founders need final approval from the state Department of Environmental Management. If all goes well, construction permits will arrive in September '02.
The club is being tailored to wealthy individuals from the southern part of the state. Even though there is no golf course as yet, Shelter Harbor memberships have been hot commodities for over a year. To date, 214 members have joined. The founding memberships cost $100,000; right now, that tariff has risen to $125,000. Dues are expected to run about $7,000 a year. The plan is to limit the number of memberships to 250, with 40 junior (age 42 or younger) memberships available at a reduced rate.
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Debt-ceiling deadline 1 day - and 1 last recommendation - away
July 31, 2011 - Mike Maneval
Debate on raising the debt ceiling, after depressing setbacks of finger-pointing and demogoguery from both sides, appears to be on the verge of resolution. What makes these setbacks particularly disappointing is that serious progress is being made, and that proverbial lines are being drawn in the sand that are wholly unnecessary.
At various points, some important and impressive ideas have been on the table. The sale of broadcast spectrum to increase revenues and cuts to Social Security, are among the proposals - likely necessary today or in the near-future - that would begin to help reduce the nation's debt. At one point within the past two weeks, repeal of the consumer mandate in the health care reform law was on the table, as thinkprogress.org acknowledged on July 22. About seven weeks earlier I blogged a very similar recommendation, adding the reform lawás planned tax relief for health insurance payments as another aspect to repeal. The proposed compromise that emerged Sunday night includes about $2.4 trillion in spending cuts. This is progress, and neither voters or politicians should belittle it.
Further, we know that the give-and-take of debate on the next bill - whatever the next bill is - will provide more chances to fight for some of the proposals to surface in this debt-ceiling debate. The U.S. legislature is not going away, and as long as factions within it have goals and aspirations, there will be opportunities to pursue the conditions and policies that have surfaced in this debate.
With a compromise announced as I was writing this update, my last suggestion for curtailing federal spending is less a recommendation for a condition upon this debt-ceiling increase than a starting point for this next argument.
Abolish the U.S. Department of Education.
The department is operating with an annual budget this year of $69.9 billion. Replace the department, which already includes numerous grant programs, with one federal education grant program with either a 5-percent overall spending cut every year for three years or 3-percent cut every four years. The U.S. government continues to aid schools and students - leaving more than 85 to 88 percent of actual federal spending on education intact - while cutting the debt by at least 8 billion over four years or 11 billion over three years, once you factor in mandatory spending.
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What materials did you use? This was for my brothers wedding a few weeks ago. I was also a bridesmaid x Handmade Swarovski jewellery custom made to suit the adult bridesmaids fuchsia dresses, I also added amethyst Swarovski crystals to pick up the purple tones of the grooms kilt. The silver butterfly toggles were accessorised with matching fuchsia Swarovski crystals!
What are you most proud of? Having all the initial ideas and seeing the end product "come to life" Plus the fact that The groom (who is my brother) and the bride put their faith in me to help make their day really special. I'm disabled and don't make jewellery as often as I used to so for me this was a mammoth task. I refused to let them down once I'd agreed to take the task on. so I'm really proud of being able to pull the job off. The jewellery got loads of positive praise from everyone so it was totally worth it.