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Louisiana State University researchers have won a $12 million federal grant that will be spread over five years to bolster ongoing research on several types of cancer and infectious diseases, among other activities.
The award, which comes from the National Institute of Health's Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, is effectively an extension of an initial $10.6 million award that LSU's Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center won in 2005.
LSU officials celebrated the award this morning as a validation of ongoing work, a long-term benefit for cancer patients who often travel out of state for treatment, and another piece of the foundation for the planned biomedical district that includes parts of downtown and Mid-City.
The award comes as construction continues on the Louisiana Cancer Research Center on the corner of Tulane Avenue and South Claiborne Ave. The center will house researchers from the Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium formed by LSU, Tulane University and Xavier University.
Dr. Steve Nelson, dean of LSU Medical School, and Dr. Augusto Ochoa, director of the cancer center, estimated the grant will support between 50 and 60 jobs at the LSU Health Sciences Center.
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HOLLIDAYSBURG - Nobody can predict the future, but Blair County's five judges met this week to contemplate what life will be like when Blair County Judge Hiram A. Carpenter retires at the end of the year.
President Judge Jolene G. Kopriva said the judges spent hours reviewing every aspect of the court's operation and concluded that there would not be enough judge hours to efficiently dispose of cases in 2013 if there were only four judges hearing cases.
Carpenter, she said, has agreed to serve as a senior judge, which means he could handle some cases. Senior judges are limited to 10 days of work a month.
He will join former President Judge Thomas G. Peoples as a senior judge.
Peoples, in his seventh year as a senior judge, is expected to continue in that capacity through 2013.
Peoples has helped Blair County for the last couple of years by presiding over hundreds of PFA or protection-from-abuse cases.
Janice Meadows, the Blair County court administrator, said Wednesday that Carpenter will be working "full steam" through October. Time will then have to be taken to close his office.
In years past when a vacancy occurred in a judicial office, the governor, with state Senate approval, would name an interim judge. Meadows said in an effort to save money, interim judges are no longer appointed.
Voters in 2013 will elect Carpenter's replacement, who will then assume office in 2014.
Blair County Judge Elizabeth Doyle will complete her first 10-year term in 2013 and will be up for retention at the same time the voters are electing Carpenter's replacement.
Doyle said this week she will seek retention, noting, "I am very satisfied with the job."
Judges Daniel J. Milliron and Timothy M. Sullivan will be up for retention in 2015, when they will complete their first 10-year terms.
Kopriva confirmed last year that she will not seek election to a fourth term in 2017.
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During the session this week, the judges also reviewed what has occurred in the court system over the last 15 years, including the establishment of four specialty courts and the development of a Children's Roundtable to bring youth-related agencies together "to create strong families and safe communities."
The Adult Parole and Probation Office also was restructured.
Other new efforts included:
n Instituting a restitution program for juvenile offenders.
n Uncreasing collections through the Costs, Fines and Restitution Office, resulting in $500,000 annually in county revenue and $300,000 yearly as restitution for victims.
n Using mediation to resolve civil court cases.
n Establishing a panel of pro bono attorneys to conduct mediation.
n Establishing an Office of Custody Management.
n Creating Credit Card and Mortgage Courts, and increased efficiency in handling driving under the influence cases.
n Using videoconferencing to dispose of cases.
Kopriva said Blair County is the busiest fifth-class county in the state, adding that is why the judges "have to start planning now to operate efficiently and effectively while down a judge."
The judges analyzed the effectiveness of pretrial status conferences. They decided to maintain such conferences because they have led to resolution in many cases, usually in the form of plea agreements.
Doyle shared an example of how the judges decided to change things to free up more time. They will now ask attorneys ahead of time if they are using a transcript from defendants' preliminary hearings when defense lawyers challenge the "sufficiency of the evidence" against their clients. If so, then the time needed for such hearings can be reduced to a few minutes as opposed to an hour, Doyle said. That change will free up time to hear other cases.
Kopriva said the judges reviewed many other indicators to determine if the courts are being operated efficiently. She said they are trying to prepare for one fewer full-time judge and not rely on "an accident or luck" to provide justice in Blair County.


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"It came out that Blake didn't know that Ryan and I had a make-out session when I was 19," the actress, now 37, told PEOPLE Saturday at the celebration for Soleil Moon Frye's new entertaining guide, Let's Get This Party Started, in Beverly Hills. "She did know, actually. She reached out to me via email to help her with a birthday present for Ryan!"
Hart, who just headed back to the West Coast to film the new season of Melissa & Joey, reveals the tidbit in her memoir, Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life, to be released later this month. She isn't surprised by the focus on the racier parts of the book – in addition to her kiss and tell, Hart discusses partying and drug experimentation in her early 20s – but says some media coverage has exaggerated and misconstrued her stories.
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- What are forensic mental health services?
- How are people referred to forensic mental health services?
- Liaison and diversion services
- Different types of forensic services
- Specialist staff
- Supporting families
- What happens when people are discharged from forensic mental health services?
What are forensic mental health services?
Forensic mental health services are specialist services for people who have a mental health problem who have been arrested, who are on remand or who have been to court and found guilty of a crime. 'Forensic' means 'pertaining to the law'.
These services are an alternative to prison for people who have a mental health problem and offer specialist treatment and care. They are 'secure' units, which means that people who are referred there are not free to come and go. Most people are detained in secure forensic services under mental health legislation.
The time spent in forensic units depends on an individual's recovery and progress towards rehabilitation. Professionals who work in forensic mental health services take decisions about length of stay in collaboration with the professionals who will be responsible for an individual's support and care following discharge. If someone has been found guilty of a violent offence, or has been considered to be dangerous, the Ministry of Justice and Parole Board are involved in decisions about discharge.
Not everyone who has a mental health problem and comes into contact with the police or the courts will be referred to forensic services. Many people who have offended do get sent to prison. However, the government recognises that prisons do not offer the best treatment and care to people who have mental health problems, and is introducing services and training to make sure people are 'diverted' from the criminal justice system to forensic services as early as possible (see Liaison and diversion services below).
How are people referred to forensic mental health services?
People with mental health problems can be transferred to forensic health services at the time of arrest, during court proceedings, or when they are in prison. They may be referred while they are on remand and waiting trial. A referral is usually made following an assessment of an individual's needs, or a psychiatric report.
Under Section 37 of the Mental Health Act, a court can rule that someone convicted of an offence should be detained in hospital to receive treatment instead of being sent to prison. If the courts are concerned that an individual poses a risk to others, Section 41 allows a restriction order to be added to the Section 37. The Ministry of Justice closely monitors patients who are under restriction orders. They cannot be transferred to another hospital, or given leave, for example, or released without consent from the Ministry of Justice.
Section 47 of the Mental Health Act is used to transfer a convicted prisoner to hospital for treatment and Section 48 is used to transfer a prisoner on remand to forensic mental health services.
Liaison and diversion services
Research has shown that prison is not the right place for people who have a severe mental illness. Being put in prison can make their mental health problem worse and increase the risk of self-harm and suicide.
This government supports (and previous governments have supported) a policy of 'diversion'. The aim of diversion is to make sure someone who has a mental health problem who has committed a crime has access to specialist assessment and treatment before they even get to court or have to spend time in custody – either after arrest, or on remand.
Lord Bradley's Review of people with mental health problems or learning disabilities in the criminal justice system (2009) recommended that all police stations and courts should have access to 'liaison and diversion services' to make sure people who have a mental health problem or learning disability who have offended are 'diverted' from the criminal justice system to more appropriate health services.
The aims of liaison and diversion services are:
• to help make sure people are assessed properly;
• to make sure that people who have a mental health problem can be referred to forensic services if they are arrested and charged rather than spending time in custody on remand;
• to provide information to courts about people's mental health problems;
• to make sure people who are arrested but not charged are referred to mental health services.
Liaison and diversion services do exist but the sort of service varies and they are not yet available everywhere.
The government has committed to setting up liaison and diversion services in all courts and policy custody suites across England by 2014. The 'Offender Health Collaborative', led by the charity Nacro and including the Centre for Mental Health and the NHS Confederation's Mental Health Network, is helping to determine the best way of running and developing a national liaison and diversion service.
Different types of forensic services
There are three levels of security within forensic units – high, medium and low.
There are three high secure hospitals – Ashworth, Broadmoor and Rampton. People referred to one of these hospitals are detained under mental health legislation because they are thought to pose a 'grave and immediate danger to the public.' Each of these hospitals is part of an NHS trust.
Medium secure hospitals/units are for people who are detained under mental health legislation and pose a serious danger to the public. They are run by either the NHS or by private healthcare organisations. There are special women-only medium secure forensic units.
Most people transferred from court or prison are initially sent to medium or high secure units.
Low secure units are run by either the NHS or by private healthcare organisations. People who have already spent some time in a medium secure unit may be transferred onto a low secure unit before they are discharged back into the community. Sometimes, people who have never been involved with the criminal justice are admitted to one of these units when they are detained under the Mental Health Act as an involuntary patient.
Specialist staff
Staff who work in forensic mental health services have special training that helps them offer appropriate treatment and support to people who have a mental health problem who have committed an offence. The treatment they offer focuses on an individual's offending behaviour as well as their mental health problem. Specialist staff – including psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, occupational therapists and social workers – work towards reducing the risk of re-offending, rehabilitation and recovery.
Staff who work in forensic services are trained in security and risk assessment, but they are first and foremost mental health professionals.
Supporting families
Family members of people with mental health problems who have committed an offence may feel ashamed and stigmatised. The mental health professionals responsible for your relative's treatment and care should be available to answer questions and offer family members support, or there may be a support group for family members available at individual units.
However, forensic services vary in the support they offer to family members.
A research project surveyed 68 medium and low secure forensic units in England and Wales and asked them about what sort of services they offered to family members. The survey asked about visiting arrangements for families and children, for example. Support was available in 63 per cent of the units, and three of them employed dedicated carer support workers. 40 per cent said they were planning to introduce support services for family members. The majority had visitors' rooms and all but one unit had a policy governing visiting time for children. Just over a quarter had a carers' support group, and just over a quarter offered family therapy for carers and families.
Most of the units were accessible by public transport. Nevertheless, people are often admitted to forensic services that are far from home and family members may have to travel long distances to see a relative.
There is advice for family members of people who are spending time in forensic units in a leaflet produced by the Partners in Care campaign (run by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the [then] Princess Royal Trust for Carers [now part of Carers Trust]). This recommends regular contact with the specialist team responsible for your relative's care. It also recommends finding out about visiting arrangements because they will vary between different forensic units. Visitors may have to book in advance and show identification, and there will be security checks.
You can get a copy of this leaflet by visiting the Royal College of Psychiatrists' website.
What happens when people are discharged from forensic mental health services?
The mental health professionals responsible for people's care and treatment within the forensic mental health service will liaise with community-based mental health teams who will be responsible for supporting an individual when they are discharged. Some areas have specialist community-based forensic mental health teams that can offer support.
Many people who have been discharged from forensic mental health services will be eligible for free aftercare services under Section 117 of the Mental Health Act. This could include accommodation.
When people leave forensic services, it may be difficult at first to adjust to an independent life, particularly if someone has been on a secure unit for some years.
A package of support to meet each person's individual needs should be discussed and arranged before an individual leaves forensic services. Family members should be should be consulted when plans are being made to discharge their relative from the care of a forensic unit.
This page was last updated 17 April 2013
Links checked 11 July 2016
Other useful websites
Royal College of Psychiatrists: Quality Network for Forensic Mental Health Services


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The board of the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission voted 24-7 against the proposed Hamilton Crossings shopping center project in Lower Macungie Township.
Thursday night's vote by LVPC is expected to carry great weight with Lehigh County commissioners.
On May 22, those commissioners delayed a critical vote on approving a tax increment financing plan for Hamilton Crossings until they learn the planning commission's position on the project.
If the county commissioners vote against the TIF plan, it will kill the $140-million project.
"Without the TIF, there is no project," Hamilton Crossings developer Tim Harrison told LVPC before Thursday's vote. "Without the county, there is no TIF."
The LVPC board voted to support the written position of its staff, which states LVPC has "strong reservations and objections" to Hamilton Crossings.
That five-page letter declares that the project, and the use of TIF funding for the project, are inconsistent with the Lehigh Valley's comprehensive plan.
"If the county commissioners think you don't like this or that it's inconsistent with the comprehensive plan, I'm finished," said Harrison. "My project's gone. I can't do this."
Harrison said LVPC's recommendations on such a project typically would just go to Lower Macungie -- and the township would agree or disagree with them. But in this case, the county commissioners also want to know LVPC's position.
Harrison told the LVPC board: "You hold in your hands the viability of a project I've been working on for four-and-half years and I can't tell you how many millions of dollars…"
East Penn School Board already has approved the TIF plan for Hamilton Crossings. But Lehigh County commissioners also must agree to the plan, which involves giving up 50 percent of increased real estate taxes generated by the project for 20 years, to help pay for road, storm water and utility improvements.
LVPC's position is that "developers, not the public, should pay for the improvements attributable to their development."
LVPC explains the developers are seeking TIF financing from the county, township and school district to pay for all improvements planned on Krocks Road, which would become the entranceway to the shopping center. And that they are requesting $6.4 million in state transportation funding to pay for all improvements on Route 222 and Hamilton Boulevard.
Even with the proposed improvements, LVPC officials maintain Hamilton Crossings will only make traffic problems worse on Route 222, rather than resolving problems on that road.
Hamilton Crossings would have 590,000 square feet of retail space and 2,500 parking spaces, "which makes it a very large retail center," said David Berryman, LVPC's chief planner.
"The scale of the project has impacts and consequences, not only to the traffic and to the roads, but for the residents," said Berryman. "This project provides a detrimental impact to the neighborhoods that surround it. Residences are right up against the shopping center."
Berryman said more than 25 variances were granted for the project by Lower Macungie, including some involving side yard setbacks and other buffers. He said there will be "light spillage" on residential properties and 12-foot-high sound walls standing less than five feet from some property lines.
No prediction from county commissioner
Harrison unsuccessfully suggested that he might stand a better chance of getting TIF approval from the county commissioners if LVPC would take no position on the TIF aspect of his project.
Lisa Scheller, chairwoman of the county commissioners who also serves on LVPC's board, said the commissioners have been waiting to hear LVPC's position and will give it serious consideration before they vote on June 12.
She declined to predict if commissioners will vote against the project, saying that's still two weeks away.
"There has been a lot of discussion among the board of commissioners and there definitely are differing opinions on the board," said Scheller. "The information put out tonight from all the parties will be disseminated to all the board members as quickly as possible, so people can come to their conclusions for June 12."
Scheller abstained from voting on Hamilton Crossings at Thursday night's meeting.


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After a brilliant career at St. John's College, Cambridge, Abbott obtained a fellowship, was master at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and at Clifton College, and from 1865 to 1889 was headmaster of the City of London School. His sermons gave him a place in the front rank of the more liberal theologians within the Church of England: his view of Christianity he stated in Through Nature to Christ (1877). He was the author of Polychristus and Onesimus, two anonymously published romances of the first age of the church, and of The Kernel and the Husk (1887), an amplification of the same view of Christianity. Philomythus (1891) and the articles on the gospels in the Encyclopedia Britannica (1879) and Encyclopedia Biblica were also theologically "advanced" for his time. His Shakespearian Grammar was followed by works on Bacon, Newman (1892), Becket (1898), on the criticism of the gospels (1901), and on New Testament Greek (Johannine Grammar, 1906).
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The American Sweet Bean Co. of Old Fort now is the sole domestic supplier to Seapoint Farms, the largest edamame distributor in the nation.
"It's pretty exciting. We're the U.S. grower processor for them," said Charles Fry, president of the local company. "We have a multi-year deal with Seapoint. They seem to be the right partner."
Seapoint Farms of Huntington Beach, Calif., boasts 45-50 percent market share for the soybean product, which is eaten green as a vegetable. Up until now, Seaport has imported all of its edamame from China.
"We've been interested in aligning with a domestic supplier that could demonstrate they had the experience and capabilities to grow a quality edamame soybean," said Phil Siegel, chief operating officer for Seapoint Farms. "When we first contacted Charles, we were just looking to touch base and explore where he was at and what his objectives were. The more we spoke, the more we realized that each party could focus on their core strengths and partner to maximize the product potential."
"It's pretty exciting being able to focus on growing the best bean we can, processing the best bean and flat-out beating the Chinese," Fry said. "The amount of experience that Seapoint has developed in the retail channel would take us at least 10 years to reproduce."
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"The ink's dry on the contract and now we got to deliver," Fry said. "I'm going to hang up my salesman hat and put on my farmer's hat.
"We currently produce less than 5 percent of their annual volume," he said. "The essential goal is to double every year for the next three years."
Fry is looking for farmers in Seneca and Sandusky counties interested in adding edamame to their crop rotation. It's a direct substitute for traditional soybeans.
Anybody interested in getting involved now should call him as soon as possible.
"We need land and we need farmers," he said. "For the region, it really cements us as the primary growing area for this crop. We need several hundred acres this year and an additional several thousand acres more next year."
Fry said he is open to renting land or contracting with farmers in increments of at least 50 acres.
"By the 2014 crop year, we'll probably be in the 2,000-4,000 acre range, if not more," he said.
After the spring planting season, he plans to host an information session for farmers interested in learning more.
"Even at the current soybean prices, you'll make more money," he said. "All they have to do is plant it and keep the weeds out. We do the harvesting."
The crop is harvested in late August or early September.
"If they want to follow with wheat, it's perfect," he said.
It's also a good choice for farmers interested in growing food for direct human consumption, he added.
Fry said he and his father, Jerry, started growing edamame five years ago as an alternative crop, and had visions of seeing American Sweet Bean as a brand name in grocery stores.
"So that was really the only thing we had to think about," Fry said. "Do we want to put on hold seeing American Sweet Bean bags in the stores."
But the option of becoming a supplier made sense, he said.
"They approached us really out of the blue," Fry said. "It was a strange sort of happening because we had just received a commitment from a large national dealer, which we ended up canceling with."
Since last fall, Fry had been courting national retail outlets across the United States.
"There's been a lot of interest, but no firm deals," he said.
In March, Fry said he got a call from Kevin Cross, one of the founders of Seapoint Farms.
"It's a little strange when your biggest competitor calls you up and wants to chat," he said. "But I believe it's important to listen to everybody."
Siegel said the call was exploratory.
"Seapoint speaks regularly with people and companies that are involved with edamame production, both here and abroad," Siegel said. "Charles Fry is a name that has come up over the course of the past several years."
As the edamame market continues to grow, Cross related a need for a domestic supplier.
"They know customers want a U.S. product," Fry said. "And they asked if we were interested in being their supplier."


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Chinquapin Lake of the Ozarks Family Vacation Home
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Bedrooms: 6
Bathrooms: 5.5
Sleeps: 20
Type: Home
Pets allowed: No
Internet: Yes
The home comfortably sleeps 20 people, with 6 bedrooms and 5.5 baths. Four of the six bedrooms, contain King Size beds, the fifth bedroom contains a full size bed, and the sixth bedroom contains 3 sets (6 beds) of bunk beds. 4 of the 6 bedrooms also walk out to an exterior deck which overlooks Chimney Cove on the Lake of the Ozarks. The home also features two full kitchens as well as two living areas with queen size sofa sleepers. The upper level contains a dining room with an 8 person table and room for more. The lower level has a game room with a pool table, card table, and stereo.
The exterior of the home provides ample parking for 6 cars, an unattached 3 car garage as well as a gently sloping grassy lot which leads past the outdoor hot tub to the massive 3 well dock with waverunner lifts and an attached swim platform. Chimney cove is a larger cove that is adjacent to the main channel. The cove is large enough to allow for water skiing, but small enough to avoid large amounts of boat traffic.
The Lake of the Ozarks was built on May 30, 1931, and was the largest man-made lake in the world at that time. The lake originated from the construction of Bagnell Dam, which began on August 6, 1929 (four months before the stock market crash of 1929). Fortunately for Missourians, the Bagnell Dam project would bring growth and expansion to the area during the midst of the Great Depression. When completed, Bagnell Dam would create a lake that covers 57,000 acres and features 1375 miles of cove-indentured shoreline. Today, this shoreline is dotted with beautiful homes, hotels, resorts, restaurants, and shops.
Many of the Lake's visitors are watersports fans. To accommodate these visitors, numerous marinas offer boats for rent. Boating fanatics can find every type of watercraft imaginable at the Lake including houseboats, ski boats, sail boats, bass boats, speed boats and wave runners. The Lake features several quiet coves that are great for a cool afternoon swim, sunbathing, or a few quick casts for bass, crappie, or catfish. If more action is on your mind, the main channel is a great place for skiing, tubing, or wakeboarding.
When it's time to head back to shore, the fun doesn't have to end! The communities surrounding the lake feature a variety of activities to suit every interest. Whether you're a kid or a kid-at-heart, you'll revel in the variety of amusement parks, miniature golf courses, go-carts and horseback riding trails that the region has to offer. Also check out the helicopter and sea plane rides, local caves, shops, and festivals, or take a tour of Bagnell Dam.
The Lake area is quickly becoming the Midwest's primary golf destination, and features over 180 holes of championship golf. From beginner to pro, the variety of courses at the Lake will challenge every player, amidst the serene backdrop of the Ozark Mountains.
Vacationers love a good meal, and the Lake area will not disappoint! Whether you're looking for a casual lunch or a candlelit bluff top meal, the Lake has the dining experience for you. While the Ozarks specialize in BBQ and fish, you can easily find cultural fare, including Italian, Mexican, Chinese, and Japanese. For a quick meal, grab a burger, a catfish basket, or a BBQ pork sandwich. Top it all off with some homemade fudge or a banana split at one of the many ice cream parlors. Dinner can range from a perfectly grilled steak to lobster to pasta.
Keep in mind that the Lake of the Ozarks isn't just a summer destination. The Ozark Mountains are famous for their fall foliage, which is a beautiful sight from the calmer waters of the Lake. The milder autumn temperatures are excellent for a round of golf, or a hike through the woods.
Winter features soft snowfall, cozy evenings by the fire, and candlelit dinners with a view of the still Lake waters. The area's numerous shops, including the 110-store Factory Outlet Village, are the perfect source for all your holiday shopping needs. Relax from a busy day of shopping with a massage or cuddle up by the fire with a good book.
Nearby Attractions
Bagnell Dam -15 minutes
Factory Outlet Village -5 minutes
Big Surf Waterpark -25 minutes
Bridal Cave -30 minutes
Ha Ha Tonka State Park -25 minutes
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|Lodging tax: 10.975%
|Deposits: 50% of the total of rental rate, cleaning fee, 10.975% in taxes due upon reservation. Remaining Balance due one month prior to your arrival. Credit card required for damages/extra cleaning.
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- 4 King Beds
- 1 Double Bed
- 6 Twin Beds
- 2 Sofa Beds
- Air Conditioning
- Full Kitchen
- Hot Tub
- Pool Table
- Balcony
- Game Room
- Lakefront
- Porch
- Beach Chairs
- Garage
- Linens Provided
- Screened Porch
- Deck
- Heating
- Parking Included
- View (Lake)
- Dock/Boat Slip
- High Speed Internet
- Patio
- Waterfront
- Fireplace
- Alarm Clock
- DVD Player
- Radio
- Telephone
- Blender
- Dishwasher
- Refrigerator (Full)
- Toaster
- CD Player
- Gas Grill
- Stereo
- Ceiling Fan
- Microwave
- Stove
- Washer/Dryer
- Coffee Maker
- Oven
- TV (Cable/Satellite)
- Fishing
- Restaurant
(5 miles)
- Beach
(20 miles)
- Movie Theater
(20 miles)
- Lake
- Golf
(10 miles)
- Hiking
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- Parasailing
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- Water Skiing
- Grocery Store
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- Miniature Golf
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- Jet Skiing
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Reviews for this vacation home rental in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri
Great home!! Great location!!
David Mulvany
Lenexa, KS
Great home!! Great location!!
September 12, 2015
We stayed at this property on Labor Day weekend, and the house was great!! It was very accommodating for our group. It has two large living areas with two full kitchens! The oversized dock overlooks at large cove. All the bedrooms have either an attached bathroom or an adjacent one right next to it. With all the different decks and living space, you can have a large group and not feel on top of each other. The best part is the views!! All but one of the bedrooms have sliding doors to lookout onto the lake with deck access!! The living spaces have huge windows, and every morning the lake literal shines right into the house!! I really recommend this property, and my friends and family who attended this year are already talking about reserving the house next year!! Great home!!
Cheryl Dirks
Monticello, IA
May 27, 2015
Our family of 9 stayed at this beautiful home over Memorial Day Weekend. We had so much room to hang out if we wanted to all be together or have our own space. The bedrooms were very roomy and the bathrooms for each couple were great!! We really enjoyed the Hot Tub and sitting on the dock watching the boats and jet skis! This home was exquisitely decorated, fresh paint and new floorcovering throughout! Just GORGEOUS!!! This is a great home for a family get-away or couples!! We will definitely come back!!! Thank you so much for sharing your home with us!!!
Holly Nelson
Allen, TX
November 28, 2011
The house was great; our only problem was that the main oven would not stay on which was a little inconvenient at Thanksgiving, but we still managed to have a great feast!
Wonderful and Friendly Environment
michael brewer
Saint Louis, MO USA
Wonderful and Friendly Environment
June 3, 2011
Me and family spent 5 days at this house and was surrounded by wonderful neighbors and a great manger, who was very patient with us all snce this was our first family vacation. This hose was huge and spacious for u all. The view was great with all those windows surrounding the house, beside the incident we had this house was fit for a king or queen and there family, as well I hope you enjoy this house as much as grandkids did.
Perfect & More than expected!
Jean Dopler
Caddo Mills, TX USA
Perfect & More than expected!
November 30, 2010
I cannot begin to express how great this home was for my entire family. My in laws and my family were together the entire break of Thanksgiving. Children from 6 years to 16 and adults from 19 to 74. We served over 20 for Thanksgiving dinner and 15 spent the entire weekend. Plenty of room, dishes, silverware, pots, pans, trays, refrigerators, linens on & on.. I have never rented a place that was so well stocked and very clean! There was even a ping pong table which was a complete surprise! My family all went on & on about how great the home was and the view. My mother uses a wheelchair & walker and the 1st floor was all accessible. GREAT home & management staff. Would definitely rent this home again or any rental from these owners. Directions were perfect ~ the only thing that was wrong was the amount of the toll but I am guessing that changed recently! Thanks for sharing a beautiful home.
Great place for multiple families!
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Great place for multiple families!
January 5, 2009
We really enjoyed our short stay at Chinquapin. We had 3 families and 12 people all together with plenty of space to spare. The home was beautiful, and we enjoyed both living areas. Only small complaint is that we couldn't get the hot tub hot enough, but that doesn't diminish how much fun we had. The location was great. We were surprised how close the mall, restaurants, etc. really were to us.
Thanks so much for the lovely rental..we had a great time there. You made this whole process so easy and the house was perfect for our family get-together..your directions were great (aka, no one got lost!). I am sure we will be renting with y'all again. Jackie F. Birmingham, AL
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Debbie and Gary Zlotnick of Havertown announce the engagement of their daughter, Melissa, to Samuel Borofsky, son of Marcy Borofsky of West Bloomfield, Mich.; and Eric Borofsky of Bullhead City, Ariz.
Melissa earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Northwestern University and a law degree from Emory University School of Law. She is an assistant district attorney for the City of Philadelphia.
Sam earned a bachelor's degree in brain behavior and cognitive studies from the University of Michigan. He also holds a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Sam is a radiology resident at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C.
Melissa is the granddaughter of Lee and Shirlee Zlotnick of Rydal. Sam is the grandson of Bell Storchan of West Bloomfield.
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With training in chemistry and biochemistry at the American University of Beirut during my PhD work, training in molecular biology during post-graduate training at Johns Hopkins (worked with Nobel Laureate Hamilton Smith) and with subsequent training in genetics and molecular biology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), I have gained a strong foundation in basic research. This broad training has enabled me to use integrated approaches and tools to solve problems in biology and to build foundations for a "systems biology" approach for the study of neuropsychiatric diseases and a "systems pharmacology" approach for the study of drug effects. During my work at MIT and while working closely with Professor Paul Schimmel, who played a seminal role in the evolution of the biotechnology industry, I developed a strong appreciation for applications of basic research and realized the importance of translation research and paths to develop new therapies based on novel findings. I have cofounded three biotechnology companies toward achieving this goal, the most recent being Metabolon, a biotechnology company that has played a central role in developments and applications of metabolomics in the medical field. I joined the Duke Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in 2005 as an Adjunct Associate Professor while transitioning out of Metabolon, then in 2006 became a full-time Associate Professor focusing on a deeper understanding of the molecular basis of neuropsychiatric diseases, and devoted significant time to the development of the metabolomics field and its applications. While at Duke, I have played scientific leadership roles nationally and internationally, led large consortia that created new scientific disciplines, made major contributions toward defining novel mechanisms in neuropsychiatric diseases and raised close to 20 million dollars for research funding (mainly NIH with not-for-profit and for-profit funding) in areas of precision medicine.
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Have you got a farm shop near you? That would be the first place I'd ask. In the meantime, a grain-free diet is a good substitute. We use Taste of the Wild for our little spoodle.
Have you got a farm shop near you? That would be the first place I'd ask. In the meantime, a grain-free diet is a good substitute. We use Taste of the Wild for our little spoodle.
I like Orijen. Grain-free and great Primal ingredients!
I shop grocery store sales, wholesale restaurant food supply places that are open to the public, ethnic groceries (mostly for organs), butchers, and game processors. You do not need to buy a 'pre packaged' raw to feed a raw diet. That is the most expensive way to feed raw.
If you are leery on going out on your own and want to ease into raw with a commercially prepared product, if you are in the US check out Bravo or Omas Pride......they might have a distributor in your town which will reduce shipping (since they order it on pallets). Still going to be more expensive, but can help you get through the beginning stages. Also check out yahoogroups for a local raw feeding group that can recommend places to shop in your area for the best deals.
We were planning on ordering the meat/bones from the same place we order ours (they have pet mixes). However, once you factor in shipping its pricey!
I've got him on a grain free food & will look into ethnic stores too!
I try to do one meal a day raw. I combine chicken wings, cut up beef heart/liver and a raw patty from the pet store. She chomps through the wings like it was butter.
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I make up a batch of food for my Cavoodle that has kangeroo mince, chicken livers, beef heart and lamb kidneys which lasts through the week. Once a week he gets a section of marrowbone and he always gets the bone (except chicken) from any roasted meats I cook for the family.
I can't help you with sources as I'm in Australia, but I just buy mine from the offal section of the supermarket. The most expensive thing is the kangeroo at $5 a kilo, everything else is 2 or 3 bucks a kilo.
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Zosia Mamet says she's suffered from an eating disorder for most of her life – in secret.
The actress opened up about her battle in her column for the September issue of Glamour.
"This struggle has been mostly a private one, a war nobody knew was raging inside me," she writes. "I tried to fight it alone for a long time. And I nearly died."
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Millcreek police seek man in bank robbery
Millcreek Township police are searching for a man who robbed the Citizens Bank in the Giant Eagle grocery store at a West 12th Street plaza Monday.
The robbery was reported at about 1:40 p.m. Police said the man walked up and told a teller it was a bank robbery and asked for cash. No weapon was shown. He left the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash, police said.
The man was described as 6 feet 2 inches to 6 feet 4 inches tall. He had a trimmed goatee and wore a black shirt, bluejeans and sunglasses.
After the robbery, the grocery store remained open, but the bank closed for the day.
Police searched the area in and around the shopping plaza but had not found the suspect. The FBI also responded.
Monday's incident was the sixth bank robbery in the region this year.
The Community National Bank of Northwestern Pennsylvania, 13704 Ridge Road in West Springfield, was robbed Jan. 3 by a man who said he had a bomb and who fled the scene in a bank employee's vehicle.
The suspect remains at large.
Two suspects remain at large in the armed robbery of the Mercer County State Bank in Fredonia, Mercer County, on Jan. 19.
On Jan. 25, a woman walked into the Lakeshore Savings Bank in Jamestown, N.Y., and robbed it.
Sherry J. Cowart, 49, of Jamestown, was apprehended and charged in that robbery later the same day.
A man with a scarf over his face and a gun in his hand robbed the Northwest Savings Bank at 1328 E. Grandview Blvd. in Erie on Feb. 13.
He remains at large.
And Millcreek police continue their search for a man who used a washcloth to cover his face when he attempted to rob the First Niagara Bank, 1468 W. Gore Road, on May 23.
No money was taken from the bank, but the man grabbed a customer's bank deposit bag and fled with an undisclosed sum of cash, police said.
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A Franklin woman was in grave condition Wednesday night after being struck by a car in downtown Milwaukee on Tuesday.
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Both women were taken to the hospital, but the Muskego woman has since been released.
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Most families have a Thanksgiving ritual—a backyard touch-football game, a trip to Grandma's. At the Gill household, the tradition is musical, if (quite literally) tacky: Dad Vince, 37, straps on his guitar, daughter Jenny, 12, pulls out her flute or recorder, and mom Janis, 40...thaws a turkey.
"It's like a percussion instrument," Janis explains. "It's all greased up, and when you slap it, the most wonderful sound comes out of the cavity." The ritual began a few years ago when Janis started playfully patting a rhythm on the main course before slipping it into the oven, and Vince picked up a guitar and played along. Now the Gills phone relatives and serenade them with the jazzy "Turkey Slap" melody that Janis and Jenny composed. "Next year we may write some words to go with it," says Janis, who notes another benefit: "When it comes out of the oven—boy, that turkey's tender."
The Gills probably could make music with two croutons and a bowl of pea soup. Vince, of course, is the performer with the aw-shucks manner and the heart-tugging tenor who took home five CMA awards in 1993, including Entertainer of the Year and Album of the Year. This year he snagged five more nominations and a job as sole host of the awards telecast Oct. 5 on CBS. After years as a backup singer and musician for dozens of Nashville stars, Gill broke through in 1990 with the single "When I Call Your Name" I and has been hearing his name called ever since.
But Janis was actually the first in the family to lasso a hit. Between 1986 and 1989, she and her sister Kristine Arnold, as the duo Sweethearts of the Rodeo, had seven Top 10 country hits, including "Midnight Girl/Sunset Town."
Now, Jenny is hinting maybe she'd like to venture beyond the "Turkey Slap." She sang a duet with Dad on the title track of his '93 Christmas album, Let There Be Peace on Earth. "What was neat about it," says Vince, "was that I started to understand what my mom and dad feel when they see me do something good. It's an amazing feeling."
Jenny's parents won't discourage her from a career in music, though they know how grueling it can be. They met in 1977 when the Sweethearts were opening in Redondo Beach, Calif., for Pure Prairie League, the country-rock band Gill fronted after its heyday. He was an Oklahoma boy; she was from Southern California. Friends at first, they wed in 1980 and moved to Nashville with 1-year-old Jenny in 1983. When the Sweethearts hit in '86, Gill was still scuffling. "A lot of people would like to believe—maybe her included—that I was envious," he says. "But that wasn't it at all. Deep down, I was thrilled and proud because I kinda got people interested in her."
"He did," Janis agrees. "He took tapes around and really tried to help us get our foot in the door." The real problem, says Vince, was that, with Janis touring, "It was hard for me to be the only one taking care of Jenny most of the time." Still, he admits, "I think a lot of my frustrations came from my lack of success. So, I guess in Janis's mind, I wasn't much of a cheerleader."
For Janis, success brought inner conflict. "I've always been Vince's greatest fan," she explains, "and I knew how much he deserved a shot, too. That made me feel very guilty, and I also felt guilty about not being around for Jenny. But it's nobody's fault. I just happened to get my break first."
Vince eventually got his break just as the Sweethearts' popularity was subsiding. This year Janis will tour just 60 days. "I come home and try to be the perfect wife because it's something I really love," she says. "I love to cook and sew and take care of my family."
That's fortunate, because, as Vince puts it, "We're like yin and yang. For her, everything has to have a plan, an order. I'd rather just watch life unfold."
That Gill's life has unfolded handsomely comes as a bit of a surprise to his father, Stan Gill, 62, a United States administrative law judge in Columbus, Ohio. Having played guitar and banjo at barn dances as a young man in Oklahoma, where Vince was born, the elder Gill recognized his son's musical gift. "I didn't doubt his talent," he says, "but frankly I didn't expect him to gain the success he has." Dad notes that his guitar-playing son didn't show any interest in singing until "he got to be about 13 and figured out how much girls liked it."
They still do, but that doesn't alarm Janis. "I have never worried about that. Ever. I have always trusted Vince," she says. Besides, after spending years on the road herself, "I know how tough it is. I know he's not out there partying."
"I don't think my fan base looks at me as a heartthrob like some of these other guys," says Vince, who must not be paying attention. "I've got a little bit of Gomer in me." Janis scoffs. "Wherever I go, all I get is, 'I'm so in love with your husband. You are sohhhh lucky to be married to him. He is such a beautiful man.' What am I going to say? 'Shut up—I don't want you talking about my husband that way'? I just say, 'You're right. I am lucky.' "
Fans knocking on the family's front door in Franklin, near Nashville—and the occasional tour bus swinging by for pictures—have forced the Gills to begin planning a move to a more secluded 150-acre property. "It's regrettable, because we love our house and we love our neighbors," says Janis. Vince, a scratch golfer, especially loves spilling out his back door directly onto a 27-hole private course.
But the decision apparently involves more than privacy. "Janis likes nice things—pretty things, furniture—more than I do," says Vince. "Nothing wrong with that. All I need when I'm home is a couch and a TV. I'd be fine living here on the golf course forever. But if she wants a mansion on the hill, I'll give her a mansion on the hill."
Correction. There's one other thing Vince needs at home: his stereo system. "He'll go down in the basement," Jenny tattles, "and blast his CDs."
The reluctant heartthrob laughs. "I think I'm the only man in captivity," he says, "whose daughter screams at him, 'Turn that thing down!' "
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Author Affiliations: Section of Oculofacial and Orbital Surgery, Department of Ophthalmology (Drs Griepentrog and Harris) and Section of Musculoskeletal Pathology, Department of Pathology (Dr Zambrano), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a rare mesenchymal spindle cell neoplasm originally described in the pleura and subsequently identified in a number of extrathoracic sites. Orbital SFT was first described in 1994; since then, more than 100 cases have been reported or reclassified with that diagnosis.1,2 Only 4 patients were younger than 10 years when first diagnosed as having orbital SFT. While most reports describe a benign clinical course, rare cases of primary malignant orbital SFT have also been documented. This led the World Health Organization to classify SFT as a neoplasm of intermediate biological potential (locally aggressive, rarely metastasizing).3,4 Increased cellular atypia or mitotic activity in recurrent lesions following primary excision of orbital SFTs has also been described, suggesting that complete initial resection is a critical prognostic factor in preventing malignant degeneration.1,4- 7 We describe a patient with orbital SFT whose proptosis was first recognized at age 9 years and who underwent surgical excision at various institutions at ages 12, 22, and 52 years. To our knowledge, this represents the longest histopathologically documented follow-up of a patient with orbital SFT.
In 1967, a 9-year-old girl with painless left proptosis underwent an exploratory craniotomy in which no tumor was found. With a presumptive diagnosis of orbital hemangioma, she was treated with external beam radiation. In 1970, she underwent an orbitotomy with removal of a 4.0 × 2.5-cm lobulated, reddish-blue mass, described as a hemangioma. Recurrent proptosis was noted in 1980, and a lateral orbitotomy with bone flap was performed with removal of a 5-cm lesion. At that time, review at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology of the 1970 and 1980 specimens yielded a diagnosis of fibrous histiocytoma.
In 2010, the patient was referred to our institution with a history of gradually recurrent proptosis and recent-onset diplopia. Orbital imaging demonstrated a large, homogeneously enhancing mass that filled the inferotemporal extraconal and intraconal left orbit (Figure 1). A lower fornix-approach orbitotomy was performed with removal of all gross tumor (Figure 2). Histologic sections showed a proliferation of spindle cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm, poorly defined cytoplasmic borders, and elongated nuclei with small eosinophilic nucleoli, arranged in short intersecting fascicles in a "patternless pattern" (Figure 3A). Occasional hemangiopericytic thin-walled vessels were present (Figure 3B). Rare mitotic figures were seen, with no atypical forms, areas of necrosis, or cytologic atypia identified. Immunohistochemical staining revealed that neoplastic cells were strongly and diffusely positive for CD34 (Figure 3C), CD99, and Bcl-2 and negative for smooth muscle actin, muscle-specific actin, desmin, S-100 protein, and AE1/AE3 cytokeratins, supporting the diagnosis of SFT. The patient did well following gross tumor excision and remained symptom free at 1 year.
Figure 1. Axial (A) and coronal (B) computed tomographic images demonstrating a left 2.7 × 1.7 × 1.6-cm mass isodense to muscle (A) and with homogeneous intense contrast enhancement (B).
Figure 2. Gross tumor following excision.
Figure 3. Short intersecting fascicles of cytologically bland spindle cells arranged in a "patternless pattern" (hematoxylin-eosin) (A), dilated hemangiopericytic thin-walled vessels (hematoxylin-eosin) (B), and positive CD34 immunostaining (C) (original magnification ×200).
We are aware of 4 cases of recurrent SFT that showed increased cellularity, atypia, or mitotic rate compared with the primary lesions, suggesting malignant transformation with time.4- 7 Such cases have led to the conclusion that the most important prognostic factor is not the initial histologic appearance but rather complete primary resection.1 In those reports, the interval between initial tumor excision and final recurrent tumor excision ranged from 6 months to 7 years. Our case provides further insight into the heterogeneous histologic and clinical behavior of these tumors. After an interval that included initial recognition of proptosis at age 9 years and multiple surgical resections as late as age 52 years, there were no histopathologic features to suggest malignant transformation. A limitation of this study is that the 1970 and 1980 outside histopathologic material is no longer available to document a uniform diagnosis throughout the 45-year course. However, a 1980 Armed Forces Institute of Pathology review of that material did yield a diagnosis of orbital fibrous histiocytoma, an entity that has been more recently reclassified as orbital SFT in many cases.2 Our case suggests that incompletely excised, long-standing SFTs do not necessarily increase in biological aggressiveness.
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Joel Langlois, a director of Club Concepts Inc., doing business as the The Intersection at 133 Grandville Ave. SW, said Friday the employee was fired last month after Langlois discovered money was being diverted.
He said he's met with local authorities who are investigating the missing funds.
There have been no arrests, and authorities could not be reached to confirm the ongoing investigation.
Club Concepts filed for reorganization in U.S. Bankruptcy Court this week, listing $1.9 million in debts owed to dozens of creditors, including the IRS, Michigan Employment Security Commission, concert promoter Live Nation and Consumers Energy.
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Langlois said the bankruptcy filing gives The Intersection a chance "to try to come up with a plan for the long-term success of the operation, without the daily threat of shutdown by creditors."
"We've got a lot of good people working there," he said. "I'm going to fight this thing to the very end and try to make this work.
"The sad part was the money was going to the wrong place and had that money stayed in and paid the bills properly, we wouldn't be having this conversation today."
Club Concepts, a spin-off from Delta Properties which owns Walker's DeltaPlex Arena and Conference Center, purchased The Intersection in 2000, when it was located in the Eastown business district.
In 2003, the club moved to its current, more spacious site a few blocks from the Van Andel Arena.
Langlois claimed the employee in question "directed that tax payments not be forwarded to the appropriate taxing authorities," leading to substantial IRS and state of Michigan liens levied against the club. He maintained Club Concepts only learned of the financial difficulties after the liens were filed last year.
The bankruptcy filing lists funds owed to the IRS and city of Grand Rapids for withholding taxes, as well as more than $170,000 owed the state for Michigan unemployment taxes.
Langlois called the situation "frustrating and disturbing," but said The Intersection would continue to bring in "top-rated entertainment."
Scott Hammontree, the club's general manager, said Friday the Langlois family is "committed to keeping The Intersection open for another 20 years" despite the bankruptcy filing.
"We're definitely moving forward and booking shows," he said.
Upcoming concerts featuring national acts at The Intersection include progressive/punk rock band The Fall of Troy on Sunday, hip-hop's Talib Kweli on April 24, country/Southern rocker Shooter Jennings on April 30 and Celtic rock's Enter the Haggis on May 5.
Divided into a main showroom for larger concerts and an intimate front lounge that holds about 235, the nightclub also has become a popular performance venue for local rock, country and hip-hop acts.
--Press reporters Nate Reens and Brian McVicar contributed to this report.
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