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Donovanosis (granuloma inguinale)Granuloma inguinale
Donovanosis (granuloma inguinale) is a sexually transmitted disease that is rarely seen in the United States.
Donovanosis (granuloma inguinale) is caused by the bacteria Klebsiellagranulomatis. The disease is commonly found in tropical and subtropical areas such as Southeast India, Guyana, and New Guinea. However, it can sometimes occur in the United States, typically in the Southeast. There are about 100 cases reported per year in the United States.
The disease spreads mostly through vaginal or anal intercourse. Very rarely, it spreads during oral sex.
Men are affected more than twice as often as women. Most infections occur in people ages 20-40. The disease is rarely seen in children or the elderly.
Symptoms can occur 1 to 12 weeks after coming in contact with the bacteria that cause the disease.
- About half of infected men and women have sores in the anal area.
- Small, beefy-red bumps appear on the genitals or around the anus.
- The skin gradually wears away, and the bumps turn into raised, beefy-red, velvety nodules called granulation tissue. They are usually painless, but they bleed easily if injured.
- The disease slowly spreads and destroys genital tissue.
- Tissue damage may spread to the area where the legs meet the torso. This area is called the inguinal folds.
- The genitals and the skin around them lose skin color.
In its early stages, it may be hard to tell the difference between donovanosis and chancroid.
In the later stages, donovanosis may look like advanced genital cancers, lymphogranuloma venereum, and anogenital cutaneous amebiasis.
Exams and Tests
It may be donovanosis if genital sores have been present for a long time and have been spreading.
Tests that may be done include:
- Culture of tissue sample (hard to do and not routinely available)
- Scrapings or punch biopsy of lesion
Laboratory tests, such as those used to detect syphilis, are available only on a research basis for diagnosing donovanosis.
Antibiotics are used to treat donovanosis. To cure the condition requires long-term treatment. Most treatment courses run 3 weeks or until the sores have completely healed.
A follow-up examination is important because the disease can reappear after it seems to be cured.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Treating this disease early decreases the chances of tissue damage or scarring. Untreated disease leads to damage of the genital tissue.
Possible Complications
- Genital damage and scarring
- Loss of skin color in genital area
- Permanent genital swelling due to scarring
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call for an appointment with your health care provider if:
- You have had sexual contact with a person who is known to have donovanosis
- You develop symptoms of donovanosis
Avoiding all sexual activity is the only absolute way to prevent a sexually transmitted disease such as donovanosis. However, safer sex behaviors may reduce your risk.
The proper use of condoms, either the male or female type, greatly decreases the risk of catching a sexually transmitted disease. You need to wear the condom from the beginning to the end of each sexual activity.
Ballard RC. Klebsiella granulomatis (Donovanosis, Granuloma Inguinale). In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2009:chap 236.
Eckert LO, Lentz GM. Infections of the lower genital tract: vulva, vagina, cervix, toxic shock syndrome, HIV infections. In: Katz VL, Lentz GM, Lobo RA, Gershenson DM, eds. Comprehensive Gynecology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2007:chap 22.
Workowski KA, Berman SM. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2010. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2010 Dec 17:59:1-110.
Review Date: 8/24/2011
Reviewed By: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.


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Scrutiny. Expectations. Consequences. All words Pleasant Grove volleyball players live by when they set foot on the court, whether it's in practice or a match.
Second-year coach Allyce Jones revamped her team's practice routines in an effort to avoid hitting the dreaded plateau the same one that claimed the Vikings' 2011 season.
Players are being watched closely in workouts this year. Mistakes are recorded. Penalties handed out.
"We work 10 times harder," senior outside hitter Melissa Fuchs said. "I can see much more improvement compared to what we did last year. I feel like we are getting better at every practice. And we're not done getting better."
Jones, a former Vikings player, said the changes inspired by successful coaches such as John Wooden were aimed at building the mental toughness she felt was lacking a season ago.
The Vikings have thrived in the environment so far.
"We've made it to where we have to get better at things, or there are consequences," Jones said.
The Vikings sat in second place in the talented Region 4 standings entering the week. Their only defeat came against rival Lone Peak.
Fuchs said the 26-24, 25-16, 27-25 loss last month served as a wake-up call for Pleasant Grove, which is seeking its first region title since it won state in 2009.
"I think losing to them was not a bad thing," said Fuchs, the team captain, who will play at Central Michigan next season. "We're looking at it as they already reached their goal, but we're continuing to get better."
The Vikings have received major contributions from Katherine Biggs, who Jones says is "a very quick defender," libero Delayne Daniel and middle blocker Gabrielle Jenkinson.
A rematch with Lone Peak looms Oct. 18, this time in the Vikings' gym. Jones said she expects her team to be ready to go.
"We definitely have that rivalry with Lone Peak," Jones said. "It's been there for years, even back when I played. We have the physical part, we just need the mental toughness to finish against that team."
First at last
After three consecutive runner-up finishes in Region 8, Maple Mountain's girls soccer team claimed the region title last week.
Behind sophomore goalkeeper Brooke McCluskey, the Golden Eagles (14-2) finished region play 13-1 and allowed an average of one goal per game. They will be one of the top seeds when the Class 4A playoff brackets are released this week.


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Engel & Völkers announced the opening of its first Scottsdale shop and entrance into the Arizona real estate market, breaking new ground as the luxury brand continues to expand throughout the U.S. and around the world.
Sandra Wilken, of Sandra Wilken Luxury Properties, has become the first Engel & Völkers license partner in Arizona, converting her 18-year, Scottsdale-based company to Engel & Völkers Scottsdale, Sandra Wilken Partners. The company, with a team of 17 agents that closed $58 million in transactions in 2012, now becomes one of 491 shops worldwide in more than 36 countries.
"Engel & Völkers brings the highest standards of real estate service to the most sought-after markets throughout the world," said Anthony Hitt, Chief Operating Officer of Engel & Völkers North America. "We are excited to introduce our distinctive brand in Scottsdale and to debut with the leadership of Sandra Wilken, the most successful and highly respected name in the area's luxury market."
As an already well known and respected name in luxury real estate, Sandra Wilken has been among the top producing Scottsdale brokers for the past 38 years. Wilken specializes in luxury real estate purchases and sales of properties ranging from luxury condominiums to multimillion-dollar estates in the Valley's most prominent, high-end communities such as Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, the Arcadia and Biltmore areas of Phoenix, Fountain Hills and Gainey Ranch.
"It is an extreme honor to be selected by such a prestigious, international real estate company," said Sandra Wilken. "With the success that my company has experienced over the past 18 years, it seems to be a natural step in catapulting us to an international level. This affiliation not only raises the awareness of our clients' listings to the broader Engel & Völkers global network, but it allows the firm to expand our client base, the number of agents we employ and our total number of listings and transactions. The timing couldn't be better with Arizona's housing market seeing significant gains month over month. I see it as an opportunity to bring the world to Scottsdale and Scottsdale to the world."
"Engel & Völkers' global expansion strategy has always been based on being where our clients want to be, whether it is to reside, to vacation or to have a second or third home," said Hitt. "We've selected to open in Scottsdale's because of its popularity among international home buyers, the leadership and established reputation of Sandra Wilken in the market and the area's exceptional luxury properties. It's the perfect home for our brand which is known internationally for of high end, white glove service. Sandra and her team became leaders in the market because of their higher standards of service, which they've succeeded in providing for the past 18 years. They have attracted the best agents in the area, and will continue to do so. They were the obvious choice to represent the Engel & Völkers brand."
For more information about Engel & Völkers Scottsdale, Sandra Wilken Partners visit www.scottsdale.evusa.com or call 480-596-0001.


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Brian Matusz and Rick Kranitz share their thoughts on Matusz's outing against the Twins
Mark Viviano talks with Matt Wieters about his return from the DL
Debbi Taylor asks J.D. Martin about his back injury following the Nats' 4-3 loss
Bob Carpenter and Rob Dibble recap the Nats' 4-3 loss to the Brewers
Johnny and Ray ask Jim Riggleman about the Nats' 4-3 loss to Milwaukee
Brian Matusz discusses his outing following the Birds' 7-2 loss to the Twins
Mark Viviano asks Luke Scott about his hot streak after the O's 7-2 loss to Minnesota
Mike Flanagan and the O's Xtra crew recap the O's 7-2 loss to the Twins
Juan Samuel meets with the media following the Birds' 7-2 loss to Minnesota
Mark Viviano asks Craig Tatum about stepping in as the starting catcher
Rick Dempsey and Nick Markakis talk about different batting stances
Dave Johnson breaks down Brian Matusz and Scott Baker with Jim Hunter and Rick Dempsey
Brian Roberts talks about being back in the lineup following the O's 3-2 win Friday
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'Morrow, who stands 6 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 210 pounds, will play hockey at Boston University in the fall. "The first 10 guys drafted have legit chances of playing right away," Morrow said. "The rest are prospects drafted on where they are going to be."'
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Despite an overall uptick in job growth in February, the story was much less positive for the construction, architecture, and manufacturing industries, according to the monthly employment report released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
First, the good news. The American economy overall added 175,000 jobs in February, according to the report, which is 46,000 more jobs added last month than in January (revised up from 113,000 jobs added to 129,000 jobs added). Today's number is roughly 25,000 more than economists predicted the report would show. It's also 36,000 more than payroll company ADP and Moody's Analytics reported on Wednesday.
The picture looks a little bleaker in the drill down, however. Construction added 15,000 jobs in February, down significantly from 50,000 jobs added in January (revised up from the initially reported 48,000). But at least the industry stayed in the black. Manufacturing flatlined at 6,000 jobs added in both January and February (January's numbers were revised down from 21,000). Architectural and engineering services added 3,200, which is 1,500 less than January's revised number.
Heavy and civil engineering accounted for most of the growth in the construction industry, adding 12,300 jobs in February. Nonresidential building construction and residential specialty trade contractors both reported job losses in February.
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users who want to configure their user agent/browser to automatically download pages in a given language when available (assuming that there are alternate pages on the server, and that the server is set up to negotiate between them).
How do I use the language settings of my browser to specify the language in which a server should send me pages?
When your browser pulls a document from the Web, it sends a request to the server where the information is stored. This is known as an HTTP request. With the request, the browser sends information about its language preference settings. These are preferences about the preferred language of pages, not the user interface of the browser.
The part of the HTTP request that holds this language preference information is called the Accept-Language request-header. If the server can return alternate versions of a page or resource in more than one language, the Accept-Language information can be used to retrieve the page in your preferred language, if it is available, through a process known as HTTP content negotiation. If there is only one version of a page on the server, that version will be retrieved. If the language you request is not available, the server should be set up to return a default language choice.
Mainstream browsers allow you to modify the language preferences expressed by your browser in the HTTP request. The value itself should conform to
BCP 47 (Tags for the Identification of Languages). It is typically a two- or three-letter
language code (eg.
fr for French), followed by optional subcodes representing such things as country (eg.
fr-CA represents
French as used in Canada).
In many cases, the initial browser setting will meet your needs. For example, if you have a Japanese version of a browser, the browser typically assumes that you prefer pages in Japanese, and sends this information to the server. This article tells you how to discover and change the language preferences expressed by your user agent.
Note: Sometimes a server may determine which language to send to you in a way that doesn't rely on the Accept-Language information. For example, Google tends to use IP information to determine the language you will receive. The browser settings discussed here do not affect content negotiation based on this kind of mechanism.
To configure your browser to automatically download pages in a given language when available (assuming that there are alternate pages on the server, and that the server is set up to negotiate between them), you need to control the information that is sent in the Accept-Language HTTP header when you request the page.
Most browsers have preferences or options that allow you to check or change the language preference settings. On a Mac OS X system, however, you may need to change the OS X system settings.
Most browsers will allow you to specify a list of languages, so that if your first choices are not available you can say what alternative languages to try, and in what order. Typically, when you have multiple languages, the browser will assign qvalues to the languages lower down the list. This is a kind of weighting system that is supposed to help the server understand the order in which you prefer the languages. Here is an example of an Accept-Language header with mutliple languages. Danish is preferred. If that fails, British English is requested, and finally any type of English.
Accept-Language: da, en-gb;q=0.8, en;q=0.7
If your current browser setting uses a language tag with a region subtag you should ensure that there is another language tag listed after it with just the language subtag (as shown for English in the example). See the notes below for more information.
Some browsers allow you to specify custom language tags, rather than just selecting from a pre-defined list. This can be useful when the browser doesn't provide what you need in its pre-defined lists.
The rest of this article provides more detailed information about these points.
You can use the Internationalization Checker to find out what Accept-Language information is actually being sent by your browser. Run the checker on any page, then in the Information panel, look under Request Headers > Accept-Language. (See an example using this page.)
Here is how you would change the language settings for recent versions of a number of popular browsers on Windows or Mac OS X platforms. Unless otherwise specified, we use the latest versions of those browsers at the time this article was written.
Internet Explorer. When you install a copy of Internet Explorer version 7+, your preferences are automatically set according to the Windows user locale, although you are given the opportunity to modify this when you first install.
By default, the values sent in the Accept-Language request-header from IE7 onwards are typically of the form language-region. Typically no language-only form is included. For example, if you are French your Accept-Language header will present fr-FR to the server. This has implications for some servers, particularly if you add other language tags. See the section below entitled Levels of detail in language tags for more information.
To change your language preferences go to Tools > Internet Options > General (tab) > Languages > Language preference. In IE you can also specify your own customized language tags: click on the 'Add' button in the language preferences dialog, and type your language tag into the 'User defined' field.
Firefox. To change your language preferences go to Tools > Options (Windows) or Firefox > Preferences (Mac OS X), and select Content (tab) > Languages > Choose (button).
You can add languages to this from a (long) pre-defined set, and Firefox will send all the languages you choose with the Accept-Language header in the order in which you arrange them.
You can't create custom language tags using the standard interface. (You can, however, via about:config, using intl.accept_languages if you are geeky enough.)
Safari. On Mac OS X the language sent is that specified in the OS X system language preferences. To change those preferences go to System Preferences > Language & text > Language. You can have a long list of languages in this dialog box, but Safari will only send the top item with the Accept-Language header. You can't create custom language tags.
On Windows, you can't change the language sent by Safari. The language sent with the Accept-Language header is derived from your system settings.
Google Chrome. To change your language preferences go to Options (Windows) or Chrome > Preferences (Mac OS X), and select Under the Bonnet > Web Content > Languages & Spellchecker settings.
You can add languages to this from a pre-defined set, and Chrome will send all the languages you choose with the Accept-Language header in the order in which you arrange them. You can't create custom language tags.
Opera. On Windows you can change your language preferences at Menu > Settings > Preferences > General > Language > Details (button).
You can add languages from a pre-defined set, or create a custom (User-defined) language tag. Opera will send all the languages you choose with the Accept-Language header, in the order in which you list them in the dialog box.
On Mac OS X, Opera takes the list of languages to send with the Accept-Language header from the OS X system language preferences. To change those preferences go to System Preferences > Language & text > Language. You can have a long list of languages in this dialog box, and, unlike Safari, Chrome send all of them with the Accept-Language header.
You can't create custom language tags using the standard interface. (Again, you can if you are sufficiently technically aware to use opera:config and the Network > HTTP Accept Language setting.)
Command sequences for additional browsers can be found at http://www.debian.org/intro/cn#mozilla
You can typically specify several alternatives that will be treated in order of preference. The following example shows a setting in Firefox for someone who would prefer Swiss French pages, but if that is not available would settle for any French, German or English page, in that order.
Often browsers will allow you to select the languages you want from a list. You may also be able to specify custom language preferences. If you do so, you need to use values that will be recognized by the server (see below).
Your preferences should always be ordered from most to least specific, top to bottom. This generally means, if you use multiple subtags then include shorter tags lower down the list.
To ensure success you should configure your browser to request both
fr-CH and
fr, in that order. (See the
following section.) This will cause the server to look for a Swiss French version first, but failing that, look for a French version.
The basic rule here is that if your language preference list contains a language tag containing a hyphen, such as
fr-CH (French as spoken in Switzerland), you should consider adding an additional language tag without the hyphen, ie.
fr (French) in this case, immediately after.
This is because if a server follows the HTTP 1.1 specification literally, it is unable to match
fr-CH against a document labelled on the server as
In practice, a server such as Apache will actually still produce a result in this case. This is because the server adds an implicit
fr preference to the list.
This preference is, however, added with a very low priority. While Apache's workaround may solve the problem if your language preference list contains only a single language, you can run into problems if you have specified more than one. The Apache documentation explains this as follows:
Implicitly, Apache will add the parent language to the client's acceptable language list with a very low quality value. But note that if the client requests "en-GB; q=0.9, fr; q=0.8", and the server has documents designated "en" and "fr", then the "fr" document will be returned. This is necessary to maintain compliance with the HTTP/1.1 specification and to work effectively with properly configured clients.
Let's look at an example. The language preference list in the image in the previous section will always return a French document on an Apache server labeled as
fr, because the
French [fr] choice is explicitly listed, immediately after
French/Switzerland [fr-ch]. If we remove
French [fr] from the list, however, even though the Apache server adds an implicit
French [fr] value, it has a lower quality value than the
German [ge], and therefore a German version of the document will be returned if no Swiss-French version is available (even though a version labeled as French is available).
In a browser like Internet Explorer you may have to specify the simple language tag as a user-defined setting. Other browsers will have selections for these in their pre-defined lists.
You will normally be able to select the language tag you want from a list provided by your browser. This section tells you how to create your own language tags if what you need is not available from the pre-defined list.
Your language tag must start with a two- or three-letter code, called a subtag, from the list of languages specified in the IANA Language Subtag Registry. You may then add a second subtag to indicate a country or region, if you need to. These subtags can also be found in the registry. The first and second subtags must be separated by a hyphen.
Language. The IANA Language Subtag Registry is a long text file. To find a language subtag, search for the name of that language, in English. If we search for 'French', we find a record that looks like this:
Type: language Subtag: fr Description: French Added: 2005-10-16 Suppress-Script: Latn
Note that the type of this record is 'language'. You use the code nearby that is labelled 'Subtag', ie. 'fr'.
Region. If you want to specify that you would prefer a specific type of French, if it is available, you could add a region subtag, such as CA for fr-CA (French as spoken in Canada). To find a region tag search for the name of the country or region. If you search for 'Canada' you will find a record like this:
Type: region Subtag: CA Description: Canada Added: 2005-10-16
Note that this is a subtag of type 'region', which is what you want. Use the 'CA' subtag (to end up with fr-CA).
Subtags to avoid. You should avoid subtags that are described in the registry as redundant or deprecated. There are other types of subtag available in the registry, but, generally speaking, it is very unlikely that you would need to use them currently for this purpose (because people are unlikely to use the other subtags to label documents on the server).
Chinese. The registry also contains subtags for scripts, but these are not normally needed, and so should normally be avoided. One example of an exception is the script tag for Chinese.
Chinese people, though they may speak mutually unintelligible dialects or languages, typically write what they want to say in the same way, distinguishing only between Simplified and Traditional forms of Chinese characters. If you are looking for Chinese information, therefore, you may want to simply specify whether the text is in simplified or traditional script, rather than in a specific language.
Due to the absence in the past of a way to refer to script in language subtags, servers tended to return text in traditional script if your language setting said zh-TW (Chinese as spoken in Taiwan), and in simplified script if your settings said zh-CN (Chinese as spoken in Mainland China). If your settings said zh-SG (Chinese as spoken in Singapore) or zh-HK (Chinese as spoken in Hong Kong), it is less clear that you will get back what you expect (normally simplified and traditional Chinese, respectively).
The IANA registry now also contains subtags for scripts. The Hans and Hant script tags in the registry allow you to specify preferences for zh-Hans (simplified Chinese) or zh-Hant (traditional Chinese).
It may be worth doing this, as people begin to label their resources using these tags on the server. However, you should also include other alternatives, to catch older servers that still use the old approach. For example, if you are living in Taiwan you may want to set up a list of preferences as follows:
zh-Hant zh-TW zh
Note that you should generally avoid using script tags for other languages in browser settings, especially where the Language Subtag Registry lists a Suppress-Script field for that language. If you do use a language tag with a script subtag, say for Serbian, you should use it as an alternative language tag, ie. alongside the simple language tag.
A nice example of the use of language negotiation is the Press Release of the
W3C Spanish Office's Standards Tour in 2004, available in Spanish, Basque, Catalan, and Galician, as well as Japanese and French. To try this out,
set your preferences to each of the available Iberian peninsular languages in turn, and click on
this link after each change. The codes you need are
es (Spanish),
eu (Basque),
ca (Catalan) and
gl (Gallician).
You can also try language negotiation out with this example of a language-negotiated page: The CSS2 Press Release (available in Dutch, English, German, and Japanese).


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FTS Proclaims FY98 A Banner Year
November 2, 1998
Contact: Bill Bearden (202) 501-1231
FTS CFO Bob Suda (703) 760-7524
WASHINGTON, DC -- Commissioner Dennis Fischer of the U.S. General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service (FTS) today proudly announced that FY1998 was a banner year and that preliminary financial reports show revenues are up 36.5 percent over FY1997 -- to $3.4 billion.
"The FTS Information Technology Solutions business line shows overall growth of 51.5 percent over FY1997, with more than $2.3 billion in revenues this year," Fischer said. "The Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM), and the Federal Acquisitions Services for Technology (FAST) programs were the major contributors to 1998's increase in Information Technology Solutions revenues. Individual programs within the FTS Network Services business line, in particular, the newly issued niche contracts, show significant increases over FY1997 revenues. Network Services grew 10.9 percent to over $1 billion in FY1998."
Bob Suda, the FTS Chief Financial Officer, said that final numbers for FY1998 should be available around the middle of November after the annual review by PricewaterhouseCoopers has been completed. "When the final figures are in, I'm confident that all FTS programs should break even, which is our goal, or show a profit. Some programs may have gotten off to a slow start, but we will look at those, and then begin to work on ways to improve those programs," Suda said.
FEDSIM, which has nearly doubled its revenues every year for the past four years, had over $800 million in revenues for FY1998. FEDSIM uses many innovative approaches to procure information technology services and equipment for agency customers through the use of a multiple award contract known as "9600," directed 8's, and GSA Schedules.
"FEDSIM has fully embraced the acquisition streamlining process," Suda said, "including the use of oral presentations and state-of-the-art automated systems. This has dramatically shortened procurement time for both services and equipment and has enabled FEDSIM to provide the best value to satisfy its clients' requirements, especially large systems integration projects with a value of more than $5 million per year." Suda said that the result is, agencies throughout the Government are now part of FEDSIM's clientele.
The FAST program is a small business oriented acquisition service popular with advocates of the small business community and client agencies seeking to work with small, small disadvantaged, minority and women-owned businesses. FAST conducts procurements of IT commodities and non-complex services for its clients throughout the Federal government. Many downsized Federal agencies are acquiring information solutions to compensate for their people and talent losses. FAST offers access to multiple contracting sources and is a valuable source of acquisition and technical expertise. FAST revenues have grown in every GSA region, and total FAST revenues have increased 74.6 percent over FY1997 levels to almost $1 billion.
"FTS"s remarkable level of growth is a testament to the value-added professional service that FTS offers to the federal community," said Fischer. "Because we offer quality and competitive prices, the federal community and the American citizen benefit. Our growth is directly attributable to the approximately 1,300 dedicated FTS employees who serve their customers."
In recognition of their accomplishments in making FY98 a banner year, Fischer announced that each FTS employee would receive an award of either a day's pay or a day off with pay.
Based on the preliminary numbers, specific FY98 FTS programs and growth rates are listed below:
Business Line/Program % Growth
IT Solutions:
Information Security 11.1%
Network Services:
Local Service 13.6%
Niche Contracts 1,286%
Total FTS 36.5%


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Ogden • Opening statements began about 2:30 p.m. Monday in a jury trial for one of three men charged in a boating accident at Pineview Reservoir that killed a University of Utah scientist.
Colton Raines, 23, Robert Cole Boyer, 30, and Skyler Shepherd, 22, are charged with misdemeanor counts in connection to the death of Esther Fujimoto, who was struck by a boat on Aug. 21, 2011, while she was swimming in the reservoir, located seven miles east of Ogden.
However, the three-day trial set to play out this week is only for Shepherd, the owner of the boat which allegedly struck 49-year-old Fujimoto, and the only one of the three men who spoke to police about the accident.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed in 2nd District Court, the three men were boating near the Spring Creek Cove area of Pineview Reservoir at about 8 p.m. when their boat hit Fujimoto, who was swimming about 300 feet from shore. Shepherd allegedly told police that Raines was driving the boat at the time of the accident, but when they circled back to check on the woman, Shepherd took the wheel. Shepherd told police that Fujimoto told them she was OK, so the boaters left.
But Fujimoto was far from being OK.
Chief Medical Examiner Todd Grey testified during a July preliminary hearing that Fujimoto had suffered severe injuries to her lower abdomen, and that her legs were "chopped to pieces," her femoral artery had been cut and she was bleeding to death.
Fujimoto a U. lab specialist who was part of a research team that found a gene connected to breast cancer died soon after a lakeshore resident rowed out to rescue her after hearing screams.
According to court documents, the boaters were questioned by wildlife officials that day, but did not disclose that were involved in an accident. The men also allegedly wiped down the boat before it could be examined by police.
All three men are charged with a class A misdemeanor count of obstructing justice. In addition, Raines and Shepherd are charged with reckless endangerment, a class A misdemeanor, and failure to render aid, a class B misdemeanor.
In August, Judge Ernie Jones ruled that Shepherd could be tried separately from Boyer and Raines. Defense attorney Rebecca Hyde Skordas, who represents Boyer, said in August that they sought the severance of the trials because Shepherd could not be cross-examined about his statement to police if all three defendants were tried together.
Shepherd's defense attorney, Glen Neeley, supported the severing of the trials.
In an August court filing, Neeley outlined several hypothetical situations in which separate trials would benefit all the defendants, including the probability that one defendant would blame the conduct on another defendant. In addition, there is likely to be testimony that Boyer and Raines allegedly used illegal drugs prior to the accident, activity that Neeley said Shepherd did not engage in.
The trial for Boyer and Raines is scheduled to be held in February.
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Prabal Gurung Spring 2013
Like the rest of America, Prabal Gurung is completely engrossed in the presidential election. Even before First Lady Michelle Obama gave her spectacular Democratic National Convention speech, which bowled him over, he had been thinking about "proposing the idea of freedom to women." It sounds like we're stuck pre-suffrage, but that's not how the charming Nepal native meant it. He was contemplating the idea in fashion terms. Because although he's someone who always has loved, and continues to love, a tight silhouette, he's come to realize that a looser fit would liberate women's movements as they go about their day.
As such, his look for spring is breezy (even if his West Side venue was not—here's hoping the showing-in-an-un-air-conditioned-warehouse-with-a-smoke-machine trend of spring 2013 is short-lived). Loose pants that hit at the ankle were worn with sheer tops that had trains of fabric trailing behind. Ruffled chiffon capes draped over fitted cocktail frocks and short sleeve tees. Drop-waist tank dresses hung loose with scores of feathers floating along the hem (birds, of course, being another symbol of freedom). These were absolutely clothes you could live in. Gurung had also been influenced by London-based Indian artist Anish Kapoor. "As much as I love his work, what I was really intrigued by was how parallel his life and mine were," says Gurung, explaining that both had left their South Asian homelands. Hence, he included looks that referenced Kapoor's own style, like a cornflower blue dancing dress over slim, dark pants.
The prettiest pieces came toward the end: poufy, sleeveless cocktail dresses in a red-and-white swirl print or metallic blue floral. They felt the most like Gurung in that they offered a ladylike beauty and also interest. There were, however, some looks that seemed a bit too referential, too closely Riccardo Tisci. And it's a tricky thing. Because of course it's crucial for the next generation who are still building their businesses—and having to do so at breakneck speed—to absorb influences from the outside as they explore their identities. But they also have to caution themselves against buying too deeply into someone else's aesthetic. Gurung has charm, passion, and talent to spare. Unleashing it to expand on a point of view that feels characteristically him, now that's the real freedom.


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by John Piper in "10 Resolutions for Mental Health" at desiringGOD That night Dr. Kilby had a pastoral heart and a poet's eye. He pled with us to stop seeking mental health in the mirror of self-analysis, but instead to drink in the remedies of God in nature. He was not … [Read more...]
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Saturday Links – March 16, 2013
We've decided to go back to the Saturday Links feature because there is so much happening out there in the world of religion, recovery and quiverfull.Starting with a sort of lighthearted one today. So how much money does it take to feed the Duggar clan hamburgers and fries at a … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Trusting Your Father's Decisions?
by Anna Sophia and Elizabeth Botkin of Visionary Daughters "How to be a Better Daughter to Your Father" - June 17, 2008 Don't panic if your father makes a decision you don't agree with. Have faith in God's ability to lead through your father, … [Read more...]
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by Pope Francis when he was still merely Cardinal Jorge Mario BergoglioThis quote below is an urban legend with nothing to back it up. Sorry about that!"Women are naturally unfit for political office. Both the natural order and facts show us that the political being par excellence is male; the Scripture showsus that women have always been the helper of man who thinks and does, but nothing more"Because of the false nature of the quote I went looking for questionable quotes by the new Pontiff and found nothing more than his views on gay marriage and gay adoption. I did find many good quotes, here are a few... On the role of the Church:"We need to avoid the spiritual sickness o … [Read more...]
Jack Schaap: Jesus Approves of Adultery?
We're coming up on the sentencing of First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana's ex-head pastor Jack Schaap. I believe it's a week from tomorrow.This morning coming out of station RTV6 comes word that the Feds have released some new information on the … [Read more...]
How Male Dominated Religion Bleeds Women
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Quoting Quiverfull: Making Soldiers in Christ?
From Ladies Against Feminism Kelly Crawford on "Older Woman Teaching the Younger Women: Titus 2 or 'Christian Feminist'?" -March 10, 2013 We need women teaching women what the Bible says about children. That God "desires godly offspring", that raising children is the first line … [Read more...]
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Quoting Quiverfull: A Convenient Time?
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Another Duggar Baby On The Way
Turns out that Josh and Anna Duggar just announced they are pregnant with number three. People magazine ran this piece in their magazine and website: The pitter-patter of little feet may sound more like a stampede at a Duggar get-together – and this summer the volume … [Read more...]


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Abân ibn Taghlib says: I was in a mosque in Mecca with Imam Jaffari Sadiq. He took my hand and said: "...He will then command a herald who will cry out: This is Hazrat Mahdi (as), he will rule like Sulayman (as) and Dawud (as). His commands will need no evidence or witness."
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I drive my 11-year-old granddaughter Hallie to school three days a week. It's a few minutes of one-on-one time I hope she'll treasure long after I'm gone.
Mostly we talk about current events Christmas presents, the school play she was just in, favorite classes and whether she needs me to come to school and smack around anyone who isn't nice to her.
Concerned, Hallie said I couldn't do that. I took the opportunity to explain the difference between can't and not supposed to, then pointed out that I'd done it before.
Hallie: "But you'll, like, go to jail."
Me: "Done that, too."
Hallie's school is new. There are no trees, few buildings nearby, and not much in the way of grass. All of that will change over time. Mostly her time, not mine.
Last year, I drove past Garfield Elementary where I did a year's stretch in fifth grade. I recalled being dropped off in front of the place. The building towered over 10-year-old me like the castle of an ogre. I wanted to run away. Hell, I did run away. A lot.
Fifty years later the place was smaller than I remembered. It was just a crumbling building now surrounded by enormous trees and uneven sidewalks. There was no sense of dread.
Note: Maybe it's because the people/ogres whose job it had been to force me to learn at the point of a yardstick were all dead now.
Lately, I've been predicting Hallie's similar future while driving her to school. I told her that one day she will be pointing out her old school to her grandkids.
In my best old lady voice, I said, "And that's where your grammy went to sixth grade, Wally and Lurleen. In that tiny little building right there."
Hallie: "I have grandkids named Wally and Lurleen?"
Me: "And one named Poke."
"Of course there weren't any trees around it then," Grammy Hallie reminisces. "I remember the principal directed morning traffic. And not a hologram principal either, but one made of actual meat."
Wally and Lurleen: "That's impossible!"
"And before he was sent to the assisted living home on Mars, your great-great papa drove me here in a truck that used something we called 'gasoline'."
Wally and Lurleen: "We heard about rubber wheels before. That's ancient."
"We didn't have neural ports," Grandma Hallie says. "We read books. Made of paper."
Wally and Lurleen: "Will you please shut up about the pre-oil days!"
"Food wasn't served by those horrible Lunch-o-Bots. They were real people. And we had to stand in line and get it ourselves."
"Oh, and I remember that candy bars only cost $3, and we…"
Hallie finally objected loudly enough for me to stop. She swears she'll never be that old or, worse, have grandkids named Wally and Lurleen. And Poke.
I don't have the heart to tell her it will happen faster than she thinks. Our days are brief shadows in a river of light.
Watching Hallie lug her backpack into the school, I can see it already happening. The day isn't far off when she'll be parked in this exact spot, telling her rude grandkids what it was like for her in school.
They better not hurt her feelings. With the right technology, I might just come back here and smack them around.
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^fable has access...its just played out. i dont mind using montana, but its too expensive. i like rusto tho.
^fable has access...its just played out. i dont mind using montana, but its too expensive. i like rusto tho.
witty comments like this makes this guy a star
^FoeOneheh, it's funny cuz his name is alcoholics anonymous, and we're speaking as if it was a...
oh hell, you all know why it's funny
yo you gotta problem today, hit up AA, he got more shit then a pharm-ma-say
sucka ass fools!
whut whut
yo theme song
^E Terror sonnndid you seriously just spell lion with an e
I dont use spary paint !!!!!
ive only used walmart, krylon, and rusto so i cant really say cuz thats all ican get
well im really liken tremclad, i dont know how much it is though, ive never bought a can of it yet.
CLOSE this.... but i like krylon, never used montana

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sayin its cause your in a wheel chair or some shit. well fucking draw. enter the special olympics, get a hooker or something.
get off my dick son

i said rusto, but somehow its all the way down in 4th place. krylon and montana are my second placers. walmart's third because its cheap and i like their brown.
walmart cuz i get less drips and i dont have to hold it close to the wall
iv heard this stuff was the shit!
it was like £6 ( $10) a can in the 80s though
10 Commandments
Thou shalt not kizzy.
Thou shalt not commit adultery crazy up in here.
Thou shizzay not steal.
Thou S-H-to-tha-izzalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour n' shit.
wao 25% has picked montana. i like walmart and rusto when i can aford it.
im not picky, i take whatever the fuck i can get, usually rusto, walmart, kyrlo.
i cant get a hold of montana or belton
world peace is for faggots.
i like rusto the best...nice colors smooth paint. dont use montana! to poor.
ima rusto man myself
rusto and krylon thats the only the i could get
fucking 99 cent paint from home depot
this such an americian poll, because we dont rustoleum over here or belton or moloto
missing..tru colors, and color vision (< is that walmart paint?)
anyways i agree with cyens paint is paint
Kickin' it
i have used rusto, krylon, wallmart, montana, and i say montana is pretty nice for colors, and piecing but it is oh so pricey, the only way i can get it is by bs and i gotta pay shipping and what not, im good with 99 cent homedepot paint
its a 3 way tie for me. i like walmart and krylon for fills and i use rusto for outlines
krylon is what im used to rusto just as good though montana wouldnt bother buying to expensive for something thats gonna end up getting buffed anyway
V-UNIT

QUOTE (FOEone @ Jun 19 2005, 12:55 PM)

Scrabble and Infer are fine separately, but they're like children. When they're together, they get obnoxious with the post-whoring.

montana all the way the color selection is beautiful, alien line is the sickest for detailed fills, the fact it smells liek candy, paints ground more finer, the fact it doesnt drip even when u want it too just kinda cakes on and sits there and globs a lil
ya man montana this shit its worth ghetting it for sure. i dont understand why people would bash it. krylon is ok but it drips a lot if u hole it too close. i ono


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Paddle with Dan Kaercher through a southeast Iowa wildlife complex; dine at a third-generation steakhouse in northwest Iowa; step into a historic landmark all Iowans should be proud of; and sample a variety of handcrafted ciders produced in Lisbon.
Let's go! Paddle through a southeast Iowa wildlife complex. Dine at a third generation steakhouse in northwest Iowa. Step into a historic mansion all Iowans should be proud of. And sample a variety of handcrafted ciders produced in Lisbon. Join me, Dan Kaercher, as I travel the state to bring you these stories next on Iowa's Simple Pleasures.
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Nothing puts our busy 21st century life into perspective better than floating down a river, observing nature and learning a little about those who inhabited Iowa before us.
This wetland complex used to be part of the Mississippi River and its floodplain. It was also cropland at one time. Today it is managed for wildlife habitat and humans are welcome to visit too.
I'm at one of the canoe access points on the southern most part of this 6,400 acre Odessa Wildlife Complex. The Louisa County Conservation Board invited a few friends to go paddling and lined up a canoe partner for me. She is Katie Hammond, a naturalist with the conservation board.
Katie Hammond: We are on the Odessa Wildlife Management area and although a lot of the locals call it Lake Odessa it is actually more of a wetland area. It is connected to the Mississippi River on both the north and south ends by some drainage tubes. The biggest thing about coming out here when it is being managed for the wildlife and the migrating birds is that it does get shallow. So we can navigate it easily with canoe all year long.
Hammond: There's actually a turtle on the log to your right if you look to the right, right now.
Kaercher: I'm missing it.
Hammond: Can you see it? It blends in, it's wonderfully camouflaged with the mud on its back.
Kaercher: Oh yeah, I do see it. Yeah.
Hammond: Right up to your left there is a beaver lodge right on the point.
Kaercher: Yeah.
Hammond: And then further in you can see the lily pads from the lotus plants.
Kaercher: They're gigantic.
Hammond: The kids that I bring out here on the lake like to make hats out of these.
It's a relaxing flatwater paddle. With virtually no current it is easy to stop, turn around and get a closer look at some of our surroundings.
Hammond: Oh, there's some fresh beaver chews to the left. You see where the wood is real light?
Kaercher: We're getting a few sprinkles but it still seems like a lot of fun.
We had a little rain off and on during our paddle, but it certainly didn't dampen anyone's spirits.
Sherry Humphreys: This was my first time out here and it was absolutely wonderful. Even in the rain it was a wonderful experience.
Steve Blodgett: You can get back in real tight areas here and there's trails through the woods that you can just barely get a kayak through that's pretty interesting to see sometimes.
Bob Brissey: When the water is high in the rivers you've got some place you can go, you've got a lot of different trails. It's 6,400 acres and you can get lost anywhere you want to in this lake.
All these wonderful comments should be music to the ears of Julie Ohde, executive director of the conservation board. She worked for years with many other organizations and volunteers to establish a water trail system here.
Julie Ohde: A water trail is about giving people information on how to find the accesses, how to find their way around and what they might see when they are out there. We saw that paddling was starting to get popular in Iowa. Hey, we should have a water trail out here. So, we decided to apply for some grant money through the DNR's water trail grant program and we got some money to do the brochures and the mapping and the signs.
All the information provided did help make this voyage on the water a very simple pleasure indeed. And if you're up for it after the paddling trip, nearby is another attraction. In tiny Toolesboro there are burial mounds and other remnants of a culture that existed here thousands of years ago.
Kathy Dice: We believe the mounds were built about 2,000 years ago, about the time when Christ was walking around the shores of Galilee. And they were built probably over maybe even 100 year span. People who were living in village site we believe down below in the river valley would carry up the baskets of dirt up the bluff to make these mounds. And we know that because when they looked at the dirt in the mounds it was river dirt.
Kaercher: Tell me a little bit about the Indians that built the mounds and how they got here.
Dice: Well, we don't know a whole lot about them because most of what we know about them are from the artifacts we took out of the burial mounds. But it's a part from what we saw in there we called them the Hopewellians and it was part of a culture that seemed to be widespread across the Midwest.
Much more can be seen and learned about the Hopewell culture at the museum adjacent to the mounds. Even if the museum isn't open, there are plenty of interpretive signs outside.
They were also finding beautiful pottery --
In fact, it was shear luck on the part of two travelers from Germany who stopped by when they did since our tour guide Kathy would not normally have been here today.
Alois Mumhofer: We have never heard about this place, we just happened to pass by and saw the sign which said historical marker, some mounds and we thought that would be interesting.
These mounds, which are a designated national historic landmark, lure many passersby like the Mumhofers because they are located along the ten state, 3,000 mile long Great Mississippi River Road. So here's hoping you get to experience southeast Iowa's unique historic treasures and sample the wonders of nature in the area's fantastic wildlife complex.
Most restaurants don't cut and age their own beef anymore. But at a well known northwest Iowa eatery they still do and have been for over 60 years. At Archie's Wayside in Le Mars you hear a lot of this --
Steaks are one of the main highlights on the delectable menu here, steaks that are as impressive looking as they are tasting. Seeing all the tables and booths in this place jam packed is a common occurrence, a true nod of approval to the tasty food. But experience and attention to detail have a lot to do with Archie's success too.
Bob Rand: We're third generation, we've been here for 62 years. My grandfather opened the restaurant and my mother Valerie ran the restaurant for a long time. As you can see right here there's a picture of my grandfather and I getting my first meat cutting lesson when I was a kid. My grandfather was Archie and he came over during the Bolshevik Revolution, ended up in Chicago in the yards and then subsequently in Sioux City in the yards and then in the mid to late 40's decided he wanted to get in the restaurant business.
Due to Archie's experiences in the packing houses it just seemed natural that when he opened a restaurant he himself would want to cut the beef served there, a family tradition that continues today. This 1,000 square foot cooler is where beef is stored and aged before being cut daily and cooked for admiring patrons.
Where does your beef come from here at Archie's?
Most of our beef will come from northwest Iowa and northeast Nebraska area. And Iowa is just the best place in the country to have beef. Our corn is the best, the environment is the best for raising animals so it's a wonderful combination and we've just been fortunate to be doing it for 62 years.
On average, Bob says they go through about 2,000 steaks a week. Even though the sirloin is the most popular steak on the menu, on my visit I'm going to dine on something even more decadent.
I think tonight you should have a tenderloin.
Sign me up.
This is a very well marbled, beautiful tenderloin and I think this will suit you perfect tonight. Go ahead, just start pushing away.
Oh boy, I can tell right now how tender it is.
You can see that beautiful marbling in that piece of meat.
Oh yeah, that's dinner tonight folks. Wow.
As I wait for my tenderloin to be expertly prepared, I chat with a few customers about why they are so exceptionally loyal to this Le Mars favorite.
Archie's, of all the steakhouses that I've eaten around the country is by far the single best steak that I've ever had. It is an amazing cut of meat and they cook it to perfection exactly as you like it. And it is just second to none.
Bruce Brock: Well, it's a two or three times a week night out for Teri and I. We come here two or three nights a week and have for eighteen years. My career has been auctioneering for the most part. Teri and I have been in the cattle business. We've raised cows and fed cattle and I was a fat cattle buyer for National Beef and so I travel a lot and I enjoy a good steak.
Kaercher: And what do you like best about Archie's?
You know, I like the quality of the beef. The people are just wonderfully friendly and they have been that way forever. It's a small hometown atmosphere with a big town appetite. It's awesome.
It always amazes me how many people's paths will cross Le Mars, Iowa and we meet people from all over the world but generally on a night to night basis we're drawing from three or four counties in the local area and on a typical evening we'll serve in that 200 to 300 range but that always kind of elevates during the weekend and Saturdays we'll get into that 700 plus range.
We do see a lot of folks that on a regular basis will drive fifteen to forty miles to come here and have dinner and we really are thankful for that.
Besides a selection of steaks, other popular dishes include seafood, chicken, burgers and salads. And a mouthwatering throwback is brought out at the beginning of every meal, a good old fashioned relish tray.
We chop and cut all of our own vegetables here every day so you still get a nice relish tray when you start your meal. And we're very proud of having that yet after 62 years.
I settled in at my booth almost drooling in anticipation of the dishes I'm sampling here tonight. I start with a dinner salad. Archie's salad dressings are homemade from scratch, a true house specialty. Tonight I'm trying the bleu cheese but the Russian and thousand island also top customer's most requested lists.
We'll give this bleu cheese dressing the old Kaercher once over. Lots of big chunky bleu cheese crumbles. Really tangy, tangy but it's got the smooth dressing in it too.
The parade of food appearing at my table is mind-boggling. But I guess it's all part of the job.
Can you eat these with your hands? That thing feels like it weighs five pounds right there. Fritters, we'll give this a try. Oh boy, almost like a donut hole with corn in it. I'm getting kind of full but I'm going to forge on. That's a pretty big bite but I think I can handle it.
Wow. I did such a great job of cutting this tenderloin. Oh yeah, and the cook probably had something to do with it too. Oh my gosh. I've had some tantalizing and memorable food tonight. Le Mars is lucky to have such a tasty institution in Archie's Wayside.
But there's even more flavor to be savored in Le Mars. I'm talking about ice cream. Le Mars is the ice cream capital of the world and at the Wells Blue Bunny Ice Cream Parlor and Museum, visitors can find out why.
Dave Smetter: We have 6,000 square feet on each of two floors. It's an environment of a vintage ice cream parlor with a lot of flavors, a lot of ambiance and just to relax and enjoy Blue Bunny ice cream.
Smetter: On the second floor we have a museum that has a lot of our memorabilia of Blue Bunny and Wells Enterprises of how we started in the ice cream business and the evolution over the years. We have a gift shop with a lot of Blue Bunny type articles and clothing that you can buy. We have a long ice cream bar and in the ice cream cases we have 38 flavors.
Say no more, it's ice cream time. They really know how to build terrific frozen treats. The portion sizes are, well, is that all?
That's it.
Oh, maybe I'll get another one.
All kidding aside, this ice cream is smooth and so flavorful. What a sweet way to end my tasting tour of Le Mars.
It's often called Iowa's palace on the prairie. It's home to the Governor and open to the public for tours.
Actually this is quite a cozy stairway for such a grand home.
Yes, it is indeed. These doors are I think about sixteen feet high. Welcome.
I've just stepped back in time and I'm in awe of the architecture, craftsmanship and sheer history of this 1869 house built by Iowa's first millionaire, B.F. Allen. The house was later owned for many years by another Des Moines family, the Hubbells, before being donated to the state of Iowa in 1971. The third floor is the official residence of the Governor. The second floor includes guest bedrooms and offices. The first floor is used for receptions and parties and can be toured by the public. I'm getting a tour with docent John Zickefoose.
Zickefoose: One of the highlights here at Terrace Hill is certainly the woodwork. Not only the woodwork around the windows but also these enormous doors. They are about fourteen feet high and they are solid walnut and they weigh about 400 pounds each.
Kaercher: The mirrors create quite an effect here.
Zickefoose: They do actually. This mirror lines up perfectly with the mirror on the west wall in the drawing room. So when you're standing in the right position you get just mirror after mirror after mirror, like the hall of Versailles, the hall of mirrors in Versailles.
Kaercher: Exactly.
Zickefoose: Let's go into the drawing room. This would have been the most formal room in the house and it is the biggest room in the house. And, of course, certainly one of the highlights of this room in addition to its size is this wonderful rock crystal chandelier. This is something that the Hubbells added. It is laid out in a style called the room at rest because the room isn't being used. So all the furniture was pushed out to the walls so it could be then moved as they needed to for whatever event they were planning.
Kaercher: Now, the architect of Terrace Hill used a number of visual tricks. And you pointed out one of them in this room when it comes to the windows.
Zickefoose: Yes, indeed. On the outside of the house right here on the north facade there is a window. But when we get in the room there is just a wall here. And the story is that Mrs. Allen, the builder's wife, said to the architect, there's enough windows in the drawing room, I want a wall. So they compromised and she got her wall here on this side and he got his window on the other.
There's also an exterior window behind this large mirror. Speaking of architecture, John points out the repetition of circles in the woodwork trim and doors, which mimic the architectural embellishments on the outside of the house. This 18,000 square foot house has sixteen rooms so I don't get to all of them. But I just had to see the dining room --
-- where I was lucky enough to meet the Governor's chef.
Kaercher: Sharon, what are you setting up for here today?
Sharon VanVerth: This is set up for a state dinner. This is Pickard china. Most Governors' mansions in the United States have a state seal china made by Pickard. It is the same china that is used in the White House and Air Force One. This is a domed silver service that we use for Victorian dinners because it is reminiscent of what they would use when they did table side service.
Kaercher: Now, Sharon, tell me, how many dinners do you do here and for how many people?
VanVerth: Usually about fifteen a month and we serve from 16 to 22 when we're in the dining room.
Zickefoose: Certainly another highlight here at Terrace Hill is this wonderful stairway which leads up to this beautiful stained glass window. There was a window here originally but it was just clear glass and looked out into the garden. The window is nine feet wide and thirteen feet high.
Kaercher: Oh my gosh, that's bigger than a typical room. And what kind of wood is the staircase here?
Zickefoose: Well, this is rosewood from Columbia. You can tell that by the dark grain of the wood in the banister.
Kaercher: Just beautiful. What a grand staircase for making an entrance if you're entertaining.
Zickefoose: It's terrific. You can see something like 21 arches from this point.
Kaercher: In such a historic home how do you integrate modern technology, John?
Zickefoose: Well, one of the ways that it has been done here is you'll notice the ceiling rosettes have been slightly lowered. Originally they would have been attached directly to the ceiling but they have been lowered to allow for the heating and air conditioning ventilation.
As long as we're looking up, we asked to keep going upwards to a place not open to the public but one you may be curious about. It's a climb up to the 90 foot tower which is part staircase and part ladder.
Zickefoose: It was designed to go up this ladder and then up to the next level and then there are window seats up there at the windows and you were designed to stay there and look at the view and be there for a while and experience being this high in the air.
And we learned that everyone who makes the climb to the top is invited to sign their name on the tower walls -- from politicians and their families, to an occasional TV crew. There's so much to see here, from the Spanish pink marble fireplaces to a 1927 Grant Wood painting done before he settled on his more well known regionalism style.
On the quirky side, there's even a political skeleton in the Governor's closet. This closet used to house a one person elevator. The round windows in the door indicated the first floor. The next floor up had rectangular windows in the door. The grounds outside had a pool that has since been filled in. A carriage house, a formal garden and a comfy porch atop a terraced landscape leading to a historic home on a hill. Terrace Hill.
In Linn County, an orchard and cider company made the cut as one of the 30 best hard ciders in the world. Let's have a taste.
On any weekend, just south of Lisbon on Sutliff Road, you encounter a steady stream of traffic stopping at a small farmstead. Bicyclists and motorists alike are finding the way to Sutliff Orchard, a family run brewery that can boast it is the only hard apple cider distiller in the state. During the week, the brewers are busy with apple inventory, fine tuning their cider recipe, bottling and distribution to local grocery stores and retailers. But from April to November, when the weekend rolls around, the orchard is buzzing with activity.
The tasting room, located in the lower level of a century old barn, is a small pub that serves up a light menu, live music and, of course, its hard cider. The place is fast becoming a favorite destination for day-trippers enjoying a drive or ride in the countryside of Linn County. Once inside the tasting room, you feel right at home in this friendly atmosphere.
So, the retail area is fairly new for us. We're open Saturdays and Sundays 11 to 6 down here. The hot summer days and the fall days are really fun.
It's a friendly atmosphere, it's local, it's -- if you look around and see everybody is happy and it's just a really close knit, fun place to come.
Saturdays it's a sleepy little place that we have a couple of carloads regularly throughout the day. Sunday, with the live music, it's been really popular and we started serving some food. So our theme is sliders and ciders on Sunday afternoon.
Although this is primarily a restaurant and bar, Scott is quick to give impromptu tours of his brewery to unveil some of the hard work that goes into each bottle of hard cider.
Scott Ervin: We'll bring them in on the forklift, we'll bring them in here and so we keep, we store them in these bins. A cider apple is usually not the big number ones, it's the number two so it's a smaller apple and maybe not uniform color and this is also the processing area. So these are tanks that we do our final mixing in. These tanks are grundy tanks where they can be pressurized. So we're bottling soft cider today. And when we first started back in 2002 it took us an hour to fill a case of hard cider. So we bought this machine, it's a tabletop counter pressure bottler that does two bottles at a time.
Ervin: So we start out by rinsing and washing the inside of the bottles. It goes through a double evac cycle and then it will pressurize the bottle and then the cider will gravity fill into the bottle.
Ervin: And then it will release the pressure to atmosphere right there.
When Scott Ervin and his family relocated to a small farm outside of Lisbon becoming a hard cider distiller wasn't at the top of the list for this California transplant. The farm already had a small grove of 20 apple trees and, as Scott puts it, there are only so many apple pies and apple crisps one can make.
Ervin: And so we started fermenting the apple juice. We bought a small little hand cranked press with fresh juice in the fall but then also fermenting the small five gallon batches and we fell in love with this drink.
A drink that was once the toast of the Colonial town.
Ervin: Back in the 1700s it used to be really popular in the United States. Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin have all been big cider guys. And as I understand it the United States used to make some of the best ciders.
With the spread of apple orchards west of the Mississippi, hard cider enjoyed continued popularity through the 1800s. However, the country's movement towards more arid climates and the rise of large beer breweries contributed to hard cider falling out of favor. Creating hard apple cider takes patience, persistence and a lot of apples. Sutliff Orchard has added 600 more dwarf trees to the farm's original 20. But Scott still gets many of his apples from neighboring orchards in eastern Iowa to keep up with demand. However, the unique Sutliff taste comes from the apple variety grown on the property, the English cider. Today's abundance of wineries and microbreweries has led to many new products and the rediscovery of old favorites. Hard apple cider is making a comeback thanks to the new crop of brewers. Roll into Sutliff Orchard any weekend from spring to fall to experience the only exclusive hard apple cider brewery in Iowa. Grab a cider, stay for the food and enjoy the music.
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Los Angeles voters would be asked to increase their average property tax bills by $28 a year to help fix the city's crumbling streets under a proposal offered Friday by two city councilmen.
Councilmen Mitch Englander and Joe Buscaino are proposing to place on the May ballot a $3 billion bond measure to be repaid by taxpayers over 20 years.
Citing a UCLA Anderson School of Management study, they said interest rates for bonds are as low as they have ever been, offering the city an opportunity to pay for street repairs with less expense.
"The conditions of our streets affect everyone in the city, whether you drive a car or not," Englander said. "We have the highest repair costs per vehicle of any city in the nation. And the fact we have a 60-year backlog now is something we don't think is acceptable.
"We worked on this over the recess and are looking at what would be a good investment in terms of infrastructure and jobs, one that will provide a return to the city."
The City Council will have to act by Jan. 16 to get the official language needed to place it on the May 21 ballot. It will need support from two-thirds of the voters to take effect.
The street measure would be the second tax proposal before voters this spring. In March, Los Angeles voters will be asked to approve a half-percent sales tax to boost the city's budget.
Englander said they are working to develop a website that will provide public information about the bond and the two are planning to meet with neighborhood and business groups across the city to explain the proposal.
"One of the things we were both insistent on is that all the money will go to street repair, so it will be in a special fund and not be part of the city general fund," Englander said. "Also, like the city did with other bond measures for police and libraries, we will have an oversight committee appointed to make sure the work gets done."
The two said the city has not been able to keep up with the repair needs of city streets - an estimated 8,700 miles are in need of repair and would cost $300 million a year to fix - as money has been needed for other programs.
"At the rate the city is currently able to tackle, it would take 60 years to finish rehabilitating all the lane miles," they said in their proposal sent to the City Council.
"Well-maintained streets not only enhance property values, but improve the quality of life of our citizens and businesses. Poorly maintained roadway conditions slow down rescue ambulances, fire apparatus and police vehicles, increasing response times to emergencies."
Also, they said, national studies estimate Los Angeles drivers sustain $750 a year per vehicle in wear and tear due to street conditions.
Jon Coupal of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association questioned the reasoning behind the proposal.
"Maintenance of streets should be an ongoing obligation of the city where you pay as you go," Coupal said. "The only reason for a bond would be if you are building new streets. What the city needs to do is get back to its basics of public safety, trash collection and transportation.
"At the least, they will have to make their case to the public who will decide if they want to add more debt to the city."
UCLA Professor Edward Leamer, director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast, said the repair program is needed even as the city is considering a number of mass transit options dealing with mass transit.
"We have to decide if we are a city in ascendancy or a city in decline," Leamer wrote. "A city in decline will have crumbling infrastructure, blighted neighborhoods, fiscal stress and an inward looking government.
"A city in ascendancy will have a plan for improving infrastructure, schools, civic life and commerce and it will have an outward-looking government."
Leamer said the bond issue would be an example of "good borrowing," designed to improve property values and the quality of life in the city.
"At some point, you are going to have to repair the roads," Leamer said. "You are better off doing it sooner at a reduced price than later when it will cost more.
"Also, having crummy roads and a crummy infrastructure sends the wrong message to visitors."
He added that the city should factor in not only the low cost to borrow money, but the low construction costs now available as well as the opportunity to develop construction training programs as a boost to long-term employment prospects.


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|Indians, Battle Mountain Colony. Lands in trust.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all of the right, title, and interest of the United States in the following described public domain land located in the State of Nevada are hereby declared to be held by the United States in trust for the Indians of the Battle Mountain Colony:
Township 32 north, range 44 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian, section 13, west half southeast quarter northwest quarter northeast quarter, containing 5 acres, plus a right-of-way
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for access purposes across the west 33 feet of the northeast quarter northwest quarter northeast quarter of said section 13.
Township 32 north, range 45 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian, section 18, north half northwest quarter southwest quarter northeast quarter, southwest quarter, containing 1 1/4 acres, plus a right-of-way for access purposes across the west 33 feet of the south half northwest quarter southwest quarter northeast quarter southwest quarter, southwest quarter southwest quarter northeast quarter southwest quarter, and southeast quarter southwest quarter of said section 18.
The Indian Claims Commission is directed to determine, in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1050), the extent to which the value of the title conveyed by this Act should or should not be set off against any claim against the United States determined by the Commission.
Approved, August 21, 1967.