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THERE will be an aspara-frenzy this weekend as a celebration of food, fun and Vale Gras gets going just outside Evesham.
This year's AsparaFest is set to be an event full of good times for the whole family centred on the Vale of Evesham's favourite green vegetable.
The two day mini festival kicks off on Saturday, May 31, at Ashdown Farm, Badsey Road, near Evesham, and is one of the main events in the Asparagus Festival, which runs throughout the Vale during the asparagus season.
Mr Bloom will be leading the fun on Saturday, whilst his CBeebies stablemate Stefan Gates will be bringing his Gastronaut Live show, packed full of inspiring, explosive science and wild food adventures to the family festival goers on Sunday, June 1.
There will also be cookery kitchen with Felice Tocchini, Junkfish Arts & Crafts, EveryBODY dance Aerial Theatre Show, 'The Lovely Bugs', AnimalMania Zoo, TuttiFrutti Hula, the Wychavon Get Active Roadshow, a climbing wall, cake decorating, willow weaving, storytelling, body zorbing, clay modelling, barn owls, falcony, a fun fair and swingboats, vintage engines and classic cars, Samba Tots workshops, Bhangra workshops, the world's only Asparamancer, the Asparafairy and of course Gus the Asparagus Man.
In addition, Asparafest has two music and dance stages, a Real Ale & Cider Festival, cookery theatre, street food, food stalls, and lots and lots of Vale asparagus.
Organiser Nigel Smith said it will be something not to be missed.
"It's going to be fantastic," said the landlord of National Trust owned pub The Fleece Inn at Bretforton, which hosted the launch of the Asparagus Festival.
"We have a full programme, including Stefan Gates who is putting on cooking demonstration such as painting a tongue blue and counting the taste buds.
"There will be a lot of cooking going on with local restaurants coming as well and a big music line up.
"This is our second year and we have put more into it in terms of the number and variety of performances and demonstrations."
Tickets for Asparafest are on sale now from £6.00. The profits from all tickets sold will be donated to the Evesham Bell Tower Appeal.
For more information, full programme and camping details visit asparafest.co.uk.


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Fresh start for Steelers guard DeCastro
Most players can't wait to leave behind the classroom once they move into the NFL. During his three months off from playing last season, Steelers right guard David DeCastro willingly returned to it.
Perhaps that's not surprising for someone who was an excellent student at Stanford, but DeCastro's voluminous studying had nothing to do with his college major of management science and engineering.
Rather, he helped teach himself how to become a reliable NFL lineman, with the help of former offensive line coach Sean Kugler and the other Steelers linemen.
While sitting out three months with a serious preseason knee injury, DeCastro carefully watched practice, watched game tape and, most of all, watched his teammates.
"The NFL is a lot different game than it is in college, just technique-wise, using your hands," DeCastro said Tuesday as the Steelers began the second week of offseason practice. "There's stuff you pick up on and kind of teach yourself. A lot of guys already have that technique; you can see it in all the second- or third-year guys."
The Steelers have plenty of those. Their projected starting offensive line of Marcus Gilbert, Ramon Foster, Maurkice Pouncey, DeCastro and Mike Adams averages 24 1⁄2 years. Only Foster (27) is older than 25, and three are 23.
"Pouncey has got his technique down, Ramon's got a technique down. So you take bits and pieces and see what you're doing," the 6-foot-5, 315-pound DeCastro said. "I learned a lot and, to me, it's all instinct now. It's a whole different game, and I think I'm a lot more prepared for this season. ... It's almost like a fresh beginning."
Nose tackle Steve McLendon can tell the difference in DeCastro from a year ago, when the former All-American and first-round draft pick was beginning his adjustment to the NFL.
"It's a great jump for him," McLendon said. "He came in last year and I would tell him, 'Hey, man, get your hands on me. This is a physical game. If you let somebody push you around, they're going to push you around every day.' ''
That doesn't happen much now to DeCastro, who hopes to take the experiences from the four games he played in December — three starts — and apply them to a full season.
"It wasn't like, 'Oh, my gosh, I can't do this,' " DeCastro said. "The margin for error is much smaller in the NFL, and that's what you learn. You take one wrong step — you can get away with it in college, but you can't get away with it in the NFL. But it wasn't overwhelming at all."
DeCastro is especially encouraged because there have been no issues with his right knee, which required surgery to repair a torn medial collateral ligament and dislocated kneecap.
"My knee's feeling great, I feel great," DeCastro said. "I feel fast, I feel loose. I have no regrets about it (the injury layoff). It was a good learning experience."
Alan Robinson is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. Reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com or via Twitter @arobinson_Trib.

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DUBLIN: James Horwill has revealed he was completely blindsided by coach Ewen McKenzie's decision to strip him of the Wallabies captaincy.
The Test second-rower, who captained Australia 16 times after taking over from Rocky Elsom in 2011, said he knew he had form issues. He also knew McKenzie, formerly his coach at the Reds, was not afraid to make big selection calls at Test level.
Matt Toomua's start at No.10 over Quade Cooper had been proof, as had Nic White's promotion to starting halfback over the once-untouchable Will Genia. There was also James Slipper's ascendance to starting loose-head over Benn Robinson. But where form had always been the undisputed governing factor when it came to the starting line-up, the captaincy had tended to endure.
Did Horwill expect McKenzie to come to him with that particular news two weeks ago? "Probably not, no," he said. "I knew that my form was poor and I knew that if I didn't pick it up that was going to be an issue. But probably not the captaincy."
Welcome to life under "Link", where nothing is sacred but the jersey and a player's performance in it.
"He's the head coach and that's his job," Horwill said when asked if he believed McKenzie's strategy was yielding results. "He's here to make tough decisions and he's made them. Every decision he makes is based on what he thinks is the best for the team.
"You just have to look at it that way, it's his decision. That's why he's got that job."
It is plain as day how much the captaincy means to Horwill. Whether it is the image of his relief at the end of the second British and Irish Lions Test or his turn as Wallabies waterboy during the pool stage of the 2011 World Cup, it is clear that the 28-year-old bleeds green and gold.
He admitted feeling "pretty low" when McKenzie told him he was handing the reins to Ben Mowen, but is also prepared to do whatever it takes to help the team.
"[It was] very disappointing, and from a personal note I put a lot of effort and time into that and I took a lot of pride in captaining my country," he said. "But you need to put that to the side and understand the priority is the team, it's not about me as the individual or me as the captain, it's always been about the team. That's the way I look at it.
"It would be unnatural not to be disappointed but you have to get over it and get on with the job at hand, which is winning football games. That's what we're about."
McKenzie hasn't settled on his long-term choice as captain. There is a real possibility it will be the first person among the current contenders – Horwill, Mowen, Will Genia, even Cooper – to make themselves utterly indispensible to the national coach. In the meantime, Horwill appears to have cemented his place in the second row after narrowly avoiding being benched for the match against England (injury to Rob Simmons saved him that indignity).
I'd love to captain my country again. I take great pride and a put a lot of effort into doing it.
McKenzie's guiding principle for his original bombshell was that Horwill needed to regain his "abrasive physicality". He appears well on track towards doing so, but will face a stern test against an Ireland side boasting their own strong man, Paul O'Connell.
In some ways, Horwill acknowledged, his coach knew all too well that his passionate second-rower had been pre-occupied with single-handedly saving Australian rugby.
"You could look at it in that sense, that it's given me an opportunity to worry about myself a little bit more than I might have going into [a match]," he said.
"My focus has always been on the team, it's always been about the team, in the sense that I put myself second because I've been more worried about what the team is doing, especially when we weren't delivering on the field.
"You want the team to perform well, you want to win games, and that's all I'm focused on as a captain and as a player: I just wanted to win football games."
He still does. But he also wants the 'c' next to his name again. Under McKenzie, anything could happen.
"I'd love to captain my country again. I take great pride and a put a lot of effort into doing it," he said. "It's not something I take lightly, I have huge respect for the role and it's something I did enjoy doing. But that's not the priority, the priority is to get my form back and win for the team."


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Standown House , owned & operated by Faith*Hope*Love*Charity, Inc.(FHLC, Inc.), assists male/female veterans who are struggling due to mental and/or physical wounds & illness, addictions, homelessness and/or other issues regain their lives through a multi tiered program, transitional living, & collaborative efforts. FHLC, Inc. addresses the needs & unseen wounds of our veterans & military members. Your contribution would help our non-profit organization to continue to provide services to our Nation's veterans through Stand Down House, and to all veterans, active duty members, & their families through other programs and initiatives. An increasing number are in need. We can't do it alone. We need you to "help us help them!" Standown House is giving all proceeds from this race to the 254th Family Support Fund. Medals for both Uniformed and Civilian categories; Top 3 Runners in each age group Male/Female receive medals: Top 3 Overall receive trophies Male/Female (Uniformed vs. Civilian); Top 3 Master Overall receive trophies Male/Female (Uniformed vs. Civilian); Top 3 Grand Master Overall receive trophies Male/Female (Uniformed vs. Civilian); Top 3 Walkers Male/Female receive medals. All children that sign up for the Kids Run will receive a special dog tag. Race timing is conducted by Susan Harding: ACCUCHIP USA
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As the school year comes to a close, it has truly been my pleasure working with the wonderful students in this class that were the energy behind Healthy Hawks. Many of them are going on to college, careers or further education opportunities. I wish them well and hope that a future class will pick up where they left off.
For now, Healthy Hawks blogs will be at a standstill....but our hope is that we helped someone out there be a little better informed, motivated or just piqued their curiosity about ways to live a healthier life.
Thanks for reading...be well.
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Get Outside and Workout!
Spring is finally upon us! If your staring longingly out the window while jogging on your treadmill, try some of these exercises to get you out in the sun.
Workouts to do outside:
Tree Pull Ups:
-Find a tree branch and do as many pull ups as you can in 60 seconds. To challenge yourself do a push-up between each set of pull ups. Targets quads, biceps, shoulders and back.
Three Part Park Bench Push Ups:
-Put your feet on the park bench and your hands on the ground. Do 10 push ups.Then reverse the position and do ten push ups that way. Then do 10 push ups on the ground. Targets chest and shoulders.
Calf Hops:
-Stand under a tree and put your hands above your head. Jump up and touch the tree at the highest point staying at your toes the whole time. Do it for 60 seconds. Targets calves.
Park Bench Step Ups:
-Keeping your right foot on the bench, step up and down with your left foot, brining your leg to your chest. Then keep your left foot on a bench and do the same thing with your right foot. Repeat the set 20 times. Targets abs and arms.
Try these exercises and you can improve your body and your tan!
Monday, April 28, 2014
Science + Fitness = Performance
There has been a focus on new sportswear that can enhance an athlete's performance. It brings them that extra inch that will allow them to strive towards victory. I'm going to be focusing on sports wear that was used in the recent Olympic games. First is the Speedo LZR Racer Swimsuit. This swimsuit was developed with the help of NASA and the Australian institute of Sport. It is made up of woven elastane-nylon and polyurethane material that supposedly holds the body in a more hydrodynamic position while in water. It also allows more oxygen to flow to the muscles. Finally, it avoids drag through ultrasonically welded seams. It has been proven by dozens of world records being broken since the LZR Racer first came out.
The Adidas AdiStar Rowing Shoe is another upgraded sports apparel which allows the rower to transfer more power. This transfer of power is provided with a stable base which is why there's a lightweight rowing plate with stabilizing outriggers. There's also a built-in ventilation within the heel to keep the feet at optimum temperature.
To help runners adjust to high temperatures Nike created the Precool vest which holds a number of pre-frozen ice packs. The athlete wears the vest for about an hour prior to the race, reducing their core temperature. by reducing his/her core temperature the body won't be wasting energy on trying to keep the body cool.
Finally, Nike created the Aerographics Jersey for the USA basketball team. This jersey is designed to increase airflow by 31%. All of these inventions are proof of the technological advancements within our society and it's great that a number of these inventions are capable of helping athletes perform their best.
Friday, March 7, 2014
I've used my Fitbit for a little over five months now and have accumulated over a million steps, or 461 miles. As a runner, competing throughout the year at EHS, I've always been curious about how far I am really going, and how active I really am. The most important lesson that the Fitbit has taught me is that without track, I would not be hitting the recommended 10,000 steps a day. On the days I have off, I barely accumulate 3,000. I'm still not sure whether that is because I feel I have earned the days off because of my hard work on the track during the week, or if I'm really just that lazy. It's easy to fall into a habit of not exercising, especially without a sport, and the Fitbit has definitely shown that.
What's deceiving, especially as a student, is that during the school day I was not nearly as active as I thought I was. Before wearing a Fitbit, I predicted that I accumulated at least a mile a day rushing from class to class. I was sadly mistaken. At 2:30 each day, I'd check my steps, only to be disappointed. I didn't even make it half a mile most days. Our lifestyles don't naturally incorporate sufficient exercise, so we have to purposely include it in our daily lives.
My coach once told me I would never be able to improve something I couldn't measure. With the Fitbit, it's possible to measure my activity throughout the day with quantitative evidence. And the motivation to hit 10,000 steps every single day is what keeps me going.
Do you miss the fresh food from the warmer months and going to the farmers market during the long winter?
On Saturday, March 8, there is a winters farmers market being held in Exeter High School. There will be over forty different fisherman, farmers and other food producers selling their fresh, locally grown products. There will be a variety of veggies, cheese, seafood, meats, baked goods and much much more.
If you can't make it that Saturday there will be another one on Saturday, March 22, in Rollinsford at the Wentworth Greenhouses, which is near Dover.
For more information visit http://seacoasteatlocal.org/find-local-food/our-winter-farmers-market/.
Monday, February 17, 2014
Couch to 5K: Get Fit in May
Have you always wanted to run a 5K but just weren't sure about how to go about it? We have a perfect idea for you, courtesy of walkjogrun.com, and have timed it so that the training schedule will end with the Get Fit in May 5k held at Lincoln Street School in Exeter. The plan is personalized for you, as you can make your own schedule and choose what type of 5K you want to run, whether it be walking, jogging, running or a combination. But you don't have to do it alone. The Exeter Healthy Hawks Program at EHS, led by Mrs. Gendreau, will help you along the way. There will be training after school, led by students, starting in early March. The Get Fit in May 5K will be held on Saturday, May 17, at Lincoln Street School in Exeter. We'll keep you updated on the details of the upcoming run with announcements, blog posts, and tweets. So if you've ever wanted to run a 5k, now is your chance!
For more information, see Mrs. Gendreau F277 or email her at email@example.com. You can also tweet us at @Healthy_Hawks.
Monday, January 6, 2014
How a Medical Anomaly Can Make a SUPER ATHLETE
Do probably know that when you go for a run or do other forms of exercise your muscles begin to feel fatigued after a while. This is caused from Lactic Acid build up. This occurs when you are doing maximum intensity workouts and your body runs out of ATP (a chemical that is formed from carbohydrates) to be used as energy. To continue to have energy to use so you can keep going, glucose is broken down and Lactic Acid is produced. This occurs during anaerobic exercise, which is when your body isn't getting the oxygen it needs to form the ATP.
To help prevent this lactic build up you should stay in your maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max), allowing your body to use the oxygen to make ATP. To get rid of the lactic acid that builds up you need to do a cool down and stretch after you exercise. This is true for almost everyone in the world, but there is one exception, Dean Karnazes. He is known as the Ultramarathon Man, and he runs for hours and doesn't get tired.
This is because, unlike the rest of us, his lactic acid levels actually decreases as he continues to run. This means that his muscles never get tired, they don't burn and he doesn't get sore. He could run forever if he didn't need to sleep. This biological anomaly has allowed him to run utra-marathons, 50 marathons in 50 consecutive days and other extreme running events. He is a spokesperson for kids getting out and moving.
To learn more about Dean Karnazes you can visit his website www.ultramarathonman.com
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
A Super Helpful Site for Food Info.....
Eating healthy foods is an essential part to ones overall health. Make sure to check nutrition facts on the back of any prepackaged foods for detailed information about what the food contains. Another good way to check out how healthy the food you're eating is http://fooducate.com/.
This website gives almost any product you could buy a letter grade based on how healthy it is. It does this by taking the nutrition facts and the ingredients into account. It adds points for foods with intrinsic nutrients and takes away points for foods with high levels of saturated fats, sugars and sodium. It also takes into account real beneficial nutrients instead of just ones the manufacturers add to the product. Another thing that accounts for a products grade is product category, meaning that they look for different things in yogurt and bread, or a breakfast or a dinner. How much a food is processed is also accounted for. The more processed it is the lower the grade level. The last thing taken into account is fortification, meaning that a product that has vitamins added to make 100% of your daily value doesn't necessarily make it healthy, and a food that has it naturally is the healthier alternative.
You can search any food you want and its rating will pop up . For example if you search Goldfish Crackers, its rating is a C and it provides you with helpful information like the fact it contains MSG like ingredients as well as giving you the nutrition facts and ingredients. This is a helpful website to check out if you're unsure if something you're eating is unhealthy, or just how unhealthy something really is.
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Product Designer
Before the dawn of everything internet, insurance was intimate and personal. You walked down the street to chat with your broker and the risk to your business, your livelihood, was covered with a handshake. Today is different. The average insurance policy for a mom+pop store's trades through a dozen different hands and traverses a maze of systems and processes. Few are accountable and fewer know the whole story.
This is just a taste of the type of big problem we want you to solve. We seek a Product Designer to help drive a new digital product innovation team on a mission to bring a new type of interaction to a market once exclusively driven by in-person relationships.
As one of the founding members of a small, multi-disciplinary team of technologists, designers, and product managers, you'll have the freedom to make key product decisions without much oversight, and the tools and resources to build and ship ideas quickly. You'll be a part of a startup-like environment in a company with thousands of existing customers.
You're working at a startup with a lifespan near its finish. You're the talented member of a team at a popular technology company looking for the opportunity to have more control and leadership. You're the workhorse at an agency, tired of coding products for promotions instead of real users. Ever thought of creating your own product?
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Peter O'Toole's Style On and Off the Big Screen
The esteemed actor and movie star also knew how to dress. In honor of his recent passing, we took a look back at his defining style through the decades. O'Toole's classic aesthetic will truly stand the test of time, and these photographs are chock full of sartorial inspiration for any man today. Here's Peter O'Toole's Style On and Off the Big Screen.


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Topic: XELODA with OXALIPLATIN Chemo TX
Looking for those who have received chemo using CAPECITABINE and OXALIPLATIN (XELODA & ELOXATIN). We await Xeloda meds and it is my understanding that the regimen will be:
Cycle: Day 1-Infusion of Oxaliplatin;
Day 1-Also begin 14 days of Xeloda,
Then the "cycle" repeats.
Husband had Whipple 06/23/10, followed by two other chemo treatments. First was Gemzar with 5FU Infusion but 5FU was discontinued. Cancer recured in surgical bed and is protected by transverse colon. Next he had CISPLATIN/GEMZAR for 6 cycles, completed 12/9/11. CAT following showed tumors slightly increased. And then yesterday (1/6/12), he required removal of fluid from within the peritoneum... 6 liters!
Seeking imput from those using this same combination. I have printed out side affects to expect for each, but if you have any "tricks in the bag," experience or advice to offer, I do welcome it!!! Thanks.


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I have just completed a range of Christmas designs for a candle company called Sebnini.
Famous Christmas carols will be featured on a range of six luxurious scented candles. The Christmas designs have also been printed onto Claire Louise. I only have a few left in stock for this year but I assure you there will be plenty more for you to send to your friends in 2012. Keep your eyes peeled for Rudolph the red nosed reindeer, Jingle Bells, Santa Claus is coming to town and a few more festive Noels!


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THE New Year got off to a slow start for commuters in the Cotswolds after a landslide brought train services in the district to a standstill.
Passengers were faced with lengthy delays and bus replacement services after a collapsed embankment near Stonehouse caused major problems for trains passing through Kemble Station on the Swindon to Gloucester line.
The landslide, which happened in the early hours of Thursday, January 2, caused the eastwardly line to be completely closed for the whole day.
A spokesman for Network Rail said: "Engineers had assessed the site and it was found to be more serious than at first thought. The line needed to be closed for at least 48 hours.
"Engineers attempted to move as much of the soil heap as possible to allow trains to pass through at slow speed. They needed to further assess the damage and then needed to work through the night to restore the embankment."
Buses replaced trains travelling from Gloucester to Swindon, adding approximately an extra 45 minutes to the normal 50 minute journey.
Passengers took to social networking sites to vent their frustration at First Great Western for the services being delayed and cancelled.
One user wrote a sarcastic message that read: "The 11am train from Stonehouse didn't arrive. Nor did the bus replacement service. Well done team, keep up the good work."
The line was reopened ahead of schedule at approximately 6am on Friday, January 3.


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My partner is Tara Plote. Tara has had the enviable experience of having sold jewelry right off of her body! I think every jewelry maker dreams of that happening some day. Tara lives in Phoenix, where I lived many years ago, and where my oldest daughter was born, so we instantly had a something in common. She is also a very warm person and it seemed like we instantly connected.
I couldn't have been happier when I saw my Bead Soup, and that was even before I opened it! Tara presented it so beautifully in some lovely crafted paper boxes that were decorated with an artist's eye.
Opening them was even better! Inside was a myriad of gem stones, some crystals, and wood. I can't say that I know the names of these gem stones. I find it very hard to identify them, as the colors are so unfamiliar to me, but they are so beautiful! They are primarily white, turquoise and tans, and I love them!
Now for the focals. Tara was so generous. She provided a beautiful lampwork bead with a shell on it in tans and turquoises. It embodies the spirit of the ocean and the sand and sea, which I love. The second one is so earthy in spirit, it's a ceramic bead by Gaia! I have always wanted a bead from her, so this was a real thrill for me! While it's an "earthy" bead, it's also a starfish, so still very much in the theme of the ocean. The clasps were both my favorite metals, silver and antique brass.
The first thing I saw in these beads was a pair of earrings. The briolettes said 'use me at the bottom of a pair of earrings as drops', and the rest just said 'clusters!' to me. They almost made themselves, and I finished them quickly, even with all of the loops. I did have to make the wraps on the briolettes several times, but it was fun.
Next came the necklace. I knew I wanted this necklace to be airy and light, and beachy. We are going on a cruise to celebrate DD #2's graduation from high school, and all of this soup just seemed to be tailored to the event. The necklace begged to be a cruise necklace. While Tara provided me with some yummy white silk, that multi-strand silver clasp just seemed to scream "use me!" So, off I went to find some linen. I checked my local bead store, but where did I find the waxed linen??? Wally World! I know, go figure. I wanted white or turquoise, and they had the white.
Stringing the beads seemed to take forever, and then I lined up the strands and showed my daughters for some feedback. #1 DD also makes jewelry and is our resident fashion expert. #2 DD is just a very discerning and picky jewelry wearer, who only wears about 5 pieces of jewelry, total. I liked the way the strands lined up, but I did not think I should put in the lampwork focal. Both DD's over-ruled me and said they LOVED the necklace, and they thought the lampwork bead did INDEED fit in with the strands. Now, I do know that I tend to go for the more simple than average sort of jewelry, so, I decided to stretch myself and include it after all. Besides, I did ask for their opinions.
Now, I have to also add a little ending paragraph to this story. Usually I feel like the BSBP comes at a time when I can use a boost to get me more actively beading. This time that wasn't actually the case. I have been taking beading classes non-stop since the first of the year. I have actually just joined the seed beading crowd! I have gone from being primarily a stringer, to a beginning seed beader. I also want to do some beaded embroidery. I say this because as soon as I got this bead soup and I pulled those briolettes out for earrings, I also grabbed on to two faceted turquoise coins and just KNEW they belonged in a beaded embroidery! I could just see them on a cuff! So…I am not done with my soup yet! AND…I still have my Gaia focal and that lovely rustic antique bronze clasp, and the white silk! Other than that, though, I really have very little left. I used almost everything else!


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Rupert Murdoch's son James has been accused of misleading British MPs this week when he said he did not know when authorising a settlement that phone hacking at News of the World went beyond one reporter.
Colin Myler, the newspaper's former editor, and Tom Crone, who resigned last week as legal manager for the Murdoch media empire's British publishing arm News International, issued a statement saying they had warned him there was evidence when he authorised a key payout to a victim.
James Murdoch, the chairman of News International, told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday he did not know of the evidence when he approved a payout to Gordon Taylor, chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association.
Myler and Crone said: "We would like to point out that James Murdoch's recollection of what he was told when agreeing to settle the Gordon Taylor litigation was mistaken."
The storm centres around the "transcript for Neville" email, which was allegedly sent by a junior reporter to private investigator Glenn Mulcaire and contained transcripts of messages hacked by the snooper.
The Neville referred to is believed to be the defunct paper's chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck, and suggests he may have known about the practice, contradicting News International claims it was limited to a lone reporter.
When asked by Labour MP Tom Watson in Tuesday's hearing whether he knew of the existence of the email when settling out of court with Taylor, Murdoch answered: "No, I was not aware of that at the time."
Myler and Crone disagreed, saying: "Just by way of clarification relating to Tuesday's Culture, Media Select Committee hearing, we would like to point out that James Murdoch's recollection of what he was told when agreeing to settle the Gordon Taylor litigation was mistaken. In fact, we did inform him of the 'for Neville' email which had been produced to us by Gordon Taylor's lawyers."
James Murdoch said in a statement: "I stand by my testimony to the Select Committee."
Tuesday's committee quizzed Murdoch over the unusually high settlement fee, suggesting it was intended to ensure the matter remained out of public view.
John Whittingdale, the chairman of the culture, sport and media select committee, said: "We as a committee regarded the 'for Neville' email as one of the most critical pieces of evidence in the whole inquiry. We will be asking James Murdoch to respond and ask him to clarify."
He added that "it was seen as one of the few available pieces of evidence showing that this activity was not confined just to Clive Goodman", the only journalist on the paper to have been prosecuted - and jailed - in relation to phone hacking so far.
Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers are set to lose exclusive access to British athletes ahead of the 2012 London Olympics after the phone hacking scandal that led to the News of the World's closure.
Team 2012, the Visa-backed project supporting potential British Olympians, had signed up News International as its official partner.
But Team 2012 says in a statement that "as a result of the closure of News of the World the contract can no longer be fulfilled as originally envisaged."
News International's remaining publications - The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times - would have been able to use the slogan "Official Newspaper of Team 2012".
But Team 2012 says it is now looking for potential new media partners.
It remains unclear who Team 2012 will partner with, and the project may face limited options as it emerged that more newspapers have become embroiled in the phone-hacking scandal and as the deputy prime minister said the crisis was a chance to clean up "murky" ties between politicians, police and the media.
After hacking allegations at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World closed the Sunday tabloid, it emerged that police have asked for files from a regulator that exposed the use of private investigators by other rival papers.
The scandal has also engulfed Prime Minister David Cameron, who faces questions over discussions he had on Murdoch's failed bid for pay-TV giant BSkyB, and his employment of a former Murdoch editor as his media chief.
Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister in Britain's 15-month-old coalition government, said a forthcoming judge-led public inquiry into the scandal, now widened to include broadcasters, should take strong measures.
"We have a once in a generation opportunity to really clean up the murky practices and dodgy relationships taken root at the very heart of the British establishment between the press, politicians and the police," he said.
But the Liberal Democrat leader said Cameron, a Conservative, had been "very categorical that no inappropriate discussions took place" with Murdoch's aides over the BSkyB bid, which collapsed earlier this month.
Opponents have seized on Cameron's comments as an admission that he did have conversations of some kind with Murdoch's lieutenants over the deal for full control of Britain's biggest satellite broadcaster.
Public outrage has until now focused on Murdoch, with public revulsion at claims that the News of the World hacked a murdered girl's voicemails.
The ageing tycoon was hit with a foam pie during a parliamentary hearing on Tuesday.
The crisis has also prompted Australia to move to introduce a legal right to privacy and in the United States spawned an FBI probe into Australian-born Murdoch's US-based News Corp empire.
But other media groups are now under the spotlight after Britain's Information Commissioner's Office said police had requested files from a 2006 inquiry into the use of private investigators by newspapers.
That inquiry found that the Daily Mail had made 952 requests to private detectives for confidential details; The People made 802 requests, the Daily Mirror 681 and The Mail on Sunday 266. The News of the World was in fifth place with 228.
"The information was handed over to the police three months ago. It was at their request," a spokesman for the Information Commissioner's Office said.
Scotland Yard said it would not discuss specific lines of inquiry.
The BBC quoted the Daily Mail as saying the information obtained may have been used for reasons of public interest. The Trinity Mirror group, which owns the Mirror and The People, told the BBC its journalists worked within the law.
Actor Jude Law is meanwhile suing The Sun, Murdoch's top-selling British daily, for allegedly hacking his phone. The Sun denies it.
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Cytoreduction in the metastatic setting has been discussed since the early 1970s. Initially, proponents used reports of immune-mediated regression of metastatic deposits following angioinfarction of the primary tumor as the proof with which to advocate cytoreduction.[1] Unfortunately, the morbidity and/or mortality of this procedure far exceeded the rate of regression. In the late 1980s, the surgical branch of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) required that all patients entering their high-dose IL-2 clinical trial for metastatic renal cell carcinoma undergo a prior nephrectomy.[2] The result was that nephrectomy followed by immunotherapy became common practice in the setting of metastatic disease. The evidence for this approach was not based on prospective, randomized trials, and the rate of postoperative complications, mortality, and rapidly progressive disease prior to the initiation of high-dose IL-2 therapy was not insignificant. Flanigan et al reported on the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) study of nephrectomy followed by interferon alfa-2b (Intron A) compared with interferon alfa-2b alone for metastatic renal cell carcinoma.[3] This was a randomized, prospective trial in 246 patients accrued over 7 years from 80 institutions. Patients were stratified according to SWOG performance status, the presence or absence of lung metastases, and the presence or absence of at least one measurable metastatic lesion. The analysis showed a significant improvement in overall survival (P = .05) favoring the patients assigned to surgery followed by interferon (11.1 vs 8.1 months). The median survival for patients with a performance status of 0 was 17.4 vs 11.7 months, and for those with a performance status of 1, 6.9 vs 4.8 months. The difference in survival was not dependent on performance status, metastatic site, or the presence or absence of measurable disease. One confounding factor in the analysis of the data was the higher number of patients with a performance status of 1 in the arm that received interferon alone (58.1% vs 45%, P = .04). Mickisch et al reported on an identical trial conducted by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC).[4] This trial enrolled 85 patients, and the findings confirmed the results of the SWOG trial. A significant advantage in median survival (17 vs 7 months) and time to progression (5 vs 3 months) favored patients in the surgery- plus-interferon arm. Management Considerations
These pivotal studies have recently led to a shift in the management of metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Many clinicians are calling for cytoreduction followed by immunotherapy to be the standard arm in future studies, but such a sweeping change needs to be approached with caution. Both the SWOG and EORTC studies limited enrollment to patients with a performance status of 0 or 1. Patients with a performance status of 2 were correctly excluded secondary to their poor survival and higher probability of postoperative complications and mortality. The 2-month improvement in survival noted in the group with a performance status of 1 in the SWOG trial argues against the routine use of nephrectomy for all such patients. Patients with a performance status of 0 should be strongly considered for surgery, but if their primary tumor burden is smaller than their overall tumor burden, a nephrectomy would not be advisable despite their performance status. Another major consideration that limits the generalizability of this approach is the operability of the primary lesion. In the SWOG study, an attending surgeon determined operability. As the result of surgery, mortality and morbidity were much lower in the SWOG trial than noted in previous reports. This does not mean that all centers will achieve similar results. The slow rate of accrual for this trial (less than one patient per year from each participating institution) may be explained by the requirement of an operable patient with a high performance status. Conclusions
We would recommend nephrectomy in the setting of metastatic disease only in a few situations. In our opinion, all patients with a performance status of 0 and a low volume of disease should be considered for cytoreduction. Selected patients with a performance status of 1 should be offered the option of cytoreduction. Patients with a performance status of 2 should not undergo cytoreduction prior to systemic therapy. Although the SWOG and EORTC trials were well designed and demonstrated a significant improvement in survival among patients who receive cytoreduction plus interferon alfa-2b, the lack of generalizability to the majority of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma limits this approach. At present, the mechanism that mediates the improvement in survival is unknown. Referral to a major center that handles a large volume of cases should strongly be considered to lower surgical complication rates. An unanticipated benefit of this approach is that tumor specimens can be retrieved and analyzed for the genetic and protein patterns that predict outcome.[5]
2. Walther MM, Yang JC, Pass HI, et al: Cytoreductive surgery before high dose interleukin- 2 based therapy in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. J Urol 158:1675-1678, 1997.
3. Flanigan RC, Salmon SE, Blumenstein BA, et al: Nephrectomy followed by interferon alfa-2b compared with interferon alfa-2b alone for metastatic renal-cell cancer. N Engl J Med 345:1655-1659, 2001.
4. Mickisch GH, Garin A, van Poppel H, et al: Radical nephrectomy plus interferon-alfabased immunotherapy compared with interferon alfa alone in metastatic renal-cell carcinoma: A randomised trial. Lancet 358:966-970, 2001.
5. Takahashi M, Yang XJ, Lavery TT, et al: Gene expression profiling of favorable histology Wilms tumors and its correlation with clinical features. Cancer Res 62:6598-6605, 2002.


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This spring, the Barnes Foundation opened its controversial new Philadelphia home to largely rave reviews. But ever sensitive to the virulent criticism surrounding the collection's move from suburban Merion, Pennsylvania, to the new $100 million museum, Barnes representatives always seem to take pains to pay homage to the institution's opinionated founder, Albert C. Barnes. So it was at yesterday's press lunch for the upcoming exhibition, "Ellsworth Kelly: Sculpture on the Wall," May 4-September 2, 2013, in which executive director Derek Gillman described the "many similarities" between Kelly and Barnes.
Apparently both men had formative experiences while living in Paris, they both loved Picasso, Matisse, and Cezanne, and they both were obsessed with "harmony" — Kelly by integrating a rooms' walls into his sculptural practice and Barnes by meticulously arranging his paintings into patterns that he believed were vital to experiencing the artwork properly.
Gillman also drew parallels between Kelly's artistic sensibility and the new building's modernist architecture. Exhibition details are forthcoming, but the highlight is no doubt Kelly's 65-by-11-foot "Sculpture for a Large Wall," 1957, originally commissioned for the Philadelphia Transportation Building and now on long-term loan from the Museum of Modern Art. The 100 multicolored aluminum panels in Kelly's work commune, Gillman said, with the Barnes Foundation's new bright, reflective building. "It mirrors the building while being mirrored by it in turn."
The work will hang at the heart of the special exhibitions gallery so that it "meets the eye directly, just as Kelly wanted it," said curator Judith Dolkart. Is it what Barnes would have wanted too? Probably not. Then again, the Foundation optimists were sure to point out that the late collector was one of the greatest lovers of contemporary art of his time. Maybe he would have been a Kelly fan.
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With the month of December upon us, it's time to begin considering the all too important process of selecting the Shameful Human of the Year. We've had some 40 Shameful Humans this year so far (Uwe Boll twice), and before all my rage is drained for 2010, we'll probably have a couple more. Who among them has shamed the most? Who has shamed the most shamefully?
Hit the jump to see the full list of candidates thus far, with links to their corresponding write-ups. Ponder on the evil-doings of Bobby Kotick, Prince, Gene Simmons, Michael Bay, and so many more. Marvel at the collective badness of this especially annoying rogues gallery.
Pile upon the comments section of this post with your leading contenders. You can nominate anyone from the list so far, combine candidates (like the parade of Nintendo haters), or even throw in last-minute nominations I have yet to write about. I'll put up a poll in a couple weeks between the leading contenders to determine the wrongest wronger of 2010.
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The Bertram Chain of Lakes Regional Park Advisory Council's first meeting of the new year included an important land acquisition funding and grant update.
Wright County Parks Administrator Marc Mattice and Monticello Community Development Director Angela Schumann addressed the project's Phase 4 acquisition time frame and recapped park and trail legacy grant and non-metro regional park grant progress to-date at a Jan. 4 meeting.
Wright County and the City of Monticello have partnered in an effort to acquire 1,200 acres of open space in Wright County, known as the Bertram Chain of Lakes.
The city and county partnership was formed with the goal of improving the community's quality of life by preserving this irreplaceable natural area and creating a regional park for public enjoyment and recreation.
The 1,200 acres within the Bertram Chain of Lakes property boundary includes four lakes, acres of undisturbed shoreline, natural habitat and oak forest.
The property is located directly west of the city limits of Monticello along County Road 39 and 90th Street. The park now features 496 acres.
In January 2012, the partnership was awarded an $833,000 grant from the Minnesota Parks and Trials Legacy Fund for the continued acquisition of this significant resource. This funding will be used for a Phase 4 purchase, that includes the south and west shorelines of Bertram Lake.
During the Wright County Board of Commissioner's Dec. 11 meeting, Mattice requested and received county board signatures on two documents relating to the Bertram Chain of Lakes Regional Park.
The first was a purchase agreement for the Phase 4 acquisition and the second document was an amended, restated shared use agreement. These agreements are between Wright County, the city of Monticello, and the YMCA Twin Cities, which continues to use the park.
"Phase 4 is our most time-sensitive [acquisition]," Mattice said earlier this week. "It's contiguous land. It's the whole sound end of Bertram Lake and the west shoreline. It's a nice piece of property, and will help us preserve the shoreline from development."
Phase 4 features more than 4,000 feet of shoreline, he said.
According to Mattice, the county and city's goal will continue to work with the YMCA so day camp activities can be offered at the park during the summer.
Since the purchase agreement and shared use agreement have been completed and adopted by the Wright County Board of Commissioners for the Phase 4 acquisition of Parcels 9, 10, and 12, Schumann said this week the council will be asked to consider action on the same documents at its Jan. 14 meeting.
"Council members have already approved the match; they just need to approve the purchase documents," she said, adding the city council previously approved the $317,000 match for Phase 5, the 40.17-acre parcel that comprises the top corner of the athletic complex area. According to Schumann, the Wright County Board of Commissioners approved that match in December.
"We are well over halfway with the grants we've received from the state," she said.
Parcels 9, 10, and 12, are scheduled to close later this winter or early this spring, she said.
"Then, we have the match for Parcel 1 in Phase 5, and that's already secured, and we need to start working on the appraisal documents."
Schumann said Wright County and city are awaiting word on a grant for other remaining parcels on the Bertram Chain of Lakes property acquisition map, and may be able to combine appraisal services for efficiency and cost savings.
The athletic complex at Bertram fulfills an existing yet pressing need for play fields in the community, Schumann said.
"It's a regional athletic complex that will serve population growth over the next 15 to 20 years," she said.
"We've heard from other communities that they are interested in those fields. Over the next year to two years, we'll be talking with the council about fine-tuning the complex detail planning. We have a concept, but we have to start talking about the phasing, the long-term capital and maintenance costs and how will we phase and market the park."
She added: "That's all part of the master planning complex for the park."
Mattice said the Bertram Chain of Lakes Regional Park received grant funding notices for Phase 6 on Dec. 30.
There was $7.5 million available statewide from the state's park and trails legacy fund; half of $7.5 million was for regional trails and the other half for regional parks.
According to Mattice, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) received $46.9 million in grant requests. The Bertram Chain of Lakes Regional Park received just over $1.5 million.
"The board was pretty excited about that last Friday," Mattice said.
"We also received non-metro, regional park funding as well; there was more than $3 million in funding requested and $333,333 available, and we got it all. I will be working to bring the match for that to the county board during the next couple of months."
The Phase 6 funding will be used to buy the north end of Bertram Lake, including the beach.
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NDP Seniors and Pensions critics are heading off on a cross country tour to build opposition to the Conservative roll-back on the Old Age Security.
Irene Mathyssen, critic for Seniors, as well as deputy Seniors Critic Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe and Pensions Critic Wayne Marston willing be hitting up various cities – Toronto, Brampton, Vancouver, Darmouth among others – starting this weekend. Ms. Mathyssen said this is the first of various community outreach events the NDP plan to do to.
"The OAS is sustainable," Mr. Marston said. "That message has to be delivered loud and clear."
It might be a bit premature given the Conservatives haven't spelled out the details of their plan for the OAS.
But if cuts must be made to the budget, Ms. Mathyssen said the federal government should cut spending on corporate tax breaks, new F-35 fighter jets and prisons — not pension programs. "They are making the wrong decisions," she said.
And while the Conservatives have repeatedly said it won't affect seniors in the present, Mr. Marston said his phones have been ringing off the hooks with concerned seniors wondering if they will be affected.
"Failure to make important decisions now will put Old Age Security in jeopardy for future generations," said Alyson Queen, the director of communications for Diane Finley, minister of human resources.
She added the government was conducting its own consultations of seniors.
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The Paladin are reunited in the Heartwood and the Trinity is revealed at last. But what is the key to the secret that will unlock their power?
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Room in the Center of Rome
Size24 m²
Floor No.2(with elevator)
- Internet/WiFi
- Towels
- Family/child friendly
- Elevator in building
- Lockable room
- Kitchen
Accommodation summary
|viale dei quattro venti, 00152 roma, Italy
|Property type
|Private room
|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
The strategic position, in front of Quattro venti station ( 2 min to San Peter's square and Trastevere, 5 minutes to Metro a\b) and 500 meters to tram 8 stop, allow to reach in a few minutes the most central parts of the city and the of italian excellence cookery center Eataly.
Rooms are big, lightfull with private restroom and tv.
free wi-fi.
House rules
|Check-in After
|Check-in before
|On arrangement
|Check-out Before
|Cancellation Policy
Reviews of this property
Alessandro is a very good host. It was very nice to meet him. He was very helpful as we stayed in his apartment and even answered quickly my questions before arriving in Rome.
His apartment is exactly as it is shown in this website. As we were there everything was nice and clean.
The breakfast was really a plus and it was also good to have wifi.
Very cosy stay! I would definitely stay in Alessandro's place again...
Excellent Host! Everything was very clean. The mattress is very confortable, the sheets are new and soft, also a new and beautiful conforter. Enough towels. The bathroom smell good (not sure if was a cinammon scent or lavanda), very spacious, enough hot water for 3 people (this is important!!). No shampoo but we had our own. The room has heating, closet to store the clothe, and flat tv with many channels. You can hear cars passing the street but nothing that bothers.
it is located in a residential neighborhood, very close to a train station (Quattro Venti). The building has lift, and 2 glass doors in the entrance what makes it very safe. I was with my 2 daughters of 10 and 13 years old and never felt threatened walking down the street.
Alessandro is a very nit person, very helpful and kind. He cares for the guests (bought small cakes with no gluten), helped us calling the taxi to leave at 3:30 in the morning, provided maps, etc
Thank you Alessandro for everything, specially for the Nutella!!!
The apartment is very well located (8 to Pl Venezzia tram and train station next door) and in a quiet neighborhood (although quite hear car noise). The room for three is perfect and very spacious, great bathroom with towels and a hair dryer, and very complete breakfast. Very good reception and recommendations by Alessandro. I recommend 100%!
El apartamento está muy bien situado (tram 8 hasta Pl. Venezzia y estación de tren al lado) y en un barrio tranquilo (aunque se oye bastante el ruido de coches). La habitación para tres es perfecta y muy espaciosa; el baño genial con toallas y secador de pelo; y el desayuno muy completo. Muy buena acogida y recomendaciones por parte de Alessandro. Lo recomendamos 100%!
very happy with our stay in Rome!
nice home, nice room, a little noisy avenue by traffic but'' all was still well, including the location, it was pretty easy to go downtown on foot!
we are delighted with our stay!
très contents de notre séjour à rome !
accueil agréable , chambre agréable, avenue un peu bruyante par la circulation automobile mais l''ensemble etait bien quand même , y compris la situation géographique, il était assez facile d'aller au centre ville même à pied !
nous sommes ravis de notre séjour !
We were very well received, the apartment was spotless, great room for three and a private bathroom, all very clean with everything you need (towels, soap, hair dryer, etc.). The apartment is located in a quiet area, there is the bus, tram and train 8 next. great experience in Rome!
Nous avons été très bien accueillies, l'appartement était nickel, une grande chambre pour trois et une salle de bain privée, le tout très propre avec tout ce qu'il faut (serviettes, savons, sèche-cheveux, etc). L'appartement est situé dans un quartier calme, il y a le bus, le tram 8 et le train à côté.
très belle expérience à Roma!
great stay. the room is very spacious, the apartment is very well located near the train station to st pierre and tram to Trastevere. you rented the room eyes closed. complimentary full dej, tv in the room. a big thank you for this stay
super sejour. la chambre est tres spacieuse , l appartement est tres bien situé proche de la gare pour st pierre et du tram pour trastevere. vous pouvez loué la chambre les yeux fermé. petit dej complet, tv dans la chambre . un grand merci pour ce sejour
Alessandro is a very nice person who was able to tell us more about the places we wanted to see. The apartment is conveniently located a few meters from a train station that allows you to move around Rome. The room was very nice, comfortable bed and hearty and varied breakfast. This stay in Rome was perfect and we recommend Alessandro as host.
Alessandro est quelqu'un de très gentil qui a su nous informer au mieux sur les endroits que nous voulions voir.
L'appartement est très bien situé à quelques mètres d'une station de train qui permet de se déplacer partout dans Rome.
La chambre était très agréable, le lit confortable et le petit déjeuné copieux et varié.
Ce séjour à Rome était parfait et nous vous recommandons Alessandro comme hôte.
Nice place (quiet residential area with a good restaurant just down the building), great host (thanks for the advices about what to see !). The flat is very close to public transports and it is easy to go quickly to any place. A good place to stay for nice holidays.
Thank you so much to the owner who was very kind and the room was very comfortable, spacious, bright, thanks.
Grazie tante al proprietario che e stato gentilissimo e la camera era molto confortevole,ampie, luminoso, grazie.
We have been very comfortable, the room is very large with a very comfortable bed and a spotless bathroom. Alessandro has been very attentive and has managed to show us very good recommending places to visit both comer.Nos recommended to visit the Gianicolo, a park with beautiful views near the house that was not in the guides. He focused on our needs and helped us a lot. Thank you very much for everything Alessandro
Hemos estado muy a gusto, la habitación es muy grande con una cama muy cómoda y un baño impecable. Alessandro ha sido muy atento, ha sabido indicarnos y recomendarnos sitios muy buenos tanto para visitar como para comer.Nos recomendó visitar el Gianicolo, un parque con preciosas vistas cerca de la casa que no aparecía en las guías. Estuvo pendiente de nuestras necesidades y nos ayudó mucho. Muchas gracias por todo Alessandro
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so last week we went apple picking {i know, i know but at least i'm posting it right??} it was field trip for school. highly educational let me just tell you. i had this vision of talking about apples and varieties and looking at the parts of the apple we learned and how to they keep the apples free from bugs & animals and well, you get the idea. i had visions of us wandering the rows of trees as we had done in years past talking and looking for the right ones to pick.
so we repacked our apples into a larger bag. with stronger handles. and they each got to pick an old fashioned stick candy. we brought home homemade apple butter. friends bought red and blue popcorn which we promptly tried once we got home {sooo yummy!}


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EPD to implement Chief's Advisory Board
EUREKA- A panel of community members will begin consulting the Eureka Police Department this June.
The Chief's Advisory Board will be a seven-member panel chosen by the chief of police, mayor and city manager. The board will meet once a month concerning all aspects of the department, including the budget, training, policies, procedures and personnel investigations. The panel could recommend changes to any of these aspects and will provide annual reports to the city manager and city council.
"It's fairly uncommon in cities our size but it's fairly common in major metropolitan areas. The reason I believe it's important is because I believe with transparency comes legitimacy. So the more transparent we are for the greater community, then I think the more legitimate the police are and the greater confidence people have in our ability to police," said Eureka Police Chief Andrew Mills.


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Thursday, April 03, 2014 5:00 PM
The first quarter of this year is now history. April arrived and brought a little chill to the morning temperature. The chill is just another indication that this is the financial month of the year - budgets and taxes are on our minds.
City officials have finished the tentative budget. We will now mull this over and make sure our predictions of income and expense will work for the 2014-15 year.
We will once again take a conservative approach as our income reduced this year. It is anticipated that although our property tax income has increased a small amount, our main income (sales tax) will be down from the last several years by approximately 20 percent and brings us back to the income levels of three to four years ago.
The ability to transfer the same large amount of money into the capital improvement fund is not going to happen. The plus is that all of our prior approved projects have been funded and will be completed as planned.
Last year we were able to transfer $2.5 million to capital improvements which completed or will complete many of our projects. This year our transfer to the capital improvement fund will be $1.5 million which will allow us to work with the Winnemucca Community Improvement Group on developing a community recreation complex and take care of some of the smaller goals.
Speaking of goals, the city's 2014 budget goals are consistent with last year's goals. We want to maintain a general fund balance at a minimum of 60 percent of current expenditures (our new budget will leave us at 69 percent). This gives us a cushion and makes sure that we stay in the black. In the same light we need to maintain expenditure levels as much as possible without negatively impacting our services to the public. It is also important to maintain our buildings and infrastructure in very good condition.
We are proud of our facilities and the appearance of our community. To keep our community vital, economic development remains a high priority. The city needs to remain active in supporting our business community. To provide for the quality of life that supports the community as well as interests newcomers, we do need to increase our reserve accounts to provide funding for future capital projects and financial liabilities.
With goals also come hurdles. We never actually know what issues we are going to be handed as many are federally- and state-mandated. We are definitely concerned with a possibility that the state may modify our revenue base.
The city's primary source of income is sales tax (approximately 40 percent) and any alterations to that would greatly affect the city as we already have issues with our expenditures increasing at a faster pace than our revenues.
Internet sales do have a major negative impact on sales tax revenue. The city's gas tax is a "flat" revenue as it is collected on a per gallon basis (not a price basis). With the possibility of more electric or hybrid cars coming into use, the gas tax is dwindling. The city is also impacted by the popularity of diesel trucks - we receive no diesel tax dollars.
On top of the local issues affecting us, we have the federal issues such as the Sage Grouse listing, Wilderness designations, Safe Drinking Water Act, Clean Water Act.
Every time there are changes, there is a major impact on our budget and our local economy.
When the budget process is over, the bottom line is that we have a budget that is in the black and a council that is looking to the future as they plan for improvements.
Don't forget the Arts Town Meeting on Monday, April 7 - our vision for arts and culture (City Hall from 5:30 to 7:30).
Operation Easter Hunt is on for Saturday, April 20.
The Cultural Diversity Dinner will hold its third celebration on April 25.
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TALLAHASSEE — When Democrat Alex Sink announced she was running for governor recently, the Republican Party instantly branded her a "former banker," invoking the ugliness of subprime loans, corporate greed and government bailouts.
But by raising questions about Sink, the state's chief financial officer and longtime Bank of America executive, the party walks a precarious line.
The GOP's own candidate, Attorney General Bill McCollum, spent 20 years in Congress, all of them on the committee that oversees banking, and he advocated many of the industry's issues. When McCollum left Congress in 2001, he became a lobbyist. His first client: the Mortgage Bankers Association of America.
With next year's governor's race likely to be overshadowed by a fractured economy and Florida's crippled housing market, a central question will be whether Sink or McCollum had any role in promoting or preventing the crisis.
"Sink has the DNA of a banker and McCollum has acquired some of the DNA because he represented bankers for so long,'' said Ken Thomas, an independent banking consultant in Miami who teaches at the Wharton School of Business. "Neither of them have done big favors for consumers.''
Sink, whose banking career began in 1974 and ended when she retired in 2000, defends her role as Florida president of NationsBank and then Bank of America.
"I was the head of the commercial and small-business divisions and the retail banking of 800 branches from around the state," she said. Mortgage banking and the divisions that traded in subprime lending were handled by a separate corporation, she said. "I did not have any supervisory or policy authority over the mortgage corporation.''
McCollum, too, distances himself, noting he left office before the situation exploded. He says he always acted with the consumer in mind, trying to expand banking options.
Of the Republican attacks, he said: "I don't have any comment on it right now. I haven't examined her record as a banker. I may get an opportunity to do that but I have not done so."
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McCollum's interest in banking began shortly after he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 1980, when he joined the Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Committee.
As McCollum settled into Washington, the subprime lending industry was being born. Significant legislation in the early 1980s, which McCollum and most members of Congress supported, loosened rules on mortgages so banks could sell exotic versions, such as interest-only and adjustable rate loans. The year before McCollum arrived, Congress allowed banks to charge much higher interest rates.
More than a decade later, he was pushing his own banking-related legislation, including a bill aimed at curbing the rapid increase of personal bankruptcy filings that stymied debt collection (a version passed in 2005).
Over the years, McCollum collected hundreds of thousands in campaign donations from financial institutions. In the 1998 cycle, his top contributor was Bank of America with $18,000.
In 1999, McCollum co-sponsored the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which undid a Depression-era law and allowed holding companies of commercial banks to own investment firms. That and a subsequent law in 2000 changed investment rules to allow banks to take on riskier investments in mortgages.
"The deregulation of credit default swaps turned the subprime mortgage arena into a big gambling casino," said Pat McCoy, a law professor and banking expert at the University of Connecticut. Among the players was Bank of America.
A financial storm was beginning to take shape. In May 2000, while McCollum was vice chairman of the banking committee, his panel held daylong hearings into mortgage issues, including rising defaults rates and subprime lending practices.
But hours of testimony resulted in little action. "It was very hard to convince anyone it was epidemic," said Cathy Lesser Mansfield, a Drake University law professor who testified before the committee.
McCollum could not recall the details, but said there was nowhere near the concern then as there has been in recent years, and linking the two would be out of context.
"It's great to look back in 40/40 hindsight," McCollum said. He blames regulators and the expansion of government-backed lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae's reach into the housing market — a move done at the direction of President George W. Bush, who in 2002 pushed a "home of your own" campaign that drew bipartisan support.
Looking back on his congressional career, McCollum said his goal was to expand banking options and, in the case of the bankruptcy bill, to limit abuses that hurt responsible consumers who paid higher fees. "I think you'd have to characterize me as pro-consumer," he said.
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Sink's record is harder to examine because she wasn't a public policymaker; she worked at a private institution. She rose through the ranks of the male-dominated banking world to head NationsBank's Florida operations in 1993, and encountered her toughest challenges when NationsBank bought Florida-based Barnett Bank in August 1997.
The merger led to the elimination of 6,000 jobs and significant procedural troubles. When NationsBank switched over Barnett's computer systems, for example, employees struggled with the software. Customers waited in long lines. Telephone lines were jammed for weeks.
Sink, and other bank executives, were forced to apologize for the trouble.
She said the decision to merge with Barnett was made by corporate executives at NationsBank headquarters in Charlotte, N.C. "I got a call one day just like the people at Barnett did that said an agreement has been reached.''
By September 1998, NationsBank had merged with Bank of America and taken Bank of America's name. Along with Barnett, the bank had acquired Barnett's subsidiary, EquiCredit, a company that specialized in making high-interest-rate loans to lower-income borrowers. EquiCredit and NationsBank's own subsidiary, NationsCredit, were among the lenders accused of predatory lending before McCollum's committee in 2000.
"They targeted minority communities, the elderly and women," said William J. Brennan, an attorney with the Atlanta Legal Aid Society who testified.
Amid growing consumer complaints, and a rise in interest rates, NationsBank quietly shut down NationsCredit and EquiCredit in August 2000 — including 22 offices in Florida.
Brennan said he does not know Sink, and is not familiar with her role at NationsBank and Bank of America. He said anyone involved with the loans at any of these mortgage companies "knew what was going on and turned a blind eye," but the depth to which executives throughout a banking chain knew "kind of depends on the chain of command.''
Sink said she had nothing to do with NationsCredit or EquiCredit. "They were separately run corporations, separate subsidiaries. I never had any involvement with them.''
Republicans continue to try to link Sink with predatory lending, saying "she played a leading role in tanking Florida's economy."
Florida pollster Brad Coker of Mason-Dixon Research questions whether the charge will stick.
"I don't think anybody cares about what job Alex Sink had before she became CFO or what Bill McCollum did on the banking committee," he said. "The average voter is worried about getting through 2009."


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Lindsay Lohan had reportedly been asked to pose nude for Playboy and recreate Marilyn Monroe's swimming scene from Something's Gotta Give. But Dina Lohan set the record straight with Us Magazine:
"That [offer] never happened," she tells Usmagazine.com. "That would be a no."
Yeah, because the first round of shots of Lindsay as Marilyn turned out so awesome. Let's do that again but with the class and style of a Playboy photo shoot. Actually, I'm serious about that. Those guys are airbrush masters. Maybe, for once, I can see Lindsay Lohan naked and say "Yippee!" instead of being bored to tears by her breasts. I mean, that's just sacrilege. Right, Pope? Pope? Hey, man, put down the Guitar Hero and commit yourself to this joke. Don't you point that hat at me. Oh, that's real cute. You bless people with that finger?