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Jeff Sayoc from Twinsburg Township said that while his children Grant and Jillian had been involved with previous shows with the Twinsburg Community Theatre, he himself never took part in a full-scale stage production before. That changed when he decided to audition, along with his children, for the theater's production of "The Music Man," which opened Jan. 25 and runs through Feb. 10.
"I did musical showcases 25 years ago in high school," he said. "My kids have been in [Twinsburg Community Theatre] for two years, and I decided this year I would do it. It's a bucket list sort of thing."
Sayoc was cast as Marcellus Washburn, the friend of the show's "music man" Harold Hill (played by Michael A. Turle.) He said he enjoyed his experience working on the musical, liking "the camaraderie and getting to know the people in the community."
There were many opportunities to meet people from the community with this production of "The Music Man": There were 166 cast members, plus about 20 crew members, working together on the production, said Shonna Talley Nitzel, artistic director.
"We have a great bunch of people," Nitzel said. "We have a ball. We try to get as many people involved as we can."
There are many families who are involved with the production, Nitzel said.
"We have two families with five people involved, and three families have four," she said. "Nobody gets left at home. Even if they are not onstage, they are often helping backstage on the set, or passing out programs."
The musical centers on the previously mentioned Harold Hill, a con man who has traveled around the country selling phony dreams. Currently, he sells the idea of boys' bands, with instruments, uniforms and instruction books. He makes a stop in a small Iowa town to ply his trade, where he runs into his friend Marcellus, who helps Hill with his sales pitch. Hill manages to hoodwink most of the town's stuffy citizenry with his ideas, but he runs into resistance from the town's librarian and music teacher, Marian Paroo (played by Jenna Elmore). When Hill does wind up winning her heart, he finds he has lost his own heart to the librarian.
Other cast members include Dennis Burby as the blustering Mayor Shinn, Ann Nyehuis as his wife Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn; and Sally Morris as Mrs. Paroo (on opening weekend; Eve Phythyon also plays the role at certain shows). Sam Gielink, Shawn McCormick and Griffin Willmott play Marian's younger brother Winthrop Paroo on different weekends. Mallory Mentzer, Ella Murray and Olivia Sharp play Amaryllis on different weekends. Ian Lawrence, Justin Roth and Michael Senvisky play Tommy Djilas on different weekends. Grace Bolinger, Hope Bolinger and Adrianna DeFabio play Zaneeta Shinn on different weekends. Mark Durbin plays Charlie Cowell, the salesman out to get Harold Hill. Dave Blanchard, Ed Kijaukis, Matt Onion and Todd Rosenthal play the school board members turned barbershop quartet.
Nitzel said there were more than 500 costumes for the show, which is set in 1912.
"I made a lot of them, we rented some and we have a lot sewers who helped," she said. "I started in the summertime."
One of the biggest challenges of the show, Nitzel said, was conveying the mores and history of the turn of the 20th century.
"One of the most challenging things was letting the girls know that women had to wear a long dress or skirt," she said. "Women also had long hair, they did not have short hair then unless they had been ill, which led to a scramble sometimes to find wigs and hair pieces. Women also always wore a hat and gloves when they were out in the public. Boys didn't wear long pants until they hit puberty. They wore knickerbockers."
Many of the terms and phrases may not be familiar to today's audience, either, although the theater includes a list of terms and phrases -- along with a definition -- of many things mentioned throughout the show in its program.
The lasting appeal of the show is the music, Nitzel said.
"The music still translates well," she said. "In some shows, the music gets dated but the audience can still enjoy this show after all these years."
Tickets are $9 advance and $10 at the door. Call 330-405-5757 or visit www.twinsburgrecreation.com for information and tickets.
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Why didn't we make a run at Jason Kidd? NY got him for three years 9 million. I don't care if Kidd is almost 40 because he's exactly the type of player of that we need. His presence is a major reason why NY is so improved this year. A champion like Kidd with that sort of experience and work ethic has a presence that rubs off on everyone in the locker room. Our entire core is basically young players. We need some old vets who have been around the block. A young player like DJ Augistin who has played the bulk of his career on crappy Bobcats teams isn't the type of player that we need. We needed an old vet like Kidd who you could count on to make plays in a playoff series. He will be extremely valuable to NY come playoff time. DJ Augistin likely won't be very valuable to the Pacers in May.
Would Jason Kidd have picked Indy over NYC? Probably not. But you never know until you try. Maybe they did try, but I have a hard time believing that wouldn't be leaked out by the Pacers. You want it leaked to the fans that you're trying to improve the team.

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JUPITER, Fla. -- The Astros have not been shy about stealing bases early in Spring Training, and they've had great success doing so.
The team entered play Monday 6-for-6 in attempts, with six different players -- Trevor Crowe, Delino DeShields, Marwin Gonzalez, Tyler Greene, Jose Martinez and Justin Maxwell -- recording a stolen base.
"We want our players to be aggressive and we want to provide them with information that allows them to be aggressive," manager Bo Porter said. "Like I explained to the whole team, everyone has the green light."
Houston last year was led by second baseman Jose Altuve, who swiped 33 bases. As a team, the Astros were sixth in the National League with 105 steals.
Porter said it's not necessarily a reflection of his style as manager, but mostly him allowing players to be aggressive during Spring Training games, and also putting some of the team's best skills to work.
"I think what he's doing is getting to know his own team and utilizing Spring Training for the original purpose, which is to try things out and see what works with our team and our personnel," general manager Jeff Luhnow said. "You don't want to give away all your secrets during Spring Training, but you certainly want to try different things."


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Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the 25th annual National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic. It's great to be here. I'm pleased to have this opportunity to honor others for their support of the clinic.
Let me briefly acknowledge and thank some of the people who make this event the victory it is every year.
First, my very special thanks to the Disabled American Veterans, our partner for the Winter Sports Clinic for the past two decades—since 1991. Without the support and participation of great people like Wally Tyson, Dave Gorman, Marc Burgess, Mike Walsh, Susan Henry, Chad Colley, and their many devoted DAV and DAV Auxiliary volunteers, this event simply would not happen.
By the way, this is Dave Gorman's last Winter Sports Clinic as executive director of DAV's Washington office. Dave's been our go-to man at DAV for many years, and we'll miss him. All the best in retirement, Dave.
Thanks also to all of our VA volunteers—the men and women, from all over the country and even from other countries, who have taken time off to man the slopes or help out in some other way this week. I'm humbled by your compassion and generosity.
We'll be recognizing each of our corporate and non-profit sponsors in a few minutes, but for now let me extend my own and Secretary Shinseki's warmest welcome and heart-felt thanks for your generous support. I hope you'll have a chance to stick around a few days and see the good it does.
Thanks also to Snowmass Village Mayor Bill Boineau and to the people of Snowmass and Aspen for your hospitality in, once again, welcoming us into your communities and for providing the mountain for the "miracle on a mountainside."
To our local VA hosts: Glenn Grippen, director of VA's Rocky Mountain Network, Terry Atienza, director of Grand Junction VA Medical Center, and Teresa Parks, director of operations of the Winter Sports Clinic. Thanks for all that you and your people provide this clinic every year, from healthcare to logistical and administrative support.
Teresa, I know the Secretary last year identified you as the "First Sergeant" who keeps this clinic running. I'm a Navy man, so this year I'd like to change that to "Master Chief of the Mountain"—if that's all right with you?
I also want to recognize Matt Bristol, Jose Llamas, and the rest of our National Special Events Team for their year-long effort to promote and coordinate this clinic for Veterans.
Now, some of you might be thinking I've left someone out of the usual line-up. Well, I have, and I've left him out on purpose, saving the best for last. There's one man here without whom the Winter Sports Clinic would not exist—and that's founder and director Sandy Trombetta.
As a recreation therapist at the Grand Junction VA Medical Center, Sandy started taking VA patients skiing in the early 1980's. Winter sports was something new for some patients, something given up by others, and something many thought they could never do—or never do again.
Sandy showed them that that wasn't true. No matter what their disabilities, with the right equipment, the right instruction, the right assistance, and a little practice, they could make it safely down the mountain—and have a lot of fun along the way. The experience lifted their spirits, strengthened their bodies, and charged them with confidence to meet other challenges in life.
Sandy's ski trips were so worthwhile that, in 1987, he organized the first Winter Sports Clinic for disabled Veterans. Starting with 90 Veterans, the clinic grew in size every year for its first decade. It began producing a parade of winter-sports champions and paralympians. It also spawned a National Disabled Veterans Summer Sports Clinic, also organized by Sandy.
This year—25 years later—despite the struggling economy, the Winter Sports Clinic is still the largest disabled winter sports event in the world—thanks in large part to Sandy Trombetta, whose initiative, drive, finesse, enthusiasm, expertise, and compassion have brought us all to the mountain to take part in this miracle of healing.
So, Sandy, a very special thanks to you for all you've done through the years to make the miracle happen.
To everyone else here tonight: On behalf of the President, Secretary Shinseki, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and America's 23-million Veterans, thank you for backing Sandy up for all these years and giving some very special men and women the opportunity to really live again.
God bless those who serve, and God bless our Veterans.
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let's get this out of the way early ... I really suck at disc golf. have played probably 10 times, trying backhand five times and sidearm five times. I've decided to stick primarily with backhand and get proficient with it.
right now I'm fairly consistent at throwing my midrange about 140-150 feet, high to the left, then having it stall and crash into the ground. ouch.
I've read the right pec drill threads and watched MB's video. is that probably the best approach for me to try for getting better? or maybe I need an exorcism or a new hobby?


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Asik to Knicks for Bargnani
Seems like a good fit for both and short contracts according to hoopshype so if it doesn't work, you're not committed long term. Houston gets another shooter to spread the floor for the Dwight/Harden show and Knicks get a healthy front court player which they need because of KMart/Amare/Chandler (broken leg).
Looks like contract amounts aren't close this year, but more so next but Houston's under the cap, right?


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Marin County's sheriff testified Wednesday that he did not try to influence the speed or scope of an investigation into a drug detective who allegedly stole cocaine from evidence for his own use.
Sheriff Robert Doyle, making a rare appearance on the witness stand in a criminal case, said he was not involved in the internal affairs inquiry into former detective Jehan "J.J." Amdjadi.
Defense attorneys subpoenaed Doyle in an effort to determine whether the Amdjadi inquiry was improperly delayed to help secure guilty verdicts in a Novato murder trial. Numerous other law enforcement officials have also been subpoenaed.
"I never took part in the planning and direction of the investigation," Doyle said.
Amdjadi, a former Novato police officer, was a member of the county's multiagency drug task force for three years. The task force is managed by the sheriff's department.
Amdjadi was the target of an internal probe last year on allegations he stole cocaine from task force evidence, used it himself, shared it with his wife and possibly gave it to other friends.
The allegations first surfaced in April, the month before four men were convicted of murdering Novato resident Tong Van Le. Amdjadi, who was the initial lead investigator on the case, testified at the trial.
Prosecutors are required to tell defense attorneys about any "moral turpitude" that could impeach the credibility of their prosecution witnesses. Defense attorneys are seeking a new trial, claiming authorities dragged their feet on the Amdjadi cocaine inquiry so it would not muck up the murder case.
In testimony Wednesday, Doyle said he learned about the drug allegations in early April from District Attorney Ed Berberian, who was personally prosecuting the murder case. Defense attorneys probed Doyle to see if he and Berberian discussed delaying the Amdjadi inquiry until after the murder trial was over.
Doyle said Berberian "mentioned in general terms" that the murder trial was nearing an end, but they did not discuss the timing of Amdjadi's internal affairs investigation. Doyle said he did not recall the timetable being discussed in any meeting he attended.
In any case, the Novato Police Department was responsible for the internal investigation because Amdjadi, 36, was an employee of that agency, not the sheriff's department. Novato hired private investigator Dennis Finnegan, a retired undersheriff, to do the job.
Finnegan has testified that after his preliminary investigation, he recommended that authorities try to do what he, as a private detective, could not — record telephone conversations or set up videotaped stings in an effort to incriminate Amdjadi.
Those recommendations apparently were not followed.
In June, Finnegan arranged to talk directly with Amdjadi. The detective denied using drugs and agreed to be tested.
The following month, Amdjadi tested positive for cocaine. He left the police department, effectively ending the internal affairs investigation.
The district attorney's office opened a criminal investigation in August or September, and it remains active. Defense attorneys are pressing to find out why prosecutors did not decide to start the criminal inquiry until months after the drug allegations came to their attention.
Authorities have noted that when the drug allegations were first raised, they were merely third- or fourth-hand rumors. The sources, however, were people with close ties to the law enforcement community.
According to statements in court, it was Amdjadi's wife who allegedly told a friend about the cocaine, and that friend told another friend, and word reached the daughter of a district attorney's investigator.
That investigator told his boss, Chief Inspector Robert Guidi, who told Berberian on April 9. In testimony Wednesday, Guidi said Berberian's chief deputy, Barry Borden, walked in while he was briefing Berberian.
Under questioning from defense attorneys, Guidi said the information he conveyed was that Amdjadi was allegedly stealing cocaine and using it with his wife.
Guidi said there was some discussion about whether the allegations should be disclosed to defense attorneys, but that he left the room and did not participate in the decision.
Earlier this week, Borden testified that the allegations involved unspecified drug use, but he did not hear anything about stealing cocaine from evidence or giving it to other people.
Borden said he and Berberian decided that the allegations, at that point, seemed like "third-hand or fourth-hand hearsay" that did not need to be disclosed until more investigation was done.
Instead, the prosecutors decided to wait for Novato police to complete its internal affairs investigation, he said.
It remains unclear whether prosecutors considered delaying the trial while they investigated whether there was any merit to the drug allegations.
Berberian has been subpoenaed to testify, as have Novato police Chief James Berg and former chief Joseph Kreins. Kreins was running the department when the drug allegations arose.
The hearing continues next week before Judge Terrence Boren.
Amdjadi and his wife Shanna took the witness stand under subpoena earlier this week. Both declined to answer questions about the cocaine allegations. He asserted the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination, and she invoked spousal privilege.
Le, 44, was shot to death at his Hamilton home in 2008 to prevent his testimony about a robbery at his liquor store in San Francisco, authorities said. One of the accused killers, Sean Washington, eventually admitted his involvement and testified against the other suspects in exchange for a manslaughter conviction.
In May, a Marin County jury convicted the other alleged conspirators — Larry Blay Jr.; his brother, Deandre; Kevin Abram; and C. Autis Johnson — of murder and related charges. Johnson's mother, Anchulita Uribe, was convicted of being an accessory after the fact.
The sentencing has been delayed until the judge rules on the defense motions for a new trial.
Although Amdjadi was the lead investigator in the early stages of the murder case, another detective took over a few months after the crime. The prosecution's case relied less on the crime scene investigation than on Sean Washington's testimony and incriminating text messages among the defendants and their associates.
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I'm not prone to cheerleading but......whatever happens tonight, it would be great for Reg to get a standing ovation from his home crowd. Wether we are up or down by 20 that would be brilliant to witness. He has done so much for this franchise, it's just weird to think he won't be around. If any of you guys are going tonight, make sure he can hear you!! ADIOS REG!
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Enumclaw trainer Frank Lucarelli's Mebossman pulls out Emerald Derby victory | Emerald Downs
Mebossman nailed Del Rio Harbor and Noosito in the final strides and scored a neck victory Sunday in a thrilling edition of the $74,250 Emerald Downs Derby for 3-year-old colts and geldings.
Perfectly ridden by Juan Gutierrez at 122 lbs, Mebossman ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:47.23 on a fast track and paid $13, $5.40 and $2.60. Frank Lucarelli is the winning trainer for owner R.E.V. Racing (Roy Schaefer, Port Orchard).
Del Rio Harbor, the 7-to-5 second betting choice ridden by Gallyn Mitchell at 122 lbs, held second place and paid $3.60 and $2.40. Noosito, the 6-to-5 favorite ridden by Leslie Mawing at 122 lbs, was a head back in third place and paid $2.10.
Doris Harwood trains both the second and third-place finishers, who until Sunday were the track's top 3-year-olds. Although both ran well again Sunday, Mebossman came away with the victory and threw a monkey wrench into year-end honors as Top 3-Year-Old.
Mebossman bided his time Sunday, waiting in the wings as Del Rio Harbor led Noosito through fractions of :23.30, :47.02 and 1:10.91. Noosito, perhaps compromised by a slow break, moved up to challenge into the stretch and the two Harwood stable mates battled head and head through the lane. Mebossman gained gradually through the stretch and tagged the leaders with a late outside surge.
"I knew it was going to be a tough race because Noosito and Del Rio Harbor are tough horses to beat," Gutierrez said. " Frank (Lucarelli) told me to be patient and ask him at the end. I was confident in my horse on the backside because I was behind the other horses and I had a lot of horse under me. My horse was closing pretty good, little by little."
A Washington-bred by Petionville-Peaceful Wings, Mebossman is 3-3-1 in 12 starts lifetime, a ledger that included a second to Del Rio Harbor in the 2013 Gottstein Futurity. The $41,250 first place check pushed his bankroll to $109,917.
Mitchell said Del Rio Harbor did everything but win the race.
"We did want to get the early lead today and it was a little easier when Noosito didn't break with us," Mitchell said. "I wasn't going to let my horse go too fast and set it up for a closer. Noosito got a neck on us at the quarter pole but did you see my horse dig in? He ran super. The winner was too far outside or my horse would've dug in harder, I'm sure."
Mawing praised Noosito, and said the break forced a change of strategy.
"We missed the break a little today, but the plan was to go to the lead," he said. "The horse was lying comfortably, we sat right off Del Rio (Harbor) and didn't want to knock each other out up front. I asked him for run and at the quarter pole, we got in front and it felt like we were ready to go on with it. That other horse really dug in, he's a good colt, too. Then, we both get beat. My horse ran well, what, he got beat a half-length for all of it?"
The top three finishers are all Washington-breds and eligible for the Washington Cup on Sunday, September 7.
Zoomzoomania, Oldtimers Vision, The Tom Squad and Hillside Select completed the order of finish.
NOTES: Upset specialist Ms. Sutherland ($10.80) struck again Sunday, edging Spot On Babe by a head in the $18,900 sub-feature for older fillies and mares at six furlongs. Ridden by Mitchell, Ms. Sutherland ran six furlongs in 1:09.10, and has wins this season at odds of 12-to-1, 15-to-1 and 4-to-1. . .David G. Lopez, Eliska Kubinova and Jennifer Whitaker rode two winners each on the nine-race card. . .Whitaker and trainer Howard Belvoir book ended the card with Bella Angelina ($18.20) and Advancement ($6). . .Almosttoomuchfun ($2.80) and Moony Moony ($3) produced the meet's fourth dead-heat for win in race four Sunday, the 3-year-olds both hitting the wire in 1:17.08. . .Raised a Secret ($8.40), owned by Dr. Rodney Orr, prevailed in a $77,000 allowance race Sunday at Del Mar. A 4-year-old Songandaprayer colt, Raised a Secret scored his maiden win in 2012 at Emerald Downs. . .Live racing resumes Friday with first post 6:45 p.m.


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A Clinical Research Study Designed To Determine If Treatment of Hepatitis C With Milk Thistle is More Effective Than No Treatment In Patients Infected With Both HIV And Hepatitis C
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|Drug: Silymarin Drug: Placebo
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|A Pilot Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial Designed to Determine the Tolerability and Efficacy of Silymarin (Milk Thistle) vs. Placebo for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in HIV Infected Patients
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Drug: Silymarin
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Drug: Placebo
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Patients with many different diseases are requesting information from health care providers, (physicians and nurses) about alternative therapies. The paucity of evidence based information requires that rigidly structured clinical trials comparing dietary supplements, herbal products and other alternative modalities with either placebo or standard of care be conducted in a timely fashion. There is a body of evidence that Silymarin is both well tolerated and efficacious for the treatment of Hepatitis C. In patients co-infected with HIV & HCV, treatment choices are sometimes limited by intolerable toxicities of standard therapies for the treatment of HCV when combined with antiretroviral therapy for treatment of HIV. This study will seek to determine if Silymarin, an herbal product that is widely used, will be well tolerated and effective in slowing progression of liver damage in patients co-infected with HIV & HCV.
The Informed Consent Document contains all the required elements of informed consent as required by 21CFR50. The consent clearly states that this is research, participation is voluntary and that treatment with Silymarin may not be effective. Every effort has been made to outline whatever is known about any side effects. There are very few. All study participants are followed closely, are given their test results which are also shared with primary care providers. The investigators have convened a Data and Safety Monitoring Board and the Mount Sinai IRB has approved and will monitor the study.
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- Men and women 18 years old and older
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- Blood tests for liver function that indicate that the liver is working - must be obtained within one month of study entry
- CD4 counts and HIV viral loads obtained within one month of study entry
- (CD4 count <100 - eligible if HIV Viral Load <25,000)
- (CD4 >100 - eligible with any HIV Viral Load)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Women who are pregnant & breast-feeding & male partners of pregnant women
- Diagnosis of advanced liver disease
- Chronic liver disease other than Hepatitis C
- HIV related infection within two weeks of study entry
- Having had any organ transplant in the past including bone marrow
- History of mental illness including depression within three months of study entry and attempted suicide or hospitalization for the treatment of mental illness at any time in the past
- Chemotherapy treatment or treatment with steroids or other drugs that affect the immune system within six months of study entry
- Problems with alcohol of illegal drugs within one year of study entry. Patients on methadone will be allowed to enter the study.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00246363
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Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Hepatitis, Viral, Human
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Enterovirus Infections
Picornaviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
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California seems to be moving toward imposing a tax on oil pumped from the ground, either through a legislative bill or a ballot measure, a new poll suggests.
The poll -- commissioned by NextGen Climate Action, the group formed by billionaire hedge fund manager Tom Steyer of San Francisco -- found most likely voters in the state want oil companies to pay such a tax. According to the poll, most likely voters also want counties to be able to vote on whether to allow hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," for oil and gas within their borders.
The poll of 800 likely voters, conducted in late April, found 64 percent support an oil-extraction fee while 27 percent oppose it. Support for the fee crosses party lines, with 71 percent of Democrats, 67 percent of independents and 50 percent of Republicans in favor. And when told that California is the only one of 22 oil-producing states that doesn't already have such a fee, the support of likely voters grows to 75 percent.
The oil industry profits from California's natural resources and should pay its fair share, Steyer told reporters on a conference call Wednesday. "And right now, let's face it — they don't."
As oil companies use techniques -- like hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking" -- that may pose increasing environmental threats, "the next generation of Californians is taking greater risks and getting nothing in return," Steyer said, adding that the poll "is just the beginning of what we're doing in California."
Steyer plans to put a measure on 2016's ballot to impose an oil-extraction tax if the Legislature doesn't enact one before then. SB1017 by state Sen. Noreen Evans, D-Santa Rosa, would do just that; the Senate Governance and Finance Committee approved on a 5-2 vote Wednesday morning.
Sabrina Lockhart, spokeswoman for Californians Against Higher Oil Taxes -- a group formed in March by business and oil industry groups -- called Steyer's poll "misleading, flawed and disingenuous."
"He successfully created a one-sided poll that fits his views as an ultra wealthy individual who does not have to worry about rising energy costs," she said, noting that the poll didn't tell voters that oil companies already pay property and other taxes and that the additional tax would make California's oil among the nation's highest-taxed overall.
Asked where the money for a new oil tax should go, 83 percent of likely voters surveyed said they supported spending it on creating new jobs by investing in infrastructure such as roads, bridges, water systems and mass transit; 81 percent support using it to lower tuition at state colleges and universities; 79 percent support using it to create jobs by investing in energy efficiency and renewable-energy infrastructure; 78 percent support using it to pay down the state's long-term debt; and 74 percent support using it to cut income taxes by 30 percent for households earning under $100,000 per year.
On fracking, 78 percent of likely voters support letting counties vote on whether to allow it within their borders -- again, support spanned party lines, with 87 percent of Democrats, 78 percent of independents and 66 percent of Republicans in favor. And 67 percent of likely voters said they're less likely to support a candidate who opposes such local control.
The poll's margin of error for all likely voters was plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
Voters won't back such a tax if it means higher gas prices and grocery costs, Lockhart said. She said California already has the nation's most stringent environmental standards for oil production, including fracking, and voters already can make themselves heard at the local level. San Benito County supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to put a fracking ban, proposed by a citizens group, on November's ballot.
"It should come as no surprise that someone who has made millions in foreign oil investments would want to threaten our state's energy independence so that California consumers are left footing the bill," Lockhart said of Steyer.
The Republican National Committee in the past week has stepped up attacks on Steyer and Democrats who accept his money, while also criticizing right-wing benefactors such as Charles and David Koch of Kansas. Steyer recently challenged the Koch brothers to a two-on-one debate.
"So far, all we've heard is the cricket sound coming from Wichita," Chris Lehane, NextGen Climate's chief strategist and a veteran political and crisis communications operative, told reporters Wednesday.
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You're on the road four, maybe five days. Maybe it's New York or New Orleans or Phoenix. And you're ready to go home. A week in Austin well, I'm ready, il conto per favore.
Three wines that have stood out this week. A week filled with nothing but tasting. There were many wines not from Italy but I want to get us back on the wine trail in Italy. Sans weirdness, sans snark, just playing the part, without wise saws or modern instances.
Castellare Chianti Classico 2003
I often forget about this wine, usually I am breathing heavy over a bottle of Rampolla or Querciabella. A little ways down on the SR222, in Castellina in Chianti, the winery is situated on what the local people call "i sodi", land too hard or steep for horses, vineyards that have to be worked by hand. This is an illusive wine, or maybe it is just too direct. Maybe I am looking round corners for an explanation of this wine, when right in front of me it stands, simply naked. Honest. True to its origins. It could be one of those ancient southern wines that I dream about or one of those wines made 4500 years ago in the Northern Sinai for the Egyptian rulers.
I am still tasting this wine, trying to figure out how it will fit into a world that wants it "right now", because this isn't a wine that will yield so quickly. Yes it's right there in front of me, but the problem, Horatio, is that this isn't part of the philosophy folks in many parts dream of. In hipper-than-California Austin? Let me slip my i-pod on and listen to a little Modest Mouse and I'll get back to you. Maybe.
Back….better now. This is like a pair of jeans that are torn and worn and dirty, real cool. Only thing is, you didn't buy it that way, you wore the jeans for years. You turned them that way by living with them, wearing them, sweating in them, dancing in them. This is not a store bought, plug-and-play Chianti Classico. This isn't "old school". This is "ancient school" Chianti. But like the winemakers of 2500BC, they had eight generations to polish their craft, get something to gleam.
Austin, or anyone who cares, take this bottle onto a porch in the late afternoon and spend an evening with it watching the earth turn.
Altesino Rosso di Montalcino 2003
Rosso di Montalcino used to not sell and then the wholesalers would close it out and give someone a good deal. Rosso di Montalcino is now as expensive as Brunello used to be. Rosso do Montalcino isn't a shadow wine of the big brother. Past, present and future. We just have to get to the future part. It's a funny thing, wine geeks go out of their way to dig up interesting wines from the Loire or Margaret River or Paso Robles. They exist; I was sipping on a very nice Bourguiel last night, followed by an old vine Petite Sirah from Lodi. Yeah, yeah.
So what are we gonna do with the not-so-big-Mamou?
I reckon all of Alesino's Rosso di Montalcino is opened and drank sooner or later, so let someone else worry about that, for now.
I got up at 5:00 am and drove 200 miles. Around 9:45 I was tasting the Altesino Rosso do Montalcino on 6th Street in Austin with a client and the winemaker. After three plus hours of driving from Dallas I had arrived to Montalcino, I was in the Tuscan Hill Country. The glass was the passport. Smoky, dusty, oregano, dried porcini, a walk in the fields. Nice way to rid myself of driver's legs. Sweet fruit, thick and juicy. Steak and eggs, with a side of garlic grits.
Viviani Amarone 2003
I know I probably talk too much about this winery. I get perturbed when I hear folks talking about what they think a great Amarone is. Walk the hills, get lost in your car in Negrar at midnight. Drive past Dal Forno's place three or four times looking for a place more "garagista" than it is. Then talk to me about great Amarone.
Walk the walk first.
I shouldn't even have to talk about this. You should already know the greatness of this wine, this estate. You should have already "gotten" this. I am an altar boy in my starched cassock, preparing the implements for the priest. Everything is ready, the candles are lit, the incense is loaded. The wine is poured into the cruets.
The aroma of this wine is reminiscent of the little San Gabriel Mission, tight, fine, ancient wood beams, light incense floating in the air, deep-roots sweat-and-blood. A high mass wine, the cardinal and the courtesan dine and drink alike when this wine is present.
So, while I haven't exactly swerved back into the vortex of a reality most people would find recognizable, these are just a few notes gathered while trying to find my way back to the base camp.
Friday, May 11, 2007
Three That Stood Out
You're on the road four, maybe five days. Maybe it's New York or New Orleans or Phoenix. And you're ready to go home. A week in Austin well, I'm ready, il conto per favore.
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Don't know the others, which sound very appealing, but I have to agree that the Viviani Amarone is what it should be and not a bit excessive.
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MILWAUKEE -- Now that he's officially a National League All-Star, all Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez needed was a position in the July 15 game itself, and to know whether he will spend the night before watching the Home Run Derby from the sidelines, or swinging for the fences himself.
First, the position. Gomez won his spot in the NL's starting lineup by finishing second among the league's outfielders in fan balloting, between a fellow center fielder (Andrew McCutchen of the Pirates) and a right fielder (Yasiel Puig of the Dodgers). It will be up to manager Mike Matheny to decide whether center field goes to the reigning NL MVP (McCutchen) or the reigning NL Gold Glove Award Winner at the position (Gomez).
"I don't know, and I don't care," Gomez said. "I know I'm a starter. Whatever the manager thinks is better, I'll take it. I play everywhere. When I came up with the Mets, most of the time I played [left field], so I make the adjustment quick. I think it will be fun to have two center fielders playing, and two really good center fielders."
Second, the July 14 Gillette Home Run Derby. Gomez has already made public his interest in the event, and even had teammate Ryan Braun lobby on his behalf with NL captain Troy Tulowitzki, whose selections will be announced Tuesday night.
As of Monday, Gomez was awaiting official word.
"It's something I've been dreaming about. It would be really exciting and fun to do it," Gomez said. "I don't know [if] I'm going to do it. The only thing I know is I can hit the ball really far."
Gomez is not worried about the event compromising his swing. Unlike some players who work the baseball around the field during batting practice, he simply steps into the batter's box and tries to hit it over the fence.
"I go the Home Run Derby every day," Gomez quipped. "That's what I do for [batting practice] every day, even in the cage. I don't think it's a big change for me." Has he always taken batting practice that way?
"Not before; they don't let me do it," Gomez said. "[Former Brewers manager] Ken Macha told me every time I hit a home run, 'Hit a ball on the ground!.'"
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Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:The Buddha did indeed teach the noting technique. For example, in the Pali text of the Satipatthana Sutta it says:
"Gacchanto vā, 'Gacchāmi't pajanāti. When walking, he knows, "I am walking." (or simply "When walking, he knows, 'Walking'.") Likewise, When a lustful mind is present, he know, "The mind is lustful." etc.
The noting is the mental factor of jhāna called vitakka, which applies the mind to the object being noted. Without it, the mind will just wander here and there at random. In the second jhāna stage, the initial application will no longer be needed as attention will be sustained on the object currently being observed. Nevertheless, it is never really dropped, as the mind won't remain in deep concentration forever. Whenever attentiveness begins to slacken, one needs to resume noting, or if secondary objects distract the mind from the primary objects, the secondary objects need to be noted as "hearing, hearing," or "thinking, thinking," and so on.
To explain the importance of noting in detail will take too long. If you read the whole of "In This Very Life" with great care and patience, the vital importance of noting everything in detail will become clear, but only if you practice intensively in conjunction with reading or listening to teachings. Theoretical knowledge and practical experience are poles apart.
Care and Respect might be a good place to start.
Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:The Buddha did indeed teach the noting technique....
Alobha wrote:4. It's often said that one should start off with the noting, but I never see an explanation when to end using it. Where is the breaking point between "noting is useful" and "let go of noting because it becomes a distraction" ? When does one know one should drop the tool? For how long should one use it?
Digity wrote:It's just a tool...use it when it makes sense. Don't be hampered by it. Frankly, I'm not a big fan of noting...I've felt it takes me out of the direct experience. However, it has it role...especially when developing concentration and you get a distracting thought and you just note "thinking".
Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:The Buddha did indeed teach the noting technique. For example, in the Pali text of the Satipatthana Sutta it says:
"Gacchanto vā, 'Gacchāmi't pajanāti. When walking, he knows, "I am walking." (or simply "When walking, he knows, 'Walking'.") Likewise, When a lustful mind is present, he know, "The mind is lustful." etc.
Chiong wrote:I asked the monk if "noting" which is a function of the perception skandha necessary to "knowing" . He asked how ?
Can you "know" something without the interpretation of the perception skandha ? And therein lies the key - the answer !
Alobha wrote: I looked at the satipatthana sutta numerous times and depending on the translation and the reader, it could either be a direct instruction to use the noting technique or a direct instruction to not use it at all. .
Alobha wrote:As far as i'm concerned, the noting technique is not just sanna-kkhandha (perception). By creating a mental note it rather belongs to the group of sankhara-kkhanda (mindformations). I already outlined my concerns relating to this and it is possible to learn without relying on mental notes. We learn non-verbally everyday. Motoric learning for example is done non-verbal. Training of perception faculties might for that reason also be rather non-verbal.
Verbal support makes sense where we try to establish a mechanical pattern, like a pattern of dancing steps (left forward backward left right), but when we are said not to force the mind into a pattern (breath in now! Breath out now!), but just to watch it.. well, with the noting technique, I regulary felt as if the notes were pushing the breath into breathing in or out. When "breathing in long" comes up in the mind as a note, one can slighty force the breath to go longer or breath in earlier than one would otherwise do without the influence of mental notes on the breath.


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On why one actor, and why professional:
Having written and directed plays for several years for activism with youth audiences, I know how challenging it is to pull together a cast. My plan was to follow the model I had work out with The Thin Line (a one woman 30 minute production on coping with eating disorders, 1999). One actor to pay, one actor to schedule.
Nearly every production, I recognized, would be presented to captive (not incarcerated, however) audiences for assemblies, orientations, awareness weeks. They would have been told the topic of the presentation, and they would be certain before they arrived in the auditorium (if they were lucky) or the gymnasium (very likely) that it would suck. In every audience there are victims and survivors, and I did not want to set them up for an hour of humiliation in which the topic could be ridiculed, diminished, or trivialized. The actor has a tall order—teens are not known for polite theatre behaviors, especially when sitting on bleachers or in the back of large auditoriums—and he has to "win" in 10 seconds or less. A task, I felt, best suited to a professional!


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Curiosity: Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report
At Launch Complex 41, the Atlas V rocket was moved from the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad on Oct. 12 in preparation for the "Wet Dress Rehearsal" (WDR). During the afternoon, the RP-1 fuel, a highly refined kerosene, was loaded aboard and leak checks were conducted. The RP-1 will remain onboard until launch.
The WDR was conducted on Oct. 13, and all Atlas V systems were fully tested. Liquid oxygen was loaded aboard the first stage, and liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen were loaded into the second stage. The test concluded successfully, and the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen were then de-tanked from the launch vehicle. The Atlas V was set to be returned to the Vertical Integration Facility on Oct. 14. It will be rolled out to the pad once again on Nov. 23 in preparation for launch on Nov. 25.
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The MLS Curiosity rover has 10 science instruments to search for evidence about whether Mars has had environments favorable for microbial life, including chemical ingredients for life. The unique rover will use a laser to look inside rocks and release the gasses so that its spectrometer can analyze and send the data back to Earth.
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The prosecution rested Tuesday after about five weeks of testimony in the trial of 66-year-old Geralyn Graham. The defense is set to begin Wednesday with police investigators who have already testified they never found Rilya's remains or any other forensic evidence.
Defense attorneys also say there's no evidence that Rilya is actually dead. She disappeared in late 2000.
It's not clear if Graham herself will testify. She faces life in prison if convicted of murder, kidnapping and child abuse charges.
The prosecution's case hinges on the testimony of three jailhouse snitches who say Graham confessed to them behind bars.
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Realizing that Lakewood isn't loaded with prospects, it was interesting to hear which players Jason mentioned (Dugan and Duffy) as opposed to the guys Kevin had in his Top 20 Franco and Altherr. Jason is there anything you have on those guys, as I always enjoy your scouting take on players?
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I had the same response. I get that guys like Altherr and Duffy and Franco may not be on anyone's radar but I was hoping to hear something on them.
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I wrote about Altherr and Franco today. I was saving the discussion for the piece.
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I was watching the game Sunday and was wondering to you Indy locals..who has more love in Indy: Reggie or Peyton?
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I was watching the game Sunday and was wondering to you Indy locals..who has more love in Indy: Reggie or Peyton?
I'm not even a Colt fan and Reggie is awesome, but there's no comparison. Peyton Manning could be the greatest QB in the history of the NFL. Reggie wasn't even a top 5 player in the NBA at any point in his career.
Edit: I guess the question is who has more love. Normally that's the better player because he's more popular. Peyton has built hospitals downtown. He's actually won a championship. Again, no comparison.
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Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
I would say it depends on your favorite sport. I love Peyton, but Reggie made a huge impact on my childhood. Also, Indiana is historically a basketball state, and the Colts were an afterthought in the 90's. They both made huge impacts to the city while they were here, but I'm giving Reggie the nod because of basketball. We don't know how Indy will support football once our QB luck runs out. Certainly a great topic, one that really can't have a definite answer.
Basketball is by far my favorite sport, so no, it does not depend on that. The city did love Reggie Miller and I don't know how you gauge that. But I've seen A LOT more Manning jerseys than I ever did Miller...even when Reggie played 3 times as many games in Indy.
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
This isn't even close. Peyton was by far the more loved/important athlete. There might be some Reggie bias on a Pacers forum, but objectively speaking these guys aren't even in the same ballpark. Reggie was fantastic, but he was never a top player in his sport. From 2003-2010, Peyton was at worst a top 2/3 player in his sport, and often was THE best. Peyton won four MVPs to Reggie's zero. Peyton won one championship to Reggie's zero. Peyton has his name on a hospital and his popularity helped build a stadium that eventually hosted the Super Bowl.
Indiana may be a basketball state, but the NFL is superior in popularity to the NBA. Peyton built the Colts into a top tier NFL franchise, and the continuity has remained with Luck. It doesn't matter where you are, way more people are going to watch a great NFL team than they are a great NBA team. Despite the fact that Indiana has basketball roots, the Colts' popularity dwarfs the Pacers' at their peak.
This isn't meant to put down Reggie at all, but these two guys are just on different levels of stardom. Reggie was great, but Peyton is without question one of the greatest NFL players in history. He was also a national sports icon. The team's success during his tenure here brought a ton of national sports attention to Indy.
Agreed Sollozzo. If Larry Bird or Magic Johnson had been a Pacer this might be a conversation. Peyton is a Bird level talent even though he only has one ring.
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
I personally love Reggie more because I love the Pacers more than the Colts and love basketball more than football in general. Also, Reggie was my hero growing up, so he will always have that status with me. That being said, the answer is Peyton Manning without a shadow of a doubt.
Unfortunately its Peyton, Hoosiers have lost touch with their roots.
You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
my guess is that Payton Manning has more love in Indy than Reggie. Sports fans have short term memories and would likely remember Manning's exploits than Reggie.
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I think some are underestimating the impact Reggie had, even if he never won MVP or championships. Basketball was much more popular than football in the 90's, especially in Indiana, and Reggie was a GOD in Indy during that time. He was treated the same way Manning is now. You could argue he is the reason for The Fieldhouse. The answer is Manning, but I believe it's more because of the current popularity of the NFL and the fact Manning still plays. I would love to see a poll for this question on this forum and a Colts forum.
A couple more thoughts. Yes, Manning won 1 ring and Reggie won 0. But I would say Manning under-peformed when it mattered and Reggie over-performed. And Reggie did it against New York, which because of their market-size and inflated ego, made the entire state rally around him. The 30 for 30 tells it best. With Peyton we have the great championship moment, but a lot of my memories of Peyton are not great memories. He really fell short in the playoffs. My memories of Reggie are amazing.
Also, Manning now plays for another team. Reggie never did. It's not Peyton's fault, but there are now visions of him in another uniform. I'm doubting this will tarnish his legacy, but it is something to consider.
The answer is Peyton only because he is more fresh in people's minds. Reggie's last game was in 2005, Peyton's last game as a Colt was January of 2011. This would be an interesting discussion maybe 6 years from now when Peyton has long since retired.
It's Peyton. You could make a strong case that he's the best to play his position ever. He's like the Nolan Ryan of football in that he commands respect. He's the ultimate field general out there, will carve up a defense in seconds, and has been nothing but a class act despite what could've been an ugly divorce with Mr. Irsay. There's a Children's Hospital that is named after him for his contributions!
Consider this, from day one when Reggie Wayne makes has made an amazing play at the RCA Dome or Lucas Oil would start chanting Reg-gie Reg-gie Reg-gie. When Peyton makes a great play you you don't hear them chant Pey-ton Pey-ton Pey-ton or Mann-ing Mann-ing Mann-ing. You never hear that for any other Colt player, yet we do it for the one Colt player who just happens to have the same name as Miller.
Right now if you asked around you obviously will get more Peytons simply because he is fresher in the minds of the people, even though they are both head and shoulders above everyone else I think Reggie is still the victor.
It's really not a fair question at this time. Peyton is more current and still plays, even if for another team. The only way to really know the answer to this is to have a public survey in about 7-8 years.
Peyton = Michael Jordon
Reggie doesn't equal Michael Jordon
Now, maybe you could argue Reggie was 'our' Michael Jordan.... But Peyton IS the NFL's Michael Jordon.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
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Peyton is obviously a much greater athlete, it's not even close. But the question was love right? EVERYONE loves Reggie, and there is a level of love that Peyton doesn't even have now. Check all of your facebooks, didn't some of you see posts from fellow Colts fans celebrating Peyton losing to the Colts?
Put it this way, Peyton is bigger than Indianapolis, Reggie IS Indianapolis.
Indy will always be Reggie's city. You put a last second impossible shot over the greatest basketball player in history with no time on the clock, in the E/C Finals no less? Yeah. You'll be a hero forever.
Haha what the hell does this even mean?
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
That's Pacer bias speaking. It's just not true. Yes, people were cheering for the Colts to beat Peyton, but that's because Colts > Peyton. But that doesn't change the fact that Peyton > Reggie.
On a Pacer forum, you'll get people saying Reggie. But if a poll were conducted amongst your average Indy residents, this wouldn't even be close. These guys were just on different levels of stardom. This would be like comparing Michael Jordan and Sammy Sosa in Chicago. Sosa was a huge star, but Jordan was an all time legend in his sport.
JO and Jeff Foster have nothing to do with Peyton Manning having the MAXIMUM love from a community that an athlete can have.
Reggie was loved a lot, but not on Peyt's level. It's Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St. Vincent.
Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right. ― Ricky Gervais.
You know exactly what it means.
This state has turned its back on basketball in favor of football. Its not just Indy either, we have some of the best Basketball gym's in the nation but most of them are now abandoned or seldom used. Even during Reggie's hey day support for the Pacers was only truly strong during the playoffs. Butler had back to back NCAA title games, and yet they still couldn't even sell out Hinkle on the reg. You have to wonder about Indiana's love of basketball, I don't see it anymore.
You can't get champagne from a garden hose.


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Fox Cities Book Festival: Susanna Daniel
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Susanna Daniel's first novel, STILTSVILLE, was awarded the PEN/Bingham Prize for outstanding debut fiction. Her second novel, SEA CREATURES, is forthcoming from HarperCollins in July of this year. She is a native of Miami, Florida, and lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with her husband and two sons. Her visit to our library is part of the 2013 Fox Cities Book Festival.


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ELDERLY couple Ken and Pat Hill will be at the centre of a national television programme next week, which will expose the six-figure losses they incurred at the hands of a cowboy builder.
Ken, 71, and Pat, 66, will star in an episode of Channel 5's Cowboy Builders, as the victims of shoddy work done by a tradesman at their home in Windrush Road, Haydon Wick.
Work began in September 2012, after the Hills bought the property, with the aim of updating the bungalow and making it more accessible for Ken, who has Parkinson's Disease.
The builder, who was not available when the Adver approached him, promised to have the work done by Christmas 2012, but failed to meet the target.
A succession of time extensions and requests for extra finance from the couple followed until July 2013, when the tradesman walked off site, after an attempt by Nathan Hill, Ken and Pat's son, to solve the issues.
The couple, whose only income is a modest pension, said they had spent £143,000 on getting the work done initially, taken out a £23,000 loan to put the work right and spent another £10,000 in paying for temporary accommodation.
"At one point we didn't think Ken was going to make it," said Pat. "He was seriously ill in the middle of the whole thing.
"I wished I was dead at one stage. I just couldn't cope any more. I sat up in bed last May and just cried about the whole thing. I had to ask my sons for help."
The couple said belongings were damaged, asbestos improperly disposed of, the driveway poorly laid and the roof left exposed to the elements.
The programme set out to put things right. In November, work to make the house safe was carried out, although the couple did not move back into their home until February 17 of this year.
A 60-metre crane blocked the road during the renovation process, as a summer house was lifted into the back garden.
"We hope people can now see why that crane was here and why it blocked the road. It was here to help us with this show and help us get our lives back together," said Pat.
Cowboy Builders has a tight budget of its own and only a short turnaround time for each property it assists, meaning a complete renovation was not carried out, though the Hills have nothing but praise for the way the show's makers helped them.
"They were in here working until 1am to do as much as they could to put the house right," said Nathan, 43. "I was in the lounge with Gabrielle Blackman, picking away at plaster until midnight, and she's the presenter. So it shows how much they tried to do for my parents here."
The programme will air next Thursday on Channel 5 at 8pm, with presenter Dom Littlewood set to come face to face with the builder.


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