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21 Mar 2013
Advocate's Close Edinburgh
Advocate's Close News
Property development and investment business, The Chris Stewart Group, has secured a major restaurant brand for Advocate's Close in Edinburgh's Old Town.
The Italian restaurant brand Zizzi has agreed a 25 year lease for the flagship restaurant at the heart of the £45m Advocate's Close regeneration project, and will create a 175 seat (4,160 sq ft) operation, supporting up to 30 new jobs. The restaurant will open ahead of this year's Festival season.
It is the 4th Zizzi restaurant in the Scottish capital and the first to take advantage of the new leisure and business hub created within some of the Old Town's hidden lanes just off the Royal Mile. The restaurant, which will have an entrance on Roxburgh Close, will open out on to a public square to the south and have panoramic views across Prince's Street to the north, and is in the immediate vicinity of the 17th century Mary King's Close, which attracts nearly 200,000 visitors annually.
Two further restaurant spaces (3,800sq ft and 6,200sq ft) overlooking the square are being marketed at Advocate's Close, offering particular opportunities for brands looking for a heritage setting with a constant flow of tourist and domestic footfall. The location also includes 29 serviced apartments, office accommodation and the UK's first Motel One hotel, which opened in January 2013. The whole development is set to be completed for August.
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Chris Stewart, CEO of The Chris Stewart Group said:
"The area is in constant use with the numbers that pass Advocate's Close as they visit the Royal Mile substantial, and yet the setting has a unique charm with the square and vistas through to Princes Street Gardens.
"We've been very meticulous with our plans for Advocate's Close and that includes who we want to attract as tenants. The area has the potential to make a tremendous impact for the local economy."
Erica Sawer, Operations Manager for Zizzi Scotland said:
The deal is worth in the region of £140,000 per annum and the agent involved was Eric Lindgren of Eric Young & Co.
25 Jan 2013
Advocate's Close Development Edinburgh
Advocate's Close Development News
Successful completion of first stage of £45m Advocate's Close redevelopment
The successful completion of the first stage of the £45m Advocate's Close redevelopment project in Edinburgh has been marked with the handover of a 208 room hotel by development company Chris Stewart Group (CSG) to German hotel group, Motel One.
In addition to the new 85,000 sq ft Motel One, the 140,000 sq ft site includes 29 serviced apartments, three restaurant spaces (covering 18,500 sq ft) and 7,000 sq ft of office accommodation. All are on schedule for completion in the spring and ahead of the 2013 Edinburgh festival season.
The redevelopment by CSG, a property development and investment business, is set to open up some of the Old Town's hidden lanes into a thriving leisure and office destination. Remarkably, the whole redevelopment has been achieved without the disruption of large cranes or heavy plant machinery, making it a model for city centre regeneration.
Chris Stewart, CEO of CSG, which has grown its reputation for complex transformational developments in city centre locations over the last 16 years, said:
"It is immensely satisfying to hand over the hotel complex on time and on budget. It has been an intense four year project, balancing architectural heritage with modern requirements for comfort and convenience to create a landmark hotel for Edinburgh's Old Town. Motel One will be able to make a big impact on the UK market with this prime site and I am delighted we secured an international hotel operator for Edinburgh."
The Advocate's Close redevelopment project, which was begun four years ago, has involved working on a site of great historic significance, including preserving or recreating extensive historical architectural features and reinstating the original 'massing' or shaping of buildings in a contemporary context.
The site includes one of Edinburgh's oldest town houses and has revealed buried interconnecting passageways linking Advocate's Close to Roxburgh Close.
Local stonemasons have built the first crows step gable for over a hundred years and the design and construction of the serviced apartments has retained as many original features as possible, including exposed brick work, gabled ceilings and fifteenth century hand painted wall panels.
Chris Stewart added:
"It is a privilege to develop such a site and an opportunity to make an impact with our ethos for quality construction and design."
CSG is now inviting potential restaurateurs to visit the site and expects to make an announcement about its first letting very soon.
28 Jun 2007
Advocate's Close Edinburgh
Advocate's Close – News Update
Old Town development granted by Morgan McDonnell Ltd
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morgan mcdonnell's development proposal for Advocate's Close receives planning approval
morgan mcdonnell architecture ltd achieved planning permission this week for a regeneration project within the heart of Edinburgh's Old Town.
The mixed use development, which is being project managed by Graham + Sibbald for Station Properties Ltd of Edinburgh, comprises 80 residential units alongside ground level commercial accommodation in one of the world's most recognisable built environments which will breathe new life into a long neglected part of the World Heritage site.
Formerly City of Edinburgh Council offices, the majority of the existing buildings on the site are listed and date from the 16th century onwards. Despite their listed and conservation area status, years of public service and the changing face of the city have seen many modifications and changes, both internally and externally. The scheme will restore and reinstate heritage features throughout the site, as well as providing a fresh focus for urban life within the area with landscaped public amenity spaces. Although regeneration is key to this project, the proposals include designs for new build elements, which compliment the complex vertical architectural character of this very distinctive city skyline. The aspect of the site, situated as it is on the sharp incline of the ridge of Castle Rock and the High Street, presents many structural challenges for appointed structural engineers Buro Happold.
The proposal, which has been in development for over a year, has been supported throughout by extensive and constructive consultation, both with the Cockburn Association, Edinburgh's Civic Trust, and the City of Edinburgh Council, as well as residents and other local parties.
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The project involves the re-opening of Roxburgh Close and a new pedestrian link from News Steps to Advocate's Close
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Apr 23 2013: Horses have a low impact on biodiversity.
"The estimate of wind energy related bird losses attributed to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the column is in fact the opinion of one biologist and not an official agency statistic. The National Wind Coordinating Collaborative, a collaboration of government officials, conservationists and industry representatives, more accurately estimates, based on actual data collected from over 100 wind farms nationally, the loss to be 200,000 birds annually.
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If we take enough people and teach them to plow using a horse, enough people could plow the same amount of land as a single person with one tractor.
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Any suggestions on what kinds of plants are best for this?
Huh, so cute. Guess this one only works if you water your plants. I should probably start slow.
Some kinds of ivy live forever and honestly will start growing as a new plant right there in the vase.
I also really like doing this with my herbs. I had a trio of tiny vases at one point that I would keep filled with sprigs of sage, basil, and rosemary. Their different shapes made nice little vignettes together.
The plant in the pictures is a common Pothos also called devil's ivy (http://www.aboutflowers.com/gandb/pothos.html). They are super-hearty and need only a little light and very little water to thrive. You can trust me on this fact because I have 5 in various places around the house and they all look fabulous even though I forgot to water them until they wilt and flop over.
If you like the look of the pothos you could make some teeny little pots of them for places like the bathroom. Most grocery stores even have them for sale.
such a cute idea! love that they'll last a long time.
the herbs sound like a good idea too, thanks!
careinthecity - pothos, like you see there, will last a very long time and will probably grow roots if you include a bit of the main stem. As will philodendron, rubber tree, tradescantia (purple heart/wandering Jew), ivy... quite a lot of things. You can also take a few snippets from nearby trees or the landscaping if you're worried about losing leaves from your plants. Coleus, begonia and sweet potato vine sometimes root.
The (unfortunately) now-defunct Home and Garden magazine had a pretty incredible article on arranging with greenery about a year ago. Just off the top of my head I remember seeing golden hop vine, heuchera, fern fiddleheads, geranium leaves (and an occasional flower head) and a lot more coleus. Wish there was a way I could show this. It was really cool.
I do this with hostas (which, of course, are planted outside). The leaves last at least 3 weeks (even in very shady places) and consume very little water, although they don't seem to sprout roots or anything.
I really like this idea. As you say, buying flowers gets expensive and I kill all of my plants so this is a great way to have some green around. I will just have to go to ChristopherB's to steal some hostas leaves :)
You could do the same sort of thing with some tree leaves. For example, a few leafy fronds from the ubiquitous Ailanthus* trees that pop up in every urban vacant lot would look nice in a small vase.
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Spider plants are great for this.
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I love the idea, and those are adorable little vases. Any suggestions for places in the city to find cute vessels for flowers? Perhaps some milk glass?
Hey Anne,
Think small and you probably already have some lovely little containers hanging around your house - juice glasses, highball glasses, scrubbed clean salsa jars, anything from the recycling bin, dollar stores, goodwill, michaels, IKEA.
And, for all of you looking for plants - find a green thumbed friend. My plants are constantly out of control and I would love a good source to give away clippings.
Anybody in DC who wants some baby spider plants, or a bit of some kind of super charged ivy that is taking over the plant shelf can let me know.
I have a pothos and a spider both rooting together in a little ... don't know what it was originally - got it at a thrift store because I liked the shape. They look pretty good together so I may plant them together. They're in the bathroom (I'm fortunate to have a window with good light). Also have a couple other pothos and spiders (separately) in water in the kitchen, and the dining room. If you use a container that's big enough, you can leave them in water for quite a long time - just be sure to change out the water once a week or so. Once potted, they make great housewarming gifts for people who like plants.
Re: plant in the bathroom.
Awesome idea. to put a plant near the vanity. The spot with the most light in bathrooms without windows.
But be careful with any haircare products that are spritzed, sprayed or (god forbid) aerosoled. The plant will slowly get a coat on in that will suffocate it.
For a dramatic take on leaves-in-the-house, try buying a monstera leaf and putting it in a larger vase. Dollar per square inch it covers more space than most foliage. http://www.thegardenhelper.com/pixpg/philodendronpix.html


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Thursday, November 29, 2012
Retrograde moves by new Gordon Administration in New Castle County
Ever since his election - indeed ever since it became apparent Tom Gordon would defeat then-incumbent Paul Clark in the Democratic Party primary for New Castle County Executive - longtime Gordon observers (perhaps a better word would be "critics") have been trying to figure out if the "new" Tom Gordon would be any different from the "old" Tom Gordon? That is... had this very talented - but flawed - politician learned anything from his first time in political oblivion?
For Gordon's critics, the initial tea-leaves suggest more of the "old" Gordon.
Case in point: Not necessarily Gordon's dismissal of County Police Chief Scott McLaren (certainly most of us would acknowledge a county executive has the right to choose a police chief with whom he has a level of comfort!), but Gordon's selection of Captain Elmer Setting as the new acting chief. One little problem: A permanent chief needs a college degree, as I understand it. (Okay, we can quibble about that requirement. It is what it is.) Setting now has about 60 college credits. Gordon hopefully suggested Setting would be able to earn that degree within a few months. Unlikely, even by Setting's own admission. One assumes, even as acting chief, Setting will have even LESS free time to take college-level courses. This could drag on for years!
One other wrinkle which brings us to Gordon's previous stint as county executive: Setting & family have stayed in a rented home owned by a duPont, Lisa Dean Moseley. Not just ANY duPont. Moseley, of course, figured prominently in the Federal corruption investigation of Gordon and former top aide Sherry Freebery.
In another development, Gordon's new chief administrative officer David Grimaldi abruptly lifted the county's outdoor smoking ban. According to The NEWS JOURNAL, Grimaldi reversed the ban after he discovered he couldn't conveniently step outside to light up.
The timing couldn't be more ironic. Some Delaware politicians the day before celebrated the decade anniversary of the state's public indoor smoking ban, which also sets a 25-foot, no-smoking perimeter around public buildings. So county employees will now be able to light up and puff just beyond that 25-foot barrier.
Grimaldi cites worker productivity in defending his reversal. He conveniently ignores all the data that smokers are more likely to MISS work days, not to mention setting a poor example for young people.
Indeed, Governor Markell wants to formally make the areas around all state government buildings into smoke-free zones, in addition to the buildings themselves.
All this wonderfully illustrates how Gordon & company march to a different drummer than many other Delaware politicians -- especially upstate politicians, D's & R's. Some people might find that distinctly appealing and refreshing, a little rebellion against political correctness. For others, though, it points to an earlier era and a dangerous retrogression.
Posted at 7:56am on November 29, 2012 by Allan Loudell
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Thu, Nov 29, 2012 8:48am
What this points to is once again: Politicians more concerned about themselves than those who elected them. Gordon and his ego believe they are above all others. Rules, policies, etc. Screw 'em, I''ll make my own!
And people wonder why there is apathy among most voters. Term we hear most is "voting the leser of two evils". Yea for Delaware...leading the way backwards.
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Thu, Nov 29, 2012 10:12am
The reason I heard folks saying that they wanted Gordon again in spite of his plea-deal with the courts (kind of implies he was guilty) was, because he didn't raise our taxes during HIS 8 years and look how nice Carosel Park is. So what those folks were saying essentially was, they don't care if the politician is corrupt as long as he/she doesn't raise my taxes.
Funny how people will look the other way if they are benefiting. No wonder politicians believe the rules / laws don't apply to them. There's enough folks who are ignorant enough, or have the morality of a snail, and keep voting for such politicians.
Thu, Nov 29, 2012 11:22am
I have not been able to understand how voters could return Tom Gordon to government. In three years he'll be back in court again. Maybe this time, the charges will stick
Thu, Nov 29, 2012 3:54pm
Gordon was lucky to have been county exec during one of the best boom-times for the county. Real-Estate transfer taxes were at an all-time high. He had money to burn. For some reason, people think he had something to do with it.
Thu, Nov 29, 2012 5:36pm
On the other hand, Gordon has been in office before. Anyone who has taken over someone else's position, particularly a former antagonist, has a very short time to make changes before the backlash begins.
This is not abnormal. Clark made changes from Coons; Coons made changes from Gordon...
There was the same hassle over it back then too....
Bottom line, if you don't like Gordon, nothing he does will make you happy... I suppose the opposite is true too: If you like Gordon, you'll support everything he does....
I do question whether the smoking change will make a difference in efficiency. If smoking is sooooooooo easy to do now, won't people be doing it quite a bit more? That has always been my experience...
However, for an executive to say... "This rule is really silly; I'm getting rid of it," after being impacted, is well within his prerogative...
If I were Gordon, I'd put secret microphones around the smoker's table, just so I'd know everything that was going on in county government...
Thu, Nov 29, 2012 7:16pm
Thankfully, I live in Cecil County, where we just elected our first county executive under the new charter government system (it was previously a commissioner "good ole boy" network). Not only is Tari Moore a woman, but she's also a Republican. In fact, Cecil County is probably the greatest Republican safe haven in Maryland. We even got rid of our liberal Republican congressman, Wayne Gilchrest, and now we have Andy Harris, a true conservative representing us in Washington.
Sorry New Castle County, but you got shafted again!
Sun, Dec 2, 2012 5:43pm
Cecil County was also the last American bastion of the KKK back in the 90's... I hope that organization is truly gone, and not stealthly embedded in the Republican Party there.
Sun, Dec 2, 2012 10:12pm
Kavips: Now there's something I can agree with you on.
I think there are still some remnants of the KKK in Rising Sun, but I suspect their numbers have dwindled since then.
As far as their politics go, they seem to lean towards Hitler's Third Reich. I sure hope there are none of those in MY party.
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When we think of big pharma companies, the company we think about constantly is Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), especially as the company recently announced it will start selling Viagra online. This is a bold move, and I think that Pfizer has the financial backing to make it work.
There are other problems that Pfizer has to deal with here, like counterfeit pills from online pharmacies. Pfizer knows that this problem will continue to eat into millions of dollars in sales, if they don't do anything about it.
Still, the company is doing something none of the other big pharmas have considered against this problem. On May 6, Pfizer said that it would begin to sell its Viagra drug online to consumers with a prescription. Viagra's sales in the year 2002, were around $1.7 billion per year
GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) co-developed an erectile dysfunction drug with Bayer. This drug, known as Levitra, was approved by the FDA in Sept. 1, 2003. Both drug companies hoped that Levitra would become as popular as Viagra. Around 2006 Levitra had sales of $464 million, which was nowhere near Pfizer's $1.6 billion in Viagra sales that same period. GlaxoSmithKline, and Merck later acquired rights from Bayer AG to sell Levitra in the United States.
Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) had Cialis, which had sales come in at $971 million in 2006. Still despite Viagra having the upper hand, Cialis was able to catch up over the years. Cialis overtook the top spot in 2011 for the erectile dysfunction market, but in 2012 both companies came close to each other. Pfizer's Viagra made a little over $2 billion, compared to Cialis which only made $1.927 billion in the same year. Cialis also has some advantages over other competitors. For instance patients can take the drug with alcohol. The drug also lasts 31 hours longer than all the other competitors out on the market.
There was another erectile dysfunction drug approved on April 27, 2012, known as Stendra. The biotech company that has rights to Stendra is VIVUS (NASDAQ: VVUS). Vivus has not sold any pills yet, but the company states they are now actively looking for a partner to market it in the United States and other territories.
So far all the drugs for erectile dysfunction including Stendra, use the same enzyme, PDE5. So what makes Stendra comparable, or better than the other ED drugs from big pharma? The difference is that Stendra is able to work right away -- around 15 to 30 minutes before sexual activity. So it seems that Pfizer will have more competition, even with the already hugely competitive erectile dysfunction market.
Pfizer's big Chance
I think this is a bold move, one that may be necessary for future sales to thrive. Now men don't have to feel embarrassed about having to go to a pharmacy to buy Viagra, and they don't have to buy the counterfeit versions. Pfizer persuades consumers by giving three free pills for free on the first order, and then 30% off the price on the second bottle ordered. It is important to stop the counterfeit selling of Viagra, because it could mean huge losses for Pfizer. In essence the erectile dysfunction market is now estimated to be around $5 billion.
Pfizer has a market cap of $206 billion. The company still has 39% of the $5 billion dollar erectile dysfunction market, and may be stronger after this bold new move. The company is the first to sell online directly to consumers, so it is taking a chance to sustain its Viagra sales. The idea was grand, because Viagra will not go off patent until the year 2020. That gives the company plenty of time to continue obtaining sales, especially on this drug that pulls in $2 billion per year.
Final thought
If all pans out with the online selling, Pfizer will be the first company to accomplish this. This would put them in the lead against other competitors, and I feel that Pfizer would be in a good position for long term growth.
As the company currently makes annual sales of Viagra of $2 billion, I believe that it can keep growing with its new online initiative. It will take time to set up selling online to consumers, but Pfizer has the financial backing with $25 billion on hand. Whether Pfizer makes it big with online selling of Viagra remains to be seen, but one thing for sure many other big pharmaceuticals will be watching.
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Lippman -- Kevin Durant, F, OKC
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Garcia -- Dwyane Wade, G, MIA
White -- Deron Williams, G UTA
Madden -- Dwight Howard, C, ORL
Moore -- Carmelo Anthony, F, DEN
Richard -- Kobe Bryant, G, LAL
Eisenberg -- Tyreke Evans, G, SAC
Gauna -- Dirk Nowitzki, F, DAL
Gonzalez -- Derrick Rose, G, CHI
Shehadi -- Rajon Rondo, G, BOS
The Highlights: Kevin Durant went first overall. Get used to it. We've seen this happen in all formats and fully endorse the decision. LeBron's numbers will suffer in Miami. We just don't know how much. Meanwhile, Durant is a player on the rise and finished second only to LBJ last season. He is the heir apparent to the Fantasy hoops throne. Kobe Bryant went eighth overall. Eighth. This is a trend I've seen in many of my industry drafts and it is something Fantasy owners in the 4-7 range should go into the draft prepared to deal with. Would you pass on Kobe? Don't let the decision throw you off, especially in leagues with a draft clock. I went with Rose over Rondo, but the decision was a tough one. If it were a category league, I think the decision would have been reversed. But I like Rose's overall upside and think this will be a breakout season for him. I took a gamble here, but you may not want to do the same.
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Shehadi -- David Lee, C, GS
Gonzalez -- Andre Iguodala, F, PHI
Gauna -- Brandon Roy, G, POR
Eisenberg -- Stephen Curry, G, GS
Richard -- Amar'e Stoudemire, F, NY
Moore -- Monta Ellis, G, GS
Madden -- Steve Nash, G, PHO
White -- Pau Gasol, F, LAL
Garcia -- Russell Westbrook, G, OKC
Goodwin -- Danny Granger, F, IND
Melchior -- Brook Lopez, C, NJ
Lippman -- Chris Bosh, F, MIA
The Highlights: We might as well call Round 2 the Round of the Warriors. Lee, Curry, Ellis all went in the first half of the round. We have seen Lee and Curry go in the first round of some leagues, but the departure of Don Nelson and the threat of "slowing things down" in Golden State this season has taken just a bit of luster off Golden State's prominent trio. Note the selection of Bosh with the last pick in the second round. He is clearly no longer a first rounder as the player expected to take the biggest scoring hit in Miami. There was a bit of an uproar when he was selected here. He could fall even lower than this in your draft.
Round 3
Lippman -- Joe Johnson, G, ATL
Melchior -- Baron Davis, G, LAC
Goodwin -- Zach Randolph, F, MEM
Garcia -- Gerald Wallace, F, CHA
White -- Al Jefferson, C, UTA
Madden -- Josh Smith, F, ATL
Moore -- LaMarcus Aldridge, F, POR
Richard -- Aaron Brooks, G, HOU
Eisenberg -- Al Horford, C, ATL
Gauna -- Devin Harris, G, NJ
Gonzalez -- Brandon Jennings, G, MIL
Shehadi -- Antawn Jamison, F, CLE
The Highlights: Personally, I think Baron Davis may be a very dangerous pick here, but he has the track record of a high-end No. 1 guard. He entered camp out of shape according to the coaching staff and the oft-injured veteran is already banged up. There is also a bit of risk with Randolph, though the numbers he put up last year in Memphis make him worth the gamble. Off-the-court issues aside, the numbers he put up last year actually make him a bit of a steal here. His history of issues, however, also make him a gamble. Antawn Jamison seems to be a player that nobody wants to take. The statistical upside he has this year with LeBron's departure making him the team's go-to option make him a good choice here. His age, 34, may be the only thing scaring Fantasy owners away.
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Shehadi -- Jason Kidd, G, DAL
Gonzalez -- Tim Duncan, F, SA
Gauna -- Kevin Love, MIN
Eisenberg -- Blake Griffin, F, LAC
Richard -- David West, F, NO
Moore -- Raymond Felton, G, NY
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White -- Stephen Jackson, G, CHA
Garcia -- John Wall, G, WAS
Goodwin -- Rudy Gay, F, MEM
Melchior -- Rodney Stuckey, G, DET
Lippman -- Andrew Bogut, C, MIL
The Highlights: This was a very interesting round and could make or break teams this year. In hindsight, I wish I hadn't gone "safe" with Duncan and should have gone with the upside of Kevin Love. With Al Jefferson out of town, this could be a breakout pick. After my pick, there were some much more daring picks made by Gauna, Eisenberg, Moore, Madden and Garcia. My recommendation here is to be more aggressive here than I was. Eisenberg loves Griffin's upside and the early returns this preseason are positive that last year's knee injury is not going to limit him going into the regular season. He might still be a bit of a reach, but can certainly be a No. 1 forward if health is not an issue. Moore selected one of my favorite breakout candidates in Felton. Playing for Mike D'Antoni will provide him more opportunities to take advantage of his scoring ability than he ever had in Charlotte and his numbers should go up significantly across the board. There is a lot of upside in that pick. Gilbert Arenas in Round 4? This will be a point of interest in many drafts. Injuries and last year's suspension have derailed his career, but do remember that he was averaging 22.6 points and 7.6 assists prior to his suspension last year. The talent is still there, but is the desire? His apparent change in demeanor so far this preseason is a bit troubling and if he really is looking to defer to rookie John Wall this pick could prove to be a bust. If Arenas decides to turn it on, however, it could be a steal. As for Wall, he appears to be one of those rare rookies who can come right into the league and make a significant impact. He is showing it in the preseason and Arenas has dubbed him the new franchise player in Washington, implying that he'll be the team's primary source of offense this year. There were a lot of groans let out around the office when Garcia's pick went through, indicating he had just been swiped off more than a couple of queues. Wondering when it is safe to take Wall? Round 4 appears to be the safe bet.
Round 5
Lippman -- Andray Blatche, F, WAS
Melchior -- Chauncey Billups, G, DEN
Goodwin -- Andre Miller, G, POR
Garcia -- Chris Kaman, C, LAC
White -- Darren Collison, G,
Madden -- Paul Pierce, F, BOS
Moore -- Marc Gasol, C, MEM
Richard -- John Salmons, F, MIL
Eisenberg -- Joakim Noah, C, HOU
Gauna -- Luis Scola, F, HOU
Gonzalez -- O.J. Mayo, G, MEM
Shehadi -- Luol Deng, F, CHI
The Highlights: Be careful with Blatche. Fantasy owners could be setting themselves up for disappointment if you draft him expecting the 22-8-4 line he averaged over the final 32 games last season. Yes, he proved he can be a high-end Fantasy contributor, but that was under conditions that may not be repeated this year. Remember, there was no Arenas, no Caron Butler and no Antawn Jamison in Washington for the final 32 games of last season. Blatche was asked to do things that he won't be asked to do this year with Arenas back and John Wall ready to take over. White's pick of Collison is similar in that it is putting a lot of stock in a player who contributed significant numbers in somewhat of a vacuum. He stepped up in a big way last year when Chris Paul went down with an injury, but can he do what he did over 37 games in New Orleans over the course of an entire season playing in an entirely different system with the Pacers? This pick requires a small leap of faith, but Collison showed last season that he has the tools to pull it off.
Round 6
Shehadi -- Tony Parker, G, SA
Gonzalez -- Mo Williams, G, CLE
Gauna -- Eric Gordon, G, LAC
Eisenberg -- Caron Butler, F, DAL
Richard -- Carlos Boozer, F, CHI
Moore -- Jameer Nelson, G, ORL
Madden -- Vince Carter, G, ORL
White -- Andrea Bargnani, C, TOR
Garcia -- Jeff Green, F, OKC
Goodwin -- Nene, C, DEN
Melchior -- Carl Landry, F, SAC
Lippman -- Jonny Flynn, G, MIN
The Highlights: Mo Williams should be in line for a significant boost to his numbers this year with LeBron James out of town. Remember his numbers in Milwaukee? We expect something along those lines this year. I was able to land him here as my No. 3 guard, but he has the upside of a No. 2. Many Fantasy owners will be wondering when it is safe to take Carlos Boozer, who will miss the first month of the season due to injury. If you account for the fact that he'll miss around 20 games to start the year, Boozer's 20-and-10 upside makes him worth the gamble here for around 60 games of high-end production. The Jameer Nelson pick may have been a little bit of a reach. Moore agreed with me when I brought it up to him, but he said he decided to take a chance that Nelson could return to his 2008 form if he stays healthy this year.
Round 7
Lippman -- Kevin Martin, G, HOU
Melchior -- Tayshaun Prince, F, DET
Goodwin -- Michael Beasley, F, MIN
Garcia -- Hedo Turkoglu, F, PHO
White -- Boris Diaw, F, CHA
Madden -- Yao Ming, C, HOU
Moore -- Jason Terry, G, DAL
Richard -- Troy Murphy, F, NJ
Eisenberg -- Paul Millsap, F, UTA
Gauna -- Manu Ginobili, F, SA
Gonzalez -- Roy Hibbert, C, IND
Shehadi -- Trevor Ariza, G, NO
The Highlights: The Kevin Martin pick was good value for Lippman here. Martin is a 20-ppg caliber scorer who he was able to snag as a No. 3 guard. Consider yourself in good shape if you are able to do the same and mark him down as a player you may be able to count on to stick around later than you may have anticipated. Fantasy owners wondering where it is safe to take Yao Ming should consider this a starting point. Madden was able to take the chance on him here because he drafted Dwight Howard in Round 1. Just make sure to provide yourself depth at center if you take this kind of plunge.
Round 8
Shehadi -- Lamar Odom, F, LAL
Gonzalez -- Danilo Gallinari, F, NY
Gauna -- DeMarcus Cousins, C, SAC
Eisenberg -- Wilson Chandler, G, NY
Richard -- Jason Thompson, F, SAC
Moore -- Elton Brand, F, PHI
Madden -- Jamal Crawford, G, ATL
White -- Terrence Williams, G, NJ
Garcia -- Al Harrington, F, DEN
Goodwin -- Jason Richardson, G, PHO
Melchior -- Emeka Okafor, C, NO
Lippman -- Kevin Garnett, F, BOS
The Highlights: This is a safe spot to take Lamar Odom. Andrew Bynum will miss the first 20-plus games of the season, putting Odom in a good situation for his usual high-end production as a starter. If he were guaranteed a starting job all year, he would go much earlier than this. But Bynum's eventual return caps his potential long-term appeal. This is fair value for him. As for Kevin Garnett, this is about where you should expect the former Fantasy stud to go these days. He should no longer be viewed as anything more than a No. 3 forward despite his career track record.
Round 9
Lippman -- Andrew Bynum, C, LAL
Melchior -- Corey Brewer, F, MIN
Goodwin -- Rashard Lewis, F, ORL
Garcia -- Ray Allen, G, BOS
White -- Jrue Holiday, G, PHI
Madden -- Marcus Camby, F, POR
Moore -- Charlie Villanueva, F, DET
Richard -- Richard Hamilton, F, DET
Eisenberg -- Anthony Randolph, F, NY
Gauna -- Beno Udrih, G, SAC
Gonzalez -- Thaddeus Young, F, PHI
Shehadi -- Shawn Marion, F, DAL
The Highlights: Lippman took a chance on Andrew Bynum here. He would have gone as high as Round 4 or 5 in most leagues if he was healthy, but injuries continue to plague him. There is talk of a reduced role for Bynum even when he does get healthy, adding more cause for concern. Lippman was able to take the chance on him here because he already snagged Andrew Bogut and Andray Blatche to plug in at center. That made this a good low-risk/high-reward gamble here. We wouldn't recommend him as one of your top two centers going into the year.
Round 10
Shehadi -- Samuel Dalembert, C, SAC
Gonzalez -- Mehmet Okur, C, UTA
Gauna -- Brendan Haywood, C, DAL
Eisenberg -- Anthony Morrow, F, NJ
Richard -- Jose Calderon, G, TOR
Moore -- Channing Frye, C, PHO
Madden -- Corey Maggette, G, MIL
White -- Mike Conley, G, MEM
Garcia -- J.J. Hickson, F, CLE
Goodwin -- Ramon Sessions, G, CLE
Melchior -- Kirk Hinrich, G, WAS
Lippman -- Marcus Thornton, G, NO
The Highlights: Two of my late-round sleeper candidates came off the board here. I lost out on them because I waited too long, but you could learn from my hesitation. Hickson and Ramon Sessions are pining for big roles on a Cleveland team looking for contributors. They've both looked promising in the preseason and will have a chance for good minutes and touches this year, but I would have rather drafted them once I had my starting lineup set. If you too are high on these sleepers -- and there are plenty of reasons to be -- you may have to take them earlier than you want to.
Round 11
Lippman -- Ron Artest, F, LAL
Melchior -- Andrei Kirilenko, F, UTA
Goodwin -- Derrick Favors, F, NJ
Garcia -- J.R. Smith, G, DEN
White -- Evan Turner, G, PHI
Madden -- Tyrus Thomas, F, CHA
Moore -- Ben Gordon, G, DET
Richard -- Greg Oden, C, POR
Eisenberg -- Andris Biedrins, C, GS
Gauna -- Robin Lopez, F, PHO
Gonzalez -- Jeff Teague, G, ATL
Shehadi -- Anderson Varejao, F, CLE
The Highlights: I liked the Evan Turner pick here and would likely have selected him over Derrick Favors, who hasn't gotten off to a great start this preseason, but both players figure to get good minutes as rookies and should be drafted around here in most leagues. I also like the value with Teague here, considering his push to replace Mike Bibby as the starting point guard in Atlanta. He seems to be flying below the radar and makes for a solid late-round sleeper. That could change if he continues to have a strong preseason, however. This was a safe place to select Greg Oden for Richard, considering he had already filled his two center slots with capable options.
Round 12
Shehadi -- Richard Jefferson, F, SA
Gonzalez -- Udonis Haslem, F, MIA
Gauna -- D.J. Augustin, F, CHA
Eisenberg -- Omri Casspi, F, SAC
Richard -- Taj Gibson, F, CHI
Moore -- Hakim Warrick, F, PHO
Madden -- George Hill, G, SA
White -- Jarrett Jack, G, TOR
Garcia -- Linas Kleiza, F, TOR
Goodwin -- DeJuan Blair, F, SA
Melchior -- Courtney Lee, G, HOU
Lippman -- Wesley Johnson, F, MIN
The Highlights: This is the time in the draft to start taking chances. Lineups are set and it's all about players with upside. My Haslem pick was more utilitarian than most picks here as I needed to beef up my depth at forward and center, but players like Augustin, Casspi, Gibson, Blair, Hill, Warrick, Kleiza and Johnson provide nice upside for very low risk here. Even Shehadi's pick of Jefferson provides some upside if the Spurs have figured out a way to get more out of him in his second year with the team.
Round 13
Lippman -- Josh Howard, F, WAS
Melchior -- Hasheem Thabeet, C, MEM
Goodwin -- James Harden, G, OKC
Garcia -- Marvin Williams, F, ATL
White -- Francisco Garcia, G, SAC
Madden -- Will Bynum, G, DET
Moore -- Drew Gooden, F, MIL
Richard -- Spencer Hawes, C, PHI
Eisenberg -- Lou Williams, G, PHI
Gauna -- Jason Maxiell, F, DET
Gonzalez -- Darko Milicic, C, MIN
Shehadi -- Wesley Matthews, G, POR
The Highlights: I had two players queued up for this pick: Darko Milicic and JaVale McGee. I like McGee's upside more than Darko's but went with the latter because he'll enter the season with a guaranteed job and a coaching staff that has let it be known that they plan to give him more chances to succeed than he's had at any point in his career. I'm not expecting him to suddenly live up to his No. 2 draft selection in 2004, but his numbers late last season with the T'Wolves provided a hint of promise. McGee went in the final round.
Round 14
Shehadi -- Yi Jianlian, F, WAS
Gonzalez -- Al Thornton, F, WAS
Gauna -- Mike Miller, G, MIA
Eisenberg -- Ty Lawson, G, DEN
Richard -- Carlos Delfino, F, MIL
Moore -- Greg Monroe, F, DET
Madden -- Anthony Parker, G, CLE
White -- JaVale McGee, C, WAS
Garcia -- Shaquille O'Neal, C, BOS
Goodwin -- Josh Childress, G, PHO
Melchior -- Grant Hill, F, PHO
Lippman -- Marreese Speights, F, PHI
The Highlights: The final round. Here is where everyone takes their favorite flier pick or adds some depth at a point of weakness. Greg Monroe and McGee likely won't be in anybody's starting lineup early on this season, but both players have shown flashes of potential and could be great values if given decent playing time this year.
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Is the amount of time somebody spends at the office indicative of the quality or quantity of the work they produce?
Not so long ago, offices were filled with people who were putting in face time, or "working" 18 hours days because that's what it took to get ahead. But the question is, were they being productive during that time, or just spending time away from their families and lives (making them unhappier and less fulfilled) without really contributing much to the company's bottom line?
Palo Alto Software CEO Sabrina Parson says she'd rather have employees who are passionate about what they do, but who don't necessarily spend half their lives in the office.
"I want people who don't get burnt out. I want people to have a life outside the company," she notes in this BusinessMakers Classic Minute video.
She adds that when employees aren't chained to their desks and are able to pursue outside interests, they're happier. And happier people are more productive people.
The trick is to hire people who actually care about what they do. As makers of online business planning software, Parsons' company looks to hire people who are passionate about innovating and helping entrepreneurs. "I think that we're getting a lot of their brain time, even when they're off doing something else," she says. "When you're doing things you love, you're brain's still going, you're still thinking."
The take-away is that employees who are engaged with what they do and with your company's mission are likely to be open to thinking about it when they're hiking, or cooking dinner for their family, or knitting quilts. Great ideas happen anywhere, and happy employees who are encouraged to have lives are more likely to have those great ideas.
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Frankie Darro
|Frankie Darro
|Frank Johnson, Jr.
December 22, 1917
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
|December 25, 1976
(aged 59)
Huntington Beach, California, U.S.
Cause of death
|Heart attack
|Years active
|Aloha Wray (divorced)
Betty Marie (1943–51; divorced)
Dorothy Carroll (1951-76)
|The Flying Johnsons
Frankie Darro (December 22, 1917 – December 25, 1976) was an American actor and later in his career a stuntman. He began his career as a child actor in silent films, progressed to lead roles and co-starring roles in adventure, western, dramatic, and comedy films, and later became a character actor and voice-over artist. He is known for his role as Lampwick in Disney's production Pinnochio (1940 film)
Early life[edit]
Darro was born as Frank Johnson, Jr. in Chicago, Illinois. His parents were The Flying Johnsons, a Flying Circus act with the Sells Floto Circus; it was a profession that his father attempted to train him in, but young Frank's fear of heights became a huge problem.[citation needed]
In 1922, while the circus was in California, his parents divorced; their circus act ended with their marriage. The growing film industry, however, found a use for a small child who could do his own stunts and, renamed Frankie Darro, he appeared in his first film at the age of six.[1]
Acting career[edit]
As a child actor, he appeared in many silent adventure, western, and serial pictures of the 1920s, becoming a very prolific actor as an adolescent. His convincing delivery of dialogue and his obvious comfort before the cameras kept him steadily employed. His most important role during the 1930s was the lead actor in Wild Boys of the Road, director William Wellman's indictment of aimless teens vagabonding across America during the Depression; he also appeared in Mervyn LeRoy's Three on a Match in 1932. Darro remained popular in serials, and co-starred with Gene Autry in Autry's first starring role in the serial, The Phantom Empire. His wiry, athletic frame and relatively short stature often typecast him as jockeys; Darro played crooked riders in Charlie Chan at the Race Track and A Day at the Races. In 1938 Darro joined Monogram Pictures to star in a series of action melodramas. Darro's flair for comedy gradually increased the laugh content in these films, and by 1940 Mantan Moreland was hired to play his sidekick. The Frankie Darro series was so successful that Monogram used it as a haven for performers whose own series had been discontinued: Jackie Moran, Marcia Mae Jones, and Keye Luke joined Darro and Moreland in 1940, and Gale Storm would be added in 1941.
Darro is perhaps most familiar to modern audiences as the voice of Lampwick in Disney's Pinocchio. He served in the US Navy Hospital Corps during World War II where he contracted malaria. Upon his return to civilian life, Monogram welcomed him back and cast the perennially youthful Darro in its "Teen Agers" campus comedies. When that series ended, the studio gave Darro four featured roles in its popular Bowery Boys comedies. He was an accomplished athlete and performed various stunts for other actors in various flms. Because of his size and fitness, he was cast in his most famous but anonymous big screen role: Darro was the actor/operator inside the now iconic 7-foot tall "Robby the Robot" walking screen prop that debuted in the classic MGM science fiction film Forbidden Planet (1956).[2]
Later life[edit]
Later in his life he appeared on television in The Red Skelton Show, Bat Masterson, Have Gun–Will Travel, The Untouchables, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and Batman (episodes 9 and 10); he also did voice-over work for various projects. As film and TV roles became fewer and fewer, Darro opened his own tavern called "Try Later" (after the reply he was given most often when he asked Central Casting for work[1]) with ex-Hollywood agent Lee Carroll on Santa Monica Boulevard.[3] This proved unwise, as Darro was an alcoholic, bringing his long screen career to a close.
He died of a heart attack three days after he turned 59 on Christmas Day, 1976, while visiting friends in Huntington Beach, California. His remains were cremated and his ashes scattered into the Pacific Ocean.
Selected filmography[edit]
- Fugitive Lovers (1975) as Lester, the town drunk (Darro's last role)
- Batman (1966) episodes 9 and 10 as Newsman
- Operation Petticoat (1959) as Pharmacists Mate 3rd Class Dooley, USN
- The Untouchables (1960) 2 episodes as News Vendor
- Forbidden Planet (1956) as Robby the Robot (uncredited)
- The Red Skelton Show (1951) as the Little Old Lady
- Trouble Makers (1948) as Feathers
- Angels' Alley (1948) as Jimmy
- Chick Carter, Detective (1946, Serial) as Thug (uncredited)
- Junior Prom (1946) as Roy Donne (first after World War II and first of the TeenAgers series)
- Junior G-Men of the Air (1942, Serial) as Jack (last before joining the US Navy)
- Let's Go Collegiate (1941) as Frankie Monahan (with Mantan Moreland)
- The Gang's All Here (1941) as Frankie (with Mantan Moreland)
- You're Out of Luck (1941) as Frankie O'Reilly (with Mantan Moreland)
- Up in the Air (1940) as Frankie Ryan (with Mantan Moreland)
- Laughing at Danger (1940) as Frankie Kelly (with Mantan Moreland)
- On the Spot (1940) as Frankie Kelly (with Mantan Moreland)
- Pinocchio (1940) as the voice of Lampwick
- Chasing Trouble (1940) as Frankie "Cupid" O'Brien (with Mantan Moreland)
- Irish Luck (1939) as Buzzy O'Brien (1st film with Mantan Moreland)
- Boys' Reformatory (1939) as Tommy Ryan
- A Day at the Races (1937) as Morgan's jockey
- Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936) as 'Tip' Collins, Jockey
- Valley of Wanted Men 1935 as Slivers Sanderson
- The Payoff (1935)
- The Phantom Empire (1935, Serial) as Frankie Baxter
- Red Hot Tires (1935)
- Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1934, Serial) as Bobbie Riley
- No Greater Glory (1934) as Feri Ats
- Little Men (1934)
- The Wolf Dog (1933, Serial) as Frank Courtney
- Wild Boys of the Road (1933) as Edward 'Eddie' Smith
- The Mayor of Hell (1933) as James 'Jimmy' Smith
- The Devil Horse (1932, Serial) as The Wild Boy
- The Mad Genius (1931) as the young Fedor Ivanoff
- The Lightning Warrior (1931, Serial) as Jimmy Carter
- The Vanishing Legion (1931, Serial) as Jimmie Williams
- The Public Enemy (1931) as the young Matt Doyle
- Way Back Home (1931) as Robbie
- Blaze o'Glory (1929) as Jean Williams
- The Circus Kid (1928) as Buddy
- Little Mickey Grogan (1927) as Mickey Grogan
- The Cowboy Cop (1926) as Frankie
- Roaring Rails (1924) as Little Bill
- Half-A-Dollar-Bill (1924) as Half-A-Dollar-Bill
- The Judgment of the Storm (1924) as Heath Twin (first role)
- ^ a b Frankie Darro biography at (re)Search my Trash, retrieved 28th May 2007
- ^ p. 72 Weaver, Tom Robert Dix Interview Earth Vs. The Sci-Fi Filmmakers: 20 Interviews McFarland, 30/07/2005
- ^ Frankie Darro biography, retrieved May 28, 2007
External links[edit]
- Frankie Darro at Find a Grave
- Frankie Darro at the Internet Movie Database
- Frankie Darro - Biography on (re)Search my Trash
- Frankie Darro Homepage
- "Frankie Darro" in the New York Times
- Tough Kid: The Life and Films of Frankie Darro


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Home Made Ketchup
In the spring #1 son wanted to grow his own tomatoes so that he could make ketchup in the fall. While his plants didn't produce very well and he otherwise has somewhat lost interest (for reasons to be explained below), I myself did keep the dream alive, and just made some now. Actually, I started it on Sunday morning.
OK, here is what I came up with, basically combining a few recipes that I found on-line.
I started out with tomatoes from my CSA. I'm lucky this year in that I'm the last pit-stop of his 5 pickup points. Sometimes he has buckets of "off" fruit and veggies that people can pick through if they want, in addition to their regular order. Last week he had a huge bucket of "off" tomatoes that nobody else seemed interested in, so I got the whole bucket - about 15 litres. They were mostly not "off", just imperfect. A few bad spots here and there, but not much. So I peeled and seeded them, discarding any real off spots as I went along. Oh, and they were mostly a very nice variety of different heirloom tomatoes.
I got 5 cups sauce from the above. This involved 4-5 hours of boiling down. I would estimate a little thicker than average tomato sauce, but thinner for sure than tomato paste. That's why i did not add any water which most of the recipes I found called for since they used tomato paste.
To the above I added :
- 75 ml honey
- 75 ml cider vinegar
- 3 small onions (about 1 cup course chopped)
- 5 medium cloves garlic
- 1/2 tsp dry mustard powder
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1 (measured) smidgeon ground cloves
I buzzed it with a hand blender for quite some time in the pot to get it uniform.
As mentioned above, #1 lost interest while we were making it this evening. As soon as he saw the onions go in, he just left the kitchen with all the wind taken out of his sails. I think I eventually won him back to the idea of eating it when I hauled out the bottle of ketchup in the fridge and showed him that there were onions in it. But it may be a little too soon at this point - we shall see.
It's extremely yummy! I got 6 x 250ml jars of it, which I'm just canning up now.
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General Motors is recalling nearly 55,000 vehicles because they may roll away unexpectedly.
The recall affects certain 2013 models of the Chevrolet Silverado, Suburban, Tahoe, Avalanche and Express. Also included are the GMC Sierra, Savana and Yukon, as well as the Cadillac Escalade.
The company says the vehicles may have been built with faulty park lock cables or malformed steering column lock gears. They may shift out of park even if the ignition key is in the off position or removed completely.
GM says about one in 1,000 vehicles have had the problem, but most have not been sold yet.
The company says it has not heard of any crashes or injuries caused by the problem.
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Victory Village
Brown Ale with Coffee Added
Brewmaster Bill and One Village Coffee Chief Roaster Woody DeCasere found themselves at Victory talking about their two favorite beverages. The result is this seductive brown ale built to exhibit the fruity notes of fair trade, organic Honduras Los Tuneles Microlot beans, carefully roasted and cold brewed at Victory to meld beautifully with our lush brown ale.
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Smoldering, fruity flavors emerge brightly as juicy British malt, energetic British Yeast and robust One Village coffee converge in this unique recipe.
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