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The airbag light is on. Want to turn it off the right way.
10-28-2013, 07:48 PM #4The best way to fix it is find a place with an techII scan tool that has the capability to scan the SIR system. Autozone can not do this. I had a SIR light and it turned out to be a bad frontal impact sensor. It was $80.
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I had about 3 from the junkyard and no changes. One day I had to wiggle the wires under the dash and the airbag light came on. Something under the dash triggered the light. CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS . Any clues?
10-28-2013, 10:51 PM #6Just out of curiosity, does your horn still work? There is a wire harness that runs up the steering column and ends at a special mechanical unit called a Clock spring or SIR coil. There is basically a ribbon cable in the unit right under the steering wheel. This allows connections for things like your air bag and horn to turn without breaking when you turn your steering wheel. I suspect that you somehow disconnected the connector for the clock spring. Either disconnected it or damaged an airbag wire. that is why I asked about the horn working. If you disconnected the connector somehow then neither the airbag or the horn will work. The air bag wires are yellow, a thick yellow wire. You can crawl under the dash and start looking for the thick yellow wire. Follow it to where it connects. Check the connection. By all means do not poke it with anything to test it.
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Yes my horn still works. I did see the yellow wires but did know where they go to. Thanks! I'll ckeck tomorrow.
10-28-2013, 11:18 PM #8Please be careful! Messing with those wires can result in your airbag deploying. I suggest disconnecting the battery, waiting at least 15 minutes for the capacitor to discharge and then fiddling with them. Reconnect the battery when you are done and see if the light is still on.
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Coordinates: 51°26′00″N 0°29′51″W / 51.433315°N 0.497382°W
Staines-upon-Thames | |
Clarence Street and The Town Hall[n 1] |
Staines-upon-Thames shown within Surrey |
Population | 24,097 [2] |
OS grid reference | TQ045715 |
District | Spelthorne |
Shire county | Surrey |
Region | South East |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | STAINES-UPON-THAMES[3] |
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Dialling code | 01784 |
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Staines-upon-Thames, generally referred to by its traditional name Staines /steɪnz/, is a town on the River Thames in the borough of Spelthorne in Surrey, England. Before 1 April 1965 it was in the historic county of Middlesex. The town changed its official name from Staines to Staines-upon-Thames on 20 May 2012.[4]
The town is within the western bounds of the M25 motorway, 17 miles (27 km) west south-west of Charing Cross in London. It is within the London Commuter Belt of South East England, Greater London Urban Area, surrounded in part by the Green Belt. Passing through the town and crossing Staines Bridge is the Thames Path National Trail.
Early history[edit]
Evidence of neolithic settlement has been found at Yeoveney, on Staines Moor. There has been a crossing of the River Thames at Staines since Roman times. The emperor Claudius sent the Romans into Britain in AD 43, and they settled in Staines the same year. Soon afterwards the first Staines Bridge was constructed to provide an important Thames crossing point on the road from Londinium (London) to Calleva Atrebatum, near the present-day village of Silchester. The name Staines comes from the Old English, and means "[the place at the] stone[s]". The equivalent Roman name was "ad Pontes" ("at the bridges") implying that there was more than one bridge and it is believed that these bridges traversed Church Island.[5]
Staines, albeit spelt Stanes, appears in the Middlesex section of the Domesday Book of 1086, as a property held by Westminster Abbey. It was stated to occupy 19 hides of land, and had 6 mills worth £3 4s 0d, 2 weirs worth 6s 8d, 24 ploughs, meadows for 24 ploughs, and some cattle. It rendered £35.[6]
A border stana, or stone, on the bank of the River Thames, dated 1280, still remains, indicating the western limit of the City of London's jurisdiction over the Thames. (Although familiarly known as the 'London Stone', it is not to be confused with the more famous - and probably more ancient - London Stone in Cannon Street in the City of London).
The barons assembled at Staines before they met King John at Runnymede in 1215, and Stephen Langton held a consecration there shortly after the sealing of Magna Carta. Sir Thomas More was tried in 1535 in a Staines public house, to avoid the outbreak of plague in London at that time. Kings and other important people must have passed through the town on many occasions: the church bells were rung several times in 1670, for instance, when the king and queen went through Staines.[7]
Between 1642 and 1648 during the Civil War, there were skirmishes on Staines Moor and numerous troop movements over Staines Bridge.[7]
Modern history[edit]
Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England entry: STAINES (St. Mary), a market-town and parish...in the county of Middlesex, 10 miles (W. S. W.) from Brentford and 17 (W. S. W.) from London; containing 2487 inhabitants. This place has by some been thought to derive its name from a Roman Milliarium...the more general opinion is, that its [name] is derived from a stone which, standing on the bank of the Thames near it, marks the extent of the jurisdiction of the lord mayor of London, as conservator of the river; the stone bears date 1285, and was raised upon a pedestal, erected on the spot where it originally stood, in 1781. In 1009, an army of Danes, after having burned the city of Oxford, learning that troops were on the march from London in pursuit of them, retreated to their ships, and crossed the river at this place. Duncroft House, in which King John is said to have slept the night after he had signed Magna Charta on the neighbouring plain of Runymede [sic], is in the parish. A forest anciently extended from Staines to Hounslow, but part of it has been inclosed.
The town, which has been much improved of late, consists principally of one wide street, containing several good houses, terminating at the river. Here was formerly an iron bridge of one arch; but this being considered unsafe, a handsome stone bridge was opened in 1832, and a new street in a line with it. The town is lighted with gas from works situated on the opposite bank of the river, on the road to Egham. A building was erected near the bridge in 1835, for a literary and scientific institution. The market is on Friday; the market-house is a small edifice surmounted by a spire. There are fairs on...Impropriators, the family of Coussmaker. Attached to the vicarage are 59 acres of glebe in this parish, 16 in Laleham, and 26 in Ashford. The church is a neat structure, consisting of a nave, chancel, and north and south aisles, rebuilt in 1828, and a square embattled tower of brick, erected by Inigo Jones in 1631, and in 1829 raised twelve feet and surmounted with a battlement of stone crowned by pinnacles. There are places of worship for Baptists, the Society of Friends, and Independents
Staines was a regular staging post with coaching inns. It was used for an overnight horse change on The Trafalgar Way in 1805, announcing the victory over the combined French and Spanish fleet and the death of Nelson.[9]
The town was a major producer of linoleum after the formation of the Linoleum Manufacturing Company in 1864 by its inventor, Frederick Walton. Linoleum became the main industry of the town and was a major employer in the area until the 1960s. In 1876 about 220 and in 1911 about 350 people worked in the plant. By 1957 it employed some 300 people and in 1956 the factory produced about 2675 m2 of linoleum each week. The term 'Staines Lino' became a worldwide name but the factory was closed around 1970 and is the site is now occupied by the Two Rivers shopping centre, completed about 2000. A bronze statue of two lino workers in Staines High Street commemorates the Staines Lino Factory. The Spelthorne Museum has a display dedicated to the Linoleum Manufacturing Company.
The Lagonda car factory was on the site where Sainsburys is today. The town was the site of the Staines air disaster in 1972, at the time the worst air crash in Britain until the Lockerbie disaster of 1988. (Since the Lockerbie crash was a terrorist act in Scotland, the Staines crash remains England's worst air disaster, and Britain's worst air accident.) The crash was commemorated in June 2004 by the opening of a dedicated garden near the crash site, created at the request of relatives, and the unveiling of a stained glass window at St. Mary's Church, where a memorial service was held.
Staines Urban District[edit]
In 1894, the Local Government Act 1894 created the Staines Urban District: this status conferred additional powers and responsibilities compared with the few Rural Districts in Middlesex County Council. In 1965, under the London Government Act 1963, Middlesex, apart from the Staines, Sunbury-on-Thames and Potters Bar Urban Districts, became part of Greater London. Staines and Sunbury were transferred to Surrey and Potters Bar to Hertfordshire. In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, the Staines Urban District was combined with Sunbury-on-Thames Urban District to form the present-day borough of Spelthorne. Staines remains associated with the historical county of Middlesex through certain cultural and sporting affiliations, and until 1996 for postal purposes.
On 15 December 2011 the Spelthorne Borough Council voted 25 - 4,[4] with 6 abstentions (including all the councillors for Staines ward itself[10][11]) to change the name of the town to Staines-upon-Thames to try to boost the local economy by promoting its riverside location, and reportedly to discourage association with the fictional character Ali G.[4][12]
The name change proposal originated with the Spelthorne Business Forum.[13] A public consultation resulted in two to one approval,[12] but there were some public objections,[14] including one from the Staines Town Football Club which attempted to present 134 signatures to the council, but they were not received.[4][15] Adopting the name change, the council resolved to call on residents, businesses and public organisations to use the name Staines-upon-Thames, and to call on the Surrey County Council and Runnymede Borough Council to use Staines-upon-Thames for all official business.[10] Following a day of celebrations in the town including a regatta on the river, the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey, Dame Sarah Goad DCVO, formally changed the name on 20 May 2012 at 2pm.[16] Royal Mail adopted the new name in mid-2012,[3] having previously stated that the name would remain as Staines on the Postcode Address File.
The town's proximity to London and Heathrow has attracted a number of companies: Bupa (healthcare) and Wood Group Kenny (Oil&Gas) have major offices, NDS (conditional access DRM provider, now owned by Cisco), Siemens Building Automation Division and British Gas (part of Centrica) have their national headquarters here. Samsung Electronics Research Institute (SERI), Samsung's U.K R&D Division, is based in the town.[citation needed]
The town centre is fairly compact and mainly focused on a wide pedestrianised High Street, housing many familiar names such as Waterstones, Marks & Spencer, Debenhams, T.K. Maxx, JD Sports, Sony, McDonald's x2, Argos, Currys, PC World, Tesco, Waitrose, Monsoon, HMV and H&M. Smaller independent units can be found in Church Street, Clarence Street and the eastern end of the High Street. A market is held every Wednesday and Saturday in the pedestrianised High Street. It is one of the largest and busiest street markets in Surrey. A moderately-sized shopping centre (Elmsleigh) is directly behind the High Street. The Two Rivers retail park was opened in 2002 and is bisected by the confluence of the rivers Wraysbury and Colne. Retailers include Waitrose as well as a Vue cinema, gym and cafes. Outside the High Street there are other parades of shops like Stainash and Edinburgh Drive.
Culture, Community and Housing[edit]
The administrative offices of Spelthorne Borough Council are located at Knowle Green. The town has in the 2000s built a public landscape by the riverside conservation area with seating and sculptures to enhance the waterfront as a place to walk. The Town Hall is a Victorian blend of Italian and Flemish influences set in a small market square; (it was converted into an Art Centre in the 1990s, and later turned into a pub). Georgian townhouses line Clarence Street (named after a younger King's son, a Duke of Clarence).[17] Church Street and Lammas Lane house the oldest properties clustered around the parish church of St Mary. [18] Most housing in the town is in garden plots and most neighbourhoods have green spaces such as (Staines Moor, Shortwood Common, Knowle Green, Leacroft, The Lammas and the sports fields and farms on the borders of Laleham which has, as with the Lammas, a riverside green park by the former Laleham (RC) Abbey, formerly Lord Lucan's Laleham House, and since the late-20th century notable listed luxury apartments in the post town, as is the case with Duncroft Manor. Staines Bridge spans the Thames with a three arch structure completed in 1832. Until the 14th century Staines was the tidal limit, but this is now downstream at Teddington. The town is the home of the fictional character Ali G and indie rock band Hard-Fi and several public houses have live music evenings.[17]
The town has the following schools:
- Our Lady Of the Rosary, a Catholic school, opened in 1893
- Staines Preparatory School, an independent, ages 3–11 school, opened in 1935
- Matthew Arnold School, properly opened in 1954, though partially completed premises were also in emergency use during World War II
- Riverbridge Primary School,[19] formed in September 2011 from the merger of three local schools: Kingscroft, Knowle Park and Shortwood, each of which retains its original site
- The Magna Carta School, a technology college with over 1200 students. It was opened in 1957, and is located in Egham Hythe, but it has a Staines postal address.
Several other schools have previously existed in the town, including:
- British School (Staines's first school opened in 1808; date of closure unknown)
- National Girls' School (1818-c.1825, 1844–1874, 1885-?)
- National Boys' School (c.1823-c.1830 and 1848–1874)
- British School of Industry for Girls (pre-1831-?)
- British Infant School (1833–1874 and 1885-?)
- Margaret Pope School, a merger and relocation of three previous schools (1874-?)
- Church of England Infants' School, Stanwell New Road (from 1890, renamed Shortwood in 1900)
- Shortwood County Infant School (renamed from C. of E. Infants' in 1900, merged into Riverbridge 2011)
- Wyatt Road Infants' School (1896–1974)
- Kingston Road School[s] (1903-1992 when replaced by Kingscroft; the original plural title denoted that there were separate schools for boys and girls; its site is now occupied by the town's new Police Station)
- Knowle Park County First School (1974-2011 when merged into Riverbridge)
- Kingscroft School (replaced and absorbed Kingston Road in 1992, merged into Riverbridge in 2011)
The closest further education institution to Staines is Brooklands College (formerly Spelthorne College) in neighbouring Ashford, approximately 3 miles to the east. Royal Holloway, University of London is situated 3 miles west of the town centre, off the A30 between Egham and Englefield Green.
Two affiliated senior association football clubs bear the name of Staines, namely Staines Town F.C. (senior status), and Staines Lammas F.C. (intermediate status). Staines Town play at the newly rebuilt Wheatsheaf Park ground and have recently been promoted to the Conference South. Staines Town enjoy a strong rivalry with Hampton & Richmond Borough. Staines Lammas were champions of the Combined Counties League Division One in the 2007-08 season and additionally run various age group teams. Staines is also home to several successful junior football clubs: Staines Town, Staines Lammas and Staines Albion, as well as girls' clubs Kempton Girls FC — Colne Valley and the U11, one of the best girls' junior clubs in Surrey.
Staines Rugby Football Club[20] which used to play at the Lammas (a recreation ground on Wraysbury Road, which was also known as the Ashby Recreation Ground) relocated to The Reeves (on Snakey Lane, near Hanworth) in the 1960s but still proudly bears the name of the town with teams named Swans, Cobs and Mucky Ducks. The Club is in London 1 South league and offers a Mini and Youth section.
Staines Boat Club is situated on the river and competes at a national level.
Staines Swimming Club[21] founded in the early 1900s and affiliated to the Amateur Swimming Association is based at Spelthorne Leisure Centre and provides competitive swimming from inter-club level up to national level.
Spelthorne Volleyball Club are also based at Spelthorne Leisure Centre and provide volleyball to a wide range of abilities and age groups.
There are also many local gyms in the area including the recently revamped Matthew Arnold Sport Centre which is home to a Lifestyle fitness suite. Based at the school of the same name on the Kingston Road, the centre's revamp has included a cv suite, spinning studio and dedicated free weights room.
There are also Staines clubs catering for rowing, sailing, cricket, hockey, running, rambling, martial arts (jujitsu), rifle & pistol shooting, bowls, chess, contract bridge, snooker / darts / pool / poker, as well as a district table tennis league.
The town is also home to T.S Thamesis, Staines and Egham Sea Cadet Corps. This is a uniformed youth organisation for young people aged between 10 and 18 years old. They meet at The Lammas.
Motorcycle speedway racing was staged at a stadium in Wraysbury Road. Events in 1938 and 1939 are well known but it is possible that a venue was active from at least 1931 as a team named Staines raced at Caxton Speedway (near Cambridge 1931 - 1933 inclusive). The stadium was also utilised for greyhound racing, as well as 'novelty' events such as cheetah racing.
Staines Stadium was famous from 1955 to 1960 during the early days of stock car racing in England, and featured in the 1955 movie "Stock Car" among others. [22]
Other sports which were once held in Staines but are no longer to be found there include: boxing (there were weekly programmes off the High Street in the 1930s, and local hearsay suggests bare-knuckle events were held at the Crooked Billet earlier in the 20th century); wrestling (bouts were included in boxing programmes of the 1930s); motorcycle football (a club existed in the 1960s; and American football (a short-lived team called Staines Removers entered the Budweiser League in 1988, but failed to start the season, although they did play some friendly matches at their base on The Lammas).
The town's station is Staines railway station and it is a stop on all services between London Waterloo and Weybridge (for the South West Main Line), Reading (for the Great Western Line) and Windsor and Eton Riverside. Semi-fast services serve the Waterloo to Reading Line, being the operator's secondary main line. Taxis are available from the station. The bus station is a five-minute walk from the railway station, with services in all directions including to Thorpe Park and Royal Holloway College. Staines-upon-Thames is also a short distance south of Heathrow Airport.
- Rail infrastructure projects
There were proposals to build a new railway line, Airtrack, connecting the South West Main Line and/or London Gatwick to Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 station. As part of these proposals, the former Staines High Street railway station was to be rebuilt by Two Rivers Shopping Centre and the High Street in the direction of Wraysbury railway station, using a generally unused arc from north to south in the town centre, towards Weybridge on the South West Main Line. In 2011 the Department for Transport announced it had decided that this would not go ahead because extra trains would delay road traffic using the level crossing at Egham. The existing Staines station would have an additional platform built instead on the relevant arc.[citation needed]
Nearest places[edit]
Neighbouring towns and villages are Egham, Wraysbury, Ashford, Stanwell, Laleham and Chertsey. About 3 miles north east of Staines-upon-Thames is Heathrow airport. The area between Egham and Staines-upon-Thames town centres is known as Egham Hythe.
Notable residents[edit]
- The Lucan family, at Laleham Abbey until the 1930s
- Norman Hunter, author
- Matthew Arnold, poet
- Denny Laine, musician
- Steve Holley, musician
- Terence Dackombe, writer Spitting Image; actor The Krays, Cockneys vs Zombies
- Christine Keeler, actress / showgirl involved in the Profumo Affair
- Bobby Davro, comedian
- Bill Nankeville, athlete
- Richard Murdoch, Murdoch Close, off Cherry Orchard was named after him
- Hard-Fi, indie rock band
- Richard Archer, musician
- Jon Tickle, television personality
- Nina Wadia, actress
- Matt Lapinskas, actor
- Danny Blanchflower, former captain of Tottenham Hotspur F.C., was living at Woodlands Nursing Home, Rookery Road, at the time of his death in 1993, having lived at a private address in Staines in the immediately preceding years[23]
- All Alone, important war pigeon
Local media[edit]
A number of local newspapers are available in Staines-upon-Thames; these include:
Notes and References[edit]
- Notes
- References
- ^ Ordnance Survey map, courtesy of English Heritage
- ^ Populations of Settlements by Borough (2001) — Surrey County Council
- ^ a b "New sectors and localities to 20 July 2012" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Staines-upon-Thames renaming decision made". 16 December 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
- ^ Fred. S. Thacker The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles
- ^ Surrey Domesday Book
- ^ a b 'Staines: Introduction', Susan Reynolds, A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington (1962) pp. 13-8. British History, a historic documents site from the University of Portsmouth and the History of Parliament Trust. Date accessed: 4 February 2006.
- ^ Samuel Lewis (editor) (1848). "Staines". A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
- ^ Commemorated on a plaque in Staines Town Hall, a pub-restaurant
- ^ a b Spelthorne Council Minutes 15 December 2011
- ^ Spelthorne Borough Councillors by ward 2011-2015
- ^ a b "Staines becomes Staines-upon-Thames to shake off Ali G link". BBC. 2012-05-20. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ "Business leaders back Staines name change". getsurrey. 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ "Staines-upon-Thames 'sounds like pollution'". getsurrey. 2011-11-30. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ "Staines set to rebrand as Staines-upon-Thames". getsurrey. 2011-11-23. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ BBC report
- ^ a b Spelthorne Borough Council - Planning Policy
- ^ Ordnance survey website
- ^ "Riverbridge Primary School". Riverbridge.surrey.sch.uk. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ "Welcome to Staines Rugby". Stainesrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ "Staines Swimming Club". Stainesswimming.org. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ^ http://www.petermarsh.freeuk.com/stockcar/staines.html
- ^ K-Point Internet Solutions - Warrenpoint, Newry, County Down. "The Dictionary of Ulster Biography". Newulsterbiography.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
External links[edit]
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- Staines - 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article
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Later that day, he went to pay his condolences to the new widow.
"The police were still there and, I guess, she called a cleaning crew to deal with the carpets that were messed up with blood or something," he recalled. "She thanked me for coming, didn't seem at all upset."
On the front porch of the Goodmans' unit, amid potted plants and small statues of cats, frogs and a fairy princess, there's a white rock with the inscription "One who plants a garden plants happiness" inscribed on it. Another rock just said "Simplify."
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Chemtex, an international company with offices in Wilmington, plans to build the refinery on 166 acres in Sampson County. The plant would mirror one already built in Italy. If construction begins as planned, the plant could open in 2015.
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Sunblush Tomatoes 240g
Product Description
Sunblush Tomatoes.
Slowly roasted and bursting with rich flavours.
Product Information
- Brands: SunBlush
- Dietary & Lifestyle: Vegetarian
Keep pot upright and use within 5 days of opening.
Keep Refrigerated.
Prepare & Use
Make your mealtime SunBlush by adding succulent, sweet SunBlush tomatoes to your pasta, salads, pizzas and sandwiches
Leathams Plc,
227-255 Ilderton Road,
Package Type
Tomatoes (50%), Rapeseed Oil, Oregano, Garlic, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid.
Nutritional Data
Typical values | per 100g | |||
Energy | 550kj | |||
Energy | 131kcal | |||
Protein | 3.5g | |||
Carbohydrate | 10.4g | |||
of which sugars | 7.6g | |||
Fat | 8.4g | |||
of which saturates | 1.46g | |||
Fibre | 6.3g | |||
Sodium | 0.6g |
Customer Reviews
10 August 2013
try these
I always keep these in the fridge. They add a delicious burst of flavour to salads, enrich tomato based sauces and work well in home made foccacia. And you can use the oil they come in too. Excellent value.
21 August 2012
Best taste....
...ever - not too dry or soft. Really good, just the packaging is a nuisance and there's a bit too much oil so one star off... but then again the taste compensates !!
09 June 2012
0 of 1 found this review helpful.
Skins extremely thick and hard, not much flesh at all, so loads of waste! Would not buy again. If I could award no stars, then I would!
13 September 2011
1 of 1 found this review helpful.
Great product, terrible packaging
Absolutely delicious. Constitent quality which is great when the quality of fresh tomatoes is not so good. Big shame the pot is not resealable and gets messy when you have to try and cover in cling film.
19 August 2011
3 of 3 found this review helpful.
Great in a salad
Since I started putting these in a salad I can't seem to do without them. They have a lovely flavour and really perk up a salad.
Goats' Cheese and Bacon Tart
This delicious tart is perfect for Summer. Try using brie instead of goats' cheese, if you prefer, and serve with a simply green salad.
1 hr 30 mins
Nineties Homemade Chunky Chips with Roasted Tomatoes and Pepper Sauce
A cool 90's classic, this will get your guests mouths-watering, and if you don't want to share, it is a perfect snack when tucked up at home watching your favourite movie!
50 mins
Risotto with Cherry Tomato, Chorizo and Tabasco Sauce
The spicy taste of thickly-sliced chorizo sausage is a fabulous base for this risotto. The final addition of Tabasco marianted tomatoes gives the creamy rice a lovely fresh flavour, followed by a gentle kick!
55 mins
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The Secret World of Polly FlintPolly Flint, a girl who sees things other people can't, finds herself involved with the "time gypsies" of Grimstone, inhabitants of a lost village who have become trapped in a time not their own. |
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User Review - Thalia - GoodreadsMy 5-star rating comes from how much I loved this book as a kid. I'm not sure I'd like it as much now. But when I was younger this was my kind of escape. I even used the idea for the essay of my entrance exam to high school. Read full review
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These are exciting times for Treasury futures. Futures on several maturities of Treasuries should help hedge changes that will occur in a yield curve that is unusually low at present but should rise and change shape with an improving U.S. economy. Now is the time to prepare for that eventuality.
The long end of the yield curve is of particular interest at the moment because the Federal Reserve — having approached the limit of reductions in short-term interest rates — is resorting to purchases of longer-maturity bonds to push more funds into the U.S. economy. Flattening the yield curve will reduce the cost of long-term debt, encouraging investment in fixed-assets, while taking some of the downward pressure off of the dollar by allowing short-term rates to increase. It also may reduce the positive carry currently enjoyed by banks and other institutions with historically low borrowing rates.
Five Treasury futures contracts are included in the following analysis. The short-term portion of the yield curve is represented by two-year, five-year and 10-year T-note futures, while the longer maturities are covered by the 30-year classic and ultra 30-year Treasury bond futures.
Understanding treasuries
The original 30-year bond futures contract has price and yield cash flows that correspond to a 20-year fixed-income security. The ultra 30-year T-bond futures contract is so called because it has a longer maturity, at least 25 years. CME Group created the ultra to better reflect a 30-year maturity. The original bond contract specifications called for 30-year bonds with more than 15 years left to maturity. When the Treasury Department discontinued offering long bonds in 2001, the supply shrank. Because there were none offered for a seven-year period, the remaining supply reflected a shorter maturity. The ultra has cash flow characteristics that match a 30-year bond. Thus, the yield curve is covered by two-, five-, 10-, 20- and 30-year maturities.
Note that Treasury futures, as notional instruments, do not return cash payments in terms of interest and principal. Futures are held and traded primarily to take advantage of price changes before their delivery dates. Long and short Treasury futures contracts require a cash transaction on or around the delivery date because these derivatives are settled by the exchange of Treasury securities that closely match the maturity of the underlying T-note or T-bond.
Three of the Treasury futures maturities are shown on "Yields & rates" (below). The chart shows the eurodollar futures quarterly rates and yield curve, U.S. Treasury yields and T-note futures yields at two-, five- and 10-year maturities. Eurodollar yields form a smooth curve that is slightly higher and parallel to U.S. Treasury yields that are shown at eight maturities from three months to 10 years. Eurodollar yields are based on the geometric means of quarterly rates that extend over a 10-year span.
The three Treasury futures maturities shown on "Yields & rates" are two-, five- and 10-year T-notes. The T-note yields shown are slightly higher than corresponding eurodollar yields. Eurodollar futures — although representing dollar deposits that have more risk than Treasury securities — have the advantage of cash settlement at the delivery date.
Options on T-note and T-bond futures may be analyzed by using the LLP option pricing model available on Excel spreadsheets that can be downloaded from futuresmag.com. For example, an option price curve based on 12 strike prices was computed for the March 2011 five-year T-note futures on Oct. 28, 2010. A portion of the spreadsheet is shown on "Five-year T-note calls" (below).
The analysis results in call option prices predicted by a regression equation, the slope (delta value) of the option price curve at each strike price and upper and lower breakeven prices at expiration, 109 days in the future. Breakeven prices are those that would result in zero gain or loss on a delta-neutral trade between calls and underlying futures.
For the five-year T-note option with 121.00 strike price, the breakeven prices are 123,198 and 119,361. These prices imply a yield spread for the five-year T-note of 1.205% to 1.920%, while the yield on Oct. 28 was 1.665%. The price and yield spread on the measurement date shows the options market's assessment of yield and price volatility for five-year T-bond futures through the expiration date in March 2011.
"Calls on Treasury futures" (above) shows the option price curves for the five Treasury futures on Oct. 28, 2010. Heights of the curves correspond to the maturities of the underlying note or bond. For example, calls for the 30-year ultra T-bond futures are on the highest curve because longer maturities produce the largest change in price for fixed-income securities with equal risk. As shown on "Breakeven prices & yields" (below), breakeven yield spreads for the five Treasury-based futures increase with larger underlying maturities. Because the five Treasuries have identical risk and equal times to expiration, maturities are the primary reason for different curve heights, breakeven prices and yield spreads.
Future changes
Option price curve equations are useful for predicting changes in prices several days forward, based on new underlying futures prices with the same set of strike prices. "Three days predicted" (below) shows options on 20-year T-bond futures where the option price-to-strike price is related to the futures price-to-strike price. The curve shows close relationships between the predicted prices over three days and initial prices on Oct. 28.
On Nov. 3 there is some indication of the market prices falling slightly lower than predicted by the fixed equation. This will be an increasing tendency as time to expiration decreases. Variations between current market prices and predicted prices may be used to find temporarily over-valued and under-valued options as prices tend to move back toward the regression curve.
Trial & error
"T-note futures yield & duration" (below) shows one section of an Excel spreadsheet that calculates the yield on a T-note or T-bond given the listed price. The duration for the futures contract is computed automatically on the spreadsheet at the same time it is calculating the yield from a given price.
The two-year T-note has a price listed as 109% of $200,000 par, plus 27.25 times 1/32nd of 1% of par. In decimal form, the price is $218,852. Interest of $6,000 is paid semiannually, with $200,000 par value received at maturity. The yield that corresponds to a $218,852 price must be computed by trial and error, trying out different yields until the computed total present value is approximately equal to the listed price. The trial-and-error process may be done manually, which is how this table was created, or accomplished by a computer program that gradually centers in on the required discount yield. Yields and prices also may be looked up on tables of price-to-yield and yield-to-price available online at CME Group.
CME Group publishes a Treasury price index online — the Dow Jones Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Treasury Price Index — based on five-year, 10-year and 20-year maturities. The "T-note futures yield & duration" spreadsheet includes a section that produces data similar to the Dow Jones CBOT index, and shows how the index is computed.
Bond duration
Because duration is an important element in the index calculation, it may be well to describe duration in more detail. Duration is the weighted average of time to maturity of any asset. The weights are equal to the present value of cash flows in each time period divided by the asset's total present value.
Duration is shown computed on "T-note futures yield & duration" (above), where the fourth column shows the calculation of weights for each time period and column five multiplies the weight and the time period number. The weighted average time to maturity, or duration, of the two-year note is computed as 3.8372 six-month periods or 1.9186 years. Duration changes constantly with new data for market yields and periodic cash flows; however, it is always equal to or less than calendar time to maturity.
Duration is a critical factor in hedging individual financial instruments and entire portfolios. In theory, a portfolio that has a given weighted duration that includes its total holdings may be hedged by a long or short position in a single Treasury futures contract with the same computed duration.
It is important to realize that prices on fixed-income securities change in relation to their durations rather than simply time to maturity. "Treasury price index" (below), calculated on Oct. 28, 2010, includes modified durations (where duration is divided by (1+ i), with i equal to the computed yield). For example, the weighted average maturity of the 30-year ultra T-bond is 15.6497 years. The time pattern of cash flows determines duration, resulting in the $100,000 par value received on the 30-year bond shrinking in its impact on price because of the longer time to maturity.
If we were to begin a Treasury price index similar to the Dow Jones CBOT Treasury Index, using just the five-, 10- and 20-year maturities as shown on "Treasury price index," the three prices would be weighted. The index weights are calculated by dividing the modified duration of the 30-year T-bond by the modified duration of each of the other maturities. In this way, the pricing effects of different maturities are equalized and the index is made comparable over time.
The importance of the Treasuries in hedging, speculating and forecasting interest rates and yields of all maturities hardly can be overstated. Their futures and options will be of increasing usefulness as the Federal Reserve uses financial markets in its efforts to accelerate economic recovery.
Paul Cretien is an investment analyst and financial case writer. His e-mail is email@example.com.


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Bob the Elf has officially landed—on our mantel. And, as soon as he flies back to the North Pole tomorrow and takes up a new spot in our house, I plan to start decorating for Christmas.
In the meantime, I've been pinning my little heart out and found some great—and easy—inspiration for creating beautiful mantels:
Love this idea of flanking the fireplace with two tall trees. It's such a statement and actually eliminates the need to decorate much of the actual mantel. It's also a fun solution if you are short on space for a full-sized Christmas tree.
This monochromatic mantel would be easy to recreate. And, it's a great idea if you have a piece of art above your fireplace that doesn't jive with your Christmas decor. Simply buy a large canvas from your local craft store and wrap in a textured white fabric. Mix in glass and natural elements for a clean, sophisticated look.
I love the sparkle and casual element that galvanized tins bring to Christmas decor. And, layering lots of the same thing—tins, glass, garland, etc.-- is always an easy way to make a big impact.
Traditional and simple (of course, Martha makes everything look easy). You can't go wrong with layers of fresh garland, and I like how the icicles are mixed in. The pop of green in the urns on the hearth completes the look.
Cottage Living (I think, correct me if I'm wrong.)
I'm not in love with this entire look but I like that the overall idea could be achieved with a couple of trips to Goodwill and some spray paint. The layered white mirrors create an easy, sparkly backdrop for the rest of your decor. Even if you can't find enough mirrors, you could buy some inexpensive artwork, paint the frames white, and transform the glass with this product I found out about here through Pinterest:
(This could actually be great if you wanted to spray a collection of glass containers for your mantel, as well.)
Hope this gets you thinking! Have you started your Christmas decorating yet? (Don't tell me if you've finished. . . )
PS—Just a quick correction on my previous Black Friday post. The link I listed to HeadyBed's Facebook page wasn't working over the weekend so I wanted to post the correct one here. Stop by to enter their "Sweet Dreams" giveaway, for a chance to win an Amazon Kindle and everything needed for a luxurious nights sleep.


text: We stayed in the Victorian room for five nights as part of a visit to see our daughter at Harvard. We were in easy walking distance to the campus and the Cambridge cafés. The room is large with pretty views of wisteria and trees, which were in full autumn color. The gorgeous antique bed is small for a couple, however.... More