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The action comes just days after the Santa Ana Police Officers' Association withdrew its support of Hunt, a former sheriff's lieutenant running on a law and order platform. Santa Ana officers were angered that Hunt was on the defense team of a reported F-Troop gang member awaiting trial on attempted robbery charges.
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"Hieu Lies" – Now Playing at a polling place near you
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There's this old Schwarzenegger action movie that comes to mind every time I read an interview, see one of his campaign signs, or even visit his website for Hieu Nguyen. The movie is called "True Lies." Schwarzenegger plays a man who has a secret life as a spy; not even his wife has a clue who he really is.
California Democratic Party Endorsements
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Primary Elections are very important for our process of democracy to work effectively. Your vote in this election counts, so it is important that we all make that effort to get out and cast our ballots. The Democratic Party permits decline to state voters the opportunity to participate in our candidate selection process.
CA Dem Constitutional Office Endorsements
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In the hottest contested race for Lt. Governor, neither candidate received the required 60% vote to get the party endorsement. Gavin Newsom received 52% of delegate vote. The CA Democratic Party will make no endorsement for Lt. Governor.
Daly releases first round of endorsements for Supervisor
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"I am humbled to earn the support of so many respected local leaders,†said Daly. "As County Clerk-Recorder and former Mayor of Anaheim, I've built a reputation as a strong fiscal conservative and a problem-solver who delivers results. I will bring this common sense approach to the County Board of Supervisors.â€
Colin Powell endorses Obama for President
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Former secretary of state Colin Powell, a man respected by both parties, has endorsed Barack Obama for president. There's so much to say here, but I believe this endorsement undercuts the notion that only patriots (men and women in the armed forces) support McCain.
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OK, it's time for us to talk. We only have three weeks until election day. It's decision time now. I should know, as I've already mailed in my ballot! But in case you haven't yet filled out your ballot, here are some suggestions if you're stumped. No, this does NOT represent the official position of…


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Benedicto Ceasar appeared in court Wednesday to face charges of second degree attempted murder.
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The Waipahu man is accused of stabbing of another man in a fight on Sunday at Pearl Ridge Community Park.
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Evgeny Bobryshev took the holeshot in the first race of the MX1 class and obtained the second Lovemytime holeshot award of the season. The Russian rider had an incredible weekend being third overall in the Portuguese Grand Prix. Honda World Motocross' Bobryshev was very satisfied with his performance this weekend and he is now fifth in the FIM MX1 World Championship. The Russian is feeling better and better each weekend and he is now looking forward for his maiden MX1 overall victory. Marionna Leiva -
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Foremost Insurance Pegram Racing's Larry Pegram added a Sunday victory to his Saturday win to score his first ever Superbike double on a hot, sunny afternoon in the American heartland of Heartland Park Topeka.Pegram bolted from the pole position, but wasn't able to pull away as quickly as he had yesterday. Pegram chose the soft rear Dunlop on Saturday and several others followed suit today.By the second lap Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Tommy Hayden was into second, where he would stay for the duration.From the end of the fifth lap, Pegram's lead was never as much as half a second and mostly around three-tenths.Hayden was waiting to make his move, which came on the 17th lap with an inside pass in turn six. But he ran wide in the following bend and Pegram took back the lead.Hayden wasn't helped by a quartet of riders the pair caught on the 19th lap, but he caught back up and started the final lap only .287 secs. behind.But on the final lap Hayden never made a serious attempt to lead and Pegram sped to his second win in as many days, his fourth ever, and the first double of his career.He also solidified his third place championship position. Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Mat Mladin, who withdrew from the weekend over safety issues, now has a 73 point lead, 380 to 307, over Hayden with two rounds, four races, remaining. Pegram is third with 286.Yamaha's Josh Hayes finished third, at 5.5 secs., after making a run at the halfway point. When the starter showed the crossed flags ending lap ten, Hayes was within .766 secs. of the lead. Then the trend reversed and he gradually lost ground.He was never threatened by teammate Ben Bostrom, a solid fourth until a mechanical problem put him out on lap 19.Jake Holden inherited fourth, his best ever Superbike finish.Same for Latus Racing's Taylor Knapp in fifth. Knapp parked the Buell 1125RR he rode at Mid-Ohio in favor of his Suzuki GSX-R1000.Corona Extra Honda's Neil Hodgson came out on top of his battle with Celtic Racing's Michael Laverty (Suz).Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Blake Young was behind Pegram on the second lap when he ran off the track in the chicane. At the same time, Jordan Suzuki's Aaron Yates, who was just behind, lost the front in the same corner. Young dropped to tenth on the next lap and recovered two spots.National Guard Jordan Suzuki's Geoff May also crashed out on lap 12 in the same corner as Yates.American Superbike:
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(Washington) (USA Today) – President Obama told the nation Tuesday he is exploring a Russian diplomatic plan to end a chemical weapons dispute in Syria, but reserves the right to take military action if necessary.
"It's too early to tell whether this offer will succeed," Obama said during a White House address, but it is worth pursuing because of "the potential to remove the threat of chemical weapons without the use of force."
During his nationally televised speech from the White House, Obama also said:
• He wanted to talk to the country "about Syria, why it matters and where we go from here."
• He resisted any intervention in Syria's civil war for months until Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons against anti-government rebels on Aug. 21, killing numerous children.
• Argued that use of these banned weapons increase the possibility of other chemical attacks in other parts of the world, perhaps even the United States.
• A lack of action would erode prohibitions on other weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons.
• "I know that after the terrible toll of Iraq and Afghanistan, the idea of any military action, no matter how limited, is not going to be popular;" but he added that any action in Syria would be specifically targeted on its chemical weapons programs.
• Syria does not have the ability to retaliate against the United States.
• He is encouraged by Russia's proposal to have Syria give up its chemical weapons, but added: "I've ordered our military to maintain their current posture to keep the pressure on Assad and to be in a position to respond if diplomacy fails."
• Americans should review videos of the Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack now posted on the White House website, particularly the pictures of dead and dying children.
"Terrible things happen across the globe, and it is beyond our means to right every wrong," Obama said. "But when with modest effort and risk we can stop children from being gassed to death and thereby make our own children safer over the long run, I believe we should act."
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would only support a Syrian turnover if the Obama administration renounced the possible of use of force against Assad's government.
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Introduction: Autopsy studies of persons who died of cancer have shown the lungs to be the sole site of metastasis in about 20% of cases. The resection of pulmonary metastases is indicated for palliative purposes if they contain a large volume of necrotic tumor, infiltrate the thoracic wall to produce pain, or cause hemoptysis or retention pneumonia. Metastasectomy with curative intent may be indicated for carefully selected patients.
Methods: This review is based on a selective search of the PubMed database for articles that were published from 2006 to 2011 and contained the keywords pulmonary metastasectomy, lung resection of metastasis, and lung metastasectomy.
Results: No prospective comparative trials have been performed to date that might provide evidence for prolongation of survival by pulmonary metastasectomy; nor have there been any randiomized, controlled trials yielding evidence that would assist in the decision whether to treat pulmonary metastases with surgery, radiotherapy, or chemotherapy (or some combination of these). The indication for surgery is a function of the histology of the primary tumor, the number and location of metastases, the lung capacity that is expected to remain after surgery, and the opportunity for an R0 resection. Favorable prognostic factors include a long disease-free interval between the treatment of the primary tumor and the discovery of pulmonary metastases, the absence of thoracic lymph node metastases, and a small number of pulmonary metastases. The reported 5-year survival rates after pulmonary metastasectomy, depending on the primary tumor, are 35.5% to 47% for renal-cell carcinoma, 39.1% to 67.8% for colorectal cancer, 29% to 52% for soft-tissue sarcoma, 38% to 49.7% for osteosarcoma, and 79% to 94% for non-seminomatous germ-cell tumors. For the latter two types of tumor, chemotherapy is the most beneficial form of treatment for long-term survival.
Conclusion: When there is no good clinical alternative, the resection of pulmonary metastases can give some patients long-lasting freedom from malignant disease. Patients should be carefully selected on the basis of clinical staging with defined prognostic indicators.
Pulmonary metastases are often found in advanced metastatization from carcinoma of the colon and rectum, kidney, breast, prostate, and oropharynx. In addition, chorionic carcinoma, osteosarcoma, soft tissue sarcoma, testicular tumors, Ewing sarcoma, and thyroid carcinoma all metastasize preferentially to the lungs.
If metastases are restricted to the lungs, the use of surgery within the overall oncological treatment is justified.
However, since a prediction of survival cannot be done without an operation, and the utility of surgery has not yet been tested in a prospective randomized study, the decision for or against metastasectomy must be made on a case-by-case basis (e1).
The aim of this review article is to give an up-to-date overview of surgical intervention for pulmonary metastases, based on a selective literature search of PubMed using the search terms pulmonary metastasectomy, lung resection of metastasis, and lung metastasectomy. Radiotherapy will also be discussed as an alternative local treatment method.
Principles for selection of patients for metastasectomy
As early as 1965, Thomford et al. put forward principles for patient selection that largely still apply today (1). The criteria for selecting patients to undergo surgical resection of lung metastases are:
In patients with widespread diffuse pulmonary metastases, or if the lesions are technically or functionally inoperable, local interventions such as surgery and radiotherapy are at best palliative.
In 1991 the International Registry of Lung Metastasis was constituted with the aim of developing a rationale of surgical intervention for lung metastases (2). To this end, 5206 patients who had undergone pulmonary metastasectomy with curative intent and with various primary tumor histologies were analyzed. Patients with complete resection (R0) of a solitary disease focus and a disease-free interval of more than 3 years after surgery to treat the primary tumor showed the most favorable prognosis. Although this study contained no control group of nonoperated patients, the significantly more favorable 5-year survival after R0 resection (36%) compared to incomplete resection (13%) indicates the chances of success of metastasectomy (2). Operative mortality was 1%.
Today, the decision for surgical metastasectomy with curative intent should be taken by an interdisciplinary tumor board on a case-by-case basis. If no reasonable treatment options exist, the decision for surgical resection may in some cases be made even in the presence of unfavorable prognostic factors such as synchronous metastases.
Resection of recurrent metastases
In patients who show a solitary recurrent metastasis in the lung, it should be investigated whether repeat resection is indicated. A longer time interval between the first metastasectomy and the appearance of recurring metastases appears to be prognostically more favorable (e2). Jaklitsch and co-authors (e3) have shown for various primary tumors that patients who undergo one recurrence metastasectomy achieved a median survival time of more than 60 months; with two recurrence metastasectomies median survival was 34.7 months, and with three or more it was 45.6 months. Patients in whom further surgery appeared impossible had a median survival of 8 months.
Diagnostic procedures
Staging examinations depend on the underlying tumor: usually, abdominal ultrasonography and computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen, bone scintigraphy, and cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are carried out.
Local tumor recurrence must always be ruled out by specialist examinations. Investigation techniques usually include CT or MRI of the primary tumor region and, for colorectal tumors, colonoscopy.
CT is essential in the planning of lung metastasectomy (e4). FDG-PET (fluorodeoxyglucose-labeled positron emission tomography) enables extrathoracic tumor manifestations to be ruled out while at the same time characterizing pulmonary focuses of disease on a metabolic basis. This last can be important especially in the case of a solitary pulmonary disease focus or thoracic lymph node involvement (e5, e6). MRI, on the other hand, has not improved the diagnosis of lung metastases compared with conventional CT. It is specifically indicated for showing tumor invasion of the great vessels, chambers of the heart, chest wall, and spinal column, and can be helpful in ruling out synchronous liver metastases.
Lesions may remain after chemotherapy in the form of sterilized metastases. Histologically, in the best case these formations contain fibrosis and necrosis but no viable tumor cells (Figure 1).
Flexible tracheobronchoscopy is a standard component of the preoperative diagnostic workup. Its purpose is to allow evaluation of the mucosa and secure confirmation of the histology of centrally located metastases. In addition, it can be helpful, when used in combination with endobronchial ultrasound, in determining the status of the peribronchial and mediastinal lymph nodes (e7).
To secure the histology of peripheral foci up to 3 cm in size, video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has become established for use as a diagnostic procedure with a low complication rate. How far lung metastasectomy by VATS can be used as a curative procedure to achieve local radical resection comparable with that achieved by thoracotomy has yet to be studied.
In one recent prospective randomized study, malignant pulmonary foci that had not been detected by preoperative CT were detected in 20% of patients by intraoperative palpation (3). Hence, so far thoracoscopic procedures have not been generally recommended for curative intent, since the lung tissues are not accessible to palpation as they are in the open procedure (e8).
Surgical procedure
The standard procedure is a circumscribed atypical (lung tissue sparing) resection; more rarely, anatomic resection such as pulmonary segmentectomy or lobectomy is required (Figure 2).
Central metastases involving structures near the hilum may necessitate pulmonectomy. If the functional reserve does not permit anatomic resection, atypical resection in central lung segments or of multiple metastases using a neodymium:YAG laser must be attempted (4).
Postoperative complications are reported in 10% to 15% of patients after lung metastasectomy. The main ones are recurrent postoperative secretion retention leading to atelectasis and pneumonia, cardiac arrhythmias, and bronchopleural fistulas. Morbidity is determined mainly by the patients general condition, the surgical approach, and the extent of the resection (e9, e10).
For a number of tumor entities, involvement of intrathoracic lymph node stations as a sign of tumor dissemination is associated with a significantly poorer prognosis (5, 6). The question of the necessity and extent of thoracic lymph node dissection in addition to metastasectomy has not yet been adequately answered. According to a survey of European thoracic surgeons, in most hospitals lymph nodes are merely sampled (e11).
Stereotactic radiotherapy is an effective and at the same time noninvasive, tissue-preserving treatment alternative for solitary lung metastases in functionally inoperable patients. With detailed radiation planning and accurate irradiation, biologically effective doses totaling more than 100 Gy can be delivered in one to five dose fractions (e12). A steep dose gradient at the margin of the lesion ensures that surrounding healthy tissue is preserved as much as possible.
Even in the case of metastatic melanoma and renal cell carcinoma, which are regarded as radioresistant, stereotactic radiotherapy allows local control rates of 88% after 18 months (e13). Because of the small radiation volumes, treatment-related side effects are rare (e12).
Special aspects of particular primary tumors
Colorectal carcinoma
Lung metastatectomy is a treatment option in 1% to 2% of patients with colorectal carcinoma (e14). The following are regarded as unfavorable prognostic factors after lung metastatectomy (Table 1):
While patients with stage IV disease have a median survival of up to 24 months with modern antibody treatment (e14), a 5-year survival rate of up to 68% can be achieved after metastasectomy (7).
If synchronous liver metastases are present, a 5-year survival rate of 42% is reported after sequential lung and liver metastasectomy. Metachronous metastases are regarded as prognostically more favorable than synchronous metastases, as is the appearance of liver metastases before lung metastases (e15, e16).
The role of adjuvant and neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with liver metastasectomy is currently under discussion (8). To what extent similar approaches can be developed for metastasectomy in the lung remains to be seen.
Renal cell carcinoma
Renal cell carcinoma (Table 1) metastasizes preferentially to the lung, either hematogenically or lymphogenically.
Although systemic therapy with tyrosine kinase inhibitors and mTOR inhibitors is associated with an improvement in progression-free survival, lung metastasectomy continues to be accepted within the framework of treatment with curative intent (9, e17).
Factors that are favorable for surgery are metachronous, solitary foci or a few peripheral lesions. A 10-year survival rate after lung metastasectomy of 42% has been reported (10). Synchronous occurrence of thoracic lymph node metastases, however, which is relatively frequent (30% to 45% of cases), is associated with a much less favorable prognosis. Mean survival of patients with mediastinal and pulmonary lymph node involvement has been reported as 26 to 29 months, compared to 64 to 92 months without lymph node metastases (5, 6). For this reason, patients with mediastinal lymph node metastases should not be assigned to surgery with curative intent.
Breast cancer
Advanced breast cancer (Table 2) often infiltrates the lungs and pleurae by direct invasion or lymphogenic or hematogenic dissemination. Patients with isolated lung metastases are rare; usually, local or diffuse lymphangitis with single or multiple lung metastases is found.
For patients with metachronous metastases and a limited number of foci, predominantly in one pulmonary lobe, 5-year survival rates of 40% to 50% are reported after pulmonary metastasectomy has been carried out and all the options for systemic therapy have been used up (11, 12).
Debate exists as to the necessity of surgical resection of metastases. In a retrospective study in which patients who underwent pulmonary metastasectomy showed better long-term survival (36%) than those treated conservatively (11%), Staren et al. (e18) emphasized the importance of surgery. Tanaka et al. (13), on the other hand, point out that mean survival times of 2 to 3 years are reported in patients receiving systemic therapy alone.
Notwithstanding, solitary foci in the lungswhich are discovered in the course of tumor follow-up careoften pose a problem for the differential diagnosis. If there are no extrathoracic tumors, these foci should be surgically removed, the more so since in most of these cases a primary lung carcinoma turns out to be a secondary tumor, more rarely metastatic breast cancer or a benign lesion (e19).
Head and neck carcinomas
Distant metastases are most often found in the lung. Five-year survival rates of 20.9% to 59.4% after lung metastasectomy have been reported (14, e20); a longer disease-free interval appears to be particularly favorable. Because of their high coincidence with lung carcinoma, solitary pulmonary lesions in a patient who is locally tumor-free in the head and neck (ear, nose, and throat) should undergo diagnostic workup (Table 2). Often, however, even after histological analysis, the differential diagnosis between lung cancer and metastases remains unclear.
Malignant melanoma
Over 70% of all patients with metastatic melanoma (Table 3) develop lung metastases, but only about 10% of them have lung metastases alone (e21). It frequently happens that a malignant melanoma is only diagnosed through histological analysis of newly discovered lung foci (e22).
Surgery is the procedure of choice for solitary foci, and the prognosis, with 5-year survival rates of 21.0% to 35.1% (e21, e23) is significantly better than with multiple metastases. Other significant factors for a favorable prognosis are a disease-free interval of more than 12 months before the occurrence of a lung metastasis, and the absence of thoracic lymph node metastases (e24). Because of the extensive metastasization in other organ systems, FDG-PET is particularly relevant in the preoperative staging (e25).
Nonseminomatous germ cell tumors
In nonseminomatous testicular cancer (Table 3), all lesions remaining after chemotherapy (cisplatin-based combinations) should be removed so far as possible.
Although a response to chemotherapy is often accompanied by a sharp fall in tumor markers (α-fetoprotein, β-HCG), normalization of the tumor marker values does not imply that residual tumors in the lungs and mediastinum need not be removed. These can still show viable tumor cells in the histological workup, in addition to necrosis and scar tissue. The following are regarded as indications for the resection of lung foci (e26):
In addition to a large number of metastases and advanced patient age, the demonstration of viable tumor cells in the residual tissue and an absence of tumor marker normalization have proved to be clinically unfavorable prognostic factors in patients with exclusively pulmonary metastases; 5-year survival rates of 79% to 94% have been reported in studies (15, 16, e27). Postoperatively, therefore, histologically complete remission in response to chemotherapy in patients with solitary and monolateral metastases and negative retroperitoneal lymph node status is regarded as the most favorable set of characteristics (15, 16).
Soft tissue sarcoma
Between 20% and 50% of all patients with soft tissue sarcoma (Table 4) develop lung metastases in the course of their disease, most of these being discovered as metachronous metastases in the course of follow-up care for the primary tumor (17).
Lung metastases from soft tissue sarcomas should be surgically removed so long as complete surgical resection appears technically possible, because they are usually only moderately chemosensitive (17, e28, e29).
In a retrospective nonrandomized study the natural course of patients with lung metastases showed a median survival of 11 months compared to 33 months for those who were treated surgically; however, it may be assumed that these results are biased by stringent selection of patients for surgical treatment (e28).
Favorable prognostic factors are a long disease-free interval before the appearance of lung metastasis and a low histological grade; 5-year survival rates after surgical metastasectomy are reported at between 29% and 52% (18, e29, e30).
Despite the progress in chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgical treatment of metastatic osteosarcoma (Table 4), the 5-year survival ratesamong these patients who are mostly youngare between 20% and 40% (1921).
Treatment of metastatic osteosarcoma today is tied to clinical studies (COSS/Cooperative Osteosarcoma Study, EURAMOS-1/European-American Osteosarcoma Study, and EUROB. O.S.S./EUROpean Bone Over 40 Sarcoma Study), is multidisciplinary, and takes into account the systemic and local manifestations (e31, e32). For synchronous lung metastases of the highly malignant osteosarcoma, this means aiming at complete resection of the lung metastases after chemotherapy and radical surgery of the primary tumor (e33). Postoperatively, therapy must be stratified according to tumor response.
Patients with primary metastatic osteosarcoma must be assumed to have a poorer prognosis than those with metachronous metastasization (e34).
Surgical resection is also considered to be particularly important for recurrent lung metastases, irrespective of whether chemotherapy is carried out (22).
Other tumors
For lung metastases of other primary tumors, the list of general indications applies: that is, local resection should be carried out if this is technically and functionally feasible, so long as the primary tumor has been removed or is under control and no more effective local or systemic treatment is available.
The diagnosis of lung metastases is often associated with a very poor prognosis with a short survival time. In these situations, palliative chemotherapy is usually initiated. First, however, an interdisciplinary tumor board should discuss the possibility of metastasectomy. If reasons are found for carrying out palliative resection, local radical resection is fundamentally the aim as well as symptom control (e35).
Functional operability must be confirmed before surgery in accordance with the European Respiratory Society/European Society of Thoracic Surgeons guidelines (e36).
Survival after lung metastasectomy depends on the nature of the primary tumor, and in the case of chemotherapy-sensitive tumors is related to surgery only to a limited extent. The objection that surgical resection of metastases is a local procedure applied to a disseminated disease, the success of which has not been validated in prospective randomized studies, is justified (e37). The first prospective randomized studies of the effect of surgical resection of lung metastases have been started with the PulMiCC-Trial (Pulmonary Metastasectomy in Colorectal Cancer) in colorectal carcinoma and the SMAT study (a prospective randomized multicenter phase 2 study of surgical resection of lung metastases of clear-cell renal cell carcinoma ± sunatinib therapy for 1 year) in renal cell carcinoma (23, 24). Data on lung metastasectomy can be found only in the current S1 guideline for osteosarcoma (e32) and the S3 guideline for colorectal cancer (e38). Even in these, the evidence base still rests on published results of retrospective case series.
Conflict of interest statement
Dr Egerer has received consultancy fees from MSD and lecture fees from MSD and Pfizer. She has also received third-party study funding from MSD.
Professor Thomas has received consultancy fees and reimbursement of registration fees for conferences/training events and travel costs from Lilly, Pfizer, Novartis, and Roche.
Professor Dienemann has received consultancy fees from Lilly and lecture fees from AstraZeneca.
Professor Pfannschmidt and Professor Bischof declare that no conflict of interest exists.
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Translated from the original German by Kersti Wagstaff, MA.
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It is easy to make yourself look generous when you are spending someone else's money, and we unfortunately are living in an era of particularly generous politicians.
My name is Ed Rutledge, and I am the Libertarian candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. I was raised in the western suburbs of Chicago, and have deep family roots in central Illinois. After graduating from Wheaton Central High School, I attended and graduated from Miami University with a major in Finance and minors in German and International Business.
I have worked throughout the United States, and have spent several years working overseas. My career has led me into progressively more challenging and rewarding endeavors, including the coordination of global business development activities for a large investment company, the corporate reorganization of several prominent financial services companies, and the financing of real estate projects which support hundreds of permanent jobs in Illinois and which generate millions of dollars in tax revenue each year.
Given my respect for individual rights and personal responsibilities, it has always struck me as incredible that Americans, we lovers of Liberty, would ever allow our government to dominate our lives. Yet this is exactly what has been happening, as politicians have convinced us to abdicate our responsibilities and rights to government bureaucracies in exchange for supposed benefits and privileges. This has consistently been a poor exchange, as our elected officials have consistently taken from us, you and me, and given our resources to their favored few.
Unlike our challengers in this race, my running mate, Lex Green, and I are not career politicians. We do not represent the status quo which promises the world but only delivers the bill. Instead, we promise to treat you as a capable adult rather than as a ward of the state, and we promise to get the weight of government off of your back so that you will be free to manage your own life.
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John and I are enjoying a very brief little holiday of our own, staying with my brother in Devon. We always have a lovely time staying with him, but this time good weather has not been part of the mix. It is WET! So it it in Derbyshire we're told, and if it's any comfort, it's apparently wet everywhere!
So it seems a good opportunity to warm us all up with an enthusiastic 'guest blog' copied word for word from an entry in the Tom's Barn visitors' book. We do love it when guests tell us what they have done and enjoyed during their stay; we try to keep up to date ourselves so we can make helpful recommendations to our guests but if we ate continually at pubs and did long walks daily we might not get much else done, ever, fun as it might be in the short term!
So here goes…
Everything is so accessible from this truly delightful base.
"A truly wonderful week of walking, reading and rest! Dove dale to Alstonefield by far the best (walk), breaking off at the excellent George for good food, wine and service.4 hours needed.
Other walks undertaken: Alstonefield to Mildale and back to the George! (2 hours) and Parwich to Tissington (3 hours). Iam Country Park well worth visiting, if for no other reason than to sample their excellent coffee and fresh pastries.
Ashbourne and Bakewell good for a stroll around if you want a break from walking, and a mooch around the shops.
The 8 1/2 mile round Carsington Water is a challenge (not as pretty as the Dovedale walk) but the coffee at the Visitors' Centre is also excellent. By the way, views from the Ilam Park grounds are superb.
John and Marion excellent hosts.
No rational human being could fail to have a beautiful experience here.
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Located at an equal distance from Playa Brava and Playa Mansa and just a couple of minutes from Punta Shopping Mall, Awa boutique + design Hotel is a dazzling example of the best design. Created for guests from all over the world who are looking for that special place to stay.
Awa Boutique + Design Hotel, the first boutique Hotel in Punta del Este
48 exquisitely appointed suites blend modernity with quality and coziness, the inimitable seal of the style.
Poolside restaurant, bar & deck, a world-class Chef, conference room, library, home theater, business center, Wi Fi Internet access, a modern gym and spa with massage area among other outstanding features.
AWA Hotel welcomes each guest as a VIP with the same pleasure during the four seasons of the year. The idea is that your stay becomes an experience in itself, a unique and unforgettable time.
AWA boutique and design Hotel
This hotel displays all the features of the design hotel concept, prevalent in first class tourist destinations worldwide.
AWA boutique + design Hotel offers the best of this avant-garde tendency in accommodation, which has become fashionable in the most exclusive corners of the world. Like Sardinia, Cyprus, the Seychelles, the Mayan Riviera, Costa del Sol or South Beach, Punta del Este now has its boutique and design hotel.
As required for this type of accommodation, the hotel is a sophisticated blend of design, ambiance, high technology, services and personalized attention which provides guests with a unique experience.
An ideal hotel, both for those long awaited holidays and for business trips. In the heart of the main food and wine district of Punta del Este, close to the shopping mall and the beaches, it is so well located that it is close to everything that matters.
It is surrounded by a continuous forest which creates a microclimate of elegance and peace.
The architecture takes up motifs from the environment, with a refreshing contemporary touch which enhances the relationship with the exteriors in the common areas, and establishes a more intimate atmosphere in the bedrooms. Materials like wood, stone and water are used in large planes, with emphasis on texture and on their reflection of the singular light of Punta del Este.
The superb decoration by VIVAI creates a warm and comfortable scenario that is an invitation to relax. Carefully distributed design furniture achieves perfect harmony with the construction materials. Dazzling white, soothing wood, leather and the flashes of color of the lighting and Uruguayan artist Mario Giacoya s paintings conspire to produce the atmosphere of charm that is perceived as soon as we reach the spacious lobby.
Our teams dedicated service provides the final touch to this hotel which is designed to cater to the needs of the most demanding guests.
The art of caring for detail
There are 48 suites available at AWA. In each one the priority is the lighting, an aesthetic sense, comfort and quality. Ivory colored walls and natural colored wall to wall carpets enhance the design furniture.
Next to the beds, with comfortable headrests in immaculate beige Italian material, are comfortable and weighty night tables, which like the rest of the furniture were commissioned from 6t9, a well-known Italian supplier that works exclusively in solid wood decorated with the sgrafitto technique.
On a console rests a plasma television set which may be enjoyed from the comfort of the sommier bed, especially designed by Sealy for exclusive 5 star hotels, or from the Louis Ghost chair in methacrilate, by French designer Philippe Starck.
The European lamps in silver graphite by Bertoni + provide the ideal lighting to read, write or rest.
Touches of red are supplied by the hand-woven blankets by Manos del Uruguay, completing the elegant and functional decoration of the rooms.
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Al Qaeda has published a new terrorist magazine in English. What's its name? This Week in Death to America? The Popular Jihadist? Kaboom? No, it's called Palestine, as if it's the ultimate insiders' guide to Palestinian culture, recipes, travel and events, like California Living. Claiming it "focuses on the raw emotions of the victim hood in the Muslim world," the… Read More ›
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A man named Romeo Rose, who calls himself a rock star/poet/artist/photographer/romantic, created a website where he posted his wish list for the perfect woman. He's so serious about finding the future Mrs. Rose that he's offering $1500 to whoever introduces them. His list is as ludricrous as the perfect man wish lists of the Crazy… Read More ›
"World War Z" is an Epic Failure
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Although gas prices have held at roughly the same level for the past three years in the U.S., pain at the pump is still a consumer concern. (Myriad brands have sought ways to ease consumer anxiety over gas prices: Grocery chains including Costco and Kroger, for instance, offer gas savings tied to purchases; we've written about Morrisons' Fuel Saver program in the U.K.) KFC recently offered a nostalgic panacea with a throwback to better days—a time "when you could get a hot, delicious meal and fill up your car for just $5," as a press release put it—by providing lunch and a tank full of gas for only five bucks to promote its new $5 Fill-Up meals.
The promotion was for one day only at a service station in Louisville, Ky., and included a Colonel Sanders character pumping gas. A companion Twitter "fill-up" campaign let fans trade professions of brand love for free fuel and meals.
Nostalgia has played a major role in recession and post-recession marketing with brands leveraging visions of a simpler past to create emotional connections. By addressing price concerns with the emotional balm of nostalgia, KFC leveraged its history to create camaraderie and build affinity in a still-uncertain economy.


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Justin Roberts & The Not Ready For Naptime Players Concert
Presented by Club Passim at Club Passim
July 6, 2013
Like a scene from "Groundhog Day," the event repeats itself over and over. Bass and drums pound out the beat in perfect unison. Bodies spring to their feet and rush the stage; jumping, dancing and bouncing off each other like bumper cars. The concertgoers behave like children. This should come as no surprise, because they are children, participating in the kiddie mosh pit found at nearly every Justin Roberts concert.
Justin Roberts is truly one of the "all-stars" of the indie family music scene. He logs thousands of miles on the road each year, leading some to call him the hardest working man in children's show business. With numerous national awards and recognition and a devoted fan base, Justin and The Not Ready for Naptime Players dish out unexpectedly intelligent and whimsically rocking music for kids and their parents.
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Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series.Posted: May 4, 2003 at 6:05 pm in mysteries
I started reading these recently on a friend's recommendation, and have really enjoyed them. Most of the books include several moments which are laugh out loud funny as Stephanie Plum pursues her chosen career as a bounty hunter. The cast of characters that populate her New Jersey town are at once wackily eccentric and wholly believable. The best part is that I read most of these from the library, so I didn't even have to pay for them for once. I've read pretty much all of them at this point, including:
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- Two for the Dough
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Thursday, April 1, 2010
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ALBANY -- While the numbers appear sobering, officials are stressing that economic recovery is on the horizon.
The Georgia Department of Labor reported Thursday that the preliminary unadjusted unemployment rate in metro Albany had declined to 11.4 percent in February, down from a revised 11.6 percent in January.
Meanwhile, the number of unemployed workers in the area declined to 18,626, down from 18,688 in January.
An analysis done on Southwest Georgia as a whole indicated that the area's preliminary unadjusted unemployment rate had declined to 11.2 percent in February, down from a revised 11.3 percent in January. The number of unemployed workers in the region decreased to 8,782, down from 8,867 in January.
The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to a record 10.5 percent in February, up one-tenth of a percentage point from January. Georgia has exceeded the national seasonally adjusted rate for 29 consecutive months. The national rate is currently 9.7 percent.
Based on the most recent numbers, officials with the Labor Department say the state has finally turned a corner, meaning that unemployment and layoffs have hit bottom and are starting to level off.
"Georgia's job market has reached a critical inflection point," said State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond in a statement to the media. "Stabilizing unemployment rates and significant declines in new layoffs suggest that we are on the threshold of sustainable job growth."
The state's February jobless rate was up 1.8 percentage points from the same time last year. The jobless rate in metro Albany in February 2009 was 8.3 percent.
In February, 937 laid-off workers in Albany filed initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits, a decrease of 453, or 32.6 percent, from January. There was an increase of 35, or 3.9 percent, in claims filed during February 2009. More than 66,000 laid-off workers filed initial claims statewide last month, a decrease of 29,195, or 30.6 percent, from January. There was a decline of 20,450, or 23.6 percent, in claims filed from the same time last year.
The jobless rate for the Southwest Georgia area in February 2009 was 9 percent.
In a county-by-county breakdown of unemployment rates from last month, Dougherty was at 12.5 percent, Lee was at 8.8, Worth was at 12.1 percent, Terrell was at 10.9 percent and Baker was at 10.8 percent.
Further analysis showed that Albany experienced moderate over-the-month job growth in the private service-providing sector, gaining 400 jobs. Fewer claims in the manufacturing, construction and administrative services sectors contributed to the overall drop in claims within the region.
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CNET explains what FLAC is, as well as where to buy music in the FLAC format, and how to play it on your iPhone, computer, or MP3 player.
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I gave Tidal a spin to see if its musician-centric business model could replace my Spotify subscription.
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Ibiza Airport was initially constructed as a military airfield during the Spanish Civil War, but when international tourism in Spain picked up in the 1950s, Ibiza Airport was converted into a commercial facility. Ibiza Airport is relatively small, with only one terminal building. It houses a variety of stores, restaurants, currency exchange, post office, ATMs, conference and meeting rooms, lost-and-found office, Wi-Fi, as well as facilities for baby-changing/feeding and play areas for children. Ibiza Airport is typically the eighth busiest in Spain, but becomes the third busiest during the summer tourist season.
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Black River Falls – Ishpeming, MI
August 14, 2010
Black River Falls – Ishpeming, MI, photo by Odalaigh.
The awesomely awesome GoWaterfalling.com has this to say about Black River Falls which are located 8 miles south west of Ishpeming off of Country Road 581 in the Escanaba River State Forest:
The Black River surges through a narrow channel here. When viewed from the front, the falls looks like a plunge, but it actually slides down the rock at a relatively gentle angle. That is fairly typical of the type of waterfalls you find in this rocky country.
…The Black River flows into the Escanaba River, which flows into Lake Michigan, making this waterfall part of Lake Michigan's watershed. However it is probably much easier to visit while circling Lake Superior than Lake Michigan. It is only about 10 miles off of the Lake Superior Circle Tour. It is over 60 miles off the Lake Michigan Circle Tour.
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Thermobol claims to help consumers to get the benefits of the highest quality herbal extracts supported by extensive research and scientific development. Thermobol supposedly helps you to "reach your fat loss and muscle definition goals." And according to advertisement, it upholds a new standard in weight loss results.
Thermobol is said to maximize a healthy diet and exercise program, which they say will help you to get results faster than anything else you have ever tried. But does this "unique" formula work?
How Does Thermobol Work?
Thermobol uses a blend of fat burners largely based on caffeine. These forms of caffeine can produce a thermogenic fat burning effect while improving energy and workouts. But if you do not get the clinically proven amounts,their potential for success does not matter. Even with small amounts like the 100mg found in Thermobol, they can still cause side effects. But there is no weight loss. The other ingredients in Thermobol are entirely unrelated to weight loss results.
Bitter orange extract-Bitter orange extract contains a significant concentration of synephrine. Synephrine is an alternative to ephedrine that can burn fat, suppress appetite, and improve energy without causing the same problems with heart attacks, strokes, and other unnecessary side effects.
L-tyrosine-L-tyrosine is a common amino acid. It has been used to feed the muscles and keep them from unnecessary breakdown. But they do not build muscles or promote better weight loss results.
Caffeine-Caffeine works to burn fat while also increasing natural energy. It is the most common fat burner when used in amounts of at least 400mg.
Green tea extract-Green tea uses caffeine to achieve better fat burning effects, and it also has healthy antioxidant benefits when used in amounts of at least 400mg.
Guarana seed powder-Guarana seed powder is a natural stimulant commonly found in the Brazilian rainforests. It can promote energy. But it is one of only a few stimulants that does not promote weight loss.
Bioperine-A natural extract of black pepper, this enhances the absorption of other ingredients, therefore helping you to get the best possible results for your money.
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The 23rd Annual Seniorama was held August 13th at the Roos House, SUNY Canton. The beautiful facility was enjoyed by all. This year we had vendors from area Businesses, Hospitals, Credit Unions, County agencies, Home Care businesses, Insurance companies, Nursing Homes, Optometrists, Audiologists, Entertainment organizations, Pharmacies, Political Representatives and Candidates, Public Utilities, Senior Organizations and Associations, and Support Services for seniors, a big thank-you to all the Vendors, businesses that took out ads in our Seniorama Booklet, and those that contributed the many door prizes that were given out throughout the day. Your continued support for seniors is greatly appreciated. Seniors were able to talk one-on-one with the many participants and received information and goodies about each.
Thank you to the Canton VFW Post No. 1231 for leading off our opening ceremony, to Kim Briggs for leading the Pledge, to Diane Foote for a beautiful National Anthem and to Father John Downs for our opening prayer. Thank you to Matt Akins from CPH, the band Time-Line, Rochelle LaShomb and the Line Dancers and the group the States for entertaining us throughout the day.
Congratulations to Sandra Woodcock for winning the Lottery Ticket Frame, hope you had some big winners. Seniorama 2014 would not have been a success without the help from Chapter members who helped get ads, gables, door prizes, sold raffle tickets and helped that day. The North Country Chapter, of New York State Wide Senior Action Council, brings this Health and Information Fair to the area each year to help keep seniors informed. We are a not-for-profit grassroots membership organization made up of individuals and organizations with an interest in improving the lives of senior citizens. We meet the first Thursday of the month, except January, February, July and August, at 9:30 a.m. for coffee, business meeting at 10 a.m., speaker at 10:30 a.m., and lunch at 12. Anyone 18 and older can belong. For information contact President Linda Wilkinson at 265-4464.
Thank you.
Seniorama Committee members
Lois Armstrong, Doris Brown,
Kathy Skelly, Gail Teele and
Linda Wilkinson
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MT. MERIDIAN, Ind. (Oct. 9, 2011) –
The unexpected hero of Sunday's AMA Road Race Grand Championships at picturesque Putnam Park Road Course in Central Indiana, was 31-year-old Chicagoan Ricardo Valdez. Valdez was spectacular in his four events, riding his privately sponsored Yamaha R6 to a trio of wins and a second.Jake Lewis was the only rider to best Valdez in their first meeting of the day in Open Supersport, but Lewis crashed in his second race while battling Valdez for the lead. He was knocked out and taken to the hospital for observation. He was released and back at the track later in the day, but was unable to race. In spite of his bad luck on Sunday at Putnam Park, Lewis, 15, of Princeton, Ky., was awarded the prestigious AMA Horizon Award for his overall performance at the event.Valdez, a fifth-year racer who honed his skills racing a Blackhawk Farms, was solid all day. After finishing second to Lewis in Open Supersport, Valdez came back and led Lewis early in the Middleweight Superbike class. He made a mistake on the bus stop turn giving Lewis the opportunity to take the lead. The two were running nose to tail when Lewis suddenly dropped a rear wheel off the track at full lean on the high-speed turn six causing him to high-side violently.
"That was the scariest crash I've ever had," Lewis said when he returned from the hospital. "It came back to me when I was laying in the hospital bed. I had just gotten into the leadi and was pushing it pretty hard when I dropped my rear wheel off the track. The bike came around and spit me off and from there I don't remember anything. It was a pretty bad wreck. I'm just glad I'm OK. I fractured my thumb. Hopefully I'll be able to come back pretty soon."With his main rival out Valdez went on to score a total of three wins. Perhaps his most impressive came in Open Superbike where he beat a slew of 1000cc bikes on his R6 to take the win."That was a really fun race," said Valdez, a carpenter and part-time auto salesman. "I think I made a little bit too close of a pass on Gene (Burcham). We touched and I apologized to him for that, but it was tough to get around him. He was riding really well. It was a great feeling to win that race against the bigger bikes. Winning these races this weekend is the biggest accomplishment of my career so far."Valdez was awarded the AMA Racing Vet/Senior Award. He said he hopes to race AMA Pro next year if he can find sponsors.
Lewis, who earned four poles and won a race before being injured, was rewarded for his outstanding weekend overall with the Horizon Award."It's an honor to get the Horizon Award," Lewis said. "It's something I've wanted to win for a long time. I hated to end my day early, and I apologize to my parents for having to take a trip to the hospital, but that's the first time and hopefully I learned something from that."Look for additional coverage of the Road Race Grand Championships in the upcoming digital edition of Cycle News.


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The importance of customer service and interaction cannot be understated. In order to succeed as a business, you have to do everything in your power to ensure the customer experience is of top quality. This includes training call center agents properly, interacting with customers on different access points and channels and calling them back when you say you will.
One of the most commonly received comments about customer service organizations regard failed callbacks and broken promises in the Voice of the Customer (VoC) feedback from different customer care touchpoints. Callback-related complaints can be a big threat to the business-customer relationship. According to a recent NICE Systems blog post, "Technical problems and unfavorable company policies can be excused, but insufficient (or lacking) agent effort cannot. Having to call customer care again only magnifies customer dissatisfaction. "
The blog splits failed callbacks into two categories: employee and operational constraints. Employee constraints are under the agent's control and include a reluctance to deal with an annoyed customer or complicated issue, forgetting to call back or failing to reach the customer on the first attempt and giving up.
Operational constraints are those that are out of the agent's hands. These include lack of bandwidth, such as having too many incoming calls and no time to return to earlier issues, escalation process, where agents may not have the authority or expertise to make a decision or take action, and if the call comes in at the end of a shift, which can play a part in both operational and employee constraints.
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LIVINGSTON — Commissioners took just four minutes to hold an opening prayer, the pledge of allegiance and approve the list of consent agenda items before adjourning into an executive session to consult with their attorney about pending litigation Tuesday morning. The approved items included: A request from the Pct. 2 Commissioner seeking to accept Bridgeview Drive, Bridgeway, and Bridgelanding for public maintenance including any specifi ed variance. Commissioners will consider approving offers to purchase tax foreclosed properties. In Precinct 1: Lots 253 and 254, Section 2, River Lake Estates; Lot 484, Section 3, Forester's Retreat; Lot 488, Section 3, Forester's Retreat; Lot 502, Section 3, Forester's Retreat; Lots 501 & 511, Section 3, Shiloh Ridge. In Pct. 2 Tract 25, R. Ferguson Survey, Abstract 245. In Pct. 3, Tract 97, M. L. Choate Survey, Abstract 15. Commissioners also will consider a request from the Pct. 3 Constable to appoint Francisco Segura as a reserve deputy constable and approve the related bond. The court also will consider approving an interlocal agreement renewing services with Harris County for post-mortem examinations. Commissioners will consider renewing property insurance coverage with the Texas Association of Counties Risk Management Pool. The court will also consider ratifying a resolution in support of the District Attorney's Victim Coordinator Grant and Liaison Grant application to the Offi ce of the Attorney General. The court all will consider approving a contract with U.S. Capitol Advisors (represented by Jim Gilley) for fi nancial advisory services, terminating the contract with Coastal Securities.
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If you are clueless where to start when creating a party list game for your next birthday party, start simple. Have you ever considered using marshmallows for party games? Marshmallows are inexpensive and it does not take a lot of creativity to create games to use with these small objects.
Marshmallows are available generally in two different sizes, although this year I have noticed that they are now selling holiday shaped marshmallows. I purchased a pack of these and they were French vanilla flavored and delicious.
To create games with marshmallows, just start looking around your home at common objects you might have. For example, you can create a marshmallow game, using either miniature marshmallows or jumbo size ones, which simply requires a jar. It can be any type of jar and it can be any size. To play this, each guest takes a turn throwing marshmallows toward the jar. Whoever gets the most marshmallows in the jar wins the game. Instead of using a jar, you can literally use any object, such as a bowl, basket or vase.
Another easy game to use with marshmallows requires marshmallows and spoons. Each guest puts a spoon in their mouth the opposite way spoons are normally used. They place a marshmallow on the spoon and must race to get from one point to another. If the marshmallow falls, the person must pick it up and run back to the starting line.
Besides these two games, there are many different games you can come up with by just using a small amount of creativity and some common household items.


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Nominations workshop offered for philanthropic nominations
VERO BEACH - A free workshop for any Indian River County nonprofit organization interested in nominating an individual or business for this year's National Philanthropy Day will be held on June 4 at U.S. Trust, 700 Beachland Blvd. Registration and coffee will begin at 8:45 a.m. followed by the workshop from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. There is no charge and the workshop is open to all nonprofit organizations.
Hosted by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Indian River Chapter (AFPIR), this annual workshop is designed to provide all the information, tips and insights an organization needs to submit a strong nomination. Attendees will hear directly from colleagues and peers who have navigated the process before and are willing to share best practices. A nonprofit does not have to be a member of AFPIR to submit a nominee.
Topics to be covered include how to select a nominee, the process for submitting nominations and guidance on completing the nomination form, understanding the importance of the nomination process for the organization, and how nominating a donor or volunteer can help build and enhance relationships.
"The workshop officially launches the process of honoring individual and corporate philanthropists and dedicated volunteers, recognizing those who shape our community each and every day through their generosity and commitment," said Kerry Bartlett, Nominations Committee Chairperson, who added "and that process culminates on November 19th during the National Philanthropy Day celebration to be held at the Vero Beach Museum of Art."
Workshop registrations may be made online at www.afpindianriver.afpnet.org or on the AFPIR Facebook page (www.Facebook.com/AFPFan). For questions about the workshop, contact Ms. Bartlett at 772-492-1407 or via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The Lafayette Inn & Restaurant is pleased to announce being selected as only one a few (currently 4) establishments in Virginia to be featured by Epitourean.com. Epitourean and their sister company, CookingVacations.com offer "food" related vacations around the world. Guests select among packages that include lodging and various culinary related treats and experiences. The Lafayette Inn & Restaurant's package will be among the features with Epitoureans partners, Bon Appétit. Epitourean will also be marketing with such targeted publications and networks such as Saveur all designed to drive food focused vacationers to packages such as that of the Lafayette Inn & Restaurant in Greene County, Virginia.
Both Epitourean.com and The Lafayette Inn & Restaurant are excited about their unique package. The Inn prides itself in providing an "approachable" menu but one that is duplicable at home as well. Epitourean guests will spend time in the kitchen, seeing the true in/outs of the business. After hours of private instruction, the guests will serve as "Guest Sous Chef's" for the dinner service. Our "Guest Sous Chef's" are provided follow-up recipes from the Inn, source guides and other useful suggestions to keep their experience alive for years to follow. Schedule permitting, a private wine tour and tasting follows at nearby Stone Mountain Vineyards. (Call or e-mail about booking YOUR culinary getaway!).
Check out our popular "Chef Tasting" dinner for two. Many weeke! Our kitchen and staff personally assure a wonderful and carefully selected culinary experience, from the first appetizer through the dessert. Alan specially selects the wine pairings for each "Chef Tasting" and provides "commentary" about each offering as well! It's romantic dining for two, ideal for proposals, anniversaries and special events for two.
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- $145 per person. A "bargain" quoted from every couple (and small intimate group) that has experienced this.
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- Only one seating per night at 6:00pm (5pm Sundays). "Come hungry, come sober!". (Guests that are not Inn guests should make designated driver arrangements)
EVERY couple or intimate group that has experienced this has mentioned this among one of their most memorable (positive) dining experiences. Romance begins here; the rest is up to you.
Inn guests can reserve dinner Sunday-Thursday evenings for a 6:00 seating. Regular restaurant hours and full menu apply for weekends. Our "Inn Guest Only" nights have become a very popular offering. ADVANCED RESERVATIONS REQUIRED for mid-week dining. Appropriate tax and 20% gratuity will be added.