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A trip to the Murray River region is all about unwinding and enjoying the region's renowned food and wine industry, golf courses, temperate climate and history. Not to mention the mighty Victorian river itself which offers houseboat adventures, historic paddle steamer cruises, endless sandy beaches and bushland settings.Cruise in styleWhat started as the only trading route for merchants to transport their wares to the capital Melbourne, the Murray River's rich riverboat heritage today provides a unique experience for visitors.River boatingWhy not take command of your own houseboat and explore the river at your pace? The Murray River provides a wonderful trip for travellers of all ages. Choose an itinerary, or cruise as you please floating from town to town exploring the natural surrounds or dropping in on the restaurants, wineries and golf courses that line its banks.
Options range from boats which cater for two to 12 passengers and all are fully self-contained. For the inexperienced, full instruction is given on operation and mooring - and you will not be challenged by changing tides as water levels in the river remain constant. All you need to qualify is a current driver's licence.
Paddle steamingThe other option is to ride one of the historic paddle steamers. Drift down the river aboard Echuca's magnificently restored PS Emmylou relaxing to the sound of water birds and the swish of the paddlewheels.
Other heritage steamers still carrying passengers include the PS Alexander Arbuthnot, the last steamer built on the Murray during the riverboat trade and the PS Pevensey, once a floating museum. You can also enjoy a unique captain's commentary on board the steam-driven PS Canberra. Built in Echuca, the PS Adelaide is also worth a visit. She is the oldest wooden-hulled paddle steamer still in operation.Read more at http://travel.msn.co.nz/8297873/experience-the-heritage-and-history-of-the-murray-river
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"Do You Think I'm Gay?"
Jonathan Higbee | September 20, 2013
A lot of the gaydars of the women that "Awkward Gay Kissing" vlogger Mark Miller polls must be made faulty by wishful thinking. But that's okay, we don't blame them.
Watch as the popular YouTube hottie asks women passing by if they think he's gay...
When did the brushed back hair with a headband enter vogue? I swear 94% of those girls looked the same. At points, I was asking myself "Didn't I see her already?" And why is there this ridiculous stigma with Black people they was very open, supportive, warm and all said he was attractive (CLEARLY). I hope he turns the question to his male co-eds on the next video. I think boys/guys/men will be more observant YET equally as cool with his gayness.


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Pre Construction Condos by Sorbara Development Group
For more information call:416-949-8633
- Project Name: Beacon Condos
- Builders: Sorbara Development Group
- Project Status: Under Construction
- Approx Occupancy Date: 2018
- Address: 5200 Yonge St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
- City: Toronto
- Main Intersection: Finch Ave W and Yonge St
- Architect: Wallman Architects and Rafael Bigauskas Architects Inc.
- Condo Type: High Rise
- Number Of Units: 374
- Location: 5200 Yonge St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Price: Please contact us for pricing
Beacon Condos is a new condo development by Sorbara Group of Companies currently under construction at 5200 Yonge St, Toronto. The development is scheduled for completion in 2018. Sales for available units range in price from $378,800 to $916,300. The development has a total of 374 units.
SUSTAINABILITY • High performance thermal envelope minimizes unwanted solar gain and heat loss • High efficiency building mechanical equipment promotes energy savings • Occupancy sensors in selected common areas to reduce electricity costs • Selection of in-suite light fixtures to fit long-lasting energy-saving lamps • Low VOC paints and finishes • Hard surface flooring for easy maintenance to remove dust and allergens • Water wise fixtures and appliances reduce water use through low waste systems • Architecturally designed aluminum window frames with double pane sealed glazed units • Building recycling system SUITE FEATURES • Soaring 9 foot ceilings** • Choice of plank pre-finished laminate flooring in entry corridor, living/dining areas, bedrooms, kitchens and dens • 4" baseboard with co-ordinating 2" door casings • Solid core suite entry door with deadbolt lock and security viewer • Contemporary interior doors or mirror slider* • Sliding doors and/or swing doors in bedrooms* • Brushed nickel contemporary hardware† • Wire shelving in all closets† • Flat off-white paint throughout kitchen and all areas with the exception of semi gloss paint in laundry and bathrooms • Spacious balconies or terraces with sliding patio doors for access* KITCHENS • Designer appointed cabinetry with a range of colours to select† • Quartz kitchen countertops† • Choice of designer backsplash† • Single basin undermount stainless steel sink, with single-lever retractable faucet APPLIANCES • Designer appointed cabinetry with a range of colours to select† • Quartz kitchen countertops† • Choice of designer backsplash† • Single basin undermount stainless steel sink, with single-lever retractable faucet BATHROOMS • Designer appointed cabinetry from a variety of colours* • Quartz vanity countertop with under mount sink† • Designer Series single lever faucet • Refined vanity mirror and light with convenient medicine cabinet • Contemporary water-efficient toilet, faucet and showerhead • Tub and/or shower*, with full height porcelain tile surround† • Rectangular design, white, acrylic soaker tub† • Frameless glass enclosure/door* • Porcelain floor tile in master ensuite† • Porcelain floor tile in main bath and powder room† • Pressure balanced valves in all showers • Privacy lock on washrooms doors • Bathroom exhaust fan vented to exterior MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL • Individually controlled heat pump system for year-round heating and cooling comfort • Separate meter for electricity usage • Convenient pre-wired telephone and cable outlets in living room, den and bedrooms, with high speed internet access • Switch controlled receptacles in living areas, and bedrooms, with light fixture(s) in foyer, track or fixture lighting in kitchen and rough-in for overhead light fixture in dining room and den* • Built-in smoke detector • In-suite water sprinkler system • Floor to ceiling glazing/window systems* † From builder's samples * As per plan, where applicable ** Ceiling heights are subject to bulkheads, dropped ceilings and structural beams


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About DDA Doing Business Volunteer Contact
DDA Special Meeting February 20, 2019
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Downtown Farmington
Welcome to Downtown Farmington where It's Happening! A place where work and play come together. A place with small-town charm that delivers big opportunities to all that call it home.
Downtown Farmington is nestled in the southwest corner of Oakland County and is within easy reach of four major freeways.
Our Downtown Master Plan is ripe with potential for investors on all levels. Our authentic downtown is poised to adapt and evolve to fulfill the needs of the greater community is serves. Downtown Farmington welcomes visitors and new businesses and we work hard every day to support them.
We take pride in the walkability that Downtown Farmington offers. Walk to work, play in a park, enjoy a lively concert under an open sky, shop and dine – all in one true community. We live and share the excitement together.
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The Bridge Training Unit in Antrim has won an 11th hour reprieve after the Northern Trust finally buckled under pressure and paid their dues in full.
Shell-shocked parents were warned that the unit, which offers a home from home for more than 20 local people with severe learning difficulties, would close May 24 if the Trust failed to settle their account.
Trust Chief Executive Sean Donaghy witnessed the strength of feeling himself last Wednesday night when he took part in private talks with the Council at the Civic Centre.
He and a senior member of his team were confronted by a large group of protesting parents – and passions were running high.
Some were clearly angry, while others wept openly, but they all shared a sense of injustice that the award-winning unit was being sacrificed, leaving them all in limbo.
[Source: Antrim Guardian]
There is uncertainty over the apple harvest in County Armagh due to unseasonable weather over the past few months, a leading producer has said.
Armagh Bramley apples secured Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status in March and the crop is worth millions to the local economy.
Apple grower Pat McKeever said poor weather in April and early May had "hammered" the orchards.
However, he said there was hope of a second bloom in the recent heat wave.
[Source: BBC News]
A family has last week spoken out about the distress they felt when they visited their "ransacked" family grave at Haroldstown Cemetery to find it destroyed by cow manure and ravaged by weeds.
The Curran family was shocked to discover the condition of the cemetery, with cow manure all over the family grave and a memorial plaque they had erected a month earlier broken into pieces.
Buried in the Curran family plot is Michael Curran from Ballykillduff, who died in 1960, his wife Mary and three of their children.
[Source: Carlow Nationalist]
Father Brendan Smyth's abbot has finally apologized to victims for his inaction over not stopping the country's most notorious pedophile, but survivor groups say his words do more harm than good.
Fr. Kevin Smith, who was the predator's boss as abbot in Kilnacrott Abbey, Ballyjamesduff last Tuesday said: "Having had some time in prayer and reflection in Medugorje on the past when I was Abbot and Superior of Holy Trinity Abbey, Kilnacrott, Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan, I wish to acknowledge and apologise to all those who were abused in any way, their family, friends and fellow priests for mistakes which happened within the Church and various Institutions from August 1969 - March 1995, when I retired.
"I thank the present Prior and Superior for the counseling help being made available through 'Towards Healing' [the telephone counseling service].
"However, I believe that the real permanent healing comes from inviting Jesus Christ, The greatest Healer of all, into our lives and handing over to him all our hurts. There has been a call for a criminal investigation and or international enquiry - I promise that I would be open to and give all information to either or both of those bodies. The Truth will set us all free."
[Source: Anglo Celt]
Three out of a total of seven arrests as part of a cross-border garda (police) operation into organized prostitution, brothel-keeping and associated offences were made in Clare last week, The Clare Champion reveals.
Two men, one in his 30s and one in his 20s, and a woman in her 20s were arrested in Ennis town last Tuesday as part of a large number of planned searches in the Republic and in Northern Ireland under Operation Quest, a coordinated operation involving An Garda Síochána and the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
[Source: Clare Champion]
Niamh McCarthy, a 19-year-old student from Ballygrissane, Minane Bridge in Cork tragically lost her life last Wednesday afternoon following a freak sand dune accident on Tuesday in Maharees, near Castlegregory in Co Kerry.
She had been in a critical condition at Kerry General Hospital in Tralee since the accident where her family had gathered at her bedside in the hope of her recovery.
The first-year UCC science student apparently became trapped in the dunes on Tuesday afternoon when the dune suddenly collapsed while she was at the beach with her friends. It is understood that they had been digging holes in the dunes when one of the dunes collapsed.
[Source: Cork Independent]
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has warned fans against replicating professional wrestlers' moves after a late night drunken copycat video filmed in Derry went viral online.
The video – Drunken WWE Derry – has been watched a massive 62,000 times since being posted on video site YouTube on May 20, and features two would be wrestlers enjoying a late night brawl in William Street.
In front of a large and amused crowd of spectators, the two bare-chested grapplers put each other through a series of moves, holds and throws, before a "referee" declares a winner.
YouTube viewers have made scores of comments in reference to the Derry wrestlers, describing the action as "freaking hilarious and awesome," "hilarious" and "quality entertainment."
[Source: Derry Journal]
Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, who signaled that he might meet the Queen during her Diamond Jubilee tour - will have an opportunity to do just that this month.
The Queen will make a two-day visit to Northern Ireland in June as part of her Diamond Jubilee tour of the UK, Buckingham Palace announced last Thursday.
A handshake between the Deputy First Minister - and former IRA commander - and the Queen would be a hugely symbolic gesture and comes after her historic visit to the Republic of Ireland last year.
[Source: Belfast Telegraph]
The cost of repairing ageing garda (police) cars is to hit nearly $25m over a two-year period, the Herald can reveal. Between the beginning of last year and the end of this year, more than $23m will have been spent on fixing up the vehicles.
The news follows recent revelations that only 25% of squad cars taken out of service this year will be replaced.
Justice Minister Alan Shatter said he had been advised by Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan that $14,229,883 was spent on repairs in 2011 and $4,711,136 to date this year.
With six months of the year left, it is expected a further $5m will have been allocated by the end of 2012.
Mr. Shatter told Dublin North East TD Tommy Broughan the cost covers the provision of spare parts, new tires and towing services.
[Source: Evening Herald]
A police helicopter was used in a search for men who ran off after the car they were travelling in crashed near Boa Island last Wednesday night.
At about 10 p.m., police were in the area of Boa Island Road when they spotted the driver of a blue Vauxhall Vectra talking on his mobile phone.
Police signaled for the car to stop but instead of stopping for officers the car made off at speed out of sight of officers, with the officers giving chase.
A few minutes later police came across the car crashed on a left hand bend, and the four men who were in the car ran off from it across fields.
Three individuals were arrested by police on foot but when the fourth suspect evaded officers police called for assistance and as the police helicopter was available it was scrambled to the scene.
Upon its arrival the police helicopter used thermal imaging equipment to detect the fourth man and he was arrested at about 11 p.m.
[Source: Fermanagh Herald]
Discussions with the European Commission to provide a funding mechanism for the 57 km. Gort to Tuam motorway are at a "critical stage" and the project could be given the green light in the coming weeks.
Public Expenditure and Reform Minister Brendan Howlin said he is keeping hopes high that $214m in funding can be leveraged from the European Structural Fund and European Investment Bank for the motorway, which would create around 2,500 jobs.
If the $214m funding – which has been approved in principle by the Investment Bank – can be secured, it's understood road-building consortium BAM Balfour Beatty would then be in a position to find private investors.
Galway East Labour TD Colm Keaveney told the Connacht Tribune that the project is topping the list of capital-ready projects in this country at the moment.
[Source: Galway Bay FM]
The mother of an underage Killarney footballer says that constant racist remarks on the field of play are pushing her autistic son to the point of suicide.
Ann Marcus told The Kerryman how 13-year-old Dion, who is of Irish and Egyptian descent, was even racially abused by an adult associated with an opposing team. She says she has kept quiet on the issue until an incident two weeks ago following which she drove to Killarney Garda Station to make a formal complaint.
"We've had a lot of incidents of racism from opposition players and I've reported those to the clubs but this is the first time it has involved an adult," she states.
[Source: The Kerryman]
Parents terrified by the prospect of a serious accident outside a Newbridge primary school are organizing a meeting this week in a bid to force the council to put a pedestrian crossing in place.
Currently, there is no crossing directly outside St Patrick's School at Morristown, despite constant requests from parents, the school management and local residents that some action be taken.
Moreover, the nearest pedestrian crossing at the Morristown Road junction is currently viewed as grossly inadequate because of a lack of filter arrows. This is despite the fact that, in addition to pupils attending St Patrick's, that junction also serves neighboring Scoil Mhuire.
[Source: Kildare Nationalist]
A football player who assaulted the mentor of the opposing team at a football match was sentenced to five months in prison.
The judge described the incident as "naked violence" and "hooliganism." Philip Roche, New Road, Moneenroe, Castlecomer was convicted of the assault at the GAA grounds, Grennan, Thomastown on June 1, 2009.
Ann Donnelly, a spectator at the match said that she witnessed a player being sent off. "A man was walking off and the Glenmore mentor was standing on the sideline. He walked over and boxed him in the face and hit him straight into the face. I heard a crack.
[Source: Kilkenny People]
From a void of information to an 82-page detailed report, the HSE has published a document in which it says it will consult and recommend a decision, but that a Government Minister will have the final say on Abbeyleix and Shaen Hospitals.
Nearly six months after being forced to consult on closure plans, the executive published a document entitled Older Persons Services, HSE Midlands, Information and Consultation two weeks ago.
The report does two things. It sets out the nursing home landscape in the midlands and the position of St Brigid's Shaen and the Abbeyleix Community Nursing Unit. In the information section of the report, the HSE makes clear that it is still "contemplating" closure. The report also publishes the consultation process ordered in the High Court.
The HSE has declined to bring in an independent party in any part of the consultation process.
ithout any reference to outside expertise, the executive will lead the consultation and a senior HSE manager will consider the evidence and make a recommendation to the Minister for Health, James Reilly.
[Source: Leinster Express]
The crisis in youth unemployment has reached alarming levels according to Senator Marc MacSharry. According to the latest figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) there are 488 people under the age of 25 on the Live Register in Co. Leitrim.
Of these 374 are registered through the south Leitrim office in Carrick-on-Shannon and a further 114 are registered in Manorhamilton.
Speaking to the Leitrim Observer following the launch of Fianna Fáil's National Strategy to Tackle Youth Unemployment, Senator MacSharry said that unemployment "is the greatest crisis facing the country".
[Source: Leitrim Observer]
In a rare move, the terms of bail have been lifted for a man charged with indecent assault to allow him to leave the jurisdiction before his trial and spend the summer in his second residence in the south of France.
The Limerick man, who cannot be identified at this time due to reporting restrictions, is alleged to have committed six counts of indecent assault on a relative on unknown dates between 1977 and 1980.
The 58-year-old accused, who resides on the outskirts of the city, took to the stand in Limerick Circuit Court to testify under oath that he would return for a hearing over the summer months and would not be a flight risk.
[Source: Limerick Leader]
A man was being questioned by Gardaí (police) last Thursday afternoon following an alleged stabbing incident in Longford town on May 30.
The incident, which involved two males, occurred at approximately 11:50 p.m. on Wednesday night in the Chapel Street area of Longford town.
The Leader also understands that both parties involved knew each other and that they are from the locality.
The male who was injured in the incident is believed to be in his early 20s and was subsequently taken to the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar where he was treated for his injuries in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Gardaí say that his injuries are not life-threatening and he was later released from the hospital. Gardaí also confirmed that an investigation in to the matter has been launched.
[Source: Longford Leader]
The latest figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has revealed that the average age in Louth is 35.2 (lower than the national average of 36.1)
The rural population of Co. Louth was older than in urban areas by 0.3 years on average. The average age of females in the county exceeded that of males by 1.3 years.
Age dependency is a measure of the extent to which the young (aged 0-14) and older (aged 65 and over) populations are dependent on the population of working age people, defined as those aged 15 to 65 years.
The total age dependency for the State overall was 49.3% which means that the number of young and old people together were equal to 49.3% of the total number of working age people.
[Source: Dundalk Democrat]
A Castlebar man will receive $55,700 for giving a tip-off to the State to bring jobs to the country.
Castlebar native Eddie Horkan's contacts have led to US engineering firm Intergeo Services creating 30 jobs in Carlow, rather than setting up in Scotland.
The father-of-three and civil engineer (42), who lives in Carlow, discovered that his pal Phil McGoldrick, a Scotsman who lived nearby, was fronting the UK investment.
He suggested that he could avoid having to relocate by bringing the investment to Carlow instead.
[Source: The Mayo News]
The upcoming Eucharistic Congress may have pricked the conscience of a borrower from Navan Library who finally returned a book this week . . . 80 years late!
The book may be 80 years overdue, but the person who returned it won't have to pay $5,149 fine as the Meath Library Service has decided to waive it.
The book The Pictorial Record of the 31st International Eucharistic Congress, Dublin, 1932 was borrowed from Navan Library shortly after it was first published in 1932 but was never returned.
[Source: Meath Chronicle]
A teenage girl was rushed to hospital last week with serious burns after a man threw a petrol bomb into a pub.
The incident occurred at the Master Deery's bar in Monaghan Town at around 8:30 p.m last Wednesday night.
A 56-year-old man was arrested at the scene by gardai (police) and was being held in custody in Monaghan. He was interviewed last Thursday morning.
It is understood the man had earlier been refused entry into the pub and returned a short time later with a petrol bomb.
The 18-year-old victim was transferred to a Dublin hospital where she was treated with second-degree burns.
[Source: Irish Independent]
An increase of 41% in the number of those arrested for drunk-driving was recorded in Offaly in the first four months of this year.
At last Monday's meeting of the Joint Policing Committee it was revealed by Superintendent David Kavanagh that the figure was up compared to the same period in 2011.
"[Drunk]-driving is a matter of concern. The trend had been down," outlined Supt. Kavanagh who said more effort of late had been put into [drunk]-driving prevention.
Operation Focus was carried out in the region recently which concentrated on driving and the condition of vehicles. "It is a trend we are watching," he said.
Theft and related offences were also up 6%.
However, across the board, the report was good for Offaly. Overall crime was down by 22% in the county, down 18% in Birr and 24% in Tullamore.
[Source: Offaly Express]
The search continued last week for a 30-year-old Dysart student missing from Galway City.
NUIG student David Gilligan has been missing since he was last seen walking towards Dangan Heights in the Newcastle area of Galway City on Tuesday night, May 22.
At the time of going to press last Monday land and sea searches were continuing for the missing student, who hails from Dysart. He was living and working part-time while studying in Galway.
The emergency services were joined by large numbers of volunteers last week as the search for the missing student continued.
[Source: Roscommon Herald]
Sligo is all set to arise and go now . . . with an exciting new initiative which will celebrate the county's unique association with poet W. B. Yeats, and which has the potential to become a magnet for visitors from all over the world.
Yeats Day on June 13th, the poet's birthday, will feature an inviting series of wide-ranging events, with a local, national and international flavor, as Sligo pulls out all the stops to celebrate the Yeatsian connection.
With more than 20 events planned "from dawn to dusk," the organizers say the day will "set the spirit of Yeats free in his spiritual home."
[Source: Sligo Champion]
Gerard Fogarty is set to become the youngest Fianna Fail public representative in the country, having been nominated by the party to replace Gerard O'Brien on Thurles Town Council.
Gerard (23) is one of the well-known Fogartys of Parnell Street, where his late father Tom and his mother Josie have kept shop since 1956. He has a degree in Law and Taxation. In November Gerard was elected to the Fianna Fail National Executive by Ogra FF.
[Source: Tipperary Star]
The trial of two men charged with the murder of Michaela McAreavey heard last Monday that no DNA from either of the accused was found in her hotel room in Mauritius or on her body.
Mrs. McAreavey, a 27-year-old teacher, was found dead during her honeymoon at the Legends Hotel in January 2011.
Hotel workers Avinash Treebhoowoon, 30, and Sandip Moneea, 42, deny murder.
On Monday, the court heard evidence from Oxfordshire-based forensic scientist Susan Woodroffe, who had examined samples from Mrs. McAreavey's body, as well as swabs taken from the hotel room.
The scientist, who is a prosecution witness, said that the results of her tests revealed "no specific indication" of DNA from either of the accused.
[Source: Tyrone Courier]
Good news on the employment front in Waterford with the announcement that Dawn Meats is to create 65 new jobs after securing a $370m contract to process up to 18,000 tons of Irish beef annually for McDonald's.
The deal has led Dawn Meats to invest $17.9 million in anew purpose built, state of the art, beef processing facility in Carroll's Cross, Co. Waterford, with a further 100 jobs created during the construction phase of the 40,000 square foot facility. Construction began on the new facility, which includes the very latest energy efficient technology and the longest freezer line of its kind in Europe, in December 2011.
[Source: Waterford News & Star]
Book rental schemes in schools in the Republic of Ireland could reduce family book bills by up to 80%, a report has indicated.
Compiled by the Department of Education, the report suggested that more than three quarters of primary schools operated such a scheme for pupils.
There has been a low response rate for secondary schools to get involved in the rental scheme. This has been criticized by the National Parents Council.
Spokesperson Jackie O'Callaghan said that the book rental scheme in post primary schools was "in operation up to junior cycle" (GCSE).
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland she said that at senior cycle there was a "continuous change" in the books being used and for that reason pupils could not have a store of books.
Ms O'Callaghan said that Athlone Community College in County Westmeath operated a book rental scheme from first year to leaving certificate.
[Source: BBC News]
Tokyo police have launched a major investigation into the death of Wexford woman Nicola Furlong in Japan, believing she was the victim of strangulation and sexual assault in the hotel room where she was found May 24, according to reports in Japanese newspapers.
The 21-year-old from Curracloe was found on the floor of a bedroom at the Keio Plaza Hotel at around 3:30 by a hotel staff member.
A 19-year-old American man was also present in the room.
[Source: Wexford Echo]
Three students had to be rescued from the Wicklow Mountains last week after they suffered injuries to their legs in separate accidents.
The students were part of a large school group and were accompanied by teachers.
The Dublin & Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team and the Glen of Imaal Red Cross Mountain Rescue team received a request from the Gardaí (police) at about 12:30 p.m. to assist the students.
The group, all of whom were in their early teens, was hiking around the Glendalough valley. The three students hurt their legs in separate accidents on the rough terrain approaching the Glenealo Bridge at the back of the Glendalough valley.
[Source: Irish Examiner]


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Low mortgage rates have cut the cost of borrowing, driving down the interest that Americans pay on home loans to the slowest pace in almost 14 years. But that doesn't mean that families are splurging. And despite a run-up in home prices over the past year, few are pulling cash out of their homes and credit-card debt is continuing to tumble.
Memories of the financial meltdown may be haunting some consumers, including those who have managed to refinance into cheaper loans. And then there's the labor market, which is adding jobs too slowly to inspire much confidence in workers or to make a substantial dent in the share of long-term jobless workers.
Mortgage-interest payments dropped to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $381 billion in the first quarter — the lowest tally since the third quarter of 2000, according to U.S. Commerce Department data. The first quarter's rate was down 36% from a peak pace of $594 billion at the end of 2007.
How much fatter are Americans' wallets? Borrowers who refinanced in the first quarter cut their interest rate by 1.4 percentage points on average. For a $200,000 loan that reduction will result in mortgage-interest savings of $2,800 over the next year, according to federally controlled mortgage-finance giant Freddie Mac FMCC, +4.49% That's a nice chunk of change, translating into aggregate U.S. borrower savings on interest payments of more than $1 billion over the coming year.
"It's almost like a tax cut for those people," said Michelle Meyer, an economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
—Ruth Mantell
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We're officially heading in a winterly direction and that means it's time to crank up the oven and get roasting. The days are shorter, sunlight (what there is of it) is long and stretched thin, and those long, cold nights call for cozy, earthy food to warm you and yours from the inside out. A shockingly simple braise-roasted chicken -- just season, brown, and roast -- is classic and hearty. Melissav's brilliant Caramelized Squash Wedges get gussied up with a positively inspired ricotta, hazelnut, and sage pesto. Light a fire, open a favorite bottle, and feast.
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Click through on the recipe photos or titles to see (and save and print) the full recipes, but we've also written you a handy grocery list and game plan below.
Caramelized Butternut Squash Wedges with Sage-Hazelnut Pesto by melissav
Spatchcocked and Braise-Roasted Chicken by amanda
Serves 4
One 4 to 4.5 lb chicken (Ask your butcher to spatchcock the chicken for you. Or, if you'd rather DIY, just snip out the backbone with kitchen shears or a sturdy knife)
2 large shallots
2 rosemary sprigs
1 big bunch fresh sage leaves
2 butternut squashes (about 3 1/2 pounds total)
1/3 cup hazelnuts
1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons ricotta salata
We assume you have butter, salt, pepper, garlic, lemons, chicken stock, fino sherry or dry white wine, olive oil, cayenne, and sugar. If not, you'll need those, too!
1. The chicken takes a bit longer than the squash, so focus on getting it into the oven first. Season the bird generously all over, and brown it in butter.
2. Set the browned chicken aside for a moment and soften the shallots and garlic in the pan you'll be roasting the chicken in. Add all the herbs and stock, and place the chicken back in the pan. Transfer to the oven to roast for about 30 to 50 minutes (until cooked through).
3. Peel and slice the squash, toss it with the seasonings and pop in in the oven along with the chicken to roast. (The oven will be at 425 degrees for the chicken, which is okay even though the squash recipe calls for 500. It'll just take a bit longer to cook so keep an eye on it.)
4. Prep the ricotta and sage pesto! (We highly recommend nibbling on the ricotta while you're at it.)
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The new seasons of "Friday Night Lights" will play on DirecTV before its network broadcasts, a continuation of the deal NBC struck this season to make the production financially viable.
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HERE WE GO AGAIN. On a cycle as regular as spring rains followed by summer humidity, we can count on some elected official or government agency proposing bad ideas about public information.
This time, again, it's the Department of Natural Resources, trying to peddle in the state budget another version of a tired idea that was rebuffed in the 2011 legislative session.
The broad issue is about public notices of various government activity. In this case, the topic in question is the sale of timber land in Wisconsin, and the DNR's responsibility to let the citizenry know when and where such sales are to occur.
Last time around, the topic was water regulations and oversight of the state's navigable waters. Other like-minded attempts in the past involved the minutes of school board meetings, the votes taken, and wrong-headed attempts to limit the publication of that information.
Some elected officials and public agencies want to keep public information under wraps. They would expect citizens to ferret out important records on their own by digging through various government websites.
Whether it's DNR plans for timber sales or changes to water rights, or the minutes from a school or city council meeting, those records should be easily obtainable and quickly accessible by citizens everywhere.
And the best way to do that is to publish such legal notices in local newspapers, from the smallest in the state to the largest. Newspapers also post government notices online, where they are searchable on a single website.
Part of Wisconsin's great heritage in good government is our open records and open meetings law. Our law is among the strongest and most useful in the country. And it requires third-party publication of important public information.
That third-party role, a function effectively filled by local newspapers for generations, removes the ``fox guarding the henhouse'' scenario that would exist if government entities were able to simply post their information on their own websites, as suggested by the DNR.
Sure, newspapers make money from public notices, and we would prefer to keep that revenue coming in. But far more important is the concept of open, accessible governmental bodies and a free flow of public information.
Burying that public information on government websites would be a giant step backward for Wisconsin. - Wisconsin State Journal, May 13
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The Seattle Board of Park Commissioners recently sent a letter to the Gateway Pacific Terminal regarding its opposition to the passage of coal trains through the Seattle area. The letter is to be included as part of the official public comments in the Environmental Impact Statement.
In the letter, the Board expressed concern about air, water, soil and noise pollution, train accidents, park access delays, derailment and reduced property values. The Board also pointed out the connection between burning coal and global climate change and its impact on Seattle Parks and Recreation, which is the steward of the City's public parks and open spaces.
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Ann Susan Hardwick, my great-great-great-grandmother, was the daughter of Joseph Hardwick, a Wing carpenter, and his wife Mary (nee Syrett) and was born in Wing on 14 December 18431. Ann was the fifth of eight children - while the two eldest of her siblings had been baptised at All Saints Church there are no baptisms for Ann or the others, so perhaps Joseph and Mary had become disillusioned with the Church of England and drifted off to one of the non-conformist chapels.
You can see from the above excerpt of Ann's birth certificate that her father Joseph registered the birth. Joseph marked his name with an x here, but had been able to sign his name when he married 10 years earlier. I imagine that William Mortimer, the registrar of births and deaths for Wing, was a somewhat supercilious type who probably just assumed the working men and women in front of him were illiterate and never gave them a chance to try to sign their name!
The 1861 census was taken on 7 April 1861. Ann was 17 by this time, and working as an apprentice dressmaker2. You can see that two of her brothers had followed her father into the carpentry trade. The family was living on Wing's High Street.
1861 was a big year for Ann as it happens, as that is when she fell pregnant with her first child and married the father (well, I'm assuming he was the father!) Andrew Pollard on 30 December in Wing3.
Ann would have just turned 18, although she's given her age as 19. Andrew was of course from Wing although he's given his address as the parish of St Matthias in Bethnal Green, London (ooh, I should see if I can find the banns record there!) - one could speculate that he'd moved down there for a few months to try his luck in a better job market, likely living with his step-brother and family who did live in that parish in the 1861 census, before the realisation of a certain conception necessitated his return to Wing! The witnesses to the marriage were Ann's brother George and his future betrothed Mary Ann Page.
Ann went on to give birth to thirteen children (only one died as an infant), while Andrew trained and worked as a blacksmith. Having young children at home didn't stop Ann working as well – she is listed as a dressmaker in the census of 18714.
Yes, that's Ann's parents Joseph and Mary Hardwick living right next door.
Andrew's work as a village blacksmith and farrier evidently paid well enough to maintain a large family in a standard high enough to have some of those new-fangled photographs taken! This photo appears in the book Wing As It Was by Richard and Rita Marks, LB Publishing 1985.
This photo was taken around 1890, so Ann was in her late 40s. I like to think that the family are all practising their most formal expressions for this portrait and that Ann wasn't so stern-looking all the time! I think my great-great-grandfather William is the lad in the light-coloured suit next to his father.
Ann was widowed in March 1898. After Andrew's death Ann herself took over running the blacksmith's shop! She was not the only widow running a business, but it is curious that Andrew left the business to her in his will rather than passing it to one of their three sons already working as blacksmiths.
The above is an except from Kelly's 1903 directory of Buckinghamshire. Mrs Ann Susan Pollard is listed as blacksmith, and her eldest son Joseph Andrew is also listed as a farrier.
As well as maintaining the blacksmith business Ann also had her teenaged children still at home, along with one of her older daughters Ada Sarah Leah. Ada evidently had some mental problems as she is listed as "feeble-minded" in the 1901 census5.
You can see that the Pollards were a few doors along from the Dove Inn (which is at one end of High Street) which helps pinpoint their location. I wonder who Ann employed, beyond the one son still living at home? Previously there had been at least six men working for Andrew Pollard.
The last directory listing for Ann is in 1907. By the 1911 census6 she gives no occupation. The census records for 1911 are the original household schedules completed by the head of the household themselves (rather than a transcription of the household information made by the census enumerator on to enumeration sheets, as in previous years), so the entry below is in Ann's handwriting and signed by her.
The separate address page gives Ann's address as Hand Post - this was the area around the intersection of Leighton Road and Stewkley Road. By 1913 she was living at New Road, Wing, where she died of heart disease at age 69 on 14 March7. This may have been the residence of her son Andrew who was present at the death and the informant for the death certificate.
There is no surviving gravestone for her in Wing.
1. General Register Office, registration district Leighton Buzzard volume 6 page 89, December 1843 quarter
2. 1861 census RG9 piece 1007 folio 27 page 5, household 27
3. Parish registers of All Saints Church Wing Buckinghamshire, page 125 entry 250.
4. 1871 census RG10 piece 1563 folio 10 page 12, household 69
5. 1901 census RG13 piece 1509 folio 25 page 4, household 24
6. 1911 census RG14PN8976 RG78PN475 RD177 SD2 ED2 SN96
7. General Register Office, registration district Leighton Buzzard volume 3b page 389, March 1913 quarter
Have you documented your family history, or written a biographical profile of one of your ancestors? Post a comment and point it out to us (if it's online) or tell us how you approached the task. I've adapted this post from material in my wee booklet about my ancestors, A Century In Wing Buckinghamshire, downloadable at the main Wing One Place Study website. This is structured by couple - it's a little out of date and I do know more now about the post-1900 and pre-1800 periods, but I want to focus on getting similar books put together on my other ancestral lines before returning to extend this book!
This post was inspired by Sara's equivalent on her great-grandfather from Iowa over at Lessons From My Ancestors. I found it really interesting to see the comparable version of documents in the US even though I don't have any ancestors from the US myself.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Spotlight on Ann Susan Hardwick
Ann Susan Hardwick, my great-great-great-grandmother, was the daughter of Joseph Hardwick, a Wing carpenter, and his wife Mary (nee Syrett) and was born in Wing on 14 December 18431. Ann was the fifth of eight children - while the two eldest of her siblings had been baptised at All Saints Church there are no baptisms for Ann or the others, so perhaps Joseph and Mary had become disillusioned with the Church of England and drifted off to one of the non-conformist chapels.
Posted by Unknown at 11:30 am
Labels: Hardwick, personal genealogy research, Pollard
1 comments:
- Sara Beth said...
You did a great job!
Sara (InnerCompass)
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Jonah came home from soccer camp yesterday with tadpoles...
A LOT of tadpoles...
I'm not sure what to do with them. I googled "what to feed tadpoles" and read to boil lettuce for 15 minutes, chop it up and freeze it. So we did...
It also said it takes 8-12 weeks for them to develop into frogs... not sure I have that much patience.
Anyone have tips on raising tadpoles?
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Jonah came home from soccer camp yesterday with tadpoles...
Posted by erin at 8:22 AM
12 comments:
- Andrea said...
My uncle gave my son some tadpoles because, "every little boy needs some tadpoles." We feed them frozen lettuce, he said you could just put it in the freezer, you didn't need to boil it, or occasionally a piece of cat food. Unfortunately for us, we've had our tadpoles since LAST YEAR. Apparently when I asked him about this he said oh, if you have really immature BULLFROG tadpoles... it can take them two years to change. So I'm thinking your 8-12 weeks sounds like a cakewalk! Haha! Even now only one of our tadpoles is getting legs... so we might have the other one for another year. *sigh* P.S. We live in the Chicago suburbs, what am I going to do with full grown bullfrogs!!??
- Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 8:40:00 AM CDT
- Rachel said...
No tips! But, I've had friends who've raised them and it was an awesome experience for their family. And yes, you need patience.
Great pictures as well. :)
- Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 8:42:00 AM CDT
- Musings Of A Gem said...
My brother did the same thing!
We've been feeding them lettuce and a little fish food. Once they've grown their legs we are going to release them back to where he found them.
They eat each other as they get older so the numbers should go down!
Gemma x
- Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 9:27:00 AM CDT
- Laura @ live.laugh.photograph said...
hehe i have no idea! but good luck! this sounds really fun!
- Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 9:28:00 AM CDT
- Jacky {The Sweetest Petunia} said...
Oh, this brings back such fond memories of tadpole raising! My sisters and I loved it. :)
One thing - you'll probably want to put them in an aquarium with a lid. Otherwise, they may jump out overnight & you won't get to see the froggies! And we always just fed ours fish food. :)
- Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 9:29:00 AM CDT
- The Ellisons said...
I've babysat a family for years that raises them every summer. They found that a plastic swimming pool from Walmart, or wherever, is enough space for all of them to swim and grow!
- Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 11:19:00 AM CDT
- Sarah-Anne said...
no tips, but awesome photos erin!! can't wait to see how these things grow! :)
- Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 11:41:00 AM CDT
We raised tadpoles on fish food, the kind that looks like flakes. as they got older, we put rocks in there so they can start to climb out. Watch out though, some developed sooner than others and jumped out and were in my house :)
- Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 3:11:00 PM CDT
- Mrs. Cody said...
I'm thinking: a bigger bowl :D
- Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 9:01:00 PM CDT
- Spendy Wendy said...
Oh my GOSH! Seriously how fun is THAT? Wonder if I can get tadpoles in AZ? LOL. Your kids will NEVER forget how cool their mom was and let them do THAT!
- Friday, June 3, 2011 at 12:06:00 AM CDT
- Spendy Wendy said...
Oh my GOSH! Seriously how fun is THAT! I wonder if I can get tadpoles in AZ? LOL - Your kids will NEVER forget how cool you were in letting them raise those! AWESOME!
- Friday, June 3, 2011 at 12:07:00 AM CDT
- Mama to the Princesses said...
I raised tadpoles when I was younger. I fed them the boiled lettuce and also bits of raw hamburger.
They were in an aquarium and I put a clump of grass in there for them to hide in the roots of and when they turned into frogs/toads they were able to get out of the water.
Once they turned into toads though, I released them. I couldn't get them to eat after that.
Good luck, it was a fun experience! :)
- Friday, June 3, 2011 at 7:53:00 AM CDT


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Wolff drives an F1 car with De Villota on her mind
Williams development driver Susie Wolff paid tribute to seriously injured Marussia tester Maria De Villota after having her first drive in a Formula One car at a damp Silverstone circuit today.india Updated: Oct 17, 2012 23:29 IST
Williams development driver Susie Wolff paid tribute to seriously injured Marussia tester Maria De Villota after having her first drive in a Formula One car at a damp Silverstone circuit on Wednesday.
Spaniard De Villota, the last woman behind the wheel of a Formula One car, lost her right eye and fractured her skull in a horrific accident at a straight-line test at Duxford airfield in eastern England in July 2011.
"She is an incredible lady. Before you even talk about her as a racing driver, she is an incredible person, an inspiration," Wolff told reporters after her first session in last year's unsuccessful Williams FW33.
"We were in contact a couple of weeks ago and she told me to drive for the both of us now, that I would be out there representing us both.
"I had Maria's star on my helmet, it's with pride I have that, and without a doubt I was driving for the two of us," added the 29-year-old Scottish-born driver.
Wolff, whose Austrian husband Toto is a Williams shareholder and director, normally races in the German Touring Car (DTM) championship and was thrilled to be achieving a lifetime's ambition.
Only a handful of women have driven Formula One cars in the last decade and none has come near to racing one.
Before De Villota, who also tested a Renault in 2011, Britain's Katherine Legge drove a Minardi at Italy's Vallelunga circuit in 2005 and American Sarah Fisher carried out a demonstration run in a McLaren at Indianapolis at the 2002 U.S. Grand Prix.
The last woman to start a Formula One race was Italian Lella Lombardi in 1976.
"Never at any point was I worried about what was happening out there. Everything was under control and it was really good fun," said Wolff.
"It was incredible. I've waited a long time for this day, I've dreamed about this day for a long time, with the first lap something special.
"I've done a lot of days in the simulator so I knew what to expect but of course it is tremendously different when you are out there and going at those speeds."
Williams's regular race drivers Pastor Maldonado of Venezuela and Brazilian Bruno Senna, who were at Silverstone to drive two title-winning cars - Keke Rosberg's 1982 FW08 and Damon Hill's 1996 FW18 - and meet guests and sponsors, were watching the run.
"She's doing quite good...so confident with the car. I have been with her in a DTM two-seater and I have to say she has a great control of the car," said Maldonado, who drove Hill's car.
"The first time in a Formula One car as everyone knows is a special day. She is good."
First Published: Oct 17, 2012 23:23 IST


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As if it weren't enough that he has three world records under his toque, Geneva pastry chef Alain Roby has achieved yet another milestone.
Roby, owner of the All Chocolate Kitchen, has been named the 2013 Pastry Chef of the Year by the Chicago Culinary Museum and will be inducted into the Chefs Hall of Fame later this year.
"I'm greatly honored to be given this wonderful award and with such great company," Roby said. "I have been blessed with many amazing opportunities in my life, and am thankful for this recognition."
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K'vonte Scott sets school record in heptathlon, achieves five personal bests
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Jan. 22, 2012) – Freshman K'vonte Scott (Virginia Beach, Va.) set five personal bests on his way to breaking the ETSU record in the heptathlon, as the ETSU track and field teams wrapped up their weekend at the CNU Captains Invitational and Multis.
Scott's score 4,834 in the event earned second place, and broke former Buccaneer Nic Chernikow's school mark of 4,820.
"This meet was meant to be a learning experience for the young combined event athletes," ETSU assistant coach Eli Sunquist said. "We wanted the men to be able get familiar with the heptathlon, as well as get the women to compete in some events which were new to them.
"I was especially pleased to see K'Vonte [Scott] break the school record while still leaving a lot points on the table in the shot put and 1000m run. Overall, things went well."
On his way to breaking the ETSU heptathlon record, Scott set new personal marks in the 60m, 1000m, pole vault, long jump and shot put. Scott's times of 7.29 in the 60m and 2:56.69 in the 1000m earned second in each event, while his 4.10m pole vault and 6.55m long jump took second as well. In the shot put, Scott took fourth with a 10.38m hurl.
Freshman Dane Gray (Vilseck, Germany) also recorded a top-five performance, coming in sixth in the high jump with a 1.90m leap.
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London racer 2
is the sequel to the game London Racer also known as m25 Racer developed by Davilex. I've got to say that I enjoyed M25 Racer more and I really think London Racer 2 is definitely not the greatest racer arcade I have played. London Racer 2 is an arcade racing game, in which you enter an illegal street race organization as a rookie. This organization sets up illegal races on the m25 and in London and Oxford.
In this hierarchic organization you start in the small league, but when you're good enough, they let you enter the "Luxury sports car league" but at the end, you'll be trying to reach the ultimate league: the "GT Racer League". During the leagues, you try to go faster and faster through buying extras and power-ups for your car to tune it up. By finishing higher in the leagues, you'll earn more money with which you can buy even better cars or upgrade your current car. You'll be able to get money and other items like, nitro boosts and -fixing icons-, which naturally fixes your car, by picking them up during the race. The game offers various cars types including bonus cars that can be used only by finishing some levels. It also offers two sorts of gameplay:
The single player part include three game modes: Tournament, which contains three different competitions: small cars race, luxury sport car race and GT race cars race. Time trial, where you race for the best time without worrying about opponents. And finally single race, where you race on a separate track of your choice.
Then there's the multiplayer part, which includes two game modes: Duel, and Cop vs. Racer. It also offers various courses in a variety of cities around the world, like London, Edinburgh, New York, Las Vegas and Chicago.
For a start the game graphics aren't too bad, but it is definitely not as great as it could've been. The graphics aren't realistic, which make the game less fun to play. The game's environment lacks quality, and could've been a lot more detailed. But still I have to say that the environment of the courses include a number of items like: coffee tables, street lights, cars, buses, construction cones and more, which add a lot to the race atmosphere. But still, some of those items look shallow and with too little detail, especially the traffic cars. I have to add that I liked the character design, because each of them has their own personality that reflects the car design. You can use three different driving view modes: hood view, bumper view and rear view. I know doesn't matter to some people, but I must say that the game's menu design really lacks in colors, and basically look shallow.
The performance of the game in terms of graphics is good, but it does have a few minor bugs, for example some of the environment objects like the street lights often blurs. I also want to mention that the car crashing graphics are really unrealistic - for example when you crash into objects you can notice a couple of sparks of fire that looks very unrealistic. Secondly, I want to mention that I liked the idea of racing round on famous sites around the world like Buckingham Palace, the Big Ben and others. But still I only liked the idea behind the environment design and not the design itself, and that's because the lack of realistic graphics.
London racer 2 offers a general race game sounds which includes: great thrilling race music, sounds effects like police sirens, car sounds effects like car engines, tires, brake sounds, crash sound, environment sounds like birds, traffic sound effects and more. Along with the car radio which adds a lot to the gameplay.
The one thing I really liked in London Racer 2 is the sound. When you start to drive you can listen to the radio songs and programs that can really make you laugh. The addition of the radio really makes the game a lot more fun to play. In general the game sound effects quality is average - London Racer 2 doesn't offer outstanding music/sound. But as I said earlier it adds a lot to the atmosphere.
First of all I most say that the control of the car is very unrealistic and not fun to play. The car steering is very hard and tight. The artificial intelligence of the cop cars is not good either, and even has a few bugs. For example I often noticed that the cop car ran into buildings, and sometimes the cops didn't even chase me after I broke traffic rules.
London Racer 2 isn't a realistic game, in regards of physics either. Speaking of which, the sense of gravity is really strange at times. For example, when you accelerate and hit some object, like cars or walls, your car rises into the air like it was a feather, and if you hit a street light it brake right out of its place like a toothpick and flies away.
As I already mentioned London Racer 2 offers just a local one, including two game modes: the first one is a duel, where you race against your friend in split screen mode. The second mode is "Cop VS Racer", where the cops have to destroy or catch up with the racer in order to win, and the racer has to survive for some time in order to win. The game offers a simple local multiplayer that can be fun for a little while.
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A muscle biopsy is the removal of a small piece of muscle tissue for examination.
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This procedure is usually done while you are awake. The health care provider will apply a numbing medicine (local anesthesia) to the biopsy area.
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A needle biopsy involves inserting a needle into the muscle. When the needle is removed, a small piece of tissue remains in the needle. The tissue is sent to a laboratory for examination. More than one needle stick may be needed to get a large enough sample.
An open biopsy involves making a small cut in the skin and into the muscle. The muscle tissue is then removed.
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Muscular disorders such as
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A muscle that has recently been injured, such as by an
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A normal result means there is normal muscle and related tissue anatomy. There are no abnormalities seen when the tissue sample is stained and examined under a microscope.
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A muscle biopsy can help diagnose the following conditions:
Atrophy (loss of muscle mass) Dermatomyositis Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- Inflammation of the muscle
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Leelanau Harvest Stompede Vineyards Run and Walk
If you're looking for a reason to return to Leelanau County this fall, consider the Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association's annual Harvest Stompede Vineyard Run & Walk and Wine Tour over the weekend of September 18 & 19. It's considered one of the most scenic running & wine touring events in the Midwest and is returning to the Leelanau Peninsula for the ninth year.
The race itself is the kickoff of the weekend's festivities and will be held on Saturday, September 18 at 9 a.m at Ciccone Vineyard. Designed for serious and recreational runners and walkers, it's a great event for spectators as well. This is a ONE OF A KIND course and offers the option of participating in the popular local wine tasting tour. It is designed it for competitive or pleasure runners and also the curious walker. The course provides landscape views that are unrivaled. Both courses wind through vineyard rows that allow for viewing of nearby participant positions.
The Harvest Stompede Wine Tour follows the race and offers a special pour and food celebrating the season at each of the 18 Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association member wineries. Leelanau Vintners spokesman Andrew McFarlane explains "All our wine trail events draw a great crowd, but there's a special energy on the wine trail at harvest time that makes this a must-attend event every year. People are in a great mood, there's a hum of activity in the vineyards and September is really prime time for enjoying the beauty of the Leelanau Peninsula."
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This year Taste the Local Difference, Crystal Mountain Resort & Spa and the Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association are teaming up to celebrate local food, wine and arts with the Get Local Giveaway. The Grand Prize is 2 tickets to any LPVA wine event and two nights' lodging for 2 in hotel accommodations at Crystal Mountain Resort! Visit The Get Local Giveaway page for details.
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The event sold out in 2009 and advance tickets are required. Tickets are $40, include special food and wine pairings at each tasting room and are available online at lpwines.com. Tasting hours on Saturday are 11am to 6pm; Sunday hours are noon to 5pm. All ticket holders receive a commemorative event wine glass as well.
The cost to participate in the walk/runs are $26 & $27 per person. Those wishing to register for one of the race events must do so online at lpwines.com. Participants wanting a t-shirt must register before 9/4/10.
Please note that registering for the vineyard race/walk does not include the admission price for the wine tour. Watching the race/walk is both encouraged and free, but if you are planning to participate in both events you will need to pay your race/walk registration fee and purchase a ticket to the wine trail event.
LPVA was formed in 2000 with a goal to help spread the word about all the wonderful things the Peninsula has to offer including a growing number of award-winning wineries, excellent restaurants and a rich agricultural history. Today, it is the largest and strongest of the four organized wine trails in Michigan which promote the state's nearly $790 million grape/wine industry.
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The Oregon Healthy Teens (OHT) survey is Oregon's effort to assess the health and well-being of 8th and 11th graders statewide. Historically, two agencies in the Oregon Health Authority administered two school-based youth surveys on alternating years Oregon: the CDC-based Youth Risk Behavioral Survey (YRBS), administered in odd-numbered years since 1991, and the Student Drug Use survey (including Risk and Protective factor information) in even-numbered years since 1996. While each survey provided data on part of the key indicators for many state and national strategic assessments and plans, a more coordinated approach was needed to help develop consistent, yearly tracking of key indicators, and increase the usefulness of data to local communities and schools.
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Chapter: Chapter 19 - The Big Night
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