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Most Cited Advances in Accounting Articles
The most cited articles published since 2010, extracted from Scopus.
The extent of corporate governance disclosure and its determinants in a developing market: The case of Egypt
Volume 28, Issue 1, June 2012, Pages 168-178
Khaled Samaha | Khaled Dahawy | Khaled Hussainey | Pamela Stapleton
This paper assesses the extent of corporate governance voluntary disclosure and the impact of a comprehensive set of corporate governance (CG) attributes (board composition, board size, CEO duality, director ownership, blockholder ownership and the existence of audit committee) on the extent of corporate governance voluntary disclosure in Egypt. The measurement of disclosure is based on published data created from a checklist developed by the United Nations, which was gathered from a manual review of financial statements and websites of a sample of Egyptian companies listed on Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX). Although the levels of CG disclosure are found to be minimal, disclosure is high for items that are mandatory under the Egyptian Accounting Standards (EASs). The failure of companies to disclose such information clearly shows some ineffectiveness and inadequacy in the regulatory framework in Egypt. Moreover, the phenomenon of non-compliance may also be attributed to socio-economic factors in Egypt. Therefore, it is expected that Egyptian firms will take a long time to appraise the payback of increased CG disclosure. The findings indicate that that-ceteris paribus-the extent of CG disclosure is (1) lower for companies with duality in position and higher ownership concentration as measured by blockholder ownership; and (2) increases with the proportion of independent directors on the board and firm size. The results of the study support theoretical arguments that companies disclose corporate governance information in order to reduce information asymmetry and agency costs and to improve investor confidence in the reported accounting information. The empirical evidence from this study enhances the understanding of the corporate governance disclosure environment in Egypt as one of the emerging markets in the Middle East. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Convergence in accounting standards: Insights from academicians and practitioners
Volume 26, Issue 1, June 2010, Pages 142-154
Zabihollah Rezaee | L. Murphy Smith | Joseph Z. Szendi
The efficiency and competitiveness of global capital markets depends on the ability of financial statement preparers to communicate effectively with investors through financial reports. Despite the global movement to adopt IFRS, US adoption of IFRS is still uncertain. To assess potential for convergence, this study compares perspectives of academicians and practitioners regarding convergence to a set of global accounting standards. The majority of respondents believe that effective convergence to a set of globally accepted accounting standards would be beneficial to preparers, users, auditors, analysts, and standard setters. Convergence in accounting standards can require extensive and possibly costly changes to the standard-setting infrastructure and enforcement process in the US and other countries, and will also require proper training for management, auditors, and investors. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
IFRS adoption in Spain and the United Kingdom: Effects on accounting numbers and relevance
Volume 26, Issue 2, December 2010, Pages 304-313
Susana Callao Gastón | Cristina Ferrer García | José Ignacio Jarne Jarne | José Antonio Laínez Gadea
This paper examines the quantitative impact of mandatory IFRS adoption on financial reporting issued by first-time adopters. It analyses whether relevance of financial information is higher under IFRS than the information provided in financial statements prepared under local GAAP when investors have to make decisions in the capital markets. Both studies compare results in Spain and in the United Kingdom, whose accounting systems have been traditionally considered in opposite groups. The results of the research reveal that the quantitative impact is significant in both countries and, against what we expected, it is higher in the United Kingdom. We also observe that IFRS have negative effect on the relevance of financial reporting in both countries, although this effect has only been significant in Spain. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
Contextual issues of the convergence of International Financial Reporting Standards: The case of Germany
Volume 26, Issue 1, June 2010, Pages 108-116
Andreas Hellmann | Hector Perera | Chris Patel
The objective of this paper, using Germany as a case study, is to show that accounting as the language of business is deeply embedded in a country's social, political and economic environment and that these contextual factors cannot be ignored in the process of convergence. Specifically, by invoking the accounting ecology framework and interviewing selected stakeholders, this study critically examines the unique features of accounting in Germany and raises issues related to the adoption of IFRS. The findings of this study provide evidence of the importance of considering the contextual influences in successful adoption of IFRS in a country. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Does top executive gender diversity affect earnings quality? A large sample analysis of Chinese listed firms
Volume 26, Issue 1, June 2010, Pages 47-54
Kangtao Ye | Ran Zhang | Zabihollah Rezaee
Using a large sample of Chinese listed firms, this paper examines whether the gender of top executives affects earnings quality. Unlike the findings documented in developed markets such as the U.S., our results show that earnings quality proxies, including earnings persistence, the accuracy of current earnings in forecasting future cash flows, the association between earnings and stock returns, and the absolute magnitude of discretionary accruals do not display significant differences for firms with female and male top executives. This study is the first to examine the relationship between gender and earnings quality in emerging markets such as China that offers managerial and policy implications.
The determinants of transparency in nonprofit organizations: An exploratory study
Volume 26, Issue 1, June 2010, Pages 6-12
Bruce K. Behn | Delwyn D. DeVries | Jing Lin
This study provides descriptive evidence regarding the nature of voluntary financial disclosure in the nonprofit sector. The ability of outside stakeholders to access organization-specific information concerning the operations of a nonprofit organization is important for donation decisions. Members of the U. S. Senate, donors, and other stakeholders have expressed concern about the lack of transparency in the nonprofit sector. This study identifies factors associated with greater transparency in the nonprofit sector. Based on our study, a nonprofit is more likely to allow us access to its audited financial statements if it is a larger organization, has more debt, a larger contribution ratio, an NTEE classification of Higher Education, or a higher compensation expense ratio. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Transition to IFRS and compliance with mandatory disclosure requirements: What is the signal?
Volume 27, Issue 2, December 2011, Pages 390-405
Ioannis Tsalavoutas
The present study examines 153 Greek listed companies' compliance with all IFRS mandatory disclosure requirements during 2005 and complements and extends prior literature in the following way. The unique setting i.e., measuring compliance with IFRS mandatory disclosure requirements during the first year of IFRS implementation, allows for examination of the possibility that the changes in the 2004 shareholders' equity and net income, as a result of the adoption of IFRS, constitute explanatory factors for compliance. Thus, this study hypothesises that, in addition to the financial measures and other corporate characteristics that prior literature identifies as proxies for explaining compliance, a significant change in fundamental financial measures, because of the change in the accounting regime, may also explain compliance based on the premises of the relevant disclosure theories. The findings confirm these hypotheses. This study also makes a methodological contribution on measuring compliance with all IFRS mandatory disclosure requirements by using two different disclosure index methods and pointing out the different conclusions may be drawn as a result. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Board, audit committee and restatement-induced class action lawsuits
Volume 26, Issue 2, December 2010, Pages 155-169
Nana Y. Amoah | Alex P. Tang
We examine the influence of monitoring provided by the board and audit committee on the probability of restatement-induced securities class action lawsuits using a sample of firms that have restated earnings in the period of 1997-2002. Logistic regression of the probability of restatement-induced class action lawsuits indicates a negative association between proportion of independent board members and the likelihood of restatement-induced class action lawsuits. We also find that when the market reacts more negatively to restatement announcements, shareholders are more likely to initiate a class action lawsuit. Finally, we document that restatement of revenues is positively associated with the likelihood of restatement-induced shareholder litigation. Our results are robust after controlling for the restatement initiator, restatements categorized as irregularities and Blue Ribbon Recommendations. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
The determinants of auditor switching from the perspective of corporate governance in China
Volume 26, Issue 1, June 2010, Pages 117-127
Z. Jun Lin | Ming Liu
This paper reports the association between firms' internal corporate governance mechanisms and their auditor switch decisions in the Chinese context. We identify two types of auditor switch, namely switching to a larger auditor and switching to a smaller auditor. Three variables are used to proxy for firms' internal corporate governance mechanism, including the ownership concentration (shareholding by the largest owner), the effectiveness of supervisory board (SB), and the duality of chairman of board of directors (CBoD) and CEO. We regressed the internal corporate governance variables over firms' audit switching types during a specific period of 2001-2004 when a bear market continued in China. The empirical results demonstrate that firms with larger controlling owners or in which CBoD and CEO are held by the same person are more likely to switch to a smaller auditor rather than to a larger one. However, the effect of the SB variable does not have a significant impact on auditor switching decisions. In general, the study findings suggest that firms with weak internal corporate governance mechanism tend to switch to smaller or more pliable auditors in order to sustain the opaqueness gains derived from weak corporate governance. On the other hand, with the improvement of corporate government, firms should be more likely to choose large (high-quality) auditors in making auditor switching decisions. © 2010.
The relation between earnings management and financial statement fraud
Volume 27, Issue 1, June 2011, Pages 39-53
Johan L. Perols | Barbara A. Lougee
This paper provides new evidence on the characteristics of firms that commit financial statement fraud. We examine how previous earnings management impacts the likelihood that a firm will commit financial statement fraud and in doing so develop three new fraud predictors. Using a sample of 54 fraud and 54 non-fraud firms, we find that fraud firms are more likely to have managed earnings in prior years and that earnings management in prior years is associated with a higher likelihood that firms that meet or beat analyst forecasts or that inflate revenue are committing fraud. We further find that fraud firms are more likely to meet or beat analyst forecasts and inflate revenue than non-fraud firms are even when there is no evidence of prior earnings management. This paper contributes to the fraud detection literature and the earnings management literature, and can help practitioners and regulators develop better fraud detection models. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
International financial reporting standards - credible and reliable? An overview
Volume 26, Issue 1, June 2010, Pages 79-86
Fatima Alali | Lei Cao
The study discusses how IFRS's objective of the harmonization of accounting standards and improvement of quality of financial reporting may have been negatively affected due to public authorities' influences in the European Union (EU), the U.S., the U.K. and China. In addition, we discuss issues related to the inconsistent interpretations and implementations of IFRS as principle-based accounting standards. Moreover, we discuss how the funding system of the IASB may (or may not) have affected its independence. The review of relevant literature and discussion is critical to IFRS adoption/convergence efforts in the U.S. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Voluntary disclosure practices amongst listed companies in Nigeria
Volume 27, Issue 2, December 2011, Pages 338-345
Ismail Adelopo
This study examines voluntary disclosure practices amongst listed companies in Nigeria. Results from univariate and multivariate analyses of 52 listed companies suggest an average voluntary disclosure of 44% based on modified Meek, Roberts and Gray (1995) disclosure index comprising 24 disclosure items. The study found significant positive relationship between voluntary disclosure and firm size, measured as the natural logarithm of total asset. The study documents significant positive relationship between market-based definition of firm performance and voluntary disclosure. The study also found significant negative relationship between percentage of block share ownership and percentage of managerial share with firm disclosures. The study has important implication for both individual and institutional investors globally, regulators and policy makers in developing economies. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Value relevance of disclosed related party transactions
Volume 26, Issue 1, June 2010, Pages 134-141
Wenxia Ge | Donald H. Drury | Steve Fortin | Feng Liu | Desmond Tsang
Several recent North American corporate scandals have brought attention to the potential for accounting manipulations associated with related party transactions (RPTs), which have lead to a decline in perceived earnings quality. We examine the value relevance of disclosed RPTs in Chinese corporations. We focus on two types of RPTs: sales of goods and sales of assets. From 1997 to 2000, we find that the reported earnings of firms selling goods or assets to related parties exhibit a lower valuation coefficient than those of firms in China without such transactions. This result is not observed during 2001-2003 after a new fair value measurement rule for RPTs came into effect. Our evidence suggests that the new RPT regulation in China is perceived to be effective at reducing the potential misuse of RPTs for earnings management purposes. Since RPTs have been the subject of numerous scandals in North America, our evidence from the Chinese stock markets suggests that new RPT accounting standards could prove an efficient solution to this issue. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
The use of the Internet for corporate reporting in the Mercosur (Southern common market): The Argentina case
Volume 28, Issue 1, June 2012, Pages 157-167
Fatima Alali | Silvia Romero
This study examines disclosure practices on the websites of companies listed on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange. We perform content analysis to provide evidence on Internet reporting practices by 84 publicly traded firms. We also identify the characteristics of firms that communicate financial and non-financial information on the Internet. We find that companies in the financial and insurance, services and mining industries disclose more financial and non-financial information on their websites than companies in other industries. The average concentration of ownership is 68%, with 27% of the companies being controlled by foreign groups. Those companies with higher concentration disclose more financial and non financial information than companies with less concentration. Companies in the financial and insurance and service industries, utilize their websites for commercial purposes to facilitate access to customers to their accounts and also to sell services. This e-commerce usage of websites is less developed in other industries. About 71% of companies in the financial and insurance industry are included in the Merval25 index and are audited by Big 4. These companies are both larger in size and less profitable than companies in other industries. We find that profitability and leverage do not have significant effect on corporate Internet reporting practices and that growth has negative effect on corporate Internet reporting practices. We also find that companies in the mining sector provide significantly more disclosure about social responsibility indicating a desire to improve the public image of harming the environment. The results documented, herein, extend the literature on voluntary disclosure of financial and non-financial information using the Internet in emerging markets. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
Adoption and benefits of management accounting practices: Evidence from Greece and Finland
Volume 26, Issue 1, June 2010, Pages 87-96
George Angelakis | Nikolaos Theriou | Iordanis Floropoulos
This study investigates the extent to which large-size Greek manufacturing firms have implemented various traditional and currently developed management accounting practices (MAP), the benefits received from those practices and the intentions to focus on specific practices in the future. The findings indicate, that, implementation rates for many currently-developed practices were of a high level and similar than those presented in other countries, in total, traditionally MAP were found to be marginally higher implemented than the currently developed ones. However, there is an increasing trend for firms to place greater emphasis in the future on currently developed techniques instead the traditional ones, particularly on performance evaluation techniques. The results of this survey are compared to the findings of a similar study in Finland. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Financial crisis and accounting quality: Evidence from five European countries
Volume 29, Issue 1, June 2013, Pages 154-160
George Iatridis | Augustinos I. Dimitras
This study investigates how the economic crisis affects the scope for earnings manipulation and the value relevance of reported financial numbers for companies that are audited by a big 4 auditor. The analysis is focused on Portuguese, Irish, Italian, Greek and Spanish listed companies. The findings show that Portugal, Italy and Greece tend to engage more in earnings management in their effort to improve their lower profitability and liquidity, and accommodate their higher debt and growth. Ireland exhibits less evidence of earnings manipulation, while the findings for Spain are to some extent conflicting. Additionally, the reported financial numbers of Portuguese and Greek companies that are audited by a big 4 auditor were found to be of higher quality before the crisis. In contrast, Irish, Italian and Spanish companies report more value relevant financial numbers during the crisis. The results of this study are particularly useful for accounting regulators when preparing accounting rules that seek to reduce information asymmetry and earnings manipulation and increase the quality of reported disclosures in light of a crisis and for investors that need further assistance for the establishment of a profitable investment strategy in periods characterized by high uncertainty and volatility. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
The differential CEO dominance-compensation and corporate governance-compensation relations: Pre- and post-SOX
Volume 27, Issue 2, December 2011, Pages 213-222
Anna M. Cianci | Guy D. Fernando | Edward M. Werner
We examine the relationship between corporate governance (as measured by traditional corporate governance variables and a new measure of corporate governance, called CEO dominance) and executive compensation, pre- and post-SOX. We conceptualize CEO dominance as a measure of a CEO's power and define it as the difference between CEO pay and the next highest executive's pay divided by the CEO's pay. We argue that for traditional corporate governance variables, the inverse governance-compensation relation that exists pre-SOX will improve post-SOX. On the other hand, we expect a strong and positive CEO dominance-compensation relation to exist both pre- and post-SOX. Consistent with expectations, our results indicate that SOX has changed the relationship between CEO duality and compensation relation, but it has not changed the CEO dominance-compensation relation. This suggests that SOX regulatory reforms do not limit the ability of CEO power to obstruct traditional corporate governance mechanisms in extracting compensation-related rents. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Corporate governance, earnings management, and IFRS: Empirical evidence from Chinese domestically listed companies
Volume 28, Issue 1, June 2012, Pages 189-192
Ying Wang | Michael Campbell
This research used 1,329 Chinese publicly listed companies' data from 1998 to 2009 to investigate how IFRS, state ownership, and board of directors (BOD) influence earnings management. We conclude that state-ownership to an extent discourages earnings management in the current environment of China. However, IFRS implementation does not seem to deter earnings management. When state-ownership is not the case, increasing the number of independent BOD seems to be a good practice to discourage earnings management, although non-independent BOD does not make any difference. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
The impact of IFRS on accounting quality: Evidence from Greece
Volume 29, Issue 1, June 2013, Pages 108-123
Panagiotis E. Dimitropoulos | Dimitrios Asteriou | Dimitrios Kousenidis | Stergios Leventis
This paper examines the impact of IFRS adoption on the quality of accounting information within the Greek accounting setting. Using a sample of 101 firms listed in the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) for a period of eight years (2001-2008) we find convincing evidence that the implementation of IFRS contributed to less earnings management, more timely loss recognition and greater value relevance of accounting figures, compared to the local accounting standards. Also, our findings document that audit quality further complements the beneficial impact of IFRS since those companies that are audited by Big-5 audit firms exhibit higher levels of accounting quality. Our findings are robust in regard to different model specifications and after controlling for firm-specific effects like size, risk, profitability and growth opportunities. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
Corporate governance and environmental performance and disclosures
Volume 27, Issue 2, December 2011, Pages 223-232
Yu Cong | Martin Freedman
In this study the relationships between good corporate governance practices and environmental performance and disclosure are examined. Firms that are among the major emitters of toxic emissions in the United States comprise the sample for the study. Pollution performance is measured using a methodology that includes both the toxicology of the emissions and the population density of the community. A corporate governance measure and a pollution disclosure evaluation that were previously presented in the accounting literature are utilized in the study to validate the main performance measure.The findings indicate that there is no relationship between good governance and good pollution performance. Additionally good governance is positively related to pollution disclosure while the correlation does not hold when governance was improved by SOX. The overall findings support legitimacy theory. This may indicate that the story about pollution performance is better than the actual outcome. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
The effect of management earnings forecast characteristics on cost of equity capital
Volume 26, Issue 1, June 2010, Pages 37-46
K. C. Rakow
This study uses a framework presented in Hirst, Koonce, and Venkataraman (2008) to assess how differences in management earnings forecast characteristics influence a firm's cost of equity capital. I find that less specific forecasts, pessimistic forecasts, and forecasts that predict a loss for the period are associated with higher cost of equity capital levels and more timely forecasts and forecasts with more information content are associated with lower cost of equity capital levels. Analysis interacting control variables and forecast antecedents with forecast characteristics indicates that the effects forecast characteristics have on cost of equity capital are either enhanced or moderated depending on firm beta, firm size, firm book-to-market ratios, analyst following, prior forecast bias, and earnings quality. The results highlight the importance of interacting key variables when interpreting the market effect of management earnings forecasts. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
The effect of obedience pressure and authoritarianism on managers' project evaluation decisions
Volume 26, Issue 2, December 2010, Pages 185-194
Vincent K. Chong | Imran Syarifuddin
This study examines the effects that obedience pressure and the personality trait of authoritarianism have on managers' project evaluation decisions. A laboratory experiment was conducted to test the various hypotheses formulated in this study. The results suggest that project managers have a higher inclination to escalate their commitment to a failing project in the presence of obedience pressure. The results further reveal that project managers' tendency to escalate is most prominent in a private information situation and in an obedience pressure condition. In addition, the results suggest that low authoritarian project managers exhibited a greater tendency to continue a failing project regardless of the extent of obedience pressure under private information conditions. Furthermore, high authoritarian project managers exhibited a greater tendency to continue a failing project only when obedience pressure was present under private information conditions. © 2010.
Interpretation and application of "new" and "complex" international financial reporting standards in Fiji: Implications for convergence of accounting standards
Volume 26, Issue 2, December 2010, Pages 280-289
Parmod Chand | Chris Patel | Arvind Patel
This study extends prior research on accounting judgment and decision making research by examining the effects of 'new' and 'complex' accounting standards on judgments of professional accountants. It examines whether there are differences in judgments of professional accountants in Fiji when interpreting and applying selected International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs). A significant within-country difference in judgments of professional accountants has serious implications for convergence of accounting standards. The results show that interpretation and application of accounting standards are affected by complexity of the accounting standard and professional accountant's familiarity with the standard. The study also finds strong support for an interactive effect of familiarity with the accounting standards and complexity in accounting standards on judgments of professional accountants. Furthermore, the results show that differences in judgments exist between the Big 4 and non-Big 4 professional accountants when provided with new accounting standards that require complex judgments. The results of this study are of interest to stakeholders at a time when IFRSs are increasingly being adopted throughout the world and standard setters are struggling to promote compliance with those standards. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
Issues affecting the development of an international accounting standard on financial instruments
Volume 26, Issue 1, June 2010, Pages 97-107
Michael D. Chatham | Robert K. Larson | Axel Vietze
While the global convergence of accounting standards is making steady progress, certain issues stand out as challenges. A major area where an international accounting standard has not gained universal acceptance is that of financial instruments. The European Union's refusal to adopt all of International Accounting Standard (IAS) 39, Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement, highlights that fact. The International Accounting Standards Board continues to address financial instruments in efforts to remedy this situation. Thus, it is important to better understand issues affecting the development of an international financial instruments accounting standard. The purpose of this study is to find out what issues are important to respondents in their comment letters regarding the Financial Instruments Discussion Paper (FIDP), and whether stakeholder groups differ in positions and the reasons given to support their views. The FIDP represented a major step toward approval of IAS 39 and proposed fair value accounting for all financial instruments. Over 1500 pages of comment letters were generated by the 168 respondents, who represented over 20 countries and several different stakeholder groups. While most respondents disagreed with the FIDP, differences in support and the specific issues used to support those positions were found by stakeholder interest group (accounting profession, regulators, standard-setters, financial analysts, and preparers) and by stakeholder nationality. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
How is the IFRS for SME accepted in the European context? An analysis of the homogeneity among European countries, users and preparers in the European commission questionnaire
Volume 28, Issue 1, June 2012, Pages 147-156
Alberto Quagli | Paola Paoloni
In this paper we analyze the answers to the "Questionnaire on the public consultation of the IFRS for SMEs", promoted by the European Commission. Our aim is to evaluate the homogeneity among respondents, according to the different perspectives of analysis between both users, preparers and also in European Countries. Results show a substantial diversity among respondents. In particular, preparers demonstrate a strong opposition to the IFRS for SMEs, while users are more favorable. Concerning Country classification, German-speaking Countries and Latin Countries show much less appreciation for that standard with respect to Anglo. -. Nordic Countries. Relevant consequences for European public policy issues and for accounting studies on differential reporting arise from this result, concerning respectively the role of European accounting system and the acceptance of "user primacy" principle. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.


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Updated: 05/20/2010 - For local outdoorsmen and women, Thursday is like Christmas morning because Cabela's outdoor sports store opens at 4 p.m.
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After punishing rivals in the first mountain stage, Briton absorbs best shots to retain yellow jersey
Tour de France
Sunday's ninth stage: The race's second and final day in the Pyrenees mountains, more than 105 miles from Saint-Girons to Bagneres-de-Bigorre.
Winner: Daniel Martin. The Irish rider with the Garmin-Sharp team led a two-man breakaway along with Denmark's Jakob Fuglsang.
Yellow jersey: Chris Froome. The 28-year-old Briton repelled several efforts by rivals to outpace him over the climbs, and held on to his lead over the pack.
Today: Riders get the day off before embarking on a mostly flat stage that should favor sprinters on Tuesday.
BAGNERES-DE-BIGORRE, France
The mighty mountains of the Pyrenees offered at least two important insights about Tour de France leader Chris Froome: He can land terrible blows to his rivals with his grinding uphill speed, and he can take their punches, too. In short, if the Briton in the yellow jersey perhaps isn't unbeatable, he seems very close to it.
After nine hectic days of racing over 940 miles, the Tour luxuriates in its first rest day today. The pause allows the contenders for victory in Paris on July 21 to lick their wounds and regroup after Froome knocked them dizzy and grabbed the race lead with a triumphant first day of climbing in the Pyrenees on Saturday. But they'll also be ruing the opportunity they collectively wasted on Sunday to hurt Froome right back.
On what may well prove to have been one of the toughest and decisive days of this 100th Tour, and certainly one of the most tactical and interesting, Froome's rivals isolated him from his Sky teammates and forced him to ride alone — one man against many — up four consecutive climbs as jagged as sharks' teeth. But they could not make Froome crack.
"That was one of the hardest days that I've ever had on a bike," the 2012 Tour runner-up said after defending his yellow jersey.
The rival who harassed Froome most, with successive squirts of acceleration on the last climb, was Nairo Quintana. The lesson that the Colombian drew from this drama amid pine forests and peaks with stubborn patches of snow was: "That we can break down his team a little, but that he can defend himself and is very strong."
Sky's impressive climbing on Saturday was in some respects reminiscent of the way Lance Armstrong's U.S. Postal Service team would exhaust his rivals. But the way Sky wilted on Sunday definitely was not. Doped up on hormones, blood transfusions and other performance-enhancers, Armstrong's teammates rarely looked human like this. This Tour is the first since Armstrong was stripped last year of his seven titles for serial doping.
Seemingly drained by their monster efforts a day earlier, Froome's support riders quickly burned out. The day started badly for Sky when Peter Kennaugh crashed. He was treated for grazes and continued. It also ended less than ideally when Vasili Kiryienka rode in too slowly and missed the time cut, depriving Froome of his services for the Tour's last two weeks.
"It's quite nice to see that they're human," Froome said of his teammates. "I think it's quite understandable considering the amount of work they did."
For some rivals, Sky's difficulties on Sunday reinforced suspicions that the team isn't as strong as in 2012, when Bradley Wiggins and Froome finished first and second on the podium in Paris. Some riders were surprised that Sky wore itself out so quickly trying to control Stage 9.
"They are not unbeatable," said Jakob Fuglsang, the Dane who finished second behind stage winner Daniel Martin. "They blew themselves up one by one."
Martin's Garmin-Sharp team was particularly aggressive, with different riders distinguishing themselves with their go-get racing at different parts of the 105-mile slog from Saint-Girons to Bagneres-de-Bigorre.
With Froome teammate Richie Porte rolling in nearly 18 minutes behind the leaders, Spain's Alejandro Valverde moved up to second overall. But his deficit to Froome remained unchanged: 1 minute, 25 seconds.
Bauke Mollema and Laurens Ten Dam, both from the Netherlands, are 1:44 and 1:50 behind Froome, respectively. Teammates Alberto Contador and Roman Kreuziger stayed 1:51 behind. Quintana is still 2:02 off the lead.
The next test for contenders for the overall title is Wednesday's time trial to Mont-Saint-Michel, a walled medieval masterpiece in Normandy given World Heritage status by UNESCO.
"Froome is very strong in the time trial," Contador said. "But we have to see how we all recover after the first nine days when he gave it his all."


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Bay Isle Key11850 Martin Luther King Jr St North Saint Petersburg, FL 3371627.8818 -82.648638- Near 33609+−Preview DetailsCollapse Details
Bay Isle Key apartments in St. Petersburg, FL offers spacious 1, 2, and 3 bedroom apartments for rent with washers and dryers in all homes, internet access, alarm systems, patio or balcony, and microwaves. The community features three swimming pools, fitness center, spa, tennis court, picnic and bbq areas and a clubhouse. Garages are also available for an additional fee. Our community is just minutes from shopping, restaurants, and schools and is just a short distance from Tampa Airport.
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In the heart of Westchase you will find The Preserve at Westchase has a variety of spacious 1, 2 & 3 bedroom apartment homes for rent. Each home contains ceiling fans, washer/dryer, patios & walk-in closets! Our community has a swimming pool, business center and indoor basketball court. We are located near Countryway Blvd, Racetrack Rd & Linebaugh Ave putting you minutes to Clearwater & Tampa Bay. In the area there is a Publix, Courtside Grille & Citrus Park Mall. Call for specials!
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Preserve at Deer Park apartments located in Tampa, FL offers spacious 1, 2, and 3 bedroom apartments for rent with washers/dryers in unit, walk in closets, dishwashers, and patios/balconies with storage. Community features include 2 sparkling pools/spa, a brand new fitness center, and business center. We are located just off of I-75 with easy access to downtown Tampa and are close to University of South Florida, shopping, restaurants, and entertainment.
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Island Walk Apartments offers one and two bedroom apartment homes for rent in a beautiful gated community, and located on a private island near Tampa, Florida. Island Walk Apartments are situated within The Villages of Bayport, with convenient access to numerous highways, dining, and shopping. Downtown Tampa, Clearwater, and St. Petersburg are all nearby, and Tampa International Airport is a short 7 miles away.
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Rivertree Apartment Homes5959 Bandera Springs Circle Riverview, FL 3357827.895091 -82.335351- Near 33609+−Preview DetailsCollapse Details
Rivertree Apartment Homes is located in Riverview, FL offers studio, 1, 2, and 3 bedroom apartments for rent with washer/dryer in unit, walk in closets, and patio/balcony. Furnished units and attached/detached garages are also available for an additional fee. Our community is gated for privacy and features a pool, business center, car care center, dog park, clubhouse, yoga room, fitness center, and laundry facility. We are located just minutes from I-75, US 301, and I-4.
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Broadstone Hyde Park Apartments1702 W. Cleveland Street Tampa, FL 3360627.943228706717 -82.47695088386- Near 33609+−Preview DetailsCollapse Details
Broadstone Hyde Park Apartments is a brand new south Tampa community offering studios, one, two and three bedroom apartment homes for rent. Located near downtown Tampa, Channelside, Tampa General Hospital, the University of Tampa and the Westshore business district, our location is convenient to any lifestyle. Full size washer and dryer included
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Grande Oasis at Carrollwood3516 Grand Cayman Dr Tampa, FL 3361428.030574 -82.497326- Near 33609+−Preview DetailsCollapse Details
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Grand Oasis at Carrollwood located in Tampa, Florida offers spacious studios, 1, 2, and 3 bedroom apartments for rent with walk-in closets, washer/dryer hookups or in unit, new kitchens and baths, and patio/balcony. The community is gated for privacy and features 3 resort style swimming pools, newly renovated fitness center, tennis court, picnic areas, walking trails, and playground. We are conveniently located near downtown Tampa just minutes from I-275 and the Veterans Expressway.
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Tapestry Citrus Park Apartments12780 Olive Jones Rd Tampa, FL 3362528.065380096436 -82.561943054199- Near 33609+−Preview DetailsCollapse Details
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Tapestry Citrus Park Apartments located in the Citrus Park / West Tampa area offers one, two and three bedroom apartment homes. Our brand new apartments offer a full size washer and dryer along with upgraded appliances and modern designer kitchens. We accept pets. Individual, private entrance, granite countertops in kitchen, stainless steel appliances, kitchen island with breakfast bar, designer plank flooring. Located close to airport, shopping and dining.
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Only nine miles from Tampa, the Brand New Beacon 430 Apartment homes is located in the heart of downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. Studios, one, two and three bedroom apartment homes are available for lease. Points of interest include Vinoy Park, Mahaffey Theater, The Dali Museum, Al Lang Stadium, shopping at the Sundial, Home of the Rays--Tropicana Field and much more. Pets welcome.
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Bainbridge Brandon at Crossroads10440 Sanderling Shores Drive Tampa, FL 3361927.925647 -82.33797- Near 33609+−Preview DetailsCollapse Details
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Bay Oaks3105 Bay Oaks Ct Tampa, FL 3362927.91804 -82.492036- Near 33609+−Preview DetailsCollapse Details
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Altis at Highland Park, a brand new luxury 1, 2 & 3-bedroom apartment community coming to Tampa FL in 2014. The Highland Park in Westchase, FL is is located within 20-30 minutes of the airport, Westshore Business District and 25-35 minutes to St. Petersburg and the beaches. Easily accessible from the Veteran's Expressway, Linebaugh Avenue and Racetrack Road. Westchase is also conveniently located to three major malls - Westfield Citrus Park, International Plaza, and Westfield Westshore Plaza.
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Something wicked this way comes
Suddenly, being bitten by a werewolf is the least of Joanne Walker's problems.
Her personal life in turmoil, her job as a cop over, she's been called to Ireland by the magic within her. And though Joanne's skills have grown by leaps and bounds, Ireland's magic is old and very powerful .
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Something wicked this way comes
Suddenly, being bitten by a werewolf is the least of Joanne Walker's problems.
Her personal life in turmoil, her job as a cop over, she's been called to Ireland by the magic within her. And though Joanne's skills have grown by leaps and bounds, Ireland's magic is old and very powerful .
In fact, this is a case of unfinished business. Because the woman Joanne has come to Ireland to rescue is the woman who sacrificed everything for Joannethe woman who died a year ago. Now, through a slip in time, she's in thrall to a dark power and Joanne must battle darkness, time and the gods themselves to save her.
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Sunday, March 19, 9:53 A.M.
The werewolf bite on my forearm itched.
Itching was wrong. It wasn't old enough to itch. It should hurt like the dickens, because I'd obtained it maybe six hours earlier. Instead it itched like it was a two-week-old injury, well on the way to healing.
Only I was quite sure it wasn't healing. For one thing, I kept peeking at it, and it was still a big nasty slashy bite that oozed blood when the bandages were loosened. For another thing, my stock in trade was healing. Fourteen months, two weeks and three days agobut who was countingI had been stabbed through the chest. A smart-ass coyotekinda my spirit guidehad given me a choice between dying or becoming a shaman. Even for someone with no use for the esoteric, like I'd been, it hadn't been much of a choice. So now, nearly fifteen months on, a bite on my forearm was something I really should be able to deal with.
And it wasn't that I hadn't tried healing it, because I had. Magic slid off like oil and water, or possibly more like oil and gashed flesh, if oil slid off gashed flesh, which I assumed it did but didn't want to actually find out. Either way, the magic wasn't working. Normally that would be a bad sign, but my talent had taken both a beating and a boosting in the past twenty-four hours, and wasn't behaving. It reacted explosively when I tried using it, and I didn't want to explode my arm. So I was getting on a plane with absolutely no notice and flying to Ireland, because I'd had a vision of the woman who had turned werewolves from slavering beasties 100% of the time into part-time monsters, and in my vision, she'd been in Ireland. I figured if anybody could keep me human, it had to be the woman who'd bound the wolves to the moon's cycle.
That's what I was telling myself, anyway, because it was slightly better than a full-on panic attack in the middle of the Seattle-Tacoma Airport. A day earlier I hadn't believed werewolves existed. Now I was petrified that come the next full moonwhich was tonight, the second of threeI would get all hairy and toothy. It was a dire possibility even without adding international air travel to the mix, which, who was I kidding, was possibly the worst idea I'd ever had. Turning into a werewolf was potentially bad enough. Doing it mid-flight presumably meant a plane full of handy victims, although I might get lucky and have an air marshal on board so it would just be me who got dead.
My life was a mess, if I considered that lucky. But I had this rash idea that because I'd be missing moonrise all the way around the globe, the magic shouldn't trigger. And I could always lock myself in the bathroom if I thought I was about to get bestial. Locking myself in the bathroom wasn't that bad an idea anyway. I was afraid of flying, and bathrooms didn't have windows. That automatically made them less scary than the body of the plane. Either way, it wasn't just the werewolf cure that had me wandering the duty-free shops at SeaTac. The other vision I'd had, the one of a sneering warrior woman, had made my healing magic respond as if a gauntlet had been thrown down. It felt like fishhooks in my belly, hauling me east. I was going to Ireland whether I liked it or not.
My personal opinion leaned heavily toward or not. There were places I'd rather be and things I'd rather be doing. Specifically, those things were Captain Michael Morrison of the Seattle Police Department, who up to about three hours earlier had been my boss. I'd quit, he'd kissed me, and the more I thought about him, the more I wanted to tear out of the airport, jump in a cab, and race back into his arms. The fishhooks pulling at my gut, though, weren't about to let that happen. Their horrible prickle and tug had become familiar enough over the past year that I knew it meant something serious coming down the line, as if finding a cure for a werewolf's bite wasn't serious enough. Whatever awaited me in Ireland, I was not especially looking forward to it.So I was trying to distract myself by shopping, which wasn't my favorite past-time in the best of circumstances. Still, I'd wandered the international terminal twice already. The shops hadn't changed displays since my first pass, but the second time through I laid eyes on something I neither needed at all, nor was I sure I could I live without.
A not-helpful part of my brain whispered that I had a credit card. I mean, I was American. I didn't think I'd be allowed to keep my citizenship if I didn't have at least one rectangle of plastic money. But it was reserved for emergencies, like buying a plane ticket to Ireland on no notice.
An ankle-length white leather coat did not in any way qualify as an emergency.
I stood there staring at it through the shop window. The shoulders were subtly padded, just enough to give the mannequin a really square silhouette. It had a Chinese-style high collar and leather-covered white buttons offset from center straight down the length of the entire coat. It nipped in at the waist tightly enough to look pinned, but nobody would pin leather of that quality. There had to be a discreet belt on the back. Its skirts fell in wide loose folds, and looked like they would flare with wonderful drama.
No normal person would wear a coat like that. A movie star might. A tall movie star. A tall leggy movie star with really good sunglasses and enough confidence to shift the earth with her smile alone.
I stepped back from the window. Light caught just so, letting me see my reflection.
Nobody could argue that, at a smidge under six feet in height, I wasn't tall and leggy. I had cool sunglasses, although I wasn't wearing them. And that coat might instill enough confidence in the wearer that she could do anything.
Five minutes later I was eighteen hundred dollars poorer, but so pleased with myself I slept the whole flight to Ireland without once worrying about the plane falling out of the sky.
Monday, March 20, 6:28 A.M.
I wasn't a werewolf when I woke up. Fuzzy logic said I'd left the States on Sunday morning, flown all day, and arrived in Ireland early Monday morning, thus having skipped the night of the full moon entirely and saving myself from shifting into a monster of yore. That was very fuzzy logic, but then, the whole not being a werewolf thing supported it. Besides, who was I to say an ancient curse wouldn't work that way, when magic by its very definition defied the laws of physics. I left the plane grateful to not be furry, and, aware of the advantages of having been born in Ireland, slipped through customs on the European Union passport holders side.
The insistent ball of magic within me wanted me to head west, but Irish roads were legendarily convoluted. I needed a car, a map, and a cup of coffee before I struck off into the sunset. Nevermind that sunrise was in about half an hour, so I had many hours to wait before I could strike off into its sister darkness.
For a woman who'd slept the entire ten hour flight across a continent and an ocean, I was certainly running on at the brain. I stopped just outside the arrivals area and scrubbed both hands over my face hard, trying to waken some degree of native intelligence.
"Hey, doll," said a familiar voice. "Can I give you a lift ?"
I left my hands where they were, covering my face, for a good long minute while I tried to understand how that voicethe voice of my best friend, a seventy-four year old Seattle cab drivercould possibly be addressing me in the Dublin International Airport. Last I'd known, Gary Mul-doon had been in California for the St. Patrick's Day weekend, partying with old Army buddies in a yearly event he refused to give details on. Since it was now the twentieth of March and the weekend in question had just ended, my information was pretty up-to-date. It was therefore impossible in every way for Gary to be here. It had to be somebody else. Satisfied with my reasoning, I lowered my fingers enough to peer over them.
Gary leaned against a pillar, arms folded across his still-broad chest, and gave me a wink and a grin that from a man thirty years younger would set my heart a-flutter.
I rubbed my eyes again and squinted. Gary's grin got wider. He looked like a devilish old movie star in a set scene, and like he knew damned good and well his presence was the culminating factor. After about thirty seconds' more silence, I said "Sure," and wished I'd been suave enough to just say that in the first place. And then because I wasn't suave at all, I squeaked "What the hell are you doing here?!" in disbelieving delight.
Gary threw his head back and laughed out loud. He had suspiciously good teeth for a man his age who used to smoke. I suspected dentures, but had never been rude enough to ask. Then he stepped forward and swept me up in a bear hug, which put paid to any thoughts of his teeth as I grunted happily and repeated, "No, seriously, what the hell?"
"Mike called me. Told me to, and I quote, get my old ass on the next flight to Dublin and try to catch up to Joanne goddamned Walker who's gone off again and needs somebody to keep her from doing anything stupid, end quote. So I got on the next flight outta LA. Got in ten minutes ago. What's going on?"
I pulled my head back far enough to look up at him. "Mike? Mike who? You mean Morrison? Morrison called you? Morrison sent you to Ireland after me? Morrison my boss? That Morrison?"
"That's the one." Gary set me back, hands on my shoulders as his grin faded. "'cept I hear he ain't the boss anymore."
"Not the boss of me, anyway." I wrinkled my nose. "I'm not six, really."
"What happened, doll?" Real concern was in my big friend's gray eyes. I'd gotten into Gary's cab over a year ago, on the very morning my shamanic powers had been violently awakened. He'd been at my side, backing me up, ever since. Gary was the sort of person I wanted to grow old to be: vital, fascinated by the world, and always up for an adventure. At twenty-six, when I'd met him, I'd been none of those things. At pushing twenty-eight I was just getting on the bandwagon. I couldn't have a better role model.
"It's okay, I quit. I mean, I didn't get fired. Everything's cool. I just " It turned out I had other things to not think about besides a werewolf bite. The enormity of what I'd donequit my detective job on the police force with no notice and with no prospects for other employment in the futurehit me, a mere twelve hours after the fact. Or a full day, counting elapsed travel time. Either way, I felt myself go colorless and the insistent pit of magic in my belly turned to just a boring old pit of sickness for a moment.
Gary put a hand under one of my elbows and crooked a smile. "Don't worry, Joanie. I can always get you a job at Tripoli Cabs."
If Gary was calling me Joanie, I looked even worse than I suddenly felt. Usually he went with Jo, a nickname I'd never liked until he used it. Still, rough laughter bubbled up from somewhere beneath the ook in my tummy. "Petite would never forgive me if I took to driving another car most of the day."
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Excellent Long-Term Safety and Tolerability Profile Confirmed: no Vaccine-Related Adverse Events Reported in 12 Months Follow-Up Period.
ZURICH, Switzerland and ORLANDO, Florida, November 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Prof. Juerg Nussberger, MD, University Hospital of the Canton of Vaud (CHUV), in Lausanne, Switzerland, presents today detailed results of a placebo-controlled, double-blind phase IIa clinical trial with CYT006-AngQb in 72 patients with mild to moderate hypertension. In addition, the American Heart Association publishes today at the time of presentation an independent News Release about the vaccine CYT006-AngQb. For more information on this report please visit http://www.scientificsessions.org.
The study was designed to evaluate safety, tolerability, and exploratory efficacy of two dose levels of the vaccine (100 micrograms and 300 micrograms).For efficacy evaluation, the change in blood pressure from baseline to post-treatment was assessed in individual subjects by 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.
Both dose levels of CYT006-AngQb tested were safe and well tolerated. The majority of side effects observed were transient and mostly mild local injection site reactions. During the entire safety follow-up period from month 4 to 12 after the first injection, no vaccine-related adverse events were reported. This confirms the excellent safety and tolerability profile of the vaccine and underscores its potential for long-term disease management.
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It's the ultimate no-bake cookie proposition: A cookie sale.
Here are two scheduled for this Saturday, Dec. 4:
Gethsemane United methodist Church will host a Christmas Cookie Walk from 9 a.m. to noon at the church, 642 Main St., Pewaukee, to raise money raise money for playground equipment for the church. Cookies will be sold for $7 a pound while supplies last.
Cornerstone Presbyterian Church is having a Christmas cookie sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Sentry in Delafield, 3255 Golf Road (off of Hwy. 83).
Read about two more cookie sales here.
Wollersheim Winery in Prairie du Sac has begun distilling its first batch of 100% Wisconsin brandy made from estate-grown St. Pepin and La Crosse grapes.
It's a work in progress. Once the brandy is out of the copper pot still, Winemaker Philippe Coquard will age it for about two years in custom-made Wisconsin oak barrels.
This local spirit has not yet been named. The projected release date is December 2012.
St. Nick has a big night ahead of him on Christmas Eve. So what's with the plate of cookies and milk?
This man needs a solid meal!
With that in mind, we ask kids to write in with their idea of what Santa should have for dinner before heading for his sleigh.
The Santa's Supper Contest asks kids to submit a menu (preferably with recipes, if they - or mom or dad - has them). We have two age categories - 7 years and younger, and age 8 to 10.
The results will be featured in a Food section cover story on Dec. 22.
Shredded goat cheese? Sliced goat cheese?
You knew it was just a matter of time.
In response to consumer demand for convenience foods, two Wisconsin goat cheese processors have launched new specialty goat cheeses in shreds and slices – two of the first such commercial products to enter retail markets across America, according to the Dairy Business Innovation Center in Delavan.
The producers are Mt. Sterling Cooperative Creamery, a farmer-owned goat cheese processor in Mt. Sterling, and Nordic Creamery, a family-owned, artisan cheese company near Westby. The new products include:
Raw Milk Goat Cheddar Slices. This is the same award-winning cheese the Mt. Sterling Creamery has crafted for more than 30 years, but now in sliced form. The slices are available in an 8-ounce resealable zipper pouch.
Bakery students at Milwaukee Area Technical College's culinary program created whimsical gingerbread houses for an annual competition sponsored in part by the Wisconsin Bakers Association.
I was lucky enough to be one of the judges this year. There were several great entries, showing a lot of creativity. The top finishers -- 1st, 2nd, 3rd and two honorable mentions, along with a People's Choice award -- will be announced Dec. 9 in a ceremony beginning at 6 p.m. at the Milwaukee Public Market. The gingerbread houses will be on display at the Market beginning today, Dec. 3. Visitors can vote for their favorite in the people's choice competition and then bid on any or all in a silent auction running through Dec. 9. Auction winners will be announced at the ceremony.
Here are a few to whet your gingerbread appetite:
This is a gingerbread version of Hagrid's cottage from the Harry Potter stories, complete with Hippogriff and Hedwig the Owl, holding a letter (behind Hippogriff):
In the market for holiday cookies? Here are two sales to check out this weekend:
Faith Community Church Cookie Walk: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 11. Home-baked cookies contributed by members of the congregation, sold by the pound. Also bags of homemade caramel corn and a cookie decorating table where kids can frost and sprinkle a cutout cookie. The church is located at 7700 W. Faith Drive in Franklin (1/2 mile south of Rawson Ave. on 76th St.). Phone (414) 433-0222; e-mail email@example.com
St. Augustine Ladies Society Annual Cookie Sale: After 5 p.m. mass on Saturday, Dec. 11, and after 9 a.m. mass on Sunday, Dec. 12. In the basement of the church hall, 2530 S. Howell Ave.
The Diablos Rojos Restaurant Group, which owns Trocadero, Cafe Hollander in Milwaukee and Wauwatosa, and Cafe Centraal, has changed its name to the Lowlands Group.
That's a reference to the Netherlands and Belgium, which have influenced the restaurants' format, according to a statement from the group today. Co-owner Mike Eitel said in the statement that the name better reflects the restaurants.
There are no changes in ownership of the group, which plans to open Cafe Benelux in April at 346 N. Broadway in the Third Ward. The building formerly housed Good Harvest Market.
The group, however, has hired a chef from Houston as its culinary director.
David Spirito, who has a background both in fine dining and casual dining, is developing a menu for Cafe Benelux, and already has fine-tuned the Trocadero menu. That menu debuted in late November.
Spirito most recently was the corporate chef for Sherlock's Baker St. Pub & Grill, a chain of restaurants primarily in Colorado and Texas.
Filming done in July at A.J. Bombers in Milwaukee and Bunkers in West Allis can finally be seen: The "burger joints" episode of "Best Places I've Ever Been" will air on the Travel Channel today and Saturday.
The Wednesday air time is 3 p.m.; on Saturday it's 7 a.m.
At Bunkers, the crew filmed chef Brad Clark making Brad's Barnbuster, a half-pounder topped with fried egg, local bacon and house tomato jam, on a ciabatta bun branded with "bite me."
At A.J. Bombers, the peanut butter-bacon Barrie Burger, the stuffed portobello mushroom, and the "peanut bombs" were in the spotlight.
We'll see what made it into the final cut.
Now you can grab a burger before you fly to Grandma's house for Christmas: Northpoint, the Bartolotta burger and custard stand, has opened at Mitchell International Airport.
The store opened Friday, the restaurant group announced today.
Northpoint, which also has a warm-weather location at the lakefront, is on the upper level of the terminal.
It's open daily, serving breakfast before 10 a.m.
The SHARE food buying club will hold its Christmas Dinner Package Warehouse Sale from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18 at 13111 W. Silver Spring Drive in Butler.
This is the last chance to purchase the Christmas dinner package, which features items to prepare a holiday meal for six: a 6-pound boneless honey ham, canned pineapple, canned green beans, macaroni & cheese, an 8-inch apple pie and a fresh produce assortment including potatoes, cabbage, carrots, apples, tangerines, kiwi and grapefruit. Supplies are limited at the sale, and substitutions may apply.
Everyone is welcome to purchase food through SHARE; there are no income limits or eligibility requirements. The sale Saturday is first-come, first-served.
SHARE offers 30% to 50% savings on supermarket-quality foods year-round. Its monthly BIG Value Package typically includes an assortment of 7 to 8 frozen meats, canned and dry goods, and a Deluxe Produce Assortment with seven kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables. Similar items at the grocery store usually sell for in the range of $45 to $50.
SHARE is now accepting orders for pick-up in January. Families can order online at www.sharewi.org through Jan. 9 or they can call (800) 548-2124 to order through Jan. 7. Pick-up will be held on Saturday, Jan. 22 at most SHARE sites.


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Animal rights activists across the globe have expressed outrage at photos posted to Facebook by a 19-year-old Texas Tech cheerleader.
Animal rights activists across the globe have expressed outrage at photos posted to Facebook by a 19-year-old Texas Tech cheerleader.
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Welcome from Alice Woog
Greetings from the Lower School! As we look forward to our continued growth at SHPA, we continue to celebrate our staff in their commitment to high-quality education, our students in their pursuit of academic excellence, and our community in their outstanding support of our mission.
As the Executive Director of our Lower School, I encourage you to become and stay informed and involved with our school. We look forward to partnering with you in helping your child achieve personal and academic success.
Welcome from Carl Schlueter
Hello and welcome from SHPA's Upper School! Thank you for your interest in our program; we are honored to be trusted with your child's education. As a High Quality Charter School, we continue to build upon our growth and success by providing a rigorous academic curriculum, enriching extracurricular opportunities, and a strong character development program for our students!
We invite you to visit us often to stay informed on school news, activities and events!
The Lower School publishes a monthly newsletter to keep families informed and involved.
SHPA Student Pay Accounts
Please set up your Seven Hills Student Pay Account (SPA)
This year SHPA is will begin using an online payment system for families to more easily make payments for a variety of school-related fees. Families need to set up a new account for their student(s). We need all families to do this in a timely manner as everyone must have an account before SHPA can begin effectively using the system.
2015-16 Parent-Student Handbooks
The new 2015-16 Parent-Student Handbooks are now available for download.
Greetings from the SHPA School Board
The SHPA School Board would like to welcome all new and returning students, staff, parents, and community members to the 2015 – 2016 school year. We had a very successful 2014 – 2015 school year as the first year of our merged school, and we're very excited about grades 6 – 8 starting this year […]
2015-16 Supply Lists Now Available
School supplies lists for the 2015-16 school year are now available for all grades on the Resources page.
Parent-Teacher Conference Sign-ups Now Open Online
A reminder that conferences are Tuesday, October 13th, 4:10 p.m. – 7 p.m. and Thursday, October 15th, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
We look forward to seeing you and are so pleased that 99% of our families attend conferences as they are an important link between school home.
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Lower School Bus Times
There have been changes and updates to pick up & drop off times, specifically Bus #4 & Bus #8. ALL families should take a moment to double check the route information for possible changes in your family's pick up/drop off time. More information…
Upper School Conferences
The Upper School's Fall Conferences will be held on Tuesday evening, October 13th, from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m., and all day Thursday, October 15th, from 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Important Transportation Updates
The Richfield Campus Bus Routes have been updated and changes will go into effect Monday, 9/25. Please check the downloads below for updated bus pick-up and drop-off times.
Fall Social
The Upper School Fall Social will be on October 2nd. All Upper School students are invited to join us for music, pizza, and fun!
Infinite Campus Parent Portal – Upper School
Instructions for logging in to Infinite Campus Parent Portal were mailed home this week to all new Upper School families.
Upper School Picture Day
Picture day will be October 5th at the Richfield Campus.