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3M&I Resources exclusive of Reserves.
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Young-Davidson is one of Canada's largest underground gold mines.
The mine has a 13 year reserve life based on year end 2019 reserves with a large resource base and exploration potential to support mine life extension.
The mine met 2019 guidance with production of 188,000 ounces of gold.
The Young-Davidson mine is an underground mining operation located in Northern Ontario, Canada. The property consists of contiguous mineral leases and claims totaling 11,000 acres, and is situated on the site of two past producing mines that produced one million ounces from 1934-1957. The Young-Davidson open pit mine achieved commercial production on September 1, 2012, and on October 31, 2013, the Company declared commercial production at the Young-Davidson underground mine following the commissioning of the shaft hoisting system. Open pit mining ceased in June 2014 upon depletion of the reserve.
The underground mine has been designed for low operating costs through the use of large modern equipment, gravity movement of ore and waste through raises, shaft hoisting, minimal ore and waste re-handling, high productivity bulk mining methods and paste backfill. The mine operates scooptrams to load, haul and transfer stope production to the ore pass system from where it is hoisted to the surface via 18 tonne skips.
The Young-Davidson gold mine is located near the town of Matachewan, approximately 60 kilometres west of Kirkland Lake in Northern Ontario, within the southwestern part of the Abitibi Greenstone Belt. The mine is centrally located between Timmins, Kirkland Lake, North Bay and Sudbury and accessed by paved highway.
The initial discovery of gold in the project area was made by prospector Jake Davidson in 1916 on what became the former Young-Davidson mine. This sparked a staking rush that resulted in a second discovery by Samuel Otisse on what became the MCM Mine property. Surface prospecting, trenching and outcrop stripping continued intermittently for the next several years and a joint venture was established between Hollinger Corporation and Young-Davidson Mines Limited which led to initial underground production in 1934. Between 1934 and 1957, one million ounces of gold was produced from the Young-Davidson and MCM Mine properties. Following closure of the mines, the properties remained dormant for a number of years before seeing some exploration and other activities in the 1980s and 1990s. In 2002, a private company vended the asset into Young-Davidson Mines Limited, the same company that had discovered the property, and exploration activities were re-initiated. In late 2005, Northgate Minerals amalgamated with Young-Davidson Mines Limited, and proceeded with surface exploration, environmental and engineering studies and underground exploration and development. In 2011, AuRico Gold, a predecessor of Alamos Gold, acquired Northgate Minerals which included Young-Davidson.
Open pit mining operations commenced in November 2011 and the first gold pour was achieved in April 2012. In October 2012, the first two underground stopes came into production and on October 31, 2013, the underground mine achieved commercial production following the commissioning of the shaft hoisting system. In 2015, AuRico Gold merged with Alamos Gold.
Young-Davidson is situated within the southwestern part of the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, one of the largest greenstone belts in the world with historic production of 160 million ounces of gold. The Abitibi consists of a complex and diverse array of volcanic, sedimentary, and plutonic rocks typically metamorphosed to greenschist facies grade, but locally attaining amphibolite facies grade. Volcanic rocks range in composition from rhyolitic to komatiitic and commonly occur as mafic to felsic volcanic cycles. Sedimentary rocks consist of both chemical and clastic varieties and occur as both intravolcanic sequences and as uncomformably overlying sequences. A wide spectrum of mafic to felsic, pre-tectonic, syn-tectonic and post-tectonic intrusive rocks are present. All lithologies are cut by late, generally northeast-trending proterozoic diabase dikes. Within the Abitibi lies the Kirkland-Larder Lake trend, home to several gold camps including Young-Davidson, with combined historic production of 34 million ounces of gold.
Gold mineralization at Young-Davidson is associated with a syenite intrusive rock (a quartz granite). Within this syenite, the gold mineralization is associated with a stockwork of quartz veinlets and narrow quartz veins, rarely greater than a few centimetres thick that are within a broader halo of disseminated pyrite and potassic alteration. Historic mining demonstrated the continuity of mineralization from surface to a depth of approximately 500 metres. Mineralization is known to extend beyond 1,500 metres below surface (orebody open at depth); however, current drilling below this level will not be initiated until suitable underground drill platforms become available. Other mines along the Kirkland-Larder Lake trend were mined to depths of over 2,000 metres.
The Young-Davidson underground mine has been designed for low operating costs through the use of large modern equipment, gravity movement of ore and waste through raises, shaft hoisting, minimal ore and waste re-handling, high productivity bulk mining methods (long hole open stoping) and paste backfill. The mine operates scooptrams to load, haul and transfer stope production to the ore pass system from where it is hoisted to the surface via 18 tonne skips.
The underground mine is accessed via shaft and ramp. The sinking of the Northgate shaft was completed down to the mid-shaft loading pocket in 2013, which accesses the first eight years of mine production. Construction of the lower mine infrastructure is expected to be completed in the first half of 2020 and provides access to the lower portion of the known orebody. The existing MCM shaft reached its ultimate depth of 1,500 metres in 2015 and provides for the hoisting of personnel, materials, ore and waste. The mine will also be accessed by a ramp, which will be extended to the bottom of the mine from the existing exploration ramp.
The underground ore and stockpiled open pit ore is processed through an 8,000 tpd single stage semi-autogenous grinding circuit with a gravity circuit followed by flotation. The flotation concentrate is further ground and leached in a conventional carbon-in-leach. The flotation tailings are also leached in a carbon-in-leach circuit. The gold is recovered from the carbon followed by electro-winning and pouring doré bars. The Young-Davidson carbon-in-leach tailings are treated with the SO2/Air cyanide destruction method. The paste backfill plant was commissioned in 2014 and is capable of supplying paste fill to the underground voids at a rate in excess of 8,000 tonnes per day.
Young-Davidson Mine – 2018 Toxics Reduction Act Public Summary Report
Young-Davidson Mine – 2017 Toxics Reduction Act Public Summary Report
Young-Davidson Mine – 2016 Toxics Reduction Act Public Summary Report
Young-Davidson Mine – 2015 Toxics Reduction Act Public Summary Report
Young-Davidson Mine – 2014 Toxics Reduction Act Public Summary Report
Young-Davidson Mine – Toxic Substance Reduction Plan Summary
Young-Davidson Mine - Draft Environmental Study Report
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These pretty ballet slippers -- a most enjoyable and fun sewing project -- can be made in a leisurely afternoon. Rummage through your left over fabric scraps and notions, get started and before you know it, you will be admiring your handiwork as you pad around in your cozy new slippers.
**unless the yardage is noted, lay your patterns on the material to determine the yardage
• Re-cycled denim
• Cotton fabric (pink gingham) for lining
• Cotton fabric (eggplant floral print) for piping, heel trim and ruffles
• 24" x 5/8" wide velvet (raspberry) ribbon, cut in half
• Iron on interfacing
• Cardboard
• Leather, vinyl, denim or another durable material, for the sole
• 1 yard x ¼" wide elastic, cut in half
• Thread, scissors, pins, pencil, needles, sewing machine
• PDF (click here) upper, sole and ruffle patterns
The pattern included is an adult, medium size. To check the fit, stand on the sole pattern. It should peek out around the perimeter of your foot. If you need to reduce or enlarge the pattern, cut the pattern in quarters down the middle, and then extend, or overlap the pieces to fit your foot. Tape together, smooth out the new lines, and apply the changes also to the upper pattern. Then cut an upper and sole out of some leftover fabric, gather the toe and baste the two pieces together. Slip it on, check the fit, and apply any further adjustments to your pattern pieces.
• Cut two denim uppers + two upper interfacings.
• Cut two soles from the durable material.
• Cut the floral accent fabric: Cut two bias strips 1" x 24" wide from the floral print for the piping + 4 x half-moon pattern for the ruffle + 2 strips 1 ½" wide x 3" long for the heel trim.
• Transfer all pattern notches.
• Cut two cardboard soles (cutting 3/8" smaller all around the perimeter of the Sole
Pattern. (If you like your slippers more cushiony cut out a pair of foam liners as well.)
Easy to follow sewing instructions…
Denim Upper and Sole:
Iron the interfacing on the back side of the denim uppers and soles.
Sew a row of basting stitches between the toe notches.Stitch the heel together with a 3/8" seam allowance and press open.
Reinforce the heel seam with the cotton floral fabric as follows: Interface 3" strip floral accent fabric. Fold back ¼" seam allowance along each length and press. With wrong sides facing each other, center strip over the heel seam. Pin and trim any excess off the top and bottom so strip aligns with denim edge. Edge stitch along each length. Pull the toe basting thread, easing gathers, so that the toe will curl under softly. With right sides facing, pin the upper to the sole, matching notches. Baste and remove pins. Stitch seam with 3/8" seam allowance. It is a wee bit tricky, so take your time to stitch a neat, curved line, with toe gathers evenly distributed. Turn right side out. With something firm, like a pair of blunt scissors, press firmly on the seam, to give it a pressed finish.
Make Lining:
Iron interfacing to the cotton lining upper and sole.
Following above instructions for the denim, stitch the lining upper to the sole.
Assemble Slipper:
Slip cardboard soles inside slippers.
*If you like your slippers cushiony then slip the foam soles on top of the cardboard.
Slip the linings inside the slippers, smoothing neatly in place. Pin.
Baste together all around the perimeter of the edge.
Trim off any lining that extends beyond denim.
Make the Ruffle:
With wrong sides facing, stitch one pair of ruffles together, sewing ¼" around the half circle shape but not the bottom.
Turn ruffle inside out and press.
Stitch a row of basting stitches ¼", along the bottom edge. Pull the basting stitches to form soft gathers.
Pin ruffle, centered, aligned with denim edge, to slipper front. Baste and remove pins.
Add Slipper Piping and Elastic:
With right sides facing each other and edges aligned, pin the bias floral fabric all around the perimeter of the slipper edge. Baste, remove pins. Stitch ¼" around the edge.
Zigzag stitch the elastic around the slipper edge as follows: Align the elastic with the slipper edge on the inside, pinning it all around with a little ease. (You only need a little elastic ease for a good fit.) Zigzag stitch down elastic center.
Press the floral bias piping up. Fold it over the edge, and tuck the seam allowance under. Pin it around the perimeter so that you have a neat piped edge.
Hand stitch the piping closed, with the stitching line following the seam join point on the right side, so that your stitches are hidden. Be careful to pull the elastic as you stitch, to maintain the ease.
Velvet Ribbon Bows:
Tightly tie two small bows. Cut bow ends at diagonal angle.
Hand tack bows to cover the join point of the ruffle.
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BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine — Tourists arriving in this oceanside village, a 12-mile drive down a winding road off the main highway, are greeted by a sign bearing a large red heart. "Help! Save St. Andrew's Hospital," it says.
On this isolated peninsula, in the oldest county in the state with the oldest median age in the United States, citizens are mobilizing against the planned conversion of the 105-year-old hospital into an urgent care and rehabilitation center. When St. Andrew's closes its 24-hour emergency room and stops admitting patients overnight on Oct. 1, the nearest hospital will be 18 miles away, up that winding road.
Residents say they feel betrayed by the nonprofit company that owns the 25-bed hospital where many of them were born.
The change "scares me to death," said Marie Snow, 76, a former switchboard operator at St. Andrew's. "I've been telling people, 'We need to get real friendly with our funeral director.' "
Hospital leaders say the lightly staffed emergency room can no longer assure safe care and continuing to operate it doesn't make financial sense. Most patients using the emergency room, they note, could be treated in an urgent care center or by primary care doctors, at much lower cost.
What is happening here highlights the strains on the nation's rural hospitals, which provide care to 54 million Americans, according to the American Hospital Association, and are often the largest employer in small towns.
Because their patients are disproportionately older and poor, rural hospitals rely on government health insurance programs, which pay less than private insurers. They also have to spread the expense of equipment purchases and staff over fewer patients, causing many to lose money, said Dr. Karen Joynt, an instructor in health policy at the Harvard School of Public Health who studies rural hospitals.
No other hospitals have closed recently in northern New England, and just one rural hospital in Massachusetts has — Hubbard Hospital in Webster became an outpatient facility in 2009. But more rural hospitals will probably confront similar decisions in coming years, Joynt said.
Despite regular charitable contributions from the community, St. Andrew's has reported losses in five of the last 10 years and has been paring back during that decade, previously removing surgery and maternity services.
The new urgent care center, open seven days a week, 10 hours a day, with extended hours in the summer, will handle minor trauma such as broken bones and nonemergency illnesses; the facility will also offer rehabilitation and physical and occupational therapy.
An average of 12 patients a day visited the emergency room in 2012, but only two or three a day truly need emergency care, said James Donovan, chief executive of Lincoln County Healthcare, which owns St. Andrew's.
Dr. Tim Fox, director of the emergency department, said on some winter days he works a 24-hour shift and sees one patient.
But locals tell emotional stories of the emergency care they received. There's Tammy Chubbuck, 47, a hotel manager who has chronic heart disease. St. Andrew's saw her through three heart attacks.
Or Daniel Jameson, 87, a Korean war veteran and retiree from Raytheon Co. who once cut off the tip of his finger with a saw. His wife drove him down the road to St. Andrew's, where doctors reattached it.
Most residents don't call ambulances because they live so close to the waterfront hospital, which overlooks an inlet full of bobbing sailboats. Now the nearest emergency room will be at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta, a small hospital itself where patients cannot stay longer than four days. Many will end up at a larger hospital in Portland 54 miles away.
Townspeople are afraid of losing doctors who know them and linger to chat, of waiting in long lines at Miles's emergency room, of not being able to sit with a dying parent during lunch hour. They're writing letters to the editor, raising money, even interviewing directors of other hospitals to learn about community health care.
"They have not given up," said Lisa Conn, a nurse at St. Andrew's. "They have surprised me with how strongly this community feels about saving the hospital."
Boothbay Health and Wellness Foundation, a community group, is most vociferously challenging the closing. Yet, its chances appear remote. Short of "chaining ourselves to the door," said foundation president Patricia Seybold, the group may not succeed. She said she is not ready to divulge any future legal strategy.
"Nothing can fill the gap of an emergency room down here," said Dr. Nancy Oliphant, the only private practice doctor in Boothbay and a former St. Andrew's physician.
Oliphant told of a patient having a heart attack who drove himself to her office with his wife, who was in a wheelchair and could not be left alone. Oliphant and her husband got the man and his wife to the emergency room, then drove the couple's car back home, parked it, locked their garage, and closed the house.
"That's not going above and beyond the call of duty," she said. "That's just small-town medicine."
But medicine is changing, even if that means losing "some of the things that are really nice about small towns," said Dr. Mark Fourre, medical director of Lincoln County Healthcare. The company owns both St. Andrew's and Miles and is part of MaineHealth, the state's largest hospital network.
"People in Boothbay are exactly right: You have to wait longer, and it's inconvenient to drive to Miles," he said, while noting that the changes are in line with national trends.
Fourre, however, said patients will be safer going to Miles, where trauma teams are available and physicians aren't alone during an emergency, as they are at St. Andrew's. Specialists such as pediatricians and trauma experts need to be on hand, he said, so doctors don't treat patients they are unprepared for.
A 2011 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association supports the idea that small rural hospitals overall provide inferior care. Researchers examined 1,268 of the roughly 1,300 critical access hospitals nationwide — a federal designation for particularly isolated and small hospitals such as St. Andrew's — and found they provided worse care and had higher mortality rates than larger counterparts.
An April study led by Harvard's Joynt found that mortality rates at these hospitals climbed between 2002 and 2010, suggesting they are getting worse at caring for patients with heart attacks, congestive heart failure, or pneumonia.
While Miles is also a small rural hospital with few specialists, Fourre said it is a more robust operation than St. Andrew's.
Joynt said the closure of an emergency room like St. Andrew's — when another hospital is accessible, if not convenient — is unlikely to harm the health of the community, though it can have an intangible impact on the town.
The closing will place more responsibility on Boothbay Harbor's three-ambulance emergency medical service, which Lincoln County Healthcare is counting on to keep patients alive while they are transported to Miles.
Previously staffed by volunteer or part-time emergency medical technicians and paramedics, the service now has to hire full-time staffers.
"We don't like this," said Scott Lash, operations manager of Boothbay Region Ambulance Service.
The service used to cost taxpayers $100,000 a year. It will now cost $400,000 annually. Lincoln County Healthcare provided a donation to the four towns served by the ambulances. Lash said the money will offset the increased cost in the first year, but residents fear that source of funds will not last.
And Lash says residents may not easily learn the distinction between emergency, urgent, and primary care, as Lincoln County Healthcare hopes they will.
"What do you do at 3 in the morning when the elderly person has hit their lifeline . . . not because it's an 'emergency' but because they just can't manage their chronic illness at home?" he asked. "Before you know it, you've got a packed ER and an ambulance service that's overwhelmed."
Simply put, old habits die hard here. With tears in her eyes, Frederica Luke, 66, a former administrative assistant at St. Andrew's, said she and her husband no longer want to retire in Boothbay. She recently waited three hours for her mother-in-law to be seen at the Miles emergency room.
She is not convinced by talk of preventive care and quality. Things have always been done a certain way in Boothbay, and she doesn't like the scent of change in the wind:
"We Mainers," she said, "we don't adapt."
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Jægersborggade in Copenhagen's trendy Nørrebro district is always teeming with hip shoppers, who come here for the latest must-have products. Last summer, at No. 35, sisters Maja and Gro and their friend Cille opened Kaktus København, a concept store devoted to succulents, including cacti. These low-maintenance, slightly retro houseplants are currently very popular with hipsters.


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If you want to make a lot of money, you get a job on Wall Street.
If you want to make even more money, you might dump that Wall Street job for a startup.
It isn't a career path that works out for everyone. But for the founders of Wikipedia and Amazon, for example, ditching finance for tech was a smart choice.
Joshua Kushner worked for Goldman Sachs before he started Thrive Capital, which invested in Instagram and Kickstarter
Joshua Kushner graduated from Harvard and worked for Goldman Sachs. After a short stint there he left to pursue a career in venture capital.
His firm, Thrive Capital, has invested in startups such as NastyGal, Kickstarter, Instagram, and Makerbot. He also recently gathered $US40 million to start a new health insurance company, Oscar.
Alexa Von Tobel was a trader at Morgan Stanley before she founded LearnVest, a startup that's raised more than $US40 million to give affordable financial planning to the 99%.
Alexa Von Tobel began her career at Morgan Stanley where she rose up the ranks to become a trader. She quit to attend Harvard Business School, then dropped out to found LearnVest.
LearnVest has raised more than $US40 million to tackle an important issue: there should be financial planners and advisors available for the middle class, especially with such a high percentage of the population in debt.
Whether LearnVest will succeed or not remains to be seen, but Von Tobel looks well positioned to clean up as a tech founder.
Scott Belsky quit a job at Goldman Sachs to start Behance. After bootstrapping it for five years then raising a few million dollars, he sold it to Adobe for $US150 million.
Scott Belsky is now an angel investor in companies like Pinterest with his own, very big startup success. Last year he sold a portfolio site for designers, Behance, to Adobe for $US150 million.
Prior to founding Behance, Belsky worked for Goldman Sachs. He told Business Insider about his decision to leave Wall Street for a startup.
'I figured I might just become a middle manager living a great life, but not doing something extraordinary. I came to believe that doing something extraordinary is never achieved through ordinary means. I remember that moment at Goldman where I was thinking I should leave and start something. I shared that with colleagues and they thought I was crazy. I gained confidence from being doubted.'
Chris Altcheck worked for Goldman Sachs before founding PolicyMic, a media startup with more than 6 million monthly readers.
Chris Altcheck left Goldman Sachs to found PolicyMic in 2011. He's gone on to raise more than $US1.5 million and his team of one dozen is pulling in more than 6 million monthly unique visitors.
PolicyMic is written largely by unpaid contributors who write analytical stories about pressing issues, politics ,and entertainment.
Amy Jain and Daniella Yacobovsky began finance careers before creating a jewelry e-commerce company that decks out Rihanna and Justin Bieber, BaubleBar.
Amy Jain and Daniella Yacobovsky worked for the same investment bank, then later attended Harvard Business School together.
There, they came up with the idea to be an online destination for beautiful, affordable jewelry, the way Sephora is for makeup. But it wasn't an easy decision to give up finance for BaubleBar.
'We were at this crossroad,' Yacobovsky tells Inc. 'We could take this very secure road we had planned, or we could become entrepreneurs and turn this project into a real business. We chose to dive into the start-up world.'
Marc Katz of CustomInk left a Wall Street career to start a business his father didn't think would be very good.
Before he founded CustomInk, an online apparel retailer that generates more than $US70 million in annual sales, Marc Katz was a financial analyst on Wall Street. The profitable business employs more than 250 people from its McLean, Virginia headquarters.
One of Katz's first investors was his father, a 3-time entrepreneur, who didn't think his son had a great idea.
'I told him I thought it was a terrible idea,' Steve Katz tells Forbes. 'Selling T-shirts on the Web, I just didn't see how you distinguish yourself, so it would be a race to the bottom in terms of price...It's amazing what you can do with a mediocre idea extremely well executed.'
Neil Capel was initially a consultant for Morgan Stanley. Now he runs content recommendation company SailThru, which has raised nearly $US30 million.
Before he started personalised email and online content recommendation company, SailThru, Capel had a number of gigs including one as a consultant to Morgan Stanley.
SailThru's revenue grew 270% last year and it has raised nearly $US30 million to date.
Before he founded Amazon, Jeff Bezos* held a number of jobs at banks and hedge funds. As a teenager, he worked for McDonald's.
Bezos worked as a computer scientist on Wall Street after he graduated from Princeton. Then he headed to a company called Fidel, and later to Bankers Trust where he became its vice president. After that, he became SVP at a hedge fund, D.E. Shaw & Co.
He dabbled in entrepreneurship prior to founding Amazon. He nearly created a news-by-fax company with the founder of CNET, for example.
D.E. Shaw was Bezos' last stint in finance before he created an online book retailer which, coincidentally, held most of its early meetings in the local Barnes & Noble.
*Jeff Bezos is invested in Business Insider through Bezos Expeditions.
Mark Pincus, founder of Zynga, attended Wharton and Harvard Business School. He worked for financial firms in between.
Pincus' career began as a financial analyst for Lazard Freres & Co. He then became a VP of Asian Capital Partners in Hong Kong and later, was one for Columbia Capital.
Zynga was Pincus' fourth company. It was founded in 2007.
Barry Silbert was a bored investment banker with a startup idea. That led him to SecondMarket, an online hub where users can buy and sell illiquid assets.
Barry Silbert got his idea for SecondMarket, a marketplace for illiquid assets, while working as an investment banker.
He tells Inc about founding SecondMarket:
'I was an investment banker for about 5 ½ years, working on distressed type of situations like bankruptcies, things like that, and I was a bored investment banker. I'd been doing it for a while and the idea for to create this marketplace really kind of came out of a lot of the deals I was working on where I kept on seeing situations where there was a liquid assets being held by customers or clients that we had who needed liquidity. It was shocking to me that there was no one place where you could go to, an eBay-like marketplace, to sell these assets. And so I decided that I was going to leave investment banking with the big salary and roll the dice. I kind of figured I could always go back and be banker again and fortunately, I never, ever looked back.'
Jimmy Wales worked at a future and options trading firm. Then he created a search engine for guys, Bomis, before founding online encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
Jimmy Wales, the creator of Wikipedia, didn't begin his career on Wall Street, but he was a financial professional. He started out at a future and options trading firm, Chicago Options Associates.
Here's how Wikipedia describes his transition to entrepreneurship: 'Inspired by the remarkable initial public offering of Netscape in 1995, and having accumulated capital through 'speculating on interest-rate and foreign-currency fluctuations', he decided to leave the realm of financial trading and became an Internet entrepreneur.'
His first venture was a 'guy search portal' full of female images, Bomis. He used money from Bomis to launch the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
Dan Leahy and Ben McKean gave up Wall Street careers to found restaurant discount finder, Savoured. Savoured was acquired by Groupon.
Dan Leahy worked for Silver Lake Partners then Brown Brothers Harriman. His friend Ben McKean worked for Merrill Lynch.
The pair teamed up in 2009 and created restaurant discount finder, Village Vines, which raised $US4 million from investors like Salesforce's Mike Lazerow.
It was renamed Savoured and sold to Groupon in 2012 where McKean is now a general manager.
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The EBRD and the OECD, in close co-operation with the European Commission, regularly publish Enterprise Policy Performance Assessment (EPPA) reports for individual South East European countries, as well as cross regional reports.
These reports are succinct assessments based on work undertaken by experienced in-country consultants in each SEE country under the guidance of EBRD and OECD. The approach is to assess the performance of the enterprise policies conducted by each of the SEE countries, based on substantial inputs from the private sector and measured against a set of OECD policy benchmarks and comparative indicators. This work is designed to complement the initiatives conducted by the international donor community in the area of enterprise and small business development, strengthen regional sharing of experience, highlight the areas in need of reform and possible technical assistance requirements and provide inputs for a constructive policy debate. The format of the report is the same each year to allow for a direct comparison of the progress achieved.
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text: Music: Red Fang Interview (VIDEO) By Rose Riot Summer is here, and that means music festival season. One such festival that I am looking forward to attending in the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Fest. Mayhem will be rolling through Atlanta in August and I will be prepared for the heat of the sun and the heat coming off of the stages. One of the bands I'm most looking forward to seeing is a band from Portland, Oregon called, Red Fang. I had a nice little conversation with the guitar player and vocalist Bryan Giles... [Video on expanded page] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Vcoq-QRo4&w=560&h=360] Rose Riot: How long has Red Fang been together? Bryan Giles: I believe it's been five years. Rose Riot: You have all been in various other bands, how long have you been doing what you do? Bryan Giles: I have been playing guitar since I was 14 and hopefully been getting slightly better through the years, ha-ha. I've been in bands for about 17 years. I was in a band called Last of the Juanitas, we were "math rock." Rose Riot: Red Fang just released its second album, Murder The Mountains. I know that some bands have a harder time agreeing upon the second album. How was it for you guys? Bryan Giles: I think there is a lot of pressure with the second one. We had a lot of material to work with, some of the stuff on it pre-dates me being in the band. It was a combination of old and new ideas. It was more fun than putting together the first one because it was so collective. Everybody brought something to the table. Rose Riot: I haven't heard the first album, Red Fang but I really like, Murder The Mountains, how are they different? Bryan Giles: Murder The Mountains has a lot more variety because so many people had their say in it. We have gained way more confidence as a band. We have more of a "Red Fang" sound. I mean it's not like one song is country and one song is rock, but there is a lot of variety on it. Rose Riot: My favorite songs are "Painted Parade" and "Throw Up." What are your favorites and why? Bryan Giles: I think "Human Herd" because I sorta' see it as the red-headed stepchild of the songs, ha-ha. Rose Riot: I read that your music was "disparate," but seriously, how would you describe it? Bryan Giles: How about "northwest street-metal," how's that? Ha-ha! Rose Riot: I hear old metal, punk, American rock-and-roll, sludge and a little stoner [rock] in your music. Am I right about these influences? Bryan Giles: Absolutely! We are all pretty open; we let ourselves do what ever we want to do as far as musical styles. If one of us listened to Neil Young that day and is feeling it then that's what we go with that day. We just go with it. Rose Riot: How do you feel about the growling vocals of death metal over more of a singing style? Bryan Giles: Honestly, I can't say that I listen to a lot of that kind of music. I mean we definitely stand out from that. I consider Slayer to be the kings of speed metal. I think they are best because they are dark and sinister but they have real melody. I mean you can know the words to their songs and in some of this death metal there is something lacking, ya know? There is nothing to grab onto. Now in terms of shock value, death metal totally works. I mean if you want to freak your parents out and make them worry that Satan is crawling out of their child's closet then death metal is great for that. Rose Riot: Did you guys celebrate when you found out you had made these tours? Bryan Giles: It was a combination of celebration and panic, ha-ha. Rose Riot: Who are you most excited about touring with? Bryan Giles: I'm excited about touring Europe and seeing The Sword. I don't know, I think I'm most excited about seeing how this all works out. You should ask me afterwards! Ha-ha. Rose Riot: Any plans to do any collaborative works with any of these bands? Bryan: I've been talking to Thorr from Valient Thorr about doing a Christmas album but I'm not sure if he's into it. Rose Riot: What's the plan for after Mayhem? Bryan Giles: We return home for two days and then start a three-and-a-half week tour in Europe ending with the Hellfest in France and two dates in Calgary for the Sled Island Festival. We return home for 10 or so days before the Rockstar Mayhem starts. When we get home in August we plan to begin working on songs for our next record. We may tour some more this year but nothing concrete as of yet. Rose Riot: If you had a time machine, what band or bands would you go back in time to see? Bryan Giles: Really early Black Sabbath. I watch videos of them when they were kids, just cutting their teeth on metal. I got to see them at Oz Fest a couple of years ago and they were great but man, back in their hey day, they were the shit! I wouldn't mind seeing The Beatles and maybe some early L.A. punk. I would love to go back in time and spend a couple of weeks in '83 L.A. Red Fang is on Relapse Records. (Photo by ©Rexroad-Higgins) (Rose Riot is a photographer in Atlanta and contributing blogger for Tattoo Artist Magazine)


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Protest Against BP at the Helios Lab Construction Site
Here is a little clip of some of the protest outside the Helios construction site.
Mainly I got Michael Delacour speaking.
Michael talks about his experiences working as a welder in the oil industry—about unions, and how that the rig that went up in the gulf was not a union rig.
Footage: UC Berkeley Police stop by to check on their toxic assets. A $500Mil project, it is the largest corporate deal made in conjunction with any university. The name is a misnomer given that the Helios project has nothing to do with solar energy. Rather it will be a research facility for more petroleum exploits. There is also a secondary goal of growing bio-engineered switch-grass in South America, cutting down more trees to grow the bio-engineered grass. BP will control all research, treating professors and students as BP employees.


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Chicago's Funny Festival celebrates women in comedy
Villa Park resident Kristin Toomey said she's performed stand-up in all kinds of places -- even state prisons.
"It was fun; they were a great crowd," said Toomey, 31. "They were very receptive."
Laughing connects people, Toomey said. That's one reason why she loves comedy and also why she will perform with 400 other women at the second annual Chicago Women's Funny Festival, which runs Thursday, June 6, through Sunday, June 9, at Chicago's Stage 773.
About 80 percent of the performers are from the Chicago area, said Jill Valentine, the event's executive director.
Audience members will get to see acts from across the comedy spectrum, Valentine said. Some, like Toomey, will perform stand-up, while others will showcase improv, sketch, vaudeville or musical comedy.
Last year's festival sold 2,000 tickets. This year, attendees can see any of the performances under one roof on four different stages.
Groups were selected through a screening process, and about half made the cut. Among them was Molly Hall's group, Dumpster.
Hall, who grew up in Glen Ellyn, said Dumpster got its name when the group's four female members took a shot of vodka behind a Dumpster to ease their nerves before one of their first performances in 2010.
Since then, the improv group has performed regularly in both Chicago and Ohio. Hall said this is their first year at the Women's Funny Festival, where they'll perform a set at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 8,
"When we heard about (the festival) this year, we were just really excited," Hall said. "Any chance we have to be goofy together onstage, we take advantage of that."
Hall, 32, who now lives in Chicago, said she gets tired sometimes working a full-time job and spending nights doing comedy shows. But she said the lack of sleep is worth it if she gets to do what she loves.
Des Plaines resident Claire Swanson, 27, realized performing comedy was her dream job after she tested out different careers.
Swanson, who works and takes classes at the renowned Second City, is sort of the outlier in her family -- the first to pursue a career in entertainment.
"Because I've been doing so many shows, I think my (parents) are taking it more seriously, like, 'Oh, this could be something she could potentially do for a living,'" Swanson said.
She'll be the headliner at 5 p.m. June 9.
There are multiple time slots for different performers, but some audiences may catch two groups if their show is at the top of the hour.
"We're trying to cross-pollinate the audience," Valentine said. "Performers can share audiences and get some new following."
Looking at the big picture, Toomey said "it's an exciting time for Chicago" as more women embrace stand-up comedy. At the festival, she performs at 10 p.m. on June 8.
While Toomey's stand-up performances bring in some money, the married mother of two doesn't earn a living at comedy right now.
But that's fine with her.
"My kids are seeing me pursue my dreams," she said, "and that's a better example to show them than a paycheck."
The Chicago Women's Funny FestivalWhen: Thursday through Sunday, June 6-9
Where: Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago
Tickets: Prices vary. Tickets available for individual shows or daily passes.
Information: For a full list of performance times and performers, visit www.chicagowomensfunnyfestival.com/2013-schedule.html


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PARK RIDGE, N.J., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Tony Sirico, Dominic Chianese, Vincent Pastore and John Ventimiglia helped dedicate a New Jersey street to their late "Sopranos" co-star James Gandolfini.
Also on-hand for the event Sunday were cast members Vincent Curatola and Steve Schirripa; Gandolfini's wife, Deborah Lin, and son, Michael; "Sopranos" director Timothy Van Patten; and hundreds of fans, NorthJersey.com reported.
A section of Park Avenue in the Bergen County borough of Park Ridge was named for the actor, who died of a heart attack last summer. He was 51.
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LeAnn Rimes Admits to Thoughts of Suicide and Fears Her Husband Might Cheat on Her
In a startlingly honest new interview, LeAnn Rimes admits that she has had suicidal thoughts and worried that her husband, actor Eddie Cibrian, will cheat on her.
Rimes and Cibrian met each other on the set of a Lifetime movie while they were each still married to their now-former spouses. A very public affair ensued, and the pair endured a firestorm of controversy when they divorced and then married one another. The stress from that public criticism drove Rimes to seek treatment for emotional issues last August, and she admits to Entertainment Tonight how bad things really got.
"I think any smart person would know that that is always a possibility, that you could always get that sad," she tells Nancy O'Dell when asked if she had ever contemplated suicide. "I worried that that was a possibility. I didn't think that I would ever ... I know that I would never [commit suicide]."
Rimes further details her struggles in a candid new song titled 'Borrowed,' in which she repeatedly uses the word "pathetic" to describe herself, as O'Dell points out. "Because I was," Rimes says candidly. "I couldn't get out of bed. I became this person that I never knew existed within me, and I did not like her at all."
Rimes says that because her relationship with Cibrian began with infidelity, they have both harbored thoughts that the other might cheat again. "I would be ignorant to say -- and everyone else would think I am a liar -- if I didn't say yes, and I have [thought that] at times," she acknowledges. "Speaking for him, I would actually say that's creeped into his [mind]. I think we've been very honest and open with that to each other and our conversations about it have only made me understand how much he actually cares, as much as I do, about being faithful to each other."
Rimes is slated to release a new album titled 'Spitfire' later in 2013.
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Exeter Chiefs have drawn up plans and submitted them to the city council for a stadium development that will double the capacity of their Sandy Park home.
The club want to develop three of the grandstands to take the stadium capacity from 10,750 to 20,600. The Chiefs also want to expand their banqueting and conference facilities at the site to help generate the income that will underpin their efforts to build on their fifth place finish from last season that meant they qualified for the Heineken Cup for the first time ever this year.
"I predict that in three to four years we will average an attendance of about 13-15,000," chief executive Tony Rowe said. "We will not fill the ground regularly but a 20,000 capacity is what you need to play at the top end of European rugby and host Heineken Cup quarter and semi-finals. This will give us the headroom when we are playing in big games."
Exeter have planned the development over a five-year period and as well as expanding the ground, they will increase their car parking capacity from 150 to 400, develop new areas for coach and bus transport and build a new television compound.
The Chiefs have been one of the success stories of recent seasons. After their promotion in 2010 they have quickly established themselves in the Premiership as one of the most forward-thinking and fan-friendly clubs in the league. With the expansion the aim is to further build on their current successes.
"If we can get planning permission we will look to start the work next year," Rowe said. "We are doing it in an anti-clockwise direction starting with the west grandstand where we will be adding extra seats and expanding the conference facilities by 50-70%. We will move through it when we can afford it."
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Monroeville Woman Killed After SUV Plunges Over Mon River Bridge
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One woman died and a second was hurt when their SUV plunged over the Mansfield Bridge early Wednesday morning.
Iesha Tang, a 21-year-old college student from Monroeville, was killed and her friend, 19-year-old Ivory Heard, was critically injured and taken to a Pittsburgh hospital.
Police said the Jeep was coming from McKeesport when the driver lost control, and the vehicle hit the median and fell 50 feet onto Fifth Avenue. It's not clear which woman was driving.
"We figured it flipped over the railing," Glassport Police Chief Howard Kifer said. "That's when it looks like it may have hit the hillside going down, and then ended up on Fifth Avenue."
Kifer said a police officer saw the Jeep moving "at a high rate of speed" just seconds before the crash.
"The speed limit's 35, 40, tops, on the bridge. If you go any faster, you are not going to make that turn. It's just too sharp of a turn to make it," Kifer said.
Police said a friend was driving one of the victims' cars and following them home, but it's not known if he saw the crash.
"It's sad, you know, a tragedy like that. They're young girls in their 20s," Kifer said. "Slow down around that curb, coming on or off. Slow down. We lost a lot of lives down there. It's bad."
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Did last year's outrageous (by American standards) gas prices teach us anything? Have we learned our lesson of how to get the best gas mileage?
Maybe or maybe not. After topping out at more than $4 a gallon in July of last year, gas prices are once again much more reasonable, averaging just over $2 a gallon now.
Did last year's outrageous (by American standards) gas prices teach us anything? Have we learned our lesson of how to get the best gas mileage?
Maybe or maybe not. After topping out at more than $4 a gallon in July of last year, gas prices are once again much more reasonable, averaging just over $2 a gallon now.
But economic scares encourage us to get the most for our money in 2009. Aside from buying a more fuel-efficient car, there are plenty of things drivers can do to get better gas mileage. Most require only minor adjustments to your driving habits, said Beth Moser, spokeswoman for the Chicago AAA office.
Slow down
"The No. 1 thing you can do to save gas is to slow down," Moser said. "You'll use less gas. It's easier on the engine and it's safer." Optimal fuel economy is different for all cars, but gas mileage usually decreases rapidly at speeds above 60 mph. You can assume that each 5 mph you drive over 60 mph is like paying an additional $0.24 per gallon for gas, said Tom Welch, spokesperson for the Department of Energy.
Drive sensibly
Aggressive driving (speeding, rapid acceleration and braking) wastes gas. "It can lower your gas mileage by 33 percent at highway speeds and by 5 percent around town," said Welch. Go easy on the brakes and gas pedal. Avoid "jackrabbit" starts by accelerating gradually whenever possible. Also, anticipate stops to avoid sudden braking.
Keep your car in shape
Fixing a car that is noticeably out of tune or has failed an emissions test can improve its gas mileage by an average of 4 percent, Welch said. Replacing a clogged air filter can improve your car's gas mileage by as much as 10 percent. Keeping your tires inflated to the proper pressure can improve gas mileage by around 3.3 percent. Using the manufacturer's recommended grade of motor oil can improve gas mileage by 1 to 2 percent.
Remove excess weight
Avoid keeping unnecessary items in your vehicle, especially heavy ones. An extra 100 pounds in your vehicle could reduce your mpg by up to 2 percent. This tip is especially important for smaller cars that are more negatively affected by excess weight.
Don't idle your engine
An idling car gets 0 miles per gallon, so if you're going to be stopped for longer than a minute, shut the car off. Cars with larger engines typically waste more gas at idle than smaller cars. Edmunds.com reports that by avoiding idling cars can save up to 19 percent of gas mileage.
Plan and combine trips
Several short trips taken from a cold start can use twice as much fuel as a longer multipurpose trip covering the same distance when the engine is warm, Mosher said. Trip planning ensures traveling is done when the engine is warmed up and efficient.
Use cruise control on the highway
This increases gas mileage, will help you maintain a constant speed and, in most cases, save gas.
By the numbers
55 mph: By avoiding high speeds you can improve your gas mileage about 15 percent by driving at 55 mph rather than 65 mph.
$2: The average U.S. prices for regular-grade gasoline and diesel fuel, at $1.70 and $2.52 per gallon respectively on Dec. 8, 2008, were both more than $2 per gallon below their highs in mid-July 2008.
2009: Annual average retail gasoline and diesel fuel prices in 2009 are projected to be $2.03 and $2.47 per gallon, respectively.
5 percent: A loaded roof rack can decrease your fuel economy by 5 percent.
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TONY EASTLEY: The Catholic Church says it will do what it can to ensure past failures are not repeated. It's vowed to assist the Royal commission and that includes releasing child sexual abuse victims from confidentiality agreements they've signed with the church.
As well the church says it will release any documents the Royal Commission might want.
Francis Sullivan, who's been appointed by the Catholic Church to coordinate its response to the royal commission, told Alexandra Kirk everyone wants the truth to emerge.
FRANCIS SULLIVAN: The whole issue of confidentiality clauses if they need to be waived in order for the truth to come out, they'll be waived.
ALEXANDRA KIRK: Will the Catholic Church as a matter of principle now waive all its confidentiality agreements with victims of sexual abuse?
FRANCIS SULLIVAN: As Commission McClelland said yesterday, he does not want to see any barriers put in place in order to affect the work of the commission and we don't want to see any barriers in place that will not allow the truth to come out and so our principle position in this is that where confidentially clauses need to be waived, they will be waived.
ALEXANDRA KIRK: But as a matter of principle, why not waive them now?
FRANCIS SULLIVAN: Well we don't know yet in fairness to the commission, how it wishes to administer this and how it wishes to be sensitive to any complexities that may be in those agreements.
ALEXANDRA KIRK: So your cooperation, is that irrespective of whether the priest has been defrocked or not?
FRANCIS SULLIVAN: It will apply to all instances in which the Royal Commission seeks information on.
ALEXANDRA KIRK: The Royal Commission has made it clear that it has the powers to compel the production of evidence including matters that are subject to or covered by confidentiality agreements so there's no question here where the power lies. Is the Catholic Church just trying to get on the front foot as a public relations exercise?
FRANCIS SULLIVAN: No, not at all. We are not interested in running a public relations exercise. We are interested in letting the voice of the church which at heart is one of pastoral care and compassion, be the guiding strategy in this whole engagement with the Royal Commission.
ALEXANDRA KIRK: Do you know how many confidentiality agreements the Catholic Church has struck with victims?
FRANCIS SULLIVAN: No, I have no idea at the moment. It is early days for me but in a sense that's not an issue. What's the issue here is enabling the commission to do its work fully and enabling the Catholic Church also to have an opportunity to put its position around the past but also how we are planning to deal with the future.
ALEXANDRA KIRK: Will the church conduct an audit of these confidentiality agreements?
FRANCIS SULLIVAN: Early days, I don't know whether an audit is necessary.
ALEXANDRA KIRK: Were some of these agreements and documents sent to Rome and if so, will they be returned to Australia?
FRANCIS SULLIVAN: I am not aware of any of the past activities. Suffice to say where we are able to provide documents that the commission requests, they will be provided.
ALEXANDRA KIRK: Is this an instruction from the Vatican?
FRANCIS SULLIVAN: I've had no instructions from the Vatican.
ALEXANDRA KIRK: In essence, you are waiting for the Royal Commission to come to the Catholic Church. Why not just, as a matter of course, say that as of now the church has waived its demand, the victims remain silent for example.
FRANCIS SULLIVAN: I think our public statements have made clear our disposition but with respect to how the commission seeks to go about its work, I think it is important for us to wait and hear how it seeks to administer these particular issues. I think our disposition is quite clear.
TONY EASTLEY: Francis Sullivan, the CEO of the Catholic Church's Truth, Justice and Healing Council, speaking to AM's Alexandra Kirk.
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TONY EASTLEY: The Catholic Church says it will do what it can to ensure past failures are not repeated. It's vowed to assist the Royal commission and that includes releasing child sexual abuse victims from confidentiality agreements they've signed with the church.


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"When placed in public areas of users' profiles, these photos -- not to mention location information and personal statements in status updates -- represent data insurers can potentially use for claims and underwriting purposes,"writes I&T's Nathan Golia, citing an October report from consulting firm Celent.
In a summary of the report, ABA Banking Journal called social media "a huge marketing and engagement potential for insurers," adding that:
"Most insurers are currently involved in only defensive actions. Celent expects that over the next three years, companies familiar with social media will being to apply social data to their buisinesses," and looking for vendors to help them capture, store and analyze social media data.Insurance Networking News also reports that:
Celent predicts that social data will be incorporated into core underwriting and claims processes over the next three years and become standard inputs into risk evaluation and settlement activities."In other words, your insurer may not be reading your Facebook profile or Tweets yet. But it may be soon.


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As is typical, postings on the newsgroup were critical of the validity of the claim, however, The Register, apparently was able to confirm from the Lancashire Police that an incident had in fact taken place on October 12. When police arrived, they indeed found someone trapped in a shed, though there was no evidence of foulplay. What the man (called "Steve") was doing in his shed at 5.30am was not mentioned.
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The All-District Choir rehearses on Thursday mornings at Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion School (RSIS), then take a bus from RSIS to their respective elementary schools when rehearsal is over. ADC performs throughout the year at various venues and concerts including the New Hope Mayors breakfast, the annual district Fall Music Festival, PRISM Concert - "A Concert for Sharing," Winnetka Learning Center, Twin Cities Youth Chorale Choral Festival and often with other ensembles from the district.
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Spilled milk, a clinging toddler, one missing shoe, and a clock that seems to mock you as it ticks past the absolute last point when you needed to leave the house. Sometimes motherhood seems to pull at every single one of our frayed ends. Sometimes the joys of mothering are lost deep beneath our heavy exhaustion and weariness.
How can we nurture our mothering heart when we feel utterly frazzled?
Sleep: When it comes to motherhood, getting enough sleep is easier said than done. Sometimes, we have no choice but to function on our last reserves. I heard somewhere that when we feel at our absolute physical limits, we have actually only used up about a third of our body's reserves. I try to remember this when I am sleep challenged. Surprisingly, this simple change of focus is a wonderfully effective method of energising my day.
Healthy Food: Good fats, whole foods and fresh produce are all necessary for keeping our energy up. I try to limit sugar and processed food when I start to feel drained and 'try' to increase healthy food in my diet.
Iron and Magnesium: I take a natural iron supplement and use a natural magnesium spray. It always amazes me how quickly my body responds to this little bit of attention. Mothers are easily drained of important vitamins and minerals. A simple boost can make a world of difference.
Flower Remedies: I keep the Bach Flower Remedies: Rescue Remedy, Olive, and Impatiens in the house and use them often. I use Rescue Remedy for those moments of complete madness or for days when everything is topsy-turvy. I use Olive for exhaustion following a demanding day and Impatiens for days when I feel especially irritable.
Herbal Teas: Drinking a cup of herbal tea can definitely calm a hectic mind and sooth a restless spirit. Simply taking the time to make and drink a cup of tea is medicinal all on its own. I love a cup of Rosemary tea (crush a fresh rosemary sprig and infuse in hot water) it is refreshing and brightening. I also love Limeflower, Chamomile, or Fennel.
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The Casa del Rey Moro has fortunately been opened to the public after being closed for more than thirty years. The gardens and its main attraction, the Mine, have been partially restored. Unfortunately, however, the beautiful palace, fitted out for the Duchess of Parcent around 1910, is still closed. The garden is divided into three terraces with different atmospheres: the first surrounds the house and has a typically Andalusian feel, with tiled benches, a fountain/pond and tiled flooring. A double staircase joins this level with the one immediately below. This is set around a main axis with a fountain in white tiles at the head. A channel flows out of this and runs all the way along the terrace. It is rectangular, with a simple pergola joined to one of the side walls. Here you can also see the characteristic Forestier rose beds. Access to the third level is via another double staircase, flanked by a pond. Gravel paths between squares of trimmed hedge lead to the mouth of an old well at the top of an area with stunning views.
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Portobello Burgers
Total TimePrep: 10 min. + standing Grill: 15 min.
Makes2 servings
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1-1/2 teaspoons minced fresh basil or 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1-1/2 teaspoons minced fresh oregano or 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- Dash salt
- Dash pepper
- 2 large portobello mushrooms, stems removed
- 2 slices reduced-fat provolone cheese
- 2 hamburger buns, split
- 2 lettuce leaves
- 2 slices tomato
- In a small bowl, whisk the first seven ingredients. Add mushroom caps; let stand for 15 minutes, turning twice. Drain and reserve marinade.
- Using long-handled tongs, moisten a paper towel with cooking oil and lightly coat the grill rack. Grill mushrooms, covered, over medium heat or broil 4 in. from the heat for 6-8 minutes on each side or until tender, basting with reserved marinade. Top with cheese during the last 2 minutes.
- Serve on buns with lettuce and tomato.
Nutrition Facts1 burger: 280 calories, 13g fat (3g saturated fat), 10mg cholesterol, 466mg sodium, 31g carbohydrate (8g sugars, 3g fiber), 11g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 starch, 1-1/2 fat, 1 medium-fat meat, 1 vegetable.
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We make these all the time. Only thing we add is a splash of Frank's Red Hot (chicken) wing sauce. Makes it really tasty. Yum!
Jun 4, 2009
These were in my family's opinion, a total waste of otherwise good ingredients. they were mushy and did not taste good at all.
Jun 2, 2009
To shoppingaddicctAZ: It doesn't change the taste. The only thing that I would change is, when marinating, only rest the top of the mushroom in the marinade. If you marinate the gill side, they tend to get too mushy for my taste. Doing this does not affect the amont of flavor from the marinade. Good Luck!
Feb 23, 2008
These sound great and I want to try them! I love grilled portobellos! I have a question, though. In some recipes it says to de-gill the mushrooms; this one does not. Does it make any difference in the taste to remove the gills?Lorraine