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Statement of HHMI’s Research Philosophy

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is dedicated to promoting knowledge and advancing human health through discovery research in the basic biomedical sciences. HHMI’s guiding principle is to support ‘people, not projects’ because we believe that it is individuals who – with creativity, curiosity, and persistence – break through barriers to advance scientific knowledge.

In carrying out our mission, we are committed to supporting discovery science in basic biomedical research fields for public benefit. Equally, we are committed to ensuring that scientists we employ as HHMI Investigators and Janelia Research Campus Group Leaders have great flexibility in conducting their research and are free to promptly publish and broadly share their results, including tools and data. Our policies and practices reflect these core research values.

We expect scientists employed by HHMI, including HHMI Investigators and Janelia Group Leaders, to conduct all of their work consistent with these core values as they are reflected in HHMI policies and practices. Because of their affiliation with the universities, hospitals and other research institutions that host their laboratories, HHMI Investigators are also subject to their host institution’s policies and practices. These typically align well with HHMI’s.

When HHMI scientists propose to engage with other organizations whose policies and practices do not align with HHMI’s, we weigh any competing considerations. Our goal is to strike a balance that allows our scientists to proceed with their research priorities, while also protecting our core research values.

Research Policies

HHMI's scientific research is governed by policies that address the conduct of research, the sharing of data and materials, collaborations, and intellectual property. The policies establish high standards for scientific and ethical conduct.

The Conduct of Science

Guidelines for Scientific Research

These guidelines describe general standards for conduct in research and scholarship. They are intended to establish a common understanding of expectations and responsibilities relating to research in HHMI's laboratories, thereby promoting the quality and integrity of the work and interactions in the laboratories and helping to prevent scientific misconduct.

Research Misconduct

As an organization dedicated to biomedical research in the public interest, HHMI expects that its scientists will conduct research and engage in related academic activities according to the highest research and ethical standards. HHMI’s commitment to these standards embraces the belief that integrity, responsibility, and accountability are part of the fabric of science. Scientific research is, ultimately, a cooperative endeavor based on the central principle of the pursuit of truth.

Sharing Research Materials, Data, and Software

Sharing Published Materials/Responsibilities of HHMI Authors

This policy establishes HHMI’s expectations that all HHMI laboratory heads, whether based at host institutions or at HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus, will include in their publications sufficient information about their experimental methods and procedures, and make available data, software, and tangible research materials, to enable other scientists to reproduce and extend the results of all publications on which the HHMI laboratory head is an author.

Public Access to Publications

This policy establishes HHMI's expectations relating to public accessibility of publications resulting from research in HHMI laboratories. This policy applies to all HHMI laboratory heads, including investigators and Janelia Research Campus group leaders and fellows.

Materials Transfers

The sharing of biological and other research materials among laboratories is an essential aspect of scientific citizenship. In that spirit, HHMI expects its laboratory heads, and all members of the academic research community, to make their published materials available for research use by other scientists and to handle requests for such materials expeditiously.

Research Collaborations

HHMI recognizes the importance of scientific collaborations between its laboratories and other scientists and strongly encourages such collaborations as an essential part of scientific research.

Funding from Companies

Company Funding Arrangements—Host-Based Sites

HHMI’s host institutions may accept funding from companies to support research in the laboratories of HHMI investigators under the circumstances described in this policy.

Confidentiality Agreements

Confidential Disclosure Agreements

A confidential disclosure agreement (CDA) is an agreement in which one or both parties agree to maintain certain information in confidence and use it only for specified purposes. CDAs may also be called nondisclosure agreements, secrecy agreements, or confidentiality agreements.

Consulting for Companies – General Policy (SC-500)

This policy provides general rules applicable to any service by HHMI laboratory heads as consultants to companies.

Company Talks, Conferences, and Seminars

This policy applies to consulting that involves giving a talk to company employees or participating in a one- or two-day conference or seminar convened by a company.

Consulting for and Equity Ownership in Start-Up and other Private Companies

This policy describes the special rules applicable to consulting for, and equity ownership in, start-up and other private companies.

Service as a Member of a Company's Board of Directors

This policy applies to service by HHMI laboratory heads as members of a company's board of directors.

Consulting in Connection with Litigation

This policy applies to consulting by HHMI laboratory heads in connection with litigation, such as service as an expert witness.

Service to Nonprofit Organizations and Government Agencies

This policy describes special rules for consulting arrangements between all HHMI laboratory employees, other than directors or managers of shared resource facilities at HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus, and nonprofit entities or government organizations.

Intellectual Property and Licensing

Intellectual Property

As a medical research organization, HHMI conducts scientific research in the public interest. HHMI has adopted this intellectual property policy to help ensure that inventions, discoveries, and other results of HHMI's research are made available for the benefit of the public, and that the associated financial costs and rewards are fairly allocated.

Intellectual Property Protection and Licensing at Host Institutions

This policy applies to the licensing to companies of intellectual property developed in HHMI laboratories at host institutions. Under HHMI's collaborative arrangements with its host institutions, the host institution is responsible for efforts to commercialize intellectual property developed in HHMI laboratories at the site.

Human Subjects Research

Human Subjects Research

This policy applies to all HHMI investigators and all HHMI employees in their laboratories, who are engaged in, or are contemplating engaging in, human subjects research.

Export Control and Sanctions Compliance

Export Control and Sanctions Compliance

This policy provides guidance to HHMI personnel on compliance with U.S. export control and sanctions laws and regulations.

Other Policies for HHMI Investigators

The policies in this group apply to HHMI investigators only. The scientists at the Janelia Research Campus are not subject to these policies.

Investigator Administrative and Non-Research Activities and Salary Supplementation for Administrative Service to Host

This policy describes the types of administrative service and other non-research activities that investigators may perform and explains circumstances under which an HHMI investigator may receive a salary supplement for administrative services provided to his or her host institution.

Investigator Transfers

HHMI's expectation is that investigators will remain at the host institution at which they were initially appointed. However, any HHMI investigator who has completed a full initial term of employment with HHMI and has been reviewed and reappointed for a full renewal term is eligible to request a transfer of an HHMI appointment.

Research at Institutions Other Than the Host Institution

HHMI believes that an investigator's scientific program is generally aided by concentration of the investigator's research activities in a single location, where these activities can be better managed and are, as a consequence, more effective. Similarly, concentration in a single location benefits an investigator's non-research activities, including mentoring students and postdoctoral fellows as well as fulfilling responsibilities to the host institution. Accordingly, HHMI generally prefers that investigators conduct their research program at a single host institution.

Sabbatical Leave for Investigators

This policy applies to HHMI investigators at host-based sites who would like to take sabbatical leave from their host institution. It does not apply to group leaders at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus.

Non-Renewal of Investigator Appointments

Under HHMI's standard procedures, an investigator with an unsuccessful HHMI scientific review will have a phase-out period of approximately two years after that review before his or her HHMI appointment ends. The phase-out period is intended to allow investigators to achieve an orderly adjustment of laboratory operations to the scheduled cessation of HHMI research funding, including seeking new sources of research support.

Other Policies for Janelia Laboratories

Janelia Research Campus Policy on Grants, Fellowships, and Awards

This policy applies to all researchers at Janelia who would like to apply for and accept grants, fellowships, and other awards.


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A highlight of your holiday

The unique atmosphere of chalet dining is why we continue to focus solely on this type of accommodation.

On your return to your chalet, make the most of the facilities on offer to wind down and freshen up before your host serves aperitifs in the lounge.

Evening meals are served at approximately 7:30pm but if you are with a party who has reserved the chalet on a sole occupancy basis, we can offer some flexibility. Many parents travelling with children prefer them to eat a little earlier so we are happy to serve their meals between 5:30pm and 6:30pm.

Each evening meal consists of three courses, followed by a cheese board. Each course is freshly prepared by your chef who will have designed the menu based on the best, locally-sourced ingredients.

While your chef will prepare a set menu, we will already know of any particular dietary requirements that you have. Menus are made available in your dining room each morning so you can of course also let your chef know if there is a particular dish that you would rather not have.

After your meal, share ski stories around the table with a digestif and cheese board or simply steal a quiet moment in front of the roaring fire.

“Quality of food was excellent”
Des Carville, January '16

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Hillsboro council approves interim city administrator

>Don Osenbaugh of Derby will take on city administrator duties part-time during Larry Paine’s medical leave of absence.
>Don Osenbaugh of Derby will take on city administrator duties part-time during Larry Paine’s medical leave of absence.
The Hillsboro City Council approved arrangements at its Feb. 6 meeting to hire a part-time interim city administrator while Larry Paine recuperates from surgery.

In late January, Paine was hospitalized in Topeka after collapsing on the steps of the Capitol, where he and Mayor Lou Thurston were to participate in a municipal meeting.

Thurston reported to the council that Paine underwent surgery Feb. 6 at a Topeka hospital.

“The word we have is that the surgery was successful, and so we’re anticipating him coming out of that this afternoon,” he said.

The mayor did not speculate on how long Paine’s medical leave will be.

To assist the city in Paine’s absence, the council approved the hiring of Don Osenbaugh, who lives in Derby and has significant experience in city management and administration.

“He is willing to give us, give or take, 15 hours a week and would come to Hillsboro one day a week,” Thurston said. “He would require a $50 per-hour rate and would bill us as a contractor or consultant.”

Rather than keeping track of mileage from his home in Derby, the $50-per-hour rate will begin when Osenbaugh leaves his home and will end when he arrives at his home.

City Attorney Joshua Boehm said Osenbaugh would perform “all of the duties of city administrator as if he was Larry.”

“We would anticipate him being able to help us carry through certain projects that Larry was working on—certainly the hospital sale and building split with Salem Home project,” Boehm added. “And to work on the water project and the trail project—some of those projects that are ongoing.”

Boehm added that Osenbaugh would work from his home on days he is not in Hillsboro.

Osenbaugh has worked in the areas of municipal consulting and city manager recruitment since 2013.

Since 2001, he has been the pool administrator for Kansas Municipal Insurance Trust, a consultant with Ransom CityCode Financial since 2013, and has been director of finance and field services for the League of Kansas Municipalities since 2001.

Prior to his consulting work, Osenbaugh served for four years as director of finances for the city of Derby; prior to that he was city administrator for Halstead from 1997 to 2001.

Automated payroll

Thurston reported another significant transition occurring in the city office with the use of a new electronic time-keeping program called Time in Attendance.

Office staff member Glenda Stoppel has been leading the transition and City Clerk Jan Meisinger also has had training about the program, Thurston said.

Prior to the change, the city staff had been using handwritten time cards. Supervisors would then sign off on each time card, then give them to Stoppel to manually input the data.

“It can take many, many hours per pay period to enter it into the system,” Thurston said.

With the new program, each city employee would clock in for work at the computer at their work station, then clock out at the same location.

“I know it’s going to be a change for a lot of the employees in the way they currently do things,” Thurston said. “Some things that we realize may be inconvenient—but not a hardship—will save the city a lot of time and money and provide a lot more accurate data into our payroll system.

“We’re looking forward to getting the benefits of automating that process.”

Other business

In other business, the council:

◼ met in executive session for 30 minutes for attorney-client privilege regarding Title 2 and the division of real estate. No decision was made when the public session resumed.

◼ agreed to continue for a third time the public hearing regarding mandated repairs at 311 Eisenhower after a fire. The hearing will resume at 4 p.m. March 16.

Susan Robson, the attorney presenting homeowner Warren Deckert, said the extra time was needed because the owner wanted to use oil-based paint, which requires an outdoor temperature of at least 45 degrees.

Ben Steketee, the city’s code-enforcement officer, said the exterior painting and possibly a basement window are the only repair requirements remaining.

◼ approved the appointment of Trevor Yost as a firefighter for the local department. Chief Steketee said Yost had four years of firefighting experience while living in Hesston and has completed the Firefighter 1 and 2 programs since moving to Hillsboro.

◼ approved a correction to the skid loader purchase at the previous meeting. The correct price required an additional $650 for the city to acquire a one-year newer machine.

◼ appointed Jared Jost as Hillsboro’s second board representative for the Marion County Community Economic Development Corp. Clint Seibel was previously appointed as a Hillsboro board member by the city council.


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Volume 21 (2007), Issue 4, Pages 205-210

Spectroscopy of gadolinium ion and disadvantages of gadolinium impurity in tissue compensators and collimators, used in radiation treatment planning

M. Maqbool1 and Iftikhar Ahmad2

1Department of Science and Mathematics, Mount Olive College, 634 Henderson Street, Mount Olive, NC 28365, USA
2Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, 202 Nicholson Hall, Tower Dr. Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4001, USA

Copyright © 2007 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Intense ultraviolet emission from gadolinium doped amorphous aluminum nitride thin films deposited on Si (111) substrate is studied with cathodoluminescence and photoluminescence. The purpose of the study is to find the merits or demerits of gadolinium ions if added intentionally or present as unintentionally added impurity in tissue compensators or collimators in radiation treatment planning. These films are deposited by reactive sputtering at liquid nitrogen temperature, using 100–200 W RF power, 5–8 mTorr nitrogen, and a metal target of aluminum and gadolinium. Thermal annealing was performed at a temperature of 900C. A sharp ultraviolet peak is observed at 314 nm corresponding to 6P7/28S7/2 transition. The ultraviolet emission is intense enough to harm human tissues if it is used as tissue compensator. Intense ultraviolet emission is observable even if the concentration of gadolinium is less than 0.5%. Thermal annealing further enhances the intensity of ultraviolet emission, indicating that longer use of such tissue compensators or collimators containing gadolinium ions will provide more harm and damage to human body. Radiation Therapists, Oncologist and industries making tissue compensators and collimators are strongly suggested to test any compensator or collimator for gadolinium impurities.


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Renee Choy Ohlendorf Authors American Bar Association Article on Class Action Tolling

February 11, 2015

Renee Choy Ohlendorf authored the article, "Growing Divide over Class Action Tolling under American Pipe," published in the American Bar Association Litigation News. The article discusses the widening divide over the scope of class action tolling.

Please visit the American Bar Association website to read the full article.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is a U.S. law firm with 450 attorneys located in 11 states and London. Founded in 1934, the firm has a national reputation for its insurance industry work, its representation of professionals and law firms, and its closely coordinated business advisory, transactional and litigation services. We serve clients ranging from emerging and middle-market businesses to Fortune 500 companies, as well as governmental and public sector clients.


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North Carolina Bar Opinion Advises Firms to Run Conflicts Checks for Newly Hired Law School Graduates

Lawyers for the Profession® Alert

May 5, 2011
Lawyers for the Profession® Alert

North Carolina State Bar Ethics Comm., Formal Opinion. 2010-12

Brief Summary

The North Carolina State Bar Ethics Commission published a formal opinion addressing the duty to ensure that newly hired law graduates do not bring conflicts of interests from their prior law clerk experiences when they join a law firm. Law clerk conflicts are not imputed to the new firm and timely screening can resolve conflicts concerns.

Complete Summary
The Ethics Commission reviewed issues arising out of a common situation, which is somewhat analogous to a lateral hire: A new law school graduate joins a firm other than the one for which he or she was a law clerk while in law school. The hiring firm later discovers that the newly hired lawyer had, prior to graduating, worked on a matter adverse to the hiring law firm’s current client. In North Carolina, pursuant to this formal ethics opinion, the hiring law firm and the law firm for which the person worked as a clerk must act within ethical boundaries to seek or disclose client matters so that the hiring firm can identify and screen for potential conflicts of interest.

The ethics commission concluded that work performed as a law clerk does not impute to other members of the graduate’s new law firm. However, the law clerk’s prior work is deemed to sufficiently bestow the new lawyer with information and knowledge so that the hiring firm must screen client matters previously worked on by the new hire. A screen—along with written notice given to any affected clients—should be timely implemented upon the hiring firm’s learning of the need for one.

While acknowledging that law firms have a duty of confidentiality under Rule 1.6(a) of the Rules of Professional Conduct not to disclose client information, the ethics committee nonetheless indicated that the respective law firms are obliged by Rule 1.6(b) of the Rules of Professional Conduct to protect their current clients in seeking and disclosing the client matters worked on by law clerks. Rule 1.6(b) permits lawyers to violate Rule 1.6(a) to comply with the Rules of Professional Conduct. Citing the 2009 ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility Formal Opinion 09-455, the ethics committee’s formal opinion reiterated that disclosure of client names and general information to identify and resolve potential conflicts of interest would be such an instance, provided that the attorney-client privilege is protected and the client is not prejudiced. To prohibit such disclosure would simultaneously prohibit compliance with the Rules of Professional Conduct’s conflicts rules.

Significance of Opinion

This opinion draws a workable line with respect to conflicts screening for new lawyers who have prior experience as a law clerk in another firm. Recognizing the potential for information-specific conflicts, screens can be an appropriate mechanism to deal with ethics concerns in this context. The opinion concludes that the former law firm would not breach its ethical duties to its clients so long as any disclosure goes no further than reasonably necessary to detect and resolve conflicts and does not waive the attorney-client privilege.

For more information, please contact your regular Hinshaw attorney.

This alert has been prepared by Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP to provide information on recent legal developments of interest to our readers. It is not intended to provide legal advice for a specific situation or to create an attorney-client relationship.


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United Colors of Bali - Nanas or Mango – Home 4637796 House

  • 2 bedrooms
  • 4 sleeps
  • 1 night min stay

House / 2 bedrooms / 6 bathrooms / sleeps 4

Key Info

  • Swimming pool
  • Child friendly
  • Air conditioning
  • No pets allowed
  • Private garden

Description from owner

  • Great for children of all ages
  • No pets allowed

Bed & bathroom

  • 2 Double Beds, 2 Single Beds
  • 2 Family bathrooms, 2 Shower rooms, 2 Toilets only

  • Wi-Fi available
  • Air conditioning
  • Shared outdoor pool (unheated)
  • Jacuzzi or hot tub
  • Shared garden
  • Private garden
  • Balcony or terrace
  • Bicycles available
  • Internet access
  • Safe
  • Fridge
  • Freezer
  • Microwave
  • TV
  • Satellite TV
  • DVD player
  • CD player
  • Telephone
  • Ceiling Fans
  • Linen provided
  • Towels provided
  • Housekeeping Included

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  • Secure parking
  • Not suitable for wheelchair users

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This rental can only be paid for online through Holiday Lettings using your credit/debit card or PayPal (never by bank or wire transfer).
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Philippe R.
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Languages spoken: English, French

This House has 2 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms and sleeps 4. It’s been listed on Holiday Lettings since 09 Dec 2014. Located in Canggu, the average weekly rate is £435.

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This Week in Trailers: Kristen Stewart's 'Personal Shopper,' Denzel Washington's 'Fences,' James Franco's 'King Cobra' and More

7:00 AM 10/2/2016

by Annie Howard

A roundup of the latest trailers for the most anticipated films.

Kristen Stewart in 'Personal Shopper'
Kristen Stewart in 'Personal Shopper'
Courtesy of Toronto International Film Festival
  • 'Personal Shopper' Teaser

    Release Date: March 10th, 2017 | IFC

    Directed by Olivier Assayas

    Starring Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz

  • 'Fences' Teaser

    Release Date: December 25th | Paramount

    Directed by Denzel Washington

    Starring Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Mykelti Williamson

  • 'King Cobra' Trailer

    Release Date: October 21st | IFC

    Directed by Justin Kelly

    Starring Garret Clayton, James Franco, Christian Slater

  • 'Paterson' Trailer

    Release Date: December 28th | Amazon

    Directed by Jim Jarmusch

    Starring Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Helen-Jean Arthur

  • 'RATS' Trailer

    Release Date: TBA

    Directed by Morgan Spurlock

  • '20th Century Women' Teaser

    Release Date: October 8th | A24

    Directed by Mike Mills

    Starring Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Alia Shawkat

  • 'Dog Eat Dog' Trailer

    Release Date: November 11th | RLJ Entertainment

    Directed by Paul Schrader

    Starring Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe, Magi Avila

  • 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' Trailer 2

    Release Date: November 18th | Warner Bros.

    Directed by David Yates

    Starring Eddie Redmayne, Jon Voight, Ezra Miller

  • 'Jack Reacher: Never Go Back' IMAX Trailer

    Release Date: October 20th | Paramount

    Directed by Edward Zwick

    Starring Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Robert Knepper

  • 'The Space Between Us' Trailer 2

    Release Date: December 16th | STX

    Directed by Peter Chelsom

    Starring Britt Robertson, Carla Gugino, Asa Butterfield

  • 'Rules Don't Apply' Trailer 2

    Release Date: November 23rd | 20th Century Fox

    Directed by Warren Beatty

    Starring Lily Collins, ALden Ehrenreich, Warren Beatty

  • 'Doctor Strange' Trailer 2

    Release Date: November 4th | Disney

    Directed by Scott Derrickson

    Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Tilda Swinton, Rachel McAdams

  • 'Desierto' Trailer 2

    Release Date: October 14th | STX

    Directed by Jonas Cuaron

    Starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Alondra Hidalgo

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Marc Anthony Named Executive Music Producer of 'Hawthorne'

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Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony

He also appears on the TNT show as Det. Nick Renata.

Grammy-winning singer Marc Anthony has been named the executive music producer of the TNT medical drama Hawthorne, starring Jada Pinkett Smith.

Anthony, who also appears on the show as Det. Nick Renata, has been tapped to create the "signature" sound of the show. The one-hour drama centers around Christina Hawthorne, a chief nursing officer played by Pickett Smith. Her character is grappling with the stress and rigors of helping to manage a financially-strapped hospital.

The third season begins airing June 14 at 10 p.m. and will include theme music composed by Anthony and creative partner Julio Reyes.

 "We compose from scratch and write pieces and incorporate them into the show during pivotal moments," Anthony told Billboard while taking a break from filming the program. "Certain characters and situations have a certain sound."

Pinkett Smith, an executive producer on the show, spoke to Billboard about the music style and approach from Anthony, one of the biggest names in Latin music.

"When we first started, Marc said that the show had to have signature music," says Pinkett Smith. "The music had to be identifiable to the show. You want to be able to recognize the music and the show even if you're in another room."

Most of the drama's 10 episodes this season have already been shot as Anthony puts the finishing touches on the music.

Up next, Anthony and his wife Jennifer Lopez begin a whirlwind journey in July, traveling to 21 Latin American countries over the span of five weeks for their new show: Q'Viva The Chosen. Anthony calls the program a musical "docu-journey" in the name of bringing undiscovered entertainers to the U.S. where they will be showcased on TV. The network airing the show has not been announced.

Anthony's full schedule while balancing several projects has meant that he's sleeping very little these days. Last week while on set, the singer conceded he had only slept a handful of hours during his work on Hawthorne but called the TV project "worthy."

"I am thoroughly enthused," Anthony says. "I'm feeling more alive than ever."

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Luxury villa in Lanzarote

Bedrooms 3
Space 2,346 sq. ft.
Property type villa
Minimum Stay 5 nights

About the property

Luxury villa in urbanization of quality, at the foot of the volcano of Playa Blanca and with exceptional sea and the islands of Lobos and Fuerteventura.

internal development by Architecture Studio first level of Lanzaroteño design.

Account outside with uncovered parking for two cars, porch main entrance and exterior entrance to private garden, heated pool with night lighting, outside area chilll-out, garden furniture in teak Italian design (brand Unopiu), covered outdoor porch two zones of stay. outdoor porch with large terrace, en suite with sea view and solariums with spectacular island of Lobos and Fuerteventura.

Fully equipped: flat screen TVs of 32 "in living room and 26" in master bedroom and satellite TV. WIFI, Stereo HiFi (mp3, ipod, iphone, usb, etc). DVD, PlayStation with games, etc. With gardener and pool cleaning and possibility of daily cleaning, extra services, etc.

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Member since: 2016
Speaks: english, french, german, spanish
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Calendar last updated:
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Yaiza Villa Accommodation and Amenities

Property Type:
  • villa
  • Guests provide their own meals
  • Housekeeper Optional
Floor Area:
  • 2346 sq. ft.
House Rules:
  • Check-in: 1:00 PM
  • /
  • Check-out: 11:00 AM
  • Max. occupancy: 6
  • Min. age of primary renter: 25
  • Children welcome ...
  • Parties/events not allowed
  • Pets not allowed
  • Non smoking only ...
  • La fianza no podrá ser devuelta, en el caso de que la Villa se encuentre con suciedad extrema o descontrol. Se juzgará por el staf de mantenimiento
  • El check-in, y el check-out podrá variarse bajo petición y siempre y cuando exista posibilidad
  • Las quejas de los vecinos, por mal comportamiento o molestias, supondrá la perdida de la fianza
Location Type:
  • Beach
  • Ocean View
  • Hair Dryer
  • Internet
  • Iron & Board
  • Linens Provided
  • Living Room
  • Parking
  • Towels Provided
  • Washing Machine
  • Coffee Maker
  • Dishes & Utensils
  • Dishwasher
  • Kitchen
  • Microwave
  • Oven
  • Refrigerator
  • Stove
  • Toaster
  • Dining
  • Dining Area
  • seating for 6 people
  • 2 Bathrooms
  • 3 Bedrooms, Sleeps 6
  • - 1 queen
    - 2 twin/ single
    - 2 twin/ single
  • DVD Player
  • Music Library
  • Satellite / Cable
  • Stereo
  • Television
  • Video Games
  • Video Library
  • Balcony
  • Deck / Patio
  • Lawn / Garden
  • Porch / Veranda
  • Long-term Renters Welcome
  • wheelchair accessible
Pool / Spa:
  • Heated Pool
  • Private Pool
  • caves
  • marina
  • reefs
  • restaurants
  • volcano
  • water parks
  • winery tours
  • zoo
Leisure Activities:
  • beachcombing
  • bird watching
  • disco club
  • eco tourism
  • gambling casinos
  • outlet shopping
  • paddle boating
  • scenic drives
  • sight seeing
  • walking
  • whale watching
Local Services & Businesses:
  • ATM/bank
  • Babysitter
  • fitness center
  • groceries
  • hospital
  • massage therapist
  • medical services
Sports & Adventure Activities:
  • cycling
  • deepsea fishing
  • golf
  • jet skiing
  • mountain biking
  • pier fishing
  • sailing
  • scuba diving or snorkeling
  • snorkeling
  • sound/bay fishing
  • surf fishing
  • surfing
  • swimming
  • tennis
  • water skiing
  • wind-surfing
On request, you can access additional cleaning services, car rental and boats. Boat trips, etc.

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Lovely villa, ultra clean and stylish

  • 5 of 5

Our family of 5 had a great time here, it was peaceful and quiet .

A barbecue would have been an added luxury, but this is just extra, it is a great villa

  • Submitted: Apr 24, 2017
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Nearest Airport
35 Kilometres
Nearest Golf
3 Kilometres
Picth and putt
Car: recommended

Construction at the foot of walk promenade of Playa Blanca and the villa is far five (5) minutes walk from the Diving Center and shopping and leisure center of "La Mulata" where Spaniards among other Greek restaurants are located, Argentine, Italian and and terrace-lounge most famous and most atmospheric Playa Blanca "Tide".

Villa also located five minutes walk from the beach itself "La Mulata" and thalasso Spa Center "Slow" Rubicon Palace Hotel, with access allowed.

Rates & Availability

Taxes and fees are additional

Additional information about rental rates

Fees No additional mandatory fees
Refundable damage deposit $246.12

Owner's Cancellation Policy

  • 50% refund if canceled at least 14 days before arrival date.
  • 100% refund if canceled at least 30 days before arrival date.
  • Service Fee fully refunded on cancellations that qualify for 100% refund.


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Spectacular apartment next to the town hall square

Bedrooms 6
Space 1,937 sq. ft.
Property type apartment

About the property

ideal for exploring the historic city center, one minute from the Town Hall Square and North Station apartment. The location of the apartment is unbeatable, with spectacular views. Valencia have other areas, such as the Barrio de Ruzafa, Barrio del Carmen, Barrio de Canovas or the gardens of Turia River, a few minutes walk.

The apartment is very large, and is all the furniture, beds, etc. Brand new (October 2016).

Very large apartment with 6 rooms;

# a single room with 1 single bed (10 m2)

#a single room with 1 single bed (8m2)

# a very large double room with 2 single beds (18m2)

# a triple room with 3 single beds and balcony with spectacular views (25 m2)

# a triple room with 2 beds (one double and one single) with fabulous views due to a spectacular window (30 m2)

#a double room with 1 double bed and balcony with great views. (12m2)

All rooms with cool wicker chairs and a bedside table.

In total up to 12 people comfortably !!

Common zones;

Two very large bathrooms, with shower

A small living room located in the hall of the house, with two chairs a small table and a two-seater sofa

A kitchen with a fridge, and a city gas cooker, kitchen utensils and a bar table with 6 stools, does not have an oven, and is therefore designed for those who want to be practical and simple, it is not a meeting place where they can meet more than 5 or 6 people at a time, and perform great culinary sessions.

There is thus a meeting place to sit for lunch or dinner 12 people we can accommodate the floor.

One minute from the Town Hall Square and North Station. The location of the apartment is unbeatable, with spectacular views.

It is an emblematic building in the old town, surrounded by cafes and restaurants varied. The apartment is very large and bright, with two bathrooms and a common area with sofas, where you can have a good time reading or chatting comfortably. In all rooms, there is wireless Internet access. (Perfect in all rooms and public areas)

All the furniture in the apartment is new (spring mattresses, beds, decoration ...).

Every three days the rooms are cleaned. The sheets are changed every six days.

The cleaning of the common areas is daily.

They charge 3 euros per night and room for cleaning fees.

If you want towels, you must pay 1 euro for the bathroom and 0.5 euros for the hands.

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Sant Francesc Apartment Accommodation and Amenities

Property Type:
  • apartment
  • floor 6
Building Type:
  • building
  • Guests provide their own meals
Floor Area:
  • 1937 sq. ft.
House Rules:
  • Check-in: 4:00 PM / Check-out: 11:00 AM
  • Max. occupancy: 12
  • pets not allowed
  • non smoking only
Location Type:
  • Downtown
  • Near The Ocean
  • Away From It All
  • Budget
  • Family
  • Historic
  • Romantic
  • Sports & Activities
  • Air Conditioning
  • Elevator
  • Hair Dryer
  • Internet
  • Linens Provided
  • Living Room
  • Telephone
  • Towels Provided
  • Coffee Maker
  • Dishes & Utensils
  • Kitchen
  • Microwave
  • Oven
  • Refrigerator
  • Dining Area
  • 2 Bathrooms
  • 6 Bedrooms, Sleeps 12
  • Balcony
  • Bicycles
  • 4 bicycles
  • Long-term Renters Welcome
  • arboretum
  • autumn foliage
  • churches
  • cinemas
  • live theater
  • museums
  • restaurants
  • ruins
Leisure Activities:
  • disco club
  • gambling casinos
  • outlet shopping
  • sight seeing
  • walking
Local Services & Businesses:
  • ATM/bank
  • groceries
We provide all the information necessary to know well our city, because we are in an excellent location to discover the center of Valencia!

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In the heart of the historical city

  • 5 of 5

We loved the apartment. It was located next to cafes, restaurants, bakeries, shopping along with being close to lots of historical sites that we could walk to. We enjoyed Valencia so much! We will return.

  • Submitted: Mar 1, 2018
  • Stayed: February 2018
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Great location to visit Valencia

  • 4 of 5

We were a group of 11 visiting Valencia early July 2017. The appartment was very clean and very well located. We were able to walk to most of the places we wanted to visit (old town, science museum, restaurants...)

The appartment is basic, there was no AC (although as we were only there for 2 nights, we didn't ask about it). It was no issue for the 3 rooms situated in the front as there was always a nice breeze if you sleep with the windows open. However, the 2 rooms in the back were stuffier.

The kitchen is very well appointed, there is a table for 2. The bathrooms were large & very clean.

Based on cleanliness & location, I would recommend this appartment the value vs the price you pay is great

  • Submitted: Jul 19, 2017
  • Stayed: July 2017
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  • 5 of 5

La estancia fue perfecta. Buen trato, buena localización y apartamento enorme.

Lo recomiendo sin duda

  • Submitted: Mar 16, 2017
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Nearest Airport
9 Kilometres
Aeropuerto de Manises
Nearest Barpub
Gran cantidad de bares
Nearest Train
0.5 Kilometres
Estación del Norte
Nearest Restaurant
Gran cantidad de restaurantes

In the center of Valencia, you can enjoy all the charm of the old town: City Hall, Cathedral, Plaza Redonda, Plaza de la Reina, Barrio del Carmen ... You can visit museums, churches, palaces and hundreds of emblematic places. In addition, the apartment is located near shopping area and very varied restaurants.

Rates & Availability

Taxes and fees are additional

Additional information about rental rates

Cleaning Fee $22.15
Damage Deposit $123.06

Owner's Cancellation Policy

  • Canceled bookings will not receive a refund

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Shining a Spotlight on Inquiry and Collaboration

Posted on Nov 14,2017

Neil Goldenberg, M.D., Ph.D., left, discusses an abstract with Jeremy Kauffman, M.D.

Two October events at Johns Hopkins All Children’s showcased innovation and collaboration that are driving improvements in care.

6th Annual Johns Hopkins All Children’s Research Symposium

Three intensive care units, the Johns Hopkins All Children’s LifeLine critical care transport team and the Johns Hopkins School of Engineering share common ground: each played a role in the innovative research projects selected as winners at the Sixth Annual Johns Hopkins All Children’s Research Symposium.

More than 30 clinical, basic and translational research projects conducted at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital were presented at the symposium, which has grown in size, scope and quality each year as the academic health system continues to accelerate its research mission. Research initiatives will continue with the 2018 opening of a new 230,000 square-foot Research and Education Building.

Neil Goldenberg, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pediatrics and medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Johns Hopkins All Children’s director of research, reflected on the robust progress of the past six years. “The research findings presented at this year’s annual symposium demonstrate the spirit of inquiry and innovation at Johns Hopkins All Children’s. From predictors of survival in heart transplantation to novel findings that may help prevent the recurrence of venous blood clots in children and young adults, the findings presented at this year’s Symposium illustrated collaborative research that is guided by a sharp focus on improving children’s health outcomes, patient experience and value of care,” Dr. Goldenberg remarked.

The Symposium highlighted the wide range of opportunities for collaborative research that involves multiple disciplines, institutes and Hopkins campuses, with participation at many levels of career development―students, residents, fellows, junior faculty and senior investigators.

Pediatric critical care specialist Anthony Sochet, M.D., received the top abstract award in the faculty category for his work on development of a shared mental model and checklist tool to improve the handover process when a patient is transferred to Johns Hopkins All Children’s from another hospital. His research team included other critical care and pediatric transport medicine physicians, a Johns Hopkins All Children’s LifeLine transport team nurse, and a pediatric resident from the University of South Florida. Their approach to standardizing shared communication among the four-person team improved handover quality and participation, and led to a novel method of measuring handover quality. Dr. Sochet’s research has been accepted for publication in the journal Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

In the category of student- and trainee-led research, the top abstract award was shared by two different studies focused on outcomes in pediatric cardiac surgery. During a summer research project, Notre Dame University undergraduate Genevieve Tuite analyzed data from 179 heart transplants performed at Johns Hopkins All Children’s since 1995. Working with mentor Jeffrey Jacobs, M.D. (professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and co-director of the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute) and a team that included physicians, clinical and research nurses, computational scientists and other specialists, she identified an improvement in the transplant program’s outcomes beginning in 2006, when the transplant program began using a new approach to immunotherapy to prevent possible rejection. The change allowed the program to achieve excellent outcomes even while accepting transplant candidates who had been turned away from other centers due to their elevated risk of rejecting the donor heart. Sanjukta Bose, a graduate student in engineering at Johns Hopkins University, worked with clinical and research staff in St. Petersburg (led by Dr. Jacobs) and Baltimore (under the mentorship of Rai Winslow, Ph.D., professor of biomedical engineering), to study the high-resolution vital sign data captured by bedside monitors for critically ill infants in the pediatric cardiovascular intensive care unit. She developed an algorithm based on these data that, if validated, could alert clinicians several hours in advance to the potential for cardiac arrest.

Invited speakers discussed simulation-based research (Jennifer Arnold, M.D., director of medical simulation at Johns Hopkins All Children’s), advancements in the management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH; pediatric surgeon David Kays, M.D., director of the CDH and ECMO programs at Johns Hopkins All Children’s) and a promising technique for optical monitoring of cerebral blood flow in patients with congenital heart disease (Daniel Licht, M.D., Ph.D., pediatric neurologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia). In the keynote address, Anne Murphy, M.D., and Elizabeth Matsui, M.D., vice chairs for research in the Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins, described the history of pediatric research at Hopkins and the role of collaborative research at Johns Hopkins All Children’s in future advancements in children’s health.

Focusing on Quality Improvement

Concurrent with the research symposium and in recognition of National Healthcare Quality Week, the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Division of Patient Safety and Quality held its annual quality improvement (QI) poster display. QI is critical to delivering high value care through a focus on process, outcome and cost. QI projects at Johns Hopkins All Children’s are conducted by multidisciplinary teams using systematic methods to make changes that will lead to improved processes, better patient outcomes, better system performance and improved professional development. Among the 18 quality improvement projects featured at the poster session, a winner was selected in the unit-based and for the hospital-wide category.

The winning unit-based project came from the NICU and was led by respiratory therapist Julia Krzyzewski, pediatric nurse practitioner and certified wound care nurse Kris Rogers, and neonatologist Joana Machry, M.D.  Premature infants may receive mechanical ventilation that saves lives but can damage tiny lungs. A non-invasive alternative helps protect the lungs, but securing the breathing device around a baby’s nose and mouth may cause pressure injuries to an infant’s fragile skin. The project leaders worked with other nurses, respiratory therapists and members of the Pulmonary Task Force to develop and implement best practices for skin protection in these patients.

The winning hospital-wide project used sustainable processes to increase the total amount of hospital waste that is recycled, providing economic and environmental benefits. Thanks to staff education and robust recycling strategies, the cost of waste disposal fell by more than 50 percent and recycling as a percentage of the total waste stream grew from 14 to 86 percent in a three-year period. Karen Gallizzi, value analysis manager, and Michael Dansberger, director of environmental services, led this initiative with environmental service staff, in partnership with nursing and executive champion Anna Stratigos.

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text: Gradually improving economic data and investor's increasing appetite for risk should boost demand for new issuance within commercial mortgage-backed securities, according to JPMorgan Securities. Analysts said some market participants think the recent rally in the CMBS space is due to the reach for yield and limited supply rather than improving fundamentals. But JPMorgan warned the market tends to be forward looking and analysts believe that many investors are waiting to see how the upcoming new issuance is absorbed by the market. There's about $11.3 billion of CMBS in the pipeline and set to price in the first quarter with another $4.8 billion set to come to market in the second quarter. JPMorgan said money is starting to flow back into equities and away from bonds via mutual funds. This bodes well for MBS and is "indicative of a larger risk appetite and improving economic sentiment among investors." Analysts said more conservative underwriting standards also should help demand for new CMBS, but these increased standards tend to "deteriorate as competition heats up and issuers grab for market share." But there's still money to be made. And if the upcoming issues are well received, that could bring conduit lenders back in the fold and many legacy loans that were out of the refi zone may be able to refinance after all, according to analysts. "We believe that the mezzanine part of the new issue capital stack offers investors the opportunity to pick up yield relative to last cash flow triple-A's, and recommend that investors add exposure as far down in credit as they are comfortable," JPMorgan analysts said in the firm's securitized products weekly note. There's also opportunities for gains in agency CMBS, and analysts recommend adding exposure to high-rated bonds, as they're "poised to rally into the fall." "Over the remainder of the year, we look for spread tightening to resume as supply remains low and alternative high-quality assets offer lower yields," JPMorgan analysts said. Write to Jason Philyaw.


text: Fannie Mae (FNM) reported Thursday a loss of $25.2 billion, or $4.47 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2008,  as it also requested additional capital from the Treasury. "Fourth-quarter results were driven primarily by $12.3 billion in net fair value losses, credit-related expenses of $12.0 billion, and securities impairments of $4.6 billion, as deterioration in mortgage performance, home prices, and in the credit markets continued to adversely affect our financial results," Fannie Mae said in a press release. Investment losses were $4.6 billion in the fourth quarter, up from $1.6 billion in the third quarter. Those losses were driven by "other-than-temporary impairments of available-for-sale securities backed by Alt-A and subprime mortgages," Fannie Mae said, as home values continued to decline. Total nonperforming loans were $119.2 billion at year-end, compared with $63.6 at the end of Q3 and $27.2 billion at the close of 2007. Fourth-quarter's loss was less severe than third-quarter's $29 billion loss, but full-year 2008 losses still mounted to $58.7 billion, or $24.04 per share -- sky high in comparison to the $2.1 billion loss in 2007. The Director of FHFA, acting as conservator, submitted Wednesday a request for $15.2 billion from the U.S. Treasury on Fannie Mae's behalf under the terms of the Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, in order to eliminate its net worth deficit as of December 31, 2008. Under the agreement, active as of September, the Treasury is required to provide funds whenever the GSEs report a negative net worth. FHFA has requested the Treasury provide the funds by March 31, 2009. Just last week the government doubled Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's lifelines to $200 billion each to guarantee they wouldn't fail. The increase in cash was "not a judgment about the expected losses ahead," said Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, according to a New York Times report. "It's just a way to make sure people understand that they will be able to play this role going forward." Government entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are crucial to the Obama administration's housing rescue plan aimed at lowering mortgage costs and preventing foreclosures, but the companies themselves may have some waters to wade as the nation rides out the housing crisis. "We expect the market conditions that contributed to our net loss for each quarter of 2008 to continue and possibly worsen in 2009, which is likely to cause further reductions in our net worth," Fannie Mae said in a statement. Write to Kelly Curran at Disclosure: The author held no relevant investment positions when this story was published. Indirect holdings may exist via mutual fund investments. HW reporters and writers follow a strict disclosure policy, the first in the mortgage trade.


text: U.S. stocks opened on a higher note Tuesday in response to an announcement from the Federal Reserve that it would begin buying three-month unsecured and asset-backed commercial paper. According to a Market Watch report Tuesday morning, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDU) gained 61.73 points in response to the Fed's announcement, though stocks had given up their gains just before lunchtime. The Dow was at 9,837.62, down 117.88 points, when this story was updated. The special purpose vehicle the Fed announced to buy up companies' short-term debt will be funded through the newly-created Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF). "By eliminating much of the risk that eligible issuers will not be able to repay investors by rolling over their maturing commercial paper obligations, this facility should encourage investors to once again engage in term lending in the commercial paper market," the Fed said in a statement. "Added investor demand should lower commercial paper rates from their current elevated levels and foster issuance of longer-term commercial paper." It's the latest step by the Fed to ease the burdened financial market, bolster liquidity and stimulate continued lending in a credit-frozen economy. Tuesday's announcement came a full day after the Fed's announcement Monday that it would begin paying interest on depository institutions' required and excess reserve balances, giving the Fed "greater scope to use its lending programs to address conditions in credit markets." The Fed also announced Monday an increase in the size of the Term Auction Facility (TAF) auctions, as well as a move to consult with market participants on ways to assist unsecured funding markets. "Together these actions should encourage term lending across a range of financial markets in a manner that eases pressures and promotes the ability of firms and households to obtain credit," the Fed said in Monday's announcement. "The Federal Reserve stands ready to take additional measures as necessary to foster liquid money market conditions." Despite the announcement, the Dow Jones industrials closed down Monday by over 350 points. During the day, they took a brief plunge of at least 800 points and fell below the 10,000 mark for the first time in four years, according to a Market Watch report. Disclosure: The author held no relevant positions when this story was published. Indirect holdings may exist via mutual fund investments. HW reporters and writers follow a strict disclosure policy, the first in the mortgage trade. Editor’s note: To contact the reporter on this story, email diana.golobay@housingwire.com.


text: This time the big banks and mortgage servicing companies, with their long, one-sided fine print contracts, may have outsmarted themselves. The newspaper headlines and the network television news are blazing news of the erupting fraudulent foreclosure process. This long-overdue coverage is generating public visibility and suddenly hundreds of thousands of foreclosures may be questioned due to what one commentator delicately called “flawed paperwork.” That is a euphemism for fraudulently executed contracts violative of state laws regarding home title changes. As usual, the jig was up only after some lawsuits were filed by foreclosed homeowners asserting that there was no proof of ownership of the mortgage which is necessary to evict and take back the house or apartment building. Recall before mortgages were bundled, sold and resold as securities, the homebuyer got a mortgage from the local bank that held it as an owner. Then Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would provide a secondary market for such mortgages to enhance the liquidity of the local banks to lend to more homebuyers.


text: Despite some signs of national economic growth in Q409, such as an improvement in housing prices and an uptick in home sales, the fiscal conditions of states continue to worsen, according a survey from the National Governors Association (NGA), a bipartisan organization of the 50 state governors, as well as representatives from US commonwealths and territories. In recessions past, the survey finds, impacts on the individual states usually lag one to three years behind national pains and gains. General fund spending among the states dropped 3.4% in 2009 and 5.4% in 2010, based on enacted budgets. The only other annual decline in state spending occurred in 1983, when it dropped 0.7%. Additionally, state tax collections decreased in the last two quarters of 2009 and will drop again for the first two quarters in 2010, according to a report from the Rockefeller Institute of Government. The last three quarters saw drops of 10.9%, 16.4% and 11.6% - the largest reductions on record. States enacted tax and fee changes for 2010 to regain an estimated $24.9bn in additional revenue. Other measures, including tax-cut deferments, fund transfers and tax amnesty programs – which allow delinquent tax-payers to pay owed amounts over a period of time – could bring in another $7.7bn for 2010. Due to the declines in revenue, 43 states cut $31.3bn in 2009. Even with new revenue in 2010, 36 states will cut $55.7bn. States also shed 18,000 jobs in January 2010, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to RealtyTrac, the online foreclosure marketplace, more than 50% of all foreclosures took place in California, Florida, Arizona and Illinois. California also leads the way in mortgage modifications under the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP). The US Conference of Mayors, another nonpartisan organization that represents cities with populations greater than 30,000, sent out an industry warning in November 2009 that they expect employment rates to continue to climb in 2010, reaching levels as high as 15% in some municipalities. Dave Gatton, director at the firm, said that servicers in these areas should prepare to face a much heavier distressed asset portfolio as borrowers struggle to cope with lose of income. Gatton added that local government received very little amounts of bailout money and will likely not have an infrastructure to support these servicers. “By just about any measure, the last two years have been the most difficult fiscal period for states since the Depression,” according to the survey. “States foresee fiscal year 2011, which starts for most states July 1, 2010, to be the most difficult to date, and few see fiscal year 2012 much better.” Write to Jon Prior.


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The Chicago area ended 49 months of median price decreases in May as the entire state experienced a 22.1% jump in home sales when compared to the previous year, the Illinois Association of Realtors said Thursday.

Last month, the state recorded 11,984 home sales, compared to 9,815 a year earlier.  In Chicago alone, sales totaled 2,037, up 19.6% from 1,703 homes sold in May 2011.

The state's association of realtors said May's sales performance is the best on record since 2007. Illinois' median sales price also edged up 3.6% year-over-year, hitting $145,000.

"If there was any uncertainty about whether the housing market was going to hold up as we moved deeper into the year, that’s been dispelled," said Loretta Alonzo, president of the Illinois Association of Realtors. "To have such a strong statewide showing later in the spring selling season, and to see the Chicago area snap a 49-month trend of median price decreases is huge news. All the indicators seem to reflect a stabilizing housing market, which is a strong contributor to a broader economic recovery."

The sales surge was supported by record low interest rates with the average 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage in the state's central region hovering at 3.83%, down from 3.89% a month earlier and 4.67% last year.


text: Statewide home sales in Illinois experienced the first quarterly year-over-year increase in more than three years during Q309, according to the Illinois Association of Realtors (IAR). Sales of single-family homes and condominiums totaled 32,460, up 0.3% from 32,358 in Q308. The median sales price in Q309 was $165,000, down 12.9% from $189,500 in Q308, the association said. IAR credited the first-time homebuyer tax credit for the improved results during the quarter, but said an increase in entry-level home and distressed property sales is continuing to exert downward pressure on prices. The average interest rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) was 5.28% in the region, according to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. It marks an increase from 5.07% during Q209 and a decrease from 6.44% in Q308. In the quarter, 21,298 homes sold in the Chicago metropolitan statistical area (MSA), up 2.4% from 20,802 in Q308. The median sales price for the Chicago area was $205,000, down 16.3% from $244,900 in Q308. The MSA includes Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will counties. Year-over-year sales for the third quarter were up in 47 of 100 Illinois counties, including Adams (11.1%), Boone (14.6%), Champaign (6.6%), Cook (4%), DuPage (3.6%), Kankakee (3.6%), Lake (2.9%), Sangamon (10.6%) and Will (0.9%). Year-over-year median home sales prices for the third quarter were up in 37 of 100 counties, including Knox (2.9%), Logan (2.6%), McDonough (15.7%), Peoria (7.2%), Rock Island (3.8%), Sangamon (3.3%) and Vermilion (2.4%). Write to Austin Kilgore.


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Mortgage servicers started more foreclosures in May than a year ago, the first year-over-year increase since early 2011, according to Lender Processing Services (LPS) data.

Foreclosure starts increased 2.8% from May 2011 and climbed 11.6% from April 2012.

Data from RealtyTrac released last month showed a similar rise in foreclosure starts.

The numbers show the foreclosure process rebooting two months after state attorneys general and the five largest servicers struck a $25 billion settlement in March over past foreclosure abuses.

Still, a backlog remains. Roughly 7.32% of all mortgages tracked by LPS are either in serious delinquency or somewhere in the foreclosure process. The percentage has been on the decline since hitting 7.69% at the beginning of the year.

Some markets showed signs of continued elevated inventory in May, mostly judicial states where the amount of loans in serious delinquency or foreclosure dipped only 0.8%. That compares to a 7.1% decline in judicial states.

In Florida, a judicial state, 13.7% of all loans were in the foreclosure process in May, nearly triple the national average and almost double the next closest state, New Jersey, where 7.6% of home loans are in foreclosure.


text: Real estate and investment firm Mariner Real Estate Management acquired a 25% stake in $101 million of real estate debt after partnering with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to make the purchase. The portfolio of loans acquired includes 62 performing and nonperforming commercial loans located in Washington, Idaho and Utah. MREM paid $13.6 million for its initial 25% stake in the loan pool. That amount will be increased to 50% after a return on equity is made. Mariner Real Estate Management will manage, service and handle the eventual disposition of the loans alongside special servicer Cohen Financial. MREM's investment in CRE debt is ongoing. The firm finalized three transactions  in the second half of last year, acquiring $75 million in equity associated with loans secured by apartment units and mixed-use developments. Those deals had an unpaid principal balance of $200 million. Write to Kerri Panchuk.


text: Private mortgage insurer MGIC Investment (MTG) experienced a slight drop in loan delinquencies last month, while also writing $1 billion in new insurance. At the beginning of May, MGIC, the primary insurer of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans, had 189,433 delinquent loans in its portfolio. Over the course of the month, 11,476 loans were cured and 13,764 new delinquent notices were filed. The changes resulted in 1.5% fewer delinquencies by the end of the month with 186,516. Earlier this week, MGIC released an updated default servicing guide for mortgage servicers when filing a claim with the insurer. When a borrower defaults on a mortgage insured by MGIC, the firm requires servicers perform a set of tasks in accordance with its delegated guidelines. MGIC updates the guidelines as housing market conditions change. The company, for example, said its new short-sale guidelines now allow for a loss up to $150,000. MGIC also said it will no longer pursue a deficiency judgment on an MGIC-approved short sale or deed in lieu. Write to Kerri Panchuk.


text: As the financial and banking industry prepares for President Barack Obama's formal proposal of regulatory overhaul, a report issued this week highlights one federal regulator's actions preceding the costly failure of Downey Savings and Loan. The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) regularly monitored Downey, noting problems but failing to issue anything more than an informal enforcement action, according to a government watchdog. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the US Treasury Department this week published a report on the failure of Downey, which the OTS closed in November and which so far has cost the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s insurance fund $1.4bn. OIG's report concludes the Newport Beach-based thrift had high concentrations of pay-option adjustable-rate mortgages, low-doc and subprime loans among its single-family mortgages. Pay-option ARMs accounted for 91% of Downey's single-family loans by year-end 2005. "The downturn in the California real estate market that started in 2006 exposed the risk in these loans and Downey suffered large losses and erosion of capital," the report says. Single-family residential loans made up 86% of Downey's assets in September 2008 and by then, 20% of its borrowers were more than 30 days delinquent. This concentration of risk combined with inadequate risk monitoring, a high management turnover rate and "unresponsiveness to OTS recommendations" -- including instances where management often challenged OTS opinions -- ultimately led to the thrift's downfall, OIG found. The report notes OTS regularly examined the thrift but fell short of its own written guidance in issuing only an informal -- rather than formal -- enforcement act in 2006 in response to Downey's trouble. OIG reserved some mild language concluding OTS should more closely review thrifts in the future. Write to Diana Golobay.


text: PushMX, a mortgage technology provider, announced today the launch of PushMX Global Access, a Web-based solution that provides mortgage professionals anytime, anywhere access to Calyx Point loan origination software, PushMX, Microsoft OfficeÂ®, Adobe AcrobatÂ® and secure data archiving. The company's eponymous flagship product, PushMX,Â provides business applications that integrate with Calyx Point loan origination software. According to Dean Haritos, CEO of PushMX, Global Access is a direct response to the need of professionals to maximize productivity whether in the office or offsite. "Global Access really allows mortgage professionals to stay up-to-date with their pipeline when they are in or out of the office," said Dean Haritos, CEO of PushMX. "They can participate in all critical tasks, decisions and communications from across town or across the globe." Global Access also allows originators to keep in touch with borrowers, realtors and other suppliers through its Web-based communications system providing a definite edge over the competition. Anybody involved in the loan process can be given their own personal status page protected by a unique username and password. As loan milestones are achieved, the application automatically administers background tasks such as real-time status updates or sending emails. For more information, visit http://www.pushmx.com.


text: Steadfast Income REIT recently acquired 147 units in a multifamily complex in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. Park Place Apartments is a 16-story building in the central business district of downtown Des Moines, consisting of 158 units. Eleven of the units are privately owned, and not included in Steadfast's purchase. The building is 95% occupied. Chief Executive Officer and President of Steadfast Income REIT Rodney Emery said his company decided to invest in Des Moines specifically because of its favorable economic conditions. "Its low unemployment rate, favorable economic outlook, well-educated workforce and its dominant positioning as a headquarters city for many major corporations were key components in our decision to acquire Park Place," Emery said. He added that the acquisition terms coupled with the property's attributes position the endeavor to produce "immediate income." The property will be managed by Steadfast Management Co., one affiliate company under the umbrella of Steadfast Cos., a real estate investment management company based in Orange County, Calif. Steadfast Income REIT is sponsored by Steadfast REIT Investments, another affiliate of Steadfast Cos. The Steadfast Income said it "intends to qualify" as a real estate investment trust. Steadfast Income REIT used a portion of  $1.65 billion raised in its July public offering for the purchase. It plans to use additional proceeds to invest strictly in multifamily and industrial properties. Public, nontraded real estate investment trusts offer securities pursuant to an offering registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, but the securities do not publicly trade on a national stock exchange. Write to Christine Ricciardi.


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Struggling Accident And Emergency Depratments To Get £500m Bailout

Struggling A&E departments are to be given a £500 million Government bailout to help relieve pressure in the coming months.

The cash, announced by Prime Minister David Cameron, will be spread over the next two years to prepare the service for winter and will include £15 million for the troubled 111 phone service.

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The emergency care system has come under intense pressure, partly due to a rise in the number of people attending A&E. Over one million more people attend A&E than three years ago.

Some experts have blamed issues in primary care, saying patients feel they have nowhere to turn once GP surgeries are closed.

Major problems with the new 111 service for non-urgent care are also thought to have impacted on A&E.

Last month, MPs on the Health Select Committee said plans to tackle problems in A&E were not robust enough.

The committee said it had been given "confusing" and "contradictory" information about what was being done and blamed staffing issues and rising numbers of patients.

The MPs' report found that just 17% of hospitals had the recommended level of consultant cover and highlighted problems with discharging patients and finding enough beds for those who needed to be seen.

In the first quarter of this year, the NHS also missed its target to see A&E patients within four hours.

More than 300,000 patients waited longer than they should have - a 39% rise on the previous year.

The new funding is aimed at A&E departments identified as being under the most pressure and will be targeted at 'pinch points' in local services.

Hospitals have already put forward proposals aimed at improving how the service works, including taking into account how other services feed into it.

One way of relieving pressure could be to minimise A&E attendances and hospital admissions from care homes by appointing hospital specialists in charge of joining up services for the elderly.

Other ideas include increasing the hours of operation at NHS walk-in centres and extending pharmacy services to keep people out of hospital.

Consultants may also be called upon to review patients arriving by ambulance at A&E so that a senior level decision is taken on what care is needed at the earliest opportunity.

Mr Cameron said: "With over a million more people visiting A&E in the last three years, services and staff can find themselves under pressure during the busier winter period.

"While A&E departments are performing well this summer and at a level we would expect for this time of year, I want the NHS to take action now to prepare for the coming winter.

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"The additional funding will go to hospitals where the pressure will be greatest, with a focus on practical measures that relieve pinch points in local services.

"By acting now, we can ensure doctors, nurses and NHS staff have the support they need and patients are not left facing excessive waits for treatment. "

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: "This £500 million will help A&E departments to prepare for winter and give patients confidence that they can quickly access safe and reliable emergency care.

"We will do whatever it takes to make sure the best A&E care is there for every patient when they need it, and we're backing our hard-working NHS staff with the resources they need to deliver this."

NHS England's medical director, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, is currently leading a review of urgent and emergency care and is expected to report in the autumn.

Dame Barbara Hakin, chief operating officer and deputy chief executive of NHS England, said: "NHS England welcomes this announcement of £250 million to help specific local health and care systems prepare for this winter.

"We will continue to work with our colleagues at Monitor, the NHS Trust Development Authority and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services to ensure money is targeted at areas where we believe it can best be used to improve services for patients and provide equity of access.

"This is also excellent news for the NHS 111 service. This service is now delivering good quality but this will allow us to put in place additional contingency for the winter period."

Mike Farrar, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said: "These payments will be useful in the short term, but we need the system working together to tackle the challenges we are facing if we are to get a longer term solution.

"This money must be used to help divert work away from hospitals as well as to compensate trusts fairly for the extra work they are undertaking.

"This means that commissioners and providers - including community and primary care services - need to work together to get the best value possible out of this additional money, not just transfer financial risk between each other."

A spokesman for the British Medical Association (BMA) said: "It is right that the Government is finally listening to the concerns of doctors and patients but, at a time when they are demanding cuts of £20 billion across the NHS, this is nothing more than papering over the cracks.

"It is recognition that their austerity programme has hospitals facing ever increasing demands with diminishing resources."

Shadow health minister Jamie Reed said: "Today's announcement fails to mention the issue patients really care about - nurses on hospital wards.

"Hospitals are running without enough staff, yet thousands of nursing jobs have been axed on David Cameron's watch. It's time he got a grip.

"David Cameron's A&E crisis is a symptom of wider problems in the NHS and care system, which this announcement will not address.

"He's spent the last three years taking £3 billion from patient care to spend on a pointless re-organisation of the NHS.

"At the same time, £1.8bn has been cut from council budgets for older people's care.

"This is now backing up through England's A&E departments.

"This is further proof you can't trust David Cameron with the NHS."


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This Is Everyday Berlin

Berlin is a city that has seen generations by generations walk its streets.

Like the fall of the Berlin wall, momentous occasions and celebrations have occurred there, along with incredible atrocities and pain brought on by war and dictators.

So much has passed through this city and the remnants of that history has left it a modern city with an abundance of culture.

This film captures the images and sounds of Everyday Berlin and is an ode to the German city that is equally loved by travellers and locals alike.

Created by Alex Soloviev, you can see more from the filmmaker over here.

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12/05/2016 12:42 PM AEST | Updated 15/07/2016 12:52 PM AEST

You've Never Heard Of The Biggest Earthquake In Australia

But the locals remember it well.

Tennant Creek's famous Devil's marbles weren't rattled by an earthquake.

The biggest earthquake in Australia's recorded history struck Tennant Creek a few minutes past 10am.

"The noise was horrendous," tour guide Nigel Skelton told The Huffington Post Australia.

"We'd just opened the doors at the library where I was working at the time and all the ceiling tiles started cracking and grinding against each other.

"I told everyone to get outside where the roof can't fall on you. There was a regular customer who was in her 70s and she was slowly making her way towards the door.

"She said to me 'I've had a good innings' but there I was behind her thinking, 'well I haven't yet! Let's move!'."

If you've never heard the 'survival' stories from the Tennant Creek, NT, earthquake of 1988, you're not alone.

No one was hurt, no buildings fell and its famous Devil's Marbles rock formation still stand.

Up until this morning, it wasn't even considered the worst earthquake since records began in the 1800s.

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Tennant Creek Telegraph Station still stands.

The 6.6 magnitude earthquake was jettisoned to the number one spot by national geological survey body Geoscience Australia as part of a revision of the magnitudes of Australia's historical earthquakes.

This project aimed to revise historic earthquake measurements to more accurately reflect their true size based on modern measurements -- and our propensity to exaggerate quakes that weren't officially measured.

Before this morning, the biggest earthquake in record-keeping history was the 1941 Meeberrie, WA earthquake, which was downgraded from 7.2 magnitude to 6.3.

Senior seismologist Spiro Spiliopoulos said it came down to verifying witness accounts.

"It's quite a common understanding amongst seismologists that this earthquake, and others of the time, may have been overestimated and are in fact considerably smaller than historically reported", Spiliopoulos said in a statement.

"There were minimal recordings of the Meeberrie earthquake given its remote location and the technology available in 1941.

"Seismologists at the time resorted to calculating the size of the earthquake primarily by deciphering entries in the local homestead owner's diary."

Of the new, revised 10 biggest earthquakes, three were in Tennant Creek.

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So, Ryan Seacrest And Adriana Lima Are Apparently Dating

Wait, what?

Today in random celebrity relationship news, word spread that E! producer extraordinaire Ryan Seacrest and Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima are dating.

Wait, what?

E!, the network that airs Seacrest’s shows, reported the news Wednesday. That means it must be true, right? According to the website, the two were most recently spotted having a “romantic dinner date” in New York City.

Lima even once called Seacrest “charismatic” and “handsome.”

Seacrest and Lima reportedly started hanging out this summer in Rio during the Olympics. If his Instagram account is any indication, the two got up to all kinds of fun things.

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Despite all their outings and the speculation, Us Weekly was seemingly able to confirm the two are not dating

“[They’re] good friends,” a source told the site. “She’s still dating Julian Edelman.” (Edelman is a pro football player for the New England Patriots.)

We don’t know what to believe right now. We’ve reached out to reps for both Seacrest and Lima and will update this post accordingly.

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25/10/2016 8:51 AM AEDT | Updated 25/10/2016 1:32 PM AEDT

There's Now An App To Help Beach Swimmers Learn More About Safety

Sadly, 69 percent of Australians can't identify rips.

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Every year thousands of beach goers find themselves caught in dangerous rips in Australian oceans, but a new app educating swimmers aims to change this.

Surf Live Saving Australia has teamed up with Samsung to launch Pocket Patrol, a new Android app that aims to help people identify hazards before they jump in the water.

The app uses augmented reality to superimpose the location of hazards that have been identified by the life guards on duty at the beach on the day.

This could be submerged rocks, shallow sandbanks or the are the biggest killer on Australian beaches -- rips.

"Our ultimate goal is to use this technology to further promote beach safety on all Australian beaches," Samsung said on their website.

The app is not to be used as a safety or warning device but as an easy, accessible tool used to promote safety and educate swimmers.

"It is not a safety or warning device, and must never be relied upon as a substitute for advice from an on-duty surf lifesaver and an understanding of your abilities in the surf," Samsung and SLSA warn.

It's currently being trialled over a four-week period at Queensland's Coolum Beach and Alexandra Headland.

For those of us who aren't in those areas, SLSA has also created short 360-degree film that shows what it's like to get stuck in a rip, providing tips on how you can get to safety.

The video isn't for the faint-hearted but like the new Android app, it's an important tool in the journey into further education about potential dangers at the beach -- that many of us know little about.

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10/11/2016 11:01 PM AEDT | Updated 11/11/2016 1:26 AM AEDT

Spice Girls Geri Horner And Emma Bunton Are Back In The Studio Together

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Spice Girls Geri Horner and Emma Bunton have hinted they’re making new music together after sharing a snap of them both in the studio together.

Geri posted the pic of her and the former Baby Spice on Instagram, which she captioned: “In the studio oooooooh”.

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Fans of the group were quick to share their excitement, with one commenting: “Cant wait to listen! Spice up your life!”

Another added: “You tease!”

Emma and Geri, together with Mel B, are set to reform as a trio, going by the name of GEM.

They confirmed they would be reuniting back in July in a video message to fans.

They said: “You’ve stood by us for 20 years and we want to say a big thank you.

“We’ve had our ups and downs but you have always been there.

We want to celebrate and have a party, and when we do, you’re invited.”

Victoria Beckham and Mel C have made it clear that they don’t want anything to do with the reunion though.

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Last month the former Posh Spice said she wished the girls well, but hoped they would record new material together.

“Of course, as a new group, I do [wish them luck],” she told The Sunday Times.

“I do think they should sing new material, though, because what we did as the Spice Girls was so special. “If they sang Spice Girls songs, I think I might be a bit sad.”

Mel C explained her decision not to reunite with her bandmates in an essay for Love magazine in August.

“There’s a lot to be said for bowing out on a high note,” she wrote.

“For me the absolute pinnacle of my Spice existence was being watched by a billion people around the globe belting out ‘Spice Up Your Life’ on top of a black cab at the 2012 London Olympics.

“Anything less than the full line-up just didn’t feel like we’d be doing justice to the band or the fans.”

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Hermione Falls In Love With Voldemort In Dark 'Beauty And The Beast' Mashup

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Are. You. Sirius?

We were all pretty excited when we heard about Emma Watson playing Belle in “Beauty and the Beast” until a new mashup came along that’ll scar you worse than Harry Potter.

In the video from Pistol Shrimps, Beast gets replaced with Voldemort, and the result is more traumatizing than all the horcruxes combined.

Actually, the video is pretty great, but, still, we just can’t get the image of Hermione and He Who Must Not Be Named out of our minds. What’s next? Are they going to the Yule Ball together?

If that happens, you’ll bawl, and I’ll bawl, too.

And bloody Hell, what about Ron? Did you even think about Ron?

Here’s hoping Hermione goes all Harry Potter and the Restraining Order of the Phoenix against the Dark Lord, but for Pistol Shrimps, it’s mischief managed.

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Italian Airport Waives Restrictions On Traveling With Delicious Pesto

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One airport in Italy is giving travelers the green light to carry pesto on board.

The Genoa airport’s “Il pesto è buono” — pesto is good — initiative waives the 100 milliliter restriction on liquids for visitors hoping to bring home a jar or two of the local delicacy.

In exchange for looking the other way on your international pesto smuggling operation, airport officials ask that travelers make a small donation to the Flying Angels, an organization that arranges travel abroad for sick children to receive treatment.

The airport’s verified Twitter account shared news of the program, complete with a basil-winged pesto jar ready for takeoff.

The idea was sparked thanks to the headache of confiscating hundreds of jars of pesto at airport security checks.

The BBC noted that passengers can take either one 500-gram jar or two 250-gram jars, and the pesto can only be Genovese.

Pesto is considered a local specialty of Genoa. The sauce is most typically made with olive oil, basil, cheese and pine nuts.

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Lemonade Stand Girl Offered Jobs And Receives Apology From Council After Her Stand Was Shut Down

A five-year-old girl who hit the headlines after her homemade lemonade stand was shut down by the council has received dozens of offers to set up stalls at other events.

Andre Spicer, a business school professor, let his daughter set up a stand near their home to sell refreshments to people heading to the Lovebox music festival in Victoria Park, east London, last weekend.

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The little girl wanted to sell lemonade to people attending Lovebox festival

But after half an hour four council officials told the pair to shut up shop and slapped Prof Spicer with a £150 fine as he held his sobbing daughter in his arms.

Father and daughter duly packed up the lemonade stall and returned home, with a bewildered-sounding Spicer telling the BBC: “She just wanted to put a smile on people’s faces. She was really proud of herself.”

But Tower Hamlets Council has now cancelled the fine and hand-delivered a note to the family’s home to apologise, the Press Association reported.

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The little girl, who has not been named, has been offered dozens of jobs, according to the BBC.

Lee Fest: Neverland has also invited the little girl to sell lemonade at its August festival in Kent.

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