Men's Boots - World-of-Newave.info World-of-Newave.info http://www.world-of-newave.info/ 2008-12-02T11:41:11Z Latest news and articles about Men's Boots Copyright (c)2004-2008. All rights reserved. {EUROPE > NEWS AND MEDIA} - Gang wars turn Caracas into a murder capital The building is painted peach and there are palm trees in front, but there is nothing cheerful about Plaza Auyantepuy. It is a place of death. In the basement, a dungeon-like warren, men in rubber boots and surgical masks swing through the double door every few hours and wheel in another corpse. The earlier arrivals lie on trolleys, turning yellow.One floor above, relatives of the dead huddle in small, silent groups. Some hold handkerchiefs to their faces to guard against the smell. There is nothing to guard against the grief. This is the national forensic science laboratory in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, and it is the epicentre of a murder epidemic.'My son left home this morning at 7am. They rang me at 9.15am to say he was shot,' said Genny Cedeno, 38, clutching a photograph of 18-year-old Carlos. Tears welled in her eyes and she shook her head. 'He had a right to live.'Yards away sat another family which had just identified the body of Ernesto Salcedo, 29, a security guard who vanished last Saturday. He had a wife and two children.In the past few years Caracas has become one of the most violent cities on the planet. Armed gangs competing over turf and drug deals wage ruthless, low-level warfare in the slums. Nationally, homicides have soared to more than 13,000 a year, with 2,710 in Caracas alone, according to leaked government figures. That gives a national rate of 48 per 100,000 people. In some Caracas slums the rate rises to 130. The rate in England and Wales is 1.4.In opinion polls Venezuelans consistently rank safety as their main concern, with 64 per cent expressing fear of being attacked in the street. Kidnappings have also surged, especially 'express kidnappings' in which victims or relatives pay an immediate relatively modest ransom.President Hugo Chávez may pay a political price today in local and regional elections. Voters are expected to vent frustration at crime - and shoddy public services - by rejecting some of his mayoral and state governor candidates.'It's mayhem here. And the government does nothing,' said María Elena Delgado, 54, a housewife in Petare, a vast slum in eastern Caracas. 'I have to think about my children.' The four surviving ones, that is. Three of her sons have been gunned down, including one before Chávez came to power a decade ago.Opinion polls suggest el comandante remains popular, with approval ratings well over 50 per cent, but that anger over crime could lose him control of once loyal bastions such as Petare.Chávez speaks in public daily, often for hours, but seldom mentions insecurity. He has blamed crime on capitalism and poverty, and said if his family was starving he would steal. 'The perception that crime has soared is a weak point for him,' said Steve Ellner, a political scientist at Venezuela's University of the East. 'He can't talk about crackdowns because that would contradict his whole discourse.' Some critics claim the President's denunciations of inequality and 'squealing oligarchs' have encouraged youths to ease their poverty the fast way, with a gun. Partly thanks to Chávez's social programmes, poverty levels have dropped from 53 to 37 per cent. Yet crime has spiked. Corrupt and inept policing has been compounded by a flood of cocaine from neighbouring Colombia. Changing the justice minister every year - there have been 10 under Chávez- has wrought institutional havoc.The authorities have expressed interest in fresh strategies. Ken Livingstone, London's former Mayor and Chávez ally, is advising Caracas on community policing. The Justice Ministry, which no longer publishes murder statistics, did not return calls seeking comment for this article.In the hillside slums ringing the capital the bloodiest days are Friday and Saturday. The salsa and reggae beats blaring from bars can swiftly be drowned by gunfire, said Miguel Torres, 52, a taxi driver. 'One second you're sipping a Polar [beer], the next you're under the table.'Some weekends more than 50 corpses make their way to Plaza Auyantepuy. Monday is funeral day, with hearses sometimes getting stuck behind other cortèges. A gang recently ambushed and killed rivals at a funeral home. 'Often they are just 16- and 17-year-olds but already they are psychopaths,' said Jimin Pérez, director of Project Alcatraz, a scheme which tries to rehabilitate gangsters. 'These guys kill for nothing.'Project Alcatraz, which is funded by the Santa Teresa rum company, has had mixed results. Some gang members have renounced violence. Others have been assassinated within days of completing the programme. Some have lapsed back into killing. 'We have to offer them a chance of another life,' said Pérez. 'When they feel abandoned and alone, that is when they have no limits, no controls.'Venezuelaguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/gang-wars-turn-caracas-into-a-murder-capital-20081167431.htm 2008-11-23T00:05:11Z 2008-11-23T00:05:11Z Guardian.Co.Uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/23/gang-wars-caracas-murder Gang wars turn Caracas into a murder capital {new window}   Www.Guardian.Co.Uk - The building is painted peach and there are palm trees in front, but there is nothing cheerful about Plaza Auyantepuy. It is a place of death. In the basement, a dungeon-like warren, men in rubber boots and surgical masks swing through the double door every few hours and wheel in another corpse. The earlier arrivals lie on trolleys, turning yellow.One floor above, relatives of the dead huddle in small, silent groups. Some hold handkerchiefs to their faces to guard against the smell. There is nothing to guard against the grief. This is the national forensic science laboratory in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, and it is the epicentre of a murder epidemic.'My son left home this morning at 7am. They rang me at 9.15am to say he was shot,' said Genny Cedeno, 38, clutching a photograph of 18-year-old Carlos. Tears welled in her eyes and she shook her head. 'He had a right to live.'Yards away sat another family which had just identified the body of Ernesto Salcedo, 29, a security guard who vanished last Saturday. He had a wife and two children.In the past few years Caracas has become one of the most violent cities on the planet. Armed gangs competing over turf and drug deals wage ruthless, low-level warfare in the slums. Nationally, homicides have soared to more than 13,000 a year, with 2,710 in Caracas alone, according to leaked government figures. That gives a national rate of 48 per 100,000 people. In some Caracas slums the rate rises to 130. The rate in England and Wales is 1.4.In opinion polls Venezuelans consistently rank safety as their main concern, with 64 per cent expressing fear of being attacked in the street. Kidnappings have also surged, especially 'express kidnappings' in which victims or relatives pay an immediate relatively modest ransom.President Hugo Chávez may pay a political price today in local and regional elections. Voters are expected to vent frustration at crime - and shoddy public services - by rejecting some of his mayoral and state governor candidates.'It's mayhem here. And the government does nothing,' said María Elena Delgado, 54, a housewife in Petare, a vast slum in eastern Caracas. 'I have to think about my children.' The four surviving ones, that is. Three of her sons have been gunned down, including one before Chávez came to power a decade ago.Opinion polls suggest el comandante remains popular, with approval ratings well over 50 per cent, but that anger over crime could lose him control of once loyal bastions such as Petare.Chávez speaks in public daily, often for hours, but seldom mentions insecurity. He has blamed crime on capitalism and poverty, and said if his family was starving he would steal. 'The perception that crime has soared is a weak point for him,' said Steve Ellner, a political scientist at Venezuela's University of the East. 'He can't talk about crackdowns because that would contradict his whole discourse.' Some critics claim the President's denunciations of inequality and 'squealing oligarchs' have encouraged youths to ease their poverty the fast way, with a gun. Partly thanks to Chávez's social programmes, poverty levels have dropped from 53 to 37 per cent. Yet crime has spiked. Corrupt and inept policing has been compounded by a flood of cocaine from neighbouring Colombia. Changing the justice minister every year - there have been 10 under Chávez- has wrought institutional havoc.The authorities have expressed interest in fresh strategies. Ken Livingstone, London's former Mayor and Chávez ally, is advising Caracas on community policing. The Justice Ministry, which no longer publishes murder statistics, did not return calls seeking comment for this article.In the hillside slums ringing the capital the bloodiest days are Friday and Saturday. The salsa and reggae beats blaring from bars can swiftly be drowned by gunfire, said Miguel Torres, 52, a taxi driver. 'One second you're sipping a Polar [beer], the next you're under the table.'Some weekends more than 50 corpses make their way to Plaza Auyantepuy. Monday is funeral day, with hearses sometimes getting stuck behind other cortèges. A gang recently ambushed and killed rivals at a funeral home. 'Often they are just 16- and 17-year-olds but already they are psychopaths,' said Jimin Pérez, director of Project Alcatraz, a scheme which tries to rehabilitate gangsters. 'These guys kill for nothing.'Project Alcatraz, which is funded by the Santa Teresa rum company, has had mixed results. Some gang members have renounced violence. Others have been assassinated within days of completing the programme. Some have lapsed back into killing. 'We have to offer them a chance of another life,' said Pérez. 'When they feel abandoned and alone, that is when they have no limits, no controls.'Venezuelaguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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]]> {EUROPE > NEWS AND MEDIA} - Milestone for a prince whose life has been a waiting game For many men, a 60th birthday is a time for reflection; a winding down of activities, handing over to the kids (passing on the family firm, perhaps), looking forward to retirement. Not so for the Prince of Wales, whose birthday it is today. All his life, since the age of three, he has been readied for the day when he will succeed his mother. It could happen maybe next week, maybe next year, maybe not for another 20 years. The Queen is fitter than her mother was at the same age, and she lived on to be 101.Abdication is not written into the royal DNA and so, barring accidents or long-term, incapacitating illness to the Queen, Charles also serves by only standing and waiting. He is already the oldest Prince of Wales and third-longest serving heir-apparent and, in another five years, he would be the oldest person to become king.Meanwhile, he is carrying on: last month there was a lengthy tour to east Asia (Japan, Brunei and Indonesia). This week, remembrance services in London and Verdun, dinner with the Sarkozys in Paris, receptions for insurers and a British Antarctic expedition and a comedy gala starring John Cleese, Robin Williams, Rowan Atkinson and Joan Rivers.Last night the Queen gave a private dinner for 170 guests at Buckingham Palace with the Philharmonia providing the music. Today will entail visits to Prince's Trust projects and a party at Highgrove, his country estate in Gloucestershire, where 75 close friends and celebrities will be serenaded by Rod Stewart. Apparently - and since it has been in the tabloids, the royal papers of record, it must be true - Camilla is planning to surprise him with 60 little gifts, one for every year of his life: a pair of walking boots, a personalised fishing rod, CD copies of the Goon Show, the sort of things any chap his age might relish. What else do you give a man with a £16m annual income from the Duchy of Cornwall's ancestral estates - 135,000 acres (54,521 hectares) spread across 23 counties - and a personal staff of 35?Charles may reflect that this milestone birthday should be more settled and satisfying than any for 30 years: 20 years ago he was in the midst of a marriage breakdown, 10 years ago he was reviled as the heartless, adulterous brute who had cast Princess Diana adrift. But now the turmoil is over: he has married the woman he loved all along, his sons are grown and tucked away in the armed services, his charities flourish and, mention it gently, some of his pet causes - the environment, organic farming, human-scale architecture, improving interfaith relations - no longer seem quite so wacky after all.One former palace adviser said: "He is in a much better place than he was five, certainly 10 years ago. He has moved towards the position of a king in waiting and there's a greater sensitivity to the public implications of his role. He used to rather enjoy going out on a limb and irking people to differentiate himself from the Queen, but I think he has realised that is not consistent with his role."And yet the moment for which his whole life has been a preparation eludes him. Robert Lacey, a historian and author, said: "I think he is finally coasting home, perhaps coming to the realisation that he will never be king or, if he does, he'll be like one of those elderly leaders at the end of the Soviet era - a sort of royal Andropov, with only a few years. His significance will lie in what he has accomplished as Prince and what he does to get the next king ready."Staff talk of a constant stream of handwritten notes - Charles, unlike his father and sister, does not generally use a computer - and of telephone calls worrying into the night. One who has worked for him for 20 years says: "He is computer illiterate so we get an unbelievable quantity of stuff. He spends an enormous amount of time writing notes: 'I have had a thought ...' followed by 10 pages in black ink. When you get your own memos back they are marked in red Pentel to suggest amendments. "In my area, I should think he spends 25 to 30 hours a week. It is micro-management: he has never learned to manage things. He rings up a lot but personally I try to discourage being called late."Senior advisers describe an ascetic lifestyle: one meal a day, working through lunch, and in the evenings on official papers. The money does not go on clothes, they say, pointing to frayed shirt cuffs and an overcoat he has had for years. There is wincing at mention of the famous allegation that Charles has a man to squeeze out his toothpaste for him - no, no, no, that was just once after he had broken his wrist. Jeremy Paxman's allegation that he has seven eggs boiled for him in the morning so he can choose the one best to his liking, is, alas, denied too: "Paxman got that third-hand," they say.As an alternative narrative, they cite the prince's compassion: the letters to relatives of servicemen killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, the visits to wounded troops in hospital and the invitations to the families of victims of crime, such as the parents of the girls murdered in Soham, to have tea with him at Clarence House. There are also issues he takes up: "If I don't raise it, who else will?" in all those letters that irked ministers a few years ago.And there are the causes, non-partisan but occasionally veering towards the deeply political: the environment, organic farming, modern architecture, education. The Liberal Democrat peer, Lord Taverne, complained in the Guardian recently that the prince should not make his views known, but if he kept his mouth shut, the complaint would be that he was vacuous or indolent. He knows he would not be able to do it if he becomes king, so he feels he must take the opportunity while he can. And he does feel very strongly in a conservative, old-fashioned way that the world is in danger of going to hell in a hand basket. Hence one of his most recent initiatives, conserving rain forests.His sense of noblesse oblige comes out in the Prince's Trust, the venture to help disadvantaged youngsters that he launched in 1976 in the face of official opposition - it really took off only during the unemployment years of the Thatcher government. Last year it supported 40,000 young people in training and helping them launch their own projects and companies.Martina Milburn, the trust's chief executive said: "He is particularly keen that we should work with disadvantaged young people. He'll say things like: are we accessible enough to young Muslims? He knows a lot more than people might think about what it's like to live on benefits, or to leave schools unable to read or write, because he speaks to people. He does not go for popular causes: it is not like we are raising money for cancer, animals or children."Charles's championing of organic farming is also now more than 25 years old, a cause taken up long before it became fashionable. Signs around Highgrove evangelically proclaim "This is a GM-Free Zone". Patrick Holden, director of the Soil Association and a long-term friend, says: "I think he has been totally outstanding. He's a global leader of the movement and he's not had the recognition he deserves. He runs one of the best organic farms in the country and, since he has travelled so much, he is in a better position than most to know what has been destroyed."He is very intuitive in the way he comes at things, ahead of the curve. He's been proved right and, if he feels something strongly, he doesn't let go easily. Thank God for the Prince of Wales. Who else is there? Even David Attenborough came later."Others take less kindly to his interventions. A senior teachers' leader expressed exasperation at the prince's occasional forays against declining standards in state education - on one occasion fulminating about the spelling and grammar of secretaries working for him, most of whom had turned out to have been privately educated. "I think he listens to people who would have a traditional view of education - the Chris Woodheads - and the rest of us generally ignore him. He does absolutely sod all for state education. I am pretty certain he doesn't often visit state schools though if you browse through Headmasters' Conference publications you will see quite a lot of pictures of royalty opening buildings."Or take Professor Edzard Ernst, the world's first professor of complementary medicine at the Peninsula Medical School attached to Exeter and Plymouth universities - a post created partly because of the prince's support of the discipline - who claims to have been harassed because of his scepticism about some treatments. Ernst says: "He took great interest when my chair was set up but I have only met him twice, to shake hands, for half a millisecond, not to have a dialogue. He stands for implementing complementary medicine at all costs, whereas I stand for therapies which can be proved by sound evidence."His influence and energy could be used so much better. As it is used now it is detrimental to progress. He has started a discipline but he doesn't seem to have any understanding of the need for evidence. I have repeatedly been told he cannot tolerate advice which is not 100% in line with his opinion ... I think his advisors are all sycophants."Or take some architects. Sunand Prasad, current president of the Royal Institute for British Architects, still winces at the "monstrous carbuncle" speech in 1984: "It was very wounding and not justified. It closed down debate and was destructive of individual careers," he said. "Everyone got cast into the same liberal mould. The prince has championed sustainability and stewardship of resources and it is fantastic that someone in his position should do so. But the debate has moved on: there's huge public interest in architecture, but people are buying modernist products, not classical ones."The prince is constrained in what he can say not just by the institution, but also by his background and inclinations. He has no real power, just the hope of wielding influence by what he says. When he does so and the columnists and newspaper-reading public merely snigger he finds it deeply frustrating. All very well, some say, for a prince - who has valets to pick up his discarded clothes - to tell others how they should live, how much space they need and what they should eat. It is particularly hard to tell those taking foreign holidays that they should fly less, given his chartered flights around the world and up and down Britain. Galling if you're a commuter squashed on a late, uncomfortable, rush-hour service to read of his use of the royal train, which costs thousands on the rare occasions it leaves the sidings: £18,916 for his jaunt from Gloucestershire to Cumbria last year to inaugurate a country pub project."He lives in a way most of us never could," one senior figure concedes. "But it goes with the job. It is a bit like criticising Gordon Brown for living in a tied house in central London." There is little denying that the prince's concept of real life is not quite as ordinary people's. Even those who have known him for years and count themselves as friends are deferential. Holden says: "I call him sir. I can see it's an anachronism but it is necessary to have protocols. If you demand respect based on birth, that's a sin, but I don't believe he does that."And then there is the media, with which his largely loathe-hate relationship has been mutual for many years. Understandable perhaps, given that the prince's whole life in every aspect, trivial and significant, has been lived so publicly - it is part of the job. But watch the prince on tour glaring at photographers or turning his head away - woe betide any hapless reporter trying to strike up a conversation or ask a question. There was that famous aside in 2005 at a press call during a skiing holiday when the BBC's Nicholas Witchell, one of the royal pack's most deferential correspondents, got both barrels: "These bloody people. I can't bear that man ... he's so awful." Such things get remembered and do him no favours when he has something he wants to say. Charles has been treated much worse by the tabloids, which took sides during the war with Diana, and have excoriated and mocked him ever since. "He is very thin-skinned. He knows all those 'dotty prince' headlines. He calls the Daily Mail the Daily Dementer," says an advisor. Holden's views are similar: "He is more thin-skinned than people realise, he feels issues are not taken seriously and his views are not heard. He is remarkably vulnerable and sensitive to criticism. And, it is quite hard to be told you are wrong, whoever you are." Two factors indicate new calm in Charles's life: his marriage three years ago and a household under more discipline than before. The days of spin doctoring and near-open briefings against other members of the royal family are past. His private secretary, the urbane Sir Michael Peat, and communications secretary, the former Financial Times reporter and Manchester United PR, Paddy Harverson, run a tight ship. Those who see him daily say the frustrated bouts of temper are less frequent and he is more content than before. There are still volcanic explosions and petulance, impatience and exasperation, but his wife has had a calming effect. "Charles and Camilla argue and fight a lot but they end up laughing," said Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine. "Diana would go off and sulk for days, but these two have their fights and they're laughing 10 minutes later."Now he has given up polo, Charles's energy is expended on long walks around Balmoral and bouts of hedge-laying at his farm at Highgrove, a passion which his security men, enlisted to help, have to endure.Lacey said: "Curiously I think the Duchy Original brands are rather appropriate for him: widely available in Waitrose, expensive, good quality and slightly old-fashioned. I think that symbolises what he has made of his career."The prince's weekSundayPrince Charles (and most of the rest of the family) attended the Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph, then went on to the Guards Chapel in his capacity as colonel of the Welsh Guards and laid another wreath at the Guards MemorialMondayCharles and Camilla attended a private dinner hosted by President Sarkozy at the Elysée Palace in ParisTuesdayAt Verdun for French ceremony marking the 90th anniversary of the end of the first world warWednesdayThe prince met insurance industry leaders at Clarence House, then as patron of The British Army Antarctic Expedition, was at a reception to thank supporters at the Old Royal Navy College, Greenwich. He and Camilla went on to attend the comedy gala, We Are Most Amused, and met the performers at the New Wimbledon TheatreThursdayAs founder of the Mutton Renaissance Campaign and Patron of The Academy of Culinary Arts, Charles received the first Renaissance Mutton of the season, from Cumbria, presented by butcher Andrew Sharp at Clarence House. Reception and private dinner at Buckingham Palace, with music by the Philharmonia FridayAt the launch of Youth Week meeting youngsters participating in The Prince's Trust Team Programme at Beckton Community Centre, London. Then, as president of the Prince's Foundation for Children and the Arts, attended a concert for nearly 200 children from schools across the country at the Royal Opera House, LondonSaturdayParty at Highgrove, the prince's country estate in Gloucestershire, that will host 75 guests including Meera Syal, Jilly Cooper and Edward Fox. Musical entertainment will be provided by Rod Stewart, who has waived his $1.85m (£1.26m) performance feePrince CharlesMonarchyguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/milestone-for-a-prince-whose-life-has-been-a-waiting-20081194224.htm 2008-11-14T00:04:26Z 2008-11-14T00:04:26Z Guardian.Co.Uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/nov/14/prince-charles-monarchy Milestone for a prince whose life has been a waiting game {new window}   Www.Guardian.Co.Uk - For many men, a 60th birthday is a time for reflection; a winding down of activities, handing over to the kids (passing on the family firm, perhaps), looking forward to retirement. Not so for the Prince of Wales, whose birthday it is today. All his life, since the age of three, he has been readied for the day when he will succeed his mother. It could happen maybe next week, maybe next year, maybe not for another 20 years. The Queen is fitter than her mother was at the same age, and she lived on to be 101.Abdication is not written into the royal DNA and so, barring accidents or long-term, incapacitating illness to the Queen, Charles also serves by only standing and waiting. He is already the oldest Prince of Wales and third-longest serving heir-apparent and, in another five years, he would be the oldest person to become king.Meanwhile, he is carrying on: last month there was a lengthy tour to east Asia (Japan, Brunei and Indonesia). This week, remembrance services in London and Verdun, dinner with the Sarkozys in Paris, receptions for insurers and a British Antarctic expedition and a comedy gala starring John Cleese, Robin Williams, Rowan Atkinson and Joan Rivers.Last night the Queen gave a private dinner for 170 guests at Buckingham Palace with the Philharmonia providing the music. Today will entail visits to Prince's Trust projects and a party at Highgrove, his country estate in Gloucestershire, where 75 close friends and celebrities will be serenaded by Rod Stewart. Apparently - and since it has been in the tabloids, the royal papers of record, it must be true - Camilla is planning to surprise him with 60 little gifts, one for every year of his life: a pair of walking boots, a personalised fishing rod, CD copies of the Goon Show, the sort of things any chap his age might relish. What else do you give a man with a £16m annual income from the Duchy of Cornwall's ancestral estates - 135,000 acres (54,521 hectares) spread across 23 counties - and a personal staff of 35?Charles may reflect that this milestone birthday should be more settled and satisfying than any for 30 years: 20 years ago he was in the midst of a marriage breakdown, 10 years ago he was reviled as the heartless, adulterous brute who had cast Princess Diana adrift. But now the turmoil is over: he has married the woman he loved all along, his sons are grown and tucked away in the armed services, his charities flourish and, mention it gently, some of his pet causes - the environment, organic farming, human-scale architecture, improving interfaith relations - no longer seem quite so wacky after all.One former palace adviser said: "He is in a much better place than he was five, certainly 10 years ago. He has moved towards the position of a king in waiting and there's a greater sensitivity to the public implications of his role. He used to rather enjoy going out on a limb and irking people to differentiate himself from the Queen, but I think he has realised that is not consistent with his role."And yet the moment for which his whole life has been a preparation eludes him. Robert Lacey, a historian and author, said: "I think he is finally coasting home, perhaps coming to the realisation that he will never be king or, if he does, he'll be like one of those elderly leaders at the end of the Soviet era - a sort of royal Andropov, with only a few years. His significance will lie in what he has accomplished as Prince and what he does to get the next king ready."Staff talk of a constant stream of handwritten notes - Charles, unlike his father and sister, does not generally use a computer - and of telephone calls worrying into the night. One who has worked for him for 20 years says: "He is computer illiterate so we get an unbelievable quantity of stuff. He spends an enormous amount of time writing notes: 'I have had a thought ...' followed by 10 pages in black ink. When you get your own memos back they are marked in red Pentel to suggest amendments. "In my area, I should think he spends 25 to 30 hours a week. It is micro-management: he has never learned to manage things. He rings up a lot but personally I try to discourage being called late."Senior advisers describe an ascetic lifestyle: one meal a day, working through lunch, and in the evenings on official papers. The money does not go on clothes, they say, pointing to frayed shirt cuffs and an overcoat he has had for years. There is wincing at mention of the famous allegation that Charles has a man to squeeze out his toothpaste for him - no, no, no, that was just once after he had broken his wrist. Jeremy Paxman's allegation that he has seven eggs boiled for him in the morning so he can choose the one best to his liking, is, alas, denied too: "Paxman got that third-hand," they say.As an alternative narrative, they cite the prince's compassion: the letters to relatives of servicemen killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, the visits to wounded troops in hospital and the invitations to the families of victims of crime, such as the parents of the girls murdered in Soham, to have tea with him at Clarence House. There are also issues he takes up: "If I don't raise it, who else will?" in all those letters that irked ministers a few years ago.And there are the causes, non-partisan but occasionally veering towards the deeply political: the environment, organic farming, modern architecture, education. The Liberal Democrat peer, Lord Taverne, complained in the Guardian recently that the prince should not make his views known, but if he kept his mouth shut, the complaint would be that he was vacuous or indolent. He knows he would not be able to do it if he becomes king, so he feels he must take the opportunity while he can. And he does feel very strongly in a conservative, old-fashioned way that the world is in danger of going to hell in a hand basket. Hence one of his most recent initiatives, conserving rain forests.His sense of noblesse oblige comes out in the Prince's Trust, the venture to help disadvantaged youngsters that he launched in 1976 in the face of official opposition - it really took off only during the unemployment years of the Thatcher government. Last year it supported 40,000 young people in training and helping them launch their own projects and companies.Martina Milburn, the trust's chief executive said: "He is particularly keen that we should work with disadvantaged young people. He'll say things like: are we accessible enough to young Muslims? He knows a lot more than people might think about what it's like to live on benefits, or to leave schools unable to read or write, because he speaks to people. He does not go for popular causes: it is not like we are raising money for cancer, animals or children."Charles's championing of organic farming is also now more than 25 years old, a cause taken up long before it became fashionable. Signs around Highgrove evangelically proclaim "This is a GM-Free Zone". Patrick Holden, director of the Soil Association and a long-term friend, says: "I think he has been totally outstanding. He's a global leader of the movement and he's not had the recognition he deserves. He runs one of the best organic farms in the country and, since he has travelled so much, he is in a better position than most to know what has been destroyed."He is very intuitive in the way he comes at things, ahead of the curve. He's been proved right and, if he feels something strongly, he doesn't let go easily. Thank God for the Prince of Wales. Who else is there? Even David Attenborough came later."Others take less kindly to his interventions. A senior teachers' leader expressed exasperation at the prince's occasional forays against declining standards in state education - on one occasion fulminating about the spelling and grammar of secretaries working for him, most of whom had turned out to have been privately educated. "I think he listens to people who would have a traditional view of education - the Chris Woodheads - and the rest of us generally ignore him. He does absolutely sod all for state education. I am pretty certain he doesn't often visit state schools though if you browse through Headmasters' Conference publications you will see quite a lot of pictures of royalty opening buildings."Or take Professor Edzard Ernst, the world's first professor of complementary medicine at the Peninsula Medical School attached to Exeter and Plymouth universities - a post created partly because of the prince's support of the discipline - who claims to have been harassed because of his scepticism about some treatments. Ernst says: "He took great interest when my chair was set up but I have only met him twice, to shake hands, for half a millisecond, not to have a dialogue. He stands for implementing complementary medicine at all costs, whereas I stand for therapies which can be proved by sound evidence."His influence and energy could be used so much better. As it is used now it is detrimental to progress. He has started a discipline but he doesn't seem to have any understanding of the need for evidence. I have repeatedly been told he cannot tolerate advice which is not 100% in line with his opinion ... I think his advisors are all sycophants."Or take some architects. Sunand Prasad, current president of the Royal Institute for British Architects, still winces at the "monstrous carbuncle" speech in 1984: "It was very wounding and not justified. It closed down debate and was destructive of individual careers," he said. "Everyone got cast into the same liberal mould. The prince has championed sustainability and stewardship of resources and it is fantastic that someone in his position should do so. But the debate has moved on: there's huge public interest in architecture, but people are buying modernist products, not classical ones."The prince is constrained in what he can say not just by the institution, but also by his background and inclinations. He has no real power, just the hope of wielding influence by what he says. When he does so and the columnists and newspaper-reading public merely snigger he finds it deeply frustrating. All very well, some say, for a prince - who has valets to pick up his discarded clothes - to tell others how they should live, how much space they need and what they should eat. It is particularly hard to tell those taking foreign holidays that they should fly less, given his chartered flights around the world and up and down Britain. Galling if you're a commuter squashed on a late, uncomfortable, rush-hour service to read of his use of the royal train, which costs thousands on the rare occasions it leaves the sidings: £18,916 for his jaunt from Gloucestershire to Cumbria last year to inaugurate a country pub project."He lives in a way most of us never could," one senior figure concedes. "But it goes with the job. It is a bit like criticising Gordon Brown for living in a tied house in central London." There is little denying that the prince's concept of real life is not quite as ordinary people's. Even those who have known him for years and count themselves as friends are deferential. Holden says: "I call him sir. I can see it's an anachronism but it is necessary to have protocols. If you demand respect based on birth, that's a sin, but I don't believe he does that."And then there is the media, with which his largely loathe-hate relationship has been mutual for many years. Understandable perhaps, given that the prince's whole life in every aspect, trivial and significant, has been lived so publicly - it is part of the job. But watch the prince on tour glaring at photographers or turning his head away - woe betide any hapless reporter trying to strike up a conversation or ask a question. There was that famous aside in 2005 at a press call during a skiing holiday when the BBC's Nicholas Witchell, one of the royal pack's most deferential correspondents, got both barrels: "These bloody people. I can't bear that man ... he's so awful." Such things get remembered and do him no favours when he has something he wants to say. Charles has been treated much worse by the tabloids, which took sides during the war with Diana, and have excoriated and mocked him ever since. "He is very thin-skinned. He knows all those 'dotty prince' headlines. He calls the Daily Mail the Daily Dementer," says an advisor. Holden's views are similar: "He is more thin-skinned than people realise, he feels issues are not taken seriously and his views are not heard. He is remarkably vulnerable and sensitive to criticism. And, it is quite hard to be told you are wrong, whoever you are." Two factors indicate new calm in Charles's life: his marriage three years ago and a household under more discipline than before. The days of spin doctoring and near-open briefings against other members of the royal family are past. His private secretary, the urbane Sir Michael Peat, and communications secretary, the former Financial Times reporter and Manchester United PR, Paddy Harverson, run a tight ship. Those who see him daily say the frustrated bouts of temper are less frequent and he is more content than before. There are still volcanic explosions and petulance, impatience and exasperation, but his wife has had a calming effect. "Charles and Camilla argue and fight a lot but they end up laughing," said Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine. "Diana would go off and sulk for days, but these two have their fights and they're laughing 10 minutes later."Now he has given up polo, Charles's energy is expended on long walks around Balmoral and bouts of hedge-laying at his farm at Highgrove, a passion which his security men, enlisted to help, have to endure.Lacey said: "Curiously I think the Duchy Original brands are rather appropriate for him: widely available in Waitrose, expensive, good quality and slightly old-fashioned. I think that symbolises what he has made of his career."The prince's weekSundayPrince Charles (and most of the rest of the family) attended the Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph, then went on to the Guards Chapel in his capacity as colonel of the Welsh Guards and laid another wreath at the Guards MemorialMondayCharles and Camilla attended a private dinner hosted by President Sarkozy at the Elysée Palace in ParisTuesdayAt Verdun for French ceremony marking the 90th anniversary of the end of the first world warWednesdayThe prince met insurance industry leaders at Clarence House, then as patron of The British Army Antarctic Expedition, was at a reception to thank supporters at the Old Royal Navy College, Greenwich. He and Camilla went on to attend the comedy gala, We Are Most Amused, and met the performers at the New Wimbledon TheatreThursdayAs founder of the Mutton Renaissance Campaign and Patron of The Academy of Culinary Arts, Charles received the first Renaissance Mutton of the season, from Cumbria, presented by butcher Andrew Sharp at Clarence House. Reception and private dinner at Buckingham Palace, with music by the Philharmonia FridayAt the launch of Youth Week meeting youngsters participating in The Prince's Trust Team Programme at Beckton Community Centre, London. Then, as president of the Prince's Foundation for Children and the Arts, attended a concert for nearly 200 children from schools across the country at the Royal Opera House, LondonSaturdayParty at Highgrove, the prince's country estate in Gloucestershire, that will host 75 guests including Meera Syal, Jilly Cooper and Edward Fox. Musical entertainment will be provided by Rod Stewart, who has waived his $1.85m (£1.26m) performance feePrince CharlesMonarchyguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
Milestone for a prince whose life has been a waiting game | UK news | The Guardian {...} He is the oldest Prince of Wales and third-longest serving heir-apparent {...}
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]]> {EUROPE > NEWSPAPERS} - Ugg Boots become must have fashion accessory for celebrity men Fashionistas fear the trend for furry boots among male stars will catch on. http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/newspapers/ugg-boots-become-must-have-fashion-accessory-for-2008112665.htm 2008-11-03T03:07:33Z 2008-11-03T03:07:33Z Telegraph.Co.Uk http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3369612/Ugg-Boots-become-must-have-fashion-accessory-for-celebrity-men.html Ugg Boots become must have fashion accessory for celebrity men {new window}   Www.Telegraph.Co.Uk - Fashionistas fear the trend for furry boots among male stars will catch on.
Ugg Boots become must have fashion accessory for celebrity men - Telegraph {...} Ugg Boots have been spotted on the feet of a string of celebrity men, with fashionistas already afraid the trend will catch on. {...}
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]]> {MOTORSPORTS > FORMULA ON} - The Writing's On The Wall And even “The Wall” aka Rahul Dravid can probably read that it says that he needs to hang up his boots, while the question is “why?” and not after it becomes “why not?” After Dravid’s latest failure versus a depleted Australian attack, the chorus of “why not?” is getting louder and louder. http://articles.world-of-newave.info/sports/motorsports/auto-racing/formula-on/the-writing-s-on-the-wall-2008129692.htm 2008-12-01T10:12:19Z 2008-12-01T10:12:19Z Cricketnetwork.Co.Uk http://www.cricketnetwork.co.uk/main/s119/st136121.htm The Writing's On The Wall {new window}   Www.Cricketnetwork.Co.Uk - And even “The Wall” aka Rahul Dravid can probably read that it says that he needs to hang up his boots, while the question is “why?” and not after it becomes “why not?” After Dravid’s latest failure versus a depleted Australian attack, the chorus of “why not?” is getting louder and louder.
Indian Cricket Fever - The Writing's On The Wall {...} Rahul Dravid has been the weakest link of the Indian middle order for the past two years, a real turn around from when he was the unbreachable "Wall" of the Indian batting line up. | Indian Cricket Fever : Unofficial Indian Cricket news and views {...}
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]]> {SOCIAL SCIENCES > URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING} - Array Short Century It snowed this weekend. A lot. I walked across an empty Central Park in the blizzard and trudged through snowbanks up to my thigh. I loved it. I loved the quiet of the city muffled by the snow, stomping my boots when I came inside for a coffee. I missed winter. My mom called me from San Francisco to ask me what it was like. "I'm listening to NPR right now and they're calling it http://articles.world-of-newave.info/science/social-sciences/urban-and-regional-planning/array-2008125782.htm 2008-12-01T09:28:35Z 2008-12-01T09:28:35Z Skunklove.Blogspot.Com http://skunklove.blogspot.com/feeds/110662845255567506/comments/default Array {new window}   Skunklove.Blogspot.Com - Short Century It snowed this weekend. A lot. I walked across an empty Central Park in the blizzard and trudged through snowbanks up to my thigh. I loved it. I loved the quiet of the city muffled by the snow, stomping my boots when I came inside for a coffee. I missed winter. My mom called me from San Francisco to ask me what it was like. "I'm listening to NPR right now and they're calling it
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]]> {EUROPE > NEWSPAPERS} - Delia Smith criticised for turkey storage advice Delia Smith has been criticised for advising people to keep cooked turkeys in their car boots. http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/newspapers/delia-smith-criticised-for-turkey-storage-advice-2008122041.htm 2008-12-01T02:31:20Z 2008-12-01T02:31:20Z Telegraph.Co.Uk http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3537759/Delia-Smith-criticised-for-turkey-storage-advice.html Delia Smith criticised for turkey storage advice {new window}   Www.Telegraph.Co.Uk - Delia Smith has been criticised for advising people to keep cooked turkeys in their car boots.
Delia Smith criticised for turkey storage advice - Telegraph {...}
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]]> {EUROPE > HEADLINE LINKS} - Boots fined after baby girl hurt Boots the chemist is fined after a baby was struck by a rolling pin which fell from a third-floor window. http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/headline-links/boots-fined-after-baby-girl-hurt-20081178431.htm 2008-11-28T16:12:35Z 2008-11-28T16:12:35Z News.Bbc.Co.Uk http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/7754852.stm Boots fined after baby girl hurt {new window}   News.Bbc.Co.Uk - Boots the chemist is fined after a baby was struck by a rolling pin which fell from a third-floor window.
BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Tayside and Central | Boots fined after baby girl hurt {...}
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]]> {EUROPE > NEWS AND MEDIA} - Boots fined after baby girl hurt Boots the chemist is fined after a baby was struck by a rolling pin which fell from a third-floor window. http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/news-and-media/boots-fined-after-baby-girl-hurt-20081196435.htm 2008-11-28T16:12:35Z 2008-11-28T16:12:35Z News.Bbc.Co.Uk http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7754852.stm Boots fined after baby girl hurt {new window}   News.Bbc.Co.Uk - Boots the chemist is fined after a baby was struck by a rolling pin which fell from a third-floor window.
BBC NEWS | Scotland | Tayside and Central | Boots fined after baby girl hurt {...}
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]]> {EUROPE > NEWS AND MEDIA} - Paul Lester meets Victoria Hesketh aka Little Boots She sings songs about love and maths and is being hailed as the future of pop. Paul Lester meets Little Boots http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/paul-lester-meets-victoria-hesketh-aka-little-boots-20081115031.htm 2008-11-24T00:03:45Z 2008-11-24T00:03:45Z Guardian.Co.Uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/nov/24/victoria-hesketh-little-boots-pop Paul Lester meets Victoria Hesketh aka Little Boots {new window}   Www.Guardian.Co.Uk - She sings songs about love and maths and is being hailed as the future of pop. Paul Lester meets Little Boots
Paul Lester meets Victoria Hesketh aka Little Boots | Music | The Guardian {...}
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]]> {NORTH AMERICA > RENTALS} - Sick house needs 2 more on ski lease- Under 1K for the whole season (North Lake Tahoe) $1000 4bd http://www.tahoemoonproperties.com/pages/rentals/index.php?/property/view_property/115 Hey All – Here is a link to the place. It’s about 5 minutes from the Safeway where 267 hits the lake….Kings Beach / Carnelian Bay area. It’s really nice that it has two living rooms….one upstairs and one downstairs with a nice TV etc. in both locations…..there is a hot tub and a grill out back….but hopefully the grill will be buried under 8’ of snow all season long. The “Los Osos” Mountain Home is the perfect North Lake Tahoe vacation rental getaway spot for families and friends. Enjoy the matchless surroundings of Lake Tahoe in this warm and comfortable mountain vacation home with four bedrooms and over 1900 square feet of spacious living and a hot tub for your long-awaited, well-deserved vacation. It is located in a quiet residential area, with forest lands as your backyard for as far as you can see. In the cities, we call this a ‘Green Belt’. On the North Shore of Lake Tahoe, we call it ‘Heaven’! You can put on your boots or snowshoes and just head out the back door for a hike! If downhill skiing is more your thing Squaw Valley, Alpine Meadows and Northstar ski areas are all less than 25 minutes drive away. There’s a big beautiful rock fireplace in each of the two separate living rooms, giving everyone an easy and comfortable place to relax after a day at the beach, water skiing, or a day on the slopes, snow skiing or snowboarding. The ground level living room offers big comfortable couches, a TV and DVD, games, books, and all the wood needed for a fire. The 2nd level features a great room, including a well-equipped open kitchen with a bar for casual breakfast and lunch meals, a large dining area, and the 2nd warm and comfortable living room with its open fireplace, television and DVD. The deck opens right off the dining area, offering plenty of room for outdoor dining and socializing. You can sit back and breathe in the clean mountain air while enjoying peeks of beautiful Lake Tahoe through the lush evergreen trees. The master suite is on the same level as the kitchen and great room. It has a King bed and TV with cable, and a private bathroom with a tub and shower. On the ground level is a wonderful room with Queen bed and TV with cable. It is perfect for 2 families are sharing the home. The ground level bath also has tub and shower. The home is centrally located l6 miles east of Tahoe City and 2 miles west of Kings Beach in the private Agate Bay neighborhood. Fine dining is nearby at Gar Woods or enjoy casual dining at CB Pizza. There are many other excellent options as well, including a great coffeehouse. Kayaks can be rented in the summer. World class hiking, mountain biking, and rafting are nearby in the summer. In the winter, Northstar, Squaw Valley, and Alpine Meadows are less than 15 miles away for downhill and cross country skiing and for snowboarding. The State of Nevada is a short 10 minutes away, offering restaurants, casinos and gambling, as well as still more snow sports at Incline Village. Bed Layout; Bedroom 1: King Bedroom 2: 2 Twins (or King) Bedroom 3: Queen Bedroom 4: Bunk Beds plus a Full Square Footage: 1900 TOP Amenities: High Speed Internet Hot Tub Backs to Forest Four bedrooms 2 baths Hot Tub Two open fireplace - wood provided winter only Two televisions and DVD player. Peeks of Lake Well equipped kitchen Dishwasher Washer & Dryer Stereo & CD player Short drive to Lake Tahoe The numbers work like this, EVERTYHING included....even house cleaner, snow plower, etc. We have 10- hoping for 12 but would consider more if the group is in favor · 11 people = $1,056.09 (where we are at now) per person · 12 people = $968.08 per · 13 people = $893.62 per · 14 people = $829.74 per · 15 people = $774.47 per person Rental is from Jan 4- May 5th The house is secured and there are a group of folks from last year still remaining this year- There was a last minute cancellation so we are looking to fill up to 3 spots. Most people ride at Northstar,Homewood or Alpine. Everyone commutes up together Friday after work basically. Guests are welcome for $35 a night on weekends- $30 during the week. The house is WONDERFUL- the crew is AWESOME- young professionals from the city who shred and rage, yet chill and love the mountain life! Full payment is due by THanksgiving. Please email me at: Laura lauraewainer@hotmail.com Pics speak for themselves.....PLEASE only email if you are serious to committ for the whole season and can pay the whole amount. http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/rentals/sick-house-needs-2-more-on-ski-lease-under-1k-for-the-20081117822.htm 2008-11-18T02:01:40Z 2008-11-18T02:01:40Z Sfbay.Craigslist.Org http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/sub/923473267.html Sick house needs 2 more on ski lease- Under 1K for the whole season (North Lake Tahoe) $1000 4bd {new window}   Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - http://www.tahoemoonproperties.com/pages/rentals/index.php?/property/view_property/115 Hey All – Here is a link to the place. It’s about 5 minutes from the Safeway where 267 hits the lake….Kings Beach / Carnelian Bay area. It’s really nice that it has two living rooms….one upstairs and one downstairs with a nice TV etc. in both locations…..there is a hot tub and a grill out back….but hopefully the grill will be buried under 8’ of snow all season long. The “Los Osos” Mountain Home is the perfect North Lake Tahoe vacation rental getaway spot for families and friends. Enjoy the matchless surroundings of Lake Tahoe in this warm and comfortable mountain vacation home with four bedrooms and over 1900 square feet of spacious living and a hot tub for your long-awaited, well-deserved vacation. It is located in a quiet residential area, with forest lands as your backyard for as far as you can see. In the cities, we call this a ‘Green Belt’. On the North Shore of Lake Tahoe, we call it ‘Heaven’! You can put on your boots or snowshoes and just head out the back door for a hike! If downhill skiing is more your thing Squaw Valley, Alpine Meadows and Northstar ski areas are all less than 25 minutes drive away. There’s a big beautiful rock fireplace in each of the two separate living rooms, giving everyone an easy and comfortable place to relax after a day at the beach, water skiing, or a day on the slopes, snow skiing or snowboarding. The ground level living room offers big comfortable couches, a TV and DVD, games, books, and all the wood needed for a fire. The 2nd level features a great room, including a well-equipped open kitchen with a bar for casual breakfast and lunch meals, a large dining area, and the 2nd warm and comfortable living room with its open fireplace, television and DVD. The deck opens right off the dining area, offering plenty of room for outdoor dining and socializing. You can sit back and breathe in the clean mountain air while enjoying peeks of beautiful Lake Tahoe through the lush evergreen trees. The master suite is on the same level as the kitchen and great room. It has a King bed and TV with cable, and a private bathroom with a tub and shower. On the ground level is a wonderful room with Queen bed and TV with cable. It is perfect for 2 families are sharing the home. The ground level bath also has tub and shower. The home is centrally located l6 miles east of Tahoe City and 2 miles west of Kings Beach in the private Agate Bay neighborhood. Fine dining is nearby at Gar Woods or enjoy casual dining at CB Pizza. There are many other excellent options as well, including a great coffeehouse. Kayaks can be rented in the summer. World class hiking, mountain biking, and rafting are nearby in the summer. In the winter, Northstar, Squaw Valley, and Alpine Meadows are less than 15 miles away for downhill and cross country skiing and for snowboarding. The State of Nevada is a short 10 minutes away, offering restaurants, casinos and gambling, as well as still more snow sports at Incline Village. Bed Layout; Bedroom 1: King Bedroom 2: 2 Twins (or King) Bedroom 3: Queen Bedroom 4: Bunk Beds plus a Full Square Footage: 1900 TOP Amenities: High Speed Internet Hot Tub Backs to Forest Four bedrooms 2 baths Hot Tub Two open fireplace - wood provided winter only Two televisions and DVD player. Peeks of Lake Well equipped kitchen Dishwasher Washer & Dryer Stereo & CD player Short drive to Lake Tahoe The numbers work like this, EVERTYHING included....even house cleaner, snow plower, etc. We have 10- hoping for 12 but would consider more if the group is in favor · 11 people = $1,056.09 (where we are at now) per person · 12 people = $968.08 per · 13 people = $893.62 per · 14 people = $829.74 per · 15 people = $774.47 per person Rental is from Jan 4- May 5th The house is secured and there are a group of folks from last year still remaining this year- There was a last minute cancellation so we are looking to fill up to 3 spots. Most people ride at Northstar,Homewood or Alpine. Everyone commutes up together Friday after work basically. Guests are welcome for $35 a night on weekends- $30 during the week. The house is WONDERFUL- the crew is AWESOME- young professionals from the city who shred and rage, yet chill and love the mountain life! Full payment is due by THanksgiving. Please email me at: Laura lauraewainer@hotmail.com Pics speak for themselves.....PLEASE only email if you are serious to committ for the whole season and can pay the whole amount.
Sick house needs 2 more on ski lease- Under 1K for the whole season {...}
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