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Security vendor, WatchGuard Technologies, will be focusing its local channel strategy in the next six to 12 months on assisting partners transition from hardware resellers to consultative organisations, according to the vendor's Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) regional director, Pat Devlin.
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Devlin said that, from a security industry perspective, the biggest trend at the channel level is that partners are moving to a service delivery model rather than remaining at the reseller model.
"Four or five years ago, almost everyone we deal with now, were companies that sold hardware and walked away, and now they're mostly packaging services," he said.
"The companies that were relying on this idea of 'I make a sale here and then I'm back at ground zero and have to start again,' are largely running out of business... Companies tend to still want to chase that 'one big hit' and it's tough."
The benefit is thus blatant: business longevity.
As such, WatchGuard is endeavouring to guide its partners through the transition in order to secure their security service and trusted advisor status, and as a result, secure its own business transactions.
WatchGuard's RapidDeploy forms part of the goal. RapidDeploy is a Cloud-based configuration utility that eliminates the need for IT professionals to pre-configure devices or travel to the deployment for installation, according to the vendor. Put simply, it allows a firewall to "configure itself."
Devlin said that WatchGuard will also be doing a lot more Cloud-based management in order to enable partners to not only bill month to month, but allow them to have more frequent (monthly) conversations with clients/customers.
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Dramatic finish as Saints grab point
Jose Fonte's last-gasp header secured Southampton a 2-2 draw and saved defensive partner Jos Hooiveld's blushes against Fulham on Sunday afternoon.
The Portuguese centre-back nodded home a 90th-minute leveller in a game in which he had broken the deadlock after just four minutes.
Hooiveld directed home a speculative John Arne Riise drive in the second half and then saw Kieran Richardson's close-range strike brush off him on its way in two minutes from time, although the goal was credited to the Fulham man. However, Fonte saved the Dutchman and his side late on to earn Southampton a fourth point of the campaign.
Southampton had their second corner by the fourth minute and made their early dominance count. Adam Lallana floated the set-piece in from the left and Fonte's glanced header at the near post looped over goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer and into the far corner.
Saints were looking dangerous and came agonisingly close to doubling their advantage as Jay Rodriguez beat the offside trap and pulled back for Rickie Lambert, whose right-footed effort just went wide.
The home side continued to press and Jason Puncheon twice came close from 22nd-minute corners. Puncheon was denied on the goal-line by Sascha Riether and then, from the following corner, the wide man was adjudged to have fouled Schwarzer prior to prodding home.
Paulo Gazzaniga did terrifically to push a close-range Hugo Rodallega header away moments after Steve Sidwell bundled the ball onto the post. Fulham could have also been awarded a penalty after Maya Yoshida appeared to handle in the midst of the action.
Both sides made changes in a bid to change the match but it was an earlier substitute whose impact was felt on the south coast. Riise drilled a low shot from the left and centre-back Hooiveld could only direct it into his own goal, putting Fulham level in the 69th minute.
Rodriguez nodded wide for the hosts in stoppage time and Saints paid when Richardson fired home off Hooiveld's leg two minutes from time.
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The Geometry of Pasta by Jacob Kenedy and Caz Hildebrand. I'm going to be honest, when I first saw that this cookbook didn't have any beautiful photos I was a little disappointed. After going through every recipe in the book I was really excited about it. There were pasta shapes and types that I've never heard of before and there are some great illustrations as well. I decided that I wanted to try something different and so I decided to make the bread dumplings. It is kind of like an Italian Matzoh Ball - at least I'm guessing that it's similar because I actually never had a Matzoh Ball! I slightly altered the recipe since I didn't have all the ingredients on hand and decided to make this last minute. However, the dumplings were light and were packed with flavor even without the pancetta. The recipe called for day old bread and I didn't have any so I substituted them for plain breadcrumbs. It worked out just fine. I also added a tablespoon of garlic to the onions when I cooked them in 2 tablespoons (instead of the 3 that the recipe called for). I don't feel bad about altering the recipe because the cookbook stated that this is just one variation of these little dumplings and I'm sure we can all think of ways to make them our own.
I made the Canderli in chicken soup. It was the best soup I ever made!!! I have a little confession to make. Every time I make chicken soup I add a couple of bouillon cubes because the soup always seems a little weak. Well I solved that problem this time. Here's how (it's more of a method than a recipe so use what you have on hand and the chicken pieces that you like - the more chicken and bones you have the more flavor your stock will be).
To make the stock:
In a 8-10 quart stockpot cover 1 whole chicken (cut into pieces), 3 legs and 3 thighs and some chicken wings and backs ( that I put in the freezer for this purpose) with cold water. Add 2 large carrots cut into 3 large pieces, 2 large ribs celery, cut into 3 large pieces, 1 large onion quartered, 4 cloves garlic (unpeeled), scallions (because I had to use them up), 4 dried bay leaves, fresh thyme, fresh parsley, salt, pepper and a large freezer bag of chopped plum tomatoes I froze in the summer. Bring the pot to a boil and then reduce heat to simmer. After about an hour or so pull out all the chicken and removed it from the bones and shredded it. I put the bones back into the soup with some tomato paste (again, I had an open can I wanted to use up) and cooked it for another 1 1/2 - 2 hours. Strain the stock and skim off the fat (it will be easier to skim it once it settles and starts to congeal). It cooked for a total of 3 hours and it was SO worth it! The result was such a flavorful stock and I can't imagine not doing this all the time!
To make the Chicken Soup:
In a small soup pot saute 1 small diced onion, 1 diced carrot, and 1 diced rib of celery and saute in extra virgin olive oil. Add as much stock as you want and add some of the reserved shredded chicken. Add some chopped fresh parsley and let cook while you prepare your dumplings.
1/2 medium onion, very finely chopped
3 1/2 tablespoons butter (I only used 2 tbsp)
3-4 slices day old bread (5 1/2 ounces weighed without crust) (I used 1 cup breadcrumbs)
1/3 cup all purpose flour
2 eggs
Scant 1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 ounces pancetta, finely chopped or 2 2/3 ounces Italian Sausage, skin removed broked up, optional
2/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
3 tablespoons parsley, finely chopped
a grating of nutmeg
chives, finely chopped (optional)
Gently fry the onion in the butter until soft, then leave to cool. Mix togetehr well with all the ingredients to make a soft sticky dough (which won't be entirely smooth). Season with salt and pepper.
Take a small lump of dough, roll in flour and test to see if it holds together when dropped in boiling water. If it fails, add a bit more flour to the mixture and try again. When satisfied that you are on safe ground, roll golfball-sized spheres of dough with generously floured hands. Refrigerate for at least an hour before cooking. Cook in the broth at a gentle simmer. They will take about 20 minutes. Serve in broth with a scattering of Parmesan atop.
My Notes: I didn't put any meat in the Canderli since I used chicken soup and I only needed to refrigerate them for 15 minutes (if even) and they cooked up right away. I let them cook for 15 minutes but I really don't think they needed that since it's just breadcrumbs. They Canderli didn't taste as good the next day so I suggest you only cook what you will eat at that time.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
The Geometry of Pasta - Chicken Soup with Canederli (Bread Dumplings)
4 comments:
- Ciao Chow Linda said...
You did a great job on those canederli. What a comforting bowl of goodness for a cold winter day.
- February 24, 2011 at 10:27 PM
- Claudia said...
I am going to think about the canederli until I make them. They are filled with warmth and goodness. Not extactly matzoh balls... they are in a league of their own.
- February 25, 2011 at 11:13 AM
- Megan said...
It definitely sounds like an Italian matzoh ball. My fiance's family is Jewish, and they call matzoh balls canadles... which interestingly is very similar to canederli.
- February 25, 2011 at 1:07 PM
- Holly said...
I love a soup with dumplings:)
- February 25, 2011 at 5:03 PM
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In the video game War of the Roses you're a medieval mauler. You're a person with sword, mace, or bow-and-arrow. You might be on a horse. You might have a lance.
You're one of many warriors in a multiplayer game that will play like Battlefield or even a Modern Warfare, but with much older, sharper weapons.
War of the Roses is from Fat Shark, a Swedish studio located in the same country as the makers of Battlefield. One of its top developers—the man telling us all about War of the Roses in the video I shot at PAX East and am showing you here—was a producer on some of the Battlefields. The influence is clear and nothing to be ashamed about. War of the Roses sure looks cool and has some hardcore parrying and forging systems to both set it apart and to make it a fitting entry in publisher Paradox Interactive's line of unabashedly more complex games for computers.
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The Tuscany Private Estate
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Having just viewed Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," and knowing that Lincoln's birthday is approaching, it seemed fitting to ponder one of Lincoln's most famous speeches, and perhaps a lesson for Americans today.
On June 17, 1858, Lincoln gave his famous "House Divided" address while being nominated to run for the U.S. Senate seat in Illinois. Lincoln told his friends, who objected to that phrase, that he chose it because it was a biblical idea familiar to the American public. Lincoln quoted Jesus Christ: "A house divided against itself cannot stand" (Mark 3:25). Lincoln went on to say, "I do not expect the Union to be dissolved—I do not expect the house to fall—but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all of the other."
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The highly usable Marantz PMD 620 portable recorder has one-button recording, built-in microphones, and a blissfully legible readout.
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From Spoken Word to Digital Audio File
How do you get from a spoken conversation to an audio recording to a digital audio file to an archive CD?
Equipment, baby, equipment.
That's what this part of Family Oral History Using Digital Tools is all about.
Assembling a portable audio setup is akin to "the thigh bone's connected to the leg bone." You need to connect this to that to that.
For spoken conversation? A microphone. To store it? A recording device. And media– whether old school cassettes to new school flash memory or a hard disk drive. Then a way to transfer to your computer. Sometimes the computer is both recorder and storage.
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Flash Memory Recorder
Solid state recorders have no moving parts. Recorder converts sound input directly to digital; recordings are "born digital."
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Integrated, two mics in a single container. Many different configurations, from stereo sound, to two mics that can be placed in two different locations.
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David Melamed necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 21 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
Insurance-Forums.net is the largest discussion forums on the internet for Insurance Agents.
We are launching a Directory of Auto Insurance Agents in the United States.
The purpose of this directory is to help consumers find local insurance agents and get quotes from them.
Auto Insurance Consumers, searching on the internet to find local auto insurance agents in their city, and get quotes from them with the best coverage and the lowest prices.
We are looking to create an auto insurance agents directory. The design should look like a brand new landing page/design.
The design of this site needs to be clean, easy to navigate, and include a new logo. We need adsense integrated into the design as you can see on this website
( http://www.theinsuranceforums.org/ ) This means that the adsense design needs to look like its part of the overall design.
There are two types of pages which need to be designed for the site, both are very similar.
One page need a large button above the fold that says, "Get Quote, Enter Zip Code" and has a form to enter the zipcode. An example can be found on this page...( http://calculateme.com/car-insurance/index.htm )
On the top of the page should be a menu bar with room for three or four links.
There needs to be room for a paragraph of content, and We will have two header tags on the page that say "Auto Insurance" These need to fit into the design well.
The other parts of the design on the page need to be below the fold.
The page needs to list auto insurance agents, specifically, the name, address, and phone number.
There needs to be an option on the page to add a listing as well.
(for example http://calculateme.com/car-insuranc…a-city.htm )
The second design should be without the "get quote" button, and the directory listings should appear above the fold in the design. This second design should not look like it's missing a button but should look like it was designed to just have directory listings.
There will be multiple revisions for the winning design until it meets our needs.


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Family Promise has had a drastic impact on Lancaster County. For nearly two years now, Lancaster area churches have reached out to homeless families in an effort to give them a lift.
Family Promise is a pioneering nonprofit organization dedicated to helping America's low-income families secure lasting independence. Some 161 affiliates and 130,000 volunteers spanning 41 states provide annual assistance to more than 45,000 citizens.
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my new favorite pipe tobacco is midletons sugar barrel, try it, it is a great smoke.
could anyone out there tell me if sugar barrel pipe tobacco is any good? id rather no before i order some, thank you very much.
i have a filled pint of dunhill 965 and its been sealed and stored in my cellar for about 3 years, and would like to know how long it can stay there without going bad, also have early morning pipe, about a pint and one half, also sealed for about the same time, could someone comment please, thank you.
does anyone on the forum smoke rattrays old gowrie pipe tobacco? i do and it is one of my favorites, can anyone reply to this and let me know what you think of the tobbaco.
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Having a baby can be one of the most wonderful times in a woman's life. Whether you are expecting your first baby or are adding to your family, we want to help you have the smoothest pregnancy possible. If you are thinking about getting pregnant, now is a good time to plan, starting with choosing your healthcare team.
It all starts with your doctor. On staff at The Birthplace are a number of board certified Ob/Gyns who will manage your health-and the health of your baby-during your pregnancy and throughout labor and delivery. If you are expecting more than one baby, or are having a baby after 35, your doctor may also ask you to see a Maternal-Fetal Specialist. These physicians provide specialized care for mothers and unborn babies who may be at higher risk for complications and require a different pattern of monitoring throughout pregnancy.
For our care of premature infants, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center is the first hospital in Mississippi to be awarded Disease Specific Certification in Prematurity from Joint Commission.
Before you give birth, The Birthplace at Baptist for Women provides a number of services and conveniences to help you prepare, including childbirth classes and an easy preadmission process. Additionally, Baptist for Women has a wide variety of podcasts on a range of topics, including Pregnancy and Childbirth. "The Journey of Pregnancy" podcast series includes an episode about preconception care. See the full list of podcasts on this page under "Video and Audio Resources."
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Unless it is recommended by your doctor, scheduling to deliver your baby early, by inducing labor or planning a c-section, is not encouraged at Baptist.
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Most babies are born without complications for mother or baby. Should difficulties arise, however, you and your baby will have access to the full services of Baptist's comprehensive medical facilities. C-Section Delivery Rooms are immediately accessible from the regular Labor-Delivery-Recovery rooms in case of an emergency or a difficult delivery. Experienced physicians in more than 25 specialties and sub-specialties serve on the hospital staff, including board certified OB hospitalists who are on site 24/7. Neonatal and adult intensive care units located in the hospital offer additional medical resources should they be required.
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ATLANTIC, Virginia (AP) — NASA has launched a suborbital rocket from its Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore.
The space agency says the Terrier-Lynx suborbital rocket was launched for the Department of Defense on Monday morning.
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{Gluten Free Review} Sof'ella Chocolate Cake Mix
A few weeks ago I was sent an email about a grocery store on the west coast that had a large variety of gluten free products. While glancing through their list of gf products I noticed they carried several baking mixes by a company called "Sof'ella." I was curious since I had not heard of this company. I contacted them and asked if they if would send me a few samples to review for the blog.
Sof'ella sent me both the chocolate cake mix and their all purpose baking mix. I made the chocolate cake for a family cookout a few weeks ago. To be honest, I was a bit hesitant. The mix uses navy bean flour and I thought for sure the cupcakes would taste beany. I'm learning to like bean flours a lot more than I used too, but I still am not crazy about baked goods that taste super beany.
But these cupcakes? Not beany. Not one bit. SUPER chocolaty, very rich, and the taste was excellent. These cupcakes are very soft, moist, and have a great texture. Another company (which isn't yet in production that I know of) sent me a mix to try earlier this year and their batter contained so much xanthan gum, that the dough literally mixed into a big ball -- it was very wierd... the Sof'ella batter on the other hand? Like a normal cake batter, a little more wet than my homemade gluten free chocolate cake, but even the batter tasted delicious, despite being made with navy bean flour.
The Sof'ella chocolate cake mix is expensive, it retails on the website for $6 a box + shipping, so I'm guessing it's probably around $7 at the grocery store. Overall, I'd probably buy this chocolate cake mix. I think it has a better taste & texture than the Betty Crocker gluten free mix, but not as good as my personal favorite homemade gluten free chocolate cake.
Have you tried Sof'ella? What is your favorite store bought gluten free chocolate cake mix?
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Actually Carrie, Namaste mixes run that high as well. Sometimes you get what you pay for. It's also a convenience item and those things are always more costly. I usually have one on the shelf for a busy time when I can't bake from scratch.ReplyDelete
That's true Barb - the thing is with the Sof'ella cake mix is that it only makes a one layer cake or 12 cupcakes, while Namaste mix actually makes a 2 layer cake or 24 cupcakes. So the cost difference is significant!ReplyDelete
My brother actually brought me a huge box of this mix from the costco in new mexico about 2 years ago. Apparently they have a lot more gf selections at their costco than we do on the east coast. anyways, it was fairly inexpensive and i think made 4 cakes! Quite good, but a bit sugary.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 3, 2011 at 5:25 PM
I looked up their website after I read your article and they now have free shipping if you order 4 boxes of chocolate cake mix.ReplyDelete
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NO-BAKE Chocolate Cake – Moist, soft, and THE MOST decadent chocolate cake recipe EVER, perfect for V Day!!!
Not many people can resist a good piece of rich chocolate cake, and I am no exception.
Today, I am sharing with you my friend CP Choong's recipe, a no bake chocolate cake recipe. (You can check out the regular baked chocolate cake recipe here.)
Yes, you don't have to bake the chocolate cake…in this instance, the chocolate cake is steamed, yet it retains the buttery richness, plus it's also moist and decadent.
While oven is in almost every household here in the United States, back in Asia, not every home comes with an oven.
I remember when I was growing up, my late mother would only bake once in a blue moon, probably once a year, before Chinese New Year.
We had a very old-fashioned oven, a big around device that is stainless steel, with a big round cover.
It did its job well and we would bake Chinese peanut cookies in it.
For the rest of the year, we kept the oven in the storage until the next year before Chinese New Year again.
Anyway I disgress.
I meant to say that this no bake chocolate cake is great if you have no oven.
Everyone loves chocolate cake and you can still enjoy it without investing in an expensive oven.
You just have to steam it in a steamer for 45 minutes and you have a moist chocolate cake.
It's really delicious and people might not even know that it wasn't baked.
This no bake chocolate cake also comes with a chocolate fudge topping, which makes the chocolate cake even more irresistible.
To jazz it up even more, add some berries such as blueberries and strawberries and you have an excellent looking chocolate cake to impress everyone.
Look at these pictures, can you say no?
Happy steaming your cake and enjoy!
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Walter L. Gibson
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Walter L. Gibson, 83, of Warwick, passed January 7, 2012. He was the beloved husband of the late Louise (Zangrilli) Gibson.
Walter was born in Capron, Ill., a son of the late John and Elizabeth (Coulter) Gibson. Mr. Gibson was a sheet metal worker for Local #17 and retired from Amtrak. Walter was also a U.S. Navy Korean War veteran.
He is survived by his loving children, Larry Gibson and his wife, Sue, of Cumberland, Christine Giblin and her husband, Terry, of West Warwick, Janet Whiteley and her husband, Ted, of Cranston and Karen Gibson of Cranston. He was the cherished grandfather of six and brother of Robert Gibson of Illinois and the late Ella Peterson, Eugene Gibson and Marguerite Bokker.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend his funeral service Jan. 12 at 11 a.m. in Nardolillo Funeral Home & Crematory, 1278 Park Ave., Cranston, followed by burial with military honors in St. Ann's Cemetery, Cranston.
Memorial contributions may be made to Home and Hospice Care of RI, 1085 North Main St., Providence, RI 02904. Visit www.nardolillo.com for online condolences.


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Relax and reawaken your senses before the flight with our "Touch of Silk", indulgent full body oil massage or experience the traditional Thai style massage with our Royal Thai massage at the Royal First Lounge of Bangkok's Suvarmabhumi Airport.
In our spacious first class cabin, savour fine champagne and silken caviar as it is served to greet you on board, whilst you feel completely at ease on a fully horizontal bed in the tranquility of your semi-private suite.
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Our cabins are meticulously designed using traditional Thai motifs with a contemporary interior. A diverse range of elegant cabins and seats are available on our various routes and aircraft for your mesmorising journey. The finest of THAI service, while in absolute comfort, and an impeccable service. Innovative, gourmet, culinary delights along with luxurious amenities, in-flight lounge areas and even changing rooms to allow you to freshen up and slip into something more comfortable.
Fly in First class privacy on our Airbus A380s and the newly remodelled Boeing 747s. Both of which provide specious 8 feet long semi-private suites. Our Boeing 747s are equipped with seats with a width of 23 inches and the Airbus A380s with a seat an expansive width of 27 inches.
Choose from approximately 130 must-see movies, 300 TV programmes and enjoy around 500 music CDs. Also have a little fun with the variety of games and special features on our In-flight entertainment systems on an interactive 23 inch flat screen monitor.
Additionally, Boeing 747s and Airbus A340s offer luxury pod designs equipped with 180-degree fully flat beds at almost 7 feet of private space between each Royal First seat. Each seat has a generous minimum of 21 inches in width. All of our flat screens offer the same range of on demand audio and video platforms.
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Catch up on the world of business and surf social media. For your convenience, THAI Sky Connect in-flight Wi-Fi service is offered on Airbus A330-200(33H) and 380-800 flights. The internet is accessible on your laptop, tablet or smart phone. Service fees are payable by either credit card or debit card.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 8, 2010) - The Buccaneer Sports Network, in cooperation with WJHL 11 Connects, will debut a brand new television coaches show Sunday, Jan. 10 at 11: 30 a.m. on the local CBS network affiliate. The show will air weekly throughout the final two months of the 2009-10 season.
ETSU Courtside will be a weekly show highlighted by interviews with both ETSU men's head coach Murry Bartow and women's head coach Karen Kemp, along with game highlights and player profiles. The show will air 30 minutes prior to the national basketball coverage on CBS.
"We are very excited about this opportunity to bring ETSU basketball into homes throughout the area thanks to WJHL," said "Voice of the Bucs" Jay Sandos, the ETSU Assistant Director for Media Relations/Broadcast Operations. "This show will have a more traditional feel for a coach's show, which is much different than our weekly Inside Buc Sports show, which focuses on all our sports at ETSU. We think this is a special opportunity to inform the public about Buccaneer basketball for the next two months."
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Ah, the recent spate of Free game / Free Gamer activity continues. I will be away for the weekend so there will be respite. However, not today!
Also a new Battle for Wesnoth release gets ever nearer. The second beta for 1.2 is available, and contains many improved graphics - the graphics are really amazing for a volunter developed 2D game. Some of the character portraits are stunning. The gameplay ain't half bad either!
Davide Coppola (aka M3xican) notified me that the Mars: Land of No Mercy team have released version 0.1.2 of their isometric turn based strategy mech game. (That was a mouthful!) The game is still in its early stages and 0.1.2 is little more than a tech demo but if you like the look of the game then check it out - like any open source project they'll love a bit of help even if it's only testing releases.
I came across Pong2 the other day. This 3D take on an original classic looks interesting.


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The University of Hartford's Project Horizon has been selected to receive the first-ever Campus–Community Partnership Award from the Connecticut Campus Compact.
The award will be presented at the Connecticut Campus–Compact breakfast celebration on Wednesday, June 12, from 8 to 10 a.m. at the Hartford Club.
The Campus–Community Partnership Award recognizes an outstanding campus–community partnership that is built and sustained on strong principles of equity, trust and respect. The purpose of the award is to honor partnerships that have successfully demonstrated the true value of collaboration between higher education and its identified communities.
Project Horizon, which is directed by Associate Professor of Nursing Karen Breda, is a network of partnerships between the Department of Health Sciences and Nursing in the College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions (ENHP) and agencies serving urban community populations in homeless shelters, transitional living centers, urban schools, and neighborhood senior centers. The mission of Project Horizon is to enhance health knowledge and reduce health risks among Hartford's most vulnerable populations. Project Horizon also seeks to educate nurses to move from a focus on individual care to a focus on community-based public health.
Nursing students, supported by academic researchers, carry out site-identified initiatives to advance outcomes in health, care and well-being. All student projects are designed to be sustainable after the year is over. Moreover, Project Horizon is woven into the fabric of nursing education at the University of Hartford. All undergraduate students participate, and graduate students in the nursing program serve as field supervisors and mentors.
"At every point, Project Horizon displays the deepest appreciation for individual human dignity and the role of the researcher or intern, complemented by a real wisdom regarding the effects of history, location, education, and multiple other factors on the decisions made by the individual and the overall health of a community," wrote Connecticut Campus Compact Executive Director Saul Petersen in a letter announcing Project Horizon as the first winner of the Campus–Community Partnership Award.
"Through capstone projects that have a focus on sustainable outcomes, there is significant potential for advancing both the field of nursing education and higher education more broadly," Petersen wrote.


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Boutique Hotel on the Harbor near National Aquarium
Baltimore's Inner Harbor has been one of the city's most important landmarks since it emerged as a major seaport in the 1700s. The waterfront is still a working port, but thanks to a major redevelopment project in the 1970s, it's now more famous for hosting the city's top tourist attractions, including the National Aquarium, Harborplace shopping center, and the Maryland Science Center. The Pier 5 Hotel is perched right on the water, only blocks away from Inner Harbor. The hotel's Harbor Magic Specialist, whose services are included in the experience package, can plan a personal itinerary with VIP entry at many of these attractions.
The decadent seafood of the Chesapeake Bay area is put on display at McCormick & Schmick's restaurant, an upscale dining room lined with handcrafted walnut wood. Maryland's famous blue crabs stuff shrimp and fill soups, and a rotating menu reflects the freshest seafood available, such as wild salmon and razor clams. Guests can whip up their favorite blue-crab recipes and sip local microbrews during Crabby Hour cooking demonstrations, which are held nightly. At Ruth's Chris Steak House, USDA Prime steaks are still sizzling when they arrive at the table, thanks to 500-degree plates and dollops of fresh butter. With your experience package, you'll also get a continental breakfast in the morning and a complimentary bottle of wine.
All guest rooms at the Pier 5 Hotel have views of the harbor or the city skyline. Bright walls and vibrant patterns give the rooms a cheery vibe. During your stay here, you'll have access to the MAC wellness center located nearby, which houses four saltwater pools, a four-lane lap pool, squash courts, and exercise studios.
Baltimore, Maryland: World-Class Museums and Historic Waterfront Neighborhoods
Located just south of downtown Baltimore, the Inner Harbor has become one of the city's best-known landmarks, a historic seaport that was redeveloped into a tourism district in the mid-20th century. You'll find several museums here, from the National Aquarium which houses more than 16,500 sea creatures, to the Historic Ships in Baltimore museum featuring the 1854-built USS Constellation and the World War II–era USS Torsk submarine. Head up to the Baltimore World Trade Center's 27th-floor observation deck for 360-degree views of the Charm City's skyline, the Inner Harbor, and the Chesapeake Bay. The city is also known for its variety of little neighborhoods, each of which has its own personality. Less than 2 miles from the hotel, Mount Vernon—one of the city's oldest sections—has been a desirable address since the country's first monument to George Washington was built there in 1829. Today, the neighborhood's elegant 19th-century townhomes share space with the Walters Art Museum and the Lyric Opera house. Back on the waterfront, the cobblestone streets of the Fell's Point village—a former sailors' stopover established by William Fell in 1726—draw visitors with fashionable restaurants and lively taverns.


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Since hosting the first skate video ever with The Bones Brigade Video Show in '84, Lance Mountain has ensured that skateboarding continue to put a smile on your face through four decades of clocking in as a pro. His most recent full pool part in Flip's Extremely Sorry reminded the world that Lance is also really, really good. Number 18 on our list of The 30 Most Influential Skaters Of All Time.
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These pages from John Williams' day book show the types of goods people in Deerfield, Massachusetts were purchasing in the fall of 1783. Day books were kept by merchants so that they knew what, and to whom, was sold on a daily basis. Purchases by individuals were then transferred into the account book, which contained a running tally of the debits and credits for each person. During the American Revolution, goods had been very scarce because of the lack of imports. With the end of the war, goods were once again imported from England, and many items were again available. By 1783, people needed to replenish items after "making do" for many years.
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Organizers of the Sound ExChange exhibit are aiming to turn Imagine RIT festivalgoers' heads with a live performance inside Student Innovation Hall with two collaborative projects featuring the Sound ExChange with RIT faculty and students.
The May 3 workshop is designed to explore the connection between audience members and musicians. The Sound ExChange: Interactive Music & Visual Art exhibit will present two collaborations between Sound ExChange, an ensemble of Eastman School of Music musicians, together with faculty and students from RIT's College of Imaging Arts and Sciences and the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing & Information Sciences.
In the first musical number, Sound ExChange—under the direction of Emily Wozniak, executive director—will perform with work by W. Michele Harris, GCCIS associate professor. The second program will feature a new collaboration using imagery, motion capture and mobile devices. The exhibit will initiate a "conversation" between musician and audience that will continue throughout the course of the musical program. Festivalgoers will be invited to join in the conversation by using a specially designed mobile app that will be available for download prior to the performance.
The performance begins at 2 p.m. and will run approximately one hour. In addition, 30 minutes will be dedicated after the performance for attendees to engage with musicians, artists, programmers and the technology employed during the show.
The Imagine RIT workshop will provide the first public opportunity to engage a live audience with the collaboration's many months of hard work.
"We want this to be a multi-sensory performance," said Susan Lakin, associate professor and program chair of advertising photography. "Sound ExChange's mission is to redefine classical music in the 21st century and we want people to not only hear wonderful live music, but have a visual and interactive experience."
Geigel, associate professor of computer science, likened it to "a transformative collaboration between the worlds of live music and technology."
"We've been using this semester as a test bed for (GCCIS) students to come up with some really innovative ideas and develop the technical infrastructure necessary to facilitate communication between the audience and the musicians," Geigel said. "We're designing ways for people to use their mobile devices during the performance to initiate a real-time conversation between the musicians and the audience."
Imagine RIT also will serve as a "beta" event for a public concert series beginning in September, including an educational component and online presence.
Katie Verrant, a third-year new media design major, is serving as the project designer.
"Collaboratively we all came up with the ideas and my main job has been to figure out the interface design behind them," said Verrant, originally from the San Francisco area before graduating high school in New Hope, Pa. "For the Imagine festival, I have been working closely with one of the musicians to design the audience-interaction visuals and a motion-graphics video for his musical composition."
"They are fun, energetic and a great group of people to work with," Verrant added. "If you want to have a great time out and not just sit and listen to music, go see Sound ExChange perform somewhere."
And while people can bring music anywhere with today's ubiquitous technology, Lakin said it can't replace the real thing.
"We're consuming music so much today on our mobile devices, but nothing replaces the live performance," Lakin said.


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Clifford The Big Red Dog "Little Big Pup/Getting to Know You" LITTLE BIG PUP: A very small new dog named Frankie moves to Birdwell Island and is envious of Clifford's size until he realizes that sometimes being small can be just right. GETTING TO KNOW YOU: When Clifford moves to the Island he makes friends with T-Bone, but the two dogs soon learn that some adjustments must be made to accommodate their size difference. D
7:00 am
Arthur "1001 Dads/Prunella's Prediction" When Buster cheerfully insists that he will miss the Father's Day picnic because he has other plans, Arthur is convinced that he's really sad about his parents' divorce and embarrassed to show up alone. Can Arthur and the gang find Buster a new dad in time for the picnic? In the second story, Rubella's tarot cards foresee the delivery of a special birthday present and Prunella predicts a gift of flashpants, the hottest new fasion. When she gets a watch instead, Prunella can't bear to face the others, particularly since Muffy will be waring them to the big skating party. D
7:30 am
Martha Speaks "The Long Rotten Summer/The Case of the Shattered Vase" The Long Rotten Summer - For TD, summer always goes by too quickly, so he decides to spend this summer in the only place where the days never end: school. But is sitting alone in an empty classroom the best place to way to spend summer? Vocabulary: (E) moment(s), endless, infinite, eternal, interrupt (I) minute, hour, day, tomorrow, never, forever. The Case of the Shattered Vase - Helen shouldn't have watched that scary movie right before she went to sleep. D
8:00 am
Curious George "Monkey Down Under/Bright Lights, Little Monkey" Monkey Down Under - G'Day Mate! George and The Man with the Yellow Hat visit the land down under for an Australian outback safari adventure! While the Man goes sightseeing for sea cows, George stays behind to investigate footprints in the sand. Could it be a mysterious hopping clown rabbit? Or perhaps.a baby kangaroo! Bright Lights, Little Monkey - George, Allie, and Bill go on a late-night search for a mysterious creature - the Perseids. D
8:30 am
Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "A Plan for Sand/Whale Music" A Plan for Sand - Nick and Sally are playing in their sandbox, but there's not enough room for them to build their castles. The Cat arrives to take them to the biggest sandbox they'll ever see! In the desert, they meet Carmela the Camel who teaches them about how camels are adapted to live in the dry, sandy climate. Whale Music - Nick and Sally have made a song to sing to their moms, but they can't get the ending quite right. D
9:00 am
Super Why! "Little Miss Muffet" Poor Red wants nothing more than to play with Little Boy Blue, but he keeps running away! The Super Readers venture into the tale of Miss Muffet and meet a spider who is frightening his friend right off her tuffet! The Super Readers help Spider find a better way to approach Miss Muffet, and everyone learns that curds and whey taste better when shared with someone special. Educational Objectives: To learn how to treat a friend, follow the alphabet, practice spelling and use the power to read to change the story. D
9:30 am
Dinosaur Train "The Old Spinosaurus & The Sea/A Spiky Tail Tale" The Old Spinosaurus & the Sea - Dad takes the kids on the Dinosaur Train to fish in a new place, where they meet a huge, grumpy old dinosaur, called a Spinosaurus, that doesn't want the kids in his Sea. Eventually the kids befriend him, and they teach each other their own unique way to catch fish. A Spiky Tail Tale - Buddy and Tiny help settle an argument between Morris Stegosaurus and Alvin Allosaurus, two very big dinosaurs - one with a very spiky tail, the other with a mouthful of sharp teeth. D
10:00 am
Sesame Street "The Good Bird's Club" Big Bird receives an invitation to join the Good Birds Club. On his way to join he sings about how happy he is to be himself. When Big Bird meets the president of the club, he ridicules Big Bird because of his physical appearance. D
11:00 am
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "Something Special for Dad/I Love You, Mom" Something Special for Dad - Daniel notices how happy Dad is to have received a letter from Grandpere. Daniel really loves Dad, so he decides to send him a letter that will make him glad too. He goes to the Post Office with Mom, where he learns how letters are sorted and mailed. D
11:30 am
Sid The Science Kid "Sid Engineers A Solution" Sid has a big, big, big problem! He's trying to grab a cereal box located way up high on the kitchen shelf, but he just can't reach it. He tries using a stool, but he still can't grab it. He wants to know, how is he ever going to grab that cereal box??? At school, Sid and his friends encounter another problem. D
12:00 pm
WordWorld "Princess Sheep/W Drought" Princess Sheep - Bear and Sheep want to play princess, but they only have one crown. Although Sheep promises to take turns wearing the crown and being princess, she gets royally carried away playing her role. It is only after she hurts Bear's feelings that Sheep learns that a true princess isn't selfish, but kind and generous instead. D
12:30 pm
Caillou "Lost and Found" A day of new discoveries! Caillou loses his voice, finds a frog in his throat, and finds other neat ways to communicate, until the frog goes away. Later on, Caillou is missing one of his favorite socks. He searches the house, and accidentally locks himself in the basement. D
1:00 pm
Barney & Friends "The Magic Words and Litterbot" The Magic Words: In her eagerness to play with her friends, Baby Bop forgets to say "please" and "thank you". Barney tells her that these two words can be magic--they are polite words to use and people feel good when they hear them. Baby Bop has a daydream where she just can't say the magic words no matter how hard she tries! After her daydream, she remembers to be polite and always use the magic words! Educational theme: Practicing good manners such as saying, "please" and "thank you. D
1:30 pm
Thomas & Friends "Helpful Friends" Charlie & Eddie - Edward wants to show Charlie that he is a really fun engine instead of doing his job. Edward races off to the tracks telling Charlie jokes. A big mistake occurs when Edward takes Sir Topham Hatt's car to the Steam Works by mistake, but Kevin doesn't know how to fix cars, only steam engines. D
2:00 pm
Curious George "Monkey Down Under/Bright Lights, Little Monkey" Monkey Down Under - G'Day Mate! George and The Man with the Yellow Hat visit the land down under for an Australian outback safari adventure! While the Man goes sightseeing for sea cows, George stays behind to investigate footprints in the sand. Could it be a mysterious hopping clown rabbit? Or perhaps.a baby kangaroo! Bright Lights, Little Monkey - George, Allie, and Bill go on a late-night search for a mysterious creature - the Perseids. D
2:30 pm
Martha Speaks "The Long Rotten Summer/The Case of the Shattered Vase" The Long Rotten Summer - For TD, summer always goes by too quickly, so he decides to spend this summer in the only place where the days never end: school. But is sitting alone in an empty classroom the best place to way to spend summer? Vocabulary: (E) moment(s), endless, infinite, eternal, interrupt (I) minute, hour, day, tomorrow, never, forever. The Case of the Shattered Vase - Helen shouldn't have watched that scary movie right before she went to sleep. D
3:00 pm
The Electric Company "Wiki Wiki Walter" Hector challenges Manny to find a beatboxer better than Shock. Shock panics! After his last beatboxing competition with his best friend WikiWiki Walter, their friendship was ruined! When Manny finds a competitor who turns out to be Shock's old beatboxing pal, Wiki, and with Doug E. Fresh as the beatboxing judge, the competition gets a little more interesting. D
3:30 pm
WordGirl "Slumber Party Pooper /Line Lessons with Lady Redundant Woman" Slumber Party Pooper - Becky finally convinces her parents to let her have her first slumber party. But who invited Eileen, A.k.a. D
4:00 pm
Wild Kratts "Quillber's Birthday Present" It's Aviva's birthday, and Chris and Martin decide to collect shed porcupine quills to make a beautiful necklace as a gift. As they tag along with an African Crested Porcupine, they discover that animals have different ways and even some highly specialized features to defend themselves from predators. For example, porcupine quills are modified hairs, designed by nature into a deadly defense. D
4:30 pm
Cyberchase "When Penguins Fly" Penguins can't fly - or can they? In Cyberspace, on one special night each year, the penguins of Penguia take flight to deliver gifts to young borgs across the virtual universe. For the first time ever, the CyberSquad's friend Fluff is participating, and invites his pals Matt, Jackie, Inez and Digit to join him in the impressive Penguin March. They head to the Ice Palace, where the gifts are made and where magic snowflakes are sprinkled on the penguins so they can fly. D
5:00 pm
Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman "Ruff Bounces Back" Ruff is under a lot of pressure. To his dismay, he's recently heard that schnauzers are the most intelligent breed of dogs. Meanwhile Chet has shredded his final term paper for obedience school. D
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Doc Martin "The Admirer" Glamorous divorcee and hotel owner, Carrie Wilson, sets her sights on Doc Martin. Louisa is furious.G
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Outdoor Idaho "Writers at Harriman" Thirty-five teens from throughout Idaho gather at Harriman State Park in eastern Idaho for the six-day Writers at Harriman camp experience. In the tranquil setting surrounded by wildlife the students attend class with expert teachers and write.G
8:30 pm
This American Land "Critical Colorado, Checkups for Manatees, Appalachian Forests" The Colorado River brings drinking water, irrigation, recreation and livelihood to millions of people in the West. But there is not an unlimited supply of this resource. Business owners on and near the river are working to make sure their neighbors, and policy makers in Washington, get a complete picture of how critical this river is.G
9:00 pm
Midsomer Murders "Electric Vendetta, Part 1" A naked body is discovered in the center of a mysterious crop circle in a field owned by Sir Harry Chatwyn. A local extra-terrestrial expert takes an interest in the events, and rumors circulate that the vicious death could be the work of some alien force. Part 1 of 2G
10:00 pm
Vera (Apt) "Ghost Position" Vera's former colleague Stuart Macken is left badly burned when his house is fire bombed. His 18-year-old daughter is in intensive care. Vera and Joe pick their way through her former sergeant's recent history and uncover a broken family while tracking down a suspect.G
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LumenBeing needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 35 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
I'm launching a new company that combine VIDEO PRODUCTION with internet marketing. Our clients will be bands who want to use online video to promote themselves. I want a logo that will appeal to artists from every musical genre. It will be displayed on business cards as well as our website. PLEASE READ THE WHOLE BRIEF!
Viral Music Videos(.com)
I'm a music video director. I've been making low budget or no-budget music videos for artists for a while. I've recently partnered with some people who are internet marketing gurus and I want to merge those two worlds. I want to make a video for a band AND gaurantee them 1,000,000 views on YouTube. The logo mark should reflect this convergence. Video production and SEO.
I bought up the domains for what I believe to be a good name for this company. I have viralmusicvideo.tv,
viralmusicvideo.net, viralmusicvideos.com, viralmusicvideos.net, viralmusicvideos.tv
I want a logo that I can use for all of these plus it needs to look good on a business card.
- potential for animation
- both B&W and color versions
- more than just a cheesy font (I have ALL the fonts)
- A graphic that evokes music, video, the internet, and success all in one.
- Some generic BS
- Anything that takes you less than and hour to do
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Trial to Begin for Deputy Charged in Federal Probe of County Jails
LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Trial is set to begin today for a Los Angeles sheriff's deputy charged in connection with a wide-ranging federal probe of alleged abuses inside county jails.
Deputy James Sexton, 29, has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and obstruction-of-justice charges. He is the first of 20 current and former sheriff's deputies charged in February with corruption and civil rights offenses to face a jury trial.
The case against Sexton — and six other defendants who will face trial on similar charges at a later date — centers around the treatment of jail inmate Anthony Brown, who was working as an informant for the FBI in connection with the federal probe, court papers show.
On Aug. 25, 2011, a federal judge ordered Brown to appear before a grand jury as part of the investigation, according to the indictment.
After learning of the federal probe, Sexton and others "knowingly conspired to corruptly influence, obstruct and impede, and endeavor to influence, obstruct and impede, the due administration of justice," the indictment alleges.
The indictment contends that after Brown's cover was blown, sheriff's officials moved him around the jail to keep him hidden from federal authorities, re-booked him using different names and even altered jail records to make it appear that he had been released.
The defendants also grilled Brown "to attempt to determine the manner and extent of the federal investigation," according to the indictment.
At the time, federal investigators were trying to determine if jail guards were accepting bribes for cellphones and committing other misdeeds.
Brown is expected to testify for the prosecution.
As part of his defense, Sexton plans to tell jurors that he was following orders and did not intend to obstruct justice, according to the government's trial memo.


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JTG necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 103 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
Sterling Supply
Company name: Sterling Supply, Ltd.
Website URL: http://www.MySterlingSupply.com (under construction)
Do you have a memorable, eye-catching design to help us sell (yawn…) welding supplies, lubricants, construction tools and supplies and safety equipment?
Sterling Supply, Ltd. Is a startup, B2B distribution company. We are a sales organization, distributing industrial and safety supplies, packaging supplies, fasteners and consumables (lubricants, hardware, tools, etc.).
Our target customers include manufacturers of metal products, electronics, heavy equipment and machinery, oilfield services companies, general contractors, skilled trades and craftsman companies, subcontractors, infrastructure maintenance organizations, municipalities and other governmental organizations with ongoing needs for industrial supplies.
We are looking for a unique, contemporary logo for this new company.
We are open to your design creativity, but here are a few things to think about:
1. No reference to sterling silver, granny's cutlery or jewelry, please
2. The typeface should be clear, simple and bold. We want something that stands out.
3. The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
4. Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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MILWAUKEE – Crack open a beer and what ripples out is 95 percent water.
Water quality determines taste. Water is why beer ads tend to mythologize springs, glaciers and aquifers. It's why the MillerCoors brewery in Milwaukee ranks as the biggest user of water in the metro region.
Yet the vast preponderance of water that creates a cold one isn't added at the brewery. Rather, it irrigates the fields that produce beer's next most critical ingredient: barley.
Today, MillerCoors, along with others in the water-intensive brewing industry, is confirming what scientists and environmentalists already figured out: The golden age of cheap, seemingly limitless supplies of fresh water is at an end, even in the world's most developed nations.
"No water, no beer," said Kim Marotta, who oversees water policies at MillerCoors.
An internal inventory following the 2008 joint venture that combined the U.S. operations of SAB Miller and Molson Coors revealed that three of the venture's eight major U.S. breweries – those in central Texas, southern California and the flagship Coors facility in Colorado – rely on water sources that were already at risk of being overstretched.
The internal audit didn't stop at the breweries. It also found that many of the barley farmers who supply MillerCoors operate in water-stressed regions of Colorado, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.
"Barley is to beer as grapes is to wine," Marotta said.
So almost overnight, MillerCoors began implementing water conservation strategies at its breweries – not just those deemed most vulnerable, but even in water-abundant Milwaukee. It added valves, sensors and systems that reduce water use. It reorganized workers into "sustainability councils," joined forces with nonprofits like the Nature Conservancy, and moved to the front lines of the conservation crusade.
Also, because the non-water 5 percent of a beer – basically, the barley and hops – requires torrentially more water to grow and malt than what's added at the brewery, the brewer became enmeshed in agriculture and crop irrigation methods.
All told, it takes 300 barrels of water on average to produce a single barrel of beer, with only three or four of those barrels added at a modern, efficient brewery.
The growing and malting of barley thrust Marotta's water-sustainability teams into the heart of the most serious water issue that confronts just about any economy: Agriculture guzzles far more fresh water than all homes, industries, swimming pools and golf courses combined.
Due to inefficient irrigation, like the jumbo center-pivot systems that douse indiscriminately in circular patterns and pump heavily from underground aquifers, agriculture is often the biggest waster of water as well. For many water activists, Exhibit A is the eight-state Ogallala aquifer that irrigates Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and much of the nation's breadbasket. The Ogallala has been falling faster than it recharges for decades.
In 2011, MillerCoors turned a barley farm in southern Idaho, one of its biggest suppliers, into a showcase of smart irrigation. The brewer gave a grant approaching $1 million to the Nature Conservancy, whose irrigation experts transformed the 5,000-acre farm at the headwaters of Silver Creek into a testing ground for conservation technologies. They installed soil sensors with GPS satellite connections and smartphone applications, all designed to add water efficiently and only as needed. They redesigned the spigots and valves on the long arms of center-pivot devices for more-precise irrigation that also reduces evaporation waste.
The farm saved 270 million gallons in its first two years, enough to supply one of the large MillerCoors breweries for two months. Using the same model, MillerCoors has begun to introduce its watershed management toolkit to other barley farms in the most distressed areas of Colorado, Montana and Wyoming.
Most notable among them is the troubled San Luis valley of Colorado, a major agricultural basin and home to 150 malt barley growers who supply MillerCoors, including one farm directly owned by Coors. San Luis valley farmers have over-pumped the valley's groundwater for decades, in an area without regular rainfall.
MillerCoors' efforts are sure to spill into other industries, experts say. Since 1950, the world population has doubled. Over that same span, water demand has tripled as farmers intensify their efforts to feed those populations, industries expand, middle class affluence spreads in developing countries, and data centers and Internet server farms multiply and need to be cooled.
The United Nations projects that by 2030 nearly half of the world's population could face a scarcity of water, with demand outstripping supply by 40 percent.
"It's an inevitability that industries in general are going to have to take water conservation more seriously and ignore their own water consumption at their own peril," said Russell McLendon, an environmental anthropologist and science editor at Mother Nature Network, a leading environmental website. "Water is becoming more expensive in general."
The U.S. has avoided the most severe of the world's water bottlenecks so far. But a study by the Natural Resources Defense Council, a centrist environmental nonprofit, predicts that 1,100 counties — one-third of the lower 48 states — will face higher risks of shortages by midcentury. "More than 400 of these counties will face extremely high risks of water shortages," it said.
MillerCoors says it has not been forced to throttle back beer production because of its water issues. But at its three at-risk breweries, it is confronting a welter of water complications that are foreign to anyone accustomed to the abundance of the Great Lakes.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS: In the 1970s, this facility made history of sorts as the inaugural brewer of Miller Lite, the nation's first successful low-calorie, low-alcohol beer ("Great Taste, Less Filling"). It still ferments 9 million barrels of beer a year. But Fort Worth is in the middle of a Texas-sized population boom, and the brewery relies on the drought-prone Trinity River watershed, the main source of drinking water for the populations of Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston — 45 percent of the Texas population, in all.
A 2011 drought was the worst on record for the region, said Ken Klaveness, executive director of the Trinity Waters conservation group. A system of reservoirs captures rainwater and uses pipelines to even out surpluses and shortfalls.
"Texas will not continue its economic growth at the pace it's used to without addressing its water issues," Klaveness said.
Fort Worth is where MillerCoors began its most aggressive conservation efforts. It has helped organize a consortium of 100 landowners, farmers and ranchers in the water basin who have signed onto a protocol of conservation practices.
IRWINDALE, CALIF.: Irwindale, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles, sits on an aquifer that was so depleted over the last century that a court stepped in 40 years ago to create a "water master" authority, which adjudicates allocations to each user. Even with carefully parceled out allotments, however, the water master often needs to purchase imported water to replenish the aquifer — most often from northern California or the Colorado River.
About a fifth of the water in Irwindale's basin is imported, using a system of large-scale conduits and pumps that are common in California, said Audrey Templeton, MillerCoors sustainability manager. Environmentalists say those water imports add to the cost of the water, as well as the prodigious energy used to pump it and all the greenhouse gases that go with that energy.
Adding to the headaches, California just ended its driest year on record.
Unnatural water transfers over the last century in California mean that even the most attentive don't always know the source of their water. "California in many ways has continued to treat water like an inexhaustible resource, to the point that most people don't even think about, or aren't even aware of, where their water comes from," said Noah Garrison, a California-based staff attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council who specializes in water issues.
GOLDEN, COLO.: Adolph Coors founded the flagship of the Coors brewing empire in 1873 in this former gold rush town in the foothills of the Rockies. Under the system of Western water rights, which favor established users over newcomers, Coors grandfathered his brewery into private well rights.
Golden relies on the Clear Creek watershed, which is replenished by snowmelt from the Rockies. But mountain snowmelt is not evenly distributed on Colorado's semi-arid plains, and Golden is surrounded by a region that is water-stressed.
Templeton said MillerCoors drew up its list of at-risk locations based on a metric called "per-capita water availability." It did not provide the measure.
The city of Golden says it cannot monitor the Coors well, source of the slogan, "Brewed with pure Rocky Mountain spring water." But with an annual capacity exceeding 11 million barrels of beer, the Coors brewery is a major user — it's the biggest single brewery in the nation.
Like many cities in Colorado, Golden actively encourages conservation, with a goal of cutting per-capita water use by 15 percent in five years. "Conservation is part of the culture we live with out here," said Dan Hartman, the city's public works director.
The brewing industry provides a natural barometer for the economic impact of global water issues. Between them, the parent companies of MillerCoors — SABMiller and Molson Coors — operate 206 breweries around the world that illustrate localized differences.
In arid South Africa, for instance, SABMiller needs more than three times more water to make Castle lager and Carling Black Label than the company's 1839-founded Plzensky Prazdroj brewery in the Czech Republic, maker of the world's first golden pilsener, Pilsner Urquell. The reasons are almost exclusively related to irrigation, the company said.
Many breweries already made strides in lowering water use, according to the Brewers Association, a U.S. brewing trade group.
A little over a decade ago, the average brewery needed seven barrels of water to make one barrel of beer, including water to cool equipment and rinse kettles (but not including the exponential volumes used to nourish crops). Most breweries today are around a 5-to-1 ratio, with MillerCoors doing better than the industry average.
MillerCoors breweries range from its most efficient in Eden, N.C., at 3.1 barrels of water per barrel of beer, to its highest in Golden, at 4.1 barrels of water.
Water conservation efforts also are underway at Anheuser-Busch InBev, brewer of Budweiser, Stella Artois and Guinness, the only U.S. brewing group bigger than MillerCoors. Anheuser-Busch has cut its water use by 19 percent since 2009, according to its website.
Brewers overseas are equally protective of their water supplies. In Germany, the ancestral homeland of Milwaukee's brewery barons, the national brewery trade association rallied last year to defeat legislation that would have allowed hydraulic fracturing, a process of injecting water, chemicals and sand underground to pressure out oil and natural gas.
The association, the Deutscher Brauer-Bund, feared that "fracking" could endanger underground water supplies and argued that it would violate the nation's 500-year-old beer purity laws.
In the U.S., a group of more than three dozen craft brewers, including Lakefront Brewing in Milwaukee, launched a campaign last year to support new provisions meant to enable the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to better enforce clean water laws.
Recent court decisions have undermined the EPA's watchdog role, they argue. Calling themselves "Brewers for Clean Water" and sponsored by the Natural Resources Defense Council, they are pressing Congress and the White House on new laws to safeguard water quality.
But an equally big challenge remains the prevailing mentality of many Americans, said Karen Hobbs, senior analyst for water policy at the Natural Resources Defense Council and lead organizer of the brewers' group.
"We turn on the tap and expect there to be clean water," Hobbs said. "We take it for granted."
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