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Savoir Denim Smart Jacket with Double Lapel Feature
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Savoir Smart Daytime Denim Jacket
Taking the retro 90s classic and giving it a chic contemporary update, this denim jacket by Savoir is the perfect layer for off-duty spring days.
Featuring double lapels, this jacket is given a sophisticated appeal, while the worn open style is ultra laid back. The blend of fabrics used to create this beautiful cover up ensures it is soft, lightweight and cool to keep you comfortable all day long. Three-quarter sleeves make this a great transitional piece that you'll turn to again and again this season.
Wear this denim jacket with matching trouser 3VHNC for a smart tailored denim look ladies suit or alternatively over a South striped cardigan with a pair of white linen trousers and flat shoes. This blazer looks great dressed up with smart trousers or as a casual denim jacket. Add an oversized leather tote bag for added chic appeal.
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Savoir Metallic Piped Boucle Short Box Jacket
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Savoir Metallic Boucle Women's Jacket
This suit jacket by Savoir is part of a co-ordinating set that adds instant sophistication to your office wardrobe.
Featuring metallic piped boucle detail to the fabric, this jacket has a high-shine appeal that adds power to your look. Contrast black trims adds definitions to the boucle detail, while the worn open style is the ultimate in sophistication.
Wear this jacket over an understated black top or shirt and tuck it into the matching boucle pencil skirt. Complete your office-ready look with a pair of patent point court shoes and a statement necklace.
Wear as part of a ladies suit with cat number 3V7D9. Ideal for weddings and occasions.
Please note: This jacket must be dry cleaned only. Please do not steam.
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Alex Goode's early try sets Saracens on their way to a fourth successive Premiership win as they see off Sale Sharks.
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A last-gasp try by Billy Vunipola means Saracens edge out London Irish despite Alex Lewington's hat-trick
Saracens agree a deal to sign Romania international Catalin Fercu at the end of this month from Timisoara Saracens.
Charlie Hodgson scores 22 points as Saracens thump Harlequins at The Stoop in the Premiership.
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David Strettle scores a hat-trick to help Saracens seal a dramatic season-opening win over London rivals Wasps.
BBC Sport presents an extensive team-by-team guide for the 2014-15 Premiership campaign.
Saracens sign United States hooker Phil Thiel as cover for Schalk Brits, who is on international duty with South Africa.
Ospreys are well beaten in their final pre-season friendly, losing away to Aviva Premiership side Saracens.
Saracens make South African lock Alistair Hargreaves their new captain, replacing the retired Steve Borthwick.
Northampton Saints will start the defence of their Premiership title at home to Gloucester on Friday, 5 September.
Fijian wing Michael Tagicakibau joins Scarlets from English top-flight club Saracens.
Premiership side Saracens sign prop forward Kieran Longbottom from Super Rugby side Western Force.
Dual-code international Joel Tomkins returns to rugby league side Wigan Warriors after three years in rugby union with Saracens.
Northampton fly-half Stephen Myler describes their victory over Saracens in the Premiership final as a "proud day".
Alex Waller's try in the last minute of extra-time wins Northampton their first Premiership title with victory over Saracens.
Ex-England captain Steve Borthwick prepares to lead Saracens out for the last time in the Premiership final at Twickenham.
Saracens agree to sign Scotland lock Jim Hamilton, Argentina prop Juan Figallo and England Sevens winger Mike Ellery.
Saracens captain Steve Borthwick will join Japan's coaching set-up when he retires from playing at the end of the season.
Jonny Wilkinson kicks 13 points on his final appearance on British soil as Toulon overpower Saracens to retain the Heineken Cup.
Long queues at the M4 tolls into Wales clear after fans heading for Heineken Cup Final in Cardiff contributed to earlier delays
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Jeremy Guscott, part of the first English side to win the Heineken Cup, predicts the outcome of the last ever final.
Clermont's class and Toulon's power will prevail against Saracens and Munster respectively in the Heineken Cup semi-finals, says Jeremy Guscott
England's Chris Robshaw must shine in the big London derby between Harlequins and Saracens, says Jeremy Guscott
England fly-halves past and present Owen Farrell and Jonny Wilkinson meet in Sunday's Heineken Cup semi-final at Twickenham

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SPOKANE -- This year the Spokane Shock defensive backs are learning from a guy who walked in their shoes.
"You got a coach that's played and you tend to lean on him a little more because you know he understands the game," Shock defensive back Ruschard Dodd-Masters said.
Dodd-Masters and company have a coach that has been in their shoes. Will Mulder played seven years of indoor ball.
"He can relate to us." Terrance Sanders said. "He's been in those tough spots and situations like us. I think him relating to us is what really calms us down."
Mulder started his pro career with the Lexington Horseman, but it was hardly a carefree canter through the football ranks.
"You're going up against bigger guys they tend to pick on you more," Mulder said. "But that just carried over and allowed me to be more physical, meaner when I'm out there."
Mulder's physical play with the Horsemen caught the eye of Shock DB Terrance Sanders.
"When he was in Lexington I watched him play a common opponent," Sanders said. "He was balling, man."
After the Horseman, Sanders gained even more respect after Mulder won an AFL title with the Shock in 2010.
Now, as coach he carries a player perspective that's gotten his guys believing in him.
"The joy just coaching and watching them go out and perform and actually doing what I'm asking them to do, it lets me know they understand, they trust me. They understand the system that everything will work."
Mulder's work has helped thrust the team to their best start in three years. And after this season he tells us to listen up for a possible return to playing.
"I think about it everyday honestly," Mulder said. "It's very tempting because I work about four to five days a week. I always want to keep myself in shape because you never know what could happen."


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Here's mine, I finally got a chance to download all the lovely parts and get mine done.
I lost my mum in 2006. I miss her a great deal even though we didn't see each other a lot, about once or twice a year. I miss not being able to pick up the phone and talk to her or go and see her, I never realised till she was gone how much I would miss hearing her voice.


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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Wyoming County is getting help from the federal government to reduce drug abuse and drug trafficking.
Office of National Drug Control Policy director Gil Kerlikowske announced the county's designation as a high intensity drug trafficking area on Thursday.
The designation increases Wyoming County's access to federal resources and information sharing among federal, state and local law enforcement.
Wyoming County is the 16th county in West Virginia to receive the designation.
Rep. Nick Rahall says drug abuse and drug trafficking, along with accompanying crimes, require a coordinated response across all levels of government.
Following is the full news release from Rahall's office:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Nick J. Rahall (D-W.Va.) Thursday announced Wyoming County will be included in the Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) enabling the County to receive additional Federal resources to further the coordination and development of drug control efforts.
"The added Federal muscle that this new HIDTA designation brings to Wyoming County, and which I pressed hard to secure, will help our state and local law enforcement authorities in their tireless fight against drug abuse," said Rahall. "Drug abuse and trafficking and the crime that accompanies it requires a coordinated response across all levels of government, and I am working hard to ensure our State's law enforcement officials have access to the resources and training and information that they need to help them protect our communities."
Rahall has been meeting with members of the Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA), as well as the Director the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), who visited southern West Virginia earlier this year at Rahall's request, about the drug abuse and trafficking problems in the region and to advocate the expansion of the Appalachia HIDTA to bring more resources into the State.
The new HIDTA designation will increase access to federal resources and information sharing in southern West Virginia. Law enforcement organizations within HIDTAs assess drug-trafficking problems and design specific initiatives to decrease the production, manufacture, transportation, distribution, and chronic use of drugs and money laundering.
"The West Virginia State Police has a great partnership with Appalachia HIDTA which provides invaluable resources to our fight against the illegal distribution of drugs in our state. With the ever growing plague of prescription pill diversion this designation could not come at a better time. We are very grateful to Congressman Rahall, who has worked tirelessly with ONDCP to get this designation which provides resources to our state," said West Virginia State Police Major T.D. Bradley, Chief of Field Services.
"Congressman Rahall is a great friend to not only the Appalachia HIDTA, but to drug law enforcement nationwide. His assistance in obtaining the much needed designation of Wyoming County is invaluable. This designation is long overdue," said Kenneth Burner, Deputy Director AHIDTA.
"A multi-prong strategy is needed in waging a successful battle against the epidemic, and that includes both increasing law enforcement and substance abuse education and treatment. I intend to keep pushing hard on all fronts to ensure that our communities have every resource available in our fight to protect our homes and businesses from the harmful consequences of drug abuse and trafficking," said Rahall.
With Wyoming County, the Appalachia HIDTA includes fifteen West Virginia counties, including nine in southern West Virginia: Boone, Brooke, Cabell, Hancock, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Marshall, Mason, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Ohio, Putnam, and Wayne Counties.


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It turns out last night was not very lucky for those playing Powerball. No one matched all five numbers plus the Powerball. But someone may get lucky and get a $260 million jackpot this Wednesday.
Saturday night's numbers were 3-7-21-44-53 and the Powerball was 16.
Since no one hit the big prize, the Powerball jackpot has rolled over to an estimated $260 million to a single winner paid out over 30 years. Players may also opt for the cash option of an estimated $161.1 million.
There was at least one lucky player in Georgia that matched all five numbers, but didn't match the Powerball. Those winners will get a $1 million prize.
Powerball is a multi-state lottery played in Georgia and 41 other states as well as Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings are at 11 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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Georgia Tech women's basketball signee Kaela Davis is no longer a member of her high school team at No. 1-ranked Buford.
Buford coach Gene Durden could not be reached early Friday to comment or say whether the decision of Davis or his.
Davis has not played since Buford (18-4), ranked No. 1 in Class AAA, lost to Wesleyan 44-40 on Jan. 26. Davis was held to nine points.
Davis, the daughter of former NBA player Antonio Davis, is one of the top 10 recruits in the country. She helped lead Norcross to a state championship in 2010 as a teammate of Diamond DeShields.
Davis transferred the next season to Buford and won another state title. Buford was the Class AA runner-up in 2012.
February 8th, 2013
9:22 am
Davis believes in entitlement…Norcross to Buford – Tenn. to Tech – GA Ice to Tenn. Flight….not commitment!
February 8th, 2013
10:00 am
It don't sound good. Hope she gets her act together we need her at GT.
February 8th, 2013
11:16 am
that Trade School can have her now…..not a team player
February 8th, 2013
11:33 am
come to georgia would be a better fit
February 8th, 2013
11:41 am
February 8th, 2013
11:42 am
WOW…Sound like a spoiled kid who is used to having mommy and daddy bail her out when things get tough. Good Luck!!1
February 8th, 2013
11:45 am
Looks like Azar's Wolves did a number on the little lady. If she can't take the heat in h.s. roundball, she has no business in calculus class at Ma Tech. She might want to consider Georgie and a major in How to be a ward of the state or PE in Athens.
February 8th, 2013
11:47 am
Her dad chased down the All-star coaches last year in Savannah crying as to why she was not the MVP over Diamond. This is no suprise. At some point that family needs a does of reality!
February 8th, 2013
12:21 pm
GAC, to Norcross, to Buford, to off the team. Anybody else see a pattern here?
February 8th, 2013
12:35 pm
Is she still in school ??
February 8th, 2013
12:54 pm
Buford is the new Milton. They can win titles easy in AAA with all the D-1 talent they recruit.
February 8th, 2013
1:11 pm
Yea but they cannot beat AA Wesleyan.
February 8th, 2013
1:18 pm
Isn't Wesleyan private?
February 8th, 2013
1:48 pm
Wesleyan is the smallest school in AA.
February 8th, 2013
2:03 pm
If you have no district you are hamstrung by, numbers are irrelevant.
February 8th, 2013
2:20 pm
Easy…….maybe they need to recruit better to win at a higher classification. Recruiting can be a tough business. Maybe we should give them more time to get better players. I would not be too tough on them just yet. Lets see how they make out next season. My HS recruited well but they also had some down years also.
February 8th, 2013
2:35 pm
Transfers between high schools is becoming an epidemic and it has nothing to do with private,city or public schools and their advantages or disadvantages. It has everything to do with overzealous parents and unrealistic expectations about trophies, awards and scholarships.
February 8th, 2013
2:39 pm
Wesleyan girls are 26-2 against mighty Buford since 2001. Just sayin'.
February 8th, 2013
2:39 pm
She is an awsome talent. She killed our team when they met. She made sure the whole gym new it too. The way she acted, you would have thought she was destroying some really great players. They are good enough to win it without her.
February 8th, 2013
2:47 pm
Her dad is an idiot as well…like she needs help from dad cussing out the ref's from the stands. C'mon Man!
February 8th, 2013
3:17 pm
Hope this spoiled brat realizes one day that the universe does not revolve around her or her father. Maybe Antonio will go bankrupt, she will get kicked out of GT for not attending class, and end up with no money, no friends, and no career….fingers crossed
February 9th, 2013
1:42 am
It was reported she was ill, I'm sure the bloggers from Buford got the real tea! So what's the deal?
February 9th, 2013
1:47 am
I think ITT tech has a team she could try for.
February 9th, 2013
1:54 am
The kind of player I sat down last year in my rec team, thought he was all world, never passing the ball and thinking the team evolved around him. Funny dad was just as bad too. Didn't realize that there is no I in team. Actually lost 2 of first 3 games though he was game high scorer, Came off bench after I sat him and the team won the next 4 games, dad took him off team cause he wasn't getting the accolades..
February 9th, 2013
6:03 am
Buford coach told her she can come bck but the other players said if she comes bck…. They want play!
February 9th, 2013
6:57 am
She acts like a premadona wherever she plays…from grade school all thru…Reminds me of other Gwinnett athletes …Kaleb King, Chris Bolton to name a few….
February 9th, 2013
7:02 am
Wow so it's amazing! Is that why she left norcross!
February 9th, 2013
8:46 am
This happens all the time with the guys, reminds me of Drew at UNC going to UCLA when he found he couldn't start. UNC won the national championship that year without him, in fact were a much better team after he left.
February 9th, 2013
9:12 am
No ifs ands or butts about it there should be a one year sit out transfer policy on folks that don't move a certain distance. Basketball has gotten out of control even on the woman's side. Remember a few years back didn't Deshields brother leaves Woodward to play football at Norcross then return the same year to Woodward to play his final year of baseball? Dekalb football is full of kids doing this every year. That's why you have King,Stephenson, and Tucker as contenders and a couple midter SWD,Miller Grove,McNair, Druid Hills getting raided for talent. The bottom feeders in Dekalb get all the stars recruited and they end up with losing programs. Some of these "stars" are stockpiled on the bench at the big schools and end up not playing a lot.
February 9th, 2013
12:08 pm
WOW another Buford high school incident….we need a transfer policy in place in Georgia. To many kids moving around from school to school just to get a RING! Buford is known for this kind of stuff in football as well. Build a winner not pairity! Just sayin!
February 10th, 2013
4:23 pm
She quit the team. She wanted to come back, Buford coach said no. Parents met with principal and AD, they also said no. She's still in school there but will not be rejoining the team. Not the first time she had quit at Buford, but it is the last.
Boys team would be better off if her brother would quit, too.
February 11th, 2013
8:52 am
Nice to see a Coach who doesn't put up with kids attitudes just because they're good. I would hope that the coaches at Tech look at this and maybe think twice about putting a Diva on their team. I am not a fan of Buford because my daughter plays in a "true" 7-AAA team and we have no chance of competing with them, but this gives me new respect for the coach. It's a shame Buford doesn't move into a Region where they don't blow every team out of the water when they play. I guess championships are more important than actually giving all your D1 athletes some competiton in High School.
February 11th, 2013
9:21 am
According to 11alive.com, she's mysteriously contracted an "illness", an apparently one that you can predict that you will still be sick four weeks from now during the region and state tournaments. Parents trying to save face I guess? Nice try but too many people know the truth.
February 11th, 2013
9:55 am
Not a good look…Went to Norcross and won a state championship and leave ? Why you ask ? 2 things. Could not stand being overshadowed by Diamond Deshields and Coach Hembree would not let Antonio coach. He was actually an asst coach on that team but got on Coach Hembrees nerves and she made him take a seat in the stands with the other parents and Antonio didnt like that .
February 13th, 2013
9:54 am
It's amazing to me how much they are trying to spin this into an illness when everyone with eyes and ears have witnessed (not just rumors) what the truth is. They have people on different sites trying push this "illness" The illness is called "Diva-itus" The symptoms include parents in the stands coaching and cussing out the refs, player not listening to her coach and being arrogant towards her teammates. It causes your head to swell to to the point that it can't fit in the gym.
February 15th, 2013
11:39 am
Terry, As a GA Tech fan, I would love to see Kaela go to Georgia. She will certainly fit in.


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MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - A sex offender from Darlington is now facing federal charges in addition to state charges for one of Wisconsin's largest child porn cases ever.
A federal grand jury in Madison has indicted 46-year-old Timmy Reichling on four federal child pornography counts. That's after he pleaded not guilty to 11 state charges in Lafayette County of child porn possession, child sexploitation, and taking children's photos as a registered sex offender without the youngsters' permission.
Authorities recently found Reichling with several million child porn images in numerous computer storage devices.
A 13-year-old girl went to authorities, saying that Reichling asked her to send him nude photos -- and when she wanted to stop, he allegedly threatened to show the images to her family.
Reichling spent about 15 years in prison for a sexual assault conviction in 1993.
He recently asked for a new judge in his state case, and Green County Circuit Judge James Beer was assigned.
All parties in the state matter will meet October 13th to schedule further court proceedings.


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Fish eggs spray out as Keith Taylor grabs a Kokanee salmon he snagged while fishing in the Dolores River. The salmon snag season started Nov. 15.
Photos by Sam Green
Dante Vallejos wades out into the icy waters of the Dolores River to retrieve his hook that is hung up on a rock. The fishermen all complain that the number of hooks lost in the snagging process is the bad part of salmon snag.
Ethan Long, Keith Taylor, Jim Koenig and Frank Muniz cast their lines out to snag Kokanee salmon in the Dolores River.
Ethan Long reaches for a Kokanee salmon he snagged in the Dolores River.
Catching their limit, salmon snaggers are able to fill their buckets as the Kokanee are making their run upstream.
Jim Koenig is delighted as he snags his 10th salmon from the Dolores River. Ten is the limit for snagging the fish.
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Email announcements to firstname.lastname@example.com and include "Community Calendar" in the subject field. Items submitted less than two weeks in advance will be less likely to be published. Entries may be edited for length and content.Friday, Sept. 19Local author Amy Cook holds a book-signing for her debut paranormal romance novel "Edge of Instinct" at the Cortez Public Library, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.


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Friday, April 2, 2010
Peacocks on the Strand
The classic bon mot mentioned in the excerpt below would be worth pointing out on its own merits, but even more so considering that it was spoken by a figure who frequent readers of this blog will recognize as the charismatic perpetrator of the infamous Berners Street Hoax. Taken from "Week-Day Living, a Book for Young Men and Women" (1882) by Samuel Pearson.
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I HAVE sometimes wondered whether men or women were more vain in matters of dress. At certain periods of life it is quite common to see a young fellow strutting along the street as proud as any peacock. Theodore Hook met such a one in the Strand, and stopping him, asked with an impressive air, "Excuse me, sir, but are you any one in particular?" Such a question has often crossed my mind when I have sauntered along some fashionable lounge. The unexceptionable attire, from the crown of the hat to the sole of the patent leather boots, the band-box associations which clung round the whole get-up, the enormous outlay of starch suggested—these things would be startling if they were not ridiculous.


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North Travel bag L £50
Brand new 2011 North Trust 5 line bar and lines still in wrapper £200 ono
Almost new Trust 5 line bar with some lines but includes a brand new line set (still in wrapper) £160
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2014 North XL quiver bag surf!!, only one month old but damaged by the airline but an easy mend for anyone with some Glue and a patch! (rrp £199) selling for £120!
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They are all either new or almost new, The 9 has been used once, the 11 is brand new!! The 7 has a small repaired hole and glued seam on the middle strut but still excellent condition, and the 5m is also in mint condition! 2 quad bars. I would like to sell as a complete quiver but can sell separately.. mail me for details on prices email@example.com
2012 12m evo, Mint condition! £400 ono
2011 Evo, 5m ex condition! 12m Evo like new! £270/£350
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Borderite girls dominate the day to return to state
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It seemed somehow appropriate that Blaine face the team that had defeated them twice in the regular season for a bid to the 2A state softball tournament.
As if exorcising demons that had haunted them throughout the regular season, gone were the silent bats in clutch situations and runners left on base.
Caitlin Dudley pitched with the steely resolve of a veteran and Taylor Trueblood was a combined three for seven at the plate with five RBIs to lead the Borderites to two overwhelming victories that returned Blaine to the state tournament.
This year however, the Borderites will be knocking on the front door instead of slipping in quietly as they did last year. They will vie for the 2A Northwest District title May 20 against Anacortes after a gaudy display of superlatives that had fans from other games buzzing.
"Last year was special," said the victorious Dudley who raised her record to 13-6, "(but) this is way better because we're in the championship game."
Purging the ghosts of two Lynden losses with a lopsided 10-0, five inning win over the Lions May 19 at Janicki Field, was the icing on the cake after routing the Cascade conference's number two seed South Whidbey 11-0 in six innings. On this day, Blaine looked like a 4A powerhouse, so overmatched were the Falcons and Lions.
In the two wins, Blaine hitters erupted for 21 runs on 22 hits against four different pitchers, executed 4 bunts and sacrificed in five RBIs. Defensively, Borderite fielders were impeccable with only one base runner reaching third, turning one double play and committing only one error. Borderite pitching combined for 11 innings of shut out ball, grudgingly surrendering only four hits and striking out 13.
The only thing that could stop Dudley and the Borderites was driving, horizontal rain in their tournament opening victory against South Whidbey May 18. Though steady rain began to increase, officials were hard-pressed to get games in because the site was being shared by tournaments in three classifications. This meant that Blaine was able to get one at bat before games were suspended. The Borderites made the most of it.
Amanda Moore got a lead off single and then stole second, before advancing to third on a wild pitch by Falcon starter Katie Piehler. Piehler repeated the mistake and Moore hustled home for the first score of the game. After Piehler got two strike outs, a single by Stefawn Perrin and a walk to Natalee Sellers set up Trueblood for a driving two run opposite field double.
After Kailynn Aiken was hit with a pitch, Brittney Denison drove in two more runs with a single and the Borderites bulged a 5-0 lead in the first inning. Dudley opened the bottom of the inning with a strikeout but then the games were called after a 30-minute rain delay.
Marginally better weather greeted both teams May 19, though it vacillated from rain and wind, to balmy and sunny throughout the afternoon. Unfazed, Dudley began to methodically mow through the Falcon's lineup before giving way to Ashley Bolick in the bottom of the fifth inning, only giving up one hit. Bolick retired all six batters she faced.
Meanwhile, the Borderite offense added on runs in the final three innings for the final margin.
Against Lynden, the Borderites immediately got after their opponent. Moore, who was a perfect three for three in the second game, led off with the first of two consecutive bunt singles, the second by Samantha Wallace. As Dudley struck out swinging, Moore and Wallace executed a double steal. With runners at second and third and one out, Perrin singled in Moore.
One batter later, Trueblood drilled a two run double, her second in as many games and Blaine had staked Dudley a 3-0 lead she would never relinquish, facing the minimum batters for the next three innings thanks in part to three strikeouts and double play when Perrin snagged a sharp liner and caught the runner off first base.
As in the first game, the Borderite attack was relentless and efficient, adding three runs in the second inning and four runs in a textbook fourth inning that saw Blaine score on four singles, two sacrifices and an error, extending the lead to the final margin of 10.
The intensity with which the Borderites attacked the two game run, fled them on May 20 when they faced Northwest conference power Anacortes.
With the state berth locked up, Blaine coach Tim Esposito rested Dudley and sent freshman Ashley Bolick to the circle against the Seahawks in the championship game.
Anacortes hammered Bolick for three homeruns as the Seahawks sent the Borderites back to earth in the same fashion they had stormed into the tournament, beating Blaine 10-0.
"They are a really good team and always a tough game for us," noted Esposito, predicting the Seahawks might be the favorites to win the 2A state title. Blaine will enter the state tournament in Selah next week as a number two seed.


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When I was working on Startup Boards: Getting the Most Out of Your Board of Directors I spent a lot of time thinking about my ideal board meeting. I also spent a lot of time thinking about why boards are ineffective and what you – as an entrepreneur – can do to change the dynamic of an ineffective board (other than firing your VCs, which is hard to do.)
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I was thinking about this last night while watching the last few episodes of Revenge: Season 2 with Amy. Suddenly the word "transparent" started being thrown around by the Grasons, referring to their new found desire to be transparent. In this case, it was simply disingenuous - they are transparent only when it suits their purposes and usually as a setup of some other nefarious act they were about to perform (or had performed).
Whenever a word makes it into a TV show like Revenge, you know that it's lost all meaning. And, as I've observed in the world of tech and startups I play in, transparency is used all the time to justify something, but rarely actually supported by behavior.
In the "everything that is old is new again" category, the master of transparency, and likely the originator of "open book management", is Jack Stack. I remember meeting Jack and hearing him talk at the very first Birthing of Giants event created by Verne Harnish in 1991. I read Jack's book – The Great Game of Business: Unlocking the Power and Profitability of Open-Book Management – about his experience at Springfield ReManufacturing Corp - and was blown away by his thinking. My first company – Feld Technologies – was definitely not run with an open book and Jack's ideas were very provocative to me.
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When an entrepreneur says he's transparent, I now ask "do you publish your board book to your entire company?" I view this as a benchmark for transparency. If the answer is "no", then I ask the entrepreneur what he means by "I'm transparent." If you can't be open with your company about the information you report to your board, how can you actually be transparent?
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I've come to appreciate the importance of organizations of like-minded individuals working together to advocate clear positions and help acceleration entrepreneurship and innovation. Historically I've been very reticent to formally join anything, preferring to help as much as I can as an individual contributor. Recently, I've stepped up my involvement in some non-profits, adding Startup Weekend and Startup Colorado to the list of non-profits I'm working with in addition to my longstanding role as chair of the National Center for Women & Information Technology.
When my long time friend Don Dodge reached out and asked me to join the board of the Application Developers Alliance, I said yes. Developers are at the heart of the universe I work in and central to many of the things I do. Making sure they have a voice in the rapidly evolving software / Internet ecosystem on a global scale is important to me. Hopefully I can be helpful.
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Why young Americans are getting poorer
Folks ages 29 to 37 have watched their net worth plummet over the past few decades, and there are several reasons.
But younger generations are just getting poorer, according to a new study from the Urban Institute. People younger than 47 just haven't been able to accumulate much money or build up their net worth through homebuying or other investments.
The authors looked at how Americans' average net worth has changed from 1983 through 2010 and found a dramatic difference between older and younger generations.
Those 56 to 64 and those older than 74 more than doubled their net worth, with gains of 120% and 149%, respectively. The picture was still rosy for those 47 to 55 and 65 to 73, with a rise in net worth of 76% and 79%.
But all that progress comes to a halt with younger generations. Those 38 to 46 saw their net worth rise by just 26%, and those 29 to 37 saw their net worth drop by 21%.
Why are young people getting left behind? One of the study's authors, Gene Steuerle, says there are several factors:
The housing bubble. Younger homeowners were more likely to have the steepest mortgage balances and the least home equity built up. Consider a home that fell in value by 20%, Steuerle writes. A younger owner with only 20% equity would see a 100% drop in housing net worth, but an older owner with the mortgage paid off would see only a 20% drop.
The stock market. Older investors were more likely to invest in bonds and other assets that have recovered or gone up in value since the Great Recession.
Lower employment. Younger Americans are seeing higher unemployment rates. They're also seeing lower relative minimum wages.
Less savings. Younger people are seeing a bigger cut of their pay taken out to pay for Social Security and health care.
"Maybe, more than just maybe, it's time to think about investing in the young," Steuerle writes.
The vast majority of them, however, like to spend above their means. They want everything their parents have, but lack the income to achieve it. They also want everything NOW and refuse to accept, their parents worked decades for what they have. Years ago, you didn't go out or take elaborate vacations, unless you had the cash to pay for it. Today, many young people simply charge it. They choose to overlook the fact that the bill needs to be paid eventually. Those with the entitlement mentality are not going to fend well long term. But then again, many have enabling parents that will bail them out financially.
Yep, keep the average workers wage flat for decades and let the corporations, CEO's and all the "1%" income climb year after year.
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Then the 80's arrived Reagan was voted president and since then the tables have turned. Workers and unions have been demonized, CEO's have demanded obscene income, benefits, and golden parachutes just in case, corporations wanted more profits so factories were closed and moved off shore, corporate welfare grew, politicians owed the "1%" for contributing to their re-election campaigns and now the propaganda machine has convinced a whole bunch of Americans to trust the **** is spews on Fox News and PAC. Americans have been "hoodwinked" and they can't even see that.
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O Weber State College 77ie Museum of Natural Science has many interesting exhibits. For the story, see page 6. ,v Vol. 44 No. 34 Friday, February 24, 1984 u u. WSC Athletic Trainer To Serve Olympic Hopefuls by Dan Dickson Sports Editor Nancy Weir, Weber State College assistant athletic trainer, has been selected as an athletic trainer, volunteer at the United States Olympic Training Center. Weir will travel to Colorado Springs, Colorado, and spend two weeks, from June 15 to June 29, working with U.S. Olympic hopefuls. Weir will have many responsibilities during her two-week stay. She will be assigned a team and serve as the team members' initial medical person. Physicians will be available at the training center to treat injuries that the trainers may not feel qualified to handle. "This is a great opportunity for me and I am very excited," Weir said. "This is a professional goal I set for myself. I submitted a letter (to the Olympic committee) last year, but I sent it in too late and they (the positions) were already filled up. I kind of forgot about it until I got the letter Thursday saying I was accepted. ' '7 -, V Signpost photoBob George Signpost photo Bob George Nancy Olympic Weir has been invited to the in Colorado. In the photo on the right. Weir Training Center to be held in June examines a WSC athlete's knee. Evidently they reviewed my file again Olympic committee. It is a great honor this year and I was able to qualify. I for me to have been picked because all always wanted to work with the - the trainee's are picked by invitation only." Weir graduated from Bonneville High School in Ogden before going to Snow College for two years. While at Snow, Weir served as the head athletic trainer. From Snow College she transferred to the University of Utah where she finished her undergraduate studies. She received a Master's Degree from Western Illinois University in Human Performance (Physiology of Exercise). Weir worked as an athletic trainer at Montana State before arriving at Weber. She said she likes Weber and plans on staying here for a few years. . Weir has always been interested in sports and even played a few sports in high school. This interest led her to pursue her career in athletic training. "If I work hard, do a good job and make a good impression, there is a chance I could work the Olympic Games. The trainers for the Olympics are chosen from the volunteer trainers that will be in Colorado Springs. This is a foot in the door. The trainers that work hard will be the ones going to the Games." said Weir. WSC Plays Role In Space Program, Builds Satellite by Rae Dawn Olbert Managing Editor The electronics department, along with the manufacturing engineering technology department, is doing something that no other American college or university has done. They are building a satellite that will be launched from a NASA space shuttle. NUSAT I (Northern Utah Satellite), is being built to evaluate the air traffic control radar interrogator beacon system (transmissions sent from the controller's tower). Currently, transmission signals are sent to aircraft from a revolving antenna. The signals are supposed to cover a designated air space, but if the antenna is tilted at a wrong angle, interference from the ground will cause the area covered by the signal to change. There is no way to tell what the area has changed to, so aircraft flying in the designated area may not receive the signal. NUSAT I, which is tenatively scheduled to be launched in August 1984, will be able to tell what the new signal area is and how to adjust the antenna to correct the altered area. NUSAT I will be run by solar powered batteries and has a life expectancy of eight months. It will orbit the earth at an altitude of about 200 miles, and will take approximately an hour to anhour-and-a-half to orbit the earth. The NUSAT I orbit will not cover the entire earth, but a second satellite (NUSAT II) is planned to be launched in 1985 which -: - . - ? - i . . . I . If J" & Si' (1-r) Mr. Nuel Sanders, Mr. Jack Walker (both of whom are from Rockwell International) and Mr. Robert J. Twiggs from the WSC electronics department stand before a model of NUSAT I. Twiggs is holding a radar receiving antenna. Rockwell International, along with many other companies, has participated in the engineering and financial backing of the satellite. will cover the area that the first satellite doesn't. NUSAT I's ground control will be based at Weber State College, where it can be programmed to evaluate any air traffic control radar beacon under the path of the satellite. The NUSAT project at Weber State is a senior project involving about 40-45 students. Of those, 30-35 are from the engineering department, and the remaining students are from the manufacturing engineering department. Ty Ellis, a senior majoring in electrical engineering technology, has been working on the NUSAT project for about a year and a half. He enjoys working on NUSAT, calling it his "number one priority." Ellis said that the students working on the project really get a lot out of it. "We're learning how the industry works, the real-life aspects," he said, explaining that they are involved with a lot of companies throughout the region. He said that the engineering students must test the satellite for any problems that might occur when the satellite is launched. Tests of acoustics, vibrations, radiation and temperature are included. Mr. Robert J. Twiggs, from the engineering department, is one of the advisors of the NUSAT project. He said that outside companies feel that the students involved with the NUSAT project have gained the equivalent of a year to a year and a half of outside engineering experience. Twiggs stressed that NUSAT is not only a Weber State project, but involves a lot of people from many different companies. Companies such as TRW, Sperry, Rockwell, Southern Pacific Corporation, McDonnell Douglas, MortonThiokol and many others have donated time, money and people to the NUSAT project. Twiggs said that the purpose of the NUSAT project is to prove the feasibility of testing radar signals. Once the testing at Weber State is done, the project see "NUSAT I" on p. 3
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I have long held that most of the people who grow up to be reporters are idealists. We like to think if we just dig deeper, understand better and listen harder, we will find something revealing – then get to share it with the world.
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By now it is old news that the President of the United States is in a deep political hole, with daylight growing ever farther away. He doesn't have gum in his hair yet, but it's doubtful the White House would admit it if he did.
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If you're thinking of putting together a Spanish summer feast, you might want to master a few key words, and preferably say them with authority and flourish: gazpacho, paella, sangria and flan.
Make sure you roll the "r" in sangria and shorten the "a" in flan. Exclaim the words with Castillian flair.
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Of course, actually making the food is important, too, and paella, the rice-based, unofficial national dish of Spain, will require a little bit of practice (or luck) to get just right. In Spain, where paella (pronounced pie-AY-ya) is the traditional Sunday meal, cooks have argued for generations about the best route to achieving perfection. But don't be intimidated — the results are amazing, even if you're a beginner, and are about as beautiful and celebratory as food can be. You'll even gain a few words in the process.
The dish is cooked in a low-rimmed, round pan called a paellera, made traditionally of thin carbon steel that conducts heat quickly. A mixture of onions, garlic and tomato, called sofrito, serves as the flavor base. When the rice is cooked, the heat gets cranked up under the pan, so the rice starts crackling and turning brown, forming a caramelized bottom crust. Achieving that crust — called socarrat, and considered by some Spaniards to be an aphrodisiac — is the ultimate goal of the paella cook.
I remember first eating paella as a child at an old Spanish roadside inn, not far from the Mediterranean coast. We sat in a white-stucco-walled courtyard at tables covered in white cloths. The paella came out of the kitchen, carried like a vibrant disc, colored orange with saffron-infused broth and studded with black mussels.
I've made a couple of paellas since then, but they were never as good, or even close, with nothing resembling the socarrat. It was only recently that one of my brothers, who's a former chef, told me about a Web site where you can order authentic paella pans from Spain. I was inspired by his efforts to plop down $54 for a 22-inch paella pan and try for the elusive crust myself.
Paella pans come as small as 10 inches to serve one to two people and as large as 52 inches, to serve up to 200. The one I bought serves seven to 10 people, so I decided to build an evening around the paella and invite a few friends to sample my efforts.
The menu, I thought, should be of Spanish classics — the tastes I associate with Spain.
I started by making flan, the popular custard dessert with a caramelized sugar topping. Flan needs to chill in the refrigerator for at least four hours and can stay in for two days, so it's ideal if you want to get dessert out of the way. I chose an untraditional recipe, flavored with lemon and cinnamon.
After I put the flan in the refrigerator, I started on the gazpacho, the famed cold vegetable soup of southern Spain.
Food historians attribute gazpacho's origins to the Andalusia region, dating to a time when much of Spain was part of the Islamic world.
Gazpacho originally was a poor man's soup, made of bread, water and oil; through time, it morphed into today's "liquid salad" of tomatoes, garlic, peppers, onions, cucumber, oil, vinegar and bread crumbs or croutons. There are hundreds of permutations of gazpacho. I used one that I consider the traditional gazpacho, loading it with croutons and avocado for garnish.
I chose a recipe for seafood paella and added chicken to the mix. Before everyone arrived, I started the prep work, peeling garlic, grating onion and tomato and creating a broth from shrimp shells. I sautéed the chicken thighs (which work better than chicken breasts for paella, I was told) and the shrimp and scallops in the paella pan, then set them aside.
My husband made the sangria, the deceptively alcoholic wine-and-fruit potion that can sneak up on you if you're not careful. We chose a recipe with brandy and sparkling water, which brightened the taste a bit, as sangria can get a little syrupy and cloying.
When our guests arrived, we poured the sangria and put out a plate of aged Manchego, a nutty sheep's milk cheese, and Serrano ham, a robust cured ham that's something like prosciutto. The combination of Spanish specialties is classic.
As our friends stood around our kitchen, I worked on finishing the paella.
Versions of paella are limitless, and paella cooks each have their own interpretations. But ultimately there is no single right way. You can throw just about anything in a paella that you think suits it.
The one essential element is a short or medium-grain rice that absorbs flavors better than long-grain varieties. The ultimate variety is Spanish Bomba rice, a short-grain rice that is said to soak up flavors more than other types, but any medium-grain rice can work well.
First, I sautéed grated onion, tomato and garlic for about 15 minutes, until the mixture turned almost maroon in color. I then sautéed the rice for a couple of minutes before adding the broth. I shook the pan to even out the rice, which barely covered the bottom of the pan, and after about 20 minutes, when the broth was absorbed, I turned up the heat, keeping my fingers crossed during the final, critical two minutes.
(I've cooked paella on a grill, gas burners and electric stovetop, and I think a grill works best because the heat source is largest and is distributed evenly. You can throw a few herbs, such as rosemary or thyme, on the grill, which will infuse the paella with flavor.)
My husband poured a couple of bottles of French rosé, which we thought would go nicely with the gazpacho and the paella, while I waited for the rice to crackle. One of our friends came over to the stove, and we both bent down, putting our ears next to the pan.
I got crackle. Then a burning smell. I pulled the pan off the heat.
We sat down to our gazpacho and, a few minutes later, I served up the paella, diving into the rice with a spatula. I hit the bottom of the pan and started scraping little bits of burnt rice turned up, but so did the occasional sheet of perfect caramelized crust.
We sat around our dining room table and dove in, finishing an entire 22 inches of paella with ease. Then we rounded the night out with some nicely inverted flans, dripping with caramel sauce.
Success! Or, as they might say on the Iberian peninsula: Exito!
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OTTAWA (CIS) – Jennifer Duff, a soccer player from Concordia University, and Colin Behenna, a hockey player from the University of Waterloo, were named the CIS female and male athletes of the week on Wednesday.
Duff, a fourth-year urban planning student from Moncton, N.B., scored five of the Stingers' six goals last weekend, including both game-winners, as Concordia stayed in the hunt for a playoff spot thanks to a pair of shutout victories against Bishop's, 4-0, and UQAM, 2-0. The forward, who was named player of the match following both contests, registered a hat trick in Friday's road win over the Gaiters and then accounted for all the scoring against the visiting Citadins on Sunday. With two games remaining in league play, the Stingers (6-3-3) sit in fifth place in the RSEQ standings, only one point back of the fourth and final post-season berth.
UNB swimmer Danielle Losier, RMC soccer player Mireille Musca and Alberta rugby player Paige Farries were also nominated for the women's award.
Behenna, a first-year math and business student from Waterloo, was the hero on consecutive nights last weekend as he helped the Warriors improve to 3-1 in conference play thanks to a 5-4 overtime win over nationally eight-ranked Lakehead and a come-from-behind 4-3 victory against York. The 5-foot-8, 170-pound freshman had his best outing of the young season against the Thunderwolves on Friday when he racked up two goals and a pair of assists, including the game-tying marker with 2:31 left in regulation and the winner 25 seconds into extra time. The former Barrie Colt was at it again on Saturday, scoring the game-winner with 51 seconds remaining in the third period as Waterloo erased a 3-0 deficit to defeat the Lions.
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Grantham, PA - Down two points with only 0.5 seconds remaining, Messiah sophomore David Fernandez stepped to the free throw line for the Falcons with a chance to send the game into it's second overtime period. After swishing his first attempt, the Fernandez saw his second offering bounce twice on the left side of the rim...and then off into the hands of the PSU defense.
A half-second later, the final buzzer left the Falcons with their second overtime loss in their past three games. A final score of 74-73 to PSU Harrisburg also dropped the Falcons to 3-4 on the season.
"Being in that spot, it's what you dream about as a kid growing up," said Messiah head coach Rick Van Pelt of Fernandez's potential game-tying attempts. "David wanted to be there, and we wanted him to be there. We'll feel good about it next time, too. This time, it just didn't go in our favor."
The Falcons, down 42-33 to PSU with 12:22 remaining in the second half, fought themselves back into the game- having chances to win at the ends of both regulation and the overtime period. PSU, however, made seemingly every big shot it needed to leave Brubaker Auditorium with the one-point victory.
"(PSU) was aggressive tonight," said Van Pelt, whose team was forced into 26 turnovers on the evening. "It's tough to say, but they beat us to loose balls and created their opportunities. Even still, we had our chances."
After facing their aforementioned nine-point deficit, the Falcons went on a 24-11 run to take a four-point lead with just under three minutes remaining. The run, which started with a three-pointer by junior Derek Mosely, was capped off by a three-pointer by freshman guard Zach Hoy. Hoy's shot came on the left wing, right in front of the Messiah bench, off an assist from Derek Mosley as the shot clock was expiring.
While Hoy's shot at the 2:55 mark seemed to be the boost of momentum needed for the Falcons to close out the win, PSU's William Doyle knocked down his own three-pointer just moments later. After two turnovers by the Falcons on two of their next three possessions, they fell behind 59-57 on another PSU three-pointer-- this one by point guard Jordan Gatchell. Gatchell, who shot only 3-10 from the field on the night, was a main factor for the Nittany Lions on the evening, hitting his team's second biggest shot while totaling 10 points and seven assists against only one turnover.
Eventually finding his team down two with under a minute remaining, Hoy split the top of the PSU zone defense to get in the lane for an 8' foot jumper. His shot would roll off the rim and into the hands of Falcons' sophomore Christyan DeVan. DeVan's put-back tied the game at 59-59.
A PSU turnover with 24 seconds remaining gave the Falcons possession; however, Messiah would not manage to get a shot off as a last-second turnover sent the teams into overtime.
In the extra period, the Falcons fell behind 71-66 with just over two minutes remaining. Fernandez, who would score nine of the Falcons' 14 overtime points, brought Messiah to within 71-70 with 34 seconds remaining on a baseline drive.
After a Messiah foul sent PSU to the free throw line, Hoy would corral the second miss of PSU's Amani Glen, getting fouled on the rebound. The foul would send Hoy to the free line on the other end, with his two made attempts giving Messiah a 72-71 lead with just 16 seconds remaining.
Down to their final possession, the Nittany Lions' Kenton Alston hit the game's biggest shot- a three-pointer from 24 feet out toward the left wing with only 7 seconds on the clock. His shot off the feed from Gatchell was heavily contested, with a seemingly improbable result delivering a blow to the Messiah fans in attendance and watching online.
The Falcons' inbound pass would go up the right sideline to Fernandez, who would be foulded at the rim to set up his final attempts.
"It's a tough one to lose, especially because we did do some good things," said Van Pelt of his team that outrebounded PSU 45-35 while also holding them to just 35% shooting from the field. "Our turnovers really hurt us. We need to take better care of the ball."
Indeed, the Falcons' 26 turnovers contributed to PSU attempting 71 total shots to just 55 for Messiah. The Nittany Lions also turned the ball over just 10 times, also taking advantage of 17 more free throw attempts (16-30) than Messiah (7-13).
Fernandez led all scorers with 30 points on 12-18 shooting. He also grabbed nine rebounds and collected five assists and five blocks. Derek Mosley added 15 points and 11 rebounds for Messiah, shooting 6-11 of the field (3-6 from downtown). Younger brother Dan Mosley provided a spark of the bench for the Falcons, scoring nine points on 3-4 shooting from three-point range. Hoy scored 10 points while also collecting six rebounds and three assists.
"It's never easy to lose, but we did have some guys play well tonight," added Van Pelt, whose Falcons' held a 23-22 advantage at halftime. "Fernandez was especially good for us. The Mosley brothers played well, and Taylor Groff (7 points, 7 rebounds in 20 minutes) was pretty good. We just need to keep working."
PSU (5-2) was led in scoring by Alston, who scored 22 points on 7-14 shooting. His seven rebounds were matched by Doyle for team-high, with Doyle adding 13 points. Gatchell, Amani Glen (14 points), and Steven Jones (14 points) joined in double figures. The five PSU players combined for all but one of their team's points, playing all but 29 of their team's 225 total minutes.
With the loss, Messiah drops to 3-4 as they prepare to travel to Eastern University for a 3:00 p.m. game on Saturday, December 10.


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Could this be the next Berkshire?
By following Warren Buffett's strategy in this often overlooked sector, one company has managed to outpace the market year after year.
One hundred seventy thousand dollars.
That's roughly how much one share of Berkshire Hathaway Class A (BRK.A) stock is selling for these days.
Imagine if you had been one of the fortunate few to invest in Warren Buffett's young company back in 1967, when shares were trading for $20.50. Right now, you would be sitting on a total nominal gain of 829,460%.
But nowadays, Berkshire has, to some degree, become a victim of its own success. Buffett has often said that the company's current size ($278 billion market cap) has made future growth more difficult.
"Size is the anchor of performance. There is no question about it," Buffett has said. "It doesn't mean you can't do better than average as you get larger, but the margin shrinks."
Of course, having too much money is a problem most of us would like to have. And I certainly don't mean to imply that Berkshire is a bad investment.
But it does prompt a question: Are there any other publicly traded companies that could be the next Berkshire? Are there any companies currently on the market that share Buffett and partner Charlie Munger's penchant for value investing, long-term holdings and the use of insurance float to generate big returns?
While many investing firms have sought to imitate Berkshire's success over the years, I'd like to tell you about one company in particular that's on track to follow the same path.
Like Berkshire, Alleghany Corp. (Y) is an investment holding company that uses a value-oriented strategy to acquire interests in businesses and equity holdings. And, like Berkshire, it generally holds these investments for long-term periods. Through subsidiaries such as RSUI Group, Capitol Transamerica, Pacific Compensation and Transatlantic Holdings, the company sells specialty insurance and property-casualty insurance.
In 2012, the company gained exposure to the reinsurance industry through its acquisition of Transatlantic Holdings. Alleghany also owns real estate and minority stakes in energy-related companies.
While its $6.4 billion market cap is much smaller than Berkshire's, Alleghany uses a similar strategy to generate returns. It collects insurance premiums paid by customers and invests this money (called float) for its own benefit. This is the same strategy that Berkshire has successfully employed for years through such insurance holdings as GEICO and General Re.
StreetAuthority's Amy Calistri has covered the profitable opportunities from this ingenious investing strategy many times. In her October 2012 issue of Stock of the Month, she wrote:
"Reinsurance companies profit by collecting more premiums than they pay out in claims. But they can make much more money if they invest those premiums wisely."Alleghany's recent acquisition of Transatlantic Holdings has produced exceptional returns. The company doubled pretax earnings for the first quarter of this year compared with the same period last year. Core specialty insurance holding RSUI Group reported underwriting income of $57 million, up 30% from the year before.
At the close of 2012, Alleghany reported common stockholders' equity per share of $379.13, a 10.8% increase over the previous year.
These results come in spite of significant losses due to Hurricane Sandy, which cost the company a reported $268 million in claims.
For the five-year period that ended Dec. 31, 2012, the company reported that common stockholders' equity per share increased at a compound annual rate of 6.1%, compared with a compound annual rate of return of 1.6% for the S&P 500 ($INX) over the same time.
The company is trading at a forward price-to-earnings ratio of 12 and a price-to-book ratio of 1.0. Analysts predict annual revenue to grow at a rate of 6% over the next seven years. Return on equity is forecast at 10% in the short term but should rise to 12% once the Transatlantic acquisition is fully integrated.
The firm uses growth in book value as the metric for compensation in the form of restricted stock. This system helps keep management's interests aligned with shareholders'.
Management has also indicated that it plans to begin making private equity investments, which, if done correctly, could lead to additional growth opportunities.
Risks to consider: To finance the Transatlantic deal, Alleghany issued roughly $2.7 billion worth of stock. While the deal appears to have been a success, issuing new shares to pay for acquisitions (as opposed to using existing capital) can be a risky proposition if the deal doesn't work as planned. In this respect, the company differs significantly from the strategy employed by Berkshire, which doesn't issue new shares to fund an acquisition.
In addition, insurance companies are subject to unpredictable losses stemming from events such as natural disasters or terrorist attacks.
Action to take: Alleghany appears to be fairly valued at today's prices. While it may never achieve the lofty heights that Berkshire Hathaway has attained, it remains a solid, stable company that has outperformed the broader market year after year.
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I guess the most important thing to consider, and I kinda believe the Author and "some" commentors.
are missing a little fact....Of this being "46" years ago, Warren had already made investments long before this in other Ventures...
Not following or caring completely about Buffet and Charlie Munger from the inception of BERK in '67.
I would only surmise investments or investment equivilents, very well may have yielded the same or better results...That's really where comparisons should be layed down.
And as far as witnessing the "next BERK" I really don't have 50 years left...
And other considerations, should be all the appreciation, re-investing or DRIPs and Compounding that come into play...As far as the $1000 investment in 1967..??
We bought our first home..
But bought a new Camaro in 1968, and should have bought used and put the difference into BERK.
The car would have long been gone, but the $8 mill would have looked sweet...
Yes it would have been a good savings plan, even considering ups and downs, inflation and any other little nasties.....hmmm, 8 million you say; Wish Mom&Dad would have gave us some shares on our 5th, wedding anniversary...
They were Depression Kids and had no use for the Stock Market...
It sounds a lot more impressive than it really is. PV:20.00; FV: 172,00; N: 46 Annual Return: 22.3 %
For the record, there are a lot of hedge fund managers who have earned that or more per year. Peter Lynch, while running Fidelity Magellan, averaged 28% per year. Warren Buffet's investing record in buying stocks is not that impressive. His record in buying entire companies (taking them private) is much more impressive. That is more of a speculator/private equity investor than a portfolio manager. Some of his stocks have been dogs for years. He is also more impressive as a lender of last resort. Check out his deals with GE Capital and GoldmanSachs as evidence of that.
Fatty Cakes as far as being impressed...You are the guy that would pay a Bundle to dine with Buffet.
Unfortunately you probably can't get enough for your "hot wheels collection."
I wouldn't either, only a fool would even, for charity...
But I would sit down and have a pie and coffee with him back home in one of his favorite haunts..
Yeah I would pick up the coffee and pie...tab.
Because I'm a nice guy..
Midnight Owl you put it well...I've thought many of their investments were putzs..
It's what has been amassed by Buffet and MUNGER that's interesting to me; Yes the deal makers and and the buyouts or controlling of entities....Seems like their are about 80 owned Companies, under the Berkshire umbrella and is where much of the cash flow might come from.
Many of their other investments are mediocre at best...He admits that occassionally..
I try to strive to meet or exceed their gains, on a straight out basis, I usually have, concerning the price of Berk year on year, only...I feel good about that...And do suscribe to many of his or their philosophys.
After all is said and done, yes they have done pretty well.
Those that are fascinated with BERK or Buffet, probably should have bought into BERK.B...
Maybe even a few shares for their kids, that could be passed on when they were 50.(the kids)
Baby Berk was going near a low of about 45 back in our "bottoms" but now near 3 times that..
Buffet is right about their "behemoth" Berkshire, but I think a lot of that prodding has come from Investors with large positions....He appeased them a little with the "B" stock...
But then again, Berkshire can make and write their own deals because of size; Few other Icons can make the same claim.
He just can't stand the thought of losing control of his "baby"...It's coming Warren, and you know it.
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Jim Anderson's 1957 BMW Isetta 300
For those used to flipping through these pages and finding a familiar make and model on each page, an introduction may finally be in order. This is the BMW Isetta 300... or more accurately, a heavily reworked version of one.
This quirky little rear-engine two-seater can trace its roots back to post-war Italy. Those with meager means generally got around on scooters and the like back then until Renzo Rivolta, a manufacturer of Iso S.p.A refrigerators, started making three-wheeled trucks. Iso debuted the first Isetta, (literally "little Iso") at the 1953 Turin Motor Show. The stats for this tin can with a motor weren't exactly devastating: Two-cylinder, two-stroke, 236cc motor; 50 mpg; 4.5 feet wide and 7.5 feet long; zero to 30 in 36 seconds and a 45-mph top speed.
While the performance may have been anemic, one particularly appealing aspect of the car seemed to be the mileage. A little gas mileage goes a along way. Especially when you're buying gas on the black market. At the time, BMW needed what today we might call "a beater car" as the 502 and 507 it had for sale at the time weren't really doing that.
BMW acquired the Isetta in the autumn of 1954 and proceeded to completely redesign it with a more reliable 13-hp motorcycle engine, debuting the car in October 1956. Over the course of its life it sold over a hundred thousand in Germany. Many agree that BMW would not be here today if not for the success of this odd-looking, sometimes three-wheeled, yet inexpensive chariot.
Of course, the Isetta wasn't exactly a huge seller in the U.S. BMW exported about 8,500 Isettas here starting in 1957. Today approximately 1,000 remain. And you're looking at what could be one of the fastest in the world.
If anyone has petrol pulsing through his veins it's the owner of this revamped refrigerator, Jim Anderson. He started drag racing in high school at various tracks throughout Colorado at the helm of various muscle cars like 270-hp '57 and 290-hp '58 Corvettes, a '58 Nomad with 348 cubic inches, a 220-hp Chevy 150 police car, and a 425-hp '56 Chevy. After seeing this horsepower-heavy list you might think that he'd be the last to want to jump into a 900-pound car with as much horsepower as a riding mower. But that's exactly what he did with this very Isetta more than 50 years ago.
A little arithmetic will tell you that Anderson is no spring chicken, but take it from this reporter, he's a spritely chap with plenty of bounce in his step. While he had help with this build from a few other men, he did a lot of the work himself-and of course initiated the project in the first place. As we were going over some facts of the buildup in his office I couldn't help but notice the array of motocross trophies. One of them was for First in a seniors division won just three years ago. Like Tupac said, "Ride 'til I die."
Anderson lives on the very 15-acre spread that he bought 30 years ago, and this is where we photographed the Isetta. This is also where he worked on the car and where he lived when he bought it.
Actually, he didn't buy it. He swapped for it.
"About seven years out of high school I found the car at a gas station called Enco," Anderson says. "It had a tiger on the front and a tail sticking out of the gas tank. The logo read, 'put a tiger in your tank.' I traded a paint job on a 1956 Ford for it."
Anderson is by trade a housepainter but obviously possesses a number of other skills. Lucky for him, none of those skills include destroying the Isetta when he was younger.
"My cousin and I abused it by seeing if we could roll it in the gravel," he says. "Luckily we didn't get it done." He went on to mention how he lifted the car up by himself to assess the damage but nearly tipped it over.