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tag:www.pdxmonthly.com,2005:/news-and-profiles/business/feed Business 2015-09-21T08:26:12-07:00 tag:www.pdxmonthly.com,2005:Article/12867 2015-09-21T08:26:12-07:00 2015-09-21T08:26:12-07:00 How One Portland Woman Steers the Success of Local Tech Start-Ups

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Voyager Capital

PORTLAND ROSTER

AboutUs, Act-on, chirpify, elemental, lytics, skyward

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When Diane Fraiman talks business, she often sounds like she's talking about something else. An intervention, maybe. "I'm extremely honest and direct, surrounded by love and commitment," she'll say. "I'm sure I've had some conversations with people who left hoping they'd never see me again. But I've learned that most value the honesty."

Fraiman is a counselor of sorts—to entrepreneurs, and the start-ups they lead. As the sole Portland partner in Voyager Capital, a $420 million Seattle-based venture firm, she works with a select few—six, at press time, with another deal reportedly in the works—of the city's most promising tech hopefuls. Fraiman often joins the boards of companies Voyager funds, and always lends those start-ups as much empathy and social connection as expertise.

"By the time we get involved, companies no longer just need money," she says. "They need smart money. I try to act as a trusted adviser."

In 2010, Fraiman and Voyager backed a Beaverton software development company called Act-On with $4 million. This year, Act-On landed $42 million in additional investment. Skyward, a Portland start-up creating operating software for aerial drones, attracted Voyager's early support in its $1.5 million seed fund round last year, and again in an additional $4.1 million round this spring. And Voyager helped fund Elemental, a nine-year-old Portland company that makes streaming video software and powers services from HBO, ESPN, Comcast, and other major media players. In September, Amazon Web Services bought Elemental for a reported $300 to $500 million.

"The diversity is great fun," says Fraiman, who sits on the boards of all three companies and brings decades of tech-industry experience, often in sales and marketing roles. (Her résumé includes seminal tech names like Digital Equipment Corporation, Tektronix, and Sequent.) "Companies we work with typically need to build their teams—sales, finance. It takes a village, as they say, and they need to tap into Portland's extremely efficient organic network to get there."

Fraiman says Portland's less than one degree of separation is one of the city's distinct advantages as a business environment. The other—even amid our recent property boom—is affordability.

"What you can do here for $500,000 compared to anywhere else on the West Coast is amazing," she says. "That's why we're seeing investors, companies, and entrepreneurs flock here. Do we need to be concerned about the future in that regard? Of course. But this is probably the only city where, as we grow, we get better."

Sounds like some nurturing rigor might come in handy.
 Voyager Capital's Portland partner serves as a trusted advisor to major companies, from Chirpify to Skyward. Voyager Capital's Portland partner serves as a trusted advisor to major companies, from Chirpify to Skyward. http://res.cloudinary.com/sagacity/image/upload/c_crop,h_1128,w_1128,x_0,y_0/c_limit,w_640/1015-diane-fraiman_hye3q1.jpg MOVERS & SHAKERS Allison Jones tag:www.pdxmonthly.com,2005:Article/12739 2015-08-24T08:00:00-07:00 2015-08-24T08:00:00-07:00 Why a Portland Start-Up Thinks It Just Reinvented American Health Care

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Starting in 2006, Portlanders afflicted by low-grade ailments, cuts in need of stitches, and tight schedules embraced Zoomcare, the locally based chain of efficient clinics offering same-day scheduling via phone, web, or mobile app. "We grew up wanting to be doctors," says Dave Sanders of himself and his cofounder Albert di Piero, "and then, when we came out of school, found ourselves saying, 'Can the system really be this dysfunctional?'"

Now, rebranded simply as Zoom, the company aims to become much more than a way to see a doctor fast: soon 28 Zoom outlets, scattered across the Portland area, will offer everything from one-hour dental appointments to brain training. In August, a Zoom "Super" clinic opened near the Oregon Convention Center with emergency-room-style service. Some new Zooms—like a fitness-oriented Pearl District "performance lab," and primary care locations with a holistic bent—will resemble yoga studios, test kitchens, or creative offices rather than clinics.

"People don't want to buy medical procedures," Sanders says. "They want to buy health."

It's a big vision, backed by big money. In 2014, Zoom landed an undisclosed investment from Portland venture firm Endeavour Capital, which typically backs companies with anywhere from $25 million to $100 million. The company then spent more than a year ("an all-out sprint," Sanders says) creating its own insurance plan—an effort that pitted a team of actuaries and other experts against an obstacle course of state regulations, with former Kaiser Permanente executive Michael Katcher playing a key role.

The Zoom plan can be purchased by private buyers or employers (New Seasons was the first), and will go on the state's health insurance marketplace this fall, just like any qualified insurance program. But Zoom envisions something more like a membership to a health club with locations all over town, including 24-hour consultations via the company's spruced-up mobile app. (In June, Zoom recruited David Kohel, a former Nike exec, to lead its digital efforts.) The company is especially bullish on its cognitive performance and physical fitness offerings.

A particularly deluxe HMO? Or an all-encompassing, industry-disrupting, Apple-esque brand experience? Zoom creative director Steve McCallion, formerly of industrial design powerhouse Ziba, clearly aspires to the latter: "If you don't control the little aspects, you can't deliver top-quality care. So we basically have to create a health care system."

If the model works, it's clearly built to scale up. "This is the first real test," Sanders says. "We've worked to make Portland the blueprint for a system that could be rolled out elsewhere."

A bold prescription, indeed. Will it help cure what ails us?
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Ask B-line's Franklin Jones why his company's tricycles are more efficient than trucks and he's likely to respond with math:

"Our trikes travel roughly 11 miles per hour," Jones posits. "That's pretty much the pace city stoplights are timed for. So if a truck's going 25 miles per hour, as soon as it hits a light it's going to stop. If the truck just traveled at 11, he'd be able to go through without stopping."

B-line's three-wheeled, electric-assist tricycles, each hauling a large rectangular cargo carrier, have been making deliveries and pickups around Portland's urban core since 2009. Founded by Jones, 44, a longtime recreational cyclist from Louisville, Kentucky, B-line attacks the "last mile problem": conventional delivery trucks can be efficient over long distances on highways, but navigating through surface streets, stop signs, and residential neighborhoods pollutes the city, clogs traffic, and takes a long time.

"Our riders carry 700 pounds of product and hit 15 different stops in about two and a half hours," explains Jones. That compares favorably, he argues, to the performance of a delivery truck on a similar route.

This fall, the company moves its headquarters and distribution point to a facility in the Redd, the former warehouse in the Central Eastside Industrial District partially owned by the environmental nonprofit Ecotrust. The new digs will allow B-line to better serve the farm-to-table market: suppliers can drop produce at a single hub, and B-line can pedal the goods to market. "It really is looking to solve some of the hurdles small to midsize producers face to enter the market," Jones says. For instance, B-line will provide a central location for purveyors like Carman Ranch in Wallowa to deliver raw meat, package it, and get it to stores via B-line's trikes.

Since 2009 B-line has grown to a 15-person, eight-trike company, with clients like Dave's Killer Bread, Portland Roasting Coffee, GloryBee, New Seasons, and Grand Central Bakery. In addition to opening up a secondary North Portland hub next fall, Jones looks forward to expanding to more cities.
 The delivery trikes have been a mainstay of Portland streets since 2009, and a new hub could make the model even stronger. The delivery trikes have been a mainstay of Portland streets since 2009, and a new hub could make the model even stronger. http://res.cloudinary.com/sagacity/image/upload/c_crop,h_1365,w_1365,x_0,y_0/c_limit,w_640/0915-b-line_hrmlc2.jpg TRIKE LIFE Allison Jones tag:www.pdxmonthly.com,2005:Article/12471 2015-06-22T08:00:00-07:00 2015-06-22T08:00:00-07:00 Under Armour is Coming to Portland to Challenge Nike, Adidas, and Columbia

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The hulking structure looks like the future as imagined 40 years ago: curvilinear and space-age. Built as a YMCA, this 70,000-square-foot flying saucer on SW Barbur Boulevard will now host an alien invasion.

This spring Under Armour, the Baltimore-based athletic apparel company, announced the old Barbur Y as its new footwear and design office. The expansion was the most visible in UA's quiet effort, since 2013, to build a Portland operation. For the first year, the company didn't even acknowledge the existence of its unmarked Pearl District office. After the Barbur announcement, Under Armour blandly noted that Portland is now "a strategic hub ... in footwear and innovation." Among those who keep an eye on the city's sports apparel industry, the news resonated more strongly.

"This move grows jobs, and the industry's competitive advantage here," says Patrick Quinton, executive director of the Portland Development Commission, the city's urban renewal and economic development agency. "They're also going to renovate a facility, so that will make that part of town more active as well. It's a win on all fronts for the city."

"I did not have to sell Under Armour on Portland," says Mayor Charlie Hales, who visited UA's headquarters in Baltimore prior to the announcement. "They already understood this is where they can attract the talent that drives the innovation the company is known for."

Talent. That's what brought Under Armour to Portland. Between Nike, Adidas's North American HQ, Columbia Sportswear, and an ecosystem of start-ups, contractors, and ad agencies, the Oregon-based athletic gear industry employs about 15,000 people. Under Armour wants to tap that expertise to further its two-decade-old challenge to sportswear's Portland-based titans.

The company's arrival here confirms Portland's status as the industry's command center—but also serves as a reminder of how fast any business can change. Last year, Under Armour's more than $2.6 billion in sales outstripped Adidas's $1.6 billion for the industry's no. 2 position in the US. Nike retains the top seed by a considerable margin, selling $12.1 billion worth of Swoosh in 2014. But Under Armour is now hiring prominent Nike veterans—including a former R&D network director and former head of investor relations—and staking out high-profile territory just 10 miles from the behemoth's Beaverton HQ. It's game on.

How did a start-up climb in the ring with the Sultan of Sportswear?

"It really was about the grassroots effort," says Matt Powell, a sports sales analyst with market research company NPD. In 1996, a former University of Maryland football player named Kevin Plank designed a shirt that wicked away sweat while compressing muscles. Powell says Plank persuaded a few of his former teammates, some of whom had gone on to the NFL, to try his new product. "Other players saw the shirts and asked for them," Powell says. "It was very much word of mouth."

Initially funded by Plank's personal credit cards, Under Armour has grown on the strength of that same gritty locker room cred. The company works relentlessly to position itself as a jockier alternative to Nike and Adidas, both long since subsumed into pop culture and—though both would recoil from the word—fashion. (Witness Kanye West's recent deal with Adidas and one-sided public feud with Nike.) Last year, the Portland marketing agency Guidance Counsel helped create Under Armour's characteristic "I Will What I Want" campaign, galvanized by footage of ballerina Misty Copeland's straining, sweat-flecked calf muscles.

"Their focus is to make athletes better," says Sam Poser, managing director at financial research company Sterne Agee CRT. He points out that even prominent placement in the high school football TV drama Friday Night Lights emphasized sport over style. "All the on-field apparel was Under Armour," Poser says, "but you rarely—if ever—saw characters wearing it walking the halls of the school."

The company reports 20 straight months of growth of more than 20 percent.

The company made its name with Plank's Compression T, a shirt that, it was claimed, could "boost muscle performance" while wicking moisture. Under Armour has struggled in the footwear market, where Nike rules supreme, and still ranks seventh behind also-rans like Asics and New Balance. The company looks to change that with new products, like its Stephen Curry basketball shoe; the NBA star signed a deal in 2013. Under Armour lost a well-publicized bid to poach basketball icon Kevin Durant from Nike last year, but Plank made clear that the effort was really about sending a message. "To every athletic director, to every president of every team club, to every league commissioner," he told Bloomberg TV, "... there's no deal too big." Last year, the company's apparel sales grew by 17 percent, with footwear sales up 35 percent. "They've been on a steady march," says Powell. In April, Plank pointed to 20 straight quarters of net revenue growth of more than 20 percent.

The new Portland office makes the company's ambitions clear. "We think it will make it even more attractive for people to move here, or for people who are coming out of schools to stay and work here," says Quinton. Nike may still be several laps ahead, but Under Armour is insisting they're in the same race. The winner? Portland, by a country mile.
 How a Baltimore upstart is taking on Portland's sportswear titans with a new Northwest hub. How a Baltimore upstart is taking on Portland's sportswear titans with a new Northwest hub. http://res.cloudinary.com/sagacity/image/upload/c_crop,h_942,w_942,x_15,y_0/c_limit,w_640/0715-underarmor_esatnk.jpg REPORT Allison Jones tag:www.pdxmonthly.com,2005:Article/12472 2015-06-22T08:00:00-07:00 2015-06-22T08:00:00-07:00 Unlocking Portland's Stylish Hotel Boom
Portland's hotel business is in the grip of a revolution waged with sleek brands and towering cranes. Why, exactly, is the city adding a fleet of new lodging concepts and hundreds of rooms over the next few years? According to Portland-based global hospitality consultant Kasia Russell, the city's eyebrow-raising occupancy rates (roughly 80 percent to a national average of 60 percent), convenience to major corporate headquarters, and growing appeal as a tourist destination fuel the frenzy.

"I get a phone call a day from a developer interested in a hotel project," she says. "Portland is on the map as a place to come experience." Here's who's dropping by.

1. Hilton Canopy

425 NW Ninth Ave Opens 2017

The global giant's new boutique brand, launched just last October, will staff its hotels with neighborhood-savvy "Enthusiasts." This 153-room Pearl District property from local ZGF Architects joins the 11 debut locations in the US and London.

2. The Harlow Hotel

Upper levels of 720–738 NW Glisan St Opens spring/summer 2016

Earthquake-proofing and a new restaurant are in the works before this historic building opens as a 24-room, full-service hotel by longtime budget hotel owner Ganesh Sonpatki.

3. Hotel Eastlund

1021 NE Grand Ave Opened spring 2015

The "luxury boutique" hotel in the Lloyd District (formerly a Red Lion) targets business travelers and locals alike, with Nel Centro's David Machado at the culinary helm of restaurant Altabira City Tavern.

4. Oregon Convention Center Hotel

777 NE MLK Jr. Blvd Maybe someday?

In May, Gov. Kate Brown signed a bill giving Metro the ability to subsidize a proposed 600-room Hyatt, with an eye toward luring more conventions and the 2018 NBA All-Star Game. But given that supporters and opponents of this idea have already sparred for a decade, we'll believe it when the ribbon's cut.

5. Society Hotel

203 NW Third Ave Opens fall 2015

Local developers updated this long-empty building, historically a sailors' hostel, and added a sweet rooftop deck. Another blast from the past: rates start well under $100, at least in the communal bunk room, aiming at budget-conscious urban adventurers.

6. Hotel Vintage Portland

422 SW Broadway Renovated winter 2015

At the former Hotel Vintage Plaza, sweeping renovations transformed this Kimpton Hotels property into a veritable ode to Oregon wine, from wine-cork wall art to vine-ripened room amenities.

7. Oregon Pioneer Building

409 SW Third Ave TBD

The 1910 building is ready for its next incarnation: a boutique hotel by Palo Alto–based developers BPR. (Breathe easy, Spanish coffee lovers: Huber's isn't going anywhere).

8. AC Hotel by Marriott

SW Third Ave & Taylor St Opens fall 2016

The global chain's Europe-based "urban" brand expands stateside to target younger, chic-seeking business travelers. Portland's Sera Architects will craft the 204-room, "design-led" hotel.

9. The Porter Hotel

SW Second Ave & Jefferson St In development

The city recently approved a design for a 16-story, 299-room hotel from Hilton's five-star Curio Collection, with rooftop restaurant, lobby market, and sidewalk takeout window.

10. Hyatt House

SW River Parkway & River Drive Opens summer 2016

Financed by a federal investment program that essentially allows foreigners to "buy" a permanent resident visa by financing domestic job-creation projects, this extended-stay hotel joins the South Waterfront next year.
 With over ten new and updated properties around town, the city's lodging revolution is here. With over ten new and updated properties around town, the city's lodging revolution is here. http://res.cloudinary.com/sagacity/image/upload/c_crop,h_342,w_342,x_149,y_0/c_limit,w_640/unnamed_cjf6ei_hi1u19.jpg SPOTLIGHT Allison Jones tag:www.pdxmonthly.com,2005:Article/12459 2015-06-22T08:00:00-07:00 2015-06-22T08:00:00-07:00 The International Stories Behind the Rugs at Portland's Kush

Rug transport, India style, photographed near Mirzapur.

Image: Rebecca Lurie

When an earthquake hit Nepal in April, Kush Rugs felt tremors in Portland. Owners Brian Robins and Rebecca Lurie couldn't reach Nepali suppliers for days. Finally, e-mails arrived: don't stop ordering rugs. The Himalayan craftspeople vowed to continue production.

While many Portland businesses rely on global trade, the rug business is peculiarly sensitive to events in places like Nepal, India, Pakistan, and Iran. "Consistency is challenging," Lurie says. "We do business in countries that are always in the news."

Every year, Kush—usually represented by Lurie, a former anthropology major with a yen for travel—scouts out rural villages to find rare and high-quality work. "Every country is making great rugs, and every country is making cheap rugs," Robins says. "We want people to walk in and see rugs they can't see anywhere else."

Even absent catastrophe or crisis, the logistical challenges are formidable. A single rug can take up to a year to finish then ship—via every combination of bike, truck, air, and bureaucracy. "Where's that rug?" Robins recounts. "It's in customs. Has anybody heard of it again? It's both a blessing and a curse. We can't just sit back and say, well, we've got our lines, and we're good."

Kush also must tune in to local nuances. "If you're dealing with someone who's Afghan or Indian versus somebody from Turkey—those are different forms of communication," says Lurie. "Does 'yes' mean 'yes,' or does it mean, 'I'm saying yes, but you know I mean no'?"

The store donated 3 percent of its May sales to Nepali relief efforts, and Lurie plans to return in the fall. "Ordering rugs," she says, "contributes directly to providing jobs, rebuilding the country, and helping Nepal move forward."
 The local business shares the challenges of a global trade. The local business shares the challenges of a global trade. http://res.cloudinary.com/sagacity/image/upload/c_crop,h_747,w_747,x_0,y_127/c_limit,w_640/0715-rugs_xumhtb.jpg BUSINESS Allison Jones tag:www.pdxmonthly.com,2005:Article/12414 2015-05-26T08:00:00-07:00 2015-05-26T08:00:00-07:00 The Portland Company That Thinks It Knows the Secret to Social Change

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Four years ago, Trabian Shorters came to Charlie Brown with a problem. Shorters worked for the Knight Foundation, the huge charitable arm of the Knight-Ridder newspaper empire. Brown, 37, runs the Portland-based Context Partners, a boutique and highly specialized design firm.

The Knight Foundation—which focuses on media and the arts, but also "engaged communities" in general—operates in 26 cities where its founders owned newspapers. The list runs heavy on old industrial East Coast and Rust Belt burgs, many with substantial African American populations, and Shorters felt the foundation was struggling with one key demographic. "The foundation gives away something like $110 million a year," Shorters says. "But one obstacle we encountered was that we were not reaching African American men. And black men can seem disengaged by a lot of traditional indicators. How do we reach them?"

Here, it is important to note that Context Partners, Brown's company, designs organizations and systems, not objects. The firm calls its pract-ice "community-centered design." Its own backstory is as Portland-groovy as that term would suggest. When Brown launched the company in

2010, he asked prospective employees where they wanted to live: they chose Portland. Since then, Context, which employs about 30 people, has worked for Microsoft and Ecotrust, and helped the National Academy for State Health Policy reorganize to deal with Obamacare.

Brown sent a pair of staffers to Detroit and Philadelphia, two of the Knight Foundation's biggest markets.

"We chose two cities with black majorities that are, in very different ways, dealing with postindustrial decline," Brown says. "They're trying to understand their modern roles. In Detroit, that's blatant, but Philly has many of the same issues."

This investigation—which involved lots of casual hanging out, frank interviews, and ultimately the collection of thousands of video testimonials—produced two conclusions. First, black men were anything but disengaged. In both cities, they run small businesses, nonprofits, altruistic projects, and every other kind of positive community activity. Second, no one really recognized that.

"There's this whole hidden identity," Brown says. "It's not 'volunteerism.' It's deep. There are ingrained, vital traditions of mentoring, of helping people and the whole community, but also a tradition of not talking about it."

Shorters's comment: "I've been black my whole life, and I was surprised."

The Knight Foundation had considered starting an award.

"No one wanted a prize," Brown says. "When we asked guys what they wanted, they'd say, 'I want to be part of a bigger community.'"

So Context and Knight created an entirely new organization: BMe (Black Male Engagement), which became independent in 2013, albeit with $3.6 million in backing from Knight. In some ways, that organization looks like any other. It has a leader: Shorters left his Knight Foundation job to take charge. It runs programs: for instance, grants of about $10,000 to individual men who make notable contributions to their cities.

On that front, Shorters points out that BMe keeps a very open mind. "We don't care if you're for-profit, nonprofit, or not even incorporated," he

says. "We don't care if you were incarcerated once upon a time. We judge people on what they're doing today." Indeed, BMe is unusually free-form by design. Anyone can sign up online for a membership that connects them to BMe community events and web content. The 12,000 or so members nominate the grant recipients—100 last year, 44 more in June.

Above all, though, BMe exists to help people meet each other. The idea is for members to make connections, exchange numbers, set up their own e-mail lists, and improvise. "Almost as soon as we launched," Brown recalls, "we saw people slapping the BMe logo on events and projects we'd never heard of. Did they ask anyone? No. That's when we knew we were headed in the right direction."

Brown firmly believes that such minimal and even somewhat messy structures will thrive in the future. "This is the way the world is going," he says. "Look at Airbnb. They don't have a product. They're a broker of relationships. That's what we created for BMe. It's not saying, 'This is what's right, you go do this.' It's saying, 'You've got something great going on already, so let us connect you to other people.'"

In this particular instance, Brown contends that focusing on structure (or maybe lack of structure) allowed him and Shorters to sidestep some potentially fraught issues. "It's not about what's broken," Brown says. "Everyone was saying, 'We need to fix Detroit.' But go talk to the people there, and they're like, 'Fix what? I'm trying to build something new.'"

For his part, Shorters credits Context Partners with bringing to bear a philosophy that encourages and facilitates good works of all kinds. (BMe's grant recipients, for example, include HIV-awareness activists, nonprofit publishers, and the founder of a grocery store in an underserved Baltimore neighborhood.) "A lot of assumptions are made," Shorters says, "by the media, even by civil rights groups and so-called progressives. One is that black men only want to work on 'black' issues. In reality, these guys want to be assets for their whole communities. It's much broader and more exciting."
 How do you build a modern movement? According to one Portland company, it takes a little chaos. How do you build a modern movement? According to one Portland company, it takes a little chaos. http://res.cloudinary.com/sagacity/image/upload/c_crop,h_824,w_824,x_0,y_28/c_limit,w_640/0615-amy-martin-spark_tkioo5.jpg REPORT Allison Jones tag:www.pdxmonthly.com,2005:Article/12410 2015-05-26T08:00:00-07:00 2015-05-26T08:00:00-07:00 Upgrade Your Crowdfunding Rewards, Young Capitalist!

Image: Matthew Billington

At first glance, Chroma looks familiar. The website helps writers, filmmakers, and other creators seek money to fund new projects: the very model that turned "Kickstarter" into a noun, a verb, and a cliché. But instead of offering T-shirts, trinkets, and backstage passes as inducements, like the famous crowdsourcing pioneer, Chroma promises investors cold, hard cash. If, that is, the projects they fund succeed.

"The average donation to Kickstarter—and it is a donation—is about 25 bucks," says Mike Merrill, Chroma's 38-year-old cofounder. "How many people do you need to achieve something of any volume? It's massive."

Marcus Estes, Merrill's 35-year-old comrade, jumps in: "But if investors might see money back, you don't have to do Kickstarter's megaphone marketing. You make your case to a smaller group."

The company, launched early this year, remixes both crowdsourcing populism and venture-capital elitism. Chroma handpicks promising projects and provides a platform for small investments in them—up to $2,500 per person. Instead of equity stakes, investors get a slice of any future profits. Project creators keep ownership and control, while Chroma's software platform tracks the money and divides the spoils.

Up until this year, this whole concept was illegal. Since 1933, the federal Securities Act—a key part of the New Deal—limited private investment to "accredited investors." That means individuals of a certain net worth, making $200,000 or more a year, and registered with the Securities Exchange Commission. "You don't have guys on infomercials scamming Grandma with 'Hot shares, get 'em now!'" explains Estes. "That makes sense. But it does guarantee that the rich will get richer."

Two new laws make Chroma possible: the federal 2012 JOBS Act, which allows companies to solicit the public for investment money, and a brand-new Oregon rule that allows private companies to raise up to $250,000 from unaccredited investors. Chroma set sail with two pilot projects, eligible under the federal rules only: The Digits, an educational app raising money to launch a public television series, and The Second River, a game from Portland's Mountain Machine Studios. Merrill and Estes say they hope to float more projects this summer as the new Oregon system takes effect. Chroma will reap a 5 percent fee on payouts to investors.

The founders infuse their grassroots investment model with just a little radical passion. "There's a vested interest in making sure American families put their money into public stocks," says Estes. "This is not a sea change that makes a lot of sense for institutionalized power."

Adds Merrill: "Imagine if people were investing in their neighborhood coffee shops, instead of Starbucks."
 A new kind of crowdfunding site swaps swag for cold hard cash. A new kind of crowdfunding site swaps swag for cold hard cash. http://res.cloudinary.com/sagacity/image/upload/c_crop,h_543,w_543,x_229,y_0/c_limit,w_640/0615-crowdfunding_g1omd6.jpg START-UP Allison Jones tag:www.pdxmonthly.com,2005:Article/12406 2015-05-26T08:00:00-07:00 2015-05-26T08:00:00-07:00 How to Get Ahead in Sustainable Advertising

Image: Holly Hagerman

In 2007, Holly Hagerman turned down a gig at a marketing agency after learning that the firm worked for both an oil company and an environmental nonprofit. The next year, she founded her own agency, Green Rising, dedicated to branding many of NW Portland's striking collection of new LEED-certified apartment buildings. We asked Hagerman, 33, the secret to sleeping like a baby at night.

BE PICKY

Raised in the conservative South in a composting-conscious family, Hagerman grew up comfortable standing her ground. "We have had to gracefully exit many prospect accounts over the years that didn't meet our environmental standards," she says. "It's usually a gut decision."

BE HANDS-OFF

Hagerman says Green Rising is studying how much time employees actually need to do their work and might eliminate hours-tracking. Employees can also opt out of meetings by checking in with Hagerman beforehand. "Work is not a place you go," she says. "It's a thing you do."

PUT ON BLINDERS

While all of Hagerman's six employees are female, only a slim percentage of the worldwide ad industry's creative directors are. Hagerman has now started blacking out names and gender pronouns on job applications to remove any unconscious bias when scheduling interviews.

BE ... THE ALPHA BUTTERFLY

Hagerman's ideal of a working woman is the "Alpha Butterfly"—a balance of natural niceness and assertiveness. "Women don't have to be aggressive," she says. "That's the old model of doing business, where women feel like they have to be that way to get anywhere. People think butterflies are fragile, delicate, pretty, but they fly thousands of miles and migrate every year to bring beauty and a bit of magic into the world."
 Stick to your guns and make a difference—while making plenty of $$$ while you're at it. Stick to your guns and make a difference—while making plenty of $$$ while you're at it. http://res.cloudinary.com/sagacity/image/upload/c_crop,h_409,w_409,x_0,y_1/c_limit,w_640/0615-holly-hagerman_fztnsv.jpg ALPHA BUTTERFLY Allison Jones tag:www.pdxmonthly.com,2005:Article/12401 2015-05-26T08:00:00-07:00 2015-05-26T08:00:00-07:00 Peek Inside the Secret Facility at the Heart of Portland's Coffee Scene

Coffee Bean International's warehouse and roastery in Northeast Portland.

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It could be a scene from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

In a gargantuan Northeast Portland warehouse, a network of alien machines connected by pneumatic tubes sucks up coffee beans, distributing them for cleaning, roasting, and packing. Everywhere, sacks of green, raw beans tower more than 20 feet high. The sweet, slightly burnt smell of roasting coffee hangs deliciously in the air.

The headquarters of Coffee Bean International can house and process up to 2 million pounds of coffee at any given time. You'll be forgiven if you've never heard of CBI, but chances are you've tasted the company's product. Nearly all of the beans coursing through these tubes go to some 400 other companies, which package CBI's bean blends under their own brands. Clients include big corporations—Target and Nordstrom cafés—and small artisan shops that need help with big orders. (For instance, the roaster assists a certain prominent local coffee chain in producing some of its exports.) CBI's business plan is simple: develop custom blends of beans for its clients, and then recede into the background.

"Companies come to us and ask, 'What kinds of coffees are you working with?'" says CBI's director and master roaster, Paul Thornton. "We send them samples of beans. We'll work quite a bit with things we already have."

Like most specialty roasters, CBI assesses beans with "cupping scores" based on factors like balance, "unity," and aroma. During a visit to the cupping room, we sampled a Colombian coffee with a cup score of 88 out of 100. Generally, only beans with scores in the top 20 percent find their way into CBI's four large roasting machines.

"Once a week we sit down with all our roasters, talking about coffee," says Thornton, 51. "We should always try new brew methods, always work with different roast styles."

Born in Eugene in 1972 as a small roaster working with Coffee People, CBI moved to Portland in 1976. In the 1990s, its Panache brand of coffee took off along with the market for high-quality beans. In 2007, CBI was acquired by Farmer Brothers, a national beverage corporation. Now, CBI's buyers regularly travel to South and Central America in pursuit of new and exotic beans.

"It's one of the more aggressive coffee scenes. A lot of players are opinionated."

"Early on, the industry was made up of little coffee shops, gas stations,
 places like that," says Thornton, who started working for CBI in 1982. "Starbucks came along and opened the world's eyes. Everyone realized you can display coffee as a treat."

As we tour the LEED-certified, 135,000-square-foot building, Thornton tells us he's especially excited about a rare Salvadoran Geisha variety bean, which will be roasted and then sold at Public Domain on SW Broadway, the company's only retail outlet.

"About nine years ago we started feeling disconnected from the local community," says Thornton. "That's where Public Domain came from. That's where our best coffees go."

Though CBI does most of its business outside of Portland, the city is perfectly suited for its mission.

"It's one of the more aggressive, or challenging, coffee scenes," Thornton says. "You have a lot of players who are very opinionated and they like to tell you what they think. And I am one of those people."
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That's a lot of slides and dives, a lot of mighty cuts and lunges, a lot of full-out running on cold or wet outfields or basepaths, a lot of days playing in extreme heat with little airflow on the field, a lot of all-out throws, a lot of foul balls and hit-by-pitches and ground balls off wrists, a lot of playing at less than 100 percent. I can say that I played 56 spring games and 35 summer games one year in college, and I felt like toast in September. And, mind you, I wasn't a base-stealer, middle infielder or catcher.
Wear is residual. I remember one John Madden NFL broadcast a few years ago in which he was analyzing a quarterback who was on pace to set the most-times-sacked record. The graphic was put up showing the current sack numbers and the pace, with a line for the current record. But Madden predicted he wouldn't break the record, noting that once he gets to a certain point -- he circled the approximate point on the Telestrator -- he was at great risk of either being pulled or leaving with an injury because of the residual wear and punishment he had received. Sure enough, that guy got to about Madden's predicted point a few games later, and was sidelined with severely bruised ribs or something like that.
|Carlos Beltran is likely out until the middle of next month with a knee injury.
For that reason, I think games played can be predictable, just like any other statistic. Maybe not so much with a younger player who's trying to establish himself in the league, but when a veteran is on pace to shatter a mark he hasn't reached in many seasons, if at all, I do have concerns.
Should I? Maybe not, but I have to admit it comes into play when considering a big trade. I mean, J.D. Drew and Nick Johnson have remained fairly healthy, and Vernon Wells' hamstring has remained intact, and Rafael Furcal hasn't reported any back problems, but when they're offered to me, I can't help but let those concerns enter my head. I'll bet you're the same. It takes more than a half-season to erase injury or wear concerns. I don't know the specific injury or result of wear, only that history has shown something will happen.
And so, with that, here are the hitters whose games played look good for now, but I'm still concerned about them either missing time or suffering a drop in performance because of residual wear:
Concerned about injury (and games pace right now)
Vernon Wells, OF, Blue Jays (pace: 162 games): Has battled a hamstring injury the past two years, including a significant strain in spring training. What has he done since returning from it just before the season? Played in every game, that's what. And about half of those games on turf.
Carl Crawford, OF, Rays (161 games): His finger injury in '08 was rather freakish, but he had dropped in games played the two seasons before that as well. He's a mega-base stealer with a lot of wear and tear (he was patrolling the Rays' outfield by the time he was 21).
J.D. Drew, OF, Red Sox (153 games): Need I say more?
Jason Giambi 1B, A's (159 games): Already has admitted to being fatigued multiple times.
Nick Johnson, 1B, Nationals (161 games): Although I have a sneaking suspicion he'll stay healthy this season, there's not much historical evidence to back that.
Johnny Damon, OF, Yankees (158 games): He quietly has been banged up all season, including his recent calf injury. Only a matter of time before one of those injuries extends beyond day-to-day.
|Chipper Jones appears to be asking his teammates not to hurt him too much after celebrating a walk-off victory.
Concerned about fatigue/drop in performance
Ian Kinsler, 2B, Rangers (161 games): His injuries have been of the freakish nature, but he still hasn't played more than 130 games in a season.
Michael Bourn, OF, Astros (162 games): I just see a little wear hitting his little frame already. He has had 31 steal attempts, he's doing more in the outfield (in terms of total chances), and his OBP is almost 90 points higher than it was last season. I wouldn't be shocked to see a minor leg tweak or two pop up in the second half.
Nyjer Morgan, OF, Pirates (157 games): The most games he has played in a season, majors or minors, is 117. As it is, his batting average has dropped each month of the season.
Elvis Andrus, SS, Rangers (152 games): Same as Morgan, except his season high is 118, and he's in a "maximum-effort" position.
There ya have it. Most of the above have had better seasons than expected, if for no other reason than they've just had more of a season. Take that into account in your evaluation.
1. Albert Pujols, 1B, STL (1)
2. Hanley Ramirez, SS, FLA (2)
3. David Wright, 3B, NYM (4)
4. Ryan Braun, OF, MIL (6)
5. Mark Teixeira, 1B, NYY (5)
6. Miguel Cabrera, 1B, DET (9)
7. Carl Crawford, OF, TB (7)
8. Chase Utley, 2B, PHI (8)
9. Alex Rodriguez, 3B, NYY (3)
10. Justin Morneau, 1B, MIN (11)
11. Jason Bay, OF, BOS (16)
12. Joe Mauer, C, MIN (14)
13. Evan Longoria, 3B, TB (10)
14. Ian Kinsler, 2B, TEX (13)
15. Prince Fielder, 1B, MIL (19)
16. Carlos Lee, OF, HOU (18)
17. Raul Ibanez, OF, PHI (15)
18. Ryan Howard, 1B, PHI (20)
19. Adrian Gonzalez, 1B, SD (23)
20. Grady Sizemore, OF, CLE (27)
21. Nick Markakis, OF, BAL (21)
22. Kevin Youkilis, 1B/3B, BOS (22)
23. Dustin Pedroia, 2B, BOS (17)
24. Brad Hawpe, OF, COL (31)
25. Lance Berkman, 1B, HOU (24)
26. Justin Upton, OF, ARI (35)
27. Nelson Cruz, OF, TEX (25)
28. Brian Roberts, 2B, BAL (32)
29. Victor Martinez, C, CLE (33)
30. Manny Ramirez, OF, LAD (43)
31. Matt Kemp, OF, LAD (34)
32. Curtis Granderson, OF, DET (45)
33. Brandon Phillips, 2B, CIN (28)
34. Ichiro Suzuki, OF, SEA (26)
35. B.J. Upton, OF, TB (46)
36. Jacoby Ellsbury, OF, BOS (30)
37. Torii Hunter, OF, LAA (37)
38. Aaron Hill, 2B, TOR (42)
39. Jimmy Rollins, SS, PHI (36)
40. Ryan Zimmerman, 3B, WAS (39)
41. Alfonso Soriano, OF, CHC (40)
42. Adam Jones, OF, BAL (41)
43. Robinson Cano, 2B, NYY (44)
44. Joey Votto, 1B, CIN (58)
45. Carlos Beltran, OF, NYM (12)
46. Matt Holliday, OF, OAK (29)
47. Mark Reynolds, 3B, ARI (52)
48. Brian McCann, C, ATL (57)
49. Carlos Pena, 1B, TB (51)
50. Alexei Ramirez, 2B, CWS (61)
51. Nate McLouth, OF, ATL (47)
52. Hunter Pence, OF, HOU (49)
53. Shin-Soo Choo, OF, CLE (63)
54. Adam Dunn, OF, WAS (62)
55. Josh Hamilton, OF, TEX (66)
56. Jose Reyes, SS, NYM (38)
57. Ben Zobrist, OF, TB (60)
58. Chone Figgins, 3B, LAA (53)
59. Alex Rios, OF, TOR (54)
60. Bobby Abreu, OF, LAA (55)
61. Jermaine Dye, OF, CWS (48)
62. Johnny Damon, OF, NYY (50)
63. Michael Young, SS/3B, TEX (56)
64. Stephen Drew, SS, ARI (69)
65. Aramis Ramirez, 3B, ChC (74)
66. Derek Jeter, SS, NYY (59)
67. Derrek Lee, 1B, CHC (78)
68. Shane Victorino, OF, PHI (67)
69. Chipper Jones, 3B, ATL (77)
70. Adam Lind, OF, TOR (64)
71. Jorge Cantu, 1B, FLA (71)
72. Pablo Sandoval, 1B, SF (73)
73. Jayson Werth, OF, PHI (70)
74. Michael Bourn, OF, HOU (84)
75. Miguel Tejada, SS, HOU (65)
76. Andre Ethier, OF, LAD (68)
77. Vladimir Guerrero, OF, LAA (76)
78. Dan Uggla, 2B, FLA (83)
79. Orlando Hudson, 2B, LAD (75)
80. Aubrey Huff, 1B/3B, BAL (72)
81. Russell Branyan, 1B, SEA (94)
82. Denard Span, OF, MIN (95)
83. Chris Iannetta, C, COL (86)
84. Mark DeRosa, 2B/3B, CLE (91)
85. Jay Bruce, OF, CIN (79)
86. Brandon Inge, 3B/C, DET (90)
87. Corey Hart, OF, MIL (85)
88. Mike Lowell, 3B, BOS (82)
89. Luke Scott, OF, BAL (81)
90. David Ortiz, DH, BOS (96)
91. Jason Bartlett, SS, TB (87)
92. Vernon Wells, OF, TOR (88)
93. Todd Helton, 1B, COL (93)
94. Magglio Ordonez, OF, DET (80)
95. Matt Wieters, C, BAL (NR)
96. Troy Tulowitzki, SS, COL (98)
97. Jorge Posada, C, NYY (NR)
98. Jhonny Peralta, SS, CLE (NR)
99. Ryan Ludwick, OF, STL (99)
100. Jim Thome, DH, CHW (NR)
Jose Lopez, 2B, Mariners: He's still under the radar, but Lopez has been playing up to preseason expectations in June, batting .309 with five homers and 16 RBIs in 55 at-bats. He's now back on pace for 25 homers and 103 RBIs. Granted, he won't win you any points leagues (he hasn't walked once in June, for one), but he's simply following a pattern of having a subpar first two months and then turning it on. Now would be the time to get him, if it's not too late.
Seth Smith, OF, Rockies: It's tough to ignore what Smith has done of late, hitting .417 in June. Even Rockies manager Jim Tracy intimated that to the team Web site recently. The team is hot, and I don't think it is tied to keeping Carlos Gonzalez in the majors once interleague play is complete (which is Sunday), nor is it tied to starting Dexter Fowler every day. Instead, I could see the Rockies turning back to Smith, an Opening Day starter, as an every-day player. Beginning next Friday, the Rox play 16 of 20 games at favorable Coors Field, a place where Smith has hit .375, so grabbing him for those games might not be a bad idea, even in shallow mixed leagues.
Matt Wieters, C, Orioles: The phenom has been very underwhelming thus far, so I decided to dive into possible reasons why, and found little more than typical rookie struggles. A source in Baltimore told me the guy's appetite for learning has been insatiable. He has been asking questions and hitting the video room hard, and even showing good composure and cool despite struggling. What hasn't helped is that the O's have played nothing but interleague games since June 12, and the scouting info tends not to be as strong for interleague matchups. Also, Wieters has yet to see a team for a second series this season, so about every pitcher he has faced he's seeing for the first time. Unfortunately, he doesn't start facing teams for a second time until about the end of July, so he might continue to struggle, comparatively speaking, till then.
Ryan Ludwick, OF, Cardinals: Another slumping hitter I have hope for. Ludwick is mired in a terrible slump (he's hitting just .177 since the April 26), but I've made it a point to watch him closely both on TV and in person, and I don't dislike what I'm seeing. His swings still look good: He's not overstriding, overswinging or chasing too many bad pitches. His timing is just off. He's seems a little ahead of the offspeed pitches and a little behind fastballs, fouling them straight back instead of lining them to right-center. And he has hit a lot of balls hard that were caught, too. Timing issues are much easier to correct -- unless it's caused by decreased bat speed, which isn't the case here -- and I think Ludwick will come roaring back to fantasy relevance, and in a big way, very soon.
Carlos Gomez, OF, Twins: For those of you who think Delmon Young takes the biggest hit when Denard Span returns from the DL, think again. The early word is Gomez, the all-glove, no-hit center fielder, will be the odd man out most days, with Span manning center field.
Mixed: Alex Gordon, 3B, Royals; Asdrubal Cabrera, 2B, Indians. Just a couple of guys to check on if you play in an ESPN standard mixed league. Both are expected back soon, and both are available in about half of ESPN standard leagues.
AL-only: Mark Ellis, 2B, A's. Another guy due back soon who could help AL-only teams if he shows the double-digit-homer power he's capable of. He has a season to erase.
NL-only: Chad Tracy, 1B, D-backs. Likely won't return till midway through next week, but he's a career .281 hitter with double-digit-homer power when healthy, and still should have at-bats available to him.
I'm starting to get concerned about U.S. Cellular Field. As in, I just can't figure out why teams aren't scoring there. It used to be such a staple for runs and homers for fantasy owners over the years, but it currently ranks 29th in the majors on our Park Factors page in the runs scored index. It still has been slightly favorable for homers, but not near to the levels it was before. But the most alarming part is the White Sox have hit just .217 there as a team (versus .280 on the road). There are no trends to support this, meaning we either have a 2½-month fluke here, or the winds on the south side of Chicago have changed.
Ryan Garko, Indians: Garko has definitely been the odd man out at NL parks the past week, but there is one benefit: When he has been playing, it has been mostly in the outfield. He now has eight games played in the outfield, and by all accounts has accounted for himself well enough to continue earning starts there even back in AL parks (after Thursday's game, the Indians have no more games at NL parks). Outfield qualification adds a little value to him.
Buster Posey, C, Giants: Saying his name makes me salivate, and not just because it's a fun name to say. Posey is a -- you ready for this? -- offensive-minded catcher. Love those words. And he just might stay at catcher, unlike Pablo Sandoval. Well, Class A is simply too easy for this first-round pick; he's hitting .328 with 20 doubles, 11 homers and 48 RBIs and even six steals in 66 games, and Giants GM Brian Sabean talked recently about jumping him all the way up to Triple-A in order to have him catch ex-major leaguers. Well, that would put him a hot streak or major league injury away from a call-up. (Drool.)
Unless you're in a deep (deep-mixed, AL-only, NL-only) or daily-transaction league, don't mess with platoons. It's OK if you have the platoon guy who's playing more than two-thirds of the time, but don't waste roster spots having both players (just in case the platoon shifts a different direction). It's just a waste of a roster spot, and that lesser option likely would be available on the free-agent wire if you need him. And guess who will likely know first when the platoon situation changes? You will, 'cause you have the other guy. Just pick one or the other, and if you can't, then just look elsewhere.
Brendan Roberts is a contributing writer/editor for ESPN Fantasy.


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As we've told you about, the SEC voted to accept Texas A&M as the conference's thirteenth member on Tuesday night, but there still seems to be a roadblock or two in the Aggies way. The SEC originally received a notice from the Big 12 on September 2nd that said the SEC was free to accept Texas A&M as a member without fear of any legal repercussions from any other member of the Big 12.
Something that no longer seems to be the case according to a release from the SEC on Wednesday which said that the conference has voted to accept Texas A&M, but won't officially bring the school into the fold until a certain member of the Big 12 agrees to accept the move.
"After receiving unanimous written assurance from the Big 12 on September 2 that the Southeastern Conference was free to accept Texas A&M to join as a new member," said Bernie Machen in the statement. "The presidents and chancellors of the SEC met last night with the intention of accepting the application of Texas A&M to be the newest member of the SEC. We were notified yesterday afternoon that at least one Big 12 institution had withdrawn its previous consent and was considering legal action. The SEC has stated that to consider an institution for membership, there must be no contractual hindrances to its departure. The SEC voted unanimously to accept Texas A&M University as a member upon receiving acceptable reconfirmation that the Big 12 and its members have reaffirmed the letter dated September 2, 2011."
Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin released a statement of his own saying pretty much the same thing on Wednesday morning.
"We are certainly pleased with the action taken last night by the presidents and chancellors of the Southeastern Conference to unanimously accept Texas A&M as the league's 13th member. However, this acceptance is conditional, and we are disappointed in the threats made by one of the Big 12 member institutions to coerce Texas A&M into staying in Big 12 Conference. These actions go against the commitment that was made by this university and the Big 12 on Sept. 2. We are working diligently to resolve any and all issues as outlined by the SEC."
While neither the SEC or Texas A&M will name this one Big 12 member, it's generally been acknowledged that the school is Baylor. The same Baylor that launched a bit of a grassroots campaign to keep the Big 12 together on Tuesday.
Can Baylor keep Texas A&M from leaving the Big 12? Probably not, but it's hard to blame the school for trying seeing as how the school doesn't know what the future will hold should the Big 12 completely dissolve.
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Baylor stands between A&M and the SEC
Posted on: September 7, 2011 12:05 pm
Edited on: September 7, 2011 12:26 pm
Category: NCAAF
Since: Sep 5, 2010
Posted on: September 7, 2011 8:03 pm
Baylor stands between A&M and the SEC
Btw, the likelihood of Texas' final resting place will be...
60% - go independent
25% - enter Big Ten
14% - enter Pac 12
1% - enter ACC
0% - enter SEC or Big East or stay in Big 12 &nb
Since: Sep 5, 2010
Posted on: September 7, 2011 7:58 pm
Baylor stands between A&M and the SEC
I can see it now... all of the B12 AD's are in a bar trying to figure out how to make this as painful as possible for TAM (and rightfully so). So they come up with the idea of "legally" (and temporarily) holding up the process. However due to reputation issues schools like Texas and OU can't be the ones to do it. So they all take the cash out of their pockets and then stare at the Baylor AD. Naturally, with its religious affiliation, they throw themselves on the sword - take the cash - and make the call! LOL
Since: Jul 22, 2007
Posted on: September 7, 2011 7:56 pm
Baylor stands between A&M and the SEC
The Pac 12 would want Oklahoma State but would have NO interest in Texas tech, just does nothing for Pac 12 fans.
I thinkthey'd want Oklahoma state because Mike Gundy is a good, colorful coach but more than anything because of the rivalry with Oklahoma which would go along with many of the other historic rivals in the conference - Washington/Wazzu, Cal/Stanford, UCLA/USC, Arizona/ASU, Oregon/OSU.
I personally don't think any Big 12 teams make sense for the Pac 12, if anything I think Boise State & Nevada make more sense for the Pac 12, I know some people say they don't bring big time TV markets to the table well neither does Wazzu, Oregon & Oregon State.
For those who say they don't have the academic standards that Pac 12 wants well from what I understand it isn't that difficult to get into Wazzu & ASU so put that aside and bring them in.
Boise is rising and is just going to keep getting better or remaining a power, the same I believe for Nevada so why not keep the conference a TRUE pacific coast conference? If you don't want Nevada how about Air Force? or Hawaii? or add those 2 in addition to Boise & Nevada then you'd have a HUGE conference with great TV exposure and tremendous football.
Since: Aug 31, 2009
Posted on: September 7, 2011 7:49 pm
Baylor stands between A&M and the SEC
You are on the money. I would add that if Baylor had been doing more to upgrade their football program, i.e. facilities improvements, etc. over the last 5-7 years, then they might be in a less precarious position today. It has only been in the last few years that Baylor has even been somewhat competitive. From everything I have read and heard about them, there has not been a real commitment to building the program in a manner that would allow them to be consistently competitive in the Big 12 arena.
Since: Nov 29, 2006
Posted on: September 7, 2011 7:39 pm
Baylor stands between A&M and the SEC
You are correct, but Gov. Anne Richards was what, an angelic Democrat in how she got Baylor included in the exodus, but not Rice, Houston, SMU and TCU? A true sweetheart, she lost me with her screaming "We doooooon't lie!!!!!!" at the DNC.
Since: Aug 23, 2011
Posted on: September 7, 2011 7:36 pm
Baylor stands between A&M and the SEC
If this were the case, adding Colorado was stupid. Oklahoma State is way better than Colorado in all of the "important" sports.
Since: Nov 29, 2006
Posted on: September 7, 2011 7:30 pm
Baylor stands between A&M and the SEC
Grow up Baylor. You had no problem bailing on the SWC and leaving Houston, TCU, SMU and Rice in the lurch.
Since: Oct 9, 2009
Posted on: September 7, 2011 7:25 pm
Baylor stands between A&M and the SEC
The Oklahoma Legislature has said that in order to get OU, a conference HAS to accept OSU as well. They go together or not at all.
Same deal for Tech, most likely - they have to join either the Pac-10 or the SEC with Texas or A&M.
Since: Nov 30, 2006
Posted on: September 7, 2011 6:54 pm
Baylor stands between A&M and the SEC
Hey grantpc, the beligerent Aggies are not destroying the Big12. It is the LHN (Longhorn Network). That started when Nebraska and Colorado left last year. The LHN will ultimately destroy the Big12.
Since: May 16, 2008
Posted on: September 7, 2011 6:30 pm
Baylor stands between A&M and the SEC
Baylor is doing what anyone would do: Try to save themselves from destruction. Just when Baylor is starting to be good in football again (Beating UT last year and TCU this year), now the belligerent aggies are destroying the Big 12 and thus vanquishing Baylor to a mid-major life sentence. My only question is this, Why is Texas Tech going with Texas and not Baylor ? Baylor is way better in Basketball, Baseball, Track, and probably football now that they have Art Briles and Mike Leach got run out of town by the James' !!!


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Motorcycle Accident Attorneys in Los Angeles: Bikers And Dangerous Roadways
The Angeles Crest Highway has long been considered one of the most dangerous stretches of roadway in Southern California. In fact, since it reopened earlier this month, there have already been 3 fatal accidents. According to the Altadena News, one motorcyclist died and another was injured on Sunday afternoon, June 19th in two separate wrecks. The young Fontana man was killed at mile marker 57 when he failed to negotiate a left hand curve. The Los Angeles motorcyclist was traveling at a high rate of speed when he ran off the roadway and careened down the steep embankment. Sadly, he was pronounced dead at the scene. According to police reports, the Los Angeles motorcycle accident was the third fatal accident in merely three weeks since the Angeles Crest highway reopened.
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And the motorcyclists themselves aren't at all to blame for the carnage? I realize that many cyclists obey the laws more or less, but LA has a serious issue with stupid motorcyclists. I've never seen anything like it.
I live in Detroit and I'm here for business. I constantly see bikers passing between cars, weaving in and out of the carpool lane, shifting between uneven traffic, etc. You guys take it to a whole new extreme.
You folks wonder why you're being offed in record numbers. Maybe if you guys didn't drive like complete morons things would be a little different.
Have to agree with "Dave"… if (many, but not all) motorcyclists didn't ride like "complete morons", to quote Dave, they wouldn't be involved in so many accidents. Most of these guys are proof that Darwin was right.
And both of you know that riding between cars (also known as lane splitting) is legal righy?Majority of fatal motorcycle accidents are not caused by motorcyclist!Mostly it is caused by stupid and innattentive drivers (people driving while texting,talking on the phone,eating,etc.. While dtiving!!!
i had a motorcyclist on beverly glen tail-gaiting me in LA and these riders think they are beyond the law and he almost ate it when i needed to turn (and he wasn't watching) and then of course YELLED at ME! (moron is right). NOTE TO RIDERS: when you weave in and out take note that most of us can't SEE you (texting or not) until you are almost up our window! i've almost hit countless riders because they speed up so fast and then weave around you – you don't even know they're there. they are just complete MORONs and i have no sympathy for them in accidents.
First of all, NOT all bikers are asking for it!! In California. lane splitting is legal and for good reason!!! it saves lives and bikes! (when done properly) so you guys that come here from somewhere else, it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to watch for us. We as bikers already have all of our focus on the ride, not distracted by cell phones, texting, changing music, lighting cigarettes, and all the other $#!+ you cagers do while driving inattentively. We as bikers are already looking out for you, do the right thing and look out for us. …. On every ride i go on, i must avoid about 10 cagers in a day. yeah, thats right…. you guys in cars etc, not paying attention to the road. If we rear end you, its an insurance claim, if you rearend us, its a funeral….. get a clue!
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Mix 200ml yogurt with 1 crushed clove garlic, 2 tsp paprika, 1 tsp oregano, 1 tbsp lemon juice and season. Coat 250g cubed chicken or lamb and leave to marinate up to 24 hrs. Skewer meat and grill for 4-5 mins each side until cooked.
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A relaxing day pre tour
... eespecially standing or walking in the sun. We then headed down to Buckingham Palace to watch the Changing of the Gaurd. We were quite early so were standing by the fence when Steve pointed out one of our workmates we knew was arriving in London yesterday. By pure chance Ellyse ended up 2 metres away from us looking at the palace. We caught up quickly before she headed back to her Hop On Hop Off Bus tour.
Steve and ...
Day 5 London
... a regional train to Richmond. It was only after we boarded the train that we began to appreciate just how far away the gardens are and abandoned the trip.
The art of not getting lost
... later we left the shop with 3 big books and a few more postcards!
The whole time had been an absolute dream with no getting lost as the guide map is so easy to follow....until the discovery of the bigger bookshop.....there the confusion set in......just how to make up ones mind as to which of the many brilliant books to choose that one could afford (and whether they could be squeased into the luggage somehow)!!! A fine end to a marvellous art exploration!
In the realms of kings, queens and statesmen
... at 4pm but, seeing as we already had tickets, as long as we were there by 4.30pm we would be fine. We got off the bus and were at the top of the steps at 3.57pm, but we were turned away. It wasn't supposed to close until 4.30pm, yet they had closed up shop before 4pm. The bus was on its final run when we next boarded, but it was enough to get us to The Shard, the highest building in the European Union. We alighted at the stop and could see the top of the glass tower behind ...
Need for Speed
[Tony]: The supercar drive was at Longcross Test Track in Chertsey, Surrey. We had worked out that the best way to get there would be to hire a rental car from London City Airport and drive out.
According to Google, the drive out was estimated at just over 1 hour so armed with trusty GPS and a Skoda, we set off only to hit grid lock traffic in Central London! For those who think Auckland traffic is bad, ...


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