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Four years ago, Bartley Blume was aiming to get in on the ground floor of Minnesota's craft-beer renaissance. The aerospace industry salesman and avid home-brewer was ready to "shed the shackles of corporate bondage," and he had a business plan for a brewery. But he was beaten to the brewhouse.
"When Fulton opened up [in 2009] I said, 'Damn, I'm too late,' " Blume recalled. "Since then, 20 have opened up."
While Blume's Bent Brewstillery might not be a first- (or even second-) wave Minnesota microbrewery, it has an important distinction. As the name suggests, Bent will both brew beer and distill spirits, namely whiskey.
"[The] beer definitely came first, but as we all know, whiskey is what beer wants to be when it grows up," Blume said. "To me, it felt like the next logical progression."
Though not yet commercially available, Bent debuts Saturday at St. Paul Summer Beer Fest with Dark Fatha — an American "emperial" stout bearing a pimped-out Darth Vader logo. Initially not a fan of the style, Blume first brewed Dark Fatha to please his stout-fond friends and after three months of maturation it proved to be a hit at a barbecue party.
"I threw a bunch of stuff together that was stout-like and tasted it before it was done fermenting and was like, 'Oh, this is horrible — they're going to love it,' " he said.
Blume recently began contract brewing at Pour Decisions Brewing Co. in Roseville. The Southern-reared Shoreview transplant is hunting for his own taproom-tailored site in Arden Hills and hopes to have Unpure, an unaged whiskey, on the market this fall.
While white whiskey (a k a moonshine) is popular among upstart distilleries because it is unaged, Blume plans to give his smoked-malt spirit a "deep honey color" by filtering it through oak barrels and charred applewood. Eventually he plans to roll out a gin with help from Bittercube — the Midwest bitters maker/restaurant-consulting team — as well as a bourbon. In July, he'll begin brewing an amber blonde ale.
Blume might have been a brewer first, but he waxes romantic on distilling, rejecting the "hillbilly" image he says the Discovery Channel's "Moonshiners" series projects.
"Beer is a mix between art and science," he said. "The process is very scientific, but [it's] also left open to a lot of creativity. I feel the same thing for spirits with just a little bit more science. … Brewing is really cool, but distilling to me is sexy. There's just something about the equipment and adding the science. It might be the nerd in me."
The scruffy-bearded Blume doesn't seem the lab-coat type, but with Bent Brewstillery he hopes to have found a winning formula.
2-6 p.m. Sat., $40-$50, 21-plus, International Bazaar, State Fairgrounds, Falcon Heights, www.stpaulsummerbeerfest.com
Taste of Brooklyn
Brooklyn Brewery is launching a weeklong Twin Cities takeover. The "Brooklyn Brewery Mash: Adventures in Food, Film, Music, Books & Beer" begins Monday and ends with a "slow dinner" next Sunday at the Soap Factory with Sea Change chef Jamie Malone and Brooklyn's house chef Andrew Gerson. The Happy Gnome serves as de facto headquarters, with Brooklyn specials and giveaways from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday to Friday. Other highlights include a books and beers event at the Amsterdam Bar and Hall (Tuesday), a Haute Dish beer dinner (Wednesday) and a found footage festival at the Heights Theatre (Thursday). Check out the Mash's website for more details. www.brooklynbrewerymash.com
Brewers Association
New data from the Brewers Association (via the New Yorker) pegs Minnesota as No. 2 in the nation in production growth between 2011 and 2012. In 2012, Minnesota's 47 craft breweries produced more than 308,000 barrels — up 81 percent from the previous year. Only Alabama bested us in growth percentage, though the Bible Belt state ranked only 46th in total barrels produced. Our 308,000 barrels were 10th most nationwide. We Minnesotans love a good back-patting in list form, and what's even better is this ranking isn't completely arbitrary.
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If all goes well, the Big Spring Municipal Auditorium will be back in business by early next year.
The auditorium, which was shuttered in February 2009 as the result of accessibility issues, may have a new lease on life, thanks to an architectural proposal that will address the concerns which forced the building's closure.
Assistant City Manager Todd Darden told the Big Spring City Council during its Tuesday night meeting that the proposal, drawn up by architects with the firm of Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, could be completed using funds already set aside for auditorium renovation.
PSC architect Phil Furqueron said the plan would address the following accessibility issues:
• Ramps, walkways and handrails will be added to the east side entrances, while the existing steps will be pushed back.
• More handicapped accessible parking spaces will be added.
• Unobstructed-viewing seating for wheelchair occupants will be added.
• Restrooms will be reconfigured.
• The stage will be extended and the orchestra pit will be covered.
• The stage will be accessible via ramp.
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@rav41213 said:
Yesterday I bought a 2013 Rav4 XLE from the suburbs of Atlanta - Magnetic Gray with Ash Fabric Interior. Added Options were Navigation and Carpet Floor & Trunk Mats. MSRP $26,634 (including added options). Negotiated OTD price was $24,000 , including all taxes and fees. .
Once thing I observed is that most of the in-stock inventory has multiple options already installed (ToyoGuard, Paint protection etc) which you may not want, but the dealer will still try to make that money out of you. So you would have better luck with the price if you locate a vehicle in their inventory with just the options you need (or nothing at all, if the option you require can be added at the dealership) .
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You have achieved great price in my opinion. Can you please share the dealer info. I live close to Atlanta. Thanks in advance.0
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******carbuyernow1, I bought it from Cherokee County Toyota in Canton, and I fixed the deal through Dave W [non-permissible content removed] who is the Internet Manager there. I checked with him if I can quote the price for referrals and his response was "_ The price I gave you is one that in all honesty I cannot repeat.. We did that price solely to make our year end numbers...We would probably be about $400-$500 more on the same vehicle"_. But I would still highly recommend that dealership for the excellent buying experience. I was able to fix the entire deal over 2 emails and I got an OTD quote in email (which very few dealers give). So no haggling once you reach the dealership, straight down to paperwork... **0
2014 XLE FWD 25700 OTD , no option or accessory, good or bad?0
Hi, thanks Stever. It's 25,700 include everything(tax, fee, tage, etc...) and 0% APR for 36 month. I guess that's good in your book?0
Okay, I picked a different zip code for grins. The TMV price of the 2014 XLE FWD is $24,285. Let's assume sales tax is 6% or around $1460. And let's throw in $200 for doc/DMV fees. That gets me to $25,945 OTD.
So for those assumptions your deal is right in line with TMV and that's good. There's no cash incentives I see unless you are military or a recent college grad. There is the zero percent incentive that you are getting; can't beat that.
There are two big "captive" Toyota distributorships in the US, both in the southern states (basically from Texas over to Florida). These distributorships have been known to stack fees on top of deals (extra accessories or "handling" charges). If you see something like that, try negotiating it away (you can hint that you see a similar RAV4 up in TN for example).
About twenty percent of car shoppers are "grinders". If you "enjoy" car shopping or haggling, you can try for a "great" price and maybe knock a few hundred bucks off your price. Some of us are more interested in getting the exact car we want than spending much time squeezing out the last nickel on the price though. You may want to get a Price Promise certificate and see if that number is better though. Or get another quote or two from nearby dealers.0
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What are people currently paying for a 2014 Rav 4 XLE?0
The average, at least for a Southern California zip code, is $27,089 for the AWD version of the XLE. There's currently a Price Promise certificate showing for LA for $24,021. Try this link and see what numbers you get. It appears, at least in theory, that you should be able to get into a new RAV4 for less than invoice ($26,385).
Any recent buyers lurking?0
Thanks, Steve! I would be curious if any recent buyers are lurking and what they paid.
I am in NYC - the Price Promise is showing 26,276 and TMV is 26,026 for XLE AWD. I am going to wait until the end of Sept. I want to try for under $24k, if that's doable. Anything competitive vehicles you think are worth checking out under $24k with similar features of the XLE?0
Heh, time to fly cross-country and enjoy a road trip!
As far as comparisons, Honda is blowing out CR-Vs but I'm a bit more partial to the CX-5. Whether these two are really comparable to what you are looking for is another story - dunno, I was cruising behind a newer RAV4 just an hour ago and admiring it a lot.
The older ones seem to enjoy a reputation for more pep (the 6 cylinder ones that is), but I think they look a lot better without the spare hanging off the back.0
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Drove a LE model(?) at work yesterday and really wasn't that impressed with the acceleration...just didn't feel quite right. I think if I was to purchase this I'd get either the XLE or Limited models to get all the goodies. I really do like this CUV class of vehicle as I like the higher ride height in a compact sized vehicle. Very happy to own one and finally turned off the "eco" button yesterday for the first time and was amazed at the difference...happily amazed! The dealer had put mine in "eco" mode and told me to just leave it there and I did until I was driving a BMW 320i at work the other day and hit the "sport" button and boom, what a rush. So got in mine yesterday and thought about what if I turned my "eco" off and see what happens. Was delighted with what happened next!
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cars678 Posts: 9Did anyone buy a 2014 AWD Limited with Entune jbl premium option. What would be a good price to pay?0
Just purchased a 2015 Rav XLE AWD for $25,200 (selling price of vehicle and doc included). How would you rate that deal?0
toyotarav4 phildelphia, PA Posts: 1Nick0521: $25,200 for 2015 Rav xle awd? Is that before tax or after tax?0
Yes, 2015 Rav XLE AWD - $25,200 is before tax. I tried pricing in Philly, but didn't find great deals.0
heard006 Posts: 42I don't see many new posts on RAV 4's. Does anyone have info on how much off MSRP Toyota will go on RAV 2015s? I have done the research on Edmunds on invoice, TMV & MSRP, but wanted to get a sense how much Toyota negotiates on this car. Thanks for the help!0
intx888 Posts: 10Houston, TX
I'm looking to buy 2014 RAV4 LE FWD. The invoice price on KBB is $22,905. Adding destination fee $885 makes it $23,790. What would be a fair/good price to buy it before Jan 1, 2015? Thanks for any suggestions!0
You may want to recheck your numbers - we show invoice (with destination) to be $22,905. That's real close to TMV for Houston, but there's also some incentives out there. So you're looking at "Customer Cash Adjusted True Market Value" of $21,422 as your target price.
Actually, since that $21.422 is an "average" and this is the end of the year, you should try to beat that number. Not sure what would work over your way, but I'd aim for $1,000 less if not more.
Try getting several dealer quotes. If a dealer has already made their annual bonus number they may not be as hungry as another dealer in the area.
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I'm looking for a strong tourney deck. can anyone help me? I have...
L3 Platoona (Bangers)
L2 Otome (Fang Pi Clang)
Max Xia Leming (Fang Pi Clang)
Max Sigmund (GHEIST)
Max Bunny (Junkz)
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L4 Gary (Montana)
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Max Candy Jack (Nightmare)
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I have no trouble maxing them all out by playing evo... but I don't know what cards would be good in a tourney!
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KevinCastle15 Imperator Thursday 12/10/2006, 01:28
Try montana and tanaereva
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How about for ELO mode? any suggestions?
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Focus on 5 star cards and 8*powered cards..they would usually do very well
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I quite don't agree with Fujiwara because if you play at the ELOs, the 5* cards are usually not a good investment. In order to do well at the ELOs, concentrate on building a deck with 2 clans. Try out an Uppers & Pussycats combination, I think thats the best combination but you could always try something new.


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"A picture says a thousand words." This old adage came to mind the other day when we presented poverty maps on Central and Eastern Europe to the European Commission. Technically speaking what we presented are small area poverty maps which give a more reliable estimate of poverty at county or local administrative unit level than would have been possible using national household surveys alone.
So what's new? The World Bank has been drawing poverty maps for some years now, as have some governments. What's new is that the European Union, which redistributes resources from richer countries to poorer ones, is in the process of finalizing its programs for the next financing period, 2014 to 2020. These programs are aimed at reducing disparities in standards of living. Being poorer on average than the rest of Europe, countries in Central and Eastern Europe will receive significant resources for investments to raise their standard of living.
Take the case of Slovenia (Map 1above). Under EU rules, the eastern half of the country is considered less developed and the western half more developed. The more developed a region the less money it receives so, based on this map, the eastern half of the country will have significantly greater access to resources than the west. Is this the best way of allocating resources? This map is not able to take account of intra-regional variations in standards of living. (My colleague, Katarina Mathernova, a former EC official herself, tells me of the very practical difficulties for both the European Commission and national governments in deciding on resource allocation in the absence of a finer grained understanding of where the greatest needs lie.)
To provide better information for decision making purposes, the World Bank developed a poverty mapping project for ten countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Ken Simler led this multi-country, multi-year exercise. Map 2 presents poverty at county level in Slovenia using information from the recent EU Survey of Income and Living Conditions for Slovenia combined with the Census. Municipalities with a higher fraction of the population in poverty are shown in darker shades of blue. While the map confirms higher poverty (and needs) the eastern half of the country, it also shows pockets of high poverty in the west. This map suggests a different way of allocating resources, with the darker blue municipalities throughout the country having greater claim.
Each of the maps tells its own story. Both Map 2 and Map 3 provide finer grained information on intra-country variation in poverty than was previously available and can potentially improve resource allocation. The maps also force more thinking on how best to allocate resources aimed at improving standards of living – whether to target poor areas or poor people. While the right combination of approaches will vary by country, the maps provide important information to help come to the best answer.
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There was plenty of euphoria among investors and analysts late Tuesday after Twitter reported huge increases in revenue and active users, but the company is still losing plenty of money, as investors ignore very high expenses from stock-based compensation to employees.
Twitter Inc. TWTR, -0.06% reported second-quarter revenue of $312 million, up 124% from a year earlier and blowing past the consensus estimate of $283 million among analysts polled by FactSet. Active users were up 24% from a year earlier, to 271 million, and advertising revenue per 1,000 timeline views doubled to $1.60.
The company reported adjusted earnings of $15 million, or 2 cents a share. That non-GAAP earnings figure excluded "noncash" expenses of $158 million for stock-based compensation to employees.
Andrew Bary pointed out in Barron's on Wednesday that the stock-based-compensation expenses equaled "nearly 50% of the company's revenues of $312 million." In comparison, Facebook Inc.'s FB, -0.66% $314 million in expenses tied to stock-based compensation during the second quarter came to a "comparatively modest" 10% of revenue, he wrote.
Twitter's average share count rose 4% to 595.6 million in the second quarter from $570.2 million in the first quarter. That's quite a bit of dilution for a stock in just one quarter, but it is not so unusual for a tech company to do this during the first year following an initial public offering. Twitter raised $1.8 billion through its IPO in November and booked $512.2 million in stock-based compensation expenses during the fourth quarter.
The full set of figures for the second quarter isn't yet available, but the company reported that 39.8 million stock options were outstanding as of March 31, with an intrinsic value of $1.780 billion.
The stock-option expenses are noncash items, but they can still cost shareholders quite a bit over the long haul. "The noncash cost becomes a very real cash cost to shareholders when the company begins mopping up all this dilution through stock buybacks," according to Albert Meyer, a co-founder of Bastiat Capital.
Investors now must hope Twitter will continue on its solid growth path and begin reporting "real" earnings, leading it eventually to begin buying back shares. This at some point could assuage the dilution caused by issuance of additional shares to employees. But shareholders will pay a price.
Combined with 83.2 million in restricted stock units outstanding as of March 31, the potential "overhang" to the 589.3 million shares outstanding as of March 31 was 20.9%. That's the potential dilution to shareholders' ownership stake, assuming no additional stock options or grants of restricted stock units.
Twitter reported that the intrinsic value of options that were exercisable as of March 31 was $1.482 billion, with gains to employees of roughly $1.4 billion, which is what it would have cost the company to buy back those shares on March 31. The hypothetical cost to buy back shares equivalent to the restricted stock units would be $3.8 billion, based on a price of $46, according to Meyer.
Twitter's shares rose 20% on Wednesday to close at $46.30, trading for a very high 253 times the consensus 2015 earnings-per-share estimate of 34 cents. In early trades on Thursday, shares were down 91 cents at $45.39.
"People aren't investing in Twitter because of what's happening today," Meyer said in a phone conversation Tuesday. "They are investing because they expect a 20% return over the next six or seven years. To do that, you have to make some pretty generous assumptions, but not overly generous."
These assumptions, according to Meyer, include a continual rise in annual revenue to $9 billion by 2020, with a net margin of 30%, for earnings of about $4.50. This would lead to a price-to-earnings ratio of about 30, "which would make the current valuation make sense," he said. This set of assumptions also includes spending by Twitter of a considerable amount of free cash flow on buybacks.
Can Twitter do it? Can the company achieve a profit margin of 30%? The second-quarter adjusted margin was 17%, while Facebook's GAAP margin was a very impressive 48%.
Time will tell. Meanwhile, unless you firmly believe Twitter will show a continual and very significant improvement in revenue over the next several years, leading to strong profits, the stock is just a trade, and you might want to take some money off the table.
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Cave Hill (Barbados): West Indies Head Coach Ottis Gibson says the spin bowling clinic being conducted by former Pakistan off-spin bowler Saqlain Mushtaq is crucial to the development of a number of players in the region.
A group of senior and emerging spinners have been benefiting from the sessions at the Sagicor West Indies High Performance Centre at the University of the West Indies.
A number of West Indies sides will be taking to the field of play in the next few months and spin bowling could play a key role in their bid to overcome opponents.
"One of the things that has disappointed me since I have been appointed West Indies head coach - and this is through no fault of anyone - is that the fast bowlers have had a lot of support and we had a fast bowling clinic - but we haven't had any specialist training for spinners," said Gibson here Friday.
"I may be a bowling coach, but Saqlain is an expert in spin bowling, and when I spoke to him about the opportunity to come across and pass on his knowledge - the way I have passed on to the fast bowlers what I learnt from someone like Malcolm Marshall - it was clear it was the right thing to do."
West Indies-A start a tour of India this week followed by the West Indies Women in an international home series against New Zealand and England that also includes a tri-nation Twenty20 tournament.
The senior West Indies men's side head to India at the end of October for a series of two Tests and three One-day Internationals before flying to New Zealand for three Tests, five ODIs and two T20Is.
In between, the West Indies Under-19s also host Bangladesh for a series of seven One-day Internationals in Guyana.
"For Saqlain to come and pass on the knowledge that he would have acquired from someone like, maybe, (Pakistan leg-spin legend) Abdul Qadir and other great spinners was an opportunity that I felt if I could make it happen, it would be something special for our players," said Gibson.
"I have been attending the clinic over the last few days and I have been in the sports hall and I have seen how the players are responding to him and I know that it has been something well worth doing."
Left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul and off-spinner Ashley Nurse both attended the clinic last week before flying out to India for the A-Team series.
Other attendees include Windies off-spinner Shane Shillingford and leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo, as well as Windies Women's trio of Anisa Mohammed, Shaquana Quintyne and Stafanie Taylor, and Windies Under-19 selectees Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai and Ramaal Lewis.


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Mark Prothero – prominent criminal defense attorney, civic leader, community volunteer and coach – passed away early Saturday morning at his Kent home with family at his side.
Prothero, who waged a two-year battle with lung cancer, was 57.
Prothero is best known as one of the lead defense attorneys in the historic case against Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer, from 2001 to 2003. As co-counsel, Prothero brokered a plea deal that spared Ridgway the death penalty in exchange for the Auburn man confessing to 49 counts of aggravated murder.
Monday was subdued at Prothero's law firm in Kent.
"It's a shock," said Greg Girard, longtime friend, colleague and partner at Hanis Irvine Prothero, PLLC. "It's hard to focus, I'll be honest. It's devastating, frankly."
Prothero had more than 30 years of experience in criminal defense. He was on the Washington Supreme Court's panel of attorneys qualified to defend individuals faced with the death penalty. He defended those accused of state and federal crimes, felonies and misdemeanors, adults and juveniles.
In addition, Prothero was a frequent lecturer at legal education seminars and recognized for his expertise on scientific evidence, forensic DNA, mental state defenses and the death penalty.
Attorneys who worked closely with Prothero described him as the ultimate professional – caring, compassionate, smart and unflappable.
"He had a wonderfully generous spirit. It pervaded all aspects of his life – the way he practiced law, particularly in the way he treated his clients, which, let's face it, were always in trouble," said Todd Gruenhagen, who worked with Prothero on the high-profile Ridgway case and other trials. "He was always able to find positive, redeeming qualities in just about every human being he ever meet.
"He was a giving soul, and that makes it a tough, tough loss to deal with."
Prothero was a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Washington Defender Association, and the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, serving on its board of governors from 2003 to 2009 and writing six articles for the WACDL publication, DEFENSE.
Prothero also served as a Judge Pro Tem in King County Superior Court as well as Tukwila, Kent, Des Moines, and SeaTac municipal courts.
In 2006, Prothero and his partner, Girard, were named Trial Lawyers of the Year by Presumed Innocent magazine. Prothero also was named a criminal defense "SuperLawyer" by Washington Law & Politics magazine in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013. The honor recognizes the top 25 criminal defense practitioners in the state as voted on by other Washington attorneys.
"He was always a great mentor to attorneys as well as at our firm," Girard said. "And when we used to work as public defenders, he was always the one who would help young attorneys."
Prothero began his career in criminal defense in 1983 by working as a public defender for the Associated Counsel for the Accused (ACA). He began by defending people in the municipal and district courts accused of such crimes as DUI, shoplifting and domestic violence. He moved on to defend juveniles, and in 1987, joined the felony unit.
While at ACA, Prothero also participated in many pro bono projects. He was a member of the Innocence Project Northwest and on the ACA Board of Directors.
"I hold him in the highest regard. He was a terrific lawyer, a terrific mentor to younger attorneys while he worked here," said Don Madsen, ACA director, who worked with Prothero for 25 years. "He gave back to the community. He cared about the clients he represented."
Prothero worked on Madsen's team in his first murder trial.
"He was a hard worker," Madsen said. "He had a sense of perspective that was a great help to him in trying to figure out what was the best thing for his clients and to represent them to the fullest.
"He could see the other side," Madsen added. "He could acknowledge what the other issues are, and his strength was he could see the whole picture."
In 2010, Prothero was appointed by Gov. Chris Gregoire to a position on the Washington State Forensic Investigation Council, which oversees the state's crime labs. He was the first criminal defense lawyer appointed to the FIC.
Prothero was committed to community involvement. He served on several Kent School District committees and on the board of directors for the Kent Parks Foundation. He also volunteered at local high schools and colleges, speaking about criminal law, and law as a career.
In 2003, Prothero co-founded the organization, Kent Citizens for Water Safety, in a successful effort to save the Kent Meridian pool from closure. In 2007 and 2008, he chaired the Citizens for Kent Recreation and Aquatics Future in working to have a new aquatic and recreation facility built in Kent.
Prothero also was a successful swimmer in the 1970s. He was a record-setting swimmer at Renton High School. He was captain of the University of Washington swim team in 1977 and 1978 and represented the United States in international competitions in Rosario (Argentina), Amsterdam, and Paris. He served on the board of directors of the Husky Swimming Foundation as well as the Pacific Northwest Swimming Board of Review.
Prothero was the successful swim coach at Kentwood High School from 1997 through 2007, earning State Coach of the Year honors in 2003.
"He was a quality coach," said Dave Lutes, Kent School District athletic director. "He wasn't worried about money, time and all those other issues. He was there for the kids. (Coaching) was a passion."
Prothero is survived by his wife, Kelly, and two grown children. Sean, a legal assistant, is the swim coach at Kennedy High School. Marley, a standout high school and collegiate swimmer and one-time assistant coach at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, is the coach of the Kent Swim & Tennis Club.
Prothero also is survived by his mother, Shirley Prothero, and brother, Blake Emery.
"He worshipped his family and supported everything they did," Girard said. "They're a tight-knit family. Obviously, they are devastated."
King County Councilmember Dave Upthegrove said Prothero personified many great things.
"Mark was a loving husband and father. He also was a friend to so many of us in the community because he cared about people and about public service. His life and his values will stand forever as a model for all of us and for the next generation. My heart goes out to his family."
The Prothero family says there will be no services. There will be a later celebration of his life.
The family asks that any donations be sent to either the Kent Parks Foundation or The Husky Swimming Foundation.


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Right across from the Mt. Washington Auto Road is the Great Glen Trails Outdoor Center. Winter at Great Glen Trails means cross-country skiing and snowshoeing on 40km of award winning trails. Skate, track, or backcountry, our trail system has something for every skill level from beginners to advanced skiers. One of the ultimate winter experiences is a trip in our SnowCoach up the Mt. Washington Auto Road to the world above treeline! Cross-country ski or snowshoe down or simply sightsee from the comfort of the SnowCoach. In spring, summer, and fall, you can go mountain biking at the base of Mt. Washington on over 1100 acres of beautiful rolling carriage roads and challenging trails- rent a bike or bring your own. Or let Great Glen Trails Outdoor Center take you canoeing or kayaking on the Androscoggin River or to the wildlife refuge on Lake Umbagog in Northern New Hampshire.
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I'll answer that. I did what was in my best interest. I live in DC and I wanted to keep a DC option open as long as possible just in case something happened here in town (e.g. I suddenly fell madly in love, I was named secretary of state, etc). None of these things were very likely, but I paid for the right to hang on until June 15 and that's what I did. Now I feel your frustration with waiting, but I don't think any of us should EVER expect others to act contrary to their own best interest. Best of luck with GW!
GW is e-mailing admitted students who put down a 1st deposit but have thus far failed to make a second deposit. The one I received asks for a phone/e-mail response (and $800) ASAP (and no later than June 22nd) if I still have an intention to attend. Because some of you are probably already firing up responses, yes, I sent Dean Richard a quick note thanking her for everything but expressing my intention to withdraw. So that's one seat in the PT division that will (at long last) finally be open.
Quote from: kulrythm on June 20, 2007, 11:56:42 AMWhen were you admitted? When I talked to Dean Richard in person, she said that final deposits were due on the 15th. Maybe it's different for PT? Thanks for your info.I was admitted in January or somewhere thereabouts. I filed the April deposit, but just let the June one pass without sending anything in. So the deadline was still June 15 for me, but it seems (as Cpt. Longshot said) that they are giving a grace period to at least some people. Hard to say *why* they are doing this, but at least one possible explanation is that they've seen a larger than expected number of people fail to send in the 2nd deposit.
When were you admitted? When I talked to Dean Richard in person, she said that final deposits were due on the 15th. Maybe it's different for PT? Thanks for your info.
My guess is that they thought they would be over-booked or at least REAL CLOSE based on the number of first-depositors. However, perhaps they were fooled, and a lot of the first-depositors, like myself, were just holding out to see if there was money, or a full-time accept, or something else coming their way. Leading to a pwning...Just speculation. Maybe they just want to be courteous...


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Planning on heading down to visit my sis and nephews during the weekend of July 10th who happen to live right up the road from Surf City. From the info that I've found; looks like you can kite north of the pier between towers 10 & 18, but I'm looking for local info on the conditions to expect this time of year; how light are the winds and how small are the waves? I was there around this same time last year and only brought my longboard for a decent late morning surf session, but the winds picked up enough in the afternoon to blow away the easy up canopies, dixie plates and towels and made me wish I brought my kite.... or maybe I should just bring the longboard again
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Intellectual Ventures Still Giving Tours Of The Sizzle To Distract Journalists From The Lack Of Steak
from the keep-trying dept
"We think of the problem we want to solve," says Tim Londergan, Intellectual Ventures' senior director of investment strategy. "[We] find great inventions and get them to market."Um. And how many of them have they been able to "get to market"? The answer is exactly zero over twelve years. Despite $5 billion in investment money (using something of a pyramid scheme to get companies to pay up early to get some upside) and 70,000 "intellectual assets" (many of which were bought at fire sale prices from university tech transfer offices who were desperate to prove that tech transfer offices work, and who needed to get them off the books). A grand total of two companies have spun off, but neither has anything on the market, nor will they for many years. There's something to be said for not rushing ideas, but $5 billion and twelve years... if you're really looking for problems you want to solve and bringing the solutions to market, you'd expect a slightly higher hit rate.
Of course, given that investors in IV are also beginning to realize that their returns suck, you have to worry that IV is only going to ramp up the one part of its business that actually does make money: either shaking companies down by claiming they violate broad patents, or selling off patents to smaller shell firms that will do the same thing for them.
For all of Nathan Myhrvold's ridiculous talk of doing God's work, the company can't try to hide the fact that it's become a giant tax on companies who actually innovate, by hiring some scientists to do crazy experiments in fancy offices, none of which seem to have any likelihood of being useful. Innovation is about bringing products to market. Trolling is about forcing actual innovators to pay up for succeeding. IV has never been about innovation and is focused almost entirely on trolling. Having some scientists working on dopey projects that look good for the press doesn't change any of that.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 26, 2010) - Sophomore Whitney Kiihnl tossed her fourth no-hitter of the season in game one, and Lipscomb broke the Lady Buccaneer hearts in game two on Mollie Mitchell's two-out walk-off single in the eighth to sweep ETSU in the Atlantic Sun Conference opener on Friday evening at Draper Diamond.
After being swept, ETSU has now lost eight straight and 15 of its last 17 contests and the Lady Bucs saw their record drop to 9-19, 0-2. Lipscomb improved to 22-7, 2-0 with the pair of victories.
ETSU at Lipscomb Game Two Recap
Senior right-hander Marissa Hardy (Rocklin, Calif.) gave the Lady Bucs all she could on her 22nd birthday, but Mollie Mitchell played spoiler as her walk-off single in the bottom of the eighth gave Lipscomb a 2-1 victory on Friday night.
Despite holding the league's top offense to only two runs in seven-plus innings, Hardy was dealt the loss (1-7), while Christen Campbell improved to 5-2 by limiting the Lady Bucs to one run on three hits in eight innings of work.
Lipscomb plated the first run of the game when Campbell worked a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the first - giving the host team a 1-0 advantage. However, Hardy bounced back and left the sacks full of Lady Bison runners when she got Mitchell to fly out to left.
After being held scoreless for the first nine innings in Nashville, ETSU finally manufactured a run to even the game at one thanks to Lucy Schneider's (Dade City, Fla.) RBI double to left in the top of the third.
From there, the pitchers dominated the game and kept their respective clubs in the contest by not allowing any runs until Lipscomb struck first in extra frames.
After Hardy kept Lipscomb from pushing any runs across the plate in the sixth, the same couldn't be said two innings later in the eighth. With two outs and runners on first and second, Mitchell was the hero for Lipscomb, as her single to left scored Courtney Billington from second to capture the 2-1 win and the all-important conference sweep.
Schneider recorded two of the Lady Bucs' three hits in the game, while Arielle Garner (Buchanan, Ga.) posted the third.
ETSU at Lipscomb Game One Recap
Whitney Kiihnl was nearly perfect as freshman Lucy Schneider (Dade City, Fla.) reached on a one-out error in the seventh and a four-run fourth was all Lipscomb needed to defeat ETSU, 5-0, in game one.
Kiihnl improved to 15-2 on the year after tossing her fourth no-hitter of the season. The reigning Freshman of the Year selection struck out 10 of the 22 ETSU hitters she faced. On the other side, junior newcomer Jessica Duncan (Ooltewah, Tenn.) suffered the loss (5-6) after allowing four runs on seven hits in 3.2 innings.
Duncan worked out of a jam in the second, as Lipscomb put the first two runners on to start the inning. However, the Ooltewah, Tenn. native settled down and retired the next three Lady Bisons hitters she faced to keep the game scoreless.
Once again Lipscomb threatened in the third, but Duncan silenced the heart of the Lady Bison order. With one out and runners on second and third, Duncan forced Abby Keese into a grounder to short, while inducing Kellie Sirus to hit into an inning-ending fly out to center.
After leaving runners stranded in scoring position the last two innings, the Lady Bisons finally broke the scoreless game in the fourth. Lipscomb pounded out four hits and scored four runs in the frame to take a 4-0 lead. Duncan's day came to an end after Mackenzie Tucker's two-out single plated Lauren Dortwegt for the fourth run of the frame. Senior righty Darci Gilbert (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) entered in relief and Tucker was caught stealing third to end the inning.
Again, the Lady Bucs did a tremendous job keeping Lipscomb from breaking the game open in the fifth. After Gilbert got Keese out to begin the inning, the Lady Bisons recorded three consecutive singles to load the bases. Fortunately, Katie Henderson (Jackson, Tenn.) flashed some leather on Mollie Mitchell's liner to third and doubled off Sirus to end the inning.
Unfortunately, Kiihnl was dealing in the circle as she retired the first 19 ETSU hitters she faced before Schneider reached on the error in the seventh.
Lipscomb scored its fifth run on two Lady Buccaneer errors in the sixth to come away with its 14th shutout of the season.
The Lady Bucs look to snap their losing skid on Saturday afternoon when ETSU takes on Belmont in a conference doubleheader. First pitcher is set for 1 p.m. (Eastern) at Aquinas Field.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 23, 2009) - The ETSU baseball team is set to take on Virginia Tech Tuesday afternoon at 3 p.m. at English Field in Blacksburg, Va.
The Bucs and Hokies will play a two game series with game two slated to start at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. ETSU is coming off a two game sweep of Evansville having won 16-10 on Friday and 9-8 on Saturday. The Bucs are led by sophomore Paul Hoilman (Johnson City, Tenn.) who was 4-for-7 with two RBI, a double, a home run and scored five runs against the Purple Aces.
ETSU is 16-29 all-time against the Hokies. Under current head coach Tony Skole, the Bucs are 4-2 against Virginia Tech with last meeting coming in 2005 when ETSU swept the season series.
Virginia Tech comes into the series undefeated after going 4-0 this past weekend at the Courtyard by Marriott Baseball Classic in Spartanburg, S.C. The Hokies defeated UNC Asheville 21-4 on Friday, Wofford twice on Saturday, 14-10 and 10-2, and USC Upstate 12-3 on Sunday. Virginia Tech is led by junior catcher Anthony Sosnoskie who was named the tournament MVP after going 9-for-14 this past weekend with two doubles, three home runs, seven RBI, six walks and scored seven runs.
Live stats are available by clicking the link above. Virginia Tech will also provide a free audio broadcast and a paid video service for the game which can be accessed by clicking the links above. Please visit www.ETSUBucs.com for more information on ETSU baseball or any other Buccaneer athletic team.


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Before moving to Seattle four years ago, I thought of the Pacific Northwest as ground zero for coffee and seafood. Little did I know that we were relocating to bramble country, where prickly bushes cover every untended parcel, producing inky sweet-tart drupelets in jeweled shades of indigo, deep purple and Snow White's lips. I'm talking about raspberries, blackberries and their many mirthfully-sounding cultivars -- Olallieberries and Marionberries, to name just two.
Back east, I could get my mitts on early summer and fall raspberries at the farmers' market, but blackberries made only rare appearances. Here in Bramble-ville, growers can explain the differences among Evergreen, Obsidian, Kotata and Triple Crown blackberries and wax eloquent about dewberries versus boysenberries. (Obsidian blackberries are referenced in this video of an Oregon berry farmer whose business was saved by her local farmers' market.) It's where raspberries aren't just red or black but a dreamy, almost iridescent shade of pale yellow.
While Pacific Northwesterners patiently await the arrival of slicing tomatoes (which in this native eastern seaboarder's opinion, rarely measure up to the sun-kissed love apples of the "other coast"), we can console ourselves with the beneficence of brambles. Time is of the essence; brambles typically say their goodbyes in early September.
A Brief History
As old as the blackberry may be, the raspberry, in its original uncultivated state, is the apparent elder. There are references to a wild red raspberry in the writings of Roman author Pliny the Elder, around 1st century AD.
The wild raspberry made its way around Europe and into parts of Asia (including India and Burma) as well as the Arctic Circle and Africa. This writer has foraged for a wild raspberry variation on the tundra of western Alaska. The black raspberry is native to North America.
Brambles of all kinds figured into the diet and healing practices of Native American tribes. Blackberry pigment was used as a dye and protection against evil forces. Its astringent root was used to treat diarrhea and as a general tonic. Raspberry leaf has long been used to treat both menstrual cramps and pain during childbirth.
Factual Nibbles
- Botanically, brambles belong to the Rubus genus, which is part of the rose family.
- Derived from the Middle English world brembel, bramble refers to a prickly and/or thorny shrub, and in the United Kingdom, is used interchangeably with "blackberry." In fact, "bramble jelly" is what Americans might call "blackberry jam."
- The brambly ties between the two countries are long and strong. The Evergreen blackberry, a UK native, arrived in Oregon sometime around 1850, the beginning of a long history of commercial cultivation in that state. (Oregon leads the US in commercial blackberry production.)
- In addition to Britain and North America, blackberries are native to South America and parts of Asia. Wild blackberries, which include the Evergreen and the Himalayan (which incidentally is from Germany) grow like weeds and are considered an invasive species in the state of Washington. Such "weeds" are considered produce loot for local foragers.
As mentioned earlier, brambles tend to be the fruit of high summer, although in some parts of the country, there is a significant fall raspberry harvest.
The United States is number three in global commercial raspberry production, trailing Serbia and Russia. According to the USDA, Washington State leads the country in commercial production of red raspberries, followed closely by Oregon and California. Washington and California are also top blackberry-producing states.
The modern bramble is a fascinating tangled web of cross-breeding experiments that have resulted in a multitude of raspberry and blackberry cultivars.
Here's the crib sheet:
- Dewberry : Looks like a raspberry but has the signature dark purple-black pigmentation of a blackberry.
- Loganberry : A cross between a blackberry and red raspberry that was discovered in 1881 by a California judge. Boasts a deep red color.
- Tayberry : Another blackberry-red raspberry cross, this cultivar was developed in 1979. Named after the Tay River in Scotland, it's a cone-shaped variety in a shade of reddish-purple.
- Boysenberry : Blackberry meets red raspberry meets Loganberry, an unusual reddish-purple combination developed in the late 1920s by California grower Rudolf Boysen.
- Youngberry : Another triad cross, this time among raspberry, blackberry and dewberry. Named after grower Byrnes Young of Louisiana, who did berry tinkering in the early 1900s.
- Ollalieberry (say Oh-lah-leh): A cross of Youngberry and Loganberry -- a hybrid of hybrids -- that was released in 1950. Olallie = "berry" in Chinook, a tribe with roots in Southwestern Washington.
- Marionberry : An Olallieberry-Chehalem blackberry cross developed in Marion County, Oregon in the 1950s. In Oregon, you might refer to all blackberries as "Marionberries." (Not to be confused with former Washington, D.C. mayor Marion Barry or Arkansas Congressman Marion Berry).
- Salmonberry : The salmonberry is one of the more lesser-known brambles, quite similar to the raspberry. Salmonberries have been served for millennia in indigenous American diets. Sadly for the majority of folks outside the Pacific Northwest, the berry has a very small growing region and thus has escaped cultivation; it is only foraged.
Environmental Impact
As noted earlier, the west coast provides the lion's share of commercially grown brambles, but in the winter, supermarket berries are shipped in from Mexico, Guatemala and as far as Chile, which adds considerably to their carbon footprint. It is worth freezing in-season brambles for those winter cravings (see below for tips).
Raspberries rank #22 for pesticide load on the Environmental Working Group's 2012 Guide to Produce. This is the equivalent of a "C" -- not so bad, but not so great, either. In the Pacific Northwest, many brambles growers are not certified organic but do not spray their crops. My advice: Get as local as you can and ask the grower about their growing methods. At the supermarket, I recommend buying organic. You can also find organic brambles in the frozen section.
(See our veggie rule of thumb, below*.)
Generally speaking, brambles offer numerous health benefits, from their fiber-rich, heart-healthy pectin to the disease-fighting antioxidants in their deeply colored pigments.
There's some interesting news on the raspberry front: Raspberries are being studied for their potential link to controlling obesity and Type 2 diabetes. A phytonutrient called raspberry ketone (aka rheosmin) may help to increase metabolism and reduce the risk of obesity. Within the berry's pigment is a flavanoid called tiliroside, which is showing promise to activate a hormone that regulates blood sugar and fats. (For people with Type 2 diabetes, production of this hormone is low.)
Weighing in at a mere 64 calories, one cup of raspberries contains more than half the RDA of vitamin C and nearly eight grams of fiber. It is a good source of folate, potassium, vitamin E and (news to this raspberry lover), those heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids.
As for blackberries, they're king in the antioxidant department. Scientists analyzed more than 1,100 samples of food from the USDA National Food and Nutrient Analysis program for antioxidant content (also known as ORAC levels). Of the 50 foods with the highest antioxidant content per serving, blackberries top the list. These findings, which were published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2006, include raspberries at number seven.
There are about 60 calories in one cup of blackberries, which offers 50 percent of the RDA for vitamin C and 30 percent for fiber. With their extraordinary high level of polyphenols, the amazing antioxidants found in the pigments, blackberries are being studied for their ability to inhibit tumor growth.
The one caveat: Brambles are rich in oxalytes, which could be a problem for anyone with kidney or gallbladder issues. Consult your physician.
What to Look for/Storage
Brambles are extremely perishable and need to be eaten within a few days of purchase. They are susceptible to mold and spoilage and must be refrigerated immediately. Keep covered with a paper towel to minimize moisture. Do not wash until ready to use, and even then, do so gently, perhaps with a spray bottle. Pat dry.
If you're unable to eat within 48 hours, freeze your brambles: Place on a tray in a single layer and into the freezer. Once frozen, transfer the brambles to a plastic freezer bag. This will minimize clumpage.
What to Do with It
Pro Tip
Brambles make stellar desserts, from cobbler to pie, parfait to frozen yogurt (recipe follows). They zip up pancake breakfasts and take fruit smoothie hour by storm.
Similarly, they do a bang up job in savory dishes, playing nicely on a cheese plate or as part of a salad (arugula is a wonderful partner). Basil loves teaming up with brambles; a few torn leaves (or cut into chiffonade) takes a fruit salad to a sultry dimension.
Brambly Frozen Yogurt
Adapted from The Perfect Scoop by David Lebovitz. Note: This does require an ice cream machine. I use a Cuisinart ICE-21.
2 cups fresh or frozen brambles
2 cups plain whole-milk yogurt (Greek yogurt yields a richer texture)
3/4 to 1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
Optional: 2 to 3 ounces dark chocolate, shaved
In a blender or food processor, puree the brambles, along with the yogurt and sugar. Press the mixture through a strainer to remove the seeds. Stir in the lemon juice.
Chill the mixture for about an hour. Freeze in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions. With my Cuisinart ICE-21 frozen yogurt, ice cream and sorbet maker, the cold mixture had a soft-serv consistency in about 30 minutes. If using the shaved chocolate, add for the last minute of churning. Transfer to an airtight, freezer-safe container. For a harder consistency, freeze for about one hour.
Makes about 1 quart
*Fruit and vegetable rule of thumb: We think that first and foremost, in terms of nutrition, people should eat lots of fruits and vegetables whether they are organic or not. The EWG's guide is a handy list, but we will point out here that the impacts of pesticides are not limited to your ingestion of them -- agricultural chemicals also affect farmworkers and local waterways, both good reasons to buy organic, even those vegetables that carry a light pesticide load. Also, it has been demonstrated that produce grown by small-scale farmers, even those who are not certified organic, tends to have a lighter pesticide load than its industrially-produced counterpart, owing to industry's tendency toward large monocrops.
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American Red Cross Gives Update on 2010 Haiti Earthquake Efforts
Jan 08, 2014, 09:00 ET
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Four years after the 2010 earthquake, the American Red Cross is helping Haiti rebuild and recover with projects that enable Haitians to be safer, healthier and more resilient thanks to the generosity of donors.
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In its four-year report, the American Red Cross describes the ongoing process to ensure Haiti's recovery is permanent, including improving neighborhoods and investing in safer homes, improved access to water and sanitation, better healthcare, and education on disaster preparedness and hygiene. Thanks to generous donations, more than 4.3 million Haitians have benefited from services from the American Red Cross since the January 12, 2010 earthquake. The report can be found at www.redcross.org/Haiti.
"The American Red Cross has supported the wide range of ongoing needs over the past four years with programs that include the relocation of vulnerable camp residents to safer homes, construction of hospitals and clinics, and economic programs to help people earn money and rebuild businesses," said Gail McGovern, president and CEO of the American Red Cross. "Recovery from such a devastating disaster takes time, so our programs have evolved to address changing community needs. The American Red Cross continues to utilize the generous donations wisely, efficiently and thoughtfully to help Haitians recover and rebuild their lives."
As the American Red Cross continues to help people move out of camps through a variety of programs including housing repair and rental subsidies, people still living in camps are receiving support including improved sanitation services. In addition, the Red Cross continues its work to improve access to healthcare, which has included funding for construction, repair, and operating expenses for eight medical facilities – including the state-of-the-art, energy efficient teaching hospital run by Partners In Health which opened in 2013.
Since the earthquake struck, American Red Cross programs in Haiti have:
- Spent and committed $144 million on shelter programs, ensuring that nearly 109,000 people, to date, have a safer place to live;
- Provided clean water and sanitation services for more than 556,000 people;
- Reached 3.2 million people with cholera response and prevention activities, including the country's first cholera vaccination campaign;
- Provided more than 383,000 people with livelihoods assistance, including grants, job training, cash-for-work and other help;
- Invested more than $65.8 million in health services and infrastructure, including construction or operational funding for several hospitals;
- Spent and committed more than $44 million to enable residents to be better prepared for disasters like Tropical Storm Isaac and Hurricane Sandy;
Virtually all of the $486 million donated to the American Red Cross following the earthquake has been spent, committed or allocated to meet the needs of people affected and to build their capacity to respond to future disasters. Haiti donations will be spent on Haiti programs, and American Red Cross projects will continue to provide the people of Haiti with long-term healthcare, neighborhood recovery, improved access to clean water and sanitation, livelihoods and disaster preparedness, even as the organization remains flexible and prepared to respond to health and disaster emergencies that may arise.
The American Red Cross continues to work with community members, the Haitian government and partner organizations to ensure that its work in Haiti meets community needs and is sustainable well into the future. On average, 91 cents of every dollar spent by the American Red Cross goes directly to humanitarian services and programs.
About the American Red Cross:
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies about 40 percent of the nation's blood; teaches skills that save lives; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a not-for-profit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or join our blog at http://blog.redcross.org.
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Rio Parish Leader Seeks Pope's Support in Favelas
Evangelical Protestantism has expanded rapidly in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro as Catholic parishes struggle to organize. One parish leader is counting on Pope Francis to reverse the trend. WSJ's Loretta Chao reports.
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Grammy-nominated artist Hunter Hayes knows about "crazy"--the 21-year-old keeps nothing short of a crazy schedule all year long. When he's not out on the road, he's writing music--when he's not writing music, he's in the studio! "To go from one creative world to another, it's relaxing for me," he told us in December. "The cycle is weird and awesome, and I love it."
One other "crazy" thing in his life is the debut of his new video for the single "I Want Crazy." Hayes fans have been waiting for this one, and it's well worth the patience. In this fun clip, Hayes gets rowdy with a girlfriend--jumping into a deserted indoor pool fully clothed, riling up the cops by throwing things off rooftops, rolling around in shopping carts. Ultimately, however, Hayes and his lady love realize the craziest thing of all is simply the wonder of being in love.
Hayes is up for two Billboard Music Awards next month. He's also continuing his tour with Carrie Underwood--keep up with his schedule here.


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The U.S. corn and soybean crops will continue to shrink. That's what two grain analysts and a meteorologist said in the wake of USDA's Aug. 10 crop report.
The agency did lower its expectations of corn and soybean yield and production from July, as expected. But the analysts say USDA will be making further adjustments in September as the August report was based on crop conditions as of Aug. 1. That was before a yield-robbing spell of excessive heat set in over the Midwest.
"In the first 10 days of August, we have seen temperatures in the Midwest averaging 6 to 12 degrees above normal," said meteorologist Dave Streit. "We have also seen below-normal precipitation. As a result of that, there have been declines in crop yield potential of about a half a bushel for soybeans and corn."
In the August report, USDA projected a 2.867 billion bushel soybean crop, down from last month, but still a record, and a 9.266 billion bushel corn crop, down from last month and last year.
"This report is friendly," grain analyst Rich Feltes said.
And if history is any clue, it's not over yet. "Last year, from this point on, corn yields came down five bushels and bean yields came down 2.7 bushels," he said. "The major risk as we move forward is whether the weather of the past two weeks continues."
Feltes says a five-bushel reduction would push corn stocks to 1.1 billion bushels, "which suggests that $2.30 corn is under-priced. End users are at risk and there is no reason for them to be holding back and sustaining this hand-to-mouth buying pattern."
In addition, global grain stocks are 99 million tons below what they were two years ago. "So world stocks are declining. We still have a lot of old crop corn to move, but there is a lot of uncertainty about the new crop."
"Longer term issues in corn are starting to become more constructive," said analyst Greg Grow. "Export demand has picked up over the last few weeks. Lower prices certainly had something to do with that. But in my eyes, the expansion of ethanol production in this country in the next 12-18 months, coupled with a fairly stable livestock industry that may be expanding will increase our demand and lower our ending stocks."
"Weather is still important for soybeans as we go into pod fill over the next two weeks," Grow added. "But I think the damage has been done for corn in the western part of the corn belt. I think we're going to see some end user interest in our market."


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With ambitious research and development growth and a need to hire experienced workers, Allergan Inc. thought it would be an easy sell to convince New Jersey pharmaceutical veterans to relocate for jobs in sunny southern California.
But the task proved quite difficult, said Scott D. Sherman, executive vice president for human resources at the Irvine, Calif.-based firm. He said fears about the housing and labor markets made workers skittish about moving across the country. So Allergan tried a different approach.
"Instead of working hard to move people from New Jersey to California, which is expensive and difficult, we're taking jobs that we're growing … and we're bringing the labor demand to the labor supply," Sherman said.
On Tuesday, Allergan cut the ribbon on its new 93,000-square-foot research and development center at the Somerset Corporate Center, in Bridgewater. The new space will replace a small, four-year-old R&D center in Bedminster, which is home to about 40 workers. Those workers will relocate next month as the company shifts operations and begins a major recruitment effort to hire hundreds of R&D workers in the coming years. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority has awarded the firm a Business Employment Incentive Program grant that would pay up to $14.9 million over 10 years and create as many as 387 jobs.
Allergan is perhaps best known for Botox, which is used for cosmetic purposes to clear up frown lines, but has other therapeutic uses. The company was founded with a focus on ophthalmology, but its pipeline now includes products from several therapeutic areas.
The new jobs represent growth for the company, and a commitment to aggressively ramp up research and development. The firm plans to spend more than $1 billion on R&D next year, up from about $900 million this year.
David E. I. Pyott, Allergan's chairman, president and CEO, said that puts Allergan at odds with the trend among many big pharma firms to rein in R&D spending. Many of those companies have operations in New Jersey, something that made the state attractive to Allergan.
"When you see stagnation in other organizations, where I sit, of course, that means opportunity, because naturally people want to get ahead with new professional challenges, and we hope some of them will choose to take a chance with getting ahead with us," he said.
Sherman said the company initially will target experienced workers with clinical research and development and biostatistics backgrounds.
Pyott said New Jersey had an initial leg up on the competition because the company already had a presence in the Garden State. He said Allergan also looked at North Carolina and Pennsylvania, which have better reputations than New Jersey when it comes to business climate, but Pyott said for these positions, the salary differential between those states and New Jersey was pretty small.
"And after California, anything's cheaper," he said.
Pyott said the Somerset Corporate Center specifically was chosen in part because it's right off Route 22 and near other major highways, including I-287. He said the accessibility of the site will help retain Bedminster employees and make it easier for others to commute.
Tracye McDaniel, CEO of the nonprofit business recruitment agency Choose New Jersey, said state officials were able to present a successful case by coupling natural advantages like the state's geographic location and pharmaceutical history with incentives like the BEIP grant. She said the Allergan victory helps give the state economic development momentum.
"It's one of those signals nationally to CEOs and site consultants who are looking to locate businesses that things are happening in New Jersey," she said.
The event represented a major success amid a topsy-turvy economic development climate that includes wins like expansions at Allergan, Bayer HealthCare and Novo Nordisk, as well as significant losses, such as Roche's plan to close its Nutley site and cut 1,000 jobs.
Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno told the crowd gathered Tuesday in Bridgewater that the state won't give up without a fight.
"You know you're not going to win every fight, but I think it is fair to say that in this administration, you will have a fight," she said. "If you want to come to New Jersey, we will fight to bring you here."


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Whether it is called wearable technology, wearable devices, or simply wearables, the current trend in electronic devices is to design machines that may be comfortably worn on the body. The most common way to do this is to somehow incorporate the device into clothing or fashion accessories that people are already wearing anyway. This technology serves a similar purposes to commonplace items such as iPhones and laptops, but are even more convenient and in some cases more effective as well. For example, sensory and scanning features allow wearable technology to perform better in the fields of biofeedback and physiological tracking functionality than any cell phone could hope to do.
As it becomes more mainstream, wearable technology figures to impact a variety of fields, including music, gaming, finance, transportation, education, aging, fitness, health, and medicine. The goal remains constant across all of these fields: incorporating functional electronics and computers into the everyday lives of all individuals. As with many other technological advancements, wearable technology was initially utilized by the military for a range of applications, with an emphasis on healthcare. It will expand beyond these humble beginnings by a staggering degree.
Many analysts are predicting that wearable technology will revolutionize the social landscape as it penetrates all faucets of human society. If that seems extreme, consider how commonplace it has become to go outside and see somebody interacting with a portable gadget. That was completely unheard of just 20 short years ago. Wearables will revolutionize the social landscape again, in all likelihood rendering most of our current portable devices obsolete in the process.


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Museum Ship Cap San Diego. Main Engine Room with the 9 cylinder two stroke diesel machine.
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Hamburg: Second largest city of Germany, situated in the north at the river Elbe, because of the seaport well known as a city of merchants. Because of the nearby sea, you will always have some fresh breeze while you are walking through the streets with nice private town-houses or while you are floating along aboard an "Alsterdampfer" on the river Alster.


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EPA Announces 2010 Game Day Challenge Winners / Seventy-seven colleges and universities divert 500,000 pounds of waste from landfills
Release Date: 11/30/2010
Contact Information: Richard Yost, email@example.com, 202-564-782, 202-564-4355
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the 2010 Game Day Challenge winners. U.S. colleges and universities competed to reduce the most amount of waste during a home football game.
"Throwing away valuable materials, on Game Day or any other day, is literally throwing away money, in addition to the fact that it's bad for our environment," says Mathy Stanislaus, assistant administrator for EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. "Through their participation in this Challenge, these colleges and universities are showing that, win or lose, every campus can take something positive away from game day by the simple act of recycling."
During the month of October, 77 participating schools targeted more than 2.8 million fans at football games. The schools together diverted more than 500,000 pounds of waste from landfills, which prevented the release of nearly 940 metric tons of carbon dioxide. This is equivalent to the annual greenhouse gas emissions from 179 cars.
Participating schools tracked the amount of recycled, composted, reused, donated, and disposed of waste during one home football game. Winners were determined based on the amount of waste that was diverted from the landfill in relation to the amount of generated waste and the number of people at the game.
2010 Winners:
Waste Minimization Champion: Ithaca College and University of Tennessee at Martin
Diversion Rate Champion: University of California, Davis
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Champion: University of Central Oklahoma
Recycling Champion: University of Central Oklahoma
Organics Reduction Champion: Marist College
The competition was sponsored by EPA's WasteWise program, a voluntary program through which organizations eliminate costly municipal solid waste and select industrial wastes, benefiting their bottom line and the environment. Launched in 1994, the program has more than 2,700 members.
More information on participant results: https://www.epa.gov/epawaste/partnerships/wastewise/challenge/gameday/results.htm
More information on how the results are determined:
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Menu & Button Sounds 2 is a sound effects pack that features even more new sounds that is suitable for menu & buttons in games, multimedia & animations.
Included in the pack is:
Twinkle Menu 0:01
Twinkle Down Menu: 0:01
Stick Menu: 0:01
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Impact Menu: 0:03
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iFile (file storage, document viewer)
iOS iPhone Productivity
what's new in this version:
The function of WEBDAV is enhanced in this version.
please connect to the webdav using:
NetDrive (windowsxp/vista)
Cyberduck (osx)
1.You can use iFile to move files from computer(Windows,Mac,Linux) to your iPhone/iTouch with WIFI.
2.You don't need to install any software on your computer,just open your web browser and you can manage the files which on your iPhone/iTouch.
3.You can upload files in any format to your iPhone/iTouch or download files from your iPhone/iTouch by using a web browser.Another view,iFile makes your iPhone/iTouch to a memory disk.
4.You can create a directory in your iPhone/iTouch.
5.You can open the most of the file formats. Ifile can support Japanese and Chinese files.
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image:jpg/jpeg,png,gif,bmp,tif/tiff and the formated supported by iPhone/iTouch
document:doc,ppt,xsl,pdf,htm/html,safari ArchivePage,plain text(txt,c/c++,perl,java...).
6.Consider the security,iFile can close its sharing,so you can't access any files by using a computer.
7.When you close a file, iFile can remember the last position. Next time you open the file, it will be opened from the last position.
8.iFile supports the automatic screen rotation,and also allows you to turn off the automatic screen rotation.
9.You can zoom pictures or documents by multi-touch.
10.Yon can play a music in the background.
Step1:Make your IPhone or ITouch connect to a WiFi network.
Step2:Open the iFile and you will see the server ip displayed at the bottom of the screen.
Step3:Open a browser on a computer which in the same LAN, then enter the server ip in the address blank and open this link,your will see the upload page opened.
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Los Angeles Valley College
Los Angeles Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in the center of the San Fernando Valley. The College serves the community by providing transfer degree career-technical foundational transitional and continuing education programs in an attractive and accessible learning environment that fosters student success. Embedded in these programs are the greater goals of critical thinking and life-long learning which are necessary for success in the workplace and for advancing one's education personal development and quality of life. The Los Angeles Valley College faculty and staff are dedicated to helping students be successful. They emphasize excellence in teaching and providing a variety of support services that are designed to meet students where they are and help them reach their personal and professional goals. Beyond the classroom the College provides for students a variety of co-curricular activities that serve to create a rich campus life experience. Los Angeles Valley College advances the economic development of the region through programs services and partnerships that address continuing and emerging employer needs in a diverse set of industries including one of the largest concentrations of entertainment studios in the world. Los Angeles Valley College hosts numerous cultural and athletic events throughout the year and serves as home to the San Fernando Valley Historical Museum. The campus has a park-like quality with a rich variety of trees selected by its founding faculty. As a result the campus itself serves as a laboratory for learning and gives the College a special appreciation for the environment and issues of sustainability.
School Information5800 Fulton Avenue
Valley Glen, California 91401-4096
Locale: City: Large
Open Admissions: Yes
Sector: Public, 2-year
Carnegie Basic: Associate's--Public Urban-serving Multicampus
Religious Affiliation: Not applicable
Accrediting Agency: Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
Common name(s): Valley College |LA Valley College
Students & Faculty
Total Tuition $7,556.00
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|Architectural Technology/Technician
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East #42: Melanie & Kevin's "Racer Pink"
Name: Melanie & Kevin Van Wynsberg
Location: Lynchburg, VA
Type of Home: Single Family Home/house
What inspired you to use color? I LOVE Color! I can't imagine a life without it. Being young and broke my husband and I turned to color in order to spice up our house and bring out the artistic side to our personalities. To me color allows you to venture into the soul and bring light into the unknowns. Each room in our house is a different inspired color, used to captive the senses and to bring about inspiration to all those enter our home. Oscar Wilde described color well when he said, "Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways." Color itself is my inspiration; whether on the walls or in nature, color captures my senses and reminds me that life doesn't have to be dull.
Color Tip: If you are looking for adventure in your life, then I recommend you start by coloring your walls. A home with no inspiration isn't a home at all. If you're not good at painting I recommend checking out Graham & Brown they have amazing unique modern/vintage/contemporary wallpaper that can easily add class and color to any home. You don't need to be rich to make a home look more than it's worth - all you need is some paint, some time, and some inspiration.
Colors Used: Washington Square UL24 (Ralph Lauren), Racer Pink IB51 (Ralph Lauren)
Fall Colors Introduction -------------------------------
Welcome, everyone, to our Fourth Annual Fall Colors Sharing & Contest. We're looking for the most beautiful & colorful home in the world and sharing all of the great ideas we get with our readers. This year we're amping things up and hoping to do things better than ever. There are two basic phases, the Sharing Phase and the Voting Phase...
1. Sharing Phase - you comment, judges decide
The 40 best, completed entries will be posted on a daily basis for three weeks. You can view them all at anytime via our new, improved contest pages under ALL ENTRIES. During this time your comments are VERY IMPORTANT as our six judges will be choosing 16 finalists from each region based on comments and their own colorful opinion.
2. Voting Phase - you vote till you drop
Starting October 20th, finalist voting will begin on a daily basis through our new bracketed voting system, which will pit our 16 finalists against one another until only one remains. Sound exciting? We hope so.
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Venezuela rally supports jailed opposition leader
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Thousands of Venezuelans who oppose their country's socialist-led government rallied peacefully in the capital Sunday to protest the continued detention of an opposition leader and to call for an early presidential election.
Anti-government activists massed to voice support for hard-line opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, who has been held in a military prison since being arrested in February on charges of fomenting violence as a result of the initial protests. A judge ordered last week that Lopez proceed to trial.
Those at Sunday's protest also renewed their call for President Nicolas Maduro to leave office and for Venezuela to hold a new presidential election.
Venezuela's constitution allows for an early presidential election if the president should resign. It also allows such a ballot if a leader is ruled physically or mentally incapacitated by the Supreme Court or dies in office, as happened last year with Hugo Chavez, who had anointed Maduro as his choice to take over the presidency.
During the rally in east Caracas, leaders of the student movement that has spearheaded the anti-government demonstrations this year called for a new protest on June 24.
The anti-Maduro movement has lost steam in recent weeks, but demonstrations still crop up across Venezuela. The protests, which have seen 42 deaths and 873 injuries, are fed by anger over Venezuela's 59 percent inflation rate, shortages of basic goods and a high crime rate.


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From Openmoko
Hack to run X apps on Qtopia
Note: DO NOT TRY THIS! Unless you want to destroy your Qtopia installation ;-) And it's still really unusable...
Qtopia is really very nice piece of software but there is one big issue - there are no more applications than these ones in default installation + some few more other (and mostly old) apps around Internet. But for official OpenMoko distribution (which is running on X11) there are many applications - it's really easy to port them from desktop version to phone version (often only cross compilation is sufficient). Currently we are missing browser, IM etc...
The idea
The idea is to run fake X11 server, then export this session by VNC and use some Qtopia-able VNC client to display it. Around this hack we should provide some scripts to automatize it and do small hacks to VNC client.
FSO testing repository (see Repositories#FSO)
opkg install x11vnc xserver-kdrive-xfake
Now your Qtopia installation is dead ;-) Reinstall with Nokia provided updater.
Install keypeble VNC client with Package Installation app.
Xfake :1 --screen 480x640 &
export DISPLAY=:1
x11vnc &
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The Watterson High School girls track and field team won the nine-team Columbus School for Girls Invitational on April 27.
The Watterson High School girls track and field team won the nine-team Columbus School for Girls Invitational on April 27.
The Eagles scored 136 points to finish ahead of runner-up CSG (123).
Amy Griffith had the Eagles' only first-place finish, winning the 1,600 meters in 5 minutes, 40.2 seconds.
Placing second were Claire Diorio in the 1,600 (5:41.5), Lindy Gill in the discus (73 feet, 10 inches), Marissa Wierzbicki in the shot put (30-1 1/4), the 800 relay of Hannah Smith, Leah Paskell, Hanna Merklin and Kelly Kimble (1:54.9) and the 400 relay of Hannah Anthony, Paulina Eberts, Maria Hoge and Elizabeth Racher (53.0).
The boys team placed second (102) of seven teams in the CSG Invitational, behind Bexley (136).
Joe Mankovecky won the high jump in 6-8 1/4 and Dominic Lombardi won the 300 hurdles in 39.6. Both were program records.
Also winning were the 800 relay of Lombardi, Ryan Urquhart, Cody Calhoun and Andy Cotter (1:33.5), the 400 relay of Lombardi, Urquhart, Calhoun and Brad Kanney (44.9) and Lombardi in the 110 hurdles (15.5).
"To get two school records in one meet is great for the team," boys coach Matt McGowan said. "Joe has been constant with his jumping and barely missed 6-10. Dominic has worked hard and is our workhorse as he ran three events before the 300 hurdles. To set a school record after winning three events earlier in the day shows his strength and talent."Boys lacrosse teamwins first six games
The boys lacrosse team was 6-0 before playing Columbus Academy on May 1.
Watterson beat Olentangy Orange 12-8 on April 26 as attacker Eddie Passen had three goals and an assist and goalkeeper Jordan Lucki had 11 saves.
"Our team is very balanced, indicative of eight players scoring against Orange," coach Tom Foley said. "It is the smartest team I have coached with at least 10 players on National Honor Society. That transfers over to the IQ on the field."
The Eagles will play host to DeSales on Friday, May 3.
"DeSales is at full force with (attacker) J.T. Blubaugh coming back from injury to defeat St. Charles 7-5 (on April 27)," Foley said. "DeSales managed to go 4-1 without him because they are so well-coached and balanced.
"DeSales versus Watterson in any sport is very competitive and they still are the team to beat."
Passen (20 goals, 5 assists) was leading Watterson in scoring through six games, followed by attacker Matt Foley (13 goals, 11 assists), midfielder Patrick Pirrman (6 goals, 6 assists), attacker Reed Abahazie (9 goals, 2 assists) and midfielder Eli Kirk (7 goals, 2 assists).