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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS — The quest to have the opportunity to compete – and hopefully excel – in the state meet is over successfully for Chillicothe High School athletes who participated in seven events in Saturday's Class 3 sectional meet.
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS — The quest to have the opportunity to compete – and hopefully excel – in the state meet is over successfully for Chillicothe High School athletes who participated in seven events in Saturday's Class 3 sectional meet.
The meet provided a major achievement for one CHS sophomore girl and a huge disappointment for another, but in the final analysis ranked as Chillicothe's best overall showing at sectional in a number of years with its total of qualifiers for this Friday's and Saturday's MSHSAA State Championships at Jefferson City.
Leading the advancers Saturday was Lexi?Snyder, who uncorked a huge triple jump to not only earn second place and her first trip to state, but also shattered an 11-year CHS record.
Her jump of 36'7" – more than three feet better than her district jump the week before – carried her 1'51⁄2" farther than Kristin?Jackson's former Lady?Hornets standard, established way back in 2001. It also left her a mere three-fourths of an inch behind sectional winner Kayla McGee of Kansas City's Lincoln?College Prep.
Joining Snyder in qualifying for the Class 3 state meet's girls' competition later this week were sophomore Erin?Gilliland in the 300-meters low hurdles – an event she finished second in at Jefferson?City last May, and both the 400- and 800-meters relay units.
Comprising the shorter of those units are Madison?Williams,?Mackenzie Barnett, Olivia Hayes, and Gilliland, while Jordyn?Circo joins Williams, Gilliland, and Barnett in the longer sprint.
On the boys' side, junior thrower Alec Whiteside – last year's state runnerup in the shot put – will go back to?Jeff City in that event and the discus throw after winning the discus and being third in the shot at Excelsior Springs.
Also joining him in boys' state competition will be the Hornets' 800-meters relay team of?Austin?Busse,?Zach?Alperin,?Walker Thomas, and DeEll Midgyett.?That group snared the fourth and final berth.
"We obviously had some tremendous performances," CHS boys' head coach?Bill?Shaffer said on behalf of himself and Lady?Hornets head coach?Karen?Williams and their assistants Ken Stull and Rachael?Parkey. "I'm very happy for our athletes who get to move on to state and we look forward to seeing what they can do next."


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Essential's Columbia
This bread is from Maggie Glezer's gem of a book: Artisan Baking. I have been wanting to make this bread for a while because it was named after the Columbia River. As a Washington State native, I had to make it. I'm glad I did as this bread has become my new personal favorite.
Bread Flour 45%, All-Purpose Flour 45%, Whole Wheat Flour 8%, Whole Rye Flour 2%, Toasted Wheat Germ 3%, Barley malt syrup 3%, Water 67%, Levain 41%*, Salt 2%* (*Glezer's formula specifies 41% but by my calculations it was more like 46%. I used 30g 50% hydration firm white starter to innoculate 150g bread flour at 63% hydration (63g water). *I decreased the salt from 2.4% to 2% overall.
I made a small change to the original recipe in method. Instead of mixing for 10 minutes (!) which I thought was a bit much, I mixed to shaggy mass then let rest (autolyse) for about 50 (instead of 20) minutes before adding the salt and levain. I then did two stretch and folds for the first two 45-minute intervals of the 5 hour bulk ferment. The dough was then divided, shaped and proofed for 4 more hours. I also changed the baking from what was recommended in the book. I baked at 500 degrees F for the first 5 minutes with steam, then turned the oven down to 460F, then 425F for the last 10 minutes, for a total of 34 minutes baking time.
This is the best ear/ bloom that I have ever gotten on a loaf. It was really fun to watch it open up in the oven.
We like the toasted wheat germ that was added to this bread. It adds a lot of nuttiness and depth of flavor along with a small amount of rye and white whole wheat. Some others on TFL have tried it with spelt with good results. I might try that. The picture above shows one that I slashed twice, and the other tried to follow the "grapevine pattern" instructions described in the book. THere is only one small off-to-the-side picture of the actual bread, so I wasn't quite sure what Glezer meant. My attempt wasn't pretty- too many scores. The below picture is of some sort of shape I made-up today to avoid a disaster. I tried shaping these batards differently than I usually do (actually, I tried GR's technique shown here) and the batard ended up too long for my baking stone. (Not to discount this shaping method, just my learning curve error to blame) So I made a coronne/ ciabatta shape to fit. Worked pretty well, and I kind of like the look :-)
Wonderful flavor and texture, I love this bread.


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Tier-2 leaders named for Qwest/CenturyLink
Denver-based Qwest and Monroe, La.-based CenturyLink, which are in the midst of seeking required approvals for their proposed merger, this week appointed more than 60 executives to leadership positions for the combined company. About 45 percent of those positions will be filled by Qwest executives after the merger closes, expected as early as the first quarter of 2011.
In June, the companies revealed their 12-member senior management team, which will include four Qwest executives.
This week's "tier-2" announcement involves the executives that will report to senior management.
Of particular significance for Colorado is the appointment of Kenny Wyatt (pictured) to the role of Mountain Region President. Wyatt will be responsible for operations in Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wyoming and will be based in Denver. He will report to chief operating officer Karen Puckett, who will be based in Monroe, which is where the combined company will be headquartered. Wyatt is currently CenturyLink's South Central Region President. A former Sprint executive, he joined CenturyLink after its acquisition of Embarq, formerly Sprint's local phone business.
It's unclear what role Chuck Ward, currently Qwest's Colorado president, will have with the new company, if any.


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DALLAS – After more than a year of talks, a merger between American Airlines and US Airways will likely be announced next week, sources tell News 8.
"The economics make so much sense. They're so compelling that I think the creditors and the boards of both companies said 'let's get this done it will be good for everybody," said Mark Drusch, an executive with Fareportal, who also held high-ranking positions with Continental, Delta and Lufthansa.
The board of directors of AMR Corp., American's parent company, will meet on Monday to consider a combination, News 8 has learned.
Officially, American tells us it does not discuss and will not confirm a board meeting next week.
But it's no secret that both airlines have been swapping financial information over recent months to see if a merger made sense.
Currently at issue is which executive team will lead the new company.
Sources tell News 8 that US Airways CEO Doug Parker will likely take over, and AMR CEO Tom Horton will be given an honorary position on the board such as non-executive chairman.
American's labor unions, which have long pushed for a merger with US Airways, have publicly stated they don't want American's management running the new company.
"Here's the conundrum the board is faced with," Drusch explained. "If the unions are really digging in saying we don't want Horton around the board has to decide 'Is Horton important enough to keep around to potentially suffer labor disharmony through a merger."
Teams from both airlines are currently collaborating on how to make the merger announcement and where it will take place, sources said.
The new company will be based in Fort Worth, but led by the smaller airline, which is currently headquartered in Phoenix. The combined carrier is expected to retain the American Airlines name.
In January, Horton said an announcement about the future of American would be announced soon. The two airlines have been in official talks for months.
Weeks later, American debuted a new logo and paint scheme for its aircraft. At the time, Horton said he did not expect to have to change the livery again if a merger came to fruition.
Drusch predicted fares would increase in the long-term and even if American decides to merge with its smaller rival next week it's doubtful passengers would see any change for months.
The US Airways board would still have to consider a merger, along with creditors, American's bankruptcy judge, the U.S. Department of Justice and even the European Union before the two companies would ever become one.


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The Length of the Gimmick
Park's focus is primarily on what "really" makes something a one-sentence novel, a kind of purity test, while Lennon mostly just seems grumpy, declaring the whole idea to be "the kind of fake formal experimentation that a writer is more likely to use as cover for his incompetence than for any kind of genuine insight into character, situation, or language".
I think Lennon's opinion is noxious, and I'm skeptical of any use of the word "gimmick" for a writing technique, because it seems to me a particularly prejudicial and generally inaccurate term -- in a broad sense, any literary (as opposed to purely pragmatic) way of writing is gimmicky, because any writing that is not so conventional as to be invisible draws attention to itself. Anything in the plot of a narrative that draws attention to itself is, then, a gimmick, any word that is not banal is a gimmick, etc.
It may be that Park's focus on what a one-sentence novel actually is inspires some of this annoyance from Lennon, because it moves the focus away from the purpose and effect of what are, in fact, different techniques employed by the various writers; but Lennon's grumpiness comes, I suspect, from deep-seated assumptions about what writers should do -- the sort of assumptions that are useful for writers themselves, because they can be fuel for writing, but are dangerous when elevated to the level of absolute statements for everybody else. I'm all for writers saying, "I'm going to write this way because I don't want to write that way," but I'm ferociously suspicious of writers who say, "My way of writing is the best and your way of writing is wrong." (It reminds me of when somebody once saw a t-shirt that proclaimed, "My God is an awesome God," and pointed out the subtext: "Your God sucks.")
When talking about writing, people don't usually use gimmick to mean just a technique that draws attention to itself (the way a performer would say, "You gotta have a gimmick"); instead, it's usually meant to point to something considered by the word-wielder to be inauthentic or artificial. It's sibling to the wheezy old canard about non-mimetic fiction: it's a game, it's a trick, it's not real fiction. Real fiction provides, as Lennon says, "genuine insight into character, situation, or language". Note the word "genuine", highlighting the idea that gimmicks are the path to fake insight. Real insight, apparently, comes from pretending that fiction is true, from relying on verisimilitude, from suspending disbelief. This is residual Victorianism, the continuing belief that the 19th Century British dominant novel form is the single goal toward which writers should aspire. I like plenty of novels written that way, but I don't think they should be given a special place of honor above novels using other approaches.
If we assume (and it really is an assumption) that we should read fiction for "insight into character, situation, or language", then I fail to see how a single-sentence novel doesn't at least have the chance of providing insight into language, nor do I see how the one-sentence technique itself must inevitably lead to false insight into character or situation. Perhaps what Lennon means is that such a technique distracts from where the reader's attention, in his scheme, should be: on thinking about character and situation, and not thinking about one writing technique in particular. But this idea is contradicted when he asserts that "the writer generally finds new ways to separate ideas and establish rhythm, and the reader quickly gets accustomed to them." If that's so, then the technique is not distracting, and therefore there shouldn't be anything getting in the way of the proper, legitimate contemplation of character and situation.
The problem, the gimmickry, seems to come from what Lennon assumes is the writer's over-exertion, or misplaced exertion. "[N]obody's really being challenged here--it's all proof-of-concept," he says, adding yet another generalized assumption. "If you're going to break it up with conjunctions or semicolons or what have you, you might as well restore the periods, indentations, and chapter breaks, and devote more of your energy to evoking the wrinkles in grandma's forehead or the smell of jasmine wafting over the piazza." Thus, sensory description is, to Lennon, a legitimate activity for a writer to expend energy on, but punctuation and sentence style are not. (I expect he would reply that what he was trying to communicate was the idea that a writer should, of course, pay attention to punctuation, but they shouldn't do so at the expense of evoking sensory details. That equation proposes a see-saw act between style and sensory detail that seems absurd to me: sensory detail is a result of stylistic choices about punctuation, rhythm, diction, etc. Writing is language first.)
I also think it's flat-out inaccurate to say that the breaks created by "conjunctions or semicolons or what have you" are the same as those created by periods. I certainly don't read periods the same way I do conjunctions and semi-colons. A hugely long sentence is a totally different reading experience for me than a bunch of shorter sentences, and I have an almost physical reaction to some types of punctuation -- works composed primarily of short sentences are just about unreadable to me; lots of short sentences make me feel like ants are crawling all over my skin.
What interests me here is not so much that Lennon is wrong (no, not THAT!), but rather the offense that he seems to take from Park's essay. My own rather strong response to his response may also seem a bit odd, because Lennon's post was clearly an off-the-cuff statement of preference, so why did I feel impelled to put everything aside and analyze it? It's not like there are lots of one-sentence-novel writers who are now going to become destitute because J. Robert Lennon said he thinks they're just hiding their incompetence -- which means, of course, that they aren't real writers, and don't deserve to be taken seriously, especially not by such a prestigious mainstream outlet as the Times, castle of the competent.
No individual statement like Lennon's is particularly meaningful or effective, and such statements might even be useful in inspiring contrary-minded writers to prove the asserter wrong. My own concern comes not because of Lennon or any other proselytizer, but because the assumptions that Lennon's post appears to embody are ones I see a lot, ones that promote what seems to me a narrow and unadventurous idea of what is or isn't an appropriate, legitimate, authentic way to write. Continued expression of such ideas creates a consensus and solidifies a prejudice about what should or shouldn't be valued.
Next thing you know, people will be trying to contact the nearest politician to propose a Defense of Multi-Sentence Novels Act...


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A little bit of Kanye West goes a long way, for some of us more than others. If ever an (overrated) artist needed to get over himself, it is this man.
His ego-driven rants have been numerous, and annoying, in the past, but jumping onstage as teen country star Taylor Swift was accepting her Best Female Video award at the MTV Video Music Awards ceremony was a new low.
That doesn't, however, justify Barack Obama referring to West as "a jackass," even though the sentiment is understandable.
When you are the President, you just don't say things like that. (And keep in mind that I am a huge Barack Obama supporter.)
Plus, you never know when someone might have a small recording device in operation, and besides that, the largely racist Obama haters are starting to emerge from their caves in record numbers. We should all keep President Barack Obama and his family in our prayers.
But back to Kanye West. His boorish, ignorant behavior is in keeping with a society that is becoming increasing rude and crude. Author Stephen King calls it "crap driving out class."
Four examples:
Republican Congressman Joe Wilson yelling out "You lie!" while President Obama was giving a speech during a joint session of Congress.
Mel Gibson saying disrespectful things about Jewish people, and Jesse Jackson doing something similar earlier.
Serena Williams' profanity-laced outburst at a line judge during a big tennis match.
All of those ultra-conservative, inflammatory, racially insensitive, hatemonger talk show hosts.
We've got to do better. Reinstating manners, sound judgment, sensitivity, honesty and higher standards would be a giant step in that direction.
NOT SURE how they happened to get together, but veteran singers Melba Moore and Phil Perry have a duets album titled "The Gift of Love." These, we are informed, are "inspiring songs of love and faith."
There are new numbers, including several outstanding ones cowritten by Perry, as well songs you know, such as Sounds of Blackness' "Optimistic" and Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's "You're All I Need to Get By."
Overall, a pretty nice album.
Meanwhile, the very talented singer/performer Ne-Yo (real name: Shaffer Smith) is all set to do a new movie, a sci-fi war film titled "Battle: Los Angeles." This will not be his first film appearance, however. He was in "Save the Last Dance 2" and "Stomp the Yard."
Ne-Yo's most recent album, "Year of the Gentleman," is outstanding.
Correction: Whoever first said haste makes waste sure got it right. In last week's column I identified Robert Ficano as Wayne County Sheriff. We all know that he is Wayne County Executive. (He used to be sheriff.)
It's nice to realize it when there is something that you need to improve. Bobby Brown and Shar Jackson are among the now overweight stars who will appear on the next season of "Celebrity Fit Club," airing on VH1.
Jackson, who played friend Niecy on Brandy's TV show "Moesha," used to go with dancer Kevin Federline, best known for his often tempestuous marriage to Britney Spears. Federline and Jackson had two kids together.
Federline should also be on the TV show. He has gotten huge, nearly double the size he was before.
HERBIE HANCOCK, jazz legend, always has something interesting going on. Following on the heels of the Grammy-winning "River: The Joni Letters," a tribute to Joni Mitchell, he is working on an album entitled "Herbie Hancock's Imagine Project."
The unusual thing is that Hancock has been traveling around the world recording songs in the home countries of the guest artists on the album, including Ravi Shankar (India) and Oumou Sangaré (Africa).
Joseph Jackson says he knew nothing about his late son Michael's drug problems. That's rather odd considering the fact that his siblings were well aware of it.
The omnipresent Beyoncé will introduce her own perfume next spring. The scent is being developed by Coty.
Sly Stone is practically a recluse, but the legendary and enigmatic star performed recently at African Fest, which took place in Chicago's Washington Park.
Another legend, Smokey Robinson, strongly disapproves of certain types of downloaded music. "People are able to get your music whenever they want to, free of charge. After you've created it and labored over it, that's unfair," he said.
BETCHA DIDN'T KNOW …that Whitney Houston's No. 1 hit from 1990, "All The Man That I Need," was originally recorded (eight years earlier) by Sister Sledge.
MEMORIES: "Walking in Rhythm" (the Blackbyrds), "Armed and Extremely Dangerous" (First Choice), "Not on the Outside" (the Moments), "The Glamorous Life" (Sheila E.), "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)" (Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer), "Lady" (the Whispers), "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" (McFadden & Whitehead), "But It's Alright" (J.J. Jackson), "Flowers" (the Emotions), "What You Won't Do For Love" (Bobby Caldwell).
BLESSINGS to Derek Blackmon, Angela Bell Palmer, Deborah Smith Pollard, LaWanda Gray, Rebecca Bare, Craig Strong, Lydia Nance-Adams, Dina Peace, Charlie Beckham, Joel McNair and "Kim Partee."
WORDS OF THE WEEK, from Coretta Scott King: "I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others. Homophobia is like racism, anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry."
Let the music play!
Steve Holsey can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com


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European Commission - Press release
Commission and European Parliament launch Joint Transparency Register to shed light on all those seeking to influence European policy
Brussels, 23 June 2011 – In an effort to give a further boost to the transparency of the EU's decision-making process, the European Parliament and the European Commission are today launching a joint, public Transparency Register which provides more information than ever before on those who seek to influence European policy.
The new Register replaces the one set up by the Commission in 2008, which already contains more than 4000 organisations. These will be gradually transferred to the Joint Transparency Register over the coming 12 months. It also extends its coverage well beyond traditional lobbyists to include law firms, NGOs, think tanks - indeed any organisation or self-employed individual engaged in influencing EU policy making and implementation. This is a key step towards the EU's goal of a more participatory democracy.
Registrants will also have to provide more information than before, such as the number of staff involved in advocacy, the main legislative proposals they have covered, as well as the amount of EU funding they received.
By signing up to the Transparency Register, organisations will commit to a Common Code of Conduct pledging, for example, always to identify themselves by name and the entity they work for, and not to obtain information dishonestly. A complaint mechanism and measures to be applied are also outlined for those who break the Code of Conduct.
European Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič said: "This is good news for the transparency of policy-making in Europe. All organisations, whether trade and professional associations, NGOs, think tanks or others who have nothing to hide will be in the register and will provide the public and the institutions with information about their work. All those who are not in the register will have to be asked why they can't be transparent - and they will see their daily work made more difficult by not being registered, in particular through the requirements of the European Parliament. I am pleased that the Council is now willing to play an active role in the Register as well. With the new Code of Conduct for Commissioners and now the Joint Transparency Register, we have set benchmarks for many other capitals in Europe and the world."
Diana Wallis, Vice-President of the European Parliament said: "I feel that we have finally accomplished a goal our working group set ourselves several years ago, and today, by launching this joint register for interest representatives between the Commission and the Parliament, I hope that we will help to instil a more solid culture of transparency in Brussels."
"Up until now, there may have been some confusion. Now there can be none: one register, one place to sign up. And for all those who want to take part in the EU policy-making process, this register will also demonstrate that our institutions are working together. This is why I am thrilled that the Council has now announced its willingness to take steps in joining us. Together we are taking a strong step in the right direction. On this note, I would like to thank Vice President Maroš Šefčovič for his open and co-operative working methods during these negotiations."
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What others say:
Jana Mittermaier, Head of Brussels Office at Transparency International
"Transparency International welcomes the new Transparency Register as another step in the right direction and encourages the European Commission and European Parliament to take further steps in the right direction. The new register is an important milestone in creating greater transparency around EU lobbying activities. It will only be effective however if it is used properly and in the spirit of the Code of Conduct that accompanies it. The new register will be a test of the commitment of all parties involved in lobbying to greater openness."
José Laloum, Chairman EPACA: European Public Affairs Consultancies Association
"The success of the register is clearly in the interest of our professions and we urge the Commission and the Parliament to ensure that there are clear benefits, in terms of access, event participation and consultations, to being a registrant."
Richard Linning President IPRA: International Public Relations Association
"IPRA, the International Public Relations Association, welcomes the launch of a common transparency register. Its objectives resonate with our own 50-year-old code of ethics which has recently been relaunched in clearer language and in more than 25 translations. We expect the new register to streamline access to Commission officials and MEPs."
Lyn Trytsman-Gray, President SEAP: Society of European Affairs Professionals
"SEAP welcomes the launch of a common Transparency Register for the European Parliament and the Commission, which SEAP has long supported. Transparency and trust lie at the heart of good decision making and good lobbying. There are however, some areas that still need attention and we will work closely with the Commission to ensure they are addressed."
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The word "pub" is short for public house, an ages-old English term meaning a community gathering place.
That's what Niwot's Leslie and Steve Kaczeus have successfully created in less than two years since founding Bootstrap Brewing Co., 6778 N. 79th St., in Niwot.
Steve and Leslie Kaczeus
Ages: 54 and 46
Occupation: Owners, Bootstrap Brewing Co.
Years in St. Vrain Valley: 19 and 22
Bootstrap — a name coined by Leslie after the couple was forced to pare their original business plan back to keep expenses in check — is the fulfillment of the couple's long-standing dream to go into business together.
"We spent a lot of time in breweries and beer gardens thinking, 'What are we passionate about? What do we enjoy doing together,'" said Leslie Kaczeus, whose Bootstrap business card reads "chief of stuff."
It turns out that during those discussions the couple were, literally, holding the answer to their dreams right in their hands.
High-tech industry veterans, the couple met while both worked at Longmont's MiniScribe in 1986. In June of 2012 they opened Bootstrap in the town they love.
"We live here in Niwot," Steve Kaczeus said. "Our kids went to school here. And we always thought it would be a great spot to have a local brewery."
The seedlings for Bootstrap go all the way back to Christmastime 2005, when Seagate announced it was buying out its biggest competitor, Maxtor. A mechanical engineer and program manager, Steve was a Maxtor employee in Longmont when the news hit.
"None of us knew if we had jobs or not," he said. "So that was kind of the catalyst. (Leslie and I) had always talked about starting our own business."
Steve survived the first wave of layoffs the following year, when Seagate cut two-thirds of the former Maxtor workers. But discussions between him and Leslie of taking his hobby — he had been homebrewing for 20-plus years — and turning it into a business continued.
He talked to every local brewer he could find and asked them about the business of running a craft brewery. They were welcoming and realistic with him, Steve said. And the more he heard and thought about leaving behind some of the constrictions of corporate life, the more excited he became.
A turning point was signing up for courses with the American Brewers Guild, a nationally renowned brewing school where he could learn the science behind his hobby.
"Me being an engineer, I needed to understand what's going on at the molecular level. ... It was extremely important for me to have that as a background, because I didn't have any professional brewing experience," Steve said.
Leslie flew out to California in 2011 to join Steve at his graduation ceremony, and afterward, the couple was scheduled for a week's getaway to Napa Valley, where they would decide once and for all if they were going to leave their jobs — he at Seagate and she running a nonprofit — and pursue their dream.
"I pulled into the parking lot and I went in and saw his face and I said, 'OK, there's no discussion,'" Leslie said.
So the trip to Northern California turned into a celebration of their decision, Steve said. Then came the hard work.
They bought a turn-key, 3 ½ -barrel brewing system and stuck it in storage. Leslie started looking around for a location, first in Niwot and then other cities in Boulder County.
She wasn't having a lot of luck, she said, until she saw a blurb in the Niwot paper that CrossFit was closing its Niwot location. She went in to take a look.
"It had so much character," Leslie said of the space. "A lot of the ones we had been looking at were more industrial."
Steve said he loved the space's high ceilings, and added that it didn't hurt that the building's owner is, as he put it, a "beer geek."
Friends and neighbors stepped in and helped his wife turn the space into what you see today, Steve said.
"Leslie was really the primary driver of the construction while I was completing my time at Seagate," he said.
In less than two years Bootstrap has distinguished itself among Boulder County's busy craft brewing scene. The couple feature live music on Mondays and Saturdays, trivia on Tuesdays, game night on Wednesdays, and they're adding other specialty event-features such as a dessert and beer pairing and maybe some beer dinners in the future, Leslie said.
Supporting the nonprofit and the arts scene in Niwot has been important to the couple since the beginning, she said.
The foundation of the business, though, is the beer, for which Bootstrap has won multiple awards. The brewery keeps seven standard flavors on tap, including green chile beer, and its 22-ounce bombers are in 27 area liquor stores.
The company recently bought a 15-barrel fermenter that will support enough production to begin canning, something Sanitas Brewing Co. in Boulder is helping them with. This spring they'll come out with at least two of their beers in cans, Steve said.
"My fear was what if I brew and nobody comes, and Leslie's was what if you can't brew enough?" Steve said.
And, in the interest of further putting Niwot on the map and helping promote their industry, the couple are helping the Longmont-based Colorado Beer Trail plan the New Brew Fest: Boulder County, a daylong music and craft beer event scheduled for May 10.
New Brew Fest is open only to breweries five years or younger, and already more more than 25 have signed up.
All of which is keeping the couple extremely busy, and they are quick to say thanks to their staffers, Bob and (another) Leslie, who keep the Kaczeuses from having to put in 80- to 100-hour workweeks.
And, they say, they're thankful to the community of Niwot and Boulder County at large for embracing them as they have.
"We have so many people, especially the locals, that come in here and thank us for opening this place," Steve said.


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The Slashdot effect
The Slashdot effect has even inspired a PhD dissertation titled The Slashdot Effect: Analysis of a Large-Scale Public Conversation on the World Wide Web. Written in 2001 by Alexander Halavais, the 366-page paper is available in PDF format.
In search of
Having risen to the top of web search, Google has released Desktop Search, a free tool enabling users to search content on their PCs as well as online. It indexes email, visited webpages, instant messages and documents, enabling users to search them quickly and easily. Similar tools such as X1 and Copernic have been around for some time.
Champion code cutters
There are competitions for sedentary yet cerebral pastimes such as spelling and chess, so the idea of a programming contest shouldn't sound especially wacky. TopCoder is a popular programming contest site where developers compete for prizes and the chance to be recruited by top companies. The companies also benefit, with TopCoder spotlighting a talented pool of developers.
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The upcoming HTC One is the best looking Android phone in a long time, but it could have a challenger later this year. French blog Nowhereelse.fr has just leaked several images of a new device called the Huawei Edge that boasts an aluminum unibody design that is just 6.3mm thin.
Rumored specs of the Huawei Edge include a 4.9-inch 1080 x 1920 display, quad-core processor, 2GB RAM, 13 megapixel camera, 16/32GB internal storage, and a 2600 mAh battery. The device is said to ship with the latest Android 4.2 and arrive sometime in the second half of this year.
If all the specs are true, it will be an impressive feat for Huawei. They somehow managed to create an all aluminum phone that is thinner than the HTC One (6.3mm vs 9.3mm), and they crammed in a higher capacity battery (2600 mAh vs 2300 mAh).
Richard Yu, Huawei Device Chairman, hinted at an upcoming smartphone in a recent interview with Engadget. Yu said, "Our other product, coming next quarter or end of Spring, is far ahead of Samsung in terms of build quality."
We don't know which device he was referring to, but these leaked pictures certainly match up with a device of the highest build quality. Yu went on to say, "Actually, when I was at the Düsseldorf International Airport last time, the security pulled this phone out of the box and kept asking 'Where to buy? Where to buy?' All the officers from the other seven or eight security lines all turned around! It was love at first sight for that guy, and he said he'd give up his iPhone and pick this one! That's what I aim for when I develop products."
Huawei has quietly climbed their way into the 3rd largest global supplier of smartphones, but most American consumers are not familiar with the brand, and the ones that are struggle to pronounce their name correctly. (Hint: It's WAH-WAY)
Hopefully we will be learning more about the Huawei Edge in the coming months. I have never carried a Huawei smartphone as my daily phone, but I would easily pop my SIM card into the Edge when it becomes available.


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David Andrews plays a Navy captain in 'World War Z.'
Wilmington-based actor David Andrews hasn't been in town much lately. He's been busy saving the world.
Andrews plays a Navy captain in "World War Z," the $200 million zombie epic (based on the best seller by Max Brooks) that opens Friday in movie houses nationwide.
"I command this aircraft carrier in the North Atlantic," Andrews explained in a phone interview Thursday, "that's at the center of this ad hoc flotilla of fishing boats, freighters and even a Carnival cruise liner.
"The president is dead, the vice president is missing, four of the Joint Chiefs are dead, so I'm the only authority there is."
As such, Andrews gets to order United Nations employee Gerry Lane (played by Brad Pitt) into action to find some sort of response to the spreading zombie pandemic.
"It's a real intensive ride through this collapsing world," Andrews said.
Pitt, he added, was "pretty down to Earth. He didn't come with a huge entourage, and he was very open to what we were trying to figure out."
Andrews filmed most of his scenes over 2� weeks in the port town of Falmouth, England, with some green-screen reshooting in Los Angeles and a little post-production work in Wilmington. Much of his work was on what he described as "quite a chaotic, beautiful set" with more than 400 extras – some of them actual U.S. and British Special Forces personnel.
This is supposed to be the war room in the hold of Andrews' ship, where monitors count down what humanity has left: just 200 days of food, 90 days of water.
"I'm the one who tells Gerry, 'You need to go,'?" he said. "I'm the mama bird pushing the baby bird out of the next."
The buff, 60-year-old Baton Rouge native has found himself often typecast as a military man. He played astronaut Pete Conrad in "Apollo 11" and astronaut Frank Borman in HBO's "From the Earth to the Moon." For one season, he played Maj. Gen. Biff Cresswell, commanding the Navy and Marine Corps lawyers in the long-running CBS TV series "JAG."
Andrews has co-starred in such films as "Fight Club," "Terminator 3" and "Hannibal." He played Scooter Libby in the 2010 feature "Fair Game" and played Sheriff Napier on the FX crime drama "Justified."
Ironically, he life nearly took another turn entirely. A summa cum laude graduate of Louisiana State, Andrews graduated from the Stanford University law school and actually practiced law in California before taking what he describes as a "hard-right" turn into acting.
Andrews has been on the Wilmington scene for nearly two decades, since coming to film the TV movie "Sophie & the Moonhanger." He's appeared in episodes of "Dawson's Creek" and "Surface," acted in the locally-filmed "A Walk to Remember" and played Bill O'Halloran in NBC's "Revolution."
He co-starred as the golf-course owner in the locally filmed "Arthur Newman," which Andrews said gave him a chance to chat and talk shop with Colin Firth.
For him, however, "World War Z" is something special.
The film "takes a slightly different wrinkle on the zombies," he said, but he argues the film has something that many zombie movies lack: heart.
"The atmosphere in American today is very divisive," Andrews said. "So much of entertainment is dog-eat-dog – all these reality shows and contest shows pit one person against another, sometimes in a base way.
"In 'World War Z,' people are faced with the most dire circumtances, and they have to come together for the basic fact of survival. I think this is going to touch people in a way they don't get touched very often."
On Monday, Andrews, his wife and son attended the "World War Z" premiere in New York, navigating crowds in Times Square.
Meanwhile, his career isn't slowing down. On the recently premiered third season of USA's "Necessary Roughness," he plays a "hard-nosed" pro football coach who fires psychotherapist Dani Santino (actress Callie Thorne) from the team. "I think they wanted to shake up the show," he said. The move allows Dani to take a job with a high-powered sports agency that also works with actors.
Andrews also is slated to co-star in "Crisis," a new NBC series scheduled to debut in 2014. He'll play Hurst, a veteran Secret Service agent assigned to guard the president's son. In the first episode, the son – and his entire class – are kidnapped.
In the meantime, Andrews is still looking for challenges. One of his favorite projects, he said, was a small 2012 indie film, "Don't Know Yet," written and directed by UNCW's Terry Linehan. In it, he got to play against type as a hitchhiker.
Andrews also starred in a readers' theater production in January of Tennessee Williams' "Orpheus Descending" at TheatreNOW. His bucket list of roles he'd like to play include Big Daddy in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and George in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
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Earlier this week, after an enjoyable stint as a vegan trolley tour guide, I was out at a very vegan-friendly restaurant for dinner, and I couldn't bring myself to order anything. It's as if my entire menu-ordering mindset had shifted over the weekend at the soft opening for Native Foods Cafe. I've lived in Portland for years, was I only now…spoiled? I suddenly didn't see the point in ordering a tempeh sandwich elsewhere. It's as if the word Tofuffalo no longer meant anything to me. Where was my side of seasoned sweet potato fries? Why didn't this restaurant have a crunchy kale salad when I wanted one? Where was my peanut butter parfait to conveniently take home and eat for lunch the next day? Which brings me to my main point: Why isn't there a MAX line that leads directly to Native Foods' front freaking door?
With the news of Native Foods' expansion into the Pacific Northwest came ridiculous excitement (seriously, nearly every day from my friend Chelsea H, a former devotee of their Costa Mesa locale)
and an almost as ridiculous upset as to why it wasn't downtown. I mean, I get it – I certainly support suburbanites and westsiders eating vegan, and one time I went to a sneak preview of a Bridesmaids in that terrifying mall village and Native Foods would have been part of that wonderful evening had it existed, but my selfish, freckled fingers are crossed that one of their in-development locations will be a little more within the metro area! A little birdy says that one of the coming-for-us Veggie Grills sure is. Hint, hint, Tanya!
I've posted a bunch of photos from the soft opening here (and dude, I did not brazenly carry my little pink camera to the plating window – I'm not that type of blogger, but I will use my friend's great photos), and while I returned last night for the official opening, I don't have more to show besides Chelsea's smile over a macrobiotic tempeh bowl and the confirmation that the Soul Bowl was as good as I remembered, circa 2009.
During the soft opening visit, where all attendees' meals were complimentary – and multi-course (!!!), my group spent our time waiting for a table stressing out over the menu, calling dibs, making certain that someone ordered the nachos, and working on our ordering arrangement. Ordering was just a tad easier last night, since we spent the car ride there distracting ourselves from the guilt of driving by reading the menu.
Some more photos from the soft opening…
Again, full food porning from the soft opening over here on Stumptown Vegans. Now, can I get a sneak preview pass to a film I actually want to see already?


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Hale seeking third title at Eastern Kentucky Tournament
Sept. 21, 2006
Lipscomb golfer Cody Hale will be seeking a triple play on the golf course this weekend.
Hale is participating in the Eastern Kentucky Colonel Classic at the Arilington Golf Course in Richmond, Ky. Hale has won the event the past two seasons. Last season he set several school records at the event. His 66 set a new school record for a low medal round. He also set new school marks for low score after 36 holes at 11-under and for 54 holes at 12-under
. This is the first tournament for the men's team under the direction of new coach Buddy Harston.


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WHISKEY IN A WINEGLASS (song with vocals)
DESCRIPTIONAn fun and upbeat country rock track with female vocals, the song is simply a fun internal monologue about a woman out on the town in the Deep South.
The track is fun and energetic, and has a good groove throughout.
Vocalist: Tara Norton
Guitarist: Willis Clow
I don't need a limo for a night on the town
I like a bright red mustang with the top pulled down
I'll wear the boots, you can keep the gown
Ya gotta see
I'm not the girl that you save
I'm the one that saves you
I can blow a kiss baby but I'll throw a punch too
pour another shot, leave the bottle when you're through
I'm just looking for a good ol time tonight
I ain't trying to start a fight
But keep your hands to yourself 'less I tell you what to do
Cuz I'm like
whisky in a wine glass
tougher than you think
looks real pretty till it kicks ya in the teeth
best make it real if you want to walk with me
I'll take my
whiskey in a wine glass
Leave it on the bar
drinking other stuff don't get me very far
best ante up if you want to talk to me
Hell yeah, I'll take that drink
You can come sit here but if you act a fool
I'll drink you under the bar and take your money at pool
but you could come and talk
I ain't got a ring on my hand
Well I ain't real shy but you could ask around
I'm just a down home girl in a big ol' town
I like good clean fun and
hangin' out with the boys from the band
I told you once, I won't tell you twice
you can act right here or you can take it outside
I don't put up with much nonsense in a man
(same as above)
So if you take me out on a Friday night
upscale dinner it's all real nice
Then you lean in real close outside your car
And I'll say "baby, let's go out to the bar"
Same as above, repeats to end.
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Storms suspend elimination game against FGCU to Friday
DELAND, Fla. – Mother Nature again decided to wreak havoc on the 2013 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball championship forcing the contest between Lipscomb and No. 2 Florida Gulf Coast to be suspended to Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. at Melching Field in DeLand.
The Bisons will take a 3-0 advantage into the bottom of the second after Lipscomb plated three runs in the first including two on a home run by sophomore first baseman Tyson Ashcraft that hit the foul pole down the left field line.
The contest will be aired live on http://www.ASun.TV


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My apologies if this comes off as rather odd, but has anyone here read Rakuin no Monshou enough to be able to share their impressions on the author's writing style? My inquiry is due to finding out that 聖剣の姫と神盟騎士団 is by the same author behind the aforementioned series. I'm interested enough to probably purchase Rakuin no Inshou 1-12 sometime soon, but I'm also just as curious as to the author's approach to writing so that I can have some idea of what to expect with the new series, as well as whether or not it'll fit with my preferences.
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I'm not asking for much, just these few things:
- How does the author approach world-building, and how much detail does he put into it?
- Does he integrate social, political and economical aspects of the world in his writing? How involved and interrelated are they with one another?
- How does he present the characters? Do they adhere to particular archetypes? How involved are their character growth with regards to the plot they follow?
- Does the story have its own logic regarding certain elements, and does it follow them faithfully?
- Does the author have a certain quirk in his writing?
I apologize if these come off as vague, or bizarre even. And thank you for taking the time to respond, both to my previous post as well as to this one.
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Now, every time I look at the space they're occupying, I die inside a little.
On the flip side though, if it's a series that goes in line with my preferences, I wouldn't mind buying up to its latest volume so I have something to look forward to reading. It's a bit motivating for me, in a sense. That's why I tend to ask around, rather than buying blind, because I value personal opinions from people who have read over synopsis and brief chapter previews.
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Haven't been on this forum for a while so I'll chime in on some of the works mentioned in the last two pages.
Strike the Blood is decent, but not great. The closest comparison I can give is Campione without the mythology. Rather than 7 Campiones, we essentially have 4 Vampire Lords. And like Campione, each have their own territory. One owns Europe, one owns USA, one owns South America... (I may have gotten the regions wrong). Our protagonist is the latest of the 4 and he inherited his powers from the previous lord. Unlike Campione where Gudou unlocks the majority of his powers quickly, the protagonist is slowly unlocking one beast/power per book. He has 12 total and he has unlocked 4 (with a 5th appearing), so he has a while to go.
Divine's Blade Successor (剣神の継承者) is a decent read, but like someone said before, not great. It's somewhat cliched, but at least the story is pretty well written. There's still plenty of intrigue with the main character as his master was the legendary Sword Saint or probably the strongest of the 7 Sword Masters. There's also the hint of an incredibly powerful alien race in the latest volumes.
Rising Rydeen or 学戦都市アスタリスク first and foremost reminded me of Infinite Stratos. Not only is the setting (battle city) and artwork similar, both protagonist also have a elder sister formerly at the school.
All 3 are decent enough reads for me to give a green light. None of them are truly unique like High School DxD or as deep as Rakuin no Monsho, but they're enjoyable reads.
^ I had high expectations for Unbreakable Machine Dolls only to be greatly disappointed in it. I dropped it completely (whereas the 3 I listed above are enjoyable).
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If we talking about LN that hasn't been mentioned, then Altina is quite good(覇剣の皇姫アルティーナ). Its similar to Madan no Ou, except there are no ecchi, magic, and overpowered characters. Its pretty refreshing to read and you can read it smoothly. Having a princess who is trying to overthrow her brother(the second prince who is trying to be the next king) to get the throne is epic. And the main character is a bookworm who uses his knowledge from reading books to make tactics and lead the princess to victory.
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I've heard of Altina, but from the reviews of Vols. 1 and 2 so far, they've given me the impression that it's somewhat...lacking, or something of the sort (?) with regards to how the story addresses its politics. As to what extent is it lacking, I'm afraid I'm unsure. That's the impression I got from the reviews, at least. Been keeping my eye on it since Vol 1 was announced (and at the time I was watching out for 黒鋼の魔紋修復士 pre-order when I came across the series - this is also part of my almost-obsessive interest in 聖剣の姫と神盟騎士団, as the synopsis made me think of 黒鋼の魔紋修復士 which I love so much).
It's only two volumes in, though, so it might steadily improve with further releases.
EDIT: I don't know if it's a trend, but it seems that more and more of these kinds of titles are coming out (war stories with tactics and politics in them) recently. I hope this keeps up!
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Yeah there are some people that doesn't like it because it lacks a strong character and also because of the lack of ecchi/moe. Well, there is two character who is really strong, but its not exaggerated like they can take down an army basically by themselves(Vanadis).
But that was the reason I liked this instead. Sometime not having those elements is good.
Also about the politics, the story hasn't progressed far enough where the main character and princess goes to the empire. Volume 1 and 2 was basically about the battle at the border they are assigned to, trying to achieve trust from their own army, making an alliance with a enemy group, and taking one of the fortress which was said to be impossible.
In volume 3, the princess will be heading to meet her family(royal family), so we may see more of the political side of the story. Sales wise and amazon review wise its doing pretty well.
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I see. Those two reasons don't really bother me at all (though to be fair to your analogy, Vanadis can't take down an army by themselves, I'm sorry I'm just OCD like this ;w; but I get what you mean so don't worry it's all cool), and I'm quite fond of stories like that. 黒鋼の魔紋修復士 for example, even though it has magic, has no superhax OP character nor ecchi harem fanservice abundance, but I like it so very much.
Color me interested with Altina then...curses, more to add to the list.
I'm surprised though, that the author for Altina's already working on a new series for MF Bunko J! It's title is 銀弾の銃剣姫(ガンソーディア).
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- Social and political? Definitely. Political intrict is the bread and butter of the series. Economic on the other hand, not so much. The author did mention the situation once in a while, but it's not the focus of the story.
- I'm not sure the question here. IMO, all characters in fiction adhere to a certain archetype. Olba and Vilian is a well written character though. Growth wise, we mostly see the growth of the main character, Olba. There's also some development for the other characters, but Olba's definitely the main focus.
- There's barely any fantasy element in the story(some dragon appear, but IIRC, that's it), so I guess the logic of real world medieval era work in the story.
- nothing that stands out to me. The work itself is monologue and narrative heavy though, unlike the dialogue heavy lighter light novel.
Hope this helps.
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Oh, by the archetype thing, I meant to inquire as to how closely the author lets the characters stick to their archetypes as the story goes on and develops further. Some authors are content with letting their characters remain close to their archetypal origins for the vast majority of their story, but others use those archetypal origins as bouncing off points for when their characters undergo character development and become characters in their own rights. My apologies for not phrasing the question fully and properly as it should have been.
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Ooh ic now. You don't have to worry then. Reading Rakuin is like reading less epic version of fusion between Kagemusha and Spartacus adventure. The story is about the journey and growth of our main character, Olba. The only complain I have with the story is that the ending is underwhelming compared to the buildup toward the climax.
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Just finished reading 聖剣使いの禁呪詠唱〈ワールドブレイク〉's volume 1, by GA Bunko!
I'd say it's worth a look if you're into an 俺TUEEEE story that's not too cookie-cutter, but still follows the formula. Me, I want to read more about Shizuno. Thankfully, I have Volume 2 sitting right here.
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That's awesome. I'm still stuck waiting for preorders of the ones I'm following before I can splurge like that (that and arbitrary customs regulations allows for only up to 6 books per shipment in my country).
I also kind of hate myself for being able to recognize a select titles from that pic, too.
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Yeah, with the yen this low, I am so very much tempted to buy a ton of titles right now, but I don't just want to needlessly add to my backlog. And like you mentioned before, there's nothing worse than staring at books occupying shelf space that you don't want to read.
Unfortunately, impulse buying is my biggest problem...gotta curb it and wait for preorders to open, orz.
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I also read 聖剣使いの禁呪詠唱〈ワールドブレイク〉
I would say Hemisphere's review is pretty spot on. It's a decent read, but nothing ground breaking. Volume 1 sets up volume 2 and thus far it looks promising.
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Uranium production and demand: timely mining decisions will be needed
R.R. Price, J.R. Blaise, R.E. Vance*
Uranium resources are abundant. At the beginning of 2003, total known conventional resources (recoverable at <USD 130/kgU) were about 4 590 000 tonnes of uranium (tU). The addition of more speculative resources yet undiscovered but believed to exist based on geological evidence adds about 9 790 000 tU, amounting to total estimated uranium resources of about 14 380 000 tU. Based on the world's reactor-related requirements in 2002 (66 815 tU), these resources are sufficient for several centuries.
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