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Lindor, Lee to play for World Team in Futures Game
Indians pair to take part in prospect showcase July 14 at Citi Field
CLEVELAND -- The memories Francisco Lindor has of the Sirius XM All-Star Futures Game must be mixed. Of course, any prospect would be thrilled to play in the prestigious event. But at the same time, you'd be hard-pressed to find a ballplayer who enjoys losing by 12 runs, as Lindor and his fellow World players did in 2012.
Lindor, a 19-year-old shortstop from Puerto Rico, is headed to New York for the 2013 Futures Game on July 14, along with Chen-Chang (C.C.) Lee, a Taiwanese right-hander. The two were chosen to represent Cleveland on the World Team's roster, which will be looking for a different result against a U.S. squad that ran away with last year's game, 17-5.
In that game, Lindor came off the bench in the seventh inning and cranked the first pitch he saw into right field for a single.
"Francisco is very comfortable on a baseball field," Indians general manager Chris Antonetti said. "Wherever that is, whoever he's playing against, he's very comfortable."
While there has been much turnover in the rosters between this year and last year, Lindor remains. The eighth overall pick from the 2011 First-Year Player Draft, Lindor is widely regarded as the Indians' top prospect. Through 70 games at Class A Advanced Carolina, Lindor is hitting .307 with 15 doubles, five triples and one home run. He also has 24 RBIs, 43 runs scored and 18 stolen bases in 22 attempts.
"He's so mature. Not just his personality, but the way he plays the game," Tribe manager Terry Francona said. "I just think it's a matter of allowing him to play enough where when he gets here, he can be an offensive, if not force, presence. He could probably handle himself right now if we sent him out there, but you also want him to be an offensive player. He needs reps and games and experience at higher levels as the game gets faster. It's going to be exciting to watch his progression."
Some of Lindor's other offensive statistics this season include a .377 on-base percentage and .411 slugging percentage. The shortstop has a 1-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio, with 30 of each. In the field, Lindor has made 15 errors in 69 games at shortstop. He's turned 42 double plays and owns a .953 fielding percentage.
"Our focus with Francisco is helping him be the best Major League player he can be," Antonetti said. "We don't want to rush that process. He's continuing to develop exceptionally well in Carolina, and is working through some things there. He's on a great path where he is now. We couldn't be more pleased with his development."
Lindor will be joined on the diamond at Citi Field by Lee, a 26-year-old on the roster at Triple-A Columbus. Lee is ranked as the Indians' 20th best prospect. A year after Tommy John surgery, he has made 10 relief appearances this season, two at Class A Lake County and eight at Double-A Akron. In 10 total innings, Lee has allowed four hits and three runs. The righty also has issued five walks and 13 strikeouts, while holding opponents to a .121 batting average.
"His stuff is equivalent to what it was prior to the injury," Antonetti said. "Now, I think it's just a question of him having enough time on the mound to get that same consistency with his command. His stuff is very good."
Lee is the only player on the World Team to hail from an Asian country. Aside from Lindor, the only other Puerto Rican on the ballclub is A.J. Jimenez, a catching prospect with the Blue Jays.
The 15th annual SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game takes place at 2 p.m. ET on All-Star Sunday at Citi Field in New York and can be seen live on MLB.com, ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD and followed live on MLB.com's Gameday. In addition, XM Radio will broadcast play-by-play coverage of the event live on MLB Network Radio XM 89. MLB.com will also provide complete coverage before, during and after the game. Fans can stay updated by following @MLBFutures on Twitter and can send/receive tweets to/from the U.S. and World Team dugouts during the game by tagging tweets with the hashtags #USDugout and #WorldDugout.
Also, for the first time, fans will determine the final player on the U.S. and World Team rosters by casting their votes in the All-Star Sunday Futures Finalists ballot. There are five candidates for each team, and voting ends on Sunday at 11:59 p.m. ET.
"There are a lot of good things going on in our farm system," Antonetti said. "We've developed some guys that we were expecting some things coming into the year, as well as some guys that have developed maybe even more quickly than we would've thought. There have been a lot of positive stories in our Minor League system this year."


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"Ensemble for historical Baroque and Renaissance dance" Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"zeitenTANZ is a non-profit association to promote historical dance in Austria. It offers information on historical dance, dance evenings and get-togethers as well as workshops run by experienced teachers. All zeitenTANZ workshops and events can be attended by members and non-members likewise. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"The Early Dance Consort is a Sydney-based teaching and performing ensemble specialising in the reconstruction of early European court dance from the Renaissance to the 18th century.
Under the direction of Fiona Garlick and John Barnard, the Consort has delighted Australian audiences with its costumed presentations, accompanied by leading early instrumental ensembles including the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble of the Golden Age, Musica da Camera, The Musicke, Pastance, the Renaissance Players and The Marais Project. .." Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Welcome to a world of music, dance and costume! Earthly Delights is both the name of a wonderful band and the banner under which a cluster of related passions are exercised.
As a band Earthly Delights might be anything from a wandering trio to a full-on five-piece, and might be caught doing anything from garden weddings to grand concerts, playing anything from pavans to tangos and leading anything from a simple 17th century country dance to a snazzy 19th century couples dance.
As a banner, Earthly Delights covers everything from tutoring dance, putting on balls to producing CDs, publishing dance & tune books, making fine historical costumes and as the Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy is the home of the Bordonian Heritage Dancers. Besides creation and performance, however, Earthly Delights is also about sharing - and hence our intention to develop this web-site into as much of a public resource as possible. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Rare manuscripts and the earliest printed dance books provide the repertoire for Renaissance Dance - the mainly social dances of Europe from the 15th to the early 17th centuries. Styles during this period ranged from simple country round dances, stately pavans and energetic galliards to spectacular torch and sword dances and complex choreographies from the Italian courts.
You are invited to join the Rippon Lea Renaissance Dancers in classes which run throughout the year. All sessions begin with warm-up exercises followed by step technique and the study of chosen dances. Newcomers will be integrated through the simpler dances of the French and English repertoire. Progress is aided by printed material issued during classes.
Once appropriate standards have been achieved, newcomers will be invited to join the performing team which gives frequent concerts, theatrical and school performances around Melbourne, regional Victoria and, occasionally, interstate. Performers wear as-original court garments and are accompanied by the Early Music Consort of Melbourne using reconstructed historic instruments. …"
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"Traditional (XVIIIth and XIXth centuries) dances, games, songs and music from the country of Liège (Belgium) " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Concerts, courses, demonstrations, conferences, articles etc. ... All on traditional dance and ancient dance (Baroque, Renaissance and New France)." Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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" La Belle Danse Baroque Dance Company was founded in 1996 under the artistic direction of choreographer and dancer Daniel Gariépy. The company is devoted to bringing to life the beauty of baroque dance.
Using original 18th century sources as our starting point, we also create unique, innovative works that honour the spirit and traditions of the past while building bridges to new audiences today. Our performances have been hailed by the critics as: "stylistically flawless and lovely to behold."
"The eight dancers of La Belle Danse were perfectly in tune with the period style, and enhanced and illustrated the emotions of the music."
Combining the ethos of baroque dance with our own contemporary creativity, we seek to foster an understanding and appreciation of this unique art form. We strive to create and perform works that are accessible, enlightening and inspiring. "
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"TMT's mission is to bring the centuries-old art form of the masque alive for contemporary audiences. TMT presents multimedia performances combining elements of theatre, music, and dance from the Renaissance to today." Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Bernhard Gertsch studied in Berne and Zurich drama, dance and singing and was formed in early music and historical dance in Basel (Schola Cantorum) and Paris ("L'eclat of the muses") on. Since 1990 he has been a freelance dancer, actor and choreographer specializing in historical "dance theater" and baroque opera. He collaborated with ensembles and orchestras such as: Teatro Arcimboldo, Basel; ensemble Fontainebleau, La Petite Bande, Ghent; contretemps, Lautten Compagney, Berlin, New London Consort, Time Dance, London etc. ..." (Google Translation)
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"The Baroque Dance Ensemble contretem (p) was founded in 1993 by Berlin's Ingo Günther, a longtime employee of the Neubegründers and mentor of the historical dance in Germany, Prof. Karl Heinz Taubert.
Focus of the work are the dances of the 18th Century, Baroque and Rococo. The reconstructed dances are based on careful consideration of the relevant studied sources, done in authentic period costumes, and are usually performed on stage in dramatic context.
The ensemble's repertoire also includes dances of the Renaissance (15th and 16th century), and dances of the epochs Empire, Biedermeier and the (blessed waltz) romance. …"
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"The Dance Ensemble ROSSINA in Hamburg, under the direction of Birte Hoffmann-Cabenda, was founded in 1982. We are dancing historical dances mainly from renaissance and baroque and are non-professionals. We make our performances in costumes sewed after historical models; when possible accompanied on authentical instruments.
The group members of the group are of mixed ages, new members and visitors are always welcome."
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"In 1551 the Dutch publisher Tilman Susato issued a book with tunes: "daer inne begrepen syn alderhande danserye". These words "a lot of dances" are the source of our name Danserey, under which we already demonstrated our dances on a lot of historical festivals throughout Bavaria/Germany.
The Danserey Landshut is a group which is performing demonstrations of dances and music out of the Renaissance in historical costumes.
We are meeting regularly in the VHS Landshut to learn new dances and to work on our program. For sure, we also enjoy just having fun. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"early-dance.de is dedicated to early dance. It covers dances from Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and 19th century Periods.
The mission is to bring lovers of early dance together!"
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Institute for Early Dance/Belin/Ingo Günther
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Dance institute of vintage and modern dances.
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"Founded in 1999 by Jadwiga Nowaczek, La Danza München brings historical dances of the 17th to 19th century to the performance stage. The ensemble performs in costume after historical models. The members of the ensemble have several years of dance training in the specific language of movement (the meticulous steps and imaginative choreography adequately portray) of each the studied periods. The subtlety of movement, grace and dignity inherent in the courtly dance are important criteria in developing the dances. A hallmark of the ensemble is the homogeneity of the dance movement. This particular component of the geometrical baroque choreographies for dancers and for spectators is understandable. …"
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"La Riverenza is an ensemble of historical dance, and was founded in Dortmund in 1997. Our repertoire includes dances from 15th to the end of the 19th Century. Taking into account historical sources, we are establishing programs for historic celebrations, balls and other events. Authentic costumes for each dance give the audience an interesting picture of the different styles.
We meet weekly for training and regularly attend special seminars and training courses at renowned dance scholars from home and abroad."
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Historical dance group.
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Ensemble for historical dance, Stuttgart.
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"À L'ESPAGNOLE, fantasía escénica is a show in which contemporary dance, theater and baroque music come together in an interdisciplinary dialogue, a collaboration between the dance company of Antonio Ruz and the Accademia del Piacere. ... "
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"The Association Les Fêtes d'Hébé brings together those interested in the practice of the dance of the 15th to 18th centuries, both of the "belle danse" and "danse noble" of the balls and of the theatre. The programs of the Association include the dances of the repertory drawn from primary historic source references as well as original choreographic creations. The theatrical forms include the comédie-ballet, the tragédie lyrique and the opéra-ballet.
Working with the ensemble Les Musiciens de Mademoiselle de Guise, we offered André Campra's L'Europe Galante in 2001, Henry Purcell's Dido & Aeneas in 2002 and M.P. de Montéclair's Les Fêtes de l'Eté in 2003 at the Salle Rossini in Paris, a production on M.A. Charpentier's works in 2004 at Lycée Jacques Decour in Paris. These productions are also the opportunity to showcase young artists who are completing their training and to complete their introduction to the world of historic theatre productions.
The Association Les Fêtes d'Hébé offers everyone, both amateurs and professionals, the opportunity of training in baroque dance through weekly courses directed by Cécília Grácio Moura as well as workshops at various times in the year.
Bruna Gondoni is also invited for courses and workshops for Italian Renaissance dance."
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"Based in the historical region of Auxerre, in Bourgogne, the Bassa Toscana Company was created in 2000 in order to perform and teach French Medieval and Renaissance Dance. The music and instruments are exact replicas of the instruments of that time. The costumes replicate Medieval and Renaissance costumes as represented in paintings of the 15th and 16th centuries. The dances as they are performed and taught by the members of Bassa Toscana have been thoroughly researched in 15th and 16th century texts such as those of Négri, de Caroso and Thoinot Areau."
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Baroque dance troupe. Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"In 2000, Ana Yepes created her company in order to present dance performances in different styles that she developed.The company includes contemporary dancers and baroque dancers, depending on the performance needs..
Éclats Baroques, show consists of three short pieces, selected pieces of the baroque repertoire of the company for six dancers and soundtrack. It includes Éclats de Donaires, Danses du Roi and de Fiesta. …"
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The other day a producer asked me an interesting question. With all the emphasis on working capital and cash lately, how much should you keep on hand? First, we must ask some specific questions. In this case, the farmer indicated that he would need a $1 million operating line of credit to purchase inputs for his 1,400-acre farm. Next, discussion focused on the lender's advance rate. In this case the lender would loan up to 70% of the value of the producer's assets on inputs for the operation. The lender requires the borrower to come up with 30% to margin the loan.
Margin = 30%
Operating loan = +70%
Total needs = 100%
A simple equation can assist in determining the amount working capital needed to support a given operating loan.
Loan amount x (1 - Advance rate)= Working capital needed
Advance rate
$1,000,000 x 30%= $428,571 Working capital
If the farmer needs a $1 million operating loan, multiply the loan amount, in this case $1 million, by 1 minus the advance rate, or 30%. Divide the result by the advance rate of 70%, and this results in $428,571 of working capital needed to margin the operating loan of $1 million. If this farm has $1.2 million in total revenue, a combination of corn and soybeans, the ratio of working capital to total revenue would be approximately 36%.
In a second scenario, if the business added 600 additional acres requiring a $1.4 million line of credit, the need for working capital generated internally would significantly increase. For example, if the advance rate remains the same:
$1,400,000 x 30%= $600,000 Working capital
In this case, the internally generated working capital would need to increase from $428,571 to $600,000.
It is important to note that this formula only calculates the amount of working capital needed to margin a given operating loan. Additional working capital would need to be on hand to weather market volatility, grow the business, make capital expenditures or take advantage of opportunities as they arise.
This simple format can be useful for those seeking to grow their business. Working capital discipline can be an important bridge in this strategic decision. This working capital pool can be built by properly allocating profits to working capital in anticipation of future needs.
Editor's note: Dave Kohl, Corn & Soybean Digest trends editor, is an ag economist specializing in business management and ag finance. He recently retired from Virginia Tech, but continues to conduct applied research and travel extensively in the U.S. and Canada, teaching ag and banking seminars and speaking to producer and agribusiness groups. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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Hip-hop video has message for Harrisburg
Music video gains attention online
A local hip-hop video posted online has a larger message for a city in crisis.
The music video, "I Am Harrisburg," was filmed locally and has more than 60,000 views on YouTube.com.
Filmed at Third and Market streets a few months ago, those who produced the music video said they did not do it for the fame.
Click here to see the video on YouTube.
The makers of the video are now shifting their attention to what the video is doing for the city.
The video features the hip-hop artists All Steezy, Bobbo, Pacino, Jaymes and Zach. The five artists, known by their stage names, made the video, along with executive producer Supa Dupa Sultan.
When the artists came together, they made something big.
"We make songs that could catch on easily that people could just get it as soon as they hear it," All Steezy said.
All Steezy was the song's producer and came up with its beat.
"That's what our whole goal was. That's what our whole aim was, to do something positive for the city," All Steezy said.
The artists said they wanted something positive for the city, which has seen a lot of negatives recently.
One line in the song says, "Harrisburg be the city that I rep, and I get us out of debt."
"To me, it's much bigger than that. It's like putting on for real," said artist Bobbo. "'Getting us outta debt,' as I say in my verse. That's all on my chest, that's something I got to help."
"Everyone in this area can relate to something that I say, something that Bobbo says, something that Pacino says, something that Jaymes says," said artist Zach. "It's all right there for everyone in the city. If you're from here, you know what we're talking about."
The overarching goal of the song is not one just about the city's problems, the performers said.
Another line says, "I'm in the light, I'm the light."
Producers of the song said it's about putting Harrisburg in the light by building a scene for artists that work hard.
"Even though it's a small city and we don't get a lot of shine, we get outshined by Philadelphia. We get outshined by Pittsburgh," said executive producer Supa Dupa Sultan. "We do work hard here, and we feel like it's our turn."
"I hope that they give us recognition for trying to do something positive for the city," said artist Jaymes. "That's what I hope most."
"If they like the beginning, the middle of it is going to be astronomical numbers," said artist Bobbo. "It's going to be perfect."
Philadelphia Eagles running back Lesean Shady McCoy also makes a cameo in the video.


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After reading Rep. Spencer Bachus' (R-Ala.) OpEd piece in Monday's Wall Street Journal, I suspect that I speak for many in the independent advisory community when I say that I honestly don't know whether to laugh or cry. Having had some experience in editing, writing and reading such pieces over the years, I wouldn't have thought it possible to fit so many faulty assumptions, wrong conclusions and inaccuracies into a 709-word article. This has to be some kind of record.
I suspect that, like many of our elected officials, Mr. Bachus didn't actually write it himself (if I had to guess, I'd say it was someone at SIFMA), but I'd hope that the chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services would have taken the time to read and approve an opinion piece running in the nation's financial newspaper of record under his byline. Of course, I could be wrong.
Frankly, I'm at loss to know where to begin parsing this masterpiece of misinformation. I suppose that as Maria von Trapp pointed out, the beginning is a good place to start: "Bernie Madoff, Matthew Hutcheson. Mark Spangler… …The federal regulators whose job is to enforce the law and protect investors from bad actors often had no clue or took no notice of what was going on right under their noses until it was too late."
At the risk of being branded a stickler in our modern "perception is reality" culture, does it bother anyone but me that two out of three of these folks have yet to be convicted of anything? As one of our national leaders, Mr. Bachus should be aware of that, and of the implications for fair trials and liability exposure should one of them be proven innocent of all charges. And, of course, Madoff was caught by regulators, was convicted and is currently serving his sentence.
More troubling, though, is the implication that regulators or law enforcement aren't doing their jobs if they don't prevent people from committing crimes. Sure it happens sometimes, when the good guys are very good and very lucky—such as when passengers prevented a terrorist from exploding a device on Northwest Flight 253 over Detroit on Christmas Day 2009 (prompting Janet Napolitano to declare "the system worked"). But who stopped Roger Clemens or the Olsen twins (their $300 million net worth just seems wrong, if not qualifying literally as a crime)?
But the real joke is this: "A bipartisan bill now moving through Congress could prevent such losses in the future by giving financial advisers a mandate to regulate themselves." Although he doesn't name this bill anywhere in the piece, we can only assume that Mr. Bachus is referring to his own proposal that FINRA take over the regulation of RIAs.
For one thing, on July 25, Mr. Bachus suspended his bill after Rep. Maxine Waters, (D-Calif.), introduced her own bill that would allow the SEC to charge user fees to advisors to fund RIA examinations. Even more confusing, though, is his implication that FINRA regulation would somehow constitute investment advisors regulating "themselves." It's hard to believe that anyone with even a passing exposure to the current advisor reregulation debate (and clearly, Mr. Bachus falls into this category) could fail to be aware that FINRA now fervently claims that it isn't a self-regulatory organization at all. (As though simply changing its name from the National Association of Securities Dealers also erased its pedigree.)
If FINRA isn't even an SRO for BDs, it's hard to imagine a Bizarro universe in which it could be construed as an SRO for RIAs. It's also hard to imagine in what universe one might construe FINRA regulation as client-centered, as in: "The investing public deserves better oversight of [RIAs] to whom they have entrusted their money and, in many cases, their retirement future."
Better oversight? Really? When the reason that we don't have a much longer list of broker malfeasance is that FINRA arbitration rules prevents such cases from being publicly disclosed? When, according to a SmartMoney's Janet Paskin (see "Arbitration: The Odds of Beating Your Broker"), "Even investors who win [in mandated arbitration] usually receive only 50% of their claim. And that percentage goes down as the claim or the brokerage gets bigger. Throw down with one of the three biggest brokers and the likely payout is about 21% of the claim [if you win]…"
Funny as all this is, I'd be laughing a lot harder if this wasn't the "best effort" of one of our congressional leaders to explain the "thinking" that went into what might actually become law for RIAs. At least Bachus had the temerity to share this nonsense publicly—one can only hope that clearer minds are listening.


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NEW YORK (AP) -- Police say Lindsay Lohan has been arrested in New York City on charges that she clipped a pedestrian with her car and did not stop.
Police say the 26-year-old actress was arrested at 2:25 a.m. Wednesday as she left a nightclub at the Dream Hotel on 16th Street in Lower Manhattan. Police say no alcohol was involved.
Lohan was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and causing injury. She was given a ticket and will have to appear in court at a later date.
Her attorneys did not immediately respond to voicemails and emails seeking comment. A phone call to her publicist rang unanswered.
Police say Lohan was driving slowly through an alley between the Dream Hotel and the Maritime Hotel when the accident occurred.
The victim called 911. He was treated at a hospital for a knee injury and released.


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Auto-theft rates skyrocket in Stockton, Modesto
Thousands of car owners victimized in 2012
Auto-theft rates have skyrocketed in Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties, and law enforcement leaders are struggling to understand why.
Newly released statistics from the Stanislaus County Auto Theft Task Force shows that 4,122 vehicles were stolen in 2012.
In Modesto, auto theft increased 26 percent compared to 2011.
The cities of Turlock and Ceres both reported a 31 percent jump.
"We're not sure why we've had an increase this last year after several years of decreasing auto thefts here in Stanislaus County," California Highway Patrol officer Eric Parsons said.
Officials said the five most commonly stolen vehicles are the Honda Accord, Honda Civic, Toyota Camry, Acura Integra and small Toyota pickup trucks.
"It was a pretty big hassle," auto theft victim Daryl Kausner said.
He said his car was eventually found but, "it was stripped."
Vicky Johnson said thieves broke into her new truck but were unable to steal it.
"I cried when I got my truck broken into because I never thought it would happen to me," she said.
In San Joaquin County, a task force led by the CHP did not have statistics for the entire year.
However, in the first six months of 2012, vehicle theft in Stockton had increased by 42 percent.
Stockton police spokesman Joe Silva said the wave of grand theft auto has continued.
Silva said one surprising contributing factor has been cold weather.
"What we have are suspects driving around neighborhoods, early in the morning, looking for cars being warmed up and nobody inside," he said.
Silva said this crime is easy to prevent; never leave a vehicle running unattended.
Dwayne Washington said his car was stolen from his front yard.
"It ain't never been like this," he said. "It's way out of hand."
In Stanislaus County, the auto task force is purchasing 1,500 "club" theft prevention devices for free distribution this spring.
The devices will be given to low-income owners of cars on the county's top 10 list of theft targets.


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For spectators the Baloon week is a magical spectacle, drawing visitors year after year.
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At least 11 Chinese kindergarten children died when their minivan plunged into a pond on Monday, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
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What would the perfect 21st century sports car be like? Autocar magazine fantasizes about a low, wide, mean-looking roadster with the weight of a pregnant carp and the torque of a farm tractor. Give or take. Actually, it's better than it sounds.
Writer Steve Sutcliffe calls the figment of his imagination the British Sportscars 1 ("BS1" for short). It's a mid-engined two-seater with an open top and rear-wheel-drive, weighing around 2,200 lbs and costing just £35,000. Sounds simple enough — and already available. We call it the Lotus Elise. But that's not all he's got in the dream bag. Read on.
The rule for the car's power delivery is something like, "torque, now and forever." For such duties, Sutcliffe chooses Volkswagen's 3.0-liter turbodiesel V6, tuned to produce 250 hp and 350 lb/ft. With the BS1's gnat-like mass, Sutcliffe projects the diesel would get it from 0-60 in 4.5 seconds, with a top speed of 147 mph. With diesel's efficiency profile, he projects fuel efficiency at a very sippy 60 miles per gallon. Of course, Sutcliffe likely means Imperial gallons, so we're talking around 50 mpg in the US. Still, no sneezing at that here.
To keep weight (and costs) down, the BS1's spaceframe chassis would naturally be built from a combination of aluminum and (und) steel, with body panels from fiberglass and carbon fiber. Oh and did we mention? No traction control.
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If orcas were to celebrate Mother's Day, J-Pod would have had a really big party Sunday.
The festivities would be for J2 — more commonly known as Granny, the world's oldest known orca.
Granny is believed to be 103 years old, which is far in excess of the average lifespan of 60 to 80 years for a wild orca.
Captain Simon Pidcock of Ocean EcoVentures in Cowichan Bay was happy to spot the distinctive whale on Friday in the waters between Point Roberts in Washington state and East Point on Saturna Island.
"We're all really excited to see her come back," Pidcock said Sunday during a break from participating in his own Mother's Day celebration.
There was no doubt the orca was Granny, according to Pidcock.
He could recognize the senior cetacean by her saddle patch, a distinctive white patch each whale has behind its dorsal fin.
"They're like our fingerprints," said Pidcock.
Granny is also recognizable because of a half-moon-shaped notch on the trailing side of her dorsal fin.
"I've seen her thousands and thousands of times," said Pidcock.
Granny is one of the southern resident group of orcas that inhabit the coastal waters from Haida Gwaii to Northern California for about eight months of the year.
She appeared healthy because of the state of her "peanut head," which Pidcock said is a divot-like depression around the animal's blow hole.
"She looked really healthy, still going strong," said Pidcock. "We're really excited to have her back.'
Granny's healthy appearance may come from feasting on the recent big chinook runs near the Columbia River.
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Michael Harris, executive director of Pacific Whale Watch Association, which has members in both the U.S. and Canada, said J-Pod was spotted off the Russian River in Northern California just over a week ago.
"The thing I found really, really interesting is that she's in the shape to travel, to make the trek she just did with J-Pod," said Harris. "That's 800 miles in not even eight days. It's amazing."
Harris said Granny's birth date of 1911 is an extrapolation by researchers based on her offspring.
Granny currently has a great-grandchild travelling in J-Pod.
Pidcock said researchers also determine age based on the size of the whales, and Granny's current bulk can be compared to photographic images of her dating back to the late 1930s and early 1940s.
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Mayor Bloomberg's 12 new human rights commissioners (plus one holdover held their first meeting on January 29. The session started with controversy and went on to focus on "doing more with less," as Commission Chair Patricia Gatling put it.
The agency, cut 80 percent in the Giuliani years, received a slight increase in the budget passed in June. But since then it, along with all other agencies, has been asked to cut its budget for this year as well as for the coming fiscal year. That has spurred the commission to try to get grants from the federal government and others to expand its work.
When I expressed interest in covering the meeting, Betsy Herzog, the director of public information, told me not to expect any fireworks. But just as the meeting began, Rabbi Avi Weiss and others from the Coalition for Jewish Concerns stood up to vociferously protest the appointment of Commissioner Omar T. Mohammedi, an attorney in private practice who is the general counsel for the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
The protesters said the American-Islamic group "condones terrorism" and have called for a City Council investigation into Mohammedi´s appointment. Mohammedi refused to comment for Gotham Gazette, but his biography on the commission's web site does not mention his work for the Council for American-Islamic Relations.
Commissioner Haskell Lookstein, a rabbi, had previously expressed concern about Mohammedi's involvement with the, but seemed to have reconciled himself to serving with him by the time of the meeting. George Spitz, a community activist and Orthodox Jew who attended the meeting, presented a letter to Gatling hailing the Mohammedi´s appointment, writing that he "will provide much needed representation" for the Muslim community. Spitz said that he checked out the group's web site "and found nothing of a bigoted nature."
Police led the demonstrators out, and the meeting resumed. But the controversy continued. Ed Skyler, Mayor Michael Bloomberg´s press secretary, called Weiss and the other protestors "extremists". This prompted an editorial in the conservative New York Sun criticizing Sklyer and commenting, "Mr. Mohammedi has so far refused to answer questions from the press about CAIR or about what he thinks of Hamas, Hezbollah, the American Jewish Committee or the World Trade Center bombing."
The meeting, though, proceeded to other matters. Gatling and her staff of deputy commissioners told the unpaid commissioners what the agency was doing. The commissioners serve as advisors and also make determinations on civil rights rulings made by an administrative law judge.
Deputy Commissioner for Law Enforcement Avery Mehlman chronicled the commission´s efforts in 2002 to resolve the huge backlog of complaints and to deal with "systemic discrimination" in the city. This included sending out newly hired testers (former police officers) to see whether landlords were violating the city's human rights law. Combating discrimination against women and people with prior criminal records was also cited as a priority. For example, the agency is working with Princeton University on testing the extent to which people coming out of prison face employment discrimination.
"This agency hasn't been a litigation agency," Gatling said, but she is working to change that. For example, the human rights commission is seeking a change in the city´s human rights law that would allow the agency to go to state court to pursue discrimination cases.
Given the agency´s limited resources, Deputy Commissioner for Investigations Cliff Mulqueen said that the agency "is trying to contract with [the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development] to pay us" to handle housing discrimination cases.
Deputy Commissioner for Public Affairs Lee Hudson reviewed a broad range of programs at the agency, including a current survey of discrimination against Muslims, Arabs and South Asians that is available on the agency's revamped web site. It is available in six languages (in two, English and Arabic, on the web site) and so far more than 500 surveys have been returned.
The seven neighborhood human rights offices are being consolidated into one in each borough. And a new computerized system to track case is being developed. All the satellite offices will be able to use it.
For the first time, the agency is developing compliance guidelines for the newest category covered in the human rights law, "gender identity and expression." People of transgender experience have been protected from since early last year.
General Counsel Randy Wills proposed a new set of by-laws for the commission, including moving from meeting once a month to once every four. While that prospect and Gatling's commitment to one-hour meetings was welcomed by some, it was not adopted as the New York Times reported. Privately, some commissioners expressed the desire to meet more frequently to fulfill their obligations "to foster mutual understanding and respect among all persons in the City of New York and to encourage equality of treatment for, and prevent discrimination against, any group or its members."
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On April 1, high school and college students from around the nation will stage a Civil Rights March to the Supreme Court to "defend affirmative action and save Brown v. Board of Education." It is being organized by the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action and Fight for Equality by Any Means Necessary (BAMN).
Andy Humm is a former member of the City Commission on Human Rights. He is co-host of the weekly "Gay USA" on Manhattan Neighborhood Network (57 on Time-Warner; 109 on RCN) on Thursdays at 11 PM.


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This project to establish rules and regulations for City Greenwood Cemetery began in 2014 on request of the Parker County Heritage Society. After much consideration, staff determined that rules were necessary for the health and safety of the parks maintenance crews, contractors, volunteers, and visitors to the cemetery, and for the proper appearance and standards of Weatherford's historic cemetery.
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Obama hosts Presidents Cup golfers at White House
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama and his most famous golf partner, Tiger Woods, got together again Tuesday, but at the White House instead of on the course.
Obama honored a team of American golfers who last year defeated an international team to win their fifth straight Presidents Cup, a victory that was clinched by Woods.
''Now last year was the second time I've been honorary chairman of the Presidents Cup. The United States won both times. I'm just saying,'' Obama quipped during the East Room ceremony as he stood in front of three rows of golfers from both teams, including Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els. All were unusually dressed in suits and ties.
''I'm not used to seeing these guys in suits,'' Obama cracked.
Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner also were on stage with Obama, who introduced them as ''two of my favorite golf partners'' though he rarely includes either one in his foursomes.
Obama said he was extraordinarily proud of the Presidents Cup team, including for its contributions to charity. He said he hoped the team's good fortune would somehow help another sports team whose fate has transfixed America. The U.S. soccer team faces possible elimination in its next World Cup match later this week.
''We hope our World Cup team takes a page out of their playbook when they take on Germany this Thursday,'' Obama said.
The Presidents Cup is held every two years between the U.S. and an international team. The 2015 tournament is scheduled for Seoul, South Korea.
Obama closed the brief ceremony by thanking Mickelson for an ''excellent tip'' about playing in the sand.
''I'm pretty sure I can shave at least two or three strokes if I can just get out of the darn sand,'' Obama said.
Woods, who is recovering from back surgery, was in the Washington area to host his charitable golf tournament in Bethesda, Maryland, later this week. He was accompanied at the White House by his girlfriend, U.S. skiing star Lindsey Vonn.
Obama and Woods played golf together last year in Palm City, Florida. The president is an avid golfer who can be found on the golf course most weekends.
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REMEMBER, IT IS ALWAYS THE TRIGGERING EVENT THAT TAKES THE BLAME, never the bubble the bankers created in the first place.
I'll be out of town until later this afternoon, so I'm asking the usual folks to please keep one another up to date inside of the daily thread below this post.
Don't forget, the FOMC gives lip service to those who hang on their every meaningless word at 2:15 Eastern.
Did you see the impact Anonymous had on BAC shares? Fifteen whole cents! Oh boy, that is quite the display of total market capture by the banks. Not only did their blatantly illegal activities not affect share price, I couldn't even find mention of it in the mainstream news. There's a lot to be gleaned from this observation, like the fact that the rule of law obviously no longer applies to the banks (already known), and that the people who hold the shares know this. Of course it is the banks who own one another's shares, that's how they keep appearances up – well that and outright accounting fraud… and theft… and direct market manipulation, just to name a few of their well used tools. Hey, nothing to see here, move along my wayward son…
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Group pushes to include gays, lesbians in anti-discrimination laws
Missouri, Kansas laws lack basic protection
As the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, a group in Missouri lobbied for rights even more basic than marriage. They protested anti-discrimination laws in Kansas and Missouri that don't protect gays and lesbians.
Throughout the same-sex marriage debate, people in the Kansas City-area LGBT community said they wanted attention on the issue of discrimination.
At an event at AMC Theaters Studio 30 in Olathe, the crowd celebrated metro-area companies that welcome employees regardless of their sexual orientations.
"I mean, we show all different kinds of movies. It doesn't make any sense that we wouldn't be inclusive of all different kinds of people," said Keith Wiedenkeller of AMC Theaters.
"These are companies even tonight that say, 'No. We will not tolerate discrimination based on sexual orientation,'" said Angie Cottrell of the Human Rights Campaign. "(They're) definitely going above and beyond. These are policies that they're not required to have."
Earlier Wednesday, a group gathered at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City to rally for anti-discrimination laws that include sexual orientation.
Under current laws in Missouri and Kansas, gays and lesbians have no legal protection from discrimination at work or home
"We have a lot of surprising situations like that, where you can be fired or landlords don't have to rent to you," said Char Daniels. Last year, she opened LikeMe Lighthouse with the help of her niece, country music star Chely Wright.
At the LGBT Community Center, Daniels said she regularly talks to people who have been discriminated against.
"I see signs of it all the time that we're on the beginning of a really big wave," she said.
KMBC 9's Cliff Judy said he couldn't find anyone willing to say on camera that they approve of discrimination against gays and lesbians.
Mo. Rep. Kevin Engler, a Republican who sponsored the state's same-sex marriage ban in 2004 said he supports the idea of including sexual orientation in the state's anti-discrimination laws. He said it hasn't passed because he thinks his colleagues are afraid voters will confuse it with gay marriage and will vote them out of office.
About a dozen cities in Missouri have adopted laws to protect gays and lesbians from discrimination. Lawrence is the only city in Kansas to do so.


text: I hooked the Countour Roam camera up to my new SCAR 17S the other day and recorded several shooting sequences. What I think this video demonstrates is how amazingly flat the recoil is on the SCAR-H or as it is called in its civilian form, the SCAR 17S (which is what I was using). Note particularly the sequence with rapid fire. Muzzle stays fairly flat and gets back on target in a hurry. The minimized recoil on the SCAR is due to the huge muzzle break on the SCAR 17 as well as the short stroke gas piston system in it. Here is a link to the video


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WASHINGTON – Two giant companies — Anheuser-Busch Inbev and MillerCoors — control more than 80 percent of the U.S. beer market. A few retailers, such as Costco, increasingly dominate beer and wine sales across entire regions, such as Washington state. This intense concentration of power threatens the ability of American communities to regulate the sale of alcohol and to reduce the variety and quality of beer in America's marketplaces, according to a report released today by the New America Foundation's Markets, Enterprise, and Resiliency Initiative.
The report explains how the "three-tiered system" of alcohol regulation was designed by lawmakers to preserve local control over the industry and to promote individual self control.The report also details how the giant international beer corporations and mega retailers are taking actions that threaten to upend a system designed with great care — at the end of Prohibition 80 years ago — to balance the interests of the consumer, the brewer and distiller, and the community.
The report documents how:
ÔÇó a sweeping series of mergers in the beer industry has shrunk the number of major breweries in the United States from 48 in 1980 to two today.
ÔÇó big brewers use their power to encourage consolidation among distributors, and to discourage these distributors from carrying competitors' products.
ÔÇó giant retailers like Costco are reshaping state level beer markets in ways that undermine local control and erode traditional protections against uncontrolled discount pricing.
Read the full report, "A King of Beer? Concentration of Power Over America's Beer Market is Bad for Consumers. It Also Threatens Constitutional and Moral Balances."


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Former Grand Slam Tennis Champion Mats Wilander On Wheels Fantasy Camp At Roosevelt Island Tennis Club Today - Was That You Warming Up?
Here's something for Roosevelt Island tennis fans. Former Grand Slam tennis champion Mats Wilander tweets:
Warm up at Roosevelt Island Racquet Club New York. http://t.co/2M5JjjA06QMats Wilander is here on Roosevelt Island as part of his Wilander On Wheels (WOW) tennis fantasy camp:
— mats wilander (@mwilander) October 7, 2013
... WOW is a revolutionary tennis experience that brings the fantasy of hitting with MATS WILANDER, former 7 time Grand Slam champion (8 if you count doubles) to your backyard...
More from Mats Wilander On Wheels Fantasy Tennis Camp.
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Synonyms for actinometer
A Johnson's actinometer is very useful to time the exposure.
We can, however, by chemical means arrive at an exact estimate of the active power, and for this purpose an actinometer is used.
You may sometimes find that the actinometer indicates a very different exposure from what the eye would lead you to expect.
The actinometer indicated an exposure of thirty seconds where in good light one would be right.
For judging long exposures, the use of an actinometer (issued in many inexpensive forms) is helpful.
A very suitable instrument for timing the exposure of carbon tissue is Sawyer's actinometer.
We then shift the paper in the actinometer so as to get a fresh portion under the tissue strips, or we substitute a new piece.
Now refer to the actinometer and see what has taken place on the silver paper which we put into it.
It is a good plan to employ an actinometer to judge the correct exposure.


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There's nothing better than spending the holidays buried in a fantastic new book. Want to help your friends and family escape for the holidays using nothing more than their minds? We've got some terrific suggestions for gift books and sets that will light your loved ones' imaginations on fire.
We've focused here on books published this year, which make good gifts because they're special editions, coffee table books, or nice collections of classic works. Check in the comments below for our recommendations, and please add your own!


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Ford (F) - Get Report stock has been reiterated as a "buy" with a ratings score of B, TheStreet Ratings team said Thursday.
Must read:Warren Buffett's 25 Favorite Stocks
STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more.
TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation:
"We rate FORD MOTOR CO (F) a BUY. This is driven by some important positives, which we believe should have a greater impact than any weaknesses, and should give investors a better performance opportunity than most stocks we cover. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, good cash flow from operations, increase in stock price during the past year and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income."
Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:
- F's revenue growth trails the industry average of 21.5%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 0.6%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.
- Net operating cash flow has significantly increased by 952.13% to $2,220.00 million when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, FORD MOTOR CO has also vastly surpassed the industry average cash flow growth rate of 41.21%.
- Compared to where it was 12 months ago, the stock is up, but it has so far lagged the appreciation in the S&P 500. Turning our attention to the future direction of the stock, it goes without saying that even the best stocks can fall in an overall down market. However, in any other environment, this stock still has good upside potential despite the fact that it has already risen in the past year.
- Current return on equity is lower than its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a clear sign of weakness within the company. In comparison to the other companies in the Automobiles industry and the overall market, FORD MOTOR CO's return on equity significantly exceeds that of the industry average and is above that of the S&P 500.
- FORD MOTOR CO's earnings per share declined by 40.0% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. This company has reported somewhat volatile earnings recently. We feel it is likely to report a decline in earnings in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, FORD MOTOR CO increased its bottom line by earning $1.75 versus $1.42 in the prior year. For the next year, the market is expecting a contraction of 24.0% in earnings ($1.33 versus $1.75).
- You can view the full analysis from the report here: F Ratings Report
STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more.


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GAYATHRI VAIDYANATHAN, New York Times, March 2, 2010
Harnessing the ocean waves for emission-free power seems like a tidy concept, but the ocean is anything but tidy. Waves crash from multiple directions on a seemingly random basis, and converting the kinetic energy into electricity is a frontier of alternative energy research that requires grappling with large unknowns.
But with several utility companies and states, and in one case, the U.S. Navy, investing in wave power, or hydrokinetic energy, may not be too far off in the utility mix. At least two companies hope to reach commercial deployments within the next three to five years.
Off the coast of Orkney, Scotland, is the Oyster, a white- and yellow-flapped cylinder, 40 feet tall and firmly locked into the ocean's bed. With a total of seven moving parts, two of which are pistons, it captures waves as they near the coast. Oyster funnels them into a pipe and carries the power inland to a hydroelectric power generator. The generator has been supplying the United Kingdom's grid with 315 kilowatts of energy at peak power since October.
A farm of up to 100 Oysters could yield 100 megawatts, according to Aquamarine Power, the Scottish company that developed the technology.
"From an environmental perspective, in the sea you have a very simple machine that uses no oil, no chemicals, no electromagnetic radiation," said Martin McAdam, CEO of Aquamarine.
The Oyster provides a tiny fraction of the 250 gigawatts of power that the water is capable of providing, including conventional hydroelectric energy by 2030, according to the United Nations. At least 25 gigawatts of that will come from marine renewables, according to Pike Research, a clean technology market research group. The non-conservative estimate is as much as 200 gigawatts. And 2015 will be the benchmark year to determine which of these estimates will be true.
The field of hydrokinetic power has a number of companies such as Aquamarine, all with unique designs and funded by utility companies, government grants and venture capitalists. If at least 50% of these projects come online by 2015, marine power could supply 2.7 gigawatts to the mix, according to Pike Research. A gigawatt is the electrical output of a large nuclear power plant.
'PowerBuoy' joins the Marines
There are six marine renewable technologies currently under development that aim to take advantage of ocean waves, tides, rivers, ocean currents, differences in ocean temperatures with depth, and osmosis.
"The energy landscape is going to be a mix of different energy sources, with an increasing proportion coming from renewables," said Charles Dunleavy, CEO of Ocean Power Technologies, a New Jersey-based research group also developing wave energy. "We aim to be a very big part of this."
The company has been testing its wave energy device, called the PowerBuoy, in the ocean since 2005. It recently launched another device a mile offshore from the island of Oahu in Hawaii and connected it to the power grid of the U.S. Marine Corps base. It now supplies 40 kilowatts of energy at peak, enough to power about 25 to 30 homes.
"The Navy wants to reduce its reliance on imported fossil fuel; they have a strong need to establish greater energy independence," said Dunleavy.
The buoy captures the energy from right-sized waves (between 3 and 22 feet tall), which drive a hydraulic pump. The pump converts the motion into electricity in the ocean using a generator embedded into its base. A subsea cable transfers the power to the electrical grid. A buoy farm of 30 acres could yield 10 megawatts of energy, enough to supply 8,000 homes, said Dunleavy.
The structures rise 30 feet above water, and extend 115 feet down. They would not be a problem for commercial trawlers, which are farther offshore, or for ship navigation lanes, said Dunleavy. Recreational boaters, however, may have to watch out.
'Oyster' competes with the 'top end of wind'
In comparison with a system such as the Oyster that brings water ashore to power turbines, creating electricity in the ocean is more efficient, said Dunleavy. "You lose a lot of energy to friction," he said.
But Aquamarine's system of having onshore power generation will cut down on maintenance costs, according to McAdam. Operation costs are expected to consume as much as 40% of the budget of operating a marine power plant, according to Pike Research.
Ocean Power is already selling its device for individual commercial use and building larger units of 150 kilowatts off the West Coast of the United States and for the utility company Iberdrola's unit in Spain.
It is also developing the first wave power station under the Department of Energy's stimulus program at Reedsport, Ore., according to Dunleavy. The farm, which currently has a 150-kilowatt unit, could grow by nine additional buoys.
And as for price, which is a major concern, Dunleavy said that cost compares with other renewables.
"It is cheaper than solar thermal and photovoltaics, and in the range of biomass," he said. "It is at the top end of wind."
The Oyster is also aiming to position itself as an alternative to wind power for utilities. McAdam said that by 2013, his company hopes to be a competitor to offshore wind installations. And by 2015, he hopes to compete with onshore wind.


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Dancing tango since: Larry's tango adventure began about six years ago. After seeing Forever Tango, he was mesmerized.
Why tango: A ballroom dancer all his life, Larry was intrigued by the intricacy of Argentine tango. "I wondered, how could I learn to do that?" Then fate stepped in and Larry was invited to a book signing for Hold Me Tight and Tango Me Home, by Maria Finn. At the event, Maria danced with David Caditz, and that fanned the flames of Larry's desire to learn this dance. After some classes with David he discovered Tango Mango and began studying with various teachers in the Bay Area.
Favorite part: Larry has danced West Coast Swing for 10 years, and he finds similarities between the two. "Both beg for a lot of musicality, interpretation, flexibility and innovation," he observes. "When I dance with someone and have a wow experience, it's because we have a 3-way connection — lead/follow/music." It's not just the beat, Larry explains, it's the mood. "There are surges of energy that the composer and musicians are communicating. As a dancing couple we feel that, and amplify it. When that happens, I get tearful…it's incredibly emotional and beautiful."
About Debbie & John: "They're exceptional at teaching good technique…in fact, they're driven by it," says Larry. He also appreciates the way they approach you during class and practicas, offering feedback. "John is very tactful," he says. "When he provides feedback he starts with the leader and almost always gives the follower some tips, too, so you don't feel like one person is the problem."
Larry also admires John and Debbie's commitment to creating a tango community in Marin. "They had the vision and took the initiative to make it happen."
Anything else? Larry is passionate about becoming an exceptional tango dancer… exceptional enough so he doesn't get turned down when he invites someone to dance.


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Thursday, January 17, 2013
Office of College Advancement
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Fremont, CA-A panel of employers will speak on the topic "The 21st Century World of Work," exclusively for Solyndra employees and affected contractors at the Tri-Cities One-Stop Career Center on Friday, January 25. The free event, which requires pre-registration, includes lunch, an employer panel, guest speaker, networking opportunities, and will provide job seekers up-to-date strategies for 21st Century career success. The event takes place from noon to 2pm in the Tri-Cities One-Stop, Room 1211 on the Ohlone College Newark Center campus, 39399 Cherry Street in Newark.
All of the approximately 1100 Solyndra employees and contractors affected by the closure, whether currently employed or not, are invited to the event and also to take advantage of the many valuable career transition services provided by the Tri-Cities One-Stop. These services include funds for on-the-job and skills training, no-cost online education programs, online or on-site resume writing, LinkedIn and social networking training, and free classes which focus on career success strategies. Contact the Tri-Cities One-Stop Career Center, attend a consultation, and enroll in the federally-funded Solyndra Workforce Investment Act program for free.
If you know a former Solyndra employee or contractor, share the information about the opportunities available at the Tri-Cities One-Stop Career Center at Ohlone College Newark. If they are currently working, they may be underemployed and still require the services of career counselors assigned exclusively to Solyndra workers. Contact Erica Golden www.tricitiesonestop.com/solyndra.htm to view the free introductory Solyndra webcast.
This WIA Title I financially assisted program is an equal opportunity program/employer. Auxiliary aids and services available upon request to individuals with disabilities. Funding for this program/activity has been provided in part by the Alameda County Workforce Investment Board.
21st Century World of Work Employer Panel
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