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After the initial start, it took nearly two minutes longer for all of the runners to pass the starting line of the half marathon.
Lori Dunaway, who splits her time between Gig Harbor and Las Vegas, gets some freshly sliced ham from Mike Norris, a volunteer from Steilacoom, during the prayer breakfast on Friday, Sept. 21.
Sue Braaten of Gig Harbor, and co-owner of Best Western Wesley Inn, places a bid on one of the auction items at the prayer breakfast on Friday, Sept. 21, as Kelsey Storset, of Gig Harbor, far left, looks on. Storset is a daughter of Leslie Mayne, who founded Race for a Soldier.
The gymnasium at the Jim and Carolyn Milgard Hope Center is filled to capacity during the sold out prayer breakfast on Friday, Sept. 21. The breakfast is one arm of the fundraising effort for Race for a Soldier.
Kenny Mayne, of Kirkland — brother to Leslie Mayne — and Kelsey Storset, of Gig Harbor — Leslie Mayne's daughter, discuss some of the auction items up for bid at the prayer breakfast on Friday, Sept. 21.
The front line of the runners begin the half marathon, with the eventual winner, Josh Klimek, of Lacey (center, in green) among the first to start.
Runners listen to final instructions prior to starting the run Sunday morning in front of the Gig Harbor YMCA.
An unidentified runner in the half marathon dons a gas mask as part of his personal challenge in completing the race.
Misti Sparks, of Puyallup, fastens the running number on her daughter, Alexis, 7, before she takes part in the 2-mile run.
Christy Deese, of Olalla, makes a last-minute sign for her husband, Wade, who was preparing to run in the half marathon, as her children Hailey, 6, Noah, 8, and Owen, 4, watch.
Port Orchard resident Bella Boehm, 9, listens to Kenny Mayne as he addresses the crowd just moments before the start of the half marathon.
Kenny Mayne, of Kirkland, and brother of Race for a Soldier founder Leslie Mayne, served as emcee prior to the start of the race. He later participated in the 2-mile run.
The YMCA provided some Zumba warm-ups for the half marathon runners prior to the start of the race.
At the start of the Race for a Soldier half marathon, Lynda Daniels of Gig Harbor, at left in the pink hat, waves a banner honoring the U.S. Marines, the military branch which her son currently serves.
Puyallup resident Mara Alfaro prepares to run in the 2-mile race with her children, from left, Oscar, 3, Ulysses, 2, Isaias, 5, and Angel, 7.
Before the start of the kids' dash, event organizer Leslie Mayne, center, of Gig Harbor, goes over some last-minute details with Jamba Juice volunteer Torrie Torres, of Gig Harbor, at left, and Rachi Wortham, teen director at the Gig Harbor YMCA.
The Peninsula High School cross country team volunteered at the event, helping to coordinate the children's dashes among other activities.
Hearkening back to his NFL chops, former ESPN broadcaster Kenny Mayne, of Kirkland, takes a moment to pose for a photo with SeaGals Karissa, left, and Allie, both of Olympia. The SeaGals were on hand to represent the Seattle Seahawks, who sponsored the 12th mile in honor of the 12th Man.
Participants of the 2-mile run show their readiness moments before starting the run.
Kim Widener, of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, was on hand to cheer her husband on in the half marathon and run the 2-mile with their children, Bailey, 7, Tyler, 9, and Ducati, 3 months.
From left, Gig Harbor residents Mare Wahosi, and husband and wife Elana and Carlos Westergaard take part of the 2-mile run.
Retired Air Force pilot Sam Goodwill crosses the finish line for the 2-mile run with his wife, Erin. The couple lives in Gig Harbor.
Puyallup resident Noah Cerio, 12, says it's no problem to run the 2-mile with friend Gracie Ferguson, 4, of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, holding tightly to his back. Ferguson's dad is currently deployed in Afghanistan.
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Puyallup resident Troy Bellerud, who is legally blind, cross the finish line of the 2-mile run with Kirsten Wenlock, of Tacoma. The two are Leslie Mayne's nephew and niece, respectively.
Lacey resident Josh Klimek is the first to cross the finish line of the half marathon, with an official posted time of 1 hour, 11 minutes and 55 seconds.
Members of the Gig Harbor High School cheer squad shout out encouragement to runners coming down the homestretch on Borgen Boulevard.
Olympia resident Addie Gram, with her son, Jordan, 7, and daughter, Jesse, 4, (not pictured behind the sign) are on hand to cheer on runners as they make the final turn on Harbor Drive.


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I am struggling some with "bitterness". My thinking is that I am running the nibs through the Juicer too many times trying to get the cocoa liquor yield up.
Could this be the cause of the bitterness? If so, how many passes should I run?
Thanks for any feedback.
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What type of beans do you use ? How do you roast the beans ?
After grinding, and conching, does your chocolate rest for some days or weeks ? This time is necessary to eliminate bitterness and acidity.
Maria- Thank you! I've been experimenting with a number of different types of beans. I have a convection oven for roasting. I have not been letting it rest. How long do you recommend after conching? What is the best "resting"/storage method? Do you let it rest and THEN temper it? Agasin, thank you.
Hi again Daniel,
I am just starting my business, I don' t have a lot of practical experience. I know that roasting is very important and if the temperature is high the beans become very bitter; what is the temperature and the time you chose ?
You write that you use different type of beans, and do you find that all are bitter or just some of them ?
I use also a convection oven, I roast the beans at 130°C for 20minutes, and I think it's ok.
I learnt that after conching resting is necessary to remove bitterness, I think 2-3 weeks is good, at room temperature. And only then you can temper it.
WOW. Thank you. I am literally just starting and your insight is quite helpful. In our brief exchange you have helped me realize a couple of my mistakes. 1) I am roasting at too high a temp (350 F until I hear the beans crack) and 2) not allowing the chocolate to rest.
How many times do you pass the roasted nibs/liquor through the processor? Is there such a thing as too much?
I wish you the best of luck in your business!
Hi Tom ! Thank you for this information and the advice for dark milk chocolate.
I use Domenican Republic cocoa beans, type Hispaniola, and I don't roast them more than 20 minutes. Did you use this type of beans ?
Daniel: thanks for your answer ! I don't use a Juicer, I bought a grinder from CocoaT, I didn't use it yet. But I don't think that if you pass the roasted nibs through the juicer, they become bitter. I think that you have to try to roast the beans at lower temperatures, between 260F - 300F.
Tom and Maria, thank you is all I can say. Roasting and resting will be focal points for the next go!
No worries on the help.
Maria, I have used this bean from Chocolate Alchemy, many years ago, I found it was quite astringent bean, in fact so astringent that it curdled milk when I used it to make hot chocolate. It is definitly one that needs 'resting'. I think from memory it was a cooler longer roast I used on this bean. I just looked it up in my notes and it was 800g of beans in one tray for 5 min (170degreesC), 27 min (150degreesC) and then turn oven (kitchen convection) off and leave door open for 10 min then take out of oven and cool (I stir the beans every 5 mins or so during the roasting). I find this last resting in the oven with it off and the door open really developes some good chocolatey notes in the beans and reduces some of that bitterness (some beans that is, not all, I tend to use it on this type of bean and in Vanuatu as it is quite tannic too).
Dark milk chocolate is a great chocolate, if you are setting up a business. For the Australian taste, this is the type of chocolate I would be selling, it is by far and away what people here that taste my chocolate like the best.
I recently bought a small cocao town melanger and have made a dozen or so micro batches in the last month or so. Using mostly Hispanola from the DR and brought back some Sanchez and a couple of pounds "80%" Hispanola. These women cooperatives roasted, milled, winnowed and did a gritty grind and make them into 4oz balls. I also had the chance to translate this summer and see how beans are roasted in a small factory using a continuous method.
Temperatures were much lower. They set the factory roaster at around 170 C to have 115-120 C on the beans. Around 250 F. One women's group uses a pizza type oven and was going toward 350F and burning them. They were putting them in a cold oven and letting it sit for a couple of hours without attending to them. I did a roast with them and the temperatures ranged from 250F - 320F and I had it as low as it would go. It took 45 minutes in a hot oven. The other women's group is roasting in a big open cast iron pot with wood. I measured temperatures around 300F as it reached it's peak. It was about an hour as the pot warmed up and 40-45 for the remaining batches.
I am running out of paste and will have to start buying beans and I appreciate this discussion.
I did one batch of milk chocolate and wondered what percentage of milk powder do you use?
I haven't been aging my chocolate either. Too eager to start using it.
10-15% milk powder is a good start for a dark milk choc. I find around 10% for DR type beans and more for fruity beans like Madagascar.
I realize this is a very old thread, but I am just starting and coming across the same challenge. Until today I had no idea how much resting could help with the bitterness of the chocolate. I have battling the bitters for months. Today I reached into a box of chocolates and grabbed a piece of milk chocolate I had made over a week ago. Last week the bar had a bitter aftertaste. Today, I noticed none.
Normally after I mold any candy that I make, I put it into plastic bags.
My question on the resting, under what conditions should the chocolate "rest"? I typically keep my un-molded chocolate in plastic bags, but should it breathe? Have some airflow? Or should it at least be in a large container that is not airtight?
Mark C.
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Another important Thruway Authority meeting was canceled Tuesday and now some are demanding answers from an agency they believe is unresponsive, including one of its own board members. Our Solomon Syed has more on what this means for a looming toll hike on commercial drivers.
ALBANY, N.Y. -- As a 45 percent toll hike hangs over the heads of truck drivers, the Thruway Authority canceled yet another finance meeting, scheduled for Tuesday.
"We don't even know if our concerns are being heard," said New York State Motor Truck Association President Kendra Adams.
The authority wouldn't give YNN a reason for the postponement. A meeting agenda, which typically appears on the agency's web site, was never posted.
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Judith Sloan is an actor, audio artist, writer, radio producer, human rights activist, educator and poet whose work combines humor, pathos and a love of the absurd. For over twenty years, Sloan has been producing and presenting interdisciplinary works in audio and theater, portraying voices often ignored by the mass media. She will be performing YO MISS! Teaching Inside the Cultural Divide and Crossing the BLVD in July and the fall of 2014.
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"Crossing the BLVD is a whirlwind tour and love poem of what has often been called the most racially and ethnically diverse county in America. In the tradition of the playwright Anna Deavere Smith, Ms. Sloan performs "Crossing the BLVD" adopting the personae (and respectfully mimicking the accents) of the varied immigrants whose stories are in the book… The New York Times, City Room Blog, Sewell Chan
"Crossing boldly carries the tradition of oral history into the 21st Century. Electrifying!" Eve Ensler author The Vagina Monologues
A world view that sees comedy and tragedy as two bones of the same skeleton in the closet. Superb!."
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Nov 4 Great Small Works Spaghetti Dinner Performance/Reading Lower East Side, NYC
Nov 10 NYU, Gallatin School of Individualized Study Performance/Lecture NYC
Nov 15-19 University of Arizona, Tucson Performance/Lecture & working with creative writing & visual arts students Tucson, AZ
Dec. 1-3 Visual Studies Workshop & SUNY Brockport Performance/Reading & Workshop Rochester & Brockport NY
Jan 21-22 The University of Memphis Performance/Lecture (21st) & Judging Student Exhibition (22nd) Memphis, TN
April 2-5, 2015 University of Minnesota & Minnesota Center for Book Arts Performance/Reading & Workshop Minneapolis, MN
Stay tuned for other dates in San Francisco CA, Halifax Nova Scotia, and more – TBA
News: A LIFE IN BOOKS Wins the 2014 IPPY (Independent Publishing Awards) OUTSTANDING BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD for "Most Original Concept."
They describe it as "mind-blowing… reality-bending… a laugh riot and a visual feast."
IPPY Award Announcement Click to view
A LIFE IN BOOKS Wins CBAA (College Book Art Association) 2014 Exhibition Prize at their Bi-Annual Conference/Juried Exhibition.
A LIFE IN BOOKS also wins:
Next Generation Indie Book Award
National Indie Book Award
Print Magazine Regional Design Award (NYC)
A LIFE IN BOOKS: The Rise and Fall of Bleu Mobley is an illuminated novel that contains 101 books within it, all written by Lehrer's protagonist—Bleu Mobley—a controversial author who finds himself in prison looking back on his life and career. Mobley's autobiography/apologia is paired with a review of all 101 of his books, each represented by its first-edition cover design and catalog copy, and more than a third of his books are excerpted. The resulting retrospective contrasts the published writings (which read like short stories) with the confessional memoir, forming a most unusual portrait of a well-intentioned, obsessively inventive (if ethically challenged) visionary. A LIFE IN BOOKS explores the creative process of a writer/artist, as it reflects upon a half century of American/global events, and grapples with the future of the book as a medium, and the lines that separate and blur truth, myth, and fiction.
In his funny, thought provoking performance/readings, Warren Lehrer presents an overview of Bleu Mobley's life in books via many of Mobley's book cover designs, book-like objects, and other biographical materials including animations and video performances of Mobley book excerpts by the band BETTY and actress/poet La Bruja.
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Studio 360, Click to listen. "An ingenious, one-of-a-kind novel." Kurt Andersen, STUDIO 360
"A profound commentary… A Life In Books is brilliant, beautiful, delicious for eyes and mind." Andrei Codrescu, public radio commentator
"A vivid kaleidoscopic odyssey that frames one man's life through not one, but one hundred different books—and book jackets." Jessica Helfand, founding editor DESIGN OBSERVER
"A meticulously illustrated chronicle… Pitch perfect." Steven Heller, THE ATLANTIC
"A book-lover's fictional treat of books that never were. A Life In Books is ultimately about survival, and transforming the sadness of life into art. As Whitman said, 'I contain multitudes,' and Bleu Mobley contains 101 books and a belief in the bounty of life. Wonderful!"
Michael Silverblatt, BOOKWORM, KCRW
"A tour de force of graphic design, illustration and writing. Guaranteed to bring a smile."
Ken Carbone THE HUFFINGTON POST
"In the era of cookie-cutter books and rubber-stamped stories, Warren Lehrer's A Life in Books is fresh, original, idiosyncratic, beautiful, and important."
Rabih Alameddine, author of Koolaids, Hakawati, and I, the Divine
"A Life in Books: The Rise and Fall of Bleu Mobley is a typographical and design tour de force." Ellen Shapiro, PRINT MAGAZINE
"A genre-defying night that fuses art and literature, prose and design into a multi-media presentation unlike any other." Skylight Books
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Transforming Trauma Into Art is an EarSay initiative, created and directed by Judith Sloan, born out of our partnership with the International High School at LaGuardia Community College where many teenagers have emigrated to the U.S. from war-zones and conflict-zones. The premise of this workshop is based on healing through artistic expression using a combination of music, movement, theatre and storytelling. This process helps release the stories and stressors that prevent people—who have been traumatized by war, economic or natural disasters—from moving forward. This program brings an understanding of confronting obstacles through artistic expression to communities that are poor, displaced, or don't have access to artistic training, serving approximately 450 students. The project grows out of our commitment to creating artistic works that evolve out of individual experience and community. In this case, the community is immigrant and refugee teenagers attending school in New York City. At a time of war, global tension, and polarization, our program encourages a depth of scholarship and storytelling that shapes the experience of the participants, giving them tools to make connections between cultures, shed light on the complexity and humanity of each individual, and deepen what it means or could mean to be part of a global community.
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Over 800 people of all ages and backgrounds attended the world premier on April 29th, 2012
Music composed by Frank London
Libretto by Judith Sloan
Visuals by Warren Lehrer with Brandon Campbell
Premiered by the Queens Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos, Queens Symphony Orchestra music director
Performed by full orchestra and a 190-voice chorus comprised of the Queens College Choral Society and Queens College Choir, James John, Music Director
Featured Tabla Soloist Deep Singh
Spoken word performed by Judith Sloan in English with additional translations in Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Arabic by Dailyn Despradel, Krussia, Haojie Huang, and Catherine Hanna.
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Naomi V. Von Gunten, 94, of Berne passed away on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at Swiss Village in Berne. She was born on October 2, 1918 in Adams County to Caleb and Ottelia Sprunger. She was married on July 4, 1937 in Berne to Sherman Von Gunten.
She was a member of the First Mennonite Church, where she was a member of Women in Mission. She enjoyed gardening, quilting, reading, and caring for flowers.
She is survived by two daughters, Neva (Derryle) Pharr of Berne; and Sueann (John) Alter Von Gunten of Elkhart; son, Roger (Bonnie) Von Gunten of Berne; foster son, Richard Sudduth of Fort Loramie, Ohio; 15 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; two sons, Kenneth (Sara) Von Gunten; and Dean (Marcia) Von Gunten; brother, David Sprunger; and three sisters, Laura Kirchhofer; Lillian Fox; and Bernice Bell.
Visitation will be from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 3 at the Swiss Village Chapel in Berne and one hour prior to the 2:00 p.m. funeral service on Sunday, November 4 at the First Mennonite Church in Berne. Officiating will be Pastor Jeff Linthicum. Burial will take place at the MRE Cemetery in Berne.
Memorials may be made to the First Mennonite Church Mission Festival.
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Here is the best answer I can muster, drawn from over 10 years of examining the retail font industry (in what some might call disturbing detail). This advice is intended to be as unbiased as possible, but my perspective is inevitably shaped by four years as a type director at FontShop.
When people ask about selling their fonts, the conversation almost always begins with the ol' bottom line: "I wanna make some bank! Who offers the best royalty rate?"
But the question of commission or discount percentage should be only one of many: What else is in the contract? What services do they guarantee? Do I respect their brand? What kind of audience do they speak to? Is their library a good fit for my typeface design? Is signing with a retailer even the right thing to do?
It's also important to understand the difference between a foundry (AKA vendor or publisher) and a reseller (AKA distributor or retailer). Here's a rundown of your options.
1. Signing with a Foundry
A foundry can be considered a font manufacturer. Examples are Linotype, Monotype, P22, and FontFont. Foundry type can be distributed through multiple channels, such as their own web shop and the shops of their resellers. When you submit a typeface to a foundry for release it is usually an exclusive deal. They will maintain the right to sell the font according to their contract. Royalties range from 20%-50% but there is also an important distinction: most foundries pay a percentage of the wholesale price of the font. In this model, as the font goes further down the distribution chain, the designer is getting less of the retail price. Other foundries, like FontFont, give a percentage of the suggested retail price — no matter where or how the font is sold, the designer gets the same cut.
- No business knowledge required, the foundry will handle all customer support (big!), marketing, and reseller relationships
- Some foundries offer technical and design assistance to complete font production
- Foundries are an advocate for your work, monitoring piracy and misuse
- Spend less time administrating, more time drawing type
- Very little control of where and how fonts are sold
- Receive a portion of each sale
Questions to ask yourself about a foundry
- Is the library a good fit for my style of type?
- What production assistance do they offer?
- Where are the foundry's fonts sold and how are they marketed?
- What is the length of the contract agreement?
2. Signing with a Reseller
A reseller offers fonts from multiple foundries. The major type resellers are Fonts.com, FontShop, MyFonts, and Veer. Resellers sign a contract with a foundry/publisher and offer the fonts in that foundry's library. The foundry usually receives between 40–65% of the retail price of the font. Each reseller has a different customer base and produces different kinds and quantities of promotional materials. Examine them thoroughly and ask about their marketing strategies. Some independent foundries (like ShinnType and Mark Simonson) have found success in reaching a wide audience by offering their fonts through many different resellers. Others go for a more exclusive strategy (like Porchez Typofonderie at FontShop, Jukebox at Veer) benefiting from a boost in promotion that comes when a retailer can claim they are the exclusive reseller.
- Reach more customers and diverse markets
- Maintain some control of brand, pricing, and the ability to sign with multiple resellers
- Must be somewhat business savvy
- Receive a portion of each sale
Questions to ask yourself about a reseller
- Who is their clientele?
- How is their customer service?
- What marketing materials and other tools do they use to draw customers?
- How many fonts and foundries are already in their shop? Do I risk getting lost among similar offerings?
- What do they offer if I sell my fonts exclusively through them?
3. Going it Alone
Building a foundry and selling fonts exclusively on your own web shop brings you 100% of sales, of course. Exclusivity has its benefits, as Hoefler & Frere-Jones, Jeremy Tankard, and Lineto will attest. It can give your brand a certain boost in value. But unless you are already well known, it can be a lot of very hard work to get customers to your shopfront, while lesser fonts are benefitting from broader exposure and marketing. There is also that nagging feeling that you don't know how much more you could be selling were your fonts available elsewhere.
- Full control of brand and pricing
- Receive 100% of sales revenue
- Maintain a relationship with every customer
- Must be business savvy
- Spend more time administrating, less time drawing type
- Potential for substantial overhead (marketing, website, e-commerce costs)
- Responsible for customer support
- Maintain a relationship with every customer
Charting a Course to the Market
So the first decision to be made with each of your fonts is whether you want to go the foundry or reseller route. If you decide to submit your fonts to a foundry, find the outfit and agreement that is right for you. If you choose to build your own foundry, decide whether you want to sell the fonts exclusively on your own, or through one or more resellers.
Success can be wrought from any of these models. Much depends on what's important to you, the fonts you're selling, and what kind of work you're willing to put into distributing them.
I almost certainly neglected something in this summary and I welcome any rebuttals or filling of holes from those who are actually making a buck from drawing type. There are hundreds of you out there and many lessons to glean from your experience.


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FREDERICK, Md. - The former director of a shuttered workplace for developmentally disabled adults in Frederick is choosing to stay in jail rather than cooperate with a state-sponsored investigation of the center's failure.
A Frederick County judge on Thursday granted Jeanne Dalaba's (DAL'-uh-buhs) motion to indefinitely postpone a review hearing.
Dalaba has been jailed for contempt since Nov. 13. She's been ordered to repay the Jeanne Bussard (BUS'-erd) Center $51,000 and produce a missing computer and business records.
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