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Accounting Department
Business Plan with Break Even Analysis
Business plans are used for a variety of purposes.
The most effective business plans are tailored to fit a specific need.
Lenders and investors often require submission of a written business plan before considering funding an enterprise. Cook and Co. develops business plans to help predict whether a business idea will be profitable. We create business plans for our clients use in budget projections and setting sales goals. A business plan can also be valuable as a management tool. Although a business plan is based on predictions and actual results may differ, the process of writing a business plan can help a business owner or CEO identify potential problems as well as opportunities.
COVER SHEET: Company name, phone and name of owner(s). If there are concerns about keeping the information confidential, a reference number conspicuously placed on the cover sheet will indicate that the company is monitoring the location and status of the business plan. Legitimate reader will be more careful with the document, and those who might misuse the information will be hesitant to do so.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:Plan's major sections and subsections referenced by page numbers. It should be concise, descriptive, and easy to follow.
PLAN SUMMARY:Brief description of what is covered in the business plan. Perhaps the critical part of the business plan; an effective plan summary will create a good first impression, capture the reader's attention, and set a positive tone for the reader when reviewing the remainder of the document.
THE COMPANY:Overview of the company policies, business philosophy, and relevant background information. Should include a comprehensive description of the management team (lenders and investors often consider the management team the most important factor in evaluating a company), brief description of the product or service, marketing strategies, and mission statement. Also include the developmental history of the company, including legal structure and any prior significant changes in ownership.
PRODUCT OR SERVICE:Detailed description of the product or service. Relevant topics include sales history, sales projections, profitability and competitive advantages. Independent evaluations of the product or service, which indicate quality can be included in this section. If the company is developing a new product or service; use this section to demonstrate that there is a market for the product being offered to the customer within a reasonable period of time.
MARKET ANALYSIS:Explanations of why people pay for a particular product of service. Should include a summary of the industry with which the business is associated; analysis of current customers and their buying habits; and identification of potential customers through market projections. Include a list of major customers, the amount of business they provide, and a description of any sales contracts currently in effect. Other possible topics include analysis of competition and comparison of products or services, pricing, advertising policies and distribution. Market analysis is usually the longest section of the business plan.
FINANCE:Show a thorough presentation of financial statements, the break-even point and profit forecasts for the business. Include quarterly or monthly statements of cash flows and income, and yearly balance sheets for the previous five years (or as long as business existed). Provide current financial statements, as well as cash flow and income projections for three to five years into the future. Discuss expected capital requirements, and list all major anticipated expenses. Explain the company's system of financial controls. Include the names, addresses, and phone numbers of key legal and financial advisors.
PROJECT:When seeking financing for a specific project, describe the project in detail including a stand alone break-even analysis (see next tab above). Show the amount of financing needed, the manner in which the money will be used, and the overall effect the project will have on the company cash flows.
OWNERSHIP:Names and addresses of owners/major stockholders and the nature of their involvement with the business. Provide the names and addresses of the board of directors. Show amount of stock authorized and issued, and address any significant ownership changes that may be imminent. Include a detailed explanation of any buy/sell agreements or succession plans currently in place.
Breakeven analysis involves estimating the level of sales necessary to operate a business on a breakeven basis.
Generally, the sale price for a product or service will more than cover the variable costs of producing that product or service, but the margin from sales must be enough to cover fixed costs as well. By performing a breakeven analysis and then varying the assumptions regarding sales levels and variable and fixed costs, the real factors behind the profit potential (or lack thereof) of a business become more clear. This process will highlight the most significant factors and assumptions (particularly assumptions about the ability to set prices) in the buyer's business plan.
Calculating the Breakeven Point
The following steps are involved in calculating the breakeven point for a business. Identify the total fixed and variable costs of the business based on actual results during a relevant time period.
Calculate the contribution margin, as a percent of sales as follows: Contribution margin = (Total sales - Variable costs) / Total sales
Calculate the breakeven point in dollars of sales revenue as follows: Breakeven sales revenue = Total fixed costs / Contribution margin
If contribution margin is expressed in dollars per unit, calculate the breakeven sales volume in units as follows: Breakeven unit volume = Total fixed costs / Contribution margin per unit
Key Breakeven Factors
Fixed Costs
These costs remain constant (or nearly so) within the projected range of sales levels. These can include facilities costs, certain general and administrative costs, and interest and depreciation expense.
Variable Costs
These costs vary in proportion to sales levels. They can include direct material and labor costs, the variable part of manufacturing overhead, and transportation and sales commission expenses.
Contribution Margin
This is equal to sales revenues less variable costs. This amount is available to offset fixed expenses and (hopefully) produce an operating profit for the business.This information is provided as a public service, and should not be construed as individual accounting or tax planning advice. For information on how these general principles apply to your situation, please consult your Cook & Co. Agent.
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The first London Fashion Week in the format that we know it happened in March 1984: John Galliano, Ghost, Betty Jackson, Wendy Dagworthy, Zandra Rhodes and Jean Muir Bodymap were featured on the schedule. Here, a young John Galliano is pictured receiving the British Designer of the Year award three years later, in 1987, from Trade and Industry secretary Lord Young.
Photo By John Galliano receiving the British Fashion Designer of the Year award in 1987. Photo: PA Photos

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The latest Shuttle XPC small form factor unit is Quiet, Small, Easy to Setup and runs without a hiccup but it still looks quite similar to every other Shuttle XPC we have seen here in the past (minus the ZEN). We were more then surprised when it came to overclocking the unit and just what we were able to achieve out of it but as you can see for yourself when it came to benchmarking while it was quite significant in our synthetic tests as soon as we went to do something that actually resulted in real world performance, the difference was quite minor.
You may find yourself giving the unit a little overclock at first but once you realize that it doesn't do a lot for performance, you will probably end up running it at stock for the sake of long life and low heat.
We will be looking forward to seeing Shuttle's latest XPC which is designed around Media Center 2005 but for the mean time we have something that is quite similar to a lot of the other XPC units we have seen before minus the upgrade of a new motherboard. A few things on the outside have been done to make a little different but nothing major.
It is good to see that people wanting to upgrade their PC are going to be able to purchase the new Socket 775 processors yet keep their old AGP graphics card (and DDR memory) as a lot of people are upgrading to new Chipsets/Processors but finding older graphics cards like the Radeon 9800 PRO being able to handle games just fine...still.
The SB77G5 is like all XPC units that we have seen when it comes to stability and doesn't miss a beat during our whole testing period. Anyone would be happy to have this unit sitting under their big screen TV in the lounge room - it would just be nice if Shuttle added some newer items for each new XPC release.
- Pros
Good Overclocking
Rock solid stability as always
Excellent functionality with 775 and AGP
Good performance
Plenty of audio connections for your home entertainment systems
Gigabit LAN through Intel CSA bus
- Cons
Overclocking barley impacts performance
Nothing significantly changed
Rating - 8.5 out of 10
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For some reasons, YouTube terms of service do not support video downloading. More and more demands are put forward. How to download YouTube videos for free? You may also desire to put YouTube videos to your device like iPod, PSP. We concentrate on easy-to-use downloader which do not hurt your computer. It's getting easier to download videos using programs below.
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Video Sharer-This program was designed as a YouTube video grabber. It can automatically detect, catch and download videos which are starting to play on web page. You can simply tick "Automatically Capture" box before you watch a video on YouTube.com. It supports almost 99% video sites like DailyMotion, Metacafe, etc. As an omnipotent tool, it can also convert video for iPod, iPhone Windows Movie Maker and PowerPoint. It provides you pop media formats such like MOV, MP4, 3GP, WMV, DivX, and so on.
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Stolt-Nielsen Appeal Fails in Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter on July 25 rejected an emergency appeal from Stolt-Nielsen SA to freeze the Justice Department's pursuit of antitrust charges against it. Stolt-Nielsen has challenged the power of government prosecutors to revoke an amnesty agreement shielding it from prosecution over an alleged plot to divvy up customers in the parcel shipping business, which involves the transport of bulk liquids such as chemicals. The company's emergency petition asked the U.S. Supreme Court to bar lower court proceedings against it and a U.S.-based executive, Richard Wingfield, while a separate appeal to the Supreme Court on underlying legal issues was pending. Souter, acting for the court, turned away that request. In filings with the court, the company said the uncertainty is weighing on the company's business. According to The Associated Press, Stolt-Nielsen's stock price has dropped 37 percent since a federal appeals court ruled against in March 2006. The Justice Department, in its own Supreme Court filing, said it revoked the amnesty deal because it believes the company didn't hold up its part of the amnesty deal. Amnesty was revoked in March 2004 and the matter has been in litigation since then. A panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia in March ruled that federal courts didn't have the power to block government prosecutors from pursuing the company and its officers because of the amnesty deal
Ex-'Exxon Valdez' Refused Entry by India
In New Delhi the Supreme Court bans the old Exxon Valdez from entry & scrapping until decontaminated The ship, now known as the "Oriental Nicety," entered Indian waters last week and was headed for Gujarat, when the Supreme Court gave its order, according to a news report in 'The Times of India'. The ship was bought recently by the Hong Kong-based subsidiary of an Indian shipbreaking firm and was being taken to the coastal town of Alang, the hub of India's shipbreaking industry
California SECA Regulations Upheld by Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court voted not to review the Ninth Circuit Court's opinion upholding the California ocean-going vessel fuel regulations The Court did not provide an explanation of why it decided not to take this particular case. No further legal action is being considered. All ocean-going vessels calling at California's ports are required to comply with these regulations when the vessel comes within 24 miles of the Californian coast
Supreme Court Finalizes Decision on Marine Submerged Lands
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a final decree regarding Alaska's assertion of ownership of certain marine submerged lands in the southeast portion of the state. The court finalized its earlier ruling that the federal government retained ownership of those portions of the Alexander Archipelago more than three geographical (nautical) miles from shore because those waters do not constitute historic inland waters. The federal government retained ownership of those portions of North Bay
OSHA Shares Jurisdiction with USCG over Uninspected Vessels
The U.S. Supreme Court has determined that, because the U.S. Coast Guard exercises minimal oversight of 'uninspected vessels' of the United States, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the Department of Labor shares jurisdiction over working conditions thereon. In the instant case, respondent was cited by OSHA for unsafe working conditions on its oil and gas exploration barge. Respondent challenged the citation
Former B.C. Ferries Safety Director Sues
The Canadian Press is reporting that former safety director of B.C. Ferries who resigned after the sinking of the Queen of the North is suing the corporation, saying Ferries failed to heed his warnings of a possible catastrophic incident without fleet-wide safety improvements. Darin Bowland filed a writ of summons in B.C. Supreme Court claiming damages for negligent misrepresentation, wrongful dismissal, loss of reputation, as well as aggravated and punitive damages.
Australian Shipbuilder Gets Repreive
According to the online publication the Australian, 's largest privately owned shipbuilding business -- Adelaide Ship Construction International -- won a Supreme Court reprieve from eviction by the state government over a rent dispute, with the government claiming the company owed $127,612.65 in rent arrears. (Source: The Australian)
FMC Dismisses Action Against SC State Port Authority
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) issued an Order dismissing the proceeding against the South Carolina State Port Authority based on the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that the state port authority, as an agency of the state of South Carolina, was entitled to sovereign immunity from complaints brought by citizens of another state in a federal forum. South Carolina Maritime Services, Inc. v. South Carolina State Ports
ADA Applies to Foreign Cruise Ships
A sharply divided Supreme Court issued a lengthy and confusing ruling that holds that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to the public spaces on foreign cruise ships calling in U.S. ports. The reader is left to determine why. There is one short opinion that garnered the necessary five votes and holding that the public accommodation and specified public transportation definitions of the ADA include foreign cruise ships
Former Congress Lawyer to Serve as AdvanFort Legal Counsel
AdvanFort Company said attorney Sheila R. Schreiber has come onboard as its in-house legal counsel. Schreiber brings experience in the private and public sectors. She is a former litigation partner with Howrey LLP, served as counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary and has extensive experience in the national and international sales of industrial products. Her specialties include commercial, regulatory, employment, intellectual property
Battle Over Keystone XL Pipeline
Nebraska's Supreme Court ruled against a challenge to the Keystone XL oil pipeline's route through the state on Friday, clearing the way for the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress to try to force President Barack Obama to approve the project.
Petrobras Sets up Special Committee
The Board of Directors of Petrobras approved at a meeting held today, the creation of a special committee to act as interlocutor ("Reporting line") of independent internal investigations conducted by the Trench, Rossi e Watanabe and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher offices .
Courts Upholds BP 'gross negligence' Gulf Spill Ruling
A U.S. judge weighing how much BP Plc should be punished for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill on Thursday refused to overturn his own finding that the oil company's conduct was "grossly negligent." The decision by U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans means BP could still
APM Terminals wins Battle for Moin Container Terminal
The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Costa Rican Government and APM Terminals in an appeal filed by the port workers union against the 33-year concession contract for the new Moin Container Terminal (TCM) in Limon on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.
India's Coal Imports Causing Port Congestion
Congestion at Paradip expected to ease in a week if rains stop; higher-than-usual congestion at some other ports too. Indian power and steel companies are importing shiploads of coal due to a severe shortage at home, leading to heavy congestion in one of the country's busiest ports that now has
Oil Refiner Bound to Goldman, Deutsche Fee Agreements - NY Judge
CVR Energy Inc is bound by agreements to pay Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Deutsche Bank AG more than $36 million in fees and expenses stemming from billionaire investor Carl Icahn's 2012 tender offer for the oil refiner, a New York state judge has ruled.
India Allows Sick Italian Marine Home for Treatment
India's top court on Friday granted permission for an ailing Italian marine facing murder charges to return home for four months for medical treatment. Massimiliano Lattore, who suffered a stroke in August, is one of two Italian marines being held over the 2012 shooting of two fishermen
India Will Not Block Sick Italian Marine's Treatment
The Indian government will not prevent an ailing Italian marine facing murder charges from returning home for medical treatment, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Monday. Massimiliano Lattore is one of two Italian marines being held over the 2012 shooting of two fishermen mistakenly
Indian Investigators Drop Case Against Billionaire Birla
India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has closed a coal scam case against billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla and a former top bureaucrat that emerged in 2012 after an auditor's report on revenue loss to the exchequer from allocations of coal blocks.
Neeraj Bansal Appointed Deputy Chairman of JNPT
The Government of India has appointed Neeraj Bansal as Deputy Chairman of India's largest container port, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust with immediate effect. Mr Neeraj Bansal is an Officer of Indian Revenue Servie with around twenty years of experience across the country in Direct Tax
Chilean Court Rejects Appeal Against Crow River Project
Chile's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an application for an environmental organization against Crow River hydroelectric project, which plans to build in the south of the country with an initial investment of $ 733 million . In a unanimous ruling
PM to Lay Foundation of JNPT's SEZ on 16th August
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation of a Port- Based Multi-product Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) at Sheva, Navi Mumbai on Saturday, August 16, 2014. The proposed industrial infrastructure in 277 hectares with a
Baghdad Seeks to Have Kurdish Oil Dispute Settled in Iraq
Baghdad wants to settle a high-stakes dispute over $100 million worth of Kurdish crude oil in Iraq's courts, although the oil is sitting in a tanker off the coast of Texas, a U.s. court filing said on Friday. Iraq's central government has also asked Iraq's Federal Supreme
Repsol Could Drill off Canary Islands in October
Spanish oil company Repsol could begin prospecting for its $7-billion oil exploration project off the Canary Islands in October, Industry Minister Jose Manuel Soria said on Tuesday. Spain's Supreme Court last month rejected environmental appeals against 2012 government permits granted for oil
Amistad Replica Brings Drama to Tall Ships Fest
A top draw for some of the hundreds of thousands of visitors to New England's weekend Sailfest was surely the Freedom Schooner Amistad, replica of the United States' most famous slavery vessel, even as many were unaware of the suspense behind its eventual appearance at the annual tall ships


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Longest-lasting celebrity couples
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Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas, one of Hollywood's long-time couples, may have split earlier this month, but there are plenty of other celebs who have bucked the trend and found long-lasting love, at least by Hollywood standards.
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The Manlug meeting for January 2012 is taking place on 21st January, details below:
Location: Madlab. (Manchester Digital Laboratory).
Address: 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester. M4 1HN. – (Between Thomas Street and the Craft Centre, opposite A Bar Called Common)"
Date: Saturday, 21st January 2012
Starts: 14:00
Approximate finish: 17:00
As previously mentioned this will be an install-fest, bring along those newly purchased pc's/laptops and netbooks and free them !!
Please come along, bring your friends and relatives, please feel free to cross post this far and wide.
PS, a voluntary contribution of £1 – £2 per person would be highly appreciated to assist our good friends at Madlab in their day to day running costs.


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The adjustable bolted propeller allows the most efficient blade matching for optimum efficiency, while simplifying the installation process.
The Kamewa range of ABP is based on a hollow hub with blades bolted to it from the inside. A unique feature is the method of bolting the blades to the hub using simple hand tools.
In comparison to conventional monobloc fixed pitch propellers the ABP has higher quality blade machining and reduced overall weight, which give easier shipment, handling and mounting.
The slotted holes on the hub allow the blade pitch angle to be conveniently adjusted at commissioning, or in service to compensate for long-term variations in hull resistance.
Individual blades can be replaced without drydocking, and only spare blades have to be stocked rather than a complete monobloc propeller.
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As they say, they can't all be winners, and after Neil Patrick Harris's tour de force performance last week, maybe the show is, how do I say this nicely because I certainly don't make a 90-minute…   Read Story »
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You know what's apparently big this week? Kangol hats! This morning when Vulture put up their hilarious casting of the miracle plane crash post, the most visible surviving passenger (Seriously, he…   Read Story »
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People have been riding cambered snowboards for so many years that sometimes when they get on a board with Banana tech, they still try to ride it like a board with camber. If you loosen up and focus your energy to the center of the board and not the tip/tail, you'll discover that it is a truely better design. This graphic is also the sickest one out of Lib's entire line! You'll never find a better board to float powder on except maybe the snowmulet which is a little less versital.
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Saudi Arabia
This page contains links to sites in Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabia related sites.
For Middle East, North Africa, Arab and regional information visit Arab Countries
Arabia has been inhabited for thousands of years by nomadic Semitic tribes. With the birth (AD 570) of Muhammad, in Mecca, Arabia was briefly the center of Islam, but by the end of the 7th cent. the area was disunited. Modern Saudi Arabia owes its existence to Ibn Saud, an adherent of the Wahhabi Muslim sect.
Beginning in 1902 he conquered the Nejd, Al Hasa, and Hejaz regions, and in 1932 he proclaimed himself king of a united Saudi Arabia.
Oil was discovered in 1936; commercial production began in 1938.
Ibn Saud died in 1953 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Saud.
In 1964 Saud was deposed by Faisal, who secured (1974) an agreement giving the Saudis a 60% majority ownership of foreign oil concessions in their country.
In 1975 Faisal was assassinated; he was replaced by Khalid, who inaugurated a program of industrialization and social welfare. In the conflict with Israel, Saudi Arabia has generally supported the Arab states, although as a friend of the U.S. it is a somewhat moderating force. Its moderating influence has also been felt in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), in which it usually has acted to stabilize petroleum prices.
Khalid died in 1982 and was succeeded as king by Fahd. Military clashes, oil-policy disputes, and rioting Iranian pilgrims in Mecca led Saudi Arabia to sever diplomatic relations with Iran in 1989.
In 1990 the kingdom joined the coalition that opposed Iraq's forcible annexation of Kuwait, and the forces of the coalition were largely based in N Saudi Arabia.
In 1992 King Fahd decreed a new constitution; among its features were an appointed national council (est. 1993) with the right to review, but not overrule, government acts. However, the royal family's power was basically undiminished. In the late 1990s, Crown Prince Abdullah, the king's half-brother and heir to the throne, effectively became the country's ruler due to King Fahd's poor health. Under the crown prince, the country has been more openly frustrated with and critical of U.S. support for Israel. A treaty with Yemen that ended border disputes dating to the 1930s was signed in 2000, and early the next year both nations withdrew their troops from the border area in compliance with the pact.
The Saudi government restricted the use of American bases in the country during the U.S.-led invasions of Afghanistan (2001) and Iraq (2003), and by Sept., 2003, all U.S. combat forces were withdrawn from the country. Also in 2003, the king issued a decree giving the Shura the authority to propose new laws without first seeking his permission. The move was perhaps prompted in part by rare protests in favor of government reform; the kingdom also was shaken by violent incidents, including a massive car bomb attack against a residential compound in Riyadh, involving Islamic militants. Such terror attacks continued into 2005.
The country held elections for municipal councils in Feb.—Apr., 2005, permitting voters (men only) to choose half the council members; the rest of the members were still appointed.
King Fahd died in Aug., 2005, and was succeeded by Abdullah.
In Nov., 2009, fighting in N Yemen spilled over into Saudi Arabia when Yemeni Shiite rebels crossed the border. Saudi forces fought the rebels and sought to drive them back into Yemen and away from the border; the conflict ended by Feb., 2010, with the rebels withdrawn into Yemen (and a truce established there).
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A History of Saudi Arabia
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A gentleman in Columbus ohio has come up with a cost effective method of producing Butanol. butanol can be run straight in a gasoline powered engine with very few modifications, mostly resetting the timing. The fuel system does not need modification. He is planning on producing it from bio waste. It uses a fermentation process. He is currently looking for funding for a pilot plant. See links below.
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"He is currently looking for funding..." I think that pretty much says it all. |
Is butanol a type of alcohol? |
butyl alcohol = butanol |
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Here are 2 ideas today, cute and easy
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Those are cute ideas. I haven't thought much about stocking stuffers yet. I think I'm buying each of kids their own rolls of colored duct tape. It is something they each want. |
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Joann, thanks for the bag "recipe". I always hated the thought of trying to put a zipper in a bag, but this tutorial shows how easy it truly is. I think I was making it way harder than it needed to be. Don't know if I'll make any for stocking stuffers, but I'm certainly going to be making some for my little knitting, quilting, etc. projects! |
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I like knobs on both sets of uppers, as shown in your picture. What about the square knobs in that picture? They look really good with the Canadel pulls. |
Kk, I love the Candler. It was one of my choices. I would have used the chocolate bronze. I think mixing the sparkly ones with the Candler will look wonderful. I love the Emtek crystal knobs. Your kitchen will be a stunner! |
- Posted by BlackChamois (My Page) on Fri, Sep 27, 13 at 0:11
I agree w/Romy. I like the square ones in the 2nd pic. BTW ... love your cabs! Do you mind me asking what state you're in? |
I'd totally order a couple of the glass ones and try them at least. Could be a neat touch! |
- Posted by localeater (My Page) on Fri, Sep 27, 13 at 7:36
I think the pulls on the lower uppers and the sparkly knobs on the glass doors will look great. Mixing knobs is a wonderful touch and as long as there is a method to the madness it looks great. Have you ever seen Segbrown's kitchen- it's one of the posts on the old 'show me your pulls and knobs' thread which I have linked. It shows how mixing lots of different knobs and pulls works when you have a system |
Here is a link that might be useful: Show me your knobs and pulls
- Posted by rococogurl (My Page) on Fri, Sep 27, 13 at 8:39
I find the glass to be too boudoir. Not a fan of mixed. Don't see sparkly in your kitchen as the lower strappy pulls on the cabinets are sort of 40s. Those don't play happily together. I'd stick with smaller hardware from the same range -- just as the sample does. |
Great thread, thanks, localeater! Only other GWers could begin to estimate how much time I've spent trying to figure this out. Thank you all for the input. Thanks for the comment, Romy, I decided you are correct about knobs on both sets of uppers, at least on the less than 42" doors. So I've ordered enough to put them on all short upper doors and hope it looks okay to have pulls on the 6 long upper doors. DH really wants pulls on those, which are also the most used doors, so I think this system makes sense functionally and hope the aesthetics will work. Blackchamois, we are in Tampa, FL. The cabinets are custom built in my GC's shop, he also does granite fabrication, electrical, etc. |
KK I was rereading this post and I need to clarify my comment. I didn't mean that you should have gone with the chocolate bronze, I meant that I would have chosen the cb to go with my cabs if I used the Candler. I was horrified to read what sounded like me telling you that you should have gone with a different finish.....Yikes, I need to reread before I post!!! |
I haven't offered alot of advice on GW because I've only done one kitchen and don't feel like an "expert". The square Candel knobs are elegant (not fussy) but also look solid. I really like them. I think you should use them on all your uppers. Putting the pulls in a vertical position on your uppers is like introducing a third style of hardware. I'm afraid you'll lose the look you are trying to achieve. I have knobs on 45" upper cabinets. They feel very solid. I was talked into vertical pulls on the pantry cabinets in a hallway & the laundry room. I don't like the look as well. I love my pulls in the horizontal, not as much in the vertical. |
Holly-kay, in my mind you are the hardware goddess of GW; I understood what you meant, no worries! Romy718, if it was just me, I would go all knobs on the uppers. But I am taking dh's wishes into consideration, a little, and I do like the look of my pulls in a vertical position. I have them that way on pullouts and the few lower doors. I could certainly be wrong - I have been spectacularly wrong on hardware so far! Rococogurl, you are likely right. But I just couldn't get those knobs out of my head! I am worried this may be one of Jakuvall's "don't let a good idea ruin a design - use it next time" examples. I may send those knobs back and pay the restocking fee...or decide to use them in my bedroom...or just put them in my kitchen and know that while I love them no one else sees them the same way. I don't think I'm going to have a "next time" in remodeling a kitchen. I'm quite interested in how design elements successfully migrate from different rooms - I think lots of people first see mop (and my mop mosaic) as "bathroomy" and my GC was appalled by the idea of glass knobs in my kitchen - he said they are good for tween girls and strippers, lol! People with my level of talent really ought to just follow design rules and use experts. Winston Churchill once said that American will always do the right thing, after exhausting all other possibilities. Call me patriotic, I've got the "exhausting all other possibilities" part down pat! |
Kk, with your lovely kitchen and knowing that you made it happen I think you can safely say you have the design thing down pat. I happen to love crystal anywhere and don't think it looks little girly or stripperish (yes iPad, I know that's not a real word. |
I love the Winston Churchill quote. Call me patriotic too and TKO. |
- Posted by rococogurl (My Page) on Sun, Sep 29, 13 at 15:38
Can someone please tell me when GCs turned into the design police? I went through that with our second one. He was French so I figured it might be that. But he thought my cabinets should be replaced not painted (fine if he had been paying not us), he called the dining room light fixture the "Camembert" (meanwhile it looked stunning and helped sell the place) and -- after I asked him to keep a relatively new sink faucet he threw it out. Told me I needed a new one. He was terrific about most things, handled some nasty surprises super well, and kept his cool when the tile contractor turned unprofessional. But I hired him for his building expertise and excellent subs, not aesthetic opinions. If you want knobs made out of playdough in the kitchen, your contractor shouldn't have anything to say about it apart from when can he install them. Wonder how he'd like it if you came through his house and told him all the things that appalled you. Sheesh. |
I love your glass knobs! I think they will look really great with your pulls. I feel your pain though....I photoshopped various versions of all pulls, pulls and knobs, placement of said pulls and knobs, etc until I think I drove myself crazy. It's amazing how time consuming all of the decisions become. I can't wait to see your kitchen. It looks great so far! |
Awww, gee thanks y'all (hoping that my 7 years in the deep south have earned me a lifetime lease of that usefull word). LOL, rococogurl! I do think this guy is pretty talented, and I'm sure he's saved me from myself more than once, but thanks to you I'm fantasizing about having my kids create some playdough knobs and asking him to install them! Ok, so my fantasies aren't exactly novella worthy. I guess strippers get all that fun, too! Holly-kay, imo crystal is the decor equivalent of garlic or chocolate - isn't everything better with at least a smidge? Rkb21, I'm alternately really happy and really frustrated that I never learned to photoshop....I think I've hit saturation crazy level without it. The super great news is that I'm cooking in my kitchen! Nothing as pretty as trailrunner, but I made lasagna yesterday, a puffed oven pancake for breakfast and fish and veggies for dinner. We are on a 4 day no take-out streak - a record since demo in July! |
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Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Wednesday proposed returning $100 million to Montana homeowners in identical, one-time, $400 property-tax rebate checks in October 2007.
The Democratic governor contrasted his proposal to a rival Republican plan that he said would give far less money to most households, while spreading big portions of the relief instead to big business and wealthy homeowners.
"This is by far the largest rebate in Montana history," Schweitzer said in an interview. "This dwarfs what Republicans do."
Republican Gov. Marc Racicot proposed the last major tax rebate totaling $21.5 million in November 1995.
Standing in front of a green house at 128 Ave. D in Billings and joined by Billings-area Democratic legislators and candidates, Schweitzer unveiled what he said was the first plank of his "Square Deal" for Montana. Schweitzer borrowed the term from Republican President Theodore Roosevelt who used Square Deal as his slogan as he campaigned against corporate trusts a century ago. Schweitzer plans to announce other Square Deal elements in the coming weeks to cover education, health care, energy, outdoor recreation and business.
His plan calls for one-time rebates for 250,000 Montana homeowners. The 2007 Legislature would have to approve the proposal for it to take effect. The $100 million would come from the greater than anticipated projected state surplus of $525 million.
Only Montana residents would be eligible for the rebate, not people who live in other states and own vacation homes here. Montanans owning more than one home could collect the rebate only once.
Schweitzer said it was appropriate to use some of this unanticipated money for rebates to help homeowners. Sarah Blackburn, who owns the green house with her husband Pat Rogers, said their property taxes had doubled to $1,800 a year the past dozen years.
This doubling occurred, Schweitzer said, because homeowners saw more property taxes shifted to them when Republican governors and GOP-controlled Legislatures handed out millions of dollars of property-tax relief to businesses and large corporations.
His announcement comes several months after Republican legislators announced their "Handshake with Montana," a series of proposals they vowed to pass and place on Schweitzer's desk by the halfway point of the Legislature if voters put the GOP in control of both houses. Democrats now have a 27-23 majority in the Senate, while the House is tied 50-50.
In their plan, Republicans said they would cut property taxes by at least 8 percent and left the door open for other tax cuts.
Schweitzer, drawing on some Republican legislators' press conference in Bozeman Monday, said the GOP plan would cut statewide property tax mills permanently for all property owners — residential, business and industrial — by 8 percent. The GOP plan, he said, would give home and farm owners $34.5 million in property tax relief, while spreading $42.5 million to other classes of property owners for a total of $76.9 million. His would direct the full $100 million for the rebates for homeowners.
The governor's plan would offer an identical $400 rebate to everyone, regardless of the market values of their homes. In contrast, Schweitzer said, the Republican plan would give $88 back to the owner of a $100,000 home and $877 back to the owner of a $1 million home. The cutoff point is a home worth $456,000 in which the household would get an identical $400 rebate under both plans.
Under the Republicans' "Handshake with Montanans," Schweitzer said PPL of Allentown, Pa., would rake in $1.8 million in annual tax relief, while BNSF Railway of Fort Worth, Texas, would collect $1.03 million. These large corporations and all businesses would get nothing under Schweitzer's plan.
"Would you rather have a Montana Square Deal or a Republican Handshake?" Schweitzer asked. Pointing to his border collie, Jag, Schweitzer said later: "They can get a handshake from Jag and that doesn't pay much."
Republicans immediately cried foul.
Senate Minority Whip Corey Stapleton, R-Billings, who heads the Republican Legislative Campaign Committee, said Republicans haven't firmed up details of their property tax-relief plan, despite the press conference in Bozeman Monday. What Bozeman lawmakers discussed Monday was just one of five or six opinions still under review, he said.
"For the Democrats to be able to say what our plan is not only is disingenuous, but he's obviously doing it for one-upmanship," Stapleton said.
Republicans are considering different kinds of property tax relief and are still mulling over elements of their plan, Stapleton said. They originally didn't intend to release the details until after the election, but after Wednesday they will move up the date they roll it out, he said.
"Ours is permanent; it's not one-time," Stapleton said. "It will take into account the necessary complexity of major tax reform. There's always winners and losers."
Stapleton said Schweitzer concocted the property tax relief plan in a slap-dash fashion because Democratic legislative candidates were bombarded with criticism for not having a plan like the Republican 8 percent tax cut.
Furthermore, Stapleton said Democrats have no credibility on property tax relief because all 50 House Democrats voted in unison last year to kill a bill that would have returned money to taxpayers.
Contacted later, Schweitzer said, "Which is it? He can't have it both ways. Either they have a plan and announced it or they don't have a plan."
Democrats do have credibility on the issue, Schweitzer said, because for the first time in a dozen years the Legislature didn't shift property taxes to homeowners.
"This is not a poker game," the governor said. "What's he saying? Is he going to call us and raise us? This is public policy, not a poker game, and we deserve an honest debate."
Meanwhile, Democrats at the press conference strongly embraced Schweitzer's plan.
"I think this is a very good idea," said Senate President Jon Tester of Big Sandy, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate. "I'm an anxious to see what else is in the Square Deal."
The press conference was held, not by coincidence, in a key Senate district in which Margie MacDonald, a former Schweitzer aide, is running against House Republican Leader Roy Brown.
"This is good," MacDonald said. "It kind of redistributes some of the income that got redistributed in the 1980s back to the homeowners and out of the pockets of the large utilities and railroads, who reaped the benefits of the 1990s' so-called tax reform."


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I'd be willing to bet he's counting virtual servers as servers.
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Are we sure it was DDoS and wasn't the Goons all trying to log on en masse.
Re:hUMA (102 comments)
I'm sure that Intel will happily let AMD do all the heavy lifting and then just license the tech when it becomes ready for prime time. If AMD can get just a couple of killer apps out of its' HSA initiative efforts they stand a decent chance to once again be the tail that wags the dog.
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Being 1/50th the size it will be welcome on mobile devices. Not sure that its a good thing for your gaming desktop.
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I'm interested to see how they portray the Goons on TV.
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Comcasted out to 60 ms here. my route took me down to CA then back up to Seattle and finally over to Chicago (Elk Grove)
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TeX for Math (300 comments)
When TeX was new people were not accustomed to seeing well type set documents unless they came from a legitimate publisher. I wrote several college papers in TeX and I think the presentation let me get a few mistakes past my teachers. I've not seen anything better for formulas - even today TeX documents have a more polished feel to them.
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Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead, only realize the truth....
This is why I wield a Spork!
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Hold on now, I have uncontestable proof that God has eff'ed me over many times.
Mary, don't exaggerate; it was just the one time.
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Chip 'n Dale - they are in Pluto's cartoon world "orbit"
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AMD announced today that they would have a message clarifying this. Apparently these rumors are not all true.
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Consume freely
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There Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) is pretty innovative stuff. If AMD is successful this will change the way software is written and move us to a more parallel world.
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I saw the Apollo capsule in the Smithsonian - I couldn't spent 15 minutes in one of those let alone go to the moon and back.
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Perl comes on Linux, sometimes BSD, though many build systems still use it.
Are you actively stating that there is no Perl for Windows?
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I'm looking forward to the Higgs weight loss method - a dietary supplement that rids your body of excess Higgs Bosons and helps you lose weight! This is a wonderful opportunity for pseudo-science.
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From TFA (emphasis mine)
The HSA (Heterogeneous System Architecture) Foundation is a not-for-profit consortium for SoC IP vendors, OEMs, academia, SoC vendors, OSVs and ISVs whose goal is to make it easy to program for parallel computing. HSA members are building a heterogeneous compute ecosystem, rooted in industry standards, for combining scalar processing on the CPU with parallel processing on the GPU while enabling high bandwidth access to memory and high application performance at low power consumption. HSA defines interfaces for parallel computation utilizing CPU, GPU and other programmable and fixed function devices, and support for a diverse set of high-level programming languages, thereby creating the next foundation in general purpose computing.
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Members of the HSA Foundation plan to deliver robust development solutions for heterogeneous compute to drive innovative content and applications with developer tools, software developer kits (SDKs), libraries, documentation, training, support and more.
Basically they are going to maintain a set of open standards for platforms that allow programmers to integrate code that runs on the GPU with code that runs on the CPU's.
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How about Rachael from Blade Runner
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It's true - TV's were relatively expensive 25 years ago. If you bought a good one it would easily last that long. If you paid extra - you got a sharper picture, a bigger screen, and more longevity - maybe a nicer cabinet. They didn't come with Pandora, or computers or wireless network adapters. They keep doing what TVs do - not much reason to replace them.


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According to Michelle Fisher, her child was in math class when he passed a clean sheet of paper to another student.
The teacher sent him to the office and once there a coach paddled him.
"He came home from school and pulled his pants down and said 'momma look.' His butt was covered in bruises. I took photos of it all and his grandmother took him to the doctor," said Fisher.
The doctor informed the child's grandmother that he had contusions on the buttocks and it was then Fisher contacted Superintendent Judy Nelson.
"She was never in her office every time I went by there. She later called my cell phone but this wasn't a conversation I wanted to have over the phone," said Fisher.
Unable to get the answers and action she wanted, Fisher then pressed charges against Coach Ricky Lunford, the coach that paddled her son.
The Bolivar County Justice Court confirmed a complaint had been filed but a warrant for his arrest not been issued.
The Shaw School District Board of Trustees met with Fisher and others to discuss the incident, however during an executive session when Fisher was called in she was told the board could not speak to her on the matter and would have to wait five days to give her a response according to Mississippi law.
The Bolivar Commercial was unable to make contact with the school board's attorney or a spokesperson from the Mississippi Department of Education by presstime.
The school district will have another meeting on Thursday at 6 p.m.
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That's what Joseph R. Morrison got when he was sentenced March 1 to five years and three months in federal prison for illegal possession of two .308-caliber rifle rounds. The details of his case are as follows: On June 21, 2001, Morrison contracted a nasty case of road rage on Highway 285 near Centerville. During an altercation on the side of the highway, he put a homemade "zip gun" to the scalp of another motorist and asked, rather rhetorically, "Do you want me to blow your head off?"
The other man flagged down a passing highway patrolman, who arrested Morrison and searched his vehicle, finding a pair of bullets that fit the single-shot zip gun.
Morrison had four South Carolina felony convictions on his record -- two for domestic violence, one for assault and battery, and one for malicious destruction of property -- making him an ideal candidate for Project Exile prosecution.
When an ATF agent test-fired the zip gun -- which was made of threaded plumbing fittings, with a spring for a hammer and a chopped piece of a key ring for a firing pin -- it didn't work. That would normally have been a moot point, because for a gun to fall under the jurisdiction of federal firearms laws, it needs first to have been involved in interstate transport. And in 99 percent of Colorado Exile cases, the firearms involved have, in fact, been manufactured in other states or countries before finding their way to Colorado. But in this situation, Morrison had made the gun himself.
So instead of charging him with illegal possession of a firearm, Exile prosecutors creatively employed a seldom-used provision of federal law that prohibits felons from possessing ammunition. Morrison pleaded not guilty. A jury convicted him earlier this year; he's scheduled for release in 2007.
Unusual as his case may be, Morrison seems to represent exactly the kind of criminal a program that targets gun violence would want to exile -- that is, a felon with a documented history of violence, who comes to the attention of prosecutors because he uses a gun to threaten or harm another person. As it turns out, Morrison is an exception among Project Exile felons, most of whom are caught in possession of a firearm not because they actually use it on another person, but because they are bad drivers, or passengers in the wrong car at the wrong time.
A sampling of cases:
On May 8, 1999, Dale American Horse, a Bureau of Indian Affairs peace officer assigned to the Ute Mountain Agency, was on a routine patrol of Rustling Willow Road in Towaoc, Colorado, when he stopped a red pickup truck with expired tags. The driver of the truck, Frank Johnson, appeared drunk, and there was a marijuana pipe on his seat. Officer American Horse searched the truck and found a .38-caliber revolver zippered inside a case under the driver's seat, along with a box of shells. Johnson, now 51, had four previous felonies on his record: breaking and entering (1982), burglary and escape from jail (1987), and battery on a police officer (1996). Charged under Project Exile as one of the program's first five cases, Johnson pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and was sentenced to 77 months in federal prison -- fourteen more than Joseph Morrison.
In the early hours of March 1, 2001, Richard Cruickshank, then 36, rolled his Ford Expedition on West 90th Place in Westminster. As rescue workers pried Cruickshank from his damaged SUV, a Westminster police officer saw a .45-caliber pistol tumble from the waistband of the injured driver's pants. The officer ran Cruickshank's name through a database and found previous felony convictions for being a habitual traffic offender in 1991, second-degree burglary in 1993, and possession of a controlled substance in 1998. Cruickshank pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 55 months.
Just after 6 a.m. on July 11, 2000, a Colorado Springs police officer manning a traffic radar station on Highway 24 clocked a motorcycle driven by Jacob Lee Sorenson at 88 miles per hour. Less than a minute later, Sorenson, then 25, failed to negotiate a turn and flew off the road. He survived, but amid the scattered wreckage of his motorcycle, the officer found a Colt .357 revolver. A check of Sorenson's criminal record revealed a 1996 felony conviction for menacing. Prosecuted under a Project Exile case, he pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and was sentenced to 41 months.
Also in July 2000, a Denver cop followed a gold Nissan Altima traveling at a high rate of speed on Federal Boulevard near Tenth Avenue. When the officer turned on his lights, he saw Adam Michael Bonillas, who was in the front passenger seat, toss a marijuana joint out the window. A search of the car turned up a .40-caliber semi-automatic pistol under the passenger seat. Bonillas said the gun was his. He had served three years in state prison for a 1996 conviction in Arizona for aggravated assault with a firearm. Among the minority of Project Exile defendants with a proven history of gun violence, Bonillas received a relatively light sentence of thirty months.
Floyd Zimmerman wasn't so lucky. On May 9, 2000, he was pulled over by a Denver police officer for failing to properly signal a turn onto 35th Avenue. When Zimmerman failed to produce proof of insurance, the officer searched his car and found a 9mm pistol under the front seat. Zimmerman's only felony record was a 1997 conviction for possession of a controlled substance, yet he was sentenced to forty months in federal prison.


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Once worse for the wear, Seton Catholic's football team now feels stronger for enduring the proverbial spanking.
Two years ago, a wide-eyed group of skinny sophomores were beaten in the first round of the Class 4A Division II playoffs by Goodyear Desert Edge. Last year, the Sentinels enjoyed their move to the new Division IV and ran roughshod through the regular season, followed by easy wins in the first two rounds of the playoffs.
Then came the championship standard known as defending-champion Blue Ridge, and the Sentinels freely admitted to being taken behind the ol' woodshed physically and with its speed. The Yellow Jackets beat Seton 45-14 in the semifinals.
"They hit us and we didn't know what was going to happen," senior receiver/defensive back Matt Haggerty said. "We were kind of lost."
Here we go again, except this time it's the championship game, and, this time, senior-laden Seton feels its better prepared.
Ten of the 11 seniors on this Sentinels squad were around for the previous physical punishments, and were keenly aware of the perception that Seton's succes the past couple years was because they were "fortunate" to wind up in Division IV after being in the old 4A-II. On one level it meant the Sentinels lost the likes of Notre Dame, Queen Creek and Desert Edge from the schedule during this two-year block. On another level, it meant the leap from regular season to those perennial powers from the White Mountain left Seton unaccustomed to such an upgrade.
Players spoke of being aware of the outside perception, so perhaps the Sentinels showed both themselves and others as much in a come-from-behind win in the final five minutes against Cottonwood Mingus in the quarterfinals, followed by another eyebrow-raising 42-14 thrashing of Show Low in last weekend's semifinals.
"That's two in two weeks against some perennial big dogs," Seton lineman Matt Hart said.
Though not without a speed bump or two, the quarterback platoon system between Ryan Bresnahan (the incumbent starter from 2011 who broke his hand in Week 3 and returned in the regular season finale) and David Gesicki has worked late in the season. Sentinels coach Rex Bowser has started one and then rotated them into the game, depending on whether one is playing particularly well. Bresnahan came up huge in the comeback win against Mingus (four TD passes), while both played well against Show Low.
"It (stinks) for them but it's worked out great for the team," receiver/kicker Daniel Garlid said. "Teams talk about having an advantage with a dual-threat quarterback, but we have two of them with David throwing and running, and (Bresnahan) who gets the ball out quick. They're going to keep battling for (playing time)."
Seton knows what's coming, mainly a healthy does of Blue Ridge's running game and defense. Arizona State-commit Chans Cox figures to be extremely limited because of a fractured bone in his foot, but the Yellow Jackets have a 1,500-yard rusher in junior Nolan Cook, and a dual-threat quarterback in Skyler Hill.
A win in the high altitude against a juggernaut — Blue Ridge has won 27 consecutive games since falling in the 2010 championship game to Show Low) — would be Seton's first state title since 1997 when it was a 2A school. The Sentinels were last here under current-coach Pete Wahlheim in 2003.
It would also complete a classic tale of the little kid being beaten up, only to keep coming back.
"It's going to be physical for four quarters," linebacker Greg Labenz said. "We're going to keep getting back up and whoever makes a play or two will be left."
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Courtesy Stemilt Growers, LLCWashington apples are packed at Stemilt Growers.WENATCHEE, Wash. — The Washington fresh apple crop should fall short of the record 2012 crop but still represent the second-largest volume on record, most industry observers believe.
Harvest timing is about a week earlier than last year. Marketers said sizing generally should be good, heavy to 72s and 88s for many varieties. Labor supply should be adequate this fall, but weather events that would shorten the season could change that.
Marketers attending the U.S. Apple Association's Apple Crop Outlook and Marketing Conference on Aug. 22-23 in Chicago put the fresh crop in Washington at about 120 million cartons, short of the 129 million box crop from 2012. The total Washington apple crop, including processing apples, was put at 140 million bushels, down from the 155 million bushels in 2012 but 4% higher than five-year average.
Better-than-expected yields last year in new apple plantings saw crop expectations grow from about 109 million cartons early in the season to nearly 130 million cartons after all the fruit was under cover.
New apple orchards are planted at 1,200 to 1,400 trees per acre, which has pushed production levels to 80-90 bins of fruit per acre, said Mike Nicholson, salesman for Columbia Marketing International, Wenatchee.
Historically, the normal yield would have been closer to 50-60 bins per acres.
"That's what took people by surprise last year," he said.
There is a little bit less acreage in the state now than 10 years ago — 167,489 acres in 2011 compared to 192,000 in 2011 — but much of it is high density, Nicholson said.
Before the season started, industry guesses about the 2013 fresh crop typically ranged from 115 million to 125 million cartons, with some higher and some lower projections.
Apples had good cell division at the beginning of the year, said Roger Pepperl, director of marketing for Stemilt Growers LLC.
Pepperl said it is possible the crop will be shorter than the trade believes.
"Big crops get bigger, and small crops get smaller," he said.
Fruit size should be good, said Steve Reisenauer, sales manager for Sage Fruit, Yakima.
"We've had some hail damage in certain districts that will shorten the crop, but we had very good weather at bloom and post bloom, so we expect fruit size to be good, which adds to the crop size," Reisenauer said.
Marketers said this year's crop has shown varying yield trends, depending on variety.
Pink Lady, Honeycrisp and galas may be up, while reds and fujis may see the biggest declines compared with a year ago, Reisenauer said. All the other varieties may be slightly down.


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We ate dinner with friends at a little boutique restaurant. I had a martini before dinner and ordered trout almondine, just as if I were in the French Quarter, in New Orleans.
The next morning, we played at Lakewood Golf Club.
Every course we had played so far in our week of "Third Coast" golf had been built since 1987. Of the thirty-six holes at Marriott's Grand Hotel, eighteen are more than fifty years old. We were lucky enough to play the original course, which is normally broken up, with nine holes on each of the Azalea and Dogwood layouts. The old course has a moody, dreamy antebellum character that comes, chiefly, from the dozens of ancient, brooding live oak trees that flank the fairways--mythic trees whose branches are draped with Spanish moss and who remind all but the most harried players that golf is a game that disregards time. We teed off at eight, when there was still dew on the grass.
"It is," Marsha said, "lovely. Just lovely."
The course was splendidly uncrowded, and we played at our own languid pace, pausing to admire an especially stately live oak or to study the little Civil War graveyard along the OB line of one fairway. We had talked earlier in the week to a couple of young golfers who disdained this course because, they said, the maintenance was poor. In fact, the course was in fine shape--even in this transitional time between grasses--but there were inevitable root intrusions near the indispensable trees. So if that is where your ball stopped, then you had to hit off bare ground. Golfers raised on television, where the PGA Tour sites are all groomed to lavish perfection, might opt to lose the trees so that they could hit off grass. But they would be idiots.
We were near the end of our week and had not eaten enough seafood. So we went to a favorite place, the Bayside Grill, in Orange Beach, and had oyster po' boys with a side of grilled shrimp. And a little cold beer for our poor parched throats. While we ate, we watched tourists load into tour boats for dolphin watching. There was, we decided, a lot we hadn't done. I had not fished at all, for instance, and the cobia were running offshore. Nor had we gone honky-tonking.
"One more day," I said. "Want to skip the golf and do some other things?"
"Have you lost your mind?" Marsha said.
"I see your point," I said.
There remained a new nine at Peninsula that we hadn't yet played, and we had faith that Earl would be good to us. So we called for a morning tee time. The next day, after a good, valedictory round at Peninsula, we drove to Mobile to catch our plane. The flight had been canceled. We were rebooked on another flight--six hours later. So we found a place a few miles from the airport where we settled in front of the television with a plate of cold shrimp and watched the third round of the Masters, in which another guy named Norman was having his problems.


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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph (pronounced "Raif") Vaughan Williams was born in Gloucestershire in 1872, descended from such distinguished figures as Charles Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood III. Before he went to the Royal College of Music in 1890 he had learned the piano, violin, viola, organ, figured bass and harmony. After leaving the RCM he went to Trinity College, Cambridge and then back to the RCM for a further year. He was taught composition by Parry, Wood and Stanford . He later studied with Max Bruch in Berlin and Maurice Ravel in Paris. He felt drawn irresistibly to English folksongs, a passion he shared with his friend Gustav Holst. By 1910 he had written the Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis and was an established writer, lecturer, music editor and folksong collector, as well as his composing.
After the First World War, having served in Salonika and in France, VW began to teach at the RCM, as well as conducting numerous societies including the Bach Choir and the Handel Society. He revised The Lark Ascending and A London Symphony and continued to compose. In 1922 a new friend, Adrian Boult, conducted the premiere of A Pastoral Symphony (No. 3), and his music was being performed in Salzburg, Venice, Prague, Geneva and London. From the 1920's, VW specialised as a composer-conductor, particularly with works such as the London Symphony and Symphony No. 4 (1931-4). He was awarded many prizes, including honorary doctorates, the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society (1930), the Collard Life Fellowship (1934), the OM (1935), and the Albert Medal of the Royal Society of Arts (1955).
In 1939 Vaughan Williams objected to the plight of German refugees, and as a result his music was banned in Germany. He worked during the war for the benefit of interned musicians and helped other bodies which promoted music. His 6th Symphony was hailed as a 'War Symphony', although VW denied that it had been composed as such. He felt that more and more he was being treated as a 'grand old man', and objected to the idea by writing facetious programme notes. In 1951 his wife Adeline died at the age of 80, and married Ursula Wood 2 years later, moving to London. Although he was quite deaf, he enjoyed London and travelled abroad, lecturing at Cornell University in the USA, among others. His film music enjoyed great success, and he continued to be outspoken on subjects about which he felt strongly. Among these were the BBC's Third Programme and the new organ for the Festival Hall. He also continued to write music, including three more symphonies. When he died in 1958, his ashes were interred in Westminster Abbey near the graves of Purcell and Stanford.
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