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Actress Julianne Moore is calling out politicians in her new PSA for Moms Clean Air Force.
Moore notes in the video that because politicians seem to be full of "hot air," the public needs to demand that they take action to protect humanity's future. She says, "Please tell Washington we want a plan for a clean energy future. An end to global warming."
Considering neither politicians (nor any of the moderators) mentioned climate change, arguably the biggest threat to the entire planet, during any of the three debates, it doesn't seem like our representatives are taking the issue seriously enough. This is the first time since the 1980's that climate change was not mentioned during the presidential debates.
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Yossi Benayoun will leave Chelsea at the end of the season, his agent Ronen Katsav has revealed.
Yossi Benayoun will leave Chelsea at the end of the season, his agent Ronen Katsav has revealed.
Benayoun has only managed a handful of games since joining Chelsea in 2010 with injuries preventing him from becoming a first-team regular at Stamford Bridge.
He spent some time on loan with Arsenal and West Ham and his agent has confirmed that the midfielder will be allowed to leave the club when his contract runs out in the summer.
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Rubin Kazan and Lokomotiv Moscow have both been linked with a move for the 32-year-old, although he could attract interest from some Premier League clubs.
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Stores receiving 'large quantities' of 5s screens
US and Canadian Apple Stores will finally start conducting iPhone 5s screen replacements on or around August 4th, sources say. Some US stores have been piloting the service for the past several months, but now Apple Stores are reportedly receiving "large quantities" of replacement screens. iPhone 5c screen services began in January.
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Yalac - Comparisons, How the evaluation release compares to other compressors
Yalac - Comparisons, How the evaluation release compares to other compressors
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In this thread the testers should post comparisons of the preset modes of Yalac (Working name for "Yet another lossless audio compressor") with other lossless compressors.
The results for specific variations of individual encoder options should go into the thread " Yalac Evaluation and optimization".
Please post the exact version number of the compressors. Compression ratio should be specified in percent of the uncompressed file size. Speed figures should be specified as multiple of real time (duration of the test files). A specification of your test system, especially the CPU, would be helpful.
Open end: Feel free to add more results later.
What happened
Bad timing of my introduction (April 1.) forced an early publication of an evaluation release of Yalac, to prove, that it really works. This are results of 8 forum members, who where so kind to test the experimental release for me.
Many thanks!
Yalac should finally achieve compression ratios on par with Monkey's Audio High. Decoding speed should be at least two times higher than Monkey and never be significantly lower than with FLAC (possibly Yalac will later be integrated into FLAC).
My next steps
The first results i have received from the testers show me some weaknesses of the encoder. That's a good thing, because that means, that there definitely is a chance to increase the compression efficiency! Same is true for the speed; especially the decoder is not fully optimized yet. But it will take some time, before i will come up with an optimized release.
Links to 24 bit files i have used
I think, they are hard to find.
44 KHz, 24 bit
Source: http://www.mytekdigital.com/compare/comparison1.htm
48 KHz, 24 bit
Source: http://ff123.net/samples.html
Or make a better Google search. foosion shows you how: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....ndpost&p=381702
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Following my comparison using 16bit 44.1KHz stereo tracks I had started preparing for a comparison using the same tracks converted to mono, and also 48KHz and 24 bit.
Is it worth me continuing with this?
I am also wary that you, Thomas, are currently in the process of changing things around a fair bit. I wonder whether I might do better to hold off until you release these changes?
That said, I am, of course, happy to help if you would like more variety in your results. I just don't want to be wasting my time really, if you feel that you already have enough data for the current run.
I'm on a horse.
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Emirates Team NZ races Luna Rossa Swordfish, Shown here passing through the leeward gate at the ACWS in Naples Italy.
The second day of racing in the America's Cup World Series in Naples started with a bang, literally, for Emirates Team New Zealand.
In the first race of the day, a match race with Luna Rossa Swordfish, Dean Barker and his crew got off the start line with a penalty on Francesco Bruni allowing the New Zealand crew to round the first mark with a slim lead.
The real drama of the race came at the top mark having led throughout the upwind beat the Kiwis approached the top mark zone with their nose in front on starboard tack. The Italians coming in with pace on port dramatically crashed into the side of the Emirates Team New Zealand AC45.
Tactician Ray Davies: 'We were sailing a pretty nice race until the top mark and Luna Rossa came in with buoy room, it was touch and go weather we were going to cross them and their only chance of winning the race was to stick it in there and they did.'
ETNZ rounded the mark in front but the umpires judged the Italians bow reached the mark zone a just prior to the Kiwis and had therefore gained the right of way a moment before the collision.
Dean Barker and his crew were penalized down the final run by the umpires, effectively sealing their fate and taking any chance of coming back into the race and the Match race series.
Ray Davies: 'From there it was pretty hard to get the penalty done and win the race.'
The fleet race story of the day was about making the best of bad situations and fighting back from them.
In both races Emirates Team New Zealand was across the line prematurely, but the team showed the fighting spirit for which they are renowned and battled their way back through the fleet to gain a respectable fifth and third which leaves the crew in second equal place in the overall standings.
Skipper Dean Barker reflects on the day: 'As a positive we salvaged some good results out of pretty bad situations. The boat is going well and the guys are sailing well. We have got a lot of work to do around the start line because it is not acceptable being over twice in two starts. But if we can sail this badly and be in second place just two points off the lead then if we can get it together we will be dangerous.'
America's Cup World Series Naples Standings?
(Provisional, after 4 of 7 scheduled races)?
1. ORACLE TEAM USA (Tom Slingsby) – 38 points?
2. Energy Team (Yann Guichard) – 36?
3. Emirates Team New Zealand (Dean Barker) – 36?
4. J.P. Morgan BAR (Ben Ainslie) – 35 ?
5. Luna Rossa Piranha (Chris Draper) – 33?
6. Luna Rossa Swordfish (Francesco Bruni) – 23?
7. Artemis Racing White (Charlie Ekberg) – 21?
8. HS Racing (R. Hagara/H.S. Steinacher) – 17?
9. China Team (Mitch Booth) – 14 ? ?
Saturday's Match Racing Schedule?
Semifinal 1: Luna Rossa Piranha vs. Luna Rossa Swordfish?
Semifinal 2: ORACLE TEAM USA SLINGSBY vs. J.P. Morgan BAR


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Am I really any good for you, like you say I am?
It's seems to me that I only hurt you, though I try to do what I can.
I only bring you worry, and sadness and depression,
Though I know that you are my obsession.
I love you so much, and my heart is begging me to stop,
But I can't help it.
You seem to have some kind of romantic feelings for her,
And I can't shake the feeling that it's her you prefer.
I'm sorry for feeling like this,
To you and my heart,
But I've loved you from the start.
My love for you will never die, and will only grow,
But I think that you need to know.
If you want her, go to her, I won't blame you,
Don't worry about what I'd do.
Just worry about your happiness, because that's what I want,
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Previous Book Club Reads
July/August 2013 was The First Days by Rhiannon Frater
July 25th – Chapters 1-3
August 1st – Chapters 4-7
August 8th – Chapters 8-11
August 15th – Chapters 12-15
August 22nd – Chapters 16-19
August 29th – Chapters 20-epilogue
Goodreads Description:
Katie is driving to work one beautiful day when a dead man jumps into her car and tries to eat her. That same morning, Jenni opens a bedroom door to find her husband devouring their toddler son.
Fate puts Jenni and Katie—total strangers—together in a pickup, fleeing the suddenly zombie-filled streets of the Texas city in which they live. Before the sun has set, they have become more than just friends and allies—they are bonded as tightly as any two people who have been to war together.
During their cross-Texas odyssey to find and rescue Jenni's oldest son, Jenni discovers the joy of watching a zombie's head explode when she shoots its brains out. Katie learns that she's a terrific tactician—and a pretty good shot.
A chance encounter puts them on the road to an isolated, fortified town, besieged by zombies, where fewer than one hundred people cling to the shreds of civilization.
It looks like the end of the world. But Katie and Jenni and many others will do whatever they have to to stay alive. Run, fight, pick each other up when they stumble, fall in love…anything is possible at the end of the world.
May/June 2013 Read was Blood Vine by Amber Belldene
In Blood Vine, bites are an inconvenient bliss, exiled vampires are wasting away, and the fate of their kind depends on the perfect PR campaign.When public relations pro Zoey Porter arrives at an enchanting California winery, she discovers her sexy new client is the almost one-night stand she can't forget. After her husband's suicide, Zoey has vowed never to risk her heart again. But can she walk away from the intriguing winemaker a second time?
Driven from Croatia by his ancient foes, vampire Andre Maras has finally made a blood-like wine to cure his fellow refugees. Now he needs Zoey's PR expertise to reach them. After his wife's death, Andre has a vow of his own—never to risk another painful blood bond. And one taste of the tempting Zoey would bind him to her eternally.
His secrets stall her PR plans. Her jealousy is stoked by the blissed-out beauties leaving his bedroom. At every turn, he utterly fails to resist her. When she discovers he is a vampire, will she be lost to the golden-eyed Hunters, or lose herself to the emptiness in her heart, before she can help him save his kind?
March/April 2013 Read was Violet Midnight by Lynn Rush
March 7th- 1-5
March 14th- 6-11
March 21st-12-16
March 28th- 17-22
April 4th- 23-27
April 11th- 28-32
April 18th- 33-38
April 25th-39-43
Goodreads Description:
Let the Hunt begin…
Blending in with her college co-eds proves difficult for vampire Hunter, Emma Martin, considering the mystical tattoo on her wrist glows whenever Vamps are near. And after three months of silence, the glow is back with a vengeance.
Jake Cunningham witnesses Emma, a violet-eyed beauty, using unimaginable powers to fight off a fanged creature. Finally, after two years of searching, he may have found out what he's become—a Hunter, like Emma.
Thankful for an ally in the fight against the Vamps, Emma finds hope and comfort in Jake's arms. As she learns more about her new love's family and its dark heritage, she may be forced not only to hunt them but to sacrifice her life to save Jake's soul.
January/February 2013 Read was Stealing Breath by Joanne Brothwell
November/December 2012 Read was A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Goodreads Description:
One of the best-loved and most quoted stories of "the man who invented Christmas"-English writer Charles Dickens-A Christmas Carol debuted in 1843 and has touched millions of hearts since. Cruel miser Ebeneezer Scrooge has never met a shilling he doesn't like. . .and hardly a man he does. And he hates Christmas most of all. When Scrooge is visited by his old partner, Jacob Marley, and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come, he learns eternal lessons of charity, kindness, and goodwill. Experience a true Victorian Christmas!
Reading Schedule:
Nov 1 – Stave 1 (aka Chapter 1)
Nov 8 – Stave 2 (aka Chapter 2)
Nov 15 – Stave 3 (aka Chapter 3)
Nov 22 – Enjoy Thanksgiving with family
Nov 29 – Stave 4 (aka Chapter 4)
Dec 6 – Stave 5 (aka Chapter 5)
Dec 13 – Movie Time! – Find and watch a film adaptation of the book (your choice) and share your thoughts on it. What version did you watch? How similiar/different was it from the book? What did you like about the adaptation? Dislike? etc.
Dec 20 – Review (And Happy Holidays to all!)
Dec 27 – Enjoy a wonderful break!
September/October 2012 Read was Lonely Souls by Kate Evangelista
The Reading Schedule
Sept 6th – Chap 1-4
Sept 13th – Chap 5-7
Sept 20th – Chap 8-11
Sept 27th – Chap 12-14
Oct 4th – Chap 15-18
Oct 11th – Chap 19-21
Oct 18th – Chap 22-24
Oct 25th – Chap 25-27
Oct 30th Review with linky
Goodreads Description:
It's two weeks before Triss turns 18, and her world is about to change into the most magical one imaginable as she readies herself to enter The Witch Avenue Order… that is until her mother's disappearance. Determined to find out what happened to her mother, Triss uncovers cryptic messages that lead her to the dark side of magic that she never wanted to believe existed. Forced on a journey that may not give her the answers she was hoping for, it's up to Triss not to fall victim to the realm of Lonely Souls.
July/August 2012 Read was Taste by Kate Evangelista
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At Barinkoff Academy, there's only one rule: no students on campus after curfew. Phoenix McKay soon finds out why when she is left behind at sunset. A group calling themselves night students threaten to taste her flesh until she is saved by a mysterious, alluring boy. With his pale skin, dark eyes, and mesmerizing voice, Demitri is both irresistible and impenetrable. He warns her to stay away from his dangerous world of flesh eaters. Unfortunately, the gorgeous and playful Luka has other plans.
When Phoenix is caught between her physical and her emotional attraction, she becomes the keeper of a deadly secret that will rock the foundations of an ancient civilization living beneath Barinkoff Academy. Phoenix doesn't realize until it is too late that the closer she gets to both Demitri and Luka the more she is plunging them all into a centuries old feud.
May-June 2012 Read was Bella by Steven Piacente
Book Synopsis from Author's Website:
Isabel Moss knew she might lose her husband when he went off to war.
When the call came, she was almost ready.
What stopped her cold was the second call…
Reading Schedule
May 3rd Preface-3
May 10th 4-8
May 17th 9-12
May 24th 13-16
May 31st 17-21
June 7th 22-25
June14th 26-29
June 21st 30-33
June 28th 34-37
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In the face of aggression from the United States or Israel, Iran will attack to defend itself, Iran's most powerful figure, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday.
"We do not have nuclear weapons and we will not build them but in the face of aggression from the enemies, whether from America or the Zionist regime, to defend ourselves we will attack on the same level as the enemies attack us," Khamenei said live on television.
"Americans are making a grave mistake if they think by making threats they will destroy the Iranian nation," he said in his annual speech to mark Nowruz, the Iranian New Year.
Israel and the United States have threatened military action against Iran unless it abandons nuclear activities which the West suspects are intended to develop nuclear weapons.
Further talks between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries are expected to take place next month in an attempt to reach a compromise deal.
The most recent talks between world powers and Iran failed in January 2011 because of Iran's refusal to suspend its sensitive uranium enrichment work, as demanded by several UN resolutions and major powers.
It says it has the right to develop a peaceful nuclear programme under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
In his speech, Khamenei highlighted the country's nuclear achievements over the last 12 months - increasing uranium enrichment to 20 percent and loading domestically-made fuel rods into the Tehran Research Reactor.
"In a situation where the enemies were putting bets on the fall of the Iranian nation, and talking about the crippling sanctions, Iran has accomplished all these achievements," he added.
The U.S. and its allies have imposed tough new sanctions on Iran since this year which western diplomats say show signs of having a strong effect on the Iranian economy.
Earlier, Khamenei unveiled a national production plan and urged the nation to buy domestically-made goods, saying it would help to defeat sanctions. - Reuters
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Marion City Police Majors Bill Collins (left), Randy Caryer and Jay McDonald took civil service exams Saturday to determine who would be named the next chief of police. Caryer has served as interim chief since former Chief of Police Tom Bell retired in November. Marion Star Photos
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Officers aimed for a promotion by putting down their guns and picking up pencils over the weekend.
Three majors and 10 lieutenants with the Marion Police Department took civil service exams Saturday to determine the next chief of police and fill vacant major positions, respectively.
Results from the test will be finalized in a few weeks, but Majs. Bill Collins, Jay McDonald and interim police chief Randy Caryer are anxiously awaiting to see who scored the highest. ...


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2 Chainz Announces 'Based On A T.R.U. Story' Nov/Dec Tour Dates
2 Chainz went wild during the first leg of his 'Based On A T.R.U. Story' tour and it was met with such a great response that he has decided to hit the road again in the fall.
The Atlanta rapper just announced a new set of tour dates that run from November into December and these dates are sure to send his fans crazy. The 18-city North American jaunt kicks off in Florida on November 23rd and takes 2 Chainz to his hometown of Atlanta on November 28th before visiting a few other states and eventually coming to a close on December 22nd in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Tickets go on sale starting October 19th via Ticket Master and more dates are to be announced as the weeks go by.
2 Chainz's 'Based on a T.R.U. Story' Fall Tour Dates:
11/23 – Jacksonville, Fla. | Florida Theatre
11/24 – Tampa, Fla. | The RITZ Ybor
11/25 – Orlando, Fla. | The Plaza Live
11/26 – Miami Beach, Fla. | The Fillmore Miami Beach
11/28 – Atlanta, Ga. | Tabernacle
11/30 – North Myrtle Beach, S.C. | House of Blues
12/1 – Charlotte, N.C. | The Fillmore Charlotte
12/3 – Buffalo, N.Y. | Town Ballroom
12/4 – Boston, Mass. | House of Blues
12/5 – Providence, R.I. | Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
12/8 – New York, N.Y. | Roseland Ballroom
12/11 – Pittsburgh, Pa. | Stage AE
12/12 – Cleveland, Ohio | House of Blues
12/15 – San Francisco, Calif. | Warfield Theater
12/18 – Reno, Nev. | Knitting Factory
12/20 – Portland, Ore. | Roseland Theater
12/21 – Seattle, Wash. | Showbox at the Market
12/22 – Vancouver, B.C. | Commodore Ballroom
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CHAMBERSBURG >> Maybe, they will chat with residents and provide comfort. Perhaps, they'll play bingo or participate in various crafts. Sometimes, they will sing a song or conduct Bible study.
The Magnolias of Chambersburg relies on a number of volunteers throughout the year. While their efforts are appreciated on a daily basis, volunteers are in the spotlight throughout April, which is National Volunteer Month.
"We have quite a few wonderful volunteers, and they all do such a great job," said Melissa Buksa, activities coordinator at Magnolias of Chambersburg, a senior living community at 745 Norland Avenue. "The volunteers really make an impact on our residents and they are a true asset to our team."
Shippensburg University student Karleena Delphey is an intern at Magnolias of Chambersburg. The 22-year-old geriatrics major is at the senior living community twice a week, spending hours with the residents while helping with crafts and bingo or participating in lunch outings.
"She provides a huge lift and is of great assistance to me," Buksa said. "We have been blessed to have Karleena here."
Volunteer Shirley Koontz teaches Bible study each Wednesday. An ordained minister, she has been part of the Magnolias of Chambersburg family for four years while teaching both the senior living and memory care residents.
"The residents feel very comfortable with her and share a lot of their life happenings with her," Buksa said. "She is here faithfully every Wednesday and has been volunteering here for more than four years."
A number of area churches volunteer in a variety of ways, with some offering services and others providing entertainment through their choirs. Among those are the Salvation Army Church; Freedom In Christ Church; Corpus Christi Catholic Church; Family Christian Fellowship Church; Culbertson Mennonite Church; Spring Valley Mennonite Church; and Chambersburg Mennonite Church.
A group of Red Hat ladies visits alternate months to host bingo and serve refreshments. The musical group Guilford Station performs monthly, treating residents to the sounds of bass, cello and other instruments.
"Our volunteers here at Magnolias are priceless. They have been faithful volunteers for many years, and they are very popular with our residents," Buksa said. "They give so much of themselves, and they continually spread joy and happiness to our residents and staff.
"We can't thank all of our volunteers enough. It's great to recognize them during National Volunteer Month and National Volunteer Week. But they mean so much to us all year long."
Melissa Buksa can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 264-6000.


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Twin Disc, Inc. Announces Fiscal 2013 Fourth Quarter Financial Results *Sales and Earnings Decline due to Continued Weakness in North American Pressure Pumping Sector *China Expands to 10% of Sales *Company Opens India Manufacturing Facility *Balance Sheet Remains Strong *Backlog Shows First Improvement in Seven Quarters Business Wire RACINE, Wis. -- July 30, 2013 Twin Disc, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWIN) today reported financial results for the fiscal 2013 fourth quarter ended June 30, 2013. Sales for the fiscal 2013 fourth quarter were $75,931,000, down from $96,109,000 for the same period last year. For fiscal 2013, sales were $285,282,000, compared to the record $355,870,000 for fiscal 2012. The anticipated decrease in sales was primarily the result of lower demand from customers in the pressure pumping sector of the North American oil and gas market and softness in sales to European customers. Offsetting weakness in these markets was higher demand from customers in the North American and Asian commercial marine markets. Sales to customers serving the global mega yacht market remained at historic lows throughout the fiscal year, while demand remained steady for equipment used in the airport rescue and fire fighting (ARFF), and military markets. Gross margin for the fiscal 2013 fourth quarter was 27.2 percent, compared to 29.4 percent in the fiscal 2012 fourth quarter and 25.9 percent in the fiscal 2013 third quarter. The anticipated year-over-year decline in the fiscal 2013 fourth quarter gross margin was the result of lower sales volumes and a less profitable mix of business. For fiscal 2013, gross margin was 28.1 percent, compared to 34.2 percent for fiscal 2012. For the fiscal 2013 fourth quarter, marketing, engineering and administrative (ME&A) expenses, as a percentage of sales, were 22.5 percent, compared to 20.1 percent for the fiscal 2012 fourth quarter. ME&A expenses decreased $1,940,000 versus the fiscal 2012 fourth quarter. The table below summarizes significant changes in certain ME&A expenses for the quarter: Three Months Ended (In thousands) June 30, June 30, Increase/ 2013 2012 (Decrease) Stock-Based Compensation $ 270 $ (380 ) $ 650 Incentive/Bonus Expense 290 1,885 (1,595 ) $ (945 ) Foreign Exchange Translation, Net (107 ) $ (1,052 ) All Other, Net (1,183 ) $ (2,235 ) The year-over-year net remaining decrease in ME&A expenses of $1,183,000 for the quarter primarily relates to efforts to control global ME&A expenses in light of the current softness in demand experienced in certain of the Company's markets. For fiscal 2013, ME&A expenses, as a percentage of sales, were 23.8 percent, compared to 20.5 percent for fiscal 2012. For fiscal 2013, ME&A expenses decreased $4,897,000 versus the prior fiscal year. The table below summarizes significant changes in certain ME&A expenses for the fiscal year: Year Ended June 30, June 30, Increase/ (In thousands) 2013 2012 (Decrease) Stock-Based Compensation $ 2,681 $ 1,642 $ 1,039 Incentive/Bonus Expense 493 5,013 (4,520 ) $ (3,481 ) Foreign Exchange Translation, Net (913 ) $ (4,394 ) All Other, Net (798 ) $ (5,192 ) The year-over-year net remaining decrease in ME&A expenses of $798,000 for the year primarily relates to efforts to control global ME&A expenses in light of the current softness in demand experienced in certain of the Company's markets. In connection with preparing its financial statements for fiscal 2013, the Company recorded an impairment of $1,405,000, or $0.12 per diluted share, which represents the remaining intangibles and fixed assets of an Italian distribution entity for which the Company expects to terminate the distribution agreement. In the prior year, the Company took an impairment charge of $3,670,000, or $0.32 per diluted share, for the write-down of goodwill at an Italian manufacturing operation due to softness in the Italian mega yacht market. The Company also recorded a $708,000, or $0.06 per diluted share, restructuring charge in the fiscal 2013 fourth quarter, representing the minimum legal indemnity for a targeted workforce reduction at the Company's Belgian operation, along with the cost associated with the elimination of a corporate officer position. With negotiations on the Belgian restructuring completed in July, the Company will record an additional restructuring charge of approximately $1,077,000 in the fiscal 2014 first quarter. The effective tax rate for the twelve months of fiscal 2013 was 54.0 percent, which is significantly higher than the prior year rate of 39.8 percent. Both years were impacted by non-deductible losses in certain foreign jurisdictions that are subject to a valuation allowance, as well as non-deductible impairment charges. Adjusting for these non-deductible losses, the fiscal 2013 rate would have been 35.0 percent compared to 33.3 percent for fiscal 2012. The effective rate for the fiscal 2013 fourth quarter was 89.2 percent compared to 76.6 percent for the same period last fiscal year. Adjusting both for non-deductible losses results in rates of 30.0 percent for the fiscal 2013 fourth quarter and 37.8 percent for the fiscal 2012 fourth quarter. The fiscal 2013 fourth quarter rate was favorably impacted by a favorable change in Italian tax law of $379,000. The Company reported net income attributable to Twin Disc for the fiscal 2013 fourth quarter of $47,000, or $0.00 per diluted share, compared to net earnings of $1,263,000, or $0.11 per diluted share, for the fiscal 2012 fourth quarter. For fiscal 2013, net earnings attributable to Twin Disc were $3,882,000, or $0.34 per diluted share, compared to $26,743,000, or $2.31 per diluted share for fiscal 2012. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)* was $4,729,000 for the fiscal 2013 fourth quarter, compared to $8,780,000 for the fiscal 2012 fourth quarter. For fiscal 2013, EBITDA was $21,141,000, compared to $56,789,000 for fiscal 2012. Commenting on the results, Michael E. Batten, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said: "On many levels, fiscal 2013 was a transitional year for the Company as we continued to build a solid foundation to support our long-term growth strategies. A key component of our strategic plan has been to enhance Twin Disc's position as a global company. For the sixth consecutive year, the majority of our sales have been to customers outside the U.S. We remain committed to marketing the Twin Disc brand internationally with an expanding focus on emerging markets. As a result, China now represents 10 percent of overall sales and has become the second largest market for sales after the U.S. "In addition to diversifying our sales geographically, during fiscal 2013 we expanded our manufacturing footprint with the commissioning of a facility near Chennai, India, after several years of developing a high-quality, low-cost supply chain. The 35,000 square foot facility provides light machining and assembly of industrial products that initially will be shipped to customers around the world. While we invest in emerging economies, we are looking at ways to improve the performance of our European operations and, during the quarter, took an impairment charge at one of our Italian subsidiaries and restructured our Belgian operation. As we mentioned earlier in this release, we will record an additional restructuring charge in the fiscal 2014 first quarter as a result of further actions to improve profitability at this facility." Christopher J. Eperjesy, Vice President - Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, stated: "Our balance sheet improved in the fourth quarter, as total debt net of cash, was $6,429,000 at June 30, 2013, compared to $16,444,000 at June 30, 2012, and $17,541,000 at March 29, 2013. Positive changes in working capital, as a result of reductions in our receivable balance and inventory, allowed the Company to generate $24,476,000 of cash from operations. At June 30, 2013, we had total cash of $20,724,000, compared to cash of $15,701,000 at June 30, 2012. Capital expenditures for fiscal 2013 were $6,582,000 and we anticipate investing approximately $15,000,000 in capital expenditures for fiscal 2014 as we continue to upgrade our facilities." Mr. Batten continued: "Our six-month backlog at June 30, 2013 was $66,765,000 compared to $64,879,000 at March 29, 2013 and $98,746,000 at June 30, 2012. The $1,886,000 sequential increase in the backlog represents the first increase in seven quarters. While we are optimistic our backlog has bottomed, we do not anticipate the improvement to be similar to the past recovery, which was driven by rapid demand for oil and gas pressure pumping transmissions in North America. The fiscal 2014 first half will be influenced by similar dynamics that affected our business this past year – global demand from commercial marine customers and international oil and gas opportunities, offset by weak European and global mega yacht markets. We are cautiously optimistic demand from the North American oil and gas market will begin to improve in the fiscal 2014 second half. Coming off another record sales year, Asia continues to be a major growth region for the Company. In particular, the long-term outlook for the Chinese commercial marine and pressure pumping transmission markets continues to be strong. I am proud of our team's success executing our global growth initiatives and I am confident we have created the correct strategies that will capitalize on long-term opportunities to increase sales and improve profitability." Twin Disc will be hosting a conference call to discuss these results and to answer questions at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, July 30, 2013. To participate in the conference call, please dial 877-941-1428 five to 10 minutes before the call is scheduled to begin. A replay will be available from 2:00 p.m. July 30, 2013 until midnight August 6, 2013. The number to hear the teleconference replay is 877-870-5176. The access code for the replay is 4630318. The conference call will also be broadcast live over the Internet. To listen to the call via the Internet, access Twin Disc's website at http://ir.twindisc.com/index.cfm and follow the instructions at the web cast link. The archived web cast will be available shortly after the call on the Company's website. About Twin Disc, Inc. Twin Disc, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells marine and heavy-duty off-highway power transmission equipment. Products offered include: marine transmissions, surface drives, propellers and boat management systems, as well as power-shift transmissions, hydraulic torque converters, power take-offs, industrial clutches and control systems. The Company sells its products to customers primarily in the pleasure craft, commercial and military marine markets, as well as in the energy and natural resources, government and industrial markets. The Company's worldwide sales to both domestic and foreign customers are transacted through a direct sales force and a distributor network. Forward-Looking Statements This press release may contain statements that are forward looking as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission in its rules, regulations and releases. The Company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. All forward-looking statements are based on current expectations regarding important risk factors including those identified in the Company's most recent periodic report and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, actual results may differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, and the making of such statements should not be regarded as a representation by the Company or any other person that the results expressed therein will be achieved. *Non-GAAP Financial Disclosures Financial information excluding the impact of foreign currency exchange rate changes and the impact of acquisitions, if any, in this press release are not measures that are defined in U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"). These items are measures that management believes are important to adjust for in order to have a meaningful comparison to prior and future periods and to provide a basis for future projections and for estimating our earnings growth prospects. Non-GAAP measures are used by management as a performance measure to judge profitability of our business absent the impact of foreign currency exchange rate changes and acquisitions. Management analyzes the company's business performance and trends excluding these amounts. These measures, as well as EBITDA, provide a more consistent view of performance than the closest GAAP equivalent for management and investors. Management compensates for this by using these measures in combination with the GAAP measures. The presentation of the non-GAAP measures in this press release are made alongside the most directly comparable GAAP measures. Definition – Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) The sum of, net earnings and adding back provision for income taxes, interest expense, depreciation and amortization expenses: this is a financial measure of the profit generated excluding the above mentioned items. --Financial Results Follow-- CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (In thousands, except per-share data; unaudited) Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended June 30, June 30, June 30, June 30, 2013 2012(*) 2013 2012(*) Net sales $ 75,931 $ 96,109 $ 285,282 $ 355,870 Cost of goods sold 55,308 67,863 205,257 234,238 Gross profit 20,623 28,246 80,025 121,632 Marketing, engineering and 17,104 19,339 67,899 73,091 administrative expenses Impairment charge 1,405 3,670 1,405 3,670 Restructuring of 708 - 708 - operations Earnings from 1,406 5,237 10,013 44,871 operations Interest expense 434 346 1,435 1,475 Other income, net (636 ) (887 ) (659 ) (1,360 ) Earnings before income taxes and noncontrolling 1,608 5,778 9,237 44,756 interest Income taxes 1,435 4,425 4,986 17,815 Net earnings 173 1,353 4,251 26,941 Less: Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling (126 ) (90 ) (369 ) (198 ) interest, net of tax Net earnings attributable to Twin $ 47 $ 1,263 $ 3,882 $ 26,743 Disc Earnings per share data: Basic earnings per share attributable $ 0.00 $ 0.11 $ 0.34 $ 2.34 to Twin Disc common shareholders Diluted earnings per share attributable $ 0.00 $ 0.11 $ 0.34 $ 2.31 to Twin Disc common shareholders Weighted average shares outstanding data: Basic shares 11,236 11,384 11,304 11,410 outstanding Diluted shares 11,311 11,534 11,377 11,556 outstanding Dividends per share $ 0.09 $ 0.09 $ 0.36 $ 0.34 Comprehensive income (loss): Net earnings $ 173 $ 1,353 $ 4,251 $ 26,941 Other comprehensive (loss) income: Foreign currency translation (2,073 ) (5,446 ) 447 (11,738 ) adjustment Benefit plan 6,326 (12,993 ) 8,322 (11,690 ) adjustments, net Comprehensive income 4,426 (17,086 ) 13,020 3,513 (loss) Comprehensive income attributable to (126 ) (90 ) (369 ) (198 ) noncontrolling interest Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Twin Disc $ 4,300 $ (17,176 ) $ 12,651 $ 3,315 (*) Includes revisions to correct previously reported amounts. As previously reported, the Company's review of its reserve for uncertain tax positions identified errors that affected prior periods. The effect of the errors was not material to any previously issued financial statements, however, the cumulative effect of correcting the errors in the current year would have been material to fiscal year 2013. Therefore, the Company revised its prior period financial statements. As part of this revision, the Company recorded other previously disclosed out-of-period adjustments, which were immaterial, in the periods in which the errors originated. The aggregate impact was to decrease net earnings for the three months ended June 30, 2012 by $18,000 and increase net earnings for the twelve months ended June 30, 2012 by $631,000. RECONCILIATION OF CONSOLIDATED NET EARNINGS TO EBITDA (In thousands; unaudited) Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended June 30, June 30, June 30, June 30, 2013 2012(*) 2013 2012(*) Net earnings attributable to Twin $ 47 $ 1,263 $ 3,882 $ 26,743 Disc Interest expense 434 346 1,435 1,475 Income taxes 1,435 4,425 4,986 17,815 Depreciation and amortization 2,813 2,746 10,838 10,756 Earnings before interest, taxes, $ 4,729 $ 8,780 $ 21,141 $ 56,789 depreciation and amortization (*) Includes revisions to previously reported amounts. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (In thousands; unaudited) June 30, June 30, 2013 2012(*) ASSETS Current assets: Cash $ 20,724 $ 15,701 Trade accounts receivable, net 46,331 63,438 Inventories, net 102,774 103,178 Deferred income taxes 4,176 3,745 Other 10,472 11,099 Total current assets 184,477 197,161 Property, plant and equipment, net 62,315 66,356 Goodwill, net 13,232 13,116 Deferred income taxes 7,975 14,335 Intangible assets, net 3,149 4,996 Other assets 10,676 7,868 TOTAL ASSETS $ 281,824 $ 303,832 LIABILITIES AND EQUITY Current liabilities: Short-term borrowings and current maturities of $ 3,681 $ 3,744 long-term debt Accounts payable 20,651 23,550 Accrued liabilities 36,064 39,331 Total current liabilities 60,396 66,625 Long-term debt 23,472 28,401 Accrued retirement benefits 48,290 64,009 Deferred income taxes 2,398 3,340 Other long-term liabilities 3,706 4,948 Total liabilities 138,262 167,323 Twin Disc shareholders' equity: Common shares authorized: 30,000,000; Issued: 13,099,468; no par value 13,183 12,759 Retained earnings 184,110 184,306 Accumulated other comprehensive loss (25,899 ) (34,797 ) 171,394 162,268 Less treasury stock, at cost 28,890 26,781 (1,886,516 and 1,794,981 shares, respectively) Total Twin Disc shareholders' equity 142,504 135,487 Noncontrolling interest 1,058 1,022 Total equity 143,562 136,509 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY $ 281,824 $ 303,832 (*) Includes revisions to correct previously reported amounts resulting in an increase of $777,000 to Other long-term liabilities, with an offsetting adjustment to Retained earnings. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (In thousands; unaudited) Twelve Months Ended June 30, June 30, 2013 2012(*) CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: Net earnings $ 4,251 $ 26,941 Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation and amortization 10,838 10,756 Loss on sale of plant assets 287 315 Impairment charge 1,405 3,670 Stock compensation expense 615 1,642 Restructuring of operations 708 295 Provision for deferred income taxes (38) 7,486 Net change in working capital, excluding cash and debt, 6,410 (36,661) and other Net cash provided by operating activities 24,476 14,444 CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: Proceeds from sale of plant assets 315 116 Acquisitions of plant assets (6,582) (13,733) Other, net (231) (293) Net cash used by investing activities (6,498) (13,910) CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: Proceeds from notes payable 32 3 Payments of notes payable (96) (145) (Payments of) proceeds from long-term debt (4,932) 2,590 Proceeds from exercise of stock options 189 169 Acquisition of treasury stock (3,069) (2,425) Dividends paid to shareholders (4,079) (3,886) Dividends paid to noncontrolling interest (204) (131) Excess tax benefits from stock compensation 1,451 535 Other (1,699) (184) Net cash used by financing activities (12,407) (3,474) Effect of exchange rate changes on cash (548) (1,526) Net change in cash 5,023 (4,466) Cash: Beginning of period 15,701 20,167 End of period $ 20,724 $ 15,701 (*) Includes corrections to previously reported amounts, resulting in a reclassification within Net cash used by operating activities. Contact: Twin Disc, Inc. Christopher J. Eperjesy, 262-638-4343
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A great talent and a lovely man
WUSTL remembers Harold Ramis
Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?— From "Animal House" [Harold Ramis with Douglas Kenney and Chris Miller]Toga! Toga!— From "Animal House" [Harold Ramis with Douglas Kenney and Chris Miller]
— From "Ghostbusters" [Harold Ramis with Dan Akroyd]
With his round glasses, amused diction and stiff, patrician carriage, Harold Ramis (AB '66), was the coolest nerd in the room, a deadpan bomb thrower, an ironist for the ages. You were never sure if he was joking. That was half the joke.
As a writer and director, Ramis, who died Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, was responsible for some of the defining comedies of the last 30 years, including "Animal House" (1978), "Caddyshack" (1980), "Stripes" (1981), "Ghostbusters" (1984) and "Groundhog Day" (1993).
Yet for all his anarchic wit, Ramis was also a sincere intellectual, a lifelong reader more comfortable discussing literature and politics than pop culture or the movies, said Henry Schvey, professor of drama and of comparative literature in Arts & Sciences.
"Harold was a great writer, director, actor and teacher," said Schvey, who knew Ramis for more than 20 years. "It was not only the humor, but also the intellectual content of his films — the cultural changes depicted in 'Animal House,' the idea of cloning in 'Multiplicity' — that gripped his imagination.
"In many ways, his characters were really self-portraits," Schvey said. "Beneath the odd, geeky surfaces, there was always a sensitive soul."
A man who knew he was loved
A two-term member of WUSTL's Board of Trustees (1997-2005), Ramis returned frequently to campus and often spoke publicly about his life and work.
But Ramis' real passion was engaging directly with students, said Barbara Rea, director of the Assembly Series, which hosted Ramis four times.
"Harold was a great talent but also a kind person and a lovely man," Rea said. "He always made a point of meeting with as many students as possible. He loved the humanities and was so generous with his time and energy."
Whether leading a campus workshop or talking one-on-one with young writers and actors ,"he'd just light up," Rea added. "It was hard to drag him away. We'd barely get to the lecture on time."
New York playwright Daniel Ho graduated in 1993, the same year Ramis received his honorary doctorate. He remembers the excitement among the Commencement audience packed into Brookings Quadrangle.
"Everyone exploded into rock star-levels of adulation," Ho said. "As he walked down the aisle, all you could hear were shouts of 'Egon!'
"The look on his face was a mixture of embarrassment and pride," Ho added, "but it was also the look of a man who knew he was loved."
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A skier makes his way down a run at Diamond Peak, which opens Thursday.
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The Bureau of Land Management generated $1,979,581 during a quarterly oil and gas competitive lease sale in Reno on Dec. 10.
The BLM sold 54 parcels, which totaled 93,816 acres. The sale high bid of $135,044 was for a 2,548-acre parcel at $53 per acre and was made by Housing Int. LLC. of Belvedere, Calif., for a parcel in Nye County. The high bid per acre was $54 by Contex Energy Co. for a 983.78-acre parcel in Nye County.
The lease is for a period of 10 years with annual rentals of $1.50 per acre for the first five years and $2 an acre after that until production begins. Once a lease is producing, a royalty of 12.5 percent is charged. Half of the bid and rental receipts go to the state of Nevada. The BLM offered 178 parcels totaling 303,334 acres.
The next quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale is scheduled for April 15. The sale will include parcels in the BLM's Elko district.
Diamond Peak opens today
Diamond Peak Ski Resort opens today, from top to bottom. The family-friendly resort in Incline Village will have four of seven lifts operating.
"We're very excited to welcome skiers and riders back to Diamond Peak for the new season," said Brad Wilson, general manager of Diamond Peak. "We are offering 1,840 vertical feet of top-to-bottom skiing with excellent coverage on all open runs, at an affordable rate."
Single-day adult (ages 24 to 64) lift tickets cost $59 per person, kids ages 7 to 12 are $20 and youth ages 13 to 23 and seniors 65 to 69 are $49.
Lift tickets and passes can be purchased on site or at www.diamondpeak.com.
During the summer, Diamond Peak staff thinned out some of the forest, which provides improved glade skiing and riding during the season. The resort also increased its snowmaking capacity by adding five new fan guns.
Diamond Peak also installed two electric vehicle high-capacity charging stations available for free to those guests who bring their electric vehicles to the mountain.
Summer firefighting applications due
The Bureau of Land Management is accepting applications for summer seasonal firefighting and dispatching positions for the 2014 fire season. Applications should be submitted no later than Jan. 14 through www.usajobs.gov.
Salary for these positions ranges from $10.95 to $22.50 per hour depending on experience, with a normal term of employment from May through September. Government housing might be available at some stations.
Selected applicants for BLM positions must complete a pre-employment drug screening and physical examination prior to appointment and are subject to random drug testing. Candidates for primary positions with BLM must pass a "pack test," which includes the completion of a 3-mile walk over flat terrain carrying a 45-pound pack in 45 minutes or less.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens and at least 18.


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Style: Imperial India pale ale
Brewery: Great Lakes Brewing Co., 2516 Market Ave., Cleveland (www.greatlakes brewing.com, @GLBC_Cleveland on Twitter)
Stats: 9.1 percent alcohol by volume, 80 International Bitterness Units.
Notes: This style is also known as a double India pale ale.
Price: $10 for a four-pack of 12-ounce bottles.
I think it would be awesomely geeky cool if there really were a monster swimming around in Lake Erie.
I don't want it to menace swimmers, capsize boats or eat Cleveland. I just want it to exist. I want Nessie to be real, too. You see, I have a thing for large aquatic monsters.
My wife, knowing this, made sure to mention she'd seen a beer from Great Lakes Brewing Co. called Lake Erie Monster at our grocery. I'd heard of the beer, but never tried it. I've enjoyed most of the other Great Lakes brews I've tried, and there was that whole monster vibe going, so my wife knew I'd pounce on it.
This is an imperial India pale ale. When a brewer sticks the word "imperial" in front of a beer style designation, it implies a bigger, bolder version. Hence, Lake Erie Monster is a very hoppy, flavorful ale in the India pale ale vein -- only more so.
It pours an orangish-gold, with a thin white cap of head. The aroma jumps out at you -- as any good monster should -- with a strong hops presence. The varieties used are Simcoe and Fuggles; together, they lend a very piney-woodsy-floral-herbal scent. Hopheads will want to inhale deeply.
The taste puts the hops right up front -- more so than Great Lakes' all-year IPA, Commodore Perry. It also has more alcohol than the Commodore.
Served straight from the refrigerator, Lake Erie Monster gives you a bitter smack at the start that blossoms and then mellows as the seconds go by. It finishes smooth and clean for such a hoppy beer. I found the bitterness hangs on longer as the beer's temperature came down, so I didn't let my next one warm up too much.
One thing that sets this one apart from other ultra-hopped IPAs is its smoothness. Sometimes the American-style India pale ales leave you puckering. This one certainly has a strong hops punch, but does not reach the extremes I've encountered elsewhere. It's a hops bonanza, but it is balanced nicely with the malts.
The brewer recommends serving this ale with pork chops, steak, aged cheese or dark chocolate. The chocolate pairing doesn't appeal to me; I'll go with a stout, a porter or a nut brown ale when chocolate cake is involved. But the rest of those suggestions sound really yummy, and I think I'd like this beer very much with hot wings or barbecue.
This beer is 9.1 percent alcohol by volume, so drink it responsibly.
The Monster is a seasonal beer, so if you want to try it don't dawdle. I missed out on Nosferatu, a wonderful Great Lakes fall seasonal, and I've been smacking myself in the head ever since. This one will sink back into the depths by late July, and it won't resurface again until next May.
I'll be waiting with a net.
Steve Goble is a copy editor and a beer snob. You can discuss beer by following him on Twitter at twitter.com/brewologist. Brewologist is also on Facebook.


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Drawing from many years of experience being involved with fresh expressions and new ways of being church, here members of the team explore areas of insight which have emerged from their experience. We welcome your comments and thoughts. Please feel free to e-mail us at email@example.com .
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To speak or not to speak of Attractional Church, that is the question
Contexts are different around the world and even within one country ... and furthermore they are changing rapidly. Not only that but how we understand language is different from place to place, even within a single language group like English ... and now even in one place the meaning that we put on particular words is changing.
Faced with this problem, Mike Breen blogs about why he will no longer use the term Attractional Church... and Bob Hopkins, a close colleague but working on the other side of the "Pond", responds with an explanation of why and how it will continue in his vocabulary!
In Church After Christendom Stuart Murray-Williams has written that
Our concern over 25 years of exploring church planting is how do you have a strategic understanding, that brings together all the principles into one integrated framework. We have developed this in our "Octagon" teaching which we have written up in our book "Evangelism strategies" (available from our website shop).
In this article, Freddy Hedley examines a recent article from the Group for Evangelisation (GfE).
One of the most challenging and yet most open opportunities for mission, church planting and fresh expressions of church for many years has been the context of new housing areas. These new housing estates provide a unique short-term window of mission opportunity for five years or so. This is because: a) Those having major change in their lives are most open to new things, including the gospel, and so there is a whole population more receptive to evangelism; and b) New housing areas notoriously lack community so that any good 'community in mission' can be the one place new arrivals can find it!
There have been some notable successes in church planting into new housing estates over the decades. Some have been inter-church or ecumenical, but Local Ecumenical Projects (LEPs) present the greatest challenge to start and stay mission-centred.
The Church of England has adopted the language of pioneer ministry for starting and sustaining fresh expressions of church. In 2006 the House of Bishops approved new guidelines to encourage vocations to pioneer ministry as a recognised focus of ordained ministry. There are a growing number of candidates in training and beginning to serve their title posts as pioneers.
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In the last few years there has been a growing focus on coaching and mentoring as the crucial role of leadership is recognised ever more in our challenging context. This has particularly been the case in the church where increasingly we are seeing a priority of ongoing support and learning through accompaniment and networks, to complement a leader's development through conventional areas of training. In our ever changing society it is essential that we are able to equip our leaders to learn and develop in and through their own situation.
Jesus' model was one of making and growing disciples and leaders through coaching and apprenticeship. He also taught and trained on a larger scale, but his primary model was always around a small group community of learners whom he equipped for life and ministry. Jesus' method was also an expression of the Kingdom dynamic of multiplication. Training processes enable large numbers to be involved but are based on addition, with greater potential of short-term gain. Whereas apprenticeship and coaching feeds into an ongoing relationship focussed on fewer people but with long-term fruit that can be multiplied out to great longer-term potential.
Over recent years the number of cafes has steadily increased to the point that now there are not only cafes in most towns and city areas butthere become café zones. And they are frequented to such an extent that they become the social hubs for whole networks, which then can be described as "café culture". Even many villages may now have more than one café.
With this emergence of a distinct café culture as part of our multi-cultural context, at the same time as we have seen a developing movement of mission producing fresh expressions of church, it is therefore not surprising that a whole range of café church initiatives have emerged.
As we have observed one new initiative after another we have reflected that a number of categories are arising which themselves are instructive of some of the principles of mission engagement in this newmovement. Currently we discern five or six such types of café church.
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The Cornell Road Sustainability Coalition (CRSC) is a community formed alliance to address the impact of Cornell Road as it passes through Forest Park. The coalition includes board members representing the Portland Audubon Society, Bicycle Transportation Alliance, Forest Park Conservancy, Forest Park Neighborhood Association, Hillside Neighborhood Association, Northwest District Association, and the Northwest Heights Neighborhood Association.
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Our coalition believes that rebalancing the use of the Cornell Corridor is vital to prevent continued decline of this portion of Forest Park and neighborhoods adjacent to the corridor. Rather than simply creating limitations on commuter traffic, our advocates strive to find an inclusive solution that benefits all stakeholders and can be used as a model for future sustainable planning methods.
We support a balanced strategy in conjunction with the City of Portland's eco-friendly "green" policies and goals for sustainability that encourage low carbon footprint initiatives and improved access for automobile-alternative transportation.


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4 fresh, ripe figs
1 carton single cream
1 red chilli
1 lemon (juice and rind)
1 tsp butter
1 tsp olive oil
1 pack fresh egg pasta ribbons
freshly grated parmesan
freshly ground black pepper
…this is how I cook the river cafe favourite… the figs weren't in the bag, but a chilli was still in the fridge and figs are everywhere at the moment.
Cut off and discard the stalk from each fig, then chop into 12 pieces. Boil the pasta water. Juice and rind the lemon. Finely chop the chilli. Grate the parmesan.
Heat the butter and oil in the pan, add the fig pieces and leave to caramelise, turning gently, for around 5 mins. Add the chilli, lemon juice and rind to the pan. Stir, then add the cream and leave to bubble through. Put the pasta on to cook for two minutes, or until it floats.
Drain the pasta, mix in the sauce well. Serve with parmesan and black pepper.


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Akua Wahineö EXHIBIT
Thru the
Celebrating the Female Gods of Hawaii Nei at the Bishop
Museum. Exhibit features rare female aumakua images, as well as kapa and kapa-making
implements. Call 847-3511 or visit www.bishopmuseum.org.
art show
April 1-30
Award-winning art students and faculty of St. AndrewÆs
Priory. Faculty art thru Apr. 22, with student art Apr. 23-30 at new Louis Pohl
Gallery. Call 521-1812.
April 1 thru
8th Annual SHOWCASE will be held
at the Dole Cannery Stadium 18 Theatres The Spring Film Festival will feature 27
films from all over the globe. Call 528-4433 for ticket information or go online
at www.hiff.org.
Sat April 2
¢ 8 pm
HAPA (Barry Flanagan & Nathan
Aweau) will be performing & autographing their latest CD, Maui at
BordersÆs Ward Centre. Call 591-8995.
and the American Soul
Su April 3
¢ 2 pm
Professor Andrew Heinze of the Univ. of San Francisco speaks
on ōReflections on the 350th Anniversary of Jewish Life in America.ö Campus
Center Ballroom, Univ. of Hawaii. Call Johanna Afshani at 924-1338.
and soloist
Bill Keale
Sun April 3
¢ 1 pm
Na Mele Nei Concert at Ward Warehouse Stage. Call Native Books
at 596-8885 for more information.
Recital and CHORAL EVENSONG
Sun April 3
¢ 7:30 pm
Dr. Arlan Sunnarborg, Organist and the St. AndrewÆs
Cathedral Choir, St. AndrewÆs Episcopal Cathedral, Beretania at Queen Emma
Square. Call 524-2822, ext. 223.
HOUSE at The American Inst. of Massage Therapy
Sun April 3
¢ 3 to 8 pm
Celebrate the opening of new ōHeal Your Heartö clinic in
Kailua. 263-2468.
hawaii music awards
Sun April 3
¢ 5 pm
8th annual Music Foundation of
Hawaii fundraiser and PeopleÆs Choice awards dinner, at Hawaiian Hilton
Village. Call 951-6699.
ōAloha Boat Daysö fundraising auction
Thur April 7
¢ 6 to 9 pm
Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation auction for scholarships
at the Hula Grill Waikiki, Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach. Great food and
prizes. Manualua performs. Tickets: $75. Call 545-4880.
About Science Festival
Sat April 9
¢ Noon to 9 pm
Everything from life, earth and
space science with a host of hands-on, interactive science experiments, at the
Bishop Museum. Gen. adm. is $14.95 with special Kamaaina rates. Call 847-3511 or
visit www.bishopmuseum.org.
Laugh Factory presents Butch Bradley
& Sat April 9 & 10 ¢ Fri at 8 p.m., Sat at 7:30 and 10 pm
Bradley is one of the most popular
stand-up comics on todayÆs circuit, in the Pikake Room at the Blaisdell
Center. Call 1-877-750-4400 or to www.ticketmaster.com.
aging seminar
Tues April
12 ¢ 6 to 6:45 pm
Learn the secrets to a long, healthy life at Kaneohe Wellness
Workshop, Room 420, Castle Professional Center. Free. Call 234-5535.
April 12-17
ōCATS,ö the Andrew Lloyd Webber show that revolutionized
musical theatre, returns to the Blaisdell Concert Hall for a one-week
engagement. This is the national tour that has not been seen in seven years in
Hawaii and which has sold out engagements in its previous runs in Honolulu. Call
(877) 750-4400.
Thurs Apr 14
A day to honor all great creatures of the sea, but focused on
dolphins (and maybe whales) here in Hawaii. Mother Nature willing, spend time in
the nature learning about and from a wild pod of resident spinner dolphins, Wild
Dolphin Foundation Docents, and while sailing with a small group of fellow
journeyers. Portion of proceeds will be donated to the Wild Dolphin Foundation.
Call 306-7273.
Museum Seminar
Thur April
14 ¢ 4 pm
Bishop Museum researcher Dr. Tian-long
Jiao discusses the important discoveries of his study on the evolution of rice
in China. Call 847-3511 or visit www.bishopmuseum.org.
in the Courtyardö AT THE SHERATON MOANA
Thur April
14 ¢ 5:30 to 7 pm
The Brothers Cazimero headlines show in the open-air courtyard
of Sheraton Moana Surfrider. Also Kaumakaæiwa Kanakaæole and Ray Sowders and
Shawn Ishimoto. FREE and RECOMMENDED. Call 931-8154.
April 14-17
Pro-am golf competition, as sanctioned by the Aloha Section of
the PGA. Held at Mid-Pacific Country Club. Call 261-9765 for more information.
Preserve Hike
Sat April 16
¢ 8:30 am to 2:30 pm
This three-mile hike is considered moderate, and begins
gradually uphill. A steep downhill section completes the loop. Reservations
required, $10 per person. Call 587-6220.
Fundraiser For
Na PuÆukani
Sat April 16
¢ 3 to 8 pm
Island style, Hawaiian contemporary, Reggae, at the Night
Club, Ala Moana Hotel. 21 and over. Call Sandi at 741-6754 for more information.
Sat April 16
¢ 4:30 pm
Musician Jack Johnson hosts the second annual Kokua Festival
at the Waikiki Shell in Honolulu. Proceeds go to the Kokua Hawaii Foundation, a
non-profit organization supporting environmental education programs in Hawaii.
Johnson shares the stage with legendary singer songwriter Jackson Browne,
Hawaiian favorite John Cruz, Afro-Latin-style-masher group Ozomatli, hip-hop
infused blues pioneers G. Love & Special Sauce, and talented slack key
guitarist Kawika Kahiapo and his band, Kaukahi. Tickets: $30-$35. Call
Ticketmaster (877) 750-4400.
Times Trio
Sat April 16
¢ 10 pm to 1 am
Authentic Soul and Neo Soul music,
performing in the intimacy of the OPIUM DEN at Indigo. 21 and over. Call
Love Kailua Town Party
Sun April 17
¢ 11 am to 4 pm
Community event features food booths, live entertainment, art
walk, craft booths, plant and orchid sale, keiki activities and a mini health
fair. Admission is $3 in advance and $4 at the door. Call Amy Hammond at
Intercultural day
Fri April 22
¢ 10 am to 4 pm
Spotlights HPUÆs cultural diversity through exhibits, parade
and stage performances. Free at the Fort Street Mall.
6th Annual Soiree Vegas in Paradise
Sat April 23
¢ 5:30 pm
Casino-style gaming tables and silent auction. Musical
entertainment with food and beverage tasting from HawaiiÆs top restaurants. At
the Royal Hawaiian Hotel Monarch Ballroom and Ocean Lawn. $125 per person. Call
Sat April 23
¢ 7:30 am
WalkAmerica is the March of Dimes
biggest fundraiser. Join AmericaÆs first, best and biggest walk and make a
difference. Kapiolani Park Bandstand. Call 973-2155.
ōAn Evening with AMERICAN IDOL STAR Jasmine Triasö
Sun April 24
¢ 5 pm
Fundraiser for Maryknoll School
with a dinner event headlined by HawaiiÆs American Idol star Jasmine Trias at
the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Tickets: $100. Call 952-7310.
April 30 ¢ 8 pm
Tiki Taboo will be performing and
autographing their CD at Borders Ward Centre. Call 591-8995 for more information
and details.
Red for Heart Community Awareness Event
Sat April 30
¢ 9 am to 1 pm
Expert presentations, lunch and the featured keynote
presentation. $10. Hawaii Prince Hotel, Waikiki. 538-7021.
annual hpr Wine TAsTING fundraiser
Sun May 1
¢ Noon to 3 pm
More than 150 wines from around the world will be uncorked at
the Koolua Golf Club with silent auction to benefit Hawaii Public Radio. $100,
$85 for HPR members. Call 955-8821.
Sun May 1
2nd annual Malama Jam, a music and dance fundraiser organized,
conducted and performed by public and private school students to benefit abused
children, at Mamiya Theater at St. Louis High School. Call River Kim at 778-6470
for more information.
American Heart AssociationÆs Annual Golf Classic
Wed May 4
¢ 10:30 am to 8 pm
Modified 3-person best ball tourney at Hawaii Prince Golf Club, lunch and awards dinner. Call 538-7021.


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20 apartments for rent near South Six Forks, Raleigh, NC
Apartments in South Six Forks, Raleigh, NC
North Raleigh's South Six Forks community is located off of Lynn Road and North Hills Drive. The neighborhood is framed by those two roads along with Six Forks Road and West Millbrook Road.
Shelly Lake and its adjoining park are conveniently nestled to the southwest of the South Six Forks community. The popular Raleigh neighborhood of Chestnut Hills can be found to the immediate south of South Six Forks. Sanderson High School, the North Hills neighborhood, and North Hills Park are likewise located to the south of South Six Forks, while North Ridge Country Club sits east of the neighborhood.
Popular and heavy-traversed commuting channels, Creedmoor Road on the west of South Six Forks and Falls of Neuse Road on the east of the community, offer commuters convenient access to many of Raleigh's destinations. I-440 is also nearby, just south of the South Six Forks community.
The area is assigned the 27609 zip code. Many of the local homes hover in value of the $200,000 mark. The values for townhomes and condos are similar, with South Six Forks' average estimated value as of 2008 set at nearly $120,000, and the greater Raleigh area's figure a little higher at $126,696.
The neighborhood is a young one with most of the community's residents in their late 20s to mid 30s. The median household income for the community's residents is just under $56,000, which is slightly higher than the nearly $54,000 median household income figure for the greater Raleigh area.
- Brookshire
- North Raleigh
- North Hills
- Olde Raleigh
- Cameron Village
- Northclift Village
- Hearthridge
- The Overlook
- Bent Creek
- North Hills Place


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You Just Know Matt Millen's Gonna Pick This Guy
NFL teams preparing for Saturday's NFL Draft have a lot to figure out an individual player. They need to understand his attitude, they have to make sure he's not gonna get arrested a week after they draft him, they make certain he will fit into the team mindset they have patterned for their franchise. »


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Shown is the full cast for 'The Light in the Piazza' at Mad Cow Theatre in Orlando.
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In the musical love story, "The Light in the Piazza," a supporting character articulates the essence of the story: "Risk is everything. Without risk, there is no drama." Indeed, Orlando's Mad Cow Theatre goes for the drama by risking a production of this big, sweeping musical.
"The Light in the Piazza," a splendid contemporary musical by lyricist/composer Adam Guettel and librettist Craig Lucas, is based on Elizabeth Spencer's novel. It won six Tony Awards in 2005 and was deservedly celebrated as something oh-so-fresh.
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Kabuki is a theatrical art form popular in Japan in which dances are performed in a formal, stylized manner. In other words, everyone knows what the next move will be.
Kabuki could also be used to describe Rhode Island General Treasurer Gina Raimondo's Pension Advisory Board.
This body includes one mayor, one business executive, four labor leaders, five consultant/educators and Governor Chafee's director of administration.
So, you might as well say there are at least five advocates for public employees in the group.
The PAB is to meet in public places four times over the summer and come up with recommendations to Mrs. Raimondo on how to fix the state's pension systems which have an unfunded liability of about nine and a half billion dollars (excluding health care benefits for retirees).
Mrs. Raimondo says she and Governor Chafee, who owes his election on a plurality vote in no small measure to state employee unions—particularly teachers—will come up with a program to fix the current, unsustainable pension system to present to the special session of the legislature.
First of all, does anyone really believe the four union bosses on the PAB are going to endorse any meaningful reform of the pension system? Or, for that matter, will Director of Administration Richard Licht? My bet is they will file some sort of minority report in opposition to any recommendations the rest of the group may agree on.
Next, in a legislature dominated by teachers, both active and retired, public safety employees, union executives and other members heavily dependent on union contributions and lobbied heavily by union bosses, does anyone think any reasonable reforms will be approved by both the House and the Senate?
Finally, in the unlikely event that the governor were to sign a major reform of the state and municipal pension system, how likely is it that the unions will take the matter all the way up to the Supreme Court if necessary to block any new law?
To answer that question all you have to do is look at the fact that at the very time the PAB was meeting, Lynette Labinger, an attorney for the public employee unions, was arguing before Judge Sarah Taft-Carter against the modest changes enacted in 2009 and 2010 (when much-despised-by-the-unions Donald Carcieri was governor) that were designed to save taxpayers a paltry $59.6 million during this fiscal year.
These changes included increasing the number of years one needed to qualify for a pension; limiting cost of living adjustments; and reducing pension amounts slightly.
Ms. Labinger repeated the union argument that pensions are a property right protected by their contracts as implied in Supreme Court decisions.
Lawyer John Tarantino, representing the state, answered that case law holds there is no property right and, if there were, it would mean that the legislature could never alter a pension system that is governed by state law.
Judge Taft-Carter said she would issue her ruling in September. You can bet whichever way she rules the losing party will appeal to the Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, over at the Warwick Public Library, the pension advisory board and Treasurer Raimondo were listening to an actuarial consultant and discussing how much state employees should get after they retire.
Not surprisingly, board member Alicia H. Mitchell who worked in the Clinton Administration was concerned for employees who are not in the habit of putting money into savings and believes that public pension plans need to take this into account. Count her in the union camp, too.
Cranston Mayor Fung wondered about the role of personal responsibility in planning for retirement. Treasurer Raimondo seemed sympathetic to Ms. Mitchell's concern.
An actuarial consultant narrowed the panel's options to four: injecting more taxpayer dollars, hoping that investment returns will be better, amortizing the debt and cutting pension benefits.
My bet is the union advocates on the panel favor any of the first three or a combination thereof and will oppose the fourth at all costs.
I have another theatrical term with which to describe the pension advisory board: farce.
* In Central Falls, which some are calling the "canary in the coal mine", former judge Robert Flanders was asking he city's retirees to consider taking up to a 50% reduction in their pensions to help save the struggling, tiny municipality from bankruptcy.
Central Falls' pension plan is not part of the state retirement system. Currently, public safety workers can retire on half pay after 20 years of service regardless of age. The city's plan, managed by an insurance company, covers 141 police officers and firefighters under two contracts. Compounding the problem is the fact that 37% of the retirees collect two-thirds of their pay tax free under a disability pension.
One of them, former police sergeant Michael Long who went out on a disability pension for a neck injury and is now a practicing attorney, wanted to know, "Where is the fairness?"
How about if we start by adjusting your disability pension by the amount you make as a lawyer?
Or what about Central Falls' current chief of police, Joseph P. Moran III, who collects a $50,678 per year pension while receiving a salary of $72,000 under a five year contract? Chief Moran says he applied for his pension to protect $35,000 in unused sick time.
In an op-ed in last Sunday's Providence Journal, retired Cranston police captain Robert E. Barber says he is considering filing an individual lawsuit if any changes are made to his "contract". Barber retired after 27 years on the job at age 50. He didn't say how much his pension benefits are but he does mention that he is "a taxpayer".
No, Captain Barber, you are not a taxpayer. You were and are a tax-taker because throughout your career, and now in your eight years of retirement, you have taken out of the tax system far more than you have paid in.
An acquaintance who retired after 26 years as a Providence cop told me there is a saying down at the FOP Hall: "I took care of you for twenty, now you take care of me for forty."
Problem is, the taxpayers can no longer afford to do so.
Richard August is a North Kingstown resident and a regular contributor to the Standard Times. His opinions are his own. He can be reached at email@example.com [2].
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One resident was displaced after a fire broke out in an apartment building in the West End Friday night.
The Cincinnati Fire Department responded to the fire on the 1000 block of York Street at approximately 9:30 p.m., after receiving a phone call from a resident stating smoke was coming from a nearby apartment.
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Free Wi-Fi and air-conditioned guest rooms are features of this Anson motel, located 25 miles north of Abilene, Texas.
Each classic guest room at Morning Star Inn has a cable TV and a private bathroom. Guests can enjoy a fresh cup of coffee in the lobby.
Abilene Regional Airport is within 30 minutes' drive. Free parking is available on property.
Local Attractions
Abilene Regional Airport
Abilene Regional Airport is a public airport three miles southeast of Abilene, in Taylor County, Texas. It is within the Abilene city limits and owned and operated by the City.
The Grace Museum
The Grace Museum is a museum located in Abilene, Texas, USA. The museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM). The Grace Museum houses five art galleries displaying temporary exhibitions and works from its permanent art collection; a children's museum; and a history gallery with rotating exhibitions, a recreated boot shop and period rooms.
Abilene KOA
Hang your hat at the friendliest campground in Texas! The paved roads and large 50-amp pull-throughs can accommodate rigs up to 90 feet. This KOA is located in a former pecan grove near the intersection of I-20 and highways 277/83/84. Choose from sunny sites or shady ones, courtesy of the many mesquite and pecan trees. Either way, you'll enjoy a relaxing stay and famous Texas hospitality.
Featured Amenities
- Free Wi-Fi
- In Room- Refrigerator
- In Room- Microwave
- Daily Housekeeping
- Free Morning Coffee
- Free Local Calls
- Pets Welcome (Inquire for Policy)
- Heating/Air Conditioning
- Non-Smoking Rooms
- Free Parking


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A Digital Dialogue
Listening to technology
The final piece of a trio of projects that started with a completely handmade book arts sculpture and progressed to working on and off the computer in Process Book. Each was an exploration of how technology influences form; first by being absent, then by being used in alternation with hand processes, and finally as a kind of raw material.
Here, the last step was to work exclusively with the computer. I began with the hypothesis that the cycle of listening and expression that occurs when working with a tangible material could be achieved with a computer. My goal was to respond to the computer as I would to a piece of paper bending back and forth in my hands. As I designed each poster, I paid attention to how things were cropped when I zoomed in and out, slivers of the desktop visible when multiple windows were open, pixellation, and bars of greeked text. These all became formal cues for the poster design. The design required simultaneous visual engagement with the work and awareness of the process of seeing and working with technology.
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August 12, 2013
Josh McCuistion
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