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Then Pamela Banks became CEO and got to work. And there was plenty to be done: The organization, which has been a force of change for the black community in King County for more than 80 years, hadn't raised any money in 18 months.
"I didn't realize how difficult it would be," Banks said, laughing. "I really came in thinking, 'Oh, in about a year we'll be good.' But now, (I realize) I need three to five. Come see me in three to five and I'll be good."
Banks' progress has been slow but significant. In December, the league had its first fundraising event since 2010, raising about $100,000. That's about half the roughly $200,000 that was usually raised at the league's annual breakfast in previous years. But Banks describes the event - and the more than 550 people in attendance at the Westin Seattle - as a testament to the community's unwillingness to lose the league.
"I think historically (the Urban League) can sometimes serve as almost the glue that holds the community together," said Donna Moodie, owner of the restaurant Marjorie, which sits on the edge of Seattle's Capitol Hill and Central District neighborhoods.
Moodie, who is black, has not been involved with the league but has attended some of its breakfast fundraisers in years past. Moodie said she's been impressed with Banks the few times she's met her, and she's optimistic the new leader's "roll up your sleeves," budget-conscious attitude will get the league back on track.
"I think there's a little image damage and I think they are bouncing back," Moodie said. "It might be a journey that takes a little bit of time, but I think they're definitely on the path."
Former Seattle Mayor Norm Rice, president of the Northwest African American Museum and a former board member and longtime donor and supporter of the Urban League, said Banks still has a lot of work ahead of her.
"I'm worried," said Rice, now president and CEO of The Seattle Foundation. "It still hasn't made it. I think it's been stabilized and now it's a matter of, 'Can the community rally around it and give it the support that's necessary to move forward?' It takes a whole community to build a league and people have to gain confidence in it and see it as an asset."
When she joined the Urban League in June, Banks left her position as program manager at the city of Seattle's Department of Neighborhoods, taking a $25,000 pay cut for the opportunity to rebuild the image of the Urban League. Since joining the Urban League in June, Banks has tried to frame the organization's comeback around the slogan "back to basics."
At its height, the league had about 40 employees. When Banks started, it was down to two employees and seven contract workers.
Now she's putting together a new board and has been hiring in earnest. Twelve people work in the small space the group rents in the building it used to own, the Central Seattle Building on East Yesler Way and 14th Avenue South in the Central District. The operation went from occupying 39,000 square feet to 6,600 square feet. The league sold the building for $2.7 million and used the money to pay off some of its debt.
Banks is recruiting board members from major businesses to bring corporate support and credibility back to the league. Leadership now hails from Eli Lilly, along with local businesses and nonprofits including the Perkins Coie law firm and Craft3, a local community development group. In March, Banks and the board members will start strategic planning for the league's comeback and fundraising. Former King County Executive Ron Sims, a longtime African-American leader and politician in Seattle, has agreed to serve as an adviser.
Banks doesn't have the institutional knowledge - or baggage - of someone who has been with the Urban League for a long time. But the longtime league donor and former volunteer did see things she wanted to fix.
"In this kind of business, you need board turnover," Banks said. "Some of the (previous) board members had been there for a very long time."
She instituted a term limit to ensure board members don't get stale. After two three-year terms, a board member has to take a one-year break before returning.
Banks also has added checks and balances to ensure fiscal responsibility, including limits on the size of checks she and others can write without a second signature.
Despite the challenges, Banks is ebullient. She smiles widely and often, even as she apologizes for mountains of boxes stacked nearly to the ceiling in the hallways outside her office.
The league still hasn't finished settling into its smaller space. Banks speaks optimistically about the league eventually owning property again, but in the meantime she's focused on returning to the core goals of the organization.
By some accounts, the league's problems started when a significant portion of its revenues relied on one source: contracts with city government.
In 2010, a league staff member working on the city's Youth Violence Prevention Initiative left for another nonprofit, which wound up winning a $500,000 city-run violence-prevention contract the league had hoped to get.
At that point, the league already had been sapped financially by building the $18 million Northwest African American Museum and housing project attached to it. The museum, which was funded with a combination of private and corporate donations and public grants, commemorates the history of African Americans in this region.
Then, in 2011, the state auditor's office started investigating the Seattle School District's small business development program, which sought to ensure that more of the school district's smaller contracts were going to minority-owned businesses. The state auditor found that money was improperly funneled to a handful of contractors, who often didn't deliver commensurate services. Silas Potter, a former Seattle Public Schools manager, was charged with more than 40 felony theft counts and remains in jail awaiting trial.
The Urban League's now-defunct Contract Development Competitiveness Center (CDCC) was swept up in the scandal because it had contracts with the school district, although it wasn't connected to Potter and the alleged thefts. The CDCC was formed to help women- and minority-owned construction companies and contractors become more competitive in getting construction work through a variety of services, including developing business plans and obtaining licenses and bonding. The league's contracts with Seattle Public Schools supported that effort.
The league is not under investigation, although a state audit of the school district's contracting program found the nonprofit's records and billing were poorly documented. One $25,000 contract for building a database of contractors was particularly problematic, because district employees never used it and the vendor said it wasn't functional. Then-state Auditor Brian Sonntag questioned whether it deserved public funding.
The bad publicity led to other local government agencies canceling their contracts with the Urban League, for a nearly $1 million loss, Banks said.
Before disbanding in 2011, the league's former board eliminated the contracting program associated with the school scandal.
Now the organization is focusing more on getting people jobs, rather than getting business owners new contracts. Serving the individual need is more in line with the league's historic goals and, Banks believes, will be more appealing to donors.
Under her leadership the league is working on a new jobs campaign called "I am empowered." Part of the emphasis is an effort to help people learn how to expunge criminal records - which can be a major obstacle to finding work.
Former board chairman and real estate broker Paul Chiles said he supports Banks' move away from contracting and toward individual employment.
"It's absolutely prudent and appropriate," said Chiles, who resigned in 2011 after 12 years. "We've just gone through a recession and it is about survival of an institution that's extremely important in the community and she is doing what is necessary."
In addition to jobs, the league is placing an emphasis on education and housing.
Those are the basic problems the black community is struggling with in Seattle, Banks said, so that's where they belong.
"I think given the economy that's a great approach to take," said Moodie, the owner of Marjorie restaurant. "Given the (schools) scandal, it's also a very smart way to look at recovery."
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Here's a sneak preview of new CCK2 Wizard:
Subscribers to my newsletter got to see this last week.
This week, they will get a sneak peek at the new architecture of the CCK.
Recently, hundreds of Mozillians from all over the world gathered in three different locations for the Mozilla Summit. I had the opportunity to attend the summit in Toronto.
While I was there, I attended a couple sessions where the Firefox UX team talked about Firefox User Types in North America. The UX team did an incredible job framing the various types of Firefox users. It made me realize that the same thing is important to do for the types of people that need an "enterprise Firefox."
When I say "enterprise Firefox," the only use case that most people think about is big companies limiting what end-users can do. But there are very valid reasons why someone would need to configure Firefox in a very specific way.
Sometimes the reason is physical safety. Think about a browser on medical equipment or a factory floor.
Sometimes the reason is online safety. Think about a browser at an elementary school or shared by members of a family with different ages.
Sometimes the reason is legal or regulatory. Think about a browser at a bank or a securities firm.
Sometimes the reason is simply that the computer is shared by a lot of people. Think about a browser at a library or a nursing home or a web cafe or a homeless shelter.
I think for a lot of us, we tend to see other computer users exactly like ourselves. We need to realize that people (and organizations) use computers in completely different ways, ways that most of us don't even know about. As long as we build software primarily for ourselves, we're going to completely miss out on opportunities for Firefox.
Sometimes the user of Firefox is not the end-user. It's the administrator or company that wants to deploy Firefox to their end-users. We need to make sure that Firefox is a great browser for them as well.
We need to balance end-user desires with administrator constraints.
Maybe what we need here is a new word? Enterprise doesn't really capture the spirit of what I'm trying to do. Anyone have any ideas?
The first version of the CCK Wizard was released on AMO on May 11, 2006. It was designed for Firefox 1.5 and copied the original Netscape CCK. Back then, I was just getting my feet wet in writing Firefox extensions and the CCK Wizard shows it. The core CCK Wizard hasn't even changed much over the past seven years. It's time for a change.
I'm excited to announce today that I'm working on a brand new CCK that is completely rewritten from the ground up. I'm calling it CCK2. It incorporates many requested features and most importantly, it allows just about everything that previously could only be configured via an extension to be configured via autoconfig (assuming the core CCK2 management extension is loaded into the Firefox distribution directory.)
As part of this move, I'll be creating a CCK support mechanism which I'll be detailing in the next few weeks.
I'm also setting up a newsletter for CCK2 as well as for Firefox enterprise news in general. This newsletter will be the only place I announce betas for CCK2. I will also be asking for feedback on various aspects of development. I strongly recommend you sign up if you have any interest in the future of the CCK or Firefox in the enterprise.
So please sign up and stay tuned for some great stuff.
I did a few add-ons for the Amp Your Firefox Contest. I was waiting to publicize them just in case I needed to beg for votes. Sadly, I don't.
The first one is Total Title. It allows you to easily see the full title text for images. It's primarily for comic sites like xkcd that hide additional jokes in the title attribute.
The second one is Site Shaker. If you go to a web site, you can shake your phone and it will take you to a random link on that site. It's a fun way to navigate through Wikipedia.
The third one is Operator Mobile. Using Glenn Jones' awesome microformat-shiv, I was able to implement microformat support on Firefox Mobile. It allows the export of contacts and calendar events to your mobile device, as well as the opening of addresses into whatever mapping app you are using. I'm investigating a new desktop version of Operator as well, but it's taken a back seat to other efforts. Hopefully I'll be able to put something together soon.
Version 1.0.5 of Keyword Search is up.
It adds:
I'm really trying to avoid adding support for custom URLs (like keyword.URL). I'd rather try to address the reasons why people need to use custom URLs. If there is some other reason you prefer to use a URL, please let me know.
I've also fixed a few bugs:
I've had some reports of searches in other languages not working, but I haven't been able to recreate it. Honestly, this shouldn't happen because the method I'm using to invoke the search is the exact same method that Firefox uses when it does a keyword search. If you are able to recreate this consistently, I'd love to hear from you.
UPDATED: 1.0.2 adds support for POST search engines. You'll have to install it manually if you have 1.0, since non approved add-ons don't get updated automatically.
If you've been keeping up with the development of Firefox 23, you know that one of the big complaints is the change to keyword search. Starting with Firefox 23, searches in the URL bar will always use the search engine that is set in the search bar. So if you change your search bar to Wikipedia, and then do a search in the URL bar, it will use Wikipedia.
I've built an add-on that allows you to set the keyword search engine separately from the search bar. It can be any search engine you have installed. It's called Keyword Search and it's available from AMO.
Also note that this add-on includes DuckDuckGo as a recommended search engine. If you like the work I do, please consider trying it out and seeing if you like it.
This is a shameless plug for an add-on I worked on. It's called TrackIF. The way it works is that when you see a product you want to track the price of, you click the add-on button and add it to your tracker list. It will then notify you when the price drops or reaches a specific threshold. And it's not just about stores, you can track craiglist, eBay or even real estate.
I've finally released the official CCK Wizard 1.4. It will take a while to be approved, but you can download it from AMO now. Here are the changes:
It also removes support for Livemarks (If you need this, please let me know).
If the CCK Wizard saves you time and helps you deploy Firefox, please consider contributing to it's development by clicking here.
The CCK Wizard is maintained in Google Code. That's the place to report bugs. Also, please consider becoming a contributor.
Do you use Firefox Mobile and wish you could see the title tags for your favorite comic sites? Now you can with Total Title.
When enterprises (and others) are customizing Firefox, I get asked pretty much the same questions every time:
Doing any of these things properly is actually quite difficult, because none of the people that developed these features ever thought that someone would want to disable them. I think the primary reason for this is that most people that create software have only ever experienced how one type of person uses a computer. They believe that everyone uses a computer like they do; they have full access to the computer, they can do whatever they want and they can customize the computer however they want. This narrow view causes them to create software for people like them.
The reality is that people use computers in many different ways. In many industries, organizations, governments and educational institutions, there is a need to prevent people from having too much access to the computer and the browser. And it's not just things like kiosks. It could be shared computers at a hospital or bank, or it could be simply that the employees are not very computer literate and you want to make sure they have limited access. Or maybe the browser is used on a piece of equipment and you want to make sure it can't be messed with. There are tons of reasons why someone would want to disable certain features.
Whenever you create a new feature, you should ask yourself this questions:
Is there a good reason why someone would want to disable this feature?
If the answer is yes, you should provide a single global preference that removes the entire feature. You should also ensure that when this preference is locked, any associated UI associated with that feature is disabled.
Asking this simple question before implementing a new feature will go a long way towards making sure Firefox is enterprise ready.


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the band played well into the morning and very loud. We were not able to sleep!!! very annoying
Super friendly staff, perfect location, and inexpensive drinks
No pool, onsite eating facilities, or fitness room; outside noise each night; could improve cleanliness
We got to the hotel around 10pm and the lady at the front desk was rude to start. We get into our room, realizing that the room wasn't what I thought I had booked. I thought I had booked for 2 adults 0 children standard king room. However the room was a standard double room booked for 2 adults 2 children. No big deal, my fault. I go back to the front desk and tell her I must've made a mistake and asked if there was a king room available. Supposedly there was only the deluxe room available for a $15 up charge. I ask the front desk of there was a microwave and she said "I don't know, you will have to check for yourselves, I don't know what is in which rooms" SERIOUSLY????. This was after she rolled her eyes at us for making her do a little bit of thinking. We decided to check the room again to see if it would work for the night. After going back to the room, the tv didn't work, the walls and chairs were stained and there was no microwave as advertised. i go back to the front desk about 10 minutes later and say "I'm sorry to be a pain, but I would like to upgrade to the deluxe king room for the extra $15. Supposedly we were in the room for "too long" and that we were not allowed to upgrade because the cleaning service would have to clean an extra room. Even though all we did was set our bags down and discuss the room situation. The lady at the front desk continued to be rude and roll her eyes at me as if I was asking her to build the Great Wall of china. Needless to say we will never stay at this hotel again unless some serious changes are made and that girl receives an attitude adjustment or is reprimanded.
Price was good compared to other Motel/Hotels in the area with similar accomodations and breakfast.
Stayed there 10 years earlier and this place was very nice. It appears nothing was ever done since and this place is dated and pretty worn out. Of the 4 floors with Ice makers only one on the 3rd floor actually was working. Since I stayed at 6 motels in 6 days while in Havasu I found that none of the places offering pools heated them.
The Travelodge was very nice but was higher in price then Island Inn. All-in-all, I'd stay here again at $47 per night.
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I did not dislike anything
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Smell. The room had an awful odor. A bit noisy but it was the tail end of spring break.
Lake Havasu is not known for hi-end properties. We just needed a clean place to sleep and this met the need. Front desk was happy and helpful. Rooms were clean.
A bit noisy from the street/parking, but I think this is normal for Lake Havasu.
Loved the location.
There was no remote in the room.
Location was good for why I was there (Balloon Festival). I walked all around the bridge and Rotary Park so it was convenient in that location. Did not have the breakfast so can't comment on that but was busy each morning and looked well stocked. Did not swim but pool appeared to be heated and clean. Fitness center was very nice. Decor for the main lobby and rooms are very well done and very clean.
Towels were like sandpaper.
Smell of marijuana, carpet torn and falling apart. Not the safest feeling staying there. Need serious updating!! Way better options for the same price range. Won't go back
I slrpt on top of the bed cover. Need I say more
towels thin and not clean--coffee pot not usable---general rundown of facilities---half a star is more appropriate
Good size room and bathroom with plenty of counter space. Great little kitchen.
Halls smell a bit musty/smoky as they do have some smoking rooms, but inside my room it was fine.
After arriving 10.30 at night the owners gave a a very warm welcome.
As a quick stop off its a great place to stay. Breakfast was ok but could have been a little more choices. 8 out of 10.
Continental breakfast
Centrally located.
I found my room to be very clean, and the bed was quite comfortable. The facilities are completely adequate for how inexpensive the place is, and was a decent value. Location is pretty good, kind of away from high traffic areas and somewhat easy to get to.
It is an older building, with single pane windows, and a front door that doesn't seal well, so all night long noise was coming into the room keeping me up. The noise from the road was very loud, people going out to the bars and coming back- very loud. The room does nothing to muffle the noise at all, you might as well be outside. Recommend requesting being on the end that is away from the main road and bringing ear plugs. Also, I was on the second floor, and the floor squeaked a lot (I weigh 140lbs), I imagine staying on the first floor is also undesirable unless you want to hear someone walking around all the time.
Some guys being loud at 1am through 5am
Got a room with view of the lake.
Hairdryer did not work. Very low lighting in bath and vanity area. Bedding caused annoying squeaking whenever you moved (like it had a rubber mat or something on it). TV volume was too low even tho it was at maximum level. No king-size bed available.
The breakfast was pretty good
The room & building were very dated & in need of updating like the window screen needed to be replaced, drywall on corners were in need of repatching; handicap room was extremely cramped
Fully furnished condo units.
No staff on duty at check in. No one there until next morning.
Rooms were spacious and have been remodeled with Pergo wood floors, new kitchenette cabinets and countertops. We stayed for one night as booked, but would have been comfortable for several nights. Nice pool area. Easy check in. Nice staff. Comfortable bed. Would stay here again. Nice price .
Shower temperature was hard to adjust. Continually went from hot to cold. Tub was old. Rooms aren't real sound proof.
The postive points of this hotel was the price of the room and the decent televisions. The bathrooms were standard, and the room is general was spacious.
The cons of this hotel follow suite with the rest of the reviews here. When I checked in A very helpful lady helped me and all was going well. Later that evening my wife had a hard time sleeping due to the pancake flat pillows. I called the front desk to ask for a few more pillows and ended up dabeting with a very rude guy over why I needed more pillows. So the rate is great but customer service is awful.
Dog friendly room with balcony on the water.
Worried about coyotes but we didn't encounter any.
Super friendly staff
Spring break prices were steep.
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The letters OFW stand for Overseas Filipino Workers. Roughly ten percent of the country's 80 million people have gone abroad to work, earning much more than they could make here.
A whole bureaucracy is built around this migration. One agency processes more than a thousand applications of workers who want to work abroad.
Cherry de las Alas of POEA says, "Now we're deploying 2,900 to 3,000 a day."
Their remittances make up a major pillar of the Philippine economy and provide more than ample support for the needs of their families back home. Big houses in a small, poor provincial town are owned by Filipinos working in many countries.
But there is real worry here over the social cost of such migration, especially for children who are left behind.
Patricia Luna of the Social Welfare Department says, "It's not a guarantee with the remittance of monetary consideration, not a guarantee that the longing of the children for their parents would be resolved through monetary, material things."
The government allowed access to one of its welfare centers, and a girl whose mother went to work abroad - Grace - was tearful when she spoke to us. With no guidance at home, she said she started to hang out with friends, leave home early in the evening and return the following morning.
"At 15," she says, "I learned to use drugs and was smoking and drinking."
"they carry the trauma if the needs for the parents' presence is not addressed," says Luna.
The Social Welfare Department says it is strengthening its current services for children whose parents are absent from the home. Among other things, they are intensifying their training program, "on parenting, care-giving skills of those who are left in the Philippines," says Luna.
As for Grace? She was trying to reunite with her mother who had returned, but the girl didn't want to leave the center and go home. She added that she was still trying to change, in her words, to be a better person.
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Formscan By Thomas Weekes - OSCARS JOY was a good winner at Fairyhouse in December and both the runner-up (smart mare Caoimhe's Delight) and third (today's rival Annie Oakley - well held) have since won. That form looks well up to winning this and, getting 3bs from Tasitiocht, has every chance. Tasitiocht is a solid performer and while not overly impressive at Wexford latest, has to have every chance again here. This represents a big step up for Twigline following her win last November but progression can be expected while Jennies Jewel bounced back from a poor run before winning on her latest start. Way Up In The Air is keen, and while a winner latest, faces more of a task here.
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Riders - Winner of a hurdle race 4lb extra; Of two hurdle races or a hurdle race value E15,000 7lb extra;
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Friendly staff. To the point that I was looking for a particular shoe and the manager searched the Internet to find where I could buy it locally. Great breakfasts, but the scrambled eggs leave a lot to be desired. I had this problem at another Hampton Inn. Since these scrambled eggs are served on only one day a week, and there is a wide range of other breakfast items, it's more a disappointment than a problem. My favorite is the English muffin topped with eggs, ham and cheese. This is only served on the weekends. Good room. Clean and quiet. If you are just straying the night this Hampton, it's just off of the Carl D Silver Parkway on Hospitality Lane. If you take the Silver Pkwy, you travel through a huge hue shopping area. If you go down one more road to Bragg, you avoid the traffic. I did travel into the shopping area and I noticed every food chain I can think of so finding a place to eat will only be a problem because of the variety. If you are staying a while, this Hampton is actually well located if you look at a map and stay off of the interstate and Plank Road/Hwy 3. I used Fall Hill Ave and US 1.
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In Perl/Tk I have designed one interface in that I have one frame. That frame has an Entry and Text box. When I am clicking the button those Entry and Text value has to clear in the Frame. I know that I can access each object then I can clear using delete function. I need to do as like HTML form reset button functionality. How can I do these things in Perl Tk?
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Create a button that has access to the variables holding the values for the other widgets you want to affect. When you press the button, reset the values in those variables.
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In general bind a subroutine to the 'Reset' button that will clear the values of the other widgets. The actual mechanics of how you clear the widgets will vary.
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Just a quick heads up for those of you who have the Aldi grocery chain in your area. Once per year they have some special purchases. They have had this particular item every year for the last 8-10, right around this time of year (March April) and it is a good deal. What I'm talking about is a heavy duty adjustable wire shelf system. It has five 36 by 18 inch shelves, each capable of holding 350 pounds, which connect to 6 foot poles with about 1-inch incremental spacing, for $40.00, which is a great price.
Similar shelves from Home Depot or Lowes are 48 inches wide instead of 36; but, cost $80-90 each. BTW, the screw-in caster wheels to make these racks mobile are available at Home Depot, Lowes, and other hardware and big box stores. We just purchased the last 5 from our local Aldi, and put the last 5 at the Aldi in another town, on hold until tomorrow. Between the 48 inch and this 36 inch shelve; we have about 16 already in use.
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LOS ANGELES—It's only sunshine and rainbows in the capital markets world, according to experts on CBRE's Real Estate 360 in 60 web forecast. CBRE brokers Kevin Shannon, Val Achtemeier and Darla Longo agreed that there is still an abundance of equity, debt and foreign capital in the market and fundamentals are very strong.
"The investment sales sector is firing on all cylinders now as the capital gods are smiling on us," says Shannon. "Most core deals are completed with no debt involved. They are all cash deals. We're not seeing the loan-to-value ratios we did from 2006 or 2007. That's not happening this cycle so far. Capital is not making high-leverage bets." With so much capital in the market, investors are starting to find deals in secondary markets, and value-add transactions are starting to increase. In major West Coast markets, like Seattle, Phoenix and Denver, where capital is especially abundant, records are breaking all the time.
Longo echoes Shannon's thoughts, adding that industrial has taken multifamily's place as the "new darling." "We're seeing a huge increase in foreign capital, which is unusual for the industrial product type," she explains. "Smaller industrial companies are following the 'priority proximity' principle where they want to be near population centers and close to priority shipping hubs in order to get products in consumers' hands." Big box industrial had already been very active. Here in L.A., there are several big-box industrial developments under construction, including the 1-million-square-foot build-to-suit facility that Roll Real Estate is building for American Tires. However, that activity is now trickling down into the smaller facilities, which are beginning to pool investor interest as well.
There is a fear that with so much capital, lenders will begin to take big risks, and while Achtemeier explains that this is true, she adds that they are doing so "in a more disciplined manner." She says, "They understand the submarket, the property and the risk, and are doing reasonable deals. Debt capital is available across the capital stack at competitive pricing, so it is a great time to be a borrower now."


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|Publication number
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|Publication date
|Aug 6, 1974
|Filing date
|Jul 27, 1972
|Priority date
|Sep 28, 1971
|Publication number
|Zirlin A
|Original Assignee
|For Ind Res Cir Ltd Centre
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|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Referenced by (11), Classifications (13)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
3,827,899 Patented Aug. 6, 1974 United States PatentOffice Iut Cl. cosh 25/00, 27/18 U.S-. onion- 20s.
4 Claims I 'BSTR" cT oF- ruE-DIscLosURE I mod fied microcrystalline cellulose is obtained by the,interaction of microci'ystallinecellulose with guarguni in an.atiueouslmedium.'Thismodified microcrystalline cellulose functio'ris simultaneously as. a body enhancer, cloudifierand suspen 'iaga em cidic soft drinks and preventsf'the" settling of ;the..piilpp il 1es present in the soft drinks and/onfheformatiori'of the ring in the upper layer of the drinks. 7
This invention relates,.to a new additive to be used for-the; stabilization of the suspension in soft drinks.
Stabilizerspare used in various branches of the food industry toprevent the occurrence ofundesirable changes. Though theinvention is applicable-in principle to all nds i9f,; d ink t. i o pe ia importance in gard;t o acidiosoft drinksand mainly to those acidic softdrinks which contains-pulpparticles such as juice (citrus, .tomatoes 'etc.,).; j w,
The, term .fsoft drinks? embraces syrups, carbonated beverages .andstill beverages-Th lcarbonated beverages being either flavored with sugar, es sence and acid or unfiavored containing carbon dioxide and minerals. The still beverage may either 'be'friuf'jiiice with'or without added sugar and water of it'may contain flavoring material, sugar and acid proportioned"with water.
The 'composition and "stabilityof-"the colloidally disperse'cl 'materials in soft-*drinks aifeet considerably the quality of the products. The reason is that these ma.- terial'si 'contribute to the' flavor, color appearance and teirtu're of the bevera'gez From flthe standpoint bf appearance, one of the undesirable" features of juicecontaining suspended solids is "the tendency' of the solid to settle during storage. This is particualrly noticeable in juice packed in glass, but it maymot be evident .,to the. fililsuuier although it exists when juice is packed in. can s.]This is the result jth ns abili ust.saspsn d l 'd la the emulsible I n drink w clrcontains more pulp ring at the op of-"the bottle. d it s -t is k es; banned the use of these potential in rting flavor 'ljhe precipitation will a; fe s ta on "colloidal instability is the the soft drinks infor instance erm lsions, e conventional clouding r, n the last ,years the food safetyi hea th h z d t d-fi as al g inatesfjcarcarboxymethyl v which would prevent the sedimentation of the pulp in cellulose or various types of starches have been used as body enhancers .suspending agents. However, although they were found to be effective in increasing the viscosity of the soft drink, their capacity to retard the sedimentation of suspended pulp is limited.
Thus it was long felt desirable to find an additive acidic soft drinks in obtaining a homogenized drink.
The present invention has the object to provide a new additive for preventing the precipitation of the pulp in acidic soft drinks.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an additive which. fulfills in addition to prevention of the precipitation of the solids in acidic soft drinks, the
purposes of other additives for soft drinks such as body enhancer and cloudifier.
The invention therefore, consists of a modified microcrystalline cellulose dispersion prepared by the interaction of microcrystalline cellulose and guar-gurn in an aqueous medium characterized by its outstanding stability in acidic soft drinks. The term guar-gum includes also fractions of guar-gum. The new additive was found to be 'very useful in the stabilization of suspensions in acidic soft drinks, preventing the settling of the pulp particles and/or formation of a ring in the upper layer of soft drinks.
Microcrystalline cellulose has been suggested as a clouding agent for a beverage prepared in a powder form.
But its dispersibility and stability in acidic soft drinks is quite poor. Also guar-gum alone or other fractons of this gum used in food industries were tried with a rather limited success to accomplish this function of preventing the settling of the pulp. Thus, it has now been unexpectedly found that the modified microcrystalline cellulose dispersion can successfully prevent the settling I ofpulp, and simultaneously fulfill the functions of body enhancer and coludifier required for soft drinks. This preand a similaiztyiseosity; is not.,,suitable.- for the preparatio an were The; 'prepara-tion of the 1 modified ,-miorocrystal1ine cellos; lose is every-simple the-microcrystallinecellulo'se sand guar gumeare dispersed in neutral nor. slightlysasalkaline water.Ittisipreferable to incorporate inathesolid micro-'" crystalline cellulose a dispersing agent such as carboxyvention of settling the pulp occurs only when the modified microcrystalline cellulose dispersion is prepared prior to its addition to the soft drink. By adding separately the mcirocrystalline and guar-gum directly to the soft'drink, no interaction between the components occurs and no stabilization effect of the suspension is obtained.
The modified microcrystalline dispersion is. the result of the interaction of the two ingredients, microcrystalline cellulose or .guar-gum in development of a different property which is not possessed by the two ingredients taken separately. The eiiactstructure of the modified microcrystalline cellulose is unknown. It seems that the interaction between the microcrystalline cellulose and guar-gum takes place by a sort of cross-linking in resulting a new colloidalstructurer J The term guar-gum includes also fractions of this gum having molecular weight as expressed by its viscosity in the range of 2800 to 69,00Q ops. It was surprisingly found that other, types of food grade, gums arenot suitable fpr L thispreparation; since the,microcrystalline.cellulose does not interact with the gum, to forrna stable ,suspension.in
acidic media. Thus,v for example, locust bean gum, which like s rzsu i a so a a s t man n an s pthar hydrophilic Dids.with.,-very;, similan properties-in solutio of the-modified microcryst-allinecellulose.
methyl cellulose to render the cellulose more dispersible in aqueous systems. The suspension' is vigorouslymixed by 'thuse of a shearing device suchfasf-Waring Bleii'do The amount of guar-gum which -interacts with the microcrystalline cellulose in obtaining the modified microcrystalline cellulose is not critical. The preferable amount is between the range of 1 part guar-gum, to 0.5 parts, to 12 parts of microcrystalline cellulose. Generally a modified microcrystalline cellulose containing smaller amounts of guar-gum will effectively stabilize the suspension when no fruit pulp is present in the system and when the system does not undergo pasteurization and is stored under refrigeration. However, fruit juices consist of considerable quantities of finely divided suspended fruit solids. The amount of suspended solids varies according to the fruit; for instance it is between 713% (volume) for orange juice and 35-11% (volume) for grapefruit juice. In these cases, the modified microcrystalline cellulose is preferred to contain at least 25% of guar-gum.
With citrus syrups (20 Brix) designed for home use normally an unpleasant phenomenon of a ring formation in the upper layer occurs. This ring contains actually the main components of the flavor. It was found that by using the modified microcrystalline cellulose obtained according to the present invention the formation of this ring is prevented.
The preparation of the modified microcrystalline cellulose is done at ambient temperature. In some cases such as concentrated juices, higher temperatures than the ambient might be desirable.
The modified microcrystalline cellulose has properties which cannot be accounted for by the additive contribution of its two components. One of the tests which proves this fact is filtration. The filtration test is illustrated in Table I where the filtration rates of a solution of 0.25% microcrystalline cellulose and of a solution of 0.25 modified microcrystalline cellulose are given. The filtration was done on the same aliquot of ml. of dispersion through a qualitative Whatman No. 1 filter paper having a filtration area of 4.5 cm. The filtration was carried out at ambient temperature (25 C.) under a pressure gradient of 715 mm. Hg (achieved by a vacuum pump) TABLE I Filtration rate of Filtration rate of 0.25% 0.26% modified microcrystalline cellulose microcrystalline dispersion cellulose dispersion Filtration Filtra- Filtravolume, tion time, tion time, ml. min. min.
used in the preparation of the'modified microcrystalline cellulose has a negligible resistance'to flow: 10 ml. of a 0.05% guar-gum'dispersion were obtained as filtrate in l5seconds.
Another physical test which shows the difference of. the
crystalline cellulose and'modified microcrystalline cellulose dispersions.
From the above values it is evident that a build-up of structure occurs in the resulting stored system containing microcrystalline cellulose interacted with guar-gum.
This phenomenon known as thixotropy proves also that the interaction which occurred between the microcrystalline cellulose and guar-gum by a sort of cross-link ng, im
poses an array of a characteristic colloidal system. I
It seems that due to these improved physical properties of the modified microcrystalline cellulose this material is successful in the stabilization of the suspension in the soft drinks.
The microcrystalline cellulose may be used in its pure state or preferably in its commercial form known under the trademark Avicel-RC-581" produced by FMC Corporation (Philadelphia, U.S.A.). This material contains 89 parts by weight of microcrystalline cellulose and 11 parts of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose. The sodium car'- boxymethyl cellulose is normally required as a dispersant additive but it does not interact with the microcrystalline cellulose to stabilize acidic systems. It was also found that the addition of quantities of carboxymethyl cellulose ranging from 10-200%- on the basis of Avicel-RC-581 did not stabilize the suspension at low pH values. The use of the modified microcrcystalline cellulose in soft drinks v has several advantages. Among them are: j
(1) All the components used in the modified microcrystal- 3 line cellulose are known and permitted to be incorpo rated in the food industry.
(2) The modified microcrystalline cellulose functions simultaneously as a body enhancer, cloudifier and suspending agent. (3) The combination of these three functions is quite unique and very useful in the soft drinks and especially in those containing large amounts of pulp (orange juice,
grapefruit juice, tomato juice) where the function of prevention of the sedimentation of the pulp is very important.
The following is a general modified microcrystalline cellulose:
The aqueous dispersion of modified microcrystalline" cellulose is mixed with the soft drink i.e. sugar-acid solution, juice etc. The amount of' modified microcrystalline I cellulose required for acidic soft drink to prevent settling is at least 0.02% wt. percent. Preferably this amount is between 0.05% to 0.75%. After that it is preferable to shear the mixture using a Waring Blender or a sonicator.
The final system may be pasteurized andthen stored at ambient temperature or under refrigeration. The pH of the product may be as low as 2 and the'stability of the system is not impaired by the acidic conditions characteristic to soft drinks and. juices. The suspensionwas stable and the system was homogeneous without precipitation" of the pulp even after six months of. storage at 1-4 C.
The modified microcrystalline cellulose was found to be successfully used for acidic soft drinks including syrups and juices where more pulpis present and the .problem of the stabilization of suspension is more evident.
When juices such as orange juice are addedto the syse tem it should be first pasteurized and sheared sinceother wise .the stability of the products will.be impaired.
When juice concentrates such as orange juice concenw trates are added to the system they may be either reconcem' description of the useof the trated prior to incorporating them in the product or added as concentrates.
The invention is illlstrated by the following examples to which it is not limited.
EXAMPLE 1 80 mg. guar-gum (trademark Meyprogat 90) and 250 mg. microcrystalline cellulose were dispersed in 50 ml. of tap water in the presence of 30 mg. of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose by shearing for 5 minutes in a Waring Blender at 25-35 C.
To the above dispersion 17 ml. of sucrose-citrate buffer (containing 20% sucrose and 6% citrate) and 33 ml. of grapefruit juice and orange juice were then added. The samples were pasteurized in 20 x 150 mm. test tubes by heating for 12 minutes at 70 C. and then storing at 30 C. After a three-months storage, the phase containing the mixture of juice pulp and modified microcrystalline particles occupied 97% of the total volume of the samples.
In blanks not containing the modified microcrystalline cellulose, sedimentation of fruit pulp to the bottom of the test tubes occurred after a few days. In blanks containing the regular microcrystalline cellulose, the lower phase containing the suspended particles occupied only 50% of the total volume, after a one week storage at 30 C.
EXAMPLE 2 Two batches of 50 mg. of guar-gum (trademark Meyprogat 90) and 250 mg. microcrystalline cellulose were dispersed in the presence of 30 mg. of carboxymethyl cellulose in 50 ml. of tap water by shearing for minutes in a Waring Blender at 25-35 C.
To each one of the above dispersion 17 ml. of sucrosecitrate buffer pH 3.25 and 33 ml. of Schweppes Bitter Lemon (Iafora Ltd., Rehovot, Israel) and Schweppes Golden Orange (Jafora Ltd, Rehovot, Israel) were then added.
The samples were stored at 1-4 C. The phase containing the suspended particles occupied 90-98% of the total volume even after a three months storage.
EXAMPLE 3 5 g. of microcrystalline cellulose and 1.485 g. guar-gurn (trademark Meyprogat 90) were dispersed in 100 ml. H O in a Waring Blender for 5 minutes in the presence of 0.5 g. sodium carboxymethyl cellulose. The mixture was heated to about 80 C. for ten minutes.
50 g. of orange concentrate (60 B'rix) were mixed with 50 g. of the above modified microcrystalline cellulose. The paste was diluted with 450 ml. water and the diluted suspension was heated to 85 C. and then cooled to ambient temperature. The suspension was then mixed with an equal volume of sucrose-citrate buffer pH 3.25 (containing 1.5% citrate and 5% sucrose). The final dispersion was sheared in a Waring Blender for 3 minutes and then pasteurized (see Example 1). It was stable on storage at ambient temperature, for three months.
EXAMPLE 4 (The preparation of the dispersion was done at 25- 30 C.). 250 mg. Avicel RC-581 and 50 mg. guar-gum (Meyprogat 90) were dispersed in 75 ml. water by shearing for five minutes in a Waring Blender. 25 ml. of a sucrose-citrate buffer, pH 3.25 (containing 21% sucrose and 6% citrate) were then added. The suspension was stable even after a six month storage under refrigeration. When the amount of guar-gum dispersed with the Avicel was reduced to 20 mg. (per 100 ml. final product) the suspension was stable for two months under refrigeration while in systems not containing guar-gum but only Avicel flocculation and precipitation occurred immediately on adding the citrate.
EXAMPLE 5 200 mg. guar-gum (trademark Meyprogat 90) and 500 mg. Avicel RC 581 were dispersed in 50 ml. water by shearing in a Waring Blender for 5 minutes at ambient temperature (ZS-30 C.). 17 mls. of a sucrose-citrate buffer pH 3.2 (containing 20% sucrose and 6% citrate) were then added, followed by 133 ml. of a freshly extracted tomato juice (the tomatoes were heated to about 80 C. prior to extracting them). The volume was made up to 200 ml. and the solution was then sheared for 3 minutes in a Waring Blender. Samples were pasteurized for 12 minutes at C. The suspension was stable after a two-months storage at ambient temperature (20-30 C.). On the other hand, in blanks not containing the modified microcrystalline cellulose, precipitation of suspended particles commenced after 2-3 days.
EXAMPLE 6 250 mg. of microcrystalline cellulose and 70 mg. guargum (trademark Meyprogat 90) were dispersed in ml. tap water by shearing in a Waring Blender for 5 minutes at ambient temperature (ZS-30 C.). To this dispersion, 25 ml. of a sucrose-citrate buffer pH 3.2 (containing 20% sucrose and 6% citrate) were added. The suspension was quite stable. In a blank experiment not containing the modified microcrystalline cellulose, but only the normal microcrystalline cellulose, precipitation of cellulose occurred on adding the acidic buffer solution.
I claim:
1. A modified microcrystalline cellulose dispersion consisting essentially of the interaction product prepared by the interaction of 1 part by Weight guar gum and 0.5 parts to 12 parts by weight microcrystalline cellulose.
2. A modified microcrystalline cellulose dispersion according to claim 1 which also contains sodium cal-boxymethyl cellulose.
3. A dispersion in accordance with claim 1 formed in a neutral or slightly alkaline aqueous medium and vigorously mixed in a shearing device and wherein said guar gum has a viscosity of 2800 to 69,000 cps.
4. A modified microcrystalline cellulose dispersion according to claim 1 to be used in acidic soft drinks as suspending agent, body enhancer and cloudifier.
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,440,065 4/ 1969 La Via 106-209 X THEODORE MORRIS, Primary Examiner U.S. Cl. X.R. 106.204, 209
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Bernardine (film)
|Directed by
|Henry Levin
|Produced by
|Samuel G. Engel
|Written by
|Mary Chase
Theodore Reeves
|Pat Boone
Terry Moore
Dick Sargent
|Music by
|Lionel Newman
Johnny Mercer
|Paul Vogel
|Edited by
|David Bretherton
|Distributed by
|20th Century Fox
Release dates
Running time
|95 min.
|United States
|$1.23 million[1]
|Box office
|$3.75 million (US rentals) [2]
Bernardine is a 1957 film directed by Henry Levin and starring Pat Boone, Terry Moore, Dean Jagger, Dick Sargent, and (in her last film, after a 19-year absence) Janet Gaynor. The 1952 play upon which the movie is based was written by Mary Coyle Chase, the Denver playwright who also wrote the smash hit Broadway play Harvey. The title song, with words and music by Johnny Mercer, became a hit record for Boone.
At Wingate High School, Vernon Kinswood, Arthur "Beau" Beaumont and Sanford "Fofo Bidnut" Wilson race cars and boats, hang out at an afterschool place called the "Shamrock Club," and love a mythical dream girl named Bernardine from Sneaky Falls, Illinois.
Sanford declares he intends to take a date to see bongo king Jack Costanzo perform at the Black Cat Club. The boys call the information operator once again and ask for the fictional Bernardine's phone number. A young operator, Jean, answers the phone and so Sanford goes to the telephone office to ask her for a date. Jean accepts.
Sanford's romance is threatened when his mother threatens to get married.
- Pat Boone as Arthur 'Beau' Beaumont
- Terry Moore as Jean Cantrick
- Janet Gaynor as Mrs. Ruth Wilson
- Dean Jagger as J. Fullerton Weldy
- Dick Sargent as Sanford Wilson (as Richard Sargent)
- James Drury as Lt. Langley Beaumont
- Ronnie Burns as Griner
- Walter Abel as Mr. Beaumont
- Natalie Schafer as Mrs. Madge Beaumont
- Isabel Jewell as Mrs. McDuff
- Edith Angold as Hilda
- Val Benedict as Friedelhauser
- Emestine Wade as Cleo
- Russ Conway as Mr. Mason
- Thomas Pittman as Olson
- Jack Costanzo as Himself - Orchestra leader
Buddy Adler of 20th Century Fox bought the film rights in 1955 as a vehicle for Robert Wagner.[3] However the film was reworked as a vehicle for Pat Boone. In 1956 Boone was one of the biggest music artists in the US. Several movie studios pursued him and Adler was successful, signing him to a multi-picture contract with Fox. Bernadine was to be the fist movie.[4]
Boone tested for the roles of both Beaumont and Sanford. He was eventually cast as Beaumont - the role played on stage by John Kerr.[5][6] Dick Sergeant received his first important screen role as Sanford.[7] (Ed Byrnes reportedly also tested for the role.[8]) Janet Gaynor was lured out of retirement to costar as Sanford's mother.
Filming started 4 February 1957.[9]
- Bernadine
- Love Letters in the Sand
See also[edit]
- ^ Solomon, p251
- ^ Solomon, p227
- ^ Looking at Hollywood: Bob Cumming's Wife Buys Story; Two Studios Want It Hopper, Hedda. Chicago Daily Tribune (1923-1963) [Chicago, Ill] 14 Sep 1955: b6.
- ^ Bidding Is Hot as Pat Boone Signs Multi-Movie Contract Hopper, Hedda. Chicago Daily Tribune (1923-1963) [Chicago, Ill] 16 Nov 1956: a4.
- ^ Mary Chase's Latest Comedy a Real Delight Chapman, John. Chicago Daily Tribune (1923-1963) [Chicago, Ill] 18 Oct 1952: a3.
- ^ 'Ski Lift' Potential for Melchior, Barker; 'Actor' Named for Trio Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 24 Dec 1956: B7
- ^ 'Twilight for Gods' Big Picture Purchase; Gia Scala to Lure Taylor Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 04 Feb 1957: C9.
- ^ MOVIELAND EVENTS: Film Will Show New Route to Everest Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 29 Jan 1957: 20.
- ^ Dean Jagger Romances Gaynor; Deal to Join Fairbanks and Dragon Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 24 Jan 1957: C9
- Bernardine at AllMovie
- Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1.
External links[edit]
- Bernardine at the Internet Movie Database
- Bernardine at the TCM Movie Database
- Bernardine at AllMovie
- Review of film at New York Times
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