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Sage Francis
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My Life in a Nutshell. Updates as of 5/26/03
Before you come at me with all the "really, buddy...get over yourself" shit, I would like to say "I know, I know." The following diatribe is for people in need of background info for whatever reason. The truth is, I'm sick of telling the same story over and over. Here is what I am willing to share...in full:
I am my mother's only child. She is the strongest figure of my life. I was born in Miami but I was reared in Rhode Island, where I spent most of my childhood bouncing from home to home until we settled into a house at the end of a dirt road in the woodlands. There were two houses on my road. We were number 2. My mom eventually married a great guy named Ray, who raised me as his own.
My biological father gained part-time custody of me when I was 6 or 7. There was much tension and confusion during this time....name changes, family changes, discussion changes, environmental changes and new rules as to what was or wasn't appropriate to say or do. This is when I learned a great deal about adaptation and diversity. My biological father lost complete custody of me when he returned me to my mother a day late...drunk...after giving up on his idea of stealing me away to Florida. This is the last I heard from him for a long time. My life went back to woods, karate lessons, sports, school, and a crush on the girl who sat across from me in 4th grade.
This was the year I was introduced to a Fat Boys tape by someone in my school. All he kept saying about it was, "They say the F word on it!" and all the rest of us knew about it was the dancing that went along to it. Breaking...something we first did even before hearing rap, because it was a huge fad in pop culture at the time. I tried explaining what rap was to my family so I could get my hands on some of it, but they didn't know what I was talking about. While staying at my aunt's house, we were watching television and we saw a public service announcement featuring a girl rapping about the dangers of smoking. I was like, "THAT...that's IT...That's what I like!" My aunt looked at me with a lemon face and responded with, "You LIKE that??"
Every week I would save up $10 and buy a new tape at the mall music store, hoping it would be a hiphop album, but I was never really sure because there wasn't a hiphop section at that time. No one else really listened to rap where I was from, so I would have to look on every album cover for a black guy in gold chains. Once I found the black guy with gold chains, I would look on the back for album titles that included the words "fresh, def, funky, ill, MC, or DJ" and if they did have those words it was a safe bet that it was a rap tape. My only guidance at this point was a Boston college radio show called "Rap Explosion" which played for one hour every Saturday night on 88.9 WERS. I had to force myself to stay awake until 11 PM and press record on my tape player. Then I would fall asleep while holding the antennae, hoping the music would override the static. Damn, I had the coolest boombox. You weren't hiphop without the right radio, and my shit had blinking lights with huge knobs....and a DOUBLE tapedeck!!! When my mom bought me Beastie Boys for Easter I was repulsed. "Listen to some whiteboys? No thanks." I shoved the tape away for a good couple of months before I finally broke down and gave it a chance. I grew to love it, and this was my first lesson in hiphop humility. My mom sonned me.
In 1988 my mother took me to my first concert ever...Run DMC, Public Enemy, EPMD, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince at the Providence Civic Center. Can you fucking IMAGINE that? I didn't even know who the rest of the groups were, but Run DMC were my heroes...and I was willing to give the rest of them a try. A riot broke out on the bottom floor. Chairs were getting tossed, and people were getting shanked for their dookie gold chains. The music was so loud my ears literally rang for a week. My mom was tolerant of my music and supportive, but I think her opinions of it changed for the worse after witnessing this concert. Oh my...it's rebellious. haha. When she went to buy me the Public Enemy tape for Christmas the store clerk warned her that "they are racist." When she told me what he had said I was angered...and I went out and bought the tape myself. The next day I was flaunting in school as if anyone gave a shit. "Hey Kevin...LOOK!" I was holding something powerful in my hand...and I could tell by the look on his face that he just didn't understand. This would have to remain MINE for now.
Public Enemy ruled my life for the next 5 years or so. BDP ran a close second. Although there were obvious moments of ignorance and silliness, hiphop was INTELLIGENT as well as tough and aggressive. That's was the appeal. Admittedly there were feelings of elitism...something I wasn't willing to resolve or forfeit for any other musical genre. As far as I knew, rock and roll was all about drugs and heavy metal was all satanic. The rest of music was ancient and invalid. Hiphop was it. Everything else was pathetic and a waste of time to me....except for ninjas. Hiphop, hiphop, hiphop all the way...and ninjas. Learn it, live it, emulate it, innovate it...
"Yo MTV Raps!" became the new guide for first half of the 90's. "Pump it Up" with Sister Dee helped as well. I tried to learn about every rapper and all styles of hiphop. I dug almost ANYTHING that had rhymes over an 808 drumbeat. It wasn't a time to be picky. Besides, most of the material that came out was great, so the not-so-great stuff also had its place. Even Vanilla Ice. I was excited at the prospect of a white guy gaining popularity in hiphop...and yes, that excitement came right back to bite a chunk out of my ass. As hiphop got more popular, I came across more kids with the same passion as me. We would take weekly trips to Boston and buy African medallions, beads, and whatever else we could get our hands on that looked afrocentric. This was the era. And yes, I hated my skin color and my people. And yes, I lived in a racist town so I was surrounded by people who perpetuated my rebellion. I did my best to spread a good message and I always did my best to help people understand their own ignorance (unaware of my own....unaware that I had any.) It kept me busy.
My friends and I started dancing and putting together routines...going to underage clubs and battling. Going to high school dances and battling. There wasn't much competition so we were gassed on ourselves. That had to end though...because we sucked. Just like my graffiti. I went out bombing with my friends a couple times. When we were finished I looked at the mess I spilled onto the wall and felt horrible about it. When we went to the beach out in some nature preserve, my friend threw up the word "JINX" in block letters on a large rock. It really upset me. He didn't understand my stance on the issue, because to him it was all about hiphop. I quit playing with paint cans when I realized that I wasn't going to be able to do anything significant with graffiti. I wish more people would quit when they realize they suck at something.
1994 was a strong year for hiphop and it seemed to burst into many categories. Sub-genres became more prevalent and separations were made. I gained coastal pride. West Coast turned gangster and wack. New York City was the Mecca. Friends of mine would come back from college with mixtapes and radio recordings from NYC and we would absorb it all. Source magazine was the bible. Nas was in control. Wu Tang was beginning its world coup. Many friends of mine began dabbling in drugs and alcohol...I couldn't get down with that. At least I had my girlfriend of 4 years. Til she left me. At least I had my family. Til they started dying. At least I had a college education. Til it left me without a job and over 30 Gs in student loans. At least I still had hiphop. Til it starting sucking horribly. At least I had me.
music career:
1996 was the year I went for broke. I realized that there was no sense in waiting for a major label to "discover" me. It was time for me to make something of myself and do it unapologetically. Enter spoken word, homegrown demo tapes, Manhattan, URI, new girlfriend, local battles, 90.3 WRIU radio show, the AOI band, large attendance at local shows, AOI tapes and cd, internet business, Joe Beats, Poetry Slam championships, Superbowl MC Battle championship, Non-Prophets Bounce 12", Sick of Waiting tape, ex-girl to next girl, Still Sick...Urine Trouble tape and CD, Brooklyn, next girl back to ex-girl, Ben and Jerry's, Non-Prophets All Word No Play 12", Scribble Jam MC Battle Championship, quit job and do shows nationwide with DJ Shalem, ex-ex-girl to new next girl, Sweden, Iceland, tour with anticon, Fill in the Blanks Tour with Atmosphere, Personal Journeys Tour, Personal Journals LP, major press, band officially breaks up, new ex-girl back to ex-ex-ex-girl, limited edition Makeshift Patriot 7" released by hiphopsite.com in 2002, Sick of Waging War cd, thoughts of quitting life and getting married, mental break down, ex-ex-ex-ex-girl back to freedom, tour of England, tour of Australia, complete tour of Europe, Documentary in the works, DVD in the works, Makeshift Patriot EP released on anticon, "Live Band Dead Poet" North American Tour with Gruvis Malt and CR Avery, album with DJ Signify and Buck 65 called "Sleep No More" to be released on Lex/Warp, NON-PROPHETS "HOPE" to be released on Lex/Warp in late Fall, limited Spoken Word 7" under the name Sage Frenchkiss currently available, another full tour of Europe with Anticon All-Stars took place from June 12-July 7 (2003), a 3 album deal has been worked out with Epitaph Records for solo Sage Francis material, a new installment of the Sick of Waiting CD series named "Sickly Business" to be released on Strange Famous Records in Spring of 2004, another tour of the states in the Spring being worked out, spoken word album in the works, a live cd in the works, a book in the works, a DVD in the works, and I am keeping my doors open to any musician or producer willing to help me create more music.
I live alone...and for the most part I work alone. Religion and Government are monsters. I have seen their devestating effetcs on the proletariat worldwide. Doctors and hospitals scare me. I hate telephones so keep your blipping and beeping out of my face. The artistic community keeps me charged and informed. Books are feeding my current hunger for knowledge. Our brains are starving and tv has acted as an appetite suppresant for too long. Feel me. My friends (few and far in-between) are thoughtful, considerate people who contribute to worthwhile conversations. They help me laugh at myself. I love them. My girlfriend has given me some new eyes to view this world through. I am grateful. I am currently living in my new home with hopes of becoming healthier and more socially conscious. My writing will come along for the ride. Thank you all so much for contributing to my experiences.
Last edited by Sage Francis on Tue Jul 08, 2003 1:21 pm; edited 3 times in total
Thu Apr 03, 2003 4:32 pm
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That was felt strongly on this side man. I felt what you said even though i cant relate to everything you said. Yes you are 100% correct about the government and religion being that they are monsters. Also i love your music and poetry... keep it up man.
Thu Apr 03, 2003 9:27 pm
Joined: 13 Jan 2003
Posts: 347
Location: dreamin, not sure if im awake
did you update the life part, or just add the music part, just wondering if you changed anything bout your life.
Thu Apr 03, 2003 11:25 pm
Joined: 23 Feb 2003
Posts: 45
Location: 612, mpls
spoken word album
I'm visiting london this summer, do you know where I could pick up your sage frenchkiss album?
Fri Apr 04, 2003 12:36 pm
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Posts: 7872
Sun Apr 06, 2003 1:32 am
Joined: 07 Apr 2003
Posts: 28
Yo What's up Sage? I like your lyrics a lot man... I've been writing poetry myself and I was wondering if you could give me some feedback. Here's one of my poems:
I despise the stereotypes of my generation,
Mannequins with artificial, glued-on smiles,
Getting high on Zoloft, writing equations
In the caskets of classrooms, meanwhile,
Life passes by like an ex in see-through
Marijuana smoke through their blood-shod eyes,
Through their pitch-dark lungs where the sun appears to
Have ceased to rise.
I despise
I despise clocks and watches, but adore photos.
I adore memory for its filled with potholes,
Where the time freezes and expands like water,
I adore puddles.
I adore reflections, but despise shadows
On the pale white walls that attract them like magnets.
I despise emptiness for it makes things shallow,
I adore fragments.
Any comments would be appreciated, man. Also, if you like this one, I can post or email you more stuff. Thanks a lot. Keep doing what you're doing. Peace
Mon Apr 07, 2003 1:26 pm
Joined: 03 Jul 2002
Posts: 806
Location: Kingston
whats the book going to be about?
Mon May 26, 2003 5:06 pm
Joined: 18 May 2003
Posts: 3
Location: Jersey
what's it like?
What's it like having so many people sincerely interested in your life story? I mean, if you were most other children (and men.. including myself), then you probably craved attention in one way or another. Does actually getting it feed your hunger for it? How does it affect your ego? And how do you control how it affects your ego? I would love to read your answers. And remind you how "lucky" you are to have the influence you do. Reguardless of the fact that you earned it.
Mon May 26, 2003 5:15 pm
Sage Francis
Self Fighteous
Joined: 30 Jun 2002
Posts: 21790
the hunger has been well fed.
over fed.
I don't have a vivacious appetite the way celebrities seem to have. I have definitely had my fill.
Mon May 26, 2003 11:30 pm
the Wiper
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Posts: 523
Location: Kent State University
yeah, my belly's pretty full too...
also, i've read most of this in other random places...
however, props to Sage for remembering what order to place the 'ex-girl's to next girl's'...
Tue May 27, 2003 12:42 am
Joined: 15 Apr 2003
Posts: 15
Location: Sin City -Lost Wages
Poems for critique
Sage- I find everything you say appealing, wether it's a song or interview. I feel as though i have your life to view. Without an image to follow through. But that's okay. I want to thank you if I may. For allowing your fans to know about you, man.
In my home I will burn sage to keep the government away.
In the fall I hope to see you in Las Vegas.
There is a voice inside my head telling me to move ahead.
To which direction shall I go? What if I fall and brake my toe.
Will you be there to help me rise? Or will I have to just be wise?
What if I fall and brake my neck? Wild you look at me and reject?
If I should fall and scar me face, will I loose all sense of grace?
Will I be left all by my self and feel this pain I've never felt?
As slow as honey travels down the tree is how they befall the fee, they have to pay for actions once lost into an absurd and belligerent activity.
Once engade in the atmosphere, to the floor they become more near.
Buzzing through the crowd they all relate, unaware of that which is so fake.
Actions speaking louder than words and vocalizations launching more wars.
One drop turns into liters, then venom then will act as a leader.
Tue May 27, 2003 4:26 pm
Joined: 12 Nov 2002
Posts: 957
spoken word album in the works?
book on the way?
are these things to actually look for in the near future to or are they in the idea stage.
Tue May 27, 2003 6:20 pm
Joined: 21 Oct 2002
Posts: 28
DVD???? Nice.... Live performance, or what? Any details, release date (wishful thinking)?
Wed May 28, 2003 5:56 pm
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
Posts: 159
Well since theres already questions on here i figured i'd ask mine as well. Is the "Sleep No More" a full length, and when it's comin out?
Wed May 28, 2003 10:13 pm
Joined: 15 Apr 2003
Posts: 15
Location: Sin City -Lost Wages
Only child eh? I thought "Inhereted Scars" was about your sister showing you her vertical smile..???
Thu May 29, 2003 3:33 pm
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Fiber May Not Prevent Diverticular Disease
Jan. 23, 2012 -- A new study challenges the long-held belief that a high-fiber diet prevents the formation of small pouches in the colon wall that can lead to diverticular disease.
For decades, doctors have recommended high-fiber diets to patients at risk for developing the intestinal pouches, known as diverticula.
The thinking has been that by keeping patients regular, a high-fiber diet can keep diverticula from forming. But the new study suggests the opposite may be true.
Fiber Eaters Had More Pouches
People in the study who ate the least fiber were less likely to develop the pouches than people who ate the most.
Another surprise: Constipation was not associated with a higher risk of having diverticulosis, which had also been a long-held theory behind the disease. Diverticulosis is a condition in which multiple pouches form in the wall of the large intestine.
"Our study makes it clear that we don't really understand why diverticula form," says researcher Anne F. Peery, MD, a fellow in gastroenterology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill.
"There are a lot of good reasons to eat a high-fiber diet, and this study doesn't change that," she says. "But it may not protect people from developing diverticula."
Pouches May Lead to Diverticulitis, Other Complications
About half of Americans will have diverticula by the age of 60, and two-thirds will develop the pouches on the walls of their large intestine by age 85, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).
Many experience no symptoms, but 10% to 25% develop diverticulitis -- a potentially serious condition that occurs when the pouches become inflamed.
Diverticula can also lead to other potentially life-threatening complications, including infection and bleeding. According to one report, diverticular disease caused more than 300,000 hospitalizations and nearly 3,400 deaths in the United States in 2004 alone.
Although a low-fiber diet has long been implicated in the formation of diverticula, there is almost no scientific evidence to back up the association, Peery says.
This is also true for other suggested risk factors for diverticular disease, including eating a high-fat diet or a diet high in red meat, being physically inactive, and having frequent constipation.
In an effort to better understand the impact of these suspected risk factors on the formation of diverticula, Peery and colleagues from the University of North Carolina and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx recruited more than 2,100 adults between the ages of 30 and 80 for their study.
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|Length Overall
|45' 0''
13.73 m
|Dry Weight
23,149 lbs.
10,500 kg
13' 5''
4.1 m
|Tested Weight
3' 5''
1.07 m
|Weight Capacity
|Draft Up
|Person Capacity
|Draft Down
|Fuel Capacity
238 gal.
|Air Draft
|Water Capacity
109 gal.
|Length on Trailer
|Max Headroom
|Height on Trailer
|Bridge Clearance
|Trailer Weight
|Total Package Weight (Trailer,Boat & Engine)
|Prices, features, designs, and equipment are subject to change. Please see your local dealer or visit the builder's website for the latest information available on this boat model.
|Std. Power
|2 x 300-hp Volvo Penta D4 IPS400
|Tested Power
|2 x 370-hp Volvo Penta IPS500
|Opt. Power
Not Available
The Mission of the NC14
Jeanneau's NC Series is intended to be an affordable, practical boat for a family and its guests to enjoy the pleasures of the water and sun. At 45' this model can do a bigger and better job of both of these things than her two smaller sisters. The builder envisions the boat as an "apartment on the water."
In this computer drawing note these features: side door by the helm, automatic sliding sunroof, aft deck seating extended abaft the transom for more room on deck. The cockpit seat and table transform into a sun pad.
Distinguishing Features
●Hull Design. This boat has an underwater wedge shape which is a bit more exaggerated than usual. The builder tells us that this design enables the boat to have a lower bow rise in a wider range of speed.
The NC14 is sharp and shallow forward, then the bottom shape extends out to have wide, relatively shallow stern sections. The wide stern has the advantage of added buoyancy aft where it is needed to support the Volvo Penta D4 IPS400 or optional D6 IPS500 diesels, and the shallow V means that the hull will be easier to push. The beam will also add stability and helps keep the draft to just 3'5", which is an ideal depth for places like the Bahamas, the west coast of Florida and the Baltic Sea.
●Plumb Bow. Plumb bows have been in fashion lately in large motoryachts and some cruising boats and specialty boats like the Wally series. Because of it the hull length is essentially the same as the waterline length (LWL). With this design there is no wasted space inside the boat due to long overhangs at the bow and stern. This design saves weight in addition to being distinctive.
●Lightweight. When we compare the NC14 to other express cruisers in her length, we find that she is lighter than many of them. This helps with her draft and also means that she will be easier to power.
This is the two-head layout plan of the NC14. Note that the starboard head is also used as the day head in this version. We like being able to make the forward queen bed into two singles.
●Low Horsepower. Boats that are lightweight require less horsepower to achieve the desired cruising speeds. That means that the NC14 can have smaller, lighter engines such as its twin Volvo Penta 300-hp D4s.
The "New Concept" means creating additional utility by means of clever design innovation. "A" and "B" are the side doors that are rarely seen in this size boat and make single-handed operations easy. "C" are two stools that when not in use stow under cushions adjacent to "D." "D" is an opening window. "E" is a seat back that swings forward to make an aft-facing lounge seat. "F" marks the four-part sliding door that can be moved to one side or the other to maximize the openness to the aft deck. "G" is the sliding settee on the aft deck that can be moved back beyond the transom (see arrows) to open up deck space for a cocktail party or to seat more people at the aft table. The table also swings over and lowers to make a sun pad.
●Convertible Features. There are few boats this size that can convert so many aspects of the boat to a secondary use. Some examples: her U-shaped seating on the aft deck converts into a large sun pad, the booth seating in the wheelhouse on the main deck can become an aft-facing lounger, and the queen bed in the forward cabin can be split into two single berths.
The main deck plan shows the two stools that can be used to seat six for lunch or dinner and the convertible nature of the sofa on the aft deck which can be made into a sun pad.
Here Comes The Sun
The NC14 was designed to appeal to people interested in taking advantage of the sun. She has three sunning areas plus a swim platform that can also be used for laying out. On the bow is a long, wide sun pad, the aft deck seating converts into a sun pad, and the booth seating to port of the helm also makes into a lounge and is right below the sun roof.
Teak Beach. The swim platform is just over 3' (.91 m+) fore-and-aft, which means that it makes an ideal "teak beach" for swimmers. Everyone will love sitting on the platform when it is in the lowered position. This platform is also ideal for scuba divers, making it easier to get gear on and to get out of the water. A hydraulic swim platform is optional.
The Jeanneau NC14 has a length overall of 45' (13.7 m), a beam of 13'5" (4.1 m), and a draft of 3'5" (1.04 m). With an empty weight of 23,100 lbs. (10,478 kgs.), 60 gallons (227 L) of fuel and three people onboard we had a test weight of 24,062 lbs. (10,914 kgs.).
With a pair of 370-hp IPS500 Volvo Penta engines doing the heavy work we reached a top speed at 3650 rpm of 31.7 kn. At that speed fuel burn was 40.55 gallons per hour giving us a range of 167 nautical miles. Best cruise came in at 3000 rpm and 23.3 kn. That speed reduced the fuel burn to 26.7 gph giving the NC14 an endurance of 8 hours and 187 miles while still maintaining a 10% reserve.
But when climbing up through the rpm range, I found that a comfortable slow cruise pace was reached at 2250 rpm and 12.6 kn, and interestingly enough it produced nearly the same range as the high cruise setting. But it was certainly a speed that made me want to stop recording numbers and just keep going.
We had a time to plane of 6.3 seconds, accelerated to 20 mph in 7.3 seconds and continued accelerating through 30 mph in 14.2 seconds, and she settled back into the water from a level attitude.
She doesn't really lend herself to operating while standing. When the waves start coming, her straight stem tends to part the seas with practically no pounding whatsoever. In the light rollers on test day her 6-degrees cruising attitude caused an entry level about one quarter of the way back from the bow, keeping us more on top of the conditions while remaining comfortable, and she rolls 10-degrees into the turns. With the massive sunroof, side doors and wide aft glass doors all opened up it was easy to bring the outside in and really enjoy the weather as we cruised along the French Riviera.
The helm seat is particularly wide on the NC14. The side door makes single-handed operations easier.
On Deck
The helm of the NC14 is to starboard and features a seat that is wide enough for three people, although two would probably be most comfortable. Outboard of the seat is a sliding door to the side deck which makes it easy for the skipper to slip out on deck to tie up the boat when single-handed.
We like the booth-style dining table opposite the helm. This is an ideal place to eat when there are just four people aboard. Note the side door to port.
When the sun is out, but there is a chill in the air, what better place to get the rays without the wind?
Dinette. Opposite the helm on the port side is a booth-style dinette large enough for four people. Obviously this table can also be used as a chart table. It also makes into a sun lounger.
Sofa. Behind the helm is a U-shaped sofa with a high/low table. It can be easily transformed into a third double berth. In addition, there are two stools stored outboard that can be brought out so that six people can comfortably sit around the table for dinner. These two stools can also be used at the table on the aft deck.
With the NC14, owners have plenty of options and can use spaces in different ways at different times of the day or on different occasions -- that is the "new concept."
Galley. The galley is opposite the sofa and is on the port side under a long counter that stretches from the dinette to the sliding door to the aft deck. Here are found all of the normal items of equipment for a galley, plus a flat screen TV that electrically raises and lowers into the back of the counter and out of the way.
The glass door to the aft deck is in four sections which can be moved either to port or to starboard. Either way it maximizes the opening between the interior and the aft deck.
This is the one-head layout plan below. Note that the forward cabin picks up space, which can be used for a desk and chair. The other half of the second head space can be used for a hanging locker.
Below Decks
Below there are two staterooms. Jeanneau allows the owner to select a layout with either one or two heads. Either way the port side head has a large separate shower and private access from the forward cabin.
Consumers can pick the two head option (right) or opt for a built-in desk/vanity in the master and the extra storage of a walk-in closet (left). Note that there is a bi-fold shower door for the shower stall/toilet, which will keep half of the head dry.
In the two-head layout, the second head is located on the starboard side and also functions as a day head. This head essentially has two compartments, one for the sink, and one for the toilet.
If the owner decides to go with the one-head, this space is transformed into a desk located in the forward cabin and also into a walk in closet with hanging locker.
Master. The master stateroom is in the bow and has full standing headroom around the foot of the bed. There are two large hanging lockers and adequate storage. The bed is queen sized and has the added advantage of being able to be split and moved outboard, port and starboard making two single berths.
The NC14 was designed for the gin-clear waters of the Mediterranean, the Bahamas, or the tropics anywhere.
Guest Stateroom. The guest stateroom is to starboard and has full standing headroom upon entering. However, the twin beds are tucked under the helm deck which is standard in this size of boat, so headroom over the beds is limited. There is enough room for sitting up and reading.
The boat comes standard with twin Volvo Penta IPS400 units. The D4 diesels develop 300-hp each. By using pod drives Jeanneau is able to move the engines aft plus improve upon the speed and fuel efficiency of what these relatively small engines could provide if they were in a standard inboard configuration.
Those carrying a lot of equipment onboard and looking for higher top speed can select the twin Volvo Penta IPS500 D6 diesels that develop 370-hp each.
The pods permit the boat to have a joystick option. A bow thruster is also available.
The utility room under the main salon is huge. Note that there is space for a washer/dryer, a wine cooler and a freezer. Alternatively it can be used to store water toys, dry goods, and other supplies.
We like this access to the "utility" room because there is nothing to move in order to open the hatch. Note the aluminum ladder. The space is ideal for a wine cellar.
Utility room. Because the engines are so far back in the boat a large area below is opened up under the galley and seating area for a "utility" room. This is the place to store water toys, cushions, folding chairs, cans of oil and cleaning supplies. It can also be used for other amenities.
She certainly looks fast in this computer-aided drawing.
Having been aboard both the NC9 and NC11 we can attest to the practical nature and abundant utility of these two boats. We suspect that the NC14 carries on Jeanneau's "New Concept" theme and approach as well as making her affordable.
The NC14 has been designed to be economical to operate. With the pod drives and depending on the engine choice, her fuel consumption should be about as economical as possible in this size boat. We have yet to hear from Jeanneau what the MSRP will be, but like the other two boats in the series, we are assuming that the price will be quite competitive.
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April 19, 2013
NEW MATAMORAS — No decision was made Thursday on the fate of Lawrence Elementary and the future of the Frontier Local school district, with board members and the administration saying there's not......
These people will fight to the death. It is going to get ugly. I doubt anyone is really going to be concerned by the education these kids are going to get watching this play out. Beware!
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(All the statements are to the best of my knowledge) I've remained silent the last couple years. I have 3 kids 1 at FHS, 1 at FMS, and 1 at LES. The shape of this district scares me. However, I don't want to send my child to Newport or New Matamoras, nothing against those communities. To be honest my youngest went to Newport one year, the teacher told me I should be happy with a"good enough" report card. I don't know about anyone else I don't like Good enough. I want the best they can do. So at this point if lawrence closes I'm sure the lawrence side of the voting poll will vote NO on your levy. And if Lawrence closes I'm pulling 3 of my children to another district. If that means moving so be it. This conversion school is one way to insure NES & MES stay a k-6 school longer. Bottom line for me is no lawrence gets a no vote from me. Fort Frye, Marietta, or even Switzerland of Ohio would gladly accept the state money from my children. Rant done plz don't be nast
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(WOMENSENEWS)--Female-dominated unions such as the American Federation of Teachers and the California Nurses Association are playing key roles in the AFL-CIO's push for Sen. Barack Obama in Rust Belt states where polls show the election is likely to be decided.
Their key message: Obama has the expertise to fix their families' financial concerns.
"Being a member of a mostly female union of office workers in the Detroit public schools helps open doors," said Elois T. Moore, vice president of local 4168 of the Washington-based American Federation of Teachers, which is sending hundreds of volunteers to Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania this weekend. "Members take one look at me and realize that I understand their economic concerns, the No. 1 issue in the campaign."
The AFL-CIO, a federation of 56 national and international unions, launched a $53.4 million grassroots campaign this summer to encourage its 10.5 million members across the nation to vote on Nov. 4 for Obama, the Democrat from Illinois.
Although the unions' campaign has had considerable success in visits to work sites and members' homes in most of the battleground states, support for Obama has lagged in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, where union members represent 25 to 35 percent of all voters. The McCain campaign pulled out of Michigan on Oct. 5, but unions have kept up the pressure because it is rich in electoral votes.
In 2004, President Bush defeated his challenger, Democratic Sen. John Kerry, by 286 to 252 electoral votes despite endorsements from most major unions.
To win, Obama must hold the Kerry states and add 18 electoral votes to achieve 270, the winning threshold. In 2004, however, Kerry won Pennsylvania's 21 electoral votes and Michigan's 17 votes but lost Ohio's 20 votes.
"Obama didn't compete in the Michigan primary, so many of the undecided members I call on in Detroit and surrounding blue-collar suburbs aren't aware of his pro-labor stands on job creation, health care and, most important of all, education," said Moore. "Unlike McCain, who said manufacturing jobs won't be coming back, Obama has a strong jobs creation plan, which is extremely important to Michigan."
Post-Clinton Resentment Lingers
Moore encounters lingering resentment among some union members that New York Sen. Hillary Clinton--who won the Democratic primaries in Ohio and Pennsylvania--isn't on the ticket.
"As a member of the AFT--one of the first unions to endorse Clinton and which worked hard in 14 states to secure her nomination--I'm in a good position to convince Hillary's supporters that Obama is dedicated to helping working women by supporting equal pay for equal work," she said. "Obama left the campaign to vote for the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which McCain opposed, saying it was unnecessary."
To woo retired workers who battled for benefits, Moore mentions that unlike McCain, Obama has supported paid sick leave, which would benefit 22 million working women who don't have a single paid sick day, and has pledged to protect Social Security benefits, the primary support of a majority of women over 65.
Moore finds that being a member of the teachers' union helps her overcome racial prejudice among white union members in manufacturing industries.
"Everybody wants a good education for their kids," said Moore. "When someone says to me, 'I can't vote for Obama because he is black,' I ask them 'Would you vote for someone who would make sure that your child has an excellent education, so that he or she won't be unemployed and have to leave Michigan to find a job?'"
Moore says she also emphasizes Obama's plans to expand early childhood education and financial aid for college students.
California Nurses Reach Across Nation
The California Nurses Association, and its national arm the National Nurses Organizing Committee, is also sending hundreds of volunteers to the Rust Belt this week to encourage union members to vote for Obama because he and the Democratic Party are "pro-union."
"Our union has some of the best collective bargaining contracts in the nation, so we have a lot of credibility when we warn undecided union members that McCain would continue the Bush administration's policies that are designed to destroy the union movement," said Kay McVay, president emeritus of the California Nurses Association, based in Oakland, Calif., and has 80,000 members in 50 states.
When the buses stop at work sites in Cleveland, Toledo, Philadelphia and other industrial cities, the nurses stress that McCain has voted to block the Employee Free Choice Act, which would make it easier for workers to unionize; filibustered a minimum wage hike last year; and voted against a bill protecting discrimination against workers who strike, effectively allowing companies to hire permanent replacements for them.
"But it is McCain's disastrous health care plan that gets undecided workers to think twice about voting for him," said Deborah Burger, co-president of the California Nurses Association-National Nurses Organizing Committee. "He wants to move people from employer-paid health coverage to fend alone in the individual private insurance market. Individuals and families would end up with less coverage and higher cost plans, leaving them to gamble with their health and financial security."
Although Obama's health plan falls short of the association's goal--enacting a single-payer system--Burger tells union members that it is a "step in the right direction because it builds on the current employee-based system and adds a new public plan option and tighter oversight of insurance company abuse."
Calling the Rust Belt
Some members are making long-distance calls to other union workers in the Rust Belt.
Erica Kent is a 25-year-old member of local 675 of the United Steel Workers in Carson, Calif. She participates in a phone bank launched by the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor in September, which expects to contact over 200,000 union members across the nation by Election Day. Names are supplied by the national office of the AFL-CIO.
"Because Gov. Sarah Palin's husband is a member of the United Steel Workers Union, I am often asked whether union members should vote for the McCain-Palin ticket," said Kent. "I say, 'No! Just because Palin's husband is one of 850,000 dues-paying members of my union, it does nothing to abolish McCain of his long history of anti-union sentiment.'"
Kent also mentions that Women of Steel, which represents female members of the union, sent McCain a letter in September commending him for selecting a female running mate but criticizing him for tapping someone so unqualified.
At the end of the conversation, Kent asks union members whether she can count on their support. She enters the answer--yes, no or maybe--into the database, which is e-mailed to the Washington headquarters of the AFL-CIO.
"Although more people in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania are saying yes, I'm going to make even more calls in the last few days because the future of the labor movement depends on it," said Kent. "I will be so busy that I won't have time to walk my dog, but he doesn't mind because he is a staunch Obama supporter."
Sharon Johnson is a New York City freelance writer.
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Study shows Okla.'s dropout rate keeps shrinking
Published: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's dropout rate fell to 2.4 percent during the 2009-2010 school year, a full percentage point below the national median that ranks Oklahoma 14th in the nation for the lowest high school dropout rate, according to a new study released Tuesday.
The report from the U.S. Department of Education shows Oklahoma's dropout rate has steadily declined since the 2005-2006 school year, when it was at 3.6 percent.
Oklahoma tied with Vermont in the study that ranks the dropout rate for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The study defines a dropout as a student who was enrolled at any time during the previous school year who is not enrolled at the beginning of the current school year and has not successfully completed school.
"This report is another indication that while we are making progress, more work remains," State Superintendent of Public Instruction Janet Barresi said in a statement. "With full implementation of Oklahoma's education reforms, we will see additional progress."
Since Barresi took office as part of a Republican sweep in 2010, the GOP-controlled Legislature has implemented several changes in the state's education system, including a new A-through-F grading system for public schools and a bill to require third-grade students to demonstrate reading proficiency before advancing to fourth grade.
The study shows Oklahoma's average freshman graduation rate, which is an estimate of the percentage of high school students who graduate within four years of first starting the ninth grade, was 78.5 percent in the 2009-2010 school year, slightly above the national average of 78.2 percent.
A demographic analysis of Oklahoma's freshman graduation rate shows Asian/Pacific Islander students had a 100 percent average freshman graduation rate, followed by white students at 80.7 percent, American Indians at 76.9 percent, Hispanic students at 70.7 percent, and black students at 68.8 percent.
Overall, Tuesday's study shows New Hampshire had the lowest dropout rates at 1.2 percent, while Arizona had the highest at 7.8 percent.
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First off, kettlebells have nothing to do with cows or any other type of farm animals. They are weights with handles that you may or may not have seen lying around your gym.
In his book The Russian Kettlebell Challenge: Xtreme Fitness for Hard Living Comrades, author and strongman Pavel Tsatsouline describes the kettlebell as "a cast iron weight that looks like a basketball with a suitcase handle."
Invented in Russia and used for decades by strongmen, kettlebells offer users a wider range of motion than dumbbells that sit in the palm of the hand, and they also better simulate the way we carry things in our daily lives, say teachers and students who've gotten hooked on the workouts.
In recent years, these strange-looking weights have been working their way into a variety of American workouts for men and women, ranging from intense Kettlebell Kombat workouts at SWAT Fitness gyms in Tucson to Kettlenetics Slim & Tone workout DVDs and dance class routines by Michelle Khai in Miami. As more people fall in love with the workouts, some teachers are tailoring their classes for specific groups, from extreme training for law enforcement officers and firefighters to softer workouts for consumers who just want to be in better shape to deal with whatever life throws at them.
Americans are new to using the weights in exercise classes, says Khai, who discovered kettlebells as part of a college project and incorporated them into her teaching. IDEA, a 22,000-member organization of fitness instructors, has only now begun adding kettlebell workouts and demonstrations to its annual conference.
Kettlebell workouts work for just about everyone looking to get started exercising or to change their routines, says Lorna Kleidman, a former student of Khai's who now teaches in New York.
"You shouldn't try it if you have an acute injury, obviously, but it can be appropriate for all populations," Khai says. "My 85-year-old grandmother wanted to try, and she had no problem with the 4-pound kettlebell."
The workouts are catching on because they work the whole body at once without stressing the joints, providing both cardio and strength training that serves all of us as we move about our daily lives and helping us lessen the danger from falls and accidents as we age, Khai says.
What to Expect
To get started properly, you need a good teacher, whether it's in a class setting, in a personal training session or with a DVD workout kit like Khai's Kettlenetics Slim & Tone, which incorporates dance moves into the workout and comes with a 4-pound kettlebell suitable for beginners.
Kettlebell workouts run about an hour, the length of a typical aerobics class or personal training session. For beginners, classes typically start with mastering the swings, says Don Holland, owner of SWAT Fitness in Tucson, which is key if users are to be safe and enjoy the maximum benefit of the kettlebell. Newbies start with small swings and work up to wide, controlled moves designed to improve coordination and range of motion.
Unlike with free weights, exercisers use one kettlebell rather than a pair. Kettlebells range in weight from the 4-pounders to over 100 pounds for serious competitors, Holland says. In classes, users begin with somewhere around 18 pounds and increase the weight as they master the moves. This may sound heavier than we're used to with free weights, but in kettlebell classes, students use only one weight, often with both hands to grip it, and the swinging movements allow us to begin with more weight than we might otherwise.
Just like any other workout regimen, kettlebells are safest and work best when exercisers learn to use them properly from the beginning.
Once students have learned the swings, teachers incorporate various moves designed to get the heart rate up, improve coordination and strength, and tone various parts of the body. While kettlebell workouts contribute to overall toning, Khai says, many people find the fastest and most noticeable improvement comes in the butt and hamstring areas, a phenomenon she calls "bell butt."
Many of the moves mimic tasks we perform in our daily lives, from swinging grocery bags to lifting babies from the floor to pulling ourselves up after a fall. Performing these moves with the kettlebells works all the muscle groups, Holland says.
Because the kettlebell has a handle, it allows for more free-flowing movement than a dumbbell that sits in the palm, Kleidman says, so when you do the swings during a workout, the handle moves and engages the body's core and muscle groups as the user controls the movement.
"Whatever weight is in your hand, say it's 15 pounds, people will think at first it's too heavy because they rarely use 15-pound dumbbells," Kleidman says. "But when you start moving in the smallest of the swings, once that pendulum starts moving, it cuts the weight in half. With a little swing, it feels lighter. We don't use it like a dumbbell; we use more curvy patterns and we follow and control the momentum."
Susan Fulton's exercise of choice was always swimming, combined with fairly regular weight training sessions at the gym. She never saw herself as coordinated, and she still doesn't, she says.
During the past half-decade, life got hectic for the 45-year-old South Florida resident who is in the process of adopting a child. As work and personal life got busier, trips to the pool and the gym gradually dropped off until she realized she was out of the exercise habit. She resolved to begin again, joining a gym about two years ago.
At her local gym, while doing a weightlifting routine that was becoming increasingly boring, she would notice Khai teaching kettlebell classes.
"I thought 'Here I am lifting weights, and I've been doing the same workout for the last six months without varying it,'" she says. "Kettlebells seemed like they could be different and challenging at the same time."
So Fulton signed up for personal training sessions with Khai three times a week. During the first year, she says, she lost 10 pounds without even trying, and she loves the workouts because Khai varies the routine each time so training never gets boring. Even more importantly, with parents who have both recently had knee and back surgery, Fulton wants to improve her coordination and balance.
"When I started, I couldn't really move my hip and I had tendonitis in my arm — all that disappeared," she says. "My legs are more flexible too — now I can pick up babies with a single hand. I need to stay in shape so I can pick up my new baby girl."
The Possibilities
Most of us who try kettlebell workouts at the gym or at home using a DVD are likely aiming for improved fitness to perform our daily tasks. But a few ambitious athletes among us have a chance to go further with an annual international competition designed to test skills and endurance with the weights.
Kleidman is a native New Yorker who worked as a professional dancer in her 20s, then took up step aerobics and later learned boxing. After she and her husband moved to Florida in 2005, she was struggling to find a gym with classes and a trainer that she liked when she discovered Khai's kettlebell training classes. She fell in love with the sport and trained for about 18 months with Khai, who then referred her to Russian coach Dmitri Sataev, who specializes in time-specific lift training for athletes who compete in the sport.
Kleidman, now in her early 40s, felt driven to take the next step and trained with Sataev for competitive lifting. In December of 2007, she traveled to the Girevoy Sport Championships in San Diego and became the first American to win the International Master of Kettlebell Sport title.
Competitive Kettlebell athletes are judged by how many repetitions, or "snatches," they can do in a fixed time period. Kleidman's title came after she did 193 snatches in 10 minutes. During the competition, Kleidman, who competed with athletes from around the world, also won a gold medal in her age class and a silver medal for her weight class.
Also in 2007, Kleidman and her husband moved back to New York, where she established kettlebell classes. In her classes — trainers recommend two or three workouts a week — Kleidman knows most people are more interested in standing taller and moving more gracefully than they are in winning medals.
"It's all about functional training — training you can apply to real life."
For more information about Michelle Khai's Kettlenetics Slim & Tone program, visit her website.


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- Herhold: Should one of the Winchester domes be saved?
There's a movement gaining ground to save the dome theaters on Winchester Boulevard -- once known as the Century 21, 22 and 23 -- from their impending date with doom.
You may have heard that the 50-year land lease on the property where the domes stand -- adjacent to the Winchester Mystery House and across the street from Santana Row -- is up this year and plans are in the works to lease the property to a developer.
But the Preservation Action Council started a petition drive a couple of weeks ago on Change.org (www.change.org/petitions/save-the-winchester-domes) asking the city of San Jose to preserve at least one of the iconic theaters. There are more than 2,100 signatures so far, with many people sharing their memories of seeing classic movies of the 1960s, '70s and '80s on the massive screens.
"We always believe it is important to not only save historical structures, but it's just as important to reuse them and keep them alive and producing revenue," said PAC-SJ Executive Director Brian Grayson.
That's why the nonprofit group has partnered with Guggenheim Entertainment, which transformed the former Century 25 at Westgate into the Retro Dome, a combination live theater/classic movie venue, for three years. The Retro Dome lost its lease earlier this year and that building on Saratoga Avenue is scheduled to be demolished.
Scott Guggenheim, the company's president, says they would love to have a more permanent home in one of the remaining domes and have had discussions with other performing arts groups that could create a constant stream of family-friendly programming.
In the meantime, they're trying to keep the Retro Dome vibe alive and its fan base active with special events like a "The Sound of Music" singalong -- running June 27-30 at Camera 7 in Campbell and Camera 12 in downtown San Jose (www.cameracinemas.com/singalong.shtml).
And another group is trying to make use of the domes while they're still around. The Northern California chapter of DOCOMOMO -- dedicated to the documentation and conservation of examples of the Modern Movement -- is having a 1960s clothing night June 29 at Winchester 21. It is a throwback to the era of the dome's opening in 1964.
The evening starts with dinner at the Flames restaurant at 449 S. Winchester Blvd. -- a former Bob's Big Boy boasting architecture that is another great example of the Modern style -- followed by the regularly scheduled evening movie at the dome. People are encouraged to wear 1960s/vintage attire to get into the swing of the era and should RSVP by June 20 to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Small for gestational age (SGA) means a developing baby in the womb or an infant is smaller in size than normal for the baby's gender and gestational age.
Low birth weight
Ultrasound is used to find out if a developing baby (fetus) is smaller than normal for age (intrauterine growth restriction). The most widely used definition of SGA is birth weight below the 10th percentile.
A developing baby with intrauterine growth restriction will be small in size and can have problems such as:
Carlo WA. Prematurity and intrauterine growth restriction. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 91.2.


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How to Be a Creative Problem Solver
As the new year approaches – and with it the inevitable wave of self-improvement plans–we've identified 10 strategies for advancing your career in 2013. (Read them all here.)
From recovering from an office blunder to learning why it doesn't pay to be Mr. (or Ms.) Nice Guy, this ten-point plan offers daily tips on what to do and how to do it.
Wanted: "Creative Problem Solver." It's a ubiquitous phrase in job descriptions and performance reviews. Every company, it seems, wants you to be one, whether you're walking through the door for an interview or trying to prove you're worthy of a big promotion.
But let's face it: Not everyone can be Steve Jobs or Richard Branson.
Not to worry, says Mary Ann Gontin, managing partner at executive coaching firm OI Partners. "Many people have the misperception that you're born creative or you're not," she says. But creative people aren't born, they're made.
"Creativity is mostly a consequence of intending to be creative," says Gontin. "That's often a relief to people."
And creativity doesn't have to mean painting a great canvas or inventing a new product from scratch. It can mean generating a few good ideas, or simply coming up with ways to improve a current system.
Gontin says that the ability solve problems creatively and collaboratively is a key skill for mid-level managers seeking to move up to the next level within their organizations.
She recommends that individuals and teams use a multi-step process to tackle a problem that needs to be solved. Her process is adapted from the 2012 book "Your Creative Brain," by Shelley Carson (Gontin has no financial interest in the book).
Start out with a problem: Your boss has asked you to design a new sales strategy, or your staff has complained that the current system for sharing computer files is inefficient.
First, gather information – talk to people in other departments about how they're handling a similar issue; go online and look for best practices; see what resources exist to help you address the problem.
Then, "enter your inner world," says Gontin. Get up from your desk, take a walk, gaze out the window for a while. Think about ideas for solving the problem while you're physically away from the problem and can think more expansively.
Then connect with other stakeholders for a brainstorming session.
If you're a manager, your role may be less about generating solutions and more about facilitating other people's brainstorming. "Brainstorming is usually not done correctly" because people are given too little time to think of ideas, says Gontin.
Typically, employees are called into a meeting and are asked to come up with some ideas, which are then written on a whiteboard and dissected. Not everyone can perform in that situation, she says.
Instead, let people know in advance that you're seeking solutions to a problem and ask them to come in with two or three ideas written down – without their names on the paper. Then gather the ideas and discuss them one at a time. Because this part of the process is anonymous, teams can get away from the judgment and political gamesmanship that can make people self-conscious in these meetings.
Finally, in evaluating the potential solutions, consider what's realistic given the resources available and the organization's culture.
"You can't become so invested in the brilliance of an idea that you shut out the question of whether it's feasible," she says.
Following these steps to create positive change in your company, she adds, can demonstrate impressive leadership to the boss, she says, by showing that "you can come up with ideas but you're also politically in tune enough to know what can work."


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SAN JOSE -- One couple dressed as opposing tech gadgets -- an iPhone and Samsung Galaxy S3 -- with boxing gloves, naturally. A Campbell family showed up as a sushi meal, and a lawyer from Seattle came as a box of takeout Chinese food -- and argued only as a lawyer can against eating "cute" turkeys on Thanksgiving Day.
The eighth annual Applied Materials Silicon Valley Turkey Trot gave Silicon Valley residents reason to put on their running shoes -- and in some cases, wacky costumes -- and hit the hardtop in downtown San Jose early Thursday morning to support the community and three good causes. The fundraiser, which drew a record-breaking crowd just shy of 25,000, raised $750,000 for charity, plus an additional $500,000 from an anonymous technology company CEO.
"I love running, I love having fun, and I love San Jose," said Wayne Mancari, a pastor at Cathedral of Faith in San Jose who showed up as Indiana Jones, complete with a fedora, whip, brown leather jacket, khaki pants and a giant "boulder" that "chased" him through the first race of the day, a 10-kilometer route. He won two round-trip tickets on Virgin America for best non-holiday attire. He should also have won an award for most photographed participant as runners before and after the race asked to pose with him and his boulder, a giant weather balloon wrapped in a synthetic material often used to insulate homes.
This year's race drew participants from around the Bay Area and as far away as Singapore, Stockholm and India. In just eight years, San Jose's Turkey Trot has grown from an idea hatched by Carl Guardino, the CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and his wife, Leslee, into a major cultural happening.
"It's become a tradition for Thanksgiving," said Applied Materials CEO Mike Splinter before joining the thudding throng.
The Turkey Trot had modest beginnings, with just 1,900 participants and 250 volunteers its first year -- garnering $132,000 for nonprofits. This season, nearly 2,000 volunteers supervised the event, which transforms downtown from a hushed predawn warren of streets into a sea of humanity in a span of 30 minutes before the first race at 7:45 a.m.
"It's awesome to see this crowd," marveled San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, in a blue sweatsuit, before wading into the river of bodies flowing down West Santa Clara Street.
The event included a 5K and 10K race, a costume contest and kids' fun run. Professional runners followed the amateur trotters.
In all, the holiday tradition has raised $3.5 million through corporate and individual donations and runners' registration. The money is distributed to three nonprofits: the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, the Children's Health Initiative of Santa Clara County and the Housing Trust of Santa Clara County.
Guardino attributed the success of the event to the fact all the profits go to charity and heavy sponsorship support from local companies, who compete to see which one can turn out the most participants.
The race, Guardino said, "brings out (the companies') generosity and competitiveness. They want to win."
They also want to have fun, which is what the Turkey Trot is all about.
"It doesn't matter if (participating companies) are competitors," Splinter said. "On Thanksgiving Day, they are about supporting three great charities and supporting the community."
There were turkeys of all shapes and sizes. One runner, looking suspiciously like a turkey but claiming to be a chicken, tossed rubber chickens into the crowd.
And there were those running for the rights of gobblers and hens.
"Eat Chinese! Save a turkey!" clucked Anh Nguyen, the Seattle lawyer dressed in a giant Chinese foot takeout box who was making a case for relatives of the grouse family.
"Turkeys are cute creatures," she said before logging in 6.25 miles, or 10 kilometers.
There were plenty of runners who left the cardboard and tinfoil at home and showed up in more traditional attire: spandex and Nikes. The chilly predawn morning was no deterrent for thousands of runners of all fitness levels.
"We are going to have a nice workout," said Toni Canonico, a Stanford University junior majoring in civil engineering, who showed up with her classmate, Alix Farhat. "It's better than doing nothing, especially on the day that emphasizes sitting around eating all day."
Mancari -- aka, Indiana Jones -- pulled his boulder through the entire downtown racecourse, becoming an inspiration for other runners who, upon spotting his fake rock ahead of them, pushed themselves harder to pass it.
"That was their motivation," he said after crossing the finish line. "I'm glad I helped people run faster."
Lisa Ly and her father, Ba Ly, finished after Mancari and his boulder. Like many others, they paused to take pictures of him.
"It was really good," Lisa, a San Jose resident, said of the invigorating run. "Now, I'm ready to eat."
Contact John Boudreau at 408-278-3496; follow him at Twitter.com/svwriter


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Second Harvest Food Bank serves 18 counties: Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Caldwell, Caswell, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Iredell, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin Counties.
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Wednesday, Nov. 27 - Kimberly Van Scoy will be live in the morning at the Food Lion in King, and Kenny Beck will be live from the same location from 5-6:30 p.m.
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Wednesday, Dec. 11 - Second Harvest Food Bank will be in downtown Mocksville for "WXII 12 News Celebrates Davie County."
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Food can also be dropped off at Truliant Federal Credit Union locations.
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EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado - As we all wait for the snow to fly, SOS Outreach is busy prepping another group of Eagle County youth for a great year on the hill. As SOS begins its 19th season, more youth than ever will be exposed to adventure sports while at the same time learning leadership skills and core values.
SOS will serve 630 students in Eagle County this year, 220 of those in the long-term programs SOS provides. Eagle also has 40 mentors, or "Sherpas" as SOS calls the adults who lead the kids through their journey. This is part of their national program that will serve over 5,200 youth this year through five offices at 35 ski resorts.
While most skiers and snowboarders are just looking for a good time, SOS kids are learning to define and practice values such as courage, discipline and integrity. Participants come from a variety of backgrounds, including failing grades, low-income households, single-parent families or English as a second language. Along with the opportunity to experience mountain sports, SOS mentors provide positive role models and encouragement these kids might not get anywhere else.
Through leadership workshops, community service projects, core value training, mentorship, and ride days, the SOS curriculum builds self-esteem and life skills. SOS participants have already started putting the core values into practice by giving back to their community through service projects across the county.
"I started with SOS to give back to my kids, but watching them develop over the years, I am seeing them turn into leaders," said SOS mentor James Blackwell.
SOS students have noted the deep impact the program has on their life.
"I now have a concrete idea of my short- and long-term goals and how I can achieve them," one student said. "SOS has given me a family outside of my home and valuable support group that I can rely on. I've also learned to push myself to limits I never dared approach before. This perseverance is evident not only in my snowboarding but in my academics and personal life as well. SOS has inspired me to be a great leader in my community to seek leadership opportunities and to take ownership of my actions."
All of this positive change is made possible through the support of community members who step up to be mentors and through the generosity of mountain partnerships.
"Without the support we receive from the community and Vail Resorts this level of impact wouldn't happen," said program director Mikayla Curtis.
Every winter, the community comes together as kids meet their volunteer instructors and mentors on the slopes with passes donated by Vail Resorts and wearing gear sent in by corporations all over the country.
Founded in Avon in 1993, SOS Outreach is a national youth development nonprofit utilizing adventure sports to engage students who will benefit most from its leadership curriculum. The SOS program uses long-term mentorship relationships to encourage responsibility, self-confidence, service and leadership. The SOS core values are courage, discipline, integrity, wisdom, and compassion.


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Dealpolitik: Possible SEC Action Against Netflix and Its CEO Is Symptomatic of Future SEC Challenges
The SEC Enforcement Division has told Netflix and its CEO Reed Hastings that it is looking at suing them for an alleged disclosure breach. And the issues raised are the tip of the iceberg of those the SEC started to face this year arising out of the information and social networking revolution.
It is a bit silly that this situation could turn into litigation between the SEC and Netflix. Hastings announced on his Facebook page that for the first time in June a billion hours of programming had been delivered through Netflix. The Netflix stock moved up over 6% the July day of his post. Undoubtedly Hastings meant no harm by posting the boast to his Facebook page. At the same time, if the piece of information was material (an issue that is in dispute), investors should not be required to go a Facebook page to avoid being disadvantaged in their trading. Indeed, the SEC rules are very clear. Material information needs to be filed in a Form 8-K with the SEC or disseminated through a method "that is reasonably designed to provide broad, non-exclusionary distribution of the information to the public."
Whether or not it was material, a quick apology by Hastings and the use of the incident by the SEC as a teaching moment (rather than law enforcement) would have seemed to have to have been the most appropriate result. But perhaps because of the risk of litigation we don't see many executives admitting error these days. Now the government and Netflix get to spend a lot of money on lawyers.
Although this matter should have been resolved long ago in a way that made it no big deal, the underlying issue of how information is delivered is a major strategic challenge to the SEC. A large part of the mandate of the SEC is the regulation of the provision of information about securities. And as we all know, the way we consume information is in the process of a massive revolution.
Huge changes have already occurred. When I first started practicing in the 1970s the only acceptable way of disseminating material information was through a press release that got picked up on the Dow Jones "broad tape." Time and again we would advise clients that merely "burying" disclosure in a Form 8-K wasn't enough. (That filing eventually would find its way in paper form to the public reference room at the SEC in Washington DC and then service bureaus would take turns to have the right to be first to see the new paper filings.)
The broad tape consisted of a teletype machine (now relegated to museums) that slowly typed out stories. Skadden, where I practiced, was one of the few law firms which had one of these machines and the library employed a full time person, the late Herb Silverman, who was armed with a list of companies to watch for, scissors and tape (because the stories came across in pieces).
When there was news relating to a client, you would see Herb at the door to your office with yellow paper taped together containing the various bits of the article and headlines.
By 2000 the world had changed and all SEC filings were available immediately online without charge. The SEC also adopted Regulation FD –which stands for "fair disclosure"– which sought to prohibit selective disclosure and require broad distribution of material news. The SEC is using Regulation FD to challenge Hastings' posting on Facebook.
The safe harbor is now to file any material disclosure in a Form 8-K although the undefined alternative of "broad, non-exclusionary distribution" is also permitted. In 2008, the SEC adopted an interpretation that said if a company satisfied a relatively complex balancing test (and the SEC laid out some, but not all, of the factors to be considered), a company's website disclosure would be sufficient. But the safest thing to do is still to file that Form 8-K.
As Hastings undoubtedly knew, how we consume information is changing rapidly. The Form 8-K available on the SEC's Edgar System could soon become the next broad tape. The question is, how does the SEC allow companies to experiment with better and more effective means of communication, without risking disadvantaging the investors whom Regulation FD is intended to protect?
Regulation FD is just a small part of the buffeting the SEC has and will continue to receive in how it polices information distribution. Earlier in the year Congress passed the JOBS Act which, among other things, requires the SEC to permit "crowd funding" –where social media can be used to sell securities– and the use of new and old media for publicity in connection with private placements. Recent reports indicate that before the SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro announced her retirement, she decided to slow walk some of those regulations because of her concerns about their impact on investor protection.
Among the most difficult intellectual problems the SEC faces is how it is going to accommodate the information revolution and still protect investors. New management will be moving into the SEC, and that will be among their biggest challenges.
The author has a long position in Facebook securities.
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Anna Picarelli begins her fourth season at Pepperdine...One of six seniors on the Waves' roster...One of four goalkeepers on the Pepperdine roster...Has developed into one of the top goalkeepers in the country...Ranks No. 1 on Pepperdine's all-time list with a 0.72 goals-against average and 24 shutouts...Took over the starting goalkeeper job midway through the 2002 season...An excellent athlete with quick instincts...Enjoyed a decorated and successful high school and club career...Part of a recruiting class that was ranked No. 15 in the West Region by Soccer Buzz.
2004: Named second team All-West Coast Conference (WCC)...Started all 19 matches and led the WCC with a school-record 0.61 goals-against average...Totaled 10 shutouts...Play in the net helped the Waves open the season with a school-record six consecutive shutouts...Tallied 77 saves and allowed a school-record low 12 goals.
2003: Started all 21 matches and set a Pepperdine single-season record with 10.5 shutouts...Had a 0.87 goals-against average which ranks No. 5 on the school's all-time single-season list...Ranked second in the West Coast Conference (WCC) with 10.5 shutouts...Set a Waves' record with 98 saves...Was in goal for the entire contest in 10 of Pepperdine's school-record 11 shutouts...Shared a shutout with Loretta Younkin in a 7-0 victory at San Jose State.
2002: Received honorable mention All-West Coast Conference (WCC) after registering a 6-0-0 record, 0.50 goals-against average and three shutouts in conference play...Finished the year with an 8-1-0 record, 0.66 goals-against average and 4.5 shutouts in 12 matches...Made collegiate debut in the second half versus Long Beach State...Shared a shutout with Teresa Montano after playing the second half versus George Mason...Took over the starting goalkeeper job at Gonzaga and earned first career win after blanking the Bulldogs 2-0...Followed that performance with an impressive showing at eventual national champion Portland as she shutout the Pilots, 2-0...Earned third straight shutout after recording four saves in a 1-0 victory versus Santa Clara...Tabbed the WCC's "Player of the Month" for October after posting a 4-0-0 record, registering a 0.22 goals-against average and recording three shutouts...Had five saves in a 2-0 victory over Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the first round of the NCAA Championships.
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PARKERSBURG - Local police officers and firefighters are looking for the public to help the spouse of a local law enforcement officer.
Marietta Memorial Health System will be conducting a swab-a-thon at the Judge Black Annex in the Fort Boreman Room from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. today. This is an effort to help Angie Bussey, the wife of Wood County Sheriff's Deputy Dave Bussey.
Angie Bussey, the mother of two teenage boys, Ethan and Jacob, was diagnosed with leukemia several months ago and is awaiting a donor for bone marrow or blood stem cells at WVU Healthcare in Morgantown. The odds of a positive match are one in 20,000.
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The swab-a-thon at the Judge Black Annex will be 11 a.m.-6 p.m. today is in honor of local resident Angie Smith Bussey.
Wood County Sheriff's Chief Law Enforcement Deputy Shawn Graham said he and his officers are hoping she finds a match.
Dave Bussey is a 1984 graduate of Parkersburg High School and serves as the president of the Wood County Deputy Sheriff's Association. He was appointed at the beginning of the year when Graham resigned to take his position as chief law enforcement officer.
Bussey, a veteran of the U.S. Navy and 23-year veteran of the sheriff's department, previously served as treasurer and vice president of the association.
Graham said Bussey is well liked in the department and a great person to stand up for his peers. Their children have been involved in sports together, he said.
The deputies also coached Junior Deputy Baseball teams in the Worthington Little League. Graham's son, Gage, played football with Ethan in the past and the two ran track together this year for PHS, Graham said.
"They are both active parents when it involves kids sports," Graham said of his friends. "We are all praying for them to find a donor."
The screening will consist of using a cotton swab to collect a saliva sample from the inside of the cheek. The taking of the sample is a painless and quick process.
"The screening is a very simple and painless procedure," said Parkersburg Fire Chief Eric Taylor. "If you are able, we ask that you stop by and see if you are a compatible match."
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When it comes to profits, the Bay Area's non-technology companies outdid their technology counterparts in the SV150.
The Bay Area 25 powered to a 7.3 percent gain in profits over the 12 months that ended in March. In contrast, profits for the SV150 slumped 12.4 percent during the same period, this newspaper's analysis of the financial performance of hundreds of Bay Area companies shows.
Companies that are household names in Corporate America and the consciousness of consumers dominate the non-tech Bay Area 25.
Among them: San Ramon-based Chevron, Pleasanton-based Safeway, Oakland-based Clorox, Pleasanton-based Ross Stores, along with Wells Fargo, PG&E, Gap and Visa, all based in San Francisco.
"These are some big companies that directly affect people's lives," said Stephen Levy, director of the Palo Alto-based Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy.
Yet the rising profits don't necessarily mean sales were robust for the non-tech Bay Area 25.
While the SV150 as a group generated a sturdy 9.1 percent increase in sales over the one-year stretch, the Bay Area 25 eked out a puny 0.3 percent gain in sales.
"The non-technology companies were able to capture revenue without having internal higher labor costs and other overhead," said Michael Yoshikami, chief executive and founder of Walnut Creek-based Destination Wealth Management. "That means increased profitability."
The profitability of the companies in the Bay Area 25 also appears to reflect what is happening in Corporate America in general.
"In the non-tech economy, hiring has been very tight," Yoshikami said. "Non-tech companies have steadily increased their efficiency."
The non-tech Bay Area 25 also includes numerous banks. And for a growing number of banks, the financial crisis and sour loans that accompanied the downturn have become specks in the respective rearview mirrors of the financial companies.
"With the rebound in the housing sector, banks have been working through some of their financial problems and bad loans," said Jeffrey Michael, director of the Stockton-based Business Forecasting Center at the University of the Pacific.
Numerous banks have shifted money out of the reserves they had maintained to cover bad loans and allowed the money to flow onto their bottom lines. That has helped to bolster profits.
An analysis of the results shows that financial companies in the Bay Area 25 performed particularly well in the non-tech group.
Of the 11 companies that powered to double-digit increases, eight were in the financial, investment or real estate business. Chevron, Clorox and Pleasanton-based contact lens producer Cooper Cos. were the other three.
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Two companies in the Bay Area 25 suffered an erosion in earnings. Profits tumbled 9 percent for San Francisco-based Diamond Foods, a supplier of nuts and snack foods; and by 2 percent for San Francisco-based Prologis, a real estate investment firm that owns numerous industrial properties.
The company in the group with the strongest results for sales was Walnut Creek-based Central Garden &Pet, which provides pet, lawn and garden products. Central Garden produced a 73 percent increase in sales.
Santa Clara-based SVB Financial Group, Pleasanton-based Simpson Manufacturing, Chevron and San Francisco-based Digital Realty Trust rounded out the top five for gains in revenue.
"The performance of the non-tech companies shows there is a lot of stuff going on outside of Silicon Valley," Levy said. "They employ a lot of people. They serve a lot of customers."
Contact George Avalos at 408-373-3556 or 925-977-8477. Follow him at twitter.com/george_avalos.