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The first weekend in April has become a car enthusiast's dilemma of overindulgence.
This year's three-day automotive banquet fired off with the Goodguys Del Mar Nationals and was polished off that Sunday by the world-class La Jolla Concours d'Elegance and Motor Car Classic.
In between were the Friday season openers for Escondido's Cruisin' Grand and Cruz'n the Lakes in Santee. And the first Saturday of the month has a half dozen cruise/shows, starting in the morning and running through evening. Most make their way to Goodguys.
These two old-car venues are 12 miles apart, pull in thousands of attendants, yet have little crossover. If the San Diego Tourism Authority wants to reach a demographic with disposable income, then here's the ready-to-roll San Diego Dream Car Getaway – hot rods to high hats. There is plenty of weekend cruising and options for a night at the Barona Eighth Mile Drags or side trips to any of the five museums in the county – Motor Transport, San Diego Collection, J.A. Cooley, San Diego Automotive and Deer Park.
Create some lodging deals and this package would be spring break for car enthusiasts. And a similar format could be applied for the Wavecrest gathering of woodies, the Coronado Speed Festival and even the San Diego International Auto Show.
Among the package features would have to be a lottery for a place on the Concours' driving tour on Saturday. I hitched a ride in a '34 Packard Phaeton for this year's tour, which was a bucket-list adventure I wasn't expecting. The tour (limited to 75 vehicles) began with breakfast inside the San Diego Automotive Museum. The group then caravanned to a private museum before stopping for lunch at the Grand Del Mar resort, where the cars were parked on the manicured lawn. After lunch there was another stop at a private museum before the run ended around 3 p.m. Not bad for $150, which includes two people and a car. All proceeds benefit the La Jolla Historical Society, which also gives money to the Monarch School.
It was a first-class cruise and history lesson among many of what would be winners at the Concours d'Elegance. There were some million dollar cars on the cruise, exotics, European tourers and American classics, including a daily driver '65 Mustang convertible.
On that day, the values of the cars didn't matter; it was the camaraderie of enthusiasts doing what they enjoy.
Info: LaJollaConcours.com and Good-Guys.com. For updates on other concours events, go to www.ConcoursDates.com.


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BRUSSELS -- Google (GOOG) on Tuesday won more time from the European Union's top antitrust enforcer to make changes in its online services that could bring the company a step closer to resolving a three-year investigation without a big fine or a finding of wrongdoing.
After meeting with Eric E. Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, the antitrust official, Joaquin Almunia, said in a statement Tuesday that "we have substantially reduced our differences."
"I now expect Google to come forward with a detailed commitment text in January 2013," said Almunia, the EU competition commissioner.
The meeting between Almunia and Schmidt came as U.S. regulators appeared to be backing away from what had initially been one of the centerpieces of an antitrust investigation on both sides of the Atlantic. Early on, regulators focused on a question that drilled to the core of Google's business model: whether its popular Web search engine thwarted competition by favoring the company's services in presenting results of search queries.
Recent accounts of the U.S. proceedings indicate that U.S. officials are no longer pressing the search-ranking issue. But Almunia is evidently continuing to hold Google accountable on that. He said Tuesday that in their discussion, the company indicated it would make changes in "the way in which Google's vertical search services are displayed within general search results as compared to services of competitors."
The other areas in which Almunia expected to reach a deal included the ways Google uses and displays content from other companies in its search tool, and the restrictions that Google places on advertising and advertisers. Any concessions offered by Google would be tested in the marketplace to assess their acceptability to other companies, Almunia said, before becoming binding.
Exactly what concessions on search services that Almunia can wring from Google remained an open question Tuesday, although antitrust experts agreed that he had more leverage than his U.S. counterparts.
If Almunia accepts a settlement offer, Google would avoid a possible fine of as much as 10 percent of its annual global revenue, about $37.9 billion last year. It would also avoid a guilty finding that could restrict its activities in Europe.
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New rounds of floods and flash floods are possible Friday in Colorado as rains continue to plague the area.
Interstate 25 was closed Friday morning between Colorado 7 north of Denver to the Wyoming border because of flooding and swollen rivers, the Colorado Department of Transportation reported.
Colorado State University in Fort Collins is closed today, the campus tweeted.
Fort Collins reported that heavy flooding is occurring from downtown to I-25. The city tweeted, asking people to "stay of all roads at this time." City offices
are closed.Overnight the Larimer Office of Emergency Management closed muliple bridges over the Poudre River because of high water.
In Denver Friday morning, a man walking a dog was sucked down a water culvert near East 13th Avenue and Xenia Street, said Sonny Jackson, a Denver Police Department spokesman. The man washed out the pipe a few blocks away.
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the base i work at is pretty much completely flooded. saved 2 people out of 2 cars that were chest high in water. idiots,
i just checked the cams...damn guys, all of our beaches are effed in all possible ways. its basically tripple overhead from here in vb the entire way up to jersey
Super, I'm guessing they're letting only emer. essential people only on base? There's housing there, and I wonder where they send off the families because they're besically living right on beach.
yeah its essential personnel only. i mean if you live in the barracks or housing you can come on, but those areas aren't really flooded. On the other hand, i bet Ft. Story is literally completely flooded. That place fills up on a thunderstorm. I can't imagine what it looks like right now.
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A formidable Scottish knight usedto getting his way, Earl Hugh Dulonget ofHillcrest has gotten himself into a bind.His uncle's will clearly states that Hugh mustmarry—yet he has just insulted hiswould-be bride by calling her a peasant!Now he must do whatever it takes to winback the fair Willa . . .
Everyone has advice, it seems.His comrades-in-arms believe gifts andbaubles will earn her love. The old witch whowas her guardian wants Hugh to crawlback to Willa on his belly. And his castlepriest suggests he read De Secretis Mulierum,a book on the secrets of women. But Hughknows only one sure way to overcomeher reluctance: he must convince Willa thathis passion and devotion are not onlywhat she needs, but what she wants morethan anything else in the world.
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Ashland's hula school, Ka Pi'o O Ke Anuenue, directed by kumu (master teacher) Andrea Luchese, presents "Evening of Aloha" to celebrate the legacy of Kumu Raylene Ha'alelea Kawaiae'a, who died nearly a year ago.
Dancers will perform kahiko-style hula, choreographed by Kawaiae'a, and more contemporary 'auana dances, choreographed by Kawaiae'a and Luchese and accompanied by the Ashland Hawaiian band Ha'ena.
The show will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, at the Unitarian Fellowship, 87 Fourth St., Ashland. Doors open at 6 p.m. The evening will open with a silent auction and close with a drawing for a cash prize. Refreshments, baked goods, handmade leis and hair flowers will be available for purchase.
Tickets are available for a suggested donation of $5 to $10 at Houston's Custom Framing and Fine Art, 270 E. Main St., Ashland, or at the door. Proceeds will benefit The Rose Circle, a local nonprofit, and go toward the school's trip in March to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, where students will perform at a memorial dedication for Kawaiae'a.
Call 541-482-7033 or see www.ashlandhula.com.
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PARKERSBURG - Schools in Wood County continue to see growth in the number of students enrolled in the free and reduced lunch program.
John Merritt, director of Title I for Wood County Schools, told the Wood County Board of Education Tuesday that 56 percent of the county's students are on the free and reduced lunch programs, up 4 percent from 2011. It was 49 percent in 2010.
Of 12,470 students, almost 7,000 qualify, Merritt said. Those numbers do not include pre-K students or students over 18 years of age. Those numbers are even higher.
"This has really shot up," he said.
Enrollment at six schools is more than 80 percent eligible, with two - Jefferson and Fairplains - close to 90 percent eligible.
This is the first time Merritt said he can recall all of the county schools eligible for the free and reduced lunch program. Greenmont is at the 35 percent threshold, making it eligible for a targeted program. Any school with more than 40 percent of its enrollment that qualifies for the lunch program is eligible for a school-wide program.
Merritt told the board the poverty numbers are up by about 800 students, despite an overall decrease in student enrollment.
"We lost students, but gained students in poverty," he said.
The county is reimbursed $300,000-$400,000 during a full school month for the free and reduced lunch program, Beverly Blough, director of food services, said.
"It's significant, but it doesn't even begin to cover the cost of the project," she said.
The school system receives $4 million annually in federal Title I funding that is spread among the county's 10 Title I schools, Merritt said. Funding is based on poverty levels in the school system.
Every school in the county is eligible for the Title I designation, Merritt said.
The funding is used for personnel, technology and training. If there had been a huge drop in poverty numbers, it would affect the system's federal funding, Merritt said. Though Merritt said the looming potential cuts to federal spending programs could also affect the district's funding.


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Tonight, Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais gave his first interview since Sunday night's controversial show to Piers Morgan. Defiant as ever, Gervais not only defended his jokes, but even suggested that people were wrong to be offended. Video highlights inside.
The show opened with Morgan asking Gervais if he feels remorseful for his jokes on Sunday night, to which he replied, "No... what have I done wrong?"
Then, Gervais attempted to explain his aim when telling jokes, noted that nobody—the Hollywood Foreign Press, NBC, or anyone else—cleared his Golden Globes jokes beforehand, and addressed the HFPA's reaction to his remarks:
Later, Gervais reaffirmed that he wasn't "sorry for anything [he] said," before going even further by saying that, "just because you're offended—it doesn't mean you're in the right." Watch:
On the topic of his "And thank you to God for making me an athiest" remark that closed the broadcast, Gervais questioned why anyone—even die-hard Christians—would find it offensive (and got in a jab at religious people, too):
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REDWOOD CITY -- Former 49ers and Raiders lineman Kwame Harris was convicted Monday of misdemeanor domestic violence and battery for beating his ex-boyfriend during an argument initially sparked by a dispute over table manners.
A San Mateo County Superior Court jury acquitted him of felony domestic violence and assault charges, which stemmed from the August 2012 beating in the parking lot of a Menlo Park Chinese restaurant. The misdemeanor convictions leave Harris facing a maximum of one year behind bars at sentencing, which is set for Nov. 12.
The case revealed the former Stanford player and first round draft pick's sexual orientation, which until news of the criminal charges surfaced, had not been publicly known. No active NFL player has ever come out as gay.
Harris' attorney Alin Cintean said they will likely appeal the jury's decision. Harris claims his former boyfriend, Dimitri Geier, threw the first punch outside Su Hong restaurant on Menlo Avenue.
"We're disappointed, but we're obviously relieved they acquitted him of the felonies," Cintean said outside court.
Jurors declined to explain their verdict as they exited the courthouse, but the prosecution's case was hampered by Geier's refusal to testify at the trial in the San Mateo County Superior Courtroom of Judge of Joseph Scott. It's not clear why he declined to take the stand.
"Anytime the victim doesn't testify it is a challenge," Deputy District Attorney Brian Donnellan said.
The trouble started on Aug. 21, 2012 as the men shared dinner before Harris was to drive Geier, who lived in Los Angeles, to San Francisco International Airport. Though the men were no longer romantically involved, Geier would stay with Harris when he was in the Bay Area for business in connection with his high-technology job.
During the meal Geier poured soy sauce into or on something, annoying Harris, lawyers said. That incident led an exchange of words and Harris subsequently withdrew his offer to take Geier to the airport. While out in the parking lot retrieving Geier's bags from Harris' car the dispute turned violent.
Both men say the other attacked first and police didn't find any independent witnesses.
Geier sustained a cracked skull that required the surgical implantation of a metal plate in his face, prosecutors said. Geier filed a civil lawsuit over the violence, but subsequently dropped it. It's unclear if he received a settlement payment from Harris.
Harris is out of San Mateo County jail on $75,000 bail.
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HENDERSONVILLE - Wilhelmina M. Russell, 97, of Hendersonville, died on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at the Elizabeth House. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, John D. Russell, who died 2001.
She was born on November 18, 1915 in DuBois, PA and moved to Henderson County in 1992 to be closer to her family.
She is survived by her four children, Camilla Murphy and her husband, Lou, of St. Louis, MO, Grace Kiltie and her husband, Richard, of Gainesville, FL, John D. Russell, Jr. and his wife, Sandi, of Mt. Pleasant, PA, and Edward M. Russell and his wife, Deborah, of Hendersonville.
A memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM on Sunday, January 6, 2013 at Thos. Shepherd's Church Street Chapel. The family will receive friends following the service.
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The Oak Ridge SoccerCats traveled to Kingsport this past weekend to participate in the Metcalf 2013 Soccer Tournament. The varsity Soccercats came out strong winning three of their four matches in challenging conditions. The junior varsity team lost their first match but finished strong with big win in their final two matches.
Tuesday, the boys got a lone goal from Victor Shem and made it hold up in a 1-0 win over Maryville. The night proved to be a bit more challenging for the JV team. They played a very competitive match but ended the game with a 0-1 loss.
The Wildcats will host Hardin Valley on Tuesday in the first home game of the season. JV kicks off at 5 p.m. followed by the varsity match at 7.
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- Oct 7:
- Grant Balfour gives A's what they need
- Purdy: Oakland A's love to hit in Detroit
- Oakland A's notebook: Dan Otero gets 'six biggest outs of my life'
- Grant Balfour, Victor Martinez detail altercation in Game 3 of ALDS
- Hickey: Balfour-Martinez confab was great theatre
- Oakland A's one win away from advancing after beating Detroit Tigers 6-3
DETROIT -- Calm down, citizens.
The kerfuffle between A's pitcher Grant Balfour and Tigers' batter Victor Martinez might have made for a quick sugar-rush-type buzz here at Comerica Park. It might have provided some good television clips. But really, nothing much happened.
The kerfuffle might also have been entertaining and amusing. But it didn't affect the game or the final result--a 6-3 victory by the A's. And in the clubhouses afterward, there was all but unanimous agreement that it won't affect anything in the next game.
You gotta wonder, though. What the heck happened when Balfour and Victor Martinez marched toward each other in anger during the ninth inning of Monday's playoff game? It sparked both teams to clear their benches for a few minutes of confused, non-confrontational congregating.
"It's just Balfour being Balfour," said A's catcher Stephen Vogt. "He's crazy and we love him for it."
Martinez must be a little nuts, too. Balfour, who is famous for talking to himself and cursing on the mound, never threw at the head or the hands of the Tigers' designated hitter. Balfour didn't even throw any inside pitches to Martinez, Detroit's leadoff batter in the ninth. But after hitting a foul ball, he suddenly began a fierce staredown at the mound.
Balfour caught sight of the stare, as if it were a poker hand. He met it and raised it, asking Martinez what the problem was. Not exactly in those words, of course. Athletics outfielder Josh Reddick jokingly described Balfour's language this way: "Not very age-appropriate."
Hearing those words, Martinez then took a few steps toward Balfour. Plate umpire Gary Darling showed a good quick first step to get between the two, players began running off the benches and then . . . there was a lot of confused milling about followed by confused dispersing. No one was ejected. Play resumed.
Martinez eventually hit a fly ball out to rightfield and there was another slight flurry of glares as he trotted back across the infield toward the home dugout.
"I don't think it was a big deal," said Vogt. "It was just two really good baseball players having a discussion. We're all smart enough to not let it escalate into anything else."
Over in the Detroit clubhouse, Tigers' outfielder Torii Hunter said that both men have fiery personalities and were just letting off steam — and that he didn't expect any of it would carry over into Tuesday's Game 4. Hockey dustups can create a little adrenaline for teams but this one didn't seem to do that.
In other words, this was the typical baseball non-brawl "brawl" that will provoke conversation and Tweets and talk-show chatter for six or seven hours . . . and then be easily forgotten.
It was certainly nothing compared to the true dustup these two teams had way back in 1972 during a playoff series, when A's batter Campy Campaneris was hit in the leg by Tigers' pitcher Lerrin LaGrow — after which Campaneris threw his bat toward LaGrow on the mound, causing him to duck the spinning piece of lumber and leading to a clearing of the benches and some serious shoves if not punches.
Players from that era must roll their eyes at Monday's silliness. Balfour was asked if he and Martinez had a history of past incidents. Balfour shook his head, shrugged and said: "We do now, I guess."
There is only one way Monday's business might leak into the future: If Balfour and Martinez face each other again in this series. But that might not ever happen. Balfour is a closer who usually just gets three outs and seldom pitches to more than three or four batters. He might not mesh with Martinez's place in the batting order until next season.
And if they do meet Tuesday or in a potential Game 5 on Thursday, nothing may happen, anyway. In postgame remarks, Balfour went out of his way to be complimentary of Martinez, suggesting the Tigers' ongoing lack of offense production as a team--they've scored just six runs in three games--might have contributed to the incident.
"He's a great competitor, a great hitter," Balfour said of Martinez. "We're here to play baseball. We're all fired up. Maybe he was frustrated."
Or maybe he just wanted to briefly distract Tiger fans from the fact that their team is down in the series, two games to one, on the verge of elimination. If so, mission accomplished. Detroit batters are certainly not succeeding at much else.
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In 1991, President George Bush named Clarence Thomas, the second African American in history, to the United States Supreme Court.
Despite an uncertain childhood and controversy that surrounded him leading up to his Supreme Court appointment, Thomas has become one of the most recognized, conservative judges in American history.
Uncertain Beginnings
Clarence Thomas was born on June 23rd, 1948 in a small, African American community in Pin Point, Georgia, just south of Savannah.
His father left his family when he was only two-years-old. After a house fire left them homeless, Thomas and his younger brother Myers were taken to Savannah, while their mother worked as a domestic employee. Their sister Emma stayed behind and lived with relatives in Pin Point.
When Thomas was seven-years-old, the family moved in with his grandfather, Myers Anderson, in Savannah. Despite a less than a third-grade education, Anderson had his own fuel oil business, which also sold ice. His grandfather played a pivotal role in defining hard work and sacrifice to Thomas at an early age.
School Years
Thomas was the only black person at his high school in Savannah where he was an honors student. He excelled in his studies, despite the episodes of racism he encountered.
Still he preserved and went on to the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.
At Holy Cross, Thomas helped found the Black Student Union. He graduated in 1971 with an A.B., cum laude in English.
Thomas then attended Yale Law School from which he received a Juris Doctor Degree in 1974.
Private Life
Thomas has one child, Jamal Adeen, from his first marriage. This marriage, to college sweetheart Kathy Grace Ambush, lasted from 1971, until their 1981 separation and 1984 divorce. Thomas married Virginia Lamp in 1987.
Since joining the Supreme Court, Thomas requested an annulment of his first marriage from the Roman Catholic Church, which was granted by the Tribunal of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington.
Professional Highlights
Early Years
From 1974 to 1977, Thomas was an Assistant Attorney General of Missouri under then State Attorney General John Danforth. When Danforth was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1976 to 1979, Thomas left to become an attorney with Monsanto in St. Louis, Missouri.
He moved to Washington, D.C. and returned to work for Danforth from 1979 to 1981 as a Legislative Assistant. Both men shared a common bond in that both had studied to be ordained, although Thomas was Roman Catholic and Danforth was ordained Episcopalian. Danforth was to be instrumental in championing Thomas for the Supreme Court.
In 1981, he joined the Reagan administration. From 1981 to 1982, he served as Assistant Secretary of Education for the Office of Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education. From 1982 to 1990 he was Chairman of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Appointed Federal Judge
In June 1989, President George H. W. Bush appointed Thomas to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, despite Thomas's initial protestations that he would not like to be a judge.
Thomas gained the support of other African-Americans such as former Transportation Secretary William Coleman.
Thomas's confirmation hearing was uneventful, but he developed warm relationships during his time at the federal court, including fellow Federal Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Appointed to Supreme Court
When Justice William Brennan stepped down in 1990, Bush wanted to nominate Thomas as Brennan's replacement; he felt that replacing Marshall with Thomas could imply that Thomas received the appointment out of tokenism.
However, he decided that Thomas had not yet had enough experience as a judge after only months on the federal bench. Bush therefore nominated New Hampshire Supreme Court Judge David Souter instead.
On July 1st, 1991 President George H. W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas to replace Thurgood Marshall, who had recently announced his retirement. Marshall had been the only African-American justice on the court.
President Bush said that Thomas was the "best qualified [nominee] at this time." The American Bar Association's rating for Judge Thomas was split between "qualified" and "not qualified." Thomas had never argued a case in the high courts, though others had been appointed without Supreme Court experience.
Organizations including the NAACP, the Urban League and the National Organization for Women opposed the appointment based on Thomas's criticism of affirmative action and suspicions that Thomas might not be a supporter of the Supreme Court judgment in Roe v. Wade; NOW and the NAACP had also protested Bush's previous Court appointee, David Souter. Under questioning during confirmation hearings, Thomas repeatedly asserted that he had not formulated a position on the Roe decision.
Clarence Thomas's formal confirmation hearings began on September 10th, 1991. Because of Thomas's relative inexperience in judging at the time, with only 15 months on the bench, he was reticent when answering senators' questions during the appointment process.
On Friday, September 27th, the Judiciary Committee split 7–7 on Thomas, and his nomination went to the full Senate for voting.
Sexual Harassment Allegations Surface
A few days before a full Senate vote was scheduled, information was leaked to the press from an FBI interview with Anita Hill, an attorney who had worked for Thomas at the Department of Education and the EEOC from 1981-1983.
In the FBI interview with Judge Thomas, Thomas denied allegations of his harassment of Hill; as to the issue of whether Hill could have any ulterior motive to slander Thomas, he advised he had once promoted Allyson Duncan over Hill as his chief of staff, and Hill held different political views.
On October 11th, 1991, Hill was called to testify during the re-opened Senate confirmation hearings. Hill did not provide detailed descriptions in her original statements to the FBI, but later testified at the Senate hearing. CLICK HERE to read those statements in full.
Hill was the only person to testify at the Senate hearings that Thomas had harassed her or engaged in inappropriate conduct.
Angela Wright, who worked with Thomas at the EEOC before he fired her for impropriety, told staff members of the Senate Judiciary Committee during an interview that Thomas had repeatedly made comments to her, much like those Hill says he made to her, including pressuring her for dates and commenting on her body.
Another former Thomas assistant, Sukari Hardnett, wrote a letter about Thomas to the Senate committee. Although Hardnett made it clear she was not accusing Thomas of sexual harassment, she told the Judiciary Committee that "if you were young, black, female, [and] reasonably attractive and worked directly for Clarence Thomas, you knew full well you were being inspected and auditioned as a female."
Thomas denied all allegations of sexual harassment and sexual impropriety by Hill and the others.
After extensive debate, and because there was no concrete evidence proving or disproving Hill's testimony, the Senate Judiciary Committee sent the nomination to the full Senate.
With a 52-48 vote, Thomas was confirmed by the Senate, on October 15th, 1991. It was the narrowest margin for approval in more than a century.
Forty-one Republicans and 11 Democrats voted to confirm Thomas, while 46 Democrats and two Republicans voted to reject his nomination.
On October 23rd, 1991, Thomas was sworn in as the 106th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
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Just over a month stands between voters and the November presidential election.
This week will mark the start of the presidential debates, but many area residents have already made their decisions about their vote. Some residents have firmly committed to a candidate, while others have decided to not vote at all.
"I'm just not interested," said Zeb Zumbro, 19, of Morgan County.
Zumbro and 18-year-old Beverly residents Braden Burer and Anthony Duskey have all chosen not to register to vote this year.
"I don't care about it. We're too young," shrugged Burer.
Despite these pockets of apathy, the Washington County Board of Elections has been handling an increasing amount of voter registrations lately, said Board of Elections Director Tara Hupp.
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County voter snapshot
Registered voters for 2008 Presidential election: 41,664.
Voted in 2008 Presidential election: 30,538 (73.3%).
Current registered voters: 42,573 (2.2% increase since 2008).
Registered nonpartisan: 28,268 (66.4%).
Registered Democrat: 4,372 (10.3%).
Registered Republican: 9,894 (23.2%).
Voted for Republican candidate in 2008: 17,019 (56.86%).
Voted for Democratic candidate in 2008: 12,368 (41.32%).
"We've been getting in quite a few. A lot of them are updates or changes," she said.
The Ohio voter registration deadline is just more than a week away, and there are several ways to register.
"We have been appearing at the League of Women Voters' debates. We always promote in the paper and on the radio. We have designated agencies that provide voter registration forms. And anyone can come to the office," said Hupp.
The board also helps students register to vote at both Marietta and Washington State Community State Colleges. For 18-year-old Washington State student Anna Burns, the ability to register at her college was very helpful.
"With everyday life and busy schedules, it is hard to get down to the courthouse to register," said Burns.
Waterford resident Shanaine Huck, 18, has for a couple of weeks known who she is going to vote for in November.
"It's the issues mostly," said Huck, of her decision, but preferred not to say who she was going to vote for.
Statistically, presidential elections bring out more voters than primaries or off-year elections, but this year's March primary brought out just over half of the voters who participated in the 2008 primary.
Though well over half of Washington County residents are not officially affiliated with a party through the Washington County Board of Elections, this is not a good indicator of party sympathies through the county, said Hupp.
"In Ohio, a voter can only officially declare a party affiliation by voting in that party's primary," said Hupp.
Therefore, if it has been more than two years since a voter participated in a primary, his or her party affiliation status has been reset to nonpartisan, she explained.
In the past three presidential elections, Washington County has firmly favored the Republican candidate. In both 2000 and 2004, Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush received approximately 58 percent of the county's votes.
In 2008, Republican candidate John McCain won 57 percent of the votes in the county. President Barack Obama only received a majority of votes in 12 of the county's 56 precincts, eight of which were inside the city of Marietta.
Waterford resident Erica Wilson is one resident leaning toward the Republican nominee, but she has not made her final decision yet.
"It will probably be Mitt Romney. But I'm really not a fan of either of them," she said.
Eighteen-year-old Allyson Spence is not leaning toward either candidate yet, but does plan on voting.
Spence said she will rely on influences and opinions from people around her, such as her parents and friends, to help her make up her mind over the next few weeks.
As the clock winds down, the board of elections is also working to clear up any misunderstanding voters might have about the upcoming election. For example, some people have asked if they can vote in the general election even if they skipped the primary, said Hupp.
"Anybody as long as they are a registered voter in Ohio and Washington County may vote in the general election in Washington County," she said.
Those not registered still have time. Potential voters can print a voter registration form by visiting The Washington County Board of Elections' website, www.electionsonthe.net/oh/washington, and clicking "Voter Registration" in the left column.
Registration must be postmarked by Oct. 9 to be eligible to vote in the November election.
People who have questions about voting or the upcoming election can contact the Washington County Board of Elections at 374-6828. The board's Website also has sample ballots and information on polling locations and issues available.


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WALNUT CREEK -- Even though 42-year-old Bill Hargreaves no longer grabs $2.50 in quarters and races off to the theater hoping to sneak in to an "R" rated film, movies still get him pumped.
Modern evidence of that is the Walnut Creek International Short Film Festival, is returning for its sophomore year May 2-4 at Century 14 Theatres on Locust Street.
"The downtown drew me, with its great atmosphere," the San Jose-based festival organizer and Walnut Creek festival co-founder said in an interview. "With the support of the city and all the people who came out last year, I knew I'd made the right decision."
Hargreaves, who's run the San Jose International Short Film Festival for five years with co-founder Sinohui Hinojosa, a Silicon Valley businessman, said his "day job" -- running his interior plant company -- allows him "this labor of love." Although the City of Walnut Creek doesn't provide financial support, he said city staff members "get the word out." The Downtown Association and local merchants help, too, he said. A recent nod to the San Jose festival from MovieMaker Magazine, naming it one of the nation's top 50 festivals "worth the entry fee," he said, is adding momentum and awareness for the younger festival.
Last year, the Walnut Creek festival received 500 entries and screened close to 75 films. The entries are up to 600 in 2014, and Hargreaves said word of their emphasis on quality presentation -- films are screened digitally from HD masters and viewed through 2K and 4K projectors--has shown they "make sure these films look exactly like filmmakers want them to look." Attendance was approximately 500 in 2013, Hargreaves said, with a few programs selling out and a move to a larger theater on the final night.
Even with the first year's success, special effort has been made to insure the films are what the audience wants to see, Hargreaves said.
"We have a Northern Filmmaker block, devoted to local filmmakers," he said. "And we took feedback from last year about comedies and divided them into a regular comedy program and a darker comedy block."
Comedy, he acknowledges, is subjective. Last year, a film with humor that came at the expense of a dog drew mixed reactions. Some people howled with laughter; others howled in protest. "It's a challenge," he admitted.
Family films are less controversial, and a full program of short kid-friendly films is new this year. "Back in the day, when my mom was going to films, they got treated to three to four shorts before the feature," Hargreaves recalled.
Partly driven by nostalgia, but primarily motivated by a passion for a strong, concise story, Hargreaves said the short films he and a small list of invited screeners review for selection are all under 30 minutes in length.
One animated film, "Chopper," runs barely as long as it takes to order popcorn.
"Just three minutes to deliver a full timeline story," he declared, proudly. "Smaller films pay more attention to detail and dialogue. Every moment counts."
Films made available for pre-festival screening delivered a clear impression -- intergenerational family dramas, couples in love, time travel, technology's dominion, global connectivity and films ultimately about survival, are favored by makers of short independent films as routinely as they are made the subjects of feature-length films.
In addition to comedies, dramas, animated and family films, and the Northern California Showcase, the festival has two World Film programs, a War and Action segment, Documentary shorts and an "Audience Choice - Best of the Festival" wrap up. Opening night's after-party will be at the Walnut Creek Yacht Club restaurant, and a box office in the theater will open at noon on Friday, May 2 for advance purchase tickets.
Already planning for 2015, Hargreaves said they are seeking more sponsors and hoping to "ramp up."
What might the third annual event offer? Screenings paired with winemakers and tastings, multiple venues, cash or equipment prizes supporting promising filmmakers' future work and more, Hargreaves said. Short film festivals prove you can take one scenario, idea or location -- or one man's dreams -- and turn them into a full-fledged story.


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Average retail gasoline prices in New Hampshire fell 2.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.46 per gallon Sunday.
In Maine, prices fell 1.8 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.56 per gallon Sunday.
This compares with the national average that fell 3.7 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.39 per gallon, according to gasoline price website NewHampshireGasPrices.com.
Including the change in gas prices in New Hampshire during the past week, prices Sunday were 18.8 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and12.1 cents per gallon lower than a month ago. For Maine during the past week, prices Sunday were 19.1 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and 7.4 cents per gallon lower than a month ago.
The national average has decreased 11.3 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 10.0 cents per gallon higher than this day one year ago.
"While the national average continues to fall, we've done the math - the yearly average in 2012 is all but guaranteed to set all time record highs," said GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan. "We still stand at $3.63 per gallon for a yearly average, and gasoline prices would need to average no more than $2.35 per gallon for every day left in 2012 for the national yearly average to drop below 2011, something that appears impossible. In the meanwhile, we have lowered our forecast for Christmas gasoline prices to average between $3.25-$3.35 per gallon," DeHaan said.
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When I evaluate the moves of politicians, I ordinarily leave as much room for nuance as a Japanese capsule hotel does for overnight visitors.
I may be softening in my dotage. The actions of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., leave me divided.
Over the weekend, I saw Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty,'' a well-made movie that depicts the pursuit and killing of Osama bin Laden.
Feinstein is one of three senators on the Senate Intelligence Committee (the other two are Carl Levin, D-Mich., and John McCain, R-Ariz.) who have voiced discomfort with the treatment of torture in Bigelow's movie.
In a letter to Michael Lynton, the chief executive of Sony Pictures, they asked that the studio change the impression that torture was an effective tool in the search for bin Laden -- without saying specifically what changes they wanted.
More seriously, the senators demanded that the CIA turn over information and documents about any contacts the agency had with the filmmakers. As a result, the screenwriter for "Zero Dark Thirty,'' Mark Boal, has hired a free-speech attorney.
So why am I divided? I don't believe Feinstein is wrong in her analysis. After an opening of audio from phone calls of 9/11 victims, "Zero Dark Thirty'' implicitly endorses the torture of a CIA detainee.
A bad solution
The senator does err in her solution. It's not hard to leap from a demand for information to actual committee hearings. And if the Senate Intelligence Committee threatens to put filmmakers under oath, we have big problems with freedom of speech.
Don't get me wrong: I don't buy the political slant of the movie. I'm not convinced that torture contributed clues that were unavailable by other means. While Bigelow includes nuances, the film's emotional force lingers with a tough-minded analyst (Jessica Chastain) who watches the torture.
Here's my problem: The question of whether the movie correctly portrayed torture as a tool in finding bin Laden is not the business of Feinstein or any other senator.
In the end, "Zero Dark Thirty,'' is a movie -- a well-made movie that tracks the actual raid with great emotional power. As in the Oliver Stone movies "JFK'' or "W,'' not everything really happened. In the end, a movie's first loyalty is to compelling drama.
Dramatic loyalty
(In one scene, the Jessica Chastain character tells James Gandolfini, who plays CIA director Leon Panetta, that she is the unprintable four-syllable profanity who found the hideout. I'm willing to bet that introduction never happened.)
You can argue that this is all saber-rattling -- that Feinstein really wants to underscore that torture is bad. But when you have creative people hiring lawyers, it's gone too far.
FYI: In an unrelated matter, ex-San Jose Mayor Tom McEnery has come up with a good idea after the death last week of George Gund III, the first owner of the San Jose Sharks. McEnery suggests naming the main entry of the HP Pavilion the "GG3 Gateway." The City Council and mayor ought to quickly accept it. Gund was a good man who made a better facility possible.
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I have an old MacBook Pro that I've been using as an iTunes media server for my music and movies for a couple of years, now, however, I discovered that with the PS3 Media Server software for Mac OSX, I may have no need for my Apple TV and iTunes solutions anymore, since I'd be able to simply stream content from my computer(s) to my PS3, instead.
I tested the software out on my Windows 7-based laptop, and it worked brilliantly. However, once I installed PS3 Media Server on the Mac, things got a little fishy; I can't seem to select any external devices (hard drives), let alone folders on them, to share over my network, to stream video or music to my PS3.
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I was lucky enough to be inside, because it rained like hell. For me, that enhanced the experience. Great start to the show and a nice touch with family on stage. It was really the Gin that stands out for me on this show. Coming in around 15 minutes, this monster was a soundtrack for the lightning and thunder show going down around us. As they usually do, the band played directly off the weather and was fantastic. The Fluffhead was good and probably about on par with the version from the previous summer, while Antelope closed the set in style. I was feeling really good about this set.
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The rain stopped and the crowd sagged. Jim went places, and now listening back, it sounds truly inspired and we would probably give our right nut to hear it at a show in 2011. At the time, for me personally, energy was sapped as the jam dragged on. I recall thinking that the band could feel it too and out of frustration or even some sort of cynical joke, they pulled the all fall down in Glide. Again, many will probably disagree, but this set was doomed from there out. I love Theme, but to me, Theme is best played after inspired jamming. Coming out of Glide, it didn't seem to make sense. Sand and Meat, while both solid tunes, seemed like more of the same muddled, medium paced uninspired jams. Chalkdust was an effort to salvage and raise some energy and was nothing particularly special and again, as if the band knew it, they pull out Bittersweet to close the set. Ouch. It was almost if they were punishing the over-intoxicated crowd (also filled with curious DMB fans that heard Phish was "cool" and came along to see what was going on). The Waste encore speaks for itself and I remember this show being the first and one of the VERY few times I left a show a little bummed.


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SANTA CLARA -- The 49ers haven't won a Sunday night road game since 1996. They'll get a chance to end that drought in each of their next two games.
Already scheduled to visit the New England Patriots next Sunday night, the 49ers had their Dec. 23 game at Seattle shifted to the 5:20 p.m. slot by the NFL on Monday.
"Just locked in on this one here, going to New England, putting together a really good plan and week of practice," coach Jim Harbaugh said of Monday's scheduling shift.
The 49ers (9-3-1) hold a 1½-game lead over the Seattle Seahawks (8-5) in the NFC West.
Before their prime-time rematch, the 49ers can clinch the division title for a second straight season, but only if they win at New England while the Seahawks lose to the Buffalo Bills in Toronto.
The 49ers are positioned as the No. 2 seed for the NFC playoffs behind the Atlanta Falcons (11-2) and just ahead of the Green Bay Packers (9-4).
"We don't take anything for granted," Harbaugh said. "Nothing is secured until it's secured in terms of being in the playoffs.
The 49ers-Seahawks rematch took NBC's "Sunday Night Football" slot that had been assigned to the San Diego Chargers (5-8) and host New York Jets (6-7). That Chargers-Jets game has moved to 10 a.m. on CBS.
The 49ers are 4-0 this season in prime-time kickoffs, to which Harbaugh replied: "Somebody else mentioned that, that we've been pretty darn good in those type of games."
Only one of those prime-time victories came on Sunday night, in a 27-19 home opener against the Detroit Lions. Last year, the 49ers did not play on Sunday night in Harbaugh's inaugural season, and they went 1-1 in prime-time affairs on Monday (win vs. Pittsburgh) and Thursday (loss at Baltimore).
The 49ers last won a Sunday night road game Nov. 3, 1996, when they topped the New Orleans Saints 24-17. Since then, they've fallen on Sunday night affairs at Seattle in 1997 (38-9) and 2003 (20-19), at Chicago in 2004 (23-13) and against Arizona in Mexico City in 2005 (31-14).
The 49ers have lost their past two trips to New England -- in 1998 and 2005 -- after winning there 24-12 in 1992.
"From the Pop Warner days, coaches have been on you to 'Get up to the line of scrimmage! Get set! Be sharp, crisp the way you break the huddle and get lined up and shift, motion.' That was a little slower (Sunday)."


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Is it just me or is the mid week run the hardest? Wow! I also noticed I run faster on the bike path than I do the the street. C25k seems to work......I remember thinking I'll never make it for 5 minutes. Now I can run for 25 minutes...! Right now, I can run 2 miles nonstop. My first 5k is in 4 weeks. Hoping I can get that other mile by then.
Keep up the great work - not much further to go!!!
I'm on the same day as you. I ran yesterday, W7D2. For me the first three weeks were still the hardest. Now the only challenge for me is breathing. I get pretty winded at around 15 minutes and it's a struggle from there.
I am also pretty sore. It helped to ice my legs last night.
I am totally there with you on being somewhat amazed that this thing works and fairly quickly too! Seven weeks ago I never thought I'd be able to run more than two blocks.
Look at us now!!!
The amazing thing is that I'm not that sore. Just a little bit afterwards......just that burn that makes you feel like you really did something. I signed up for this 5k without knowing anything about the course. I think it's pretty flat but I don't know for sure. I'm kind of wondering if I should start taking a route with some hills. Not that there's a lot of hills here.....just a subdivision on an old corn field. The 5K is on the Air Force base in an area I've never been though. Does anyone know where I might find maps for the Air Force Marathon races? Maybe I could figure it out with those.
The Air Force Marathon at Wright-Patterson? Here's the web site: http://www.usafmarathon.com/. I haven't done it but friends who have say it is very flat. In any event, don't worry about hills for your 1st or go out of your way to train on hills. It's really not worth worrying about. Accept that if there are hills you will have to slow down going up.
Just another note on hills - I've even walked up hills during a race because I realized that I walked up them faster than I was running up them because they were so steep. I try to run them in training runs to get stronger and then evaluate carefully based on steepness when it's a race day! I walked up a section of a hill for my fastest 5k PR and still broke 30 minutes, not sure I would have if I'd extended the energy running it.
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Here are two little tricks that I use on hills that work for me:
1) I imagine that there is a fine wire attached to the midpoint of my hips leading to the top of the hill. This subconsciously makes me get my hips forward (I don't want to rip the wire out of my skin...), and coupled with the fact that I'm leaning ever so slightly forward, I find that as long as my legs are moving (to keep me from falling) that I will make it up that hill. I literally imagine that taunt wire - and I have to keep up or else the wire pullling against my abdomen will hurt. Subtle, but it works.
2) the second trick, in conjunction with the first, is to tell myself that when I get to the top of the hill I can ease up and maybe even walk a bit. 99.9% of the time once I have crested the hill there is either a slight downhill or at least a flat area and I feel instant physical relief - and I am able to keep pumping along without easing up...
Somewhat separately, I have also learned to never let up on effort until I have crested the hill. You know that feeleing... you are almost to the top and you start to ease up, making those last few feet even harder. Don't give up until it's done... it makes it so much easier!
Good Luck! You have been training for it and you will fine
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ANGELA BENTON: Is it possible for a startup founder to work on two or three products (or startups) at once?
It's possible but is it ideal? No. Startups are insanely hard. They take up more time than you can imagine and despite all the cool things there are to work on it's best to focus on one startup at a time.
Furthermore, startups are like kids. If you are a first time parent, you are going to want to give all of your love, nurturing, focus and parental guidance to your child so he or she can grow up to be a successful member of society. This is why raising multiples (triplets, twins, etc) is extremely hard. You're doing double duty as a parent while learning at the same time. But I digress. Needless to say, you want your startup to be a successful member of the business community, so you'll need to do two simple things. Focus and commit to it.
See what other startup mentors have to say about juggling multiple startup goals.
I've know many serial entrepreneurs who try their hand at several different projects at a time. In most cases, they are engineers or designers. In instances such as these, it's important to note when you are actually working on a startup versus just experimenting in the lab. Some characteristics of a startup are:
Passion. This is when your project becomes all-consuming and your drive to make it successful (and not to mention and impact on our world) takes the driver's seat.
Traction. Aside from having a cool idea or functioning prototype, many startups are born out of the traction that they've received from users. A good example is a founder that is tinkering away and shares an alpha with a trusted set of users, then thousands of users request access overnight. This type of explosion validates your idea whether you are ready to be a startup or not.
Vision. Like passion, vision is important. Not only do you have to be invested in your mission, but you have to know where it is going. Once you have a vision you can back into the business models, execution plans, and financial plans (to name a few) that will get you there.
While these characteristics aren't absolute, they can help you decipher between startup and project. Working on multiple projects at the same time is totally acceptable and part of the innovation process. But working on a startup will require most, if not all, your focus and attention.
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Intel Courts Programmers in Microsoft's Backyard
Intel and Microsoft help each other in many ways, yet often work at cross purposes, too. The chip maker's latest move to attract technical talent seems to do both at the same time.
The Silicon Valley giant is quick to point out that it has become a major force in software as well as hardware. It hires programmers for a variety of chores, including making sure Google 's Android operating system works as well on Intel chips as on competing processors based on designs from ARM Holdings.
But Intel also continues to strongly support Windows–not only in its stronghold in PCs but also in newer classes of devices containing Intel chips, such as tablets.
So Intel recently established a new campus in Redmond, Wash.–Microsoft's home town–and is pulling out all the stops to find Windows programmers, according to a new post on the company online publication Intel Free Press.
With furious competition for programmers in the Seattle area–including many open job postings for companies such as Google and Amazon.com–Intel says it has had to resort to steps like placing ads on local buses and giving cash incentives to its employees for referrals to recruits.
All this effort, in theory, could help Microsoft if it helps propagate Windows-based devices and applications to make them more useful and popular.
On the other hand, Intel could certainly wind up competing with Microsoft on recruits, courting away employees who already work at Microsoft, or helping to drive up programmer salaries in the region.
"We have to be where the [software] talent is," said Tiffany Peery, an Intel program manager quoted in its internal publication.
A Microsoft spokesman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.


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Just think- you can own a piece of magical history- something that was handled by the great Harry Houdini himself! This is a one-of-a-kind collectible, perfect for framing. What a great gift!
See a larger version of the image. Wow, would this look great framed with a photo of Houdini and Roosevelt! (The photo shown is not included, but can be found on the Internet).
In the late 1980's, magician Peter Monticup (owner of MagicTricks.com), purchased Harry Houdini's ornate desk. The desk had been in storage in Houdini's former NYC home from 1926 until it was sold in 1980. Peter purchased the desk from this buyer, along with a number of personal items from the Houdini home.
The desk had a number of secret compartments and hidden drawers. Inside one of the drawers was a stack of envelopes from correspondence Houdini had received. Houdini was a notorious "saver", so it is no surprise that he kept these envelopes. The letters were from all different sources- his lawyers, his fans, fellow magicians, etc. He even wrote notes on some of the envelopes, either noting the importance of the contents, or just scribbling on them as scrap paper. In researching the envelopes, we've found an important connection to an event or person in Houdini's life. Of all the thousands upon thousands of letters he received each year, he saved each of these envelopes for a reason.
This is one of the envelopes found in the desk. It is postmarked March 22, 1926 from Madison Square Station, NY. The return address is from the Roosevelt Memorial Association, Roosevelt House, 28 East 20th Street, New York.
Houdini and Theodore Roosevelt became good friends during a 1914 trip aboard the ocean liner Imperator on its last voyage out of Germany before the outbreak of WWI. Back in the States, the two men remained personal friends, with Houdini visiting the Roosevelt household on numerous occasions and entertaining the adults and the grandchildren alike. When Roosevelt died in 1919, the Roosevelt Memorial Association was formed, with the main project being the rebuilding of Roosevelt's birthplace at 28 East 20th Street in New York City. From the start, Houdini was a generous contributor to the Association's fund drives. This letter was sent from the Association's main office to Houdini at his residence in NYC. Houdini's birthdate was March 24, so this was most likely a note wishing him a Happy Birthday. It would be his last birthday, as Houdini died the following October.
You provide the frame if desired.
This is a standard size envelope (about 3.5" x 6"). It's old, it's been through the mail, it's yellowed. Houdini tore it across the top (probably with a dull letter opener) to remove the contents. This envelope is in "AS FOUND" condition.
DISCLAIMER: Though these envelopes are absolutely original and absolutely came from Houdini's desk, we cannot be totally sure of the contents of the correspondence that was sent in the envelope, because the envelopes in the desk were all empty. What you read in the description above is our BEST GUESS about the contents of any correspondence, based on our research and our own conclusions.


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The Donner Lake Triathlon returns to West End Beach for the 31st year on Saturday and Sunday, offering an International and sprint distance as well as its Kids Triathlon.
The triathlon, which is among the longest-running in the country, is known for its awe-inspiring and challenging courses, including the taxing bike leg up Old Highway 40 to Kingvale and back.
"It's a classic race," says event director Todd Jackson, who owns and operates Big Blue Adventure, which also produces the Lake Tahoe Triathlon on Tahoe's West Shore and the XTERRA off-road triathlons in Incline Village and Tahoe City. "The venue is spectacular. We've got a great swim, a solid climb, a scenic run and we're at a high altitude. This event is all about continuing the tradition started right here in Truckee."
International and sprint triathletes will enter the water Sunday starting at 7 a.m. The top sprint finishers are expected to finish within the hour, while the International-distance leaders are expected to reach the finish around 9 a.m.
On Saturday, the sport's youth will take to the swim-bike-run course for the Donner Lake Kids Triathlon. The event focuses on introducing young athletes to the sport in a fun, non-competitive atmosphere. Kids' distances are based on age and those as young as 4 can compete.
New this year, Big Blue Adventure has partnered with Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. to host a post-race barbecue and beer garden to benefit the Tahoe Luna Chix Team and Breast Cancer Fund.
Volunteers are also needed, and will earn $10 an hour of race credit for helping out on the water, during the run or on the bike course. Volunteers also get free lunch and commemorative T-shirt. If interested, contact Justin at 530-426-5222 or sign up at http://www.bigblueadventure.com/pub/volunteer.asp.
Go to DonnerLakeTri.com or BigBlueAdventure.com for more info.


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Dick Van Dyke narrowly avoided disaster Monday afternoon on a Los Angeles freeway, when a fellow motorist stopped to pull him from his burning car.
According to TMZ, a passer-by man named Jason Pennington was driving along Interstate 101 when he saw a car on the side of the freeway, emitting smoke, with a man slumped over the steering wheel. He pulled over to find 87-year-old Van Dyke inside. Pennington told TMZ he pulled the actor out of the driver's side door as flames spread through the engine compartment.
TMZ reported that Van Dyke was slightly disoriented by the experience, but didn't need medical attention. His wife picked him up and brought him home. Van Dyke's Jaguar didn't fare as well.
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Some people who advocate against free software claim that it's bad for the economy and not sustainable in the long term, because the lack of direct revenue on developing free software makes it harder to make money out of developing such software. If generating direct revenue out of software development is not possible, they claim, then less people will be inclined to write software professionally. In turn, this will mean that end-users will have less high-quality software available. Is that really true? Let's find out.
Revenue, and money as a motivator
First of all, the statement that free software generates less direct revenue is probably true. Obviously, by giving your software away at no cost, it's not as easy to make a buck as it is when you charge people for using and copying your software. And it is indeed true that money can motivate people to do interesting things.
But this is only true to a certain extent—if the employee wages and other costs for the extra time and effort required to fix one particular bug in a piece of software will cost a developer a multitude of the extra revenue generated by fixing this particular bug, then money suddenly is no longer a motivator. Obviously, the lack of profit won't mean that the bug will not get fixed at all—there can be other things to motivate a developer apart from money. However, other motivational factors, such as making a name and improving one's image, exist for free software developers as well, so it's not really an argument against free software.
Additionally, of course, the fact that it's easier to generate revenue with proprietary software doesn't make it impossible to do the same with free software; examples can be found when looking at companies like IBM, Sun, and Red Hat, who do get some revenue from free software (although none of them provide free software exclusively).
Quantity and quality
Another argument may be that because of the more convoluted business practices required to do business with free software, there will be less software developing firms that create free software; and that, as a result, there will be less software available.
No doubt, this is also true. But quantity does not equal quality; when I last went to a shop where there was computer hardware to be had, I was surprised to see a box with the game of "mahjongg"—a game which is an almost ubiquitous part of every Linux desktop since quite a few years—to be on offer for the price of €29.99. When browsing sites such as download.com or tucows.com that specialize in shareware and other proprietary downloads, I am often appalled by the sheer volume of crap which is available on such sites—not to mention the fact that there are often many competing programs available that do exactly the same thing, but are written by different companies. Obviously, these programs are almost never able to talk to each other, or to share each other's data. Compare to the free software world, where most major and well-known competitors, such as GNOME vs KDE, are actively working together to make interoperability as easy as possible, often at the cost of many hours of extra development. On top of that, it seems to me that many of these competing proprietary programs on tucows or download.com exist mainly because some developer was not entirely happy with an already existing piece of proprietary software, and decided to write his/her own, better, replacement. In the free software world, said developer would simply provide a patch.
In short, I am not convinced that the availability of more proprietary software is necessarily good for the end-user; on the contrary.
Economic problems for the developer
Obviously, if you read freesoftwaremagazine.com, you most likely already know the above. And if you've been doing any advocacy yourself, you probably know the answers, too. But what's been stopping me a lot in the past is the argument that since it's not as easy to make revenue from free software, the rise of free software will be detrimental for the economy as a whole, wherein a lot of software development companies will suffer. But when I went to do some Christmas shopping a few weeks ago, I saw something that gave me a revelation.
In my home town of Ekeren, there is a shop called "Foto & Video Dali" which has existed for as long as I can remember. This shop, as the name may suggest, specializes in everything related to photography and related equipment: photo and video cameras, picture frames, tripods, lenses, but also film, and development of analog pictures.
The last bit, photo development, is where most of their revenue comes from. Or, well, it was where most of there revenue came from. In this digital age, where everyone buys digital cameras and even digital SLR cameras are starting to become affordable, obviously a shop that mainly lives off of picture development can no longer survive. As a result, Foto & Video Dali now needs to either find some other source of revenue, or will eventually close down.
And the first is what they're now doing; in addition to the TV sets and audio equipment they've been selling since a few years—not really photo equipment but still slightly related—they now also started selling small kitchen appliances: mixers, waffle irons, and the like. In other words, they've started to diversify, and are moving away from being a photo shop to being a shop dedicated to general electrical equipment.
What does this have to do with free software, I hear you ask? Simple. If photo shops can adapt to a changing economic situation, then so can proprietary software development firms. If nobody cares about the fact that digital photo equipment is detrimental to some people's businesses—because, after all, digital photo equipment is good for the end user—then nobody should care about the fact that free software is detrimental to some other people's businesses.
It is obvious to anyone that free software is gaining ground everywhere, and that this is an evolution which will only continue in the future. It is just as obvious that this evolution will be a problem to people who have high stakes in proprietary software. But, even if that is true, that's not something I care about much.
Or, in other words: free software may kill some software firms. So what?
I completely agree
Good article, I completely agree.
Horse and buggy
... it's [Free software] bad for the economy and not sustainable in the long term ...
So their outdated business model of selling licenced copies of user subjugating software is being threatened due to free software. Cry me a river. They need to adapt their model or die; horse and buggy builders had to do this when cars started becoming affordable for the multitudes.
...because the lack of direct revenue on developing free software makes it harder to make money out of developing such software.
What? Red Hat, IBM, Novell, Sun and plenty of other companies seem to make a healthy profit from developing and supporting Free software. Though there are occurrences user subjugation involving non-Free software from these companies, the fact is, they get a direct revenue and healthy profit for developing free software.
... then less people will be inclined to write software professionally. In turn, this will mean that end-users will have less high-quality software available.
If you don't have the resources (man-power, time, skill, ) to improve software for yourself or your organisation, then chances are, you need to hire a professional to do it for you. If your software was improved to work better for you by a professional that you paid, doesn't this mean that the software is professional high-quality software?
BTW, I'm not directing this comment towards you, but to the people that make these claims. To me, they have invested too much time and mind power into the old and effective business model of subjugating their users through software for profit. I haven't seen many people of this category that truly understand Free software. Because of this, they will continue complain about getting less money and not change their ways of making money. While I hope that this business model will die, I don't see it happening in the near future while user subjugation remains profitable and they choose to not educate themselves about Free software.
User subjugation?
Isn't that a bit harsh?
I know, Windows is a bad OS that won't let me do everything i want. But 99% of the software we call proprietary is not really "subjugating" the user.
The purpose of proprietary software is not dictating what people should do (there are exceptions), but making money. Is it bad when i say i want to make money with the software i write? Writing software is what i can do best, so i want to feed my family by doing so.
I'm writing free software, that's fun. And i'm writing proprietary software, that fills my fridge. Am i a bad person now?
Re: Harsh
Well, perhaps. But it's not impossible to fill your fridge by working on free software, either; the fact that this is true, and the fact that some people are trying to scare people away from free software by claiming the opposite, is what I wanted to point out.
I'm not saying you're necessary an evil person if you do write non-free software (hey, I'm not Richard Stallman ;-), but I do feel that this particular myth is one that should be debunked as soon as possible.
Re: Horse and buggy
BTW, I'm not directing this comment towards you, but to the people that make these claims. To me, they have invested too much time and mind power into the old and effective business model of subjugating their users through software for profit.
That was exactly the point of my post, too :-)
Thanks :)
Thanks :)
Revenues and OS business models
"First of all, the statement that free software generates less direct revenue is probably true. [..] Additionally, of course, the fact that it's easier to generate revenue with proprietary software doesn't make it impossible to do the same with free software; examples can be found when looking at companies like IBM, Sun, and Red Hat, who do get some revenue from free software (although none of them provide free software exclusively)"
In my opinion what is important when evalutating commercial open source viability is what kind of relationships exists between the firm and the community.
In this regard RH and Sun are known to have chosen the symbiotic approach, where others enjoy more a parasitic one. For the latter I believe is not important if and how do they profit from OS, don't you agree?
I agree that free software is gaining ground everywhere, but before this would seriously affect proprietary vendors I'm much more interested in how OSS firms will eventually appropriate returns from the commons..
Making Money from Free Software
The distributor can add a feature to its software that lets the user make money from it in an organized way and pays the organization for the right to do so, which returns a percentage to the distributor.
Provide a patch?
it seems to me that many of these competing proprietary programs on tucows or download.com exist mainly because some developer was not entirely happy with an already existing piece of proprietary software, and decided to write his/her own, better, replacement. In the free software world, said developer would simply provide a patch.
I wish this was true... The fact that there are too many F/OSS developers who think they are the saviors of the world and that their SW will do it RIGHT is one of the biggest problems of Linux...
I agree; it doesn't happen
I agree; it doesn't happen always. But it does happen a lot more often than in the proprietary world.
Exactly right.
This is spot on - people advocating against free software this way are effectively encouraging us to smash windows (not the software windows).
Delayed Public License
So What???! Maybe you should think a bit more about the consequences before advocating the scrapping of the economic model that has underpinned software development up to this point. What is your summary opinion on globalization? Is it good or bad or something a bit more complex? In 100 years will we look back on the globalization experiment and see that it was the best way for humanity to develop? Are you really sure about the FOSS business model or could it be that future reliance on non-professional software development somehow turn out bad?
Perhaps what is needed is a middle way. An open source model could be created where for-profit developers can restrict redistribution for a period of time (say 6 months). This would allow them to offer subscription services which would replace the "per copy" model that is offered right now. At the end of the six months the code would be relicensed under the GPL. If the developer failed to offer sufficient value in their subscription service the older GPL version would fork and become the primary distribution. If such a model existed surely more software would be free -- even if delayed just a bit.
Of course, this wouldn't be the GPL. People who have chosen the GPL don't want their code closed and their opinions should be respected.
We shouldn't just close our eyes and hope for the best.
History doesn't bear you out very well
It's important to remember that the model you describe for software development has existed for only about 30-35 years. For a good 20 years before that, software was dominated by an essentially free, academic development model (what you might call a patronage model -- software development was primarily paid for by university and government research projects).
During the 30 years or so that proprietary, closed source software dominated the software marketplace, development continued, but it's questionable whether it kept up the pace that free software development did during the same interval.
As a comparable, the Windows codebase apparently dates to about the mid 1980s, whereas Linux was created essentially from a standing start in 1991. Both operating systems had the benefit of the non-copyleft free-licensed BSD Unix operating system, so that does not explain any handicap for Windows.
Today, which system is more mature: the 20+ year old system developed according to the prevailing proprietary model or the 16 year old free software operating system? In terms of number of bugs, security holes, flexibility, and robustness of design it would be pretty hard to pick Windows.
IMHO, this by itself demonstrates the superiority of the free development model, but there are many other arguments as well.
The main article is simply articulating the entrepreneurial economics concept of "creative destruction": a new business model will inevitably cause destruction of existing businesses which do not adapt, but that's just the nature of a free market. When you create an efficient new way to do things, you destroy the inefficient old way.
Many corporate complaints about the free market reduce to a failure to accept that creative destruction is good for society as a whole (note that this is not the "broken window fallacy", despite somewhat similar terminology).
Yes, so what. It is a fact
Yes, so what. It is a fact of life that businesses rise, shine, and then eventually die off again. That's economy, and doing business is intrinsically hard. I should know, I do run a business.
If you lose your job because of a business that gets closed down, then no doubt you'll find a job somewhere else. At least if you had nothing to do with the failure of the business. And if you did, well, perhaps you'll learn a lesson.
I'm afraid I can't feel sorry for people who might lose their job because they were in the business of writing proprietary software in a future where proprietary software goes the way of the dinosaur.
You should read this (if you understand dutch)
Title: "Extra investeren in open source software kan economie jaarlijks 10 miljard euro opleveren"
Translation: "Investing more in open source software can produce 10 billion euro to the economy each year".
P.S. Hi Wouter! Good article!


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The study looked at more than 30,000 people to come to this conclusion.
PFOA is part of a group of problematic nonstick chemicals that fall into the perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) class, a family of fluoride-containing chemicals with unique properties that make things stick- and stain-resistant. The problem is, these compounds don't break down easily and can readily be found inside of our bodies. Along with thyroid disease, different PFCs have also been linked to cancer, infertility, birth defects, and weaker immune systems.
Here's where they could be hiding out in your home:
Nonstick Hideout: Dental Floss
Some companies add nonstick chemicals to floss to make it glide more easily between your teeth.
Avoid it: Don't give up flossing—it's important. Instead, choose a natural type, like those from Radius.
More: 12 Household Toxins You Should Banish From Your Home
Nonstick Hideout: Pots & Pans
Sure, it's great to not have to scrub pots and pans after cooking. But all of those scratches and chips in your nonstick cookware mean you're probably eating nonstick chemicals along with your meal.
Avoid it: Replace any nicked-up nonstick cookware with American-made cast-iron, enamel, glass, or stainless steel pots and pans.
Nonstick Hideout: Your Raincoat
Nonstick chemicals are really good at repelling water, hence their use in rain gear such as boots, umbrellas, and raincoats.
Avoid it: For safer outerwear, look for jackets treated with polyurethane, not nonstick chemicals. Wax-coated clothing and boots made from real rubber are increasingly popular safer options.
Nonstick Hideout: Pizza Boxes & Fast-Food Containers
Need another reason to avoid takeout? Here you go! Many food containers are coated with nonstick chemicals to keep grease from leaching through. (You can thank us when you drop those first five pounds!)
Avoid it: Cut back on fast food and cook from scratch more at home.
Nonstick Hideout: Microwavable Popcorn Bags
Popcorn companies don't want the grease bleeding through bags and onto your pants! So most coat the inside of bags with grease-repellent nonstick chemicals to keep that oily mix inside of the bag.
Avoid it: Make your own microwave popcorn using this trick, or choose Quinn Popcorn—the brand doesn't use nasty chemicals in its bags or ingredients.
Nonstick Hideout: Furniture & Carpeting
Nonstick chemicals hide under names like Scotchguard, Teflon, Stainmaster, and others. Many nonstick chemicals are used as treatments to repel anything you might spill on upholstered couches. Sounds handy, until you realize the stuff could make you sick.
Avoid it: When shopping for furniture, ask to make sure it's not coated with a nonstick treatment that repels stains. If you're in the market for new flooring, avoid carpeting and opt for untreated hardwood, then finish yourself with a safer product like Vermont Natural Coatings.
Nonstick Hideout: Paper Plates
An astounding 64 billions paper cups and plates are tossed away each year. Aside from the waste factor, many are also coated with nonstick chemicals to prevent leakage.
Avoid it: Just use regular glasses and plates instead, and wash them in the dishwasher when you're done to save water.
Nonstick Hideout: Your Shampoo
Nonstick chemicals could even hide out in personal care products! Luckily, unlike clothing and furniture, personal care products must have an ingredients list.
Avoid it: Check ingredient labels for anything beginning with perfluoro—and avoid it!
Nonstick Hideout: Household Dust
No matter how hard we try to avoid nonstick chemicals, they'll probably still wind up in our dust because they're used in so many different products. Household dust also harbors nasty plastic chemicals, BPA, and flame retardants.
Avoid it: Equip yourself with a vacuum with a HEPA filter and use it regularly!


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The bride is the daughter of John and Holly DeLaurentis of Torrington, formerly of Waterbury.
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