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NEW ORLEANS – Senior Patrick Kimeli is one of 450 Division I cross country student-athletes to earn All-Region honors, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced today. Kimeli earned the honor after placing in the top 25 at the Division I South Central Regional Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., on Friday.
"This is the third year in a row that he has made all region," Head Coach Shawn Flanagan said. "He has been a main stay of the program. After Shadrack Songok he has been our most successful male cross country athlete. He is a great fella and it's been fun coaching him."
The Eldoret, Kenya native, placed 15th to earn his third consecutive All-Region honor and is among nine Southland Conference runners to earn the honor. Kimeli fell short of qualifying for the NCAA Championships for his third straight year by just two spots. The senior wraps up a stellar cross country career at the Island University.
Kimeli was the sixth runner in the last seven years to represent the Islanders at the 2011 NCAA Championships after finishing seventh at the South Central Regional Championships. He finished with a 10k time of 30:39.4, improving his 104th-place finish and time of 31:13.2 from 2010.
After clinching the 2011 men's 8k individual race at the Southland Championships in Nacogdoches, Texas, Kimeli garnered his second consecutive Southland Male Athlete of the Year award. He crossed the line with a time of 24:50.6 to clinch his second consecutive individual title. With the win, Kimeli joined former Islander and current assistant coach Shadrack Songok as the only conference runners to win the Southland cross country 8k event and be named Athlete of the Year in two consecutive years. This season he placed fourth to earn his third straight all-conference honor.
Kimeli has one year left of indoor and outdoor track. During the outdoor season in May he competed in the 1500m and the 5000m at the NCAA West Preliminary Round. He finished second in the 1500m and fifth in the 5000m at the Southland Conference Outdoor Championships.
For the latest information, follow Islanders Cross Country and Track and Field on Twitter (@IslandersTFXC) and Facebook (Texas A&M Corpus Christi Track & Field/Cross Country).


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'Elly May' and 'Thelma Lou' meet for photos in Mt. Airy
Two icons of television from the 1960s are meeting in the North Carolina town that was the inspiration for one of their roles.
The Mount Airy News reports that Donna Douglas and Betty Lynn will get together for an autograph and photo session Thursday at the Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy.
Douglas played Elly May Clampett on "The Beverly Hillbillies," while Lynn was Thelma Lou on "The Andy Griffith Show," which was based in part on Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy.
Tanya Jones, executive director of the Surry Arts Council, said Lynn was the catalyst for the event. Jones said Douglas contacted the arts council because she was going to be in North Carolina and had friends who wanted to meet Lynn.
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See 1 Timothy 4:14.
See Ephesians 4:11.
See 1 Corinthians 13:7.
See Philippians
North American constitutional republic. Constitution ratified, 17 Sept. 1787. Population in 1805 about 6,000,000; in 1830 about 13,000,000; and in 1844 about 20,000,000. Louisiana Purchase, 1803, doubled size of U.S. Consisted of seventeen states at time ...
Clyde, Williams & Co., Harrisburg, PA, to JS, Nauvoo, IL, ca. 15 July 1843, JS Collection, CHL.
Smith, Joseph.
Collection, 1827–1846. CHL. MS
17 Feb. 1792–7 Mar. 1872. Writer, teacher, printer, newspaper editor, publisher, postmaster, lawyer. Born at Hanover, Morris Co., New Jersey. Son of Enon Phelps and Mehitabel Goldsmith. Moved to Homer, Cortland Co., New York, 1800. Married Sally Waterman,...
JS per William W. Phelps,
Nauvoo, IL, to Clyde, Williams & Co., Harrisburg,
PA, 1 Aug. 1843, JS Collection, CHL. Volumes describing various religious denominations were not uncommon in this time period. In addition to John Hayward's 1836 Religious Creeds and Statistics, Robert Baird published A View of Religion in America in Glasgow in 1842, with a revised edition, titled Religion in America, printed in the United States two years later and reprinted many times thereafter. Other examples are P. Douglas Gorrie, The Churches and Sects of the United States, (New York: Lewis Colby, 1850), and Joseph Belcher, The Religious Denominations in the United States, (Philadelphia: J. E. Potter, 1854). Rupp's volume is distinctive in that it is a collection of essays written by representatives of the respective denominations.
See JS, "Church History". When JS composed "Church History," he quoted from Orson Pratt's A[n] Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb.
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, LDS church purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas. Served as church headquarters, 1839...
JS, "Church History," 709.
JS revelation, dated Jan. 1841, commanded Saints to build temple and hotel (Nauvoo House). Cornerstone laid, 6 Apr. 1841. Saints volunteered labor, money, and other resources for temple construction. Construction directed by committee that included Reynolds...
William W. Phelps,
"Additions to an Article in the Times & Seasons," Sept. 1843, CHL.
Phelps, William W. "Additions to an
in the Times & Seasons." Sept. 1843. CHL.
10 July 1803–31 May 1878. Bookseller, editor, historian, insurance agent, teacher, translator. Born in East Pennsboro (later in Hampden), Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania. Son of George Rupp and Christina Boeshor. Member of Reformed faith. Moved to Allen, Cumberland...
The book was published in or shortly after April 1844, the date found in its preface. (Rupp, He Pasa Ekklesia, vi.)
Rupp, Israel Daniel, ed. He Pasa Ekklesia [The Whole Church]: An
Original History of the Religious Denominations at Present Existing in the United
States, Contains Authentic Accounts of Their Rise, Progress, Statistics and
Doctrines. Written Expressly for the Work by Eminent Theological Professors,
Ministers, and Lay-Members, of the Respective Denominations. Projected, Compiled
and Arranged by I. Daniel Rupp, of Lancaster, Pa. Philadelphia: J. Y.
Humphreys; Harrisburg: Clyde and Williams, 1844.
JS, Nauvoo, IL, to Israel
Daniel Rupp, Lancaster City, PA, 5 June 1844, copy, JS Collection, CHL.
Pasa Ekklesia," Nauvoo Neighbor, 26 June 1844,
Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL.
This copy was purchased 21 June 1905 from a Salt Lake City bookstore for the Church Historian's Office. The lower right corner of the inside front cover bears a sticker of the bookstore, "Shepard Book Company", and the upper left corner bears a sticker of the "Historian's Office Library". Several "Historian's Office" stamps are found throughout the book, including on the first page of the essay on the Latter-day Saints. A notation on the recto of the blank leaf preceding the title page indicates the day of purchase and a library number, "3493", written in ink and later erased. "3493" corresponds to an entry made sometime after 1930 in an early Church Historian's Office catalog book. ("Library Record," book no. 3493.)
"Library Record for the Listing or Cataloguing of Books." In Historian's
Office, Library Accession Records, ca. 1890–ca. 1930. CHL. CR 100 429.


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Saturday, December 15, 2012
Atlanta, GA -- After the game's first drive, no one could have guessed what was about to unfold in the Georgia Dome.
ECI had a quick, mostly non-descript opening possession, punting the ball away. That's when everything changed.
Junior James Brown intercepted Dooly County Quarterback AJ Smith on the Bobcats' first play from scrimmage, returning it to the 22 yard line. Eight plays later, Greg Purcell plunged into the end zone from a yard out, and the rout was on.
The Bulldogs' star running back duo of Purcell and Brown rushed for a combined 285 yards and four touchdowns, and Brown added a 53-yard touchdown reception in a 47-7 state championship win against Dooly County.
It's ECI's first trip to the title game since back-to-back appearances in 2007 and 2008, and Chris Kearson's looked like it was making up for lost time.
After the Purcell touchdown opened the scoring, he added a second one a possession later. This time, the senior bruiser used a spin move to slip a tackle at the second level before outracing the defense to the left pylon.
Dooly County added a touchdown to halve the deficit, but it was back to work for the all-purpose star, Brown.
After taking the hand off at the Bobcats' 30-yard-line, he broke a tackle just beyond the line, then got through two more defenders on his way to paydirt and a 20-7 halftime advantage.
In the second stanza, the points just kept coming. It started with the quarterback, Caleb Pressey. After making his living handing off in the first half, Pressey faked the give to Purcell and walked in untouched for a 26-7 lead.
And if Brown's early interception set the tone, the next play was the nail in the coffin. With the ball at their own 47, Pressey got his first completion of the game, a one handed catch by Brown that he turned into a 53-yard TD and a 34-7 score.
The Bulldogs added six more from Purcell and a final touchdown from senior Renaldo Williams to close out the 47-7 final.
Brown led all rushers with 143 yards and the one touchdown, and Purcell was just a yard behind with 142 yards and a trio of scores.
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Gypsum Town Council members passed a resolution, 6-1, to support the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution at their meeting Tuesday night.
Council member Tom Edwards abstained, saying he mostly supported the resolution but didn't agree with some of its language.
The Second Amendment gives Americans the right to bear arms. In the wake of some shooting tragedies across the country, state and federal governments are divided over gun control issues. Some feel the Second Amendment is under attack.
"I think this is a sad time when small towns have to pass resolutions to support the Constitution," said Gypsum Council member Pam Schultz. "If we have to support this amendment that already exists, what else will we have to support? We shouldn't have to be doing this."
Gypsum Town Manager Jeff Shroll said the resolution was the idea of Gypsum Mayor Pro Tem Dick Mayne.
"It originally came from Jefferson County Commissioners and (Mayne) emailed it to me," Shroll said. "This was not initiated by town staff."
Gypsum Mayor Steve Carver said there was resounding support for the resolution.
"It's official - we support the Second Amendment," he said.
Shroll said the signed resolution will be sent to state and federal representatives.
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WHEREAS, The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution provides that "A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed," and
WHEREAS, the right to arms and self-defense is recognized in State Constitution; and
WHEREAS, the natural and inalienable right to self-defense is well established in the writing of many philosophers and authors since ancient times of Greece and Rome; and
WHEREAS, for centuries tyrants have recognized that a disarmed population is readily dominated; and
WHEREAS, the Second Amendment protects the rights of self-defense, defense of others and defense of the nation, and assumes the rights to hunting and sport shooting; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that more than 70 million people, representing more than half of the households in America, have chosen to lawfully exercise the right to bear arms and defend themselves and their families; and
WHEREAS, many gun control laws implicitly assume the guilt of lawful and responsible firearms owners with little effect on the ability of criminals to obtain firearms and use them unlawfully; and
WHEREAS, statistically, lawful gun owners are less likely to break the law than the average member of the public; and
WHEREAS, studies by the National Academies of Science and the Centers for Disease Control have found no persuasive evidence that "gun control" laws actually reduce crime; and
WHEREAS, in 2008 the United States Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual's - rather than a collective- right to keep and bear arms, and in 2010 in McDonald v. City of Chicago the Supreme Court further opined that the right of an individual to keep and bear arms protected by the Second Amendment is incorporated by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and applies to the States; and
WHEREAS, today, Americans are safer from violent crime than they have been at any time since the mid-1960s.
NOW, THEREFOR, BE IT RESOLVED the Town of Gypsum, State of Colorado, WILL uphold the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, and WILL act conformity with our sworn duties as duly elected officials charged with public trust and WILL, in conjunction with prior decisions by the United States.
The Gypsum Town Council strongly urges the United States Senate to reject the international treaties that will infringe on the Second Amendment rights of American citizens; including United Nations (UN) Arms Trade Treaty, Inter- American Convention Against Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms (CIFTA), or the Un Programme of Action. And that neither the United States Congress nor the Colorado General Assembly of the State of Colorado should entertain consideration of any new legislation that would infringe on constitutionally protected rights under the Second Amendment through any means, including additional restrictions on lawful firearms and accessories; or on the possession, use, sale or transfer of legitimately owned firearms.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Gypsum Town Council calls upon the United States Congress and the Colorado General Assembly to recognize the multitudes of existing laws related to the manufacture, sale and possession of firearms, and acknowledge that in order to combat gun violence, the Country must enforce existing laws and more effectively punish and deter those who commit these crimes.


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"I barely remember the Oscar speech," the actor-director said when asked about it at Tuesday's premiere of his latest film. "Certainly, the most important thing for me, in a way, was to honor my wife and to let people know how much I love her."
During his speech Affleck choked up while thanking his wife, Jennifer Garner, for working on their "marriage for 10 Christmases."
"I think you can tell what people care about really by their actions—by what they invest in, by what they work on," he explained. "It's hard to tell somebody that you care about them when you're never around them and you don't see them and talk to them. So that was what I was trying to get across. Although I don't know how articulate I was."
Affleck was joined by co-stars Olga Kurylenko and Rachel McAdams for the Los Angeles premiere of Terrence Malick's romantic rumination "To the Wonder," which opens Friday.
Affleck, 40, admitted that seeing the celebrated director in action was indeed a wonder to behold.
"I think that you know he's a director who does really unusual stuff, really interesting stuff, and somebody who works outside the typical Hollywood norm.
The film stars Affleck as an American whose relationship with a woman he met overseas turns cold, leaving him drifting back toward a childhood love.
"To the Wonder" was the last review written by celebrated film critic Roger Ebert, who died Tuesday, and it sent "shivers" down Affleck's spine.
"I thought it was a profound honor," he said. "To have this be the last movie that he reviewed and to have it viewed through this sort of transcendental lens of a man at the end of his life is as important as anything that's ever happened around movies in my career."
Associated Press writer Nicole Evatt contributed to this story.
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Massachusetts Completes the Nation's First Large Wind Turbine Blade Test Facility
May 19, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu issued the following statement on today's ribbon cutting for the Wind Technology Testing Center, a joint effort by the Department of Energy (DOE), the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, and DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The Wind Technology Testing Center is the nation's first large wind blade test facility and is capable of testing longer blades than any other facility in the world. The center will help reduce the cost of wind energy, accelerate technical innovation in turbine and blade design, and speed the deployment of the next generation of wind turbine blades for both offshore and land-based wind energy. In May 2009, Secretary Steven Chu joined with Governor Patrick in Boston to announce $25 million in funding for the project.
"The Wind Technology Testing Center will help strengthen the role U.S. manufacturers and U.S. workers are playing in the expanding renewable energy industry," said Secretary Chu. "As the global wind power market expands, this facility will help ensure that the United States has the testing infrastructure needed to lead the world in wind energy technology."
Increased research and development on larger blades will speed the deployment of innovative designs for wind turbines both offshore and on land. The new blade testing facility will attract companies to design, manufacture, and test their blades in the United States. It will also promote the growth of American companies who are part of the supply chain for wind turbine production, including fiberglass and advanced composite materials manufacturers. This growth in the domestic wind energy industry will also play an important role in meeting President Obama's goal of doubling electricity from clean energy by 2035.
When selecting Massachusetts for the Wind Technology Testing Center in 2007, the Department of Energy initially pledged $2 million for the project through a cooperative research and development agreement with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. In 2009, the Department of Energy awarded Massachusetts an additional $25 million in funding from the 2009 stimulus bill, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, to accelerate the design and construction of the facility. The Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust contributed an additional $13.2 million in grants and loans. The project was an important stimulus for the state's economy, employing about 300 construction, design and administration workers over two years.
The testing center is located at the Boston Autoport in Boston Harbor, near substantial offshore wind resources. The facility also features truck access, a rail spur, and a dock for transporting blades from ocean-going vessels.
The Wind Technology Testing Center has the capacity to test blades up to 90 meters in length, suitable for wind turbines up to 15 megawatts. Previously, blades over 50 meters could only be tested in Europe, not in the United States.


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SANTA CLARA -- Tight end Vernon Davis and safety Eric Reid are doing what Alex Smith faced a year ago before a 49ers trip to New Orleans. Well, not exactly, as they'll surely get their starting jobs back when they're cleared to return from concussions.
Davis and Reid will undergo neurological and physical tests this week after concussions forced them out of Sunday's 10-9 loss to the Carolina Panthers.
Davis apparently is doing OK, judging from photos of his smiling face at two community-service events Monday. He helped build bikes for kids inside a bright, white tent at the 49ers facility earlier Monday before attending Anquan Boldin's celebrity-server charity dinner in San Jose.
Davis, who didn't miss any games after sustaining a Dec. 23 concussion in Seattle, is the 49ers' second-leading receiver and instrumental in their offense, which ranks last in passing yards per game (173.9).
The 49ers (6-3) play Sunday against the host Saints (7-2), and Davis and Reid must pass the NFL's concussion protocol to participate in the game.
Coach Jim Harbaugh said Monday that Reid "seemed to be doing good after the game." Reid, a first-round draft pick who's started every game this season, also sustained a concussion Sept. 15 at Seattle. Sunday's left him sprawled face-first on the Candlestick grass for some five minutes before he walked off with the 49ers medical staff. Reid has said he sustained no concussions in his previous four seasons at LSU.
Neither Davis nor Reid returned to the field after entering the locker room for evaluations. League policy bans the media from talking to concussion-suffering players after games, and neither was seen afterward in the locker room.
A year ago, quarterback Alex Smith was coping with a concussion that knocked him out of a Nov. 11 tie against the St. Louis Rams. Post-concussion symptoms surfaced before the 49ers following game against the Chicago Bears, in which Colin Kaepernick made his starting debut. Smith eventually got cleared before their Nov. 25 game at New Orleans but Kaepernick again started, posted a 31-21 win and seized that job.
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Key Takeaways from Samsung's Earnings Call
Samsung Electronics reported its first quarterly decline in operating profit in two years, as its mobile phone business shows signs of slowing down. Even so, the company's Seoul-listed shares have bounced back modestly, gaining 0.4% after a 2.2% decline on Thursday. Here are some key takeaways from the South Korean technology giant's latest earnings report:
- Samsung is talking tough about potential challenges from Apple
Apple, Samsung's main rival in the smartphone market, may have signed a big deal with China Mobile and, sure, it may be pushing into the larger smartphone category that Samsung has been dominating. But Samsung says that it doesn't fear Apple's encroaching presence.
During Friday's conference call with analysts, Hyunjoon Kim, senior vice president of Samsung's mobile business said that when it comes to the plus-size smartphones known as phablets, "these large smartphones were a space or category that we ourselves created in 2011…and we are the leaders in this segment."
Since launching its first Galaxy Note phablet, he added, "each Note generation has greatly outsold the previous generation. This reflects market awareness that large smartphones equals Samsung."
The company also said that it would continue its strategy of offering a wide variety of phablets to keep its lead.
When it comes to the world's most populous nation, Samsung executives said that the company's "premium brand image in China," together with its experience in so-called 4G LTE (Long-Term Evolution) networks would give it an upper hand at a time when China is rolling out 4G mobile services.
- Samsung took a pretty big hit on forex in the fourth quarter
As a global company, Samsung spends and makes money in a lot of currencies. And that leaves it vulnerable to market swings during a fourth quarter that saw Samsung's home currency, the Korean won, rise to a five-year high against the Japanese yen (benefiting Japanese exporters) and a two-year high against the U.S. dollar (helping companies like Apple). The forex hit of 700 billion won ($651 million) was far higher than many analysts had expected. The issue was only briefly mentioned in the company's official earnings statement, and analysts didn't raise the issue during the two-hour conference call that followed.
- Samsung has fulfilled its dividend commitments for 2013, but what now?
With growth slowing, Samsung faced a hotel ballroom full of investors and analysts in November, demanding that the company return more of its substantial cash pile, which now exceeds $50 billion, to shareholders. In response, the company said that it would target a dividend yield this year of 1% of its average stock price in 2013 — a promise it fulfilled by paying out a one-time year-end dividend of 13,800 won per share. That represents a 79% increase from the dividend paid out in 2012.
But when asked about ongoing dividend and buyback policy going forward, the company remained mum. Robert Yi, head of Samsung's investor relations, said on the conference call that the company would aim to increase total shareholder return this year as a percentage of free cash flow.
"As of right now, we are not able to mention any decisions that have been made on this, but our goal for 2014 is for a significant increases compared to 2013," the Samsung executive said.
- Samsung's marketing costs are hitting the bottom line
Samsung's famously prodigious spending on marketing has pushed the envelope on slick — and no doubt pricey — ways to sell smartphones. (Check out this four-minute, Hollywood-quality trailer for one of Samsung's World Cup-related promotion.)
But it's also a heavyweight on the bottom line. Samsung's IT and mobile communications division saw its fourth-quarter operating profit fall 18% from the previous quarter, and part of the problem, the company says, was "seasonally increased marketing expenditures."
Expect change, but nothing too dramatic. On the conference call, Kim said that Samsung would continue to actively build its marketing around sporting events, like the upcoming Winter Olympics, though he also added that the company would strive to lower the ratio of marketing expenses to revenue.
Alas, it is still difficult to pin down Samsung's marketing costs. Unlike last year's fourth quarter earnings report, the company hasn't yet released a document that puts a precise number on marketing expenditures.
- Samsung's components businesses continue their divergent paths
On the components side, Samsung's semiconductors and display panels divisions have been going in opposite directions over the past few quarters. The fourth quarter of 2013 was no different. The company enjoyed increased sales in semiconductors on both a quarterly and yearly basis, though some pressure on margins resulted in a slight quarter-on-quarter pullback in operating profits.
But an oversupplied market continues to push down selling prices for television panels, punishing Samsung's display panel business. That unit suffered a year-over-year drop of 90% in operating profit, as sales slid by 17%.
The company says it sees a path to higher profitability in its display panel business, though, with increased sales of premium products, like curved panels and bigger screens, measuring 60 inches or more diagonally.


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OSU and Nike officials worked on a nearly two-year brand evolution program to refine and update the marks of the university, according to a press release. With the goal of developing an innovative and contemporary athletic brand identity, OSU and Nike worked with athletes, coaches, administrators and alumni to compile input on the department's brand attributes.
"Oregon State athletics has undergone a tremendous transformation in the last 15 years and our new brand identity is another sign that the Beavers continue to confidently move forward," said Director of Athletics Bob De Carolis. "The ultimate goal for the rebrand is to attract high-caliber student-athletes to a contemporary brand, while respecting our heritage."
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Hello all, I am just getting into reloading. Im sure over the next few weeks ill have a heap of questions! As for right now, just a quicky...
Ive been reading through my first manual (nosler reloading guide 6) and noticed in the ballistic charts that it seems reload velocities are slower than factory loads. I was always under the impression that reloads were always faster...crazy fast even. I know speed doesnt necessarily mean accuracy, but i like fast!
Should i ready myself for disappointment when it comes to velocity?
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Most factory ammo will shoot bullets slower in ones own firearms as their barrels' bore and groove diameters are typically larger than the SAAMI spec test barrels often used to test ammo.
Safe reloads may well be the same thing. And the barrel published loads were developed with will be different than yours. So are the primer, powder and case lot numbers and these also make differences in muzzle velocity. So is case neck tension on the bullets. To say nothing of the pressure measuring methods so often used in published data; it could be way too high for safety.
Be patient with your bullet's speeds. They don't need to win the race to the target, but arriving all at the same place is great. Who'll really know if they got there 100 fps slower than someone elses that are spread all over the place.
If velocity for a given bullet needs to be as fast as possible, use the biggest case that can use it, then use as much powder as you want under it. How safe it is depends on your overall objectives in life.
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I bought a chronograph MANY years ago, and it was one of the best purchases I ever made to help me in reloading my hunting ammo.
Individual rifles vary a lot as to the velocity you can obtain, and you will not know until you get a chronograph.
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I'm right there with you, wanting a little more zip. Like you said it doesn't mean better accuracy but it makes it fun...especially when you figure out the "sweet spot" for a given rifle/bullet/powder combination. As you experiment more and more you'll figure out how to get both accuracy and velocity. It's fun...and I hope you're not getting into reloading to save money ! You will shoot more but probably won't really save any money...but it's totally worth it
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If your 30-06 ammo is at published max loads and you want more get a 300 mag and down load it.
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Alot depends on the length of your barrel. Most factories test fire out of 26" barrels, which well help out with speed. I know I don't shoot out of 26" pipes, if you don't then don't expect factory speeds. And, as said, it will depend on the specs of the barrel. Most factory ammo is loaded too far under max... I'd say 5% under max load is a little on the weak side for factory ammo.
I don't care too much about raw speed... I'd much rather be as accurate as possible. I don't want to lob it in either. Either way, I'm in luck, my rifle likes em' hot. I've found my best load for accuracy is only about 1.5% under max load. I would really rather it be a little lower. Brass may last a little longer.
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To the o/p I would rather ring a 100 meter gong all day than say, "hey buddy did you see how fast my bullet was?? Mine was the fastest out there!!
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5whiskey claims most factories test fire out of 26" barrels.
I disagree. Check out the following starting on page 135 and note the length of SAAMI test barrels used at factory test facilities to qualify their ammo to SAAMI specs:
The vast majority of 'em are 24 inches long.
5whiskey also claims most factory ammo is loaded too far under max.
Go to page 13 in the above SAAMI specs and check out the cartridge-bullet/weight-velocity-pressure numbers then compare them to factory published data on their ammo.
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You'll find that the fastest handloads are in line with the fastest factory ammo, in real numbers.
Not in terms of the numbers printed on the ammo box, but in terms of what your gun actually does.
There are dozens of powders that will function in any given cartridge and not all of them are ideal in terms of velocity.
You can almost always find a powder that will match or exceed the real world velocity of factory ammo. I don't know of any exceptions though I don't doubt that they exist. Ordinarily, you can find quite a few powders that will match factory ammo speeds. Your task then, is to find the REAL advantage of handloads... accuracy WITH velocity.
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Often, VERY often, the most accurate load is far from the fastest load.
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Best way I can think of to get the fastest, safe pressure, loads from a cartridge is to use a much longer barrel. For example, a 150 grain factory round from a .308 Win. 22" factory barrel will leave at about 2700 fps. With a 30 inch barrel, it would leave over 2900 fps.
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5whiskey, how did you determine that most factory ammo is NOT loaded too far under max? Chronograph it?
If you did and your test barrel was not identical in all bore and chamber dimensions, mounted the same way, used the same lot of primers and powder, cases had the same neck tension and the firing pin had the same impact parameters, then your data will be different than the factory data.
I ask 'cause chronographing ammo's how most folks make comparisons.
What ammo makers use 26" test barrels?
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Personal Finance Software for Mac OS
MoneyWell... Personal finance software that helps people take control of their spending.
Most financial packages focus on historic information. By the time users see what has been spent, itâs too late to fix the problem. MoneyWell shows whatâs happening right now with innovative Spending Buckets and a Money Flow Graph all presenting real-time feedback. The user knows immediately when spending is getting out of hand by just glancing at the single-window interface.
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Well, I'm use MoneyWell since 2007. Despite the fact that last release interface overcomplicated sometimes, and my system slowdown sometime (very very rare), I think it worth the money. I use MoneyWell with Numeric Notes, one for finance tracking, other for finance calculations. And I completely satisfied with them.
I still believe new releases will provide more clear interface. If you have some doubts about it, I highly recommend you to try it.
Moneywell came out with a new version that has a new sync. The old one had some issues, they said they were working on it. The new one added to those issues sync issues.
At this time the lack of features and the issues make it difficult to use. Makes the other finance apps look appealing.
I appreciate the effort put into some of the features and the interface design is very mac-like, but this still does not change the fact that it's a complex program.
I have spent countless minutes staring, clicking, wondering what to do next. The addition of some wizards to guide beginners through the process would be ideal. Like this: "1. How much money is in your bank account right now? Type it in. 2. How much is owing on your credit card right now? 3. Download last month's statement from your bank. 4. Import" and so on.
I can't find a way to export charts of your previous spending so you can visually track your spending.
Lastly, the last time I tried to import my iPhone data I got unhelpful error dialogs. Visiting the developer website just takes you to a lot of generic troubleshooting steps which leads me to believe they don't really understand all the conditions in which syncing can fail.
Luckily, I've bought a copy of Jumsoft's Money, so I'm going to give that a try.
Such a great app for tracking finances. Looks really good, works well and the support is really great and helpful also. Looking forward to the iPhone app coming soon.
Importing OFX files and other files has always went smoothly and everything has come in correctly. Something other programs I've tried have had issues with.
Recently switched over from iBudget/Squirrel. Took a couple days to get used to the interface, but all is good now.
The spending 'cap' is making me guilty of overspending.. this was an existing feature in iBudget, but I had to set it manually. Moneywell does this for all categories (aka 'buckets') so.. no exceptions.
MoneyWell has progressed greatly since the first release and the latest beta of version 1.4 has finally won me over!
This is a very complete financial program that is well presented and easily handles my various accounts. Data entry is quick and simple (the current beta has really tightened things up here, especially for users that prefer the keyboard to the mouse) and the various auto-fill features minimise the effort needed to enter amounts and to assign income and expenditure to budgets. I had never worked with the "envelope method" before but MoneyWell makes it seem like the most natural way to manage your finances. Kudos to the developer for making such a mundane task enjoyable!
For anyone reading earlier reviews, it is worth noting that features that were initially missing from MoneyWell, such as recurring transactions, transaction matching on import and localised formatting are all included and work flawlessly. I especially like the attention to detail that the developer has shown to things that are often simply taken for granted. For example, after I imported my weekly cash spending as a CSV file from my iPod touch (an easy task thanks to the options offered in the slide-down import pane) I assigned each item to a budget bucket. MoneyWell took note and now imports are all automatically assigned to the correct bucket. Very nice.
It has been mentioned elsewhere but I will repeat it based on my own experience: the developer is very helpful and very responsive, he really does care about his product and his customers. MoneyWell is also supported with a web site brimming with screencast tutorials and useful articles. I especially liked the tip about not getting bogged down in minutiae when planning your budgets!
Rather than continue for the pages it would take to list everything that MoneyWell offers I will simply recommend that anyone who is looking for a powerful, user-friendly way to manage their finances checks out this gem of an app.
This app has totally changed the way I think about my spending habits. With MoneyWell, I understand what it takes to control my finances. I recommend this program to anyone looking for more than a way to track their accounts; MoneyWell causes you to control your financial future.
I've tried nearly every finance managing app available for Mac... and finally found out that MoneyWell was the best for my personal use.
The great thing about MoneyWell is the way it allows you to manage your budget : it uses the envelope method, so you put money in different "buckets"/envelopes and use it until the bucket is empty... you're not checking the way you spent your money after spending it (like in most apps). It allows you to really control your spendings, not just analyse them through reports and stats.
The UI is great. Yeah, there're still a few features missing, but the developper is one of the most reactives : 2 updates this week, answers to every question... The 1.3 is on the way, with scheduled transactions for example. The last updates corrected a lot of things, and I think things like handling non-US date formats (when importing QIF at least) and QIF import in general [cf. sentience post] are now fixed.
Besides, I like the fact that it doesn't have a handful of features useless to most of all or that a specific app would handle better. I don't like for example mixing budget management with stocks management.
Having used a lot of conventional finance applications, I find MoneyWell a breath of fresh air. It really helps you to monitor (and maybe even stick to) a budget rather than just act as a list of your transactions. While it does lack a few features such as scheduled transactions, it is continually being improved.
I have not tried as I have aborted as such MS Money.
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I host a monthly free teleconference called "Community Conversations." We recently discussed the ego and how it was playing out in our lives. So, I will pose the same question to you that I asked the group: "Are you in charge of your ego or is your ego in charge of you?"
There are a few definitions of ego: the self, especially as distinct from the world and other selves; in psychoanalysis, the division of the psyche that is conscious, most immediately controls thought and behavior, and is most in touch with external reality; an exaggerated sense of self-importance; conceit, appropriate pride in oneself; self-esteem. I believe that we all experience the good news and the interesting news of our ego and how it affects our lives. However, more often than not, the ego quietly affirms separation, lack and limitation.


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"Major Crimes" (9 p.m., TNT): The team investigates a murder in a hotel room that could have international repercussions. Meanwhile, Rusty (Graham Patrick Martin) ponders how to share a big secret with the squad.
"Under the Dome" (10 p.m., CBS): Uh-oh, it's not enough that the residents of Chester's Mill remain trapped under a big crazy bubble. Now their food supply is at risk because of an infestation of butterfly eggs on the town's crops.
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AVON - A mother facing felony charges stemming from the death of her infant son has two weeks to decide whether to accept a plea deal or take her chances at trial.
Prosecutors offered Tanya Baca, 30, the chance to plead guilty to manslaughter, a Class 4 felony. If she takes the offer she faces between two and six years in prison.
For now, she's charged with child abuse resulting in death. If she takes her chances with a jury trial and is convicted, she faces a 10-year mandatory minimum prison sentence, and up to 32 years.
"The indications we have is that she was drunk, tripped and landed on the baby," said District Attorney Mark Hurlbert. "Given those facts, we thought a 10-year minimum sentence in the department of corrections was inappropriate."
Baca made her first appearance in District Court Wednesday morning, before District Court Judge R. Thomas Moorhead.
"She needs more time to consider it, between two weeks and a month," said Reed Owens, her public defender.
Moorhead set her next court appearance for 9 a.m., Aug. 15, when she and Owens will either announce plea agreement or schedule a trial date.
Baca, 30, an Avon resident, was arrested and jailed on charges of domestic violence, third degree assault and child abuse causing death, said Avon Police Lt. Greg Daly.
About a half-hour after midnight on the night of the incident, Avon police responded to the Vail Valley Medical Center to investigate injuries to a 3-month old Avon boy.
The child was air-lifted from Vail to Children's Hospital in Aurora where medical personnel continued to try to save him, Daly said.
"After advanced medical attempts to save the child, the child died," Daly said.
Avon Police detectives continue to investigate this incident, in conjunction with the Eagle County coroner's office and the Eagle County Health and Human Services department.
Baca declined to go through a preliminary hearing last month in Eagle County Court, before Judge Katharine Sullivan.
Defendants can waive their right to a preliminary hearing and go straight to District Court, as Baca did.
Law enforcement officials are under court orders not to release information about the case, said Eagle County Coroner Kara Bettis.
Baca remains in custody in the Eagle County jail on a $50,000 cash bond, or $500,000 surety bond.
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I met Perry Cook nearly three years ago in a temporary sculpture garden called Quark Park near the Princeton University Campus in Princeton, New Jersey. Wild River Review's Executive Editor, Kim Nagy, had brought me there to write about the exhibits, one of which was a beautiful granite lithophone sculpted by Jonathan Shor.
What made Quark Park unique and an inspiration to those of us who saw it, was the collaboration of landscape designers, artists and scientists. Shor and Cook's lithophone stood out for a number of reasons: its beauty, the gorgeous recording Cook made of Shor's process, plus the fact that the lithophone was miked and anyone could play it at will. Thus, we all became composers creating original pieces of music that through the magic of stone and amplification sounded damned good.
Cook was and is irrepressible, a man who can write code and turn it into aural poetry, who has been mentor to many, and a consumate collaborator. The Princeton Laptop Orchestra PLOrk, which he created with Dan Trueman is an example of an artistic, and dare I say, spiritual truth: In collaboration, a creation becomes greater than its parts. And in the creation of music, a composer is only as good as the orchestra that interprets his or her works. Cook has been good enough to earn a Guggenheim Fellowship and PLOrk has been good enough to earn a MacArthur grant.
Likewise, the staff of Wild River Review are well enough behaved to earn the privilege of following Cook and his merry band of composers and laptop musicians through their spring semester.
WRR@Large looks forward to bringing you along with us. Cook, Trueman, their students and special guests, some of the more interesting names in music, will help us untangle the all-important question, What exactly is PLOrk?
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TUSCALOOSA | The Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, 1901 Jack Warner Parkway, will host a limited seating lunch and discussion with ABC 33/40 meteorologist James Spann at 11:30 a.m. May 30.
The lunch will be tied in with the museum's current exhibit, "Listening to the Storm: A Natural Disaster in Retrospective."
Spann is expected to discuss severe weather in the Southeast and disaster preparedness. He will also recount his reporting on the April 27, 2011, tornado outbreak and how communities recover after natural disasters.
Spann began his career in Tuscaloosa in 1973 at WTBC-AM radio. He is the founder of The Weather Co. and has been named Alabama's best weather anchor nine times by The Associated Press.
The museum's current exhibit chronicles stories of Tuscaloosa's first responders, volunteers, survivors and community leaders on the day of the April 27, 2011, tornado.
It includes oral histories, documentaries and photographs showing Tuscaloosa's progress two years into the recovery. The exhibit runs through June 7.
Tickets to the Spann discussion, which include lunch, are $10, and must be ordered by May 28.
For information or to buy tickets for this event, call the museum at 205-248-4931, the city's information number at 205-248-5311 or go online to www.mwwtm.com.
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It would take at least 20 years to adequately recapitalize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a top Treasury official said Friday, the latest effort by the Obama administration to push back against arguments that the government-controlled mortgage-finance giants could be restored as private companies without legislation.
Mary Miller, the Treasury's undersecretary for domestic finance, said in a speech in Washington on Friday that even if Fannie and Freddie were preserved and allowed to build up capital, that transition would take too long, maintaining a market that leaves taxpayers too exposed to losses and that isn't serving the broad middle class.
The Treasury Department has been heavily involved in pushing forward a bill to replace the companies, which cleared the Senate Banking Committee on a 13-9 vote last month but which probably doesn't have enough support from Democrats to advance through the Senate this year.
Ms. Miller used the speech to argue that legislation was still the only viable way to overhaul Fannie and Freddie, rebutting arguments made by supporters of the companies, including shareholders such as Bruce Berkowitz's Fairholme Capital Management, that the firms could be restored without legislation.
While few in Washington expect the Senate to pass legislation this year, the administration has "not in any measure given up on housing-finance reform," she said.
Fannie and Freddie have become very profitable over the last two years, but those profits are likely to fall this year, the companies have said, as various one-time benefits run their course. The mortgage companies have to shrink their large investment portfolios that have traditionally been a key profit engine.
As a result, "even if truly rehabilitating the [companies] were possible, recapitalizing them adequately would take at least 20 years," Ms. Miller said.
The uncertain future of the companies has also contributed to the mortgage industry's reluctance to extend loans to borrowers without perfect credit, she said, which has "effectively shut many Americans out of the [housing] market." In opting for an administrative revamp of the companies, "we would also be signing up for another 20 years of under-serving responsible credit-worthy Americans seeking to buy a home," she said.
Twenty years is a long time, and Ms. Miller didn't address the assumptions behind that time frame, such as what would constitute an adequate level of capitalization. Many industry officials have said Fannie and Freddie would have withstood the latest crisis with at least 5% capital. The comments also hint at a long transition no matter what is done to resolve the limbo status of the companies.
Ms. Miller also defended a controversial arrangement in which the Treasury last year began collecting all of Fannie and Freddie's profits as dividend payments, arguing that replacing an existing 10% dividend was necessary to assure markets that the companies wouldn't need to borrow money to fund those dividend payments.
The changes were "all designed for the purpose of protecting the [companies] and making sure that we could keep the doors open," she said. The Treasury Department is fighting around 20 lawsuits from investors challenging those changes.
Some industry executives have suggested that pieces of Fannie and Freddie, such as their apartment-financing units, could be sold off while the companies remain in a government-run conservatorship, but Ms. Miller said those ideas were a nonstarter with Treasury. "We would not consider any spin-off without legislation," she said.
The Treasury on Thursday said that Ms. Miller would leave the administration in early September after more than four years at the department.


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SAN JOSE -- National teachers union leader Lily Eskelsen Garcia offered a prediction Friday about gun lobbyists and politicians who are indifferent to the carnage of gun violence.
"I'm not an ordained minister, I'm not a theologian, but these guys are going to hell," the National Education Association's vice president said during a panel discussion at the Netroots Nation convention of liberal online activists.
"We have to make those senators as frightened of us as they are of the gun lobby," she said. "Shame on us if we give one inch to the gun lobby. They got where they are because they never give up. ... Now the movement is us; we are the ones we were waiting for."
She and other panelists in the "Not Another Newtown: Building a Movement to Prevent Gun Violence" discussion said activists have a key role to play but can't do it alone. Rather, all citizens who want stricter gun controls must seize politicians' attention with a barrage of complaints and a steadfast promise to deny campaign funding to any who won't listen -- just as the gun lobby does, they said.
The panel opened the second day of Netroots Nation, an annual gathering of almost 3,000 liberal online activists who will be networking and strategizing through Saturday night at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center. Moderated by Fox News contributor Jehmu Greene, panelists said a chance for meaningful national change remains, even after the Senate's rejection in April of a bill to broaden background-check requirements.
State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, said California is leading the way with bills that would, among other things, ban all semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines; ban magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition; and require background checks for ammunition purchases.
"The gun lobby has been very smart about figuring out every single loophole to negate the assault weapons ban. We're sick of the loopholes, we're sick of the cat and mouse games," he said. "We need to distinguish between responsible gun ownership, gun ownership for sport ... and the extreme -- the use of rapid-fire weapons that have no purpose but to kill."
Mark Glaze, executive director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, said that with 75 percent of National Rifle Association members believing that all gun purchases should require background checks, "we're ripe for change."
MoveOn.org executive director Anna Galland praised the Netroots Nation crowd. "The grass-roots engagement and leadership here is so important," she said, but only in that it can mobilize the masses. "We need to have a movement that is 10 times bigger, a hundred times bigger than we have now."
American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten said the movement should take a page from immigration and same-sex marriage advocates and present clear, touching stories of those who gain and lose from gun violence. "When people see faces and when they are impacted individually, it changes minds," she said.
Glaze rejected the gun-lobby argument that violent movie and video-game images are a leading cause of gun violence; the United Kingdom watches the same films and plays the same games, yet has only a fraction of the gun crimes because it places stricter controls on guns, he said. But some panelists said leaning on filmmakers and game manufacturers to clean up their products should be part of the equation, too.
"We enhance our credibility" by embracing some gun-lobby suggestions while also pushing for gun control, Steinberg said, also citing the importance of expanded mental health screening and services. "We have to broaden our message and be consistent."
Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., acknowledged this discussion in such a liberal venue might have been like preaching to the choir. "But the choir needs practice," she said. "The choir needs encouragement."
Netroots Nation continues Saturday with highlights including a Q-and-A session with House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco.
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I have a fear of so many things and places I could write volumes, but the one place I remember as
fearful and yet amazing was the Mark Twain Cave. I was in fourth grade when our field trip that year
was to the Mark Twain Cave in Hannibal, Missouri. I'm sure my mom had to believe I would never enter
the cave. But, off we went with the class for the day. I'm sure she thought if all I did was picnicked with
the class, then the trip was successful. However, in true fashion when the others got up to go through
the cave, my mom told me we were going to try. I remember being so nervous and afraid. And sure
enough when I saw the entrance to the cave I backed away and bolted in the opposite direction. My
mom did not want to force me, but fortunately Beth Ashenfelter's mom, Genia, decided to make an effort
and coaxed me not only to the mouth of the cave but over the threshold and into the amazing interior. I
will forever be grateful to Genia for caring.
Once inside the cave, the feeling of closeness was overpowering but I didn't want to leave. Even
though I felt so cramped and claustrophobic I was so very much intrigued with the sites within the cave.
As I walked past the walls of the cave I could feel the cool and almost slimy feeling as I brushed by. The
air was chilly and yet refreshing at the same time. The colors from the lights shining on the stalagmites
and stalactites looked like icicles of rainbow colors shimmering in the darkness. The little stream that
meandered through the cave moved along calmly and was hypnotizing to watch. If I had my choice, I
would have sat by the water all day. But, unfortunately tours move fast, sometimes too fast, to enjoy
every aspect. As we walked along the curvy path we stopped to take pictures and I think I was even in
a few. My mom and I were at the end of the line so not to impede someone else's pace. After what
seemed like a very long time, the cave's walls appeared to be moving closer to me. I knew it was time
for me to exit, but each time I looked up all I saw was another bend in the curve.
I was trying to enjoy all the sights, but ached to see a glimmer of sunlight. I walked faster and
refused to stop for photos anymore. I could tell my mom was worried how long I could take the pressure.
And then I saw it. As we rounded what was the last bend, I saw the light at the end of the tunnel! My
heart jumped and I ran outside - back to my comfort zone and back to familiarity. To this day, I don't
know how I was able to walk through the mouth of that cave, but through the fear I experienced another


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STOCKTON - The San Joaquin County Metro Bomb Squad has sent a pipe bomb found on a Stockton freeway overpass to a crime lab for further analysis, but authorities believe the device could have been dangerous.
A pedestrian notified a sheriff's deputy after finding the pipe bomb Thursday morning on the Highway 99 overpass at Waterloo Road, authorities said.
Lab analysis will determine if the device contained explosive materials, but someone could have been hurt if the device functioned properly upon detonation, said Deputy Les Garcia, a spokesman for the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office.
"A device such as this could pose a serious threat," Garcia said. "Just picking it up or moving it could set it off. We want to advise the public that, if they come across a suspicious device, do not touch it and call 911. In this case, the pedestrian saw the suspicious device, alerted a deputy in the area, and nobody was injured, but had this device functioned properly, it could have caused serious injury."
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OAKLAND -- As a child, Jim Ellis loved building things with Legos; later he was fascinated by Oakland City Center, the signature project of his father, developer Hal Ellis, which ushered in dramatic changes for Oakland's downtown.
"I saw what happened with City Center and how transformational development could be for downtown Oakland," said Ellis, one of the principal executives with Ellis Partners. "That really inspired me."
Now the scene has shifted some blocks away, to Jack London Square. Once again, a developer named Ellis has begun to orchestrate a project that could change the face of downtown Oakland.
Jack London Square is undergoing a $400 million revival that is bringing to the waterfront new restaurants, entertainment, retail, offices, a hotel and parking. Ellis Partners, which Jim Ellis cofounded with his father and sister Melinda Ellis Evers, is the principal owner and developer of the project, which Ellis says will transform the waterfront.
"We are creating a regional dining district," Ellis said during a tour of the project. "There is a food-centric movement going on in Oakland. Jack London Square is a part of that."
Old standbys at Jack London Square like Barnes & Noble have vanished from the scene. In their places are go-go enterprises such as upstart solar installer Sungevity.
"The idea is to make this a 24/7, vibrant district," Ellis said. "You need it to have weekday and daytime workers. You need people living here. We want it to be active all the time. We want this place to be a destination."
New restaurants have sprouted at Jack London Square, including Bocanova, Hahn's Hibachi, Haven and Miss Pearl's Restaurant & Lounge. The Forge, a pizza and artisan beer establishment, will open next year.
"There is a big lunch crowd, a lot of traffic in here at night, and weekends are busy as well," Ellis said, who decided to populate Jack London Square with restaurants and merchants that can't be found elsewhere.
"We want unique concepts," he said. "We don't want to be like every other retail project."
To be sure, some longtime restaurants such as Scott's Seafood are part of a chain. But most of the others are unique to Jack London Square.
"All of the restaurants that we have opened are doing really well," Ellis said. "It's a testament to the emerging dining scene in Oakland."
Ellis Partners undertook a similar makeover using one-of-a-kind restaurants at Palo Alto's Town & Country Village in 2004. Ellis added Calafia Cafe, whose chef was the leading chef at the Googleplex; and Howie's Artisan Pizza, touted as a more healthy approach to that popular dish.
"We sometimes recruit people and build a new business or a concept around them," Ellis said. "It is can be painstaking and time-consuming. It takes a lot of patience. But it is working."
One of those recruits is Rick Hackett, owner of Bocanova, a restaurant that features cuisines of North, Central and South America.
"Jim Ellis believed in me," Hackett said. "He had a vision of Jack London Square that I believed in and that I still believe in."
Tenants with the development say they can see the improvement.
"Jim is really dedicated to Jack London Square," said Susan Hollingshead, vice president of people at Sungevity, which has its headquarters in the development. "He has been pushing this project forward, through thick and thin."
Ellis acknowledges that the brutal economy has hobbled some elements of the square, notably Jack London Market.
The complex is envisioned as a public market featuring fruits, vegetables, meat, seafood, coffee, baked goods, cheese and prepared foods. It is expected to be a place to dine and shop. For now, Ellis is seeking permanent tenants for the public market. An outdoor farmers market awaits a critical mass of tenants.
"But we are starting to see some encouraging signs," Ellis said.
Other unfinished business is a site for retail and office space and a 250-room hotel at the east end of the project. The timing of these developments is unclear.
During a stroll through the square, Ellis recalled a spot where he played as a child. He also noticed Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon, where he drank his first beer. Born and raised in the East Bay, and now living in Piedmont, he sees the connections from the past to his endeavors of the present.
"I was born to do this," Ellis said. "I caught my passion for development from my father. He was a great father and mentor. We can change perceptions about Oakland. That is a challenge. But it's also an opportunity."
Contact George Avalos at 925-977-8477. Follow him at Twitter.com/george_avalos.
Jim Ellis
Born: Berkeley
Resides: Piedmont
Age: 47
Education: B.S. and B.A., University of Arizona
Profession: Managing Principal, Ellis Partners
Quote: "I was born to do this" -- referring to his passion for real estate development


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Fifteen brand-new episodes of "Arrested Development" will magically appear on Netflix this Sunday, but that doesn't mean we still can't revel in the 53 that came before them (also available on Netflix). Here are five of the best:
1. "Good Grief" -- Few sitcoms manage to produce a single episode packed with this many laughs. The Bluths are informed by Ice the bounty hunter that George Sr. died in a Mexican prison. They withhold the news from Buster so as to not send him over the edge, but proceed with plans for a wake. Buster dresses like a stripper for what he thinks is a birthday party, G.O.B. botches a magic trick and George Michael hides his not-dead grandfather in the attic. (Season 2, episode 4).
2. "Meat the Veals" -- Michael thinks George Michael has set the bar too low when his son gets "pre-engaged" to Ann. So he sets up a meeting between Ann's ultraconservative parents -- Pastor Veal and his wife -- and his family, hoping that would break them up. Hilarity ensues, along with a couple of fist fights. (Season 2, episode 16).
3. "Pier Pressure" -- The crazy twists keep coming in this bit of absurdity. When Buster realizes that medical marijuana could help cure Lucille 2's vertigo, he pays George Michael to buy some. Michael subsequently thinks his son is on drugs and attempts to teach him a lesson. But the real take-away? Never use a one-armed man to scare your kids. (Season 1, episode 10).
4. "Top Banana" -- Michael's decision to put George Michael in charge of the family's frozen banana stand results in comedic mayhem -- and a fire that burns down the stand. Elsewhere, Tobias auditions for a "fire sale" TV ad only to see Lindsay land the part instead. We also get our first clue that kooky Tobias is a "never-nude." (Season 1, episode 2).
5. "Let 'Em Eat Cake" -- Because of the low-carb diet fad, profits are way down at the banana stand. Meanwhile, George Sr. has a heart attack, and Maeby gets jealous when George Michael falls for another girl. A book written by Tobias a long time ago becomes a gay bestseller. "Arrested Development" completes its first season in delirious fashion. (Season 1, episode 22).
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The Colorado Department of Transportation put forward a new plan that could shift Summit County into the agency's West Slope region, grouping it in with Eagle County and western Colorado for funding and planning on highway projects.
The proposed new map separates Summit County from planning Region 1, which includes the Eisenhower Tunnel and the east half of the Interstate 70 mountain corridor, and moves it into Region 3.
Regions share a budget for highway projects as well as engineering and leadership teams within the transportation department.
"Region 3 is West Slope, and has more mountain characteristics," CDOT spokeswoman Stacey Stegman said of the suggestion to move Summit County. "It's better aligning the resources with the appropriate characteristics in a region."
But local officials aren't thrilled with the idea of Summit County being separated from the Eisenhower Tunnel and the I-70 mountain corridor, both of which are crucial to the local tourism economy, connecting the ski areas to Denver International Airport and the Front Range market.
"They're considering some good, efficient changes that make sense," Summit County Commissioner Karn Stiegelmeier said. "But for us, the tunnel and I-70 being well managed throughout the whole corridor is our top concern."
Operations tend to run less smoothly across regions, an issue that became clear with the recreation path project over Vail Pass, which crosses from the current Region 1 into Region 3, Stiegelmeier said.
In a letter responding to the proposed map, officials from Blue River, Breckenridge, Dillon, Frisco, Silverthorne and the county government asked CDOT to continue to focus on implementing a long-term improvement plan for the heavily congested mountain corridor regardless of regional divisions.
The proposed map, now available for stakeholders to review, would also eliminate Region 6, a small central region encompassing the Denver metro area that currently bisects I-70.
CDOT officials are looking at the regional reorganization as an opportunity to, "make sure we're improving our customer service, not just with the public but with planning partners, and trying to create some efficiencies and save some money," Stegman said.
CDOT has been considering reorganizing the regional map for better efficiency for several years. The current proposal was drafted after the metro area's regional director retired.
It is still unclear what the proposed changes could mean for regional funding for highway projects and maintenance.
While a regional restructuring is definitely coming, what it will look like is not yet finalized. CDOT officials are waiting for responses from local communities before moving forward with future plans.
"What we're getting feedback on is to see if there's something else that could be done," Stegman said. "We purely just threw (this map) out there for reactions."
Final decisions likely will not be made until spring.


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