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The Bay Area added 8,800 jobs in October, extending a robust trend for the local economy that leaves the region on pace to double its job gains in 2012 compared with last year, state officials reported Friday.
A surge in employment for the South Bay and the San Francisco-San Mateo-Marin region offset job losses in the East Bay, the release from the state's Employment Development Department showed.
The report eased fears in recent months that the remarkable job boom in the Bay Area had cooled off. It also shows the region's rebound is the real deal.
"A broad-based jobs recovery in the Bay Area remained firmly intact in October, despite growing fears about the fiscal cliff and slowing demand from abroad," said Scott Anderson, chief economist with Bank of the West.
The statewide jobless rate improved to 10.1 percent in October, lower than September's 10.2 percent.
Unemployment rates for the Bay Area's three major urban centers remained unchanged, a Beacon analysis of the EDD figures shows. The jobless rate was 8.6 percent in the East Bay, 8 percent in the South Bay and 6.6 percent in the San Francisco metro area, the same as the month before.
The South Bay was the nine-county region's strongest job market in October, adding 3,400 jobs. Close behind was the San Francisco-San Mateo-Marin metro region, which gained 3,200 positions. The East Bay lost 800 jobs. The EDD figures are adjusted for seasonal job variations.
"The Bay Area job market is pretty solid," said Jordan Levine, director of economic research with Beacon Economics. "The private sector is growing. The Bay Area economy is moving forward."
The gains in the Bay Area echoed the sturdy performance throughout the state in October.
California added 45,800 jobs during October -- accounting for 27 percent of all the jobs added nationwide last month.
"The state as a whole is now in recovery from the deep recession," said Stephen Levy, director of the Palo Alto-based Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy.
The job market in the Bay Area is growing at roughly double the pace in 2012 as it did in 2011, this newspaper's analysis of the EDD figures shows.
In the first 10 months of this year, the Bay Area added nearly 85,000 jobs. That's well ahead of the gain of 44,000 jobs added in the Bay Area during the same 10-month period last year, the EDD reported.
Private industry employers added 10,000 jobs in the Bay Area during October, Beacon estimated. Government agencies, in contrast, shed 1,200 jobs.
"The private sector is leading the way for the Bay Area job market, no doubt about that," said Jeffrey Michael, director of the Stockton-based Business Forecasting Center at the University of the Pacific. "The South Bay and San Francisco area had a very strong month."
The divergence between the private and public sectors was especially pronounced in the East Bay, which added 900 private sector jobs but lost 1,700 government jobs.
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Texas A&M – Corpus Christi men's basketball player Kennon Dvorak was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches 2011-12 Honors Court on Tuesday, becoming the only current player from the Southland Conference to receive the honor.
To be eligible for the honor, a player must be a junior academically, carry at least a 3.2 cumulative GPA, been at the institution at least one year before the season recognized and a member of an NCAA Division I, II, III or NAIA Institution.
Dvorak, a walk-on from Moulton, Texas, was a contributor for the Islanders, playing in 14 total games while making seven starts under first-year head coach Willis Wilson. He scored a career-high 15 points against the 2011-12 Southland Conference Champions during his sophomore season. It was his first year on the team after attending the school for a year before walking-on for the Islanders.
In addition to his athletic ability, Dvorak was also named a member of the Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll for his 3.69 GPA during his first season balancing classwork and athletics, and holds a 3.60 overall mark in kinesiology.
For all the latest on Islanders Basketball, like the team on Facebook (Islanders Men's Basketball) and follow them on Twitter (IslandersMBB).


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Possible HIV/AIDS Vaccine Breakthrough – Still More To Do
Possible HIV/AIDS Vaccine Breakthrough – Still More To Do
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The search for a HIV/AIDS vaccine goes on. Word of a possible breakthrough last week is encouraging. But, while welcome news, it should be taken with a grain of salt – it is still no cure. Regardless, this on-going research is critically important. The thirty plus year struggle to find better treatments and even prevent HIV/AIDS has resulted in some important progress. Of course, it isn't enough, and more research is needed – such as the potential new HIV/AIDS treatments now being developed by America's biopharmaceutical research companies.


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It is really time for Eagle to get real about the situation facing us. People are beginning to wake up to the fact that wishful thinking and vague promises of a bright future built on the flimsiest of foundations will no longer suffice.
It is really true that 60 percent of our town budget comes from sales tax revenue, and 40 percent of that comes from City Market, while only 7 percent comes from retail sales downtown. That means that the eggs supplying our revenue are all in one basket. Property taxes supply a very small portion of our revenues.
It is really true that between 2007 and 2010, Eagle's revenue has plummeted, creating a 38 percent decline in our budget and staff reductions of 20 percent. Even scarier, our capital budget has declined 93 percent over the last four years.
It's really true that we have continued to lose local businesses. As other towns have seen a resurgence in sales tax revenue, we have gained only about 5 percent. We are losing ground fast. We do not have a retail presence with a strong enough draw in Eagle to keep our own residents shopping here, much less anyone from around the state.
It is really true that nobody living in Eagle moved here to shop. It is also true that even though we live in paradise, we still have to purchase necessities as well as those things that we just want. Since many of those items simply are not available in Eagle, our sales tax expenditures are bleeding out to other shopping districts such as Glenwood Springs. We see as many friends at Target as at City Market. Eagle residents do try hard to support local businesses, but a middle-aged woman looking for a size 14 outfit will not buy a prom dress instead, and a couple looking for a child's car seat will not default to a fishing lure. They will find and purchase what they need elsewhere.
It is really true that Eagle has the single best retail site on the Western Slope, with terrific visibility, quick access to Interstate 70, close proximity to premiere ski resorts and one of the busiest airports in Colorado. A highly respected developer with significant expertise in retail will provide a conduit for $66 million of investment in very important public infrastructure as well as devote significant monies to the construction of the shopping center. This brings vital construction jobs, maintenance contracts and retail jobs to our community. The town's portion of sales tax revenue at the completion of Phase I is conservatively estimated to be close to $2 million a year, beginning with the first retail sale. There simply is no other way for the town of Eagle to generate that kind of funding, regardless of how many events are held, how much we support our local businesses, and how much we market the town. ERS will also be actively marketing Eagle and local events that it supports in order to bring more people into our area.
Here are two real examples of what having poor funding means to Eagle. There are commercial lots left on Chambers Avenue, perhaps even enough acreage to accommodate a City Market expansion. However, no further building is possible now because there is insufficient water service and fire flow along Chambers. Part of the public infrastructure for ERS includes major upgrades of a new water tank on the east side, and new water supply lines and sewer lines along Chambers and to the water treatment plant. In other words, ERS paves the way for expansion on Chambers. There are people who would like to develop infill projects along Capitol and Wall Street. Unfortunately, we still have clay sewer lines in those locations, and the town does not have enough enterprise funds coming in to use for those upgrades. So, infill development in downtown Eagle is effectively stalled. New development and tap fees can pave the way for improvements downtown.
What Eagle really needs is Eagle River Station. Please vote yes for Eagle on May 22.
Frances Rolater


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- The computerized inventory and the digitization of collections
- The scientific archives relating to exhibitions since the opening of the museum
- The rich library of approximately 25, 000 books and periodicals.
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Restricted access to curators, art historians, academics, students, lecturers, librarians – Monday to Friday from 9:30 am to 5 pm (an Idendity Card must be provided to the reception in exchange for a visitor badge).
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Don Raney, a descendant of Martin Varner of Wood County and author of the recent biography/family history of Martin Varner and descendants, will be speaking to the East Texas Genealogical Society at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 9 at the Tyler Public Library. The public, which includes any of us in the Wood County Genealogical Society, is invited to attend.
The program is about "Martin Varner, Texas Pioneer, 1785-1844. Don has spoken to and visited with us here at the Wood County society in the past and is a visitor to Wood County from time to time.
Weather forecast is such that it will be warmer Saturday and the roads should be clear of any rain, snow, or ice in case that we have some between now and then.


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MARIETTA - A Belpre woman will be spending 30 days in the Washington County Jail, despite concerns voiced by her attorney that her numerous health issues would complicate a jail stay.
Mary Ann Rexroad, 59, of 614 Elm St., Belpre, was sentenced Thursday on a fourth-degree felony count of theft. She pleaded guilty in September to collecting food stamps on behalf of an elderly man suffering from a brain tumor, who used to be in her care.
"I'm very sorry this happened. I just don't know what else to say," Rexroad said while making a statement to the court.
Rexroad had worked as a licensed practical nurse until she had a heart attack, rendering her disabled, said Washington County Common Pleas Court Judge Susan Boyer.
During her time as the man's caregiver, Rexroad used his Social Security paperwork to sign up for food stamps while he was either living with her or while he was under her care, said Boyer.
"He moved to the state of West Virginia and was unaware that she was receiving benefits in his name," said Boyer.
After the man moved, an anonymous tip led to a review of the claim, said Washington County Assistant Prosecutor Amy Graham. Investigators with the Social Security Administration found that all the food stamps were being spent in Belpre and Beverly, more than three hours away from where the man was living.
While Rexroad did not harm the man, she used her relationship with him through her job to facilitate the crime, elevating the seriousness, said Boyer.
Graham said the state's only request in regard to punishment was that Rexroad be ordered to pay the full restitution amount to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
Boyer ordered full restitution of $11,640.
Rexroad's attorney, Joe Brockwell, asked for community control sanctions and requested leniency on behalf of his client. Rexroad has no prior criminal convictions, but she does have medical problems, he said.
"She has a long list of medical conditions including hypertension, heart disease, COPD and severe apnea for which she uses oxygen," said Brockwell.
He stated that he had tried to obtain a physician's recommendation against jail time, but Rexroad's physician had recently stopped seeing her.
"The physician, in fact, essentially fired Ms. Rexroad as a patient, which I find somewhat disturbing," said Brockwell.
But Boyer decided jail time was necessary and sentenced Rexroad to 30 days in the county jail with credit for one day served. In addition, Rexroad was put under community control sanctions for three years.


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Solitary Bee
Photograph by John Kimbler, My Shot
With its emphasis on detail, pattern, and texture, macro photography can yield rewarding and unique results. In this gallery, learn what makes a great macro shot and get tips on how to turn your extreme close-ups into compelling photographs.
Here, a macro lens and diffused macro twin flash capture the intricate detail on a bee and flower.
(This photo was submitted to My Shot.)
Photo Tip: Macro photography is photography magnified. It is generally recognized as "macro" when you are increasing the size of an object in your picture from about half life-size, as represented on the image sensor, to five times life-size.
Photograph by Yoann Ducamp, My Shot
Ladybug on a daisy
(This photo and caption were submitted to My Shot.)
Photo Tip: As a general rule you should use an f-stop no wider/larger than f/16 to get all or most of the main subject in focus. If you are photographing a subject that can't be arranged more or less on the same plane, you will have to decide which parts of it you want in focus.
Dandelion Seeds
Photograph by Michele Sutton, My Shot
These are dandelion seeds from the parachute ball. A different way to capture dandelions entertained me the entire afternoon. With a breeze blowing that caused abrupt and delightful interruptions, I managed to finally get a result I really liked. Subject, arrangement, and lighting provided entirely by Mother Nature.
(This photo and caption were submitted to My Shot.)
Photo Tip: Experiment with wider/larger lens apertures, which will throw more of the subject out of focus and may produce pleasing artistic effects.
Miniature Model Cars
Photograph by Peter Martin, My Shot
Miniature model cars on a rubber ball
(This photo was submitted to My Shot.)
Photo Tip: When shooting macro photography, using a narrow depth of field is unavoidable. This actually causes a pleasant result, since the background will appear totally out of focus, and you can usually use a natural setting to compose your picture. While you won't have to fuss too much with what's going on behind your subject, don't forget to check for any distracting or jarring background elements.
Ember Parrotfish, Maldives
Photograph by Paul Sutherland, National Geographic
The eye of an ember parrotfish
Photo Tip: Get creative with macro photography by shooting the subject from an unexpected angle. Try different lighting, as well, using front lighting for deeper color saturation and side lighting to highlight texture.
Photograph by John Kimbler, My Shot
A common European honeybee depositing honey. Shot at life-size with a Canon MPE-65mm macro lens.
(This photo and caption were submitted to My Shot.)
Photo Tip: Macro photography is really successful when the image has a main point of interest and that point or subject is composed well within the frame. Choose a simple background so it doesn't compete with the main subject for a viewer's attention.
Small Reptile
Photograph by Ivan Nava, My Shot
A project about how fragile and how important are all the living species that surround us
(This photo and caption were submitted to My Shot.)
Photo Tip: A close-up attachment is a flat, filter-like lens that mounts to the front of your normal lens (it usually screws into the filter thread) and allows you to focus more closely. You will be able to focus at closer distances, although the maximum magnification will depend on the focal length of the lens you're attaching it to.
Leatherwing Beetle
Photograph by John Troiani, My Shot
Leatherwing beetles are always visiting my marigolds, and I took this one with a Nikon D80 and Sigma 150mm macro lens, handheld. They are always moving, but this guy stood still and posed nicely for me.
(This photo and caption were submitted to My Shot.)
Photo Tip: Shooting flowers, leaves, and insects outside can be a challenge. A perfectly composed shot can be quickly ruined by just a whisper of a breeze. Stop unwanted subject motion and blur. Before you set up your shot, try planting a stick in the ground and tether the flora to it for stability. Use the fastest shutter speed possible and use a ring flash or flash units mounted to your lens if shooting at a low aperture.
Winged Insect, Singapore
Photograph by Jervis Mun, My Shot
Winged insect, Admiralty Park, Singapore
(This photo was submitted to My Shot.)
Photo Tip: A good sturdy tripod is essential. You have two options. You can buy a tripod with legs that splay wide enough to allow a very low position, or you can buy a tripod that has a reversible head stern that allows the camera to hang facing down under the tripod.
Euphorbia Plant
Photograph by Terry Bridges, My Shot
Out this afternoon to see what was "waking up" ... not much yet, but the Euphorbia during late winter is a beautiful red brown. Here the very tips of the plant in macro yield a pleasant shot.
(This photo and caption were submitted to My Shot.)
Photo Tip: If shooting outdoors, macro photography is effective on bright days when you don't have to use a very slow shutter speed. A bright, overcast day works especially well, as it will also light your subject evenly.
Black Spider
Photograph by Maneesh Kaul, My Shot
Black spider
(This photo was submitted to My Shot.)
Photo Tip: It is usually impractical to use your camera's built-in pop-up flash when doing macro photography. The length of the lens, with or without all of its macro attachments, will cause a shadow from the camera's flash.
One solution is to use an external flash. The best type of external flash will have a head that rotates and elevates.
Insect on Paper
Photograph by Ankit Mavchi, My Shot
Taken during an exam night, when I was reading notes and all of sudden saw this small insect sitting on one of my notes, and as usual my camera (Canon Powershot A470) was lying beside me. I waited a while for this insect to move into the perfect position so that I could click it. Finally he stood at this point, which was the best I could get, as it flew away after the shot was taken.
(This photo and caption were submitted to My Shot.)
Photo Tip: If you find an insect or small creature that allows you to get close to it, start shooting! When making macro photographs—especially of moving subjects—be prepared. Make sure all your camera settings are correct because you may only get one shot.
Pulsatilla Plant
Photograph by Peter Racz, Your Shot
Pulsatilla crop, with many dewdrops
(This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.)
Photo Tip: Autofocus doesn't always work well when shooting extreme close-up photography. Switch to manual focus and you'll get more consistently sharp macro pictures.
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Washington State Approves Bill to Slash Greenhouse Emissions
March 19, 2008
Washington Governor Chris Gregoire approved a climate change bill on March 13 that will reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions to half of its 1990 emission levels by 2050. The bill also includes interim limits of returning to 1990 emission levels by 2020 and reducing emissions to 25% below 1990 levels by 2035. The bill, House Bill 2815, leaves most of the details to the state's Department of Ecology, which has until December 1 to create a greenhouse gas reduction plan that achieves the bill's emissions targets. The department also has to develop a system for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions.
The bill does help out the Department of Ecology with regard to vehicle emissions by setting benchmarks for reducing vehicle miles traveled within the state. The benchmarks lower the annual per capita vehicle miles by 18% by 2020, 30% by 2035, and 50% by 2050. Again, the department has until December 1 to figure out how to meet those benchmarks. The bill also acknowledges Washington's current commitment to the Western Climate Initiative, which has set a regional goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 15% below 2005 levels by 2020, and the bill aims to take advantage of that initiative through participation in its regional market-based mechanism to reduce emissions. The initiative is currently planning to create a market-based mechanism, such as a cap-and-trade system, by August.
The bill acknowledges an important benefit of reducing greenhouse gas emissions: the likelihood of creating new "green" jobs in fields such as energy efficiency and renewable energy. The state estimates that it had 8,400 such "green economy" jobs in 2004, and the bill encourages the growth in that sector through a new green economy jobs growth initiative. The new initiative aims to expand the green economy sector to 25,000 jobs by 2020 through targeted financial incentives and comprehensive strategies to attract and expand industries and small businesses serving this sector. It will also include such measures as job training and curriculum development. The state has estimated that several of the recommended strategies for responding to climate change will have a net benefit to the state's economy of nearly $1 billion by 2020. See the governor's press release and the full text of the bill.


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We'd like your input to help make the NCS website a more effective and valuable resource for you. Participate by completing a brief NCS Website Feedback Survey, now through August 31, 2016. Thank you.
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What Do We Do?
We provide information, referral, linkage, and advocacy to public and private human services available to Fairfax County residents. Through partnerships with community-based organizations (links to CBO wall size map and letter size map ) and other Fairfax County agencies, we assist callers with the following services:
- Basic Needs: Emergency food, shelter, clothing, furniture, and transportation.
- Financial Assistance: Rent or mortgage assistance to prevent eviction or foreclosure, security deposit assistance to secure permanent housing, utility payments to prevent disconnection, prescription assistance, and other special needs. Assistance is determined on a case-by-case basis and is generally available only once a year.
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- Recreation: Referrals to recreation facilities and programs, senior centers, teen centers, and referrals for those with special needs.
- General Information and Referral: Linkage to numerous other services and programs.
CSP also provides initial screening to secure in-home services, nursing home placement, or to access other related services provided by the Department of Family Services Adult Services and Family Preservation Divisions.
CSP's multilingual staff is available to assist callers in the following languages: Amharic, Arabic , Dari, Farsi , French, Hindi, Italian, Korean , Pashto, Punjabi, Somali , Spanish , Swedish, Tigrinya, Urdu , and Vietnamese . CSP services are also available in multiple languages through the use of interpreter services.
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When you call Coordinated Services Planning, a Specialist will listen and provide you with the information you are seeking. In some cases, this may be a simple phone number. In other cases, more in-depth work with a Specialist may be warranted.
We will assess your individual and family situations and work with you to develop a personalized integrated service plan. The goal of the service plan is to help solve the crisis by coordinating the connection with the services and resources available within your community to address immediate and long-term needs. Services are provided by Fairfax County agencies, state and federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, and some private for-profit organizations. The Human Services Resource Guide is a database that contains detailed information on resources that are available to Fairfax County residents.
CSP will also explore prevention and early intervention services and strategies available through community-based organizations and Fairfax County service providers. We encourage and promote self-sufficiency which involves economic independence and social stability.
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Residents and others often ask questions such as "Last year, how many calls did you receive about ...?" CSP fiscal year reports are available by clicking on the links below. These statistics provide one measure of the needs of our community. The following reports detail the number of contacts received and the primary topics discussed as well as the number of calls answered and outgoing calls made.
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Old Fanning Bridge Road closing for brewery road construction
Published: Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 8:26 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 8:26 a.m.
The N.C. Department of Transportation will close Old Fanning Bridge Road at the intersection with N.C. 280 (Boylston Highway) near the Buncombe and Henderson County line at 7 a.m. on Monday to construct road improvements for the new Sierra Nevada Brewery near the Asheville Airport. The closure will remain in place until June 21.
The work will involve widening, resurfacing, improving turn lanes, constructing a roundabout, adding curb and gutter and installing new storm drains.
During the closure, traffic should follow N.C. 280 (Boylston Highway) to N.C. 191 (Old Haywood Road) back to Old Fanning Bridge Road.
The cost of the work is $1.08 million. Project contractors are Fletcher Grading of Arden and Harrison Construction Co. of Knoxville, Tenn.
Compiled from staff reports
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Climate Change and Environmental Issues in Tucson
Climate change, scientists say, is likely to increase the state's environmental woes, and, coupled with an ongoing drought that has been more or less eating away at the state for over a decade, may lead to shortages on the Colorado River, water from which the vast majority of urban Arizonans, including Tucsonans, depend. Some scientists have recently predicted that Lake Mead may dry up by 2025, while others believe the current human culture in Arizona may, one day in the future, suffer the same collapse as did the Anasazi, the Hohokam, and other complex societies who have tried to make a go of it here, leaving behind the ruins of their rise and fall but not much else.
Is It Getting Even Hotter in Tucson?
According to at least one University of Arizona researcher, people have made it hotter in Tucson than it already was—and it was already the hottest desert in North America before we arrived en masse after World War II to begin changing the wilderness into car-centric, fossil fuel–dependent cities and suburbs.
UA professor emeritus William Sellers, in a chapter on the state's climate in Natural Environments of Arizona, finds that the state's "minimum temperature averaged significantly higher during the 1953–2002 period than it did prior to the early 1940s." This is proof, Sellers writes, of the urban heat island effect, through which nighttime temperatures (which in other less-paved-over deserts tend to drop significantly, offering a cooling respite to the land while the sun is down) stay rather high because the heat is stored in buildings and asphalt.
Indeed, Sellers finds that the average minimum temperature in the Phoenix area has increased by nearly seven degrees Fahrenheit since the early 1960s, while the average maximum temperature has gone up only about two degrees Fahrenheit in that time. Apparently we love the heat so much we never want it to cool down. Additionally, Sellers writes, average nighttime temperatures in the state's deserts were significantly lower prior to the 1940s than they are today. Temperatures as low as zero degrees Fahrenheit were recorded along washes in the Tucson area, and in 1937 Tucson's temperatures were below normal every day for a month. "The most likely cause for most of the increase in the average temperature in Arizona since the early 1940s is the rapid expansion in the population and the industrial development that occurred in the area during and following World War II," Sellers concludes.
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- Nov 7:
- 2013: My, how time flew for Twitter
- 5 things you might not know about Twitter
- Fairfax lemonade entrepreneur, 9, rings stock exchange bell at Twitter IPO
- 2013: Quinn: Twitter needs to balance users, Wall Street
- Biz Break: What's next for Twitter after IPO?
- Outside Twitter's headquarters, a mix of happy employees and angry protesters
- 2013: Twitter shares soar 70 percent in Wall Street debut
How you view Wall Street's stunning Thursday welcome for Twitter -- the second-largest tech IPO of all time in terms of dollars raised -- depends on which lens you use.
Closing at $44.90, more than 70 percent above its offering price, Twitter scored a first-day market value of $25 billion -- which skeptics viewed with wonder, considering the company's never turned a profit. Others, though, admired the careful steps Chief Executive Dick Costolo and his board took to avoid the pitfalls of Facebook's initial public offering of stock last year.
And perhaps the best news for many around the Bay Area who may never own a Twitter share, or even use its service, is that the robust result seems sure to keep the wealth-generation machine humming.
"Looks like housing prices will keep going up," quipped Jeffrey Crowe, a venture capitalist with Norwest Venture Partners in Palo Alto.
Crowe pointed out that when Facebook's first-day share price plunged, it took months until the stock markets welcomed more technology IPOs -- and even longer for consumer tech companies.
Now, he said, "You've got a lot of good companies teed up" to go public. "And there's very broad demand across the big institutions" that dominate Wall Street.
Twitter got the party started Wednesday evening by agreeing to sell 70 million shares to those institutional investors -- pension funds, large online brokers and the like -- at $26 apiece.
That netted the company $1.8 billion, second among tech IPOs only to Facebook's $16 billion haul. Investors seemed to think Twitter could have priced even higher, however: Thursday's initial public trade at 7:49 a.m. Pacific time sent the stock soaring to $45.
Trading under the symbol TWTR on the New York Stock Exchange, it briefly crested $50 before declining nearly 10 percent in the market's final hour. Still, the closing price of $44.90 represented a 73 percent "pop" that seemed sure to set Champagne corks popping around Silicon Valley.
Even as it set many experts to scratching their heads.
"I guess there's a lot of crazy people out there," said Larry Chiagouris, a marketing professor at Pace University in New York. "There's no evidence that anybody of consequence has invested serious money to advertise on Twitter."
Chiagouris also noted the oddity of Twitter's share price equaling that of Facebook, which has five times as many users and five times as much revenue -- to say nothing of being profitable.
Regulatory documents indicate Twitter's net loss swelled to $134 million through the first nine months of this year. Revenues, however, have soared to $422 million -- more than double from the same period in 2012 -- thanks to advertisers keen to reach the company's 230 million users.
In a nod to the importance of those users, Twitter allowed three of its popular tweeters to ring the stock exchange's opening bell, an honor usually reserved for company executives. They ranged from sci-fi movie icon Patrick Stewart to Vivienne Harr, a 9-year-old from Marin County who used Twitter to promote her lemonade stand and raise more than $100,000 to fight child slavery.
"Now you don't have to be big or powerful to change the world," Vivienne told this newspaper from a New York toy store where she and her dad were celebrating. "You can be just like me."
That democratizing power helps inspire fierce loyalty among many Twitter users. And at least one of them expressed fears Thursday that success might go to the company's head.
Carlos Araiza, a music producer who releases new songs online by tweeting links, worried investors would pressure Twitter to change some of its services. "It's perfect just as it is," he said near the company's San Francisco headquarters.
A spokesman said Twitter would not make any employees or executives available for comment. But Costolo told CNBC before the stock began trading that he "really wouldn't change anything about the way we've approached the process."
Pressed as to when Twitter might become profitable, Costolo indicated he was in no rush. Having spent heavily after becoming CEO in 2010 to make the once crash-prone site more reliable, Costolo said he's now focused on developing new products, such as additional photo and video capability -- "the investments that I think we want to make to grow the business."
Scott Kessler, head of technology research at S&P Capital IQ, predicted Twitter's revenues will nearly double in each of the next two years, especially as the company looks to monetize its huge overseas user base.
Kessler doesn't expect it to turn a profit until 2015, however. And he estimated a fair valuation for the company at no more than $13.7 billion, based on its sales trajectory. In a research report, he said he sees "considerable risks" for investors, given that user growth and engagement seem to be slowing.
While Facebook is currently valued at 11 times its projected 2014 revenues, Twitter's new market cap is some 25 times what analysts expect it to take in next year.
Given the fiscal uncertainties, Jack Hillis, a financial planner in San Jose, said he's advising people who are weighing whether to buy the stock to "let the dust settle. See what happens over the next 30 or 60 days."
For company insiders, where the stock closed Thursday is less important than where it will be trading in six months, when federal "lockup" rules allow employees and early investors to sell their shares.
Twitter staffers started showing up at its Market Street headquarters at 6 a.m. for an early-morning rally. After the stock began trading, many spilled out onto the street wearing broad smiles.
Not everyone was happy: About a dozen protesters from labor groups decried tax breaks Twitter and other tech companies have received from San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee. While the incentives encourage companies to spruce up downtrodden neighborhoods rather than move jobs out of town, the protesters said affordable housing is being sacrificed to tech millionaires.
Ironically, the activists used Twitter to promote their cause.
Staff writer Heather Somerville contributed to this report. Contact Jeremy C. Owens at 408-920-5876; follow him at Twitter.com/jowens510.
and the winners are
Here's how much Twitter's biggest shareholders made on paper Thursday, based on the stock's closing price:
Rizvi Traverse, private equity firm: $3.8 billion (holds 15.6 percent of company stock)
Evan Williams, co-founder: $2.6 billion (holds 10.4 percent)
JPMorgan, investment bank: $2.2 billion (9 percent)
Spark Capital, venture firm: $1.45 billion (6 percent)
Benchmark Capital/Peter Fenton, venture capital: $1.4 billion (5.8 percent)
Union Square Ventures, venture capital: $1.2 billion (5.1 percent)
DST Global, venture capital: $1 billion (4.4 percent)
Jack Dorsey, co-founder: $1 billion (4.3 percent)
Dick Costolo, CEO: $345 million (1.4 percent)
Source: Staff research
BY the NUMBERS
$1.8 billion -- Amount Twitter raised by selling 70 million shares to investors at $26 apiece
73 percent -- First-day increase in share price, based on Thursday's close
$24.7 billion -- Twitter's market valuation as of Thursday night, more than bigger rival LinkedIn's
$422 million -- Twitter's 2013 revenue through Sept. 30
$134 million -- Company's 2013 net loss through Sept. 30
Source: Staff research


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BERKELEY -- The spark Cal's football program hoped would come from a renovated Memorial Stadium this season instead has become a social media firestorm among unhappy fans, with financial implications that could cost coach Jeff Tedford his job.
The Golden Bears are 1-4 headed into Saturday night's homecoming game against UCLA, and the combined weight of losing and a $321 million stadium debt has become the season's core story.
A growing number of Cal faithful are distressed by the recent arc of the program, which has produced just 13 wins in the past 32 games.
Athletic director Sandy Barbour said she hears complaints from fans about Tedford. "I would be upset if they weren't disappointed," she said. "I wouldn't be satisfied with a 1-4 record. He's not and they're not and I'm not."
Asked if she believes the team can reverse its course, Barbour said she has faith in Tedford based on his record as the winningest coach (80-52) in school history. But she stopped short of giving him a so-called vote of confidence.
Tedford has three years remaining on a contract extension he was given in January 2011, providing him an annual salary of $2.3 million. The athletic department has no buyout clause that could reduce the amount.
With numbers growing daily on a "Fire Jeff Tedford" Facebook page, it shows sentiment may run strong enough to motivate deep-pocketed boosters who are ready to pay off Tedford's contact.
Complicating the issue is the overall financial picture of the athletic program. Cal hopes to pay down as much as $270 million of the stadium renovation debt through its Endowment Seating Program (ESP), which gives fans the opportunity to purchase 50-year rights to about 3,000 premium seats.
When asked how closely Tedford's future is linked to the stadium financing issues, Barbour said only that "having a stable, robust, sustainable financial model is one of our key priorities in our athletic program."
Still, a continued poor performance by the team on the field figures to negatively impact those critical ESP sales. The Bears sold out the Sept. 1 opener against Nevada, with 63,000 fans disappointed after a 31-24 defeat. Attendance figures for two subsequent home games dipped to 57,745, then to 51,634.
The bad start to the season has been hard on Tedford. "I'm miserable, can't stand it, nothing worse right now," he said Sunday. "But I'm not going to sit in my office and cry about it. We've got a job to do."
It's not just that the online chat rooms are buzzing with criticism. Even some longtime Cal fans, accustomed to showing patience for a program that hasn't reached the Rose Bowl in more than half a century, are ready for change.
Adrian Cibilich, 85, who attended his first Cal football game in 1940, isn't sure what to think.
"I go to the games and I'm very discouraged," Cibilich said. "They look terrible. They look disorganized. It doesn't seem like Jeff in many ways.
"I don't want Jeff to be fired, that's for sure," the San Jose resident said. "At the same time, I don't know."
Tedford arrived at Cal in 2002, on the heels of three seasons in which the Bears totaled eight victories. He won seven games in his debut campaign, and his 2004 team, led by star quarterback Aaron Rodgers, posted a 10-2 record.
In the wake of that high point, Tedford became a favorite with most fans and the Bears developed long-awaited stability.
"The assumption was it was only going to get better," said former Cal player Burl Toler II, whose son was a senior on the 2004 team. A supporter of Tedford, Toler added, "There have been definite sightings of greatness or goodness, but there hasn't been that consistency."
Tedford guided the Bears to a share of the Pac-10 title in 2006, beat Stanford in the Big Game seven times in his first eight seasons and was 5-1 in bowl games through 2008.
But the coach who arrived with the reputation as a quarterback guru hasn't developed another great one since Rodgers left for the NFL eight years ago.
The Bears are five games under .500 in conference play since the start of the 2009 season, and their most recent 13 wins include three vs. non-FBS opponents. They already are in jeopardy of missing a bowl game for the second time in three years.
Dwight Barker, a Cal grad and former Bear Backer booster club president, believes Tedford deserves an opportunity to reap the benefits of the renovated stadium.
"We would not have a (new) stadium if it were not for Jeff Tedford," Barker said. "I really think recruiting was hurt by the stadium project and all of the lawsuits that took place. All that now becomes a positive."
Barker remains in Tedford's corner, but he understands there are detractors. "It's hard for a team to be 1-4 and not have some sort of a tide rising against you," he said.
The next seven weeks will tell whether Tedford can keep his head above that tide.
For more on Cal sports, see the Bear Talk blog at ibabuzz.com/beartalk. Follow Jeff Faraudo on Twitter at twitter.com/CalBearsBANG.


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On February 28, 1975, a friend of my grandmother's was shot multiple times and left for dead. She lived to tell the tale, but her husband was not so lucky...
Richard and Esther Cleem were attacked by two men from the twin cities, one of whom was an estranged boyfriend of their daughter Marlys.
I remember that night very well because of it. My sister and her husband were visiting my parents. We were playing board games and visiting in the living room after supper. It was a Friday night, still cold out in Late February. My grandmother had just passed away a couple of months before, just a day shy of her 87th birthday.
The next morning, Dad brought home the news from the post office. We were all in shock. Murder? In St. Vincent? This was a town where many still left their doors unlocked - my parents were NOT among those people...my Mom didn't share others' optomistic outlook on human nature. Gossip in town was that if you drove by the Cleem house, you could still see blood on the curtains of a window facing the street. We later had to drive by their home that day. The gossip was true.
We later learned from Mrs. Cleem herself, that she had to play dead after being shot point-blank in the head, laying on the floor, while her husband tried to fend off the two men with a hammer. She always seemed so brave to me when she told the story. She was shot multiple times in the end, but that shot to the head had to stay her constant companion, a reminder of that night, until the day she died; it was lodged in a spot that was too dangerous to operate, the doctors said, and probably wouldn't hurt to leave alone, so they did...
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EAGLE - Eagle is a small town where big things happen as quietly as wheels rolling across the bike path.For example: Some members of the U.S. Cross-Country Ski Team spent part of the summer training for the season in Eagle Ranch before leaving for World Cup racing in Europe on Saturday.People may have noticed guys on roller skis with poles gliding vigorously around the area in recent weeks, but few residents knew the elite athletes were here.The Enterprise found out about it by a Facebook post:"Go U.S. Ski Team!! We love seeing the Cross-Country Team take off each morning for your training. We have your coffees and breakfast sandwiches for you!" reads a post on the Facebook page of HP's Provisions.Olympic hopeful Sylvan Ellefson, 26, said it's a great place for workouts."Eagle Ranch has prime terrain for roller skiing. We train there about four times a week," Sylvan said earlier this month, before he joined the U.S. Team in Finland over the weekend. Sylvan is an Edwards resident, Vail Mountain School graduate and a full-time athlete with the 2014 Sochi Olympics in his sights. He is partly responsible for bringing the U.S. Cross-Country Ski Team members to the area. That story began about 15 years ago.Family tragedySylvan was 11 and his younger brother, Kjell, was 7 when their dad died in the mountains of Italy."Their dad ran races around the world with a group called the Sky Runners," said Tashina, Sylvan and Kjell's mom. "They ran long distances at high altitude. They once ran a marathon at the base camp of Mount Everest - 17,000 feet."Lyndon Ellefson died in 1998 when a snow bridge collapsed under him as he ran over a deep crevasse."It was really important to me for the boys to have male role models," Tashina said. "Someone recommended the Vail Mountain School, but we couldn't afford it."The boys got scholarships to VMS. They had been skiers since they were babies - Lyndon worked on Vail Mountain, where Tashina met him - but VMS made a difference, especially for Sylvan, who returned to the valley after college as an athlete for Ski & Snowboard Club Vail. Kjell is now finishing school at the University of Colorado at Boulder and is working as a photographer for a telemark ski magazine. "I was a downhill racer until I was 15," Sylvan said. "Some friends got me to try cross-country skiing. I did both for a while and then decided I liked cross-country better. Maybe part of that decision was because I was getting better results at Nordic skiing."Sylvan went to Bates College, a small private school in Maine. He continued Nordic racing there and was an All-American while earning a bachelor's degree in psychology. He also met his future wife during that time - through the intermingling of NCAA ski programs. They were married on Aug. 11."After college, I decided to commit to a skiing career for at least four years," Sylvan said. "I definitely have used my experience with my father's death as a gate to show that there is only so much time in our lives and that it's not the amount of years in a life that count, it's how much life is in those years. I believe that is a quote by Abraham Lincoln, but is most importantly a derivation of my father's favorite saying, 'Carpe diem' ('seize the day')."Back where it startedSince returning to the valley, Sylvan is back with his old coach, Dan Weiland, and coach Eric Pepper. With Weiland and a few others, Sylvan started the Elite Nordic Program at SSCV three years ago."It was a push to get a little higher-level racing based out of Vail," Sylvan said. "We worked with Ski Club Vail and dubbed ourselves Team HomeGrown."Last year, the Team HomeGrown invited other high-caliber athletes to join. Noah Hoffman, of Aspen, and Tad Elliott, of Durango, accepted the invitation. Hoffman and Elliott are U.S. Ski Team members. Other members of this year's Team HomeGrown include Ryan Scott, Max Scrimgeour and Christian Shanley."It's pretty cool that half of Team HomeGrown is represented in the World Cup this year," Sylvan said.Weiland said an additional member is joining the team for U.S. Nationals in early January - Tony Ryerson, a Harvard skier and former SSCV junior athlete.Sylvan will compete in 12 races between now and Dec. 26."After the break, depending on how well I race, I'll either go back to Europe for more World Cup racing or continue racing here in the states," he said.Weiland said this is the most important season in the club's history."World Championships and Olympics next year - our goal is to have four athletes representing the U.S. and Ski & Snowboard Club Vail at both events," he said.Busy routineSince dedicating himself to skiing, Sylvan has been making steady progress in his career."I finished the 2010-2011 season ranking 12th in distance skiing and 16th overall in the U.S.," he said. "This ranking was nine places up from where I was at the end of the season before. I finished the national SuperTour Circuit with an eighth-place standing. I also racked up six wins and 15 top-15 finishes, including my races in Europe on the OPA Cup Circuit. The 2011-2012 season came to be a breakout season for me, having a fourth National Sprint ranking and a sixth National Distance ranking. I had 11 Continental Cup podiums and 12 World Cup starts. I also was crowned 2012 SuperTour Champion (best overall results from the Continental Cup domestic season)."A typical day for him starts with training. Then, he goes to a variety of odd jobs that include helping with Vail Mountain School programs, assisting teachers at Red Sandstone Elementary - where he went to school as a kid - and a property management job. He finishes the day with more training."I do a lot of running, biking and roller skiing," he said. "It's a full-body sport, maybe the only other sport that compares is swimming. I'm always trying to perfect my technique and it never ends."While Sylvan scrapes by for a living here - he has some house-sitting jobs that help a lot, too - his wife is finishing a doctorate degree on the Front Range.Sylvan also helps middle school skiers at SSCV when he's around, which he might pursue as a career later on."I would like to work with them when I'm done ski racing," he said. "If I had started cross-country skiing when I was in middle school, I would be so much faster!"Growing the sportSylvan said Nordic skiing is much more popular among all demographics in Europe, but it is growing in the U.S."The Ski & Snowboard Club built 7.5 kilometers of cross-country trails and has improved the facilities at Maloit Park a lot, which I think helps," he said.The town of Eagle has encouraged cross-country skiing as well. The Eagle Valley Nordic Council was formed in 2008 and managed to get some key pieces of equipment in 2010 for grooming a trail in Eagle Ranch when there is sufficient snowfall. Eagle Town Manager Willy Powell even coached cross-country skiing for a while at Eagle Valley High School. Sean Kerrigan coaches the Eagle Valley team now."I think it's becoming more popular," said Kerrigan, who has coached at Eagle Valley since 2008. "There are four teams in the valley - EVHS, Battle Mountain, Vail Ski & Snowboard Academy and VMS - all with about 15 kids. I had about 19 skiers last year. This year looks like we'll have 12, and they're talented. We have some potentially fast skiers."Kerrigan said his team started dry-land practice last week."The drop-in numbers from last year is due to a large graduating class and small incoming freshman class," he said.From home to grown"It says a lot about the valley that great skiers are here training," Tashina said. "It might encourage more kids."The mountain area here was obviously a huge benefit for Sylvan and Kjell."I always set my goals high," Sylvan said. "There was a time when I dreamed of racing World Cups. Now I'm doing that, and I want a World Championship. ... The Olympics are the goal for next year."Tashina currently lives in Fort Collins. She hasn't been able to ski for 10 years due to health reasons, but she has a goal of her own."I hope to ski again next year," she said. "I give a lot of credit to the boys. I'm so proud of them."
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OAKLAND -- Bringing more jobs into Oakland is a familiar, decades-old refrain, but entrepreneur Tom Henderson is doing more than just tout job creation in the East Bay's biggest city.
Henderson, a third-generation Oakland native, has begun to parlay a string of eye-catching property purchases -- including his company's $8 million purchase in December 2011 of the Tribune Tower and a subsequent $1 million renovation of the historic high rise -- into new jobs and investment for Oakland.
"It's all about job creation," Henderson said. "I was born in Oakland. I want to make things happen in Oakland so it can grow."
Henderson is using a federal EB-5 visa program that enables him to bankroll projects and property purchases by using investment funds from foreigners who are seeking immigrant visas. His company, San Francisco Regional Center, works with immigrants to fund projects that lead to job creation.
"The city, from the mayor on down, is very supportive of what we are doing," he said.
Henderson's employment-creation plans are ambitious: He aims to generate 2,000 jobs by the end of next year. Hundreds of those would be in call centers he is setting up, including in the Tribune Tower. These centers contract with companies and organizations to handle telemarketing and customer service.
"Tom has a big vision," said Allan Young, a founder and partner with Henderson in CallSocket, a company that is operating the call centers in Oakland. "He is a savvy businessman."
In addition to the Tribune Tower, Henderson's company has bought the historic I. Magnin Building and other downtown office buildings. He plans a food factory in East Oakland and wants to open three West Oakland grocery stores.
"I am optimistic about the impact Tom Henderson can have on Oakland," Councilwoman Lynette Gibson McElhaney said.
Henderson is acutely aware of Oakland's economic challenges. That is evident in his dismay about the lack of grocery stores in West Oakland.
"There are 62,000 people living in West Oakland -- and no grocery stores. But they do have 65 liquor stores," Henderson said. "We have to change that."
Henderson has an array of business connections on both sides of the Pacific Ocean to bolster his efforts through the EB-5 visa program.
"I've logged 2 million miles of passenger jet travel and visited 47 different countries," Henderson said. That includes 20 visits to China during the past two years alone.
Henderson has brought in experts in the call center business as that part of his enterprise was launched. Before teaming up with Henderson, Young had started a number of call centers. His chief operating officer of CallSocket, Mary Cook, has 20 years in the call center business.
"I moved 3,000 miles (from Florida) with my husband and our three dogs because I believe so strongly in Tom's vision," Cook said. "It's all about changing people's lives and creating jobs. Tom is a great mentor."
Chris Pastena, a partner with Henderson in two Oakland restaurants, said Henderson gives his business associates the opportunity to be creative.
Pastena's ventures with Henderson are the Tribune Tavern, which is on the ground floor of the Tribune Tower, and Lungomare, an Italian restaurant in Jack London Square.
"Tom gave us the financial backing for the Tribune Tavern, but his involvement went beyond that," Pastena said. "He is a presence at the restaurant. He doesn't step on people's toes. He listens. He's approachable.
John Dolby, a Cassidy Turley commercial realty broker involved in selling the I. Magnin Building to Henderson's group, recalls that multiple deals for the purchase of the office property collapsed. But Henderson came through.
"Tom makes sure the deal gets done," Dolby said.
Henderson used to play basketball for Cal and was a starting forward during his years at the university, from 1966 to 1970.
In January 1968, during a rebound scramble in a game against UCLA, Henderson accidentally poked Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -- then known as Lew Alcindor -- in the eye, causing a scratched retina.
"I thought I had ruined his career," Henderson said. "I called him at the hospital and apologized to him."
After Abdul-Jabbar had retired from a Hall of Fame pro basketball career, Henderson encountered the hoops legend at a dedication of an Abdul-Jabbar statue.
"I told him, 'You don't remember me but you know who I am' and I apologized again," Henderson said. "Kareem laughed."
Henderson said his greatest accomplishment in business is having both of his sons involved in his business ventures. He regrets not jumping into the EB-5 program years earlier, but he's making up for lost time.
"We are creating 2,000 jobs in Oakland," Henderson said. "It makes me a better person."
Contact George Avalos at 408-859-5167 or 408-373-3556. Follow him at Twitter.com/georgeavalos.
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Title: CEO, San Francisco Regional Center
Education: UC Berkeley, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
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This week, the Christian church embarked on the annual 40-day journey known as Lent. Though not observed by all Christians, and certainly not commanded by God, for over a thousand years many Christians have set aside the six weeks before Easter as a time for repentance, quiet reflection, and meditation upon the suffering and death of Jesus Christ.
Lent always begins on a Wednesday. That Wednesday has come to be known as Ash Wednesday. In some churches, ashes are placed (or "imposed") on the foreheads of worshipers, usually in the shape of a cross. But even in churches that do not follow the custom of imposing ashes, the symbolism of ashes is an important part of what that day, and the following six weeks, is all about.
When Adam and Eve first sinned against the holy creator, he informed them that from now on, death would be the consequence faced by all of their descendants. "Dust you are, and to dust you will return," God warned. And so dust and ashes soon became a symbol not only of our mortality, brought on by sin, but also of the sorrow and sadness that sin has caused. In Bible times, people would often wear clothing made out of rough, scratchy sackcloth and smear ashes on themselves as a sign of sadness and repentance.
Really, the 40 days of Lent are 40 days of sorrow and repentance. Not that we go around for the next six weeks with ashes on our foreheads, tears in our eyes, and frowns on our faces. The joy which our faith in Jesus gives us remains undiminished throughout the year. Yet as we contemplate the suffering and death of our Savior, remembering that it was our sins that caused it, we can't help but be saddened. While we remain confident of his love and forgiveness, in the shadow of Christ's cross we are compelled to cast our eyes downward and say, "God have mercy on me, a sinner."
That's not necessarily a popular notion in our society today. Endless fun and continual entertainment seems to be the focus. So to purposely devote time for quiet reflection and genuine sorrow seems jarring and out of place to many. Yet without true sorrow over sin, we can't possibly grasp the incredible joy of forgiveness. Unless we confront our iniquities, we cannot comprehend the pardon and peace our Savior offers to us. Without the ashes and dust of Lent, the joy of Easter is as empty as a chocolate bunny.
Whether or not you attend a church that formally observes the tradition of Lent, take time during these next six weeks to reflect on the cause of death, both ours and our Saviors. Soberly confront the reality of sin in your life. And then, with genuine joy and relief, embrace the forgiveness your crucified and risen Savior earned for you and gives to you.
- Brent Merten is pastor of Mountain Valley Lutheran Church, 802 Brush Creek Terrace, Eagle.