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WASHINGTON - Washington football fans will fight to keep their team name. Bless you for wanting to cling to those sweet memories. Sorry to have to tell you this, but the name will be changed because what you're fighting for has already been lost.
Tired of seeing the team logo changing, that Indian head caricature mutating into some silhouette because deep down that team is ashamed of itself? Wouldn't it be nice to have a team name that doesn't make people across the country wince when they hear it? We could use a name that sportscasters don't have to muffle the sound of by calling the team the 'Skins.
We are so hungry for a team that will pull our region together - like in the old days - that we will not even let the football season end.
On Thursday, about 52 years after Bobby Mitchell broke the team's color barrier, a symposium on the use of racist names in sports was held at the National Museum of the American Indian on the Mall. Think about it: A national museum honoring native peoples in a city whose professional football team name slurs native peoples.
The Redskins team that generated this affection is gone. It was an anomaly - a stretch of seasons between coaches George Allen and Joe Gibbs. What came before Allen was a disgrace; what came after Gibbs reflected a change so profound that the team identity vanished almost overnight. Dan Snyder is no Jack Kent Cooke, FedEx Field no RFK Stadium.
The name itself is a fluke that would have been changed long ago had it not slipped in under the radar of fierce battles to racially integrate the team. The protests of Native Americans were simply overshadowed by confrontations between civil rights activists and groups such as the American Nazi Party, which marched around what is now RFK Stadium in 1961 chanting: "Keep Redskins white!"
George Marshall became the last team owner to hire blacks. Mitchell arrived in 1962. More soon followed, and victories on the field began to pile up. It was vindication for black athletes, who had to put up with claims that they weren't smart enough to play the game alongside whites. In a bitter irony, a racist team name became linked to one of professional football's most hard-fought civil rights victories - a caricatured Indian head as a symbol of both interracial triumph on the field and newfound racial harmony in the stands.
Suddenly, everybody but Native Americans wanted to keep the name, lest we forget the lessons of that struggle for inclusiveness. By keeping the name, however, we showed that we hadn't learned a thing.
The team's rise to greatness started only after Marshall made changes similar to the one that must be made now. He had to change the lyrics of the fight song from "fight for Old Dixie" to "fight for Old D.C." And, if he wanted to play at the stadium built on federal land, later named RFK, he had to give up at least some of his segregationist ways and hire black players.
Marshall had intended to market his team primarily to Confederate sympathizers. He fought tooth and nail against bringing in black players. And he died in 1969 still racist to the bone.
Author Thomas G. Smith, in his book "Showdown: JFK and the Integration of the Washington Redskins," notes that Marshall's will expressly forbids any money from his estate going toward "any purpose which supports or employs the principle of racial integration in any form."
From that sick mind sprang that offensive team name.
Of course, we don't mean to offend anybody by using it. The pride we have felt singing that fight song at games is second only to the rush of "The Star- Spangled Banner." We are a football town - within a military zone, no less. So Washington fans will understandably fight to keep it. That's what we do. We fight. Over anything. I propose asking the Defense Department's bureau of naming dangerous stuff to come up with a team moniker to match our destructive mind-set.
The Native Americans I know who live around here don't go around complaining about the name. Here's how they put it: We are happy for you when your team wins; we wish we could be happy with you. But for the name, they could. How can we be expected to come together and fight for D.C. while dissin' one another?
Something's got to give.
Michael Torbert, "Boss" of the team's all-time greatest fans, the "Hogettes," said as much when nnouncing the group's retirement last month.
"Thirty years of guys in pig snouts and dresses is probably enough for any society," he said. "It's a new era. It was great seeing [Robert Griffin III] and Alfred Morris break onto the scene, and it's a perfect time to retire the old era and start the new."
Was that the fat lady singing or what, D.C.? Out with the old. It's time to start anew.


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Just as motorists were getting comfortable with their commute into Hannibal, MoDOT and its contractor will begin the final phase of resurfacing on Missouri 79 next week just south of Hannibal. At approximately 8 a.m., Monday, Sept. 9, work will begin on second phase of the two-phase project from Continental Cement to Route T/Fulton Avenue near A.D. Stowell School.
During this phase of the project, traffic will be two-way on the three-lane section from Fulton Avenue to just north of Mark Twain Cave; the remaining section of Missouri 79 from just north of the entrances to Mark Twain Cave and Campground, and Sawyer's Creek will be one lane controlled by a timed signal. This week, crews will install signs and other traffic control devices so they will be in place before Monday morning's traffic. There will be a 10-foot width restriction in the work zone and a reduced speed limit of 35 m.p.h.
Delays should be expected.
Access to tourist attractions such as Lovers Leap, Mark Twain Cave and Campground, and Sawyer's Creek will remain open to the public. Work should be completed by late early October.
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Highlights: a choppy, dark Light that shares DNA with the Timber-inflected version from earlier this month; a complex, triumphant Stash; the return of Roggae featuring a gorgeous jam only slightly marred by mistakes in the written portion; and a spectacular Makisupa > Hood > Contact run that's all about the inimitable Mr Michael 'Cactus' Gordon. Mike is ON FIRE all throughout the show, actually. You'll hear complaints about the energy level in Set One, and it's not a classic set or anything, but the boys got themselves warmed up and knocked the rest of the show out of the park.
(And who can complain about the performances of Roggae, Stash, or Beauty of a Broken Heart? Even Phish's warmup shows feature some fantastic playing.)
As the seats fill and the energy builds to Thursday night, I bet the NYE run will eclipse the run of strong MSG shows in short order.


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Comedian Don Friesen performs Saturday at El Campanil
ANTIOCH -- Don Friesen, two-time San Francisco Comedy Completion winner, comes to El Campanil Theatre 8 p.m. Saturday at 602 W. Second St.
The only two-time winner of the prestigious San Francisco International Comedy Competition in its storied 35-year history and one of the most requested acts on XM Sirius satellite radio, Friesen ignites the stage with his unique brand of smart, savvy, highly caffeinated comedy.
Engaging, clean, clever and flat-out fun, Friesen's act is a high-energy satire of his life as a suburban husband and father of two trying to get through the day with a little money in the bank and a bit of dignity intact.
Opening for Freisen is Jason Love, standup comic appearing at the Improv, Laugh Factory, Comedy Store, Punchline, colleges and universities, and overseas for our troops.
General admission is $22, seniors (62 and older) are $20 and children 17 and younger are $15. For tickets, call 925-757-9500 or reserve them online at www.elcampaniltheatre.com.
'The Fabulous Follies' returns to Antioch
ANTIOCH -- The Vagabond Players opens "The Fabulous Follies," a revue with 50 singers, dancers and performers, at 8 p.m. Sept. 28. The play continues Sept. 29 and Sept. 30 at El Campanil Theatre, 602 W. Second St.
Additional dates are 8 p.m. Oct. 5 and 6 and 2 p.m. Oct 7.
"The Fabulous Follies" will showcase the talents of performers from ages 25 to 75 in lavish costumes, dancing, singing and entertaining. It's a showcase of not only senior talent but also professional artists of all ages in an eclectic combination of dance, comedy, musical skits and production numbers.
Director Sharon Redman and choreographer Jennifer Miller have assembled more than performers for a spectacular show.
Reserved seating tickets are $24 general admission, $20 for seniors (62 and up), and $15 for youths under 17. For reservations, go to www.elcampaniltheatre.com, or call 925-757-9500.
Heritage High performs 'Servant of Two Masters'
BRENTWOOD -- Heritage High School Rising Stars present Carlo Goldoni's 18th-century masterpiece "Servant of Two Masters. "
A comedy with an enduring story of love, passion and mistaken identity it was cleverly updated for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival by Oded Gross and Tracy Young with additional material written specifically for Heritage High School by Chris Fallows.
Young Venetian Clarice can't marry her lover, Silvio. She had been betrothed to Rasponi, who appears to have returned from the dead to claim her. But the Rasponi who appears is actually Beatrice, Rasponi's sister who is in disguise as her brother and has come to Venice to find her suitor, Florinda. Complications arise when a servant greedily seeks employment with both the disguised Beatrice and Florinda trying to serve two masters while keeping the two unaware of the other's presence.
Performances will be at 2 p.m. Saturday and 7 p.m. on Sept. 27 and 28 and 2 p.m. Sept. 29 at the Heritage High School Theater at 101 American Ave.
The box office is open 30 minutes before the show. General admission is $10 and $8 for students.
For information, call 925-634-0037
'The Secret Life of Girls' auditions
ANTIOCH -- Antioch Children's Theatre will hold auditions for "The Secret Life of Girls" at 7 p.m. Oct. 1 and 2 at the Virginia J. Calisesi Studio Theatre, 512 W. Second St., Antioch.
Frank Ballesteros directs. Auditions are open to actors ages 12 and older. Everyone will have a speaking role.
Rehearsals will be 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Mondays through Thursdays. Performances will be Nov. 2, 3, 4, 9 10 and 11. If cast, there is a $50 participation fee. For more information, call 925-234-1465.
Brentwood Teen Theater presents 'Footloose'
BRENTWOOD -- Brentwood Teen Theater presents the high-energy musical "Footloose," based on the 1984 film starring Kevin Bacon.
Performances are 7 p.m. Friday, and 7 and 2 p.m. Saturday at Edna Hill Theater, 160 Birch St.
General admission is $12 and students are $10. For tickets go to www.BrentwoodTeenTheater.com, or call 925-516-9009.
International film series features 'Montevideo'
ANTIOCH -- The International Film Showcase presents "Montevideo, Taste of a Dream" playing at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Sunday at El Campanil Theatre, 602 W. Second St.
A huge hit in Serbia, this drama, set in 1930, tells the story of a time when soccer united a nation. Named after the Uruguayan city where the inaugural World Cup event was held, director Bjelogrlic's adaptation of journalist Vladimir Stankovic's best-selling book centers on the relationship between two top players: natural talent/poor boy "Tirke" Tirnanic and playboy/superstar "Mosa" Marjanovic.
The film is part of a new collaborative effort with the International Film Showcase, which has a successful foreign film series in Orinda.
General admission $8, seniors (62 and older) and children, $7. For tickets, call 925-757-9500 or reserve them online at www.elcampaniltheatre.com.
The Frankie G and The Convictions perform at Streets concert
BRENTWOOD -- The Streets of Brentwood Fall Concert Series continues with Frankie G and The Convictions blues band on Friday.
The performance is from 6 to 8 p.m. at 2565 Sand Creek Road.
The series runs Fridays through Sept. 28 with The Other Stones (Rolling Stones tribute band).
Admission is free.
For more information, call 925-516-8500, or go to www.shopstreetsofbrentwood.com.
Local writers invited to take part in anthology
BRENTWOOD -- The city of Brentwood, Brentwood Writes and Brentwood Poet Laureate Kati Short invite all local writers to submit poetry, short story or nonfiction for an anthology to be published by the city of Brentwood.
Any subject is welcome as long as it is not insulting or abusive. All writers in Pittsburg, Antioch, Brentwood, Oakley, Byron, Discovery Bay, Knightsen and Bethel Island, or writers who are regular participants at Brentwood Writes Open Mic, are welcome. High school students are encouraged to contribute. Submissions will be accepted through Sept. 28.
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Roger in the semis in Shanghai
Roger won his second match today and secured his semifinal spot at the Tennis Masters Cup.
Roger, the two-time defending champion, is the only top-five player left in the event. He held on for a 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (4) victory over sixth-seeded Ivan Ljubicic to extend his winning streak to 33 matches.
Roger is playing with a heavy black brace on his right ankle and said he was more concerned about his stamina than his aching joint after a six-week layoff. He had some treatment from a physiotherapist at a change of ends in the third set, but it was only a precaution.
"I never doubted I was going to finish the match," he said. "`I'm not 100 percent — that's obvious — it's been six weeks without a match and only one week being able to run properly. I came here not knowing if I'd be able to play — I thought I was the worst injured. I can play a normal tournament without having to do crazy things like take injections."
Roger secured a semifinal spot at the season-ending event when Guillermo Coria, who at No. 6 has the next-highest ranking in the tournament, lost 7-5, 6-4 to fellow Argentine David Nalbandian in Tuesday's later Red Group match. Roger and Coria, 0-2 at Shanghai, will play Thursday.
Ljubicic said "he's not struggling — he's just not in top shape," and thought he was outplayed in the first set but not in the remainder. "Today I felt like, for the first time I was the best player on the court. I feel really upset because I thought I deserved this one."
Expectations on Roger are usually high, but the scale took on a new dimension after second-ranked Rafael Nadal and No. 5 Andre Agassi withdrew within an hour of each other Monday with injuries.
Congratulations Roger! See you in the Semi finals!
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The worst of the best of the breed still throws light and makes promises; Phish was and is a true thing despite the weight it came to carry. But now, a decade after the event and long past turning from certain ugly truths, we're left not with a musical statement but with the field recording of a Wild Party - desperate voices of those who didn't know to fear the storm and would not flee, chose instead to dance harder, dig in deeper, scream themselves hoarse at every hush or interlude - teenagers growling demands for Continuance, never calculating its cost in Consumption. How could anyone have known there was such a thing as Worlds's End? There had been a night in a swamp, rapturous exhaustion, and promises had been (must have been, had they not been?) made and would be honoured. You couldn't fail to stay young forever.
Well, that was then.
Do we talk about the second set? They were and are something unbelievable, maybe unprecedented. There's a method here: hidden and inexpressible. It fell short some nights, if only of expectation. Trey's playing (even on this beloved Tube) lacks its old-time detail and precision but it's all a Good Time. (Do we talk about those? They end. That's the one thing every 'time' does.) Mike does his thing, better by the day or the minute. Page is a rock. Fishman plays as delicately and creatively as he *ever* did - in his day what rock drummer could touch him for flexibility, range, fluidity, empathy? But out front is an actual musical genius running at 50% strength, looking for a way to replenish the atmosphere, some language that hasn't yet exhausted itself. They'd run out of time. He knew it. You can hear it.
Sounds to me like they're playing to accompany the lights.
Or the kids, dancing.
Well, but. Then. But then Ghost is a forceful, intense rendition a step quicker than usual and everybody shows up hungry. Trey's guitar is a siren, then a rotating electrical device, then a laser-beam aimed at the robot fortress, then a buzzsaw, then a phone call to the approving departed, and motherfuckers get things DONE for ten roiling minutes, like a cataract of clouds crashing down.
The worst thing in the world is to have to change your opinion about things. So check it: the good parts of this show are excellent, showing off the band's patience, empathy, and the gathering darkness that underpinned their richly expressive music after Fall Tour '97. The rest of the show is a middling Phish show, another chance for us to learn to live without what we once lived for. Comfort is just disappointment you live with - or maybe disappointment is comfort you refuse; and is that petulant instead of brave? Maybe I'm just being petulant. I'm not sure what we get out of this show. But look where it got *us*. Remember what a good fucking time we had back then. We'd never ever run out of time...
...and what a blessing ever to have lived that way. Inside such a light. What a funny feeling to look back and (maybe not quite) realize it was going on ahead instead of going out.


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It didn't take long before Engine 34, the newest fire truck for the City of Rolla Fire and Rescue, was put into action. The $455,000 fire truck made its first call early Monday responding to a propane issue on North Walnut Street. Monday afternoon, it responded to a one-vehicle accident on Interstate 44, east of Rolla.
The 2013 Pierce and Pell Pumper was being tested by the fire department Monday afternoon at the Rolla Lions Club Fire Training Facility.
According to Assistant Fire Chief Ron Smith, the truck is ready to join the fleet.
The truck was ordered in January from Pierce Manufacturing based in Appleton, Wis. Smith explained that Pierce builds about 500 to 600 trucks a year. According to Smith, putting a fire truck together is not much different than ordering or buying a car.
"We went up to Appleton three times to inspect it and a final inspection took place just a few weeks ago. We wanted to make sure it was built to our specifications. It was about a six-month process from start to finish," said Smith.
He noted that the engine will replace a 2003 fire truck that will be placed in reserve status at fire station No. 2.
"We designed it to be a basic top of the line brand and built for our use in the City of Rolla to protect our citizens," the assistant chief told the Rolla Daily News.
Capt. Mike Beucler, of the department, couldn't be happier with the new engine that will become the department's front line truck. That is, it will be the truck that will go to all calls.
"So far it's pretty nice," said Beucler, a 14-year veteran.
The fire department will continue training with the new engine this week.
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LOS ANGELES -- Playoff hockey overtimes are an exercise in madness. The Sharks were delighted to participate Tuesday night.
That's because they won. They beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 to take their third straight victory in a series that should now end soon. But Tuesday's win came by the thinnest of hairs on the thinnest of hockey beards.
For the first six minutes of overtime with the score tied at 3-3, the Kings completely dominated the action by taking five shots to the Sharks' none and keeping the puck almost exclusively in the L.A. offensive zone.
Then, at long last, the Sharks had a faceoff at the other end of the ice. A few seconds later, Patrick Marleau scored the game-winner.
"Crazy," said Sharks forward Logan Couture. "That's the way it goes sometimes. Overtime goals usually aren't pretty. And that wasn't pretty. But it's one we'll take."
The vote in the Shark dressing room was unanimous on that point.
"The only time we really got the puck behind them was the one forecheck we had -- and we scored," said Sharks coach Todd McLellan said. "So we were not very good in that situation. They had the bat in their hands and were going to swing it. But sometimes, it goes that way. We'll take that break."
McLellan deserves some credit, though, for placing Joe Pavelski onto the ice with Marleau and Logan Couture for an offensive zone faceoff just before the goal. That particular combination had not been on the ice together more than once or twice previously Tuesday.
"We needed to settle down, and those are three guys I trust to do that," McLellan said. "We needed one shift to settle down. And they got the goal before we settled down."
Pavelski started it all by winning the faceoff against the Kings' Mike Richards. Seconds later, Pavelski had the puck again in the corner. His pass to Marleau out front slightly ticked the stick of L.A. defenseman Slava Voynov -- who then skated toward the front of the net and also got a slight piece of Marleau's shot, which fluttered past Kings goalie Jonathan Quick.
For sure, the tight and tense action throughout the evening was a big change from the series' first two games in San Jose, which the Sharks won by a combined score of 13-5. There is no way that could continue against a Kings team that allowed the fewest goals in the NHL during the regular season.
Marleau said Tuesday morning that his biggest concern was keeping the team's energy at the same high level as at SAP Center.
"It's about our game, I think," Marleau said. "Just bringing our game, full time. We have to raise the bar."
It was a worthy ambition, followed by inconsistent execution.
The switch in location from NorCal to SoCal seemed to just totally, like, you know, kind of mellow out the series.
Oh, the two teams hit each other, but not as much or as wickedly as they had in San Jose. Meanwhile, a couple of careless Sharks penalties -- a puck-over-the-glass delay-of-game call against Jason Demers and a tripping call against James Sheppard -- resulted in two L.A. power-play goals.
Each time, however, the Sharks showed the guts to rally back and tie the score -- 2-2 in the second period and 3-3 in the third.
We all know the Sharks' reputation around the league for lacking a killer instinct in the playoffs -- although you'd think some of that might have waned after their sweep of Vancouver in the first round a year ago -- the first time the Sharks had ever won a series 4-0.
Apparently not. On the Los Angeles Kings' official Twitter feed Tuesday night, commandeered by actor Will Wheaton of "Star Trek--The Next Generation," the following message was blitzed out to 334,000 followers during the second period: "Signs of choking include: bulging eyes and veins, red face, being the San Jose Sharks in the playoffs."
So, yes, the beloved Los Tiburones still have some image repair to do. The truth is, the Sharks have only blown a two-games-to-none series lead once in their history -- back in 2006 against Edmonton. The other six times the Sharks have gone ahead 2-0 in a series, they have advanced. And they've never blown a 3-0 lead. They have had issues getting to the Stanley Cup finals, mostly when they fall behind and can't catch up. But they're pretty good playing from ahead.
"We won't go quietly," promised Kings coach Darryl Sutter after Tuesday's loss.
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The Mark Twain Multiple Sclerosis "Talk MS" Support Group will be holding their next meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8, at the Ralls County Health Office building in New London. The program will be a DVD: Making Treatment & Lifestyle Decisions: Thinking About Benefits & Risks.
For information about the support group and services offered by the National MS Society, go online at www.gatewaymssociety.org, or call 800-344-4867, or contact group leader, Debby Rhodes, at (573) 267-3365.
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I've always been interested in how our brains work. The brain is a very powerful computer, and we still don't really know just how it really works.
As a writer and a programmer, I sometimes experience a "wow" moment. Today, I had one of them.
I am a proud Ruby programmer; Ruby saved me from Perl, and I can only be extremely grateful to Matz for creating it. I can say now that I "know" Ruby (even though I don't really know it as well as I would like). And yet...
And yet, I don't. At all.
My brain knows Ruby. I can sit down, enter the magical "programming space" and simply program; however, my awareness of what is actually happening is very limited.
The "wow" moment came from me thinking "there are two ways in Ruby to define a block. One is the inline way, and one is the longer way. Now, how do you do that... either way?"
This is a very, very, very, basic question in Ruby. Anybody who has used it for more than 6 days knows how to answer it.
But I couldn't.
I really, really couldn't, because I simply didn't know.
I decided to torture myself a little more, and said to myself "You can always string several instructions in the same line using a separator. So, what is the separator in Ruby?"
Again, I had no idea. I couldn't decide if it was the semicolon or a colon.A few minutes later, I gave in: opened my laptop, ran irb (Interactive Ruby), and typed instantaneously and without hesitation:
5.times do |n| puts n; puts "Again"; if n == 2 : puts "TWO!" end; end 5.times { |n| puts n; puts "ah!"; }
I read what I wrote, and all of my questions were answered.
So, do I really "know" Ruby? Maybe not. Maybe programming is somehow wired into my brain, in a place I can only really access when I enter my "programming space"—which is frustrating, because I cannot get rid of the feeling I don't actually know anything.
If you're a programmer, do you experience this phenomena?
Well, not that exact problem. But certainly this sort of thing happens.
I routinely can't remember how to spell a word that I can type without thinking about it. In fact, that's the key: I don't have to remember how to spell it, precisely because I can type it without thinking about it. In other words, the knowledge has moved out of my consciousness and to a lower level of processing.
In a sense, that means you actually know it better, because you don't have to waste time thinking about it. The degree to which a programming language makes this easy for you is a sign of its "intuitiveness" and hence its ability to help you express yourself better.
Because, just as with writing, if you have to think about every word (let alone every keystroke), you lose your grip on the big picture.
Mind you, I can usually remember the spelling if I just pretend to type it, and that might well work for you, too.
Oh my... I am not alone!!!
I am not alone with this!
I have _no_ idea how to spell anything.
When I was 4, I had an accident at home and I cut all of my right hand's tendons and nerves. After much re-hab, my hand healed. Then, when I was 14, my right hand stopped working. I couldn't write for more than 30 seconds without getting unbearable cramps. And, my hand would decide to close into a tight fist, completely out of my control.
I learned how to spell... typing. Give me a piece of paper, and I just have no idea. The only way for me to remember it by imagining a keyboard in front of me, and then follow the movements of my fingers :-D
I never thought of it as writing going to a different level of my consciousness...!


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Can anyone enlighten me as to what the red 'no entry' sign means?
I have VLC installed and I want to enable VideoLan Video Streaming.
When I highlight that entry and press the plugin button the green arrow turns into a red no entry sign. Also in the right hand side the is an entry 'No settings for now'
What is the significance of that no entry sign?
Does it mean the Vlc engine IS enabled but there are no setting that can be changed at this time, OR does it mean that the engine is NOT enabled?
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Hot deal to cool immune response
30.11.2012 - Selecta Biosciences and Sanofi have signed a global collaboration to develop antigen-specific immunotherapies for up to three allergy indications.
The US-based biotech has developed a synthetic vaccine particle technology which is now being licensed to the French pharma for up to US$900m including a number of milestone payments. The agreement gives Sanofi the right to develop a therapy to fight an immune response triggered by a life-threatening food allergen. Furthermore, Sanofi may develop two other compounds. The pharma got in touch following the lure of the technology discovered in the lab of Bob Langer at the MIT.
Selecta engineers nanoparticles with the structure required to stimulate immune tolerance thereby controlling overactive response to antigens. Selecta won substantial backing from RusNano last autumn, agreeing to set up operations in Russia as part of the deal. Privately held Selecta is a shooting star since its foundation in 2008, raising more than US-$32m in three venture rounds, finally attracting the attention of Rusnano. Last year, the US$10bn Russian fund joined Selecta's existing investor base. The consortium spent US$47.25m to broaden the company's R&D capabilities and accelerate its pipeline of vaccines and immunotherapies.
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Kids' book picks: 'The Whispering House'
Published: Friday, February 22, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 7:41 p.m.
For children
"The Whispering House" by Rebecca Wade. When the Price family moves into Cowleigh Lodge while their home is being repaired, 14-year-old Hannah discovers that the ghost of a girl who died there wants help unraveling the mystery of her 1877 death.
For teens
"Dead Girl Moon" by Charlie Price. As their hardscrabble lives intertwine in a small, corrupt Montana town, Grace, a scheming runaway, JJ, her drifty foster care sister, and Mick, the son of a petty thief, discover the body of a young woman. Afraid to come forward, the teens try to hide their knowledge of the crime, thinking the murderer is one of the corrupt officials and businessmen who rule their town.
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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Tuesday, March 5, 2013
AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW) -- Employees at the Savannah River Site are going to have tighter wallets within a month, which means trouble for local businesses in downtown Aiken.
"It will affect our business, most definitely," said Sam Erb, the owner of the West Side Bowery in downtown Aiken.
This isn't his first time dealing with layoffs and cut-backs, though.
"We've been going through a lot layoffs through the plant and other businesses closing," Erb said.
But with a recent announcement to furlough employees of the SRS, it's especially hard for him and others.
A letter sent to employees of the SRS states: "Approximately 2,000 employees will be impacted by this decision and placed on 32-hour work schedules."
Meaning those workers will be left eight hours short of full-time work.
President and CEO of Aiken's Chamber of Commerce says it could have an impact on business downtown.
"If 20 or 25 percent of their wages are cut ... people are going to cut back on their spending," Jameson said.
He says the City of Aiken was caught off guard.
"This is just the first one to roll out, we had an hour's notice ahead ahead of the notification of the employees, and we haven't had time to react," Jameson said.
But Jameson says that when the new work schedules roll out on April 1, he'll be paying attention to what's happening in his city.
"We'll just have to ride it out and see what happens, see what begins to be the impacts of the community, then form strategies to help our businesses overcome this impact," Jameson said.
Meanwhile, Erb says he is prepared for anything that comes his way.
"Tighten the belt and advertise and do what you have to do to get people in the door," he said.


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Planning a coastal or Caribbean vacation during hurricane season can be a gamble. You may have a plan, but the important question is will the wind blow in your favor. Time and time again, hurricane history has proven their path isn't perfectly predictable. For modern day techies, this means having an app in your tech tool belt to keep you updated on forming weather phenomena.
NOAA Now brought to you by Kelly Technology
This free app keeps you in the know about both inland and oceanic storms. The information comes right from NOAA and NASA, both reliable resources. It can give you updates on storms worldwide and there is live radar to give you a good visual. The only downfall – it does not have options for storm preparedness, evacuations routes, or emergency numbers.
SeaStorm Hurricane Tracker by Poignant Projects
For just $1.99 you can keep track of tropical storm and hurricane activity. You can also share screenshots of your findings on social media to keep friends and family in the loop while traveling. It is limited to the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific basins though, so if you are traveling into the Western Pacific or Indian Oceans regions, you may need to look elsewhere.
Hurricane Tracker by HTVMA Solutions
This app is not only free but all-inclusive. It includes up to date information from newsrooms and key government agencies up and down the coast, live video, forecast, local shelter, evacuation zones, and emergency numbers. Hurricane Tracker shows you when there is time for concern with its "threat meter." Not only do you stay up to date on the latest storm patterns but you also have access to checklists to prepare your family for storm threats. The only drawback is it seems to work best for only those in the Western Atlantic region.
Hurricane – American Red Cross
Good for travelers new to hurricane preparedness. This bi-lingual app can tell you what to do before, during, and after a storm. You can monitor storms in your area as well as set locations for multiple destinations. This app enables you to find help and let others know you are safe even if the power is out. In the event of an outage, there are step by step instructions informing you on what you need to do to stay safe and updated. Hopefully this app will spread its capabilities worldwide vs. only being available in the U.S.
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With many great features, Kitty Code brings you an app able to track Hurricanes and tropical storms globally for just $2.99. It can keep you informed on wind speed, direction, five-day forecasts, tracking maps, satellite view, iOS's location services to tell you how far away you are from the storm. Its information comes straight from the National Hurricane Center or the Joint Typhoon Warning center which makes it great for storm tracking no matter where you are. If traveling to an area you are unfamiliar with, may want to pair with an app that can inform you on what to do in a natural disaster as well as connect you to local emergency resources and information.


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In Killing Bono, the new film based on the hilarious memoir by Neil McCormick, we go back to eighties Dublin to follow his close but no cigar rise to elusive rock stardom.
For a moment McCormick and his brother Ivan were even better than the real thing.
And then came the fall. Some people have talent in abundance but no personal management skills, and no sense to realize when the moment of opportunity has finally arrived.
For most of his life Neil and Ivan McCormick have been those kinds of people.
Coming tantalizingly close to realizing their dream time and time again without ever tipping over into greatness, in hindsight the chances the two brothers wasted have made for a hilarious cautionary tale.
McCormick had his life mapped out -- the platinum albums, the models, the quest for world peace. He just forgot that you have to work hard to get to them.
But before we even come to the embarrassingly foolish decisions McCormick (played by Ben Barnes) and his brother Ivan (played by rising Irish superstar Robert Sheehan) make in the course of the film, there's the pleasure of a nostalgic trip back to the rock magic of eighties Dublin.
"I think Dublin had soul in the eighties," Killing Bono's director Nick Hamm tells the Irish Voice.
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"It was before the Celtic Tiger and before all the money. And that's also one of the reasons why we shot the film in Belfast -- you can't shoot in Dublin now because it doesn't look like the eighties anywhere there anymore, whereas Belfast is still frozen in time. We wanted to return to a moment in Irish rock history that was very pure and absolutely pregnant with talent."
The epicenter of that era, the ground zero of rock and roll culture was Hot Press magazine, the now legendary fortnightly broadsheet that gave voice to the Irish counter culture and the first public forum to journalists like Michael D. Higgins (now the Irish president-elect), the BAFTA award winning writer Graham Linehan (author of Father Ted and The IT Crowd) and Neil McCormack, the author of Killing Bono.
Hot Press was, most of the time, the voice of progressive Ireland and was usually in open rebellion against the conservative backwater it found itself at the center of.
Unlike the Irish rock music of that era it has never been given its due as a major cultural force in the same way the music of that era has, but in Killing Bono that oversight is finally tackled.
"I read Neil McCormick's book I Was Bono's Doppelganger and I thought it would be a very interesting story for a movie," explains Hamm. "It was a hilarious, hubristic story of this guy massively failing in the music business in the eighties. He had the kind of anti-Midas touch. And so I realized that if I did it would be a music film about failure, rather than success."
And it's not just failure. It's epic failure. It's failure of the kind that you have to wonder how McCormick ever recovered from it.
He's forced to watch his friends succeed as he fails himself. And not to give too much away, but there's a moment in the middle of the film where our hero turns down the offer of several lifetimes from Bono.
"At the premiere of the film in Dublin every single person in the audience just dropped their heads and groaned when they saw that scene. There was just this collective wave of people going, 'You complete moron.' It's clear this guy couldn't make a good decision to save his life," says Hamm.
Another classic scene is McCormick's response to hearing the U2 classic "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" for the first time. "Is Bono taking the piss?" he asks. "He's found everything he's ever wanted. And he's still not content?"
As Barnes portrays him in the film, Neil McCormick is an everyman character that anyone can relate to. Which of us, at the age of 15, hasn't stood in front of the bathroom mirror and said, I could be a rock star? McCormick just takes it that little bit further.
"McCormick tells himself he has a good voice and that he's going to be famous, there'll be no work, lots of women and lots of drugs and a nice life," says Hamm.
"But the bit that's kind of missing in all that is talent and musical ability. People are going to have to want to hear you."


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Sunday, April 8, 2012
11 a.m.
It's Masters Sunday and in a few hours, we'll all know who the next golfer to put on that legendary green jacket will be.
Phil Mickelson had a great day on the course yesterday, particularly on the back nine, and is currently in second place. Mickelson is one stroke behind Peter Hanson, who shot a 7-under-par 65 yesterday.
Notable pairings and tee times for today:
- Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh -- 11:30 a.m.
- Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell -- Noon
- Sergio Garcia and Webb Simpson -- 12:40 p.m.
- Jason Dufner and Fred Couples -- 1:20 p.m.
- Lee Westwood and Paul Lawrie -- 2 p.m.
- Padraig Harrington and Henrik Stenson -- 2:10 p.m.
- Matt Kuchar and Hunter Mahan -- 2:20 p.m.
- Louis Oosthuizen and Bubba Watson -- 2:30 p.m.
- Peter Hanson and Phil Mickelson -- 2:40 p.m.
To keep up with the leader board, click here.
3:30 p.m.
Some great moments this afternoon at the Masters!
First thing to mention is Louis Oosthuizen's double eagle at No. 2. His is the first double eagle at the second hole in the history of the Masters Tournament. His is said to be the fourth-ever albatross on the property.
Another highlight: Adam Scott hit an ace on No. 16 -- bringing him to 3-under for the tournament.
Phil Mickelson and Scott Hanson, leaders at the time, teed off at 2:40 p.m. amid cheers from many patrons. Patrons got there early to see the leaders and many are following this pair around the course all day.
4:30 p.m.
This just in: Patrick Cantlay has won Low Amateur honors at the Masters. He shot 7-over during the tournament.
The other amateurs who made the cut, Hideki Matsuyama and Kelly Kraft, shot 9-over and 18-over respectively.
4:45 p.m.
While we wait to see who will be the one to put on the green jacket later today, patrons, golfers and members enjoyed the beautiful weather at Augusta National during the last day of the tournament.
Finally got to take a picture of the famous Magnolia Lane.
These seats on the 18th hole might be empty now, but come time for the last few pairs, the place will be packed!
Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell finish the 18th hole. Although he was an early favorite, McIlroy finished 5-over for the tournament.
Rickie Fowler on the 10th hole.
A "mini" Rickie Fowler watches him tee off on the 10th hole.
Ian Poulter tees off. Check out those shoes!
Hunter Mahan and Matt Kuchar talk with their caddies before teeing off at 2:20 p.m.
Louis Oosthuizen tees off on the first hole. He made the first-ever eagle on the second hole minutes afterward.
Bubba Watson tees off at 2:30 p.m.
Patrons lined the first hole to cheer Bubba on.
Peter Hanson tees off as Phil Mickelson looks on.
Phil Mickelson takes a few practice swings.
Phil Mickelson looks down the fairway to see how far he hit the ball.
Phil Mickelson smiles after teeing off.
Hundreds of patrons power walk (not run) to get to the putting green to watch Phil Mickelson after he teed off.
Martin Kaymer and last year's Champion Charl Schwartzel on the 9th hole.
Met this group of guys who had quite the statement outfits today at the Masters -- five of them are from Switzerland, one is from Thailand. When I asked them why they decided to wear these loud outfits, they said they just really liked the colors.
These patrons from Raleigh enjoyed their day at the course.
Patrons rearranged to let this young fan get a first row view of the action along the first fairway.
No chair? No problem! These patrons sat on the grass along the 10th hole.
Patrons line up to take their pictures in front of the clubhouse.
Patrons and members enjoy lunch at the clubhouse.
The infamous cabins Rory came so close to along the 10th hole last year.
The weather is PERFECT for Masters Sunday.
9:20 p.m.
It's been a long day -- and a long week -- of golf, but we finally have a winner. Bubba Watson was crowned the 2012 Masters champion after a playoff round with Louis Oosthuizen Sunday evening.
Here's how we got to the end of the Masters Tournament.
Ben Crane and Nick Watney leave the 18th hole after finishing their round.
Fredrik Jacobson and Sean O'Hair take on the 18th hole.
Ian Poulter stares down his shot on No. 18.
Lee Westwood and Henrik Stenson climb up the 18th fairway.
Matt Kuchar, a crowd favorite, and Hunter Mahan finish up the 18th hole.
The crowd lines the 18th hole, waiting to watch Bubba Watson and Louis Oosthuizen. At this point, both are 10-under.
Oosthuizen figures out his shot while Bubba looks on.
Oosthuizen picks up his ball after shooting par.
Bubba also gets par, and the two realize they're heading into a playoff round.
No one is leaving their seats as they wait for Bubba and Oosthuizen to return to the 18th hole. But first we have to wait for Phil Mickelson and Peter Hanson.
Here come Phil Mickelson and Peter Hanson, who led the pack after the third round, to finish up the 18th hole.
And here is the completed leaderboard -- but we're headed into a playoff round.
The balls both land close to the hole on No. 18, and the crowd goes wild.
Bubba gets it in the 18th hole.
Patrons and media members rush over to the 10th hole to catch all the action.
Patrons wait on the 18th hole, asking the CBS cameramen what they know about what's going on. Nobody wants to leave the 18th hole in case the playoff comes back from the 10th to there.
This young patron begs for updates while waiting on the 18th hole.
Some of the members of the media crouch over to see what's on the TV monitor.
The suspense is killing everyone. What is going on?!
The patrons are happy to hear that Bubba has won and share cheers of excitement.
Patrons peek out of the windows in one of the cabins for a glimpse of Bubba before the ceremony.
Although it's a little dark now, here comes Bubba, ready to get his hands on the green jacket. During the ceremony a "Go Dawgs!" cheer started -- Bubba is an alumni of the University of Georgia.
Bubba emerges from the crowd, donning a green jacket.
Bubba in his news conference after the ceremony.
"I've never had a dream come this far," he said, his eyes still filled with disbelief that he had just won the Masters Tournament.
While he was excited to talk about golf, he was equally excited to talk about his newly-adopted son and getting home to his family. He said he was hopping on a plane tonight to get home as soon as possible -- but is not looking forward to learning how to change a diaper.
Bubba said winning was " a dream come true," but he is still very humble about his win and his career.
"Golf is not my everything," he said.
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One year ago, Rabindranath Tagore's birthday was celebrated. The Petit Palais presents 85 of his paintings and drawings.
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), the author of the Indian national anthem, is also famous for being the first non-Western writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.
Eclectic, abundant and plentiful, his work constitutes a vital artistic link between India and the rest of the world: through his paintings, which are inspired by a profound humanism, Tagore appeals to the whole world and still inspires the most modern artists in India today..
This exhibition was realised with the support of the ministère des Affaires Étrangères et Européennes, the ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, the Institut français and the Embassy of India in France
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- The big fear about the punky, not-for-kids comic-book movie Suicide Squad was that it might be too try-hard: Hollywood awkwardly slumming it with the alt crowd. But this loony wise-cracking DC Comics story, directed with anti-glossy grit by David ...Read more
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AO wrote:80-100 feet left of the old placement. Shot is 320 feet. Can throw right to left..straight..or left to right.
The Donator wrote:Havent played there since i graduated in 08, sounds like you guys have been going nuts on Shaver up there, will need to visit soon.
AO wrote:Where are we Wednesday? Back to back Wildcat rounds? Camping Wednesday night leading into Thursday? It's the longest day of the year and if you skip A..B..and C on Wed the round will obviously get shorter. Heard the course looks "the best it's ever looked!" And if you can't play Thursday it gives you a chance to play Wednesday. Just an idea.
Grimm wrote: Wildcat is just too far for a league night, seeing that some people have trouble making it to Legion.
GDL17921 wrote:Grimm wrote: Wildcat is just too far for a league night, seeing that some people have trouble making it to Legion.
wait, you guys live in Cedar Rapids, right?
sorry, but I drive to and from Marshalltown every day, including league days that we have all over the metro area, including Pickard (about 90 minutes from M-town) and Colfax, so this is just laughable to me. Here's some more to reflect that I'm lmfao at you guys.
You guys not using Wildcat would be like us not using Pickard, which would be the worst idea ever.
Bw's is one thing, but playing the club league at Wildcat would be impossible unless we had staggered tee timesGrimm wrote:Also, you have half as many people. Would you want a round with 64 people plus subs starting Wildcat at 6:00. I guess if we were all as good as the DSM players it may not be a problem...
3x state champ runner up wrote: dsm is not better that sutliff.
GDL17921 wrote:3x state champ runner up wrote: dsm is not better that sutliff.
1. I have a trophy that states otherwise
2. We dont make excuses for not playing the best courses in our area - ask Fausch, we even play Heritage.
As far as you guys having 2x as many people- we have 40 this year guy, with numerous subs that show up every week. Oh, and in case you can't do the math, 64 people isn't even 4 people on every hole. What's the next excuse?
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June 2011 Waterfowl Gear Guide
Boats and Boating Accessories
Hunting from a boat provides waterfowlers with endless opportunities, but it also adds a degree of danger and difficulty. Preparedness and quality equipment are of the utmost importance. The summer is a great time to get your waterfowl rig set up for the coming season, so the E-newsletter Editorial Team has selected a few items that can help get every boat-minded waterfowler ready for fall.
Stearns Comfort Series Life Vest
Safety needs to remain the number one concern when hunting, especially when dealing with frigid temperatures and open water. Stearns comfort series life vests offer a camouflage version to wear while hunting from a boat.
Zipper front, encircling belt with side adjustments for secure fit.
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Drake Waterfowl – Stake Out Blind
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January is here! For many early learners, another year (or even month) might not mean that much…yet. Here are some educational conversation-starters and activities to help kids understand what January is all about!
1) "January is…"
Take a few moments to introduce your child to the month of January:
– There are 31 days in January (use beads, an abacus, or other counting tools and count up to 31!)
– It's the first month of the year (what does it mean to be first, second, third, etc.?)
– January occurs in the Winter season (what's the different between Winter, Summer, etc.?)
Then, depending on your child's skill level, practice writing the word "January": Storytelling paper is useful because it helps the child to practice letters while also adding drawings, allowing them to illustrate some things they associate January with (snowmen, snowflakes, etc.)
2) "The Name 'January' Comes From…"
For older kids, why not sneak in a little history lesson? The month of January is named after "Janus" – the Roman god of the doorway. So, January is the "door" or entrance to the new year!
3) "The Color of January is…."
The concept of a "birthstone" may not mean that much, but exploring colors with your child is always a fun idea. For example:
– Show a picture of the "garnet" birthstone, and ask your child to recreate it using paints, markers or crayons.
– Cut-out "gemstones" from Multi-Color Construction Paper to create a crown or paper jewelry
– Look-up and share what your child's birthstone is – if they don't know, already!
4) "Some Significant (and Fun!) Days to Remember Are…"
Using your calendar, point out some special days to remember in January. In addition to any family birthdays or special memorable occasions, mark down:
– New Year's Day (1st)
– Bubble Bath Day (8th)
– Martin Luther King Jr. Day (21st)
– Handwriting Day (23rd)
– Puzzle Day (29th)
And, January is "Thank You" month! This "Blessings Box" craft is a charming way to teach gratitude all month-long.
5) "Our Favorite Activities and Arts & Crafts for January Are…"
Ask your child to create a list (or dictate one that you will write) of the best activities for January! Some of our favorites include:
– Playing dress-up with our favorite costumes
– Snowball fights!
– Coloring a Winter Scene
What are your favorite ways to introduce the concept of a new month to your child? Share your favorite tips and activities in the comments below, or join the conversation on the Melissa & Doug Facebook page!
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News 12 First at Five / Friday, March 1, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- They're the students who need the most help, but they're the ones getting the least. We're talking about the middle and high schoolers at Tubman Education Center.
The county doesn't provide transportation for the alternative school students in Richmond County.
It's a problem that freshman student Devin Blount has experienced firsthand.
"It was a mistake, I was just hanging with the wrong crowd," Blount said.
Blount says that mistake landed him in the alternative school, but despite some wrong choices, he's determined to graduate.
"Without education and your diploma, you're worthless," he said.
But his journey to his diploma is a little more difficult than it is for most students.
"Have to go early in the morning to catch the city bus, and if I miss it, that's it, I can't go to school that day," he said.
Alternative school students don't have access to the Richmond County school buses. Their families have to find a way to get them from every corner of the county to Tubman Education Center.
Edna Tankersley, a parent of a TEC student, says, "I had to hire someone to bring her back and forth to school."
Tankersley lives all the way out in Hephzibah, but since she works, she has to make other arrangements for her daughter to get to school.
"They are punishing me. They did not punish my child for the mistakes she made, they punished me," Tankersley said.
Stories like these are what caught the former first lady of Augusta's attention.
"Some of these children get up at 4 in the morning and ride bicycles. There's no real transportation out on the south side," said Gwen Fulcher Young.
She and Dr. Wayne Frazier, the principal of Tubman Education Center, are on a mission to find a solution.
"In order for us to help them, they have to be in the building. They can't get in the building if they don't have transportation," Frazier said.
They're urging the community to come together to find a solution, even suggesting community members to "adopt students'."
"Help make arrangements for them to get back and forth to school," he said.
"They can put kids on the bus that go to the magnet schools, this is a Richmond County school also," Tankersley said.
And she's right, students who attend magnet schools in Richmond County are also spread out all over the place, but they have bus transportation available to them. These parents are asking, why are we punishing the students who already have the most problems and the least amount of resources?


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Beloved Yoken's sign may once again light up smiles
Nearly 10 years after Yoken's restaurant closed, an effort by local entrepreneurs aims to bring the sign back to its old location on Route 1 in Portsmouth.
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Almaden residents might hate the traffic jam at Almaden Expressway and Blossom Hill Road, and while most would acknowledge that the Costco store on that corner is a major cause for the congestion, most residents would hate to see the big box retailer go.
That's the gist of comments on the Almaden Valley Nextdoor sites, where concerned participants are worried that the store will close once a new, larger store is built at the new urban village iStar/Hitachi site at Highway 85 and Great Oaks Parkway. That project is just beginning to wend its way through the planning process.
Costco officials won't comment on a new store or on the possibility of closing the one on Almaden Expressway. Jeff Brotman, chairman and CEO, said, "It's our corporate policy not to comment on specific markets."
Laurel Prevetti, assistant director of planning, building and code enforcement, said she hadn't heard anything about the current store closing. The Almaden store is smaller in area than most Costco sites and has a smaller parking lot.
Costco stores in surrounding areas are closer together than the Almaden and the Great Oaks stores would be. There is a Costco on Lawrence Expressway in Sunnyvale that is near the Santa Clara store on Coleman Avenue.
The site for the new Costco is part of an urban village discussed and approved by the city council last December. This is a 76-acre property that once was owned by IBM; iStar acquired the land several years ago. The site is positioned for job generation with access to public transportation and private sector investment.
It's expected to provide 1,000 office/research and development jobs and 250 full and part-time retail jobs. Developers are expected to hire about 1,200 construction employees to build the project, including roads, underground workings, parks and all commercial and housing projects.
According to city council approval last December, the development will include about 260,000 square feet of office and research and development space; 720 housing units and 150,000 square feet of retail. Private sector contributions include:
$6 million to improve the Blossom Hill/101 interchange;
3.3 acres of parks for the public;
7.5 acres of private open space;
an integrated bike and road network;
pedestrian access to Caltrain and light rail;
$10 million to $13 million for affordable housing in-lieu frees;
$40 million investment in retail (not including land costs); and
$75 million investment in office development.
The retail portions of the urban village will serve areas beyond the village itself. It's expected to entice Silver Creek, southern Evergreen and Santa Teresa residents for shopping.
However, it's currently tied up in land use applications. While its zoning process already is on file with the city, developers haven't begun an environmental impact report. Once that's complete, it goes to the planning commission and then to the city council, according to Prevetti.
"They are trying to get approvals through planning this year," she said, with construction expected to be complete within the next several years.
The timing of the majority of retail use is tied to the timing of the housing, she added, allowing San Jose to benefit from the sales tax revenue.


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A nonprofit environmental group is teaming up with Arapahoe Basin to explore the idea of using bark-beetle affected timber as an energy source.
A-Basin chief operating officer Alan Henceroth called the alternative fuel source "fascinating." However, before moving forward, A-Basin will conduct an energy audit and feasibility study, he said.
The Blue Knight Group, a nonprofit specializing in alternative fuel infrastructure, promotes biomass as a sustainable and economically feasible solution to the surplus of timber.
"The U.S. Forest Service doesn't know what to do about the dead timber - they're talking about burning these piles of timber when we could be utilizing it as an energy source," said Rich Dziomba, director of the BKG.
Dziomba, Henceroth and Rob Davis, president of Forest Energy Corporation, toured a biomass setup Wednesday at Fairplay High School, a 120,000-square foot building heated entirely by biomass.
"We're on a fact-finding mission," Henceroth said. "A few things have caught our eye: The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and our reductions in heating costs are very attractive, and I think anything that can take advantage of locally produced or available resources is good - there appears to be no shortage of biomass available in Summit County."
The biomass system at Fairplay High School, which was installed in February, has been successful, according to school officials.
"We're looking at a seven-year payback on the initial investment," said Foss Smith, the Park County School District facilities committee member. "It's the economic advantage of biomass versus propane that makes this a great energy source - plus it's all local forestry being utilized."
Part of the biomass broiler installation requires a feasibility study and energy audit through which businesses may be required to add insulation and other energy-saving features to ensure maximum efficiency.
Along with a broiler, a business needs a wood chip storage bin. Available space at Arapahoe Basin is the main concern with a biomass energy makeover, as the ski area's base area is limited.
Jan Burque, the forest vegetation program manager for the U.S. Forest Service, said the availability of timber suggests such biomass systems are indeed sustainable in the long term.
"Trees are renewable, but at a slower rate," Burque said. "There are a lot of potential products for these types of projects. What's good about biomass energy is that broilers can burn parts of the tree that are not typically useful, so there is actually a lot of sources for biomass-energy projects to be sustainable for the long term - it may take creativity and pursuing a variety of sources."
Davis said such small, start-up biomass projects, like the proposed system at A-Basin, would alleviate economical barriers in forest health management.
"If someone would pay for this available material, it would help the Forest Service's economics and allow them to do more work as opposed to having to pay someone to do work and then it just gets piled into teepees on Swan Mountain Road," Davis said. "Now we have someone that would give us something for the timber, and that enables the Forest Service to do more in their management plan."
Forest Service officials say mitigating bark beetle-affected timber and creating a market for trees removed for forest thinning will bolster current efforts of the agency.
"The bark beetle epidemic has sparked a lot of creativity among environmentalists and entrepreneurs that are in a hurry to utilize the timber," Burque said. "It's great food for thought."
Henceroth still has his reservations though.
"It's very impressive equipment and there's obviously a lot that can be done with it," Henceroth said. "But it appears to be complicated."


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February 22, 2013
The majority of UK small businesses say they are not impressed with changes made to the tax system by the coalition government, according to research by the Forum of Private Business (FPB).
As the government passes the mid-way point in its five-year term of office, the small business support group polled its members to gauge attitudes to tax changes. Overall, the changes were seen to be negative in terms of "fairness, simplicity, efficiency, stability and certainty".
In total, 28% of business owners said they thought the fairness of the tax system had deteriorated, compared to 17% reporting an improvement. A quarter thought it had become more complex, with only 14% saying it had simplified.
But the single biggest complaint among small firms concerns business rates. A massive 94% of all business owners felt that the level of taxation on commercial properties was too high. Two thirds of those also said they saw no real benefits considering the amount of money they were spending on the tax.
Many also reported that there were few local initiatives to support growth, with some saying that local councils were actually hampering growth. Just 3% of respondents saw no problems with business rates.
"It's probably fair to say that business rates are the most despised of all commercial taxes by today's small business owner in the UK," said the FPB chief executive, Phil Orford.
"It's a crippling tax that business owners simply have no choice but to pay. Many feel their hard-earned cash is not being spent wisely, or certainly not for their advantage or benefit. It's evident that business rates are increasingly being viewed as a crude lever to extract cash from hard working entrepreneurs."
He added: "This research shows George Osborne really has to consider – and seriously – making a credible concession to small business in the budget on this moot point. If rates keep charging upwards then businesses are going to go bust – it's as simple as that."
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) is calling for Osborne to freeze business rates in the 2013 budget. A study by Oxford Economics for the BRC found that the cost of doing business on the high street has risen by 21% since 2006 and yet sales have increased by just 12%. The major costs facing retailers are business rates, utility bills and rent.


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The period following the Revolution was one of great uncertainty. As the new republic
began to establish a workable system of government, stabilize its economy, expand
westward, and form its identity, church leaders began reevaluating the manner in which
ministerial candidates were being educated. Ministers of the gospel, they hoped, would
be instrumental in shaping the new nation. This would not happen unless they were
Throughout the eighteenth century, Protestant theological education was included as part
of the undergraduate curriculum in colleges and universities. But as the national demand
and need for pastors increased, colleges such as the College of New Jersey became less
concerned with producing ministerial candidates and were not graduating enough of
In the early 1800s, two Presbyterian ministers, Ashbel Green from Philadelphia and Samuel
Miller from New York City, began discussing the establishment of a Presbyterian school
that would be dedicated solely to theeducation of ministers. Green and Miller were
unhappy with the administration of the College of New Jersey, which would have been the
logical place to locate their theological school, so they decided to establish a
separate school. They also decided that the curriculum of this new school would
supplement rather than replace a classical college education. This plan meant that
Presbyterian ministers would be among the most educated in the country.
Two events in 1808 propelled forward the Presbyterian movement for a theological school.
In 1805, a Unitarian had been appointed to the chair of divinity at Harvard. A group of
New England Congregationalists responded to this event by opening in 1808 the first
formal, post-graduate "theological seminary" at Andover, Massachusetts. That same year,
at the 1808 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America,
Archibald Alexander, a pastor in Philadelphia and former president of Hampden-Sydney
College, preached a sermon that called on the church to establish seminaries to ensure a
regular and sufficient supply of qualified ministers.In 1811, following a
series of overtures and committee reports, a plan for a theological seminary was
approved by the General Assembly. The guiding principle of the plan was to form a
theological seminary that would be "a nursery of vital piety, as well as of sound
theological learning." The church did not only want educated ministers with "solid
learning"; it needed transformed ministers who had experienced "the renewing and
sanctifying grace of God."
The General Assembly of 1812 elected a board of directors for the Seminary and Archibald
Alexander as the Seminary's first professor. After reaching an agreement with the
trustees of the College of New Jersey that defined a cooperative rather than competitive
relationship between the two schools, the General Assembly resolved to locate its new
seminary in Princeton. In August, 1812, Alexander was inaugurated and began teaching the
Seminary's first three students in his temporary home in Princeton.
More students came to study at Princeton Seminary, and in 1813 Samuel Miller was
appointed the Seminary's second professor. By then, the Seminary was operating out of
Nassau Hall and was ready for a building of its own. In 1815, the cornerstone was laid
for the Seminary's first building, Alexander Hall, which was in use by 1817. Initially
referred to as Old Seminary, Alexander Hall had dormitory rooms for about 100 students;
a refectory and kitchen; a large oratory, which was used for lectures, chapel services,
and student meetings; and, by 1820, it accommodated the Seminary's growing library.
As work was concluding on Alexander Hall in 1819, the Seminary built a house next to it
for Alexander. A house for the Seminary's third professor, Charles Hodge, was completed
in 1825 on the opposite side of Alexander Hall. Hodge graduated from the Seminary in
1819, joined the faculty as an instructor in 1820, and was appointed the Seminary's
third professor in 1822. The plan for the Seminary called for at least three professors,
each specializing in a different area. With the addition of Hodge to the faculty, by its
tenth anniversary the Seminary's plan was fully implemented.
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