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Plan Bay Area, a regional transportation and land-use/housing plan that has roiled Marin County all spring and summer, comes to a final vote on July 18 in Oakland, and a busload of the plan's fiercest opponents plan on attending.
"So far, more than 30 people have signed up," said Susan Kirsch of Mill Valley, a co-founder of Citizen Marin, which has chartered a 48-seat Marin Airporter bus to shuttle plan opponents to the meeting. Citizen Marin is a coalition of Marin neighborhood groups that united to oppose Plan Bay Area.
A collaboration of four regional government agencies, Plan Bay Area sets out housing and transportation plans in response to the California Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act of 2008. The state law requires each of California's 18 metropolitan areas to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light trucks 30 percent by 2020 and 80 percent by 2050.
The plan seeks to channel 80 percent of the Bay Area's housing growth and 66 percent of its job growth into "priority development areas." These are areas typically located along existing traffic corridors, near mass transit, jobs, shopping and other services that have been identified and approved by local cities or counties for future growth. Local jurisdictions that approve priority development areas will be rewarded with grant money.
Opponents of the plan, such as Citizen Marin, assert that it robs counties and cities of their control over land-use decisions and will result in high-density apartment developments that will degrade Marin's pristine environment and erode its small-town character. But another group of Marin residents, Concerned Marinites to End NIMBYism, have defended Plan Bay Area, asserting that opponents of the plan are really worried that the creation of higher-density, more affordable housing will attract lower-income, more ethnically diverse residents to the county.
Jim Geraghty, one of the leaders of Concerned Marinites to End NIMBYism, said, "We are confident that ABAG (Association of Bay Area Governments) will approve Plan Bay Area, so you won't encounter masses from our side trekking over to the meeting."
The decision on whether to approve the plan — and an accompanying environmental impact report on the plan — will be made by the Association of Bay Area Governments' 38-member executive board and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's 21 commissioners. Marin County Supervisor Katie Rice and Novato City Councilwoman Pat Eklund serve on ABAG's executive board, and Supervisor Steve Kinsey is a MTC commissioner.
Time will be provided at the meeting for public comment. Kirsch said, however, since most opponents expect the plan to be approved despite its flaws, public comment at this stage may not be the chief reason for attending.
The email that Citizen Marin sent out to advertise its bus ride urges people to sign up to: "Witness the votes of Kinsey, Rice & Eklund."
Kirsch said, "That's part of wanting people to be there too, that whole power in democracy, to be witness to what is happening on our behalf."
Responding to a drumbeat of criticism from Citizen Marin and other opponents, county supervisors last week voted unanimously to withdraw Marinwood and Tamalpais Valley from consideration as "priority development areas." Opponents of Marinwood's participation in Plan Bay Area have launched an effort to recall Supervisor Susan Adams.
Geraghty said, "If anything, the fear mongering about ABAG and/or Plan Bay Area taking away local control has been silenced by the county removing both Marinwood and the Tam Valley area from the proposed PDA (priority development area) designations."
He added, "Since losing that local control fear mongering argument, I think we are seeing the leaders of NIMBY groups moving on to their next attack tactics, local politicians and their role and positions on zoning."
Kirsch said one of the passengers signed up for the bus ride is Randy Warren, a candidate for San Rafael City Council who has said if elected that he would attempt to revoke San Rafael's two priority development areas.
But Kirsch said Citizen Marin will not be endorsing Warren or any other candidate in the Nov. 5 election.
"No, we wouldn't do that," Kirsch said. "We're under the umbrella of being a 501(c)(3). Our purpose and mission is to be educational and informational."
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Plan Bay Area final vote
The Association of Bay Area Government's executive board and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission will vote on final approval of Plan Bay Area and its environmental impact report at 6:30 p.m. July 18 at the Oakland Marriott, West Hall, at 1001 Broadway in Oakland.


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The latest teasers for 'Sons of Anarchy"s seventh and final season have highlighted some cool (if gruesome) skull visuals, but what about some actual footage from those not lucky enough to attend Comic-Con 2014? See Jax on the hunt for some serious revenge, as 'Sons of Anarchy' season 7 has at long last premiered its first, bloody trailer!
"The desire for revenge, it's a part of grieving," says DA Tyne Patterson (CCH Pounder) to an imprisoned Jax in the first official trailer for 'Sons of Anarchy' season 7. "In my world, violent desires never become real. In yours, it's a very likely outcome." Elsewhere amid the rapid-fire footage, we see plenty of conflicts with the Mayans, Chinese and One-Niners to come, while Jax goes on the warpath, forcing Gemma and Juice to stew in their sinful secrets.
As for 'Sons of Anarchy' season 7 itself, we know that the premiere will pick up 10 days removed from the finale with Jax in prison on parole violation, while confirmed are the returns of Walton Goggins' Venus Van Dam, Peter Weller's Charlie Barosky, and 'Deadwood' star Kim Dickens as Diosa madame Collette.
Shock rocker Marilyn Manson will guest as an incarcerated white supremacist, while 'The Bridge' star Annabeth Gish will act as the new Charming sheriff and Courtney Love has been given a "pivotal" role. Additionally, 'Glee' star Lea Michele will guest in a brief spot as a waitress Gemma finds an unlikely connection with, while 'Six Feet Under' star Mathew St. Patrick will portray security leader Moses.
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It happens every year; the annual Lowrider Super Show in Las Vegas blows by in the blink of an eye. All those long days and nights of blood, sweat, and tears in the garage come to fruition in this event that pits the world's best against the rest. The event was held at Cashman Field this year and those long hours paid off for some, and didn't for others, as the deadlines and entry qualifications for the premier Lowrider competition are strict and fair. They always say, "If you snooze, you lose," which is true, but in our world; "If you snooze, you don't cruise." You don't get a chance to compete for bragging rights, either, as every competitor brings their A-game to this event, keeping details at a maximum and procrastination at a minimum. With the help of show sponsors Lucas Oil, Hydraulic Energy, Krazy Kutting, and Wholesale Travels Planners, the show was a success as the event was completely sold out along with 800 of the nation's top Lowrider vehicles on full display. While the faces change every year for the Super Show, the stories remain the same. Throughout the year, people tried their hand at qualifying for the prestigious "Lowrider of the Year" titles and with that said, the rumor mill was spinning about which cars would make the biggest impact. One of those cars was the new "Perfect Score," which was supposed to be the replacement for the one that was totaled in an automobile accident a few years ago. This one just stayed in the rumor pile, however. Another common story was spun about those unlucky contestants who broke down on the way to the show and never made it to the venue at all. Others had the nightmare of never being picked up by their scheduled transporters, leaving these sad cars stuck in their hometowns during the year's biggest event. Overall, there were more stories this year about entrants trying and failing to make it out than ever before. For those lucky enough to make the trip, the event was well worth the trouble.
Some of the attendees from Vegas included the Royals C.C. that celebrated their 20-year anniversary. They also debuted Lyle's '61 Impala, "Pretty Penny." Another '61 Impala that had people talking was New York's Drastic car club's "Rotten Apple," owned by Terrance Keeby. This six-one East coast special featured all of the modern bells and whistles. The Imperials had a nice line up that included the freshly redone 1974 Monte Carlo, "Spirit Runner," owned by Brandon Gonzalez, "Jimmy's Dream," a 1950 Chevrolet owned by Jose Zendejas, and George Victoria's 1965 Impala convertible. South Side car club came out in full force and was ready to show how they ran the OG class with Jesse Holquin's 1958 that won the original of the year category. The Street Players C.C. debuted the 1960 classic, "The Payback," owned by Big Dre that kicked off their strong line up too. Other Vegas clubs included One Luv and Jim Brown's 1957 Chevy Bel Air. The Klique C.C. had a strong line up as usual that featured a custom-painted '59 El Camino, followed by a few of their cover cars, including Saul's "Not Guilty." The Traditionals C.C. included a few new cars including the "Dark Side '58" owned by Chris Roark, who won the Traditional of the Year title. After chasing the Lowrider of the Year title, Doug Vigil fell short against the defending two-time Lowrider of the Year "El Rey" the popular 1963 Impala convertible owned by Albert De Alba. Some of the other heavy hitters included Texas' Leal Brothers who brought out their big guns.
As always the Majestics rolled deep to the show, and Rollerz Only made a strong showing as well. USO also celebrated their anniversary with the support of most of their chapters. The GoodTimes C.C. took the opportunity to make it known that they would be here to stay as a family club. The Impala's car club was one of the other clubs that people took notice of as they keep increasing the membership of their family club.
Entertainment wasn't only limited to the four-wheel artists, musical artists made the event a party as well, with festivities kicked off by long-time favorite Li'l Rob. West Coast veteran and musical maestro DJ Quik rocked a set full of his numerous classics and showed why he is still one of the best to ever do it. New Jersey natives, Naughty By Nature also killed it, with a great set of their hits, leaving the crowd ready for the bikini contest that immediately followed the concert. Once that was done, it was a wrap for the show as attendees waited around for the final results. All in all, this anniversary tour was certainly another one to remember.
Winners List
Best of Show: Bicycle
Amado Vargas
Kevin Vierra
Mike Rangel
Best of Show: Trike
Ayerin Sandavol
Sam Gallegos
David Cervantes
Lowrider Excellence
Albert De Alba – 1963 Chevy Impala
Best of Show: Original '69 and Below
Jesse Holguin – 1958 Impala
Jazz Restoration – 1957 Bel Air
Rex Weeks – 1957 Bel Air
Best of Show: Traditional Lowrider
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Mario Mercado 1977 Cadillac
Saul Vasquez – 1959 Impala
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Juan Pable Sifvents – 1991 Silverado
Ernie Gonzalez – 1987 Nissan
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Doug Vigil – 1964 Impala
George Victoria – 1965 Impala
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Let the critics snipe, pro wrestling honcho Vince McMahon will tell you, "we're about what people want."
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As he and Austin eye each other, McMahon offers his hand. Austin glares, eyeing McMahon as a freak. Austin pauses. Maybe it's an offer worth taking.
McMahon's hand remains in the air.
Austin moves forward, raises his right hand, and then, swiftly, in the manner of the classic prank, yanks it back. Then he tells McMahon, the sold-out crowd and millions of TV viewers that he'd prefer breaking McMahon's arm. And once that is done, Austin declares that he'd enjoy nothing more than shoving McMahon's thumb up McMahon's posterior--though posterior isn't the word he uses. The fans go nuts. Few things make them happier than seeing McMahon eat crow.
The rejected McMahon exits the ring. The crowd is eager to see him depart, serenading him with that popular farewell, "Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, hey, hey, hey--goodbye!" McMahon trudges down the aisle. The boos continue. Just as McMahon is about to leave the arena, he turns on his heels and flips the crowd a double bird. For McMahon, it was another entry for his hypothetical biography, Just Another Day in Paradise.
To hear McMahon explain it, the romance of our lives revolves around our wants. Needs? Inanimate objects? Merely utilitarian, way too static. "I don't relate well to things," he says, sitting behind his desk at WWF's base of operations, a four-story building in Stamford, Connecticut, that shimmers in the daylight and, in the manner of a pirate ship, waves a WWF flag off its side. "Products? Eccchhhh!"
Bring on the animate, the mobile and, best of all for the raw meat-loving McMahon, the visceral, and you tap into something much more powerful than simple satisfaction. You encounter our appetite for adventure, that carnal lust for thrills, excitement and, yes, an escape from the tedium of daily living. In his gut, in his heart, in his mouth, Vince McMahon believes the World Wrestling Federation satisfies these public yearnings better than any business in America. "No one is as sensitive to public taste as us," he says. "We have our own focus group 200 times a year. We're about what people want."
What they want are high-impact events like "SummerSlam." The August 22 rendition of this pay-per-view program was held at Minneapolis's Target Center in front of 19,404 fans and millions more who typically forked over $29.95 for the telecast. In large part, "SummerSlam" was no different than hundreds of other WWF events: slamming bodies, trash-talking plot lines that twist good and evil, big boys throwing each other onto a mat, gratuitous chair-whackings, intermittent appearances from slinky, large-busted women; all the components that make wrestling, in McMahon's words, "the best and only true variety show on television."
Adding even more credibility, if you will, was the presence of Jesse "The Body" Ventura, the former mid-level WWF wrestler who shocked the world by becoming governor of Minnesota. Ventura was referee for this edition of SummerSlam, which was the main event for the WWF championship.
"There's a lot of media saying I'm a disgrace for being here," Ventura said that evening. "I'll tell you this: I'm proud of wrestling. I'm proud to be a wrestler and I'm proud to be here tonight." The crowd responded with a standing ovation and repeated chants of "Jesse, Jesse" throughout the evening. Wearing a long-sleeved black-and-white referee shirt, Ventura--only a footnote when he refereed a 1988 SummerSlam--took charge with all the gusto McMahon and the WWF fans have come to love.
"You're in my state now," Ventura barked to Triple H, one of three wrestlers competing that evening. "I am law and order here." Prior to the event, Ventura had bragged that he was "bigger and more powerful than Vince McMahon." Prove it, McMahon would likely bark back. At 6-foot, 2-inches and 230 pounds, McMahon has a commanding presence. His eyes resemble dense brown stones, friendly at first glance, but unwavering, and taking on a laser-like intensity at the slightest prompt. Even if a governor holds more clout than a big-time promoter does, McMahon will gladly cherish the struggle.
Consider McMahon's long-standing rivalry with media mogul Ted Turner. In the early 1980s, when Turner sensed the potential of wrestling and sought to buy the WWF, he told McMahon, "Vince, I'm in the 'rassling business." "Fine, Ted," countered McMahon; "I'm in the entertainment business." Rebuffed by McMahon, Turner launched World Championship Wrestling (WCW), signing WWF stars. "The only bad guy I know is Ted Turner," says McMahon. But how bad can he be when each is winning in the marketplace? Even rivalry is but a plot point. Several years ago, the WWF created a hayseed character called "Billionaire Ted."
Flip as McMahon's comeback line may seem, the truth is that entertainment has been the cornerstone of the WWF's success. Back in the mid-1980s, McMahon publicly admitted what everyone knew for years: plots were built in advance by a team of writers, producers, directors and technical experts, the lines scripted (albeit with room for improv), the outcomes predetermined.
McMahon's announcement liberated wrestling from dealing with complicated licensing fees and costly state athletic commissions. McMahon subsequently coined the obvious but useful term "sports entertainment" to describe his business. The WWF made its focus even more emphatic later in the decade when, in February 1989, just as the New Jersey Senate was deciding whether to remove wrestling from the jurisdiction of the state athletic commission (which levies a 10 percent surtax on profits from TV revenues), a WWF statement declared that wrestling should be defined as "an activity in which participants struggle hand-in-hand primarily for the purpose of providing entertainment to spectators rather than conducting a bona fide athletic contest."
"Wrestling had been promoted as a sport," says McMahon, "but it wasn't true even back when Abraham Lincoln wrestled. So I said, 'Let's level with our audience and corporate America.' To The New York Times, it was big news. To us, it was a way to tell Madison Avenue, 'This is who we are.'
"Just look at all the elements on our show. It's action-adventure. But it's also a talk show. But someone else might say it's a cartoon beyond belief. Or it's a soap opera, or a grandiose rock concert. And the athleticism is nothing short of extraordinary. We have no boundaries or limitations. We can go anywhere we want to. We're only limited by our imagination and creativity. We take the best of show biz and roll it all into one."
Lately it's been rolling pretty darn good. Over the past two years, according to WWF estimates, revenues have tripled, from $81.9 million in 1997 to $251.5 million for the 1999 fiscal year that ended on April 30. Better yet, net profits, down $6.5 million in '97, were up $56 million in fiscal '99. World Wrestling Federation Entertainment holds more than 200 live events each year in major stadiums and arenas throughout the world. Every week, WWF produces nine hours of original television programming for such outlets as USA Network and UPN. This year, "Raw is War," WWF's USA Network entry, was the top-rated cable program for 19 straight weeks. WWF's three cable programs ("Raw is War" is often broken into two programs, "Raw Is War" and "War Zone," and there's also "Sunday Night Heat") earned 26 of the top 30 rankings on the Nielsen list of most-watched shows among all basic cable networks. During the week of July 26 to August 1, for example, the highest ratings on basic cable networks (approximately 15 to 20 networks in each of 212 designated market areas) were all earned by WWF programs, each viewed in more than 5 million homes.
The WWF also distributes its programming and pay-per-view events to more than 150 nations in nine languages. WWF markets and sells its branded merchandise through a network of some 85 licensees worldwide; publishes two monthly magazines with a combined annual circulation of approximately 5.8 million; and distributes news and information about its programming and products through its www.wwf.com Internet site.
The empire took even bigger strides on August 3 when WWF (the parent company was formerly known as Titan Sports) declared its intention to become a publicly held company by offering approximately $172.5 million in class A stock and earn a NASDAQ listing. Such august bodies as Bear, Stearns; Credit Suisse First Boston; Merrill Lynch and Wit Capital were slated to manage the IPO. A New York Post article estimated WWF's potential value at $750 million.
Alan Dundes, professor of anthropology and folklore at the University of California at Berkeley, believes historical events are a major reason for wrestling's recent ascent. "Since the end of the Cold War, there's no one for us to beat up on, no real hated enemy like we had with the Soviet Union for so many years," says Dundes. "We've had a hard time finding outlets for our machismo. On the face of it, we condemn violence. But any chance for a culturally sanctioned escape is worth it. We don't really want to see blood. Wrestling is actually a good thing--far better to see this stuff come out on a playing field than in battle. The hype's almost more fun than the game itself."
Though he decries "egghead philosophers who try to tell us what we are," even McMahon notes a historical connection surrounding the evolution of WWF plot lines. In the 1980s, echoing the Cold War, it was mostly a matter of good guys versus bad guys. "Black and white, pretty simple," he says. "But now we're into more entendres, different shadings." One plot line, for example, saw a female wrestler named Chyna accused of sexual harassment by the poetic, soft-spoken, 300-pound Mark Henry. Another conflict you weren't likely to see in wrestling's old days involved pretty boy Val Venis stealing Terri, the wife of Dustin Runnels, who had earlier turned into Golddust, a blond-wigged cross-dresser. Throw in The Undertaker, who at times has been in a feud with his long-lost brother, the mute Kane, and you can see why WWF's twisting story lines have been compared to David Lynch's surreal TV show, Twin Peaks.
"We're all somewhat flawed, and people like seeing that aspect of people, too," says McMahon. "It's much more complicated. Is any of us necessarily all good or all bad?" But the bottom line: "In a word, it's fun. Every night is Saturday night for me. This isn't work. When you can entertain millions and millions of fans all over the world, that's a great sign, a great thrill, as great as it gets in business."
Plans are underway at the WWF for continued expansion--CDs, Web sites, books, magazines--all part of McMahon's relentless crusade to "build a brand." As his 29-year-old son, Shane, president of the company's new media division, puts it: "The model is Disney." The Disney connection to family values continues with the involvement of McMahon's 22-year-old daughter, Stephanie, a WWF ad sales account executive who at times has entered the ring and been abducted by wrestlers seeking vengeance on McMahon.
And yet, for all of McMahon's desire to please, for all his love of entertainment and pleasure, please, sir, do not in any way confuse him with an imperial entertainment mogul. He is no Michael Eisner, descending from the mountain in tie and jacket to cuddle awkwardly with Mickey Mouse. It's hard to imagine McMahon wearing chinos and gingerly sipping Chardonnay at those patrician-style outings of the rich and famous. "They can sit in their ivory towers all they want," he says of other entertainment industry honchos. "Me, I'm very middle-class. We're about Peoria here. I'm very comfortable being of the people."
On November 9, 1997, after years of delighting in his behind-the-scenes role of promoter and TV announcer, McMahon took a step into the WWF arena. Reigning champion Bret "Hitman" Hart was competing in his native Canada. A son of an old-time wrestling promoter, Hart wasn't enjoying the brassy, in-your-face approach McMahon was taking. Goosed by McMahon, Hart began lecturing from the ring, daring fans to examine why they loved bad guys--and even imploring them to ponder broader social issues such as racism and poverty. This being the entertainment business, Hart's popularity plummeted.
By the November 9 event, Hart had been planning to leave the WWF. McMahon didn't want him taking the championship belt with him, so he decided to strip Hart of his title. No way, said Hart, who was ready to leave, but justifiably knew that defeat on his home turf would sharply diminish his reputation and negotiating leverage with WCW. On the other hand, there was no way McMahon was going to let someone walk away from the WWF with the esteemed belt in his hands. "We were at loggerheads," says McMahon. "I decided that Bret was losing the WWF championship. I've always had the courage of my convictions. I told the audience what happened. They wanted to boo me off the stage." Instantly, McMahon knew he was on to something.
"We realized then we could put me in a venue where the public could express its anger," he says. He took on the role of "Mr. McMahon" (OK, so it's not the most creative nom de guerre), a tight-fisted, combative promoter who kept the WWF wrestlers on a tight leash--and naturally nourished an atmosphere of bitter, physical anger among his charges.
The "Mr. McMahon" character's most bitter battles were with Stone Cold Steve Austin. Rough around the edges, unwilling to bow to authority, Austin agrees that, "Like Vince McMahon says, I'm a corporate nightmare. I don't dress up a whole lot. Sometimes my language is a little offensive. I drink a few beers on TV. I'm not a yes man. I do what I want, when and how I want." One night, Austin whupped a Bible-thumping wrestler, who in turn began spouting lines from John 3:16. "Well," said Austin, "Steve 3:16 goes like this--I just kicked your ass."
In rapid order, the WWF created a line of "Austin 3:16" T-shirts that are de rigeur for Austin fans. You can also buy an oversized foam hand that says "Austin 3:16" and features, instead of the classic "We're Number One" finger, an extended middle digit. Lest you think this makes Austin unpopular across the American heartland, take heed that he is a featured face in the famous "Milk Moustache" campaign.
Adding more spice to this is that Shane McMahon took on the role of Austin's advocate, creating a provocative father-son conflict. "We've seen this on 'Dallas' and 'Dynasty,' " says father Vince. "It's made for great theater." It should be noted that McMahon's finger-flaring exit in Cleveland took place shortly before the WWF declared its intent to go public. Around Wall Street, the period between filing your paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to go public and the IPO is known as "the quiet period," when CEOs are urged by the SEC not to excessively hype their organization lest they skew perceptions of the corporation's value. McMahon's truculence ("giving the bird" is an action that he resorts to frequently) is hardly the stuff that gets you written up as an avatar of synergy, new media, convergence or any of those other terms so popular in the entertainment industry. So much the better, McMahon believes.
"When I see the lack of interaction and the egos of a lot of corporate executives, I want to break them down," says McMahon. "That's a wrestling term for getting down to the ground. I want to bring them down to the ground and make them be with the people, so they're a foot from the sewer. I'd like to hold them there for a day or two, to be of the street. Keeping our nose to the ground is what we're about."
The image of McMahon pinning an Eisner or a Turner proves that while you can take the boy out of wrestling, you can't take the wrestling out of the man. Businesslike and polite as McMahon can be ("Would you like a protein bar? Something to drink? We're going to have a good talk," he tells a guest), within him beats the heart not of an entertainer, but of a combatant. Vince McMahon is a fighter, not a lover. "There's always an interest in mano a mano," he says. "It's inbred in us as human beings."
Certainly that is the case for McMahon, who, he claims, has never backed down from anyone in his life. Vincent Kennedy McMahon was born in Pinehurst, North Carolina, on August 24, 1945. His parents divorced soon after. Vince was raised by his mother and a series of stepfathers. "They were all assholes," he says, recalling with rancor the men who would blur the line between discipline and abuse. Young Vince, fighting back, adapted a motto he carries to this day: "As long as you live through it, you survive."
Sports were the natural outlet for the combative youngster. Muscular and lean, Vince once threw five innings of a perfect game against a Little League all-star team that had not included him on its roster. But his volatility--"I had a violent temper. Losing--WOW!--that would send me up the wall."--coupled with his utter lack of discipline, soon drove him off the athletic fields. The popular term in those days was "juvenile delinquent," and Vince, in his terms "majoring in bad ass," fit the description to a tee.
Not until the age of 12 did he meet his biological father, Vincent James McMahon (Vince adamantly points out that he is "not a junior"). The elder McMahon was following in the footsteps of his father, Jess, as a wrestling promoter in the Northeast. Vincent James ran an operation called the Capitol Wrestling Federation, stretching from the Uline Arena in Washington, D.C., all the way to Maine, including the center of the wrestling universe, Madison Square Garden in New York City. But Capitol Wrestling was only one of many regional wrestling groups run by promoters (such as Bret Hart's father, Stu, in Calgary) who worked under a gentleman's agreement not to raid one another's territory.
Those were the days of dank, smoky arenas and such overblown, campy characters as "Gorgeous George," a wonderfully contoured, heavily made-up wrestler who came into the ring sporting blond curls and a sequined robe. The overall effect made him look like a buffed-up Liberace. The six weeks a summer young Vince spent with his father opened his eyes. "Oh my God! My dad was incredible," says McMahon, letting down his guard and sounding almost vulnerable. "I wanted to be part of his world. I loved the promotion business. I'd hang with him at the wrestling; it was like being the kid in the candy store. I liked the roar of the crowd. I liked the charismatic people. I liked the entertainment. I liked all of it."
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HOFFMAN ESTATELES, Ill. — An unseasonably cool spring and rising costs affected first-quarter earnings for the period ended May 4 at Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, which reported a 27% drop in profit for the quarter. However, the company is focusing on improving signs in late spring.
Sears Hometown earned $15 million in the quarter that ended May 4, compared with $20.6 million in the year ago period.
Revenue dropped 3% to $601.1 million. Same-store sales fell 5%.
"Sales were below last year due to the impact of unseasonably cool weather in February and March," said president and CEO Bruce Johnson. "Same store sales of lawn and garden, our second largest category, were down 45% in the first two months. We were pleased with the improvement during the latter portion of the quarter. With generally more moderate temperatures in April, same store sales for the category during that month were up 4.2%."
Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores is a national retailer primarily focused on selling home appliances, hardware, tools and lawn and garden equipment. Hometown stores are designed to provide the company's customers with in-store and online access to a wide selection of national brands of home appliances, tools, lawn and garden equipment, sporting goods, and household goods, depending on the particular format.
Outlet stores are designed to provide customers with in-store and online access to new, one-of-a-kind, out-of-carton, discontinued, obsolete, used, reconditioned, overstocked, and scratched and dented products across a broad assortment of merchandise categories, including home appliances, lawn and garden equipment, apparel, mattresses, sporting goods and tools at prices that are significantly lower than manufacturers' suggested retail prices.


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- Hanna-Barbera Studios
- Cartoon Characters: Pebbles Flintstone, Bamm-Bamm Rubble, Penny Pillar, Moonrock Crater, Wiggy Rockstone, Schleprock.
- Voice Actors: Russi Taylor, Mickey Stevens, Michael Sheehan, Gay Autterson, Mitzi McCall, Lenny Weinrib, Don Messick.
- Directed By Ray Patterson, George Gordon, Rudy Zamora.
- Produced By Alex Lovy, Carl Urbano, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera.
- Animated By Donald Albrecht, Robert Alvarez, Frank Andrina, Ed Barge, Warren Batchelder, Carol Beers, Oliver Callahan, Lars Calonius, Rudy Cataldi, Daniel De La Vega, Ed De Mattia, Joan Drake; more Animators ...
- Written By Gene Ayres, Haskell Barkin, Anthony Bonaduce, Celia Bonaduce, Doug Booth, John Bradford, Don Christensen, Nancy Clements, Tom Dagenais; more Writers ...
- Music: Hoyt Curtin, Paul DeKorte.
- Editor: Gil Iverson, Larry C. Cowan.
- First Aired on January 15, 1981.
- Originally Aired on NBC-TV (USA).
- Running Time: 9 minutes.
- Episode Number: 09
- Season: 1
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COVINGHAM Park Primary School celebrated two successes on Friday after four students came away with special prizes.
During Walk To School Week last month youngsters at Covingham took part in a Swindon-wide competition to create the best drawing of a mode of transport from the past or future.
The KS1 winner was Indy Mark Andrews, who created a piece of artwork based on the Moon Landings.
As a reward, the youngster won a backpack and a book voucher.
David Cooper, an actor from the Histrionics group, came in to deliver a special talk on the First World War.
On the same day, the school hosted a visit from Barclays and Living Streets after youngsters Harrison in Year 3, Alana Rose in Year 5 and Megan in Year 2 won the Walk To School Banner competition.
Their winning designs will be made into a banner which will be displayed outside the school from next September.
Avril Brown, lower school lead and eco travel coordinator at the school, said: "The actor from Histrionics was so funny.
"He had all the children in hysterics as he told the story of Private Perks, a 12-year-old boy who was so tall he managed to enlist in the Army in World War one where he was a runner until his mother called him home again.
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Thursday, hedge fund manager David Einhorn gave his detailed presentation on why Apple (AAPL) needs to issue preferred stock -- what he calls an iPref.
His argument boils down to his belief that doing so would attract a whole new type of value investor class to own the stock, which would cause a move up in the shares, compared to continuing along with stockpiling cash.
To be honest, after spending this week in Silicon Valley, I'm more convinced than ever that Apple has much bigger fish to fry than worrying about whether it's going to issue preferred stock or double its dividend as some have said it will.
I love Apple. I own it and I plan to own it. I'm also a big fan of CEO Tim Cook. But there are issues that I'm worried about relating to Apple that I think are critical for the company to start addressing and I'm not sure if they see it as such a high priority as it deserves.
- Social. Apple has no understanding of how social works. Its one foray into the space was Ping and it never went anywhere. ITunes remains very anti-social. They need to address this in a big way moving forward. Twitter would be the most natural way to expand here through an acquisition. But the two cultures of Apple and Twitter are very different and wouldn't necessarily mesh well.
- Internet Services. These are sometimes called Web Services. Think MobileMe. Apple has not naturally done these kinds of services well. And yet Google (GOOG) keeps cranking them out with Maps, Gmail, Earth, Plus and others. It's critical that Apple start to churn out equally strong Internet services of its own. It made a start with its Apple Maps but it need to keep going and it just has not shown it is very good at doing these things quickly and well. Yahoo! (YHOO) would be a nice fit in these areas and Marissa Mayer would be the perfect person to head up Internet Services at Apple.
- Cloud Services. People think that, since Apple now has iCloud, it's figured out cloud services. That's not the case. Google -- and even Facebook (FB) -- rely on constant upkeep of services and is much better at the cloud than Apple. When iCloud first launched, Apple had to rely on Amazon's (AMZN) web services business and Microsoft's (MSFT) cloud services. It's not possible to keep iCloud growing as quickly as it will need to without bringing in more talent. Dropbox would be the best acquisition in the space, but there are other smart folks out there.
- "Not Invented Here" Syndrome. The key question is does Apple know what it doesn't know. Does it realize it needs help in these key areas? I don't know and I don't think most folks in Silicon Valley know either. Apple has a very deliberate approach and usually a bias to building something themselves rather than rely on others for help.
- Inability to acquire and keep talent. Apple hasn't done a lot of deals to start with; however, more concerning is Apple hasn't kept the talent when they've done -- for them -- big deals (think Quattro Wireless and Siri).
Apple needs its cash hoard to do some big transformative acquisitions. But it's not clear that it realizes it needs the help. It's also not clear Apple would be able to keep the talent at these acquired companies if they did a big splash deal (or deals as I'm advocating). These are the big issues Apple must address this year -- not whether or not it issues preferred stock.


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Feb. 22, 2006
Game Wardens Step Up Efforts To Clean Up Falcon Lake
"Operation Pescador" Targets Illegal Commercial Fishing, Other Violations
ZAPATA, Texas — Game wardens from across the state are converging on Falcon Lake along the Texas-Mexico border in a concerted effort to clean up illegal commercial fishing activities and prevent water safety violations, as well as to enforce other state laws.
"Operation Pescador" will involve game wardens stopping vessels on Falcon Lake to ensure compliance with all state game, fish and water safety laws. Commercial fishermen in possession of illegal nets will be arrested and transported to the Zapata County jail and their vessels will be seized, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Game Warden Captain Chris Huff.
TPWD is coordinating the effort with other agencies, including the Zapata County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Customs, Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas Homeland Security.
Falcon Lake is a massive impoundment along the Rio Grande River extending about 20 miles long and three miles wide at some points and covers 87,000 surface acres.
Huff estimates there are about 75 Mexican commercial fishermen who fish Falcon Lake daily. It is legal to use gill nets, hoop nets and other commercial fishing gear on the Mexican side of the lake; such practices are outlawed in all Texas state waters.
TPWD game wardens routinely patrol the lake investigating these kinds of activities and have been successful in apprehending violators. According to Huff, patrols during the last six months have resulted in 12 arrests, along with seizure of seven vessels and outboard motors and more than 38,000 feet of gill netting. A similar operation conducted between Sept. 2004 and Aug. 2005 resulted in 34 arrests, seizure of 23 vessels and more than 84,000 feet of illegal nets.
Unlike routine lake patrols elsewhere, Lake Falcon presents unique challenges for law enforcement. "Whenever we see one of these types of boats, we don't know if it is an illegal fisherman of a drug runner," said Huff. "Most of the arrests involve Mexican nationals and once we've made contact and determine they are conducting illegal activity we have to seize their equipment and vessel and bring them ashore. We can't simply issue a citation because there are other violations of the law that come into play; illegal entry."
"We're not just going to concentrate on illegal commercial fishing activities, but all game and fish activities," said TPWD Game Warden Major Alfonso Vielma. "We intend to bring attention that is needed to Falcon Lake. There are other elements coming through the lake — illegal aliens, drug smuggling — dangerous elements. We're concentrating on game law violations, but we won't ignore other violations of the law."
The location of Falcon Lake makes for easy access by illegal immigrants from Mexico to Texas soil, as well as for illegal drug smuggling activity and is sometimes viewed as a potential Homeland Security threat. Violations including illegal entry, drug smuggling or other homeland security related activities will be turned over to other appropriate authorities.
Huff added it is not uncommon to arrest the same individuals several times over a period of time; they typically return after obtaining another vessel. But, he sees the additional enforcement pressure as a deterrent. "Our wardens are doing a great job with great success, but a statewide operation is necessary to show the fishermen and the public we are committed to enforcing the law," he stressed.
Commercial netting has been outlawed in Texas waters for decades because of the potential impacts to a fishery. Commercial netting nearly wiped out redfish populations along the Texas coast in the '70s, which led to the statewide ban.
Illegal commercial netting can severely deplete aquatic resources on reservoirs such as Falcon Lake, where low water levels during dry periods can concentrate fish, making them susceptible to fishing pressure and poor reproduction. Until recently, Falcon Lake had been suffering through a decade long drought that saw lake levels plummet 50-feet; lowest on record.
Commercial fishing on Falcon Lake is nothing new, according to Huff. The lake was impounded in 1954 and by 1958, an influx of commercial fishermen from East Texas used high powered boats to illegally fish with gill nets and wooden fish boxes. Mexican commercial fishermen soon entered the scene and by the 1970s when commercial fishing became illegal in Texas, had the run of Falcon Lake to themselves.
Insignificant fines and penalties did nothing to deter the activity. By 1980, Mexican commercial fishing operations were at an all-time high with more than 300 registered fishermen. In 1990, TPWD game wardens had filed 175 cases and confiscated more than 50 MILES of illegal nets.
Finally, in 1991, a bill was passed allowing game wardens to seize and confiscate undocumented vessels used in illegal netting activities. Although the confiscation of vessels and gear has had the desired effect, illegal commercial fishing continues on Falcon Lake.
"Why? The answer is simple," Huff said. "Profit outweighs penalty. The profit being derived from high fish prices and the smuggling of drugs is the incentive. Certain species of rough fish bring more than $2 per pound on today's market. What we want to do with stepped up enforcement operations is to make it unprofitable."
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West Texas Ranchers Aid in Falcon Reintroduction
VAN HORN, Texas — On July 18, the Peregrine Fund, a non-profit organization based in Boise, Idaho, will resume its efforts to restore the endangered northern aplomado falcon to West Texas skies. With support from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas Hawking Association and private ranchers, the Fund will release 28 captive-bred falcons.
The young falcons, about 35 days old, will be placed at "hack sites" on July 18 to become acclimated to their surroundings for several days before being released, a standard practice for falcon reintroduction.
At the release sites, falcons will be placed in protective boxes on top of hack towers and fed for five to seven days. The hack boxes will be opened for the birds to escape in late July or early August.
This will take place on the Moon Ranch, Miller Ranch and Rancho Del Cielo in Jeff Davis County.
"Our release efforts have been so successful in South Texas, with 46 aplomado falcon pairs now established there, that we are now concentrating all our releases in West Texas" said J. Peter Jenny, Peregrine Fund vice president. "The habitat in West Texas is excellent for this species and landowners have been extremely supportive of our reintroduction efforts. The pay off is we are now beginning to see falcon pairs establishing territories in West Texas. We are extremely pleased to have the opportunity to release falcons on private ranches, made possible because of the Safe Harbor Program."
"As ranchers, we're looking forward to having aplomado falcons back in West Texas," said Jon Means, partner in the Means Ranch Company, which owns the Moon Ranch. "We've been partners in this program since 2002 and it's been a pleasure working with The Peregrine Fund folks."
The Means family has been ranching in West Texas for five generations.
The Texas Hawking Association is donating $1,000 to the Fund to support the West Texas aplomado falcon reintroduction project. The 200-member group includes people who train falcons and other birds of prey for hunting. (Falconers must have state and federal permits to practice their art.)
"To be a falconer is to be a conservationist," said Steve Oleson, Texas Hawking Association president. "As an organization, we want to do our part to help all species flourish. Our first target years ago was getting peregrine falcon numbers back up, and our members helped the Peregrine Fund with that successful effort. Now we're focusing on a Texas resident, the aplomado falcon. A few peregrines nest in Texas, but most just migrate through. The aplomado is here year-round. It's not a bird traditionally used in falconry, but we want to have them back as part of natural Texas, just to be able to see them on the wing."
"The key to this partnership is the private land stewards who are providing the habitat," said Robert L. Cook, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department executive director. "The work of the nonprofit partners and government biologists here is important, to be sure, but without ranchers willing to host falcon releases and protect habitat to support them, these beautiful birds would not be coming back in our state."
The release of aplomado falcons is being conducted under a "Safe Harbor" agreement between landowners, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and The Peregrine Fund.
The agreement encourages private landowners to participate in the restoration of the endangered bird by exempting additional provisions or liabilities under the Endangered Species Act.
Property owners who maintain a baseline number of aplomado falcons and agree to the release of falcons would be free to use or develop other areas of their property, even if the use results in "incidental take" of a falcon. There are currently more than 2 million acres in Texas enrolled in the aplomado falcon Safe Harbor Program.
The aplomado falcon is the one remaining falcon on the endangered species list and a top priority of The Peregrine Fund.
By the 1950s, it was no longer found in the United States until 1995, when a pair of falcons raised and released by biologists from The Peregrine Fund nested. At the end of 2005, 46 pairs were known to exist in the wild, two of those on the Moon Ranch.
Since July 1, 2002, landowners in 42 western Texas counties have been eligible to sign on to the Safe Harbor Agreement. These include Andrews, Brewster, Cochran, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Dawson, Dimmit, Duval, Ector, Edwards, El Paso, Frio, Gaines, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Jim Hogg, Kinney, La Salle, Loving, Martin, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Midland, Pecos, Presidio, Real, Reeves, Starr, Sutton, Terrel, Terry, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Ward, Webb, Yoakum, Winkler, Zapata, and Zavala Counties.
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February 6, 2014
First Wednesday moved to Monday
Due to the weather-related closing of all campuses yesterday, President Harrison's town hall meeting will be held on Monday, February 10, beginning at 8:15 a.m. in the Conference Center Ballroom, fourth floor WD. The event will be livestreamed and archived at the site: http://www.livestream.com/columbusstate. Enter the password cougars to access the site.
Donate during February to Columbus State's Combined Charitable Giving Campaign
Columbus State's annual charitable giving campaign will take place during the month of February, allowing employees to donate to their favorite charity within these six charitable federations: The United Way of Central Ohio, The United Way of Delaware County, America's Charities, EarthShare Ohio, Community Health Charities of Ohio, and Community Share of Mid Ohio.
These federations raise funds for nonprofit organizations who address community needs that impact health and research, human services, education, human and civil rights, and the environment and conservation - locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. By making a gift to one or more of the listed charities you can make a difference in your backyard and around the world.
You can find the list of agencies and their donation codes in the Donor Resource Guide online. (Document is on the Intranet, and not available off campus) After you have selected a charity, you can find the Employee Pledge Form online, fill it out, print the form and send it with your check or payroll deduction information to: Barbara Smith-Allen, coordinator for Community and Civic Engagement, Franklin Hall 132.
The federations and their member agencies thank you for participating in the 2014 Columbus State Combined Charitable Campaign!
Featured Agency: A Kid Again
This agency fosters hope, happiness, and healing for families raising kids with life threatening illnesses. The agency provides year-round, fun-filled adventures that allow children with life threatening illnesses feel like A Kid Again! Agency code: 3040.
Student Success grant proposal deadline is extended
The deadline to submit preliminary proposals to the Student Success Council for Innovation Fund projects has been extended until Monday, February 17, at noon.
The Student Success Innovation Fund has $200,000 that has been set aside for exploratory student success projects. This is "one-time" money that can be used to begin or explore new processes that aim to improve student success.
Any current Columbus State administrator, faculty member, or staff member can apply for funding. The first step in the process is completion of the Preliminary Proposal Form which can also be found at the Achieving the Dream site under "news."
Completed Preliminary Proposal Forms can be sent electronically to firstname.lastname@example.com. After Preliminary Proposals have been evaluated, the Full Proposal deadline will be Monday, March 20. Applicants should also schedule a pre-proposal meeting with the appropriate vice president or designee in the applicant's area. Student Affairs proposals should be sent to Desiree Polk-Bland or Mabel Freeman. Academic Affairs proposals should be sent to T. J. Duda. All other proposals should be sent to Tracy Little or Desiree Polk-Bland. The Student Success Council hopes that you will consider submitting your ideas or ongoing student success projects for funding!
If you have questions about the process, please contact Tracy Little or Desiree Polk-Bland.
Volunteers needed for Central District Science Day March 15
Columbus State will again host the Ohio Academy of Sciences Central District Science Day, Saturday, March 15. The event falls on the final weekend of Columbus State's Spring Break (March 10-15).
More than 500 students from local area middle and high schools will present their science projects in hopes of advancing to the state competition in May. Volunteers are needed to judge these projects and to assist in the smooth operation of the activities.
Judges will be needed from 8:00 a.m. to approximately 12:30 p.m. If you have never judged science projects before, don't worry. An orientation session will assist you. All judging is done in pairs with inexperienced judges matched with experienced judges.
Additional volunteers are needed to assure smooth operations during the event. Times of service will vary. Volunteers help students find their display sites, assist in registration, tally up the scores, assist the judges by collecting score cards, and act as hall monitors to maintain order and security. There is a volunteer job for every person regardless of science training.
This is an excellent community service opportunity so come and help make it a success!
If you would like more information about this event or if you want to volunteer as a judge or in any other capacity please contact John Blaha at ext. 5930.
Help throw a birthday party on Saturday!
Columbus State's Community Service Club, "Cougars for the Community", will host a community service event, open to all students and employees, at the YWCA Family Center on Saturday, February 8, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. The event will be a big birthday party for all the children who live at the YWCA Family Center. The volunteers will help serve refreshments and birthday cake, assist with games and prizes, and just have fun with the kids! The YWCA Family Center is located at 900 Harvey Court, Columbus, Ohio, 43219 and you can go to "Cougars for the Community" website, www.cscforthecommunity.org, to get more details on this event and future community service events.
Employees and students are also invited to participate in Student Engagement and Leadership's (SEaL) "Saturday of Service," which will be held at the Milo-Grogan Boys and Girls Club, 1012 Cleveland Ave., from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Participants will work on various indoor service projects at the location. Find out more about SEaL's event by emailing email@example.com.
Annual Black History Month Read-In is Feb. 13
Columbus State's Office of Global Diversity and Inclusion and the English Department will present the 25th Annual National African American Read-In Chain, a Black History Month celebration, on Thursday, February 13, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Nestor Hall West Lounge.
The Read-In is a National Council Teachers of English, NCTE Black Caucus, and International Reading Association initiative.
All students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to sign-up to read and speak at this event. Contact Robyn Lyons-Robinson by Monday, February 10 to express your interest in participating.
"A man is either free, or he is not. There cannot be an apprenticeship for freedom." ― Amiri Baraka
Deadline nears for Service Learning designation
Do you incorporate service learning in your teaching? If so, join the growing list of "S" course offerings for academic year 2014-2015 by applying for an S-designation for your Spring Semester 2015 classes.
According to Learn and Serve, service learning is "a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning process, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities."
Beginning Autumn Semester 2014, sections of existing courses that meet the criteria for service learning will be offered in the course listing with the "S" suffix. The S-designation makes it easier for students to locate service-learning classes and provides standards for class design across the college.
All S-designation requests are handled through the Office of Academic Affairs Service Learning Committee. For guidance on this process, please contact the committee co-chairs Lisa Briggs and Nancy Pine.
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(UPDATED COVERAGE, May 2) Sun World International LLC has hired managers and growers for five new positions and added three departments to its business structure.
Michael McCartney was named chief operations officer for the Bakersfield, Calif.-based grower and marketer of grapes, tree fruit, citrus and peppers. The former vice president of operations for Naples, Fla.-based Naturipe Farms LLC has been consulting Sun World on food safety and consumer satisfaction for about a year, chief executive officer David Dever said.
Cynthia Klein, former general manager at Monarch Nut Co. and Munger Brothers, was named director of northern distribution. She'll have responsibility for postharvest processes.
Jon Wong, former national transportation manager at Naturipe, heads logistics and transportation, one of three new departments at Sun World. The others are innovation and special projects — overseen by food safety and quality assurance director Claudio Olave — and corporate responsibility.
Tree fruit grower Saul Acosta and grape grower Joe Medina were also hired.
Executive vice president David Marguleas, who heads Sun World's licensing, variety and business development, is taking additional responsibility for the company's Coachella farming and packing operations.
"It's a change in business strategy and an expansion," Dever said. "We're growing now and we'll continue to have pretty extensive growth, so we are preparing for that."
Sun World's growth is happening in both California and global operations.
"To really take advantage of all we're going to be doing with our assets, we hired some powerful managers and operational people to leverage those into some extensive profit increases over the next five to eight years," Dever said.
In Coachella Valley, Sun World is doubling strawberry acreage and adding to grape acreage, Dever said, as well as packing and marketing more citrus.
"In the San Joaquin Valley, we're going to be planting new acreage over the next three years to take advantage of the value of our raw land," Dever said. "We have a lot of land that isn't planted and we want to optimize its value."
On grapes, Sun World intends to increase plantings of proprietary varieties such as Scarlotta and Autumn Crisp.
"Those two have a lot of potential," Dever said. The company expects to start production of grapes in the Coachella Valley and Mexico in mid-May.
International operations are growing by double digits annually, he said. They center on South America and South Africa, with some in Europe.
"We want to have the right product for the right customer at the right price," Dever said. "Everything is focused on that. So I'm bringing in people to help us do that, who understand consumers and retailers and how to transform us. It's an aggressive and ambitious plan. We're excited but we have a lot of work to do to really form this into what we want it to be."


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Motor Press Guild To Honor Road & Track's Thomas L. Bryant With Lifetime Achievement Award
Nov 19, 2012, 14:44 ET from Motor Press Guild
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Motor Press Guild (MPG), the largest automotive media association in North America, announced today that Road & Track Editor Emeritus Thomas L. Bryant will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual Dean Batchelor Awards Banquet at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles on Dec. 11, 2012.
Bryant joined the Road & Track family in 1972, where he worked for 36 years, including 20 years as editor-in-chief. He retired from the magazine in 2008 and remains a prominent figure in the automotive industry. He is a member of the Motor Press Guild and, among other achievements, has been an honorary judge at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
"Throughout his career, Tom Bryant has won the respect and admiration of countless supporters throughout the automotive world," said Laura Burstein, President, Motor Press Guild. "He embodies the tradition of excellence upon which the Dean Batchelor Awards were founded, and we are delighted to honor him for his many contributions to our industry."
In addition to the Lifetime Achievement Award, the MPG Dean Batchelor Award gala will include the presentation of Best of the Year awards to automotive journalists for works across four categories: books, articles, photographs and video. One winner from among those four will receive the Dean Batchelor Award, established in honor of the late automotive journalist who was noted for his standard of excellence in journalism.
All Motor Press Guild members and those affiliated with the automotive industry are welcome to attend. Tickets are $75 for non-members and must be purchased in advance online by Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. No tickets will be sold at the door. Attire is black-tie optional.
What: Motor Press Guild Dean Batchelor Awards
When: Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Petersen Automotive Museum, 6060 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
Registration Link:
The Los Angeles-based Motor Press Guild (MPG) is the largest automotive media association in North America with approximately 800 members. This non-profit trade guild is dedicated to promoting professionalism in automotive journalism through education and information exchange. Members include journalists from print, broadcast, and online outlets as well as public relations representatives, consumer groups and governmental bodies tied to the automotive industry. The organization hosts regular meetings featuring key figureheads in the auto industry and is widely recognized for its annual Dean Batchelor Award program and annual industry MPG Track Day.
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Motor Press Guild
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Nyjer Morgan or Chris Carpenter. For me it's a toss up.
Nyjer Morgan or Chris Carpenter. For me it's a toss up.
Maybe that Joey Votto with his fancy coffers.
Seriously, a Red is a Red. I would have even accepted Steve Garvey.
"What would your feelings be, seriously, if your cat or your dog began to talk to you, and to dispute with you in human accents? You would be overwhelmed with horror. I am sure of it. And if the roses in your garden sang a weird song, you would go mad." --Arthur Machen
"Don't trust any statistics you did not fake yourself."--Winston Churchill
Willy Taveras round two
"Today was the byproduct of us thinking we can come back from anything." - Joey Votto after blowing a 10-1 lead and holding on for the 12-11 win on 8/25/2010.
Al Leiter
Upton bros
Alphonso Soriano
Derek Lowe
Barry Bonds
Melky Cabrera
"It's better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt."
I'm not a man of many words. Read my posts, and you'll see what I mean.
Some people are Optimists (They see the glass 1/2 full).
Others are Pessimists (They see the glass 1/2 empty).
Me, I'm a Realist. 1/2 empty IS 1/2 full.
Chris Carpenter, Yadier Molina, Nyger Morgan
"I tried to play golf, but I found out I wasn't very good." -Joey Votto on his offseason hobby search
An MLB.com reporter asked what one thing Votto couldnt do. I cant skate or play hockey, Votto said. Well, I can skate ... but I cant stop.
Yadier Molina, Jim Edmonds, JD Drew
Jim Edmonds. When I was a kid I held a ball to him and asked for his autograph. He replied he didn't have a pen and when I presented him with one he threw it behind his back and told me "it didn't have any ink." I've blocked any memory of him playing for the Reds.
Nyger Morgan. Most outstanding among his list of BS to me is that he hit a Reds fan in the face.
A Rod. He would throw the first ball he fields with his number on it to the Fox Sports girls. And then he'd whine and pout about how the runner should be out.
There are only two seasons - Winter and Baseball.
Jose Valverde. I hate his antics and laugh everytime he gives up a game winner or game tying HR in the 9th.
"Losing feels worse than winning feels good." -Vin Scully
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Posted on Tuesday, March 4, 2014
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Five Westminster College students and their professor Dr. Karen Resendes, Westminster assistant professor of biology, published and presented their research during the Fall Semester.
Resendes recently published "Human TREX2 Components PCID2 and Centrin 2, But Not ENY2, Have Distinct Functions in Protein Export and Co-Localize to the Centrosome" in the Experimental Cell Research journal. She is the corresponding author, and contributing authors include students Corey Cunningham, Casey Schmidt, and Nathaniel Schramm. The work is a culmination of four years of intensive research in the laboratory at Westminster. The results represent the first discovery of specific novel functions for PCID2 other than mRNA export and suggest that components of the TREX-2 complex serve alternative share roles in the regulation of nuclear transport and cell cycle progression.
Cunningham graduated in 2013 with a degree in molecular biology. He is currently enrolled in the Cell and Molecular Biology Ph.D. program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His current research focuses on investigating gene function by knocking out genes in C. elegans using RNA interference technology.
Schmidt graduated in 2012 with a degree in molecular biology. She is currently enrolled in the Genetics and Molecular Biology Ph.D. program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on the biogenesis of RNA splicing effectors in Dropsophila melanogaster.
Schramm, a junior molecular biology major, is a son of David and Christine Schramm of Cheswick and a graduate of Central Catholic High School.
Student P.J. Woods and Schramm also presented the collaborative research at the American Society of Cell Biology (ASCB) annual meeting in December in New Orleans.
Woods, a senior molecular biology and history major, is a son of Paul and Patricia Woods of Cranberry Township and a graduate of Seneca Valley High School.
Also at the meeting, student Kevin Mroz presented "Online Exercises Do Not Improve Student Learning Over Traditional Introductory Biology Teaching Methods in a Small Liberal Arts Setting." Mroz studied the effectiveness of the hybrid method with class sizes of 24 students or less. The courses were designed to compare the hybrid and traditional methods with the same set of students by alternating styles by week. In addition to lecture and laboratory sessions, hybrid weeks included online quizzes based on textbook readings taken before the material was covered in class and online activities performed after the chapter was covered in class, designed to help reinforce content. Retention of information was measured by analyzing student improvement on questions between a pre-test and midterms or final exam. Results showed that in both courses the addition of online work had no significant effect on retention of information regardless of topic or question style.
Mroz, a senior biology major, is a son of Herbert and Rebecca Mroz of McDonald and a graduate of Fort Cherry High School.
Resendes was an invited speaker on the education panel "Foundational Cell Biology Workshop: Making Cell Biology Accessible by All." She spoke on her experiences using Internet resources in classroom assignments. Also as part of the session, Resendes helped to facilitate a roundtable discussion on the topic.
Resendes, who joined the faculty in 2009, earned an undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary and a Ph.D. from Brown University.
Contact Resendes at 724-946-7211 or email for additional information about the research and the presentations.


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KEXP Reviews
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The third album from this Cleveland project led by young Dylan Baldi is an abrupt and wholly successful change-of-pace from the more upbeat and melodic self-titled album from last year. Produced by Steve Albini, the album sports a much darker, heavier '90s-influenced sound, with thick, distorted basslines, trebly guitars and raw drums reminiscent of Slint, the Wipers and Fugazi, along with more angsty fare like Nirvana, Sunny Day Real Estate and Jawbreaker. Some of his earlier power pop can still be found, though it's colored much darker here, both musically and lyrically. 1/23/2012 - Don Yates
Other Cloud Nothings album reviews:
Here And Nowhere Else - 3/28/2014
Cloud Nothings - 1/28/2011
Turning On - 10/22/2010


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Young people are driving less
Since 1975 the number of drivers' licence holders has risen by 81% - from 19m licenced drivers to 35m in 2010.
Access to ever increasing numbers of cars and the consequent reshaping of people's lives to make them dependent on them is one of the chief reasons why cycling levels have remained virtually static since the mid twentieth century.
However, there are signs of change taking place. 'Peak car' , a theory expounded by academics such as Phil Goodwin, suggests that car usage will - or even already has - started to fall. Forecasts of interminable growth in private car use have been repeatedly shown to be wrong - with the growth in traffic far lower than early estimates. These forecasts are crucial: in many places new road infrastructure or spending on junctions is justified by claimed future congestion arising from the background increase in traffic. In reality, the number of miles travelled per person by car has fallen by 5% over the last 15 years.
2011 was the first time ever that the National Travel Survey has found an estimated fall in the number of licence-holders - down around 60,000 over the year. But it's the changes amongst age groups that is striking. Whereas licences have become more and more common amongst older age groups, the proportion of younger people obtaining licences has fallen steadily over the past few years.
The following graph shows that over the last 15 years the proportion of 21-29 year-olds with licences has fallen from 74% to 63%, whilst for 70+ year olds it has risen from 38% to 59%. The ageing population means that a bigger proportion of all drivers are older - which may in part be the reason why deaths and injuries have declined so fast in recent years (young people carry much higher risks of killing or injuring themselves and others).
The changes in licence holding is also reflected in the number of miles reported to be driven by young age groups. The number of miles driven by 17-20 year-olds dropped a staggering 17% in 2011 when compared to the previous year, whereas miles driven climbed 11% amongst those aged 70 or more.
In part these changes probably result from high unemployment amongst young people and skyrocketing motoring insurance costs for that age group. However, the changes may also be linked to changing aspirations and attitudes amongst the population, with an older population still deeply attached to the car, whereas some younger people no longer see the car as a requirement for social interaction or status.
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Have our wishes been answered? Scientists have found an oil field which contains 200 times more hydrocarbons than there is water on the whole of the Earth.
Time to wave peak oil goodbye forever … but before you do I should probably inform you of the tiny hiccup in any plan to develop this oil field.
It is around 1,300 light years away.
The scientists work at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, and using the 30m-telescope of the Institute for Radio Astronomy they discovered a vast cloud of hydrocarbons within the Horse Head Nebula galaxy in the Orion constellation.
Upon discovery of the cloud IRAM astronomer Viviana Guzman declared that, "the nebula contains 200 times more hydrocarbons than the total amount of water on Earth!"
Just for those of you curious as to exactly how many barrels of oil that roughly equates to, here you go: one hundred and fifty-five quintillion, two hundred and thirty-eight quadrillion, ninety-five trillion, two hundred and thirty-eight billion, ninety-five million, two hundred and fifty thousand, or 155,238,095,238,095,250,000 barrels.
Now like me you might be wondering how oil, which is supposedly produced from organic matter buried millions of years ago, could possibly exist in space. Well it turns out that these hydrocarbons were likely created by the fragmentation of giant carbonaceous molecules called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which are produced during the death of a star.
There is even a theory that molecules such as these could have served as the first organic compounds for creating life.
Source: http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Scientists-Find-Mega-Oil-Fiel-...-1300-Light-Years-Away.html
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andrew | Jan. 2, 2013Life was created by GOD. If life evolved, why arent we seeing changes happening now? And for the oil, how are we supposed to harvest it when its a millenium light years away? hmmmn.
Zack | Dec. 31, 2012Dibs on first wireline crew out!!!!
jesse atwell | Dec. 30, 2012The part that should be discussed is: There was no plant life on the planet, but it has fossil oil energy......does this mean that oil is naturally occurring compound? Pseudo intellectuals have been saying for decades that were running out of oil....yet more oil has been discovered off the coast of Brazil, Africa and Alaska and North Dakota which are greater than all the oil used to date ....and active oil fields in Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran have not been depleted....in fact all known oil reserves in those countries has actually increased.....Ladies and Gentlemen there werent enough dinosaurs on earth to account for the amount of oil being pumped and to be pumped in the future......Oil is a naturally occuring chemical compound in the Universe. So weve been fed anothe bogus scientific theory that isnt panning out. Somebody should call Al Gore and tell him...
Kalada | Dec. 28, 2012This is a Fairy Tale told to Toddlers!
david | Dec. 21, 2012Roll on Warp drive
Clovis Hebert | Dec. 21, 2012Life was created by God!
Herbert Cappon | Dec. 21, 2012When are we crewing up????
andrew | Dec. 21, 2012if its true how the hell are we going to harvest that oil. So whats the news there.
Jeff Shouse | Dec. 21, 2012Now thats Greezy.Ill go check it out if your looking for someone, We better hurry tomorrows the 21st.
Sam | Dec. 21, 2012This news reminds me of Cold Fusion again ! Anyway, news are supposed to be sensational !.
Dallas | Dec. 21, 2012Must have been pre-Cretatious period Dinosaurs that died off and were fossilized from Uranus. This is great (And funny) news for all the yahoos who keep saying: "Fossil fuels are running out. We MUST develop wind, solar & pixie dust sources of energy to ween off of the pollution causing Oil". Will someone please make sure the White House press secretary gets a copy of this article to take to his boss. Maybe now, finally we can set a goal of worth for NASA. Go out and find Oil within the Solar System. We know water ice exists in places NEVER before in any wildest dreams thought of; why not Hydrocarbons?
darrick baxter | Dec. 21, 2012Wow, Youd spend that much gas just getting there... My van would never make a trip that far. I think Ill stick to the ShowN Save down the street.
Kev | Dec. 21, 2012Otta this world, just like my OIM ;-)
Ron | Dec. 20, 2012And I thought Fort McMurray was cold.
Noboy | Dec. 20, 2012Not to dis-credit anyone here.. but that is truck load of miles away. i would bet my salary and more that the likelihood of this being oil is less than 1%. sorry, but come on 7,800,000,000,000,000 miles away........
Robert | Dec. 20, 2012Saturns moon Titan is closer and has liquid methane (LNG) as surface lakes is a lot closer even if there is not as much.
Dave Newton | Dec. 19, 2012I would like to be on this pipeline project. Let me see...multiply by 5, carry the 7...yea, 1300 light years. I think I could retire after that job. Lol.
Marcus | Dec. 19, 2012Drill it! Sorry had to say it
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