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The 3rd Annual Derrick Ward Memorial Car Show
Derrick Ward has quite a history within the Northern California Lowrider scene. He was the founding president of Low Creations Car Club, San Francisco's first Lowrider car club. The club's motto was "no color line," a philosophy that is still in practice by the club today. Derrick was also among the first wave of Lowriders in the '70's to take Lowriding to the next level in the Bay Area by using candy paint jobs, Zenith wire wheels, and chrome undercarriage work. On April 13th 2007, Mr. Derrick Ward lost his battle to pancreatic cancer.
On Sunday, April 18, 2010, Low Creations Car Club, along with Mid-Peninsula Muscle Car Club and Golden Gate Street Rods, hosted the 3rd Annual Derrick Ward Memorial Car and Motorcycle Show at Sierra Point Marina in Brisbane, CA, in his honor. All of the show's proceeds went to Pancreatic Cancer Research.
Knowing that the event was for a good cause, the city of Brisbane donated the location for that day's event. The small peninsula that extends outward into the San Francisco Bay worked as a great mood setter, as there was a moment of silence in honor of Derrick Ward's memory. Soon after, his family and friends spoke over the loud speaker and shared their thoughts and memories of this Bay Area legend.
Derrick, who co-founded a car club that believed in having diversity, was also honored at this dedication show in that same manner as not only Lowriders were in attendance; hot rod enthusiasts, muscle car fans, and motorcycle riders came to pay tribute as well. Some of the clubs in attendance included Excandalow from the East Bay, who showed strong with nearly a dozen clean Impalas, and Chicano Legacy, Nuestro Estilow, Pachuco's, Hells Angels, Low Vintage in addition to few more clubs and solo riders. The event was free to the public, but a donation booth was set up in case someone without a car entry wanted to donate money to Pancreatic Cancer Research.
With over 250 entries and a fundraising of over $9,000 for Pancreatic Cancer Research, the event was a complete success. I would like to send a special thanks to Don Alonso of Low Creations for all the help as well.
In Memorium
Terry Anderson
The culture of Lowriding has lost yet another innovator and legendary figure. This past July, electronics master Terry Anderson passed away after battling pancreatic and liver cancer. Terry's love for all things Lowrider created a legacy for him that will continue to live on.


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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - Is there a brush browser for Photoshop? Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Digital Art Discussion View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "Is there a brush browser for Photoshop?" Petri.JmemberMember #Joined: 04 Dec 2003Posts: 437Location: Helsinki, Finland Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:34 am Finding the right brush from huge collection always takes a lot of time. I've been trying to find a brush browser that would let you browse and organize your brushes to tabs and gives you the option to customize brush icon. It would also be very useful to have recent brushes tab so that you don't have to switch between tabs either. So does anyone know if this kind of tool exists? Cheers, Petri.J Back to top LemurmemberMember #Joined: 22 Apr 2010Posts: 318Location: NYC Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 4:51 pm that would be nice, seconding the request! Back to top Petri.JmemberMember #Joined: 04 Dec 2003Posts: 437Location: Helsinki, Finland Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:56 pm Right, one brush browser coming up. Anything else sir? Back to top TomasismemberMember #Joined: 19 Apr 2002Posts: 813Location: Sweden Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:25 am I look forward to the app if it comes! it is bothersome to tidy up brushes in PS._________________out Back to top Petri.JmemberMember #Joined: 04 Dec 2003Posts: 437Location: Helsinki, Finland Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:36 pm Ok, I've been playing with photoshop scripting for couple days now and where it's very easy to create filters with static user interfaces, it turned out that it's more difficult to create custom tools that have dynamic panels (because of the way adobe has decided to not let the developers tamper with integrated UI stuff, or it could be that I just missed something). I still think that it might be possible, but I decided to start by making a tool that remembers your 20 recently used brushes and then expand the tool when I figure out how to do that exactly. Back to top T_EnglandmemberMember #Joined: 24 Feb 2009Posts: 97 Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 11:21 pm Interesting problem I face that quite often! and being quite ocd at times I had a go at it. lol 1. Separate out your categories and save them as a separate brush file 2. Make an action to load the corresponding file 3. Set actions to be displayed as "buttons" its on the drop-down list in the actions panel click the button and it updates the brush to the category instantly, nice and orderly If you can work out how to make a custom panel whereupon you click part of a picture or a thumbnail and it loads a custom action then align that with the brush presets panel, brush browser mkII can be born _________________www.tenglandsketchbook.blogspot.com www.thomasengland.co.uk Back to top Petri.JmemberMember #Joined: 04 Dec 2003Posts: 437Location: Helsinki, Finland Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:47 am Sweet! That's a very clever idea. Here's a tutorial that tells you exactly how to do that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0ou1lP7eG4 I can find out if you could actually find all brush file from a folder and create corresponding number of buttons to a panel, find thumbnails for them and connect those buttons to certain actions. Right now I'm still trying to find out how to create that recent brushes custom panel. Biggest limitation I have found so far is that different photoshop versions are not compatible with each other, and seems like they made big changes to cs6 too from the User Interface side.. Back to top T_EnglandmemberMember #Joined: 24 Feb 2009Posts: 97 Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:48 pm It looks that a lot of stuff is possible using flex I know there are windows applications that let you read and manage the .abr brush files so perhaps something like that which just exports files to the right places? But yeah it would be cool if it was possible to just strip out most of the UI from Photoshop and rebuild it, I always been a fan of very minimal interfaces that take up very little screen space_________________www.tenglandsketchbook.blogspot.com www.thomasengland.co.uk Back to top Petri.JmemberMember #Joined: 04 Dec 2003Posts: 437Location: Helsinki, Finland Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 5:49 am Reviving this old thread because I found a solution to this. Someone has made a tool called Brusher. What the script does is allowes you to create custom thumbnails for brushes in your library. I don\t know how he managed to wiggle around those photoshop limitations, but it works perfectly. http://hundredsofsparrows.com/index.php/tools/ You can access these brushes by creating a keyboard shortcut for Photoshop to File>Scripts>brtl_general. Note that you can of course assign that keyboard shortcut to your wacom pen for easy access. 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So, you just got a divorce, and you're ready to get back out into the world again. Congratulations! Did you change your name as part of the final decree? If you did, then you've still got plenty of work to do, and a lot of it you have to do yourself.
Start with a plan. Many government agencies and some companies are going to require an original or a properly-signed certified copy of your divorce decree or court order, so you'll want to do a little homework before you start running around to get a general idea of how many certified copies you're going to need from the courthouse. If you got a few properly certified copies when the final order was entered, that's probably enough to get you started. You can always go back for more.
A word about mail or personal delivery. If you're applying to a government agency to change your name by mail, make sure to use a traceable delivery method, such as USPS Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation, USPS Priority Mail with Signature Confirmation or USPS Express Mail (for overnight delivery requests). Certified mail is also a traceable but may take longer. Other delivery services may work as well if they can delivery to a P.O. Box or if the agency has a street address.
Now you're ready to work your plan.
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After that, you should work through a good, thorough checklist that includes all aspects of you business and personal life, including your children's lives, too. These that run the range from the very basic – such as notifying the post office – to the more complex – such as meeting with your estate planning advisors to review your wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and other legal documents.
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1. Get a new driver's license or state identification card. You may be able to change your voter registration at the same time.
2. Get a new Social Security Card. You can accomplish this with Form SS-5. See http://www.ssa.gov/online/ss-5.pdf. You can do this by mail or in person at your local Social Security office. You will need an original or certified copy of the divorce decree and the other documents listed in the application. If you are on Medicare, you can also make changes under the Medicare program at the local Social Security field office as well or by calling (800) 772-1213.
3. Get a new passport. You can usually accomplish this by mail with either Form DS-5504 or DS-82, depending on how old your passport is at the time you apply for a new one. See the name change section at http://travel.state.gov/passport/correcting/correcting_2654.html.
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14. Notify your employer and their HR department, and work with them to make any necessary changes to any retirement/pension accounts.
15. Inform co-workers and those with whom you have a working relationship such as clients, customers and prospects.
16. Change e-mail addresses (only if they reflect your old name). You may want to ask your employer set up an alias email address for a few months with your former name so that your emails don't get bounced.
17. Review online accounts for information that needs to be changed, such as your Facebook account, Twitter, Google+, etc.
18. Notify any place you have a membership (library, gyms, clubs, and affinity programs such as frequent hotel guest and frequent flyer programs, etc.)
19. Change legal documents such as wills, living wills, trusts and powers of attorney. (This may be a good time for you to review these documents with your attorney for other matters, such as beneficiaries, too.)
20. Change notifications/permissions for child(ren)'s doctors, and school(s) and other activities.
21. Notify the Department of Vital Statistics/Records (issuers of birth marriage and death certificates), if necessary. Most states do not require, and will not permit, this after a divorce but may or will permit it after a change for certain other reasons.
22. Change voting registration if you did not do this at the time you changed your driver license.
23. Notify the Department of Veterans Affairs, if appropriate.
24. Notify your state public assistance office (Department of Human Services, Department of Children and Families, etc.) to change your name on your EBT card, to change your name in your state's Medicaid program, and to change your name in their records for other programs.
25. Change your name with any company in which you are an officer, LLC manager, or director. Make sure those companies change the state corporate records where you are an officer or director. Also, change the state records for any fictitious names you own.
26. Change your business cards and stationery.
27. If you are not a US citizen but have a green card, notify USCIS (INS) and change name according to their procedure. There is a $450 non-refundable filing fee for filing USCIS Form I-90. Click here.
28. Change magazine and newspaper subscriptions.
29. Check with credit reporting agencies (TRW, TransUnion, Equifax) to make sure that you new name is reflected in their records.
30. Consider an announcement through social media or by mail or to friends and relatives.
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118 months ago
I have been with a company for about 4 months now. I was hired as an Admin. Assistant, my 'official title' to those outside the company ranges from "Project Manager" to "Admin chic". During the interview, I was asked if I would mind running errands such as getting lunch for the small number of employees and getting the drinks we keep in the office. I didn't mind and said so. However, since I have started work, I have taken the boss's car to the car wash many times, suits to the dry cleaner, trips to the bank to pay his house payment, spent hours on the phone tracking down information for his home remodeling project, multiple trips to pick up lunch for his wife that drops by the office after having already gone out to get lunch for everyone in the office, canceled home phone service, greeting card accounts, and made multiple calls to charities around town looking for someone to accept appliances that would also pickup. Let me clarify a few things: I don't mind running the errands for the office, getting lunch for the small number of people that work in the office so that they may continue to work uninterrupted and getting supplies, such as sodas and snacks, to keep the caffeine levels high. The things that I don't enjoy are the personal errands that have nothing to do with a functioning Office. I spend about 85% of my time paying his personal bills, and getting his car clean (in addition i am not at all comfortable driving someone else's car). I was hired as an Administrative Assistant and was under the impression that I would be handling office responsibilities. I am also aware that occasionally I probably be asked to handle things not related to the office however, the frequency of personal errands I run it starting to make me wonder what I was really hired for. Am I off base here? Should I just adjust me outlook and cope, or am I being taken advantage of? You insight is appreciated.
118 months ago
O Please mind the spelling/grammar errors. In my frustration and hurry to get a response I neglected to check.
MOONSTAR in Maryville, Tennessee
118 months ago
Here are a few suggestions...instead of running the errands yourself, why not ask the people who perform the services -- dry cleaning, car washing, delivering the food, keeping in contact with the contractor who is remodeling the house, getting the vehicles detailed, office supply delivery store -- if they can deliver these items at the offices. Most companies who perform these services will...make life easy for yourself. I have been an admin for over 18 years -- trust me, there is always a shortcut to sometimes -- to allow yourself to have more time.
In Tune in Nottingham, Maryland
118 months ago
Is any of this getting in the way of you accomplishing your primary functions in your specific job? Are you falling behind, feeling resentment or just plain fed up and need a way to say so? I strongly urge you to take it one step further and investigate to see what the true cost is in providing concierge or personal services outside of your job description. Yes, it is true, vendors will accomodate the requests at an additional cost. Prepare a job cost analysis. Show how the investment (extra money in enlisting these vendors vs. your time paid and that of all fellow employees is balanced in the true cost of you getting that lunch for everyone. If you are using your free time to support these tasks you need to find a way to recoup for that as well. Start with tracking your mileage and time spent on the errands. Use this to open communications on this topic in language most managers understand. Time and money. If it is starting to interfere with your job performance, whether you mind it or not, and it sounds as if it is, you have to make an internal honest assessment and a decision on just how far YOU will go. This may just be the thing you need to show him the true value of the concierge services you provide, "at no additional cost" simply because he feels free to use you as his personal conceirge. I also urge you to extracate yourself out of his home remodeling project, unless he is willing to compensate you for project management. A secretary/or admin is not a dumping ground for all matters private and out of the scope of your professional relationship. "At Will employment" does not mean it is an excuse for your boss to impose his personal matters into your employer/employee relationship". It all depends on how much you want to take on and how far you beleive this will take you in your career path. I have had an admin job description which included cleaning the office toilet, but it did not get me anywhere professionally. It was so the boss would not have to do it.
paulanderson in Kirkland, Washington
118 months ago
Show some respect for yourself and start looking. You deserve to be treated right and if you're not the level of treatment you're seeking it's time to pass that job onto someone else that enjoys driving the boss's car to the car-wash :-)
Are you happy as an admin? Deep inside do you feel you have more potential? There are plenty of opportunities where you'll do less and make more.
I've coached hundreds of admins moving from their current position by just asking themselves if they feel worthy enough to start climbing up the ladder. Once we resolve the issue of worthiness, their income doubles. They start getting new positions, doing almost the same thing but with better titles/salaries. The corporate enviornment tends to show respect based on your pay grade - it's unfortunate but that's the way it is. You can either accept it or no longer stand for not living your life to it's full potential.
You can search some of my other blog contents for how admins can move to the next level. I'm also available to answer any questions you might have.
Good luck to you
Paul Anderson (Performance Coach)
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Patricia in Ottawa, Ontario
113 months ago
I wrote an article on my blog called "Will that be one sugar or two?" and in it I talk about things like this.
Here is the link if you would like to read it:
I think it all depends on what you signed up for and if you are happy in the position otherwise.
noone's fool in Norwich, New York
109 months ago
It's very simple. If you want to work, and nothing else is available, run the errands!
noone's fool in Norwich, New York
109 months ago
Sharon MIng is absolutely 100% correct. If you don't want the job, refer him to her, and he'll let you go.
Silvia in San Antonio, Texas
109 months ago
You are certainly taken advantage of. Speak with your Boss to get things to a minumum.
blondieward in Murrieta, California
105 months ago
I know a little about how you feel. I couldn't find a job, so I created my own as a personal assistant. At the interview, this very wealthy woman nego down my services $3 an hour. Which with my experience, is not the best wage in the world. I have to drive 3 hours a day in traffic to and from work to boot. This is a vacation rental business. I work for her 3 days a week, and have worked for her about 4 months. In order to really help her in the business, I needed to see her beach properties in person. She offered to take me to the locations (about 1 hr away),to check them out, do a look-over and restock the inventory for the maids, take me to lunch, walk the beach and harbor areas so I could see the area, then go to a nice dinner as the sunset. I said that would be fine because it was one of my days off, and i wouldn't charge her because it was a fun day. Well, turned out to be a 13 1/2 hour trip that ended at midnight and asking her to take me home. It was a day of shopping for supplies, intense cleaning, organizing, changing light bulbs, re-folding every towel and sheet set in the units. Also, calling a repair man on some repairs and making reservations on her cell phone with clients that called in. There were only 3 - 1 bedroom units to check out. We went to lunch, and then went to the first unit. We were there for 5...yes 5 hours!!!! She is totally OCD!! I feel totally taken advantage of. I need the money, but I feel she is really a user, and I really blew it telling her I wouldn't charge her. BUT I also thought it was a fun trip and would return home at the latest 6PM. What should I do???
LMAO in Memphis, Tennessee
105 months ago
Karen S. in Brooklyn, New York
102 months ago
I'm w/ Savannah on his -- I have frowned on personal work. It's a variant of give 'em an inch & they'll take a mile".
There needs to be a separation between work and non-work, otherwise the foundation to abuse the worker is there.
lindam in Barrington, Illinois
102 months ago
in tune also in Savannah, Georgia said: In Tune in Maryland is correct. You need to make sure that you are not absorbing the real cost of performing these functions. You can also get some deliveries to the office but I would make sure this is ok with your boss first. If you are being paid for doing these tasks and they are not interfering with your job performance that is one matter. If,however, you just don't want to do this kind of service for someone find another job. I am doing just that. I will not run errands of a personal nature at my own expense and I also refuse to become embroiled in the family matters of my employer.
It is really bad when you are expected to perform these tasks at your expense, otherwise I usually do not mind.
Had a boss once who I would do such tasks and one time a client had me wait and when I returned to the office, the boss blamed me. Unbelievable.
Lost hours in Chicago, Illinois
101 months ago
It's hard to do personal errands for an employer but in this economy you have to "hitch up your britches" and do it. I am the only person in the office whose hours have been cut - I now work 30 hours instead of 40 and was told to accomplish as much as I can in that time. I am very busy, but I do make sure I leave my desk for lunch otherwise I'll work through my one hour lunch. I've lost over $500 per month. Obviously I am looking, but have to deal with this for now and consider myself lucky to have a paycheck and insurance. So consider yourself fortunate you have a job and start looking!!!
samantha in South Plainfield, New Jersey
96 months ago
LMAO in Memphis, Tennessee said: I THINK YOU SHOULD BE GLAD YOU HAVE A JOB AND STOP COMPLAINING. EITHER FIND ANOTHER JOB OR DO THE JOB YOUR PAID TO DO AND TAKE PRIDE IN IT.... TO MANY WANT
Your really miserable in life
ngri in Jacksonville, Florida
92 months ago
LMAO in Memphis, Tennessee said: I THINK YOU SHOULD BE GLAD YOU HAVE A JOB AND STOP COMPLAINING. EITHER FIND ANOTHER JOB OR DO THE JOB YOUR PAID TO DO AND TAKE PRIDE IN IT.... TO MANY WANT
Wanting to work, and allowing yourself to be used as a doormat for a paycheck are two different things. You completely missed the point. "Personal errand girl/maid/babysitter" ISN'T the job they are being paid to do.
By your response, I would suspect you are one of those bosses who views his employees as his personal servants. A good leader and manager knows how to respect employees and boundaries.
By the way, your response is a spelling and grammatical nightmare.
bdilly in Metairie, Louisiana
92 months ago
I am an administrative assistant at an office where I get a mix of personal and office related errands to run. My boss used to leave me the business car when he wanted these errands ran. Then he had an issue with another of his business cars and used the one for office errands for his use. Fine, no problem there. I for the temporary time being used my car. My car is 14 years old and has had a good run. I meant for this car of mine to be used only to get me to work, and home and school. Not so much for running errands about town. My car has had an issue that put it in the shop for a week. I get it back sometime today and it has cost me a good 600 dollars to repair. Now, I don't want there to be another incident that would cost me another x amount of dollars to repair my car. And I fear that running these personal/office errands would put my car at risk. Should I tell my boss that if he would like for me to do these errands that a business car would need to be available for me to do so? Or should I suck it up and use my car until I have nothing left and put myself into a financial burden to get another car?
Office Queen in West Palm Beach, Florida
92 months ago
No, no, no. You really need to talk to your boss and tell him that you don't mind running these errands, but he needs to have a car available to you. What's gonna happen when your car really breaks down, I doubt it very much that he will help you to get it repaired. It's good to be good, but you have to be realistic. I wish u the best. Take care.
Ms. Davis in Phoenix, Arizona
79 months ago
I do agree that people should be thankful for having a job in this difficult market, however, I do not agree that an employee should just suck up anything that is pushed on them because these are, "tough times.". I do feel that in all of these cases there should be a line of communication opened. Go to the boss or manager and let them know that you would like to have a meeting to discuss your current job expectations and concerns. If a boss or manager asks you to do something and you say nothing, they just figure it is okay. One can only blame themselves if they are not communicating how unhappy they are with ones current situation. In many cases, people are not even aware that they are being unreasonable. If they know they are being unreasonable, would one really want to work for someone who does not respect their workers? Discuss it with them, they at least deserve that, and you will at least know where you stand. This will certainly help to make a decision as to stay with the position or move on.
MJO in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
78 months ago
I have worked as an admin assistant and have never been asked to take clothes to the dry cleaners or a car to a car wash? Suck it up? How about that boss is wasting the company's money by using his professional admin assistant as a personal assistant. That company must be rolling in money if they can hire a servant for their manager. Times are not hard for this company. I say move on ASAP.
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Dublin's Windmill Lane where U2 recorded parts of their albums Boy, War and The Joshua Tree are calling on all past artists to claim the tapes which include pre-digital recordings by the likes of AC/DC, The Chieftains, U2 and The Spice Girls.
Over the years these master tapes have begun deteriorating and are taking up valuable space as the studio goes through expansion.
The studio, which was set up in 1978 by engineer Brian Masterson, was originally used by traditional musicians before U2 began working there in 1980. Windmill has since relocated from its small quayside setting to Dublin's Ringsend Road and is now owned by Pulse Recording College. However, the old studio is still a site of pilgrimage for fans visiting the much-graffitied "U2 wall."
"We're appealing to any artists who've worked here using two-inch multitrack tapes to come in and reclaim them because we're in the process of disposing of these tapes," Ian Brady of Pulse told RTÉ Ten.
Some of the old tapes, including work by PJ Harvey, The Cranberries and Paul Brady, on display at Dublin's Windmill Lane Studios
"There's a lot of stuff here of huge historical interest by the likes of U2, Riverdance, AC/DC and The Chieftains but the tapes can weight tonnes and they occupy valuable space. It they're not reclaimed, they will be disposed of."
Brady adds that the studio is encouraging all enthusiasts and fans to drop in and pay a visit for their last chance ever see the significance of these nostalgic pieces all in one place.
"Disposal will commence on May 7th, and we urge any interested parties who wish to claim their tapes to contact us before that date." he says.
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Update: You can find details of Kailash Manasarovar Yatra 2010 in this latest article - Kailash Yatra . The below article is of the previous year.
Booking for the annual Kailash Manasarovar Yatra 2009 organized by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, from end of May/early June to September 2009 has started. The Kailash Manasarovar Yatra is open to all Indian citizens above 18 years of age who wish to proceed to Kailash Manasarovar in
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About the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra
Applicants should ensure that they possess an ordinary Indian passport valid for more than six months. All Yatris need to undergo a comprehensive medical examination and there selection will only take place after a positive medical report.
A High Risk Journey
Yatra is extremely arduous (more so than the Vaishnodevi / Amarnath routes), involves trekking at high altitudes upto 19,500 feet, under inhospitable conditions including extreme cold and rugged terrain and may prove hazardous for those who are not physically or medically fit. The Indian Mountaineering Foundation has recognized the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra as a trekking expedition. There is a considerable element of risk to life and property.
The duration of the Yatra will be 26 days. In addition, Yatris will need to spend 4 days in
Kailash Manasarovar Yatra Dates
In 2009 it is planned to send sixteen batches each consisting of amaximum of 60 pilgrims. The first batch is expected to depart from
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- US$ 700/- to be paid to the Chinese side.
- Expenditure on adequate equipment, clothing, food stores, porters, baggage, ponies and other items required for the Yatra.
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".......Time's up: At the close of business today, the Warriors either will have used or lost their $5.287 million traded-player exception. Vice president Chris Mullin consistently has referred to the exception as an added luxury should he decide to alter Golden State's roster.
Asked if he thought, like Mullin, that the Warriors' current group of players had the ability to reach the playoffs, coach Mike Montgomery was less emphatic.
"That's a loaded question," he said before the game. "We're close. We've got good players."
Added Derek Fisher: "I don't know if guys are thinking we need help per se. I think we're still focused on getting the guys healthy that we have and then continuing to figure out that formula for success that we need.
"I don't think there's a talent problem, you know?"......"
Okay, why would you let a deal sweetner like 5 MILLION dollar trade exemption expire? That says to me GS ain't gonna do any trading for the rest of the season. (or 7 days, as it were.)
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There was, to my mind, only one qualitative argument generally made in favor of Romney: that his management experience made him uniquely qualified to be president. He was a "turn-around artist." A "genius CEO." Now even the claim that his private-sector ability to master organizations and rescue them was a variation on process. And it always struck me as a little dubious. For one thing, it's not immediately clear how the skill set of the private-sector executive transfers to the job of managing the executive branch of the U.S. government. CEOs say jump and everyone around them says how high. The president says jump and half of Congress tries to countermand the order while getting him fired and the other branch of government gets to decide whether jumping is even theoretically allowed.
But at least this was a falsifiable claim. And the fact that Romney could not master even his own campaign organization in order to win an incredibly winnable election demonstrates–incontrovertiably–that it wasn't true. If he was a turn-around artist, he would be president-elect right now.
Most political campaigns aren't invalidated by a loss. A candidate puts forward an idea or a worldview and it can stand whether or not it's embraced by voters. It has its own truth. But in the wake of his loss Romney's campaign now looks ludicrous. He simply can't be a "genius" of managing and salvaging and not win. (Orca.)


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As her program bio confirms, Renée Fleming is the world's number one singer (according to the Salzburger Festspiele Magazin) and "one of the most beloved and celebrated musical ambassadors of our time."
"The people's diva" last sang for the San Diego Opera in 1995, just as her career was taking flight. While she has not been seen in an opera in San Diego since, she returned Saturday for a enthusiastically received concert at the Civic Theatre with the San Diego Symphony presented by the San Diego Opera and underwritten by Conard Prebys and Debbie Turner.
Given the episodic and stylistically mixed nature of the program, here are a series of thoughts (episodes, if you will) regarding the performance:
• At age 53, Fleming remains in exceptional voice. In the program-opening "Mi Chiamano Mimi" (from "La Boheme"), one of the most well-worn of Puccini's arias, she demonstrated a rich, focused sound and a flexibility that made her singing, at least in Puccini, seem effortless.
• The program, however, included relatively little of what is clearly Fleming's forte. even if she has recorded a pop album. Two arias from Puccini's "La Boheme," two short, throwaway arias from Leoncavallo's "La Boheme," and the encores of Puccini's "O Mio Babbino Caro" and Gershwin's "Summertime," were the only operatic selections.
• We're living in a crossover age, where categories are breaking down and it's refreshing that Fleming is engaging with other genres of music. But her amplified performances of Muse's "Endlessly," Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" and Death Cab For Cutie's "Soul Meets Body" were unsatisfying.
• The microphone, which she used on the pop and Broadway tunes, compromises the most individual, appealing aspects of her voice (except for her intonation, which was pitch-perfect throughout). Much of the richness of her voice was lost.
• There are perhaps five, maybe 10, sopranos in the world who could sing "O Mio Babbino Caro" with the beauty, finesse and emotional directness she did. There are perhaps 500, maybe 1,000, who could match her in Cohen's "Hallelujah." She didn't bring anything special (besides her voice) to the music.
• The second-half Broadway set was more successful than the pop material. She seemed especially comfortable inhabiting greatest hits by Bernstein ("I Feel Pretty," and a superb "Somewhere" for one of the three encores), Rodgers and Hammerstein ("The Sound of Music," "A Wonderful Guy," "Hello, Young Lovers," "You'll Never Walk Alone"), in addition to selections by Lerner and Lowe, Stephen Sondheim and Ruppert Holmes.
• An alert, responsive San Diego Symphony, ably conducted by Sebastian Lang-Lessing, was in excellent form, sensitively accompanying Fleming and providing lively instrumental relief between her vocal groupings (although you had to wonder about the inclusion of John Williams' "Darth Vader's Theme" from "The Empire Strikes Back").
• Despite Fleming's status, and the San Diego Opera using her image as the centerpiece of its 2012 season promotion, she proved a hard sell, with "benefit" tickets priced from $100 to $1,000. Some were still on sale Saturday, despite the opera offering discounts and subscriber incentives. Her foray into broader, more pop-oriented repertoire didn't seem to attract a wider or more diverse audience and it may have kept the hard-core opera fans away.


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Trade-talk roundup: What we know
What's the latest trade intel? Our reporters are on the case. We'll be updating this file all through Thursday's 3 p.m. ET trade deadline. Refresh and follow along with us.
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Here's the latest as of 9:45 p.m.
POSTED: Feb. 16 -- 7:51 p.m. ET
J.A. Adande: With rampant speculation that Miami is trying to pry Amare Stoudemire from the Phoenix Suns before the Cleveland Cavaliers can get him, here are two possible scenarios.
According to an NBA source, the Heat are offering Daequan Cook, Quentin Richardson, Dorell Wright, Mario Chalmers and draft picks to the Suns. Cook is the only player among that group who is under contract for next season (Chalmers has a team option for $847,000). It is believed that the Suns would rather have a package from Cleveland that would include Zydrunas Ilgauskas, J.J. Hickson and a draft pick, with the young Hickson as the most appealing part of the package.
Another league source said the Suns would like to attach Jason Richardson to a Stoudemire trade, which would relieve Phoenix from having to pay Richardson's $14 million salary next season. The combined $29 million of outgoing salary from Stoudemire and Richardson this season would be too difficult for Cleveland to match to make a trade work under the salary-cap guidelines. Miami, however, could add the $23 million expiring salary of Jermaine O'Neal to the previously mentioned offer and come within the 25 percent range of matching salaries. I have yet to hear that the Heat are willing to do so, I am merely mentioning the possibility.
That would have obvious appeal to the Suns, allowing them to escape from luxury-tax land next season and positioning them to go after a major free agent this summer.
The Suns would be looking at nine players under contract for a total of about $33 million next season: Steve Nash ($10.3 million), Leandro Barbosa ($7.1 million), Grant Hill ($3.3 million player option), Channing Frye ($2 million player option), Goran Dragic ($2 million), Earl Clark ($1.9 million), Robin Lopez ($1.9 million), Jared Dudley ($2.2 million) and Cook ($2.2 million).
The Heat would be stuck with Richardson's contract and could potentially have Stoudemire opt out and leave them as a free agent. But they would also have Stoudemire's Larry Bird rights, enabling them to offer a longer and more lucrative contract than any other team. And they would have demonstrated to Dwyane Wade that they would do whatever it takes to bring another All-Star to play alongside him.
POSTED: Feb. 16 -- 6:02 p.m. ET
Chad Ford: The Knicks have had discussions with both the Rockets and Bulls about deals that would bring Tracy McGrady and Tyrus Thomas, respectively, to New York.
However, as of Tuesday afternoon, the Knicks say they aren't sure where they stand with either team.
McGrady's agent, Arn Tellem, initiated talks with the Knicks and has been trying to make a deal happen, according to a source close to the process. The Knicks believe McGrady still can play and hope he can both lead them to a playoff berth and help persuade LeBron James to come to New York in the summer. Even if McGrady can do neither, he would allow the Knicks to get further under the cap this summer if the deal included Jared Jeffries.
But the Rockets' asking price is steep if they have to take back Jeffries and the $6.6 million remaining on his contract next season.
The same source said the Rockets want expiring contracts, 2009 first-round pick Jordan Hill and future first-rounders from New York to make it happen. That's too rich for the Knicks' blood. Although they'd love to clear Jeffries' contract off the books, it'd be too big of a risk. If the Knicks didn't land a marquee free agent or two in the summer, they'd have given away up to three high draft picks for nothing.
If the Rockets drop the request for the future 2012 first-rounder, the Knicks might be game for a deal that would send Larry Hughes, Jeffries and Hill to Houston for McGrady. Still, a source close to the process believes the Rockets may have better options for McGrady if the Knicks aren't willing to meet their demands.
Meanwhile, New York also has initiated discussions with the Bulls about a Thomas swap. The Knicks are willing to offer Chicago Al Harrington for Thomas and Jerome James. But although Harrington would be a plus for the Bulls this season, Chicago has been hoping to get a future asset (preferably a first-round pick or a good player) in return for Thomas.
POSTED: Feb. 16 -- 4:31 p.m. ET
Marc Stein: Cleveland's interest in Antawn Jamison dates to last season and apparently has spawned some radio rumblings in the D.C. area about the Wizards and Cavs discussing a deal that would swap Jamison and Mike Miller for Shaquille O'Neal.
I've been encouraged by both teams to dispel that notion in the strongest possible terms. Both teams resoundingly shot down the idea when we checked with them. Got a flat "no" from one of the two teams and a louder "BIG no" from the other.
The Cavs still covet Jamison, but giving up Shaq to get him makes no sense, even if they do successfully strike a deal for Amare Stoudemire before Thursday's 3 p.m. ET deadline.
On top of the fact that the Cavs are very pleased with Shaq's first 50-plus games in town, they need him for potential down-the-road playoff matchups against Dwight Howard, Andrew Bynum, etc. Cleveland, remember, thinks defense first.
POSTED: Feb. 16 -- 3:51 p.m. ET
Chad Ford: The Wolves continue to rebuff teams looking into the availability of Al Jefferson.
A source close to the process told ESPN.com that the Wolves recently said no to a potential Luol Deng and Tyrus Thomas for Jefferson deal, telling the Bulls that they aren't going to move Jefferson by the trade deadline, which is consistent with what Wolves GM David Kahn has been saying for weeks. However, a Deng-and-Thomas deal was the most realistic trade scenario we've heard for Jefferson.
Jefferson was one of the first big names to get mentioned in trade deadline buzz when word came out that the Pacers had rebuffed an offer of Jefferson for Danny Granger. Since then, Kahn has been adamant that he's not trading any member of his young core by the trade deadline. Kahn has maintained he wants an entire season to evaluate the talent he has on the roster.
POSTED: Feb. 16 -- 3:34 p.m. ET
Marc Stein: The Clippers fended off interest in newly minted All-Star center Chris Kaman before trading Marcus Camby to Portland on Monday.
Detroit needs a big man who can score and, according to sources close to the situation, recently followed up its interest in Utah's Carlos Boozer and Phoenix's Amare Stoudemire by trying to pry Kaman away from the Clips with a package headlined by Tayshaun Prince.
Don't forget that Kaman, besides ranking as one of the few players in the league averaging at least 20 points and nine rebounds this season, is a Michigan native.
Yet sources say the Clips made it clear that Kaman -- who has two seasons left on his contract after this one at a combined $23.5 million, compared to one more year left for Prince at $11.1 million -- was not available.
So with DeAndre Jordan in the Clips' center rotation as well, they decided to ship Camby to the Blazers for Travis Outlaw, Steve Blake and $1.5 million in cash, setting up Jordan as Kaman's new backup and leaving open the possibility that L.A. will be a free-agent factor this summer if it can ship out Al Thornton and/or Sebastian Telfair.


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A 20-Gbps undersea fiber-optic cable isn't much use when you're cruising in a diesel-powered submarine. In fact, as far as the US Navy is concerned, the most important two-thirds of the planet is unwired – the part beneath the waves. Seawater interferes with electromagnetic signals, and subs usually have to raise an antenna to the surface to send and receive email – hardly a stealth maneuver. But in a recent test, the research sub USS Dolphin successfully sent a series of emails from 400 feet deep, the first time a moving vessel at that depth has been able to communicate without giving away its position. The emails were transmitted as sound waves via an acoustical modem developed by Benthos (www.benthos.com), a company based in Cape Cod. The acoustic signal, carrying data at up to 2.4 Kbps, reached a buoy where a transducer converted it to radio and beamed it line-of-sight to a ship, which sent it to dry land. The system faces a bigger test during the Seaweb 2001 exercises off the coast of San Diego: The Dolphin will cruise through an area seeded with 40 communications nodes to find out whether a continuous signal can be maintained as the sub travels from cell to cell. The military app is clear, but the U-boat Net could also be useful in undersea oil exploration and environmental research.Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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Apache Energy and Santos confirmed Friday that their operations have been affected due to an intensifying cyclone passing through Western Australia.
Apache told Rigzone that it has stopped oil production from its Stag and Van Gogh oil fields. In a statement to Rigzone on Friday, the company said: "Production of domestic gas continues uninterrupted from the Varanus Island and Devil Creek hubs, although Apache will continue to closely monitor these facilities during the passing of the cyclone."
The Stag oil field is located in 161 feet (49 meters) of water 37 miles (60 kilometers) offshore Dampier, Western Australia. Reserves on the field are estimated between 35 and 55 million barrels of oil. Apache serves as the operator of Stag with 33.3 percent interest, while Santos holds the remaining 66.7 percent stake of the field.
The Van Gogh oil field is sited offshore Western Australia in the Exmouth Sub-Basin, and is part of the Van Gogh project. Located 33 miles (53 kilometers) north-northwest of Exmouth in a water depth of 1,247 feet (380 meters), the project taps hydrocarbons in the Top Barrow Sand reservoir. Apache serves as the operator of the project with a 52.5 percent interest, and Inpex holds the remaining 47.5 percent interest.
Meanwhile, Santos is forced to shut down the Nan Hai IV (315' ILC) rig, which is drilling on the South Finucane field. The field, located in a water depth of about 459 feet (140 meters) in WA-191-P, is situated at the northern end of the Carnarvon Basin about 9 miles (15 kilometers) east of the Mutineer facility. Serving as operator of the permit is Santos, holding a 41.6 percent interest. Kufpec Australia and Nippon Oil hold a 33.4 percent and 25 percent stake respectively.
"All personnel onboard the rig have been demobilized," a spokesperson representing Santos told Rigzone.
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology issued a warning on Friday, stating that Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle will bring "gales with gusts to 100 kilometers per hour to coastal areas between Mardie and Exmouth this evening … then extend south to Coral Bay later on Saturday."
The bureau added, "Winds are likely to increase in the Exmouth area on Saturday with damaging wind gusts to 125 kilometers per hour possible overnight Saturday if the cyclone takes a track closer to the coast."
Other operators such as Chevron and Woodside have started making precautionary arrangements on Thursday.
A spokesperson representing Woodside told Rigzone Thursday that the company is taking precautions to safeguard its people and assets, while a Chevron representative told Rigzone on the same day that it had started tie-down activities.
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CHICO — Math offerings and graduation requirements are going to be changing in Chico high schools, but precisely how the program will be implemented won't be known for at least several months.
On Wednesday, the Chico Unified School District board of trustees discussed in general terms how the new math classes, grad requirements and potential courses will be determined.
The discussion of math classes on the high school level has been spurred by change in admissions requirements at both the University of California and the California State University systems.
Both systems will be requiring that high school applicants have completed three years of math.
In a document provided to the trustees John Bohannon, CUSD director of alternative education, said besides the university requirements, stated, "Most other high schools in our area have already, or soon will, make three years of math a graduation requirement."
This was the second time the trustees had discussed the topic and at the earlier meeting Bohannon had been directed to investigate how a three-year math program could be created.
He told the board he wanted to create a team of math teachers with representatives from Chico High School, Pleasant Valley High School and Fair View High School, as well as one or more of the junior high schools.
The members of the team would meet for two days a month and would be tasked to review what sort of math classes could be offered to add to the existing programs.
Members of the board observed not all of their graduates are college-bound, but that doesn't mean the additional math class couldn't be of value.
Liz Griffin, president of the CUSD board of trustees, said the new math classes need to meet the needs of students who struggle in mathematics, students in special education, people who are going into technical careers, as well as those going to college.
Trustee Kathy Kaiser said "Some kids might prefer math classes that have a clear relationship to everyday life."
Debbie Rosenow, chair of the math department at Pleasant Valley High School, said she likes the idea that the potential future programs will be discussed in a relatively small group and then be taken to all of the high school-level math teachers in the district. She said that approach creates "flexibility" in the effort.
Bohannon also has surveyed state-designed "similar" schools to those in Chico to see what they are offering in math.
Kaiser said she would like to get a report by November or December on what sort of things the district's "math team" is coming up with.
The trustees voted unanimously to approve the creation of the team and to require the report later in the year.
Bohannon said the new math program should go into effect in the 2015-16 academic year, so it will be in place during the junior year of the Class of 2017.
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In Regional Roundup, we've gathered the top stories from each of our eight weekly newspapers every Thursday. Here are the regional stories you don't want to miss from March 6 to March 12, 2014.
Water line break occurs in center of Aurora
Water gushed through the center of the city on the evening of March 7 as a water line broke across from the Church in Aurora's entrance on West Pioneer Trail, according to Aurora Director of Public Services John Trew.
Despite the water line problems, which occurred at 5:45 p.m., he said the roads were never closed, although water covered a stretch of West Pioneer Trail between the Kiwanis-Moore Playground and Route 43.
Cuyahoga Falls
Cuyahoga Falls man going to prison for rolling back odometers on cars he sold
A Cuyahoga Falls man will spend the next two years in prison following his sentence for tampering with car odometers.
Shannon Girard Payne Sr., 35, of Graham Road, admitted he defrauded car buyers by selling high-mileage vehicles on Craigslist after rolling back the odometers. He pleaded guilty Jan. 28 to tampering with records, a third-degree felony; forgery, a fifth-degree felony; and offenses involving motor vehicle titles, an unclassified felony, according to the county prosecutor�s office.
Chelsea Handler fans gather at Blue Rock Cafe in Hudson for book signing (with video)
The Blue Rock Cafe was crowded March 6 as patrons waited for Chelsea Handler to arrive to sign her new book, "Uganda Be Kidding Me."
Handler, who performed at the Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena later that night, arrived in Hudson to sign her book at 2 p.m. The first 100 fans gathered in a winding line around the interior of the cafe, at 5827 Darrow Road, while others lined up on the sidewalk outside.
Videos: Soldier dad surprises daughters with early return from deployment
Ohio Army National Guard Sergeant 1st Class Glen Glace was newly arrived home after 11 months in Kuwait, his third deployment overseas since 2003, and surprised his daughters in their classrooms; first Hayley, a junior at Stow-Munroe Falls High School, and then T�a, a sixth-grader at Lakeview Intermediate School, on March 3.
Tallmadge High School graduate wins date with Olympic skier Nick Goepper
Not every college student from a small town in the Midwest can say they�ve dated an Olympian.
But Annie Rogers, a 2010 graduate of Tallmadge High School and zoology major at Kent State University, will be able to after she meets skier Nick Goepper sometime within the next month or so.
Nordonia Hills
Former Nordonia student sentenced to five years for assault on juvenile in Sagamore HIlls
A former Macedonia resident who assaulted a juvenile at Greenwood Village Park in Sagamore Hills last July has been sentenced to five years in prison, Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh announced March 5.
Jaquan Townsend, 20, of Cleveland, formerly of Macedonia, kicked the then 17-year-old in the face, knocking him unconscious and breaking both sides of his jaw and orbital bones, Walsh�s office said in a press release.
Resident dies in Northfield car accident
A Streetsboro woman died March 7 after failing to negotiate the on-ramp merging Route 8 northbound onto Interstate 271, according to officials.
Summit County Sheriff's Inspector Bill Holland said March 10 that Ann Tiffe, 40, was ejected from her 1999 Toyota Corolla after it struck the western wall of the ramp at around 2:30 p.m.
Twinsburg residents arrested on heroin trafficking, child endangering charges
Following a four-month undercover investigation by Twinsburg police, two Edgewood Drive residents were arrested March 4 on charges of heroin trafficking and child endangering, after police served a search warrant on their home and reportedly seized a weapon, cash, heroin and drug abuse instruments.
Earl Cook Jr., 32, of Edgewood Drive, was charged with two felony counts of drug trafficking, one felony count of having a weapon under disability, one felony count of possessing criminal tools and one misdemeanor count of child endangering.


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Press Release: Bayer Corporation Joins Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC)
Press Release
July 19, 2010
Pew Center Contact: Tom Steinfeldt, (703) 516-4146
Bayer Contact: Bryan Iams (412) 777-5200
Global Leader is Strong Proponent of Innovative Energy and Climate Solutions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Pew Center on Global Climate Change announced today that Bayer Corporation has joined the Center's Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC) and its efforts to address global climate change.
"At a pivotal moment in the U.S. climate and energy debate, Bayer joins a growing contingent of business leaders raising their voices to advance climate action," said Eileen Claussen, President of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. "The BELC's growth from 13 original member companies in 1998 to 46 today is a testament to the business community's commitment to develop effective climate solutions. I look forward to working with Bayer's leadership to advance meaningful efforts that tackle our climate and clean energy challenges."
Bayer Corporation is the U.S. subsidiary of Bayer AG, a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition, and high-tech materials that focuses on benefiting people and improving quality of life. Bayer's activities include three subgroups: Bayer HealthCare, Bayer CropScience and Bayer MaterialScience. In 2009, Bayer employed approximately 108,400 people worldwide and had sales of €31.2 billion (about $43.4 billion based on the average exchange rate for 2009 of $1.39 per euro). In North America in 2009, Bayer employed approximately 16,300 people and had sales of €7.7 billion (about $10.7 billion).
Bayer's actions recognize the importance of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and investing in climate-related solutions. Objectives set through the "Bayer Climate Program" include:
- Bayer HealthCare will decrease its absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 5 percent from 2005 to 2010.
- Bayer CropScience will decrease its absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent from 2005 to 2010.
- Bayer MaterialScience will decrease its specific greenhouse gas emissions per ton of sold product by 25 percent from 2005 to 2010.
To advance energy and climate-related innovation, Bayer plans to invest more than €1 billion in R&D and projects from 2008 to 2010. One example is the Bayer MaterialScience North American EcoCommercial Building Program (ECB), which was launched April 26, 2010. The ECB Program team advocates a holistic, collaborative approach to sustainable building design and construction, focused on seven building solution areas (Insulation; Daylighting; Illumination; Indoor Environmental Quality; Sustainable Energy; Intelligent Building; and Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) that help to increase sustainability and reduce energy costs. In another example, Bayer has developed a new type of control tool that is aimed at energy-efficient and climate-friendly production. By mid-2010, around 140 production facilities and buildings will have been put under the microscope. Based on calculations for 126 plants, Bayer believes there is realistic potential for reducing both energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 10 percent through 2013.
Additional climate-related projects include the development of plants that can tolerate heat stress, and advances in more efficient biofuels such as the high-yielding InVigor® canola seed which can be processed into biodiesel.
"In our mission, Bayer: Science For A Better Life, we define our role as a good and responsible corporate citizen," said Bayer Corporation President and CEO Greg Babe. "We take climate change very seriously as an environmental and economic challenge and look forward to joining the BELC and its member companies in engaging and furthering a substantive dialogue in this challenging area."
The BELC was established by the Pew Center in 1998, and the Center is a leader in helping these and other major corporations integrate climate change into their business strategies. The BELC is comprised of mainly Fortune 500 companies representing a diverse group of industries including energy, automobiles, manufacturing, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, metals, mining, paper and forest products, consumer goods and appliances, telecommunications, and high technology. Individually and collectively, these companies are demonstrating that it is possible to take action to address climate change while maintaining competitive excellence, growth, and profitability. The BELC is the largest U.S.-based association of corporations focused on addressing the challenges of climate change, with 46 companies representing over $2.3 trillion in combined revenue and more than 4.5 million employees.
The other members of the BELC are: ABB; Air Products; Alcoa Inc.; Alstom; American Electric Power; Bank of America; BASF; Baxter International Inc.; The Boeing Company; BP; California Portland Cement; CH2M HILL; Citi; CME Group; Cummins Inc.; Daimler AG; Deere & Company; Deutsche Telekom; Dow Chemical Company; DTE Energy; Duke Energy; DuPont; Entergy; Exelon; GE; Hewlett-Packard Company; Holcim (US) Inc.; IBM; Intel; Interface Inc.; Johnson Controls Inc.; Lockheed Martin; Marsh, Inc.; Novartis; Ontario Power Generation; PG&E Corporation; PNM Resources; Rio Tinto; Royal Dutch/Shell; SC Johnson; Toyota; TransAlta; United Technologies; Weyerhaeuser; and Whirlpool Corporation.
For more information about global climate change and the activities of the Pew Center and the BELC, visit www.c2es.org.
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change was established in May 1998 as a non-profit, non-partisan, and independent organization dedicated to providing credible information, straight answers, and innovative solutions in the effort to address global climate change. The Pew Center is led by Eileen Claussen, the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.
About Bayer Corporation
Bayer Corporation, headquartered in Pittsburgh, is a subsidiary of Bayer AG, an international health care, nutrition and high-tech materials group based in Leverkusen, Germany. The company's products and services are designed to benefit people and improve their quality of life. At the same time Bayer creates value through innovation, growth and high earning power. The Corporation is committed to the principles of sustainable development and to its role as a socially and ethically responsible corporate citizen. Economy, ecology and social responsibility are corporate policy objectives of equal rank. In North America, Bayer had 2009 net sales of approximately 7.7 billion euros (about $10.7 billion) and employed 16,300 at year end. For more information, go to www.bayerus.com.
InVigor is a registered trademark of Bayer CropScience AG.


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Chita Rivera to Co-Host Column Awards, 2/27
The COLUMN AWARDS Board of Directors and the Executive Director/Producer announced today that Tony Award winner and Kennedy Center Honoree Chita Rivera will be the Co-host for the 13th Annual COLUMN AWARDS Gala.
THE COLUMN AWARDS honors excellence in Theater, both in Equity and Non-equity within the entire Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
THE COLUMN AWARDS Gala also serves as a major fundraiser for BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS. They have done this for the last 12 years and have raised close to $70,000.00 for BC/EFA.
THE COLUMN AWARDS in fact are the only awards organization in the entire United States that donates all ticket sales (after expenses) to BC/EFA. Last year they donated $10,000.00 to BC/EFA.
The 13th Annual COLUMN AWARDS Gala will be held Monday February 27, 2012 at the Patty Granville Performing Arts Center. Cocktail Reception is at 7:00pm with ceremonies starting at 8:00pm. The gala is open to the general public. General admission is $25.00, while VIP tickets (which include catering and a chance to meet Ms. Rivera) are $50.00. To purchase tickets, COLUMN AWARDS info, 2012 COLUMN AWARD nominees, etc. go to www.thecolumnawards.org
Ms. Rivera stated this morning, "I'm thrilled to be coming to Dallas for THE COLUMN AWARDS, and to support one of my favorite organizations BC/EFA."
"This has been a surreal 24 hours since Ms. Rivera graciously accepted our invitation", stated Executive Director/Producer & Founder of THE COLUMN Awards, John Garcia.
"On a personal note, she has been my personal inspiration to do musical theater because her career has shown that Latin performers can do musical theater outside of the non-traditional casting box. She was the one who gave me (and many others) the courage to do musical theater. Her career is just jaw dropping astounding! She has a sea of fans here in the DFW area so I know they are excited as much as we are!" Garcia stated.
He went on to say, "Never in my or the Board's wildest dreams did we think we'd have this icon of Broadway royalty attend our gala."
An accomplished and versatile actress/singer/dancer, Chita Rivera has won two Tony Awards as Best Leading Actress in a Musical and received seven additional Tony nominations. She recently starred in the Broadway and touring productions of The Dancer's Life, a dazzling new musical celebrating her spectacular career, written by Terence McNally and directed by Graciela Daniele. Chita was awarded The Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama on August 12, 2009. She received the coveted Kennedy Center Honor in Washington, DC in December, 2002, and is the first Hispanic ever chosen to receive this award.
On October 13, 2009, Chita released a new solo studio CD entitled AND NOW I SWING (Yellow Sound label), which pays homage to her stage legacy while also displaying her passion for jazz. From classic theater songs to jazz standards, all tracks featured on this new album have received new arrangements recorded by New York's finest musicians, reimagining some of Chita's favorite tunes.
Chita recreated her starring role in The Visit, the new Kander/Ebb/McNally musical at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA, which originally premiered at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago in 2001. Her more recent stage appearances include starring roles in the revival of the musical Nine with Antonio Banderas on Broadway; The House of Bernarda Alba at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles; Venecia, a new Argentinean play directed by Arthur Laurents at the George Street Playhouse; Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes at Paper Mill Playhouse. She also starred in the London, Las Vegas and Toronto productions of Chicago-The Musical.
For her starring role in Kiss of the Spider Woman on Broadway, Chita received the 1993 Tony Award as Best Leading Actress in a Musical, as well as the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Achievement as an Actress in a Musical, the Outer Critics Circle Award as Outstanding Actress in a Musical, the Drama League Award for Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre and The Astaire Award honoring outstanding achievement in Broadway Dance. Chita first played the role of the Spider Woman in the Toronto production of the show in 1992, receiving unanimous acclaim. She then repeated her triumph in the fall of 1992 in the London production of Spider Woman, which won The Evening Standard Award as Best Musical of the Year. This was followed by the Broadway and touring productions.
Chita's performing aspirations began with ballet training at the age of 11 in her native Washington, DC. Five years later, Chita moved to New York, where she auditioned for legendary choreographer George Balanchine. Balanchine of course recognized Chita's talent and gave her a scholarship to the American School of Ballet, where she began taking classes at the same time as the dancers Edward Villella, Melissa Hayden, Allegra Kent and Maria Tallchief.
As an aspiring 17 year-old ballerina, Chita decided to accompany a friend to an audition for the chorus of Call Me Madam. Although she had no serious intention of pursuing a part in the show, Chita was cast as a principal dancer, and choreographed by Jerome Robbins. The ballet world's loss was Broadway's gain -- a future legend's theater career was born.
After completing a cross-country tour of Call Me Madam, Chita returned to New York to replace Onna White as a principal dancer in Guys and Dolls. Following Guys and Dolls, Chita joined the cast of the original Broadway company of Can-Can, in which her future co-star, Gwen Verdon, first achieved stardom.
Chita then went Off-Broadway to prove that she could do more than dance, doing so to great acclaim with her amazing performance in Ben Bagley's Shoestring Revue, in which she did the very first Marilyn Monroe impersonation. Her co-stars in The Shoestring Revue included Beatrice Arthur and Arte Johnson.
Chita then returned to Broadway as a featured performer in Seventh Heaven, choreographed by Peter Gennaro; and Mr. Wonderful, starring Sammy Davis, Jr.
But it was not until September 26, 1957 that Chita made the transition from accomplished Broadway performer to a toast of the town Broadway star with her electric performance as Anita in the Broadway premiere of West Side Story. Chita then took some time off for the birth of her daughter, Lisa. Chita had met and married Lisa's father, dancer Tony Mordente, during the run of West Side Story.
Chita then went on to star in the London production of West Side Story, which had been postponed until Chita was ready to perform after Lisa's birth. Chita's New York success was repeated in London, and she stayed with the show there for a year. She then returned to Broadway to star as Rosie with Dick Van Dyke in the new musical, Bye Bye Birdie, in which she led the show-stopping number "Shriner's Ballet." Her rousing performance earned a Tony nomination as Best Actress. Chita then reprised her role in the London production of Bye Bye Birdie at Her Majesty's Theatre, where she first achieved London stardom in West Side Story.
Back in the US, her triumphant performance as Jenny in the national tour of The Threepenny Opera, was soon followed by the title role in the national tour of Bob Fosse's Sweet Charity. Chita was also cast in the film version of Sweet Charity, in which she played Nicky opposite Shirley MacLaine. During the filming of Sweet Charity, Chita fell in love with Los Angeles and decided to make it her home for the next seven years.
But touring theatre successes often took her from home. She played Billie Dawn in Born Yesterday and Serafina in The Rose Tattoo; she toured opposite John Raitt in Zorba; and she extended her range in such productions as Kiss Me Kate, opposite Hal Linden, Jacques Brel...., and Oliver Hailey's Father's Day. All of these productions and other projects had kept Chita away from Broadway for eight years, far too long according to her friends and colleagues Fred Ebb, John Kander, and Bob Fosse. So they lured Chita back to New York to star as Velma Kelly, opposite Gwen Verdon, in their new musical, Chicago.
But as soon as she arrived in New York, Chita discovered that Chicago's rehearsals had been postponed because director/choreographer Fosse was ill. It was then that Fred Ebb, who had written a highly-successful nightclub act for Chita in the 60's, went to work on another for her until Fosse recovered. She opened to rave reviews and capacity crowds.
Chicago opened to glorious reviews and Chita and Gwen Verdon were the toast of Broadway (1975). Both received Tony nominations as Best Actress. During the run of Chicago, Chita co-starred with Liza Minnelli for the first time, when Ms. Minnelli subbed for five weeks for an ailing Gwen Verdon.
Chita's fourth and fifth Tony nominations as Best Actress came in the early 80's with her performances opposite Donald O'Connor in Bring Back Birdie and then as the Evil Queen in Merlin, opposite Doug Henning. But it was not until 1984, when she re-united with Liza Minnelli in John Kander and Fred Ebb's new musical, The Rink, that Chita finally won her Tony as Best Actress, along with the Drama Desk Award. Chita returned to Broadway again shortly after The Rink in Jerry's Girls, co-starring with Leslie Uggams and Dorothy Loudon. In 1988, Chita toured the country (and Japan) in Can-Can, co-starring the Radio City Musical Hall Rockettes. In 2003 she received her sixth Tony nomination for Nine.
Chita's critically-acclaimed concert dates continued to play to ovations from packed houses around the world in such cities as New York, London, Monte Carlo, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Toronto, Amsterdam, San Francisco, Cannes, Chicago and San Juan among many others.
Chita has been seen regularly on television, beginning with early appearances on every major show emanating from New York including Dinah Shore, Garry Moore, Judy Garland, Carol Burnett and Ed Sullivan. Other television credits include Will & Grace, Pippin (Showtime), Kennedy Center Tonight, Broadway Plays Washington, her own Chita Plus Three (HBO), The New Dick Van Dyke Show and Live From Wolftrap. Chita is also particularly proud of her participation in the National Theater of the Deaf's presentation of The Road to Cordoba.
Chita, who now lives in Rockland County, New York, names her daughter, singer/dancer/choreographer, Lisa Mordente, as her most treasured production.


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BERKELEY — A sharply divided electorate has struck down the city's most controversial measures, including a contentious "sit-lie" ban, after a two-week count that had both sides holding their breaths.
The matter was at last brought to a close Friday when the Alameda County Registrar of Voters finished tallying votes.
Measure S, which would have banned sitting and lying on commercial sidewalks between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m., failed with a 4 percentage-point margin.
Measure T, which sought to promote development in West Berkeley through flexible zoning, ran the closest race, with nearly 50 percent of voters on each side. The measure was defeated by a mere 500 votes. The results are expected to be certified this week.
This year's election turned out 74 percent of the registered voters in Alameda County, a slight decline from the 78 percent of the 2008 presidential election.
Despite defeat at the polls, proponents of both measures are maintaining that the results were a success for their campaigns.
Narrow margins show that the public recognizes a problem, said John Caner, a lead organizer of Yes on S and the CEO of Berkeley's downtown business association.
"We're pleased … that we ran a really productive and constructive campaign and educated people about the issues facing merchants, and the need to address the problems with people living on the streets," Caner said.
Some opponents of Measure S weren't ready to concede that the discussion had been a positive one, however.
"It was ugly and unfortunate from the beginning," said Osha Neumann, head of the Committee against Measure S. Advocates of Measure S, he said, "wanted to criminalize an innocuous behavior that hurts no one, and which they used as an excuse for scare stories."
The economic difficulties facing the city's merchants have nothing to do with the presence of homeless people, Neumann said.
The debate around Measure T was no less heated in the months leading up to election day.
Mayor Tom Bates, who supported the measure, called the campaign one of the worst he had seen in Berkeley. "There was total distortion and lies on every side," he said.
Still, many are hoping the discussion generated by the defeated measure will evolve into future efforts to promote development in West Berkeley.
"We've had very little growth over the years," said Councilman Daryll Moore, whose district encompasses West Berkeley. "I'm still interested in bringing greater flexibility to zoning."
Even Councilman Jesse Arreguín, who campaigned against the measure, called the election results an opportunity.
"We need to go back to the drawing board," Arreguín said. "We need to do it involving the community."
Neither advocates for Measure S nor Measure T were ready to consider future legislation, however.
"It's too early to say," Caner said. "We all need to let the dust settle."