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University of Michigan Students "Play VC" in a $25 Million Biotech Round
Sonitus Medical is a leader in the bone conduction hearing device category, an emerging, distinct market that is differentiated from both the hearing aid and cochlear implant segments. The company's non-invasive SoundBite(TM) Hearing System is a prosthetic device that makes novel use of the established principle of bone conduction by transmitting sound via the teeth and thereby replacing the function of the impaired ear. It has already received FDA 510(k) clearance for two indications, single-sided deafness and conductive hearing loss.
"We are pleased to receive a large round with attractive terms to further validate our leadership position in the bone conduction hearing device category," said Amir Abolfathi, CEO of Sonitus Medical. "The Wolverine Venture Fund is part of a strong group of investors with an impressive track record. I was amazed with the trust the University places in the students to make these investments and consider it a model more business schools should embrace to foster entrepreneurship and smart investing."
The $5.5 million Wolverine Venture Fund was the country's first student-led venture fund and, together with the Frankel and Social Venture Funds, serves as a shining example of the Institute's action-based approach to entrepreneurial education. Since its inception, the Wolverine Venture Fund has invested in more than 20 companies in a wide range of innovative industries such as information technology, life sciences and alternative energy. A team of six students, representing both MBAs and Ph.D.s, spearheaded the investment in Sonitus Medical, including conducting all necessary due diligence, negotiation and collaboration with other investors.
"We are pleased to again invest in a company that is changing people's lives by giving them the joy of hearing," said Erik Gordon, associate director of the Zell Lurie Institute and managing director of the Wolverine Venture Fund. "This round has also been a tremendous experience for the students who oversaw the process. They were not only able to see the rapid progression of a portfolio company in the past year and participate in its latest financing, but they also got to collaborate on the deal with some very good, well-established venture capital firms from around the world."
Commenting on the experience Wolverine Venture Fund member and joint M.D./Ph.D. student Nicholas Douville said, "We were given a seat at the table with experienced investors representing firms here in Michigan, from the coasts and overseas, and invested real money that is going to make a meaningful difference for the company and those with hearing loss and single-sided deafness. Being a part of the Wolverine Venture Fund's second investment in Sonitus Medical was truly an invaluable experience and one that simply can't be matched in a classroom setting."
About the Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies The Institute and its Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance bring together a potent mix of knowledge, experience and opportunities from the front lines of entrepreneurship and alternative investments. The student learning experience is further enhanced through internships, entrepreneurial clubs and events that serve to provide viable networks and engage the business community. The School's three student-led investment funds, with over $6.5M under management, immerse students in the business assessment and investment process. Founding Board Members include Samuel Zell, Chairman of Equity Group Investments and Eugene Applebaum, Founder of Arbor Drugs, Inc. For more information, visit the Institute at www.zli.bus.umich.edu .
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3. Return the mixture to the pan. Cook, stirring, until it comes to a boil; simmer, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes.
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3. Lower the heat to medium heat and cover the pan. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, and crushing the berries as you stir.
4. Remove the lid and let the mixture simmer for 20 minutes or until it reduces by about ⅔. Remove from heat, cool, and refrigerate.
5. Line the bowl with pound cake, trimming the pieces to get a perfect fit; fill in any gaps with the trimmings. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon sherry over the cake slices, top with ¼ cup of the fruit mixture, and spoon on half the custard. Spread with a rubber spatula.
6. Repeat the layers until all the fruit and custard is used. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 2 hours or as long as overnight.
7. In an electric mixer with a cold bowl and cold beaters, beat the cream and vanilla on medium-high speed until the cream holds soft peaks. Spread the cream over the trifle. Matt Barber

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Friday, March 28, 2014
LETTER: Land Use Action for New Mosque on NE 51st Draws Neighborhood Reaction
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If a neighborhood is zoned residential, how is a mosque or a church or a temple considered to be residential?
What prevents a group from purchasing 5 or 6 adjacent houses in the middle of MY neighborhood and then tearing the houses down and building a 20,000 square foot facility?
There are so many rules that the city imposes on residential neighborhoods - you can't cut down a big tree, your plants can't extend over the sidewalk, your roof can't be too tall, your driveway can't be too wide ... but anyone can build a 20,000 square foot non-residential building with 36 parking spaces and that's OK? Isn't there some rule in the city's long list of rules that prohibits this in residential neighborhoods?
To me, residential means residential. How is it that the Planning Department doesn't know the meaning of this word?
Ironically, the city probably wouldn't allow a 20,000 square foot apartment complex with 36 parking stalls on this site. That would be an actual residential use - but apartments at this site would be prohibited by code.
- March 28, 2014 at 10:39 AM
I find it curious your insistence that this facility couldn't possibly serve anyone in your neighborhood. If this were a church and not a mosque, would that make a difference to you? Likely the new mosque will attract new neighbors who seek to live close to their place of worship.
No doubt, the facility is sited to be close to all of the technology companies nearby. With highly multi-national workforces, there are undoubtedly many muslims who work across the street at Microsoft and would like to have a Mosque within walking distance to their work in order to attend services. For people that may not own a car, taking the bus to a far-flung industrial district to worship is not practicable. I suspect the traffic problems you fear will not be as bad as you think.
There are a lot of people in Redmond and Bellevue who do not own cars and their segment of our population is growing every day. Please consider their concerns and do not force others to own cars and add to the traffic problems overall just because you are trouble by driving past the site of some minarets next to the freeway.
- March 28, 2014 at 12:54 PM
Actually, the fact that this is a mosque rather than a church does not make any difference here. The facility scale is what bothers the residents, and the fact that the property has limited access and parking capacity.
You seem to imply that most members of congregation work across the street which is not true. Like it or not, majority of worshipers will be commuting over by car and that's what causes parking and traffic concerns.
And FYI, Redmond has two mosques in industrial district already, and that does not seem to deter congregations growth there.
- March 28, 2014 at 2:48 PM
- alissajoy8 said...
I believe we will get far more people to email city planners if we provide a form letter similar to what is offered by political action groups when they tell me to "write my representative."
I care a lot about this project and consider is a horrific nuisance, but am struggling to get my own letters out by the deadline.
This was well written and informative. Something similar in a format that is ready to speak to the city's planners would be divine!
- March 29, 2014 at 7:13 AM
- alissajoy8 said...
Excellent points! You make our case well. I hope you can attend the upcoming meeting!
- March 29, 2014 at 7:17 AM
The tract of land is zoned for a single family home. On average, there are 1.92 automobiles per home (2009 stat: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/facts/2010_fotw618.html). The proposed facility will account for 36 vehicles; that's a 1,875% increase in original design capacity. This will, of course, take a toll on the surrounding infrastructure. Due to the fact that the entrance to the facility is not a controlled intersection, there will be accidents there. And when the inevitable fatal accident(s) occurs, road improvements will made to accommodate the awkward entrance to the facility. The costs for the new infrastructure will fall on the WADOT which, of course, will be passed on to the citizens who will pay in the form of increased taxes.
Why should the state and it's citizenry pay, both monetarily and in the form of increased traffic and traffic accidents, to place a facility of this size in an area that was not zoned for it? A facility of this size should be placed in a properly zoned area with an appropriate infrastructure to support it. Not force itself in to an area because the land is cheaper and make everyone else pay for new infrastructure. This is the very reason city planners zone property in the first place.
I am amazed that the City of Redmond has let this project get this far. You don't need to be a civil engineer or city planner to know that this project is a bad idea for everyone involved.
- March 29, 2014 at 1:11 PM
I agree that what is there does not matter so much as the fact that it is presently zoned residential. A Bartell's or small gym or even a restaurant would be equally out of place and problematic from parking and driving perspectives (thinking similar size and parking spaces). The type of facility is irrelevant; the scale of it is the problem.
- March 30, 2014 at 3:48 PM
I would add that traffic safety could be a large problem as NE 51st Street is the main truck route from Redmond to Hwy 520
- April 1, 2014 at 4:07 PM
To be honest, I started reading this post thinking that the true objection was to having a mosque nearby, but you've presented some very valid arguments here.
I wonder if perhaps you and your neighbors could work with the city to turn this to your advantage? As you said, turning out of 154th onto 51st is a nightmare, and there is simply no good way for mosque attendees coming from 520 to turn into that lot without an illegal u-turn or a detour through your neighborhood.
What if the city installed a traffic light and left turn lane on the corner of 51st and 154th? That would make things easier for you getting into and out of your neighborhood.
I'm not sure there is room to add a median "suicide lane" a bit further west to allow left turns into the proposed mosque site, but if not - and the mosque attendees have to go through your neighborhood to get there - I suspect that the mosque leaders would be very willing to remind their congregation on a regular basis to drive slowly and carefully. Mosques, churches and synagogues like to be on friendly terms with their neighbors. :)
There's still the parking situation, however. I don't see how that would work - the streets in that neighborhood would inevitably end up as "overflow parking" on a regular basis, and from what I've seen, that's already a problem there with Microsoft employees.
- April 3, 2014 at 8:47 AM
There was someone trying to build a mosque in Bellevue just south of the bellevue/redmond border on the east side of 173rd south of 24th around 2003-2004. Sounds very similar.... Neighbors fought it and it was never built. You may want to look into how they were able to stop it.
- April 3, 2014 at 8:47 AM
Redmond's newest church at 116/red wood rd is great example of how well overflow lots work. Cars all over sidewalk, straddling ditch and halfway in road. No parking signs were installed by city but completely ignored.
- April 3, 2014 at 9:06 AM
I want be clear that the objections stated her are unrelated to religious preference. We don't care if it is a church, mosque, apartment complex, gun shop, or a Walmart. This is a residential lot in our neighborhood zoned for homes. Our neighborhood cannot sustain the additional traffic, parking pressure, let alone potential noise and infrastructure issues. This is an initiative that hurts us all and benefits almost none of us. Please stay true to the existing zoning ordinances and rights, and reject this plan.
- April 27, 2014 at 3:30 PM
Have you discussed this with the folks at Anjuman-e-Burhani to find a working solution. Or is there something preventing you from doing so.
- June 27, 2014 at 2:07 PM


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MONTGOMERY — A giant ridge of bedrock juts out of the ground at the 110-acre site that, by next summer, will be the new home of United Natural Foods' 525,000-square-foot warehouse.
MONTGOMERY — A giant ridge of bedrock juts out of the ground at the 110-acre site that, by next summer, will be the new home of United Natural Foods' 525,000-square-foot warehouse.
The bedrock, a surprise to the construction crews transforming the farm field into a major distribution center, soon will be the warehouse's fire lane and parking, said Pehr Peterson of ESI Constructors of Wisconsin, the general contractor for the project.
Clearly, the ground already has been broken for the project. Yet, major players in the county's economic development community chose Monday afternoon to gather and celebrate United Natural Foods' arrival to the county.
Speakers like Orange County Executive Ed Diana and Maureen Halahan, CEO of the Orange County Partnership, touted the project's benefits: It will bring more than 400 jobs to the region, and the warehouse will be certified as a green, environmentally friendly building by Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. United Natural Foods, the main distributor for Whole Foods, plans to invest about $55 million in the project, which will serve the company's New York metropolitan area market.
Local union officials, who were not among the speakers at Monday's event, are not happy the project is using a significant number of out-of-state workers. Todd Diorio, the president of the Hudson Valley Building and Construction Trade Council, said ESI Constructors of Wisconsin has imported a lot of workers from elsewhere.
"We have some people doing work there, but it hasn't been a great project for the local trades," Diorio said.
Adrian Huff, of Teamsters Local 445, said the company can afford to be a "good neighbor." His organization estimates that United Natural Foods will generate $460 million in sales out of the Montgomery warehouse.
Peterson said about 50 percent of the project's subcontractors are local. During the groundbreaking program, he rattled off a list of local companies on the job. The list included Napp Electric and Boyce Excavating, both of Middletown, and T.M. Contracting of Orange County in Chester.
"It's our goal to award as much as possible to local contractors," Peterson said.
Still, Diorio was not satisfied.
"In my opinion, 50 percent isn't good enough," he said.
Diorio said all workers should be local because the project received incentives from New York and a 15-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement from the Town of Montgomery Industrial Development Agency.
Empire State Development awarded the project $3.6 million in tax credits through the state's Excelsior Jobs program.
Town of Montgomery Supervisor Michael Hayes did not know the value of the payment in lieu of taxes, but said the value of the land the project targets will increase, boosting tax rolls. The site had sat vacant for five to six years, Hayes said.


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and I do not think that the yaoi fan girls will move away if he does have his hair cut. Hime sama will always remain as a hime sama... but he might be more "hansamu" than"girly" this time... oh well.
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Alto should embrace both his sky-love and kabuki-blood. Then we can have Ranka, Sheryl and Alto performing as a trio in a cross-cultural musical performance.
The thing is though, why would he even pull a Kabuki-pose with his VF? Unless deep down, he doesn't really hate his 'family business' and is only feeling some sort of complex (( inferiority, obligations, choices, dreams, etc )), he's really gotten the onna-gata down to the 'o.' I mean, for someone who hates people talking about his feminine looks, he really spends a LONG time fixing his hair in front of the mirror.
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But that was some funny sh*t.
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Then again, it's sort of natural to prim a little bit in episode 4 given that he's treats going to Ranka's pageant quite importantly, and that he's also making sure that he got rid of all that make up.
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I'd also like to bring up the distinction between a cool maneuver, and a cool pose. There's all sorts of potentially cool-looking moves that are also effective in combat, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with using them (either in animation or in real life). However, there's absolutely no practical reason for making cool poses (they're pretty much just beauty shots), and that's exactly what Alto got called on.
|2008-05-12, 14:10
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I'm a little surprised that Alto isn't getting more love even though he's one of the most interesting male mecha anime leads in a decade.
The only major theme in Frontier that existed in SDF Macross seems to be that of distance. For Alto, the most important relationships are with Sheryl and Ranka; and the amount of distance he has to the two characters started from different points and appears to be moving in different directions.
With Ranka, it started off with a random encounter, but upon meeting up again, they became close enough to exchange phone numbers. In this case, Alto served as her support in a way that Ozma couldn't/wouldn't fulfill. However, this closeness was shortlived as events constantly conspired to interfere with their interaction:
Alto was called away during the Miss Macross Pageant (Ozma's fault).
She called him after the fight with her brother, but Alto was stuck in the locker with Sheryl (mostly Alto's fault).
Alto tried returning her call, but she already killed her phone (mostly Ranka's fault).
She would have spoken to him at the Zentradi mall, but for the presence of Sheryl (mostly Sheryl's fault).
All of this built up distance is brought to a boiling point in episode 6 as Alto rebuffed Ranka in their only conversation since the Nyan-Nyan outing (admittedly that'd only be a couple of days ago). This doesn't mean that Alto is either ignoring Ranka or intentionally trying to deceive her. However, what he did to encourage her is the most telling thing about the way he sees her: he gave her a ticket to the Bye-Bye Sheryl concert. If it were the same Ranka we saw in episode 1, she would have been overjoyed, but she's moved on a great deal, and Alto failed to note the signals. And the main reason for that is that his mind was occupied on a totally different subject...
Alto's relationship to Sheryl is on a diametrically different path. They didn't start off on the best note, but the distance has shrunk between them to the point that they're willing to share their insecurities with one another. Given their personalities, this kind of thing doesn't come easily at all. The best illustration of the difference in approaches is to compare how Alto primped and preened before going to the Miss Macross Pageant to see Ranka, but rushed off immediately after the interview to see Sheryl. This is further emphasized by how neither speaks directly about each other, but they understand the meaning behind the words perfectly. The earring is the cherry that puts everything in perspective: not only did Alto find it for Sheryl as he promised, but he dwelled on it to the exclusion of other matters. Putting it in his cockpit just shows how much he's taken Sheryl's feelings to heart.
What I also find interesting is that there still isn't very much in the way of romance going on. The three characters still relate to each other as people first, and only peripherally as romantic partners. As a slight aside, the distance between Ranka and Sheryl is pretty interesting as well, but that's a topic for a different thread.
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After watching M7 I definitely feel that Alto's attitude toward Ranka is very similar to Basara's feelings toward Mylene.
The annoying little sister you love and want to see happy but in a strictly platonic way.
Most people I think are waiting for either the 1st giant battle or the 1st major relationship argument before really talking about him.
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Totally agree with you here. I think part of the reason is that we truly haven't had a chance to explore the depth of his character in combination with the fact that Ranka and Sheryl tend to dominate the scenes they are in. We'll probably get a better understanding of Alto with the upcoming battles that puts him apart from the girls.
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Alto is fairly interesting in his own right, but it's when he interacts with other characters where he really shines. Macross Frontier is one of those few anime where the most interesting characters are also the leads. Of them, Sheryl is an absolute gem, and Alto is pretty awesome as well. Ranka isn't quite up to their level, but her character has come a long way in episode 5 and 6.
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Alto's not getting any love compare to Ranka and Sheryl? I wonder if it has anything to do with the ratio of guys and girls here. As for me, I sure like Alto. He's one of those ordinary highschool male characters that I can watch all day. And that says a LOT. ^_^
Honestly, I thought Luca was the main character because he was the first guy who was given screentime (I'm talking about the preview episode 1 here) and we saw Alto getting teased by Michael on the side. I hate that they took that scene out in the official first episode. Anyway, Alto struck me as one of those interesting secondary characters that takes the spotlight away from the main character--kind of like how Kanda is in D.Gray Man. So when I found out he was the main character (coupled with his interesting encounter with Ranka), I became interested. It's all Alto's fault.
Btw, I had nooo idea this mecha show gives a lot of importance to romance until I saw the first OP theme lol
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It's a pity they cut out the scene of Alto and the paper airplane as shown in Deculture. That one scene had essentially set the foundation of Alto's character from which the series would build off of. It showed his passion for flying, the aggravation of living in a dome city, and his fiery temper at being called a "hime". That scene did as much for Alto's character development as did all of eps 1-6 combined.
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Alto's passion for flying reminded me of Isamu Dyson, character-wise he is somewhat more prudent and cool-headed. I like the fact that he isn't your typical clueless male when he is with Sheryl and Ranka. In fact, that's one of the reasons why Sheryl likes Alto, because he acts quite natural with her.
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I really hope the relationship with his father gets flesh out more later. Though I really can't see how they would jump back to that since he's part of SMS and even his father probably doesn't have the kind of clout to break a military contractor agreement.
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NEW BEDFORD — A North End man Thursday was taken handcuffed from his living room and driven away in a U-Haul by two men who officials say were posing as police officers.
NEW BEDFORD — A North End man Thursday was taken handcuffed from his living room and driven away in a U-Haul by two men who officials say were posing as police officers.
John Sylvia, 29, was on federal probation for drug charges, New Bedford police said.
Sylvia, formerly of Wareham, was escorted from his home in the Welby Park Estates, 1399 Phillips Road, about 10 a.m. He was led to a white U-Haul van that was last seen heading onto Phillips Road, said Detective Capt. Steven Vicente, head of the Major Crimes Unit.
The two alleged abductors had earlier spotted the victim's girlfriend in the parking lot and grabbed her keys and walked her to her apartment, according to Vicente.
They found the victim lying on the couch, identified themselves as police officers, handcuffed the man and led him out to the van. No gun was shown and the victim did not put up a struggle, he said.
The girlfriend refused to go with the suspects because she had her baby with her, police said.
At about 7:10 p.m. Thursday, a broadcast over the police scanner said police were looking for a white Econoline van with U-Haul markings and Arizona plates AE50765 in connection with the abduction. All departments were asked "to stop and hold" the van if they saw it and warned that the suspects were to be considered "armed and dangerous."
The broadcast also said the van may be headed to Rhode Island.
Vicente said Thursday night the van is a 2012 Ford E250. He said the van is "an overdue rental" that was due back Thursday.
The suspects are described as two black men who wore dark clothing with the word "POLICE" across the front, police said. They were wearing chain necklaces that may have had police-type badges.
Police said the victim is on probation for cocaine charges out of U.S. District Court and was wearing an ankle bracelet that was not equipped with GPS.
Vicente said the Police Department contacted the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI and asked if they had picked Sylvia up and all said they had not.
"We have not been able to confirm any legitimate police involvement," Provencher said earlier Thursday.
The victim's girlfriend was not hurt in the incident and was taken to police headquarters for further questioning.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Detective Tyrone Jones at 508-991-6300, ext. 134.


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Bail Bonds
Send Trevor to the orange "?" on the map in Grapeseed at the trailer at the end of Union Road. Trevor finds Maude under a covered porch. She is browsing on her laptop for potential bail bond jumpers with intentions of catching a few and making a quick buck.
She asks Trevor for assistance and tells him that she'll send him the bail jumpers files. As the cut scene ends, you receive a message that Bail Bond missions are now opened and that Trevor will receive emails from Maude with further details., Maude then becomes a new contact on Trevor's cellphone.
[edit] Bail Jumper 1: Ralph Ostrowski
You will find the first of the Bail Bond jumpers at the nearby quarry to Maude's house. She will send you the information you require. Set a destination marker to the location on Davis Quarry in the Grand Senora Desert. Half way there you will receive an email providing you with more information on the guy. Pull out your phone and read the email. The email will show you a picture of the target as well as an image of his last known location.
Bringing him back alive can be lucrative, however Sniping the target is by far the easier option to go with. Putting more energy and investing some more time in bringing him back alive will yield a greater reward from Maude.
When you spot the jumper, his icon on the map will change between red and blue, indicating he is a hostile target of one that should not be killed. This decision is up to you. If you decide to bring him in, then allow him to enter his SUV parked nearby and give chase. Shoot up his vehicle (if you can, aim for his tires) but make sure not to accidentally shoot him instead. Sooner or later, he will pull over, when he does get out of your vehicle and he will throw his hands in the air.
Once he has surrendered he will follow you into any vehicle (aslong as it can accommodate more than one person). You don't need to keep your weapon pointed at him for him to move, he will just follow you. Get in the car and go back to Maude's.
When you capture a live bail jumper, return him to Maude. Trevor throws the suspect into the trailer and slams the door. Maude will then pay you $10,000 and sends the next targets info and last known location. Upon returning the first back to the trailer, you will recieve the "Wanted: Alive or Alive" Trophy/Achievement.
[edit] Bail Jumper 2: Larry Trupper
The second Bail Jumper is a friend of Johnny's. He is hanging out with some friends at the abandoned farm in the Great Chaparral / Grand Senora Desert area on an unnamed dirt road between Senora Road and Baytree Canyon Road.
If you observe the target through the scope of a Sniper Rifle from a distance, you can find him standing close to the barn doors. Another guy stands to the right of him near the barn window. Three others are inside near the pick up truck. If you shoot at them, they all attack and the bail jumper flees. The best way to approach this is to kill all three buddies first, starting with the ones in the truch since they're literally sitting ducks, then approach the bail jumper and take him down with a Stun Gun. If you don't have a Stun Gun, chase him down before hitting him. Before you leave the area, get the letter scrap on the nearby billboard. Once apprehended, take him to Maude to collect the reward and next assignment. Along the way you learn that Larry and Trevor know each other quite well, but Trevor won't let him go when there is money involved.
[edit] Bail Jumper 3: Glenn Scoville
Glenn is a daredevil who likes parachuting from Mountainsides. Go to the top of Mount Chiliad where the skylift ends and walk down the dirt road just south of the lift platform and continue to walk south along the southern slope to find two guys at the edge of the mountain. There is no way to capture this guy before he parachutes off the edge. Grab the extra chute next to his friend who is filming and jump off the side of the mountain, giving chase. Pull the ripcord and follow the bail jumper. Glenn will make it all the way to the edge of the Alamo Sea just beyond North Calafia Way. If you time the landing and use precision landing mode (R1 + L1 on PS3 or RB + LB on Xbox 360), you can land and tackle the fleeing bail jumper - this is done via a cutscene. Failing that use a stun gun and buzz him. Take a vehicle from North Califia Way and take him to Maude to collect the reward and one last assignment.
[edit] Bail Jumper 4: Curtis Weaver
Curtis, the last Bail Bond Jumper, is a hobo that can be found in a hobo camp off East Joshua Road in Mount Chiliad. Enter the camp and take cover behind a crate. When you get near everyone scatters and the target starts shooting. Try and hit him with a stun gun.
If he runs, he's going to head behind the hills. Give chase and stun him when you get within shooting range. When he surrenders, have him follow you to the nearby Great Ocean Highway, steal a vehicle, and return to the camp and use your vehicle to deliver him to Maude.
Return the fail Bail Jumper and you learn that she dreams that beyond her current position in life; she wants a husband, a dog, and a picket fence. Say your goodbyes and collect your final payment from Maude.
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17-BIT TO RELEASE SKULLS OF THE SHOGUN WORLDWIDE ON JANUARY 30th, 2013
Indie developer 17-BIT today announced that they will be releasing Skulls of the Shogun worldwide on January 30th, 2013 for Xbox 360, Windows 8 PC, Microsoft Surface, and Windows Phone. The Xbox 360 version will be available for 1200 Microsoft Points in the Xbox Live Marketplace, the Windows 8/Surface version for $14.99 in the Microsoft Store, and the Windows Phone version for $6.99 in the Windows Phone Marketplace.
Skulls of the Shogun is an invigorating cocktail of 1960's-flavored sorcery and strategy. Washed up on the shores of the afterlife, players meet and join forces with vibrant ghost-samurai warriors, magical animal-monks, and mustachioed samurai generals on the way to capture the Skulls of the Shogun in a 15-hour single-player campaign. Skulls of the Shogun also features up to four-player local and online multiplayer battles.
Also, for the first time ever, players will be able to challenge their friends, fight their way through online multiplayer battles, and even take their single-player campaign on the road asynchronously — whether they're playing on Xbox 360, Windows 8, Surface, or Windows Phone. Called Skulls Anywhere, this cross-platform gameplay has never been done before on Microsoft platforms and will be available at launch on all four launch platforms!
"After three and a half years, Skulls of the Shogun is finally ready to be released," said 17-BIT Founder and CEO, Jake Kazdal. "We're ecstatic we could bring Skulls to all four of Microsoft's platforms, and bring them all together with cross-platform functionality. We appreciate the excitement and patience by all the Skulls of the Shogun fans, and we here at 17-BIT believe the wait will be well worth it."
Skulls of the Shogun will be localized in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Russian.
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October 18, 2006
Oregon's newly designated official state fruit, the pear (pyrus communis), will appear in all its juicy glory for a big celebration on its home turf in Hood River at the Hood River Valley Harvest Fest Oct. 20-22 at the Hood River Expo Center.
The 15,000 acres of orchards in the Hood River Valley produce nearly 50 percent of the nation's winter pear crop, and the annual event features freshly harvested, locally grown pears in several varieties for tasting, along with many other Oregon products, fine arts and crafts, live music, and family fun.
The harvest season in Oregon yields an embarrassment of riches, eclipsing the bounties produced by most agricultural regions in the world in both the quality and diversity of our crops. Many of Oregon's most hailed and revered products will take center stage at this year's Hood River Valley Harvest Fest, taking place on its traditional third weekend in October.
Festival-goers will find the Hood River area's famous winter pears, apples, and wines, and also Oregon-grown cranberries, artichokes, brussels sprouts, chestnuts, hazelnuts, peppers, garlic, onions, gourds and pumpkins, specialty jams, jellies and preserves, and salmon — all of the elements for a grand Northwest harvest timetable.
Harvest Fest, in its 24th year, is the region's largest annual event in the Gorge. Chamber of Commerce officials call it "a celebration of the Hood River Valley's worldwide reputation for excellence as a fruit-growing region, and as one of the world's largest pear-producing regions." More than 21,000 people attended the 2005 festival.
Along with some of Oregon's best agricultural growers, more than 100 of the region's finest artisans, quilters and crafts-people will offer their wares, which will include fine art glass, metal and wood sculpture, ceramics, fiber art, photography and handicrafts. There will be more than 135 vendor booths in all, plus live entertainment all weekend long.
Harvest Fest weekend brings with it a number of smaller-scale harvest celebrations throughout the scenic Hood River Valley. The Gorge Fruit and Craft Fair will be at the Hood River County Fairgrounds in Odell, and Rasmussen Farms' popular Pumpkin Funland will be in full swing, corn maze and pumpkin patch included.
Also, the Mt. Hood Railroad will offer scenic rail excursions to Parkdale, where riders can explore the Parkdale Fine Arts and Music Festival.
Admission to the Harvest Fest at the Expo Center is $3 per person, or $5 for a weekend pass. Children 12 and under admitted free.
Parking is also free and convenient. Harvest Fest is open 1-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22. For more information, call the Hood River County Chamber of Commerce at 386-2000, or visit hoodriver.org.
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Stewie Griffin wrote:Now then, I'm going to do something I call the "compliment sandwich", where I say something good, then talk about where you need improvement, and then end with something good.
Something good: Faceoffs. Zigomanis and Crosby (the Flyers's 2nd goal aside) were dominant in the circle, winning 85% and 71% respectively. The team won 60% overall. That leads to puck possession, which is always a good thing.
Where they need improvement: Normally, when the team wins, I can tolerate things I otherwise disagree with. Winning is the bottom line after all. That said, I hated the Gill-Scuderi combo before the season started and they stunk big time last night. Scuderi did save a goal at one end, so I'll give him credit for that, but it was an otherwise forgettable game for him. I never liked Hal Gill before he came here, but he played well once here for the most part, at least before last night. He was getting beat to the outside on a regular basis, and while I expect that from time to time, it seemed to happen every rush. To make it worse, he seemingly lost the physical edge he once had, as I saw him attempting poke checks on smaller players, which when you're 6'9", is everyone. I don't want to be the "hit somebody!" guy, but if he isn't going to maintain that physical edge, why's he dressed? Put Darryl Sydor in already. Even on the downside of his career, he's better than either one of these two.
Something good: Goals from simple plays. Brooks Orpik throws a shot on goal with traffic in front. Score. Godard and Cooke forecheck, Zigomanis crashes the net. Score. Dupuis has a shot and takes it instead of deferring to Crosby. Score. I don't advocate just throwing the puck on net just for the sake of getting a shot on goal, but I hope the Pens realized that the simple play works as long as you stick with it. You don't need to keep passing in the attempt to create the "perfect" play. Work hard, simplify things a bit and good things will happen, especially with the talent on the roster.


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Hotel boom adds lower-price options for New York visitors
NEW YORK — The Big Apple's experiencing a cheap hotel boom — cheap, that is, for New York.
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Tourists will soon find a host of new, more-affordable alternatives to four-star Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt and Sheraton hotels in the USA's most expensive hotel city, where the average room costs about $300 a night.
Starting next month, for instance, they'll be able to check into the city's first-ever Best Western Premier — a skinny tower with rooms that start at 210 square feet — for about $160 a night, excluding taxes. Its four suites, with slanted all-glass walls that overlook historic buildings with gargoyles, will cost about $55 more.
Steps away from that hotel, on 36th Street near 6th Avenue, a Holiday Inn Express hotel officially began accepting guests on Jan. 31. Rates there start at $199.
And right next to the Best Western Premier, workers are putting the finishing touches on a Hyatt Place, the chain's first property in Manhattan. It's scheduled to open on Feb. 21. The cheapest rate found on its website for that night is $195.
Jaz Patel, who's developing the Best Western Premier, didn't expect the hotel boom on his block — but he welcomes it.
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"We did not know all of this was coming" when they bought the land, Patel says, pointing to even more hotels that will eventually rise on nearby sites. "But now, guests are going to recognize this block. They'll want to stay here."
These hotels are part of Manhattan's midprice-hotel building boom, which has been taking off as the recession fades, hotel rates climb and developers find it easier to get construction financing. Some of the hotels going up were planned five years ago, but the recession derailed progress.
"This is great news for consumers," says Bjorn Hanson, divisional dean of New York University's hospitality school. "These are new, modern concepts that have high consumer appeal and great value."
Currently, this category of hotels accounts for just 35% of Manhattan's hotel supply, but about 50% of total demand, Hanson says, citing NYU research.
The additional rooms also will help in a year when Manhattan's hotels are projected to fill an average of 85% of rooms — a statistic that he says suggests that for "over 150 nights of the year, most consumers' first-choice hotel will be sold out."
In 2012, just four midprice hotels (625 rooms) opened, according to hotel development tracker Lodging Econometrics.
But in 2013, 18 such hotels (3,100 rooms) are projected to open. As of late 2012, Manhattan had 75 such hotels with nearly 15,200 rooms accepting guests.
Consumers who stay in pricier hotels also should benefit, says Lodging Econometrics executive Bruce Ford. The new supply of cheaper alternatives could curb the four-star hotels' power to raise rates, he says.
"You'll be able to find more hotels priced below the typical four-star hotel that's been your only option for a long time," Ford says.
What to expect? Skinny hotels
About a decade ago, midprice chains such as Hilton Garden Inn and rival Courtyard by Marriott began opening locations in the middle of city blocks, Tom Lorenzo, a New York City development executive for Hilton Worldwide, told USA TODAY on Tuesday during a tour of four Hilton construction sites.
Developers found that they can build about 100 to 200 rooms on slivers of land as narrow as 40 feet to as wide as about 80 feet — land that's too narrow to house more-profitable condominiums, offices and retail shops, he says. A few of these hotels are going into what had previously been office buildings.
Regardless of whether the properties bear signs such as Holiday Inn Express, Best Western, Hampton Inn or Cambria Suites, they share some things in common: They generally lack frills such as doormen, concierges, impressive fitness centers and spacious rooms. Guests, however, can generally expect complimentary breakfast and Wi-Fi — money-saving perks that can be a powerful lure when traveling on a budget.
The hotels that opened about a decade ago proved profitable, but the Sept. 11 terror attacks followed by the recession of 2009 kept the building boom at bay — until now, Lorenzo says. Today, stalled projects are being revived while new hotel deals are being signed.
Hilton Worldwide, which owns and operates the 1,981-room Hilton New York, is especially bullish on Manhattan. It has eight midprice hotels (four Hilton Garden Inns, three Hampton Inns and one Homewood Suites) planned and/or under construction. All are slated to open by 2014.
Marriott International, meanwhile, is scheduled to open six midprice hotels this year (four Courtyards by Marriott, a SpringHill Suites and a Residence Inn).
Its most-high-profile project in this category combines two hotels: It's the 68-story combination Courtyard by Marriott and Residence Inn Manhattan/Central Park going up at 1717 Broadway at 54th Street.
When it opens in November, it will be the tallest hotel in New York. It's already a new part of the Manhattan skyline. Floors six through 32 will house Courtyard rooms, and floors 36 through 64 will house Residence Inn rooms, says Marriott spokeswoman Kathleen Duffy. It will have upscale touches such as a large fitness center on the 24th floor that will be available to all guests, and a fifth-floor outdoor lounge.
"If you look at the broad expanse of New York, it's really upper-midscale kind of customers who were finding discounts or finding less-than-acceptable lodging," Jim Abrahamson, CEO of Interstate Hotels, told USA TODAY recently. Interstate will manage the hotels. "Now, there are so many different options. These midblock hotels fill a real void."
Herald Square not only area to benefit
The epicenter for the boom is the Herald Square area — a neighborhood filled with fashion industry vendors that sell sequins, decorative dress fasteners, imitation jewels and suspenders as well as psychic shops and tattoo parlors. The eclectic area also is home to a growing number of boutique hotels, such as the almost-open, hat-maker-themed Refinery Hotel, which hopes to draw locals with an indoor/outdoor rooftop bar.
The hotels in this area are within walking distance of popular destinations such as the Empire State Building, Penn Station, Madison Square Garden and Macy's Herald Square.
But new midprice properties are popping up elsewhere in Manhattan.
For example, Hilton's next midprice hotel scheduled to open — the Hampton Inn Manhattan/United Nations (231 E. 43rd St.) — is within two blocks of Grand Central Terminal. It's scheduled to start checking in guests on Feb. 27.
The last of Hilton's crop of midprice hotels slated to open is the Hampton Manhattan/Times Square Central, which is forecast to open by December 2014 if construction stays on track. The site, on East 42nd Street (see photo), is just two blocks below Broadway in the heart of Times Square.
While these hotels will be less expensive than their higher-end counterparts, travelers shouldn't expect $99 rooms.
Lorenzo, for instance, says that the Hilton Garden Inn under construction at 210 E. 52nd St. between Second and Third avenues — just five blocks from the Waldorf Astoria in the Midtown East area — will fetch higher rates than the one rising in the Herald Square area or the one that's open in Chelsea.
"It depends on where you are," Lorenzo says of rates. "There's different quadrants in the city, and it's all based on how much and who the demand-generator is. Up here (in Midtown), you have large companies that are big-time demand-generators with travelers who are putting it on their corporate green card, where as Chelsea, there might be more tourists who are more guarded as to what they pay."


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As executive offices go, George Wedgworth's is rather modest. Located in a rear corner on the third floor of the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida's administrative building adjoining the big mill, it has the requisite pair of chairs and a desk with the usual clutter.
The photos and paintings on the wall mostly feature the mill itself. A collage shows the sugar refineries the co-op co-owns in the U.S. and around the world.
At the edge of the far wall is a small window with a view of the parking lot, and beyond that, the outskirts of Wedgworth's hometown, Belle Glade, Fla.
The co-op recently celebrated running its 50th crop through the mill. Wedgworth has been the boss here for every one of those crops, and then some.
Two years before the first cane was milled here, he convinced 15 other farmers to join him in a co-op to produce sugar. Some had previously grown the crop, but acreage was severely limited by how much the Glades area's two existing mills could handle. Wedgworth Farms, for example, then grew 200 acres of sugar cane; now it has 5,000 acres of it, and cane is its primary crop.
Wedgworth had been growing vegetable crops like celery, but disliked being vulnerable to both wintertime freezes and market vagaries.
"I could see that sugar could be the answer to a lot of problems, but we had to get volume," he says. "I sat down with the president of U.S. Sugar, which dominated the business here then, and pleaded with him to take more volume from us. He wouldn't do it, and that's what prompted us to start the co-op."
Financing difficult
Then 31 years old, Wedgworth led the effort to organize. Financing proved tough to get, so the growers pooled their money and came up with 18 percent of what was needed to build a mill. He put a team together, and they did their homework, then made a successful pitch to the Columbia Bank for Cooperatives, which agreed to a loan for more than half the debt. Secondary financing came from the engineering company doing work on the mill.
"We paid off the debt within two years," Wedgworth proudly recalls.
The idea of growing sugar cane caught on like a muck fire among Belle Glade's vegetable farmers. Fifty-two growers were co-op members by the time the first cane went to the mill.
In 1962, the first year of production, they grew 21,649 acres of cane and milled about 77,000 tons of raw sugar. In 2012, co-op members, now down to 46 in number, grew 68,456 acres of cane that turned out 374,266 tons of raw sugar, along with 18 million gallons of blackstrap molasses.
That's enough sugar to supply the demands of 9 million U.S. consumers, according to the co-op's figures. Most of the molasses goes to Europe for cattle feed.
From the co-op's planning stages, Wedgworth got advice and expertise from the Fanjul family, who were major sugar producers in Cuba prior to Fidel Castro's revolution. In pre-Castro Cuba, the Fanjuls owned 10 sugar mills, three distilleries and lots of sugar cane-producing land.
In 1960, following Castro's takeover, the Fanjuls, led by Alfonso Fanjul, Sr., paid $160 an acre for 4,000 acres just south of South Bay, Fla., not far from Belle Glade. They bought and disassembled three small sugar mills in Louisiana and shipped the sections by barge to south Florida. The parts were cobbled together to build the Fanjuls' Osceola mill.
A second Fanjul mill, Okeelanta, also south of South Bay, took shape on the site of the early-day cooperative planned community of that name. The Okeelanta settlement once had 110 families living there, but after a couple of decades of struggle, it got wiped out by the devastating 1928 hurricane that killed as many as 3,000 people in the area. Despite the somewhat spooky history, the Fanjuls' Okeelanta project thrived.
When the elder Fanjul became interested in the fledgling co-op, he introduced the members to the engineering company that designed their mill. Meanwhile, Wedgworth befriended "Alfy" Fanjul, Jr., who helped other Cuban sugar industry veterans come to the U.S. as political refugees. Some got jobs working for the co-op just as it started up, and Wedgworth says they were key to its early success.
"It's impossible to overstate just how important the Cubans were in our early days. Our close business relationship with the Fanjul family furnished us with top quality people, who exited Cuba because of Castro.
Original board all farmers
"Our original board was all farmers. Many of us had grown cane for many years, but we had no experience in running a raw sugar plant or a refinery. The Cubans knew the details of running a sugar mill; they understood the business while we were still in the learning stages. Some of them worked for us for many years, and were excellent, excellent people — just the best. I don't know where we'd be now without them."
Now called Florida Crystals Corp., the Fanjul operation includes two sugar mills and 155,000 acres, along with its own packaging and distribution center. As the entities got bigger, ties between the Fanjuls and the co-op remained strong, and at the dawn of the 21st Century, the two began to partner in acquisitions.
In 2001, the co-op and Florida Crystals bought American Sugar Refining, which includes Domino Foods as its marketing arm and sells 1,400 branded sugar products, as well as some surprising competitors, like stevia. In addition, the co-op and Florida Crystals purchased eight sugar refineries in the U.S., Mexico, Canada and England.
The partnership helps them respond to customers' unique demands. When Wal-Mart told them in 2005 that it wanted a single supplier of sugar for the U.S., which required having a refinery west of the Mississippi River, they bought California and Hawaiian Sugar Co., which runs a refinery at Crockett, Calif.
"Now, we turn out more refined sugar than any company in the world," Wedgworth says. "We're each part owners. It's an unusual arrangement, with each of us having three directors on the board. That's an even number. The lawyers said it would never work., but in 13 years we have never had a problem. It's really a remarkable success story."
The original co-op sugar mill was designed to grind 5,000 tons of cane daily. This year, an exceptionally good season during which the co-op broke 10 production records, the mill averaged 23,000 tons daily and turned out a record 26,000 tons on one particularly busy day. The mill operates 24 hours a day during the harvest season, which usually runs November through March.
Under Wedgworth's leadership as president and chief executive officer, the co-op discovered better methods of producing the cane crop as well as milling it.
For three decades, it relied on mostly Jamaican hand laborers to cut the cane. But Wedgworth knew as far back as the 1960s that arrangement had to change in order for the co-op mill to become a powerhouse producer.
"Hand labor would be the constraint to supplying the mill," he says.
Some people said big mechanical harvesters would mire in the muck soils. Wedgworth kept looking for a machine that would work in the Glades.
"Way back then. there was a two-row cutter that worked. but not nearly as well as what we found in Australia, he says. "I flew to Australia and looked at what they had, then had an ag engineer build a prototype. All our machines now are based on that design. They run on tracks, are designed for the U.S., and are manufactured in the U.S."
In 1992, the co-op went to mechanical harvesting on all its fields. The co-op owns the $300,000 machines, and members pay an hourly fee for harvesting their crop.
Move good for farmers, mill
The move, without question good for the farmers and the mill, was a bit of a cultural tradeoff. Jamaican crews no longer walk single-file down the roads singing, machetes in hand, metal shin guards protecting their legs, and they no longer entertain locals with their Sunday afternoon cricket matches. With their departure, a little of the old spark is missing from the scene.
Wedgworth, whose family moved to Belle Glade from Starkville, Miss., in 1930, when he was two years old, believes the co-op has been good for the community, employing 550 people, many of them engineers and technical workers.
His life story intertwines with that of the co-op and the sugar industry in a way few Americans ever have with any business. If he is not the Henry Ford or Bill Gates of the sugar business, he is something close to it.
As a youngster, when the family farm scraped by on its Depression-era vegetable business, that would have seemed far-fetched.
The Wedgworths came to Belle Glade because George's father, Herman, with a Ph.D in plant pathology from Michigan State A&M College, took an $1,800-a-year job at the University of Florida Agricultural Experiment Station here. He primarily worked on soil fertility issues, with a focus on micronutrients.
Herman Wedgworth saw something magical in the productive, fertile muck soil, bought 320 acres and, two years after arriving in the Glades, quit his job to grow vegetables full-time. He built a state of the art packing plant and the area's first precooling plant.
When George was 10 years old, he and a cousin were playing in the family packing house when a 10-ton ice machine tipped over and fell on Herman, killing him. Young George witnessed the accident and still gets emotional when talking about it.
His mother, Ruth, was at a local bank working out financial arrangements to keep the farm afloat when the accident occurred. She opted to stay in the Glades and continue farming. Years later, she said she had no choice in the matter — beans were ready to be harvested, and workers had to be paid.
A Michigan State A&M College graduate like her husband, soft spoken 100-pound Ruth Wedgworth, mother of two daughters in addition to George, became an agricultural business dynamo who had a unique way of running things.
"She came on the scene when people looked at women in business as the exception," Wedgworth says. "She had management techniques she didn't learn in any school. She built a good team, which is the key to any successful business. She never gave an order — she made suggestions. A lot of people said she would be a failure, but she was very successful."
Ruth Wedgworth, a founding member of the Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association, was Florida Woman of the Year in Agriculture in 1986, elected to the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame in 1988, and given honorary doctorates by the University of Florida and Florida Southern College. She died in December 1995 at age 92.
Big shoes for George to fill? Undoubtedly. But he approached the business world somewhat differently from his mother, with ideas borne out in the sugar cane growers co-op.
"My goal as a farmer was to have enough acreage to have a good economic unit," he says. "My mother did not like at least some of what I did. When I bought land and paid $250 an acre for it, she was horrified; she didn't want to do it.
"She thought the land was overpriced. Of course, now it's worth a lot more than $250. She was a vegetable grower and, prior to the sugar co-op becoming reality, I converted a lot of vegetable land to beef cattle. I bought land in Okeechobee, Osceola and Indian River counties and put cows on it.
Best hedge against inflation
"Land is probably the best hedge against inflation. Some people put their money in gold; some put in a safety deposit box and leave it there. But with land, you can always produce something. We no longer have cattle, but we still have that land. We lease it for grazing rights and use it for hunting, mostly deer and turkey."
George was an athletic young man, captain of the football team at Belle Glade High School, where he graduated in 1946. Like his parents, he went to Michigan State College (now Michigan State University), earning a degree in agricultural engineering in 1950.
As a freshman, he tried out for the college basketball team. After a talk with the coach made him realize he would probably not see much playing time, he became the team manager, which kept him busy all four years of his college career.
Degree in hand, he returned to Belle Glade and was appalled at how Wedgworth vegetables were being marketed. "We had fantastic celery, but the price we got was terrible," he says.
His mother responded by putting him in charge of the celery business. He used his engineering skills to build the first mechanical celery harvester and founded the Florida Celery Exchange to try to improve markets by encouraging farmers to sell the product in a team effort.
That experience helped him formulate the ideas that, a few years later, became the sugar cane cooperative.
The co-op's timing was perfect, Wedgworth says, looking back at the startup from the perspective of half a century. He says the sugar co-op didn't form because of Castro's takeover of Cuba. However, the politics of the day did help create markets for the co-op's sugar when the U.S. government officially backed away from Cuban sugar.
"Cuba was not a key consideration in our wanting to develop a processing plant," he says. "But the timing was perfect for us; it corresponded with Cuba's downfall as a sugar exporter to the U.S.
"We were fortunate. We had already been working with our growers to finance it, and had done a feasibility study. We started this effort before we knew what would happen with Castro.
"As it turned out, it gave us a source of a team of people who had experience processing cane, and when we came into production, marketing allotments had opened up. This all happened at the same time. For us, it was a Godsend."
After more than 50 years of leading the co-op, Wedgworth, now 83, is taking a step back, giving up his position as president and CEO. But he remains the organization's chairman of the board.
The new president is Tony Contreras, formerly executive vice president of marketing and refining operations. Jose Alvarez, former executive vice president of operations and general manager, now is CEO as well as general manager.
"The cooperative has been my baby," Wedgworth says. "I nurtured and watched it grow into an international sugar powerhouse. I will miss being a part of the daily challenges."
For all these years, for many onlookers, Wedgworth has been the focal point of the Florida sugar industry. He never hesitated to discuss issues in public forums, even as environmental groups zeroed in on sugar producers, blaming them for a wide range of problems in the Everglades.
Environmentalists have vigorously opposed him most of the past 40 years, yet he still seems to harbor hope they will somehow see the light and start to understand Glades agriculture.
In an odd sort of way, he seems to have enjoyed the back-and-forth with the industry's opponents — the sort of fellow who wants everyone to have their say, to put all sides on the table.
After being skewered by big city journalists more times than he can count, he remains gracious and accommodating when a writer appears, notebook in hand.
Wedgworth's son, Dennis, now manages the family farm, but that doesn't necessarily mean George is ready to relax in a rocking chair. Until a few years ago, he regularly played tennis and still looks capable of coming up with a pretty good serve.
Parting on this day, he responds to a question about his accomplishments by saying, "What matters is family — family and friends."
With that, he's out the door and down the elevator. He walks to his Buick LeSabre in the parking lot, raises a hand, and waves a salute.


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Nike, the fourth princess of the Rain Dukedom and one who holds the power to call forth the rain, travels to the Sun Kingdom to marry Sun King Livius for her country, despite her own reluctance. She soon discovers that the King, who conquered the world in only three years after his ascendance to the throne, is still a child!! Furthermore, for trivial reasons, he has demanded that Nike call forth the rain…!?
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Well i missed a lot of things. work is crazy, especially during this busy season; also i was busy with my own fanfic. so, before i start, that let me say something;
Moderators, sorry if i was going too far with whatever i wrote, i sincerely apologize.
Tarmade, thank you very much for translating this far. your works had cheered and entertained me whenever my sales were bad. i really enjoyed and thankful for that.
Let me speak something as far as this has LN gone:
The Mori Three sisters seems to be really female. it is good. it all left to Yoshiharu to sway Mori Teru before the volume 11 really conclude this LN (i still hope i am mistaken).
still no mention of who is Senchiyo as far as the translation is going? tha's weird. Yamanaka Shikanosuke....
When i read Doraemon vol.8; about a cream which let to feel hardships; Nobita's Papa admonish him with the story of Samurai who prayed to the moon;
"Please Grant me 8 hardships and 7 misfortune to make me stronger"
Is this the same person? because as Eiji Yoshikawa's Taiko goes.... Yamanaka Shikanosuke were abandoned by the decree of Nobunaga during the besiege, then... he was assassinated by the order of Kikkawa Motoharu when he make a pretense of surrendering.
And when i read the description made by the LN author; a captain of volley team.... then it must be the none other than referencing Basutei Shower's doujin where they gym teacher gave the captain a private after school training. If so, then i had to applaud the author for such ingenious description that moved my heart to tears and felt awed and heartfelt admiration.
Really a masterful genius! I am no match to him!
As Mencius spoke; Read the author's expression, not just the words he wrote. Indeed that such simple description already brought detailed inscription, such choice of "Volley Ball captain"! Miyama Zero's illustration is already plenty evidence! short hair, slim and Boobs. the armor looks that at one glance illustrating the illusion of bloomers, it is indeed fitting. And by this only Basutei Shower/Katsurai Yoshiaki 's illustration would divulge the answer.
On the other hand.... i sighed. Why do Asakura Yoshikage has to die, like that? his first presence is such an imposing figure which made Nobuna to fall to her knees, and shiver with fears.... why do he became just like second class stalker pervert? i long for a zero empathy villain... and i thought Asakura Yoshikage might be a fitting figure, but alas..... he was overshadowed by the bigger pervert (the monkey). i hope governor Ukita Naoie would be more interesting before he surrendered in Bizen like as it was annotated in Eiji Yoshikawa's Taiko.
Finally, the Crouching Dragon and the Fledgling Phoenix has made their entrance, so let me quote from my fanfic;
The Crouching Dragon (Fulong) and the Fledging Phoenix (Fengchu).
The Daoist who goes by the title Water Mirror (Shuijing) once remarked;
Even obtaining one of them would be enough to restore order to the empire.
Such is the praise for those talents!
Kuroda Yoshitaka of Harima and Takenaka Shigeharu of Mino....
Though the Automata might seems stupid, so does using paper familiar; but because they are cute... let us forgive them. i like girls who are both feisty and shrinking violet... a little fight in them ... I like! (to quote the 2008's Joker). I envy Yoshiharu.... i also want the likes of those two, one who is really earnest and shrinking violet, while the others are weakling who always make a pretense of being strong....
Am I not speaking for a mind-like person here?
To have two cute loli capable minister who will let us think with ease... is not that pleasant? i suppose anyone who had not goes to employment age would never understand, however...
As the Analects of Confucius says; "I have not seen one who loves virtue (learning) as he loves beauty." ; Now having Hanbei and Kanbei side by side is like appreciating both virtue of learning and beauty themselves. ingenious. and as they says that beauty are blooming for mere twenty years... we have plenty of times because they are loli, am i not right?
As the Book of Odes says;
The Young and Elegant peach threes,
Brilliant are its blossom.
The appearance of Capable retainer who are also Master Strategist like Kuroda Yoshitaka and Takenaka Shigeharu spoke of them.
And if they say that Takenaka Shigeharu would perish later, don't they know that as Furuta Sasuke says in Hyouge Mono " I want Ranjatai, I really want it! the Imperial agarwood bestowed by the Tennou himself!"
Because as the Analects of Confucius says: "Riches gains through unrighteous means are like fleeting clouds to me."
While the Analects of Luu Buwei says; "Stone may be broken, but it hardness cannot be taken away."
And to have cute master advisor like them are like... in your dream!
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Sorry to interrupt, but do you know where can I find these light novels in english? I've just finished watching anime, but I can't find manga or light novel on the internet. I also live in a country where anime and manga are not very popular, so I won't find it in any shop.
|2013-11-28, 08:49
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I'm sure many of you are anxious waiting and some of you must have already feel impatient about the recent hiatus of translation...
I'm currently going through quite a tough period. In the same time that I'm serving my nation(army), I'm doing weekend classes too. And of course, the lack of motivation + fatigue from translation had all played a part in this hiatus.
So what can you guys expect?
I will be going to Japan at the end of this year so before I went over, I will TRY to complete Vol 8. No promises there but I will do my best in translating Nobuna for you guys.
Stay on Nobuna fans, for without you guys, Oda Nobuna no Yabou can never get the attention it deserves!!!
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