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California voters apparently can forget about a June 7 special election on tax extensions to balance the state's budget.
Governor Brown has broken off talks with Republicans whose votes he needed to put the measures on the ballot.
The governor and Democrat majorities in both houses of the Legislature will now take their ball and go looking for another playing field.
A November special election on a citizens' initiative could be in the offing.
But so could state IOUs before then.
"Look, the problem has taken a decade to build up; it's very serious," the governor said in a brief video message posted on YouTube Tuesday night. "It's going to take some time before we finally solve it. But I'm going to explore every possible avenue."
He's already signed off on $14 billion in program and service cuts, plus fund transfers, passed by the Legislature.
But the governor says Republicans made too many demands, including a tax break for companies that send jobs overseas, before they'd vote to put $12 billion in tax extensions on the ballot.
Republicans say the Democrats hadn't conceded on a state spending cap and pension reform measures, or limiting tax extensions to 18 months.
The governor has warned he won't accept a budget full of "smoke and mirrors".
So capitol observers predict an uneasy stalemate for a while.
"This is World War One trench warfare; they've dug in," says veteran San Diego political consultant John Dadian. "They're firing the bullets. Right now, none of the bullets are hitting. But sooner or later, something's got to give."
"I think there will be a budget passed in June. Whether that budget will be honest or not, whether that pain will be immediate or delayed -- Democrats have to work that out," said Thad Kousser, political science professor at UC San Diego.
In the past, the governor has warned he'd double down on spending cuts if tax extensions weren't available.
Tuesday night, he made no mention of that -- only his determination to find some way to get the state out of the red.
Meantime, there's been talk about the Democrats using a parliamentary loophole to put the tax extensions on the ballot by their majority vote, instead of the two-thirds otherwise required.
But the prospect of losing a legal challenge, costing political capital -- as well as real capital -- may prompt second thoughts.
Budget Impasse. Now What?
California voters apparently can forget about a June 7 special election on tax extensions to balance the state's budget.


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Canadian Junior Samuel Beaudoin rode at his first World Championships last weekend, when he attended the Cyclo-cross Worlds in Koksijde, Belgium. Afterwards, we asked Sam if he would provide his impressions from attending the Worlds - what he takes away and how it will change his racing in in the future. Sam finished 50th in the Junior Men's race.
Ever since I began cyclo-cross racing seven years ago, I have dreamed of racing in Belgium; the treacherous mud, the punishing rain, the unforgiving cobblestones, and the other 'hardman' conditions really mirror my idea of what a true bike race should be. Of course, you can imagine my excitement when I was invited to compete for Canada at the 2012 Cyclo-cross World Championships in Koksijde, Belgium after my first race at the cyclo-cross nationals. My career-long dream was finally coming to life!
Samuel Beaudoin racing his first World Championships in Belgium
My European experience started with the last race in the World Cup series: Hoogerheide WC, in Holland. As I arrived at the venue, I was quick to realize how serious Europeans take cycling, as well as the vast differences between competing in Canada and in the sport's heartland. In Belgium, the sheer size of the events, the competitors' unwavering attempts to pass you no matter what it takes, and the courses' requirements for both peak fitness and extreme technical ability initially overwhelmed me. Shocked and unprepared, I spent most of the race thinking about what was happening around me rather than concentrating on my performance.
At the World Championships in Koksijde, Belgium a week later, I was better prepared, but still a complete rookie at racing in Europe. While I was able to focus a bit more on my performance, the lingering effects of a stomach flu slowed me down, as did my overzealous start. Combined, these two problems contributed to my being lapped and to an eventual 50th place finish.
It is easy to get disappointed when you get lapped, but I think it is even more dangerous to get lulled into a false sense of satisfaction brought on by a "wow, I'm still 50th in the world!" mindset. It's easy to get overconfident, especially with all the support from the kind people across Canada and with the Belgians going wild for our maple leaf, and if you do let the praise get to your head, your training starts to suffer and your performances dwindle. I'm determined that next year, I won't let my race standing - good or bad - affect me. Instead, I will learn from my experiences, focus only on the straight facts and work with them. This year, there were people in front of me who need to be beat next year, and for me to accomplish this, I must adapt my training regimen to the European style of racing.
Belgium might just be my favorite place on earth, so there won't be a minute this year where I will be able to forget how badly I want to be racing over there. Ironically enough, getting lapped was probably one of the most motivating things that has ever happened to me.
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Mystery solved.
For two years the BC public and charities have wondered why the government took the stunning and inexplicable step of clawing back tens of millions from BC charities in one year alone, and seizing some $200 million more over 6 years.
But today it's all clear. The BC government diverted hundreds of millions of dollars from charities and non-profits that we could have a retractable roof on BC Place Stadium instead of a dome replacement.
It's clear from the timeline.
In the summer 2009 the BC Cabinet had a very serious problem. Their original $150 million estimate to build a retractable roof on the stadium was spinning out of control–in a single year it had more than doubled to $400 million and was growing rapidly.
Clearly, more responsible options had to be considered.
But the Las Vegas based Edgewater Casino owners, Liberal donors and insiders who hadn't finalized their own deal with PavCo, wanted nothing to do with government fiscal responsibility. They wanted a retractable roof, and they played serious hardball to get it. Anything else was a deal-killer to them, and they made that crystal clear.
Where was the money to come from to satisfy the Edgewater Casino demands for an incredibly costly roof? Rich Coleman was the minister responsible for the BC Lottery Corporation, the casinos and also for gaming grants.
If the PavCo Edgewater deal was to survive, Rich Coleman had to be part of the solution.
This was the context in which Coleman moved in the summer of 2009 to claw back $36 million already committed to BC charities and cut them off from access to over $200 million over the next 6 years.
Today, more than two years later, as charities and non-profits across the province get ready to close, the roof opens on BC Place Stadium.
The Timeline
In May 2008, when the retractable roof was originally proposed, all-in costs were pegged at around $150 million. By November '08 those projections had soared to $365 million.
In the spring and early summer of 2009 PavCo called for proposals to develop the BC Place lands. Paragon Gaming, the owners of Edgewater Casino and two other small market casinos in northern Alberta, submitted a bid to build a mega-casino complex onto the stadium. While that bid was under consideration, Paragon shareholder and board member T. Richard Turner, himself the former Chair of the BC Lottery Corporation, wrote a $50,000 cheque from his family company to the BC Liberal party for its May election campaign.
Mr. Turner had purchased shares in Paragon Gaming while still the Chair of BCLC, resigning from that board only months before Paragon's purchase of the Edgewater Casino.
A month after the Liberal victory, Paragon was selected as the winning bidder, and began negotiations with PavCo to finalize terms.
But storm clouds were already forming. According to Kevin Krueger, the minister responsible, "it was very common knowledge that the bids to build the retractable roof had exceeded the estimate …fairly substantially. People knew… that (cabinet) would be wrestling with that question."
Faced with a balking cabinet, Turner placed a call to Kevin Krueger's private cell-phone, saying that Paragon considered its deal with PavCo "conditional upon a retractable roof," and that failing to build one was a "deal-breaker". The province had to call Turner's bluff or find cash quickly.
In July 2009 Rich Coleman, minister responsible for social housing, BCLC and charitable gaming grants suddenly made what seemed then like an inexplicable move. Without warning he seized $36 million already committed to BC charities' budgets from their legal entitlement to gaming proceeds.
With the stroke of a pen Coleman slashed grants to charities to pre-1995 levels, instantly securing just over $200 million from the charities' gaming entitlement over 6 years.
Almost exactly the amount needed to meet Paragon's demands for the retractable roof.
By fall 2009, events were moving quickly, but PavCo's deal with Paragon was still not finalized. BCLC CEO Michael Graydon's diary discloses that he brought Paragon VP Dennis Amerine before Treasury Board on October 1, 2009, where it appears yet more hardball was played.
On October 29, 2009 the province approved a budget for the BC Place roof, upgrades and temporary stadium of $575 million, almost 400% greater than the figure announced a mere 18 months earlier. PavCo went ahead with construction in May, 2010, without even waiting for Paragon to get their approvals.
We may never know why PavCo and Paragon were so confident that City Council would agree to a massive casino expansion, but gaming minister Rich Coleman's dual responsibility for social housing may be a clue. Was there a tacit or explicit expectation that funds for social housing were linked to approvals for the Edgewater expansion? Is this why city staff's initial public consultation only notified residents within 2 city blocks of BC Place? Why did almost no one in the city understand what was happening until a citizen's group brought it to public attention? Why was this application so shrouded in mystery?
Whatever the true facts are, it is clear that charities and taxpayers are contributing hundreds of millions because of pressure from a casino partner that then failed to meet its own end of the bargain, and that .
The Fallout
Hundreds of BC charities and community groups across the province have quietly stopped serving their missions, or are near collapse. The Kelowna Women's Resource Centre has closed, the Vancouver Children's Festival is near failure, and the Museum of Vancouver and the Playhouse had to be bailed out by Vancouver taxpayers.
In the last 3 years BC charities have lost almost $100 million in gaming entitlements, destabilizing an entire employment sector responsible for 2.5% of the province's GDP. Vital services freely available to the public, such as transportation of sick children to treatment, assistance for brain injury survivors, counseling for seniors and immigrants have been cut back or eliminated. There is no telling how many jobs have been lost, but they certainly number in the thousands. It goes without saying that entire system of charities and gaming demands a complete overhaul.
More prudent stewardship of the public purse would have saved those jobs and services and still got a perfectly good roof built for our teams.
Party insiders and cronies, backroom deals conflict of interest by those in positions of trust, the pushing around of small charitable organizations to get at their cash, and wild extravagance with the public's money.


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GNU Make: Enable compilation with multiple .c files. Also add include guards on stdio.h and lib.h
Use a link rule since the default rule doesn't work because it requires one of the dependencies to match the target name.
Also link to libstdc++ when using libcommon.a
Added the old versions of the osdk for archive purpose.
Missing include for ptrdiff_t
FloppyBuilder, warning level 4 on VisualStudio
replaced ssize_t by ptrdiff_t
Convert some makefiles to use rules.mk
Disabled unittests for now
Moved rules.mk at the top directory for use in public/oric
Use CXXFLAGS instead of CPPFLAGS
Add samples to the Makefile
Fix gcc warnings
GNU Makefiles for every sample
Fix ugly bus in parsing
Fix gcc warnings (mostly)
Fix gcc warnings
Ignore all gcc warnings (-w) on compiler
Fix gcc warnings on tap2cd
Fix gcc warnings on header
Ignore gcc deprecated gets() warnings
Fix gcc warnings on memmap
Fix gcc warning in bin2txt
Fix gcc warnings in Ym2Mym
Fix gcc warnings in tap2dsk
Fix gcc warnings on opt65
Fix gcc warnings on filepack
Fix gcc warnings on bas2tap
Fix gcc warnings in pictconv
Disable all gcc warnings on xa
const char* warnings
More warnings cleaning.
Replaced some stringstream by string in the FloppyBuilder.
More warning fixes.
More warning fixes.
GCC warning fixes
common.h: guard VC++ specific pragmas
Add empty line at the end
Fixed some batch files that still tried to call Euphoric directly.
Fix ym2mym crash on 64bit Linux lzh_ulong is used in lzhHeader_t type, hence must always be 32bit!
Add support for binary constants (0b11111111)
Add _sprintf definition to library.ndx
rand.S -> rand.s
Fix building libcommon $(<) is only the first prerequisite, we want all objects instead, so use $(^).
Cleanup SUBDIRS and remove duplicates
Lower-cased all of those MS remnants
Defined POSIX in the Makefile and modified c.h accordingly
Header 0.2 - 2014/05/11 - The address can now be specified with either $ or 0x as an hexadecimal prefix
Defined POSIX in rules.mk
Defined POSIX in the Makefile and changed link65 accordingly
Got the latest changes from Hialmar and Jylam, and made the Visual Studio build work again (hopefully did not break the Linux stuff) Also some changes that were not committed yet: FloppyBuilder 0.16 - 2014/04/06 - Added a mode where data can be extracted from an existing DSK file - The parser now accepts quoted strings
Fixed various errors with gcc
Bas2tap now adds names to the generated tape (either from the #file directive or from the name of the file).
Now tap2dsk adds automatic names to unnamed basic tapes (from the tap file name). It also allows to color (paper and ink) the name of the disk.
Makefile for most of the dev tools ; POSIX fixes
Fixed the ADDW_III macro, detected by Wascol when trying to convert the MicroChess program.
PictConv 0.20 - The -f6 mode can now be used for pictures that are taller than the screen - Fixed the percentage calculation so it actually goes from 0 to 100 even when pictures are not 200 pixel tall.
Updated Bas2Tap to fix a loading bug
Osdk 1.1 - Updated Oricutron to version 1.1
Minor changes, added documentation
PictConv 0.019 - Fixed a buffer overflow in the -f6 conversion mode happening when images are not 240x200 - Changed the depth mode from 3 to 2 to speed-up the conversion
PictConv 0.018 - Added the -f6 conversion mode for Oric pictures. This is the method used in Img2Oric/LibPipi and generally gives much better results when converting - albeit much much slower than other methods.
FloppyBuilder 0.14 - The MetaData tables will now not contain any information after the last file that declared metadata, this allows to not waste room in the loader for dummy data
Renamed MakeDisk to FloppyBuilder to be consistent
Ym2Mym 1.4 - Fixed a stupid bug of signed data added in version 1.2
Pictonv 0.017 - Fixed a the update code, was failing if the target file did not exist (facepalm) Ym2Mym 1.3 - Added a -m flag to check if the exported file fits a maximum size
Ym2Mym 1.2 - Added a -v flag to enable/disable verbosity - Added a -h flag to add a tape compatible header
PictConv 0.016 - New option to skip the conversion if the target file is more recent than the source file (-u) - New option to enable/disable information about what happens (-v) Ym2Mym 1.1 - The tool is now able to extract LHA compressed YM files directly, should make the process much easier :)
FloppyBuilder 0.13 - Added a new parameter to make it possible to bootstrap the floppy building process: With 'init' a description fill be generated even if data is missing, this makes it possible to do a multi-pass build process which will not fail because it depends on things not yet generated :)
FloppyBuilder 0.12 - The 'DefineDisk' command accepts a variable set of track definition values
Floppy Builder 0.11 - Added support for metadata that can be used later on by the programmer Also modified Link65 to handle #include correctly in assembler source files The SlideShow now correctly displays the name of the pictures and their authors from the exported metadata (Still need transitions)
Ym2Mym 1.0 - Added command line parameters for enabling/disabling retuning of frequency
FloppyBuilder 0.10 - The compression code now generates correct data (it was using the Atari ST mode encoding, making the unpacking code not happy) - Added to the report file the occupation ratio of the floppy (by maintaining an internal list of used sectors also used to check if there's no overlap) The loader code is now able to decompress data on the fly just using the page 2 as a temporary sector loader.
FloppyBuilder 0.9 - Added the 'SetCompressionMode' command. Possible parameters are 'None' (default value) and 'FilePack' The lzpack.cpp file moved out from FilePack and is now in Common, this means it will be usable in other projects (Like PictConv)
Removed temp files from the Oricutron folder.
FloppyBuilder 0.8 and SlideShow project - Exports the file size now instead of sector count - Exported file format contains the number of sides of the floppy - The loader was moved to sector 4 and slideshow to sector 1
FloppyBuilder 0.7 - The code now automatically compute the gaps values based on the floppy structure parameters - The 'DefineDisk' command now works (at least for 2 sided, 42 tracks and 17 sectors floppies)
FloppyBuilder 0.6 - Added the 'LoadDiskTemplate' and 'DefineDisk' commands (and removed these parameters from the command line, define disk does not work at the moment) - Added the 'AddTapFile' command, similar to 'AddFile' but automatically removes the header and extract the start address of the file
FloppyBuilder 0.5 - removed some unused variables - cleaned the offset/track/sector management code - the 'SetBootSector' command is now 'WriteSector' and automatically move to the next sector after writing data
Modified the ShowError command to take optional parameters (makes it possible to display actual information in the error message) FloppyBuilder 0.3: Fixed parsing of comments, added a 'OutputFloppyFile' command, validated that the number of sectors and tracks is correct in the 'SetPosition' command.
More FloppyBuilder changes: - Add 'OutputLayoutFile' and 'AddDefine' commands - The generated file has been vastly improved
Resynchronized my own changes to the OSDK with what was in the depot. From now on I will continue the changes directly with the depot version, and try to update more regularly. The reason I had this big change is that I had two computers with local changes done in demo parties when working on demos, where I did the fixes to handle Euphoric and Oricutron, plus new tools, modified tools, etc... giant mess. I do not guarantee that what is on the depot is bug free, but it's the version I'm using right now (My OSDK var points to the public\pc\tools\osdk\main\Osdk\_final_ folder.
Updated some executables.
Added the last known version of the FloppyBuilder source code. It may or may not have been the one that was used to build the semi working version of MakeDisk.exe that I used for my two last demos, at least now it's on the depot so we can try to see if it works.
Did some minor API changes in the Common library (returned a string by value instead of reference) Added also a new project called 'Ym2Mym' which is not from me, but that all the MYM demos are using to convert Atari ST music. Updated FreeImage from 3.9.3 to 3.15.4 (only used by PictConv) PictConv now has a CharacterGenerator mode, not quite sure yet that it works.
Added the new version of tap2cd to the depot. This one has the assembler code available and can be modified without too much problems :)
old2mfm: Add makefile
Some preventive fixes * Make sure we use types of intended size when reading into variables * Use malloc() to allocate the buffer just in case, with proper error handling * Return EXIT_SUCCESS on exit * Some temporary debug output
Added old2mfm and tap2dsk to the vs2010 solution
Added old2mfm and tap2dsk
Updated some of the exe of the osdk, in particular Old2Mfm and Tap2Dsk are now native windows executables instead of DOS, so they should run fine on Windows 64bit and Wine.
Fixed an unfortunate <io.h>
Fixed some issues on Visual Studio introduced by the posixification...
Updated the configurations of OSDK for Visual Studio 2010
Define FREEIMAGE_LIB
Attempt to link to freeimage with mingw32, still failing though.
Only run test when target and host OS are the same.
Report errors to parent make.
Add pictconv to the build.
Fix building pictconv with unittests.
Include osdk/ to the build.
Add makefiles.
Add top-level makefile.
Make unittest lib buildable with mingw on linux.
Also make sure RANLIB is defined for *nix.
define RANLIB
Add some *nix required stuff * Add curses library to things using libcommon. * Define __cdecl to nothing for *nix.
Add Makefile compiles but doesn't link yet.
POSIXify + Fix includes
Fix includes * Remove unneeded includes or use standard ones in place of windows ones * Fix case of FreeImage.h includes
Fix "no new line at end of file" warning.
Fix absolute windows paths in #include GRMBL
Add Makefile * only builds common/ for now.
Add Makefile
Add some defines * Add WIN32 for win32 builds * add [_N]DEBUG depending on $(RELEASE)
Define _LIB as in the VC proj, though it doesn't seem to be used anywhere.
Add a makefile
POSIXify common/ * define O_BINARY on platforms which don't define it * include <curses.h> on *nix to have a usable getch() * use real POSIX functions instead of _-prefixed win32 versions * use strncasecmp() instead of nonstandard memicmp() * use stat() instead of _findfirst() since we don't even use the globbed result anyway This now builds both for linux and mingw32.
Add a top-level makefile for tools. Currently only builds a few tools in oric/.
Include global rule file.
Add a global rule files * this will be included by other makefiles * add required machinery to support cross-compiling with mingw32.
Add some more makefiles. Those tools still don't build in GNU/Linux though.
Make sure we return something on success instead of whatever random value is kept in the return register...
Fix obvious syntax error.
Add makefiles for some tools that do compile under GNU/Linux.
Remove *nix binary
Fix warnings.
Fix warnings.
Rename to lowercase for consistency.
Rename to lowercase for consistency.
Rename to lowercase for consistency.
Fix warnings.
Rename to lowercase for consistency.
Updated the depot with the source code of the OSDK 0.019
Updated the OSDK with the latest code of most of the tools.
Vampire's binary to Oric .TAP or .WAV converter
Updated the OSDK codebase with the latest changed, which mostly add Atari ST support.
Added the source code of "Save The Earth", the Atari STe demo presented at Kindergarden 2009
Changement de zoom par l'interface
Changement de zoom par l'interface
Changement de zoom par l'interface
Changement de zoom par l'interface
Added some shared libraries (UnitTest++, and FreeImage) to avoid having every single project brings its own libraries. Ideally people should add them in a way we can upgrade versions without breaking things: -> public/pc/shared_libraries/library_name/library_version/actuall_content
Binaire mode debug
Comment On each end of line, we have a flag, if it's equal to 1 the line has changed ! It's now running quicker ! (zoom *2)
Corrected a bug, if you select on the command line : -t -d it starts an atmos now if you do a -t -d it starts a telestrat
Path changed
Don't care about this file
added some preprocessor tests
debugger is disabled too many bugs
Setup with libs moved
rendering more readable. Zoom is disabled but it could be done easily
Ajouts des libs windows
Added the complete source code of the OSDK. Projects files are available for Visual Studio 6 and .net, plus a Code::Blocks setup (everything works except PictConv that relies on FreeImage - which does not build correctly on mingw)
Ajout lignes pour version debug
Pour faire des packages d'install
Ne sert à rien
Added the source code of Caloric, version from Jede. Not sure how different it is from other people's version, comes with libs and code::blocks project files.
Added various tools (4k8, bas2txt, read and write disk, etc...)
Added txt2bas from Fabrice Frances
Added tap2dsk from Fabrice Frances
Added some folders to get a little bit of structure.
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When Meg Gill lines up on the starting block, she curls the toes of her right foot around the edge. Crouching. Focusing. The top of that foot is the last part of her body she sees before plunging into the water, and it bears a very meaningful tattoo. An inscription in Latin reads: Salus et vitam in simplex aqua. Or, "Spiritual well-being and life in pure water." The letters are inked in Yale blue and wrap around her alma mater's logo. Three years ago, at the age of 24, this vivacious blonde swimmer was preparing for the Olympic Trials. Then beer got in the way.
Today, Gill claims to be the youngest female brewery owner in America. With the help of her business partner Tony Yanow, she opened Golden Road Brewing in Los Angeles in October 2011. Turns out, Gill is as impressive on land as she is in the water. "She's brassy, and luckily she has the goods to back it up," says Yanow. "She's incredibly smart. Probably one of the more intensely passionate people I've ever encountered. She's tiny and has this giant smile and tangle of crazy blonde hair. But in business, man, she's a badass."
Born in Chester, Virginia, Gill learned to swim at four years old. Her ambition was evident, even at that age. "I once overheard my dad say that when I was eight, he looked at my mother and remarked, 'Just let her go. She's already who she's going to be. Let her do whatever she wants, because she can do anything.' He always told me that I could do anything," she recalls.
And Gill proved she could do anything, from graduating as valedictorian of her high school to becoming the first kid from Chester to earn admission into Yale. At Yale, swim practices bookmarked her days, starting at 6 a.m. and continuing well into the evenings. In between was a major in Classics. As a senior, her time of 22.26 seconds in the last leg of a freestyle relay was the fastest time in Ivy League history. After graduating, her long distance times began to improve, and by the age of 24, the Olympic Trials were on her horizon. "I was convinced that swimming was what I would do with my life," Gill says. "Even when I first got into the craft beer scene, selling beer was something I saw as a side gig. It was a means to earn additional money, so I could swim more."
In 2008, she took a sales position with Colorado's Oskar Blues Brewing. Her first day on the job began with a 45-foot R.V. and a 31-year old colleague named Chad Mellis. Mellis picked up a 22-year-old Gill, and the duo set out on a road trip to promote the brand at several professional cycling events. "I think the first thing that's immediately apparent about Meg is her unbridled enthusiasm," says Mellis. "She's a small person, but she's got this massive personality. She always wants to make something bigger than what it reasonably should be. My favorite example is from that trip. We were at a cycling event called the CRIT Finals in Las Vegas. We wanted to make an impact, and we had been talking to Mandalay Bay about sponsoring the last event. It wasn't in our budget. The day of the finals, Meg drives up to the back gate in the R.V. She gets out and talks to the security guy for a moment. I have no idea what was said, but all of a sudden, we're parked inside the event with 30 people drinking beer on top of our rig. It was unofficial and uninvited, but we sponsored that thing."
In 2009, Gill moved to San Francisco to work for a brewery called Speakeasy. Jumping in headfirst, she saw Speakeasy as an opportunity to learn about the financial side of the business as well as the importance of controlling distribution. "The brand was 13 years old and was very different from Oskar Blues," she says. "It was settled and a bit dusty in markets where it wasn't being supported. I went after it from the local beer angle through our marketing and relied heavily on supportive distributors."
Instead of acquiring new markets, Gill began pulling the brand back. It was a bit of foreshadowing for her current model at Golden Road, where she also focuses on selling locally, growing the brand as a symbol for a single city. "I terminated 18 states in six months at Speakeasy," she says. "It was hard to do that with distributor contracts, and I had to learn the law. While I was working there, I also had a pretty life-altering event."
Continuing to work on her swimming distance times, Gill signed up for a relay in Lake Tahoe, joining an all-women team that collectively swam from the Nevada shore of the lake to the California side. "That was my first big-water swim, and we won," she recalls. "Directly after the race, I went to see a few distributors at a celebrity golf tournament. I was driving back, and that's the last thing I remember."
Gill lost control of her car on the freeway, resulting in a catastrophic wreck that left her with a massive concussion and total memory loss for more than a month. "Apparently I was experiencing vertigo from the swim from the water temperature and the waves," she says. "My balance was off, and that caused the wreck. While it caused it, the doctors felt that the adrenaline from the race probably saved my life as well. Recovering from something like that, you have to put your life back together. Things are different. My priorities shifted. Before, I thought of beer as a hobby so I could pay the bills and swim. During my recovery, I couldn't swim as much, and that's when I fell in love with the business of beer."
Yanow first encountered Gill in 2009 while running his beer bar, Tony's Darts Away in Burbank, California. "I'd heard a lot about her before I met her," he says. "She had quite a reputation in the craft beer scene in California. And it's funny, because I didn't hear, 'Oh, she's young and cute and sporty.' I heard, 'powerhouse in the beer industry.' I went to Speakeasy to meet her. I was instantly impressed."
The two fostered a working relationship, and later that year, Gill began looking at restructuring and buying part of Speakeasy. "I was working on my fifth proposal of trying to raise money to refinance it," she says. "Speakeasy was actually out of beer, so it was going to be a huge investment."
In the process of trying to wrangle investors, Gill took several trips up and down the California coast to meet with investors and distributors. She and Yanow reconnected and began to hatch plans for something new and fresh for the Los Angeles beer scene. In February 2011, she left Speakeasy and San Francisco behind. "During that process, Tony convinced me that L.A.'s distribution network desperately needed my attention and that together, we could turn L.A. into a beer town," she says. "That distributor fan base has been a huge resource in building Golden Road."
Last October, more than 1,000 people showed up for the opening of Golden Road Brewing, and within six months, the brand was on 400 taps in Los Angeles County and had 1,500 retail accounts. In less than a year, Gill and Yanow expanded production to more than 5,000 barrels, and while the Brewer's Association won't tally Golden Road's efforts until its first birthday, at this rate, it looks like Gill will set records on land as she's done in the water. "We want to be the local, L.A. craft brewery," she says. "Every beer we make is a beer we know L.A. would love. The way we determine what to make and how to sell it is not by hiring MBAs to do market research. It's by being on the street."
From the outset, Gill and Yanow agreed they wanted to focus on beer in cans—a natural inclination for Gill after working for Oskar Blues. She took it one step further, however, to an entirely new avenue of beer branding. "We hired photographers and drove around Los Angeles," she recalls. "We selected a shot they took of the Shakespeare Bridge in Los Feliz and another shot of a ridge in Echo Park beside Dodger Stadium. I called the manufacturer and was like, 'We will put these two photos on our cans!' He goes, 'You can't do that because you can't put photos on a can.'"
As is typical for Gill, she saw this as minor hurdle, not a roadblock. She contacted Ball, an aluminum producer working with a new program called Eyeris. The Eyeris technology allows high-resolution photos to be printed on aluminum. "We knew the Eyeris idea was a bit of a risk, but everything we've done is a bit of risk," laughs Yanow. "We built a brewery at breakneck speed. We had only a lease last spring, and now we have more than 70 employees. We're now doing about 150 barrels a week, and we have a fully functioning restaurant and pub."
In between meeting distributors, wholesalers, retailers and managing 50 employees, Gill still makes time for swimming. "The water is her retreat," says friend and fellow swimmer Fiona O'Donnell-McCarthy. "If she can only get there for half an hour a day, she'll go. On Saturdays, we might each do a two-hour, 5,000-meter swim. She'll get out of the water, call me and say, 'I thought up something new for the brewery in the pool.' She's still a fierce competitor, but these days she's competing in her business role as well. She can do anything she puts her mind to. And she pretty much does."


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OAKLAND — Three East Bay residents were arrested this week following an indictment last month for conspiracy to commit financial aid fraud by signing up "straw students" at local colleges, including Ohlone, Chabot and City College of San Francisco, federal authorities said.
A federal grand jury in Oakland returned an indictment on Aug. 15, charging Hayward resident Kyle Edward Moore, 29; San Lorenzo resident Marcel Devon Bridges, 26; Oakland resident Derricka Lynn Fluker, 23; and Arizona resident Cortio Detrice Wade, 39, with conspiracy as well as multiple counts of wire fraud.
Moore is alleged to have conspired with Wade, Bridges and Fluker to obtain federal loans and grants offered by preparing and transmitting fraudulent applications for federal student aid to the U.S. Department of Education, according to the indictment.
Federal authorities said the four recruited people to serve as "straw students," then assisted the students in preparing, signing and transmitting fraudulent federal aid forms.
The straw students had not earned high school diplomas, and had no intention of attending school or using the funds for educational purposes. After receiving the funds, Moore and his co-defendants would share the money among themselves and sometimes with the straw students.
Moore, Bridges and Fluker were arrested on Wednesday and appeared in federal court in Oakland later that day. They were released on bonds and are slated to be back in court on Oct. 18. Wade was arrested in Phoenix and also appeared in court Wednesday. It was not immediately known if she was still in custody.
They each face up to five years in prison for conspiracy to commit financial aid fraud and a maximum fine of $250,000. The maximum penalty for each count of wire fraud is 20 years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000.
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crunch42 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 27 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
Dissertation Doctor
We help graduate students complete their doctoral dissertations. Most people "coach" students, we also consult--reading their dissertations and providing content editing and support formulating their research, conducting their research and analyzing the results of their study.
People who are working on their doctorates. Usually in the USA. Pretty diverse in terms of all other demographics.
Please take a look at http://www.dissertationdoctor.com to see the old logo. That logo is too amateurish and busy, and just isn't designed well. We want something simpler, clearer, and cleaner. We still want the words "Dissertation Doctor" in there, but they don't need to be part of the logo symbol itself.
Here's the thinking that went into the old logo, which may or may not be helpful in designing a new one...
The dissertation is a treacherous journey:
And prospective clients are desperate for a guide and for support. Dissertations are about putting together many words and that's why I used the letters from Dissertation Doctor to build the logo. The idea is that the Doctor is the support for the person doing the dissertation. The word dissertation is supposed to be like one of those suspension bridges and the doctor and the pillars are holding it up.
My thought is to stick with the primary colors. But use red sparingly. I
thought the blue and gold colors are reminiscent of graduation which is what all my clients are after. Also if you notice blue is on the left and that
is what my clients feel when they seek me out and yellow or gold represents the experience when they reach the destination.
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United Nations Foundation President Timothy E. Wirth Applauds the Achievements of the Global Fund on its Tenth Anniversary
January 26, 2012
Alexis Krieg
United Nations Foundation President Timothy E. Wirth issued the following statement on the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
"A decade ago the United Nations General Assembly created the Global Fund. A bold, unprecedented roadmap that brings people living with the disease, implementing countries, donor governments, private sector organizations, and community groups together to build effective partnerships to solve some of the most complex global health challenges.
"The Global Fund was established to raise and distribute money to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in developing countries. Today, on its ten-year anniversary, we should applaud the Fund's successes, commend its courage to learn from its mistakes and reconfirm our commitment to support efforts to prevent and treat people in countries that are most affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
"The Global Fund has translated funding into action. By providing billions of dollars to developing countries, it has expanded HIV prevention to millions, including half the world's HIV-positive pregnant women in need of medicine to prevent transmission to their children, decreased the number of annual cases of tuberculosis since 2006 and reduced the number of malaria cases by 17 percent globally between 2000 and 2010.
"Since answering the United Nation's call to action in 2001, the UN Foundation has mobilized resources and worked in close partnership with the Global Fund. In particular, the UN Foundation has been proud to partner with Product (RED) to raise more than $57 million for the Global Fund, and with the United Methodist Church in its Imagine No Malaria campaign, as well as the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and Lutheran World Relief in their Lutheran Malaria Initiative, which could result in up to $41 million for the Global Fund.
"If we want to continue to see success from these investments, we must reconfirm our commitments to the Global Fund. If we do and continue scaling up successful programs and interventions by 2015, we can dramatically reduce deaths from AIDS, end malaria deaths, and achieve significant declines in TB mortality. Investing in the Global Fund is in the best interest of us all. It will help improve the lives of millions of people and help ensure global stability and progress."
Background: To learn more and see the Global Fund's impact firsthand, watch "The Global Fund: 10 Years of Impact".
About United Nations Foundation
The United Nations Foundation builds public/private partnerships to address the world's most pressing problems, and broadens support for the United Nations through advocacy and public outreach. Through innovative campaigns and initiatives, the Foundation connects people, ideas, and resources to help the UN solve global problems. The Foundation was created in 1998 as a U.S. public charity by entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Turner and now is supported by global corporations, foundations, governments, and individuals. For more information, visit www.unfoundation.org.


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LOL! Watch Orlando Bloom Dance Unabashedly to Pharrell Williams' 'Happy' [VIDEO]by Mandi Salerno | PopCrush
Despite the crazy, nonstop headlines revolving around the fight between Orlando Bloom and Justin Bieber, the 37-year-old actor just does not seem to care!
In the video, the 'Lord of the Rings' star shows off his best, um… dad moves (sorry, Orlando) to Pharrell's upbeat hit 'Happy.' He jumps around around on his own, pauses for a photo with a fellow groover, dances with a few random girls and even urges his own girlfriend up onto the stage with him. She's understandably a little hesitant to join. Did she know the funny dance would be recorded and shared for all of the internet to see?
It's nice to know that despite Justin's attempts to mock the actor, Orlando isn't letting it affect his good time. He's still enjoying his vacation in Ibiza, Spain with the rest of Hollywood. (Seriously, did they all plan to be there at the same time?)
Watch Orlando get down in the hilarious video above!


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Philling Up The Rotation…
Joe Girardi went with the right choice…
Al Tielemans/Sports Illustrated
As expected, Phil Hughes was named to the Yankees starting rotation this week. While he may not have had the best spring of the contenders, he offers the greatest potential and we should look back in a few years with very appreciative eyes.
As soon as the move was announced, the blogs about how the Yankees have destroyed Joba Chamberlain started rolling in. I cannot say that the path Joba has taken has been the best for a young pitcher's success, however, at the time of the original Joba Rules, he was compared to Boston's Josh Beckett. He had pitched very effectively in the bullpen and it seemed as though he had the stuff to make the transition to staff ace. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, it was not meant to be. I truly believe the Yanks are better with Joba in the pen so long as he has a clearly defined 8th inning role setting up Mariano Rivera.
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I knew that either Chad Gaudin or Sergio Mitre would be the odd man out. I had expected a minor trade of Mitre for a prospect. So I was a bit surprised when the Yankees placed Gaudin on waivers and subsequently gave him his outright release. Gaudin is young and talented enough to land on his feet. His stay in New York was short but he walks away with a ring.
After defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series, the team became impossible to beat this spring. In five meetings, the Yankees were able to win only one game. Fortunately, they cannot take away the World Series championship for the 'what have you done for me lately' situation. Joe Girardi listened to me when I said he should choose Phil Hughes. Perhaps he should listen to me again…win World Championship #28!
It was a sad week with the removal of a significant part of the old Yankee Stadium.
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Derek Jeter wants to be a team owner? Well, he should certainly have the financial wherewithal if he has invested his money wisely. Still, it will be a sad day when Derek Jeter is associated with a team other than the Yankees. Hopefully, it won't happen until after his playing days are over. I will always be a huge fan of Don Mattingly but the Dodgers uniform does consistently give me a jolt.
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The Red Sox have announced their Opening Day starter so it will be Josh Beckett versus CC Sabathia. Hey Julia, are you ready? I am! Game on, my friend! P.S. You are going down…again! 😀
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"To keep our focus toward change and behave like free spirits
in the presence of fate is strength undefeated."
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Atlanta Cheating Scandal's Tentacles Said to Reach Far
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Callaway Chair Emeritus Ronald L. Carlson was quoted by Education Week regarding the charges faced by the Atlanta retired Superintendent and the former district employees in their roles in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal. The article was written by Lesli A. Maxwell and appeared on 4/17/13. Read the full article


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Burlew Medical Library.
Evidence Into Practice: Publishing an Evidence-Based Practice Project.
Adams, Susan; Farrington, Michele; Cullen, Laura;
Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 2012 Jun; 27 (3): 193-202
The Role of Technology in Enhancing Evidence-Based Practice, Education, Heathcare Quality, and Patient Outcomes: A Call for Randomized Controlled Trials and Comparative Effectiveness Research.
Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek;
Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 2012 2nd Quarter; 9 (2): 63-65
Evidence-based nursing. The EBP rollout process.
Sparger, Kathy; Selgas, Misleydy; Collins, Patricia Manda; Lindgren, Carolyn L.; Massieu, Mary; Castillo, Angela S.;
Nursing Management, 2012 May; 43 (5): 14-20
Evidence-Based Practice for Obtaining Blood Specimens From a Central Venous Access Device.
Mendez, Sarah J.;
Oncology Nursing Forum, 2012 May; 39 (3): 247-51
Abstract: As part of a scheduled policy and procedure review, the department of nursing education at a large urban academic medical center conducted a literature review to determine the most up-to-date evidence for central venous access device (CVAD) blood draws. The literature review revealed that the dead space blood draw was the best practice methodology because the dead space methodology, defined as the point at which blood is in the attached syringe when aspirating without flushing, reduced the potential for infection with minimal blood loss from blood discard.
Planning for Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice.
Cullen, Laura; Adams, Susan L.;
Journal of Nursing Administration, 2012 Apr; 42 (4): 222-30
Infusing research into practice: a staff nurse evidence-based practice fellowship program.
Gawlinski, Anna; Becker, Elaine;
Journal for Nurses in Staff Development, 2012 Mar-Apr; 28 (2): 69-73
Abstract: This article describes the framework and dynamics of an evidence-based practice mentorship program for staff nurses. Staff development educators can be instrumental as leaders in an evidence-based practice fellowship program, as they foster a thirst for lifelong learning, assist with developing a questioning attitude, and inspire nurses to ask clinical questions. The program serves as a bridge to bring research into real-world patient care that results in improved patient outcomes.
Mentoring nurses in evidence-based projects.
Journal for Nurses in Staff Development, 2012 Mar-Apr; 28 (2): 89-90
Nursing Research: It's Easier Than You Think!.
Guercia, Joan M.; Howard, Beverly J.;
Med-Surg Matters, 2012 Mar-Apr; 21 (2): 1-12
Promoting nursing research and innovation by staff nurses.
Syme, Rachel; Stiles, Carla;
Applied Nursing Research, 2012 Feb; 25 (1): 17-24 Abstract:
Abstract: Promoting nursing research participation is challenging. Since the creation of an internal fund for research and innovation, 11 projects have received funding with a doubling of staff participation. The success of this novel funding opportunity highlights the need for this type of support and demonstrates success in promoting nursing research.
Demystifying nursing research terminology: Part 2.
Welford, Claire; Murphy, Kathy; Casey, Dympna;
Nurse Researcher, 2012; 19 (2): 29-35
Abstract: Aim To provide an explanation of the research methodologies and strategies available. Background There are numerous research methodologies and strategies. The literature is ambiguous in relation to research terminology and this often leads to confusion about which methodology or strategy to adopt. Data sources A review of the most up-to-date literature. Discussion The most commonly adopted methodologies and strategies are discuss Conclusion Part 1 (Welford et al 2011) of this two-part paper explained the research paradigms and the rationales for choosing particular paradigms. Part 2 provides an explanation of the methodologies and strategies available to the researcher. Implications for practice/research This paper will be particularly useful for novice researchers or doctoral students.
Mixing research with hands-on experience.
Dunning, Jeremy;
Cancer Nursing Practice, 2012 Apr; 11 (3): 7
The role of a research nurse in translating evidence into practice.
Houlston, Catherine;
Nursing Management - UK, 2012 Apr; 19 (1): 25-8
Abstract: This article describes the role and experiences of a research nurse working with a nursing team to implement best practice guidelines. The structure of the research project and resources were found to support the change, resulting in better patient care. Challenges promoting change as part of a research project included inflexibility of research paperwork and competing local trust priorities. The research nurse was able to support the clinical team to implement change through education and regular visits to the ward to monitor progress and feedback good practice.
Efficacy of the use of evidence-based algorithmic guidelines in the acute care setting for pain assessment and management in older people: a critical review of the literature.
Harmon, Joanne R.; Higgins, Isabel; Summons, Peter; Bellchambers, Helen;
International Journal of Older People Nursing, 2012 Jun; 7 (2): 127-40
So You Want to Change Practice: Recognizing Practice Issues and Channeling Those Ideas.
Lusardi, Paula;
Critical Care Nurse, 2012 Apr; 32 (2): 55-64
Abstract: Applying the best evidence to support nursing practice and generating new knowledge for use in practice are the hallmarks of excellence and allow practitioners to meet patient care quality and safety priorities. Although identifying a patient care problem comes easily to staff nurses, the process of clarifying the problem and channeling those ideas through to a practice change can be daunting for bedside nurses. This article provides guidance to staff nurses who want to identify a clinical problem and change practice.
Applying research to practice: exploring the barriers.
Hewitt-Taylor, Jaqui; Heaslip, Vanessa; Rowe, Nicholas E.;
British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 2012 Mar 22; 21 (6): 356-9
Abstract: Nurses are not averse to applying research findings to their clinical practice; however, there appears to be a number of barriers to achieving this. Generally, barriers include lack of time and the need to provide more education surrounding the use of research. While these are both valid points, the authors suggest that perhaps the solution to the problem is looking at how research is 'sold' to practitioners. For example, the use of jargon in research is off-putting to many practitioners, which creates an impression that research is associated with academia, rather than a tool for practitioners. Also, there may be an unrealistic expectation of what 'using research' might mean. Research is seen as the pinnacle of evidence, and not a part of evidence-based practice. In this article, the authors propose that teaching and expectations of research should focus on the application of research to practice. Reviewing and critiquing of research should serve the purpose of helping to make decisions about its practical applications, rather than for academic use.
Nurses learn caring theory by being co-researchers in a surgical setting.
Boussaid, Lena; Dahlgren, Monica; Lindwall, Lillemor;
Nurse Education Today, 2012 May; 32 (4): 393-8
Abstract: Summary: This paper present findings from research on the following issues: How nurses from surgical unit learn a caring theory by being co-researchers in a research group. The aim was to describe the learning process of the nurses when they were co-researchers in a research group. The study has a qualitative design and a hermeneutical approach. Data were collected through interviews with seven registered nurses in hospital in mid Sweden. The study shows that nurses learn caring by listening to each other. Four sub-themes emerged through the interpretation: Nurses learn caring theory by listening to each other when they are; giving time to talk to one another, expressing their actions in words, sharing thoughts with others and allowing themselves to be touched by each other''s stories. The new understanding highlights that learning in research groups can be understood as a learning process, where nurses listen to one another and thereby create an expression and meaning of their experiences through caring theory, while at the same time developing their profession. Nurses learn caring theory by being co-researchers in a research group. In order for this to happen, the research collaboration should be characterized by realism and engagement.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Danielle's Picks from the Literature - June 2012
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Monday, June 11, 2012
Free trial - PsycINFO & PsycTESTS databases
SJO and CHOC RNs and staff are welcome to trial the PsycINFO & PsycTESTS databases for the month of June. PsycINFO provides access to the Psychological literature and PsycTESTS provides access to psychological tests, measures, scales, assessments and questionnaires. For more information contact Danielle Linden via email or call 714-771-8000 x17759.
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December saw the eighteenth and final issue of HorizonZero, the Banff New Media Institute's three year-old monthly web journal of new media, art, culture and technology. The last issue, Ghost, commemorates HorizonZero with essays on obsolescence and digital amnesia; net projects that play with media past; and an interactive 'Museum of Abandoned Things' (featuring the DVD player, a relic to be replaced by bandwidth in the year 2007). The essays on the historicization of digital culture are more than a little self-conscious: 2005 will see the release of a HorizonZero DVD, and just in time for the tenth anniversary of the institute. Reading and viewing archived essays and projects that are explicitly about the very challenges of archiving can set your brain whirling. Best to remember that the beauty of interactive technologies is not their timelessness, but their ability to effect and reorganize time. The forthcoming HorizonZero DVD won't last forever, but it's not meant to be eternal: it's meant to be explored. - Christine Smallwood
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Making the transition back to a summer climate, that elusive warm state that up until recently seemed to exist only in exotic locales, many miles away, has been a bit more jarring than initially anticipated. Yes, of course, I realized that it would someday register above 70 degrees outside, and yes, New England is notorious for its oppressive humidity, but somehow that all slipped my mind as I daydreamed of summer just a month or two ago. Happily glossing over those unpleasant aspects, I somehow envisioned a June and July as the two most perfect months of the year; free of bugs, hot but crisp and dry, and with gentle showers in the evenings to cool things down each night. We're still just on the cusp of Summer, but already reality has smacked me in the face and set me straight. That ideal summer just doesn't exist, my dear.
And just as suddenly, the kitchen is no longer the 24/7 hangout, the thought of lighting up every burner and cranking the oven as high as it will go growing less appealing by the day. Anything that can be made in quantity, stuffed into the fridge for later, and eaten cold with no fuss has become my favorite thing on the menu. This means lots of cold salads, primarily, but rarely the leafy, insubstantial sort one might initially envision. I'm talking nutrient-dense, hearty chilled melanges of anything from grains, beans, nuts, tubers, pasta- Anything in the house is fair game when I'm putting together one of these powerhouse one-bowl meals.
Having pledged my allegiance to no one cuisine in particular, what often results is an odd fusion of ingredients and flavors, as this particular riot of colors and textures in a bowl may indicate. Borrowing both an Asian and Mediterranean sensibility, cooked pearl couscous and fresh veggies meet edamame, all married together beneath of light blanket of miso dressing. Refreshing and light but still filling and full of flavor, it's the kind of salad that's just as happy being thrown on a plate for a rushed weekday lunch, taking in the glorious AC, as it is being bundled up with care for a picnic on the beach. No matter what Summer throws at you, you've got to be prepared!
Mediter-Asian Couscous Salad
Sweet Miso Dressing:
1 Cup Plain, Unsweetened Soy Yogurt
1/4 Cup Rice Vinegar
1/4 Cup Olive Oil
1/3 Cup White Miso Paste
3 Tablespoons Honey-Flavored Agave, or Amber Agave Nectar
2 Tablespoons Mirin
1 Tablespoon Tamari or Soy Sauce
Mediter-Asian Salad:
1/2 Pound (1 1/4 Cups) Israeli (Pearl) Couscous*
1 Cup Kalamata Olives, Pitted and Sliced
1 1/2 Cups Diced English Cucumber
1 Small Tomato, Diced
1/2 Cup Chopped Roasted Red Pepper
1/4 Cup Finely Diced Red Onion
1 Cup Shelled Edamame (Thawed if Frozen)
1/3 – 1/2 Cup Thinly Sliced Scallions
10 – 12 Fresh Mint Leaves, Chiffonade
1/4 Cup Toasted Pine Nuts
*For this particular rendition pictured above, I used the Harvest Grains Blend from Trader Joe's, which simply adds some orzo pasta, quinoa, small beans and such into the mix. Pearl couscous is simply more accessible, in case you don't have a local Trader Joe's to raid.
First things first, whisk together all of the ingredients for the dressing in a medium-sized bowl, and set aside for the time being.
Moving on to the bulk of the salad, cook you Israeli couscous or couscous blend according to the package, drain (or if it's meant to absorb all of the liquid while cooking, simply transfer it to a strainer) and rinse under cold water until cool to the touch. This will both help to stop the cooking and get it down to a workable temperature. Move the cooked couscous into a large bowl, and add in all of the cut veggies, edamame, and herbs. Toss lightly to evenly distribute all of the ingredients. Start by mixing in about 1/2 cup of your prepared miso dressing, mix to incorporate and coat all of the goods, and stir in an additional splash or two until it's dressed to your liking.
If you want to make this salad in advance, mix in only the initial 1/2 cup of dressing for now, and incorporate the final addition right before serving. Sprinkle the pine nuts over the top to finish.
Store in a large, air-tight container for 3 – 4 days. Separately, the dressing will keep for 7 – 10 days.
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Hey everyone, I'm the current artist for Light Bringer.
If you are (for some reason) familiar with my work, you'll know that I don't often write stories with action, but instead stories favoring comedy or drama. That's why I joined Linkara on this project, to get some experience drawing super heroes under my belt. Therefore, I would like to hear what you think of the new look to Light Bringer. Am I drawing people too lean? Do my drawings lack movement? Is Light Bringer flying awkwardly? Let me know, I'll appreciate it.


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Petersen Automotive Museum Show Celebrates Mustang 50th Anniversary
PHR's favorite muscle cars from the Petersen Automotive Museum Mustang 50th Anniversary Show in Los Angeles, CA
If you're a Mustang lover, this is definitely your year to celebrate. Not only will Ford be introducing the completely redesigned and thoroughly updated 2015 Mustang, but 2014 also represents the 50th anniversary of the Mustang's birth.
Not many models make it to their golden anniversary, so there are numerous big shows and celebrations across the country. One of recommendations is the "Mustangs Forever: 50 Years of a Legend" exhibit that opened last weekend at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles that will remain open through October of this year.
We visited on the opening weekend, dubbed "Mustang Madness," that featured a cruise-in and car show along with food, drinks, and plenty of ponys to check out. Since it's just a cruise, and most people spent their time away from their cars enjoying the museum, we just walked around and picked out some some of our favorites.
Back in 1966 when former President Ronald Reagan was just starting his political career with a bid for Governor of California, he racked up 16,000 miles touring the state in this Mustang convertible, which was owned by his assistant campaign director Dave Tomshany.
One of our favorites of the cars that drove in was this nicely done '67 GT500 clone. We especially liked that the owner used only vintage style parts rather than the modernized Eleanor stuff. The big Vintage Wheels Works wheels keep the right vibe while still allowing for bigger brakes and modern rubber for making the most of suspension upgrades.
When it comes to vintage color palettes, it's hard to been Raven Black with a red interior and redline tires. We're a sucker for it every time. This true GT was fully loaded with Pony interior, A/C, and Rally pac on the column.
Some say it's overused, but we're always a fan of well-executed Gulf paint scheme- especially if it's on a track based car. This '68 coupe had a host of nice budget upgrades, including a 4-point rollbar.
We go back and forth over whether we prefer the '69 or '70 version of the Mach 1. Right now looking at this gorgeously restored red one, we think '69. We'll probably change our minds the next time we run across a '70.
Yup, we were right. A 428 powered '70 Mach with a shaker hood scoop flopped our opinion back over the the 1970 side. Maybe we should get both...
We were surprised to see the Ringbrothers creation known as The Producer out on the west coast. This 700hp extreme pro touring car was actually widened 2-inches per side, giving a new meaning to the classic 2+2 designation. Check out the full feature we did on this bad boy by searching the PHR website.
Event sponsor Galpin Auto Sports fully believes that wider is better when it comes to extreme Mustangs. This 2012 Boss 302 and 2013 GT500 were both treated to significant body widening front to rear to get extremely wide wheels and tires underneath.
Hollywood Hot Rods built this stealthy 2013 GT with aluminum splitter, spoiler, rockers, and diffuser for SEMA last year and the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational. Notice the different roofline? That's actually a hand formed removable aluminum hardtop.
Grabber Orange looks good on old and new Mustangs. The '67 is cleanly modified GTA car that packs a 351W stroker and a Gear Vendors over/underdrive behind the C4 auto to give it six gears. The 2013 next to it is a stock Boss 302.


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Located in the Solan district of the state of Himachal Pradesh, Parwanoo is a scenic hill station with beautiful orchards, greenery all around and hillocks surrounding it.
The landscape of Parwanoo makes it the ideal destination for trekking and nature walks. There are quite a few popular trekking trails which can be used for a day-long trek around the beautiful hills and forest areas.
Facts about Parwanoo
Parwanoo is known for its beautiful orchards and these add to the charm of the place. The fruits from these orchards are used to produce a number of products like juices, jams, preserves, etc and they contribute substantially to the economy of the place. The largest fruit processing unit of HPMC is in Parwanoo.
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Some of you I know are with me and have been cooking pork like this for years but some may not.
I get so tired of eating over cooked pork at various places and hearing people say "You have to cook pork until its done" Ok , but not till its gasping for air.
You can pull pork off the heat when it reaches a temp as low as 145*F. I pull mine off at the majic # of 153*F. My wife has always been fed pork over cooked and dried out and when she met me I introduced her to pork cooked the right way....with juices running out when she cut into it.
Don't be afraid people. Once you eat your pork the right way you will never go back to eating shoe leather again.


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Diversion project expected to be complete in 2011Hungerford & Terry has delivered two of the five 12-ft-diameter, 40-ft-long, horizontal, multi-cell granulated activated carbon (GAC) filters with a 3,000-cu-ft bed of GAC per filter. These filters are for pretreatment to the membrane system that treats 15 million gal of water per day for the residents and businesses in Santa Fe, N.M. This contract to Hungerford & Terry is reported to be worth $2.3 million.
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With a bye week in front of them, the Packers aren't freaking out about Clay Matthews' injury yet. But his track record with his hamstrings does give them pause.
The Packers outside linebacker left yesterday's win over the Cardinals in the first half, after twice pulling up and limping off the field. He didn't return to the game in the second half.
Matthews missed most of training camp in 2009 and 2010 with the same left hamstring pull, meaning they'll keep a close eye on him after evaluating the injury today.
"We need to get healthy," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said, via Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "That's what bye weeks are for. We've had some significant injuries, too many for our liking."
Prior to yesterday, Matthews hadn't missed many snaps, and no practices or games. So the with a week and a half before his next full practice, he will have a chance to rehab and rest.
The Packers will also be monitoring the status of wide receiver Jordy Nelson (ankle) and right tackle Bryan Bulaga (hip), in addition to a long list they carried into the game.


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As spring settles into Motown with its familiar unpredictability, the city's Fisher Theatre welcomes the four-time Tony Award winning musical "Memphis" to its spirited stage. With a limited engagement beginning April 9 through to April 21, the critically acclaimed performance boasts honours for Best Musical, Best Original Score (David Bryan and Joe DiPietro), Best Book (Joe DiPietro) and Best Orchestration (David Bryan and Daryl Waters) of 2010. The storyline is based on actual accounts of the rise and fall of Memphis disk jockey, the late Dewey Phillips, whose plight was to integrate American radio from 1948 to 1958.
Set in the 1950s where the Tennessee city laid claim to the birthplace of rock 'n' roll, its seedy Beale Street nightclubs, numerous radio stations and abundant recording studios, together attempt to tear down the walls of segregation. Sparking the movement, is a simple, yet controversial white DJ Huey Calhoun (Bryan Fenkart) whose love for R & B music and Felicia Farrell (Felicia Boswell), a rising black singing sensation, ignites both a musical and social movement.
Broken into two acts, the first begins with Calhoun entering Delray's, an underground black nightclub named after Felicia's overprotective brother Delray Farrell (Horace Rogers), where its patrons are more than annoyed by the unwelcomed and nervy local. While attempting to convince them that his love for urban music urged him to their club, his ears temporarily stray from the music to the incredible vocal talent of Miss Farrell. From here he attempts to convince her that someday her voice will be heard on radio stations from coast to coast.
Now, armed with both his love for music and his vision for Felicia, he relentlessly promotes his DJ skills to anyone willing to listen, yet finds himself met with many a closed door. His luck changes however, when he enters a local radio station where owner Mr. Simmons (Christopher Gurr) allows him to observe an already prominent yet tiresome DJ. Quickly hijacking the microphone, Calhoun wins over rebellious teens as the airwaves are rejuvenated with rock 'n' roll and R & B music as well as a radio personality which eventually propels the station to #1.
The second act follows the ill-fated couple as the pressure of fame, fortune and racial tension mounts. A trip to New York City, where Felicia denotes that their love will be openly accepted, sees one's career flourish as the other fumbles. A live televised on-air kiss between the two, spawned by Calhoun's jealousy and desire to keep Felicia from leaving him behind, thickens the already spicy storyline further and ultimately leads to the musical's forlorn conclusion.
"Memphis" is from its first to its final scene an incredibly energetic performance. Though its theme deals mainly with delicate racial issues, the topic is handled in a true, yet sensitive manner. In terms of production Sergio Trujillo's choreography elevates the musical's dance routines to unprecedented heights as they are by far second to none. David Bryan interestingly, flexes his musical muscle in scoring the play, though fans may better recognize him as co-founder and keyboardist for pop icons Bon Jovi. Overall, "Memphis" is a very welcomed addition to this year's Broadway in Detroit lineup. You will definitely have a "Hockadoo" good time!
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2018 SUSTAINABILITY PROGRESS REPORT HAS BEEN RELEASED. The BC Salmon Farmers Association has issued its 4th annual Sustainability Progress Report. The report details British Columbia salmon farmers' environmental stewardship and contributions to communities along the province's coast, highlighting a range of topics from findings of recent independent research to fish health and sea lice management. The report tells the story of an industry that has evolved considerably over the last 35 years, and continues to evolve with a commitment to drawing upon ongoing research and investing in the latest technology, equipment and processes to ensure it operates responsibly and sustainably.?Read the report.
They have been tucked away in the bays and fiords along the vast B.C. marine coastline for almost 30 years. Over time salmon farming, part of B.C.'s aquaculture industry, has quietly become the province's largest agricultural export.
Learn more about the industry that now contributes over $1.5-Billion annually into B.C.'s economy and provides thousands of steady, year-round jobs in coastal communities – which pay 30% more than the average median income in B.C.
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Members of the BCSFA have committed to meeting requirements of 'Gold Standard' environmental programs by 2020. Creative Salmon is already producing North Ameri's only Certified Organic Chinook salmon and - for B.C. farmers of Atlantic salmon, who were the first to collectively achieve the Global Aquaculture Alliance's Best Aquaculture Practices (GAA-BAP) standard - it means working to achieve the standard set by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC).
The world is in the midst of a 'blue revolution' where demand for farmed seafood is growing alongside the global population. With wild fisheries around the globe already over-fished, farm-raised salmon is a sustainable solution to meet the increasing demand for lean, heart-healthy proteins.
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B.C. farm-raised salmon is available fresh 365 days a year. Easy to prepare and delicious, B.C. coast fresh salmon packs in protein, essential fatty acids, antioxidants, vitamins, zinc, iron, copper, manganese and selenium, as well as lcium, phosphorus, potassium and sodium – all of which are vital to a healthy balanced diet.
B.C. farm-raised salmon is a popular and sustainable way to enjoy the rdiovascular benefits of one of the fish recommended by nada's Food Guide. Hormones and genetic modifitions are never used to enhance growth in B.C.'s farm-raised salmon. Salmon is a lean protein, low in saturated fats, and is an excellent choice for a healthy lifestyle.
B.C. salmon farmers commit to growing B.C.'S coastal economy by creating lasting equitable partnerships with first nations.
As the industry looks to sustainably and responsibly grow, it looks to do so with the support and partnership of the First Nations whose traditional territory they seek to operate in. Currently, B.C. salmon farmers are partnering with coastal First Nations on 20 economic and social partnerships.
The BC Salmon Farmers Association is 53 members strong, including farming companies, processing companies, salmon feed companies and service and supply companies. Thousands of stable jobs result from salmon farming in communities up and down B.C.'s coast and there is potential for many more.
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B.C. salmon farmers have been leaders in marine research for years, investing to learn more about the environment in which we operate. The Association endorsed the recommendations in the federal government's Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River, including the ll for more research on the marine environment.
Following the Commission's report, BCSFA initiated a workshop series to engage the top minds in B.C. and nada to help identify and advance priority research projects. The workshops are engaging scientists, fisheries experts, fish health specialists, ademics, conservationists, and government to discuss risk, review research, and identify knowledge gaps.


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I didn't know that was possible. I'm trying to get into law school as soon as possible because I want to learn as much as I can, I had no idea you could take the BAR just like that.
It depends on where you are. I know Washington state has a program for studying under a practicing lawyer in good standing as a path to taking the bar, but not sure where else.


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A Sandwich a Day: Meatball Parm from Brucie
Walk down Court Street and you'll run into quite a few meatballs: at Frankies 457, Sam's, Esposito's, Court Street Grocers. The Meatball Row of Brooklyn? Brucie's also makes them for this lunchtime Meatball Parm ($12). They're a pork-beef blend and plenty juicy, brightened up with lemon zest and fresh herbs.
Not monstrous, about ping-pong-ball-sized, these meatballs get slathered in a simple tomato sauce that melts into the stretchy strands of Brucie's housemade mozzarella, with some basil leaves buried in that delicious mess too. By the time you get to the second half, the roll—from Caputo's, another Court Street neighbor—has soaked up all those oily, herby tomato juices without becoming a soggy sponge.
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EDMONTON – One of the most dramatic sessions in the history of the Alberta legislature was set to wrap up Thursday.
It was a session that started with one premier, ended with another, and will resume in the fall with a new face altogether.
Premier Dave Hancock dismissed opposition criticism that the session ended too early, after seven weeks of sitting days, with little substantive legislation being passed.
"The session always lasts as long as the essential work that needs to be done," said Hancock.
It was a sitting ultimately to be remembered not for the bills but for the spectacular political supernova of Alison Redford.
In the space of three weeks in March, Redford went from being Alberta's 14th premier to being a disgraced backbencher after Progressive Conservative party members and caucus mates turned on her over escalating revelations of opulent spending.
She used government planes for party fundraisers and to ferry herself and her daughter on getaways. She spent $45,000 to fly her and her aide first-class to Nelson Mandela's South Africa funeral and back.
Even after she left, the revelations continued. Memos showed that she was using taxpayer money on a planned posh penthouse on top of the government's refurbished Federal Building — a stone's throw from the legislature.
The suite was to boast grooming areas, change areas, bedrooms, dining areas, a butler pantry, a fireplace and a breathtaking balcony view of the legislature building.
Her chief of staff, it turned out, was paid more than U.S. President Barack Obama's, and when her aides left with Redford they pocketed $1.3 million in total severance.
Redford quit as poll numbers bottomed out in the low 20 per cent range — just ahead of the NDP and Liberals. The Opposition Wildrose party soared into a commanding lead.
Under Hancock, named premier until the party picks a permanent replacement, the focus of the sitting abruptly changed to one of damage control and fence mending. He told 1,300 party members at a fundraising dinner that his caucus was sorry for abrogating party values and would work to restore trust.
Under Hancock, the government abandoned a controversial law passed under Redford that stripped bargaining rights and imposed wage freezes and tiny pay hikes on its largest union, the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees. The government agreed to a tentative deal of 6.75 per cent wage increases over three years.
It also presented — and then pulled — two pension reform bills that unions and other critics warned could gut retirement benefits during economic downturns and create a stampede of early retirements in a labour force already lagging behind Alberta's roaring petro-fuelled economy.
After saying for more than a year that the bills had had enough consultation and were ready to pass, Finance Minister Doug Horner agreed to put them over for the summer for more consultation.
There were some accomplishments.
The government passed a budget with a $1.1-billion day-to-day operating surplus, but with long-term debt of $21 billion in the coming years.
It passed a bill to broaden public reporting and investigations on children who are severely injured or die while in government care.
The race to replace Redford culminates with voting in September.
So far, only former cabinet ministers Ken Hughes and Ric McIver have jumped in. Both are promising to curb the excess of the Redford era.
The Opposition has made it clear that all current caucus members will have to answer for their sins of silence during Redford's rule.
"Any person who is trying to lead the Progressive Conservatives has to wear (the fact) that it is a 43-year-old government and has had some really bad practices over the last number of years," said Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith.
"I don't think it can be fixed by any one person."
Redford all but disappeared from public life for six weeks after she quit. She popped up occasionally on Twitter with highlights of constituency work in her Calgary-Elbow riding and was seen on social media relaxing in Palm Springs, Calif.
This week, she returned to the legislature, telling reporters in her three-minute back-to-work scrum that she won't comment on the past because it is the past.
"Do you have anything new (to ask me) or are we done?" she asked.
It was a downbeat end to an upbeat session kickoff on March 3.
Redford held a pep rally that day for her caucus. Media were invited to take pictures and roll tape on a smiling premier surrounded by her cheering teammates.
OK everyone, said Redford as the flashbulbs popped.
"Let's have fun."


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