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Gerd Stein (* 14. Dezember 1941 in Oberhausen) ist ein deutscher Politik- und Erziehungswissenschaftler.

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Stein studierte von 1961 bis 1964 Pädagogik (Lehramt) an der Pädagogischen Hochschule Dortmund und an der Universität Hamburg. Nach beiden Staatsexamina war er von 1964 bis 1969 als Lehrer tätig. Von 1970 bis 1973 studierte er Politikwissenschaft, Erziehungswissenschaft und Philosophie (Diplom-Pädagoge) an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum und der Pädagogischen Hochschule Ruhr. 1977 wurde er in Politikwissenschaft mit der Dissertation Schulbuchwissen, Politik und Pädagogik. Untersuchung zu einer praxisbezogenen und theoriegeleiteten Schulbuchforschung zum Dr. paed. promoviert. 1980 folgte die Habilitation in Erziehungswissenschaft an der Gerhard-Mercator-Universität/GH Duisburg.

An der Fakultät für Gesellschaftswissenschaften wurde er Akademischer Rat und zum außerplanmäßigen Professor für Politik- und Erziehungswissenschaft ernannt. Ab 1977 war er Direktor des Instituts für Schulbuchforschung, das unter Leitung des Politikwissenschaftlers Horst E. Schallenberger sowie unter Beteiligung einer Reihe von Wissenschaftlern verschiedener Fachdisziplinen an der damaligen Universität-Gesamthochschule Duisburg gegründet wurde. Er forschte u. a. in den Bereichen Erziehungswissenschaft, Bildungspolitik und Politikdidaktik. Seit 2005 ist er emeritiert.

Schriften (Auswahl)
 Plädoyer für eine politische Pädagogik. Ein Beitrag zum Gespräch zwischen Erziehungswissenschaft und Politikwissenschaft. Henn, Ratingen 1973, ISBN 3-450-20010-0.
 hrsg.: Theorie und Praxis schulischer Reformen im Spannungsfeld von Pädagogik und Politik. Beiträge zu Wert- und Zielproblematik gegenwärtiger Bildungskonzeptionen. Henn, Kastellaun 1975, ISBN 3-450-20019-4.
 hrsg. mit Siegfried Jenkner: Zur Legitimationsproblematik bildungspolitischer Entscheidungen. Universitäts- und Schulbuchverlag, Saarbrücken 1976, ISBN 3-450-09902-7.
 Schulbuchwissen, Politik und Pädagogik. Untersuchung zu einer praxisbezogenen und theoriegeleiteten Schulbuchforschung. Henn, Kastellaun 1977, ISBN 3-450-20908-6.
 hrsg.: Schulbuch-Schelte als Politikum und Herausforderung wissenschaftlicher Schulbucharbeit. Analysen und Ansichten zur Auseinandersetzung mit Schulbüchern in Wissenschaft, pädagogischer Praxis und politischem Alltag. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-12-926921-5.
 hrsg.: Kritische Pädagogik. Positionen und Kontroversen. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 1979, ISBN 3-455-09238-1.
 Ansätze und Perspektiven kritischer Erziehungswissenschaft. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-12-936930-9.
 Philister – Kleinbürger – Spießer. Normalität und Selbstbehauptung. Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 1985 (= Kulturfiguren und Sozialcharaktere des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. Bd. 4), ISBN 3-596-25038-2.

Literatur
 Norbert Beleke (Hrsg.): Wer ist wer? Das deutsche Who's Who. 39. Ausgabe 2000/2001, Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 2000, ISBN 978-3-7950-2029-3, S. 1365.
 Werner Schuder (Hrsg.): Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender. 19. Ausgabe, Band 2, de Gruyter, München 2003, S. 3275.

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CIVIC IN THE SUN
RACHAEL-O-RAMA #7
December 15, 2020 by Rachael Contreras
For lucky number seven of Rachael-O-Rama, I bring you a fantastic rock band that is a must hear. They are creative, energetic, detailed and talented. They are Civic in the Sun.
Civic in the Sun may be new to most of us but they have been writing and recording for almost four years. Their true love for music made it difficult for them to choose which genre of rock they'd like to create. Since they didn't want to change their style and leave their current fans hanging in the wind wondering what the hell happened, they took their time fine-tuning their craft and sound to create something they loved and wanted to stick with… and we are thankful for their thoroughness because holy hell, they are sensational! Lead singer Aaron Perilo told me, "We want to revive rock in way we feel most connected to it." Great words from true artists!
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Like most artist, it takes a little time before the masses catch on. That's unless you come from some previous successful act, or from music royalty. The average Joe has to earn their way to the spotlight. For Civic in the Sun, they didn't take any shortcuts. They've earned every bit of success thus far. That said, the masses started to take notice on September 18, 2020 when they made an appearance on the very popular Heidi and Frank morning show (Stay or Go segment) on 95.5fm KLOS.
The Music Gods were looking down kindly on the band that day. Ever since that appearance, music fans and industry insiders keep telling Alexa to play that song AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN!
"Civic in the Sun is difficult to describe, and that's a big compliment. No one is looking for sound-a-likes and these guys have created their own sound and vibe. They're melodic, but also heavy and manic, they're theatrical, but also raw and aggressive. Civic in the Sun instantly stands out and you won't be able to get "Tell Me I'm Pretty" out of your head" | Keith Cunningham, Program Director, 95.5 KLOS
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I had the pleasure of interviewing Aaron Perilo front-man for Civic in the Sun that explained where the band name came from, "Civic in the Sun gets its name from a previous band that the other guys had. Years ago, Xander was living in his Honda Civic and the rest of the name matched the street that Ethan lived on. When we formed our band, we kept somewhat of the name and created Civic in the Sun. Either that or they look at me as their source of energy like the sun." (laughter ensues) I told him I thought the story was going to go in more of a "I used to live in my car and want to be reminded of the hard days so I never forget where I came from" direction. Aaron said that sounded much better so I should just go with that and strike what he said from the record (which was met with more laughter on both ends of the phone call). So, if you're wondering where the name came from, go with the latter part of that story.
CITS's four song EP came out earlier this year with great reviews. The EP's songs, Crash, Drown, Tell Me I'm Pretty, and Fixes all have a great grunge yet alternative rock vibe. They liken their sound to Stone Temple Piolets, Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age, Royal Blood (and I'd add Alice in Chains to that list!) and hit the mark with their heavy guitar and deep melodic vocals.
I asked Aaron about their popular single and meaning behind the compelling video to Tell Me I'm Pretty and he told me this: "The song is about our frustration with the 'selfie' social climate and this obsession with having to be validated all the time. By doing this you're imprisoning yourself in this world that is never going to validate you as much as you want. It's a sickness, I suppose. The whole violence part (of the video) is just an example of what this town can do to someone. So many people move out here to just make it 'big' but it can chew you up and spit you out. We're a band from Hollywood so we thought it was appropriate to point it all out."
Aaron went on to say, "The video is up for interpretation but the captors represent Hollywood and the ironic part is that I'm there on my own will." He said that the fun part of making that video was standing in those locations that were shot in black and white while he interacted with the general public (all wearing masks) in his "Charlie Chaplin" style fish-out-of-water costume in modern Hollywood with makeup on his face. He said that the awkwardness between he and the bystanders was not acting since he actually pretended to be a weirdo dressed up handing out papers (what was on those papers we will never know, kind of like the note in the teapot from Jim to Pam in The Office). We can thank lead guitarist Xander for his exceptional cinematography on this video.
Although, no one asked to take a selfie with Aaron while in his 1920's garb, he did have someone bow to him. Hey, it's Hollywood.
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The last seven months have left an opening in Civic in the Sun's masterplan which allowed them to work on a new album, come up with concepts, new songs, the music video… once the whole quarantine thing is over, they are excited to go on tour and share what they love with everyone else. If their EP is this good, I'm dying to hear how incredible their new album will be! They are even in talks with a few labels so they will soon be signed! A well-deserved accomplishment.
Fun and exciting fact about Aaron, he is an actor and has played many roles but my personal favorite is the role of Blackburn in season 4 of HBO's True Blood where he plays a sheriff from the American Vampire League to help Stephen Moyer's character, Bill Compton with the necromancing witches and has one of the coolest death scenes in the franchise. He also has a movie out on Amazon Prime that he co-wrote and co-stars in.
Civic in the Sun is very active on their Instagram. Aaron told me, "We try to be as interactive as possible and post to show we are just a bunch of 'Jabroni's' trying to make some music" (they are big "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" fans).
A by quote Mark Twain, "Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life." Has apparently resonated with Aaron. He told me his bandmates are everything and having them to collaborate with is a blessing and "we've just grown a lot together in the last three to four years."
2020 has robbed of us many things. Including being able to see Civic in the Sun live. They are electricity personified. The band features Aaron Perilo (Vox), Ethan Almeida (Guitar), Xander Gregory (Lead Guitar), Alex Wolfe "Big Al" (Bass/Backing Vox) and Nik Legg (Drums). Trust me, see them when we get back to life, they're that good!
Since 2020 has also robbed us of a current photo of the band playing live, here's a photo of a Civic in the Sun. Hopefully the band gets our humor.
All kidding aside, check this band out so you can say you knew who they were before they blew up.
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Manchester United has just announced on its official website that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is now the permanent manager of the football club.
The Norwegian manager was appointed on a temporary basis after Jose Mourinho's sack in December. He has now been offered the full time role at Old Trafford with a 3 year contract.
Executive Vice Chairman, Ed Woodward has expressed satisfaction with the Ole's performance so far; "Since coming in as caretaker manager in December, the results Ole has delivered speak for themselves.
More than just performances and results, Ole brings a wealth of experience, both as a player and as a coach, coupled with a desire to give young players their chance and a deep understanding of the culture of the club. This all means that he is the right person to take Manchester United forward.


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Donald Trump will choose his Vice President
By Sylvia Thompson
I am encouraged by the fact that Donald Trump, the presumptive 2016 nominee of the Republican Party, will decide for himself who his running mate will be. And if he is true to form, he is not listening to the chattering classes telling him who is best for the ticket.
Some of the people being put forth would advance the practice of political identity politics, which is detrimental to the well-being of the nation. Many lists include an array of names clearly submitted to appease special-interest groups, primarily among women and minorities. Someone even offered that a Spanish-speaker is a necessity. That choice would be crass sucking-up, and would alienate many of Trump's current supporters, some of whom themselves speak Spanish. Given that they are Americans, they also speak English in this English-speaking nation.
America does not need a woman as Vice President nor do we need an ethnic minority in that position. A female or a person of color brings nothing extra to a presidential ticket, other than being a tool for pandering to specific segments of society. I suspect that most Americans, of all stripes, are sick and tired of that practice.
Newt Gingrich made a prescient observation regarding what Trump needs in a partner. First, the person must be eligible to be President, second that person must be compatible with Donald Trump, and third, able to give something of value such as facilitating the carrying of a state in the general election. All, in that order of importance.
Regarding the first requirement, a suggestion of Ted Cruz on the ticket reveals a level of contempt for the many Americans who do not, with good reason, think Senator Cruz is constitutionally eligible to be President of the United States, even though he may be quite capable of doing so. If he cannot be President, he cannot be Vice President. This fact may tick off a lot of people who snugly believe that the constitutional issue has been resolved, but it most definitely has not been resolved.
Donald Trump rightfully brought up the issue of Senator Cruz's eligibility because it's of importance to maintaining the integrity of the Constitution. People who think Trump was "playing political games" fail to grasp the measure of Donald Trump. If he says he thinks Senator Cruz is ineligible, he means it. Why then would he accept Senator Cruz as a running mate? Such an action would be ridiculous, and possibly illegal.
On the second requirement, compatibility with Trump, here too, many are thinking through the prism of politics as usual, viewing him as a typical politician. Donald Trump means what he says when he characterizes an opponent. His words may seem brutal and offensive to the faint of heart (or to hypocrites), but the words describe his assessment of an opponent. He may put aside, as he indicates he will, the meme "ly'ing Ted," but he really does not trust Ted Cruz. He doesn't trust anyone whom he perceives will lie, in business or elsewhere.
Trump responds candidly when asked by media types if he will consider bringing on board any of the 16 people who shared the campaign stage with him. He says, some he will but others he will not. He obviously neither respects nor trusts those he will not accept. This is very astute reasoning. You do not allow people whom you cannot trust at your back, because you are likely to be stabbed in the back.
His attitude is even more apparent in the amazement he shows when he repeats the incident of someone who virulently attacked him during the campaign, but has now come forward to "join up." His closing statement in each incidence of recounting that event is, "That's politicians." In other words, politicians can be very disingenuous and untruthful. Trump has made it very clear that he is not a politician, which is why he's so overwhelmingly supported by the American people.
And finally, the third and least important of the three, that of bringing something extra to the table. Gender and ethnicity should have nothing to do with this aspect of Trump's decision. A large swath of Americans (of all ethnicities) are thoroughly fed-up with the rank ethnic and gender pandering that is currently suffocating our society. We want decisions made regarding leaders based on something more substantial than ones DNA.
Over the past several decades, our society has been poisoned by leftist, godless assumptions about human nature. Political correctness clouds perception and rational thought. Now is the time that we begin the long haul back to sanity. Donald Trump is as popular as he is because he has offered to begin that long haul back to national sanity.
I sincerely hope his advisors are on board with his plans and will not encourage pandering, or will discourage him if he leans toward pandering. The focus should be solely on what is best for this nation as a whole. We are first Americans, and whatever else we are is academic.
I think another White Anglo-Saxon Protestant male (WASP) on the ticket will do just fine.
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Sylvia Thompson is a black conservative writer whose aim is to counter the liberal spin on issues pertaining to race and culture... (more)
Sylvia Thompson is a black conservative writer whose aim is to counter the liberal spin on issues pertaining to race and culture.
Ms. Thompson is a copy editor by trade currently residing in Tennessee. She formerly wrote for the Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley California Newsletter and the online conservative blog ChronWatch, also out of California.
She grew up in Southeast Texas during the waning years of Jim Crow-era legalized segregation, and she concludes that race relations in America will never improve, nor will we ever elevate our culture, as long as there are victims to be pandered to and villains to be vilified. America is better served without victims or villains.
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May 8, 2019 Uncategorized by moritz bosselmann
Tapestry Updates
Dear Tapestry Supporters,
As we approach the end of the school year, we wanted to share some exciting updates with you.
After many months of hard work, Tapestry has received renewal of our charter for a second term, which will begin in the 2019-2020 school year. The renewal was unanimously approved by both our local authorizer, the DeKalb County Board of Education, and then by the Georgia Board of Education. We remain committed to continuing the great work we have started, creating an innovative and inclusive secondary school model that meets the individual needs of its diverse learners.
New Director of Development
Dr. Kantrice Rose
We are delighted to announce that we have hired a new Director of Development, Kantrice Rose, PhD. Kantrice comes to Tapestry with nearly 20 years of experience in development. She received her BA in Government from the College of William and Mary, her MBA from New York Institute of Technology, and her PhD in Organizational Leadership from the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. Her experience includes annual campaigns, corporate and foundation relations, special events, and marketing and communications at nonprofits, including Emory University, 21st Century Leaders Inc., Premier Academy, Partnership Against Domestic Violence, and Georgia State University. Welcome Dr. Rose!
Student Diego Carraway Van Goodman welcomes guests; Student Musicians
On April 8, 2019, we held our annual Partner Appreciation Luncheon, which is one special day in which we can formally thank our amazing partners for all the ways they support the school. The theme this year was growth: our commitment to fostering academic, social, and emotional growth in each and every student and the growth the school has seen in the past five years as a direct result of our partnerships. Guests enjoyed lunch in the Library, music from talented Tapestry students, and a tour of the school led by Principal Barbara Boone and Assistant Principal Matt Tyson.
We were honored to host the DeKalb County School Board, our local authorizer and most critical partner; the Marcus Autism Center and Marcus Foundation; Georgia State University; Mercer University; the Alliance Theatre, the High Museum, and the Atlanta Symphony; Emory University, Emory Autism Center, Emory School of Nursing, and Emory Medical School; and the Georgia Charter Schools Association (GCSA). GCSA received a very special acknowledgement for the invaluable support they've given us from the very beginning. We love our partners!
L to R: Tonna Harris-Bosselmann, Tapestry Co-Founder and Board Chair; Elisa Falco, GSCA Executive VP of School Success; Dr. Tony Roberts, GCSA President and CEO; RaShaun Holliman, GCSA VP of Policy and Advocacy; Devon Christopher, Tapestry Co-Founder and Vice Chair
Tapestry's 5th Anniversary Spring Auction BASH (Be A Student's Hero) was a huge success! Guests enjoyed delicious Latin-themed food from Chef Britt Cloud, first-class jazz from Matt Miller and friends, and over 50 exciting items to bid on. Thanks to the dedication of a small but mighty volunteer committee and the generosity of our guests, we were able to raise $35,000 to directly benefit our students. At the end of the evening, Tapestry's dear friend and Super-Volunteer Grant Perry of Dimensional Design was crowned "King" for all that he has done for the school.
Commitment to the Arts
All students at Tapestry, regardless of skill level or experience, participate in fully inclusive music, visual arts, and drama programming. Through our robust partnerships with the Alliance Theatre, the Atlanta Symphony, and the High Museum, students are afforded many opportunities to experience the arts in unique ways. Recently, the High Museum highlighted our partnership on their blog.
Arts Showcase at Woodruff
Another enriching experience occurred on May 2, 2019, when the students in our arts program were invited to showcase their talent at the Woodruff Arts Center.
Our Music Director, Mr. Matt Miller, is always seeking opportunities for his music students to perform in the community. If you would like to invite our students to perform at an event, please contact Mr. Miller at mmiller@tapestrycharter.org.
Tapestry's 1st Graduating Class
As we approach the end of our 5th year, we are eagerly anticipating the graduation of our first class of seniors, which will take place on June 2, 2019 at the Georgia World Congress Center. This will be a joyous celebration for the graduates and their families, proud teachers and staff, and all who have been fortunate enough to touch the lives of these incredible young men and women. Congrats Class of 2019!
We want to sincerely thank each of you for the countless ways you support us as we make strides toward fulfilling the promise of Tapestry.
The Tapestry Governing Board
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Some tips for homebrewing on the cheap.
Home brewing is a hobby you can start with a small investment in equipment ($150 or less) and make beer. At that point the biggest investment is the per batch cost. When brewing extract patches the fixed costs cost to brew are low, but the per batch cost is much higher. Brewing kits or recipes from my local shop can range from $25-$45. One of the main problems is that liquid malt extract (LME) is expensive, and dry malt extract (DME) is even more expensive. Unfortunately buying these items in bulk isn't a much of an option. LME has a very limited shelf life. Any quantity dry is going to be difficult to work with, as it's very hydrophilic. The leap to all grain could add a significant increase in your fixed cost, as well as complicate your brew day, but there are other ways to save money.
One option is to buying your hops in bulk. You can significantly cut the per oz cost, at retail hops cost anywhere from $1.50 an oz, to $4.00 an oz. If you buy from an online shop that specializes in bulk hop sales, like http://www.hopsdirect.com/, http://www.yakimavalleyhops.com, http://labelpeelers.com/, willamettevalleyhops.com you can find prices ranging from $6-30 an lb. There are a few catches though. Shipping cost is going to add significantly to the price. The more popular varieties of hops may be harder to find in bulk, but if you shop in late fall when the new crop year's product is release you will have the best options. You might even be able to get a much better deal on last years crop. Buying hops in bulk requires proper storage, in a freezer, not exposed to light or air. Stored properly your hops should last over a year w/out noticeable degradation. If you are lucky you might be able to borrow a friends vacuum sealer, and for the cost of a roll of bags, you can break down your pounds of hops in to sizes usable for single batch. When I brew hops in bulk, I target a price of less than $15 per lb including shipping. I usually buy a few lbs at a time. Offsetting the premium hops like amarillo and citra with, work cheaper dual purpose hops like nugget, and columbus. I'm also always on the look out for specials, two for one sales, and inventory clean outs can yield great prices on hops.
I've also found you can save a lot when reusing yeast. While a dry yeast packet is cheap, about 3.50 for a packet. You just don't have the variety of liquid yeast. When you are talking about buying a pitchable quantity of liquid yeast, it costs at least $7 a culture, and higher gravity beers can require 2 or more packets/vials to have an adaquate sized pitch. Making a starter can help with that, but when you wash or reuse a pitch you are spend next to nothing on yeast after the initial batch. You can brew multiple batches in a row using the same strain. The steps are simple and detailed here: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/yeast-washing-illustrated-41768/ . There are a few things to note. First you want to only reuse good clean yeast. If there is any question about the yeast, either your batch had a slow start, a poor fermentation, don't risk it, toss it. I always keep a packet or two of dry yeast on hand for times when my yeast just isn't right or ready. There is no need to lose a batch to bad yeast. Also brewing multiple batches in a row takes planning, you want to brew batches increasing in gravity and increasing in color. Brew your lowest gravity lightest beer first. With some styles of yeast you are limited in the beers you can brew. For example, the wyeast 3711 french saision strain from my last batch is pretty much saison only. I already have 5g of saison in a keg, and now 5g aging in a carboy, so I held off on saving the yeast, making a third batch. I nearly forgot to mention this, if you are lucky enough to live near a brewery, or a part of a homebrew club, you can often get a pitch for free. Just ask, folks are often willing to fill a growler or mason jar with fresh yeast slurry for nothing, but I'd bring along a homebrew or two to share.
If you do decide to go all grain, despite the increased equipment costs, your per batch cost should also be significantly cut. I'm not trying to say that all grain is better, or even cheaper, there are just too many changes and investments in equipment and time to even start that discussion. What I am saying is the consumable costs associated with all grain vs extract is cheaper. All grain recipe kits are typically $5 cheaper than their extract equivalent. You can save even more buying your base malts in bulk. The per lb price for base malts is anywhere from 1.30 for domestic 6row to 2.50 or more for a continental floor malted pale. Buying these grains in bulk you can get them for as low as .60c an lb. That's a huge savings.
Why am I even talking about this? I had a discussion with my wife about how much this latest batch cost me to brew, and how much I've got invested in brewing. I was happy to point out this latest saison might be the cheapest batch I've ever brewed. My grains were bought in bulk, hops in bulk and on sale, and I reused my yeast. The entire batch cost me about $17.50 splitting the cost of the yeast over 2 batches. That's not including fixed costs, but I'll never recoup that. Not bad for a batch of 7% saison, featuring continental pilsner and rye. I guess what I am trying to show is that while homebrewing can be an expensive hobby, it doesn't have to be.
Look at this list, you could have an all grain setup, ready to brew 4.5g batches for around $150. It makes some compromises, but nothing that should impact beer quality.
$50 turkey fryer and pot.
$10 Build a braid for cooler.
$19 Misc stuff (hoses, blow off tubes, air locks).
If you are on a shoe string just trying to brew good beer, it can be done without cutting corners on the important stuff, quality grain, hops, or even liquid yeast strains.
My costs per batch are also all over the place… the Schwarzbier I brewed a couple of weeks ago is probably my cheapest yet. All the grains used, except for a bit of specialty grain, were bought in bulk, as were the hops (which were only a couple of small Hallertau additions). I reused the yeast from my previous Vienna Lager… total cost for a 5 gallon batch came to about 8 bucks (plus the cost of propane, I guess).


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First Edition Cycling News, September 3, 2008
Edited by Greg Johnson & Paul Verkuylen
Hungry Bennati gets Boonen revenge
Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) wins
Italian Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) outclassed Belgium's Tom Boonen (Quick Step) to claim victory on the Vuelta a Espa�a's fourth stage. Bennati, who also holds the Spanish Grand Tour's leader's jersey, claimed the stage win just one day after Boonen upstaged him on the leg to C�rdoba.
While happy about scoring the leader's jersey, Bennati had admitted on the previous day it was a stage win he had been targeting. This victory takes the Liquigas rider's Vuelta stage win tally to four.
"The sprint was how I like - linear and without confusion," said Bennati. "First I exploited the exceptional work of my team-mates, then I followed the wheel of Wouter Weyland and when we reached 180 metres I sped away."
In addition to the event's maillot oro, Bennati also has the points classification lead. While he's expecting the general classification to shake out on today's time trial, Bennati thanked his team-mates for their hard work.
"At Liquigas the saying 'all for one, one for all' is valid," said Bennati. "Everyone respect his role to help the team - this is our strength.
"Many peoples, for example, had doubt about the cooperation between me and [Filippo] Pozzato. We showed that working together and helping each other we can collect many satisfactions.
The peloton will face its first individual time trial today. Bennati expects the 42.5 kilometre stage in Ciudad Real to have a big impact on the overall standings, with the rider likely to lose the leader's jersey.
"I'm happy to be leader," he said. "But tomorrow there's a time trial and will be difficult to keep the gold jersey. I'll do all to honour it, but I'm not here to win the Vuelta. My goal is fixed on the stage victories and I'm not satisfied with one."
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Sastre fine after Vuelta crash
Sastre was torn up
Photo ©: Roberto Bettini
Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre (Team CSC-Saxo Bank) was one rider involved in the Vuelta a España Stage 4 finish crash, but escaped the incident largely unscathed. The Spaniard, who is aiming for the Tour-Vuelta double victory, will continue the event on today's individual time trial.
"It was a hectic finish where Carlos was unlucky enough to crash," said sports director Scott Sunderland. "He suffered some minor scratches and stuff, but nothing big so he's good to go for tomorrow."
Sastre was caught up in the last of several falls within the peloton during the final six kilometres of yesterday's stage. Italian race leader Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) managed to avoid the carnage to sprint home for a stage victory.
"He was caught behind some of the first to crash so his fall wasn't too bad," added Sunderland. "Karsten Kroon waited for him and they reached the finish line together."
Belgium names Devolder, Hoste for Worlds
Stijn Devolder (Quick Step)
Current Belgian Time Trial Champion Stijn Devolder and Leif Hoste have been named as the two time trial riders to represent Belgium at the UCI World Road Championships in Varese later this month. The World Championships get underway on September 23, just days after the Vuelta a Espana Grand Tour finishes in Spain.
Quick Step's Devolder has had a turbulent season so far this year. After winning the Ronde van Vlaanderen while wearing the Belgian tri-colour, Devolder had a disappointing Tour de France - his major objective for the season.
Silence-Lotto's Hoste has finished second three times at the Ronde van Vlaanderen and has twice been Belgian time trial champion - in 2001 and 2007.
The teams for the women and under 23 road race and time trial have also been named. The full team will be named on September 12.
Women's road race: Lieselot Decroix, Grace Verbeke, Liesbeth De Vocht, Laure Werner, An Van Rie (reserve)
Women's time trial: An Van Rie
Under 23 road race: Jan Bakelants, Ben Hermans, J�r�me Baugnies (two more riders will be named on September 12)
Under 23 time trial: Jan Ghyselinck
Source: Beltrán's B sample positive
Manuel Beltrán is taken away by the Gendarmerie
Disgraced cyclist Manuel Beltrán's B sample has reportedly failed anti-doping tests. International news outlet Agence France-Presse has reported that a source close to the case, who doesn't wish to be named, has confirmed the failed test.
The French Anti-doping Agency (AFLD) announced on July 12 that the Liquigas rider had failed a test on the Tour de France's opening stage. The rider was thrown out of the Tour, as the French event's first positive test for 2008, and was suspended by his Italian ProTour squad.
Beltr�n, one of Lance Armstrong's former mountain domestiques, has ridden for the Liquigas team since leaving the Discovery Channel in 2006. His Liquigas squad announced at the time it would fire the rider should the B sample result uphold the findings of his A sample.
Officials are expected to formally announce the results of Beltrán's B sample shortly. The news has also been published on lequipe.fr, the publication owned by the same company as the Tour.
Boom to concentrate on road after '08
Lars Boom (Rabobank)
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Dutch sensation Lars Boom is set to make the formal switch from cyclo-cross to road racing next season, after winning all three Dutch titles on offer in 2008. Boom took the Dutch time trial title on Sunday, adding another red, white and blue jersey to his collection.
He won the cyclo-cross championships in January, following that up with the World Championship title, before winning the Dutch professional road championships in June.
"Every Dutch championship I entered, I won, that is not normal," Boom told Volkskrant.
It is not only the Dutch championships he has won, however. Including last year's World Under-23 Time Trial Championship title, Boom has won every World Championship he has entered too.
For this reason Boom is placed under considerable pressure from the general public where ever he races.
"I go to a race and everyone expects me to win," he said. "That is not good, it shouldn't be expected that where ever I ride I will take gold."
Before making the switch to concentrate on racing the road, Boom plans to ride a full program of cyclo-cross races over the European winter. As the defending World Champion he feels obligated to show the jersey to his fans, especially his growing fan base in Belgium.
In order to best prepare for the tough winter season ahead, Boom has opted to forgo this month's UCI World Road Championships, much to his disappointment. After winning the Under 23 Time Trial title last year, Boom was eager to pit himself against the very best in the world as an elite rider.
Boom will join Rabobank's professional outfit officially on October 1, but before that he will travel with the team to the Tour of Missouri. He won't be racing in Missouri however, but will be training and assisting the team's mechanics. It will be the last time that Boom will travel with Rabobank's Continental squad and marks a symbolic end to this chapter of he cycling career.
It has taken five years for Boom to make the step up to the professional league. "If I didn't race 'cross I would have made the step up a lot earlier," he said.
Given the palmares he has achieved in those five years, the Dutchman's future is expected to boom on the road.
Joe's professional status looking Jittery
By Mark Zalewski
The state of the economy and many other factors are making it difficult for Jittery Joe's to keep a professional status with just one title sponsor. And the search for an addition co-title sponsor have come up short, according to manager Micah Rice.
Cyclingnews reported last week that the squad is among the US professional teams enjoying a multi-year sponsorship contract. The coffee distributor has been a long-time supporter of cycling, and is not changing its mind.
"We had some cash sponsors pull out and the cost of travel has gone through the roof," Rice told Cyclingnews. "We have been searching hard for a co-title sponsor and have been unsuccessful. The deadline for me was September 1. I have a few Hail Mary's out there that could happen and we will wait and see."
Rice said he has released his riders to seek out alternative options for 2009. "I talked to the riders after the race on Sunday and told them to go after what they can get," he said.
However the team itself will not disappear, regardless of finding a co-sponsor. "Jittery Joe's is still in it until 2013 but the probable thing is that it will be an amateur team," said Rice. "We have always been a developmental team and it will continue.
"We had a Jittery Joe's alumni in the Tour de France this year and we were very proud of that," he added. "And I expect we will be back as a professional team, but we are taking a step back to stay healthy. We do not want to try to force something just to have the 'pro' in our name. That ends up not being good for our sponsors."
TIBCO signs Aaron's firepower
Aaron's professional cycling team looked to be continuing into 2009 under a new sponsor, when Cyclingnews ran its state of the peloton feature last week. However, the climate has quickly changed and the team will not be around next year.
As such, three of the top riders of the team, Katharine Carroll, Meredith Miller and Julie Beveridge, have all signed with the TIBCO team for 2009.
"I am thrilled that Amber, Lauren, Brooke and Joanne are all back," said TIBCO director Linda Jackson. "But it's going to be an exciting year for sure [with the new riders]."
Jackson said there that there is an eighth 'big name' rider who is signed but yet unnamed to respect her wishes, bringing the 2009 team to 13 riders. "I am continuing the development part of the team so we will have riders to substitute when our riders go over to do the US national team in Europe," said Jackson.
As for the fate of the Aaron's team, director Micah Rice said he was keeping a positive outlook for the past few weeks that negotiations would pan out for the women's program. "We had some interest from the top level of two companies, but following Downers Grove they came back as a no," he said. "We had been speaking with four companies but we just come up short."
Garmin-Chipotle leads Univest lineup
Will Frischkorn (Garmin-Chipotle)
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United States of America Professional Continental team Garmin-Chipotle will headline this weekend's Univest Grand Prix. The team will be led by defending Univest Champion Will Frischkorn, who will be supported by Tour of Georgia winner Tom Danielson.
The squad, run by former professional Jonathan Vaughters, will face stiff competition from the local American teams. The Tour of Pennsylvania winning Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast team will be present, with winner Martin Gilbert leading the squad while Team Type 1 and Mexican outfit Tecos will also mount a charge on the September 6-7 race.
Polish-registered Amore e Vita/McDonalds will also contest the event with Ukrainian Yury Metlushenko, who won an exciting photo-finish in the Lehigh Valley Classic and was second overall in the 2008 Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling.
The event features a tough 100-mile road race on Saturday, that winds its way through the Bucks and Montgomery counties before the uphill finish in Souderton. Racing continues with the fast, tactical Univest Criterium of Doylestown on Sunday.
HealthNet-Maxxis dominate as NRC end nears
With just one round of the United States of America's National Racing Calendar remaining, HealthNet-Maxxis holds a commanding lead in both the men's individual and team's standings. Rory Sutherland tops the individual standings by more than 500 points over Bissell's Ted King, while the squad has a 150 point margin over Colavita-Sutter Home in the teams classification.
Colavita-Sutter Home is on top in the women's individual standings with Tina Pic leading the way by 42 points over Laura Van Gilder (Cheerwine). Cheerwine, which holds second and third in the individual standings, is also leading the team's classification with a whopping 1370 point margin over Aaron's.
Men's Individual Standings
1 Rory Sutherland (Health Net-Maxxis)    1403
2 Ted King (Bissell)                      813
3 Ben Jacques-Maynes (Bissell)            643
4 Anthony Colby (Colavita-Sutter Home)    624
5 John Murphy                             589
Men's Team Standings
1 Health Net-Maxxis                      2802
2 Colavita/Sutter Home-Cooking Light     2648
3 Bissell Pro Cycling Team               2331
4 Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team         2058
5 Successfulliving.com-Parkpre           1436
Women's Individual Standings
1 Tina Pic (Colavita-Sutter Home)        1189
2 Laura Van Gilder (Cheerwine)           1147
3 Anne Samplonius (Cheerwine)             912
4 Kristin Armstrong                       870
5 Catherine Cheatley (Cheerwine)          852
Women's Team Standings
1 Cheerwine Professional Cycling Team    4225
2 Aaron's Cycling Team                   2855
4 Team Tibco                             2312
5 Valuact Capitol Cycling Team           1266


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The Herculean Effort Taken By One Group To Show Hollywood Is Sexist
Oct. 3, 2014 , at 6:00 AM
By Walt Hickey
Filed under Women in Film
Stacy Smith, director, and Marc Choueiti, project administrator, of the Media, Diversity and Social Change Initiative.
University of Southern California's Annenberg School
Student coders at the Media, Diversity & Social Change Initiative.
Anecdotally, many believe that Hollywood is sexist. For example, can you name five female-led action movies made in the past decade off the top of your head? How about a movie this year that was directed by a woman? A feature-length film about D-list comic-book characters, "Guardians of the Galaxy," was released before a movie about an A-list female character, "Wonder Woman," went into production. Think about that.
But anecdotes can be countered with other anecdotes. What about "The Hunger Games" or "Divergent" franchises, which feature female leads? What about Sandra Bullock, Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson, who are huge audience draws? What about "Frozen"? Let it go already, one might respond.
So, how would you build an ironclad case that women are disregarded on-screen and behind the camera? You'd have to look at the most popular movies, rigorously code each one, and inventory scores of writers and directors, hundreds of producers and thousands of characters — all the way from James Bond down to Barista No. 4. It would be an extraordinary effort just to prove what many already intuit. And even after investing hundreds of hours, there's no guarantee that people with the power to change anything in Hollywood would take notice.
That's the mission and modus operandi of Stacy Smith and her team of researchers at the Media Diversity and Social Change Initiative, a think tank at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Every year, Smith compiles the single-most comprehensive set of statistics about women and minorities in film — in front of and behind the camera — through a rigorous and borderline masochistic process. She and her team are trying to do the impossible: convince gatekeepers that women are people, too, and should probably, you know, be in movies.
In dissecting the top 100 grossing films each year, Smith and her team have analyzed a total of 26,225 characters in 600 films for gender, body type, age, race and more. In their most recent annual review, released in July, they found that in 2013, only 29 percent of characters were female, and a mere 28 percent of the films had a female lead or co-lead.
Similarly, in the five previous years the study was conducted — 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 20121 — women were underrepresented on-screen.
The underrepresentation was more severe in movies catering to younger audiences. About 1 in 4 characters were female in PG-rated films, while just over 3 in 10 characters were female in R-rated films. Only 16 films had rough gender parity — in which women made up 45 to 54.9 percent of named or speaking roles — and only two films had more women than men.2
When it came to the people behind the camera — in the roles of director, writer and producer — only 16 percent were women. This statistic has been stagnant over time.
When it came to race, 74.1 percent of characters in last year's top 100 grossing films were non-Hispanic white, a group that makes up 63.7 percent of the U.S. population. This hasn't changed meaningfully in the six years of the study either.
Smith and her team also found that in film and television, women were "sexualized" — partially or fully nude and wearing sexually revealing clothing — substantially more often than men.
And last week, the group released a study that found that the disproportionate representation of men in film also extended to other top film-producing nations.
To come up with these statistics, Smith and her team developed a methodology for tracking all sorts of things in film, including sexualization, anthropomorphized animal characters, age and even key plot elements like "Truman Show"-style character dualities.
"When we started out, it was tricky. It was a challenge," said Marc Choueiti, project administrator of the Media Diversity and Social Change Initiative. Building the methodological system from scratch wasn't easy. "We figured out a system that we're very confident in. We capture every speaking character on-screen," he said. Uttering one word means the character speaks — so that's a lot of characters.
"We're a factory of producing 5,000 characters out of 100 films every year," said Choueiti, who trains the students coding the films.
The work is demanding. For the typical coding, you can't just watch a movie straight through and get it right — it involves stopping, rewinding, teasing out voices from a crowd to figure out not only who is talking, but what she looks like, etc. Coders crosscheck on IMDb when possible, but just because someone speaks doesn't mean she scores a credit, so the coders have to drill deeper. And the same film has to be reviewed independently by at least three coders, and cross-checked by a fourth, to make sure everything is right.
"I work about 10 hours per week," veteran coder Nathalia Taveres said, "so I watch about three movies per week."
The coders are armed with a manual that's been used since 2008. Once a character is named or speaks, they fill out a suite of stats on her. And if you want to find out how Hollywood objectifies women, you've got to be as objective as possible.
Some things are easy to determine. Characters are divided into form — human, animal, supernatural creature, anthropomorphized supernatural creature or anthropomorphized animal — and the study also notes the character's relationship status and parental status if they're explicitly provided.
Other characteristics can get more complicated. For example, the researchers are interested in the portrayal of unrealistic body images, so the coders have to classify each character's build, graded from A (which is emaciated) through G (which is morbidly obese). They're given pictures of body type to help them accurately gauge the grade.
They also code gender and race. They're trained to make judgments based not only on the gender or race of the actor, but how the actor is presented in the film. This can sometimes be tricky, but they have lot of procedures to get it right. In "Argo," for example, Ben Affleck, who is white, plays Tony Mendez, who is Hispanic, so he's coded as Hispanic. And in "Hairspray," John Travolta plays someone's mother, so he's coded as female. When the actor's reality differs from the story's, the story's is preferred.
There are also lines that are drawn when considering which characters are worth grading for human attributes. Think of the difference between Goofy and Pluto — they're both dogs, but it's only worth analyzing Goofy for human attributes like body size or states of dress. Jabba the Hutt isn't worth grading against human attributes, but his Twi'lek performers are.
Even something as simple as perceived age can be thorny. Characters are tagged depending on which age bucket they fall into — 5 or younger, 6 to 12, 13 to 20, 21 to 39, 40 to 65 and 65 or older. Most people are good at sorting characters into the three younger groups, but it can be hard, particularly for coders in their late teens or early 20s, to gauge age over 30. When they can't cross-check IMDb for the age of the actor — like in the case of an uncredited background character who speaks — the coders are trained to reach a consensus based on stuff like laugh lines, hair color or the age of that character's children (if any).
When you get to the variables describing sexualization of different characters, it gets more complicated. Characters are coded on their attire — if they wear sexually revealing clothing or if there's nudity, which describes the "amount of exposed skin between the high upper thigh and mid chest regions," according to the latest report. These two variables are only counted if the character has a humanlike body.3
Then there's the three-point scale gauging a character's attractiveness. This is a huge question for objective researchers: How do you code for something that appears to be an entirely subjective feature? And how do you make that rigorously scientific? Smith and her team have come up with a solution: If someone makes an explicit reference to how a character looks, coders count that. So "0" means no reference to physical beauty, "1" means one reference and "2" means two or more. It could be a verbal comment or compliment, or anything like wolf whistling or elevator eyes. Coders have to watch the film closely to tease out whether this happens to a single character once or more than once and record that correctly.
Keeping in mind that all of these characteristics need to be coded for every speaking character in a film — with about 40 characters per film, give or take — you can see how coding three films in 10 hours takes skill.
"Once you learn everything, by your second month you're just going at it," coder Gabe Rocha said. "I kind of found myself — when watching movies or TV shows at home — just thinking numbers in my head, like I'd tell my friends, 'Oh, that person's a two.' I started doing that even in real life, just walking around campus."
And all of them have stories of the worst films to code. Choueiti still shivers when remembering "Despicable Me 2." He had to sit down with a student coder, Angel, to figure out all the minions. "I was like, 'Angel, we need to track the eye size, the width and height of every single one of these.' "
Everyone has That Movie. For Artur Tofan, it was "The Lego Movie" with its eclectic, animated and particularly talkative cast. For Yoobin Cha, it was "The Hobbit" with a dozen nearly identical dwarves. For Rocha, it was "Free Birds" with its seemingly countless — but in the end, countable — computer-generated turkeys.
"I did 'The Smurfs,' " Taveres said. "It was terrible. … Of course, some of them have like a hat, different clothing. But they all looked the same."
Sports movies also drew ire, because any name that appears on a jersey means the character is named and must be coded, which means a lot of squinting at extras.
It's not all tedious, though. "On the other hand," Rocha said, "I watched 'Gravity.' "
The coders might eventually get some reprieve. Several are now teaming up with engineers on what they call "the Google project." The Geena Davis Institute, which funds research and activism in women in film, won a Google Impact Award worth $1.2 million that will be used to find a way to automate a lot of the manual effort involved in coding a film.
In the seven years since its first report, the team hasn't noticed significant changes in women's representation in American film. If anything, its data is remarkable in that it's so consistent. But there are a few bright spots.
"Every now and again, we find something that's really interesting. In the last top grossing report, we started looking at genre," Smith said. "One thing that surprised all of us was that women were doing very well in comedy." From 2007 to 2013, that rate was even, at 36 percent — which is slightly above the rate of female character in all of film. Women are also thriving in documentaries, Smith said.
The greatest deficiency is in action and adventure films.
Katherine Pieper, a research scientist and a co-leader of the team, said the most recurring theme is that when money moves in, women move out. A core finding of the work the group did for the Sundance Institute was that women are disconnected from existing financial structures to make movies.
That business reality isn't going to disappear overnight. But Smith thinks there's another way to gauge the success of the group's work. She reasons that for 10 years, she's been teaching a class of 250 students each semester about on-screen gender imbalances, and Choueiti's been training 60 to 100 students a semester in how to code films. That's thousands of students who go into the movie industry after graduation.
"That's how change is going to happen," Smith said.
"There's so many of them. They work at Sony, they work at Disney, and that's what you want. You want infiltration of all levels of these multinational companies with people who realize, 'Wow, there can be another way.' "
So, even if we can't yet see evidence of increased awareness among Hollywood's financial gatekeepers, the project's having an effect on the young people who meticulously code the data.
"I find myself on Netflix looking for films that are directed by women," said Ariana Case, a coder who's worked with the project since 2011. "And I want to watch them, and I want them to do well."
Teams at San Diego State University and UCLA studied films in 2011, so the group skipped that year.
That is, greater than 55 percent of the cast was female, because the group defined gender parity as between 45 and 54.9 percent female.
Every variable can also be coded as "not applicable" or "can't tell."
Walt Hickey was FiveThirtyEight's chief culture writer. @WaltHickey
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NYAGV Ed Fund Holds Virtual Annual Benefit
by Daniel Sobol on Oct 10, 2020 • 1:18 AM No Comments
Joined by volunteers, sponsors, and concerned Americans, the New Yorkers Against Gun Violence Education Fund recently held its 2020 Virtual Annual Benefit.
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Through the generosity of its patrons, NYAGV Ed Fund raised over $200,000 to fund its programs to reduce gun violence by empowering those most affected by the issue to become advocates for safe and just communities.
The organization was pleased to honor the following champions of gun violence prevention at the event, held October 5:
The Allard K. Lowenstein Award for Public Service: U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, representing parts of Brooklyn and Queens. Rep. Jeffries has spent a decade in public service as a champion for social and economic justice, always highlighting the need to reduce gun violence and its root causes. Rep. Jeffries is a co-sponsor of bills to ban high-capacity ammunition, to repeal stand-your-ground laws, and to enact universal background checks on gun sales.
The NYAGV Founders' Award: Aaron Karczmer, Chief Risk Officer and EVP, Risk and Platforms, PayPal. Mr. Karczmer began his career at the New York City District Attorney's Office, where he was a member of the Firearms Trafficking Unit. As PayPal's Chief Risk Officer, Mr. Karczmer spearheads the tech giant's efforts to prevent gun trafficking online – including by funding research designed to guide efforts to monitor and respond to these illegal transactions. Mr. Karczmer earned his J.D. from Stanford Law School, and a B.A. in Criminal Justice from John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
The NYAGV Founders' Award: Actor Rob Morgan. Mr. Morgan is best known for his roles in critically-acclaimed films including Just Mercy, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, and Mudbound. His performance in the independent film Bull earned him a Special Jury Award for Acting at the SXSW Film Festival. His most recent release, "Greyhound," in which he stars opposite Tom Hanks, is available on AppleTV+. Mr. Morgan is a graduate of Virginia State University and lives in Brooklyn.
The Glenn and Edward Iscoe Youth Leadership Award: The Miller Mentorship Class of 2020. Thanks to the generosity of Carolyn Cohen and Larry Miller, our Miller Mentorship program is a summer workshop that allows students to explore how gun violence intersects with race, gender and economic inequality, and receive training on how to become effective advocates. The 2020 class of Miller Mentees – Agnes, Anasia, Ariana, Astrid, Celine, Chloe, Farah, Khairun and Marleny – have shown an exceptional commitment to ending gun violence, even in the midst of a devastating pandemic.
NYAGV also extends a special thanks to singer-songwriter Marc Cohn, actor and playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda, and actress and activist Adrienne Warren for their special appearances during the benefit. For a full list of guest appearances, visit www.wepowerin.org.
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Green Coffee Sourcing for Micro-roasters
by Michael Kaiser
[F]or specialty coffee roasters, the supply of high-quality green coffee is perhaps the most important element of their business. Securing this supply comes down to two important considerations: quality and logistics. How well a coffee roaster can balance these two aspects will ultimately determine their ability to keep up with a rapidly developing industry.
Micro-roasters face a number of challenges in the process of sourcing coffee. In the midst of running a business, it's difficult to allocate time and finances to sourcing the best coffee or traveling to origin. As a smaller roaster (roasting less than a container of coffee each year) the lack of sufficient volumes, as well as poor proximity to a green coffee supplier, can also mean higher coffee shipping costs per pound than those paid by larger operations.
More recently, ideas have been developing at the import and export level of the coffee supply chain to even the playing field for these smaller, emerging coffee roasters. These developments target the spirit of micro-roasters, who value quality, but also information and the relationships that connect them directly to the origin. This spirit also celebrates a new kind of efficiency in coffee sourcing, where buying smaller can actually mean getting much more.
Reducing Packaging Size for Micro-roasters
Carmo Coffees is an exporting company in the Minas Gerais state of Brazil. They've worked for many years to supply coffee importers and roasters all around the world with some of Brazil's finest specialty coffee. Their coffees have been roasted by established companies such as Intelligentsia Coffee, and smaller local favorites like the Aussie Bean in Old Town Orange, California.
Over the past few years, Carmo has been working alongside the likes of Professor Flavio Borém of Lavras Federal University to study the influences of coffee packaging on coffee quality. The result of their research has culminated in the development of a new and smaller type of coffee packaging, consisting of multiple layers of paper and high-barrier plastic, and holding just thirty kilograms of green coffee.
"These packages offer good resistance to mechanical forces and avoids the interaction with air or humidity," says João Carvalho, director of marketing for Carmo Coffees. "The research also shows that it allows the beans to keep almost 100 percent of their attributes for up to eighteen months of storage."
Carmo Coffees ships these thirty kilogram bags in container-sized quantities, but they're also taking advantage of the opportunity to offer them in small quantities, directly to coffee roasters, packaging them two at a time into palletized wooden crates, and shipping them via air freight service.
"Our goal is to reach our traditional importers as well as coffee roasters themselves—particularly in the case of small roasteries that cannot afford to buy full containers, but want to receive exclusive micro-lots," Carvalho says. "We chose to work with thirty kilogram bags, to keep up with the global tendencies of shipping and storing fewer quantities inside each bag."
Carmo Coffees' new packaging will allow roasters to secure small quantities of micro-lot coffees and ship directly from origin to their roasting facilities. Though more expensive than traditional container shipments, the delivery is much faster. To a small roaster considering coffees to roast for a competition, or simply desiring a specific origin sooner than his competitors, the extra couple dollars per pound for a highly specialized coffee with faster delivery plays to their competitive advantage, and significantly reduces the distance between the origin and the roaster.
(Photo: courtesy of Carmo Coffees. Photo at top: courtesy of La Bodega.)
Making Ordering Easier
Meanwhile in Minneapolis, Minnesota, specialty coffee importer Cafe Imports, has been developing an idea of their own.
Working with a wide range of coffee roasters, Cafe Imports noticed a number of added challenges and inefficiencies faced by new and emerging coffee roasters who want to source high-quality coffee, but may not have the financial means to purchase full pallets or even full bags of coffee. They made it their goal to offer the same quality of coffee and service to these emerging roasters, supporting growth of a new era.
The result was La Bodega, small bag specialty green coffee available in fifty-pound quantities, featuring select offerings of unique coffee origins, shipped for free to anywhere in the United States.
"The coffee buying process can seem daunting, and inaccessible," said Omar Herrera, director of La Bodega. "Our goal was to get ahead of those challenges, and allow this new type of emerging roaster to feel confident to dive in."
La Bodega allows roasters to access their complete list of offerings online, supplying information on the coffee, producer, cupping scores, taste profile, and pricing—-as well as access to various certifications for individual coffees. With these tools, roasters can ultimately order and manage their weekly or monthly green coffee needs from a smartphone.
"We want to allow roasters to work within their means," Herrera says. "We wanted a product that provided ease, convenience, accessibility, and that was inlusive."
GrainPro for every coffee, transparent pricing, free shipping, and no lift gate costs all simplify the number of questions a roaster must consider before purchasing a coffee, reducing the added costs that might otherwise persuade them to purchase excess coffee in order to balance shipping costs. In an industry that continues to grow, La Bodega distinguishes itself by offering free shipping.
"More and more people are seeing coffee as this thing that they want to be a part of," says Herrera. "We want to lower the barriers of entry, and open up quality coffee for new types of roasters to be a part of the experience of what Cafe Imports is at origin."
For La Bodega and Carmo Coffees, their impact on the world of specialty coffee is something they both humbly leave for time to tell. For me, however, there's no question about their potential, not only to find success, but to offer a path from origin to roaster with the fewest roadblocks, and guarantee this new and emerging segment of coffee roasters the absolute most from every purchasing decision they make.
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Nine British soldiers die in training every year: Service personnel have been shot during mock battles, crushed by armoured vehicles and drowned during river crossings
More than one in 20 deaths in the British military happens during training
131 military personnel lost their lives during drills in past 15 years
Shocking figures released by Ministry of Defence
It comes days after Army blasted over death of young recruit from stroke
By Larisa Brown Defence Correspondent For The Daily Mail
Published: 18:02 EDT, 12 January 2016 | Updated: 19:47 EDT, 12 January 2016
More than one in 20 deaths in the British military happens during training, damning new figures revealed.
A shocking 131 military personnel have lost their lives during drills or on exercises in the past 15 years, according to the Ministry of Defence.
Troops have been killed in tragedies including being shot during mock battles, being crushed by armoured vehicles, falling to their deaths while parachuting, or drowning during river crossings while weighed down by heavy backpacks.
A Puma helicopter from the Joint Helicopter Force (JHF) hovers as troops from 51 Squadron Royal Air Force (RAF) Regiment march through the desert in 2003
The death toll equates to an average of nine servicemen or women each year - or one every six weeks - losing their lives while putting themselves through their paces for the Army, Royal Navy or RAF.
The figures were released yesterday just days after the Army was heavily criticised by a coroner over the death of a young recruit who died from heatstroke.
Alan Large, the assistant coroner for Wiltshire and Swindon, said the Army failed to notice the 'fundamental defects in the disciplinary and punishment system' following an inquest into the death of Private Gavin Williams.
The 22-year-old, of the Second Battalion the Royal Welsh Regiment, had been a soldier for just a year when he was subjected to a 'beasting' on July 3, 2006, one of the hottest days of the year.
Since 2000, 11 military personnel have been killed during live firing exercises and 28 have died in aircraft training accidents, according to the MoD figures.
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Nine deaths occurred during rock climbing, caving and mountaineering training, while six people were killed while diving or snorkelling.
Seven people died while parachuting, and two deaths happened during paragliding or hand gliding exercises.
Six military personnel died during water transport training, including kayaking, rafting, canoeing and yachting.
Five soldiers died from heat injuries, two troops drowned and 18 people were killed as a result of land transport accidents.
Last year military chiefs were severely criticised over the deaths of three Territorial Army soldiers during a gruelling Special Forces selection exercise in the Brecon Beacons in July 2013.
Since 2000, 11 military personnel have been killed during live firing exercises and 28 have died in aircraft training accidents, according to the MoD figures
A coroner blasted the SAS for 'neglect and delays' that contributed to Corporal James Dunsby, 31, Lance Corporal Craig Roberts, 24, and Lance Corporal Edward Maher, 31, collapsing from heat stroke on a 16-mile march in searing 80F temperatures.
The exercise was blighted by inadequate planning and training and a 'chaotic' response once the soldiers – who were carrying 49lbs of kit – began to fall ill.
If action had been taken immediately all three would have survived, the inquest found.
Last night military injury lawyers, who have represented bereaved families, said the figures were 'shocking' and demanded top brass take action to reduce the number of fatalities.
The figures revealed the Army had the most fatalities during training or on exercise – 88 out of the 131 total. The Royal Navy, including the Royal Marines, had 22 deaths and the RAF had 21.
The statistics include deaths caused by accident or by natural causes, including disease-related conditions. The MoD also included those deaths for which the cause is yet unknown, of which there were nine.
The frequency of deaths has fallen over the past 15 years. Between 2000 and 2008 there were typically 10 deaths each year during training or exercises compared to an average of seven a year between 2009 and 2014. Last year there were six deaths, four of them in the Army.
Last year military chiefs were severely criticised over the deaths of three Territorial Army soldiers during a gruelling Special Forces selection exercise in the Brecon Beacons in July 2013
Of the 131 deaths, 13 were untrained personnel in the initial stages of training, and five of those were under the age of 18.
Lawyer Philippa Tuckman, a military injuries specialist who has represented families, said: 'Just one death is one too many. It is a shock that it is in training that this happens and it shows something needs to be done.
'It is not good enough for the Ministry of Defence to say these things are inevitable because that just makes it more important that correct procedures are followed.
'Although it seems like a high number, it pails into significance when you look at all the injuries that have happened in the same way.'
A total of 2,387 military personnel died in the armed forces between 2000 and October last year.
An MoD spokesman said: 'It will always be necessary to train and test our military personnel to the highest possible levels so that they can help keep us safe. This necessarily involves individuals pushing themselves and taking some risks but all training activity is conducted to ensure these are as low as reasonably practical.'
Ministry of Defence reveal 9 British soldiers die in training every year


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Karlovy Vary to honour US actresses Julianne Moore and Patricia Clarkson
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U.S. Oscar-winning actress Julianne Moore is set to receive the Crystal Globe for her outstanding contribution to world cinema at the opening of this year's Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, festival organizers announced on Tuesday. Patricia Clarkson, who this year won a Golden Globe for her performance in the HBO series Sharp Objects, will receive her career prize at the festival's closing ceremony.
Among other guests at this year's Karlovy Vary Film Festival will be Casey Affleck, who will return to present his directorial debut Light Of My Life, which premiered in Berlin. This year's edition of the festival will take place from June 28 to July 6.
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For readers of a general-audience commentary on the Russian Federation Constitution July 15, 2021, 09:00 2021-07-15 Team of the Official Website of the President of Russia
July 14, 2021, Wednesday
Meeting with VEB.RF Chairman Igor Shuvalov July 14, 2021, 13:40 2021-07-14 Team of the Official Website of the President of Russia The Kremlin, Moscow
Telephone conversation with US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry July 14, 2021, 12:50 2021-07-14 Team of the Official Website of the President of Russia
Greetings to President of France Emmanuel Macron on French national holiday, Bastille Day July 14, 2021, 12:10 2021-07-14 Team of the Official Website of the President of Russia
July 13, 2021, Tuesday
Vladimir Putin answered questions on the article "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians" July 13, 2021, 22:15 2021-07-14 Team of the Official Website of the President of Russia St Petersburg
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Greetings to the national forum The Nation's Health as Foundation for a Flourishing Russia July 13, 2021, 10:00 2021-07-13 Team of the Official Website of the President of Russia
July 12, 2021, Monday
Article by Vladimir Putin "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians" July 12, 2021, 17:00 2021-07-13 Team of the Official Website of the President of Russia
Meeting with Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights Boris Titov July 12, 2021, 13:45 2021-07-12 Team of the Official Website of the President of Russia The Kremlin, Moscow
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July 10, 2021, Saturday
The President heard Chelyabinsk Region Governor's report on wildfires in the region July 10, 2021, 13:30 2021-07-10 Team of the Official Website of the President of Russia
Address to university graduates July 10, 2021, 00:00 2021-07-09 Team of the Official Website of the President of Russia Novo-Ogaryovo, Moscow Region
July 9, 2021, Friday
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Greetings on the opening of the White Nights of St Petersburg International Music Festival July 9, 2021, 19:00 2021-07-09 Team of the Official Website of the President of Russia
Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council July 9, 2021, 13:30 2021-07-09 Team of the Official Website of the President of Russia The Kremlin, Moscow
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Greetings on holding the General Eurasian Peoples' Assembly July 9, 2021, 12:30 2021-07-09 Team of the Official Website of the President of Russia


Postglacial slip-rate increase on the Teton normal fault, northern Basin and Range Province, caused by melting of the Yellowstone ice cap and deglaciation of the Teton Range?
Geology (2007) 35 (12): 1107-1110.
Along the eastern front of the Teton Range, Wyoming, prominent fault scarps offset Pinedale deposits by up to 30 m and document that multiple earthquakes ruptured the range-bounding Teton normal fault after the last glacial period. Paleoseismological data suggest that ∼70% of the postglacial slip on the southern Teton fault accumulated during or shortly after deglaciation, before 8 ka. Here, we use a three-dimensional finite-element model to show that melting of the Yellowstone ice cap and the valley glaciers in the Teton Range may have caused the postglacial slip-rate increase on the Teton fault. During deglaciation, slip on our model fault accelerates by a factor of ∼6 with respect to the long-term rate. Our model further shows that the impact of the melting Yellowstone ice cap on fault slip increases along-strike of the fault from south to north and is everywhere larger than the effect of the former valley glaciers in the Teton Range. The results demonstrate that postglacial slip on faults in glaciated regions may not have been uniform through time. Rather, a significant fraction of slip may have accumulated within a few thousand years after the last glaciation. We hypothesize that the rebound caused by the Yellowstone ice cap has also triggered clusters of earthquakes on other normal faults in the surrounding Basin and Range Province.
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 Lijst van presidenten van Brazilië

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Arguably, the most significant stallion in racing the last two days has to be Green Desert (Danzig—Foreign Courier, by Sir Ivor). Now pensioned, the 29-year-old Nunnery Stud resident sired his 99th worldwide stakes winner on Sept. 19, when his 3-year-old daughter Semayyel won the John Musker Fillies Stakes at Yarmouth.
But that was then and this is now, so what has he done for us lately? Well, nothing directly, but his sons have shined. Within a 24-hour span (give or take), Cape Cross, Oasis Dream, and Invincible Spirit all added new black-type winners to their ever-expanding CVs. On Sept. 27 Cape Cross (Green Desert—Park Appeal, by Ahonoora) added stakes winner 79 as his son Caucus, out of the Sadler's Wells mare Maid To Perfection (from the Stinging Nettle female family that brought the U.S. graded stakes winners Stroll and Grassy), took Newmarket's listed Jockey Club Rose Bowl.
At Newmarket the following day, Oasis Dream (Green Desert—Hope, by Dancing Brave), notched another stakes winner in his belt, when Chigun, a 3-year-old filly out of the Nashwan mare Stormy Weather, won the listed Rosemary Stakes, to become the 62nd added-money winner for her 12-year-old sire.
In France, the Wertheimers' 3-year-old filly Foreign Tune became the 61st stakes winner for 15-year-old Invincible Spirit (Green Desert—Rafha, by Kris). Out of the group III-winning Green Tune mare Gwenseb, Foreign Tune won the listed Prix Coronation at Saint-Cloud.
All in all, not a bad 24-hours for the Green Desert boys.
Other sires to add to their career totals for black type include Galileo (Sadler's Wells—Urban Sea, by Miswaki) who racked up stakes winner 131 with Gallipot, who took the Princess Royal Stakes at Newmarket, Sept. 28. The 3-year-old bay filly is the second foal out of the Spinning World mare Spinning Queen, who won the group I Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket in 2006.
Add U.S.-based stallion Arch (Kris S.—Aurora, by Danzig) to the list as well. His 2-year-old daughter Waterway Run, out of the Dixieland Band mare Princess Consort, won the group III Oh So Sharp Stakes at Newmarket to become her sire's 43rd stakes winner. Incidentally, Arch and Green Desert share a common female family, that of Courtly Dee (Never Bend—Tulle, by War Admiral). Arch is a great grandson of the blue hen matron while Green Desert is a grandson.
Another family connection occurred in Newmarket's group I Fillies Mile. The winner, Godolphin's 2-year-old Elusive Quality filly Certify and the runner-up, Roz, trace in tail-female to the Bold Lad mare Lodge, a stakes-placed half sister to leading European stallions Habitat (Sir Ivor) and Northfields (Northern Dancer) who are sons of the Occupy mare Little Hut. Undefeated in four starts, Certify was bred by Darley in partnership with Hurstland Farm and William Kartozian out of the stakes-winning Mr. Leader mare Please Sign In. Certify's third dam is Lodge. (Incidentally, the Nuckols family has been stewards of this fine family for decades, having owned Little Hut and bred her foals since her first in 1959 until the mare died in the early 1980s.) John Ferguson signed the $80,000 tab for Certify at the Keeneland September yearling sale. Roz, on the other hand, was a Darley-bred by Sheikh Mohammed's young European stallion Teofilo (Galileo—Speirbhean, by Danehill), who also sired Somerville Stakes (Eng-III) winner Havana Gold on the Sept. 27 Newmarket card. Roz' dam, Debonnaire, is a daughter of group-placed Ultra Finesse, a Rahy great granddaughter of Lodge purchased for Sheikh Maktoum's Gainsborough Stud out of the Keeneland July sale. Roz was purchased by Crimbourne Stud out of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale for $26,022.
Certify is the 10th gr. I winner out of 84 career added-money winners for her sire.
On the same Newmarket card, Godolphin's 5-year-old Australia-bred Retrieve (Rahy—Hold to Ransom, by Red Ransom) got back in the black-type column by winning the appropriately named Godolphin Stakes, his first added-money win this year. The winner's purse pushed his earnings past the $1 million mark.
In India, U.S.-bred expat Rebuttal (Mr. Greeley—Reboot, by Rubiano) scored a stakes coup when his 3-year-old son Super Storm won the grade III Two Thousand Guineas at Mysore. The bay colt is out of the Conquistador Cielo mare Cielo Vodkamartini, a winning full sister to grade II stakes winner Cielo Del Nord, from the female family of Lahib and General Holme.
Pierro, Australia's 2-year-old Triple Crown champion, took another step to repeating honors by taking Moonee Valley's group II Bill Stutt Stakes. The 3-year-old bay son of last year's leading sire Lonhro (Octagonal) out of the Daylami mare Miss Right Note is undefeated in eight starts. On the distaff side of things, 3-year-old filly Snitzerland (Snitzel—Monte Rosa, by Fraar) captured Moonee Valley's group III Champagne Stakes to remain perfect on the year. Last year she won the AAMI Golden Slipper (Aus-I) at Rosehill.
Also undefeated, Australia's Horse of the Year Black Caviar is scheduled to race again in 2013. Fingers crossed for the gallant daughter of Bel Esprit—Helsinge, by Desert Sun.
And that last item brings us full circle: Desert Sun, broodmare sire of Black Caviar, is also a son of Green Desert.


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The UConn Board of Trustees has been an integral part of UConn's fabric since its founding. The Board of Trustees has jurisdiction over UConn, including all of its colleges and other units, and has a responsibility to serve UConn by making the best possible decisions regarding the University as a whole. The Board of Trustees' main responsibilities are to elect UConn's president, adopt an annual financial plan of operation, enhance student life, and establish degrees to be awarded.
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UConn graduates elect two alumni trustees to each serve a four-year term on the Board of Trustees and become the elected voice of all UConn alumni.
Bryan K. Pollard '85 (CLAS)
Bryan K. Pollard '85 (CLAS) was elected to serve the 2019-2023 term. Bryan is an Associate General Counsel for Operations for the United Technologies Corporation (UTC) in Farmington, Connecticut, and has been with UTC since 1995. He served as president of the UConn Alumni Association in 1999-2000 and was a member of its Board of Directors from 1994-2000. He was a member of the organization's committees on Diversity and Opportunity, Insurance, and Building Names.
Jeanine Armstrong Gouin '87 (ENG)
Jeanine Armstrong Gouin '87 (ENG) was elected to serve the 2021-2025 term. Jeanine is managing director and vice president of Milone & MacBroom Inc., one of the largest consulting firms in the northeast that provides civil engineering, planning, landscape architecture, and land survey services. Milone & MacBroom Inc. is proud to have hired many UConn graduates over the years and sponsored an endowed scholarship in 2011. Jeanine was inducted into the UConn Academy of Distinguished Engineers in 2014 and is the proud parent of a 2015 UConn alumnus.