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Making a Difference
To learn more about the difference you can make volunteering at the Harriett Buhai Center, watch this short video and hear it straight from the Center's 2011 Volunteer Award Recipients: Making a Difference - Volunteering at the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law

View Our 2012-13 Volunteer Award Recipients Honored for Their Outstanding Service

The New Volunteer Training Experience: What the Center Can Offer You

When Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Holly Fujie was appointed to the bench, her colleagues told her family court was a disfavored assignment. “And that is exactly where I was assigned,” said Fujie, the day’s keynote speaker, to incoming volunteers at the Harriett Buhai Center’s annual New Volunteer Training. “And I love it. I really feel like I make a difference. I get to help people with their very personal matters.” Her enthusiastic attitude inspired and energized the Center’s new recruits, and encouraged those who were not family law practioners for the information-packed day ahead.

Fulfilling Law School Dreams

During the morning session, volunteers met in small groups with Buhai Center staff attorneys and active volunteers to review the fundamentals of family law in California. Sascha Bensinger, Center volunteer and clinical professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, explained to the group that she came to the Center because she was approached to teach family law, but had never actually practiced in that area. “A colleague suggested I volunteer with the Buhai Center.” Bensinger told the crowd that most applicants say they want to go to law school to help others. “Many students graduate and enter the legal profession feeling unfulfilled,” she continued, “but at the Center you have the opportunity to actually help clients—to really make a difference for them.” She emphasized that this is why she continues to provide pro bono assistance.

Professional and Well-Organized Materials

Volunteers were provided with extensive materials to reference, including the Center’s manual California Family Law Basics and were trained by experienced Center staff attorneys and volunteers. Trainees remarked that the materials provided were “incredibly impressive, informative and thorough.” The training was organized by Buhai Center Staff Attorney Judy Behar-Schwartz, who also led some of the smaller break-out sessions. Many trainees actively participated by asking insightful questions and responding to hypothetical scenarios posed by the instructors. One attendee commented that it was “the most professional and well-organized MCLE” she had attended.

Get Involved!

Volunteers are the backbone of the Buhai Center. We welcome lawyers, law graduates, paralegals, interpreters, community members and students to become involved in the Center’s programs. The Harriett Buhai Center handles the most personal and important legal problems an individual can face – issues concerning safety, the well-being of one’s children and financial security. Volunteers play an active role in the Center’s mission of protecting victims of domestic violence, improving the welfare of children living in poverty, and assuring people in need meaningful access to the courts.

Serving as the largest independent pro bono family law firm in Southern California, the Center offers its new volunteers thorough training and supervision in family law. Volunteers may expect to address family problems including: divorce, custody and visitation, support, restraining orders, paternity and division of property. The Center provides its volunteers with a learning environment, networking opportunities and chance to give back. The Center maintains professional liability coverage for its volunteers.

For more information on volunteering or law student internships, please contact volunteer@hbcfl.org or 213-388-7505 ext. 319.

“My experience volunteering at the Center has been life changing. It has renewed my faith in the legal profession and has reminded me of how fortunate we all are to have been given the opportunity to be in a position where we can and should help others.” – Erin, pro bono volunteer

“It’s rewarding to see people leaving the Center feeling good about themselves. I find the Center to be so well organized. The supervision is super and very hands on. All is made easy to accomplish.” – Mary, 10 year volunteer

Opportunities for Volunteer Lawyers Under the guidance of Center legal staff, volunteer lawyers may:

  • Interview clients
  • Prepare pleadings and other legal documents to help clients represent themselves in court
  • Represent clients in court on a limited scope basis for a single court appearance or take a case for full representation
  • Mentor other attorneys
  • Provide advice in non-family law areas such as tax, criminal law, trusts and estates

Requirements for Volunteer Lawyers

  • Attend one of the Harriett Buhai Center’s New Volunteer Training seminars.*
  • 50 hours of office pro per assistance within 12 months following the training and/or
  • Acceptance of one case for full representation** and/or
  • Acceptance of two cases for limited scope representation within 12 months following the training**

*Volunteer lawyers with more than 3 years of family law experience may not need to attend

**Available only for California licensed attorneys, based on requisite experience and skills

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Law Students

“My internship at the Center not only fostered thorough and superior legal skills, but also fostered a commitment to volunteerism. It solidified my decision to practice family law.” – Jennifer, former law student intern

“The Center provides many opportunities for students to strengthen their legal skills from client counseling to preparing motions. The staff attorneys are very helpful in making sure students get the best experience. This is a great place to learn family law and help people in really emotional situations.” – Marine, former law student intern

Opportunities for Law Students:

Law students enrolled in approved California or American Bar Association accredited law schools are welcome for a range of opportunities under supervision of Center attorneys:

1. School Year/Summer Internships:

  • Interview and assist clients
  • Analyze cases
  • Prepare pleadings, write declarations and conduct research for clients
2. Trope and Trope Public Interest Summer Fellowship:
  • Designed to foster passion for public interest, the Trope and Trope Fellowship annually affords one University of Southern California Gould School of Law student with an opportunity to be immersed in family law as a summer intern at the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law.
  • Each year, one outstanding student is chosen among a worthy pool of candidates to participate in the 10-week fellowship program. Under the guidance and supervision of experienced Center staff attorneys, the student will interview clients, draft pleadings, conduct legal research for trials briefs and assist clients with filing documents with the court. By participating in client interviews and assessments, the student is presented with an occasion to hone their client communication and counseling skills. The Center supervising attorneys also encourage the student to exercise their analytical skills by assisting with case strategy and management.

Law School Graduates:

  • While awaiting bar results law graduates can participate in internships to strengthen their legal skills and gain experience interacting with clients.

Requirements for Law Students and Graduates:

  1. School Year Internships: Minimum requirement: 15 hours per week for 10 weeks.
  2. Summer Internships: Minimum requirement: full-time for 10 weeks.
  3. Law School Graduates: Minimum requirement: 150 hours during 3-month period (post bar exam to bar results).

What the Summer 2013 Law Students Are Saying: “Watching the Black Letter Law Come to Life”

“I have seen victims of domestic violence—who are scared and unsure of themselves—morph into assertive women and men who know their rights and want to take charge of their cases after coming to the Buhai Center,” said summer 2013 intern, Suzanna Megrabyan. “You would not experience that in a classroom.” The resounding message from the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law summer interns is that law schools are providing them with an extensive substantive foundation, but they lack tangible experience. The Center’s Summer Internship program strives to create a hands-on, educational environment where interns can hone the skills and build the confidence needed to practice law.

Each summer, students from various accredited law programs are selected to join the Harriett Buhai Center and are exposed to a wide range of opportunities—including conducting client interviews, drafting pleadings and filing documents with the court. Summer 2013 law student Brittany Gorin said that she wanted to intern with the Center because “it is addressing actual problems affecting women and children in Los Angeles.” Throughout her internship, Ms. Gorin has learned she loves working with people. “At the Center, you can interact with clients and witness actual results, and know that you are helping someone.”

Over the years, the Harriett Buhai Center has developed a strong mentorship program where students enjoy staff attorney feedback. “The supervising attorneys are very responsive to our inquiries and tailor the experience to fulfill our goals,” noted summer intern Debbie An. Center attorneys help law students apply the information they learned in the classroom to real cases. “It is amazing to watch the black letter law come to life,” remarked summer 2013 intern Andrew Jones, returning from the spring. “It goes beyond a law school exam that requires issue spotting and applying the law to achieve one final result. It requires that we take each client’s case and adapt the law to resolve their conflict,” echoed intern Jeremy Abrigo. “It has a humanizing effect.”

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Certified Paralegals

“The Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law is a wonderful teacher! I absorb new information every time I volunteer.”– Jennifer, paralegal volunteer

Opportunities for Certified Paralegals:

Certified paralegals may engage in the following volunteer opportunities under supervision by Center lawyers:

  • Interview clients
  • Assist volunteer lawyers in pleading and legal document preparation for clients representing themselves at court

Requirements for Certified Paralegals

  • Meet California law requirements for certification as a paralegal
  • Attend one of the Harriett Buhai Center’s New Volunteer Training seminars
  • 50 hours of office pro per assistance within 12 months following the training

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“It is an honor to volunteer as a translator for the Harriett Buhai Center. Language is a real barrier to many people and I am proud to help bridge the gap.” – Michelle, interpreter

Opportunities for Interpreters :

Individuals with strong Spanish fluency skills or certified in American Sign Language play an integral part in the Center’s volunteer program. Interpreters may:

  • Assist volunteers in interviewing clients
  • Provide written translation for attorneys and clients

Requirements for Interpreters

  • Strong oral and/or written fluency skills; field tested or with educational certification
  • Participation in a Spanish language interpretation program or paralegal program
  • ASL certified

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Licensed Professionals

“After a day of volunteering I feel like I made a difference and helped someone move their life forward. It is personally rewarding to believe that the work and the assistance given at the Center makes lives better.” – Jennifer, 15 year volunteer

Opportunities for Licensed Professionals

The Harriett Buhai Center is looking for licensed and/or experienced professionals in the following areas:

  • Psychology
  • Accounting
  • Real Estate Appraisal
  • Grant Writing
  • Social Work

Requirements for Licensed Professionals Time requirement based on specific project or case.

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Community Members

“It is so easy to make a difference and help people turn their lives around by volunteering just one day at the Center! The most rewarding aspect of the experience is being able to witness clients undergo a transformation from helplessness and despair to empowerment and hope for a better future for themselves and their children.” – Valerie, 10 year volunteer

Opportunities for Community Members

Individuals with the following skills and interests are encouraged to apply to help the Center’s operations:

  • Marketing
  • Public Relations
  • Advertising
  • Fundraising
  • Administration and Management

Requirements for Community Members Time requirement to be arranged.

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Graduate/Undergraduate Students

“The Harriett Buhai Center offers its volunteers the opportunity to learn via hands on experience. During my time with the Center I always felt that I was a part of the team.” – Xochiltl, undergraduate intern

Opportunities for Students: The Center accepts Graduate and Undergraduate students as volunteers in the following areas among others:

  • Marketing/Advertising/Communications
  • Business Administration
  • Social Work
  • Program Evaluation

Requirements: Internships will be made by special arrangement.

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Sebastian Zbik vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

Mikey Garcia vs. Rafael Guzman

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Jun 4, 2011

Saturday night at the Los Angeles Staples Center, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. became Mexico's first middleweight champion, defeating Sebastian Zbik (30-1) for the WBC title in a majority decision (114-114, 115-113, and 116-112).

Neither man is overwhelmingly experienced. The biggest name on either's resume is Chavez's own, who largely has been criticized for making a career against stiffs off his father's hard-fought legacy. Tonight, however, Chavez fought less like a man who inherited a name and more like one who wished to defend its honor.

For Chavez, tonight marked his second fight beyond 12 rounds, his third under trainer Freddie Roach, and his fourth at middleweight. The fruitful work in camp paid dividends for Chavez, noting after the fight what his father told him on a visit to his training at the Wild Card Boxing Club, "This is where you win championships: training, running, and listening to Freddie Roach." While the father credits Roach, for his part, Roach lauded his strength coach Alex Ariza, saying of Chavez down the stretch of the fight, "Junior was in his best ever condition, and outlasted [Zbik]."

By every Compubox metric, Zbik outdid the Mexican: punches thrown (834-796), connected (391-256), jabs landed (56-14), and power punches landed (335-242). The outset did not look good for Chavez, who appeared to give away the early rounds. Chavez (43-0-1), however, landed the harder shots and dictated the type of war that was waged: shoulder to shoulder, trading shots in the center of the ring. Chavez's ring generalship was not prototypical for a Freddie Roach fighter built on speed like Manny Pacquiao or Amir Khan, but it garnered Chavez that most iconic feature of a fighter in Roach's stable: victory.

As Chavez slugged to the body, Zbik complained of low blows. The referee said that Zbik was pushing down on Chavez's head, leaving Chavez's punches with no other target but the waistline. In the ring after the fight, Zbik was gracious in defeat, but stated his perspective on the fight, "I thought I won the first five or six rounds... but then I got hit by some hard body shots... My corner told me that I had to win the last round to win the fight. I thought I won that round." All three judges disagreed.

Of the approximately 7,000 in attendance, the fight must have been most odd for one man: Sergio Martinez, who is now recognized as the best middleweight and whom the WBC stripped incomprehensibly, which eventually enabled Chavez to win this title tonight. (To watch two men punch each other in the face for a bedizened belt is hard for any sane person to rationalize, but when those two men are fighting for a belt that rightfully belongs to you, the ratiocination must be even harder on a brain already taxed by concussive blows.)

To Chavez's credit, when asked if he'd fight Martinez, he replied, "As long as the money is right, I'll fight anyone in the world." As representatives of Chavez's promoter, Top Rank, filtered among the press, they continually stated that Miguel Cotto, the current junior middleweight champion, was in attendance. Martinez's name was never mentioned. For Chavez in the future, it likely won't be, either.

But for Mexican boxing fans, the future can wait. Tonight, Chavez built a bridge to the past: winning a world title in his 44th recorded professional fight, just as his celebrated father had. Junior proved to critics that he has heart; to skeptics that he has discipline; and to himself that he deservingly ranks among the world's elite fighters.

On the televised portion of the undercard, Mikey Garcia 26-0 (22 KO) was announced as "The Fighting Pride of Oxnard", to which no Oxnard inhabitant would take offense since junior middleweight Antonio Margarito has brought the town shame in scandal, welterweight champion Victor Ortiz has moved to Ventura, and Sergio Martinez still has a shaky understanding of English. He faced off against Rafael Guzman, of whom Garcia would later say, "I thought he would run and hide. He came to fight."

By the second round, Guzman's right eye was bleeding from left hooks. In efforts to protect the side of his head, Guzman only left open the front of the face. Garcia found it with jab-right combinations frequently. In the fourth, Garcia landed the jab and then right while dipping in anticipation of Guzman's hook. After the fight Garcia concluded, "It was the perfect right hand," to which his brother and trainer Robert Garcia added, "Mikey's ready for any featherweight in the world."

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As of August 22, recovery auditors can request up to 35 records per 45 days from non-supplier and non-physician Medicare providers.

The new limit increases by just one for providers that were previously limited to 34 additional documentation requests or fewer. CMS set the limit equal to 1% of all claims submitted for the previous calendar year, divided by eight. RACs may go more than 45 days between record requests but may not make requests more frequently than every 45 days. In addition, a provider’s limit will be applied across all claim types, including professional services, according to the CMS release.

While the new limit change may not represent much of a change for most facilities; there are still some providers out there that should take note, according to Debbie Mackaman, RHIA, CHCO, regulatory specialist for HCPro, Inc.

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Review:Rockhopper Audio M3 Headphone Amplifier

post #1 of 16
Thread Starter
This is a review of the new M3 headphone amp by Rockhopper Audio.

I burned in the M3 with 8610 for 150 hours before serious listening.

Smoothness is a strength that Mosfets are known for. Tends toward the tubey without typical unbuffered opamp coldness. No spit or sizzle.

Clean, full and lush tending toward a bit(and I do mean a bit) of warmth.

Solid and deep. Grips like a Krell amp with tight control. No wooly, loose or tubby-ness here.

Focus and Soundstage
Clear focus with instruments and voice delineated clearly and coherently from top to bottom. Soundstage is another strength of this amp.

Macro dynamics are good. Punchy. Good low level micro dynamics

M3 vs. Cmoy(s)
I have a standard CMOY and an “Enhanced” CMOY with OPA 134 and audiophile caps, which sounds very clean. I like the CMOY as you really hear the sound of the opamp with a minimum of other circuitry between the output and your headphone jack. I just like the idea of a minimalist design via straight wire with gain and love the concept of components such as passive preamps. However, the proof is always in the listening and the little CMOY falls short of the M3 in giving music harmonic undertones and proper decay. Can sound cold when compared to the M3.

M3 vs. Pimeta
The Pimeta with an 8610 should be a step up from the CMOY and sounds a bit warmer. Mine did not have the attack and definition of the enhanced CMOY and it seemed to be step sideways and not an improvement. Ho hum.

M3 vs. Melos SHA-1
The SHA-1 was considered by many (including Corey Greenberg and Stereophile in the early 90’s) to be one of the best sounding headphone amps. They sold for around $1000 new and today fetch over $400 used and cost at least that much to refurb through “restoration” sites. This Melos was smooth in the midrange and treble with good midrange texture and air around the voice and instruments. Bass on the Melos is not as deep and tight as the M3. This is where the M3 was simply more coherent. Dynamics were better on the M3. I did not hear a big improvement in soundstage of this SHA-1 over the M3, quite and achievement for the M3 as this has been a Melos strength over the years. I did hear a nice 3D soundstage through the Melos preamp output compared to my Aragon preamp but I did not hear a similar improvement in this area over the M3 via headphones. I wonder what the M3 would sound like with properly designed preamp outputs using the input ground?

M3 vs. PPA
The test PPA had the 8610 with Intersil 5002 buffers. As you would expect, of all the headphones amps tested the PPA sounded closest to the M3. The M3 had a smoother top end with more sheen around cymbals, superb treble definition, yet without sounding bright. I have heard MOSFET “haze” on amps from some time ago and was pleasantly surprised that this was not a problem on the M3. The PPA had more of a clinical sound. In the bass the M3 seemed to slew a bit more quickly than this PPA and sounded less congested during complex music passages. Decay was better on the M3. By comparison the PPA truncated trailing notes to a small extent. As good as the PPA is, it still lacked the smoothness of the M3. Attack was a bit sharper on the PPA. Bass and dynamics were better on the M3.

I have been chasing various headphones (and headphone amps) for 25 years. I have not been real happy with any of them when compared to the soundstage of speakers, but the M3 with Senn 5XX/6XX has caught my attention and brought me back to enjoying headphone listening. This amp is coherent and flat sounding from top to bottom. I am reluctant to submit such a good review of a new component as I realize I may be caught up in the “new is better” syndrome. But I CAN hear “the room” and soundstage with the M3/Senn combo on well recorded SACD’s. There is no hint of any Sennheiser “veil” with this amp; transients are good.

I would prefer to distill my notes, listen to more music and see if I am as enthusiastic after 6 months. However, I would rate my confidence in this evaluation as good. I would agree that in terms of design, the M3 is an evolutionary improvement over the PPA. In terms of sound, it is an incremental and audible improvement. The M3 was designed without compromises for portable use and it shows in particularly in the area of dynamic range.

I am not a big believer in voodoo or witchcraft, but I did think the unit sounded better after the 150-hour burn in particularly in the treble. My M3 also seemed sensitive to interconnect capacitance with the higher capacitance cables rolling off the high end and reducing transient response.

A word about the value of this amp. It is slightly simpler to build than a comparable PPA and I have seen assembled prices that are less expensive making the M3 a deal for those on a budget.

Thanks to Morsel and Amb for a mature design and alpha/beta testing procedures that reminded me of the New Product Introduction Process from the days I worked at a mini computer manufacturer near Boston. Thanks to Stephen of Rockhopper Audio for a professional build and a great buying experience.

Test system hardware
JM Labs 820 Cobalt speakers
Cayin TA-30/Prima Luna Prologue One Integrated Tube amp
Aragon 2004 Mk2 amp
Aragon 24K SP preamp
Rotel 991 CD and HDCD player (love HDCD)
Sony 333ES SACD player
Technics DVD A10 DVD-A player
Monster 2.4 speaker cable
Home Depot HD 14 and 16 speaker cable (not bad, read Audio Cable Asylum)
Silver Audio 4.0 interconnects

Stax SRX/SRD-7
Koss ESP-950
Senn 497
Senn 580
Senn 650
Koss KSC 35
Koss Porta Pro
Koss Porta Pro 2
Grado 80
Grado 225
Sony mdr V6
Sony mdr 780
post #2 of 16
Thanks to Morsel and Amb for a mature design and alpha/beta testing procedures that reminded me of the New Product Introduction Process from the days I worked at a mini computer manufacturer near Boston.
I worked at a mini computer manufacturer near Boston. Agents of order, unite!
post #3 of 16
Thread Starter

Hi Morsel,
I worked at Prime computer for many years. The other big mini companies around Boston were Data General and Digital Equip. Corp.

The brightest hardware designers(such as you and Amb) were like rock idols in these companies. I will refrain from making a tasteless joke about any groupies you may have had following you around....

Were you a DEC Exec?
post #4 of 16
Thanks for the great review, I have an M3 on order from Rockhopper to use at work and as a 2nd home amp.
post #5 of 16
I used to work for Stratus (a maker of big and expensive fault tolerant computers, used to be headquartered in Marlboro, MA and now in Maynard), but my department, the Unix development group, was in San Jose, CA. So, I guess the "near Boston" remark sort of applies to me as well...

Getting off topic here.
post #6 of 16
Thread Starter

Hi Tkam,
I think you will love the M3 mosfet smoothness with the Grado's . It is as close as I have heard any solid state amp come to the sound of a tube headphone amp.

Stephen's work for me has been top notch along with the quality of his parts(both specified and un-specified). Besides that, he is a real pleasure to work with as he builds his business.

Please let us know what you think after you break in the M3.
post #7 of 16
Nice words, well written; thanks, tbonner1. Gave me a very good taste for the M3.

As for the off-topic work tangent, I work in IT, and have been at Stratus (94-96), and Wang (86-94). I have worked in the past with several "Primates" as they were called.

amb: I always joked when Stratus was porting HP/UX to their hardware, I said they should called it S/UX

Lotta good times back then....
post #8 of 16
Originally Posted by skullguise
amb: I always joked when Stratus was porting HP/UX to their hardware, I said they should called it S/UX
Yep, since the original Unix implementation on Stratus was called FTX, we also thought that F/UX would be appropriate too.
Those were good times indeed.
post #9 of 16
I just purchased a prebuilt M^3 from Rockhopper Audio. I can't wait to compare it to my Little Dot MKIII.

I am a tube man but I want to see if a SS amp can win my heart.
post #10 of 16
Bump - I just ordered mine from Rockhopper too. It should be a winner.
post #11 of 16
A very good review and one that brings me a step closer to my decision. Thanks!
post #12 of 16

Originally Posted by Vandal View Post
A very good review and one that brings me a step closer to my decision. Thanks!

... you might want to check his more current reviews further...

"Rockhopper M3
I liked doing business with Rockhopper, but when I last checked he has stopped building amps. I have heard versions of this amp that sounded different with different parts, more than other amps I have compared with different configurations. This amp had 8610 opamps that I preferred with the Senns and Elpac “wall wart”. The amp can be improved with better power supplies.

Not a lot of air or sparkle and somewhat recessed.

Rich and clean but prominent in the mix.

Solid and strong.

Lack of air hinders the presentation and depth.

Good with Elpac, better with improved power supply and audiophile caps.

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hahaha, the Little Dot II over the M^3? It was a fantastic amp for the price, but come on .
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I believe he didn't have sigma with his unit hence the low ranking.
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Even then that's a really odd review. The not-Elpac power supply helps, but not THAT much.
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Hi all,

does someone perhaps know which chip is used in the asynchronous 192k USB module in DAC-9 and I would assume U192S?

Trying to figure out if Linux drivers exist for it. Was anybody able to setup the DAC-9 on a Linux PC?

Thank you for your input gents L3000.gif

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Opening the DAC-9 and examining the USB module, the USB transceiver chip says NuForce NFUSB192S 12W12, which does not help much in term of drivers. I received some unconfirmed information that it might use a Tenor 8802. Can someone confirm?

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I just got a U192S in the mail.

It works fine in Ubuntu 12.04(Alsa 1.0.25), and is detected as supporting 192, but I only had test files of 24/96 which worked.

In Voyage MPD linux, it gives an error (Alsa 1.0.24).

This seems to be similar behaviour to what the TE8802 is supposed to do in Linux, so it might be that chip.

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Is it USB 2.0 audio compliant? will it allow integer support like the M2tech Hiface 2?

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I've exchanged a couple of messages with Nuforce support and received the following information:

DAC-9 supports USB audio class 2.

DAC-9 should work on OS X for USB audio class 1 and 2. As for Linux we do not know if it will work. Someone may have developed drivers that work but we do not support it.

I was also able to use it in Ubuntu 12.04.1 like dgently. DAC was successfully detected and worked with 44k test files I had at hand.

On the other hand it didn't work on Mageia, which is another Linux distro.

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I have now tested it a bit more.

Got the U192S to work in Ubuntu as stated above, but also tested 24/192, and it works fine.

I upgraded my MPD system to the daily (what will turn into 0.9) which has Alsa 1.0.25 as well, and it works.

My conclusion, it works in Linux, but alsa <1.0.25 doesn't seem to work.

If you are wondering, I checked and it really is playing 24/192.

My only problem is that I can it is silent via TOSLINK at 24/192 (but works at 24/96). Since both NuForce(I sent them an e-mail)  and  Simaudio claim they support 24/192 via optical I can only assume its the cable.

Also, one minor stupidity, using the included USB cable I got glitches in the sound. Spent quite a bit of time thinking it was software. Changed for a (much longer, but better) USB cable, and it worked no problem.

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Mercer Investment Consulting has released data on its global investment manager search activity for 2004 indicating strong growth in hedge funds.

Mercer's manager search data is often viewed as a bellwether of trends within the institutional investment market, as the company advises on more manager searches than any other investment-consulting firm worldwide.

Hedge fund of fund mandate searches increased during 2004 with Mercer carrying out 29 searches over the course of the year, compared to 18 in 2003. More significantly, however, assets placed in hedge fund of funds grew to USD 1.8 billion in 2004, up from USD 0.3 billion in 2003.

Overall, Mercer advised on 764 manager searches globally during 2004.  These searches accounted for USD 84.4 billion worth of assets placed - up 27 per cent from USD 66.7 billion in 2003 and a record high.

"The large growth in total assets placed has been driven by increased search activity among our national government fund clients," said Bill Muysken, global head of research at Mercer. "The number of national government-related funds we advise globally has now reached double figures, and some of them placed very large mandates with managers during 2004."

US equity was the most popular single product category among Mercer's clients for 2004, with 90 searches accounting for USD 6.1 billion of assets placed.  Close behind was global equity, which had been the most popular category in 2003 and in 2002, with 85 searches and USD 8.9 billion worth of assets placed during 2004.

Currency overlay attracted the greatest increase in interest from Mercer's clients in 2004, with 28 searches and USD 10 billion worth of assets placed.  This was a dramatic increase from 2003, when Mercer advised on just eight currency overlay searches accounting for USD 2.7 billion worth of assets.

Currency overlay also ranked highest in terms of value of assets placed during 2004.  Mr Muysken commented: "UK pension funds, in particular, showed more interest in currency overlay, hiring managers both to reduce currency risk and to add value through active currency management."

Interest in Japan equity also rose substantially, with 23 searches conducted and USD 1.4 billion of assets placed during 2004. Only four searches were carried out in this category the previous year, accounting for USD 0.5 billion worth of assets.

In the UK, 241 searches were conducted, compared to 222 in 2003, with total assets placed at USD 36.1 billion. Muysken commented: "Search activity for non-traditional asset classes increased in the UK, with clients seeking to reduce their equity risk without sacrificing long-term performance."

In the rest of Europe, 78 searches were carried out, compared to 68 in 2003, with total assets placed of USD 22.7 billion.

Global equity mandates were among the most frequently sought in both the UK and Europe.

North America

During 2004, 158 searches were conducted in the US, with total assets placed of USD 8.8 billion. In Canada, 110 searched were carried out, with total assets valued at USD 4.3 billion.

Muysken said: "We expect more interest in international mandates from Canadian pension funds following an announcement that foreign investment restrictions will be lifted."

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In Asia, 43 searches were carried out, compared to 33 in 2003, with assets placed totalling USD 6 billion. Search activity was stronger in Australia where 101 searches were conducted, although assets valued were slightly lower at USD 5.1bn.

Australia equity and global equity were the most popular mandates in Australia, while Japan equity and Asia Pacific fixed income were the most popular in Asia.

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                                                   Searches           %           (USD million)           %

US Equity                                               90       11.8                          6,133         7.3

Global Equity                                         85       11.1                          8,906      10.6

Canadian Balanced                               49         6.4                             765         0.9

World ex US/EAFE Equity                      46         6.0                          3,231         3.8

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />UK Fixed Income                                    43         5.6                          6,780         8.0

Australian Equity                                    36         4.7                          1,632         1.9

US Fixed Income                                    36         4.7                          3,269         3.9

UK Equity                                                32         4.2                          6,632         7.8

Hedge Fund of Funds                              29         3.8                          1,827         2.2

Currency Overlay                                     28         3.7                         10,025      11.9

Japan Equity                                           23         3.0                          1,426         1.7

UK Balanced/Multi Manager                  19         2.5                             991         1.2

Canadian Equity                                    18         2.4                             468         0.6

UK Passive                                             16         2.1                             560         0.7

Emerging Markets Equity                        15         2.0                          1,749         2.1

Global Fixed                                           15         2.0                          3.259         3.9

Background notes: Manager search is the process that takes place when an institutional investor such as a pension fund is seeking to hire an investment manager to manage a portfolio of assets on its behalf.  This hiring activity can arise as a result of growth in assets under management, a change in investment strategy, a change in investment manager structure or a decision to replace an incumbent investment manager.

Currency overlay is an investment management technique aimed solely at managing an investor's currency exposures.

Mercer Investment Consulting is a leading global provider of investment consulting services, and offers customized guidance at every stage of the investment decision, risk management, and investment monitoring process. The company works with the fiduciaries of pension funds, foundations, endowments, and other investors in some 35 countries.

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By Michelle Dunlop Herald Writer

EVERETT — The threat of foreclosure hangs over Everett Mall, but it’s not the first time the mall or a succession of owners have faced financial adversity, and consumers might not notice anything unusual.

Steadfast Commercial Properties, which owns most of the main building and about two-thirds of the shopping area’s 63 acres, needs to come up with $8 million in overdue interest and fees by July 9 to avoid foreclosure on $98 million it borrowed in 2007. A trustee for the lender, Royal Bank of Canada, published a notice of foreclosure last Monday in The Herald.

Three other companies have a stake in the shopping area and are not involved in the loan or possible foreclosure. And should foreclosure happen, it will likely be business as usual, even for the tenants and customers of the portion owned by Steadfast. The bank, after all, would want the mall to continue as a going business so it can be sold.

“We all want the mall to survive,” said Tom Bayley of C.D. Stimson Co. in Seattle, which owns about 12 acres, including the adjoining Macy’s building. “I think it’s a location that will always survive.”

Irvine, Calif.-based Steadfast bought the mall for $50 million in 2004. Everett Mall’s previous owner, Titanic Associates, a New Jersey-based partnership, defaulted on a $55 million mortgage in 2000. The following year, Titanic’s main lender, Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, took over ownership and hired a property management company to oversee operations until Equitable found a buyer in Steadfast.

When Steadfast took over the mall in 2004, it quickly infused more than $30 million in remodeling and expansion.

Steadfast oversaw the addition of the Regal Cinemas Stadium 16 theaters. It demolished an aging strip mall on the west side of the property, built new buildings and attracted Bed, Bath &Beyond, Best Buy and TJ Maxx. Steadfast also gave the front of the mall a facelift.

Whether Steadfast has the time and the capital to weather a foreclosure remains to be seen. Steadfast did not respond to a request for comment. The published notice of sale seemed to imply that none of the principal had been paid on the $98 million loan. The 10-year mortgage comes due in 2017.

“To turn a mall around, it takes time, patience and, obviously, capital,” Patrick Cox, a Steadfast Cos. partner, told The Herald in 2005.

Said Bayley, recalling the early days of Steadfast’s ownership: “Those guys worked really, really hard.”

C.D. Stimson Co. subsidiary CDSN for many years has owned the Macy’s building and the Goodyear tire store site. It also owns the more recently developed building just north of the main building, where Jimmy John’s and the Vitamin Shoppe are located.

In 2007, Steadfast sold the new buildings on the west side of the parking lot to a third company, SJ Realty Investments, for nearly $22 million. Mano Realty Investments later bought the other section of what is known as the Village, which now houses TJ Maxx and PetSmart.

In early 2008, just before the recession set in, Steadfast owned four other malls in the U.S. — two in California, one in Oregon and The Commons in Federal Way. Early in 2010, the company transferred ownership of Heritage Mall in Oregon back to a lender.

Steadfast still owns dozens of apartment buildings across the country, as well as three resorts in Mexico. It also owns a mall in Mexico and an office building in California.

Last week, Lisa Whitney, vice president of Steadfast Commercial Management, noted in an email that Everett Mall has not been immune to the retail industry’s troubles, brought on by the 2008 economic recession. Whitney said the company has developed a new long-term plan for revitalizing Everett Mall and is continuing discussions with the lender, she said.

If it comes to a sale by Royal Bank of Canada, Bayley doesn’t think it likely that C.D. Stimson would be a buyer.

The company passed when the owner previous to Steadfast defaulted on its loan, he said.

But there are other companies that will be interested in buying Steadfast’s portion. Bayley said he would be surprised if Steadfast doesn’t already have offers. A new owner could do as Steadfast tried when it took over Everett Mall: renovate and attract popular retailers that will draw consumers.

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By Dean Fosdick Associated Press

If you think it’s hard getting kids to eat their vegetables, wait until you try recruiting them for garden work.

But the challenge is worth it: Children just might add more healthy foods to their diet if they’ve grown them themselves.

“If a child grows herbs or vegetables, they will try them at least once,” said Mike Ferraro, whose Preferred Commerce Co. produces Growums,at www.growums.com/, an animated garden program that uses online gaming technology to teach children how to raise fresh edibles and have fun doing it.

“When they’re done, they’re so proud of it they want to eat it,” he said.

You’re never too young to garden, although results for the youngest gardeners might be mixed, said Susan Robbins of the National Gardening Association’s Gardening With Kids program.

Some plants are bound to fail, so don’t react by secretly replacing your preschooler’s veggies, Robbins said.

“Failures are a good way for children to understand that the process doesn’t always work and that you shouldn’t give up,” she said. “Reactive gardening makes them better adults.”

Some steps you can take to feed a child’s hunger for learning in the garden:

Involve them in the planning: Set aside a site and let the kids decide what to grow.

Add fun to their gardening menu: Pay a bounty for the weeds they pull, plant “surprises” in their growing beds or introduce them to “tickle-me plants,” a houseplant (Mimosa pudica) that closes its leaves and lowers its branches when touched.

“As a schoolteacher, I have found that growing a ‘tickle-me plant’ excites youngsters about science and nature as well as making them more sensitive about to how to care for plants and other living things,” said Mark Chipkin, educational project director for TickleMe Plants Co. Inc.

Build their attention spans: Introduce theme garden mixtures like pizzas (tomato, oregano, basil and bell pepper plants), tacos (cilantro, jalapeño, lettuce and tomato), and salads (lettuce, carrot, cucumber and tomato). Plants that germinate quickly, such as sunflowers, daisies and cucumbers, also keep kids engaged.

Let them do some of the dirty work: Even a toddler can aim a water hose. Buy child-size tools and build raised beds to make it easier for children to maneuver.

Use pots or containers to make their job less daunting.

Encourage them in their homework: Each year, Bonnie Plants, an Alabama-based wholesaler, distributes more than a million free cabbage plants to third-grade classrooms around the nation. Students grow the seedlings in their family gardens. Bonnie awards a $1,000 scholarship to one student from each state after teachers submit the names of their class winners.

“The reason Bonnie chose the O.S. (oversize) Cross Cabbages is because the variety has the potential to grow to be 40 to 50 pounds, and it makes it really fun and engaging for the kids to watch it grow,” said Joan Casanova, a spokeswoman who helps coordinate the 48-state program.

“The program not only teaches kids about gardening and where their food comes from, (but) it also teaches kids lessons in responsibility, nurture, nature and builds self-confidence,” she said.


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50 years ago (1962)

Carol Conrad, Everett High School junior, accepted keys from Wally Rodland of Follestad Rambler as high school driving instructor Myron Williams looked on. The agency once again donated a new Rambler with dual controls for driving education.

Ernst Hardware officials announced the opening of a modern self-service hardware, lumber and Malmo Nursery shopping center in Everett in April. It would be at 4920 Evergreen Way in the building that housed a Tradewell grocery store until it closed Feb. 17. Ernst and Malmo were divisions of Seattle-based Pay’n Save Corporation.

25 years ago (1987)

Two longtime employees of the Snohomish County Treasurer’s Office who retired this week, Les Anderson and Elsie Grebis, were honored at a reception. Gary Raupach had been the new recording manager in the county auditor’s office since November.

Students at Everett Christian School were to take part in a cleanup of nearby Garfield Park. Administrator Ron Halma said students used the park a lot and felt the cleanup was a benefit to the Riverside community.

By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at the Everett Public Library


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Marysville woman killed in crash Friday near Tulalip

  • Mon Apr 30th, 2012 8:56pm
  • News

Herald staff

TULALIP — One woman was killed and another injured after a one-car wreck Friday night in the Tulalip area.

The women were in a four-door Chrysler when the driver, 20, missed a turn, left the roadway and struck a tree, Snohomish County sheriff’s bureau chief Kevin Prentiss said.

The driver, of Marysville, died at the scene. Her name wasn’t available Monday.

The passenger, 19, also of Marysville, was taken to a local hospital. Her injuries weren’t believed to be life-threatening.

The wreck happened about 7:30 p.m. in the 2800 block of Turk Road, just north of Tulalip Bay.

Snohomish County sheriff’s detectives are investigating and believe the car may have been involved in a hit-and-run reported nearby earlier that night.


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Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon tested by county turmoil

  • Mon May 3rd, 2010 10:54am
  • News

By Noah Haglund Herald Writer

EVERETT — Aaron Reardon propelled himself through Washington’s political ranks into the Snohomish County executive’s office at the age of 32 by promising efficient, transparent government that broke from the old ways of doing business.

Though the young, rising Democrat weathered plenty of disputes with Republican lawmakers and members of his own party, he may never have faced a true political crisis — until the past year.

Today, all eyes are on the now 39-year-old to see whom he chooses to replace his top administrative officer, deputy executive Mark Soine, who announced his resignation early last week. Reardon promised to name a successor before Soine’s scheduled exit on June 3.

Reardon said the shake-up has taught him the importance of making sure his top managers keep him informed.

“I am not to be kept out of the loop on anything,” he said.

While Reardon listed numerous ground-level changes that are taking place in the departments he oversees, he suggested no overhaul of how county government is being run. Efforts to mend strained relations with other elected officials have already moved Reardon’s administration down the path it needs to take, he said.

“I’m going to continue on in the same vein that we started on at the beginning of the year,” Reardon said.

Soine was the latest domino to topple after a series of management slipups. First, there was planning director Craig Ladiser, fired last summer after a female lobbyist accused him of indecent exposure and sexually motivated assault during a building-industry golf tournament.

Then came revelations about alleged sexual harassment and other misbehavior by managers in the planning department. That prompted Reardon to request a $12,000 outside review that found serious record-keeping problems at the office that handles county workers’ complaints. Another $50,000 audit of the county’s computer department noted unusually poor communication between Reardon’s office and other branches of county government.

Soine had a role in supervising the departments criticized by the outside consultants.

Reardon said Tuesday that concerns about the county’s complaint investigations and computer systems were reported to Soine and other top managers, but didn’t reach him.

“My confidence in the information I was receiving internally was shaken (after the audits),” he said.

Reardon said last week that he sat his top staff down and underscored his expectations.

“They are not to withhold anything from me,” he said. “There is no gray area.”

Communication problems have long dogged the executive’s office under Reardon.

In her 2006 resignation letter, Susan Neely, an executive director early in Reardon’s tenure, said lack of communication contributed to making the executive’s office a hostile workplace.

In the letter, Neely said policy questions e-mailed to Reardon and Soine were rarely acknowledged or went unanswered. She complained of being excluded from discussions and said she was treated with disrespect.

Neely is a highly regarded analyst, particularly on criminal-justice matters, which consume more than 70 percent of the county’s roughly $200 million operating budget. The day she resigned from Reardon’s crew, Neely was snapped up by King County as a council budget analyst.

She now works for the Snohomish County Council and declined to comment for this story.

Senior staffers

With Soine leaving, Reardon’s closest directors include:

  • Executive director Peter Camp, 53, a Columbia University-trained lawyer who previously worked as Everett’s deputy city attorney. He earns $146,000 annually, the upper end of his salary range.

  • Executive director Brian Parry, 31, Reardon’s former legislative aide, campaign manager and chief of staff. Parry joined Reardon’s office in 2005 after a lobbying job with the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish County. He had spent little, if any, time supervising employees before that, but was put in charge of overseeing directors of multimillion-dollar departments.

    That included the planning department under Ladiser. He earns $106,000 annually, near the lower end of the salary range for his position.

  • Finance director Roger Neumaier, 60, whom Reardon appointed soon after being elected to his first term as county executive in 2003. An experienced certified public accountant, Neumaier previously held other high-level finance positions in Snohomish County and state government. He earns $146,000 annually, the upper end of his salary range.

    Soine, 59, earns $161,000 annually. That’s $14,000 more than Reardon. It also is the top pay authorized for the deputy executive position.

    Soine was light on experience managing people before Reardon hired him in 2005. He had worked as Everett’s city attorney and served on the Everett City Council.

    The choice of Soine’s successor has important implications for county government and for Reardon’s political future. He is preparing for a possible campaign for a third term. State campaign finance records show Reardon in March collected $17,100 for the 2011 executive’s race. He also often is mentioned as a possible candidate for statewide or federal offices.

    Snohomish County Democratic Party Chairman Bill Phillips said Soine’s resignation suggests Reardon is “putting politics aside and doing what he needs to do.”

    “Mark and he are friends,” Phillips said. “They’ve known each other a very long time. Mark’s resignation, to me, shows me that Aaron is taking steps to address problems in his own office.”

    In 2007, Reardon handily beat Republican challenger Jack Turk, a political neophyte and former Microsoft manager. Reardon’s opponent attracted the most attention for performing as a magician under the name Turk the Magic Genie. His business card showed him with a bird puppet named Doodle.

    Snohomish County Republican Party Chairman Jim Kellett said he hadn’t been following news of Soine’s resignation. He also said it’s too early to talk about prospects for the 2011 election.

    “I would certainly disagree with the Democrats’ assertion” that Reardon is putting politics aside, Kellett said. “Aaron is a political animal.”

    One obvious qualification for Soine’s replacement is experience running large public or private enterprises, said Stephen Page, associate professor of the University of Washington’s Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs.

    “The executive has a lot of different responsibilities, many of which are ceremonial and public,” Page said. “The day-to-day operations of the county require somebody who has the chief executive’s ear and can speak with the chief executive’s voice and authority, but who’s dedicated to overseeing and managing the daily performance and the weekly performance of the county itself.”

    The deputy executive should “catalyze and inspire and support” the rest of county government while taking the lead on treating employees fairly and maintaining customer service for taxpayers.

    It’s dangerous to focus too much on the machinery of government and risk losing sight of what people need.

    Otherwise “the trains will run on time, but they won’t actually get to the routes that need to be served,” Page said.

    Other vacancies

    In addition to replacing Soine, Reardon is looking for permanent replacements to lead the planning department and the office that handles worker complaints.

    Reardon won’t say whom he’s eyeing for his next deputy executive. The menu of options includes internal and external candidates. If he goes outside his office, Reardon can opt for a Snohomish County insider, or look farther afield to Seattle, the Eastside or beyond. Competence should be the deciding factor, Page said, though gender could become an important symbolic gesture.

    Whoever gets the nod will have to confront a mess.

    Because of annexations and falling revenues, the planning department has shed more than half its employees during the past two years.

    The new deputy executive will be working with a new planning director. They’ll face a big job.

    A nearly $1 million lawsuit filed recently against Snohomish County alleges that managers in the planning department engaged in behavior that included ranking female employees by looks. A former deputy director allegedly grabbed a female customer at a copy machine and reportedly excused his actions by explaining “I thought it was an employee.”

    Professor of human resources Vandra Huber from the UW’s Michael G. Foster School of Business said competent managers tackle workplace complaints promptly so that it’s clear problems are not being ignored.

    Whistle-blowers often don’t want to sue but feel they have no other choice, she said.

    “Most people just want the problem to stop and that’s where, in my opinion, managers are often stupid,” Huber said. “No action tends to make things escalate.”

    Noah Haglund: 425-339-3465,


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Vote-by-mail ballot-return patterns

  • Sat Jul 14th, 2012 4:36pm
  • News

Reported by Jerry Cornfield / Herald Writer

The ballots are coming, the ballots are coming. On Thursday, nearly 400,000 of them will be mailed to voters in Snohomish County for the Aug. 7 primary. County officials are able to predict when ballots will be returned based on past elections. The return flow has been pretty much unchanged since 2006, when the county switched to all-mail balloting. Below is a chart of when Snohomish County expects to receive ballots for this primary. You can also download the PDF at right to see a more visual representation of the prediction.

Within a week of their mailing, about 25 percent of ballots will be marked and returned for counting. Nearly half the votes will be cast before Election Day.

Figures in the chart are based on 400,000 ballots being issued and 176,000 returned for a turnout of 44 percent.

By law, ballots received more than 14 days after the election will not be counted, leaving as many as 136 uncounted.

If you are wondering why ballots are mailed Thursday but the county won’t start tracking their return until next Monday, July 23, the answer is because the county is closed on weekends. What arrives Saturday is not picked up until Monday.

Implications for campaigning

How fast do you send back your ballot for counting? Right away? On Election Day? Somewhere in between? Turns out voters do it all three ways, adding a degree of difficulty for candidates trying to reach them at just the right time.

When everyone voted at polling places, there always seemed to be a concentration of mailers and commercials in the final four days of the election as candidates sought to make a final impression on voters. With everyone voting by mail and half the votes cast before Election Day, candidates carefully time advertising and direct-mail campaigns to reach the most people near the time of their decisions.

Track your own ballot

You can find out when your ballot is received. A link will be added to the Snohomish County elections home page at

Projected pattern of ballot return, 2012 primary election

DateBallots expected
Monday, July 23, 20121,046
Tuesday, July 24, 20129,671
Wednesday, July 25, 201211,985
Thursday, July 26, 201213,416
Friday, July 27, 20127,897
Saturday, July 28, 20120
Sunday, July 29, 20120
Monday, July 30, 20129,550
Tuesday, July 31, 201212,555
Wednesday, Aug. 01, 20129,249
Thursday, Aug. 02, 20127,503
Friday, Aug. 03, 20127,495
Saturday, Aug. 04, 20120
Sunday, Aug. 05, 20120
Monday, Aug. 06, 201214,888
Tuesday, Aug. 07, 201223,822
Wednesday, Aug. 08, 201231,896
Thursday, Aug. 09, 201213,085
Friday, Aug. 10, 2012799
Saturday, Aug. 11, 20126
Sunday, Aug. 12, 20120
Monday, Aug. 13, 2012157
Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012275
Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012104
Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012104
Friday, Aug. 17, 2012357
Saturday, Aug. 18, 20120
Sunday, Aug. 19, 20120
Monday, Aug. 20, 20125
Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012116
Wednesday, Aug. 22, 201217
Thursday, Aug. 23, 20123
Friday, Aug. 24, 20120
Saturday, Aug. 25, 20120
Sunday, Aug. 26, 20120
Monday, Aug. 27, 20120
Tuesday, Aug. 28, 20120
Total for 44% turnout176,000

SOURCE: Snohomish County Auditor


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AQUASOX NOTES: Marathon redux

  • Fri Jul 9th, 2010 11:46pm
  • Sports

The Everett AquaSox and Spokane Indians played deep into the night Thursday, needing 15 innings before the Indians prevailed 5-3.

The loss ended Everett’s six-game winning streak, and the Sox were left ruing an opportunity missed. The Sox took a 3-2 lead into the ninth, but a two-out wild pitch allowed Spokane to score the tying run. The teams traded zeroes until the 15th, when Yefry Castillo’s two-run double proved to be the difference.

“It was a tough one,” Everett manager Jose Moreno said before Friday’s game. “We were just one pitch away from winning, but we didn’t execute routine ground balls and had one pitch we couldn’t block. We had a lot of opportunities to win the ball game. We couldn’t get the big hit with men in scoring position — I think we were 1-for-16 with men in scoring position.”

Base hits were not easy to come by for the Sox. Everett managed just seven in the game’s 15 innings, and none of those came during the game’s six extra frames. A combination of walks and errors allowed Everett to put runners in scoring position four times in extra innings, but the Sox never came through with the run-scoring hit. The Sox also struck out 21 times in the game.

“I think as young hitters we tried to do too much,” Moreno said. “Early in the game we had good approaches, we waited for a good pitch to hit. Later in the game the situation was different. With men in scoring position everyone wanted to be the hero and try to win the game with one swing. We swung at too many bad pitches.”

One oddity from Thursday’s game was the dramatic change in pace. It originally looked like it was going to end while it was still light out as less than two hours had elapsed when the Sox tried to end it in the top of the ninth. But after the Indians tied it the game slowed to a crawl. The game ended up lasting 4 hours, 13 minutes, with the six extra innings taking longer than the first nine, despite no runs being scored in five of those six frames.

Wiswall swapping corners

Sox newcomer Mickey Wiswall made his first start for the club Friday, but not at the expected position. Wiswall was listed as a first baseman on the Seattle Mariners’ draft list, and he played first at Boston College. But Friday night he was penciled in at third base, and that’s not a temporary measure.

“He’s going to be our third baseman,” Moreno said. “We’re going to start working with him. In college his primary position was first base, he played third base a couple times. But our plan is to play him at third.”

Serrano OK

Everett infielder Terry Serrano escaped Thursday’s game unscathed and was back in the lineup Friday.

Serrano came out of Thursday’s game in the 11th inning after being injured on an attempted steal of second. Serrano slid head first, was tagged out and remained face down in the dirt while being attended to by Sox trainer Spyder Webb. After several moments Serrano left the field under his own power, but was removed from the game.

Webb said Serrano was caught by the fielder’s knee and was just shaken up on the play.

Nick Patterson, Herald writer


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Lynnwood paramedic firefighter wins state award

  • Tue May 1st, 2012 7:03pm

By Mina Williams Herald writer

Paramedic Kristy Forbes, 50, is a dual hero with a cup of joe to share.

That is just part of the reason the paramedic of 28 years was selected by the Veterans of Foreign Wars as the State EMT of the Year. She will receive her award at the VFW state convention in Spokane in June.

“If ever there was an EMT who deserved this honor, Kristy does,” said Gregg Sieloff, Lynnwood’s assistant fire chief. “She does quite a bit of good stuff.”

The winner is selected by a panel of judges from police and fire departments across the state. Candidates are judged on job performance, community involvement and dedication to their profession. About 150 VFWs across the state each submit a nominee.

“I’m very honored and humbled being named for this prestigious award,” Forbes said. She has been with Lynnwood since 1998 as a paramedic firefighter.

Forbes’ name will also be forwarded to a national committee for consideration for the national award. That announcement will be made in June.

When the Washington state native is not serving the residents of Lynnwood, Forbes is a major serving as a U.S. Air Force reservist flight nurse, performing air medical evacuations. Forbes has been deployed four times while part of Lynnwood’s fire service. She served as a flight nurse between Germany and remote and forward-operating bases with more than 1,330 total flight hours, 430 combat hours and 351 flight sorties to her credit.

In 2008, she started a program to bring a little taste of home to deployed service members in the form of coffee.

What started as simply dropping off a package of goodies to a service member in Afghanistan as a favor for a retired Lynnwood fire lieutenant and VFW member has blossomed into a global effort.

“As a flight nurse I could do this small favor,” Forbes said. “When I realized the big impact this small package had, it got me to thinking. If I could get special treats to forward-operating bases, to people who are missing highlights of their lives, it could just bring a little ‘home’ to them.”

Initially Forbes collected premium coffee through fellow firefighters, dubbing her efforts Firebucks. She focused on delivering the morale packages to deployed first responders.

She thought of coffee because of its tie to the camaraderie of a fire house.

“A lot of times we share coffee,” Forbes said. “I wanted to extend what we share as a group to deployed troops.”

She said that the symbol of sharing coffee points to what firefighters do best — taking care of each other. Firebucks supports that firehouse tradition.

Her fellow firefighters jumped on the Firebucks program without question, she said. “It’s been a team effort. This is a great department and a great crew. Lynnwood is wonderful.”

With the help of Lynnwood’s VFW Post 1040, more than 90 packages of coffee — more than 200 pounds — have been sent to nearly 30 bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. Support from the VFW comes in the form of covering the shipping costs.

Now an average of six packages per month are being sent. Hot chocolate and tea are new additions to the shipments. Christine McCrosky, a Lynnwood paramedic firefighter, and Sam Traxler, a Lynnwood EMT firefighter, have both joined Forbes in co-managing Firebucks.

“Most of the packages go to austere and forward-operation bases,” Forbes said. “Having been deployed I know how hard it is not being connected with the world. It inspires me to do more.”

“I focus on good quality coffee and chocolate,” she said. Starbucks has donated a lot of coffee. The Lynnwood Trader Joe’s also has contributed.

But Forbes relies on private donations of coffee and cash to flesh out the number of packages she knows are needed. She also says that Starbucks instant-coffee packets are especially convenient for troops on the go.

“I couldn’t do any of this without the support of my husband,” Forbes added.

How to help

Firebucks provides donated coffee, tea and chocolate to deployed service members. Donations can be delivered to Kristy Forbes at the Lynnwood Fire Department, 18800 44th Ave. W., Lynnwood.


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Venice schools get new principals

Published: Monday, July 22, 2013 at 6:45 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, July 22, 2013 at 6:45 p.m.

VENICE - Less than a month before the 2013 school year is set to start, two Venice schools — Epiphany Cathedral School and SKY Academy — have named new principals.

Steve Smith, 39, began as SKY Academy’s new principal on Monday. Michelle C. Kroll, Epiphany Cathedral School’s new head, is set to begin working at the kindergarten through eighth grade Catholic school by the beginning of August.

Ken Modzelewski, who is on the board for the YMCA-sponsored SKY Academy charter school, said Smith’s experience will help take the school to the next level of combining physical wellness with classroom education.

Smith has a bachelor’s degree in physical education from Florida State University and a master’s in educational leadership from the University of South Florida.

He taught and coached at Lemon Bay High School and served as an assistant principal at Heron Creek Middle School in Sarasota and Woodlands Middle School in North Port.

“I am just thoroughly excited about the concept,” Smith said. “I think (SKY Academy) hit the nail on the head as far as what works with middle school students.”

Parents of Epiphany Cathedral School students learned of their new principal in a recent letter, in which the Rev. Jack Costello outlined Kroll’s history as a principal of two Catholic schools in Ohio and assistant superintendent of Catholic schools for the Diocese of Cleveland.

Neither Costello nor Kroll could be reached for comment.

SKY Academy and Epiphany Cathedral School lost their former principals under unusual circumstances this year.

Oleh Bula, who lead SKY Academy from its founding in 2011 until this spring, had been accused of creating a hostile, bullying work environment at the school by YMCA board members.

Modzelewski said the complaints did not involve behavior toward students.

Bula and his wife, Susan, officially resigned from the school in late June.

At Epiphany, former principal Irene Lynch’s abrupt departure was announced to parents in a June letter. The note, penned by Costello, provided no explanation. Lynch had been with the school for eight years.

“She has my gratitude for service and my prayers for success in her future endeavors,” Costello wrote of Lynch, later imploring parents to “show restraint in refusing to engage in gossip or speculation.”

Neither Lynch nor Bula could not be reached for comment.

But Modzelewski with SKY Academy said his school is looking for a fresh start with their new principal.

“We’re trying to refocus the school on what we’re here to do,” Modzelewski said. “We need to get health and wellness back in the classroom, and (Smith) embodies that mindset.”

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Double Dare

Double Dare is a different kind of film than what we usually review here at Heroine Content. Rather than being an action movie, it's about action movies. It doesn't feature the women who are in these movies for their pretty faces, great bodies, and famous names, but the ones who are in them for their ability to kick ass.

Made in 2004, Double Dare is Amanda Micheli's look inside the world of stuntwomen. She follows two stuntwomen, one at the beginning of her career (Zoe Bell) and one at the end (Jeannie Epper). Bell began the film (as well as her career) as Lucy Lawless' stunt double in Xena: Warrior Princess and ended working as Uma Thurman's stunt double for Kill Bill. Since then, she's worked on several smaller projects, and she recently came in front of the camera in the Tarantino/Rodriguez project Grindhouse.

For Epper, however, the situation is not so rosy. In her early 60s when the film was made, Epper was clearly less interested in reliving her stunt glory days (including being Lynda Carter's stunt double on the Wonder Woman television show) than in continuing to work. However, the film shows that Hollywood is no kinder to older stunt women than it is to older actresses, and Epper doesn't get much work through the course of the film (though she does end the movie with an eight week assignment on 2 Fast 2 Furious).

Micheli does a fantastic job of showing not just how these women and others like them kick serious ass, but the obstacles they face in order to do so. In one particularly telling scene, Epper is in a meeting of the coordinating committee for the US Stunt Awards. She suggests that the group consider making their format like the Academy Awards, with separate male and female categories for some awards. While some of the group members take the suggestion seriously, most are quick to make fun of it, saying things like, "what, should we have an award for best fall from 12 feet?" and "we don't want to award wienie stunts." Another scene shows Epper getting a consultation for plastic surgery, with the explanation that she has to improve her body to get work.

When I watch an actress kick ass in a movie or on television, I very rarely give thought to the behind-the-scenes woman who is actually making that ass-kicking happen. Behind every Heroine Content movie, though, there is at least one woman taking the risks and getting the injuries. As fabulous as Linda Hamilton was in T2, she couldn't have done it without legendary stuntwoman Debbie Evans; much as we love Angelina Jolie's Lara Croft, she owes a great debt to Eunice Huthart. And, as watching Double Dare makes clear, without Zoe Bell, The Bride never could have existed. I am glad to have seen it for just this reason--I hope to keep it in mind the next time I watch a woman doing something really cool on screen.

I'm giving Double Dare four stars. It's a must-see for other fans of Heroine Content who are willing to set aside their fantasies for a little while and see how the work really gets done, and I think it does a good job with making both the sexism and the glory in this industry clear without beating anyone over the head with it. I'd definitely recommend it.

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I loved it when Zoe called Lucy Lawless her acting double!

To be fair, Lucy Lawless does A LOT of her own stunts. All those horseback riding shots (full speed and sometimes while fighting) for example, are all her doing so (judging by the fact that a lot of New Zealand women were actually the ones dressed up in armor riding horses in 'The Lord of the Rings' scenes, maybe horseback riding is very popular with them?). The fire breathing trick she does (VERY dangerous) and she's in great shape. Yes, I'm a huge fan :P

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