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5/13/2008 at 2:00 p.m.
Kenny Mayne

ESPN's Kenny Mayne, Saving the World with Chocolate, and the music of Michael Rabin

Today, ESPN anchor and Dancing With the Stars icon Kenny Mayne reveals how he developed his signature wiseacre style while growing up in Kent. We also learn how a Fremont chocolate company is trying to save the world, and we hear the tragic story of violinist Michael Rabin.



At 2:08 p.m. – Theo Chocolate
In 1994 Seattle became the first city in North America to import organic chocolate products. That milestone was achieved through the efforts of Joe Whinney a Seattle entrepreneur who believes cocoa beans can change the world. Joe's passion for chocolate and travel has taken him to some of the world's most productive cocoa farming regions. Dave Beck visits Theo Chocolate in the Fremont neighborhood and speaks with the founder of the business, Joe Whinney.

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At 2:20 p.m. – Kenny Mayne
In some cities, sports fans will riot in the streets and tip over buses if their team loses. But if the Seahawks or Mariners lose a game, the most Seattle fans will do is … maybe write an angry blog entry and kick a tree. ESPN anchor and Northwest native Kenny Mayne seems to embody that local ambivalence toward sports. He's known for often cracking jokes about the games he covers. His new book is called An Incomplete and Inaccurate History of Sport. One of Kenny's earliest sporting memories in the Puget Sound was going to the Longacres racetrack with his uncle.

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At 2:40 p.m. – Gavin Borchert: The Tragic Story of Violinist Michael Rabin
Michael Rabin is not only remembered as a great violinist but, unfortunately, as a cautionary tale: he began his career early as a child prodigy but was unable to sustain it. He made a few brilliant recordings, some reissued on this disc, but by the early '60s his playing became erratic and he withdrew from the concert scene. The showpieces here, though, recall Rabin at his peak, with dazzling technique, a dark, full, arresting tone, and a mastery of the grand manner.

At 2:50 p.m. – Technology Access Foundation
Universities across the country are working to recruit black and Hispanic students to study engineering and computer science. But it may not be enough – recent numbers from both the Information Technology Association of America and the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering indicate that blacks and Hispanics are severely underrepresented in high tech jobs. Trish Millines Dziko saw this same issue more than 15 years ago. She worked at Microsoft then, and was one of the few black people there. When she left Microsoft in 1996, she wanted to try and close that gap. Trish shows Jeannie Yandel around the place she started after leaving Microsoft, the Technology Access Foundation.

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