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By Drew Packham, NBA.com
LAS VEGAS — Bradley Beal was still smiling after his five games in Las Vegas, but hardly satisfied.
"It was fun and at the same time it was a learning process," said Beal, who the Wizards took with the No. 3 pick in the 2012 Draft. "The working doesn't stop. I always have to get better. I was happy, but I wasn't happy with my performance."
Beal had a solid but not spectacular Summer League, averaging 17.6 points and 4.6 rebounds while struggling at times with his shot, finishing at 41.7 percent from the floor. Beal averaged 30 minutes of action, giving the Wizards staff a long look at their shooting guard of the future.
"He's got great composure," coach Randy Wittman said. "You can't tell if the kid scored 30 points or one point. He makes right decisions. He makes the extra pass if he doesn't have it — almost sometimes too unselfish. But when you've got a guy with that character, a coach likes to have that."
Wittman spoke highly of the Florida guard for his ability in the pick-and-roll and looks forward to seeing how he and point guard John Wall work together in the backcourt.
He's not the only one.
"I think it will be great, honestly," Beal said of playing with the Wall, who sat courtside for Tuesday's game. "We just want to win. That's our mentality. We want to try to make each other better every day. That's what he wants, that's what I want. I think our chemistry is already building. I really can't wait to play alongside him."
Beal showed off his ability to score in a variety of ways and seemed to improve in the pick-and-roll throughout the Wizards' five games. Beal found success using the high screen, repeatedly knocking down the elbow jumper or continuing down the lane for the easy layup or dunk.
"I was pleasantly surprised to see him use pick and rolls," Wittman said. "At Florida, he didn't really play the pick-and-roll game much because he was playing small forward so we wanted to see that. I like what I saw."
Beal says he's looking forward to settling in to the D.C. area, and hopes to move in at least a month before training camp opens in the end of September.
"This was just a taste for him," Wittman said. "You hope to see a guy get comfortable as the week goes on and I think he did. Now we're going to be able to show him some things that we can work on so at camp he'll have an idea of what to expect"


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Interview Date: 07/25/2008
Run Date: 08/07/2008
All photos by PMGS © 2008 Bullz-Eye.com
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Listening to the harmony-drenched debut from the all-female Nashville trio Carter's Chord, you wouldn't know on first glance that they were second-generation Outlaws. The girls are sisters, you see – Joanna, Emily and Becky Robertson – and their parents Barny and Carter toured with Waylon Jennings and his wife Jessi Colter for years. (They call Shooter Jennings the brother they never had.) So make no mistake, there is a feisty, independent spirit bustling throughout Carter's Chord, their debut on Toby Keith's Show Dog Records. We were so smitten with the girls that an interview alone simply would not suffice. First, we spent an afternoon taking their picture (see below) before a show in West Palm Beach. A month later, we came back for a chat. Gorgeous, smart, and they play fantasy football. We're in love.
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Bullz-Eye: Hello, ladies.
Carter's Chord: Hey. How are you?
BE: Good, good. How are you?
CC: We're doing good.
BE: This is going to be a fun one to transcribe. If you could, just for my sake, introduce yourselves so I can try and figure out which girl is which.
CC: That's totally fine, and before we answer questions we'll help identify ourselves too.
BE: Awesome. Thank you.
Becky Robertson: Because we all sound alike. But I'm Becky, I'm the oldest sister.
Joanna Robertson: I'm Joanna, the youngest.
Emily Robertson: I'm Emily, the rejected middle child.
BE: Hey, I married a rejected middle child and she's awesome, so…
Emily: Aw, so yeah, she knows what it's like.
BE: Yeah. And she was from a family of three girls, too.
CC: Oh, okay! There you go.
BE: First of all, before I forget, our photographer Paul said you were all really friendly and accommodating when he visited you in Florida last month. And I just wanted to say thank you and we appreciate that.
CC: Oh, no. He was great. We had a lot of fun.
BE: So you're in or on your way to Mountain View, California?
Emily: Yeah, we are here in Mountain View right now, actually in our dressing room, which is about the size of a closet, so we are all huddled together but yeah, it's beautiful up here right now. So we're getting ready for the big show tonight.
BE: Is this your first full-fledged tour?
Becky: Yeah, this is our first major tour. I mean, we've done a lot of radio tour stuff we've been playing for a long time, but this is our first major, major tour we have ever been on. So it's a pretty good tour to take part in.
BE: I would think so. Now how is life on the road treating you so far?
Emily: Life is awesome. I mean, it's like a big adventure every day; it's something different every day. We pull into this venue…well first of all; we're on a bus with, like, seven other people, eight other people. So there's a bunch of us on one bus so it's like one big happy family. But we pull into these venues and everything is a little different. So you sleep on the bus and in the morning you wake up and you're in a different place. It's always exciting. There's always something going on, someone to talk to, something to see. It's a lot of fun.
BE: Well what do you do to pass the time between shows?
Joanna: It kind of varies. Sometimes we have radio visits, people to meet and sometimes we have nothing to do. We'll just try and find something to do, we'll listen to music. But we always have something to do on the internet or something. Becky keeps up with our MySpace (page) and you know, we've got YouTube and we make a lot of video blogs and stuff too, so we'll do that if we don't have the day already packed.
BE: What's it like having Toby Keith as a boss?
Becky: He's awesome. Toby is definitely, like, what you see is what you get. He is so laid back and just so down to earth. It's really cool for us being at a label where the head of our label is an artist, because he just totally gets it and he's very big on giving everyone their own creative freedom and he's a really big supporter of people that write their own songs. So he's a blast. It's fun to be out on the road with him too, because he loves being on stage and he loves what he does and that really shined through. We definitely learn a lot from him every time we see him.
BE: What kind of response have you gotten so far as his opening act?
Emily: It's been awesome. It's cool because we kind of kick the whole show off. Our label mates, Trailer Choir, do a couple of songs and then we go out there and do a couple of songs. The reaction has been really, really cool. It's surprising to see so many people in their seats right at 7:30; we go on pretty early. So far, the shows been pretty packed when we go out there, which is really cool. But it seems like we've got some good responses. We've had a lot of hits on our MySpace and we really feel like our fan base is growing.
BE: I read about your parents' connection to Waylon Jennings, but tell me what other kinds of music you heard around the house growing up. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that the Dixie Chicks are in there somewhere.
Joanna: Yeah, we did like the Dixie…we still love the Dixie Chicks. It really, I mean it covers the gamut of what kinds of music we listen to. We always joke we all kind of skipped the '80s. Our parents were really into the '70s and '60s. We love Leon Russell and Eric Clapton and Marc Cohn. It's kind of all over the place.
BE: That's hilarious, skipping the '80s. Well, country music in the '80s was kind of in a bad way, wasn't it?
Becky: Yeah, I don't think we missed too much. Oh well, I probably shouldn't say that. No, we did. I mean, growing up with the whole…we really grew up with that whole Outlaw sound and that really goes to influence a lot of what we do today. But we still, to this day, we listen to all different kinds of things. We love country. As far as country goes, we grew up listening to kind of more West Coast country stuff. Like, we also love the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt and we also grew up listening to Randy Travis. I mean, it's just…anything you could possibly imagine, we've listened to it.
BE: Are your songs largely autobiographical, or do you tend to write from someone else's perspective?
Becky: They're mostly all autobiographical. We have a hard time just making up stuff. I think, for all of us, we always write from a first-person perspective. It might not be something we're going through right at that moment, but it's something we've gone through at one time or another. And it's fun when we write together too, because since we're all sisters, we know each other so well and we know what the other people are talking about and we've been there through the different situations and the different things that we write about. So I think that that helps, from a co-writing standpoint, we all understand each other really well.
BE: So what did your parents say when they heard about you singing about sneaking out at midnight, like you did on "Young Love"?
Emily: Um, they probably knew anyway. We have some pretty cool parents. It was really cool having them as our parents, because they kind of understand the whole…what we're going through with our career. They really are the world's coolest parents, I have to say. They pretty much know everything and they're cool with it.
BE: At what age did you realize that you sang well together enough that you could make a career out of this?
Joanna: I think it was about four or five years ago that we decided to get really serious about Carter's Chord. You know, figure out the name of our band, start making demos and stuff like that. But we kind of sang together all our lives, three-part harmony. We grew up with harmony. Our mom has two sisters and a brother and at family reunions, we'd all gather around the piano. We would fall asleep listening to them sing harmony, like the Von Trapp family. So I think it was about four years ago that we decided we wanted to make a career out of it.
BE: How do you feel about pop stars like Jon Bon Jovi and Jessica Simpson crossing over to country? Do you welcome them with open arms, or do you kind of want to see them fall on their faces?
Becky: You know, it's funny because so many people are crossing over to country right now and I think it's a good thing. I mean, it depends on what the motivation behind it is. We definitely love country music for country music sake. But that's the beauty of country music, is that it really is the music of the people, I think. As long as you're writing songs that everybody can relate to, there's a lot of room for a lot of different styles and different sounds in country music. And country music is very welcoming, so I guess if there's something to crossover into, we're probably the friendliest format.
BE: I only have a couple more questions left. I wanted each of you to give me a song or two that you wish you had written.
Emily: Oh gosh, that is like the hardest question ever because there are so many songs that we all wish we had written. There's a song by Marc Cohn called "Silver Thunderbird" that is really an awesome, awesome, awesome song. All three of us kind of grew up with that album, with "Walking in Memphis," that was kind of the song…gosh, I can't talk today. An album that the three of us grew up listening to, a song on there called Silver Thunderbird," it's amazing. I definitely wish I had written that song. Gosh, you guys go while I think if my second one.
Joanna: I'd say Becky and I probably both agree on this one, but one of my all time favorite songs, lyrically, is "A Case of You" by Joni Mitchell. I wish I had written that song. That's the most amazing song. I'd also say probably "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby" by Counting Crows. That's another amazing song that has just inspired me and I would love to have written that song.
BE: This is great. You're giving me answers that no one has ever given me before.
Becky: I know, that is a really hard question. This is a brand new favorite song of mine that I just heard, like last week and it's a brand new song that's on the radio. I just think it's really cool so I wish that I would have written it. Lee Ann Womack has a new song called "Last Call" and it's just totally…it's a great country love, cheating, drinking song, which are my favorite, definitely. But that's totally one right now that I wish I would have written.
BE: I read your press release and my favorite line, by a mile, is, "Becky is very passionate and energetic about everything, whether it's this new song she just heard or that her fantasy football team is in third place." Becky, half of our audience is going to want your phone number once they read that.
Becky: Hey, I have been the commissioner of my fantasy league for the last four years in a row. I definitely love football.
BE: That's awesome. I actually serve as commissioner for two baseball leagues, so I get it.
Becky: You know what it's about.
BE: I do, and I won my first football title last year, so…
Becky: Nice! So you've got some bragging rights, that's good.
BE: I had first pick, so you know, LaDainian Tomlinson falls to you and then if you screw that up, that's your problem, right?
Becky: Yeah, exactly. Exactly. I think he went first in our draft last year.
BE: What are your plans once the tour is over?
Becky: Well, it's kind of…it's so funny because our schedule just gets filled up but we kind of just take it a month at a time. But once the tour's over, we're probably going to be doing a lot more radio shows. We had a couple of Christmas songs last year, so I'm sure we'll probably do a couple of Christmas shows here and there. Then we're just kind of taking it as it comes. Hopefully we'll be doing a lot more touring next year, and we'll have more songs on the radio. And the album actually comes out in stores in September, so we'll be doing a lot of promotion around that. I'm not sure specifically what the plans are but I can guarantee it's going to be full.
BE: Do you have any open time between now and the end of the year?
Becky: We probably will, it kind of depends. We're out completely until the end of the tour; we're not really going home at all. And then we'll have a little bit of time in between…Emily's actually getting married in October, so we're going to have a family wedding. But then, after that, we'll have some time here, on and off but our schedule…every time we look at the calendar there's always something that gets filled. If we think it's going to be a break, it usually ends up not being so.
BE: Please tell Emily we said congratulations.
Becky: Oh definitely, we will.
BE: There was one other question I was going to throw in which was just who you guys would most like to work with on your next record.
Becky: Oh gosh. There are so many people. You know, we've talked about, just because of how we grew up, we really, really want to get in the studio with Shooter Jennings and be able to do some collaborating with him. We've talked about that with him, back and forth, quite a bit. And then bring in his mom, Jessi Colter, and do, like, a whole Outlaw Generation, Part Two kind of thing going on. Shooter's like a brother to us, and we just love what he does musically and we think it would so much fun to be able to collaborate with him on some stuff.
BE: Well, thanks for taking the time to talk with us. I still haven't seen the pictures from the shoot that we did. I'm dying to see them.
Becky: Oh, me too. After he would take them, he would show us the screen and then looked awesome, so we can't wait to see them, either.
BE: Good luck to you girls. Best of luck with the record. My writer has already turned in his review and it's a very favorable one, so I think you'll like it.
Becky: Yay! Good, we like to hear that.
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Reduce C-language coding errors with X macros - Part 1
Editor's note: Andrew Lucas describes how to use X macros to take advantage of the C-language pre-processor to eliminate several classes of common bugs. He also describes how to use X macros to improve developer productivity through automatic code generation.
X macros are a powerful coding technique that makes extensive use of the C-language pre-processor. This technique has the capability to eliminate several classes of common bugs.
It seems to me that the C preprocessor gets a bad rap. Granted, there are ways to use the preprocessor inappropriately, but to limit its use because of that constrains a valuable tool that can reduce coding errors and improve developer productivity though automatic code generation.
Code Ordering Dependencies
I discovered X macros a few years ago when I started making use of function pointers in my code. Frequently I would write code like this:
/* declare an enumeration of state codes */
enum{STATE_0, STATE_1, STATE_2, ... , STATE_N, NUM_STATES};
/* declare a table of function pointers */
p_func_t jumptable[NUM_STATES] = {func_0, func_1, func_2, ... , func_N};
The issue with this type of code is maintainability. The ordering of the array initializers has to match the ordering of the state code enumeration exactly. Historically I would comment this type of code liberally to warn future users about this dependency, but protection based on commenting is really no protection at all. What I needed was a tool that would automatically enforce the dependency.
I began investigating solutions for this problem and discovered that in the C99 standard there was a new way to initialize arrays. An improved way to write the above code is as follows:
/* declare an enumeration of state codes */
enum{STATE_0, STATE_1, STATE_2, ... , STATE_N, NUM_STATES}
/* declare a table of function pointers */
p_func_t jumptable[NUM_STATES] = {
[STATE_1] = func_1,
[STATE_0] = func_0,
[STATE_2] = func_2,
... ,
[STATE_N] = func_N
Now even if I change the ordering of the enumeration, the jumptable logic doesn't break. Much better. My only problem was that the C compiler I was working with was not compliant with the C99 standard. Back to square one.
X macros to the Rescue
One day while talking shop with a friend of mine, I explained my problem and he suggested using the C preprocessor to enforce the ordering. He explained the basic concept: Use preprocessor directives to define a table in the form of a macro and then redefine how the macro is expanded, as required.
Here's how this technique enforces my code ordering dependency:
#define STATE_TABLE \
ENTRY(STATE_0, func_0) \
ENTRY(STATE_1, func_1) \
ENTRY(STATE_2, func_2) \
... \
ENTRY(STATE_X, func_X)
/* declare an enumeration of state codes */
#define ENTRY(a,b) a,
#undef ENTRY
/* declare a table of function pointers */
p_func_t jumptable[NUM_STATES] = {
#define ENTRY(a,b) b,
#undef ENTRY
In the case of the enumeration the table expands to 'a' which is the first column of the state table; the state code. In the case of the array, the table expands to 'b' which is the second column, the name of the function pointer.
The code based on the X macro table is expanded in the same order for both the enumeration and the array. The preprocessor now enforces the dependency!
Cleaning up the code
One thing I don't like about this implementation is the presence of #define and #undef throughout the code, which to me is ugly and makes the code less readable. Let's look at a technique for getting rid of them.
You will notice that in my definition of the STATE_TABLE macro I don't take any parameters. There is nothing to prevent me from passing the definition of ENTRY directly to the STATE_TABLE macro instead of defining it separately:
#define EXPAND_AS_ENUMERATION(a,b) a,
#define EXPAND_AS_JUMPTABLE(a,b) b,
#define STATE_TABLE(ENTRY) \
ENTRY(STATE_0, func_0) \
ENTRY(STATE_1, func_1) \
ENTRY(STATE_2, func_2) \
... \
ENTRY(STATE_X, func_X)
/* declare an enumeration of state codes */
/* declare a table of function pointers */
p_func_t jumptable[NUM_STATES] = {
Much better, but is there anything else that we could use the X macro table for? Since every function pointer corresponds to an actual function, we could use the table to generate function prototypes for us:
#define EXPAND_AS_PROTOTYPES(a,b) static void b(void);
Now I no longer need to remember to add a prototype when I add new states. The preprocessor can take care of it and will expand the table into the following code automatically:
static void func_0(void);
static void func_1(void);
static void func_2(void);
static void func_X(void);
Register Initialization
That's not the only way X macros can be used. In my code I commonly have to interface to custom FPGAs. These devices usually have many memory mapped registers that need initialization. It's easy to forget to initialize a newly defined register, but using X macros, this is another task we can automate.
#define EXPAND_AS_INITIALIZER(a,b) a = b;
#define REGISTER_TABLE(ENTRY) \
ENTRY(reg_0, 0x11) \
ENTRY(reg_1, 0x55) \
ENTRY(reg_2, 0x1b) \
... \
ENTRY(reg_X, 0x33)
static void init_registers(void){
Simple; and as new registers are added, no code needs to be updated to initialize it - we just add a row to the table and the preprocessor does the rest. We can further improve this code to take into account not only the initialization, but the declaration of the registers:
#define FPGA_ADDRESS_OFFSET (0x8000)
#define EXPAND_AS_INITIALIZER(a,b,c) a = c;
#define EXPAND_AS_DECLARATION(a,b,c) volatile uint8_t a _at_ b;
#define REGISTER_TABLE(ENTRY) \
ENTRY(reg_0, FPGA_ADDRESS_OFFSET + 0, 0x11) \
ENTRY(reg_1, FPGA_ADDRESS_OFFSET + 1, 0x55) \
ENTRY(reg_2, FPGA_ADDRESS_OFFSET + 2, 0x1b) \
... \
ENTRY(reg_X, FPGA_ADDRESS_OFFSET + X, 0x33)
/* declare the registers */
This code uses a compiler specific directive _at_ to place the variables at absolute addresses. This may not be possible with other compilers. Secondly, more than one table may be required to take into account different types of register declarations. You may need to have a read-only register table, a write-only register table, an uninitialized register table, etc.
I hope that this introduction to X macros has provided a glimpse into the power of this coding technique. In Part 2 I dig a little deeper and show some more advanced uses of X macros to facilitate automatic code generation.
Part 2
Andrew Lucas leads a team of firmware developers at NCR Canada. He is responsible for the firmware architecture of their intelligent deposit modules found inside NCR's line of ATMs.


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Ahh I'm so excited I can't even wait to share this season's pinterest project with you all. I've had some majorly positive feedback from my past two pinterest projects so I'm very excited to continue this seasonal tradition. This past fall I did a project involving empty paper towel and toilet paper rolls, you can see it by clicking this link, and last summer I did a mason jar project which you can also catch up on by clicking here. This all began from one of my favorite bloggers (Sherry from Younghouselove) and some of her buds saying lets actually start attempting to recreate the inspiration that we've been pinning. Thus bringing us to:


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Educating by Computer Animations One Method Proposed to Control Motion at the Nanoscale: How to Roll
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Educating by Computer Animations One Method Proposed to Control Motion at the Nanoscale: How to Roll a Bucky Ball Through a Crystal Surface
A student oriented approach for teaching was used to develop an explanation about the method to control motion at the nanoscale. The approach is focused on teaching all kind of people, no matter its previous knowledge about science. The devices developed at the nanoscale, as most nanotechnology, are a not well known subject for most people. Most of the past courses about nanotechnology, were possible to university science students only.
The educational methods used are 2D simple drawings animated for descriptive explanations of conceptual knowledge. The movements are accompanied by voice and written words at the computer screen. The subject discussed is the proposed method on how to roll a bucky ball trough the surface of an ionic crystal. Since the method was never been experimentally proved, the concept is explained in theory by using simply explained physics laws. Each definition used is explained from scratch. The animation will be available as a web page linked to the main LSPM team nanotechnology page.
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The latest crop harvested from the Garden on the International Space Station is Mizuna lettuce. The lettuce was returned to Earth for scientific research, aboard the Discovery shuttle in April 2010.
The greenhouse, first sent up in 2002, has been used for 20 plant growth experiments so far. Now, a second unit has been added, and the lettuce crop was the first experiment to test different conditions side by side.
For many years, the experiments have sought to confirm Earth side results which show that minimizing water usage and salt accumulation would lead to healthier crops. During this experiment, two different root growth mediums were used. One was the traditional root pack used on all the previous tests. The second was the new and improved root pack, with slow release fertilizer. The hypothesis was that the slow release would help reduce salt intake.
Science is sometimes best when things go wrong.
For some reason, the sensor controlling the watering in the first (traditional) module failed. This resulted in "over-watering" the plants. The results were surprising, but microgravity has held many surprises for scientists. First, the seeds that got "too much" water sprouted quicker and developed leaves twice as fast as the second (improved) module. The second surprise was that the plants grown in the slow release fertilizer in the second module had more salt accumulation than the plants in the first module.
The results suggest that plants in space need a larger volume of water and a faster rate of fertilizer than they do under normal gravity. Shane Topham, an engineer with Space Dynamics Laboratory at Utah State University in Logan, said that "the conservative water level we have been using for all our previous experiments may be below optimal for plant growth in microgravity".
Overall, the garden experiments have four objectives:
One additional objective of the experiments is to measure the non-nutritional benefits (stress relief, etc.) that crew members experience working with plants in space. Growing and tending to the crops provides comfort and relaxation to the crew. On a long voyage, this activity may contribute to the success of the mission.


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A 24-year-old Council Bluffs man has been charged with murder in the death of a Glenwood woman, according to the Iowa Department of Public Safety. Chad Fortner was charged Tuesday with 2nd-degree murder in the death of 47-year-old Carol Meston.
On Oct. 12, emergency responders were called to Meston's Glenwood home where Fortner was also staying. It was initially reported that an altercation had taken place between Fortner and a male acquaintance. Fortner had reported that during the altercation, Meston was knocked to the ground where she hit her head on a piece of furniture and was rendered unconscious. Meston never regained consciousness and ultimately died of her injuries the next day.
An autopsy was conducted by the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner and it was determined that Meston's death was ruled a homicide due to the rupture of a vertebral artery.
Fortner is currently in the Mills County jail being held under a $50,000 bond.
The investigation into Meston's death was conducted by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and the Glenwood Police Department.
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Wen-Ben Jone Returns to Tech CS Faculty, Sept. 27, 1999
SOCORRO, N.M., September 24, 1999 -- It's been more than a decade since Wen-Ben Jone first started teaching computer science at New Mexico Tech; yet, he recently became the newest member of Tech's computer science faculty.
This seemingly incongruous turn of events is due to the fact that Jone, who was recently appointed to the full-time, tenured position of associate professor of computer science, previously taught at New Mexico Tech from 1987 until 1993.
Jone left New Mexico Tech six years ago when a family medical emergency obliged him to return to his native Taiwan.
Now that Jone is back at Tech, he has settled once again into the familiar confines of the Speare Building, home to Tech's computer science department, and is busy this fall semester teaching Computer Architecture, an undergraduate-level course, and Graduate Seminar, a graduate-level course.
"It's wonderful to be back," Jone says. "I really didn't expect to be able to get another tenured position at New Mexico Tech, but I did."
When Jone first came to Tech in 1987, he was fresh out of the doctoral program at Case Western Reserve University, where he earned his doctorate in computer engineering. Prior to that, he received both his bachelor of science and master of engineering degrees from Taiwan's National Chiao-Tung University.
From the time he returned to Taiwan in 1993, up until earlier this year, Jone taught computer science courses at the National Chung-Cheng University at Chiayi.
"When I returned to New Mexico Tech, I found the computer science department to be in pretty good shape," Jone relates. "The number of new graduate students is now down from then--and, we need to improve this situation--but all other things are about the same as when I left."
Jone notes that during his first stint at New Mexico Tech he was actively involved with collaborative research efforts involving math department faculty, scientists at Sandia National Laboratories, and researchers at the University of New Mexico.
Now that Jone is back at Tech, he will continue to pursue his research interests, he says, in computer architecture and integrated circuit design and testing.
"My colleagues encouraged me to return to New Mexico Tech," Jone says, "and my family preferred to stay here, so I believe I have made the right decision [to return to Tech]."
Jone was joined in his move back to Socorro by his wife, Li-Fen, their son, Alan, and their daughter, Alice.


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Steward's Court of the Manor of Torre Devon
1 portrait of George Humphrey
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Steward's Court of the Manor of Torre Devon
attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published December 1820
10 3/4 in. x 15 7/8 in. (274 mm x 402 mm) plate size; 11 3/4 in. x 18 7/8 in. (298 mm x 480 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1987
Reference Collection
Artistsback to top
- George Humphrey (active 1783-1831), Publisher and printseller; nephew of Hannah Humphrey. Artist associated with 72 portraits, Sitter associated with 1 portrait.
- Theodore Lane (1800-1828), Painter and etcher. Artist associated with 44 portraits.
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- Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), Lord Chancellor. Sitter associated with 259 portraits.
- Caroline Amelia Elizabeth of Brunswick (1768-1821), Queen of George IV. Sitter in 98 portraits.
- William Cobbett (1763-1835), Journalist, agriculturalist and politician; MP for Oldham. Sitter associated with 55 portraits.
- Keppel Richard Craven (1779-1851), Traveller. Sitter associated with 6 portraits.
- Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman (1779-1854), Lord Chief Justice. Sitter associated with 19 portraits.
- John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838), Lord Chancellor. Sitter in 93 portraits.
- Robert Fellowes (1770-1847), Philanthropist. Sitter associated with 2 portraits.
- Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 177 portraits.
- Lady Anne Hamilton (1766-1846), Lady-in-waiting to Queen Caroline. Sitter associated with 8 portraits.
- Henry Richard Fox (later Vassall), 3rd Baron Holland (1773-1840), Whig statesman and patron of art and letters. Sitter associated with 55 portraits.
- Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770-1828), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 50 portraits.
- Stephen Lushington (1782-1873), Judge. Sitter in 19 portraits.
- Bartolomeo Pergami (1783 or 1784-1842), Courier and consort of Queen Caroline. Sitter in 32 portraits.
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), Field Marshal and Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 439 portraits.
- Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Bt (1768-1843), Lord Mayor of London. Sitter associated with 39 portraits.
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- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (27 St James's Street, London)
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Current affairsGeorge III dies at Windsor Castle on 29 January and George IV ascends to the throne.
'Trial of Queen Caroline' in the House of Lords; Parliament drops the Bill which was to legitimise a divorce between Caroline and George IV.
Cato Street Conspiracy to assassinate the cabinet discovered. Arthur Thistlewood and fellow conspirators are hung.
Art and scienceSir Thomas Lawrence becomes President of the Royal Academy.
Astronomical Society is set up by John Herschel and Charles Babbage.
First iron steamship is launched.
InternationalActor, Edmund Kean goes on a successful tour of America after making his name at the Drury Lane Theatre.
Revolutions begin in Spain, Portugal and Naples.
The famous ancient Greek statue of the Venus de Milo is rediscovered on the Island of Melos and purchased by the Louvre in Paris.
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of degrees
& programs
Fall: March 1
Applications are only accepted from applicants who go through the U/RTA audition/interview process. Auditions are held every three years through U/RTA (2006, 2009, 2012). We visit all three sites (New York City, Chicago, and San Francisco). After candidates have auditioned and been interviewed through the U/RTA process at the sites above, those accepted are notified by letter by April 15.
Number Required: 3
From Whom: Letters of recommendation should be obtained from College/University Professors and/or Professionals in the field.
Applicants must have a degree and/or practical experience through performance in plays.
We are interested in students for whom the desire to act is so strong that it denies the power of any practical fears. Our M.F.A. candidates should be committed to developing as an artist and dedicated to mastering the crafts and techniques necessary to express himself clearly. A physical, emotional, and intellectual strength is essential for the actor, as well as, the willingness to use it by risking himself imaginatively. The statement of purpose serves as an introduction of the applicant. It is an opportunity for the applicant to set forth his or her relevant experience, values, and areas of intense interest. It is to be in the proper essay form but may be in the personal style, and need be no longer than 500 words.
Minimum TOEFL score or range of scores needed to be accepted:
575 on the paper-based test or 230 on the computer-based test. Applicants who score below 600 on the paper-based test or 250 on the computer-based test will be required to take and pass a remedial English course during their first semester at Temple University.
Requirements for auditions are determined by the University/Resident Theater Association through whom we hold all auditions. Through 2003, the U/RTA requirement for the audition has been three minutes total, including a classical and contrasting contemporary piece. Check most recent U/RTA requirements.
In addition to the audition, applicants who are called back for an interview are required to bring transcripts, a head-shot and a resume.
A resume is required.
Main Campus
Students are required to complete the degree program through classes offered before and after 4:30 p.m.
Number of Didactic Credits Required Beyond the Baccalaureate: 60
Required Courses:
Yr 1/Sem 1:Voice/Speech Warm-up, Spch, Singing, Voice, Movement, Combat, Dramatic Lit., Text Analysis, Acting, Friday Scenes,Mainstage Prod. Y1/S2: Voice/Spch Warm-up Spch, Voice, Singing, Movement, Combat, Dramatic Lit., Text Analysis,Stanislavski Sem., Acting, Friday Scenes, Mainstage Prod. Y2/S1: Voice/Spch Warm-up Spch, Voice, Singing, Movement, Combat, Text Analysis, Period Style & Mvment,Stanislavski Sem., Make-up, Acting, Mainstage Prod. Y2/S2: Voice/Spch Warm-up, Spch, Voice, Singing, Movement, Combat, Text Analysis, Period Style & Movement, Stanislavski Sem., Acting, Mainstage Prod. Y3/S1: Voice/Spch Warm-up. Spch, Voice, Singing, Movement, Period Style & Movement, Acting for the Camera, Showcase Film Scenes, Career/Bus.Course, Acting, Acting Thesis, Mainstage Prod. Y3/S2:Voice/Spch Warm-up,Spch,Voice Thesis, Singing,Movement,Period Style & Mvmnt, Acting for the Camera,Showcase Film Scenes,Career/Bus., Acting, Acting Thesis-Showcase for Phila.,LA, & NYC, Mainstage Prod
Internship: No internship is required.
Language Examination: No language examination is required.
Thesis presentation for showcases in Philadelphia, NYC and LA. Through two contrasting scenes, thesis should demonstrate actor's range, skills and craft as a performer, so that s/he can be showcased for the professionals in the entertainment industry with the goal of finding representation through talent and casting agents. The thesis is evaluated by entire Graduate Acting Faculty and graded by Master Acting Teacher.
Tomlinson Theater
1301 W. Norris Street
Phila PA 19122-6075
Darlene Plunkett
Program Coordinator:
Donna Snow
Graduate Chairperson:
Donna Snow
dsnow@temple edu
Don Heller
The M.F.A. program in Theater/Acting provides classical training and is based on the concept of a conservatory. The objective of the graduate acting program is to produce creative, skilled and knowledgeable professionals in the various disciplines of Theater, television and film. We are interested in students for whom the desire to act is so strong that it denies the power of any practical fears. Our M.F.A. candidate is committed to developing as an artist and dedicated to mastering the crafts and techniques necessary to express himself clearly. A physical, emotional and intellectual strength is essential for the actor, as well as the willingness to use it by risking himself imaginatively. When the body, mind, spirit and imagination are trained to be fully engaged, the transformation into character can occur; the artist satisfies his initial hunger to act... an instinct to pretend, to play, to interpret the life around him and to open the hearts of the audience to recognize, respect and love the humanity in each character.
Time Limit for Degree Completion: 3 years
Main Campus
Students are required to complete the degree program through classes offered before and after 4:30 p.m.
Tomlinson Theater
1301 W. Norris Street
Phila PA 19122-6075
The Temple University Theater Department's M.F.A. Program was rated 23rd for Graduate Theater Programs in 1997 by U.S. News & World Report.
The Theater Department is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theater (NAST).
Acting, Improvisation, Movement, Speech, Voice, Dramatic Literature,Text Analysis, Stage Combat, Singing, Acting for the Camera, Business/Career Course, Scene Work, Main-Stage Productions.
The program is primarily focused on training our students for careers in the theater industry. Many are working in televeision, film, Off-Broadway, regional theater and Broadway.
Temple theater students have the opportunity to intern with many of the numerous professional theaters in Philadelphia, including the Wilma, the Arden,The Walnut Street Theater and the Philadelphia Theater Company.
Students are able to take some course work with Film and Media Arts' graduate students and may participate, on a voluntary basis, in independent films directed by FMA graduate and undergraduate directors.
Not applicable.
The M.F.A. program does not accept non-matriculated students.
Teaching Assistant (TA): Lab, studio and classroom teaching opportunities available. Assisting in grading papers for survey and literature classes. Academic Internships: production work, including rehearsal and performance of plays for theater season. Assistantships carry a stipend and full-tuition remission.
Other Financial Opportunities


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We had a great event today! We made a visit to a sturgeon farm, enjoyed a very tasty potluck, and then toured the Ripshin Goat Dairy. We'll have pictures soon. But for now we have a two recipes for chevre from a couple of our members.
Chocolate Truffles
6 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped (not unsweetened)
6 oz. fresh chevre (about ¾ cup)
2 T. confectioners' sugar
½ tsp. vanilla
1/8 tsp. lemon extract
¼ c. unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted, for coating the truffles
In a metal bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water, melt the chocolate, being very careful not to let any of the steam from the water come in contact with the chocolate. Stir until smooth, remove bowl from the pan, let the chocolate cool slightly.
In a bowl whisk together the chevre, the confectioners' sugar, the vanilla and lemon extract until light and fluffy. Whisk in the chocolate until combined well, and chill, covered, for at least one hour or until firm.
Form heaping teaspoons of the mixture into ball and roll in the cocoa powder. Chill the truffles on a baking sheet lined with waxed paper for at least 30 minutes or until firm.
Truffles will keep in a airtight container, chilled, for 3 days…. Enjoy—these are delish…
Goat cheese-arugula ravioli with tomato-pancetta butter
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 large shallots, minced [SEE NOTES]
8 ounces arugula, chopped (about 8 cups) [SEE NOTES]
6 ounces soft fresh goat cheese (such as Montrachet), crumbled
1/2 cup (about 1 1/2 ounces) freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Nonstick vegetable oil spray [SEE NOTES]
42 (about) wonton wrappers (from one 12-ounce package)
2 large egg whites, whisked just until foamy [SEE NOTES]
Tomato-Pancetta butter
6 ounces thinly sliced pancetta* or bacon, coarsely chopped
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
6 large plum tomatoes, quartered, seeds and membranes discarded, tomatoes diced
1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
For serving:
5 tablespoons butter, melted
12 fresh basil leaves
Fresh thyme sprigs
Make ravioli: Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add shallots; sauté 10 minutes. Add arugula; toss until wilted but still bright green, about 3 minutes. Transfer arugula mixture to large bowl and cool. Mix in goat cheese and Parmesan cheese. Season filling with salt and pepper.
Line 2 baking sheets with heavy-duty foil; spray foil with nonstick spray. Place 4 wonton wrappers on work surface; cover remaining wrappers with plastic to prevent drying. Lightly brush entire surface of each wrapper with egg white. Spoon 1 generous teaspoon filling into center of each wrapper. Fold wrappers diagonally in half, forming triangles. Press edges firmly to seal. Arrange ravioli on prepared sheets. Repeat with remaining wrappers and filling. (Can be made ahead. Cover with plastic and chill up to 1 day; or cover with plastic, then heavy-duty foil, and freeze up to 1 week. If frozen, do not thaw before cooking.)
Make tomato-pancetta butter: Cook chopped pancetta in large skillet over medium-high heat until crisp and brown. Using slotted spoon, transfer pancetta to paper towel; drain. Set aside. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon drippings from skillet. Add butter to drippings in skillet; melt over medium-high heat. Add tomatoes and thyme; sauté until tomatoes are tender, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be made 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.)
Cook and serve ravioli: Place melted butter in large bowl. Cook half of ravioli in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender, about 4 minutes for fresh or 5 minutes for frozen. Using large strainer, transfer ravioli to colander and drain; place in bowl with butter and toss to coat. Cover to keep warm. Cook remaining ravioli in same pot of boiling water. Drain and add to bowl of buttered ravioli. Toss gently to coat. Divide ravioli among bowls. Rewarm tomato butter over medium heat. Add reserved pancetta and basil; sauté 1 minute. Spoon sauce over ravioli; garnish with thyme.
From Bon Appetit, March 2001; available online through epicurious.com
1. The recipe is overly fussy!
2. Making your own pasta would be better, but Marg considers that TOO SlowFood. Either with wontons or fresh pasta with flour-dusted and slightly dry surface, there's no need either to use non-stick spray or aluminum foil. Just put accumulate the filled ravoli on a pan or tray, one layer deep, not piled one on another.
3. Shallots may be better, but onion works just fine for us.
4. Forget the egg whites, we've never had any problem gluing the pasta surface by just painting it with water.
5. Making triangle ravioli is fine (except the wontons are rectangular instead of square), but we fold them strait across to make a rectangular ravioli then use a biscuit cutter to cut off excess pasta and end up with semi-circular ravioli.
6. You want plenty of arugula, but measuring out 8 cups of it is a ridiculous waste of time.
7. Whenever a recipe calls for pancetta, we use the packaged trimmings from Dan'l Boone country ham and dice it finely. It's convenient, less expensive, and has less fat.
8. Don't wait until the ravioli have all been cooked before re-warming the sauce, unless the idea of room-temperature ravioli in medium-warm sauce is more appealing than a hot dish in front of you.
9. Arugula is a weed, fortunately. If anybody wants seeds, we should have them in abundance by July.


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Health care decisions can be tough – and they're even harder when insurance forms, instructions and policy information aren't written clearly. At Medicare, it's our job to make sure you can use our materials.
That's why we're committed to speaking and writing about the Medicare program in plain language. It's another way we're working to make health care information easier for you to use and understand.
The Plain Writing Act of 2010 means that plain language isn't just good sense - now, it's the law. As a Federal agency, we're required to make sure our letters, booklets, Web pages, and any other materials are clear, concise, and easy for you to act on.
We're working hard to comply with the new law. We're training our employees, reviewing our materials, and finding new, easier ways to communicate about our programs using the Federal Plain Language Guidelines.
But we need your help—how are we doing here at Medicare?
We'd like you to let us know if you have trouble understanding our documents or the pages on our Web site. We need to know, so we can make these things better.
Most of all, we want to give you the clear and accurate information you need to make good decisions for your family. Tell us how we're doing.


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Syrah has always been one of my favorite grapes. Grown in France's Northern Rhône Valley, it makes an august, powerful wine tasting of black plums, licorice, spice and black pepper, with a powerful opulence that improves when aged 10 years or more.
Grown in warm, sunny Australia, where they call it shiraz (even though it's the same grape) it can be jammy and soft, tasting of strawberries and cinnamon, and can be drunk the day you buy it.
It has a kind and forgiving nature. More than any other grape, to me, it forgives being grown in the wrong place, made under less than perfect conditions. Try that with, say, pinot noir and the resulting wine would be undrinkable.
All of which means that, if you have to buy a really cheap wine in these hard times, buy a syrah. It'll probably still be OK.
Because of all this, syrah is grown nearly everywhere -- France, California, Washington, Chile, Australia, South Africa, even Switzerland.
Syrah also, as they say in preschool, plays well with others. Winemakers blend it with
cabernet sauvignon, grenache, mourvedre, malbec, zinfandel, sometimes even with a touch of
viognier, which is a white grape.
With its rich, ripe flavors, syrah goes well with barbecue, grilled meats, slow-cooked
brisket, wild game, aged hard cheeses. In a perfect world, I would hunt down a wild boar,
stud it with garlic, roast it on a spit and serve it with a plate of potatoes cooked in
the coals and a glass of syrah. As things are, I could have a cheeseburger.
• 2006 Crozes-Hermitage Nouvelère, by Philippe & Vincent Jaboulet, AOC
Crozes-Hermitage: ripe and full-bodied, with aromas and flavors of toasted oak,
blackberries and earth; $40.
• 2006 Kendall-Jackson Estates Grown Syrah, Vintner's Reserve, Calif. (87 percent
syrah, 9 percent zinfanfel, 4 percent grenache): spicy black cherries and licorice,
opulent and ripe; $12.
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For today I have some casual look with some of my favorite pieces in my closet. I've owned that playsuit and this beautiful Hendrix velvet jacket for a very long time already and I enjoy wearing them all the time. I really like wearing the golden embroidered black velvet jacket with some vintage prints most of the time.
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Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els (English pronunciation: /ˈɛls/; born 17 October 1969) is a South African professional golfer, who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature (he stands 1.91 metres ) along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing. Among his numerous victories are three major championships: the U.S. Open in 1994 at the Oakmont Country Club and 1997 at the Congressional Country Club, and The Open Championship in 2002 at Muirfield.
Other highlights in Els' career include topping the 2003 and 2004 European Tour Order of Merit (money list), and winning the World Match Play Championship a record seven times. He is the leading career money winner on the European Tour, and was the first member of the tour to earn over 25 million Euros from European Tour events. He has held the number one spot in the Official World Golf Rankings and holds the record for weeks ranked in the top ten with over 780. Els was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2010, on his first time on the ballot, and was inducted in May 2011.
Growing up just east of Johannesburg in Kempton Park, South Africa, he played rugby union, cricket, tennis, and, starting at age 8, golf. He was a skilled junior tennis player and won the Eastern Transvaal Junior Championships at age 13. Els learned the game of golf at the Kempton Park Country Club where he started carrying for his father, Neels. He was soon playing better than his father (and his older brother, Dirk), and by the age of 14 he was a scratch handicap. It was around this time that he decided to focus exclusively on golf.


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I've been following an Nvidia bug that's been affecting me for a while now and am happy to say that its apparently been fixed! I say apparently, because I've not been around my Linux box for several days (due to the holidays) and haven't had a chance to confirm for myself.
If you have an Nvidia card, especially the 7300le model like I have, and have had difficulties using Unity 3D with the proprietary drivers, then you may have experienced this bug: [nvidia, 7300, 7400] display freeze when using unity desktop
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- Fixed a bug that caused a crash when glDrawArrays was used with a non-VBO vertex attribute array to draw on a Xinerama screen other than screen 0 using an indirect GLX context.
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Please also note: If you encounter any problems with the 275.43 NVIDIA Linux graphics driver release, please start a new thread and include a detailed description of the problem, reproduction steps and generate/attach an nvidia-bug-report.log.gz file (please see http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=46678 for details).
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In the darkening mists, in the swirling pools of the mind, there exists a place. A place that bends and shapes reality unto itself. A place that breathes the foul stench of fear…
In the distance a bell tolls…Its single, solitary noise is like a thunderclap that eats and gnaws at the soul…It is the only reality...It is the only sound that exists between the here and now, and the reddening mist that swirls at your feet beckoning you to enter…
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The Invitation...
"By the watery teats of Kan and the fiery balls of Gorruck when will
this urination of the gods end? Three
weeks since receiving the note, two weeks of travel…bah this trip better be
worth it." He stared at the crumpled parchment clutched in his right
hand; his torch light casting
odd shadows upon his face; upon the pitted sword at his side; upon the worn
leather hauberk that sat off centered on his person.
The note...aye the note, even in the dancing light, there was no mistaking the three words scrawled upon its face…Come. Hope. Inn.
It wasn't the letter and the words that bothered him…it was
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bit of bile that crept to the back of his throat, he continued towards the town
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The wheels of The Fold are moving forward… heed the calling;
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I would like everyone to extend a warm aloha to our new developer...Fold style - which means he doesn't know it yet or is even aware of the offer - until he reads this...
His motivation and his untiring push for results have lead us to the only rationale conclusion, for if he leaves, then we are that much poorer for the loss.
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LUNCH/LEARN �Go Red for Women� hosted by Onslow County CHIP at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 4 at Golden Corral. Wear red. Information call 910-389-5771.
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DISABLED VETERANS Outreach program seeks area organizations/resources interested in participating in its Homeless Stand Down from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 4. Call 910-347-2121.
INFANT OF PRAGUE holds bingo every Tuesday in the parish hall. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Information call 910-455-0733.
COUNCIL FOR THE Arts, 826 New Bridge Street offers �Brush Free Impressionism� workshop from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 22 with Brenda Behr. Cost $15. Call 910-455-9840.
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MASTER GARDENER Volunteer training from 9 a.m. to noon Mondays/Wednesdays from Jan. 22-March 26 at Onslow Multipurpose Complex. Cost $100. Call 910-455-5873.
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Photo 3: Prudence Crandall Museum, front entry from rear of house.
Using correspondence, newspaper accounts, and legal documents, the Prudence Crandall Museum staff has pieced together some information on how the academy would have functioned in the house. Since classes were taught throughout the building, the eight rooms of the main house would have been used as multi-purpose rooms furnished with candle stands and worktables interspersed with writing desks, sofas, and side chairs. Documentation exists that the northeast front parlor was used as dormitory space and included hinged beds that could be moved out of the way during the day leaving room for study or meals.
The more formal southeast front parlor would have been set aside to entertain guests and host student recitations and programs. The second floor of the main house had combination bedroom, sitting, and study areas. The first floor of the back ell held a kitchen with cooking fireplace, pantry, and storage rooms. The second floor ell held remaining bedrooms for the students.
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A grave error has been committed, and we have authorized our legal representatives to make direct contact with the Iranian authorities to find a solution to this misunderstanding.
WASHINGTON — The family of an American man sentenced to death in Iran for allegedly being a CIA agent said Monday he was visiting relatives there and not spying.
Behnaz Hekmati, mother of Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, said in an email to The Associated Press that she and her husband Ali are "shocked and terrified" that their son has been sentenced to death. The verdict is "the result of a process that was neither transparent nor fair," she said.
Iran charged that Hekmati received special training and had served at U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan before heading to Iran for an intelligence mission. A court convicted him of working with a hostile country, belonging to the CIA and trying to accuse Iran of involvement in terrorism, according to a state radio report Monday.
The 28-year-old former military translator was born in Arizona and graduated from high school in Michigan. His family is of Iranian origin, and Amir Hekmati claims dual citizenship. His father, Ali, a professor at a community college in Flint, Mich., has said his son was visiting his grandmothers in Iran.
The State Department demanded Hekmati's release anew Monday, while officials worked to confirm the details of his sentence and what could be done about it. The White House said the U.S. would work with its diplomatic partners "to convey our condemnation to the Iranian government."
Swiss diplomats, acting on behalf of the United States because Washington and Tehran don't have diplomatic relations, have tried unsuccessfully to gain consular access to Hekmati. Iran doesn't recognize dual citizenship and considers Americans of Iranian origin to be solely citizens of the Islamic republic.
"We are working through the Swiss protecting powers in Tehran to confirm reports in the Iranian press that Mr. Hekmati has been sentenced to death by an Iranian court," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.
"If true, we strongly condemn this verdict," she said. "Allegations that Mr. Hekmati either worked for, or was sent to Iran by the CIA are simply untrue. The Iranian regime has a history of falsely accusing people of being spies, of eliciting forced confessions, and of holding innocent Americans for political reasons."
The State Department has warned U.S. citizens of Iranian background to avoid visiting the country because of "the risk of being targeted by authorities."
"Iranian authorities have detained and harassed U.S. citizens of Iranian origin," the department says in its Iran travel warning.
The sentence against Hekmati comes amid heightened U.S.-Iranian tensions.
The Obama administration is initiating new sanctions against Iran over its disputed nuclear enrichment program, specifically targeting the regime's central bank and its ability to sell petroleum abroad. Iran has responded with warnings to American vessels against entering the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway that carries to market much of the oil pumped in the Middle East.
Nuland urged Iran's government to release Hekmati without delay. But American officials are concerned his case may become a political tool for the Iranian government.
Having imposed the worst possible sentence immediately, Iran could now seek to drag the case out. In past cases Iran has held out the possibility of releasing American prisoners on humanitarian grounds, presumably in the hopes of gaining a counter-concession from Washington. September's release of a pair of American hikers held captive by Iran for two years is the most recent example.
In the email, Hekmati's mother said her son did not engage in any acts of spying, or "'fighting against God,' as the convicting judge has claimed in his sentence. Amir is not a criminal. His very life is being exploited for political gain."
"A grave error has been committed, and we have authorized our legal representatives to make direct contact with the Iranian authorities to find a solution to this misunderstanding," the family statement said. "We pray that Iran will show compassion and not murder our son, Amir, a natural born American citizen, who was visiting Iran and his relatives for the first time."