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Thanks Diti; we hope to see signs of our much delayed spring soon! Bill |
It is a bit of a joke on us Bob; the river had broken though by this time last year! Bill |
still,beautiful... |
A river that flows north into a bunch of ice. God's little joke. |


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Ostroversnik, M., and Murray-Smith, D.J. (1998) Real modularity in dynamic system simulation languages. System Analysis Modelling Simulation, 31, pp. 169-182.
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The introduction of real modularity in dysnamic system simulation languages, as defined in general purpose programming languages, provides possibilities for easier re-use and better quality of submodels. This paper presents two basic lemmas that must be followed by the developer of a modular system simulation language. The lemmas have been tested empirically in the dynamic modular object oriented simulation language OOSlim. The findings indicate that, in contrast to most contemporary simulation language implementations, the flat sorting process must be performed at run-time.
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New members -- this one is for you! If you've joined recently, or haven't done this event yet, you can RSVP to this fairly brisk-paced late afternoon stroll up Mount Vic and meet some other new faces to Adventure Wellington. Preference will be given to those that have not been on this walk before.
The Plan: We start in front of the Embassy Theatre on Kent Terrace, and walk along Oriental Bay, then up the last part of the Southern Walkway, with great views of the city.
Finally after we make it to the Mount Victoria Lookout we'll have some terrific 360 degree views.
Although the tracks are steep, and that this walk will be done at a fairly brisk pace, there will be lots of stops to admire the views. The walk will take about two hours.
After the walk, those who are interested can come for a customary AW after-event drink, and free platters of food, thanks to one of our great sponsors, The Southern Cross bar!
Difficulty: 2.5/5
Distance: 7 km
Time: 2.5 hours (including 15 minutes at the summit)
What to bring: sturdy shoes, a camera, a good sense of humor, fun attitude, and maybe a walking stick for traversing the steep hills. Also, as we will be going to the Southern Cross afterwards for drinks and free food platters, please bring some form of accepted ID, ie, New Zealand drivers license, or for overseas visitors, something like your passport.
How to get there: Frequently served by buses (catch a bus going to Courtenay Place) and we will end close to where we started (at the waterfront at Oriental Parade).
Important information: A 'no show' rule applies to all AW events, inclusive of this one. Therefore, if you cancel your RSVP after 7pm on the evening before the walk, or do not turn up for the event, you will receive notification of your non-attendance. Please be aware of this. Sorry.
Thoroughly enjoyable work and bunch of new members to AW - nice to have you all on board, and thanks for making it such a fun evening - you guys are awesome
November 22, 2012
Hi everybody, looks like a great day for the walk this evening. Would be great if you can all be at the Embassy by 7.10pm at the latest so we can make a prompt start. And just as a reminder, we will go to the Southern Cross bar after the walk for a free Cross platter and a refreshment or two afterwards. Hope you can make this. If you are running late this evening, or have any other questions, please contact me on 027 3193754.
Look forward to meeting you all this evening.
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GPA requirement: 3.0 cumulative
Class standing requirement: Must be a junior at UW to enter CTU as an international study abroad student.
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The program at the Czech Tech University in Prague is run through IESP. Please refer to CTU's website for more information.
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Host institutions may also require students to purchase their insurance policies in addition to CISI.
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Flip the calendar forward 30 years. August, 2002: Several Harlem polsState Senator David A. Paterson, Councilmember Bill Perkins, and Assemblyman Keith L.T. Wrightstand proudly at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of 30 new town homes dubbed "affordable housing." The developments, having received nearly $900,000 in city subsidies and support from Abyssinian Baptist Church, sell in a flash for between $300,000 and $600,000a far cry from affordability for most residents in Central Harlem, where the median income is $26,000 year.
What happened over those two decades is an urban planner's dream: booming housing and business markets that are mostly the result of the steadfast work of a tight-knit group of planners, professionals, and politicians who took action after too many bad years. And contrary to popular opinion, the change has not necessarily translated into a white invasion, though that population has increased. The long-term gentrification that has been going on in Harlem is predominantly an influx of the black middle classprofessionals from all over the country who want to be part of this "Second Renaissance."
Yet many longtime residents are outraged by rents and real estate values that have gone higher than they, or their children, can manage. That outrage has manifested in a rally, a town hall meeting that attracted an angry crowd of 700, and the formation of a housing task force this past summer alone. Fueling the fury is the belief among some that the Harlem political machinethat same tight-knit group that turned Harlem arounddid not protect this community from major developers and big business. There is the obvious example of 125th Street, which has come to resemble some alter ego of a middle-American mall and was created largely by subsidies from the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone (UMEZ), an economic incentive organization spearheaded in part by Congressman Charles Rangel. But more vexing to the collective consciousness of this community is the new and expensive housing construction by big-name developersmany of whom received either dirt-cheap land or subsidies from the city.
At a June town hall meeting at the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture, audience members heckled forum speakers, including representatives from banks, UMEZ, the city's Housing Preservation Department (HPD), and the public housing authority. One elderly woman, whose voice was stronger than the fragile fist she threw in the air, screamed: "Where the hell are the politicians?" Though the forum was hosted by Paterson, there were, in fact, fewer elected officials in attendance than there are at most ribbon cuttings. The rage centered around one major demand: that existing powers halt funding and support for housing that the average Harlemite cannot afford. Anger was directed at elected officials, says Orlando Rivera, executive director of the Greater Harlem Real Estate Board Development Fund, because "the politicians have sat this one out."
Over the past five years, the cost of housing has become a problem on all fronts. Brownstone owners receive midnight visits from developers offering $800,000 for their properties. Those on the prowl range from Upper West Side doctors to wealthy entertainers. "You can't even start a conversation to buy a gutted brownstone for under $300,000," Rivera said.
Even for those who grew up middle-class in Harlem like Sharon Wilson, a social worker and mother of one, remaining in the community seems impossible. Earning a civil servant's salary, Wilson figures she will have to move out of the neighborhood when she needs more than one bedroom. Buildings in her area are charging $1500 a month for larger apartments. Generally, one-bedroom rentals that once would have been considered high at $500 now go for $1300 to $1500. And holding onto fairly priced apartments is becoming an increasing struggle. This year alone, there have been nearly 200 holdover-eviction cases in the Central Harlem zip codes. "We have seen a sharp increase in people losing their apartments due to landlord harassment for problems other than non-payment," says Nellie Bailey of the Harlem Tenants Council. "Money is in the air and everybody wants to get on the gentrification bandwagon."
Wilson says she would rather see Harlem developed as a middle-class community. "The question is, who is middle-class?" she asks. That's a question many activists are asking city officials and nonprofit development corporations, which, they say, are working for the wealthy. The city, which has directed huge resources toward thousands of units of low-income housing in Harlem over the years, has shifted toward supporting middle-class and market-rate home ownership opportunities.
Middle-income housing is based on salary requirements that match the median area income of New York City, which is $42,000nearly twice that of Harlem. Rent and mortgage for moderate-income housing can be as high as 165 percent of the area media income. "I have seen moderate-income housing that requires tenants to earn $90,000," says Legal Aid attorney and Harlem resident Adrienne Holder. While community leaders have bent over backward to preserve Harlem's cultural history as what Perkins calls "the Mecca of the African Diaspora" by attracting black people to buy into redevelopment, they don't have a problem making it a wealthier mecca with outside corporate money.
HPD officials say Harlem residents need a more realistic view. It's not worth sinking low-income subsidies into a community where housing can easily sell at market rate. "In a world of finite resources, government is intended to spur a private market where it is not working on its own," says HPD spokesperson Carol Abrams. Ibo Balton, HPD director of Manhattan planning, says those subsidies "perhaps should be directed to the outer boroughs like Brooklyn or the Bronx that are more in need." He envisions the kind of change where young African Americans "who went to Yale can buy into Harlem." Balton, a Harlem resident, denies there is any lack of low-income housing in Harlemthough he said the city will continue to develop new low-cost housing in the 200 buildings it still owns.
Activists don't deny the need for economic revitalization, says Bailey. "But why do it at the expense of tenants who can't afford the new community?" Lydia Smith, owner of Efuru, a 120th Street brownstone guest house, is a Harlem transplant who says there is displacement in progress. Having received her house through the city's Homeworks Program at "a fair, though market-rate, deal," she admits there are people who are not that lucky. "What you have now is those who can afford and those who cannot," Smith says. As for displacement, "How could that be?" asks Perkins, when there were so many empty units in Harlem to begin with.
In 1987, Columbia University professor Lionel McIntyre, then a grad student, jumped at an offer to revitalize Harlem. The group that commissioned him was a coalition of churches called the Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement (HCCI) and the now defunct Harlem Urban Development Corporation (HUDC). Almost as groundbreaking as taking Harlem back from negligent landlords was the thought of 40 ministers from rival churches and various faiths working together as one. "Those guys were cutthroats," he says. But it was a dedicated group that had the backing of Harlem pols and resources from the city. Ultimately, it created the Bradhurst Plan, which spawned 1800 low-income housing units in city-owned buildings. Since then, HCCI and a number of other churches and nonprofit development groups have partnered with the city to create thousands of low-income units.
All of these planners "anticipated some changes" in Harlem's income range, McIntyre says. Their "naive notion" was to "stabilize" low-income and homeless residents and then to move on to creating middle-income and even market-rate housing to return Harlem to a mixed-income community. And in the '80s it was about as easy to predict the Internet economy of the '90s as it was to foresee its fall in the new millennium. That boom pressurized New York's housing market until it boiled over into Harlem sooner and with more intensity than expected. "Who could have guessed people would be willing to pay $5000 a month in Harlem?" McIntyre asks.
But the nonprofit development corporations didn't change strategies as the economic stars were rapidly realigning around them. Former mayor Rudolph Giuliani insisted that the city get out of the landlord business even if it meant unloading buildings to private developers. Not much later, with the help of UMEZ, 125th Street blossomed, resulting in a real estate-value explosion. Even an obvious trend among private developers creating hundreds of pricier apartments didn't force the city and nonprofits to re-evaluate. "When city policy changed, the churches had to go the way the money would go," McIntyre says.
Now, just blocks from where those first revitalized units in the Bradhurst section rebelliously sprung up among ruins, HCCI is currently building Bradhurst Court, a complex that will house a Pathmark supermarket and 126 market-rate co-ops. It's all to make Harlem "a community that doesn't just depend on government assistance," says HCCI CEO Lucille McEwan, adding that the group is now working on dozens more middle-income and low-income units. After years of developing low-income housing, HCCI's original plan was to balance income ranges, creating mixed-income communities. On a stroll through Bradhurst, McEwan pointed out the homegrown businesses her organization supported, ranging from Kev's Copy Center to a barbershop. Each co-op building consists of carefully chosen, dependable tenants with squeaky clean credit who can make a strong tenants association.
Abyssinian Development Corporation (ADC), the church's development arm, and the NYC Housing Partnership, both of which were instrumental in Harlem's housing revitalization, are following suit. After years of building low-income units, both are now mostly involved in developing middle-class sale units, many of which are available for those making upward of $45,000, while dozens are available to those making more than $70,000. ADC's new CEO, Sheena Wright, sees the need to do something about "the working poor who are being priced out of Harlem," but she says that's a fight for more low-income subsidies that should be taken up by city policy makers.
Abyssinian's Harlem is a little more corporate. The church has worked on dozens of market-rate town houses and mixed-income apartments with major developers. These days, the church, led by Reverend Calvin O. Butts, is developing a multimillion-dollar mall with mega developer Forest City Ratner that will house a Marshall's, a bank, and an H&M clothing store. The mall will be built on the land once slotted for the Harlem International Trade Center. As an HCDC board member, Butts voted against the trade center in accordance with all of Governor George Pataki's appointees, defying the stated aim of hundreds of local Harlem business owners. Abyssinian is also involved in the development of several corporate projects, including a Papa John's Pizza and an International House of Pancakes.
Activist Bailey nearly spits every time she mentions Central Harlem's new Pathmark, or the gourmet Citarella emerging on 125th Street. She works hard to control the rage that can turn shrill when she questions why those who pride themselves on "stabilizing Harlem" are bringing in corporate heavyweights instead of funding local businesses. "Exactly who is the Empowerment Zone empowering?" she asks. Why is it that developers bring in businesses that raise real estate rates, but don't offer jobs that enable people to remain in the community? Abyssinian's Wright says her organization chooses to partner with corporations that provide good benefits, and that ADC offers financial counseling on "how to budget the $11 per hour" that employees will make.
James Simmons, a senior vice president at UMEZ, was clearly annoyed at the Schomberg town meeting when the crowd fired questions on an open mic about his organization's role in the housing crisis. The former investment banker explained with frustration that UMEZ's "mission" does not involve housing, it is to bring about new business and employment. UMEZ has become the favorite punching bag of many Harlemites since it has been publicized that the number of locally owned businesses receiving funding is dwarfed by corporate franchises like Time Warner's Disney Store. The people working in those stores, Simmons said, are happy to have a job and are not the ones complaining.
It's hard to think those involved in business and housing development are not linked and working toward similar goals of a corporate-run, upper-middle-class Harlem, say activists. HCCI's McEwan jokes, "There are those who will have you believe that the city purposely allowed landlords to abandon buildings so we could take the buildings and control Harlem. It's ridiculous." She is not totally off. Many a housing activist has at least quipped about that very conspiracy. Still, most argue that the development on every front has been spearheaded by a small group of planners who are all linked in some way. And they point to those who are career "Harlem builders". McEwan worked at HPD, then as the attorney for UMEZ before becoming HCCI's CEO. Her old boss, former HPD commissioner Deborah Wright, who began her career at the NYC Housing Partnership when it was very involved in Harlem's redevelopment, later went on to direct UMEZ. She is now the president and CEO of Carver Bank, which approves business and home loans in Harlem. Wright refused an interview with the Voice. There are dozens of others who have jumped from board to board, making crucial decisions about this community.
The concern isn't as much with résumé building as it is with the lack of objectivity in choosing the kinds of developers who will ultimately own Harlem. So far, the developers who have received property from the city or have partnered with organizations like HCCI aren't exactly community-based. The Gotham Organization, which received subsidies and loans from UMEZ to build Harlem USA as part of a partnership, also received land and property from HPD to develop at least 150 condominium units, 37 rental units, and almost 35,000 square feet of retail space. The company owns numerous luxury-apartment skyscrapers throughout Manhattan, mostly on the Upper West and East sides.
The Richman Group, listed by the National Multi Housing Council as one of the top 50 companies owning the most apartments in the country, is working on at least two major projects with building and land from HPD. Related Companies, which is on the top 50, is best known for creating AOL Time Warner's new Columbus Center at Columbus Circle. Most developers who have received subsidies or huge tracts of land for $1 have been given 20-year tax incentives to keep rents and mortgages affordable.
But in 20 years, when tax credits lift or when co-op values shoot through the roof, McEwan admitted, that's the Harlem people may need to be concerned about. Then again, she said, there could be "another wave of abandonment." That's reason enough to continue stabilizing development, she said.
If Harlem activists are looking for a politician to champion their low-income housing cause, C. Virginia Fields's office may not be the place to turn. A former Harlem councilmember, Fields has been a strong tenant advocate over the years. Recently, she has worked on reviving Frederick Douglass Boulevard, on which she plans to spend at least $3.5 million from her capital budget developing 16 sites. Most of the units will be middle- and moderate-income housing based upon HPD's middle-income standards. Harriet Tubman Gardens, for instance, a complex of 73 units developed by the Queens-based Bluestone Organization, is available for tenants whose income "can't exceed $97,500"that's 165 percent of the area median income. Fields did not return calls to the Voice.
Harlem pols are in a quandary. While they have spent energy on expanding Harlem's tax base and attracting the middle class since the '80s, this summer's flurry of activity has tenants demanding that their elected officials seek further low-income housing subsidies, and adding tenant protections to their agendas. If pols suddenly shifted to demand further low-income subsidies, that could result in a severe case of foot-in-mouth syndrome. "A few of us have actually been admonished by Harlem city councilmembers for focusing too much on low-income housing over the years," says one Community Board 10 official who asked not to be named.
Rangel, who has been involved in Harlem's redevelopment throughout the years, didn't return calls to the Voice, but his chief of staff, Jim Capel, says the congressman was told by HPD that there would not be a cut in low-income subsidies in Harlem. Rangel has always taken initiatives for low-income housing, Capel says, adding that if there is a major shortage of affordable housing, city housing policy must be taken on by local politicians. Councilmember Perkins, for one, stands by the need for middle-income housing, but he says, "Where we have come is good, but now it's starting to get bad. This is the time to rise up for city and federal subsidies to moderate prices."
State Senator Paterson admits he may not be the most popular kid on the political block because of his low-income housing advocacy and his recent formation of a housing task force. "This is not like solving AIDS. This problem is finitewe could create housing that serves a realistic mixture of income levels, but there is no one whose interests seem to be served by doing so," he says. His housing task force includes all the parties involved, yet it remains questionable whether this group will succeed. For all of the years of development there have always been agitators, but typically they haven't agreed on common goals.
In this second Harlem Renaissance, housing activists are in the unique position of fighting against those with whom they often worked in the past. NYC Housing Partnership's president, George Armstrong, noted how strange it is that his organization, which was so crucial, along with HCCI and Abyssinian, in fighting to revive Harlem for its longtime residents, could now be seen on the other side of the fence. The schism is a result of what Paterson calls "a community that can't get over its ideological differences." There are those who are on the extreme that want to see almost no developmentand that's not going to happen, he said. And then there are those who are trying to get what they can before the whole community flips. If there is going to be some change, the two sides will have to find middle ground. That's a place he hopes his task force will land.


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The Boxer
- For other uses of "The Boxer" see Boxer (disambiguation)
"The Boxer" | ||||
Single by Simon & Garfunkel | ||||
from the album Bridge Over Troubled Water | ||||
B-side | "Baby Driver" | |||
Released | March 21, 1969 | |||
Format | 7" single | |||
Recorded | November 1968 | |||
Genre | Folk rock | |||
Length | 5:10 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Writer(s) | Paul Simon | |||
Producer(s) | Roy Halee, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel | |||
Simon & Garfunkel singles chronology | ||||
"The Boxer" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their fifth studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water (1970). Produced by the duo themselves and Roy Halee, it was released as the lead single from the album on March 21, 1969. The song, written by Paul Simon, is a folk rock ballad that variously takes the form of a first-person lament as well as a third-person sketch of a boxer. Simon's lyrics are largely autobiographical, partially inspired by the Bible, and were written during a time when he felt he was being unfairly criticized. The song's lyrics discuss poverty and loneliness. It is particularly known for its plaintive refrain, in which the singer sings 'lie-la-lie', accompanied by a heavily reverb-ed drum.
"The Boxer" was the follow-up to one of the duo's most successful singles, "Mrs. Robinson". It peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100. It performed well internationally, charting within the top 10 in nine countries, peaking highest in the Netherlands, South Africa, and Sweden. Rolling Stone ranked the song #105 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Creation and recording[edit]
The original recording of the song is one of the duo's most highly produced, and took over 100 hours to record. The recording was performed at multiple locations, including Nashville, St. Paul's Chapel in New York City, and Columbia studios.
The version originally released on single by the duo features an instrumental melody played in unison on pedal steel guitar and piccolo trumpet. The song also features a bass harmonica, played by Charlie McCoy[1] heard during the second and final verses. On the BBC, Paul Simon had Garfunkel's instrumental solo played with a soprano saxophone.
In the magazine Fretboard Journal[2] Fred Carter, Jr. recounts:
- "I had a baby Martin, which is a 000-18, and when we started the record in New York with Roy Halee, the engineer, and Paul [Simon] was playin' his Martin — I think it's a D-18 and he was tuned regular — he didn't have the song totally written lyrically, but he had most of the melody. And so all I was hearin' was bits and pieces while he was doin' his fingerpicking . . . I think he was fingerpicking in an open C. I tried two or three things and then picked up the baby Martin, which was about a third above his guitar, soundwise.
- "And I turned down the first string to a D, and tuned up the bass string to a G, which made it an open-G tuning, except for the fifth string, which was standard. Did some counter fingerpicking with him, just did a little backward roll, and lucked into a lick. And that turned into that little roll, and we cut it, just Paul and I, two guitars. Then we started to experiment with some other ideas and so forth. At the end of the day, we were still on the song. Garfunkel was amblin' around the studio, hummin', and havin' input at various times. They were real scientists. They'd get on a part, and it might be there [unfinished] six weeks later.
- On my guitar, they had me miked with about seven mics. They had a near mic, a distant mic, a neck mic, a mic on the hole. They even miked my breathing. They miked the guitar in back. So Roy Halee was a genius at getting around. The first time we were listenin', they killed the breathing mic. And they had an ambient mic overhead, which picked up the two guitars together, I suppose. And so, I was breathin', I guess, pretty heavy in rhythm. And they wanted to take out that noise, and they took it out and said, 'Naw, we gotta leave that in.' That sounds almost like a rhythm on the record. So they left the breathin' mic on for the mix. I played Tele on it and a 12-string, three or four guitars on it. I was doing different guitar parts. One was a chord pattern and rhythm pattern. Did the Dobro lick on the regular six-string finger Dobro — not a slide Dobro.
- "I never heard the total record until I heard it on the air . . . I thought: That's the greatest record I heard in my life, especially after the scrutiny and after all the time they spent on it and breakin' it apart musically and soundwise and all of it. There was some magic in the studio that day, and Roy Halee captured it. Paul and I had a really nice groove."
The song's lyrics take the form of a first-person lament, as the singer describes his struggles to overcome loneliness and poverty in New York City. The final verse switches to a third-person sketch of a boxer, who, despite the effects of "every glove that laid him down or cut him till he cried out", perseveres. At the last we are told the boxer cries out, "I am leaving, I am leaving" — "but", the lyrics continue, "the fighter still remains."
The chorus of the song is wordless, consisting of a repeated chant of "lie-la-lie". Simon stated that this was originally intended only as a placeholder, but became part of the finished song.
"I didn't have any words! Then people said it was 'lie' but I didn't really mean that. That it was a lie. But, it's not a failure of songwriting, because people like that and they put enough meaning into it, and the rest of the song has enough power and emotion, I guess, to make it go, so it's all right. But for me, every time I sing that part... [softly], I'm a little embarrassed."[3]
It has sometimes been suggested that the words represent a "sustained attack on Bob Dylan".[4] Under this interpretation, Dylan is identified by his experience as an amateur boxer, and the "lie-la-lie" chorus represents allegations of Dylan lying about his musical intentions.[5] Biographer Marc Eliot wrote in Paul Simon: A Life, "In hindsight, this seems utterly nonsensical."[5]
Bob Dylan in turn covered the song on his Self Portrait album, replacing the word "glove" with "blow." Paul Simon himself has suggested that the lyrics are largely autobiographical, written during a time when he felt he was being unfairly criticized:
"I think I was reading the Bible around that time. That's where I think phrases such as 'workman's wages' came from, and 'seeking out the poorer quarters'. That was biblical. I think the song was about me: everybody's beating me up, and I'm telling you now I'm going to go away if you don't stop."[6]
During a New York City concert in October 2010, Paul Simon stopped singing midway through "The Boxer" to tell the story of a woman who stopped him on the street to tell him that she edits the song when singing it to her young child. Simon told the audience that she removed the words "the whores" and altered the song to say, "I get no offers, just a come-on from toy stores on Seventh Avenue." Simon laughingly commented that he felt that it was "a better line."[7]
"Missing" verse[edit]
"The Boxer" was originally written with a verse that is not present in the Bridge Over Troubled Water version:
Now the years are rolling by me
They are rockin' evenly
I am older than I once was
And younger than I'll be; that's not unusual.
Nor is it strange
After changes upon changes
We are more or less the same
After changes we are more or less the same
This "missing" verse was performed by Simon & Garfunkel when they went on tour in November 1969 (this version of the song is included on the Live 1969 album), and Paul Simon when he performed it solo after the duo's breakup. Simon & Garfunkel also performed the "missing verse" on Saturday Night Live in 1975 and when they reunited for The Concert in Central Park in 1981, and on Late Show with David Letterman.


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Juan Mata insists he has heard nothing from Chelsea or Jose Mourinho to suggest he might be sold this summer.Mata was in scintillating form for the Blues last season, winning the club's player of the year award as well as being shortlisted by both the Professional Footballers' Association and the Football Writers' Association.
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"Nobody at Chelsea has told me that Mourinho wants me out," Mata told Marca.
"When I finished the season I was told that they were very happy with my performances and with the two years I've spent with the club. I have three years left on my contract. I'm very happy with Chelsea.
"Mourinho? I'd prefer to wait until I meet him and work with him before I judge him. That's simple logic."
Far from dwelling on transfer speculation, Mata is already setting targets for next season at Stamford Bridge, with winning the Premier League at the top of his agenda.
"We still need to win the Premier League," he added. "It's something I'd really like to do. It must be a great feeling to win a title that so many teams with so much history compete for."


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History of violations: Quemetco Inc.
1995: Ordered to clean contaminated soil at Industry plant by state Department of Toxic Substances Control
1998: Cited by SCAQMD for exceeding allowance for lead
1998: Plant emits 2.6 million pounds of toxic waste, according to U.S. EPA Toxic Release Inventory (1996 data)
2000: Proposition 65 warnings indicate arsenic and lead emissions spread into La Puente, Industry and Hacienda Heights
2006: Highest cancer burden of any business in the SCAQMD jurisdiction. Cancer risk is due to emissions of arsenic, 1,3-butadiene, cadmium and hexavalent chromium
2006: Quemetco reports a cancer risk of 22 in 1 million, down from 33 in 1 million in 2000.
2011: Ranked No. 6 out of Top Ten facilities for toxic releases in California, according to EPA.
2012: SCAQMD violation for failing to reconcile third and fourth quarter emissions of nitrogen oxides, a smog-forming emission, and for exceeding allowances from the 2010 compliance year.
2013: Source test from Nov. 22 reveals levels of arsenic higher than previous year. Company ordered to prepare a health risk assessment using higher emissions rates.
Source: EPA, SCAQMD, San Gabriel Valley Tribune archives
INDUSTRY >> Quemetco Inc., a lead-acid battery recycler located near the residential communities of La Puente and Hacienda Heights, was ordered to perform an extensive health assessment after air quality inspectors found the plant was spewing elevated levels of arsenic into the air.
The company must reduce its cancer risk below 25 parts per million or face stricter controls, according to a letter from Elaine Chang, South Coast Air Quality Management District deputy executive officer to Scott Bevans of Quemetco Inc. dated Dec. 10.
The recent test put the Industry-based plant on notice to perform an additional health risk. It comes on the heels of an SCAQMD order to Exide Tecnhologies in Vernon to shut down operations unless toxic air emissions are dramatically reduced. The SCAQMD Hearing Board opened a hearing on the abatement order last week at Cal State Los Angeles. Hearings on the Exide plant have been continued to Jan. 7.
Exide and Quemetco are the only two battery recycling plants in Southern California, according to the SCAQMD.
Exide takes car and marine batteries made of lead and acid and takes them apart. The materials are tossed into a smelter where lead ingots are produced and either sold, or used to make new vehicle batteries. Exide's operation recycles between 23,000 and 41,000 automobile batteries a day, according to the SCAQMD.
Quemetco has had its problems with the air pollution agency, racking up five violations from the SCAQMD since 2005.
However, it plans to fully comply with the air district's order, said Chris Bryant, Washington D.C.-based attorney for Quemetco and its parent company, RSR Corp.
"The company will be reconducting a health risk assessment to assuage any concerns the AQMD may have about the arsenic emissions," Bryant said Friday. The Industry plant is located at 720 S. 7th Ave., near Salt Lake Avenue.
Quemetco is a lead smelting company and is part of RSR, which operates other lead smelters, including plants in Indiana and New York. The 2011 Toxic Release Inventory from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ranked the company as the sixth largest emitter of toxic emissions in California. In Southern California, it trailed only Chevron Products in El Segundo. Quemetco released 1,576,634 pounds of toxics in 2011, the report says.
Lead smelting involves heating up the mixture and using chemicals to free the element. This produces toxic byproducts, including inorganic arsenic, a carcinogen that is "strongly associated" with lung cancer if inhaled, and bladder, liver and skin cancer if ingested, according to the EPA.
SCAQMD inspectors checked the smokestacks on Nov. 22 and found arsenic emissions had increased since the last source test, said Sam Atwood, a spokesman for the four-county anti-smog agency. Atwood declined to say how large of an increase.
"But it had increased enough that we felt they were going to exceed thresholds in our Rule 1401 of a 10 in 1 million cancer risk, that's the threshold for notifying the public," he said.
If the company's new health risk assessment shows a cancer risk for arsenic of 25 in 1 million or higher, it will be subject to additional emission controls, he said.
The company has until May to complete the new health risk assessment. Atwood said the SCAQMD did not have any indication the company would not comply with the requirement, which originated in 1987 under what's known as the state toxic hot spots law. "We're confident their concerns will be alleviated," Bryant said.
Quemetco will have a greater chance at compliance because it has been using a Wet Electrostatic Precipitator, advanced emissions control technology, and Exide does not, Atwood said. Bryant said the device has been in operation at the Industry plant for at least four years.
Nonetheless, the SCAQMD is preparing a new rule that will lower the cap on emissions of arsenic, as well as benzene and 1,3-butadiene, for all battery recycling plants in the South Coast Air Basin. The SCAQMD Governing Board will consider the amended Rule 1420.1 on Jan. 10, Atwood said.


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Just Married
Just Married | |
Theatrical release poster
Directed by | Shawn Levy |
Produced by | Robert Simonds Lauren Shuler Donner |
Written by | Sam Harper |
Starring | Ashton Kutcher Brittany Murphy Christian Kane David Moscow |
Music by | Christophe Beck |
Cinematography | Jonathan Brown |
Edited by | Scott Hill Don Zimmerman |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release dates
Running time
95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $18 million |
Box office | $101,564,939 |
Just Married is a 2003 American romantic comedy film directed by Shawn Levy, and was written by Sam Harper, and starring Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy.[1] Produced by Robert Simonds, the film opened to #1 at the box office and stayed in the top 10 for four weeks, going on to gross $56,127,162 domestically and $101,564,935 worldwide.[2]
This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. (March 2015) |
The film starts off with Tom and Sarah in the airport. When Tom Leezak is back again to the radio, he reminisces and tells all of the details from the day they first met to back to the airport. Tom Leezak (Ashton Kutcher) and Sarah McNerney (Brittany Murphy) meet up when Tom accidentally hits Sarah with a football. A few months later, despite opposition from Sarah's rich, uptight family they get married. However they each have a secret that they want to keep from each other: Tom doesn't want Sarah to know that he accidentally killed her dog and Sarah doesn't want Tom to know she slept with Peter Prentiss (Christian Kane). Tom and Sarah decide to honeymoon at a classy hotel at the foot of the Alps. On their way there, they attempt to join the mile high club, but fail when the captain turns on the fasten seat belt sign and they are forced to go back to their seats.
They arrive at the hotel and discover that Tom's friend Kyle left them a present: the Thunderstick A-200, which is a sex toy. Tom tries to plug the toy in the socket, but the plug isn't built for a European outlet and he shuts down the entire village's electricity when he tries to force it in. The newlyweds leave the hotel after Tom has a heated argument with the hotel owner. While trying to find another hotel they crash and get buried under a heap of snow, but they are able to climb out in the morning. Eventually, they get a ride from a truck driver and end up staying at a pensione in Venice. The pensione turns out to be very bad, and they soon check out after Tom discovers a cockroach on his neck while the couple are attempting to make love.
The couple manage to secure a nice hotel with the financial help of Sarah's father, who demands that Tom pay the money back as soon as he can. The next day they go sightseeing in Venice, but Tom quickly gets bored and the couple decide to split up for the day: Tom going to the bar to watch sports and his wife continuing to see Venice. Sarah realizes that Peter is staying at her hotel. This prompts her to initiate a conversation with Tom in which he reveals that he accidentally killed her dog and she reveals she slept with Peter Prentiss. The couple storm out of the hotel and each go their separate ways: Tom going to the bar, where he meets a girl, and Sarah going sightseeing again, where she meets Peter. The girl begins to flirt with Tom and the two end up dancing. When Tom realizes she wants to have sex with him, he makes an excuse and escapes through the toilet window. He goes back to the hotel, only to find out that Sarah is with Peter. This prompts him to go back to the bar, where he meets the girl again, and the girl clearly wants to have sex with him. Tom tries to think of a clever way to get out of this and agrees to walk with the girl to her hotel. Except the girl tricks Tom into revealing his hotel, and in a desperate attempt to go to bed with him, falsely says she's at the same hotel. She tricks Tom again at the hotel and says she's lost her key and needs to call the front desk, Tom all the while trying to avoid this situation. Once in Tom and Sarah's room, the girl rips off her top and bra and tries to have sex with Tom. Tom is doing everything possible to get away. And, as she is mounting him and trying to make out with him, Tom blurts out that he's on his honeymoon, and the girl finally leaves.
Peter convinces Sarah to go with him for a drink, promising her a ride home. He eventually takes her home and kisses her, but she slaps him and tells him that she's on her honeymoon. Tom sees the kiss but does not see her slap him and assumes that Sarah is having a relationship with Peter. This prompts him to initiate an argument with Sarah, during which she finds a bra that the girl who Tom was with left behind. Sarah throws an ashtray at Tom, hitting him in the head, enraging him. Peter bursts in the room tells Sarah to run away with him to Seattle. Tom equips himself with a fire poker and starts shouting at Peter, breaking things in the process. Peter runs away from the scene, asking the maître d' to call the police. Tom chases Peter out of the hotel where Tom gets arrested for the violent stabbing Brax (Stephen Peacocke) in the heart, and he and Sarah end up in a prison cell for a non-parole period of 28 years. Peter bails them out and this time the couple, angry at each other, decide to go home to Los Angeles.
The film switches to the present, where Sarah has moved out and Tom wants to get back with her. Upon receiving advice from his father (Raymond J. Barry), Tom attempts to break into Sarah's family's household to tell her that he loves her, but gives up after unsuccessfully trying to ram the gate with a Dodge Challenger after unsuccessfully trying to convince her family to open it. However Sarah opens the gate herself after seeing Tom make a romantic speech to the camera and the two rush out to proclaim their love for each other. Sarah's family also finally accepts Tom with her father telling her to go to him after she opens the gate. The film ends with the couple recounting events from the honeymoon and Sarah's family finally approving of their marriage.
- Ashton Kutcher as Tom Leezak
- Brittany Murphy as Sarah Leezak
- Christian Kane as Peter Prentiss
- David Moscow as Kyle
- Monét Mazur as Lauren
- David Rasche as Mr. Dan McNerney
- Veronica Cartwright as Mrs. McNerney aka Pussy
- Thad Luckinbill as Willie McNerney
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Though successful at the box office, Just Married was released to generally negative critical reviews with a score of 19% "Rotten" from Rotten Tomatoes.[3] Two out of five stars from MSN,[4] and 28 out of 100 from Metacritic.[5]
The film earned three Razzie Award nominations including Worst Actor (Ashton Kutcher), Worst Supporting Actress (Brittany Murphy) and Worst Screen Couple (Kutcher and Murphy), but failed to win in each of these categories.
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- ^ Full cast and crew for 'Just Married' (2003). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-11-26.
- ^ Box office results for 'Just Married' (2003). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
- ^ Just Married Movie Reviews, Pictures. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2010-11-26.
- ^ Just Married Overview. MSN. Retrieved 2010-11-26.
- ^ Just Married Reviews, Ratings, Credits. Metacritic. Retrieved 2010-11-26.
- ^ Just Married (2003). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-11-26.
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- Just Married at Rotten Tomatoes
- Just Married at Metacritic
- Just Married at Box Office Mojo
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At a news conference today (Friday, Jan. 7), Gov. Mark Parkinson announced that he and his wife, Stacy, have established a scholarship for the Wichita State University debate program — the largest scholarship dedicated to debate in the WSU Elliott School of Communication.
"Participating in the debate program at Wichita State was one of the highlights of my college career, and it taught me the necessary skills to be successful later in life," said Parkinson '80.
"With this scholarship, Stacy and I are honored to encourage future Shockers to get involved with debate."
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The Mark and Stacy Parkinson Scholarship in Debate will fund an annual scholarship to cover full tuition and fees for a Kansas resident enrolled full time at WSU in the Elliott School Debate Program.
The recipient will have participated in Kansas high school debate for at least one year, must have and maintain a minimum 'B' average and remain active on and serious about the WSU debate team.
"It is an honor and an inspiration to accept this gift from the governor and first lady for the debate program," said Elizabeth King, WSU Foundation president and CEO. "The beneficial experiences that Mark encountered at WSU influenced both of them to provide this opportunity to others.
"The spark in Mark's voice as he described the camaraderie among his team members and the mentoring by his coach, John Schunk, was heartwarming," King said.
Schunk attended the announcement today.
"'Giving back' or 'paying it forward,' it doesn't matter what term you use, the Parkinsons are all about improving their communities and making futures better for today's youth," said WSU President Donald Beggs.
"Participation in debate is time consuming, both in terms of the research demands and weekend travel," said Jeff Jarman, WSU director of debate. "No other school in the state has a scholarship of this magnitude for its debate team. It will bring the top debaters in Kansas to WSU and provide them the means to succeed on the team and in the classroom."
Distinguished alumni
Twelve students have competed on the WSU debate team this year. The season runs from September through March.
Parkinson graduated summa cum laude from Wichita State University in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts in Education, majoring in secondary education-political science. He represented WSU at the National Debate Tournament in 1977 and 1979.
He also was a member of the WSU debate team in 1978. In January 2010, Parkinson was a Distinguished Alumni Speaker.
He will be awarded the 2010 Alumni Achievement Award at the 55th Annual Alumni Awards Banquet on Feb. 3, 2011. He and his wife are WSU Alumni Association Life Members.


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Charles J. Urstadt
Mr. Urstadt is Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. He also serves as Chairman and Director of Urstadt Property Company, Inc. (a real estate investment corporation). Mr. Urstadt serves on several boards. He is Vice Chairman of Battery Park City Authority, a Trustee of Historic Hudson Valley, Trustee Emeritus of Pace University, Retired Director of Putnam Trust Company and Retired Trustee of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association.
Willing L. Biddle
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Mr. Biddle is President and Chief Executive Officer. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President from March 1996 to December 1996, Senior Vice President - Management from June 1995 to March 1996 and Vice President - Retail from April 1993 to June 1995. Mr. Biddle is a prior Director of the Putnam Trust Company.
Thomas D. Myers
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Thomas D. Myers is the Executive Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of the Company. He has served the Company in various capacities for over fourteen years, including Senior Vice President (2003-2009), Co-Counsel (2007–2008), Secretary (since 1999), Vice President (1995–2003) and Associate Counsel (1995–2006). Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Myers served in private practice for thirteen years, specializing in real estate, real estate finance and banking and for three years as Associate Counsel for a regional savings bank in the metropolitan area. Mr. Myers is a Member of the New York State Bar Association and has been designated Authorized House Counsel by the Connecticut Bar Examining Committee.
John T. Hayes
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Hayes, a CPA, has been Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since July 2008. From March 2007 until his appointment as Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Hayes served the Company as Vice President and Controller. Mr. Hayes has worked for over 20 years in the real estate industry, first as a public accountant and then in private industry. Prior to joining the Company, he served as Corporate Controller for a privately owned developer and operator of large scale commercial laundromats in the U.S as well as a privately owned real estate developer of retail and office properties. Previously, Mr. Hayes practiced public accounting for 10 years in New York City with PKF, a regional certified public accounting firm specializing in the service of real estate clients.
Stephan A. Rapaglia
Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer & Real Estate Counsel
Stephan Rapaglia is Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Assistant Secretary and Real Estate Counsel for the Company. He has served the Company since 2008. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Rapaglia served in private practice for seven years, specializing in commercial real estate at major law firms. Mr. Rapaglia is a Member of the New York State Bar Association and has been designated Authorized House Counsel by the Connecticut Bar Examining Committee.
James M. Aries
Senior Vice President & Director of Acquisitions
James Aries joined Urstadt Biddle Properties in 2001 as a Vice President of Leasing and Acquisitions and became its Senior Vice President / Director of Acquisitions in 2008. Mr. Aries began his career as a Director of Real Estate for The Melville Corporation, one of the largest retailers in the country. Subsequently, he held senior leasing positions with Bryant Development Corp. in Purchase, NY and Kin Properties Inc. in White Plains, NY. He received his B.A. from Tufts University in Medford, MA and his J.D. from the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law in New York, NY. Jim is on the Planning Committee of the NY International Council of Shopping Centers and is a member of the NY State Bar Association.
Linda L. Lacey
Senior Vice President & Director of Leasing
Linda L. Lacey is the Senior Vice President, Director of Leasing of the Company and has served in this role since December 2007. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Lacey served as Vice President, Director of Leasing (August 1998-November 2007) and Assistant Vice President (May 1997-July 1998). Ms. Lacey began her real estate career at a private property management and leasing company and over the past 20 years has served in various capacities in corporate banking, asset management, property management and leasing. Ms. Lacey is a licensed real estate broker in New York and Connecticut and serves on the Connecticut ICSC Planning Committee.
Nicholas Capuano
Vice President & Associate Real Estate Counsel
Nicholas Capuano is Vice President and Associate Real Estate Counsel for the Company, having joined the Company in 2014. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Capuano specialized in commercial real estate leasing and related transactional matters for ten years in private practice at law firms both large and small, during which time has been admitted to the New York and Connecticut state bars.
Diane Midollo
Vice President & Controller
Mrs. Midollo, a CPA, has been Vice President and Controller of the Company since July 2008. From January 2008 until her appointment as Controller, Mrs. Midollo served the Company as Assistant Vice President and Assistant Controller. Mrs. Midollo has worked for 10 years in the accounting profession, first as a public accountant with BDO Seidman, LLC in Century City, CA prior to joining the Company.
Jackie Perla
Vice President, Leasing
Jackie Perla currently holds the position of Vice President, Leasing for the company. Her tenure with the company began in November of 2013 as a Senior Leasing Representative before being appointed to her current position in January 2015. Mrs. Perla's commercial real estate career began at Acadia Realty Trust, working in Branding and Marketing prior to the transition to a Leasing Representative. She brings 8 years of commercial real estate experience with her.
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Charles J. Urstadt
Mr. Urstadt is Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. He also serves as Chairman and Director of Urstadt Property Company, Inc. (a real estate investment corporation). Mr. Urstadt serves on several boards. He is Vice Chairman of Battery Park City Authority, a Trustee of Historic Hudson Valley, Trustee Emeritus of Pace University, Retired Director of Putnam Trust Company and Retired Trustee of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association.
Robert R. Douglass
Vice Chairman
Mr. Douglass is of Counsel to Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy, attorneys. He also serves as Chairman of the Downtown Lower Manhattan Association and Chairman of the Alliance for Downtown New York. In recent years, Mr. Douglass served as Chairman and Director of Clearstream International and Chairman and Director of Cedel International. Previously, Mr. Douglass served as Vice Chairman and Director of The Chase Manhattan Corporation and as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of The Chase Manhattan Corporation. Mr. Douglass is a former Trustee of Dartmouth College.
Kevin J. Bannon
Board Member
Mr. Bannon has over 30 years of experience in economic and investment matters and today serves as Managing Director and Chairman of the Asset Allocation Committee for Highmount Capital LLC. He served the Bank of New York as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer from 1993 to 2007. He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Stern School of New York University.
Catherine U. Biddle
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Mrs. Biddle is Vice President, Secretary and a Director of Urstadt Biddle Property Company, Inc. and Vice President of Two Park Place Corp. (each a real estate investment corporation). Mrs. Biddle also serves as Director of Kensico Cemetery and is a past Trustee of Historic Hudson Valley. Previously, Mrs. Biddle served as an officer in The Bank of New York's Commercial Real Estate Finance Division (1989-1993).
Willing L. Biddle
President, Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Biddle is President and Chief Executive Officer. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President from March 1996 to December 1996, Senior Vice President - Management from June 1995 to March 1996 and Vice President - Retail from April 1993 to June 1995. Mr. Biddle is a prior Director of the Putnam Trust Company.
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Mr. Conway is a Financial Consultant and Corporate Director. He currently serves as a Trustee of Phoenix Mutual Funds and as Vice Chairman of The Academy of Political Science. Previously, he served on numerous boards, including as Chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Chairman and Trustee of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., Director of Union Pacific Corporation, Trustee of Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, Director of Centennial Insurance Company, Chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council and Chairman and Director of The Seamen's Bank for Savings. Mr. Conway is an Honorary Trustee of Josiah Macy Foundation, Trustee Emeritus of Pace University and Trustee Emeritus of Colgate University.
Richard Grellier
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Richard Grellier is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Investment Banking group at Deutsche Bank Securities. He has over 25 years of real estate experience, including 18 years as a real estate investment banker covering the REIT and real estate operating company sectors. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Rick was a project manager for a developer, builder and operator of hospitality-related projects in the New York Metropolitan area where he focused on waterfront development and construction. Rick holds a MS in Real Estate Development from the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and MBA from the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University. He is a graduate of Kenyon College.
George H.C. Lawrence
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Mr. Lawrence is President and Chief Executive Officer of Lawrence Properties, Inc. He also serves on a variety of boards and committees. Currently, he is Chairman and Director of Kensico Cemetery, a Director of the Westchester County Association, Trustee of Indian River Hospital District and Honorary Trustee of Sarah Lawrence College.
Robert J. Mueller
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Mr. Mueller retired in 2004 as Senior Executive Vice President of The Bank of New York where he served as Chief Credit Policy Officer and head of the bank's worldwide risk management. His responsibilities included the bank's global trading operations, commercial real estate lending, regional commercial banking, community development, residential mortgage lending and equipment leasing. He was a member of the bank's Senior Planning Committee. Mr. Mueller currently serves on the Boards of the Community Preservation Corp., the Borough of Manhattan Community College Fund, Danita Container, Inc. and All Ahead, Inc. He is an Advisory Board Member of Neighborhood Housing Services of New York, Inc. and a member of Battery Park City Authority.
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Mr. Urstadt is President and a Director of Urstadt Property Company, Inc., a real estate investment corporation. He previously served as Executive Director of Sales for Halstead Property LLC, Executive Vice President of Brown Harris Stevens Inc. and Publisher the New York Construction News. Mr. Urstadt is also a member of the Board of Directors of Miami Design Preservation League, where he served as chair for five years, and Friends of Miami Marine Stadium. He previously served as chair and member of the City of Miami Beach Planning Board and Board Member of the New York State Board for Historic Preservation, the Friends of Channel 13 and the New York Building Congress. He is a licensed real estate broker in Florida and New York.
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Conner senior quarterback Drew Barker became what is believed to be just the third quarterback in state history to rush for 40 touchdowns and pass for 40 touchdowns in a career, but it wasn't enough as the Cougars fell short at South Oldham, 34-32, in the Class 5A, District 5 opener for both schools on Friday night.
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Associate Justice Ariane D. Vuono was born in Stamford, Connecticut, on May 15, 1957. She graduated from Yale University in 1979 with a major in Italian studies. In 1981 she received a Master of Arts in Italian literature from Middlebury College. She then attended University of Connecticut School of Law, earning her J.D. in 1984.
After serving a year as a law clerk to the justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court, she became an assistant district attorney for Hampden County, specializing in appellate work. From 1988 to 1995 she was chief of the appellate section of the District Attorney's Office for the Northwestern District (Hampshire and Franklin Counties), and argued many cases in the Supreme Judicial Court and the Appeals Court. In 1995 she became an assistant United States attorney in Springfield, where she handled a wide variety of assignments, including federal trial and appellate work. She was appointed to the Appeals Court by Governor Mitt Romney and joined the court on March 7, 2006.
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I made this on my never ending quest for the perfect stuffing. I'm still on my quest....
i changed this recipe because i'm not a green bell pepper person. so instead i substituted, well, bacon. while i was waiting for the bread to toast, i chopped and fried 3 slices of bacon. then i removed them to a paper towel, and cooked the onion, celery, and mushrooms (i used cremini and chanterelle) in the bacon fat and 2 tbsp butter. i know, heart attack in a pan. anyway then i basically followed the recipe except i put a little of the parmesan in the custard mixture. because if most things are better with bacon, everything is better with CHEESE. it was fabulous. i also cut the bread cubes a little bigger than they recommend. SO GOOD. would try it without bacon since it does really affect the flavor of the dish, but i'm not complaining. this was seriously good. had it with a mimosa and it was a hell of a breakfast.
This is a wonderful recipe everyone will enjoy. I modified it by adding 1 cup shredded Gruyere, 1 cup shredded Swiss cheese, and thinly sliced Prosciutto.
This recipe is fantastic! The only thing you might want to change is the name. My coworkers thought it was a traditional bread pudding (dessert) which I had added mushrooms to. This is a dressing/stuffing that you soak with unsweetened egg custard and bake. The mushrooms add so much and the parmesan really makes this dish. This is definitely a keeper. The fam. loved it.
This recipe would lose nothing if you left out the peppers, onions and celery.
holy smokes!! this recipe is absolutely delicious! my family LOVED it - even my finicky niece who doesn't like mushrooms. i omitted the celery and green peppers and they were never missed. next time i'm going to try using light cream instead, to cut the calories. you will NOT be disappointed with this recipe!
This is the most spectacular side dish I have every made. My family raves about it every time. They get so excited when I am making the "bread pudding". I have made it with ham and also for brunch. I did not substitute anything but you could use egg substitute to cut calories and fat. You will not be disappointed with this dish.
I made this for thanksgiving and it was a success! I followed the recipe exactly except that I made individual protions by using small ramekins. The individual servings were a nice touch to make the meal more elegant
...made this dish for thanksgiving and followed it as described in the recipe without any substitutions or alterations. it was so tasty - not a single bite was left at the end of dinner. i would definitely make this again.
This was a HUGE hit at Thanksgiving yesterday, I had several people raving about it! I did, however, make a few changes that I think really made this dish. I used half pumpernickel rye bread and half country french for the cubes. I added fresh sage to the bread cubes (as well as the thyme). Instead of bell pepper, I used about a cup of chopped leeks--just the white and light green parts of course--I think that really took the dish to a new level!! I made sure to salt and pepper the veggies pretty liberally after I sauteed them, and I upped the salt in the cream mixture to about 3 tsp. It was perfect. I made this the night before, threw it in the fridge and baked it the next day. I will DEFINITELY be making this again.


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Author(s): | Afzal A. Godil; Sarah Y. Tang; |
Title: | An evaluation of local shape descriptors for 3D shape retrieval |
Published: | September 26, 2012 |
Abstract: | As the usage of 3D models increases, so does the importance of developing accurate 3D shape retrieval algorithms. A common approach is to calculate a shape descriptor for each object, which can then be compared to determine two objects‰ similarity. However, these descriptors are often evaluated independently and on different datasets, making them difficult to compare. Using the SHREC 2011 Shape Retrieval Contest of Non-rigid 3D Watertight Meshes dataset, we systematically evaluate a collection of local shape descriptors. We apply each descriptor to the bag-of-words paradigm and assess the effects of varying the dictionary‰s size and the number of sample points. In addition, several salient point detection methods are used to choose sample points; these methods are compared to each other and to random selection. Finally, information from two local descriptors is combined in two ways and changes in performance are investigated. This paper presents results of these experiments. |
Conference: | SPIE 8290, 82900N (2012) |
Proceedings: | Three-Dimensional Image Processing (3DIP) and Applications II |
Location: | San Francisco, CA |
Dates: | May 31, 2012 |
Keywords: | 3D shape retrieval, local descriptor, bag-of-words algorithm, nonrigid models |
Research Areas: | Data Mining, Modeling, Software, Databases, Statistics, Information Processing Systems, Measurement Systems, Imaging |
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Teachers' gifts that keep on giving
Want your kid to give his teacher an end of the year gift that is truly useful? How about potted basil that your child starts from seed?
Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 11:49 AM
The other day I was at my sons' school and my first grader's former kindergarten teacher came up to me.
"I just wanted you to know that I really loved the basil that your son gave me as a gift last year. It was a great gift. I used it all summer."
You may be thinking that it's a little early to be thinking about the end of the year gift for your kid's teacher, but if you want to give a gift that your child actually has a hand in creating and will be useful to the teacher, now is exactly when you need to start.
Last year, I had my sons plant basil plants from seeds for their teachers. When the seedlings got large enough to transplant, we purchased inexpensive ceramic pots that were large enough for the basil plants to grow to full size in. That way, the teachers could keep them all summer in the pot if they didn't have a garden.
The boys were responsible for taking care of the plants. Once it was warm enough for us to keep the pots outside, they took turns going out each morning to water their teachers' gifts. They were very proud to be able to give something to their teachers that they grew themselves and worked diligently to keep alive for weeks.
You can do this with any edible plant, but I think a frequently used herb is a good choice. Herbs don't get too big, they do well on a sunny windowsill if placing it outside isn't an option, and they are relatively easy to maintain.
The other great thing about this is that it is such an inexpensive gift, yet it is so thoughtful and will give teachers pleasure all summer long.
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Climb The Mines of Moria bolts 1-3. Traverse right on Ringbearer bolt 5, Dwarves Rule bolt 5, and finish on Dwarves Rule. Longest route on the wall.
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a fun find!
This was super fun to find, particularly when the grade proved relatively easy. The name has a little to do with hogging a cheap FA to slap yet another Dwarf reference on the wall. But the variation was also motivated trying to find a way for a low 5.10 climber to hit those cool low holds of the main route and still be able to finish a route.
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