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For most of my cocktail-drinking life I've ignored the Old Fashioned and yet, over the past year, it's become one of my favourite cocktails. Made with just a base spirit (usually bourbon), sugar and bitters, it's a drink for those who want to taste the alcohol and it varies in flavour depending on the combination of spirit and bitters.
Most bartenders make an Old Fashioned with sugar syrup, with one telling me that a cube takes too long to dissolve and leads to drinks where the sweetness is heavier at the bottom of the drink. I can't argue with this, especially since he's considered one of the best bartenders in Australia, but as someone who makes drinks at home and not behind a bar I don't always have sugar syrup at home – plus I'm hokey enough to like making drinks the old fashioned way (bad pun intended). As such, I usually use cubes.
My recipe is this:
- One sugar cube
- 2 ounces (60ml) of bourbon or whisky or rye
- 3-5 dashes of bitters
You simply place the sugar into the glass, add a few drops of water to help the sugar dissolve, followed by the bitters, and muddle. Add the ice and the alcohol, and stir. Adding fruit should be avoided except for the peel of an orange (or other citrus fruit). Twist (or flame it) over the drink to extract some oils, rub the peel around the edge of the glass and drop it in.
As simple as this drink is, however, there are a lot of conflicting opinions as to how to make it. Some say you should add the alcohol before the ice. Some say you shouldn't stir – but instead serve it with a swizzle stick and let whoever receives the drink stir it to reduce dilution. And then there's the approach of adding a little alcohol, stirring, adding more alcohol and more ice and stirring again. I'm lazy – so I just stir a few times at the end until the glass frosts nicely.
As for what spirit you use – well, there are unlimited variations. I've had success using Monkey Shoulder scotch and Fee Brothers orange bitters, Bulleit rye with Peychaud's bitters and Woodford Reserve with Angostura bitters.
There are also some great variations of the Old Fashioned in Sydney bars – my favourite is the Banana Old Fashioned at Gardel's, followed by a Honeycomb and Maple Old Fashioned that I once had at Tokonoma (although that was a while ago) and at Honeyrider you can choose what bourbon or rum you want in your Old Fashioned.
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Kris Knight is a Canadian painter whose work examines performance in relation to the construction, portrayal and boundaries of sexual and asexual identities. Drawing from personal histories of rural escapism through imagination, Knight paints disenchanted characters that are lost between youth and adulthood; they hide their secrets, but desperately long to let them go. His mythical and ambiguous portraits are a synthesis of fantasy and real-world memory; they tiptoe between the dichotomies of pretty and menace, hunter and hunted, innocence and the erotic. Throughout Knight's professional practice, he has created thematic bodies of work that reference historical notions of regality, mysticism, romanticism and symbolism. He often skews these concepts with contemporary interests in androgyny, psychotropic alterations and the post-modern gaze. Knight's lustrous classical cum illustrative figurative paintings, stride between a contradicting palette of sensual primaries and ghostly pastels, reflecting his adoration for 18th Century French portraiture and polaroid photography.
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I soon began to see the works as a metaphorical suggestion of the transitory nature of life. The fruits encapsulate a fleeting moment in time and glorify the unique characteristics of the subject. In comparison to my earlier, more conventional still lifes, the new paintings transcend a technical mastery to elicit more meaningful associations. This gives the paintings a deeper, more engaging resonance." — Dennis Wojtkiewicz
Dennis Wojtkiewicz is a full professor at Bowling Green State University where he has taught painting and drawing in the School of Art since 1988. He recieved his M.F.A. degree from Southeren Illinois University at Carbondale and also studied at the Atelier Neo-Medici in France under the direction of Patrick Betaudier in 1978 and 1983. He is best known for his exploration of the sensitive nature of time in his oversized oil paintings of fruit and flowers. The transitory nature of his subject matter is encapsulated and transfixed with a heightened approach to realism. In 2012 his work was included in a solo exhibition at the Sugarman-Peterson Gallery in Santa Fe as well as group shows at Robert Kidd Gallery in Birmingham, Michigan and Miller Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 2013 he was a featured artist in Art Revolution Taipei international art fair. Since 2005 his work has been shown in other international art fairs in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Palm Beach, Santa Fe, and Toronto. He is the recipient of two Ohio Arts Council Individual Fellowships and has both paintings and drawings represented in major pubic, private and corporate collections.


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I've got a 6 month old little girl and a raspberry pi on the way, we've got this wind-up baby mobile that lasts for maybe 2 minutes, but she just loves it and insists that we keep winding it up over and over and over again.
Originally I was going to make something video game related but figured a RPi powered baby monitor + mobile would be a good project. I've got an Angelcare brand baby monitor, with a vibration sensor pad. I would like to have my RPi call or text me or start up a webcam when the Angelcare monitor goes off, as well as power this baby mobile and play music (she loves radiohead)
I've got most of the hardware coming in the mail already but would need a low power motor that could slowly spin the mobile, there are plenty of tutorials for this however so I'm okay for that side of things.
How viable is a project like this and what am I looking at in terms of interfacing with the existing baby monitor. The pad connects with what looks like a 3.5mm audio plug, but I'm not against opening up the monitor itself and interfacing that way.


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A Darton woman has won the woodland photographic competition from this year's cancelled Great Yorkshire Show.
Faye Clayton, 28, of Station Road, beat more than 100 other entries to take the crown for the competition run by Yorkshire Agricultural Society.
She won the senior and overall caregories to claim a prize of £150 of Jessop's photographic vouchers and plans to put them to good use on a new DSLR camera.
She said she cannot wait to get out into the Barnsley countryside with her new equipment and start snapping.
The theme for the competition was 'seasons in the wood' and Faye tried to capture an image encompassing all four seasons in the woodland.
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The Bee Jays have seen this before. In a summer of many more ups than downs, a high percentage of the BJ downs have come against the last place Dodge City A's. Dodge (17-26, 11-21) with only 15 players left for their last game rallied with six seventh inning runs to stun the Liberal Bee Jays (31-13, 22-12) again 9-7 Thursday night at Dodge City's Cavalier Field. It's the A's third come from behind win against the BJ's who otherwise would have won the league.
Liberal jumped to a 6-0 lead after three innings by plating four in the first and two in the third. Richard Bohlken hit a two run homer in the third. But the A's would rally in their final game scoring three in the fourth and six in the seventh to take the lead.
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This is a photography book and log of my trips to Indian Reservations and also farms in North County San Diego, California.
I learned a lot about these sights and what is preserved to help teach us about the past. I got to see the healthy ways of farming and what can be done to help keep our food clean and not polluted.
The book consists of shots from the Tierra Miguel Foundation sight, Pechanga Reservation Nursery, Rincon Reservation, San Juan Capistrano's The Tree of Life Nursery, and Vista's Indian Rock.
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'Weeds,' Season 7, Episode 12, 'Qualitative Spatial Reasoning': TV Recap
Is Silas really the competition? (We missed last week, but the long and the short is that Nancy and Silas are splitsville, and the Botwin Family Bud Business is now two, not one).
We open to a clever split-screen shot of Silas and Nancy wandering through Manhattan battling for customers, delivery guys and even business partners. Nancy seems to win most of the fight, including the loyalty of the crazy modeling agent with the penchant for secret underground male model fight club.
Meanwhile, Officer Ouellette gets a Botwin-delivered prize of his own, when Shane offers him time with his estranged stepson. Just when Shane seems to be doing a good thing for the sake of its goodness, Ouellette walks out and the son reveals just how unhappy he is about seeing his stepfather. Shane lays into the ungrateful kid with a police club, and we're suddenly reminded that Shane once killed someone.
On the other side of the tracks, Silas makes up with Emma and moves in with her, promising to help her get back at Nancy for getting her arrested and kicked out of Columbia Law School. She gives him a place to sleep and all of her customers in exchange for a quick lay and 20 percent of his take.
After the success of the visit to the Hamptons, Nancy has the luxury market on the brain, and she's upgrading the loft with the expectation of some quick cash influx. The modeling agent has a branding idea to help successfully market the goods beyond the normal clientele, and there's an investors' meeting at Vehement Capital in the works. Did we mention that Nancy is winning the Botwin v. Botwin battle royale?
Silas tries to win Andy over to his side, but Andy claims that he can't be won. After a back and forth between Nancy and Silas, he ends up with Silas, who offers him 15% of the take and at least the appearance of respect.
But even with Andy, Silas still has no product. Heylia's next shipment of MILF isn't set to arrive in the city for two days, and if Silas is going to build up a customer database, he needs pot. (Side note: we wonder how all these supposed 'customers' feel about being sold pot from a trio of shifting alliances. At a certain point, wouldn't they just move on and find someone else to sell them weed? It is New York City, after all.)
Andy and Silas end up at Demetri's apartment, where they make a shameless plug to buy his pot at a high premium. He claims that he'll think about the offer, but he's really just hiding Nancy in the closet. After Nancy hears Silas make a shameless — and rude — offer to oust Nancy from the field, she gets angry and storms out.
In an alleyway somewhere by the bike shop, Heylia and Dean are waiting for Silas in an SUV. Agrestic's finest drove all the way from California to surprise Silas with a new shipment of MILF, but they find themselves surprised by a ambush in the alleyway by a couple of scary guys in Sarah Palin masks. They lose all the MILF and Dean is injured (which is to be expected, considering his track record).
Back at Vehement, Nancy spells out the facts of her life to the hedge fund's managers.
"Gentlemen, I am not a secretary," Nancy says. "I sell marijuana." We've never seen Nancy so happy to admit her life's calling.
She pitches her pot as a untapped luxury good just waiting to be sold, and explains her elaborate, club-based exclusivity program that charges membership, denies admission and uses sexy female models as town-car piloting delivery girls. This really is marijuana for the moneyed set.
Doug is made to distract the ice queen SEC investigator by professing his false love for her, and Nancy wins the support of the investors by guaranteeing them a huge portion of the profit, which they can funnel into any legal product they want due to its inherent under the table nature.
Dean is comatose in the hospital, and Heylia's quite angry about the bust, but Andy gets a recorded voice message from his ex-girlfriend's other boyfriend, who finally lost his battle with cancer. The bleak bluntness of the call makes Andy storm out of the hospital.
"You're stupid, Nancy's stupid," he tells Silas. "This just isn't worth it."
Back at Demetri's, Nancy discoveries that it was her Russian ex-Army man who piloted the back alley ambush. He's lying in bed covered in MILF, and Nancy feels awful. She promises to set everything right with Silas, but Silas has already taken a step in the offensive direction.
"I said that Nancy only cares about herself and her business," he tells Emma. "There's one other thing."
We then are offered a confusing three-way screen cut, in which Nancy is told that her custody case for Stevie is looking up — she's out of the halfway house, has investors and even a letter of merit from the SEC — Emma rats out Nancy's real motives in front of Officer Ouellette, and Silas picks up Nancy's always-unpleasant sister Jill from the airport.
Silas has brought in some back bench support.
Will Nancy win custody of Stevie, or will Jill destroy any hope anyone in the Botwin family has of any kind of happiness? Will Silas get the upper hand in the pot battle? And can Nancy keep balancing all of her puppets before everything falls apart?
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Transistor Review
A little while back, Supergiant Games managed to knock its debut out of the park with Bastion, a captivating adventure game with a narrator that kept up with your actions in real time, and enough satisfying action to see through to the end. That's a hard act to follow, but, surprisingly enough, the developer has proven that it can do exactly that with Transistor. It's so good, you might just play through it again, just to see what happens differently.
In the game, you play a songstress who has lost her voice due to unforeseen circumstances, and finds herself facing enemy forces as a result. She finds an interesting ally in a talking sword that can help her execute special attacks, while seeking secondary souls that assist in expanding her move set. The adventure that follows with the pair is one worth partaking in.
First off, let's talk about the art style behind Transistor. It's similar in set-up to Bastion, using an isometric viewpoint, so you get a good lay of the land. However, the dystopian futuristic setting is truly dazzling, using hand-drawn designs to really bring the universe to life. It's a nice change of pace from the usual 3D visuals, and continues to show Supergiant's flourish with the design.
The music is also quite fantastic, and the narrator who provided his voice for Bastion returns as the voice of the sword, the Transistor, though it's almost completely different in tone. Between these elements, the game sounds every bit as good as its predecessor, and in some ways even better. Players with access to headsets will definitely want to pop them on, as it delivers the kind of full effect the developers had in mind.
As for the gameplay, it's so wide open. You could just play the routine action-oriented way and get a feel for some of the abilities that open up, such as straightforward melee attacks and projectiles. It's not bad at all, but it's when you begin to embrace the ability to use a role-playing style turn system that the depth really sinks in. Here, you can freeze time so as to chain together numerous attacks using a real-time mapping system, then execute as your game plan plays out. The results are simply fantastic. This is especially useful when up against bigger enemies in the game.
For those who prefer to escalate their experience, there are various power-ups you can pick up from these other characters, as well as "limiters," which enhance the gameplay by adding an all-new challenge. While you don't have to take advantage of these, they're worth experiencing as they bring the most out of your skill set. We couldn't get enough of everything we were capable of doing with these. Kudos to Supergiant for throwing them in, adding an unexpected wrinkle to the replay value in the process.
The game does eventually come to an end, and doesn't explore the puzzle aspect as much as we were preferring, but Transistor still remains one of this year's most refreshing experiences. Between the dazzling art style and the innovative gameplay system, there's something here for everyone to experience.
Supergiant Games hits another home run and is just getting started. Who knows where their next project will take them? Whatever it may be, they better bring that talking sword guy again.
+ The battle system is open to inventiveness, and works for action fans as well
+ Functions really expand what your character can do
- Needs more puzzles
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Any word on if this will make it to iOS at anypoint?
Jun 3, 2014 at 1:45 pm
No word yet. Considering Bastion made it on iOS eventually, however, I would say there's a small chance.
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Great review! I feel like the game was just the right length though honestly, anything longer might have screwed up the pacing with the character development and exposition.


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| Crown Prince Abdullah presents King Fahd's offer for surrender of militants
In a televised address today read on his behalf by Deputy Prime Minister and Commander of the National Guard Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd bin Abdulaziz offered a one-month grace period for members of the misguided group of terrorists to repent and surrender. Whoever belongs to that group and is still at large will now have a unique opportunity to repent; anyone who surrenders within one month from today will be treated in accordance with Shariah [Islamic Law] in relation to the violated rights of third parties. The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, he said, is extending this offer as a last chance for those who might be hesitating to surrender. Whoever opts to accept this offer will be assured the security of due process; however, anyone who is obstinate, will face a resolute force.
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Vancouver: Citywide Meatless Monday Celebration
Terminal City is Canadas first to endorse the Meatless Monday campaign.
Vancouver recently became the first Canadian city to endorse Meatless Monday, hoping to educate its residents on the environmental and health benefits of reducing meat consumption. The move, signed into effect by Vancouver's Mayor Gregor Robertson, comes at the heels of the city's Vancouver's Greenest City Action Plan campaign. Mayor Robertson, urged by the Vancouver Food Policy Council and widespread community support, signed a proclamation declaring Monday, June 10 as Meatless Monday; residents are encouraged to mark the event by eating veg and celebrating alongside chef Andrea Carlson. "The city of Vancouver is dedicated to developing food systems that are sustainable and that support community well-being," the Vancouver Food Policy Council writes on the event's Facebook page.
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The original Turning Point Beauty College was opened in Casa Grande, Arizona in 2000.
Turning Point Beauty College, Inc. is a corporation with two business partners sharing equal ownership: Each having 50% of the stock in the company.
What We Do
The prime objective of Turning Point Beauty College, Inc. is to provide career preparation in cosmetology arts and science. Including instructor training.
What's New?
Cosmetology classes start every 4 weeks. With continuously rotating curriculum, cosmetology students are enrolled for 12 – 18 months (1600 Hours). Cosmetology Instructor students must complete training within 5 months (650 Hours)
The Prime Objective…
The prime objective of Turning Point Beauty College, Inc. is to provide career preparation in cosmetology arts and science. Including instructor training. The school assesses the quality of its classes by comparing them to state requirements and documents. We continue to evaluate our performance by assessing our students success rates. The name Turning Point, came to us because we saw our business as a major "turning point" in a lot of lives. We will strive to teach a valuable vocation, with the final result of self satisfaction that will enable you to pursue many varied avenues..
Our Business
Both campuses are approximately 4000 square feet, containing an enrollment office, teachers office, facial room, two classrooms, a student lounge, dispensary, lock up storage, two bathrooms (both Handicapped accessible), and reception area.
The large clinic floor is available to handle work situations for cosmetology students. The student lounge has a refrigerator, microwave oven and lockers for personal property.


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2003-04: During the outdoor campaign, finished 20th in the 800 meters (2:32.73) at the UConn Invitational (4/21) which was her season-best time ... posted her top-time of the season in the 400-meter dash (1:06.19) at the Brown Invitational (4/10) ... during the indoor season, competed at the Atlantic 10 Championship (2/21) meet finishing 15th in the 800 meters (2:35.16) ... recorded her fastest time of the season in the 800 meters (2:34.38) at the Rhode Island Mega Meet (2/9) where she finished 23rd ... started the season competing in the 500-meter dash posting her fastest time in the event (1:26.32) at the Adidas Boston Classic (1/30) finishing second in her section.
2002-03: During the outdoor season, ranked second on the team in the 800 meters clocking her fastest time of the season at the New Hampshire Invitational (4/26) ... during the indoor season, did not compete.
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Friday evening I attended a talk at the Japan Society by architect/author Geeta Mehta and architect Edward Suzuki. Their topic was contemporary architecture in Japan. But during a Q&A session after the slide show, discussion turned to the recent Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, and the role of architecture in the recovery process. Later that evening the same topic came up during a dinner conversation with Japanese friends Takao and Mieko.
As with the Katrina aftermath in our country, manufactured housing has been produced for Tohoku refugees; and as in the Katrina case, the temporary housing has been a disaster itself. Mieko, who works for the United Nations, remarked that there have been a reported 8,000 deaths among refugees who moved from the crowded gymnasia and similar shelters into the isolation of manufactured housing. Her sense is that the fatalities can be at least partly blamed on the lack of community in these non-places of identical houses lined in rows.
Mieko also reported that authorities are trying to address this isolation through the simple expedient of adding a bench and a small planter just outside each of the housing units. In her words, the planters force residents away from their television screens to water their tiny gardens, giving occasions for the accidental contact that is one of the most basic generators of community.
Drawing from the same understanding, but extending the scale of the response, Edward Suzuki is working to create a more deliberate community-generating approach to disaster housing for "the next time." In partnership Daiwa Corporation, a manufacturer of housing, he is developing a design that will both require an input of local labor to construct and permit a degree of local customization in the components. (The project is based on a previous collaboration known as "Eddi's House.") The intention is to bring jobs, including the secondary jobs of vendors to the construction workers, in order to begin establishing new connections and networks of communication among the residents even in a temporary, ad hoc effort.
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The Winter Witch by Paula Brackston has all the makings of an enchanting, exciting novel: romance, dark magic, a white witch, and a magical well. The story begins with Morgana, a beautiful local girl who is being married off to a handsome, widowed stranger by her sick mother. Morgana's beauty, while not unnoticed by her husband's fellow villagers, is overshadowed by her lack of a voice -- a malady she has dealt with since the sudden fleeing of her father some years earlier.
As Morgana settles into married life, she is tenderly taken care of by her husband, Cai and his maid, Mrs. Jones, the latter of which reveals herself to be a hedge witch after she begins to notice Morgana's natural abilities manifest. Mrs. Jones quickly becomes a magical mentor and confidant, revealing to Morgana the magical well that sits on her husband's property. While Morgana ponders the magical well and the Grimoire that accompanies it, she realizes that her and Mrs. Jones aren't the only one aware of its presence.
Enter Isolda Bowen, a neighbor of Cai's who acts like a gracious host but has unpleasant plans underway to steal the well and grimoire out from under them while ruining Morgana's reputation in the meantime. Her evil seeps into the rest of the village, poisoning the already-suspicious villagers against Morgana and creating chaos for Cai and his business.
The story moves along smoothly, with the appropriate twists sprinkled in here and there. The story is told from both Morgana and Cai's point-of-view, usually alternating between chapters. While this was a little frustrating at first, I eventually became used to it and actually enjoyed seeing the plot unfold through two different perspectives.
The book's downfall is its hasty resolution. While I don't want to give too much away, the author builds up to a grand finale only to have it solved too easily, leaving the reader disappointed. One can only hope the too-simple solution is perhaps setting the stage for a sequel. If not, the ending is weak and doesn't do the rest of the book justice.
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ABC has pulled "Complete Savages" because the comedy starring Keith Carradine and produced by Mel Gibson registered a cellar-level TV rating.
Earlier this week, "Savages" creators Julie and Mike Scully left DVDs and notes for reporters attending the Television Critics Association meeting promoting the comedy, Zap2it.com reported.
"Complete Savages," which Gibson produced and occasionally directed, was No. 94 on network TV.
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Nov. 8, 2011 (Chicago) -- In the first study of its kind, high doses of vitamin D were safe and appeared to temper some of the destructive immune system responses believed to cause lupus.
The small, preliminary study did not look at whether skin rashes, fatigue, fever, and other symptoms of lupus actually improved.
It's too soon to draw any conclusions about vitamin D's long-term safety and effectiveness in treating lupus, says Sam Lim, MD, a rheumatologist at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta who was not involved with the work.
Still, vitamin D is one of a number of experimental treatments targeting the disease process that shows promise, he says.
"More and more research is pointing to an immune-regulating role for vitamin D," Lim tells WebMD.
The findings were presented here at the American College of Rheumatology annual meeting.
Race to Develop Targeted Lupus Treatments
About 1.5 million Americans have lupus, a disease in which the immune system attacks healthy tissues, wreaking havoc on the joints, skin, and other organs.
In March, the FDA approved Benlysta, the first new lupus treatment in 50 years. But it only helped about 30% of people in the clinical trials that led to its approval. Benlysta comes with reports of serious side effects, including serious infections.
In people with frequent flare-ups, relatively safe antimalarial drugs or steroids, which can also have serious side effects, are often prescribed. But none of the drugs help everyone.
As a result, the race is on to find new treatments that target specific immune cells involved in causing lupus without harming the rest of the immune system.
Vitamin D Boosts Protective Immune Cells
The new study involved 20 people with no or mild disease activity and low levels of vitamin D.
They were given an injection of 100,000 international units (IU) of vitamin D3 once a week for four weeks. Following that, they received a monthly shot of the same dose of vitamin D for six more months.
The primary goal of the study was to show safety, and that goal was met, says researcher Benjamin Terrier, MD, of the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital in Paris. The shots were well tolerated, and no one developed too much calcium in their blood or kidney stones, side effects associated with too much vitamin D.


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W.E. Can you please describe your composing process, especially in creating the new piece "How I Got to Long Beach?"
J.C.D. The first step for a show like this is to establish a narrative framework, to help the audience navigate our musical weirdness. In this case, there's three parts: San Francisco, Minnesota, and Long Beach. This represents my journey and how I see or feel about each. The next step is to make the video component. It gives everyone something fun to watch and solidifies the timings within the piece. Within this established framework, I can deploy composed material or structured improvisation that communicates those feelings or ideas. So, I see Minnesota as really cold and gray, and I took lots of pictures there. What does cold sound like? I was there during a blizzard so bad they closed the freeway; I have pictures of that too. What does a closed freeway sound like?
W.E. What are you most looking forward to about the Aug 9th Long Beach performance at Third Eye Records?
J.C.D. I'm most looking forward to being part of a local community that's doing engaging things, to doing a local show at an independent record store that specializes in carrying rare weird electronic and avant-garde LPs, because we fit right into that. I collect vinyl, and I met Gary at one of the local record shows, and he has a knack for finding oddball music that is actually pretty similar to what we do.
W.E. What do you foresee in terms of future projects?
J.C.D. Right now I'm working on a song cycle about the demise of San Francisco, the destruction of the art scene by the tech monster. I'm always angling to do more film scoring; a feature documentary I scored, I Always Said Yes, screened at Redcat Theatre on July 12. Being here in soCal is great because so many people are making films. I'm also working on an academic book for Palgrave Macmillan in their culture and media series. I'm mainly a "practitioner" at the moment, but I've written a few academic articles.


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Purple foods contain anthocyanins, which are health-promoting chemicals that help protect cells and heal your body. Research suggests they play active roles in promoting eye and heart health, decreasing cancer cell proliferation and more. Anthocyanins are predominant in teas, honey, wines, fruits, vegetables, nuts, olive oil, cocoa and cereals.
Include these purple fruits and vegetables into your diet at least 4-5 days a week along with dark green, orange and yellow foods for maximum benefits.
Purple Potatoes
Living up to their royal hue and lineage, purple potatoes have long been considered the food of gods � 7,000 years ago they were reserved for Incan kings in their native Peru. Today, purple potatoes are now grown in thousands of varieties in the US.
According to the USDA, potatoes with the darkest colors have more than 4 times the antioxidant potential than other potatoes. Purple spuds score as high as Brussels sprouts, kale or spinach on the antioxidant power scale. These potatoes are also a good source of complex carbohydrates, potassium, vitamin C, folic acid and iron.
Purple potatoes are available year-round, but less so January through April. You can find them in some grocery stores and farmers markets.
Plums and Prunes
Plums are a very good source of vitamin C, which can help with iron absorption. They are also a good source of vitamin A, vitamin B2 and potassium. In addition, plums are a good source of dietary fiber. A recent study found that regular prune consumption may decrease blood pressure and LDL (the bad) cholesterol. Additionally, both plums and prunes are full of phenols, natural compounds found in plants, which have protective properties.
Plums are available from May to October, and prunes are available year round at grocery stores and farmers markets.
Purple Carrots
Purple carrots were first grown in the Middle and Far East, along with white, red, yellow, green and black versions. They are high in anthocyanins and pro-vitamin A carotenoids, which are powerful antioxidants. They may also help with weight management and glucose control, and in one study, those with high levels of carotenoids had about half the risk of diabetes.
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Purple cauliflower is actually a type of broccoli that is purple and turns green upon cooking. Cruciferous vegetables have been touted for their cancer-fighting powers. Cauliflower has antioxidants and sulfur compounds that help your body get rid of the toxins that can damage cells and increase the risk of cancer.
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Impact of internet on scholarly communications: a survey of aerospace scientists and engineers in Bangalore
Guruprasad R1, Scientist, Nikam Khaiser2, Chairperson and Research Guide, Marimuthu P3, Asst. Professor, Mudkavi Vidyadhar Y4, Head
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The coming of the Internet has transformed the way scientific communication among the scientists and engineers in general across the world and more specifically amongst the aerospace scientists and engineers. The Net has changed the way scientists look for information, the various means by which they get their required information from the Internet and most importantly how much they depend on the Internet for their scientific pursuit. In this information age, it is practically impossible for a scientist or engineer to carry out his/her research work without using network and Internet technologies. They use these electronic tools for accessing electronic information resources in the form of e-journals related to their field of specialization right at their desktops through their organization's networking facilities. We highlight the role of the Net in spreading scholarly scientific communication. The major findings of this survey study from a total of 583 questionnaires distributed to selected Indian aerospace organizations in Bangalore reveals that: (a) The most popular place of use of the Internet amongst the aerospace scientists and engineers is 'Right at their Desktop', followed by 'Access from their Homes'. Access from 'Cyber Café', 'The Organization's Library', 'Access from other Departments' and 'Access from another Library' occupy lesser priorities. (b) The overall average monthly usage of the Internet gets a mean value of 84.19 which implies that on an average the selected aerospace organizations are familiar and have had exposure to the Net for at least 7.01 years. (c) The main purpose of using the Internet amongst this 'niche' aerospace engineering community happens to be for 'Sending and receiving e-mails', followed by 'Collecting general information' and 'Accessing e-Resources (e-Journals, e-Books and e-Databases)', and 'Download software for scientific research'. (d) The main motivation factors to use the Net amongst this community are 'To update self-knowledge in the area of research' followed by 'User-friendly search engines' and 'Easy access to resources'. (e) The most frequently used search engines are 'Google', followed by 'Yahoo' and 'Alta Vista'. (f) The most popular scientific web sites accessed and used are 'Google Scholar', followed by 'Google Book' and 'SCIRUS'. (g) The biggest bottleneck faced by these scientists and engineers while accessing the Net are 'Very poor Internet connectivity (low speed)' followed by 'Getting irrelevant information' and 'Internet charges are high'.
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BRISTOL, Ct. - The Washington men's basketball team will be the subject of two half-hour features as part of ESPN's "The Season - College Basketball" series. The programs are scheduled to air Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Pacific Time on ESPN2.
Please note that if earlier live programming on ESPN2 runs longer than its scheduled time slot, the actual start times for "The Season" may vary. Fans who wish to program recording devices to tape the shows are encouraged to factor in extra time in case there is a delay.
"The Season - College Basketball" is designed to take a behind-the-scenes look at college basketball programs across the nation. An ESPN film crew followed the Huskies for two weeks, including their trips to Stanford and Washington State and then at home for UW's game against USC.
The first feature aired last week, so Tuesday's showings will be in reverse order with the second installment airing before the first.
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A public program Friday on campus marked the grand opening of the new residential college. The event included a ribbon-cutting ceremony and reception.
The new state-of-the-art academic community has been bustling with activity since some 465 undergraduates moved there in time for the fall semester's opening day of classes Aug. 24.
Living at the college and interacting with the students are Dan O'Sullivan, associate professor of French, and his family: wife, Patricia, and their children, Marion, 11, and Colm, 10. Patricia is an instructor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion.
The living environment is intended to nurture and broaden the scope of learning. The three-story building features a dining hall, fitness center, library, computer center, music practice room and study rooms. Six types of room layouts for students are available, ranging from a standard double suite to a corner suite of four single rooms. Freshmen are assigned to doubles, and each suite has its own bathroom.
Besides the O'Sullivans, some 30 other faculty members, chosen as faculty fellows, are to be closely involved with the student residents. As senior fellow, O'Sullivan is the college's main coordinator, in charge of scheduling activities, providing leadership for the students and organizing the faculty fellows.
A second residential college, similar in design to the first and named in honor of the Luckyday Foundation, is slated to open next fall near the first one.
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Let $\mathbb Z_n$ denote the integers modulo $n$. Let $\mathbb Z_n[i, j, k]$ be the quaternionic ring over $\mathbb Z_n$, that is, the free module over $\mathbb Z_n$ with basis $\{1, i, j, k\}$ and multiplication defined by $$i^2=j^2=k^2=ijk=-1.$$
It is well-known that if $n=p$ where $p$ is a odd prime then $\mathbb Z_p[i, j, k]$ is isomorphic to the full matrix ring of order $2$ over $\mathbb Z_p$. What can be said about the structure of $\mathbb Z_n[i, j, k]$ for a composite $n$. Is also a full matrix ring?
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"Got Drugs?" That is the question the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Indianapolis law enforcement agencies are asking Indianapolis area residents.
No, this isn't a drug bust. It is the second annual National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. On April 30, federal and local law enforcement agencies will offer Indianapolis residents safe and convenient locations to properly dispose of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications, no questions asked.
National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is an effort to keep prescription medications out of the hands of teenagers and reduce the occurrence of prescription drug abuse. In Indiana alone, more than 22% of high school students have reportedly taken prescription medications without a doctor's authorization. Most of these students say the source of the medications was the medicine cabinets of friends and family members.
National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
Saturday, April 30, 2011
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Indianapolis locations:
IUPUI Police Department,
1232 W. Michigan St.
Indiana State Police,
8620 E. 21st St.
Indiana Excise Police,
6400 E. 30th St.
Pleasant View Lutheran Church,
801 W. 73rd St.
St. Roch Catholic Church,
3603 S. Meridian St.
Clarian Health Partners,
8820 S. Meridian St.
St. Luke's United Methodist Church,
100 W. 86th St
Radio One,
21 E. St. Joseph St
These drop sites will accept medications for both human medical and veterinary purposes. Residents who bring in medication are asked to remove all personal information from the bottles and containers.
For additional Indianapolis area locations or for drop sites in other parts of Indiana, please visit the US Drug Enforcement Administration website and click on the "Got Drugs" banner at the top of the page.


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The Detroit Red Wings completed their three-game West Coast road trip undefeated Wednesday night, holding off a comeback by the Anaheim Ducks to earn a 2-1 win in their last game before the All-Star Break.
Detroit stood up to punishing physical play from the Ducks early and scored the first goal to get out to an important lead.
Thirteen penalties had already been called before Brian Rafalski scored with 8:08 left in the first period, including a pair of fighting majors when Chris Pronger and Dan Cleary dropped the gloves.
Rafalski's goal came with the Red Wings on a five-on-three. His blast from the top of the left circle was deflected by Anaheim defenseman Scott Niedermayer past goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere and into the net.
Valtteri Filppula put the Red Wings up by a pair at 7:52 of the second period.
Francois Beauchemin broke his stick on a clearing attempt from the Anaheim zone. Filppula picked off the pass and was in alone on Beauchemin but waited for Tomas Kopecky to catch up, working the give-and-go with Kopecky to pull Giguere to one side of the net and put the puck in the open side.
The Ducks tried to mount a comeback in the third period, with Pronger scoring a power play goal on a blast from the point through a screen by former Red Wing Todd Bertuzzi at 8:05.
It wouldn't be enough for Anaheim, as Dominik Hasek shut the door, including several key stops in the game's final minutes.
Hasek finished the night with 24 saves on 25 shots. Giguere stopped 31 of 33 shots he faced.
Both teams went one-for-five on the power play.
Notes: The Red Wings were without Henrik Zetterberg for the second-straight game... Dan Cleary left the game with swelling around the eye after his fight with Chris Pronger.
Coming off the win last night their are lineup changes tonight. Hasek gets the start and Chelios is back in, which means Meech is out.
This marks former Red Wing Mathieu Schneider's first game as a Duck against Detroit. He was injured for the first two matchups this season.
You're kidding me that Kopecky gets called for the trip when Niedermayer didn't get called for taking down Fil. Is this gonna be one of those games?
Bert runs Hasek right off the bat. Send Kopy out to run Giguere. And Pronger's complaining, he's used to the refs giving him whatever he wants.
Way to go Raffy! If the Ducks are gonna play the physical game and get in penalty trouble, make them pay!
They're interviewing HOMER now ..... He obviously has had extensive dental work ... LOL ... his teeth are in too good of shape.
Pronger goes with Cleary? Not Franzen, not Lilja, of course not Downey. Pronger is a p*ssy.
Pronger definitely has a height advantage. He's 6-6 .... Cleary about 6-0 ... Pronger has never impressed me.How he managed to be selected for the Norris a few years back is beyond me.
The Chickens definitely know the art of drawing penalties .... OBVIOUS penalties.
Love it when the WINGS completely out finesse them though.
How did Beauchimin ever think he could get away with that?
What league is he playing in??
Looks like stuff that happened all the time in the 70s and 80s, even to some extent in the 90s.
but today? Don't think so.
Gawd. Anyone else notice how BIG GIGUERE is in the Nets? He's a monster.
Wouldn't be surprised if a few of the WINGS are damn sore after this game. DUCKS have been
EXTREMELY physical.
Like I said earlier this is a GOOD test.
Well, if you didn't see the last 2 1/2 minutes of this game, you missed a good finish.
Lots of pressure by the DUCKS on the WINGS ... The WINGS survived it.
DOMN came up big 3-4 times ...
Gawd. Anyone else notice how BIG GIGUERE is in the Nets? He's a monster.
XD Uh, only blind people can miss him and his barely legal pads. They're like...twice the size of him! I was so happy I stayed up and watched this game. It totally awed me. Dr. Fil & Kopy gave the Ducks a taste of Detroit's medicine (because they aren't cool enough for it to be their own )In the words of our old friend Mathieu Schneider, this game was "stellar".This game was entertaining through the end.& when they come back to visit us on the 10th dear old Mathieu can get his fill of pizza
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Stock Upgrades: Tilly's Is a Teenage Dream
Justin Sharon
Wall Street ratings agencies set the tone for today's stock market.
An adaptation of Washington Irving's
Sleepy Hollow
just premiered to
boffo business
but it is another of the author's somnambulant creations — namely Rip Van Winkle — that most comes to mind as Mister Market awakes as if Lehman never happened. (For good measure, the
S&P 500 Index
(INDEXSP:.INX) stock over the past five years
(NASDAQ:REGN), based in the headless horseman headquarters of Tarrytown.) That a man who brought Merrill Lynch to its knees during the financial crisis is
now on the board of
Alcoa Inc.
(NYSE:AA) — yesterday's best-performing
(INDEXDJX:.DJI) component, incidentally — indicates just how little accountability came with the Great Recession.
Among equities on the move,
Apple Inc.
(NASDAQ:AAPL) snapped a brutal slide to advance 1.16% and
Abercrombie & Fitch
(NYSE:ANF), involved in a contentious campaign to take over
London's old Apple Corps building made famous by The Beatles
, rose 2.92%. The hoity-toity types it encountered there are known in England as "
chinless wonders
" but yesterday it was
double chins
that proved profitable for
Kythera Biopharmaceuticals
(NASDAQ:KYTH), which jumped 25.11% to top the
Today the Federal Open Market Committee concludes its two-day policy setting meeting in Washington, DC, with an interest rate announcement expected at 2:00 p.m. Eastern. Ben Bernanke is due to host a press conference at 2:30 p.m. In corporate earnings action,
Cracker Barrel
General Mills
Manchester United
(NYSE:MANU), and
(NYSE:ORCL) are all slated to release results.
Becton Dickinson
(NYSE:BDX): Piper Jaffray moves the medical instruments equity to Overweight from Neutral.
(NYSE:CL): The consumer products powerhouse is boosted to Overweight from Equal Weight by Barclays.
Con Edison
(NYSE:ED): Goldman Sachs juices the New York electric utility name to Neutral from Sell.
HCA Holdings
(NYSE:HCA): HCA is hoisted to Buy from Neutral at Mizuho, which also increases its price objective by $9 to $51 on account of potential benefits from health care reform.
Interpublic Group
(NYSE:IPG): The advertising giant gets upgraded to Hold from Underperform at Jefferies.
Nokia Corporation
(NYSE:NOK): Didn't we just do this, not
? Another week, another upgrade for the surging Finnish telecom titan, today trading higher in Europe after getting taken to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Oil States International
(NYSE:OIS): BMO Capital Markets increases the energy outfit to Market Perform from Underperform.
Tilly's Inc
(NYSE:TLYS): The teen apparel outfit is now Overweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray.
(NYSE:VIPS): Deutsche Bank boosts the discount and variety store operator to Buy from Hold.
Weatherford International
(NYSE:WFT): The oil services stock is upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform with Wells Fargo.
(NYSE:WHR): Shares are added to the US 1 List of favored equities at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch.
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Flags in their basic form are pieces of fabric flown from poles, that identify countries or groups of people. But the colors, symbols, and designs of the flags hold so much more information about the people and cultures they represent. People may be able to distinguish and recognize numerous flags- but how many times do we really have insights into their background? My husband shared the fascinating legend behind the Mexican flag with my kids and me:
700 years ago (in 1325), the Aztecs lived in the arid desert in what is now northern Mexico. They were looking for the ideal place to build their new city. In the legend, the Aztec god Huizilopochtli (we-see-low-PōCH-tlee) told the Aztecs to build their city where they find an eagle, carrying a snake, lands on a nopal (cactus). As was predicted in the ancient prophecy, they spotted the eagle with a snake in its beak, on a cactus- in a huge swampy area. They built their city, Tenochtitlán on a small swampy island in Lake Texcoco- and this eventually became Mexico City. It is this scene that is displayed in the center of the Mexican flag, as the Mexican Coat of Arms.
The main design of the flag has been used since 1821. At this time, the colors represented the following:
green- independence
white- religion
red- union between Europe and the Americas
President Benito Juarez (president of Mexico from 1858 to 1872) separated church and state, and the meanings of the colors were changed to represent:
green- hope
white- unity
red- the blood of the national heroes.
Next time you see a Mexican flag, tell your kids the story of the eagle, the snake, and the cactus. As they learn the history behind the flags, they'll get a glimpse into the culture and history that the flags represent.
If you'd like a short activity (reading and comprehension questions) to teach your kids about the Mexican flag–including a printable of the flag they can color–check out our Story of the Mexican Flag packet at Teachers Pay Teachers! This packet is great for home or school use.
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Check out this short clip for ProjectExplorer.org that explains the flag further:
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...finnaly a good RPG game for the cube,
This review is from: Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)
Look, I know that there hasnt been a good rpg on gamecube for a while now but that will soon change. If you like rpg games then youll love Tales of Symphonia. I for a matter of fact couldnt wait for it to come out cause its been so long since the last rpg game on gamecube. The last ones i can think of are christal chronicles (witch wasnt a true rpg game) but skys of arcadia legends (witch was more of an rpg.) Listen, if you like rpg games, I strongly suggest that you buy this game, you wont be dissapointed.
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(5:35 p.m. EDT) -- One month after the launch of Norwegian Epic, the splashiest new-cruise ship debut of 2010, Norwegian Cruise Line has issued an earnings report for Q2 2010. The bottom line? Fuel costs and a one-time interest payment related to the $1.1 billion Epic chomped into profits (without the interest payment the line would have made money). But despite suffering a net loss for the quarter, NCL enjoyed a boost in pricing, net yields and continued strength with occupancy levels -- par for the course for a cruise industry that has rebounded well from the recession.
Do the Math
NCL reported a net loss for the quarter of $14.9 million on revenue of $477.9 million compared to net income of $15.2 million on revenue of $478.4 million in 2009. So why the drop in profits?
The net loss in 2010 included a non-recurring charge of $33.1 million related to foreign exchange contracts associated with the financing of Norwegian Epic. Excluding this non-recurring charge, net income for the period was $18.2 million. Rising fuel costs also took a bite into profits. Average fuel cost per metric ton in the period climbed to $508 in 2010 from $356 in 2009. If you take fuel costs out of the equation, cruise costs per capacity day decreased 2.3 percent.
Despite the hit, NCL's net yield, or net revenue per passenger cruise day, increased by 6.6 percent compared to Q2 of 2009. The increase in net yield came from both improved passenger ticket pricing and increased onboard revenue per capacity day.
"Our improved results over last year were achieved while absorbing a 43 percent increase in the price of fuel," said NCL's CEO Kevin Sheehan in the statement.
Deals or No Deals?
In line with what Carnival Corp. and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. have already reported about their own brands, NCL's 2010 pricing for the remainder of the year is expected to surpass 2009 levels. As we reported previously, NCL (as well as Carnival) actually alerted consumers of its April price hike. Still, Norwegian Epic's pricing is significantly lower than that of another monumental new-build, Oasis of the Seas, which debuted in late 2009. NCL has also been including Epic in its regular promotions, something that Royal Caribbean simply has not done with Oasis. So if you want to cruise on a splashy new-build for less, Epic may be an option. (See our piece, Oasis vs. Epic: How Much Will You Pay?)
Future Tense
In the statement, the line noted that "the second half of 2010 is showing solid improvements in pricing from 2009 levels with load factors consistent with prior year." But it cautioned that while "the booking curve continues to be healthy ... [it] has narrowed from the highest levels achieved in the first quarter of 2010."
In Case You Missed It
Norwegian Epic, the line's largest, flashiest ship ever debuted in June, and has begun sailing its regular schedule of Caribbean cruises out of Miami. Check out our sneak preview of the brand-new ship.
NCL Background
Unlike Carnival Corp. (Carnival, Princess, Costa, etc.) and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Azamara Club Cruises, etc.), NCL is not a publicly traded company in the U.S. It's half owned by Apollo Management LP, a private equity firm, and half owned by Genting Hong Kong, which is publicly traded on the Hong Kong stock exchange. While NCL is not a publicly traded company, conditions in the company's bond offering state that it does have to file a public earnings report -- the line does not, however, have a traditional earnings call, where analysts have a forum to grill executives for some color on the company's financials. Both Royal Caribbean and Carnival have such calls.
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This is your chance to see a sneak preview of the 2010 UCLA Bruins. Come out and watch the Bruins and meet the players and coaches following the scrimmage.
AUGUST 21st TIMELINE
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FREE 2010 FOOTBALL TEAM POSTER: The first 2,500 fans will receive a free 2010 UCLA Football team poster. Posters will be distributed inside the main gate.
MEET THE BRUINS: Would you like a chance to meet your favorite Bruin football players? Enjoy our post-scrimmage autograph session.
UCLA TICKETS ON SALE: 2010 Football season tickets will be on sale at the Fall Scrimmage.
To order your 2010 Football season tickets online, click here.
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WOODEN ATHLETIC FUND: For as little as $100, you can stay connected to UCLA Athletics and help ensure that UCLA's tradition of athletic and academic excellence will continue. For details visit the Wooden Athletic Fund table at the Scrimmage.
UCLA STORE: Visit the UCLA Store display and get your favorite Bruin merchandise and memorabilia.
FAN TRAVEL: Get ready to hit the road for the 2010 Football season. Fan travel offers fun-filled packages that make traveling with the Bruins easy. Stop by the Fan Travel table at the Scrimmage for more information.
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Exploring Project SocialSite's REST API
By user12611203 on Sep 03, 2008
Project SocialSite is still young, and we're working on more documentation as well as our implementation. In the meantime, you might feel like doing a little exploration yourself. In his blog "exploring a web 2.0 app" Henry Story shares his methods and findings. While this approach can be very helpful in understanding how SocialSite works, the interfaces you discover this way should be considered in flux until the official documentation is ready.


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Flames Split Twinbill With Wright State
May 5, 2012
Devin Miller pitched a shutout against Wright State during the second contest of the day at Flames Field. It was Miller's second shutout of the season.
"It was good to see us change our approach for game two," head softball coach Michelle Venturella said. "Devin (Miller) and Erica (Hampton) did a great job, and our offense continued to apply pressure throughout the game. It was nice to see different people hit the ball well. We need to start strong tomorrow and finish the series with a win."
UIC fell in an 8-4 decision during the first game of the doubleheader, before the team picked up a 6-0 victory to close out the day.
Miller (14-13/3.77 ERA) started both games inside the circle for UIC, she pitched just over five innings in the first game, and seven complete innings during the second game. The junior posted a 1-1 record on the day and fanned 16 batters.
Clean-up batter, Jacki Fletcher, lined a single through the left side to score senior Melinda Macias, who reached on a lead-off single, to give UIC a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning.
Wright State then answered as the Raiders scored runs in the third, fourth, sixth and seventh innings to earn a hefty 8-1 lead.
UIC earned three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. The scoring spree began with back-to-back walks. Freshman Breann Warren and sophomore Courtney Heeley both walked, while freshman Erica Hampton pinch ran for Warren. With runners on first and second, Macias reached on a fielder's choice, while Heeley was put out at second base. Sophomore Natalie Hernandez then hit a three-run homer over the left-field wall to place the score at 8-4, Wright State.
Despite the late-game scoring spree, the Flames were unable to gain a lead over the Raiders, and fell in an 8-4 outcome.
UIC bounced back in the second game as the team again scored in the first inning. Lead-off batter, Macias, hit a double down the left-field line, and advanced to third base on a ground out by Schmit. Fletcher then singled through the left side to score Macias.
The Flames tacked on an additional run in the bottom of the third inning when Schmit, who leads the team in home runs and RBI, hit her ninth home run and earned her 39th RBI of the season with a ball hit over the center-field wall.
UIC then posted back-to-back two-run innings in the fourth and fifth frames. Hampton hit her third double of the season, while Macias walked. The dup eventually scored off of a fielder's choice to extend the UIC lead to 4-0.
UIC posted its final two runs of the contest in the bottom of the fifth inning as sophomore Jenna Marsalli singled down the right-field line, and junior Melissa Preish, reached on a bunt. Senior Ashley Hewett laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance Marsalli and Preish, before Hampton singled up-the-middle to clear the bases, and lead the Flames to a 6-0 victory.
The Flames conclude the regular season tomorrow with Senior Day, which begins at Noon (CT) as the team closes out the series with Wright State.


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NEW YORK — Avon has announced that nonexecutive chairman Fred Hassan has resigned his position after just four months so he can focus on other professional commitments.
Hassan serves as a nonexecutive chairman of Bausch + Lomb and is a managing director and partner at Warburg Pincus LLC. He also serves on Time Warner's board.
"Avon is a great company and I am honored to have served on the board of directors," said Hassan. "However, my other professional commitments have intensified, requiring more focus. So I have decided it is in the best interest of Avon for one of my board colleagues to take on the chairmanship."
Doug Conant, who currently serves on the board, has been elected to the position of nonexecutive chairman in his place.
"Fred has been a good partner to me as I transitioned into my role as CEO of Avon and I thank him for his support. On behalf of Avon's associates, we wish him success," said Sheri McCoy, CEO of Avon. "I welcome Doug to his new role and look forward to working closely with him as we continue to make progress in Avon's turnaround."
Conant served as president and CEO and as a member of the board of directors of the Campbell Soup Company from January 2001 to July 2011. Previously he served as president of Nabisco Foods Company from 1995 to 2000, having joined Nabisco in 1992 and served as president of sales, SVP of marketing for The Nabisco Biscuit Company and VP/GM of the Fleischmann's Company. Conant is founder and currently serves as the CEO of ConantLeadership, a company dedicated to improving the quality of leadership in the 21st century. He serves on the board of AmericsourceBergen Corporation.
Kimberly Ross, CFO of Avon, was also appointed to the board of directors, a measure taken to maintain the minimum number of directors required by Avon's bylaws. The board expects Ross to step down once it appoints a new independent director. An independent director search is currently underway.
Avon is a leading global beauty company with nearly $11 billion in annual revenue. One of the world's largest direct sellers, Avon is sold through more than 6 million active independent Avon sales representatives. Avon products are available in more than 100 countries.


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Afghan Envoy: 2011 Deadline Could Hurt War Effort
Afghanistan's ambassador to Washington said that the Obama administration's decision to announce it would begin withdrawing troops from his country in July 2011 could actually make the U.S.-led war effort more difficult.
Speaking Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union," Amb. Said Jawad said that the declared deadline sent the wrong message to the Taliban and the U.S. should instead commit publicly that it will remain in Afghanistan "to finish the job."
"If you overemphasize a deadline that is not realistic, you are making the enemy a lot more bold," Jawad said. "You are prolonging the war."
Jawad's comments are the first by a senior Afghan official to publicly question Obama's decision to mark a firm date for withdrawals.
The July 2011 deadline has been the war plan's most controversial element since it was unveiled by President Barack Obama in his war strategy in December. In recent weeks, it has become a subject of increasing partisan criticism as senior Pentagon officials, including Defense Secretary Robert Gates and new war commander Gen. David Petraeus, have said that progress in Afghanistan is going slower than anticipated. At the same time, the administration has worked hard to emphasize that any withdrawal will be based on conditions on the ground and that it does not necessarily mark the beginning of a large-scale drawdown.
Republicans who support the war continued to hammer at the issue on Sunday, with Arizona Sen. John McCain, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, saying that the deadline has sowed confusion in the region.
"I'm all for dates of withdrawal, but that's after the strategy succeeds, not before," McCain said on the ABC-TV's "This Week" during a visit to Kabul. "That's a dramatic difference. And I can tell you for sure, our people in the region are not sure whether we are going to be here after the middle of 2011, whether we have succeed or not."
Jawad appeared to agree with Republican critics, saying it has raised questions about whether the U.S. is fully committed to winning the war. "If that's not the feeling, we lose the support of the Afghan people and also make the neighboring countries who have an interest a lot more bolder to interfere in Afghanistan," he said.
In his confirmation hearings last week, Petraeus acknowledged that the July 2011 date was not one that was proposed by the uniformed military. At the same time, he said he agreed with the deadline as a way to give the Afghan government a sense of urgency.
He also seemed to give himself room to change his mind, however, noting that his decision to back the withdrawal date was based on projections made last December. He added that he reserved the right to request even more troops if that were his best military assessment of the war's progress.


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Pandarama Daycare may close Thursday after Kansas DCF terminates contract
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - A longstanding daycare facility may close its doors Thursday after the Kansas Department of Children and Families terminated its contract with Pandarama Daycare on July 22, 2014.
"One child came and asked me and said, you guys aren't going to be here any longer, and he was sad when he said that and that makes me sad there," Pandarama owner Morris Sipple said.
The daycare will be unable to serve children from low income families, which represents the majority of their business.
"Everybody knows there has to be reason behind it. They don't just stop something for 37 years without a reason," Sipple said.
41 Action News has been digging for answers since we first reported on the possible closing of the daycare .
The Department of Children and Families won't reveal what specifically led to their decision to terminate the contract.
In an e-mail from a Department of Children and Families spokesperson, they wrote,
"Our actions to terminate a contract are based on information and/or recommendations from KDHE."
But, in an e-mail from a spokesperson from the Kansas Department of Health, they wrote, "That is incorrect."
A spokesperson for DCF said that the Kansas Department of Health has multiple "complaint investigation" listed for Pandarama. But the Health Department refused to give detailed information about those complaints because they say they are under investigation.
It is not clear if specific information from the complaint surveys listed on the Health Department's website led to DCF's decision to terminate the contract with Pandarama.
Attorneys for the owners have been pushing the state for a formal hearing and to reconsider the termination of the contract. Court documents show that request was denied.
A spokesperson for the Department of Children and Families sent us a statement saying in part,
"We hold our providers to high standards so Kansas children are cared for in a safe environment when their parents cannot be by their side."