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Carlsbad kids get their kicks during soccer tournament
When Carlsbad school officials had an idea to boost physical fitness in students, the children ran with it — literally.
They ran, that is, up and down a soccer field for two hours on Thursday.
Nearly 100 fourth- and fifth-graders gathered under cloudy skies at Pine Field for the first Copa de Carlsbad soccer tournament.
The name comes from international soccer cup (copa) competitions.
Carlsbad's city recreation department co-sponsored the tournament, and recreation supervisor Steve Herrera headed its efforts on the field.
Rosemary Eshelman, student services specialist for the school district, said the idea for the tournament originated after former Poinsettia Elementary Principal Steve Ahle started a March Madness basketball competition in the schools.
Eshelman said school trustee Veronica Williams decided it would be good to have a soccer tournament as well, because both sports tie in with a health-and-fitness program.
Williams recruited professional and semipro teams such as the San Diego Sockers and the San Diego SeaLions to help out, and regular CIF (California Interscholastic Federation) referees volunteered to officiate.
Members of the Carlsbad High School soccer team and the Carlsbad Lightning Soccer Club helped coach, and the club donated soccer balls to each participating school.
Six schools sent a boys and a girls team for a total of 12 teams of eight players each.
Calavera Hills, Jefferson, Pacific Rim, Poinsettia, Hope and Aviara Oaks schools participated. They got new uniforms for the event.
Buena Vista, Kelly and Magnolia schools did not send teams.
The youngsters were cheered on by Eshelman; Williams; Maggie Stanchi, district director of curriculum; principals like Leslie Harden of Aviara Oaks; and parents.
"It's a way to get kids involved. A lot of kids play soccer; this gets them out so they can stay healthy," Williams said. "I'm very grateful to the city and Rosemary (Eshelman) for making this possible."
Lauren Blue and Ella Goldberg, both 10, of Jefferson Elementary, said soccer is their favorite sport, and the games were fun, even if their team lost both games they played and didn't make it to the finals.
"I wish they did more of it (competition)," Michelle Goldberg, Ella's mother, said. "It's a nice community event."
"It's just the thing we like to support — health and fitness for young kids," said Amie Becker, general manager of the SeaLions, a women's soccer club founded in 1988. Joining Becker were two SeaLions players, Michele Ramirez and Danica Carey.
Majell Aterado, who's not playing right now because of knee surgery, represented the Sockers. San Diego's winningest professional sports franchise.
"I think it's amazing, the kids exercising and not just sitting at home with their iPods," Becker said. "I'm so happy that they are out of the house and loving the sport that I love."
The SeaLions hung ribboned medals on the winning girls and gave them water bottles.
Aterado presented the medals to the boys and gave them two-for-one tickets to that Saturday's Sockers game.
Tournament trophies went to the winning school: Aviara Oaks (both boys and girls).
"I think it's really fun," said Andrew Rose, 9, from Aviara Oaks. "It's good to play soccer freely."
"It's challenging and fun," said his teammate, Sam Ginn, 10.
A third teammate, Nathaniel Mekis, 9, already is planning for a second Carlsbad soccer tournament in 2013. "I'm looking forward to next year," he said.
Around town
• Assistance League of North Coast volunteer Mary Kloberdanz obtained a $1,000 Season of Giving grant from Sempra Energy, a parent company of her employer, San Diego Gas & Electric, to buy toys for the Armed Forces YMCA at Camp Pendleton.
• Friday is the deadline to submit nominations for the 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award. Nominees must live in Oceanside or Camp Pendleton and have volunteered their efforts. Nomination forms are available at City Hall, the public library or the city website
(www.ci.oceanside.ca.us) under the Neighborhood Services – Housing Division entry.
• Wednesday is "Day Without a Bag Day" promoting reusable shopping bags in place of the ubiquitous plastic ones. Many supermarkets will be giving out free bags, as will the daytime farmers and Sunset markets in Oceanside.
Lola Sherman is a freelance writer. Contact her at email@example.com


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The quandary: where to begin this description of Saturday's electric program by Symphony Silicon Valley. Perhaps with the soulful spectacle of Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana," performed by more than 200 musicians (orchestra members, choristers, solo singers) and led by Argentinian guest conductor Carlos Vieu -- an hour-long eruption that elicited the loudest ovation this reviewer ever has heard at the California Theatre.
Or maybe with the U.S. premiere of JP Jofre's superb Bandoneon Concerto, titled "Tango Movements." Sweepingly romantic, elegantly crafted and rhythmically charged, it is a showcase for the bandoneon -- which resembles an accordion and is related to the harmonium, or pump organ -- and for Jofre himself, the soloist. He is an explosively talented performer and composer, who also happens to come from Argentina.
Well, let's stick with Jofre, who wears white designer eyeglasses and looks like a hipster aviator. But there is nothing gimmicky about his musicianship.
Playing his bandoneon -- when its bellows are fully extended, the instrument spans a good five feet -- he seemed to be handling a large lizard, often folding it across his knee. This was visually fascinating, yes, but then there were the sounds he coaxed from this highly expressive instrument: arias in its soprano range and grave utterances in the bass; melismatic chants and train-like roars; plus, plaintive sighs, calling to mind Miles Davis's trumpet.
Jofre has loaded the piece with virtuoso cadenzas, solo statements. Even more striking is the way he expands his scoring outward from the instrument, extending and embellishing the bandoneon's themes through the orchestra with painterly strokes, and then allowing the themes to retract and return to their point of origin, the bandoneon. It's as if the score reflects the in-and-out bellows motion of the solo instrument.
One hopes that Jofre (and other bandoneonistas) will have the opportunity to take this piece on the road. Its opening Allegro Marcato moved with the rhythmic thrust -- the sharp, aggressive attack -- of a nuevo tango dance, complementing the soloist's lines with dabs of clarinet or muted brass and with the march-like pulse of double basses. It passed through multiple moods, sometimes opening into spacious harmonies, hanging there like orchids, reminiscent of Gil Evans's arrangements on Davis's "Sketches of Spain."
The Adagio is über-Romantic -- part Tchaikovsky, part Hollywood, part Astor Piazzolla (who played the bandoneon) -- and includes a slow-turning cadenza that evokes the bandoneon's origins as a church instrument in Germany and Italy. The concluding Milonga, close to Cuba and Africa with its ostinato-driven syncopations, passed like a flash, with clear, forceful contributions from strings and brass.
Jofre, 30, has been working on the piece for more than a decade, gradually refining the orchestration. He has previously performed it three times in Argentina (always with Vieu conducting) and has reached a point of balance and concision. Bravo. He followed the concerto with a solo encore, a lullaby composed for his niece, titled "Sweet Dreams."
Following intermission came "Carmina Burana," Orff's audacious response, composed in the mid-1930s, to a 13th century manuscript (discovered in a Bavarian monastery) containing poems and songs about springtime (Part I of "Carmina"), the life of the tavern (Part II) and the joys of love and lust (Part III).
With banks of choristers from the Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale (prepared by Lou De La Rosa) and the Cantabile Youth Singers (directed by Elena Sharkova) rising to the stage's furthest reaches, Vieu conducted without a score. He mouthed just about every word of Latin and Middle High German for his singers, inciting an exciting, wheels-turning performance.
We've all probably heard "Carmina Burana" many times, maybe sometimes feeling it's been too many times. This performance, while by no means letter perfect, returned the piece to its full impact: the riot of modes and melody ("O Fortuna!"), the folk-driven dances, the dazzling Stravinsky-esque orchestrations.
And the momentum: Saturday's performance (the program was scheduled to repeat Sunday) grew ever more vivid and earthy. It included exceptional work by the brass (including impossibly tip-toeing tuba by principal Tony Clements in a moonlit sequence of Part I) and flutes (especially principal Maria Tamburrino, lush-sounding throughout). But its generosity and strength ultimately came from the buy-in of the 200-plus performers, from the three keyboardists and half dozen percussionists to the fresh-voiced Cantabile singers and spirited Chorale.
The three soloists stole the show, especially baritone Ralph Cato, charismatic and warmly round-voiced -- and, during the concluding love song, handing a red rose to soprano Christina Major. She rose to scarifying heights, right on pitch, in those final moments. In an earlier tavern song, tenor J. Raymond Meyers nailed his murderous solo, meant to emulate the screeching death-song of a swan being roasted to feed Orff's imaginary revelers.
Contact Richard Scheinin at 408-920-5069, read his stories and reviews at www.mercurynews.com/richard-scheinin and follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/richardscheinin.
Symphony Silicon Valley
Carlos Vieu, guest conductor; JP Jofre, bandoneon soloist
When: 2:30 p.m., Sunday
Where: California Theatre, 345 S. First St., San Jose
Tickets: $41-$83, at the box office


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Karim Ainouz (Brazil/France), Best Film at the Chicago Film Festival in 2002 for Madame Satã.
Faouzi Bensaidi (Maroc) Death For Sale Morocco's official selection for the Academy Awards 2012
Sergei Bodrov (Russia/USA), Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2008 for Mongol.
Xiaolu Guo (China), Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival in 2009 for She, a Chinese.
Hüseyin Karabey (Turkey), Best New Narrative Filmmaker at the Tribeca Film Festival, New York in 2008 for Gitmek - My Marlon and Brando.
Carlo S. Hintermann (Italy/Switzerland), Jury Prize (Enel Cuore) at the Rome International Film Festival in 2011 for The Dark Side of the Sun.
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Prof. George Coukos, Director Swiss Cancer Center, CHUV, Lausanne: "We have an obligation to change the course of the cancer epidemic and improve the lives of millions of people around the world. We can influence the decisions made by governments regarding their health policy and funding, we can raise awareness about the steps everyone can take to reduce their risk of cancer, and we can ease the suffering of cancer patients worldwide by ensuring they have access to appropriate pain relief. To achieve results will require coordination on a global scale, with the cancer community collaborating in new ways and with greater urgency and efficiency than ever before. "Myths and Misconceptions" is an excellent step in the right direction.
Cary Adams, CEO UICC (Union for International Cancer Control), Geneva: « Cinema is one of today´s most effective and relevant medium for communicating messages in a universal language and artists, in particular filmmakers, are more and more often asked to put their experience to the service of communities. Composed of 6 short movies of an approx.length of 15-25 min. filmed by 6 well-known filmmakers, will help addressing certain myths and misconceptions around cancer, effectively translating important messages, and raising awareness about the disease among a wide audience ».
Christopher P. Wild, Director International Agency for Research on Cancer, WHO, Lyon « I hereby express my support to the film project of ART for The World with working title "Myths and Misconceptions". This project is a call to action to support the UNICC, the WHO, the International Agency for Research on Cancer and other organizations engaged in increasing knowledge and its dissemination in order to reduce the human burden of cancer ».
Prof. Andrea Carlino, Université de Genève, Faculté de Médecine, Institut de l'Histoire de la médecine et santé: « I have the pleasure to warmly support the film project Myths and Misconceptions produced by Art for the World ».
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PHILIPPI - Following the adjournment of a Philippi City Council meeting Tuesday, Mayor Jerry Mouser alleged that three council members may have been in violation of the state Ethics Commission's rules because they gathered afterward.
He said council members John Green, Terrence Boyd and Ed Larry grouped together and talked after the meeting. If they discussed city business, they would be in violation of the Sunshine Laws, Mouser said.
The accusation did not sit well with the accused council members.
"We weren't discussing city business," Green said Wednesday. "If we were discussing city business, it would be different. It just makes me look bad. I didn't do anything wrong."
"That accusation, it bothers me and it upsets me because it's not true," Boyd said. "When you throw things out there in printed format, people will take that as the gospel. I try to do what's right, and I don't want anything out there where people will have a skewed view of me. When you make accusations like that, make sure it's true."
Boyd said he was gathering his coat and belongings and that he does not believe the discussion among the council members was in violation of Sunshine Laws.
"Part of the discussion (between the three accused council members) stems around comments that were made during the meeting," Boyd said. "We commented on the threats that were made. The state code states that you can't threaten or harass a public official, but it was just a general comment. As far as official business - no. We were talking about going home and having dinner and that was it.
"When you make accusations like that, that are unfounded and not substantiated, it continues to keep things stirred up," Boyd continued.
"What we did last night - walking out and talking - that is no different than any other meeting that I've had since I've been on Council for (the last) six years."
Larry, who also was accused by Mouser, said the alleged post-meeting gathering didn't happen.
"Stuff like that was ridiculous," Larry said. "That was not a meeting. That was after the meeting. ... It's a shame that something like that is even thought of or said.
"What do we have to do, walk out one at a time and stay separated by 30 feet or something?" Larry questioned. "I don't understand. That wasn't a meeting. Here we are, we were leaving a Council meeting, that's all that was. Furthermore, I would never, ever do anything unethical especially to the people of Philippi. We're there to serve and we're there to help."
Mouser said Wednesday that private citizens also allegedly witnessed a meeting between the three council members.
"I was told today that they actually locked the door and they were back in the empty room where we normally have our work (session) meeting," Mouser said. "The citizens told me that."
Mouser's accusation about the council members follows a 3-2 vote that passed at the meeting allowing Philippi to opt in to the E-911 addressing and mapping system. The topic has spanned several meetings in the recent months from the later months of 2013 to Tuesday's meeting. On numerous occasions, Mouser has made his stance on the matter very clear - he's said he is against the E-911 addressing and mapping system for Philippi, and that it is his understanding that the majority of Philippi citizens feel the same way.
"He (Mouser) didn't get his way, so he wants to take it out on us," Green said.
Green alleged that the mayor published an article in another local newspaper stating that he and Council members Barbara Bryan and Jeff Allen met at the residence of the Philippi Municipal Judge Larry Jett. Bryan and Allen both voted against the motion for Philippi to opt in to E-911 system at the meeting.
"And we never said anything about it," Green said. "I don't understand him (Mouser). I never said a word to him. He's just picking or something. This is getting ridiculous."
Green said Mouser and the council members are adults and should be able to talk to one another. Mouser said that he has never had a group meeting with those individuals, but that he has spoken with them individually.
"I have had no meeting with Barbara Bryan, Larry Jett and Jeff Allen where the four of us were together at any time," Mouser said. "There was nothing in there (a local newspaper) about any meeting."
Jett also said he did not participate in an organized meeting with Mouser, Bryan and Allen, although he has talked to each of them separately on different occasions.
"I've never had a meeting with any of them," Jett said.
Allen and Bryan did not immediately return phone messages left Wednesday.
Council members also responded to statements made by residents who threatened that if council members did not vote the way the citizens were asking them to, they would consider a recall of their office or reconsider their votes at the next election.
Boyd said he believed he made an informed vote after studying the information carefully.
"If folks want to do that, I will continue to take the high road," Boyd said. "If folks want to make accusations, be it true or untrue, that's fine. I'll continue to take the high road.
"When I went to bed last night I slept like a baby, because - the decision - I knew it was the best decision I could make because it wasn't swayed by any one person or any one group. As long as I am in office, I will continue to make the best decision that I can make.
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Dublin manager Jim Gavin speaks of concern over 'ruthless and efficent' Kerry
Updated: Thursday, 29 Aug 2013 15:28 | Comments
Dublin manager Jim Gavin feels Kerry have been "ruthless and efficient" so far in the All-Ireland Football Championship.
The counties meet on Sunday in Croke Park in an intriguing semi-final, with doubt cast over the Kingdom's ability to produce a consistent performance over 70 minutes after unconvincing wins over Cork and Cavan.
But the Dublin manager does not see a huge weakness in Eamonn Fitzmaurice's men.
Gavin said: "I think Kerry were ruthless and efficient when they played Cork in the Munster final and again when they played Cavan.
"They have so much experience within their squad. Some guys have five All-Ireland medals, some guys have four and many, many National Leagues and All Stars.
"This Kerry team know what this part of the season is all about. They have timed their run perfectly."
"I wouldn't call it easing off. I would call it control." - Jim Gavin on Kerry's road to the semi-final
Gavin added: "Kerry's overall movement, the harmony they had up front, their scoring ability and tightness at the back, they really squeezed the life out of Cork.
"Cork came back in the second half but they didn't have much of a choice. Again against Cavan, despite what people might say, Kerry were ruthless and that game was over after 20 minutes.
"That is no disrespect to Cavan, Kerry just knew to go through the gears and get over the line. They know what it takes to win these games and they know what it is to be in an All-Ireland semi-final.
"I think they controlled the games. I wouldn't call it easing off. I would call it control. They got great starts in both of the games, were absolutely ruthless against Cork, very ruthless against Cavan and they squeezed the life out of them.
"Their defence structure has changed this year and they set themselves up quite well to absorb that pressure either Cavan or Cork gave against them. We are under no illusions in Dublin of what the task will be in the semi-final."
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> I am very confused about CISCO router. I have a CISCO 1600 router and
> what I see in the back of the router the following ports/outputs:
> 10baseT, Ethernet0, AUI, serial0, console, flashPC card, 14v VDC
> Why I am confused! becuase lets say we have 4 computers, how can I
> connect them using CISCO router. I have linkSys router and it has WAN,
> LAN, and 4 RJ45 ports, so I can use linkSys router to coonect these
> computer but not the CISCO!! Am I right.. I think I need something
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Robert Gould Shaw in The Civil War
Robert Gould Shaw (1837-1863) was the white colonel in charge of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, one of the first all-black units to fight for the Union during the Civil War. He was killed while storming a Confederate battery at Fort Wagner in Charleston on 18 July 1863. Shaw is remembered for his leadership of African-American troops and the over two hundred letters he wrote to his family from the front. The exploits of the colonel and his unit were dramatized in the 1989 movie, Glory. The Shaw neighborhood in Washington, D.C., a center of black cultural expression during the first half of the twentieth century, is named for him.
Over 200,000 black soldiers fought for the Union, but, invariably, white officers commanded them. Shaw was initially less than thrilled with his assignment, but he warmed to his troops, who showed bravery and determination when confronting both Confederate bullets and the prevailing prejudice of the day. After Shaw's death at Fort Wagner, he was buried with his troops in a common grave, which the Confederates perceived as an insult. His death and burial, however, were championed by his family who understood the heartfelt respect Shaw had for his men and for the Union cause.


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China Passes U.S. in Android, Apple Smart-Device Activations
China, the most-populous country, passed the U.S. in February in new activations of Apple Inc. and Android smartphones and tablets, according to Flurry Inc., a maker of software for tracking use of mobile applications.
In the month, 23 percent of activations of mobile devices based on Apple's iOS or Google Inc.'s Android software occurred in China, compared with 22 percent in the U.S., Flurry said today in a report. As recently as January 2011, China accounted for 8 percent of the world's activations, while the U.S. led with 28 percent.
China's large population and emerging middle class make it an increasingly important market for makers of hardware and software. To help widen its beachhead there, Cupertino, California-based Apple is striking deals with Chinese companies, such as China Telecom Corp.
"With China now activating more devices per month than the U.S., this means that the gap is closing between the two countries in terms of installed base," Flurry said in the report. "Not only is China already the second largest app economy, but also could eventually overtake the U.S. as the country with the largest installed base of smart device users."
Currently, the U.S. has twice as many active smart devices. This month, China will account for an estimated 24 percent of device activations, compared with 21 percent for the U.S., Flurry said.
Prosperity Grows
Increasing prosperity of Chinese consumers is the main driver behind growth in smartphones and other devices. China's middle class is expanding, and wealthier consumers are buying everything from smartphones to designer purses. This decade, China is expected to overtake Japan as the world's largest luxury-goods market, according to McKinsey & Co., a consulting company.
Flurry tracks activations through its analytics software, which tracks application downloads.
China is already the fastest-growing country in the number of times its users launch mobile apps -- a metric that helps predict interest in mobile technology. In the 12 months through March, such app sessions in China grew 12-fold, Flurry said in the report.
In that period, sessions more than doubled in the U.S., Peter Farago, vice president of marketing at San Francisco-based Flurry, said in an interview.


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Yesterday he had a PET scan and he passed. Needless to say, we are feeling on top of the world. Words just don't describe how we feel. It has been a long, long, long haul.
I know many of you have gone through this cancer hell and know what a tough journey it is – both for the person who has it and family. It is the absolute worst. It is so difficult.
If you have been through it, it sure does remind you of what is important in life, doesn't it?
And yes….we got lucky with the type of cancer and catching it early. Plus we have the luxury of great doctors and great medical care. Not everyone is lucky and not everyone has the medical care my husband has had. It breaks my heart to hear of others going through this. I really don't know how some people handle this.
I very much appreciate all the kind words from many of you.
PS – He just said from the other side of the room, "can you tell them to follow me on twitter?" I said, "you are kidding, right?" He said he is serious (I think crazy?) Having him on twitter seems dangerous. I fear he will be the kind who tweets what he having for breakfast…oh well…follow him at your own peril — @johnpcoale


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ASPEN - An egg isn't just an egg. I first discovered this two decades ago while dining in the French countryside outside of Chartres.We were pheasant hunting. My date was a young Parisian aristocrat of the Bourbon lineage who was happy to be shooting his ancestor's gun that dated back to the Napoleonic era. As the beaters walked through the brush, crying out "avance avance!" to shoo the pheasants with their sticks from their lowland hiding places toward the sky, I sat on a small folding canvas chair and watched for falling birds. In the field, "staff" delivered country baskets of duck foie gras, cheese, bread and wine.Back at the hosts' Chateau, the day's tally arranged in rows for all to inspect before the birds were donated to the village butcher, cocktails in hand, we awaited dinner. The wives joined wearing silk and tweed; a portly woman wearing an apron rang the dinner bell and we found our place cards around the long Mahogany table for 20. The first course arrived. Soup. Simple. Butternut squash topped with the family crest in crme fraiche. In the midst of multiple courses paired with exceptional wines from the ancient cave, the table hushed.We were then served an egg. Perfectly poached, it lay inside a gelatin with three red berries shimmering like an encased Faberge.Once the applause died, the gray-haired Spaniard rose to make a toast. The writer, traveler, bon vivant and butterfly "farmer" who had recently returned from the Amazon's interior thanked his guests for honoring his oeuvre about the egg.After all, L'oeuf en Aspic, or rather, Chaud-froid dishes - dishes that were prepared hot but served cold - became fashionable in the 18th century. Evidently, his tome explained why.This was my first introduction to food as invention, luxury, history, culture.
"Food defines culture, population, individual...and has since the eve of time," said Stephane De Baets of OptAsia, who along with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., conceptualized the Chefs Club by Food & Wine brand that now resides at the St. Regis Aspen.The idea of a "one restaurant, many-chefs-concept" is novel. "In a way, we are no different than an art gallery or a concert hall in that what matters is who displays and who performs. In our case, who cooks," says De Baets.The formula works. Since the debut of Chefs Club, Food & Wine has selected from its list of "Best New Chefs" to curate innovative menu items over the course of the year. "Economic recession always triggers a very high creative response," says De Baets. In the dining scene, very creative and talented chefs are now "breaking the mold." This explains why renegade chefs hosting innovative and radical culinary presentations in their own homes have become de rigeur. And why Chefs Club is fast becoming a nexus for cutting-edge culinary arts. "There's a culinary trend of focusing on the substance rather than the form, a going back to the roots type of attitude, focusing on the purity and quality of ingredients," says De Baets. Experiencing chef Jonathan Sawyer's cooking class and dinner at Chefs Club epitomized this.The stocky and bearded redhead with the tattoo of a tree running wrist to bicep at first glance could be a carpenter or butcher. But the Best New Chef 2010 and James Beard Foundation nominee is a "hot" culinary commodity, well-known from "Iron Chef America," and "The Best Thing I Ever Ate." Sawyer's casual working-man demeanor belies an exacting vision and culinary execution. Like all the great alchemists, he can take seemingly mundane ingredients (what he referred to as "poverty-based") and elevate them to unforgettable palette-transforming moments. Sawyer's prix-fixe dinner spanned peasant to haute: red wine-braised lentils with tarragon, escargot, root vegetables and marrow to the main course of Maine lobster, Nantucket bay scallops and Perigord truffles in puff pastry. The experience was intimate and highly entertaining. Nothing beats live Cooking - having the actual chef cooking in the kitchen - which is the driving force behind Chefs Club's interior design. If you can get one of the coveted eight seats at the "kitchen counter" you can watch the inner machinations of a great chef at work.By the time the fashionably late diners arrived at 9:30 p.m., the restaurant had transformed to a who's who of the culinary in-crowd. Large tabletops of 30-somethings speaking Portuguese and French blended with the elderly patrician set. A Naomi Campbell lookalike in a strapless dress with her "seasoned" cohort arrived and were placed center stage. This is what happens when Aspen meets Food & Wine.
Still to visit Chefs Club are chef Cyril Lignac: March 6, 8, 9; chef Mathieu Pacaud: March 14, 16; chef Jonathan Sawyer: March 28, March 29, March 30 (he will also host a cooking class this day)Q: What are the three ingredients you cannot live with out? Chef Lignac: Beef from Aubrac (a French region), duck foie gras from les Landes (another French region); Espelette pepperChef Pacaud: Piano music, friendship, family are the three main ingredients of my life. Others come and go and I'm always happy to find them.Chef Sawyer: Garlic, miso, and olive oilQ: What is your most daring dish?Lignac: Bourbon vanilla mashed potatoes. I love using vanilla as a condiment in savory dishes!Pacaud: In each new menu there are bold creations, they are full of ways, daring technically; bold taste...Sawyer: Offal lasagna made with hearts, kidney, and tongue.Q: What is the most historic dish you have re-created? Lignac: No doubt it is the chocolate souffl, which is a classic in French pastry. I re-created it by adding a spoon of caramel ice cream to create a hot and cold effect.Pacaud: By mistake, once I thought I invented a recipe for fig, spices, honey etc... I was very proud of my creation, and then one day I was reading a recipe book in the kitchen of Louis XIV and saw the same recipe made the same. This is the day I understood that in the kitchen we did not invent anything.Sawyer: Turnips Apicius - adaptation of a garum recipe made famous from antiquity featuring 140 day aged beef fat, an ancient fish sauce called garum (that we make at Tavern Vinegar), raisins, and radishes.Q: What or who inspires your creative vision? Lignac: Nature. I cook with what nature provides according to seasons. And the wealth of the growers.Pacaud: I love to be inspired by my emotions - a piece by Beethoven, a reading of a poem by Dante. I believe that it is important to provide the emotion to the person who discovers the dish and leave an emotion known, strong. It is a good working tool. I am working on a new book which will be guided by 10 musicians, we depart from their technique of creations, harmony etc. (Mozart, Beethoven, Monteverdi, Liszt, Mantovani, Chopin, Wagner)Sawyer: First and foremost, my family inspires me each and everyday. I want to leave this world a better place so that they can enjoy it, and hope that they will do the same for their children. If I could sit down with any chef in the world, I would want to dine with Fernand Point, the father of modern French cuisine. His style of preparing meals "a la minute" with daily changing ingredients changed the culinary mindset indefinably. I want to ask him how be came up with the concept, and enjoy a meal together the way he would have served it at La Pyramide. Also, cooking with the right produce, i.e. the freshest, most succulent ingredients available at any given time, is what drives us to create passionate and inspired dishes.Q: What are the seminal food memories and tastes? Lignac: My mother's marmalades.Pacaud: As a child, my father preparing bottles of Saint Jacques with truffle.Sawyer: Picking food from my mom's garden and helping her cook with it.Q: What is the hardest culinary feat to execute? Lignac: There is no culinary feat in my view: all is about chef's sensitivity and personality.Pacaud: Eggs, they must be perfectly executed to the millimeter.Sawyer: Properly folded French soft egg omelet.Q: If you had only one evening left to cook whatever you wanted, what would be? Lignac: A roasted chicken! I love to prepare meals to share for my loved ones, it is important to take care of your family and friends.Pacaud: It is not so much what but for whom. I would cook for my wife the dishes she likes.Sawyer: Roasted Duck Mitten over the open hearth with drippings, pop overs, ginger sage rhubarb & brled onion salad.Q: What would you request for your last dinner?Lignac: Lemongrass and pimentos del piquillo lobster made by my friend chef Jean-Franois Pige, to drink with a wine from his own cellar.Pacaud: A bottle of Romane Cont.Sawyer: A bottle of JL Chave Cuvee Cathelin and a perfectly roasted chicken, shared with family and friends.


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TIAA-CREF Will Manage Retirement Plan for Georgia's Most Populous County
NEW YORK, May 30, 2013 – TIAA-CREF announced today that it has been selected to manage the 457(b) deferred-compensation plan for Fulton County employees. Fulton County's plan has approximately 4,200 members and more than $90 million in assets.
Fulton County previously had four separate retirement administrators. Under the new agreement, which was effective Jan. 1, TIAA-CREF becomes the sole recordkeeper for the county's plan. TIAA-CREF's open-architecture recordkeeping solution simplifies retirement plan oversight, lowers plan administration costs and provides plan members with an efficient way to manage their retirement savings.
The solution also streamlines plan enrollment, manages employee contributions and gives Fulton County employees a comprehensive view of all the assets in their retirement plans. Fulton County employees also will have access to TIAA-CREF financial advisors, who provide personalized retirement advice tailored to individual goals at varying life stages. TIAA-CREF's financial advice services are offered on site, over the phone and via the Web.
About TIAA-CREF
TIAA-CREF (www.tiaa-cref.org) is a national financial services organization with $520 billion in assets under management (as of 3/31/2013) and is the leading provider of retirement services in the academic, research, medical, governmental and cultural fields.
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Fulton County is a county located in the state of Georgia. Its county seat is Atlanta, which has been the state capital since 1868. Ninety percent of the city of Atlanta is within Fulton County, making it the principal county of the Atlanta metropolitan area.
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Definición de replant en inglés:
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1Plant (a tree or plant which has been dug up) again, especially in a larger pot or new site: split the clumps and replant only those irises with healthy roots
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- They carefully moved and replanted some of the scrub oaks to allow sight lines from the house down to the water.
- As he does this, he replants a piece of each root to replace what has been taken.
- They should be replanted and watered in immediately.
1.1Provide (an area) with new plants or trees: 38 per cent of ancient woodland has been replanted with conifers
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- In more trials with indigenous plants, his immediate challenge was to amass sufficient quantities of seed so that large areas might be replanted.
- These paths will later be obliterated when the site is replanted and returned to a state of virtual nature.
- Holtrop, who recently toured the Los Alamos area as part of an internal Forest Service review, was struck by the high survival rate of trees replanted in one particular area of the forest.
1.2Surgically reattach to the body (a part that has been removed or severed).
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- In our 10 failed replants we could initially visualize arterial flow across the anastomosis.
- With further prototyping, we hope to be able to produce a device that can treat more complex tissue types, such as ear and nose replants.
- By 1983 his group had carried out 1100 limb and digit replants.
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Jeff Bezos and The Washington Post appear to be getting along swimmingly. The Amazon founder, who offered to buy the Post for $250 million dollars in early August, paid a visit to the paper's newsroom yesterday to talk with staffers. By all accounts, including that of The New York Times, the meeting appears to have gone well.
An editor at the Post, Jeffrey Leen, told The Times, "He was a big supporter of investigative reporting, which warmed my heart. He already has a very good grasp of our business. It was, all in all, a very impressive performance." Veteran reporter Bob Woodward had a private breakfast with Bezos yesterday and walked away with a similar impression.
Erik Wemple, a prolific blogger for The Post, livetweeted an afternoon session that Bezos held with the paper's staff.
JB: need to "lean in to the future"— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) September 4, 2013
"Death knell of any org is to glorify the past"— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) September 4, 2013
On competition: JB worried abt any product that's 100 percent ad-supported, because then you "start thinking your customer is advertisers."— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) September 4, 2013
JB references our infamous "dancing bear" vid package. Says lite stuff ok, but needs to be part of a broader package— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) September 4, 2013
On Amazon not commenting on news stories: "I've always felt that the most powerful minds in the world can hold powerful inconsistencies."— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) September 4, 2013
JB recipe for innovation: "Stubborn on vision, flexible on details."— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) September 4, 2013


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PORTSMOUTH — Calypso Communications is partnering with the Portsmouth Gas Light Co. to co-sponsor the 11th PechaKucha Portsmouth Night on Thursday, June 14. The free event is from 7 to 9 p.m. and offers attendees a chance to network and share conversation, inspiration and their passions.
The second in a series of four 2012 PK Portsmouth events focusing on the four elements, PK Night No. 11 will feature six-minute and 40-second creative presentations focusing on the element of air. A fire-themed night was held in April, and earth and water nights are planned for later this year.
"As a society, we know we can access ideas and information online, but we're still craving the in-person interaction," said Calypso Senior Creative Director Mike Teixeira. "We want to be inspired by people and feel their energy, and that's what PechaKucha is all about."
Eight local speakers from varied backgrounds will make presentations at the June 14 event, with each topic connected to the air theme. Presenters will share their subject following the PechaKucha format of 20 PowerPoint slides shown for 20 seconds each.
Conceived in Tokyo in 2003 by architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham, PechaKucha began as an event where young designers could meet, network and show their work. For details about PechaKucha, visit www.pecha-kucha.org.
The Gas Light's third floor will open at 6 p.m., with presentations beginning at 7 p.m. To keep up with presenters and other special announcements, visit PK Portsmouth's Facebook page or follow @nhpk on Twitter.
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Maxine Sullivan is on a roll! She taught us yesterday how to cut up an old dead chicken; today she tells us a new way to serve it up to our loved ones! We present her dish, which we cannot wait to try ASAP!
"Yesterday I told you how to cut up an old dead chicken. Today I'm going to tell you what to do with it.
I'm giving you a recipe from Farm Journal's Country Cooking book, which I found last week for $1 at a yard sale. Originally published in 1959, and updated in 1972, most of the recipes are simple and from scratch. You'll find this true of most cookbooks published in that era, when people actually cooked and ate at home nearly every night.
I tweaked the recipe a bit when I made it, and I'm giving you the tweaked version.
3-1/2 to 4 lb. frying chicken, cut-up
1/3 cup flour
¾ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon paprika
1/8 teaspoon pepper
¼ cup cooking oil or melted shortening
½ cup chopped onion
2 chicken bouillon cubes or a scant teaspoon of chicken soup base
½ cup hot water
1 cup sour cream *I used low fat
Preheat frying pan and heat oil or shortening. Thoroughly coat pieces of chicken with a mixture of flour, salt, pepper and paprika. Note: I shake the chicken in a cereal liner bag. Place chicken pieces in hot pan. Dust any remaining flour mixture over chicken pieces in the pan.
Brown chicken pieces about 15 minutes, turning once. Add onion.
Dissolve bouillon cubes or chicken base in hot water and add to chicken. Cover and simmer over low heat for about 30 minutes, adding water if necessary. Remove chicken to serving platter.
Add a small amount of pan drippings to sour cream and stir well. Then add mixture to remaining pan drippings and stir well. Cook until heated through, but do not boil. Pour some of the mixture over the chicken and serve the rest as gravy.
This is excellent served with buttered noodles. Add a salad or cooked vegetable, and you'll have dinner for 4-5 people for around $5.
I always figure if you can make dinner for $5, you can feed a family of 4 for around $100 week. ($100 is less than the USDA thrifty meal budget for a family of 4). This is easy if you can get a whole chicken for $3 or so, and spend no more than another buck on added ingredients. Fill out the meal with potatoes, pasta or rice, plus veggies or salad.
You can save money on herbs and spices, such as the paprika used in this recipe, by buying your spices in bulk. You may have to look around for bulk spices. Some grocery stores have bulk food departments, and you'll probably find them at health food stores that actually sell food, and not just supplements.
If your town is too small to have such a store, look in the nearest larger town, and make it a point to stop by when you are in the neighborhood. Spices that cost $5-$7 and up in bottles at the grocery store will literally cost pennies when bought in bulk. Bulk, in this case, doesn't necessarily mean a whole boatload of paprika. It means being able to buy as much or as little as you want to put in your own container.
Another source of low-cost herbs and spices may be the ethnic foods aisle in your local supermarket. Here in the west, it's common to find spices used in ethnic dishes packaged in cellophane baggies hanging among the enchilada sauce and canned menudo. Each package typically costs a dollar or so, and the quality and freshness are excellent. You'll find garlic, oregano, bay leaves, and many, many more…not to mention outstanding chili powder.
Good ole paprika doesn't just come in bottles. Look for big red cans, net weight 5 ounces or so, for MUCH less than Schilling or Spice Islands. The brand in my cupboard right now is Kalocsa Sweet Hungarian Paprika.
The cheapest spices will be sold in bulk. The next-cheapest will be in cellophane envelopes in the ethnic foods aisle. Next up the line—at least for paprika—will be big cans in the spice aisles. Then comes the name-brand spices in little glass bottles. Save your empty bottles to refill with bulk spices.
If there is a man in your house, see if you can interest him in learning to cut up chickens. For some reason, men usually enjoy that task. I think it makes them feel like cavemen. 🙂"
–Maxine Sullivan
One of the many things I appreciate about Guest Bloggers is that they have such a fresh perspective from my own. All the great ideas about choosing spices is wonderful, Maxine, and we gratefully and gleefully look forward to your next offering.
For my part, I can hardly WAIT to get into the kitchen, cut me up an old dead chicken and build a wonderful, tasty meal for very little moola!
If those of you who are reading this are anything like most of us, you are working hard all day and you are dog tired when you come home. Unless you have SERVANTS-yeah, right; whatever-you may not feel like putting together a nourishing meal for your loved ones. That's when it's easy to turn to junk food or bust the food budget with wrong, expensive choices.
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Maintaining Winter Sidewalks
Snow and ice that remains on sidewalks is hazardous for everyone, but especially for people with limited mobility who may be severely injured from a fall on ice or snow. Uncleared walkways also make it difficult for people who deliver services in our city - mail carriers, meter readers, delivery drivers, firefighters and paramedics. That is why the Community Standards Bylaw requires that you clean the public sidewalks around your property removing all ice and snow.
Property owners are also responsible for clearing snow from every walk and driveway on or beside a property with buildings normally occupied by people, including derelict buildings or vacant properties.
When you remove snow promptly after a snowfall, you play an important role in keeping our city moving safely in difficult weather. The safety of your neighbourhood is in your hands this winter.
Freeze-thaw Cycles
While properly removing snow prevents a build-up of ice over the winter, freeze-thaw weather cycles cause water from melting snow to run on to cleared walks. The water then becomes ice when the temperature drops.
You are still required to keep the walks around your property safe during freeze-thaw cycles, either by keeping them ice-free or by spreading sand or gravel to give pedestrians traction.
As a courtesy, the City sometimes provides free sand that can be picked up from green boxes outside your nearest Community League.
Tips for Sidewalk ClearingKeeping a sidewalk clear of ice and snow can be a bit of a struggle during Edmonton winters.
These tips for sidewalk snow removal can help you keep the walks around your property safe.
Reporting a Concern
Complaints are accepted between November 1 and May 1, and only when it has not snowed for at least 48 hours.
If you have a concern about a neighbour's uncleared walk:
- Discuss the concern directly with your neighbour
- Offer to help them keep it clear if needed by becoming a Snow Angel and volunteering
- Record the address of the violation and a description of the problem if you can't resolve the problem directly with your neighbour
- Call 311 or register a complaint online
- Provide your name, address, phone number, and the details of your concern in case your testimony is required in court
Responding to Your Complaint
After you call 311, the City takes these steps to help with your issue:
- A file is created specifying your concerns
- A Municipal Enforcement Officer (MEO) opens an investigation
- The officer investigates your complaint within 4 business days
- The MEO may issue a warning notice with directions to remedy the problem within a specified time frame, or issue a $100 fine immediately, depending on the circumstances
- The officer may issue an order, which allows the City to fix the problem and bill the property owner for the cost
- The City may contact you to appear as a witness, if the matter goes to court
Tickets will be issued to business owners if walks are not cleared around the property as indicated in the Community Standards Bylaw.
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One person was hurt in a crash on Interstate 20 in Hinds County on Saturday night.
The crash happened about 10 p.m. near Edwards.
Authorities with the Mississippi Highway Patrol said a Honda Civic drove across a median and hit a Ford F-250 pickup truck that was carrying a horse trailer.
Investigators said a woman driving the car was taken to University Medical Center with multiple injuries. Her dog was in the car with her and died in the crash.
No one in the truck was injured.
The horses in the trailer were unloaded and taken to another location.
The Mississippi Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.


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IntelliNews Russian Chemical and Petrochemical Sector Report
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Russian Chemical and Petrochemical Sector Report offers an extensive summary of the Russian chemical and petrochemical sectors. Includes a complete coverage of the latest developments as well as the latest corporate news accompanied by statistical data. This sector report is ideal to keep you abreast on recent company and industry news. Written by local analysts, it is a unique market and business intelligence analysis, tailored to save time by providing in-depth information, while helping you to make confident and informed business decisions. The report covers the period JUNE 1, 2006 – JANUARY 1, 2007.
Chemicals and Fertilizers
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Organic Synthesis, Synthetic
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Synthetic Dyes and
Paintwork Materials
Rubber Products and Tires
Cosmetics and Household
Chemical sector is one of the most important sectors for the Russian economy and it has considerable potential for future growth. The government supports the industry under its program for the development of the chemical sector until 2015. The most significant step taken by the government in this area in 2006 was the decision to provide RUR 16.5bn (USD 622mn) grant for the petrochemical complex in Nizhnekamsk.
- EuroChem plans to take 30% of market for mineral fertilizers by 2010-2012
- SIBUR Holding boosts investment
- Uralkali cuts production of fertilizers due to accident on Mine Division-1
- Unique fibers created by Group Formash
- Dow Izolan to produce polyurethane near Vladimir city
- Nizhnekamskneftekhim launches polypropylene production
- Finnish paint producer Tikkurila acquires Gamma and Okhtinski Zavod
- Amtel-Vredestein, Bridgestone, Pirelli and Michelin expand tire retail chains
- Nizhnekamskneftekhim to increase synthetic rubber output to 600,000 tons by 2008
- Oil refining complex worth RUR 130.3bn to be built in Nizhnekamsk
- Rosneft negotiates USD 24.5 loan to buy assets of Yukos
- Large pharmaceutical companies report strong financials, create innovative medicines
- Avon, Oriflame cosmetics producers to build facilities in Moscow region
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AMHERST - Numbers might be down compared to last year, but local realtors are optimistic the numbers will continue to rise as they've done since the beginning of the year.
Busier times ahead for real estate sector
With 62 listings across the county, realtors with Coldwell Banker have been busy over the last couple of weeks.
"Traditionally, this is our busy season," said Kathy Morash. "April and May are the busiest and we're certainly not expecting it to slow down. Sellers and buyers shouldn't expect to see a downturn any time soon."
Morash says sellers are picking up a lot of the more expensive houses, but older homes are still a tough sell.
"The more expensive homes are being bought by people transferring from outside the region, and there's definitely a market for multi-family homes," she said.
While many in the business were hoping westerners would come to the area this past summer, that didn't happen as well as they had expected and Morash says this should be the year for that.
At Royal LePage Preview Realty, Carla Bouchard also says busines is becoming busier.
"You'll find that some companies are up and some are down, but as an office, we're up from where we were last year and we have been since the beginning of the year," she said.
Bouchard says that like much of the province, when you look at Amherst, the numbers are down overall, but not significantly.
"We're down in inventory and we have clients looking for homes that we just don't have. If you look at Moncton for example, they were up for the month of March over last year."
In terms of the recession hitting other parts of the country, Bouchard and Morash don't feel much changed locally.
"We never do feel it in communities with prices like here as the rest of Canada," Bouchard said. "There are a lot of families retiring that look at moving here because of the affordable housing."
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BARBOURVILLE, Ky. - Union College's Sergio Gonzalez poured in a game-high 32 points, as the Bulldogs pulled away in the second half on their way to a 113-83 victory over West Virginia Parkersburg on Tuesday night at Robsion Arena.
With the victory, the Bulldogs moved to 3-1 on the year, while WVU-P fell to 1-1 with the loss.
At the half, West Virginia Parkersburg went on a bit of a run to end the first period, cutting a UC nine-point lead (44-35) down to four at 44-40 after the Riverhawks went on a 5-0 run to end the first half.
To start the second half, however, the Bulldogs got back on track and effectively put the game away. In the first four minutes, UC went on a 17-3 run to go up 61-47. The Bulldogs then pulled away, opening up a 20-point lead (71-51) at the 14-minute mark, and eventually an insurmountable 30-point lead (87-57) with under 10 minutes left.
From there, the Bulldogs rolled, going over the century mark in a game that ended in regulation for the first time since a 109-100 victory over Alice Lloyd (Ky.) on Nov. 13, 2010. In the second half, Union outscored West Virginia Parkersburg 69-43.
Overall, Gonzalez posted his big night on 11-of-16 shooting from the field, including a scorching 5-of-7 evening from outside the arc. He also pulled down six rebounds, dished out three assists, and made two steals.
Other Bulldogs to post double-digit nights were Tarik Smith, who had 28 points, and Matthew Thomas, who chipped in with 11 points. West Virginia Parkersburg was led in the loss by Darius Jenkins who had 23 points.
The Bulldogs will be back in action on Thursday evening, traveling to Brescia (Ky.). Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. eastern.


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West Bank's Ariel college gains university status
Benjamin Netanyahu
A West Bank group has ignored reservations by Israel's Council on Higher Education to give a college in the area university status.
Earlier this month the government-funded committee voted against plans to upgrade the status of Ariel College, arguing that Israel should not have another university given the shortages in funding for staff and infrastructure facing other institutions.
But the education council of the West Bank settlements said on Tuesday that the college would now be known as Ariel University.
The decision was welcomed by the Israeli Prime Minister, who said it was "a day of celebration for Ariel, a day of celebration for higher education in Israel".
But Israeli professors and Palestinians criticised the move, which is likely to bring opprobrium on Israel from the international community because it will be seen as a victory for supporters of the settlements.
The settler group's decision is not final, as the Israeli military has to approve all legal decisions made in the West Bank.


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TALKING NUMBERS WITH: EDWARD R. TUFTE; Campaigning For the Charts That Teach
By DAVID CORCORAN
Published: February 6, 2000
CHESHIRE, Conn.— EDWARD R. TUFTE'S books have a certain austere elegance about them, starting with ''The Visual Display of Quantitative Information'' (1983), which sold hundreds of thousands of copies and made his reputation as a guru of information graphics. So when Professor Tufte was surfing Amazon.com recently for books about business graphics, he was perversely delighted with what he found.
''The titles are so wonderfully bad,'' he said one gray morning last month, sitting in the vast open kitchen of his low-slung house in the hills north of New Haven. He waved a hand at a stack of new books, their covers ablaze with rainbow-colored charts and sock-you-in-the-face titles like ''Power Pitches,'' ''Creating Cool PowerPoint 97 Presentations'' and ''Point, Click & Wow.''
Professor Tufte opened a book more or less at random to a chart with the headline ''U.S. & Canada: Sales Growth %.'' On a shimmering purple background were maps of the United States in red and Canada in bright green; alongside that, two rows of nine three-dimensional bars, one red and one green, unlabeled except for the puzzling caption ''To May 1996.''
''This is a nice example of a very dopey graphic,'' he said. ''No scales; the variables aren't clear; three phony dimensions for one-dimensional data. You could make an argument that graphics like this actually subtract from the sum of human knowledge, by making people stupid.''
To Professor Tufte (pronounced TUF-tee), that chart exemplifies a dismaying pattern in the way data are presented in too many meetings, especially those dominated by ''the overhead projector that magically rises out of the rosewood table'' or its electronic successor, a computer linked to a projector, running a presentation program like Microsoft's PowerPoint.
In these presentations, he says, visual flash and dash substitute for real analysis of useful information. The images are by nature ''low resolution'': they must be drawn big and bold to be visible across a room, so the amount of information conveyed is scant. And the resolution is driven even lower by what Professor Tufte calls chart junk: meaningless tricks done only because the software makes them possible, like turning a one-dimensional piece of information (a sales figure) into a three-dimensional bar, as if it were a stack of potato chips.
He says such graphics -- low in information, confused in display, muddled in thinking -- can have catastrophic consequences. A chapter in his latest book, ''Visual Explanations'' (1997; published, like his others, by his own company, Graphics Press), is devoted to a particularly hapless collection of charts and tables prepared by frantic engineers for Morton Thiokol, which makes solid-fuel rocket boosters for the space shuttle, as they tried unsuccessfully to dissuade NASA from launching the shuttle Challenger in January 1986.
Buried in those tables, he said, were statistics that would have made a more compelling case, if anyone had displayed them properly: the rubber O-ring seals in the boosters tended to leak at low temperatures. The morning after those charts were faxed to Cape Canaveral, the Challenger was launched during a rare Florida freeze. An O-ring failed and the rocket blew up, killing all seven astronauts.
More often, the consequences of poorly presented graphics are mundane -- wasted time and an audience bored into cynicism or slumber. Typically, Professor Tufte said, a presentation begins with an overhead projection of ''the dreaded bullet list'' -- generic objectives stuffed with empty buzzwords like ''mission'' and ''paradigm.''
''The pompous, inflated, generic thought gives you no leverage on actually analyzing and solving a business situation,'' he said. ''And the problems with the bullet list and the overhead are identically reproduced in PowerPoint. It's just that now we go through a computer, and we're thankful if the presentation doesn't crash.''
That view is hardly uncontroversial. Brian Reilly, president of a computer consulting company in Manhattan and the author of one of the books in Professor Tufte's pile, ''Create PowerPoint Presentations in a Weekend'' (Prima Publishing, 1997), acknowledges that do-it-yourself graphics programs like PowerPoint have their limitations. But he added: ''In the hands of a skilled designer, it's fabulous. In the hands of an unskilled designer, a book is a disaster, too. Anything can be misused.''
He said the latest technology could overcome the problem of big, fat, vacuous images: ''The new projectors can be very high resolution. If you can see it on your monitor, you can see it on the projector.''
And not everyone agrees that low-resolution, high-impact visuals are an inferior way to communicate. ''I hate to sound trite, but sometimes less is more,'' said Stephen M. Kosslyn, a professor of psychology at Harvard and the author of ''Elements of Graph Design'' (W. H. Freeman, 1994). ''We need to respect the limitations of our perception and memory systems. It's often better to have a series of simple displays that can be taken in at a glance than to try to pack everything into one graphic.''