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Rick Santorum's performance in Iowa a reason for hope
January 4, 2012 - Mike Maneval
There are glimmers of hope in former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum's practical tie with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the Iowa Republican caucuses Tuesday, where both men secured the same number of delegates to the party's convention in Florida, where a nominee will be selected.
First, as a U.S. Senator, Santorum showed exemplary and commendable leadership on one issue, and an important one. Despite his freshman status in the Senate at the time, Santorum was pivotal in navigating welfare reform through the legislature and to the desk of President Bill Clinton. A legislative staffer at the time, Ron Haskins, now at the centrist Brookings Institution, attributed Santorum's success on welfare reform to his intelligence and to his ability to work with Democrats and compromise when needed, in an interview with National Review's Brian Bolduc.
Second, and also looking back into Santorum's congressional career in the early '90s, Santorum voted against NAFTA, and has cast somewhat consistent votes for tariffs. Alec MacGillis, writing for The New Republic's website, notes Santorum still addresses - in MacGillis' words, eloquently - the decline of domestic manufacturing. Michael Tanner, another writer for National Review, chides that Santorum favors "tilting the playing field toward manufacturing industries."
In the modern conservative movement, these positions may seem contradictory, or incongruent in some way. For another example, Erick Erickson of RedState.com includes Santorum's support of tariffs and trade barriers as policies that led to the Republicans' "downfall," as have other bloggers. But Santorum exhibits, on this tandem, a better grasp of economic and political reality and the relationship between the expectation that free men and women require self-reliance and the economic conditions - more specifically the respect for a diverse economy where producing goods is still valued - necessary for such self-reliance to be a practical possibility. And in that regard, Santorum's performance in Iowa provides glimmers of hope.
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Information propagation within the genetic network of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Chowdhury, Sharif; Lloyd-Price, Jason; Smolander, Olli-Pekka; Baici, Wayne C. V.; Hughes, Timothy R.; Yli-Harja, Olli; Chua, Gordon; S. Ribeiro, Andre
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Issue date: 2010
Citation: Chowdhury, S., Lloyd-Price, J., Smolander, O-P., Baici, W. C. V., Hughes, T. R., Yli-Harja, O., Chua, G. & S. Ribeiro, A. 2010. Information propagation within the genetic network of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BMC Systems Biology 4 143, 10 p.
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Faculty: Tieto- ja sähkötekniikan tiedekunta – Faculty of Computing and Electrical Engineering
Department: Signaalinkäsittelyn laitos
Background A gene network's capacity to process information, so as to bind past events to future actions, depends on its structure and logic. From previous and new microarray measurements in Saccharomyces cerevisiae following gene deletions and overexpressions, we identify a core gene regulatory network (GRN) of functional interactions between 328 genes and the transfer functions of each gene. Inferred connections are verified by gene enrichment. Results We find that this core network has a generalized clustering coefficient that is much higher than chance. The inferred Boolean transfer functions have a mean p-bias of 0.41, and thus similar amounts of activation and repression interactions. However, the distribution of p-biases differs significantly from what is expected by chance that, along with the high mean connectivity, is found to cause the core GRN of S. cerevisiae's to have an overall sensitivity similar to critical Boolean networks. In agreement, we find that the amount of information propagated between nodes in finite time series is much higher in the inferred core GRN of S. cerevisiae than what is expected by chance. Conclusions We suggest that S. cerevisiae is likely to have evolved a core GRN with enhanced information propagation among its genes.
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If you follow me on Twitter, you may remember that back in July while I was a speaker at Cosmoprof I tweeted that I was out to dinner with the grandfather of hair extensions, Kit Rogers. Quite brilliantly, he put together a video to show him at work putting on extensions at Salon Seven in Park City, Utah. The model here's name is Sarah, who was the costume designer for the Cosby Show. I think he did an amazing job, wouldn't you agree?
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She is neutered and isn't due for her vaccination for three months. I'm worrying myself sick. She is eating and drinking, and her poop seems fine, maybe a little green but not much. I am concerned about heartworm or perhaps depression. My little boy is fine and full of bounce. Is there any advice you can give that I could use or tell my vet to look for?
A: It sounds like you have done all the right things. It was very smart to watch your older ferret once you brought a new one into the house. And once you saw something that was upsetting (lethargy), you went to see her veterinarian.
Your experience is not uncommon. Many times, owners tell me their pet is lethargic at home only to have the pet "perk up" once it arrives at our office. Sometimes, it is because the pet's illness is transitory; by the time the pet comes in to see us, the pet is on the mend. Or sometimes it is because the pet has an "adrenaline rush" by coming into our office — and its excitement masks its illness.
It's not always possible for veterinarians to tell the difference between this excitement phase and a pet that is improving from its illness.
In such cases, if an examination shows no abnormalities, we usually recommend that the pet be taken home and observed during the next 24 hours. If the ferret goes back to looking ill, then we recommend the owner come back in and we start searching for some answers. This usually means running a few tests like a complete blood count and biochemistry profile.
Your ferret is probably too young to have an insulinoma, but that's usually something to consider when a ferret is lethargic. And sometimes epizootic catarrhal enteritis starts with periods of lethargy and no other signs of disease.
With further diagnostic testing, your veterinarian should be able to rule in or out these diseases, along with other possible causes of the signs you are observing.
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The rain showers and rip currents that have been an issue for most of July along the Gulf beaches were nowhere to be found Friday. The only way Friday's "dress rehearsal" could have gone any better was if the Blue Angels were participating. The Blue Angels' entire air show season was canceled this year due to federal budget cuts. According to the Pensacola News Journal, this is the first year since 1991 that the Blue Angels have not appeared at the air show.
The Pensacola Beach Air Show is typically the island's biggest tourist draw of the year, and while Friday's crowd did not reach its usual levels, there were still several thousand people along the beaches, on boats in the sound and parked along roadsides watching the show.
"I think it was great of the (Santa Rosa) Island Authority to go ahead with the show," said Pensacola resident Allen Nagel, who did his best to track the maneuvers of the civilian air teams with a hand-held video camera from the Casino Beach boardwalk. "These civilian teams do some of the same maneuvers as the Blue Angels, they just do them slower."
For several visitors to Pensacola Beach who were witnessing their first air show, the spectacle was a sight to be seen even without participation by the U.S. Navy's flight demonstration team.
"I heard some people commenting about they wish they could see (the Blue Angels)," said Rolando Chavez of Houston, who took his wife and three children to the air show while on their summer vacation. "For me, never seeing anything like this before, it's pretty amazing."
The Rev. Brian Abel took a group of 12 high school students from Calder Baptist Church in Beaumont, Texas to see the show on their way to a mission camp in North Carolina. When asked what part of the show was the group's favorite, several answers were volunteered at once.
One camper liked the patriotic salute by team Lima Lima's six yellow planes at the end of the show. Two others voted for Otto the helicopter, a cheerful-looking bird adorned with a smiley face on its front. Still another voted for the bi-plane Prometheus, piloted by Skip Stewart.
"It was all great," Abel concluded.
The Pensacola Beach Air Show continues Saturday in front of Santa Rosa Island and Casino Beach. The air performances start at 1 p.m., although parking in the main Casino Beach lot is expected to fill up well before that.
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UN Secretary-General Delivers Bernard Brodie Lecture: "Green Growth Will Power the Economy of the 21st Century"
2 March 2010: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivered the "Bernard Brodie Lecture on Conditions for Peace" at the University of California, in Los Angeles, California, US, on 2 March 2010. He noted the interconnections in today's global world, highlighting the global financial and food crises, climate change, and global terrorism.
On climate change, he acknowledged that California has "long set the pace on environmental activism," and noted that it continues to "show the way on green technology, a clean-energy future and the regulations needed to make it possible." Ban underlined that green growth will "power the economy of the 21st century." On the controversy regarding the fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), he recognized that some mistakes had been made but that stressed that "this has been exaggerated." He emphasized that "nothing that has been reported changes the picture," emissions are rising, the impacts of climate change are accelerating, and they are caused by human actions.
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> I have an ES45 with 16GB of memory ( four 4GB Dataram kits ).
> When I run the memtest of sys_exer (from the >>>)
> on it I get some Correctable ECC errors.
> There's not a lot of them, but I'm used to not seeing
> any. I ran the test for about 12 hours (approximately
> 2500 passes) and I had a dozen or so errors, calling
> out four different boards.
> In an earlier run there was a burst of several dozen errors
> on one chip (not sure exactly how many, it overflowed the
> scrollback buffer of the terminal emulator I was using), but then
> they went away (does memtest perhaps read a location
> multiple times before writing to it again? ).
> Anyway, what's your feeling about this amount of
> errors: is it normal, ok or unacceptable in
> your estimation?
> Memtest reports 0 soft errors on the memory, doesn't
> a correctable ECC error count as a "soft error"?
> ps, the ES45 has four 1GHz CPUs, in case that
> makes a difference.[/color]
Errors, soft or hard, are not acceptable!
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what they tell you to do. I believe that Dataram is pretty good about
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Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) will eliminate about 75 jobs as part of a restructuring of R&D operations to narrow its areas of basic-research focus while spending more on cancer drug development and advancing its late-stage pipeline as planned.
"We anticipate that about 70 to 75 positions will be eliminated as a result of our shift R&D strategy. That represents about 1% of the R&D workforce at BMS," a company spokeswoman, Laura Hortas, told GEN.
Hortas said "between 15 and 20" of the positions are in Seattle at ZymoGenetics, which BMS acquired in 2010: "Those individuals will have the opportunity to relocate to New Jersey if they decide to do so."
The remaining positions will be at BMS' U.S. R&D locations. In addition to the Seattle site, BMS' website lists U.S. R&D facilities in Redwood City, CA; Hopewell, NJ; New Brunswick, NJ; Plainsboro, NJ; Princeton, NJ; Wallingford, CT; and Waltham, MA.
In a statement, BMS said it will step up discovery efforts in immune-oncology while ending broad-based discovery research in hepatitis C, diabetes, and neuroscience. However, several diabetes and hepatitis C compounds are among the commercial and late-stage drugs for which the company said it will continue to carry out development, regulatory, and commercial plans.
Those products, according to BMS, include its diabetes franchise and hepatitis C treatments, as well as the cancer drugs Erbitux (cetuximab) and Sprycel® (dasatinib), the cardiovascular drug Eliquis® (apixaban), the arthritis drug Orencia® (abatacept), the chronic hepatitis B drug Baraclude® (entecavir), and the HIV-1 drug Reyataz® (atazanavir sulfate)/Sustiva® (efavirenz).
BMS also said it will continue to focus research efforts on HIV, hepatitis B, heart failure, oncology, immunoscience, and fibrotic diseases.
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Network Database
A type of database that was fairly common in the 1960's, but was eventually replaced by
s without much of a fight.
It is alleged that
s resemble
s in a way that is too close for comfort. The downfall of
s with regard to stalling market share in the late 1990's is sometimes attributed to drawbacks of
s . In other words OODBMS have not overcome the flaws of
s, according to this view.
One way to define a
is a network of
s. IOW, a pool of dictionaries that may
point to
one another. This differs from a
partly in that the highest and primary object is the dictionary instead of a "table" (relational). Of course vendors had their own variations on this theme, some with quasi-relational features and perhaps some
influenced features. Another common feature is "exposed indices". One could select an index and "surf" on it (next, previous, first, last) to retrieve dictionaries (records) in the order of the index. (I have not found any "formal" theory description. This definition/description is just based on specimen observation.)
Not to be confused with a "LAN-Database" or "WAN-Database". "Network" is a data structure, not a matrix of physical wires in this context.
Using database cursors is sometimes seen as a throwback to
s because one is "surfing the index(es)". Relational theory is suppose to hide the existence of indexes (or the lack of) from queries and DB users. For some operations, such as open-ended browsing of tables, I *like* cursors though. Bummer.
There is a difference between capturing and maintaining data on the one hand and presenting and manipulating it on the other. The former is without a question the responsibility a DBMS, and the latter part of the 'application' of that information. A RDBMS doesn't require cursors as part of the data model, rather provides them to clients who don't want to program in Prolog. A cursor doesn't have to run across an index. It can be as arbitrary as the select statement that generated it. A network database requires some sort of index surfing as part of the data model.
My understanding of the big disadvantage of
s was that the navigation paths between entities were determined at database design time; you as a programmer then just followed those paths ("the programmer as navigator"). If the particular navigation path you application turns out to need was missing, you either had to change the database or implement the logic for such a query in your application. Whereas in relational databases, you can use any columns of any tables for a join, whether the database designer thought of the need for such a query or not.
(Can anyone of those who have been around that long correct or confirm the above?)
The same goes for objects. For example, let's say you are given two components to work with, Person and City, and you can't change their source code. The pre-determined "navigation paths" are person.getCity() and city.getPersons(). Now marketing comes up with a great new promotion idea, where they award prices to persons who are named like a city (I know, it's strange, but that's marketing for you). Problem is, there is no person.getPersonsNamedLikeACity(), so you have to go and implement the logic for such a search outside of the Person and City objects. Contrast with relational DBs, where you just say "select * from person, city where person.name = city.name", without touching the database or implementing searching logic in your application.
Note that when you "just say 'select...'" you _are_ "implementing searching logic." -- DanielBarclay
{WRT to the SQL example, you may want to consider using a LIKE clause of some sort for near matches. Some DB's even have
() operations.}
You seem to be confused about how objects and classes are used. In the example you give (supposing that indeed I can't change the code of the components of the application I'm maintaining) then one solution could be to introduce a new class, say Promotion, that has the responsibility for find instances of class Person with the same name as an instance of class City. That's perfectly respectable, more respectable that taking Person and bolting on some arbitrary new responsibility in fact. Why would you think otherwise?
If there was a good reason to roll the responsibility into an existing class then we might expect to be able to extend Person using inheritance without changing Person itself.
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"You seem to be confused about how objects and classes are used." - Gee,
I'm pretty much of an OO-head myself, so where's that coming from? Was it something I said or did you see an argument against OO, immediately assumed it must be coming from a certain person, and projected what you knew about said person's OO knowledge onto me?
It was something you said. Specifically, the suggestion that instances of person might have a method to do the required search. That would bee a goofy thing to do, and is the sort of thing I see done a lot by OO neophites [Removed personal digs]. If that isn't what you meant, you might want to revise your words to make them clearer.
Actually, with your permission, I think we should try to refactor the whole page.
"one solution could be to introduce a new class..." ...outside of the city and person objects. Yes, that's what I said, wasn't it?
I don't know, you didn't mention classes.
Where else than in classes would I put that functionality in an OO solution?!?
My point was that in OO, you either have to touch the "database" (change or extend Person with getPersonsNamedLikeACity(), which, as you say, looks quite bolted-on), or you have to
query/searching logic in the "client" of the database (Promotion), which is also smelly. With a relational model, you have to do neiter.
You do have to write the new query though. With a smart choice of OO language and OO persistance technology the code to do the search might not be any more complicated than the query (might in fact look almost identical to it), so...what's you point again?
That in order to be able to use the query, you'd have to ad it as a meethod on one of the databases' classes, hence change the database design.
When the persistance technology offers such relational-like querying, there is no disadvantage that I can see. In that way, many OO persistance solutions "embraced and extended" relational technology - after all, matching up the attributes of two sets of entities to establish an relationship is pretty relational (and practical) thing to do. If such features are missing (think serialized object graphs, think XML), though, the designer has to watch out for said "predefined navigation path trap", and plan for change.
Relational databases had superior query abilities by most accounts. Nobody appeared to challenge the downfall of
s at the time (that I know of), until OO revived interest in similar techniques in the late 80's. You also imply that a OODBMS is being used. If that is the case, then why do you still need Person classes in your application code? Shouldn't the schema be defined and managed in only one place if we obey
? Just a question. I am a believer in DatabasesAreMoreThanJustPersistence
, I would note. I don't necessarily question that a
can have relational queries done on it, but I suspect that it's implementation and tools must be optimized for either one model or the other, and not both at the same time.
By the way, objects may be a step back to network databases, but XML goes even further, back to hierarchical... (
And JQuery is
reborn? Odd. At this pace, COBOL will be the next big thing. Maybe security concerns will drive the market back into mainframe techniques and languages, eh? Buy stock in COBOL and JCL.
{Wow. How do you get from JQuery to
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Let me rephrase it to be the "query part of JQuery".
{It's a "query part" to the same extent that a fully-qualified domain name is a "domain query", or a file path is a "file query", or a regular expression is a "text query". I don't think the
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LANSING -- Three former Lansing Lugnuts -- Matt Treanor, Ryan Theriot and Marc Rzepczynski -- are members of the two Major League World Series teams this fall.
Treanor, a right-handed hitting catcher for the Lugnuts in their inaugural season of 1996, is a backup catcher for the American League champion Texas Rangers.
The 35-year-old Treanor was on the active roster for the Rangers during the American League Division Series, but was dropped from the roster for the championship series. He returned to the roster for the World Series and remains on standby in case of an injury.
Treanor batted .260 with six homers and 33 RBI as a Lugnut in '96, when the team was affiliated with the Kansas City Royals.
Infielder Ryan Theriot, who played with the Lugnuts in 2002 and 2003 when they were affiliated with the Chicago Cubs, is now a utility infielder for the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals.
A right-handed hitter, the 31-year-old Theriot batted .252 while playing in 130 games for Lansing in 2002.
Also on the Cardinals' roster is pitcher Marc Rzepczynski, who played for the Lugnuts in 2008 as a Toronto Blue Jays' farmhand.
Rzepczynski, a 26-year-old lefthander, had a 7-6 record and a 2.83 earned run average as a starting pitcher in his only year in Lansing. He is pitching in relief for St. Louis.
"Obviously, we're very proud of them," Lugnuts Assistant General Manager Nick Grueser said. "Hopefully they took some of the things they learned here to help them make it to the big leagues.
"It's very exciting. I'm glad we could be a part of their history and I'm very excited for them."
So, whether Texas or St. Louis wins the World Series, the Lugnuts are assured of having at least one world champion this fall.
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We were able to secure one of these bad boys a couple of weeks early to review, and bring you the full unboxing experience and hands-on usage in all its glory below. Without further delay:
The iPedestal comes in a stylish and yet economical case provided by Apple which is as fun as any of their packaging to open. Our staff members could hardly contain their excitement as we peeled back each layer of the exterior to find the stand inside:
To keep it lightweight, Apple has managed to make the entire iPedestal hollow underneath (while still allowing plenty of room for your accessory cables and, of course, the iPad itself). The magical design of the stand itself ensures the iPedestal is always solidly anchored to your desk or lap however:
As an added bonus, the iPedestal can hold your protective iPad carrying boxes if inverted, saving you money since you would ordinarily have to buy a second stand of a different size to do this (second iPedestal, sold seperately, required to hold both ends at once):
Here's a picture of the iPedestal against a clean backdrop, ready to revolutionize your working experience. The iPedestal has a very "green" look and feel, which is nice to see in computer accessories instead of the trademark metal, rubber, and plastic that is so commonly used elsewhere:
The iPad, once inserted, is held firmly in place at just the right angle. In testing, we found it somewhat difficult to access every part of the screen and all of the buttons, but we're sure we'll get used to it after a little while. The iPedestal promises a much more ergonomic usage experience:
If you need to type a lot, have no fear: The iPedestal integrates with Apple's iPad Keyboard Dock (sold separately) as well, offering truly the best of both worlds:
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There you have it folks, the iPedestal. In our testing, this beats out every other stand to date (no surprise, since Apple can control every part of the user experience from start to end). And at the price, it's a deal you can't pass up. Look for the iPedestal ($79.99) on April 15 or pre-order yours today.
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Fab Four & The Stunt Doubles
Even Arnab, Rajdeep, Sagarika and Barkha need a break from rabble-rousing! Enter - the weekend doubles.
I have always wondered why my weekends are more enjoyable than my weekdays. Now I know. That's the time when the stunt doubles appear on news channels to relieve the illustrious stalwarts, Arnab, Rajdeep, Sagarika, and partly Barkha – "partly" because Barkha hosts We the People on Sunday nights – a time when we, the people, are gloomy already, dreading the impending week and the ghastly Monday we'll be waking up to in a few hours time. (But if I am not mistaken, We the People doesn't count as it is recorded and not live – although Sri Sri Sri – oh, is that one too many? sorry – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar may have something to say about what's live and what's recorded. It's all maya-khel [an illusion] he might say if he's feeling charitable.)
To come back to the point at hand, weekends are enjoyable because TV news is presented, read, and anchored unlike all other days of the week. In fact, it is presented exactly as it used to be in the good old days of the Doordarshan monopoly. Younger readers would understand what I mean if they were to watch the news on any of the DD channels. It's still the same (not the news, I hope not, although one can never be sure). The whole thing comes across as sound waves from a tanpura-do at a Hindustani Classical concert: calming, serene, and unhurried – the fellow plucking the strings is a million miles away, no longer of this world.
Weekend News shows don't make you feel you are on the frontline, with oral cannons booming away all around you, with verbal grenades being hurled at you every other minute. Watching Arnab perform, I have realised, can exhaust you. What it does to him I can only guess. Treat him like desi daru at your own peril I say; he's like a twelve-year-old whisky, I hasten to add, which must be enjoyed only occasionally.
No matter which way you look at it, News shows on weekdays, presented by the above-mentioned fab-four – who'll soon have a mountain bearing their faces the way it's all headed – Mount Yellmore? – leaves you craving for a peaceful weekend, one where you might like to sip a drink while admiring the neighbour's rottweiler soar acrobatically for the frisbee in a DDA lawn near you. I believe the owners of these channels have done a marvellous job of allowing the fab-four their weekend off. After all, they too presumably watch what their respective channels dish out on weekdays, and Tai Chi or Bikram Yoga can only do so much to calm your frayed nerves. There's the Himalayan Spa retreat, but still.
While the fab-four recuperate and "do gargle" with salt-water in preparation for the coming week, taking their places are the second rung, the stunt doubles as I call them. And I don't say this in a disparaging way. Quite the opposite, in fact. You see, what the second rung has on offer is just plain news. No heated debates, no screaming. They are not TV-Gaddafis, they don't sermonise and shout and harangue the panellists – if at all the latter are present during their shows, that is. After all, why should the first-rung panellists be denied peaceful weekends, now that they are well aware that Monday to Friday will once again be hell and high-water? And so the weekend panellists, too, are of the stunt double texture and smell. They see the weekend as an opportunity to slip in a good word or two about their party and the direction in which it is headed, in the most decent manner possible. You can't ever get angry or disgusted by the weekend panellists or the weekend spokespersons, so endearing are their blundering, ungainly mannerisms, just like your Masurrji or Phooparrji (goodness, what terminology; in Tamil these specimens sound so much nicer). So we don't see Mr Manish Tewari, but rather a gentleman I can't quite recall the name of – a well-fed man with pahari features and a lakhnawi andaaz – does that help? From the Opposition side, we get to see and hear Mr Shahnawaz Hussain and his friend, the affable Mr Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. They replace the fiery Mr Rajiv Pratap Rudy and one Mr Tarun Vijay, who I feel is just the right man to rile up Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar – also AWOL during the weekend, and just back from America, whose democracy he felt unnecessarily gave "the right to the lower orders to be rude to their social superiors" (from his 'American Diary' in the previous issue of Outlook). No prizes for guessing which category Mr Aiyar thinks Mr Vijay falls in.
The only news channel which doesn't offer weekend stunt doubles is DD News. There's no need. The newsreaders never get as excited or charged-up as the Fab-Four do during the weekdays. I think their boss Ms Soni has told them: "Carry on with the good job, fellas. No need for you to take the weekends off. By the by, here are the seven MMS clips of the foundation stone-laying ceremonies you might like to screen tonight".
So much for the public sector cushion.
The stunt doubles come out mostly on the weekends. What they do on weekdays is the natural question, the answer to which I don't yet know. Perhaps they, too, sit and watch the Fab Four all through the week and shake their heads at the fire-and-brimstone reporting. They might even get angry at what they see, crush a glass or two with their bare hands like I do sometimes. But they are all very nice and polite when it matters, and they make mistakes galore, making the act of watching them a pleasurable experience. They stutter, ask silly and ridiculous questions, use a language riddled with clichés, all for the greater good.
Who knows: even the main handlers of the studios get stunt doubles to take their places on the weekends, for one sees flies land on the anchor's nose, the graphics going haywire, the OB van links vanishing to a dot all of a sudden. In short, a new management takes over for the weekend. Dare I say, it's all outsourced? But it's a welcome relief, nonetheless. A time to girdle up one's loins and wait for Monday night.
For the Hindi News channels, there are stunt doubles, too, except that these are the real ones – they've been hired from the Bollywood film industry and have landed in Delhi from Mumbai just for the weekend. The female anchors look like extras from a dance number that involves 300 of them boogieing to moves that are wholly in conflict with those of the hero and the heroine. In a nutshell, bad extras. I don't think they are paid that much for their news work; tea and rusk is what I fear. One peculiar Hindi News channel, though, doesn't have to bother procuring stunt doubles for the weekend, simply because the whole damn channel is a stunt, weekends or weekdays doesn't matter.
Truth be told, even the channels know that viewers want relief, and so the news slots many a time are crammed with half-hour programmes on a Bollywood icon or a Bollywood theme, the theme being romance, villainy, happy songs, sad songs, Maa, etc. No one wants a bare-toothed dogfight on an issue that will peter out in a day.
The more one watches the news, the more one understands that this is an industry like any other. There are people in there with a finger on the pulse of the viewer; they want him refreshed and ready for the Monday-to-Friday onslaught that's coming his way. Life is tough for the rabble-rousers. It works to everyone's advantage that they get two days off.
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The latest Bon Appetit is a doozy, loaded with Southern food but it inspired this new recipe that I created yesterday.
I'm trying to get more greens in my diet, as the local 'natural' grocery store has their own organic farm, and they usually have some sort of it on sale. This week it's kale, so this is what I used.
2 bunches of Kale, rinsed, and torn into smaller pieces
1 large onion, sliced
4 pieces of bacon, diced
2 smoked turkey legs (I used Diestel)
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 cup Pepper Plant hot sauce
3 TB curry powder
1 TB garam masala
1 tsp cayenne pepper flakes
salt to taste
This can also be done in a crock pot, but I used my faux Le Crueset enamel dutch oven. I preheated the oven to 180 degrees.
Bring 6 cups of salted water to boil in a large pot. Blanch the kale in it for just about 5 minutes. Strain, reserving 2 cups of the liquid, and set aside.
In the dutch oven, cook the bacon over medium heat until the fat starts to rend. Add the onions, and cook, stirring, until soft and translucent. Add the garlic, cook a couple more minutes. Add kale in a layer over the onions/bacon mixture.
Using 1 cup or so of the liquid, mix in the seasonings and hot sauce, and whisk to combine. Pour over the kale.
Nestle the two turkey legs on top.
Cover and cook 5-6 hours, don't stir it.
Remove from the oven, and take out the turkey legs, set aside and shred the meat. Return to the pot and stir to combine ingredients. Salt as needed. Add more hot sauce if you like too. I also added a pat of butter at the end w/ a bit more curry powder, as my hubby prefers curry dishes to be glowing yellow LOL
The bacon + the smoked turkey + the curry is such a great combination, and makes an epic broth. I can't wait to try the leftovers tonight, you know how curry sits and gets even better...
I'm also going to try it with smoked pork next time, they didn't have any at the store so I'm going to order a smoked ham hock online.
I made white rice for the hubby to serve it over (ok so I had some too, I'd spent all day claying/waxing my car), but I bet this would be great with sweet potatoes - curry/smoky/spicy + sweet.... mmmmm yummy.


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March 28, 2006
Looking for theaters to revitalize
I recently fell upon this wonderful site and became a member.
I was doing a search on a local theater in NJ, the Harwan Theater. I had wanted to revitalize it and was hoping somehow I could re-design the space or buy it. I found out the theater is in the process of renovation and re-opening.
I am an interior designer and have always wanted to open my own club/restaurant. I was wondering if there are any theaters that are closed that can possibly be turned into a venue either for live theater, live music, club or a restaurant.
I am all for saving theater in this country but I didn't realize the amount of theaters we have, unfortunately most of them are closed. I would like to save the architecture and possibly turn an existing run down space into something new and exciting.
Please if anyone can help me in achieving this I would highly appreciate this. Who do I need to contact? I will look into each theater individually if I have to. I would also be interested in saving the building to us as a theater if I felt that was the best use for the space.
Last thing, on average how much does a theater cost to buy? I live in NJ so anything in surrounding states is fine.
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March 22, 2006
Master Plan Complete for Historic Michigan Theatre
JACKSON, MI — Press Release: Theatre Rehabilitation Master Plan Complete for Historic Michigan Theatre in Jackson; Design Team is Led by GunnLevine Architects with Consulting Architects, SmithGroup, Inc.
Detroit-based GunnLevine Architects and consulting architect SmithGroup, Inc., completed rehabilitation master planning services for the Michigan Theatre in Jackson.
Since the theatre's completion in 1930, the city of Jackson has experienced significant cultural changes, transitioning from a manufacturing base to a community that values itself as a leader in arts and educational programming. The current leadership plans to update the theatre's programming to include movies, concerts, Community Theatre, children's film festivals, special events and more.
Edward D. Francis, FAIA, lead architect and Principal for GunnLevine comments, "The interior, while smaller than the fabulous FOX in Detroit, is its equal in terms of decorative plaster, elaborate moldings, decorative tile, wood paneling, and ornamental ironwork. It's the only theatre of its kind in mid-Michigan."
The Michigan Theatre is on the National Register of Historic Places, the State Historic Register and is located in a designated Historic District of Jackson, MI. The master plan completion is targeted for April of 2006.
March 13, 2006
Wheaton Grand Theater to Close for Restoration April 1st
WHEATON, IL — The Wheaton Grand Theatre on Hale Street in downtown Wheaton has set a date of April 1st for the start of its restoration project, and will also be closed starting that date, which means its frequent rock shows will have to find a new host for the time being, according to this article in the Daily Herald.
The 80 year-old theater will be closed indefinitely while work on the estimated $7 million restoration kicks off. The goal is to bring the Grand back to its original single, 800-seat auditorium configuration. Ray Shepardson, who is the managing director of the restoration project, says, "I did not understand how effective and popular [the theater] was. But if we didn't close now, the restoration was never going to happen."
February 28, 2006
Howard Theater Coming Back to Life!
WASHINGTON, DC — The District of Columbia government, after letting the historic Howard Theatre rot for decades, is finally going to save it and is seeking solicitations. Read this
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February 14, 2006
Academy Theater Launches Memories Project in Celebration of Renovation
PORTLAND, OR — Portlanders are invited to join in commemorating the life and times of the historic Academy Theater, a gorgeous Streamline Moderne jewel located on Mt. Tabor, in the Southeast Portland neighborhood of Montavilla. The theater is scheduled to re-open next month for the first time in nearly thirty years.
In celebration of the grand re-opening, theater owners Ty Dupuis — proprietor of Flying Pie Pizzeria, and his business partners — local husband and wife team Heyward and Julie Stewart – who are currently in the process of renovating the landmark theater, are issuing a "call for memories," inviting those who still remember the Academy Theater fondly to share their recollections. Amusing memories, reminiscences of first dates, old photos, and more are welcome.
February 1, 2006
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Fox Theatre Seeks Partner(s)
CRESTVIEW, FL — Looking for a short term investor or other to help in the renovation of this FOX THEATRE. The name has been retained and is incorportated in the State of Florida.
Built in 1947, the Fox premiered the movie "12 O'Clock High." The building location is on Main Street in downtown Crestview, Florida in the center of town. Crestview is located next to Eglin AFB where a lot of the filming was made as well as in Crestview. Gregory Peck was featured in local newspapers and played baseball with some of the local teams while filming here.
The theatre was closed in 1979 and I obtained it from the second owner. Due to local fire codes etc., I am looking for some help in bringing back to life this historical building. The theatre had a single screen and a larger stage has been added 20'X40'. With hopes of bringing it back to life, I plan on having live shows along with some movies and eats.
January 17, 2006
Tower Theater in Oklahoma City Being Renovated
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — The historic Tower Theater on Route 66 in Oklahoma City is currently undergoing renovations. If you have any photos, stories or information about this theater or would like to get involved please e-mail: .
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Uptown Development Group
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December 21, 2005
Freeing the Phoenix
OLYMPIA, WA — In 1997, Harlequin Productions embarked on an impossible dream.
With the generous help of our audience and friends, we resurrected the State Theater to create one of the artistic jewels of our community.
To commemorate that achievement, the lobby ceiling was adorned with a new mural: "Rising Phoenix". With the opening of the State Theater, the bar was raised. Harlequin Productions met the challenge, delivering high-quality, adventurous theater in a beautiful, intimate setting and serving as a powerful economic driver for Olympia's downtown.
Despite superb ticket sales, the combined fiscal pressures of a sluggish economy and the drain of the State Theater mortgage undermined the finances of the company from '01 – '03.
In March, 2004, faced with imminent closure, Harlequin Productions asked the community to determine whether the company was "to be, or not to be." An overwhelmingly positive response eliminated the crisis and all short-term debt. To ensure the future fiscal health of the company, we must now perform maintenance and upgrades on our home and retire the mortgage.
For more information, visit this website.
October 6, 2005
Renovation Begun at Garden Theatre
WINTER GARDEN, FL — Crews began restoration work October 5 on the 1935 Garden Theatre. The movie house, closed since 1963, will become a performing arts facility and part-time movie house for the community.
The interior of this house was set in a Spanish garden, with "Romeo and Juliet" balconies, greenery, lots of Spanish tile and a twinkling star ceiling. It was used as a warehouse for over 60 years. Plans are to match the original style as closely as possible, while extending the stage forward to give sufficient space for live performances. It will seat about 300, and the theatre is scheduled to open in late 2006.


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It was supposed to be the Year of the Baylor Lady Bears. But Connecticut Coach Geno Auriemma knew different all the way back in September.
As he watched his squad go through preseason workouts back then, he thought they could be something special.
Indeed they were.
Without a true star and despite some mid-season mild pitfalls, UConn grabbed its eighth national championship Tuesday night in the New Orleans Arena with the dominance to which women's college basketball has long since grown accustomed.
The Huskies, the top seed from the Bridgeport Regional making their sixth straight Final Four appearance, ended the Cinderella run of Big East rival Louisville, the fifth seed from the Oklahoma City Regional, in the women's basketball national championship game, 93-60.
It was the biggest margin of victory in a championship game, eclipsing Tennessee's 23-point margin of victory against Louisiana Tech in 1987 in the Vols' 67-44 victory.
"When I would go watch them in the morning, I remember saying to them, 'You guys have a certain something,'' Auriemma said Monday.
They showed just what that something was against Louisville, which saw its incredible run come quickly crashing down.
Everyone talked about how Louisville loved New Orleans and how well the Cardinals athletic programs have fared here. UConn, too, has a love affair with the Crescent City. UConn (35-4) has appeared in all three Final Fours held here and has won two national championships.
The eight titles tie Tennessee for the most in collegiate women's basketball history. And Auriemma has directed UConn to all eight.
"To see the reaction of the players, the seniors, that's what sort means the most,'' Auriemma said.
As for the star part, UConn freshman forward Breanna Stewart has officially taken that role from Baylor senior center Brittney Griner, the Associated Press Player of the Year.
Stewart, the Women's Final Four Most Outstanding Player, was magnificent Tuesday and in both games in New Orleans. She finished with 23 points, nine rebounds and three assists against Louisville. She scored 52 points in the two games, including 29 in the Huskies' 83-65 victory against nemesis Notre Dame, which beat UConn three times during the regular season.
"She's a tremendous athlete,'' said Louisville forward Sara Hammond, who led the Cardinals with 15 points. "She's got a wing span that's close to Brittney Griner's, I think. She's a hard matchup. She can shoot the 3. She can take you off the dribble or post you. She did a tremendous job and her teammates did a tremendous job of getting her open and getting her the ball. Our whole game plan was to limit her touches and not let her rebound. She was relentless on the board tonight. Credit to her.''
UConn dominated in all phases but perhaps the most surprising was that they made 13 of 26 3-pointers.
"They're a fantastic basketball team and we knew that coming in here,'' Louisville Coach Jeff Walz said. "They played as well as I've seen them play the entire year tonight. They shot the ball as well as I've seen them shoot. We knew coming in here that we were going to try and make them take some 3s. And they took some 3s and made some 3s.''
It was Stewart, junior guard Bria Hartley and sophomore forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis that ignited a first-half rally that popped Louisville's tournament balloon. With men's coach Rick Pitino in the crowd, fresh off the Cardinals national championship victory against Michigan on Monday, Louisville (29-9) took a 14-10 lead with 13:51 left in the first half.
It just seemed to anger the Huskies.
They answered with a 19-0 run that clearly showed why they own women's college basketball. The Huskies did it with deadly perimeter shooting, dominating rebounding and smothering defense, especially against Louisville's heretofore hot shooters.
Stewart, who had 18 points and seven rebounds on 7 of 11 shooting from the field in the first half, had seven points in the run, Hartley and Mosqueda-Lewis six apiece.
After a 3-point shot by Mosqueda-Lewis, who finished with 18 points and nine rebounds, with 8:44 to play, UConn controlled 29-14.
Louisville never got the lead under double digits the rest of the game and UConn showed the nation why it's the gold standard of women's college basketball.
UConn held Louisville to 10 of 30 shooting from the field in the first half and 2 of 9 from 3-point range. The Cardinals finished 5 of 23 from 3-point range.
Cardinals guard Shoni Schimmel, who finished with nine points, had only two points in the first half on 1 of 8 shooting. It was the 3-pointer that keyed Louisville's 82-81 upset victory of Baylor in the Sweet 16 round and its journey to the championship game. The Cardinals made 16 3s against Baylor and were shooting 42 percent from 3-point range in the tournament.
Not against UConn though.
The Huskies ruled the boards in the first half, outrebounding the smaller Cardinals, 26-17, with 11 offensive rebounds. UConn outrebounded Louisville for the game, 44-28, with 13 offensive rebounds. And UConn was 16-5 in second chance points in the initial 20 minutes.
Despite the loss, Walz said it was a great run by his team, one that no one thought they'd make.
"We didn't quite have enough tonight,'' Louisville Coach Jeff Walz said. "But it's not because we didn't compete. We competed for all 40 minutes. Without a doubt, (this is) going to go down as one of the greatest runs in women's basketball. To be a five (seed) and knock off a 4 and the number one of all ones in Baylor then a two in Tennessee and then come back and beat Cal. We just came up one game short. We're going to hold heads high and be proud of what we did.''


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Costume Quest takes place on Halloween and tells the story of a boy or girl (your choice) that sets out on a quest to save their sibling. There are monsters that have invaded the human world and are trying to steal all the candy. When they go trick or treating, the house they visit has a monster who mistakes the sibling you didn't pick as being a piece of candy and kidnaps them. This thrusts our hero into a quest to rescue his/her sibling, so he/she won't get grounded by the parents.
Costume Quest is the first game from Double Fine after Brutal Legends, it's an old school turn-based RPG game; similar in style of older Final Fantasy titles or the newer Blue Dragon game. This game is very simple to play, and trust me when I say it, this game is basically holding your hand all the way through it. I had no issues with this, having played pretty much every RPG in Square Enix's catalog over my 23 years of life. I enjoyed being able to go back and play a nice and simple RPG game without some convoluted game mechanic. Your team attacks first then the enemies, and as you attack the game will flat out tell you when to hit one of the face buttons to do extra damage. No having to learn exact timing (a la Mario and Luigi series), so for people who may not be too familiar with turn-based RPG's, they can use Costume Quest as a good starter game. In the game you collect costumes to give your character and his companions different abilities from the cool robot costume to the more bizarre unicorn costume. Each one brings a unique ability to the battle and helps keep the battles fresh. In addition to the main quest of the game, each of the 3 areas you visit offer various side quest. From collecting creepy treat cards to bobbing for apples, these quests offer some fun things to do when you don't feel like rescuing your brother/sister.
The visuals of Costume Quest have a great charm to them. It's a very cartoony look which works great for the bizarreness that tends to come from Tim Schafer games. My only really big gripe with the game is that their is absolutely no voice acting of any kind. All the text in the game must be read and is not spoken to you. This isn't a huge problem but I feel that a lot of the comedy can be lost on people, when it's not spoken to them. Games like Grim Fandango and Psychonauts were amazing games because of the great voice acting present in those games. The game does feature some really funny dialogue, I just felt it would of been better with voice acting.
Costume Quest doesn't reinvent the RPG genre in anyway considering some of the games released these days, it does the exact opposite, but that's half the charm of it. At a $15 price tag, it can be kind of a hard sell since the game will last you roughly 5-8 hours, but it can offer a nice calm and simple experience in a world plagued by over-the-top action games. Now get out there and save your brother....or your sister whichever you want.


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It's been 25 years since he shimmied in his skivvies in Risky Business, but Tom Cruise can still shake it like a pro, according to his Tropic Thunder director Ben Stiller.
"The guy has moves," says Stiller, who also co-wrote and stars in the military-themed action-comedy.
Cruise, 46, is winning raves for his role as a vulgar, venom-spewing studio executive in the movie, in which he's nearly unrecognizable beneath a fat suit, a bald cap and a beard.
The dancing was Cruise's idea, says his director.
"It wasn't in the script," Stiller said during a press day for the film. "He was like, 'You know, I really feel like I want this guy to dance.' "
Some of the physical transformation was Cruise's brainchild too. "He said, 'I really want to have some big, hairy hands,' " says Stiller. "I actually didn't have to sell him on anything."
Cruise isn't the only Thunder actor who took on a controversial, image-twisting role: Robert Downey Jr. has drawn praise for his portrayal of an African-American actor in the movie.
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Entrance to the program is selective: only 10-15% of our 10th, 11th and 12th graders are invited to join. Participating students satisfy certain general criteria as well as develop individual projects. Scholars Program students attend two ongoing special seminars each quarter, meeting once per week. Those who engage the whole sequence will have completed 20 seminars by the time of their graduation. In addition, senior scholars meet periodically with the Director of the Scholars Program for one-on-one sessions to develop their Senior Scholars' Projects. We recently expanded the program by offering an enhanced pre-scholars curriculum to qualified 8th and 9th graders. Beginning in the second quarter, they participate in a two-year pre-scholars sequence that closely mirrors the established one for the 10th through 12th Grades.
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New state record golden rainbow
The 12-year-old Borger caught the 13-pound, 8-ounce golden rainbow trout in Mahoning
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First Trip to the DentistBeth Anne Ballance
Today we hit a pretty big milestone in our four-year-old's life – he had his first trip to the dentist! It was pretty cool because I took him to the pediatric dentist practice that I went to from the age of 5 days old (yep, I was born with a tooth) until I was about 16 years old. The only difference was the dentist was a boy I grew up with.
Pretty weird, I have to admit. It's one of those weird things about still living in the city I grew up in.
Harry and I walked into the office early this morning and he played with the small office toys while I filled out paperwork. The assistant came back to get him and I stood up, purse on my shoulder and ready to go back. "Sorry, Mom!" she said. "He's over three years old, so he goes back alone. We'll come get you at the end so you can talk to the dentist!" I sort of stood there like….huh? what? I don't go back with him? I just keep seeing my little guy as a baby but really, he's growing up so fast. I was afraid he would start crying, but he straightened his spine and walked back, giraffe lovey in hand.
I sat and waited, checking email and feeling like a real adult. You know, except for the fact that I was craving pink sprinkled donuts. All those times my own mother sat in those waiting room chairs and there I was, waiting for my own child.
In great news, Harry's teeth are perfect and he's suffering no ill effects of chocolate milk and a green bean addiction. We'll be back in six months for another check and I doubt I'll be over the weirdness by then.
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Residents were home at the time of the fire, but escaped without injury.
The blaze engulfed the kitchen, as well as other rear portions of the structure, according to Battalion Chief Steve Filary, but crews were able to put out the flames shortly after arriving on the scene.
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