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Andrew Beals
Adjunct Instructor of Music
Andrew Beals joined legendary Jazz Organist, "Brother" Jack McDuff and the "Heatin' System" in 1986. Beals became the latest in a long line of Jazz Saxophone greats, including: Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, Red Holloway, Joe Henderson, Joe Lovano, Harold Vick, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk, to work with Jack McDuff.
Andrew Beals' fourteen-year tenure in Jack McDuff's band was marked by a busy performance schedule, which included lengthy tours of North America and Europe. Andrew Beals is a featured soloist and arranger on Jack McDuff's compact discs for Concord and Summit records.
Andrew Beals began his recording career as a leader with his compact disc "Gravy Train" on NASMusic Records. Andrew Beals has appeared as a leader of his own band and as a featured soloist with Jack McDuff, and others, at many renowned Jazz clubs and festivals (see attached).
Beals was a semifinalist at the 1993 Thelonious Monk Jazz Saxophone Competition; and in 1998 he was awarded the prestigious NYU Jazz Orchestra Scholarship for graduate studies in Jazz performance and composition.
He received his Bachelor of Arts Music degree at Livingston College, Rutgers University, and has a Master of Arts Music degree from New York University. His teachers were Paul Jeffery, John Stubbelfield, Frank Foster, George Garzone (saxophone) and Jim McNeely (composition).
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As more and more of you dream and scheme your vacations around unforgettable meals, T+L has searched far and wide—through eight cities across four continents, to be precise—to unearth the world's greatest new dining experiences. What have we gleaned? Well, with celebrity chefs roaming and foaming up a storm, design trends traveling at light speed, and Wagyu beef more ubiquitous than KFC, the planet does indeed seem to be getting smaller. But it's getting tastier, too. The upside of globalization? We can indulge in a Vegas replica of a grand Parisian restaurant that seems more convincing than the original, taste an exotic Amazonian berry in Paris's 11th Arrondissement, or navigate a Los Angeles freeway to a spot straight out of Hong Kong. And no, we haven't forgotten those singular neighborhood kitchens powered by homegrown ingredients. From Barcelona to Hong Kong, from Tokyo to Montreal, from Paris to Vegas and beyond, here's the skinny on where to eat well in the world. Your table is waiting.
These days the entire planet seems to be abuzz over molecular gastronomy. Spain, meanwhile, having pioneered the trend, is moving on—to ingredient-inspired simplicity. This paradigm shift is most evident in the city's new crop of dining bars and chef-driven bistros, among them the irresistible Tapaç 24 (269 Carr. Diputació; 34/93-488-0977; dinner for two $85), created by El Bulli alum Carles Abellan. Unlike his conceptual tidbits at Comerç 24, the cooking at Tapaç is all about transforming a few choice ingredients—purple-tinged artichokes, cured-tuna shavings—into swoon-inducing treats. Fight your way to a stool at the counter, a playful evocation of a produce-laden stall at the Boquería market, and don't stop ordering. After the truffled bikini (grilled cheese sandwich) of mozzarella and ibérico ham, try a fragrant sauté of wild mushrooms, then silken anchovies laid on a slab of requeson cheese. Stop back in for a breakfast of a plush salt-cod tortilla, then return at midday for gently cooked duck eggs broken up over french fries. Foam? What foam?
For a city that commands such a choice stretch of Mediterranean coastline, Barcelona has a curious shortage of waterfront restaurants with panoramic views. Enter Mondo (Imax Bldg., Moll d'Espanya, Maremàgnum; 34/93-221-3911; dinner for two $150), worshipped by cognoscenti as the source for the best seafood in town. Here, you get the complete package: a terrace overlooking the old harbor, a chic white-and-red interior, and plenty of leather sofas on which to chill out with a copa. Cut straight to the menu section labeled PRODUCTOS to order delicate raw Carril clams, outrageously perfect cigalas (langoustines), and espardenyes (sea cucumbers) seared, not a second too long, a la plancha. None of it comes cheap, but this is an indulgence worth every euro.
We like grilled seafood as much as the next Spaniard, but when nothing but Spain's wildly creative alta cocina will do, we book at Lasarte (Hotel Condes de Barcelona, 259 Carr. Mallorca; 34/93-445-3242; dinner for two $200), the Barcelonan outpost of Basque virtuoso Martín Berasategui. For those who never made it to Berasategui's namesake three-star flagship outside San Sebastián, Lasarte's menu reprises some of the chef's greatest hits. Here's that legendary—and much copied—napoleon of smoked eel, foie gras, and caramelized apples. Here's the diaphanous mosaic of vegetable hearts and raw mackerel touched with seafood essence and dotted with lettuce cream—a dish so stunning it deserves to be framed. But Berasategui's young Catalonian chef de cuisine, Alex Garés, is putting his own earthy stamp on things: sizzled prawns with an egg yolk-and-truffle emulsion share a plate with papada (pork jowl) ravioli with an explosion of liquid-onion confit inside. Clearly he, too, is a fan of life's simpler pleasures.
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Even in Tokyo, where jaw-dropping dining palaces outnumber ramen dives, Tofuya Ukai (4-4-13 Shiba-Koen, Minato-ku; 81-3/3436-1028; lunch for two $110) has a serious wow factor, ensuring that its 550 seats are booked weeks in advance. Announced by a lavish Japanese garden and built to resemble a vast Edo-period mansion, Tofuya Ukai sprawls at the foot of the Tokyo Tower, a replica of the Eiffel. How much expense and political muscle were required to construct this extravaganza, smack in the middle of Tokyo's latest prime real estate—until last year, the site was occupied by a bowling alley—is anybody's guess. A kimonoed hostess will usher you past the antique sake-brewing equipment to a light-filled tatami room with views of pebbled pathways, waterfalls, and 100-year-old fruit trees. Sit back, sip your sake, and dutifully contemplate the kaiseki-style meal. A fanciful appetizer set—jellied duck slices, a salmon-sushi bonbon—precedes a pillowy crab dumpling afloat in a yuzu broth. Twice-cooked tofu is followed by an earthy, rice-studded matsutake mushroom, all of which comes artfully arranged on handmade ceramics and lacquerware. After lunch, take a look at the kaleidoscopic carp in the ponds outside. In Tokyo, even the fish make a design statement.
Shunju Tsugihagi (Nihon Seimei Bldg. B1, 1-1-1 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku; 81-3/3595-0511; dinner for two $100) is another visual tour de force by the hip Super Potato design firm (known for, among other things, the swaggering interior of Tokyo's Grand Hyatt Hotel). The mysterious labyrinth of partitioned nooks plays like a conceptual art installation. It's a mind-bogglingly eclectic mishmash of allusions and styles—Eastern and Western, Zen and zany—that puts carved Balinese screens against blond Scandinavian furniture, backlit glass bottles against Japanese fabrics. Such a setting makes it perfectly natural to order foie gras or grilled ibérico pork (Tokyo's current "it" swine) alongside a tofu cloud. Among the other standouts are chewy grilled jidori chicken, the sparkling offerings from the sushi bar, and a baked parchment package of delicate fish, sweet potato, and hon-shimeji mushrooms.
Craving primal warmth and sake-fueled bonhomie? Head to Hinokiya (6-19-45 Akasaka, Minato-ku; 81-3/6808-6815; dinner for two $120), a faux-rustic grill house, or robatayaki, patronized by diplomats in the Akasaka neighborhood. Here, fish, meat, and vegetables are slow-grilled over aromatic bincho charcoal. After you take off your shoes and settle around the kotatsu table, a waiter appears with a still life of produce and seafood. Choose some leeks and sweet little tomatoes to start, follow with a giant clam or Hokkaido sea urchin, and proceed to the lavishly marbled slices of Wagyu beef from Kagoshima Prefecture. If Mr. Shigehara, the manager, takes a shine to you, he might even treat you to a tasting from his formidable sake collection—which is how you'll end up sleeping through your business meeting the next day.
Los Angeles
Does the world need another celebrity chef-powered steak house? Should you shell out $160 for eight ounces of meat? If we're talking about Cut (9500 Wilshire Blvd.; 310/276-8500; dinner for two $200), in the Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire hotel, the answer is a resounding yes. True, Wolfgang Puck may be a ubiquitous brand these days, but Cut is his masterpiece, marking a return to sophisticated pleasures. The open kitchen wows with the likes of goose-liver mousse between gossamer Tunisian spiced wafers; perfect asparagus crowned with a fried egg; and adorable American Kobe-beef sliders that stand out even in this burger-mad town. And isn't it fun to watch see-through model-actresses giving their arteries a shock with the decadent bone-marrow flan? Puck himself, looking very Hollywood with his close-up-ready smile, is often seen working the black-leather banquettes consistently packed with Industry players. Clearly, he doesn't want to miss out on the party, either.
L.A. has never been particularly rich in modern European-style restaurants, which is why the arrival of Providence (5955 Melrose Ave.; 323/460-4170; dinner for two $140) is so significant. An ambitious collaboration between Italian-born Donato Poto—he's the elegant maître d'—and the gifted chef Michael Cimarusti, Providence announces its serious intentions with the very first amuse-bouche: say, a shot glass of frothy fennel soup, chased by rounds of saffron gelée. Fusing French and Japanese sensibilities with modern Spanish techniques, Cimarusti is at his most creative with seafood, embellishing raw kanpachi with wasabi sorbet and a frosting of osetra caviar, or giving a dreamy risotto an Asian twist with shimeji mushrooms and anago eel. In the softly lit, earth-toned dining room, dinnertime chatter is more likely to run to Burgundy vintages than to development deals. And even if your waiter can recite the ingredients of the Santa Barbara sea urchin sabayon like a well-practiced soliloquy, somehow you don't get the feeling that he'll disappear after the next pilot season.
Let others play Spot Lindsay Lohan at this week's celebrity hangout while you engage in a far more thrilling Los Angeles pastime: exploring the authentic cuisines in the city's far-flung ethnic communities. Haven't done Chinese in Monterey Park? Hop in the car and get yourself to Macau Street (429 W. Garvey Ave., Monterey Park; 626/288-3568; lunch for two $40). Nominally Macanese, the menu is actually most reminiscent of casual Hong Kong coffee shops, where red-bean slushies and safe Cantonese standbys coexist with exotic animal parts. The red walls, decorated with prints of Old Macao, get brighter with each new dish brought by the yellow-bloused servers: soft, rich slices of "roasted pig neck"; squab with a lacquered, mahogany skin; a crisp-bottomed rice hot-pot larded with nuggets of sweet Chinese sausage and preserved duck. And don't even think of passing over the chicken knees. Chewy and crunchy at once, these spice-dusted nubbins are a million times more addictive than Buffalo wings.
Ever since 2005, when Alain Senderens renounced his Michelin macaroons and opened a bistro de luxe, every chef in Paris, it seems, has decided to go prêt-à-porter. While still clutching the three stars at Le Grand Vefour, Guy Martin made headlines last fall by opening the more casual Sensing (19 Rue Bréa, Sixth Arr.; 33-1/43-27-08-80; dinner for two $140) in Montparnasse. Blond sycamore tables, video projections on the walls, and an endless alabaster bar fronted by cool but comfortless stools add up to the chilly-chic look so popular in Paris these days. (The back room on the first floor is the coziest.) The same aesthetic continues on the plates, with geometric arrangements of rectangles and cylinders and Miroesque squiggles of sauce, but don't dismiss Sensing as a fashion victim. First, try the squab, trapped in a muscovado-sugar caramel crust and served alongside perfectly glazed turnips. Then sample the elegant baby-mackerel tart, with its palate-cleansing dollop of fennel confit, and the pink slices of herb-crusted veal escorted by tubes of mushroom-filled macaroni that are nothing if not ancienne. It's annoying to see ladies' menus sans prices—those haute-cuisine habits die hard—but should Madame wish to pick up the tab, she'll find the total très acceptable. Now that's modern.
Parisian chefs are in a revolutionary mood these days: Away with white table-cloths! Down with the tyranny of truffles and foie gras! Leading the neo-bistro charge right alongside Yves Camdeborde's mobbed Le Comptoir is Le Chateaubriand (129 Ave. Parmentier, 11th Arr.; 33-1/43-57-45-95; dinner for two $120), helmed by Inaki Aizpitarte, a raffishly handsome young Basque pan-rattler. After a stint at the boho La Famille, Aizpitarte took over this vintage bistro and has left its classic dark thirties' ambience mostly intact. The setting would seem to promise lentils with andouillettes; instead, waiters with six o'clock shadows deliver shucked oysters on a bed of puréed açai, an exotic Brazilian berry with a flavor that hints at chocolate. Aizpitarte's global palate owes more to his frequent-flier status—he has spent time in Israel and Egypt and roamed across Asia and Central America—than to the current Parisian vogue for fusion. His startlingly short blackboard menu might list tartare de boeuf with peanuts and a tangy Vietnamese dipping sauce; steamed cod accented with Moroccan spices; or a beautiful dish of rare tuna slices bathed in a pink-beet foam and scattered with pomegranate seeds and white-beet julienne.
Las Vegas
Under attack in its homeland, grand French dining is finding an unlikely refuge in the Nevada desert. Vegas as the Paris of the Wild West? The mock Eiffel Tower visible from Guy Savoy (Caesars Palace, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd.; 877/346-4642; dinner for two $350) renders that illusion rather persuasively—except that you're simultaneously staring at a faux- Roman Forum. For anyone who's been living under a rock: Guy Savoy is the neoclassicist whose Paris restaurant holds three Michelin stars, and who coached the likes of Thomas Keller and Gordon Ramsay to greatness. And while his bring-on-the-truffles brand of grande cuisine hasn't quite caught up with the times, Savoy's new Vegas outpost makes a good case for saving it from extinction. With cathedral ceilings and enough space between tables to plot a casino-vault heist, the room is an exercise in understated glamour. Indulge in the "color of caviar," a shot glass that layers purée of haricots verts with osetra caviar and caviar-vinaigrette foam; a satiny artichoke soup strewn with truffle shavings like a gambling table with poker chips; and the clean flavor of turbot steamed with spinach and a poached egg laid atop a garlicky fish bouillon. If the sweet barrage of ganaches, glaces, and crèmes that follows inspires you to propose, the restaurant shares a floor with a wedding chapel. You won't find that in Paris.
So you've lost your private jet at baccarat, then had to pawn the Rolex to pay for the Guy Savoy meal? That's still no excuse for bailing out of a dinner at Robuchon at the Mansion (MGM Grand, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. S.; 702/891-7925; dinner for two $320) and discovering why Joël Robuchon has been hailed as the greatest chef on the planet. A cart loaded with 15 types of bread baked in-house, all sublime (especially the bacon-laced epi lardon)? Voilà. Jewel-like amuse-bouche? Lemon gelée veiled in anise cream, and Granny Smith apple "pearls" on vodka granita brightened with yuzu foam—coming right up, Monsieur. Every morsel served in this spiffy dining room, which evokes an Art Deco town house, is a marvel: ephemeral langoustine dumplings bobbing in an intense crustacean reduction; an amazing truffled napoleon of spinach and tofu. While you dine, Robuchon might be busy tending his fifth Atelier—in Hong Kong—but the precision, perfection, and ingenuity of his flavors prove that the man keeps his creative edge as sharp as a Laguiole knife. The only thing as astonishing as your meal is the check, though a gift bag of bread somewhat softens the blow. Chew on the soft, oily basil focaccia as you reemerge into the din of MGM's penny slot machines—and good luck trying to recover your fortunes.
Feel like crashing a boisterous soirée in the cramped-but-adorable living room of a friend? Then call ahead and book a banquette at the bistro-oyster bar, Joe Beef (2491 Notre-Dame St. W.; 514/935-6504; dinner for two $80). Having named the place after the legendary 19th-century Montreal innkeeper, owners David McMillan and Frederic Morin channel his ebullient hospitality into this vest pocket-size space, which manages to be both down-home and branché. Inspired by whatever Morin feels like cooking that day—not to mention his deep affection for bacon and cream—the blackboard menu pushes all the right buttons with a cozy mix of Gallic-Canadian standards (rabbit ballotine or sole meunière) and New England inspirations. The deeply flavorful chicken legs, braised in crayfish-infused cream and brought to the table in a red-lidded pot, prove that cuisine grand-mère is alive and well. Slow-simmered beef might come garnished with a towering marrow bone. Clams, crab, and lobster tend to be prepared with minimum fuss (though sometimes overcooked). But the soul of the place is the oyster bar, where world-champion shucker John Nil—he's the one with the tattoos—tends to his sweet, briny Cape Bretons and Malpeques. Don't stop at a dozen.
L'Atelier (5308 St. Laurent Blvd.; 514/273-7442; dinner for two $75), a streamlined, airy storefront in the trendy Mile End district, is a virtual primer on boutique Québécois foodstuffs. Black-and-white photographs of produce adorn the walls; the owners' passion for local duck, rabbit, venison, and even bison and horse fuels the kitchen's bold, meaty flavors. Scenesters gather on a brown banquette under a log-paneled wall to share small plates of crisp wonton-skin ravioli filled with boudin noir, and terrific house-made charcuterie. Though the menu doesn't offer English translations, someone will be on hand to explain the ingredients of the wild-rice risotto scattered with escargots and foie gras shavings, or to recommend that you try the poutine—a vernacular grease-bomb of fried potatoes, gravy, and curd cheese, reinterpreted here as fat Yukon Gold frites under a cap of pulled rabbit, dabbed with barbecue sauce and curls of nutty Allegretto cheese.
Within months of its opening, Three, One, Two (312 Drummond St.; 61-3/9347-3312; dinner for two $110) snagged multiple Best New Restaurant awards from the Australian press. Everyone loves to love a sharp, quirky gem infused with the chef's personality. Especially if that chef is the fabulous Andrew McConnell, who has won quite a following at Circa at the Prince hotel. With white-napped tables, cowhide rugs on terrazzo floors, and whimsically torn faux-suede curtains, the setting at his new place is crisp and sexy. And McConnell's focused cooking strikes just the right balance between adventure and comfort. The best strategy: order his nine-course degustation, which kicks off with crunchy Tunisian brik, pastry rolled around fromage blanc and figs—cleverly served in a Romeo y Julieta cigar box. An entrée of Chinese white-poached chicken with feather-light corn quenelles, pickled shimeji mushrooms, and a gingery watercress sauce pays elegant homage to Hong Kong, where McConnell once cooked for M at the Fringe. The roasted pheasant, by contrast, tastes like British gourmet-granny fare, with its bread sauce, salsify, and perky accent of sorrel. For dessert, a terrine of sliced apples, simmered just short of forever until reduced to a pure essence of fruit, then chilled, is lifted right off the plate with burnt-butter ice cream and a sweet-salty caramel sauce. What's not to love about that?
Rockpool Bar & Grill (Crown Casino, 8 Whiteman St., Southbank; 61-3/ 8648-1900; dinner for two $150) is the opposite of a small, chef-centered restaurant—but then nobody expects understatement from Neil Perry, the ponytailed übertoque who has better name recognition in Australia than the prime minister. Here he is wokking prawns on telly, there he is designing a menu for Qantas and launching yet another product line. For his Melbourne debut, Perry chose a glitzy location and spent millions furnishing the cavernous, copper-hued room with spotted-gum tables, a showy polished-steel exhibition kitchen, and a dramatic partition, made of 2,000 pieces of sailing rope, that divides the bar from the dining room. Whereas his Rockpool in Sydney is famous for its razzle-dazzle Pacific Rim fusion, here Perry draws on American steak houses. OD'd on steak houses, you say? No worries, mate. Besides the awesome Blackmore Wagyu beef, the menu presents a veritable roster of crowd-pleasers: live Tasmanian scallops on the half-shell with a sprightly ceviche dressing; a perfect lobster-and-avocado salad highlighted with hazelnut-lime foam; slow-roasted chicken from ecologically pristine Kangaroo Island, and biodynamically raised local lamb, simply grilled with garlic and rosemary. Locals are still deciding whether Perry's gambit rocks their world ("too flashy," "too Sydney," some say) but that doesn't prevent them from bragging that Rockpool's arrival finally proves Melbourne's culinary supremacy over the rival city.
Hong Kong
Judging by the recent openings of Nobu (at the InterContinental) and Joël Robuchon's Atelier (in the posh Landmark shopping mall), Hong Kong may be the new favorite playground of global celebrity chefs. The loudest buzz, however, was reserved for the October debut of Pierre Gagnaire's Pierre (5 Connaught Rd.; 852/2825-4001; dinner for two $260), atop the Mandarin Oriental hotel. Every black-and-gold-upholstered banquette was booked weeks in advance while the French iconoclast was still obsessing over—and, often, personally designing—the details: the shaggy black lampshades; the pink-tinted water in the hydrangea vases. Simultaneously austere and sumptuous, the gray-and-black room sets the tone for Gagnaire's brainy cuisine with its herbaceous accents, citric jolts, and complicated flavor arrangements. A sea-bass carpaccio confettied with tiny white-and-pink cubes of horseradish-and-red currant gelée is haute couture for the palate, but basic dishes like roast pork with fennel and cabbage shine just as brightly. Even the flops—such as the cold poached egg in a strange, new-wave tonnato sauce—are rather fascinating. Still, not even the astounding desserts (try the "passion du citron," composed of multicolored lemon Jell-O sticks, meringue, and limoncello) can diminish the heartbreak of peering out at the harbor and seeing the ghost of the old Star Ferry terminal, a beloved city landmark now shut down (and relocated) by the callous city authorities. So much for progress.
Classic Cantonese cooking focuses on texture, fanatical dedication to quality, and status-laden exotica like abalone and shark's fin, and it reaches exquisite heights at the Four Seasons' Lung King Heen (8 Finance St., Central; 852/3196-8888; lunch for two $100). The confident modern space is refreshingly free of chinoiserie, instead offering acres of warm amber wood, columns wrapped in coils of Indonesian silk, a silver-leafed ceiling, and sweeping views of Kowloon. Tycoons and fashionable tai-tais gathered around damask-swathed tables clearly think that this is the best Chinese food in town. We agree. The illustrious chef Chan Yan Tak was lured out of retirement to deliver his signature refined, crystal-clear flavors—which are mainly Cantonese but include an occasional French or Southeast Asian flourish. Among the stellar dim sum are such masterpieces as Chan's weightless green dumpling of lobster and prawns, and his flaky barbecued-pork puffs with their unexpected accent of blueberries. If the famous Shanghainese hairy crab is in season, its delicate meat and roe might be folded into an emerald tangle of sautéed pea shoots. Crisp frog's-leg lollipops are presented in a crunchy basket of tiny fried whitebait; suckling pig arrives paired with foie gras. And don't write off Chinese desserts until you've tried the bright-orange chilled sago cream dotted with pomelo and mango. Simply perfect.
Anya von Bremzen is a Travel + Leisure contributing editor. Her latest book is The New Spanish Table.
The crowds spill onto the sidewalk outside Inopia (104 Carr. Tamarit; 34/93-424-5231; lunch for two $45), a wildly popular tapas bar owned by Albert Adrià, the dessert genius from El Bulli. Even big brother Ferran loves the classic nibbles (ham croquettes, sardine sandwiches, anchovy-stuffed olives).
The Adriàs' archrival, Santi Santamaría, just earned his sixth Michelin star with Evo (Hesperia Tower Hotel, 144 Gran Via; 34/93-413-5030; dinner for two $230). The dining room, designed by Richard Rogers, may resemble a spaceship, but the food is firmly planted on earth: chestnut cream with nuggets of foie gras; spoon-tender suckling pig.
Cuines Santa Caterina (Avda. Francesc Cambó; 34/93-268-9918; lunch for two $50) is a perfect lunch spot inside the renovated Santa Caterina market in El Born. Standouts include grilled clams strewn with rosemary sprigs, gambas al ajillo (giant prawns in garlicky olive oil), and caramelized baked rice studded with cuttlefish.
Pizzeria Mozza (641 N. Highland Ave.; 323/297-0101; dinner for two $80), jointly run by Mario Batali, Joseph Bastianich, and Campanile's Nancy Silverton, deserves all the hysterical hype that preceded its opening. The pizza crust is as perfectly calibrated as a Maserati's engine and the irresistible toppings range from burrata (creamy buffalo mozzarella) and squash blossoms to lardo and rosemary. Good luck beating Jake Gyllenhaal to a table.
The swell Philippe Starck design at Katsuya (11777 San Vicente Blvd.; 310/207-8744; dinner for two $120) features white leather sofas, giant fetishistic photos of eyelids and lips, and two decorative bars—one robata, one sushi. Food seems beside the point, but it's hard to stop eating the minced spicy tuna mounded on crispy rice cakes and the seared albacore carpaccio scattered with fried shallots.
Serious sushi fans are discovering Sushi Dokoro Ki Ra La (9777 S. Santa Monica Blvd.; 310/275-9003; omakase meal for two $190, by reservation), whose young owner prides himself on not serving overwrought rolls. Though the small room has all the ambience of a concrete shed, the omakase tastings—rich slices of akinomo (monkfish liver), flash-seared maguro dotted with basil oil—will make you feel as if you've landed in Kyoto.
A sleek shrine to the organic faith, Kurkku Kitchen (2-18-21 Jingumae, Koti Bldg. 1F, Haraju-ku; 81-3/5414-0944; lunch for two $60) resembles a Scandinavian sauna and serves wonderful pumpkin soup with potato-and-ginkgo nut gnocchi, lovely salads, and impeccable grills of sustainably raised Japanese meats. The retail shop upstairs proves that with the right packaging, even a roll of environmentally correct toilet paper can be a thing of great beauty.
Folded into the striking Mikimoto Ginza 2 Building and accessed through its gleaming kitchen, Dazzle (2-4-12 Ginza, Chuo-ku; 81-3/5159-0991; dinner for two $100) delivers on its name with a glam supper-club look and a flashy display of baby-doll cocktail dresses from the fashion-crazed clientele. They come here to nibble on sexy fusion offerings such as crab cakes with spicy bisque sauce or chilled sea urchin-and-scallop pasta.
Sasuga (1-19-12 Ginza, Chuo-ku; 81-3/3567-0012; dinner for two $70) elevates the traditional soba-focused repast with its refined, spare interior of washi paper and a menu that begins with supple hand-cut buckwheat noodles (try them mori, or cold, with a dipping sauce) and goes on to ethereal tempura, addictive baby-shrimp fritters, and soba gaki, a soothing buckwheat polenta. Regulars here drink champagne with their noodles.

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What would be the best Bow Tech or Mathews
Im buying a new bow and i just dont know what to get i've been looking at the The Mathews Outback and The Bow Tech Liberty somebody please give me some advise im lost here
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That is a decision you should make by shooting them...no one can tell you how good they feel to you!
With that being said...I have an Outback. The only thing I don't like is the string suppressors. This is a personal issue...I am not bashing Mathews. This is my 4th Mathews. You see, the Zebra string is not all it is cracked up to be...it stretches. And when it does, the axle to axle length changes, resulting in a different angle on the suppressors, and it bites in and makes noise. A good dealer could remedy the situation...but I don't have a good dealer.
When you buy, make sure you get the right draw length. There is a thread right now on archerytalk.com and it seems that most people agree Mathews runs 1/4 to 3/4 long...so keep that in mind.
I finally got the chance to shoot a Bowtech...and the Liberty is going to be my next bow! I like the grip better (personal) and the adjustability of the cam...you can play with 1/2", unlike a Mathews.
Just my $ .02....shoot them with an open mind, they each have positives!
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MALAYISA denies that the hunt for flight MH730 is in disarray after the search veered far from the plane's planned route, while China says conflicting information about its course is "pretty chaotic".
The denial comes as Chinese Government satellite looking into the missing flight has "observed a suspected crash area at sea", in what experts say is the first solid lead in the search.
The coordinates released by the Chinese agency would place the object in the South China Sea between Malaysia and Vietnam, according to the BBC.
This area has been the main focus of the search, and is where the Boeing 777 last made contact on Saturday during its journey from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said that Malaysia would "never give up hope" of finding the plane's 239 passengers and crew, dismissing allegations that efforts were mired in confusion after a series of false alarms, rumours and contradictory statements.
"I don't think so. It's far from it. It's only confusion if you want it to be seen as confusion," he said at a press conference where military and civilian officials faced a grilling from journalists.
"I think it's not a matter of chaos. There is a lot of speculation that we have answered in the last few days," he said.
Six Australians and two New Zealanders are among the missing passengers.
The hunt for Malaysia Airlines plane now encompasses nearly 27,000 nautical miles (over 90,000 square kilometres) - roughly the size of Portugal - and involves the navies and air forces of multiple nations.
Criticism came when Malaysian authorities said they were expanding the search to the Andaman Sea, north of Indonesia, hundreds of miles away from the main search area after military radar detected an unidentified object early Saturday north of the Malacca Strait off Malaysia's west coast.
Air force chief General Rodzali Daud was quoted in a local pro-government newspaper as saying a military base had detected the Malaysia Airlines aircraft near an island in the Malacca Strait, far to the southwest of where it should have been headed.
The news injected even more mystery into the investigation of the jetliner's disappearance, with aviation experts theorising about how the plane could have strayed so far off track for so long.
But General Daud has since released a statement saying that while authorities have not ruled out the possibility the plane inexplicably changed course before losing contact, reports that it had been detected far from its planned flight path were incorrect
"So right now there is a lot of information, and it's pretty chaotic, so up to this point we too have had difficulty confirming whether it is accurate or not," China's foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said of accounts of the jet's course.
There were 153 Chinese nationals on the flight.
The general confusion and poor communication during the search has fuelled perceptions that Malaysian authorities are unable to handle a crisis on this scale and infuriated relatives.
Analysts said there were burning questions over what information - if any - Malaysia has gleaned from both military and civilian radar, and the plane's transponders, and over discounted reports it was later detected near Indonesia.
Last words: 'All right, good night'
The last radio transmission from the cockpit of the plane was "All right, good night'', Kuala Lumpur's ambassador to Beijing reportedly said during a meeting with Chinese relatives.
Iskandar Sarudin was speaking to passengers' relatives and friends at a Beijing hotel.
The "All right, good night'' comment from one of the pilots came as the flight switched from Malaysian to Vietnamese airspace, Singapore's Straits Times newspaper quoted the ambassador as saying.
Anxious and angry, the two-hour long meeting ended with more questions than answers at the Metropark Lido hotel where Mr Sarudin, spoke to the relatives.
Officials told them that the pilot should still have sent a secret mayday code, even if the plane was hijacked.
The officials also said that there was no reason to suspect the pilot, who was experienced and had passed all relevant checks.
In a confusing exchange, relatives asked if military-grade radar had picked up the plane.
Military air data and technology would go beyond the civilian ones, they said.
The official replied that the Malaysian military was assisting investigations "at a high level."
Pressed repeatedly on what information the military had given authorities, he finally replied that "now is not the time" to reveal it.
The exchange boosted theories among the families that there are ongoing secret negotiations with terrorists who had hijacked the plane.
Adding to this was the official's earlier statement that Malaysia hopes that the passengers are alive.
Meanwhile, authorities say they now have six reports of possible witnesses to the plane after they lost track of it, instead of five reported earlier.
Meanwhile, authorities have identified two passengers travelling on stolen passports and said it was looking less likely that terrorism played a part.
The possibility of a passenger somehow sabotaging the flight so their family could benefit from a lucrative insurance policy has even been put forward by Malaysia's police chief.
And further adding to the intrigue, the laid-back approach to security of one of the flight's copilots has also come under scrutiny after two women came forward to detail how he broke rules by inviting them into the cockpit during a flight in 2011.
READ MORE: THE TRUTH ABOUT BOEING 777s
The Boeing 777 had taken off from Kuala Lumpur at 12.41am local time on Saturday (3:41am AEDT) and was scheduled to arrive in Beijing at 6:30am the same day, after a roughly 4,350-kilometre journey.
It reportedly lost contact with air traffic controllers around 1.30am somewhere midway between the east coast Malaysian town of Kota Bharu and the southern tip of Vietnam, while flying at an altitude of 35,000ft.
According to CNN, who cited an unnamed Malaysian air force official, the plane's transponder - which continuously transmits flight information - stopped working near the time flight controllers lost contact.
The Malaysian air force was said to have lost track of the aircraft's signal at about 2.40am over Pulau Perak - hundreds of kilometres away from where it should have been.
General Daud now denies this.
A live relay of commercial aircraft activity in the region - which can be seen above and scrolled through - clearly shows the crowded airspace through which the airliner must have flown if it did suddenly divert west.
The lack of information about its fate is leaving families and relatives increasingly grief-stricken and angry.
The wife of Paul Weeks, a 39-year-old mechanical engineer from New Zealand based in Perth's northern suburbs, said she was still clinging to the faint hope of a miracle.
"We are just waiting. You can think the worst, but in the back of your mind there is that possibility,'' Danica Weeks told 92.9FM in Perth.
"There is no conclusion to it."
The couple have a three-year-old son named Lincoln and a 10-month-old son named Jack, and Ms Weeks said attempting to explain her husband's absence to her sons was the hardest thing to cope with.
"I had to bring it up with Lincoln, because he had not asked anything - I said to him 'You know Daddy has gone away ... and on the way Daddy got lost','' she said.
"And then I broke down. He is young and resilient - he said 'That is okay mummy, I will find Daddy'."
Interpol released an image of two Iranians who were travelling with stolen passports on the jetliner.
After lengthy speculation about the intentions of the pair, they were eventually identified as 19-year-old Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad and 29-year-old Delavar Seyedmohammaderza.
Malaysia's Inspector General of Police, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, said Mehrdad was travelling on a stolen Austrian passport and was planning to meet up with his mother in Frankfurt, where he is believed to have planned to seek asylum.
Interpol said Seyedmohammaderza was using a stolen Italian passport and was also believed to be heading to Europe in a bid to start a new life.
Interpol secretary-general Ronald K. Noble said the two men travelled to Malaysia on their Iranian passports, then apparently switched to the stolen Austrian and Italian documents and boarded the plane at the same time.
Both bought their tickets in Thailand.
US authorities later said both men had come up clean after a search of terror and criminal databases.
A student claiming to be a friend of the two men has told America's ABC News that they stayed at his home in Malaysia the night before the flight vanished.
Mohammad Mallaeibasir, 18, said he went to high school with Mehrdad so had them over to his flat before driving the pair to the airport on Saturday.
He said he did not ask either man why they were in Malaysia but Mehrdad said he was heading to Europe to visit his mother because they were having family problems.
The two men were travelling lightly, although both had laptops.
It is believed their tickets were purchased by an Iranian man known as "Mr Ali."
"The last night when they were in my home they were talking on the phone for a long time," Mallaeibasir said.
"They were talking in Persian, in their room, and I heard them say 'OK Ali' like that in Persian. I didn't understand because it was like, five seconds. I went into the room to take water from my fridge and I came out and they said, 'Be quiet, we're talking.'"
Mr Noble said the recent information about the men made terrorism a less likely cause of the plane's disappearance, but that did not allay concerns about the ease of travel involving stolen passports.
Authorities said there were now several main areas of investigation: hijack, sabotage, and psychological or personal problems among the passengers and crew.
"We are looking very closely at the video footage taken at the KLIA (Kuala Lumpur International Airport), we are studying the behavioural pattern of all the passengers," Malaysian police chief Khalid Abu Bakar told a press conference.
He did not elaborate on exactly what this would entail however.
Illustrating the lack of concrete answers to the plane's disappearance coming from officials, Mr Bakar also put forward a theory on what may have happened.
"Maybe somebody on the flight has bought a huge sum of insurance, who wants family to gain from it or somebody who has owed somebody so much money, you know, we are looking at all possibilities," he said.
Investigations into the copilot of the flight have discovered he once invited a Melbourne tourist and her friend into the cockpit where he smoked, took photos and entertained the pair during a previous international flight.
In a worrying lapse of security, it's been revealed pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid and his colleague broke Malaysia Airline rules when they invited passengers Jonti Roos and Jaan Maree to join them in the cabin for the one-hour flight from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur in 2011.
Ms Roos, who is travelling around Australia, told A Current Affair she and Ms Maree posed for pictures with the pilots, who smoked cigarettes during the midair rendezvous.
"Throughout the entire flight they were talking to us and they were actually smoking throughout the flight which I don't think they're allowed to do," Ms Roos said.
Malaysia Airlines said it was "shocked" by allegations.
"Malaysia Airlines has become aware of the allegations being made against First Officer Fariq Abdul Hamid which we take very seriously. We are shocked by these allegations," a statement by the airline said.
"We have not been able to confirm the validity of the pictures and videos of the alleged incident. As you are aware, we are in the midst of a crisis, and we do not want our attention to be diverted."
Meanwhile, colleagues and friends of the flight's pilot, Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, have told of a lovely man so devoted to his career he kept a flight simulator at home.


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Faculty and Students Partner on Summer Research
Posted by Pengxeu Thao '15, Roseville on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014
This summer 21 University of Minnesota, Morris students and 11 science and mathematics faculty members collaborated on Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Research Opportunities projects. These projects give students extended research opportunities during their undergraduate years to better prepare them for graduate work and careers in science.
Morris Projects and Participants
"Atmospheric optics as passive atmospheric probing tool"
Sylke Boyd, associate professor of physics
Shelby Richard
Jieying Jin
"A mapping and petrography-based study of eruption histories and magmatic conditions in the southern Cascades, Oregon"
Stephen Crabtree, assistant professor of geology
Meghan Williams
Jaron Christenson
"Investigating the immune response to HHV-6 infection"
Rachel Gibbons Johnson, assistant professor of biology
Tracie Weber '15, Aurora
Charity Miles '16, Minneapolis
"Developing a novice-friendly programming environment for the Clojure programming language"
Elena Machkasova, associate professor of computer science
Emma Sax '17, Edina
Henry Fellows '16, Arden Hills
"Using B-Splines to Determine Parameters in Differential Equation Models"
Barry McQuarrie, associate professor of mathematics
Sae Sun Kim '15, Namyangju-si, South Korea
"Synthesis of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Peptide Adsorption"
Zach Mensinger, assistant professor of chemistry
Magen Nivison '17, Plymouth
Brandon Karels '15, Plymouth
"Behavior and Morphology of Pharyngula-stage Zebrafish Embryos"
Paul Myers, associate professor of biology
Medora Dungan
Jordan Miller
"Changing forest dynamics at Minnesota's prairie-forest border"
Pete Wyckoff, professor of biology
Abby Mallek
Drew Larson
"Data Sonification"
Engin Sungur, professor of statistics
Nathan Perfetti '15, Minnetonka
"Biochemical characterization of cell shape determining proteins in Helicobacter pylori"
Timna Wyckoff, associate professor of biology
Chloe Hanson '16, Lake Park
Laura Borkenhagen '16, Truman
"Tiger salamander habitat use and behavior"
Heather Waye, associate professor of biology
Alexandria Brown
Broc Kokesh
The Undergraduate Summer Research Program is supported in part by a grant to the University of Minnesota, Morris from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute through the Precollege and Undergraduate Science Education Program. Additional information is available at morris.umn.edu/hhmi.
Pictured above: Laura Borkenhagen '16, Truman, and Chloe Hanson '16, Lake Park, in the lab with Timna Wyckoff, associate professor of biology.


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Moonlight On The Millpond
This is book 1 of the Tucker Mills trilogy. Jace Randall comes to live with his Uncle Woody and work at his saw mill. Jace's sister Eden thinks that he is brainless enough to immediately get married and start having kids, so Jace is determined not to even look at women just to prove Eden wrong. That determination is shattered to pieces when Jace meets Maddie, a beauty who has come to help her aunt & uncle run their store. Jace falls in love and starts co...
Sabrina Matthews is a former prostitute who was saved from the life she led and moves to Montana to have a new life, where she falls in love, helps other prostitutes leave the profession and falls in love with a man who doesn't hold her past against her. A life as a prostitute is rarely what a young woman chooses, especially in Denver in the 1880's. Unfortunately, that is the only option available to Sabrina Matthews and when she is questioned after the ...
Sophie's Heart
Sophie is a 29 year old Czechoslovakian woman who comes to the United States hoping to build a new, better life. Very intelligent and well educated, speaking five different languages, Sophie used to work as a translator back in her homeland, but in America she finds it very difficult to get a comparable job and ends up working at a restaurant. She has to deal with rudeness, indifference, and cultural stereotypes, of which she is soon very tired despite h...
The Princess
The story takes place in a fictional country of Pendaran. Nikolai, the prince of Pendaran, a young widower still grieving over the loss of his wife, is required by the custom to be married by a certain time. The bride is chosen for him, the beautiful redhead Shelby Parker. Both she and the prince agree to enter this arrange marriage, for the sake of the custom and for the sake of producing an heir. However, they start with each having their own bedroom. ...
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The Proposal
Jennings, a businessman in Victorian England, has no use for family and never wants to have one. Being a husband and especially a father is too much hassle, so why marry at all. However, life plays a joke on Jennings and gives him the exact thing he shuns when he is unexpectedly made guardian of not one but three young kids, his cousins Penny, James, and Thomas. Even though the children are very well behaved, Jennings is not thrilled with this responsibi...
The Rescue
Anne is a hard-working, determined young woman in Victorian England. After her mother's death and the loss of almost all her family's possessions Anne is left to be the head of the house and take care of her father who suffers from dementia. Born to be a lady, Anne bravely accepts the challenge and does her best, working as a common woman and even trying to do some house repairs. While she is up on a ladder doing that, a new neighbor shows up, a young ma...


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A lot of the finer details of Mardi Gras remain unknown because they are handled by secret societies – others are just rarer sights for your average visitor to the yearly celebration. Little seen and lesser known, Mardi Gras Indians have a fascinating history all their own worth looking into.
Mardi Gras Indians typically hail from the African-American communities of New Orleans' inner city – so why do they dress as Indians for Mardi Gras?
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text: And some of them drink themselves to death. Regards, George Currently thinking about our Birthday Boy, Stonewall On Jan 21, 2012, at 1:44 PM, Jack Lawrence wrote: > Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: > Hi Margaret. > But people do that (drink themselves to death) all the time. > I think a better explanation might be is that war changes all whom it touches, and different individuials handle it differently. > We just put a name on it now. > > Regards, > > Jack > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret D. Blough" <mdblough1 at comcast.net> > To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 9:02 AM > Subject: Re: GDG- Now: CW PTSD was: Custer: G'burg, LBH & Philbrick > > >> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: >> Michael- >> >> >> I think it would be very tough, in the absence of ability to ask follow up questions, to distinguish between the fact that being in combat changes a person (also complicated in the Civil War by the fact that, in some cases, the person might be years older than when hen left) and an incapacitating mental disorder. One case in which I know it's suspected is Tom Chamberlain, Joshua's younger brother. Tom drank himself to death. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> Margaret >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Michael DiLauro" <madpd2001 at yahoo.com> >> To: gettysburg at arthes.com >> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 6:07:07 PM >> Subject: Re: GDG- Now: CW PTSD was: Custer: G'burg, LBH & Philbrick >> >> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: >> At the risk of going off-topic let me try this... >> >> Having handled about a 1/2 dozen NGRI cases over the years the challenge always is having your expert shrink or psychologist reconstruct the defendant's state of mind at the time the crime was committed. (Although I had a case once where the client went to see a shrink somewhere between the 1st and 3rd murders. As an expert witness he was allowed to opine about the defendant's condition at the time he examined him but could not render an opinion on the ultimate issue of NGRI.) >> >> The 'lookback' is done via a psychiatric examination which includes 1) interviewing the defendant 2) reviewing prior treatment records if they exist 3) talking to friends and family members about D's behavior 4) sometimes neuropsychological testing and MRI. With an adequate evidentiary foundation and properly qualified expert he/she can speak to D's state of mind at the time of the crime and the ultimate issue of whether D meets legal criteria for NGRI. And I'm pretty sure that PTSD is a recognized psychiatric diagnosis in the DSM IV. >> >> Now for our ACW friends alot of this stuff is impossible due to the passage of time and lack of technology. Also what was the state of medical record keeping at the time of the ACW and thereafter? If decent then there could be alot of good information that would speak to the issue of PTSD. And of course any recollections of friends, family members, co-workers, etc. would be very valuable, as it is today. >> >> From a legal standpoint a historian would not be qualified to speak to the issue. But a shrink or psychologist with an interest in history would certainly be qualified to speak to the issues involved in any serious treatment of the issue. >> >> Finally, my physicians assistant is an ACW buff and got me involved in the RICWRT. I will ask him the next time I'm in to see him with my annual winter sinus infection. >> >> Mike DiLauro >> ----------------http://www.arthes.com/mailman/listinfo/gettysburg_arthes.com -to unsubscribe >> http://arthes.com/pipermail/gettysburg_arthes.com/ for Archives >> ----------------http://www.arthes.com/mailman/listinfo/gettysburg_arthes.com -to unsubscribe >> http://arthes.com/pipermail/gettysburg_arthes.com/ for Archives > > > > ----------------http://www.arthes.com/mailman/listinfo/gettysburg_arthes.com -to unsubscribe > http://arthes.com/pipermail/gettysburg_arthes.com/ for Archives


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The handy dandy, very vegan Vida Vegan Google map
Bookmark this one on your smartphone—it includes all official conference locations, off-site events, and our vegan-friendly favorite spots in this fair city.
This map includes:
- 3 entirely vegan bakeries: Back to Eden, Dovetail & Sweetpea Baking Co.
- Ambridge Event Center: our Saturday evening Galarama & Silent Auction for Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary. Here's the facebook event.
- BloLo
- Curious Comedy Theater: the location of our Thursday evening sneak of Vegucated. Buy your tickets in advance to guarantee entry! Here's the facebook event.
- D.C. Vegetarian cart
- Hungry Tiger Too: Tofuff-a-what? Toffuffalo!
- Portland Farmers Market—sneak by on Saturday for some berries!
- Portobello Vegan Trattoria
- Sizzle Pie: late-night slices
- Skeleton Key Tattoo: home of the 15% Vida Vegan discount, Vegan owned & operated!
- Taqueria Los Gorditos (both of 'em)
- The Bye & Bye
- The PSU Dorma—including the walking route from the dorms to the conference center
- University Place: This conference center is home to the VegNews reception, the Exhibitor Ballroom on-site classes, and hotel rooms.
- Vegan Mini Mall: Food Fight! Vegan Grocery, Scapegoat Tattoo, Herbivore Clothing & Sweetpea Baking Co.
- Vendetta: this bar has a giant back patio and Sloppy Janes, and is home to our official Thursday night Meet & Greet Happy Hour. Here's the facebook event.
- Voodoo Doughnut
- Whole Foods Market: The Pearl District store is accessible via bus and is hosting our off-site cooking demos! Read this post for more details.
and more!
Note: We all adore Homegrown Smoker, Kitchen Dances and Native Bowl (all vegan carts!) and have tried adding these to Google Maps but they've yet to show – come on, Google!!
Please feel free to leave a comment if you'd like a location added.
And don't fret, if paper maps are more your bag, well, you'll have one in your handy dandy Vida Vegan tote bag, along with your program and travel mug.
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VIDEO: Watch the PMLR girder installation in time lapse
The Portland to Milwaukie Light Project continues to take shape. McLoughlin Boulevard was closed over the weekend, so crews could install six huge girders over Kellogg Lake, McLoughlin Boulevard and some residences.
Crews got the work finished 11 hours ahead of schedule.
Time lapse video courtesy: Stacy and Witbeck, as complied by Rick Merina.


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Welcome to PDM College of Engineering
The PDM College of Engineering welcomes all the visitors to its campus at Sector-3A, Sarai Aurangabad, Bahadurgarh in the State of Haryana. The College Provides quality education in the areas of Engineering, Management Studies and Computer Applications leading to degrees at Bachelors and Masters levels.
To be a renowned technology Institution and a student focused entity recognized for its research activities, innovative teaching methodology and dynamic learning environment.
To contribute to society through the pursuit of education and learning at the highest levels of excellence.
To create and disseminate knowledge and art through research and creative inquiry, teaching, and learning, and to transfer our intellectual and artistic product to enhance society in meaningful and sustainable ways.
To achieve these ends by pursuing the advantages of a diverse community, open to the exchange of ideas, where discovery,creativity, personal and professional development can flourish.
Quality Policy
The Institute is committed to make the students technologically superior and ethically strong. We strive to instill high patterns of discipline and character building through our well framed Quality Management System.


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Herald Staff
Former Arlington City Councilman Ryan Larsen has abandoned a campaign he launched just last month to run for the Snohomish County Council's District 1.
The 42-year-old Democrat said Friday that he's decided instead to focus his attention working as Anacortes' director of planning, community and economic development. In a statement, Larsen also said he wanted to spend more time with his younger, teenage son.
Larsen said he'll consider another campaign in the future.
Republicans Ken Klein, an Arlington City Councilman, and Gary Wright, a longtime Marysville real estate agent, have announced plans to run this year for District 1, which covers north Snohomish County.
Democrats had hoped Ryan's experience and name recognition — he's the younger brother of U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash. — would help them make inroads in the GOP-leaning district, which covers most of north Snohomish County.
It's the only one of the five County Council districts currently represented by a Republican. Councilman John Koster has held the job for 12 years, but term limits are forcing him to step down at the end of 2013.


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Venus Academy - Business and Clinical Workshop - Chicago, IL
Venus Concept
Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
You are cordially invited to attend a complimentary Business & Clinical Workshop, a comprehensive overview of the latest advancements, techniques and business practices designed to increase patient satisfaction and business revenue in your clinic.
As a valued Venus Freeze® Certified Provider, you have access to a wide range of clinical and marketing tools. This workshop is the perfect opportunity for you and your team to learn how to implement them effectively, as well as answer any questions you might have about generating business and clinical results.
Workshop Agenda
The workshop's content is divided into 2 sessions:
The first half is aimed at Clinical team members, and is focused on revealing the tips and tricks used to achieve the best results for your patients with Venus Freeze®. Discover innovative techniques, and review what constitutes an ideal patient, consultation advice, and tips for getting the best Before & After photos.
The second half is aimed at Clinic Managers and Owners and it will examine the business side of Aesthetics. You will learn which are the most effective techniques and marketing tools that you can use in your practice to increase your business. The content will make you think "outside the box" and will answer vital questions such as: How do I get the phone to ring off the hook? When do I follow up with patients? How do I market to my patient base? How do I achieve word-of-mouth advertising? and many more.
In addition, we will have food and snacks, so come hungry and thirsty for information!
About Venus Concept
Venus Concept's promise to you is to bring you the most innovative and advanced aesthetic devices paired with unprecedented support. The Venus Freeze® has delivered consistent clinical outcomes for you and now we want to help you take it a step further.
Reserve your team's spot today by registering above. You can also contact your Venus Concept Representative to RSVP.
Venus Freeze® Latest Media Appearances
See what the Media is saying about Venus Freeze® here:
- The Rachael Ray Show
- The Doctors TV Show
- Univision's Primer Impacto
- Hollywood Trend Report
- Haute Living Magazine
- Harper's Bazaar
- Examiner.com
- TooFab.com
- LA'sThePlace.com
- TheFashionSpot.com
- New Beauty Magazine Online
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When & Where
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Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
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Join the Aesthetic Revolution - Present in over 47 countries, Venus Concept is revolutionizing the medical aesthetic industry with the world's most sought-after treatments. We supply aesthetic practitioners with high performance devices that tighten skin, reduce fine lines, wrinkles, stretch marks, cellulite as well as tackle stubborn fat areas.
We provide high performance products that allow aesthetic practitioners to confidently offer effective, safe and profitable solutions to their clients. We believe in deep collaboration with our customers and partners, allowing us to innovate in a way that others simply cannot. In only 4 years, Venus Concept, its employees and its partners, have touched and improved the quality of life of hundreds of thousands of patients and business owners worldwide. And we are just getting started.
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Hey guys,
Just wanted to say that have released v0.4 of WLM
Can be downloaded here (I'm too stupid to get my google code page looking right...) ;
Basic updates from v0.3 as follows ;
Just run the file to start it up (may require a 'chmod 755 wlm_v0-4' to make it executable)#0.4
# > Included possibility to invert the case in words (lower->upper & upper->lower).
# > Included basic error checks to the datelist script to avoid erroneous input.
# > Included possibility to remove words that do not have X number of numeric values.
# > Included possibility to remove words with N number of repeated characters.
# > Included basic leetifying options, not terribly happy with how that is done, but suppose better than nothing.
# > Temporary (? ) inclusion of Gitsnik's great permute.pl script also able to run on direct input
# pending my pitiful bash endeavours to reproduce the same thing..
or it you run it followed by a word then it will run Gitsnik's permute.pl script over the word.
http://adaywithtape.blogspot.nl/2011...revisited.htmlCode:./wlm_v-04 awesome


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Jackson Appointed Chief of Staff at GSA
June 21, 2001
Contact: Deborah K. Ruiz, (202) 501-1231
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Administrator Stephen A. Perry today named Brian Allan Jackson as Chief of Staff at the U.S. General Services Administration. Mr. Jackson previously served as Deputy Associate Administrator in GSA's Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs.
As the number three official at GSA, Mr. Jackson will be responsible for carrying out a variety of important assignments in connection with the management and activities of GSA. He will work collaboratively with the Administrator, Deputy Administrator and staff in the immediate Office of the Administrator to provide leadership and guidance in the conduct of special long- and short-range management studies of major concern to the Administrator.
"I am excited about this challenging opportunity," said Mr. Jackson. "I'm honored at the confidence the Administrator has placed in me and I look forward to working with him to make GSA the highest performance organization it can be. I'm also thrilled to serve President Bush's Administration in this capacity."
Prior to joining GSA, Mr. Jackson served as the Senior Legislative Assistant to former U.S. Representative and House Budget Committee Chairman John Kasich. Mr. Jackson provided key policy advice on a range of legislative issues and directed special legislative projects and coalitions for Chairman Kasich. Mr. Jackson also served as Chairman Kasich's Budget Associate, working with committee members and staff to develop policy proposals. In addition, Mr. Jackson drafted several pieces of legislation, including the Internet Tax Elimination Act. Mr. Jackson also served as an aide to former Congressman Frank Cremeans, for whom he served as liaison to local governments and industries for natural resources issues.
A graduate of the University of Alabama, Mr. Jackson earned a bachelor of arts, magna cum laude, in economics. Mr. Jackson is a member of several academic honor societies including Omicron Delta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi.
Mr. Jackson currently resides in Washington, D.C. and is a member of St. Alban's Parish, where he is active in feeding ministries sponsored by the church and is a member of the Africa Roundtable. Mr. Jackson is involved in several other local organizations including the University of Alabama Alumni Association, National Capital Chapter.
GSA is a centralized federal procurement and property agency responsible for providing office space, supplies and services for the federal government. GSA operates and manages 1,800 government-owned buildings and 6,500 leased buildings while playing a key role in procuring and managing the government's massive inventory of computer and telecommunications equipment and services.
Since its creation in 1949, the agency has evolved from a mandatory supplier of space and products for federal civilian agencies to a non-mandatory provider of competitively-priced, high-quality office space, commercial products and military and civilian workforce solutions.


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iParameterESM Struct Reference
This interface is a parameter resolver. More...
#include <ivaria/engseq.h>
Public Member Functions
|virtual iBase *
|GetValue (iBase *params=0) const =0
|Get the value based on userdata which is given to the operations.
|virtual bool
|IsConstant () const =0
|Returns true if the value is constant and immediatelly available upon request.
Detailed Description
This interface is a parameter resolver.
The operations in the engine sequence manager use instances of this class to get the required object (mesh, light, material, ...). The engine sequence manager itself currently provides two ready-made implementations of this resolver:
- iEngineSequenceParameters->CreateParameterESM() which will create a resolver that gets the requested parameter from the given iEngineSequenceParameters instance. This is useful for sequences where you don't know in advance on what objects you will use it.
- iEngineSequenceManager->CreateParameterESM() which will give a resolver that returns a constant value. This is useful for operations where the object to operate on is known in advance.
Main creators of instances implementing this interface:
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Get the value based on userdata which is given to the operations.
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Members of the San Bernardino Police Department are investigating a shooting that occurred early Sunday morning and left a man hospitalized.
The victim was taken to Loma Linda University Medical Center where he underwent surgery and was in critical condition, San Bernardino Police Lt. Rich Lawhead said Sunday.
The victim had a gunshot wound in one of his legs that damage an artery and resulted in significant blood loss, Lawhead said.
Police officers began their investigation after they received reports that several shots were heard at at about 12:40 a.m. at an apartment complex in the 1400 block of East Ninth Street.
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ByDeborah Gage
Microsoft has been quietly operating a group inside its Redmond, Wash., headquarters called Yammer North in an effort to integrate Yammer into its vast software business, Venture Capital Dispatch has learned.
Last July Microsoft paid $1.2 billion in cash for the business social networking company, which was then about four years old. It was a deal that raised the valuations of enterprise startups throughout Silicon Valley, according to venture capitalists, but Microsoft executives considered it a coup.
Not only could Microsoft use Yammer's social network to round out Office 365, Microsoft's cloud-based Office suite, according to Microsoft Corporate Vice President Jeff Teper, but the company was also intrigued by the way Yammer develops software.
Like other young Internet companies, Yammer rapidly and frequently releases changes to its software, testing some of its iterations on users and collecting data on how the software is used and which changes are accepted best.
For Microsoft, which has a pre-Internet history of updating software every few years, Yammer was "right on edge of the comfort zone of our enterprise customers," Teper said. "We update quarterly, and we said, "Huh, what do you do to deploy new things weekly? How do you test things out, changing and tweaking the experience so customers don't push back?"
Yammer North is composed of Microsoft people, not Yammer people–Yammer has retained its offices in San Francisco and is aggressively hiring, Teper said, while the Yammer North team, which is about 70 people, is responsible for integrating Yammer technology across Microsoft SharePoint and Office 365 and for "bringing Microsoft processes and approaches, where appropriate, back to the Yammer team."
Yammer and Microsoft function as an extended team, according to Yammer CTO Adam Pisoni, with Microsoft people participating in Yammer "hack days" and Yammer helping Microsoft learn to move more quickly. Pisoni also spoke about Yammer's development methods last month at an event in San Francisco called "Engineering the Yammer Way."
But Microsoft, whose Office software has a billion customers around the world, has something to teach Yammer too, according to Teper. "Yammer had a bleeding edge customer base who, when they signed up for Yammer knew what they were getting into," and if a customer complained about changing the user interface or moving things around,"maybe they were not the right customer for Yammer," he said.
Yammer North's Nate Fink, who's worked at Microsoft since the mid-1990s, said Yammer is great at speed, while Microsoft is great at scale. "The Yammer culture is strong and powerful. The Yammer acquisition happened at the best possible moment for us," Fink said.
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A Philadelphia pianist collaborated with a Berlin-based musician to create a musical memorial to one of the most chilling events of prewar Nazi Germany.
May 10 marked the 80th anniversary of one of the most chilling events of prewar Nazi Germany. It was on that date that the German Student Association, a Nazi-backed and affiliated group of college and graduate students, organized a nationwide "Action Against the Un-German Spirit." The "action," which took place across the country on college campuses and in town squares, involved burning tens of thousands of books deemed by the students to be "un-German" — liberal, Communist, pacifist and, of course, Jewish. The event was the latest and clearest indicator at the time of how the Nazis planned to control every aspect of German society.
With a very few exceptions — the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., held events in observance of the anniversary — the date has faded, its import lessened by the overwhelming scope of horrific events in need of commemoration.
One of those who marked the anniversary was Hal Freedman, a Philadelphia-based classical pianist. Freedman, who has studied with instructors who have been on the faculty at the Curtis Institute, Juilliard and the Moscow Conservatory, released his recording of the piece, "Burning Books" ( "Brennende Bücher"), on YouTube on May 10. The work was written for him by Stephan Beneking, a German composer who Freedman has been collaborating with for some time.
According to Freedman, Beneking, who lives in Berlin, was inspired to write "Burning Books" in no small part because he walks by the Berlin memorial to the book burning, designed by Israeli artist Mischa Ulmann, every day on his way to work.
"I was aware of the book burning, but Stephan really educated me about it," Freedman says. "I was absolutely terrified by the piece, although there is that feeling of hope at the end; the books did survive."
Freedman, who also created the video for the work, says that he and Beneking will continue to collaborate on works that reflect the unique nature of their relationship, one inflected by different cultures, countries and histories, but linked together through their desire to communicate and commemorate through classical music. "We have done two more parts of the cycle of works for piano so far," he says. "The second part is called 'The White Rose,' and is about the resistance groups in Germany during World War II. The third part is called 'The Kiss,' and is dedicated to the homosexuals murdered in concentration camps." Both compositions will be released on Freedman's YouTube channel within the next month.
To learn more about the 1933 book burnings in Germany, and to see more of the creative process behind the piece, go to soundcloud.com/stephan-beneking/brennende-b-cher-burning-books


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(NEWSER) – What can we say: Edwin Tobergta has a type. That type is rubber, inflatable, and, presumably, brightly colored. The Ohio man has been charged, twice in less than two years, with engaging in sexual relations with a pool toy, the Smoking Gun reports. In the most recent incident, for which Tobergta was indicted yesterday, he was spotted outside his Hamilton home last month "naked and ... having sexual relations with a rubber pool float," according to the police report. Children under the age of 10 were witnesses to the disturbing daytime incident, the report adds.


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Just after saving a bunch of cache pages to my laptop, I now get the following message when I try to access geocaching.com from that same IP address:
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I know a new item groundspeak could add to it's online store. Rubber balls with the goecaching logo on them
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No, it is not from the site being down. I am blocked.
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 7:44 am
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I am blocked.
ooh, that's just one step from being banned:
sorry, I know it's not funny. What do you mean, blocked? Can you log on?
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 12:48 pm
Post subject: Not Banned!
Shortly after the server/firewall changes at geocaching.com, I was going to go caching with my laptop and I set it up to "make available offline" a search for caches. I came back an hour or so later and saw that it was set to download pages 3 links deep so it was only a little bit done downloading a massive number of geocaching.com web pages. I canceled the download and next time I tried to get on to geocaching.com I got the "forbidden" error.
It seems like my IP address was flagged because I could get to my account using any other computer using a different IP address except my laptop connection IP. I figured that buxley's or rickrich or others who bring over lots of data would have had the same problem.
It is not that I am blocked or in trouble with the site. I think that their system watches for people who are downloading tons of pages and it flags that IP address and does not allow it to continue accessing the site.
And then again, I could be wrong....
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Have you tried emailing them about your problem?
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Early Starts wrote:
I figured that buxley's or rickrich or others who bring over lots of data would have had the same problem.
For the record, my tools insert delays between page requests and also only download the minimum number of pages needed to fill the request. I don't know what Buxley's does. I have never experienced being locked out.
These new fangled browsers with page read-ahead, etc. can and are be far more aggresive than well-written tools.
BTW, if you want the HTML cache web pages, you can take a .gpx file (from a PQ or from my tools) and convert it back to HTML with fizzymagic's "gpx2html". Its a perl script and he has a ready-to-go .EXE of it for Windows users. I have a slightly modified/improved (*) version of it in my tools package, but I don't provide a .EXE version so Windows users need to install perl to use my version.
(*) I do feed my changes back to fizzy, but he so far has ignored them.
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Yea yea,,, i'm forbidden to post on the GroundSpeak forums...
Oh well?
I was thinking maybe a GroundSpeak darn it Doll rather than a ball.
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Yea yea,,, i'm forbidden to post on the GroundSpeak forums...
Oh well?
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I was so excited to promote my site (with really no intention of pissing anyone off) and they brought the hammer down on me. It's my own fault, for trying to advertize. So I've got no one to blame but myself. It has been a learning experience. Anyways though - the termoil ended up doing a bit of auto-promoting itself! Ha... Now I've learned to NOT cross post, and be more respectful. That's about it! The thing is, I really don't care too much about it. I just go on with my life. If I really ever cared, I could of course just get a new username, but I don't...
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This thread talks about this.
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That thread is not the same as what I am seeing. I still can't get on from my laptop's IP address, however, I don't care much since I don't usually use it. I am not going to persue it.
I think it might have more to do with what is going on to Buxley's site:
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DeWine calls some school safety plans 'useless'
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WTVN) -- All of Ohio's schools have filed mandatory safety plans with the state, but Attorney General Mike DeWine says some law enforcement officers tell him a few of those plans are "useless" in the event of an emergency. That's because many of the plans are too long or don't contain the information first responders deem vital.
"As you can imagine with as many schools as we have in the state, some of them have a great plan, some of them have a plan that maybe is not so great," DeWine said.
State law doesn't spell out what needs to be in the plans nor does it include penalties for non-compliance. About 180 of the plans haven't been update in over three years while 56 are incomplete. DeWine says they're working with schools to improve them. Despite the issues DeWine insists that the safest place a child can be during the day is in school.
Speaking to the School Safety and Emergency Management Planning Conference in Columbus, DeWine said they're also focusing on making sure teachers and school employees have training to react to active shooters in the building.
"We have now had over 7,000 individuals who have been trained, " he said noting that they'll continue holding the free courses as long as there is demand for them.
DeWine says the courses don't instruct teachers how to use a gun, but it does train them on what warning signs to look for and other best practices learned from past school shootings. One of the biggest issues he says they've found when looking back on previous incidents is that a lot of people noticed something out of place about something, but didn't connect the dots or report it.
He says during a school shooting it's the staff that are actually the first responders because it will take law enforcement a couple of minutes to respond.
"In two minutes a lot of people can be dead," he said.


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BREVARD, N.C.- Five Tornados finished in double figures but it wasn't enough for Brevard College in a 92-84 loss to the Mars Hill Lions in South Atlantic Conference action from Boshamer Gymnasium on Wednesday night.
The Lions (7-19, 5-16 SAC) were a perfect 10-for-10 from the foul line in the game's final 67 seconds to keep BC (4-21, 4-17 SAC) at bay.
Mars Hill scored 24 unanswered points in a run that spanned halftime to take their largest lead of the game at 20 points on a Carter Wright three-pointer at the 15:48 mark in the second half. Wright set a Mars Hill record with nine threes on his way to a career-high 37 points.
The Tornados stormed back into striking distance later in the half with a 13-3 run that cut MHU's lead to seven with 7:28 to play. Five different Tornados scored during the run, including three points apiece from Darius Moose, Dominique Pickett and Alex Moe.
The Lions hit back-to-back buckets to push their lead to 11 and later 12 before the Tornados again made it a seven-point game on a Pickett three with 1:08 remaining. The Tornados couldn't get any closer as MHU iced the game with free throws.
Moose tallied a team-high 22 points, while Pickett, Moe and Trevon Shaw all finished with 17. Shaw matched his season-high of nine rebounds while Moe secured eight boards.
Harrison White was the fifth Tornado to finish in double figures, netting 11 points and grabbing a season-high eight rebounds.
The Tornados will finish their season on Saturday as they host the Wingate Bulldogs (13-12, 10-11 SAC) for Senior Day, when they'll honor redshirt senior Dominique Pickett. Tipoff from Boshamer Gymnasium is set for 4 p.m.


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So…our first location-scouting trip to Chicago was in the dead of winter. Why? This was when we could all take time off work and hotels and airfare were crazy cheap. Because who wants to go to Chicago in the dead of winter?! Falling-ice warnings around skyscrapers, slush puddles, doing the cold dance while waiting for the L—all right, I'll admit the cold dance is pretty entertaining. (NOTE: Don't worry; when we do hold an event in Chicago, it will not be in January or February.)
Ah, but in this frigid, frigid land there was an oasis: the biggest Whole Foods we'd ever seen. Ladies, grab your cameras!
We spent close to two hours photographing Upton's Naturals grab-n-go sandwiches and Chicago Diner cookies, sipping bubbly at one of two wine bars, choosing snacks for our flight home, and downing vegan Chicago-style hot dogs and soy milkshakes. Because that's precisely what three bloggers do when they check out a new grocery store. While we know how ridiculous it must look to normal people, we simply can't help ourselves. How else are we going to tell the Internet all about it?
Honestly, the rest of trip was pretty cool too. We got to check out a bunch of neato spaces, eat pizza, and meet up with Snarky Vegan, Marla from Chicago VeganMania, the Upton's duo of Dan and Nicole, and Ms. Kelly Peloza—and they're worth a few frozen toes.


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Tourism study brings together rivals
They may be fierce foes on the football field, but the University of South Carolina and Clemson University are proving that they can be partners in the boardroom as they work together to promote economic development in South Carolina.
The University of South Carolina's Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Travel & Tourism Industry Center and Clemson University's department of parks, recreation and tourism management are partnering to complete an economic-impact study of the 17 counties of the South Carolina National Heritage Corridor (SCNHC).
The SCNHC promotes economic development in rural areas of South Carolina through heritage tourism and is being developed by private citizens, governmental agencies, conservation groups, businesses and communities. Designated by Congress in 1996 as a National Heritage Area, the corridor runs from the foothills of Oconee County in the northwestern corner of the state, along the Savannah River, through the Edisto River Basin to the port city of Charleston.
"This partnership with Clemson University is just the beginning of what we can accomplish by working together: universities and businesses joining forces for the good of the state and sharing resources during these challenging economic times," said Dr. Rich Harrill, director of the Sloan center.
The results will be shared with the National Park Service, South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism, partners and potential funders.
The study will provide independently researched information on the value of the corridor's work toward the preservation, conservation and promotion of community resources and how effective this work has been in the development of heritage-based tourism.
Dr. Brian J. Mihalik, dean of the College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management said, "In a state rich with heritage-based sites, this study will be critical to tourism promotion, based not only on natural resources and attractions but on our heritage. This project highlights the cooperative efforts of two of the state's leading research universities and will provide data that will serve as a catalyst for the growth of heritage corridors."
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In HNN Audio Podcast #13, we explore the topic of sex from a humanist perspective. Please be advised that the theme of this show is adult in nature and some portions may not be appropriate for certain listeners. We speak with sex therapist Marty Klein, Ph.D, cartoonist Jeff Swenson and humanist advice columnist Molleen Matsumura, a.k.a. "Sweet Reason." Film critic Carolyn Braunius reviews Shortbus. And as a very special treat we perform a radio play, "Humanist Love – Deist On Top". [Read more…]
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NPD's nationwide survey of 2,400 Millennials showed them eating out 202 times on average this year, versus 252 times in 2007. The research firm attributes the shift to the unusually high unemployment rate among this age group, which stood at 10.8% last month. Many out-of-work Millennials who had been living on their own have since been forced to return home to their parents, which could mean more home-cooked meals.
"This is a shift of biblical proportions for the restaurant industry," says Harry Balzer, chief industry analyst at researcher NPD Group. "I've done this for 35 years, and we could always count on this age group as the biggest restaurant users. But not the last five years ... the load of the recession has hit them harder than anyone else."
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AAAS launches new title – Science Advances – 14 Feb 2014
"The non-profit American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), publisher of the Science family of journals, plans an expansion of its scientific communication efforts with the launch of a new title, Science Advances, as an extended forum for high-quality, peer-reviewed research.
Spanning science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and the social sciences, the new digital publication will leverage Science's uniquely broad scope to help speed scientific progress by promoting the rapid communication of current research. Science Advances will be published online – on an open-access basis, with articles freely available to the public – through the payment, by authors, of an article processing fee."
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An antique eight-light chandelier having an urn-form body set with Wedgwood cameos. The reeded and foliate detailed "S" scroll arms spring from a narrow point on the body to support delicate beaded waxpans and candlecups. Attributed to the Boston, Massachusetts maker Pettingell Andrews Co.
Current height: 66-1/4"
Minimum height: 30-1/4"
Overall: 22-3/4" diameter
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Exit Art, 1982–2012By Hua Hsu
Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman founded Exit Art in 1982 as a space for "unusual" art, which is saying a lot given that this was a time when artists were bisecting public plazas with giant panels of unfinished steel, using subway trains as canvases, and performing year-long pieces that consisted of never going indoors. That February, Papo and Ingberman curated their first exhibition, "Illegal America." The show explored the ways in which the practice of art had occasionally run afoul of the law, from Charlotte Moorman playing cello in the nude to Chris Burden ordering his assistant to shoot him in his arm. The catalogue consisted of a series of artists' statements housed in a box, which was sealed shut. In order to open it, you had to tear through a dollar bill glued across the flaps—an illegal act, albeit of the mildest kind.
Exit Art's mandate was clear from the very beginning: the brash claim that they represented an "exit" from the traditional art world; a neck-and-neck passion for politics and aesthetics; that gag of a catalogue, the kind that implicates gallerygoers as more than passive collectors of names on placards. Yet their remarkable, thirty-year existence on the fringes will soon come to an end. Read More


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This is the first of four fabulous Etsy cat toy round-ups happening during Toy Week. Thanks to all the generous Etsy sellers 16 Moderncat readers will win some beautiful handmade kitty creations!
Today we have four Moderncat faves (clockwise from top left):
- Huskyplus Catnip Love Sock from Feline Inquisition
- "Ivy Cloudy" Catnip Blob from o.george!
- Pair of "In the Forest" Heart Shaped Catnip Toys from Inu Inspirations
- Sally Cat's Favorite Catnip Mouse made with reclaimed fabric from ReFabulous
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Several hundred students took a much needed study break on Wednesday, December 12 to stop by the library Mud Box. Goodies—both edible and not—were on offer with cookies, coffee, fun giveaways, and games. Students decorated witch hats to go with the events wizard theme, sent friends good wishes for finals via Owl Post, posed for pictures with Dumblesheep, and competed to show their Harry Potter savvy in wizard trivia.
This event marks the eighth academic year that the library has sponsored this end-of-semester study break, along with important partners, including the Mud Box Café, Friends of AU Library, Student Government, Graduate Leadership Council, Student Activities, and the Residence Hall Association. The library was also excited to welcome the American University Alumni Association—and several alumni volunteers—as a new partner for this event.