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I want to make a program with an interface that will contain a 3d graphic in a frame.
I don't have a big experience with python and I've never made something with interfaces. About graphics, I've only worked with Pylab to make 2d graphics, but nothing with 3d graphics.
Basically, my doubt is which GUI framework can allow me to implement easily a 3d graphic, and which library would you recommend me to make the graphic. I would also be very interested in moving it with the mouse (Relatively speaking, like catia, google maps, patran,…). Would it be so tricky?
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Gomes' go-ahead shot powers Tribe over White Sox
Bauer's career-high 10 K's set stage for club to pull into break at .500
CLEVELAND -- Amid a first half that has seen shoddy defense, shaky starting pitching and a lack of timely hitting from the Tribe, the club showcased just the opposite as it strode into the All-Star break on Sunday.
Trevor Bauer was dominant, Mike Aviles made a jaw-dropping defensive play and Yan Gomes skied a go-ahead two-run homer to fuel the Indians' 3-2 victory over the White Sox at Progressive Field, which sent Cleveland (47-47) into the second half riding a .500 record.
Bauer logged 6 2/3 scoreless innings and struck out a career-high 10 batters in the series rubber match, showing flashes of the same brilliance that had so many scouts drooling as the former top prospect ascended through the Minors. In a year full of solid outings marred by one or two key mistakes, Sunday's start saw the 23-year-old right-hander overcome middling command to pitch around eight hits and three walks while stranding 10 White Sox runners.
"When he got himself into a little bit of a bind, he pitched out of it," Tribe manager Terry Francona said. "I thought he was very good. Early in the game, he'd get a couple outs and then there was a walk or the inning would get extended with a hit, and that probably cost him a bunch of pitches. But he didn't let them score. As the game progressed, like he does, he got stronger."
Bauer would record eight strikeouts over his final four frames and retire five of the last six hitters he faced.
"I think I had eight [strikeouts] on curveballs, one on a slider, one on a fastball," Bauer said. "Curveball felt pretty good today."
As the Tribe struggled to find offense, Gomes proved to be the go-to source as he finished 2-for-4 with all three of the team's RBIs. After Nick Swisher hit a leadoff single in the eighth inning, Gomes saw a 1-1 slider from reliever Javy Guerra and lifted it just over the right-field wall for his 12th home run of the year.
"I was really trying to do the same thing Swisher did," Gomes said. "They're giving you a big hole the other way, I was just trying to get a pitch to stay up top and drive it that way. Didn't think I was going to [hit a homer]."
The performance marked Gomes' fourth game with three RBIs this season, and his first since June 24 in Arizona.
Bauer ran into trouble early, allowing a two-out single to Jose Abreu in the first and walking Adam Dunn in the next at-bat, but Dayan Viciedo would ground out to end the threat.
The White Sox pressured Bauer again in the following frame when Conor Gillaspie hit a leadoff single. Fortunately for the Indians, they were bailed out by an excellent throw from left fielder Aviles, who fielded a popup and then doubled off Gillaspie at first -- a rare 7-3 double play -- to keep the game scoreless.
"Hey, scoot over [Yoenis] Cespedes. Now we got Mike Aviles throwing balls like that," Gomes said. "That was pretty impressive. It's a pretty crazy play, because he makes a throw like that and throws it away, everybody's like, 'Why is he throwing it?'"
The Tribe scratched across a run in the second when Gomes pushed Ryan Raburn home on a one-out single. Lonnie Chisenhall reached on an error one at-bat later to load the bases, but White Sox starter John Danks struck out the next two batters he faced to escape the jam.
That sequence would mark the end of scoring for either team until the eighth, when the South Siders scored a pair of runs on three base hits against reliever Bryan Shaw to take a 2-1 advantage.
"There was a wild pitch and a base hit up the middle," Francona said. "Sometimes the outcome isn't exactly the way he pitched. Bryan is pretty consistent with what he takes out there."
The White Sox lead was short-lived, however, once Gomes put the Tribe back out front with his decisive two-run homer. Cody Allen came in to strike out two in a perfect ninth for his 12th save of the year, giving him 11 straight converted saves dating back to May 30.
Given the injuries and the number of changes Cleveland was forced to weather during the first half of 2014, many on the team are content to enter the break with an even record. And with the Indians still sitting 7 1/2 games back of the division-leading Tigers -- whom they will play in a four-game set beginning Friday -- the players believe the American League Central is still up for grabs.
"I think we're in a good place. I think we're slowly but surely coming along," Aviles said. "If you think about it, last year it was the same kind of deal, and we just got better as the season got on. I think this is the same kind of thing. Nobody is running away with it. I know Detroit's not running away with it in the Central, so we're still there."
Alec Shirkey is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Roundup: Florida men's golf remains in first
Published: Friday, May 17, 2013 at 9:10 p.m.
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BATON ROUGE, La. — Sparked by the top three players on the individual leaderboard Friday, Florida is in first place after two rounds at the NCAA South Regional in Baton Rouge, La.
The Gators recorded a 292 (+4) for the second round at the University Club and lead second-place Alabama by eight strokes heading into today's third and final round.
"First of all, we have three guys playing up a storm," UF coach Buddy Alexander said. "We are in a good spot with a chance to win and a good spot to qualify."
Sophomore Eric Banks and senior T.J. Vogel paced the Gators on the second day of competition. Both Banks and Vogel scored a 71 (-1). At one-under par through two rounds, Banks is tied for third place. Fueled by two consecutive rounds under par, Vogel is on top of the individual leaderboard at three-under par.
Senior captain Tyler McCumber finished at even-par at the par-72, 7,436 yard course. He is two-under for the tournament and in second place.
"This is uncharted waters for Eric Banks," Alexander said. "T.J. Vogel and Tyler McCumber have been there before. Tyler could actually be going for his first win in his collegiate career tomorrow."
Classmate J.D. Tomlinson registered a 78 (+6) for the second round. The Gainesville native is 11-over par through two rounds. Senior Tommy Mou rounded out the Gators' lineup, recording an 82 (+10) and is 12-over par through the first two rounds of the regional tournament.
Track and field: Florida freshman Jimmy Clark was named the SEC Men's Freshman Runner of the Year, as announced by the conference as part of the SEC Outdoor Track and Field awards.
Clark was the 2013 SEC men's 10,000-meter champion, winning the event in a time of 29:44.54. He became the first freshman in school history to win the men's SEC 10K title and the fifth overall athlete in program annals to accomplish that feat. He shaved 17 seconds off his personal-best for a third-place finish in the men's 5,000 meters at the SEC Championships with a time of 13:58.24, which is good for third all-time at Florida.
Along with Clark, who earned two SEC All-Freshman Team nods and an SEC first-team honor, the Gators earned 25 All-SEC accolades from the SEC Outdoor Championships. Other UF athletes with multiple honors include fellow freshmen Arman Hall and Marija Vucenovic.
Next up for the Gators is the NCAA East Preliminary Round, hosted by North Carolina A&T State at the Irwin Belk Track & Field Center. The three-day meet begins Thursday and runs through Saturday. Florida has been awarded 48 qualifiers (22 men, 26 women) for the NCAA East Preliminary Round.
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Driving instructors are calling for changes to Manitoba's driver education program after an accident killed one teen and sent four others to hospital earlier this month.
Abe Peters and Dane Wilson, who have a combined 50 years of experience training new drivers, say the 50 hours of in-class and in-car training students receive in school with professional instructors may not be enough to prepare them to get behind the wheel.
"I teach a lot of kids who've taken driver's ed, and their parents, or even they, realize they need more (training after the program)," said Peters, who has run River Heights Driving School since 1974.
On Nov. 1, 17-year-old Kelvin High School student Julia Romanow was thrown from an SUV after it careened into a tree on Wellington Crescent near the St. James Bridge.
Four other teens, also Kelvin High School students, were taken to hospital with life-threatening and non-life threatening injuries. Speed was a factor and Romanow was likely not wearing a seatbelt, police have said. The 17-year-old driver has been charged with several counts of dangerous driving.
"It's not stereotypical, but when you hear of a 17-year-old in an accident, speed and driver inexperience are the first things that come to mind," said Wilson, owner and instructor of Transcona-based Crossroads Driver Training.
"With the kid being 17, he probably just got his licence."
High school students are eligible to enrol in the province's high school driver education program when they are 15-and-a-half years old. Students complete 34 hours of class instruction, along with eight hours of behind the wheel training and another eight hours of in-car observation.
Students must log a minimum of 24 additional hours with a supervising driver to earn their driver's ed certificate, although the certificate is not required for students to take a road test for their intermediate licence.
Peters and Wilson say more training with professional instructors is often needed.
Wilson would like to see mandatory winter lessons so students can better learn how to manage loss of control situations, from slick conditions to speeding.
"None of the students nowadays get any kind of experience to be able to control the car when it goes into a loss of control situation," said Wilson, who has 26 years of traffic enforcement with Winnipeg police under his belt.
Young drivers often get into accidents because of speed, or other factors, as they feel the "pressure is off" as soon as they get their licence, Peters added.
"They don't seem to pay enough attention and don't realize the dangers and consequences that happen," Peters said. "Lots of times they get away with things — they speed, they're texting. They don't realize (the dangers) until something really bad happens."
Up to 13,000 students go through Manitoba Public Insurance's driver's ed program each year, MPI spokesman Brian Smiley said.
The program is based on the best practices of other jurisdictions and is ever-evolving, Smiley said, noting the program does offer winter sessions.
"The program changes as society changes," he said.
"Look at texting and driving. Ten years ago, that wasn't really an issue. Now it is, and it's certainly discussed at the driver's ed level."
There's no "silver bullet" to stop collisions and fatalities, Smiley added, but a trifecta of education, awareness and law enforcement are helping make city streets safer.
"Why do people speed? We all ask that question because the messaging is certainly out there," Smiley said.
"We deliver the safety messages the best we can. After that, you hope the drivers and passengers execute what they've learned."
Joe Buccini, who runs Frontier Driving Academy, said licensing requirements have improved since he got his licence 20 years ago.
"You pretty much went from getting the handbook to, if you were good enough, getting your licence two weeks later," said Buccini, 38, who teaches students both privately and through the driver's ed program.
About 80% of Buccini's clients are youth, though he notes age isn't a factor when it comes to a student's capacity to learn.
"The theory is great, and there is a lot done to prepare them to drive," he said.
"At the end of the day, driving is a skill. You hope people will continue practicing. Some people won't and will only do the bare minimum, and they won't be the best drivers when they get their licence."
Tom Kinahan, who lives a few houses down from the crash site, said he often witnesses vehicles speeding around the corner and going right into the bush.
Kinahan won't let his 10-year-old son play in his front yard, because he feels the speed at which cars travel down the street poses a threat to his son's safety.
"Cars go by regularly at 70 kilometres. I rarely see a car doing the speed limit," he said.
In the last few years, the city has plowed out an area near the curve so cars hit a snow bank instead of sliding into the bush when they take the corner too quickly, Kinahan said.
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More than 250 volunteers from the Culmore area, including local businesses, churches and nonprofit organizations will participate in the seventh annual Culmore Cleanup on Saturday, May 2, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Participants should check in at 9 a.m. at the Woodrow Wilson Library, 6101 Knollwood Drive, Falls Church, to receive trash bags, a T-shirt and gloves. Coffee and light refreshments will be offered.
Volunteers will clean up trash and other debris from Route 7 and Patrick Henry Drive to Beachway Drive/Blair Road to Columbia Pike. From Columbia Pike the crews will continue to Route 7 and back to Patrick Henry Drive. All streets between these points will be included in the cleanup.
Following the cleanup, participants will return to the Woodrow Wilson Library for cookies and a chance to win a door prize from contributors. The library also will host a wildlife presentation by staff from the Hidden Oaks Nature Center, information from the Fairfax County Health Department Division of Environmental Health and the Baileys Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department.
The cleanup is organized by the Fairfax County Health Department Division of Environmental Health, Hidden Oaks Nature Center, the Mason District Supervisor's Office and the Woodrow Wilson Library along with several community organizations. Sponsors include the Rotary Club of Baileys Crossroads, Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center and John Marshall Bank.
Volunteers are asked to contact the Woodrow Wilson Library at 703-820-8774, ext. 4, (TTY 711) to pre-register teams of volunteers.
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var mid = math.floor((0 + array.length)/2)
from here you could use array.slice to divide the array into two equal sized arrays?
That would be possible if you have an even length array, but dividing an odd-sized array in to two equal sized arrays could be a challenge.
Did you try?
You can divide the array in two equal sized arrays if the array contains an even number of elements. If it's uneven, one part will have one element more than the other part.
You just beat me to it
Great minds, eh?
OK so now that I have the middle figured, how can I split the array into two arrays?
I'd say that the .splice() method would be the best way to do that.


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Land Judging Event
The Tri County Land Judging Event for all FFA and 4-H members will be Feb. 26.
This contest is restricted to members of FFA or a 4-H club. The host this year is Levy County. The youth will meet behind the IFAS office in Bronson on Hwy 27-A.
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Saturday, Feb. 20
'Cruzin' for Kidz"
The Williston Elementary School Safety Patrols are hosting the Second Annual "Cruzin' for Kidz" motorcycle ride on Saturday, Feb. 20 beginning at Williston Elementary School, 801 S. Main St. Registration 8:30-9:45; kickstands up at 10. Ride for free—Donations accepted. Lunch will be available for purchase upon the riders' return to WES. For info: email@example.com or 352-528-6030. Proceeds will go toward the kids' trip to Washington in June.
Friday, Feb. 12
St John the Evangelist Church in Williston will hold a Southern Fish Fry Feb. 12 from 5-7 p.m . a the church on Hwy. 27, Chiefland.
Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for children under 7 years old and are available at the door.
The mean consists of fish, french fries, cole slaw, hush puppies, grits, baked beans, dessert, coffee and tea.
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Genealogy and History Society
The Levy County Genealogy and History Society will meet Sunday, Feb. 14 at 2 p.m. at the Levy County Quilt Museum.
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Williston FOLee^Book Sale
The next "Friends" Book Fair will be held Saturday, Feb. 6 from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m in the Williston City Hall Community Center.
Volunteers are asked to help begin sorting books Thursday night at 6 p.m. and continue Friday morning at 9 a.m.
Helpers are also needed for the sale itself on Saturday from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. Call Mary Mcdaniell, 528-5972 if you can help at any of the times above.
Sunday, Jan. 31
Woman's Club Luncheon
The Williston Woman's Club is holding a Soup/Chili Dinner Sunday, Jan. 31 at the clubhouse located on Highway 121 North. A variety of homemade soups and chili, plus salad and cornbread as well as an assortment of homemade desserts will be on the menu.
Cost for the meal is $7.50 for adults, $5 for those under 10 and no cost for children under three.
The doors will be open from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. All proceeds will benefit club projects.
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Williston FOL
Friends of the Williston Public Library will host Henry Sheldon, Gainesville story teller, Thursday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. in the library.
Sheldon is well known in Alachua and surrounding counties for his programs. He is also a very generous entertainer, as he has asked that his honorarium be given to the Levy County Library System to be used for programs in the Levy County libraries.
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A representative from Sen. Bill Nelson's office will be at Williston City Hall from 4-5 p.m. today, Thursday, Jan. 14.
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Cheerleading Camp
There will be a WHS Cheerleader mini camp Saturday, Jan. 16 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. for all girls ages 4 and older . This is a fun day for all girls to spend with the WHS Cheerleaders learning basketball cheers, chants, dances and stunts. Each child will receive a t-shirt, snacks and lunch.
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Williston Community invites residents to do their part to ensure a safe and adequate blood supply for the community when they team up with LifeSouth Community Blood Centers to host a blood drive Friday, Jan. 8 and Saturday, Jan. 9.
Stop by the bloodmobile at City Hall between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. and make a contribution that can save up to three lives in local hospitals.
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Judge Joseph E. Smith will be honored with a reception Thursday, Dec. 10 from 4:30-7 p.m. at Bronson Elementary School Cafeteria, Ishie Ave., Bronson.
Remarks will be made at 5:30 p.m.
Smith is retiring after more than 16 years on the bench.
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Light Up Williston Parade
The Williston Area Chamber of Commerce is now accepting applications for this year's Light Up Williston parade.
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The Chiefland Woman's Club will host its Second Annual 5K Cancer Awareness Race/Walk Saturday, Dec. 5 at the Trailhead Park in Chiefland.
The race/walk will be the opening activity for the Chiefland Chamber Christmas Festival. The entry fee for the race/walk is $20 and proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society.
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HOUSTON - Investigators have determined the identity of a woman whose body was found burning in north Houston.
Houston police said 40-year-old Angelica Garibay's body was found near the intersection of Lorraine and Gano about 6:30 a.m. on Friday.
"The fire was 5 to 6 feet tall, so what I did was call 911 immediately," Vanessa Branch said.
Crews said they found smoke and flames coming from a mound of trash. A short time later, they found a body.
Detectives said it's possible that someone took Garibay's body to the location and then set the fire.
The cause of Garibay's death has not yet been determined.
Investigators said they will look at surveillance video from nearby buildings to see if anything was caught on camera.
Anyone with information is asked to call the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
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MOPA Staff Blogs
Just Returned from the MCN Annual Conference
I spent last week in Atlanta at the Annual Conference of the Museum Computer Network. The conference brought together a community of museum professionals interested in using technology to improve their organizations and enhance the visitor experience.
What's Coming Up - MOPA's Spring Exhibition
If you've been to MOPA recently, you've seen our current exhibition, Infinite Balance: Artists and the Environment. It's stunning and it was extremely fun and inspiring to work on.
An Evening with Chris Jordan
Between Honolulu and Tokyo, lie the Midway Islands. They are the home to almost 70% of the world's albatross population. Every day, parent albatrosses forage the Pacific Ocean seeking food to feed their young. Vibrant plastics and garbage are regularly mistaken for food and as a result, tens of thousands of baby albatrosses die from trash consumption.
Italian Culture on Our Screen with the San Diego Italian Film Festival
MOPA has always been a premiere Southern California locale to interact with photography's past and present, but you may forget that the Museum is also a wonderful venue to experience diverse and rarely screened films from around the world. A huge opportunity to see cinema at its finest just kicked off this past weekend with the San Diego Italian Film Festival and we want to remind you to come to MOPA and see the moving pictures we have on display.
A Spooky Image for Your Halloween
"Eerie" is a word that well describes this photograph entitled Duntroon Castle, Argyllshire, Scotland. The artist is Simon Marsden, a photographer who lives and works in England.
On this Halloween, I want to share with you one of the nearly 7,000 photographs in the collection of the Museum of Photographic Arts. In this case a pretty spooky image of a real castle in Western Scotland.
Spook-tacular Fun in Balboa Park
The third annual Halloween Family Day takes place tomorrow (Saturday, October 29) in Balboa Park! Stop by MOPA for some photography and fun, preferably in costume and experience Halloween in the Park.
The Bread Book
Out of the 20,000 books held in the Dubois Library, there are more than a few treasures; books that illustrate and document early photographic processes and subjects, or were created by seminal photographers who have left their indelible mark on our visual history. These books are incredible to see and touch and hold. They provide true connection to a medium and a past that is quickly changing and evolving.
Thank You!
Thanks to all who came out to support MOPA's Photo Auction 2011 earlier this month. The event was a huge success for the Museum and almost all of the gorgeous art (generously donated by galleries, artists and collectors) found a new home. I would like to offer a special thanks to Andrea Fiucyznski, president of Christie's Los Angeles, who presided over our auction, as well as our brilliant designer, Terri Mitchell, of PR1ZE.
How Small the World Is
I'd like to share one of my favorite photographs with you. First, follow this link to see it. Take a good look; let your eyes and mind wander over it. Then meet me back here.
A Closer Look at Infinite Balance: Artists and the Environment
This week, MOPA opened, Infinite Balance: Artists and the Environment, a compelling look at images dealing directly with our impact and on the environment and sustainability.


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A MAN in in his 30s from Worcester has been charged with assault following a bite attack in a Worcester nightclub.
This attack happened in the Velvet Nightclub, off Angel Place, Worcester, just before 2am on Saturday, October 26 last year.
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. – The Saint Leo women's soccer team set a new program best, coming in at No. 5 on the latest NSCAA Division II National Poll, announced Tuesday. The Lions climb one rung from their previous sixth-place position, and enter into the latter portion of their 2011 campaign with an overall record of 11-0-1.
The Green and Gold tops the list of three Sunshine State Conference schools listed on this week's national poll. After defeating then 10th-ranked Rollins by a score of 2-0 on Friday, October 7, the Tars drop three spots to No. 13. Florida Tech also checks in on this week's rankings, earning a spot at No. 19, descending one slot from their previous position at No. 18 last week.
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HOUSTON - Houston Police are searching for a man who is suspected of stabbing his nephew to death in northwest Houston.
According to investigators, the stabbing happened at the Concord Apartments on Wirt Road and Kilburn at around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
"They had an argument in the parking lot," said Sgt. Robert Blaine. "One was stabbed multiple times."
Family members told investigators that at the peak of the argument, a 19-year-old's uncle pulled out a sharp object and stabbed him repeatedly.
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Detectives said they are still following up on leads at locate the suspect. His name and a description of him have not been released.
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Tilapia Cooked on a Cedar Plankby Robin Miller in Uncategorized, May 21, 2012
I thank Kyle, my 10 year-old son, for introducing me to cedar planks. If it weren't for his palate, I wouldn't have made a desperate dash to get the planks and learn how to cook with them.
Here's what happened: Kyle discovered and immediately adored a meal in a restaurant: chili-crusted tilapia, cooked and served on a cedar plank and topped with chimichurri sauce. He cherished the dish so much, he jokingly nibbled on the plank once the fish was gone. We enjoyed many tilapia-filled evenings at that restaurant over the next two years. Then, one disastrous night, our server told us the tilapia was no longer on the menu. The news almost brought Kyle, and me, to tears.
The next day, I raced out and purchased cedar planks – one thick board intended to last for eons, and a package of thin planks designed for 3-5 uses. Both work incredibly well. The planks are placed in the oven or on the grill and food is cooked on top. By cooking directly on the wood, the warm, smoky flavor of cedar infuses into every heavenly bite. And you don't need any added fat to cook all kinds of foods on a plank – meat, fish, poultry, vegetables – I've tried them all.
Here's the tilapia recipe I created for Kyle. The fish is seasoned with chili powder, cumin and fresh lemon juice. I also add sugar for a caramelized crust. For the sauce, I learned how to make my own chimichurri, an Argentinean sauce and marinade made with fresh parsley, olive oil and garlic (recipes vary by adding vinegar, lime juice, cilantro and spices). It's endlessly versatile and typically served with grilled steak, but it's also amazing on fish and chicken. If you don't want to prepare chimichurri from scratch, you can find prepared sauces in grocery stores and gourmet food shops nationwide.
Cedar Plank Tilapia With Fresh Chimichurri
4 tilapia filets (about 5 ounces each)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon granulated sugar
Chimichurri Sauce:
1 cup tightly packed fresh Italian parsley leaves
1/4 cup tightly packed fresh cilantro leaves
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons water
2-3 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Place tilapia filets on one large cedar plank or four smaller, individual planks and season the top with salt and pepper.
In a small bowl, combine lemon juice, chili powder, cumin and sugar. Mix well to combine. Spread mixture all over top of tilapia. Bake tilapia (on plank) 10-15 minutes, until fork-tender.
Meanwhile, in a blender, combine parsley, cilantro, olive oil, vinegar, water, garlic, cumin and salt. Puree until smooth. Spoon chimichurri over tilapia and serve.
Nutrition Info Per Serving (1 tilapia fillet, 2 tablespoons chimichurri)
Calories: 189
Total Fat: 9 grams
Saturated Fat: 1.8 grams
Total Carbohydrate: 4 grams
Sugars: 1 gram
Protein: 24 grams
Sodium: 191 milligrams
Cholesterol: 57 milligrams
Fiber: 1 gram
Robin Miller is a nutritionist, host of Quick Fix Meals, author of "Robin Takes 5" and "Robin Rescues Dinner" and the busy mom of two active little boys. Her boys and great food are her passion. Check her out at www.robinrescuesdinner.com.


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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
The company has been struggling to repay its debt. The falloff came as Eddie Bauer was attempting to pull off what would have been a multi-year turnaround. The retailer said stores, catalog business and Web sites would continue operating, and they will honor all customer gift cards, returns, and their points program.

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The Communities of Distinction TV Show Presents Americas Bedroom Neighborhoods(January 18, 2013)
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Communities of Distinction, an engaging program, presents the best in Americas bedroom communities in a new series to air in January and February 2013. These unique areas, where people live, are usually located within driving distance of larger cities. Residents commute to the city by car or public transportation. Bedroom communities are also called commuter towns. The small and nearby towns of major cities were developed to be commuter or bedroom neighborhoods. The producers of the informative program will highlight the most charming and successful neighborhoods in North America.
The small and nearby towns of major cities were developed to be commuter or bedroom neighborhoods. They offer residents a more affordable living away from the hustle of city life. They often have their own shops, bars and restaurants, which are busy during the day and night. Each one is different in culture and amenities. Hosted by one of Americas most popular sports celebrities, the television program features these special places hidden gems where families are raised and retired people relax and new business owners flourish.
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No other program on TV brings the most recent and fascinating stories about North American cities and towns like Communities of Distinction. It explores the off-the-beaten-track locales where travelers rarely go and tourists skip. The show films throughout the United States and Canada, and is broadcast on many national and regional cable television networks. More information about it and its host is available at watchcod.com. Social media fans are welcome to Like the show on Facebook and tweet it on Twitter.
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What clay to use for making yixing teapots and cups?
Posted 02 December 2012 - 10:29 AM
Posted 02 December 2012 - 02:19 PM
紫砂 with the pronunciation of zi sha
I know you need a stoneware body that is very high in iron. I think that traditionally it only comes from a certain place in China. Not sure if the same kind of clay is available. T
Posted 02 December 2012 - 02:54 PM
What kind of clay should I be using to make Yixing ware?
It looks like they usually use a dark brown clay.
Does it have to be dark brown or could I use white?
Also, it looks like the clay is pretty smooth (not a lot of grog or sand?) but the dark brown clays I find seem to all have grog/sand.
Thats what Ive been searching for for also. I make bonsai pots and always looking for a commercial clay , thats high fire, smooth and dark brown.
So I made the pilgrimage to see the Chinese clay art guy in San Jose. Very interesting man. He was very happy to sell dark brown at around 3 $ a pound.. Ouch.
So I made some small pots and fired to cone 6. had the same trouble as was mentioned, bloating slumping . but texture and color was superb.
So now I use this "Precious" product as and engobe over various brown clays, has a nice smooth sheen at 6.
for casting Ive used Richard Notkins recipe, mostly redart clay with Iron and manganese, been a while, google him if interested.
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Posted 02 December 2012 - 04:10 PM
>Finally, I recommend you watch this video of an Yixing master demonstrating some of what he does for a British audience: http://www.essenceoftea.co.uk/blog
This is quite simply the best and most elegant hand building demo I have ever seen.
not seeing a demo...
Posted 02 December 2012 - 04:11 PM
Posted 04 December 2012 - 08:36 PM
Thats what Ive been searching for for also. I make bonsai pots and always looking for a commercial clay , thats high fire, smooth and dark brown.
any one have an idea on that one //?/
seems so simple,,,but
Posted 04 December 2012 - 09:54 PM
You wouldn't think such a little innocuous leaf could create such furor. I really don't see why. And how come there are no sugar bowls and creamers in 'traditional' tea sets? Personally, I prefer Darjeeling. But please continue there is no telling where this will lead......
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life".
Posted 05 December 2012 - 08:16 PM
紫砂 with the pronunciation of zi sha
I know you need a stoneware body that is very high in iron. I think that traditionally it only comes from a certain place in China. Not sure if the same kind of clay is available. T
Yes, the place is in Yixin City, Jiangsu Province, China.
http://www.baike.com...ke.com/wiki/紫砂泥 here is the link about zisha clay, but its written in Chinese.
I think the stoneware body has very high in iron too. The clay contains rich iron clay, quartz, mica and also contains Fe.
Posted 07 December 2012 - 11:10 PM
Actual yishing clay is imported by Chinese clay art, we have that established .. 182$ for 50 pounds.expensive
the question what in the USA could possibly substitute,
smmooth darkbrown at cone 6 burnishes nice ,joins with ease
Posted 28 April 2013 - 10:01 PM
Chinese Clay Art sells yixing clays online:
I once bought a small amount of their black yixing clay. Although they call it "cone 6" clay, it bloated badly at cone 6. It was much better at cone 4.
I have been using their clay, and it's pretty good... but the colored clays are not very natural... Can anyone suggest some other sources for say... REAL duan ni clay? Once I get better at making teapots I would like to work with some of these finer clays.
I'm perfectly happy to pay a lot for them-- I get how rare they are.
I'm also curious about ANY alternatives... any clays that people have found that have the properties of yixing.
Posted 30 April 2013 - 07:35 PM
Going to cone 6 ? love to see them...pics?
Posted 01 May 2013 - 10:28 AM
Going to cone 6 ? love to see them...pics?
The instructions say yes. Though, I have not fired anything yet!
I've posted about things I've made here. I am very much a beginner (don't get scared by the first photo... the clay is more wonderful that I can do justice to yet...)
I really admire your bonsai pots. It's such an important artform. I think you'll love this clay.
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When our Qaim [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] appears, Almighty Allah WILL PROVIDE MEANS WHEREBY EVEN PEOPLE LIVING MANY MILES AWAY WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO, SEE AND HEAR OUR QAIM FROM WHEREVER THEY MAY BE.
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The Sun Temple of Modhera
The Sun Temple in Modhera, Gujarat was built in the early 11th century by King Bhimdev, in dedication to the Hindu Sun-God, Surya. The temple's magnificent exterior is intricately carved, and designed in such a way that the sun's rays illuminate the temple's sanctum at dawn during the equinoxes. Besides the sanctum, the temple has a pradakshina patha and a sabha mandap, as well as a Surya Kund, a massive tank with stunning miniature shrines that adorn its steps. Yahoo! reader DHARTI PATEL, a student of sculpture and art of Gujarat, shares her experience as she visits the temple of Surya.


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Sean Avery, soon to be officially recalled after clearing re-entry waivers (in other words, none of the other 29 teams/coaches had any interest in him at 1/4 of his salary).
Now, does he play Thursday, or do the Rangers go with their same lineup after their best game of the season, by far?
Here we go. Cue up the calliope (that's circus music).
Sean Avery Recalled from Connecticut
New York, November 1, 2011 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that forward Sean Avery has been recalled from the Connecticut Whale of the American Hockey League (AHL).
Avery, 31, tallied a goal in his season debut with Connecticut on October 28 at Adirondack after missing the first seven games of the season due to a shoulder injury. He has registered one goal, along with seven penalty minutes and 11 shots on goal in two games this season. Avery returns to the Rangers where he has registered 42 goals and 78 assists for 120 points, along with 580 penalty minutes in 249 games over five seasons. The Rangers have posted a record of 129-89-31 with him in the lineup since originally being acquired on February 5, 2007.
The Pickering, Ontario native was acquired by the Rangers with John Seymour from Los Angeles, in exchange for Jason Ward, Marc-Andre Cliché and Jan Marek on February 5, 2007. New York re-acquired Avery on March 3, 2009, claiming him off re-entry waivers from Dallas. He was originally signed as a free agent by Detroit on September 21, 1999.


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Nearly everything looked in place on a crisp September morning in the picturesque adobe shopping center. The art, jewelry and clothing stores that make up the blocks surrounding the downtown Plaza were just opening for business. Tourists leftover from the summer season still dotted the streets, enjoying the high-end shopping, fine dining and comfy lodging that the city's famed historic district provides.
But just a few hundred feet west of the Plaza, a white Drug Enforcement Administration van spoiled the view of the otherwise quaint, chic scene. Shoeboxes were strewn about inside Heavenly Boutique, the women's clothing store on West San Francisco Street that sells expensive vanity items like cowgirl boots, designer jeans and southwestern jewelry. There, DEA agents, complete with search dogs, were in the process of raiding the store.
They soon arrested store owner Ashraf Nassar, 30, on charges of drug trafficking. Federal agents say they found about 7,300 milligrams of the powerful prescription narcotic Oxycodone and 270 marijuana plants between his store and two Santa Fe homes. They also seized $1,000 in cash.
Though the DEA raid seems like an isolated incident rare to the happenings of downtown Santa Fe, it is really just the latest sign of inner turmoil that's been dividing merchants. It's also a key example of how drastically the Plaza's retail scene has changed in recent decades.
For some time, a conflict among Santa Fe's downtown merchants— complete with racial tension and bad vibes— has been rocking the city center's otherwise sanitized historic atmosphere.
Only recently has the drama seeped into the public eye.
"It's in the great tradition of the Plaza," Earl Potter, co-owner of the Five and Dime convenience store, says. "It's always been the Wild West."
Peter Komis recalls a bustling Plaza during his childhood years. Then, downtown contained plenty of vibrant neighborhood businesses catering mostly to locals. Komis, who speaks in a deferential and polite tone, says the Plaza, in those days, was the city's "center of commerce."
"I could just walk to the restaurant from school," he says. "I remember giving a 50-cent piece for my school supplies."
But through the '70s and '80s, the face of the Plaza began changing as more galleries and souvenir-oriented shops started popping up.
By the '90s, most of the stores that had been Plaza staples for many years were either already closed or on the way to shutting down. Potter, with his wife and a business partner, intervened to save one of them—the Woolworth's retail store, a local landmark on the Plaza's southern end.
Downtown wasn't as aesthetically pleasing back then. Potter remembers a central park complete with an unmaintained lawn and a ragged-looking events stage on one of its corners.
"It sort of made the Plaza look really awful," he says. "The Plaza itself was very poorly maintained in those days."
He turned the old Woolworth's into Five and Dime, a popular convenience store that remains a downtown favorite. Aside from selling many of the same goods shoppers can find at drug stores and gas stations—candy, sodas and cigarettes—Five and Dime is chock-full of kitschy, nostalgic items well-fit for Santa Fe's vacationers. Dry chile samples, picturesque postcards and Mexican jumping beans are some of the Five and Dime's biggest sellers. The store also features a Frito Pie that comes in an actual Fritos bag and one of the only bathrooms available to visitors on the plaza.
But today, shops on the Plaza are more likely to resemble Five and Dime's next door neighbor—Divino Diamonds and Jewels, a luxury jewelry store that caters to consumers of the much deeper-pocketed variety.
Whereas Five and Dime's interior could be mistaken for a Walgreens or an Allsups, Divino wouldn't be out of place in Manhattan's posh Fifth Avenue district.
It's a testament to one of the biggest drivers of Santa Fe's economy—tourists. Visitors book roughly 1 million hotel room nights in Santa Fe every year, and during the last fiscal year retail sales generated nearly $24 million of the city's overall $84 million in gross-receipts tax revenue.
Shops like Divino became more common downtown as tourism replaced retail geared toward locals. At the same time, property values skyrocketed. Komis manages a building with two retail spaces on the Plaza that's owned by a family trust. Today he rents to two prominent downtown businesses—Overland Sheepskin Company and Diva Santa Fe—for what's likely a hefty price.
"It's probably some of the most expensive real estate," Komis says, though he won't disclose how much he charges his tenants. "It's the center of the tourist hub."
Retail for rent on 134 Water Street—just three blocks from where Komis leases—was going for $45 per square foot as of press time. That's twice as costly as available retail space around the city's more commercial St. Michael's Drive corridor. It even beats averages in Orange County and San Francisco, which were $29.72 per square foot and $32.42 per square foot respectively, according to the 2013 retail market report by Marcus & Millichap, a national brokerage firm.
The trend has led to criticism of a big gap in Santa Fe between the wealthy and the working class. Homes on the north and east side are far more pricey than those on the south and west ends of the city, and shopping options get more affordable as you travel away from the Plaza.
Potter, for his part, acknowledges that the proliferation of several high-end jewelry and clothing stores around the Plaza has left it with less variety. He also admits that there's truth to the assertion that shopping on the Plaza is best reserved for wealthy out-of-towners.
But he defends this kind of consumerism because it still drives much of Santa Fe's economy. In other words, the Plaza is still, in many ways, Santa Fe's "center of commerce."
"We wouldn't have the movie theaters and the entertainment that Santa Fe has if we didn't have tourists who were able to spend money," he says.
All of which makes downtown's business market ripe for the picking of crafty entrepreneurs.
The September drug raid of Heavenly Boutique wasn't Ashraf Nassar's first run-in with the law.
He started drawing headline attention earlier this year for his violent disputes with his cousin, Musa Nassar, who owns a competing downtown store (see the sidebar on page 18 for a detailed timeline of their family rivalry).
Musa Nassar's Santa Fe West Gallery is another high-end jewelry store located just across the street from Ashraf's store. To make matters more complicated, and perhaps better suited to the plot of a Spanish-language telenovela, Musa is married to Ashraf's sister, Faten.
Ashraf and Musa come from a family that owns lucrative land in Palestinian territory, according to Faten's testimony during a restraining order hearing in February. Both are apparently fighting over a $500,000 property that transferred ownership from Ashraf's side of the family to Musa's side when Musa married Faten.
In January, months before the DEA raid that would implicate Ashraf with a drug ring, their dispute became public.
By then, the tension between the cousins was so great that Musa was carrying a loaded gun with him.
Musa told police that around 7 o'clock one evening, a vehicle turned down West San Francisco Street and sped toward Santa Fe West Gallery. Musa says he saw a man inside the car pointing a gun at him.
As the car drove past Evangelos and the Matador, Musa fired at least four times with his .40 caliber Glock, then ducked back into his store.
Police determined that Musa shot the gun in self-defense. But his trouble that night didn't end downtown.
Five hours later, in the dead of night at his south side home, Musa again fired a handgun multiple times out of his window. When police responded to the incident, Musa told them that he was protecting himself from men with rifles outside his home.
Meanwhile, law enforcement kept their attention on Ashraf, who was also detained by police in his store the night of shooting. In February—in the midst of a court hearing regarding a restraining order request from his cousin— police searched Ashraf Nassar's home acting on tips from confidential informants who said Ashraf had been selling pot. There, inside a gun safe, they found 32 pounds of marijuana in sealed bags.
The gunshots and drug bust only add to the bizarre events that periodically occur downtown.
During the last decade, a handful of Plaza-area business owners' ethics and business practices have come under scrutiny from fellow merchants, city government and the Attorney General's Office. That point is most recently underlined by how the city halted a "going out of business" sale by Kokochile De Santa Fe, which sells expensive jewelry and high-priced goods advertised as Native American art.
Kokochile, according to city Land Use Director Matt O'Reilly, wasn't following the codes for a "distress merchandise" sale in August and so the city revoked Kokochile's permit for its signs.
The scenario is all part of the city's efforts to prevent an underhanded business strategy that has become commonplace on the Plaza.
It goes something like this:
"Someone will go out of business, and get a 'going out of business' license, and the next day sell the business to their wife who reopens," O'Reilly says. "And then the wife hires the husband to come work in the business."
Several Plaza-area merchants interviewed for this story say those kind of advertising and business practices mislead consumers into thinking they're getting deals on a piece of Native American jewelry or art.
"Indian art is not valued by the hours a craftsman put in," says one merchant who didn't want to be named. "It's valued by, somebody looks at it and says, 'Oh, I like the way it looks.'"
Since the value is subjective, a merchant, for example, may label a bracelet that cost a few dollars to make with a price tag of $250. Then the $250 bracelet is tagged as being on sale or part of a "going out of business" sale, making matters more deceptive.
In the past decade, constant faux sales like these "screwed up the relationship between the craftsman who makes the jewelry, the retailer who sells the jewelry and the customer who buys the jewelry," the merchant asserts.
And they've made their mark.
"We now have customers every day who ask, 'Is this your best price?' Ten to 12 years ago that wasn't true at all, and now it's every day," the merchant says.
City Council acted in 2011 and 2012 by tightening the city's regulations on how sales are advertised downtown. Now, signs displayed in store windows advertising a "percentage off" sale must be accompanied with city-approved stickers much like the tags on a license plate.
Similarly, a store's "going out of business" sale must be approved by the city and is limited to a number of days. The city's Land Use Department also enforces rules that say a store advertising an "out of business" sale cannot add items to its inventory.
Stores tend to hold "going out of business" sales during the late summer—the high point of tourist season—and around Black Friday and Christmas. During these times of the year, the city's Land Use Department conducts extra sweeps of the area to make sure signs advertising sales are compliant with the city's codes.
But that doesn't mean the city doesn't run into roadblocks. O'Reilly's department, which enforces zoning laws around the city, is limited on how much time it can devote to downtown. He also says he and his staff sometimes do sign enforcement sweeps in plain clothes so merchants don't recognize that they're from the city. That's because a merchant who recognizes the city can easily remove signs temporarily.
"Sometimes people are sneaky," O'Reilly says.
He maintains that in the years since the city tightened the ordinances, complaints against downtown business practices have dropped from every week to maybe once a month.
City enforcement has its hands tied when it comes to ending the loophole of businesses closing, transferring inventory and ownership to a family member and reopening with essentially the same store under a new name. Only a change in state law, O'Reilly says, could lead to a bigger crack down.
"On paper it's all legit," O'Reilly says. "There's nothing that prevents selling all your inventory to someone else."
It's not just the value of a piece of jewelry that often gets misrepresented in some downtown businesses.
Earlier this month, KRQE-TV reported that Kokochile sold a necklace misrepresented as being made from real turquoise. Sami Hawash, Kokochile's owner, has since closed the shop's doors.
In some cases, consumers who feel they're cheated file complaints with the state's Better Business Bureau. One from 2008 against Romancing the Stone, a downtown jewelry store, illustrates a classic case of buyer's remorse.
A History of Violence
Musa and Ashraf Nassar's family conflict is a complex web involving several people, many of whom have filed competing restraining orders against each other. Here's a timeline based on public records:
July 2011: Adel Nassar, the brother of Ashraf Nassar, allegedly helps other family members slash the tires on Musa and Yusef Nassar's cars.
March 2012: Adel allegedly sneaks up on Musa and smashes a bottle on the back of his head.
April 2012: Another relative, Nassar Nassar, purportedly threatens to file a fake police report accusing Musa of attempted murder.
October 2012: Ashraf allegedly tells Faten, Musa's wife, that he knows where she lives, that he knows where her children go to school, and that he is going to make her life miserable. He also allegedly makes similar violent threats to Musa, Yusef, Adli Safi and Baker Al-Shawabkeh.
October 3, 2012: Musa, Adli and Salem Nora allegedly assault Adel Nassar at Santa Fe Smoke Works on Cerrillos Raod. The two men hold Adel down while Musa repeatedly punches him in the face. Later, Baker Shawabkeh allegedly tells Yahaya not to release a surveillance video of the incident to the police because "we are all Arabic people." Musa and Baker threaten that Yahaya will be killed if he releases the video to police. He does. Three weeks later two unknown assailants stab Yahaya, who survives, but loses his kidney.
December 2012: Ashraf allegedly sends two men—one with a knife and one with a gun—to threaten Musa. He also allegedly arranges for someone to break the windshield and windows of Baker Al-Shawabkeh's car. Ashraf also allegedly sends two men to attack Salam Othman in the store where he works.
January 2013: Ashraf purportedly sends people to Faten's home to harass her. Later in the month, Musa shoots at a passing car on West San Francisco Street. That night, Musa fires shots out his window from his south side home. In both cases, he tells the police he was acting in self-defense.
February 2013: Police search Ashraf's home and find 32 pounds of marijuana, a .12-gauge shotgun and a .40-caliber handgun.
September 2013: The DEA raids Ashraf's store, Heavenly Boutique, and two Santa Fe homes. Between the three properties, they find 7,300 milligrams of Oxycodone, 270 marijuana plants and $1,000 in cash. Ashraf is arrested on suspicion of participating in a drug ring for nine months.
"Item I purchased which was described [as] 'Turquoise necklace by Lorraine Lucero, San Juan Pueblo' is identical to item on sale at Pebble London, described as dyed howlite and sourced from China," it reads.
Complaints like these require the state Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division, not the city, to intervene.
In 2008, Attorney General Gary King sued three downtown jewelers for allegedly selling counterfeit jewelry falsely advertised as being made by Navajo artist Calvin Begay.
Mohammed and Jamal Shawabkeh, who at the time owned the now-defunct Golden Bear Trading, eventually agreed to pay $12,500 total in penalties.
The AG also fined Yousef Nassar, who owned the now-defunct Santa Fe Indian Jewelry, fining him nearly $12,000 for misrepresenting the orgin of jewelry.
Like Nassar in Palestinian territory, Shawabkeh is a big name in Jordan, where Diva's larger flagship store is located. Washington DC journalist Ali Younes recently made the connection that the Santa Fe store owner is the same Mohammed Shawabkeh who assumed a seat in the country's parliament in 2007. Last year, Mohammed Shawabkeh got into a heated argument with an activist who accused the Jordanian government of being "corrupt parasites."
During a television appearance, Mohammed Shawabkeh notoriously threw a shoe—a very serious sign of disrespect in the Arab world—and pulled a gun out on the activist. He later defended his actions by saying that the activist had no right to criticize Jordanian politics because he was a supporter of Bashar al-Assad's autocratic government in Syria, according to Al-Arabiya News.
A number of current Plaza businesses are still owned by people named Shawabkeh. They inlcude Ala Shawabkeh, who also uses the first name Mark, and Theyab Shawabkeh, who currently own or co-own Tsali Nez Gallery, Simply Southwest Trading Post, Diva Santa Fe and Divino Diamonds & Jewels, according to filed city business licenses obtained by SFR. Mavericks of Santa Fe, another Plaza jewelry store, is owned by Sultaneh Shawabkeh.
Two years ago, the AG wrote a cease and desist letter to Ala and Theyab Shawabkeh for operating Simply Southwest Trading Post without a business license.
The letter not only accused the Shawabkehs of running the jewelry and clothing shop without a business license for an entire year; it also criticized the merchants for advertising a misleading "grand opening" sale in both SFR and the Santa Fe New Mexican's Pasatiempo.
Simply Southwest Trading Post, the letter pointed out, had already been open for months.
"This means, among other things, that the representation that your business is having a 'grand opening' sale is false and fraudulent," William Keller, then an assistant attorney general, wrote in the letter. "We also have an indication that your 50 percent 'discounts' are an everyday offer. If that is true, they are unlawful."
The Shawabkehs and Ashraf and Musa Nassar declined to be interviewed for this story.
Physical conflicts among Plaza area storeowners haven't been limited to family disputes between the Nassars.
In September 2011, Ledia and Ubaldo Zamora, who own Temptations of Santa Fe, a gift store one block west of Heavenly Boutique, filed a restraining order against Ashraf Nassar.
The couple, who are not related to the Nassar family, alleged Ashraf had slashed their tires five times and made sexual gestures at Ledia.
Ashraf then filed his own restraining order against Ledia Zamora, alleging she conducted a daily ritual of shouting profanity at him for two years.
"She has accused me of being a drug dealer and a gangster," Ashraf wrote in the restraining order request. "I need this to stop. She is hurting my business."
Ashraf alleges that Zamora went so far in 2011 as to take a few swings at him, scratching his neck and ripping his shirt.
The courts, however, ended up permanently enforcing only the restraining order against Ashraf.
But the account from public documents reflects how tensions between store owners around the Plaza are deeper and more vast than a territory dispute between and among a couple of families of Middle Eastern descent. With the DEA investigation still pending, no one is sure what other allegations about shop owners are hanging around or how drug charges might shake out.
Many observers are still gung-ho to lodge complaints even when there isn't a violation of local rules. And they often have no grounds.
"Half or more of the complaints that we get on these kind of issues—going out of business sale stuff and percentage off sale stuff—turn out not to be violations," O'Reilly says.
Others point to an ugly elephant in the room that drives such paranoia.
"I hear people on the Plaza saying, 'A-Rabs,'" says Komis, referring to the racially charged pronunciation. "I avoid it. I call it racism 101."
Komis, who rents one of his properties to Ala Shawabkeh, is clear when he says that anyone faking or misappropriating jewelry "should be prosecuted." But he laments that some observers have wrongly attributed shady deeds to all downtown store owners of Middle Eastern decent. Such generalizations amount to "fear of the unknown or not knowing what someone is all about."
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Probation and parole officers failed to make 22 percent of the required contacts with offenders who have been released from prison after serving sentences for violent crimes, lawmakers learned Thursday about a performance sampling conducted by the Louisiana legislative auditor.
Louisiana has about 70,000 offenders living in communities across the state whose first years out of prison after serving their sentence are supervised by the Division of Adult Probation and Parole, according to Nicole B. Edmonson, director of Performance Audit Services with the Office of Louisiana Legislative Auditor.
"Offender contact is a key aspect of the supervision process because it gives officers the opportunity to inquire into the offenders' circumstances, such as where he lives, where he hangs out and where he works," Edmonson said. The audit took a sampling of cases to determine the number and frequency of required contacts officers had with offenders, she said.
The sampling determined that officers failed to make 99 of 448 required contacts or 22 percent of the total, she said. In 57 of the 99 misses, contacts were not attempted by the officers, the audit showed.
"As a layman, as I look at this audit," said state Sen. Ben Nevers, D-Bogalusa, "I am concerned about the safety of the citizens of this state because of the audit that has been issued really reveals that there's many things that are going undone."
The Division of Adult Probation and Parole managers countered that everyone is safe, the auditor's performance sounding was too focused and left an exaggerated impression. The agency is part of the state Department of Public Safety and Corrections.
Gerald Starks, director of the state Probation and Parole office, said officers made conscious decisions to focus on offenders having problems, rather than those having fewer issues. "We're going to see the person who needs to be seen," Starks said, adding that the state's low recidivism rates after three and five years are among the best in the country.
"We evaluated the actual offender supervision process to determine whether required activities were being conducted according to the written policy," Edmonson said.
The audit made nine findings and recommendations, including a conclusion that officers did not complete 128 of the 571 initial risk assessments on sex offenders within the required 60 days. Some 7,098 of 14,718 of the required risk assessments for non-sex offenders were not completed within the required 60-to-90 day period, according to the audit.
"Conducting initial risk assessments in a timely manner is important to the supervision process because the information provided by this process is used by the division to determine the number and frequency of required contacts that officers need to have with offenders," Edmonson said.
Starks said auditors wrongly counted those offenders on whom risk assessments were not completed. For instance, many offenders transfer to another state upon release. The new state is required to – and does – write the assessment, but auditors considered the report unwritten, he said.
State Sen. Mike Walsworth, R-West Monroe, says the agency officials agreed, in writing, with the legislative audit's findings. But they appeared before the Legislative Audit Advisory Council complaining about the auditors, he said.
"A legislative auditor just doesn't make these things up and, as I said, y'all have agreed with each point down the line, boom, boom, boom," Walsworth said.
After the hearing Genie Powers, deputy secretary at the Department of Corrections, said agency management agreed that accountability reporting should be done systemwide and the agency is installing a new computer system to do just that. But, Powers disagreed with the assertion that Probation and Parole officers were failing to draft assessments.