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Retro Dinner Tonight: Patty Melt + Chocolate Pudding
Inspiration for tonight's dinner: the all-American soda fountain. Honest food for honest folks. A juicy, gooey cheese and onion mess of a Patty Melt, followed by a big bowl of Chocolate Pudding. Soda jerk and sparkly red vinyl swizzle stool not included.
What can we say? You can have something green for dinner tomorrow, and in the meantime there'll be no complaints tonight.
The Menu
The Grocery List (for 4)
3 tablespoons tapioca flour
1/2 cup heavy cream + more for whipping to top the pudding, if you like
6 ounces 66% dark chocolate
2 pounds 85% lean ground beef
12 button mushrooms
8 ounces Gruyere
8 slices light rye bread
As always, we trust you've got eggs, vanilla, onions, butter, salt, pepper, milk, mustard, Worcestershire, mayo, and pickles on hand. If we're way off base, add them to the list!
The Plan
1. Make the chocolate pudding! It needs a nice chill in the fridge, and it's a pretty fast little monster of a recipe (thanks, blender!). Let it chill while dinner happens.
2. Patty melt time! Coast blissfully through dinner prep, knowing that there are fudgy, bittersweet bowlfuls of chocolate deliciousness awaiting you at the end of the night.
As I mentioned above, you may want to have something green for dinner tomorrow night. Like this, or maybe this. But that's tomorrow. For now, snuggle up on the sofa with a big spoon and a bowl of pudding and bask in a dinner well done.


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The Phillies announced that Harry Kalas will be inducted posthumously into the team's Wall of Fame on Aug. 7, at Citizens Bank Park before a game against the Florida Marlins.
"When we started the Wall of Fame in 1978, the intent was to honor the great players in our history," team president David Montgomery said in a statement. "We believe it is fitting to make an exception because Harry deserves to be remembered along with some of the greatest names in our history. He is indeed a Phillies icon.
"Being a Wall of Famer is our organization's highest honor. There's no doubt Harry should receive such recognition," said Montgomery.
During his Phillies career, Kalas broadcast 6,037 games. Kalas was inducted into the broadcasters' wing of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2002 when he received the prestigious Ford C. Frick Award, given to a broadcaster who has made "major contributions to baseball."
The Wall of Fame display is part of the Memory Lane section of Ashburn Alley.
Wall of Famers who are expected to participate in the ceremonies include Robin Roberts (first inductee, 1978), Jim Bunning (1984), Steve Carlton (1989), Mike Schmidt (1990), Dick Allen (1994), Greg Luzinski (1998), Garry Maddox (2001), Tony Taylor (2002), Bob Boone (2005) and Dallas Green (2006). Kalas broadcast games involving all of these players.
To read our earlier post about the Phillies' potential for a trade, click here

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text: What tools, if any are you guys expecting for the holidays. For that matter, What else are you hoping for. I am hoping for a a double bass pedal and some new cymbals for my drums. Maybe a Kuryakyn gift certificate for some Harley parts. Don't usually let my loved ones buy tools because I am pretty specific in what I want. Hope you and yours have a happy holiday.


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Andy Baldwin & Tessa Horst: Still Together!
Tessa Horst, a San Francisco social worker, accepted the final rose — and a marriage proposal — from US Navy Lieutenant Andy Baldwin during Monday's season finale of The Bachelor: Officer and a Gentleman.
The newlyweds-to-be are still together as they were spotted leaving NYC's The Mercer Kitchen in SoHo on Tuesday night. Tessa will be moving to Hawaii with Andy, though.
Said Andy during his proposal on the finale, "I've always imagined this day, and this is beyond my wildest dream… I met this woman who makes me feel so happy and so unbelievably amazing. I want to say to you Tessa… Will you marry me?"
The Bachelor will be sending Tessa, 26, and Andy, 30, on a trip to the Inca Trail in Peru in honor of Tessa's mother Romana Li, who met her husband, Bruce Bartels, while hiking the Inca Trail.
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Santa Fe to host 2012 IMBA World Summit
For Immediate Release 9-23-2011
Contact Mark Eller
IMBA Communications Director
markeller [at] imba [dot] com
303-545-9011 ext. 115
The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) has announced that Santa Fe, New Mexico, will host the 2012 IMBA World Summit. The gathering will be held Oct. 10-13, with pre-conference activities on 10-8 and 10-9. Excitement is already high, as reported in the Santa Fe New Mexican last week.
"We're thrilled to hold our next world summit in Santa Fe," said IMBA Executive Director Mike Van Abel. "The city offers vibrant culture, top-shelf food and accommodations and more. But more importantly to our crowd there's also a fantastic array of mountain bike trails in and around the city. We're holding the event in prime riding season, and our very successful local IMBA chapter, the Santa Fe Fat Tire Society will do a fantastic job arranging riding opportunities for all of the attendees."
The event, expected to draw hundreds of enthusiasts, advocates, and leaders of local and regional mountain bike organizations from throughout the world, is open to the public. IMBA summits provide unparalleled learning opportunities: Topics will include strategies for building top-shelf bicycling facilities, balancing recreation and land conservation, developing mountain bike tourism, and attracting youth and other new riders to IMBA's global network of more than 600 chapters, clubs and bike patrols.
IMBA World Summits are held every even-numbered year. The most recent was held in Augusta, Georgia, in 2010. Previous summit locations include Moab, Utah; Park City, Utah; and Whistler, British Columbia. Summit delegates typically include mountain bike enthusiasts, members of the bicycle industry, government agency staff, professional and volunteer trailbuilders, and media from around the globe.
Sponsorship inquires should be directed to Development Director rich [dot] cook [at] imba [dot] com (Rich Cook).


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iPhone 7 Plus features two 12MP cameras for high-resolution zoom and an Æ'/1.8 aperture for great low-light photos and 4K video. Optical image stabilization. A 5.5-inch Retina HD display with wide color and 3D Touch. An A10 Fusion chip for up to 2x faster performance than iPhone 6. Touch ID. Faster LTE. The longest battery life in an iPhone. Immersive stereo sound, splash and water resistant, and iOS 11.
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The Economics program is designed to introduce the basic theoretical and empirical techniques of economics. The major provides an opportunity to study economics as a social science with a core theory and to study the process of drawing inferences from data and historical evidence. The aim of the program is to develop students' ability to apply systematic economic thinking to social problems. Learn more »
The fourteen members of the department offer expertise in a variety of topics. In addition to theory courses in microeconomics, macroeconomics and a course in economic statistics, students can take elective courses in environmental economics, labor economics, game theory, industrial organization, financial markets, Marx, business cycles, public finance, poverty, international trade and finance, econometrics, development economics, economic history, economics of technology, demographic economics, and law and economics.
Faculty members are active in research and publish articles in academic journals and edited collections, and write books. Students can become involved as research assistants and/or conduct their own research under the guidance of a faculty member through an independent study.
Economics at Bowdoin offers introductory classes that are exclusively taught by professors. Although economics is a popular field and some 250 students each year complete these introductory courses, class size is no larger than forty. All students therefore have the opportunity for substantial personal interaction with the instructor. Introductory Microeconomics is the gateway course followed by Introductory Macroeconomics. The cornerstone course is Intermediate Microeconomics, which is taught every semester. Intermediate Macroeconomics follows Intermediate Microeconomics and is also taught every semester.
The Economics major includes seven courses beyond Principles. Look for more detailed requirements here. We also offer a joint Mathematics-Economics major for students with an interest in mathematics or who plan to go on to graduate school in economics. Students can minor in Economics with any two courses beyond Intermediate Microeconomics. Students interested in Finance can take a more prescribed set of courses beyond Intermediate Microeconomics to obtain a minor in Economics and Finance. The Economics Department is involved in several interdisciplinary areas. Selected economics courses are cross listed with Asian Studies, Latin American Studies, Environmental Studies and Women's Studies.
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To fulfill the major (or minor) requirements in economics, or to serve as a prerequisite for non-introductory courses, a grade of C- or better must be earned in a course. Courses required for the major must be taken on a graded basis. Learn more »
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock futures are modestly higher while global exchanges are falling, with Western nations laying the groundwork for potential military strikes in Syria.
Escalating tensions in Syria are sending gold prices to three-month highs and crude rocketing to two-year highs above $112 per barrel in early trading.
Dow Jones industrial futures are up 2 points to 14,750. S&P futures have added less than a point to 1,628.90. Nasdaq futures are up 2.75 points to 3,062.25.
Trading is extremely light, however, with no major economic indicators due, and U.N. chemical weapons experts fanning out in a suburb of Damascus to investigate purported poison gas attacks in Syria.
Also on Wednesday, a report from the National Association of Realtors is expected by many to show flat or declining home sales as mortgage rates rise.


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The ESP 5250 is Kodak's latest upgrade to last year's ESP 5 all-in-one printer, which should be obvious from the almost identical design. Aside from looks, the printer does make improvements to print quality and, most notably, its output speed. However, the printer still isn't perfect–it's missing an auto-document feeder and suffers from paper feed errors that aren't acceptable for a $170 device. If you're on a tight budget, we recommend taking a look at the $150 Epson Stylus NX515 that provides better performance and a sleeker design.
Design and features
Not unlike an unstylish friend dragged to a daytime talk show, the entire line of Kodak printers is in desperate need of a makeover. We expected the 5250 to sport a brilliantly hip design upgrade from the ESP5, but we're disappointed to report that the thing looks almost exactly the same as the others: all matte black and dark glossy with orange accents and a perforated scanner cover. The design retains its compact package at 16.6 inches wide by 11.8 inches deep by 6.9 inches tall, and we aren't knocking Kodak for streamlining its printers' aesthetics, but the familiar look certainly won't have ESP 5 users knocking down doors to upgrade.
The majority of people won't have a problem navigating through the menus on the pop-up 2.4-inch LCD screen (a step down from the ESP 5's 3-incher) thanks to the layout of the hard buttons just to the right of the scanner lid on top of the device. Kodak simplified everything you need into a vertical strip of controls starting with the power button up top, followed by a four-way directional pad, a pair of zoom buttons, a photo rotate shortcut, and a cancel button at the bottom with a larger "Start" key rounding out the cockpit. The rest of the printer is almost bare except for the hinged scanner bay and a small media card reader underneath the control panel that supports SD, MemoryStick, and MMC; Kodak is remiss to omit the USB port we saw on the ESP 5 that worked for simple photo transfers in lieu of a standard media card.
When you raise the cover to reveal the ink bay, a thin plastic arm pops up and braces the cover, similar to the hood of a car. The mechanism requires two hands to close, an overall poor choice in design. It's almost guaranteed to break over time and we're not sure why Kodak didn't just use a standard spring-mounted lid. Also, the cover on top of the scanner bed folds on a fixed hinge that doesn't reach over thicker items like large books. Kodak separated the ink into two cartridges: one for black and one for five different base colors. The Kodak Web site reports 10 cents per color photo, a decent price for the average inkjet printer. In addition, Kodak sells three different printing bundles that include black and color ink cartridges as well as several types of paper.
We're unsure why Kodak decided to shrink the LCD down to 2.4 inches from the ESP 5's 3, but its general functions remain the same and the vibrant colors are still easy to read. The options aren't as sophisticated as those of the HP Photosmart C8180, but they're fine for the average photo enthusiast. We're also happy to see that the home screen has a shortcut to copy a document or a photo–we usually see this option at least two or three clicks into the menu.
The 5250 employs one paper tray that handles input feeds and also corrals outgoing prints. It can accommodate up to 100 sheets of paper in a variety of sizes, but at this price we would have liked to see two separate trays for output organization and perhaps even a separate tray for 4×6 photo paper so users don't have to deal with taking out paper every time they want to swap media. We also encountered paper jams on par with our ESP 5 experience, except this time the paper input tray had trouble picking up photo paper. We specified the 3×5 setting in the driver options, but the printer kept rejecting the paper and spitting out an empty sheet. After some help from Kodak, we realized that the width adjuster inside the paper input tray needs to be cinched up tight against the paper or the media sensor will assume it's a wider piece of paper and spit it out due to a paper mismatch. The 5250 only acted fussy with photo paper and did well with normal 8.5×11 inch media, but we can only imagine the headaches that will torture photo enthusiasts experiencing this error.
The printer ships with a single installation disc for Mac OS X and Windows XP/Vista and includes the Kodak All-in-One "Home Center" software. The Home Center acts as a hub for the copy, print, and scan functions. The copy feature is easy to navigate and offers a unique collage copy that copies several pictures in the same orientation as the originals. The scanning center is a little too simplified and lacks an option to scan directly to a .PDF or an e-mail; both are almost an industry standard, and we're disappointed to see that Kodak let these two equally crucial features fall by the wayside. Luckily, there are far more options in the print center. In the initial set up, the software can be set to automatically scan your computer for photos and is actually very easy to navigate, like an iPhoto for Dummies.
Once you've chosen the photos to print, the software offers the opportunity to edit each individual picture with a variety of one-touch enhancements, including color sharpening, red eye reduction, color restoration, and Kodak's "Perfect Touch" technology that combines all three in one button. You can also alter the severity of each adjustment under the settings menu. The software also lets you perform a custom facial retouch that analyzes portraits and fixes skin blemishes and discoloration accordingly. The result doesn't always work as well as a custom Photoshop edit, but the learning curve is much shorter and meant for the average user wanting to clean up their images with little to no hassle.
The ESP 5250 forgoes Bluetooth connectivity and offers 802.11 b/g wireless connectivity out of the box. While many vendors require complicated menus and empty fields to connect, Kodak's set up is centralized on the device itself with the built-in Wi-Fi wizard. This handy program guides you through the SSID connection process and pairs your printer with any computer hooked up through a router. We were able to start printing wirelessly in less than 10 minutes, a testament to the 5250's easy-to-use graphical interface.
Unlike the ESP 5, the Kodak 5250 registered consistently quick performance in all four of our output speed benchmarks. We compared it to several other all-in-ones in a similar sub-$200 price range, and it printed almost a page faster than the competition in a majority of the tests. Unfortunately, it still falls short next to the cheaper Epson Stylus NX515 that printed 13.81 pages of text per minute compared with the Kodak's 4.89 pages per minute. Don't get us wrong, the ESP 5250 isn't slow, the Epson is just blindingly fast for budget all-in-ones. It's worth noting that the rest of the sample scores aren't very widespread, and we doubt you'll notice a significant difference in speed over a long period of time. It's safe to say that the Kodak finishes prints at a respectable pace.
We have to give credit to Kodak for continuing to improve on overall image quality with each ESP. The ESP 5 produced much more pleasing images than the ESP 3, and the 5250 also does it a bit better than the ESP 3. Color text documents at the "normal" default setting are just about flawless with laser-quality precision. The full color snapshot photos we printed directly from our media card retain the subtle details captured by our camera, including sharp lines and smooth shadows and color blends. The skin tones in our portrait shots are well-produced as well with even separation and a rich color palette. Families and home users who want to breathe life into their digital images will be impressed with the output quality of Kodak's ESP 5250.


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VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 4.2 On A Headless Ubuntu 12.10 Server
Version 1.0
Author: Falko Timme
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This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with VirtualBox 4.2 on a headless Ubuntu 12.10 server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a desktop environment. Fortunately, VirtualBox comes with a tool called VBoxHeadless that allows you to connect to the virtual machines over a remote desktop connection, so there's no need for the VirtualBox GUI.
I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!
1 Preliminary Note
I have tested this on an Ubuntu 12.10 server (host system) with the IP address 192.168.0.100 where I'm logged in as a normal user (user name administrator in this example) instead of as root.
2 Installing VirtualBox
To install VirtualBox 4.2 on our Ubuntu 12.10 server, we open /etc/apt/sources.list...
sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list
... and add the following line to it:
[...] deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian quantal contrib
Then we download the VirtualBox public key...
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
... and update our package database:
sudo apt-get update
Afterwards, we install VirtualBox 4.2 as follows:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential virtualbox-4.2 dkms
(The dkms package ensures that the VirtualBox host kernel modules are properly updated if the Linux kernel version changes.)
Starting with version 4.0, VirtualBox has introduced so called "extension packs" and has outsourced some functionality like remote desktop connection support (VRDP) that was part of VirtualBox packages before version 4.0 into these extension packs. Because we need remote desktop connections to control our virtual machines, we need to install the appropriate extension pack now. Go to http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads, and you will find a link to the following extension pack:
VirtualBox 4.2.4 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
Support for USB 2.0 devices, VirtualBox RDP and PXE boot for Intel cards.
Download and install the extension pack as follows:
cd /tmp
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.4/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.2.4-81684.vbox-extpack
sudo VBoxManage extpack install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.2.4-81684.vbox-extpack
(Make sure you grab the latest version from the VirtualBox web site.)
(Make sure you run the last command with sudo - sudo VBoxManage extpack install ... - because otherwise you will get an error like this:
[email protected]:/tmp$ VBoxManage extpack install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.2.4-81684.vbox-extpack
Progress state: NS_ERROR_FAILURE
VBoxManage: error: Failed to install "/tmp/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.2.4-81684.vbox-extpack": The installer failed with exit code 127: Error creating textual authentication agent: Error opening current controlling terminal for the process (`/dev/tty'): No such device or address
[email protected]:/tmp$
Now we must add the user that will run VirtualBox (administrator in this example) to the vboxusers group:
sudo adduser administrator vboxusers
VirtualBox is now installed and ready to be used.
3 Using VirtualBox On The Command Line
3.1 Creating A VM
To create a VM on the command line, we can use the VBoxManage command. See
VBoxManage --help
for a list of available switches and (highly recommended!) take a look at http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html.
I will now create an Ubuntu 12.10 Server VM with 512MB memory and a 10GB hard drive from the Ubuntu 12.10 Server iso image (which I have stored in /home/ubuntu-12.10-server-amd64.iso):
VBoxManage createvm --name "Ubuntu 12.10 Server" --register
VBoxManage modifyvm "Ubuntu 12.10 Server" --memory 512 --acpi on --boot1 dvd --nic1 bridged --bridgeadapter1 eth0
VBoxManage createhd --filename Ubuntu_12_10_Server.vdi --size 10000
VBoxManage storagectl "Ubuntu 12.10 Server" --name "IDE Controller" --add ide
VBoxManage storageattach "Ubuntu 12.10 Server" --storagectl "IDE Controller" --port 0 --device 0 --type hdd --medium Ubuntu_12_10_Server.vdi
VBoxManage storageattach "Ubuntu 12.10 Server" --storagectl "IDE Controller" --port 1 --device 0 --type dvddrive --medium /home/ubuntu-12.10-server-amd64.iso
3.2 Importing An Existing VM
Let's assume you have a VM called examplevm that you want to reuse on this host. On the old host, you should have a directory Machines/examplevm in the VirtualBox directory; Machines/examplevm should contain the examplevm.xml file. Copy the examplevm directory (including the examplevm.xml file) to your new Machines directory (if your user name is administrator, this is /home/administrator/.VirtualBox/Machines - the result should be /home/administrator/.VirtualBox/Machines/examplevm/examplevm.xml).
In addition to that copy the examplevm.vdi file from the old VDI directory to the new one (e.g. /home/administrator/.VirtualBox/VDI/examplevm.vdi).
Afterwards, you must register the imported VM:
VBoxManage registervm Machines/examplevm/examplevm.xml
3.3 Starting A VM With VBoxHeadless
Regardless of if you create a new VM or import an old one, you can start it with the command:
VBoxHeadless --startvm "Ubuntu 12.10 Server"
(Replace Ubuntu 12.10 Server with the name of your VM.)
VBoxHeadless will start the VM and a VRDP (VirtualBox Remote Desktop Protocol) server which allows you to see the VM's output remotely on another machine.
To stop a VM, run
VBoxManage controlvm "Ubuntu 12.10 Server" poweroff
To pause a VM, run
VBoxManage controlvm "Ubuntu 12.10 Server" pause
To reset a VM, run
VBoxManage controlvm "Ubuntu 12.10 Server" reset
To learn more about VBoxHeadless, take a look at
VBoxHeadless --help
and at http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch07.html#vboxheadless.
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Dear All Respected Members,
I am very new to linux and ubuntu, my organization reqiures me to install MTA or Mail server to control Spam. i did google last week and succeed in installing ubuntu server 12.04 .. then i install Postfix for smtp....
Now i configure postfix with some help... configure my outlook clients to send emails... but i got an error that relay access denied..... please help me to solve this issue I don't know how to configure it and how it will work... i need all the respected seniors and tech support members who can support me to save my job... my email is [email protected] pls send me email then i'll contact you....
If you want excellent spam control, check out the spamd project (part of the OpenBSD project). There is a bit of a learning curve but it's much more stable and secure than Ubuntu in my opinion.


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Inmate seeks dismissal of charges he impersonated lawyer calling another jailBy JAMES A. KIMBLE
Union Leader Correspondent
May 03. 2013 12:45AM
BRENTWOOD - A jailed Danville man who allegedly impersonated a public defender so he could call another inmate in Merrimack County jail is seeking to have his charges dismissed, along with charges against his girlfriend, who is accused of aiding him.
John Bouraphael, 33, is facing identity fraud charges for allegedly impersonating public defender Anthony Naro last June 1 and having his girlfriend, Shayna Provencal, facilitate a third-party phone line so he could trick corrections officers into patching the call through.
Bouraphael allegedly used the lawyer's PIN number, or New Hampshire Bar number, to identify himself as Naro, according to prosecutors. Judge N. William Delker rejected Bouraphael's argument that prosecutors provided the wrong information to the grand jury when he was indicted in January.
But now Provencal is arguing that her boyfriend's third-party call from one jail to another does not qualify as a crime under the identity fraud law. Her court-appointed lawyer, Patrick Fleming, filed a motion making the argument Tuesday. He argued that Provencal played no role in aiding Bouraphael with obtaining Naro's personal information.
Fleming also said in his argument that Bouraphael would have had to obtain "money, credit, goods, services or anything else of value" to have committed identity fraud.
Prosecutors have yet to respond to Fleming's court motion, but new indictments against the couple were obtained last month in an effort to head off any legal challenges prior to trial. Delker, in a brief decision in Bouraphael's case, said that the defense's argument "amounts to a factual dispute about the allegations."
"The purpose of a jury trial is to determine whether the evidence presented supports the allegations in the indictment," Delker added.
Bouraphael and Provencal are facing Class A felonies, punishable by up to 7 ½ to 15 years in state prison. Prosecutors say Bouraphael had called fellow inmate Jacob Palo to talk about their enterprise of strong-arming fellow inmates out of their canteen goods. Bouraphael was facing drug charges at the time and has since pleaded guilty in that case.
Before being separated, Palo and Bouraphael were both being held in the same jail in Brentwood.


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It's difficult to find words to describe the overwhelming pride we have felt seeing Jonny Orsini emerge as a prominent Broadway actor in the past two years. Last season he played Ned, Nathan Lane's love interest, in the world premiere of Douglas Carter Beane's The Nance and he's now in rehearsal for the Lincoln Center Theatre production of Macbeth starring Ethan Hawke, which previews in October.
I'll never forget the excitement I felt waiting for Jonny's first entrance in The Nance. Not surprisingly he was in full command of his role exuding great charm, wit, intelligence and sensitivity throughout. Jonny lit up the stage.
His winning "The Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence" for the performance in The Nance and his nomination for an Outer Critics Circle "Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play" were icing on the cake.
Jonny met us after the performance, took us for a backstage tour of John Lee Beatty's spectacular set, and introduced us to Nathan Lane and other cast members as they were leaving the theatre. It was clear that everyone in the cast shared the same genuine affection for Jonny that we had for him when he was an undergraduate working in the Theatre Department.
From small beginnings…
Jonny's success and the success of many other Theatre Department students was a dream when I began my work as director of academic theatre and professional performing arts programming at Suffolk University in 1982. We were an interdisciplinary academic program performing in what was then called The Suffolk Auditorium. We had fewer than 10 majors and minors and only a handful of course offerings. I was the lone theatre professor – a one-person band.
Thirty years later, I had the honor of speaking before an audience of 1,200 on the Boston Common about our distinctive Theatre program. The occasion was a celebration of Suffolk University's new educational partnership with the venerable Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. I spoke of our three theatres, including the beautifully restored Modern Theatre in Boston's revitalized Theatre District; our academic program–now nearly 90 majors and minors strong; and our very talented and committed faculty and staff, which has grown to 14 over the past 30 years. I was able to boast of our gifted and successful alumni now working in many of Boston's most respected theatres, some of whom had created award-winning theatre companies of their own. Several of our 2012 graduates are now in professional internships – at Boston's SpeakEasy Stage, London's Globe Theatre and The Juilliard School in New York. Most thrilling of all, though, was Jonny Orsini appearing opposite Nathan Lane in a Broadway show.
How did all this happen?
Theatre takes off at Suffolk
Things really began to change when we became an independent department in 1999, after having been linked to the Department of Communication and Journalism for many years.
Becoming an independent department meant that we could, at long last, hire a full-time acting/directing specialist–the brilliant Wesley Savick. Students flocked to his classes and to audition for his productions. Jonny – known then as Jonathan – was a Communication and Journalism major when he heard about Wes. He became a student in his acting class and before long was regularly appearing in Theatre Department productions.
It was a joy to watch Jonny on stage – always winning, always magnetic, always real.
Jonny also was a gifted director. His production of the Tennessee Williams play 27 Wagons full of Cotton was one of the most fully realized student-directed productions in our history.
The Journey
Jonny was responsible for a number of firsts in our young department – then just over five years old: He was our first student to win a major role in a professional production while still an undergraduate and the first to be nominated for the prestigious Elliot Norton Award for Best Actor in a field of seasoned pros. The play was Douglas Carter Beane's A Little Dog Laughed, produced by Company One and directed by Sean LaCount, their artistic director. (Jonny's success led LaCount to cast a number of Suffolk students in his productions over the years.)
The Boston production of A Little Dog Laughed was so successful that Jonny was asked to lead the company on tour at The Hartford Stage – our first student to go on tour with a show at a major regional theatre and later our first student to be cast in a leading Broadway role.
These considerable accomplishments did not come easily or by chance. Jonny has been as disciplined an actor as any I've encountered, always working to develop his craft and making careful choices about roles and scripts. No sooner had he moved to New York then we were receiving emails about his roles in professional readings and student films. Before long, he was being cast with increasing regularity.
I knew that Jonny had reached new heights when he was cast in more high-profile films and the world premiere of the David Rabe play Early History of Fire off-Broadway in 2012. Soon thereafter he was appearing on the stage of the beautiful Lyceum Theatre in The Nance with Lane and an ensemble that included Broadway stalwarts Lewis J. Stadien and Cady Huffman
Unspoiled by success
Jonny joined us for a light lunch between the matinee and evening performances of The Nance. Once again he was as charming and as unaffected by his success as could be. I learned that he had been up for the leading role in War Horse just before being cast in The Nance. When I asked him to explain his success as a working actor, he replied, without a trace of affectation: "It's fun."
I spoke to Wes Savick a few weeks ago after he caught one of the final performances of The Nance. He too, was struck not only by the excellence of Jonny's performance in the show but also by how impressive a human being he had become. It was clear that he was not taking his success for granted – Jonny was still riding his bike around town and auditioning for shows several times a week throughout the run.
We were thrilled to learn that Jonny was cast in Macbeth this season, and we can't wait to see it.
As I look back at my 30 years at Suffolk University I marvel at how successful our students have become and how Jonny Orsini is one glorious example of that success.
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if you're interested in theoretical computer science, the frontier is quantum computing. Quantum Computation and Quantum Information by Nielsen and Chuang (http://squint.org/qci/) is basically the closest thing to a treatise on the subject available today. this book covers the fundamentals of all areas of quantum computing, and it is a much easier read than more mathematical texts such as Kitaev, Shen and Vyalyi.
specifically in regards to computer security, quantum computing has been driven solely by the discovery of a fast quantum algorithm for factoring numbers by Shor. the first person to invent a serious quantum computer with reliable error correction and several qubits can theoretically break RSA, rendering modern cryptosystems obsolete.
the subject itself is sometimes difficult to grasp but not impossible. thinking in the quantum realm requires some serious abstract thought. i encourage you to check it out. does anybody have any thoughts on the matter?


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The Associated Press reported this week that the Homeland Security Department had instructed federal agents not to arrest 18-year-old Luis Abrahan Sanchez Zavaletahim, who was working in the office of Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey. Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz of Utah called the situation "disturbing" in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.
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Coco Crisp drove in Kyle Blanks with a two-out single in the eighth inning and the Oakland Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Friday night.
Josh Donaldson hit a three-run home run, his first in two weeks, to help the A's extend their winning streak to four games. Oakland also owns the best record in the majors.
Boston reliever Andrew Miller (2-5) hit Blanks and Alberto Callaspo with back-to-back pitches with one out in the eighth. After Nick Punto struck out looking, Crisp lined a 2-2 pitch to right and Blanks easily scored ahead of the throw from Brock Holt.
Sean Doolittle pitched the ninth for his 10th save. The A's closer also extended his scoreless streak to 23 1/3 innings, the longest active mark in the AL.


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Missouri CourthousesContact and other information about this county is available on the National Association of Counties website, http://explorer.naco.org/
Bollinger County, originally a part of Wayne, Cape Girardeau and Stoddard counties, became an independent county March 1, 1851. During the same year Thomas Hamilton selected the site and laid out a plan for the town of New California. Commissioners assigned to locate the county seat laid out a town called Dallas, which included New California. Citizens petitioned to change the name to Marble Hill in 1865. Commissioners located the first courthouse, built in 1852, several blocks north of the original public square. The 30-foot-square, brick, two-story building served as courthouse until destroyed by fire March 2, 1866.
At a special meeting March 12, 1866, the court appointed Philip Sutherlin (also spelled Sutherland and Sutherland) clerk, to serve as commissioner of the new courthouse. The court authorized him to contract with James Rogers, who was also the sheriff, to build on a plan similar to that of the previous building. In November 1866 the court decided the building should be two feet taller.
By December Sutherlin reported work in progress, and in July 1867 he said the building was completed as agreed. Contracted for $2,800, final costs amounted to about $3,000. Louis Houck, an eyewitness in 1869, described the courthouse as a frame building in an unfenced, treeless public square.
By 1884 the building had been condemned as unsafe and virtually abandoned. It was destroyed by fire March 12, 1884.
After an unsuccessful attempt to move the county seat to Lutesville, a new 50-by-60-foot brick courthouse, designed by Morris Frederick Bell, was erected in 1885 (Figure 1). James P. Gillick, St. Louis, was contractor, and superintendent was Jacob J. Conrad. The building, which originally cost about $9,000, was enlarged in 1912 by Carmen and Smith for about $7,000. Extensive repairs in the 1960s and 1970s have made possible continued use of the courthouse.
Figure 1Bollinger County Courthouse, 1885-. Architect: Morris Frederick Bell. (Courtesy: State Historical Society of Missouri)
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It's a big dream: A massive complex near the resort of Cancun that would be the largest trading center for Chinese products in the Western Hemisphere.
The proposed complex would house 3,040 showrooms, divided among 14 industrial sectors and targeting wholesalers from across Latin America. Projections estimate that it would draw 1 million people a year to a resort that already is the most popular beach destination in the Western Hemisphere.
But just one month ahead of its expected groundbreaking, the $180 million Dragon Mart Cancun is drawing loud objections from an odd alliance of Mexican environmentalists, who worry about the predicted surge in visitors, and business interests, who fear competition from inexpensive Chinese imports.
"We categorically and overwhelmingly oppose the initiative to install a Dragon Mart on our national territory," the Confederation of Industrial Chambers of Mexico, the nation's largest industrial group, said in a statement last month.
The group said it was worried about China's past practices of "under invoicing, fake receipts, price subsidies, weak tax collection, almost null labor requirements and zero commitment to the environment."
"The project may represent a beachhead for the massive arrival of Chinese products in conditions of unfair trade that may affect national industry and production chains," the group added.
A business-supported think tank, the Center for Economic Studies of the Private Sector, said this week that it agreed with those concerns. It noted in a statement that China has chalked up 643 anti-dumping complaints through mid-2012, more than any other member of the World Trade Organization. Mexico has lodged 19 of those complaints.
It called on authorities to conduct "a serious and urgent investigation" of the business plan of Dragon Mart Cancun to ensure that competition will be fair.
Already, the overseers of Dragon Mart Cancun have made concessions. For one, Juan Carlos Lopez, the director general of Dragon Mart Cancun, said the expo had decided to ban exhibits by Chinese sellers of shoes and clothing.
"These two industries are very sensitive in Mexico," he said.
Another concession, Lopez said, is that the expo center will no longer be only for Chinese vendors but also for vendors from around the world.
On the same parcel as Dragon Mart Cancun will be warehousing and 722 villas where vendors may live.
"It's not just for Chinese people. Anybody who leases a booth can lease a home," Lopez said.
He said he expected 400 to 600 agents of mainland Chinese companies to work at Dragon Mart Cancun, part of the 8,550 direct and indirect jobs he said the project will generate.
If the project goes ahead as planned, it would follow the rough model of Dragon Mart Dubai, the first effort by Chinese business and industry to set up a massive showroom center abroad to promote Chinese products. Dragon Mart Dubai, which measures more than 1,300 yards from end to end, opened in 2004.
Dragon Mart Cancun will contain sectors that offer home appliances, communication equipment, lighting, household furnishings, jewelry, building materials, furniture, toys, machinery, medical equipment, auto parts, foodstuffs and general merchandise.
"Latin Americans, instead of going to China or Asia, or going to different international fairs or expositions, will go to Cancun," Lopez said.
Lopez said the Chinese government has no stake in Dragon Mart Cancun. Rather, a Chinese entrepreneur, Hao Feng, who is also behind a third proposed Dragon Mart in Bahrain, holds a 10 percent stake through a Netherlands-based private company, Chinamex, he said. The other 90 percent of Dragon Mart Cancun is in the hands of Mexican investors from Merida and Monterrey, he said.
Chinamex considered a series of other cities for the Dragon Mart, including Los Angeles, Miami, Panama City and Sao Paulo, as well as other locations in Mexico, including Tijuana, according to promotional literature.
Cancun won because its airport has more international flights than any other in Latin America, Lopez said, and its world-class hotels, restaurants and tourist attractions also will draw buyers.
"It's a nice place to go," he said.
Moreover, the exposition center will broaden the regional focus from tourism: "This is an opportunity to diversify the economy," he said.
Most of the merchandise ordered through Dragon Mart Cancun will never come through the Yucatan Peninsula. Instead, it will be shipped directly to the port nearest the buyer, Lopez said. Volumes may be huge. Lopez said Dragon Mart Dubai last year traded the equivalent of 52,000 20-foot containers.
Environmental groups also have taken aim at Dragon Mart Cancun, which would sit on a 1,367 acre site about four miles from Cancun's airport.
"There is environmental concern because it is nearly along the coast and only 3,400 meters (2.1 miles) from a protected area, the reefs of Puerto Morelos," said Alejandra Serrano, a representative of the Mexican Center for Environmental Law.
Serrano said Dragon Mart Cancun has not been transparent about its long-term plans nor has it complied with zoning laws on protecting green areas.
Lopez responded that the project will have its own water treatment plant and will make extensive use of solar energy.
"We will not chop any vegetation, any trees. Zero," Lopez said. "There are very few projects in all of Mexico that are so green."
Lopez said the project already has received the green light from the surrounding state of Quintana Roo and only awaits a building permit from the Benito Juarez municipality, which he expects next month.
The project should be completed by May 2014.


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Public Communication or PCOM (Bachelor of Science)
Public Communication is the practice of understanding, designing, implementing, and evaluating successful communication campaigns within a framework of public service. It is used to inform and persuade, to build relationships, and to encourage open dialog in the public interest. This is accomplished by crafting successful messages through the application of research, theory, technical knowledge, and sound design principles. Students majoring in Public Communication use an integrated approach to communication in the public interest to critically analyze situations, manage information, and craft messages that work in an increasingly global society.
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Exel readies for holiday demands for liquorBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
October 30. 2013 10:58PM
Exel Inc. becomes the exclusive warehouse of wine and liquor in the state of New Hampshire tomorrow, taking over a massive operation that had been operating out of a Nashua warehouse since 1997.
The Ohio-based Exel has built a 240,000-square-foot warehouse in Bow. Workers have been filling the warehouse for weeks, and distributors should be able to order and pick up product as of Monday, the company said.
"We've been certainly preparing for this," said Lynn Anderson, spokesman for Excel. "We're comfortable we're going to have a really successful start. We've been preparing for it; we have a plan in place."
However, wholesalers who ship product to the warehouse say there have been some problems with Excel, something they attribute to the need to fill an empty warehouse. And distributors, who deliver product from the warehouse to restaurants and retailers, are holding their breath.
"Any move of this size, you would anticipate there are going to be some hiccups," said Mike Somers, president and chief-executive of the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association.
Exel is taking over liquor warehousing from Law Warehouses, a Nashua-based company that took the state to court when it lost its exclusive contract. In September, the state Supreme Court refused to issue an injunction in the case, although Law continues to fight the matter in Superior Court.
On Oct. 4, the New Hampshire Liquor Commission warned retailers and restaurateurs to stock up on their inventory for the transition. Tuesday was the last day to order from Law Warehouse, and today is the last day that product will be shipped from the Nashua company, the Commission said.
Shipments start Monday out of Exel.
And for the first 11 days, customers will only be able to order liquor or wine by the case. Individual bottle orders won't be available through Nov. 11, according to the Liquor Commission.
However, Somers said only one-third of liquor licensees order directly from the warehouse; the others go through state liquor stores. Nothing will stop the larger retailers from going to the state liquor store to fill an order, he said.
On Saturday, Andrew Rowe of A&J Beverage took a tour of the Exel warehouse, he said. At the time it was about 30 percent full, he said, but the company had most of this week to continue filling it.
His company distributes wine and spirits from the warehouse to supermarkets and restaurants.
"Like anything new, you're going to have your bumps in the road, but it seems they'll work out fine," said Andrew Rowe, operations manager of A&J Beverage.
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Professor McMeeking is an Associate Professor of Accounting, and has been at the University of Exeter since 1998. His research interests are interdisciplinary although the main interest is the use of financial reporting and financial analysis to secure effective corporate governance. His teaching specialisms lie in financial accounting - at the undergraduate, postgraduate and executive levels. Prior to his appointment at Exeter, he was a tutor and completed a PhD at Lancaster University.
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BA (Hons) in Accounting and Financial Analysis, PhD in Accounting
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- Network theory
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Professor McMeeking's research draws from economics literature to investigate issues such as pricing, reputation, litigation and organisational change that are of relevance to academics, practitioners, business entities regulators and the general public.
Research projects
- Rugged Landscapes: K and N values for Big 4 and mid-tier professional firms in the UK, (with Baskerville), presented at the 2009 British Accounting Association Conference and 2009 American Accounting Association.
- The Big Four's failure to ensure compliance with financial instruments disclosure requirements (with Bamber), presented at the 2009 British Accounting Association Conference and the British Accounting Association FAR SIG Conference.
- The quality and quantity of reporting financial instruments under International Financial Reporting Standard 7, Financial Instruments: Disclosure (with Bamber), presented at the 2009 British Accounting Association Conference.
- Symbolic violence, professionalism and the sustainability of UK accounting firms (with Stringfellow), presented at the 2009 British Academy of Management Conference.
- The Use of SD Logic for Financial Reporting and Equity Valuation: A UK Empirical Study, presented at the 2009 Frontiers in Service Conference.
- "Competition, choice and governance in the UK audit market: interview evidence." Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland Research Grant, 2009.;
Professor McMeeking is currently supervising currently supervising 5 PhD students on derivatives financial disclosure; derivatives valuation; theoretical estimations of the relationship between capital and assets; corporate social responsibility and the sustainability of professional service firms.
He has also supervised two PhD students to completion in the broad area of financial reporting.
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- Best paper (with Stringfellow, L) for the Transformation, Change and Organisation Development track of the 2009 British Academy of Management conference
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- Guest speaker in a panel discussion entitled 'Improving choice in the audit market' at the Financial Markets Group roundtable meeting, London School of Economics
- Invited lectures at many universities in the UK (including Bristol, Bath, Glasgow, Lancaster and LSE) and overseas (including the Yar State Pedagogical University, The Yar Demidov State University and MUBiNT (The International University of Business))
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- External Examiner for UWE
- Committee member, BAA Auditing SIG
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- Financial accounting and investment analysis - at the undergraduate, postgraduate and management development levels
Financial accounting is the area of accounting which deals with reporting to external users of company accounts, especially, but not exclusively, equity investors. From the perspective of theory, emphasis is placed on the needs of external users and fundamental financial reporting issues that are critical to both small and large businesses. It also includes a discussion of who sets accounting rules; by what processes; the content of regulations; and what that content ought to be. From a practical perspective, financial accounting incorporates the calculations required by theory or regulation; how to analyse and apply financial statements for the purpose of share valuation; risk management; and evaluating the impact on capital markets.
Investment analysis introduces students to the characteristics and valuation of financial instruments. It enables students to understand security valuation techniques; how to apply these techniques in a portfolio management context; how to make appropriate dynamic portfolio allocation decisions; how to assess portfolio performance; and the role of price formation in markets.


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Lorca names the dark, unpredictable, often dangerous energy that art sometimes channels as Duende: "daemon, hobgoblin, keeper of the mystery, the roots fastened in the mire that we all know and all ignore." This course will examine the duende's presence in contemporary American poetry, including works by Langston Hughes, James Dickey, Rita Dove, and Li-Young Lee. Through writing exercises and assignments, you'll also get the push to wrestle with your own dark forces.
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WASHINGTON – A man set himself on fire on the National Mall in the nation's capital as passers-by rushed over to help put out the flames, officials and witnesses said Friday afternoon.
The reason for the self-immolation was not immediately clear and the man's identity was not disclosed. But it occurred in public view, on a central national gathering place, in a city still rattled by a mass shooting last month and a high-speed car chase outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday that ended with a woman being shot dead by police with a young child in the car.
The man on the Mall suffered life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to the hospital, said District of Columbia fire department spokesman Tim Wilson.
He was standing by himself in the center portion of the Mall when he emptied the contents of a red gasoline can on himself and set himself on fire moments later, said Katy Scheflen, who witnessed it as she walked across the area. Police say they responded around 4:20 p.m. Friday.
Scheflen said the man was clearly alive as the fire spread, and passing joggers took off their shirts in an effort to help put out the flames. It was not clear who actually extinguished the flames.
A police department spokesman said the man was conscious and breathing at the scene. MedStar Washington Hospital Center tweeted that the man was taken there and he was in critical condition Friday night.
"There was not a lot people could do because it was a gasoline fire," Scheflen said.
She said he may have said something before he acted "but it was nothing intelligible." She said she did not see him holding any signs before he set himself ablaze.
She said there was another man with a tripod set up near him, but it's unclear if the man was filming the incident.
Lt. Pamela Smith of the U.S. Park Police, which is investigating along with the D.C. police department, said: "I'm not aware of any signage or any articulation of any causes."
The D.C. police department has dispatched its violent crimes branch, which responds to cases in which a person suffers serious injury.
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After teasing viewers with several short video teases, FX finally released a full-on trailer for its latest drama, "The Bridge," which will debut at 9 p.m. CT July 10.
Based on a successful Scandinavian drama by the same name (but, you know, "Broen" in Danish and "Bron" in Swedish), the series is set on the border between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico. Diane Kruger and "A Better Life" Oscar nominee Demian Bichir as detectives from the U.S. and Mexico, respectively, who must partner on a case involving a series of murders that begin with the discovery of a body placed on a bridge between the two countries.
The original was set on the border of Denmark and Sweden.
If the trailer is any indication, the two detectives neither get along nor trust each other. Add some nasty body-part swapping, Mexican drug cartel violence, police corruption, racism and sociopolitical complications of the setting and this looks like a powder keg ready to explode.
Looks like FX has created another great drama to add to its string of hits including "Justified," "The Americans," "Sons of Anarchy" and "American Horror Story."
I'm ready to cross "The Bridge." How about you?
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Modern Classics: The Bertoia Side Chair
The wire chairs he designed for Knoll show Harry Bertoia at the top of his game — his love of sculpture and knowledge of metalworking and ergonomics came together to create a chair that is lovely from every angle (and even quite comfortable, if you're willing to shell out a little extra for seat pads).
The first versions of Bertoia's wire chairs were made with the edges comprised of two thin wires, welded together on either side of the mesh seat. Unfortunately, this design had already been patented by Herman Miller for their Eames wire side chair. Herman Miller successfully sued Knoll, so subsequent generations of the Bertoia chair were made with a single thick wire on the edge of the chair. The wires of the seat rest on top of the edge wire, and are ground down at the edges so they won't poke you while you sit (although you may still get a distinctive 'waffle butt" pattern if you sit in one of the unpadded chairs).
60 years after their introduction (in 1952), these chairs are positively everywhere, from the sculpture garden at the MoMA to Jonathan Adler's Parker Palm Springs hotel to this writer's dining room. They go inside and out; they are lovely to look upon; and their wire mesh construction gives them a certain quality of being lighter than air. Harry Bertoia himself said of his work: "If you look at these chairs, they are mainly made of air, like sculpture. Space passes right through them."
1. The Bertoia chair's visual lightness makes it the perfect choice for this airy beach house by designer Alexandra Angle.
2. In a rustic loft from Jaklitsch Gardner via The Kitchn.
3. In a luxe bedroom from Lonny.
4. White Bertoia chairs, with a traditional table and an accompanying wishbone chair, make for a mix that's light and lovely, with a wonderful texture. Mikel Irastorza via Houzz.
5. Lovely outside, too. From JL Designs.
6. Bertoia chairs and a tulip table? Perfect. I love the texture of the chairs and the texture of the concrete block juxtaposed against one another. House and Garden via Habitually Chic.
7. With cobalt blue covers, in a beachy interior from Marie Claire Maison.
8. In the sculpture garden at NYC's MoMA.
9. Black and white from Chris and Jenna's Collection in the Castro.
10. Bertoia barstools in a modern kitchen from Cultivate.
11. Baby Bertoias and a Moroccan rug in a kids' space. From Lonny.
12. Jonathan Adler chose these for the patio of the Parker Palm Springs hotel. From the Sunday Times Market.
13. In a workspace from Style at Home.
14. In the modern mix — the airy chair is a nice counterpart to a heavy, traditional desk. Home of interior designer Marie Olsson Nylander, via Desire to Inspire.
15. Perfect in a funky, black and white interior. Domino via Habitually Chic.
• Classic in Any Setting: Bertoia Side Chairs
• Man of Steel (Mesh): Harry Bertoia's Famous Chairs
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Man Shot and Killed in Pico-Hoover Area NR14016rhLos Angeles: Los Angeles Police Department Rampart Division Homicide detectives are asking for the public's help in providing any information that would lead to the arrest of the suspect(s) who killed 27-year-old Jesus Eduardo Vargas. Councilmember Cedillo has approved a $50,000 reward for the information leading to the conviction of the suspects.
On July 1, 2013, around 7:20 p.m., Rampart Patrol officers responded to a radio call of a shooting in the 2100 block of West Pico Boulevard in the Pico and Hoover area. The victim, later identified as Jesus Vargas, was chased into a fast food restaurant in the 2100 block of West Pico Boulevard by the suspect.
The surveillance video shows Vargas and the suspect fighting in front of the counter. The suspect removed a handgun from his front waistband and pointed it at Vargas. A second suspect entered the fast food restaurant wearing a bandana over his face and shot at Vargas several times. Both suspects then exited the fast food restaurant and fled on their bicycles southbound on Hoover Street.
Los Angeles Fire Department personnel responded and transported Vargas to a local hospital where he died a short time later from his injuries.
The first suspect is described as a male Hispanic, about 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighs about 150 pounds and is between 20 and 25 years of age.
The second suspect is described as a male Hispanic, about 5 feet 7 inches tall and is between 20 and 25 years of age.
There were several customers inside the fast food restaurant at the time of the incident that may be witnesses to the incident, detectives are asking those persons to please contact the police department.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Rampart Homicide Detectives Martinez or Lee at (213) 484-3639. During non-business hours or on weekends, calls should be directed to 1-877-LAPD-24-7 (1-877-527-3247). Anyone wishing to remain anonymous should call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477). Tipsters may also contact Crime Stoppers by texting to phone number 274637 (C-R-I-M-E-S on most keypads) with a cell phone. All text messages should begin with the letters "LAPD." Tipsters may also go to www.lapdonline.org, and click on "Anonymous Web Tips."


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Surprise Eggs & DIY Peeps: Easter Treats & Projects
Easter is one of my favorite holidays. I love the tender spring foods that can be spread out across a table with friends on a fresh spring morning. And Easter is a big deal in my family, where traditional Eastern European breads rule the menu. But I also love the sweet projects that come with Easter dinner! Here is a look back at our own Easter projects, from homemade marshmallow Peeps, to hollow sugar eggs, to eggs that have a surprise inside. We have beautiful, naturally-dyed Easter eggs, sweet egg-shaped cakes, and a few ideas for dinner and brunch menus, too.
Easter Projects & Treats
• Vibrant Eggs, Dyed Naturally
• How to Make Onion-Skin Easter Eggs
• How To Make Diorama Sugar Eggs
• How To Make Golden Chocolate Easter Eggs
• Surprise Eggs for Spring Festivities and Brunch Parties
• How To Make Homemade Marshmallow Peeps!
• How To Make Individual Easter Egg Cakes
Easter Recipes for Your Menu
• Lemon Frittata with Leeks and Goat Cheese
• Sticky Lemon Rolls with Lemon Cream Cheese Glaze
• Traditional British Recipe: Eccles Cakes
• Smoky Deviled Eggs with Greek Yogurt
• Asparagus with Poached Egg, Tarragon and Chives
• Cucumber and Mint Spiced Lamb Salad
• Asparagus Spears Wrapped in Prosciutto & Phyllo
• Simplest Cinnamon Lamb Stew
• Sour Cream Cucumber Salad with Mustard Seeds
• Mixed New Potato Salad with Sweet Basil and Shallots
• Houska (Czech Easter Bread)
• D.I.Y. Horseradish Sauce
• Pascha Cheese with Cherries
• Ina Garten's Lemon Cake
Too Many Eggs?
Too many leftover eggs? Use them up!
• Leftover Easter Eggs? Make Egg Salad
• How to Use Up Hard Boiled Eggs
What are your Easter plans this year? Are you doing brunch? Dinner? Eggs galore?
(Images: See linked recipes for full image credits)


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The Reliance Group, founded by Dhirubhai H. Ambani , is India's largest private
sector enterprise, with businesses in the energy and materials value chain. The
flagship company, Reliance Industries Limited, is a Fortune Global 500 company and
is the largest private sector company in India.
Dhirubhai Ambani founded Reliance as a textile company and led its evolution as
a global leader in the materials and energy value chain businesses. It was in 1957
when he returned to India after a stint with A.Besse& Co., Aden he started yarn
trading business from a small 500 sq.ft. office in Masjid Bunder, Mumbai.he set
up his brand new mill in Naroda, Gujarat. In 1996 Reliance went on to become the
biggest textile brand 'Only Vimal'. In 1977 the Reliance Textile Industries came
with an IPO which was oversubscribed seven times.
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Injured Huth out for season
Stoke defender Robert Huth has been ruled out for the rest of the season due to his knee problem, manager Mark Hughes has announced.
Huth has not played for the first team since injuring his knee in November, which he had surgery on soon after.
Earlier this week, Potters chairman Peter Coates said it was his understanding that it was "very unlikely" the German would feature again this term.
And speaking on Friday, Stoke boss Hughes said: "Robert had an operation last night and unfortunately he is going to miss the end of the season."
Huth has missed 20 matches in all competitions since limping off in Stoke's 2-0 home Barclays Premier League win over Sunderland on November 23.
When suggesting around the time that surgery appeared likely, Hughes said the 29-year-old centre-back would be out for "a number of weeks".
Huth then made a comeback on February 25 by playing 45 minutes of a behind-closed-doors friendly.
But he has not returned to the Potters' matchday squad since then, and will now work towards trying to be fit for the start of 2014/15.
"It has been difficult for us," Hughes said.
"We tried to get him back and he has been very close on a number of occasions, but unfortunately the knee was reacting adversely to any opportunity we had to really push him on.
"Every time we tried to just push him to the next level, that is when the reaction in the knee would force us to take a step back.
"So we took him to the surgeon and he had another look at it and recommended that Robert had another operation, just to get a real understanding of what is going on in the knee.
"By all accounts it was good news in terms of what he found - there is no real structural element to it, it is just that there is an issue in the knee that is causing it to flare up and we now have a better understanding of what is going on.
"So hopefully he will be fit and well to go for the beginning of next season."
Jon Walters is sidelined along with Stoke team-mate Charlie Adam for Saturday's Barclays Premier League home clash with West Ham due to suspension.
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has no fresh injury concerns as he prepares his side to face Stoke on Saturday.
Andy Carroll is in line to return to the starting line-up for the first time since his sending off in the 2-0 win over Swansea although fellow forward Marco Borriello remains sidelined with a calf injury.
Allardyce wants to see his West Ham players rediscover the clinical nature which saw them win four games in a row before the recent international break.
The Hammers were deeply embroiled in the fight for Baclays Premier League survival until a run of consecutive victories pulled them clear and left them in the top half of the table - with only a defeat at Everton blotting their record ahead of the international friendly fixtures.
Once the favourite to become the next manager to find himself out of work, Allardyce masterminded wins over Swansea, Aston Villa, Norwich and Southampton and is eager to see his side return to winning ways at Stoke on Saturday.
"The clinical aspect, which we did so well in the four games we'd won on the trot, deserted us at Everton and we've got to get that back," he said.
"We've got to take the opportunities when they arise, we scored against the run of play sometimes, we scored when we were in the ascendancy and we've to make sure we are as clinical as we were in those four games.
"I'm not sure about results because it will be tough to get better results than we've had. We have to try to achieve the results and improve the performances, the demand from me is a level of consistency from the players that will deliver results."
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Manama, June 17, 2008
Ithmaar Bank, a Bahrain-based investment bank with global reach, and Global Investment House (GIH), headquartered in Kuwait, have mutually agreed to rebalance their stake in BBK as part of their continued strategic cooperation as major shareholders.
Ithmaar Bank has sold 20 million shares representing 2.47 per cent of BBK's issued and paid up capital to Global Investment House at BD0.724 per share ($1.92). Ithmaar Bank and Global Investment House will now hold 24.38 per cent and 18.95 per cent stake respectively in BBK.
Earlier this year, Ithmaar Bank acquired 19.1 per cent of the issued and paid up share capital of BBK, a leading Bahrain-based retail bank and Bahrain's fifth largest bank by market value, after purchasing 147.6 million shares from the Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK), previously BBK's largest shareholder.
In May 2008, following initial acquisition, Ithmaar Bank increased its stake in BBK by 6.77 per cent by purchasing 54.9 million shares, further strengthening Ithmaar Bank's holding in BBK to 26.4 per cent.
"This transaction is a clear testimony of the strategic cooperation amongst the major shareholders of BBK, with an aim to provide a solid foundation for BBK's growth strategy and enhance value to all shareholders. With a 24.38 per cent stake, Ithmaar Bank is still BBK's largest financial institutional shareholder and we are confident that our investment in one of Bahrain's leading retail banks will help us consolidate our strengths across the Middle East and Asia Pacific regions," said chairman, Ithmaar Bank, Khalid Abdulla-Janahi.
"Global Investment House strongly believes that strategic cooperation between the major shareholders will provide further impetus to BBK's expansion and diversification plans. With a 18.95 per cent stake, Global Investment House will be BBK's second largest financial institutional shareholder, and this investment, is in line with Global Investment House's strategy based on geographic expansion into leading financial institutions," said chairperson and managing director, Global Investment House, Maha K. Al-Ghunaim.
Bahrain- based Ithmaar Bank is listed on the Bahrain and Kuwait Stock Exchanges. Earlier this year Ithmaar Bank reported that its net profit for the first quarter of 2008 surged 91 per cent to a record $59.3 million. The Bank's subsidiaries and associates span the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Europe and North Africa. – TradeArabia New Service


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DETROIT, MI --Hyundai says it will recall 27,500 Genesis Luxury cars to fix problems that could cause the brakes to fail.
The automaker says the recall affects cars from the 2009 through 2012 model years.
Brake fluid in the cars will be changed and dealers will inspect brake control modules to see if they need to be replaced.
Hyundai says fluid in the cars doesn't have a corrosion inhibitor. As a result, a gel can build up on valves in the braking system. That can cause loss of braking.
Dealers will pick up the cars and give customers loaner vehicles.
The move comes after the U.S. government announced an investigation on Monday.


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(CNN) -- Somali pirates released a Ukrainian ship Thursday carrying tanks, ammunition and crew after receiving a ransom of $3.2 million, a spokesman for the ship's owner said.
A parachute, believed to be carrying part of the ransom, drops near the Faina.
Mikhail Voitenko told CNN all the pirates had left the ship Thursday night, and a man who identified himself as one of the pirates who was involved in the hijacking also confirmed the pirates were no longer on the vessel.
Voitenko said his information was confirmed by the MV Faina's owner, Vadim Alperin, who authorized him to make a statement.
The pirates seized the ship in neutral waters near Kenya and Somalia in September. It had been headed to the Kenyan port of Mombasa after departing from Nikolayev, Ukraine, and was hijacked not far from its destination.
The U.S. Navy began monitoring the situation soon after the vessel was captured because of concerns about the dangers that the weapons on board could pose.
In a letter posted on the "Marine Bulletin" Web site, which is edited by Voitenko, Alperin said he, his representatives in various countries, and Ukrainian special services had been involved in "extremely tough" negotiations with the pirates.
"The release would've been impossible without the assistance from the Ukrainian government," Alperin wrote.
However, Alperin wrote, the government did not contribute to the ransom. "It rendered things that are much more valuable than money. It helped, thank God, with ... the knowledge, experience and talent of its intelligence officers," he wrote.
Soon after the pirates left on Thursday night, U.S. sailors boarded the Faina to administer first aid, technical assistance and food and water to the crew, Voitenko said.
The American Forces Press Service reported none of the 20-member crew had been harmed.
On Friday, the ship will be refueled, and will head toward Mombasa under the escort of the U.S. Navy, Voitenko said.
After the ship was freed, the Navy released a photograph of the purported ransom being air-dropped onto the vessel.
"All indications we have are that ransom was indeed paid regarding the Faina. Our ships continue to wait on station to monitor the situation in the vicinity of the Faina vessel," said Nathan Christensen, a spokesman for U.S. Naval Forces Central Command.
It was not immediately clear whether all the weapons the ship was carrying remained on board.
Russian state-run television reported the pirates took an unknown number of grenade launchers as well as other ammunition with them, but CNN could not independently confirm the report.
The pirates seized the Ukrainian vessel on September 25, 2008. The Belize-flagged ship had been sailing to Kenya carrying a cargo of military hardware, including about 30 tanks, spare parts and armor. The crew comprised 17 Ukrainians, two Russians and one citizen of Latvia.
The captain, a Russian citizen, died soon after the ship was seized.
CNN's Maxim Tkachenko contributed to this story
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Dec 27, 2012
Gamevil's Baseball Superstars 2013 is a surprisingly wide-ranging baseball simulation that brings more-or-less realistic baseball career management to Android handhelds.
It started out by giving me a 100 coins on the first day, and I noted that there were daily payouts for playing. I was able to pick mode (batter or pitcher), and then I was able to go further and pick stance, position and even handedness.
The gameplay was fairly involved, piecing together relatively complex concepts and adding a touch of whimsical to create fairly interesting sim. I started out as a rookie and had the opportunity to get better as the season went on, gaining experience on the way that allowed me to upgrade my skills and that of my team. At the beginning, it was made clear that I had goals to meet, and not meeting them could cause me being let go. Doing well got me praise and more.
Doing well pretty much boiled down to doing well in games. Different opposing teams had different attributes; players had different specialties, based on the game engine. Pitchers had their favorites throws, so adjusting was key. I was able to use accumulated points to make my attributes increase, and I could train to facilitate my ability to level up faster. Batting was a function of timing. Hits, of course, were precious, home runs golden.
There were a number of features here and there that added to the fun factor. I liked the quiz feature, and P2P option was a mode of gameplay that added value in my opinion. I liked the in-game challenges, and quests were cool too.
The graphics were great; the animations fit the style, and the sounds were distinctly baseball-y in nature; the strikeout calls were full of flavor.
After every game, I was given a letter grade and commentary by my manager, which was an interesting touch. At season's end the big news was delivered.
All in all, it's one of the best sports sims I have played, with subtle nuances of the sport worked into it in very creative ways.
Baseball Superstars 2013 Review Rundown
App available on the Google Play Store »


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XCOM: Enemy Unknown developer Firaxis will announce a new AAA title tomorrow, 2K Games has revealed.
The game will be announced during Firaxis' Mega Panel event, taking place at PAX East tomorrow at 4:30pm BST.
But what could it be? A next-gen XCOM? A new Civilization? Whatever it is, 2K says "you won't want to miss" it.
Source: blog.2k.com


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Older News » Education Tax RefundLast updated 10:55 AM on 15 September 2011
You may be eligible to 50% back for your child's education expenses.
The Federal government recently introduced the Education Tax Refund whereby parents can claim eligible education expenses for their child's primary and secondary education during the income year 1 July 2008 - 30 June 2009.
You can claim an education tax refund of up to 50% of those expenses if any of the following apply:
you received family tax benefit (FTB) Part A for your child
a payment was made for your child that stopped you from receiving FTB Part A
the child stopped full-time school during the year and received income over the cut-out amount, which stopped you from receiving FTB Part A.
You can claim the cost of buying, establishing, repairing and running any of the following items:
- laptop computers and home computers
- computer-related equipment such as printers, USB flash drives, as well as disability aids to assist in the use of computer equipment for students with special needs
- home internet connections
- computer software for educational use including word processing, spreadsheet, database and presentation software; and internet filters and antivirus software
- school textbooks and other paper based school learning material, including prescribed textbooks, associated learning materials, study guides and stationery
- prescribed trade tools.
You can find out more at www.ato.gov.au


text: In the wake of one of the worst natural and humanitarian disasters ever to visit American shores, nearly 600 African Americans were airlifted to the almost entirely white state of Utah without their knowledge. "Desert Bayou" is more than a Hurricane Katrina documentary, it seeks to examine whether two cultures can come together in a time of utter chaos, or whether their differences prove too great a challenge to overcome. In their own words evacuees of Hurricane Katrina, tell how they survived the storm of the century and out of the rubble ended up at a military installation in the deserts of Utah. With interviews from recording artist Master P, celebrity Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, evacuees, political and military leaders, and community and social figures, the questions of race, politics and religion hurdle towards each other in this truly American story: A story of loss and reunion, of sorrow and rebirth, of anger and rejoicing, but most of all a story of hope.


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Bread from the future
I baked a couple of things this weekend. The first was the Sourdough Carrot Cake recipe from King Arthur that someone (TXFarmer?) posted about a couple of months back.
I halved the recipe and baked them as cupcakes rather than a cake. It is quite good and a useful way of disposing of ripe starter.
I thought I also baked a walnut levain today, but judging by the timestamp* this is a loaf that I'll bake 205 years from now.
It looks like it'll be good. I'm looking forward to trying it someday!
* I suspect the fact that my 8 year old son has been borrowing my camera to make stop action movies with Lego figures recently has something to do with the timestamp getting changed.


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'House of Anubis: Touchstone of Ra' Airs June 17th -- Watch The Trailer!
Who's ready for an all-new House of Anubis special?
JJJ got our hands on the official trailer for Touchstone of Ra, premiering Monday, June 17th @ 9PM ET/6PM ET on TeenNick.
In the "Touchstone of Ra", the residents of Anubis House are nearing the end of their final term when their celebratory mood is cut short after a group of underclassman unexpectedly move into Anubis house, and a trip to an Egyptian museum leaves the group with a strange stone in hand.
The Sibunas are confronted with their greatest challenge yet as they set out to decipher the secrets behind the touchstone of the ancient Egyptian god, Ra. As the power of the stone begins to cause chaos, it's up to leader Eddie Miller (Burkely Duffield) and the Sibunas to solve the mystery before it's too late.
As the mystery unfolds, the Sibunas learn that not everyone is as they seem, and there's only one among them who can save them from the powers of the stone.
The special will introduce newcomers Sophia (Claudia Jessie), Dexter (Jake Davis), Erin (Kae Alexander) and Cassie (Roxy Fitzgerald).