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In graduate school I studied communication in instructional environments with a focus on adolescents. I have taught at a variety of community colleges since 1992 and full time at SCC since 1999. I have also consulted with corporations like Boeing, community organizations and I have worked with homeless youth. Recently I've pursued professional development in the Art of Storytelling, Critical Multicultural Understanding and service learning.
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When Marvin Hamlisch auditioned for the Juilliard School of Music, he played not Chopin or Mozart but the American folk standard "Goodnight, Irene," a choice that could have had lamentable results for any other prospective student.
But Hamlisch quickly established there was little about his talent that was ordinary: He could perform the song in any key the admissions committee requested — and he was but 6 years old.
By the time he was 30, the former prodigy — the youngest student the prestigious New York school had ever admitted — was a wunderkind composer for Broadway and Hollywood, whose contribution to American popular music would bring comparisons to Richard Rodgers and George Gershwin.
Hamlisch — winner of three Academy Awards for 1973's "The Way We Were" and"The Sting," a Tony and a Pulitzer for the 1975 Broadway sensation"A Chorus Line," and four Emmys — collapsed and died Monday in Los Angeles at 68 after a brief illness, his publicist Ken Sunshine said. No other details were given.
A showman as well as a versatile composer, Hamlisch conquered an early fear of performing to become a draw on the nightclub circuit and later was principal pops conductor for several major symphonies, including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony and San Diego Symphony.
Last month he conducted the Pasadena Symphony and Pops, which named him its principal pops conductor in 2011, and the Philadelphia Orchestra was set to announce his appointment to its pops podium next week.
Like Rodgers — the only other American composer to rival Hamlisch in the number of top awards — and Gershwin, Hamlisch "left a very specific … original mark on American music and added to the great American songbook with works he himself composed," said Paul Jan Zdunek, chief executive of the Pasadena Symphony Assn.
Hamlisch, who would sometimes remark that his last name began with "ham" for a reason, charmed audiences with his ad-libs and improvisational agility. He routinely included in his concerts a short segment he called "Rent-a-Composer," in which he composed and performed songs based on the audience's usually outlandish suggestions.
"The world will remember Marvin for his brilliant musical accomplishments, from 'A Chorus Line' to 'The Way We Were,' and so many others, but when I think of him now, it was his brilliantly quick mind, his generosity, and delicious sense of humor that made him a delight to be around," Barbra Streisand, who recorded her first million-selling single with "The Way We Were," said in a statement Tuesday. "He was a true musical genius."
Although he could easily have rested on his laurels, Hamlisch continued to write for movies, most recently for Steven Soderbergh's quirky 2009 comedy "The Informant!"
He was working on another Soderbergh project — a film about Liberace, starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon — and was planning to travel to Nashville this week to see "The Nutty Professor," a stage musical he scored for director Jerry Lewis, who wrote and starred in the 1963 sci-fi comedy that inspired the current show. Hamlisch, who lived in New York, also had Broadway hopes for another musical he was working on called "Gotta Dance."
"He didn't want to waste a moment," said Michael Feinstein, the pianist-singer who is known for his devotion to the American songbook and who was slated to perform with Hamlisch and the New York Philharmonic onNew Year's Eve. "He had a passion for living, and he loved what he did.... His intelligence and sensitivity gave him the tools to musicalize life experiences in a very authentic way."
Marvin Frederick Hamlisch was born in New York City on June 2, 1944. His Austrian Jewish father, Max, was an accordionist with his own band. He once described his mother, Lily Schacter, as "a real Jewish, terrific mother." He had an older sister, Terry.
By age 5 he could play songs on the piano by ear after hearing them on the radio. He was a mischievous student in elementary school until a piano was wheeled into his classroom and he became the accompanist for school plays.
Hamlisch began giving public recitals in his teens but vomited violently before performances and finally gave up when "it became obvious it was going to kill me," he told Newsday in 1974. Enamored of show tunes, he focused his energies on composing and first heard his music performed before an audience when he was the music counselor at a girls' camp at Lake Geneva, N.Y.
One of his camp songs, "Travelin' Man," was recorded by Liza Minnelli on her first album, "Liza, Liza," released in 1964. That year he got his first taste of Broadway as an assistant to vocal arranger Buster Davis in "Funny Girl," starring Streisand as showgirl Fanny Brice.
A few years later Hamlisch was asked to play the piano at a party for Hollywood producer Sam Spiegel. The party changed his life. Three days after the event, he surprised the producer with a complete score for a dramatic movie Spiegel was planning to make called "The Swimmer," based on a John Cheever story. Spiegel hired him on the spot. Hamlisch submitted the score to his teacher at Queens College, who accepted it in lieu of the string quartet Hamlisch was supposed to write for a class assignment. He graduated from Queens in 1967 with a degree in music.
His work for Spiegel on the 1968 movie jump-started a prolific career composing for films. He produced music for more than 30 movies, including director Woody Allen's "Take the Money and Run" (1969) and "Bananas" (1971), "Kotch" (1971), "Fat City" (1972), "Save the Tiger" (1973) and "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" (1974).
At the same time he was writing for Broadway and penned the music for "Minnie's Boys," a musical inspired by the Marx Brothers' career. Though the play was a flop, he toured with Groucho Marx for three years as pianist and straight man.
His year for the record books was 1973, when he co-wrote the music for "The Way We Were" with Marilyn and Alan Bergman. The theme song at first failed to impress Streisand, who thought it was too simple musically. Hamlisch said he had to beg her to sing it, and she agreed only after the rest of the cast out-voted her. It became one of her signature songs.
Hamlisch shared the Oscar for best original song with the Bergmans and also won the Oscar for best original dramatic score. At the same Academy Awards ceremony, he won an Oscar for his adaptation of Scott Joplin's ragtime music for "The Sting," the 1973 movie starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford as two 1930s con men. Hamlisch's lush orchestrations have been credited with reviving interest in Joplin's music.
When the composer got up to receive his third Oscar of the night, he quipped, "I think we can now talk to each other as friends."
He stormed Broadway the following year, 1975, when "A Chorus Line" opened to generally glowing reviews.
The backstage musical conceived, choreographed and directed by Michael Bennett and based on the book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante ran for more than 6,000 performances. It became the longest-running production in Broadway history until it was surpassed by "Cats" in 1997. It also won nine Tonys, including best musical score for Hamlisch and lyricist Edward Kleban.
Several of the Hamlisch-Kleban tunes became hits, including "One" and "What I Did for Love," which has been recorded by Jack Jones, Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis and Andy Williams, among others.
It was one of only seven musicals to win a Pulitzer Prize and, among Hamlisch's many contributions to American music, it is the one that "will keep him alive for generations to come," said Miles Kreuger, president of the Los Angeles-based Institute of the American Musical.
Despite the many honors Hamlisch earned, he remained highly susceptible to self-doubt. As he wrote in his 1992 memoir, "The Way I Was," he was crushed by a negative comment in an otherwise enthusiastic review of "Chorus Line" by the New York Times' Clive Barnes, who wrote that Hamlisch's music was only "occasionally hummable." Hamlisch wrote that he was so distraught he locked himself in his apartment for days.
A self-described "square," he rarely went without a suit and tie and wore thick black-framed glasses that inspired Gilda Radner's "Nerd" sketches for"Saturday Night Live." He spent many Saturday nights alone because, he told CNN interviewer Sonya Friedman in 1992, "I learned that success only brings you success."
His next Broadway outing was in 1979 with Neil Simon's "They're Playing Our Song." With music by Hamlisch and lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, it starred Robert Klein and Lucie Arnaz as two songwriters ensnared in a stormy relationship and was said to have been based on Hamlisch's relationship with Bayer Sager. It ran for more than 1,000 performances and later opened in London.
He had collaborated with Bayer Sager on "Nobody Does It Better," the theme song for the 1977 James Bond movie "The Spy Who Loved Me." It became a hit for singer Carly Simon.
He also wrote the score for the 1986 Broadway production "Smile," based on the film comedy of the same name. It closed after only 48 performances, sending Hamlisch into a long depression during which "all I could do was eat myself up alive," he told the Los Angeles Times in 2002.
In 1989 his marriage to television reporter and producer Terre Blair after a long-distance courtship made life rosy again. "She redirected my freneticism," he told the San Francisco Chronicle in 1992. She survives him.
His other film work included scores for the Oscar-winning films"Ordinary People"(1980) and "Sophie's Choice" (1982). Hamlisch also composed the music for the 2002 Tony-nominated musical "Sweet Smell of Success."
He ventured into classical music with "Anatomy of Peace," a composition based on a 1945 book by Emery Reves and performed by the Dallas Symphony in 1991.
But he acknowledged that his chief joy was writing popular music. "The biggest thrill you can have is to tell people one of your songs," he once said, "and have them be able to hum it."
Times staff writers Valerie J. Nelson and Susan King and researcher Kent Coloma contributed to this report.

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BART, unions end strike with tentative agreement
'Half an inch apart': Managers and unions work with mediator
It's over - and just in time to ease Tuesday morning's commute. The four-day BART strike ended Monday night with a tentative agreement between the transit agency and its two largest unions.
Some trains were expected to be running on all lines at 4 a.m. Tuesday morning, but full service wasn't to be restored until later in the day, probably in time for the afternoon commute.
"This offer is more than we wanted to pay, but it is a new path with our workers and it delivers the BART of the future," said BART general manager Grace Crunican, who would not release details of the contract because the unions had not had a chance to present it to their members.
The two sides resumed bargaining Sunday through federal mediator Greg Lim. They had made enough progress by Monday morning to gather later in the day at Oakland's Metrocenter, headquarters of the Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
The agreement is subject to ratification by the unions' members and the BART board of directors.
More than a dozen politicians, including Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and state Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, appeared in time for the announcement of the settlement.
"This has got to be the last time that this happens," Newsom said in stressing the chaos the strike caused Bay Area commuters and noting the dysfunctional relationship between BART and its employees. "This was a reminder this weekend that this was about people. Lots of people have had their lives affected by this."
Negotiations picked up Sunday evening after the unions released a proposal that offered to end the dispute by modifying contract language that BART contends has prevented technological advances and enshrined inefficiencies. The union offer proposed to allow for work-rule changes regarding technology but to retain rules on safety.
Work rules at issue
Disagreement over work rules, which make up much of BART's 470-page contract with its two largest unions, provoked the strike, which began Friday.
The union proposal came the day after a train being used by BART managers struck and killed two workers inspecting tracks between the Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill stations. Before the strike, BART officials acknowledged they were training managers to possibly operate trains during a work stoppage. Union officials had said that practice is unsafe and filed suit in Alameda County Superior Court to stop it.
"We don't want it to be forgotten that two lives have been lost," said Amalgamated Transit Union President Antonette Bryant after the agreement was reached.
The strike took its toll on the Bay Area commute Monday.
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Director Ed Reiskin said Muni had been able to "surge" some capacity on lines that parallel BART, but both he and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee stressed that such supplemental service is not sustainable if the strike continues.
Reiskin said Muni added service to its Mission Street corridor - the 14-Mission buses and J-Church metro trains - and saw a 22 percent increase in ridership, or about 10,000 extra passengers, on those lines alone Monday morning. In addition to extra bus drivers, Muni has had to add parking control officers to keep traffic moving.
"We added 16 buses and extra service on overtime," he said. "For us the surge is not sustainable, it's expensive, and even with it, we can't make a huge dent for the tens of thousands of people who ride BART."
Reiskin said the four-day BART strike in July cost the city $450,000. It hopes to get reimbursed by the regional Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
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In the East Bay, BART charter buses picked up passengers at nine stations.
BART spokeswoman Luna Salaver told Bay City News that 114 buses had carried about 5,900 passengers into San Francisco. The free buses were mostly filled by 7:15 a.m., she said.
On the San Francisco Bay Ferry, commuters filled the 12 vessels in service Monday morning.
San Francisco Chronicle staff writer Marisa Lagos contributed to this report.
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'X Factor' Results: Should Rapper Astro Have Been Sent Home For Rudeness?
In the most shocking results show of the season, Astro and Stacy Francis were in 'The X Factor' bottom two. Did the judges make a BIG mistake?
We're still stunned. After week after week of flawless performances, 15-year-old rap prodigy, Astro, was in the bottom two, alongside Stacy Francis on The X Factor Nov. 17. WTF?
However, what happened next was what really set us off our rockers. First, Stacy came out and belted an incredible version of "Amazing Grace." Then, Astro — who's always been too cocky for his own good — announced he refused to sing for people who wanted him gone.
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The best part? Paula Abdul, Simon and his mentor, L.A. Reid all voted to keep him around, despite his crappy attitude. However, by this point, we started to feel a little bad for the kid — he's crying and it's obvious he feels bad.
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The subject was photographed in front of a stark-white background with a live video preview monitor. Ninety seconds later, a built-in dot-matrix printer spat out an 11x14-inch portrait with the likeness converted into ASCII art. The 950-pound wheeled cabinet could easily be reduced to a simple app these days, but there's something still oddly appealing about having the results as an actual dot-matrix printout. So forget the hackneyed Instagram booth at your wedding. See if you can dig up one of these contraptions—and maybe some awesome checkered pants.
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An important part of the rebuilding process after a disaster is rebuilding community spirit. Residents of Webster's Chapel, which was badly hit by the April 27, 2011, tornadoes, will do that Saturday with a Redneck Christmas parade.
An important part of the rebuilding process after a disaster is rebuilding community spirit. Residents of Webster's Chapel, which was badly hit by the April 27, 2011, tornadoes, will do that Saturday with a Redneck Christmas parade.
Organizers say the parade will start at 11 a.m. in front of Webster's Chapel United Methodist Church. The assortment of tractors, trailers, horses, four-wheelers, lawn mowers, vintage cars, floats and other units will travel on Webster Chapel's Road to Mountainview Road, then onto Ross Lake Road and back to Webster's Chapel Road.
Sonya Burnett has lived in Webster's Chapel her entire life and said the parade was open to anything "redneck."
"Everybody thinks out here is just rednecks," she said. "Why not go with it."
Burnett said the parade will be a community get-together, adding, "They can ride horses, four-wheelers, anything."
She will be riding a horse, her husband a lawn mower.
Webster's Chapel doesn't look like it did before the tornado, Burnett said, and some people have left.
"We're trying to bring back people into the community, and bring the community back together," she said. "That's basically what's the parade for."
The Rev. Donald Douthit, pastor of Webster's Chapel United Methodist Church, agreed and said it's also a way to "showcase" the community, after what it's gone through in rebuilding.
A county store has reopened in the community, Douthit said, and a fire department building is near completion.
"That's the main objective, just to get people together to come out to have a good time, (and) just look over how it's grown and the things that have grown up since the destruction," he said.
Asked why the "redneck" theme was chosen, Douthit said, "We're just rural country people, and somebody said 'let's just call it a redneck Christmas parade.' They just kind of stuck that title to it."
Douthit said "just about anything you'd see out in a rural community" will be in the parade, and that some units would be decorated for Christmas and throwing out candy.
He's unsure what he'll be riding — a tractor, four-wheeler, horse or float."
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"The Chocolate Tree chronicles the natural and cultural history of Theobroma cacao and explores its ecological niche. Tracing cacao's "journey" out of the rain forest, into pre-Columbian gardens, and then onto plantations adjacent to rain forests, Allen M. Young describes the production of this essential crop, explaining how the seeds are extracted from the large, colorful pods. He details the environmental price of Europeanized cultivation, and ways that current reclamation efforts for New World rain forests can improve the natural ecology of the cacao tree." "Recounting more than a dozen years of ecological fieldwork in and around cacao plantations in Costa Rica, Young reviews his research into the problem of poor levels of natural pollination on plantations. He recalls encounters with sloths, toucans, butterflies, giant tarantula hawk wasps, and other creatures found in cacao groves. Among these creatures Young discovered a tiny fly that provides a vital link between the chocolate tree and its original rain forest habitat. This discovery leads him to conclude that cacao trees in cultivation today may have lost their original insect pollinators due to the plants' long history of agricultural manipulation."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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I really hate the Celtics. They've owned the Knicks over the past decade. They ended New York's season last year, and have beaten the Knicks twice already this season. Worse than the losses are the ways the Knicks lose. They always outplay Boston in the first half and then fall apart in the 2nd half. Boston always gets the calls and they always hit the clutch shots. They own the Knicks.
To be completely honest, I'm worried about tonight's game. The Celtics have been probably the hottest team in the NBA since the all-star break. In their last 10 games, the Celtics are 7-3. New York is also playing well, but has lost two games in the past week to Chicago and Miami. In both games, the Knicks inability to score has killed them. Melo is carrying his weight, but the rest of the team has failed to consistently score. I think the Knicks will compete in this game, but I'm wary of their ability to score enough baskets late in the game to win.
Here's what to watch for:
- The Knicks must manufacture baskets. This can't be a stand around and watch Melo game, offensively. The Knicks have to get some motion, ball movement, and fluidity in their offense. I think it is imperative for them to work the pick and roll tonight. They've really gone away from it the past couple games, but I think they're going to need to do some of it tonight. New York needs to get Tyson Chandler to have 6-8 shot attempts tonight. He needs to contribute double digit points for the Knicks to win this game. I'd also like to see some back screens and cuts with Chandler and Landry Fields. New York has to find a way to attack the basket tonight, rather than settle for jump shots.
- The Knicks also need to find a way to manufacture three point shots. Our good friend Dan over at Knicksfan.net wrote a great piece today about how the Knicks need to screen for Steve Novak more often. I agree. Novak is close to useless when he's not making it rain from threes. Under Mike Woodson, the Knicks haven't run a ton of plays to get Novak open looks. A lot of the time, he stands outside the arc and waits for the defense to leave him wide open. Against good defenses, that isn't going to happen. The Knicks need to manufacture open looks for Novak through motion and screens against a very strong Celtic defense.
- We need good JR tonight. Against Avery Bradley, an excellent defensive guard, JR is going to have his work cut out for him. He's got to be that second scorer that the Knicks so badly need. The Knicks need 15-25 points from him tonight. Smith cannot shoot 1/18 tonight, or the Knicks will lose. If he has a bad game tonight, I don't foresee a way the Knicks win. Unless some miracle allows Jeremy Lin to come back or something.
- How will Boston attack the Knick defense. Miami did an excellent job of playing small with the Knicks, having Chris Bosh at the 5. By having Bosh at the 5, Miami was able to draw Chandler out of the paint to cover Bosh and dominated New York in the paint and on the boards. Obviously, Kevin Garnett has the ability to stretch the floor as well. The Knicks have to find a way to keep Chandler in the paint in order to shut down the inside games of Rondo and Paul Pierce. I think we may see Melo guarding Garnett tonight. I also think the Knicks may play more conventional with Jeffries at the 4 and Chandler at the 5.


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Billionaire's land swap proposal back on the table
Energy magnate and cowboy memorabilia collector William Koch has resurrected his attempt to trade less than 1,000 acres of land he purchased in Dinosaur National Monument and the Currecanti National Recreation Area for about 1,800 acres of public lands around his ranch in Gunnison County.
The potential trade stirred up heated debate when former Congressman John Salazar introduced a bill to complete the swap. When Salazar lost his reelection bid, the swap seemingly faded away. Now, it is back, but it is being packaged in a new way. The initial swap attempt was criticized by some as being planned too quietly under the public radar even though there were some low-key public input sessions in Gunnison County. This time around, a public relations firm has been hired and has invited the media on tours to see up front what kinds of trailheads and other amenities the public will gain if the trade is approved. Presumably, that firm will highlight the fact that some Gunnison County officials and at least one conservation group support the swap and won't bring up the old news that there was a leaked BLM document that spelled out the reservations of some government land specialists over the possible trade. Those BLM officials wrote that a valuable area with high energy development potential could be removed from the public domain if the trade were to go through.
Koch owns the Palm Beach, Fla-based Oxbow Group, which owns a coal mine down the road from Koch's Bear Ranch at the base of Kebler Pass. Koch has also bought up a number of ranches in the Hotchkiss area where he is going to be doing exploratory drilling in anticipation of opening a new coal mine there. http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_18688804 He also has initiated a strong public relations campaign in that area extolling the benefit of energy jobs.


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Career site Glassdoor has compiled its annual list of the oddest job interview questions that companies ask, and - surprise! - there's a bunch of questions from tech companies like Google, Amazon and Salesforce.com.
Glassdoor analyzed more than 300,000 interview questions asked at real job interviews and posted by people who use its website to come up these whoppers.
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How many cows are in Canada? Google asked a person applying for a job as a local data quality evaluator. Answer: about 7 million, according to Wiki Answers. (And yes, we Googled it.)
What songs best describe your work ethic? Asked at Dell for a consumer sales job. Possible good answer: Depeche Mode's "Work Hard"
Jeff Bezos walks into your office and says you can have a million dollars to launch your best entrepreneurial idea. What is it? Asked at Amazon for a product development job. Here's our list: 14 Startups That Would Be Awesome...If Only They Existed
How would people communicate in a perfect world? Asked at Novell for a software engineer job. Obvious answer: telepathy. Better answer ( posted on Glassdoor): Always in person, face-to-face. That answer leads to a discussion of videoconferencing tech, which is a lot easier tech problem to solve than telepathy.
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Have you ever stolen a pen from work? Asked by Jiffy Software for a software architect job. Obvious answer: Yes, but not on purpose. Better answer: In the grand scheme, no. I've probably brought more pens to the office and left them there as I've taken home.
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It's time to say goodbye to Pawnee and the Bravermans.
Upfronts officially kicked off Monday, and NBC was the first of the major networks to unveil their schedule for the fall TV season. While there weren't any major changes ("The Voice" is still residing on Mondays and Tuesdays), "The Blacklist," the network's breakout hit, is set to move to a new night.
But the biggest news? "Parks and Recreation" and "Parenthood's" next seasons will also be their last, with Jason Katims' family drama wrapping up its six-season run in the fall, while Amy Poehler's beloved sitcom's swan song has been held for midseason.
So when is your favorite show airing? And when can you check out some of the network's new offerings, including Debra Messing ("The Mysteries of Laura") and Katherine Heigl's ("State of Affairs") new dramas? Here is NBC's complete fall schedule:
NEWS: Get all the details on on the 10 new series NBC picked up for next season
(New programs in UPPER CASE; all times ET)
8-10 p.m. — "The Voice"
10-11 p.m. — "The Blacklist" / "STATE OF AFFAIRS" (beginning Nov. 17)
8-9 p.m. — "The Voice"
9-9:30 p.m. — "MARRY ME"
9:30-10 p.m. — "About a Boy"
10-11 p.m. — "Chicago Fire"
8-9 p.m. — "THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA"
9-10 p.m. — "Law & Order: SVU"
10-11 p.m. — "Chicago P.D."
8-9 p.m. — "The Biggest Loser"
9-9:30 p.m. — "BAD JUDGE" ("The Blacklist" beginning Feb. 5)
9:30-10 p.m. — "A TO Z"
10-11 p.m. — "Parenthood"
8-9 p.m. — "Dateline NBC"
9-10 p.m. — "Grimm"
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8-11 p.m. — Encore programming
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8:20-11:30 p.m. — "NBC Sunday Night Football"
Midseason: Being held? A whole bunch of comedies. "We have several of our strongest comedies by some of our best auspices being held for midseason, including the final season of 'Parks and Recreation,' Tina Fey and Robert Carlock's 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,' the Ellen DeGeneres-produced 'One Big Happy,' and 'Mission Control' from Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. We also have the previously announced 'Mr. Robinson,' starring Craig Robinson," NBC president Jennifer Selke said in a statement.
Yet to be Scheduled: New dramas "A.D.," "Allegiance," "Aquarius," "Emerald City," "Oydssey" and "Heroes Reborn," the 13-episode "Heroes" reboot.
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3 Dead After Attack at Wyoming Community College
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The Casper police chief says three people are dead after an attack at a Wyoming community college that locked down the school for several hours.
Police Chief Chris Walsh says two of the three were found dead at a science center on the Casper College campus. The third was found dead about two miles southwest of campus.
Police say a suspect used a sharp-edged weapon, killed two people and committed suicide.
One of those killed was a faculty member. Authorities aren't identifying the suspect or those killed, except to two are male and one is female.
Police found two of those killed at a science building on the Casper College campus, and the third at another location about 2 miles away.
The science center was evacuated and the campus was locked down following the attack that happened just before 9 a.m.
The lockdown at the two-year school had ended by early afternoon.
Casper, population 56,000, is about 250 miles northwest of Denver.
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On this page http://www.farlandworld.com/miscellaneous.html in the Spells section, subsection Polymorph there seems to be a bunch of errant html code (    ) at the beginning of each line in the spel stat list.
I fixed this error, though. Thanks!
Up towards the top in the Economy section right above the heading Half-Orcs, there is a link to currencies. This has a portable black hole framed and mounted at the top of the page.[/quote]
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The Advising, Support & Planning (ASAP) Office, located on the first floor of the Foster Administration Building (Room 122) is open year-round. It offers academic advice and referral to students from all majors. The office is staffed by full-time advisors, faculty members, and peers who encourage you to stop by for assistance.
The ASAP office serves as the advisor for all Arts & Sciences Undeclared majors, Liberal Art majors (up to 45 credits), and all first and second year Business majors--as well as students in transition.
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10 Bands/artists you should be listening to right now
A popular trend on Facebook this past month has been posting 10 bands that you've seen in concert – 9 of them must be true and one should be a lie. You then ask your friends to guess which one isn't correct.
I thought it would be fun to share my love of music with my friends by helping them discover new (or "new to you") bands/artists that I've enjoyed recently. Maybe then we can actually go see them in concert and we can add them to our list.
I'm a sucker for tight harmonies and a folky/rootsy sound.
This group reminds me of everything I loved about The Civil Wars.
Lez be honest…I'm also a sucker for cute girls who sing fun, poppy music. Reminds of me of when Tegan & Sara went pop.
Tank and the Bangas
Wildly fun and completely original New Orleans outfit. A little spoken word, hip-hop, and R&B.
Tight harmonies mixed with electronic pop. Can't go wrong. Think Sylvan Esso, but more fun.
Super chill and fun.
Margaret Glaspy
She's a bad ass guitarist with a super chill vibe and fantastic voice.
Miniature Tigers
Pretty new to me, but I love their poppy sound.
Not gonna lie…this song originally grabbed me b/c it reminds me of ELO. This is a super-group made of folks from Band of Horses and Franz Ferdinand.
A punk/pop group that is unabashedly queer. I love everything about them.


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Computer Science ColloquiumIm Rahmen des Informatik-Kolloquiums, das von den Instituten des Fachbereichs Informatik, der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Informatik (ÖGI), der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Datenverarbeitung (ADV) sowie der Österreichischen Computergesellschaft (OCG) abgehalten wird, spricht
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Classic Problems to Make Quantum Computing a RealityZeit: Mon 4.7.2016, 10:00, 60 Minuten
Ort: S3 058, Informatikgebäude (Science Park 3)
ZusammenfassungRecent experiments have shown exciting process towards creating reliable quantum bits (qubits) that will make up tomorrow's quantum computers. While experiments and engineers continue to make the physics side a reality, computer scientists and software engineers will be essential to getting the most out of such expensive hardware. An entire stack of classical software must be developed, requiring creative solutions to a broad range of problems. We provide an introduction to quantum computing and an overview of the problems left to face in an effort to inspire more research in these important areas.
VortragenderAdam Whiteside started his studies in Computer Science at the University of Melbourne, while working as a web developer, before going on to do his Master's in Bioinformatics researching the effectiveness of various models on the detection of differential isoform gene expression. Along the way, he encountered quantum computing and worked closely with Dr. Austin Fowler to create a highly optimized version of the minimum-weight perfect matching algorithm for use in quantum error correction. Having discovered the wealth of interesting problems to solve in the field, he began his Ph.D. studies in Physics to continue his work on analyzing the coordination of physical qubits to perform logical operations. After contracting for Google Inc., he currently finds himself working with the Quantum AI team in Los Angeles office. Given his bioinformatics background, he is most excited about the applications of quantum computing in the field of chemistry, and he hopes that more computer scientists and software engineers will discover the fascinating problems left to be solved to make these computers a reality.
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January 16, 2004
Los Angeles — Uday S. Karmarkar, Times Mirror Professor of Management at UCLA Anderson School of Management and research director for the Center for Management in the Information Economy, recently received the Distinguished Service Award from his alma mater, the Indian Institute of Technology at Bombay (IITB). Dr. Karmarkar traveled to Mumbai in December to accept the award at the Indian Institute's alumni day. He was one of three recipients to receive the distinguished award. At the ceremony, presenters honored Dr. Karmarkar's prominent work in joint research and development with faculty in industrial engineering/operations research (IE/OR) and the School of Management at IITB over the last 20 years. Dr. Karmarkar's dedication to his alumni work with the institute, as he was also the leader in developing the Faculty Academic Network for IITB, which came into being last year.
Dr. Karmarkar holds a B.Tech. from IITB, as well as a Ph.D. in Management Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He serves on the Advisory Board of IITB and is on advisory and directors boards for several new technology and traditional companies.
In addition to the Distinguished Service Award, Dr. Karmarkar was the recipient of the IITB Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1997. He is the second alumnus and the first academician to receive both awards.
These achievements in conjunction with the rest of his accomplishments only partially show us where Dr. Karmarkar's interests lie. His research includes the information economy and e-business, technology management, manufacturing strategy, supply chain management, enterprise management software, and service enterprise management.
Dr. Karmarkar, who joined UCLA Anderson in 1994, has published over 60 research papers and articles, founded two operations and technology academic journals, and serves on editorial boards for several others.
In his role as research director at UCLA Anderson's Center for Management in the Information Economy, Prof. Karmarkar guides the center as it promotes and shares applied research on all management aspects of the information economy and creates and conducts educational programs and seminars for business students, as well as the business community.
He has undertaken projects in operations and technology strategy, industrial marketing, and supply chain management with firms in the United States, Europe and Asia. These include Becton Dickinson, Aditya Birla Group, American Cimflex, Deere and Company, Eastman Kodak, Ford, GM, WW Grainger, Hindustan Lever, IBM, Thomson Publishing and Xerox. He is an adviser to or director of several start-up companies engaged in sectors such as eCRM, ERP, IT-enabled services, on-line and desktop educational systems, advanced decision systems and data mining software. Dr. Karmarkar's awards are testimony toward his various commitments and quality of work.


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From Old Goa the road to Panjim meanders along the Mandovi, often at the same pace as the river, conducting vehicular traffic along its gentle curves to the faint fragrance of the river marching steadily to the Arabian Sea off Panjim, Goa's capital city located at the confluence of the river and the sea.
This is the stretch I look forward to on my forays into Panjim. On clear days, and the skies are usually clear on either side of the monsoons even if not always blue, the breeze sweeps in on the stretch of road and the rumble of the bus turns into a steady lulling drone, only changing on the driver shifting gears up or down the inclines when it isn't trying to overtake another.
Occasionally a loud blast of horn will sound from large river barges navigating the Mandovi and ferry goers awaiting river ferries for Chorao and Diwar will turn their face in the direction of the horn. If they're lucky a second blast of horn will reverberate through them, bouncing off the narrow streets before the quiet lays claim to the streets once again.
The stretch of road past Old Goa offers glimpses of the river in snatches of streetside conversation interrupted by coconut trees, groves, whitewashed chapels set off by gulmohars in spring blaze, shipyards, fisheries, shopfronts, fishing jetty, fishing trawlers, and verandahs along the front of old homes, the cast iron railings lending the street a hint of relief, and on Sundays even more so.
Sundays empty urban and rural landscapes not so much of people as they do of purpose, of urgency, of the necessity of travel, of having to be someplace you'd rather not.
In arriving as Sundays do at the end of the week or at the beginning depending upon how you choose to see it, they seek to serve as a prelude to the moment the body, freed of encumbrances, fleshes out a new beginning, shaking off the sluggishness of the week before, not unlike acquiring a new skin as the old one is lost to the mandatory weekly moulting.
While awaiting a river ferry to take one across the Mandovi, there's little to distinguish the waiting from any other on a weekday, except maybe there're fewer vehicles awaiting a ride across the river on a Sunday than on a weekday.
The river itself is a picture of calm, barely a ripple in the sunshine unless fishes try to break surface. Kingfishers continue to perch on overhanging branches before speeding into a dive and returning with equal alacrity, a wriggling fish held firmly in the beak if lucky. Off the road life goes on as usual, and the week is but days that're no different from any other except maybe Sundays on the Mandovi but not by much.
The spring reveals itself in Goa as flowering trees blossom among the chatter of birds calling on them as much for the succulence on offer as for reveling in the warmth of sunshine on the banks of the river on a Sunday morning.
The Silk Cotton tree in particular is insistent with its blood red blossoms setting off the quiet of the street and the blue skies. Like blood shot eyes lined on bare branches, the flowers seem intent on being seen from afar by birds and meanderers alike.
After the mild Goan winter the first sight of colour breaking out in the trees is an occasion to pause along the way and step out for a closer look. On the banks of the river it's the time to gaze along its length and steady the morning rush into something more manageable and peaceful.
The Red Silk-cotton tree is among the first to blossom and is the harbinger of spring. If you see a Silk Cotton tree in bloom while most other flowering trees haven't began blooming yet, it's likely you're out in January like I was when I came upon this tree on the banks of the Mandovi on a salubrious Sunday morning on the river.
The tide was out, exposing laterite stones along the sliver of land below the road. In the shade of an overhanging tree, local villagers cast lines out in the river from slim bamboo sticks, watching in silence for signs of fish taking the bait.
Watching them perched on stones and gazing fixedly in the river after the lines that'd gone under, I wondered if necessity had driven them to fish in the Mandovi that morning for, fish are plentiful roadside in the villages that dot the Goan countryside as vendors make their way into village centres early each morning, and while not everyone can afford all the fishes on display there'll always be a variety or another available in cheap and in plenty.
However, it's entirely possible that they'd time on hand from their vocations on weekdays and had chosen to go fishing for a bit of quiet and sport on the river, hoping to land some for lunch but not overly disappointed if the Mandovi refused to yield any for their effort that Sunday morning. Moreover, fishing brings a Sunday feel to the activity all by itself as any slowing of pace through the day inevitably will.
Across the road from the three fishermen, a local youth stepped to a roadside Cross bearing white candles. After a brief moment of prayer, he lit the candles at the Cross with a deliberate precision that comes from doing it over time. An act of faith strengthens in belief from enduring time, and tide.
Once the candles he had lit were burning bright at the altar of the Cross, he bowed his head before stepping out onto the road. Whether he had petitioned the Cross or was offering thanks for realizing his prayers is something I would never know. It was equally likely he was paying homage to departed memories as is likely he was infusing his day with piety from offering candles at the Cross.
Later, as we boarded the ferry to Diwar, I leaned against the deck as it pulled away from the landing at Sao Pedro before affecting an about turn in the middle of the river as it headed for the opposite bank.
A fisherman on the river bank we had just left swiveled on his heels as he expertly looped the fishing net into the air, pausing mid swivel to watch it settle in a billowing circle, setting off little ripples where it hit the water.
On the river ferry, framed by an open window a woman in red corduroys lent her gaze to the river in silence. Like a painting of a river hanging from a wall, the open window framed the stretch of river behind her as the ferry neared Diwar.
Soon mangroves and fishing nets replaced the river scene in the open window and the clattering of iron chains sounded as the boatman lowered the landing.
Then there was silence as we stepped past the gangway and made for land and beyond, for the tree from my childhood travels.
Its leafless outline has been a constant from the time I first landed in Chorao on a Sunday bird-watching trip from school, subsequently making my way to Diwar for no better reason than it was there to be explored. It was there I first saw it, and subsequently ever after. It's home to the great Kites that hover in the skies over Diwar, a place to land for a breather before opening their wings for a foray in the skies.
The stark outlines of the barren tree relieved the empty rice fields of Diwar midway through their stretch against the hills inland where a whitewashed church stands from before, from way, way before.
Here, on the power lines that run along the narrow road that takes the traveler deep into the island off Panjim, Roller Jays launch into the air playing in the same frame as do Black Drongos and Small Green Bee-eaters, each carving their empty space in which to hunt insects, each dancing to their own rhythm bequeathed them by their own kind.
Occasionally a bus will trundle past on its way to the ferry point. On Sundays, even fewer buses will.
Stepping off the road in the direction of a large, shady tree ringed by a platform for travelers to pause and take in the quiet we find company, of locals who've ridden to the shade of the tree for a bit of beer and quiet.
Soon another villager joins them bearing snacks (Vada Pao) to complement the crate of beer and soft drinks. It's likely they've stocked up on liquor to go with beer and have taken time off from home to lighten up their Sunday with a bit of beer and talk while the Mandovi courses past them behind the bank of mangroves at the edge of the field.
They'll have planned the Sunday morning outing over the week, calling up to confirm the time before riding out to the tree by the lonely road, looking forward to doing nothing in particular and reveling in the thought of it. Soon the Sunday on the Mandovi will pass and the week will be upon them.
The anticipation of doing nothing, even if limited to a day, is a salve for having to live with choices made as a matter of course, compulsion or necessity. The anticipation exults not so much in the freedom to do as one pleases as in reverting to a natural state of being, floating freely and away with time, like the birds in the skies over Diwar on the banks of the Mandovi.
October 23, 2011
A Sunday Morning On The Mandovi
From Old Goa the road to Panjim meanders along the Mandovi, often at the same pace as the river, conducting vehicular traffic along its gentle curves to the faint fragrance of the river marching steadily to the Arabian Sea off Panjim, Goa's capital city located at the confluence of the river and the sea.
23 comments:
- Balachandran V said...
I have always felt like I am reading an epic when your posts run up in front of my eyes.
The anticipation of doing nothing! In one of the Malayalam movies of the '80s, the actor Mohanlal says - ( he is an unemployed youth) 'Oru joli kittiyittu venam onnu leave edukkan' - Gotta get a job so that I can take a leave!
Have never thought of Sunday that way - the beginning of the week or the end of the week - it would be interesting to take out a survey!
Reading the blog was a great pleasure, Anil. As meditative and serene and easy - as a Sunday!
- October 23, 2011 9:56 PM
- Riot Kitty said...
Wow! Great pictures and text as always - that first picture is really amazing.
- October 24, 2011 9:51 AM
- Meena Venkataraman said...
Lovely lovely reading.. ah luckily when I clicked on your link I had a cup of tea in my hand!...:)
So true what you say about Sun. Except that in my case its always a sat that holds that feeling. I spend most of sun especially past afternoon sad about the looming monday! :)...
I could have been standing there watching the fisherman fish. It was all so real and wonderfully poetic!
PS - If there was a travel writer I would aspire to be. It should be you. Please don't go over the dark side of blog stats and ranking ;)
- October 24, 2011 5:13 PM
- An Iengar Chick .... said...
Item# 2 on my bucket list ~ Goa. I luv the pic of the net over the water creating a bubble.
- October 24, 2011 6:40 PM
- karen said...
Really interesting, as usual! What type of tree is your amazing landmark tree, and what type of kite is flying up above? We currently have our yellow billed kites back after their annual migration - not sure where they actually go to and return from...
- October 25, 2011 2:05 PM
- karen said...
PS finally got round to reading part 2 of your interview - really interesting!
- October 25, 2011 2:06 PM
- A said...
Goa is beautiful. Nice pictures
- October 25, 2011 11:57 PM
- marja-leena said...
I'm always transported to another very different and amazing world by your lovely images and writing.
- October 26, 2011 5:13 AM
- Anonymous said...
Truly nostalgic. Could be any sunday morning. I first thought you are in Goa for Diwali looking at the pictures, then I saw the cotton tree flowers and Gulmohar that blossom at around March or as you write a nice morning post monsoon.
- October 26, 2011 4:50 PM
- Anil P said...
Balachandran V: Thank you for your kind comment. Always a pleasure to learn you liked the post :-)
I can imagine Mohanlal saying this. Quite a dialogue. Which film was this?
I think most people work so the week can end in a Saturday or a Sunday :-)
Riot Kitty: Thank you. The Gulmohars are a riot of colour.
Meena Venkataraman: Thank you. That's a big compliment you're giving me. Made my day :-)
With FB and TW catching up for their interconnectivity and short bytes, the era of long form writing as on blogs might be on its way out as in fewer and fewer people reading long form.
This might have more to do with most readers preferring to just look over the pictures and not pausing to read the prose, a lack of interest in prose, a reason why many will attempt to change the nature of their online spaces, with reader stats and ranking determining the direction to an extent.
Saturday is as much a draw as a Sunday.
An Iengar Chick: Throwing the net like that requires a certain skill, but it's always fun to watch.
Karen: Thank you. I'm not sure what tree it is.
As for the Kite, it's not clear given the height it's flying at. But it might be a Brahminy Kite since from below the tail does not appear to be wedged or forked as is the case with most Kites.
The Common Pariah Kite looks similar from below except that it's tail is more of a fork or wedge than say the Brahminy Kite.
Nice to know you liked the Part II of the interview.
A: Yes, it is.
Marja-leena: Thank you.
Magan: True. This could be just about any Sunday morning on the Mandovi.
Gulmohar trees blossom later than the Silk Cotton, as you said around March or so, some starting as early as February. By then, in most cases, the Silk Cotton will have stopped blooming, with most of the flower buds having blossomed and fallen off.
Mandovi holds a lot of memories for a lot of people.
- October 26, 2011 7:50 PM
- An Iengar Chick .... said...
Agreed throwing the net requires practice, but the timing of the pic is impeccable. And please call me Red :D
- October 27, 2011 8:35 AM
- Anil P said...
Red: Yes, I got lucky with that shot, very lucky. A certain luck is an essential ingredient in photography. Luck, instinct, a little of gut feel. I know this might sound odd, intangible even.
The Ferry was moving away and I had to adjust the zoom and frame it at just that moment as he was in mid-fling.
If you notice he's yet to complete his follow-through, and typically the left hand will be in that position for attaining the circle on landing the net.
Henri Cartier Bresson had some interesting insights on the decisive moments in photography. You might find his views interesting to read.
- October 27, 2011 9:40 AM
- An Iengar Chick .... said...
Anilji: What you so fondly term as luck, we novices call it experience. The gut feeling and instinct are packaged in with it. Precision comes with perfecting an art and that comes with practice and after a while it just becomes second nature.
Just shut up and take a compliment for what it is and say thank you or something :P
- October 27, 2011 7:49 PM
- Anil P said...
Red: Okay, Thank you :-)
Still, I remember and can recount all those great candid moments I missed by a fraction of a second. I've mostly forgotten the ones I got right but remember most of those that I missed :-)
Missed for being slow to anticipate it, missed for moving a fraction slow on the settings after anticipating it, missed for straining too hard on the moment without realising the next one was coming, missed for being too engrossed in the unfolding moment and forgetting I had a camera at hand, missed for not forseeing someone would walk into my frame and blind me to the shot I was looking for, missed for . . . . . :-) :-)
Why? Wasn't lucky. And no experience can succeed without that bit of luck :-)
- October 27, 2011 10:18 PM
- An Iengar Chick .... said...
Luck is a word used to canter someone else's hardwork. Don't believe in luck, never did, never will.
Now timing thats a whole nother ball game by itself.
- October 28, 2011 12:08 AM
- Anil P said...
Red: Maybe not in all contexts. It's seemingly an intangible, as real at times as anything tangible.
Luck with timming :-)
- October 28, 2011 1:07 PM
- An Iengar Chick .... said...
Timming huh lol. Intangibles would be feelings, emotions, love et al. Luck is a derogatory word that undermines hardwork. Mine & Yours
I don't thank luck or blame destiny for anything. These 2 words dont exist in Red's dictionary.
- October 28, 2011 11:52 PM
- dr.antony said...
I have run out of words to describe your blog.
I am going through your older posts to catch up. There was this lazy Sunday feel in all those lovely pictures.The place would easily pass for a Kerala scene,if you dont mention the location.
Beautiful, simply superb post.
- October 29, 2011 9:19 AM
- Shivya said...
Looks & sounds lovely! It's been a long time since I was in Goa. I'm almost convinced to see the Mandovi again this November :)
- October 29, 2011 8:42 PM
- Anil P said...
Red: Maybe. That's one way of looking at it. There're other ways.
I see a difference between Determiners and Differentiators, Differentiators between any two relatively equal Determiners.
It might appear Metaphysical in a way but that will not make it improbable in its own context.
The intangible exists in that space as opposed to say, an emotion.
Dr. Antony: Thank you. A pleasure to learn you've enjoyed reading the posts.
Yes, it does seem similar to scenes in Kerala at times.
Shivya: Thank you. Like all great rivers, the Mandovi too seems serene and timeless.
- November 06, 2011 3:45 PM
- Indian Bazaars said...
Many years ago, a few of us were spending a week in Goa with a college mate. She was a Goan and had invited us over from Bombay where we had studied together. We walked that morning to take the ferry and go across the river. She met someone and stood there chatting forever. We said we'd miss the ferry! She said there was another one in 20 minutes. As Bombayites, who do not like to miss a train in sight, when the next one could be 3 minutes later, this Goan pace of life was so unreal. I remember that incident as I read this post. Now, years have passed and "doing nothing" is very much valued. It would be nice to gather in one's thoughts the places that have brought this quiet into our lives, more than others.
- November 06, 2011 4:10 PM
- Ambika said...
This sounds like the ingredients for a perfect Sunday! Loved your write-up and photographs Anil.
- November 06, 2011 4:26 PM
- An Iengar Chick .... said...
So then what determines luck and differentiates it from hardwork?
How much of hardwork is luck and vice versa. Who determines the differentiator and where is the cap on either. Then these become differentiated variables of an opinion and relate to only who is opining.
The little nuance of someone getting in the way or the shaking of hand et al are just tiny errors and not a factored expression of the word luck.
Yeah we as a race have placed blame on everything other than ourselves so yeah luck exists so we can continue to use it as a placeholder for our failures and errors.
- November 07, 2011 12:47 AM


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