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Dean's Secret Stash is a challenge and world object in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Dead Money.
Challenge requirementsEdit
The Courier must find all 15 of Dean's secret suitcases.
Grants 100 XP upon completion.
The VillaEdit
- One of the stashes can be found northeast of the Villa. As you face Vera's hologram where you first encounter Elijah, head east and you will come up to a fountain on the wall, to the right of which will be graffiti saying "MADRE'S MINE, MINE, MINE!". Take a left as you face the fountain and you will come into a courtyard; in front of you on the right will be a sign to the gift shop, which you enter. Taking the stairs up to the next floor, there will be a door to the left. Outside, through the thick red cloud, you will faintly see Dean's handprint past the tree in the distance—it's up on the second level so don't jump down; instead, stay on the awnings along the left. Players should be warned that this area is heavy with the toxic cloud. On Hardcore mode, it is suggested to have Dean along with you or plenty of stimpaks, and to run quickly. On normal mode, it's easy enough to run along the awnings without incurring much damage to your health. It should also be noted that the corner in which the stash can be found is free of the toxic cloud, so it is safe to linger there. In this stash you will find an automatic rifle in good condition, along with a number of health items that are worth grabbing if you're just starting out in Dead Money.
- One may be found on the way to the police station. Head West from Vera's hologram, past the first vending machine. Go left, up the first set of stairs. You should see a set of stairs and a fountain ahead to your right. DO NOT TURN, but go straight ahead toward the columns ahead of you. You 'll know you're in the right spot if you see a firehose box on the wall ahead. The stash is directly ahead under the columns, to the left of that firehose box. Don't forget the 20 gauge shotgun and shells leaning on the pillar next to the stash.
- One may be found in the Ladies bathroom in the northeast corner of the Villa police station, where you find Dog/God.
- One is located in the southeastern-most corner of the Villa, just south of the entrance to Salida del Sol South. It is lying behind a shelf in a small shop, which is through a closed door.
Residential DistrictEdit
- From the entrance of the Residential District, walk directly toward the fountain to the left of the staircase ahead of you and turn left. Unlock the gate and turn left at the next doorway. Through the gate, follow the path to a courtyard filled with Cloud, and go up the stairs directly in front of you. At the top of the stairs, go left into the room and jump behind the couch for the stash and an ammunition box.
- From the entrance to the Residential District, head up the stairs directly in front of you (watch for a pressure plate just inside the doorway at the top of the stairs; there is also a double-rigged shotgun aimed at the entrance of the room along with a tripwire at the exit of the room). Proceed to the next area with the Cloud. Hug the wall to your left under the columns to avoid the Cloud, and turn left into a small atrium; the stash is located in the southeast corner.
Medical DistrictEdit
- One stash can be found in the Villa clinic, in the southeast corner of the waiting room, on the ground floor.
- One can be found leaving the Villa clinic through the back door. After leaving the clinic, cross the courtyard and enter the gift shop. Go up the stairs and out onto a large balcony area. The stash is in the northeast corner of this area.
Salida del Sol SouthEdit
- One is located near the switching station where the player leaves Dog/God at the conclusion of Fires in the Sky. Put your back to the switches, walk East across the open area, about 100 feet, enter the hallway and look for a small dead end passage on your left (north).
- Upon entering Salida del Sol South from the Villa, there is a hole in the wall just ahead to the right. Go upstairs and out onto the awnings. Turn right and follow the awnings past an upstairs balcony with a doorway on your right and past a small bridge leading to a hole in the wall on your left. At the very end of the awnings turn right into a hole in the wall. The stash is opposite the hole.
- Jump down from the awning after getting the above stash and head due east. In a Cloud-filled shop on the east side of the map. There is a cosmic knife ad outside and a ladder next to a speaker nearby. The suitcase is behind the counter.
Salida del Sol NorthEdit
- Upon entering the "Salida del Sol House" entrance, you will be inside a room. Go down the stairs on your left, and out the hole. Outside, head right under the columns. At the end, you should see a stairway to your right, go up, but turn LEFT, and jump over the rail onto the awning. Following the awning until you see another awning crossing, go across and head right until you see a hole in the wall on your left. The hole leads to a room filled with desks, (filled with chips and random ammunition). Above the stash is a vent that contains a random chem (stimpak, rebound, jet, etc.), and the Sierra Madre snow globe can be found either: on top of a crate in the opposite corner; or inside the room to right of the hole in the wall you enter the room through, on top of a pile of debris (the Sierra Madre snow globe is opposite the stash).
- Across from the stairs used for the previous stash, there is another set of stairs to a single room. There is a radio hidden behind the counter under the hand print. The stash is on the top shelf next to the radio.
- (As soon as you leave number one) you will see a gate shrouded in the Cloud. Go through the gate and through the hole in the wall to your left, up the stairs, and out onto the balcony. You should be above a courtyard filled with the Cloud. The stash is in the northwest corner of said courtyard. You will need a key (located next to the corpse holding a toolbox to the left when facing the exit gate) to escape this courtyard back to Salida del Sol South.
- When heading to the bell tower at the far north end of the map, you'll come through a ruined store into a courtyard. The north side of the courtyard has stairs up to Campanas Del Sol. The south side of the courtyard has stairs leading down covered in cloud. (It's easy to miss heading up, since you exit with the stairs behind you.) Run down the stairs and find the case in the far southwest corner of the room at the bottom. Note you can also work your way around to the east from the courtyard, avoid the Cloud and get to the stash that way. The ruined apartment you go through this way also contains a terminal with an entry related to the challenge History's Sake.
Stashes typically consist of a main stash container (usually a suitcase), as well as a number of items nearby. These nearby items are specific and will not change. The contents of each stash container are varied, but are composed of the following:
- Three stimpaks
- Five bobby pins
- One 9mm pistol, cosmic knife, automatic rifle, or police pistol
- A varying amount (max 12) of one ammunition type, which can be any of the following:
- A second amount of ammunition (still max 12), consisting of:
- A 75% chance of one of the following food items:
- A 75% chance of one of the following drink items:
- A 50% chance of one of the following healing items:
- A 1% chance of the following aid item:
If the player character has Dean Domino as a companion when they open one of his stashes, he will often comment on it, saying it's for emergencies or asking you to "at least leave [him] something!", however, this is purely for flavor, and he will never stop you, nor will the stashes have any effect on the player character's interactions with Dean in the Sierra Madre later. If asked about the stashes, Dean comments that he left them about due to his need to routinely scrounge for supplies, and he left the stashes out in case he was attacked by ghost people and needed emergency assistance.

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Instant Expunge is a site-configurable setting that makes Citadel's IMAP service behave in a sensible way when deleting messages, as opposed to the behavior defined by RFC 3501.
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- Yield
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- Active Time
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- Total Time
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- 4 garlic cloves, peeled
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- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
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- 1/3 cup water
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- 1 ounce finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano (1/2 cup)
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- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 3/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
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- Roast tomatoes and eggplant, switching position of dish and pan halfway through baking, until tomato skins are wrinkled and beginning to brown and eggplant is golden brown and tender, 50 minutes to 1 hour. Cool vegetables slightly in dish and pan on racks. (Leave oven on.)
- When tomatoes and garlic are cool enough to handle, transfer to a cutting board (do not clean baking dish). Cut each tomato half lengthwise into 3 pieces and coarsely chop garlic. Transfer to a large bowl, then stir in eggplant and water.
- Make filling and pasta while vegetables for sauce are roasting:
- Stir together all filling ingredients until combined well.
- Cook pasta in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until tender. Drain in a colander and rinse under cold running water. Lay noodles flat on a clean kitchen towel and pat dry with paper towels, then cut in half crosswise (you will have 12 noodles).
- Assemble and bake lasagne:
- Move upper oven rack to middle position.
- Spread out half of vegetable mixture in uncleaned baking dish. Lay 4 noodles on a work surface, then spread 3 tablespoons filling evenly over each noodle. Roll up noodles tightly and put rolls, seam sides down and without touching, in vegetable mixture in dish. Make 8 more rolls with remaining noodles and filling in same manner, transferring to dish.
- Lightly brush rolls with water, then spoon remaining vegetables over rolls. Cover dish tightly with foil and bake until heated through, about 20 minutes.
Cooks' note:
• Vegetables can be roasted 1 to 2 days ahead and cooled completely, uncovered, then chilled, covered.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories719
- Carbohydrates58 g(19%)
- Fat43 g(66%)
- Protein30 g(60%)
- Saturated Fat16 g(80%)
- Sodium1539 mg(64%)
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On day two of the Rotary World Peace Symposium, we (class 12) ran a workshop session looking at how peace fellows (over 650 worldwide) can assist with the Rotary "End Polio Now" Campaign.
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With the help of @rotary and @EndPolioNow we managed to be repeatedly re-tweeted to over 150,000 "followers!" It was my first time running a live Twitter stream from a conference and it was great to see first hand the power of social media in being able to get the message of the session out to many more people than were actually in the room.
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A demolition company has mistakenly torn down a three-bedroom home in North Texas rather than the condemned building next door.
David Underwood and his wife placed their Fort Worth house on the market with the intention of moving into the retreat they purchased near the shores of Lake Worth. The lakeside land has been in the family for decades and Underwood bought it from an aunt earlier this year.
But when they stopped by to mow the lawn, they found the home was gone. A slab of foundation remains.
Fort Worth hired the demolition company to raze the condemned building, and was billed more than $6,000 for the work.
The actual condemned structure still remains standing.
Underwood is seeking a settlement from the city. A city spokesman says officials are investigating.


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cyberdaniel wrote:I'm not sure that its worth implementing. In team games you can talk to you're partner and he can tell you what cards he holds. Every time I play a team game with cards and I need to know his cards I just ask.
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dugcarr1 wrote:i think there should be options..or prefrences,, that each person can set up for there own account,like poker.
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our map ,, so they dont have to scroll down all the time
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when setting up a game have it reset to prefrance....or have how many of those games u wanna set up ,, so u dont have to go through the procedure 12 times in a row if u wanted to set up 12 games
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what do u guys think?
dugcarr1 wrote:or a way to keep akiceman outa your posts
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Geoplasma's plasma-arc technology vaporizes landfill waste.
St. Lucie could become the nation's first county to use technology that vaporizes landfill waste. County officials gave the nod to Atlanta-based Geoplasma to fund and build a $425- million facility that uses plasma arcs to turn waste into electricity and materials that could be used to build roads.
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'Strat 5' from Healthways Wins Ninth Annual FORTUNE Battle of the Corporate Bands
Executives Jam to Be Crowned Best Corporate Band at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Leaving the conference room to take the stage, "Strat 5" from Healthways was crowned the national winner of the ninth annual FORTUNE Battle of the Corporate Bands presented by NAMM and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, on Oct. 3. The band competed against seven other corporate bands from across the country selected in regional semi-final events in Los Angeles and Nashville, Tenn.
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Founded in 1995, Strat 5 is comprised of seven Healthways employees. Headquartered near Nashville, Healthways is located in the heart of the music scene and regularly performs in the area.
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Ltr1-14: Title VI, RLIS
Official Letter
Official Letter
Dear Select County Superintendents of Schools:
This apportionment, in the amount of $600,011, is made from federal funds provided to the state under Title VI, Part B, Subpart 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) (Public Law [PL] 107-110), in support of the Rural and Low-Income School (RLIS) Program. Entitlements for eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) are based on each LEA's 2012–13 second period average daily attendance, multiplied by a rate of $19.1695. The amount apportioned reflects the first payment of the 2014–15 entitlement to LEAs that applied for Title VI, Part B, Subpart 2 on the 2014–15 Consolidated Application Reporting System (CARS), and have an approved LEA plan. Allocations have been reduced for those LEAs that did not meet the federal maintenance of effort requirement, per Section 9521(b)(1) of the NCLB, as it affects the 2014–15 NCLB funding. This apportionment reflects the first 50 percent of each participating LEA's entitlement.
These funds are to be used to improve instruction and achievement for children in rural and low-income schools by supporting activities such as teacher recruitment and retention, teacher professional development, educational technology, parental involvement, or any activities authorized under Part A of Title I or Title III (Section 6222(a) of PL107‑110).
Each state is required to review the annual assessment data for each LEA participating in the Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP) which consists of the Small, Rural School Achievement (SRSA) Program, including the REAP-Flex and SRSA grants components, and the RLIS Program. If an LEA is in Program Improvement after the third year of participation in any of these programs, then all REAP funds and applicable funding under REAP-Flex must be spent on activities that support the LEA's Plan Addendum. If an LEA has participated in REAP for three years and has failed to make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for only the past year, all of the LEA's REAP funds and any exercise of REAP‑Flex authority must be used to address the specific weaknesses that resulted in the LEA's failure to make AYP.
Direct-funded charter schools must apply individually for this program. Apportionment amounts for direct-funded charter schools are identified separate from the district or county amount. All other charter schools must apply through their authorizing agency; funding associated with locally funded charter schools is included in the district or county amount.
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) award number for this program is S358B140005. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance subprogram number is 84.358B. This grant award is subject to the provisions of Title VI of ESEA, as applicable; the General Education Provisions Act; the Education Department General Administrative Regulations in Title 34 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 77, 79, 80-82, 85, and 97-99; and to 34 CFR Part 299. The funding is appropriated in Item 6110‑137-0890 of the Budget Act of 2014 (Chapter 25, Statutes of 2014). The California sub-allocation (pass‑through) number is Program Cost Account (PCA) 14356.
Under the federal Tydings Amendment, Section 421(b) of the General Education Provisions Act, 20 U.S.C. 1225(b), any funds that are not obligated by the end of the federal funding period, July 1, 2014, through September 30, 2015, shall remain available for obligation for an additional period of 12 months, through September 30, 2016.
Title 34 of the CFR, Section 80.21(i), requires that any interest earned by LEAs on federal dollars be returned to the ED. LEAs may keep interest amounts up to $100 per year for administrative expenses. LEAs should forward interest payments for remittance to the ED to:
California Department of Education
Cashier's Office
P.O. Box 515006
Sacramento, CA 95851
To ensure proper posting of payments, please include the program's PCA number (PCA 14356) and identify the payment as "Federal Interest Returned."
The county superintendents of schools were notified of this apportionment by e-mail which was sent to their CDEfisc e-mail addresses. The California Department of Education (CDE) requested that the e-mail be forwarded to all school districts and charter schools in the county, and included a link to the Categorical Programs Web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/ca/ where, under the program name, the letter and schedule for this apportionment are posted.
Warrants will be mailed to each county treasurer approximately three weeks from the date of this Notice. For standardized account code structure coding, use Resource Code 4126, NCLB: Title VI, Part B, Rural & Low Income School Program, and Revenue Object Code 8290, All Other Federal Revenue.
If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Bria Miller, Staff Services Analyst, School Turnaround Support Office, by phone at 916-327-9692 or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com. If you have any questions regarding the payment process, please contact
Shannon Reel, Fiscal Analyst, Categorical Allocations & Management Assistance Unit, by phone at 916-319-0323 or by e‑mail at firstname.lastname@example.com [Note: the preceding contact information is no longer valid and has been replaced by Joshua Midzuno, Fiscal Analyst, Categorical Allocations and Management Assistance Office, by phone at 916-319-0323 or by e-mail at email@example.com.].
Jeannie Oropeza, Deputy Superintendent
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Today, we're thrilled to introduce you to a fully redesigned portfolio and profile experience on Behance. Our goal with these improvements is to bring your work front-and-center, and make it even easier for anyone to discover what you do, no matter what device they're browsing on. We've also made powerful improvements to the experience of editing your portfolio and profile, all changes that'll bring your work more into focus.
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Universitat de Barcelona announces the availability of one Marie-Curie experienced researcher position in Online Social Networking technologies with a focus on structure and evolution of social networks and their navigability properties (code: iSocial-UB-ER4).
The position is for 18 months, starting in early 2015. The position is funded by the European Commission under the Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN) program iSocial, which focuses on the design of distributed and scalable overlay networking and distributed storage infrastructures for open online social networks and for innovative social network applications that preserve end-user privacy and information ownership. The main objective of the iSocial Initial Training Network is to provide world class training for a next generation of researchers, computer scientists, and Web engineers, emphasizing on a strong combination of advanced understanding in both theoretical and experimental approaches, methodologies and tools that are required to develop Decentralized Online Social Networking platforms.
Requirements, Eligibility Criteria and Funding
Successful candidates are expected to conduct original research in collaboration with the principal investigators of iSocial at UB, Marián Boguñá and M. Ángeles Serrano, and to contribute actively to the activities planned of the project (scientific publications, participation to meetings and events, secondments, preparation of educational material, and online courses, student advising, project management and coordination, etc.).
We seek candidates with experience and research interests in one or more of the following topics: complex networks, complex systems, computational physics, or related areas. Preference will be given to highly motivated candidates with strong programming and analytical skills, excellent knowledge of English, and a proven commitment to their research career.
Eligible applicants are researchers who, at the time of recruitment are:
1) in possession of a doctoral degree and
2) have less than five (5) years of full-time research experience, counted from the diploma that gives the rights to embark in a doctoral degree.
3) At the time of recruitment by the Universitat de Barcelona, experienced researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Spain for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the date of recruitment.
Marie Curie fellows enjoy good salaries and working conditions, career development opportunities and work-life balance. The yearly salary of a PostDoc researcher under Marie Curie iSocial ITN scheme at UB is expected to be approximately 38,000 Euros before taxes plus mobility allowance. Marie Curie fellows will also get coverage for expenses related to the participation in research and training activities (contribution to research-related costs, meetings, conference attendance, training actions, etc). We especially encourage women researchers to apply for the aforementioned position.
The iSocial ITN has started in October 2012 and will finish in September 2016. The following institutions participate in the iSocial ITN: Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden (asst. prof. S. Girdzijauskas, prof. S. Haridi); Univ. of Cyprus (prof. M. Dikaiakos); Univ. of Insubria, Italy (prof. E. Ferrari); ICS/FORTH, Greece (prof. E. Markatos); Univ. of Barcelona (prof. M. Boguñá); IBM Israel (Dr. E. Dekel); Peerialism, Sweden (Dr. S. El-Ansary), and a number of associated research and industrial partners (IMIS/ATHENA, Greece; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; TELEFONICA TID, Spain; FORTHNET, Greece; FMT Worldwide, Cyprus/Australia; Wadja.com, Cyprus/USA).


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Women's Golf Drops Dual Versus Lipscomb
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Amelia Dap and Kelly Merkel led the Tennessee State women's golf team in scoring in a dual versus Lipscomb University on Friday afternoon. Dap carded a 15-over, 87, just ahead of Markel who checked in with a 16-over, 88. The Bison grabbed a 327-361 victory of the 18-hole event at the Par-72, 6,058 yard Harpeth Hills Golf Course.
Lipscomb's Savanna Schubert led all golfers with a 7-over, 79.
Dap and Merkel each recorded a birdie, combining for two of four the course would surrender on Friday. Dap used a pitching wedge to land a foot from the pin from 68-yards out on her third shot on the par-5, 16th. Merkel found success on the par-4, 12th as her drive found the middle of the fairway. The sophomore used a sand wedge from 80-yards out to set up a 12-foot putt for birdie.
Dap finished the day with seven pars, including three in a row on holes two, three and four.
Merkel used four up-and-downs to register four of her five pars on the day. The par-3, 15th, played as one of the stingier holes on the course as it yielded just one birdie and one par. Merkel hit a knock-down 7-iron off the box that landed pin-high just right of the green. The Columbia, Tenn. product played the slope of the green perfectly as her chip shot landed to the right of the hole and rolled down towards the flag to set-up the three-foot par putt.
Natalie Spicer finished with a 19-over, 91 despite scoring a 50 over the first nine-holes of play. On the eighth hole of the day, the par-5, 17th, Spicer used a one-putt to save par. The freshman would find her stroke over the final nine holes with five of her seven pars for the round. Spicer would save bogey on the par-3, 6th, with a chip-in from 20-yards away.
Laura Bremer entered the clubhouse with a 23-over, 95, including ending play with three consecutive pars as she cut nine strokes off her front-nine score. On the final hole, Bremer chipped from 25-yards away to within a foot of the hole to complete one-of-two up-and-downs.
Sarah Needleman shot a non-scoring 24-over, 96, despite good course management. Needleman finished with three pars as she found seven fairways and used 37 putts.
The Tigers will travel to compete in the 36-hole F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate on Oct. 14-15.
Tennessee State - 361
Amelia Dap – 87 (+15)
Kelly Merkel – 88 (+16)
Natalie Spicer – 91 (+19)
Laura Bremer – 95 (+23)
Sarah Needleman – 96 (+24)
Lipscomb – 327
Savanna Schubert – 79 (+7)
Sami Khan – 81 (+9)
MacKenzy Carter – 81 (+9)
Sabrina Ferreri – 86 (+14)
Sarah McFarlin – 91 (+19)


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Chocolate Peanut Sundaes
I stumbled upon the recipe for this sauce in an old farm cookbook years ago and have been using it ever since. I've shared the recipe many times with friends.—Karen Ellinwood, Liberty Center, Ohio
Total TimePrep/Total Time: 15 min.
Makesabout 1-2/3 cups sauce
- 1 package (3.4 ounces) cook-and-serve chocolate pudding mix
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2004 News Releases > April 2004 > Pair presents piano recital
Pair presents piano recital
PLAINVIEW - Wayland Baptist University's Piano Artist in Residence Mark Anthony Pair will present a program featuring "The Twenty-Four Preludes" by Claude-Achille Debussy at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 12 in Harral Memorial Auditorium.
Debussy was a 20 th century impressionist whose music sought to implicate drab hues and abstract features with tonalities and harmonies. He is said to be the model composer of such new innovations in the music of this era. Debussy devised the whole-tone scale as a basis for some of his writings. The pentatonic scale, based on the five black keys of the piano, was also utilized in the composer's works.
Debussy's "Twenty-Four Preludes" suggests a piece of music that sets a mood for something that will follow. The preludes each contain a descriptive title which alludes to vivid impressions of people, nature, landscapes and emotions. The titles involve such things as sailboats, dancers, soldiers, fairies, entertainers, fog, thickets, fireworks and maidens. Pair will give brief explanations and descriptions before playing each piece.
The recital is free and open to the public.


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Monday, June 16, 2008
"My Hundredth Post"
My career is not doing well.
At first, it felt odd to me. My career had always done well before, sometimes, very well. Studios paid me, networks were happy having me pitch them ideas, I'd made money, I'd won prizes, I was, you know, if not "up there", ranked prominently in the category just below "up there." Objectively speaking, that's pretty "up there."
And then it stopped. I wasn't close to "up there" anymore. Suddenly, I was down there.
That "ouch" isn't from a couple of years ago. That's from right now, thinking about what happened a couple of years ago. It's been some time now, but it's still "ouch."
I'm not complaining, and if I am, I'm aware that I shouldn't be. I'm one of the lucky ones. Paying work is no longer a financial necessity. I've done well along the way, and it looks like money issues will not be a major concern.
Old joke: "I have enough money to last the rest of my life. But I have to die Tuesday."
(That joke always makes me laugh. And it totally depends on "Tuesday." "I have enough money to last the rest of my life, but I have to die Monday?" – nothing. It has to be "Tuesday." I have no idea why.)
Being unwanted was disorienting to me. It's like my employers were saying, "You know that thing we thought you did wonderfully? Well, we don't think that anymore, so go home." I didn't understand it. I had what I had. It was wonderful before. Why wasn't it wonderful now?
I realize this part's depressing, but I promise, there's a turn, and everything's going to be all right. Just stay with me. One last depressing section, and it's "happy" all the way to the end.
I tried writing other things. A book of humorous essays, a book about cowboy movies, a book of cultural commentaries. I even tried writing a novel. Among my posts is a series called, "Why I Can't Be A…" comedian, a movie critic, a screenwriter, a lawyer. I'm just a fountain of negativity. You won't be seeing a post, called "Why I Can't Write A Novel." It would be too short, basically, "I tried and I can't."
I had decided to write a novel about summer camp. I wrote six pages the first day. The next day, I read them over, and I rewrote every word. The third day, I read what I'd written the second day, and rewrote every word again. On the fourth day, I gave up.
I don't know how you write a novel when, every time you read it, it feels like every word you put down could easily be something else. In scriptwriting, I was pretty successful finding the right words. Novels are a trickier proposition. The right words remain frustratingly elusive, dancing behind the words you thought were the right words yesterday. It's a mystery. I don't know how people do it.
Movies, pilots, spec scripts, books – none of them were happening for me. I wrote an occasional newspaper commentary, but it had to be about television. An editor named Fritz at a magazine called Television Quarterly generously assigned me books to review. But as the name "Quarterly" suggests, the magazine doesn't come out that often.
Bottom line: I didn't have a lot to do.
To keep my mind from turning to baby food, I began taking piano lessons and extension classes at UCLA on subjects that interested me. However, for the first time in a number of decades,
I stopped writing.
For over a year.
I promised a turn, I'm delivering a turn…
I started this blog.
It was a New Year's resolution. (A more successful one than "I'm cutting down on bread.") Writing for money is great, but nobody was calling. Not writing felt wasteful – I have a gift and I was wasting it by refusing to work. Dr. M had suggested a blog a year earlier, and I'd snapped at her.
I'm a professional writer. I don't give it away.
Why did I finally decide to do it? It was time to get back to work.
Ken Levine, an acerbic angel, set my blog up for me. I call it "Just Thinking", because that's what I was eager to share – my thinking. Not just about sitcom writing, but about all the ideas that were rattling around my brain, the ideas that make me yell at my television.
I published my first two posts, and then went to a spa for a week. When, I got back, a commenter had left me this message: "So, is this going to be, like, a semi-annual thing?"
Since then, I've been posting five days a week.
(I'm easily swayed. Keep it to yourself.)
Writing this blog has been a joy for me from the outset. I like writing funny stuff. It feels good when someone writes, "I needed a laugh and you gave it to me." I mean, you gotta feel good about that. Using your gift for good?
I also like talking about the Old Days. I hope, among other enjoyments, those "story of a writer" remembrances send struggling writers out there the message that success – to the degree that I've had it – is hardly a matter of just talent, and that by taking that in, you'll be kinder to yourselves. A lot of what happens is not your fault. (And if you're successful, a lot of it's not your doing.)
I also like to promulgate my opinions. And I'm delighted at the opportunity to use the word "promulgate." I hope to go on promulgating for a long time to come. You don't have to agree with my promulgations. If you persuade me I'm wrong, I'll happily change my mind. Of course, if I persuade you – vice versa. It's only fair.
Everyone has a medium that best fits their communicating style. One person's a talker. Another person's a painter. Another person's a dancer. And another person's a writer.
Writing itself takes many forms, writers favoring the form whose defining rhythm best complements their nature. There are book writers, scriptwriters, pamphlet writers, letter writers, e-mailers, "post-it"-note writers, witty texters. Somebody's dream medium is skywriting.
"I want to use a gigantic canvas and write about sunscreen."
My communicating medium of choice is talking. Talking triggers my spontaneity. There was this line I heard once, I think in a play, where a character says, "How do I know what I think till I hear what I say?" That's me, when I'm talking. Something pops out of my mouth and it's like, "Wow! I think that? Really?" Talking surprises me with my thoughts and even more so with my way of communicating them. That's why talking's my favorite.
Blogging, however, comes really close. There's this liberating spontaneity to blogging. Scriptwriting is akin to working a crossword puzzle. Your spontaneity's hampered by the rigorous requirements of the structure. There's no structure in a blog. You just say stuff. Not that I don't edit and rewrite and shape and move things around. But compared to other forms of communication, the freedom here is exhilarating.
Talking allows more tools to come into play. There's gesture, there's facial expressions, there's tone of voice, there's timing. As liberating as they are, blogs are still sentences and paragraphs, and I'm still experimenting with way of immediacizing the moment. I also enjoy the opportunity for, hopefully illuminating, digressions. It's a work in progress, but I'm excited by the possibilities.
Generally speaking – is what I'm saying – this form really suits me.
This is my hundredth post. I hope there'll be more. Thank you for your time. Thank you for your encouragement. And thank you for your wisdom.
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, but his invention was meaningless until someone invented the second telephone, so that Bell could have somebody to call. For me, you guys the second telephone.
I really appreciate your taking my call.
20 comments:
- Rich said...
Earl, you keep writing, I'll keep reading. Thanks for keeping up with it. I always enjoy your posts.
- June 16, 2008 at 7:27 AM
- R.A. Porter said...
We're all still reading.
- June 16, 2008 at 7:29 AM
- Sam Kim said...
Congrats on your 100th post! Please keep writing. I'm reading from the beginning, and I hope to catch up soon.
I remember really loving Best of the West as a kid, and memorizing the theme song. Thanks for that.
- June 16, 2008 at 8:10 AM
- karyrogers said...
Your stories about life and career always delight.
- June 16, 2008 at 8:11 AM
- cjdahl60 said...
Earl: I love you blog and have read every one of your hundred posts. I began reading when you were recommended by Ken Levine, whose blog I also greatly enjoy.
Your blog is a great combination of insider info and thoughtful commentary. I've found myself forwarding a link to your posts on many occasions.
Here's hoping that there's hundreds more posts to come!
- June 16, 2008 at 8:58 AM
- Jon Weisman said...
Earl, I have thoroughly enjoyed every post, and looking forward to all the next - whether it's 100 or 10,000.
- June 16, 2008 at 9:38 AM
- Chuck Sigars said...
I'm a little late to the Earl party but yeah, what they said. And you might be surprised at what happens. I was the same way five years ago -- hey, people PAY me to write (hardly anything, but still). But blogging is writer's gym, without the sweat. Really enjoying everything.
- June 16, 2008 at 9:47 AM
- Keith said...
Two words: Scientology
(line should be delivered while holding a scotch, with audible ice clinking)
Being easily swayed, I feel you'll fit right in.
But if you really want inspiration to get through a career slump, just look at Marc Cherry and realize you can go from almost "up there" to "who?" to slightly above "up there".
- June 16, 2008 at 9:49 AM
Love your writing and your sense of humor.
It's been a fun 6 months reading your blog and if you write it, I will continue to read it.
By the way, glad to hear that you can be swayed by our humble opinions... :-)
- June 16, 2008 at 10:04 AM
What delights me about this medium is that I get to be involved in a conversation of sorts with people I would never otherwise encounter in my daily life. Your blog and your commentors have expanded my horizons, made me laugh and made me think. But most of all I've "met" people I really enjoy. Thank you for revealing so much of yourself, Earl. I've enjoyed every post and look forward to many more.
- June 16, 2008 at 10:47 AM
Most blogs are the egocentric ramblings of an unquiet mind ... and boring!!!!
"Just Thinking" is the egocentric ramblings of an unquiet mind ... and endlessly fascinating! Keep up the good work!!! We're listening!!!
- June 16, 2008 at 11:01 AM
Earl, I love the blog. I've read every post since Day 1, and it's been a real pleasure. Please keep at it!
(What can I say. I like free stuff :-)
- June 16, 2008 at 11:01 AM
Well, Earl, all I can say is Hollywood's loss is our gain. Thanks for writing!
- June 16, 2008 at 11:46 AM
- GinaSmile said...
...you don't know what you think until you say it?...your poor family...
I'm catching up on back posts...I'm up to March...My family hates it when I'm reading your blog...I guess I laugh too LOUDLY...
- June 16, 2008 at 12:51 PM
- Max Clarke said...
I think I caught your blog with your second post, thanks to a plug from Ken Levine, and now you've got 100 done. Good job.
- June 16, 2008 at 1:03 PM
I still don't think you give yourself enough credit. And I tend to conclude by the feedback I'm seeing, that even they are holding back the amount of applause you deserve.
It's not like you're just another retiree who's ego needs stroking until you finally bite the bullet, and pass on that fancy fortune. You, Earl Raymond Pomerantz (who'd be nothing without his Dr. M) are practically throwing golden coins out your window.
I've read alot of blogs in the past few years, and what you are doing here is riding the lead horse. You are creating the accessibility I've been dreaming of for the Internet, of the highest caliber and quaility. A true example of marketplace, with enough faith in community and the return on a dollar, that he gives 100 fat ones away like it's nothing. Like a true Jew (faithful).
Beside the point is the rhythm and timing you've shared with zero fanfare, how to write a joke 101...industry secrets that don't come in commonfolk's cereal boxes.
Must you send me your work so I can approve it?! Must I use my tarot cards and pulse on today's consumers (we're all whores) to tell you what this country's actually looking for? Free of charge, I'd never steal your work, I promise.
I only hope you grow in confidence and keep shooting your best rifle, because it's YOUR golden bullets that have created the greatest shows in my memory (take the credit sir, please)...and like any rodeo clown worth respecting, will take this new medium and dance circles around it.
Earl will show it a thing or two about how cowboys wrangle horses. If anybody will, Earl will.
- June 16, 2008 at 1:39 PM
- Missives and More said...
Your blog is a highlight of my day. When I am between tasks, I click on to Earl's Blog and have myself a great pick-me up. I love the way you write and I love what you say. When I haven't had time to read, I print off a few days and read on the train back to La Grange Park. And thanks for mentioning me months ago. I beamed with a little bit of glee and embarrassment!
Your commitment to yourself to write is now my commitment to read. Please write more tomorrow.
- June 16, 2008 at 1:44 PM
I have hugely enjoyed your posts from the very first. You have a way of making it feel like you and I are enjoying a lovely afternoon: relaxed, chatting, sipping cool drinks, and sharing stories.
Your blog is a rare delight and a treasure.
Thank you.
- June 16, 2008 at 6:32 PM
- Willy B. Good said...
congrats on the big 100 Earl and may there be plenty more funny stuff to come. Cheers.
ps - I think this is the one and only time I will ever use the word promulgate but it was well worth it eh.
- June 17, 2008 at 5:31 AM
- Unknown said...
It's not often that an interesting blogger is able to maintain both a steady posting pace and some semblance of quality. Wonderful to see you still have both as your odometer hits 100. (In retrospect, I'm underselling you by using the word 'blogger'... let's make that "a writer who shares via a blog".)
Thanks for smiles and chuckles, and more importantly, for the inspiration to sit down and actually write.
- June 18, 2008 at 2:55 PM


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Heart Of America
Somerset House Publishing will be doing business as "Heart of America"(HOA). Featuring photographs shot by America's leading outdoor photographers.
HOA is the marketing name of a print and postcard product. These photographs and postcard images are of scenic and special interest locations in the United States. The initial marketing areas will be
Colorado, Southern Appalachia, and Washington DC.
Somerset House has an existing website under development marketing a similar product exclusively within the state of Texas. That website is http://www.deepartoftexas. Please refer to this site for product descriptions and to see the logo used for the Texas products.
Somerset House prefers that the logo trend to the horizontal rather than vertical as it works better for website headings and the header-cards for in-store displays. Red, white and blue may be used in the logo, but are not necessary. The logo should be eye-catching colorful. It should impart a sense
of the outdoors/beauty/peace/etc. Most important the word "heart" is to be rendered so that "art" as a part of the word "heart" is made distinctive. When someone views the logo they should see the words "Heart of America", but simultaneously also see "_ _ Art of America"
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Argument preview: Court to weigh in on how to calculate "projected disposable income†during bankruptcy
On Monday, in Ransom v. MBNA, American Bank, N.A., the Court will hear oral argument in a case involving whether, in calculating a Chapter 13 debtor's "projected disposable income" during the period of a bankruptcy plan, the debtor may deduct "ownership costs" for his car even though the car is already paid for. M. Jonathan Hayes of the University of West Los Angeles School of Law previews the case for the American Bar Association's PREVIEW of U.S. Supreme Court Cases; the ABA has generously agreed to share some of its previews "" which are authored by practitioners and scholars in the field "" with SCOTUSblog. You can read Professor Hayes' preview here; PREVIEW's website is here.


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The world's best cyclists will climb Palomar Mountain, glide past the Safari Park and sprint through downtown Escondido during the Amgen Tour of California this May, race officials announced Tuesday morning.
Other highlights of the eight-day race's San Diego County stage include downtown Ramona, Valley Center, Lake Henshaw, the Old Escondido Historic District, Orfila winery and Mesa Grande Road near Julian. The local stage is scheduled for May 12, which is Mother's Day.
Officials from Escondido, which agreed last year to pay $475,000 to host the race, said during Tuesday's press conference that they were pleased the route includes so many of the city's major attractions.
"They're taking them past the wineries, Safari Park and the arts center, so the televised coverage will be showcasing a lot of the amenities we have in town," said Joyce Masterson, the city official spearheading race preparations.
Cyclists and race officials said the 103-mile local route will be slightly less challenging than when the race last came to Escondido in 2009, but probably more interesting for fans.
Instead of climbing the extremely steep south side of Palomar Mountain as they did in 2009, the cyclists will climb the more gradual east side of the mountain.
The change results from Escondido switching from its role as final stage host in 2009 to starting line host in 2013, said Alfredo Velasco, an avid cyclist and chairman of the race's local fundraising committee.
"Ordinarily they start the tour with relatively flat stages," he said. "It's not as tough as the south side, but the east side of Palomar Mountain is a tough challenge. The local stage could play a pivotal role in who the top two teams are for the rest of the race."
Velasco said he was pleased to see that Ramona and Santa Ysabel were added to the route this time. They essentially replace Rancho Bernardo, where the local stage started in 2009, Bandy Canyon Road and Highland Valley Road.
Escondido police Lt. Tom Albergo said planning road closures will be somewhat easy because the route from Valley Center to the downtown Escondido finish line at Broadway and Grand Avenue will be the same as in 2009.
"We're fortunate to have the same route from 2009 coming back into the city, so a lot of the pre-planning and mapping and determining the number of volunteers has already been completed," he said.
That leaves only the route away from the starting line, which will also be Broadway and Grand.
Albergo said residents in Old Escondido have been helpful with early preparations, agreeing to delay their annual Mother's Day tour of historic homes until after the cyclists pass by on Juniper Street about 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday's route announcement was welcome news to many restaurants and other businesses along the route, including the Lake Wohlford Café near Escondido's border with Valley Center.
"It's great news that we'll be on the route again," said Phyllis Kamps, owner of the café. "It brought a lot of new people into the restaurant. We'll have specials again and we'll have the race on our TVs the whole day."
Escondido Mayor Sam Abed said during Tuesday's press conference, hosted by Bike Bling on Grand, that city officials and residents were looking forward to the exposure the race would bring.
Escondido's role in the race will be much larger than it was four years ago. Cyclists, race officials, media and fans were in town for about 36 hours in 2009.
This year Escondido will be the starting line host, so everyone associated with the race will be in the city for several days before it begins.
"Escondido will be in the spotlight on an international stage as the race is watched by millions of people around the world," Abed said. "We're not dreaming. This is a reality"
After Escondido, the race will continue on to Murrieta, Palmdale, Santa Clarita, Santa Barbara, San Jose, Livermore and the finish line in San Francisco.


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3 rabid animals found in nearby Baltimore neighborhoods
Health officials warning residents to be aware of signs, symptoms
The Baltimore City Health Department is warning people to be aware after officials said they found three rabid animals in three adjacent ZIP codes in the northern part of the city within a span of 20 days.
Health officials said two cats and a fox were all found outdoors in the 21210, 21211 and 21212 ZIP codes.
Officials said the first animal, a cat, was found on June 5 in the 300 block of Rossiter Avenue. Someone thought the animal had been hit by a car and took it to Falls Road Animal Hospital, where it was transferred to a different hospital and then euthanized and submitted for testing.
On June 18, another cat was found lying in a yard in the unit block of Warrenton Road, and on June 25, Animal Control picked up a fox that was displaying neurological symptoms in the 1100 block of Bellemore Road. Both animals were euthanized and taken in for testing. All of the animals tested positive for rabies.
Animal Control officers canvassed those neighborhoods and handed out rabies educational information to residents.
Link: Rabies Fact Sheet
"We are proactively alerting the public because the locations where these three rabid animals were located are in proximity to one another," Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot said. "This isn't necessarily a cause for alarm, as it is not uncommon for rabies to be present in wildlife, but rather an opportunity for residents to be educated about how they can prevent rabies."
Health officials are advising people to not touch or pet stray or unfamiliar animals since rabies is a life-threatening disease. If you own pets, make sure to get them vaccinated to protect them, your family and the neighborhood at large.
Animals with rabies often show changes in behavior -- wild animals may act friendly, while domestic animals may become aggressive, and animals that are active only at night may appear during the day.
Rabid animals may stagger, drool or become paralyzed. Other signs may include sporadic eye movement or slow, lethargic behavior.
If you are bitten, scratched or have contact with an animal you believe to be rabid, immediately wash the wound, seek medical attention and report the incident to the Health Department's Animal Control Program by calling the city's 311 customer service telephone line.
In humans, rabies is preventable when medical care is obtained shortly after exposure. The disease is prevented by a four-dose rabies vaccine series given over a 14-day period and a dose of rabies immunoglobulin given at the beginning of the series. However, once clinical symptoms develop, rabies is nearly always fatal.
So far in Baltimore in 2013, 15 animals have tested positive for rabies (7 raccoons, 5 bats, 2 cats and 1 fox). In 2012, 26 animals tested positive for rabies (19 bats and 7 raccoons).


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Nice Change
Frühling, Wochenende – die perfekte Zeit für Citytrips. Aber es muss nicht immer London, Venedig oder Barcelona sein! Unser Experte empfiehlt drei Alternativen, wo manches besser ist als in den großen Schwesterstädten.
Barcelona light
Stroll seaward down Rambla passing by elegant Art Nouveau buildings and Roman ruins … Barcelona? Nope, Tarragona, 85 kilometers to the southwest. The city is just as delightful as the Catalan capital, but without the hype.
Litte venice
Palaces, canals, bridges – you could be forgiven for thinking this was Venice, which is actually 25 kilometers away. The difference: Chioggia is far more laid back and down-to-earth than the tourism magnet.
London by the sea
Bars, boutiques and world-class theaters: The seaside resort of Brighton has them all. Just an hour and a half south of London, Brighton has plenty of cosmopolitan flair, but beats the great metropolis hands down on one score: Unlike London, it has a wonderful sandy beach.


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Riffing off the Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil," please allow me to introduce future ACC members Syracuse and Pittsburgh.
When the Orange and Panthers begin competition in their new conference home hinges on negotiations with the Big East that may require mediation from Ban Ki-Moon. But it's never too early to get acquainted.
Like all 12 current ACC members, Syracuse and Pitt rank among the top 101 in U.S. News and World Report's best American colleges. Both football programs have national championship and Heisman Trophy pedigree.
The Orange and Panthers are national basketball powers, more successful in the last decade than all ACC programs except Duke and North Carolina. But both are below ACC standards for overall athletic success, as measured by the Directors' Cup all-sports standings.
Their athletic department expenses and revenue are less than the ACC averages and each ran afoul of NCAA rules during the early 1990s.
Here are the details.
Undergraduate enrollment: 12,731, No. 8 among 14 ACC schools.
Rank among U.S. News and World Report's best colleges: 62nd.
Notable alumni: Vice President Joe Biden, novelist Joyce Carol Oates, artificial heart inventor Robert Jarvik.
Athletic expenses: Syracuse reported $49.3 million for 2009-10 in documents filed with the U.S. Department of Education. Average expenses for current ACC members were $57.4 million, ranging from Florida State's $75.2 million to Wake Forest's $41.4 million. Georgia Tech ($47 million) and North Carolina State ($47.2 million) were the only other ACC schools with smaller budgets.
Athletic revenue: Syracuse reported $49.3 million for 2009-10, including a transfer of $1.4 million from reserves to meet expenses.
Directors' Cup: The Orange finished 61st in 2010-11, behind nine ACC schools. The ACC was the only conference with four among the top 10 (Duke, North Carolina, Virginia and Florida State).
NCAA championships: 11 in men's lacrosse, 2003 men's basketball, 1959 football.
Heisman Trophy winner: Ernie Davis, 1961.
Football: The Orange finished 8-5 last year under second-year coach Doug Marrone, its first winning season since 2001. From 1987-2001, Syracuse enjoyed 15 consecutive winning years, appearing in an Orange, Sugar and two Fiesta Bowls.
Men's basketball: A 2005 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, Jim Boeheim has coached his alma mater for 35 seasons (856-301 record). The Orange has reached seven of the last 10 NCAA tournaments and has advanced to three consecutive Sweet 16s. Led by freshman Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse defeated Kansas for the 2003 national title.
Facilities: Opened in 1980, the Carrier Dome is home to Orange football and basketball. The venue has hosted many NCAA basketball tournaments, but truth be told, it's seen better days. The dome seats 49,250 for football and 33,000 for basketball, making it the country's largest on-campus basketball arena.
NCAA sanctions: Syracuse was placed on two years' probation and banned from the 1993 men's basketball tournament for recruiting violations, improper benefits and lack of institutional control.
Undergraduate enrollment: 16,690, sixth among the 14 ACC schools.
U.S. News and World Report rank: 58th.
Notable alumni: Novelist John Irving, actor/dancer Gene Kelly, actress Allison McAtee.
Athletic expenses: Pitt reported $49.2 million for 2009-10.
Athletic revenue: Pitt reported $49.2 million for 2009-10.
Directors' Cup: The Panthers finished 123rd in 2010-11. The lowest ACC school was No. 74 Wake Forest.
NCAA championships: Pitt won the Associated Press national football title in 1937 and '76.
Heisman Trophy winner: Tony Dorsett, 1976.
Football: The Panthers have received seven bowl invites in the last 10 years and in 2009 enjoyed their first 10-win season since 1981, finishing No. 15 in the AP poll. That ratcheted up expectations and a 7-5 regular season in 2010 prompted coach Dave Wannstedt's resignation. Pitt hired Michael Haywood to replace him, only to fire him two weeks later following his arrest for domestic battery. The Panthers then turned to Tulsa's Todd Graham.
Men's basketball: Jamie Dixon was a Panthers assistant coach in 2003 when the school promoted him to replace Ben Howland, who had exited for UCLA. Dixon has since guided Pitt to eight NCAA tournament appearances in as many seasons. The Panthers advanced at least one round in seven of those years, to the Elite Eight in 2009.
Facilities: Pitt football shares downtown Heinz Field with the NFL's Steelers. The 65,050-seat stadium opened in 2001 and offers picturesque views of the city. The Panthers opened a new basketball arena, the 12,508-seat Petersen Events Center, in 2002.
NCAA sanctions: Pitt received two years' probation but no postseason ban in 1993 for basketball recruiting violations.
There you have it. Does this expansion show the ACC to be a conference of wealth and taste?
At first blush, I'd say yes. Time will tell.
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On Friday, April 5th Hollywood hotspot Lure Nightclub will be transformed and bring the best beats under one roof. As Red Bull Thre3 Style plays host, six of best DJs from across the nation will battle it out for the U.S. championship title that comes with a stamp of approval from judges, and world-renowned DJs, Jazzy Jeff, Z-Trip and A-Trak. The winner of the National Finals will represent the U.S. and compete in the Red Bull Thre3style World Championship in Toronto, Canada this November.
Throughout the night, these highly skilled DJs will battle, perform, gain notoriety and express themselves in a party atmosphere. Unlike other DJ battles that are based on more technical aspects, Red Bull Thre3Style is a creative and unique format that seeks to find the DJ that has best perfected the true art of "party rockin'."
The competing DJs include five winning qualifiers from across the U.S.: DJ Scene (Seattle), DJ Phsh (Philadelphia), Trentino (Chicago), Konflikt (Miami), Donnie Dee (Dallas), as well as the DJ to win the Red Bull Thre3Style "Wildcard" slot.
Sets from competing DJs are archived at http://www.mixcloud.com/redbullthre3style.
Be sure to check out this event for yourself!
WHEN: Friday, April 5, 2013
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WHERE: Lure Nightclub
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The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday charged four brokers who formerly worked on the cash desk at a New York-based broker-dealer with illegally overcharging customers $18.7 million by using hidden markups and markdowns and secretly keeping portions of profitable customer trades.
The SEC alleges that the brokers–Marek Leszczynski, Benjamin Chouchane, Gregory Reyftmann and Henry Condro–purported to charge customers very low commission fees that were typically pennies or fractions of pennies per transaction, but in reality they were reporting false prices when executing the orders to purchase and sell securities on behalf of their customers.
"The brokers made their scheme especially difficult to detect because they deceptively charged the markups and markdowns during times of market volatility in order to conceal the fraudulent nature of the prices they were reporting to their customers," the SEC says. "The surreptitiously embedded markups and markdowns ranged from a few dollars to $228,000 and involved more than 36,000 transactions during a four-year period. Some fees were altered by more than 1,000 percent of what was being told to customers."
The SEC further alleges that when a customer placed a limit order seeking to purchase shares at a specified maximum price, the brokers filled the order at the customer's limit price, but used opportune times to sell a portion of that order back to the market to obtain a secret profit for the firm. They falsely reported back to the customer that they could not fill the order at the limit price. Meanwhile, the brokers made millions of dollars in illicit performance bonuses based on the fraudulent earnings they were generating on the cash desk.
Robert Khuzami, director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement, said that "these brokers stole millions of dollars by overcharging customers for trades involving stocks with high trading volumes and price volatility, which are characteristics they wrongly thought would conceal their illicit pricing scheme. They underestimated the SEC's ability and resolve to pursue such illegal schemes."
In a parallel action on Friday, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced criminal charges against Leszczynski and Chouchane. Condron has pleaded guilty to criminal charges.
According to the SEC's complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan, the brokers were employed at an interdealer broker firm. The SEC explains that interdealer brokers typically operate only as agents and execute large volumes of securities trades on behalf of customers for low commissions. "The cash desk where these brokers worked executed trades in U.S. and Canadian stocks, and customers were primarily large foreign institutions and foreign banks. The firm's internal records show that customers were to be charged flat commission rates between $0.005 and $0.02 per share."
The SEC's complaint alleges that the scheme spanned from 2005 to 2009. Reyftmann, Chouchane, and Leszczynski were sales brokers on the cash desk who were responsible for finding customers, developing relationships, and taking orders from customers. Reyftmann supervised the cash desk. Condron was a sales trader and middle-office assistant on the cash desk who entered orders received from the sales brokers and ensured the orders were executed.
The SEC also alleges that the brokers' scheme enriched not only the firm but themselves as well. "The four brokers received substantial performance bonuses totaling more than $15.6 million based, in part, on the fraudulent earnings generated by the cash desk," the SEC says.
The SEC alleges that the fraudulent scheme worked as follows:
- Leszczynski, Chouchane, or Reyftmann received a customer order by phone, instant message, or e-mail and gave the order to Condron, who executed the trade.
- Condron recorded the actual execution price on the trade blotter and informed the sales brokers of the execution.
- Shortly after the trade was executed, Leszczynski, Chouchane, or Reyftmann examined other market executions around the time of the actual execution to determine whether the stock price fluctuated.
- If the stock price's fluctuation was favorable to the firm and sufficient to conceal the fraud from customers, the sales brokers instructed Condron to record a false execution price in the gross price field on their internal trade blotter.
- Leszczynski, Chouchane, Reyftmann, or Condron then reported the false execution price and the commission to the customers.


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LOVE those FALS!
I'm a bookkeeper's son,
I don't wanna shoot no one,
but I crossed my old man back in Oregon,
don't take me alive.
---Steely Dan---
I have four FALs that I built myself. My first build was was Imbel/Imbel with Penquin OD furniture that I painted with European OD MolyResin. I refer to it as the Green Monster. I love it.
My second was a G1 that I built from a Tapco kit with a DCI Type 1 receiver. It has never cycled properly and I think the gas block may be the culprit. I can't decide whether to fix it or cannibalize it.
My third is an Izzy clone I built, also with a DCI Type 1. It has real Izzy stock, handguards and rear sight, with an Argentine barrel and a Tapco Izzy-style charging handle.
My fourth and favorite is an Aussie L1A1 I built that I think looks and shoots really sweet. It was from a kit I got from GunThings.com with an excellent bore.
I really love my FALs, but with the price of 7.62 ammo these days I'm going to start building AKs instead. I sure to wish I'd bought ten cases of that $139 Port when I had the chance.
- cantinista in AZ


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