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You need to ensure that the company you choose will send out a qualified gas engineer who is fully trained to deal with Power Flushing. I have 30 years experience, I'm a member of the PowerFlush Association and have public liability insurance to protect you and your property.
What happens during Power Flushing: The system is flushed with all valves open using a magnetic filter. The water is dumped out the system and fresh added to include chemicals. The system is heated up and flushed through all open valves. Then all radiators are closed except for one and each radiator in turn is opened. Once all radiators are flushed individually they are done again but this time with fresh water, dumping contents until each one runs clean, fill, add treatment, bleed and test. During this process it's important that the radiator valves are in good working order. In some cases it is necessary to replace them. Inlcuded is a certificate to prove work carried out with before and after results (TDS & pH levels)


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WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force chief of staff says he has summoned top brass for a review of responses to the sex-assault scandal at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.
Gen. Mark Welsh III, testifying Wednesday at a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee, said "there is simply no excuse" for the 796 reported sexual assaults in the Air Force in 2012.
"It's unacceptable," Welsh said. "We are giving it our full attention."
However, a victim of multiple sexual assaults during her time in the Air Force, retired Tech. Sgt. Jennifer Norris, said prior to her scheduled testimony at Wednesday's hearing that Congress needs to remove the matter from the military chain of command to break what she called "the cycle of repeated scandals, self-investigations and ineffective reforms," the San Antonio Express-News reported.
Norris is a board member of protect Our Defenders, which advocates on behalf of military sexual assault victims. She said she was assaulted when she served at Keesler AFB in Mississippi.
Committee Chairman Rep. Buck McKeon, R-Calif., said Wednesday he was "particularly disturbed to learn" allegations of sexual assault at Lackland were not immediately reported to "proper authorities" and that "no action was taken by local leadership when the reporting delay was uncovered."
The Pentagon estimates 19,000 rapes and assaults are perpetrated annually in all branches of the military, but few are reported.
In all, 32 instructors or trainers have been investigated for sexual abuse of 59 recruits at Lackland, in the most recent sexual scandal to hit the U.S. military, the newspaper said.
Six basic training instructors at Lackland -- where the Air Force conducts its basic training -- have been convicted of sex offenses dating back to 2008, and nine defendants are awaiting trial.


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Markus Timtner
Yeah, kudos to the design.
I totally agree with Alison, hover and active states as well as the content elements are mandatorey for a screen designer.
But yikes! Do you really want to have a .pdf as quick reference guide?! I definitely disagree with you here.
For quick reference, I prefer .pngs with meaningful names, they come in way more handy than a .pdf would ever do, when it comes down to accurate production, at least for me.
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This iconpackager file is based on Apple's Leopard icons.
This is a revised version of LeopardXP with more icons and packed a bit differently since I was not happy with the previous one though I'm leaving it up just in case people prefer it.
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The download includes a zip with two IconPackager files, one with blue folders and the other with brown folders.
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The UT Libraries serves the flagship campus of the state university system. The Libraries support the teaching, research, and service mission of the university and enhances the academic experience of each student at the Knoxville campus — through outstanding print and electronic collections, reference and instructional services, and top-notch facilities and technological resources.
The John C. Hodges Library, Webster C. Pendergrass Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Library, and George F. DeVine Music Library serve the Knoxville campus. In the Hodges Library, research assistance and computer services are available 24 hours a day in the attractively furnished, student-centric Commons — a popular venue for both studying and socializing. Technology-rich facilities and services include a multimedia digital production Studio and ever-expanding virtual resources that are easily discoverable on our website from any computer or mobile device.
The UT Libraries are an active advocate for open access to research. Notable current projects include the online imprint Newfound Press and the university's institutional repository, Trace, which showcases and disseminates UT scholarship. The UT Libraries digitize unique historical documents and images from its Special Collections and University Archives.
The UT Libraries participate in cultural programming on the UT campus, hosting a Writers In The Library series of readings, international and documentary film series, and co-sponsoring programs with campus groups such as the Baker Center for Public Policy and UT's Ready For The World initiative.
The UT Libraries champions diversity in collections and staffing. A successful Diversity Librarian Residency Program, launched in 2002, attracts recent library school graduates to a challenging career in academic librarianship.


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Randy Keenan, Colfax, CA
Randy Keenan writes: "I had the pleasure of tagging along with you guys on the Bonneville trip of 2008. I was with my friend and neighbor, Jim Angier, in his '48 Ford coupe. I have been very fortunate to own some great cars over the years. I grew up in the true American Graffiti era in San Francisco. In those days, fun cars were available at unbelievable prices, and we always had two or three projects going.
"I never lost the bug, but had not had a rod or custom in about 10 years. Hanging around with Jim and attending events kept me fairly happy, until one day in March 2010 when I woke up and had an urge to drive to the Goodguys event in Pleasanton. Within 30 minutes of arriving I spotted a '47 sedan that just 'struck' me. I phoned my wife and described it to her. After an hourlong test-drive we cut a deal, with a pal loaning me the cash deposit. Six days later, my 10-year-old son, Jack, and I drove it home from Hollister.
"I located the original builder in Oregon who put a 283 Chevy in the six-cylinder U.S. Navy staff car in the '70s before going through it again in the '80s, adding a Camaro subframe, Mustang rearend, 350 V-8, power steering and power brakes, and painting the coupe red. In 2003 it was sold to the fellow I bought it from, who changed the wheels, added disc brakes to the front, and A/C. The brakes and some suspension parts are being replaced now, as some leaks and squeaks developed over time."
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East Texas Car Dealership Damaged by Fleeing Pickup
GLADEWATER -- A Gladewater man is jailed and facing charges on intoxication assault and fleeing the scene of an accident after officers found numerous vehicles at a new car lot heavily damaged.
It was later determined the driver of a pickup , Trent Sassar, drove his pickup truck into seven vehicles at McKaig Chevrolet in Gladewater after leaving the scene of an accident on south Loop 285.
Police say Sassar fled the scene of the accident at a high rate of speed, before losing control of his pickup and slammed into the trucks at the dealership . Sassar and his passenger, Lauren Phillip, were transported to a local hospital and treated for injuries.
At this time there is no estimate on the total amount of damages to the new inventory pickups and other property.
Search Continues for Missing 58-Year-Old Man
RUSK COUNTY -- The search for a missing East Texas Man ended over the weekend after authorities were unable to locate 58-year-old James Jimmy Tidwell of Mt. Enterprise .
Tidwell was reported missing by his employer Feb. 28, and was last seen at work Feb. 15.
The investigation continues and investigators encourage anyone with information as to Mr. Tidwell's whereabouts to contact the Rusk County Sheriff's Office.
You can call office investigator Robert Stinehour, at 903-657-3581 or Rusk County Crime Stoppers at 903-655-8477.
Trial Begins for Nurse Accused of Killing Patients with Bleach
LUFKIN — A 38-year-old East Texas nurse is facing a possible death sentence as she goes on trial today for injecting patients with bleach — killing five and injuring five others — as they were undergoing dialysis treatment.
Kimberly Saenz was fired in April 2008 from her job at a DaVita Dialysis clinic in Lufkin ,after two patients told officials they saw her inject two other patients with bleach.
By then, state health inspectors already were looking into why paramedics that month had to make so many trips to the clinic to help people with cardiac and breathing problems.
Saenz has pleaded not guilty. Her lawyer says she's a scapegoat for problems at the clinic.
The End of Neighborhood Pharmacies?
GIDDINGS — A new law could make small, independent pharmacies go the way of the neighborhood grocer, the local bookshop and the corner music store.
The new Medicaid prescription drug program pays a private company, called a pharmacy benefit manager, to keep costs low by reimbursing pharmacies 80 percent less for filling prescriptions and negotiating the cheapest possible drug prices. The program is expected to save taxpayers between $83 and $100 million over the next two years.
But small pharmacies say they won't make enough money to stay in business. They've tried filing a lawsuit to fight the new law, but so far with little success.
Proponents say the changes are necessary to bring Medicaid costs down and to balance the state budget.
The new law took effect on Thursday.
Restraining Order Reinstated for Oil Pipeline
TEXARKANA — A temporary restraining order has been reinstated halting TransCanada's proposed oil pipeline from crossing a northeast Texas farm. The 6th Court of Appeals in Texarkana issued the new order TransCanada has five days to respond.
The decision comes a week after a judge in Paris dissolved a temporary restraining order against the company.


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"We do everything here, from watching TV and reading to teaching piano lessons," says Patty Merino, of Tustin, California. "I love the stone fireplace that my husband built and the big bay windows that look out onto our rose garden, but now I want to make the room more inviting." Patty feels at a loss about the best way to arrange the furniture, especially where to put the TV. "I'd like a cozy spot by the fire," says the mom of two. "But there's very little wall space and I can't decide on a focal point. I need help!"
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To create a sense of serenity, Taniya suggests painting the walls a soothing blue-green. "There's no better way to make a dramatic change in a room," she says. Next Taniya recommends swapping the bulky sofa for a sleek new sectional in a neutral tone. "With a console and lamp behind, you don't have to look at the back of the sofa when you walk in the door," she says. "Add a coffee table and the vignette makes an inviting conversation area." The piano stays where it is, out of sight against a wall behind the sofa. Bookcases on each side of the fireplace hold the TV and serve as storage. "If built-ins aren't in the budget, secure inexpensive freestanding units to the walls and install a flat-panel retractable mount so you can see the screen from all angles."
Finishing Touches
"Patty asked me to create a place where she can curl up and relax," says Taniya. A chaise longue by the windows fills the bill. "This signature piece in a fun print will also liven up the solid colors in the room." If new hardwood flooring isn't possible, place a throw rug over the carpeting to further define the sitting area and add a comfortable chair in the corner. As a personal touch and to tie everything together, Taniya selects a range of accessories for shelves and walls—books, plants, vases, and family photos. Finally she hangs a sparkling sunburst mirror above the mantel. "It showcases the handsome fireplace," says Taniya, "and adds a little bling."
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Take in a view of the garden or face the fireplace with a versatile chaise in a modern floral.
Manchester chaise, starts at $949, ballarddesigns.com
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Holding Power
Display your family mementos on adjustable shelves and use the cabinets for storage.
Besta Boas TV unit, $160, ikea.com
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Standing Tall
A handsome glass table placed behind the sofa can be a drop point for keys and mail.
Smart console table, $200, cb2.com
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Optical Illusion
Mounted over the fireplace, a faux antique gold mirror adds sparkle and gives depth to the room.
Sunburst wall mirror, $269, homedecorators.com
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A Cut Above
Hand-cut glass vessels give a glamorous edge to the mantel.
Cutler vases, from $30, zgallerie.com
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Leaf Motif
Botanical prints in sophisticated shades lend a graphic touch to seating.
Irmeli pillow, Marimekko, $25, imaginethrowpillows.com
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A contemporary classic gives cozy texture to the room.
Natural shag rug, $229, worldmarket.com
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I received this wonderfully cute needlecase from M. J.(dont' know her board name)who lives in Australia. I wanted to show you how cute it is!! I will enjoy using it! And I love the fabric that shows many of the things you associate with Australia. Thanks so much for the fat quarters and the needle case!! I love the embroidered vines on it. That is something I have done in the past but I haven't ever worked much with felt.
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The Marine Society's College of the Sea
Life at sea is no barrier to learning
When it comes to distance learning The Marine Society's College of the Sea has often led the way…
The Marine Society College of the Sea (MSCoS) is a specialist distance learning college committed to the provision and promotion of access to continuing education for professional British seafarers from all the sea services.
Founded as part of the Seafarers Education Service in 1938, it has encouraged, enabled and educated generations of seafarers from both the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy. It is what it says on the tin: a further education college of the sea.
Since the merger between The Marine Society and the Sea Cadets in 2004, the services of the MSCoS have been extended to all who work with the Sea Cadet Corps.
The Learning & Skills Council funded MSCoS is the main provider of tutor-supported self-study courses at GCSE and A Level to Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Merchant Navy personnel who learn at sea. Also on offer is a range of short courses from Report Writing to Business Skills. There are foundation degrees, work-based learning programmes, even masters degrees available: the college caters for all ages and abilities.
Seafarers have always been a bit of a nuisance to well-ordered society. They do not fit in to the shoreside institutions because of their itinerant lifestyles. To help overcome this educational ostracism, MSCoS is a registered examination centre and so arranges for seafarers to sit public exams afloat or ashore in all parts of the world as necessary.
MSCoS has partnership arrangements in place with many mainstream learning institutions as well as employer organisations, training providers and professional bodies. It works through these to offer seafarers unique underpinning logistical support for their studies. It also runs examinations at sea on behalf of other bodies, notably The Open University.
The college also serves as a respected source of independent advice and practical guidance on all matters of concern to seafarers; it offers scholarship and financial loan schemes to seafarers to support their professional development; and it provides an exchange library service to hundreds of ships.
So whether your interest lies in bumping up your GCSE/A Levels, undertaking a short course to improve report writing, or getting a degree - you ought definitely to find out what's on offer!
Seafarers in this country are undoubtedly very fortunate to have available the services of The Marine Society College of the Sea.
Find out more at www.mscos.ac.uk
The Marine Society College of the Sea
202 Lambeth Road, London SE1 7JW
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Turkey has taken a big step toward being a nuclear energy nation by signing a deal with Russia on Wednesday to build its first nuclear power plant on the Mediterranean coast.
The project – along with a pipeline plan to bring Russian oil overland from the Black Sea to a refinery on Turkey's southern coast for export to Europe, and a host of other measures – was signed during a visit here from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
"By taking these steps, Turkey is taking its position as an energy hub to a much different level," said Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. "The solidarity with Russia on this issue is of utmost importance."
Mr. Medvedev was also effusive: "This agreement opens a new page in our cooperation…. Our talks today showed that Turkey and Russia are strategic partners not only in words but in deeds," he said.
Turkey expands influence
The energy deals are part of NATO-ally Turkey's broader strategy to expand its influence in the region and become an energy corridor between East and West, while also serving as an increasingly important diplomatic player seeking to help resolve Iran's nuclear standoff with the West and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
For Russia, the Turkey visit is part of a regional swing that saw the Russian leader in Syria earlier this week in a bid to raise Moscow's profile in the Middle East. In Damascus, Medvedev sought to rejuvenate some of Syria's historic ties with the former Soviet Union – even while the United States has signaled a partial thaw with Syria by appointing the first US ambassador since 2005, though the US Senate has held up his nomination and on May 3 President Obama extended economic sanctions for one year.
Medvedev followed up in Turkey, where the 20 or so agreements made on Wednesday will generate some $25 billion in investment, a figure that he said "really looks rather impressive."
Turkey's President Abdullah Gul said the two nations aimed to triple annual bilateral trade to $100 billion in the next half decade.
Sergei Kiriyenko, the chief of the Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom, said nuclear deal alone was "a very big contract" that could be worth $18 billion to $20 billion, according to Agence France-Presse. Russia would hold a controlling stake in the plant and operate it.
"Russia has never owned a nuclear power station outside its territory," Mr. Kiriyenko said.
The nuclear power plant is to start in 2014 and take seven years to build in the coastal town of Akkuyu. It is not unlike the one Russia is building for Iran at Bushehr, which has taken more than a decade and faced repeated delays – some of them, Iran suspects, for political reasons.
Pipeline plans
The pipeline proposal, reported to be worth $3 billion, would bring Russian oil from Turkey's Black Sea port of Samsun to a joint refinery on the Mediterranean at Ceyhan, which already links oil flows from Azerbaijan and Iraq. The deal would bypass the narrow Bosphorus at Istanbul, which is congested with tanker traffic, and would provide for both Turkey's domestic and European markets.
Erdogan also spoke of Russia's South Stream gas pipeline project, which aims to provide Russian natural gas to Europe while bypassing Ukraine, though it is a rival to the European Union Nabucco pipeline, which Turkey also supports.
In the past year, Russia has become one of Turkey's primary trading partners, at a volume worth $40 billion in 2008 and dipping – because of the global recession – to $22.9 billion in 2009. Russia already provides some 60 percent of Turkey's natural gas.
One of the first orders of business during the Russian leader's visit was an agreement to lift tourist visa restrictions between the two nations. More than 2 million Russians flock to Turkish resorts and beaches each year, often on package tours flying direct from Moscow and other Russian cities to Turkey's sunny southern coast.
"It's a historical agreement that will before anything else ease the life of millions of people," Medvedev said.


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As the Candidates File: 6th Congressional District
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The filing continues and so does the fun.
In the 6th Congressional District, we have reports up from Don Bates, Travis Hankins and Luke Messer. Here are the breakdowns.
Bates: $55,245 Raised, $53,197 Cash on Hand
Hankins: $33,905 Raised, $61,277 Cash on Hand
Messer: $200,539 Raised, $185,148 Cash on Hand
Looks like Luke Messer has been busy raising a boat load of money though we can't say we are surprised. Messer has some big backers and showed he can raise money in the 5th District race last year.
The fact that Bates only outraised Hankins by $20,000 cannot make him happy. Bates ran for U.S. Senate in 2010 while Hankins ran in the 9th District with a more grassroots focused campaign. That said, Hankins spent more than he raised this quarter with his cash on hand number dropping from $70,343 at the start of the period to around $61,000 this quarter.
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Senate on Tuesday approved seven nominees to head a new telecommunications regulator created by a sweeping sector overhaul that seeks to boost competition and tame billionaire Carlos Slim.
The regulator, known as Ifetel, will replace a weaker regulatory agency and have new powers to police a telecommunications market dominated by Slim's America Movil and Televisa.
America Movil controls some 80 percent of the fixed line business in Mexico and about 70 percent of its cell phone market. Televisa has more than 60 percent of the TV market.
The reform creating the agency was approved by Congress in April and signed into law by President Enrique Pena Nieto in June.
The new commissioners, nominated by the president, will be able to rule on which companies are dominant. If the regulator then decided such firms had abused their power to stay on top, their Mexican operations could be broken up.
They are also likely to make Slim's companies share infrastructure and create a tariff regime that makes them charge rivals less to access the vast phone network he operates.
Gabriel Oswaldo Contreras, tapped to head the commission, previously worked as an legislative adviser within the president's legal office, according to a government website. He will serve until 2020.
On Tuesday the Senate also gave the nod to six out of seven nominees selected to head a separate and newly created competition authority known as the CFCE.
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Stephen Sondheim to Attend Anthony de Mare's LIAISONS II: REIMAGINING SONDHEIM FROM THE PIANO at Symphony Space, 3/9
On Saturday, March 9 (7 pm), as part of Symphony Space's The Music of Now Series, pianist Anthony de Mare returns to the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre for the second installment of Liaisons: Reimagining Sondheim from the Piano. Marrying his reputation as a champion of contemporary classical music with his deep respect for legendary musical theater composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim, de Mare is building a unique piano repertory by commissioning 36 leading contemporary composers from the classical, jazz, theater, and film worlds to write short solo piano pieces inspired by Sondheim's music.
Anthony de Mare's sold-out Symphony Space concert last April featured seventeen of the commissioned works, including pieces by Steve Reich, William Bolcom, Fred Hersch, and Marc-Anthony Turnage. On March 9, de Mare will premiere fifteen new compositions by Eve Beglarian, Jason Robert Brown, Mary Ellen Childs, Michael Daugherty, Peter Golub, Annie Gosfield, Phil Kline, Nico Muhly, John Musto, Thomas Newman, Eric Rockwell, Frederic Rzweski, Rodney Sharman, Bernadette Speach, and Nils Vigeland. The works draw on famous and lesser-known Sondheim songs from Sunday in the Park with George, Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, Follies, Company, and other shows.
The evening will include an on-stage discussion with Stephen Sondheim, led by Mark Eden Horowitz, author of the critically acclaimed Sondheim on Music. Film clips of the composers speaking about Liaisons will be interspersed throughout the program. Tickets are $55, $47 for members, $15 for those under 30. A complete program list appears below.
This project marks the first time that Sondheim songs have been formally adapted for solo piano. With Sondheim's blessing, de Mare selected a remarkable and diverse roster of composers from around the world to re-imagine a Sondheim song of their choosing, resulting in a wide variety of settings. "It is aesthetically fulfilling to hear composers take my music and treat it seriously," said Sondheim, himself a student of seminal composer Milton Babbitt, during an onstage interview at last year's Symphony Spaceconcert.
Contributing composers represent varying genres of music including: jazz (Fred Hersch, Ethan Iverson); contemporary classical (Frederic Rzewski, Phil Kline, Mason Bates, Mary Ellen Childs, Derek Bermel, Andy Akiho); pop/classical hybrid (Nico Muhly, Gabriel Kahane, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Jherek Bischoff); opera (Mark-Anthony Turnage, John Musto, Jake Heggie); musical theater (Ricky Ian Gordon, Jason Robert Brown, Eric Rockwell); film (Peter Golub, Thomas Newman) and more. LIAISONS also includes works by Pulitzer Prize-winners William Bolcom, Steve Reich, Michael Daugherty and Paul Moravec, Academy Award-winners Thomas Newman and David Shire, TONY Award-winner Jason Robert Brown, and Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Duncan Sheik.
De Mare encouraged the composers to choose whichever song most compelled them, with the only criteria being a maximum length of 10 minutes and adherence to the song's basic melodic material. Composers put their own spin on recognizable classics like Send in the Clowns, The Ballad of Sweeney Todd and Being Alive, to name a few, but also on lesser-known works including Sorry-Grateful, Someone in a Tree and A Bowler Hat, among others. "Each piece represents a totally unique union of the composer's individual style with Sondheim's underlying substance," comments de Mare. "These aren't songs without words-they are complete musical compositions in their own right that reveal Sondheim's unparalleled capacity for melody and musical architecture." A full recording of the project is underway, produced by Judith Sherman, for release in spring 2014. Further details are available at http://www.theliasionsproject.com.
Phil Kline: Paraphrase (Someone in a Tree) (based on Someone in a Tree from Pacific Overtures)
Frederic Rzewski: I'm Still Here (Follies)
Jason Robert Brown: Birds of Victorian England (based on Green Finch and Linnet Bird from Sweeney Todd)
Thomas Newman: Not While I'm Around (Sweeney Todd)
Rodney Sharman: Notes on Beautiful (based on Beautiful from Sunday in the Park with George)
Nico Muhly: Color and Light (Sunday in the Park with George)
Mary Ellen Childs: Now, Later, Soon (A Little Night Music)
Eve Beglarian: Perpetual Happiness (based on Happiness from Passion)
Bernadette Speach: In and Out of Love (based on Send in the Clowns and Liaisons from A Little Night Music)
John Musto: Epiphany (Sweeney Todd)
Michael Daugherty: Everybody's Got the Right (Assassins)
Nils Vigeland: Merrily We Roll Along (Merrily We Roll Along)
Peter Golub: A Child of Children and Art (based on Children and Art from Sunday in the Park with George)
Steve Reich: Finishing the Hat (Sunday in the Park with George)
Eric Rockwell: You Could Drive a Person Crazy (Company)
Mason Bates: Very Put Together (based on Putting it Together from Sunday in the Park with George)
Annie Gosfield: A Bowler Hat (Pacific Overtures)
Jake Heggie: I'm Excited. No You're Not (based on A Weekend in the Country from A Little Night Music)
Anthony de Mare is recognized as one of the world's most versatile pianists. A foremost champion of contemporary music, and a pioneer in the speaking-singing pianist genre, recent performance highlights include: the national tour of The American Piano with pianist Steven Mayerand scholar Joseph Horowitz; Playing With Myself, a multi-media concert event; Missing Peace, an eclectic series of old and new works inspired by the exhibition The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama; Cool ~ A Journey into the Influence of Jazz;and Unities: Music of Pride and Celebration. De Mare has also collaborated and performed with the Lark Quartet, the Bang-On-A-Can All Stars, Meredith Monk/The House, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, among many others. He currently serves on the roster of Yamaha Artists and is a professor of piano at Manhattan School of Music and New York University. Visit www.anthonydemare.com.
Symphony Space traces its beginnings to a free marathon concert, Wall to Wall Bach, held in 1978 and organized by co-founders Isaiah Sheffer and Allan Miller. The music marathon then drew thousands of visitors and has since become one of the organization's signature events. Today Symphony Space presents more than 600 events each season, including music, dance, theater, film, and literary readings. Some of its best known programs include Selected Shorts, a reading of short stories by stars of stage and screen, and one of the most popular series on public radio; the Thalia Film Club, a trendy film club hosted by Marshall Fine featuring pre-release screenings and behind-the-scenes conversations with film stars; Just Kidding, one of the most talked about family entertainment series around town; and, more recently, The Mus ic of Now, presenting an eclectic range of music in all styles and sensibilities, focusing on emerging artists and unusual work. Uptown/ Showdown has been called "New York's best comedy series" by New York Magazine. For more information, visit symphonyspace.org.
Symphony Space is located at 2537 Broadway at 95th Street. Box office hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 1 pm - 6 pm, open two hours prior to performances and events. Tickets can also be purchased through www.symphonyspace.org, or by calling 212/864-5400.


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Forza Motorsport 6 uses a new system of driver avatars called drivatars to power single-player races. The game learns the driving style of each individual player as they race on different tracks, and builds an artificial intelligence (AI) drivatar for each player. When you start a single-player race, Forza Motorsport 6 uses drivatars from your friends and other Xbox Live players to populate your opponents.
When you see your friend's gamertag coming up behind you during a single-player race, it's really just their drivatar.
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Either Apple has been forcibly taken over by a multilingual cartel, or it's updating its online store like it always does when it's about to announce a major new product. Come on guys, we've been doing this for how many years now?
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BOSTON — Our tour guide is about to give us the scoop on John Kerry's 12-room townhouse, here at the corner of the city's tony Louisburg Square, when a gray head pops out from the Democratic senator's ground-floor window, flashing a watering can and a smile.
"Hello," she says in our direction, tilting the can over a row of windowsill flowers.
We wave awkwardly to this woman we don't recognize but know for sure is not Teresa Heinz Kerry. Shucks. And then the wobbly, broken window screen slams down.
It startles us; it startles her. And as she fumbles to push it back up, our tour guide — momentarily and uncharacteristically speechless — motions us farther along and out of earshot.
"We'll just come over here, and I'll talk really quiet," Nicole Mayne tells us on this cinematic stroll through the city with Boston Movie Tours.
In a hush, Mayne tells us the house is estimated to be worth $9.8 million. "At least," she says, her eye on the woman who is now leaning out of a second window, "that's what's in my script." As is the tidbit of how the Kerrys succeeded in having the city move a pesky fire hydrant from their front sidewalk to a less visible spot just around the corner.
But wait — this is a movie tour. Lovely as it is, what's John Kerry's house got to do with Boston moviemaking?
Well, nothing, really. It's the house across the street that brings us here. No. 22, the backdrop for a scene in the 1968 movie "The Boston Strangler." There it is, looking near exactly the same in Mayne's handy binder of photo stills — a red-brick building, yellow fire hydrant and all. (Apparently not everyone has the same pull with hydrants as the Kerrys).
Onward we go this Friday afternoon, in search of the next bit of Hollywood history tucked away in the nooks and crannies of Boston's cobblestoned streets and storied buildings.
It's a lively 90-minute walking tour that, for $20, tests our knowledge of cinematic trivia while showcasing the city's past and burgeoning new film scene.
And it is burgeoning. While movies referenced on the tour date back to the 1960s (Think "The Thomas Crown Affair" starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway), the string of movies filmed here in recent years is striking: "Good Will Hunting," "Mystic River," "The Departed," "Fever Pitch," "Gone, Baby Gone."
In fact, the tour company reports that Boston has been home to more than 400 movies and television shows. Add to that the seven major movies that have been shot in Massachusetts just this year alone — a boom credited to the aggressive tax incentives the state passed to lure filmmakers — and suddenly it doesn't seem so crazy that Boston fancies itself Hollywood East.
"Boston is really becoming a movie-making destination," says Jeff Coveney, who launched the Boston Movie Tours in 2005. "The branding of Boston and Massachusetts is starting to [evolve] as more than just a history-based location. It's now also a Hollywood- and celebrity-based location."
Which means Coveney and his roster of six tour guides aren't lacking for fresh material. They keep up with the reported comings and goings of celebrities, and scout every film crew that rolls into town for new tidbits to infuse into the dozen or so walking and bus tours the company leads in a week.
"As they make more movies, we have more stuff to talk about," says Mayne, 23, a Massachusetts native and herself an aspiring actress. (Look for her brown, curly ponytail in a stunt scene in the upcoming, Boston-based Kevin James movie, "Paul Blart: Mall Cop.")
"And I think what we're doing kind of goes hand in hand with that. It makes this whole idea of this filming movement that's coming to Boston — of this Hollywood East — seem a little more permanent."
Bogus BucksWe begin our tour in Boston Common, with Mayne first defining for us the term "Boston movie." On this tour, that could mean one of three things: a movie filmed and set in Boston; a movie filmed in Boston but set elsewhere; or a movie filmed elsewhere but set in Boston.
It's at this point that she also introduces the concept of Boston movie bucks — bogus money earned for every trivia question answered correctly, with the biggest bucks-holder winning a prize (usually movie tickets or film-industry swag).
We make our way toward Beacon Street, stopping within view of the gold-domed Massachusetts State House. Mayne opens her binder of film stills to one showing a pack of men in rugby uniforms, congregated on the very spot we're standing.
"The Departed!" says a college-aged guy in our group, visiting from Cleveland with his brother and parents. He's answering a question that Mayne hasn't yet asked. But that's how the game is played, and so she congratulates him and hands him a buck.
" Matt Damon!" he fires again, gesturing to the arrow scrawled on the photo in marker, pointing to one particular player in the scrum.
He shouts a few more movie facts, and before I know it, he's got a pocketful of bucks. That's when I realize I'm playing with a significant handicap; I haven't been to the movies much over the past two years. I need to come up with an alternative buck-building strategy.
We make our way outside the park and to a bronze sculpture depicting a Civil War colonel on horseback. Mayne asks our group if we know who it is.
"Robert Gould Shaw!" I say, reading the inscription on the monument, my palm out to accept my buck.
Mayne shakes her head. "No bucks for reading!"
Then the Cleveland brothers step in. "Glory!" one says, recognizing the statue from the closing credits of the 1989 Civil War film.
Denzel Washington. Morgan Freeman. Matthew Broderick. The brothers clean house, naming the film's starring actors. We stroll on, my sad little pockets still empty.
We arrive at the nearby Boston Atheneum, an exclusive, members-only library. Mayne gives us a little bit of the Atheneum's history before opening her binder to a still of two familiar-looking actors hunkered down at a library table, a scene shot just inside the building set at Harvard. The university, she tells us, is averse to letting disruptive film crews on campus.
I feel a swell of excitement. I so know this. It's on the tip of my tongue, this distinctly mid-90s film — the height of my movie-going. It's all me.
Brendan Fraser! Joe Pesci! And the movie? Umm. Umm. Oh! "With Honors!"
I happily stuff a trio of bucks into my pocket.
We wind our way through Beacon Hill, seeing the quaint shops, charming alleys and hulking office buildings that appeared in movies such as "The Verdict" and "Blown Away" and in television shows like "Boston Public" and "Ally McBeal."
Along the way we collect our bucks, and a host of interesting city and cinematic trivia. We arrive at our last site, Cheers! — the standard tourist tavern stop and setting of the popular 1980s sitcom.
We hand over our bucks, and no surprise, the Cleveland brothers cash in with what Mayne tells us is a record number of points earned on any of her tours. Still, the rest of us shlubs don't exactly go away empty-handed. Our tour pass gives us a discounted meal at the tavern. I don't care if it is a little cheesy. I elbow my way past the tourists snapping photos under the pub's famous sign and flash my Boston Movie Tours pass to the host inside like the winner I know I really am.
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All summer you gardened. And you mowed.
Then came fall, and there was the raking (and a little more mowing). Now winter is finally upon us, and with it, a chance to take a deep breath and evaluate what's inside our homes instead of outside of them.
For some of us, a trip to IKEA will do. For others, a trip back in time is the only way to go. If you love antiques, Baltimore's a great place to be, and now's the perfect time to set out for a cozy weekend of antiquing.
But with the toll the recession has taken on shopowners large and small, where are Baltimore's coolest antique haunts today? We scouted out a sampling of the very best antique shops the region has to offer, from classic to kitsch, from tiny to warehouse-sized. So pack a lunch and grab a thermos—you're going to be out a while.
If you love antiques, have a lot of space to fill, and the budget to fill it, there's a good chance the Antique Center at Federal Hill (1220 Key Hwy., 410-625-0182) will get the job done in one fell swoop. Tucked along Key Highway on the edge of Federal Hill, the 10,000-square-foot facility is less of a shop and more of an über-classy warehouse, full of 18th, 19th, and early 20th century Continental, English, and American furniture and accessories. It's easy to see why the place has become a favorite among both Baltimore and Washington, D.C., designers. Not only is the selection fantastic, but shoppers have ample space to step back and evaluate items from afar in homelike settings. Once you discover where it is, you might just kick your antique-loving self for not finding it earlier.
Hampden's Antique Exchange (3545 Chestnut Ave., 410-532-7000, antique-exchange.com) proves that there's a huge gray area when it comes to antiques. And sometimes that gray area isn't gray at all—it's fuchsia. Or covered in zebra print. It's fitting that the shop—on the A-list of Baltimore's in-the-know antique addicts for more than 25 years—made its new home in the quirky Hampden neighborhood after years in Roland Park. Husband and wife duo Tom and Wesley Finnerty renovated the former row home into a chic venue that mixes old with new—from stately antique arm chairs and blue-and-white porcelain to bold-print throw pillows and cutting-edge lighting fixtures—while keeping it warm and cozy, complete with lush oriental rugs underfoot and the combined scent of its many soy-based candles. If you've ever wondered what it'd be like to throw a little 1909 into your 2009, this shop is a must-see.
Since its July move from Roland Park to Mt. Washington, loyal customers of C.H. O'Malley Antiques (1501 Sulgrave Ave., 410-466-0606, omalleyantiques.com) have called on their cell phones from the old location, panicked about the shop's whereabouts. And why wouldn't they be? O'Malley's pristine collection of American, English, and Continental antiques is enough to get any red-blooded antique lover's pulse speeding. The new location, neatly tucked into Mt. Washington Village (in the former McCafferty's restaurant space), has nearly doubled the showroom size, allowing more room to maneuver and ample sunlight to admire the shop's sparkling restoration work. Customer service provided by proprietor Charlene O'Malley and sister Deborah Balog can't be beat. In fact, if you tell them what you like, they'll e-mail you photos of things in that genre. Who does that anymore?
If Urban Outfitters had an antique/vintage offshoot, it would be the Curiozity Shoppe. The longtime Reisterstown vendor, which is moving uptown this month (to two locations in Timonium, 2141 Greenspring Dr., 410-833-3434, and 75 W. Timonium Rd., 410-828-1870, curiozityshoppe.com), has been a funky neighborhood favorite for years, known as much for its uniquely spelled name as for its friendly sampling of garden-ready, wrought-iron items and stone statues and fountains displayed out front. Inside is a rustic collection of antique and vintage furniture (American, European, and a splash of Asian) with the erstwhile vintage sign or door thrown in. While more polished, the new Timonium venues still have the same flair of the original Reisterstown spot, just in a more homey environment. Inventory changes weekly at both locations and things tend to sell off quickly, so if you've got your eye on something, act fast.
There are antique lovers and then there are antique lovers: those who will travel to the ends of the earth for that one perfect piece. For more than 20 years, Philip S. Dubey, owner of three-floor, 3,000-square-foot Dubey's Art & Antiques (807 N. Howard St., 410-383-2881, dubeysantiques.com) has specialized in satisfying diehard antique lovers on Baltimore's famed Antique Row. Endlessly passionate about his collection of early American furniture and Chinese export porcelain (he's been collecting it since high school), Dubey is a walking antique encyclopedia. Five years ago, he expanded his business to the 10,000-square-foot space next door, opening the Antique Row Stalls, a multi-dealer antique cooperative. Between the two spaces, it's like walking into a museum. Be prepared to stay a while.
If you're an antique fan who's up for a 20-minute ride and fancies some Christmas cheer, Glencoe Gardens (15900 York Rd., Sparks, 410-472-2300) will definitely fit the bill. Set back from a northern York Road that's worlds away from the York Road of Timonium 10 miles south, the three-level shop is decidedly casual, with a pebble-covered front walkway, a cat often perched in one of its many front windows, and a floppy-eared dog that skedaddles when you walk through the door. This time of year, locals visit the 6,000-square-foot store for more than just antiques, as Glencoe Gardens is transformed into a winter wonderland offering decorative greens out front (all grown on site) and a front room devoted solely to Christmas decorations. But don't let the seasonal slant fool you; husband and wife proprietors Wiley and Colby Hawks have filled the large space top to bottom with antiques large (desks, grandfather clocks) and small (an impressive collection of vintage McCormick containers and products) and will be delighted to give you the grand tour.
It's hard to pinpoint the very best thing about Westminster's decidedly eclectic Sidetracked Antiques and Design (10 E. Main St., Westminster, 410-857-4455). Perhaps it's the way vivacious proprietor Patty Keener mixes the old with the new, displaying both apparel and jewelry (vintage and new) with two centuries of American and English furniture (all of it for sale). Or the way you can try on your soon-to-be new accessories in front of your choice of antique mirrors (also for sale). Or maybe it's the cozy shop's narrow brick building, an antique in and of itself. (It sits only steps away from the historic town's train tracks, which rumble with passing locomotives at least twice a day.) Since the shop is set back from Westminster's cutesy Main Street, don't be surprised if you have trouble finding the place. Keep your cell and Sidetracked's phone number handy, and Keener will gladly guide you there.
With its high ceilings and strings of all-season white lights, it's easy to feel immediately at home at Things You Love Antiques and Gifts (234 Main St., Reisterstown, 410-833-5019). Housed in a charming historic log cabin on old Reisterstown's main drag, the warm greeting of owner Maggie Herman will make you want to take your time and peruse her two-floor collection of furniture, china, photos, prints, and new and vintage jewelry. Herman favors 1940s style, but always offers a good sprinkling of late 19th century items as well. There's no pressure to be an expert here, and she encourages visitors to get up close and personal with her merchandise, including her popular and ever-changing collection of 1940s hats (a favorite among teen girls and twentysomethings). The best part? You can buy a baby blanket or puffy white bathrobe—or anything you bring in, for that matter—and, in many cases, have it monogrammed by Herman while you shop.
Antiquers can be so serious. But if you're looking for a good time, try Tina's (237 Main St., Reisterstown, 410-833-9337). Set among old Reisterstown's small-but-eclectic antique row, the spacious shop's friendly hodgepodge will pique the interest of collectors, fashionistas, and antique newbies alike. A large glass case displaying a sparkling assortment of antique and estate jewelry greets shoppers at the front of the unexpectedly spacious store, which features pretty much everything, from classy (glassware, brass and copper kettles, Judaica, beaded pocketbooks) to kitsch (lady head vases, ashtrays, toys, and one very giant velvet Elvis). "There's literally everything here," says manager Lynne Waranch, who's always happy to show visitors around Tina's collection. "We just like to have a good time."
With its bare-bones, corrugated metal façade, the Westminster Antique Mall (433 Hahn Rd., Westminster, 410-857-4044, westminsterantiquemall.com) doesn't dress to impress. But don't let its barren exterior deceive you. With a whopping 165 antique dealers selling their diverse wares, the 25,000-square-foot facility is the Home Depot of antiquing. From the ornate to the kitschy, the mall has more than enough to satisfy both casual and serious collectors, and features an impressive array of, well, pretty much everything, including coins, glassware, sports memorabilia, pottery, furniture, and military antiques. During special weekend events (schedule varies) you can also get free appraisals, watch chair-weaving demonstrations, or enjoy on-site doll repair. If you need a breather, stop for refreshments at the mall's cute seated vending corner.


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