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How Kit Bond voted on all votes
Confirmed VOTE 299
Confirmation Mary Helen Murgia, of Arizona, to be U.S. Circuit Judge
Agreed to VOTE 298
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
Ratifies the treaty between the United States and Russia on measures for further reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms.
Rejected VOTE 297
Kyl Amdt. No. 4893; To provide that the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification of the New START Treaty is subject to an understanding regarding the non-use of covers by the Russian Federation that tend to interfere with Type One inspections and accurate warhead counting, is subject to the United States and the Russian Federation reaching an agreement regarding access and monitoring, and is subject to a certification that the Russian Federation has agreed that it will not deny telemetric exchanges on new ballistic missile systems it deploys during the duration of the Treaty.
Rejected VOTE 296
Kyl Amdt. No. 4860; To require a certification that the President has negotiated a legally binding side agreement with the Russian Federation that the Russian Federation will not deploy a significant number of nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missiles during the duration of the New START Treaty.
Rejected VOTE 295
Wicker Amdt. No. 4895; To provide an understanding that provisions adopted in the Bilateral Consultative Commission that affect substantive rights or obligations under the Treaty are those that create new rights or obligations for the United States and must therefore be submitted to the Senate for its advice and consent.
Agreed to VOTE 294
Motion to Table Risch Amdt. No. 4878; To provide a condition regarding the return of stolen United States military equipment.
Rejected VOTE 293
Ensign Amdt. No. 4855; To amend the Treaty to provide for a clear definition of rail-mobile missiles.
Agreed to VOTE 292
Motion to Invoke Cloture on Treaty Doc. 111-5 (The START Treaty); Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed in Prague on April 8, 2010, with Protocol
Confirmed VOTE 291
Confirmation of William Joseph Martinez to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Colorado
Confirmed VOTE 290
Confirmation Benita Y. Pearson, of Ohio to be U.S. District Judge


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If you feel uncomfortable making pie crusts, please read my Let Them Eat Pie series, articles 1...
Having a viable website has resulted in a steady stream of emails from JOY fans. As a result, we've been able to gather some basic information about the people who visit our site. One surprising find is that we have a solid fan base in Canada. I don't know why I find this surprising, as our neighbors to the North undoubtedly have many things in common with us. Perhaps this is because, as someone who has not yet visited Canada, I still envision it as a beautiful and chilly land of very friendly people.
I suppose it is possible that, while our Canadian readership may not be as robust as the American faction, they are more vocal or forthcoming with their findings and opinions.
In either case, this observation started me thinking about (a-boot?) Canadian dishes. I am willing to admit that I have almost no idea of the vagaries of Canadian cuisine. I imagine that it is much like American cuisine, which is to say, varied. A little French influence here, a bit of British sensibility there, and lots of delicious infiltration by ethnic cuisines from around the world.
But still, there have to be some iconic Canadian foods that haven't trickled down into the States to speak of. As so often happens, I found one answer on my own endless list of recipes to try--Nanaimo Bars.
Nanaimo sounds like a magical place, doesn't it? I would tend to argue that it must be magical, as Nanaimo Bars originated there (and Wikipedia claims that Nanaimo is the "bathtub racing capital of the world," although I'm not sure what that means). Nanaimo Bars are basically a no-bake pudding bar--the pudding layer being sandwiched between a crumbly crust and chocolate frosting. In my search for a good baseline recipe, I discovered that there are many variations on the theme, and that the "original" Nanaimo Bar is something of a great white whale.
The disadvantage to having to develop a recipe for something you've never tasted is obviously that you can't really know what to aim for. However, the Joy of Cooking is the perfect place to start, especially for a composite recipe (i.e. a recipe pieced together from several different recipes). I cherry picked from JOY's pages a crust, a filling, and a frosting from which to assemble my Nanaimo Bars.
While some Nanaimo Bar recipes call for a chocolate crust, I opted for a graham cracker crust instead. The combination of a chocolate crust and chocolate icing would almost certainly drown out the lovely vanilla filling. The toasty, buttery notes of a graham cracker crust seemed fitting for a dessert that is certain to take you back to those wonderfully simple childhood flavors.
After trying these bars with a dark chocolate frosting, I decided to use chocolate ganache instead. It's quite rich and gives way beneath the teeth in the most seductive fashion. These bars are perfect for kids and adults alike. Since the holiday season is upon us, you really don't need an excuse to try them soon.
Special thanks to Nanaimo, BC for making this post possible!
Other articles you might enjoy: Iced Hermits, Gluten-Free Almond Brownies
Prepare the crust. Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Combine in a bowl:
1 1/2 cups fine graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup sugar
6 tablespoons butter, melted
Press the graham cracker mixture into the bottom and up the sides of a 9x9-inch pan. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until firm and toasty-smelling.
Prepare the custard filling. Combine in a heavy, medium saucepan:
1 cup milk
1/4 cup heavy cream
(Seeds from one vanilla bean)
Cook, stirring frequently, over medium heat until the mixture begins to simmer. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, beat on high speed until thick and pale yellow, about 1 minute:
1/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
2 egg yolks
Pinch salt
Gradually pour about one-quarter of the milk into the egg mixture, whisking to combine. Scrape the egg mixture back into the pan and cook over medium heat, whisking constantly and scraping the bottom and corners of the pan to prevent scorching, until the mixture is thickened and begins to bubble. Continue to cook, whisking, for about 1 1/2 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in, if not using the vanilla bean:
(1 teaspoon vanilla)
Pour over the baked graham cracker crust and refrigerate until completely cool.
Prepare the ganache. Have ready:
4 ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
Bring to a simmer in a small saucepan:
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons heavy cream
Remove from the heat and pour over the chocolate. Cover and let stand for 10 minutes, then stir until completely smooth.
Let the ganache stand at room temperature until it is about 85˚F. Then, pour it over the custard filling. Let the ganache set, refrigerated for about 30 minutes before serving.

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The actor plans to buy 1,000 tickets to "Killing Season" for the general public and local donors who have contributed to his causes throughout the years.
John Travolta wants to take Marion County to the movies.
More specifically, the actor and Anthony resident plans to buy 1,000 tickets to his new thriller, "Killing Season," for the general public and local donors who have contributed to his causes throughout the years.
He will give 300 tickets to the donors and then give two tickets each to 350 residents who answer trivia questions online. Those 350 winners will be selected randomly. The deadline is June 30.
"Killing Season" opens in limited release in big cities on July 12, but Travolta said he arranged for the film to open in Ocala on that date, too.
With his more recent films, Travolta has hosted high-dollar movie premieres in Ocala to help raise thousands for local charities. But for this film, he wanted to do something different.
"We've tapped the community quite a bit," Travolta said. "I feel like this is a way of giving back without having them buy a dinner (at a fundraising premiere). It's a way of giving back without asking for something back."
Starting today, residents can go to Ocala.com/KillingSeason and answer three Travolta-related trivia questions. Winners will be selected randomly and receive two tickets each to a screening at Regal's Hollywood 16 in Ocala.
Travolta is buying the tickets, he said, to thank local donors who have helped his causes, as well as thank the community in general for all its support since he and his family moved to Marion County 10 years ago. The Travoltas — wife and actress Kelly Preston, daughter Ella and son Ben — live in Jumbolair, a fly-in neighborhood in Anthony that allows the actor/pilot to park his jets outside his back door.
"Killing Season" has Travolta playing a Bosnian who seeks revenge on a reclusive American veteran (Robert De Niro) of the Bosnian war. The two wind up in a man-to-man showdown in the woods, with a bearded Travolta armed with a bow and arrow.
"It's terrific," Travolta said. "It's more along the lines of an arthouse movie. It's a wonderful essay on war — and people who have experienced not only war but war crimes and have been guilty of war crimes. I think it's just a really powerful piece."
To prepare, he travelled to Bosnia and Serbia.
"I interviewed several Serbians and several Bosnians. I got their viewpoints, and then I studied with a Serbian and Bosnian for my accent. It was quite of bit of work to get it right," he said. "I still have all the interviews I did with everybody on my phone. There are so many bigger forces behind this smaller war; that's the scary part. There's more than just them.
"It's a well-written movie. It's an actor's movie. It's got a lot of movement and action, but it's mostly based on characters."
The film is rated R, but Travolta said it likely would be appropriate for teens and older.
Since 2007, Travolta has anchored five movie premieres to raise money for Marion County charities. Preston also hosted a premiere party for her film "The Last Song" in 2010, raising money for Marion County's special-needs Boy Scout Troop 331 and Memories of Missing Smiles (MOMS) memorial park.
In most of those events, the Travoltas walked the red carpet outside the theater, greeting and signing autographs for non-ticket holders.
Then, in 2010, Travolta bought more than $25,000 worth of movie snacks for locals attending sold-out screenings of "Grease Sing-A-Long." He did it to thank Marion County residents who launched an online blitz to bring the film to Ocala.
Deadline for the "Killing Season" contest is June 30. Winners will be notified by July 1.


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The happy group at the start of MDR.
This past weekend I did the "Memorial Day Ride" ("MDR"), a supported bike tour between Los Gatos and Santa Barbara organized for the past 22 years by Janine Rood. The route alternates between the original "coastal route" and a newer "inland route". The coastal route, held on odd years, follows Highway 1 through Big Sur while the odd-yeared inland route tours the parched hills of Hillister, Pacines, Bitterwater, and King City on the way to Cabria and San Simenon. From San Simeon to Santa Barabara the two routes share the same final two days.
2011 being odd, this was a coastal route year, but the same landslides which diverted the Tour of California from its planned Big Sur passage did the same to MDR this year, so inland it was for the second consecutive year. So odd and even switch: next year will be coastal, Caltrans permitting.
The inland route is 370 miles or so in four days: a long first day of 114 miles, another long day following of 100 miles, a "recovery" day of 45 miles, then a final day of 108 miles. The coastal route has a a slightly shorter first two days but not by much.
Janine practices a brilliant logistical juggling trick which she has perfected over these past decades. The brilliance of it all is it runs on a volunteer basis: three riders each segment must volunteer to drive a van or the tour stops. There's one luggage fan, two food vans. At each rest stop the "lead" food van stays until the "follow" food van arrives. It then drives to the next stop in time to provide food for the lead riders. The following van then remains until the last rider has arrived, when it leaves to relieve the lead van at the next stop. Long days have three stops, so that this actually works is nontrivial.
After missing the last two because Cara hasn't been able to ride and thus dropping from the initial invitation list, after hearing a friend was going to cancel, with Cara's encouragement I decided to put my name on the wait list. Luckily there were more cancellations this year than people on the wait list, and I was told I was in a week before the start.
My preparation this year was marginal at best. I've done no organized cycling events, no race simulation rides, no interval sessions, and no rides longer than 70 miles since last year. My new job and commute had ripped the guys out of my weekday training, which now consisted of a few morning bike commutes and a handful of lunchtime runs. Add to this that I was now three years older than the last time I did the ride and I could only hope that experience would carry me through.
I was rudely reminded of my lack of long rides on Thursday, day 1, when at mule 70, the length of my long ride so far, I felt the tank run empty. From here on I slipped into survival mode, never dipping into a red zone which was now inaccessable to me, happy for the tailwind which helped push me up the hills approaching Bitterwater. The run from Bitterwater to King City was impeded by strong cross-winds, but it included a substantial descent, so wasn't bad.
Day 2, Friday, I felt much better. I'd rested, eaten, and hydrated well after the day prior's ride, and my legs felt good. On the second leg I even got frisky, attacking on the climbs on the rolling route. The Interlaken climb, used in this year's Tour of California, was a highlight. After the third rest stop I deviated from the official route and instead of a segment which included a highway shoulder, I took to the dirt via Kau Mine Road. The dirt climb which follows Kau Mine, Cypress Mountain Drive, took me to the top of Santa Rosa Creek for the long, rough, and steep descent to Cambria. From there all I had to do was suffer the final five miles into a block headwind to San Simeon. All in all I felt good about the day, even if my "quality over quantity" short cut had reduced the distance by at least ten miles.
Saturday Day 3 was a well-earned joy. It includes a "coasting" descent contest designed by long-time participant Greg Ferry. Greg wasn't on the ride this year due to his travels, but the contest lived on. The goal is to go as far as possible with a single stomp on the pedals. Results are strongly correlated to rider mass and although I'm significantly above my racing weight right now I'll need to beef myself up considerably further to take the honors in this one next year. It's curious, actually, how little the bike seems to matter on this test. Another highlight of day 3 was our destination: San Luis Obispo is a fun town in the way made possibly only from the massive influx of money a major college provides.
Day 4, Sunday, was the final, long run down to Santa Barbara. I was hoping the rest day would invigorate me for this one, but this didn't prove true. After a huge bowl of miso, noodles, tofu and vegetables at Big Sky Cafe in SLO the night before I'd eaten a light breakfast of the 1.5 old bagels I still had in my initial food supply. The Motel 6 we'd stayed in was on the outskirts of town and nothing much was available there, so I figuring instead I'd fuel up at the first rest stop. But when my group arrived there after blasting over Strawberry Hill the van wasn't yet there. I kept moving, realizing the second 25 miles would be a challenge. But I faded even worst than I feared, and by Harris Grade Road, where the longest climb of the tour loomed, I was close to empty. Luckily, however, the food van passed me here, stopping at the side of the road ahead of its scheduled stop on the opposite side of the hill. From this point, at around mile 40, it was a constant effort to dig myself out of my hole. Thanks to Dave Hover's steady wheel as he practiced for an upcoming triathlon on his Cervelo P3, I was able to minimize the amount of work I had to do, and even started to feel strong on the final few climbs on Foothill approaching Santa Rosa (aided in part by a half-can of Coca Cola at the final rest stop).
So the tour was a personal success. I finished tired, too tired to take my pre-planned Monday morning run, but surely these long miles will be money in the bank for what follows in this cycling season.
Due to some issues with my driver's license renewal being delayed I wasn't able to drive support this year. I was far from alone: a substantial number of the participants rode the entire distance. Some riders, due to illness or fatigue, drove during several legs. However others out of obligation to the ride picked up the slack of those of us who didn't drive. I hope to make up for my freeloading ways the next time I do the tour; there's nothing stopping those who drive a segment from riding make-up miles at the end of the day, and on the last day a group of volunteers who'd missed a segment of that ride did just that, climbing Gibralter Road out of Santa Barbara, an epic climb. Sounds like a plan for next time.


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The full list of 2007 Television Craft Awards winners and a round up of the night's celebrations and honours.
The 2007 Television Craft Awards ceremony took
place at The Dorchester, Park Lane on 22 April.
!Small Screen, Big Talent
Words: Anne Marie-Flynn
A close encounter with Idi Amin which could have altered the course of history was just one of the anecdotal treats offered to guests at the British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2007, courtesy of its charming host Jon Snow.
Philip Glennister, Jim Broadbent, Emilia Fox, Martin Freeman, Ruth Wilson, Adrian Edmondson and Jon Culshaw were just some of the presenters who attended on Sunday 22 April at London's Dorchester Hotel, to pay tribute to the unsung heroes behind the camera. "Gathered in this room tonight are the sum total, the brightest and the best of what makes British television still the best in the world," said Snow.
Peter Morgan followed his two wins at this year's Orange British Academy Film Awards with a hat trick, winning the Writer award for Longford, which was also victorious in Editing Fiction, bringing BAFTA glory to Melanie Oliver.
An Audience With Take That... Live! was the first non-drama set to win in Production Design for Bill Laslett. Period dramas were not denied their moment of glory though; Anne 'Nosh' Oldham brought Jane Eyre recognition for Hair and Make Up and Amy Roberts took the Costume Design Award for her lavish, Elizabethan wardrobe in The Virgin Queen.
Edmund Coulthard, who won the New Director category at these Awards in 2001, demonstrated how that talent has flourished, winning this year's Director BAFTA for urban thriller Soundproof. Writer Sharon Foster won this year's Break-through Talent Award with her first feature-length drama, Shoot The Messenger, about a black teacher accused of racism for assaulting one of his black pupils. It was a double celebration for Shoot The Messenger when David Katznelson won in the Photography & Lighting Fiction/Entertainment category.
Other winners included 9/11: The Twin Towers and Tsunami: The Aftermath for Sound Factual and Sound Fiction/Entertainment. It was a first for football, when Match Of The Day's FIFA World Cup 2006, won for its striking Titles. Another first came for Nickelodeon UK for Me:TV in the New Media Developer category, which enabled young viewers to become part of the television programmes they watched and Sky One's Terry Pratchett's Hogfather won for Visual Effects. Prime Suspect: The Final Act, brought victory to Nicholas Hooper in Original Television Music.
Veteran comedy and drama producer Sydney Lotterby was honoured with this year's Special Award presented to him by David Jason: "... if it wasn't for this man, television's Del Boy would have been very different – and so would my career – because he slipped me the pilot script of Only Fools And Horses before anyone else had seen it and pushed my name forward. And the rest, as they say, is history." Sydney's prodigious body of work in the comedy and drama field includes classic hits such as Porridge, Yes Minister, Butterflies and As Time Goes By.
Thanks go to the television committee, to Hilary Bevan Jones and her tireless enthusiasm for these awards, to all those jurors who gave so generously of their time and expertise, to both our loyal and new sponsors and lastly to Clare Brown and the Awards team, and particularly Lisa Prime, Craft Awards Officer, for her unstinting commitment.
2007 Nominees & Winners List:
Winners are highlighted in bold.
Sydney Lotterby
sponsored by HBO Films
NEIL BISWAS - Bradford Riots (Oxford Film & Television/Great Meadow Productions/Channel 4)
BRIAN FILLIS - Fear Of Fanny (BBC/BBC Four)
SHARON FOSTER - Shoot The Messenger (BBC/BBC Two)
NICK HOLT - Guys And Dolls (North One TV/Five)
DAVID BLIGHT - A Harlot's Progress (Touchpaper Productions/Hardy & Sons/Channel 4)
EMMA FRYER - Fear Of Fanny (BBC/BBC Four)
JAMES KEAST - The Ruby In The Smoke (A BBC Drama/WGBH Boston co-production/BBC One)
AMY ROBERTS - The Virgin Queen (A BBC Drama/Power co-production/BBC One)
sponsored by Sony Pictures Television International
EDMUND COULTHARD - Soundproof (BBC Drama co-production in association with Blast!/BBC Two)
TOM HOOPER - Longford (A Granada Production for Channel 4 in association with HBO)
BHARAT NALLURI - Life On Mars (Kudos Film & Television/BBC One)
ADRIAN SHERGOLD - Low Winter Sun (Tiger Aspect Productions/Channel 4)
GREGOR LYON - Breaking Up With The Joneses (betty/Channel 4)
BEN GILES - Nuremberg: Nazis On Trial (BBC/BBC Two)
DAVE KING - Rain In My Heart (BBC/BBC Two)
PETER PARNHAM - 9/11: The Twin Towers (Dangerous Films Ltd/BBC One)
sponsored by Pepper Post Production
CRISPIN GREEN - Doctor Who (BBC Wales/BBC One)
MELANIE OLIVER - Longford (A Granada Production for Channel 4 in association with HBO)
BARNEY PILLING - Life On Mars (Kudos Film & Television/BBC One)
TREVOR WAITE - Prime Suspect: The Final Act (ITV Productions/ITV1)
MAGIC LANTERN PRODUCTIONS - Four Docs (Magic Lantern Productions/Channel 4)
CHANNEL 4 WAR TORN PRODUCTION TEAM - War Torn (Dispatches) (Channel 4)
MARTIN PERCY - A Conversation With Sir Ian (NT Stagework/BT Sponsorship/BT Design & Media Studio)
PRELOADED/BBC HISTORY - CDX (Preloaded/BBC)
CAROL COOPER - Housewife, 49 (ITV Productions/ITV1)
ANNE 'NOSH' OLDHAM - Jane Eyre (BBC/BBC One)
EMMA SCOTT - A Harlot's Progress (Touchpaper Productions/Hardy & Sons/Channel 4)
VANESSA WHITE, NEILL GORTON - The Catherine Tate Show (Tiger Aspect Productions/BBC Two)
BBC SPORT PRODUCTION TEAM - BBC Sport (BBC Sport)
DAVIE MCGIRR AND PRODUCTION TEAM - Breaking The News (Illumina Digital Ltd/Channel 4)
BBC FOOD AND ILLUMINA DIGITAL LTD - Get Cooking (Illumina Digital Ltd/BBC Food)
- PETER DRAKE, JON DONALDSON, MARK OWEN - Me: TV
Nickelodeon UK/Nickelodeon UK
sponsored by Sebastian McLean International Ltd
GEORGE FENTON - Planet Earth (BBC/BBC One)
ALEX HEFFES - Tsunami: The Aftermath (Kudos Film & Television/HBO Films/BBC Two)
NICHOLAS HOOPER - Prime Suspect: The Final Act (ITV Productions/ITV1)
ROB LANE - Jane Eyre (BBC/BBC One)
CAMERA TEAM - Planet Earth (BBC/BBC One)
TIM CRAGG - Simon Schama's Power Of Art (BBC London Arts/BBC Two)
URSULA MACFARLANE, SASKIA WILSON - Breaking Up With The Joneses (betty/Channel 4)
CAMERA TEAM - Galapagos (BBC/BBC Two)
sponsored by Hotcam
DANNY COHEN - Longford (A Granada Production for Channel 4 in association with HBO)
JOHN DE BORMAN - Tsunami: The Aftermath (Kudos Film & Television/HBO Films/BBC Two)
GAVIN FINNEY - Terry Pratchett's Hogfather (Mob Films/Sky One)
DAVID KATZNELSON - Shoot The Messenger (BBC/BBC Two)
sponsored by Men-From-Mars
GRENVILLE HORNER - Jane Eyre (BBC/BBC One)
BILL LASLETT - An Audience With Take That...Live! (ITV Productions/ITV1)
MICHAEL PICKWOAD - Longford (A Granada Production for Channel 4 in association with HBO)
BRIAN SYKES - Life On Mars (Kudos Film & Television/BBC One)
PETER BALDOCK, TIM WHITE, CLIFF JONES - 9/11: The Twin Towers (Dangerous Films Ltd/BBC One)
DANNY FINN - The Somme: From Defeat To Victory (BBC/BBC One)
BEN BAIRD, URSULA MACFARLANE, SASKIA WILSON - Breaking Up With The Joneses (betty/Channel 4)
ANDREW WILSON, KATE HOPKINS, TIM OWENS, GRAHAM WILD - Planet Earth (BBC/BBC One)
GARY CLARKE - Strictly Come Dancing (BBC/BBC One)
MIKE FELTON - Later With Jools Holland (BBC/BBC Two)
SOUND TEAM - Life On Mars (Kudos Film & Television/BBC One)
SOUND TEAM - Tsunami: The Aftermath (Kudos Film & Television/HBO Films/BBC Two)
RICHARD NORLEY, RUSSELL MANN - Hotel Babylon (Carnival Films/BBC One)
ALAN O'BRIEN, ANTHONY SCOTT, LYNN NEALON - Suburban Shootout (Feelgood Fiction/Five)
MARK WALTERS, CHRIS GRUBB, LOUISE BRAHAM - Match Of The Day FIFA World Cup 2006 (Red Bee Media/BBC One/BBC Two)
CHRISTOPHER WILCOCK, RICHARD VOWLES, ANDREW PARASKOS - England One Day Internationals (BSkyB Creative Services/Sky Sports)
sponsored by Autodesk
LOLA - Death Of A President (Borough Films/More4)
THE MILL - Doctor Who (BBC Wales/BBC One)
LOLA/MODEL UNIT - Krakatoa: The Last Days (BBC/BBC One)
SIMON THOMAS, OLIVER MONEY - Terry Pratchett's Hogfather (Mob Films/Sky One)
FRANK DEASY - Prime Suspect (ITV Productions/ITV1)
RICKY GERVAIS, STEPHEN MERCHANT - Extras (BBC Comedy/BBC Two)
MATTHEW GRAHAM - Life On Mars (Kudos Film & Television/BBC One)
PETER MORGAN - Longford (A Granada Production for Channel 4 in association with HBO)
The Official Winners Photo:
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United Airline Passengers Deal with Unusual Flight Emergency – No Toilet Paper
Passengers on a flight to London were forced to spend 10 hours without toilet paper.
United Flight 931 took off from San Francisco, and shortly after take off passengers were told the bathrooms had run out of toilet paper. Passengers ended up having to use napkins and paper towels.
"It was disgusting," said one passenger.
However, a travel expert had another perspective on the situation.
"Is it a big deal, no," said Edward Hasbrook, a travel advice author. "Which is more important? Making your connecting flight or having to wipe with paper towels."
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New Schedules, A New Motor, And A New Body Highlight NASCAR's Revamped Grand National Division For 2007
Say the words Grand National Division to any longtime NASCAR fan and it conjures up images of Sam Ard, Larry Pearson, and Tommy Houston. Known as the Busch Grand National Division for many years, it was the stepping stone to the big time for many drivers such as Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth, and Tony Stewart, all of whom cut their NASCAR teeth in this division, the middle rung on the NASCAR ladder.
Several years ago, NASCAR began to restructure its regional touring series. During that time the "Grand National Division" was dropped from the name of that middle rung division and it became known simply as the Busch Series. Concurrently, the Busch Grand National North Series and its western counterpart were unified under the newly realigned Grand National Division banner. A few years later, the two divisions, now named Busch East Series and Auto Zone West Series to reflect their expanding territories, began using an identical rules package. This was a key component in laying the groundwork for a bigger restructuring of the two divisions.
"We're making a big push in restructuring," says George Silberman, NASCAR's managing director of racing operations. "There needs to be a clear path to the top [Nextel Cup] and the Grand National Division already had the right elements. It could easily become a developmental series for up-and-coming drivers."
In order for the Grand National Division to offer developmental opportunities while continuing to remain a viable home for regional racers, NASCAR needed to make sure it had three things: affordability, a level playing field, and great racing. Writing that down on a piece of paper is one thing, but turning it into reality is another. Tackling the affordability issue would become NASCAR's number-one priority.
Ideas on how to do that began to take shape in 2004. A team at NASCAR's Research & Development Center in Concord, North Carolina, honed in on two areas of the race car that are fertile ground for runaway spending: the motor and the body.
Richard Buck, NASCAR's director of touring series, said the motor's development took two years from concept to track. The philosophy was to create a powerplant that could compete with the best built engines in the series while delivering consistent horsepower and superior durability at a reasonable cost. So NASCAR took the 2005 Busch East championship-winning engine, which belonged to Grizco Racing/Andy Santerre Motorsports, headed to the dyno, and developed baseline numbers.
Oddly enough, they developed the engine backward. "We started with the horsepower and torque numbers that we wanted to hit [about 610-615 hp], then we built a robust motor to those numbers," says Buck, a five-time Indy 500 winning crew chief. "Our goal was to get the same horsepower as a championship-caliber 'built' motor in a much more economical package that is affordable for anybody in the Grand National Division."
Walk through the Busch East garage area and you would be hard pressed to find anybody who doesn't like the new spec motor. Other than the cost factor, another big reason for this is the fact that nobody is forcing it down the competitors' throats. NASCAR decided to make the use of the motor optional. "There is a lot of inventory out there, inventory that we don't want to obsolete," explains Buck. In essence, as more racers run through that inventory and discover the spec motor, the competitors themselves will make it mandatory. That philosophy is a departure from the typical rule-mandated world of Nextel Cup.
Buck is pleased with the results of the spec engine. "We didn't overshoot it with too much horsepower, and we didn't undershoot it. There is no clear advantage [to using the spec motor] other than cost."
He's not the only one either. "We're really happy with what we saw," says three-time AutoZone West Series Champion team owner Bill McAnally. "As a team owner, I wanted to make sure there wasn't a huge [competitive] advantage to having one of the spec engines. I didn't see an advantage. I see it being very close [to the regular engine]. I think they did a great job making this motor comparable to our existing engine." Comparable yes, heavier no. In fact, because of the components used, a spec motor is 80 pounds lighter than the traditional motor.
"I've purchased two [spec] engines and one composite body. They should save a lot of money," says 2006 AutoZone West Series Champion Eric Holmes, who adds that he's anxious to see how long the motor will last.
Buck says that one of the hallmarks of the spec engine is its durability. He likes to call it a robust motor. In a traditional engine teams have to rebuild the top end every three races or so. The new spec engine is showing no weaknesses, even after 2 to 3 times the amount of races run by traditional engines.
Tim Andrews, son of Winston Cup Championship-winning crew chief Paul Andrews, ran two Busch East races in 2006. He won at Dover with a built motor under the hood, but to do it he had to outrun cars with the spec motor.
"The spec motors got gobs and gobs of horsepower," says Andrews. "I was racing Matt Kobyluck [who ran a spec], and he would catch me on the straights while I could beat him bad in the corners. You could see the difference when we got back on the gas."
Andrews' experience shows that the spec motor is doing exactly what NASCAR intended: providing equal performance.
Taking the spec engine one step further, NASCAR will be using a revolutionary system to keep the creative engineering at bay. The motor has encryption marks on it that can only be read by a special handheld scanner. This allows NASCAR to verify the legality of the parts. So the new spec motor is still subject to the same scrutiny as an open engine. However, because the motor can be scanned, the inspection time at the track is cut down significantly, which saves time and money.
It is all designed to encourage new teams to get involved and help existing teams remain involved.
NICE BODY In addition to the motor, NASCAR has developed a composite body. Unlike the spec motor, the molded synthetic composite body has encountered skepticism from competitors. Manufactured by South Carolina-based American Fiberglass, the body design will be fundamentally the same for all makes and models. However, teams will be able to customize window openings and decals to suit their type of car.
The biggest complaints about the body is the offset, or lack thereof, and the fact that it might be hard to repair. "Everybody in the pits says that the body is not competitive, but we've never had any problems," says Dion Ciccarelli, the Maryland-based Busch East competitor who ran his composite body for the entire '06 campaign. "What hurt us the most was getting the correct setup."
Offset issues aside, fixing a composite body after an on-track incident is actually easier than fixing a traditional steel body in some cases. "I took a shot in the rear quarter-panel at Dover. All the tin work was destroyed. But it [the body] just popped right back up and all we had to do was glue the seam back together," continues Ciccarelli.
The composite body also enables his team to do the repairs themselves in their race shop. "Nobody on my team is a professional body guy." Consequently, with a traditional steel body, he would have to trailer the car down to North Carolina to get the body rehung or fixed after a wreck. That isn't the case with the composite body.
"It is easy to work with and easy to maintain," says Ciccarelli. "I bought only one bumper the whole year, which cost $1,300. A steel body car would have cost $6,000-$7,000 to keep it looking as straight as it did all year long. If I had a steel body car, I would not be able to run the full season. Honestly, I don't understand why a smaller team wouldn't go for it."
Repairing the composite body is not as hard as it seems. Fit the damaged area with an aluminum backing plate and a couple of rivets. Then, add some glue, bondo, and paint to finish the job. In addition, a team can unbolt the entire body and move it out of the way to allow one member to clean it up and make any necessary repairs while other team members work on the chassis, suspension, or motor. That may be a departure from the way most of us work on a race car, but it is yet another time-saving innovation. And we all know that time equals money.
Buck says there is no timetable to make the composite body mandatory in the Grand National Division. NASCAR is again letting the competitors choose whether or not they will run it.
"The Grand National Division is a fourth-tier series where you build skill sets," says Buck. "If we take and make a big change we have to create as level and as fair a playing field as we can. If we have to inspect two engines or two different body styles to make it work, then we will. We are fortunate enough to have the resources."
THE SCHEDULE Aside from the motor and body, the next biggest change in the Grand National Division is the schedule. The Busch East and AutoZone West Series have expanded schedules for 2007, both in the number of races and the geographic regions covered. The 2007 schedule will feature 14 races for each series and between the two visit 17 states. Each series schedule will have 13 championship points races and culminate in the 5th Annual NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown, an invitational event that includes the top drivers from both series. In addition, the minimum age requirement for NASCAR's Grand National Division as well as its two Modified Tours has been lowered to 16, a move designed to attract young competitors.
The revamped schedules have the West Series running from Texas, to Southern California, to Oregon, while the East Series travels from Tennessee, to Ohio, to New Hampshire. There are also two new combination races in the middle of the country. Those races will take place on May 18 at Elko (Minnesota) Speedway and May 20 at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa.
In addition, the Grand National Division sports four new tracks for 2007. Oval track racers will recognize three right off the bat: South Boston (Virginia) Speedway, Music City (Tennessee) Motorplex, and Mansfield (Ohio) Motorsports Speedway. But guys in the West will be running at Miller Motorsports Park, a 2.2-mile road course near Salt Lake City.
Road course racing is part of the '07 schedule. "They added a couple of road courses which I love road racing," says Eric Holmes. "A few of my guys I race against don't like it. It's a little more expensive to road race."
The schedule expansion will force teams to travel farther to get to the events. "The West Coast is so spread out. Our biggest expense was traveling, and with the 2007 schedule it [travel distance] is going to be even worse," says Holmes.
While the West Coast schedule was always spread out, the old Busch Grand National North Series of years ago was concentrated in New England. And many of today's Busch East competitors, such as New Hampshire's Mike Olsen, the 2006 Busch East Series Champion, are still based there. "We're based in New Hampshire, so going to Tennessee, South Carolina, and Virginia is a pretty good haul," says Olsen. He is fortunate, as he has a sponsor who will help defer some travel costs, but he knows of several teams that will scale back to a limited schedule in 2007.
PROVING GROUNDS But while some teams scale back, others view the Grand National Division as an area of expansion. NASCAR Busch Series owner Armando Fitz just completed his first full year of competition in the Busch East Series and gives NASCAR's new format a big thumbs up.
"It's really good competitive racing week in and week out," says Fitz. "I said, 'hey this is a series where we can get in, where we can develop a driver, and it's not going to cost millions of dollars.'"
Developing a driver is the biggest motivation for Fitz, whose standalone Busch Series operation struggles to remain competitive against the better-funded Cup teams with Busch programs. "Let's face it, when you have 22 Cup guys [racing in Busch], we [Busch regulars] are all vying for 24th or 25th Place."
Couple that with a Busch budget and things in the newly revamped Grand National Division look great. "For $500,000-$600,000, you can run the whole season in Busch East and be competitive. That's a whole lot different than $5-$6 million in the Busch National to try to develop a driver."
Fitz co-owns a race team with Carlos Contreras in Mexico. Their original idea was to bring their driver, Ruben Pardo, up to the Busch East for two to three races just to get some experience in the bigger, heavier cars. "We ended up rounding up a little bit of sponsorship and competing the whole season. Ruben ends up winning Rookie of the Year and the last race of the season and all is well."
The team's success in 2006 led Fitz to commit to run three teams in the series in 2007. Pardo will be back again to run for the title while Chris Bristol will join him. The third team is still under development.
Fitz is one of the first national NASCAR team owners to step into the Grand National Division. And he won't be the last. "They [the big Nextel Cup teams] are going to catch on. I mean let's face it. It's a great series [with] a lot of really really good drivers," says Fitz.
Fitz is hoping that he has a year or two jump before the heavy hitters from Cup discover the Grand National Division. But the time frame may be a whole lot shorter than that. Richard Childress Racing already has a joint venture of sorts with Bill McAnally. McAnally had RCR development driver Peyton Sellers behind the wheel of his Chevys in 2006. In 2007, he will add Childress' newest protg, 2006 World of Outlaws Dirt Late Model Champion Tim McCreadie, to the stable.
McCreadie is an example of exactly what NASCAR wants from the Grand National Division: a young driver who is ready to make the jump to the next level of competition, but needs a series where he can build his skill sets without a lot of pressure.
"These drivers get thrown into the Busch National and you've got 20 Cup guys week in and week out that they go up against," says Fitz. "You've got the sponsors breathing down their necks about performance. It's just too hard, just too much pressure for them."
As Fitz pointed out, the appeal of the Grand National Division will most certainly lead to the participation of bigger racing organizations. Of course, protecting the spirit of the series rests on NASCAR's shoulders. Spending will be kept in check through the spec motor and the composite body. Those two items effectively level the playing field. In essence, Mike Olsen can compete against Roush Racing and still have a shot to win.
UNFOUNDED FEARS? The prospect of a Roush Racing coming into the series has a number of current competitors on the edge of their seats. "I hope it doesn't lead to that," says Eric Holmes. "I think it will put a lot of guys out of business. With the spec motors and the bodies, there's not a lot that you can do. But you get into coil-binding and shocks and springs. I mean there are springs that cost $2,000. We don't need people bringing that kind of stuff into this series."
Despite the fear of big-money teams coming in, there has to be some upper-level influence if the Grand National Division is going to be a true feeder series. "We need to have some of that technology so the drivers can get the feel of the cars so that when they go Busch [National] racing they're prepared."
With that in mind, Holmes is a proponent of the joint venture. "I hope the [National] team owners don't bring in their own teams and they sub it out to maybe teams like mine or McAnally's. I think that would be a lot better for the sport than a team just fully funding it. It will keep the series more alive. It would be great for the sport and it won't turn into the Busch Series."
Despite the impending influx of Cup money into the Grand National Division, NASCAR is adamant that they will preserve the spirit of the series. And that's just fine with competitors like Ciccarelli: "I really like this series a lot. We fit here. I hope the camaraderie continues."


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Prebiotic-Probiotic Combo Relieves Constipation
Go, good bugs!
Prebiotics are nondigestible food ingredients like FOS (fructooligosaccharides) that serve as an energy source for probiotics.
Probiotics such as Lactobacillus acidophilus are beneficial bacteria ("good bugs") that live in the intestines. Probiotics have many diverse roles in maintaining human health. They
- enhance resistance to infections,
- boost the immune system,
- help alleviate childhood asthma and eczema,
- prevent traveller's diarrhea, and
- inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria in the intestines.
Pre- and probiotics work synergistically, so together they're called synbiotics.
Get things moving synergistically
Constipation is defined as having three or fewer bowel movements per week. It's often accompanied by feelings of incomplete evacuation, abdominal pain, bloating, straining, and an urge to defecate.
Women are about two to three times more likely than men to experience constipation. Nervous system disorders, pelvic floor problems, dehydration, and inadequate fiber intake can all be causes. Some evidence also suggests that an imbalance in intestinal bacteria might be to blame.
The available treatment options for constipation don't provide relief for many people, and some of them may become habit-forming.
A team of Brazilian researchers aimed to find out if taking a synbiotic supplement could relieve chronic constipation in women. For 30 days, 99 women took either a placebo or 6 grams of FOS with a combination of Bifidobacteria and three strains of Lactobacillus two times per day. They recorded the frequency of their bowel movements, stool consistency and shape, abdominal symptoms (including pain, bloating, and gas), and constipation severity.
Compared with placebo, bowel movement frequency, stool consistency and shape, and constipation intensity were significantly improved in women taking the synbiotic. Abdominal symptoms did not change significantly in either group and no side effects related to the supplement were reported.
This study is consistent with previous studies in children and adult men, though the authors caution, "Further studies, in particular large, randomized clinical trials, are needed to confirm these results and to define the clinical role of synbiotic administration in constipated patients."
Beat the blockage
Try these tips to keep your insides working smoothly:
- Keep up the fiber. Eating whole grains, legumes, fruits, and vegetables provides intestines with the fiber they need to bulk up stools and avoid constipation.
- Stay hydrated. Drinking plenty of water allows dietary fiber to swell, which helps to keep things moving in your intestines.
- Get active. Exercising your body does wonders for your bowels, too. Aim for 30 minutes of mild- to moderate-intensity exercise on most days.
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WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TX — A corrupt former prosecutor will face a rare penalty for intentionally withholding evidence in a trial that sent an man to prison 25 years ago. For robbing an innocent man of decades of his life, the ex-D.A. will spend now have to spend 10 days in jail.
The case takes us back more than two decades. On the morning of August 13, 1986, the body of Christine Morton was found beaten to death with a wooden object in her bed. Her sheets were stained with blood and semen, and her credit card was missing. Her husband, Texas grocery store manager Michael Morton had not been home since 5:30 a.m., but was seized as the prime suspect. He had no arrests, convictions, or history of violence against anyone at that time. He was charged and put on trial for his wife's murder.
The prosecution, led by district attorney Ken Anderson, presented no physical evidence or witnesses that tied Michael Morton to the crime. They hypothesized that Morton had beaten his wife to death before going to work because she refused to have sex with him on his birthday. The prosecution claimed that Morton arranged the scene to look like a burglary, and that he masturbated on his wife's corpse.
These charges came while Anderson was sitting on evidence that could have redeemed Michael Morton. The Mortons' 3-year-old son, Eric, had been present during the murder. According to Eric, the murderer was not his daddy, but a "monster." Young Eric had described the crime scene and murder in great detail, and specifically told investigators that his "Daddy" was "not home" when it happened.
Additionally withheld was the fact that Mortons' neighbors told investigators that a man had repeatedly parked a green van on the street behind the crime scene and walked off into a nearby wooded area, days before the murder. Then there was the inconvenient fact (for the prosecution) that the victim's missing credit card had been used at a San Antonio jewelry store.
None of this evidence was released during the trial. On February 17, 1987, Michael Morton was convicted of murder and given a life sentence.
Ken Anderson coldly and knowingly ruined an innocent man's life to advance his career. The conviction made Anderson look like a hero, and he went on to enjoy a fruitful 25 year career, which eventually propelled him to the position of Williamson County State District Judge.
Morton immediately appealed his conviction, but this appeal was denied. A 1990 DNA test of the bedsheet semen stain failed to clear Morton of the crime because the semen was his own. In 2005, more DNA tests were performed at the request of the Innocence Project and the law firm of Raley & Bowick in Houston. Only some of the evidence was allowed to be tested. Again, the results could not clear Morton, as the DNA samples allowed to be tested matched Morton. After all the crime scene was where he slept, so of course his DNA would be found everywhere. Only the discovery of foreign DNA would redeem Morton.
Finally in 2010, Morton's attorneys successfully appealed the denial of testing on the bloody blue bandana covered in hair that was found 100 yards from the crime scene. In 2011, the samples were determined to be the victim's blood and hair, found alongside the DNA from another unknown male. The DNA was ultimately linked to a convicted felon from California, Mark Alan Norwood.
Michael Morton after being exonerated following nearly 25 years in prison. (Source: Callie Richmond for The Texas Tribune)
Michael Morton was released on October 4, 2011, after spending nearly 25 years in prison. He was officially exonerated on December 19, 2011. The real killer, Norwood, was convicted in March 2013.
Now that the cold case had been thrust back into public view, publicity was drawn to the corruption that had taken place more than 2 decades earlier. All of the evidence that had been withheld was suddenly seeing the light of day, and making a certain respected judge look like a criminal.
A month after Norwood's conviction, a warrant was issued for the arrest of Judge Ken Anderson. He was charged with 3 felonies related to evidence tampering.
"Mr. Anderson consciously chose to impair the availability of the exculpatory evidence so he could obtain the conviction of Mr. Morton for murder," Judge Sturns said.
After initially fighting the charges for several months, Anderson finally struck a bargain with prosecutors. The criminal charges of tampering with evidence were dropped, and on November 8th Anderson entered a plead guilty to being in contempt of court in 1987, when he told Morton's trial judge that he had no favorable evidence to give to Morton's lawyers.
Contempt of court. Like when someone speaks out of turn in front of a judge.
Anderson will face a penalty of ten (10) days in jail, and serve 500 hours of community service. He will also have to retire early, since he will lose his law license.
Some are celebrating the rare occasion that a corrupt prosecutor is facing any punishment at all. Others are cringing at the incredibly light sentence. Is this really justice? How many others were victims of this man's criminal conscience?
"When you have individuals like Ken Anderson who engage in misconduct, such people tend to be serial offenders," said Innocence Project co-founder Barry Scheck, describing Anderson as a "disgrace."
Morton graciously said that he "never wanted Anderson's head on a stick," but instead exhibited some of the optimism that helped him survive 25 years in prison, saying that he hopes to see some laws get reformed. He said that it was a "good day."
Some will embrace that optimism and celebrate this as a step in the right direction. Others are waiting for word of Anderson's early release due to good behavior, and the reading on to the next injustice of the day.
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Reloj sobre planos de color, 1929, Oil on canvas, 13⅝ x 10⅜ in. (34.5 x 26.5 cm)
Antwerp, 1910, Oil on canvas, 15¾ x 29¼ in. 40,5 x 72,5 cm.
Manola y Charro, 1930, Oil on canvas, 5¾ x 19¾ in. 44 x 50 cm.
Tubular Composition, 1938, Pencil on paper, 6½ x 3½ in. 16,5 x 9 cm.
Opening of the first exhibition of the Cercle et Carre Group, Paris, 1930; From left to right:, Franciska Clausen, Florence Henri, Manolita Piña de Torres, JTG, Piet Mondrian, Jean Arp, Pedro Daura, Marcelle Cahn, Sophie Taeuber Arp, Michel Seuphor, Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart, unknown, Luigi Russolo, unknown, unknown, and Wassily Kandinsky
Joaquín Torres-García at his studio, Barcelona, c. 1920
Torres-García in his Montevideo Studio, 1939
b. 1874 Montevideo, Uruguay - d. 1949 Montevideo, Uruguay
When Torres-García arrived in Montevideo on April 30, 1934 after forty-three years of absence, Torres-García told the press that he had returned to his native country of Uruguay in order to "develop a wide range of activities, to lecture, to teach courses, to achieve... on walls what I have already achieved on canvas,... to create in Montevideo a movement that will surpass the art of Paris." These lofty ambitions were achieved through the creation of his world famous workshop, the Taller Torres-García, where he taught his theory of Universal Constructivism to future generations of Latin American artists.
Before returning to Uruguay, Torres-García had arrived at the concept of Universal Constructivism after a long development during which his painting evolved from Mediterranean classicism through periods of Vibrationism, Cubism, and Fauvism. A truly global artist, Torres-García lived in Spain, New York, Italy, and Paris, where his theories and aesthetic style culminated into his characteristic incorporation of symbols located in a geometric grid based on the golden section.
The uniqueness of Torres' proposal consisted of his incorporation of essential elements of indigenous American art into the basic principles of European constructivism and geometric abstraction. Today, he is recognized as a canonical figure in both Latin American and modern art in general, with works in prestigious public and private collections worldwide.
An online catalogue raisonné, which includes comprehensive information about Torres-García's art, exhibition history, and literary references, as well as a chronology with documentary materials related to the artist's life and career, is available online at www.torresgarcia.com
Adolfo Maslach is an architect and art collector who has an extensive range of works by Torres-García and the artists associated with him, the School of the South. The book is based on the premise that the work of Torres-García is a profound assimilation of the world that surrounded him and Maslach writes of Torres-García, his theoretical ideas, the avant-garde movements in the social and political context of the times, and the architectural influences of Montevideo, Barcelona, New York, and Paris.
Adolfo M. Maslach; 844 pages; In Spanish; Special UNESCO edition, hardcover, hundreds of photographs and illustrations
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The South was Their North: Artists of the Torres-García Workshop is an exhibition of paintings, sculpture, wood assemblages, furniture and ceramics by Julio Alpuy, Gonzalo Fonseca, José Gurvich, Francisco Matto, Manuel Pailós, Augusto Torres, Horacio Torres and their teacher Joaquín Torres-García, on view from September 2015 through February 2016.
Related to the upcoming retrospective exhibition, Joaquin Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern at the Museum of Modern Art, Cecilia de Torres, Ltd. presents an aspect of the artist's endeavors that is inextricably associated with his personality and his career: the creation of a school of art that would realize "Constructive Universalism," his theory of a unified aesthetic based on the visual canon he developed.
Torres-García's ambition was to establish an autonomous artistic tradition based on Constructive Universalism that would eventually expand to all the Americas. This utopian undertaking occupied the last fifteen years of his life as an artist and teacher to new generations, leaving a considerable body of work and an indelible mark on South America's modern art. The works in this exhibition date from 1936 to the 1980s. Our intent is to present work by this group of exceptional artists that is emblematic of their individuality, works of mature achievement as well as of their constructivist origins.
We are pleased to announce Joaquín Torres-García, Gonzalo Fonseca and Cesar Paternosto's participation in the following exhibition:
Southern Geometries, from Mexico to Patagonia,Fondation Cartier, Paris, France
From October 14, 2018 to February 24, 2019
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We are pleased to announce Joaquín Torres-García upcoming exhibition:
Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern at MoMA, New York, on view until February 15, 2016
For more information about this exhibition, please click here.
For the New York Times review by Holland Cotter, please click here.
For the Wall Street Journal review by Karen Wilkin, please click here.
For El País newspaper review by László Erdélyi, please click here.
Cecilia de Torres was invited by Rosario Castellanos and Emiliano Cotelo to talk on En Perspectiva about the recent Joaquín Torres-García retrospective at MoMA and its historic significance.
En Perspectiva is a popular morning radio news program of cultural interest. It airs in Uruguay on Oriental Radio (AM770), Del Sol FM (99.5 Montevideo), and a chain of local stations.
For a full video, transcript and/or audio of this interview (in Spanish only), please click here.
For more information about the radio show go to: www.enperspectiva.net
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Joaquín Torres-García online catalogue raisonné.
A panel discussion on the Uruguayan modernist artist and the compilation of the catalogue will be moderated by Edward J. Sullivan, Helen Gould Sheppard Professor in the History of Art, Institute of Fine Arts and College of Arts and Sciences, NYU.
Mari Carmen Ramírez, Wortham Curator of Latin American Art; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Director, International Center for the Arts of the Americas
Cecilia de Torres, Head of the catalogue raisonné project on the artist
Susanna V. Temkin, Research and Archive Specialist, Cecilia de Torres, Ltd. and IFA Ph.D. Candidate
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text: News & Events / Events print Events Upcoming All Events RSS Feeds Search by... Academic Alumni Other Programs Student Month of... January February March April May June July August September YEAR 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 « Back 03.14.19 Faculty Workshop: Sarah Seo, The University of Iowa College of Law Thursday, March 14 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. Brooklyn Law School Subotnick Center, 11th Floor 250 Joralemon Street Brooklyn Sarah Seo, Associate Professor of Law, The University of Iowa College of Law, will be the speaker. Our Faculty Workshops are only open to faculty and a small group of students. These workshops provide the group with an opportunity to discuss works in progress by Law School faculty and other legal scholars. Students may rsvp for a workshop at any time by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com; please put the name and date of the workshop in the subject line. Students will be chosen through a lottery and notified a day prior to the workshop. Email this article Share Watch: Book launch for Professor Heidi Brown, Director of the Legal Writing Program and author of The Introverted Lawyer: A Seven-Step Journey Toward Authentically Empowered Advocacy


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Great Point and Click game
Reminds me of Grim Fandago with mouse control. Definately recommended
Expansions if you can't get enough
What is better than a good game? more of it :) so the season pass contains three major expansions with one low price if you find it on sale. No spoilers here, i you like the game there is no reason to grab this season pass