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MAXXI museum
"I see the MAXXI as an immersive urban environment for the exchange of ideas, feeding the cultural vitality of the city."
Zaha Hadid
The MAXXI is located in the Flaminio quarter of Rome, in the area of the former Montello military barracks. The complex houses two institutions: MAXXI Arte and MAXXI Architecture, aiming to promote art and architecture through collection, conservation, study and exhibition of contemporary works.
Designed as a true multi-disciplinary and multi-purpose campus of the arts and culture, the MAXXI creates an urban complex for the city that can be enjoyed by all. In addition to the two museums the MAXXI includes an auditorium, library and media library, bookshop and cafeteria, spaces for temporary exhibitions, outdoor spaces, live events and commercial activities, laboratories, and places for study and leisure.
The main concept of the project is directly linked to the purpose of the building as a center for the exhibition of visual arts. The walls that cross the space, and their intersections, defines interior and exterior spaces of the MAXXI. This system acts on all three levels of the building, the second of which is the more complex - with a wealth of connections with various bridges that link buildings and galleries. The visitor is invited to enter into a series of continuous spaces, rather than the compact volume of an isolated building.
The two museums - MAXXI Art and MAXXI Architecture – are located around a large full height space which gives access to the galleries dedicated to permanent collections and temporary exhibitions, the auditorium, reception services, cafeteria and bookshop. Outside, a pedestrian walkway follows the outline of the building, restoring an urban link that has been blocked for almost a century by the former military barracks.
The interior spaces, defined by the exhibition walls, are covered by a glass roof that flood the galleries with natural light filtered by the louvered lines of the roofing beams. These beams underline the linearity of the spatial system, aid in articulating the various orientations of the galleries and facilitate circulation through the museum and campus.
The fluid and sinuous shapes, the variety and interweaving of spaces and the modulated use of natural light lead to a spatial and functional framework of great complexity, offering constantly changing and unexpected views from within the building and outdoor spaces.
Two principle architectural elements characterize the project: the concrete walls that define the exhibition galleries and determine the interweaving of volumes; and the transparent roof that modulates natural light. The roofing system complies with the highest standards required for museums and is composed of integrated frames and louvers with devices for filtering sunlight, artificial light and environmental control.
"The MAXXI should not be considered just one building - but several. The idea was to move away from the idea of "the museum as an object" and towards the idea of a "field of buildings". After many studies, our research evolved into the concept of the confluence of lines, where the primary force of the site is the walls that constantly intersect and separate to create both indoor and outdoor spaces. It's no longer just a museum, but an urban cultural centre where a dense texture of interior and exterior spaces have been intertwined and superimposed over one another. It's an intriguing mixture of galleries, irrigating a large urban field with linear display surfaces.
The walls of the MAXXI create major streams and minor streams. The major streams are the galleries, and the minor streams are the connections and the bridges. The site has a unique L-shaped footprint that meanders between two existing buildings. Rather than seeing this as a limitation, we used it to our advantage, taking it as an opportunity to explore the possibilities of linear structure by bundling, twisting, and building mass in some areas and reducing it in others - threading linearity throughout both interior and exterior or the MAXXI."
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Total site area: 29,000 square meters
Exterior spaces: 19,640 square meters
Interior spaces: 21,200 square meters
MAXXI Art: 4,077 square meters
MAXXI Architecture: 1,935 square meters
Completed: 2009
Primary Clients:
Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities
Fondazione MAXXI
National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome
Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects
Design Architects: Zaha Hadid & Patrik Schumacher
Project Architect: Gianluca Racana
Design Team:
Paolo Matteuzzi
Anja Simons
Fabio Ceci
Mario Mattia
Maurizio Meossi
Paolo Zilli
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Dillon Lin
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Raza Zahid
Lars Teichmann
Adriano De Gioannis
Amin Taha
Caroline Voet
Gianluca Ruggeri
Luca Segarelli
Local Architect: ABT (Rome)
David Sabatello & Giancarlo Rampini
Site Supervision Team:
Paolo Matteuzzi
Anja Simons
Mario Mattia Strutture
Structural Engineering:
Anthony Hunt Associates & OK Design Group (Rome)
Mechanical Engineering:
Max Fordham and Partners & OK Design Group (Rome)
Lighting Design: Equation Lighting
Acoustic Design: Paul Gilleron Acoustic
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LMC Welcomes Dr. Jeremy Crisp to Lexington Family Practice Northeast
Lexington Medical Center is pleased to welcome Jeremy R. Crisp, MD, to the hospital's network of care. Dr. Crisp will practice clinical family and preventative medicine at Lexington Family Practice Northeast, a Lexington Medical Center physician practice.
Dr. Crisp received his medical degree at the Medical University of South Carolina. He also completed his family medicine internship and residency at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine.
"I look forward to providing compassionate care to families in the Midlands and working with Lexington Medical Center's excellent network of care," said Dr. Crisp.
Dr. Crisp is a member of professional organizations including the American Board of Family Medicine, South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners, National Health Service Corp, American Academy of Family Physicians and the South Carolina Academy of Family Physicians.
Lexington Family Practice Northeast provides comprehensive medical care for all age groups, for individuals and families. The practice provides mobile mammography, cardiovascular ultrasound, digital CAT scan, employment physicals, x-ray and lab services.
Dr. Crisp is accepting new patients.
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Guide to the Korean Postcards Collection
Processed by E. Fields
Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library© 2007
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010
Phone: (805) 893-3062
Fax: (805) 893-5749
URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/index.html
Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Title: Korean Postcards Collection
Date (inclusive): ca. 1920s - 1930s
Collection number: SC 873
Extent: .1 linear feet (1 folder)
Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical location: Vault
Language of Material: Collection materials in English
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Korean Postcards Collection. SC 873. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Purchase, 2005.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains a group of nine color ethnographic cards, six of people, three of various locations in Seoul, (known as Keijô by the Japanese colonial authorities who controlled Korea during this period, 1910-1945). Title captions (in English) are: "Everyday Wear of Korea," a man in his gown and horse-hair hat; "the Post Man of Korea," the postman is holding an umbrella and wears a blue long silk gown, smokes a one meter long pipe and has a leather bag to hold the mail and wears a tall grass hat; "Carrying Water of a Lady," shows a woman with a baby strapped to her back while she balances and holds a water jug on her head with a rural village in the background; "Needle Work of High-Class Lady," shows two Korean young girls, one uses a sewing machine, the other stitches by hand; "The Manner of Korean" shows some eight members of a Korean family as they pose for the camera; "Carrying Water of Korean Girl" shows some five young girls by the riverside balancing water jugs on top of their heads.
The scenic views are: "Korean Community, Keijô," a view of many farm houses and a rice paddy; "Pagoda Park Mon Seoul," shows a seven-tiered pagoda with some people looking on, and a pavilion in a park setting; the third is "The Chosen Hotel Viewed from the Back Garden, Keijô". Most of these were published in Seoul by Hinode-Shôkô.
Collection Contents
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The PIX11 Morning News continues PIX11 Cares, a campaign aimed at helping those in communities hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy, with a visit to Brooklyn. Sukanya Krishnan anchoring portions of the Morning News from Gerritsen Beach, Dan Mannarino reporting live from Red Hook and Lisa Mateo reporting from Coney Island from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.
In Gerritsen Beach, Sukanya will be speaking Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President, State Senator Martin Golden, Council Member Domenic Recchia Jr., Steve Cassidy, President of the Uniformed Firefighters Association, Loretta Worters from the Insurance Information Institute and several residents from the area.
In Coney Island, Lisa Mateo will speak with Dennis Vourderis, chairman of the Alliance for Coney Island and Pastor Constance Hulla from the Coney Island Gospel Academy.
In Red Hook, Dan Mannarino will speak with community activists.
In Gerritsen Beach, Nautica will be generously donating pajamas and robes, and the Dunkin Donuts Studio on the Run bus will be onsite with coffee and donuts for residents. In Coney Island, Kids for Less will generously donate childrens clothing
In recent weeks, PIX11 Cares has broadcast live from Queens, NY (Broad Channel, Breezy Point and the Rockaways) Staten Island, NY (New Dorp Beach), New Jersey (Union Beach, Sea Bright and Norwood) and Long Island (Long Beach, Lindenhurst and Seaford) to help bring attention to areas severely affected by Hurricane Sandy.
PIX11 has also partnered with the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which kicked off the Tunnel to Towers: Hurricane Relief Fund campaign on Friday with the assistance of New York sports icons Carl Banks, Robinson Cano, and John Franco to provide relief to those impacted by Hurricane Sandy. One hundred percent of the gross funds benefit those affected by Hurricane Sandy.
PIX11 viewers wishing to contribute to the Tunnel to Towers: Hurricane Relief Fund can do so to via: tunneltotowersfoundation.org
Here are other ways to help:
– Give directly to The Red Cross.
– Visit PIX 11's resources page for many ideas on how to help.
– Gerritsen Beach Sandy Relief Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/GBSandyRelief
– New York City Firefighters Disaster Relief Fund Inc. (helps those hundreds of FDNY first responders who suffered catastrophic damage and now need to rebuild their lives and homes): www.NYCFDDR.org


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I don't think even today that we truly comprehend the incredible magnitude of what has happened, and what is happening, to the global banking and financial business.
With so much government involvement and government ownership of big banks in both the U.S. and the U.K., we won't know the full impact of all of this for a decade.
The stock market impact has been significant.
- the Standard & Poor's diversified bank stock index is down 72%
- the financial index is down 76% and
- the insurance composite index is down 72%
The TSX Bank Stock Index is only down 50% - isn't that wonderful – (we have outperformed).
I am not going to dwell on the causes of this crisis because they have been extensively and well covered in the press.
They include;
- Major public policy failure in the U.S. in the housing area.
- Far too low interest rates and easy credit under Alan Greenspan.
- Failed financial innovation on a massive scale.
- Almost complete regulatory failure in the U.S., U.K. and Europe – it was the age of deregulation.
- Total rating agency failure - - for the tenth time and
- Finally, too much leverage everywhere you look.
You could write a book on each of the above but I think Money Magnet - my latest book - will be one to help business owners understand how to access new money now that the banks are being restructured.


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Compiled by Kate Bennett, KF16, Peru
This week's updates come at a time of change for Fellows around the world. As the holidays near, Fellows prepare to phase out of their current placements, move on to the next ones, and tie up loose ends with their Kiva Field Partners. But this doesn't interfere with Fellows' primary mission: to ensure that Kiva's work and the work of our Field Partners is, too, sparking change as the new year approaches.
Malaria Dreams: The True Kiva Fellowship Experience
By Tejal Desai, KF16, Sierra Leone
Looking back on her Fellowship, Tejals offers a unique glimpse into Kiva Fellow's experience. She brings us along for the journey of finding out her placement (and then finding out it was changed), arriving in Sierra Leone, and hitting the inevitable speed bumps, pot holes, and the trough of disillusionment.
The Ladder of Autonomy
By Allison Moomey, KF16, Burkina Faso
Allison discusses Micro Start's solidary groups and their vision for each group member: ultimately, to achieve a level of autonomy from microcredit itself.
Kiva Love Tour: Honduras 2011
By Sandra Pina, KF16, Honduras
For the Kiva groupies out there, Sandra takes us backstage her "Kiva Love Tour," her recent whirlwind tour of 26 ODEF Financiera branch offices. Sure, maybe she wasn't actually doing any musical performances, but she was definitely spreading Kiva love.
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Adapting for Borrowers by Borrowers, Microinsurance + SKFL
Why Do We Lend, What's a Kiva Fellowship + How does Microfinance Support Green & Agricultural Development?
Expanding the Reach of Microfinance, Downsizing Development + Why We Kiva
Kiva-style Microfinance, Reggaeton + a Journey though the Commercial Jungle
Loan Use, Agriculture Loans + Stuff Kiva Fellows Like
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The Morgan archery program will host the MVL archery tournament Saturday at the high school gymnasium.
Any student in grades four to 12 from an MVL school and has experience in National Archery in the Schools Program can register to participate. This is a fun shoot for individuals, not teams.
Archer admission is $5. To register, email archer information including name, grade and school to email@example.com.


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Trayvon Martin supporters take to social network in greater numbers than ever before to promise unrest if Zimmerman acquitted
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
July 12, 2013
As the jury retires to consider its verdict, threats to stage riots, looting and racial violence if George Zimmerman is acquitted continue to flood Twitter in greater numbers than ever before despite efforts by authorities to discourage unrest.
If Zimmerman walks… As a people I hope all of us African Americans RIOT! straight up. Lets wild the fuck out. WHO'S WITH ME ?!
— chilllllll blood (@DRIZZY_HIGHTIDE) July 12, 2013 [1]
Having tracked such threats for the last two weeks, it is clear that the volume of vows to stage violent disorder is now clearly at its peak as police prepare to counter flash mob violence [2] in both Sanford and Miami.
The defense for George Zimmerman presented its closing argument this morning with the jury expected to deliver its verdict by the middle of next week. However, the rights and wrongs of the case have to a great extent been overshadowed by sustained threats by Trayvon Martin supporters to spark Rodney King-style riots if Zimmerman is found not guilty.
Extremist groups like the New Black Panthers have also promised [3] to oversee a "rebellion" if Zimmerman is acquitted, warning that "If Zimmerman is acquitted there is likely to be unrest all over America, It will be way beyond the capacity of the NBPP."
Some are even asking if the judge in the case, lifelong Democrat Debra Nelson, was pressured by the Obama administration to introduce the lesser charge of 3rd degree murder at the last minute [4] in order to secure a conviction when it looked more than likely that Zimmerman would walk free. Given Nelson's unprecedented outburst [5] against Zimmerman and his lawyers, such claims are gaining traction.
A week ago most legal analysts were confident in predicting that the state had failed to prove its case of murder in the second degree. Was the lesser charge introduced so late in the game in order to ensure Zimmerman would not walk, thus preventing widespread disorder?
It is important to emphasize that the tweets below were collected from a single 45 minute time period before this article was written and published. As soon as I had embedded the tweets below, 30 minutes later another 150 had appeared. You can check for yourself by searching "zimmerman riot" [6] on Twitter and selecting "all".
For people like Time Magazine [7], who are claiming that it is racist to even discuss the potential of or prepare for riots, go and actually check the sheer volume of people who are making these threats. Even if 99% of them turn out to be bluffing, the potential for significant disorder cannot be ignored no matter how many times the race card is played.
They let Zimmerman go yet? I wanna riot already ! #ZimmermanTrial [8]
— Enmanuel Tejeda (@fresh_ass_nigga) July 12, 2013 [9]
Zimmerman gets off the riot in florida gonna be bigger than when the Heat won
— jcostello (@representing315) July 12, 2013 [10]
I promise you me and my people gon RIOT! No bullshit
— Lul Stevie J ^_^ (@ItsBoraTho2x) July 12, 2013 [11]
If Zimmerman walks… As a people I hope all of us African Americans RIOT! straight up. Lets wild the fuck out. WHO'S WITH ME ?!
— chilllllll blood (@DRIZZY_HIGHTIDE) July 12, 2013 [1]
If they don't find Zimmerman GUILTY white America better prepare themselves its real live riot supporters out here ready to get it popping
— Tee Walker (@mz_walker23) July 12, 2013 [12]
For Real if #Zimmerman [13] isn't found guilty we should break into stores and start a riot on some Rodney King shit.
— ???1 (@scriptsquid) July 12, 2013 [14]
If Zimmerman get off we starting a fuckin riot innis bitch!!!!
— Lul Stevie J ^_^ (@ItsBoraTho2x) July 12, 2013 [15]
Rodney King Riot pop off on anyone who looks like Zimmerman
— Jordan Orange (@LeeLeeBeMe) July 12, 2013 [16]
if Zimmerman gets off, black folks will riot….I will loot to show my support
— Coach Jackie Miles (@Jackiemiles5) July 12, 2013 [17]
If this Zimmerman guy is found innocent it's going to be a riot in some parts of this country! Smhhhh!
— Shaya (@Shay_J3) July 12, 2013 [18]
If Zimmerman walk free, he will need a life time supply if police guards to protect him! ?????????????? it's going to be a riot #NotUpForDebate [19]
— ?JULY24? (@__Arionn) July 12, 2013 [20]
If Zimmerman walks away, get ready for L.A. riot part 2.
— Justin Summers (@OAF_Juss) July 12, 2013 [21]
If that faggot Zimmerman gets free we bout to have a riot. #FuckZimmerman [22]
— Michael (@Rusedoesit_) July 12, 2013 [23]
Zimmerman win we starting a riot at DA MALL
— K Woods$$$ (@ImDa_Shotta) July 12, 2013 [24]
who wants to start a riot if Zimmerman gets off?
— Snorlax (@SharDaddy_) July 12, 2013 [25]
Can we riot in NYC if Zimmerman gets acquitted? I will need to break something.
— Bunny Themelis (@bunifah) July 12, 2013 [26]
Its riot if this nigga Zimmerman dont go to jail and Imma take advantage of it
— MoneyBags #GTD (@ItsDCbroo) July 12, 2013 [27]
Ima start a riot if Zimmerman gets away !
— ?. La cheif Keefa (@makeemscreamm) July 12, 2013 [28]
If Zimmerman get off free I'm taking a trip ta Florida & IMMA START A RIOT IMMA START A RIOT!!!
— Loyalty (@MaRRi3D2DaMaFIa) July 12, 2013 [29]
Everybody knows Zimmerman is goin to jail. If he doesn't, Florida is going to riot & the government can't let that happen.
— Took (@k_trapps) July 12, 2013 [30]
Im not gone go crazy if zimmerman Walk but if niggas were to riot, im not going to not participate
— #GREEDYCLIC OR STARV (@TK_Bossin) July 12, 2013 [31]
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Infowars.com [32] and Prison Planet.com [33]. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a host for Infowars Nightly News.


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Why The NY Times Paywall Business Model Is Doomed to Fail (Numbers)
from the dude-where's-my-math dept
Not considering technical details (every wall can be brought down), even by its own business model the New York Times' paywall is doomed to fail.
Last Friday's Financial Times had some interesting numbers.
- Fact 1: According to analysts, the New York Times only needs to convert 1 to 10 per cent of the online visitors in order for the model to pay off.
- Fact 2: NY Times chief executive Janet Robinson has stated that they only expect about 15 per cent of visitors to encounter the paywall, since visitors can read 20 articles per month for free.
- Fact 3: Full website access and the mobile app are bundled for $15 per month. For the iPad app + web you pay $20 per month. $35 for all three.
- Fact 4: One analyst argues that the NY Times could earn $66m per year if it converted just 1 per cent of the visitors. This would mean they go from paying nothing, to paying (at least) $195 a year.
There is no way these numbers add up. Consider fact 1 and fact 2. First of all only 1 per cent might actually not be all that easy, let alone 10 per cent. Secondly, the 1 per cent is misleading, as they'll actually have to convert 1 to 10 out of every 15 visitors to encounter the paywall. So they actually have to convert 6 to 66 (!) per cent.
Next, the pricing might be too high. $15 per month is a lot for consumers who are not used to pay for news online, especially since there's no additional value as Mike commented last week. I'm not saying nobody will pay, but dragging in the 6 to 66 per cent of the visitors will be challenging, to say the least.
I cannot imagine this paywall to be successful. They can probably kiss the $40m investment in the development goodbye.
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NEW YORK -- A last-minute change avoided what could have been an uncomfortable moment in the Sept. 11 museum dedication ceremony: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie followed by "Bridge Over Troubled Water."
The original program for the ceremony had Christie's remarks followed by Idina Menzel's performance of the song. That sent social media aflutter with speculation that the scheduling was a jab at the governor over accusations that his staff intentionally clogged traffic near the George Washington Bridge to punish a political adversary.
But just before the ceremony, a museum spokesman announced that Menzel, star of the Broadway show "If/Then," was sick and would not perform. In her place, fellow Broadway singer LaChanze, herself a 9/11 widow, performed "Amazing Grace."
The spokesman said the change had nothing to do with Christie or the song.
-- The Associated Press


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Steinbeck country is at its finest in springtime. The oak trees on the rolling hills around Salinas are surrounded by a haze of purplish blue lupin. March is probably the best time to see the wildflowers bloom. Take the Monterey-Salinas Highway, Route 68, which exits Route 1 and continues for 17 miles (27 km) to Salinas. Get off the main road at Corral De Tierra or San Benancio, to get into the hills for sublime views. New golf courses and macmansions are invading the territory so enjoy while it lasts.
For local dining, several places come to mind. Contemporary American cuisine finds its home at Hullaballoo, on Main Street in Oldtown Salinas. A few doors away is Shogun Japanese Cuisine, always reliable for sushi. In hot, dry Salinas, it is easy to forget that fish is hauled in at Monterey Bay less than an hour away. For authentic Mexican, my favorite is Mi Tierra on E. Gabilan St. This family run restaurant serves a spicy, tender birria on Saturdays and Sundays. This traditional goat stew is made with dried chiles, tomatoes and oregano, ingredients that perfectly capture the essence of the local Mediterranean climate. Chips arrive at the table with 3 salsas. The horchata, a sweet and cold rice drink, is the perfect beverage for such a meal.


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|Kasparov & Mutesi Meet
|By CLO
|April 6, 2013
Former World Chess Champion and pro-democracy and human rights activist Garry Kasparov met Phiona Mutesi, the subject of "Queen of Katwe" at the fourth annual Women of the World summit. The book by Tim Crothers featured Phiona's journey from the slums of Katwe, Uganda to some of the most prestigious chess competitions in the World. Here is the Daily Beast video:
Phiona was on the cover of the November Chess Life Magazine and featured in a US Chess Scoop video with CLO editor Jen Shahade. Buy Queen of Katwe on USCF Sales.


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After a long stint away from Hollywood, the voice of Disney's "Bambi" is fine with being fawned over once again thanks to the classic film's re-release on Blu-ray.
At only six years of age, actor Donnie Dunagan already had six motion pictures under his belt when Walt Disney tapped him to be the voice and expression model for the brave little deer at the center of his 1942 film.
"Mr. Disney called my mother in Westwood, California, and told her he would like me to come to the studio and talk about being the facial model for an animation story of a little deer," Dunagan remembers. "My Mother and I laughed and tried to understand how even wonderful Disney could put my child face and eyes on a little deer."
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"I saw Walt Disney many times," recalls Dunagan. "He was a leader; all over the place, helping, coaching, laughing. Even a kid like me back then could sense that he was keenly respected by the animators and production people…In half of my prior six movies, on-camera roles, I came to understand the differences in crew and actors, and responding to 'The Boss' coming around. Many were clearly in fear. This was not so with Mr. Disney. You could see the positive reactions, all the time: workers, the 'drawing men,' all would say: 'Here he comes, ask Walt, he is coming...he will know what to do, Walt is here, show him that....' etc. That is what real leaders do. He built a major company during a grim economic time in America, and the people at Disney were his family."
There were other bonuses for a six-year-old actor: "The ice cream in the dining room was great!"
Like many child performers, Dunagan experienced family troubles and left show business - essentially living on his own from age 13; in adulthood he found a long career in the United States Marine Corps. "In many ways. Bambi had to fend largely for himself, rather young, and so did I," he says. "He had to learn some hard realities at a young age and stand up to threats and real danger. So did I. He made it, despite much, and tried to stand as an example. I hope I have too." He zealously never revealed his past onscreen identity with the troops under his command. "I was worried that some of them would write home to say "Mom, guess who my commanding office is? Lt. Bambi!' I did not think that it would add to our combat readiness!"
Now, at 77, Dunagan is thrilled to embrace his past. "As I have grown older, I've listened to people talk about it when they did not know I was a part of it," he says. "I grew to realize that Mr. Disney had let me become part of a never-ending love story in this world. My debt to him is great…I could be working in the White House and children could care less. But let someone say 'That dude over there was the face and voice of Bambi,' and I am an immediate adopted grandfather to them. That is just an unmatchable joy, and a real responsibility."


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Toronto Blue Jays: Clubhouse Cohesion, New Faces, And The World Baseball Classic
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By Alex Mednick (Baseball Analyst and Toronto Blue Jays Correspondent) Follow @mednickalex
The Toronto Blue Jays had a very well publicized off-season. Many moves were made, including two blockbuster trades, the signing of one of baseball's best and most controversial contact hitters, and a new (old) manager. A core of the former Blue Jays remained intact, but between the big moves made by GM Alex Anthopoulos this off-season, along with the smaller additions, the Blue Jays have 12 new players on their 25 man roster. These 25 players are expected by many, to hit the gates running, and to at the very least, earn Toronto a spot in the playoffs come October 2013.
Clearly, team chemistry plays are huge part of winning championships. We have seen numerous teams boasting extremely talented rosters have merely moderate success, and we have seen teams loaded with professional journeymen have historic success. Michael Jordan is noted for making the comment, "Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships".
The 2013 Blue Jays are very unique in that while half of their team is in fact new to Toronto, many of these players have played together and have cultural bonds. The blockbuster trade with the Miami Marlins brought a total of 6 players to Toronto, all of whom, were quite obviously teammates in South Florida. 5 of these players are expected to immediately be impact players in the clubhouse. Another big trade with the Mets brought over three players who will likely contribute to the team to varying degrees, and have already formed close ties amongst each other due to the relationship that exists between a knuckleball pitcher and his battery mate. Right off the bat, we can account for 8 of the 12 new players on the roster who at the very least, already are familiar with each other and are not entering a new city completely unfamiliar with their teammates. The following players might all make their way to the ALL-Star Game at Citi Field this year: R.A. Dickey, Mark Buehrle, Jose Bautista, Jose Reyes and Edwin Encarnacion .
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Chicory is a small woody plant native to Europe and North America with superb bright blue flowers which has given it common names such as 'blue daisy', 'blue dandelion' and 'blue weed'. Chicory is also the common name in the United States for a plant called Curly Endive, but they are actually different plants which are often confused.
The most traditional use of this plant is the roasting of the roots to produce a coffee substitute, but the leaves are also commonly used in salad dishes. We use their delicious bitter-sweetness in After Dinner Tea and Licorice & Cinnamon Tea.


text: If you're in NYC this weekend, don't forget to stop by the awesome hacker and media jammer conference HOPE, being held for the last time this year in Hotel Pennsylvania. Hack-a-Day is there, covering a bunch of stuff including the cold boot attack toolkit and Adafruit's latest confection, a SIM card reader for all your snooping, erm I mean data recovery, needs. This is one of the very best hacker conferences in the United States, and this may be its last year. So if you like disrupting the status quo using technology and science, you should stop by. [The Last HOPE]


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Matt's scheduled us a housecleaning before on a couple of special occasions, and it's always been this totally retro awesome experience--The whole house! Clean at once! And it smells of pine! And the floors are mopped! And the dishwasher is running! And all the junk is picked up off the floor! And the toilet is SO clean! And I didn't have to do it!--that I have been deeply looking forward to my once-a-month deep cleaning treat, and yet somehow, it's just not working out this year.
The first little company that Matt called just never answered their phone, and never called him back. The next little company scheduled a cleaning and then cancelled because it was snowing, and then re-scheduled, and then cancelled because one of the cleaners woke up with the flu, and then rescheduled. Each time the girls and I are required to evacuate the house, which can be a little annoying depending on our mood for the day, but hey! The whole house is gonna be clean at once!
In our latest evacuation in hopes that the housecleaners actually come and clean our house this time, the girlies and I hit up our regular hang-out spot, the Wonderlab:


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|Enchilada Casserole page 50, from Pam Jordan's "Gluten Free Family Approved Recipes"
I am a simple cook. I love shows like "Chopped" and "Cupcake Wars" and "Masterchef"... but honestly I'd never want to compete in them. Because my cooking isn't gourmet, it isn't fancy, it's just good food for hungry bellies.
And that's what I love about Pam Jordan's lovely little cookbook called, "Gluten Free Family Approved Recipes." This wonderful cookbook has over 50 recipes that Pam uses regularly in her home. They are a mix of completely homemade simple meals and meals that use gluten-free shortcuts like Italian dressing mix, taco seasoning, etc... Another awesome thing about Pam's book... it has a slow cooker chapter! And I'm kinda partial to slow cooker recipes! :-P
Every single recipe has been shared and enjoyed at her family table with three hungry kids and her husband.
|"One Dish Wonder" pg. 41 from Pan Jordan's "Gluten Free Family Approved Recipes"
So far I've tried the "One Dish Wonder" on page 41, a really awesome chicken meal that shows you how to make the main dish + 2 sides in one casserole dish. I loved this meal. Pam shows you how to cook all three parts of the meal in one dish by making them side by side with different seasonings. I actually just layered the dish because I was short on chicken. But the flavors in this meal are spot on! Pam called for GF Italian dressing seasoning, but I didn't have any... so I used half a package of dry Ranch dressing mix instead and it was AWESOME! I can't believe I've never thought to use the flavors of a dressing mix in a casserole. We loved this!
We also tried the Enchilada Casserole on page 50 (see the top picture in this post). It uses jarred gluten-free enchilada sauce (I had never used it before! YUM!), corn tortillas, and ground beef (we used ground turkey since that's what I had on hand). This was a really good casserole. Michael said it was like a "Mexican" lasagna and that's what I thought too. We will definitely be making this again.
Pam's book is a real bargain. As a matter of fact, you can buy it for your kindle right now for only $3.99 from Amazon. A STEAL for an entire book of tested recipes that really work the first time you try them! The next recipe on my list to try is the Pear Cobbler. Pears are my favorite fruit and I've never thought to try them in a cobbler, so I know that will be absolutely delicious!
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Q:I've heard that if you want big arms, you should focus on your triceps, because they make up two-thirds of your upper-arm mass. Is this true?
LEE: Well, yes and no. It is true that triceps constitute the majority of your upper arms. The rest is shared by biceps and brachialis. This doesn't mean that you need to pay more attention to extension movements (for triceps) than contraction movements (for biceps and brachialis). You need to look at your arms as a whole when training them. This is the best way to maximize growth and strength.
Now that we got that little sermon out of the way, let's talk about triceps. When I was competing, the guy with the most envied triceps in the game was Mike Christian. His triceps were very impressive — big, full and cross-striated. His were the standard by which all other triceps were measured, and I made it my goal to match or exceed even his level of development. Of course, each of us must work within our own genetic constraints. Christian happened to be blessed with great genes for triceps, and he certainly made the most of them. I figured my genes weren't too shabby, either, and that with the right amount of effort, I could draw the judges' attention away from his to my own.
As with all of my training, my motto for triceps is "Stimulate, don't annihilate!" Arm muscles, in particular, are relatively small and, as such, can be easily overtrained. The idea is to hit the muscles hard and fast, and then get out of the gym and enjoy your life.
During the offseason, I used two triceps training routines, phase one and phase two, which I would alternate as a way to keep my muscles from becoming comfortable with a single system of training. Both phases began with triceps pushdowns, which is a great exercise for working the outer horseshoe head of each triceps and for warming up the elbows.
Next came lying French curls, also called lying triceps extensions or "skull crushers," although I try to refrain from using the latter for obvious reasons (ouch!). This exercise places stress on the long inner head of each triceps, which is the meat of the muscle. When performing all triceps exercises, using proper form is essential. Try to keep your elbows as close to your body's centerline as possible and, whatever you do, don't drop the weight!
From here, the two routines diverge. In phase one, the third and final exercise was one-arm dumbbell extensions. I really like the stretch developed in the triceps with these. Just three exercises total, but I'd perform them with enough intensity that I couldn't possibly do more.
In phase two, the third exercise was rope triceps extensions, which work the same area as the dumbbell extensions, only from a slightly different angle. The fourth and final exercise in phase two was reverse-grip one-arm cable extensions. These are a great isolation movement, which really create a pump in the targeted area.
This two-phase routine is somewhat advanced and should not be performed by anyone with less than a solid year of training under his belt. When followed twice a week for three months, it's sure to add quality mass to that all-important 67% of your upper arm.


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'The ringing of the bells announces a new thing and breaks the silence. So too do we announce our new resolve to speak out about injustice, to no longer be silent and complicit, to welcome our brothers and sisters who are in this land with us ... in the name and in the spirit of our common and diverse religious traditions." With these words the New Sanctuary Movement was launched in New York City on May 9.
At the interfaith service that morning, two families came forth publicly with their U.S.-born children to seek "sanctuary" with religious congregations and leaders. These families have a final deportation order and risk being torn apart from their loved ones. As we held their children in our arms, we were reminded that family unity must always be the cornerstone of humane and just immigration reform. Our families are the greatest testament to hope, faith, and courage in the face of continual adversity.
After attending an initial meeting in New York, I knew that silence during this poignant time in our nation's history would be betrayal of our fellow brothers and sisters. How could we, rooted in a faith tradition that compels us to act on behalf of the most vulnerable members of our society, not respond to this grave humanitarian crisis? As people of faith, we needed to act and we did. The Latino Leadership Circle (LLC), of which I am a member, responded by becoming a partner in the New Sanctuary Movement.
LLC is an emergent cohort of Latino/Latina ministers in New York City that seeks to support, equip, and engage Christian leaders to serve as catalysts for personal and community transformation. In becoming a New Sanctuary partner, LLC bridged theological reflection and praxis. We put our faith into action. We believe that the broken immigration system is, first and foremost, a spiritual issue, that the very soul of our nation is in peril.


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Jewish World Review March 11, 2013/ 29 Adar, 5773
Outrageous spectacle lead to a rational resolution on the budget? A nation can dream, can't it?
By David Shribman
JewishWorldReview.com | Nobody is going to win the Battle of Sequester Gulch. The Republicans are going to lose, the Democrats are going to lose, President Barack Obama is going to lose, the economy is going to lose, the nation's image is going to lose and the entire political class is going to lose. It's not every day that Washington pulls such an arresting inside straight.
"Only Congress could find a way to cut spending and put the economy at risk and cripple the military," Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said in an interview the other day. "That's pretty impressive. We need to think of a new word that means 'beyond stupid.' We need to go to adjective school and find one."
Former Democratic Sen. Paul J. Kirk Jr. of Massachusetts wandered over to the conversation and added: "I shake my head watching this."
But it's not only Congress that looks bad. The White House often seems more interested in assessing blame than in ascertaining whether a deal might be made. And earlier this month, it contrived to shift responsibility for the capital stalemate by one of the smarmiest stunts in a generation: It canceled White House tours.
That may seem innocent enough -- until you realize that visitors to Washington get their tour tickets from congressional offices, which will be in the position of delivering the bad news.
In the unlikely event you don't intuitively know the case against both parties, here's a political primer for our time:
The case against the Republicans
They limped out of the 2012 elections bleeding from multiple wounds -- their presidential candidate stumbled over immigration, portrayed the very people whose votes he needed as slugs with their palms up for a government handout and showed no affinity for understanding the middle-class Americans who his advisers told him were the swing voters.
Some Republicans concluded that the only thing wrong with Tea Party ideas were that they hadn't been advocated with enough conviction and implemented with enough enthusiasm. Others argued that the problem with the party was that it showed a harsh, uncompromising face to a country desperate for a comforting, compromising outlook. Almost all of them maintained that the party's identity depended upon an unwavering opposition to new taxes.
At first the Republicans looked intransigent: the party of no. Then late last year, battered, they agreed to raise taxes. But rather than seem flexible and responsible -- any halfway good public-relations firm could have made that case easily -- they now seem confused and unfocused.
And while it is possible to argue that the Republicans have bent more than the Democrats since the election, they still are regarded as the stubborn party in this struggle. This is not an easy task but they have accomplished it.
The case against the Democrats
Mr. Obama won the election and claimed a second-term mandate the public might not have conferred upon him. Ordinarily this might not be toxic, but the low point of his first term was when he reminded Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia of what he already knew: that Mr. Obama was president and the then-GOP majority whip was not, and that elections (here he was speaking of his first victory, in 2008) had consequences.
Translated into English that meant: I won, you lost, get in line, Buster.
That was maybe not the best negotiating tactic for a president whose engagement in direct negotiations is a part-time thing and who might have blamed the economic crisis on his predecessor for a bit too long, perhaps forgetting that he asked for the job of president.
The Democrats profited for a few years by portraying their rivals as obstructionists, failing to recognize that their convictions were as strongly held and as deeply rooted as the Democrats'. Just last week Mr. Obama, on a dining spree, invited some Republican senators out for supper, the White House emphasizing that the event was at a neutral site. This was a very good impulse and a very bad explanation.
The White House and the Capitol themselves are neutral, American sites, no matter who has temporary political custody of them, and in the Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan years the White House was often used for presidential dinners with opposition leaders. That may be why the 88th and 97th Congress were so productive, and why the 112th and (so far) the 113th have been so frustrating.
One slick maneuver yet to be pulled: A former Democratic senator wonders whether a devilish Republican caucus might agree to a tiny tax increase as part of a stop-gap measure in the sequester drama. Then the Republicans could go to the country and say they gave Mr. Obama a tax increase not once but twice -- and now it is time for Mr. Obama, his reputation as a big taxer secure, to give them the big spending cuts they want and their constituents demand.
The worst-case scenario: This would be today's paralysis carried on endlessly, which would challenge our faith in democracy. Put aside the question of who is punished most severely by the sequester and whether it is really bad for the economy. This impasse undermines our system and is a symbol of our leaders' inability to do what they were elected to do: not to win a debate but to serve the country.
The best-case scenario: Let's return to Sen. Graham of South Carolina, born in a town called Central, often at the center of things but seldom a centrist. This is his take: "We might have maneuvered ourselves into some place that is so stupid that we have to do something rational."
This is a heck of a position to occupy, the world's sole superpower forced to be rational as a result of its own stupidity. But in the end, the much-avoided truth may be that it is easier, and better, to do a big budget deal -- the grand bargain, as it is termed in the capital -- than to implement the sequester.
Let's see how stupid our public servants can be in the hope that they might wake up and do the rational thing. Maybe they will. Because now it is clear that nobody is going to win the Battle of Sequester Gulch.
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RootsTech 2015 will be held in Salt Lake City from February 11–14, 2015, and the RootsTech Content Committee is calling for dynamic presentations that inform and educate both those seeking to begin and those continuing to discovering their family story through technology.
They say that presentation submissions will be accepted June 2 to June 27, 2014, through the Call for Presentations portal on RootsTech.org
They are looking for presentations such as -
· Finding and Organizing: search tactics, resources, specialized tools, methodologies, solutions, metadata, apps and software
· Preserving Your Work And Legacy: family trees, digital migration, audio and video solutions
· Sharing: social media, and tools for collaboration, wikis, crowd sourcing, community building, blogs
· Stories and Photos: storytelling and interviewing, capturing stories, preserving stories, enhancing stories with photos, photo restoration, movies and presentations, photo editing, oral histories
· Tools: technology introductions, gadgets, genetic research, DNA, breaking down barriers,
· General: family history topics in general including geographic research, time-period research, inspirations, market trends, research trends, adjacent industries, record types. (Please note, there is still an expectation in this category that technology is a part of the presented topic.)
· Family Traditions And Lifestyle: cultural arts, handicrafts, food, influential historical events, everyday living standards, social customs, pastimes, artifacts. (Please note there is still an expectation in this category that this knowledge assists the learner in family history and that technology is a part of the presented topic.)
And at the Innovator Summit, they would like the following presentations -
· Developer: standards and API's, mobile app development, social applications, record imaging and visualizations, apps for youth, software and tools that enable the work of family history.
· Business: funding and investment, startups- success stories and tips, opportunities and market trends, networking and partnerships, insights and entertainment
The complete Call for Presentations document is present at https://familysearch.org/blog/en/files/2014/04/RT15-CFP-041614v.2.pdf. It includes presentation and evaluation criteria, the submission timeline, and process details.
Questions regarding the RootsTech 2015 call for presentations can be emailed to the Content Committee at email@example.com.
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Best of Berkun 2003-2015
I've written 1400+ posts, and seven books, on many topics over the 16 years this blog has existed. If you're new to my work, here's some of the most popular posts, including those featured in other websites or magazines.
In 2011 I published Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds, a collection of my best essays, which you pick up here. If you like what you see, follow me by email or on twitter. Thanks for reading.
- How To Be Creative: the Short Honest Truth
- Creative Thinking Hacks* (video)
- Why You Get Ideas in The Shower
- How to be a Genius
- How to Pitch an Idea*
- How to Survive Creative Burnout*
- How to run a Brainstorming Meeting
- Don't Be Precious (With Your Ideas)
- Idea Killers: Ways to kill ideas and countermeasures
- John Cleese On Creativity (with notes)
Philosophy of Life
- The Cult of Busy*
- How to Learn From Your Mistakes*
- How to Be a Free Thinker*
- How to Give and Receive Criticism*
- Book Smarts vs. Street Smarts*
- How to Stay Motivated*
- Attention and Sex*
- How to Make a Difference*
- Hating vs. Loving*
- The Three Piles of Life
- Why It's OK to Be Obvious
- How to Be Good At Anything
- Should You Always Trust Your Gut? (NO)
- How to Discuss Politics with Friends
- Good beats "Innovative" nearly every time
- Innovation vs. Improvement: How do you know what you have?
- Stop Saying Innovation / Why Jargon Feeds on Lazy Minds
- Where do Your Ideas Die?
- How to Diagnose Creative Failures
- How to Innovate Right Now
- The 5 Best Books on Innovation EVER
- Inside Pixar's Leadership
- The Simple Plan: My speech at The Economist
- 9 Ways to Understand How Ideas Spread
- The Idea Approval Index
- The Secret About Innovation Secrets
Public Speaking
- How to Prepare: A Checklist for Great Talks
- How to Fix Boring Lectures
- How to be Passionate
- The Attack of the Butterflies – how to overcome fear (PDF)
- An Open Letter to Speakers
- An Open Letter to Conference Organizers
- How to Give a Perfect Demo
- How To Speak to A Bored Audience
- Why Panel Sessions Suck and How to Fix Them
- How to Get Paid to Speak
- The Myth of the Tough Crowd
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1905 Handmade Dress
The New England Historic and Genealogical Society (NEHGS) now houses the American Jewish Historical Society. Several months ago, I noticed seeing new signs, new people, and this beautiful dress in a display cabinet. The 5th floor is my favorite location and where I park my folders and body. Within feet, is this lovely dress. There is no proof that the dress was worn at Ellis Island, but I like to believe it was.
After a few visits, I got up enough courage to speak with the person in charge. We chatted, and I mentioned the dress and how I would like to take a photo, then I mentioned my blog. I told her I would like to write a little article about her Society, and to include the dress. She seemed glad about that, but I think she was expecting this post two weeks ago, however, I had to go back to the library yesterday, to get a better picture.
It is rather hard to write something of which I know little about, so from their information comes this, "The New England Collections of the American Historical Society holds the records and papers of Jewish organizations and individuals from the greater Boston metropolitan area and New England.
Permission was granted to take photo of dress, without flash. The dress is enclosed in Plexiglass, and all the ceiling lights were on. There was no way around the reflection.


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The ACM (the Association for Computing Machinery) has named 47 of its members as 2010 Distinguished Members in recognition of their individual contributions to practical and theoretical aspects of computing that drive innovation and sustain economic competitiveness. This year's Distinguished Members include computer engineers and scientists who represent academic and corporate institutions from a broad spectrum of countries and disciplines.
Nearly 40 percent of the 2010 honorees are from non-North American countries, including France, Germany, Italy, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Australia, India, and South Africa. The new Distinguished Members are recognized for significant advances in computing technology that have dramatically influenced progress in science, engineering, business, and many other areas of human endeavor.
"This year's Distinguished Members reflect the growing international diversity of ACM's membership and our commitment to recognizing excellence throughout the computing world," said Alain Chesnais, president of ACM. "These prominent men and women have met the stringent criteria for this honor by demonstrating creativity, leadership, and dedication to computing and computer science. Their achievements buttress the innovations that sustain competitiveness in a global economy. We applaud their entrepreneurial and creative spirit and its beneficial impact on society."
The ACM Distinguished Member program can recognize the top 10 percent of ACM worldwide membership based on professional experience as well as significant achievements in the computing field. ACM's current worldwide membership exceeds 97,000.
The recipients were recognized for achievements in cybersecurity, software engineering and architecture, data mining and management, Web systems, 3D user interfaces, interactive multimedia, biomedical computing, programming language implementation, Web performance evaluation, computer architecture virtualization, mobile computing, wireless networking, and Web image and information retrieval.
The following ACM Members have been recognized as 2010 ACM Distinguished Engineers:
- Anderson, Mark S., Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Australia
- Fong, Liana L., IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
- Northrop, Linda M., SEI, Carnegie Mellon Universtiy
- Waldspurger, Carl A., VMware, Inc.
- Wolfson, Dan, IBM Software Group
- Woo, Andrew, NGRAIN (Canada) Corporation, Vancouver, BC, Canada
The following ACM Members have been recognized as Distinguished Scientists:
- Agrawal, Divyakant, University of California at Santa Barbara
- Arlitt, Martin F., Hewlett Packard Laboratories/University of Calgary
- Bala, Vasanth, IBM Research
- Blake, M. Brian, University of Notre Dame
- Bowman, Doug A., Virginia Tech
- Chrysanthis, Panos K., University of Pittsburgh
- Churchill, Elizabeth F., Yahoo! Research
- Cowan, Donald D., University of Waterloo
- Duesterwald, Evelyn, IBM Research
- EL Saddik, Abdulmotaleb, University of Ottawa
- Fdida, Serge, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
- Feng, Wu-chun, Virginia Tech
- Gilbert, Juan E., Clemson University
- Grove, David, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
- Hall, Mary Wolcott, University of Utah
- Hu, Y. Charlie, Purdue University
- Kalyanaraman, Shivkumar, IBM Research - Bangalore, India
- Liu, Huan, Arizona State University
- Ma, Wei-Ying, Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing, China
- Maarek, Yoelle, Yahoo! Research, Haifa, Israel
- Maglio, Paul P., IBM Research - Almaden
- Mandrioli, Dino G., Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- Marwala, Tshilidzi, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
- Murphy, Gail C., University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Ng, Hwee Tou, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore
- Pollock, Lori, University of Delaware
- Ramjee, Ramachandran, Microsoft Research India, Bangalore
- Reinhardt, Steven K., Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Sears, Andrew, UMBC
- Seiferas, Joel I., University of Rochester
- Shieh, Shiuhpyng, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
- Sivasubramaniam, Anand, Pennsylvania State University
- Skadron, Kevin, University of Virginia
- Thuraisingham, Bhavani, The University of Texas at Dallas
- Tichy, Walter F., Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
- Touch, Joseph, University of Southern California
- Wolman, Alec, Microsoft Research
- Wu, Kesheng, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Xu, Jun, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Zaki, Mohammed J., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Zhuge, Hai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China


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8 medium sweet potatoes (5 pounds)
2 tablespoons olive oil
Coarse salt
2 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces
2 tablespoons light-brown sugar
1/3 cup pecan pieces
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Peel potatoes and halve lengthwise; slice crosswise 1/2 inch thick. On a baking sheet, toss potatoes with olive oil; season with coarse salt.
Transfer half the potatoes to a second baking sheet; cook both sheets until potatoes are tender, tossing occasionally, 25 to 30 minutes.
Sprinkle with butter, brown sugar, pecan pieces, and cayenne pepper, dividing evenly. Bake until sugar is caramelized and hard, about 10 minutes. Gently toss; serve immediately.