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NEW YORK (AP) — The opening night of the musical "The Fantasticks" wasn't so fantastic.
The reviews were decidedly mixed, with the New York Herald Tribune critic only liking Act 2. The New York Times grudgingly enjoyed just Act 1 and its critic, Brooks Atkinson, sniffed that the show was "the sort of thing that loses magic the longer it endures."
Tom Jones, who wrote the book and lyrics as well as acted in it, was crushed. "What I thought was it was the end of the world," he says. At the opening-night party, the press agent called in to read the reviews and the mood grew "ghastly."
Jones spent the rest of the night drinking too much and wandering Central Park in despair and throwing up. "One thing I learned that night was never, ever eat Mexican food at an opening-night party," he recalls.
The date was May 3, 1960.
This Sunday, that little show — with a cast of eight, two musicians, a cardboard moon and guy who sprinkles confetti and makes us believe it's snow — will celebrate a staggering milestone: 20,000 performances, a number so silly that it looks like a typo. The magic has clearly endured.
"My mind doesn't grasp it, in a way," says Jones. "It's like life itself — you get used to it and you don't notice how extraordinary it is. I'm grateful for it and I'm astonished by it."
The musical, based on an obscure play by Edmond Rostand, doesn't necessarily have the makings of a hit. The set is just a platform with poles, a curtain and a wooden box. No explosions, no chandeliers.
The tale, a mock version of "Romeo and Juliet," concerns a young girl and boy, secretly brought together by their fathers and an assortment of odd characters, including a rakish narrator, an old actor, an Indian named Mortimer and a mute. It's as much about a love affair as it is a nod to the magic of theater itself.
Composer Harvey Schmidt's melodies are hypnotic, from "Try to Remember" to "Soon It's Gonna Rain" to the haunting "They Were You." Jones' lyrics are equally accomplished. "Without a hurt, the heart is hollow" sums up the show's theme.
Despite the initial mixed critical reviews, the show was saved by the pugnacious producer Lore Noto, who coaxed celebrities into coming and built audiences through strong word of mouth.
Scores of actors have appeared in the show, from the opening cast that included Jerry Orbach and Rita Gardner, to stars such as Ricardo Montalban and Kristin Chenoweth to current "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella" star Santino Fontana.
It was Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham's first show in New York, but that isn't so strange. "For a lot of people, it's their first New York show," says Jones, laughing. "We get them for their first show because we can't afford them usually after that."
In 1982, it was aspiring actor Kim Moore's first show, too, after arriving in New York from Wheaton, Minn. He had done the musical in high school and college and hoped he might land the part of The Mute in the Big Apple. He did — on his second audition. And even then he wasn't the top candidate.
"I was told I got cast because the guy they really wanted to play The Mute was too good-looking and he would have stolen focus," Moore says, smiling. "I have no problem with that. I don't need to be your first choice. As long as I'm your last choice."
Over the next decades, Moore would play The Mute, The Boy and The Narrator. He even fell for and married an actress who played The Girl. "My whole love affair with 'The Fantasticks' also involves my own love affair," he says.
For nearly 42 years the show chugged along at the 153-seat Sullivan Street Playhouse in Greenwich Village, finally closing in 2002 after 17,162 performances — a victim both of a destroyed downtown after 9/11 and a new post-terrorism, edgy mood.
"It didn't seem strange to me that it would close after 42 years. In some ways, I was grateful," says Jones. "We had neglected the show. We had let it run down."
But the magic couldn't stop.
In 2006, "The Fantasticks" found a new home in The Snapple Theater Center, an off-Broadway complex in the heart of Times Square. Producers quickly asked Moore if he would be its stage manager.
After thousands of performances — on and off over the decades — Moore was a natural choice, knowing all the tricks and behind-the-scenes details. So "The Fantasticks," which had given Moore a steady paycheck and a wife was now transitioning him to a career after acting.
It's a show that's in his DNA now. "I can't escape it. I finally just sort of gave up after a while," he says with a smile. "This is my show, what can I say?"
For his part, Jones jumped at the chance to redeem his handling of "The Fantasticks" and even did some rewriting. "I think I've finally finished with 'The Fantasticks,'" he says. "It's finally the way I want it to be."
It long ago won the title of world's longest-running musical. "The Phantom of the Opera," by comparison, is Broadway's longest-running show with just 10,700 shows, a mere adolescent. (The only rival to "The Fantasticks" is the play "The Mousetrap" in London, which is the longest- running show in the world, having passed 25,000 performances.)
Jones, 85, who teamed up with Schmidt on the shows "I Do! I Do!" and "110 in the Shade" and is currently working on a musical based on "The Tempest," finds himself one of only three original cast members still alive.
Reaching 20,000 performances has made him philosophical about a little musical he put on when Dwight D. Eisenhower was still president. He fully believes it will be on when President Barack Obama's children have kids of their own.
"So many people have come, and this thing stays the same — the platform, the wooden box, the cardboard moon," he says. "We just come and do our little thing and then we pass on."
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Samsung's Epic 4G still does not have an official release date, but Sprint is hoping to appease some eager customers with a teaser site for the new handset. The new site allows you to sign up for email updates on the Epic 4G while also giving you a glimpse of what the handset will have to offer.
Currently, the site shows off the Epic's 720p video recording capabilities and the Swype on screen keyboard. You'll want to check back into the site if you want a glimpse of "unrivaled movie watching" and "ultimate game playing." The Epic 4G will be the third Galaxy S phone to hit the U.S. market this summer and will be the second 4G handset on Sprint's network. We're a little curious as to how many EVO owners would be willing to give up Froyo for a few months in order to see how that Hummingbird processor really flies.

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Hartsville, S.C.- The Coker men's soccer team defeated Belmont Abbey 6-5 on penalty kicks to claim the school's first ever Conference Carolinas Men's Soccer Championship. It was senior Jason Fowler (Sanford, Fla.) that put home the game winner for the Cobras as the seventh kicker in the shootout.
It was a neck and neck battle for more than 120 minutes of play with neither team conceding even the slightest advantage to the other. Belmont Abbey held a 13-10 shot advantage, while each goalkeeper made six saves in the match.
Each team had ample opportunities to put home the game winner, especially in the first overtime period. With just minutes remaining Coker senior Ben Beetch (Palmer, Alaska) made a career save, as he knocked away a Abbey direct kick from 18 yards out. Then just moments later Marc Mergena (Port-au-Prince, Haiti) nearly won a 50/50 ball, but Brandon Alvarez was able to make the save.
In the end it came down to a penalty kick shootout. Coker and Abbey stayed neck and neck yet again, with each team putting four of their first five shots in the back of the net. Then in the extra shooters, the sixth shooter for each team netted their shots and then as the seventh shooter Fowler was able to score for Coker, but Ross Smith sent his shot wide, giving Coker the 6-5 shootout victory and the win.
The Cobras win gives them their first Conference Carolinas title in history and also marks the first time a #5 seed has won the title in conference history.
Coker will now wait to see if they will advance to the NCAA Southeast Regional. The section will take place Monday at 7:00 p.m.
2009 All-Tournament Team
-Stuart Wright, Limestone College
-Luke Duffy, Lees-McRae College
-Marc Mergena, Coker College
-Aaron Wheldon, Belmont-Abbey College
-Ben Beetch, Coker College
-Jack Reid, Belmont-Abbey College
-Tyler Senecal, Coker College
-Emmanuel Yamson, Belmont-Abbey College
-Noah Lascell, Coker College
Finals MVP: AJ Sweeney, Coker College
Conference Tournament Champion: Coker College


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NBA Draft Projections for Michigan Players
The folks at NBA Draft.net pretty much spend their lives speculating on that very subject and have projected three Michigan players in the 2013 draft.
Glenn Robinson, Fr., SF, #15 to Atlanta
Trey Burke, So., PG, #25 to San Antonio
Tim Hardaway Jr., Jr., SG, #31 to Washington
I'm a little surprised Burke and Hardaway aren't rated higher, particularly Burke. From a selfish perspective, they would be less likely to leave.


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Music luminaries John Fogerty and Faith Hill, along with hot new country chart-toppers Florida Georgia Line in a special collaboration with Nelly, and country music stars The Band Perry have been added to the all-star artist lineup scheduled to perform at "ACM Presents: Tim McGraw's Superstar Summer Night," taping Monday, April 8, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, to be broadcast Sunday, May 19 (9 p.m.), on the CBS Television Network. These artists join previously announced performers Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Ne-Yo, Pitbull, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban and Lady Antebellum.
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For 20 years, Tim McGraw has been providing a powerful connection with his audience. With "Two Lanes of Freedom," his new album and first release for Big Machine Records, the singer is covering his broadest emotional range yet with a set of songs that looks forward and back, gets deep and gets loose, and reveals that even the biggest stars can continue to grow with consistency and maturity.
In his record-shattering career, McGraw has sold more than 40 million albums and dominated the charts with 33 No. 1 singles. Since the release of his debut album in 1993, he has won three Grammy Awards, 15 Academy of Country Music Awards, 12 Country Music Association Awards and 10 American Music Awards, while simultaneously maintaining a parallel career as a successful actor in such films as "The Blind Side," "Country Strong" and "Friday Night Lights," as well as hosting "Saturday Night Live," a rare honor for a singer in any genre. McGraw has never been afraid of breaking new ground. Over the years, he has collaborated with musicians from Nelly to Tony Bennett to Def Leppard and Ne-Yo.
Each year, ACM Lifting Lives provides grants to music therapy and music education programs. Other giving includes serving members of the country music community who face unexpected medical or financial hardship through the Diane Holcomb Emergency Relief Fund, and partnering with artists to improve lives through music. For more information, visit www.ACMLiftingLives.org.


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Garden cultivators are lighter weight, easier to use and best for already-tilled soil. They are good for flower beds, raised beds and smaller landscaping jobs. Garden cultivators help break up the top level of soil to allow moisture and nutrients to get to plants' roots. They can be used to turn and prepare small areas of soil, but garden tillers are recommended for large areas or tightly-packed soil. New for 2013, Troy-Bilt offers the TB225 Garden Cultivator, with a dependable 2-cycle engine and forward-rotating tines, it's perfect for light landscaping chores. The TB146 EC 4-cycle Garden Cultivator is also great for loosening and cultivating soil. It features adjustable tilling widths from 6" to 12", as well as a tilling depth of up to 5", and it's compatible with the JumpStart' engine starter.
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Front-tine garden tillers are slightly smaller and lighter than rear-tine garden tillers. The tines are located in front, and the tines digging into the soil is what propels the machine forward. Troy-Bilt offers the Colt Front-Tine Garden Tiller, great for premium garden soil preparation. Its patented Bolo® tines cut through soil with ease, resulting in finely tilled, well-aerated soil.
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With such a large health care sector in Gainesville, what effect — if any — could the Affordable Care Act have on the local economy?
With such a large health care sector in Gainesville, what effect — if any — could the Affordable Care Act have on the local economy?
Hospitals and physicians say they see an opportunity to receive reimbursement from more patients who currently cannot pay as more people get health insurance. In theory, however, that is supposed to lower the cost of care to everyone else who is now subsidizing indigent care through higher premiums and higher charges for care.
Doctors are retiring or leaving small practices for larger ones over frustrations with insurers that started before the ACA — also known as Obamacare — went into effect, leaving more vacancies in medical office parks.
Other area businesses that provide products or services to health care providers see opportunities if demand increases for surgical devices or other technology used by practitioners, but in the case of medical device manufacturers, they also face added taxes they say will slow growth.
Then there are the same issues that Gainesville shares with the broader economy regarding insurance costs to businesses, consumers who will pay more or less based on their circumstances, and the potential for a healthier, productive workforce.
In 2011, health care and social assistance establishments accounted for 26 percent of private-sector workers and 36 percent of the payroll in the Gainesville metro area, with 20,774 employees making $1.02 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
UF Health Shands Hospital provides $80 million to $100 million in unreimbursed care out of an annual budget of about $1.1 billion, said Dr. David Guzick, president of UF Health.
Florida has 3.8 million uninsured people, or 25 percent of the population, including 45,000 in Alachua County.
On one hand, the cost to care for those people is borne by those who can pay, so the hospital gets paid either way. On the other hand, the care uninsured people receive often costs more since they tend to wait until late into their illnesses to seek emergency treatment that costs more to provide. If more people were insured and received ongoing care earlier, the hospital would save money, Guzick said.
"Our revenues would not change, but our costs would decline," Guzick said.
If UF Health were able to save a fraction of those unreimbursed costs, it would invest it back into faculty, equipment, research and construction, he said.
"The Affordable Care Act, if it were working, would be better for us, and we hope it will work," Guzick said.
UF Health has trained counselors to help people who are interested in signing up for insurance through the ACA health care exchange.
The complexity and requirements of the ACA will challenge small medical practices, causing some doctors to retire or leave small practices for large practices, said Dr. Norman Levy, president of the Alachua County Medical Society. The needed structural changes should result in increased hiring, purchasing and investments in the larger medical operations.
Physicians already are overwhelmed with insurance company demands that Levy said interfere with their ability to determine the best course of treatment and medications, and the ACA will present similar challenges.
Realtor Beau Beery of Coldwell Banker Commercial M.M. Parrish Realtors said there has been a significant increase in office vacancies in medical parks this year as the shift already has begun.
"They're so riddled with regulations that what they entered the career to do — which was to help people — has become so difficult that they don't want the extra hassle of ownership and the stress of it, so let me just go and help people and get a salary and be done at the end of the day," he said.
Beery said the property owners face a conundrum. They can convert medical offices — which have small exam rooms, sinks in every room and Formica countertops — to general office space, "but not many general office people want to be in medical parks."
As a result, the owners have less income for development or to purchase other assets.
"It just ripples all over the place," Beery said.
Among local businesses that count medical practices among their customers, two of the largest — RTI Surgical and Exactech — expect to pay $2 million and $1.6 million respectively this year for the medical device tax to pay for ACA insurance subsidies, money that won't be available to invest in new employees and product development.
Another company, AxoGen, has said that business for its surgical products could increase if more of the newly insured received peripheral nerve repair surgery.
RegisterPatient already has benefited from requirements for physicians to adopt electronic medical records.
Shadow Health faces conflicting forces on the demand for its software to train nursing students, said Chief Financial Officer Patrick Bizub. Demand for new nurses that is already high could increase as the newly insured seek more care, but insurers have been cutting reimbursement rates while demanding more skills, licensing and educational requirements.
Plus, university systems struggle to recruit qualified educators to expand nursing programs, he said.
For the broader business community, companies in industries that have not traditionally offered health insurance, such as restaurants and construction companies, are wrestling with staffing and hours since the ACA requires those with 50 or more employees to offer insurance.
In an October interview, Jim Painter of Painter Masonry said they are holding their employee count to 48 so they can continue to compete with smaller companies when bidding for jobs.
Keith Lynn Hodge, senior agent at Ference Insurance Agency, has been helping small businesses weigh their options.
Hodge said businesses that are renewing group insurance plans are seeing smaller rate increases this year — in the range of 7.5-8.2 percent — compared with 18-32 percent for this year's rates. That is more in line with the 6-10 percent annual rate increases he said he has seen over his 17 years in the business.
Other companies are weighing whether it is better to offer insurance or send employees to the exchange, he said. In one case, the exchange would be a better option for an employee who would qualify for a federal subsidy for her and her children, but who would have to pay for 100 percent of the cost of her children's insurance through the group plan.
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Angelica Kauffmann
Swiss/Austrian (born in Switzerland), 1741–1807
Mythological Figures, c. 1790
ink, wash on paper
17.1 x 17.2 cm Image: 14.7 x 14.7 cm
Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Gift from the Estate of Arnold O. Brigden
The Swiss-born Angelica Kauffmann travelled to Rome in her early twenties and became quickly ensconced in the artistic community, particularly with the resident British artists. In 1766 she went to London to continue her studies and met many of the leading painters in the city, including Joshua Reynolds and Benjamin West. Two years later she was among the founders of the Royal Academy and was one of the few women artists granted membership. Embracing the Neoclassical style, Kauffmann often chose themes derived from classical mythology, history, and contemporary literature. She was particularly adept with decorative commissions, and with her husband, Antonio Zucchi, she worked on several projects for the architect and designer Robert Adam. This drawing from the 1790s is a study in classical forms and features two lovers in a landscape setting. Kauffmann's elegant lines and sparing use of washes for volume and shadow adds to the decorative quality of the work.
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None. Toronto might be the best city in the world. The tuition costs are better. And if you ever do choose to relocate UofT has the reputation of being our "Harvard" and will give you tremendous pull anywhere. On par with that of HYS.
Although the weather in Boston and New York is indeed god-awful as well - it being worse in Boston. Why are these good schools concentrated on the northeast?


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1. Re: DX58SO wont boot if coldphil_l May 27, 2012 7:47 AM (in response to Paul Nugent)
Sounds like it is probably a fault with the motherboard, bad capacitors or a dry joint would cause something like this.
2. Re: DX58SO wont boot if coldPaul Nugent May 27, 2012 6:27 PM (in response to phil_l)
Thanks Phil. About six caps were replaced, the ones closest to the CPU and the entire board has had a scrupulous going over with a soldering iron. The caps didnt look as though they were leaking or bulged. Perhaps Intel would have a higher level Technician who could advise of a component that could be replaced, maybe an EEprom? This was an expensive board, over $350 from memory so it would be great if it was fixed besides, the less junk that goes to landfill the better. Also is it normal to have two Memory modules at 1.5 and one at 1.54? There doesnt appear to be any way to adjust it in the BIOS. It was still under warranty when the problem began but impatience can cause untold mayhem in ones life.
3. Re: DX58SO wont boot if coldpapagym May 27, 2012 8:49 PM (in response to Paul Nugent)
Hey Phil,
I'm not an expert but I have worked on loads of computers.
What OS are you running on that DX58SO? It's not bad to have a memory module that's only 4/100 (1/25) of a volt differrence. That can't be your problem. Instead of putting the heat blower into the front fan take the lid off the case and point your heater at various places and see if you can get it to start maybe you can get an idea where the problem is. DO NOT TOUCH ANY THING With the blower or with you hands unless you ground yourself to the case. Don't mess with the Bios to make any changes unless you need to.
Did you build this PC? If you did do you remember checking to see if all of the stand off on the back of the board were alligned properly with the holes in the Mobo. Is the Mobo about 1/4 from the chassis and sitting pretty flat all of the way around. Look cloaely at the back panel on the inside some MoBo's have spring like metal clips that align the sockets if their bent wrong it could cause a short.. Look at the screws that attach the mobo to the chassis to see if something is touching the solder joints.
Get the PC running then check the things below on the OS.
You may have ruled this out before, but If your using Windows 7 OS open up the Action Center and see if there is an issue shown there. Look at you Device Manager and see if there are any problems make sure to open up the the entire tree by clicking the arrows on the left side. Try looking at the event viewer and see of you get errors there. Make note on every thing you find.
My gutt feeling is your just having a hard time waking your PC Up. There are some wake up items in the System Bios that you should write down how they are set too. Think about how and what your doing to get the PC to run and keep some good notes and keep track of them or post every thing on this site. Do not make any changes to your PC unless you post them here.
Good Luck Papagym
4. Re: DX58SO wont boot if coldPaul Nugent May 28, 2012 6:10 AM (in response to papagym)
Hi Pagagym, I'm Paul not Phil, Phil was the first person to reply to my post. Thanks for the tips and I know you are only trying to help but the reason I posted in the Intel forums is because I thought an Intel Technician would reply. I'm a PC tech with twelve years running my own business so yes I know about Event manager but this is a pre-windows problem. I turn My PC off at night so its not an issue with a driver or software otherwise the screen would go on then switch off after the windows loading screen, (I've seen that problem quite often). Its not a traditional Tower case but an enclosure - Antec Sonata -I've had the board off twice and back on and tried with and without red plastic washers. Obviously it is a fault with the motherboard but I was hoping to find which component I could replace that might be involved in initialising the video adaptor bus. I appreciate your help anyway. Thanks
5. Re: DX58SO wont boot if coldpapagym May 28, 2012 7:59 AM (in response to Paul Nugent)
Hi Paul,
Sorry I got your name mixed up with Phil's, and yes I thought I could help you. I'll be 74 next month and us old geasers just make those kind of errors. I''ve been working on Computers since the days of the old vacuum tube, but my knowledge is limited I built one of Intel's Extreme machines early this year DZ69BC and it's working fine. But I have Corsair memory and my BIOS is being reported as 1333 MHz and when It's actually 1600MHz. This memory has XMP built into it but I can't get the Bios to recognize it. If my memory serves me right, the DX58SO is one of the Extreme series that I looked to build but the mobo was out of my price range. I looked at that Antec Case it is pretty big. How old is that Mobo your working on? Does it go through POST when you turn it on? I'll think about it some more...Two minds are greater than one.
Good Luck to you Paul.
6. Re: DX58SO wont boot if coldPaul Nugent May 28, 2012 8:16 PM (in response to papagym)
Thanks Papagym, I have Corsair RAM as well its being reported as 1080 Mhz I cant remeber what its meant to be. The board is a couple of years old now, It had the post beep error for no Video adaptor but after I mucked around thats gone. Now I get nothing although for the last few mornings it has started OK since I dropped the Mem voltage down that little bit from 1.54 to 1.5 (except for the one that wont go down) Like you I would have thought that small of an adjustment would make no difference. I'll try again tomorrow aas I think its going to be cold!
7. Re: DX58SO wont boot if coldpapagym May 29, 2012 11:02 AM (in response to Paul Nugent)
Hi Paul.
Remember that the P/N for your Ram is probably stamped on the side of the stick if you care to pull one out. You can also go on the Corsair web site and get help from their engineers. They may be able to give you some info on your voltage problem. It would be interesting to see if your Ram uses a XMP Profile too. I just sent in a ticket on an event error ID 56 problem that I have and I mentioned the Ram problem there too. Maybe I'll get something back on that if I do I'll let you know.
8. Re: DX58SO wont boot if coldPaul Nugent May 29, 2012 5:32 PM (in response to papagym)
I still have the original box its XMS3 3 x 2 GB p/n CMX6GX3M3A1600C9 so I'm assuming its 1600 mHz but running at 1080 My PC didnt start again this morning, I thought I would risk it without putting the heater on but as it was a clear sky it was a very cold morning (probably 4 Celcius) Never heard of XMP profile but on the box it says for support go to www.asktheramguy.com I set it all back to default but its still the same in the BIOS 1.54 - 1.5 - 1.5


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"The Cincinnati Reds organization and our entire city are thrilled with Barry's election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. His extraordinary talent has earned him a permanent place in Cooperstown alongside Reds greats Sparky Anderson, Johnny Bench, Warren Giles, Ernie Lombardi, Bill McKechnie, Bid McPhee, Joe Morgan, Tony Perez, Eppa Rixey and Edd Roush. Throughout his entire life both on and off the field, Barry has represented himself and our city with the class and professionalism consistent with the ideals of the Reds, Major League Baseball and the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. He continues to be one of our game's greatest ambassadors. We are very proud that his accomplishments have been validated at the highest level by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. We look forward to the induction ceremonies in July."
Quotes on Barry Larkin's Election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame
Johnny Bench, inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989
"It certainly is a deserving honor for the Cincinnati native and Reds shortstop. Barry distinguished himself as a tremendous leader and a dominating player. Winning a World Series and an MVP plus Gold Glove and Silver Slugger awards puts him among the elite players in Reds history. I'm very happy for his family and look forward to being with him in July on the stage in Cooperstown. Congratulations to a class act, on and off the field."
Joe Morgan, inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990
"Barry Larkin's election to the Baseball Hall Of Fame comes at a time when statistics are as important as the eye test, and Barry passes both tests. When you watched him play you knew he was a special player."
Tony Perez, Larkin's teammate in 1986, inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000
"I'm very happy Barry got in. Now he's with us, another guy in the family. I've seen him play and do great things for the Cincinnati Reds organization and the team. He was a great player, very deserving to belong in the Hall of Fame."
Cal Ripken, inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007
"For 19 years Barry represented the Cincinnati Reds and the game of baseball so well both on and off the field. When I think of Barry I think of a steady, smart and terrific all-around player both at shortstop and at the plate. I wish we had played in the same league, but we were in 11 All-Star Games together and I always enjoyed being around him and talking baseball."
Marty Brennaman, recipient of the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award for broadcast excellence in 2000
"Barry was a great all-around talent. Maybe he was overlooked by some people, as ridiculous as that might sound now, because he never patted himself on the back. He just went out and beat the other team every way he could, with speed, defense, at the plate with surprising power and quiet leadership. Barry Larkin is a Hall of Famer."
Walt Jocketty, Reds President of Baseball Operations and General Manager
"The entire Reds family couldn't be more proud of Barry. Every night, he could beat an opponent with his bat, his speed, his arm, his defense or his intelligence. He truly was one of the great all-around players of his era."
Dusty Baker, Reds manager
"Barry not only was one of the most talented and gifted players, but he was one of the most intelligent on and off the field. He had great speed but had the ability to slow down the game, so he made very few mistakes. He is one of the few players who maximized the ability he was born with. Barry could do it all. He is the six-tool player all the scouts are looking for now, one with all the baseball skills plus intellect."
Lou Piniella, manager of the Reds' 1990 World Series championship team
"I congratulate Barry on a truly remarkable career. He was very professional, very dedicated, very committed to winning and a great leader. An outstanding individual both on and off the field, Barry remains one of my favorite players I ever managed."
Bobby Cox, former Major League manager
"To me, Barry Larkin was a 'dream' player. He was an outstanding leader who had great physical skills. When you look at his all-around talent and ability in the field, at the plate and on the bases, he might very well have been one of the top two or three shortstops of all-time. He really has all the credentials you think of when you talk about Hall of Fame players. If there had been a draft each year for clubs to build their team from scratch, Barry would have been the first or second pick each year over the course of his career. He was just so well rounded and had all the skills."
Eric Davis, Larkin's teammate from 1986-1991 and 1996, elected to Reds Hall of Fame in 2005
"Barry was the most complete shortstop in the National League during his era. He could do everything. His knowledge of the game was second to none, he took pride in being an all-around player, and he did whatever it took to win a game. Barry was the most unselfish star player I ever played with. We would not have won the 1990 World Series without him. He deserves to be in the Hall of Fame."
Tom Browning, Larkin's teammate from 1986-1994, elected to Reds Hall of Fame in 2006
"Barry was the one guy you could rely on getting the job done. Offensively, he could hit first, second or third as well as anybody in the game. Defensively, he was the best during his time but often was overshadowed by Ozzie Smith. As good as he was as a player, he was a better teammate."
Chris Sabo, Larkin's teammate from 1988-1993 and 1996, elected to the Reds Hall of Fame in 2010
"Barry was the best baseball player overall I ever played with, no question. He had all five tools and used them all at an All-Star level. When I played with Barry, he was the best shortstop in the National League, bar none. In my opinion, he was a no-brainer first ballot Hall of Fame player. Barry made my life easy because he covered so much ground in the hole at shortstop, and I could cheat toward the third base line. He made me, as a third baseman, look better defensively than I actually was."
Sean Casey, Larkin's teammate from 1998-2004, elected to Reds Hall of Fame in 2012
"Barry Larkin was, hands down, the greatest pure athlete I ever played with. He was also my mentor and a great friend. I can't tell you how many times early in my career Lark would pull me aside and try to explain a situation to me to make me a better player. He was a class act all the way in everything he did. He's a Hall of Fame shortstop, and I can say it because I saw it first hand for seven years. I'm so grateful I got a chance to play with and learn from one of the greatest shortstops ever. Lark taught me so many lessons about the game that I passed along to so many guys I played with. Along with his baseball skills, Lark was such a great leader in the clubhouse."
Ken Griffey Jr., Larkin's teammate from 2000-2004
"I honestly can say Barry was the smartest player I ever played with. I am happy not only for him but for the guys who played with him, he made his teammates better. He had a combination of speed and power that changed the way teams started drafting shortstops. As the first 30/30 shortstop, Barry paved the way for guys like Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter and Nomar Garciaparra. I am just as excited and happy for his family, because I've known the Larkins since 1982. He's always been like an older brother to me."
Aaron Boone, Larkin's teammate from 1997-2003
"Getting to play next to Lark in the infield for so long was one of the highlights of my career. He took me under his wing the day I got to the big leagues, and we share a special friendship to this day. The Hall of Fame is a better place today with the addition of Barry Larkin."
Paul O'Neill, Larkin's teammate from 1986-1992
"Looking back on my career in both Cincinnati and with the Yankees, I knew I was on the field every day with two shortstops who would be Hall of Fame players, Barry Larkin and Derek Jeter. Obviously, I felt very fortunate to play with such great players, who are also outstanding people. I'm thrilled about this honor for Lark."
Brandon Phillipps, Reds All-Star second baseman
"Barry was my idol, and if it weren't for him I wouldn't be pursuing my dream and playing baseball right now. Congratulations to him, the Reds and his hometown of Cincinnati. Getting elected to the Hall of Fame is a tremendous honor."
Craig Biggio, played against Larkin for the Astros from 1988-2004
"Barry was a complete player. I had the chance to compete against him a lot since we were in the same division, and he could beat you in many different ways. He could beat you with his bat, on the basepaths and with his glove. He was an excellent shortstop, and he was a smart, intelligent player, which is very important. Barry was a big reason that they had success over there."
John Smoltz, pitched against Larkin for the Braves from 1988-2004
"Barry was one of the most disciplined and complete players I ever played against. There wasn't anything he could not do on the field."
Tom Glavine, pitched against Larkin for the Braves and Mets from 1987-2004
""Barry was such a great competitor. He really changed the shortstop position in our generation because he was an all-around player. He was really a true five-tool player, with everything he could do to beat you."
Gene Bennett, Reds scout who recommended and signed Larkin in 1985
"Barry was a great player with great character who represented the Reds on and off the field with style, presence and a lifelong commitment to a team that was his first love. My part-time scout, Harry Steinride, and I watched Barry play a lot. We drafted him after his senior year at Moeller High School, but he and his family made the decision that he would attend the University of Michigan. We continued to follow him closely, got to know his parents very well and signed him after he became eligible again. I have always had the greatest respect for Barry and his family. I told his mother that 'she was my best scout.' Barry not only was a great player, he is a great individual. Now he's going to the Hall of Fame, where he has always belonged."
Jack Lind, Larkin's first professional manager, at Class AA Vermont in 1985
"Barry Larkin is one of the finest young men I was privileged to manage in minor league baseball. He came to AA in Vermont mid-1985 and made that adjustment to pro ball from major college baseball. The following season in AAA, he showed more improvement in one season than many thought possible, garnering American Association Rookie of the Year and MVP awards. Both were well deserved. Then he was promoted to the Reds, never to look back. My well wishes and congratulations to Barry on his HOF career."
Mike Cameron, Larkin's coach at Moeller High School in Cincinnati
"Barry had physical skills far superior to the average high school athlete not only in baseball, but football as well. He would make plays in the field that left you shaking your head and saying, 'How did he do that?' He was an exceptional player, and I knew he would end up playing in the Major Leagues."
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Beyoncé and Jay Z released a star-studded faux movie trailer titled Run Saturday night, just a month before they kick off their joint On the Run summer tour, reports RollingStone.com. See the video below!
The noir-ish, nearly four-minute trailer depicts the married megastars as mysterious bank robbers. Guns, cash and general steaminess abound – as do the A-list cameos.
Sean Penn, Blake Lively, Jake Gyllenhaal, Don Cheadle, Rashida Jones and Guillermo Déaz all appear on screen, plus Emmy Rossum as a cop shooting at a fugitive Queen Bey.
The plot is more than a bit vague, but highlights include seeing Beyoncé wearing what looks like a wedding dress and veil while riding on the back of Jay-Z's motorcycle, watching her sew up a nasty-looking wound on his arm and, ironically, watching the duo exit an elevator before a big bank heist.
Jay-Z's "Part II (On the Run)" plays throughout much of the trailer, which is interspersed with bits of dialogue. At one point, Beyonce dramatically chats with Lively, who asks, "What happens when it hits the fan?"
"I love him," Beyoncé's character tearfully declares, as Lively comforts her.
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The ASUS Transformer Prime tablet was one of the most hyped Android devices of all time, but all that buzz didn't exactly translate into massive sales numbers. We are still fans of the tablet-with-keyboard form factor, so it's nice to see that ASUS will be releasing a new model soon. In a new teaser for Computex 2012, ASUS shows off an unannounced blank slate that has a stylus coming out of it.
We don't know much about the next ASUS Transformer, but rumors suggest it will be powered by NVIDIA's Tegra 4 chip. The Transformer Prime was the first device powered by Tegra 3, so it makes sense that ASUS might be one of the first Android tablets with Tegra 4.
Computex takes places June 3rd, so we have less than a month before the full details are revealed. ASUS has a teaser page for their press event with blank spaces for four more videos, so we should get some more clues soon.


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My eyes glaze and my mind wanders when I am reading a deed, especially those long ones from the 1880's with property descriptions as big as the land itself. But with the help of a strong cup of coffee to keep oneself awake through the metes and bounds and duly's and hereby's, we can discover nuggets of genealogical treasures in deeds and property records.
I have seen deeds that contain mini-family histories amid the land descriptions. In one such deed from 1900, a family tale was buried in the middle of a four page land description. The deed recounted how the land was purchased by an uncle and nephew-in-law, who each built a house on the land through a private family agreement. The uncle and nephew-in-law died within a short time of each other; the uncle with no children, but the nephew-in-law with eleven. The deed recounts the rights of the heirs, and is signed by them, so it is a valuable document in that sense.
But the big genealogical discovery is in the part of the deed that recounts an agreement between the uncle and his nephew:
"Daniel Kelly died and his interest became vested in Kearn Bowe his nephew by virtue of an agreement between them that Kearn Bowe should care for him in his last illness and give him a decent burial."
Not only did this description introduce a new ancestor to the family, Kearn Bowe, it also provides a glimpse into the lives and relationships of the family members.
For me, a story about a nephew caring for an uncle and their special relationship is what family history research is all about! Who would think to find such a story in a dry, old deed?
The other day a woman in one of my classes showed me an deed from 1869 that contained all sorts of genealogical clues regarding wills and heirs. It even recounted the book number and location of a will and other deeds.
In researching some Irish deeds and property records, I have come across another valuable genealogical gem: "measuring lives." Under British property law, the time period of certain land transfers were measured by "lives" of (usually) three people. These deeds and records often described the "lives" in some manner, often in terms of a family relationship. Family historian Darryl Scarff shared with me an example from an 1819 County Kilkenny deed:
"to hold same with all apput's therto belonging unto the said Jas. Scharf, his Heirs and afsigns, for and during the natural life or lives of the said Wm. Tyndall, John Tyndall, eldest son & Wm. Tyndall, youngest son, of said Wm., the lessor and survivor of them..."
So, as you see, this record not only states the names of William Tyndall's sons, it gives the birth order as well! I have seen many other examples in Irish deeds and property records of the "lives" described in this way. After all, familial relationship was the best way to describe a person at the time.
In the Wandesforde Estate papers, I read letters addressed to agents of the lord, directing them to determine if the people listed as measuring lives in some of the conveyances were still living. Certain lands could be reclaimed and sold if all had died. See my posting on searching estate records for other discoveries that can made in such collections.
When researching Irish land and deed records, a family historian should be aware of this common law device and should search for conveyances in which the ancestor was the grantor as well as the grantee, as family members could be named as "measuring lives" in conveyances to third parties.
While I will treat the methodology of property research in a future post, I will post below links to the Registry of Deeds Index Project and to the Registry of Deeds for Irealnd for those who might want to start their digging into Irish deeds. The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) has estate and land records in Belfast. Don't forget to search the Family History Library to determine if the FHL has films of records or indices for your area of interest.


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B'nai B'rith's connection to the advent of Hebrew in Israel goes back further than even the first Zionist Congress. In the spring of 1888, a small group of idealistic and enlightened young men established the Jerusalem Lodge of B'nai B'rith, the first lodge in what was then Palestine. Principal among the goals was to promote the revival of Hebrew as the living vernacular of the growing Jewish community. Ben-Yehuda served as the lodge's first secretary, and referred to the Jerusalem Lodge as "a center of visions."
The Jerusalem Lodge became the first public body in Palestine in which Hebrew was the official language. In 1890, it founded and elected the Va'ad Ha-Lashon Ha-Ivrit (the Hebrew Language Committee), the precursor of the Academy of the Hebrew Language. A year later, it established the Midrash Abarbanel Library, which became the nucleus of the Jewish National and University Library.
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By Aruna Viswanatha
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's pick to serve as the top criminal prosecutor dedicated more of her time in the private sector to defending technology companies than she did financial institutions, a resume that could ease concerns that she might be soft on Wall Street.
Leslie Caldwell, who the White House nominated last month to lead the Justice Department's criminal division, has worked for firms such as Oracle Corp, Cisco Systems and Hewlett Packard as a private lawyer, according to ethics disclosures released by the government.
She has also counseled clients ranging from Toyota's U.S. sales arm and defense contractor Northrop Grumman to romance novelist Danielle Steel, according to a list of recent clients that she has billed for at least $5,000 in one year.
Her client list also includes financial firms Fannie Mae, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank.
Caldwell, who earned $2.8 million since 2012 as a partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Justice Department has faced criticism for bringing few marquee criminal cases against misconduct that fueled the financial crisis. Attorney General Eric Holder came under fire earlier this year when he said some financial institutions may be too large to prosecute without causing major economic consequences.
Some critics have questioned whether the "revolving door" of lawyers moving between the government and private defense work could hurt the ability of prosecutors to aggressively pursue misconduct in industries they may have previously defended.
Caldwell, who helped build the government's case against the Enron fraud before moving to private practice, could help the Justice Department move beyond that criticism.
"We know that in the most important corporate prosecutions, companies routinely seek and get an audience from the highest levels of the Justice Department," said Brandon Garrett, a corporate crime expert at the University of Virginia law school.
"You want someone that has experience litigating the most complex corporate crime matters, but you also want someone who isn't going to feel conflicts of interest and feel disqualified from decisions in the most important cases," he said.
Some of the criminal division's top priorities include a sprawling inquiry into whether global financial institutions manipulated an array of key benchmarks.
Dutch lender Rabobank agreed on Tuesday to pay more than $1 billion to authorities including the U.S. Justice Department to resolve charges that it manipulated the Libor benchmark interest rate.
The acting head of the criminal division, Mythili Raman, also said on Tuesday that the unit is investigating the possible manipulation of foreign exchange rates. European banks UBS, Deutsche Bank and Barclays disclosed they are cooperating with U.S. and European authorities as part of the probe.
The Senate Judiciary Committee, which would have to vote on Caldwell's nomination before sending it to the full Senate, has not yet scheduled a hearing on her post.
If confirmed, Caldwell would sell her stock in Oracle, General Electric, Bunge, Facebook and EBay Inc, according to her ethics agreement.
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This problem is sidestepped by some plants—such as dandelions and poplar trees—that reproduce asexually by essentially cloning themselves. Jean-Philippe Vielle-Calzada, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) international research scholar, wondered whether he could learn enough about the genetics of asexual reproduction to apply it to plants that produce sexually.
In an advance online publication in Nature on March 7, 2010, Vielle-Calzada and his colleagues report that they have moved a step closer to turning sexually-reproducing plants into asexual reproducers, a finding that could have profound implications for agriculture.
"Agricultural companies and farmers around the world have a tremendous interest in this method," says Vielle-Calzada, a plant researcher at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute in Irapuato, Mexico. "It would allow them to simplify the labor-intensive cross-hybridization methods they now use to produce hearty seeds with desirable traits."
As with animals, sexually-reproduction in plants involves the generation of male and female gametes that each carry half of the organism's genes. Flowering plants exhibit the most advanced form of sexual plant reproduction, producing pollen-derived sperm cells that join with egg cells to produce seeds. Each seed, then, is genetically unique. There are several types of asexual reproduction in plants, but all produce the same result: genetically identical daughter plants.
Vielle-Calzada's quest to develop an asexual seed began a decade ago, when he decided to investigate apomixis, a specific type of asexual reproduction. Many species of plants use apomixis to generate viable seeds without the fusion of sperm and egg. This method of asexual reproduction results in the formation of seeds that are essentially clones of the main plant and has great potential for crop improvement. In apomixis, reproductive cells retain the full complement of chromosomes, rather than losing half their genes via meiosis, as happens in sexual reproduction. About 350 families of flowering plants rely on apomixis to reproduce, but nearly all plants used for food reproduce sexually.
Vielle-Calzada studied apomixis in Arabidopsis thaliana, a small flowering mustard plant with a compact and well understood genome. Arabidopsis was also selected because it does not reproduce asexually. "We've been trying to induce apomixis in a species that doesn't practice it," he says.
In the research reported in Nature, Vielle-Calzada and scientists from Mexico, France, and the United States homed in on a reproductive structure of Arabidopsis called the ovule. Each tiny ovule produces a single female gamete, which, when fertilized, grows into a seed. The team used a genetic screen to identify genes that are active in the ovule – reasoning that measuring gene activity would lead to important insights into which proteins are essential for guiding asexual reproduction.
The researchers netted a number of interesting genes in their screen, but one in particular, Argonaute 9, caught their attention immediately. The large family of Argonaute proteins has gained widespread attention among researchers because the proteins control which gene products—either RNA or proteins—a cell makes. Argonautes do this by slicing up messenger RNA before it can be translated into proteins. The identification of Argonaute activity in the ovule was all the more interesting, says Vielle-Calzada, because Argonaute proteins had never been seen in Arabidopsis reproductive cells before.
Next, Vielle-Calzada and his colleagues mutated the Argonaute 9 gene and watched what happened next. The results were swift and provocative. Instead of producing a single gamete, most of the ovules with the disrupted Argonaute gene produced several gametes, which were abnormal. Instead of carrying half of the species' chromosomes, they carried the full complement of genetic material— implying that they had not undergone meiosis.
"By cutting off the function of Argonaute, we caused a 'schizophrenic' reaction of the cells in the ovule, which were not supposed to become gametes," Vielle-Calzada says. "It looks like Argonaute normally prevents those cells from being transformed into gamete precursors." That suggested that Argonaute 9 prevents the initiation of apomixis in Arabidopsis.
The finding raises the possibility that many—or maybe even all—plants have the ability to reproduce through apomixis, but that potential is suppressed by Argonaute 9. "It's possible that plants have a very old memory that allows them to reproduce asexually," Vielle-Calzada says.
The team then searched inside the ovule to look for the pieces of RNA that Argonaute 9 degraded. They found that Argonaute chewed up 2,600 snippets of RNA. The experiment "was a complete tour de force for the lab," Vielle-Calzada says. "It required a lot of ovules and a lot of fiddling."
After mapping those RNA sequences back to the Arabidopsis genome, the team discovered that more than half were produced by transposons. Transposons, also called "jumping genes," are mobile genetic elements that copy and insert themselves throughout the genome. Their function remains somewhat mysterious, although some evidence suggest they are important in controlling gene expression.
"It seems that Argonaute 9 silences transposons in the ovule of Arabidopsis," Vielle-Calzada says. "The open question now is, 'Why?'" His working hypothesis is that squelching the transposons prevents apomixis, but his lab is working to prove the connection. "These results are exciting because they suggest for the first time that transposons could be controlling early development in plants," he says.
Though he has made great progress, Vielle-Calzada is still working toward creating a fully asexual Arabidopsis plant. His current mutants do not develop completely asexual seeds. But by highlighting the role of Argonaute 9 in plant reproduction, Vielle-Calzada has moved a step closer to a slew of agricultural possibilities. "Now we just need to discover how to trigger the second and final step of making sexual plants asexual," he says.
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