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While photographer and dog breeder Mr Oddur Thorisson was born in Iceland he's made his home in France, where he lives with his wife, Ms Mimi Thorisson, and their children. Mr Thorisson's main engagement with food is as the lucky recipient of his wife's culinary industry, something she records on her inspiring blog, mimithorisson.com, and for which he does the stunning photography. Having lived in Paris the couple has now made their home in Médoc, the region immediately northwest of Bordeaux.
In food terms Médoc is blessed by bountiful seafood from the Atlantic, as well as superb meat and poultry from the countryside, and the latter has clearly had an influence on Mr Thorisson. His favourite restaurant is St. John in Clerkenwell, London, and of its head chef he simply says, "Fergus Henderson is amazing." Although his original culinary passion was for Italian food, Mr Thorisson now prefers his local cuisine. "I've really grown into the French way of cooking. The range of ingredients available in France is unparalleled in the world."
The dish Mr Thorisson cooks for MR PORTER reflects his passion for French food. "I wanted to do something classic and typically French. However, although everybody's had Béarnaise sauce, not that many people have made it at home, and if you ask them they probably think it's made with milk or cream, but it's actually just made of butter and eggs. It's very simple and anybody can do it."
Asked about his best-ever meals, he says, "Other than the countless meals that my wife has made, I would say the best are some of the meals we've had in Ravello in Italy. When I have the perfect pasta dish on holiday with my family, and when the mood is right, I couldn't ask for more."
As a photographer Mr Thorisson finishes with a plea for presentation: "I'm always thinking about how the food looks laid out in the market, and the same rule applies to dishes when you're cooking - everything tastes better when it looks good!"


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"Excuse me?"
"He used to walk around in his underwear in their house. Didn't matter who was around either. Boo never liked it at all. But he thought he was 'something'."
I'd imagine that my great grandmother, affectionately known and called 'Boo', thought it was highly improper and scandalous for her son-in-law {my grandfather}, James Wesley Blacketer, to walk around in his underwear.
And I'd overheard when I was a child that my grandfather was a 'jerk' and I knew from my mom that he'd divorced the family -my Gran and all 8 children- because he really had been in love with my Gran, but wasn't too keen on being a father, or at least that was what my mom told me how she felt about it. And him.
|Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. © Copyright 2012 Caroline M. Pointer
And, really, at the time I spoke with my aunt I was kind of in awe because I'd never met this aunt, or don't remember meeting her because there'd been a family feud in my mom's family when I was younger. So, while I knew her name and knew {by name only} which brother of my mom's she had married, I'd never really known her. And thanks to Facebook and a first cousin who found me there {son of a different aunt and uncle who'd been on the other side of the feud}, I met him in person and my aunt by telephone. And they were all too willing and extremely generous with their family stories, remembrances, rumors, and pictures of the family. {And I cannot thank them enough.}
That's right. Family pictures. Ones that included my grandfather...with his clothes on. {Thank goodness.}
"So, how did you learn about him walking around in his underwear?" {Not that I doubted her. I mean, who can make this kinda stuff up? And who would want to?!?}
"I used to do Boo's hair at my house later on in her life and she used to tell me things. She never liked your grandfather." {Not hard to guess why.}
"...and your grandfather's niece got a hold of Gran many years ago. She had done the family's genealogy and tracked Gran down. And that's when Gran found out he had had another family."
{Whoa! Right?} My aunt went on to explain how this niece told my grandmother that while my grandfather, James Wesley, had been away from home in Missouri during World War I, he just never came back. They assumed he had died. And by 'they' I mean his mother, father, siblings, his first wife, and their 2 children. Of course, they never received confirmation of his death, but they never knew what had had happened to him. With some Ancestry.com searching, where I originally found the record of his marriage to his first wife, I had already known that his first wife went on to remarry. {So, that wasn't new news to me, but the niece contacting my Gran was.}
And my grandfather met my grandmother and married by 1919 in San Antonio. {I hope there's some kind of divorce to his first wife on record because otherwise, I can say buh-bye to my DAR - Daughters of the American Revolution - application with this bit of info. Although, the UEL - United Empire Loyalists - may still take me.} Anywho, lots of detailed offline researching is in order for my DAR and UEL membership quest.
And, like I mentioned previously, my cousin {who found me on Facebook} shared his family history notebook that he'd compiled with photos and documentation from my Gran's niece {obtained through my aunt} as well as from his own personal collection of photos of his side of the family taken over the years.
|James Wesley Blacketer ca. 1920 probably taken in San Antonio, Texas.
|James Wesley Blacketer probably taken in San Antonio, Texas.
|My Gran {Mary Alice Velda Truitt} and my grandfather {James Wesley Blacketer}.
Now, remember, I never met my grandfather because he committed suicide in 1951. And the only image I've seen of him is a black and white photocopy of him from the backside of his passport application that I found on Ancestry.com.
So, to say that I was thankful and fascinated by my grandfather's images shared with me by my cousin is an understatement. {I mean, I actually had tears in my eyes in the middle of a crowded Starbucks where my cousin and I met and swapped stories and family information. That's right. My cousin lives nearby.}
My cousin later emailed me more photos that he had of the family that hadn't yet made his notebook including color images of my grandfather's passport with the original passport photo of which I'd only seen the photocopy version. {My grandfather needed said passport when he worked and lived in Tampico, Mexico right after he married my grandmother.}
And when I gaze at my grandfather's photos - after the emotion over the enormity of the situation lessens - all I can think is, "He used to walk around the house in his underwear in front of everyone."
Well, that and the fact that I just found out that my grandfather appears on an arson investigation list in San Antonio less than a year before he committed suicide and those records are located in the City of San Antonio Archives which is open to the public. And that according to a recently found obituary of my grandfather's {different from the one that I had originally found}, there had been an inquest after his death to prove suicide and he'd been unable to work for the past 3 years due to his illness. {And I'll need to find out where those records are located.}
{And, whoa!?! What illness?!?}
And you know what all that means? Another fact-finding mission to San Antonio to investigate - this time - my other jerk of a grandfather who walked around in his underwear all the time and shocked and irritated his mother-in-law. {And I thought my Dad's dad, Big Paw Paw, was naughty. *snort*}
James Wesley, my grandfather, had been a deeply troubled man.
And he keeps me on my genealogy-family-history-storytellin' toes.
{Sources available upon request.}

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Breathing difficulty may involve:
Shortness of breath; Breathlessness; Difficulty breathing; Dyspnea
No standard definition exists for difficulty breathing. Some people may feel breathless with only mild exercise (for example, climbing stairs), even though they do not have a medical condition. Others may have advanced lung disease but never feel short of breath.
Wheezing is one form of breathing difficulty in which you make a high-pitched sound when you breathe out.
Shortness of breath has many different causes. For example, heart disease can cause breathlessness if your heart is unable to pump enough blood to supply oxygen to your body. If your brain, muscles, or other body organs do not get enough oxygen, a sense of breathlessness may occur.
Breathing difficulty may also be due to problems with the lungs, airways, or other health problems.
Problems with the lungs:
Problems with the airways leading to the lungs:
Problems with the heart:
Sometimes, mild breathing difficulty may be normal and is not cause for concern. A very stuffy nose is one example. Strenuous exercise, especially when you do not exercise often, is another example.
If breathing difficulty is new or is getting worse, it may be due to a serious problem. Though many causes are not dangerous and are easily treated, call your health care provider for any breathing difficulty.
If you are being treated for a long-term problem with your lungs or heart, follow your health care provider's directions to help with that problem.
Go to the emergency room or call the local emergency number (such as 911) if:
See your health care provider if any of the following occur with breathing difficulties:
The doctor or nurse will examine you and ask about your medical history and symptoms:
Tests that may be ordered include:
If the breathing difficulty is severe, you may need to go to a hospital. You may receive medicines to treat the cause of breathing difficulty.
If your blood oxygen level is very low, you may need oxygen.
Kraft M. Approach to the patient with respiratory disease. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 83.


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Total RecallTotal Recall is a look back at the history of video games through their characters, franchises, developers and trends.
Old video games may have a certain charm to them when they're working, but what about when they're not? When they're crashing and bugging out all over the place, no matter how many times you shake them or blow in the cartridge slot?
Glitchee's site is a wonderful catalogue of just such episodes, mostly of NES games that have given up on the idea of ever working - or at least displaying properly - again.
Gaming [Glitchee]


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Gordon Quinn
Founder and Artistic Director
Artistic Director and founding member of Kartemquin Films, Gordon Quinn has been making documentaries for over 50 years. Roger Ebert, of the Chicago Sun Times, called his first film Home for Life (1966) "an extraordinarily moving documentary." With Home for Life Gordon established the direction he would take for the next four decades, making cinéma vérité films that investigate and critique society by documenting the unfolding lives of real people.
At Kartemquin, Gordon created a legacy that is an inspiration for young filmmakers and a home where they can make high-quality, social-issue documentaries. Gordon currently executive produces and works creatively on all of our current productions. Kartemquin's best known film, Hoop Dreams (1994), executive produced by Gordon, was released theatrically to unprecedented critical acclaim. The film follows two inner-city high school basketball players for five years as they pursue their NBA dreams. Its many honors include: the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, Chicago Film Critics Award – Best Picture, Los Angeles Film Critics Association – Best Documentary and an Academy Award Nomination.
Other films Gordon has made include Vietnam, Long Time Coming, Golub, 5 Girls, Refrigerator Mothers and Stevie. Gordon executive produced Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita and The New Americans (he also directed the Palestinian segment of this award winning, intimate, seven-hour series). Recently he produced a film that deals with the human consequences genetic medicine, In The Family, and executive produced two films, one about community based conservation in Africa, Milking the Rhino, and At The Death House Door on a wrongful execution in Texas. In the role of director, he recently completed Prisoner of Her Past, about a Holocaust survivor suffering from late-onset post-traumatic stress disorder, and co-directed the 2011 release A Good Man, about the dancer Bill T. Jones, which was broadcast on PBS' Emmy-winning documentary series American Masters.
'63 Boycott, directed by Gordon and featuring unseen archival 16mm footage of the 1963 Chicago Public Schools Boycott shot by Quinn, world premiered at the 2017 Chicago International Film Festival, made its New York City premiere at the Museum of Modern Art's 2018 Doc Fortnight and its Los Angeles premiere at the 2018 Pan African Arts + Film Festival –– where it earned the Audience Award for Best Documentary Short. The film was shortlisted for a 2019 Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject).
His recent films as executive producer include Minding the Gap (2019 Academy Award nominee, Best Documentary Feature), America to Me, Edith+Eddie (2018 Academy Award® nominee for Best Documentary Short), Keep Talking and Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (2018 Academy Award® nominee for Best Documentary Feature).
Gordon is a supporter of public and community media, and has served on the boards of several organizations including The Illinois Humanities Council, Chicago Access Network Television, and The Public Square Advisory Committee, The Illinois Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. A key leader in creating the Documentary Filmmakers Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use, Gordon encourages filmmakers to educate themselves on the tenets of the fair use doctrine, frequently speaking to the media, legal, and educational communities about this fundamental right.
Gordon has won numerous awards throughout his career, including three Emmy awards. He has been honored by the International Documentary Association (IDA) with their 2015 Career Achievement Award; was the recipient of the Hot Springs Documentary Festival's 2014 Career Achievement Award; was honored with a special tribute at the 2015 Houston Cinema Arts Festival; received CIMMfest's 2016 BAADASSSSS Award, which honors distinguished careers and lifetime achievement in movies and music; was honored by the 2016 St. Louis International Film Festival's Maysles Brothers Lifetime Achievement Award in Documentary.
Films by Gordon Quinn
- Eating Up Easter 2018
- Executive Producers
- America to Me 2018
- Executive Producers
- Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 2018
- Executive Producers
- Minding the Gap 2018
- Executive Producer
- '63 Boycott 2017
- A Film by, Directed By, Executive Producers, Camera
- Keep Talking 2017
- Executive Producers
- All The Queen's Horses 2017
- Executive Producers
- Edith+Eddie 2017
- Executive Producer
- Stranded by the State 2016
- Executive Producers
- Abacus: Small Enough to Jail 2016
- Executive Producers
- Raising Bertie 2016
- Executive Producer, Story Consultant
- Unbroken Glass 2016
- Executive Producer, Consulting Editor
- In the Game 2015
- Executive Producers
- Hard Earned 2015
- Executive Producers
- The School Project 2014
- Executive Producers
- The Homestretch 2014
- Executive Producers
- On Beauty 2014
- Executive Producer
- Life Itself 2014
- Executive Producers
- Almost There 2014
- Executive Producers
- Saving Mes Aynak 2014
- Executive Producer
- American Arab 2013
- Executive Producers, Kartemquin Films Artistic Director
- The Trials of Muhammad Ali 2013
- Executive Producers
- As Goes Janesville 2012
- Executive Producers
- A Good Man 2011
- Directors, Executive Producers, Camera
- The Interrupters 2011
- Executive Producers
- Prisoner of Her Past 2010
- A Film by, Director
- Sacred Transformations 2010
- Executive Producer
- No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson 2010
- Executive Producer
- Typeface 2009
- Executive Producer
- In the Family 2008
- Producer, Executive Producer, Cinematography
- Milking the Rhino 2008
- Executive Producer
- At the Death House Door 2008
- Executive Producer
- Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita 2007
- Executive Producer, Kartemquin Staff
- Golub: Late Works Are the Catastrophes 2004
- Producers, Directors, Camera
- The New Americans 2003
- Executive Producers, Palestinian Story Directors/Producers
- Stevie 2002
- Producers, Executive Producers, Cinematography
- Refrigerator Mothers 2002
- Co-Producers, Executive Producer, Camera
- 5 Girls 2001
- Executive Producer
- Vietnam, Long Time Coming 1998
- Producers, Directors, Directors of Photography
- Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries 1994
- Production Associates
- Hoop Dreams 1994
- Executive Producer, Co-Producer
- Higher Goals 1992
- Executive Producer
- Grassroots Chicago 1991
- Producers, Camera
- Golub 1988
- Directors, Camera
- Women's Voices: The Gender Gap 1984
- Producers, Camera
- The Last Pullman Car 1983
- Producers and Directors, Writers, Camera
- Taylor Chain II: A Story of Collective Bargaining 1983
- Director, Camera
- Taylor Chain I: A Story in a Union Local 1980
- Directors, Camera
- The Chicago Maternity Center Story 1976
- Made by
- Where's I. W. Abel? 1975
- Producers, Director, Editors
- HSA Strike '75 1975
- Production Associates
- UE/Wells 1975
- Producers, Directors, Camera
- Now We Live on Clifton 1974
- Filmmakers
- Winnie Wright, Age 11 1974
- Filmmakers
- Sports-Action Pro-Files 1972
- Cinematography
- Hum 255 1970
- Filmmakers
- Anonymous Artists of America 1970
- Producers, Photography, Editor
- Marco 1970
- Co-Producers, Cameraman, Editors
- What the Fuck Are These Red Squares? 1970
- Camera
- Parents 1968
- Co-Producers, Camera
- Thumbs Down 1968
- Producers, Directors, Camera, Editor
- Inquiring Nuns 1968
- Directors, Camera, Editor
- Home For Life 1966
- Producers, Directors, Camera, Editor
The People of Kartemquin
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With a noted tradition of nurturing emerging talent and acting as a leading voice for independent media, Kartemquin is building on more than 50 years of history as Chicago's documentary powerhouse.
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Happy Father's Day 2017. This is one of my favorite times of the year to score a deal - and also one of the many times retailers and restaurants creative super incentives so people like me will write about them.
Whether you're a dad, grad or mom, the deals below are actually open to anyone and a great way to save some serious cash this month. I've made my list below. Just like last year, please call any restaurant I before you arrive to ensure they are still participating.
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Lauren Shapiro*
Rumors of iNewspaper, the new iPad application, have begun taking center stage with Internet chatterboxes. With its new app, Apple would create digital versions of publications by selling subscriptions on behalf of the publishers (and taking a cut of the profit, for sure!). However, the iPad friendly newspaper is not a new idea by any means.
The biggest names in publishing have already established themselves on the iPad including the New York Times, BBC News, Wall Street Journal and AP News. Some downloads, such as the Wall Street Journal, are even free; however for access to exclusive content, a subscription purchase is required. According to PCWorld.com, WSJ users can even create a custom "watch list" of their stocks and funds. For BBC iPad readers, you can view articles in several languages including Spanish, Russian and Arabic. But, the real niche of online news subscriptions is the customization options. BBC News allows users to personalize the content they view based on interest. While offline, the application will search and locate stories for the next time you turn your iPad on.
Will the iPad subscription based model help drive revenue to electronic publications? The answer is, probably, yes – especially as free views of online articles become more limited by publishers. But the momentum and accessibility of online publications will likely urge readers away from the classic hard copy publication (e.g., commuters who rely on a good paper to read while taking a bus or train to work).
The trend toward an iNewspaper product is a sign of the times as the world becomes more reliant on the Internet than ever. Apple seems to have found itself at the forefront of this technology and has placed itself comfortably in the middle (as publishers learn how to better monetize their content) likely allowing Apple to earn quite a few pretty pennies in the meantime.
As a communications professional, do you think that e-publications will ever take the strength away from hard copy publications? How do you think this will impact your public relations, marketing, and advertising efforts? Please share your thoughts with me and the readers of BurrellesLuce Fresh Ideas.
*Bio: Soon after graduating from the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, in 2006 with a B.A. in communication and a B.S. in business/marketing, I joined the BurrellesLuce client services team. In 2008, I completed my master's degree in corporate and organizational communications and now serve as Director of Client Services. I am passionate about researching and understanding the role of email in shaping relationships from a client relation/service standpoint as well as how miscommunication occurs within email, which was the topic of my thesis. Through my posts on Fresh Ideas, I hope to educate and stimulate thoughtful discussions about corporate communications and client relations, further my own knowledge on this subject area, as well as continue to hone my skills as a communicator. Twitter: @_LaurenShapiro_ LinkedIn: laurenrshapiro Facebook: BurrellesLuce


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Claremont Riding Academy
175 West 89th Street
40.789443, -73.972769
Opened: 1892
Architect: Frank A. Rooke
The Claremont Stables were built in the then-popular Romanesque Revival style, characterized by a dignified, symmetrical design and round-arched openings. The stable's easy access to Central Park's bridle trails resulted in its conversion to a riding academy in 1927. It remained one of the rare survivors from the 750 commercial stables that flourished in New York City at the turn of the 20th century. However, it couldn't survive the 21st century's meteoric rise in property values and closed in April, 2007.
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Media Contact: Museum Communications Officer, Koshland Science Museum
Phone: 202-334-1201, Email: Museum Communications Officer
Maureen O'Leary, The National Academies
Phone: 202-334-3875, Email: Maureen O'Leary
November 17, 2003 - Washington, DC - The Marian Koshland Science Museum, a new museum exploring the links between scientific research and everyday life, will open in Washington, DC in April 2004. The Koshland Science Museum will be the only museum in the nation's capital solely dedicated to exploring the science at the core of public policy decisions and the only museum in the world operated by the National Academy of Sciences - a private, nonprofit organization created by a congressional charter in 1863 to advise the government on scientific and technical matters.
Visitors to the Koshland Science Museum will discover the practical applications and social implications of scientific research through engaging exhibits that involve unique interactive displays, graphics, videos, and scientific projections. Visitors will be able to piece together the scientific evidence behind current and often controversial issues, discovering how that evidence influences policy decisions relevant to their daily activities.
Two of the museum's three exhibits will be temporary and on view at the Koshland Science Museum for approximately two years before traveling to other museums across the country. The museum's inaugural exhibits will explore scientific discoveries, global climate change and DNA sequencing.
The Wonders of Science , the Koshland's permanent exhibit, will feature animations of groundbreaking research and house an introductory film describing several pivotal scientific discoveries. The film and animations will be updated periodically.
Global Warming Facts & Our Future will reveal the science behind global warming and examine the possible implications of this phenomenon for the quality of life around the world. Visitors will view high-tech representations of changes in temperature and carbon dioxide emissions across the globe over the past century and review predictions for the next century. Interactive exhibits will allow visitors to "flood" the Chesapeake Bay, illustrating the predicted sea-level rise that will gradually occur around the world, and feel the affects of global warming with their own hands through an interactive copper globe that mimics the effects of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Putting DNA to Work will detail several applications of DNA mapping, from tracking the origin of SARS to the widespread use of criminal forensics. Visitors will have a chance to catch a criminal in an interactive display based on the FBI's CODIS (Combined DNA Index System), explore how inherited diseases are diagnosed, discover crucial new tools for identifying and limiting the spread of infectious diseases such as the SARS outbreak, and review the science behind crop improvement.
"The museum will show visitors the excitement of science through exhibits that demonstrate how science impacts their lives on a personal level," said Daniel Koshland, founder of the Marian Koshland Science Museum. "We hope that visitors to the museum will leave with a better understanding of science and how it can help inform their decisions about scientific issues in the news today."
The mission of the Marian Koshland Science Museum is to provide the public with a greater understanding of and appreciation for the value of science by bringing to life reports by the National Academies that directly impact people's daily lives. The Koshland Science Museum is dedicated to the nonpartisan presentation of current and often controversial scientific issues with an emphasis on the practical uses and social implications that result from scientific advances.
Content for the Marian Koshland Science Museum is derived from reports produced by the National Academies, a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization comprised of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council. Together they enlist the nation's most knowledgeable scientists, engineers, health professionals, and other experts to volunteer their time to the study of specific issues. The results of their deliberations, more than 200 studies each year, have led to some of America's most significant and lasting efforts to improve the health, education, and welfare of the population, including the Human Genome Project, national standards for science education, and FDA nutritional guidelines.
As part of the National Academies' efforts to expand their involvement in science education and improve public understanding of science, these studies will serve as the basis for future exhibits at the Marian Koshland Science Museum, exhibits that have the potential to explore all aspects of science, engineering and medicine. Over 20 members of the National Academies and other experts participated in developing the museum's current exhibits, ensuring scientific accuracy and objectivity.
"The input of the museum's scientific advisers was crucial to explaining complex topics in clear and concise ways while maintaining the accuracy of the science presented," said Bruce Alberts, president of the National Academy of Sciences. "The museum is breaking new ground for the National Academies by taking written reports that are produced for specialists and transforming them into visual and interactive exhibits meant for a much broader public audience."
Marian Koshland
The Marian Koshland Science Museum is named after Marian Koshland (1921-1997), a National Academy of Sciences member who made major contributions to the field of immunology and molecular biology throughout her career, including work on the cholera vaccine and groundbreaking research in the behavior of antibodies. This new museum has been made possible by a $25 million endowment from her husband, Daniel Koshland, also a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
"Marian's research helped improve the quality of life for so many people, just as the National Academies' reports have done on a national and global scale," said Koshland. "This museum is a tribute to her devotion to improving public understanding of science and her dedication to promoting the role of women in science."
Marian Koshland Science Museum
The Marian Koshland Science Museum will feature state-of-the-art exhibitions that present the complexities of science in an engaging and accessible way to a general, nonscientific, adult audience. Best enjoyed by visitors ages 13 and older, the museum explores current scientific issues at the core of many of the nation's public policy decisions, as presented in reports by the National Academies.
The Marian Koshland Science Museum will offer a wide range of educational programs for students and adults, inspired by the museum's exhibits, including hands-on activities, educational field trips, and other special events throughout the year. Knowledgeable volunteers will staff the museum floor every day, providing additional information to visitors, interpreting museum exhibits and answering questions.
The Koshland Science Museum will occupy approximately 6,000 sq. ft. of street-level space at the corner of 6 th & E Streets, NW in Washington, DC, within one block of the Verizon Center and National Building Museum, within 3 blocks of the National Mall, and within one block of the Gallery Place and Judiciary Square Metrorail stations, serviced by the red, yellow and green lines.
The museum will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., except Tuesdays and the following holidays: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. Admission rates will be $5 for adults and $3 for seniors (65+), active duty military, and students (ages 5 - 18; college students with ID). Admission proceeds will support the museum's student and public programs. For more information, call 202-334-1201.


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Welcome to FACS, the BCS Specialist Group for practitioners in Formal Aspects of Computing Science.
With members drawn from both industry and academia, FACS acts as a bridge between the two communities, helping British industry to stay in the forefront of formal computer techniques, and British academics to maintain the applicability of their research.
In addition to arranging informal seminars to encourage technology transfer, we actively sponsor a number of related events throughout the year, either by direct subsidy, or else through the provision of prizes for outstanding research or technical presentation.
The aims of FACS are set out in our formal mission statement. As a BCS Specialist Group, we are run by an executive Management Committee and governed by a formal Constitution. We maintain a members' discussion list, and organise various workshops and other meetings (see Forthcoming Events).
At a more formal level we also publish a newsletter, and promote a related Journal to encourage dissemination of cutting-edge material in the field. FACS has links with several related organisations at both national and international level.
The group are looking for a willing volunteer to help record future events. If you are able to help, please contact email@example.com
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Author Notes: Classic Beef Wellington is a pretty expensive and complicated dish to make.
In this simplified version, which I made for my daughter"s and son- in- law anniversary dinner, I just bought 6 beautiful, uniform center-cut filet mignon steaks, mushrooms and puff pastry, all other ingredients I had at home. I also substitute Pâté with caramelized onions and spread Dijon mustard on the bottom of each puff pastry square to prevent the pastry from getting soggy and add piquant flavor. I baked the pastries while everybody ate appetizers, and served them hot from the oven. This version got grate reviews from all guests.
It is really a perfect dish for a dinner Holiday party. —Kukla
Serves: 12
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2 large yellow onions, cut in half and thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup dry sherry wine
• 1/2 cup homemade or prepared beef broth (low-sodium)
• 1 pound button or crimrni mushrooms, dry brushed and sliced
• 2 tablespoons freshly chopped parsley
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
• 6 4-ounce center-cut uniform filet mignon steaks
• 12 5by 5-inches Puff pastry squares
• Dijon mustard (1teaspoon per pastry square)
• 1 extra large egg yolk + 2 teaspoons water for eggwash
- Using on/off turns and working in 2 batches, finely chop mushrooms in food processor. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and sprinkle with salt. Cook until almost all liquid evaporates, stirring often, about 10 minutes.
- Add onion and cook stirring until lightly browned, about 15 minutes. Deglaze with beef broth and cook until it is absorbed, about 10 more minutes. Add the dry sherry, cook stirring, until no liquid is left in the skillet and onions and mushrooms have caramelized to a deep brown color, mix in parsley and thyme.
- Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle steaks generously with coarse salt and pepper. Cook steaks until browned, about 4 minutes per side for medium-rare. Transfer to plate; let rest 20 minutes, and then slice in half horizontally into equal slices.
- Spread mustard on each square of pastry; place about a tablespoon or a little less of the caramelized onion and mushroom mixture. Top with 1 slice of steak and then top with some more of the onion-mushroom mixture.
- Gather two opposite corners of puff pastry square, brush with a little eggwash and press firmly; then repeat with the other two corners.
- Place pastries on 2 baking sheets lined with parchment paper, spacing 1-inch apart, and brush all over with eggwash. Chill for 20 minutes in refrigerator.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Bake until puffed and deep golden brown, about 25 minutes right before serving. I like to serve an assortment of pickled vegetables alongside this inexpensive but luxuries dish.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Cheap Feast
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Charcuterie / The Charcutepalooza Grand Prize Challenge
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Holiday Roast
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Hi Doug,
There seems to be an inaccuracy in the article comparing scale between Aerospike and Cassandra. Scale comes in many ways. One is scaling to handle higher data sizes - DataStax/Cassandra may handle higher DATA VOLUMES that I am not aware of but that would not apply to the in-memory version, definitely. However, if scale is about transaction THROUGHPUT at LOW LATENCY, Aerospike is far and away the market leader.
What could be higher scale than real-time platforms like AppNexus, BlueKai - the third largest DMP that Oracle just acquired - eXelate, The Trade Desk, Chango and others that are managing terabytes of data at over 1 Million TPS at steady state (>30% writes), with predictable response times 99% in 3-5ms? All these are Aerospike customers.
Also, In-Memory has existed in NoSQL for a long time. Aerospike (previously named Citrusleaf) has been in continuous production since early 2010 on various in-memory configurations (in addition to flash/ssd based configurations). I am sure other NoSQL products have had in-memory also for much longer, like Redis, for example.
Srini V. Srinivasan
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Green Day has been one of my more recent favorites in this little sub-genre. They've even proved that within the relatively simplistic world of three or four chord songs great art can be made. American Idiot was a masterpiece with a grander view than single songs. It's hard for any band to follow a great album with something that measures up artistically. There are really two paths: build on the last one to carry that vision forward or turn around and do something completely different. 21st Century Breakdown takes the first path, which means it's always going to be measured against American Idiot. It's a good album that suffers from that comparison.
Like it's big brother, 21st Century Breakdown has the grinding double and triple tracked guitars, declamatory singing, and grand musical gestures. It follows a similar structural approach of songs feeding into each other, with lyrical and musical cross references. Unfortunately, its story is less coherent and the songs don't have the impact of Jesus of Suburbia or She's a Rebel. Even though the new album tries a little too hard, they do manage to evoke some of the grandeur of Styx or Moving Pictures-era Rush. This is partly from the style of the arrangement, but also from the chorused, reverb-laden vocals backed by a wall of grinding guitars.
Green Day shares a lot of their influences, whether intentional or not. Christian's Inferno is a high tempo version of Bauhaus. The verses in East Jesus Nowhere recall Alice Cooper's The Black Widow. Radiohead even lurks behind Restless Heart Syndrome. They manage to avoid sounding derivative because they have a strong enough aesthetic that carries through.
If you can put the baggage of American Idiot out of your mind, there are some good songs that stand out. Know Your Enemy is a bouncy, thrashy anthem. Green Day has written this song before, but I always enjoy it. Chainsaw guitars, a dusting of '80s synth, and their patented dynamic of stripping down to just a simple guitar and voice for part of the last chorus.
Before the Lobotomy reaches for a little of the glory of American Idiot. Hints of the Who filtered through the Knack anchor the pop bridge (A Quick One, While He's Away meets Good Girls Don't). And some of that Rush influence I mentioned. The song has a nice progression of sections that holds my ear each time it comes up. In comparison, The Static Age has more of that Knack sound, but the song isn't nearly as well written.
Murder City is another strong track. It paints a great scene of a lawless land that's falling apart. The energy is manic and it's full of great phrases that grab the ear:
Desperate but not hopelessAny song that makes me want to sing along by the second chorus gets my vote.
I feel so useless in the Murder City
Desperate but not helpless
The clock strikes midnight in the Murder City
American Eulogy bookends the album, reprising the fake radio broadcast of the first song. But after that's out of the way, they kick into the anthemic rock they do the best. Namechecking Christian and Gloria (the character threads that run through many of the songs), this is another one of those sectional songs that feels more like a medley. It does capture that breakdown feel, though.
If you like Green Day, you'll enjoy this. There are no major surprises; it's just not as stellar as American Idiot. Even though Green Day isn't really a "stout" band, I'd pair this with Tooth Sheaf Stout, which has a complementary roast bitterness.


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Actress-turned-director Angela Bassett is adamant the controversy over her upcoming Whitney Houston biopic will give the project a boost by piquing the public's interest.
The star is taking charge of a new TV movie based on the life of the superstar singer with former America's Next Top Model contestant Yaya DaCosta in the lead role.
The project, titled I Will Always Love You: The Whitney Houston Story, has been criticized by Houston's mother Cissy, who claims producers have gone ahead with the film despite objections from the family, saying, "No one connected with this movie knew Whitney or anything about her relationship with (ex-husband) Bobby (Brown)… I find it difficult to believe people who knew and supposedly loved her would participate in a movie about her done by folks who didn't know her."
However, Bassett is adamant the controversy could be good for business, telling Billboard.com, "Controversy can be good. It can pique your interest."
She added of her work on the project, "It felt like it was flowing from the beginning. Except me with the learning curve, you know. Coming from one side of the camera to the other."
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Kernel configuration is a little complicated in Chromium OS. There are a number of different kernels based on architecture (x86, ARM) variants (generic, exynos) and platforms (Seaboard, Mario). We want to split the config into a sort of hierarchy so that the common options are shared between the variants (click to enlarge):
Shown here are 6 flavours, three for ARM and three for Intel (it is not clear why flavours is spelt the British way). Two of the variants are not actually distinct - these are are shown with arrows and are symlinks in the directory. In this case chromeos-arm just points to chromiumos-arm and they are the same.
We need to be able to do the following:
Scripts to deal with the kernel configuration are in the chromeos/scripts directory:
$ ls chromeos/scripts/
compat_wireless_config kernelconfig prepareconfig splitconfig
This script deals with each separate flavour in turn, performing the selected operations. It starts by building the config for each flavour, does the operations, and afterwards it splits the flavour configs back into the proper hierarchy. It supports three operations
There is a bit of a problem with kernelconfig. If you want to change a kernel option which is common to all flavours, for example, then you must change it once for each flavour using 'kernelconfig editconfig'. At the moment this is 6 times! If you miss one, then the result may be no change which can be very confusing. See below for another approach.
This is used to prepare the config for a particular flavour. It assembles the default config for the flavour, then embeds CONFIG_VERSION_SIGNATURE in the config file, which is a string like 'Ubuntu ${release}-${revision}-${flavour}' where release and revision are obtained from the changelog and the flavour is passed in on the command line.
This is useful when starting development on a board and you want to build in-tree:
./chromeos/scripts/prepareconfig chromeos-tegra2
export ARCH=arm
export CROSS_COMPILE=armv7a-cros-linux-gnueabi-
make oldconfig #(to pick up new options, if any)
This script is used in the emerge. An example resulting string is 'Ubuntu 2.6.32-0.1-chromeos-tegra2'.
This takes all config.* files in the currect directory and works out the common options in each. It writes these to config.common, then generates new config.* files (overwriting the original ones) with these common options removed. As a side effect, all config options will be in sorted order.
This script is used by kernelconfig to extract the common options for an architecture, then again on a second level to extract the common options for Chromium OS.
The kernel config is split into several config files - generic, chrome-specific, architecture-specific and board specific. Automatic tools split and combine these configs.
If you want to edit the configuration for a particular board etc. then you need to do something like:
$ cd .../src/third_party/kernel/v$VER/
$ ./chromeos/scripts/kernelconfig editconfig
The exact value for $VER depends on your board as each one is different. You can find that out by seeing what version by running `emerge-$BOARD -pv virtual/linux-sources`.
`emerge-$BOARD -pv virtual/linux-sources`
This will run 'make menuconfig' for each part of the config. At the time of writing (Oct-10) this is:
You need to figure out which part your config options appear in, and then make the changes when that config comes up. When it says 'press a key', you have to press <enter>.
Run editconfig to modify each config appropriately using menuconfig and then regenerate the splitconfigs. The editconfig script will run "make menuconfig" on each flavor config. Please make appropriate changes for each menuconfig run and the script will generate the correct splitconfig.
cd /path/to/kernel
chromeos/scripts/kernelconfig editconfig # regenerate splitconfig
Maybe this will work for you:
$ grep -rs CONFIG_NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS chromeos/config/
chromeos/config/base.config:# CONFIG_NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS is not set
# CONFIG_NETPOLL_TRAP is not set
# CONFIG_NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS is not set
# CONFIG_NET_9P is not set
chromeos/scripts/kernelconfig olddefconfig
This might not be useful, but:
# get full flavour config sorted, without leading #
FLAVOUR=chromeos-tegra2 cat chromeos/config/base.config \
chromeos/config/armel/common.config \
chromeos/config/armel/$FLAVOUR.flavour.config | \
grep CONFIG_ | sed "s/.*CONFIG/CONFIG/" | sort -u >1.emerge
# purify .config in the same way
cat .config | grep CONFIG_ | sed "s/.*CONFIG/CONFIG/" | sort >2.config
# compare
diff 1.emerge 2.config
Here is how to build the kernel yourself manually, from within the chroot.
Make sure you have done something like:
export B="tegra2_seaboard"
export ARCH=arm
export CROSS_COMPILE=armv7a-cros-linux-gnueabi-
# indicate that you are making kernel changes
The exact value for $VER depends on your board as each one is different. You can find that out by seeing what version by running `emerge-$BOARD -pv virtual/linux-sources`.
As you probably know, the cros_workon start tells the build system to use your local source install of the official source. Then set up the config:
cros_workon start
# set up the .config file
./chromeos/scripts/prepareconfig chromeos-tegra2
make oldconfig
# edit config
make menuconfig
# (make your changes)
Now, after you make a kernel change, you can simply type make as normal:
# build the kernel and modules
# or maybe: build the uImage on an 8 core machine
make -j10 uImage
# or both!
make && make uImage
Run oldconfig to regenerate the splitconfigs. The oldconfig script will run "make oldconfig" on each flavor config. Please answer appropriately when prompted by oldconfig. /path/to/kernel may be <something>/src/third_party/kernel/files, but this may change.
cd /path/to/kernel
chromeos/scripts/kernelconfig oldconfig # regenerate splitconfig
Copy the new config to the appropriate place in the chromeos/config and then run oldconfig
cd /path/to/kernel
cp config.flavour.chromeos-new .config
make ARCH=${ARCH} oldconfig
cp .config chromeos/config/<arch>/<flavour>.flavour.config
chromeos/scripts/kernelconfig oldconfig # regenerate splitconfig
cd /path/to/kernel
find chromeos/config -name \*.flavour.config
cd /path/to/kernel
cp <single config> chromeos/config/<arch>/<flavour>.flavour.config
chromeos/scripts/kernelconfig oldconfig
chromeos/scripts/prepareconfig <flavour>
make ARCH=${ARCH} oldconfig
diff .config <single config>
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TOCLOBAN, Philippines — On the day Typhoon Haiyan caused the water to rise in Tocloban, Analyn Esperas held her only child close.
Annammer, 6, was scared; she wrapped her arms around her mother's neck and held tight.
The pair stayed inside until the wind took their roof. Then the water came.
"We didn't expect that the water would get so high," recalled Esperas. "We didn't have a chance to get to a higher place."
As they tried to escape, the wind and water carried them into a rice field. Esperas clung to a piece of Styrofoam; Annammer clung to her. "It was terrible," said the mother.
When a huge wave hit the pair, the Styrofoam that held them afloat broke in half; Esperas lost both pieces.
As they began to swim, a second wave pushed the mother and daughter underwater.
They came up for air as a third wave — the biggest wave — struck. A large piece of wood carried by the current dug into Esperas' chest.
Recovering from the force of the impact, Esperas spoke to her daughter. She wondered out loud if they could survive the storm. She was still talking when she realized Annammer was gone — carried away by the third wave.
Moving forward
It has been more than three months since Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines on Nov. 8, yet the storm's signature remains.
Trees and power lines lay broken and mangled. Rubble is piled along the streets. And foundations or empty shells of homes stand as a reminder of the storm's strength.
Locals — wanting visitors to understand what they went through — continually point to the places they laid their dead.
It could be weeks, or months, before electricity returns to Tacloban. The cost of fruits and vegetables, sent here from Manila, is high. And gasoline, which is now needed to power generators as well as automobiles, is still an expensive necessity.
But recovery is underway.
Roads are clear. Vendors walk the street selling their wares. New homes dot the landscape. And the mountain, brown only weeks ago, is filled with lush, green growth.
Analyn Esperas and her husband, Gemmer Esperas, are also recovering.
Sitting on the floor of a new, sturdy home — built by Gemmer through a housing construction program provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — they talk of Annammer, Typhoon Haiyan and of moving forward.
Storm surge
Analyn Esperas said the moments after losing her daughter were like a horrible dream. She had expected high winds and rain. What she didn't expect — or understand — was a storm surge.
Three times she dove under the black water. "I didn't find her."
Another survivor spoke to the mother. "Don't look for her anymore," the woman said.
Out of strength and freezing, Esperas could not move. But when a large snake slithered along her back, she found herself climbing onto a roof. "I moved because of the snake. That is why I survived."
Once on the roof, Esperas began to vomit black water. The water also poured from the mother's nose and ears.
She waited on the roof for the wind to stop. Then she resumed her search for Annammer.
Recovery efforts
Typhoon Haiyan destroyed more than 1.1 million homes in the central Philippines.
The deadliest typhoon on record in the country, the storm left more than 6,100 people dead, injured 28,000 and displaced 4.1 million. Some 1,785 people remain missing, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council in the Philippines.
After the disaster, the LDS Church sent relief supplies and partnered with local and international relief organizations to assist with food, shelter, water purification, debris removal and livelihood restoration projects.
More than 100 days later, the church is still there and the organization's recovery efforts continue.
Typhoon victims "feel like the church is paying attention to them," said Elder Brent H. Nielson of the Seventy and president of the church's Philippines Area. "They know we are all in this together and we are not going to leave them alone."
Everything was different
Gemmer Esperas was working as a security guard on the day Haiyan stole his daughter. Because there was no sea surge where he was working, he didn't know the water level was rising at his home.
When he returned after work, everything in his community was different. Houses had been ripped from their foundations. Black mud and water consumed the landscape.
Twenty-three people died in the house next to his; in total, 74 of his neighbors died.
When Gemmer located his wife, there was a nail in her foot, bruises on her body and a large cut on her leg. A Mormon doctor from Manila gave Analyn Esperas a tetanus shot and treated her wounds.
For three days the couple searched for their daughter.
When they found Annammer's body, Gemmer held his daughter and looked for her wounds, trying desperately to understand her final moments. But there wasn't a scratch on the little girl.
Annammer's mother protected her from everything but the sea, he said.
'One nail at a time'
When Elder Ian S. Ardern of the Seventy and a member of the Philippines Area Presidency first visited Tacloban after Haiyan, he could not find words to describe what he saw — and he was grateful for that.
Those sights "will linger in my mind much longer than I want them too," he said.
He wondered how people could rebuild after such a catastrophe.
Then he saw a local man with a discarded piece of wood and a hammer. He was pulling an old nail out of the wood. "I thought, that is where you begin. That is where these Filipinos will begin. They will begin one nail at a time."
Tony San Gabriel, manager for self-reliance in the Philippines, said the LDS Church plans to help with reconstruction.
After Typhoon Haiyan, the church immediately set programs in place to provide relief and help members rebuild, restore and retool, he said.
"We thought, 'How do you teach self-reliance to a people who were ravaged by a perfect storm?' "
They began by helping the some 3,000 members who lost homes in the disaster rebuild.
Working with the local Self Reliance Center and with the Perpetual Education Fund, local members are now entering a church-sponsored vocational program.
The church is also helping them obtain basic tools and learn skills as carpenters, electricians and plumbers. Each trainee builds his or her own house — about 12 feet by 12 feet in dimension — and nine more homes. Then they receive a trade certificate.
"We married the opportunity for livelihood and the need for shelter," said San Gabriel. "It was a magic formula."
To date, the church has constructed 921 homes through the project. But the organization is building more than homes, said Elder Ardern. "In the face of disaster, we are building people."
Strength to continue
In the days after losing his daughter, Gemmer Esperas gathered abandoned sheets of corrugated metal and built a new home.
But the gaps in the metal did not protect the couple from the wind or the rain. Most of the time they were forced to stand. They could not sleep.
Then a counselor in the bishopric of their LDS ward, Joy Operio, found them. "Go to the church for shelter," he told them.
That night in the LDS meetinghouse they slept for the first time since Annammer's death.
Before the storm, church leaders had been working with the couple — both Latter-day Saints — to attend the LDS temple. They were saving money to travel to Cebu.
"We pray to ask Heavenly Father to have strength to continue," said Gemmer Esperas. "Because of the gospel I learn at church, I have the courage that someday my daughter and my wife and I will be together. That is the reason we continue."
Temporary shelter
The LDS Church's home construction program is not only taking place in Tacloban, but in areas across the disaster zone, said Jairus Perez, a project manager for LDS Humanitarian Services.
"This is just a temporary shelter," he said. "But for most members this is already a permanent home."
He said the church will finish building all the homes by May 15.
It wants to build the homes quickly and help the program participants qualify for some of the 250,000 construction jobs available in the area.
"We are doing our best to provide for them and minimize their suffering," Perez said.
He is also distributing flashlights and lanterns. "Most place are still in darkness — no electricity," he said.
"We are directly helping people," he said, "giving them the light that they need and the hope."
Brightening Tacloban
Gemmer Esperas is working as part of a five-man construction team, sponsored by the LDS Church.
Using tools provided by the church, the team built the Esperases' house and has constructed six additional homes. When the team has completed 10 homes, members will receive construction certificates. Then they will be paid by the church to build additional homes and help train others.
Gemmer Esperas said it felt good to build his house, which is 12 feet by 14 feet.
His wife feels safe in the home. "I am very comfortable here," she said.
Now they just need to select a color of paint, provided by the church, and complete the project. There are many bright colors available.
Church leaders hope the colors will literally brighten Tacloban.
The Esperases don't have to think about the color they will choose.
Gemmer speaks without hesitation; he will paint their home pink.
It was Annammer's favorite color.
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The murder charge against Abhisit Vejjajiva stems from the violent suppression of anti-government protests in 2010 when demonstrators were seeking to have Abhisit, Thaksin's rival, call early elections, saying he was installed in office illegitimately.
Thaksin was ousted as prime minister by a military coup in 2006 after being accused of corruption and disrespect to the monarchy.
The protests and crackdown left more than 90 people dead and about 1,800 injured in Thailand's worst political violence in decades.
Abhisit is accused by the Department of Special Investigation of allowing the unrestrained use of deadly force to quell the protest.
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A court must still accept the case before it goes forward to trial.
DSI specifically found reason to believe Abhisit culpable in the death of a taxi driver because he allowed troops to use war weapons and live ammunition against protesters. A recent criminal court inquest had found security forces responsible for the man's death.
The shooting occurred during two months of demonstrations by Thaksin's supporters, known as the Red Shirts, who occupied a central intersection in the capital Bangkok. As tensions grew, the army garrisoned the area around their encampment, while Abhisit lived at an army base for his own safety and security. Soldiers swept through barriers to forcefully end the protest on May 19, 2010.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban, who was in charge of the special security agency set up to contain the protests, arrived with Abhisit to be charged with the same offense.
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The political tide has shifted several times since Thaksin's ouster. His sister Yingluck Shinawatra is now prime minister, while Abhisit leads the opposition as head of the Democrat Party. Tharit was DSI chief during Abhisit's administration, and was widely seen then as his hatchet man for aggressively prosecuting Red Shirt leaders and supporters.
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