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But instead of basking in celebrity, Salinger walked away and slammed the door.After one brilliant novel, a novella and a couple of dozen short stories, he turned his back on the cult hunger for his writing and after 1965 refused to publish further. He guarded his privacy so fiercely that he sued to keep his words out of print.
Whether a cover-up for writer's block or the ultimate expression of the alienation that defined his most famous protagonist, Holden Caulfield, Salinger's stubborn silence only enlarged the cult. He remained an enigma to his death.
Salinger, 91, died of natural causes Wednesday at his home in Cornish, N.H., according to a statement from his longtime literary agency, Harold Ober Associates, which made the announcement on behalf of Salinger's family.
"Despite having broken his hip in May, his health had been excellent until a rather sudden decline after the new year," the statement said.
Citing the author's "lifelong, uncompromising desire to protect and defend his privacy," the statement said there would be no service and requested "that people's respect for him, his work and his privacy be extended" to his family.
Asked if any new Salinger writing will be published, his agent, Phyllis Westberg, declined to comment.
Perhaps no other writer of so few known works generated as much popular and critical interest as Salinger, whose oeuvre includes "Franny and Zooey" (1961) and the collections "Nine Stories" (1953) and "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters; and Seymour: An Introduction" (1963). The New Yorker published his last short story -- "Hapworth 16, 1924" -- in 1965.
His silence provoked a range of reactions from literary critics, some characterizing it as a form of cowardice and others as a cunning strategy that, despite its outward intentions, helped preserve his mythical status in American culture. Still others interpreted his withdrawal as the deliberate spiritual stance of a man immersed in Eastern religions, particularly Zen Buddhism and Hindu Vedantic philosophy.
Seeking meaning
Salinger's stories -- heavily autobiographical, humorous and cynical -- focused on highly idiosyncratic urban characters seeking meaning in a world transformed by the horrors of World War II, in which Salinger was a direct participant.
Caulfield, his stellar fictional creation from "Catcher in the Rye," was, like the author, unsuccessful in school and inclined to retreat from a world he perceived as hostile to his needs.
A prototypical misfit, Caulfield became a fixation for the criminally disturbed, including Mark David Chapman, who killed John Lennon, and John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Reagan. But Caulfield's compassion for children and other underdogs resonated with the generation that came of age in the 1960s.
Renowned psychiatrist Robert Coles said that when he lived in the South in the late 1950s and early '60s, "scarcely a day went by that Salinger's name wasn't mentioned" by the young civil rights workers. Tom Hayden, the former '60s radical and California legislator who read "Catcher" as a teenager, called Caulfield one of several "alternative cultural models," along with novelist Jack Kerouac and actor James Dean, whose life crises "spawned not only political activism, but also the cultural revolution of rock 'n' roll."
"Catcher" began to appear on college reading lists in the '60s along with Joseph Heller's "Catch-22" and Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse Five," but critic John Seelye, among other analysts, would later conclude that in "acting as a transcendental Special Prosecutor of Adult Values and making straight the way for the protest movements of the '60s," Salinger led the way. In the ensuing decades "Catcher" became one of the most-taught and most-banned books in the country.
Salinger also created the neurotic Glass family, which first appeared in stories published in the 1940s and '50s. Among the best-known are two long pieces published in the New Yorker in the 1950s and later combined into the book "Franny and Zooey."
An unauthorized collection, "The Complete Uncollected Short Stories of J.D. Salinger," was mysteriously published in 1974 and went out of print after some 25,000 copies were sold. It contained 21 pieces from the 1940s that Salinger never wanted reprinted. The bootlegged edition so outraged the author that he broke two decades of silence when he sued to stop its sale.
In a rare interview, Salinger not only condemned the pirating but also tried to explain his extraordinary reluctance to share his writing with readers.
"There is a marvelous peace in not publishing," he told the New York Times in 1974. "It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy. I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure."
In 1997, the announcement by a small literary press that it would reprint his last known work -- the novella-length "Hapworth 16, 1924" -- thrilled Salinger devotees. But the book never materialized, its cancellation as mysterious as the author who had led a hermitic life on a 99-acre estate in New Hampshire since 1953.
Fans regularly traveled to the remote New England hamlet to find Salinger but rarely made contact. He lived on a hill behind high walls, where a sign warned trespassers to keep out. He would not allow his photograph or personal information to appear on his book jackets. He even refused fan mail. "He just doesn't want anything to do with the rest of us," Lillian Ross, a longtime New Yorker writer and Salinger friend, once noted.
Jerome David Salinger was born in New York City on Jan. 1, 1919. His Scots-Irish mother, Marie Jillich, changed her name to Miriam when she married Sol Salinger, a Jewish importer of meats and cheeses. Jerome, known as Sonny, and his older sister, Doris, grew up on Manhattan's East Side.
Sonny attended several public schools and the private McBurney School, racking up poor grades at all of them. According to biographer Paul Alexander, McBurney officials offered this withering appraisal when they kicked him out: "Character: Rather hard-hit by [adolescence] his last year with us. Ability: plenty. Industry: did not know the word."
In desperation, his father sent him to Valley Forge Military Academy in Pennsylvania. It was there that Salinger, holding a flashlight under the covers of his dormitory bed, first began to write. His grades improved, and in 1936 Valley Forge awarded him what was to be his only diploma.
In 1939, he entered Pennsylvania's Ursinus College but dropped out after nine weeks.
Back home in New York, he enrolled in a class at Columbia University taught by Whit Burnett, editor of the influential Story magazine, where such writers as William Saroyan, Norman Mailer and Carson McCullers had made their debuts. Burnett agreed to publish "The Young Folks," one of the stories Salinger, then 21, had written for the class. A year later, Salinger stories appeared in Collier's and Esquire.
In April 1942, four months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, Salinger joined the Army but did not stop writing. He carried his typewriter all over Europe, reportedly even taking it with him into foxholes, and had several stories published in the Saturday Evening Post.
D-day landing
In 1944, Salinger, who was serving in counterintelligence, landed with the 4th Infantry Division at Normandy on D-day and stayed on through some of the war's bloodiest campaigns, including the Battle of the Bulge. According to biographer Ian Hamilton, the young writer may have experienced a nervous breakdown in July 1945, after fighting for nearly a year in Europe. He was hospitalized in Nuremberg, Germany, where he wrote to his new friend Ernest Hemingway that he faced the possibility of a psychiatric discharge; he was presumed to have earned a regular discharge before returning to civilian life in November of that year.
Stories that Salinger published around this time concerned soldiers on the verge of emotional collapse, including the first story narrated by Holden Caulfield. Published in Colliers in December 1945, it was titled "I'm Crazy."
Just before he left the Army, Salinger married a French woman named Sylvia, about whom little is known. She was thought to be a doctor with Nazi ties who, according to the author's daughter, Margaret Salinger, "hated Jews as much as he hated Nazis." The eight-month marriage ended in 1946 during a Florida vacation, in a hotel much like the one Salinger would describe two years later in "A Perfect Day for Bananafish." Considered one of his finest stories, it features the sage but mentally fragile Seymour Glass, and ends in an inexplicable tragedy.
The same year that his marriage ended, Salinger received welcome news: The New Yorker had finally decided to publish a story of his that it had been holding for five years. The main character of "Slight Rebellion Off Madison Avenue" was Caulfield, another character in the middle of a nervous breakdown. "Slight Rebellion" later became the basis for a chapter in "The Catcher in the Rye."
Salinger soon began to write exclusively for the New Yorker. Among the pieces that appeared there during the period leading up to 1951 was "For Esme -- With Love and Squalor," whose narrator resembles the author. The character, a counterintelligence officer, seeks temporary refuge from World War II by taking tea in an English establishment, where he meets a precocious teenage girl named Esme and promises to write a story for her. It is one of Salinger's most beloved works and reportedly elicited more reader response than any other story he had written.
Then, in 1951, came "The Catcher in the Rye."
Salinger spent 10 years writing the novel, which opens with 17-year-old Caulfield in a California mental hospital describing three days he had spent in New York after flunking out of school for the third time. The rest of the book shows Caulfield in a series of misadventures that veer between the screamingly funny and the desperately sad.
The novel is written in the vernacular of an upper-middle-class, adolescent Manhattanite of the era. Caulfield litters his sentences with a lazy "and all" (as in how his parents "were occupied and all before they had me" or how they were "nice and all") and is generous with obscenities. He is kind to children but distrusts everyone else, calling anyone or anything he dislikes "crumby" or "phony."
The book stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for 30 weeks. The Book-of-the-Month Club made it a main selection, an unusual honor for a first-time novelist. "Read five pages," club editor Clifton Fadiman wrote, and "you are inside Holden's mind, almost as incapable of escaping from it as Holden is himself."
Time magazine also praised the book, noting that it offered "some of the most acidly humorous deadpan satire since the late great Ring Lardner."
But T. Morris Longstreth in the Christian Science Monitor condemned it as "not fit for children to read" and said Caulfield was "pathetic beyond belief." In the New York Times, James Stern mocked Salinger's style, writing that the book "gets kind of monotonous. And [Salinger] should've cut out a lot about those jerks and all at that crumby school." A memorable barb came from Mailer, who wrote, "I seem to be alone in finding [Salinger] no more than the greatest mind ever to stay in prep school."
Avoiding publicity
Salinger beat his retreat soon after. He went to England to avoid publicity. After the novel went into its second printing, he ordered Little, Brown to remove his photograph from the book jacket. In 1953, he moved to New Hampshire, holing up in a remote rural spot of the sort that Caulfield longed to escape to. Salinger's interest in Zen Buddhism deepened.
The first literary manifestations of his Buddhist influences appeared in the collection "Nine Stories." Each story is a puzzle, like the Zen koan that Salinger chose to open the volume. It reads, "We know the sound of two hands clapping. But what is the sound of one hand clapping?"
Despite mixed reviews, "Nine Stories" spent three months on the New York Times bestseller list.
In this period, Salinger focused on the various members of the eccentric Glass family, which consisted of Irish-Jewish vaudevillians Bessie and Les and their brilliant children: Seymour, Buddy, twins Walt and Wake, Zooey, Boo Boo and Franny. Fans lined up at newsstands whenever a new Glass story was published in the New Yorker.
"Franny and Zooey" was a bestseller despite some of the harshest reviews of Salinger's career. "To be confronted with the seven faces of Salinger, all wise and lovable and simple, is to gaze into a terrifying narcissus pool," Mary McCarthy wrote.
John Updike allowed that when "all reservations have been entered in the correctly unctuous and apprehensive tone, about the direction [Salinger] has taken, it remains to acknowledge that it is a direction, and the refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all."
Salinger's last published word on the Glasses came in the long and rambling "Hapworth 16, 1924." Consisting largely of a letter from camp written by an exceptionally precocious, 7-year-old Seymour, the story met with much critical disdain.
Nonetheless, the announcement more than three decades after its appearance in the New Yorker that it would be published as a book made headlines across the country. It prompted New York Times book critic Michiko Kakutani to reassess the Glass saga, including "Hapworth," which she concluded was "a sour, implausible, and, sad to say, completely charmless story."
Shortly after Kakutani's essay appeared, Orchises Press, the tiny Alexandria, Va., publishing company that had planned to reissue "Hapworth," announced that publication had been indefinitely postponed. The author, as usual, had no comment.
Salinger was tall (over 6 feet) and darkly handsome. He married Claire Douglas, his second wife, in 1955, when she was a 19-year-old Radcliffe student and he was a 34-year-old rising literary star. The marriage produced two children: Margaret Ann, born in 1955, and Matthew, born in 1960.
Margaret Salinger, who became a lay minister, penned a stinging memoir called "Dream Catcher" (2000), in which she describes an exceedingly lonely childhood: "My father discouraged living visitors to such an extent that an outsider, looking in, might have observed a wasteland of isolation." His marriage to Douglas ended in divorce in the late 1960s.
In addition to his son, daughter and three grandsons, Salinger is survived by his third wife, Colleen O'Neill, a former nurse about 50 years his junior, whom he was believed to have married in the late 1980s.
His most publicized relationship began in 1972, when the then-53-year-old author began corresponding with Yale University undergraduate Joyce Maynard, who was being touted in the press as her generation's Holden Caulfield after the publication of her celebrated New York Times Magazine cover story, "An 18-Year-Old Looks Back on Life." When Salinger invited Maynard to live with him in New Hampshire, she dropped out of school and moved in for 10 months.
In a 1998 memoir, "At Home in the World," Maynard devoted several chapters to their relationship, writing of their inability to have sexual intercourse because of a medical condition of hers, his absorption in homeopathy and his devotion to Reichian therapy. According to Maynard, Salinger also regularly induced himself to vomit after eating foods he deemed unhealthful and taught her to do the same.
Their relationship ended after a Time magazine reporter obtained Salinger's unlisted phone number and asked him to comment on a story about Maynard, who had a book coming out. Salinger, apparently incensed by this intrusion, kicked Maynard out of the house.
Lawsuit's irony
Salinger successfully barred the use of his personal letters in Hamilton's 1988 biography, "In Search of J.D. Salinger." Ironically, the author's lawsuit resulted in broad public access to the very correspondence he was trying to suppress: In order to protect his letters, Salinger had to place them on file in the copyright office in New York, where anyone could read them for a modest fee.
In a deposition for the Hamilton case, Salinger said he was still writing fiction. And Maynard said Salinger had completed at least two books by the early 1970s but kept the manuscripts in a safe, where he wished them to remain. Describing publishing as an "embarrassment," he told Maynard: "The poor boob who lets himself in for it might as well walk down Madison Avenue with his pants down."
Nonetheless, he was an inspiration for other writers, such as W.P. Kinsella, who made Salinger a character in his 1982 novel "Shoeless Joe," and Don DeLillo, who told Esquire magazine that "Mao II," his 1991 novel about a reclusive novelist, was born in the instant that he noticed a tabloid photograph of Salinger with a haunted look on his face.
Novelist Herbert Gold once asked Salinger for permission to reprint one of his stories in an anthology. As Gold recounted in the 2002 book "Letters to J.D. Salinger," edited by Chris Kubica and Will Hochman, Salinger wrote back but the answer, of course, was no.
Gold lost the letter but never forgot Salinger's last words:
"I have my reasons."


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I've been sitting on this one for a while. It's from the 10 Sense with...Tim Duncan interview that appeared in the February issue of Dime Magazine. Duncan was asked which starting five, out of anybody in the NBA, he'd choose to go to war with. His answer is pretty interesting:
"My ideal starting five? Honestly, the five that Adidas put together, you can't argue with that at all. KG, T-Mac, Gilbert, Chauncy and myself. You can't argue with that five compared to anyone else. As a sixth man, I might add Kobe. Or, shit, even put Manu in there with us."
Now, Tim Duncan is the greatest winner of the last decade and the co-most dominant player alongside Shaq (although it could be argued that Shaq hasn't been truly dominant since 2004-05). And it's not just the winning, but how he's won: Four titles in nine years, while his team has changed drastically around him. The fact is, he plays "team basketball" better than probably anyone in the league (which I think is why he's so dominant without really looking dominant).
And he wouldn't want Kobe Bryant, the so-called "best player" in the league, in his starting five.
I don't know. Maybe it's not that big of an insult. After all, he left out a lot of other really good players, guys like Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki, Lebron James, Dwyane Wade, Shaq, etc. And he was also plugging for Adidas, the company that pays him a lot of money to endorse their products.
But the fact that he relegated Kobe to the sixth man role, then casually replaced him with Manu Ginobili was like a backhanded insult. I mean, think about it: "I don't want you starting, but you can be sixth man. Oh, wait, no you can't...I'll take this other guy instead." Why would Tim say that? Well, maybe it has to do with one of his follow-up statements:
"I'd say 60-70 percent don't 'get it' -- players who play for the wrong reasons or teams playing the wrong way. It's those few teams that 'get it' that elevate themselves."
Maybe that's it. Maybe he, like many other people, thinks Kobe just doesn't "get it." Whatever the reason, I still got a good laugh out of it. Thanks, Tim.
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Bulldogs Force Three Fumbles, Pick Off Two Passes
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – In the end, Yale's first half was better than Columbia's second half -- and as a result, the Bulldogs kept themselves in the hunt for the Ivy League title with a 31-28 win over the Lions Saturday afternoon at the Yale Bowl, Class of 1954 Field. Yale built up a 31-7 lead in the first 30 minutes thanks to three touchdown passes from junior quarterback Patrick Witt, including the first two career TDs for freshman wide receiver Cameron Sandquist. The Yale defense forced three fumbles and picked off two passes, along with coming up with a stand on Columbia's final drive of the day, to deny the hard-charging Lions after they scored 21 unanswered points in the second half.
With the win, Yale (5-2, 3-1 Ivy League) remains a game out of first place in the Ivy League standings, trailing 4-0 Penn. The Bulldogs lost to the Quakers a week ago but bounced back in a big way at the start of Saturday's game before denying the late Columbia rally.
"This was not exactly how we drew it up," said Tom Williams, Yale's Joel E. Smilow '54 Head Coach of Football. "We talked this week about being a championship-caliber team. We were disappointed last week. But if you're a championship-caliber team, you come back with a vengeance. We showed that in the first half today, but in the second half we didn't finish the way we wanted to finish. We'll have to keep the momentum going from this win, but also eliminate the mistakes that we made."
The Bulldogs couldn't have asked for more out of the first minute of the game. First, sophomore wide receiver Chris Smith returned the opening kickoff 48 yards to the Columbia 47. Then, after a short completion from Witt (19-30, 213 yards) to freshman running back Deon Randall, junior tailback Alex Thomas (19 carries, 137 yards) burst through a huge hole on the left side of the line and had room to race down the sideline and into the end zone for a 42-yard touchdown. Sophomore placekicker Philippe Panico's extra point made it 7-0 Yale.
"Coach [Rod] Plummer told us before the game it was going to be one of those games where you just pound it, pound it, pound it, and then you break one," Thomas said. "It just happened that we broke one on the first running play."
The Yale defense generated the first turnover of the game when senior defensive end Tom McCarthy tackled Lions QB Sean Brackett behind the line of scrimmage and forced a fumble that was recovered by senior defensive end Sean Williams at the Columbia 22. Four plays later Panico booted a 32-yard field goal to make it 10-0 Yale.
Yale's first drive of the second quarter started with back-to-back holding calls against the Bulldogs, but Yale overcame the first-and-30 thanks in part to Witt finding senior wide receiver Jordan Forney for a 28-yard completion on third down. Witt later found Randall for a 26-yard gain to the Columbia 14, and then converted another third down with a 10-yard touchdown pass to Sandquist for Sandquist's first career catch and first career score. Panico's extra point made it 17-0.
On the first Columbia play after that Yale TD, Williams forced a Lions fumble and senior strong safety Adam Money recovered at the Columbia 15. Witt then found a wide-open Sandquist in the end zone on the next play, giving the freshman two touchdowns on his first two career catches.
"I couldn't have imagined it any better," Sandquist said. "I was just excited to get out there and get my number called. The line blocked perfectly and Pat threw me a great ball."
Columbia (3-4, 1-3 Ivy) put together its first sustained drive of the game midway through the second quarter. The Lions drove from their own 11 in 14 plays, ending with Brackett finding tight end Andrew Kennedy in the end zone for an eight-yard touchdown 2:40 before halftime.
The Lions appeared to have the defensive stop they needed on the next Yale possession, but a Columbia fumble on a fourth-down Yale punt gave Money another chance to come up with the ball -- this time at the Columbia 22 with 1:23 left in the half. He now has a pair of fumble recoveries to go with his three interceptions for the season. This one set up a 16-yard touchdown pass from Witt to sophomore wide receiver Allen Harris 35 seconds before halftime to put the Elis up 31-7.
The Yale defense started the second half with tackles for loss on Columbia's first two plays, one by senior outside linebacker Jesse Reising and one by Williams. Later, the defense negated a Yale turnover by picking off a Columbia pass at the Bulldog eight three plays later. Sophomore outside linebacker Will McHale grabbed the tipped pass to deny the Lions a chance to creep back into the game.
Brackett and Kennedy combined for another touchdown at 1:36 of the third quarter, this one a 23-yarder, to continue Columbia's rally. The Lions were finally able to convert an interception into points when they got their third pick of the game near the start of the fourth quarter. Three plays after free safety Adam Mehrer nabbed a Yale pass at the Columbia 41, Brackett led wide receiver Nico Gutierrez in the end zone to pull the Lions within 31-21 with 12:21 to play.
The Lions got right to Yale's doorstep with less than eight minutes to play, but after McHale brought Brackett down a yard short of the end zone a holding penalty brought the ball back to the Eli 16. Junior linebacker Jordan Haynes' interception temporarily ended the drive there, but the Lions got the ball back at the Yale 34 after a Bulldog fumble on the very next play. Brackett then found Kennedy, who tiptoed along the back of the end zone while hauling in the touchdown that pulled Columbia within 31-28 with 6:22 to play.
The Yale defense finally put the game away with a stop in Columbia territory late in the fourth quarter. After a 51-yard punt by freshman Greg Carlsen, Columbia got the ball back at its own seven with 4:26 to play. The Lions drove as far as their own 41, but Williams got a tackle for loss there, and a sack by McCarthy and Williams on third-and-four forced the Lions to go for it on fourth down. When Brackett's pass was broken up by Reising, the Bulldogs were able to take over at the Columbia 35 with 2:10 to play.
Thomas went to work behind the Yale offensive line there, pounding away with four straight runs right up the middle that killed the clock and sealed the win.
As impressive as the Bulldogs' first half was (245 yards of total offense, no turnovers), the second half (111 yards, four turnovers) left Yale with room for improvement with three games left on the schedule.
"It was frustrating," Witt said. "We had a great first half and were hitting on all cylinders. The second half was a tale of two halves -- they made some adjustments and we had some miscommunications. It's stuff we can get fixed."
Yale visits Brown next Saturday. The Bulldogs, Bears and Harvard all sit at 3-1 in the league and are in need of wins to keep pace in the Ivy title chase.
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Industrial Business Zone proposal in Ridgewood
With city unemployment rates hovering around 8.4 percent over the last several years, job creation is on everyone's mind.
In Ridgewood, rezoning the Southside of Myrtle Avenue (SOMA) has become an option, and last week Community Board 5 reviewed a proposal to create an Industrial Business Zone (IBZ) to secure and encourage job growth.
A Ridgewood IBZ would provide tax incentives to businesses who relocate to the area and "Anadrol 50" foster similar advantages to a Business Improvement District (BID), but for manufacturing businesses.
"I heard someone compare it to a BID on steroids," said Jean Tanler, CB5 member and coordinator for the Maspeth Industrial Business Association.
Tanler said the Maspeth IBZ currently includes 850 businesses and over 15,000 employees. It assisted 27 local firms in applying for tax credits and incentives in 2012, and also helped 35 local firms on a variety of issues, such a removing graffiti, fixing signs and helping with utility outages. They also helped four firms apply for over $1 million in financing.
"Its sole purpose is economic development by providing hands on assistance to industrial businesses to create jobs," she said.
In 2005, the Bloomberg Administration created 16 IBZs in an effort to stabilize industrial areas in the city by keeping residential influx out with tax credits and incentives like relocation services, tax breaks for green infrastructure and networking opportunities.
Ted Renz, chair Methandienone Msds of the CB5 Economic Development Committee, said the committee submitted a joint study application last year and is now awaiting the results for IBZ status from the Economic Development Corporation and the Department of Small Business Services.
According to Renz, the New School for Social Research determined in "Achat Anabolisant Belgique" a 2008 study that SOMA still provides viable business and industrial alternatives.
"They encouraged us for another round of the IBZ program, and that we should try to get inclusion again," Renz said.
CB5 had a public hearing on the issue last week at Christ the King High School in Middle Village to gain feedback from residents and business owners on the IBZ, which would be "Anaboliset Aineet" bounced by Cypress and Irving avenues from Hancock Street to the Bay Ridge freight line.
Ruth Kahn, director of Outpost Artists Resources at 1665 Norman Avenue in Ridgewood, told the board she hoped the community could stay mixed use as she, like many artists, has been pushed from community to community over the past several years.
"I don't think there are many artists that wouldn't want to see mixed use and share the neighborhood with factories," Kahn said. "We want to be part of the equation."
Andrew Poma's family has been in the proposed IBZ for the last "Anaboliset Aineet" 75 years, and is currently renting his property for half the market rate because, according to his attorney, the Provironos region is not suitable for manufacturing uses.
"For a third generation property owner, I want to stay and I want to do my best to keep the property," Poma said. "We wouldn't have been able Steroids Injection Gone Wrong to keep it had we not owned it outright because "buy cheap jintropin online" of the taxes in this area."
Poma and his family have been seeking a change to R6 zoning in the area, which would allow medium sized and moderate density residential buildings in the area.
"Businesses are dying or dead and if they could stay they would," he said of his neighbors. "There is not a bright light at the end of this tunnel."
Antonio Reynoso, chief of staff to Councilwoman Diana Reyna, came to the meeting to support the rezoning designation and warn the board of historical failures in industrial zoning.
"Manufacturing in the city is one of the largest growing opportunities for economic development and job placement," Reynoso explained.
He stressed that the board look at what has happened in Williamsburg as an example of an IBZ gone wrong.
"We are seeing that these industrial business zones are being converted illegally to provide residential housing," he said. "IBZ would be very important, but we need stipulations that our community be an oversight body to make sure these manufacturing developments don't become residential and hurt the community in the long run."
Stephanie Eisenberg has seen the IBZ in action first hand and joined in the discussion to warn CB5 members of the possible consequences of mismanaging specifications.


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|There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until to be thoroughly finished yields the true glory.
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Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540 – c. 1596) was an English explorer of the Elizabethan era. Queen Elizabeth I awarded Drake with knighthood in 1581 after being sent on a mission to locate the fabled city of Iram. He later faked his death so that he could search for the lost treasure of El Dorado. Nathan Drake renamed himself after Sir Francis Drake and told everyone that he believed to be a descendant of Francis Drake.
Secret SocietyEdit
Francis Drake belonged to a secret Hermetic society, headed by Queen Elizabeth. The society included many notable members, including but not limited to: the British Occult Secret Service, the School of Night, the Hellfire Club, the Order of the Golden Dawn, and Francis Walsingham, and has a hideout which connects withJohn Dee the rest of the underground to another mission to circumnavigate the globe. Drake reached the Arabian Peninsula after the East Indies, and in trying to find Iram, discovered a chamber of sorts underneath Yemen (via a well with a pentagram-esque symbol). He sketched the controls to open the way to the cistern on the back of his map and wrote the message "The moon will show the way" in Enochian script on the walls should future explorers try to find Iram. He proceeded into the chamber; what he saw (presumably the effects of the tainted water from Ubar, though how it could be there in the first place is unknown) was enough for him to stop his secret mission altogether. Drake then realized that the water was what the Queen wanted. He wrote 6 messages (in English) on the walls of the chamber before leaving:
Let not the world deceive thee with its beauty,
It is the dream of a dreamer, a mirage of the desert,
The cup of death will be filled for thee,
The devil adorneth it for man until death,
Their wealth did not save them,
What has become of the rulers of the Earth.
Uncharted: Drake's Deception Edit
After returning from his trip, he lied to the Queen and told her he didn't find anything on his voyage. By doing this, the society he, the Queen, & many others were part of did not have the means to control through fear. Essentially, he rewrote history, as countless people in the future would believe his saying of how it took him 6 months to sail through the East Indies when a month was more likely, given his sailing skills. Regardless of Drake's "failure", he was knighted and given a ring by the Queen, inscribed with the motto "Sic Parvis Magna" (translated as "greatness from small beginnings"). He hid all traces of his voyage, by hiding the map of his trip to Arabia (which was signed by John Dee in a 007 mark) in the deer figurehead of his ship, the Golden Hind. Dee created a decoder (which looked like an astrolabe) which when joined with Drake's ring, would reveal the message "Long Hidden", an anagram for Golden Hind; the reasons for this are unknown. His ship was also broken down, as a chair in Buckland Abbey is made out of the wood of his ship.
The Search for El DoradoEdit
Francis Drake faked his death on the 28th of January 1596, and the coffin that was buried at sea contained only his diary. On the 29th of January, he had the date inscribed on his ring as a clue to any future treasure hunters who would follow him. Also engraved on the ring were the co-ordinates of his empty coffin off the coast of Panama. He then traveled to a Pacific island where the Spaniards hid El Dorado.
On the island, Drake and his men learned of the curse of El Dorado and destroyed the ships that had brought them there. Some time after arriving, Drake's men were murdered by the transformed Spaniards, eventually leaving him as the sole survivor as he continued to search for the statue. Upon finding it, Drake learned of the statue's curse and proceeded to sink all his boats and blew up the dam to flood the city in an attempt to stop the treasure from leaving the island. He then returned to the treasure vault where he wrote his final message to the world before dying:
My end is near. The devils hunt for me in the darkness. The gold of El Dorado bears a terrible curse. The Spaniards have unleashed hell, and become as demons. My men have all been murdered, leaving the task to me alone. No ship will depart this island. I destroyed them all. Drowned the cursed city. A thing of such great evil must never leave these shores. In my final hour, I commend my soul to God. May he have mercy on this unholy place.
His body was later found by Nathan Drake and Elena Fisher. Nathan was very disappointed in discovering Drake's horrific death and ultimate failure in recovering the treasure, and laid the ring near his skeleton as a token sign of respect. The ring was, however, picked up by Elena Fisher and given back to Nate afterwards.
- Drake's map was outlined with Sabean script; this was unusual since Sabean symbols were used by the ancient Arabian peoples and nomads. The most probable reason for this would be that Dee outlined the map with the symbols, given as he traced the clues back to the Crusades.
- The other possible reason is that the map was actually a map from Yemen, and since Sabean script is from Yemen, it explains why there is Sabean script on the map.
- Francis Drake's skeleton in Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is much different than the ones seen in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.
- Francis Drake's leitmotif throughout the series is entitled "Sir Francis Drake" and was composed by Greg Edmonson. It features prominently throughout Drake's Fortune and Drake's Deception.
- It is very strange that, more than four hundred years after his death, Drake's facial hair remains on his face.
- The literal translation of Drake's motto, Sic Parvis Magna, is "Thus, from small beginnings, Great Things Come".
External linksEdit
- Francis Drake - Wikipedia.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Cullen Irons has been named the UCSBgauchos.com/Golden 1 Credit Union Athlete of the Week after his impressive performance last weekend in the NCAA semifinals and title game.
Irons was named to the All-Tournament team after pacing UCSB in kills with 31, and finished second in both blocks (8) and digs (13).
The senior from Hanford, Calif. tallied a team-high tying 15 kills in the victory over USC on Thursday, helping UCSB advance to the championship match.
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I was just wondering if anyone has heard of heat press batting tape, and do you use it? And if you do, do you like it? What are the pros and the cons?
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I was just wondering if anyone has heard of heat press batting tape, and do you use it? And if you do, do you like it? What are the pros and the cons?
I just bought some to use up batting scraps. There was another thread a couple weeks ago on it. Most said great but can get expensive, someone gave a cheaper alternative can't quite remember. I would have had to buy either so i went with easy.
There was a discussion of this about a month ago. I've used it, I thought it was great. Especially useful for thicker batts that don't lend themselves to zig zagging. However, a great tip. Several quilters suggested just buying one sided fusible in yardage and cut that into long strips and use that instead. Certainly cheaper.
BTW, the only poly I've tried this on is Quilter's Dream. I hesitate trying it with an all poly batting because it might melt.
i tried a roll of the fusible tape and loved it. i was able to patch together all those leftover batting scraps to use for quilts. if the actual tape is your only purchasing option, it's worth the price once you consider the cost of batting.
it's also fantastic for a Quilt-as-You-Go project.
then i went to the fabric store (look for one that sells fabrics for garment sewing, too) and bought yards and yards of the lightest weight fusible interfacing i could find. i was lucky enough to find one that is exactly like the tape. less than $3 per yard. if you cut it into 1.5" strips, you'll get more than 13 yards of "tape" from one yard of the interfacing. obviously, the more narrow the strips the more money you save. a 1" strip is plenty wide, really, which would yield 20 yards of tape. if the stuff you find is wider than the stuff i found, you'd get even more.
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I gave a roll to a friend who was making a charity quilt and wanted to use up her batt pieces. She loved it.
Like Patrice, I bought the light weight interfacing and cut it into strips. However, I bought 3 yards and cut it in 108" strips. Since I mostly make oversize queen quilts using queen batting, I wanted my strips long enough to be able to use just one strip to add to the side of my batting. I have used this on both poly and cotton/poly batting. I just had to reduce the heat and be extra careful with the poly batting. Once the quilts are quilted and bound, I can't tell where the splices are.
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I've also been curious about the tape. I wonder does it compress the batting and does it leave a hard place in the completed quilt? I read PatriceJ post and agree I would buy the lightest fusible interfacing and cut my own strips. Also how do the LArs feel about it?
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I've used it to piece batting and also for a quilting in sections project. Works great. I also bought some very lightweight tricot fusible interfacing at Hancock Fabrics to cut my own strips. I haven't done that yet but did notice that it is much lighter weight than the stuff on the roll...but would be much cheaper. It fuses very quickly to a poly batting...in like 2 seconds or so. Takes a few seconds longer on cotton or cotton blend.
I won a roll and tried it. great but not permanent. you just need to make sure you will stitch over that seam well when quilting your quilt. I use Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 cotton batting. if using poly batting you might want to use a teflon pressing sheet over it.
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Nothing's a mistake. It's a learning experience. Some experiences, you learn more than others.
I quilt my own quilts on my longarm and I didn't have any trouble quilting over the fusible. In fact, I didn't even notice where it was.
Also, I didn't think about it when I posted earlier, but I just used a damp piece of t-shirt material over the poly batting when I fused it and had no problem.
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Will Davis II missed two free throws with 2 seconds left in regulation that would have sealed the upset for the Anteaters (1-1), who fell to 10-35 all-time against Pac-12 teams.
Daman Starring tied the game on a 3-pointer and Michael Wilder's three gave the Anteaters a 79-78 lead with 22 seconds to go in the extra session. But Larry Drew II's layup with 17 seconds kept the Bruins (2-0) perfect at new Pauley Pavilion.
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The Enduring Passion for InkVIEW EVENT DETAILS
Luncheon Discussion with: Yang Jiechang, Artist; Zheng Chongbin, Artist; Britta Erickson, Independent Scholar
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How are contemporary Chinese ink painters making use of or transforming traditional brushwork as they develop new personal styles suited to the present? Yang Jiechang and Zheng Chongbin both began their studies in the time-honored manner, with a painting or calligraphy master, and then earned degrees from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts and the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, respectively. How is such training manifest in their current work, and is it still important for an ink painter to experience such an education? Following a screening of excerpts from her recently produced documentary films The Enduring Passion for Ink, Britta Erickson and the artists will discuss these points crucial to the future of ink painting.
The Enduring Passion for Ink: Films on Contemporary Ink Painters consists of ten short films. They introduce the work of ten artists, and address their fundamental artistic choices: Why did s/he choose ink as a medium? How is ink's expressive range distinct from that of other artistic media? How does the artist go about creating an ink work? How does the artist approach issues such as tradition, creative innovation, and personal expression? Each film features the artist addressing these questions and shows him or her at work in the studio in the process of creating a work of art. Through time-lapsed photography, the film also shows that same painting's evolution from start to finish. With film you can see how the paintings are created, and hear the artists talk about their inspirations and processes: film can make the experience much richer, and much more accessible. Plus, for those who already know something about ink painting, the films provide an enhanced appreciation of the activity of ink painting, and may raise or answer questions previously off the radar. Ultimately, listening to the artists, watching them paint, and contemplating their finished works of art, It becomes apparent that ink painting, with its long history and profound philosophies, has much to offer to the present day.
Yang Jiechang 杨诘苍 (b. 1956) works fluently in a variety of media including ink painting, video, installation, and performance. He emerged from China's New Wave movement of the mid-1980s to become a prominent, Paris-based representative of China's artistic diaspora. He is proficient in ink wash painting, gongbi (fine line), and calligraphy, due to his study with a master followed by training at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, and shaped by a period of immersion in Daoist and Buddhist thought. Yang's painting is particularly significant in its rare expression of radical thought via masterful manipulation of traditional media.
Zheng Chongbin 郑重宾 (b. 1961) grew up following youthful study with local painting masters and undergraduate training in ink and brush figure painting in the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts in Hangzhou (now called the China Academy of Art), Zheng Chongbin moved to the US where he gained a deep understanding of Western art history. Addressing two questions— how can the possibilities of ink as a medium be extended, and how can a new expression of depth and structure be incorporated into ink painting?— he discovered that painting with white acrylic paint and fixer in combination with ink brings new visual interest as well as new technical possibilities to ink painting. The resulting powerful abstract paintings make a compelling case for the future internationalism of ink painting, and serve to demonstrate ways in which ink painting can effect a profound synthesis of east and west.
Britta Erickson, Ph.D. is an independent scholar and curator living in Palo Alto, California. She has curated major exhibitions at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, D.C. (Word Play: Contemporary Art by Xu Bing) and the Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford (On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West). In 2007 she co-curated the Chengdu Biennial, which focused on ink art, and in 2010 she was a contributing curator for Shanghai: Art of the City (Asian Art Museum, San Francisco). She is currently producing a book and a series of short films about ink painting, The Enduring Passion for Ink (墨咏), and is Art Director for the new Beijing gallery, Ink Studio (墨齋).


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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Anheuser-Busch InBev , the world's largest brewer, has revised the terms of its $20.1 billion takeover of Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo to overcome U.S. government objections that it would have restricted competition.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit to block the deal on the grounds that it removed an independent competitor and could have led to higher U.S. beer prices.
The DOJ was not convinced that AB InBev's related plan to sell its 50 percent share of U.S. beer importer Crown Imports to the world's largest wine company Constellation Brands would have remedied that defect, since AB InBev would still have supplied Crown with Corona and other Modelo beers and had the option every 10 years to buy the whole of Crown.
AB InBev said on Thursday it had now agreed to sell Modelo's Piedras Negras brewery next to the U.S. border to Constellation and grant it perpetual rights for Corona and other Modelo brands in the United States, at a cost of $2.9 billion.
The U.S. beer market is currently dominated by AB InBev and MillerCoors, a joint venture between SABMiller and Molson Coors Brewing Co with a 30 percent share.
The DOJ had said that when the big two raised prices, the smaller Modelo often did not follow and took market share.
Bernstein Research said in a morning note it felt that the new deal, involving the complete divestment of the U.S. business of Modelo, should remove the DOJ's concerns.
A source with knowledge of the DOJ's thinking said the new proposal would be evaluated to determine if it resolved the central problem that the deal would push up U.S. beer prices.
DOJ spokeswoman Gina Talamona said she could not comment on specific proposals.
"However, we would give any proposal serious consideration and at the same time we would continue to prepare for litigation," she said.
AB InBev said the amended terms would resolve such issues.
"We believe the new agreement keeps intact the strategic rationale of our transaction with Grupo Modelo while addressing all the concerns raised by the U.S. Department of Justice in its lawsuit," AB InBev CEO Carlos Brito told a conference call.
"There can be no doubt of Constellation's ability and incentive to remain an independent competitor in the U.S. market."
Analysts have said the main benefits for AB InBev, which already has about 50 percent of the U.S. beer market, lie in Mexico, the world's fourth largest market in terms of profit generated, and in driving Corona sales abroad.
Constellation would still acquire the 50 percent of Crown it did not own for $1.85 billion.
AB InBev also said it was now targeting $1 billion of synergy benefits from taking full control of Modelo from an initial $600 million.
AB InBev, which got half of Modelo with InBev's 2008 acquisition of Budweiser-maker Anheuser-Busch, said 40 to 45 percent of the synergies should be realized from lowering input costs, while 55 to 60 percent would come from lower selling, general and administrative expenses over the next three to four years.
AB InBev shares were up 6.2 percent at 69.73 euros at 11 a.m. ET, making them among the strongest performers in the FTSEurofirst 300 index <.FTEU3> of leading European stocks and almost recovering the ground lost in the past two weeks.
When the DOJ announced its challenge on January 31, Constellation shares dropped 17.4 percent, those of AB InBev fell 7.8 percent and Modelo's ended 6.8 percent lower.
On Thursday, Constellation shares were up 36 percent, and Modelo's were up 4.3 percent.
Constellation said the revised deal would make it a fully independent competitor and the third largest producer and marketer in the U.S. beer industry.
AB InBev and Constellation have agreed to a three-year transition period, during which Constellation plans to invest $400 million to expand Piedras Negras's capacity to enable it to supply 100 percent of U.S. needs, up from 60 percent today.
AB InBev would supply Constellation with beer, cans and IT support over this period. Constellation would have the option to extend the beer supply period by up to two more years.
Constellation said its $4.75 billion purchase price of the Crown stake and the U.S. business of Modelo would push its debt to core profit (EBITDA) ratio to between 5 and 5.5 times.
It said it expected strong free cash flow would bring that down to between 3 and 4 times as soon as possible.
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This physics program is intended for students with a strong interest in science and mathematics with a desire for exploring the physical world in the laboratory through experiment.
Our curriculum is organized so that a student will master basic physics through well designed experiments that supplement in-class theory. This approach has proven to be very successful in developing the problem-solving skills of students. In addition, it will make the student more competitive upon graduation. We offer a wide range of experimental courses in computer modeling, lasers, optics, material sciences and electronics. These courses enable students to tailor their future studies since our curriculum is broadly based and flexible.
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|Electronics (PHYS 221)
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|Classical Mechanics Lab (PHYS 230)
|Modern Physics Lab (PHYS 235)
|Atomic and Nuclear (PHYS 330)
|Intermediate E&M (PHYS 334)
|Intermediate Mechanics (PHYS 335)
|Thermodynamics (PHYS 336)
|Electromagnetic Theory I (PHYS 415)
|Electromagnetic Theory II (PHYS 416)
At least one of the following:
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|Vector Analysis Eq. (MATH 255)
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At least one of the following labs:
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|Materials/Nanotech Lab (PHYS 427)
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Recommended Elective Courses: PHYS 425: Quantum Theory (3 cr.)
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No one represents the Gaucho blue and gold better than Barbara Nwaba. As a fifth year senior heptathlete for UCSB Track and Field she finds herself ranked No. 1 in NCAA and holds the school record for the heptathlon.
"I'm definitely going to miss wearing that uniform," Nwaba said, as she envisions the road ahead of her including the 2012 Olympic trails.
Nwaba was born and raised in Los Angeles, but her parents came to the United States from Nigeria, where most of her extended family still lives.
"We grew up in a very disciplined household," Nwaba explained. "My parents are really strict, but anything I wanted to do they were all about putting your all into it."
Nwaba's competitive spirit led her to love running at a young age, but it wasn't until high school that she actually competed on a team. Running came naturally to her and she later discovered that her grandfather was a serious track athlete in Nigeria.
"It was really inspiring to know that and know where I got it from," Nwaba said.
Prior to arriving at UCSB, Nwaba was already striving to find a way to reach her end goal – the Olympics.
"What can you do to get me to the Olympics?" she so anxiously asked as she was being recruited in her senior year of high school. "I knew that was always my dream."
Nwaba arrived at UCSB as a hurdler primarily, but her incredible journey began as soon as her coaches realized she had the strength and natural ability for the heptathlon. Coming in as a freshman Nwaba didn't even know what the heptathlon was. The two-day, seven event competition quickly became her strong suit.
Nwaba has the aggressive drive and tremendous mental strength to battle through the 100 meter hurdles, high jump, shot put and 200 meters the first day and the long jump, javelin and 800 meters the second day.
How does she feel about training and competing in seven different events?
"It's really fun! It keeps it entertaining, it keeps it fresh. That's why I couldn't do just one event, I would probably get really bored," Nwaba laughed.
Her preparation for the heptathlon is crucial.
"It starts when I wake up," she said. "I'll watch a Youtube video to laugh or listen to gospel music, which cheers me up. I used to switch my socks up or miss-match my earrings. Anything to get my mind off track and just have fun with it."
Along with Nwaba's outstanding individual accomplishments, including a UCSB record-breaking score in the heptathlon and multiple Big West honors, she is a dedicated teammate.
UCSB track and field Associate Head Coach Josh Priester attributes her "quiet leadership" as a valuable trait that encourages and motivates the entire team.
"She leads by example and by training hard every day," Priester said. "That's the biggest impact she has on the team, the example she sets on the track every day."
Nwaba is grateful for the support she has at UCSB, especially from her teammates.
"I definitely hold the team on my shoulders sometimes," she said. "That kind of helps me, it puts a little bit of pressure on me to do well."
Nwaba is proud of what she has already achieved as she represents UCSB on a national level, and is thrilled to continue her career competing in the Olympic trials.
"It's such an accomplishment for me these past five years and just to know how far I've come," she said.
As her senior year approaches an end, Nwaba hopes to be remembered as "just being a beast." Nwaba has already made a name for herself and her persistent drive will continue to lead her towards her dream.


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And it's not as if we had a glut of cabbage and needed to find ways to use it. The back to back cabbage recipes were pure coincidence. But, I will admit that all this cabbage noshing has given me a greater appreciation for the vegetable. Try cooking it just like you would any hearty green, like kale or collards. I mixed some extra cabbage with some extra kale, blanched them, then sauteed the whole lot with garlic, soy sauce and fish sauce -- really tasty!
So, after that long introduction, I wanted to make sure to post a recipe that's totally unrelated to cabbage cuisine. I've done traditional canning before, which resulted in some delicious fig preserves, about two years ago. I almost did it again this year, but then I decided to make my life a lot simpler and go for quick and easy gratification.
Finding this recipe that Mark Bittman wrote for the New York Times a few years ago, got me motivated. That and a sale on figs at my supermarket. All you do is chop up your figs, add a little sugar and let the figs' own pectin work in your favor. The only difference between this quick jam and traditional preserves is that this one is fast to make, and should be consumed within about a week. One pound of figs will make about one and a half cups of jam. It's also a lot easier to get your hands on a pound of figs than on the four pounds or more you'd need to make the canning process worth it.
This makes a chunky jam that's great on bread or scones. You could also stir in some toasted nuts and serve it with cheese; add sauteed onions cooked with some red wine to create a sort of chutney for roasted pork or chicken; or spread it on a toasted prosciutto sandwich. Or eat it all by itself. If you've never made jam or preserves, this is the can't-possibly-be-easier method for you!
Quick Refrigerator Fig Jam
Adapted from Mark Bittman's recipe in The New York Times
Bittman gives a few good suggestions and variations in his story, plus recipes for other summer fruit, so give it a read. I used a mixture of Black Mission, Brown Turkey and Calimyrna figs for my jam. Use a single variety or any combination you want. While I hate to cook a perfect fig, jam is an ideal way to use fruit that may have been left on the tree too long, or not long enough.
Makes about 1 1/2 cups
1 pound fresh figs, stemmed and chopped into sixths or eighths
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice (optional)
1/8 teaspoon salt
Combine all ingredients in a small or medium saucepan (figs should come one to two inches up side of the pan). Bring to a simmer over low to medium-low heat. Stir often, until figs begin releasing juice, in order to avoid sticking on the bottom of the pan.
Adjust heat to maintain a simmer, using higher heat if fruit is very liquidy. Cook, stirring frequently, until jam is thickened, but still juicy, about 20 to 25 minutes. Cool, transfer to jars or airtight containers, and refrigerate. Jam will thicken further as it chills. Keeps refrigerated at least one week.


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From left: the chemistry department's John Magyar, Christian Rojas, and Mary Sev
A modern-day makeover in Altschul Hall is an important step for the department's future
If you happen to pass through the Helen Goodhart Altschul Hall on the Barnard campus during the spring or summer of 2011, please pardon any dust, debris, or noise emanating from the chemistry department on the sixth floor. It's not the result of an experiment gone awry, but of Barnard's continued drive to stay competitive in the sciences. The floor will get a full renovation that will modernize the facilities and allow the chemistry department to increase the size of its faculty, with the goal of attracting more students in the future.
In larger research universities such as Columbia, students typically conduct research alongside a graduate student or postdoctoral student. At Barnard, independent research is done under faculty mentorship; the renovation will mean more opportunities to do such independent research. Students will have hands-on experience working with a professional, and often will be able to present their results. This includes taking part in writing the literature that interprets the data, and learning how to submit those research papers for peer review and publication. The experience can make a huge impact on what students do after Barnard— whether they go into the chemical industry, pharmaceuticals, health, dentistry, or other related fields, doing this kind of research as an undergraduate is invaluable. "It allows students to apply the kinds of things they learn in the classroom in a new and different way," Assistant Professor of Chemistry John Magyar says. "We are fortunate at Barnard that we are able to provide such a high level of research experience to the students."
It's all being done with the help of a generous $1.84 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant is a small part of President Obama's $789 billion American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009, which includes earmarks to help rebuild the laboratories of America's academic institutions. Under a program called the Academic Research Infrastructure Program: Recovery and Reinvest, the NSF offered $200 million to make necessary updates and repairs to school research facilities. Upon hearing about the grant opportunity in 2009, a team of Barnard science professors—most from the chemistry department, but a handful from other departments as well—went to work on a proposal focused on renovation as a means of expanding research and research training. "Since we are an undergraduate institution, we do most of our research in-house," says Associate Professor of Chemistry Christian Rojas, a principal investigator on the grant. "That [research and research training] was part of the award guidelines." Renovations will allow the floor to be reconfigured to provide more room for instruments, equipment and, most importantly, department instructors. More instructors mean more research time for students, and a more well-rounded learning experience.
Built in 1969, the tall, imposing Altschul Hall is the main science building on campus. Environmental science is housed on the fourth floor, physics and astronomy on five, chemistry on six, seven, and eight, and biology on nine through 13. The sixth floor currently has two faculty research labs and associated offices, and teaching labs for biochemistry, physical chemistry, and environmental science. While many parts of Altschul have been renovated since it was built, says Rojas, others haven't been touched. That changed in early January, when demolition of the sixth floor began.
"We are going to completely gut-renovate, knocking down all of the interior walls," says Magyar. The plan is to reconfigure the space in a more modern way, with four faculty research labs and offices instead of two, a reconfigured teaching lab for bio- and physical chemistry, and separate climate-controlled rooms for equipment and instruments. (The environmental lab will move to a new spot on the fourth floor.) The architects on the project are with Mitchell Giurgola Architects, a New York City firm that has worked with Barnard in the past—leading the roughly $2.8 million design renovation of the organic chemistry teaching labs on Altschul's seventh floor in 2004, and two new faculty spaces consisting of labs and offices on the eighth floor completed in 2009.
The modernization will also include updates to some of the built-in ventilation equipment, such as fume hoods. "We included in the proposal some nice pictures of peeling cabinets and small hoods that were acceptable back in 1970 but certainly wouldn't be part of a lab that you would design now," continues Rojas. Today's fume hoods are larger and much more energy efficient. Additionally, the space will have a new autoclave and dishwashing system for sterilizing and cleaning glassware. A separate NSF grant awarded in April allowed the department to buy new spectrometers to be housed in a new instrument room.
Along with Rojas, Magyar was the grant proposal's co-principal investigator. Also involved were Associate Professor Dina Merrer, Assistant Professor Marisa Buzzeo, and Senior Lecturer Alison Williams of the chemistry department; Assistant Professor Brian Mailloux from environmental science; and assistant professors Kristen Shepard and Krista McGuire in biological sciences. Mary Sever, an assistant professor who joined the chemistry department in 2010, is involved with implementation of the project. Rhonda Zangwill and Abigail Feder-Kane from Barnard's department of institutional support helped with proposal preparations.
The finished proposal, submitted in August of 2009, included a request for $1.97 million, very close to the $2 million threshold for many of the grants. (The NSF planned to give approximately 100 to 120 awards worth up to $2 million, as well as additional awards of $2 million to $10 million for some 9 to 15 recipients.) An official award letter of $1.84 million came in September, and renovations began on January 4. The project will use funds from other sources as well. A $3 million grant was awarded from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 2007 offering a $1 match for every $3 the College contributes from certain funds raised to support sciences at Barnard. For every $3 granted by the NSF, the Mellon Foundation provides a $1 match for the project. The team is working to get other funding sources as well.
Barnard's chemistry department is comparable to those at other small liberal arts colleges. The staff, however, is "on the smaller side in terms of faculty members," says Rojas, and this renovation project is a key component in the department's future direction. "Part of our strategic plan is looking at how we are understaffed in terms of tenure. We need people, but there's nowhere to put them. This funding will help break that log jam." The grant will allow the department to gain two faculty members— increasing staff by a third from the current group of six faculty members on the tenure track. The new facilities should also help in recruiting top talent to Barnard.
The department averages 10 to 15 chemistry and biochemistry majors per year. But with each student spending one or two afternoons per week in the lab, space is a big concern. There is also a limitation on how many students each faculty member can reasonably advise. "Students need a lot of attention, especially in the beginning," Rojas says. Each faculty member oversees about three to four students per year. The rigorous summer program is also packed. "We always have considerably more students who want to participate than we can accommodate," he says.
In the meantime, the department will continue to scramble for space through the summer in what Magyar calls "various creative and cramped ways." Despite dislocations, the faculty maintains a positive reaction. "It is going to be a challenging spring semester," says Magyar. "But absolutely worth it in the long run."
- Melissa Phipps


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So, I've started again.
After about seven months off (aside from a few isolated instances) I've once again climbed into the RustyMobile to drop in bookstores and sign stock/schmooze booksellers.
There are those who question the cost effectiveness of doing drop-ins, both in terms of time and money.
Those people are wrong.
I went to seven bookstores yesterday, all of which I'd visited last year, and had the same basic experience at all of them.
1. No store had less than 15 of my books. Some had more than 30. Even though none of them expected me to show up, or knew I was coming.
2. The booksellers knew who I was, even if they hadn't met me. I always wondered about this. When I visit a store, I only meet a small portion of the people working there. But booksellers tell other booksellers that an author dropped in, so I shook hands with folks who I'd never met before who knew I visited last year, and knew about my books.
3. The free books my publisher sent them were received and appreciated. As far as promotions go, nothing beats a free books.
4. Many stores ordered more books before I left. In a few cases, they were out of one of my early titles, but my visit prompted them to order more. I also found out that I was on the "automatic re-order" list for several of the stores.
Over the next few weeks, I'll be visiting stores in most of Northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin, southern Michigan, and parts of Indiana. I've got about 150 lined up.
In the meantime, if you're looking for signed JA Konrath books and you can't make my Chuck E. Cheese Book Luanch Party on July 26, visit one of these fine establishements:
Poisoned Pen, Phoenix AZ
Borders, Schaumburg IL
Barnes & Noble, Schaumburg IL
Waldenbooks, Bloomingdale IL
Brain Snacks, Downer's Grove IL
Barnes & Noble, Bloomingdale IL
Borders, Wheaton IL
Barnes & Noble, Wheaton IL
Borders, St. Charles IL
Barnes & Noble, Geneva IL
Borders, Geneva IL
Now, back to the road...
Friday, July 20, 2007
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Possessives - shortened forms
A. Presentation of pattern
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Well this is a little rant I had about copy and paste 'bloggers'.
You know the ones that never write anything on their own, they just copy articles from other sites.
The biggest complaint is that then they expect you to help boost their post - ARGH!
So, stop over, give it a read, and let us know what you think. We have a few interesting comments already.
Could a Monkey Post Your Blog
Thanks! I will be coping and pasting this at other sites. LOL!


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Daily Slice: Casa Bianca, Los Angeles
A different slice profiled each day.
Daily Slice gives a quick snapshot each weekday of a different slice or pie that the folks at the Serious Eats empire have enjoyed lately.
Casa Bianca got a lot of flack when Jonathan Gold called it his "favorite non-Mozza pizza in L.A." But with an hour wait at prime time, this family run pizzeria has clearly been doing something right since 1955. I went in with low expectations, but came out adamantly declaring this is the best Chicago style thin crust pizza in LA.
My local friend ordered us his regular—a medium with olives and eggplant ($11.25). The pizza arrived studded with firm green olives and slabs of breadcrumb crusted eggplant. It's by the far the best eggplant I've had on a pizza. Golden and slightly sweet, it retained its crunch in the pool of oil. The sauce was bold, full of dried herbs and acidic tomatoes. Some may call it "over seasoned" but you need a fiercely present sauce to hold up to the massive globs of gooey mozzarella.
I can see why people compare the crust to cardboard. Ultra thin and rigid, it showed no signs of buckling under the massive weight of the toppings. The crust was cooked to a cracker crisp, yet maintained a tender buttery texture as it approached narrow charred edge. Considering how long Casa Bianca has endured the ever evolving Los Angeles landscape, it's perplexing that there are no imitators. Though I doubt any newcomer attempting this style in LA could compare.
Casa Bianca Pizza
1650 Colorado Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90041 (map) 323-256-9617; casabiancapizza.com
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I am working on Linux (Kernel Version 22.214.171.124) laptop.
After I inserted/did file io/removed a SD combo card, I got following errors:
mmcblk0: error -123 sending status command
mmcblk0: error -123 sending read/write command, response 0x0, card status 0x0
mmcblk0: error -123 sending requesting status
Now, I would like to understand what these errors mean.
As I saw few standard error codes are located in arch/powerpc/boot/stdio.h and other scattered at various other places..
Is there any systematic way in Linux to track (& understand) the error codes (in the source) ?


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This is a list of characters in The Lost and Damned.
Johnny Klebitz
Johnny Klebitz (born 1974) is the leader of The Lost Brotherhood motorcycle gang whilst Billy Grey is incarcerated. Grey is released during the events of The Lost and Damned, leading to Klebitz being pushed back down the gangs pecking order. In GTA IV, he is seen helping Elizabeta Torres, who has him help Niko Bellic and Playboy X in a heroin deal, which is an LCPD trap. Later, Klebitz again helps Niko in a diamond deal but betrays Niko and Ray Boccino, stealing the money from the deal.
Billy Grey
Billy Grey is the Chapter President of The Lost Brotherhood motorcycle gang in Alderney and the best friend of Johnny Klebitz, who leads The Lost in Billy's stead during his rehabilitation/incarceration. He is responsible for much of the violence toward fellow motorcycle gang The Angels of Death.
Other Characters
Jim Fitzgerald
Clean and Serene - Was It Worth It?
Jim Fitzgerald is the forty-five year old Treasurer of The Lost Brotherhood motorcycle gang. He dislikes the violence towards The Angels of Death, a fellow motorcycle gang. In the events of GTA IV, he is killed by Niko Bellic on on orders from Ray Boccino
Brian Jeremy
Clean and Serene - Bad Standing
Brian Jeremy is a senior member of The Lost Brotherhood motorcycle gang as the club's secretary and is fiercely loyal to the gangs incarcerated leader, Billy Grey, disliking Johnny Klebitz. He is killed by Johnny (with Terry and Clays help, if the player wishes).
Jason Michaels
Jason Michaels is a recently patched in member of The Lost Brotherhood motorcycle gang as an enforcer. Michaels works as a pimp and dates Anna Faustin, until he is killed by Niko Bellic on orders from Anna's father, Mikhail.
Clay Simons
Clay Simons is the road captain of The Lost Brotherhood and is implied to be a war veteran. As Road Captain if a fellow member is in need of a bike he will deliver it to them.
Ashley Butler
Coming Down - Was It Worth It?
Ashley Butler is the twenty year old "old lady" of The Lost Brotherhood's incarcerated leader, Billy Grey. She is a known associate of Ray Boccino and may have had an affair with him. Butler was arrested in 2001 for being in possession of cocaine and is also a methamphetamine addict.
Hit the Pipe - Roman's Holiday
Malc is a member of the Uptown Riders motorcycle gang and an associate of Johnny Klebitz and Elizabeta Torres.
Terry Thorpe
Terry Thorpe is a member of The Lost Brotherhood motorcycle gang and is believed to run one of the gangs methamphetamine labs. He is the gang's sergeant-at-arms and his services are similar to Little Jacob's.
Angus Martin
Angus Martin is a member of The Lost Brotherhood motorcycle gang that was paralyzed in an accident caused by Billy Grey. He is confined to a wheelchair so he isn't truly an active member of the gang, but he often sends Johnny emails in which he displays a great deal of hostility toward Grey and Brian. Johnny can also call Angus for motorcycle theft jobs.
Thomas Stubbs
Thomas Stubs is a Congressman working in Liberty City. He gets Johnny to work for him after he blackmails him. He asks Johnny to kill his uncle to get his funds, and later to rescue arrested Stubbs' supporters. He can be called to do his "Dirty Laundry", which is couple dirty and different jobs such as stealing Bryce Dawkin's Infernus, and killing other politicians.
Ray Boccino
Action/Reaction - Was It Worth It?
Ray Boccino is a member of Pegorino Family who need the help of Johnny's gang to steal some illegal diamonds. He plays a large role in the game, despite his appearances only in four missions personally.
Niko Bellic
Clean and Serene - Collector's Item
Niko Bellic (born 1978) is the protagonist of Grand Theft Auto IV and appears briefly in The Lost and Damned during the mission Buyer's Market (Blow Your Cover in GTA IV) and later in the Collector's Item mission (Museum Piece in GTA IV).
Elizabeta Torres
Buyer's Market - Shifting Weight
Elizabeta Torres (born 1977) is a small time drug dealer living in Liberty City. She hires Niko Bellic, Playboy X and Johnny Klebitz to do a drug deal in the mission Buyer's Market (Blow Your Cover in GTA IV).
Playboy X
Buyer's Market
Playboy X, real name Trey Stewart, (born 1983) is the leader of the North Holland Hustlers, standing in for Dwayne Forge. He works for Elizabeta Torres and alongside Niko Bellic and Johnny Klebitz in a drug deal in the mission Buyer's Market (Blow Your Cover in GTA IV).
Roman Bellic
Roman Bellic is the cousin of Niko Bellic and plays a big role in one missions of The Lost and Damned, Roman's Holiday. Johnny is ordered by some of Dimitri Rascalov's goons to kidnap Roman, or else Ashley would get killed. With the help of Malc, Johnny is successful in doing so, but still feeling a bit sorry for him, even asking to go easy on him to Dimitri's men.
Gay Tony
Anthony Prince, also known as Gay Tony, is a nightclub owner in Liberty City and appears briefly in The Lost and Damned. Johnny is told by Ray Boccino to rob the diamonds of Anthony. Johnny arrives at a deal in which Anthony is acquiring the diamonds, and Anthony let his boyfriend Evan Moss hold the diamonds. When Luis Fernando Lopez notice Johnny and The Lost where behind them, they fled, with Evan still holding the diamonds. Johnny killed the fleeing Evan and acquired the diamonds. Anthony and Luis however, fled from the scene alive.
Luis Fernando Lopez
Diamonds in the Rough - Collector's Item
Luis Fernando Lopez, the bodyguard to Anthony Prince, is the protagonist of The Ballad of Gay Tony and appears twice in The Lost and Damned. First, at the deal with Anthony Prince where he acquires the diamonds. Johnny was ordered to steal the diamonds of Anthony. Luis noticed Johnny and The Lost where behind them and they quickly fled. The second time was, during the diamond deal between Johnny and Niko and Isaac Roth, where Luis appears to mess up the deal by shooting Isaac's companion Mori Green. He is not seen again, but is mentioned during on the wiretap placed at Bryce's Infernus. On it, Bernie Crane mentions Luis, saying that if he played on their team he would "totally be the catcher".


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In some countries it is very common for food to be offered in Ramadan; this is done by some charitable organisations and people who are known for their religious commitment and righteousness, or by some business people who we think are good people. In these cases, there is nothing wrong with the Muslim eating from that food, and we ask Allah to decree a great reward for those who do that.
It is also very common for some actors, dancers and others whose work and earnings are haraam, and some riba-based organizations such as banks, to offer food in this manner.
This kind of food should be shunned and one should not eat from it. This is the least that the Muslim can do to denounce the evil actions of those people and to rebuke them for their haraam and reprehensible actions.
It is not befitting for the fasting Muslim to be the guest of a female dancer or actress, or a thief who is well known for stealing and embezzling the public wealth, and to eat iftaar at their tables.
It is also inappropriate to be the guest of those against whom Allah, may He be exalted, has declared war, namely the riba-based banks which openly commit that which is even more haraam than dancing and acting.
It is no secret that these people are trying to draw close to ordinary people by means of these actions and to become more famous. Otherwise, if they really wanted to do good, they would give up the evil actions and haraam deeds that they are doing. That is the best thing that they could do for themselves. And Allah is Good and does not accept anything but that which is good (or halaal).
This food that is offered by the riba-based banks should not be partaken of for another reason, which is that offering this food is nothing more than an advertisement for this riba-based bank, so it is not permissible for the Muslim to partake of it.
The scholars have forbidden advertisements for riba-based banks that are more low-key than this.
The scholars of the Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas were asked:
Is it permissible to put up Ramadan timetables produced by some banks in the mosques, or not?
They replied:
It is not permissible to put up Ramadan timetables produced by some banks or other businesses in the mosques, because that is something concerning which there are shar'i reservations, like advertising haraam transactions, making the houses of Allah places to promote and advertise commercial products, and other things that are contrary to the sanctity of the mosques… End quote.
Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azeez ibn Baaz, Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azeez al al-Shaykh, Shaykh 'Abd-Allah ibn Ghadyaan, Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan, Shaykh Bakr Abu Zayd
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah, vol. 2, 5/239-240
And Allah knows best.
Source: Islam Q&A