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The author is the Novartis Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Aging has always been regarded as a highly complex process with many degenerative changes leading to the cessation of life. But recent research has identified a relatively simple mechanism that governs the pace of aging.
Lenny Guarente's Ageless Quest is a scientific detective story for the baby boom generation. It offers an insider's view of an area of potentially astonishing high rewardand equally high risk.
To read Lenny Guarente's and Robert Butler's interview with Sara Davidson (The NY Times) about how the body ages and the research on trying to extend our healthy life span, click here. (You must register for free access to NYTimes.com)
"Every important new technology and market segment has a defining chronicle of its beginning. In the minicomputer market it was Tracy Kidder's The Soul of the New Machine. In the agemitigating pharmaceutical market, we believe it will be the new book Ageless Quest from Elixir's Lenny Guarente. Although layman readers may find the science descriptions a little more comprehensive than they're used to, dedicated readers will be rewarded with a good understanding of what looks to be one of the important regulatory mechanisms in human aging, and a significant advance in the quest that man has undertaken for literally thousands of years. Ageless Quest is a must read for anyone interested in the future of an important new biotech market, or who is interested in the real science and progress in the field of age-mitigation."
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"Part autobiography, part social commentary, part science, [Ageless Quest] does an excellent job of explaining and extolling the use of model organisms for research into ageing.... Ageless Quest conveys some quite difficult ideas and complex experimental results with a clarity and freshness that deserve to make it widely read."
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"Ageless Quest is a personal account of a rich and active academic life, in which descriptions of the scientific work that led to the discovery of Sir2, a potentially important biochemical factor that influences life's clock, are mixed with autobiographical sketches. The book is reminiscent in more than one way of Jim Watson's classic, The Double Helix, in that it paints an accurate picture of how scientific research was, and is, done:—the excitement, the frustrations, the fear of competitors and the race for 'highimpact' publications. Ageless Quest is, therefore, not just a book about ageing, nor just about genes and proteins; it is also about people, and the nittygritty of doing science at the end of the twentieth century. One of the most endearing features of this little book, which can be read over the course of a weekend (or during a lengthy run of a native gel, to put it in scientists' timeunits as well), is that its author pays tribute to the many people he has worked with over the years; or, to be more precise, to the dedicated and eager young scientists who have worked for hima noteworthy difference."
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Basically a personal account of research into aging, including descriptions of his students and postdocs and their work at the laboratory bench, the book is a pleasure to read. The author writes with the clarity of a firstclass journalist, an infectious enthusiasm and an eye for the revealing anecdote. Although the relevance of Sir2 and survival mechanisms discovered in shortlived laboratory organisms to aging in mammals is still questionable, I am convinced that by opening this avenue of research, Guarente and kindred spirits have done much to draw outstanding scientists into aging research, thereby shaking this file dout of its stuffy reputation. That alone makes Ageless Quest and the story of its simple pursuit a timely contribution to the growing literature on why and how we age.
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For the scientifically curious, this book is much more enjoyable than paperback thrillers that pretend to present medical science. Guarente tells real stories with engaging wit, not fictions with pompous affectations.
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Alfred R. Roberts GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Abstract: Current developments in accounting education are the result of the vision and efforts of the early pioneers in public accounting practice. Clearly these accountants wanted to elevate public accounting to a professional level. Their belief that collegiate accounting training was the foundation on which to build the profession of public accountancy led to the establishment of the New York School of Accounts. The New York School of Accounts was a success though it operated for only one year. It illustrated a commitment to education and un-doubtedly influenced the later development of university and college accounting programs.
The teaching of accounting and business subjects in universities and colleges is primarily a twentieth century phenomenon in the United States. We have recently witnessed the establishment of several schools of accountancy and increasing debate concerning professional accounting education. These developments are the culmination of a process begun approximately a century ago with the establishment of the first organization of professional accoun-tants in the United States and its effort to establish a school of accountancy. In this paper, we trace the efforts of the American Association of Public Accountants to establish the New York School of Accounts.
Harry C. Bentley, in listing the stages of development in book-keeping instruction in the United States, indicates that university instruction began about 1881.1 This date was undoubtedly chosen because the Wharton School of Finance and Economy was estab-lished in 1881 at the University of Pennsylvania. No other success-ful schools of commerce were established until 1898, and there were only seven such institutions at the close of 1900.2 Several un-successful schools of business or commerce predated the Wharton School.
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Even Performancing can't fix my problems with Blogger! When I try to login to my account it complains that the Atom server is not available. I know that many people are using Blogger without any problems but it isn't working for me. I have decided to move my blog over to WordPress and see how that goes. Performancing was a nice discovery so I'll keep using that and see how it goes.
Blogger corruption part 2
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Yes, blogger has been VERY problematic recently.
Right now I'm re-writing the blogger support for the new Blogger api (currently in beta) which I hope will eliminate alot of the issues.
WordPress is awesome, and pff's support for wordpress is also great. The next version of pff will have Image and file Uploading via the API wordpress and MT use, so should be even better. That's one thing I don't like about blogger, is their atom api doesn't allow image uploading, nor does the new beta one.


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Jan. 30, 2008
Head Coach Michelle Bento-Jackson
On the team's fifth straight conference win:
"It is awesome. I am so happy for my players. They continue to fight and that's all I ask of them is to keep their heads in the game and to fight to the buzzer goes off. They did that and it worked in our favor tonight. I was so pleased with the effort."
On the struggle for control in the first half:
"Portland controlled pretty much the entire time. We had too many defensive errors. We were allowing them to get easy buckets instead of making them work hard for their shots. At the same time, we did not execute as many fast break opportunities for ourselves that really could have made a difference in where we were in the game."
On what she told the team during the eight minute media timeout:
"Each timeout was focused on getting our players to continue to believe, fight and that things were going to work out fine. I have to say they did have a look on their face the entire game that they were going to win."
On Chandice Cronk coming through once again in the final seconds of the game:
"Pressure is nothing to Chandice. She thrives in those situations where she has pressure and unbelievable is the word that comes to mind. Tonight she also had a tough defensive assignment in guarding Portland's leading scoring and she just put 40 minutes together of hard-fought basketball game on both ends of the floor. She left it all out there tonight. She took the team on her back and carried us."
On the large contingent of Bronco fans in the stands:
"We did have a lot of fans and that doesn't surprise me. We have current players and quite a few former players who are from this area and their parents came to watch. It was awesome the support we had from our fans tonight."


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In response to the recent rail strike, Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling quoted "no increased risk" from the Rail Safety and Standards Board, and has threatened to ban rail strikes. He also, said: "if I had the power to end it, I would."
As a keen cyclist (100 miles being a 'walk in the park'), I never needed public transport. But, in 1991, I was hit from behind by a 'brainless' driver. Today, aged 68, despite having both a brain injury and PTSD, 100 miles is still manageable. However, not unlike rail passengers fear losing their jobs, I, due to drivers using mobile phones, constantly fear losing my life – not least because 'road thugs' have killed five of my cycling pals. Because of my fear, I've been told to give up cycling – by the police no less. Do we give up using buses, trains and planes because of 'brainless' terrorists? Accordingly, I'd like to ask Chris Grayling: if you see fit to ban strikes on the railways, and given your 'almighty' power, why don't you do more to stop drivers who use mobile phones? With more than seven million people, in working families, living in poverty (where a bicycle could carry them out of it), and rising sea temperatures, i.e. increased flood risk, and loss of jobs if not life, wouldn't anything less than zero tolerance of 'road thugs', amount to a crime against humanity? Why allow five people a day to be killed on UK roads? Maybe not brutal, but surely, as senseless as government policy can get.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A concert piece about gay rights icon Harvey Milk by Tony Award nominee Andrew Lippa is coming to New York and it is bringing Kristin Chenoweth with it.
Producers said Thursday that "I Am Harvey Milk" will have its New York premiere on Oct. 6 at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall as part of a one-night-only benefit to help provide arts education for at-risk youth.
Lippa, who wrote the music and lyrics for Broadway's "The Addams Family" and "Big Fish," will play Milk in the work, which is part choral and part theater. He and Chenoweth will be backed by the Orchestra of St. Luke's and introduce the 120-member All Star Broadway Men's Chorus.


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British Prime Minister David Cameron is in Ottawa today, where he will address Canada's Parliament, and I'm delighted. Maybe he'll light a policy fire under the Harper government.
At a time when Big Ideas seem to be out of fashion, Cameron is definitely a Big Ideas guy -- or perhaps I should say, Big Idea guy, as he is focused on one Big Idea, which he calls "Big Society."
Big Society could be called the counterpoint to Big Government. It is about challenging and empowering citizens and civil society to play a much bigger role in problem-solving by agreeing to get Big Government out of the way.
But Cameron is no Margaret Thatcher. If he agrees that Big Government diverts citizens from taking responsibility, his solution is not to dismantle the "nanny state" or throw Brits into the deep end of the pool, forcing them to sink or swim.
Instead, Cameron believes that belonging to a community is a vital part of human nature and that, when given the chance, people display a natural willingness to work together as a community to solve problems. Big Society is about creating the right environment for this to happen.
In this, Cameron is much closer to the conservative tradition than Thatcher, who famously denied that "society" existed, yet seems to have had no trouble believing that markets were everywhere and invested with almost mystical powers.
Cameron's approach is nicely illustrated by Total Place, one of the coalition government's flagship initiatives. The object is to take a community, such as Birmingham, map all the government services and money that flows into it, then let the community review the findings to identify areas of duplication, overlap or waste, and to re-budget how public money should be used to align services more adequately with the community's priorities and needs.
I am a fan of Cameron's Big Society. It focuses attention on the deep sense of identification that people have with their communities and raises the question of how to leverage their natural desire to work together to solve problems, such as allowing real bottom-up decision-making. As such, Big Society is an ambitious, imaginative and, potentially, transformative idea.
It's also worth noting that this community approach should be identified with neither the left nor the right. As Brian Brown makes clear in The New Atlantis, when it comes to local government, both sides have had their champions. On the left, Jane Jacobs, the late great dean of communities, comes to mind.
Nevertheless, all is not well in Cameron's Big Society. I attended a United Nations' roundtable in Vienna this summer, where 28 countries and seven international organizations gathered to discuss community-building and public engagement. The good news is that countries as diverse as Nigeria and Australia agreed on the need for bottom-up decision-making and community engagement. But when I raised Cameron's Big Society as an example, and, more specifically, the Total Place initiative, the two British delegates blanched. This wasn't just a partisan reflex.
They told us how several key communities in the Total Place project -- particularly from the north of England -- had pulled out in protest over what they saw as a thinly veiled effort at cost-cutting and off-loading. In their view, Big Society and Total Place is a wolf in sheep's clothing. First and foremost, they said, the Cameron government is focused on reducing public debt and Cameron's officials have decided that the easiest path is to free themselves of their obligations to cities. Big Society provides the perfect opportunity.
I found myself wincing. On one hand, people like me argue that federal and provincial governments must recognize the growing importance of local governments, not just as service providers, but as policy makers. The key policy goals everyone wants to achieve -- goals like healthy communities, sustainable development, innovation and poverty reduction -- will not be achieved without public participation, and this is most likely to happen by engaging people at the local level. A provincial government may preach about the need to reduce obesity or fight climate change, but it is local governments that get people on their bikes or using blue boxes.
Nevertheless, the report from Vienna carries a real lesson. We should worry about trying to move too far too fast on community empowerment, especially in times of fiscal tightening. It is fraught with risk. When senior managers in provincial or federal governments are under pressure to cut their budgets, local governments often bear the brunt. Thus, when Paul Martin slashed spending in 1995, he did it by cutting transfers to the provinces, who, predictably, passed the cuts along to municipalities. Initiatives like Big Society and Total Place provide a perfect smokescreen for this kind of off-loading.
The Harper government has told us that restraint is coming. People like me believe that this should be offset by a new emphasis on community engagement. If we want solutions to issues that are effective and affordable, we need to tap the collaborative impulse within communities that leads to innovation and collective action. But putting cost-cutting and community empowerment side-by-side is a dangerous game. It can produce the perfect storm of crass political opportunism, which then devastates the very communities it was supposed to save.
David Cameron is a man worth hearing from. While he's in town, it would be nice if he shared with us some candid thoughts on the pros and cons of Big Society and any lessons learned on how to balance and align the competing forces of empowerment and fiscal restraint. I am all ears.


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(Critical Survey of Literature for Students)
Kim grows up on the streets of Lahore. His Irish mother died when he was born, and his father, a former color-sergeant of an Irish regiment called the Mavericks, died eventually of drugs and drink. He left his son in the care of a half-caste woman. Young Kimball O'Hara thereupon became Kim, and under the hot Indian sun, his skin grew so dark that one could not tell he was a white boy.
One day, a Tibetan lama, in search of the holy River of the Arrow that will wash away all sin, comes to Lahore. Struck by the possibility of exciting adventure, Kim attaches himself to the lama as his chela. That night, at the edge of Lahore, Mahbub Ali, a horse trader, gives Kim a cryptic message to deliver to a British officer in Umballa. Kim does not know that Mahbub Ali is a member of the British secret service. He delivers the message as directed and then hides in the grass and watches and listens until he learns that his message means that eight thousand men will go to war.
Out on the big road, the lama and Kim encounter many people of all sorts. Conversation is easy. Kim is particularly interested in one group, an old lady traveling in a family bullock cart attended by a retinue of eight men. Kim and the lama attach themselves to her party. Toward evening, they see a group of soldiers making camp. It is the Maverick regiment. Kim, whose horoscope says that his life will be changed at the sign of a red bull in a field of green, is fascinated by the regimental flag, which is just that: a red bull against a background of bright green.
Caught by a chaplain, the Reverend Arthur Bennett, Kim accidentally jerks loose the amulet he carries around his neck. Mr. Bennett opens the amulet and discovers three papers folded inside, including Kim's baptismal certificate and a note from his father asking that the boy be taken care of. Father Victor arrives in time to see the papers. When Kim tells his story, he is informed that he will be sent away to school. Though he parts sadly from the lama, Kim is sure that he will soon escape. The lama asks that Father Victor's name and address and the costs of schooling Kim be written down and given to him. Then he disappears. Kim, pretending to prophesy, tells the priests and soldiers what he heard at Umballa. They laugh at him, but the next day his prophecy comes true, and eight thousand soldiers are sent to put down an uprising in the north. Kim remains in camp.
One day, a letter arrives from the lama. He encloses enough money for Kim's first year at school and promises to provide the same amount yearly. He requests that the boy be sent to St. Xavier's for his education. The drummer who is ordered to keep an eye on Kim is cruel to his charge. When Mahbub Ali comes upon the two boys, he gives the drummer a beating and begins talking to Kim. While they are thus engaged, Colonel Creighton comes up and learns from Mahbub Ali, in an indirect way, that once he is educated Kim will be a valuable member of the secret service.
On his way...
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The [[Examples|Examples]] section covers some general approaches that take advantage of the latests TTM features, which are important to using modeling from a project and team oriented perspective.
The [[Examples|Examples]] section covers some general approaches that take advantage of the latests TTM features, which are important to using modeling from a project and team oriented perspective.
The following provides a few guidelines for modeling.
The following provides a few guidelines for modeling.
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The T-VEC Tabular Modeler (TTM) is an environment for developing and managing tabular requirements models for defect analysis and automated test case generation.
Features of the TTM include:
- Requirement modeling
- Requirement management
- Model decomposition
- Requirement-to-test traceability
- Automatic expression formatting
- Integration With T-VEC Vector Generation System (VGS)
TTM is easy-to-use. It was designed to support building and translating SCR-style specifications into a T-VEC project. Model checking capabilities help ensure translation succeeds without errors.
Models in TTM have been used to support requirement defect identification as well as support for unit, integration, and system testing.
Requirement Modeling
Requirement modeling describes behavior in terms of the interfaces to the system or component (box). The model requirements represents "what the box should do" as opposed to "how the box should do it." Sometimes used to model represent properties rather than actual behavior.
The tabular modeling approach is derived from the Software Cost Reduction (SCR) method developed by the Naval Research Lab (NRL). The SCR Toolkit was the first tool for modeling using the SCR method [1].
SCR Core Capabilities
In SCR the functional view of a system is defined using behavioral elements to specify the set of relations between entities that represent the interfaces of the system. The behavioral aspects of the models define the required functionality of the component using tables to relate monitored variables (inputs) to controlled variables (outputs). There are three basic types of tables (with two variants):
- Condition Table (with mode or modeless)
- Event Table (with mode or modeless)
- Mode Transition Table
The SCR modeling approach permits Condition, Event, and Mode Tables to be combined. This allows complex relationships between monitored and controlled variables to be described in terms of simpler relationships that are modeled in Condition, Event, or Mode Tables. The concept of dependency relationships is supported using a mode class or a term variable.
TTM Terminology and Capabilities
The TTM support the core capabilities of SCR method, but provides a few terminology changes, and some addition capabilities.
The SCR method uses the terms 'monitored' variable and TTM uses 'input' variable. The SCR method uses the term 'controlled' variable and TTM uses 'output' variable.
Model Elements
|Provides information that is stored internal to TTM files that is stored in XML format
|Requirement mangement definition or import form tool such as DOORS
|Specifies user-defined types
|Monitored Variables
|Parameterizeable functions that can be referenced in other tables
|Mode Machines
|Mode Machines
|Table-based state machines
|Controlled Variable
Model Includes
TTM provides mechanisms for referencing (including) existing TTM models and overriding behavior of the included model elements. Requirement IDs specified in the model are included in test vectors generated from the model using T-VEC to support requirement-to-test traceability. The model editor includes automatic formatting of complex expressions and advanced find capabilities.
Latest Features
The latest features extend beyond the core capabilities originally envisions for SCR. The lates features include:
- Structures
- Functions
- Parameterized functions can be defined one and referenced by other tables
- Intermediate variable
- Intermediate variables make it easy to accept the results of a function and they reference in condition, event or assignment the intermediate value attributes
- Disjointness Checking (sometimes also referred to as Disjointedness Checking)
- Verifies that no conditions in a table overlap.
- Race Condition Checking
- Verifies that no transitions from a common source state can occur simultaneously.
- String support
- A "string" is now a base level data type. It is an ascii character string. Inputs, constants, terms tables, and output tables can all be declared to be a "string" type. Structure elements can also be of a "string" type. String types can be compared for equality ("abc" = "abc") and inequality ("abc" != "abc") and they may be concatenated ("abcdef" = "abc" + "def").
- Strings are useful, for example, when the requirements being captured in TTM involve actual text messages rather than number, boolean, or enumerated types oriented data.
- This is just the initial version of support for strings. There are ongoing efforts to extend these capabilities. For example, additional functionality will likely include string < or > comparisons (collating sequence relationships) and regular expression comparisons ("abc" =~ "a.+b") and other forms of string oriented relationships and operations.
The Examples section covers some general approaches that take advantage of the latests TTM features, which are important to using modeling from a project and team oriented perspective.
The following provides a few guidelines for modeling.
Define the Interface for the Model
- Identify the interface boundaries of the component; the architecture at any level of the system is the context for the component under test.
- Create new types and constants whenever they are needed in the course of the model development.
- Identify the input (monitored) and output (controlled) variables:
- Identify modes and terms.
- Define the variables:
- Define types for numeric variables so that the legal range of values can be specified.
- Define types for enumerated variables.
- Define Boolean variables (e.g., a flag) directly.
Strong Typing
Good modeling practices grew out of good programming practices. TTM combined with VGS try to help user attain greater assurance of correctness. Like any variable, strong typing of variables provides greater assurance that the semantics of the relationships where arrays are referenced are correct. An array element ultimately relates to something in the domain, or a particular hardware element that will have a fixed value. If it's an integer, the integer will be associated with some type of object in the domain (e.g., altitude – the altitude takes on a value that has a range related to what the sensor can represent). Users are encouraged to define all of the types first, then any variable created should use one of those types.
Goal-Oriented Behavioral Modeling
Use a goal-oriented approach, and work backward by identifying each output (controlled variable or term) of the component.
- Create a table that assigns the value for each different computed value of the output.
- Use a condition table to describe relationships between outputs if the relationships are continuous over time (i.e., invariant over time).
- Work backward, finding all of the conditions that must be TRUE for the function related to the output to be relevant.
- Use an event table (with mode or modeless) to describe relationships between an output (or term) if the relationships are defined at a specific point in time.
- Define the events and optional guard conditions that trigger the event.
- Use a mode transition table (similar to a state machine) to describe relationships between an object if the relationship for a mode is defined for a specific interval of time (set of related system states):
- Identify the set of modes; define the event associated with each source-to-destination transition.
If there are common conditions that are related to constraints (i.e., conditions or events) of functions of two or more outputs (or terms), then define a term table that can be referenced in all relevant tables.
- Constance Heitmeyer. Using the SCR Toolset to Specify Software Requirements. Proceedings, Second IEEE Workshop on Industrial Strength Formal Specification Techniques, Boca Raton, FL, Oct. 19, 1998.


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Brush. Clone Method
Creates a modifiable clone of this VisualBrush, making deep copies of this object's values.
System::Windows::Media::VisualBrush ^ Clone();
public System.Windows.Media.VisualBrush Clone ();
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Public Function Clone () As VisualBrush
A modifiable clone of the current object. The cloned object's IsFrozen property is
false even if the source's IsFrozen property is
This method is used to produce modifiable copies of frozen Freezable objects (or any Freezable object). For convenience, this method shadows the inherited version with a strongly typed implementation.
For more information, see Freezable.Clone.
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Chanuka: A Bochur's Perennial Predicament
One fascinating issue that affects many thousands annually is the quite contemporary question: Where is the proper place for a Yeshiva Bochur to light his Menorah? Since the phenomenon of having a yeshiva where students not only eat but also dorm is relatively recent, there is not much early Rabbinic literature on this exact topic. Bochurim are not really guests, and might be getting their spending money from their parents - who are usually paying their tuition; yet, many do not live at home. So, they do not seem to fit into any clear-cut category. What is a striving student to do?
A 'Fiery' Debate
Contemporary authorities use precedents as clues to ascertain the proper solution for the Bochur Dilemma. One relevant debate is that of where a guest who generally eats at another's house but "comes home to roost" is supposed to light his Chanuka candles. The Shulchan Aruch, quoting the Tur and Rosh[1], states that a guest (Achsanoi) is required to light his own Menorah, or at least contribute to the host's Chanuka candle expenses[2]. However, if this guest, even a son who's hanging out at his parents' place, has his own apartment (that opens to a public thoroughfare) where he sleeps, then he must light his Menorah there. The reason is because of Chashad, suspicion. Since passersby know that our Achsanoi has his own pad, and will notice whether or not there was a lit Menorah there, they will suspect that he did not light a Menorah at all, not knowing that he eats his meals out and possibly would have kindled there. Accordingly, it would seem that the place where one sleeps is considered his key "dwelling place".
However, the Rema[3], citing the Rashba[4], asserts that one should light his Menorah in the place where he eats. He explains that "nowadays" since we light indoors[5], the 'Pursumei Nissa' is no longer actually meant for random passersby, but rather for the people living in the house. If so, there is no reason to be worried about Chashad, as his family and friends would know that he eats in one place and sleeps in another. Therefore, he rules that such an Achsanoi would light his Menorah where he eats, and not where he sleeps. Many great authorities, including the Bach, Magen Avraham, Taz, Pri Chadash, Pri Megadim, Aruch Hashulchan and Mishna Berura[6] all agree with the Rema, that a guest who eats in one place yet sleeps in another should light his Menorah where he eats. The Taz adds proof to this from the halachos of Eruv Chatzaros[7] that for one who sleeps in one location but eats in another, his main dwelling place is considered where he eats.
Accordingly, it would seem that a Yeshiva Bochur might fit into this category, as he (hopefully) eats in a different location than where he sleeps. So where should he light? The Yeshiva's dining room or in his dira / dorm room?
Dira Daze
Several authorities, including the Chazon Ish, Rav Aharon Kotler, the Steipler Gaon, and Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky[8] maintain that the Rema's ruling still holds true and rule that the proper place for a Bochur to light the Menorah is the Yeshiva's dining room.
However, many other contemporary decisors question the application of the halacha of a guest pertaining to the average Bochur, due to several reasons, including:
- A Bochur's "dwelling place", where he feels "at home" and considers his own personal place, storing all of his belongings, etc. is in his dira / dorm room, and not in the yeshiva's communal dining room.
- Students have no personal stake in the dining room; they eat and leave, similar to a restaurant. Therefore, many consider it a stretch to consider a dining room as a Bochur's "prime dwelling place".
- Many Yeshiva dining rooms are locked throughout the day and only open mealtimes. How can it possibly be considered someone's personal place if he is denied entry most of the time?
- It is possible that a Yeshiva Bochur's din is more comparable to the case of the shepherd (or talmid) that lives in the field yet eats at someone's house, that for him the Techum follows the place where he sleeps, and not where he eats[9].
- For those living in Eretz Yisrael, nowadays most people do light the Chanuka licht outdoors, potentially making the Rosh's shitta once again the core ruling. Ergo, Chashad might once again be a problem. Therefore, one living in Eretz Yisrael should need to light where he sleeps.
Due to these concerns, many contemporary decisors, including Rav Moshe Feinstein, the Minchas Yitzchak, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, Rav Shmuel HaLevi Wosner, Rav Moshe Sternbuch, Rav Binyomin Zilber, Rav Nosson Gestetner, Rav Menashe Klein, Rav Yaakov Blau, the Rivevos Efraim, and Neta'i Gavriel[10], all rule that the main dwelling of a Bochur is his dira / dorm room, and that is the preferred place where he should light his Menorah. Yet, several of these Poskim assert that in order not to come into a halachic dispute and to better satisfy all opinions, it is preferable that the Bochurim should eat at least one meal a day in their dorm room. Others advocate contributing to someone lighting in the dining room's Chanuka candle expenses, or lighting again there without a bracha.
Safety First
Yet, it must be stressed that many of these Poskim qualify their ruling, explaining that if the hanhala of the Yeshiva forbids lighting Menorahs in the dorm due to the ever possible threat of fire, R"L, and instead orders the Bochurim to light in the dining room, then that is indeed what they must do[11].
Sefardic Illumination
Sefardi Bochurim have a bit of a different issue. Sefardim predominantly follow the Shulchan Aruch's ruling of only the head of the household, functioning as an agent of sorts, lighting one Menorah for the entire family[12]. Poskim are divided as to whether these Sefardi Bochurim who eat and sleep in Yeshiva are considered part of their father's household or not. Many rule that a Sefardi Bochur may not light in his Yeshiva at all, as he is exempted by his father lighting at home[13]. Others maintain that a Bochur living in Yeshiva is deemed 'his own man' and therefore even a Sefardi Bochur would be required to light his own Menorah, or join in with someone else lighting (preferably an Ashkenazi Bochur) in his Yeshiva[14] [15]. One should ascertain from his Rav or Rosh Yeshiva which opinion the Yeshiva follows before Chanuka, to mitigate any potential halachic mix-ups.
The Gemara[16] teaches, and is later codified in halacha, that someone who is scrupulous withkindling Ner Shabbos and Ner Chanuka will merit having sons who are Talmidei Chachamim. Therefore, it certainly seems worthwhile and apropos that our budding Talmidei Chachamim should be meticulous in making sure that their lighting of the Menorah is truly "mehadrin min hamehadrin".
[1]Shulchan Aruch (O.C. 677, 2), Tur (ad loc.), quoting his father, the Rosh.
[2]See Gemara Shabbos 23a, passage about Rav Sheishes.
[3]Darchei Moshe (O.C. 677, 1) and in his Glosses to the Shulchan Aruch (ad loc.).
[4]Shu"t HaRashba (vol. 1, 542). See the Taz's (O.C. 677, 2) explanation of the Rashba's intent. Although others argue that this was not necessarily the Rashba's true intent, nonetheless, in the words of the Pri HaSadeh (Shu"t vol. 2, 70) "we need to pasken like the Rashba, according to the Taz's understanding".
[5]See Darchei Moshe (O.C. 671, 9), Rema (O.C. 671, end 8), Mishna Berura (ad loc. 54), and Biur Halacha (O.C. 677 s.v. pesach).
[6]O.C. 677 - Bach (s.v. uma"sh haRosh), Magen Avraham (6 & 7), Taz (2), Pri Chadash, Pri Megadim (E.A. 5), Aruch Hashulchan (3), Mishna Berura (11). The Rema, as well as several others, maintain that in their times, even the Rosh would agree to the Rashba's ruling.
[7]See Gemara Eruvin (72b - 74b) and Shulchan Aruch (O.C. 370, 5) and main commentaries.
[8]These decisors' opinions are cited in Ma'aseh Ish (vol. 4, pg. 132), Shu"t Teshuvos V'Hanhagos (vol. 2, 342, 11), Orchos Rabbeinu (vol. 3, pg. 25 - 26), Rav Shimon Eider's Sefer Hilchos Chanuka (pg. 37, footnote 32), and Emes L'Yaakov (on Shulchan Aruch O.C. 677, footnote 591). A similar ruling is given by the Pri HaSadeh (Shu"t vol. 2, 70).
[9]Case based on Gemara Eruvin 73a. See Shulchan Aruch (O.C. 409, end 7), Magen Avraham (ad loc. 14), and Pri Megadim (ad loc. E.A. 14).
[10]Rav Moshe Feinstein (Shu"t Igros Moshe Y"D vol. 3, 14, 5 & O.C. vol. 4, 70, 3), the Minchas Yitzchak (Shu"t vol. 7, 48), Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Halichos Shlomo, Mo'adim vol. 1 Ch. 14, 5, pg. 273 -275), Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv (cited in Shvus Yitzchak on Hilchos Chanuka pg. 112; also in Ashei HaIsh O.C. vol. 3 pg. 269 – 270, 36, and personally told to this author by his noted talmid, Rav Nochum Eisenstein; and not like what is quoted in Shu"t Divrei Chachamim Ch. 43, 491), Rav Shmuel HaLevi Wosner (Shu"t Shevet HaLevi vol. 3, 83), Rav Moshe Sternbuch (Shu"t Teshuvos V'Hanhagos vol. 2, 157, 7 s.v. u'linyan & 342, 11; Mo'adim U'Zmanim vol. 6, 88), Rav Binyomin Zilber (Shu"t Az Nidberu vol. 5, 38, 2), Rav Nosson Gestetner (Shu"t L'Horos Nosson vol. 6, 44), Rav Menashe Klein (Shu"t Mishna Halachos vol. 11, 538), Rav Yaakov Blau (Sefer Chovas HaDar Ch. 1, footnote 59), the Rivevos Efraim (Shu"t vol. 4, 163, 2) and Neta'i Gavriel (on Chanuka pg. 16).
[11]See Emes L'Yaakov, Halichos Shlomo, Shu"t Az Nidberu, Shu"t Shevet HaLevi, and Mo'adim U'Zmanim (ibid.). The reason is that according to several shittos, the dining room is the preferred local for lighting; and even according to the majority who argue, nevertheless, most hold that it is still second best. However, Rav Moshe Feinstein (Shu"t Igros Moshe ibid.) writes that it is preferable that different Bochurim take turns watching the Menorahs in the dorms to make sure that a fire does not break out.
[12]Shulchan Aruch (O.C. 671, 2), based on Tosafos (Shabbos 21b s.v. hamehadrin).
[13]Including Rav Ovadia Yosef (Shu"t Yechaveh Daas vol. 6, 43), Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (Darchei Halacha Glosses to Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 139, 28), Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul (Kovetz Zichron Yehuda vol. 1, pg. 104), the Tefilla L'Moshe (Shu"t vol. 2, 52), and Rav Ezra Attiah (quoted in several of the above sources). Rav Ovadia Yosef (Chazon Ovadia on Chanuka pg. 150 - 151, and in Yalkut Yosef on Moadim pg. 231, 2) and Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Halichos Shlomo ibid. footnote 22; however, he prefers that the Sefardi Bochur join into someone else's lighting) maintain that even if a Bochur is in a different country and time zone than his parents (ex. an American Sefardi boy learning in Eretz Yisrael), he nevertheless should still not light his own Menorah, as he is still considered part of their household, since the father is still sending him allowance, paying his tuition and expenses etc. However, most other poskim (including Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul and Rav Mordechai Eliyahu) do not agree, and in this instance maintain that the Bochur is required to light his own Menorah. See sefer Toras HaYeshiva (Ch. 12 at length).
[14]Shu"t Yaskil Avdi (vol. 7, Hashmatos 8), Rav Shalom Mashash (cited in R' Moshe Harari's sefer Mikraei Kodesh, Hilchos Chankuka Ch.9, 26, footnote 93; see also Shu"t Tevuos Shemesh O.C. 7), and Rav Yehuda Adess (Sefer Shiurei Chanuka 14). This is also how many Ashkenazic poskim ruled for Sefardim, including the Chazon Ish (Ma'aseh Rav vol. 4, pg. 131), Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv (Shvus Yitzchak ibid.) and the Az Nidberu (ibid.).
[15]All the Sefardim can get together and light one Menorah. Alternatively, the Sefardi Bochur might fulfill his obligation by the Menorah lighting in the Beis HaMidrash (see Shu"t Yechaveh Daas ibid.).
[16]Shabbos 23b; Rashi s.v. banim, Rambam (Hilchos Shabbos Ch. 5, 1), Tur / Shulchan Aruch (O.C. 263, 1), and Mishna Berura (ad loc. 2) See also Sod Hadlakas Ner Chanuka from the Raavad's son. There are additional ways of understanding this passage as well; for example, see Kaf Hachaim (O.C. 264, 38).


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Suppose we have 4 couples and 8 seats. The seats are oriented such that it is a row. The people take their seats in a random fashion.
What is the probability that 2 couples sit next to each other?
My work: Let us label the people as $A_1, A_2, A_3, A_4, B_1, B_2, B_3, B_4$. $A_i$ and $B_i$ are couples. Then, we want to know the probability of $P(C_i \cap C_j), i \neq j$ and $C_i$ means couple $i$ are seated next to each other.
Then, suppose we fix $C_i$ and $C_j$. Then, the row arrangement could look something like: $\{ C_i, C_j, a,b,c,d\}$, where $a,b,c,d$ are the remaining 4 people. Then, there are $\binom{6}{2}$ ways of picking positions for $C_i$ and $C_j$, $2!$ ways of arranging the elements in $C_i$, $2!$ ways of arranging the elements in $C_j$, $2!$ ways of arranging $C_i$ and $C_j$ relative to each other, and $4!$ ways of arranging the remaining 4 people. There are $8!$ ways to arrange the 8 people in a row. Also, there are $\binom{4}{2}$ ways to pick 2 couples out of 4 couples.
Putting all this together, $$ P(C_i \cap C_j) = \frac{\binom{6}{2} \binom{4}{2} 2! 2! 2! 4! }{8!}$$
I am curious because this differs from the solution given here: cached solution from google
Note that on the bottom of page 5, the difference is the google solution is missing a $\binom{6}{2}$ term, which means we can choose 2 positions for $C_i$ and $C_j$ out of the available 6 positions. (Please observe the quantity $p_2$ in the linked document). The factor $\binom{4}{2}$ is accounted for later on the top of page 6, where the author sums up all the probabilities corresponding to possible indices $i$ and $j$.


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At the New York City Ballet's Fall Gala on Friday night, Sarah Jessica Parker, who plays Carrie Bradshaw in the cult series, said the franchise could be re-energized. "I don't know the future," she told Vulture.
"I would say that you never know what will happen with that particular franchise."
The "Sex and the City" fan has evolved into a strange hoi polloi of sorts, the kind who will wait endless hours in line for an open casting call, tottering around Manhattan in sky-high stilettos to Bergdorf Goodman and Magnolia Cupcakes.
While the first movie sat relatively well with critics, many touted the lavish abandon that "Sex and the City 2" embraced. New York Times critic A.O. Scott thought the movie, "the ugly smell of unexamined privilege hangs over this film like the smoke from cheap incense," while Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert lamented, "The characters of 'Sex and the City 2' are flyweight bubbleheads living in a world which rarely requires three sentences in a row."
But that didn't stop the second film from rampant attendance. It raked in over $160 million in box offices its first weekend.
Parker said that while reviews of the movie weren't ideal, the idea of continuing the story of the Fab Four is about catering to the fans. "It's less about the reviewers than it is about the audience, and they've been pretty true, so we tend to listen to them more than anybody else."
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WORCESTER — Manny Reyes remembers the early years of the Worcester World Cup as vividly as any of the older veterans.
As a young boy running around the field outside Elm Park Community School, he grew up watching the teams representing various immigrant communities in the city vying for the title. It's a social and cultural event, but the soccer is taken seriously.
But at the same time, the tournament illustrates what an open, welcoming game soccer is as it continues to grow in the United States, Mr. Reyes said.
"Everybody can play soccer," said Mr. Reyes, a 16-year-old Doherty Memorial High School student. "It's a sport everybody can play. It doesn't matter if you're good or bad; everybody can kick a ball."
Players and coaches and various representatives of the 16 men's teams and four women's teams met Thursday night at the Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Center to hand in paperwork and see the matchups get drawn. Mr. Reyes helped teams get their affairs in order, and said he'll be on the sidelines helping run the matches.
The annual tournament will kick off with an opening ceremony at 5 p.m. Aug. 8, and will run through Aug. 10 at Foley Stadium on Chandler Street.
Mr. Reyes will play in a youth team exhibition matchup with the Worcester United squad on Saturday. He said that as a Salvadoran, he'll be backing his native country's team, but noted he thinks Brazil will also perform well.
Liberian team president Charles Allison's eyes widened when asked who won the tournament last year. He and coach Prince Sonpon replied "Ghana" in unison. The Liberian squad won the year before, and has won three Worcester World Cups. They are looking to take back the title this year.
"I think we always have a good chance," Mr. Allison said.
The team gets better every year, he said. Mr. Sonpon said he likes how the tournament brings individuals together from across the city. He said he hopes the tournament gives soccer in the city momentum.
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Alex Rodriguez benched for decisive Game 5 vs. Orioles
Alex Rodriguez's epic playoff struggles compelled New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi to do what was once unthinkable: bench his $29 million third baseman.
Rodriguez will not start tonight's decisive Game 5 in the American League Division Series, the latest turn in what's been a running postseason soap opera for much of Rodriguez's nine-year stint with the Yankees.
Rodriguez is 2-for-16 with nine strikeouts in the series and has looked particularly bad in the most crucial spots, compelling Girardi to pinch-hit for him in Game 3 and Game 4 of the series.
He's 0-for-11 with nine strikeouts against Baltimore Orioles right-handers in this series.
What's more, Rodriguez's track record in decisive games is about as bad as it can get: 0-for-13 in his career as a Yankee, dating to Game 7 of the 2004 AL Championship Series.
Girardi could not weather such limitations in the late innings of an elimination game.
"I think he's just going through a difficult time," said Girardi, who said he made the decision at 1 p.m. on Friday and informed Rodriguez via telephone. "He's meant a lot to our organization. But he's struggled against right-handers in this series. So I made the decision to start Chavvy today."
Rodriguez sounded a tone of culpability in talking with reporters before Game 5.
"It's never about Joe," Rodriguez said. "I always have to look in the mirror. I've got to do what I can do, whatever I can do, to help the team.
"Don't assume that you've heard the last from us, or me."
Rodriguez has looked particularly bad against the Orioles' late-inning relievers, striking out three times against sidearming Baltimore set-up man Darren O'Day in three of the games. The Game 4 sequence was particularly crucial: O'Day fanned Rodriguez with the potential go-ahead runs on second and third, and the game dragged into extra innings, where Rodriguez was retired by Pedro Strop on a grounder in the 11th.
Chavez will start at third tonight, and bat ninth, with Robinson Cano in Rodriguez's typical third spot. Raul Ibanez gets the start at designated hitter with Derek Jeter able to return to shortstop after a foot injury.
It worked out fine in Game 3, when Ibanez struck a game-tying home run and an eventual walk-off shot. With Ibanez already used in the 13th inning of Wednesday's Game 4, Girardi benched A-Rod again in the key spot, pinch-hitting reserve third baseman Eric Chavez, who lined out to third to end the Orioles' 2-1 victory.
Girardi's action is the most drastic with Rodriguez in A-Rod's Yankee tenure. Former manager Joe Torre caused a considerable stir when he dropped a free-falling Rodriguez to eighth in Game 4 of the 2006 Division Series against the Detroit Tigers.
Now, Rodriguez will get his first look at playoff baseball from the bench.
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The Great Recession took a bite out of the area's workforce, but it also looks to have nipped away at how long commuters are on the roads each year
Looking for a silver lining to the prolonged economic recession and real estate downturn?
Here's one.
Declines in Southwest Florida's workforce may have bought the region some wiggle room for future transportation planning, according to recently released U.S. Census data.
Just as significantly, decreased congestion has lessened the number of hours that area drivers wait in traffic each year, according to a study from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute.
At the end of 2011, the three-county area had 27,381 fewer commuters than it did in 2006 — a 7.6 percent decline — the new Census data shows.
That helped the region's road network, particularly heavily traveled north-south roads, handle traffic more efficiently — even as commuting times remain static.
Census Bureau data show virtually no change in commuting times over the five-year period, averaging 22 to 23 minutes in Charlotte, Manatee, and Sarasota counties.
Even with the declines, though, 71,000 commuters still shuttle between counties daily from their homes in Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties — a daily population in motion larger than any city in the region.
The rebounding labor market and gains in regional tourism are both likely to again boost traffic counts on area roadways.
The economic downturn "pushed out the increase in demand," said David L. Hutchinson, planning manager at the Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization. "It has probably pushed it out by five years."
Labor force numbers correlate to shorter commute times, said Whit Blanton, a vice president at Renaissance Planning Group, an Orlando firm that is helping both Sarasota and Manatee counties prioritize road projects.
"The people who did not lose their jobs during the recession may indeed have a few extra minutes because of a shorter commute," Blanton said.
At the same time, though, the region's poor job market from 2008 to 2010 also meant some workers had to hang onto jobs requiring longer commutes.
Data show 34,000 Manatee residents, 23,000 Sarasota County residents and 14,000 Charlotte residents cross county lines twice daily.
Some 95,000 Manatee residents stay within their county during a daily commute, while 26,000 travel to Sarasota County. Far fewer Manatee residents — only 6,900 — head for a workday in Tampa Bay counties such as Hillsborough and Pinellas.
Among Sarasota County residents, far fewer cross county lines for a paycheck. The Census shows 125,000 staying, with just 11,000 heading to Manatee each workday. Roughly 7,300 Sarasotans commute to Charlotte, while another 1,000 drive even farther south to Lee County.
Eighteen-hundred head for either Hillsborough or Pinellas counties.
While 40,000 Charlotte residents stay within the county when commuting, 7,500 drive into Sarasota County to work and another 4,100 travel to Lee County.
Voting with their feet
Without question, the region's job market has improved since the end of 2011, the period that the Census data covers.
With more people working, that suggests more congestion is in the offing.
"The unemployment rate is taking another run down," said John Challenger, chief executive at Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a Chicago-based outplacement firm. "There may be some people who have been in a longer commute, who were hunkered down, who might now be saying to themselves, 'Before, I couldn't afford to give up this job. Maybe now I can.' People can, and do, vote with their feet."
For those that have remained hunkered down, though, there has been additional leisure time — or at least less time stuck in traffic.
Sarasota metro area commuters actually picked up an entire work day per year as a result of decreased traffic and the soft economy, according to a "mobility index" compiled for Sarasota-Bradenton and other areas by Texas A&M University.
In the economic boom year of 2006, a Sarasota-Bradenton commuter lost 29 hours per year to traffic delays. Two years later, peak-time commuters were delayed by only 17 hours per year. In 2011, delays leveled out at 21 hours annually.
"A big drop in congestion corresponded to the economy," said Tim Lomax, a transportation engineer and one of the study's authors. "We saw that in a lot of cities around the country."
In the 1980s and 1990s, congestion was magnified by other demographic trends, such as suburban sprawl and more women entering the workforce, Lomax said. Those trends have both since leveled out.
"My best guess is we are going to see a slow growth in congestion," Lomax said. "One that probably mirrors what is happening with employment."
Hour-long commutes
Commutes of an hour or more are commonplace in many parts of the country, but they are atypical in Southwest Florida and the state as a whole.
Statewide, only 6.4 percent of all commuters spend an hour or more getting to work, while more than a quarter — 27.4 percent — of workers in and around Washington, D.C., burn two hours or more traveling to and from their places of employment. In all, 18 percent of workers in New York face hour or longer commutes.
In Sarasota County, just under 3 percent of commuters find themselves on the road an hour or more to work, Census data shows. On the other end of the spectrum, 11 percent have commutes requiring 10 minutes or less.
Still, there are some in Southwest Florida who spend significant time on the roads to get to their jobs.
Glen Goodfellow is one. The South Venice resident clocks 70 miles per day, five days a week, getting from his home to the Walmart Supercenter on State Road 70 in Manatee where he works.
"During the summer, you're talking 35 minutes. During the season it could push up to about 50 minutes," Goodfellow said.
Because he typically leaves for work before 6 a.m., he rarely runs into traffic problems. But he can't say the same for his commute home around 5 p.m.
"If there is any kind of an accident, that obviously backs it up," he said, adding that his longest southbound trek to date took 2 1/2 hours.
But even when Goodfellow has a bad ride home, at least he's not in Tampa. There, congestion remained high right through the Great Recession.
In 2006, commuters could count on losing 41 hours each year to delays. Five years later, delays still robbed commuters of 38 hours a year.
Lomax says the lack of a drop, even in the economic downturn, stemmed from the Tampa Bay region's built-in bottlenecks.
"The limited number of bridges by themselves causes traffic problems that don't go away," Lomax said. "As such, it just doesn't ever get that much better."


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Original Trinity Hymnal, #541
From Psalm 13
How long wilt thou forget me,
O Lord, thou God of grace?
How long shall fears beset me,
While darkness hides thy face?
How long shall griefs distress me
And turn my day to night?
How long shall foes oppress me
And triumph in their might?
O Lord my God, behold me,
And hear my earnest cries;
Lest sleep of death enfold me,
Enlighten thou mine eyes;
Lest now my foe insulting
Should boast of his success,
And enemies exulting
Rejoice in my distress.
But I with expectation
Have on thy grace relied;
My heart in thy salvation
Shall still with joy confide;
And I with voice of singing
Will praise the Lord above,
Who, richest bounties bringing,
Hast dealt with me in love.
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Celebration and rededication of Toronto Lake in southeastern Kansas
TORONTO — On Oct. 16, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), Tulsa District, and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) will hold a 50th anniversary celebration and rededication of Toronto Reservoir in southeast Kansas.
The celebration, which is free and open to the public, will begin at sunrise with posting of the colors by the KDWP color guard and will feature various activities and events throughout the day. A rededication ceremony to commemorate the historic anniversary of the lake will begin at 10:30 a.m. with various speakers from COE and other agencies, as well as other officials.
In addition to the ceremony, events will include canoe/kayak tours, archery, skeet shooting, various exhibits, and a kids' area featuring games and activities. The event will conclude at sundown with a concert by performing artist David Oakleaf, who appeared on Country Music Television's show, "Can You Duet." Vendors will sell food throughout the day, and free buffalo burgers will be served at the dinner hour.
Toronto Reservoir was authorized in the Flood Control Act of 1941 and is located on the Verdigris River, about 4 miles southeast of Toronto. Construction started on the lake in November 1954, and it was completed in February 1960. Impoundment began on March 15, 1960, and the lake reached conservation pool on March 21, 1960. The lake is a popular recreation destination for visitors throughout Kansas.
For more information on the celebration and rededication, please contact Nate Herring at (918) 669-7384.


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BNA Bank Park's tennis facility will receive national recognition in September, thanks to contributions from several local community members.
The United States Tennis Association informed local members Tuesday that New Albany's tennis courts have been selected as one of the organization's Outstanding Facility awards for 2013.
The USTA will recognize the BNA Bank Park tennis facility during a ceremony held at 10 a.m., Sept. 1, at the Grand Hyatt hotel in New York City. Up to four members of the local USTA group will be allowed to attend the meeting and receive the award.
"This is a community achievement," said Jolyn Cooke, member of New Albany's USTA committee. "We could not have done this without the help of our entire community, from local volunteers, to the mayor and board of aldermen, as well as BNA Bank, the complex's sponsor."
In order to receive such national honors, the local tennis committee was required to submit an application, stating reasons why the facility deserved the award.
Qualifications that the USTA awards committee considers include the quality of the court area and surface, the quality of court enclosure and lighting, overall layout and adaptation to site, accessories and amenities, as well as evidence of green space and its maintenance.
The committee also considers the quality of programming offered at each facility, including tournaments and other offerings for both junior and adult players.
"The key to the specialness of our facilities was the work that Sam Creekmore, the architect, did," Cooke said. "He studied USTA specifications, as far as the requirements for the size of the courts, as well as the ammenities offered for players and visitors. He also did a great job in including green space, which the committee considered important."
Cooke also applauded the efforts of Bo Boman, the facility's tennis professional, who coordinates all programs at the facility.
"He has been a great asset to us in terms of running our programs and bringing in tournaments from around the state and the region," Cooke said.
According to Boman, the BNA Bank Park facility will be the first in Mississippi to receive a national award since the USTA began honoring sites in 1981.
"We're pretty excited about it, because we've won state and regional awards before, but this is the first national honor," Boman said. "This award will help attract a lot more players to New Albany who will want to play here and see the facilities we have here."
Geoff Norton, Mississippi's representative to the USTA, said that the award will aid New Albany's tourism efforts tremendously.
"New Albany's facility is in both Mississippi's USTA division, as well as the Southern USTA division, which is a combination of nine states," Norton said. "With this recognition, the BNA Bank Park facility will ranked in both divisions, which will allow it to host larger tournaments and bring in players from around the region."
Bo Collins, president of BNA Bank, also applauded the local USTA committee's efforts.
"I just think it's great for our community to get that recognition," Collins said. "It just adds to the assets we have here in New Albany to attract people to our area. It goes to show you what hard work and determination will bring you."
Brad Clayton, another member of the local committee, agreed.
"From the standpoint of a venue, this will attract probably more juniors and adults to our courts," Clayton said. "When people see that label, they know our facilities are going to be nice and can trust that it'll be a high-quality facility. [This recognition] can definitely be a revenue-generator for our city and county."
Cooke said that, along with the award, the local committee, consisting of herself, Clayton, Susan Morris, Sam Creekmore, Phil Nanney, Jeff Olson, Scott Dunnam and Tim Kent, also applied for a grant to help pay for the costs of finishing construction on six courts, in addition to the ten courts already built.
"We received word that we have been awarded $20,000 in grant money to go toward finishing construction," Cooke said.


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