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Beauty and the Beast is the CW's reboot of the classic fairytale, but with a twist.
For example, the "beast" aka Vincent is played by Jay Ryan, and let's just say he is not exactly beastly looking. Executive producer Jennifer Levin explains the beastliness of his character is more internal. She says, "when we were first thinking about this, it was about the beast in our lives, and most of the beasts in our lives don't look like an actual beast."
The "beauty" in the show stays true to the storybook tale. The "Belle" in the CW reboot is Catherine, nicknamed "Cat." Played by Smallville actress Kristen Kreuk, Cat is a homicide detective who is troubled by her dark past. When she was a teenager she witnessed her mother's murder, but she was spared from the assailants by a mysterious savior. She never knew who or what saved her life that night… until now.
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Buntport Theater: Kind of a big deal, and getting bigger
We've been saying for a decade that Denver's Buntport Theater Company should go to New York. For one day, they will. But not to perform. To accept a $10,000 award.
The American Theatre Wing of New York announced today that Buntport is among the 10 recipients of its 2011 National Theatre Company Grants. The winning companies will be celebrated at a private luncheon on Oct. 24 in Manhattan. Last year, Denver's Curious Theatre was among the winners.
The grants help pay for the general operating support of companies that have been in operation at least five, but not more than 15 years, have articulated a distinctive mission, cultivated an audience, and nurtured a community of artists in ways that strengthen and demonstrate the quality, diversity, and dynamism of American theater.
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"Pretty cool, huh?" said Buntport's Evan Weissman. "We're really excited."
Said grants committee chair Lucie Arnaz: "It's thrilling to me to prove, once again, that great theater isn't just on Broadway between 40th and 50th streets, but that Broadway is a road that is 3,000 miles long."
Everything Buntport does is created in collaboration by Erin Rollman, Hannah Duggan, Brian Colonna, Evan Weissman, Erik Edborg and Samantha Schmitz. It also has a children's wing that produces a bi-weekly live superhero serial for kids called "Trunks," led by Jessica Robblee and Mitch Slevc. That, in addition to all kinds of innovative mid-week programming, like its silly monthly "Great Debate" series (my favorite: "Bacon vs. Kevin Bacon.")
Earlier this year, Buntport won the Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Arts.
Here's how the ATW described Buntport in announcing its award:
"Buntport Theater Company is a vibrant ensemble of six people located in Denver. Intent on creating innovative and affordable entertainment, the company writes and produces each production. Each piece grows from a collaborative process, relying on the combined skills of the whole ensemble. Known for unusual adaptations and quirky original comedies, Buntport seasons are packed, debuting several new full-length productions in addition to a variety of less traditional programming. Buntport describes its work as "on the fringe of traditional theater while remaining super accessible."
All of those attributes described of Buntport above are on full display in its current presentation of "My Hideous Progeny," the ensemble's melancholy fever dream on the life of Mary Shelley, which explores how tragedies in the author's own life informed her inspiration for the "Frankenstein" monster. Here's our review.
The 75-minute play runs through Oct. 22 at 717 Lipan St. It plays at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets cost $13-$16. Call 720-946-1388 or go to buntport.com
This year's other recipients are:
FUSION (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Mo'olelo Performing Arts Company (San Diego)
Pig Iron Theatre Company (Philadephia)
Rude Mechanicals (Austin, Texas)
Synchronicity Theatre (Atlanta)
TheatreSquared (Fayetteville, Ark.)
TimeLine Theatre (Chicago)
Transport Group (New York)
Watts Village Theater Company (Los Angeles)
Added Arnaz: "For the second year in a row, our national grants committee was astounded by the breadth and depth of the work being done by non-profit theater companies around this country. Vetting close to 70 companies, we were amazed that, just like last season, the final 10 $10,000 awardees covered the entire span of the United States. From Philly and New York to Fayetteville, Albuquerque and Watts (Calif.), theaters were selected for their uniqueness, courage, creativity and inspiring programs developing new works, outreach and education."
The ATW Grants have distributed close to $3 million over the past 54 years. For more information on the ATW's National Theatre Company Grants, visit: americantheatrewing.org/grants
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FUSION incites, celebrates, and inspires community through the art of story telling. It is dedicated to professional excellence, the awakening of a new audience, and the inspiration of children. FUSION produces new plays and fresh stagings of classic plays that speak to modern audiences of unique and diverse demographics. Currently, FUSION is the only professional producing theatre company in the state of New Mexico.
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Founded as an interdisciplinary ensemble, Pig Iron Theatre Company is dedicated to the creation of new and exuberant performance works that defy easy categorization. Pig Iron calls itself a "dance-clown-theatre ensemble." Individual pieces have been called "soundscape and spectacle," cabaret-ballet," and "avant-garde shadow puppet dessert-theatre." Constantly devising new work and touring, the company has a hard time sitting still.
Rude Mechanicals is an ensemble-based company located in Austin, Texas committed to the collaborative creation of brave new works for the stage, the development of new voices in the theatre, and to forming alliances with other artists locally, nationally, and internationally. Rude Mechs has created a mercurial slate of original theatrical productions that represents a genre-defying cocktail of big ideas, cheap laughs, and dizzying spectacle. What these works hold in common is the use of play to make performance, the use of theaters as meeting places for audiences and artists, and the use of humor as tool for intellectual investigation.
Synchronicity Theatre activates communities toward social change through powerful, transformative theatrical experiences. Synchronicity supports women artists, forges long-term and effective community partnerships, and develops new work. Synchronicity's work bridges the line between art and social action. Founded in 1997 by four women dedicated to collaboratively bringing challenging, meaningful theatre to Atlanta audiences, Synchronicity now produces a full five play season and presents community outreach and education programing.
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In the midst of its 14th season, TimeLine Theatre is a professional theatre located in Chicago with a rapidly growing audience and donor base from Chicago and its suburbs. TimeLine Theatre is dedicated to presenting stories inspired by history that connect with today's social and political issues .The collaborative artistic team produces provocative theatre that engages, educates, entertains and enlightens. TimeLine's artistic goals start and grow from the stage – where live performance intimately connects people and illuminates ideas and issues.
Transport Group is an off-Broadway theatre company in New York City that stages new works and reimagines revivals by American writers with visually progressive productions of emotionally classic stories to explore the challenges of relationships and identity today. The company aims to transport audiences, and since its founding in 2001, has staged seven plays and eight musicals, including seven world premieres and eight revivals.
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Testing the Limits: Your Teen's Legal Rights
In schools across the country, teens are challenging the decision-makers on free speech and privacy, drug searches and dress codes. Learn how to teach your kids a healthy respect for rules and help them understand their rights and responsibilities.
Avery Doninger of Burlington, Connecticut, hadn't been in trouble since the first grade, when she was scolded for blowing a straw wrapper across the room. So Avery's mom, Lauren Doninger, was shocked when the 16-year-old came home from high school one day and told her that the principal had summoned her to his office, demanding that she resign as junior class secretary and withdraw her bid to run again the following year. The reason: Three weeks earlier, after the administration canceled a battle-of-the-bands event she'd helped organize, Avery posted a blog entry from her home computer, griping about "the douchebags in the central office." She apologized in writing for her disrespectful language but refused to step down. "I'd always been involved in student government and was secretary for three years," she says. "Having a leadership role was really important to me." Lauren met with school officials, hoping to persuade them to impose an alternative punishment, but they didn't budge. Nor did the Doningers, who filed an injunction in federal district court and, when that failed, took their case to the U.S. circuit court. They lost again, but have appealed and are awaiting a decision. "This isn't just about them not allowing me to hold office," says Avery, now a 20-year-old college student. "It's about standing up for free speech."
In similar cases nationwide students are going head-to-head with the powers that be, protesting policies and practices that they say violate their rights—drug-sniffing dogs and body searches, limits on what they can post online or write in the school paper, dress codes that curb freedom of expression. At times it does seem that schools go overboard: Many, for example, have even banned hugs, hand-shakes and high-fives in an effort to create a harassment-free environment. But administrators and their supporters argue that zero-tolerance restrictions are needed to maintain order. "They keep adolescents safe," says Tom Jacobs, a retired Arizona Superior Court judge who writes about teens and the law at AskTheJudge.info. "Minors have the same basic privileges as adults, but schools have the added obligation of protecting their students."
Moms and dads have a role to play, but it can be a tricky balancing act. We want to instill respect for authority but also recognize that when our children fight back against unfair treatment, it's a milestone of maturity. "Most kids know they need rules and will follow them if those rules are reasonable," says Michael J. Bradley, Ed.D., a psychologist and author of When Things Get Crazy with Your Teen (McGraw-Hill). "Saying no, asking why and demanding justice are important ways to assert autonomy, which is what adolescence is all about." Read on for a roundup of the battleground issues, and ways to turn them into teachable moments for your teens.
Drug and Weapon Searches
Call it a study in contradiction. Our kids learn how the Fourth Amendment protects Americans from unreasonable searches, but they're subjected to them once they step outside the classroom. Police roam hallways with drug-sniffing dogs, and security guards rifle through lockers for weapons or drugs. "All of this can make students feel like criminals, even when they haven't done anything wrong," says Bradley. And sometimes schools go too far. The Supreme Court recently ruled that officials at a Safford, Arizona, high school violated a 13-year-old girl's rights when they strip-searched her based on a another student's false tip that she had stashed ibuprofen pills in her clothes. But generally speaking, courts have given schools broad leeway, allowing them to check lockers, purses and bookbags if they suspect a violation. "A warrant isn't required to search students," says Jacobs. "Schools need only to think kids are up to no good based on something they've seen or heard."
Lesson plan: Explain to your teen that most searches are legal. Request a copy of the school's discipline policy (or find it on the school's website), and go over it together so you'll know he understands the rules and consequences, especially for possessing drugs or weapons. And should he be personally searched, ask him to tell you the details—where, when, how, by whom. Then call school officials and do the same, says Mel Riddile, Ed.D., associate director for high school services at the National Association of Secondary School Principals. "It's their responsibility to notify you and explain what happened. You want to be sure nothing improper occurred."
Internet Privacy
Teens consider cyberspace their turf—a private, no-holds-barred arena where they can say and do what they want. So they're shocked to find that blogs and social network posts meant for their friends can get them into trouble at school. In Pembroke Pines, Florida, a principal recently suspended a teen who set up a Facebook page where friends could heap abuse on an English teacher. Two years ago in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, athletes were banned from playing for several weeks when administrators got wind of Facebook photos showing the kids drinking at a party. The Internet isn't the only place where schools might pry. At Monarch High in Boulder, Colorado, officials confiscated student cell phones and read their text messages, then transcribed them and put them into their files. When the families sued, the school settled and promised not to view texts—unless there was parental permission.
The courts are divided on what boundaries administrators can cross. In Pennsylvania, judges recently issued opposite rulings in two cases—one said a middle school could discipline a girl for mocking her principal on MySpace, while another found that a similar parody was protected by the Constitution. Clearly, though, the presumption that schools can't punish off-campus behavior is breaking down. "Kids think the Internet is a legal-free zone, and it's not," says David Hudson, a scholar at Vanderbilt University's First Amendment Center. "If you call the principal a sex offender on your blog and it's false, that's defamation and you can be charged with a crime."
Lesson plan: You've told your child before, and you've got to say it again: Anything she puts on the Internet is public—"like a huge billboard with her name on it," says Susan Epstein, a family therapist and founder of Parentingpowers.com. Kids can't assume that teachers won't see insulting remarks, party scenes or provocative pictures posted online or sent by cell phone; if they make the rounds in the hallways, there's a good chance officials will get wind of them. Athletes may be held to a higher standard, "especially if compromising photos of drinking are found, and they signed a no-alcohol agreement," says Riddile. He also cautions against accessing blogs or social network pages from class computers. "If you use their equipment, that makes it a school issue," he says.
Free Speech
Everyone knows free speech has its limits. According to a Gallup poll, 75% of teens agree they shouldn't include foul language in class assignments. But sparks can fly when schools clamp down on the open exchange of ideas and opinions. Last year in Fallbrook, California, students sued the administration when it refused to let them publish in the school paper an article that criticized an abstinence-only sex education assembly—and won. After the American Civil Liberties Union threatened to take a San Diego school to court for barring a sixth-grader's presentation on gay politician Harvey Milk, officials backed down and let her proceed, with no restrictions.
Students don't leave their free speech rights "at the schoolhouse gate," according to the landmark 1969 Supreme Court ruling. But censorship is allowed if what kids say—or how they say it—is disruptive, threatens safety or infringes on the rights of others. "Often kids get into trouble saying things they think are funny," says Jacobs. A Pennsylvania jury awarded a $500,000 judgment against a middle schooler whose math teacher became distraught when the student, who created a website called TeacherSux.com, morphed her face into Hitler's and jokingly solicited donations for a hit man to kill her.
Lesson plan: Preach the importance of civil discourse. "Your child has a right to his opinion, but without being disrespectful," says Bradley. Encourage him to think about the impact of his words: Would anyone find them offensive? How would he feel if someone spoke about him like that? Schools are less likely to step in when kids express political or religious views, which are protected by the courts, unless they hurt or condemn others. And if your child is using hate speech, "take action fast," says Bradley. "Make it clear that you and the federal courts find derogatory language unacceptable."
Dress Codes
At schools across the country, the fashion police are cracking down. An 11th-grader in Indiana was recently sent home for wearing a top printed with a Bible verse and the slogan "This shirt is illegal in 51 countries." When her mother complained that the administration was unfairly targeting religion, officials bluntly responded that all lettering and words were banned so that they didn't have to decide which messages were inappropriate. In fact, the list of prohibitions just keeps on growing: head wear, hoodies, jackets in the classroom, provocative outfits that bare any part of the three B's (breasts, bellies and bottoms). Mandatory dress codes—usually solid-color shirts and black, navy or khaki pants—are increasingly common. And many teens are breaking the rules, risking suspension and even arrest. "For kids, this is a declaration of war," says Bradley. "Clothes are about identity, and telling teens what they can't wear is the same as saying they can't be themselves." Officials say that dress codes promote safety and discipline and reduce fighting and violence. According to research by Southern Illinois University, gang-related head wear and jackets were the top two targets of dress restrictions in the majority of schools surveyed.
Lesson plan: Your child should obey the policy on gang symbols so she doesn't inadvertently wear something that could cause her harm. "Kids may not be in the know about these trends, but administrators have to be," says Riddile. "When I was principal at a school near Washington, D.C., we even had to ban plastic rosaries because they signified a local gang." Review the school code together so you both know exactly what's allowed. Detailed restrictions may seem excessive, but they tend to be most effective because they leave less room for confusion. And when your daughter complains about losing the freedom to express herself, point out that wearing a halter top or short skirt isn't the same as making a political, philosophical or religious statement worthy of constitutional protection. "Tell her it's a problem if she's calling attention to herself in way that distracts other students," says Epstein. "The bottom line is that schools have to focus on the business of learning."
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- Jane, a young Philadelphia lady living in the mid 1800's, travels by ship around the Cape of Good Hope to meet and marry her betrothed on Shoalwater Bay on the wild Oregon coast. Along the way this plucky heroine learns that the fine points of being a "lady" are of little use on the frontier. For ages 9-12. There are two other books about Jane in this series.
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To prevent this kind of people from infesting our forum with spams, I'm having a very sinister plan ... to call on all forum members to wage war against them. "How?", you may ask.
Well, simply by signing up their listed emails to other spam sites to render their email useless. Give them a taste of their own medicine. What do you say?


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Live onstage now—with internet afterlife to follow
|StarKid Productions presents
|Music and Lyrics by Darren Criss
Book by Matt and Nick Lang, Brian Holden, and Joseph Walker
Directed by Matt Lang
at Hoover-Leppen Theatre, 3656 N. Halsted (map)
thru Feb 23 | tickets: $25 | more info
Reviewed by Lawrence Bommer
For an Internet sensation that began on YouTube, the young folks of Team Starkid sure can produce a ton of theater in one sitting–like their 2009 success A Very Potter Musical, a fan-generated parody that went viral (in the best sense). Created by the likes of Darren Criss (now a regular on "Glee") and puppet designer Russ Walko (of "The Simpsons" fame), their new 210-minute creation is the epic spoof Starship, a show you can read about here but can't see because the short run is sold out (though their website says that there may be tickets available at the door).
Don't worry: It's far from the best show you (probably) never get to see. It's not just its humongous, three-and-a-half-hour length, including ten endings and too many character crises to resolve for anyone to care about the results. Loosely based on the grisly 1996 film "Starship Troopers" (itself a parody of World War II propaganda newsreels), this overlong concoction owes 90% of its plot to other sources too—"Avatar," "The Little Mermaid," "Shrek," "Avenue Q," "Rocky Horror Picture Show," and, above all, "Antz" and "A Bug's Life." Take away all these influences and you've got practically no plot. What remains are a few semi-memorable songs by Criss, who knows how to spin generic pop anthems out of too few notes. Still, as a pastiche, this is no worse than Lloyd Webber's "Joseph" and almost as much fun.
There's also the staging by co-author Matt Lang which, despite its excesses, is charming throughout, energized by a 13-member cast who will look just as good on your laptop as at the Center on Halsted.
The voluminous and futuristic plot, here drastically reduced to a bare synopsis, focuses on a planet like the arachnid colony Klandathu in the Casper Van Dien film—but here the insects are much more varied and much less vicious. One, broadly named Bug, wants to become a Starship Ranger, like the ones that crashed on the planet 18 years before, only to be devoured by the still insatiable Pincer. Bug (the sweet-faced, strong-lunged Joey Richter) finds himself transformed into a humanoid and, Mermaid-like, is drawn to the airhead science officer February. She's one of the new very stereotypical Starship Rangers who have reached the planet for the purpose of recolonization. But the maleficent Junior has other plans for enslaving the bugs and exploiting them as mutant slaves.
These colorful caricatures mate with plodding precision: The human-hating robot Mega-Girl overcomes her distaste for weak earthlings by going for the rhapsodic redneck Tootsie Noodles. The nerdy Specs falls for the burly Krayonder, gung-ho Commander Up falls for demure Taz, and Bug wins valley girl February.
Because the show borrows so widely from so many sources, it barely works as a subversion of the mindless action sequences of "Starship Troopers," with its semi-fascist message that soldiers are more important than citizens. But the true believers in the opening night audience (mostly teen girls and tweener fans) were delighted with every thudding cliché. Sometimes it really helps not to know a show's influences – another way that ignorance is bliss.
|Rating: ★★★
Filed under: 2011 Reviews, Center on Halsted, Lawrence Bommer, Musical | Tagged: A Very Potter Musical, Brant Cox, Brian Holden, Casper Van Dien, Center on Halsted, Chris Dzombak, Darren Criss, Denise Donovan, Hoover-Leppen Theatre, Jaime Lyn Beatty, Jim Povolo, Joe Walker, Joey Richter, Klandathu, Lauren Lopez, Lawrence Bommer, Matt Lang, Nick Lang, Russ Walko, Starship the Musical, Starship Troopers, Team Starkid | 22 Comments »


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Republican votes for a debt ceiling deal might be tougher to get after the Treasury Department unveils a priority list that ensures bondholders will be paid in the event that the debt limit is not raised by Aug. 2. Many Republican lawmakers have expressed doubts that Tuesday's deadline means the U.S. risks default on its debt and welcomed the Treasury's Thursday announcement.
"I think when people say one thing and do something very different and people discover that, it becomes harder to do business with folks," Sen. Pat Toomey said after a speech Thursday on the floor about the Treasury's plan to prioritize debt payments.
The Pennsylvania Republican's sharp comments were spurred by the administration's dismissal of legislation that he has introduced to lay out a plan for prioritizing payments to debt obligations and federal agencies in the event that the debt limit is not raised.
"It was described as reckless, irresponsible and unworkable," he said on the floor. "Now we have ... reports ... that Treasury is assuring the banks that there will be no default, that they have it covered, that they have taken care of this."
"I am glad they have finally come to this conclusion ... better late than never," he continued. "Congress ought to have a role in it."
In a statement Thursday, a Treasury official said, "While only Congress has the ability to ensure the government pays all of its bills, Treasury will provide more information as we get closer to August 2 regarding how the government would operate without new borrowing authority if the debt limit is not increased."
Toomey introduced a bill in January designed to avoid default by requiring Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to pay bondholders first if the debt ceiling is not raised by Aug. 2, when the nation is scheduled to exhaust its borrowing authority.
On Tuesday, he introduced legislation that would require the Treasury to pay bondholders, Social Security recipients and active-duty military members ahead of others.
He wrote to Geithner on Thursday beseeching him to back his latest bill. "I urge you to support this legislation or to work with me and other members of Congress to constructively improve upon it," Toomey said in the letter. "It is important that we send a united, bipartisan message to the markets that defaulting on our debt is not an option, and I hope you will join me and many of my Senate and House colleagues in doing so."
Rep. Rich Nugent (R-Fla.), a co-sponsor of the Toomey bill, said the Treasury's announcement vindicates their effort.
"It is the right thing to do," said Nugent, a tea-party-backed freshman. He added that Republicans are earnestly looking for a solution to the issue and hoping to ramp down the deficit in the future. Earlier in the day, he said he would vote for Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) debt limit increase proposal.
Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R-N.Y.), another tea party freshman, said she was frustrated with the White House and Senate Democrats.
"There is an awful lot of doublespeak coming out of the White House and the Senate," Buerkle said. "The White House almost becomes irrelevant in this conversation because when you don't offer a plan ... you become irrelevant."
Sen. Mike Crapo said he thinks the Treasury is weighing political factors as it decides to release its list.
"I think part of the reason they may be slow in coming out is to let the politics play out," the Idaho Republican said. "But ... once they lay out something ... then it creates an entirely new political battle over the priorities they have set."
Sen. Benjamin Cardin believes "it could cut both ways."
The Maryland Democrat said identifying "who is not going to get paid will certainly make the phone calls more intense" and could spur a deal.
But "it also does help those who say, 'Look, there is a way through this without an increase'" in the debt limit, Cardin said.
"I think they don't want to put this out, so I think they wait until the last possible minute," Cardin added.
House Budget ranking member Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said the Treasury list could help push a compromise.
"People need to understand the consequences of their actions, and to the extent that the Treasury Department can make clear what the consequences are, it should focus the minds of a lot of people up here," Van Hollen said.


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SAG Best Dressed: Zoe Saldana
Here's where you jump on me and start punching, like straight up wailing the way they do in Martin Scorsese movies, before throwing me in a shallow ditch and burying me alive. I just watched Goodfellas and Casino back to back again this weekend, can you tell?
She's wearing a beater tank!
Yes, yes, she is. And I LOVE IT.
I love that I don't have to look at her chest. I love that the collar's way up to her chin. I love that it's all tricked out along the edges, and upon closer inspection, they're like diamond spikes, protecting her throat and her waist. I love that it flatters her, despite not hugging her. I love that it's something new, something fresh, not a retread of a shape and a cut that we've seen already, 5 or 6 times this season and another 3 times more before the end of it. If only Zoe and Berenice could have switched. This is how you do a nominee.
And this concludes our SAG coverage. BAFTAs and Grammys are coming in two weeks. And then two weeks after that, it's the big show!
Thanks for your emails; keep sending because Duana and I we love reading!
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O Cemitério da Recoleta é o mais antigo e aristocrático da Cidade. Em seus quase seis hectares estão sepultados heróis da Independência, presidentes da República, militares, cientistas e artistas. Entre eles, Eva Perón, Adolfo Bioy Casares e Facundo Quiroga. Os sepulcros e mausoléus foram obras, em muitos casos, de importantes arquitetos. Mais de 70 mausoléus foram declarados como Monumentos Históricos Nacionais. Está localizado em terras concedidas por Juan de Garay a Rodrigo Ortiz de Zárate, que fazia parte de sua expedição colonizadora. Depois foi instalado nesse lugar um convento de freis recoletos. Em 1822, depois da expulsão dos monges --como conseqüência da reforma Geral da Ordem Eclesiástica--, o horto do convento foi transformado em cemitério. Seu traçado foi realizado pelo engenheiro francês Próspero Catelin, e remodelado durante a gestão de Torcuato de Alvear como prefeito em 1881, que encomendou o trabalho ao arquiteto Juan Antonio Buschiazzo. O escultor italiano Giulio Monteverde realizou o Cristo que preside a capela.
Foto: Emilio Campi
Overview and HistoryHoly steak and tango! In Buenos Aires they eat more meat than anywhere else in the world. When I was in New York I met a woman from Argentina who told me, "My father says to eat steak with rice and beans three times a day and you will be strong."Argentina has some of the best grasslands in the world for raising cattle. Warm climate and open space have allowed the beef industry to thrive here, and you will not be able to avoid noticing that trend when you go out to eat. Steak houses here are called parillas, which means "grills". You can't throw a rock without hitting two or three of them. Sink your teeth into La Cabrera and die happy.Here are some facts for whoever likes to read words on a photo website: Buenos Aires is the capital city of Argentina. With its population of 13 million, it's the third largest city in Latin America. Buenos Aires was made known to the Europeans around the sixteenth century.Juan Diaz de Solis, a Spaniard, was the first European to land there. That was in the year 1516, and Juan was killed by the natives. Next up came Pedro do Mendoza, who established the "City of our Lady Saint Mary of the Fair Winds." Buenos Aires translates to fair winds, get it? Sailors, fair winds, trade routes, etc. It's a big city full of people who refer to themselves as "portenos" or people of the port. Portenos joke about how Mexicans come from the Aztecs, Peruvians from the Incas, and Portenos from the boats.Back in the days of piracy on the high seas (who said those are gone?), rebellious portenos got annoyed with the Spanish policy of taxing all trade by requiring it to go through Lima. They set up a contraband trade route to circumvent Spanish taxation, eventually earning the status of an open port by the year 1700.As in all places, a strong basis in trade led to financial independence for Buenos Aires. Word of the French Revolution spread there and its people began to seek their political independence as well, to become free of the Spanish crown.Local militias successfully defended against two British invasions (1806 and 1807), and ran with that momentum to break free from Spain in 1810. May 25th is their national independence day, called May Revolution Day. Check out the Mataderos Fair or Feria de los Mataderos for local celebrations.Getting ThereFirst, close your eyes and chant,"steak, steak, steak, steak," while rubbing the leather of your belt with one hand and a fork with the other. Did it work? No? Then try an airplane.Okay, there are three airports in Buenos Aires: the J. Newbery AeroPark Airport, the Comandante Espora Aero Station Airport and the Ezeiza Ministro Pistarini International Airport. Ezeiza is the main international airport for traveling to Europe and other continents.Here's a brief layout from Ezeiza to Buenos Aires center: $26 on the minibus, $45 by car service, $40 in a taxi. It's approximately 35km from airport to center, time depends on traffic. If you don't like those prices, hop on a city bus for $1.35.TransportationFirst off, money talks and you'll need to stock your pockets with pesos to start speaking the language down in Argentina. That doesn't mean it's expensive, just that pesos are the local currency. The Euro is about $4.60 pesos, the dollar is around $3.42 pesos as of the time of this writing. What time is that? Time to catch a cab out of the airport.Within the city you can use the bus, taxis, car services or the subway. Another few options are rental car agencies and the ferry services. The subway is the quickest way to move around the city but the above ground modes are way more fun, loud, jostling and everything else.People and CultureIf you haven't been on a bus in South America before, you are in for a treat. Bus collectives operate the city busses, there may be as many as one hundred and fifty different operators. "Jesus guides my truck" and "I'm looking for a girl with no brothers" are some of the stickers you may see on the windshield. Forget about recognizing the company by its color scheme, every bus has a ton of colors on it in big wide stripes, and then as many hood ornaments as possible. I can't say enough about the busses, the luggage storage racks, the riding on the roof, the throwing trash out the windows, etc.Bring some trainers, cleats, sneakers or whatever you call them to kick the football around in your down time in Buenos Aires. If Argentina wasn't 75% Roman Catholic, football would be the national religion.This is the country which gave birth to football legend Diego Maradona, alright? Yes. Yes. There are ten major football stadiums just in Buenos Aires, if that gives you any indication.Surprisingly, Buenos Aires has the second largest Jewish population in all of North and South America, second only to New York City. Who knew?And if that wasn't enough to get you buying a plane ticket, Argentina ALSO has the largest Muslim population in the Americas. What could they be doing to attract all these people, besides eating amazing steak and dancing tango and salsa every day of their lives from birth? oh. right.As for tango, people still dispute its origin but they do agree that the 1880's in Buenos Aires are the time when it blew up. In brothels, by the way. Ah, those sailors!Things to do & RecommendationsToday the tango is developed to such an intricate and fluid dance that you can go see it performed professionally any night of the week.For live music, check out Estudio Obras which is known as the "Cathedral of Rock."Buenos Aires, being the most open-minded community in Latin America, has a thriving gay and lesbian scene.Where to go? Try the areas around Recoleta cemetery even though it's tending towards the touristy stuff.Arcos del ferrocarril (from Libertador y Infanta Isabel to Av. Sarmiento y Casares) is another place to poke around between Thursday and Sunday nights.Dinner runs late. Clubbing starts at 2am (STARTS I said.) After hours spots, party people, loud sound systems... you can find it all in Buenos Aires. Now dance off some of that steak, man!Text by Steve Smith.


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In this new post to the PHPInfo site, Brian Fioca takes a look at the WASP framework and how it can help you develop your applications quickly.
In this article I will demonstrate the power and simplicity of developing PHP applications using the WASP Framework through the illustration of a simple user module design pattern. The example code will encompass the creation of a user account and subsequent login validation. In the course of this discussion, we will cover the creation of the three tiers of the application– model, view, and controller–and introduce a simple approach to using AJAX to save application form data and present flexible user interfaces.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If you had to flip a coin over whether Congress will raise the debt ceiling, here's the ultimate one - a freshly minted trillion-dollar platinum coin.
A formal petition has been started asking the White House to create such a coin in order to avoid another high-stakes fiscal battle to raise the debt ceiling.
The Treasury secretary has the authority to mint platinum coins in the denomination of his choosing, but likely would run into stiff opposition from lawmakers who have been trying to reduce the budget deficits.
Creating the cash would also completely override the independence of monetary policy, something the Obama administration has been very careful not to do in the past.
The coin petition is one of many wacky requests to alight on the White House's website. People have petitioned the President to nationalize the Twinkie industry, deport British CNN talk show host Piers Morgan for gun control comments he made on air, and give Vice President Joe Biden his own TV show.
About 4,000 signatures have been collected for the coin petition, which was created two days after lawmakers passed a bill to avert austerity measures of higher taxes and spending cuts.
Shown are the petitioner's first name, first initial of surname, and in most cases, the city. In order to get a formal response from the White House, 25,000 signatures must be collected by early February.
"While this may seem like an unnecessarily extreme measure, it is no more absurd than playing political football with the US — and global — economy at stake," the petition said.
The U.S. Treasury began shuffling funds in order to pay government bills after the country hit the $16.4 trillion legal limit on its debt December 31.
However, the Treasury's accounting maneuvers will last only until around the end of February, giving Congress two months to raise the debt limit before the U.S. defaults on its debt.
Last week's deal forced Republicans to forgo their anti-tax pledges and give in to Democratic demands to raise taxes on the wealthiest.
Now Republicans want to use the debt limit increase to win spending cuts from Democrats as well as major changes to Social Security retirement and Medicare health care programs.
Reporting by Rachelle Younglai; editing by Gunna Dickson


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Superme® red and white lighter. Our positive take on another famous brand.
What is Neon?
Neon is actually Greek for "new". It's a chemical element belonging to the noble gases. The element was discovered by Lord Rayleigh and William Ramsay in 1898. The neon gas that acts as the filament in our lights is scares and complicated to manufacture - making neon lights truly special.
Are your pieces real neon or LED?
We only produce works in original glass neon tubes. The light is warm and nostalgic in comparison to the cheap and cheerful cold LED.
How much power does my Neon Light use?
Very little in fact! Neon light uses far less electricity than fluorescent lamps for example. Neon outputs far more light than LED. Neon is extremely efficient.
Is Neon Fragile?
Neon tubes are blown from glass imported from Italy. They're fragile and need to be handled with care.
Do you guys offer a warranty?
Yes! Neon lives a very long and healthy life. A neon light burning 24 hours a day can last up to 8 to 15 years! We offer a one year guarantee on the light emittance. Please get in touch should your light stop shining. We do not offer any warranty on the glass tubes. We can however recommend a repair center in your area.
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Every piece is unique,however, pricing is determined predominantly by size, colour and intricacy. On average, our pieces range from R15 000 - R20 000.
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I remember when it was common to see rows and rows of generic products at the local grocery store when I was a kid back in the 80s. I'm talking about those "no-name brand" versions of products. For example, you may have seen cereal that resembled "Fruit Loops" but came in a plain white or yellow box, with no Toucan Sam or similar branding, just black sanserif font lettering that would read "FRUIT FLAVORED CEREAL RINGS" or something like that. Does anyone else remember that?
Well, now a days, stores have their own branding, and they've livened it up a bit. Now those same "FRUIT FLAVORED CEREAL RINGS" would have a lame second rate version or Toucan Sam in a weak attempt to full the general public into thinking they're "Fruit Loops" or at least close enough. Perhaps the logic is they help parents lie to their brand conscious kids about the food they're buying for them. "See Johnny, there's Toucan Sam, these ARE Fruit Loops!"
What about beer? Is there such a thing as generic or store brand beer, or do those Dharma Initiative folks have the corner on no-name brew market? You might be surprised to know that there are grocery store brand beers out there. I did not know myself until I stumbled upon some at Shaw's Market a couple of weeks ago. Kind of ironic that I found these beers shortly after I posed this question: Where do you buy your beer?
As a searched for something new and interesting in my groceries beer section I started to talk with the local distributor guy who was stocking the beer fridge and asked him why the store didn't carry local brews and more craft beers. His answer, "They (Shaw's) don't see the money in it."
Flash forward a few weeks and suddenly a display featuring six-packs of Metolius Golden Stone Amber Ale and Metolius Dolly Varden Indian Pale Ale appeared. Did this beer suddenly appear becasue I confronted the beer distributor, or am I just an egotistical self important dolt?
I was skeptical of these brews. I figured they were probably the latest attempt of a macro brewery trying to snag a little of the craft beer market with a off shoot branding and marketing effort to appear like a small time brewery. But maybe it would be good anyway, like Blue Moon or something. I was close, but still wrong. Here's what I found out...
Apparently the Metolius line of brews is made by Pyramid specifically for Albertsons, which happen to own Shaw's. This is pretty interesting considering Al Williams, a former private label product lines manager at Albertsons was one of the "founding-fathers" of all things generic in the US. (At least that's what wikipedia told me, so it must be true, right?) Grocery stores can't legally market their own beer, but they can buy exclusive brands and sell those.
Here's an interesting article aboutMetolius dating back to 2006. I guess a two year old article doesn't count as news, but it's news to me. This quote sums up the business model behind made for store beers...
SB Northwest brewer Ron Seid said he got the idea a few years ago to provide exclusive brands to the big grocery chains.
"Quality is very important to me, and our cost to the retailer is a little cheaper compared to other brands, so it's good situation for (the grocery chains)," Seid said last week from Portland, where he contracts with the Portland Brewing Co. (now part of the Pyramid Brewing Co.) to make Metolius and Fire Station 5 beers. "The stores can make a little better (profit) margin than they can on the national brands."
I suppose this is no different than contract brewers like Custom Brew Crafters that make craft beer for local restaurant chains and bars. But for some reason, I couldn't shake the feeling they were trying to pull a fast one on us. But then again, good but cheap craft beer in my grocery store is a good thing. Perhaps this is a case of guilt by association. An association with "Big Beers" tricks...
I think its safe to say Pyramid is a craft brewer, and if they're producing the Metolius beers, then Metolius would in fact be a craft beer, correct? I think Pyramid may be doing something pretty cool here... They're providing affordable craft beer to the masses, unlike the big beer companies that are simply trying to fool the masses into believing they're drinking craft beer. What do you think?
Keep in mind, craft doesn't necessarily equate to quality. I'll be sampling these two brews and posting my reviews later this week. I'd like to hear your opinions, if you've tried these or any other made for grocery store beers.


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Special to American Forces Press Service
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, (Iraq) : Iraq may not be ready for PayPal, but with the help of the U.S. Army, the southern Iraqi provinces of Dhi Qar, Maysan and Al Muthanna are moving closer to a cashless system in order to deal with the mounting costs of dealing with cash.
Officials are pursuing the change to electronic transfers as a way to save money and reduce the security risks associated with transporting funds. Also, they say, electronic transfers increase public confidence in the Iraqi banking system, which gets a boost with every deposit.
Today, the U.S. Army brings an estimated $42 million in currency into Iraq and Afghanistan monthly, down from $192 million per month this time last year and as much as $400 million a month in 2003. With the development of new banks, including one nearing completion on base here, transferring funds electronically is becoming the preferred method of payment.
When paying for reconstruction projects with hard currency, the cost to the Army is about $32 per payment nearly all of which goes to security costs -- compared to $2.50 per electronic transaction. Changing to an all-electronic transfer system of payments is expected to save the Army about $20 million annually.
Task Force Pathfinder's paying agents have handled more than $14 million in both dinar and electronic disbursements with local contractors and vendors in Maysan, Al Muthanna and Dhi Qar provinces in the past eight months. Another $21 million is approved and pending future payments for local humanitarian assistance projects. Most of this is to be paid via electronic transfer.
The Army would like to move to electronic money transfers for reconstruction contracts, but it isn't easy convincing Iraqi businessmen that an electronic receipt is going to pay them when they always have received bundles of cash. Contractors need reassurance that the process works. That means both soldiers and program managers must be well versed in the process and understand everyone's responsibility to ensure efficiency.
1st Lt. Andrew King, a disbursing agent with the 33rd Finance Management Company, explained the electronic process.
"We process the [payment] request and send it up within the first 24 to 48 hours," he said. "Then, Baghdad releases a voucher number. At this point, it takes five to seven days for the payment to reach the contractor's account."
Not only is the finance company a resource, but there also is an EFT Assistance Center, created and funded by the task force to serve as a help desk to stakeholders in Iraq's newly introduced payments system.
Since October 2008, the assistance center has resolved more than 150 payment problems totaling more than $15 million. The center also, provides monthly statistical analysis of the most common electronic payment problems within Iraq, and communicates the causes to Joint Contracting Command-Iraq, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, and other agencies.
The Army is working toward going cashless within the year for contracts with local vendors, Brig. Gen. Phillip E. McGhee, director of resource management for U.S. Army Central Command, said.
As Task Force Pathfinder soldiers continue their efforts to build civil capacity in southern Iraq, "the transition to electronic funds transfers is a welcomed sign of progress that has the added benefit of saving the U.S. government money," added Lt. Col. Mike Eastman, task force commander.
(Army Capt. Randy J. Michael serves with 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division public affairs.)
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TROOPERS conference badge
Electronic badges are all the rage at IT security conferences these days. I think DEFCON started it all with badges made by Joe Grand, but there have been many others, like the Sputnik RFID tags at 25C3, the expandable bunny badges at Easter Hegg, Munich, by lilafisch and friends, and Travis Goodspeed's badge for The Next Hope.
I created 210 interactive badges for the TROOPERS11 IT-sec conference in Heidelberg last month. They feature some ethereal vintage vacuum glassware - IN-16 nixie tubes made at the Reflector factory in Saratov in the former USSR in 1989. I purchased them new-old-stock from some handy guys in Lithuania.
A video of the badge in action:
Each conference attendee starts on zero. As they unlock achievements at the con - like sending postcards to their families, meeting the speakers, unlocking the secret in the badge, attending my SMT soldering workshop, etc, attendees level-up. Those who reached the highest levels were entered into a prize draw to win hacker goodies. I designed this levelling-up concept to connect with the central themes of the TROOPERS conference - personal progression, education, and becoming better IT security professionals. Florian did an amazing job of weaving the badge and the game concept into the very fabric of the conference.
The badge hangs around the neck from a CAT5 cable, rocking the network security image. Red for the speakers, green for everyone else. Here I am wearing the bare, prototype PCB. Have you any idea how difficult it is to find 750mm CAT5 cables? It's quite difficult.
As well as being the LANyard (sorry) the cable functions as the power switch, levelling-up mechanism, programming interface and debug output (and attack vector for intrepid hardware hackers!). When an attendee unlocked an achievement, he took his badge to the information desk where one of the organising staff would plug in a special dongle to update his score. The dongle is simply a TI Launchpad (MSP430G2231) with a CAT5 cable soldered on, running some custom firmware to transmit a magic byte over SPI to the badge.
The batteries and electronics are on the back of the badge.
Design materials
My original, crappy, control scheme. The green trace is the DCDC output voltage. The red trace is a moving average of this voltage to take out a bit of noise. The setpoint (desired voltage) is in blue, and the value of the PWM signal delivered to the FET is shown in turquoise. The output voltage roughly follows the setpoint, but it is very wobbly when the setpoint is low, and can't quite keep up when it is high.
Note I am ramping the setpoint up and down to get the nixie to fade in and out.The change in gradient near the top of the peak is deliberate - it makes the fading look more consistent to the human eye.
Please ignore the x axis label. It isn't actually graduated in seconds. This whole graph probably shows about 5 seconds of data, not several hours!
|The PID control scheme is a dramatic improvement. The output voltage (green) tracks the setpoint (blue) perfectly. To achieve this, the PWM value (turquoise) is being adjusted in a much more subtle way than before. The red trace shows the error (difference between the true output voltage and the setpoint).
|Next I worked on the microphone noise cancellation. The blue trace is the microphone voltage (recorded in silence). Note the "blob" of noise when the nixie voltage (red) is high. The green trace is a very long moving average used to establish the DC level of the microphone reading. The turquoise trace shows the PWM values being delivered to the FET. I used this signal as the basis of the cancellation function because its shape is very similar to the noise "blob" in the microphone data..
|Here are the results. The blue trace is the input, as before.The yellow trace is the processed signal. On the left I was silent. The DCDC-induced noise "blob" is successfully filtered out, but speech (right half) is largely passed through. Sensitivity is pretty crap when the DCDC voltage is high, but it's the best I can do without a hardware fix!
The firmware is written in C, compiled under linux with avr-gcc, and flashed to the badge with avr-dude. I use the AVR Dragon programmer, but there are other options available. At the con, Kevin Redon dumped the firmware binary out using a Bus Pirate, made some modifications, and pumped it back in. He also scored himself an instant 9 by editing the EEPROM image. Respect. Several other guys performed some simple hardware hacks too, shorting segments on, etc., but Kevin's work was the most impressive I saw.
If you're a masochist, you can also debug the AVR over Debugwire using avarice and gdb. It's unbelievably flaky, though.
The firmware is highly modular and fairly self-explanatory. It is largely interrupt based, making extensive use of the timer peripherals.
Lots of people asked me about this. It's just an empty bit of board with some 0.1" spaced through hole pads and 0.05" spaced SMT pads where you can solder on your own components. The conference attendees are mostly software guys. I wanted to give them a platform that is really easy to hack so that those with budding hardware hacking interests have a low barrier to entry. For maximum flexibility, no electrical connectivity is provided. You can just use wire. I also broke out every pin of the AVR to a pair of through-hole solder points for maximum hackability. So say you want to make your badge into a clock, you could solder a crystal onto the AVR's clock pins. Or if you want to add some radio functionality you could solder your radio chip onto the hacking area, and wire it up to the AVR. Go nuts - totally freeform hacking space.
The high voltage section is insulated with heatshrink sleeving and self-levelling silicone encapsulant (great stuff, by the way). If you dig your way through it is possible to get a mildly painful shock, but there isn't enough energy stored in the DCDC to do you any harm. Don't take my word for it, though. If you're ancient / part cyborg / whatever, I wouldn't push your luck!
That was quite some undertaking! I outsourced the manufacture and assembly of the PCB's, of course, but I placed the nixies myself. All 210. This entailed trimming the nixie legs to the right length, soldering all 13 of them to the PCB (6 on the front, 7 on the back), adding heatshrink sleeving and insulating the finished item with silicone. I made some lovely jigs to process the nixie tubes, cut precise lengths of heatshrink and hold everything in place during soldering. Check out these videos:
A closeup of the assembly jig. The perspex assembly (rear) holds the nixie perfectly centred within the cutout in the PCB. The spring steel, aluminium and FR4 assembly (front) clamps the legs down onto the PCB, leaving both of my hands free to solder.
It turns out that 210 is quite a lot of things.
So if you're the lucky owner of a TROOPERS badge, I hope this information inspires you to hack it to do something new! At the very least, please take care of your nixie tube! They are a scarce resource. They haven't been manufactured since the early nineties.
I held a little SMT soldering workshop at the con, where attendees could upgrade their badge to speaker status by soldering on the extra LED's, resistors and microphone. Someone remarked that it was probably the most romantic soldering workshop ever! (Thanks to Insinuator for the photo).
Once again, many thanks to Florian, Enno, Daniel and all at ERNW - thoroughly enjoyed it!
Please ask questions in the comments / by email / twitter, and I'll help you out. If you're running your own con, and would like some similarly insane badges, give me a shout.
Have a look at my flickr account / youtube channel for more media.


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When will Nintendo ship its next-generation games console, Wii? Nintendo's not giving a precise date, of course, but some retailers are beginning to hazard guesses. Whether they're based on inside knowledge or the latest internet rumours we leave to you.
Amazon.co.uk, for example, presents an array of Wii-compatible games, all of which are due to ship on 24 November. So too, it seems is the console itself, which has even managed to garner a pair of five-star reviews. Not bad for a machine you can't see outside of a Tokyo lab.
The famous etailer has no price posted for the console, but importer Renchi.com wants £136.75 for it. No great insight there: that's the dollar-to-sterling conversion price based on the assumption Wii will cost $250 Stateside.
Shopto.net, on the other hand, has a more realistic UK price: £150 - kind of what we'd expect based on what Nintendo has said about the US price and what we know of the inevitable UK mark-up. The online retailer also says the console will ship on 15 October.
GIven the recent suggestions by market analysts that the Wii will debut sooner rather than later, presumably to get in ahead of Sony's PS3, Shopto.net's date sounds interesting. Of course, it may not know, and the suggestions that Nintendo is already ramping up Wii production may simply indicate the manufacturer wants to make sure no consumer gets left out on the big day. Whenever it is..
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Every homemaker should have a signature chocolate chip cookie. A signature cookie defines you as a cook. As a homemaker. Perhaps even as a person.
Your signature cookie should be uniquely you. When your friends and family taste it, they should think happy thoughts about you.
I came across this recipe about five years ago in Marcel Desaulnier's Death by Chocolate Chip Cookies. The first time I made it, I knew I had found it. My signature cookie. Wow.
This cookie is dense and thick. None of that light crispy business. None of that chewy mushy business. (Please don't take this personally if you like your cookies light and crispy or chewy and mushy. I have nothing against you - not much, anyway - but I am Very Particular about my cookies.) It is positively LOADED with chocolate chips. And it has a wonderful boozy flavor. Again, Wow.
Rum CCC's (from Death by Chocolate)
These are called "Mrs. D's Chocolate Chip Cookies" in the original recipe. In case you haven't figured it out yet, Rum CCC's stands for Rum Chocolate Chip Cookies. I have made just a couple of small tweaks over the years. First, I use light brown sugar instead of dark. And, when time allows, I refrigerate the dough for a few hours before shaping and baking.
4 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 pound butter or margarine
2 cups brown sugar (I use light)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons dark rum
24 ounces chocolate chips
Preheat the oven to 300*. Line two baking sheets with foil lightly sprayed with Pam, or with Silpat or parchment.
Place the margarine and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat on medium for 4 minutes.
Scrape the sides of the bowl and add the eggs, rum and vanilla. Beat on medium for 2 minutes, scraping halfway through if needed.
Add the baking soda and salt, and then the flour. Mix on low speed just till combined.
Add the chocolate chips and mix briefly, till combined. If time allows, refrigerate the dough for a few hours (or as long as overnight). Don't sweat it if you don't have time for this step. The original recipe omits it but I think it enhances the flavor of these cookies.
Use an ice cream scoop or tablespoon to make 24 mounds of batters, 12 on each tray. (Each mound should have about 2 tablespoons of dough.) You'll get 24 cookies.
Bake for 30 minutes, rotating the trays halfway through to ensure even baking. Cool on racks.
Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2011 by Unknown
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I want some. Now. If I didn't have a fudge pie about to come out of the oven, I would be making these for tonight. But soon, I will.ReplyDelete
Rochel, that fudge pie sounds GOOD.ReplyDelete
I keep trying new ccc recipes in search of one to beat King Arthur's Flour. None have risen to the occasion. I have to try your signature cookies and see how they do. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Thanks for stopping by, Sweet&Savory. Let me know if you try these and how you like them!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous20 February, 2011 19:56
These sound excellent. And I agree about cookie texture and letting the dough rest overnight. There was a NYT article that explained that resting the dough brings out the flavor and that making a big cookie gives you the best texture/flavor.ReplyDelete
I am truly devastated to learn that I should have a signature cookie recipe. I feel truly inadequate as a human being, a homemaker, and especially as a woman that I do not have one picked out for myself. I will begin experimenting tonight!ReplyDelete
The alcohol cooks out, right? I don't want to serve these to my kiddo if not :PReplyDelete
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MIDDLETON — The paving in Middleton is finished! Not only a good road to drive on, but it certainly will be easier for the road crew to maintain this winter, too. The crews who worked on the project deserve recognition: Barron Brothers Development, Pike Industries, and our own Rick Washburn and his team.
Apologies to library patrons who found the library closed on Saturday — which just points up the need for more community help. Please, if you have an interest in books and want to help Middleton, give the library a bit of your time. It might mean the difference in our children getting away from the computer and television and improving their reading skills. Someone has to care — why not you?
It's certainly proof that Middleton residents do love their kids with all that is in store for them Saturday, Oct. 27. Bring them all to the Town Hall for several hours of safe fun, (gentle) frights, and plenty of treats from 1-3 p.m. A costume party, games, and a 'haunted walk' are some of the activities planned. The grown-ups' party begins at 6:30 p.m. Enter a magic land of make believe where we can be kids again for a few hours. Snacks and beverages are free and you might get a kiss from a princess and never have to live as a frog anymore.
Getting serious again, the Supervisors of the Checklist will be available for one last session on Saturday, Oct. 27 from 11-11:30 a.m. for voter registration. A sample ballot is posted in the Municipal building and is available on http://sos.nh.gov along with other information, including the law about required voter identification. Don't say that one vote doesn't make a difference — it might be the one not cast that makes all the difference, so don't make it yours. Let's bring back personal responsibility for our government by turning out on Nov. 6. And yes, you can register at the polls. And yes you can vote without an ID by signing an affidavit at the polls. Sorry, no excuse is valid.
The calendar rolls on, and the Middleton Fire Department will soon be having their annual turkey raffle. The fundraiser has historically been a blessing to many local families, providing toys and food baskets to the less fortunate. Raffle tickets are cheap and rewards are rich for all, so watch for the announcements.
Lots of predictions indicate plenty of snow this winter, which is good news for the snowmobile enthusiasts. One local club, the Evergreen Valley Club has begun their fall season trail work. For information about the fun you can have with them this winter, check out joining the club at www.evergreenvalley.org.
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Career Highs
Goals: 5 (Bryant 3/28/10)
Assists: 2 (Boston College 5/5/10)
Points: 6 (Bryant 3/29/10)
Ground Balls: 6 (Holy Cross, 4/11/12)
Draw Controls: 6 (twice, most recent vs. Boston College, 5/5/10)
Caused turnovers: 3 (twice, most recent vs. Cornell 3/3/12)
Junior · 2012
All-Ivy League Honorable Mention selection ... Named to the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll ... Led the team in game-winning goals (3) and ground balls (38) while ranking second in caused turnovers (12), fourth in points (19) and fourth in goals (17) ... Had one goal, two ground balls and three draw controls in win against Boston University ... Scored three goals, caused three turnovers, grabbed two ground balls and won one draw controll against Cornell ... Scored one goal and won one draw control in double-overtime victory against James Madison ... Had a hat trick, four ground balls and three draw controls versus Penn ... Scored a goal and collected one ground ball against Johns Hopkins ... Won two draw controls and had one ground ball versus Boston College ... Scored two goals with two ground balls and one draw control in win against Yale ... Scored one goal and added four ground balls in win versus Stanford ... Grabbed four ground balls against Syracuse ... Scored a hat trick with one assist and one caused turnover in win verus Brown ... Grabbed a career-high six ground balls, handed out an assist and caused one turnover in win against Holy Cross ... Picked up three ground balls, won one draw and caused one turnover in win over Princeton ... Grabbed five ground balls, won two draw controls and caused one turnover in win versus Columbia ... Scored two goals, grabbed two ground balls and caused one turnover in win against Dartmouth ... Picked up two ground balls versus Penn in the Ivy League Semifinals.
Sophomore ·
Started the first five games of the season before an injury forced her to the sideline … Led the league in draw controls (21) after five games … Scored hat tricks against Stanford and Penn … Won five draws against Stanford and Cornell ... Named to the Tewaarton Trophy list.
Freshman · 2010
Earned honorable mention All-Ivy league honors … Started in 13 of 14 games for the Crimson at midfield … Fourth on the team in goals (19), fifth in points (31) and third in assists (9) … Led the Crimson in draw controls (36) … Fourth in the league and 42nd in the nation in draw controls … Scored multiple goals in six games … Had a career-high six points (5g,1a) against Bryant.
Before Harvard
Lettered all four years in soccer, basketball and lacrosse at Lexington … Captain of soccer and basketball teams as a senior and lacrosse team as a junior and senior … Three-time Middlesex League All-Star … Three-time Eastern Massachusetts All-Star … Lower New England Team Member … Three-time Middlesex League All-Star and Eastern Massachusetts All-Star in soccer … Set school lacrosse record for career points with 314 … Boston Herald All-Scholastic team as a junior and senior … Member of National Honor Society … Recipient of Edward "Doc" Abel Award for Outstanding Senior Female Athlete.


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Creator: Green, Edward J. Series: Working paper (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Research Department) Number: 509 Abstract:
Thinking regarding the privatization of state industries and enterprises in the former Comecon countries has tended to focus on the efficiency gains that would occur in the privatized sector. Based on the comparatively good performance and the rather rigid configuration of Comecon production institutions, the scope for such productivity gains seems small. Rather, productivity and innovation in the post-Comecon economies are likely to depend greatly on the emergence of new, initially small, entrepreneurial firms. The extent and form of privatization may affect these firms' prospects for success. How the privatized-firm and entrepreneurial sector will interact depends on public-finance considerations as well as on considerations of industrial organization.
Stichwort: Soviet bloc, Entrepreneurship, State enterprise, Comecon, Eastern bloc, Privatization, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, Private enterprise, and Growth Fach: G38 - Corporate Finance and Governance: Government Policy and Regulation, L16 - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics: Industrial Structure and Structural Change; Industrial Price Indices, and L33 - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprises and Nonprofit Institutions; Privatization; Contracting Out


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- Official High School transcript or G.E.D. certificate
- SAT or ACT (with essay) scores
- Letters of recommendation
- Essay
- Federal Tax return from previous and current year
- Transfer students must submit an EOF transfer form from previous institution
- Complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). You can complete this form online at:
- List Felician University as your primary school choice to receive the financial aid information. The Felician University code is 002610.
- Participate in an interview with the EOF Director
Please note: The EOF program has limited enrollment capacity and is filled on a first-come, first-serve basis.