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The Convent
March 23, 2010, 08:57:36 pm »
Unless someone saved it (I didn't) Tina disappeared with the old forum, but people liked to be the hero, so lets take another shot at it!
My name is Peter Parker. Don't you say anything about Spiderman, damnit, I got teased about it too often to enjoy that comic. Just call me by my first name, or, if you must give me a nickname, use your god damned imagination! Ok, aside from the eternal curse of sharing a celebrity's name, my life is probably as good as it can be given the situation. See, the world is overrun with zombies, most people are dead, no law, government or market remains, we're quite close to fucked, don't you think? Hell yeah, zombies! The hungry, mindless, undead hordes, exactly like in the movies! Except for a detail. They don't rot. They won't fall apart, they keep going, year after year. You'd think my life is miserable.
Well no, I'm fine! I found a nice place to hide for a nearly a year, and when I saw that the zombies weren't going away, I left... well now that was tricky, I almost got cornered, but I jumped a wall the slow zombies couldn't follow me over, and found myself in the middle of... nuns!
Almost all occupants of that convent survived, they had a large walled land which they were already farming, the suburb had caught up with that area and loot was never far, and they had wisely allowed many young people in early on, so they had plenty of strong arms to do the work. The official leader is an old crippled nun, Sister Michelle, who manages the farm and acts as an embassador with other survivors, and the de facto leader is a middle aged woman that we all call Mom, though don't let her benevolent and sensible ways fool you, she has blood on her hands. She has thighs I wouldn't want to see bared, but Major O'Connor, the previous leader, didn't mind a shapeless bottom as the rest of her is attractive enough. Having some military experience myself, I don't believe he was ever an officer, but I'll never get to ask him, he shot her husband over a minor transgression, somehow not expecting people to figure out why. What happened next... remember that when dealing with her: she's gentle, but if needed she will strike from behind, and she can lift damn large rocks to break your spine with. And that zombie who made it into the walls just as he was reduced to a helpless crawl? Just don't mess with Mom, just don't.
Ah, and there's myself! I found my place in that happy little society's leadership, I train and lead teams to venture out of the walls, and make up defense plans against other survivors. When she thinks we need something from outside, Mom asks me and we decide together if it's worth the risk. Now there isn't much to debate though, we traded experts with another community we found several hours of walk away (we located them because they light their building at night) our doctor for their technician, now that he helped us set up the solar panels we gathered, we have to drive him back to his home and get our doctor back.
He's fit enough to walk, but I'm thinking of using the car - it's a human powered vehicle, we have no working motors - because aside from the excuse of his safety and comfort, we can use it to carry extra ammunition and explosives. I suspect his group to be ready to endanger him to keep our doctor, and we should be ready to bust the man a way out if needed, but on the other hand if they find out, they'll be at best offended, and most likely feel threatened, and we don't need a war on our arms. Plenty of guns we can explain, but explosives are a lot less useful against zombies. On the other hand, we can run into special zombies (I'll explain later) and then better be overpowered, really!
1) Go on foot, we'll have more choices of routes. We're already used to carry the zombie surviving essentials.
2) Take the car for safety, add some ammo in the trunk, and some fresh food if a bribe sounds helpful.
3) 2 + explosives in case we need to bust into the base, and all men not needed for the Convent's immediate defense.
4) 3 and eagerness to use it all! We're stronger, if they're not happy we'll make sure not to have to worry about them ever again!
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March 24, 2010, 04:30:37 am »
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March 24, 2010, 04:03:55 pm »
5! go in guns blazing!!
... no? xD
okis... 4!
also hope more people will vote...
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March 24, 2010, 05:11:38 pm »
I like 5 as well, shame its not an option.
4: II (Cricco, Cass)
(just thinking if we do a vote tally we can keep it in tabs so dodom.)
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March 24, 2010, 06:03:56 pm »
Three. I like a good slaughter as much as the next bloke, but it would be a terrible strategic decision.
3: I (Cheez)
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March 25, 2010, 03:58:33 am »
Sounds exciting
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March 30, 2010, 04:46:26 pm »
In this story, you don't only control Peter's actions, but also shape his personality. The questions follow an evolutionary logic: the more aggressive options are chosen, the less moderate options will show up, and vice-versa. Now that you know you have the power to make him go crazy, will you use it?
My ass, it is covered.
See the skinny blonde drooling all over himself? Well, not literally, but trust me, his intellect isn't far above legally disabled. Anyway, that's Larry, and he's a walking redneck caricature. Proud to have no culture, with less than minimal hygiene, racist as fuck, and with an opinion as loud as simplistic on everything. I recruited him in our attempt of an army, as much to keep an eye on him as to give him a time to vent his aggression. I never object to him demolishing zombies with a shovel, maybe deep inside me I want him dead.
As I said, my ass is covered. Because I don't think we should yield to a visibly weaker community if they want to make trouble, but I know Sister Michelle will want my head on a silver plate if I engage them first. And I can easily goad Larry into initiating the hostilities.
I also arranged an accidental spill ruining the technician's coat, so he'll be wearing one of ours, if the others want to snipe us from afar, they won't know their guy from ours.
The carriage was loaded hours ago, as planned. Everyone carry pistols on their person, and there is one assault rifle for each plus one, for the doctor when he joins us. Some food and spare clothes... Ammunition of course, smoke grenades and homemade explosives to bust a potential of three uncooperative walls.
And so we left. The roads around the Convent are clean, me cleared them of cars and debris long ago, and drag the zombies we kill away, so we walked a good twenty minutes easily, with the engineer sitting comfortably with a younger woman in the pedal-powered vehicle two men propelled. The wide wheels could easily go over moderate sized debris, but we had to slow down nonetheless when we left the cleared streets. We were eight in total, enough to win a fight if needed, I'm sure.
And, as expected, we encountered a handful of zombies. Sandra, one of the two women in our group, pointed at the horizon, and everyone looked. Three zombies were visible between houses. Maybe more, we couldn't see very far with all the buildings, trees and clutter. Most zombies aren't very bright, it's likely they had not seen us yet. If we went our way, we could perhaps avoid them, but if we had to fight later, they'd hear it and we'd have to fight on two fronts at once. If there are more nearby, then gunshots could attract a bigger crowd than we like to face, zombies have the bad habit of bringing all their friends along.
1 - Shoot these zombies. We're not too far in so if we're outnumbered we can always retreat.
2 - Walk on, stealth is for free.
3 - Go back a little, make noise to attract them to an area we know as safe and kill them there. It's long yeah, but it's as safe as I can find.
4 - Find another route.
Edit: As I was writing, I kept thinking: Stupid memory, I feel like there is a forumite named Larry, is it the case damnit? And later it came back: Yes, there totally is one! Well, it's not him, ok? I just couldn't remember soon enough. Stupid brain. *smacks own head*
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March 30, 2010, 05:35:22 pm »
i will now switch between aggressive and nonaggressive possibilities as often as possible
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April 01, 2010, 08:34:48 pm »
Two. I for one am going to keep making the choices I think make the most sense.
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2. III (Cass, Cheez, Cricco)
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April 05, 2010, 11:51:09 am »
I told the others to move on. Yeah, told them aloud, without keeping my voice down. If the zombies had beed close enough to hear, they would have noticed us long ago. We had long left the clear area, so our advance was unpleasantly sluggish. This was a suburban area, with enough open space to move in gereral, but it didn't mean that no street was blocked with broken cars, debris and things like that fallen tree we now had to move out of the way. The technician insisted to help us move it as it was part of his expertise, but I only allowed him because an extra pair of arms was an extra par of arms, that kind of job isn't a matter of expertise of any sort. Meh, he wanted to stretch his legs I guess, and he didn't hurt himself doing the work, so no harm. He climbed back in the carriage and I ordered Francine, the girl who had been sitting next to him, to replace one of the men at pedalling, while he sat in her place to rest himself. The carriage was an annoyance whenever you stopped thinking of the possibility of having to fight to get our man back, but I reminded myself of it, if it happened, our weapons would not be a burden.
I insisted on avoiding a tight group of appartment buildings, it was impossible for them not to contain zombies, but in our way around it, we met... zombies. The post-apocalyptic world isn't exactly full of surprises. Trigger-happy Larry shot the one undead who shambled from between the bushes, and for once I can't blame him, that's exactly what I would have done. The hideous thing - sometimes they look horribly normal and even pretty, but never after taking a bullet to the face - staggered on, its brain not entirely destroyed, but fell after a few steps, and a slimy substance poured from its broken skull. We stopped moving. The noise would draw surrounding zombies out, and we knew better than run into a pack of them without knowing exactly how many and where they were.
A scratching noise on my left startled me. We walked past broken cars rather carelessly, because they were bad places for zombies to hide, but there was on in there. Normally, either the windows were open and they crawled out after squirming out of their seatbelt, so the cars were empty long before we found them, or the windows were closed and the sun cooked them into little brittle mummies. This one was trapped in an apparently scealed car, and was still intact enough to awake from its lethargy when it heard us. It was one of the worst zombies: a child, that we wouldn't help but feeling guilty over killing. I leaned toward the window and saw the street through the badly corroded floor. The car's poor maintenance had kept the poor thing cool enough to survive this long apparently, but barely. The child was emaciated, its skin looking even more lifeless than usual, its twig-like limbs bared by a shirt whose last tatters clung to its shoulders. It rose weakly to face me and clawed at the glass as if to call for help. Was I dreaming, or was it sobbing? Or choking, something between the two. Then it gasped and coughed greenish mucus all over the glass. It didn't seem to notice the mess as it kept pushing its forehead into the window, and its spasms resumed after a moment. Great, I have a sick zombie child to kill! God insists on making me an asshole today!
I don't know what makes a zombie sick, but I sure don't want to catch it. I've been told that it happens once in a while, but since a zombie that's about to throw up needs to be shot as quickly as the next one, no one went out of their way to figure out more. I looked around: only two more zombies had heard the gunshot and came toward us, we weren't in danger. As soon as these were disposed of, I gestured toward the captive one, hesitating about what to do.
1) Spare it. It's a child, it's trapped and it's weak. Nearly harmless. The person who shoots it will have nightmares for the next month, it's not worth it.
2) Shoot it. It feels wrong to kill a child, but it's worse to let it suffer as a zombie, let alone a distressed, sick one!
3) Release it. A bug that makes zombies sick might make our lives easier if it's allowed to spread, and I doubt it can be dangerous for us as well. It could be the common cold for all we know.
4) Let Larry kill it. Its blood will be on the hands of someone who won't care. I'll just order him to make it quick, if I just order the child-zombie to be tortured to death it won't make my conscience any lighter.
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April 05, 2010, 11:56:25 am »
also.... noobs!! lololol xD
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April 05, 2010, 12:04:09 pm »
Four here too.
4. II (Cass, Cheez)
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Cheez is fuckin hawt with teh boobehs.
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Cheez is also a raptor...pirate. A raptor pirate. Playing chess.
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3. I (Cricco)
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April 12, 2010, 06:14:33 pm »
Larry grinned when I told him he could have that kill, and reached to open the door.
"Oh come on! Can't you do one thing like you're told for a change?"
It didn't change much, in all the time the car had been abandonned, its doors had rusted shut. Larry shrugged, raised his gun and shot... into the zombie's chest. The thing convulsed once, as if shaken by the blow, and sprayed - you can't mistake that smell - vomit out the now broken window. A good thing no one was standing right in front of it. The zombie began to crawl out of the car, and I gestured at Larry to do his job instead of playing with it. He nodded and this time aimed for the zombie's head.
Suddenly I heard shouting from behind me. The technician was fighting the man next to him; he had taken his gun and aimed it... toward me? I reached for my gun, Larry turned toward him, but with our own men fighting him, we couldn't safely shoot. Fortunately, he didn't see petite Francine coming when she grabbed his hand and twisted the gun out of it. Disarmed, he was easy to pin down, and I tried to calm everyone so no one killed him before he could talk.
"Kill it! he screamed. Don't... fool around! It's poisonous! If a zombie pukes on you you'll die, it could kill us all! Don't play with it, kill it now!
- Was telling us instead of stealing a weapon so hard? WE could have killed YOU!
- I'm sorry, I panicked, you... you have to take them more seriously than that!"
He was motioning at the child zombie with his head, his limbs being tightly restrained. "Ok, release him."
My heart jumped when I heard a gunshot, but it was Larry finally finishing the zombie off. He'll get us all killed someday. We gave ourselves a minute to calm down and resumed moving.
The way was long, the damned carriage slowed us more than I expected, and the sun was too low for my comfort. Travelling by night was never the prefered way to go. We could make it to the others' home by night, but not back to the Convent. It might be better to stop to sleep in a building. The bungalows in this area were all but fortresses but we could find a comfortable one and just avoid attracting zombies to us.
1- Settle for the night in one of the bungalows.
2- Do we want to sleep next to the nervous engineer? Lets drive him home and sleep after we have our doctor back.
3- We could actually ask the other community to shelter us for the night.
4- We have lamps, if we trace our way back we know there's no zombies left there, we can travel by night.
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|2006-04-11, 21:05
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Logician and Romantic
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Within my mind
Age: 38
The beta-test game "fragment" was suppose to be released on the month of May, 2007. I won't be surprised if Bandai tries to mimic it in real life with their .hack//:fragment.
"The World" is suppose to be released on October of the same year...
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it's the women you have to watch out for; as the end of episode one shows, there are male PKers who disguise themselves as inexperienced female characters to lure suckers to their doom.
|2006-04-11, 22:38
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Just checked out the first ep and I have to say that it makes me beg for more. The animation was the freaking shiznit and I couldn't help but enjoy how the story was, especially when it comes to the main character's understandable plight with him being just a beginner rather than having some overpowered thing.
Definently a contender for best anime for this season. And it leading up to a good manga and game makes it even all the more worth watching.
EDIT: Man, they should put up a warning before each ep stating "Viewing of this material will cause rapid addiction and incredibly high levels of joy."
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He is either going to help kill a VERY exp-up special monster during the story, or some sort of power-up had to be received from somewhere... Leeching, perhaps?
I don't think hacking up his data would be a good idea... That might bring Tri-edge onto him.
A newbie at level 3 can't afford to have a bad-ass attitude.
(There most likely is going to be a significant time-gap from anime to the game, in order to make him famous amongst the PKers like the game trailer suggests.)
|2006-04-12, 08:01
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I've just seen some passages of the HD version release by Za Warudo and it's freaking sweet. It's the first time I watch HD content and i'm truely amazed by the quality.
To bad my comp isn't good enough to run HD at full speed :/ And here I thought 2Ghz would be sufficient...
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Hmm although i like the H.264 version that was released by ZW. I don't really like the resolution they chose for it... I have an AMD Athlon 1.83 GHz with 1 Gig ram, and i cant play it properly at this resolution. it lags like hell x_x
and my comp is just 1.5 yrs old now...
But yea, like i said, i like it that they released in H.264, if only at a smaller resolution.
Or using less CPU intensive settings. Good job nontheless, but unforunately i'll be sticking with the XviD version =(
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Wow i really like the opening song by Fiction Junction Yuuka. ZW video quality is superb. The sub is ok i guess. You'll need at least 2.2GHz for Athlon XP to play 720p h264 i think, coz that's what i have and it uses 80-100% of the CPU power most of the time. I'm using CCCP.
|2006-04-12, 11:27
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Just finished watching episode one, this and this deffintley has some potential. Animation looks great, already interested in the characteres after the first episode (dosen't happen too often), plot is probably going to move pretty slow but as an avid MMORPG fan I can bear with all the filler. The only thing that irks me (and it did with //SIGN as well) is that I can't play a MMO as developed as The World. This is going to be on top of my fav. list this season.
|2006-04-12, 11:34
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This music really wasn't bad like some members have expressed.
The music is not as good as .hack//sign so far, but it's definately isn't bad.
I liked the ending song.
I wonder how he will become a pker when he doesn't seem to like pking that much right now...
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To the people experiencing lag while watching the 720p version, go to the link below and try the CoreAvc they have listed there. It works very well for me.
For reference, I've got a P4 2.4ghz and 512 ram and I've noticed no lag while watching it under the use of CoreAvc.
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Well, nobody likes PK'ing as long as they're still n00bs
Also, I just read up on G.U., and it seems he'll become a PKK which is a big difference...
The opening song has started to grow on me as well, after some initial disappointment. The OST also isn't that bad, though a far cry from Yuki Kajiura's greatness in SIGN. but compared to that, few OSTs are any good...
Anyway, after watching the raw I hoped for a group releasing this show in its original visual greatness (and resolution). Thanks ZW!
For those that have problems playing it: try CoreAVC or, as a last resort, VLC. both should be somewhat faster than using ffdshow on Windows. Also, disable the standard ffdshow postprocessing (but keep h264 deblocking enabled). With those settings, playing it back in MPC takes about 82% cpu here. Compared to that, VLC takes 75%. As I said, the difference is not very big, but it might just be the few percent between stuttering and perfect on your system.
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Tsh, so much hate on Ali Project... I admit the music clashed a bit, but after .hack//sign, I figure overwhelming & almost innapropriate music is a .hack tradition!
(It's my firm belief that Hack//sign is Kajiura Yuki-sensei's worst job yet... I'm not a fan of her vocal chorus pieces... everything else is great love, though )
I'll definitely be stalking Hack//roots... even though it didn't grip me as tight as Hack//sign did.
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The transition to the North American style of hockey has begun for Joel Vermin.
After a nine-hour trip from Switzerland on Sunday, the forward joined the Syracuse Crunch for practice this week. The Tampa Bay Lightning's seventh-round selection in the 2013 draft will spend the next few weeks getting acclimated to the American Hockey League.
"Everything is new for me -- small ice rink, new team -- but I'm getting used to it," said Vermin, who is expected to make his Crunch debut this weekend. "I'm feeling pretty good."
Vermin signed a three-year deal with Tampa Bay in September, but was assigned to Bern of the Swiss A-League instead of coming over to North America. He will likely play in the Lightning organization in America next season.
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After putting up a career-high 44 points in 66 games last year with Bern, the 22-year-old's production dropped to 22 points in 55 games this season. A little more than a week after his season ended in Europe, Vermin received a call from Lightning General Manager Steve Yzerman about making the trip to North America.
"It was kind of a bad year, up and down the whole season," Vermin said. "Same with the team."
A 5-11, 192-pound winger, Vermin's game revolves around his quickness. He uses his speed and vision to make plays, and his fast hands allow him to cash in on tight plays around the net.
"It looks like he's got some really good skill," said Crunch coach Rob Zettler after practice Tuesday. "Looks like he's got some speed, so it will be fun to watch."
Vermin was a part of the Swiss junior national team since he was selected for the U16 team in 2007-08. With the U20 team in 2011-12, he played with current Crunch forward Tanner Richard.
Although his father is Dutch and his mother is Hungarian, Vermin was born and raised in Bern.
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"I have all my friends and family there, and it's kind of tough now to be here," Vermin said. "But it's just for three weeks, so I think I'll get over that."
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An Iowa man has been accused of mailing bomb threats to the FBI office in Omaha.
The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Matthew Fell, of Waterloo, Iowa, is charged with two counts of making a false threat.
Court documents say postal workers at a Lincoln post office found an envelope in June that had "This is a Bomb!" written on it. A portion of the office was evacuated.
There was no bomb in the envelope, but it did contain another envelope that was addressed to the FBI in Omaha. That envelope contained a piece of paper and a thumb drive. Omaha postal workers found a similar envelope a week later.
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Congress Passes Deal to Re-Open Government, and More
What's News: Congress passes a late-night deal to re-open the government and raise the debt limit. Newark mayor Cory Booker wins New Jersey Senate election. Verizon's third quarter profit climbs. Demand for botox grows among baby boomer men. Sara Murray reports. Photo: AP
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The couple enjoyed another day of their honeymoon by taking a private cruise on the Sea of Cortez.
"Wow, Eddie surprised me w/ a day on a gorgeous yacht!!!!! It's a stunning day! Honeymoon officially amazing!" LeAnn, 28, tweeted about the boat, which was named "It's All Good."
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Bonito (Mato Grosso do Sul)
Bonito is a city in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, Is the heart of eco-tourism in Brazil. The optimum period to visit is between December and March, during the rainy season, with green vegetation, abundant food for the animals and rivers are high. Between May and August there is limited rain which means the waterfalls are not as spectacular, but this is still a great time to visit the other sights.
Get in
Bonito is served by the bus company called Cruzeiro do Sul [5]. Buses depart from Campo Grande every 2 hours during the day (last bus usually at 16:00) and tickets can be purchased at the bus station or local travel agencies. Trip lasts about 5 hours.
The city has an airport served by regular flights operated by Tam and Trip.
Get around
There are nice places to do Snorkling, explore caves, ride horses, and hike. While transportation and a guide is not always necessary, those wishing to use a guide should know that not all guides speak English, or in some cases, Spanish.
The central area of Bonito offers supermarkets, pharmacies and stores with articles for adventure sports.
There are several places in the town centre for eating at reasonable prices. You also can try out local game such as jacaré (cayman) and fish from the local rivers.
The central area of Bonito has some nice places to relax and have a cold beer or some fresh natural juices. A recommended spot is the "Taboa" bar, located in the main street, famous for it's cachaça and creative drinks made out of cachaça mixed with local fruits.
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TeraGrid resources help Harvard team gain insights into deafness
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Proteins are the machinery behind cellular processes in living organisms, and much has been learned about how they function in the perception of some external stimuli from their three-dimensional structures. However, little is known about the protein molecules involved in touch and auditory function. Now, a team from Harvard University has resolved the atomic-level structure of a protein essential for sound perception. The structure was then simulated using TeraGrid supercomputers to determine how it functions in hearing and deafness. The research was published in the April 15 issue of Neuron.
Sound becomes an electrical signal in hair cells of the inner ear. These cells are sensitive mechanoreceptors that are moved by sound, stretching fine filaments called "tip links" to pull open ion channels and generate electrical signals that are sent to the brain. The tip link is made of two non-classical cadherin molecules, cadherin-23 and protocadherin-15, which are defective in some forms of hereditary deafness.
A team led by Rachelle Gaudet and David P. Corey used X-ray crystallography to determine the molecular structure of cadherin-23's tip, with and without a mutation causing deafness. Yet, static images of the protein provided little information about its function in hearing mechanics, so the team decided to test cadherin-23's elasticity using molecular dynamics simulations on TeraGrid systems at NCSA and the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC).
The protein structures were modeled in water boxes to mimic their biological environment; the simulation systems encompassed up to 355,000 atoms. Using the NAMD software developed by the Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the team performed hundreds of molecular dynamics simulations using the Ranger system at TACC and the Abe cluster at NCSA. The powerful machines and large number of processors available allowed them to test the elasticity of cadherin-23's tip in multiple near-physiological conditions. Analysis of more than 5 terabytes of data generated by the simulations revealed an essential role for calcium ions in the mechanics of cadherin-23.
The protein was found to be stiff in the presence of calcium, but weak when calcium was not bound to it. A deafness-causing mutation was found to alter calcium binding to the cadherin-23 protein, thus reducing its mechanical strength and possibly making tip links prone to rupture, thereby impairing sound perception. The simulations performed at TeraGrid facilities allowed the team to get insights about the role of calcium ions and cadherin-23 mechanics in hearing and deafness that cannot be obtained with any other technique, and provided predictions that can be experimentally tested.
"The outstanding resources and support provided by the TeraGrid were essential to our work," says Marcos Sotomayor, a member of the research team at Harvard Medical School. "We were particularly happy with Ranger and Abe, as we were able to use NAMD on both machines extensively and smoothly. We also benefited from NCSA's Unitree storage system, which was essential for us as we were able to recover all our data when one of our local disks failed."
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Thanks, all, for the comments.
David: I believe HTML5 audio is in the "Gingerbread" (Android 2.3) release. Re: Test pages, it might not be a bad idea to put together a table of common canPlayType() sort of calls.
Tab: Good point re: canPlayType() and "no" responses; in testing I saw a mix of "no" and "". The latter is smart, given it makes for a nice truthy/falsy test – even if the API is still goofy, it reflects the complicated situation of mixing containers, support and formats. In SoundManager 2, I look for a "probably" response as an indicator of support for a given format; I also specify codecs in the test and try a few variants to coax a best-case response out of the given browser. Despite best efforts, some browsers won't say "probably" at this time.
Patrick: You are correct that HTML does not mandate a standard image format, but it was a different (i.e., research-oriented) environment back when browsers were implementing image support vs. today's business/commercial web world, of course.
GIFs still work in browsers despite some copyright assertions, and we still have the IE 6 PNG problem, but that browser is finally – wait for it – fading, itself. ;) (zing! / groan / boo, hiss, etc.)
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10.27.12: The CCRI Lady Knights volleyball team hosted the Lynx of New Hampshire Technical Institute for their final regular season game on Saturday October 27th. The Lady Knights swept the Lynx 3-0 in a best-of-five match: 25-14, 25-19 and 25-17. With the victory the Lady Knights improve to 22-6 on the season.
Saturday was also Lady Knights' volleyball sophomore day as four Lady Knights would be making their final appearance at home for CCRI they were: Co-Captain Annie Ragan (North Kingstown, RI), Co-Captain Paula Cadavid (Lincoln, RI), Alyssa Roberti (Cranston, RI), and Jenna Ayala (Paterson, NJ), who is injured but was in attendance to be honored.
Despite the emotions of that day, which may have drained a normal team, the Lady Knights played with tremendous heart! Nothing hit the ground without a body falling after it. The girls were definitely playing for each other. Head Coach Samantha Amaral commented "I told the girls after winning the game that if they played the way they played today there is no doubt in my mind that they will win Districts and go on to Nationals."
Leading the way for the Lady Knights was Co-Captain Annie Ragan with 22 assists while adding 10 kills followed by Co-Captain Paula Cadavid leading the team with 15 digs and eight kills. Also helping CCRI was freshman Janny Cabrera (Providence, RI) who was not far behind the Captains with nine kills, an assist, and seven solo blocks. She was one of the players that fought for her team and gave it her all on the court. Amaral added "Chelsea O'Connor (Pawtucket, RI) is also one I was very proud of." O'Connor has played every position on the court from Libero to Setter to Outside Hitter. She may be short in stature but man is she has a mighty heart. Chelsea had five kills, three digs, and 15 services attempts. This was exactly what the team needed; a player to get the ball over the net on the serve and let her team fight for the point. Amaral later added "I know how hard this kid worked in practice to play all the way around for me and to serve. She proved to me not only should she play all the way around but that with her all the way around nothing would drop on our side of the court. She struggled to get where she is today but man am I proud of whom she is now!"
Coach Amaral commented about coaching on sophomore day: "I was a very proud coach. I had to reflect on where my girls started from and where they are now. Annie (Ragan) and Paula (Cadavid) had been there since I first started at CCRI as the head coach. It hit close to home for me. Annie came in knowing she was a good player and she knew the game really well. What she didn't know is in the two years of her playing she would be pushed to places she had never been as a player. This year Annie was put as a setter not a hitter. I gave her the task of leading my offense and her team. She took on the challenge and has done a great as a setter. Paula has always been a fighter. She will take any challenge with a smile. She makes the team laugh as the most stressful time but she also leads by example. Paula pushes and give me 100% every game and practice. You can't coach that kind of passion. Alyssa (Roberti) and Jenna (Ayala) this was their first year playing for me. They had no idea what they were going to be into this year. They fought every practice to be the best player they could be. They had a long way to go but they knew they were not going to stop until they were a strong part of this team. This was my first sophomore day that really hit home for me, but that day I could not have been more proud of who my girls are, what they have done to get here and what they are doing to be an example to the first years."
The Lady Knights now will prepare for the District tournament to be hosted by Region XV champion and No. 18 ranked (NJCAA DII poll) Mustangs of Monroe College this Saturday and Sunday. The Lady Knights will face: Region XV champion No. 18 ranked Monroe College (32-5) and Region XIX champion Delaware Technical and Community College-Terry (12-8). The schedule for the tournament has yet to be released. The Lady Knights will attempt win the Districts and return to the National Tournament and represent Rhode Island for the first time since 2008.
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Stockton's city leaders put out feelers this week to see if moving out of historic City Hall makes sense. The facts aren't all in, but it seems like a terrible idea.
Stockton's city leaders put out feelers this week to see if moving out of historic City Hall makes sense. The facts aren't all in, but it seems like a terrible idea.
Yes, Stockton's City Hall, built in 1926, suffers from a bad roof, bad HVAC system, and does not meet accessibility standards. Workers complain of drafts.
I won't say pause for violins. I will say while previous leaders were busy enhancing their benefits and squandering tax dollars, they neglected the grand old building.
So? When your house needs fixing, you fix it. You don't rent another. But, of course, the comparison hardly does justice. City Hall is part of our civic legacy.
The two-story concrete and steel Renaissance Revival building was part of a City Beautiful movement in early 20th century America. The idea was to build edifices not merely for beauty's sake but to inspire civic virtue.
That's why it says on the frieze (the stone strip above the front columns), "To inspire a nobler civic life; to fulfill justice; to serve the people."
Stocktonians of the day were fiercely proud of the building.
"One of the best buildings of its type and for its purpose that the West can boast of," rhapsodized the Stockton Daily Independent on Dec. 3, 1926.
"It marks an epoch in the progress of the city," the paper editorialized.
The building has all sorts of special touches.
A plaque set in the floor inside the front door is cemented with sand from "historic spots," cement from "every mill in the state" and water from "the site of old Franciscan missions."
The flagpole out front belonged to a riverboat company headquartered on the south bank. It planted the flag at the very head of navigation. It thus symbolizes Stockton's waterborne character and commerce.
Not to mention that a wide waterway flowed right past City Hall's front steps.
What's flabbergasting about the idea of moving out is how it seems to repeat, with no lesson learned, the city's worst abandonment of its architectural treasures.
We just spend 50 years slapping our foreheads over the county's demolition of a magnificent 1898 neoclassical courthouse. Now we're going to leave this gem behind?
Don't, said Wes Swanson, head of the Cultural Heritage Board.
"The White House has been gutted and rebuilt several times," Swanson pointed out. "It has been altered to meet the needs of government. What's the problem with City Hall?"
The problem is money. Repairs are estimated to cost over $15 million. The city is broke.
But leases cost money too.
Speaking of money, isn't it politically tone deaf to contemplate leasing yourself new digs when the city can't afford enough police to ensure public safety?
And only this week, Stockton's Wall Street creditors filed objections to the city's eligibility for bankruptcy. They complained the city isn't really broke. What will they say in bankruptcy court if city execs rent new office space?
The real objection is the abandoned building's fate. Even though demolition is not under consideration, moving government out may start the building's death spiral, Swanson worried.
Downtown's office market is weak; the building is tailored to government, not business; it may end up vacant. You know what follows. It's called demolition by neglect.
City officials say they are just examining the best use of tax dollars and space that conduces to efficient public service. They haven't made any decisions.
"The concept of making this structure more efficient to operate is at the forefront of our consideration," said Deputy City Manager Kurt Wilson. "But it could be that that number comes back and it's undoable. ... Then what?"
Then, if neglect has already rendered the building nonsalvageable, officials should present the case to the public. Consider me a skeptic.
We should not lightly engage in the bad habit of civic self-destruction that in Stockton falls somewhere between short-sightedness and self-loathing.
Absent absolute necessity, city officials should stay put and make do. And when recovery brings revenue, they should give the grand old gal the care she deserves.
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If you've got a gamer on your holiday list, there are plenty of good choices this year.
The final years of a console generation typically bring some of the best titles, since videogame developers have gotten to know the ins and outs of the systems. Unfortunately, it often brings a flood of sequels, since publishers are less willing to take risks at this stage.
That makes it all the more surprising, then, that amidst the sequel sprawl of 2012, there are so many outstanding original games. Even better, some of the sequels that did show up were surprisingly innovative.
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Lying: Meredith Bohner- Plymouth Meeting
Sitting (from left): Mason Rode –Wyndmoor ; Natalie Schwartz- Erdenheim ; Mckenzie Case – Chestnut Hill ; Lucy Keyser – Glenside
Standing (from left): Coach Tricia Fleming – Wyndmoor ; Frankie Reitmeyer – Chestnut Hill ; Mikaela Watson – Rydal ; Remi Filippini – Chestnut Hill ; Morgan Steelman – Chestnut Hill ; Meredith Giordano – Flourtown ; Assist. Coach Frank Chernak – Wyndmoor ; Meredith Chernak –Wyndmoor ; Sarah Fleming – Wyndmoor ; Lexi Prochniak – Oreland ; Emily Binswanger – Ft Washington ; Meg Chandler – Oreland
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The 7th/8t- grade Chestnut Hill Girls Lacrosse team, pictured above, played seven grueling games at the Abington Plays Days and won.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Sept. 24, 2012) – The ETSU baseball team wrapped up its third weekend of the fall season, and head coach Tony Skole was able to sit down with the ETSU athletic media relations staff for question-and-answer session to let the fans know how the team is doing.
Below is the Q&A with Coach Skole…
The team just finished up its third weekend of scrimmages, what are your thoughts of how the team has played so far this fall?
I think the start to our semester has been outstanding. First and foremost, our new players have settled in nicely to their new environment. They have really adjusted well and our returning players have played an important part of that equation. Our guys are beginning to understand the process, and how hard they need to work. The demands of being a Division I athlete are great and there is definitely a learning curve. We are not there yet, but every day our guys are improving and moving in the right direction.
As far as the performance on the field, I have been very pleased. The intensity of our practice sessions and our scrimmages has been outstanding. Our guys are beginning to play the game at the pace we want them to play. I have been impressed by the competitiveness of this ball club. We have had some great individual performances and I'm looking forward to seeing us continue to grow as a team.
On Saturday, the team made a handful of great defensive plays – especially in the outfield – talk about how the team has looked defensively on the field?
I'm very excited about our defense. This team is really going to be able to defend. Our overall athleticism is the best it has been in recent years and you can really see that on the defensive side. This team really shrinks the field. We get to a lot of balls, while our outfielders can really run and get the baseball. Plus, they are all accurate throwers, with some of them possessing very good arm strength. In the infield, we have guys who can make all the routine plays but are also very dynamic. But hands down, the most improved area on our defensive side has been this team's willingness and ability to communicate. It is something we really stress and this team has been great in that area thus far.
When looking at how the scrimmages have been played, it seems the level of competitiveness has increased each and every weekend. How important is it for the team to bring it every day during these scrimmages?
We try to challenge our guys in every scrimmage in order to make it as game like as possible. Sometimes we will play "mini games" (3 or less innings) within a scrimmage to make sure we are covering specific scenarios. We want every scrimmage to have a result – a winner and a loser. This naturally gets the competitive juices flowing and insures we are playing with the proper intensity.
Also, we make sure our players understand they only have about 12-15 scrimmage opportunities this fall. Each and every time we line it up, they know it is very important in their development and in our evaluation.
What have you seen as the greatest improvement from the first weekend of scrimmages until now?
The most obvious area from a coaching standpoint has been our players are playing more relaxed. Their knowledge base is beginning to grow and they are now starting to understand what is expected of them. They are also starting to realize the importance of every pitch and every play.
With a lot of new guys on the roster, how important is this fall season for them to get adjusted to playing at a new level?
I think an overused phrase most coaches use is they want their new players to "catch up to the speed of the game." Well, our new guys needed to learn how to just keep up with the pace of practice. They struggled early to just get through a regular day of practice. Now they understand what we want and they are handling it much better. We like to keep things moving and make sure we are using our practice time wisely. The NCAA really restricts our practice time, so we have to make sure we are organized and moving around with a purpose. By practicing at a game-like pace, it has made our players more comfortable when it comes to playing in our scrimmages.
With a few more weeks of practice still left, what do you hope to achieve with the remaining time on the diamond?
Our goal as a coaching staff is to continue to improve and build off our productive start both off and on the field. We want to continue to build on the toughness of our ball club, while also teaching them how to play the game more intelligently. It has been exciting to see these guys improve each day and I'm eager to see where their development is at the end of our fall season.
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One of the best things about being a student at The New School is getting to experience New York City, one of the greatest cities in the world. Located in New York's historic Greenwich Village, The New School is connected to all that New York has to offer: its culture, its international perspectives, its opportunities, and its energy.
Type of SCHOOL: The New School is a private, nonprofit university.
Size of campus: Integrated into the vitality of New York City, The New School's urban campus features more than one million square feet of facilities in Greenwich Village (downtown Manhattan).
Number of students: 10,200
Number of faculty: 2,230
Colleges, programs, and degrees: The New School offers a total of 150 undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Geographic diversity: Undergraduate and graduate students come from all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia and 118 countries.
International student services: International Student and Scholar Services provides support and comprehensive advising.
International student budget: (2017–2018) Tuition varies from program to program. Average yearly expenses, including tuition, fees, health insurance, and room and board, are $64,670. For details, visit newschool.edu/registrar/tuition-and-fees.
Financial aid: International students are automatically considered for merit-based scholarships. Need-based awards are not available.
Test score requirements: Applicants who are not native English speakers are required to submit TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) or IELTS (International English Language Testing System) results. Scores of 100 on TOEFL (Internet-based) or 7.0 on IELTS are preferred.
Application deadlines and fees: Application deadlines vary by school. Most deadlines are in January or February for fall entry and November for spring entry.
Imagine a university where scholars, artists, and designers find the support they need to challenge convention and fearlessly create positive change in the world. Imagine a community where walls between disciplines are dissolved—where journalists collaborate with designers, architects with social researchers, media specialists with activists, poets with musicians. Imagine an intellectual and creative haven that never has, and never will, settle for the status quo. The New School is just such a university community, attracting students from all over the world to its home in the heart of Greenwich Village.
Founded in 1919 by those who imagined a school that would rethink the purpose of higher education, The New School now offers more than 10,000 students areas of study across more than 135 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. No matter what area of study students pursue, they discover a unique form of creative problem solving that will forever change the way they investigate and create—relentlessly questioning convention, collaborating across disciplines, and taking risks. For undergraduates, The New School offers programs in art and design, liberal arts, and the performing arts at Parsons School of Design, Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, and the College of Performing Arts, comprised of Mannes School of Music, the School of Jazz, and the School of Drama. Additionally, The New School offers a Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students. For more information, visit newschool.edu/ba.
Parsons School of Design
One of the largest and most prestigious art and design schools in the nation, Parsons School of Design offers undergraduate degree programs in New York City and Paris. Students are enabled to develop the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in a rapidly changing society through collaboration with peers, industry partners, and communities around the world. The faculty are drawn from working professionals, and the students hail from more than 65 countries and every possible background—bringing a truly global perspective to classes.
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Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts is the newest and fastest-growing urban liberal arts college in New York. The vast intellectual and cultural resources of the city are integrated into the curriculum at every level—inside the classroom and in the city itself through a wealth of partnerships, internships, and service learning programs. Lang has a deep commitment to a liberal arts education that reaches across and beyond traditional areas of study. Students pursue connections between the humanities, fine arts, and social and natural sciences through a curriculum that includes both traditional and innovative majors, minors, and interdisciplinary programs.
Described by The Princeton Review as the best college in the country for encouraging debate and discussion, Lang has a rigorous program of study based on a seminar approach to teaching and learning. Students from across the country and around the world come to Lang to study with a world-class faculty, intern at prestigious organizations, and immerse themselves in the world of Greenwich Village and New York City. Lang offers Bachelor of Arts degrees in the following areas of study: Anthropology; the Arts (concentrations in Arts in Context, Dance, and Visual Studies); Contemporary Music; Economics; Environmental Studies; Global Studies; History; Interdisciplinary Science; Journalism + Design; Liberal Arts; Literary Studies; Philosophy; Politics; Psychology; Screen Studies; Theater; and Urban Studies. Lang also offers dual BA/BFA degrees with Parsons and the School of Jazz and enables students to accelerate their progress toward a master's degree by combining their undergraduate work with graduate study at one of The New School's graduate schools. Dual BA/MA degree programs offered at Lang include Media Studies, International Affairs, Anthropology, Economics, Liberal Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Urban Policy Analysis and Management, Organizational Change Management, and Nonprofit Management.
Mannes School of Music
Founded in 1916, Mannes School of Music seeks to develop citizen artists who engage with the world around them in and through music, in traditional, new, and emergent forms of practice. Our eminent faculty of artists, scholars, and educators of international stature—including active professionals from all areas of the music world—foster close, constructive relationships with students and are committed to advancing the creative role of music throughout all aspects of our rapidly changing society. Mannes is a community of compassionate musicians who encourage collaboration rather than competition and professional development rather than personal pressure. Mannes is small and selective, limiting degree enrollment to approximately 330 students—making it the smallest in New York City.
The Mannes faculty include many celebrated concert artists, chamber musicians, and composers. The comprehensive Techniques of Music curriculum sets Mannes apart, providing a broad foundation including ear training, advanced music theory, and dictation. Mannes offers Bachelor of Music degrees in Orchestral Instruments, Piano, Harpsichord, Voice, Classical Guitar, Orchestral Conducting, Composition, and Theory.
School of Jazz
The School of Jazz was founded on the principle that working artists should play a role in jazz education. One of the most influential institutions of its kind, Jazz offers a progressive curriculum, small ensemble-based performance, a stellar faculty composed of artist-practitioners, and access to unique musical opportunities throughout New York City. The faculty are comprised of legendary musicians, mentoring students to develop the confidence and knowledge to experiment, take risks, and find their own authentic style of self-expression. New York also provides the benefit of the best live music venues in the world, giving Jazz students endless opportunities for performance and exploration. Jazz offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Jazz and Contemporary Music, with concentrations in Composition, Instrumentals, Liberal Studies, and Voice. Students can earn a joint BA/BFA degree with Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts.
School of Drama
The four-year BFA program in Dramatic Arts at the School of Drama prepares students to be 21st-century artists and creative thinkers. Through studio classes; performance opportunities; and course work in aesthetic inquiry, the history of theater, and collaborative research, students cultivate the intellectual, conceptual, and critical skills needed to launch careers in theater or any field that requires creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, and effective communication. The program's interdisciplinary, project-based curriculum enables students to explore acting, directing, playwriting, creative technologies, liberal arts, applied research, and collaborative processes, guided by a faculty of working professionals from New York City's theater community.
BA/BFA dual-degree pathway
The BA/BFA pathway at The New School is a five-year dual-degree program through which students can earn a liberal arts BA degree from Eugene Lang College and a BFA degree from either Parsons School of Design or the School of Jazz. Most students drawn to the BA/BFA pathway are active in the arts and excel academically in high school. As college approaches, they face a choice: focus on their art or get a liberal arts education. Instead of picking one, BA/BFA students at The New School pursue both.
Study in New York City
The New School's New York City location offers access to hundreds of cultural opportunities, including museums, concerts, theaters, restaurants, parks, and the streets themselves. The New School believes that students learn both in and out of the classroom. With access to a wide array of internships, apprenticeships with top designers, and performance opportunities in venues from downtown clubs to Lincoln Center, students can shape their education and take advantage of all the University and the city have to offer. Current and past internships include Marc Jacobs, The Colbert Report, HBO, MTV, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Marvel Comics, and the Museum of Modern Art.
Student organizations and activities
Students at The New School play a very active role in the life of the University. From informal clubs to student unions, art shows to film festivals, there are hundreds of opportunities outside the classroom. The University's more than 35 recognized student organizations include the Student Film Collective, Association for International Development, Students for Social Justice, New School Game Club, Students of the African Diaspora, and New Light Opera.
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The cost of attending The New School varies from program to program and sometimes from student to student. Many of the students attending a degree program at The New School take advantage of financial aid. US citizens or eligible noncitizens must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and undergraduate degree-seeking international students interested in grants or scholarships from The New School should complete the Undergraduate International Student Scholarship Application. For forms and more information, please visit newschool.edu/student-financial-services/apply-for-aid.
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For a list of graduate program offerings at the University, visit newschool.edu/graduateprograms.
Parsons Paris
Parsons' academic center in Paris offers undergraduate degree programs taught in English. Guided by a faculty of professionals from Europe and New York, students at Parsons Paris use the city as a laboratory, collaborating on creative projects and exploring ways to apply art and design to the challenges of urban life.
About The New School
The New School was founded in New York City nearly a century ago by a small group of prominent American intellectuals and educators. Frustrated by the intellectual timidity of traditional colleges, they envisioned a new kind of academic institution where faculty and students would be free to address honestly and directly the problems facing societies. In 1919, they created a school of advanced adult education to bring creative scholars together with citizens interested in improving their understanding of the key issues of the day through active questioning, debate, and discussion. The New School has evolved continuously throughout the years in response to changes in the marketplace of ideas, career opportunities, and human curiosity.


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Statistically speaking, each and every American man, woman and child is responsible for the slaughter of 30 chickens every year. If that thought bothers you, perhaps today's topic is not for you. If, on the other hand, it merely produces drooling daydreams of dinners to come, then, my friends, I give you the fricassee.
Why you need to learn this
Fricassees produce meats that are fall-apart tender. With its luxurious finish of cream and optional egg yolk, the sauce has a beautiful ivory hue and a silken texture. This is great company food, but it's also easy enough for a simple family meal.
The steps you take
Fricassees are most commonly associated with Southern cooking and French cuisine. Today, we'll focus on the French, simply because it is more generally singular in its approach. While the French fricassee is most often considered to be chicken or other white meat simmered in a white sauce, the term in American cookery has been expanded to include just about any form of chicken stew.
The method below is based on that of the father of French classical cuisine, Auguste Escoffier, the original Mr. Know-It-All as far as cooking is concerned. Dedicated Child-o-philes will also recognize a nod to Julia in the mushroom and pearl onion garnish.
For this method, we'll use a 3- to 4-pound chicken cut into eight to 10 pieces (two drumsticks, two thighs, two wings and two breasts that may be cut in half if you like). If you're no stranger to the cute meats, you can also substitute a couple pounds of veal stew meat or even a whole, cut up rabbit.
1. Cut a medium onion into small dice. Melt 2 ounces butter in a large, straight-sided skillet over medium heat. When the foam has subsided (meaning the water has evaporated from the butter), add the onions and cook until they become limp and translucent and exude some moisture.
2. Season the chicken pieces with salt and white pepper and lay them in the pan. Cook them just long enough so that the meat stiffens a bit and loses its translucence but doesn't begin to brown. (Remember, this is a white dish.) If you like, add a clove or three of minced garlic and cook it for 30 to 40 seconds. Remove chicken to a plate.
3. Sprinkle everything left in the pan with 2 ounces (about 5 tablespoons) flour and stir to combine it with the fat. This creates a roux that will thicken the sauce. Cook this for a couple of minutes, stirring.
4. Add about half a cup white wine and a quart of chicken stock or packaged, low-sodium chicken broth. Whisk or stir the liquid to dissolve the roux. Return chicken to the pan. Increase the heat to bring the liquid to a boil, then reduce the heat. Add a bay leaf, a couple pinches dried thyme and a few sprigs parsley. Simmer 30 to 45 minutes. Prick a thigh to the bone and if the juice runs clear, you're good to go.
5. Remove the chicken to a warm plate and pass the sauce through a fine sieve. Whisk two egg yolks with a quarter cup whipping cream in a medium-size bowl and whisk a little of the hot sauce slowly into the cream mixture. This will bring up the temperature of the cream mixture without scrambling the egg yolks. When you've whisked about a cup of sauce into the cream mixture, whisk that back into the sauce. Note: Omit the yolks if you want. They enrich and thicken the sauce, but they're not necessary.
6. Return the sauce and chicken to a clean saucepan. Reheat slowly until the sauce is hot but not boiling. Adjust the seasoning if necessary.
7. While you're reheating the chicken, you can add cooked mushrooms and pearl onions. For the mushrooms, simmer up to a pound of mushrooms in a covered pan in half an inch of water, a knob of butter and a squeeze of lemon juice. You can cook peeled pearl onions the same way, though they'll take more than half an hour as opposed to just a few minutes for the mushrooms. Both of them can be cooked a couple of days in advance.
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CAIRO — A statement on the Egyptian president's office's Twitter account has quoted President Mohammed Morsi as calling military measures "a full coup."
The denouncement was posted shortly after the Egyptian military announced it was ousting Morsi, who was Egypt's first freely elected leader but drew ire with his Islamist leanings. The military says it has replaced him with the chief justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court, called for early presidential election and suspended the Islamist-backed constitution.
Morsi was quoted as saying those measures "represent a full coup categorically rejected by all the free men of our nation."
Army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, in a televised address to the nation on Wednesday, said a government of technocrats will be appointed to run the country during a transition period he did not specify.
An aide of ousted President Morsi, Ayman Ali, said the former leader has been moved to an undisclosed location. He gave no details.
Cheers erupted among millions of protesters nationwide who were demanding Morsi's ouster. Fireworks lit the Cairo night sky.
But Morsi supporters elsewhere in the city shouted "No to military rule."